Introduction
12 years ago the world changed when a demon lord tore a rift between worlds and launched an all out attack attacked on the city of Haven. Taken by surprise humanity was forced to acknowledge the existence of demons and the supernatural. Meanwhile the demon lord took control of a huge part of the city. The first battles of the war were easily won by the demons, but eventually the people of Haven started to push back.
In a final massive struggle humanity triumphed and killed the demon lord. However, as he died he cast a curse, corrupting the city with his power. The rift closed as thick red rain poured from the sky. The surviving demons fled to the darkest holes and corners of the city, but they remained.
Not long after the effects of the curse became evident. Animals and plant life became twisted and often dangerous. Some humans also began to develop paranormal abilities. These humans became feared for their frightening powers and their tendencies to lose control.
So that's when you come in. You are a citizen for modern day Haven. The city is still being rebuilt and paranoia is everywhere. Armed forces patrol the streets for demons and corrupted animals. The number of corrupted humans is on the rise, as is the number of them that lose control.
So what will you do? Will you join the police department or Haven Office of Demon Affairs and try to restore order? Will you make a profit off the chaos as a demon hunter?
Or perhaps you're a part of Haven's Curse, one of the poor souls corrupted by demonic power. What about you? Will you stand with humanity or take the city for your own kind?
Corrupted Humans
These people have developed supernatural abilities as a result of Haven's Curse. They are classified as stable and unstable. A stable person is usually in full control of his/her abilities but is far weaker than one who is unstable. Unstable people on the other hand frequently lose control of their abilities, their powers grow and continue to grow rapidly in strength, on top of this they are prone to going insane. A stable person can become unstable when put under extreme stress although some people are unstable from the moment their powers start to develop. They are referred to by many as "Freaks" and are meant to register with the Haven Office of Demon Affairs, although many prefer to hide their nature.
Demon Hunters
Many humans can’t wait for the H.O.D.A. to track down certain demons and will pay money to anyone that can. Demon hunting is illegal because it's so dangerous and because some hunt demons for demonic substances like demon blood. Some hunters will also target corrupted humans, for the right price.
H.O.D.A.
The Haven Office of Demon Affairs is responsible for cleansing the city of Demons. They research demons, the corrupted and all things related to Haven's curse. They also monitor and regulate registered corrupted humans. Rumors claim that they preform illegal experiments on corrupted humans, but those are just rumors... right?
Demons
Demons are split into two classes, lesser and higher.
Lesser: These are mainly monstrous mixes of animals that can sometimes possess paranormal powers. They are very similar to corrupted animals, except they are usually more powerful and more intelligent.
Higher: These are very rare. They are at least as smart as humans and can have humanoid forms (although not always). They are capable of using powerful supernatural abilities and commanding lesser demons.
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Other Characters
To get things started I decided to add a few characters. Fill free to use them along with your own characters. You can use one if you want but please PM me first.
- Sweeney McCarthy - the overweight, middle aged owner of McCarthy's pub
- Elizabeth Ross aka Liz - a young police officer at the Haven Police Department. She is corrupted but stable, with the ability to force anyone she touches to tell the truth.
- Jacob Flynn - A demon hunter in his early twenties. He is aggressive and holds a bitter resentment towards corrupted humans, due to an incident 2 years ago involving one of them and his girlfriend, Elaine Baker. Elaine is now in a coma at Haven General Hospital.
- Elaine Baker - A young women currently in a coma at Haven General Hospital. She is corrupted but stable and holds the ability to enter the dreams of others. Her abilities only manifested after she fell into the coma.
- Darren Erickson - The supposed leader of the H.O.D.A. He is however a mere figurehead nothing more.
Keith Moore - Headmaster of Haven Public High school. He is currently involved in a deal with a demon called Lethe which is feeding off the memories of his students. - Harper Lin - A quite, shy and somewhat fragile, high school student. Her powers have skyrocketed to the point were she can bring a person back from the brink of death. However, her powers now have a dangerous flip side, she can cause the internal organs of anyone within a 3 meter radius to fail instantly. She is currently locked away by the H.O.D.A.
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Will hands Cato a pistol" Take this just in case. If it comes to a battle of who is who shot us both the rounds have a charge that will stop the demon from changing."
They hurry off to the university and Kat's shift is just about to start."First we need to get the girl out of here. After that it should be just us and the demon."
They arrive at the guards station, Will opens the door slowly" Shes not here? Hopefully shes just running late. We'll wait here for a few, and if that thing hasn't gotten her first well fill her in on the details."
The search wasn't going well, it seemed Will was counting on Kat to lead them to the demon. At this stage she was already in a great deal of danger. They had to find it now. Cato, cleared his mind and focused. 12 years ago, during the demon raids, his mother had taught him a "trick", to detect demons. At first he felt nothing. Slowly a feeling of dread and panic crept up on him, the feeling of something being wrong, he shivered. "It's here" he turned to Will "and it's close." He pulled the gun out of his jeans, "ready?"
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The next thing on Arrons list after his break was buying some extra cigarettes for his trip. The store which Arron bought these cigarettes at was having a sale on cleaning supplies so he also bought a two wash cloths and various cleaning supplies. They had been on sale and he'd needed things for washing at home. He would probably keep one of the cloths on his person take it to his camp. He wiped his forehead with said cloth and stuffed it back into a bag as he made his way across the plaza towards a supermarket that knew sold large bottle of water. He was set food-wise for the journey, he had made sure of that when he found a shop that was having a sale on such items. His next steps after he had gotten some water were to head to the hospital and borrow some medical supplies. Just in case of injuries or infections he liked to have bandages, pain killers and antibiotics on hand.
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Kat was sitting down at a desk completely looking completely oblivious. Was it really her? He had to try something before Will did. "Err, Kat" he began, "I've been thinking about the whole siren thing, and I'm not really sure what you were talking about could you just show us instead?"
"Miss Kat would you please stay here I cant guarantee your safety."
Will signals to Cato and walks back outside. "ok are you ready for some real excitement?" Will draws his sword and cuts his hand. "This shit always hurts but these demons just cant get enough of it."
Maybe she could ask for some light or at least some sort of escort. She paced down the path. She could feel eyes. She walked faster. Adrenaline was getting to her. No, it was fear. The last time she encountered this fear was when those men began calling her freaks. She could feel the glowing of green, the light bounced off her face, fading in and out. Calm down, you're at the university... but the rumors. The cawing of a crow. A crow. She dashed.
"See Cato this is why people get hurt." Will says facing the two Kats in front of him."Now this can end one of two ways you either shoot both or you shoot one and hope you got it right."
"Unfortunately if he doesn't chose soon ill have to cut you both down. I cant really let that monster go and hurt more people."
That time is over and the time to let the humans know to prepare for war, but he could not do so with a sudden attack, a better way would be to feed on a human and leave their defiled corpse where the right people would find it, he could think of no better place to do this than their precious University. An attack on a students would begin the stirrings of fear and panic. A certain brown haired, green eyed teen had chosen a most unfortunate night to be out pass curfew.
Larken had spotted her upon his intrusion though she failed to notice him on account of her attempts at sneaking back into the campus no doubt, fortunate for him but very, very unfortunate for her. It was easy to guess which building she was her goal allowing him to choose an alternative route that would get him there much sooner, and there he would wait wait wait there in the darkness near the entrance where in her hurry she would not see before it was too late. Sure enough she rounded the corner and swiftly she scurried to what she thought would be her protection from unseen pursuer but just before she could reach the double doors a tall, rough looking thug with gnarly scars down the left side of his face came from the darkness to stand between her and safety, she tried to slow up and take off in the other direction but it was much too late, his right hand found a firm grip around her slender neck and hoisted her into the air.
" Look at what we've got here, a sheep that has wondered too far from it's guardian Shepard in night, wondered right into the jaws of a hungry wolf "
he said with a nasty, crooked smile as she squirmed in his grasp trying desperately and in vein to break free, his strength was far beyond hers. With the flick of his wrist the girl was tossed against the wall behind them nearly knocking her unconscious therefore allowing him ample time to flip her over and press her face and chest against the cold, hard wall. He could feel her trembling beneath his touch, he was well aware of the fact some mortals were cursed with abilities akin to demonic power so he knew he had to kill her before shock and fear gave way to reason and she used what power she had against him. The grotesque sounds of his jaws unhinging and stretching could be compared to the sound of wood splinting under pressure as he prepared to decapitate her with the aid of the now many visible rows of inhumanly sharp fangs, so that he may quickly drink the corpse dry directly from major arteries.
In an instant Cato's shadow cleared the stretch between him and the two Kats. The dark shape quickly covered the two girls and pinned them to the ground. One Kat gave a yelp of surprise and pain as she hit the ground. "Sorry about this Kat" he muttered, if they all got out of this alive it was safe to assume that their friendship was over. "So which one of you can tell me where we met?" he asked to the two. His voice was even and, he hoped, expressed some element of control. The fact was he couldn't hold the both of them there much longer and was running out of ideas fast.
She focused some of the last of her energy into her right hand, immediately shooting at the monster of a man. She wasn't sure he was injured at all by the blast of energy, yet she knew that the blow at least fazed him for a couple seconds. She could not catch a glimpse of his face, yet she could tell he'd be furious by her struggles. She spotted a way out and she booked it, feeling herself run unnaturally, probably from fatigue. She didn't dare to look back. Now she had to find some sort of figure. One that could help her, one that could keep her away from the monster. With her voice still dry from the choking, she attempted to scream for help. She had to hope someone had heard it, please. She couldn't die here.
She took a few twists and turns, hoping to find the security office. They weren't in?! She gripped at her head, her left hand meeting with the thick blood that mixed with sweat and her hair. Ignoring the disgust in the back of her mind, she listened closely. There was the muffled sound of talking, somewhere close. She had to find and warn them, hopefully they'd help her too. She scouted the area, finding the faint figures of four people. She could feel the tears in her green eyes, the relief in her mind. She sprinted off towards them, not realizing the situation that had been going on with the "four".
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"Please" cried the impostor, "you don't understand! I had no choice, every form I took I only took to protect myself, to hide!" Cato faltered, was this even a demon? He knew the facts but he just couldn't shoot a helpless girl in cold blood, and on top of that she looked just like Kat. For a moment Cato's concentration wavered. The shapeshifter smiled, a horrible and grotesque smile the literally reached from ear to ear and lunged at Cato breaking free from his shadow.
The demon collided with him before he could even raise his gun and knocked him to the ground, sending the weapon flying out of reach. The monster opened its now hideous maw, to reveal serrated teeth and an a lizard like tongue. It was unbelievably strong and easily held held him down, as it went for the kill.
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The demon seemed to be the only one in pain, it beauteously strange to her. Her left hand (her right hand was stained with her blood) reached for the hunter, grasping the fabric of his shirt as her knees felt like they'd turn to goo. She tugged almost roughly, finding the courage to find her voice once more. "There's more than o-one.." She murmured, her eyes fluttering as she felt body giving out progressively.
Well, at least he thought they were until he heard a noise from Will's direction. He turned to see an injured girl collapse against Will, had the shapeshifter done that? Cato froze, he could sense another demon, the overwhelming sense of fear could be nothing else.
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"Cato, Kat take this girl now! Take her to the hospital and keep, and tell them she was attacked by a dog or something. We cant let the wrong people know what happened here." Will picks up the gun and puts it in his jacket. Then takes some of the girls blood and rubs it on himself.
"Demons smell blood so take this opportunity to move swiftly. Im going to fight who ever hurt her"
She attempted to sit up from the ground to protest his plan, only to no avail as she cringed. Her head pounded as she remained awake. Wanting to speak to them, tell them her experiences, but her voice was once again lost. She eventually shut her eyes, knowing she could be question at the hospital. She let the wave of rest overcome her, passing out onto the spot.
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He stood awkwardly in silence, what did she think of him, using his power against her? He doubted she'd forgive him for it. The silence continued until an old women in a white coat glided into the room. "Hello, my name is Dr. Gloria Ross" she announced smoothly, "the girl you came in with will recover, but she is currently in no situation for you to see her right now. I understand that the two of you have been through a lot, but there are tests that must be run, you did sustain injuries from a demon after all. The paramedics that arrived may have preformed first aid, but demons carry all sorts of disease... and curses. Better safe than sorry, don't you agree?"
I'm sorry to everyone about the delay, I wasn't able to log in for a while and then I was working on a ton of assignments. Please don't think I've given up on this!
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The voice was a scratch, unpleasant voice that in a word, complemented wholisticly with the rough, battle worn figure of it's owner. Larken could now see his own folly, he had the scent of her blood etched into his naval cavities and he knew that with the head injuries she was certain to have sustained she couldn't get far, he did not think for a second she would run into someone clever enough to fool him as he'd been fooled for the girl was nowhere in sight and the smell of her blood now emanated from the young hunter that now turned to face him.
" I've got to hand it to you kid, that was a pretty clever trick, truly. The old bait and switch, never thought I would be ass enough to fall for it. " he said as he began closing the 25 feet gap between them with slow, deliberate steps
" yet here we are, and I can only assume you're supposed to be one of the humans running around cutting down the weaker of us and calling yourselves hunters, how cute, I will also go ahead and assume you've never faced a greater demon before " he stopped his advance some 12 feet away and took a second to read the young hunter's expression, he could see in his eyes that hunter wanted nothing more than to kill him, he hungered for it. " So I'll tell you how this is going to go; you're going to tell me where you sent the girl and I'll kill you quickly, snap your neck and I won't even drink from your corpse. Or you try to take me on and I break you and beat you until the pain stops your heart, which one will it be? "
Will readys his blade and lunges towards the demon, dragging the blades before a powerful slash up. Rubble fills the air before him as he throws a flame charged punch thought in hopes of dealing greater damage to the demon.
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Larken Sanders
We will retake this city, and then, the world
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the new girl in town
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I'm not homeless my freind, the streets, she be my home and I'll love her till the day I die.
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I'm not homeless my freind, the streets, she be my home and I'll love her till the day I die.
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We will retake this city, and then, the world
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We will retake this city, and then, the world
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the new girl in town
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Haven City University. This college is the biggest and most successful in Haven. It has many courses on demon studies.
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I massive collection of stores and restaurants, there's something for everyone here.
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Some reasonable student accommodation.
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This run down Irish bar has recently begun to function as a meeting place for demon hunters.
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The largest high school in Haven City, many parents send their children away to be educated rather than leave them here.
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