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Belthar moved quickly down the way to the docks and immediately noted the ship with an abundance of folks gathered about. The lady Captain sat her desk, with a gargantuan fellow standing immediately in front of her. The monstrosity looked a fool, dim witted no doubt, and so Belthar wasted no time slipping just behind him and waiting for the brute to voice himself and the captain to respond.

Belthar zoned out as he awaited his time with the Captain. His thoughts strayed to what is was he was running from. He'd played his last card, and it was time to leave. Time to get out. This ship was his way out.

"Ahh, hmm, yes, Captain," Belthar began when addressed, "I am Belthar. My professions include all manner of eh... administration, legal, finance, what have you. I have held various... Er, positions, offices of sorts in my life. I am quite adept, well qualified perhaps overqualified to handle whatever business... Contracts.... Agreements, financial accounting eh - - yes. Oh, and also, my esteemed captain, herbology as a bit of a hobby yes... I can patch up most wounds, cure some.. Common ailments. Yes. "
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The bustling marketplace centered in thr great city of Ra'leon buzzed with more activity than usual as wealthy robed merchants and armor clad soldiers moved about freely dodging the poor men and vagabonds who hoped to take advantage of the occasion. The carnival was just a few short moons away when the entire city would throw themselves prostrate to the earth facing east in reverence of almighty Rolar, the one and only God of the Universe and creator of all. Of course, however, the entire city would stand to their feet again and enjoy the festivities of dancing, drinking, and all manner of sin that was strictly forbidden any other time of the year.

A scream was heard as a wealthy lady realized there were grimey hands clutching at her purse, and a bustle of soldiers rushed over throwing people aside as they swam through the crowd. A passive observer could note the scuttle of a few dark figures as they attempting evasion. Surely not all three had lain a hand on the woman, but guilt was upon their faces and all one of the soldiers needed to receive praise from the lady was to bring someone dirty fellow forward. One soldier in particular, a captain by rank, seemed to be gaining on one of the smaller fellows. Dangerously close.

Captain Barbos tossed aside a plump townsperson, lowered his soldier and charged full steam into a crowd of bantering clerks. The thief tripped on a cobblestone and went sprawling to the stonework as his own purse emptied more coins than would befit a man of his station. Barbos smiled, moving forward and ready to kick the man's teeth in and collect his award when the Bell sounded, reverberating throughout the sprawling city and making the Captain's chest vibrate with the magnitude of it.

Immediately a stillness came over the city and every man, woman, and child hit their knees facing east. The thief was forgotten... All hearts, all minds, were geared toward Rolar and the sweet tantalising emotion of pure ecstasy flowed over each and every individual in the city.

Several hundred miles away in the city of Lowton hundreds upon thousands of people were found in thr streets on mid morning in similar poses to those of Ral'Leon, and yet they were a much different people. But... The very faves contorted in pleasure were nearly identification. Yet, these people worshipped Moloft, the one true God - - supposedly, though the alleged existence of Rolar did make things difficult. Quite difficult, indeed, for such difficulties had produced war and crusades for as long as the eldest of the elders coupd recall.

Deep in the inner dwellings of the city of Lowton there stood men who did not bow, rather they reveled. They were true inner circle members of the esoteric society known as the Brothers of the Fold and they sat upon thrones which formed a perfect circle. Their hoods were tossed back, their countenances bright as their eyes rolled into the backs of their head. They did not pray to a God, for they were the Gods. The religions of the world... a farce. The true God's were those who had unlocked the knowledge of their innate mysticism. The men who know their power, and the powers and secrets of the universe lived within them.

The religions were created, encouraged, and fostered by the Brothers of the Fold because it conditioned the minds of the people and subjected them to their absolute control and authority. They could wage war without question, instill peace, Rule politics by holding the real power positions in the Church. The most 'devout' worshippers of their respective God's were receptive to mind control. This was just the preface of the powers the Brethren held. Absolute power and control.

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Haven't mapped out the specifics of the various cities, the brief history or what have you. Will only put in the work if there's interest.

Basically an ancient world where there are two major empires and a few minor kingdoms. The two major empires are heavily religious. These two hate each other, though there are very many similarities in their religions. They both pray several times a day, dropping to their knees at the sound of a bell.

In reality, what they're doing is opening their minds to the Brothers of the Fold when are esoteric overlords that control everything. They're the ultimate shadow government endowed with mystical powers. During prayer time they can subconsciously instill instructions and commands to people who are praying.

Shall we uncover the truth and overthrow them? Or play along?
Name: Belthar
Age: 64
Race: Duonioid
Homeland: Tarnoa
Appearance: Tall, slender, long grey hair. Light brown fur.
Equipment: Brown tunic and slacks. Black leather belt and buckle. Mysterious leather satchel always on his person. Three wicked daggers, one sheathed hanging from belt, one in his boot, another in a small pocket of hi tunic at the back.
Bio: Belthar is an aging man who has seen his fair share. He served in the wars as a platoon leader but suffered injuries to his knee. He then became a courtly scribe and was immersed in courtly espionage and intrigue. He appears a common plain man and trustworthy, but in reality he has assassinated more men than he can recall and plotted plots within plots of other plots that have caused entire kingdoms to turn in upon themselves.
Name: Kindrath
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Religion/Class: Caritasim
Appearance: Kindrath stands to the height of an average six foot with a medium build. His stature is not one to balk at, but he is a solid man who's years of service to Caritasim have set him at complete ease and precision within his own physical existence. He eats as was intended, sleeps as is necessary, and is whole both in body and in mind. Although "over-the-hill" his strict regiment of diet and exercise have allowed him to suffer his years with ease. He keeps a tightly cropped hair cut of black with only traces of grey and keeps a clean shaven face.

He is often seen wearing light blue flowing robes when not in his traditional travel and adventuring get-up consisting of tan padded leathers.

Personality: A compassionate stoic, one could accurately accuse him of bring absent a personality at all. He understands the struggles of all and has an uncanny ability of placing himself in other's shoes as well as help others to see things a different light.

Travelling companions, colleagues, and friends have described Kindrath as an anchoring source within their groups of association. He is inherently a peace maker and solid individual whom any and all can count on. He is always predictable.

History: Kindrath is guards his history and has revealed such to no one, although there have been rumors.

He was born into a conclave of the most nefarious and demented sect of Obitsum to parents who had little use for a child. He was treated poorly, and entered the training of as a dealer of death early in his childhood. Yet, there was something awry with the fellow. He was bullied, abused, and bested by his fellows at every turn and every point in training. He brought great shame to his parents and they made no attempts to hide this from him.

He was a sad child, often heard crying within his sleeping pallet at night. It was obvious to anyone that the life of serving Death was not his intended purpose, but there was no outlet for the young boy.

Eventually things came to a head as a pre-teen when it was time for him to draw his first blood. He was not looking forward to, but he went on with the thought and determining motivation that a good performance would put him into the good graces of his parents. The young assassins were dispatched to a small village with the directive to kill. Anything and everything. Kindrath subjected himself to the ridicule of his partners and they slunk into the sleepy village in the dead of night.

Kindrath killed. Blind rage emboldened him and his sight turned to red as he entered village hobble after hobble indiscriminately eviscerated every sleeping form he came across. For a brief moment, but what seemed like an eternity, the servants of Death did what they were bred and trained to do without hesitation and without resistance. But resistance did come... Eventually.

The village they had happened upon belonged to followers of Caritasim, and though docile in nature they were not ones to allow for such indiscriminate slaughter of their people. Up to this point, the death dealers had slaughtered old men, women, and children in their sleep. But now they had caused alarm, and the priests and paladin of the Caritasim order had come to stop the madness.

Kindrath dispatched the life of a sleeping toddler with less vigor than had surrounded him in the beginning. The gurgling and final exhalation of breath tinged at his heart but he shuffled forth from the dwelling and into the street fighting back and suppressing his emotions as had been instructed of him. As he entered the street, he suddenly felt as though a thousand pounds of pressure was attacking his head from all directions. Screams escaped his throat and joined the chorus of his fellows as they all fell to their knees in agony.

"This is enough." The words slammed into his consciousness with brute force, retreating momentarily, and then renewing their explosive pressure into his mind like violent waves. A tall, slender man of Elder age sat atop a dark horse adorned in ceremonial robes of light blue with a flowing white beard faced the assassin children with a penetrative gaze, flocked by several staff wielding men of varying ages similarly dressed.

Suddenly a small group of children flanked thr group, plunging poison riddled daggers into the backs of soft robbed men. The man with the penetrative gaze turned, directing himself and the magic he wielded at the flanking assassins. They stopped in their tracks.

That night was the most pivotal moment in Kindrath's life. The followers of Caritasim kept the child assassins in tow and corralled them into a group. They drug the mutilated bodies of their families into the street, displaying the carnage while the children laughed hysterically. Kindrath did not. He vomited at the sight of his handiwork and broke down into uncontrollable weeping.

This saved his life. The man with the penetrative gaze and Awe inspiring power took him aside and made him his apprentice. Kindrath had found his place, and learned all he could of Caritasim and served with his life.

Other Information: Born and trained an assassin, when in a pinch and forced to fight he can be quite deadly and tricky with his staff. However, he rarely fights, and always seeks a way of retreat when conflict cannot be rectified in other fashions of peace. This is his weakness, his compassion, and slowness to act.

Kindrath is a magic wielder who is proficient at healing. He has had extensive training and experience with ailments of the mind, and subsequently can do harm to the mind as well.

Such magic is high intensive and requires extreme concentration, thus when using magic he is quite vulnerable.
Hello there everyone,

I enjoy writing. I did a little play-by-post role play while in high school but haven't touched it since. I've been toying with the idea of writing a fantasy novel for quite sometime and have began a few times but inevitably hit a block and grow bored of. So, I'm here, with the intent that continually writing in a casual and full setting will increase my skills and keep the creative juices flowing.

I'm not sure how things are done here and only briefly looked for a help post or what have you. If it's there I'm sure I'll find it shortly, in the meantime I am ready to role play now. Right this very moment. Hopefully there's an active topic availiable and one I do not have to read for three days to get caught up on.

Send me a message! Say hi. Especially if you've got an inclination to get a new role play started. I would love to help you launch.
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