[@Ashgan] Hey, glad I caught your interest! Trust me, I understand that feeling entirely, it's why I've been gone for so bloody long and am just coming back now. Honestly makes me kind of proud that this roleplay has caught your attention, though, and brought you back for an attempt.

Alright, so about the plot... Basically, if I were to require anything of the characters, it would be to have a development plan in mind. I know that's pretty general, so let's see if I can get closer to that meaning. The first arc is pretty much about the war between Barcea and H'kela, I don't think that spoils too much, so to begin with things are going to be fairly "human" in terms of power and enemies. However, I already have plans for throughout the first arc to hint at the greater things in the world, the things going on behind the scenes. The overall story of this is going to involve meeting and possibly even fighting god-level beings, so there needs to be room for your character to grow, either through "artificial" or "natural" means.

When it comes to characters meeting each other, to begin with perhaps they'll be on different sides, but eventually they'll come together to stand against greater powers and evils. Since the focus is in the East to begin with, for example people from places like the West or Jasi can be travelers after some sort of goal that changes to them joining up with the main group (which will probably be Barcea-centric), or even, in the case of Barcea and H'kela, when the war is resolved it's sort of a tense alliance.

What will you be allying against? Well...
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The story will eventually proceed into a four way war between East, West, and two other factions. This will be what's happening during the "Final" arc, and maybe perhaps before. One of these factions has existed throughout the history but isn't known, so I didn't include them above. The other faction is one that is newly made, and has a lot to do with the end of the world.[/hider]

So, in a shellnut: Characters who will be able to grow and survive as battles escalate beyond the realm of "normal," and characters that you're willing to plan with me if necessary to bring into the fold. I don't want to give too much general information beyond that just because it might not apply to everyone, and it might also lead to too many spoilers.

Also! While it would be cool for people to have characters in that main fold, it would also be cool to have some supporting villains as well. If someone would really, really like to help me place more pieces on the board, then feel free to ask. Depending on what your idea of a villain might be, I can give you more information to how they might fit in. That, or you can ask about one of the factions straight away, and I'll just start feeding more and more information slowly, until we come to a workable point where I feel like, "Yes, this idea will be brilliant," and then I can feed you lots of information about said enemies.

I hope this text dump clears up some confusion and brings some enlightenment! If not I'll try again, it's been awhile since I've had to tiptoe around plot elements while describing so I'm out of practice.

[@GenFungus]Huh? What was that noise?

Edit: Holy Hells that turned out longer than I expected it to be.