The Old War in a New Way

(Firstly, if you're not ready to do a lot of reading, and actually participate in this, don't go ANY further, or my marshmallow demons of doom shall suck out your kidneys...i'm serious!!)

Hey everybody!! It’s meeeee!! Yea, you prolly dun know me. I actually have been making up stories for a while now, just not here, but I hope some ppl will like this idea, I sure do! Ok so, here we go.

Background:

Everything began eight years ago when the famine came around. King Athean ruled over all of Meridia, keeping his home in the eastern territories. When the famine first started, the King tried to care for the entire nation, but when disease threatened lands closer to home, he cut ties with western lands focusing his rule on much of the eastern territories.
So it was in the second year of the famine that the westerners were left to fend for themselves. They chose to turn a deaf ear to the King’s actions for half a year, refusing to believe that their King would forsake them in their time of need. When it finally became clear to them, they decided something must be done.
Their first course of action was to name their own King. King Emathist became the ruler of the western lands. Almost immediately, things began to look up for Westerners. Three years later the eastern famine had ended. King Athean decided it was time to set to work on the Westerners. He sent orders only to find that the Westerners were prospering just as well if not better than Easterners. It seemed, during his absence, they had elected their own “King.”
Athean went into a rage. He immediately demanded control of the western lands. When his demand was refused, he declared war against the western lands. To his great surprise however, his opponents fought back brilliantly. Though outnumbered, the Westerners were not outmatched.
Now, Two years later, the two forces are almost evenly matched. But a month ago, King Emathist had been assassinated. King Kamono is the new ruler of the Western Territories. Little is known of this man other than the fact that he was first in line for the throne.
Quick changes are being noticed in the ways of ruling though. Everyone, even Easterners, had considered King Emathist to be at the very least, a fair man. Where Emathist had merely taken control of towns, Kamono is demolishing everything in his path.
Now Westerners must wonder: are they on the right side of the war?


So, how ya feel about that? Now to explain where YOU come in:

You are warriors in the Western army. Basically, you fight a lot (if all comes out ok). Not just the opposing force, but hopefully some monsters too, and maybe practice on each other. Now here are your options:

Western-

The Western Fortress we will be Rping in is located in the Crom mountains It’s the main fort of Western keep. Located 1/4th of the way up the mountain, it isn’t snowy (as you would expect) except during Winter. Further up the mountain, there is a bunch of hot springs that you should check out. There is a training grounds, and also an obstacle course. (There are also: rooms that you will stay in, a Dining Area, a Weapons Store Room, a Nursing Station, A supplies room, and an office for the leading officer)

How many characters: 6-14 (dependent on how many sign up)
Character positions:

*Captain- follows orders blindly - taken by Rayne Axhel
*Lieutenant: Male, a bit less obedient, has his own morales.- taken by Tsiiris
*Privates (2): anything goes- One has been taken by Aleks
*Soldiers: anything goes (Ranking order goes from white, to red to purple to blue to green, green being the lowest, white the highest.) - One has been taken by Atmah Noah (Green) another has been taken by Heaven's coin (Blue)


So, that’s about it! Whew! Give yourself a hand for reading all my crap!! Go ahead, all you need to read now…is the profile layout!! (NUUUUUU!!)

Character Quote: Let us see what’s inside your chara’s head!!

*Name: Be creative! I don’t want Inuyasha, Vash, or Chrono! It’s not nice!!
*Age: Plz no chara’s under 14, they just have no reason to be fighting a war at 14!!
*DOB:
*Height:
*Weight: And don’t be stupid, if you’re 6’3 and weigh 250 lbs, you’re NOT FAT!! Don’t anybody DARE put 5’7 and 98 lbs! Unless you want me to title you supermodel and ban you!!
*Species: that’s right! You got a choice!! Anything you want really k?
*Weapon(s): No more than three, and you can’t be “greatly skilled” in all of them!!
*Rank: Soldier, Major, Captain, etc.
*Family and Relationships:
*Physical description: be DRASTIC, I want to know every scar ok? If there’s a booger in your chara’s nose, I want to know about it!! …kidding…
*Personality: once again, be DRASTIC!!
*Past: DRASTIC, DRASTIC, DRASTIC!!
*Other Information:


Note: This is just a template, add anything you think you need to, this is just a rough draft k?

REMEMBER: Be realistic with your character. Fifteen year olds typically aren’t OMIGtehDEADLIESTthingsEVAR because they’re uber skilled with multiple weapons of mass destruction. Experience comes with age. Try to make sure your height and build correspond with your weight, and try to be as descriptive as possible in the ‘past’ and ‘personality’ sections. Have fun!

[Tsiiri]

Character Quote: "Get....out of my face..."

Name: Tsi Iris
Age: 19
DOB: Unkown(Umm…what year is this taking place anyway?)
Height: 6’
Weight: 155 lbs.
Species: Rayt'o (Basically a race that is human, except for their ability to move quickly and silently and their acute sense of hearing)
Weapons: Twin Daggers, Shurikens, and Long Bow
Rank: Lieutenant

Family and Relationships: Tsi has no living family members, his only relationship outside of his family was the one with his master, who has vanished mysteriously.
Personality: Tsi is a man of few words. He is also a lone wolf. Despite both of those traits, he is quick to earn the respect of others. That is, until he’s in the middle of a fight. At that point, he says nothing and he becomes rather bloodthirsty.

Physical Appearance: Tsi has a tall slender build. His hair is silvery and spiked. His eyes are violet and they show anger within his soul. He has a medium complexion, making him hard to see in the shadows. He wears a black shirt and black pants that are tight enough to where they won’t catch the wind but loose enough to where they won’t restrict his movement. He also wears a black headband right below his hairline. There are numerous scars along both of his hands and forearms.

Past: Tsi never knew his father. He spent the first six years of his life living with his mother and brother. That is, until he awoke one day to find them dead on the floor, with shurikens sticking in the necks. He ran away from his home after seeing that sight. He wandered for a few days, before collapsing near a small house. The owner of the house took him in. As Tsi came to know him, he discovered that the owner was a master assassin. He became an understudy in the art of assassination. Ten years later, he returned to that same house as he always did after practicing in the nearby woods, only to find his master gone. His master had always been there when he got back, no matter what. It was at that time that he joined the Western Army. He worked his way up to the rank of lieutenant. He has held that position for about one year now. Now, things are becoming difficult, the King has been assassinated and a new one has taken over. This King has ordered many atrocities in this month. Tsi has yet to perform any of those, and doesn’t plan to either.


In my opinion, we should stick to Western only, unless a lot of people join...

[HeavensCoin]

Quote: “Smile—It’s contagious!”

Name: Serafina Kaysa (Meaning in Spanish: Pure Seraph)
Experiment Number: 206*
Age: 18*
Dob: June 22
Height: 5’3”
Weight: 125 ibs.
Species: Unicorn/Human Hybrid
Weapons: Sickle, Throwing daggers
Rank: Soldier
Soldier Ranking: Blue*
Specialty: Field Medic

Family and Relationships:
Serafina has no family of which she can speak of because she was born in an eastern lab. One of the scientist's assistances, Terra, had been the only one who was slightly nice to her, and she had been fired for it.*

Appearance:
Serafina’s face is soft and round, complemented by high cheek-bones, and accented by gracefully curved eyebrows. Plump pink lips are almost always pulled into a devious smile, and her fawn-brown eyes always glow and swirl endlessly. Her hair, a soft silver streaked with blue, is kept up in a messy ponytail, with stray strands falling into her face. Long elfin ears peek out from behind her hair, adorned with studs and hoops, giving her a sort of ‘exotic’ look.*

Besides her abnormally short height, there is something very different about Serafina. At night she gives of an almost angelic glow. Of course, you’ll probably never get the chance to see. She’s quite hard to find, when she needs to be, and she often chooses to remain hidden at night.*

Serafina’s clothes a made for made for easy movement on the battle field, and not at all modest. She wears a short blue tank top that stops just below her breast, and a brown strap the holds the sheath to her sickle is always slung across her chest. Her deep blue shorts hang of her hips loosely and fall a few inches short of mid-thigh. She wears casual ankle boots and large metal bangles on her wrists.

Personality:
Serafina is a brash young woman, with devious thoughts always coursing through her mind. She’s almost always the first one to try something knew or different, and is usually the source of trouble. Serafina is also very sarcastic. So sarcastic, that sometimes people can’t tell if she’s serious or not. She uses her sarcasm kind of like a security blanket, to cover up when she’s really hurt. In addition, she’s got a streak of independence in her, not letting her rely on anyone, never asking for help. When she relies on someone, she feels weak, and she hates that feeling.*

The final portion of her personality is her more guarded side. Behind the mask of self-assurance and sarcasm is a girl who was forced to grow up to fast, simply seeking acceptance. Though it might not appear as if she’s listening, she takes everything anyone says to her to heart. If a friend jokingly calls her a midget (Unless used as a pet name ^.^) she really feels as if that’s all she is to them. But she won’t let you know she’s hurt; she’ll just keep on talking.

Past:
In an attempt to save at least a little bit of the dieing species of Unicorns, a scientist, one Dr. Tigris, fused the genes of a human an a unicorn together. The outcome was a small, meekish looking child, with wide eyes and pale skin. Immediately, different test were run on her, and she was cut off from all human contact. The only person brave enough to defy Tigris and talk to the babe was Terra. She was given the job of nursing her, and was practically a mother to the unicorn hybrid.

But all that changed when she turned ten. Tigris felt there was no more need for Terra and fired her, saying that her influence made his specimen soft. He then began testing and training to be an elite soldier, but medicine of the human body was what really interested her. She excelled at mixing herbs and bandaging wounds, and began her studies of nursing in secret. At 15 she broke out of the lab and joined the military to get back at the Easterners for all they had done to her.

Extra Info: On moonless nights, the long silver horn of a unicorn can be seen on her head.

She wears a choker that closely resembles a collar, with a glowing red gem in the middle. On the inside, the number “206” is inscribed.


(OOC: Long eh? I think we should stick to the Westerners too...it makes everything so much easier!
* means I’ve edited/ added it from the first post.)

ok, so far everything is good basically right?

Questions answered: Tsiiiri- (Umm…what year is this taking place anyway?)

Well, I haven't set that in stone or anything, especially since this is on a different land copmletely, but lets see....i don't want it to be too advanced...so we can say about 1800's? how's that w/ you all?

And so far that's two for Western only, and I almost really agree w/ you totally. I'm thinking about just changing my first post completely. Make it shorter ^_^

Okay, on Tsi's Chara

i really like your chara. The strong silent type eh? I really wasn't sure how it tied in with morals until the last sentence, but you made it all come around so, *bum bum bum* I give you the part!! SQUEEE!!

on Heaven's Coins

i really like your chara too. She seems energetic and fun loving, however cynical at the same time. You put lots of detail into everything, which is exactly what I asked for, however, you have a lot of just grammatical mistakes that made me twitch all through here. like in your first sentence, "serafina has no family in which she can speak of, she born in lab"
.................................... no...*thumps nose* "serafina has no family OF which she can speak of, she WAS born in A lab." The only way i could let some of this slide, is if your chara was a cave man, and since she's so cute and adorable (squee!!) no.

anyways, I promise you, my chara. will be up soon, i'm working out some things with her, so be patient!! I love yous guys!!

[Atma-Noah]

Hmmmm? 1800's? Why not go for the more mid evil time since it's about a war? I'd prefer the choosing of both sides but meh! It's up to you.

Aye! I apologize for the typos and such. I had other things I was suppose to do before this post and didn't.


Character Quote: If I only saved her.

Name: Noah
Alias: Atma
Age: 29
DOB: The first day of the seventh month (If your not going to use the standard calender)
Height: 5"10
Weight: 167 lbs
Species: Human
Weapon: A long sword
Rank:Green Soldier*(Blah! I hate colours!)

Family and Relationships: His imiditate family exiled him for his treason and are most likely dead as punishment.

Physical description: His smooth long hair has been turned to grey due to the stress of the war. His emerald colour eyes seem to pierce the hearts of their prey. Noah sports a faded brown muscle shirt and pants. His sheath hangs down from his belt on his left side. The sheath itself is made of wood and engraved with the name Wendy. Has a scar on his back*

Personality: A very compassionate man. It seems his only flaws are his pride and arogance. These are usually subdued by his kindness. After Wendy's kidnapping though, his arogance has took control. With this he also has become sarcastic and does not really care for the war. This invokes him to put down both armies.

Past: Noah grew up with his family on the roads of the eastern regions. His family being preformers. When he had come of age he took up the sword. Quickly he mastered his balde and joined the army to make a name for himself. Soon he did being know for never being bested by another sword. The western army feared him.

He fought many foes and such but there blood never seemed to leave his hands. Soon their agonizing cires caught up with him and he tried to leave the army. Alas he was caught by King Athean who banished him for treason.

Fleeing towards the western region he met Wendy. An orphan who lived within the western region. His compassion took over and he began raising the young girl. Sadly when King Kamono took over he kidnapped Wendy and used her as bait to get Noah to fight for him in the war.

Other Information:
*Soldier-Noah has no rank really. He is nothing but a weapon for King Kamono. (Most western soldiers do not like him)
*Scar on his back-Caused by the arrow which had prevented Noah from saving Wendy

Quote: “Yes sir, orders are orders.”

Name: Amienth Telgar
Age: 22
DOB: December 15th
Height: 5’8”
Weight: 142 lbs.
Species: 2/3 Elf, 1/3 Human
Weapon(s): Double swords, Earth magic, A gun (can use magic pellets for the gun)
Rank: Captain

Family and Relationships: None to speak of. She never met her father, her mother died when she was very young, and time in the Western army has taught her not to grow attached, and since she’s in a new Fort, it’s better that way anyways.

Physical Description: Amienth, at first glance is almost intimidating. The intimidation comes at first from the lack of an explanation for her, because she looks neither elfin, nor human. She probably owes more of her appearance to her elfin parentage though. For example, her height is somewhat taller than that of the average human woman. She also has that subtle curving, slender, and somewhat lanky figure of the elves. Besides this her ears are long, her almond shaped eyes are that given light blue, her lips, soft yet thing, and her angular face is complemented by her long flowing elfin hair. Her hair however is also one of the things that separate her from the elves. It is dark brown, given to her by her human mother. Her skin is also rather dark, and her lashes are nearly the same color. Her eyes, hair, and skin merge to create a very exotic look.

However much her features owe to her elfin parentage, her clothes come directly from her human upbringing. Not only her human upbringing, but also her mother having been a dancer relate to her “unique” style.

Her mother, for instance, gave her her first pair of earrings when she was seven, in the lobes. She continued throughout the years, and now has three more in her cartilages (two in the left, one in the right.). She also has a belly button ring, which changes occasionally, and a flame tattoo on her left arm, as well as a small heart on her lower back. Her clothes are only a little less showy. The first article of clothing she wears, is a light gray tank top. But don’t be fooled, this is no ordinary shirt; she’s been wearing it since she was nine. (Which of course explains it’s short size) She also wears dark green Capri’s that cut off just slightly below her knees. To hold these up, she wears a loose fitting black belt. Her boots are black combat boots, that lace up the front. She also wears a black bracelet. The only other thing you might every find her in is an army issue jacket.

Personality: Amienth is a very strong person. Her “upbringing” and place in the Western army has taught her to be. She is rash, and difficult to be around when she’s in a bad mood. You can also count on her to yell at you (more of less dependent on your rank). She hates her authority being questioned, but will respect you more for it. (Her last two boyfriends yelled back at her when she told them off.) She’s not quick to trust a person, but once you gain that trust, she’ll be the most loyal of them all. Besides this, she’s a horrible drinker, and has a great sense of humor, if somewhat cynical. Unlike most people, she has nothing to hide. She lays it all out there on the table. Can you say blunt?

Past: First, it should be known that she never knew her father. Her father, an elf, fell in love with a very beautiful dancer, and on the first time, Diana conceived. Their marriage planes were abashed when the elfin elders reminded him that marriage between an elf and human was outlawed. Instead of being a man, he immediately cut ties with her. So Diana raised Amienth (Amie for short) as a single morther. She taught her daughter to dance….. And several other questionable things, until in a bar, she was killed by a drunk. Amie was twelve. As horrible as it is, at fourteen, she became a child prostitute. She continued this profession for two years, until she was spotted “knocking a guy’s lights out” after he “tried to get some without paying”. The scout who saw this was impressed, and suggested her to his official. Not much to say after this. She moved through the ranks quickly, and finally became (dun dun dun) Captain.

Other information: She has a few hobbies that should be discussed
1.) She loves power, and being in charge, however she also loves order, and will follow blindly at most any cost.
2.) Drinking- she drinks like a fish (you know the saying) but surprisingly for her body size, doesn’t get drunk easily.
3.) Dancing- she’s a great booty shaker, money maker. If you guys are lucky, one day you’ll get a lap dance. However, don’t count on it, and don’t ask…she might have to remove your reason for wanting one…


Now, to move on to critiques, first sorry coins, forget to tell you i give you the part!! whoots for you! But hey, another critique (for both you And atmah, I put the color codes up for a reason, they show your rank even further, please include this!! ^_^)

Atmah's chara- Your idea for this chara is great, and i love how you messed with he background of the story to show your charas plot in the whole thing!!
However, firstly, your personality section is....pitiful.... three lines? c'mon!! tell us!! did he become a drunk after losing the girl? Did he lost part of his sanity? details details! Oh, and i know that typos rule our souls and all, but please, keep it to a minimum, especially these two things got me real bad. first, you mispelled Western....not cool, and then you used there for "their" i'm prolly gonna end up an english MAJOR and these things just make me wince.... *goes into compulsive twitching* but amen brother, amen, your chara's fitting with the history of the story got you your part, but please, once again, name your color of soldier rank k? much love, me!!

[Atma-Noah]

There I edited my post and such. When do you plan on starting the rp? Or is it already started? I really like the idea for this rp. There was a similar ro not to long ago that didn't make it to far.

Anyways I can't wait.

[HeavensCoin]

I think it should be a little earlier too. Maybe the 15 or 1600's? Anyways, I edited my post. Thanks for pointing out my grammatical errors. Turns out, I had a whole bunch of them that I missed! I added and deleted a couple things as well...

--Coins

[Aleks]

Im on, ive been wanting to join a RP with long post in quite a while. Sorry if my english sucks. Im Norwegian...:/

Character quote- "If you die, I die - at least my soul does!"

Name: Ina Uchinat (First I came up with)
Gender: He's male, even tough he has a female name.
DOB:Unknown
Height: Im not familure with ibs so i'l give you he's height in meters: 1, 80 Meters
Weight:Again the thing with the ibs...:/. He's about 70 Kg.
Age:19
Specie: Human/ Elf (he's mother was an elf while he's father was a man).
Weapon: Shuriken and Ninja Katana
Rank: Private
Family and relation: He's father was a respective induvidiual, he was actually an Shinobi, but the scripts forbided him to marry a elf, so he escaped with his wife and son (Ina). Under the escape he's father was killed so he escaped with his mother to the western kingdom. Together with her and his fathers servent he learned the tech's of an ninja.
Physical description: He looks like the mainstream man, but he's more then that. He has a scar (sorry ^^') over his left hand, which had burned in while they were escaping the castle when he was only a kid. He does not now he he got it. Blue eyes and normal brown hair.
Personality: Sometimes he can be the most joyfull person in the world, but if anyone mentions he's scar or his father he turns into a silent person. He can be very dangerous under war because you dont see him before he you are dead, because of that peaplo hate him and he hates back, and this makes him often depressed.
Past: He joined the military to become strong, he promised himself to return to his fathers village and revenge himself when the war is over. He is also after revenge, because a knight of the enemy killed his only love.
Favorite food(): Roasted Chicken
Favorite drink: Water (He hates alcohol)
Hobby: Drawing and doing things he's not supposed to do.
School education: Main school, War school and private ninja training(Not recorded).


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Way! Im looking forward to write this (If im allowed in then).

ok, basically i'm gonna answer questions here k?

Time zone: ok, that's fine, so I declare the time zone to be....1532!! ha! *gushes because she's happy her rpers put their thoughts* YAY ^_^!!

Starting time: no atmah, it hasn't started yet, i actually know of at least one more person that wants to be in it but i realize that everyone wants to get started so i say...*mumbles to herself in a senile sort of way* what's today? friday....hmmm... ok, by next Friday!! We Shall have the Thing up and running k? everyone got that?

Forum start: ok, at the beginning, you're not "new recruits" but you are new to the fort k? so your first post should probably have to do with unpacking or something of that nature k?

And Aleks, i excuse your grammar because of your Norwegian...ness....so umm, you get it!

ok, that's bout it, love much, me!!

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by Rayne-Axhel

ok, basically i'm gonna answer questions here k?

Time zone: ok, that's fine, so I declare the time zone to be....1532!! ha! *gushes because she's happy her rpers put their thoughts* YAY ^_^!!

Starting time: no atmah, it hasn't started yet, i actually know of at least one more person that wants to be in it but i realize that everyone wants to get started so i say...*mumbles to herself in a senile sort of way* what's today? friday....hmmm... ok, by next Friday!! We Shall have the Thing up and running k? everyone got that?

Forum start: ok, at the beginning, you're not "new recruits" but you are new to the fort k? so your first post should probably have to do with unpacking or something of that nature k?

And Aleks, i excuse your grammar because of your Norwegian...ness....so umm, you get it!

ok, that's bout it, love much, me!!

Next friday? Damn and I was looking forward to having fun with it over the weekend. Anyway you should'nt only forgive me for my grammar but also my age >_< (12 ;_.

^^You did'nt read that.....

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[Atma-Noah]

12 eh? Hmmmmm well don't expect your age to effect my posts...And with your spelling Aleks you should just use spell check in MSWord or whatever you use....Yeah I know I shouldn't be the one saying it because I had spelling errors and the like also....

Next Friday sounds good to me.

[Aleks]

Originally Posted by Atma-Noah

12 eh? Hmmmmm well don't expect your age to effect my posts...And with your spelling Aleks you should just use spell check in MSWord or whatever you use....Yeah I know I shouldn't be the one saying it because I had spelling errors and the like also....

Next Friday sounds good to me.

Im Norwegian to..so its not only the age >_>