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Welcome to the End of Days.


So there's a few things I'd like to throw out there before I get into the actual meat of the story:

[1.] While the 'Small Group' tag has been chosen, anyone who wants to submit a character is free to join if they'd like to. There's no upwards limit on who can join as long as you're able to fit yourself into the story, etc. However I'm free to reject or ask for changes as I see fit blah blah boring stuff etc
If you're not sure how to fit your character into the story, feel free to ask either myself or any of the others for help!
On the topic of characters, consider the world a 'post-apocalyptic setting with magick, monsters and androids'. Cybernetics are allowed, Magick is allowed, Monsters are allowed. If there's any problems with your ideas we can figure it out.
Keep in mind that the major setting will be Sanctuary, but characters from other cities can make appearances.
However, if you're wanting a Round Table Knight or someone from Mirage, please let me know prior to submitting your character so we can discuss things.

[2.] The 18+ tag depends on how dark this story ends up getting, but I chose that tag just in case it does end up getting to a dark and horrible point by the story's end. Please keep this in mind.

[3.] The majority of this story is 'free'; I've got no running plotline and thus players are free to do whatever they want. However, there are some plotpoints/arcs that I do have in mind that will change the pace of the story and in some cases the world itself. Consider it like a game where you have 'Story Missions' but then have free time to meme around between them, in a sense.
.. Maybe there'll be a tutorial..?

Without further ado, I'll be getting to the actual content!




~ Introduction ~


When the End of Days had begun, Humanity recoiled in shock.
Judgement. Trials. The very fires of Hell would consume them if they failed.
But far too quickly, Humanity had seemed to fail.
God abandoned us, and we were left to burn. Despite His claims that he would save those He deemed worthy, he instead left them to rot alongside the rest.
The ocean began to dry up, the days seemed to be shorter, the very air itself seemed to change.

Nobody is quite sure what happened that day to make God Himself retreat, but He returned to Heaven above with one last statement.

"The Monsters among you will one day be cleansed. Await my Chosen and you shall be purified of all Sin."

Humanity was left alone. Ruined. Broken.
Abandoned.

Then, with a snicker, Hell itself was unleashed upon Humanity and the planet was shredded apart. Billions of people died, millions of cities were razed. It was only by the work of a single organisation that the last few vestiges of Humanity narrowly avoided extinction.

Eschaton Industries.

Across the world the word was spread.

"Travel to Sanctuary".

A single city, isolated on what was once the continent of Australia, stood tall against the apocalypse that threatened to annihilate life itself. People flocked to it and it grew and grew. A true utopia that was a sanctuary from all of the horrors outside. Massive, polished white gates and walls and what seemed to be a barrier of magic protecting the places where no walls stood.

The change in the air, it seemed, had been the resurgence of magic.

Founded by a company called Eschaton Industries, the city of Sanctuary was a place free of fear, free of pain, free of everything outside.
However, there was always a question on people's tongues.

"Where did Eschaton Industries come from?"

No answers were given and eventually people began to just.. stop asking.
Convenient.
Two decades passed and eventually several other cities began to pop up across the Earth. Slowly, ever so slowly, the planet was being reclaimed by these sprawling citadels.
In Britain, Hyperia Camelot was overseen by a group of people called the Knights of the Round Table.
In the Middle East was a city called Mirage.

These three were the first cities that began to return the world to what it once was.
Home.

But one day a bright star appeared in the sky above Sanctuary, right in the middle of the day, and certain people fell into unconsciousness in the streets.

However these people later awoke, changed, with a new purpose in life.

To destroy the 'Sin' of Humanity.
The Sin that Eschaton Industries was attempting to hide and cover up with their seemingly altruistic actions.

"Destroy them and you shall be free," echoed the voice in the back of their minds.

The voice of God Himself.

And as suddenly as they'd fainted, they were suddenly full of desire to seek out a mysterious individual, cloaked in a pristine, radiant garb of light. The voice in their head beckoned for them to meet with this person, and so they did. It didn't take long, but three days after their unconsciousness,

However..




Whoowhee what a thing am I right

Essentially this is a roleplay I thought up quite literally in 5 minutes and got really giddy about before realising I needed to put in some work to get it to happen.

So, to cut to the chase, I'm looking for three things;

The Chosen - those who were spoken to by God and are now given purpose through their new ally.
Eschaton Industries - Those who work for Eschaton Industries and-- [ERROR, INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED. MY APOLOGIES.]
Monsters - As long as they're mean and relatively interested in being villains, they're all good, with some exceptions, that is..
After all, what is a monster?

Those are the applicable 'roles' and they're not limited. On top of these it's perfectly viable to play a normal person unaffiliated with Eschaton or the Chosen but getting them into the plot may be a little difficult compared to if they were directly involved in it via the above options.

Since this is a WIP, I haven't fully fleshed out every single detail but I have a good idea of where the plot is going to end up and how the world works (at least I think so).
As always this is just a place to scream your interest in my poor and weak eardrums and ask questions for me to answer!
Hidden 6 yrs ago 6 yrs ago Post by Instigator
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I've read through the pitch and I must say I'm pretty interested! I've already got some character ideas in mind, but before I can actually start ranting about them, would you care to tell me about the general level of technological advancement in the world at large and in the possession of Eschaton Industries specifically? Is this in any way sci-fi-ish or is the technology and advancement remaining on the level of roughly modern times, magic notwithstanding? Could the science before the, well, Eschaton have been advanced enough for some kind of people to survive the horrors of the judgement unscathed because they were living somewhere on orbital stations, for example?

Also, I see it being stated that Hell was unleashed on earth, but what exactly do you mean by that? Was it an actual full-blown biblical demonic invasion, complete with the classical Goetic hierarchy of demons, with nine Kings sworn to Lucifer leading the hellish legions of all sorts? Or is "Hell" here more metaphorical or conceptually different?
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I'm glad to hear you're interested!
Eschaton Industries is working very hard to push the boundaries of technology and Magick, sometimes combining both. I'd say you'd be seeing things akin to the Final Fantasy series where you have (using Type-0 as an example as I'm currently playing through it and it fits better than 12/15) both Magick and technology far advanced from what we'd currently have while the state of the world stays 'modern'.
So we have things like transport airships replacing planes, cybernetic limbs and suits, single pilot mechs, etc.
Nothing too big or grand.

Yet.
In the future, however, when things get further and further in, that's very likely (almost guaranteed) to change.
The majority of the work is handled by Eschaton Industries as they're really the only organisation with enough funds, staff and know-how to do anything. Other companies definitely exist but somehow Eschaton is really the only company who seems able to handle Magick in any capacity, hence almost all Magick-related stuff is under their watch and development. I'm certain other companies could do it, but Eschaton was the first and are clear cuts above the rest.
Not to mention there's a.. special reason, but spoilers~

The technology prior to the big bang explosion event where everyone died would be, like, about..
The 'Judgement' occurs in, say, 2016 or 2017, meaning the technology would've been modern. Cars, planes, that one head transplant..
However, you could totally have an astronaut living on one of our space stations join the story. I think it'd be pretty neat to have someone who witnessed the absolute devastation from above.
Although 20 years have passed since God appeared and then ran away, so keep that in mind in terms of age.

But being up there would be a fun perspective. It might also mean they saw something really crazy!

For the sake of simplicity I was gonna avoid delving into 'Hell' too much since the majority don't know about the things you mentioned, so originally I intended for it to be a hypothetical 'not Hell but might as well be'.
Although, really, who's to say there's not Demons out there somewhere hanging out? After all, if there's a God..

c:
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Im massively interested. I’ll start work on a CS when I get home.
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Hey there! I look forward to seeing your character!
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It's currently a work in progress but I guess it's best you judge what's there now now before I go and write a backstory. I'm entirely flexible on everything so feel free to criticise as heavily as you want

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After a quick read through, there's a few things I'd like changed.
You might need to adjust his stats, and I'll explain why.

I feel like my explanation of stats is a bit lackluster, so I'll throw a thing down here.

Consider the base stat, D, for Physical Competence.
D is the base human stat, the average of human ability.
However, due to the nebulous nature of the stats, I've recently decided on a scale that allows both normal humans to be compared to things like Deities and Demons.
How it works is, with D being your average human ability, C would be twice the capability. B would then be double that (quadruple), A would double that again, S would double the A score, etc.
EX is limited to things that 'cannot be measured'.

The scale goes as such:
E (Lower than average human)
D (Average human)
C (Double average human)
B (Double C)
A (Double B)
S (Double A)
S+ (Double S)
SS (Double S+)
SSS (Double SS)
X (Double SSS)
EX (Anything above X)

Admittedly that's my fault but originally I made the stat system with only myself in mind, so not properly explaining is my problem. Sorry!
With that in mind, I should also talk about 'Faith'.

It's not so much Faith in religious terms as much as it's 'Faith in outcomes'. The Faith stat is 'I have Faith this will happen'. So when a Mage uses a Spell they use Willpower to 'force' the change on Reality and Faith to 'believe the change will occur', hence why a high Willpower and Faith are required to use something as insane as a Boundary (which are always pretty crazy).

In relation, could you add clauses to his Passive True Mind that allow those with higher Willpower than himself to negate this Passive? The Willpower stat is actually really, really important, so I made a pretty big mistake by not properly explaining it.

Willpower is.. a very difficult stat to be honest. A person with zero Magickal prowess might actually have a Willpower of A or even S. Willpower can also be described as 'determination'. Like the term 'iron will'. Having a higher Willpower stat means you're capable of resisting the Magick of other people with lower of equal Willpower. It follows the same rules as Physical Competence, but know that having an EX Willpower is meant for beings who're Divinity and the like.
For a regular human with no formal training or boosts (as Willow could easily be giving him) the highest Willpower stat would be C. With training, a person can reach higher ranks, but without training they'd be around the average or slightly above.

Aside from that, he looks great, although I'll reread just in case there's anything I forgot.
I know the majority of my criticism is due to my lack of explanation so that's my fault.

However, I really like what you've got going for him so far. We may have to have a chat about Willow in the future (because I'm interested in what Willow is) and I also really like how you handled his time ability. Whenever I see time travel I tend to cringe, but you hit a really good spot as he can't derail the timeline and it doesn't give him a 'full reset' to get out of horrible situations.
Can he interact with his past self, though?

Also, I really enjoy the concept of a not super-strong guy kinda tricking people into thinking he's super strong because he's super fast and nobody could really tell the difference.

This went on a bit longer than I'd meant it to, but Leolin's looking good so far!

Edit: Jesus Christ this was long mfw
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@Kuroakuma Dont worry about it being long, much better when you get detail rather than just a flat this is shit, change it

So something like C’s across the board would be fine? Even if he isn’t a magic wielder?

In terms of True Mind that was the intention, just forgot to write it in there.

As for Willow I’ll wait until I’ve got thee CS down and then I’ll PM across the idea behind him.

In terms of time he wouldn’t be able to interact with himself *insert world ending paradox explanation*. However, he can talk to others but let’s be honest, who is going to trust an apparition?

Stationary he guy is pretty much just a strong human, pretty toned and what not. When he gets moving he’s a monster. If I had to compare him to some sort of comic character, you’re probably looking at something like Flash with a little bit of Juggernaut chucked in for good measure.

To be honest I’m just glad you like the ideas. I mean I don’t mind nerfing bits here and there for you because ultimately it’s about the characters story. Just hope you like the plan I have for Willow lol
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C's across the board are fine, yeah, including Mana Capacity and Magickal Proficiency. However, keep in mind that a Mage can't have any Spells or Abilities that are of higher Rank than their Proficiency stat!
I'm also gonna edit the stat thing one more time to throw in an idea I just noticed I forgot to mention.

I look forward to hearing about Willow! c:

Funny you mentioned the time explosion thing, since that's exactly what I was thinking might happen if he went back in time to himself LOL.

Like I said, he's good to go. If there's anything that comes up I'll let you know when it does!

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@Kuroakuma ok cool. Gotta keep my Mrs company for the rest of tonight so I’ll get everything finished off after work tomorrow
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shameless bump to put us at the top of the roleplay page cuz we need more Chosen Few
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Alright, here's my character concept. Hopefully she's up to snuff.



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Here are my characters.



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