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Background and setting

Please note that this story could evolve to contain some mature themes, most notably violence, oppression and racism so please keep that in mind before you opt to take part.

This story is set in the Kingdom of Avelierys, the largest and most central nation in the Aleviaryan Empire. It has been 300 years since Empress Aveliere lead a great army of mages in a conquest of the known world and united its kingdoms under her banner, after this conquest she instituted a small contingent of noble houses each made up of the mages who aided her in her conquest, who eventually became the nobles of the present day. The world in which the story is set is one of stark contrast: within "civilised" cities nobles bicker and feud, Knightly orders appear and disappear constantly, mercenary companies do odd jobs for those who are willing and able to pay, the peasantry go about their daily lives and the downtrodden and poor are more often than not forgotten.

Player characters may come from a variety of backgrounds and nations though due to the lore of the setting playing a mage or member of a current, influential noble bloodline will be prohibited, more on that later!



Rules


  • Try to create a well rounded, believeable and lore coherent character. Consider strengths, weaknesses, quirks, mannerisms. If they're interesting and unique, they'll be more fun for others to roleplay with.
  • Respect others OOC, regardless of if your characters end up wanting to drown one another.
  • Maintain Roleplay etiquette, please avoid powergaming, using meta-knowledge, god-modding etc.
  • Keep in mind that your characters can indeed die. Face the consequences of your actions even if your character makes them with good intentions.
  • Please try to keep your posts interesting, at least a paragraph or two in length and don't post more than twice in succession. Advanced and casual roleplayers are all welcome here, that being said try to keep things interesting and descriptive!
  • Please keep sexual and excessively violent content to a minimum, hide and tag it or take it to PM if it is unavoidable!
  • Each player may control two characters at most, keep in mind that not all PCs will know one another or even end up knowing one another. If a character is killed they may be replaced with a new one.
  • Characters can be all over the Empire! Please title your posts with the location in which each takes place and separate the actions of characters in different locations by a line break.
  • Players are given some creative freedom when writing their backstories and origins, family names, town names and individual cultures etc. are all up to the player to decide.
  • Enjoy yourselves! This roleplay will begin with a free roaming, free for all mindset so characters are welcome to go where they please and become who they please. Go ahead and jump in.



Lore
* Now, this next bit might seem like a lot of information to some of you, but don't worry! You don't need to read all this to get involved, these snippets of lore are designed to give players a deeper understanding of the world of Avelierys. Please feel free to ask me any questions about the world while I will do my best to expand my players knowledge of the setting organically through the RP itself! Feel free to skip ahead to the character sheet template if you want to jump right in!










Character Sheet

* Players are welcome to bring their character across organically or write an in-depth backstory and personality for them beforehand, it's all up to the individual.

Character Name:
Species:
Sex:
Physical Description (Pictures can go here if you want):

Profession:
Starting Equipment/Belongings:
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Hidden 6 yrs ago Post by Overlord Thraka
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HEy, I'm interested but I have a few questions about races and starting items and gear.

1) Regarding races, are those the only ones? I've got some characters who might be interesting for this but they'd have to be altered to fit this format

2) What are the limits on starting gear? Could we have magical items with minor enchants on them?
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Hey there, @Overlord Thraka. Glad to hear there's a chance you might be interested. Could you give me a bit more detail about the kind of race and starting gear you were thinking about please?
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Well I was wondering if there were any plans for there to be anything other than those two races. The characters I was thinking in using are a Half-Elf (Which can be easily modded to human) and a WereLion (Which for obvious reasons cannot)

As for the gear, my Half-Elf has a 3 magical items. A helmet that absorbs all kinetic force, basically stopping dead anything that hits it without any injury to the wearer. It essentially stops the object dead in it's tracks by absorbing all the force behind whatever it might be. Crossbow bolt dropping to the ground harmlessly, swords and maces stopping dead, that sort of thing.

Secondly, she has a sword which is ever-sharp and unbreakable.

Thirdly, and this is the one I was really thinking might be an issue, she has a extreme bag of holding. It's essentially got unlimited capacity to hold any number of objects for an indefinite amount of time. She could potentially put an entire castle in it if she went brick by brick. She wouldn't actually use it to be that OP, but the potential is there.
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@Overlord Thraka

Hey, as much as I'd hate to turn anyone from my RP, it seems to me that you're looking for a universe that isn't mine, sadly. The races I have created exist to serve a narrative, and what little magic exists in the world of Avelierys is rare, destructive and terrifying with magical artefacts being almost entirely unheard of. No doubt we could work the sword into the narrative, as a metal with similar properties exists, but that's about it. Maybe you'd have better luck in any of the other great threads around here.
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@Winterwake
Very well. Thank you for your time.
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@Winterwake
I've got an idea for a race, if you'll hear it. I have in mind a race of large, reptile-like beings that have been subjugated much like Sethkra'Vesh but with heavy labor and military auxiliaries in mind. I got more lore and junk I can put down but I want to if it'd fit with what you have in mind before I develop my idea any further than the concept stage.
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Considering a bounty hunter.
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Hey, though I do like the idea I am happy with the world and two playable races as they are right now, with the 'Vesh being a strange alien-reptile-elf like people and the only non-Human race available. Though I am very much aware limiting the current world as it is to two races could lose me people who would potentially be interested in joining I won't be adding any races yet, but might keep it in mind for the future as more of the unknown savage world outside of the Empire is discovered.
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Watching for the moment.
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'Salright, I'll just go with my second idea and keep my options open for that. Gimme some time to come up with a solid character concept and I'll get to writing up a CS.
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I am interested. Save me a spot.
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Avelierys has a main thread now https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/167303-avelierys-original-fantasy-world/ooc, or rather has done for a while because I made the mistake masterfully cunning decision of posting in the casual RP board before doing an interest check!

I am happy with the amount of interest this project has, and as such am giving people the go-ahead to start posting character sheets if they want to. If anyone is unsure about a character they are welcome to post in the OOC there, PM me or whatever.
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Here I thought when I saw it that you were just being prepared >.>
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