Snagglepuss89

Wanderlust (High Casual)

@Rune_Alchemist Accepted, I envision her and Hannibal arm and arm drinking and singing in front of the caravan as they march.

Whether she's a willing participant or not.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

@DreganHey, thanks for the compliment. I do love world building a bit too much. I was originally going to do an RP that was a 30 page monstrosity of lore that nobody was going to read. So I scrapped that and went simpler. Feel free to post your character when it's done. Unless the number of applicants gets truly insane I have no upper limit planned at the moment.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

Adventure? In a desert? With steampunk stuff?

Ohmygodyesplease.

I don't care if I am stuck in collab hell in my own RP.

I will make time for this.

I shall have CS up maybe tomorrow or really late tonight possibly.

@Rune_Alchemist

Keep in mind, it's going to be really light on the steampunk stuff once the journey starts. It's a bit hard to place genre wise, it's going to have a little bit of everything.

But yes, adventure! I'm hoping to catch that feeling of wonder and excitement of knowing you're somewhere noone has been before, and it's alien and terrifying, but more than anything else it's joy. It's definitely meant to be character driven.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

@HopelesRomantis A couple things, one of which I'll add to the first post.

Firstly: I actually specifically meant to limit flight/sea technology. My character's efforts above mainly involved trying to make something resembling a glider, it's a really dead field in Oasis. This was mainly to keep it a foot journey.

Secondly: Are you sure you can consistently keep up with length requirements? No shame if not, but the character is barely long enough for what I'm looking for, and your edit about conversations affecting post length has me a bit worried. Dusk's character is a good example of the minimum I was looking for CS length wise.

So, not quite accepted yet, but not rejected outright either.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

To give you a feel for what he was written to.

Hannibal Bartleby Hughes

Name: Hannibal Bartleby Hughes "Mr. Hughes"

Color: E0FFFF

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Description:
Hannibal's smile has a tendency to make any looking upon it either like him, or want to punch him in the face, and the two feelings aren't always exclusive. He absolutely oozes with self confidence, thoroughly captured by his own genius or insanity. Often garbed in mismatched clothing, the only thing consistent about his appearance is a rare golden locket around his neck of untold value. Despite his reputation for never shutting up about his deeds, he's remained suspiciously quiet about it.

Occupation: Adventurer! Explorer! Inventor! Savior of maidens! Duelist! The jewel of Oasis!And now Caravan Captain Extraordinaire! At least according to himself.

Personality/Bio: Was Hannibal orphaned at a young age, learning to make a living off the streets of Oasis, picking up his skills after a hard life of crime? Or was his the son of the aristocracy, disowned by his family and using his good start at life to seek fame and fortune? Both these stories and more have been told by him over the years, and nobody has come forward to confirm or deny either of them. What is known is that he has been a sensational news story in Oasis for nearly two decades.

At this point, picking apart fact from fiction in his life would be nearly impossible. If his story is to be believed: When he was still a teenager a scientist employed by the crown came upon him in a bar, after a lively conversation he was taken in as an apprentice, working on a project that may have had to do with the advancement of steam power. This station lasted a couple years, before he was kicked out of the palace after having received a personal pardon from the Queen herself over the death of one Lord Donaldson. He claims it was in defense of a maidens honor, however whispers of murder are still spoken by the aristocrat's family.

That incident alone would have kept him in the papers for a long time to come. This, however, would merely be the first of many incidents across Oasis earning him notoriety. He joined the city guard for a time, intent on becoming a beloved figure of justice throughout the city state. That career also ended spectacular, as word of his ties to the city's organized crime got out, and an old picture began circulating of him making merry with the group's ringleader. His attempts to explain matters fell on deaf ears, and he was only saved by another pardon. This time on the condition that he never work for the crown in any capacity again.

He took this charge seriously, perhaps too seriously, and vowed never to work for anyone but himself again. He continued to make headlines over the years, boasting about a myriad of insane feats. Working as a private investigator bringing down corrupt aristocrats. Being the first man to stalk The Pack and return alive (according to him, they do in fact breed on the move). Tinkering with the prospect of Human flight! The failure of which is one of the few confirmed and documented rumors about his life, a nasty fall off the wall of Oasis nearly killing him. Supposedly he won and lost entire fortunes gambling in the bars of Oasis, and drank away nearly as many.

Now... Now the world felt oddly small. It had been a growing discontent for years, that there simply had to be more to do in this forsaken world. Something other than the sand, The Pack, and the blasted Oasis. It was he who had proposed the idea of a new expedition to the Crown, pointing out that it wouldn't be employment per se. It's said that they agreed immediately, for no other reason than to get rid of him. How true that rumor is remains to be seen.

Possessions: A locket made of pure gold, simply in the shape of a circle. Two swords, one bronze and another, thinner blade, rumored to be steel however no one has seen it drawn. Other than these, he doesn't appear to possess much, at least not anymore. The crown was more than happy to take whatever other possessions he had in exchange for agreeing to this fool's errand.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

Your GLORIOUS LEADER shall be finished relatively shortly.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

Double post because I'm the GM and make my own rules: Character looks fine to me. Standard html colour codes work here, so something like ff4000 Looks like this.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

@OtaehrynI love your Neverwinter Nights avatar

@Snagglepuss89is there such thing as nobility?

@POOHEAD189

There is. However, think less like Dukes and such from the middle ages, and more the aristocracy/gentry from the Victorian area. They have wealth and political influence, but not quite so much the land and armies.

EDIT: Just notice a character was posted, I'll read it as soon as my internet cooperates enough to open the hider.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

Sure, the more the merrier.

I don't exactly have an upper limit on applications. It's a large caravan.

Wanderlust (High Casual)

I originally was going to hold off on making my character so I could practice piano for a few hours tonight. As luck would have it my keyboard died. So! He will be making his appearance tonight sometime.