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Alright, first may I begin by saying this is remake of an old thread that I was not pleased with due to people *not* sticking to the rules I put down, and general flavour I had intended. It was an open thread, and so now it is a sign up thread.

This thread has a general plot which I devised, although once we get into the heart of the situation I will introduce to all characters, it will be open to solutions, as long as they are reasonable. This is not a thread which will be focused upon combat, although it shall be featured. It will be more about a group of strangers working together to get out of common problem. As such, character progression is important, and so this is vital to considering what character you bring into this thread.

I have a few requests which I am sure are pretty reasonable. I want to enforce these rules with a iron fist, because I am sick and tired of threads being ruined because people like to bend them. Don't like the rules? Don't join, or try and push them. Certainly, ask me if you can this or that, but please, use common sense with your questions. "Can I use a goblin?" is a reasonable question. "Can I use a goblin which is part of a rocket team, uses rockets in combat, and generally loves riding rockets as transport?" is a definite no. And the goblin thing would have to be pretty well done to get my approval.

So here are the rules, although I might have forgotten a few. Rule of thumb is to use common sense, and to ask yourself, "Does this fit into a low level setting?" to use such terminology.

1- No uber characters. This means no mages that can stop time, no warriors who can fight armies of evil giants, seasoned rogues who can turn invisible through an arcane device. Low level characters please, so we can have real problems and struggles. We will have to work as a team better if we are low level.

2- No magic items. At all. None. Not one. Nadda. The *only* exception is something which is essential to the your character's plot (family ring of minor healing for example), and even then, it should be minor. Reason I say this is because I love seeing normal fights occurring, where it is a real struggle, without relying on a staff which blinds your opponent, or Daddy's ancient claymore of slaying.

3- Magic is allowed, so you may have wizards. However, "low" level is acceptable. Magic is fun, I personally love it, and are going to have a mage on this story. But when magic gets too powerful, it steals the struggle of a fight. My personal guidelines for magic is that when someone is casting a spell, they can be interrupted, and too many spells = fatigue. That way, it balances. Once again, use common sense.

4- Only fantasy. No guns, or tech. While gnomes and goblins could be classed as fantasy, and often are, I do not really want gadgets and things in this. It will not be useful later on in the plot anyways, as you will see...^_^

5- When you enter your character into the thread, please do not derail it, or spoil the mood and general theme. This means if I am focusing the plot upon a circus event, which has a small dragon within it, do not crash land in and say that the state wants to kill you, so that all the guards attempt to kill you on sight. It just makes my job as a storyteller, and fellow character, much, much harder. =)

6- Final one, work together and be willing to have character flaws, and take a stumble once in a while. Not all heroes are perfect, and not all villains are omnipotent. I do not think any characters will die, but it is a possibility if things get really ugly. It should not, should the team pull through.

My thanks to you all for putting up with that rant, but I really do hate it when my threads get ruined by people not having common sense.

Oh yes, one other thing. If you cannot post regularly (once a day is what I am looking for, helps keep the pacing up. Sure, a day off is fine, but if you are not able to get the computer for a reason during the rp, TELL US, we can help!), don't bother, and if you feel that two paragraphs is a bit too long, forget it. I want detail folks, what is the fun if you are reading two lines of dialogue or action? Decent gramma and spelling go without saying (nothing amazing, just run it through spell check first. Makes for easier reading.)

Right, with all of the formalities out of the way, post your characters in! Please can you put in any traits, quirks, plot points, personalities, equipment etc etc, so I know who I am dealing with. Nothing too major, but can you give me general infomation please like this? Reason I ask for this layout, is that it helps everyone to refer back to your character. So when I want to tell Shar the green eyed beauty that she has wonderful green eyes with my own character, I do actually know that she has green eyes. =)

Name:
Age:
Hair/Eye Colour:
Profession: (I hate simplifying it like this, but you know the drill. Cleric, paladin, mage, whatever)
Appearance: (short two line description)
Equipment:
Personality:
Past Plot: (nothing cliche please, like "father and mother killed, became a warrior to avenge them blah blah blah.")

Thanks for listening, now stun me with your originality!

Name: Trealt
Age: 26
Hair/Eye Colour: Brown/Blue
Profession: Jack of all trades/wanderer
Appearance: He is of average height and somewhat better than average build with a goatee and short Fu Manchu mustache. He has a scar running down the left side of his face and a Dragon tattoo on his back.
Equipment: Sledgehammer, large pack full of odds and ends.
Personality: He is inquisitive, as well as generally cheerful and helpful.
Past Plot: When he was young(13ish) his father told him that he should learn to do just about everything, at least a little bit. Taking his fathers advice he bounced between apprenticeships learning from everyone of the craftsmen of his village before taking up wandering to improve his skills.

Theao, accepted. That is, if you can write decently. Your character sounds fine. =)

Welcome, Theao! This is the first time I've RPed with you that you haven't played a half-demon named Khevit! :eek:

Name: Aramil Holimion
Race: Grey Elf (I added this in)
Age: 107 (Very young for an elf)
Hair/Eye Colour: Black/ Green
Profession: Mage, specialises in shielding and elemental magics. Reasonable at Enchantments and Illusions, Teleportation... :rolleyes:
Appearance: Aramil is tall and slender, with long hair and is cleanshaven (elves don't acutally grow beards, but that's the idea). He has lively eyes.
Equipment: Green and silver robes, spellbook, staff, not much else.
Personality: Aramil is unsure of himself but eager for adventure and a chance to prove himself to the world. He is honest and kind, and usually positive.
Past Plot: He graduated from the Collegiate Arcane, the Caladonnian Wizarding Academy. His father was a proffessor of Navigation, and his mother was a cook. He gets his magical ability from his grandfather, who served as a battle wizard in the Kytin Wars 1,500 years ago.

Name: Aurian
Race: Falcon
Age: Unkown, even by Aramil
Feather/Eye Colour: White plumage, grey eyes
Profession: Familiar
Appearance: Aurian is a large falcon, capable of flying quite fast when he wishes.
Equipment: Nothing.
Personality: Aurian is quite self-centered at times, and condescending. However, he is wise, although somewhat uninquisitive and mysterious. He will hasten to peck anyone who annoys him.
Past Plot: Aurian became Aramil's familiar 70 years ago, when the young elf entered the Collegiate Arcane. Since then, he has been a somewhat loyal companion to Aramil, although his past before then is unkown.

Caladonn, accepted. Welcome aboard!

Glad to be here. Oh, and also, as you already know, Aramil and Aurian communicate via telepathy.

Also, Raridon, could you create a character bio for us?

((This one looks pretty cool.))

Name: Conor O Feargaill (http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/9509/finalfantasyximembers7it.jpg)
Race: Elven
Age: 100
Eyes: Deep Green
Hair: Dark Red-Brown
Profession: Exiled, lives as a Ranger
Appearance: Conor has tall, athletic build and his hair is mildly long, just reaching his shoulders. A tattoo on his right shoulder, marking of an exile.

Equipment: Wears sleeveless leather armor over his Elven tunic, as well as toughened leather boots and gloves. He carries a longbow over his back with a quiver of arrows hanging at his right hip, while a sword hangs from his left hip. There is a knife in his boot, more for use in the wild with food or making arrows.

Personality: Conor, being very young for an Elf, can be very reckless at times, and thinks highly of his own abilities. He can come off as light-hearted and very kind, but a deeper look into his eyes can find something dark about him. He is nice to most, but is quick to anger if somone insults his honor or pushes him to the edge, and will not hold back in a fight.

Past Plot: Was exiled three years earlier from the Elven kingdom after killing his father. He avoided the death sentence when it was proven he killed in self defence, but Conor soon found exile from his home and own kind a sentence worse than death. He now bares the mark of an exile, a tattoo on his right shoulder. The tattoo is made of two ancient Elven runes, meaning "Need To Find The Way".

((Editted the age))

Name: Pritzle Omodan

Gender: Male

Age: 172

Race: Drow (Dark Elf For Those Who Haven't Read Forgotten Realms)

Hair: Black Eye: Black (Drow)

Profession: Assassin

Appearance: Has long hair that goes down to chest (both sides). Handsome (all drow are handsome/beutiful, though). Slender build.

Equipment: Dual long daggers, black leather armor all along his body except for a helm. Has a necklace which holds his families symbol, and another one that holds a platinum spider, the sign of the drow god.

Personality: Compassionless, kills with out care, in other words, ultimate evil. He is an excellent improviser, given the fact that he haas had to escape from many dangeuores places. He is very stealthy.

Past Plot: Umm yeah... im following dark elven society for my story line. He used to be a royal in the 6th house of drow society, but his house was obliterated and he was forced to retreat to the surface. He was 45 then. He has been an assassin hired by many guilds since then for his ability to easily sneak into a place. (not sure if this is uber or not).

Very good, more people! I think this'll be great. One thing, though, Druidic Clans: From what I've heard, elves in their twenties are very young. Even the shortest-lived elven subraces (like Drow) mature around 80.

Also, I hope it wouldn't wreck the plot if Ritlina and I attempted to kill each other on sight. It's just what regular elves and Drow do.

If you can forgive me, Raridon, I would still like to do this. I think I get what you wanted...

Name: Mejo
Age: 16
Hair/Eye Color: blue/brown
Profession: Thief
Appearance: Ragged clothing and dark skin. Her back, shoulders, and arms are scarred
Equipment: Knife and a whip tipped with the oil from a poisonous plant. Leaves a nasty rash on contact.
Personality: Good natured, energetic, more than a little impulsive and reckless
Past Plot: Mejo was a slave on a small plantation. One day, her "master" informed her that she had become woman and was to be taken to his bedchamber that night. Not thrilled with the idea, Mejo was able to grab a dagger and killed her master that night. Taking with her the whip that had ruled her life for so long, Mejo fled into the night.

Thanks for pointing that out Caladonn, didn't know that. I figured I'd try something different than my usual human this time around. As he's not a Drow, I think age 100 would be good...

Name: Serek Mosswalker

Race: Human

Age: 19

Hair/Eyes: Brown/Grey

Profession: Druid (but still in training)

Appearance: Medium height, medium build. Tanned from outdoor life. Often has twigs and leaves stuck in hair and clothes from wandering around forests

Equipment: Unarmoured. Undecorated but practical clothes, including warm hooded cloak. Shortsword on left hip, and knife in right boot. Backpack full of herbs and other plant material. Sheathed sickle on right hip.

Personality: Usually nice, but prone to make savage remarks. Pessimistic in hard situations.

Past plot: Brought up in a small woodland village, Serek was apprenticed to the local druid at the age of fourteen as he was deemed too sickly for manual labour. Since then he has improved in strength greatly. As he got older, he learnt more and more, and has mastered both potion-making and basic magic, earning the druidic name of Mosswalker. With his increasing knowledge and experience, his master has sent him out on more and more challenging adventures, often independent of the older druid.

Raridon, if you don't care to have a bipedal ape in your story, I fully understand. However, it being fantasy, I thought this might be acceptable.

Name: Blottoon
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Specie: Bipedal Ape (think gorilla, walking on two feet, but a bit taller)
Hair/Eye Colour: Black/black
Profession: Fruit picker, juggler, bit of a rogue
Appearance: Blottoon is a lovely ape. All the male apes think so, anyway. She walks fully upright and typically carries a worn blue satchel, quite useful for fruit-picking.
Equipment: A worn blue satchel and five bean-filled juggling sacks. Also a pointy stick useful for retrieving termites from their mounds.
Personality: Outgoing, happy, a bit silly. Blottoon tends to make friends easily, though she sometimes alienates them by playing silly tricks. Loyal and reliable in a pinch, and a surprisingly agile thinker.
Past Plot: Father and mother killed, became a warrior to avenge them, and then... wait, no, that's not right. Er... ah, here it is. Raised in a loving family group with a typically tough-but-good-natured matriarch. Set off to make her own way in the world at fifteen, and quickly found that it's a human's world, baby, even if there are goblins, gnomes, and dragons wandering around in it. To make ends meet she took to the apes' most natural profession, fruit picking, though her talent for juggling oddly-shaped items has paid off more than once. Currently bored with with the drudgerous orchard life, Blottoon is looking for some adventure.

Whoops, forgot about a couple of weeks I'm gonna be gone in August, scratch me out...

Bipedal Apes, I might have accepted it had there not been enough characters. I do not think your character would have worked out later in the plot. I have some definate ideas of where this plot is going, and I do not think an ape would have coped well in the enviorment, along with your class. But I do support your choice to roleplay as an ape, very original. I hope to roleplay with you another time.

Everyone is accepted, apart from Dancing Penguin. The only concern I have is with the drow, which belongs to Ritlina. The real concerns I have is that you call your character "evil". Now I am in all support of darker characters, but I do not want a cliched "I am evil because I am drow" character. Certainly, I love having darker characters within a story (my own certainly are) just please, make sure your character has a real personality, and is not just "I am evil.". Example of a decent evil character is someone who wants to protect his own back, but is willing to work within a group so he can gain protection, until he gains enough power to fend for himself. Or someone who is there for the gold, and nothing else. So, act as a real person, but I am sure you know that already. =)

And that point goes for you all. Certainly, have a backstory, but something I dislike seeing is the bland warrior. I am sure you won't bring such characters in. My own characters certainly have personalities. The way to create a realistic and interesting character is to have them react differently from everyone else, and I tend to create characters that you would be interested to meet in a party. Or at least, they would have a decent story to tell. =)

Other than that minor detail, this is great. All characters can pretty seemlessly enter the plot, because it it situated in a forest. Elves and human druids tend to be in a forest, or can easily have a reason to be within the forest. I like the group that we have, it seems that we will have a well rounded team. One mage, one druid, a ranger, an assassin, and my character/s (the later one will present himself).

I will post my details up soon, so that you can refer to them. The reason I have not posted them up so far is because I was going to change my character depending on what you folks brought, but thankfully, we already have a well rounded group. Thanks for letting me bring my character in as he should be.

I am not going to be using the same character as I did last time, although he shall be similar. I will post details up soon, along with the actual thread, along with a databank for quick referance (so I will post everyone's details at the top of this thread, so you can quickly look back).

No further entries allowed.

Thanks for pointing that out Caladonn, didn't know that. I figured I'd try something different than my usual human this time around. As he's not a Drow, I think age 100 would be good...
Your welcome. I know too much about elves for my own good :rolleyes: . Anyway, 100 would be very good. Although Grey Elves, Aramil's subrace, usually only adventure after 120, I put him as 107 because he's really young.

Well my character is on Exile as he killed his father. By the way, as he is exiled, that may create some tension between him and the other elves in the group, right?

Is there a definate way of seeing and knowing that your elf is a exile? Because if not, the other characters would not have to know about it, unless your character reveals it.

Hm, now that might be interesting, to add a mark given to the exiled...
Editted the past plot to add an extra two sentences of the mark, not to easily seen but it can be revealed later if the other elves do not know of this exile.

Just wondering, exactly how well-publicised was his exile? Aramil would be happy to have an elf in the group, but not if he was a known exile.

I didn't put anything of some big publicization, so unless someone lived in the area they wouldn't have known. However, as I added to the past plot, there is a tattoo on the right shoulder, a marking of his exile and it can be revealed sometime in the RP.

Very good, more people! I think this'll be great. One thing, though, Druidic Clans: From what I've heard, elves in their twenties are very young. Even the shortest-lived elven subraces (like Drow) mature around 80.

Also, I hope it wouldn't wreck the plot if Ritlina and I attempted to kill each other on sight. It's just what regular elves and Drow do.

sry i havent posted in a while, but yeah, go ahead, cause drow are evil, evlves are good, blah blah blah.

Ok. Aramil wouldn't know about his exile then.

Ritlina, if there's a problem with Aramil hating your character, then just say so, I just thought for purposes of realism and to make the RP interesting it would be a good feature.

Ok. Aramil wouldn't know about his exile then.

Ritlina, if there's a problem with Aramil hating your character, then just say so, I just thought for purposes of realism and to make the RP interesting it would be a good feature.

Its not that Aramil hates me, its just the fact that im drow, im evil, hes elven, hes good(ish, since he's been exiled). Im ok with it, btw.

[QUOTE=Caladonn]Welcome, Theao! This is the first time I've RPed with you that you haven't played a half-demon named Khevit! :eek:QUOTE]

how true, how true!

Whoopsy!

Its not that Aramil hates me, its just the fact that im drow, im evil, hes elven, hes good(ish, since he's been exiled). Im ok with it, btw.
I'm not the one who's been exiled, actually. Also, that was kind of addressed to Theao :confused:

My character will be posted later on today hopefully. Just having a few RL delays, but bear with me. I will be able to roleplay fully in a day or two, it will give me chance to finalise the plot and my own character in my mind.

Oh yes, Ritlina? Excuse my prejudice here, but when I see people using shorthand, it does not inspire much confidence. Just a reminder, I want decent spelling and gramma in IC posts, and clear OCC comments. Shorthand just irritates me, it makes you view you as a 8 year old, which I am sure you are not.

My character will be posted later on today hopefully. Just having a few RL delays, but bear with me. I will be able to roleplay fully in a day or two, it will give me chance to finalise the plot and my own character in my mind.

Oh yes, Ritlina? Excuse my prejudice here, but when I see people using shorthand, it does not inspire much confidence. Just a reminder, I want decent spelling and gramma in IC posts, and clear OCC comments. Shorthand just irritates me, it makes you view you as a 8 year old, which I am sure you are not.

Well, i mean, im not going to use shorthand in the RP, i mean, who does that? ;)

My character will be posted later on today hopefully. Just having a few RL delays, but bear with me. I will be able to roleplay fully in a day or two, it will give me chance to finalise the plot and my own character in my mind.

Oh yes, Ritlina? Excuse my prejudice here, but when I see people using shorthand, it does not inspire much confidence. Just a reminder, I want decent spelling and gramma in IC posts, and clear OCC comments. Shorthand just irritates me, it makes you view you as a 8 year old, which I am sure you are not.

by the way, if you dont want me to use shorthand in OCC, i wont use it in occ either.

Here is the thread. Enjoy! (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=9309192#post9309192)