Gods, Angels, and Demons in New Haven: Definitive HD Mix edition

[Fading Memory]

I personally dig everything everyone's got up so far. Hype to see how things work out for final results.

[TheWendil]

I'll probably bother a Polynesian god.

[Dreaming One]

Empathic priest

Name: Abigail McCarthy
Age: 27
Occupation: wandering doctor

Yet from the sorrows of his life
Builds ladders to be nearer God.

Biography

Born in 1904, in a small village near Dublin, Abigail was the middle sister, with two more kids in the family older than her; and having two more younger. Life was not luxurious to her, neither it was poor; despite the memory of Great Famine still lingering in the land - that is even in her own family the stories of great hunger were to be told by her grandmother - the country and the village they lived in specifically were coming through the recovery by that point of time, allowing the kids even if laborious but safe enough existence.

The name of God was praised highly in the family, and young Abigail could even imagine a different possibility of existing in the world - she, and her whole family was to be guarded in the presence of God and Abigaile was not feared by that, rather she found a deep calmness and assurance in it, as well as the way to express her deep passion for helping people. Attracted to the idea of helping and defending the week - in the age of early teen she, with the approval of her father, joined the organization of Sisters of Mercy - catholic religious institute for women, dedicated to helping the weak through the means of schooling, medicine and, of course, through the word of God.

Even though the time was difficult for the whole United Kingdom, as by the time Abigail joined the organisation, Europe had already deeply descended into the flames of the Great War, the girl was taken into the order, first as a mere pupil. Learning was difficult, but raised in a farming family Abigail was used to the hard labour and proved not only endurant in her studies, but also a fast learner.

Life seemed to go fine this way, as Abigail kept with her studying. Soon enough the Great War was over and the appearance of the Sisters who returned from the drenches only allowed Abigail to get more experience; even though she remained unaware in her youth naivety to the stories told by the survivors of the war. But this conflict only made another one to spur as her own country soon enough descended into the war itself.

The Ireland Independence war slowly transitioned into the Ireland Civil war, and Abigail was to join her sisters in helping the victims of the cruel battlefield. Guided by the motto “help everyone”, she was soon to find that her own compassion started to become dull, her empathy towards people to become numb; to witness her country being torn apart by ideologies, families shattering, consumed by flames; while her everyday routine became blood and death, it was in her own rational obliviousness as her faith in God started to appear transparent, mechanic and ill willed.

It was only a matter of time before the war would consume her own home and family, leaving nothing but shattered hearts and dead bodies.

Left alone, and feeling detached from the sisterhood after five years of the bloody conflict, her faith and compassionate views in life not yet broken, but heavily shattered, Abigail fled. She fled everything she was attached to, as there was nothing left there she could rely on anymore. So she fled, fled the country and arrived in the land of the promised new opportunities - America. Here she tried to find herself in a new place and a new life, as well as seek out peace in her mind; yet life was not to take the expected shape and the questions, doubts and dark souls kept swirling in her soul. She soon found herself travelling, moving from one place to another and against amidst poor and broken people.

Sooner or later, the fates brought her to meet Montag - a young private detective in search for means to make a living in the city of New Haven; in times of ages to break and worlds to clash. United by a common case when they both felt at the bottom, they have build a friendship and a common goal. That helped Abigail to find a solid ground under her feet, as well as allow her to meet the glimpses of the new world to come, face to face and in so manage to realize the eschatological events which are soon to crash onto the world they all know. And in this realization to discover the nature of her duties once again. It was a matter of putting all the efforts to help those in need and prepare them for what is to come.

Still haunted by the events of the past, Abigail does not seek to run away from them once again and instead face the incoming struggles directly, seeing now her past as yet another step in preparing her for her humble, yet noble mission.

Chosen God: Jesus Christ. Abigail's relationship with Christianity should be rather obvious.

Appearance

[TheWendil]

Jane Nace

JANE

Jane Nace | 25 | Kāmohoaliʻi

Full Outfit

BIOGRAPHY:
There’s no grander purpose or greater story for someone like Jane, despite the deep aspirations weighted on her back. Her origins are as humble as they are simple, though that hardly counts as a deterrent for her. Born and raised in one of those, “midwestern states nobody really remembers,” in her own words, Jane was always drawn to do something more with her meager existence. Why not live a life of thrill with a little danger? Why not feel the rush of adrenaline that came day by day instead of sitting in whatever boring place she was expected to be in?

It wasn’t long before Jane set off to pioneer to a place shrouded in rumor and dark mystery. California was already exotic enough to someone like her but to hear there could be potential adventure in the hushed whispers of the streets? It was all but destiny to find herself in New Haven and joining Montag Detectives Ltd without question. Was it naïve? Probably. Is she more than a little green behind the ears and rimmed with unrealistic idealism? More than a bit.

All the same, perhaps there was some greater force truly at work in her presence. After all, if this really was the city in which gods and demons walked freely, then it was no surprise something of the like guided her fate in one way or another. By choice or chance the coastal area of California called to her and it was through the tides of waves that Jane found herself a patron of one such god walking among New Haven. As it turned out, magic and the divine were very much real and soon, much like others, she too was a patron of the gods.

Though, she's still getting used to even pronouncing her patron's name, let along wondering why the great deity of sharks chose her of all people. Ever the eager one for adventure, she sees it as an incredible chance for future excitement. And it wasn't like sharks were evil right? Purely misunderstood creatures. Of course, it wasn’t like Jane would be all too aware of such dictations beyond her grasp or what Kāmohoaliʻi truly has in mind for her path.

[ShadowSunRisen]

Waiting for one more CS from a certain someone. I'll probably start the RP thread soon today.

[Sonnambula]

Eduard Montag

Eduard Montag

•Age: 22
•Chosen God: Themis, Goddess of Justice and Divine Order

BIOGRAPHY

Of Hungarian descent from his father’s side and American descent from his mother’s, Eduard was born and raised in New Haven. Like so many who are fated to grow up in such a tumultuous city, Eduard grew up on the border of impoverishment despite both of his parents working: his father as a police officer and his mother as a stall-owner in a local marketplace. As a child he mostly kept to himself, a reserved nature he maintains to this day, but despite that would frequently get in trouble for fights and skipping class at school, despite his undeniably gifted intellect. His intention always was, after all, to leave school at 16 and join his father in the police force, a dream he always spoke about with uncharacteristic yet charming enthusiasm. Unfortunately, once he did turn 16, tragedy struck. Upon returning home from what would be his last day of school, he witnessed the execution of his parents at the hands of the Cult of Eris in their own apartment. Completely unexplained to the boy and utterly out of the blue, it's an experience that left the young Montag traumatised and with lasting mental scars. Scars that, though his reserved nature does a good job of hiding them, come to the surface from time to time.

After sleeping rough for some time, he was offered a home by a former friend of Eduard's mother from the marketplace, the owner of a kebab shop in downtown New Haven as well as an editor for a local newspaper. Now with a roof over his head, Eduard took some time to gather his bearings before, aged just 17, finally joining the police force he'd always so wished to be a part of. A recruit possessing a rare amount of talent, he flew through his training and each task that was thrown at him with machine-like efficiency. But, upon being offered a large promotion only within a year of his start, not only did the young man refuse but he quit the force altogether, disillusioned and feeling entrapped by its protocols. The dream had died along with his father, it seemed. From there, however, he turned to becoming a private investigator and used the money he'd gained from his time with the police to rent out a small upstairs room of the offices of a certain local paper, and until recently flew completely solo.

That was until he received a certain letter which would start a series of events involving murder, deception, Gods, the Fates and the start of unravelling the very fabric of New Haven itself. Through these events he would meet several curious faces including Abigail, a war-scarred and religious doctor with a funny accent, and Marie, the daughter of a dubious mayoral candidate. With them, two people the young man felt he could finally trust, he set up Montag Detectives Ltd., a rather bland name as Marie pointed out but there you go that's Eduard for you. A small team dedicated to investigating not only regular cases, but those of a paranormal nature as well. For Montag, it's imperative to keep digging deeper, to find out what really lies at the heart of this mysterious, wretched city he calls his home. To bring those who wrong to justice, whether they be the Gods themselves or the lowest scum of the Earth. And maybe, one day, get an answer as to why his parents were murdered all those years ago.

[ShadowSunRisen]

Never trust me on dates.

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[ShadowSunRisen]

So we are looking for new players, so I'm bumping this to check for interest.

[ShadowSunRisen]

Bump