[center][color=#E8192F]Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the annual Dragons Cry Tournament!
Dragons Cry has been the strongest guild in Fiore for six years now, and it holds this title due to how it get's members. Everyone who is a part of Dragons Cry, regardless of how weak they may seem, has entered this tournament. Why? Because it's how you get in! Every year hundreds of people join the tournament, and only a few actually make it to the finals, and into the guild.
Why would so many people go through this? Well, Dragons Cry is home to not only one, but multiple dragon slayers, as well as a popular idol!
So, back to the Tournament! It's essentially a free for all battle royale. All the participants are split up, and released into an arena in groups of five. Only one emerging. After, they are pitted against a winner from another bracket. Once past this stage, you're solid, guaranteed a spot in the guild. So, you might ask, why continue? Well, if you make it that far you get to fight one of the higher ranking members of Dragons Cry. If you manage to survive for five minutes, or even win, you get a 10,000 Jewel prize, as well as free board for a year!
Dragons Cry isn't all about power though. Ask any member, the true goal isn't power, but friendship. Attack one member, and you'll have the rest of the guild to deal with as well.[/color]

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[color=#18A7B5]"So Neo, what's this about, I thought we were experienced members of the guild?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]You're free to have experience within the guild! In fact, I encourage both newbies, and vets! That is more or less an intro that I bullshitted, since I don't have any actual plots for the IC yet. Plus, it gives you an idea of how the guild operates! XD[/color]

[color=#18A7B5]"Okay, that's great and all, but after reading, I saw there's an Idol in the guild? Can I make this character?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]No. Why? Because the Idol character is an important plot point later on, and will be a GM controlled character. This roleplay is about a strong guild, with mages who are all viewed pretty much as equals, while some are inherently going to be stronger, it's a roleplay about everyone, no one character is any more important than another.[/color]

[color=#18A7B5]"With the guild being called Dragons Cry, is it a guild only for dragon slayers?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]Certainly not. Dragons Cry was a guild made by a group of strong mages, who wanted a guild that could stand beside them as equals. As such, they are known as the strongest guild in Fiore, and while they are known for having the most dragon slayers of any guild, they have many mages of different magics.[/color]

[color=#18A7B5]"What's the Dragons Cry guild mark?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]A guild mark is, if you haven't seen the show, a mark on a part of a guild members body proving they are part of the guild, so if for example they take a job at a high security complex, they can prove to guards who they are. In terms of Dragons Cry's, it is a dragon. Everyone's sheet needs to list where this mark is, and what it's color is.
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[color=#18A7B5]"Okay, well what about this character sheet then, oh wonderful Neo?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]Well, I'm a GM who believes in creativity, I give a base sheet and you are expected to fill it to the best of your ability. You are free to add whatever you feel necessary, of course removing anything is out of the question. While I encourage creativity and flaws, I will not except cop-out characters. Guild mark color and location should be in appearance, feel free to be exotic! [s]Nothing lewd, if you wouldn't show it to a guard, then it's in the wrong place, nudists that are comfortable flashing private areas do not count, no lewdness whatsoever![/s][/color]

[color=#18A7B5]"Cop-out characters? What does that entail?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]Cop-out characters are characters with lazy sheets. For example, if your character's history on the sheet is '[i][u]So and So has amnesia.[/u][/i]' then you have decided to be lazy. Before any of you try to argue that amnesia is a real mental illness, and an interesting character flaw, I'm not saying you can't have a character with amnesia. I'm saying that regardless of whether or not [i]they[/i] know their history, it still exists. A person's past does not vanish simply because they can't remember it, otherwise people would suddenly be unborn the second they got amnesia.[/color]

[color=#18A7B5]"Okay, I get your point there, but what if I want some mystery to my character?"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]If there is for some reason anything you want to keep a secret, then you can PM me explaining what you want kept secret, and why it's important to be such. Now, you might be thinking "what's the point if I tell you?" and the point is, I'm the GM, if your secret involves some world-killing god, and you don't tell me, and we're in the middle of an Arc, and all of a sudden it comes up, it's gonna throw a wrench in everything, as such it's important I know such details.[/color]

[color=#18A7B5]"What is up with these colors? They're hurting my eyes you awful, evil neko!"[/color]
[color=#FFD700]Mwahahaha. More seriously though, if you don't like it, tell me, and suggest a less eyesore of a color that would please you more. If you just don't like the colors, but they don't injure your eyes in any way, then you can deal with them, because you thought I was an awful, evil neko for using them![/color]


[color=#FF7E00]Name:
Age:
Gender:
Appearance:
Personality: (minimum 3 positive traits 3 negative traits, any format you want)
History:
Magic: (Name and list of commonly used spells + any limitations)
Magical Items carried:
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[b][i][u]Rules[/u][/i][/b]
[b]Be kind.[/b] I will not tolerate rudeness of any sort. This includes respect for both your fellow roleplayer, and your GM.
[b]Be smart.[/b] Common sense, if you think something might be against a rule, it probably is, even if it's not listed. If you really can't decide, ask, there's never any shame in getting clarification on something.
[b]Be Un-Lewd.[/b] If you wanna be lewd, take it to PMs, mature themes can be implied in histories, however we likely won't be doing anything 'mature' in the actual roleplay. This does not mean fights and such will not occur, this will have mature things in the sense of typical anime violence, there will simply not be any sexual scenes of any kind. Keep it ecchi at best. For those who don't know, ecchi has the occasional lewd joke or pervert, but never escalates into anything much more than that.
[b]Your characters are yours, X's characters are X's.[/b] Unless they expressly give you permission to control their character, don't.
[b]Have fun.[/b] If you lose interest please tell me. If you have any ideas for the rp, share them! I don't bite [s]too hard[/s].
[b]Limits.[/b] Okay, so in canon Fairy Tail has the most dragon slayers to a single guild at four, which means we only need [b]five[/b] to hit that requirement, and as such I will except no more than six. Lost magic will be iffy, and I [i]might[/i] accept one or two, however don't hold your breath, and if you don't want to waste effort, I suggest talking to me first about any such ideas in detail.[/color][/center]