Winged rodent-beasts attacked the market square, shattering the tranquility of a warm spring day. These snarling creatures fixed their attention on just a handful of the scattering crowd. Flanking their targets, the rodents gnashed their teeth and snapped their long tails like bullwhips.

What is it that connects these unlucky pedestrians? One thing: each carries an item with a glass gem. What would these creatures want with such simple trinkets? Do they pursue the sparkle with a raven-like zeal? No – there are plenty of shining baubles to be found at the market, and such beasts have never been near the town before now. That a flock should be passing by of its own accord is unlikely. Someone has deployed these beasts.

Even stranger: the glass gems begin to glow. It appears that these are no ordinary trinkets.



The premise of this game is simple: each adventurer possesses a differently colored trinket, and someone is pursuing them. Someone wants these trinkets. Badly.

The trinket may have come into your character's hands in any number of ways: they could have bought it, found it, received it as a gift. They might have even stolen it. Regardless, each trinket's ultimate origins are unknown. They aren't particularly impressive, either. Glass gems are beautiful -- but they are inexpensive and common. There was never any reason to think these were special.

Yet, special they are. When the trinkets first came together, they glowed. Over time, their true potential will unfold. Now, it's up to the group to decide: will they fight for their possessions? Will they band together? Where will they go, and how will they get there? These decisions must come soon, for monsters won't stop coming.



Setting:

This is non-modern fantasy on an original planet. It doesn't correspond to any specific time period, but technology is roughly similar to the 1400s with some advances due to magic. Fashion is a little less rigid -- just make sure it isn't too modern.

Firearms are rare as gunpowder is dangerous and expensive; armies may use cannons and hand cannons, but the average person does not have any access. Magic is more common (though it can be just as dangerous).

Magic is an attainable skill, one that requires study. Anybody of any species can learn it, but it takes years to become a master. It takes around 3-5 years to have basic but combat-useful skills, and at 10 years of training, one may be strong enough to join the Selian Army as a soldier mage. Most advanced mages have taken a professional apprenticeship, but some people may learn from family members or other contacts who know magic. Children who learn magic often start as young as 11 or 12 years old, and professional mages will almost never take apprentices younger than this. A few very stubborn mages are self-taught through as many books and scrolls as they can get their hands on, but this usually takes longer and often results in magic that isn't as polished as someone who learned from a skilled practitioner.

Humans are the most common species, but others exist. As long as it's reasonable (roughly on par with humans in abilities), I'll probably accept it.

The game starts out in Mara's Ridge, a large town under the crown of the Selian Empire. These are cool, temperate lands in the North. Many other settlements and lands exist; again, as long as it's reasonable, I'm open to embellishment.



Slots:

Each trinket is a different color, so this is how we'll do slots. We definitely don't need all the colors (the story can work with whatever number, and 9 is a lot of characters... I just want to give you a good choice, so I'm listing a bunch). However, we do need at least a few! You may play non-trinket role if you like, also, but again, we do need at least a few trinket-holders for this plot.

Note: We now have 2 or 3 thief characters, so I may not be accepting anymore than the applications I've already gotten.

Red: Suezanne's Akira
Blue: Marionette's Glissia "Glis" Laine
Yellow: WakkaWakka's Roderick Vanar
Orange: not taken
Purple: HadoukenLSD's Ada "Mew" Lunapaw
Green: not taken
Pink: not taken
White: headwig1010's Raven Hart
Black: not taken