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The Fountain of Youth
Background / Sign Up / OOC Thread

Background
The Fountain of Youth is a two part RP. The first part is an RP in which a group of conquistadors in the year 1601 seek to find the mythical fountain of youth. Along their quest, they come across many perils. However, the surviving conquistadors finally reach the fountain. They drink from it and never age.

Part two taks place later, in the year ~ 2004 (whichever year it is in NationStates right now). An aging President Michael Smith of Nanakaland goes on a quest with other prominant world figures for the fountain of youth. In the end, they must face the defenders of the fountain - the same conquistadors that found it over 400 years ago!

Note: The plot could change as this develops.

Sign Up
Sign up for part one right now. Post the stats for your conquistador and await the RP to begin. This is also the OOC thread. Once part one is done, sign up again for part two.

SAMPLE
The sample is also my character for RP.
Name: Roberto Martenez
Age: 43
Rank: Commander of Expidition
Skills: leadership, gunmanship
Weapons: 1 musket, 1 pistol, 1 sword, armor, helmet, gauntlets
Bio: Roberto Martenez is the person in charge of the expidition. Be warned, however - Roberto is very greedy and may unwilling start fights because of that.

Name: Castel Ruiz
Age: 24
Rank: Member of the expedition (or Second in command if it is ok).
Skills: Scholarly knowledge, Swordsmanship
Weapons: 1 Sabre, 1 Standard Sword, 3 knives, 1 pistol, Armour, Helmet, Gauntlets, Shield.
Bio: Castel Ruiz is the son of an nobleman (Hidalgo), and has joined the expedition just to experience an adventure and prove that he is worthy, for this reason he may be a bit reckless at times. Although he carries a pistol and sees it's purpose as a ranged weapon, he nether the less thinks of it as a fairly honor-less weapon and will engage with the sword if possible.

OOC:
This looks fun!

Edit: added the anti-firearms bit in the bio.

Double post.

Name: Emanuel Rodrigez
Age: 28
Rank: Just a grunt
Skills: marksmanship, camouflage
Weapons: 1 musket, 1 pistol, light armor/helmet, 2 knives
Bio: Emanuel grew up on a farm that was plagued by wolves. Practically from birth, he learned how to shoot, and shoot well. Moving targets are just as easy as still targets for him, even with the relative inaccuracy of the guns of the time. He's typically very quiet, and can sneak quiety with little trouble.

OOC: Very innovative concept, Nanakaland.

[OOC: Hey Nanakaland, its me!]

Name: Picasso Martenez (Roberto's brother)
Age: 36
Rank: Retired captain in Nanakaland fleet, second in command of journey (Hopefully)
Skills: Expert Swordsman, Languist
Weapons: 1 Sabre, 2 knives, 1 musket+bayonet
Bio: Has travelled around with Roberto to almost everywhere. As a child he practiced sword fighting with his father, he also learned how to decipher languages from a pirate in a dock once.

[OOC: I hope you don't mind my guy being related to yours Nanaka.]

How about Techon and Patoxia be rivals competing for second in command?

How about Techon and Patoxia be rivals competing for second in command?

No prob, I won't really care who turns out to be the winner, as long as my guy makes it to the fountain of youth, but of course, a dramatic death is cool also. Anyways sure I will have Picasso be a rival with Castel.

Good idea Nanakaland!

Name: Cristobal Ramirez
Age: 35
Skills: Marksmanship, swordfighting.
Rank: Sargeant
Weapons: Long-rifle, pistol, sword.
Bio: He was born in an area plagued by bandits and learned how to shoot and use a blade out of necessity. He has had years to practice them. He has been a part of the Spanish navy for year and has risen through the ranks somewhat. He is the grizzled old sargeant type...

good luck finding it. My teacher is the grandson of Adam and Eve. He drank the Fountian of youth.

How many people do you think should be the size of the expidition?

Up to...sixish?

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Name: Alejo Curro
Age: 27
Skills: Marksmanship, blade-work.
Rank: Corporal
Weapons: 24” Spanish dagger; Halbred; flintlock 4-ft rifle with 7.5” bayonet
Bio: Joined the navy at a young age, learned to shot off a moving boat nailing gulls while coming into or leaving port. Trained with his fellows in blade-work, knives, swords, the like, preferring his dagger and halberd to swords. Fairly aggressive at times but usually laid back. Somewhat skeptical of this hunt, but he is in no position to question it. Mostly looking for tactile stuff, gold etc, than eternal life.

Fine. And I'll also control 10 extras just to make sure that pleanty of people die.

That's six people. This RP will start once A Few Rich People comes up with character stats and/or tomorrow.

How about Techon and Patoxia be rivals competing for second in command?
That sounds good, my character is a arrogant as well so that's a perfect for him.

Any other background plots you want for this RP before we start?

Any other background plots you want for this RP before we start?

Other than your and my guy being brothers? Ok, here is something else on my guy.
He once did buisness with a pirate, at age twenty. He sailed across the seas to an unkown land (America) upon there a hoste of hostiles (Indians) captured them, this is were Picasso learned a lot about being a linguist, the pirates and him escaped and the indians attacked the pirates and slaughtered but a few of them (Including Picasso) they went back across the ocean, and during the trip back a mutiny took place, it wound up that Picasso and the captain fought off the entire rest of the crew, and lived. They reached the shores famished, for the boat was to have at least a ten man crew, so it took five times as long to get back.

That is about it, I think I am ready to go.

Now all we're waiting for is A Few Rich People...

Updated!

are you willing to take in 1 more character? If not, its ok.

are you willing to take in 1 more character? If not, its ok.

That's fine, if you're willing to be the expidition's monk and record keeper.

Hmm, maybe someone should've posted the link.

http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2911970#2911970