Hi everyone! This is an idea for a roleplay I've been wanting to post for a while. Check it out, and let me know if you're interested. Any suggestion and/or advice to tweak it is accepted.
The Setting
Here’s a secret: there is another world within our own. It’s magical, completely unlike the life you’re used to now. If you've got a good eye you’ll see glimpses of it every day. Look towards the forests at night where you’ll see flickering lights that most would dismiss as fireflies. Stand by the ocean, breathe in the salty air, and listen carefully to the waves. If you listen long enough, you’ll start to hear another soft tune that will cause and urge to jump into the depths of the sea to find the source of it. Hear those little scratches on your window at night? They are not just tree branches moving in the wind. It all comes from one place. Navore.
What is Navore? Well like I said before, it’s completely unlike our own world. It is a place where magic exists like in fairy tales you read when you were little. Creatures of all sorts live in this place they call home. Fairies, elves, dwarves, witches, mermaids, and other things you couldn't have ever dreamed of. Navore is its own separate being. Long ago, our worlds were connected. But when magic began to frighten those without it, all magical beings were deemed as dangerous. Using the power of several great mages, the portals to Navore were closed off with powerful seals.
But there are still ways to get there…
Wander deep enough into the heaviest forests, and you will find mysterious “entrances.” Holes that seem to have no bottom, little doors carved into ginormous trees, streams of water that are deeper than they should be. If you’re lucky enough, there might be someone waiting to guide you to your destination.
The Plot
Long ago, Navore lived in solitary peace from our world. The land was ruled by King Alvis and his Queen Isidore. And though it seemed as if no more problems could occur in their land again, trouble came swiftly. Iris, the elder sister of Isidore was a jealous sorceress. When her sister became pregnant with a possible heir, Iris cast a curse that would cause the baby to be stillborn as revenge for taking away a throne she felt was rightfully hers. But when she was caught, the king ordered her death as punishment. It was then that Iris used her dark magic to murder the king and queen, her own sister, and all those that served him. Securing the throne for herself, and striking fear into every inhabitant of Navore, Iris began a reign of terror that brought about bloodshed and destruction to those who would stand in her way of power. As a result, many escaped, and those who were unsuccessful were executed immediately.
It has been centuries since Iris stole the throne. Strange things have begun to happen in the little town of Northedge, Maine. People have begun to disappear as eerie figures dressed in black stalk the streets at night. Sightings of unusual “animals” and ghostlike ships sailing in the waters nearby have begun popping up.
Something frightening is happening, and those that once lived in a much more magical place know it can’t be good. What if Navore wasn't enough for a queen who craves power?
So my idea is this: Iris wants to open up the portals to Navore again in order to take over the regular world. The portals to Navore were sealed with powerful magic that only descendants of the mages that closed the portals. When Iris took over Navore, these mages escaped to the regular world in order to keep these entrances forever closed. They are all dead now, since it happened centuries ago but Iris has sent creatures called Shadows to seek out relatives of the mages in order to use their magic to open the gates.
I was thinking the descendants could be various ages. If you want them to be young, like teenage or early adulthood, that’s fine. 3 portals existed, but 2 mages were need to create the seals of each portal. So there were 6 in total.
You can play up to two characters (but you can’t play two mages.)
Characters you can play:
Relatives of the mages: I will accept 6-8 since there is a thing called siblings. Also, I will post a list of the names of the mages and some general info about them in the first OOC.
Navoridians, which are those who used to live in Navore (there is a list of magical beings that exist in this world below)
Regular humans
I haven’t yet decided if I want the characters to be mainly the “refugees” of Navore or if I want a few to be those that actually live in Navore. What do you guys think?
No characters will be all-powerful, not even the mages. I really want everyone in this roleplay to have an important role. Everyone should be generally equal abilities-wise.
List of Magical Beings You Can Be
Elves
Witches/Wizards/Sorcerers/Sorceresses/Mages
Elves
Dwarves
Mermaids
Nymphs
Shapeshifters (kind of like werewolves, but you can be other animals)
Beings with abilities such as necromancy, clairvoyance, divination, etc.
Got an idea for some kind of magical being not listed? Let me know and I’ll tell you what I think!
Hope this generates some interest! Let me know what you think guys! Ask me any questions you might have too!