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The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

Ah okay, I'll just rework it so that my character gets banished or something and joins the an adventurer's guild before joining the main party. Would that be okay? Is there anything else I should know?

The Lion's Banner: A Fire Emblem-Inspired Anime Fantasy RP

Hey I'm interested to be in a dark elf. What exactly is the culture and society of the dark elves? Are there any rituals they engage in? As they live in the far north, I can't imagine there being large settlements given the harsh cold. I'd think the dark elves would be somewhat nomadic and arranged into different clans. Is there anything else I should know about them?

How would the dark elves interact with the Ingvarr and the people of Estival?

Would an Adventurer's guild accept a dark elf?

I should have asked first before I typed this but since I'm already here, let me know if there are things I should change for my character's background.

TLDR Timeline

Timeline:
Astira flees towards Estival at the age of 31 when her clan is massacred

She arrives at the southern borders nearly a year later and settles in a large town with rudimentary understanding of human society and language

The next 4 years she acclimates herself to human society working in the adventurer’s guild as a barmaid and assistant receptionist. Actually gets along well with the patrons.

At the age of 35 when she feels more comfortable, she becomes an adventurer herself and hones her trade (human magic and spearmanship) over the course of some 15 years. It is only in the last 3 years or so does she develop a reputation taking jobs as a bounty hunter

On one of her jobs exploring an old ruin with a party, she comes across a hostile Ithillin party research party and kills them in self defense.

Nearly 50 years old, she decides to leave town and head further south after learning of some unsubstantiated rumors of stirrings in the north. The trauma of her clan’s massacre still lingering in her heart plays a role as well.

Ends up joining the Lions as she relocates to Velt.

Somewhat longer detailed background

Astria Bodil is a dark elf hailing from the far north who fled south after her clan was massacred for reasons that are unknown to her. To her knowledge, she is the lone survivor of the Nordac clan, a small but prominent clan known for their spellcasters. She practices a rare and esoteric form of ice magic, one that is well suited for surviving the harsh frozen wastelands. Fearing for her life, Astria ran all the way towards the southern borders of Estival closer towards Velt and eventually settled in a large and bustling town.

In an unknown land with a culture and language that was near incomprehensible, it took Astria several years until she become comfortable with the vernacular. During her time in Estival, she became a part of the adventurer’s guild, performing her duties as a barmaid and eventually promoted to an assistant receptionist. She interacted with guests to become more familiarized with her surroundings and giving herself the time to study the human language. As one of the very few dark elves in the area, she became somewhat of a local draw for many.

Once she had a more intimate bearing on her surrounding, Astria became an adventurer herself. To the surprise of many who had become accustomed to her presence as just a barmaid, she became a highly effective adventurer and was amongst the top in the local guild. In her downtime, Astria enjoyed gossiping with the patrons of the guild. She’d also spend her days learning about “standard” magic and combine them with the magic she knew to make her magic not look too heretical. In addition, she took time to learn spearmanship within the training grounds of the guild.

While Astria initially took low key jobs, eventually her main source of income comes from jobs clearing marks. Often times this included skirmishes with monsters or hunting them down. However, Astria has also taken jobs to clean up “truants”, former adventurers the guild has deemed too dangerous to be left alone and wanted dead or alive. Astria found and killed many of her marks leaving nothing but a frozen corpse for the guild to inspect. She grew to have a fearsome and reliable reputation.

A key experience involved one with the Ithillins. Astria was leading a party down a newly discovered ruin when she encountered them. They were immediately hostile and the experience leaves a sour taste in her mouth as she and her party were forced to overcome and kill the Ithillins. She shattered their corpses with ice magic and swears her remaining party members into silence as this could be an international incident.

Even though her time in the adventurer’s guild was success story, Astria always felt uneasy at a subconscious level. The specter of that day was still close to her heart and had not heal in spite of all this time. Though news was slow to travel north, eventually someone would take notice and investigate a certain dark elf making a name for herself. Someone would come for her to finish the job and there were uncomfortable rumors of stirrings happening in the far north.

Astira retired from the guild and with her sizable fortune accumulated throughout the years, traveled southeast towards Velt to start a new life for herself.

Astira's esoteric ice magic background

I can rework this if it fits, otherwise I can just toss this.

A snow priest was essentially a dark elf shaman who was in tune and communed with the cold. Few in number, the responsibility of a snow priest was immense. In the dark and cold tundra of the north, the rites and magic which they learned and performed was of such importance it would have gave them political power in the form of tribal chieftains to military leaders. To become a snow priest required immense training and trials.

Astira was part of a small clan of dark elves. She was selected to become one after showing an potent affinity for ice magic. At the age of 12, she began a nearly 20 year journey to become a snow priest. Through all of her trials and tribulations, she showed the most promise amongst the other disciples. However, she did not get respect from her peers as she her clan was considered to be low standing. In response, she simply held her head high and let her actions speak for themselves. Sadly, Astira never formally finished her education as she was forced to flee after the death of her clan.

Arknights: The Dark Woods (PaulHaynek & LiverisGood)

Is there anything significant about the plants that Radiant has in the ecosphere that she found in this bunker? When I originally wrote that line, I didn't have anything specific in mind. It was simply a way for Radiant to relax.

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I am taking the GRE soon so I won't have a post until 5/24

Arknights: The Dark Woods (PaulHaynek & LiverisGood)

Good gods the CN 2nd anniversary is so damn hype.

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"Wu, you said you knew a thing or two about bunkers earlier, right? It seems quite obvious where you should be headed then!" Radiant said, giving Wu a pat on the back.

"In the meantime, I don't mind taking a look around this facility. Besides, if what that guy said was true and this installation does come under attack, we'd probably want to secure the front and back entrances. We definitely need to check out those stairs that we passed by earlier, the ones that could lead to the bunker," Radiant said thoughtfully.

"What about you Medivac?" Blizzard asked.

"Given what has transpired and what we have seen, I am inclined to believe that man we just saw. There may be a connection to those infected savages and the woods, especially since the townsfolk appear to avoid traveling through the forest when possible. There's time before night falls. I'll secure the front entrance just in case and I will check the back too."

"Wait Medivac, what if he was in cahoots with them? Can we really trust him?" Ibun interjected.

"He certainly didn't check spears at us or come running towards with knives out like the ones we saw earlier," Radiant quipped. "That makes him trustworthy in my book."

"Where are we going to meet after we are done with our tasks?" Radiant asked Blizzard. "What should Ibun and you do in the meantime? Wu says he knows how to handle generators. Are you also going to look around the facility with us or will you be helping Wu with the radio comms?"

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Radiant looked puzzled at Blizzard. Surely as the mission leader she'd at least remember the faces of other operators for this mission. "Ma'am, I'm Radiant and this is Medivac. We were aboard Raven Two when circumstances forced us to jump. Our team leader stayed onboard the VTOL and we didn't see anyone else jump in that storm. Most likely, Medivac and I are the only ones left from Raven Two."

Medivac stepped forth. "Originally, Medivac and I were going to investigate a sealed well by the mayor's house as we have reason to believe that it may be useful to our investigation but circumstances changed when we met Ibun and Wu. We decided to prioritize this communication station so that it would be easier to get in touch with everyone else who is missing and have this place be a possible rendezvous point."

"Don't forget our scuffle with some of the infected!" Radiant interjected. "They held some ritual around this body and attacked us. Left us no choice but to defend ourselves. They put mushrooms in the eyes of the body. Very creepy stuff. I've managed to collect a souvenir from them. Might be useful for our investigation."

Radiant carefully pulled out the originum crown for Blizzard to see. "There were two more of us but we lost them to the forest..." Radiant noted sadly as she waited for Blizzard's response

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Will post wednesday

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The uncanny timing of Blizzard sensing someone outside and it proving to be correct was something Radiant found incredulous. "Jeez, that's some crazy sixth sense our leader got there!" she exclaimed to Medivac. "Makes you wonder why she didn't have this reaction when we came around."

"We can ask her later. This stranger is rather...suspicious. How did he know we were in the complex?" The silence was deafening after the strange man made his remarks. Wu and Ibun both looked towards Blizzard to lead but she merely stayed silent and continued to stare at the stranger.

"Um...Blizzard? Hello?" Radiant asked tentatively.

Her inquiry was met with silence. Was she even aware of the other members of the team around her? Radiant felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned and faced Medivac who leaned in and whispered to her ear.

"I'll initate the conversation. I don't know what has occurred to Blizzard but keep on eye her, she is very unpredictable right now. It feels like she hasn't acknowledge our presence or something." Radiant gave a solemn nod.

"My friend" Medivac replied back, "Who are you and how did you find us? Why do you want to help us?"

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