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You know this story, told to you as a child before bed like countless thousands of others only to repeat them to your own. The names, places, feats and foes may change but it is a compelling story of how good triumphs over evil; how love prevails; friendship and peace manifesting into some ambiguous 'light' designed to strike down the 'dark'.

You knew this story, it compelled bravery against adversaries and trials of spirit through your growth into something...more. A hero? Perhaps that was how you were remembered, though power is not always so pure. Regardless, kingdoms and their throes of innocents depended on you, trusted in your experience and motivation to do what platoons of the king's finest could not.

Holy purpose? Power? Other personal reasons? Maybe it was as simple as money and fame that drove you to sign your arms away with the intent to strike down the darkening horizons that came to your land. It may have even been so simple as being in the wrong place at the wrong time before the darkness of The Cold King Kazzok appeared.

Your efforts were in vain, however. Your gods failed you, and all of the words in all of the books in your world could not spell away the darkness that devoured your friends. Why you were spared is between you and King Kazzok, and some countless time has passed that you've been suspended in a sort of limbo-y stasis which may have only been minutes or years.

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It was the same for every world. Dark clouds rumbled, accumulating in the distance in a swirl of towering nimbus before the spike falls. An arrow being shot from the sky, the ground quakes and day becomes night as The Coffin's Nail strikes into the earth. Dust and debris fog the land and sounds can be heard from the storm of ungodly machinations and abominations alike. By the time the mess settles, all that's left is the smoke on the horizon of besieged settlements and crumbled castles as a black tower remains, silhouetted in the mire of the clouds above.

To your knowledge, this is where the story ends.
You were the heroes sent to defeat the evil. Supposedly
You were what light the kingdoms of the land set their petty squabbles aside to collect. Supposedly.

Through some slip or misinterpretation, all hope was lost, the countryside and perhaps even the world looking on as the coming night sought to blot out the sun forever...another stepping stone for Kazzok and his conquest.

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Well, this is where the story would have ended until lucidity returned to you in an instant, vision painting a blurry picture of bars to a cell. With a few blinks you realize you were in fact not dead. You were a prisoner. Why Kazzok had let you live, you had no idea. Or perhaps you did. Being paraded as trophies of conquest was one such idea. Or perhaps he wanted you to be his 'playthings'.

Regardless, you were alive. Your story is not over. Undo your mistake.
Can you though?


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Hey everyone! This is a reboot-ish of an RP of @Lumiere. He will be the co-GM of this and me and him will be working together in running this.

Here's some additional stuff that @Lumiere posted in the previous incarnation.

...this is a Post-Apocalyptic Multiverse Fantasy with room for steampunk elements.

Post Apocalypse - Ya goof'd. Or someone goofed that caused your previous crew to not do so hot in the 'stopping the big baddy' department. You're welcome to team up with other peoples to be from the same dimension and write all kinds of flowery prose about the world you came from. It might even be relevant, later down the line.

Multiverse - Yes? Yes! It is! Kinda... Kazzok and his aspirations seek to consume the multiverse, and in this, all manner of heroes are capable of having opposed his will at some point. All races are a go (with explanation if they're non-conventional fantasy variants, though demons and angels get a special place in Kazzok's warm and welcoming heart, and, being entities of energy, serve a purpose that knocks them down a mortal peg. This isn't to even begin to mention the separation from their planar anchors.

Fantasy - Magic, elves, dwarves, entities of the fay, nature spirits, undeath and all of that goodness. Matters are often settled by the sword and magic is a part of every-day life. Individuals from other dimensions may not see this the same way and conflict may arise, but such is the situation when unlikely allies are forced to join.
(I underline 'forced' because there may only be room for 4-8 people with situational room for more to join mid-way)

Steampunk - See that whole Multiverse thing above? Technology can come from other realms, and Kazzok would certainly be interested in the knowledge and magics of other civilizations.





If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me or @Lumiere.



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I'll re-submit Gang here first.


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Fixed it
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And now I'm unsure if I want to adapt my D&D character, or just adapt my old RF Expanded Universe OC.

One is an archeologist artificer, the other, a godling with slight memory loss and dragonology related powers, plus the innate verse powers.

Either way, one of the two will be up in a few hours, whichever folks want to see more. The Dragonic Indiana Jones, or the character said D&D dude is based on, the Son of the Wind. I can generate either profile with ease. Just a matter of deciding which.
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I am also currently debating whether or not to bring back Jericho, or create a fresh character completely. Within the next day, at most, it should be up, whichever way gets decided.
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Hello, just putting River up again.


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So, I honestly cannot decide between these two, so I'll post em both and see who is a more popular preference.



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This is my review of the current submitted characters and I'd like to see if @Lumiere has any thoughts about them. Once that has been done, the judgment will be passed.

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@A Lowly Wretch

I feel like your character would be recruited by Kazzok instead of being thrown in a jail cell. Especially since she didn't fight his forces at all.

@ShwiggityShwah

Looks good to me.

@Veradana

This too.

@Eisenhorn

They're both good though I prefer Lash since she'll fit better in the story.

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Also, I love how you all have problems with your character sheets. ;)
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Fixed err :P
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@PaulHaynek - That certain detail has been seen to.

I will note that there is more to Gang's background than what is seen. Some of it was discussed in the prior rp as Lumiere may recall but the story never proceeded to the point where I could elaborate more. Since Kazzok's identity is largely shrouded in mystery I left whatever reason he might have had in obscurity.
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Oof, no input then on my end?

Not complaining, haha. I'll just put a sheet up soon as I feel better, not feeling 100% atm.
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@PaulHaynek Alright, I suppose that means it'll be Lash that gets pushed forward. Poor Jericho. Also problem fixed in both.

@DocRock Honestly both sound like interesting enough characters, so it is hard to say, especially with only brief blurbs for them haha.
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Hey all yas! I was intending on making a few design changes.
Starting without gear was kinda rough, so I'm scrapping that bit since re-arming everyone takes forever. Everyone has with them what they had when they were...zoinked into a cell? Not totally sure how to describe the stasis without spoilers.

@A Lowly Wretch
Welcome back! Everything looks pretty much the same, and that's cool. Gangraena is a sweetheart. :P

@ShwiggityShwah
Hey yas, good to see the doctor again. I was hoping to hear more from them.

@Veradana
Same as above. Keeping it diverse with the bird-person is pretty solid.

@Eisenhorn
Gosh, I don't remember the 'senpai' bit. <_>
Either way, they both look good. ^^

@DocRock
Not sure what to do with such little information. :x
Characters don't necessarily have to be combat-focused, if that helps you in your decision-making.
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I getcha, no worries. I didn't want to reveal too much.

Beyond having to write a lot I mean. I'll have something ready in a few hours, listening to horror stories on youtube.
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I think I'll re-submit Nale as well, if there is still room

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Gonna have to put up my sheet tomorrow, was gonna do it tonight, but something I was working on took longer than planned. Terribly sorry.
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Decided to do the Son of the Wind. Hope this is at least a good draft. More or less grabbed an old OC of mine, and tried to adapt it without making it as...broken emotionally as he was by the time I was done using him. There's some nods to the source timeline, as it was from a crossover. I can easily make adjustments as needed though. But with how this adventure is set up, he wouldn't have access to his full stuff, and his training was poor anyway, lol. Might have done a bit more fluff than needed in the powers area, but I felt it would help to frame stuff. Also of note is that his adoptive world would have been late eighteen hundreds society wise, rather than what its counterpart was, to fit with the whole steampunk thing.

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That was a lot longer than I expected it would be, wee.

Hope folks like it, but I can easily do something else if needed. I have a really good memory, so it was easier than it looks to write. Took me about an hour total to write.
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@DocRock
Looks pretty solid. I'd approve it.

@Chiro
Your crazy cultists are still super goofy. :P
Regardless, welcome back.
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