Really sorry, I've been away doing family stuff (that's public holidays for you) and snatching time online when I could. 

Anyway, back now, so –
[@RaeoftheLight], [@Fetzen], [@Tombprince], [@TheIrishJJ] and [@yoyohayli]. All your characters are fine even if I think one of you is a disturbed person who likes torturing his characters ([cough] Tombprince [cough]) and I now really want to fit giant maggots into this somewhere. 

Just a few points about the others:

[@fringedWolf] fine, but I just thought I should flag up a warning about the UK's gun laws - anyone hoping to get a gun legally has to go through a *lot* of security checks (I assume his background would presumably cover that) and it is [i]not[/i] acceptable for a civilian to carry a gun anywhere; draw a gun in public, and the police will be on you like white on rice.

[@Will] Reiley is okay, but I'm a little cautious about Yorrick who seems a little too powerful. I'd like his ability to push people through portals reduced so all non-humans have to be physically forced through portals and they all have a chance to resist otherwise it's getting a bit too close to godmodding for me to feel comfortable with.

[@Queentze] I'd like to see a limit on Lar's curse abilities - I assume that after a while the curse will wear off? Again the idea of characters being stuck somewhere/having their heads permanently messed with is too much like godmodding for me to feel relaxed about it. I'm sorry if I seem to be going on about this, but I've seen other RPs fall apart because of things like this.

And since Athinar and Fetzen asked, I'm happy for powers to remain vague (since I agree with you about flexibility and story reasons) so long as the 'no godmodding' rule is adhered to (although if you've spoken to the other guy through PM and you're happy to go though some sort of mindslave plot purely for the fun of it, then by all means go for it). 

And yes, I'm aware giving the limits I've specified on other characters I'm a hypocrite. Sorry.

I'm going to keep this up for another 24 hours or so to give myself time to get a character or two up (they'll be fairly background characters I imagine) and try getting an IC up.

If I've forgotten anything, give me a shout.