The Walking Dead - Among the Ruined (Sign-Ups and Info)

[Atomyk]

The Walking Dead - Among the Ruined

When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth...

Season 1 - Into the Catacombs
Season 2 - A Civil Dispute
Season 3 - New Roads Taken
Season 4 - Shadows That Linger
Season 5 - March to Death
Season 6 - Answers in Blood
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Overview Rules Maps Character Sheet

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  - Art by QT
  
  Welcome to our Walking Dead RP! Like any zombie roleplay, there will be action, gore and zombie killing, but at the heart of any RP within this genre is the twists, the turns, the drama, the heartache, and the joy of moral decisions that have both good and bad consequences.
  
  Everything you do and say could have consequences down the line. The walker you killed yesterday was actually the mother of the person you met today. That guy you refused to give food? He decided to take it anyway and killed your best friend. That little boy you helped? He came back with a large group to steal your supplies. In this world, each choice can mean the difference between life and death. Don't ever get too comfortable, because you never know when things will all go to hell.
  
  Of course, it's already there, isn't it?
  
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  The GMs for this RP are @Lady Myst, @-QT-, and @Atomyk.
  
  A link our OOC Skype chat: Join conversation
  
  Among the Ruined was a roleplay that went on for a year on another website (Roleplayer Guild) and ended up with four "seasons". Now, we're bringing it to Iwaku with a reboot of sorts. The events of the past RP will be a part of the new RP's lore, but knowledge of the previous RP will not be required for any new RPers joining us!
  
  So, what's the plot you may ask? It is not quite set in stone, but generally we'll be looking at various communities living their lives amidst the zombie apocalypse. Most of the people of these communities are just trying to survive and have to worry about the hardships that come with that. Of course, there will be conflicts between the survivors.
  
  New players will start in and around the cities of Natchez, Mississippi and Alexandria, Louisiana, though the plots surrounding Alexandria have yet to really kick off. In Natchez, a community has settled within a fortified school once known as Morgantown Middle School. "Morgantown" will be where characters new and old alike will be colliding and attempting some measure of peace as they all try and coexist together. There is another group in Natchez involving a walled off apartment complex.
  
  Right now, we're looking for input from past or new players on plots that will run into the future. Any input on plot, characters, or locations is always welcome.​
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  1) Absolutely no fighting in the OOC! You only get one warning, then your character(s) will be killed off and you will be banned from the RP.
  
  2) No overpowered characters. It's okay to have weaponry, but not everyone is survival trained and can make a rocket launcher with a pocket knife, some string and a potato. Be realistic with your character's skills and their weapons!
  
  3) An extension of the above rule-- We won't be accepting characters with military backgrounds. Characters with medical backgrounds will likely be asked to change as well. To avoid any conflicts it's best that you plan on your character having just been a regular person before the apocalypse hit. Stray from creating characters that have a particularly firearms-related background (Like someone who grew up hunting and is a skilled marksman).
  
  4) We don't have many limits when it comes to explicit content. Strong language is fine, and gore is more than likely to come up. However, absolutely no smut should occur. Romance is fine, but anything beyond kissing should fade to black. If you really want to RP that out, take it to PMs or the Libertine section (But make sure you're both of the correct age!).
  
  5) Killing of characters must be agreed upon, even NPCs. NPCs without a * next to their name are free to be moved around/controlled, required that their written personality/history is adhered to.
  
  6) All ideas are welcome! If you have any ideas for major plot-related ideas, characters. locations, etc. then please PM either any of the GMs.
  
  7) Before making any game changing decisions, please PM one of the GMs about it or discuss it in the OOC before posting it. This does not mean we need to make every decision for you, but MAJOR plot twists need to be approved by the GMs.
  
  8) You can have as many characters as you can handle. Do not ignore anyone and post regularly. If you can't post for a couple of days, let us know so we can move around your character. If you do not post in the IC or OOC or PM us for a significant amount of time, then your character will be made an NPC and likely become a walker/corpse. If you want to return after that, you will have to make another character.
  
  9) In that same vein, if you've been in the RP for some time and decide you want to go, the option for your character to become an NPC is there in case you ever return. Though NPCs are more likely to be killed off, the character just may be alive when you come back.
  
  10) People will die. It's a zombie survival RP. We ask that you strongly consider ideas for your character's death eventually, even if you don't really wish for them to die. While we will never kill off your character without your consent, no one is likely to survive forever in zombie fiction. Just keep the idea in mind when making your sheet.
  
  11) An important rule that some may take for granted: NO ONE IS IMMUNE. This is not "The Last of Us", this is a "The Walking Dead" RP. There is no cure and there is no immunity to the zombie virus. Everyone already has it. Your character can be working on a cure, but that is all that is permitted.
  
  12) Something we refer to as the "posting rule" should be in effect for every IC post. It is extremely helpful in keeping track of where everyone is. At the top of any post you make put in bold the name of the character you are currently playing, their location, and who you are interacting with. For example:
  
  Kim - Bus Stop - Steven
  
  If you are playing multiple characters in one post, just add their names in:
  
  Kim and Stacy - Restaurant - Each Other
  
  If there are multiple people in the same place and you don't know who you are interacting with at the moment, broaden the terms:
  
  Kim - Office - Everyone
  
  This way, no matter who replies, everyone who is currently in the office knows you might be interacting with them or can start an interaction.
  
  13) We reserve the right to add more rules if needed.​
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  When making your character, keep in mind that the RP is currently approximately 10 months, since the apocalypse began and that the current general setting is the Louisiana/Mississippi area of America.
  
  Appearance: (We request that you do not use pictures of an anime style for appearance. Real life images are preferred, but you may also use portraits or art if it's realistic in style. If you have trouble finding these kinds of images, feel free to ask me for assistance.)
  
  Name:
  
  Age:
  
  Skills: (Is your character good at medicine? Cooking? Electronics? Hunting? Marksman? These can be skills acquired after the outbreak)
  
  Preferred Weapons (up to three): (Anything they would realistically have. This can be optional if you really have nothing in mind. You could even use it as a sort of character inventory if you want)
  
  Personality: (Both good and bad points)
  
  Bio: (Characters generally will not know much about each other at first, so feel free to offer only a brief history, such as what they were doing before the outbreak and what they've generally done since then)​
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- Art by QT​

 

[Atomyk]

Appearance:

Name: Dawn Lowell
Age: 19
Skills: good with a bow, but really bad with guns, the kick scares her and makes her miss. She knows how to cook a bit, though even she would admit that Grace is better, despite being younger.
Preferred weapons: bow and arrows and a hunting knife that she took from 'The Outfitter' store along with all the supplies she could get a hold of
Personality: Quiet and friendly unless you pose a threat to her little sister or herself. She is often scared and uncertain though she tries to hide that from Grace
Bio: She was driving her sister home from a friends house the day this all started. They were turned away and never reconnected with their parents so now she thinks they are dead. Since her parents had had an emergency plan in place beforehand, they left the city and drove to the cabin her father owned to wait for word there, though when the supplies ran out, they had to venture out only to find what the world had now become. With the state the world was in, she took her sister to get some supplies from the local hunter's store, gathering what she thinks they may need in backpacks that she has in her car that they basically live in now.

Appearance:

Name: Grace Lowell
Age: 13
Skills: cooking and working with electronics
Preferred weapons: she keeps a knife with her and a small bow, though she is still learning to use both to any effect.
Personality: shy and quiet. She stays close to her older sister, most of the time doing as she is told to, though she is scared to be alone.
Bio: She was going home from a sleepover at her friends house with her older sister driving, though they never made it back. She listened to the reports on the radio as things went from bad to worse then there were no more reports. She now stays close to her sister and is scared to go anywhere alone after their short time on the road.



how's that?

These look good to me. I'll add them to the list.

We currently have a few communities that your characters could stumble upon, or you could just do your own thing if you want.

 

[Starrnico]

These look good to me. I'll add them to the list.

We currently have a few communities that your characters could stumble upon, or you could just do your own thing if you want.

I'll have them drive in, what communities are there right now? I saw the home depot one, she might end up there, IDK yet, lol

 

[Atomyk]

There is that one, one at a highschool, and one at a set of apartments. There are two antagonistic communities on top of those but you'll probably want to avoid those

 

[Rithas]

Cricin Galw

I wonder if anyone remembers this guy

 

[Rithas]

Ah, I'm not very worried, and I don't have a skype anymore, so...thank you for offer!

Probably good then,


There is only chaos and death there..

 

[Atomyk]

I've added maps to the first post of the OOC to hopefully give everyone a better idea of where everything is laid out.

 

[dalecOoOoOoOoOper]

@Jessie Horan Character Sheet

Appearance:

Name:
Claire Smith

Age:
19

Skills:
Jack-Of-All-Trades

Preferred Weapons (up to three):
Hunting Knife
Smith & Wesson 642 PowerPort Revolver

Personality:
-Good with kids
-Adaptable in situations
-Nice & Sweet

-Honest(/)

-Stubborn
-Short tempered
-Self-Conscious
-Not keen on using a gun

Bio:
After the outbreak, word broke out that at Washington D.C. was a safe haven, possibly due to a radio loop. After Clara and her family left Canada to see the possible safe haven of D.C. and then realizing that it was a sham, they began moving south towards New Orleans where other family of hers were situated. In a car accident after trying to escape a horde of walkers. After travelling for days, with little food or water, she found a community in Fayette, where she was situated with the Fayette community of survivors, the leader being Ethan Shaw.​

 

[Akashi]

Name:
Sofia De La Cruz

Age:
20

Skills:
Hunting Animals/Catching Fish.

Preferred Weapons:
Knives - Makeshift Weapons.

Personality:
Sofia can be cocky and straightforward if the situation needs it to be. She is quite caring and can get easily emotional. Especially if its about someone she holds dear to herself. She has the survival instincts neccessary in our current world. It is not easy for her to share her feelings or be open about what she thinks. There are times where she can easily bottle them up. Usually, Sofia is peaceful and quite social. Helpful and always ready to contribute, but there are times where the state of the world, her past life hits her. One of the reasons why she can easily get emotional and be short tempered. However the latter is quite rare unless its someone she does not know or just doesn't trust.

History:
Sofia was part of small family which consisted of her mother and herself that is no more, or rather, since the world changed. The woman was unfortunately in her college years when the disaster struck, and has been through alot, lost alot of people along the way despite their attempt to survive amongst the undead. She was part of a small group who were mainly out to find their family. So they all did visit their homes but then again, only a few were able to reunite with their families. Sofia was not one of them. Despite her rocky relationship with her mother, she was eager to find her, but in the end it was futile. There is still hope that lingers deep down in her heart, but for now, she joined up with a new group, or rather a community. A place she could call as normal as possible in their current state. The Fayette Community which is being led by a man named Ethan Shaw.

[spoili]

[/spoili]​

 

[Lady Myst]

loving all these new people!!

 

[-QT-]

@Jessie Horan Character Sheet

Appearance:

Name:
Claire Smith

Age:
19

Skills:
Jack-Of-All-Trades

Preferred Weapons (up to three):
Hunting Knife
Smith & Wesson 642 PowerPort Revolver

Personality:
-Good with kids
-Adaptable in situations
-Nice & Sweet

-Honest(/)

-Stubborn
-Short tempered
-Self-Conscious
-Not keen on using a gun

Bio:
After the outbreak, word broke out that at Washington D.C. was a safe haven, possibly due to a radio loop. After Clara and her family left Canada to see the possible safe haven of D.C. and then realizing that it was a sham, they began moving south towards New Orleans where other family of hers were situated. In a car accident after trying to escape a horde of walkers. After travelling for days, with little food or water, she found a community in Fayette, where she was situated with the Fayette community of survivors, the leader being Ethan Shaw.​

Accepted

Name:
Sofia Cabello

Age:
20

Skills:
Hunting Animals/Catching Fish.

Preferred Weapons:
Knives - Makeshift Weapons.

Personality:
Sofia can be cocky and straightforward if the situation needs it to be. She is quite caring and can get easily emotional. Especially if its about someone she holds dear to herself. She has the survival instincts neccessary in our current world. It is not easy for her to share her feelings or be open about what she thinks. There are times where she can easily bottle them up. Usually, Sofia is peaceful and quite social. Helpful and always ready to contribute, but there are times where the state of the world, her past life hits her. One of the reasons why she can easily get emotional and be short tempered. However the latter is quite rare unless its someone she does not know or just doesn't trust.

History:
Sofia was part of small family which consisted of her mother and herself that is no more, or rather, since the world changed. The woman was unfortunately in her college years when the disaster struck, and has been through alot, lost alot of people along the way despite their attempt to survive amongst the undead. She was part of a small group who were mainly out to find their family. So they all did visit their homes but then again, only a few were able to reunite with their families. Sofia was not one of them. Despite her rocky relationship with her mother, she was eager to find her, but in the end it was futile. There is still hope that lingers deep down in her heart, but for now, she joined up with a new group, or rather a community. A place she could call as normal as possible in their current state. The Fayette Community which is being led by a man named Ethan Shaw.

[spoili]

[/spoili]​

Accepted

 

[SheriffLlama]

So I decided to bring a fourth character for @Rithas 's group and I really didn't want to make a new CS. With her permissions, I picked up Panda's old character and decided to use her. So yeah, here's the sheet.

Anastasia Kudrotova

Visual Appearance

Appearance:
Annie stands at about 5'2", with very brown eyes. She has a rather thin frame, but is at a healthy weight. She has a tattoo of a rose on her left side.
Name: Anastasia "Annie" Kadrotuva
Age: 19

Skills:
Sewing - She can sew clothes, but can apply it to sewing open wounds, though.
Singing - Annie has a beautiful Soprano voice, but she is hard-pressed to sing anything but Russian songs.
Soccer ("Futbol") - She is rather good at the sport, but it's pretty useless in apocalyptic settings.

Preferred Weapons -
-Knife (Bowie-style)
-Hiking Stick (Sharp End)

Personality:
Positive
-Annie is usually optimistic
-Annie tries to see the good in people over the bad.
-Annie has a tender heart

Negative
-Annie's language barrier prevents her from getting very far with people, and said confusion also leads to her often being scared, as she has no idea what's going on.
-Annie can sometimes be Naïve.

Brief Bio:
Annie, born Anastasia Kudratova to Lienna and Maxim Kudratova, grew up in Chelyabinsk, Russia. Her father owned a small store on a street corner, and her mother taught in a local pre-school. At the age of 5, Annie's mother taught her to sew, and she became very good at it. In her 8th year of school, she started dating a guy named Oleg, who attended her same institute. They went on to date until she was in her senior year. The summer after her graduating high-school, their family took a vacation to America, where there experience was hijacked by the outbreak.

When the Outbreak came, she was separated from her parents in the New Orleans hotel. She was forcefully removed by the police in an attempt to evacuate the building, but her parents were nowhere to be found.

 

[Hell Hound Woof]

So we currently have like six different 19 year olds.

 

[Rithas]

You're saying it like that's a bad thing

 

[Starrnico]

Younger people are more likely to survive, they can run faster, lol. Also more likely to be able to adjust to that change. Though there would be adults too.

 

[Lady Myst]

Once again I am being informed of bullying behavior in the skype chat.

I warned everyone once. Now serious decisions are going to be made about the future of certain people in this rp.

Let me repeat : I DO NOT TOLERATE TALKING BEHIND OTHER PEOPLE'S BACKS. ESPECIALLY IF THE PERSON BEING TALKED ABOUT IS NOT THERE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.

I respect Atom as a friend and as the GM of this thread, but this rp is originally mine from rpg. So for those people who think they can ignore what I say : you are on notice right now.

 

[Rithas]

CawCaw

 

[dalecOoOoOoOoOper]

Shut up, Camel.

 

[-QT-]

Marqus Cozier

42 Years of Age

Skills

- Speech (Inspires and motivates others; Communicates powerfully and prolifically)

- Leadership (integrity and honesty)

- Ability to innovate

Preferred Weapons

- Pistols Rossi 38 Special Snub Nose Revolver

Personality

- Driven by common tongue, Marqus is finds himself in civility. He is not one to draw weapons first, but speak and negotiate the outcomes that work for both parties. His logic is that words are more effective than actions. Many may disagree, but words alone have kept him alive for this long and he believes they will continue to aid him in surviving the new world. Logic aside, Marqus is a peaceful and very tranquil person but is able to rise to emergency situations when needed. With quick thinking and the guts of a lion, the tall 6'3 Louisiana native is not one to ever back down.

Biography

- Family man by night and successful marriage consultant by day, Marqus found his niche in speaking to people for better or worse. Raising three girls prior to the end of world's spin, the consultant always had a shoulder for their problems. It always his place to listen, but he was more productive when he spoke in return. He was not perfect, nor is he now, but before losing his family to the walker plague, they were always joyful. The job was the same most of the time, proving to those he consulted that communication was key. His hobbies included driving fast vehicles and being active with his children. Currently, he holds down the fort in Brookhaven for Damien Orwen - right hand man to the courageous and adaptable leader.​

 

[Rithas]

That time when you sign out of your skype and have no way to get back into the account.


Woop...........woop

 

[B l u E s]

Awesome!! Are u missing girls or boys????
What type of character is yet unseen in this roleplay?
Gimme information!!!!!!! XD
Oh man I've been waiting to find a good zombie roleplau