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History
Somewhere, on a different plain of existence, there lies another world very similar to ours. In it, there exists great nations with greatly detailed and intricate histories that none, not even the most wise or edified know of in their entirety, but many suspect there is much more to them than is known, just as in our world. Great empires have risen and fallen. Many different peoples have prospered and despaired, just as we have. This other world has great and bountiful natural beauty, only being rivaled by the world that we call our home. This world also has great diversity just as ours does, with peoples of very different backgrounds and beliefs call this world home. This is just the beginning of all there is of this magnificent other world, known as Cereldia.Although Cereldia is quite similar to our world, it is bound to an extraordinarily different set of laws and realms of possibility. This is highlighted by one major thing. This world contains magic, of the literal kind, the kind spoken of in fairy tales and legends in our world, the kind that we only dream of it. Those who devoted their lives to the study and practice of magic became known as mages. There are also those who are greatly adept with the art of magic became known as archmages. Then there were those mages who are known for their great wisdom and bravery, along with awesome amounts of power and skill are granted the title of Sage.
These mages did many great deeds for the peoples of Cereldia, but many of them soon began to realize that if mages cooperated with each other, that deeds of much greater magnitude could be accomplished. Those who realized this began forming alliances, coalitions, and guilds of mages, of which the term guild would later be coined as their official classification. These mages then accomplished even greater feats than they had before, attracting the attention of the feudal lords who ruled the land.
One of these lords realized that magic could be used as a great and powerful weapon in both military and political matters. He soon added a magical division to his army, of which the other lords soon followed suit, leading to a magical arms race on a massive scale. This soon got out of hand, as the lords were putting massive amounts of resources into this magical arms race, and because of that, commoners suffered and grew restless day by day. Out of fear that there would soon be a rebellion, The Seven lords of Cereldia called the summit of the year 336, including all of the lords, their more influential vassals at the time and many of the sages of the time. They all knew that this arms race needed to stop in order to prevent revolutions from starting throughout Cereldia, so they all agreed that the magical divisions of the military of each nation needed to be cut to bring upon the return of order. They also found that the magical world needed to have a governing body to regulate it before things got out of control once more.
The Lords wished for magic to be regulated and governed by individual nations, but the sages pointed out that what attempt that had been previously made had failed miserably up to that point, and wished for a single international organization to regulate magic. While the lords saw the point of the sages, they still wanted to have an influence in the magical world, as magic was vital to their very way of life, and made this point clear to the sages. The sages responded by allowing the individual nations to regulate to a certain point, but under the proposed "Magic Council". They also said that each nation would have to house outposts and a regional HQ for the Magic Council. The lords agreed upon the plan, but asked who would be on this Magic Council. They were given the response that seven sages would preside over the magic council, with one sage coming from each nation. The lords temporarily objected, protective of power as they were, but soon caved in to completed proposition of the sages. Soon after this summit, the magical divisions of each nation's military were cut, and the Magic Council was formed, restoring the stability of Cereldia once again.
This tale yet to be told is set more than 300 years after the summit of 336, starting in the year 652. After such a long period of relative peace, the world is on the brink of change in earthshaking proportions, how will you leave your mark?
Religion in Cereldia
In the Beginning, there was only chaos. No one knows how long, or why the chaos existed, but it was from this chaos that the first being emerged. That being is known as Zenoth, the Demon King of Chaos. Soon after emerging, Zenoth was in need of entertainment. To fulfill this need, he began to shape other Demons from the chaos. This satisfied the demon king for some time, but soon him and the other demons became bored, and therefore decided to shape beings who would build them a "sandbox" to play with.Those being would become known, as the Gods. At first, there were only six Cardinal Gods; Golgis: God of Earth, Zephia: Goddess of Air and the Sky, Pyros: God of Fire, Hydreus: God of Water, Coiro: God of Order, and Raimia: Goddess of Lightning and Life. Together these gods created the world we now know as Cereldia from the chaos. While Coiro made sure that their cretion would not fade back into chaos, Golgis and Pyros would work to build the land masses of the world, then Hydreus filled the world's oceans, lakes, rivers and streams. Zephia filled the air with all it needed to be fit for life.
They had finished making quite the wonderful sandbox for the Demons, but what is a sand box with no toys to play with? After having the other gods form a suitable structure for all living beings, Raimia struck the world with her lightning, giving the spark that life needed to bloom. Soon, spawning from within the minds of sentient races, many more gods appeared although, there were only four "new age" gods who were able to join the ranks of the 6 Cardinal Gods, those were the following; Rionus: God of weaponry, warfare, and mechanical devices; Arsia, Goddess of Art, Music, and Storytelling; Neauthrus, God of Emotion and the Mind; and Tutanes, God of Knowledge and Education.
The Sandbox that the demons had wanted was now finished, and so they began to indulge themselves with their new playthings. After watching the demon take their marvelous creation so lightly, the gods convened and decided that they must banish the demons before they could wreck their creation beyond repair. A great war between the gods and demons ensued, completely reshaping the landscape of the world. After many years, the gods finally managed to banish the demons with the help of the sentient races they had created, establishing the semblance of peace that is now found in the world.
Notes
We will not be using dice for the combat system in this rp, since it will be more focused on adventure and intrigue rather than action.The combat system for this RP is known as common sense. You get a reaction and an action in every post. Don't godmod and make it a fair fight, because if you won't fight fair, I'll just give the other person free reign upon you.
This RP takes place in a feudal sword and Sorcery setting, there are varying cultures, for example the Western Isles are home to a culture similar to feudal Japan, while the main continent is home to a variety of European inspired cultures, and the southern deserts are home to a somewhat Arabian-like culture.
General Rules
1: ALL Iwaku Rules still apply in this thread2: No Godmodding, metagaming, etc. you get the point.
3: No one liners, a minimum of 1-2 paragraphs per post will be in place. Posting requirements will be a minimum of once to twice per week, but may have increased pace.
4: Caution, there will be player death in this RP. You're character may be killed at any time, but it requires 2-3 posts to kill someone outside of direct combat. If your character dies, they die. End of story.
5: You may have up to two characters
6: I will allow no overly active and explicit intimacy. (You can have relationships, but if you want to go too far, take it to PMs)
7: Communicate with your fellow rp'ers so no one gets too lost or anything.
8: If you wish to leave the RP, please inform everyone so we can arrange some sort of proper way to see off your character.
9: Have Fun! No, seriously, if you don't have fun I will HUNT YOU DOWN.
10: Put "Initial Fantasy" in your CS so I know you've read the rules.
Playable Races:
Human
Elf
Parahumans - Humans with certain animal characteristics, such as Nekos
Dragonkin - The Dragonkin are a race of humanoid dragons, they have two forms, both of which are completely natural. Their two forms are: Draconic form and Hominid form. In their Draconic from they resemble either bipedal dragons, with scales and such, or small dragons, reach as much as 13 feet in length. While in their Hominid form, they look like humans, just with Draconic eyes and hair that matches the color of their scales when in Draconic form.
Restricted playable Races (PM me to discuss any possibilities)
Demigod
Half Demon
Character Sheet
Full Name:
Preferred Name:
Occupation:
Age:
Gender:
Sexuality:
Race: (Races listed at bottom of slide)
Appearance: (Preferably picture at top, but will accept descriptions as well as both picture and description)
Height:
Weight:
Personality:
Backstory:
Patron God: (If any)
Magical Capability: (if any)
Combat abilities: (what can your character do in combat? what weapon(s) can and do they wield?)
Skills: (a few things your character is particularly good at)
Other: (Anything that isn't included above)
Accepted Characters
Raiki Tetsumaru - Played by @I.S. Zero
Percival Wulfric Butonn - Played by @Percival
Tai Westin - Played by @shinakawolf
Elias Bard - Played by @sleepinghat
Voris Akkson - Played by @Pudsey
Aelilith Zyzanel - Played by @Elyasi
Jazmine Ravenhart - Played by @fantasy
Hinata Kothamiar - Played by @Elyasi
Other
Anything else I feel like putting down will go here later!I might put some background music or theme songs up here.
Also, could someone send me the code to put this up in tabs form, I'm not sure if I'm liking this slider, and I'm struggling with the tabs.
GMs
@I.S. Zero (Head GM/Dictator)
@shinakawolf (Assistant GM/Gestapo)
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