This is a redone roleplay taken from off-site, mainly a Faction vs. Faction sort of roleplay, but particularly in the sort of leading your own factions to Sol's dumb plot device here; It should well enough be noted that despite taking place in the real world, magic and psionicry are things that exist.
Inspired by; Majikoi, ironically, but don't expect anything from it's general genre (Ecchi). Aside to that, below is generally some important information. Regarding a character, three factions, and that delicious plot.
"I-It's not them I'm worried about...I-it's those masks...what if it's my best friend wearing that mask!?"
Masquerade is a faction within the school, their members are known for their masks. They are denoted by the colors black and purple, and their map color is a dark violet. Above is their Leader, Tetsugaku's mask.
*Age: One Year
*Colors: Black and Purple (Dark Violet on the school map)
*Style: Speed-based, Passive-Aggressive.
*Grades: 10-C3
*Distinguishable Features
**Members all wear masks
**Members are usually introverted, and even wear masks in class, where the Teacher'll likely refer them as simply 'Masquerade'
*Notable and Unique Benefits
**Members stay ''anonymous'' and causes intimidation to foes, often decreases morale. Potential spies in other factions
**Members' introverted nature allows for increased benefits with certain areas, mainly that of the library, may skim the internet and books for finding counters against other factions, and potential discovery of enemy attacks.
*Ankokuousama Tetsugaku (Tetsugaku Volkov)
*Natascha Volkov
Given a history with anonymous figures, not much as been known of Masquerade since they've existed, though what is known is that with last year's competition, Masquerade was one of the best, aside to Raijin, who was also a top faction. Masquerade was noted for picking off the weaker factions with such ease and clarity, which is why most of the factions from last year have not been around currently..It is known that the key to Masquerade's last year success is a rapid member gain, along with the members' anonymous nature causing a notable decrease in morale. Masquerade quickly went from being just another faction, to a largely intimidating force mainly towards of how well their capabilities were coordinated in a short amount of time.
They tied for first place with Raijin, and two other factions last year. The other factions having disbanded since their leaders have graduated college.
Last year, Tetsu has led the faction with his sister, where Tetsu was more of an army commander, where his sister kept morale up, and would lead their troops into battle.
Now, this year, with Tetsu's sister having left, Tetsu now leads the forces into battle, combined with his knowledge from last year. He serves as the main leader, where no one is known as a second-in-command.
Blitzwehr is a faction within the school. They are regulated by their electro magnetic tech and the crimson shield bolt armbands on their right arms.
*Age: 1 year
*Colors: Crimson and White (Blood red on the Map)
*Style: Speedy conquests and defensive tactics
*Grades: 11-C4
*Distinguishable Features
**All members wear an armband on their right arm with a Crimson red shield showing a White bolt on it. The band's actual color depends on the wearer's choice.
**Most have some kind of technology on themselves, being of their choice as long as it is electro-magnetic.
*Special Benefits
**The members of Blitzwehr are fast, agile, and smart with lightning fast reflexes and quick wits. (When called upon in classes to answer questions, the answer quickly and accurately.)
**Every member has a special braclet on their off-hand which powers an electro-magnetic shield that can withstand most attacks.
*Majitsu Kurosaki
The faction, having just showed up recently in a rather quick form, they have quickly taken up pace to go toe to toe with the other factions. They stand as the underdog against Masquerade and Raijin, being one of the few factions to have survived the onslaught in the previous year, but hope to be able to catch up to them before their leader graduates into the college semesters, then post college after. As of recently, they have grown in ranks quickly, but hope to gain a larger team before they try to set up a campaign against the larger factions. Currently they are only trying to bring in people who are willing to join in the fight, not really having any specific coordination as most seem to have.
They continue to fight for some part of dominance, working towards a spot in the top three as their first goal. At least, for now, the founder had all but vanished, which Blitzwehr continues the fight.
" We are Raijin, We do not strive for fame and glory, We strive to be the best!~" Yumiko Amakasu
*Age: One Year
*Colors: Silver/Green
*Style: Speed, Hit-'n'-Run
*Grades: Mixture of 9-12
*Distinguishable Features
**It's known that some parts to their outfit has the whirlwind symbol.
*Special Benefits
**Nimble and Quick, members are notable to be faster and have better reaction rates than their fellow students.
**Deadly Precision, members have better aiming than their peers, especially with ranged bow weapons.
*Yumiko Amakasu
Reference picture goes here, whenever I get my paws on it.
"What, you honestly think that would work? You need to commit more things to memory, people can read you like a book..."
*--Tetsugaku
*Chronological Age: Seventeen(?)
*Physical Age: About eighteen
*Status: Active (Though barely seen)
*Weight: Somewhere about 135-140 lbs
*Height: 6"
*Gender: Neutral (Sex is Male)
*Eye Color: Unknown
*Hair Color: Black
*Physical Build: Thin, Sleek
*Grade: Presumed Senior (12)
*Distinguishable Features
**Always wears his mask, even during class, refuses to take it off no matter the circumstance, for unknown reasons.
Given upon being a member of the Faction Masquerade, and in fact, being it's founder, not much of Tetsu's history would be known before hand of when he formed up Masquerade to join within the fight. He led Masquerade into it's second year, though reported to be abnormally shaky from his peers, and more panicky, though still a bit antipathic and collected to other faction members.
He's a figure merely given the title Dark King or Ankokuousama, Tetsu's real last name was never really found out upon. What is known, is that Tetsu had gone about gathering help from other like-minded people, and since then, had gained a rapid spread within his connections. The dark colors of black and purple have swept about like wildfire, especially around the library, darkening the lights to blacklight purple and it being dimly lit, along with purple and black flags hanging about. Such a rapid expansion and largely gathered force in a short time caused a decrease of morale, gaining him the title of the Dark King.
Tetsugaku means 'Philosophy', which effectively means that his name would either be 'Tetsujin' or 'Tetsugakumono', for 'Philosopher'. Though he prefers being referred to as 'Tetsugaku' mainly since it "Sounds more like a name than the previous two that would be towards his liking.".
Tetsugaku comes off as an antipathic person with rather cynical views on the world, and chooses to just plainly isolate himself from the rest of the world, unless it's with Masquerade. It's noted that he doesn't really care much for what happens with other factions (safe for stronger ones, like Raijin), just as long as it works to his benefit. No one really knows what lies behind the mask, so people assume that Tetsugaku is a common liar that doesn't have manners and shouldn't be trusted. Though despite wearing a mask, Tetsugaku comes off as a bluntly honest person.
It's thought that Tetsugaku goes upon talking of the Philosophy of enshrouding a place of light into bits of darkness in means to balance things out. This means often, places are dimly lit with equal bits of shadow and light all together, and to contrast his pale skin, Tetsu wears the color of black, to balance this out. Shortly meaning, that wherever that there is light, as comes, and so follows darkness. And this darkness will always be present, and will be firmly rooted, despite attempts to remove it. Though Masquerade uses this philosophy towards why they're so persistent and not easy to remove. Tetsugaku merely chose the colors black and purple since they were to his liking, and that both colors would represent darkness.
Though this doesn't mean that Tetsugaku or his faction mean to represent darkness, or go about this philosophy in a zealotry cry. This is instead, a way to decrease morale. Tetsugaku is a highly strategical person, that works on demoralizing his opponent to lessen their chances of fighting, let alone, make them lose their will to fight. Which he uses continuously to his advantage time and time again. It's thought that in his introverted nature, Tetsugaku read many on books of strategy, and might be fond of games, even. Though this is what is known. One more, not many people truly knows what lies behind the mask.
Despite the cynical nature of Masquerade, it's arguably that Tetsugaku is a bit of a cross between an idealist and a philosopher, but also is rumored to go about thoughts of depression. Reasons as towards why weren't entirely figured out, seeing no one knows his face, one cannot know who he actually is or what history he's had before hand. Tetsugaku goes by an unusual ideal upon the thoughts that no one is truly good or evil, and can shift easily from doing good or bad things in an instant.
Perhaps the most unique of all of Tetsugaku's abilities would be his ability to harness a pure arcane aura within his body, allowing for the use of raw magic. It's well arguable that when it comes to magic, Tetsugaku is the second or third strongest in the whole school. The functions that are known of now that he can do is being able to spontaneously generate magic missiles at a position within a twenty yard radius. Create a shield in front of himself that bypasses most projectiles, and lastly, perhaps the most unique of his abilities, coat his weapons within the same aura to deal not only physical, but magical damage as well. Another unique quirk is that due to Tetsu having possession of a pure arcane aura, he's able to mimic some forms of magic if it hits him.
While Tetsugaku's endurance and strength is poor, he makes up for being a very agile person, and often keeps himself on a slow approach to his opponent, normally not really noticed and underestimated for his weak physical terms (safe for speed). Not only he can move about quickly in a chain of short bursts of speed, but he is highly evasive. It is noted upon Tetsugaku's report card for battling that his Evasion is ranked at 'S', the highest ever obtainable rank for any sort of grades. Which makes Tetsugaku being slow more of a 'warning' to opponents.
Aside to using magic and agility, Tetsu wields a katana given to him from his father, named Tsukuyomi, which is a black cyberpunk-esque katana with a red glow to the Mune and Hi (Back and Groove), and is quite warm upon that area. The glow not only creates a light illumination with it's glow, allowing Tetsu to see in the dark, it also creates a bit of an intimidating appearance during the night due to aforementioned red glow. While the Katana is made out of metal, it's made similarly to a training katana, safe for the tip, either that, or it could be interchangeable between those modes, perhaps having some logic to it's design. When coating it in magic, the red part of Tsukuyomi turns purple. The blade would have also be able to 'extend' a good length, but mainly due to magic acting as the extension, and not the blade itself.
Lastly of a tactical standpoint, Tetsu is the most gifted strategist within Masquerade, and is perhaps, one of the best in his whole school, it's shown that even within battle, his brain ticks and tocks through an almost automatous style geared towards it. He claims he's gotten the gist of strategy from playing games when he was younger when his sister wasn't around. As well as being fond of chess.
Above is the plot and three faction examples, these factions do exist in this potential RP. The faction tabs and the character tab can be taken as Sheets for planning things out, and will be in it when it launches, if enough interest is gained. Also, make sure to read the character profile.
Thank you for reading through this, if you'd made it to the end, it means a lot!
--BlackDragonSol
Inspired by; Majikoi, ironically, but don't expect anything from it's general genre (Ecchi). Aside to that, below is generally some important information. Regarding a character, three factions, and that delicious plot.
The school often referred to as the "School of Rampant Chaos", Genroukai is a school which accepts students of multiple ethnicities and nationalities. Despite it's focus over in a contested island debated by the Russians and the Japanese, eventually, a joint deal was made, a military sort of academy to solve things once and for all. As a result, it's assumed the two nations fought to a stalemate and called it quits, since then, the school had been school to teach everyone how to fight with various weapons, modern and old. Whereas the weapons are made to act as the weapon they're designed in, in it's original function, but will only cause bludgeoning-esque damage, and on top of that, only really wear out the person getting hurt out, instead of being lethal. The school's history is thought to've trained soldiers as a form of nonlethal, so to say, "civilized" warfare, where the only casualties people would get is wounds, and some overzealous foes taking a few beatings too far.
Most of the history of the school has been rather classified up until last year's open enrollment. Last year, four factions had tied to take the crown jewel at the top of the school, a tower which controlled the lighting, temperature, power, and security cameras about the school, not only this proved the superior faction of the year (if they manage to hold it), but this came to be the sort of eyes on the prize kind of thing. The tower is at the base of the fourth floor, where nothing but a path leading up to it and a staff office is present, now, most people would ask this sort of question. Why are we fighting over a dumb tower that is basically the controls to the school? Why am I getting involved? Am I required to get involved? To answer those questions; Students can just choose to go through class as they see fit, not going into all of this faction nonsense. Just to get their diplomas or degrees (That's right, this school doubles as a high school and a college).
While military recruiters are present at the school, who's to say that these factions may not become something greater once they all leave school? Or what worse will happen? The dissolving of the faction, and the ending of whatever existence it had sought to hold and take place as part of the school. This is a story of all who had in one way or another, committed all in the same, the harming of not only, possibly their own, but definitely, their fellow students if they choose to get involved in this faction warfare. Not only friends may start to fight friends, but cliques may join one faction or another, or may break apart entirely because of this.
With anyone and everyone possibly coming to the school after passing a background check, the reason as towards why this school opened it's doors to everyone last year is to presumably keep getting it's funding, as well as in the case of hoping to introduce the world to said idea of 'civilized warfare', although there will be a lot of people who would disagree with such a vain attempt.
Most of the history of the school has been rather classified up until last year's open enrollment. Last year, four factions had tied to take the crown jewel at the top of the school, a tower which controlled the lighting, temperature, power, and security cameras about the school, not only this proved the superior faction of the year (if they manage to hold it), but this came to be the sort of eyes on the prize kind of thing. The tower is at the base of the fourth floor, where nothing but a path leading up to it and a staff office is present, now, most people would ask this sort of question. Why are we fighting over a dumb tower that is basically the controls to the school? Why am I getting involved? Am I required to get involved? To answer those questions; Students can just choose to go through class as they see fit, not going into all of this faction nonsense. Just to get their diplomas or degrees (That's right, this school doubles as a high school and a college).
While military recruiters are present at the school, who's to say that these factions may not become something greater once they all leave school? Or what worse will happen? The dissolving of the faction, and the ending of whatever existence it had sought to hold and take place as part of the school. This is a story of all who had in one way or another, committed all in the same, the harming of not only, possibly their own, but definitely, their fellow students if they choose to get involved in this faction warfare. Not only friends may start to fight friends, but cliques may join one faction or another, or may break apart entirely because of this.
With anyone and everyone possibly coming to the school after passing a background check, the reason as towards why this school opened it's doors to everyone last year is to presumably keep getting it's funding, as well as in the case of hoping to introduce the world to said idea of 'civilized warfare', although there will be a lot of people who would disagree with such a vain attempt.
Masquerade
"I-It's not them I'm worried about...I-it's those masks...what if it's my best friend wearing that mask!?"
Masquerade is a faction within the school, their members are known for their masks. They are denoted by the colors black and purple, and their map color is a dark violet. Above is their Leader, Tetsugaku's mask.
General info
*Age: One Year
*Colors: Black and Purple (Dark Violet on the school map)
*Style: Speed-based, Passive-Aggressive.
*Grades: 10-C3
*Distinguishable Features
**Members all wear masks
**Members are usually introverted, and even wear masks in class, where the Teacher'll likely refer them as simply 'Masquerade'
*Notable and Unique Benefits
**Members stay ''anonymous'' and causes intimidation to foes, often decreases morale. Potential spies in other factions
**Members' introverted nature allows for increased benefits with certain areas, mainly that of the library, may skim the internet and books for finding counters against other factions, and potential discovery of enemy attacks.
The big shots
*Ankokuousama Tetsugaku (Tetsugaku Volkov)
*Natascha Volkov
Their backstory
Given a history with anonymous figures, not much as been known of Masquerade since they've existed, though what is known is that with last year's competition, Masquerade was one of the best, aside to Raijin, who was also a top faction. Masquerade was noted for picking off the weaker factions with such ease and clarity, which is why most of the factions from last year have not been around currently..It is known that the key to Masquerade's last year success is a rapid member gain, along with the members' anonymous nature causing a notable decrease in morale. Masquerade quickly went from being just another faction, to a largely intimidating force mainly towards of how well their capabilities were coordinated in a short amount of time.
They tied for first place with Raijin, and two other factions last year. The other factions having disbanded since their leaders have graduated college.
Their leadership
Last year, Tetsu has led the faction with his sister, where Tetsu was more of an army commander, where his sister kept morale up, and would lead their troops into battle.
Now, this year, with Tetsu's sister having left, Tetsu now leads the forces into battle, combined with his knowledge from last year. He serves as the main leader, where no one is known as a second-in-command.
Blitzwehr
Blitzwehr is a faction within the school. They are regulated by their electro magnetic tech and the crimson shield bolt armbands on their right arms.
General Info
*Age: 1 year
*Colors: Crimson and White (Blood red on the Map)
*Style: Speedy conquests and defensive tactics
*Grades: 11-C4
*Distinguishable Features
**All members wear an armband on their right arm with a Crimson red shield showing a White bolt on it. The band's actual color depends on the wearer's choice.
**Most have some kind of technology on themselves, being of their choice as long as it is electro-magnetic.
*Special Benefits
**The members of Blitzwehr are fast, agile, and smart with lightning fast reflexes and quick wits. (When called upon in classes to answer questions, the answer quickly and accurately.)
**Every member has a special braclet on their off-hand which powers an electro-magnetic shield that can withstand most attacks.
The (absent) Founder
*Majitsu Kurosaki
Background
The faction, having just showed up recently in a rather quick form, they have quickly taken up pace to go toe to toe with the other factions. They stand as the underdog against Masquerade and Raijin, being one of the few factions to have survived the onslaught in the previous year, but hope to be able to catch up to them before their leader graduates into the college semesters, then post college after. As of recently, they have grown in ranks quickly, but hope to gain a larger team before they try to set up a campaign against the larger factions. Currently they are only trying to bring in people who are willing to join in the fight, not really having any specific coordination as most seem to have.
They continue to fight for some part of dominance, working towards a spot in the top three as their first goal. At least, for now, the founder had all but vanished, which Blitzwehr continues the fight.
Raijin
" We are Raijin, We do not strive for fame and glory, We strive to be the best!~" Yumiko Amakasu
General Info
*Age: One Year
*Colors: Silver/Green
*Style: Speed, Hit-'n'-Run
*Grades: Mixture of 9-12
*Distinguishable Features
**It's known that some parts to their outfit has the whirlwind symbol.
*Special Benefits
**Nimble and Quick, members are notable to be faster and have better reaction rates than their fellow students.
**Deadly Precision, members have better aiming than their peers, especially with ranged bow weapons.
Founder
*Yumiko Amakasu
The Dark King; Affiliation: Masquerade
Reference picture goes here, whenever I get my paws on it.
"What, you honestly think that would work? You need to commit more things to memory, people can read you like a book..."
*--Tetsugaku
General info, chronological and physical.
*Chronological Age: Seventeen(?)
*Physical Age: About eighteen
*Status: Active (Though barely seen)
*Weight: Somewhere about 135-140 lbs
*Height: 6"
*Gender: Neutral (Sex is Male)
*Eye Color: Unknown
*Hair Color: Black
*Physical Build: Thin, Sleek
*Grade: Presumed Senior (12)
*Distinguishable Features
**Always wears his mask, even during class, refuses to take it off no matter the circumstance, for unknown reasons.
The history of the Dark King
Given upon being a member of the Faction Masquerade, and in fact, being it's founder, not much of Tetsu's history would be known before hand of when he formed up Masquerade to join within the fight. He led Masquerade into it's second year, though reported to be abnormally shaky from his peers, and more panicky, though still a bit antipathic and collected to other faction members.
He's a figure merely given the title Dark King or Ankokuousama, Tetsu's real last name was never really found out upon. What is known, is that Tetsu had gone about gathering help from other like-minded people, and since then, had gained a rapid spread within his connections. The dark colors of black and purple have swept about like wildfire, especially around the library, darkening the lights to blacklight purple and it being dimly lit, along with purple and black flags hanging about. Such a rapid expansion and largely gathered force in a short time caused a decrease of morale, gaining him the title of the Dark King.
Tetsugaku means 'Philosophy', which effectively means that his name would either be 'Tetsujin' or 'Tetsugakumono', for 'Philosopher'. Though he prefers being referred to as 'Tetsugaku' mainly since it "Sounds more like a name than the previous two that would be towards his liking.".
Personality
Tetsugaku comes off as an antipathic person with rather cynical views on the world, and chooses to just plainly isolate himself from the rest of the world, unless it's with Masquerade. It's noted that he doesn't really care much for what happens with other factions (safe for stronger ones, like Raijin), just as long as it works to his benefit. No one really knows what lies behind the mask, so people assume that Tetsugaku is a common liar that doesn't have manners and shouldn't be trusted. Though despite wearing a mask, Tetsugaku comes off as a bluntly honest person.
It's thought that Tetsugaku goes upon talking of the Philosophy of enshrouding a place of light into bits of darkness in means to balance things out. This means often, places are dimly lit with equal bits of shadow and light all together, and to contrast his pale skin, Tetsu wears the color of black, to balance this out. Shortly meaning, that wherever that there is light, as comes, and so follows darkness. And this darkness will always be present, and will be firmly rooted, despite attempts to remove it. Though Masquerade uses this philosophy towards why they're so persistent and not easy to remove. Tetsugaku merely chose the colors black and purple since they were to his liking, and that both colors would represent darkness.
Though this doesn't mean that Tetsugaku or his faction mean to represent darkness, or go about this philosophy in a zealotry cry. This is instead, a way to decrease morale. Tetsugaku is a highly strategical person, that works on demoralizing his opponent to lessen their chances of fighting, let alone, make them lose their will to fight. Which he uses continuously to his advantage time and time again. It's thought that in his introverted nature, Tetsugaku read many on books of strategy, and might be fond of games, even. Though this is what is known. One more, not many people truly knows what lies behind the mask.
Despite the cynical nature of Masquerade, it's arguably that Tetsugaku is a bit of a cross between an idealist and a philosopher, but also is rumored to go about thoughts of depression. Reasons as towards why weren't entirely figured out, seeing no one knows his face, one cannot know who he actually is or what history he's had before hand. Tetsugaku goes by an unusual ideal upon the thoughts that no one is truly good or evil, and can shift easily from doing good or bad things in an instant.
Abilities, and Weaponry
Perhaps the most unique of all of Tetsugaku's abilities would be his ability to harness a pure arcane aura within his body, allowing for the use of raw magic. It's well arguable that when it comes to magic, Tetsugaku is the second or third strongest in the whole school. The functions that are known of now that he can do is being able to spontaneously generate magic missiles at a position within a twenty yard radius. Create a shield in front of himself that bypasses most projectiles, and lastly, perhaps the most unique of his abilities, coat his weapons within the same aura to deal not only physical, but magical damage as well. Another unique quirk is that due to Tetsu having possession of a pure arcane aura, he's able to mimic some forms of magic if it hits him.
While Tetsugaku's endurance and strength is poor, he makes up for being a very agile person, and often keeps himself on a slow approach to his opponent, normally not really noticed and underestimated for his weak physical terms (safe for speed). Not only he can move about quickly in a chain of short bursts of speed, but he is highly evasive. It is noted upon Tetsugaku's report card for battling that his Evasion is ranked at 'S', the highest ever obtainable rank for any sort of grades. Which makes Tetsugaku being slow more of a 'warning' to opponents.
Aside to using magic and agility, Tetsu wields a katana given to him from his father, named Tsukuyomi, which is a black cyberpunk-esque katana with a red glow to the Mune and Hi (Back and Groove), and is quite warm upon that area. The glow not only creates a light illumination with it's glow, allowing Tetsu to see in the dark, it also creates a bit of an intimidating appearance during the night due to aforementioned red glow. While the Katana is made out of metal, it's made similarly to a training katana, safe for the tip, either that, or it could be interchangeable between those modes, perhaps having some logic to it's design. When coating it in magic, the red part of Tsukuyomi turns purple. The blade would have also be able to 'extend' a good length, but mainly due to magic acting as the extension, and not the blade itself.
Lastly of a tactical standpoint, Tetsu is the most gifted strategist within Masquerade, and is perhaps, one of the best in his whole school, it's shown that even within battle, his brain ticks and tocks through an almost automatous style geared towards it. He claims he's gotten the gist of strategy from playing games when he was younger when his sister wasn't around. As well as being fond of chess.
Above is the plot and three faction examples, these factions do exist in this potential RP. The faction tabs and the character tab can be taken as Sheets for planning things out, and will be in it when it launches, if enough interest is gained. Also, make sure to read the character profile.
Thank you for reading through this, if you'd made it to the end, it means a lot!
--BlackDragonSol
