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A Town Called Justice (The Epic Crime Saga Returns)

A Town Called Justice

GM's:
- X
- Spot Open
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The Short of It…
Several years ago on the old site, myself and a group of dedicated rp members embarked on a fantastic journey to build our own universe. The result was A Town Called Justice, an epic crime drama with fantastic stories and incredible character depth. Now, I’m looking to bring it back.

Justice is a neo noir crime thriller, set in the fictional city of Justice, California. It is an ensemble tale, usually with a large cast of characters and it is about life in a town that has come to be known as “America’s Most Evil City”. Taking inspiration from everything from crime movies, graphic novels and even comics; the purpose of Justice is to build a world through deep inter-connecting storylines and character studies.

You would play any type of character you want, criminal, cop or civilian as they try to survive life in a city plagued with crime and urban decay. There is an overarching story to every season but in Justice, its the individual stories of your characters and they way they interconnect with other characters, no matter how small, that the true purpose of justice shines.

Gritty, real and dark, if you’re coming to Justice, prepare yourself because you might just not make it out alive.

The Story So Far

The Story So Far:
It began with one man. Francis McKenna was born in a small town in Ireland and shortly after his third birthday, he and his family migrated to the USA eventually settling in New Jersey. Over the years, the McKenna family managed to earn a respectable wealth through honest work and hard labour. Young Francis however, was greedy and ambitious. In a fit of rage after being denied his inheritance, Frank killed his father and stole his fortune. On the run, Francis adopted the guise of a traveller and eventually found himself in a strange land, California. It was the middle of the gold rush and the intelligent young Irishman saw an opportunity. Using his ill-gotten gains, Frank eventually wound up financially backing the entire town and in essence bought it for less than a dollar.
From that day forward, the town now called Justice began its exponential growth. At first the money came from the mines and to surplus his miners, Frank brought in foreign prostitutes. When the gold dried up, real estate became the big money and soon Justice expanded into a large city. At the turn of the century, the town became the go to place for bootleggers. This insurgence of new blood brought in new revenues and new enemies for McKenna. The Italians, the Jewish, the Latino’s, the list only got longer but also with them came new revenues for making money. Over the span of several bloody decades, Justice evolved into a gambling and entertainment mecca but it had also became the apex for American crime.

The 80’s saw Justice become the breeding ground for yuppie greed and brought with it the new breed of clever criminal. After the economic downturn of the nineties, Justice was hit with urban decay and much of the town fell to recession. Now in the 21st century, the town has been almost split in two. One side for the rich and another for the poor. The McKenna family still holds much power over the city but there are always those trying to steal it.

The murder of Alison McKenna by a rival gang resulted in a prolonged gang war that lasted seven years. McKenna’s, Sammartino’s. Fortuna’s. DiAngelo’s and Jagielski’s, all powerful crime families that would fall in this war. Many criminals, cops and civilians found themselves caught up in the bloodshed, some survived, most died or were corrupted.

It’s been two years since the fighting ended and silently, a new power has been building in the streets of Justice’s underworld; the Ravenglass Triad. A sadistic and histrionic band of disciplined criminals with only one goal in mind; complete control of Justice. As their cruelty on the streets begins to escalate, the town called Justice finds itself on the brink of war once again. And what is a war without soldiers?

A Town Called Justice: Season 6
Punishment Waltz

Rules:
1. We're in the casual section, so no one-liners. I am aware life can affect writing ability and times so I am quite happy with a single paragraph as long as there is plenty of detail and it adds to the story, no posts for the sake of posting.
2. Respect each other and be adults. If you have any disagreements, please take them to PM as I do not want any conflict between players (conflict between characters is fine) if I see any stupidness or pettiness during this rp I will terminate your position immediately. If there is a problem between players the GM's will help solve it so that we can do what we came to do - have fun and write something riveting.
4. This RP although filled with violence, drug use and romance is still rated 15, anything sexual is happening and you insist on playing it, take it to pm and fade to black here before anything serious happens. We’re are an all ages board.
5. If you don't post within a week we'll check in with you and if we don't get a response within a further week we'll remove your character IC in a manner most disturbing and highly entertaining.
6. We run a cast system on Justice. You are allowed two main characters with two to three recurring characters.
7. Have a good time with each other and let’s create something magic.

CS:
Appearance: (RL pic please)
Name:
Nickname: (If Applicable)
Age:
Place of Birth:
Family: (Only immediate family needed here)
Occupation: (Legitimate and Illegal if applicable)
Profile: (Three paragraphs minimum)
Cast Status: (Main or recurring character)
Extra: (Anything else you want to add)

Yare Raiders MC (Outlaw Biker RP)

Dominic Graves

Character Theme –Flashing Lights

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Standing at six foot one and weighing in at a lean about 200lbs, Dom is a cardio machine. Although not meaty, his body is nearly all muscle as he holds an extremely strict diet and works out for several hours every day. With dirty blonde hair and icy blue eyes, many would consider him a pretty boy but if they actually knew the man, that opinion would change no doubt.



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【Full Name】

Dominic Graves



【Nick-name?】

Dom



【Gender】

Male



【Age】

28



【Sexuality】

Bisexual

【Birth Place】

Inverness, Scotland

【Club Status】

First X - Sergeant at Arms

【Profession】

Farmhand



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【Personality】

Dominic is a unique individual. He appears to be of sound mind and strong spirit. Like most who lose parents in their youth, Dom has abandonment issues. He rarely makes long-lasting relationships with men or women and he is ok with that. He maintains no friendships from before his parents’ death and only the most irregular contact with friends from his late teens. Dom is not nostalgic, but lives firmly in the present. He has only vague notions or thoughts about old age and retirement, which he does not seem to think he will live to see. He enjoys pushing himself to the limit, both mentally and physically. His stress levels actually drop when the stakes are higher. He is prone to boredom and mild depression when not challenged. Dom can act comfortably in many situations, but does not seek out companionship except, most notably, for sexual recreation. His calculated and near robotic nature have left many with the notion that he is made from stone, cold and unfeeling.



Dom is goal-oriented, but he often seeks these goals in an indirect and secretive way. He has kept many areas of his life meticulously compartmentalized, never allowing the emotional issues from the loss of his family or from relationships to intrude on his professional life. Dominic seems to have an emotional and mental need for multiple layers of reality. He thrives when not revealing all of himself, carefully organizing the aspects of his personality he reveals to others. Thus he is excellent at burying information he does not wish to reveal, making him a very good security risk if questioned under almost any circumstance.

Extremely solitary, he does not console himself by surrounding himself with others. His athletic pursuits tend to be solitary: running, skiing, hiking, swimming, diving, and climbing. Most importantly, Dominic is deeply loyal to institutions. After his parents' death, he embraced his British and Scottish roots. His concept of his nationality is a large part of his identity. This is reflected in some of his social attitudes, which seem to embrace a British identity of the not too distant past. When pressed, Dom seems to identify with the notion of helping to "protect the realm", or "serving the monarch" and the ideals embodied in the mythic notion of St. George.

Doms philosophy seems to be based on the ancient samurai ideals of immediacy, such as considering oneself as dead and the idea of death as being an awakening from a dream, which are both elements of bushidō



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【History】

Dominic Graves was born in Inverness, Scotland. Raised in the countryside on a farm; Dom’s early life was very simple. His life was a routine of early mornings, feed the animals, milk the cows, tend to what needed tended to, head into town to sell what they could and then back home in time for supper. It was a quiet life many would crave. This relatively tough early life instilled in him the drive and determination many of his generation lack. This isolated upbringing also stunted Dom’s inter-personal growth. The absence of friends around him meant that his social interactions left something to be desired. He desperately struggled to form any lasting bonds with anyone so he found solace in music, often just sitting with his headphones on rather than talk to people.

Although Dom did attend public school in the city, he still struggled to fit in. After a while he began to enjoy the solitude and began to pursue solitary pass times like swimming, climbing and he eventually graduated to mountaineering, often going off on long trips with his father to traverse the harshest mountains the UK had to offer. The two had plans to traverse Everest together one day but sadly, this dream was cut short when Doms father died in a climbing accident. A short time after, his mother committed suicide and young Dom moved to Great Yarmouth to live with his grandparents.

After graduating from the local school at the age of 17, Dom began attending the Britannia Royal Naval College. While there, he excelled in all areas of training. He matriculated from his coursework at BRNC with passable marks. However, whilst excelling at athletic competitions, strategic operations, and counter-intelligence courses, his unconventional approach to his education, his diffident attitude to some of his superiors, and a lack of respect for curfew drew him many demerits. In his later teens, he lost both of his grandparents in the span of a few months. Upon leaving BRNC, Dominic joined the army and my a queer turn of fates hand, he wound up in a regiment with a fellow man from Great Yarmouth, Matthew McFarlane.

The two men bonded over a few shared loves and became generally good friends. Within there unit, Dom became well known for his ice cold precision in the field of battle. A notorious sniper even to the enemy, the Scotsman had no qualms with killing men, women or children if it meant "protecting her majesty and the realm". A bar fight resulted in a few of the boys being locked up and Matthew being discharged. Dominic on the other hand was left in solitary as his mental state came into question. After a psychological evaluation, Dom was deemed unfit for service and discharged. Lost without an institution to rely on, he retreated to his lonesome pursuits in the mountains. Eventually finding some form of clarity in the cold Scottish countryside, he returned to Great Yarmouth and began working on a farm.

Reconnecting with Matt and meeting Hector for the first time, Dom felt a kinship and a loyalty that he could not explain. Soon enough he would join them on their rides on his own Harley and he became a founding member of the Yare Raiders. Once again Dominic through the Raiders had found a new way to "serve the monarch" by riding and being a free man. Life could not be better.

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【Skills and Abilities】

- Rider/Mechanic - Like all members of the Raiders, Dom is a talented motorcycle rider and has enough skill to maintain said bike in top condition.

- Gunman - Dom is probably one of the better gunmen in the Raiders as he has been properly trained in their use since he was a boy on the farm. His sniping ability and marksmanship is outstanding.

- Hand to Hand Combatant - Dom has been trained in Close Quarters Combat since he was a teenager. He does have a tendency in a fight to go for a submission and breaking bones.

- Survivalist - Dom is an avid outdoorsman so he has a wealth of knowledge in survival techniques, some plant and animal life and even weather patterns



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【Equipment】

Clothing

Doms typical attire is very basic, dirty dark blue jeans, black boots and a flannel shirt with a dark t-shirt underneath. He always wears a watch on his left hand and a necklace with a ring around his neck. His leather jacket has the First X, Sergeant at Arms Patch, a gun pin to symbolize his military service, on his left arm there are two patches, a Scottish flag and the British flag beneath it,

Bike

Dom rides a 2007 Harley Davidson Night Rod -Black with Blue Trim

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【Opinions】

Club Direction

Dominic is a soldier and like any good soldier, he is there to follow orders. He does not have any preference to the direction of the club as his loyalty is to the club not the president. That said, his past affiliation with Axe has left him with a slightly biased view.



Other Members

Axe - "Dom as the utmost respect for Axe or Matt as he would call him in private. Having fought along side him for many years there is a trust there but like everyone else, Axe really knows nothing about Dominic and he would like to keep it that way"

Katya - "Loyalty is one of the most important things to Dom and if he was to say which member of the club embodied it most, Katya would be his choice. She is a survivor, the perfect type of person to have around"

Emer - She is strong, fierce and capable but if any Raider was a flight risk or had the potential for treachery it would be her. Eyes are wide open for that one"

Yare Raiders MC (Outlaw Biker RP)

Sorry, posting in the template was absolutely my bad!

Thanks for accepting!

Yare Raiders MC (Outlaw Biker RP)

Dominic Graves

Character Theme –Flashing Lights

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Standing at six foot one and weighing in at a lean about 200lbs, Dom is a cardio machine. Although not meaty, his body is nearly all muscle as he holds an extremely strict diet and works out for several hours every day. With dirty blonde hair and icy blue eyes, many would consider him a pretty boy but if they actually knew the man, that opinion would change no doubt.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

【Full Name】

Dominic Graves



【Nick-name?】

Dom



【Gender】

Male



【Age】

28



【Sexuality】

Bisexual

【Birth Place】

Inverness, Scotland

【Club Status】

First X - Sergeant at Arms

【Profession】

Farmhand



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【Personality】

Dominic is a unique individual. He appears to be of sound mind and strong spirit. Like most who lose parents in their youth, Dom has abandonment issues. He rarely makes long-lasting relationships with men or women and he is ok with that. He maintains no friendships from before his parents’ death and only the most irregular contact with friends from his late teens. Dom is not nostalgic, but lives firmly in the present. He has only vague notions or thoughts about old age and retirement, which he does not seem to think he will live to see. He enjoys pushing himself to the limit, both mentally and physically. His stress levels actually drop when the stakes are higher. He is prone to boredom and mild depression when not challenged. Dom can act comfortably in many situations, but does not seek out companionship except, most notably, for sexual recreation. His calculated and near robotic nature have left many with the notion that he is made from stone, cold and unfeeling.



Dom is goal-oriented, but he often seeks these goals in an indirect and secretive way. He has kept many areas of his life meticulously compartmentalized, never allowing the emotional issues from the loss of his family or from relationships to intrude on his professional life. Dominic seems to have an emotional and mental need for multiple layers of reality. He thrives when not revealing all of himself, carefully organizing the aspects of his personality he reveals to others. Thushe is excellent at burying information he does not wish to reveal, making him a very good security risk if questioned under almost any circumstance.

Extremely solitary, he does not console himself by surrounding himself with others. His athletic pursuits tend to be solitary: running, skiing, hiking, swimming, diving, and climbing. Most importantly, Dominic is deeply loyal to institutions. After his parents' death, he embraced his British and Scottish roots. His concept of his nationality is a large part of his identity. This is reflected in some of his social attitudes, which seem to embrace a British identity of the not too distant past. When pressed, Dom seems to identify with the notion of helping to "protect the realm", or "serving the monarch" and the ideals embodied in the mythic notion of St. George.

Doms philosophy seems to be based on the ancient samurai ideals of immediacy, such as considering oneself as dead and the idea of death as being an awakening from a dream, which are both elements of bushidō



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【History】

Dominic Graves was born in Inverness, Scotland. Raised in the countryside on a farm; Dom’s early life was very simple. His life was a routine of early mornings, feed the animals, milk the cows, tend to what needed tended to, head into town to sell what they could and then back home in time for supper. It was a quiet life many would crave. This relatively tough early life instilled in him the drive and determination many of his generation lack. This isolated upbringing also stunted Dom’s inter-personal growth. The absence of friends around him meant that his social interactions left something to be desired. He desperately struggled to form any lasting bonds with anyone so he found solace in music, often just sitting with his headphones on rather than talk to people.

Although Dom did attend public school in the city, he still struggled to fit in. After a while he began to enjoy the solitude and began to pursue solitary pass times like swimming, climbing and he eventually graduated to mountaineering, often going off on long trips with his father to traverse the harshest mountains the UK had to offer. The two had plans to traverse Everest together one day but sadly, this dream was cut short when Doms father died in a climbing accident. A short time after, his mother commited suicide and young Dom moved to Great Yarmouth to live with his grandparents.

After graduating from the local school at the age of 17, Dom began attending the Britannia Royal Naval College. While there, he excelled in all areas of training. He matriculated from his coursework at BRNC with passable marks. However, whilst excelling at athletic competitions, strategic operations, and counter-intelligence courses, his unconventional approach to his education, his diffident attitude to some of his superiors, and a lack of respect for curfew drew him many demerits. In his later teens, he lost both of his grandparents in the span of a few months.Upon leaving BRNC, Dominic joined the army and my a queer turn of fates hand, he wound up in a regiment with a fellow man from Great Yarmouth, Matthew McFarlane.

The two men bonded over a few shared loves and became generally good friends. Within there unit, Dom became well known for his ice cold precision in the field of battle. A notorious sniper even to the enemy, the Scotsman had no qualms with killing men, women or children if it meant "protecting her majesty and the realm". A bar fight resulted in a few of the boys bding locked up and Matthew being discharged. Dominic on the other hand was left in solitary as his mental state came into question. After a psychological evaluation, Dom was deemed unfit for service and discharged. Lost without an institution to rely on, he retreate to his lonesome pursuits in the mountains. Eventually finding some form of clarity in the cold Scottish countryside, he returned to Great Yarmouth and began working on a farm.

Reconnecting with Matt and meeting Hector for the first time, Dom felt a kindship and a loyalty that he could not explain. Soon enough he would join them on their rides on his own Harley and he became a fouding member of the Yare Raiders. Once again Dominic through the Raiders had found a new way to "serve the monarch" by riding and being a free man. Life could not be better.

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【Skills and Abilities】

- Rider/Mechanic - Like all members of the Raiders, Dom is a talented motorcycle rider and has enough skill to maintain said bike in top condition.

- Gunman - Dom is probably one of the better gunmen in the Raiders as he has been properly trainined in their use since he was a boy on the farm. His sniping ability and marksmanship is outstanding.

- Hand to Hand Combatant - Dom has been trained in Close Quarters Combat since he was a teenager. He does have a tendency in a fight to go for a submission and breaking bones.

- Survivalist - Dom is an avid outdoorsman so he has a wealth of knowledge in survival techniques, some plant and animal life and even weather patterns



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【Equipment】

Clothing

Doms typical attire is very basic, dirty dark blue jeans, black boots and a flannel shirt with a dark t-shirt underneath. He always wears a watch on his left hand and a necklace with a ring around his neck.His leather jacket has the First X, Sergeant at Arms Patch, a gun pin to symbolize his military service, on his left arm there are two patches, a Scottish flag and the British flag beneath it,

Bike

Dom rides a 2007 Harley Davidson Night Rod -Black with Blue Trim

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【Opinions】

Club Direction

Dominic is a soldier and like any good soldier, he is there to follow orders. He does not have any preference to the direction of the club as his loyalty is to the club not the president. That said, his past affiliation with Axe has left him with a slightly biased view.



Other Members

Axe - "Dom as the utmost respect for Axe or Matt as he would call him in private. Having fought along side him for many years there is a trust there but like everyone else, Axe really knows nothing about Dominic and he would like to keep it that way"

Katya - "Loyalty is one of the most important things to Dom and if he was to say which member of the club ebodied it most, Katya would be his choice. She is a survivor, the perfect type of person to have around"

Emer - She is strong, fierce and capable but if any Raider was a flight risk or had the potential for treachery it would be her. Eyes are wide ipen for that one"

Yare Raiders MC (Outlaw Biker RP)

Interested for sure

Heroes: Chrysalis (Always Open)

Where'd everyone go?

Heroes: Chrysalis (Always Open)

Great intro post!

So the idea guys is to just set up your character in your first post so we can get an idea of them, then in the next round of posting, we'll start bringing them together

Heroes: Chrysalis (Always Open)

IC has begun guys! Start introducing your characters!

Heroes: Chrysalis (Always Open)

In recent days, a seemingly random group of individuals has emerged with what can only be described as “special” abilities. Although unaware of it now, these individuals will not only save the world, but change it forever. This transformation from ordinary to extraordinary will not occur overnight.

VOLUME 1: CHRYSALIS

Chapter 1: “Children of the Helix”

“Where does it come from—this quest, this need to solve life's mysteries when the simplest of questions can never be answered? Why are we here?
What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. But that's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here. This quest, this need to solve life's mysteries—in the end, what does it matter when the human heart can only find meaning in the smallest of moments? They're here—among us. In the shadows, in the light, everywhere. Do they even know yet?”

It was crazy where how quickly the Greystone Company had become so prominent all over the world. Seemingly out of nowhere, this little tech company has overtaken Apple and Microsoft as the leading light in all things technological. Their double helix on a stone cliff logo was plastered all over billboards, clothing and had been incorporated into graffiti tags. Staring at the logo tagged onto the Fire House 15 wall was Dominic Rhodes. Dom had just finished his shift at the fire station, it was now early morning and it had been a long night in Cardiff. A serious of fires had rocked most of the waterfront, the police would normally call this a spree arsonist but Dominic was getting a different feeling. None of the fires had any kind of immediate explanation, electrics in each building was fine, no gas leaks, nothing jumped out to explain what was going on.



For just over three months, Dom had been learning more and more about himself than he ever thought he could know. He glanced down at his wrist and watched the veins beneath his watch glow with a light orange hue. He had been practicing alone on the farm, learning about this new skill or at least that’s what he’s calling it for now. The orange glow meant his skin had hardened or the density had increased or something along those lines. When the veins turned blue that meant he could phase? He didn’t know what to call it but he could walk through walls! A few years back people with strange abilities began to pop up all over the world but that didn’t last. The EVO’s as they came to be known were hunted down and either killed or captured.

Dom couldn’t lie, the discovery of his “abilities” had been somewhat beneficial. When they first appeared they had saved his and a little girls life. Since then he has been able to use his powers at work, getting to trapped victims in places unreachable otherwise. Still, the awakening of his abilities has also given Dom a strange foresight. He cannot shake the feeling something bad is coming. Something terrible. It has also left him paranoid. Constant phone calls from a man named Suresh and the idea that anything unexplained could be because of someone like him; like this rash of fires. The world and life itself was changing around him and Dom didn’t know what to do. Maybe it was time for him to finally call that Suresh guy back; perhaps he did have answers to his questions. Besides, he did have some time off to take and a trip to New York might just be what the doctor ordered. Getting up from the wooden box where had been sitting for a little while to gather his thoughts, Dom took to the alley behind the station. A short cut to the train station to take him back to the farm was the plan now. He had a date with a pretty girl.

About two miles away from the bustling welsh city sat the Rhodes farm. It no longer operated but back in its day it was well known for its produce. Now with his parents having emigrated to Australia, Dom was the sole owner and occupant of the place. Dropping is keys onto the coffee table, Dom didn’t have a whole lot of time to get ready; he had to hurry. As he ran up the stairs, Dominic didn’t notice the smoke flowing down from the chimney and into his old wooden living room. The dark cinder soon moved into the room and began to rise from the ground, taking a strong solid shape before a flickered ember rushed throughout the black. In place of the smoke stood a woman in a pencil skirt and black blouse. She took some glasses from her handbag and wiped them with her sleeve, glancing at the stairs as she did.



“I’m in”

Heroes: Chrysalis (Always Open)

@Rowdyruff Accepted!

I'll get the IC started tomorrow guys!

Literally just got back from a weekend away.