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I’m looking for a small group (3 max) to write a story set in an antiquity inspired setting, complete with local gods, great beasts, and heroic tales. Although magic is real and superstitions have their place, no one is slinging fireballs or magic missiles. Most magic is handled through rituals and sacrifice. Curses, charms, and mythical tools lend supernatural power to mortals.

The roleplay would center on a group of wanderers and travellers participating in, guarding, or otherwise following a pilgrimage to Gor-Deran, a circular fort-city protected by a great beast, Gor the Immortal Eagle. The trip is expected to take nearly three months on foot. It ventures through sweeping plains, mountains, and finally a desert.

The setting is based loosely in the ancient Mediterranean regions of the Balkans and nearby. Particularly the regions of Greece, Thrace, the Turkish Riviera, and Egypt. Ancient wonders like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria are all influencing what I envision in the roleplay, although to a much lesser scale. The expectation isn’t to be 100% accurate but influenced by these areas and the long history associated with them.

Gods and the supernatural gain power through faith and sacrifice. If a city were to pray to an eagle to watch over them, construct a massive tower for it to roost on, and sacrifice beasts of burden to feed the bird, it could become Gor, the Immortal Eagle.

I’m looking for the following

Posts should be a few paragraphs long and move the story or scene forward to some degree.
Posting frequency of at least once a week, though more is welcome.
Please contribute to the world and the story. I’m more than happy to hash things out and just world build OOC over a few days to help the story flow and keep everyone interested.

Lastly, I haven’t written in a long time, but I need to get the creative juices flowing again. I appreciate constructive criticism though, so if I do English bad let me know.

If you’re interested hit me up. I’m okay to do this 1x1 as well.
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Interested. :)

I normally prefer 1x1 RP, but I am open to trying a group. I have been out of the RP game for several years so my writing is a little rusty, too.
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Interested! Group RP is my absolute favorite- though I am also quite rusty, so constructive criticism is welcome with me as well.
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This sounds pretty interesting, count me in.
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Ooh! Any excuse to play a blood drinking hoplite. I'm interested.
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Hey all,

Surprised to see anymore interest in this so late after I posted it. I dropped off the site for a bit when some other roleplays didn’t pan out. That being said, I will work on an OOC and background information for this roleplay and get it up and running.

I intend to run this similar to D&D in the sense that I will introduce a region, conflict, or opportunity for everyone to explore. Once the scene feels pretty wrapped up we can set the next and so on. I do not intend to use rolls or stats for anything; there’s no point without an actual system in my opinion.

Feel free to provide suggestions, references, or ideas. I’ll probably need a week to get everything up with real life commitments, so I can try to incorporate them as I get the background info done up.
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I literally have a Bachelor's in Classics, so, yeah. This is relevant to my interests.
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https://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/195949-the-pilgrimage/ooc

The OOC is posted.

I literally have a Bachelor's in Classics, so, yeah. This is relevant to my interests.


That sounds like you just volunteered to help fix my uneducated, unhistorical, and inaccurate portrayals of the region in 1,000 - 5,00 BC or whenever.

If anyone else has any suggestions or would like to give input, please do.

Enjoy your weekend.
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I mean, it's fiction, we can bend stuff if we are having fun with it, you know? But yeah, but if we wanna have autistic levels of veracity, I'm down to help make that happen.
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