Life Anew In Eronnis, Chapter 2

Before you submit a character, I would like an example of your posting skills. Please PM me a sample writing and then me and RC will discuss whether or not the character will be accepted. Thanks!

I loved your post sparkle! :D

Hey! Accept my character! I want to join!

HEy RC put a char in hope ya like it

Yay! :D

Also, feel free to have your rebel soldiers show up in camp later and report if you want. It's probably bad news for the Rebels, seeing as the captured soldiers might give away information.

I wish I had Admin control for you all. I know there are some people waiting for their character applications to be accepted. RC has a busy real time job.

Anyways

One of the major requirements for joining this RP is to be dedicated and patient. Sometimes there will be a lot of posts that come in all at once, and then there will be times when days pass in between and there is no new activity. This does not mean the RP has died. It means people are busy outside from this RP community. Thank you all for understanding, and don't worry, I'm sure he will be on soon :) Adding to this, I want to thank all of you all for continuing to stay active and checking the RP.

If you want, we can all shoot ideas off each other for how we are going to get sparkles and kirinak's characters grouped up with the main group of travelers. Seems everyone is heading to the East/are in the East, which is a good idea. As far as your idea sparkles, I do like the idea of maybe some rebel soldiers giving away pieces of information. Rowan i'm sure would be tickled to hear such news.

Seeing posts like that definitely help me. I like to know that people haven't just given up so as long as the OOC is somewhat active, I wont be going anywhere.

Me too, I was starting to get worried!

What I was thinking was that Rhiannon is going to continue onward with the Union soldiers to the city. Some of them have heard some rumor that there are strangers about in Erronis. Maybe that...Leech, isn't it?...will find out she's there and report back to Sergeant Kali about her. In the meantime, she'll carry on ministering to the fallen soldiers.

Alternative suggestions would be welcome :)

I have been trying to figure out my next move, any one have any ideas for me? I had thought about arriving in Vestern to fall in with the local smithy and be discovered by members of Kali's group, the problem is it seems like a rather boring way to do things any other ideas?

Well I might have an idea to get us all together to interact

Have both of your characters make it to Vestern.

Lets schedule say... a festival. A festival put on and funded by the Union forces. They are obviously loosing power in the East by the rebellion, so a festival would gather union loyalists together for a fundraiser of the sort for the army. When your character arrives they will be swept up in not only the festival/crowded streets, but also have to deal with the stress of being in a new city/dealing with injuries/dealing with where they will stay, etc. It will be a very hectic atmosphere but at the same time very beautiful, with lights and food everywhere. It will take place all day, all night.

For the purpose of getting your character with the main group, sparkle, how about when your girl arrives, union doctors take over the injured and dismiss you. So you'll be free to wander. Kirinak, your character can arrive and maybe bump into Sparkles, and when they realize they are both not locals, they band together in search of the rumor of the "others" being there, aka Kali's group.

But while they are searching, Rowan's camp will be diligently positioned throughout the festival ready to cause some drama ;) Maybe one of you (or both) can volunteer your character to get kidnapped by Rowan and taken to her camp as hostage/ bait.

I'm not sure what you guys think about that, but it would definitely be a way to get the plot moving along without having RC around to use his characters. For the time being. He'll be on soon.

Anyways, what do you all think? We can build off this idea, and then get a concrete version of this written up, posted, so that you all are free to post away.


As far as your character getting accepted Rotshreck, it WILL be accepted. I approve it. I recommend posting your character application here in the OOC so that everyone can see it, and then PM me your first post, I will post it for you in one of my posts so that you can be involved and it is a sneaky way to get around the whole 'waiting to be approved' situation.

-exhale-

okay, so what do you all think?

Name: Artemis Pendragon
Race: Elf, Highborn
Age: 157
Visual Age: Mid 20s

Description

Appearance:
Hair: Blonde
Facial Hair: Clean
Eyes: Yellow
Build: Toned
Skin Tone: Tan
Height: 5’5”
Weight: 180
Handed: Ambidextrous
Body Markings:
Scar Tissue:
Unique Body Features:

Gender:
Male

Sexual Orientation:
Hetero

Personality:
Curious to a fault, usually keeps to himself but is known to step out of line from time to time, he enjoys the thrills of getting into things that he isn’t supposed to be in, though he doesn’t find himself bragging to anyone. Better to have the knowledge that he could do it and not get caught by having loose lips. Other than with work, he is pretty much a common person, or so he likes to think that he is nothing special.

Virtue/Creed
I have no quarrels with you, just move and stay the hell out of my way…..

Motivation:
The dream is always the same, we are pale riders in the night carrying the swords of justice, as was done when men first put on the hoods and set the alters on fire, for all to see, and fear one more of the outsiders has been brought to justice, those who have taken our homes, and jobs, defiled our country, and our god. I know now what the dream really means. I am to prepare the way for the one who is coming. I see his face every night we share the same dream, the master told me what I have to do, he speaks to me and I know his name, he calls himself……

Mission/Goal:
To get as much information on both sides, The Union and The Rebels so that if he chooses a side he can come with enough information to change the tides of war.

Gathering more information on the people that have shown up in the land that have no idea of whats going on, and to look into the disappearances of late.

Skills:
He has basic instructions with a sword, dagger and bow. He has trained in the arts of stealth, moving silently, hiding in shadows, eavesdropping and donning disguises. Learned a decent amount in Anatomy, solely studying humans and humanoid creatures. Has a decent amount of practice in gathering information, lock picking and filching and has a little knowledge of torture.


Weapons:

Weapon Name: The Lexicon
Weapon Type: Sword, 1-handed
Material: Unknown
Length: 36in
Weight: 4 lbs
Weapon Description/Info: Weapon that was lifted from a very prominent mage looking to get better with sword play but to have the battle end faster, imbued with fire, activated by users will. Lifting the sword unnoticed was the initiation rite into the guild.

Weapon Name: Chill rend
Weapon Type: Dagger
Material: Unknown
Length: 12in
Weight: 2lbs
Weapon Description/Info: A weapon found on a mission, nothing known about it, even when taken to an appraiser, nothing was learned, imbued with frost, activated by users will.

Affiliation:
Independent, though he might take a side under the right circumstances.

Your Brief history:

Before becoming an assassin and an informant, had a simple life of a courier, running messages between nobles and towns, learned the ins and outs of the cities he traveled to, always getting what he needed to survive upon arrival, never on his own always on someone else’s coin. One of his messages he had to deliver got him caught in an assassination, the noble he was delivering to had his hands in things he wasn’t supposed to be in, the guards of the town found him with the body. Framed for a murder, he suffered for it, when the day of the execution arrived, someone took out the executioner before the axe fell, he was surrounded and escorted, he didn’t really see what was going on because of the bag over his head.

He was introduced to the group, and thanked; it seemed that he was to get credit for the killing of the noble even though he hadn’t done it. He was welcomed into the guild, it didn’t have a name, it was just called the guild by its members. He stuck with the people, they saved his life, he learned their ways and became a member over time, after the initiations were complete, first initiation was to get an artifact from a mage, without being seen, the second to kill a man, used as a right of passage. The man was unknown to Artemis, and skilled, hard to kill, though he succeeded. He later found that it was the man who had killed the noble. After that he was welcomed, trained more in the art, and he went about his life, taking contracts, and running messages still, though he stuck to towns and cities that didn’t know his face. After a while work moved, and so did he, leaving connections with the guild behind, he still fed them information when they paid him, and sent contracts his way from time to time.

Thats the character sheet, just for people to read it over.

@ Echored i like the idea, i think ill use it lol even if the others dont wanna.

I'm not sure about a festival because it's probably a good time for Rebel Scum ;) to get together with all sorts of shenanigans. On the other hand, a festival to show 'we're not losing our grip! Honest!' might make sense. I know RC's character was going to investigate the smithy, and my character was also going to investigate the smith because she has surgical tools she wants made and so on. A festival would be more likely to give the non-Earth characters a chance to get friendly with the otherworldly people though.

Just submited a char profile, hopefully I'll join you guys soon!

Willing to post the profile if anyone wants, and since it's my first post on RolePlayGateway so, yeah, hello everyone!

Nice character Caelus! Really detailed, I love her back story. Very looking forward to having you join the RP. I accept your character, so that means RC has to accept too ;)

You should post the profile in here so others can see her! :D

If you want to, go a head and write your opening post. If RC doesn't accept your character by tomorrow or sometime this weekend, send me your post in a PM and I will post it up for you.

As far as the festival idea, I think we should go for it. Sure, it is obviously a chance for how you put it "rebel scum" to have a ball, but isn't that the point? We need some drama, and some head on head clashing. I will begin writing up the post tomorrow for it.

Anyone feel free to send me PMs if you have any questions. Don't hesitate to post if you have the urge! There is no posting order.

Hey, thanks for the compliments echored! I'll try to write something today :)

The profile:
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Name: Lilith

Age:28

Race: Human (Eronnis)

Appearance: Being 5’ 5” in height, little of her appearance can be seen when she wears her traveling clothes, a hooded black cape made of a heavy, resistant fur from the mountain-dwelling animals from the North, which only allows her face to be seen when exposed to a strong light source from beneath. Without the hood, and on first sight, Lilith’s face shows a fragile look, her skin being as white as snow, with black eyes and hair; the combination creates a strong contrast. She wears the cape even when fighting, using the pretext than she wouldn’t enjoy to expose herself too much. Although rare, the removal of the cape usually creates a distraction effect on most males, due to her real appearance, the skin tone remains pale, as a black clothing is shown. A long lone life full of suffering due to the hard training left Lilith with a thin, yet strong, body. The habit to walk towards destinations alone allowed her to create a strong audition and, ironically, contributed to create a pain sensation on her left leg after walking big distances; her arms are now strong and agile, and used to quickly move her weapons toward the opponent when fighting.

Although not wearing provocative clothes, most of Lilith’s abdomen and both of her arms are exposed when not wearing the cape. Although her movements are remarkably faster without the cape, Lilith has the sensation than she can be easily spotted on public areas and at night, therefore creating her ‘necessity’ to wear the cape.

Personality: As a child, the once called Nathalie Rosacruz was a happy and joyful person, being born on a merchant family than once lived in Versten and later would settle on the South Bondaries, her personality drastically changed after the death of her parents. Being found and adopted by a crude blacksmith, the child quickly developed a sense of hatred toward him, which would, eventually, develop as a hatred toward most of the Union, due to the long arguments her adopter frequently made. After a decade of training at the blacksmith’s hands, her original personality was almost completely lost, remaining only the two values her father taught her before dying, honesty and mercy. As a way to leave the past, Nathalie adopted the name of Lilith after leaving her adopter’s former home.

Lilith enjoys to end fights quickly without exposing herself too much, although her personality changed within the years, the strong sense of mercy and honesty survived with her, both quietly guiding her decisions and are strongly decisive on fights. Although she enjoys being a solitary person, she can live with other people and fight alongside them. Enjoys discussing tactics before engaging in an open fight, demonstrating ways than little would see, a small talent she developed after acting as a huntress for two years on the frozen North.


Skill: Being raised and trained by a blacksmith since her childhood, Lilith knows how to create and use a sizable variety of tools and weapons; her strong musculature allows her to travel with ease with weights up to 22 lbs, that combination deliberately boosted her taste for one handed swords, due to their size and weight. When using only one sword Lilith uses rather quick hits against the opponent, mainly hitting the tendons and torso, evading hits with quick movements. When wielding two swords at a time Lilith actually achieves excellency, depending on the sword she’s wielding, she may hit the opponent’s tendons, torso, legs and arms with quick hits after executing apparently random movements with both swords. While her movements are slower when wielding two swords, she may block some of the opponent’s hits with them, but would noticeably prefer to evade them by guiding their swords with hits than would be, in another occasion, ineffective.

Although she is an excellent fighter, Lilith completely fails when the subject is magic. Her ‘education’ little taught her about it, only actually starting to understand the basics when she reached the tribes on the North. While Lilith lived there, nothing more than 6 years, she acquired most of her equipment, in other words, her black cape, her swords and her understanding from magic. Bringing three swords, two on her left ankle and one on her right, all of them were made by the fine blacksmiths from the North. As a way to congratulate Lilith, each sword was bathed in two different poisons, apparently making the blades poisonous in the act.

A brief history: Lilith’s family was once a rich merchant family than worked as bankers on Versten before her younger brother’s birth. As she reached the age of 9 her brother was born, although it was a moment of happiness in the family, the bank in which her father worked was slowly reaching bankruptcy. A month before that happened, Lilith’s father quited his job and started acting as an autonomous merchant, after three years, her family acquired enough money to move to the Southern Baronies. The family was assaulted as they crossed the woods, ending in the murder of Lilith’s parents and the kidnap of her brother. Being left to die by the robbers, Lilith roamed the forest for a day, only to be found by an isolated blacksmith. The crude man adopted Lilith. One year later, Lilith asked the old man if he could train him, pretexting than she wanted revenge from the robbers. A decade of suffering from famine, strong muscular and weapon training succeeded, shaping Lilith’s body, mind and personality. When the eleventh year of training was beginning, the old man died. Leaving Lilith with a single sword and a note, giving her directions to a village in the North. After four months of travelling, Lilith reached the village. As she explained her situation, only to understand than her former adopter was an exiled blacksmith from the village.

Her training continued on the village for four years, ending in the event where Lilith acquired the fur from her cape, and the three swords as a gift. She kept living on the village as a huntress for two years, when Lilith first heard the rumors about a rebellion on Versten, being told by an elder than important people would soon gather there, she didn’t actually cared about those facts, but a sudden burst of necessity crossed her body when the same elder told her than if she moved to Versten and met these people, she would soon meet her brother. Three days after that Lilith left the village, her eyes only aiming to Versten.

Affiliation: Currently independent, possibly joining the Rebellion in the future.

Goal: Lilith ignores almost all the political facts, but her hatred towards the Union didn’t change since she was young. Quietly moving toward her destination, she won’t allow anyone to stop her from meeting her brother, being that her final goal, Lilith has strong thoughts about joining the Rebellion, guessing if the Union lose the war, she could easily discover any information about her only alive sibling.

Sorry for the late (and very short) post you guys, I had too much work this week, way too much. I can only hope to make up for it on my next when things start mixing together (events and characters). I love the festival idea, if we're voting I'm "for" ^^

Welcome Caelus and Rötshreck, I'm looking forward to your charys coming to life.

sorry i've been delayed in replying, there was a wind storm and a tree fell on my house a week ago so i have been involved in repairs but i vote for the festival as well it seems like a good idea to me.

I also agree with the festival, maybe we should do a small brainstorming about it? Like... description, how would it happen, how the chars would eventually meet, etc.



By the way, anybody heard about RC?

Hello everybody!

So very, very sorry about the long delay, I had a rather close bereavement and have been dealing with it in a traditional English way: 2 weeks of drinking. Which left me unable to make any posts or, most of the time, unable to even use a keyboard. I am now back and recovered and hpoing that everyone is still interested and up for carrying on. I'll get a post up and review new characters ASAP.

Also, the festival sounds like a marvellous idea, especially seeing as we have several new people joining us now. Welcome all successful applicants, looking forward to having you all here!

glad ur back RC. Just to let ya know i was having issues with how to inject the character lol, since as of now the festival isnt quite in session, so i did a basic intro. Open and well i dunno XD. Hope its good and looking forward to continuing