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Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

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Honestly, visiting the areas our various characters our from is one of the things I'm most looking forward to in this RP. Like, yes, lemme see y'all's weird hometowns.

@Tortoise

Don't worry. I have a whole google doc filling up with Cricket's and Virro's origins. Animals. Locations. Picture references. The whole nine yards! I even have theme music for each.

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

I'm already making a kingdom of my own. Too much hype? Maybe, but it's just that I'm excited to start and I DEFINITELY want to make at least one or two locations.

@MagusDream

I've been working on origin locations for my characters! I'm so excited to see what others are working on. Ehhh! Excitement overload.

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

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She's adorable, and I love her.

Approved. We can always use more knights and goblins. I like 'em both.

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Approved.

Y'know, my character is a human who comes from a place called the Old Marshland, and while it doesn't come into his story much, my idea for it is that it used to be a fey-land before humans migrated in and killed off most the native fey. Since your dude is already not fond of humans, there might be some tension there, if he knows that bit of history :P

@Tortoise

Thank you! Oh gosh --- there most likely will be tension. Virro tries his best to respect others and be polite yet blunt. He might have his days with your character. We will see, dynamically, who knows how he will react?

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

I decided to make a second character for fun. Probably won't use him as much, but I was really vibing with the look and got inspiration.

Virro

Virro

Race, Age, Time in the Caravan:
_{Virro’s homeland is known to be the Feywild, with extremely remote origins. He’s roughly 225 in age and has been with the caravan for about five decades.}

Appearance:
_{Virro stands an inch or two over seven feet and weighs somewhere around 270 pounds. He is a slender and lengthy individual with lean muscles. Even though he is tall and weighs a decent amount, he would be considered to have a petite skeletal frame for his species.}

History:
_{Like most of his species, he grew up in a democratic tribe. Their ways can be considered bizarre to others — humans — as common practice in his tribe was to exile ones who caused forest fires (even accidentally) or brought harm to any animals, especially of rarity. When Virro was a youngling, he experienced the wrath of forest fires from an uncareful member of the tribe — learning how to distance himself from other individuals at a young age.
Virro stayed in his community for roughly forty-five years before going off on his own. Deciding to take the path of a hermit and learn the ways of the druid. He went out into the forest to find his way and learn from the natural world. Loneliness became addicting and Virro lived this singular lifestyle for around one-hundred years before departing from the Feywilds. He made his way into the outer world, traveling the vast world around him and experiencing the outside world for thirty years before meeting the caravan. He has been traveling with the caravan since.}

Personality:
<sub>More often than not, Virro keeps himself in a middle-latitude zone. Constantly being indifferent but rational and reasonable about the decisions and responses he gives others or himself — these are the foundation for his personality.
Sometimes it is difficult for even the most strong-minded individual to keep a reasonable mindset and Virro is not an exception. He can be extremely passionate. Showing what he truly cares about. This can lead to him even becoming emotional and showing how sensitive he can be about certain topics.

Other than his indifferent ways and his sometimes passionate explosions, Virro tends to be a friendly individual. Trying his best to respect everyone, he has a harder time with humans. He sees them as destructive, ignorant, and arrogant. Even with humans, he tries to be polite — his common tongue seems to always stay in a polite and blunt sphere.</sub>

Motivation:


Skills, Strengths and Weaknesses, and Tools:
<sub>Virro knows the common language along with giant and elvish — knowing giant better than any language that he can speak. This might be because his tribe follows the multiple deities that created the species of giants and such.

Strengths:
— Powerful build: Virro might have a lean build, but he can carry, push, drag, and move a lot more than what he weighs.
— Transparency: Virro can make himself transparent. This helps him to be unseen in the forest and in times of having to be sneaky.
— Access to Nature Magic (Energy based):
→ Nature Manipulation
→ Nature Channeling
— Fauna and Flora handling, communication, and friendship: He can speak to the flora and fauna along with having a balanced relationship with most creatures in the forest. He has no language to understand his leafy or furry friends, but he is patient enough to listen to their body language and behavior to know what they need or want.
— Advanced and diverse knowledge of the natural world
— Proficiencies with a bow and arrow, knives, and daggers.
— Wild-based cooking (venison, wild root vegetables, etc…)
— Medical knowledge of wrapping, bandaging, splinting, stitches, and invasive-based procedures. All based on experiences from what he had to do on himself (no formal experience).

Vulnerabilities/weaknesses/etc…:
— Consumption: This could be considered a weakness when food is scarce. It takes at least twice as much food a day to keep Virro functioning. A common thing with his kind or species his size.
— Extremely honest to a fault. Anyone — even someone that has the smarts of a box of rocks — could catch Virro lying. For some reason, his kind becomes physically uncomfortable upon lying even by omission. A few tell-tales of him lying are fidgeting, pacing, no eye contact, and massaging his torso, arm, or where it hurts the most from lying.
— Decision-making when it comes to the forest (animals or plants especially of rarity) and anything else. He might choose a kelpie over you.
— The ashes of Ashwood can be used in many ways to default Virro into a bad situation (and others of his species). It can be used as a poison in food or drink, becoming fatal if consumed. If the ashes are poured in a thick line, Virro cannot cross it. Meaning one could trap themselves into a circle that Virro cannot break or cross to get to the other.
— Like much different fey, iron is known to be a weakness for certain species. Natural healing appears to not be suitable when recovering from the cut or pierced flesh by iron. This can become fatal and magical healing is recommended, infection has a higher chance of spreading and killing him without unnatural ways of recovery.

Tools and inventory:
— Two twin daggers
— A book mixed of experience: herbology, fauna, flora, recipes, songs, certain spells, and more
— Pan flute (knows how to play, has been playing since he was a kid)
— Bow and a handful of arrows</sub>

Optional: Extra Details

What They Most Want: Protection and safety for the fauna, flora, and all of the wild.

If They Had a DnD Alignment, It Would Be: Neutral good

Three Likes:
— Tea
— Soup
— Meditation. Alone time. Peacefulness. Quietness.
Three Dislikes:
— Individuals who lack empathy for the fauna, flora, or ones who need it.
— Negative energy
Do They Follow Their Heart or Their Mind?: He is always debating with the two, but he tries to stay reasonable.

Worst Fear: Forest fires (PTSD from childhood trauma with a forest fire)

Favorite Color: Forest greens, browns, tans, and natural colors

Most Like The Animal:
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Favorite Time of Day: undecided

How They Dress: A traveler of the forest

Favorite Season: Any

What Gods/Spirits/Whatevers They Worship (If Any):
_{Virro follows under the goddess Iallanis, the goddess of peace and mercy. He knows his people’s origins to be derived from the goddess Othea having an affair with the god Ulutiu.}

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

On that note, if anyone wants to early befriend Scrapheap, you’re more than welcome to state you’re riding on his shoulders!

@XoXKieroBombXoX

With so many different offers. Cricket's mount is just going to be a pet at this point. 🤣 Cricket would love to be Scrapheap's friend!!

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I vote that Cricket rides an actual cricket.

But to answer your question: you don't need to fill out a sheet or anything to give your character a mount. You can just say, IC, that your dudette is riding on one. Most of the writing and worldbuilding here will be done IC- I'm not the type of GM to make you fill out sheets for everything you wanna do. You can just give her a mount.

@Tortoise

Awesome! I'll find a reference picture and add it to Cricket's extra area once I find one. I'll keep an eye out for a cricket mount.

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

@Tortoise Our characters are in a caravan, meaning they probably would need mounts and such unless they want to walk. Am I allowed to make something to attempt to have it incorporated into the world? So, Cricket has a mount for her size?

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

@Irredeemable There were 2 pages when I went to bed last night, I woke up with 6. AMERICANS...that's what happened. Thanks to you...We've got 7 now :P

@Timemaster

I do say, Americans are what happened. I am one of them. Lmao

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

@Katakuri Maybe, I think once I get the sheet done and work on a description. A sketch would be easier to make. I appreciate the offer.

@Dark Cloud

Sounds good to me! And no problem! I'm always up for helping any way I can.

Pilgrim's Caravan: An Open-Ended Fantasy (with Worldbuilding!)

@Katakuri I think I'll just write a description. But I appreciate you trying to find some pictures.

@Dark Cloud

If you ever want to, we can discuss and I can try to sketch a rough-sketch of the character idea you're thinking of. I'm not the best at digital art, but I can at least try. No charge or anything. :)