Let me go ahead and explain a couple of things before you get started reading. Yes, the original post is long, but that's because these two setting described below have a lot of history and were once originally going to be two different role plays and through discussion with a couple of players, we've decided to mesh them together. Both are of my creation, but founded by my characters. Sooo... There's the problem there that both sides can't be governed by one person. So here's that I propose and if anybody has some criticism or pointers or wish to share their ideas, please feel free.
My idea for fixing the problem with me running both sides is that I'm going to start one side of the RP before I start the other, making it so that my character finds a replacement(s) for his role before expiring.
The idea of this post is to find out who would be interested in this role play. Yes, it is set in a midevil/fantasy world, like Dungeons and Dragons, but don't let that deter you from joining. I would like to request that there be no planar manipulation or other styles of magic/fighting like that until it is reviewed and accepted by myself or by whoever I have elected to help moderate this RP.
(The characters in the back story have been based in Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition, not to say that the rp will be confined to the outlying rules of the game, I just wanted to toss that out there for those who know the system, so that they can better grasp the concept.)
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The Sanctuary
Long ago there were a group of wizard joined under the name The Ten Wise Men for a cause. This cause was cliche at best. To take over and reshape the world in their image. To govern as they saw fit. These ten wizards were all specialized in a specific school/type of magic. Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation, Healing, and Elemental. (Basically one specializing in each school of magic and then two specialty wizards) As time lingered on, this band of wizards set forth, going from world to world, tearing down the seats of power until one faithful battle; where the group would be forever lost unto one another.
With several of The Wise Men dead and others lost, there was but one of the council left. Caust, wizard of Evocation left to return to the Wisemen's Sanctuary. There he spent many years, exploring the quarters of his lost brothers, studying and learning each of their ways and discoveries. Ultimatly, Caust would master each of these schools, learning through the mastering of these schools how to connect a stem of The Weave (referring to the Forgotten Realms portrayal of Arcane Magic) to his being, thus extending his life in unnatural ways and becoming the epitome of a Archmage.
Over these years, Caust's thirst for conquest and ravenous ways became tempered with wisdom, in reflection he found that the ways of the fallen Wise Men had been undoubtidly fallible. While he still wished to re-shape the world and bring about a new era, Caust devised a way to do so, so that it would ultimatly benefit the inhabitants of this plane in a way that destruction never could.
By creating a community, a sanctuary for those who wish to share, to learn, to become enlightened, and open their eyes Caust seeks to re-align the world in to a new perspective and by creating a school of sorts; where all trades are taught and over all rank in societies structure is cast aside he hopes to finally obtain his goal in re-shaping this world.
Basically, what I want this RP to be is a community/school/monastary where people can come and share their trade, fighting styles, whatever with those who wish to learn. With this set up there will be a ton of different opportunity for a multitude of characters. Of course there will be a set of guidelines to be followed, but more along the lines of unconditional acceptance for those of good will and that while there won't be ranks in the typical sense, because all who live in the community will be a student of sorts, there will be those of higher power who will protect said community from on coming attackers of those who would wish harm upon its inhabitants.
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The Hand Of Retribution - T.H.O.R.
Many centuries ago, a grotesque and vile being of legend emerged from the underdark, having been born of both drown and red dragon; thus treated as the abomination the drows viewed this creature as. With the mixing of the two races, the potential for great power was natural unto the beast which became more than sufficient reason for his drow mothers to seek to oppress, torture, and break him until submission. Inadvertantly, this brought forth a rage or hatred rather that would become his weapon of choice throughout the most of his life to come. Soon enough, Ares Skyos Darkwing found his opportunity to gain his freedom from his prison in the Underdark and thus found his way to the topsoil in due time.
With his natural excellence and hatred, Ares' strength grew at an astonishing rate as he made his way about the realm, searching for what might sate the powerful, overwhelming cravings for blood and even more power. Ares would soon find his place in many battles and even wars. Serving as a Captain of the western Armies of The Sickness, he battled constantly and with each passing battle his hatred gradually began consuming him entirely, shackling the potential strength to be gained of a clear thinking mind. This hatred drove him as far as to find his father (the red dragon) who had left him within that hell of drow and repay the favor. Years and many scars later, he overcame the challenge of killing his father and his companions; and as he saw fit the 'Darkwing' of his name was no longer confined to him and to the beasts knowledge, the bloodline ended with his fathers death.
After the wars of The Sickness and The Cure, Ares found his way unto the kingdom of (lol I forget the name) where once more he rose in the ranks of their armies. During this time, Ares and the empress of the kingdom (Nadia) came to know one another and faced with the kind and gentle nature the likes of which he had never seen, Ares battled internally with these newly developed feelings for her. Using this conflict to inspire is ever powerful, driving hatred; Ares soon found victory in the coming war. At the end of the war, Ares was left with nothing to focus his hatred on, no focus for his seemingly eternal blood lust, and in seeking a purpose the beast found his way unto The Abyss where he sought training for himself and the chance to slaughter its denizens for years to come. After what was close to a century, Ares found his way back in to this realm. Having found the closest thing to peace as he ever could within his soul, Ares sought out the only being whom had ever showed him kindness, only to find that Nadia had been driven to the brink of insanity. Upon their meeting, Nadia entered the mind of this would be monster and sought out his memories. Inadvertantly, she caused the clarity and delicate peace of mind that Ares had built to crumble as his hatred had developed a more demonic aspect during his time within the Abyss. In that moment in which the demonic hatred took full control, so would Nadia become impaled upon the beasts claws. No longer was Ares himself, as the hatred that consumed him took on its own persona with the name of Skyos.
After this happened, the century long onslaught that was carried on in The Abyss now became a reality within this realm. The gods struggled to suppress these massacres and wipe Ares from the face of the planet to no avail. It was only when Nadia ( Having recovered her sanity due to her trip through Ares' mind and healed due to her natural powers) re-entered his mind and worked to free the sanity shackled within the prison of hate. Upon this happening through the combination of both powers with Ares (his sanity and his hatred, now essentially two beings in spirit) along with the gracing of a goddess (Nadia) Ares was allowed to ascend unto God hood.
It was through all that development that the next part of our RP is given birth. With his new found power, AresSkyos saw it fit to create his own realm. A plane not unlike the many layers of The Abyss to which he would retreat until he saw it fit for his return which he would then take over this realm and rule it as it should, but not before the feelings between these two sources of power (AresSkyos and Nadia) were shared after being admitted, to which three childred would come in to existence.
With this new realm, AresSkyos exercises his power as creator, having brought forth many a creature from the other realms so that they may become strong and live in a brutal realm of constant war and bloodshed, so that the weakest perish and the strong rise until his army would finally be built. All the while he created the commander of his armies that lived within the other realm. Kyrox, his eldest son who had been instilled with AresSkyos' teachings and left within the world to discover it himself. Now the time has come and Kyrox has been called unto AresSkyos' realm to take his place as commander amongst the many abominations who would seek to claim the throne of power so that AresSkyos' reign will now take hold upon two planes of existence.
Alriiiiiighty. Whew. Long story. Sorry about all that, but I wanna make sure that you all know that there is a reason in which all this is happening. A legit, played out reason, that was developed and created IC, all on CC over the course of many years. Anyways, as you can see this sets things up for an inevitable conflict between T.H.O.R. ( The Hand Of Retribution ((Ares' forces))) and The Sanctuary (the original Rp posted). Of course I can not be governing both sides of the conflict, so I intend on start up The Sanctuary rp first and having Caust (seeing as how he's an ancient human and even with the power of The Thread flowing through him, he can't last much longer) teach his replacement(s) and then I will retire him once The Sanctuary has it's main leader, at that time I'll take command of T.H.O.R. and the two RP's for the first little while will be the development of characters on both sides, giving us all time to recruit members and develop them for the oncoming war.
For the most part I would like the RP to be held on
http://cyberchat-rp.com but should I get enough support in trying to sway me to play it on tK then well, I'll end up giving the majority what they want.
