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Cinderella Man shall become the wings of Rebellion

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The Plot

Most of us know the myth of Pandora's Box(Jar, to those of us that went the extra mile). Zeus, father of the gods, is angry at the Titan Prometheus for his past trickery for the furthering of mankind. Zeus makes the perfect woman with the help of all of the other gods, and gives her a box with explicit warnings not to open it, then presents her to Prometheus' brother: Epimethius. They marry, and one day Pandora gets curious and wonders what's inside the box. She opens it, and all sorts of horrors fly forth from the box and attack her before scattering into the world as she quickly shuts the lid. The only thing left inside? Hope.

It's several millennia after the opening, the tradition of warriors and powerful heroes has never really left the world, albeit with much less frequency than in olden days. The horrors that once ravaged the world have now simply become part of everyday life. Sickness, jealousy, hatred, war, abuse, and death to name a few are things that humans have come to terms with and have decided to accept, albeit begrudgingly. However the god of Death, Thanatos, isn't happy with the way things are. He wants the world to fear him once more. As the leader of the horrors, he begins to strengthen them by feeding them the essence of random people across the planet in an attempt to make them into what they once were in the Age of the Gods.

In response to the scale of balance being tipped, Hope reawakens herself from her slumber deep inside of the enchanted jar awakens the ancient blood of the closest and most direct descendant of Pandora that she can find which compels them to make their way to a cave not far from their village. Inside, she discovers an ornate jar that seems worn and has many scratches covering its surface depicting many different heroes and events from ages past. Upon her hand making contact with the jar, Hope's consciousness floods her body and she uses the limited strength that she has to send out a cry planet-wide to every and any warrior that she possibly can to compel them to make their way to a specified location where the journey to return the horrors back into the jar shall begin...


The Setting/Worldbuilding

The world is Earth, in a similar position to ours. There are cars, albeit not very powerful or very flashy ones, planes are still wooden, and computers aren't that advanced. The traditions of heroes and monsters haven't left the world even after the Age of Gods, but most humans can no longer become heroes without the blessing of a god or being a demi-god or demi-titan. The legacies of heroes past, such as Hercules and Perseus also exist, but they're uncommon compared to demigods. Even rarer than all of them are the human heroes, who have become essentially the thing of legend. The only landmass on the planet is a large conjoined one known as Pangaea, which is separated into several different countries which essentially take the form of an odd roulette wheel. The largest country in the middle of the mass, and the other countries spread out evenly across the coasts. Mountains are essentially non-existent in areas aside from the northeast coasts, and the southern countries are dotted with deserts. Caves aren't at all uncommon in areas.

All warriors employ the use of a concept called prana, an energy that's within all living things on the planet. Demigods and demi-titans use the influence of their parent or patron (in the case of gods such as Athena and Artemis) to force their prana out of their bodies to perform specific tasks such as zapping a monster into ashes or repairing something. Their prana is connected to their parent/patron's pool of prana, which is also shared between all of their siblings, which is why it was common for demigods in the past to attempt to wipe out their siblings. Demigods also have the issue that their strength can wane depending on how their patron/parent's feelings towards them. The less glory being brought to the god they represent, the less strength they tend to have. Along with that, demititans and human heroes tend to be stronger than demigods in terms of pure physical ability. But demigods have an ace in the hole, as it were. The God Burst.

The God Burst is a documented event where demigods call forth all of their full potential, becoming like an actual god for a short period of time. Their eyes burn with heavenly light, and their veins bleed the golden ichor of the gods. In this form, demigods' abilities are enhanced beyond that which they could reach just by training and practicing. It does come with a few side effects. The most notable of which being the wear and tear that God Bursting puts on the mortal form. It burns calories like nobodies business, and can result in the straining of muscles and breaking of bones that isn't felt until after dropping from the form. As well as the more often one uses their God Burst, the more they begin to form habits similar to that of their parents, which may or may not be a good thing.
(More will be added as needed.)

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reposting from the IC :)

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You can post your character to the Character tab, because she's approved already. ^^
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So I just wanna make sure that it's ok if my character has two ancestors? Like one is her great great grandfather, though she doesn't exactly know this part
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Hmm. Well you see, my issue with it is pretty much limited to the abilities of the God Burst. It's essentially pulled directly from the parent/patron. Dionysus' makes sense to me, but the second one doesn't really make sense in relation to who it comes from. The second one seems to better fit someone like Ares, or Kratos.

Also, for balancing's sake, I'm going to have to say that your God Bursts will have to be weaker than that of the others.
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What hades are you using for this? I really wanna base my hades off of the one in kid icarus, but I could keep both of them weaker, anyways, she's also only one person so she can't very well take out an entire army with her abilities as it is
She can also only use one at a time anyways, can't use both

But I do gotta know what you think the powers for Hades person would be though,

Also I don't count Kratos as a god, kinda feel like if you do that then cuthulu should be a god too
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To address in order:
1. All gods, titans, heroes, etc. used in this RP will be interpreted from the versions of themselves represented in the olden Greek myth.
2. Even though they can't be used in conjunction, they can't be the same strength as normal God Bursts. That'd be a bit much.
3. Hades is the god of the underworld and shambling corpses for the most parts. Also riches, like minerals, gold, gems, etc. Rocks. Shadows. You could do something pretty cool with all of that.
4. I'm not referring to God of War Kratos, although he is based on the ACTUAL Kratos, the god of strength in Greek myth.

also cthulu's an elder god from lovecraftian myth, jussaiyan. |D
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K powered everything down!

And now she can create a small earthquake which only use is to knock people off balance

Also sorry about the kratos thing, I had no idea and Now I feel silly
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FINALLY Finished it.



Name: Aiden Williamson
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Height: 6'3''
Weight: 195lbs
Ancestor: Prometheus




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@Cuccoruler
You're fine, mane. I didn't even know until a couple of years ago. She's approved, move 'er to the CS tab.

@The Jester King
Approved. To the tab!
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Anyone objecting to the IC going up sometime today or tomorrow? (Most likely today.)
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Nope
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no objections here
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no problem
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RavenTLark Potterhead Alert!

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Go ahead.
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@Cinderella Man

I just wanted to inform you that I might not be available on Sunday (coming up).
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Where is everyone? Is this dead?
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Very sorry for the lack of activity on my part, I'll attempt to get things rolling again when I'm off this damned phone of mine.
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Just realized this but @Cinderella Man You have no bio for your character up
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