Cultural Titan

Darkness and Light

☯ Darkness and Light ☯

A Fantasy Roleplay originally by ViolentViolet, Re-imagined and GM'd by @Cultural Titan and @Leslie Hall


Art by the amazing Vennom07 on DeviantArt

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"I have seen it. The eternal dance of the radiant light, and the cold shadow."

In this world, there is darkness and there is light. These two opposing forces, forever intertwined by a cruel fate, govern the laws of our known world and our very existence itself. Everything possesses a soul; the container in which these forces battle from the moment we are born, to the moment we die. Yet, even bound by this fate, the miraculous act of being alive grants us the power to influence the soul with our actions. With acts of kindness and selflessness, our inner light can shine brightly and illuminate the dark. On the other hand, acts of evil and cruelty beckon the darkness; snuffing out the light.

Yet no matter how hard some may try, our souls cannot exist without both light and dark. Even the most righteous of men can still fall prey to sin, and the most misguided individual may redeem themselves. It is the ebb and flow of the soul that makes us mortal, as well as keeps the world in balance. So what if this delicate balance was tipped by someone completely outside of our worlds laws? What if a being of pure darkness or pure light entered our world?

Everything changed when a Demon of the Abyss; the place where souls tainted by darkness go after death, broke all the laws of nature by linking their existence to the Soul. Every time a person fueled the darkness within them, they indirectly allowed this monster to grow in power. It grew, using it's influence to sway others to commit horrendous, irredeemable acts of evil that shrouded their souls in the dark; all while providing more power to the Demon. The balance disrupted, with souls of pure darkness inhabiting mortals, the world was thrown into chaos. Natural disasters ravaged the land, men slaughtered each other in brutal wars and the horrible demon that started all of our suffering was released unto the world with the intent of sinking everything into the Darkness.

"Ordinary men like you and I, but their souls are tainted and they know only evil. Truly, is there anyone we can really trust anymore?"

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Rules

1) All Guild rules and regulations apply
2) Activity is appreciated
3) No character limit, but only make characters if you can keep them active.
4) No god mod, metagaming or bunnying - we all know the drill.
5) Smut and sexy type stuff goes to PM. Kissing is okay, touchy feely goes.
6) Proper grammar, spelling and punctuation is much appreciated. I won't be a tyrant, but at least try to keep your posts readable.
7) Please ask before making any large events, so they can be planned and announced with minimal confusion - large events could be as massive as assassinating the king or as relatively important such as assaulting a major stronghold.
8) Post characters in OOC, IC or PM to me for submission. I will respond as soon as I can.
9) Ask for a position to see if it's currently available.

The Kingsguard

The Kingsguard has not always existed, but there was a time when kings were in much greater danger than they are now and a band of knights was brought together under the name Kingsguard and trusted with the royal family's safety.

When a knight of the Kingsguard takes his vows they oath to their gods:

• They will hold no lands
• They will father no children
• They will hold no titles
• They will serve no one but their King and his legitimate blood family
• They will give their lives to protect the royal family if the time arises
• They will remain in service until the day they die
• They will obey their King without question amid execute his wishes

The Kingsguard is traditionally warriors raised by proud families, or a well established knight.

CS Skeleton

Name:

Appearance:

Age:

Gender:

Race: this may need explaining

Side: Light? Dark? Other? Include any important titles.

Weapons(s): most everyone can fight, not all well

Abilities/Powers: unlimited but I'll determine if it's too op, include enhancements of the race

Talent(s): non-supernatural skills

Personality:

Biography:

Extras: anything you feel is important to add, but doesn't fall under the above categories.

Map

The map is not final. if you want to add locations to the map for any reason please run them by me, Cultural Titan, and we can try to work something out.

Characters

Kingdom

Royal Family

• King -Sariel Proudsword - @Cultural Titan
• Queen - Lucinda Giséle - @Leslie Hall
• Crown Prince - Alistair Proudsword - @The_written_John
• Youngest Son - Lethonel Proudsword - @Cubix
• Princess - Rida Proudsword - @Cuccoruler

Kingsguard

• Captain of the 19th Division - Sir Khyssoun Maerdrym - @firetigress3
• Paladin - Sir Roland Arturious - Previously Bacconator's character, currently an NPC
• The Silent Guardian - Allucard - Previously ArtifactCreator's character, currently an NPC

Others

• Chief Ranger of Galuntrung Keep - Kalar Splint - @Frengo
• Nightweaver - Zebulon - @Blizz
• Ranger - Liara Corinne Hart - @IcePezz

The Dark Forces

The Dark Lord/Overlord - Nyarlathotep - @Leslie Hall

The Inner Circle

• Commander - Raven von Stein - @Cultural Titan
• Head Researcher - Darrow - @Avanhelsing
• Dragon Reborn - Ythreïn Methreon - @Legion02

[*] Mere Human - Kaird McGrath - @Makrinagon

Unaligned

• Key of the Mistwalkers - Galio Sharp - @Esterdi
• Bard - Adria Solium - @Absolis
• Half demon - Aegis - @Crimson Raven

Darkness and Light

Alright this starts tomorrow. I will be sending a pm to everyone to see if they are still in for this.

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@White Feather

You have till Monday. I don't want to be hostile and I know this is a holiday weekend, but the consistent lack of communication is getting to me.

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I would also like this to start. I won't be responding to virtually everything this weekend, but I should still be able to find time to post ic if this does start.

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@Cuccoruler

I do not personally do not mind a princess or another dark character.

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@The_written_John

I assure you Sariel and Alistair will not see eye to eye on everything. Probably on most things, but not everything.

@IcePezz

Seems fine, but it got accepted so that's all you really need to worry about.

@Leslie Hall

I'm not sure Sariel could be called an intellectual. Encouraging of intellectual pursuits sure, but he himself is not particularly learned for his position.

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@Leslie Hall

I'm pretty okay with that, but at some point the characters are going to need to learn all about him. Assuming we want the light side to win or at least have a chance of winning.

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@Leslie Hall

Not having played Bloodborne as I am high born pc gamer I was surprised mostly that they had not already put it into that game. But it is from software tradition. If they made a game about clipping toenails they would still find a way to add the moonlight greatsword.

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@IcePezz

Approved powers include, but are not limited to, summoning demons, cold and fire auras, invisibility, body modification that runs on moonlight, 3 instances of resurrection, the capturing of souls for an increase in power, necromancy and yes several counts of superhuman strength. There is no balance reason to remove this from your character because it will not break the game. You will not even be the most powerful character. Not by a long shot. And that's okay.

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@IcePezz

You seem so determined to get rid of it and for the life of me I cannot figure out why. If that's what you want to do that's fine, but I certainly won't take it away. Maybe White Feather will, but he only... graces us? with a post every once in a while.