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[center][h1][b]Children of Aton[/b][/h1]
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Have you ever played Zelda, or Dark Souls, or any other dungeon crawl, and felt awe at whatever boss you have to slay? Have you wondered what these mythical creatures are, where they come from, and what they're motivation for smashing you into bits is? Then this RP should be of some interest to you. The idea is simple: We play as these things of legend.

Now, the RP won't be combat exclusive (though I imagine some of you might enjoy smashing mortals to bits). Instead, it will be focused on rivals between the demigods you will be playing as, and the horrific ravages the Wars of the Children will deal to mortals. 
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[h3]Background[/h3]
At the dawn of time, Aton existed, omnipotent and omnipresent. Seeing the empty world, only ocean in every direction, it created land, valleys, and mountains. It created flora and fauna to fill this new landmass. Still not satisfied, it created mankind to populate its world. But humans were not mere animals; the souls they required demanded sacrifice, and so Aton made them from itself, each human carrying a part of its consciousness. 

Perhaps it did not know the consequences of such an act, or perhaps it did, but went ahead anyway. But the fissure created by the departure of a part of its own life force grew. Aton was not a single individual mind, being the agglomeration of an infinite number of individual consciousnesses. It was ripped apart, its very existence erased from the world, replaced instead by a handful of beings… the [b]Children of Aton[/b].

These will be your characters.
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[h3]But what’s a Child of Aton?[/h3]
Essentially, the supernatural. They can range from man-eating witches, to valiant knights, to Cthulu. They range in power from that of a mere mortal to... Cthulu. The only things they all have in common are that a)they share a common "life" with humanity, and so more humans = weaker children and less humans = stronger children, and that b)they can't ever die for good, always coming back to life centuries after being "slain" by valiant heroes. Some are good, some are evil, and some are just plain crazy. 
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[h3]What would we do in the RP?[/h3]
Good question! I present to you two options, one more NRP focused, the other a more conventional character RP:

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[hider=Option #1, The Dawn]This option would see the RP start soon after the split of Aton (relatively, anyway; it'd be eons in the eyes of mortals). Civilization would be very minimal, with bronze being the metal of choice, and cities being quite small. Each Child would have a tribe of humans (5,000 - 50,000 people) attached to it, thematically at least. You are of course free (even recommended) to make a more complicated relationship between your Child and its tribe, such as the people turning against their demigod in favor of another.

The Dawn would be a more "fresh" start, the children not having as deep histories with their siblings. They would still have friends and foes among them, of course, but not the kind of burning, maddening hatred eternity brings about.[/hider]

[hider=Option #2, The Dusk]The Age of Dawn has passed. At its end, the Children were betrayed by one of their own, and locked away for thousands of years, cut off from all interaction and trapped in the dark, left to brood on the treachery. And then, one day, the dam breaks, and the Children burst from their prison, sweeping across the land. Similar to the previous option, but with three main differences:

a) The tribes will be long gone, having been assimilated since then into a single civilization. This empire will of course not look favorably on a ancient demigods waking up and flooding their lands. Technology is at a post-rennaisance level (Arquebus, cannons, and swords all co-exist).

b) The human population will have boomed tremendously, making the Children weaker than during the Dawn. 

c) There will be a lot more bitterness. Obviously, I imagine the your Children won't be terribly fond of the traitor, having been locked away for thousands of years. Additionally, they would have a lot more history with each other, so inter-sibling friendships and hatreds will burn much brighter.[/hider]
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So, questions? Tl&dr?