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The creatures walk among us.

Scholars of the forgotten arts of bygone ages. Misshapen castoffs of the most extreme fringes of science. Those cursed to wander the earth in an undying and monstrous frame. The lonely last survivors of prehistoric history.

For centuries, they have hidden, their rare attempts at friendship with humanity met with fear and violence. They have grown bitter, accustomed to being met with torches and pitchforks, or even tanks and artillery. And so they have stayed in their isolated lagoons, their crumbling castles, their secret chambers beneath opera houses.

But in recent years that has begun to change. Among the creatures of the night was one with unrivaled power: Vlad the III, Count of Wallachia, the Impaler. A great sorcerer, brilliant scholar, charismatic leader, and of course one of the most powerful vampires in recorded history. Slowly, over the years, he began to gather and organize the creatures of the night. Resources were pooled, wealth accumulated, knowledge shared. Some were fully loyal, others raged against his slow pace.

Dracula gathered several of the best and brightest to him. He was wise enough to understand the need for their counsel and perspectives. His closest advisers became the Council of the Night, using their connections and newfound status to build their own power bases. They formed their own plans, their own secretive agendas. Ostensibly, the Council of the Night was a group of equals, but Dracula kept them all in line.

But now, suddenly, Dracula has disappeared without warning. And with a power vacuum at the head of the table, all hell is about to break loose.

Welcome to Council of the Night, an RP based heavily on the classic Universal Horror movies of the early 20th Century. It's been a while since I've seen a good old monster mash, so bring your Frankenstein, your Wolfman, your Invisible Man. Expect horror themed politicking and power struggles that threaten to break into supernatural violence at any time. Form alliances, backstab one another, put evil plans into action, have prolonged battles. Welcome to a world of gods and monsters.
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so... The Dark Universe, if it was more like Game of Thrones? regardless, I might be interested to take on a role and see if I have what it takes to claim Castlevania for myself :P I have to ask: it seems well implied, but do the monsters mostly keep hidden from the mortal world? What's the time period, precisely?
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I'm picturing a modern time period for convenience. The monsters are not exactly common knowledge, but a handful of people do know about them. Crackpot academics, the town drunk, high level government agents sworn to secrecy, that kind of thing.
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cool, I look forward to seeing what you come up with more solidly for the setting; how the monsters organize and operate. I hope this picks up, and you get to do this!
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This looks really cool, I'd prob be interested. I'll come up with some ideas when I'm not awake in the middle of the night xD
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Okay! So, since I'm getting very War Council vibes from this concept, is this actually going along the lines of the Castlevania version of Dracula and the setting surrounding him? Also, would you rather we stick to established classic baddies like Franky-boy and the teenage werewolf, or can we make original ones in that style?
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Hadn't really thought of it as a Castlevania pastiche but now that you mention it there's definitely similarities. I was going more for a Universal Horror thing, like what they tried (and failed badly) to do a few years back with the Tom Cruise mummy movie. Of course it'd be a broad interpretation, more of an inspiration rather than an exact copy. So people would of course be free to do their own characters or reimagine the classics- for instance I was planning to have a Phantom of the Opera character.

Basically think The Monster Squad without the kids, if that makes sense.

Also, was thinking a modern setting, but wondered if people might have fun with the 30s setting of the classic movies. Just a thought, either sounds good.
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I'm fine with modern, just because it's a setting I'm most comfortable with.
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Oh I'd enjoy a 30's setting, but honestly either works for me. Thanks for the answers!
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You know I'm just noticing... Is your avatar a dancing Yami, sans pants?? Did he banish his pants to the Shadow Realm?
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You know I'm just noticing... Is your avatar a dancing Yami, sans pants?? Did he banish his pants to the Shadow Realm?


Why yes, yes it is! I painstakingly uploaded it as a gif from this excellent piece of performance art right here (clip is at the end):



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Color me tentatively interested. I've got my eyes on a slight twist of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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you and me just keep finding our way into the same stuff, man :P@RedVII
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Ha, you've got good taste!
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I’m interest to join the monster mash!
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Okay, I think between the two interest threads there's enough interest! I'll work on an OOC over the weekend, no guarantees but hopefully we can launch on Monday.

In the meantime, open to suggestions or questions!
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as long as the OOC includes the cs, I'll be good ^_^ haven't decided what I'll go for, but I'll look over what's already chosen and go from there
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Thank you for your patience! We are now live!

A little mood music for you fine people while we're at it.

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