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So who wants to write the next post?
@John F Kennedy that's fine, I appreciate the effort.
Speaking of which, phew! That was probably the longest post I've ever written for a roleplay. Anyways, something I didn't mention in my post, but your character(s) can have their own shuttle if anyone wants. Particularly if they're leading their own retinue, just bear with me for a bit here and don't have them land until my next post. This is the last chance for a bit of dialogue and character interaction before it's all action, action, action, so make use of it while you can.
I swear after that, the railroading ends and everyone can just go nuts with the mayhem.
Speaking of which, phew! That was probably the longest post I've ever written for a roleplay. Anyways, something I didn't mention in my post, but your character(s) can have their own shuttle if anyone wants. Particularly if they're leading their own retinue, just bear with me for a bit here and don't have them land until my next post. This is the last chance for a bit of dialogue and character interaction before it's all action, action, action, so make use of it while you can.
I swear after that, the railroading ends and everyone can just go nuts with the mayhem.
"Holy Man," one of the Spectres whispered while clapping a hand on Liffis's shoulder. "You're spacing out again."
Broken out of his reverie, Liffis looked around at the one who touched him and muttered his thanks before turning his attention to the Knight Commander, striding towards the front of the shuttle bay like a lord among lords.
It seemed that no matter the nation, all highborns had the distinct ability to make one feel lesser by simply being in their presence and for a moment, Liffis was a child of the slums again, remembering what it was like to see a noble for the time. Like demigods, they seemed. Inhabitants of another world that would forever be out of reach for those scurrying after the scraps at their feet.
Different time, different life, Liffis reminded himself as he tried to banish the memory from his thoughts. It did not do to dwell on the past, especially with the weight of old regrets clinging to it. Before he could think about such things however, one of the Battlemages, an extravagantly tattooed man bearing the unmistakeable emblem of the Vaimese Empire upon his back, suddenly broke into speech and when he was done, one of the Knights jeered, "Cool speech! Don’t forget your place traitor!"
"Peace, Kass," Roland responded as he took his place in front of the entire group, standing before one of the shuttles that would deliver them into battle. "It was a stirring speech. Would that it be enough to defeat the enemy."
So this is the final hope of Belisio, he thought as he surveyed the men and women he would soon be leading into hell. Knights, Battlemages, Spectres, a congregation of all the nation's mightiest champions. Some stood alone like the Legion Witch, Loretta, and the Steel Mage, Isaac. Some stood with their fellows like young Griff of the house of Spaeros, surrounded by his boisterous companions and other notable worthies. One even led his own retinue, a full platoon under the charge of Emmet 'Butcher' Dukes - the prodigal son of the Singh family - who was delivering his own speech at the moment.
That family wields too much power, Roland thought as he remembered his reluctance in granting knighthood to the man, especially given his dubious past. Even so however, only one thing stood out above all other considerations in Roland's mind and it was the shocking realization of just how few they were. Altogether, they must have amounted to little more than a fleck of mist compared to the ocean of fire swelling beneath them, but somehow they were to turn the tide of battle.
Roland took a deep breath as he thought of how it all came to this.
His mind returning to the present, the Knight Commander clasped his hands behind his back as he addressed the assembly, "I won't lie to you all, the situation is grim. We can no longer afford to wait for the enemy to bunch themselves up and take them all out in one fell swoop as we originally hoped. Our left flank is weakening and it won't be long before it collapses entirely. Our best chance now is to rally the line and push back with everything we've got.
But once we've done that however, we must push on even further and not lose a single second of momentum for though the enemy host is vast, they are all controlled by relatively few officers. Mages of course, so strike hard, strike fast and stop for nothing before they can react. With any luck we'll reach their general, cut off the head of the host and cause a rout.
I want Knights to carve a path through the enemy, Battlemages to provide support and Spectres, you will do what you do best. Deliver the killing blow. Essentially, we must simply do what we have been doing all along and that is to kill every single Vai mage we encounter... except for this one here."
Roland pointed at Turzo briefly before continuing, "Now unless anyone has a problem with that, let's mount up and forward unto battle! Strength and honour, my friends!"
"Strength and honour!" some of the Knights echoed as they followed their commander into the shuttle, engines whirring and primed to deploy as the ship's hangar doors slowly opened, revealing a glimpse into the hellscape below.
"O grace of Light, grant us strength to endure the trials to come," Liffis intoned as he embarked on a separate shuttle reserved for the Spectres. "O grace of Light, protect us all."
Broken out of his reverie, Liffis looked around at the one who touched him and muttered his thanks before turning his attention to the Knight Commander, striding towards the front of the shuttle bay like a lord among lords.
It seemed that no matter the nation, all highborns had the distinct ability to make one feel lesser by simply being in their presence and for a moment, Liffis was a child of the slums again, remembering what it was like to see a noble for the time. Like demigods, they seemed. Inhabitants of another world that would forever be out of reach for those scurrying after the scraps at their feet.
Different time, different life, Liffis reminded himself as he tried to banish the memory from his thoughts. It did not do to dwell on the past, especially with the weight of old regrets clinging to it. Before he could think about such things however, one of the Battlemages, an extravagantly tattooed man bearing the unmistakeable emblem of the Vaimese Empire upon his back, suddenly broke into speech and when he was done, one of the Knights jeered, "Cool speech! Don’t forget your place traitor!"
"Peace, Kass," Roland responded as he took his place in front of the entire group, standing before one of the shuttles that would deliver them into battle. "It was a stirring speech. Would that it be enough to defeat the enemy."
So this is the final hope of Belisio, he thought as he surveyed the men and women he would soon be leading into hell. Knights, Battlemages, Spectres, a congregation of all the nation's mightiest champions. Some stood alone like the Legion Witch, Loretta, and the Steel Mage, Isaac. Some stood with their fellows like young Griff of the house of Spaeros, surrounded by his boisterous companions and other notable worthies. One even led his own retinue, a full platoon under the charge of Emmet 'Butcher' Dukes - the prodigal son of the Singh family - who was delivering his own speech at the moment.
That family wields too much power, Roland thought as he remembered his reluctance in granting knighthood to the man, especially given his dubious past. Even so however, only one thing stood out above all other considerations in Roland's mind and it was the shocking realization of just how few they were. Altogether, they must have amounted to little more than a fleck of mist compared to the ocean of fire swelling beneath them, but somehow they were to turn the tide of battle.
Roland took a deep breath as he thought of how it all came to this.
His mind returning to the present, the Knight Commander clasped his hands behind his back as he addressed the assembly, "I won't lie to you all, the situation is grim. We can no longer afford to wait for the enemy to bunch themselves up and take them all out in one fell swoop as we originally hoped. Our left flank is weakening and it won't be long before it collapses entirely. Our best chance now is to rally the line and push back with everything we've got.
But once we've done that however, we must push on even further and not lose a single second of momentum for though the enemy host is vast, they are all controlled by relatively few officers. Mages of course, so strike hard, strike fast and stop for nothing before they can react. With any luck we'll reach their general, cut off the head of the host and cause a rout.
I want Knights to carve a path through the enemy, Battlemages to provide support and Spectres, you will do what you do best. Deliver the killing blow. Essentially, we must simply do what we have been doing all along and that is to kill every single Vai mage we encounter... except for this one here."
Roland pointed at Turzo briefly before continuing, "Now unless anyone has a problem with that, let's mount up and forward unto battle! Strength and honour, my friends!"
"Strength and honour!" some of the Knights echoed as they followed their commander into the shuttle, engines whirring and primed to deploy as the ship's hangar doors slowly opened, revealing a glimpse into the hellscape below.
"O grace of Light, grant us strength to endure the trials to come," Liffis intoned as he embarked on a separate shuttle reserved for the Spectres. "O grace of Light, protect us all."
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Forum: Casual Interest Checks
So the first round of posts is now complete. Anyone who wants to join may now post at anytime after their character is approved. Simply pm me your cs for review first if you're interested.
Alrighty, looks like everyone's made their first post now. We've all introduced our characters, gotten a feel for how we're starting and there's a bit of interaction already, which is good to see. Quite a few speeches going around too, gotta say.
Anyways, from this point on we're all free to post at our own pace. You can continue in the current posting order if you like, but are not obligated to do so. That said though, I call dibs on the next post.
Just a couple of things I'd like to address first though. Npc's, side characters, whatever you wanna call em, be careful about bringing them into the roleplay because they won't have the same 'rights' as approved characters. This basically means that if someone else wants to maim, kill or control the actions of your side character, they are free to do so without your permission.
If any conflicts arise from this, just know that you have been warned and the rules will be in favour of whoever did whatever to your side character, so use them at your own risk. If you want them to have the same rights as your primary, either make them your 2nd character (if you don't have one already) or replace an existing one.
I apologize to anyone this may inconvenience, I should have mentioned all this sooner, but I honestly didn't foresee anyone using any characters other than the ones that have been approved. Now that it's come up however and I've had some time to think about it, I just want to say that I'm not ruling against side characters, I'll allow it, but the limit was that you can have up to 2 characters for the roleplay. Anymore than that then they'll be free for anyone to use however they please.
@John F Kennedy I missed it on my first read through of your post, but you mentioned your character being a second lieutenant and I'm not sure if I should allow that or not what with him being a Knight as well. I imagined Knights (plus Battlemages and Spectres too for that matter) being sort of like the Kingsglaive from Final Fantasy 15, or the Spartans from Halo. They're not part of the regular military chain of command, but they're the most elite fighting force of their respective setting.
As far as authority goes, they only answer to the highest and if they do work with regular military personnel, it's usually more a matter of cooperation rather than one ordering the other around. I suppose what I can allow is for Knights to have their own retinue of men from their own household guard, as is their right as nobles, or to be able to commandeer a regular unit with the superior officer's permission, but it's probably best to keep the role of Knights and officers separate overall.
So basically, this is all a very longwinded way of saying do you reckon you could edit your post a bit?
Okay, so that was more than a couple of things, but I promise tomorrow's post will be a banger to make up for it.
Anyways, from this point on we're all free to post at our own pace. You can continue in the current posting order if you like, but are not obligated to do so. That said though, I call dibs on the next post.
Just a couple of things I'd like to address first though. Npc's, side characters, whatever you wanna call em, be careful about bringing them into the roleplay because they won't have the same 'rights' as approved characters. This basically means that if someone else wants to maim, kill or control the actions of your side character, they are free to do so without your permission.
If any conflicts arise from this, just know that you have been warned and the rules will be in favour of whoever did whatever to your side character, so use them at your own risk. If you want them to have the same rights as your primary, either make them your 2nd character (if you don't have one already) or replace an existing one.
I apologize to anyone this may inconvenience, I should have mentioned all this sooner, but I honestly didn't foresee anyone using any characters other than the ones that have been approved. Now that it's come up however and I've had some time to think about it, I just want to say that I'm not ruling against side characters, I'll allow it, but the limit was that you can have up to 2 characters for the roleplay. Anymore than that then they'll be free for anyone to use however they please.
@John F Kennedy I missed it on my first read through of your post, but you mentioned your character being a second lieutenant and I'm not sure if I should allow that or not what with him being a Knight as well. I imagined Knights (plus Battlemages and Spectres too for that matter) being sort of like the Kingsglaive from Final Fantasy 15, or the Spartans from Halo. They're not part of the regular military chain of command, but they're the most elite fighting force of their respective setting.
As far as authority goes, they only answer to the highest and if they do work with regular military personnel, it's usually more a matter of cooperation rather than one ordering the other around. I suppose what I can allow is for Knights to have their own retinue of men from their own household guard, as is their right as nobles, or to be able to commandeer a regular unit with the superior officer's permission, but it's probably best to keep the role of Knights and officers separate overall.
So basically, this is all a very longwinded way of saying do you reckon you could edit your post a bit?
Okay, so that was more than a couple of things, but I promise tomorrow's post will be a banger to make up for it.
@John F Kennedy that's all right. It wasn't actually that long at all, just wanted to ping you in case you weren't aware.
That it is.
@John F Kennedy it's your turn now, Mr President.
And it's great to have you with us. Just so you know, we're still in the first round of posts so you'll have to wait a bit before it's your turn. Up next is @RezonanceV and then @John F Kennedy.
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