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- Fantasy is number one. Steampunk, sci-fi, alternate history, and everything else that isn't boringly realistic are also fine by me.
Once upon a time, the Four Seasons all ruled the land in peace and equality. The King of Winter and the King of Summer were just and wise, and their respective brides, the Queen of Autumn and the Queen of Spring, were fair and kind. Though all the kingdoms of the world had their own rulers, all bowed to the seasons, who ruled the world for three months apiece and handed off the throne to the next. And so the seasons changed, with no one getting more power than the other.
So things went for centuries, and everyone was content.
Then one day the Queen of Autumn announced that she was with child, and everyone was muchly pleased by this news- at least, until the child was birthed.
Though Autumn was a dark brunette and Winter's was black as coal, the child's hair was fair and fine as the warm king's and he had Summer's eyes as well. She admitted, not long after, that the child was not her husband's at all, and all the world held its breath, for the seasons had never seriously conflicted before. Of course, there were times when one of them wanted to reign for longer or one of them did not want to take power at all, but that was always settled and perhaps the seasons were a week or three off but no one minded overmuch.
There was to be a duel, it was decided at long last, for what else could be done? Summer was valiant in defense of his lover, but Winter had the rage of a man rejected and he slew Summer there on the field, and when Autumn dared to wail over his death, he turned his sword on his unfaithful bride as well, and murdered her and her child in a fit of rage. How could she scorn him so? How could she abandon her own husband for another man? How had she come to love him not? How had his love turned so quickly to hate?What had he done?
Spring was a wise woman, and hid from him until his rage subsided and he too sank to his knees and wailed at the cruelties of fate. Then did Spring step out form her hiding place and tried to comfort him but he was deaf to her pleas. He had already lost confidence in the souls of those on his world, and returned to his castle to build an army of ice demons, a legion of storms, and other weapons of war to punish the harsh and loveless people. As far as he was concerned, without love, there was no reason for life, and if love was such a cruel lie, so too should be life.
The Queen of Spring came to him again, a few weeks later, and begged him not to unleash his wrath upon the innocent people. She promised him that there was still love in the world, and faithfulness, and truth, and good. He laughed at her and named her a fool but he did want to believe, though he thought himself beyond such foolery.
So they made a wager.
Every country of the world must prove that love still lives within its borders. Every country must send its eldest heir to the throne (or, if not a monarchy, the equivalent). Every country's representative would be paired with one other, and would be given one year to find love.
If love could not be found, Winter would rain his wrath upon their country and raze it to the ground so that those who did find love could inhabit it freely. If they could find love, however, Spring would spare them, and bring them success and bounty. It was a simple bargain. It was also much resented.
Still, every country of the world complied. What else could they do? Nonparticipation was not an option.
And so it is that the young people from around the world have been arriving at the Winter King's icy palace for a few weeks now, and on the morrow, the official start of the one year is to begin- the couples are to be announced. So far, everyone is calling the entire event The Wager, and everyone seems to think something slightly different about it.
- All the normal rules of roleplaying everyone ought to know apply here, no exceptions.
- I will be posting at least one paragraph per character per reply, and it would be awesome if you'd do the same. <3 Obviously not a requirement but I tend to feel awkward when there's a huge discrepancy in post length. Quality over quantity, though.
- Common courtesy; I will kick you out if you are rude.
- Common sense; a sixteen-year-old prince/ss is not an expert at anything. Period.
- This is a fantasy setting that is vaguely medieval, though some countries might be more in the way of steampunk. While the limit on technology is flexible I ask that you avoid blatant anachronisms. I also ask that the fantasy be kept reasonable.
- You must play as two prince/ss characters so that the couples will be equal. I'm also going to say that everyone must play one male and one female, simply because that should prevent conflict over roles. Other, non-royalty characters are permitted on a free-for-all basis.
- Princesses might be paired with princesses and princes might be paired with princes. Please understand that your royal character/s is/are not required to find love with their assigned partner- or anyone, if that's the way the cookie crumbles. Romance is a theme of this roleplay but it is not, strictly speaking, mandatory.
- No characters below fourteen or over thirty.
- No artwork. Characters must be described 100% with your own words, please.
- No romantic relations between your own characters. That's a real douchebaggy thing to do.
- No obnoxious, annoying, or blinding fonts/signatures/images. Please, think of the eyes.
- As this is not a mature board, sex is obviously not allowed here. If it gets to that point, we don't want to see it on the board. If you want to take it somewhere else that's your business, not mine.
ROYALTY ACCEPTANCE WILL BE CLOSED AUTOMATICALLY ONCE WE GET TEN CHARACTERS. This is so that I can assign couples and we can start the roleplay quickly. First-come first-served. After that, only non-royals are allowed.
Characters will be assigned to pairings based on this form, completed, for the sake of fairness. It will be used to assign couples. Three will be made by Winter to try and create conflict; two will be made by Spring who wants them to love each other. You may make the form prettier but you may not add or subtract categories. The form is not needed for non-royalty characters.
WHAT YOU WANT TO BE CALLED: (not username, unless you want us to call you by it strictly; this is good in case of OOC questions to be addressed so non-royalty players are encouraged to add this somewhere in their first post)
CHARACTER NAME, INCLUDING TITLE: (titles may be as pretentious/meaningless as you'd like)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: (creativity is encouraged)
RACE/SPECIES: (all sapient races are permitted)
SEX: (and/or gender)
ORIENTATION: (whatever you want here)
AGE: (fourteen to thirty, please)
BASIC PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: (paragraph of relevant info here)
HISTORY: (another paragraph here)
PERSONALITY: (yet another paragraph)
OPINION OF THE WAGER: (a few sentences of their opinion go here)
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