The Redemption for Zendii

Lore Setting

Zendii… A land blessed with life, flow of energy and balance in the nature, here the different races learned to live in peace and harmony with each other in one and only city named Rosail. For years the life was peaceful, representatives of several races created artifacts of diverse sizes and shapes trying to control the flow of energy that was lingering in the world. After various attempts the feat was finally achieved and it was promised that life would be even better, to control the energy flowing in all the artifacts one more was created using the hardest and purest gems of nature it had the size of a tree so it´s energy would reach all the city… it name was The “Pylon”.

Life indeed was better and more peaceful than before at least until “The Exclamation of Energy” happened, 50 years after the “Pylon” was created the world went insane; the weather, the magic of the world and the flow of energy changed in a blink of an eye. The “Pylon” unable to react correctly anymore tried to absorb, assimilate and mix its´ own energy to the one the world was creating, the leaders of the races watching how the land was being ripped apart made a desperate attack to destroy the artifact succeeding at the end; however them and thousands more died due to the destructive emergence that the energy had, the city suffered the same fate being destroyed almost completely.

The races mourned in pain and agony, as the greatest and wisest leaders ever known died, along with a great number of habitants of Rosail. In those dark moments many felt that they were more sensitive to the energy than others, noticing that it was in the air lingering in more amounts anyone could have ever felt. In theory it could be easier to manipulate specially now that the artifacts were useless. Many didn´t want to hear the end of it. Who in full sanity would say that? Specially after what happened, many wonder if one of the many things that the “Pylon” brought was also madness. The debate continued for days in which all suggested how to go ahead however with each discussion being more and more violent the races, and even the families, found themselves separated in two factions before anyone could notice when it happened and who named them, they were known from that moment on like the Enforcers and the Seekers.

After some time to recover from the Exclamation, the Enforcers and the Seekers attempted to return to their old life style, but due to infighting with each other the attempt failed. Finally in a hardy attempt to calm things both groups decided to choose a leader, the Seekers chose a centaur that manipulated the energy of the world with relative easiness and the Enforcers chose a wolf that defeated the other “candidates”.

The city of Rosail, or it was better to call them ruins, fell in a state of tension as both groups acted as if they were waiting an attack by the other faction, the leaders tired of this decided to left guiding their respective group out to the world going in different directions, the habitants willingly gave up at the decision and left the ruins of Rosail hoping to find a place where they would be able to live at peace.

20 years passed in which members of the factions would meet each other casually when doing their business, in these meetings each faction informed the other of how were doing, that´s how it was known that 5 cities were built in so few years 4 of them aligned with their respective factions having each one two, the fifth one was a city near the southwest shore of the land in which mostly humans lived calling it Boeki, maybe telling each other where each city was would be a bad idea but it help to know that the other faction was still alive, to Enforcers and Seekers alike.

One day a group that called itself the “Watchers of the Truth” appeared in the main cities claiming that there was a way to “cure” Zendii, both leaders doubted their actions and motives, specially as they used the word cure, but still accepted their invitation to meet their leader. They were never seen again.

A week later after the departure of the leaders, the factions started to felt a strange uneasiness wondering why there was no word of the meeting, a rumor surged in the cities changing just a little: Both leaders have died fighting each other just that the Enforcers heard that the Seekers started the attack and the Seekers heard that Enforces engaged first. The unavoidable finally happened and the war started while the Watchers of the Truth vanished mysteriously.

For 100 long years the battles continued while several leaders raised and died following their hearts desires, the constant struggle seem unstoppable until day dark clouds from the northeast started to arrive, a ceasefire between the factions happened as that clouds gave a very dark feeling to the ones looking at them, the same type of feeling the “Pylon” gave before it´s destruction.

The leaders took a little group each one to travel to the unexplored areas of the north as they tried the discover what was happening, they saw more that they wished and expected… The Watchers of the Truth were using artifacts, something supposedly impossible, to create a bridge to a new land. In their madness the Watchers revealed that "sweet" voices from that land called them to help them and that in exchange they would help them to recover they type of live they remembered and that they would help to cleanse Zendii from what was killing it, they also revealed that they were the ones the killed the first leaders as they refused to help them.

In the middle of the shock and the madness of the news the bridge was finished and strange creatures arrived to Zendii, only calling themselves demons they quickly show how they were planning to “cleanse” the place killing all the Watchers present in the place as the advanced forward into the land. The leaders retreated with their groups knowing that they were powerless to defeat such an enemy, while escaping both leaders tried to reach and agreement to defeat a threat that was bigger than the fight between them, however not only the distrust between factions and races affected the talk, the damage done in the past century was too big to ignore and being blinded by their pride the leaders decided to act each other by their side threatening the other to not interfere or they would be taken down with the enemy.

After receiving the dark news each city prepared for the worst, the leader of Boeki offered the city as a bastion as it was better positioned than the other cities, however the proposal was not accepted as it was truth , it also happened that in the end a final defense there would fail. Still the habitants of Boeki received recognition and praises by their courage giving them the permission to travel to any city and fight along the factions when the moment come.

50 years have passed since the demons arrived to Zendii with little problems they conquered great part of the northern territories, the factions continue to struggle against them, however they found themselves forced in a war with two fronts: one against the demons and one against the other faction, as resentment still lingers, trying their best to survive.

Those who were leaders of their respective groups have fought back, trying to reclaim their world from the darkness of the demons; failing miserably in their task. But Zendii is not without its protectors, as new breeds of leaders rise, unlike the past ones they guide the factions in very similar way even if they are from very different races.

A light is showing in the darkness and hope is starting to rise once more, an agreement is in the view and a gamble will be made… No one knows if the feat will be a success or a failure, the factions can only force themselves to believe and trust…

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The Factions: Enforcers VS Seekers

Enforcers: There are group that believes that using the energy of the world, or spirit energy, in artifacts is a blasphemy and an insult to the memory of the fallen, they use their own hands to make the job be from harvesting food to forging weapons. The Enforcers know that they cannot escape from the spirit energy as it has existed since the beginning, even before the days of the "Pylon". Instead of bending or refusing it they did the unexpected: they accept it. The spirit energy "knows" that is not welcomed, but still gives them the ability to enhance themselves and whatever they wield using the energy from within their bodies.
Their say is perseverance and trust in our bodies. (All type of physical skills falls here.)
Symbol: A claw holding a rock.

The Enforcers are not "mindless brute force users". The constant struggle, and great amount of loses, made them develop a deadly way of fighting, they rush to the kill in a speed that few can follow they are there before one notices it. When this started to get obvious they made a subtle yet effective change, they started to threw things before rushing and after some time the objects were replaced with weapons.

Seekers: There are group compose of different races that believes that the energy of the world can be used fully without causing another
catastrophe they study the remnants of the now powerless artifacts hoping to find a way to reproduce them. The Seekers only use energy of
the world to their benefit and to their survival, now they call it spirit energy unable, or it will be more correct to say that they fear taking it directly, they bend all of energy that surrounds them to their will allowing them to cast powerful techniques that can even manipulate the elements.
Their say is the power of mind can overwhelm anything. (In others words all type of magic fall here.)
Symbol: A Gem that has an eye in the middle.

The Seekers are not simple casters, years of continuous fighting have taught them to fight hand to hand as they try to crush the opponent with a powerful spell, of course the best tactic is to attack before they can even reach them. Even if power of the mind is "all" there are some tasks that can not be done with it.

Know the Demons.
The demons are extremely tough, tenacious, cunning, sly and deadly. It has been difficult to determine the full extent of their intelligence, only one thing is known for sure they are able of higher reasoning. Unlike the habitants of Zendii they arrived wearing metallic armors and weaponry, in terms of toughness and armor-piercing capabilities they are still unbeatable. However that is not the most fearsome aspect of the demons, they have show to have the knowledge to manipulate the energy as the Enforcers and Seekers do however the times this has occurred are few. Demons seem to not require rest they can keep sending waves and waves of attacks and tactical combat. The only thing that has helped in all these years to survive and escape from complete banishment is that their blood lust and desire for destruction usually wins over their mind.

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Visiting Zendii

Before the war and the "Pylon" days: the land was full of trees and life everywhere, Rosail was the only city known and most of the population lived there or near the zone.



After almost two hundred years of battles:changes are very obvious now the factions have reclaimed the zones that fit more their necessities, some parts of Zendii changed after the destruction of the "Pylon" and others after the arrival of the Demons, the cities used to have beautiful or "fitful" names the war made the leaders change the names, more for pride than anything, but still they show what each city means.



Boeki:Built mostly by humans. Being the race with the shortest lifespan the humans found themselves in a difficult position as few remembered the days in Rosail, this included a strange feeling of not being part of the factions, they were not alone as many thought like them or simply they wanted to avoid the fights, the city was built with this feeling of desiring peace. A female white dragon named Deliha leads them watching how her city is consider both a sanctuary and the "last bastion of the land".

GardePeak: The city was built in the top of the mountain where most of the flying races of the Enforces rest being able to fly to wherever they wanted, the city has been under siege by attacks of the Demons and the Seekers for the same reasons: It´s location allows them to see the attacks coming from the east and to keep and eye on most of the territory in the west,i t´s natural defenses have never fail and no one can reach Smelt-Hold without being located first. Currently leaded by the gray dragon Eeash.

New Keep:The main city of the Seekers, is the only city that has walls protecting it, before the Vanguard was established the city received countless attacks of Demons the walls change that , before it was taken various ranged spells pushed back the attackers giving them finally a moment of rest, the habitants of New Keep are confident in their defenses even in the worst moments. Leaded by Udein

Smelt-Hold: The former main city of the Enforcers, the city was built in a very dry and hot zone, but this is not a problem to the habitants. The land is very fertile and almost all can grow from it and what is better the amount of hills around it gives a great natural defense. Honoring the name the habitants smelt the metal they found into weapons or any other necessary object, the few Demons that have reached it found themselves crushed by rocks or weapons before of being able their move. Leaded by Ryaveon

Vicelek: A city that was very beautiful until the attack of a mob of Demons, the habitants were pushed of their homes before they could counterattack with their full strength, in that hour of greatest need the habitants received help from several flying races of the Seekers to defeat their enemy, the place now looks like a swamp that is always covered in a thin layer of mist, but the place remains fertile and the city focus on harvesting food and gathering objects of the sea to create their new artifacts. Is currently under the siege of the Enforcers and the Demons. Leaded by Udein.

The Vanguard: The so called last line of defense of Zendii, the factions tolerate each other in this battlefield constantly taunting the Demons knowing that their pride or desire for destruction will make then enter the battle. This line of defense tries to cover most of the land however the defenders lack the number so it´s not strange to see groups of Demons avoiding this place to attack others.

Hakai: Hakai is... Hakai, no one has gone and return to tell what the lands look like, if the size is known is thanks to Eeash that flew near the northeast shore of Zendii risking his life trying to see what is inside that place, however one can imagine it. From The Vanguard to the shore the earth looks death and there is no sign of life other than Demons.



Deliha: This dragon is proud, but never arrogant her good nature and wish to protect others made her took the leadership of the humans and the others races that wanted to avoid the fights. Although she dislike the idea she knows that one day she too will fly to the war, but until that day comes she rests in the middle of Boeki making sure that their habitants can live at peace even those who believed strongly in their ideals.

Eeash: A fierce dragon that fights to protect those under his care and vigilance, his most remarkable actions are the pinpoint of Hakai and being the father of Ryaveon.

Ryaveon the Black Wing: Ryaveon was born with his mother´s color of scales, he is young to be a leader but is already considered a hero, before the siege came GardePeak suffered a heavy attack from the Demons, being still a hatchling he was supposed to stay behind with those unable to fight as his scales were not ready and enough hardened. Still he followed his father and most of his friends to the battle fighting bravely, at some moment of the fight the flow turned and Ryaveon found himself watching how one big demon took his father to the ground to slain him. In a blind rage Ryaveon attacked the demon in the throat trying to separate the head from the body, he succeed although the price was too high: in the struggle the demon managed to rip his left-wing off his back, this action won the sympathy of many Enforcers and was that allowed him to take the leadership when the moment came, during his time recovering from the wounds the dragon had terrible thoughts but not of revenge but more of fear, this thoughts are the ones that move him now.

Udein: A mermaid that lived in the shore of the sea near Vicelek, growing away from the battles and the constant violence the young fi... eh... girl constantly wondered why there was so few sympathy between the factions if there were members of the same races in both groups. With the pass of years she showed a great skill with the spirit energy almost as the first leader of the Seekers, remembering how the good times were the elders could only do one thing: the girl was placed as a candidate to take the role of leader right away. Now that she is the leader she wants to make things correctly saying that she must be an equal as her counterpart in the Enforcers. She made something incredible she sacrificed her fin to have legs and being in the land so she can be the same as the dragon, if he cannot return to the sky she will not return to the sea, she traveled out of the city to New Keep and then she went out in the world.

Eiros Maceshakker: A hero of the Enforcers and Seekers alike, probably the oldest minotaur alive. A veteran of hundreds of battles against the Demons, Eiros has been acknowledge as being the most loyal advisor that any Enforcer leader can have, he was begged to take the leadership every time one died, but he always refused claiming that he would feel restrained inside the city and it´s walls. Calm and good nature he does what he needs like it or not. He leads the strangest siege ever seen, when GardePeak was sieged he leaded a group to Vicelek to siege it, however he is not attacking it instead he only makes sure that no flying Seeker comes out nor allows them to move the harvests to New Keep, more strangely every time a Demon mob attack he lets the defenders of the city to come out to do their job along side his army. Always full of surprises the old warrior was constantly seen talking and laughing with the young Udein and he was the one that escorted her when she decided to move out of Vicelek.



Both Leaders find the current situation troublesome, Udein wants all to get along as all were family once and even lived together, Ryaveon if not that positive also thinks that joining forces , really doing it not like The Vanguard, is the best solution. Remembering his battle he now knows that joining forces is better than acting alone. The pair decided on one thing: for starters discover from where came the artifacts that now hold the bridge. To show this is an action of a single group the leaders are calling members of the different cities so they can go as a group and show the rest of Zendii that the work can be done without differences between.

The moment we all waited... worry not I dont ask for what I can not do.

1.-Be realistic, think in the emotions your character had all this time and the ones s/he will have for the rest of the rp.
2.-No one lines allowed. At least write two paragraphs, show description, I like literate posts, use as many lines as you need remember that posts are more than just actions or dialogue.
3,.No Godmodding is not funny, it brings frustration as you can see there will be THOUSANDS of npc here use them, but never kill another character without the consent of other player.
4.-Know your race: Anything can comes as long as you can explain the why and how of it.
4.5.-AGE: If you are a plain human your life will be probably last for 110 years (with luck) another races can live a lot more, but not matter what you can only be at max. 130 years old. Why so few? Don´t worry I have good reasons.
5.-Know your limits: you cannot be an eternal source of power nor run all the day carrying lots of weapons, at the same time trying to destroy the earth in front of you in a KM range will kill you first so is better if you do not try.
6.-Seeker/Enforcer=Hate. Yes there are a lot of reasons to think like this however remember that you are going to be chosen as a representative of "we work together", being a complete cynical of the idea is accepted being always lusting for the others blood not.
7.-Romance is allowed just keep it under the sites rules.
8.-We are not perfect (unless you have the degree) the correctors are not perfect so I will not be over you for your grammar. However is expect proper punctuation and proper spelling meaning something like: W3 LEET TEH NET WIT EPIK LAZORS is not allowed.
9.-Character growth is expected if the rp survives long enough you will see a lot of stuff that will force you to change your mind.
10.-Fill the character sheet as you want just say what faction you belong (and good luck finding images, remember what I will see there is what will make me decide if you can join or not.)
11.- Have fun, despite all this rules I'm a pretty lax Game Master, very very lax.

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