Okay so this is gonna be loosely inspiring by Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation.

We've got two kingdoms who were once living side by side in peace, but have sunk into a seven year war. Pride has taken the lives of many across the land as both sides fight, but fail to recall as to how or why the war even started. Unbeknownst to the fighters on both sides, the rulers are being controlled by a demon from another world who travels from world to world, raining destruction upon its lands in order to fuel its own life force. The two kingdoms continue to fight as innocent people are left to fend for themselves. Two siblings have traveled from another world where the demon has already conquered, to try and save this world from the demonic fate that oppresses and deceives.

We will take the form of a small sized group of fighters who have put aside their personal differences in order to try and fight both sides of the war in order to reveal the true enemy, the demon. I will be playing both twins and probably 1-2 side roles when I want to give one or two twins a rest. I'd rather us mix things up than get too comfortable with our in-character dynamics and I think carefully managing the posts so they don't get out of hand, will be a good way to ensure we don't get bored or tired of writing.

So we've got magic, certain characters who can turn into beasts with the use of a rune, we've got characters who can ride stuff and characters who can slice through bone.

So my two twins will be established in each side of the kingdoms (Nohr and Hoshido, think of Hoshido like feudal Japan and Norh a bit more British ish in style). But you can google to see what I mean there. So I have some ideas as to how best integrate my characters with yours. And if something looks good to you, great, otherwise, we can keep brainstorming. And I'm keeping gender out of the ideas, to keep things more simple but they'll be one of each so whichever we decide goes where, is fine with me. I'm not picky.

- One of the twins is one of your character's servants or retainers. The twin was selected by your character at a young age, thanks to my character's skill in...whatever they do.

- One of the twins is younger sibling to one of yours, peppy and encouraging.

- One of the twins is a childhood friend of yours but instead of being a retainer of sorts, they joined the army to become a knight (or something) and have recently reunited to bring the issue to light.

- One of the twins is maid/butler who serves an NPC sibling who refuses to listen to my character's warning. But when they don't listen, your character does and mine leaves with them to gather more people.

I'm not sure if I should bring this up since I feel like I'm throwing information at you and we're not sure which we're keeping and discarding but...why not? The world the twins come from has a curse and if you speak of the demon, say it's name or anything relating to the lost world, you vanish forever. So we could have the twins take the group there (or have taken them there prior to use starting) to reveal the truth. I think the point of that is to make it hard to convince others since 'proof' isn't easy to have when you're just being vague about some other enemy. So we can use that or not but I thought I'd mention it to see what you thought.

I'm done rambling.

But hey, it's great we're getting the old band back together! I still have better hopes for our Yokai Watch thing, I'd almost rather do a 1z1 out of that but hey, fantasy is our thing. And this should be fun too. XD

I can see myself using both of these, if I am to begin with two characters:

- One of the twins is younger sibling to one of yours, peppy and encouraging.

- One of the twins is a childhood friend of yours but instead of being a retainer of sorts, they joined the army to become a knight and have recently reunited to bring the issue to light.

Brings me back to C&C with the first one; has more of a commoner connection As for the second, could be related more to a character of royalty.

In regards to the curse. Does it only take effect if revealed by spoken words? Can they speak of the demon on the lost world or is it only possible to show what has already taken place? Once I figure out that the terms of the curse, I have no problems with the premise. I think if we have our characters taken there prior would be better.

As for a Yokai Watch 1x1, you do still tempt me. I selected otherwise for the benefit of our group RP. The idea remains an open possibility at any time, if really wished for.

i think either one could be applied to someone of royalty. I do think the first might be the easiest way for us to play two royal siblings, and the second could be our commoner duo who could still be in close ties with the royalty on that side? What do you think?

I think it takes effect when spoken or written down so pretty much any attempt at communicating. They can speak of the demon in the first world but once you leave, you can't. So there are ways to get to it in this world but no one really knows about the hidden portals. But I think the game's point of the curse was to signify that it was hard to trust someone labeled as a traitor when they're claiming there's a different evil afoot when they don't have proof nor can really outright explain themselves. So I think that was meant to add to the tension and overall commanding power of the demon.

So I guess to explain it somewhat better...the twins (who are working apart from one another on opposite sides) would need to first take your characters to the other world in order to fully explain what's going on. Once they know and go back to the present world, none of them would be able to speak directly about the demon, other world, curse, etc. But going back, you're free to talk, etc. Does that help? So when recruiting new people, it might not always be possible to go to the world if a portal isn't close by, so some trust or lack there of, would be playing into some dynamics.

We'll probably have to see how the group goes but this is my only week off between my semesters, so I'd rather keep things moving now than in a few weeks. But Yokai Watch is on tv right now...it's tempting. I'll probably have to get back to you next week to see how we're handling things. :3

I think we can go with your proposed pairings. Was their a particular age group we were going for regarding our characters and how about images? Any preferences? So both starting pairs will reside from a single kingdom as well?

Yes, the second explanation helps quite a bit. Thanks.

No problem, just let me know.

I was thinking 23-28 range? So in their 20s? Maybe one of them a bit older? I figured the older they are, the better they'll be in combat but if one is younger, that's fine too. And so one pair would be in one kingdom and the other pair, in the other one. We'll just have to decide which pair we want where, at least for their background. I don't think we'll be literally starting in either kingdom for our intro posts, we probably still need to decide that.

And good! Glad to help, it sounded less complicated when someone else was explaining it...

Sure thing.

So I'm thinking my knight might be my female with the slightly younger sibling to yours, be my male. I'm thinking my knight will be around 26 with my male probably around 20 or 21...I envisioned him around 9-11 but I really don't feel like making someone that young...but hey, it's still possible to be bubbly and optimist after you hit your 20s right...? Right?! :|

But that also means the war started when my characters were 19 and 14. So I think that would work for me. What are you thinking with yours?

Sounds good.

For the moment, I'm doing a quick image search to help decide what I want.

Alright, I found my images so I'll probably throw together my sheets now.

EDIT: I kept it pretty vague in terms of who each sibling connected with. If you want me to swap their kingdoms, that's also doable. I just had to guess which would be more interesting. I'll probably be on for another 10 minutes but then I'll probably take a break and come back on tonight.

Ok, will see what I can come up with to match.

I am not sure if it is just me, but the character images appear broken on the forum, and the links direct me to a forbidden page.

Oh crap, I'll have to go back and find them and better host them instead of going through the direct site.

The new links work for me now.

Was trying to get a character going, but ran into a snag on finding something I wanted to go with and then work rearranged the rest of my schedule. Will see if anything wants to spring to mind for this, though I really do need to get a post in our group RP up first.

If you can't find something to work for this, we can always do Yokai Watch instead. I was going to PM you actually and see if we wanted to use the characters from there in a 1x1 since it's still pretty slow but I know you've been busy.

Well, I think doing a Yokai Watch 1x1 instead might be very likely the way it stands. I don't think I am going to get as strong of a connection with this plot as I initially wanted. Maybe a fantasy adventure one day that leads us to anything we wish to imagine.

If you are alright with a Yokai 1x1, I will wish to add a male character so we are even in number.

So if we want to leave this one, we can. I do think we could do both (we are both busy but still...) but if it's not totally clicking for you, I don't mind putting our fantasy thing aside and maybe doing something else related later. So yeah, if you want to make another male, go for it and I can make us an OOC when I get home. :)