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ɴᴏᴛᴇ: ᴛʜɪs ʀᴘ ɪs ʙᴀsᴇᴅ ᴏғғ ᴍʏ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ, ᴛʜᴜs ɪᴛ ɪs ᴍʏ ɪᴅᴇᴀ ᴀɴᴅ ᴍɪɴᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ.


ɴᴇᴡ ʏᴏʀᴋ ᴄɪᴛʏ, ʏᴇᴀʀ 𝟸𝟸18.

It has been two hundred years since Alexander Farrow I released magic back into the world. Along with Fafnir, the Mooneater, he has taken over much of the population.

Laird Xander Farrow II sits upon his throne in New York City. As it has been for the last two centuries, he and his men are plump and well taken care of, while those below their boots fester and die in the Lower City. Vicious creatures lurk in the alleys and in the sewers, even in the men and women themselves. Illegal activity runs rampant in the Lower City, as well. Though, all the Imperial forces care about is that the people don't get in Laird Farrow's way. Unfortunately for them, a group known as the Resistance is slowly gathering momentum in the Lower City's ghettos. The Resistance strives to tear humanity from the Imperial's iron grasp, one way or another. There is only one thing on the Imperials' and Resistance's minds-- war.



- The reason that this roleplay is to be 18+ is because of the mention and reference of specific topics, such as: disease, starvation, drug use, prostitution, and other adult themes. There will be violence and death. However, as I abide to RPG rules, if you need to fade-to-black or use a skip, please do so.

- What you have read above is not the full lore. I have a document that provides the entirety of the lore. Some things may be omitted in the RP, while some things may be added. I have only linked it here so interested players can start thinking about their characters and asking questions. Of course, I will not add the whole document to actual OP. It'll be much fancier-looking, I promise.

- There will be a magic system in place. It is listed in the google doc above. However, I may implement a new type of magic called Illusion, which allows magic users to "charm" or influence people in a variety of ways. Kind of like Jedi mind tricks.

- There will be four races in the roleplay. Two will be playable in the beginning (humans and sidhe) while another one may open up later down the road.

- Players will be able to make characters on both the Imperial side and on the Resistance side. If you wanna make a baddie, go ahead!

- Players will each start with 3-4 side character slots. Side character slots are used in an interesting way. Let's say that you have two characters already, but both of them know/interact/butt heads/etc with other characters quite regularly. These characters are important, but unfortunately they are not as important as the characters whom you have filled out sheets for. Maybe they will become important later on, who knows. Either way, players will be able to create 3-4 side characters which they can use. Think of them as actual characters who you don't have to fill out sheets for. You may decide that you want them to become major characters later on, but if you do wish for that to happen, then you must eventually fill out a sheet.



- Please, please, please be active in the RP: this means be active in IC, OOC, Discord, or whatever else comes along your way.
- I will only be accepting six to seven people, not including me. Order of interest does not apply. I will be looking through post history to see who are the best candidates.
- I do not want to hear "maybe I'll join"; you join or not. This is because it has caused issues with me seeing how many people we have in the roleplay.
- I do not want to see "cute" characters, i.e "lolis" or "traps".
- Again, this is high-casual. We're not asking for huge posts. We're asking for quality characters and posts (which are at least two to three paragraphs long).
- This is an 18+ year old RP. Dark themes such as death, disease, famine, etc will be present. If you're easily triggered, don't join.
- If you don't wanna follow these set rules, then there's no point in joinin'; it'll just cause conflict.
- I'm going to definitely need co-GMs that can be trusted.
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Hello, I read through the doc you posted with your lore and I'm interested in playing. I just started an account though, could I PM you some of my writing?
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Sure!
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Im down to clown
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Thinking of a concept: An Imperial medical field researcher and quarantine specialist (Think CDC operative) but is starting to sympathize with the Rebellion movement considering of how much he needs to deal with their plight.
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I'm down if you'll have me. (Also interested in co-gm, too)

I'm thinking of a Magus with Anima and Arcana (lightning). I was recently thinking of how aspects of lightning elemental abilities could be used in a modern/future setting, so I am excited for the possibility to flex that particular creative muscle.

As you look at my post history, it is pretty much all one roleplay that has been running for two years now, and has gotten terribly slow, however we interact ooc in discord quite often. I have two characters in that roleplay. Despite the thread getting slow, I am on checking two to three times a week.
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@ShwiggityShwah Sounds like it's a fine idea, as long as it doesn't border on the crazy scientist trope.

@Mr Rage Sounds cool! :)
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Haio! I likey!
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Glad to have you on board!
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Does a human need to have access to the CORE to gain magical abilities or can it be untrained/innate?

I am thinking of playing a conman (or woman, not sure yet) who uses a combo of wind arcane magic and anima magic to swindle people. Those are kind of high up on your power scale for magic so I would probably give them some kind of mental block, for example freezes up at the threat of violence or can only use the power when angry or something like that.
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@MagusMorgant The CORE gives abilities to those who come in direct combat with it, along with the people who don't. It can tap into a person's prana flow and give them abilities without them realizing it. However, the ones who have come in contact with the CORE are Imperial soldiers and those are stronger than the common magus.
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Well, if this Farrow fellow must die, then let us make it so, posthaste.

Provided you have no fear of fresh faces, I'm very interested.

I'm not quite certain, quite yet, of quite what I'd like to write, but the cogs of my mind are moving. An idea that currently amuses me is a magus skilled in the art of metamorphosis, a young woman focusing on transforming into various sorts of felines or birds.

Although I maintain a healthy separation between my characters and myself, I've never been much good at following orders, so a character rebelling or with notions of rebellion in mind seem likely to be where my musing ends.
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Since we're throwing out ideas for characters, I think I'm going to go with an imperial soldier defector, and either joined the Resistance or works as a merc for (and occasionally against) them.
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@Hour Error People who practice metamorphosis just stick to one animal. ^^ Also I'm not so sure what you mean at the last part.
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In a very wordy and sleep deprived way, I was trying to say that I'd write a resistance fighter if given the chance. :D

To clarify: Most people who practice metamorphosis just stick to one species of animal (e.g., Norwegian house cat) or one type (e.g., felines)?
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@Hour Error One species of animal. ^^
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Ah, well then, so that I may properly reference William Blake, I think having my character shapeshift into a tiger is the only logical answer.

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Sounds good enough! I like that poem. I read it a few times in my high school class.

As we are discussing character ideas, one of my characters is gonna be a defector of imperial forces, and another is Xander's personal guard.

There will be ranks in the Resistance, including a leader.
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Cool when is OOC coming up.
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@DeadDrop I'll try to get the OOC up soon. Things are getting a bit busy because of school but I'll try to get it up within the end of the week.
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