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[h2]One Piece: A New Era Unfolding[/h2][/center]
The World Government has declared war against the current ruling Yonkou after Akainu's sudden announcement that all pirates having bounties over 100million beli should be rounded up and executed publicly. Some speculates that the announcement was a propaganda thought up by the Celestial Dragons to finally seize total power over the world, but others suspects that an even bigger force was behind all of this. Although the idea seem absurd at first, however, with the not so private amassing of Pacifitas and powerful devils fruit users, the Government has been successful so far, executing over 150 pirates with bounties ranging from 200 to 700 million beli in plain public. Threatened by the turn of events, the Yonkou was forced to form a temporary alliance to strike back. The collision of both powers has tipped the world balanced immensely, and thus started the most anarchic era in history.

[hider=Current state of the New World]
The New World has become one of the wretched anarchic zone, what with the Pirates standing their ground and defending their territories against Marine oppressions. Clash between pirates and marines are quite frequent in this region that it has become a common sight. Marines and Pacifitas are everywhere. They scourge the great seas, engaging any ship flying a black flag regardless of their law status. Common folks prefers to huddle in their own homes, while others choose to stay at certain designated evacuation sites provided by their Government. Crime rates grew astronomically, while resources are being hoarded by the World Government.[/hider]

[hider=News about the Yonkou]
After his encounter with the three admirals and Akainu himself, Kaido has finally fallen. His remaining troops has scattered wounded in the New World, some joined the remaining Yonkous, while the others choose to stay hidden. This has been a huge blow to the pirate side, and so to ensure their power, the Yonkou has been secretly holding councils deciding as to who would replace Kaido's place, and fast. Many rookies has risen in terms of rank and fame within a short perios of time, even making it to the short list of candidates. The ascension of a new Yonkou is to be announced in three days time.[/hider]

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[b]OOC clip from Interest Check:[/b] The RP takes place during the preamble of the war, specifically right after Kaido's execution, and from there, we will go deeper into the cause of it all and then finally to the war itself (hopefully) as we progress. Everyone will start off as rookies (for pirates) running wild in the New World, but would eventually form Alliances to help out fight The World Government. The first half of the story will focus on forming connections and fortifying and formulating advances against the Marines. On the other hand should you choose to be on the Marine side, your main focus is to impede pirate advancement and crippling down their forces by capturing and executing as many of them as you can. 

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[h3][b]Character sheet[/b][/h3]
[hider][center]Name:
Gender:
Side: (pirate/marine)
Crew:
Position:
Appearance:
Type: (devils fruit user, superhuman, normal)
Devils fruit: (make sure you include the name of the devils fruit, the fruit type, and a simple description of how the fruit looks like. Leave this section blank if you dont have one)
Ability:
Personality:
Bio:
Others:

[b]Pirate Crew(Optional)[/b]:
Crew Name:
Ship Name:
Flag: (picture/description)
Affiliation: (Shanks/Big Mom/Black Beard/independent)[/center][/hider]

[b]Rules[/b]:
1. Post your complete CS on the character's tab for approval.
2. Follow casual RP rules. Have at least 100 to 150 characters per post minimum. No one liners.
3. No godmode. 
4. Romance is okay, but keep it PG. Although I want to see more action than romance to be honest.
5. Try to post once each day, or if not, just try to be active. Check the thread as often as you can, or say hi or whatever, just so we know you're still alive.
6. This might help you: [url=http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page]One Piece Wikia[/url]
7. Others: [i]It's Show Time[/i].