So you wish to be an adventurer? See places that no one has ever seen, explore ancient ruins of a long lost civilization and uncover priceless artifacts. Well, in this modern age, most of the world has been explored and charted. There is not much left to explore and discover something new.

But, what if I told you that there is still one last place on Earth where modern man has yet to chart? One last place where few would venture to, and others think is a mere myth. A lost continent, and no, I do not mean Lemuria, Mu, or Atlantis. But another older continent called Omon that few know about, and despite the status of the other lost continents. Omon is still standing and has not fallen under the waves.

Now I know what you are thinking, if Omon is still around and not sunken beneath the waves. Then why has no one discovered it and exposed it to the world? For there is a reason why Omon remains a long-lost mystery, and travel to this continent is very restricted. Not by a state or other power, but Omon itself seems to want to remain hidden or at least there are both weather and navigation problems with traveling to Omon.

However, I have recently found a way to travel to Omon, and I have determined that the safest way to reach the continent is by airship. Since attempts by ship are problematic at best, and there is a reason I am telling you all of this.

For I am recruiting volunteers for an expedition to Omon and using my vast wealth to fund such a venture. Which I will also be leading this expedition, as such an expensive venture demands my full attention and I will not miss out on this rare opportunity. Now I only have a few ideas what we will be facing once we reach Omon, based on what legends speak of Omon. But, I believe that we will not just make history with exploring Omon but be able to overcome anything that the lost continent throws at us.

Now, if you are interested in joining my expedition to Omon, then follow the instructions below, and I will see you there when we depart to Omon. Which we both will experience this lost land and see what discoveries and oddities we both will witness. I will see you there in this lost world.

Sincerely, Natan Wright.

Unaware to most, Natan Wright has another reason to visit Omon, and while his words are true about exploring Omon. There is something else he is searching for in Omon, and how this impacts the expedition remains to be seen.






Hello and welcome to the rp. So in this rp, you will be apart of an expedition to the lost continent of Omon. Supposedly located in the South Pacific and the expedition will be travelling by airship to Omon. Now with airships being a thing, the setting is Steampunk, but is set in the real world. The year being 1890, and this means while your char can be from a real life nation and be using real life weapons and equipment. Steampunk weapons and equipment will be allowed, just keep it reasonable.

Now, considering what roles would be available to play as. I will not be strict about it but, as long it makes sense for them to be with the expedition. But if you need ideas for what kind of person is being recruited for the expedition. Think soldiers, explorers, scientists, and engineers. But you can still choose what you want to play as outside of those four groups. Again, as long as it makes sense for them to be with the expedition, it will be fine.

Also, things to know about Omon, the lost continent. Dinosaurs are a thing and will be encountered during the course of the rp. Along with other extinct animals. Plus, a lost civilization, nonhuman sentients, and more will be waiting for the expedition to discover. Just keep in mind that Omon can be a dangerous place and sometimes things are nothing what they appear to be. Since magic while considered a myth in the real world. It is still alive in Omon but will not be as prevalent as it would be in a high fantasy setting. But it will still be around.

As for character pics, please go with drawn pics.

So that is it, and if anyone has any questions about the rp. Then feel free to ask.

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So this is back, and I promise this time I will have the time to run this. Though I did make some changes to the intro bit but the rp itself remains the same as the first version in terms of concept and theme.

@Ducksworth@Avis Hunter@InfamousGuy101@Skwint@Raine@Alfhedil

If any of you are still interested in the rp that is.

Extinct species and lost civilization? Awesome!

@Theyra I still call dibs on being the paleontologist. What year is this taking place? I'd just like to know so I can know exactly what my character would be challenging as the common depiction of dinosaurs.

Never mind I didn't look at the post close enough.

Being a paleontologist is still viable, so feel free to do that.

Expect an app fairly soon.

Definitely still intereste! Ill dig out that CS and get it over to you

Name
Caleb “Cal” Mercer

Gender
Male

Age
36

Appearance
Tall (6′1″) and rangy, with sun-browned skin, a hawk nose, thick chevron moustache, and tousled chestnut hair worn just long enough to sweep beneath a battered slouch hat. A thin saber scar runs from his right cheekbone to jawline, a souvenir from the Sudan. Favors a weather-worn leather vest over a cavalry shirt, leather gauntlets, and stout lace-up boots. Carries himself with easy confidence, blue-green eyes constantly scanning like a predator gauging the wind.

Nationality
Colonial Australian

Personality
Equal parts roguish charm and soldier’s discipline. Cal greets danger with a crooked grin and a wry quip, yet observes unfamiliar peoples and creatures with genuine curiosity and respect.

Role
Expedition Scout & Forward Reconnaissance Lead

Skills

• Crack rifle and revolver marksman (colonial sharpshooter champion, 1887)
• Wilderness survival & path-finding in jungle, desert, and alpine terrain
• Competent sabreur and knife-fighter; trained in bush horseback riding and camel handling

Personal Belongings / Equipment

• Greener–Marston 11 mm lever-action “volt-rifle” (steam-coil boost gives silent, low-smoke shots)
• Webley top-break revolver
• Remington-Eclipse Model 8 “Steamwinder Carbine”
• Modified Nikjaer Arms Pump Shotgun
• Bowie Knife
• Collapsible brass spyglass, sextant, and pocket chronometer for over-land navigation
• Spring-loaded grappling launcher with 30 m silken cable
• Weather-sealed journal/sketchbook and charcoal pencils
• Miscellaneous clothing
• Leather backpack
• Bandolier and water canteen.

Background
Born on Melbourne’s ragged waterfront to a Cornish railway engineer and an Irish school-mistress, Caleb seemed fated for the ordinariness until a brawl with a drunken officer saw him “volunteer” for the Victorian Mounted Rifles at nineteen. He shipped out with the Sudan Expedition scouting wadis for the relief column at Tamai. There he earned both a silver marksman’s clasp and the scar that creases his jaw, surviving a night ambush by Mahdist raiders.

Mustering out with a taste for dust and danger, Cal drifted up Africa’s east coast after a five year service. He guided ivory caravans across the Kalahari, where he once tracked a wounded bull elephant for three days with nothing but a cracked compass and a single canteen. In Zanzibar he crewed on the coastal steamer SS Meerkat, rescuing a German zoologist from slavers and earning a battered Walther field glass as payment.

His wanderlust next carried him to the Crown Jewel of Asia. In the Indian Highlands he earned bounty by hunting rogue tigers that had learned to stalk rubber plantations like orderly rows of prey. A local shaman taught him to read jungle bird-calls for signs of storm or hungry felines. Those lessons saved a dozen Hindu workers when a flash flood roared through the Ganges River gorge.

Mercer continue on with his ventures, landing in the Amazon's where for two seasons he hacked survey lines through choking rain forest to reach the half-swallowed temple complex of Kuma Dara, the first outsiders to set eyes on its stone doors since the Portuguese expeditions. Cal sketched glyphs and dismantled clockwork traps alongside French epigrapher Dr. LaSalle, gaining an amateur appreciation for dead languages and a sprained wrist resetting a twenty-ton pressure plate to avoid being crushed.

By 1889 he had found the sky more forgiving than the jungle and signed on as deck gunner aboard the tramp-dirigible Cloud Wombat, hauling freight (licit and otherwise) from Darwin to Valparaíso. During an unsanctioned salvage run over the Aleutian archipelago, he rappelled onto an ice-locked Russian packet to recover sealed survey cylinders, only to flee when volcanic tremors tore the floe apart beneath his crampons. The incident caught the attention of the clandestine Eclipse Consortium, which quietly retained Cal for “delicate retrievals.” Among these was extracting a jade astrolabe from a booby-trapped antechamber deep in the Burmese Delta, where mercury-weighted idols still swung on ancient counterweights.

Weeks ago, the Consortium forwarded a discreet letter: financier-explorer Natan Wright requires a scout with experience in particularly dangerous territory for an airship venture to a “primal continent.” The pay was handsome, but it was the phrase “uncharted interior teeming with yet charted megafauna” that sealed Mercer’s answer. He sold his share in the Wombat, topped off his volt-rifle coils, and booked the first aircoach eastward, keen to add one more impossible story to his growing repertory.

Accepted, though not sure if you carry all of those weapons at once.

Accepted, though not sure if you carry all of those weapons at once.

One is his main hunting gun, the volt rifle, the other a backup self loader for more overwhelming enemies. Both could be feasibly be carried, and his revolver goes on his holster.

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One is his main hunting gun, the volt rifle, the other a backup self loader for more overwhelming enemies. Both could be feasibly be carried, and his revolver goes on his holster.

Okay, then I think it is fine then.

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Okay, then I think it is fine then.

Added the char on the rooster, noticed I left the shotgun from my draft. I removed it, carrying three long arms would indeed be a bitch to do through the jungle.

Hello! Consider me interested! Where do I apply?

Right here! Let's see a CS!

Cool! I’ll put something together after work!

@Avis Hunter Did you still have interest?

@Theyra@Ducksworth I've been reassessing all of my RPs on here and other forums, and I don't think I have room to join. This is an absolutely fantastic idea for a RP, and I wish you guys all the best.

That is unfortunate but understandable. Good luck either way.

@Zoie Hart
I was not here but, just use the cs that I have made in the OOC post, and if you have any questions, then I can answer them.

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@Theyra @Ducksworth Apologies, wasn't sure if I was allowed to post in OOC yet.