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In an age long past... evil flooded over the land. Creatures awash in the dark tide ran wild, pushing mankind to the brink of annihilation. In its despair, mankind appealed to the heavens, and from a Blinding Light came hope.

The Sacred Stone.

This glorious treasure held the power to dispel evil. The hero Grado and his warriors used the Sacred Stone to combat evil’s darkness. They defeated the Demon King and sealed his soul away within the stone, which started to glow with a demonic fire. This fire caused the stone to be known as the Fire Emblem. With the darkness imprisoned, peace returned to Magvel.

But this peace would not last…

For some 800 years, a quiet peace has reigned in the absence of the terrible darkness. The Sacred Stone has been passed from generation to generation under the command of the Five Heroes. Each of the Five Heroes had a nation built around their power and their legacy.

The Kingdom of Renais, which today is ruled by Ginnava, the noble Paladin Queen.
The Kingdom of Frelia, which today is ruled by Kennard, the cunning Sky King.
The Kingdom of Jehanna, which today is ruled by Sion, the King of Red Sands.
The Theocracy of Rausten, which today is ruled by Edan, the Celestial Emperor.
The Grado Empire, which today is ruled by Rioga, the respected Court Emperor.

These five countries house the powers of the five heroes. They are joined by the emerging mercantile Republic of Carcino. In times of peace, tales of the past conflict has drifted into legend, and memories of the ancient dark arts, or how the Sacred Stone came to be, has all but disappeared. The stone now rests in Grado Keep, where it has been deemed the safest.

The year 808 an earthquake of before unseen scale shattered the nation of Grado. The natural disaster left the grandest nation reeling in its wake, with the other nations sending the support it could. The then emperor, his children and the Sacred Stone was safe, but much of the nation needed assistance. The king and the other nations provided what they could, but a new disaster was affecting all of Magvel…

Ancient fiends, monsters, dark creatures. They came from nowhere in the wake of the earthquake, and appeared in all nations at once. Their strength was weak compared to that of human military, but it was a fact that the people was no longer safe. Grado itself took the worst blow, with little military to spare after the disaster, they had to depend on the troops of others to survive.

Three hundred years passed. No solution to the monsters was found, but they were manageable in numbers. No town now went without protection, the people have been forced to accept the threats around the world. However, occasionally a force of greater strength emerged, wiping a village or company from existence. People live in fear, and they have grown tired of every day dreading an attack. They seek something to blame, something to end it all, and a report from Rausten gave them one…

A paper from an esteemed Bishop in Rausten said destroying the Sacred Stone containing the Demon Lord, the Fire Emblem, would vanquish the enemy. The dark researchers of Grado knew the fallacy of this claim and defended, but the idea had been instilled into the people. The already damaged Grado took critical blame from all corners of Magvel, and it was clear that a change would soon take place.

However, nobody could have predicted just how such a change would take place.

It is now the year 1106…

The Kingdom of Jehanna, flourishing from mercenary business all over Magvel due to monsters, invaded the Grado Empire. King Sion allegedly acted on the papers of Rausten, in order to destroy the Sacred Stone to end the monster threat. With their military still recovering and with Jehanna’s mercenaries spread across key locations of the nation to support against monsters, Grado stood little chance.

Emperor Rioga cannot answer Sion’s demands to hand over the Fire Emblem, as its destruction would free the Demon King. At the same time, he cannot face Jehanna’s troops. He has no choice but to use all his strength to delay while a smaller unit attempts taking the stone out of Grado, towards safety. But he cannot hold them forever. Grado will fall… It is inevitable.

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Currently closed, I would like to keep a small group and currently have seven interested. That said, PM me and I can keep you in mind if spots open up.

This is a Fire Emblem roleplay. While the story takes place in the world of Sacred Stones, previous knowledge of the game (or even the series) should not be necessary, I aspire to provide all the necessary information right here.

The intention is to recapture the feeling of being in a Fire Emblem storyline while in fact roleplaying your actions. This means fighting through a plot seeing everything from above, while commanding an army of characters you recruit one at a time. These characters will be provided by me and it’ll up to you to grow them into powerful fighters by letting them battle. All players will be allowed to give commands to the NPCs joining you that they will follow, but I will also play them as needed.

The adventure starts in the Grado Empire, about to be overtaken by the Kingdom of Jehanna. In the throne room Rioga will entrust a mission to someone highly trusted by the Emperor. This could be you, or we can decide otherwise. You all can play whatever characters you want, but have a reasonable reason in mind for how they will come to join the Grado party to protect the Fire Emblem from Jehanna. You will then come to be in charge of the NPCs you encounter, keep this in mind.

The plot can change depending on the characters that are created. Are you all hardened warriors loyal to Grado? Then perhaps you are assigned to protect the stone alongside the one entrusted with the mission. Are you all a bunch of trainee-class kids? Maybe the one entrusted with the stone is killed trying to flee, but s/he entrusts their mission to you with their dying breath. Maybe. How the first mission looks depends very much on what characters and preferences you all have.

Do post your character in the OOC first to be accepted. After I have accepted the character you may go ahead and post it in the Characters Section. Not before that.

Character Sheet



About items.


Picking Class


Classes. Warning: lots.


Monster Classes. You cannot play as these, but those who have studied will know your enemies.


Weapon Mastery Chart


Fighting


Weapon Triangle


How we'll play


More details about mechanics.

Recruiting


NPCs


Support


If there are any questions or suggestions of change to make this better then please, go ahead.
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Contents of the world of Magvel

You don’t need to read this page if you don’t want to, all you really need to know is Jehanna is attacking Grado, you can’t win, you need to flee with the Fire Emblem. The above two posts will do fine, this is all just extra effort of mine. That said, if you have not played Sacred Stones, you probably should.

Renais


Frelia


Jehanna


Grado


Rausten


Carcino


Caer Pelyn


That should be all. Have at it.
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Alright, I think I'm done. Several revisions and alterations later, pretty sure I got everything to a state I like it. Tell if there are problems, yea?~

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Ah, I've been wishing to join a RP like this!

Ik you guys said you're full, but if there are openings, I'd love to hop in as well if you don't mind.

(@Rune_Alchemist - It seems you and I had the same idea on what to make as a unit. Im still going to show you all what I have regarding that character. That way if I come in, the GM can deal with the character at hand and see where else he can fit while perhaps altering backstory and so on).
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So here's my character that I hope gets in once spaces are available. May make another character depending on if I get in or not. Hope he can be of some use whether or not I'm in or not.


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@Pirouette I was about to comment about skirt in a combat-situation, but I can't really do that when the main character of the game I'm basing this all on wears a skirt, now, can I? Combat-skirts, I guess. Yeah. XD

It is most certainly tradition AND Rioga's opinion that his daughter would be trained, heh. And… yeah, I can picture Rioga being the kind that would be fine with his daughter not talking to him for six months because he has a nation to take care of. That said, looks like she’s in for an abrupt awakening.

Yeah. As typical a Lord as one could ever imagine. Certainly acceptable. I’d like you to consider the other characters and imagine what interactions they might have had, while I consider what to do with them. Reina as she is is accepted.

@Rune_Alchemist I’ll note “Halberd” is its own weapon-type among axes, material notwithstanding, but geesh, special weapons need to be made of a material, too! XD

Heh. Formerly bandit mother, huh. I’m amused. But, yupp. Pretty typical Wyvern Rider of Grado with a parent she’s following in the footsteps of, and most certainly potentially trusted enough to be entrusted with guarding the young Lord in a time of crisis, unless you had something else in mind. Anyways. Isolde is accepted. I’d like you to consider what relation you might have to other existing characters at some point and maybe imagine where you’d be at the start of the game. We can take a bit with that, though.

@Apollosarcher Heh, don’t know if they wear clothes like that in the Fire Emblem universe. XD … But yeah, that body-type, but dressed up in a cavalier’s armor and wielding sword or lance, I’ll imagine.

Mmm, yeah. I’ll imagine he puts himself in way more risk than what his mother’s comfortable with or is appropriate in tactics, but he does it for the sake of ensuring the safety of the people. That is most certainly more reckless than her by-the-book tactics would like. And, yeah. With Marwood existing that basically calls Rafaela and Rylan out of “optional character” sections, heh. Unless someone else would like to argue, but yeah.

I’m a little confused by this visit to Jehanna you’re describing. He came there and had tea, but then he had to run seeing their strength? Did Nethanel attack him for talking to Sion for too long and too personally, or what? And yeah, there’s that discussed arranged marriage to Rafaela we came up with, was that already a thing then or did that appear after? I’d like a bit more clarity there. It’s mentioned, but not actually introduced as to how it came to be or anything, heh. Could you do that?

@Lmpkio Why, don’t you seem enthusiastic. Very well, then. Yeah, you’re free to announce your interest, and I’ll keep you in mind when the situation comes to it. Anyone else with such interest reading this is also free to give me a note saying they’re interested. I will note I want to try to avoid doing first-come first-serve, so if I need more I may pick those that simply appear to be the most promising if I get more players than I desire. That said, the friends of my players that they mentioned before have potential first-pick if they wish. This is due to the high number of leavers first time I tried this. Yeah.

Edit: Whelp, interesting timing. XD
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I am here, I might be using another healer as before though I'm unlikely to use the same one on principle. I'll decide after doing some reading.

ALsoooooo

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@Lmpkio Whelp, good thing I don't need to judge you right now, then, because I'm currently unsure if I want to let you call forth griffins into existence in a world that don't seem to have any. There's no real harm in letting them exist, really, so I could allow it, but, heh. The principles.

Edit: I considered it for a while, and I came to the conclusion that... Sure. Rare breed of Wyvern? Sure. Wyverns are native to Grado, but Jehanna's right alongside them and who's to say they can't travel a bit. Also, there has to be different breeds of Wyverns like there are different breeds of any animal, we're just not keeping track of them. That is totally fine.
What I actually have more problem with is his mother's occupation. Sure, gritty realism and all that, but it's something that would never actually come up in a Fire Emblem game and I kind of want to hold true to that. I'd rather she was a petty criminal or something. Hah.

@Eklispe Ooh. Happy to have you. Heh.
For everyone else's information, Eklispe along with Apollosarcher were players first time I tried this that are still around, and as such get free invites. Also, I like them, and that's a plus.

Edit: And yes, I was making a reference to that exact scene, thank you for noticing. XD
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@PlatinumSkink I know Griffins aren’t really a thing in the FE universe, but I wanted my character to stand out a bit more. This Wyvern won’t have any drastic changes or added abilities or whatnot.

Then again, while technically non canon, a Hinoka variant in a just recently released banner in Fire Emblem Heroes, DOES show her riding what can only be considered as a Griffin of some sort.

And yeah, prostitution. I may have went a little too edgy with that added in place. I can definitely change it.
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Then again, while technically non canon, a Hinoka variant in a just recently released banner in Fire Emblem Heroes, DOES show her riding what can only be considered as a Griffin of some sort.


It isn't a type of griffin, it's closer to a giant bird, specifically a kite. A Griffin from is a completely different mythology. She is based off this Fate only class.

Oh, and hello Lmpkio, fancy meeting you here. :}

I'd like to declare my interest in this. A fire emblem RP is something I've been wanting for awhile, but none have lasted or looked good. Until now.
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@Rune_Alchemist Oh, and Wind-magic weakness is only relevant in later games, there isn't actually any wind-magic you need to worry about in this particular Fire Emblem world. But nice to see you've been reading~

@Lmpkio There are "griffons" in at least one game, but it isn't Sacred Stones. We're going with that it's a breed of Wyvern. And yes, please, do change her occupation, if only for my Nintendo-rated comfort. Heh.

@Crimson Raven Alright, I'm happy to see your interest. I'll keep it in mind when I tally the final sum of interested people. We'll see what happens~
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@Crimson Raven They call it a kinshi but yeah I see what you mean.

Also fancy that indeed.

@PlatinumSkink Fair enough. To be fair it wouldn’t be actually called a true griffin but again I’ll change it.

Edit: I’ve decided to keep the name Griffern as a combination of Griffin and Wyvern. They are a special breed of Wyvern yet not a true griffin.

Also Servus’ mother has been changed to a robber.
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@Lmpkio ... So, to stick with the theme of his childhood being poor I was imagining specifically a petty criminal with only meager success that couldn't properly provide, but apparently this soft-spoken lady is also an ingenious thief who infiltrates the highly guarded mansions of rich people, making off with what I imagine to be tons of gold and has made a name for herself, before returning to her poor and toxic family. I find this hilarious and am okay with this.

Also, no, you won't be calling your griffern -san or -kun, Japanese is not a thing in Magvel or anywhere beyond it. We have the wrong language settings. I am sorry. Also, you're calling yourself Severus at one point.

Other than that, it looks fine. This has been PlatinumSkink's GM-instincts of critiquing character sheets placed before him even if the individual isn't necessarily even cleared to join the roleplay yet. Have a good day.
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Aha, I try to at least read up on things if I'm going to be getting into something I have minimal knowledge of. I'll remove that weakness then~

And yep. Isolde's mom is a former bandit. Not that you'd be able to tell. Sweet old lady that dotes on her daughter too much now xD
Feel free to use either parent for plot stuff, of course.

I'll get to discussing potential relationships in a bit. Definitely don't mind her being assigned to protect the young lord of Grado at all either, so will maybe need to flesh that out that relationship a bit.
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@PlatinumSkink I’ll probably enforce more of her goals in future backstories in the RP. But I’ll admit the way you put it was quite funny.

Fair enough with the -Kun and -San. My inner weeb was showing for a second.

Otherwise, if everything is fine, I hope to have a spot in this RP if there are vacant spots left over. Thank you for reviewing my profile!

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Apologies for the delay in responding, been a bit busy and sleep deprived this week haha. I shall endeavor to have a character put together within the next few days, at the absolute latest.




EDIT: Right-o, got my fellow sorted out. Figured we could use someone with some magic prowess, all things considered, so here he is for consideration. @PlatinumSkink

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@Eisenhorn Alright. Welcome. Magic prowess could indeed be useful. Let's see what we got.

I will comment that the different colour made it slightly difficult to read. Not so much that I stopped reading, but it was an extra bit of effort.

Curious, to see a family of so dedicated Mages in a nation of Shamans. Can't be too many of them, but yeah, that's acceptable. I will say Voss here is a bit strong for what I imagined the player characters to be at the start of the game. Like, you're only, like, three levels off from the joining levels of those extremely late-game joiners like this. I realize I didn't exactly write my preferred levels of starting characters anywhere, but hah. Luna tome is also a powerful tome to start with, but that said it makes sense that the dark-magic nation would have one to provide for a promising shaman.

So, no problems. He seems interesting. Just me a little concerned he'll completely overshadow others. Look at Pirouette playing official accurate Fire Emblem beginning-Lord with level 1 and E weapon skill. XD Though, yeah, there's Marwood that is roughly the same and three levels behind. Things to consider. Anyways. Voss is accepted.
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