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Our Final Nights: A World of Darkness Roleplay

The Final Nights close in, the time of Ending draws ever sooner. Yet the Lights must always stay on, the music must always play.

Clinging to the Pacific, to the Sunset Coast, Los Angeles has unknowingly sat at the heart of a great experiment for its entire modern history. The Anarch Free State holds 'barely' to unlife as the self-described last home of all free Kindred, fending off efforts from the other Vampiric factions of the world to snuff out its bright, but short in Vampire terms, existence. Vampires, the Kindred, have walked among humanity since the dawn of Civilisation, but rarely since the earliest days have Kindred held sway over the beating heart of human culture as they have from the City of Angels.

Vampires are not alone in the Darkness, however, other beings, malignant and otherwise, stalk the darkness of the Final Nights. The prophesied end of days, the year 2000, never came, and the world has remained ticking along two decades later, but the fragile bonds are showing the strain. Even as the Anarchs watch their Camarilla and Sabbat cousins with growing paranoia, a far more ancient foe of all Kindred has begun to hunt the hunters, staking them up for the Light of Day to expose their sins, if there is even enough left of them to stake up at all.

As all Kindred, all beings know, chaos is a ladder, and for the first time in many years the Throne of Los Angeles seems within reach.

State of Play: Global

This game is set in the World of Darkness as according to the latest source on the matter, the 5th Edition of Vampire: The Masquerade. While there are small alterations to canon as with any game set in the World of Darkness this is the basis from which we draw from. The Gangrel have left the Camarilla, the Lasombra have joined, and the world survived the key date, the year 2000, that was meant to mark the end of all things.

The beings of the other gamelines certainly exist, but the lastest Masquerade edition takes precedent for establishing the current state of the world and what has/has not occurred.

State of Play: Los Angeles

Los Angeles is in anarchy. To some in the Camarilla this may not come as a surprise, this is what they have presumed to be the case since the foundation of the Free State, they do call themselves Anarchs, after all. This, however, is ultimately different. Over the last few decades the overall leadership of LA has been in question, changing hands from Princes to Barons and back again. Sebastian LeCroix was the last Kindred to having any real claim to praxis of LA, and he did so in the name of the Camarilla. Even then, the outer districts of the city remained firmly in Anarch hands.

Behind the throne, however, the ancient Toreador, known to many as simply 'The Kid' was the real power in LA, and indeed, much of the wider Anarch Free State. It was his influence, admittedly erratic at the best of times, that has kept the Shining Beacon of Hollywood from ripping itself apart in Supernatural frenzy. Recently, the Kid has failed, gone or dead, it matters little to the Kindred and Kine of the city of who few even knew of his existence. In his place, true Anarchy, and a throne of legend revealed and left empty.

Rivalry is not the only, even the greatest, threat to LA however. An ancient evil draws closer, awakening conflicts far older than the city, than the entire nation, weaving a web of intrigue that closes tightly around the Kindred and other beings of LA. The Glasswalkers, Garou with supreme command of technology and other arts of great power in these modern nights, have begun to work far more actively to seek out and destroy the Kindred they share the city with, and the human hunters of the supernatural have grown ever more powerful and accurate in their crusade. The Final Nights draw near.

OOC
Hi there and thanks for reading! The above is a basic plot introduction for a World of Darkness game centred on Los Angeles during the current year. The world did not, as it happened, end in the year 2000 as many within the setting believed. This game ultimately centers around the Kindred (Vampires) of the setting but players are more than capable of creating other characters, be they ghouls, humans or other such unrelated, directly, to the Kindred. This is a largely 'open world' game within the setting of LA with a unifying threat and storyline. Expect both Garou (Werewolves) and very ancient vampires to play a part in this.

A general disclaimer as with any World of Darkness game is that game 'canon' is ultimately flexible and is more reliant on what the GMs believe suits the story. Part of the great joy of the setting is it's flexibility and that will certainly come through in this game. That said, 'canon' characters or variant of them are certainly open for players to pick up, just discuss it with me first.

Other such rules include an appreciation for the character of the rp, while it is freeform, there is an over reaching plot and a theme. We're talking clandestine creatures and beings of the supernatural in a grim reflection of our own reality, not unstoppable beings of ancient darkness free from all consequences. If you have any questions about that, feel free to pose them here or in our discord.

Character Sheet
Name:
Age; (actual/appearance)
Species: (Kindred, human, werewolf, kuei-jin etc)
Powers/Skill: (Including Disciplines/Equivalents for other gamelines)
Generation: (If Kindred, or other gameline power ranking)
Appearance: (Preferably a picture, can have written description as well)
Personality: (Just a paragraph or so about how they usually conduct themselves)
Biography: (A few paragraphs, or more, major events and the like)
NPCs: (Any well fleshed out characters you will likely control, feel free to do micro sheets for them).

Character Sheets should be posted in the OOC or DM'd to me, then placed in the character tab when accepted.

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/fkGBmZ9

Our Final Nights: A World of Darkness Roleplay

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Our Final Nights: A World of Darkness Roleplay

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Our Final Nights: A World of Darkness Roleplay

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Our Final Nights: A World of Darkness Roleplay

Already wrote up a char, baby.

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Our Final Nights: A World of Darkness Roleplay

Greetings one and all, to a forray into the World of Darkness, into the Final Nights, The Twilight Before The End.

Clinging to the Pacific, to the Sunset Coast, Los Angeles has unknowingly sat at the heart of a great experiment for its entire modern history. The Anarch Free State holds 'barely' to unlife as the self-described last home of all free Kindred, fending off efforts from the other Vampiric factions of the world to snuff out its bright, but short in Vampire terms, existence. Vampires, the Kindred, have walked among humanity since the dawn of Civilisation, but rarely since the earliest days have Kindred held sway over the beating heart of human culture as they have from the City of Angels.

Vampires are not alone in the Darkness, however, other beings, malignant and otherwise, stalk the darkness of the Final Nights. The prophesied end of days, the year 2000, never came, and the world has remained ticking along two decades later, but the fragile bonds are showing the strain. Even as the Anarchs watch their Camarilla and Sabbat cousins with growing paranoia, a far more ancient foe of all Kindred has begun to hunt the hunters, staking them up for the Light of Day to expose their sins, if there is even enough left of them to stake up at all.

As all Kindred, all beings know, chaos is a ladder, and for the first time in many years the Throne of Los Angeles seems within reach.

OOC

Hi there and thanks for reading! The above is a basic plot introduction for a World of Darkness game centred on Los Angeles during the current year. The world did not, as it happened, end in the year 2000 as many within the setting believed. This game ultimately centers around the Kindred (Vampires) of the setting but players are more than capable of creating other characters, be they ghouls, humans or other such unrelated, directly, to the Kindred. This is a largely 'open world' game within the setting of LA with a unifying threat and storyline. Expect both Garou (Werewolves) and very ancient vampires to play a part in this.

A general disclaimer as with any World of Darkness game is that game 'canon' is ultimately flexible and is more reliant on what the GMs believe suits the story. Part of the great joy of the setting is it's flexibility and that will certainly come through in this game. That said, 'canon' characters or variant of them are certainly open for players to pick up, just discuss it with me first!

The Reserve [Superhero RP in the universe of The Boys]

Daniel had already been on edge, wired up for what he presumed was a first mission entirely different from most 'first missions.' Even those with a relatively average understanding of the working of Vought knew plenty of the action was staged, perfectly controlled as much as possible to present the Supers and Vought in the best possible light, especially for new team launches. The presence of control could still be felt, but the tension was far more than the usual over 'good optics.' He didn't need to be told this, but Flux's impatience even in his presence, the tug of his clothing, was enough to enforce it. He followed a step behind her, returning to the group. Rather than be dragged into the building tension between the others, his eyes remained set on the door, watching for the eventually arrival as the wild emotions of the group washed over him, in contrast to the assorted wills of iron he could feel gravitating around them. Iron stained with contempt, not that he could blame them.

He shut his eyes for a few moments, trying to push away the escalating emotions of his team as zero hour approached. Daniel drifted in the details of their thoughts, picking out small motes of interest to distract from the tiresome cascade of their anger, grievances. It has always intrigued him how they had all internalised their 'hero' names, even Flux. Yet still when he thought of himself had remained Daniel. He wondered how long that would last. This moment of reflection was enough to rebuild the barriers of his mind, and focus on the real task of living.

"Enough, Nocturne, pissing off the one of us responsible for our shie-" Daniel was in the process of wading into the confrontation before the buzzer blew. A long harsh note calling for the door to be attended to, followed shortly by a familiar, if not always welcome, voice.

"Evenings kiddos, it's Mark, with you in a moment." Mark was the most Vought individual Daniel had ever met. Every inch of him was corporate perfection and the best part was, hardly any of it was artificial. Good looking in the All American sort of way, blonde hair, blue eyes, just about tapering off into the start of middle age. Presentation was always key with Mark, even when deliberately appearing casual having scheduled personal meetings with the members of the Reserve, it had been casual, but designer. So when Mark made his way through the front door dressed in a well tailored but unremarkable grey suit, every factor that had been warning Daniel of impending danger blared a note higher. Daniel could feel the pressure on Mark as well, although there was a smooth confidence behind that. For all Mark's character flaws, and Daniel was sure there were many as with all corporate shills, he at least had faith in the team to complete the task. That, or he was confident if they failed, they'd do so in a way which covered Mark's ass.

"It's a little below my pay grade these days, but after all I've done, I thought I could at least be your ride." Mark flashed his winning smile at the team, snapping a driving glove into place over his right hand. "The SUV is waiting, you can asks questions on the way." His tone suggested that there wouldn't be an awful lot of questions, before he was already turning to walk back to the elevator, and then down onwards to their ride.

The vehicle was as promised, an SUV. Pitch black and solid, the Ford logo the only note of colour to interrupt the black and silver. It was a car built to take a hit, but disguised beneath luxury fashion, like so much of Vought. It wouldn't look out of place arriving at a party in Hollywood, nor as a private security escort. The car clicked as it was unlocked, no one note horn blast.

"Now, kids, I won't lie to you, this is a big task, this is why Vought has put more into you than any new startup since the Seven." Mark spoke the moment he was sitting down, going through the motions of controlling the vehicle with a touch that suggested it was more than just vanity that had put him in his role for the evening. Daniel had to reevaluate him for a moment. Clearly more than just a branding expert. "There are international implications, which, is why you may notice a little oversight. Nobody wants the Chinese keeping what they have and getting it out of the country, and while Vought believes in you all greatly, not everyone has the same confidence." Armory was already only paying half attention, the lashing of praise and importance in Marks words were enough to distract Nocturne and Thermite.

"What is it exactly? It can't just be a knock off surely?" Daniel spoke up, although his eyes remained on the road rather than turning to focus on Mark, his thoughts preparing for the action ahead. Violence always made his head crowded.

"Not in the sense we usually mean it, no. I've not been made aware of the specifics, but the Chinses are attempting to reverse engineer something the Pentagon has put a lot of money into, and both the US and it's allies can ill afford for them to succeed." The worst part for Daniel was the lack of deception leeching from Mark. He truly didn't know.

Fuck

The Reserve [Superhero RP in the universe of The Boys]

“I don’t get your fucking problem, Danny, seems like Vought set you up pretty nice to me.”

“Daniel, or Dan.”

“Yeah? You damn well let the girls call you that.”

“Yes, well, unless you’re offering to bend over, Armory, there’s a pretty key distinction there.”

It wasn’t the smartest thing to say, but the flare of frustration and anger from the other man was well worth it. Daniel had spent his life carefully manipulating men like Armory, but too long in his company and the inevitable fallout of recent events had driven his patience beyond that. If Daniel wanted to pull someone’s strings, he could really pull them.

“Shut the fuck up, and stop listening to that bitch, she’s going ruin this thing for the lot of us.” Armory growled, finishing lacing up one boot as they both prepared for the impending task at hand. Their first ‘real’ gig. Daniel didn’t even have to look up to guess what was going on. He felt the easing, if not fading, of Armory’s sense of anger, replaced by a sudden surge of lust.

“Nocturne.” Daniel spoke, before looking up, the figure of one of two female team members standing behind Armory, one hand draped lazily on his shoulder, although her eyes with very much on him, a studious look to her features. Judging by the sudden change in Armory’s tempremeant, she had only just made herself visible. Normally he did a good job of hiding his sixth sense from the others, but the impending mission was putting him on edge.

“Cortex, looking sharp. The uniform suits you.” Her voice was almost a purr as she studied hum further, her hand upon Armory lazily stroking back and forth. Judging by his own appreciation of Armory’s ‘true thoughts’ he was experiencing, she had him well and truly played. “It’s a shame you’re both not more on board.” Her use of his ‘Vought’ name was telling, she wasn’t playing at the moment.

“They’ve going to screw it for the rest of us.” Their honoured team leader exhaled with frustration to cap her point, his attention once again fixing on Daniel. “You were supposed to bring her under control.”

“She’s a person, not a prop, no matter how you’d prefer her.” Daniel answered simply, holding both hands up, before he made to stand, rolling his shoulders as he adjusted to their mission equipment. It had been sudden, setting them up out of a new location, equipment arriving shortly after, and a message to simply wait. This was not the high glamour of the Supes everyone saw each and every day, this was something far more serious.

His mind was suddenly struck with a considerable number of ‘minds’ inbound, serious, aggressive, but not entirely hostile, minds. It was a force of will not to react visibly, although, he was thankfully given an out quickly.
“There’s a van on its way.” Themite’s grating voice called out across the room as he stood back from a window, allowing the blind to close. He turned, his usual snear of an expression falling on Daniel before, as ever, his gaze deferred to Armory.

“Get Flux, make sure she’s ready.” Armory barked to Daniel, before reiterating; “Actually ready.”

“On it, Boss”

The Reserve [Superhero RP in the universe of The Boys]

Cortex

Name: Daniel McTavish
Super Identity: Cortex
Age: 22

Abilities:

The most obvious, and outwardly useful, aspect of Daniel’s powers is his powerful ability for telekinetic manipulation. Certainly not the only telekene in the world, it is however, a relatively rare manifestation for supers, and Daniel sits in the higher bracket of those few known to possess it. While it takes great strain to do so, he is able to lift and act on forces independently up to the weight of a large vehicle, and the upper limit of his power continues to grow. With smaller objects, no only does it barely take more effort than a thought, but he also has much greater dexterity of control.
The truly significant aspect of his powers, however, a slightly later addition and one that he has kept hidden from the wider world, including Vought and his parents, is his form of latent telepathy. While he cannot directly read the minds of those around him to hear their specific thoughts, although he does ‘hear’ an occasional strong word, he instead can perceive emotions and ‘true’ feelings, desire and motivations.

Biography:

As with many of the ‘supers’ Daniel discovered his powers early in life and his family were swiftly assisted by Vought in both raising and capitalising on such a thing. He did not come from a particularly troubled background, his family could be considered relatively standard resident of New York, second generation immigrants from Scotland but reasonably well off. As specific schooling began, a mixture of general education and learning to control and use his powers, the second aspect of his abilities manifested. Thankfully, the young boy was old enough at the time to already understand the advantages of not immediately informing Vought and his parents, a fact that soon proved the right choice. As his mental abilities developed and he began to experience clear insight into others true motivations, a shadow of doubt was cast about the validity of his background, and just how much Vought could be trusted. Worse, a similar experience was felt around his parents. Consequently he became increasingly reserved as an individual. Previously hotheaded, he now seemed forcibly calm, and distant from his relatives. Even if he did not trust Vought, he welcomed the opportunity to move from home and continued his education in a boarding school-style setting.

Due to his inclination to hear ‘true’ thoughts, he had had relatively few true friends but was certainly able to avoid upsetting most, argely ending up as a ‘well liked outcast’ wherever he should be. To those few he did grow close to, as a youth and later, it would become evident that he certainly had a ‘projected’ personality and a more intimate one, a care-free, if emotional individual buried beneath a severe exterior. Largely this has been perceived as his emotional state influencing his powers, which is not entirely untrue, it simply has more of an impact on his hidden abilities than his widely known telekinesis.

As his education came to an end and he was preparing to fully enter the world of Vought and its famous super teams, Daniel began an effort which he had so far deliberately avoided, investigating the feelings of misdirection and guile around any Vought executive, and most curiously, the parents of other Supers. While before he had deliberately tried to suppress the telepathic elements of his powers, he now lent into them fully, seeking to train and enhance them in much the same was as he has been taught to do so with his telekinesis, widening and sharpening the range of which he could examine the true thoughts and feelings of those around him. While successful in doing so, all this did was confirm to him his greater suspicions without revealing any further detail and so he has taken to more mundane methods of investigation. His abilities have certainly aided in his efforts remaining undetected, able to abandon threads and plans the moment he perceived any sensation of suspicion in his direction.

His efforts to uncover the truth behind Vought, however, have been put on hold, with the introduction of Daniel to his first Vought team, a team that has been provided with a particularly important and sensitive mission, one that his internal senses of warning and dread have been far from silent on.

The Grim Crusade - A Warhammer 30000 RP

Much interest. Will write something up.