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Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby callofcthulhu on Sat Oct 31, 2009 9:44 am

Some say the citizens of the city of Correntes are insane for deciding to live there.

The citizens themselves say they like the view.

Correntes is a massive metropolis suspended by immense chains above the black pit of the Abyss. The Abyss, as far as anyone knows, goes down forever; anyone lowered down fails to come back up. The city is large; the population has stalled at around 30,000 people, due to the lack of space on the large rock the city was built on. The city has five tiered, each one getting more elaborate the higher it is.

The first tier is the slums. The poorest of the poor live here, trying to scrape a living by selling the various plants that grow in the crevices along the Foundation's edge. That is, when the City Guard is not taking the herbs for themselves to make some one-the-side income.

The second tier is the marketplace. Crowded stalls compete with small buildings to sell anything a visitor could want, from weapons to drugs to pleasure. Some areas of the marketplace are much shadier than others, and an unwary shopper will be easily marked.

The third tier is where the middle class of the city live. It is made up of any sort of residential building, from small houses to apartment complexes carved out of the stone itself. The narrow, choked streets or the rooftops are the only methods of travel available here.

The fourth tier is the Holy Circle. The various temples to gods and other religious figures and icons take up the majority of the space, with parks filling in around it. It is easily the most pleasant-looking tier.

The fifth tier is the royal and military district. The Magistrates make their residences on this tier, living in their lavish homes decorated with expensive imported items. The rest of the tier is taken up by the Colosseum, where the gladiators and volunteers battle for glory, and the Palace, where the government elite gather to battle for power.

The mass of rock Correntes is built on is riddled with secret tunnels that allow quick access to any area of the city. Several are mapped and patrolled, but so far it is a minority. There are fields outside the city, along the borders of the Abyss, where the citizens of Correntes get their food. There is a river from the south that pours into the Abyss. The citizens have rigged a water delivery system from that.


Story: The city of Correntes has known relative peace for years. That peace ended one day when an army from the Eastern Kingdoms came and began laying siege to the city over the Abyss. The army brought no reason why it came, and the city Magistrates had little interest in fighting a prolonged siege. Their years of military inactivity lead them to believe they could just send their soldiers to fight and it would be done. However, the Easterners were more skilled than they though; they quickly took control of the four Chains and began infiltrating the city.

What started out as a siege became a back-and-forth strike-and-retreat fight throughout the city and the fields around it. Eventually the city came under control of the Easterners after a night raid crushed the defenses from all four corners of the city at once. The city Magistrates were put to the sword and a puppet government was installed. The majority of the citizens of Correntes soon went back to their old ways of life, but a small percentage still had the patriotic fervor for before. This minority has decided to fight back against the Easterner regime. It no longer matters why they invaded, just that they be driven out.

Character sheets:

Name: Whatever works. Just don't make it something like "Moonlight Hummingbird", etc.

Gender:

Age: Not too young, not too old. Everyone is human, so make it believable.

Faction: Correntesian, Easterner, whatever else.

Caste (if Correntesian): Slumdog, Merchant, Middleman (middle class), Priest, Soldier, Gladiator, Magistrate. The caste is basically what type of person you were before the Easterners invaded. It only really affects backstory and RPing, not combat in any way.

Rank (if Easterner): Soldier, Mercenary, Supply-man, etc. Military ranks. Try not to be too...high-up in the ranks. Commanding a small force can be fine, just no generals or kings or anything.

Weapons (if any): Realistic, please. No eight-foot buster blades. Keep it medieval-ish. Swords, axes, etc. I'll let you know if your choice doesn't work.

Skills: Just say what your character is good at. Are they charismatic? Can they sneak well? Use your imagination, but keep it semi-realistic.

Backstory: Just what it says. You don't need one, but it would be cool to see. Go ahead and make up your own stuff for Correntes, I'm gonna let it be open-ended

Rules:
No magic, please.
No god-moding
No NPCing other people's characters
If you're fighting, take some damage. No uber-swordsmen.
If you have a problem, contact me. I'll help you solve it.
Be creative. I'm leaving the fate of Correntes in your hands. I'll post story updates, etc when I feel it will be appropriate.

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby kokiri_kat on Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:19 am

Looks good. I'll reserve a spot, if that's okay. I'll probably be able to get my profile up sometime tomorrow. By the way, I'd like my character to be a priestess, does that work?

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby Nevyn on Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:40 pm

Name: Nathan DĆ¼rm
Gender: Male

Age: 32.

Faction: He doesnā€™t seem to chose a faction, as long as he can sell his goods though he was born in Correntesian.

Caste: A merchant who travels from town to town and sells spices, herbs and medicines but also some jewellery and gemstones. But he would never sell anything like weapons or poisons because he wouldnā€™t want to become a merchant off dead.

Weapons: A crossbow and small dagger.

Skills: As a merchant he is a very charismatic person with a swift tongue. He can easily talk people into buying stuff and is also very good in getting information that normal people shouldnā€™t hear.

Backstory: Born into a merchant family, Nathan grew up in a family who had enough money to make a good living but not to say they where rich. He and his two brothers loved to play pranks when they were little and ran around the city, looking for all kind off things they could get their hands on.

When they got a little older, he soon realised that he got a talent to sell the things they got cheap against higher prizes. And thus making a little extra pocket money to by some sweets. As soon as his father found out what he was doing, he started to teach him the little tricks off being a merchant, hoping that his son would grow up and take his place one day.

But Nathan didnā€™t want to stay in one place for long and left the city to travel around. Learning a lot of new things on his route, he soon picked up a new live style. Buying and finding goods in one place and selling it to people in other places, soon became his live. His good looks and easy way off talking and befriending people helped him a great deal by establishing his connections.

Once in every while, he came back to his home city and visited his family. Even when the city was taken over and his two brothers and father had died in the battle, he couldnā€™t blame the Easterners. He know that was live, if you donā€™t protect what is yours, it would be taken away with money or with force.
He loves his life the way it is, travelling, selling stuff, learning new things and hearing a lot of rumours.
Dying without achieving your goals or living on for years and realizing you will never achieve them - which is worse?"

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Be childish, be a god, be a child of a God!

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby sweet_angle66 on Sun Nov 01, 2009 9:51 pm

Name: Katy Veronica Sian

Gender: female

Age: 20

Faction: Correntesian

Caste (if Correntesian): Slumdog/farmer

Weapons (if any): bow and arrows, long sword http://www.altairmodels.com/pictures/pr ... SwordM.jpg

Skills: long distance combat (i.e. using bow and arrows) she can hit her targets from quite a distance away and sometimes even so on target that her shots kill the person. Working on a farmer all her life has also kept her physical fit, she can run very fast which is a result of having to chase down the chickens when they escaped from their enclosure.

Backstory: Katy was born in Correntes and has lived their all her life. Her mother had passed away when she was just a toddler for an unknown disease and her father soon after that died as well. He was a soldier and when the war broke out between Correntes and Easterner he was sent into battle and was killed by some of the Easterner soldiers. Luckily for Katy her grandparents were still alive and so she didnā€™t have to go the orphanage instead she went to live with her grandparents on their farm which is located near the outside of Correntes main city. But ever since her fathers death she seemed to hate the Easterner no matter with they were soldiers or just regular citizen she wanted nothing to do with them.

Katy used help around the family farm quite a bit and spends most of the day outside in the fields, picking the harvest, ploughing the land, planting new crops, feeding the animals, collecting eggs and milk etc. It was hard work but she didnā€™t complain and unlike most girls she rather enjoyed getting her hands and clothes dirty.

One day her grandfather approached when she was out on the fields picking the harvest and told her that he was going to teach her how to fight. He said that the world had changed and since they were getting older she needed to know how to protect herself if anything would ever happen to them. He first taught her how to use a bow and arrow, to his surprise she was a natural and before he knew it she was better then him. Once he taught her long distance fighting he decided to also get her to try and use a sword. It took a longer time to really get the hang of it but soon enough she was rather good with the sword as well. On the 15th birthday her grandparents got one of their friends who is a blacksmith to make her a customised sword and bow. When Katy was not helping around the house or on the farm she was training hard with her sword and bow. Her grandparents were rather surprised with the fact that Katy seemed so eager to be able to fight unlike most girls her age, who rather enjoy dressing up and having tea parties.

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby kokiri_kat on Sun Nov 01, 2009 10:54 pm

Name: Lorelei Knorr

Gender: Female

Age: 25

Faction: Correntesian

Caste: Priestess

Weapons: Two short-swords she uses simultaneously, and a belt of throwing daggers she wears diagonally around her chest.

Skills: Skilled in creating herbal remedies for treating wounds, and nursing injured people. She will never leave a person in need.

Back story: Lorelei's mother abandoned her as a baby, and because of this she was taken into a Temple on the fourth tier of Correntes when she was very young, and raised by the priestessā€™s there. She was trained from childhood on to use her life in service to the Goddess. This was unusual as people normally joined the Priesthood only after coming of age, but Lorelei exhibited unusual abilities.

She showed skill in making medicines from herbs and various other plants, and had an interest in treating sick and injured people. She was allowed to work in the Templeā€™s infirmary, and served the Goddess by helping those she could.

When the siege happened, and Correntes was overtaken by the Easterners, she felt it was her duty to do what she could. Much to her dismay, her sister priestessā€™s did not agree with her. They believed it was unrighteous to support those who took up arms. After a long struggle with her conscience, Lorelei left the Temple to seek out those who would fight against their oppressors. When she found such a group, they taught her how to defend herself, and she became quite skilled with throwing daggers.

Extra: Lorelei will fight if she has to, but she does not believe in taking another person's life. Therefore, she will simply wound, and incapacitate them. She mostly hopes to help by giving medical aide to the rebels.

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby callofcthulhu on Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:21 pm

I'll set up the IC when we have one more person, four seems a little low for this.

You're all approved, by the way.

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby callofcthulhu on Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:30 pm

Oops, here' my character:

Name: Zednevir Velectal

Gender: Male

Age: 36

Faction: Easterner (commands a small force used to sweep for rebels)

Weapons: Longsword, kite shield, bow and arrows.

Skills: Charismatic, good at tracking, a tactician, swordsplay and bow skill.

Backstory: Got conscripted into the Easterner army when he was very young and quickly rose through the ranks. He was one of the leading forces during the invasion and was given the main duty of purging the remaining rebels from the city.

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Re: Correntes above the Abyss (OOC and sign-up): Need people

Tips: 0.00 INK Postby kokiri_kat on Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:09 am

Maybe you could put an add in the Rolplayers Wanted section COC?

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