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Howdy all, Ive not posted all summer but Im finally back and can commit to an RP:
Here's the background:

Parallel to, but in a different dimension than our world, is another, one that mirrors ours but is nonetheless very different- full of magic instead of technology. (think the lion, witch, wardrobe or "the Talisman" by Stephen King)

This parrallel world is full of standard fantasy fare- wizards, witches, knights and goblins ect ect. In terms of government it is a confederation of baronies united under a powerful but leanient king- Charles IV- supported by an equally powerful but mostly benevolent Church- this land has its own version of the Bible and Christianity. There are thousands of pagan sects however, which are tolerated by the Church, though frequented by its missionaries. Most of these sects are holdovers from the ancient Elvish Empire which united almost the entire known world before human barbarians invaded and left it in ruin. It is mostly the elves (a vast minority in the human dominated Middle Empire) who follow the pagan, nature centered religions.

Geographically, the Middle Empire is hilly prairie land dotted by small farming villages and occasionally larger trading towns. In its center is the massive city of Delain, the Empire's capital. The city is a perfect circle, rotating the massive royal palace and Grand Cathedral. To the north lies a massive mountain range ("The Almighty's Crown" to humans, "El'Ashye" to the elves) dotted with ruins of the mysterious Dwarven Empire- the dwarves all disappeared five hundred years ago, the cause is unknown.... To the East lies the Azure Sea, it's scenic coast peppered with fishing and merchant villages. To the West, a vast and barren desert- the Archaric Wastes- ending in tall and unexplored mountains far in the West. The south is a pine filled wilderland from which the first humans emerged.


Now that you know a bit about that world,you should know abit about ours:

Year 2027: The world is much the same ten years from now as it is today. Technology has advanced, cars are beginning to get their power from the sun instead of gasoline, China is still communist, and the US of A is still embroiled in its war with Muslim extremists. A powerful, young, and charismatic player has stepped into the global scene- Andrew L. Kurtz, CEO of NoirTech Inc. NoirTech is the fastest growing international company in the world- it's business? Weapons. Legal, illegal-it matters little to Kurz, who deals his high tech arms to anyone who'll pay. NoirTech has control of nearly all organized crime along the Eastern sea-board of the US, and nearly ten Mayors on its payroll.

Now for the plot:

NoirTech, experimenting with new energy types in a hidden desert base ripped a hole in the wall between the dimensions, a hole in reality. It did not allow people or objects to travel between the two worlds, but allowed Kurtz to communicate with a rather ambitious- no to mention crazy- wizard, Artemis Velim, who also happened to be the advisor to the king of the Middle Empire. Velim immediately began using his exceptional skill in the arcane to complete the hole in the rift, allowing people- and weapons- to travel between the two worlds. Kurtz and Velim scheme to use NoirTech weaponry, and Velim's orcish soldiers (who live secretly in the sewers beneath Delain), to dominate the Middle Empire.

Characters:
Badguys:
Andrew Kurtz: played by me
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Physical Desc.: Tall, in shape, handsome with and a narrow, wolfish face.
Eyes: Iceburg blue
Hair: jet black
Powers/abilities: accomplished fencer; marksman. Skilled with weapons of all types.
Occupation: CEO of NoirTech
Bio: Andrew Kurtz, originally Anthony Carpeggio, was born and raised in the slums of New York. His intelligence, coupled with his ruthlessness- a trait he inherited from his herion addicted father-allowed him to quickly rise the ranks of the local mafia. It was at age fifteen, while Carpeggio was working as a coke mule for low level mob boss Michael Bello, that he first started selling weapons. Anthony started with automatic pistols and revolvers, then graduated to submachine guns. Soon he had replaced Bello as the crime boss of the area. It was two years later that he started NoirTech, and with help from the extremely wealthy Saddler family his company started to branch out. At the young age of twenty one Anthony Carpeggio changed his named to Andrew Kurtz and NoirTech went international, selling weapons to anyone who'd buy. He married Jessica Saddler at 25, and had a son with her. Two years later Jessica discovered the truth to NoirCorp's business practices and died "mysteriously" in a subway accident. NoirTech has continued to grow under the strong leadership of Kurtz... and now is looking to spread its markets to new... unexplored territories.

Osmond Saddler: played by me,
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Phys Desc: Very tall, thin, lanky, pale. Gaunt, leering face
Eyes: Emerald green
Hair: White, shoulder length
Powers/Abilities: Skilled martial artist, knife fighter; sniper
Occupation: Leader of NoirTech special forces; hitman
Bio: Osmond Saddler, the second child of Ferdinand Saddler- an extraordinarily rich and mentally unstable pharmecutical executive, grew up in a world full of physical comforts and lavish wealth. As a boy Osmond could have anything he wanted... except of course, his fathers love and attention. Ferdinand was too absorbed in his first daughter and cocaine habit to pay his strange and slightly flamboyant son any heed. Saddler grew increasingly unstable and lonely as he got older, until he met a young, ambitious business partner of his father's... Anthony Carpeggio. Carpeggio, who soon changed his name to Kurtz, quickly befriended the lonely Osmond, and the two schemed to build an arms empire using Saddler's money and Kurtz's cunning. Over the years Osmond has grown exceedingly eccentric, but ever more efficient at his work- namely killing those who stand in NoirTech's way. Other than Kurtz and several scientists, he is the only NoirTech employee who knows of the discovery of the Middle Empire.

Artemis Velim and lackies: King Arthur the Great

Want to come up with a bad guy of your own and tie him into the pot somehow? Perhaps Kurtz or Velims right hand (wo)man? Just give me a bio and Ill approve her/him if he/she fits into the story...

The Good guys:

King Charles IV: N/A, played by all
Bio to come

High Father Gregory XII (like a Pope in Middle Empire): N/A, played by all if he plays any role in the story

Prince/Princess: Son/Daughter of Charles- Open. Trained to be an excellent warrior and scholar (pls post teachers and training in bio), suspicious of his/her father's advisor

Son/ Daughter of Kurtz: A good kid, teenager, unaware of father's evil. Will eventually discover father's plot and realize it must be stopped. Goes to private school, rich kid ect- Starnell

Bodyguard of Kurtz's son: Theao

Any ideas for a character? Feel free to post a bio and how he/she ties into the plot...

Thanks for your time, pls feel free to ask any questions I know the descriptions were long winded... I got a bit carried away...

Cool. I might like to make up my own character- either a good orc if that's possible, or an elf. Or I might like to take one of the children.

So sort of vaguely similar to a character thread based on Warcraft: Orcs vs Human?

Would a mage/warrior/bodyguard be appropriate?

Good orcs arent possible, for reasons which will be revealed later- Theao a bodyguard is indeed possible, please post a detailed bio. Starnell, you are wlecome to an elf. Remember, you can pick a char from either world. This is more of a character/conspiracy RP than a war one. If a war or battle occurs, it will take place late in the RP.

Ok. Which world will it mainly be set in? Or will it be set in both?

Both, the main characters will probably cross back and forth several times

Cool. Could I play as Kurtz's son? Also, is there any chance he could make friends with an elf while in the Middle Empire?

What races are there(or are there the full spectrum of traditional fantasy races)?

Certainly, pls post a bio of both characters. I ask that you stick solely to Kurtz's son for the first part of the RP though, pls. Also- Kurtz maybe a domineering madman, but he is quite charismatic. Dont portray him as a bad father, he's very supportive of his son...

Theao, stick to Elves, orcs (if you're evil), and humans.

Alright.
Three final questions:
Any restrictions on elvish sub-races or are they the generic High and Wood elves?
Anything against multiple characters?
Do you have a template you want for the characters?

Okay, that's fine. I'll have him dislike Noirtech, but not his dad. I will get to work on bios. Any sort of template you want me to use?

Just give a standard physical description and a biography- pls do so in detail

Theao, Id ask that you number your chars at 2 and feel free to use different types of elves if you wish.

Okay, I will work on that.

Could I get the Evil Advisor Artemis Velim?

Could I get the Evil Advisor Artemis Velim?

Any objections to me being the body-guard of Son/Daughter of Charles and Son/Daughter of Kurtz?

Also any objection to this template being used?
Name:
Race:
Physical Discription/Appeance:
Powers/Speciality:
Occupation:
Age:
Gender:
Bio:

Oh, I like that idea.

Arthur the Great- if I like your bio- go as in depth as possible-for him ok, but if not feel free to have another char.

Theao- that templates great, and so is the bodyguard idea... and I want detailed bios pls

Name: Sha'ril
Race: Sidhe Elf
Physical Discription/Appeance: Slightly taller than the average human, lean, violet eyes, very pale blond hair, attractive facial features, mage-mark on forehead. Sha'ril (http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/300W/i/2003/41/3/9/Elf_Child.jpg) Face and hair of pic, symbol is mage-mark.
Powers/Speciality: Skilled spell-blade, some other racial abilities, advanced senses(quite a bit superior to humans or even other elves) as well some ability to see through magical illusion due to mage-mark.
Occupation: Body-guard
Age: 328(young racially)
Gender: Male
Bio: Sha'ril was born into a family line that have a tradition of serving at body-guards to members of certain blood-lines, one of those being the blood-line that presently resided on the throne of the Middle Empire. He was trained in the various skills that were suitable and necessary to his future employment. As he is a bit of a 'black-sheep', due to certain unconventional ideas that are not generally accepted by his family, nor the wider Sidhe Elven and Elven communities in general, when the child of King Charles was born, he was given the charge of safeguarding the child. Since guarding humans, even humans of royal blood, was considered a 'hard-ship' post, the family elders hoped to 'strong-arm' him into conforming to the more approved standards.

Name: Jason Alexander
Race: Human
Physical Discription/Appeance: Taller end of the specturm, muscular but not blocky, grey eyes, brown hair(short), lightly tanned, unremarkable facial features.
Powers/Speciality: Trained in martial arts, ex-soldier(US marines, or equivilant)
Occupation: Body-guard, manservant
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Bio: Born to a lower-middle class family, Jason joined the military at the age of sixteen and served six years before leaving the military to join a school that trained manservants and body-guards for important persons. His performance had come to the note of an associate of Andrew L. Kurtz in the army who thought that with a little training Jason had the makings of a good employee for Kurtz. After three years of training, he emerged and was hired by Kurtz to care for his off-spring as the prior body-guard/manservant had died in a car accident.

Look good?

Here goes:

Name: Artemis Velim
Race: Human
Occupation: High Minister of the Royal Court
Physical Descritpion: A fit old man, tall in his youth, he has kept himself in a good-enough shape to not become the stereotypical old geezer. While not able to run a marathon in record time, the staff he carries is used as a walking stick only for show. His hair is completely white, his eyes a fierce grey, and his nose somewhat bigger than usual and slightly hooked.
Powers: Master of spell-craft and powerful mage, he is also a very gifted and intelligent speaker.
Weakness: His days with the sword were very limited, and a portion of his power is dependant upon his staff.
Gender: Male

Bio: Artemis was born in a village north of the capital city. When he was young, he and his brother went out with a band of several to hunt for some game. They were ambushed by a band of elves, pagan terrorists that were fighting for greater autonomy within their ancestral lands. Artemis's younger brother, Boris, was killed, and Artemis swore revenge.

The elves were eventually tracked down, but committed suicide using an ancient spell. Thus, Artemis felt himself cheated out of his rightful retribution, and swore that the elves would pay a million times over for his loss, a loss that he would inflict deeply upon them. Taking to his room, he began to read his father's books of magic, and soon began learning directly from his father, the local healer. Not content with this limited, but useful, store of knowledge, Artemis set out, and tracked down an ancient wizard that had become a hermit after many a year spent in the Royal Court.

Apprenticing himself to the old wizard, Artemis became a quick learner, and rapidly acquired the knowledge to alter the limits of the world. His training in magic became great, and eventually he beat his master in a restrained wizard's dual, thus gaining acknowledgement as a sorcerer and mage in his own right. He left then for the Royal Court, attaching himelf as a battlemage to the army, rising through the ranks through his use of ingenius and original techniques to secure battles.

He was married in the Church, and begot three children. After his three year tour was up, he was invited to the Court, and the rest, as they say, was history. Stopping the assassination attempt on the King advanced him greatly, but he never forgot his old hatred for the elves, and began to train younger men in the ways of spellcraft to carry out his battle, selecting smart, athletic, and ambitious individuals that would readily embrace his idealogy. Artemis has no thoughts of kindness for the elves, ans though in the court he masks this well, it is he that is responsible for many a recent disapppearance concerning those that speak against the domination of the human race.

Artemis's wife died after fourty years of marriage. Artemis himself is now over 70, and his children are of suitable age to marry. He holds tremendous power and prestige as the High Minister of the Royal Court, and many a young lad are eager to be accepted into the Royal Academy of Magic, to which his post as High Minister also makes him Headmaster.

His recent connection to the other world has finally thrust upon Artemis what he sees as the final solution to the elf-problem, and he will let nothing stand in his way.

King Arthur- excellent job, you're accepted

Theao- your accepted, but Id like your chars fleshed out a bit in the actual RP pls. Thanks.

King Arthur- excellent job, you're accepted

Theao- your accepted, but Id like your chars fleshed out a bit in the actual RP pls. Thanks.

Np with that.

Theao- How do you think Jason and Kem (Kurtz's son) will get along?

Theao- How do you think Jason and Kem (Kurtz's son) will get along?

Up to you really. It all depends on Kem's tolerance of body-guard/manservants, his impressions of Jason(who'd attempt to project a positive one) and the general compatiblity issues between any two people.

Okay. Which of the three would be the most important to Jason: Kurtz, NoirTech, or Kem?

Okay. Which of the three would be the most important to Jason: Kurtz, NoirTech, or Kem?

Kem naturally, he is the one he's suppose to body-guard afterall.

Okay, Kem will like him then. The previous question was more of a question of who is more important, the employer or the principle. (Kurtz or Kem) Kem will see him as honorable, unlike the last bodyguard, who tried to suck up to Kurtz.

Cool beans, Starnell I posted Kurtz's bio in the first post so feel free to post Kem's

Hey Atlantia, if possible, could I play the Prince as well? I won't lay dibs on him just yet, but if nobody decides to take him as their first character, could I be the first to claim him as a second? Trust me, I'll not sacrifice my talents on either one.

Id really prefer someone else to play the prince, since both Velim and the prince/princess are lead roles it wouldn't be completely fair... sorry. If you'd like a minor second character please go to it, however. I'd also like a female character for the princess as well... perhaps one of you could ask Tanara or someone to look into this rP?

Ok, that makes sense. Time to play the Bad Guy.

Mwahahahahahahahahaha!!!

Thanks for understanding KAG... Starenell are you going to post your bio soon?

Yeah, just working on the final part of the bio, sorry.

No worries, Im just a bit anxious to get started.

Name: Kem Kurtz

Race: Human

Physical Description/Appearance:

Powers/Specialty: Not a terrible shot with his custom pearl–embedded pistol given to him by his father. He enjoys competing with his bodyguard Jason with various weapons. Jason far surpasses him with most weapons, but with sidearms Kem is pretty close, if not better.

Kem is also in good shape mentally and physically. In school he is an apt student, if not the most dedicated, and he tries to learn what he can. In the summer, he spends a large amount of time training with Jason, or going on various exotic vacations with his father, where he generally challenges himself harder than he does with Jason.

(OOC: I might like to have him discover a talent for something in The Middle Kingdom, magic, or something else unique to that world.)

Occupation: Student

Age: Thirteen

Gender: Male

Bio: Kem is in search of adventure. He loves the trips he goes on with his father, and the challenges he finds there and elsewhere, but he is bored in the world. The rules are always the same. Gravity, physics, no superpowers, and nothing to toy with. Sure, as the son of one of the richest people on earth, he can do whatever he wants, but earth is so boring. No magic, no other races. Kem would jump at a chance to do anything that allows him to somehow ignore the normal laws of earth and society.

As one would expect for the son of Andrew Kurtz, Kem is not the average of society. He is intelligent, and while he does not know the full scope of NoirTech’s evil, he knows it deals in more than just legal weapons. He has no issue with this, however, and on at least a few occasions he has strongly supported various rebel groups that he feels have a good cause, in front of his father. Occasionally these groups are afterward reported to have made a successful strike on a military institution, but never a hostage situation, as Kem also decries these when ever he has one of his rants.

Kem has a negative relationship with most NoirTech employees, though he is friends with some. Until Jason came along, he also had a negative relationship with his bodyguards. When his last one died in a car crash, and his father hired Jason, Kem almost gave up, but he discovered that Jason was actually decent. Every since they have been friends, and Kem enjoys the time he spends training with Jason, or just hanging out with him.

Accepted, very nice...

Thanks

Pls ask any good fantasy RPers you guys know to join as the prince/cess so we can get this game moving.

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