The Mortal Age
Intro
He who was born from nothing was yet alone in this place and the loneliness of a solitary existence weighed upon him until he too wished to create life. The Great Father tore from himself the very aspects that made up the core of his being and from them were born Lyra, Cleon, Kallisto, Lothar, Maeve, Urd, Aeron, Archelaus, Lycus, and Tisiphone. Each was born from him and yet they remained distinct individuals with their own minds and for the first time the universe had conversation. They spoke, they joked, they laughed, they fought, and the universe around them went on without a hitch. In time though they too began to want for more and a time would come when they too would try their hand at creation.
Lothar ranted that all was a bore while Urd spoke of all that could be and Kallisto sang of dreams and ideas that should be but never would. Maeve sketched out theories and designs for how things could work while Lycus and Tisiphone debated on how the world would run and Lyra came to settle their disputes and lay down laws absolute and unflinching. Archelaus prepared the molds for all the races and creatures and Aeron taught them how to interact. Cleon stood aside and awaited for when his time would come to work and whispered that this too shall end.
And end it did. Over, and over, and over again as the Destroyer came from a place beyond the void to end all that the Gods did create. As the Destroyer brought ruin to the world and lives they created the Ten threw open the doors to celestial planes and did shelter the souls of the men and women who fled to safety. In time, the Destroyer would return to his own realm and the Gods would set to work in repairing all that he did break. So it is the world is rebuilt and life returned as slowly the souls of the dead were reborn again in the world. To reward their strength the Gods would invite the greatest among them into their own private planes and uplift them above their kin and grant unto them power untold as they trusted them with the responsibility of preserving the balance of the world.
So it was, is, and forever was meant to be...
Yet wasn't. A time came when the Destroyer arrived but the Gods did not. His hand fell over the world and all life prayed for a salvation that did not come. Cities fell and the people died by the thousands but still their cries went unanswered. What does one do when their creators have abandoned them? They fight back. They stand together and fight an enemy that they cannot defeat. They rally themselves and win battles that they should never be able to win. They stand triumphant as the shadow of that which cannot be beaten is broken and driven away.
A cycle of death and rebirth was destroyed not by the hands of some omniscient creators but by ones far more ignorant and weak. They had done what not even the divine Ten could do. What right did they have to call themselves Gods if even mortals could do what they could not? What need did they have for absentee creators?
None.
In this age, an age they had won for themselves, they would forge their own paths.
The Mortal Age had come.
Premise
The World
Information
Character Sheet
Name: What were you called again?
Race: I swear I’m not a furry....
Age: Young or old it doesn’t really matter. Probably.
Gender: Keep your traps far from me!
Appearance: All look the same to me.
Personality: What are you like on the inside?
Bio: Tragedies need not apply. (sarcasm)
Stats: Ranks are D-S with C being normal. D is worth 0 points while an S is worth 4. You have 10.
Strength: Physical beefcake...ness.
Agility: Agility
Stamina: No one is as thick as Gaston.
Mana: Magical endurance.
Wit: Surprise your enemies with your depthless charm or lack thereof
Traits: Cooking, cleaning, practitioner of the Hokuto Shinken...things like that.
Inventory: Is that a wand in your pocket?
FAQ
If you want to be close to important npcs or have a unique backstory that is heavily involved in the world or anything like that just send me a message and we can work out the details. I will most likely say yes.
So what do I do?
What do you want to do? This is a roleplay that is going to require you to make your own path in the world and to take initiative. There will be plot events that happen as well as side ones just for fun but a lot of things will be driven and affected by what you choose to do. I will do my best to make my updates interesting and give you more to do but that’s a two way street. I can’t update you if you just stand there whistling.
Will we be able to increase our stats/add new traits later?
Yep. Just don’t ask me when.
Can I kill autokill this guy?
Does he have a name? Does he have an image? Does the spoiler beneath the update explicitly state that he isn’t autokillable? Does he have a dapper hat or badass mustachery? If the answer to any of these questions was yes then no. You cannot autokill this guy. If he is a generic mook that was given little to no description or presented in large numbers then yeah you probably can.
When will I get an update?
As soon as I can make one. I might be giving someone nearby a chance to respond or working through updates for people who posted before you. It’s possible I might also have missed/forgotten you posted so if I seem to be overlooking you feel free to poke me. However, that doesn’t mean I want an hourly reminder.
What level of technology exists?
Medieval for the most part but gunpowder has been discovered and worked with by the Daomer and several Urshard have created armaments using them but they are still in their early phases and prone to poor results and haven’t caught on yet. You can have hand cannons if you want so long as you accept that they are still a prototype and won’t work perfectly.
What’s the currency called?
Reim.
Can I submit an NPC/Guild/City/Legend/Etc to you?
Absolutely. If you get hit with inspiration and think that something would fit great in the world go ahead and send me a pm about it. I’m always looking to expand on the world. Just know that I might critique it or change facets and that has nothing to do with it being bad necessarily. I just need to make it fit into the world.
Can I be a Co-GM?
While I will be looking for one or two people to help out at times I will reach out to them personally and ask them. I appreciate the thought though.