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Storm at the Isles - Accepting
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by
 
on 2011-07-06 11:50:29 (edited 2011-07-06 12:21:12)
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This RP was made by me with the aid of Fharis. The Story: The Isles, a collection of city states bonded by a loose alliance. Each city state maintains it's own army, skirmishes between the armies are known to happen, but generally the situation has resolved before a full-out war. The most popular form of entertainment is gladiator fights. The gladiators are most often slaves and are treated as such. The competition between city states in gladiator combat gets quite fierce from time to time with the greatest champions often pitted against impossible odds. The life of a gladiator is most often short and ends in the arena's sand. The gladiators are kept under tight guard and are most often trained to use magic as well as more traditional fighting skills. There are attempts to escape of course, but these attempts have most often been short-lived and have been ended rather brutally to discourage further attempts. About a year ago two of gladiators who had been trained at The Fort managed to escape while they were being shipped to Vigil for a fight there. They managed to get overboard and the crew of the ship was unable to find them. There was inital search, but it seemed that they had drowned in the sea and the search was called off. Five months after the escape a group of soldiers from The Fort ran into a pair of people who greatly resembled the escaped gladiators. They tried to capture them for questioning, but three of them were cut down by the two before their escape. The remaining soldiers regocnised the pair as the escaped gladiators and immediately sent a word to The Fort. The Fort responded by sending several squads of soldiers after them. In the period of four months the soldiers only barely managed to on track of the two. During the fifth month the soldiers lost the trail and the leaders of The Fort were forced to resort to bounty hunters. While the bounty hunters managed better than the soldiers in tracking down the pair they were still unable to catch them, few of them even ended up dead as they tried force against them. This was mostly because each of the bounty hunters worked on his/her own, not wanting to share the bounty with others. After two months the leaders of The Fort sent a message to all of the bounty hunters interested in this hunt to gather at The Fort. And this is where our story begins... The Map:  Rules: -The usual Gendou City rules apply -Love is always allowed just keep it PG-13 -Violence should be PG-13 too -Those who are inactive for extended period of time will be removed from the RP -Maximum of 3 characters per person -Be original with your character Player List: Escaped Gladiators: Kael - Fenris Mara - Fharis Bounty Hunters: Profile: Name: First and last Nickname: If your character has any Gender: Duh! Age: How old your character is Role: In the beginning everyone is bounty hunter, however if you want a different role PM me with your idea and I'll see if it fits into the story Element: Your magical element Ability: Your unique magical ability Bio: Your character's past Personality: How your character behaves Weapons: Maximum of two, dual weapons count as one Appearance: Written or a picture A bit about the world: Technology is at medieval level without any kind of firearms. There are monsters and mythical beasts in the wilderness, though the mythical beasts are rare and the more common monster races, such as orcs and goblins are uncommon. The exception to the above are dragons, whom are for some reason really common sight above the isles. Rarely a week goes by without a sighting. There is also an event known as the Flight of Dragons, that occurs yearly and during which scores of dragons can be seen around the isles. Dragons are considered to be the guardians of the Isles and tales about them aiding people around the isles are common. The dragons are mostly benevolent, but sometimes one of them goes crazy and starts tearing through the countryside. Such an occasion brings together all the adventurers and adventure seeking youths around and they band together to kill the dragon. Those who survive get rewarded and a feast is held in the honor of the hunters. The outposts in the map are military outposts with a dozen soldiers at most who watch the seas in order to spot possible invasions, pirates and other ships coming towards the isles. The outposts are manned by soldiers from the city states. The Fort houses a organisation known as the Blackguard, they guard the easiest route into the inner isles and so they have rather large amount of political power and they are able to draft soldiers from any of the city states. There are rumors that they also train assassins, but none of the rumors has been confirmed. About the city states: Arcane Knowledge (How the magic works): My character: Name: Kael Nickname: The Crimson Raven Gender: Male Age: 24 Role: Escaped gladiator Element: Wind Ability: Bladekinesis Kael can use telekinesis with objects that he has marked with a special rune. Best results are acheived when the rune is carved into the object, though other methods of making the rune also work. The range is limited to anout twice his hands reach, meaning that the rune has to stay within that distance of him or the item he is controlling will simply drop to the ground. Kael usually uses this ability with swords only earning the ability it's name. Bio: Kael was an orphan who was taken in by The Fort and he received rigurous training in both mind and body along with several other orphans. Those who didn't meet the expectations of their trainers or teachers were shipped away and never heard from again. This training regiment with large group continued until Kael was 13 that was when the group was separated, which is when they started individual training on subjects they seemed to excel in. For Kael this training was a time of rigorous physical exercise. His physique was trained to it's upper limits and he was trained in the use of various weapons, but he finally settled for using twin katanas. He was also trained in hunting and wilderness survival. He met a fellow gladiator Mara, who was a year younger than him, when he was chosen to participate in free-for-all arena fight with wooden weapons in Asaheim. The fight was chaotic and in the midst of it he backed into someone. Without turning he kept fighting and finally the fight came to the point where only the two of them remained standing. He turned around and when he saw her he immediate lowered his weapons and watched her do the same, when ordered to fight to the end he dropped his weapons and turned his back to her. He then realised several soldiers marching into the arena. The two of them were bound and taken to a cell below the arena fastened into opposite walls of the cell without giving them any healing. They spent the night chained to the walls and were taken to the ship and transported back to The Fort in the morning. Their training continued and they were often paired together to fight multitude of different enemies, both human and monster. They managed to sneak away from time to time and spend some time alone, able to talk freely, among other things. They finally managed to escape during a stormy trip to Vigil he survived thanks to Mara's ability to breath underwater and they managed to make their way to the shore. They have been hiding from the Fort's soldiers ever since. They however had some bad luck and ran stright into a group of soldiers from The Fort and have been on the run from bounty hunters since that. The bounty hunters seemd to have ceased their hunt however and given them some time to think things over. They decided to start looking into The Forts activities wanting to find out why they were training so many gladiators so suddenly, as they had heard many times that The Fort was getting more recruits than ever before. Weapons: Quad blades: Teigo(Noon), Tenmei(Dawn), Shoushi(Midnight) and Higure(Dusk)  Tanto: Yoruken(Nightblade)  Personality: Kael is a bit of a showoff and his fighting style reflects this. He is however genuinely nice guy so most people don't mind his less than humble manner. Appearance: The man    |
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Re: Storm at the Isles - Accepting
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by
 
on 2011-07-06 12:59:00 (edited 2011-07-06 14:20:55)
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Name: Mara Nickname: The Golden Rose Gender: Female Age: 23 Role: Escaped gladiator Element: Water Personality: Cunning, Soft-spoken and Kind Bio: Mara was raised in a dysfunctional family. Her father was an alcoholic jobless. Her mother dedicated herself in caring for her and her 5 siblings. Mara was also subject to abuse at home. To keep food on the table, Mara's father has sold her to wealthy individuals for prostitution. Within her final costumer, she was asked to participate in a gladiator war. If not, her mother and siblings would face death. As the battle came into its final competitors, Mara found that only her and Kael remained. When she glanced at him, she dropped her weapon and witness numerous soldiers within their attempts to restrain them. The two of them were bound and taken to a cell below the arena fastened into opposite walls of the cell without giving them any healing. They spent the night chained to the walls and were taken to the ship and transported back to The Fort in the morning. Their training continued and they were often paired together to fight multitude of different enemies, both human and monster. They managed to sneak away from time to time and spend some time alone, able to talk freely, among other things. They finally managed to escape during a stormy trip to Vigil he survived thanks to Mara's ability to breath underwater and they managed to make their way to the shore. They have been hiding from the Fort's soldiers ever since. They however had some bad luck and ran stright into a group of soldiers from The Fort and have been on the run from bounty hunters since that. The bounty hunters seemd to have ceased their hunt however and given them some time to think things over. They decided to start looking into The Forts activities wanting to find out why they were training so many gladiators so suddenly, as they had heard many times that The Fort was getting more recruits than ever before. Weapon: Accumulating Sin  Appearance: Refer to Fenris' picture, The woman    |
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Re: Storm at the Isles - Accepting
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I'll just watch this thread. I'm in too many RPs already, but I like how this is a mix between war and bounty hunting.  |