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Hosts: The Enemy Within


Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to good people? Why, even when we try our best, things always seem to go wrong? Well that's because there are forces out there beyond our control. Forces that run wild in the human plane and seek to cause only chaos and destruction. We call them Demons. Most of them are harmless enough, but some are the soldiers of the king of Gehenna himself: Lucifer.

Several millennia ago, Lucifer and his army tried to conquer the mortal world. Lacking the means to kill Demons, the humans were left with little to do but run and hide. However, when all seemed lost, a secret order of monks discovered a method that - while not outright killing the Demons - was able to remove them from the equation. The method in question involved using a ritual that sealed the Demon within a willing human body. With his army being 'slaughtered', Lucifer had little choice but to return to Gehenna and recoup his losses. For the humans who now carried demons in their bodies, they became the Hosts.

While many minor demons were captured and sealed away, there were seven who's capture was essential to the humans winning the war. They were the seven generals of Hell: The Seven Deadly Sins of Sloth, Wrath, Pride, Envy, Greed, Lust, and Gluttony. Seven Hosts were chosen as those with strong moral fiber to resist the temptations of the Sins. For the rest of their now immortal lives, the Hosts would have to live in a constant mental war against one of the seven most powerful demons in history.

The Setup

Fast-Forwarding to modern day, The Seven - as the Hosts have come to be known - are now living among us as regular people. Their lives are no different from yours or mine, save for the fact they are under constant pursuit by Lucifer. The spiteful king of Hell wants to invade the mortal world against, but he needs his generals in order to lead his armies.

After millennia of battling Lucifer's forces, The Seven have discovered they can briefly tap into the powers of their respective demons. This provides them an edge to fight back against the monsters Lucifer sends after them, but it comes at the cost of having to give in to the demonic influence (i.e. The Gluttony Host will become a glutton himself for a brief period after using gluttony's powers). In addition, the Hosts are immune to any and all physical damage now thanks to the Sins, but spiritual and magical attacks can still harm them just fine.

All the while, the Sins have their own plans and agendas. While they seek freedom, they each have different thoughts and ideas about how to secure said freedom. If the Host were to simply relinquish the demon, the Sin would be set free. Or... if the Host were to die, the Sin could leave the body easily as they are no longer bound to it. How your Demon goes about battling their respective Host is yours to decide as you write.

Curses

Each Sin also has a unique effect on the humans they inhabit. Think of this as part of how they torture the human to get them to relinquish the Sins. Each Curse involves a form of torture that is specific to the Sin's attributes. For example, Lust's Curse could be making her host constantly look like the most attractive and 'beautiful' person in the room. As a result, all the people want that person, but it's born from a lustful desire rather than genuine attraction.

The Sins

Sloth-
Pride-
Wrath-
Envy-
Greed-
Lust-
Gluttony-

Since we got more than 7 people who want to take part in this rp, I'm going to make this a full apply thing. You can make a claim to a particular Sin for your Host, but it's not a guarantee that you'll be accepted. If you don't get a spot as a Seven Deadly Sins Host, I'm more than happy to make your character a Host for a Minor Demon, or a member of the order that sealed the Seven Deadly Sins to begin with. That being said, I'm happy you all showed interest and can't wait to see where this goes.

As a side note, I'm still planning for this to be an rp where characters have a chance of dying. If your character dies as a Host, the demon will be freed, and a new Host will be required to seal it again... if you can recapture it.

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(: I'll wait a little bit as I am not picky-
and would like people who really had an idea for a certain sin to get first grabs on it!

But leaning more towards Lust and Envy!
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How old are the Hosts on average, considering they are immortal? Trying to get a good idea for personality and history, a guy who's a couple thousand years old would be pretty interesting to play. Might make a Roman boomer or something.

Also I'm gonna go with Sloth, but can switch to something else if someone else is deadset on that.
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@Duoya on average, I’d place them in their mid-20’s to late 30’s. In my mind, Hosts are selected based on how strong their body is to contain the demon so younger bodies would be more effective. Also this goes without saying, but they stop physically aging once the demon was placed inside them.
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Went with Pride, but kept all the descriptions of history and powers a bit bland so they can be adjusted as we all character sheet up.


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Solid first character. The armor thing was a mistake so don’t worry about it.
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Bumping to see where every is?
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Finding a good face claim is hard - I'll try and get my character posted by Tuesday.

EDIT: Make that Thursday. Got classes all day tomorrow. Thankfully I only have to finish the personality section and format.
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Here's my application for Greed.


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@Leophael I’m at work atm so I can’t put out a detailed response, but… that’s kind of the point? My idea for this rp is there’s this group of humans who have basically been fighting a personal war/mental hell all for the sake of the rest of the world. If you want to make an application for a “new” Host you’re welcome to try it and I’ll see if I like it. I imagine living forever some would understandably get bored with life, but there are ways I think they could find purpose outside of just being a prison for a monster. Case in point,check out @antiquity ‘s submission
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… Is anyone else going to make a post?
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Fall classes just started up for me, so it took a bit longer than I would have liked. Here's my application for Sloth.

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Seven Hosts were chosen as those with strong moral fiber to resist the temptations of the Sins. For the rest of their now immortal lives, the Hosts would have to live in a constant mental war against one of the seven most powerful demons in history.

Greetings,

Just looking for some clarification on the above, as I wrote my app under the assumption that purposefully indulging in one's Sin to any excess would have negative consequences or even possibly allow it to escape; is this not the case, or are there any guidelines we should keep in mind in that regard?

-antiquity

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@antiquity Understandable. What I meant was that Hosts have the ability to resist the Sins on a day to day basis (I.e. the Sins attempts to torment/convince their Hosts into releasing them). Calling upon the Sin’s power is the Host sort of actively tapping into or stealing power from the demon. It grants them power, but it’s a double edged sword that causes some form of ‘payback’ from the Demon. So yes it does have negative consequences, but it’s typically for just the Host.

I hope that answers your question.
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Very Interesting
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@EmiliaBaiYue Applications are still open if you want in.
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Sort of thinking wrath
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Bumping!
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