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[Johnny Paradise]

The Violet Hour

 

 

Premise:

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Nestled between a small river and the entrance to the Old Wood lies the small town of Rosehollow. A quaint locale known for its fragrant rosewood homes and crisp apple pies, Rosehollow has never known anything but peace. That is, until recently.

 

Every night, right when the moon reaches its zenith, violet fog begins to roll out of the Old Wood, filling the town with thick, billowing clouds carrying enchantments most foul. Those afflicted are cursed to a sleep from which they will not wake. For the 5 months since the fog first appeared, the earliest victims have remained in their deep slumber, deaf to the cries of their mourning families and friends, and ignorant to the enchanted fog that continues to terrorize the town.

 

The source of this enchanted fog is the cruel forest witch, Isolda. Living within the deepest reaches of the Old Wood, among poisonous plants and feral beasts, Isolda spreads her terrible power throughout the lands for reasons no person in Rosehollow can understand. Perhaps she has finally grown tired of living in the darkness of her forest kingdom, or perhaps she just wants to snuff out the happiness of the villagers of Rosehollow, as evildoers are wont to do. None but the forest witch herself know for sure.

 

There are those that have left Rosehollow, fleeing the curse, but many still remain. Some refuse to leave the land of their birth, and some simply lack the means; others still remain to stay with their loved ones who are afflicted by Isolda's cruel curse, and there are even those who wish to slay the foul witch, hopefully ending the curse by ending Isolda's life.

 

These people who remain have sought help. Though they first contacted the capital, Merchant King Tybalt deemed Rosewood too remote, too unimportant to send his personal army. The people of Rosewood then were forced to seek the help of noble adventurers who would lend their aid—with a reward of gold and jewels, of course.

 

Where y'all fit in:

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Following that introductory bit, it should be clear that you, the players, will be adventurers of some disposition that, for whatever reason, have decided to lend your assistance to the people of Rosehollow. The goal, then, is to team up with your new found compatriots to defeat the evil witch Isolda and save the village.

 

What exactly do adventurers do that makes them fit for this task of heroism and bravery, you ask? Why, all manner of things! If you wish to travel the lands, there is good reason to fear wild animals, brigands, foul creatures, even fouler wizards, and et cetera. To be prepared for that, some level of martial or magical ability is required. As such, adventurers have such abilities. Well, the good ones do, anyways—the bad ones die.

 

So here you are, some warrior or wizard or whatever the hell it is you want to be. You are in this village and these poor little village people want you to help them. Nearby are other adventurers who may be new faces to you, or they may be familiar. At the end of the day it's not that big of a deal. From this point onward, you will form an adventuring troupe to save the day using your many skills and wiles to outsmart and outfight Isolda, the rude and hurtful witch lady.

 

Because the village is small, the reward they have to give is limited. How limited? I haven't decided yet, but basically that means that acceptance into the rp will be capped off.

 

Character Sheet:

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[Appearance]

 

Name:
Age:
Gender:

Adventuring Goals: Use this as a biography section. What I want to know isn't really where you were born or every inane detail, but what specifically caused you to go to this village to lend your assistance—essentially, tell me why you are an adventurer and tell me how those adventuring dreams you have caused you to end up here in the village of Rosehollow.

 

Adventuring Abilities: A quick run down of what it is that makes you an adventurer. Include things related to combat, but also include things more related to your specific adventuring goals. For example, if you're a bounty hunter of some sort, you need skills to find targets; if you're a dungeoneering treasure hunter, you need the skills to survive the dungeon crawling and whatnot. Be creative within limits—if I feel you make your character too powerful, I'll let you know. Power level of the rp is not intended to be ridiculously high—it's not even intended to be all that high at all!

 

Inventory: Be realistic, you are the size of a person and cannot carry too many things.

 

Meta Info:

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There will be a hard cap on characters—I haven't decided how many just yet.

 

Acceptance will NOT be first come first serve. Much like Sangre did with Tokio Funka, I'll just be taking the characters I think are the best. I will work with you during the character creation process and be as transparent as possible about what I think constitutes a character that will be accepted. Overall I'm not too picky, so most people will likely not need to change that much.

 

No firearms—this is fantasy.

 

idk maybe I'll add more here later.

 

A word from Usey:

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Hello friends! After my last roleplaying venture was not met with success, I thought I'd try something with a smaller scale and a more direct plot line. I intend for the story to not be so very long, but depending on interest and success of what I've got planned so far, it can extend into something more. I mostly just want to use this space to say that once this is started, I intend to update weekly at the slowest unless something happens to me that necessitates a small break from the more frivolous sections of the internet. I don't plan to kill anyone at the moment, but I will certainly move on without your character, and depending on when that happens it may translate into death and, if you miss more than two updates in a row, it will certainly lead to your character being booted from the roleplay. If you message me with reasons as to why you can't post, I think I'm pretty reasonable. Just trying to get across that I want this to reach completion, and to that end I will be moving things along even if people aren't that great about posting. If I forgot anything in this post, ask questions and I'll be happy to answer them. o3o

 

[Officer Judy Hopps]

Posting tentative interest. I'll make a cleric.

[The Illuminati]

How long will this adventure last, just until the witch is dead?

[Johnny Paradise]

Players will receive their reward once the effects of the curse disappear and the other villagers wake up. So... until that happens.

[SliceAndDice]

There's only one thing for me to roll.

[The Illuminati]

I'm pro-witch, if it wasn't already obvi.

[Officer Judy Hopps]

There's only one thing for me to roll.

What's that?

I'm making a cleric that dual wields shields and bashes people with them.

[Jod]

I have cs

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Name: Pau

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Adventuring Goals:

Pau is a Paladin of the Holy Order of the Rose, faithful to the high spirit Lorelei. Pau has been entrusted by the High Priestess, with the holy mission of spreading the Lady’s Justice to the land. Pau is charged with finding evil, and then purging it with extreme prejudice, bringing honor and glory to the Lady for all to see….

 

Unfortunately this is only half the truth, Pau’s mission is in fact a punishment for his more profiteering endeavors back in the home of the order, the desert city of Genis. He was caught making a small fortune selling trinkets and potions claiming that they held the various properties via the grace of the Lady.  Caught red handed when he tried to sell a love potion to another paladin of the Lady from a different order, dressed in plain clothes as a simple woman.

 

For a normal paladin, the punishment would have most likely have been a few years of hard penance under the purview of the Order of Moon, involving a delectable assortment of various rituals including daily floggings, hard labor, light stoning and much much more. Luckily for Pau, he was the youngest brother of the High Priestess, and one of the better recruits of the latest generation of paladins within the order,   so due to his connections and potential, he was given a lesser punishment, an exile, to be lifted after the completion of 200 tasks to be given by the High Priestess.

 

Pau although, sad that he had to leave the cushy comfort of his home, was more than happy to leave, after all the further away he was from the Order, the easier it would be to earn money. After all what was the point of risking your life and all that if you didn't get something shiny at the end. So when he got a letter from the high priestess, via the local chapter house, containing his 13th task, to purge Rosehollow of evil. The task was apparently a request from the Priestess of a chapter house situated in a town further downstream from Rosehollow. The priestess had gotten wind of the foul magics terrorizing the Rosehollow, unfortunately being posted in a remote location meant that she did not have any paladins under her command, and hence the task fell to Pau who was the closest to the forest at the time.  At first he had his inhibitions on going to such a remote village, it seemed to be yet another unprofitable venture, that is until he saw the reward offered...

 

Adventuring Abilities:

Journeyman Swordsman

Soldiers Physique

Mercantile Aptitude

Charisma

Way of the Sun [Holy Healy Stuff][Adept]

Way of the Rose [Evil Purging Holy Light Stuff][Adept]

 

Inventory:

Sword of judgement  [Can only cut things with much evil]

Armor[Heavy]

Buckler

Cloak

 

Edited by Jodgod, 13 August 2014 - 08:29 PM.

[Johnny Paradise]

Hello there, Jod!

 

Few things about your character: Overall it's pretty close to good to go, but I have some misgivings about power level. Maybe tone it down a bit, as the strongest warrior of an order of paladins that have some divine authority might be a bit high tier for a mission like this. I will accept the justification of the purging of Rosehollow being one of your goals (if perhaps rumor spread wide enough, your sister may have instructed you to take the task just because you were in the area or something), so other than just the power level I think the character is good.

 

Just fix that and I'll put you on my list. (:

[Jod]

hmmm, changed around a few things to make it better fit in, as well as added a more concrete reason as to why he even got the task. I wanted to ask if you wanted more detail or not, cause from the cs I got the sense that you wanted something more brief and to the point? OwO

[Johnny Paradise]

Your changes are good, your character is up for serious consideration. Woo!

 

And yeah, I've always been more fond of brief and to-the-point character sheets, so what you have is a perfect level of detail.

[SliceAndDice]

What's that?

I'm making a cleric that dual wields shields and bashes people with them.

 

Oh, you know me.

[Diabolical Rhapsody]

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Name: Ingrid the Huntress

Age: 29

Gender: Femme

 

Adventuring Goals: Ingrid was the seventh born of Ysmir and Ysolda Redriver. Since her childhood she has been a rather quirky one, fascinated by the tales of dragons and manticores that village elders usually told to frighten the children she developed an intense desire to leave the hamlet in the cold north and travel the world. Like most of her tribe she was trained in heavy weaponry before being sent on the 'grand wandering'. A tradition where the young 16 year olds were sent out of the village into the desolate land around to survive for an year before coming back.

 

She took this as a call to her purpose in life and just never returned. Afterall, it was usual to lose a few children in wandering each year, so it was not like she would be sorely missed. She gave a little prayer for her caring parents and set herself for the south. After almost one and a half decade of traveling and surviving on her own, she found herself in Rosehollow, a little hamlet sitting on the edge of a grand forest with lovely people and even better pastries.

 

Once she became aware of the curse besetting the village, she decided to see this new development for herself. Roaming the lands for so long had quashed much of her enthusiasm about finding the legendary beasts mentioned by the elders, this new situation was perhaps the fruits of her long listless labor and she was happy to find something good after all.

 

 

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Special Note #1: The Isthic Isles Incident - While majorly a wanderer, Ingrid had to earn her bread when away from the forest or the grasslands. Thus, on her occasional ventures into towns and settlements she would usually pick up mercenary work (mainly escort missions because they gelled well with her desire to roam.). On one such occasion she had the good fortune to accompany one Isaiah Greenborrow, a rune master by profession and a genuine all around nice guy. Well, the fact was that much like herself Isaiah was a wanderer and because this world was a weirder place and the strong pretty much steamrolled over the weak. As one of the gifted, especially in the use of magic he devoted himself to serving the downtrodden. Mostly, as support but a few times as a savior. This earned him some resourceful enemies, ones earning enough to hire cut throats to get him.

 

A single man can only do enough, so our young hero requested for backup. The regional mercs didn't want to run down their business by crossing his assailants so they decided to stay away from his offer but Ingrid had no such qualms. She took this as an opportunity to prepare herself to take on legends themselves. Fabled monsters, made from stuff much sterner than what was found in ordinary men. As his shield both figuratively and literally they traveled for nearly two years till he successfully crossed their domain. Her bravery and loyalty earning her both gold and gratitude. She knew that gold was easily lost but gratitude was something eternal. So in favor, she requested him to teach some of his knowledge.

 

Delighted at an opportunity to repay her, he analyzed what little ability she had and taught her accordingly. Runes, basic and easy to remember and especially useful in the hands of someone as resourceful as her. He taught her Runes of warding, healing, Ice, sparks, Fire and Earth. Though not as powerful as his nor as extensive. They were quick to make and sustain and thus rather helpful to someone of as limited ability as Ingrid.

 

 

Adventuring Abilities:

> Survivalist - Knows basic cooking to keep her fed and ready to rumble. Expert in handling long swords and claymores, knows basic grinding and maintenance of the blades.

> Basic Trapping and tracking - can usually catch foxes and rabbits.

> Basic Runic knowledge - As prep she draws runes on herself that give her protection against elemental spells, note that she is not immune to magic, just manages to last longer than normal mindless brutes. Simply put, her wards are capable of lessening the severity of elemental spells cast with intent to dismember or purge her. Her healing ward requires her to have active rest for recovery to hasten. Her Ice and Spark Runes are capable for trapping and capable of paralyzing mid-size animals. To take on anything remotely humanoid or larger she needs a series of them in right places and some direct melee.

> Athletic ability - she is used to fight alone so she is quiet nimble and aware of her surroundings.

> Tower of Pain - She is capable of wielding two broadswords with some degree of ease when pushed otherwise she mostly specializes in using claymores and other heavy swords in deadly melee.

 

Inventory:  1 Claymore, 1 Long Sword, Sharpening Stone, Dried fruits and roasted meat, A small stone knife for skinning and another for cutting firewood and making temporary shelters. Plate steel Gauntlets and Shinguards, Banded Iron shoulder guard, Iron Horned Helmet and chain mail, treated deer skin for underwear.

 

Edited by Diabolical Rhapsody, 15 August 2014 - 02:59 PM.

[Johnny Paradise]

DR: Character seems good! I would like maybe a bit more detail on the whole runic aspect of the character, as it seems to me as if that part of your character seems a bit disconnected from the rest. It wouldn't be hard to fit it in or anything, I'm mostly just curious as to maybe where she learned about them, and a bit more specificity as to what they do for you--are you resilient to blasts of magical energy, or to mind-affecting spells, or...?

[Diabolical Rhapsody]

DR: Character seems good! I would like maybe a bit more detail on the whole runic aspect of the character, as it seems to me as if that part of your character seems a bit disconnected from the rest. It wouldn't be hard to fit it in or anything, I'm mostly just curious as to maybe where she learned about them, and a bit more specificity as to what they do for you--are you resilient to blasts of magical energy, or to mind-affecting spells, or...?

Okay, Usey.

 

After re-reading it I felt like a derp since I forgot to add in the critical info about her runes. I'll expand on it after a good few hours rest. If on second take it still feels odd, I'll be more than content to drop it and roll out my signature plain barbarian, angsty side up.

[I-Am-X]

Character Sheet:

 

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Name: Ciarán ("Dark One") Lasairian ("Of The Flames")
Age: 27
Gender: Male

 

Adventuring Goals: Born as the third son, and 4th child of Árdghal and Saorla to the prestigious family of mages, the Lasairians of The City of Fianna, capital of Ulster, he was somewhat of a rarity in the Lasairian family. Though, in this case, 'Rarity' isn't exactly a compliment. If you were to put a word to it, the word that would come to mind to most would be 'Failure'. Unlike his younger brothers and sisters, Ciarán was born without the ability to wield magic. Looked down upon for being born into such a renowned family without the ability of magic, especially from his father, who in his youth, went to great lengths to remind Ciarán of his embarrassment. His father, a stern yet caring man, using the family name, and to keep him out of the way, sent Ciarán to be the apprentice of Ulster's esteemed blacksmith, Aodh Fionn, at the tender age of 9.

 

Aodh Fionn, a quiet hermit of a man living in a isolated part of Ulster, was famous all over Ulster for his works of art. Crafting shields, armor and weapons for the like of Ulster's nobles and even the army. While harboring initial resentment towards his father, that feeling began to fade over the years as he slowly fell in love with the molding of steel, especially suits of armor. While he loved the work, it kept him from his family, seeing them only a few select times a year due to the hermit living far from the capital, in a mountain village called 'Gabhra'. He would soon pick up the sword, and when time allowed it, he'd occasionally sneak away and start swinging the swords they'd make.

 

When he was 15, while he was assisting Aodh with a weapons order, his mother and along with 2 of his older brothers was killed in a dispute with fellow magicians. While seething with rage and the thought of storming the capital to get revenge (you know how kids are, think they can do anything), despite those responsible having been already punished, Aodh slapped him across the face and began talking some sense into Ciarán. Having already felt powerless being unable to use magic, he felt even more so knowing he wouldn't have been able to do anything even if he wasn't living out in Gabhra instead of the capital. The death of his mother and brothers helped him finally make up his mind about his way in life. He would learn the sword proper

and would go about making sure no one had to suffer from the misuse of magic.

 

Having made up mind, despite objections from both his father and Aodh, he left Gabhra and set out back to Fianna, to seek out an instructor to learn swordsmanship properly. While against it at first, his father relented, seeing the fierce determination in Ciarán's eyes, decided to help out and find someone to help him. When he was 20, After years of rigorous training, he made up his mind to leave Fianna and roam the lands in search of those misusing the gift that is magic. But before he left, his father, gave him a parting gift, made by Aodh, a sword and a special suit of armor. Leaving the capital, he began roaming the lands, offering his services as a mercenary.

 

After years of wandering around, he happened upon a village while finishing up a job. It was there he began to hear rumors of a witch in a distant land who set a curse upon a small village, forcing residents into a deep slumber. Giving the tone of the people, and the way they told it, he write it off as a case of people conjuring up a story for mere entertainment and moved on. Over the course of the next few months, the rumors grew and the details in each, got heavier. With his curiosity finally piqued, he set out for the town of 'Rosehollow' to see for himself. If proven true, he'd kill the witch himself.

 

Adventuring Abilities:

Mercenary. With having no magic, he put all his effort into learning how to swing a sword. While not the best swordsman around, he's by no means average. While not exactly labeled a master, he knows how to wield a sword really well. Throughout his experiences as a mercenary, he has good senses and is quite physically fit. Also has a very strong will and will go through any means to accomplish his goals

 

Blacksmith By Trade. Being born without the ability to use magic, he was sent to work under his nation's greatest blacksmith. From this he has learned how to forge weapons, armor and other materials out of steel. Becoming an expert blacksmith in his own right, though, nowhere near Aodh's level. The skill helps aid him in his travels in ways of helping to maintain his weapon and armor, as well as useful materials (like to cook with).

 

Survival Knowledge. Has basic skill in terms of cooking (in terms of finding meat and cooking it on an open fire, if one can call that a skill), along with basic hunting and tracking skills. Knows enough to take care of himself.

 

Inventory:

• 1 Claymore, built with Ulsterian steel.
• Suit of Armor built with Ulsterian steel and, a special material, one which people have taken to calling it 'Dragon Scales', it gives him some form magical resistance, allowing him to take more magical damage than others can. It helps softens the force of magical based attacks and gives the user a little resistance to body controlling magic.
• A 'Dragon Scale' helmet that increases the chances of resisting charming or mind-altering magic.
• Sharpening Stone.
• A sturdy nice sized hammer
• 2 Small vials of oil and a cloth for sword maintenance.
• An axe for cutting wood and hunting

 

Well, here's my CS for approval.

I wasn't sure how far one can go, like would a special suit of armor with some form of magical resistance being allowed? I've long had this in mind, but wasn't sure if it was alright without the use of runes or would that need to be added? I was just going off from the fact of my characters family background and wasn't sure if such armor will be acceptable.

Edited by I-Am-X, 14 August 2014 - 09:52 PM.

[Johnny Paradise]

X: As magic is not all that uncommon for adventurers or members of high society, forging armors with some manner of resistance is not unheard of. Though I extend to you the same question I asked of DR--in what way does it resist magic? Does it soften the force of magical blasts? Does it prevent you from being charmed or enchanted? Does it prevent you from being crippled through magical means? I won't be allowing anti-magic armor that resists it in general, because magic is such an expansive thing. As such, I want you to add some specificity into your armor's magical resistance.

 

Other than that, your character seems good.

[I-Am-X]

X: As magic is not all that uncommon for adventurers or members of high society, forging armors with some manner of resistance is not unheard of. Though I extend to you the same question I asked of DR--in what way does it resist magic? Does it soften the force of magical blasts? Does it prevent you from being charmed or enchanted? Does it prevent you from being crippled through magical means? I won't be allowing anti-magic armor that resists it in general, because magic is such an expansive thing. As such, I want you to add some specificity into your armor's magical resistance.

 

Other than that, your character seems good.

 

Ah yeah, when I saw what you posed to DR I wasn't sure what the length of the resistance one can give. I had in mind that the armor softens the force of magical blasts (since as stated wasn't sure how much 'softening' or max amount of resistance was allowed) and a helmet that prevents charming and mind-altering magic. Like the armor adds a little additional resistance to body controlling magic, and with the helmet completely shuts out charming/mind-altering magic.

 

Edited my cs, is that tolerable and/or needs better explaining?

Edited by I-Am-X, 14 August 2014 - 09:48 PM.

[Johnny Paradise]

I don't think I'm going to allow immunity like that, but you can have a helmet that increases your chances to resist charm effects.

 

How I'm going to be implementing charm spells and other mind-affecting things is giving you a percentage chance to resist and then rolling for the spell's success or failure, so having your helmet would increase your chances of resisting, but nothing will ever make your chance of resisting 100%. Armor will blunt the force of physical attacks, but you won't have immunity to being stabbed to death--same thing holds true with magic.

[I-Am-X]

Alrighty, Then I'll change it to mention that.

 

The physical part is obvious so I would only need to mention the magical bit, yes?

 

Edited it again, hows it look?

*crosses fingers*

Edited by I-Am-X, 14 August 2014 - 09:53 PM.