ORB CITY INVASION (IC) (accepting)

Invasion of orb city

Orb City is a city based around the sacred all powerful Orb. There are many resources nearby so it is an ideal location for the city. It contains a bustling market with rich trade and prosperous business that is the source of its income.

Orb city is being invaded by shadow creatures, lead by the general Nryckust and the 6 shadow elite, the invasion is set to commence in but a few precious hours. The orb at the centre of the city in Ovias keep is the target, the orb is rumoured to possess the power to open dimensional rifts and cannot fall into the hands of the shadow beasts if we want to live freely and not in fear of time and space collapsing on us. Commander Trylec has only had time to assemble a small army for this oncoming invasion, and it is our job to defend orb city and its precious orb inside Ovias keep.

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Minimum characters per person: 1
Maximum characters per person: 5 (will increase if needed)
Please PM with your character sheet before joining so I can approve you. 6 people can make a shadow elite, but only one per person, unless i say other wise.


Character sheet.
NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
RACE:
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: (shadow elites are black flames all over, but still describe the build and height if you are doing one. and PLEASE NO PICTURES)
HAIR:
EYES: (Bright red flames id shadow elite)
CLOTHING:
WEAPONS:
PERSONALITY:
SHORT BIO:

Rules
1. No character control
2. Try to make it realistic
3. Stay active, if you don’t post within 3 days you are at risk of character control, after 7, I will kill you off
4. All OOC shall be posted in brackets as such (OOC: )
5. No god modding
6. This is medieval sort of fantasy, so no guns, please.
7. Only velocity and I can control the story line, every one else who wants to try something, PM me.
8. If you must have romance, keep it realistic, remember there’s a war going on here.

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My characters: ( i will add more soon)

Name: Commander Trylec
Age: 32
Gender: male
Race: Human
Physical description: Trylec stands around 7 foot, he is built with very large muscles, and his dark skin is stained with blood of previous wars
Hair: bald
Eyes: hazel
Clothing: he wears his blood red armour with the orb city crest every wear to show how much he respects his position.
Weapons: A large 2 handed sword, a shield, and a one handed long sword, and a dagger.
Personality: Trylec is very serious about his job, and is expected to be taken seriously, he is very proud of his position in the army and always treats his army with the respect they deserve, unless of course, they do not deserve it.
Short bio: at the young age of 7, Trylec was taken from his parents farm and raised as a knight, he fought in his first war at the age of 14, and fought in many more, his survival from these wars is what gave him recognition to the royals of orb city, and as time moved on, he rose in rank, until at the age of 25, he was given the position, of commander.

NAME: General Nryckust
AGE: 24
GENDER: Male
RACE: Shadow beast
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Nryckust is consistently surrounded by dark shadow flames, he stands just under 10 feet tall and his size often gives away his position, although he has the power to make up for that flaw.
HAIR: N/A
EYES: Bright red flames
CLOTHING: Dark Plated armour, it does not cover his arms or head
WEAPONS: 2 Massive 2 handed swords
PERSONALITY: Destructive, remorseless, and determined to get whatever he wants, no matter what’s in his way.
Short Bio: Born into the position, Nryckust has spent his whole life being trained and manipulated, he has been taught to show no remorse and to hate all that appose the shadow clan, he has so far never failed a mission, and has been told that this one he has just been assigned is the most crucial to the shadow clans plans.


NAME: Kaznec Realtith
AGE: 19
GENDER: male
RACE: elf
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Kaznec is fairly scrawny, he is a short elf, usually having to look up at every one he sees, his skin is quite pale as he usually works at night and doesn’t get much light.
HAIR: Short grey hair, just so it doesn’t ever get in the way of his sight
EYES: dark green
CLOTHING: Kaznec wears a brown tunic sometimes, hw doesn’t usually wear anything to actually protect himself, but because of the circumstances, he is wearing chain mail over his tunic, he carries around a backpack, containing all his ‘Tricks of the trade’
WEAPONS: 2 Daggers, one with an emerald hilt that he calls brother, and a long and short bow and arrows.
PERSONALITY: Kaznec is quite like a merchant, he is usually spending his time trying to sell his services and even when he is taking a break from it all, he still acts kind of like a salesman
SHORT BIO: Kaznec is an assassin/mercenary, he is quite attached to a dagger that his father had given him the day before he died, he now calls his dagger brother, because it has been like family to him. He was walking through one of the near by branching cities of orb city when he heard the predicament they were in, so, thinking of the possible money to be made, Kaznec ran toward the castle as fast as he could

Nice to see you've finally got this up!

Character 1

NAME: Sadian Hawker
AGE: 23
GENDER: Male
RACE: Human
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Strong, athletic build with a muscular body from wearing heavy armour and wielding a sword.
HAIR: Short, rough, military-style brown hair.
EYES: Hazel coloured eyes.
CLOTHING: Soflt leather boots, black breeches tucked into the top of his boots, a black tunic and vest.
ARMOUR: Full set of steel armour with a red and blue plumed helmet, he also wears a long trailing, blood red cape.
WEAPONS: Steel longsword and steel kite shield.
PERSONALITY: Brave, courageous and willing to sacrifice himself for others. He is also quite cheerful but in times of war he becomes serious.
SHORT BIO: Sadian was born and raised in Orb City so he's not about to let an army of shadow creatures overwhelm it. At the early age of six, Sadian was taken in to become a knight. He's long and rigorous training produced the great tactician and swordsman that he is today. At the early age of 19 he married the love of his life, Veril. They've been together ever since.

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NAME: Veril Hawker
AGE: 23
GENDER: Female
RACE: Human
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: She is of average height and weight, but is quite fit from hunting in the woods (her favourite hobby).
HAIR: Long, silky dark brown hair that goes over shoulders and a quarter of the way down her back.
EYES: Green eyes that reflects the wilderness she often hunts in.
CLOTHING: A beautiful long green dress with a golden lace trimming and slightly puffy sleeves.
ARMOUR: Nil
WEAPONS: A small silver dagger
PERSONALITY: Likes to take swift action, Veril is cunning and decisive. But she displays warm affection to those she is close too.
SHORT BIO: Born in Orb City, Veril led a fairly normal life. She is a noble woman of average stature amongst all the others, but she still lived well. When she turned 19 she married Sadian, a local freelance knight at the time. she enjoys hunting in Orb City's surrounding woods and has great skill with a bow.

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NAME: Erissare Dawn
AGE: 24
GENDER: Female
RACE: Elf
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Slim whiplike frame and she seems to walk with the grace and dignity of a cat.
HAIR: Long blond hair that goes down her back and over her shoulders.
EYES: One brown eye (left eye) and one green eye (right eye)
CLOTHING: Aqua blue cloak, green breeches tucked into knee-high leather boots and she also wears a pair of leather gloves.
ARMOUR: Nil
WEAPONS: Two handed elven longsword strapped across the back of her waist.
PERSONALITY: Kind and caring but when it comes to a fight she won't back down.
SHORT BIO: Errisare grew up in the woods surrounding the Elven Capital. All through her childhood and teenage years, Errissare was taught the art of healing and combat. She quickly became an expert at restoration magic and grew to be very handy with a blade. She was visiting Orb City when the announcement of the upcoming seige arrived so she decided to stay and help any way she could.

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NAME: Shaderan (shad-er-ran)
AGE: 23
GENDER: Male
RACE: Elf / Shadow Beast
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Shaderan has a slim athletic body, with strong arm and leg muscles for using a bow and running. He also has black flame coming off his right shoulder; this is to show his so called allegiance to the shadow.
HAIR: Nil
EYES: Bright red flames
CLOTHING: A midnight black hood that is always up and covering all his face except his nose, mouth and chin. He also wears fingerless leather gloves on his hands.
ARMOUR: Light-weight shadow armour covering his chest, outside of arms, legs feet and neck.
WEAPONS: Two steel short swords strapped across his back, a dark elven bow and 24 shadow arrows.
PERSONALITY: Shaderan mostly keeps to himself and doesn't like being given orders. He is highly aggressive and will sometimes attack without warning or provoction. He is very cruel and will mercilessly kill women and children without a second thought if it gets him what he wants.
SHORT BIO: Shaderan used to be an elf; one of the king's personal rangers who swore to protect him and help innocents when they are in need. But Shaderan's gratitude was short lived. He took orders around the clock and had to constantly put himself in danger for others. So he abandoned his post, and left to travel the lands and make his own living. Little did he know that he would unwittingly save the king's life. Shaderan stumbled upon a camp of vampiric assassins (who's mission was to kill the king), and had to defend himself in a fight to the death. Eventually, through a stroke of luck, Shaderan survived. But he had caught the disease of the vampires and was now mortally wounded. Seeking shelter in a local bear cave, he nursed his injuries and eventually grew back to health. He hated the King and elf kind for abandoning him (even though he was the one to leave) and blamed them for his condition. As he continued to travel (feeding and killing as necessary), he stumbled upon the Shadow Army. Seeing this as a way to get back at the elven race, Shaderan joined up, but refused to swear allegiance to their kind. He was then given the gift of the shadow and now is much faster and stronger than he used to be. Hearing about the Orb, Shaderan volunteered hoping to gain the orb to use it for his own personal revenge.

Ok, we are going to start now, PM to join.

"At least take an escort," Sadian begged his wife. Veril meerily stared at him expectantly until he gave up.
"Fine... but be careful, you don't know what could be on the roads." He hugged her as she got up into her carriage. Their driver Jeffrey sitting comfortably at the front of the ornate carriage and Veril's handmaiden lounging quietly inside.
"Honey, I'll be fine. I know the area well." She winked at him. "From all those hunting trips we took together." As she climbed steadily into the carriage, Sadian made a last vain attempt to placate her.
"Why don't you go with the other women and children? I'm sure they'll be happy to have you."
"You know, if I wanted a quite life I wouldn't have married a knight. Did you really expect this to be easy?"
Sadian sighed, "I guess not..." Reaching behind him he offered up her bow and a quiver of swan feathered arrows. "Stay safe." he whispered.
"I will," Veril replied quickly, as she leaned down and planted a kiss upon his cheek. Closing the doors of the carriage, Veril looked out the window as the carriage started to leave. "I expect our house to be in order upon my return Sadian." She waved merrily out the window. Sadian waved back with a grin, "I'll try to keep it just how you left it." He called back. As the carriage exited the back gate, Sadian turned and began to walk back to the main gate and the defenses being prepared there. God I hope she'll be alright... He glanced down at his black tunic and breeches. I'll have to put on my armour soon. He noted to himself. As Sadian neared the keep, he heard the clank of steel armour and saw one of his knights coming to give a summary of the defences. The man looked exhausted. Obviously building walls and reinforcing defences takes it out of a person.
"Captain Sadian!" He called as he ran towards him. He made a quick salute before giving his report. "Sir, all the women and children have been succesfully evacuated." As they approached the main gate, Sadian noticed Commander Trylec standing outside. "And the gate has been reinforced with more steel and timber," The knight was saying, Sadian merely nodded in reply. "The oil is prepared as well and the archers have all been supplied with arrows." He looked to Sadian expectantly.
Sadian turned to him. "Good job Kerrin, go take a break and be back here before the fighting begins." Kerrin grinned as he turned and walked back to the armoury, his report finished. Sadian strode towards the commander. Coming up beside him he spoke, "Sir, we need to close the gate. Anyone who was willing to come and help would have been here by now... we have no choice. The enemy is nearing."

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Errissare walked blindly around the city. Not really paying attention to where she was going. It was hard to beleive that in a few hours this place was going to be attacked. Then it would all change. As she walked through the marketplace, Errissare played absent mindedly with her hair. Of course she would help the injured... and if it came to it fight as well. But hopefully that would not be necessary. It didn't really seem like anyone could penetrate such a fortress. With the high walls and imposing keep it seemed likey that the enemy would simply rise like a wave against it... and then be smashed against it's strong walls. She continued forward to a raised area, which is where everyone seemed to be heading and waited patiently by it's side. No matter what, she would be ready...

Trylec stood strongly at the gate holding his helmet in his left hand, he did not want anything to have to pass these gates, and he could see the fields and farms in the distance slowly blackening. The shadow beasts were approaching. You murderous fiends, at least our scouts found you before it was too late. He continued to look out, he hoped that another town may have generously sent a defending army, although this was unlikely, the messengers he had sent would have only made it to the branching villages of orb city, so it was unlikely an army would arrive, yet he could still hope, as every knight would could in this time of horror.

One of his most trusted knights, Sadian Hawker approached "Sir, we need to close the gate. Anyone who was willing to come and help would have been here by now... we have no choice. The enemy is nearing.," Trylec had a quick look, hoping that just one more person would be able to help, he sighed, only seeing the dark glow of the shadow beasts in the distance " He turned around to face inside the city "Well, I guess your right, we do have no choice, "He turned his head to the gate house, "CLOSE THE GATE!" Trylec walked towards the line of knights as the gate closed behind him, There is no turning back now men, "YOU ARE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN," Trylec turned his head to the ground, he found it hard talking to the people who had practically willingly let him put them on their death toll, he raised his head again "EVEN AS DEATH STARES YOU IN THE FACE, YOU STAND UNEFFECTED BY THE DARK BEASTS APPOACHING US. BUT THAT IS WHAT WE NEED, WE NEED FIGHTERS, AND IF WE FIGHT, WE STILL STAND A CHANCE. AYE THEIR NUMBERS ARE HIGH, BUT THEY LACK WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE HEART, WE HAVE DETERMINATION," Trylec lowered his voice a little, "And we have the warrior next to us, I'm talking about working together," He pulled his one-handed sword from its silver sheath and held it by his side, "WE EACH HAVE A WARRIOR NEXT TO US WITH THE SAME THINGS GOING THROUGH THEIR HEADS, THEIR FRINDS, THEIR FAMILIES, THE BEAUTIFUL ORB CITY, BUT THE ONE THING THAT VERY FEW OF YOU THINK OF, IS YOURSELVES" He stopped for a few short moments to allow the knights to ponder what he had just said. "THE WAR AHEAD OF US MAY GO FOR DAYS, AND IT WILL TEST YOU PAST YOUR LIMITS," Trylec pointed his sword to a random knight in the crowd "But mealy showing up here, has proved, that you have no limits," Trylec re-sheathed his sword and donned his helmet, "NOW PREPARE, THE INVASION WILL BEGIN AT ANY MOMENT, MAN YOUR POSTS!"

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Nryckust had an excellent vantage point of orb city, his army had been marching for days, and now the Orb that his race so craved was Minutes away, there would be an army prepared for his arrival, but it would be minute compared to his massive army of his shadowed brothers. He looked around at the beautiful black flames, and the horrid human slaves, at least they could carry the equipment, so they weren’t completely useless. "WE SET UP CAMP HERE," he boomed, a roar of approval came from the crowd. In very little time a basic camp was set up by the human slaves, the camp would only be used by the shadow elites and himself, the other beasts could just lie down. Nryckust stood in front of the campfire as he watched the shadow beasts toy with the human slaves, and then ripping them to sheds, and consuming them. ahh, so they can be used for manual labour, and provide my brothers with nourishment, how convenient.

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Kaznec ran toward the castle, "DON'T CLOSE THE GATES!" he tried to yell out but by the time he got to the gates they were jammed shut, and they weren’t opening any time soon. Kaznec jumped as he heard a roar burst out from behind him, he turned to see a massive army of shadow beasts, "CRAP!" he started to run, skimming along the walls of the city, hopefully he might find an entrance of some kind, "Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap, crap," he chanted as he ran around the walls just looking for an entrance. along the west of the city wall he found a small hole YES, but I guess its digging time Kaznec reached into his back pack and pulled out a pair of leather gloves and began to dig, he hated getting his hands full of mud, It made Fighting more uncomfortable.

NAME:Rege Kune
AGE:19
GENDER:Male
RACE:Human
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Average height(5'11) and wiry with tanned skin
HAIR: Short wild red hair
EYES: earth brown
CLOTHING: generally wears an open vest backed with chainmail and long shorts, also backed with chainmail. a bandanna is tied around his head and bracers are equiped around his arm
WEAPONS: Studded knuckles and hidden katars in the bracer, a scimitar hangs from his back
PERSONALITY:generally quirky and always grinning, Rege loves a good fight and is willing to stick up for his beliefs when he feels contridicted
SHORT BIO:Born and raised in Orb city, Rege became a streetfighter at a young age and eventually was accepted into a dojo for martial arts. severals years of hard training rewarded him when his master decided to teach him swordwork as well and Rege became an official nomad of the desert

Rege sighed and flipped a small pen knife between his knuckles as he watched the Shadow army march atop the gate, he was settled cozily on the threshold yet was poised for surprise attacks, it didn't hurt to be prepare Rege thought, lazily watching the crowd of walking metal run about he gave a small grin and shook his head "You don't need tin clothes to protect yourselves" he said quoting his master, "Ouch!" the pen knife he was flipping gave him a small cut and dropped outside the gate, Rege sat there staring at it and sucking at his cut before hopping of and to the ground. there would be blood tonight, his included

NAME:Chrono "Cross" Crusade

AGE:12

GENDER:Female

RACE:Human

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Cross stands at only 4 feet. Her pale porcelain skin makes her look more like a doll.

HAIR: Long black and straight

EYES: Her eyes are different from one another. her left eye is jet black while her right eye is piercing blue.

CLOTHING:She wears a long black cloth that covers her eyes (but she can still see through) and at the same time uses it as a ribbon/headband.

She usually wears dark colored dresses that you can only find dolls wearing. But she keeps it hidden under a black hooded cape.

WEAPONS: Cross bow

PERSONALITY: Quite but adventurous. Cross is like any child who loves to cause trouble in her own carefree mind. Unfortunately she does her action irrationally.

SHORT BIO:
Being the only one of the two children of her family, she was forced to fight and learn about war at a very young age. Even though she's very young she already knows the basics of the kill.

Sadian stood behind his Commander as he gave the speech. He didn't really think much of it, but that was because he preffered proving things with actions... not just by words. Still... Sadian thought absent mindedly, If it helps the men fight better, then who am I to judge? Turning as a knight tapped him on the back, Sadian accepted the parchment given to him. It contained all the tactics and defenses for Orb City and would hopefully help them all come up with at least some basic tactics. he turned back to Commander Trylec amd nudged him with the plans as he finished his speech. "Uh, sir I think you should explain the new defenses to them." He said quietly. He wasn't much of a public speaker, and so didn't feel the need to do it himself. I hope we win this...

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Shaderan halted mid step as the order to set up a camp was given. About bloody time... He thought to himself. He watched as the human slaves attempted to set up a basic camp while the shadow creatures jeered them. Pitiful creatures... those humans deserve their fate... As Shaderan thought this, he noticed suddenly that the humans had finished and now were eying the shadow creatures wearily. This should be interesting... With a sudden unexpected lunge, the shadow creatures fell upon the humans... feasting for their own nourishment. As one human slave was about to get attacked, Shaderan pulled him roughly backwards by his collar. The slave looked around nervously and finally noticed the Shadow Elite looming over him. With a yelp he tried to break free from Shaderan's iron grip, but to no avail. Finally realising he wasn't going anywhere, the slave spoke in a small scared voice. "Th- thank you for rescuing m-me from the-' But he never completed his sentence. While the slave had been talking, Shaderan had pulled him closer, smelling for the first time in a week... fresh meat. With a loud chomp, Shaderan bit down hard on the slave's neck and pulled a large chunk of his flesh out in a single bloody movement. The slave's eyes bulged, and he let out an unearthly shriek of pain... then he collapsed into Shaderan's arms. Tossing the now dead slave back into the shadow creatures, Shaderan walked over to General Nryckust. With a smirk, blood still dribbling from the corner of his mouth, he spoke, "Never did like the taste of human, it's too... stringy."

(um you know the character i pm'ed to you... will it be accepted)

I replied, and gave you many reasons why its not accepted