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𝕬 𝕿𝖆𝖑𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝕭𝖑𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕱𝖔𝖌



By her grace, may this day be your last day. Be you an urchin, a charlatan, a prince or his general. We pray to the Ten True Divines that your former self be cleansed in mage-fire. May trembling hands be steeled. May throats moaning trepidation be drowned out. May the feet beneath you burrow into this most holy soil. Let your fears die, and all that you once were pass on with it. You are called to a higher purpose. You are a blade in the fog finding liberation in oppressive mists. You are a conduit for the dead; a brazier for the living.

Yours is the darkest of burdens to bear, but you are the wardens of tainted blood. You are the breaker of beasts.

Extend your hand, and may our Goddess Minerva, by her infinite power, accept your oath by blood.


The year is 139 in the Age of Owls. The Order of Vigilance, bound in blood to protect all of Vicelles from the abominations of the Fog, have conscripted its newest recruits under the protection of their ward, Elias Black. For over two eras these pervasive, toxic, mists have obscured most of the vast Vicellan woods cursing and poisoning whatever may be lost to the ever undulating murk.

The abominations, dogged in their seizure of land and resources, serve as merely one threat to order in the realm. The myriad of noble houses occupying the various Vicellan holds feud perpetually over claims of birth-right, scarcity, and territory. Whispers of war spread even farther than the mist.

Ever elusive to the musings of farmers and kings alike is the origin of the Fog, and how exactly it may be halted. Secrets, conspiracies, oaths, blood and fog await the damned souls of Fort Stag.




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𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝕾𝖍𝖊𝖊𝖙


*Feel free to take design liberties with the CS Sheet. I've found this sheet to be a useful skeleton, but as long as you include the information most relevant to your character in a concise and readable way it's fine.*
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@Lauder @Oxenfree @Redrum @Eneui @vietmyke @Enzayne @Blitzy

Sorry for the notification, but just wanted to make linking to the OOC more efficient so I'm tagging everyone who expressed interest. I'll be updating the page with the Compendium (this RPs version of a codex in video games). Once again lmk if I can help with anything :)
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I understand the compendium hasn't been updated yet, but can you explain a bit about the world/Vicelles and how the Order operates?
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@Aristo Yeah, of course! I'm working on getting that out soon! In the meantime, Vicelles is a gothic-inspired country landlocked between the dwarven kingdoms of Viguard and Ostguard and another human country, Astoria. Vicelles is populated mostly by humans, but it does have a sizeable Orc population after they abandoned their allies against the humans in the War of Splitting Branches an era ago. Vicelles is covered in a dense fog. The best way I can describe it is a sort of magic radiation. It twists and "poisons" the creatures, fauna, and people it touches for too long. It's believed that it created the Arisen (vampires), the Lycans (werewolves), The Hallow Men, Harpies, Banshees, etc. These creatures are typically kept at bay by barrier magics in major holds throughout Vicelles (I'll have a map up soon). However, the Order of Vigilance is a group re-purposed two eras ago to hunt these creatures down and investigate situations that arise through Vicelles. Criminals commuting their sentence, outcasts, exiled nobles, brave warriors, all belong to the ranks of the Order. They operate in Fort Stag which was once a fortress for necromancers.

Vicelles is also controlled by five major houses (Driskard, Ostelt, Grey, Lorelaunt, and Forestier), and then there is the royal house (Lacroix)

The Order is led by Knight Captain, Lucian Driskard, but there are other commanding officers as well (not as strictly ordered as a modern military force, of course). There are wards or mentors who train recruits in the "blood hunt".

Sorry for the late response, I've been working on the compendium.
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Gotcha! Is the Order a politically-independent organization, or funded by / beholden to Vicelles? Is it religious in any way or purely secular?
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@Aristo On paper it's beholden to the crown, but in reality it's actually mostly upheld through contributions (in raw number of soldiers and financially) made by the Driskard family. It gives them a great deal of political leverage.

It certainly isn't technically secular. Divination and Constitution mages and priests are a fundamental part of the ranks (especially for the purposes of purification, healing, etc.) Though it's not required to practice the Ten Divines Faith, Minerva is the Patron Goddess for much of Vicelles and prayer to Minerva is common at Fort Stag.
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@Famotill Is there gonna be any dice rolling? I know the stats are generally laid out in a typical d&d way, are you going to be using modifiers in the background, or is it just a general measure and odd numbers are A-OK?
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@vietmykeYeah no dice rolling. It's just a way of helping me gauge characters' capabilities. It'll definitely impact certain actions, but I want this to be fully a roleplay experience.
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So, throughout the RP I will update the Compendium with information the characters discover. The following will appear in my IC posts when this happens (I've actually updated it so this is a legit example):

𝔗𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔢𝔫𝔡𝔦𝔲𝔪 𝔒𝔟𝔰𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔞 has been updated!
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I see we are rebooting! :D
Don't mind if I salvage an old character sheet?
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@Famotill if you don't mind me asking, how did you make the maps? Both the continent maps and the individual maps of Vicelles and Astoria? They look awesome, is there a site or software you did this on?
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@TangletailIt's a bit different than a reboot. More of a sequel, lol. Not entirely sure it would be possible for the gang from Owls and Wolves would be "available" at present, but you're more than welcome to draft up a new character sheet.

@BlitzyYes! The website is called inkarnate.com. It's a really handy tool. I actually want to go back in and update some of the maps.

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@Famotill Ah, damn. Welp, time to visit the ole drawing board.
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@TangletailNo worries! Lmk if you need anything!
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@Famotill Based on the first post, I think you planned on us playing new Order recruits. Is it possible that some of them may have had prior experience combating the fog? I have an older character in mind - a kind of roving witch hunter that's been on the road for much of his life. Maybe he could be a foreigner or could have worked independently until now, having crossed paths with the Order.
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@Aristo Yes, experience with the fog is actually expected if your character is from Vicelles. Witch Hunters are a specialized unit in most military's and king's guards. However, less formally trained hunters operate similarly to mercenaries.
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Hey guys, really excited to see what everyone comes up with! I've been communicating with the GM about this CS, but I figured I might as well post her here in case anyone wanted to see what characters other people came up with before picking their own, like I sometimes do.



Oh, also, I swear allegiance to Caracas.
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Hey all, sorry for the number of updates but I just wanted to run the idea of using Discord by folks to see what they think. It'd just be an easier way to communicate once the RP is actually running. As always, let me know :)

@Oxenfree Thanks for sharing! I'd encourage others to do the same so that we can start getting a bigger picture regarding party-line up.

Also, group feedback is good as long as people are comfortable with that. Constructive criticism is great as is letting folks know what you think really works! That goes for me as well!
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I've mostly finished mine, though pending on a few things. Meet your Noble from Astorias! As for a discord, I think it's a neat idea, though I am indifferent about it.
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