Update: The in character thread is located here: post560376.html#p560376
Slot Status: There are three slots for people to join in! Please join?
Please be aware that the plot line is simple. Why? Because it's street knowledge. I'm also trying not to give away too much of what is going on, because this story has a lot more depth then what it shows on the surface.
Note: This is just a brief synopsis of what is going on at the moment. This isn't a full blown story; this is basic knowledge which the street knows in the first paragraph. The second paragraph is just trying to get you to join. I'm not putting much information in here so that you can be as creative as you like when making your characters.
Storyline: The very wealthy riverside town of Gethendral has many people who live in happiness and prosperity. The town itself is more like a city, housing hundreds of thousands of people at any one given moment. Everything seems peaceful.. Except of course for one problem. Gethendral's king is offering a reward for anyone who can rescue his daughter, Aurora, from the clutches of the evil prince Duran! It sounds like such a classic tale of rescue the princess. Except instead of an evil tower, it's an evil kingdom called Gendaril. Worse yet, Gendaril is located in the middle of a mountain range. Or at least, it's surrounded by mountains far, far to the east of Gethendral. The king doesn't want to risk a massive war across such a large distance, but he doesn't want to just abandon his daughter to die. So he has offered a reward for any person or group of people who can get his daughter and bring her safely to him.
Of course, nothing is as it seems anymore. The only information that the public of Gethendral knows is what their king has told them. Therefore, the only information you know is what the king (and the people) have told you. Myria, on the other hand, didn't really care what what the truth was at this point. After all, she was a rather cute young Bard with a heart full of greed she had a small flute and a plan. She was the first to volunteer for this dangerous task, as she needed the money badly and she was probably going to head out that way anyway. Of course, a Bard can't operate on her own. So really.. Will the rest of you join her on this quest or attempt to stop her? Why don't you find out where your place is in destiny's little web..
Rules:
1. No Godmoding.
2. At least have one paragraph per post. Thank you.
3. No characters that are perfection incarnate. Be good at one thing and bad at another. If you get confused or if you don't know how to remain balanced then go by this old age Roleplaying rule: For every one strength you have, give yourself one weakness of equal fault.
4. Everything has to make sense in some way. Like for instance if you have superhuman strength yet you look just like a Human, explain why. If you can fly through the sky like Goku or Superman, you better have a dammed good reason why.
5. Obey all the rules of Roleplaygateway. We are not farm animals. (I hope.)
6. This Roleplay is a Romance-Plot based Roleplay. Please do not start fighting for no apparent reason, but at the same time don't make every post a love struck poem.
7. I apologize but at this time I have a maximum Roleplayer limit of eight. (Including myself.) The reason for this is so that we don't get eighteen Roleplayers all posting at the same time, confusing one another and likely posting from wickedly different timezones. So while some people would post once a day, others would post fourteen times a day. Etc etc.
8. Lastly (Assuming I don't update these Rules) If you don't think you'll be able to stick around for at least 5 months of the roleplay, don't join.
9. These rules are bound to be updated. I will do my best to inform you if they are, but it is ultimately your responsibility to check up on them from time to time.
Black List:
Nobody is on the Black List.. Yet.
Here is my own character, Myria.
Name: Myria The Songwriter.
Age: Twenty Five/25.
Gender: Female.
Race: Summer Elf.
Personality: Naturally sociable and kind on the outside, greedy and desperate on the inside. Money is Myria's second highest priority, only second to her love for song and dance. Myria is also extremely curious and naturally a pleasant person to be around. (Usually.)
History: Myria was born on a bright summer day, as most Summer Elves are. Most of her kind are a rather seclusive lot, but ever since Myria was born she sought out adventures and to explore the land. After a while she learned how song and dance can be deceptive and both help and harm opponents. Of course not physically, but mentally it can be damaging. So off she learned how to do song and dance, and how to funnel just a little bit of magical energy into it so that she could do a variety of effects. Once turning twenty one Myria quickly took off from her Summer Elven home. She had a destiny! Except.. She realized that she wouldn't get anywhere without money. So her immediate goal was to collect the wealth of nations so that she could just go exploring everywhere. Yup. That's right. No ulterior motives. No death defying stunts or vengeful quests. She just wanted to amass enough money to be able to explore the world for the rest of her life.
Description: Myria has long, soft green hair that ends at her mid back. Her brown eyes and long (but not ridiculously long) pointy ears reveal her Summer Elven descent. Being 5'9” and 125 Pounds Myria is skinny and short. Just like a Summer Elf. She wears light brown, hard leather wrist guards and wears a white T-Shirt. On top of this T-Shirt is a soft leather vest, more for protection against bad weather then against a blade or bow. Long white pants and hard leather boots complete her look of being a wanderer. On her back Myria has a typical oak bow with a white bowstring and a moderately sized quiver made out of leather. The arrows themselves are also made out of oak and have iron arrowheads. Myria also keeps a flute in her packing bag along with a few food and water supplies. The packing bag itself is rather small and compact, and is carried around via a shoulder strap. All in all Myria looks like the typical wandering minstrel with really nothing to lose but a lot to gain.
Weapons/Tools: An oak bow with no magical abilities whatsoever. In fact, it really is just the typical 4'5” oak bow. Really. Her flute is small, but is well crafted and able to reach just about any pitch with a slight movement of her fingers. It's less then 1' long and is a light gray in colour.
Powers/Abilities: When singing or dancing or using her flute, Myria is able to slowly use her magical energy to change a variety of things in a person. It can make them feel tired, make them feel filled with energy. It can sap away bravery, and give bravery to the cowardly. Basically Myria is able to change the emotional state of an enemy or an ally based on what song she sings, plays on her flute, or whatever dance she happens to perform. However this is all mentally based: This does not actually affect a person's physical being, just their mental comprehension of it. In English: It's all an illusionary tactic.
*Subjects marked with this asterisk, you do not have to read.
*NPC's.
Name: Prince Duran.
Age: Believed to be in his late twenties, early thirties.
Gender: Male without a doubt.
Race: Believed to be Human.
Lore: The lore around this man is rather foggy, but in Gethendral he is known as a terrible curse upon the entire world that deserves to be exterminated. I'll leave it up to you what you want to think of this man.
Name: Princess Aurora.
Age: 23.
Gender: Female.
Race: Human.
Lore: The lore around this woman is rather clear in Gethendral. She is known as a wonderful woman who shows deep care and compassion for all things living. Whoever would want to steal away this person would have to be a real bastard supposedly.
At long last, your journey through this brick wall of text was not for naught! The character sheet is what follows now!
Note: There are only six public slots available. Myria takes one slot, and I'm reserving a slot for a user named “Safisan” as his insight and jubilant attitude helped me in the process of making this Roleplay.
Name: (What is your name.)
Age: (How many years have you existed on this plane of existence?)
Gender: (Male? Female? Neither?)
Race: (What are you? Elf, Dwarf, Human?)
Personality: (What is your character's personality? This is optional, and please keep it brief.)
History: (Your character's history. One paragraph minimum please.)
Description: (What does your character look like?)
Weapons/Tools: (Here is where you describe your weapons and such. What they look like, what magical effects they may or may not have, etc etc.)
Powers/Abilities: (What magical powers does your character have? If any.)