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In an age long past... evil flooded over the land. Creatures awash in the dark tide ran wild, pushing mankind to the brink of annihilation. In its despair, mankind appealed to the heavens, and from a Blinding Light came hope.

The Sacred Stone.

This glorious treasure held the power to dispel evil. The hero Grado and his warriors used the Sacred Stone to combat evil’s darkness. They defeated the Demon King and sealed his soul away within the stone, which started to glow with a demonic fire which made the stone come to be called the Fire Emblem. With the darkness imprisoned, peace returned to Magvel.

But this peace would not last…

For some 800 years, a quiet peace has reigned in the absence of the terrible darkness. The Sacred Stone has been passed from generation to generation under the command of the Five Heroes. Each of the Five Heroes had a nation built around their power and their legacy.

The Kingdom of Renais, which today is ruled by Ginnava, the noble Paladin Queen.
The Kingdom of Frelia, which today is ruled by Kennard, the prudent Sky King.
The Kingdom of Jehanna, which today is ruled by Sion, the King of Red Sands.
The Theocracy of Rausten, which today is ruled by Edan, the Celestial Emperor.
The Grado Empire, which today is ruled by Rioga, the respected Court Emperor.

These five countries house the powers of the five heroes. They are joined by the emerging mercantile Republic of Carcino. In times of peace, tales of the past conflict has drifted into legend, and memories of the ancient dark arts, or how the Sacred Stone came to be, has all but evaporated. The stone now rests safely in Castle Grado, where it has been deemed the safest.

The year 808 a huge earthquake shatters the nation of Grado. The natural disaster left the grandest nation reeling in its wake, with the other nations sending the support it could. The then emperor, his children and the Sacred Stone was safe, but much of the nation needed assistance. The king and the other nations provided what they could, but a new disaster was affecting all of Magvel…

Ancient fiends, monsters, dark creatures. They came from nowhere, and appeared in all nations at once. Their strength was weak compared to that of human military, but it was a fact that the people was no longer safe, ever since the earthquake that shook Grado. Grado itself took the worst blow, with little military to spare after the disaster, they had to depend on the troops of others to survive.

Three hundred years passed. No solution to the monsters was found, but they were manageable in numbers. No town now went without protection, the people have been forced to accept the threats around the world. However, the people have grown tired of constantly fearing for their lives. They seek something to blame, something to end it all, and a report from Rausten gave them one…

A paper from an esteemed Bishop in Rausten said destroying the Sacred Stone containing the Demon Lord, the Fire Emblem, would vanquish the enemy. The dark researchers of Grado knew the idiocy of this and defended, but the idea had been instilled into the people. The already damaged Grado took critical blame from all corners of Magvel, and it was clear that a change would soon take place.

However, nobody could have predicted just how such a change would take place.

It is now the year 1106…

The Kingdom of Jehanna, flourishing from mercenary business all over Magvel due to monsters, invaded the Grado Empire. King Sion acted on the papers of Rausten, in order to destroy the Sacred Stone to end the monster threat. With their military still recovering and with Jehanna’s mercenaries spread across key locations of the nation to support against monsters, Grado stood little chance.

Emperor Rioga cannot answer Sion’s demands to hand over the Fire Emblem, as its destruction would free the Demon King. At the same time, he cannot face Jehanna’s troops. He has no choice but to use all his strength do defend nothing while a smaller unit (you guys) attempts taking the stone out of Grado, towards safety. But he cannot hold them forever. Grado will fall… It is inevitable.
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This roleplay is currently accepting more players, but it would help if any new characters are created so they may easily join the plot.

Character Sheet

Name: What your name is, OR what you want people to call you. If you want people to call you “Raven” because saying that your name is Raymond would attract unwanted attention, then feel free to write “Raven” here. And remember, in Fire Emblem there are no last names.
Appearance: How you look like according to someone seeing you for the first time. Fire Emblem is anime-inspired, so I do not mind at all if you use an image. I mean, I have painstakingly searched for an image for every single named NPC I’ve created so far (except Rioga, because one or more of you might be creating his children (Grado Lords), I don’t want his hair and eye color to be set due to your freedom (nop! He has image too, now!)), so I would like if you could do the same, but you don’t have to, really… I use safebooru to find images.
Apparent Age: Fire Emblem rarely mentions the age of the characters, it seems like. As such, there is no requirement to state the exact age of your character, “Young adult” or “Elder lady” are acceptable answers. Actually, I never use numbers for the NPCs, so you might be odd if you do. … And yeah, in case of Manaketes, they don’t need to write their real age. Just remember that humans shouldn’t use this to disguise being younger/older than they really are.
Gender: Male or female. … If you’re hiding your gender by whatever reason, you can write the gender you’re trying to be here. Unless it is obvious, in which case I’ll deny it.
Nation: The nation which you consider home. If you’re originally from one nation but grew up in another and consider that other home or any other special circumstances, write that as well. If you’d like to keep it secret, feel free.
Class: The class which you trained to become a part of. Use the class-chart to determine where you want to be. Any complaints or suggestions should be routed directly to me.
Weapon Mastery: Using the skill chart, inform us how good you are with the weapons your class allow you to wield. Don’t even try wielding something that isn’t on it, you’ll hurt yourself.
Level: To give us a sense of how strong you really are. Weapon Mastery does this to a degree, but this is another one. So, 1-20? 1-10 in case of Trainee… And any pre-promoted has to pick 1. Fire Emblem tradition. Since we do not have experience, you will go up a level when I say you do. … But I will be factoring in your performance, so stealing EXP is still extremely possible.
Background: If you want to, write your background into the character sheet here. If you don’t want to, simply write “secret!” here and send me the backstory for approval instead. Feel free to leave loose ends of story which I can abuse later as the GM to strike right back at you with. Possibly using characters mentioned in it. Tihi. You’re also perfectly free to link your story to existing characters that I have mentioned, like kings or such, or even to characters I haven’t created that might be princes or princesses of other nations or other highly esteemed people that I have no idea of. If it isn’t acceptable I’ll say so, otherwise, feel free and I’ll adapt the story to that~
Plot-Susceptive: “Yes” or “no”. “No” means that you will, except for whatever development you go through in the future, never have been more than what you write in this sheet, you’re simply moving along experiencing the story without me touching you in any inappropriate way. “Yes” means that you open yourself up to be involved in the story in a more significant way than maybe you yourself could imagine. It allows me to consider your backstory and make appropriate twists to surprise you and those around you, but I will of course ask before making any significant development in case you do not agree. For example, if two of you were playing Ephraim and Eirika I might ask “Would you be okay to have been childhood friend with the prince of Grado, Lyon?” and then we’d go develop that… And yeah. If uninterested, simply put “No”, and you’ll have full control of your life yourself, except for what you might be running into.
Equipment and Items: Things you start with. Will probably be changed over time, feel free to make edit here when it happens. Don’t go overboard, normal people don’t carry five axes. And a peasant probably doesn’t have a Silver Sword. Just saying.

Optional fields you don’t need to have but can if you want to.
Personality: How your character acts and thinks about the world around him or her and what this individual is likely to be perceived as. I was kind of writing the sheets of a few NPCs when I realized I didn’t have a field like this.
Ability Assessment: This is to go more into detail into the stats of your character. Is the character fast? Strong? Is the defense lacking? Is skill the top priority? … Or how they may otherwise be distributed. Otherwise, details of fighting style or otherwise could be mentioned. Just remember, for every advantage stat you mention you should have weaknesses to compensate.
Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other: Is your character secretly a ___ on the side? Hides a hidden hobby of ___-ing? Or maybe that’s actually quite out in the open? Secretly has a crush on ___? Wants to become a ___ when grows up? Acts like a ___ when confronted with ___? Cannot ___ to save his or her life? … Field of development. Really, if you have this field, you can fill it with whatever such amusing quirkiness you desire, or you may leave this field out entirely and just go with it. You’ll be surprised by what fun things can occur to you if you consider what to fill into this field.
R-button Summarization: What it says when you press the R-button on your character’s name. Extremely limited in size. This description is way too long already, but I won’t be holding to the size restrictions either. These will be shown in the “Notable Individuals” fields of the IC if you have one.

Do post your character in the OOC first. After I have accepted the character you may go ahead and post it in the Characters Section. Not before that.

It is perfectly fine to link your story to existing characters that I have mentioned, like kings or such, or even to characters I haven’t created that might be princes or princesses of other nations or other highly esteemed people that I have no idea of. If it isn’t acceptable I’ll say so, otherwise, feel free and I’ll adapt the story to that~ Of course, anything normal is fine too. It would, though, help if at least one of you is a trusted Grado someone, seeing how King Rioga sees fit to entrust you with the fate of the world. Most appropriated would be if someone was a prince or princess of Grado, seeing how Fire Emblem has a tradition of putting a troubled young Lord in charge in the beginning, but that isn’t a necessity at all. All up to you guys.



About items.


Picking Class


Classes. Warning: lots.


Weapon Mastery Chart


Fighting


Weapons Triangle


How we'll play


More details about mechanics.

Recruiting


NPCs


Support


If there are any questions or suggestions of change to make this better then please, go ahead.
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Contents of the world of Magvel

You don’t need to read it if you don’t want to, all you really need to know is Jehanna is attacking Grado, you can’t win, let us flee. The above two posts will do fine, this is all just extra effort of mine.

Renais


Frelia


Jehanna


Grado


Rausten


Carcino


Caer Pelyn


That should be all. Have at it.
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Sooooo… I have a character sheet now!
Name: Calico



Apparent Age: Frequently assumed to be in her teens, and is therefore often treated as such. In reality, she’s in her early twenties.

Gender: Female

Nation: Grado

Class: Shaman

Weapon Mastery: D

Level: 2

Background: Everyone in Calico’s family has been in the service industry. Her mother, Camilia, is a maid. Her father, Klaus, is a butler. Heck, even her younger brother Kiel works as a stable boy at the palace. Calico knows what an honor it is to have a position as a serving girl in the palace, but she’s been working at the palace for as long as she can remember, and honestly? She’s never been particularly assertive, but she dreams of a life where she doesn’t have to curtsey to everyone she passes in the hallway.

As a young girl, Calico was considerably more headstrong, often sneaking out of the palace at night to meet with her best friend: Aiden, the gardener’s son. However, one night, they ran into a thief attempting to steal a rather expensive bust of Emperor Rioga. They rather foolishly attempted to intervene, but since both of them lacked any combat experience whatsoever, they were pretty much useless. By the end of the encounter, Aiden was badly wounded, and a guard who had come running when he heard the commotion was killed in the scuffle. Traumatised by the experience, Calico quickly withdrew from Aiden’s company and became extremely wary of danger. Despite this, she still secretly longs for adventure.

After experiencing complete helplessness at the hands of the thief, Calico quickly developed an interest in dark magic and shamanism. With the help of the expansive castle library, she began to practice magic in secret. Though she never really spoke to Aiden again, with the confidence that her newfound magical abilities gave her, she quickly began to excel at her job… until Jehanna invaded Grado, of course.

Plot-Susceptive: Yes!

Equipment and Items:
Flux (x1)
Vulnerary (x1)

Personality: Despite her tendency to be slightly reserved, Calico is generally a friendly and cheerful person. However, she is extremely cautious in almost every aspect of her life, and tends to play it safe more often than not. She would much rather kill off an enemy from far away than engage in actual, direct combat, for example, and tends to shy away from making any kind of confrontation in her personal life.

Ability Assessment: In terms of stats, Calico is heavily magic and defense based. As a very cautious person, Calico hates to take risks and therefore strives to minimize the damage that she takes. She has very mediocre speed: as a fairly unathletic person, while she’s not afraid to move quickly, the fact of the matter is that she simply does not run very fast. Her physical strength is appalling, and her clumsiness means that her skill stat is also kind of pathetic. For these reasons, she tends to rely on tomes, and won’t even consider using anything else. She very much prefers attacking from a distance (or at least while standing behind someone else), because she’s a little afraid of direct combat, but she’ll do it if she has to. Maybe.

Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other:
- Despite being a serving girl, she’s actually incredibly clumsy. How does she avoid spilling things on people? Some very cleverly used dark magic, of course.
- She's terrified of chickens. Once, in her younger days, she and Aiden snuck into a farm with the intention of seeing a newborn cow. However, they were attacked by a particularly fierce hen, and were forced to flee.
- Calico is strangely stoic in the face of all manner of evil spirits, black magic and insects. However, this is perhaps slightly less surprising when one considers the fact that she’s a secretly practicing shaman. It’s impossible to freak her out with a ghost story, unless it involves chickens.
- She can't sing to save her life. In fact, her singing is rumoured to sound like the dying wails of a thousand tortured souls.

R-button Summarization: A friendly young serving girl from Grado with a secret fondness for dark magic.
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Oh, my, a lot of background characters in this backstory. Well, that is entirely fine~ ... I probably will not be using all of them for major things, though~ XD

"A guard named Vincent who had tried to help them dead". Um. What exactly was Vincent trying to do?

... And yepp, Grado would be the place where one could possibly read to become a Shaman in secret~ ... Though, one WOULD get some odd raised eye-brows if one were to be caught reading some of those books as a servant that isn't supposed to be a shaman. XD ... In any case, secretly a shaman, eh? Well, I'll assume that's a secret that will be coming out soon enough if you intend to fight. Suppose sudden invasions by larger nations does kind of force out that kind of things.

And that... is an excellent usage of the "Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other" field. XD

Oh, and the R-button summarization tends to state where the characters is from, so you could fit in "from Grado" in there somewhere. I think. Maybe? Eh, it is a detail.

Yeah, I can see this working. I can most likely think of a reason why a serving girl would be sent along with the party. Not as a leader, most likely, so we still need one applicant capable of that, but it looks entirely fine. Except for that one sentence that I don't really understand about what Vincent was doing, Calico is accepted~!

... Heh... I should go rip the female shaman sprite now, I suppose? Haha...
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Whoops, typo! I'll fix that pronto, hahaha, and I'll do that other stuff too. Just give me a sec!

Heh, with the shaman thing, I kind of figured that she'd be sneaking off to the library in the dead of night, since she's so used to running around with the gardener's son. And, well… if the castle's being invaded, I think that secret is probably coming out pretty quickly, hahhahahaha.

As for the background characters… I accidentally ended up naming them all! Honestly, it's not like every single random person from your past ends up being important in your future, so I definitely wouldn't expect you to use them all! But this way you have tons of options, I guess? XD

And I'm very proud of that "Quirks/Talents/Aspirations/Other" field.

Are her levels okay? I wasn't really sure about them, but she needs at least D rank in tomes for her Flux spell, so I figured that level 2 seemed appropriate…
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Oh, now we have a bit of history of what the thief was doing, too. Nice.

Yepp, the secret shaman thing is alright, I know nothing that should make that impossible.

"She very much prefers attacking from a distance (or at least while standing behind someone else)". Sorry, not skilled enough for Eclipse yet. Two spaces range for magic. Haha. No, that's nothing wrong, but attacking from a distance or while standing behind someone else is the same range, Fire Emblem style. Same range as arrows, assuming the archer isn't using a longbow.

Well, she can get D-rank in tomes without ever attacking anyone, and without actual fighting experience I would say Level 1 would make sense. Though, I don't mind 2, it is still low enough to be sensible and we could say she practiced her way to Level 2 somehow. I'm not going to be nightmarishly strict on those points.
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Hahaha, some day! Eclipse, we're coming for you!

I guess I'll just leave it as is, then. Should I stick it in the character section?
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Go ahead.

And is the female Shaman sprite... Haha.

Though, I will say, the image feels a little bit larger than it needs to. I can't fit it all on my screen in Roleplayerguild. Can you take it down to paint and size it down a bit? Or, well, keep a link to the large size image and have a smaller image as representative that we scroll past.
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Hello...Would it be possible to make a male pegasus trainee?
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I'm preeeeeeeeetty sure there is some form of rule saying that *googles on Fire Emblem Pegasus*

... Huh. So there ARE extremely rare cases of males being allowed to become the master of a Pegasus? It is just extremely rare? Huh. More than I knew. Well, I was kind of thinking that flying males would have to take the hard path of foregoing the Trainee stage to tame a Wyvern directly, however... With this development...

If you want to be a super-special snowflake, go at it. XD

Do note that the wiki specified that a Pegasus allows a pure-hearted maiden to ride it... Assuming the same goes for guys. So for this to be believable if you still want to do it, you're probably going to be required to not be a particularly manly male... And you got to be prepared for that every single individual in existence (including all the players and the GM) will be raising an eyebrow at you for who you are. Yepp.
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Or… maybe you're pretending to be a girl because you've wanted to be a Pegasus Rider your whole life, and at the start everyone thinks you're a girl? Or, you're just a particularly pure-hearted gentleman?

I don't know! Just my two cents that no one asked for. XD It's March break, so I basically have nothing better to do…
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Do note that the wiki specified that a Pegasus allows a pure-hearted maiden to ride it... Assuming the same goes for guys. So for this to be believable if you still want to do it, you're probably going to be required to not be a particularly manly male... And you got to be prepared for that every single individual in existence (including all the players and the GM) will be raising an eyebrow at you for who you are. Yepp.


Ah, no, wait, that wasn't right, that was just the supposed inspiration, that didn't apply to the actual Pegasus creatures of Fire Emblem. We can assume there is a similar reason, though. Not sure which it would be, but for some reason male Pegasus riders are exceedingly rare. Yeah. It does not mean Pegasus riders have to be pure-hearted, just that... they must at 99.X% or such of the time be female or something. I'll assume.

Things about apparent gender, purity of soul and such things are all up for grabs. All depends on the current roleplaying desire that needs to be satisfied. *snicker*
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I am definitely interested in joining this, are you still accepting new characters? If so, can I use a class from another Fire Emblem game (namely, chameleon http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Chameleon , I have always wanted to roleplay one)? I understand that I probably can't and will have to choose another class, but I figure there's no harm in asking.
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I am definitely interested in joining this, are you still accepting new characters? If so, can I use a class from another Fire Emblem game (namely, chameleon http://fireemblem.wikia.com/wiki/Chameleon , I have always wanted to roleplay one)? I understand that I probably can't and will have to choose another class, but I figure there's no harm in asking.


Look at the amount of accepted characters. Yeah, you're welcome~!

... Though yeah. I'd rather you stick to the classes at hand. I had never heard of this class before, and honestly it feels rather a little bit too overly flexible as well as unnatural, and I do not know what circumstances would allow a person to train to become such a class. Thank you for understanding.
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Hey, Platinum, I was wondering-- are you planning on having a character in our main group too?
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Hey, Platinum, I was wondering-- are you planning on having a character in our main group too?


Doesn't having a Fire Emblem amount of NPCs to control suffice? XD
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Oh, very true! Hahahaha.

By the way, since I didn't exactly play Sacred Stones, and only really got into the fandom with Awakening… are we doing the whole losing in battle = permadeath thing? And, if so, then if our character dies an unfortunate death, should we just make a new one for everyone else to recruit? Or do we have to drop out of the RP?
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Well. Depends on how the person is lost. There are parts where roleplaying games and video games make obvious differences. Even if we're fighting on a Fire Emblem map, we'll be fighting using our words, meaning someone might die should their neck be sliced, or they might suffer a wound they cannot continue fighting due to and be carried off the battle-field to fight another day. We have healing staffs, and those we can assume can fix any wound as long as the target isn't already dead. I am not intending on being horribly mean with lethal opponents and such, even if there is the permadeath thing Fire Emblem isn't considered a dark/brutal world so to say, and yeah. I'm not going to be all that cruel, assuming you aren't idiots.

Though, should the worst happen on some left turn or such, I will allow the player to create another character should they desire to. 'Cause yeah, why not?
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Okay~! :D
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