Jinxy
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:07 PM |
Eons past, in an Era long forgotten by those who walked on the surface of Mithron, the world was a blank and empty slate. The Mythrin's World was dark, but out of this darkness arose a solitary figure, swathed in a brown cloak, his face concealed. He walked the lands, unseen, for life was not there. He walked for a time longer, until he reached his destination. He stood there for a moment and raised a hand. The point which his hand was hovering over arose a massive mountain range.
He spoke these words in a language forgotten, but half remembered, "This is my domain to shape as I please. These shall be called the Skye Mountains."
He turns to the south of these mountains and sweeps his hand across the dry landscape.
He spoke again in the language forgotten, but half remembered, "This shall be the Faire Plains." From the dead ground arose luscious grass. "Below shall rest the Heart of the Plains," he said and a massive cave system was created, with the Heart of the Plains resting inside of a pillar.
"If this pillar should ever be destroyed, so the Faire Plains will become a Wasteland," He spoke these words, and so it was. He crossed the plains and when he reached the center of them, he turned to the west and walked until he reached the end of the plains. His hand rose and was swept in an arc, and thousands of trees formed.
"This shall be the Bel-Tine Forest," His voice filled the land with singing quality, and he turned away from the forest.
He traveled for some time more in the darkened landscape, now turning a slow grey of the Twilight, until he reached beyond the Skye Mountains to the north. There he created a Canyon and called it the Canyon Agolia. He cut from his wrist blood and a river sprouted forth, rushing through the canyon from the mouth of a cave. He then went east of where he stood and created a dry desert. "This shall be the Plains of Zalthan, and it shall be a place of great magic." And he created well springs of magical water. He turned again to the south and crossing the Skye Mountain, he began the tedious work of creating and naming many other lands in this new world. He created the Tundras in the North, as well as in the south. He created forests of Bamboo in the north west, and created rain forests in the south east.
When he was done creating the lands, he returned to the Skye Mountains. From the clay and stone he created the short and stout tribes of Dwarves, and instructed them to live in the massive cave system in the Mountains.
From the twigs and leaves, he created tall, elegant tribes of Elves, and instructed them to live in the Forests and Trees, and to harm no animal save when threatened.
From the twigs and the clay, he created the hardy tribes of Men. He instructed them to go forth and wander the realms how they chose.
He also created many other races, the slug like race called the Sleezna, who were animals in the Canyon. He also created a race of fish-like men, called the Murda who inhabited the rivers and lakes he created.
He then plucked from his brown cloak a piece of it, and into the sky he cast it. "This shall be the Sky," he said, and the brown turned to blue.
He plucked from inside the Skye Mountains millions of sparkling, glittering diamonds and placed them into the sky, calling out to them, "You shall be the Stars!"
He reached once more into the Mountains and drew out an enormous opal stone and a larger still topaz stone. He took the first, the Opal stone and hung it in the sky.
"You shall be the Moon, and you will light the Night" he said, and hung opposite of it the topaz stone, saying, "You shall be the Sun, and you will light the Day."
And so was the Land created, but not yet named. The Traveler took one last look at his Creation and smiled. The world was not his. It was that of one to come.
Three thousand years passed since the traveler turned his back forever on the world, and the first gods had risen. They were animalistic, and were as beasts in their nature. They were called the Primeval, and most were cruel masters. They obliterated any knowledge of the world before their Arrival, and so the legend of the Traveler was lost.
A being was born one day in the dark womb of the land, a being with the greenest eyes ever seen, and the darkest hair. His skin was pale from his birth place and he was intelligent, kind, and caring. His father was the Sky, and his mother was the land. The Sun was his uncle, and the moon his aunt. They named him Mithryn.
Mithryn grew to be a large humanoid being, and his intelligence grew with his age. His tutors were the Stars who had seen everything under the Sun, and his friends were the rocks of the earth that spoke to him.
Soon came the time when he was to leave his mother’s loving embrace, and so he came forth from the canyon of Angolia and discovered the a cruel race of god-like beings inflicting horrible pains upon the world and all of its inhabitants.
War was the law of the land, and the Primeval were always making alliances and betraying alliances.
So was the land when Mithryn came forth.
This, he decided simply would not do. So he went back into his mother’s warm embrace and begged her to provide him with something to end the conflict above. She reluctantly agreed, and provided him with the metals to create two swords, Nestaru and Destaru. Star of the Night and Star of the Day, he called them in the Old Tongue.
He left through the hole he came through and began recruiting an army tired of fighting for heartless gods like the Primeval.
He first recruited from the Murda, the race closest to his dwelling, and then went on and out to recruit more peoples from more distant lands. Eventually, the Primeval heard of his plan, and some, tired of fighting their brothers and their sisters joined his side. A war was raged between those who were called the Primeval who wanted the life to remain has it is at that time, and the Passions, those who wanted to change it. The Passions won against the Primeval, and a new Cycle of gods was begun.
And so Mithryn sealed the Primeval up at the mouth of Agolia, and trapped them beneath the land, in the hopes that no race would ever discover them. The Passions were hailed has Gods, and they took residence at the top of the Skye Mountains.
This marked the end of the First Era. Mithryn remained on the ground below, choosing to live with the people he freed over the Passions. It was this that sealed his doom. Though the peoples hailed him has a Hero and a God, even naming their land Mythron, in his honor, there were many who wished the old gods, the Primeval would come back.
They were called the Dark Elves, and many were not elves at all. They took their practices underground in the dark and secret places of the world, hoping to find their masters and bask in their eternal glory. They plotted to destroy Mithryn, the symbol of the Passions, and bring about an end to the Passions.
Mithryn took a mortal wife and from her begat several sons and daughters, who all flourished about the land. Tragedy then befell the lands of Mithryn, has he was walking through Agolia one morning, an assassin striving to take Mithryn’s twin blades, struck him down with a single blow to the heart. Before he died, Mithryn swore that only his true family would be able to wield both of his swords at once, and cursed the Assassin and his kin to become the Guardians of the second seals, and so the order of the Angels in the Dark was formed. When Mithryn died, blood sprinkled onto the roses near his death bed and so created the Star of Mithryn, a new breed of silvery roses which soon flourished across the land. And so through the foolish assassin’s blade, the First of the 13 seals were weakened, and the Stars became the seal. This marked the end of the Second Era.
It is in sometime during the middle of the Third Era that the seals began to weaken. First, the Stars that once flourished through the land began to wilt and fade away. Next, the river through Agolia’s bottom was destroyed. Where many rapids had once flown, all that remained were rocks and pitted earth. And so the Second seal was weakened.
The Murda began to retreat into the jungle has the Sleezna attacked them more and more often, and so the Fourth seal was weakened. The earth itself began to rot away, causing the Fifth seal to become weakened.
The Sixth seal was completely destroyed by a bolt of thunder which struck down one of the seven pillars in the Temple of Mithryn.
The Seventh seal was weakened when a Dark Elf’s axe fell into the World Tree.
The Eighth seal was broken when the humans were forcibly mated with goblins, creating a brutish race of beings known has Orks.
The Ninth seal was broken when a necromancer crossed the wall of Death and became the first Lich.
The Tenth and Eleventh seal were lost beneath the waves with a mighty ship whose name is now forgotten.
Soon, the lineage of the Angels in the Dark began to weaken as well, until all that remained was the last Angel in the Dark, S’varil, whose name meant the Traveler. He sought out a way to strengthen his family’s lineage again, and once more protect that which had almost been destroyed, for the Angels in the Dark were the Twelfth seal.
The Thirteenth and Final seal was the very winds that roared through the canyon of Agolia, the Winds of Agolia. It is through this quest that S’varil had came to meet many others. They eventually sealed the Winds of Agolia back where they belonged, keeping the Primeval in check, for the next thousand cycles of summer, until they began to arise with new Primeval before the Dark God Samerkan Fell and started the Fourth Era, with his Drow followers living in the Underdark beneath the Faire Wastelands (the plains having been destroyed sometime ago in the middle of the Third Era).
Seven more Eras pass, and the land has changed little since its creation. There are now paved roads, heading to all the great metropolises, and Humans and Elves and Dwarves and all other manners of creatures regularly bump elbows. They are in the age of Industry and Steel, where anything is possible. They have automobiles and some planes. Trains scar the land and spread across it for what seems to be to the end of the world. All roads lead to New Prothemeus, the capital of the Empire of Man, the original having been destroyed by a fire giant and Shade's battle in the Fourth Era, heralding the arrival of Willheim the Fox, a thief who would eventually seal Samerkan once more in the Underdark.
Worship of the Passions has dwindled, but they are still remembered, and the Myths and Legends and Tales are passed on. It is one such evening that Old Man Harken was gathering around all of the youngsters of the neighborhood to tell them their weekly story... ---- And this is where the narration ends (finally, I'll bet) and the real stuff begins. Your job here is to create TWO characters. One of them will be set in the Industrial Era (this will be your character in the next book, you're only using them here to develop how your character will be later on) the other will be set in the Fifth Era, a time where technology was similar to the Rebirth Era, where people are rediscovering art and philosophy after a great Dark Era. This character can have any profession you want, but eventually they will become an adventurer. Keep that in mind whilst you're making this character.
On to the sheets! ---- Sheet (please make two)- Name: A.ge: (If Industrial, less than 16, please) Era: (Rebirth or Industrial) Inventory: (Keep it simple if this is your Industrial Character. If it's your Rebirth, match it to your profession.) Biography: Other: ---- Simple rules- 1) Use your common sense. You will most likely survive that way. 2) Don't get mad if your character dies, just make a new one and try not to repeat the same mistakes. 3) Don't argue with me, unless you can prove that you're correct in your logic. 4) Have fun. ---- I won't be creating a character sheet, unless I absolutely |
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Jinxy
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:08 PM |
I won't be creating a character sheet, unless I absolutely need to.*
My bad, clicked the post button before I finished. |
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Zezzi
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:09 PM |
| Holy cow... lots of words.. let me read it and I might join in ^-^ |
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Jinxy
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:10 PM |
| I write word walls (or is it now word mountains?) a lot, Zezzi. I'm compensating for something. (A lack of information on my own world for the most part) |
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Zezzi
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:20 PM |
| Can you explain what the industrial and rebirth mean...I still don't understand. |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:22 PM |
| They are the two Eras the story is set in. In the current "Book" the Industrial characters are listening to the story of the characters in the Rebirth era. What happens in the Rebirth era will affect what happens in the Industrial era. Pretty much, you're writing the history in this book that will launch the second book. |
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Zezzi
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:23 PM |
Umm, confusing. >.< so basically its like writing history in rp form or something?
This sounds cool ^-^ |
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Zezzi
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:26 PM |
| Oh. Wait... I think I get it. I reread the last paragraph. |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:27 PM |
| Yes, basically. When we've finished this RP, we're going to switch to the Industrial Characters. What I want you to do (in this RP) is when I call a break in the story telling, to discuss (in the characters of your Industrial Characters) what your character thinks of what is going on in the story. I'm attempting to make what I call a "Dual-story Arc." |
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Zezzi
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:29 PM |
| Ok. I'm still confused on if I'm confused or not... (lol). Ok ill make the characters and see if I did them right. |
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Jinxy
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:30 PM |
| All you can do at this point, lol. |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:35 PM |
Name: Maryn a.ge: 15 Era: Industrial Inventory: [Nothing] Bio: [idk what to put here...] Other: [N/A?]
Name: Quill A.ge: 19 Era: Rebirth Inventory: feather (;D. I dont knknow what to put exactly here..) Bio: [again I dont know...] Other:[N/A]
Wait so this is like a story. The industrial character is the person being read to and the rebirth character is a person in thestory. |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:38 PM |
Bio- This is your biography of your character. What you're doing here, is telling the past of your character up to that point.
Yes, that was the idea. |
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Zezzi
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:43 PM |
Ok... ill repost! Name: Maryn a.ge: 15 Era: Industrial Inventory: Artifact from the old era (small smooth circular rock with cryptic messages) Bio: Maryn takes great interest in olden days, so she scrabbles for any known story and pieces it together. (That good?) Other: [N/A?]
Name: Quill A.ge: 19 Era: Rebirth Inventory: Pocket watch (did they have it in that era?) Bio: Loves to explore... (I don't know...) Other:[N/A] |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:44 PM |
| (Wait, for Quill she had elf parents^-^) |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:46 PM |
| Hmm, Zezzi, you're new to RP, correct? I can show you how you could improve your bio if you want me to. |
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| 23 Jun 2012 03:47 PM |
| I'm sorta new. I still don't understand bios yet. So sure. |
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| 23 Jun 2012 04:05 PM |
Okay, basically what a bio does is it tells everybody who your character is.
For example, let's say my character is named Milo.
Bio: Milo was born a poor orphan, and just now has his powers awakening inside him.
This is a perfectly good bio. But it could be written better.
Bio:
When Milo was born, his mother died giving birth. They couldn't find his father, so they put him in an orphanage. While there, Milo learned to pick locks and sneak around to avoid the evil Matron of the Orphanage. When he was 13, he threw a ball of energy at the Matron in a fit of rage and she was stunned by the ball. In his fear of retribution when the woman got un-stunned, Milo ran away from the orphanage and since then has been traveling around, trying to find somebody to teach him how to control his magical powers. |
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| 24 Jun 2012 12:33 AM |
| (Maybe people wanna play?) |
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| 24 Jun 2012 01:09 AM |
| (Going to join once I read the story.) |
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| 24 Jun 2012 01:20 AM |
| (Rock on. Just need one more player) |
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| 24 Jun 2012 01:23 AM |
Name:Drake Bloodcrystal A.ge: (If Industrial, less than 16, please)16 Era: (Rebirth or Industrial) Industrial Inventory: (Keep it simple if this is your Industrial Character. If it's your Rebirth, match it to your profession.)A necklace and dagger. Biography:He is proud of his family heritage. He is also very smart at stuff. He wants to learn about his ancestor. Dan. Other: Name:Dan Bloodcrystal. A.ge: (If Industrial, less than 16, please)23 Era: (Rebirth or Industrial)Rebirth Inventory: (Keep it simple if this is your Industrial Character. If it's your Rebirth, match it to your profession.) He is a theif. So he has black robes, a dagger. Metal armor. And some money. Biography:He is Drakes ancestor, very loyal to friends but mean and cold when he needs to. Other:
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| 24 Jun 2012 01:25 AM |
| (I'll accept this sheet, but can I ask you to flesh out your bio a little more?) |
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| 24 Jun 2012 01:29 AM |
(For Dan.)
Bio: He was born a orphan, his parents were murdered. He now wants revenge so he wants to pay people to help him get revenge. He turned into a theif because he is good at running and cimbing. He will do anything to get vengence. |
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