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TiedInBone
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The sky was dark at the turn of the new year, it had finally come to an end. Humanity
had dominated the last 9 years, growing its vast empire, spreading its tendrils throughout
the world, all those that had led an opposition had fallen. Entire races brought to the brink
of extinction, the humans were never a great threat before the turn of the last age, when
they began their campaign to extend and expand. Under King Gawain the fourth, the humans had
developed their thriving metropolis into a fortress, behind which they advanced far beyond
the other races in both the study of magic and construction of war machines. The king reined
over a population that dwarfed that of all other races, but from that rise, came poverty,
many were forced onto the streets or into the ranks of the King's armies. It did not take
long for the seeds of rebellion to blossom and soon enough, there was an uprising.
The rebellion was led by Captain Laurence Stoneworth, an experienced veteran of the
King's army whom in recent years had seen many innocents fall beneath the might of Humanity's
siege weapons, friends and foes alike had fallen before his eyes and were held up to the
masses as a spectacle of the Gawain's strength. He led the uprising from within the great
city, Ortul its streets blazed and its people mourned but he could not accomplish what he
needed to, he could not reach the the Noble gardens; a place of great beauty in the center of
the metropolis where all human nobility lived, surrounding the Six Horned Palace (home to the
King). After seven months of failure the Captain was left defeated, he had lost almost all
support within the capital, those who followed him were bribed or threatened. He was
presented to the King, sure of his demise, but when he heard the King's judgement he felt
nothing but surprise. "Exile".
Laurence was banished from Ortul and warned never to enter its walls again, he
believed the King had shown him leniency. He soon learned it was quite the opposite, six
months outside the city, the captain saw what his people had done to a once beautiful world.
Entire forests harvested, plains burned away, waters thick with pollution, inhabitable. So he
ventured further and as he did, the atrocities he saw grew in severity. Villages some human,
some not claimed as outposts, their people forced into slavery and labor, with each village
he passed through, he learned new tales of humanity's crimes. Tortured creatures and acts of
racism, genocide these were the stories he was subjected to, with each one, more guilt placed
on his shoulders and then, he came to the Crystalline Mountain. Once the proud home of the
stone golems, it now served as a prison of the King's enemies or those humanity saw as
unworthy of freedom. Laurence could take no more and so devised a plan, he would seek out
whomever he could, to stand against the King and fight. The time had come for humanity to
fall.
Meanwhile, far beyond the reach of Ortul, a young faerie named Glo awoke from a most
wonderful dream. She dreamed of the world she had long forgotten, where forests bloomed in
spring and the mountains sang with the voice of a thousand songbirds. A world taken from the
magical races and replaced by the cruel world of industry and subjugation. In her dream she
saw a man dressed in gold with hundreds behind him (no two the same, all races stood together
in unison), she saw a star fall from the sky and crash into the walls of Ortul and she heard
the singing of a thousand songbirds, crying out from the Crystalline Mountain. Glo was a
night faerie, it had been her job to guide any lost creatures through the forest. Her forest
was one of the last and it was home to the most diverse group that still remained free, eight
different races worked together to protect each other and the forest in a small town within
the trees called Pinegrove.
This is where are story begins, Captain Laurence heads for Pinegrove to build an
army. You as willing recruits have been selected by the celestial envoy; a shooting star and
guardian of the magical world who as watched over all those that seek the fall of the Ortul
and the King. She has found each of you and told you to meet in the port town of Washwater,
the last of the selkie outposts that has not been taken over by Humanity. It will be your
quest to join the Captain in Pinegrove. You will have four months to make it there and i'm
sure you can make all sorts of trouble on the way.
In your first post, I would like you to explain how you got to Washwater from wherever you
were when the envoy found you, feel free to provide backstory or details of something that
happened on your trip, just make sure to end it, with your arrival in Washwater.
had dominated the last 9 years, growing its vast empire, spreading its tendrils throughout
the world, all those that had led an opposition had fallen. Entire races brought to the brink
of extinction, the humans were never a great threat before the turn of the last age, when
they began their campaign to extend and expand. Under King Gawain the fourth, the humans had
developed their thriving metropolis into a fortress, behind which they advanced far beyond
the other races in both the study of magic and construction of war machines. The king reined
over a population that dwarfed that of all other races, but from that rise, came poverty,
many were forced onto the streets or into the ranks of the King's armies. It did not take
long for the seeds of rebellion to blossom and soon enough, there was an uprising.
The rebellion was led by Captain Laurence Stoneworth, an experienced veteran of the
King's army whom in recent years had seen many innocents fall beneath the might of Humanity's
siege weapons, friends and foes alike had fallen before his eyes and were held up to the
masses as a spectacle of the Gawain's strength. He led the uprising from within the great
city, Ortul its streets blazed and its people mourned but he could not accomplish what he
needed to, he could not reach the the Noble gardens; a place of great beauty in the center of
the metropolis where all human nobility lived, surrounding the Six Horned Palace (home to the
King). After seven months of failure the Captain was left defeated, he had lost almost all
support within the capital, those who followed him were bribed or threatened. He was
presented to the King, sure of his demise, but when he heard the King's judgement he felt
nothing but surprise. "Exile".
Laurence was banished from Ortul and warned never to enter its walls again, he
believed the King had shown him leniency. He soon learned it was quite the opposite, six
months outside the city, the captain saw what his people had done to a once beautiful world.
Entire forests harvested, plains burned away, waters thick with pollution, inhabitable. So he
ventured further and as he did, the atrocities he saw grew in severity. Villages some human,
some not claimed as outposts, their people forced into slavery and labor, with each village
he passed through, he learned new tales of humanity's crimes. Tortured creatures and acts of
racism, genocide these were the stories he was subjected to, with each one, more guilt placed
on his shoulders and then, he came to the Crystalline Mountain. Once the proud home of the
stone golems, it now served as a prison of the King's enemies or those humanity saw as
unworthy of freedom. Laurence could take no more and so devised a plan, he would seek out
whomever he could, to stand against the King and fight. The time had come for humanity to
fall.
Meanwhile, far beyond the reach of Ortul, a young faerie named Glo awoke from a most
wonderful dream. She dreamed of the world she had long forgotten, where forests bloomed in
spring and the mountains sang with the voice of a thousand songbirds. A world taken from the
magical races and replaced by the cruel world of industry and subjugation. In her dream she
saw a man dressed in gold with hundreds behind him (no two the same, all races stood together
in unison), she saw a star fall from the sky and crash into the walls of Ortul and she heard
the singing of a thousand songbirds, crying out from the Crystalline Mountain. Glo was a
night faerie, it had been her job to guide any lost creatures through the forest. Her forest
was one of the last and it was home to the most diverse group that still remained free, eight
different races worked together to protect each other and the forest in a small town within
the trees called Pinegrove.
This is where are story begins, Captain Laurence heads for Pinegrove to build an
army. You as willing recruits have been selected by the celestial envoy; a shooting star and
guardian of the magical world who as watched over all those that seek the fall of the Ortul
and the King. She has found each of you and told you to meet in the port town of Washwater,
the last of the selkie outposts that has not been taken over by Humanity. It will be your
quest to join the Captain in Pinegrove. You will have four months to make it there and i'm
sure you can make all sorts of trouble on the way.
In your first post, I would like you to explain how you got to Washwater from wherever you
were when the envoy found you, feel free to provide backstory or details of something that
happened on your trip, just make sure to end it, with your arrival in Washwater.