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Ignoring someone because they piss you off; refusing to acknowledge another person; being quiet as a way to not show your anger or say anything you'll regret later Rebekkah was really anxious and driving me insane with her questions and comments so I totally had to cold war her.
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1. | cold war | ||
A war of words and nuclear build-up between the USA and its allies (the west) and the Communist world dominated by the USSR and china (the east). Although it never amounted to any full-scale nuclear war, it was a major excuse for military build-ups, nuclear arms races, and massive propaganda from both sides. Was ended by Mikhail Gorbachev, the russian premier from 1985-1991. Gorbachev worked for peace with the west, and slowly brought russian communism to a close. The USSR finally collapsed under Mikhail's successor, Boris Yeltsin. There are a lot of nukes left over from the cold war.
2. | Cold War | ||
The Cold War began following the end of World War II when the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or the Soviet Union) emerged as the world's two superpowers, and subsequently the world's greatest prick-waving competition began.
At the end of World War II Europe lay in ruins. The Soviet Union took hand to several Eastern European countries while the United States and Britain took on the Western and some southern countries. Many countries, such as Greece at the end of WWII which were occupied by the Nazis fell into civil war with two sides fighting against each other, each taking the influence of either Western political ideals or Soviet ideals. Once everything was set, there were now two sides: half of Europe under the influence of Western policies and the other half under Soviet. The two sides opposed each other and as the two sole superpowers, worked to try and gain the sphere of political influence on the world. Communism spreading and the United States working frantically to try and contain it in a series of proxy wars. And so began what would be known as the world's biggest and greatest prick-waving competition in excistence. To put it in a nutshell, at the start of the Cold War, the United States, and it's capitalistic ideals, and the Soviet Union, with it's communist ideals, both had just about equally sized penises. It was now a battle to impress the world of which had the bigger penis in order to try and influence it. The U... |
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1. Period of mostly low-key or cultural brinkmanship between the United States and (most typically) the now-defunct Soviet Union, which formally ended in 1991 and had been going on since 1946 or 1917, depending on who you ask. Occasionally got hot or at least fairly warm in places like Vietnam, Berlin or Korea. Supposedly the fight between democracy and Communism, but nobody hears about such brinkmanship with China these days.
2. Any protracted, sullen standoff between people. 3. The ongoing medical attack on the vast family of rhinoviruses responsible for a condition known medically as acute nasopharyngitis. They were Cold War kids, growing up in the 1970s.
There's a bit of a cold war between Jim and his parents these days. They're still fighting the cold war, but for the moment we'll have to deal with blocked noses on a personal basis. |
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a period of rivalry that included a nuclear arms race between the West and Communist countries—primarily between the US and the former USSR—over global primacy. It began just after WWII and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s when the USSR dissolved. It left the USSR bankrupt, and the fall of the communists dissolved the USSR into separate countries now known as the Commonwealth of Independent States. The US then became the soul superpower in the world. During the cold war, the Soviets sent the first person into outer space, but it was the US that landed on the moon. The cold war led to the Red Scare, a fear of Communism in America by which people would build bomb shelters in case the Soviet Union attacked. In the 1960s, the USSR and the US nearly went to war over the Cuban Missle Crisis. In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an "evil empire" and boldly demanded that they tear down the Berlin Wall. The Cold War was basically of "war of wrods" between the US and the Societs for 5 decades.
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It is a drinking game developed in George Town by Nick aka yoshi aka the jew aka yar-yar. It is set up on a standard beer pong table, maybe a little bit wider if you prefer. more...
Each side starts with 3 pyramids (racks, triangles). Racks can vary in size from 3 cups to 10 cups. Each rack has its own person (only one person drinks from each triangle/rack). Ping-pong balls are used and at least one ball per person. So if you have three racks on each side you need 6 balls. The 2 sides are the Soviets (Com block) and the Allies (Nato). Each person starts with a ball. The Russians get to fire the first shot. Once the first ball leaves the hand of a Soviet player the Nato players can fire back. The Rules: Soviets fire first. Nato can respond. There are no turns like in beer pong/Beirut. If a ball lands in one of your cups you cannot do anything (not throw the ball or collecting the balls) until you finish your beer. (If another ball lands in one of your cups while your drinking, then you must finish that one as well). Once you have a ball you can throw it. Bounces can be knocked away but they do not give you any advantage. You can only collect balls that are on your half of the table/room ect. You cannot cross it (the middle dividing line is the Iron Curtain!!(yet). Once your rack of cups has been drunk you can cross to the other side as a spy, where you can compete for the balls w/ the opposing team and throw them back to your teammates. Your can use strategies such as hording ... |
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The war between the two greatet civilizations in the world at the time, the United States and the Soviet Union. In which the United States won because they were faster and advancing technology, and had the courage to keep going. Woman who just had birth: how's my baby?
United States Cold War doctor: He is fine, and yet another brave soldier in the fight against communism *looks head up at an angle then stares proudly* |


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The oft-used point originated from Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer, who has repeated stated over the years that WWE had its worst financial period in company history in 1995 when Nash held the WWF Championship as Diesel.
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Post subject: Tales of Elyansia (Discuss thread) 300 Pages FTW XD
This is my next RP that I hope to start soon. I have an awful habit of starting new Rps. :P This story has been in my mind a quite some time and I was going to a fan fic on it, but it never went off the ground.
So, I decided to turn it into a RP instead of a fan fic now. LOL
I hope it's okay. *Bows*
Elyansia, a magical world filled with many races, however, an new war was rising, this war was foretold to be the recarnation of the 'Legendary War' that took place four thousand years ago, a war that involved the Goddess, Lyra, and the Celestial demon, Ragnarok, a war that nearly destoryed all life on Elyansia.
The world trembles in fear of the awakening of the new war, but alas, a seer revealed a prophecy that brought hope into the hearts of the people. 'When all hope is nearly gone, a group chosen by the hand of destiny, will rise to become the beacon of hope and free the Goddess from her slumber to end this war'.
Join these heroes in this world of magic and war. These are the Tales of Elyansia.
Rules:(Based on other people's rules. Since I don't RP often, I'm out of touch with the rules, so here they are. Please follow them. ^^)
1. No God-moding. An example is an instant kill move that wipes out the entire field. I won't allow this even you ask so don't even think about it. >.>
2. You can play either good, evil, or neutral characters. Your allegiance is up to you. Please be sure of your choice before submitting it, it will not be changed after you made you choice.
3. Don't drastically change the plot. It will make other people confused and end up with arguements.
4. You control can control yours and the characters of others members, However, You CANNOT control their fates. Such as making them unconscious/maimed/dead or injuried. Only the member who owns that character can do those things. Anyone else cannot.
5. No 20 people parties please. Please make short parties so other people will not have problems trying to remember numberous members' Roleplaying characters.
6. When posting about attacking or taking action on or towards another person, you can control their reactions a bit. But you can't control their fates or thier decisons though. Only the owner of the character can do that.
7. You can have events leading up to drastic plot changes. Just not too soon or too confusing.
8. You MUST describe your surroundings and actions fully.
9. Healing only does so much..... it doesn't heal you completely. And you cannot bring people back from the dead since it's not really possible. Example: Aeris in FF7.
10. For magics, be descriptive. Insert magic words if you feel the need to. People don't scream 'fire 1' and it works. It sounds a little too weird. ^^U
11. Magic can cure smaller wounds, but if your arm is hacked off, you can't really make a new one. ^^U
12. No racism nor discrimination to ANY member of the fourms taking part in the RP.
13. No verbal bashing.
14. No cussing unless it's in your character's personality. But no hardcore swearing. We do have younger members.
15. Remember, these enemies aren't cake or easy. No one, no matter HOW strong, can tear through hundreds of people/demons without rest, help, or a ton of support from magics or etc.
16. Absolutely NO one hit kills that cover a large group. That isn't fun, leave room for others to play.
17. No use of word abbreviations like 'u' or 'ur' because I hate it. Also, type full sentences. Occasional misspellings are okay, because I do that too, but don't make it a habit. USE SPELL CHECK!
18. Please do not use Leet. That is forbidden since some people will not understand and be able to carry on with the story.
Humans are the most common and well-known race known in Elyansia. Although humans are a young race, they have a mastery over machines and have mastered various fields. Humans are by nature are normally very friendly and strong beleivers in justice and in their reglion with the Goddess. But sadly, humans are more vunerable to such dark emotions, which often led to war in attempt to sate their hunger for domination over the world.
Of course, most humans though are loyal and proud. But there will always be those who will fall to such emotions as greed, hatred and even bloodlust. So humans are very curious creatures since they are more vocal and swayed with their emotions than any other race. Along with their superior knowledge in machines, science and many other subjects.
The Elven race is known to be respected and feared by many for their mystic powers that are said to even surpass even the other races that also used magic. Elves are known for their powerful magic, long life-spans, and their knowledge of many ancient mysteries that many people still do not yet understand. Due to their long lifespans, rumors say that they hold the secret of eternal life and are sworn to protect the secrets of the world, so Elves had become very valuable bounty to the wealthy. Since Elves are more intuned with nature, they do not often leave their lands.
Elves are very cautious of other races and their lands. Since Elves are the longest living race in existance, they had seen many things that others may have forgotten. Due to this, Elves are very leery of trusting people, making access to the Glenfall Realm very hard work.
To those who have the Elves' trust, they are treated with respect, just like others had respected the elves, people who have the trust of the Elves should be careful not to lose it. Once you have that trust but then betrayed the Elves, they won't trust the same people again. Another rumor within the Elven clan, that the royal family of the Elves had a well-kept secret that only those of royal blood can know.
A race that likes to live underground and within mountains. (Especally volcanos) They are rather small, but looks are very deciving. They are skilled with almost any weapon and can control the element of earth with the greatest of ease. A rare few choose to abandon their underground ways in search of things in the world. Some decide to be merchants and most decide to become blacksmiths. They the most Skilled craftsmen in all of Elyansia, they can create the best swords and weaponry thanks to their materials which are found in their own lands.
Dwarves are a very proud and passonate race, although they can be vulgar and rude at times. But they are feircely loyal to their allies and even to Elves, who they have some issues with. Although Elves and Dwarves have had their ups and downs and often on unstable terms, when they have a common goal, they become the best of allies. Ironic really isn't it?
Feils (Cat-Tribe)
The Feils tribe are a passionate nature-loving tribe. They are actually the most loyal of allies to the Elven clan, since both races care deeply for their world and it's natural beauty.
Since they are a cat-tribe, as their name implies, they can transform into deadly weretigers that can easily kill their enemies in a heartbeat, making them also feared and respected. Most of the time, the Felis clan are in their human forms, with their cat ears and tail to define their race traits.
They love living in the woods and forests, since their passion for nature drives them to live far away from society like Elves live in the mystical woods of Glenfall. They become easily angered when people harm their land or it's living inhabitants, so even though Felis are very peaceful, they will easily get into a fight with anyone who harms even a grain of soil of their lands.
Moogi are fairies who make their living by using Alchemy as their forte skill, making potions, weapons and accessories that you wouldn't find from a Dwarven merchant or any other.
They are often skilled in magic and only use it when their lives are threatened. Since Moogi have no war-like traits, they are by far the most peaceful race of all. But they can learn how to fight when the time calls for their assistance. They are laid-back and like living simple lives so they are often placid. They can turn into pretty tough magic users in battles when they want to be though.
The Genji are very mysterious and they often live by the ways of the shadow of the moons. Living like Ninjas and Samarais, they have a strict lifestyle and have many tradtional rules and laws that the Genji must obey.
They start their training from a young age to become deadly assassins. Since Genji are used to fighting, they'll side with anyone as long as their have the money.
So they live like mercernaies, getting paid for any job that involves assassinating, murder and other dirty jobs that normally other people would be afraid of doing. They have learnt how to do a perfect murder without leaving any trace of evidence behind. Some do not agree with this way of life and become exiled by their clan, these wandering Genji will often go from place to place, finding a reason of existance...
Drakonites are a humanoid dragon race. They are very noble and aristocratic race, they are often very proud and dignified and have a posh lifestyle. Although most Drakonites are very stuffy and arrogrant, they are those who are think they are equal to the other races, even though other Drakonites do not agree with this way thinking.
They can transform into deadly dragons that can crumble towns and cities, they also are more skilled in black magic than any other. They learn their dragon powers from a young age and most children often are able to transform into dragons from five years of age. Anyone who takes longer than that to turn into a dragon are often looked down upon, since it means that those who had taken longer to learn their dragon transformation means that they are half-Drakonite, which often leads to discrimination...
The Raibai race are humanoids who almost seem human, but have rabbit ears instead of human ears. As people might have guessed from the Raibai's ears, they are very fast and agile creatures, some say they are almost uncatchable to the eyes. They are very knowledgeable as well, curious by nature, they normally try to uncover secrets that have not yet been uncovered by becoming scholars. Most Raibai though are merchants, who are very good at this line of work.
Since the Raibai race live within the Faine region, which is a large desert, much bigger than any other, they know how to survive in the desert and how to use it to their best advantage. Although Raibai are mostly very friendly, a thousand years ago, they decided to take a netural postion to neither help nor attack any of the other races when the legendary war took place, ever since the aftermath of the war, Raibai had been discriminated for their cowardice and for them using technology that was forbidden in holy scriptures of the past. However, it was this technology that helped them to live in the harsh conditions of the desert. What a twist of irony, no?
The Mahouni are a race of summoners, those who powers could rival those of gods. They could summon spiritual guardians from a special type of card called a 'Mana card', that can make pacts with holy elemental guardians.
Elves and Mahouni don't have a good realtionship with each other, since Elves were a little offended about them sealing magic inside a card. And in the Mahouni's views, they were offended that the Elves thought they were trying to steal their knowledge.
As the second best magic race, they created a well-known academy that Mahouni children go to learn magic and summoning. Mahouni definately do not like the human race because they had tried to force them into the legendary war that took place thousands of years ago, and they once again tried to force them to help them win the war which this time they refused.
So humans and Mahouhi normally isolate themselves from each other due to their shared hatred for each other. Although Elves and Mahouhi don't get along, they can tolerate each other better than they do with humans.
The Fae are a bird-like clan, mostly human most of the time, they can transform into giant birds or just sprout wings. Since they are a bird-clan, they love high places like the Ayral Mountains which are the largest mountains in Elyansia, so this made the moutains their home and their major city which is based on the highest of the range of mountains.
Fae hate fighting and try to avoid the war at all costs, they are mostly skilled in white magic and defense magic, making them the second best white magic users.
The royal family of the Fae clan also have a deep secret that only the royal family knows of just like the Elven royal family has.
Fera'thull *Created by Saimon Solaris Luna*
A somewhat tribal society, the Ferathull live throughout the northern continent in small communities. They are skilled hunters, and even more skilled fighters. Though they are taller than humans, their bodies are more lean, making them highly dexterous. They can, however, become extremely strong and when enraged are capable of killing even their closest family without hesitation. It is from this rage, known to the FeraThull as going feral, that the first portion of their races name is derived. As a whole, the FeraThull are a calm, wise, peace-loving people. To them, however, loving peace doesn't mean that they never fight. In fact, fighting in sparing matches is one of their favorite forms of entertainment. They are highly skilled with the movements of their body, but few of them actually learn to use weapons. Those of them that do use weapons are forbidden from killing with them even after going Feral.
The punishment for killing while using a weapon is usually banishment to the sea. The banished are given nothing but their clothes, the weapon they killed with, and one possession to carry with them to the afterlife, for they usually starve and die at sea. Rarely do they ever drift back ashore to their place in the north. When they do, however, they are seen as forgiven by their god and are taken back into their society. Usually a ritual is held where they throw their cursed weapon into the ocean.
Even rarer still, they wash up on shore of either Mirya or Estharia. By this time they are usually dead or seen as animals by residents of the continents and killed. The FeraThull have yet to greet any nation from the continents due to their lack of technology and stable boats. So their race, as well as their culture, is unknown to those who live on Mirya and Estharia.
Countries and their regions (you can make up towns and villages of your liking if you wish, but there will be cities where various races live together. ^.^)
Mirya's regions
Aztoma region ~ Homeland of the Felis
Yumir region ~ Homeland of the Elves
Loire region ~ Homeland of the Humans
Murdor region ~ Homeland of the Dwaves
Faine region ~ Homeland of the Rabai
Estharia's Regions
Cresent islands ~ Homeland of the Genji
Ayral region ~ Homeland of the Fae
Dewdrop Woods ~ Homeland of the Moogi
Balacour region ~ Homeland of the Drakonites
Prisma region ~ Homeland of the Mahouni
Unknown Borders
Shivan Region ~ Homeland of the Fera'thull
Elven Capital: Glenfall City
Human Capital: Zanark City
Dwarven Capital: Volcan City
Felis Captial: Nekoi City
Genji Captial: Kutai Kingdom
Mahouni Capital: Magica Sari
Fae Capital: Wingdom Kingdom
Rabai Capital: Jamubai City
Drakonite Capital: Eskar City
Moogi Capital: Lupita City
Fera'Thull Captial: Frosta City
Map of Elyansia
: Cities, towns, villages, Etc. XD
Light blue
: Dungeons and Temples
: Tombs and Graveyards
: Great Mana Tree
Important Terms (This section is for simply for remembering important names of dungeons/name of machines/magic and other stuff. Example: Magitech)
Ragnarok Tears
Gewehr Industries
Holy Scriptures of Lyra
Etherial Wing Stone
Summon Spirit Ritual
Ragnarok Tears & their current locations
Ragnarok Tear of Loire ~ With Crest's group
Ragnarok Tear of Yumir ~ In the Forest temple
Ragnarok Tear of Volcan ~ With Shianti
Ragnarok Tear of Aztoma ~ With Adel (but unaware)
Ragnarok Tear of Cresent Islands ~ In the Abyss Tower
Ragnarok Tear of Prisma ~ With Eikona and her group
Ragnarok Tear of Ayral ~ With Desmond (but unaware)
Ragnarok Tear of Faine ~ Was with Rae but now with Dela Disdale
Ragnarok Tear of Balacour ~ Was with the Dragon Lord, Bahumaut, but was tricked into giving it away, it later manifested into a human form and remains unknown)
Ragnarok Tear of Dewdrop Woods ~ (With Eikona, but no one knows it yet. XD)
Ragnarok Tear of Shivan ~ (They don't have a Ragnarok Tear, since there are only ten of them)
RP Unoffical Songs and Themes
Opening theme I:
Zero by AAA ~ From World Destruction (Anime)
Opening theme II:
Comatose by Skillet ~ Found by Saimon Solaris Luna
Ending Theme:
Tsuki no Akari ~ From Final Fantasy IV (AKA: Theme of Love~ =3)
Ending Theme II:
Blind Justice ~ By Zektbach
RP Updates
*Eight characters each per member are now allowed*
*New race Fera'thull is now available*
*List of Ragnarok Tears now avaliable to view*
*Map Updated*
*Sign ups
Character info
Use this character info sheet to describe your character. You can have up to three characters per person. I hope that's more than enough. ^.^
Basic character info
Real Name:
Side (Neutral, evil, good):
Physical Description
Eye colour:
Hair colour:
Personality (Allowed to be modified through the RP):
Brief Personal Details/History ( Can be optional when you can explain during the RP):
Character List
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Goddess Martel's character (Me)
Ventus Glendall & Elkie Lightstorm
Rune Blanchemont
Name: Crest Faile
Alias/nickname: The Midnight Thief
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: Human?
Birthplace: Unknown
Side (Neutral, evil, good): Good
Physical Description
Weaponry: Tonfas
Personality (Allowed to be modified through the RP): Kind-hearted, friendly, hot-blooded, acts before thinking, and strong sense of justice.
Brief Personal Details/History ( Can be optional when you can explain during the RP): Crest is a young thief living in Zanark city. Being an orphan for most of his life, he has become very skilled in theiving which was his only means to earn money to survive, this had given him the nickname the 'Midnight Theif' by the victims of his thefts. He does not recall his parents nor how he got to Zanark, but regardless of wanting to know, he never talks about it, since it brought some painful memories of being all alone in the beginning.
He was found by a group of warm-hearted of orphans at an young age and was raised along with them. They were all theives and lived by their moto which is 'steal only what you need', since they only stole from people in order to survive. They live inside an ruined and abandoned mansion in Zanark that was used as their home.
By nature, Crest is a very friendly person with a good heart, but he tends to possess a sarcastic tounge and stubborn personality that prevents people from getting close to him. He considers the group as his family and is willing to do anything to keep them safe. But when Raiku is abducted by the Zanark milltary, Crest begins his journey to rescue him from their kidnappers. Little did he know of the adventure that awaited him outside of the city's walls.
Name: Faru Glendall
Alias/nickname: N/A
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Race: Elf
Birthplace: Yumir region, Glenfall City
Side (Neutral, evil, good): Good
Physical Description
Eye colour: Blue
Hair colour: Lilac (Very light purple, almost silver)
Clothing: A long-sleeved, light purple Elven nomad robe-tunic that reached the her knees. A Red scarf, brown belt, white tights underneath the robe, long brown boots with a light purple cotton headband with dark purple square prints tied around the top of her head.
Weaponry: Staff
Personality (Allowed to be modified through the RP): Kind-natured, shy, couragous, always willing to help others and putting others' well-being first before herself. Somewhat naive with a strong sense of duty.
Brief Personal Details/History ( Can be optional when you can explain during the RP): Faru is the Elven princess of Glenfall city, which is the very heart of the Yumir region. Unlike most of her kin, Faru leaves the safety of her lands to venture into the unknown world that awaited her, due to a mysterious plot she overheard inside the palace previously.
She first arrives into Zanark, in order to use the airship ferry liners that would take her to the next step of her journey of discovery. During her time in Zanark, she encounters Crest, the young human thief who would soon join her journey.
Faru is very sweet and kind-hearted, dispite the Elves' usual cynical views on humans, Faru does her best to get along with anyone she meets. She is always willing to help others and always puts others' well-being first before her own, regardless of what race they are. She has a very naive additude towards new things that had never seen and can been seen as an air-head to many. But a very sweet airhead though. :3
Name: Repsol Raybrant
Alias/nickname: The Jumping Whirlwind
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Race: Half-Raibai
Birthplace: Faine region, Jamubai city.
Side (Neutral, evil, good): Good
Physical Description
Eye colour: Hazel
Hair colour: Auburn
Clothing: A green mechanic shirt with yellow pockets, green baggy pants with yellow outside pockets. Blue and white trainers, mechanic gloves, a green mechanic hat. Small smart-looking glasses.
Weaponry: Lance
Personality (Allowed to be modified through the RP): Calm, logical-minded, strict at times but has a kind heart.
Brief Personal Details/History ( Can be optional when you can explain during the RP): Repsol is an Half-Rabai, born in the heart of the desert city. Ever since his childhood, although discriminated for his mixed heirtage, he was considered a prodigy for his intellect and skilled mastery in repairing complex machines.
Both of his parents were killed when extreme-racists of inter-racial marriages raided their home. Leaving Repsol and his younger sister, who had just been barely born, homeless and as orphans.
As he grew, Repsol took on various jobs from repairing machines and fighting rouge monsters to keep money flowing for him and his little sister, Momo. An accident caused by Repsol's mistake in the circuitry of an old robot, caused Momo to have her legs severely broken that caused her to remain in a wheelchair for life.
Blaming himself for Momo's condition, he sought to earn enough money for her cure. He and Momo found home with Raiku along with other orphans, one in paticular was Crest.
At first, Repsol pushed away Crest and stayed isolated from others, while Momo welcomed Crest's greetings. Eventually, Repsol warmed up to Crest and soon became best friends.
Even now, he fixes machines that people had thrown away, in order to sell them for money, this time for both Momo and his new-found family. But another tragedy was soon take place, yet again...
Name: Elwynn Collabell (Some of you might have seen him in the Crystal Journey RP but I've changed his info a little. :P)
Gender: Male
Age: 14
Race: Fae
Birthplace: Stargale Canyon, Aryal region
Side (Neutral, evil, good): Good
Physical Description
Eye colour: Green
Hair colour: Silver-blue
Other features: He has pretty silver wings. XD
Clothing: Long purple tunic/robe with long sleeves and golden cufflets. white baggy trousers, long brown adventurer boots and fingerless hand gloves.
Weaponry: Rapier
Personality (Allowed to be modified through the RP): Cheerful, upbeat, quick to trust, naive, air-headed and a klutz.
Brief Personal Details/History ( Can be optional when you can explain during the RP): Elwynn is a cheerful upbeat Fae from the quiet isolated Stargale Canyon, which was pratically a village built in the canyon. It's within the outskirts of Wingdom Kingdom, as one of the smaller mountains of the region.
Growing up in a peaceful enviroment, Elwynn is rather pure-hearted and naive of the world outside his home. He was raised by his grandfather who is a well-reknown sage after losing his parents in a massercre. He is very quick to trust people and cursed with being a klutz.
Elwynn was the only child within the canyon, making him somewhat alone as child, but grew up around the love of the adults in the canyon. Always the cheerful one, he brings life to any group he travels with. He decides to leave the canyon when his grandfather pridicted a terrifying vision of the future about the Ragnarok Tears, he hopes to find the cause of the vision and stop them before its too late.
He is vastly gifted in white and defensive magic along with being skilled in swords. Although he can fight well with a sword, his real talent lies within his magic, making him a young prodigy among the Fae clan.
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Name: Dela Tisdale
Nickname: None
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Race: Felis
Birthplace: Nekoi City
Side: Good
Physical Description:
Eye color: Dark gray
Hair color: Short dark shade of bluish gray
Clothing/Appearance: Drawing
Build: Average build. 54 and is pretty short for his age.
Skin color: pinkish
*look in clothing/appearance drawing* Dela wields this weapon in a dancing-like manner, using the weapon to attack (usually in arch slashes) and parry enemy attacks coming from all directions. He learned how to wield this weapon from his father and mixes the dancing style hes learned from his mother into what it is now. His attacks are usually light, not really causing any life threatening injuries, unless he strikes at a vulnerable area/organ.
Dela is usually quiet and a nature-loving person. He likes to spend time by himself in the forest he grew up in, though if others want his company (and if he feels in the mood to), hell accept them for a while. Though underneath his peaceful nature, he loves to fight and train to prefect his dancing fighting style. He also doesnt like to transform into his beast form, unless if its absolutely necessary. Being raised in isolation from the outside world, Dela is ignorant of the world around him. He can be gullible and naïve at timeswhich can lead him to be scammed because he is too trusting for his own good.
Personal Details/History:
Dela was born in the city of Nekoi, but his family lives in a small house just on the outskirts of the city. Like any other Felis family, they lived ordinary lives peacefully. He looked up to his father constantly, who was also teaching Dela how to fight and to be a man. However, when Dela was 10 years old, his father died in an accident, and viewing his father as an important role model, he fell into despair now that his father is gone. After that, his mother took care of him, but he never really opened up to her like he did with his father. It took him nearly two years to finally open up to her and he learned how to appreciate the things around him more (nature). His mother also was a professional dancer and taught some movements to Dela. Up until now (when hes 19) hes continuing his training in fighting with the double sabers his father taught him and combined this fighting style with the dancing movements his mother had taught him so he can smoothen out his movements in battle. Then all of a sudden, Delas mother became very ill and in order to take care of her, he had to halt his training. With his mothers illness getting worse and worse, she eventually dies and Dela is left alone. Without anybody to take care of now, he decides to see the world outside of the forests of his homeland, since it had been one of his dreams when he was a young child.
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Name: Rae Hirahara
Nickname: The Kokuchi
Gender: Female (but often mistaken as a male)
Age: 21
Race: Genji
Birthplace: Crescent Islands ~ Kutai Kingdom
Side: Neutral (though she is following orders from evil side)
Physical Description:
Eye colour: Dark brown
Hair colour: Long dark browntied up in a low ponytail.
Clothing/Appearance: Drawing (it's what I have now... but I'm working on another version of her)
Build/Skin color: Slim built; pale skin
Uses fingered claws made of steel on her right hand, and daggers/throwing knives for her left hand. Since she is quick, she mostly ambushes her targets in the shadows with her claws to kill them.
Due to the strict training and lifestyle she had when she was younger, Rae is mostly like a blank slatefollowing any orders that have been given to her by the client who has hired her, despite the reason behind them (for now at least). She doesnt talk at all to anyone and keeps most of the comments she has to herself. She doesnt care for the targets she kills and is more concerned about the money she will receive at the end of her job.
Personal Details/History:
Like the traditional lifestyle of the Genji, Rae was raised no differently. Training since she was four years old, her family had taught her to close off her emotions and by the time she was eight years old, she made her first assassination. From then on, she disappeared from her homeland, wandering around as a mercenary to earn money. When news of the legendary war was coming, she was hired by a Drakonite noble to retrieve the Ragnarok Tears for him.
Name: Cyrano
Nickname: Cyrus (look at Personality section)
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Race: Felis
Birthplace: Feiko Town
Side: Neutral
Physical Description:
Eye color: Hazel (though it shifts deep yellow with his right eye *look at Personality*)
Hair color: Calico colored (short and wavy). His ears and tail are also brown with black strips running down them. At the very tip of his tail, it is white.
Clothing/Appearance: Cyrus and Cyrano
Cyrano is average built with pale pinkish skin and a large scar reaching from his right shoulder blade all the way down to the right side of his chest. He is pretty short for his age (just probably a centimeter or two shorter than Dela; which makes him look younger than he really is). He wears short, loose navy blue pants with multiple pockets at the sides of his leg sleeves that reaches just below his knees, and wears a black tang top shirt underneath a dark gray leather vest, and boots. Due to his destructive felinethrope form, he also has thick bracelets on each wrist, anklets over his ankles/legs, and a collar around his neck that act as bearings/seals. They are colored white with special runes etched on them containing a special spell that seals his Mana so he wouldnt transform (even if one of them is removed or even 3/5, he wouldnt be able to phase and they dont break easily or can be removed by a simple spell. All of them must be removed in order to become a felinethrope).
A chained, steel shikomi jutte (a truncheon-like weapon) containing a blade-like weapon concealed inside the rod. Also he wields a chidorigane (plover iron) and occasionally uses a tessen (iron fan) which the insides of the fan are actual blades and the tips (when the fan is opened) can slice through most things. Though for the tessen, its not often used to attack, but to defend himself or for counter attacks. He mostly uses his speed and ambushes his opponents if he can find somewhere to hide.
Cyrano is like the average young adult; kind and considerate of others around him, though he can be sly and sometimes cunning when given the opportunity to. He dislikes fighting if he has to hurt someone and this is the side of his personality with the eye patch over his right eye.
However once he enters in battles, his personality becomes violent and he doesnt care what happens to his opponents, as long as he gets the thrill of battle. Cold, violent, uncaring (though only to everyone else around him; he actually cares about his other self), harsh, and foul tongue is this side of his personality with the eye patch over his left eye and is known as Cyrus in this personality. And if there is one thing that Cyrus hates the most, its being in control of the body if he is not in a fight. It is also known that Cyrus will attack anyone that is around him (whether friend or foe) when hes insulted or looked down upon his skills in battle.
If the eye patch is completely removed from his face, then the more dominant personality will have possession of the body or maybe a mixture of both personalities.
At times, Cyrano can also be seen psychotic, talking to himself every now and then. However, this is when he is usually alone and he and Cyrus are conversing with each other out loud. Sometimes he notices this, but out of habit, especially during the lonely wandering for about a year, he doesnt realize this.
Personal Details/History:
Cyrano was born in Feiko Town to a common Felis family of fishermen who makes a living of selling seafood that his family fish for. One day when Cyrano was five and his curious nature getting the best of him, he wandered into a large, elegant-looking ferry without his parents noticing him and it set sailed to Eskar City (one of the rare ships that stop there, instead of Spring Village). Though back in Feiko Town, many of its citizens and Cyranos parents assumed that the ocean had taken himlike most of the young who happened to slip into the dark waters and drowned.
Since there were passengers of other races in the ferry and when Cyrano was wandering alone where all the other children played, he was commonly mistaken as another Felis child, since there were just too many people on board. After a day in his voyage, the ship arrived in the harbor, just north of Eskar City where all the passengers left. Leaving the harbor and following the crowd as they made their way to Eskar, Cyrano became lost in the large Drakonite capital, and was then found by an arrogant Drakonite family who helps run the Eskar Coliseum. Seeing him as an inferior being with no family of his own (and at the age of 5, he couldnt properly explain what had happened or they didnt believe him that he wasnt some runaway slave), so they took him in; making him the familys slave.
After ten years passed (with him enduring hours of manual labor) and when he was old enough, the Drakonite family decided that they were bored with him tending to the house all the time, especially when newer batches of slaves were being brought in. They had Cyrano participate in the coliseum matches for entertainment for years (where he also started to live at instead of the city) until he started to become sick of the fighting. It wasnt until one day, going against an heir of the Ephron family of nobles was when Cyranos life changed. His opponent, a halfling Drakonite, severely wounded him across his chest and left shoulder, and almost left him in the brink of death. If the medics hadnt arrived as quickly as they did, Cyrano wouldnt have made it. The wound became a large scar that left its mark of the hatred of that the halfling had inflicted on him. It was after that battle that had caused Cyrano to totally hate fighting all together now. Resisting when being summoned to fight, the guards beaten him and left in his cell. During that time, Cyrano developed an alter egoone that is violent and uncaring to those around him, to fight for Cyrano whenever his was out in the battlefield .
Also noticing the sudden change in personalities, the Drakonites used an eye patch to control which personality was dominant over Cyranos body. When he would phase into his felinthrope form, the Drakonites noticed his fierce power/strength and put bearings on him (the white collar, anklets, and bracelets) to seal his Mana, so he wouldnt transform and win his battles easily (the developer of the bearings are unknown, but it was said to have been made and used during the Legendary War with Ragnarok by Elves, Genji, or the Mahouni, and trying to remove them is not known as well).
Though despite having this other personality to fight for him, Cyrano wanted freedom from the Drakonites and had been constantly trying to flee. Having to fail so many times, he had almost given up and became submissive, but it wasnt until one day when he actually listened to his captors, he noticed their guard had lessened. Finding this as an opportunity for escape, Cyrano bided his time until when his captors thought they had finally broken his spirit, and at 22 years of age, he outsmarting them when their guard was down, thus escaping the Eskar Coliseum during a moonless night. From then on, he had been wandering in the Estharia Continent for a year, trying to stay hidden from the Drakonites who are looking for him in order to bring him back to the coliseum. He is also trying to find a way to remove the bearings on his body which he has no knowledge of, but had heard rumors from the Drakonites that the answer may lie in the Great Mana Tree, though Cyrano has no way of getting there on his own.
Cyranos Felinthrope form is of a light brown saber-tooth cat with large stripes running along his whole body and long orange hair that runs along his spine. Though throughout the RP, he will not be transforming into it due to the seals/bearings.
Goddess Martel's Character(s) (Me)
Name: Eikona La Lupita
Gender: Female
Age: 3000 (Has the appearance of an ten year old. XD)
Race: Moogi
Birthplace: ???
Side (Neutral, evil, good): Netural (Her alliance won't be made clear until later in the RP.)
Physical Description
Eye colour: Sky-blue
Hair colour: Flaxen
Other features: She has coloured rainbow fairy wings (But they're mostly hidden) and two long horns. XD
This is what I pictured her to look like, but I don't own this picture. :P
Weaponry: Hammer
Personality (Allowed to be modified through the RP): Cheerful, carefree, flirtaious, tomboy, somewhat arrogant and has a soft side if looked closely.
Brief Personal Details/History ( Can be optional when you can explain during the RP): Eikona was the founder of the Moogi city, generations ago, after the 'Legendary War' ended. She was charged of being one of Ragnarok's allies (The tainted ones) and was sealed away in a secret part of Dewdrop forest.
However, from the power of the Ragnarok Tear that she protected by using her body as a means of protecting it from being taken away. The seal finally broke after generations of sleeping. Now awakened, she swears vengence against the Goddess Lyra.
She searches for the Ragnarok Tears in order to keep them away from people who would want to use Ragnarok's powers as a weapon. Eikona, however, was very fond of Ragnarok, and is willing to do anything for him.
She's a flirtaious critter who loves her sake and even carries a sake gourd with her everywhere. She loves company and being around people. She has a fear for thunder due to an event in the past, but loves to play in the water.
Like most of her kind, she's a gifted alchemist and a deadly user in black magic. She's also very deadly with her hammer. >:D
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Name: Descartes (pronounced: Day-cart) Ephron
Nickname: None
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Race: Half-Drakonite
Birthplace: Balacour Region ~ Eskar City
Side: Evil
Physical Description:
Eye color: Hazel
Hair color: Short, maroon with one side of his bangs hangs lower than the other side.
Clothing/Appearance: Drawing
Dragon Appearance:
Since hes half-Drakonite, it takes him longer to transform into his dragon form. He is also smaller than most Drakonites fully transformed, so he is the most agile in this in this form and uses his claws/talons to attack enemies. He doesnt often use Black Magic due to it drains his mana a lot quicker than normal Drakonites, but if he has to he would most likely cast weak based spells. *Drawing coming soon*
Wields a scythe as a main weapon in battle, but he also has a short sword incase he has to make quick strikes if hes in a tight situation.
He is usually arrogant like most Drakonites and doesnt care about anybody, except for himself. He hates the Drakonite race because of their discrimination to him when it was revealed he was only a half. And the only thing enjoys is fighting and beatings up those who he considers are inferior to him. He also often acts before he thinks things out and is hot-tempered, and easily gets angry at every little thing that goes wrong or if it doesnt go his way.
Personal Details/History:
Descartes was born into one of the noble families in Eskar City and is the second eldest son in the Ephron family. Like any other noble, he was raised to succeed the Ephron name if something were to happen to his older brother, who is weak in health. Everything was going fine for Descartes until at the age of five, he wasnt able to transform into his dragonic form. From then on, his family and all the other nobles rejected him. It wasnt until he was fifteen when he was able to transform, but even then he was still inferior compared to the rest of the pure-blood Drakonites. Though his parents still allowed him to stay at home, he spent most of his time alone and watched from the shadows of the politics going on around the kingdom. He had heard of the stories of a legendary war going to start and is interested in making it a reality (hes obsessed on making his own kind suffer and the other races he views as inferior). That is when he decides to hire a skilled Genji mercenary (Rae Hirahara) to collect the Ragnarok Tears and wreak havoc in the world.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:38 am
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I'll join I'll have my bio's up tonight when I get home from work ;D
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:42 am
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Well I am definetly gonna join this, it's been a while since I got to be part of a good RP.
Just a few questions before I start making my bios; Can humans use magic? And whereabouts are all the regions lcated because I feel a little lost.
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:02 pm
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Thank you very much for joining my RP, Rorschach and Nero. I really apprecaite it. Since I was beginning to think that no one would want to join. ^^
Anyways, to the repsonses. :D
Rorschach@: Of course. There's no rush for it. Take as much time as you need to finish your bio and I don't mind waiting. ^^
Nero@: I'm flattered that you like the idea of the RP. ^^ I love my fantasy-themed stories. ~^.^~
But of course, I'll answer any questions that you have. So let's see...
Q: Can humans use magic?
A: My answer would be no. Not really. Although I can understand you have vaild point. Mahouni though are basicly a sub-human race who can use magic.
But if you want to be a human but able to use magic, perhaps you can have a character who is born from two different races. Like the half-elves in TOS and TOP. You can call them 'Half-Mahouni' or something like that. ^^
But other than that, no. Pure-blooded humans can't use magic, but they make up for their lack of magic by using special machines or gadgets or however you want to put it. XD
Q: Whereabouts are all the Regions?
A: I can understand why you would ask this question. I didn't quite fully explain it right, so I apologise for that. ^^;
Anyways, I guess the best way I can explain it is like this:
There are two different contintents that have five regions each.
On the left side of the world is the land of Mirya. And on the right you have the Land of Estharia.
Mirya's five regions are Aztoma, Yumir, Loire, Murdor and Faine.
Estharia's five regions are Cresent Islands, Ayral, Dewdrop Woods, Balacour, and Prisma.
I'll try to make a map of Elyansia if I can. (although it will look absoultely horrible, so please forgive me if it's not very good. ^^;)
For Mirya's regions, I'll say that Mirya is like an island, but a very very VERY big island. XD
With Aztoma and Murdor somewhat near each other, Aztoma will be a very big region of forests so having the region of Murdor about a few miles away from Aztoma with a huge volcano with mountains behind it. I think around the upper left part of Mirya would look good in the mind's eye. But Murdor would be a few miles away from Aztoma :D
Faine region is basicly the largest desert in Elyansia so I would assume that it would be somewhere in the middle of the continent, with various towns and the major city within the desert.
Loire region would probably look better near the sea so I'd say it would be in the very southern part of Mirya. Since airships and boats exist in the world of Elyansia, I think the captial of Zanark would work better as city that is a major place for merchants and traders, since it would have ports for both ocean ships and airships.
Yumir would be further inland and shrouded around forests and valleys like Aztoma, so maybe in the upper right part of Mirya? ^^
Now for Estharia's regions...
Since Estharia is on the right-hand side of the world, it would be slightly smaller than Mirya, but only a little smaller though. Cresent Islands would be as their name implies a group of islands shaped the cresent moon in the far northren oceans on Estharia's side.
Ayral region is a large area surounded almost completely by mountains (and lots and lots of mist >:D) With the highest mountain of them all being where the Fae's captial, Wingdom city would be. So Ayral would be better off in the far north part of Estharia and covered in snow maybe? ^^
Dewdrop woods are perhaps the smallest region of all, so it would be a group of woods in the south-west part of Estharia? (The Moogi are fairies though, so they would live within the trees perhaps due to their small size?)
Balacour, I think would be better off in western part of Estharia.
And finally Prisma region, could probably be somewhere near the middle of Estharia.
I also forgot to mention in the first post that in the very middle of Elyansia, there is a small island with a huge tree in the middle called the 'Great Mana Tree', which the so-called resting place for the Goddess. ^^
I hope that answers your question. Hopefully, I'll get around to making a map of Elyansia. It won't be as good as the ones you see in the Atlas books or in RPG games. But I guess it would serve the purpose of knowing where everything is. ^^
As Nero mentioned, if anyone has any questions about the RP. Don't hesitate to ask me. I'll be more than happy to answer any questions you have. ^^
Thank you again for joining. *Bows*
Colloyd Forever~ ^-^
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Real Name: Fractal Phyren
Alias/Nickname: None
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Race: Elf
Birthplace: Yumir Region, Underground Village of Physis
Side: Good
Eye Color: Iridescent
Hair Color: Brown
Clothing: Wears a blue garment, with white armor plating over it. The armor covers as minimal parts of the body, only wearing armor that covers the forelegs, forearms, upper body, and waist. He also wears a headdress composed of the same white metal as his armor.
Weaponry: His armor is his primary weapon, as it unlocks the inherent psychic abilities he possesses. Along with the armor he carres two large bladed weapons which further channel his psychic ability into harmful bursts of energy. His armor also houses a bio-tageting system, that assists in further guiding the psychic force onto a target.
Personality: Extremely analystic and cold due to the effects of long-term exposure to the psyframe. He is slow to become personally attached to others, or even genuinely concern himself with ethical issues. The only reason it seems he is actively fighting to try and stop the foretold war, was due to the orders by the elders of the village of Physis gave to him. There are times when his true self shows through the armor's effects, as a very naive, optimistic and caring individual.
History: Fractal is the son of one of the two elders of the village of Physis, an underground haven of humans and elves who coexist in peace. They exiled themselves from their respective races, and remained seperate from the world above them. When the rumors of a war beginning reached the underground city, weapons development began with elves and humans combining their skills. One such weapon concept that was praised by the elders, was that of an armor which used human technology and elf magic to bring out hidden skills and abilities in those that wore it.
Fractal volunteered to wear the experimental armor to test it, despite protests from his father and the other elder of Psysis. He ultimately had his way, and had pieces of the unique armor fitted to him. Unexpectedly, the experimental armor became attached to his body, and began to fuse with him, but was still able to be removed when Fractal commanded it to fall off. Over time, Fractal became more and more powerful, and increasingly inhuman and unfeeling; after a month, Fractal resembled a machine more than a man.
His father Lorenz, and the human village elder Henri both tried to remove the armor forcibly. In the brief moment they pried the headpiece from Fractal's flesh, his former self returned for but a moment. In this moment, Fractal explained to him the armor was alive, and that he cooperated with it with the promise that it would aid him. He calmed their fears about his frightening new demeanor, explaining it was only temporary. Fractal reattached the armor, and asked what he must do.
He was given one order by both men. Do anything to stop the oncoming war, and return home alive.
(Also, edit in response to the below: Yes, I'm joining.)
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:13 pm
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Edit: Thank you for joining then Psychon. ^.^
I'll add you to the list so that everyone knows who you are. ^^
Colloyd Forever~ ^-^
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Before I start writing my bio's, I had forgot to ask earlier, am I able to have a villain character?
I'm going to have two characters by the way.
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Real Name:Lucas joelsum(jOlesome)
Birthplace:Magica Sari
Side (Neutral, evil, good):Good
Physical Description:his build is the same as any kid tales of character, just different and a little paler....(more than Genis) he has a skinny build and most of his body is covered, so i really can't explain much more
Eye color:Brown
Hair colour:Brown
Clothing:he has somewhat of a robe on, it has green on it(his choice) and it has yellow at the collar, the edges, and at the arms of the robe
Weaponry:it varies between a stuffed animal, or a book.
Personality:he is a very hyper little kid who gets upset very easily, when
upset, he can destroy...DESTROY!(im kidding, obviously)
Brief Personal Details/History:despite him being a random kid, he surpasses most of the Mahouni adults and posses greater knowledge than most of the mahouni all together
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:39 am
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Alright thanks for explaining all of that, I'll probably make my main character Half-Mahouni, Half-Human then as that'll also make it easier for me to write his backstory. I'd still say draw a map as that would help figure out where everything is a little better, no matter how bad it would look XD.
I'll have my two characters up tonight then.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:46 am
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Rorschach@: No problem, I'll answer the question now. ^.^
Q: Am I able to have a villian character?
A: The answer is yes, you certainly can. As long as you don't exceed the three characters per person rule, you can have a villian most defintely. :D
Iluvpudding4eva@: Thank you for joining Iluvpudding4eva. ^.^ I always apprecaite it. ^^
Your bio is intresting, I don't know if you'll add more history to your character later or not. But it's okay though, it is after all optional, as you can always explain more of the character's past in the actual RP. ^^
Thanks again and I'll add you to the list. XD
Nero@: That's no trouble at all. And if you want to have a character that's a combintation of two races, you certainly can. Since Tales of series had already done that with Half-elves, I don't see why it should be a problem. XD
Well, I'll attempt to make a map, just get the feeling that it will look very bad. Maybe I can use some of the maps from the TOS as a guide? XD But, I'll try my best, wish me luck. :P
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:12 am
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Takes me back to when I tried to draw a map of my RP, atleast everyone got the jist of where to go afterwards. Oh well, here is my first bio while I think up a second one;
Name: Roan Kamin
Alias/nickname: Hurricane
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Race: Half-Human, Half-Mahouni
Birthplace: Cluvern Village - A small village outside of Zanark City which was burnt down 8 years ago
Side: Neutral (Although he leans more towards the 'good', however he has a warrant on his head from the military due to his crimes)
Eye Colour: Green
Hair Colour: Blond. Mid-length and often a mess of spikes coming off more to the right side of Roans head.
Clothing: Roans attire consists of a black, non-sleeved shirt of sorts which is open and reveals his torso. Around his neck a navy scarf is wrapped loosely, one end tucked under the wrap and sticking out the front and the other trailing down to the backs of Roans knees. From halfway between wrist and elbow to the edge of his knuckles white bandages wrap themselves around Roans arms, his fingers still free. He has two belts holding up his dark blue leggings, and wears thick, brown boots which go up halfway his shins.
Weaponry: Single-edged blade - Roughly 3 feet long from tip-of-handle to tip-of-blade, shaped like a katana but the blade is straight not curved and the sword lacks a guard. He has a grasp on certain lightning-based magical attacks too, both offensive and defensive, although doesnt rely on them too much during a fight.
Personality: One word describes Roan perfectly; Overconfident. He takes all life in its stride and is always looking for a way to cause a little havoc. He is usually friendly but give him excuse and youre his enemy just like that. He can usually lock onto sad feelings very easily and tries his best to keep his friends motivated. However he tends to be oblivious of other feelings such as ones of affection directed towards him, although this is more of a defence mechanism than anything else.
Personal Details/History: A member of the small Cluvern village, Roan grew up living quite a peaceful life which didnt reflect his current personality. Roans father was a human while his mother belonged to the Mahouni tribe, a very odd-matched couple considering the two races hatred towards one another. This was probably one of the reasons the village was destroyed, to wipe out the taint offspring that was born from the two.
Roan survived this attack, however his family did not. He had to learn to fend for himself at the age of ten and learned to rely on his own skills rather than that of others. This did not stop him making friends and enemies though, and he became a regular thief in Zanark City, known commonly as Hurricane and now wanted by the Zanark Military. He also gained quite an intrest in mechanics too, becoming quite a handyman with tools and always dreaming of flying an airship one day.
Roan is an atheist, he does not believe in gods or demons and the upcoming war just means he gets to have a lot more fun. Although he know mostly keeps his cool, anger still bubbles up inside him too easily and he tends to get carried away, usually in fights too where his swordplay and acrobatics really hit a high level. While he seems one-track minded, Roan is really searching for a whole lot more
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:01 am
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That sounds like quite an character. XD
At any rate, I'll add your character into the list straight away. ^^
Anyways, I have finished my so-called attempt of making a map. :P
It may not look professional but it does the job I guess. XD
My Elyansia Map (Or what's meant to be one. :P)
I used some of the contintent shapes from the TOS maps of Sylvarant and Tethe'alla, then I erased the names on them and replaced them with the regions and such. I hope that this will map is useful for people.
I'll add an image verison of the map in the first post. I'll make a legend list later when more villages and towns are added in. For now, it's just the captials and where the regions are. I hope you like it. ^^
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:18 am
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All right, here's a second character. Military Industrial Complex Whoo!
Real Name: Maxim Aurodiam
Alias/Nickname: The Warmonger
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Race: Human
Birthplace: Loire Region, City of Dreisenn
Side: Evil
Eye Color: Red
Hair Color: Black
Clothing: Wears new-age polymer armor with a black coating and red and white lines. The armor coats a majority of his body, and even has a helmet with a visor made of a transparent version of the polymer. No part of his skin is left exposed.
Weaponry: Maxim uses an inventory of firearms, explosives, and other war-tech that he personally developed or funded the development of. Currently, on his person is a break-action rifle; Rainfall, a lever-action rifle; and Lowheart, a semi-automatic pistol.
Personality: Maxim thinks business first, everything else second. He tends not to form friendships with anyone unless they happen to be loyal customers, at which point he is a very kind and serving man to them. He does seem to hate any sort of magic-using race, in particular, Elves.
History: Maxim was a young man with many dreams and ambitions, and a unique creative talent inspired by seeing a small militia armed with muzzle-loading rifles perform an exhibition shooting of several targets set up for them. He became very much obsessed with firearms from then on, and began to create designs based entirely on his imaginative mind. His parents passed at an early age, leaving behind a meager inheritance with which he purchased an education and tools in order to fulfill the designs he had created early on in his life. After leaving school, he used what little money he had left to purchase metalworking tools, and created parts and ammunition for a break-action rifle, one of the earliest cartidge-using weapons in Elyansian history.
The design was very successful with hunters for its cheap, economic design, range, power, and accuracy; even though it suffered the drawbacks of using ammunition that was expensive compared to muzzle-loaders, and was just as difficult to fire rapidly as a muzzle-loader. Maxim listened to the criticisms of his first, unnamed weapon, and created the Rainfall, which was a lever-action rifle that corrected the problems of the previous version, but in turn was now more expensive. To compensate, it used a smaller caliber ammunition that, although lacking range and power, was significantly more affordable, even more so than lead shot and gunpowder for muzzle-loaders. It saw more popularity than his first rifle.
His most recent development was the Lowheart model, a series of semi-automatic pistols with remarkable ease of use. It is a favorite amongst travelers for use as a concealable personal defense weapon for use against highwaymen. The pistol is hailed for its simplicity and durability, able to fire without jamming even after being immersed in mud.
Maxim's success revolved primarily around listening to the desires of customers, and meeting them as best he could. His growth began with the hiring of staff, grew to the purchase of a factory, the expansion of his product lines to develop devices of war other than firearms, and finally to the creation of a small town around the factory. Despite the popularity with civilians, no militaries on Elyansia use his products as standard issue weapons.
Maxim now walks across the land, copies of his unnamed first rifle, Rainfall and Lowheart in hand. He believes that by showing the efficacy one man armed with his products can fight a war, that he may find militaries willing to switch to his own firearms.
He is also taking the opportunity to eliminate the only competition technology has in the war market, magic.
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:33 am
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Wow, that's a nice touch. ^^
It gives more flavor to the plot-line of the story. ^.^ Makes you wonder how the plot will turn out in the RP. :D
It kinda reminds me of Shinra from FF7. XD
Now that we have a evil character, all the areas have at least a character in each catorgory, which gives more personality to the story I think. ^^
But feel free to add even more if you wish. ^.^
That reminds me though, does this millitary complex company have a company name? :3
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:37 am
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Maxim's company is called Gewehr Industries, and the town the factory is located in is called Cetme. I'll take your quick map and add in a dot to show the location, as well as a mark to show the locations of the other towns my characters were born in. I think everyone should probably do the same.
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Where I live in the southeast, I rarely see black or Latino people in Starbucks. However, when I went to Atlanta recently, I walked into a Starbucks and I was the only white person there (including the employees). It made me wonder if minorities feel uncomfortable and awkward when they are the only person representing their race (whatever that term means, it's actually a biologically vague term).
What's way more uncomfortable for me is when I'm with a group of people and they all are religious. One or two people say something about god or scripture and almost everyone else will sort of nod their heads and smile. It's sometimes at that moment when I wonder if there might be a flashing neon "ATHEIST" sign above my head.
When I'm chatting with a stranger at a gathering (being sociable is VERY hard for me, I'm not a social butterfly, but a social moth), it's usually natural to talk about what you know or about what you're interested in. I'm a biologist/environmental scientist and like to learn cool things about the universe for fun. However, I hesitate to bring up a subject that I think is fascinating if it implicates evolution and I'm not in a group of educated biologists. I've been in a situation where I felt like me dropping the E-word caused the tension to increase exponentially to the point where one could lacerate it with a sharp object.
I've been in a situation where I felt like me dropping the E-word caused the tension to increase exponentially to the point where one could lacerate it with a sharp object.
@ Ana - That's very sad. Things shouldn't be this way.
Most definitely minorities feel uncomfortable where there are none who are like them. Let alone others, as a South Asian I feel uncomfortable going to all white Atheist and/or secular humanist meetings.
I'm a minority, no matter what group I'm in.
Where I live in Euclid, Ohio (and notice the absence of the comma after "Where I live") whites are only about 10-15% of the population. I'm always in the racial minority in the local supermarkets or convenience stores. Black people open the apartment building door for me and say "Good morning" or "Hello," and I reciprocate. I could also say that almost wherever I go in the Greater Cleveland area, blacks are present and that people get along without race-based strife.
I'm glad to report that there are places in the U.S. where the races "mix" without any day-to-day issues.
Personally i live near a very ghetto neighbor hood that is predominatly black, and when walking on the street i often get the death stare, very uncomforting.
I'm a "racial" minority of sorts - Mexican-American, although my "race" is more Caucasian than anything else, and I often confuse people about what my ethnicity might be based on pure looks. It's especially entertaining at the airport because I can be confused with being Arab Muslim.
Ana, I think part of your issue also is your specialized knowledge about biology and related topics. As a lawyer/judge by trade, I try to be as sensitive as possible to non-lawyers when I start talking about what I do professionally, since I'd rather being informative to people than just go over their heads or come across as a pompous [blank]. But it's not easy. Then again, unlike your situation, religions tend not to treat my chosen profession as a challenge to theism.
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