LadyBella

[Gelatinous Cube] Ballad of the Mages {Ladybella}

Kyra frowned, unsure if she was the cause of his bad mood or if it was because he was still hurting. She turned him around a corner, checking the street sign to make sure she was where she thought she was. Her attention then went to the houses. She was looking for 1472. The first house was 1468.

"It should be down a little on this side," Kyra said, pointing to the side of the street they were walking on. She made a mental note to not forget to make him another potion that concentrated more on pain than healing. She could do that easily enough. She knew that after today Ray would be very sore.

"Ah, here we are," Kyra said looking over to see the faded numbers on the house they were looking for. Unlike the last house, this one seemed more sinister. Perhaps it was the dark color it had once been painted. Or maybe the windows that were caked with dust and mud. The door was hanging crooked, but shut as tight as it would go. She grimaced looking at the house and then looked at the list again to make sure that this was the right place. She unconsciously tightened her grip on Ray's arm, withering a little to hide behind his shoulder.

"This looked haunted or something," Kyra whispered. Her eyes watching the windows for a ghost or demon or something.

Abominations of the Underworld

Leonardo Saro II
March 7th, 1816
4:53AM

In the 5th century, there was man named Alexander Corvinus. He was the first immortal and to our knowledge, he is the only immortal. His sons, William and Marcus were infected, becoming immortals of a different kind. Marcus for the better and William, for the worse. Marcus was infected by the bite of a bat, turning him into the species we are today. Vampires. Our abilities are only restricted by our weakness to sunlight. Even the smallest ray will burn our skin, leaving us in a pile of ashes upon the ground. We are stronger than humans, more agile, faster and more lethal. We heal faster than humans. A cut heals within hours for us. We are the superior species.

What happened to WIlliam you may ask? He was bitten by a wolf, becoming the first werewolf. Sounds nice doesn't it? In fact, it is not. William became a dangerous pest, his hunger was insatiable, and every human he bit turned into the same beast. They can smell a warm body over one hundred miles away, and hear a leaf fall to the soft ground. In my studies I have found their eyesight is superior to ours, but to what extent I am unsure. They are stronger than we are, faster than we are. Then why are we the superior species? Werewolves cannot control themselves. They have a bloodlust that is never quenched. It makes them vulnerable, out of control and weak.

We enslaved them, using their strength to build our walls and their ability to withstand the sunlight to protect us while we slept. They were dangerous, and revolting. When my mother was bitten, becoming the first hybrid between Vampire and Werewolf, I was fascinated. I wanted to keep her alive, to study her, see if she could be saved, but she was killed before I could do anything. Still I searched for a way that I could have saved her. I started with the werewolves. I performed tests upon them. Testing their blood, their saliva, everything. They were animals, but they were fascinating animals. When a human child was born of a werewolf, a new species emerged. Lycans. Equally dangerous and fascinating creatures. Able to shift between human and Lycan form and less dangerous than their werewolf ancestors. This intrigued me. When more were born or made, I abducted them, faked their deaths to make them disappear and brought them down to my secret lab. I also abducted a few humans, easy enough, wolves, and a few werewolves. My vampire abductee is myself. I have abducted a few humans, turned them into vampires, using their blood as well.

I have so much to study, still so much to learn, but I fear my subjects are becoming restless. They have tried to escape, making my experiments known. The vampires were taken from me, the others almost destroyed. When they saw everything I had accomplished, namely the few who are resistant to sunlight, they let me live. That and the fact that my father is respected among those old wind bags. Any further experiments on vampires have to have willing subjects. I suppose that eases my mind, but our kind are so protective of their blood. It holds our memories. Any who are turned with it will see our lives as if they had lived it themselves. This is why I was doing my experiments in secret.

We are experiments, living underneath the city, held by this madman, or rather inquisitive fellow, Leo, who I will be playing. Escapes have been attempted, and they failed. There is only one way out of the lab, right through the city. Can it be done? Sure. Has it been done successfully? No. However, with the latest attempted escape, Leo's experiments have been discovered. After much groveling, Leo is still alive and his experiments are still on going. The Lycan subjects have been forced to work. The vampires have been pulled from the lab and given housing within the city. They are treated as equals. The hybrids or scientific abominations, have been left in the lab. They were supposed to be killed, but Leo protected his experiments, no one knows they exist, except for the other experiments, Leo and his assistant(s).

Well, you have the setting and the circumstances, as for the plot, the experiments would escape and avoid capture, but for a while we will be inside the city, planning an escape, perhaps the vampire experiments will try to free the lycans that are being kept as slaves. Perhaps they become brainwashed by everyone else, thinking the lycans and hybrids are freaks of nature and are only good for labor. -shrugs- This will be largely character driven, we're just gonna have some fun.

Kinds of experiments

-Deviant or Les Ames Soeurs(Kindred Spirits/Soulmates)
These are a little new to the mix. They are first wolves, who have ingested or have been injected with the blood of a Lycan.They have three forms, Wolf, Werewolf, and Human. They are immune to Silver. These would be slaves.

-Super Vampire(genetically made only at this point)
These vampires have been genetically altered to be able to withstand the sunlight. However, it hasn't be perfected yet. They can only stand directly in the sun for a few moments. If left too long their blood begins to boil and their insides are essentially cooked. Their sense are better than normal vampires, but they have to consume more blood. They also have two forms. One is the normal form, the other is something like a monster. Their skin turns a pale blue, their fingernails grow and sharpen like claws and they grow large, leathery wings. Their eyes turn black and their fangs descend half an inch. Their feet and hands become webbed and they can use both to grab things. While in this form only their wings are completely immune to the sunlight. These characters would be allowed in the city, given extravagant rooms and clothing, considered kings and queens by regular vampires.

-Hybrid (2 characters max)
A mix of any two species mentioned above. These are immune to Silver and Sunlight, essentially unstoppable. These would be left in the lab, they are considered dangerous and volatile. Dirty species that shouldn't exist.

-Lycan
These characters would have originally been human, turned by Leo. These would be slaves.
-Vampire
These characters would have originally been human, turned by Leo. These would be allowed into the city, given rooms and clothing, treated as equals.

Don't like these? Have your own? Just ask :)

Rules
1. Don't control another persons player, come on now.
2. I assume you all have been here for a while, you know the rules of the forum, follow them please. If you haven't and this is your first time here, welcome! Read the rules.
3. I don't have a limit on gore, if you want to explain in great detail the color of anthers blood and/or intestines, go for it, however, sex is an intimate action between two people. I don't want to read it.
4. If you have a problem with another player, do not fight in the OOC, take it somewhere else. If the matter is pressing enough to catch my attention I will lay down the law, if not, get over it.
5. There is a 3 character limit for every player.
6. I shouldn't have to remind anyone but this is the advanced section. Posts must be over 3 paragraphs with correct grammar and punctuation.
7. If you are going to be unable to post for more than a week, please let us know. On the same note, if we have been waiting on your characters for a week or more, you will be kicked out.
8. There is no posting order. There is no limit on posting except for this ONLY IN THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME THIS WILL CHANGE, if player A posts, and then player B posts, I would like player A to wait 12 hours for another player to post. If another player does not post, player A may reply, then player B must wait 12 hours again. As mentioned above this will only be active during the beginning of the game. This gives everyone the chance to post. I will let everyone know when they can post freely.

Character Sheet

Name: Self-explanatory, however slaves that have been born in the city, would not have a last name. Slaves who were turned would keep the names they were given by their real families
Age: Unless you are playing an elder vampire or someone not in the experiments, your age should not exceed fifty
Species: Self-explanatory, if you are a hybrid of any kind, put the two species you are mixed with on this line
Appearance: Pictures encouraged, anime; frowned upon. Short description, including a little personality details (2 paragraphs min.) required.
History: Where did they come from?
Other: Anything else note-worthy

Participating Characters

Vampires

Leonardo Saro II

Name: Leonardo Saro II
Age: 327
Species: Vampire
Appearance:

Leo is a dark and brooding vampire. To see him smile is a rare treat and normally he only does so when an experiment goes as he originally planned. Usually he is unkempt, his hair sticking up, smudges on his face and clothes from pen ink. He is usually in a white shirt and dark pants. the only time he dresses up is if his father requests his presence.

When he isn't agitated, Leo's eyes are a soft grey, they change to the ice blue of the vampires when he is upset. His is rather tall, six feet even, with a toned body structure. He is the poster boy for physical fitness, spending the rest of his time training. He likes his prey to fight him, offering more than just a boring chase through the woods. It works his muscles and gives him a little excitement outside of his lab.

History:
Leo was born to the elder vampire Leonardo Saro the first. His father insists on being called only by his last name; Saro. Leo's mother was killed nearly two hundred years ago, bitten by a werewolf. This is where Leo's fascination started. Unknown to many others in the city, Leo's mother, Margaret did not die right away. The official story is that Margaret was bitten, grew ill and died in her sleep. That is not what happened. One hundred year old Leo watched as his mother was chained in the dungeons, snarling and snapping at any who came close even her husband. She had changed, her skin turning blue and her normally vampiric fangs became elongated. Her hands and feet developed long claws. She killed four vampires that night. One of which was a family friend. She was killed the following night.

Leo found it amazing that the blood could be combined. He studied and studied, learning everything he could about science and the way the vampire and human bodies worked. At first he was not allowed to study the werewolves, but when the first Lycan was born, he was allowed to study them as much as he wanted. He had a lab made for him, one that everyone was privy too. However, when his work started to raise some eyebrows, he quickly took the more risque experiments underground.

His childhood was rather normal for a vampire child, he was taught to hunt and to fight and he was brought up with the impression that the werewolves were vial creatures. He despised them with every inch of his body. Even more so when his mother was killed. He held their blood responsible. He became a worthy opponent on the battlefield, his previous employment being one of the many death dealers. His father could not have been more proud to watch his son killing werewolves. Leo was privy to the riches that his fathers high standing granted, but he was not like the other vampire children. His father sent him to live in the guards quarters at the age of sixteen, there he was brought up as if he were a commoner and not the son of Saro. He is humble and loyal, but also dark and brooding.

After completing the training he was required to have, he worked for fifty years as a guard, upholding the rules and bringing order. When his mother fell ill, he quit, devoting his life to science, much to his father's disappointment. Leo harbors anger for his fathers acceptance of his mothers death. The men ignore it, moving on with their lives as if they were the perfect family.

Amelia

Name: Amelia...just Amelia
Age: 49
Species: Vampire
Appearance:

Amelia is slight in built, short and skinny, but not unhealthy so. As a human she had a very high metabolism, allowing her to eat as much as she wanted and never gain weight. It was so high that sometimes she couldn't find enough to eat, and she lost weight, making her look malnourished. When she was turned, her metabolism dropped to a more manageable level. She still has to feed more than others but she retains a very fit physique.
She normally wears cute sundresses, in bright colors, yellows, neon blues, white, fuchsia, ect. and flat shoes in neutral colors. They made her look like a china doll, something that is made of glass and fragile, but she is no such thing.
History:
Amelia was born human, she was married, had children, beautiful children and a husband who loved her more than the air he was breathing. It was all ripped from her when she was caught in an attack. She ingested blood from a vampire, an accident, but it had happened and she became a monster. Her husband knew and was afraid but tried to keep her alive. When she started to have thoughts of sucking her children dry, Amelia left without telling anyone. Her husband is still searching for her, he's come close a few times to finding her, but she figured that he wouldn't dare come into the vampire city.

Hybrids

Coleson Grant

Name: Coleson Grant
Age: 33 years (5 as a hybrid. Originally a vampire. Leo's experiments have added werewolf dna to his bloodline)
Species: Hybrid
Appearance:

Cole stands at a respectful five feet eleven inches in height. His body structure is usually that of an olympic level swimmer. Toned muscles, peak physical condition. It does change however, especially when the change comes over him. Eye colour is usually a dark brown, but if hunger or anger occur they will change to an amber hue.
He was always a hit with the females, having his pick of any of the selected women to feast or share equally appealing evening with. Always one to try and get the party started, his fun loving attitude held back a serious manner that he always tried to put to use in the field.

History: A promising up and comer in the Death-dealers. He had the misfortune of leading a squad into a Lycan ambush, he was the only member to survive and as such was left to die. His wounds were almost fatal and he would have been a pile of ash if Leo had not begun experimenting on him. At first Coleson thought it was an honour, he quickly became to realise the horror that would await him.

He had always been proud of his vampiric blood. Now however he knew it was tainted, he could feel the invading presence under his skin. A hunger that was all consuming and a fire that ignited in the pit of his stomach. A beast had taken up residence in his skin. Coleson did not know how long the beast would remain caged.

Other: Cole has a sunburst tattoo on his left shoulder and a tribal tattoo on his chest.

Les Ames Soeurs

Genevieve

Name: They call me: Genevieve because my fur is white. They also call me: "Genie"
Age: I am a young wolf, I know I am not a cub, but I am young. They tell me to say I am 17.
Species: I am more than a wolf. I am something else. My Alpha says I am called an Ame Souer.

Appearance:

About Genie

I was born this. I know it. I love to be this. I am warm. I know everything with my nose. I know my own kind. I sing for them. I run and I hunt and I am fast. It is so strange to not be able to move like I move in this muscular and fast warm body... my own body. It is so strange to not know my pack mates scent. It is strange to not be able to see in the dark and not know where I am going. I miss hearing the sound of running heartbeats of running prey. My mind does not tell me this. My 'drums' do. No... not that... I mean... I mean... oh! 'Dreams!' Yes. But in these dreams my eyes are true. I only see things not so distracting as my other eyes. In my dreams I see outside. I miss outside. But outside is dangerous says Alpha. He is called 'Alpha Leo.' And he says that there are things out there worse than trappers. He says that I am different and that others will hunt me because I am a deviant.

Alpha Leo said that he found me. I was wounded and caught in a trap from a two-legger and so he brought me here to safety. It is strange. I do not remember a time before knowing Alpha Leo. But he is nice. He feeds me and pets me when I am sad. We live in his lair. But I do not like the Alpha Leo's lair... and sometimes I do not like Alpha Leo actually. He smells funny. He is not my kind. He is like the form I have become. I am no longer beautiful when I stand so tall. I am a--

--monster. I was not born this. I know it. My thoughts are strange and so are my dreams. I know I ran upon all my legs and not like this. I am used to walking like this now but still... it feels different. I know I was not without this fur; my fur covered my body not just certain parts. The fur is long upon my head, but I should have a long tail to keep me warm and happy. My teeth are smaller and not sharp. My body is pale and feels cold all the time. I am too tall and cannot run as fast. I don't sing like I used to... but something... something about the sound of my throat... something familiar. I have heard a voice like this before when I ran upon all my legs; before when I was beautiful and not this... this body... this 'Genevieve.' I was known by a scent. I was known by a song. I see myself in a wall that lets my eyes see me. I am ugly. I am pale and hairless.

Alpha Leo says I need to wear 'clothes.' I dislike the things on my bottom paws even more, but I hate having cold paws even more than my dislike for those things. Did I tell you that I have no tail? I weep at night sometimes. My cries sound different, but I am sad because my tail is gone and I cannot cover my nose with it. I like my tail! But I wear this thing around my neck. It is called a collar. Sometimes it hurts me, and sometimes it does not. Alpha Leo says it's good for me. It helps his 'tries.' No... not that. They are... yes! I mean to say: 'tests.' I am used to wearing it, but I want to take it off. I cannot become myself, the body I was born with. But he says to look at the eyes in the wall that shows me what I look like. I should get used to those eyes, he says. They do see things... more alive and distracting, but beautiful all the same. They are called 'colours.' I like colours. I like my eyes. They are coloured 'bleh.' No... 'blue!' Yes. Just like the colour of my eyes when I am in myself, my real body. But there are eyes I dream of too. Those that are not mine, not my own. They are the eyes that see the unstoppable me. This body is a monster and not beautiful. That other body, the tallest and most strongest one... that one is more than beautiful. This is what I think I should look like when I stand on two legs. I should look like--

--a goddess. I do not know what happens when I become this body. But I do know when Alpha Leo tells me it is time. He says, "Genie. It is time to find that place. That place in you where no one can hurt you again-- where no one will hurt me again. You want to protect me right? And yes, your pack too, right? Yes, you are my little goddess are you not? A good girl, yes you are..." The last thing I know is the pain. And then the calm. And then the rage. And then the hunger. And then the irresistible drive to run and hunt for reasons more than to just feast.

I am a good her. A girl? Yes. I am that. In all my forms I am good. I know this. I like to laugh and play games. I like to sing. I like to eat. I like to drink more than just water. I like to keep Alpha and my new packmates happy. I am good. I am fast and I can hunt too. I will wait my turn to eat because I know the rules. I like the rules because it makes Alpha happy. But Alpha Leo says that I have to be bad sometimes. And the goddess is allowed to bad even though I know that I am good. A good girl. I will be good and follow the rules. Even if it means the goddess is free to do more than hunt to just eat. I am happy to not know what happens when the goddess is free. I do not remember anything. Except one thing. The colour of eyes. Those eyes are coloured blue like my own. They are pretty. And they see me for what I truly am and what I am looking for..

A deviant seeking a soulmate.

Other: Genvieve could be considered a success. She is also unknowingly the exceptionally loyal and vicious killing machine servant of Leo. When in werewolf form, she only obeys his command. But recently the werewolf form has caught on to the scent of a human that she likes for some strange reason and her human form only knows them through dreams.

SuperVamps

James Smith

Name: James Smith
Age: 97
Species: SuperVamp
Appearance:

James is a solid six foot three feet tall. His muscles bulge from his clothing and seem to grow with every exertion. Before being injected with the experimental serum, James was a normal vampire guard. He was disciplined, strong, and he fed regularly. After he became a supervampire, he became more than normal, he became extraordinary. He was faster, stronger, sexier, more desired and he no longer had to work.
His other form is rather interesting to him. Sometimes he changes and just stares in the mirror at the oddity of his own body. His skin is leathery, but slick and a pale blue color. His eyes are wide and completely black, while his teeth are longer than any other vampires. Somehow they fit inside his mouth though. Possibly the most fascinating are his wings. Yes, he can fly. They are longer than his arms, giving him a wingspan longer than he is tall.

History:
James was the first Supervampire. As mentioned before he was a guard, but before that what was he? He was born in the city, but not as a vampire. A woman who came into the city went into labor. Due to the blood, she was unfortunately killed, and James raised by vampires. He was turned at the age of twenty and began his training to become a guard. It was all he wanted to do.
Leo approached him, asking him to become part of an experiment. The serum was not supposed to work, it was supposed to kill him or make him a monster, but James turned into a creature more powerful than Lycans. He became a God, and he let that get to his head. He is enjoying being waited on, and not having to work anymore. He's lost his way, consumed by the 'fame' of being a supervamp.

Rynn Atavvo

Name: Rynn Atavvo
Age: 27
Species: Super Vampire
Appearance: Link above
Rynn has always been a tough woman. She loves getting what she wants, and getting it now. A most dangerous breed, she was turned into a Super Vampire by Leo, now worshipped by her peers. She lives in a lavish flat over the village(town/city) attended only by her manservant, a Lycan named Lurk. She trusts next to no one, and those she does trust, she still has them "checked up on" from time to time. It never hurts to be too careful, as one might say.
After her transformation into a Super Vampire, she has been asking herself "What now?", "Where do I go from here, and more importantly, what do I do?". As the answer to this question, she rents her body out to those who can afford her. But not in the way of "pleasure of the flesh". No, she rents her powers, her stealth, out to those who can afford her services and find themselves in need of one less political enemy. Being a Super Vampire, and essentially undead, she "sleeps" in short intervals, only when she becomes bored and needs the time to pass. She does her paperwork and helps out Leo with whatever experiments he has during the day, careful not to let any light inside her house, and travels to Leo's lab via coach and horse inside a coffin. At night, she attends to her real business, unless otherwise needed.

History: Rynn was trained in the subtle art of assassination by her former father and master, a Royal Spymaster of a nearby industrious city. She grew up learning how to fight and how to kill men and women with anything available, although she prefers her own weapons. She unfortunately failed at her last mission while she was still a human, falling to her almost demise. Someone had found her and nursed her back to health, only to sell her as a slave in a nearby vampire settlement. Leo quickly turned her, and experimented on her. She was a magnificient success, and she finds the power intoxicating.

Other: Rynn prefers using a small hand crossbow, a long-bladed dagger (almost a shortsword), and her natural agility for her contracts. She also has access to a flintlock pistol, and her loyal manservant, Lurk. Lurk is a mute, his tongue having been cut out by his former master. He is a brute of a man, and uses a large crossbow. He also has a shield, a pistol, and a war pick.

Since Lurk isn't much of a prevalent character, I didn't make a sheet for him, though I could later on if you wanted me to. I had figured this was a Steampunkish era, so that's where I went with this. Let me know if there's anything wrong and I'll change it.

-This character is currently not in play, on hold.

Lycans

Immortal Immortals are not available to play, there can only be one...unless you can impress me :)

Abominations of the Underworld

Bunny, nope this is the real sheet, feel free to add whatever you want, I'm pretty simple when it comes to creating characters, I like to see a character blossom in the game

fantasyfan28, Yes, there are, they have different jobs, guarding the gates, letting those who belong in and such, and then the ones who go hunting for werewolves or lycans who escape or kill the ones who are causing too much trouble or whatever, or escorting high members through the forests, things like that.

To everyone I will get everything set up today so you can have all of the information and get started with your glorious creative-ness :D
Bloop!
Abominations of the Underworld OOC & IC

Kate's Back Door

Yay! I got my avatar!!!

Abominations of the Underworld

Lol sure, I can give it to you and then work on an ic and ooc so you have a place to post them when they are finished and so we can play when everyone who is interested can join :)

Name: Self-explanatory, however slaves that have been born in the city, would not have a last name. Slaves who were turned would keep the names they were given by their real families
Age: Unless you are playing an elder vampire or someone not in the experiments, your age should not exceed fifty
Species: Self-explanatory
Appearance: Pictures encouraged, anime; frowned upon. Short description, including a little personality details (2 paragraphs min.) required.
History: Where did they come from?
Other: Anything else note-worthy

Abominations of the Underworld

LOL bunny you crack me up

Lets Fly - There is a spot open, I'm not putting a limit of characters as of yet

Abominations of the Underworld

StoneDogg1 - You're here!

fantasfan28 - A post would be required whenever you can do it, I am usually pretty -lax about things like that, if you know you are going to be gone, let us know, if you go missing for more than five days without any communication in the IC or OOC then your character is put on 'hold'. This means others will pass you by but you aren't kicked out yet. If you don't return within two weeks, you and the character are gone for good, unless you have a good excuse; family death, fingers were broken, ect.

Abominations of the Underworld

Lol I posted the link in the original interest check, so if they want they can click on that little gem.

Abominations of the Underworld

Lovely to hear it :)

Abominations of the Underworld

Lol you can play whatever you like and more than one character if you want too