[quote=@JohnSolaris]
[@Dead Cruiser]: Keep in mind that this is just the interest check thread, so I've just written down some basic information to see if people are interested. Once the actual game thread is up, all the additional details will become available to the players.

Also, I don't think I'm being too restrictive here, at least regarding how the plot can progress in the future. There are seven major factions, each with its own general goals, but other than that, it can be up to the players to decide how these goals are met. The majority of the factions' leaders can be played by players too, as only their mantles have been decided so far, not actual character details. The backstory is a bit more strictly defined, but there are still plenty of holes that players can fill in. Just because one particular backstory you have in mind doesn't work, doesn't mean the whole thing is overly restrictive.

My first RP on this site failed partly because I gave the players [i]too much[/i] freedom, i.e. not enough things to work with; someone compared it to throwing a bunch of newborns into the ocean and telling them to build a house. I don't plan to strictly railroad the plot, but I don't think something completely freeform is going to work out either.
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My general observation has just been that there has been a caveat to pretty much everything that I've come up with, and usually it's something that has not yet been explained or made available. Not complaining, mind, just observing. As a whole, what I'm taking away is that only the most basic ideas of the mythological concepts we're working with have actually been preserved, and it's more accurate to say that we're working within [i]your[/i] mythology, which has had some familiar terms slapped onto it.

Just as an example, you can't blame me for assuming that Tiamat is dead, given that the primary point of her existence in mythology was to be slain by Marduk and used to create the Heavens and Earth from her corpse.

In any case, my character concept is thus when stripped down to its core concepts: a person bonded with Tiamat, with powers themed after oceans, life, and chaos, with a Lovecraftian bent that portrays Tiamat as some manner of chthonic broodmother of the deep sea.

Regarding finer details: I would like my humanoid character to be an oceanic explorer and/or marine biologist, that may have encountered Tiamat in the deep sea, possibly when the Seals were undone. His exposure to chaotic magic, particular Tiamat's has warped his body to be inhuman and fishlike, which he keeps secret with such implements as a long coat and an eyepatch.