King Cosmos

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@Burning Kitty Here's my profile for now. I might still look into adding some armour if I can think of anything light enough before the RP starts.

Artorigus

Human Name: Daniel Richardson
Avatar Name: Artorigus
Avatar Picture:


Weapon Artefacts:
Slaying Demon: Okami (Blazblue series – Unique Artefact)
Lightsaber (Star Wars – Common Artefact)
Demons Spear (Dark Souls series – Uncommon Artefact)
Gravity Hammer (Halo series – Uncommon Artefact)
Wild Hatchets (Monster Hunter series – Common Artefact)
HE .44 Magnum (Resistance series – Common Artefact)

Armour Artefacts:
Power Sneakers (Sonic series – Uncommon Artefact)

Utility Artefacts:
Arms Inventory (Tower of God series – Common Artefact)

Pets: N/A

Companion Artefacts: N/A

Mount Artefacts: N/A

Vehicle Artefacts:
TRON Light Cycle (TRON – Common Artefact)

Cash: 10,000

Significant quest(s):
Defeated the Slaying God – On a remote planet, hidden in an ancient temple, there is a trial that aspiring warriors can undertake. The temple is a shrine, built to memorialise a group of six heroes who long ago fought to defeat a great and power Black Beast. By praying at the altars of these heroes it is possible to summon their spirit and fight against them in single combat; by defeating them, and proving yourself worthy, they will grant you the weapons they were famed for using.

Artorigus visited this temple and he prayed at the altar of the Slaying God Hakumen, a faceless swordsman in pure white armour wielding a sword that made all ranged weapons useless. Facing the warrior in single combat Artorigus fought for hours, using a variety of weapons and nearly dying a dozen times or more, and was finally able to defeat the Slaying God. In return for his efforts he was granted the Slaying Demon: Okami, the unique artefact wielded by the Slaying God.

Winner of the Shining Sword tournament – Before joining the Spectres of the Apocalypse, Artorigus took part in a rather novel tournament arranged by a number of players who were looking for a little sport. The only rules were that the only weapons allowed were swords and that the fight wasn’t over until the opponent submitted or died; everything else was permitted. Using unique artefact Slaying Demon: Okami, the sword he had recently acquired from a quest, Artorigus quickly advanced to the final rounds of the tournament; upon seeing his opponents it quickly became apparent that he wasn’t the only person using a unique artefact nor was he the only person who knew how to use one. It was here that things became tricky.

His final and most notable opponent was the wielder of the Moonlight Greatsword, a unique artefact capable of firing magical blasts through heavy swings of the blade. The match-up was favourable for Artorigus, a projectile firing sword versus a sword that negates projectiles, but it was still a very difficult fight that he only barely managed to win when his opponents surrendered moments before being decapitated.

Artorigus collected his reward, a money pot added to by all competitors, and his useless title and left. He was approached by the Spectres of the Apocalypse soon after and asked to join.

Other notable facts: Artorigus is aiming to become a melee weapon specialist and is always seeking to acquire more melee Artefacts.

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@Burning Kitty it seems a bit big for a personal vehicle and you can't really crew a large ship like that by yourself outside of a video game, though that depends on how realistic the mechanics are for sailing (I'm guessing, pretty realistic).

It doesn't fit my expectations for what a vehicle artefact would be, but it's not my call to make.

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@MissCapnCrunch would the Wicked Wench count as a clan ship? Clans are limited to one ship per clan and we are also limited to one unique artefact each, but if you say that Kaptaan gave up the ship to be able to join the Spectres of the Apocalypse then everything works out.

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You know how in the final battle Artemis had a screen in front of her where she cycled through inventory, that is how we do it here. If the Arms Inventory is faster, than that cool keep it and consider it approved.

@Burning Kitty

That's exactly what I imagined weapon swapping to be like and the Arms Inventory would be faster.

To everyone: Feel free to tell me I need to tone down my character's Artifacts if I have to many or whatever.

@Burning Kitty

The Pipboy isn't a weapon so it should probably go under a separate section for utility items. For everything else I would need to see the profiles for each artefact before making any judgment about their strength.

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@Burning Kitty the purpose of the inventory is to act as a quick bar, so my character can switch weapons a lot faster or even near-instantly. It's not about storage. I'm fine with it being rejected if need be, it is somewhat superfluous and there may even be a game feature that does the same thing; I just think they're cool.

I might add armour later. I'm going for speed over defense and I can't think of anything suitable right now.

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I'm still looking for a good avatar and working on the significant quests. In the mean time, here's a few artefacts that I would like to use.

Artefacts

Name: Slaying Demon - Okami
Unique/Common: Unique
Image:

Link to item: blazblue.wikia.com/wiki/Slaying_Demon…

Description of function: A nodachi capable of nullifying and destroying any projectile fire from a weapon and nullifying any thrown weapon within a certain distance of the blade; this requires the wielder to block or parry the incoming projectile with the blade of the weapon to work. Nullifying a projectile attack in this way produces an “Earth Bind”; a large, spherical ward, slightly taller than the wielder, which absorbs any projectile fired into it for five seconds. Enemies (both NPC and other players) who make physical contact with the “Earth Bind” are injured and the “Earth Bind” is instantly removed; only one “Earth Bind” can exist at any time, the newest “Earth Bind” always replaces the previous.

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Name: Power Sneakers
Unique/Common: Uncommon
Image:

Link to item: sonic.wikia.com/wiki/Power_Sneakers

Description of function: Greatly increases the wearer’s movement speed when activated.

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Name: Arms Inventory
Unique/Common: Common
Image:

Link to item: towerofgod.wikia.com/wiki/Arms_Inventory

Description of function: An invisible inventory used for storing a variety of weapons; this particular model is designed to hold melee weapons only and can hold up to six items of various sizes. It can be summoned on command and allows the user to quickly change weapons without needing to open the inventory (It’s essentially a quick bar).

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Name: Lightsaber
Unique/Common: Common
Image:

Lightsaber

Link to item: starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lightsaber

Description of function: A basic technological melee weapon, capable of deflecting certain energy based projectiles.

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Name: Demon’s Spear
Unique/Common: Uncommon
Image: (best I can do I’m afraid)

Demon's Spear

Link to item: darksouls.wiki.fextralife.com/Demon's…

Description of function: A spear carved from the bones of demons and imbued with lightning.

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Name: Gravity Hammer
Unique/Common: Uncommon
Image:

Link to item: halo.wikia.com/wiki/Type-2_Energy_Wea…

Description of function: Five times per day this weapon is capable of producing a field of altered gravity, allowing it to push opponents away or pull them towards the wielder, as well as deflecting incoming projectiles.

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Name: Wild Hatchets I
Unique/Common: Common
Image:

Link to item: monsterhunterworld.wiki.fextralife.co…

Description of function: A pair of short swords made of the bones of a large creature. Allows the wielder to enter the “Demon mode” which increases attack speed and attack power for 30 seconds followed by an hour cool down. Can be upgraded using the right materials.

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Name: He .44 Magnum
Unique/Common: Common
Image:

Link to item: resistance.wikia.com/wiki/HE_.44_Magnum

Description of function: This army-issue weapon features a polished wooden stock, a uniform metallic body, and fires lithium filled rounds which can be detonated after being fired using an electronic detonator.

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Name: TRON Light Cycle (no light ribbons)
Unique/Common: Common
Image:

Link to item: tron.wikia.com/wiki/Light_Cycle_(5th_…

Description of function: A motorcycle stored inside of a baton. The motorcycle is created by splitting the baton in half to form the handlebars and the bike forms around them. This model does not include the ability to produce a light ribbon.

Free For All

@MikkishtheLeprechaun I'm still waiting for @Illiren to respond. I'll post something tomorrow or the day after if there's still no activity.

The Hunters Club

Sora Ikeda

Name: Sora Ikeda

Appearance:


Age: 15

Gender: Male

Hobbies: Barbequing, Cycling, Nature Walks

Pet Peeve: Rain, Urbanization, Being rushed

Base Power: Smoke Breath – Enenra Ancestry
Enenra are yōkai made up of wisps of smoke, which rise up into the sky from fires; they are the personification of smoke. As a descendant of an Enenra, Sora possesses some small control over smoke, so far only manifesting as the ability to create moderate quantities of smoke via his breath; he can exhale a cloud of smoke, similar in constitution to that created by a wood fire, at will.

History: Ever since he was young Sora knew he was a little bit different. For one, he could see things that other people could not.

As a child Sora was something of an outcast due to being just a little bit… strange. He would stare into space and talk about things that no-one else could see and insist that they were real; his teachers said they were imaginary friends and that they were perfectly normal for a boy so young, while he would deny this and say they weren’t his friends, he could just see them and didn’t know why anyone else could. The other children would just ignore him.

It didn’t take long for his parents to intervene. They told Sora that the things he could see, the strange things that no-one else noticed were a secret that only his family knew about. Other people couldn’t see them, only he and his mother could since they were both special, and it wasn’t polite to point at or talk about things that no-one else could see. It was not the whole truth, but it was enough explanation for a small child to understand and to begin acting “normal” around his peers; it was enough for his teachers to stop giving him worried looks when he wasn’t looking and for the other children to stop avoiding him.

As he grew older he began to understand more and he began to grow tired of always ignoring the things he saw. He read about Japanese history and culture, about myths and legends, and began to notice similarities between the stories and the things he could see. When he was eight he asked his mother about it, about the things they could both see and why they were both “special” as she liked to call it. So she told him, she told him about yōkai and spirits, how they were real even though everyone said they weren’t; she even told him about their family’s heritage and how they were descended from a yōkai themselves and it was this heritage that made them special.

Supernatural History: Sora has been able to see small spirits for most of his life, for so long that it no longer seems strange to him. Living in a fairly rural part of country it was not at all uncommon to see Hinotama of various types in the woods or out on the lake near his home and although from an early age he had to get used to the idea that no-one outside of his family could see the same things that he, but it is safe to say that he is not scared of the supernatural.

One event in particular stands out however. When he was twelve years old Sora went down to the lakeside at night with a couple of friends to stargaze. It was the perfect night for it, an incredibly peaceful night with no wind and not a cloud in the sky, the kind of night where the lake is so still it looks like a mirror of the sky, every single star reflected in its surface. On this night, there were even a few extra lights to be seen alongside the stars.

As he was looking out at the lake Sora spotted a single fiery orb floating above the middle of the water. It looked different from the other lights he would sometimes see, larger and lively, dancing and bobbing around enough that he became mesmerised by it. As he watched he saw other, similar light join it, then a few more, then a dozen more until it looked like there were hundreds of dancing lights streaming across the lake; it was like nothing he had ever seen before. After a while the lights drew together, not reducing in number but clustering to become a single shape; together they formed a single line of lights, like a serpent, flying over the lake, writhing and dancing until it disappeared.

That was the first and last time Sora ever saw the Ryūtō, the Dragon Lights, on that lake.

I, the Demon King, Will Summon My Own Damned Heroes!

“Hey! Wait!” Racing ahead of the Wisp again Oberon blocked off Mourningstar’s path, holding both hands up in front of him as if to ward her back towards the bonfire. “Where is this coming from?”

Oberon was frankly kind of stunned at everything he had just heard. When he had stopped Mourningstar and asked her where she was going he had honestly expected another vaguely thought out plan delivered in a grandiose manner; a plan to solo scout out the rest of the cave or to use the remaining fire-infused crystals to cause a cave-in over the Goblin encampment. Oberon had stepped in, as he normally did, to try and temper her somewhat and keep her from doing something stupid. He hadn’t expected the Wisp to bombard him the way she did and he certainly didn’t expect the sudden collapse of the Wisp’s persona that came next.

As she slunk past him, somehow managing to have a hangdog expression despite not having a face, limbs or even a torso, he was left feeling terrible about himself. He suddenly regretted every exasperated eye roll or snide comment he’d thought about her as he tried to deal with her earlier, even though he felt they had been earned at the time. He’d thought she was just egotistical, naïve and far too keen for her own good. He’d even briefly considered the idea that she was insane, cracked under the pressure of their situation. Instead it seemed like the ‘Mourningstar’ character was just that, a front, an affectation, and even though that had its own implications Oberon suddenly found himself confronted by the hurt individual underneath that he didn’t even know existed.

“You’re not useless and you’re not a burden. It definitely wouldn’t be a win for me if you got yourself killed, don’t even joke about that. We’ve all died once already, I’m not looking to let that happen again.” Letting his arms drop to his sides Oberon adopted a slumped posture. He wasn’t sure what to do, other than apologise; even that was hard since up until this moment he wasn’t even aware that he was doing anything wrong.

“I’m sorry if you feel like we’ve been ignoring you. There’s been a lot going on and I got caught up in an idea I had; it’s a bad habit of mine. Then the Slime exploded for some reason and then I had to heal that Dire Rat; I haven’t even seen you since you found the stash of crystals.” Making excuses probably wasn’t the best way to go about this, but it was all true; he hadn’t been ignoring Mourningstar, not intentionally at least, and he hadn’t refused to speak to her at any point. Although it was entirely possible she had tried to get his attention while he had been playing with magic and been ignored in turn.

“You never exactly made it seem like you wanted to be friends anyway; you just bossed everyone around and tried to seem scary and important.” Pushing the blame onto Mourningstar was the wrong approach and luckily even Oberon knew this and was able to stop himself before he went too much further. “You’re just…. I think you’re trying too hard. Trying to be the boss, the scary voice, all this stuff about being the Demon King’s General; it’s too much. You don’t need to do any of that; I know it sounds trite by just be yourself, like you are now. Just… less suicidal.”

Digbie called out to them and Oberon looked over Mourningstar’s head to see the Goblin approaching them while dragging a bag along the ground. “By the looks of it I’m not the only one who wants you to stay.”

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Ready Player One inspired RP

@MissCapnCrunch given the way Sanctuary was never even intended to be a game in the first place I kind of see clans being a player invention rather than something intentionally added. They clearly added support for clans later on since clan ships are a thing and are limited to one per clan, but I see that as being a response to something the players were already doing, i.e. grouping up and forming factions.

Clan size is probably limited by how much living space your ship has so unless you can get something like a Star Destroyer or a Battlestar you're going to be pretty limited. I imagine something like the Millenium Falcon, Serenity or the Bebop would be more the norm and those things have space for maybe a dozen at most.