[h1][center][u]Legends Among Us (Pokemon RP)[/u][/center][/h1]

Thirty years passed since Team Rocket, Team Plasma, and a rash of other villainous groups were thwarted throughout the Pokemon world. The world enjoyed a period of remarkable peace and harmony between humans and Pokemon.

Then, the virus appeared.

It started with weak wild Pokemon in Viridian Forest who experienced what seemed to be a bad cold. As the disease spread to trainers' Pokemon and further into the region, the symptoms worsened. By the time anyone realized it could be a serious issue, the relentless virus had spread to other regions and was becoming a pandemic.

Many Pokemon experienced no more than flu-like symptoms. However, some Pokemon, usually those owned by trainers, became very sick and needed to be hospitalized. Though researchers across the regions have never found a cure, they did discover that the disease has the strange quality of affecting Pokemon in proportion to their strength. Thus, the dreaded virus was nicknamed the "Power Plague".

Then, the unthinkable happened. The legendary Pokemon Mew died of the Power Plague. Terrified, the legendary Pokemon of Sinnoh dared to awaken Arceus from his centuries-long slumber, hoping he could stop the virus. Arceus agreed that the legendary Pokemon must be saved, or else the world would be thrown out of balance. Unfortunately, there was no way to end the plague without causing another cataclysmic imbalance.

However, Arceus came up with another, drastic solution. If the legendary Pokemon had human bodies, they couldn't catch the virus. Thus, Arceus chose humans he felt were suited to playing host to legendary Pokemon. He intertwined the spirits of all the legendaries and their host humans. Exhausted by the effort of combining souls, Arceus returned to his deep slumber.

These "avatars" live all around the Pokemon world. They could easily pass for normal humans, but many of them have traits similar to their Pokemon, such as hair, skin and eye color, and body type. They only age one year for every ten years they live. The avatars are much stronger than the average human, but not nearly as strong as the Pokemon they represent. (Their stats are about half those of their Pokemon.)

In addition, avatars possess the moves, ability, and type(s) of their Pokemon. They also have any special abilities... and responsibilities... the Pokemon may have. Some avatars may live whatever life they choose, while others must spend their lives granting wishes, stopping some other avatars from bickering, etc.

Avatars have many different reactions to their new life. Some hide it; some flaunt it. Some resent the legendaries for putting them in this position; some fear their own mighty, untrained powers. Others delight in the chance to use their superhuman powers and long life for good... or evil. Normal humans also have mixed reactions to the avatars, ranging from worshipful adoration to hatred, from terror to apathy.

Some avatars have their own Pokemon. In fact, avatars tend to have particularly close bonds with their Pokemon. They can even telepathically communicate with Pokemon that share at least one type.

Two years have passed since the avatars' story... [i]your[/i] story... began. What will happen to the Pokemon world when a new crisis arises? That all depends on the Legends Among Us.



[h3][center][u]Rules[/u][/center][/h3]

1. No godmodding (you cannot in any way control another person's character). If you attack another character, you may say where and how you attempted to attack, but the other person decides whether or not the attack hits.

2. Keep romance PG-13. Your characters are allowed to have sex, but please keep it all off-screen.

3. Please don't sign up for this RP unless you're seriously prepared to put some effort into it. I would like people to consistently post AT LEAST once a week, preferably every three days. Even if you're waiting for someone else to post, I would like you to check in out-of-character so we know who's still participating. I plan to give out occasional in-RP "prizes" to people who post consistently. :)

4. Post your character sheet in OOC for approval. Once I approve it, you can copy it to Characters.

I plan to have one main plot and also opportunities for sandbox roleplay if there is enough interest.



[h3][center][u]Character Sheet[/u][/center][/h3]

Name:

Pokemon*:

Gender:

Age:

Hometown:

Level**:

Ability:

Moves***:

Legendary powers:

Held item****:

Appearance:

Personality:

Backstory:

For each Pokemon the character owns (you may start with 0-2)

Nickname:

Species:

Gender:

Level**:

Ability:

Moves***:

Held item****:

*There is only one of each legendary Pokemon in this world, so you can't pick a species that has already been taken. If someone creates a character but posts less than three times in the first three weeks, that character will be retconned and its Pokemon will be available again. [b]Pokemon that you can't choose are: Arceus, Mew, Diancie, Rayquaza, Regirock, Darkrai, Suicune, Giratina, Groudon, Hoopa, Xerneas, Yveltal, Jirachi, Reshiram, Latias, Dialga, Zekrom, Heatran[/b]

**Maximum starting level of any avatar or Pokemon is 30. Maximum total starting level of any team is 60. Please keep level in mind when battling and choosing which moves characters know.

***Each avatar and Pokemon may have up to six moves. Please make most of these level-up moves. For each character sheet, I will allow one powerful move learned by means other than level-up or two less powerful ones TOTAL.

**** You cannot start with mega stones or other rare items, but you might be able to find them during the RP.

If you want to keep any part of your personality or backstory secret from the other players, you can PM me those secrets for approval instead of putting them on your character sheet.