Introduction
Laying ruin to all that was considered 'holy' in Gaia, he ultimately destroyed the Shiki Shrine, the center of all the knowledge the Gaians had collected over millenia. Its Priests and Associates were ruthlessly massacred, the Shrine razed to the ground.
But with their final breath, the Seven High-Priests and Priestesses managed, with their combined life forces, to create four Guardians, each representing one of the four seasons.
Unfortunately, these Seasons were birthed as mere infants, scattered over all of Gaia. The one positive side of the situation was that the Prince didn't know anything of this. The catch?
Neither did anyone else, including the Guardians themselves.
With Gaia now under the Devil Prince, overrun with strange beasts who were driven out into the world as the chaos, greed and bloodshed slowly corrupted it and a blazing eternal summer ever since the Four Seasons died out, spontaneous rebellions have broken out all over the world, with the Guardians knowing nothing of their Destiny. But unless the four Guardians unite to form the Shiki once again, nothing can destroy the Devil Prince completely.........
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6. Northern Rebel Commander
7. Eastern Tribe Commander
8. A bunch of Rebel People I'll List separately if someone takes them.
10. Bunch of People related to Devil Prince's Court/ Army/ So on.
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1. Mages: Can use High level Magic without any equipment 1/5
2. Priests: Can only employ White Magic - for Healing Purposes and warding off Spirits/Shiki.
3. Dark Priests: Can use only Black Magic.
4. Apprentices: Can use some Low level Magics, usually aligned with a Mage or out on travels.
5. Minstrels: Wanderers, but have been forced to learn certain Magic forms to defend themselves against the vicious beasts attacking them, Can do only Barrier Magics.
6. Knights: Have no magic, but are powerful warriors.
7. Nobles: Knowledgeable and learned in many secret arts.
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"I don't believe it." Hayato snarled, making Beline eye him as if she was worried that he was going to burst spontaneously out in flames anytime now. "And don't give me that look, Bel. This is the fifth time we've been kicked out of a job! And why the Hell is that?"
Not bothering to point out that it was mostly Hayato's fault for going suddenly (and violently) crazy on the patrons of the establishment they had been working in (after all, it was her fault as much as his. She should have kept an eye on him to see this didn't happen... again.), Beline offered her older (but she swore to God that at times like these, he could just as easily have been the younger one) brother a sympathetic smile and a pat as they made their way to the nearest human settlement.
Hayato never let them stay for long in one place, blabbering about 'enemies' and 'raids' and 'disgusting s*it' (by which he meant the soldiers that often seemed to patrol - and more often than not pillage - the towns and major villages they had been to so far) and how it was just unsafe for his little sister.
Beline, on the other hand, felt this to be a little too much. She missed having friends - or really, anyone to talk to besides her brother. Hell, she didn't even know anyone besides him, but since she loved travelling and exploring new places, and wasn't too social anyway, she went along with it. Brother had sacrificed a lot for her. They worked in comparatively smaller inns or manors, places where they could lodge together (because like Hell was Hayato going to leave his little sister unsupervised and unprotected!) but so far this month, they hadn't been having much luck with that. Hayato seemed more paranoid than usual - which was pretty damn paranoid if you asked Beline - and the smallest things seemed to set him off. Of course, that might be because his mother's death anniversary was approaching .....
Beline sighed, tightening her shawl around her. If she ever found the people who had murdered her brother's only living relative, she would subject them to a very slow, very painful death. She didn't care if it was un-ladylike as her friends back in their real village always told her, but the mere thought of such unfairness to her brother and the other villagers seemed to bring the darker side she had worked so hard on keeping a secret from everyone out.
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Going out the door Jade headed back down the street that led into the woods. She has been in living there since she could remember, and it was her safe haven. Letting out a breath once she walked through the gates Jade began humming to herself while going home.
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Ignoring the dog, Fuyu casually took out his sword. He pointed it at the dog and said codly "If you don't leave right now, you will become my next meal...right about...NOW..." He sheathed his sword and smirked as the dog ran away with its tail between its legs. He sat down again and continued to nibble the bread, completely ignored everything else.
As he finished his quick lunch, Fuyu stood up and dusted himself off any bread crumbs. The young man took his sword and prepared to find a place to stay for tonight. Walking quietly, Fuyu's ears twitched slightly as he heard a strange noise. Stopping, Fuyu walked to the bush and blinked as he discovered a family of dogs living there. They all looked like they hadn't eaten anything for days and the swordman realized the dog begged for his food was the father of the bunchs. The dog growled as he stood protectively in front of him and Fuyu smirked. The dog had balls! He frowned as he saw the puppies all looked like they would die if they didn't have anything to eat and Fuyu sighed heavily. Taking his dinner from his small travelling bag, Fuyu threw it to the ground. The dogs didn't need to tell twice as they began to eat hungrily. The dog that had begged him looked at him and he chuckled. Patting its head, Fuyu sat down and looked up again as the dogs began to surrounded him. A small, thin puppy jumped in his lap and licked his face. Letting a small smile escaped his lips, Fuyu said to the dogs "Well...I guess you aren't too bad..." The swordman played with the dogs for a while before he stood up and spoke again "I have to go...I'll see you later, dogs..." And with that, Fuyu left and began to find himself a place to stay for the night as well as a job to earn some money before he left the small village.
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Looking at the strings on the bags containing fruits and vegetables, Jade looked at the loops on her pants, "Well guess I have no choice." Taking the bags she tied them around the belt loops on her pants and proceeded to pick up the deer. "Hopefully I'll make it back before dark...I would like to see when skinning an animal." Shaking her head Jade stayed on the dirt path until she came across a stream. Walking over a small bridge Jade turned down another path only this one was concealed. Almost there...
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"We should just find a place to rest for tonight." Beline muttered, for the hundredth time, looking pointedly at the setting sun.
"Here? Impossible! This place is completely open to all enemy attacks, not to mention wild animals, and you might catch a cold." Hayato finished his rant somewhat anticlimactically.
They had been going over this for over an hour now, each repeating the same phrase over and over again. Beline wanted to stop and clear a place to sleep in while there was still light. Hayato wanted to keep going until they found a place that he could deem safe enough for his little sister to sleep in. So far, Beline had been yielding and they were still walking, but what Hayato didn't know was that this was just one part of Beline's master plan, named "Get Hayato to Stop and Clear a Place to Spend the Night In Without Having Him Blow Up or Otherwise Destroy the Forest in the Process", which, if you knew Hayato, was a very difficult thing to achieve.
They absent-mindedly crossed a bridge that seemed to have appeared in their way somehow (somehow because it definitely wasn't mentioned in the map they had..... at least not on the way to the village that was supposed to be their destination) with Hayato still arguing they could make it to the next village before sundown, and Beline still not agreeing with him.
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"Oi! Let me deal with this, Sis!" Hayato interrupted, catching up with them.
"Ehh?" Beline said, putting her hands on her hips. Beline's Battle With Brother Stance. "No way! You will only scare her away!"
"As if a girl who can hunt and carry a deer can get scared that easily!" Hayato snorted.
"Well, you scare a lot of people away!" Beline argued.
"How do you know if you can trust her? For all we know she could be one of those damned spies waiting to ambush people... normal women don't hunt and carry a deer that size all by themselves, do they?" Hayato countered.
"Brother! She's right here!" Beline gasped disapprovingly before turning once again to the girl, ignoring her brother's shouts in the background. "Hello! I'm Beline, this is my older Brother Hayato. Just ignore him, he's loud and not too sharp in the head ["Who are you calling stupid girl!" Hayato screamed, making her flinch a little.] I apologise for whatever stupid things he says... he's actually a very good person once he gets to trust you, you just have to start tuning him out once he opens his mouth. Is your village nearby? You... aren't really going to ambush us, are you?" she added as an afterthought,
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"I say burn them all down! Purge every last possible traitor and create a grand river with their blood." The being cackled madly before being silenced when Agess' eyes came to focus upon him.
"Perhaps... it would stand as an example to my power and loyalty to defending this empire. Though I still wish another opinion to slaughter... it gets boring after a while."
"Why don't we all just get a long? Embrace them as friend and take heed at their differences our empire will be greater for it."
"Hmmm mayhap if this were a fairytale such would work... but in life caring is just as fiendish as killing to a populace that cares not for law."
"I say we should slaughter their men and enjoy their women..."
Agess' motioned his hand and red light filled the room. "I forget why I invite you to my council Lust... in fact I still don't fully understand why I take advise from any broken copy of myself..."
"It is because you are perfect milord... and the fact that you created us from yourself makes us near perfect... your other followers are more flawed then the lost philosophies of the past king. Either way at least you know that your 'humble' side is absolute."
He snapped his fingers and the many forms of himself vanished. "GUARD! send in Loki I need actual advise..." He continued with a under the breath whisper. "not the insane ramblings of myself."
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Setting the deer down on a flat rock Jade walked inside and started to get dinner ready. "Skin the deer, start the vegetables...and make some desert." Saying things aloud sometimes help her stay organized. Walking back outside Jade began to skin the deer.
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Not surprisingly, Hayato followed suit, grumbling under his breath about spies and enemies and God knew what, with a few choice words thrown in here and there.
"Do you want help carrying.." he began once before suddenly becoming aware that she was already far ahead, "Well, I suppose not."
And thus the grumbling resumed.
Once they emerged in a meadow, he called out "Do you need help skinning the deer?" hearing her list her chores out loud. Not that he would permit his little sister to eat a random wild animal that may or may not be poisoned by an unknown stranger who was helping them... and they didn't know why, which made it all that more suspicious in Hayato's eyes.
"Umm... do you mind? We have some fruit... if you want we can use them for dessert... if that's what you have for dessert.." The whole situation of a girl living in a forest alone was new to Beline, and for the life of her she couldn't figure out what such a person's normal diet might consist of. "A-and, I could help you cook if you want... "
"Don't listen to her unless you want an early, painful death." Hayato warned. "If you want any help, I'll be more than glad to help you. She can't cook worth shit."
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"General Loki...The Prince wants to meet you..." The guard said as he fidgeted nervously. It was a well-known fact that Loki had an very scary temper whenever someone interupted him in the middle of his reading time. Frowning heavily as he was interupted before he could read the best part of the story when the princess poisoned the prince and took away all of his gold, Loki turned his head and looked up with sharp, cold eyes "Yes...?" The guard swallowed and stuttered "T-the p-prince w-wants t-to meet you, g-general Loki..." The young man addressed the guard coldly "...and do you know what happens to the ones that don't knock the door before they interupt my reading time?..." The pathetic man flinched violently as he tried to control his fear without success "I'm...I'm sorry, g-general Loki...I-I'll try to remember it n-next time..." Putting the book away, Loki chuckled "...tsk...tsk...do you know that in the battles...just one tiny mistake can kill an entire army?...tell me...why do I have to forgive you when you don't seem to be intelligent enough to remember the simple fact that I absolutely hate it when a people interupt my reading time without knocking the door first?..."
The guard pleaded in an even more pathetic tone "P-please don't...don't kill me...I-I ha-have a-a w-wife a-and a son..." Loki stood up and twisted his magic slightly to increase the man's fear "Oh? really? how sad! I guess that will mean I have to tell your family about your...hm...unfortune, tragic death..." He said in mock sadness as he walked closer to the man. The man was frozen in fear and he was shaking like a leaf.Pathetic! Loki sneered. Without another word, the dark general increased the man's fear to the point of having a heart-attack before the guard could even run away.
Dusting his hands as he looked at the twitching corpse in disgust "Guards...clean this mess...I want my room cleaned when I come back, is that clear?" The guards looked at each other and nodded nervously "O-of c-course, s-sir..." Loki nodded curtly "Good..." Strengthened his clothes, Loki walked away. After all, the prince wanted to meet him and he wouldn't want to be late.
Pushing the heavy door open, Loki was instantly on his knees as he knelt before the Prince and greeted respectfully "Master...how may I be at your service today, sir?"
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Hayato stuck his tongue out at Beline, who rolled her eyes and muttered something that sounded suspiciously like "How mature of you, Brother." under her breath before turning once more to Jade. "See what I mean?"
Disregarding her, Hayato nodded at the girl. "Yes, I do. I actually worked as a cook for a little time..." He blinked at the offered knife before taking it, his mouth turning upwards into a smirk. "Well, I suppose this just goes to show I can trust you. No one except Bel would ever be dumb enough to hand a knife to complete strangers while unarmed herself. "
" That's actually not what he means. It was meant to be a compliment, but Brother being Brother, it sounds like he's insulting you when he's not really." Beline interrupted, because she really liked this girl. She was self-sufficient and yet kind enough to help them out, and she didn't want to offend her just because of her Brother's social skills ... or lack thereof. "You don't need help washing the vegetables or something? I could help with that, at least."
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He gave a small grunt as he could smell something really delicious in the air - deer, if he guessed correctly. His feet leaded him to a small wooden house. He stood in front of the house, wondering if he should ask for help or not. Finally, his stomach won the competition as it growled loudly again. He raised his hand hesitantly and knocked the door.
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Hearing a knock at the door Jade raised an eyebrow and went to go open it. Seeing a man standing there she slightly tilted her head to the side, "May I help you?" Jade didn't appear to be alert, but in her mind she was already thinking of ways to handle the situation.
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Fuyu's stomach decided to betray him as it growled loudly again, demanding for instant attention. Licking his lip and pretending he wasn't nervous, Fuyu said, his voice was still strangely cold and a little rough since he had been a long time since he had talked a full sentence "...I am in need of some...nutrition...I was wondering if you could...help me?...I promise I will pay you back..."
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He regarded the man who came in rather skeptically. The man - or rather boy, really - didn't really look like he was going to attack them, and Hayato had a knife in his hand, so he decided he didn't need to impale the boy right there, no questions asked. Besides, they were guests, and their hostess apparently had no qualms about helping the boy, so he would desist from harming him. For now. Because regardless of his usual behaviour, Hayato did know some manners. He had had them drilled in his head by Beline every time he managed to get them kicked from one more job.
"...I'm... a traitor of my own family...my name's Fuyu Omoiyari..."
What an unusual way to introduce yourself... Beline thought, not noticing how Hayato's hands clenched for a second before he forced them to relax.
Omoiyari, eh...?
But he'll hold off anyway. He couldn't start a fight in someone else's home ... as long as the other guy didn't start one first.
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"Sure thing." he called out, deciding to grace her with a reply. He could almost trust her.
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Fuyu Omoiyari
"...Do I look like I care about what you're saying?..."
Hayato Irae
Offense is the Best Defense!
Agess Demonic Prince.
Drink in affirmation of my deeds and be saved from damnation.
Jade Rolan
I'm still trying to figure out what's going on
Beline Irae
Oh, shiney!
Loki Mayhem
"...more chaos...this is still not enough..."
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Jade Rolan
I'm still trying to figure out what's going on
Hayato Irae
Offense is the Best Defense!
Agess Demonic Prince.
Drink in affirmation of my deeds and be saved from damnation.
Loki Mayhem
"...more chaos...this is still not enough..."
Beline Irae
Oh, shiney!
Fuyu Omoiyari
"...Do I look like I care about what you're saying?..."
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Hayato Irae
Offense is the Best Defense!
Loki Mayhem
"...more chaos...this is still not enough..."
Beline Irae
Oh, shiney!
Agess Demonic Prince.
Drink in affirmation of my deeds and be saved from damnation.
Fuyu Omoiyari
"...Do I look like I care about what you're saying?..."
Jade Rolan
I'm still trying to figure out what's going on
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A Tale of Four Seasons
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Re: [OOC] A Tale of Four Seasons
So, just wanted to let everyone know, Beline's going to blow it and accidentally let loose some of her latent powers. Whether or not Jade joins in, Kito comes across them, if the Demon Prince or his General notice the surge in magical energy and launch an investigation (because remember, they don't know anything about the Guardians) is upto you all. Just thought I'd let you know because of the slight plot advancement (Finally xD)
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Finalhazard3 wrote:I completely understand class system. I can't enter because I am lost :S
There, there's an opening for you to just sort of appear in the forest Jade and Beline are in now, if you want ^^
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And you can just jump in if you want to. Shadowing NPCs is allowed, so... ^^
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Finalhazard3 wrote:Thank you ^_^ Also is their any type of class that can create potions?
EDIT: Done with my profile, now just waiting for a chance to enter.
Priests can create some medicinal potions but if you want a variety of potions, Nobles would be the class for that. And you're welcome ^^
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EDIT: Done with my profile, now just waiting for a chance to enter.
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Finalhazard3 wrote:May I please reserve a male season of spring? I'm going to submit a small part of the profile today and finish it after school tomorrow.
Sure.
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technicolourstardust wrote:What sort of secret arts would nobles be capable of?
By Secret Arts I meant something along the lines of incantations and ritualistic magic that places emphasis on ingredients and ceremonies rather than actual mystic energies.
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feral gale wrote:can I reserve a male general for the Dark Prince? Thanks by the way
Sure ^^ And you're welcome.
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Lukipyon wrote:Could I reserve a female season of Spring please? :>
Sure. You have three days to submit a profile^^
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blackwolf wrote:may I reserve the season of winter, please? Thank you...it's a he
Sure. You have three days to submit a profile, and you're welcome.
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[OOC] A Tale of Four Seasons
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