Marked 2

Lol, that's perfect for me KapugenWolf! Lyra and him will have fun. <3

Yes indeed, everything's looking great! KapugenWolf I would ask, however, that you not submit a female omega character until we have at least two more omega males (excluding the one I'll most likely create at some point tonight...) because I don't want the balance to be too far out of whack.

Would like to especially mentioned....Wild1, I was always nervous about whatever under 16 characters anyone would create, but I really like what you've done!

All being well, we should be good to start maybe tomorrow or Tuesday. Could I have a quick sound-off from everyone just to ensure that we're all good to go? :)

Ready to go :D

All good over here. ;)

hey guys my Beta profile should be up within 10 minutes photobucket is being evil so no pictures as of yet but i will have one maybe tomorow.

ready to start whenever you are ^^

but i'm fine to start soon i'm gong to bed anyway so if you start my character can be out of patrol or something lol.

Ready whenever :) can't wait to start

Ready whenever y'all are. Cannot wait for this to get rolling.

Right I'm just gonna create a male character of my own to make up the numbers, then later today I'll make a first post.

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE WE START

Firstly I recommend you all make sure you've thoroughly read the intro before posting. If there's any questions or queries about how things work for werewolves in the 'Marked' universe, feel free to ask. What I posted on the intro is just a slightly adjusted copy of what appeared in the last RP, and it developed over time so there's probably more to tell.

Just to add, werewolves are a species in their own right, and are born that way. A werewolf's bite does not bestow the 'curse of lycanthropy'. If you're a wolf, it means both of your parents were also.

MALES - You "recieved your wolf" by the time you hit puberty, so in human form you have a heightened sense of hearing and scent (you'll be able to recognise or locate a person by their scent if they're nearby, and tell who is a human or a wolf...the scent of another wolf will be stronger to you than that of a human), and every once in a while you might feel your wolf is 'speaking to you', though what he says might be fairly cryptic. Don't go overboard with that aspect.

You can shift into wolf form and back at will, but it isn't a silent, smooth, stealthy tranformation. It's awkward, painful, noisy and exhausting. Oh, and of course you don't have magic clothes. Because your size reduces slightly when turning into a wolf, you've learned over time to pop the right buttons, etc, just before shifting so that the clothes aren't torn (might be more difficult if you're wearing something especially tight fitting), but when you transform back into a human, yes, you will be naked. So plan ahead!! Shifting isn't really something you do for fun, and most wolves are happy to just do it the once a month when they are forced to at a full moon, and other than that in emergencies when being in wolf form may help them get to safety.

FEMALES - Since you are all un-mated, you have not recieved your wolves yet. Your wolf soul exists as a latent spirit within you. However, if you're 16 or older, you're at the age when you may start to become aware of your wolf awakening. This happens in order to help you discover your mate. The intro explains how this works, but with regards to your abilities, there are three stages for you:

1 - Not revealed your mate yet. Your senses are no greater than any other human. You have never shifted and cannot do so yet. However, other werewolves who have 'recieved their wolf' WILL be able to identify you as a werewolf by your scent. You will start to feel a certain draw and impulses towards a person, and at some point will become aware that that person is your destined mate. At that point, it is up to you when you tell that person they are your mate.

2 - Told someone they're your mate. Once you do this, things are set in motion that cannot be reversed. You do not have wolf senses yet, but you are more fully aware of your wolf and may feel her speaking to you to warn you of danger, etc. You cannot shift at will yet. You will experience your first shift at the next full moon even if your mate does not accept you. Your mate needs to be with you for this, or you will almost certainly die.

3 - After your first shift. Once you've shifted for the first time, things are the same for you as they are described above for males...except that your perspective on it all will be different because for you it's all kinda new. At the same time, instinct will help you adjust to it all.


HOUSE/COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Mealtimes are always communal. Females tend to take care of the cleaning and cooking...though over the last generation that's gotten a bit lax and people's roles are less defined. There are lots of other house rules - most of the one's you'd except for communal accomodation - but naturally they are frequently broken. Some individuals break the rules more often than others! Wolf or no wolf, these are teens and young adults we're talking about.

All the young people attend the community school, which is down in town and is quite small because, unknown to the human population, it's for werewolves only. All the staff and students there are wolves. Not everyone has the same class schedule.

The wolf residents of Connorsworth are known as the Khöller pack. This is simply named after the alpha family; it's not like every member of the pack is related, there's a healthy gene pool! :)

There are other packs throughout the country, always located around a town and led and named after an alpha.

We've never defined a national setting; this story could be taking place just as easily in the US, Britain or most commonwealths (Canada, South Africa, Australia, etc). Packs are tight communities, but not impenetrable. They grow organically as males and females pair up and have offspring, but they also recieve migrants from other packs, or even lone 'outsiders' as long as they prove themselves to be of good character.

Have a think about how you character came into the pack. Ideally, most of you will be second or third generation, and your parents before you will have lived as part of the Khöller pack, and even spent time in the pack house when they were younger.

@Everscale - Have a think about whether Kiyoshi lived as part of another pack before his parents died, and was maybe sent to live as part of the Khöller pack after the tragedy, and how he reacted to this. Or maybe his mother was a second generation member of the Khöller pack, his father was an outsider who came in (perhaps from Japan...werewolves exist all over the world!) and so Kiyoshi has lived all his life in Connorsford.

@KrazyTigger - Your profile says Anya was not told she was a wolf until she was 14. This would suggest she was raised outside of any pack community. Have a think about why this was, and what the back story is to how she and her family ended up as part of the Khöller pack...or whether maybe her family are elsewhere, and it's only her that moved to Connorsford for whatever reason. You don't necessarily need to type it all out, because after all it may never come up in the story! Just have something prepared in case it does.

I'll post more if I think of anything! Or if you have any questions, shoot!

Will mates be assigned (predetermined) or chosen through the roleplay?

Good question. In the last RP the GM (Meesha) had a PM exchange with each of the female character's players to find out who they'd prefer as their mate, then made the final decision herself and 'revealed' it to each respective player in turn as the RP progressed. This created a very realistic effect of it being predetermined, but the girls not knowing it until it was revealed to them, and the boys not knowing it until the girls revealed it.

(It so happens the old RP never got as far as any of the girls revealing their mate...but this does happen in the finished novel...which if you're stoked about this RP I recommend you consider looking at because it's just cool. ;D )

So how about each of the players with female characters PM me with their preferred mate (but gimme a chance to upload my male bio first!) and I'll make the final decision my end. Bear in mind there's not enough boys to go around, but the Beta is one of the eligible bachelors so remembers that too!

Hello, everyone :3 I was referred to this role play by Rainwish. I read through the introduction page and am interested in filling up the last male spot needed. I started role playing on wolf RPs, and have one of my own- and happy to say that this GM and I agree on lots of technicals :3 which is good.
I would just like to spend some times and read the existing character profiles before I make my own (for obvious reasons) and if everything goes according to my evil plan, I will have a good profile for you this evening :)

@Shmband - I had thought about this, so I'll post it here for now and edit her sheet later.

Anya's parents are both werewolves themselves, however they were loners before they met. And it was a chance meeting when they did finally come across one another. When they got married, both refused to surrender their "free" lifestyle away from a pack and so they travelled as a pair. They were both a bit wild and enjoyed living life carefree. Until Shiela fell pregnant with Anya. They agreed that it was time to settle down, but they still would not join a pack for fear of restriction. It wasn't until Anya "stumbled" across the fact that she was a werewolf that the teenage girl sought out the pack, meaning that she's relatively new there. They accepted her for she needed guidance. Her parents are back travelling, almost glad to be free of the burden of a child.

@KT - Cool, that works nicely. :) And actually may dovetail well into something which will be injected into the plot later on.... *mysterious music*

@Abalyth - Fantastic!! I've just created a male of my own, and was gonna do a second just to keep the numbers from getting too uneven, but if you submit a male then I won't have to worry. Phew! Otherwise I could'a ended up playing about six characters!! '^^

:) Glad I could calm things down for you, then!
I've read all of the profiles and Gavin is coming together quite nicely in my head now. (That's his name, Gavin.) I am going to go ahead and START his profile, but please don't accept or reject it until I tell you I"m done... it could change a vast amount from now and an hour from now. I'll either PM you or post here when I'm all done. Thanks.

Cool stuff.

Alright I've made intro posts. Don't panic if you're still preparing your character or wotnot, we won't let anyone get left behind! (Unless two days go by and you still haven't posted....!!)

First post down :) hope its alright

going to write my post in word so i can proofread properly.

@nightwolf - I always write my posts either in Word or Notepad. I've had it too many times where I write I post on the website, click submit then WHOOPS Error 503 Site Closed....and I've lost my post.

@Moonlight - Yup yup, all good! :)