[color=E6E6E6] [center][b][u][color=DBA901]T H E L A S T A V A T A R[/color][/u][/b] -inspired by the nickelodeon television series-[/center] [center][color=DF0101]Game is now closed to new players. Feel free to apply however as a sub in case someone must leave the roleplay.[/color][/center] [color=DBA901][u][b]The Game...[/b][/u][/color] sci-fi fandom dystopian high-casual 4-6 players pg-13 This is a mature take on the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra. Adult themes will be explored and played out including love, murder, death, war, possible drug references, etc. The Setting is near future and takes place in the world of Avatar and in and around the last city on Earth known as The Republic, formerly Republic City, now situated in Ba Sing Se. If this is your cup of tea, please continue. [color=DBA901][b][u]The World...[/u][/b][/color] [url=http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8351/8306408148_056c8149c4_o.jpg]World of Avatar[/url] (Not game specific) This story takes place two centuries after Aang's passing in a place known as The Republic, the last nation on Earth. This nation is made up almost entirely of nonbenders after benders were aggressively removed from the face of the planet. Everyone lives happily within the walls of Ba Sing Se where they have been enjoying a time of great peace. The city itself is still divided by walls although most of the walls are no longer made of Earth. Replacing the parts that have been torn down are man made metal sections that stand just as tall and are twice as strong. Technology here is near future, near future as compared to real life modern technology. They have computers, jets, wearable tech, limited AI. There are two types of firearms in the world: Conventional and those that utilize Spirit Energy or Synergy. The later is rare and is only distributed among those Republic troops stationed in the inmost wall. Social class is still divided by the walls, with poverty increased the farther away from the center one finds himself. Outside the walls of Ba Sing Se is the dead world. A great conflict from the past scarred much of the landscape with destructive weapons leaving the former capitols of nations blanketed in spiritual radiation. Wandering into these areas will leave one with a life force draining effect that will eventually kill that person. Most of these dangerous zones are marked by signage or some other such warning. The war pushed much of the flora and fauna to extinction with those left being forced into a populated controlled environment so that they can be farmed. This has left much of the world barren with little life to be found and many sources of water poisoned. The southern spirit portal has been sealed though the northern portal has been kept open and is used to harvest Spirit Energy. Life inside the walls of the city, as opposed to outside the walls, is still good and the people live happily. What few benders that are known to exist work for the Republic and all follow the will of the King who rarely reveals himself to the public eye. To keep this peace, benders are outlawed and are actively search for and expunged. Low enforcement officers are armed with scanning devices that detect the ability to bend in one's genes. Many establishments in the city have them installed over doors as well for their own protection. Hospitals have begun enforcing abortions when an unborn child is discovered to be sensitive to spirit energy. If a bender is discovered lethal force by an officer is authorized. It may seem grim but since these laws have been put into place, there have been little to no conflicts... let alone wars. [color=DBA901][b][u]The Story...[/u][/b][/color] Our story focuses on four individuals who discover they have the potential to bend the elements when very few can and when doing so is outlawed. They must learn to cope with their new found powers, embrace and master them or discard and forget them, and finally, find out what happened to the Avatar. [color=DBA901][b][u]The History...[/u][/b][/color] [hider=Optional Read]Everyone knows the story of Aang, savior of the world and the man that would finally bring Fire Lord Ozai to his knees. Not only would he blanket the world in a relative state of peace after a century of war but he would also bring his people back from the brink of extinction... with the help of Katara of course. Following this generation of heroes would be Korra. The hotblooded and headstrong Avatar would come into conflict with not one but four individuals bent on bringing the world a different kind of pain. Amon, Unalaq, Zaheer, Kuvira. All of them presented her with a different challenge and she would have to learn to overcome each of them while struggling against her own demons. She would eventually prevail and her story would end... though that of the Avatar would not. In the time between Korra's triumph and her death, technology would progress in leaps and bounds. The discovery of spirit energy siphoned from spirit vines opened a whole new horizon for what was once an industrial age. The process of harvesting that energy was refined and it's respective uses ballooned thanks in part to Varricks Global Industries. Varrick unceremoniously dubbed the new source of energy "synergy". Satomobile Industries turned out the modern car, vehicles that ran on hybrid engines utilizing both fuel and synergy. The Airship turned into the first spaceship and the airplane became a jet. Varricks would go on to design smaller versions of the cannon that had once been attached to the large mecha suit used to terrorize Republic City. However, not wanting to further upset the fragile balance of the spirit and real worlds, he would eventually abandon these designs... and move on to create conventional firearms. It was in truth Korra's last request, her fear being that these advances would be the fuel for the fires of another great war. And so another century would pass and Korra's legend would soon come to a close. The cycle of the Avatar would be passed into another and unto the world would be birthed another hero, someone who would bear the weight of everyone's pain. Except the Avatar was never to be found and fate instead would usher in a new era of darkness. [color=FFFFFF][b]The Great Panic[/b][/color]... or so we called it. A tumultuous and confusing time when the people of the world searched for their savior and found none. In their panic, the citizens of the world clung to a simple truth: the last Avatar to disappear was Aang and soon after his disappearance the Fire Nation set to engulfing the world in a never ending war. Another war was coming. What followed the panic was the violence that so often accompanies it. Civil Wars broke out among the bending nations and the leaders of those nations began to butt heads in an attempt to learn what the other was hiding. The Earth Kingdom received the worst of it as did it's sister city Zaofu. The Avatar was after all in line to reincarnate as a native Earth bender. Small raids and infiltration by the other nations were constant and sporadic, most of which served as taunts to lure the Earth Kingdom and her armies outside it's precious walls. Ba Sing Se began preparations to reply in kind. The Republic, formerly Republic City, had by now grown into it's own nation of nonbenders and a few benders alike. Concerned for their own safety, the President and his table of advisers moved to take action... and not just for themselves. Fearful that the entire world was ready to plunge itself into another war, they agreed by vote on eliminating the only viable threat. Benders. They'd been the cause of all conflicts past and present and it was time they found a solution. [color=FFFFFF][b]The Great War.[/b][/color] A conflict that would be remembered by all. The Republic moved swiftly. Reviving old designs by the late Varrick, they began production on new and improved synergy weapons, firearms made of platinum capable of emitting small sporadic beams of volatile spirit energy. They provided the most obvious of benefits, giving nonbenders a way to fight back against benders. Their first target was Zoafu. The most prominent and powerful Earth benders resided in the city and sure enough, the city proved the most difficult to occupy. However, their power over the Earth was helpless against the weapons of the Republic. Zoafu was then used as a base of operations to wage their campaign against Ba Sing Se. Rallying the other nations to their cause was an easy enough task. They already believed the Earth Kingdom was hiding the new Avatar and their past with Republic City placed them at odds with everyone else. The siege that followed was rather quick. Synergy cannons were used to punch large holes in the Earthen and metal walls while continuous assault from the air softened up defenses for those on the ground. From there, a combined army made up of the Fire and Water nations and that of the Republic stormed the capitol. It was the first time in the history of the world that Ba Sing Se had been successfully invaded. And then there followed a massacre. The citizens of the Earth Nation were "interrogated" and finally killed in the name of finding the Avatar. With the only people capable of defending themselves against conventional firearms out of the way, the Republic turned their guns around to face the rest of the world. Their demands were rather simple: Join or die. When the nations refused, bombs were dropped... and millions were slaughtered. The Fire and Water nation were the first to go. Their capitols were reduced to dust in the wake of nuclear warfare. The Air temples were similarly destroyed and the Air nomads, still a budding nation, were chased into oblivion. At the end of the war, the Republic made Ba Sing Se it's permanent home and effectively the last city on Earth. The rest of the world had been permanently scarred, Synergic radiation blanketed much of the landscape being the most prominent around the former capitols of each nation. Soil became infertile and many sources of water were poisoned. Most of the flora and fauna had been driven to extinction and the world lay barren. The Republic set to work rebuilding, erecting the walls it tore down and shutting their sins out with the world they destroyed. The nation grew once more, stronger now without the threat of the bender or another war... and peace found the land.[/hider] [hider=Timeline] [color=FFFFFF]153 AG[/color] -Aang dies at the age of 66 and the Avatar is reincarnated into a Waterbender named Korra - [color=FFFFFF]170 AG[/color] -Amon is exposed as Noatak, a Waterbender by the efforts of Korra. He later dies alongside his brother Tarrlok. - [color=FFFFFF]171 AG[/color] -Unalaq as the Dark Avatar is defeated by Korra with the help of Jinora. -After delivering a decisive blow to the Avatar, Zaheer is defeated along with his three cohorts and he is imprisoned. - [color=FFFFFF]174 AG[/color] -Kuvira's campaign against Republic City is brought to an end and she is imprisoned. In the wake of the destruction left by her mecha suit a new spirit portal is opened. - [color=FFFFFF]234 AG[/color] -Korra dies at the age of 81. The Avatar is reincarnated. - [color=FFFFFF]244 AG[/color] -The Great Panic begins when no Avatar can be found after ten years. Violence breaks out among the nations. By the years end, War is imminent. - [color=FFFFFF]246 AG[/color] -The Great War begins when the Republic moves on Zoufu and Ba Sing Se. - [color=FFFFFF]247 AG[/color] -The war ends with the Republic having wiped out the major bending nations and closing all spirit portals but the North. -Bending is outlawed and punishable by death. Those benders not already working for the Republic are executed beginning the Great Cleanse. - [color=FFFFFF]323 AG[/color] -King Wu VI takes the throne at 16 years of age. - [color=FFFFFF]353 AG[/color] -Events are set into motion... -[/hider] [color=DBA901][b][u]The Story So Far...[/u][/b][/color] To be updated. [center][color=DBA901]---x---[/color][/center] [color=DBA901][b][u]The Rules...[/u][/b][/color] [color=FFFFFF][b]NO[/b][/color] Godmoding or Power gaming. Confusing IC with OOC drama. Explicit scenes of sexual conduct. Explicit scenes of gore. [color=FFFFFF][b]PLEASE[/b][/color] Be respectful. Use common sense. Use proper grammar. Post at least a five sentence paragraph. Post at least once in a few days. Previous rule withdrawn due to leniency. [color=FFFFFF][b]Game Specific[/b][/color] No bloodbending, generating lightening, metalbending, stealing air or flying unassisted. No Synergy weapons. Conventional firearms are allowed. No bending on a proficient level. All levels of skill will begin in their infancy. [color=DBA901][b][u]The Characters...[/u][/b][/color] [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/char#post-2823587][color=FFFFFF][b]Jun[/b][/color][/url] played by McHaggis [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/char#post-2823643][color=FFFFFF][b]Yara Monterone[/b][/color][/url] played by confuzzler [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/char#post-2823602][color=FFFFFF][b]Konkiri[/b][/color][/url] played by CLIW [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/char#post-2826273][color=FFFFFF][b]Jingfei[/b][/color][/url] played by Meridian [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/char#post-2826622][color=FFFFFF][b]J.R Rooke[/b][/color][/url] played by WanderBug List of [url=http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/83221-the-last-avatar/char#post-2828216][color=FFFFFF][b]NPCs[/b][/color][/url] played by Exit. [center][color=DBA901]---x---[/color][/center] [hider=Character Skeletons][Optional Image] [color=FFFFFF][b]Name:[/b][/color] [color=FFFFFF][b]Age:[/b][/color] [color=FFFFFF][b]Element:[/b][/color] Of which your character may bend none of them. [color=FFFFFF][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] If you're providing a picture you may skip this section. [color=FFFFFF][b]Personality:[/b][/color] [color=FFFFFF][b]Bio:[/b][/color] Does not need to be lengthy if you plan on sharing your character's past IC. General information on where you character has been and some major events in their past life should be placed here. [color=FFFFFF][b]Extra:[/b][/color] For all things you would like to share about your character not covered elsewhere.[/hider] [center][url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mvCbqORUtIu-dRgk5FV1yu4_LQcqaaHKMXMjORkcGl4/edit?usp=sharing]Collaborative Doc[/url][/center] I apologize for any grammatical errors in this post. If you find any, please let me know so I can fix it. I always seem to miss them. [/color]