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Ms.Ezra
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We call our world Nomae-Ralo.
Our world is very different from yours. Your world is dominated by humankind, with no room for other sentient life. The menagerie of races that is our world, is only the stable for myths and 'fairy tales' in yours. We have quarrels, and power struggles same as yours. Only we have yet to discover the inner might of a lightning strike, so we huddle around wood and rock fire, or oil lamps when the land is ruled by the night.
And yet here you are, in our world. An otherworldly force has opened a door between our worlds to pluck you from there, and dropped you here.
It's not just you who has come from that world, others were taken as well. They come from across your globe, and even from different times. Some of you lived centuries apart.
At first we just called you all Strangers. Because you spoke a tongue never heard, dressed odd to us, and some of you brought strange weapons. Dangerous weapons. The best of us took you in. The worst of our leaders jailed you for your strange ways.
But rather quickly, you Strangers became two very different groups. The Drifters are those of you who keep your distance from other Strangers and even the natives, preferring to wander in search of something only you could understand.
Then there are The Enders. Those Strangers who passed from your world and have taken it upon themselves to exert their will on the native humans, to end their dominion and existence by any means. Maybe something horrible happened to them in their world, why they choose to do this.
In some of you, the passing between worlds granted you unnatural power. Most with this kind of power became an Ender, but the possession of power does not make one Drifter or Ender. Choices do that.
What choices are you going to make in our world?
Our world is very different from yours. Your world is dominated by humankind, with no room for other sentient life. The menagerie of races that is our world, is only the stable for myths and 'fairy tales' in yours. We have quarrels, and power struggles same as yours. Only we have yet to discover the inner might of a lightning strike, so we huddle around wood and rock fire, or oil lamps when the land is ruled by the night.
And yet here you are, in our world. An otherworldly force has opened a door between our worlds to pluck you from there, and dropped you here.
It's not just you who has come from that world, others were taken as well. They come from across your globe, and even from different times. Some of you lived centuries apart.
At first we just called you all Strangers. Because you spoke a tongue never heard, dressed odd to us, and some of you brought strange weapons. Dangerous weapons. The best of us took you in. The worst of our leaders jailed you for your strange ways.
But rather quickly, you Strangers became two very different groups. The Drifters are those of you who keep your distance from other Strangers and even the natives, preferring to wander in search of something only you could understand.
Then there are The Enders. Those Strangers who passed from your world and have taken it upon themselves to exert their will on the native humans, to end their dominion and existence by any means. Maybe something horrible happened to them in their world, why they choose to do this.
In some of you, the passing between worlds granted you unnatural power. Most with this kind of power became an Ender, but the possession of power does not make one Drifter or Ender. Choices do that.
What choices are you going to make in our world?
Hello! Thank you for reading my introduction to this rather ambitious project of mine. In full disclosure, this roleplay idea is inspired by and draws a lot from the manga Drifters by Kohta Hirano, the same mind behind Hellsing.
That being said, this will not follow the storyline of the manga and will be markedly different from its source inspiration. We, as in myself and my new partner @Camleen, and our current players, have been toiling to create something we hope you will find fresh and exciting.
We have put together a plethora of races to interact with, and a varied map to explore. But it's all for nought without the right players.
The premise is as follows: Your character is a person from Earth who has found themselves saved from death, only to be dumped in a new strange world populated by all sorts of beings and creatures told of only in myths and legends. How does your character react and adapt to this world? That's the fun we want to have and share with you.
We are still in the first chapter of the story and so far no PC will be an Ender or Drifter, but their choices will define that later.
Camleen and I will be playing our characters, and NPC Enders characters as needed. This group is in need of at least two new players who meet the following expectations.
- Adept to Advanced level of writing. Sorry to say but if you don't care what quality is given in your posts or those of other players, then this is not for you.Respect for the GM and other players. We are all (presumably) adults here, and so we must conduct ourselves as adults who play pretend on the internet.
- Be mindful that others will have different posting speeds than yourself. Some of us can do multiple in a day, some cannot, and that's okay. Ideally we can get by with everyone making at minimum four posts a week.
- If you are having issues with character creation, have something coming up where it would be necessary to bench your character temporarily, please let me know so it can be worked out.
- There will be adult themes such as violence, adult language, and situations. If characters happen to become romantically/sexually involved, please move it elsewhere and keep it out of our main thread to comply with site rules.
- Be engaging, be bold, bring your best!
In the source it is possible to bring vehicles from Earth, however there will be a rough mass limit. To avoid confusion with those of us who use different measurement systems I'll make it simple.
The lower limit will be a bicycle.
The upper limit will be a tank.
If it's not clear where a vehicle falls under these parameters I will make a judgement on a case by case basis.
That being said there will be a limit on fuel. This is roughly medieval era, so no fossil fuels. I say a vehicle will have just enough fuel to last it a couple days of use, then it becomes dead weight unless the player can OOC discuss with me how it could be powered alternatively.
The lower limit will be a bicycle.
The upper limit will be a tank.
If it's not clear where a vehicle falls under these parameters I will make a judgement on a case by case basis.
That being said there will be a limit on fuel. This is roughly medieval era, so no fossil fuels. I say a vehicle will have just enough fuel to last it a couple days of use, then it becomes dead weight unless the player can OOC discuss with me how it could be powered alternatively.
For languages, Camleen and I have agreed when writing your character's dialogue you can do like so:
(In Spanish) "Can I have water?"
OR you can use Google Translate to write it like this:
"Puedo tomar agua?" (Can I have water?)
Be aware that part of the fun for the early plot is that there will be characters who cannot communicate in a common language, until I the GM use an NPC to grant your character that ability later on.
There will be races with their own languages, but since neither I or Camleen are linguists we have not developed actual languages for each, but that will be seen in the RP itself. No Earth character will start knowing any languages not native to Earth.
(In Spanish) "Can I have water?"
OR you can use Google Translate to write it like this:
"Puedo tomar agua?" (Can I have water?)
Be aware that part of the fun for the early plot is that there will be characters who cannot communicate in a common language, until I the GM use an NPC to grant your character that ability later on.
There will be races with their own languages, but since neither I or Camleen are linguists we have not developed actual languages for each, but that will be seen in the RP itself. No Earth character will start knowing any languages not native to Earth.
The following powers are not permitted as they are defined as OP by the GM (Me)
Furthermore to clear up confusion about how/why your character would have these powers, I will first use characters from the source material to illustrate.
- Godly Strength (Hulk, Superman, etc.)
- Reality Manipulation (Like Doctor Manhattan level. There will be magic present to allow some degree of reality alteration, but no PC will have cartoon-level or otherwise level of abilities to change reality)
- Transformation
- Faster-than-light speed
- Teleportation
- Element Manipulation (Within reason)
- Enhanced Strength
- Enhanced Durability (No instant healing factor)
- Enhanced Speed (lower than or slightly higher than supersonic)
Furthermore to clear up confusion about how/why your character would have these powers, I will first use characters from the source material to illustrate.
- Joan of Arc was burned at the stake = She now has pyrokinesis
- Anastasia Romanoff was of the Royal Family in Russia, Russia is known for its harsh winters and how it's helped them historically = She can summon/control ice and snow. (Cue Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin)
If you are looking for possible real-life persons from history to base your character from, Wikipedia has compiled a nice list for reference. Maybe some of us will learn a lot from this RP? I certainly have.
Unexplained Disappearances
There are a couple characters I would like to put in the world, and so I am offering them as characters up for grabs/inspiration.
I hope none of this has intimidated you, and if you are interested enough to join state so below and, if you feel so inclined, post your character. And feel free to ask further questions here or in PM.
Ciao~
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Name:
Date/Era of Birth:
Date/Era of Death or Disappearance:
Allegiance: (National, Drifter or Ender)
Weapons/Supplies: Limited to what can be reasonably be on their person or being held at time of passing into this world. Projectile weapons like guns are limited to enough ammo for two reloads max.
Abilities: Skills the character had before passing into this world.
Power(if any): No transformation powers i.e animal forms, element forms or the like.
Diseases/ Other Weaknesses:
Languages Spoken:
Short Bio:
Appearance:
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Name:
Date/Era of Birth:
Date/Era of Death or Disappearance:
Allegiance: (National, Drifter or Ender)
Weapons/Supplies: Limited to what can be reasonably be on their person or being held at time of passing into this world. Projectile weapons like guns are limited to enough ammo for two reloads max.
Abilities: Skills the character had before passing into this world.
Power(if any): No transformation powers i.e animal forms, element forms or the like.
Diseases/ Other Weaknesses:
Languages Spoken:
Short Bio:
Appearance:
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Anne Bonny, The Pirate
Played by Ms. Ezra
Date Yuzuki, The Samurai
Played by Camleen
Albert Rhinegard, The Guy
Played by Ascendant
Craig Wittingham, The Old West Bandit
Played by Goodtvus
Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Explorer
Played by Gands
Felix Lars Helström
Played by Oryx
Kassim Al'hajar, The Assassin
Played by Takeshi
Grim Manne
Played by Dunruffle
Hua Mulan
Played by Khan of the Mardu
[ OPEN ]
Played by Ms. Ezra
Date Yuzuki, The Samurai
Played by Camleen
Albert Rhinegard, The Guy
Played by Ascendant
Craig Wittingham, The Old West Bandit
Played by Goodtvus
Sir Richard Francis Burton, The Explorer
Played by Gands
Felix Lars Helström
Played by Oryx
Kassim Al'hajar, The Assassin
Played by Takeshi
Grim Manne
Played by Dunruffle
Hua Mulan
Played by Khan of the Mardu
[ OPEN ]
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CHARACTER INDEX
OUR DISCORD, for easier communication as I usually have it on my phone and active.
IC THREAD-PROLOGUE
IC THREAD- TO GATECIA
IC THREAD- LINIA
IC THREAD- DOREN
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