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To give an idea of scale, from Brighton Parsonage to Brighton Vilage is roughly a mile and some change. On average, a horse and buggy can go 5 mp/h and up to 70 miles a day. I would add a couple of mp/h for a lone, light rider, and cut back similarly for bad conditions or terrain.
Edit: And humans seem to walk about 3.1 mp/h. I'm going to do some more research to make sure my numbers are right, but those are rough guesses.
I'm looking for players who can post at least every two or three days. I'd like to keep this RP rolling at a decent clip. If for some reason you're not going to be able to post for a bit, please let me know before/during so I can make arrangements. If you're going to be gone more than a week, frequently are gone for long periods, or just disappear, I will have to drop your character from the game. If you want to get back in, message me and we can talk.
You do not have to be a master writer, but please make sure your grammar, punctuation, and capitalization are easily understandable. I ask that my players post at least a paragraph and make an effort to engage the plot and what other players are writing. I vastly prefer aggressive to passive players.
Please be polite and considerate of the other players. If there's trouble, I will mediate if you two can't work it out yourselves. I reserve the right to boot people who are rude or harass other players. Also, no overpowered characters, godmodding, or anything of the sort.
This thread is for players only! If you are not, please PM me!
Please use this thread to suggest ideas, ask questions, and post things like images, music, etc. Any roleplay is better when its players are proactive in creating it as it goes along, so I'm excited to see what we can create together.
GENERAL INFO PAGE
A Victorian/Regency countryside sparsely populated by large country home of the well-to-do. Smaller towns nearby depend on the estates for employment and economic success and each estate or more or less self-sufficient. Most of the country denizens are city people who have chosen to get away from the increasing technology and filth of the main city, Roma. They've been looking to escape to a simpler, more wholesome (and less advanced) place.
In the country is a wide swath of nature called the Tangle. Mysterious forest spirits inhabit it and the closer someone lives to the Tangle, the more wild they are. All houses in the country struggle with nature trying to creep in and forest spirits trying to bother residents of the houses. Forest spirits appear to be odd combinations of animals and vegetation with human-like faces and are varying degrees of transparent. No one goes into the Tangle and keeps their life or their humanity. People believe you can become a forest spirit if you spend too much time with wild nature or if you become possessed by forest spirits.
At various points in history people have come to the countryside to escape Roma City. Much like London, Roma City is big business, big technology, but also big sin and big filth. Some families who desired to live in a more wholesome, more simple place and who had the means moved to the countryside. Unfortunately, they pay a price for trying to move backwards in time.
Near Roma City is Excelsior University, a fine place of learning where Dr. Colridge sometimes teaches and where Dr. Angstrom studied medicine.
Farther to the southwest is the ocean and Bath Island, a small beach community where the well-to-do spend their summers. The mineral springs are said to be a good tonic for any ailing person, but few people venture into the western part of the island.
Brighton Church is located in Brighton Village, a relatively normal village whose inhabitants are very reluctant to travel or move anywhere else despite the issues they have with encroaching nature. Brighton Church, although it hosts regular services and is frequently occupied, is said to be haunted. A beautiful angel statue was donated to the church ages ago and while pretty, frequently appears to be sad in certain afternoon/evening lights.
Litchield Village is a much smaller village near the forest. Its inhabitants are much more reclusive and wary than those from Brighton, and loathe people from Brighton as a general rule. Their church has been empty for a number of years, but they will not allow anyone to settle and preach there. Rather, the townspeople can frequently be seen at Litchfield Crypt holding what appear to be candlelight vigils. The crypt has a very strange, sad gargoyle/demon statue.
In the country is a wide swath of nature called the Tangle. Mysterious forest spirits inhabit it and the closer someone lives to the Tangle, the more wild they are. All houses in the country struggle with nature trying to creep in and forest spirits trying to bother residents of the houses. Forest spirits appear to be odd combinations of animals and vegetation with human-like faces and are varying degrees of transparent. No one goes into the Tangle and keeps their life or their humanity. People believe you can become a forest spirit if you spend too much time with wild nature or if you become possessed by forest spirits.
At various points in history people have come to the countryside to escape Roma City. Much like London, Roma City is big business, big technology, but also big sin and big filth. Some families who desired to live in a more wholesome, more simple place and who had the means moved to the countryside. Unfortunately, they pay a price for trying to move backwards in time.
Near Roma City is Excelsior University, a fine place of learning where Dr. Colridge sometimes teaches and where Dr. Angstrom studied medicine.
Farther to the southwest is the ocean and Bath Island, a small beach community where the well-to-do spend their summers. The mineral springs are said to be a good tonic for any ailing person, but few people venture into the western part of the island.
Brighton Church is located in Brighton Village, a relatively normal village whose inhabitants are very reluctant to travel or move anywhere else despite the issues they have with encroaching nature. Brighton Church, although it hosts regular services and is frequently occupied, is said to be haunted. A beautiful angel statue was donated to the church ages ago and while pretty, frequently appears to be sad in certain afternoon/evening lights.
Litchield Village is a much smaller village near the forest. Its inhabitants are much more reclusive and wary than those from Brighton, and loathe people from Brighton as a general rule. Their church has been empty for a number of years, but they will not allow anyone to settle and preach there. Rather, the townspeople can frequently be seen at Litchfield Crypt holding what appear to be candlelight vigils. The crypt has a very strange, sad gargoyle/demon statue.
To give an idea of scale, from Brighton Parsonage to Brighton Vilage is roughly a mile and some change. On average, a horse and buggy can go 5 mp/h and up to 70 miles a day. I would add a couple of mp/h for a lone, light rider, and cut back similarly for bad conditions or terrain.
Edit: And humans seem to walk about 3.1 mp/h. I'm going to do some more research to make sure my numbers are right, but those are rough guesses.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
Dr. Adam Colridge, 54, is a professor of psychology at Excelsior University who is gradually descending into dotage. Although brilliant and a pioneer in his earlier years, he began to descend into paranoia and depression at age 35 after the death of his daughter, Amelia. Amelia wandered into the Tangle and became a forest spirit who now ruthlessly haunts him. She is heralded by blue butterflies.
Amelia Colridge is the deceased (10), but restless daughter of Dr. Adam Colridge. She met her end in the Tangle and now haunts him. She frequently is heard calling for her mother, Alice Colridge.
The Inhabitants:
Dr. Adam Colridge, 54, is a professor of psychology at Excelsior University who is gradually descending into dotage. Although brilliant and a pioneer in his earlier years, he began to descend into paranoia and depression at age 35 after the death of his daughter, Amelia. Amelia wandered into the Tangle and became a forest spirit who now ruthlessly haunts him. She is heralded by blue butterflies.
Amelia Colridge is the deceased (10), but restless daughter of Dr. Adam Colridge. She met her end in the Tangle and now haunts him. She frequently is heard calling for her mother, Alice Colridge.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
Chelsea Hart, 46, was an unfortunate bride whose husband died on their wedding night. Heartbroken and mad with grief, she buried him in the tangle where she hoped he would become a forest spirit. She lives on the edge of the tangle, tended only by one person as she waits for her bridgegroom to return. She can only speak in grackled wheezes, making her impossible for anyone to understand. However, she seems to understand the weird speech of the forest spirits.
Callahan Peerce, age 23, is sometimes seen with Widow Hart. She seems unaware of his ruffian nature and crooked dealings and allows him to come and go as he pleases. Much gossip swirls around the two, but she's too far gone to even be aware of it.
The Inhabitants:
Chelsea Hart, 46, was an unfortunate bride whose husband died on their wedding night. Heartbroken and mad with grief, she buried him in the tangle where she hoped he would become a forest spirit. She lives on the edge of the tangle, tended only by one person as she waits for her bridgegroom to return. She can only speak in grackled wheezes, making her impossible for anyone to understand. However, she seems to understand the weird speech of the forest spirits.
Callahan Peerce, age 23, is sometimes seen with Widow Hart. She seems unaware of his ruffian nature and crooked dealings and allows him to come and go as he pleases. Much gossip swirls around the two, but she's too far gone to even be aware of it.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
Mrs. Violet Kingsley, age 40, was always a beauty and so quickly caught a husband with her fastidious, no-nonsense way of running a house even as she played the shy, gentle belle. Once Mr. Kingsley was sufficiently wedded, she took over the house and bore four children, three of which she is very proud of.
Mr. Scott Kingsley, 45, didn't really know what he was getting into when he married Violet Ashwell, but thought it a fortunate match when she proved useful, fertile, and faithful. However, when their sickly child Eliza's health demanded they move into the countryside, he found himself suddenly spending far more time with his wife and far less time at the bank, which has put a strain on their marriage.
Eliza Kingsley, 16, has always suffered from a mysterious illness that eventually forced her family to move into the country.
Allen Leonard Kingsley, 19, is one of the Kingsley twins. Inseperable from his twin, he loves the piano and has aspirations to be a doctor.
Leanne Aemilia Kingsley, 19, is the other Kingsley twin. Inseperable from her brother, Allen, Leanne aspires to be a nurse and has a curious ability to make flora grow and thrive.
Maria Kingsley, 17, looks like a porcelain doll, although is considerably sturdier. She fills a very maternal role and dreams of marrying well.
Dwynwyn Oihana Mnêmê McKinley, 20, is the family's governess who is usually in charge of making sure Eliza is doing well and what a decent lady should.
The Inhabitants:
Mrs. Violet Kingsley, age 40, was always a beauty and so quickly caught a husband with her fastidious, no-nonsense way of running a house even as she played the shy, gentle belle. Once Mr. Kingsley was sufficiently wedded, she took over the house and bore four children, three of which she is very proud of.
Mr. Scott Kingsley, 45, didn't really know what he was getting into when he married Violet Ashwell, but thought it a fortunate match when she proved useful, fertile, and faithful. However, when their sickly child Eliza's health demanded they move into the countryside, he found himself suddenly spending far more time with his wife and far less time at the bank, which has put a strain on their marriage.
Eliza Kingsley, 16, has always suffered from a mysterious illness that eventually forced her family to move into the country.
Allen Leonard Kingsley, 19, is one of the Kingsley twins. Inseperable from his twin, he loves the piano and has aspirations to be a doctor.
Leanne Aemilia Kingsley, 19, is the other Kingsley twin. Inseperable from her brother, Allen, Leanne aspires to be a nurse and has a curious ability to make flora grow and thrive.
Maria Kingsley, 17, looks like a porcelain doll, although is considerably sturdier. She fills a very maternal role and dreams of marrying well.
Dwynwyn Oihana Mnêmê McKinley, 20, is the family's governess who is usually in charge of making sure Eliza is doing well and what a decent lady should.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
Dr. Archibald Angstrom, 39, is one of three doctors in the country, and so services all of the families that live outside of the towns. His wife died mysteriously and all he has left now is his son.
Archie Angstrom, 18, is the shy and retiring son of Dr. Angstrom. Although he desires to travel, he greatly fears it.
Lyall F. Mouse, 4mo, is the tiniest and youngest at the Wywolfe estate. She is Archie's trained companion who fetches items for treats.
The Inhabitants:
Dr. Archibald Angstrom, 39, is one of three doctors in the country, and so services all of the families that live outside of the towns. His wife died mysteriously and all he has left now is his son.
Archie Angstrom, 18, is the shy and retiring son of Dr. Angstrom. Although he desires to travel, he greatly fears it.
Lyall F. Mouse, 4mo, is the tiniest and youngest at the Wywolfe estate. She is Archie's trained companion who fetches items for treats.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
The Stonewalls are a reclusive and sullen lot, rarely ever seen outside of their house, which is surrounded by a tall stone wall. They have 20 children of various ages, although very few of them are ever seen.
Pippa Stonewall, 13, is one of the children seen outside of the home. She is very wild and rebellious, and values her freedom greatly.
The Inhabitants:
The Stonewalls are a reclusive and sullen lot, rarely ever seen outside of their house, which is surrounded by a tall stone wall. They have 20 children of various ages, although very few of them are ever seen.
Pippa Stonewall, 13, is one of the children seen outside of the home. She is very wild and rebellious, and values her freedom greatly.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
Henry Weston, 21, is the country's parson and one of the most normal people in the countryside aside from the Kingsleys. A patient and kind man.
The Inhabitants:
Henry Weston, 21, is the country's parson and one of the most normal people in the countryside aside from the Kingsleys. A patient and kind man.
The house:
The Inhabitants:
Mr. Alastair Lovelace, 25 (ish), is an exceedingly wealthy merchant recently arrived from France. He is rarely up before late noon/early evening, and leaves any day-business to his maid. Although quite charming and loves attending parties and gatherings, he has no aspirations to settle down and is very much the local rake. Has an intense dislike of anything like nature, but despises the dirtiness of Roma even more.
Bianca "Bibi" Bernadette, 23, is Mr. Lovelace's maid and very tired of his shit. She has traveled all over the world and is a very accomplished French maid in charge of doing all of Mr. Lovelace's daytime business.
The Inhabitants:
Mr. Alastair Lovelace, 25 (ish), is an exceedingly wealthy merchant recently arrived from France. He is rarely up before late noon/early evening, and leaves any day-business to his maid. Although quite charming and loves attending parties and gatherings, he has no aspirations to settle down and is very much the local rake. Has an intense dislike of anything like nature, but despises the dirtiness of Roma even more.
Bianca "Bibi" Bernadette, 23, is Mr. Lovelace's maid and very tired of his shit. She has traveled all over the world and is a very accomplished French maid in charge of doing all of Mr. Lovelace's daytime business.
I'm looking for players who can post at least every two or three days. I'd like to keep this RP rolling at a decent clip. If for some reason you're not going to be able to post for a bit, please let me know before/during so I can make arrangements. If you're going to be gone more than a week, frequently are gone for long periods, or just disappear, I will have to drop your character from the game. If you want to get back in, message me and we can talk.
You do not have to be a master writer, but please make sure your grammar, punctuation, and capitalization are easily understandable. I ask that my players post at least a paragraph and make an effort to engage the plot and what other players are writing. I vastly prefer aggressive to passive players.
Please be polite and considerate of the other players. If there's trouble, I will mediate if you two can't work it out yourselves. I reserve the right to boot people who are rude or harass other players. Also, no overpowered characters, godmodding, or anything of the sort.
Event Calendar!
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16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 - Prolouge | 21 | 22 |
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30 - Chapter One | 31
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