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Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:36 pm

Rough story/plot
Loki has convinced a band of human and Jætte Troll warriors to join a pair of Jötunn, called Magne and Colby and free Fenrir. They are also tasked with finding Fjalar, the rooster whose crowing will signify the beginning of Ragnarok. With Fenrir free and Fjalar found, Loki hopes that Ragnarok will begin, freeing him from the three slaps of stone and the torment of the snake venom dripping on his face.

Huginn and Muninn, Odin’s ravens have caught wind of the plot however and swiftly brought word to the chief of the gods. Knowing that his own death is proclaimed in the prophecies of the end of the world, Odin quickly sent his ravens to bring world to the Norsemen and forge a band of his own, to stopped Loki’s plan.

Norse Lands
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Greenland
Faroe Islands
Finland

Races

Human
Jötunn.
Trolls (both the Jætte Trolls and The Vitterfolk Trolls)
Dvergar (Dwarves)
Ljósálfar (Elves)
Valkyrie

Profession
Huskarl (household troops of a Jarl)
Skald (Poet)
Warrior
Berserker (crazed warrior)
Úlfhéðinn (special class of Berserker, wears a wolf pelt)
Hersir (middle class land owner and leader of a small company of warriors)
Völva (female practitioners of shamanism, sorcery, healing and prophecy)
Gothi (priest and local clan leader)
Shieldmaiden (virgin female warrior)

Arms and armor
Spear (one handed)
Axe
Sword
Seax
Atgeir

Round Shield
Mail Shirt (elbow to knee)
Helmet (no horns)

Gods
Baldr
Borr
Bragi
Búri
Dagr
Delling
Eir
Forseti
Freyja
Freyr
Frigg
Fulla
Gefjun
Hel
Heimdall
Hermóðr
Hlín
Höðr
Hœnir
Iðunn
Jörð
Kvasir
Lofn
Loki
Máni
Mímir
Nanna
Nerthus
Njordr
The norns
Nótt
Odin
Rynkar
Sif
Sjöfn
Skaði
Skírnir
Snotra
Sól
Thor
Tyr
Ullr
Váli
Vár

Víðarr
Vili
Vör


Character sheet

Name:

Age:

Homeland:

Race:

Profession:

Appearance:

Weapons and Armor:

Bio (as short or as long as you want):






mine

Name: Falkor Bjarnarson

Age: 27

Homeland: Sweden

Race: Human

Profession: warrior

Appearance: 5’11, Blond hair cut at shoulder length, a bulkily body build, dresses in a blue tunic and gray trousers

Weapons and Armor: A round shield painted blue and red, a Danish hand axe and a Seax.

Bio (as short or as long as you want): (coming soon)
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby DeadlyBandages on Mon Jul 14, 2008 10:06 pm

Name: Volnik Uderfrykte

Age: 18

Homeland: Norway

Race: Jotun

Profession: skald

Appearance: Volnik has the fair skin of the Jotun, and stands tall, at 7'9. He is dark haired, it being a light brown. He is well built, and he stands proud. His eyes are an icy blue. He has very few scars, and his skin is very clean.

Weapons and Armor: A large spear, and a shield

Bio (as short or as long as you want): Volnik was always interested in poetry, as is why he became a Skald. He is very well known among his peers to constantly be thinking up poems, songs, and other forms of entertainment. He has memorized many sagas, and often thinks back to them when in similar situations.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Xersist on Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:19 am

Character sheet

Name: Teshimer "A'da" Ishmer-dann

Age: 22

Homeland: Northern Shores Iceland

Race: Human

Profession: Gothi (A'da's father is the current Chieftain.)

Appearance and Weapons: Dressed in a long green cloak that he covers over his head. Underneath, A'da keeps his hair long, and tied up in a thick ponytail that goes down his back. His black hair is said to glisten even in the night, were no moonlight can be seen. Under his cloak, A'da keeps his dress simple, with a simple white tunic and bear skinned pants. His leather belt, that his strapped around his waist holds a collection of medallions and trinkets, with bags of healing herbs and flowers. Used to ward off dark magic, and demonic sprits. A'da keeps a old wooden staff at his side, with a raven's skull tied at the top with tiny rune stones hanging from the outreaching branches of the staff.


Bio (as short or as long as you want): A'da kept t himself for most of his early life. Listing to stories and hearing of tales. Learning the teaching of his grandfather, A'da learned the task and trails of Becoming at Gothi. When he advanced his studies, A'da could find the sources of demonic and dark powers, which either caused harm, or were a nuisance to his village. Though sometimes it would be of luck and good guessing from time to time, A'da did have a general feel for the evil that surrounded them. A'da now looks for th gods, his village has been blackened with a plague that does not cease. A'da has been graced by Odin, to survive the darkness, and find away to save his land, and his people. However his task will be long a enduring, reaching to the very depths of Hel if necessary.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby tigerz-peace on Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:32 am

Told you I'd take a look, love. And it looks yummy x]
Just a suggestion though, for those who don't know, and/or are too lazy to look, mention who/what Loki/Odin etc are. Also, because we don't seem to have anyone from the same homeland just yet, how are characters going to interact and the likes? Are they thrown together or sommat? Anyways, here's my 80 something baby x]
I did my homework, too - looked up stuff on the Völva and elf race x] Yay! Lol.
And am older then your character for once! Lmao. And am the only girl so far x.x
Also, people, am not considered harmless -- fear me x]
I have no idea what the name means ;Blinks;


Name: Alassë Aldaríon

Age: 30

Homeland: Norway

Race: Vitterfolk Troll

Profession: Völva

Appearance: Her long hair falls to her knee’s, and has many plaits throughout it. It is a soft brown in colour, highlighted by golden streaks from the sun. Alassë is thoroughly feminine, and stunningly beautiful, with fair skin that is barely freckled. A small nose and pouty lips accompany large doe-shaped eyes, an icy blue in colour. Standing at roughly 5'7", she has a petite body that is graced with luscious curves. A seductress in both looks and actions, Alassë lives up to her profession of a Völva, and her race as a Vitterfolk Troll. As well as being stunningly beautiful in every way, Alassë is hollow from behind like an old tree trunk, and has the sleek, rust red tail of a fox, with the typical white tip.

Weapons and Armor: Alassë's weapon is not a spear, axe, or sword, but a wooden wand. As well as this, her weapons consist of drugs and the art of seduction.

Bio: -In work-
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Selothi on Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:56 am

I'll give this a go, though I warn you that my knowledge of Norse mythology isn't vast. And I might just differ a bit from your restrictions IW, if ever they were such things, rather than guidelines.

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Name: Finreyr

Age: How long does a Dvergar live ?

Homeland: Denmark

Race: Dvergar

Profession: Warrior, smith and slightly berserk at times.

Appearance: Finreyr stands at a respectable 5"3', slightly short for his race, but he makes up for this with his well-muscled build, his pale skin not stretched over masses of muscles however. His large face is covered at the bottom in a dark grey beard, reaching just underneath his neck. He has two braids that come out of it. The dwarf's hair, also an ashen colour, has a few braids dangling around, and falls between his shoulder blades, only the very end finishing in a ponytail.

His deep-set eyes of a dark, ocean blue hold an experience that many younglings come to seek, and the eyebrows that cover them seem like the froth created by the constant unrest of the sea.

Finreyr wears a lamellar leather cuirass around his chest, a thin suit of mail covering his forearms and thighs underneath it. The ends of the leather straps that hold his armor in place dangle at his side, purposefully made long to billow when the dwarf moves. Underneath this, the dvergar wears a simple white wool shirt, leather bands attached at the elbows. He wears thick, dark green woollen trousers on his legs, the ends held against his shins by leather puttees, and his feet covered in leather boots, the gaiter part covered in goat skin for added warmth. His rough hands, tough and battered from his life as both a warrior and smith, are covered in thick brown wool gloves, patches of leather expertly sewn on the top and bottom of the hand, and the top of his fingers, allowing for a great ease of movement.

Clasped around his neck, and held on his shoulders, is a thick green cloak, falling to his shins. Finreyr's cloak has a wolf pelt sewn to the top, the mouth sewn on the thick hood, and the front paws resting across his torso. The white pelt keeps him warm and holds a certain sentimental value, being the first of such a beast he killed.

Weapons and Armor: Around his waist is a large belt, upon which Finreyr carries his money and his herbs pouch, some miscellaneous equipment such as flint and a whetstone, and the holster for his axe (wielded two-handed usually). The finely crafted weapon, made by himself, has a slightly curved oak handle, the base wrapped in an elaborately patterned set of leather strips. The axe's head is quite bearded, and one-sided. The other side is a longish spike, not unlike a pickaxe, both for combat use and utility work.

Across his chest is sheathed his seax, held in a patterned, lacquered wood scabbard. The dwarf also carries a gutting knife holstered across his right thigh. On his back is a bandoleered quiver and shortbow, strung and often used.

Bio: ((Not knowing exactly how dwarves even come into existence, and how they interact with the world around them, even their own dwellings, I do not know quite how to fill this category. Suffice to say that Finreyr is a willing and able warrior, cherished for his experience and battle-knowledge, a fine drinking partner, and an excellent smithy. He is also a keen wanderer, scouring the frost covered plains of the Norseland, finding solace in the pearl-white beauty of the landscape, that stretches over and across the horizon. [Ooh, very poetic ...] If you could fill me in on this Irish Wolf I would be most grateful.))

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Now also, do I make him a stereotypical Dwarf that drinks, burps, drinks some more, gets into a fight and then curses a lot in massacred English, or do I make him speak normally, even sophisticatedly. Also, the big debate about whether THEY created the Humans akin to THEIR image, or if Humans created the DVERGAR akin to THEIR image, makes it harder to accurately build up his character. But I think I'll step away from the usual rude and drunk Dwarf and go for a more refined one, unless tha' bothers ye' ?! :D

Feel free to point out any gripes that you may encounter whilst reading Finreyr's profile.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Tue Jul 15, 2008 8:39 am

Alright, about the Dvergar

Völuspá (Ambiguous Old Norse wording)
9. Þá gengu regin öll á rökstóla, ginnheilög goð, ok um þat gættusk. Hverr skyldi dverga dróttir skepja, ór Brimis blóði ok ór Bláins leggjum?
10. Þar var Mótsognir mæztr um orðinn dverga allra, en Durinn annarr. Þeir mannlíkön mörg um gørðu, dvergar, ór jörðu, sem Durinn sagði.

Possible interpretation: the Dvergar were created in the likenesses of humans

In the sense of the Dvergar being created, the passage may translate as follows.

Völuspá
9. Then all the rulers – the awe-holy gods – went and took council on their judgment seats. [They asked], "Who should shape the troops of the Dvergar, out of the blood of Brimir and out of the legs of Bláinn?"
10. There was Mótsognir the master of the word [being most famous] of all the Dvergar. But Durinn was another. They constructed many human likenesses – the Dvergar out of the earth – as Durinn said.

The nicknames Brimir and Bláinn refer to the corpse of the cosmic giant Ymir, who Óðinn and his brothers killed and out of his body created the cosmos. Brimir ('brim') describes the watery blood that fills the ocean to the brim of the shores. Bláinn ('the blue' corpse) includes the stony legs that forms solid earth.

Snorri Sturluson in his Prose Edda (Gylfaginning 14), interprets the passage to mean the Æsir asked rhetorically, "Who should shape the Dvergar?" because the Dvergar already came into existence by themselves, by means of spontaneous generation like maggots in a corpse. However, the Æsir then 'constructed' these maggots into the bodies of humans, thusly made many Dvergar. Snorri explains his interpretation.

Gylfaginning
14. There next, the gods sat themselves up in their seats and rendered their judgement, and mentioned when the Dvergar had [become] enlivened, in the ground and under in the earth, as even maggots [do] in flesh. First the Dvergar had taken shape and enlivened in the flesh of Ymir, and were as maggots. But by a decision of the gods, they acquired knowledge and human consciousness and had the likeness of a human, although [they] live in earth and in stones.
14. Þar næst settusk guðin upp í sæti sín ok réttu dóma sína ok mintusk hvaðan dvergar höfðu kviknat í moldunni ok niðri í jörðunni svá sem maðkar í holdi. Dvergarnir höfðu skipazk fyrst ok tekit kviknun í holdi Ymis ok váru þá maðkar, en af atkvæði guðanna, urðu þeir vitandi mannvits ok höfðu manns líki, ok búa þó í jörðu ok í steinum. Mó[ðso]gnir var dvergr ok annarr Durinn.

Notably, Snorri's interpretation takes for granted Dvergar look like humans, being as tall as humans. Their 'likeness', meaning their body, is that of a human. In any case, Snorri assumes the Æsir created the Dvergar, rather than the Dvergar created the humans, and must make intellectual somersaults, about how Dvergar preexist as maggots, to explain what was for him dissonant wording in Völuspá.


What I gather out of that is the the Dvergar lived first as maggots and then to gods changed them to look like humans. All other stories tell that the Dvergar live underground in caved dwellings and make things from metal.


Now I have more to say about other questions but I need to jump back to work. I'll be back in 4 hours or so.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Selothi on Tue Jul 15, 2008 9:51 am

Don't worry IW, I too took the liberty of consulting the wikipedia page ! But the clarification is still much appreciated. Still, a bio is pretty unnecessary, you get the general idea of my character, don't you ? The one I'd like to know, if anyone DOES, is for how long the Dvergar live. It is stated that they were made akin to humans, but does that also mean that they live for the same length of time. For they are also kinda like embodiments of stone, and are more attuned to the magics of the world, if I understand correctly, meaning that, seeing as magic and stone are both long-lived, would make Dvergars live for longer than humans. However, in the end, who gives a damn ?! lol.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Jadeling Hawkins on Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:49 pm

This is just a placeholder...I can't join for a few more days, until school's done ;=;
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:54 pm

Alright

Xersist: Normally I'd say looks good but I'm trying to stay only Norse for this game and we already have one Poet and he posted a character before you.

Tigerz: I'll tell about the gods later on in the post but the plan is that a great gathering is going to take place and the heroes picked from there. I was thinking of you when I read about the Völva, though I didn't know if you'd pick the Ljósálfar or Vitterfolk Trolls for a race.

Selothi: play the Dvergar like J. R. R. Tolkien's dwarves for age and what not

now for some of the gods

Odin: The one eyed chief of the gods. Odin sacrificed one of his eyes in exchange for the privilege of drinking from Mímir's Well and gaining vast wisdom and knowledge, He as two ravens, called Huginn and Muninn (thought and memory), who travel the world bearing news and information they have collected to Odin. They are sent out at dawn to gather information and return in the evening.

Loki: was a god or giant. Loki mixed freely with the gods for a long time, even becoming Odin's blood brother before arranging the accidental murder of Baldr by Höðr. He tricked the blind god, Höðr into shooting an arrow made of Mistletoe (the only thing that could harm him) at Baldr and killing him. For this The gods restrain Loki with the entrails of his son Narfi. He is eventually freed and fights alongside the Jotun against the forces of the gods at Ragnarök.

Loki had a lot of kids, like all the god but six stand out; Fenrir the giant wolf preordained to slay Odin at the time of Ragnarök, Jörmungandr the great sea serpent, Hel ruler of the realm of the dead,Sleipnir the eight-legged steed of Odin, Narfi and Vali.

Also, it is generally believed by scholars that it is unlikely that Loki was ever worshipped

Thor: God of thunder, third son of Odin (his mother was the giantess Jörd). He welded the magical short-handled hammer, Mjolnir, that when thrown at a target, returns magically to the owner. His Mjolnir also has the power to throw lightning bolts. To wield Mjolnir, Thor wears the belt Megingjord, which boosts the wearer's strength and a pair of special iron gloves, Jarn Griepr, to lift the hammer. Mjolnir is also his main weapon when fighting giants

The Norns: The three main Norns; Urðr or Wyrd, Verdandi and Skuld. Urðr means fate, Verdandi means that which is happening and Skuld means need/ought to be. There is no foundation in Norse mythology for the notion that the three main Norns should each be associated exclusively with the past, the present, and the future, rather, all three represent destiny as it is twined with the flow of time.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Tue Jul 15, 2008 7:00 pm

Alright, the Ic is open and we have a title, Race against Ragnarök.

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A few ground rules

1. a paragraph at least and a fleshy one at that. No onliner crap
2. remember the policy about romance, nothing more then they kissed (or hugged, ect ect) no details or sex
3. have fun
4. rate the really good posts *cough*the first post*cough*
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Xersist on Wed Jul 16, 2008 11:14 am

Alright then let me edit my char, thanks for the info.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:33 pm

Looks good, feel free to post.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:14 pm

Alright, I'm throwing in a few NPCs for everyone to use



Name: Bjorn Bonebreaker

Age: 34

Homeland: Greenland

Race: Human

Profession: Huskarl

Appearance: 6'2", long blond hair, tied back into two braids, a large braided blond beard, barrel chested, dresses in a red tunic and green trousers

Weapons and Armor: an iron sword, a large shield with a dragon painted in green on it, a shirt of mail and a Seax

Bio (as short or as long as you want): Bjorn has been in service to a Jarl in Greenland for all his life and has served in many raids.






Name: Finn Wolfpelt

Age: 25

Homeland: Finland

Race: Human

Profession: Úlfhéðinn

Appearance: 5'"5, scruffy brown hair and beard, wears green trousers and a wolf pelt cape

Weapons and Armor: A two handed sword and Seax

Bio (as short or as long as you want): Somewhat of a wild man, Finn fights for anyone that will have him, though most of his employments only last a battle or too, as he sometimes attacks allies.









Name: Herrick Greycloak

Age: 29

Homeland: Denmark

Race: human

Profession: Warrior

Appearance: 5'10", long red hair and braided red beard, brown eyes, dresses in a green tunic, red trousers and a rich gray cloak.

Weapons and Armor: a round shield painted green and blue, an iron sword and Seax

Bio (as short or as long as you want): Herrick makes his living as a fisherman on the coast of Denmark and has served in the levy a few times to defend his home and Jarl.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Xersist on Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:15 am

Sorry for such a long post, but I needed to get all that crap out, I promis it will never be this long again.

Please read it all, and rate plz!
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Selothi on Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:38 pm

Is this RP dead ? ... Please say no, I wanted to at least hack something with my Dvergar's axe.
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Re: Norse RP (title pending) ( )

Postby Irish Wolf on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:08 pm

As far as I know, the rp lives but no one has posted after I introduced some horses for the party to move on.
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