Alrighty, so I'm happy to say that, at this point, I'm firming up all slots at this time. This means for all slots except for Matou and Thule, I will no longer be accepting applications. The Matou character by Berserk Gene and Thule character by Yukitamas should be done shortly. I also don't anticipate receiving new applications for those two roles, but you never know.

This means that everyone with an approved application can now post it in the Characters tab. 

Now then, let me introduce the factions. 

Japanese: [@Art of Fun] [@GrafRoy Zeppeli] [@Berserk Gene] [@Ijoyen] [@MeteorD] [@Cu Chulainn] [@Liu Mei]

German: [@Rune_Alchemist] [@Breo] [@Yukitamas]

Obviously one side has quite a few more people than the other! That can be either a blessing or a curse, depending on how the team planning goes. 

Now then, each faction will be receiving a group PM from me shortly. That will be the "private faction chat", so to speak, where you can talk OOC about plans, make strategies to deal with enemies in advance, and so on. Basically all faction-related chatting should go there. IC planning can also occur, for instance you can say "Our characters met IC and talked about X" in the chat if you don't want to publicly post it since it includes confidential info.

That said, please still use the OOC here for general chatting!

Instead of PMs, there will also be the option for me to set up Discord chats for each of the factions, so if you would prefer that, let me know!

You'll be deciding how to pair people up through those private chats, so start thinking about who on the faction you want. As a note for the Japanese faction, Ruler will necessarily be paired with the Einzbern, and [@Berserk Gene] has, due to bad prior circumstances, requested he be paired with himself [s]despite my recommendations against[/s], so essentially it's Fafnir and Stheno as the options for the IJA and Tohsaka Masters.

If you want to talk to someone else on your team in private, one-on-one, that's fine but please include me in that message so I can see what all's going on. The same goes for OOC conspiration with someone on the other team. I'm not going to interfere with your planning, I just want to make sure there's as little metagaming as possible.

Information on logistics has been added to the OP, so please ask if you have any clarifying questions on that. Expect to start the roleplay once the last couple Masters have trickled in!