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Children of Aton

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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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Background

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 Children of Aton.

These will be your characters.
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But what’s a Child of Aton?

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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What would we do in the RP?

Good question! I present to you two options, one more NRP focused, the other a more conventional character RP:





So, questions? Tl&dr?
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Well I'm in. Either dawn or dusk is fine for me. No particular character concept yet, gonna let the gears turn on this one for a while.
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Pretty cool. Interested.
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Glad to have you guys (potentially) aboard. I should mention that I'm very much open to feedback, and that I encourage collaborative world-building in either case.
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Color me interested. I've had a concept for a character that I've wanted to use for quite a while, but haven't been able to, that I think would be great for this.

I think I'll cast a vote for Dusk. I prefer a built-in goal over something totally free-form.
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I think I'll cast a vote for Dusk. I prefer a built-in goal over something totally free-form.


Yeah, my thoughts exactly. I find it's better for characters to have pre-existing relationships, to get people interested in interacting with each other.

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I'm also pretty interested in this - either dusk and dawn work, both sound like they'd be interesting to roll with. So I'm neutral in that respect
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I'm interested, but I am pretty busy right now. I'll keep an eye on it, and join when I have time.
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This looks pretty cool. Imma put a vote in for dusk as well, and keep an eye on this.
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I'm interested, but I am pretty busy right now. I'll keep an eye on it, and join when I have time.


That's fine, take your time! I should have the OP up tomorrow, but I won't start the RP until next week, at the earliest. Better that everyone is fully fleshed out and prepared first.
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Colour my interest as tickled. I shall keep an eye on this thread.
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Very interested. I vote for The Dusk.
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Interested, vote for Dusk
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I may or may not join-and yet another vote for the Dusk setting.
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I would be interested too!
And a vote for Dusk
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