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Old RP that died in interest check hell. Reviving it to see if anyone might be interested

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 plane. Lacking the means to permanently kill the Demons, the humans were left with little to do but run and hide. When all seemed lost, a secret society of monks known as the Order of Ascalon discovered a method that - while not able to outright kill a Demon - 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 'captured', Lucifer had little choice but to return to Gehenna and recoup his losses. For the humans who now carried demons within them, they became the Hosts.

While many minor demons were captured and sealed away, there were seven who's capture was essential to the humans surviving the war. The Seven Generals of Hell's army: the 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, these seven Hosts would live in a constant mental war against the seven most powerful demons in history.

The Setup

Fast-Forwarding to modern day, The Seven - as these 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 Gehenna wants to invade the mortal plane again, but he needs the Sins 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 hordes 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, exposure to demonic energy has made the Seven invincible to conventional damage, but spiritual and magical attacks can still harm them just fine.

All the while, the Sins have their own agendas. While they seek freedom, they each have different thoughts and ideas about how to secure it. 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; no longer bound to a soul. 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 their Host 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 lustful desire rather than genuine attraction.

The Sins

Sloth- @TheNocoKid
Pride- @LuckyBlackCat
Wrath- @Neianna86
Envy-
Greed-
Lust-
Gluttony-

This RP is first come first served for roles. However, if you plan to play a Host, please remember it's important for you to make timely updates to the RP. 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 Ascalon. That being said, I'm happy you all showed interest and I'm curious to see if I can re-launch this.

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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If you're going with Sloth, I might go with Pride instead. Really hoping this takes off!
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I'll still take whatever's left after this (hopefully) gets some traction.
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Oooh, this looks good. Yeah, I'm interested. I'll think about what I would like a little more...
Really shifting from Greed/Wrath and Gluttony/Lust too much. So I need to think about the character I would like to play a little longer.
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Yeah...no I'll commit to Wrath. I've decided.
*Thinks of all the atrocious acts she could commit*
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@LuckyBlackCat If you still want Sloth, I’m willing to switch. My character sketch for him and his Host is still a bit rough.

@The World Glad to have you back. I think Advanced is a better fit for this type of story with the world building elements you can throw in.

@Neianna86I’ll be curious to see how you curb Wrath!
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@TheNoCoKid Nah I'm cool with Pride, there's something I like about writing characters who struggle against that particular vice.
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Sorry, was interested in the casual check. Still interested, but almost missed this one.

Is my previous idea for a juxtaposing peaceful/pacifist monk wrath character still open?
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@PerfectThought yeah that’s still on the table
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@TheNoCoKid I thought I got Wrath?
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@Neianna86 Crap. I messed up. I haven’t had time to formally update the board yet. You have Wrath. That’s on me.

@PerfectThought Sorry, but you will need to change.
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@Neianna86 Crap. I messed up. I haven’t had time to formally update the board yet. You have Wrath. That’s on me.

@PerfectThought Sorry, but you will need to change.


No worries. Best of luck finding interest. :)
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So I’m gonna start cooking up the OOC and hopefully more players will join as we get the ball rolling. Start working on your characters folks!
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Quote: “I promise you father, I will do all that is in my power. I will not let our people fail.”

"I doubt you will be a dealbreaker Mr. Whiskers...most of the men will be frightened off by me being a Librarian."

Name: Eira Brisingr

Age: 20

Appearance: Modestly dressed, in a tall grey blue skirt and a high collared blouse, stockings and pointy toed brown boots (Think Edwardian style*).
Her long light-brown hair is usually neatly bundled up for practical reasons. She has striking blue eyes, though the exhaustion in it is plain to see. Her smile never is full and wavers, before disappearing again in an expression of worry and concern, save for the stares of concentration or the dreamy expressions when she has found another crush.

Personality: Eira had once been very sheltered and kept from all of the dangerous paths her father and brother were walking, but the good natured, gentle young woman would ultimately get a rude wake up call. Still she is determined and strong willed to keep her promise to her father, despite all the harm and pain it will bring her.
She is a wary and at times insecure whether she can do what she promised, she struggles with the weight & importance of it all. She at times wants to tell people, so they can stop spreading untrue rumours of her father and brother killing each other or them being part of some seedy business. She at times laments that this prevents her from leading a normal life as she is still young and frankly not a clue on what to do exactly.
Her high tolerance for pain allows her to go through it all, but mentally she lives from day to day.

Biography:
Sin: WRATH: One of the Great Demon Generals
“Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah”

"Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!"


Who is Wrath?
Wrath is born from Rage, unquenchable and without Mercy he feasts upon the feelings of Anger. And is by all accounts who have confronted him feared. The need for Vengeance is one of Wrath’s specialities. Terrifying strength bundled together to drive those he feeds upon down to surpass impossible odds and to feast upon the fallen who realise their inevitable defeat.
His persistence to survive and influence those he comes across makes him a true threat to humanity. At least that is what the scripture tells you.

The truth in fact is much more complicated. For right and wrong aren’t always so black and white. In fact, what could be more just than to aid those who seek justice for the wrongs done unto them?





Curse:
Her fear and anger fuels the very demon inside of her. Allowing him to struggle against her mortal coil, resulting into her being tortured from within, like pressure put on a pipe waiting for it to burst.
During even her short time with the demon, she carries fresh scars from the attempts Wrath had tried to get out up until this point
Whilst in the meantime he always talks to her, trying to gain her trust, break her down and trying to get his way, that way, making her appear more crazy then she actually is or at new moon's appear in her dreams.

Likes: A small measure of peace, stillness of mind, a warm cup of cocoa, a warm fire, a good night’s rest, a handsome nice man and Mr. Whiskers her brother's cat.

Dislikes: Anything that upsets her as it triggers the demon and thus causing her pain. Pigeons and (ink)stains in her books or clothing.

Quirks: She works as a librarian and loves to rebind and update older books.
She's a bit of a weird girl with a love for older fashion.
She also falls too easily for a handsome face, her brother once lamented that she’d say yes to marrying the devil right under their noses as she is quote: "A silent sea of raging hormones".
Despite all her hardship it seems Lady Luck is on her side, or she has multiple guardian angels with all the near misses, mysterious survivals and good timing she has had up until this point.

***She also takes care of her brother's cat Mr. M. Whiskers, a very peculiar feline that her brother once claimed possessed the soul of violent criminal and the M standing for Monster or Mayhem...Eira can't be too sure.



He is a large male cat that at first glance looks quite normal, save for the nicked ear and the scar and the fact that those eyes that are fixated upon you never blink...
And while he does not turn down his pets, he is very specific on the people. Where small children are somewhat tolerated, he smacks the shit out of most ordinary people, with Shawn the postman being his favourite target as well as that snooty poodle down the street.
Whilst Eira normally has no problems with him and dismisses most accusations claiming he is just doesn't like certain people, she can't help but trust the cat when he gives off his signature growling sound even before a person enters or stares at her disapprovingly on how she handles certain matters.

Menace had spent an irritating two minutes in that box. Technically, a cat locked in a box may be alive or it may be dead. You never know until you look. In fact, the mere act of opening the box will determine the state of the cat, although in this case there were three determinate states the cat could be in: these being Alive, Dead, and Bloody Furious.
Shawn dived sideways as Mr. Whiskers went off like a Claymore mine.


The more Eira looked at the smug grin Mr. Whiskers wore the more she was convinced he merely kept doing so to insuring his bet down at the local gambler's ring. Still, he had been right on all of them.
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I will attempt to write up a sheet soon. Just giving a heads up that I'm not abandoning this or anything right now. Was waiting for the OOC and to see what anyone else went with, but it seems to be slow going? So I'll start work on a CS tomorrow.
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I will attempt to write up a sheet soon. Just giving a heads up that I'm not abandoning this or anything right now. Was waiting for the OOC and to see what anyone else went with, but it seems to be slow going? So I'll start work on a CS tomorrow.


Sorry, this has been slipping onto my backburner because I have to pick up a second job and that’s been a slow going process.
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Bumping to say this is still a thing I'm working on. Life picked up on my end and a lot is happening atm.
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