The Crimson Tear

[Psiko]

THIS IS INVITE ONLY! DO NOT POST UNLESS I PERSONALLY CONTACTED YOU!

Alright, the actual beginning RP post is in the works right now but I figured with as many people as I plan on having involved in this, we should probably have some sort of sign-in thread, so here it is. Most people try to set out some sort of guideline and such for their created RPs, but with the people involved in this, I would hate to restrict anyone in that manner. This will be about as open-ended as RPs can ever get. We are all creative, we are all excellent writers, and this should be ONE HELLUVA RP!

While it is not necessary, some of us could also choose to be the opposing side. It could make things interesting with a little competition like that, and so if you'd like to be on the side of "evil", do say so now. Other than that, perhaps a small, quick bio might also be in order, no? Here goes nothing...

Name: Chase
Age: Late 30s
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 227 Lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Black with streaks of gray
Weaponry: Battle Axe; Mace
Magic: Minimal

Vague, I know, but that allows more development within the RP so nyeh! We could also use this as a way to communicate ideas as the RP progresses...anyways, post here and sign in! Please?

[Toph Bei Fong]

Name: Karasu Otenaki
Age: 20
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Upper-back length, dark brown originally, but dyed it grey.
Weaponry: Tae Kwon Do/Intellect.
IQ: Very High

She'll be on the Dark side first, but gradually goes over to the Light side. =P
She's a mastermind and a fighter all in one. XD

[Cain Highwind]

Well I'm honored you invited me, Psiko, I'll do my best. This was a profile I cooked up while in SOLDIER for an RP I guess never really got started, or maybe I was just too busy or something.

Name: Cain Highwind
Age: 25
Ethnicity/Race: Caucasian Human
Height: In the 6 ft range
Eyes: Electric Blue
Hair: Long (about waist length) blonde hair

Combat Description:

Cain has two fighting forms depending on the type more suited for a battle. He wears heavy Plate Mail armor with a dragon shaped helmet, with a Holy Lance and takes on the skills of a Lancer for a more massive warfare approach. The armor also serves as a Training inhibitor. The massive weight of the armor while protecting him greatly, limits his power to not only train him and keep his real strength from waning, but prevents him from using his *real* strength and speed in an unecessary manner. Even though his limited spped and power alone is quite formidable. The armor is however specially designed and crafted to allow an instantaneous removal with but a thought, if the need arrives for him to show his true strength to a worthy opponent.


With his armor off, Cain adopts a standard Martial Arts gi that's blue. Because of the light weight of clothes, he's much more vulnerable, however the lack of armor gives him the great potential of his true superhuman strength and blinding speed. With training in a number of martial arts across numerous travels. Cain's skills are as follows:

Primary Martial Arts Specialties:

Anasetsuken, Kamesennin, Kyokugen, Saikyo

Arts Cain is familiar with, but has had only limited training and practice:

Heidern Assassination Arts, Kusanagi Arts, Yagami Arts, Muy Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Jeet Kune Do, Shiranui Ninja Arts, Judo, Summoning, Miming, Athenian Metamorphosis, Red Arreminian Metamorphosis, Hizoku Arts, Howard Kobujutsu/Hakkyokuseiken.

[Skai]

Before I start the creation of my character, may I ask for some quick background information regarding the role-play? I would like my character to fit with the settings in the role-play and stuff...

[Psiko]

Most people try to set out some sort of guideline and such for their created RPs, but with the people involved in this, I would hate to restrict anyone in that manner. This will be about as open-ended as RPs can ever get.

Personally I can adapt to any form of writing in any genre necessary, so I am indifferent. Perhaps after we all check in here we could toss around ideas so that we are all on the same page and are all in agreement as to at least the core of the RP World. Things like whether or not to include magic, how advanced the technology is, etc.

Thanks for inviting me, man. Sounds awesomely fun.

Name: Naome Anna
Age: 17
Race: Human
Height: 5'9"
Eyes: Black
Hair: Black, chin-length
Weaponry: Dual wakizashi blades
Magic: Moderate; hand-to-hand combat is her speciality.

[Skai]

All right, here are some basic information about my characters. I'll add more stuff to the bio as more information about the role-play will be posted.

Name: Aura
Description: Aura is a mysterious person who wears a very dark set of athletic wear under a hooded long-jacket of the same color with a slight shade of blue. When he is not wearing his hood, he appears to be in his early 20's. Despite his Asian features, Aura's hair is of a silvery white and is styled in a messy and spiky way. His build is slim yet muscular and stands up to around six feet.

Name: Kry Ru
Description: Kry Ru is Aura's partner and best friend. He too, wears the same attire as his friend. When not wearing his hood, he appears to be in his early 20's as well, but about one year younger than Aura. His hair is crimson red and is tied in a ponytail with bangs hanging from his forehead. It is shoulder length when untied. Kry Ru is also from an Asian background and features a muscular and tall build, standing up to six foot and three inches.


EDIT: I did some modifications and I changed my main character's name to Aura. Kry Ru will be his partner and best friend.

[Lover Boy]

Hahahahaha.... Can Alisyn sue for character likeness?

(Was pointing out the name of the thread. )

[OceanEyes28]

Haha, even if I could, I wouldn't. Getting an invite does soften one's heart a bit.

Name: Cora
Age: 24
Race: Classified as a human, and appears as one; though, she has elf blood on her father's side
Hair: Chestnut curls that fall just beneath the shoulders
Eyes: Indigo with silver specks
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 120
Class: Archer
Sub-class: Weather Mage
Primary Weapon: Bow
Secondary weapon: A long knife at her hips

Clothing will depend on our time period.

Also... she plays the fiddle.

[Indigo]

Okay, so I pretty much stole this from the SOLDIER RP that died. Maybe I'll get some use out of the character after all.

Name: Anghara Nowme
Age: 2, 867 years of age. Roughly 23 in human terms.
Race: Elf (duh, come on)
Height: 5'4''
Basic physical appearance: Short for an elf, has trademark slightly pointed ears, long earth brown hair, dark indigo eyes flecked with gold. Olive complexion.
Clothing: Wears typical travelling pants/shirt with a dark blue/navy cloak over everything. Enchanted to keep her warm no matter what the weather. No jewelry whatsoever.
Weapons: Sword; crafted from Varthalon's finest, lightest Stethryl (essentially a combination of steel and mythril). Also carries a simple white dagger used primarily for throwing.
Typically classified as a warrior, Anghara primarily uses her sword for fighting, but also dabbles in healing magic and holy magic when the occasion calls for it (emergencies).
Brief general background: Currently in exile from her own people for reasons that she keeps to herself (yes, I actually know these reasons). So long has she been off on her own that she no longer remembers much of her own language, and resents certain members of her people to some extent.
Motivation: Vows to get back at the one(s) who forced her into exile, and will assist anyone in need, provided they have no alliance with Varthalon.
Currently: Somewhat of a mercenary who travels from city to city, helping travellers usually for a sum of money.

Notes: I mention "Varthalon" at times. This would be the Elven capital - from which she was exiled. It shouldn't be too difficult to write into the story, I shouldn't think. So yeah, there's the bare minimum for the elf. As for a "Class" name for Anghara, I felt the name "Swordsinger" would be appropriate. I'm not sure of the exact meaning in Lineage 2 (where I stole it from), but to me, it sounds like someone who basically uses a sword, but also has magic abilities as well. So if that's what you want to call Anghara, I think that would probably be the best way to describe her as a fighter.

Huzzah.

[Psiko]

Alright, since most of you have signed in already I am working feverishly on my RP post to get this whole thing rolling. Before I get all that done, there are a few thoughts that I am going to throw out in the open, mainly to see if everyone is alright with them. I am capable of adapting to just about anything as far as writing goes, so if you have different ideas, please feel free to throw them out in here.

First off, it might be good to have a map. For now, just a simple blank map, that we can fill in with the different cities and such as we go. I am horrible at that sort of thing, so if any of you wish to come up with some awesome map, that would be spectacular.

Second, I would assume most, if not all of us, are most comfortable with a medieval/fantasy setting, correct? We could either do pure fantasy, or a more "modern" fantasy, where there is some technology that we would find in our world today, but nothing as drastic as automobiles. In that world guns could exist, but would be a rarity. Either format is perfectly fine by me, so I simply wait for some input from all of you.

Third, with as many people in this RP as there will be, it may be best to do several things. First is to have some of us be the side of evil, as stated before. They would send henchmen to do their dirty work, scheme evil things, etc. Many of the conflicts along the way could arise from their henchmen meeting up with the "heroes" of the RP, and battles would follow. Of course, as with all RPBs, outright killing a person's created character would be unfair, BUT in the case where Army A meets Army B in a battle, the players in Army A could kill nameless warriors in Army B as they please, but any members of Army B who have had some character development along the way (which would include goons and henchmen of the evil squad) cannot be killed off without prior consent from that character's creater. For example, during the traveling that Chase does in the RP he befriends a stout dwarf named Reuben. Reuben takes a liking to Chase and decides to help guide him through the mountain passes to the other side, bringing along some of his dwarven kin to help out if a skirmish occurs at some point. Henchman J and his squad of Magitek Ninjas ambush Chase and Reuben in a narrow mountain pass. Henchman J cannot kill off Chase or Reuben without permission, nor can Chase or Reuben kill off Henchman J without permission. The other dwarves, as well as any number of the Magitek Ninjas can be cut down like weeds. So, to clarify a little more, you can "control" the opposition in part of the battle. You don't have to wait for a response after every swing of the sword; however, you should end the "attack post" if you are hoping to severely injure or kill the character.

One last complicated thing and then I am done. With as many of us as there are, for all of the good side to be in the same place is not always ideal. Some of us can post more often than others. If there are seven of us all together in a tavern, it could take weeks simply to go through the one night of conversation. So I look to Final Fantasy VI for a solution. There is a point, early on in the game, where you have three possible scenarios to choose from. Each scenario has a few people involved, has its own problems and such along the way, and eventually they all meet up just in time for the big battle with Kefka. We could do things the same way, be set off in twos or threes, developing mini-stories within the major story of the RP, and at some point all come together. Just a thought...

And no, I do not have a plot or anything planned out yet. That will develop as we go along, and I do not have to be the one who develops it. If Shadow has a great idea for what the Crimson Tear is and why it would be important, he should begin the plot development! Perhaps the Crimson Tear is a pendant worn by one of us, given to them by their dying mother to protect them, and it turns out to be a rather important factor in the story. Maybe, with the right incantations and such, it could become a powerful weapon and therefore the evildoers are trying to find its location, so they can rule the world. Or it could be something completely different. Maybe the Crimson Tear is the nickname for someone involved, and they are the hero (or anti-hero) of the RP. Be creative, people! =P

[DragonHeart]

Ouuu, Crimson, good title choice. XD Only one character I can use with Crimson anything lol.

Name: Kylista Draethanis
Alias: The Crimson Shadow
Race: Draekonykyn
Age: 3,452 (Yeah that's not her real age, just what it is as this point in Time.)
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 147 lbs
Eyes: Crimson
Hair: Black
Weaponry: Shadow Wind
Magic: Moderate / High use

And as you know bro, Kylista can be good or evil, so I can go either way or change my mind in the middle. XD Gotta love the versatility.

~DragonHeart~

[Quistis]

Not exactly invited by psyko but i was wondering how come no one ever posted in the thread he made in the RP forum. ^^