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This is a reboot of Welcome to Vradia. More will be up momentarily. :)




A strange plague has begun to spread across Vradia. First, it was just a few individuals, then it took over a whole village. Currently, the strange illness is being contained with the Royal Guard setting up checkpoints throughout Vradia along the Trade Roads. Those that exhibit symptoms are taken away.

People that contract this disease first have symptoms of pneumonia but as they’re being treated for that, their skin, hair, and flesh becomes necrotic causing chunks of their muscle to fall off with the simplest of movements. Once the whole body has molted its original body, gray flesh is left behind as well as soulless blind appearing eyes. By that time, the infected person attacks, consuming whoever is within the household, however, they leave one victim behind to continue the disease.

These infected individuals can only be killed by cutting off their heads or burning them. Some experts believe that the person they once were is stuck within their minds as their body is controlled by whatever the disease is. Some believe that the disease turns the person into a mindless beast. No one knows for certain as no one can get a clear study of these infected without being attacked themselves.

The people that show symptoms, whether reported to village or town authorities or the checkpoints, are immediately taken to the nearest mage tower as the mages have been granted temporary protection in the public to allow these infected to be contained. This ‘protection’ for the mages is quickly camps built with poor conditions, nothing like the slightly better towers depending on which tower a mage was sent to.



About Our Characters...

Our characters are all apprentices of the current experts in different parts of Vradia secretly studying the disease for the Emperor. One day our characters wake up and their respected mentor has disappeared. Clues bring our characters together and find that the mentors are a part of a secret society, they realize that they have a duty to continue their mentors’ work.

Now your character’s mentor can be a parent, guardian, uncle/aunt, or whatever. Just that they are experts in their fields of study. These fields are combat, strategy, magic, apothecary/medicine, cryptology/zoology, and biochemistry/biology.

Each character should have some combat knowledge of at least one of the following:

  • single-hand weaponry (ex. sword and shield)
  • two-hand weaponry (ex. Great sword)
  • staff combat
  • dual-welding weaponry (ex. daggers)
  • archery/crossbow
  • Martial arts
  • traps


Your character can be at least two classes, max is three. For example, my character is a Druid with Rogue and Bard skills.


Your character can be Dragonian, Elvian (Elves), Human, Dwarf, Goblins, or Orcs. They can also be 'half' races too like a half-elf.

For simplicity's sake, if your character is a warlock, witch, sorcerer, or wizard they will all fall under the Mage title in Vradia. The Emperor and the church (called the Cleric) don’t care if your character has different practices, magic is dangerous and should serve man not rule over them. Again, those areas that are further from the capital are looser on their laws with magic, and magic is accepted more by the common folk.





One of the Eight Realms of Laelilon...






One of the Eight Realms of Laelilon. Vradia is a secluded realm isolated by the Western Rife Mountains, the Evergreen Forest, the Sea of Contenious to the South, and the Frozen Ocean to the North.

Our band of heroes begins their journey here in the small towns of Vradia's countryside.








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Greetings, adventurers!

The premise looks pretty neat, and I've recently finished a playthrough of Baldur's Gate III as well so I'm the mood for some High Fantasy.

Therefore, I'm pinning my interest here, let's see if I can make a suitable PC for the RP that I'll also find interesting to write. Update: I couldn't, c'est la vie.
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@Izurich Sure! Go ahead and make a character sheet.
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@Izurich Sure! Go ahead and make a character sheet.


Alright, after re-reading the premise again, I've come up with two character ideas that I feel would be interesting for me to play:

1. The Half-Elvian daughter of an Elvian father and a Human mother, the former was an Evergreenian who decided to wander while the latter was a Volenstul royalty (One of the Emperor's children, but preferably far down in the line of succession). They met and fell in love at the Ellezag Plains. Their daughter inherited her father's Elvian nimbleness and dexterity and her mother's vast magical talents (in particular, the School of Enchantment), talents cultivated by her parents themselves and the best tutors money could buy.

However, one day, as the plague ravaged through the lands, her father left to attend to his family back in Evergreen Forest, promising to return as soon as possible, however, he never did. To make things worse, shortly after, her mother vanished as well without any clear reason, though the prevailing theory was her being worried sick and chasing after her husband. This sudden exodus left the princess - their one and only daughter - alone. A particularly precocious child who was wise beyond her years, the princess had no intention of staying put. She'd find her parents at all costs, even if she had to turn every stone in the empire, she will make her family whole again.

Conceptually, the princess is the more social-focused character of the pair.

2. A genius Apprentice Witch (Race would be any except Dwarf or Orc) whose mentor went missing after the plague incident, leaving behind a note that basically told her apprentice to stay and wait for her return. The apprentice - being the curious eccentric genius that she was - had no intention of obeying the instructions, instead seeing the note as a "test" by her mentor to track her down. Being a dedicated spellcaster of Wizard-like persuasion, she's skilled in various Schools of Magic, but Evocation in particular stoked her passions that no other Schools can.

Conceptually, the apprentice witch is the more combat-focused character of the pair.

Whaddya think, Boss? 😁
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@Izurich Both concepts are very interesting. I don’t know if I would have the mother of the first be the Emperor’s daughter. Mainly because it’s a bit too convenient for social situations plus anyone found with magic is sent to the Htead Gallow. The mother could definitely be a noble if that is the route you still want to take.

My character’s guardians are nobles. She is a half-Elvian as well. Her mother’s clan was nomadic in nature, wandered the Evergreen Forest, it is how her mother and father met.

For your second character, it would be interesting because it sounds like she would be more of an underground witch due to the fact magic users get sent to places like the Htead Gallows. But I could be wrong. I might just be adding subtext. 😅 I just woke up and haven’t had coffee yet.
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@WhiteAngel25

Hmmm... quite unfortunate that in either cases, the main selling points of those character concepts are unavailable to be implemented.

For the first one, the royalty part. I want to play royalty, not nobility, that is the selling point.

For both of them, the fact that the universe is similar to the Dragon Age games when it comes to treating mages somehow escaped me. My bad, I wouldn't have even considered playing mages had I known I have to deal with DA's Circle of Magi-esque issues.

With that said, I'll try one more time, is it possible to go with the first idea, eschewing the mage part but keeping the royalty aspect? If not, then it's wiser to accept that I likely won't have fun even if I can make a suitable character and rescind my interest.
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Yo-ies Angel! Felt the needy-needy nag to inform you that I'm still eager-beaver about this! My excitement is peaked! I should probsies have a CS out in a couple of days. The farm girl life is keeping me busy as a bee atm <3
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@PandolinSounds good!

@IzurichOo! I have an idea that could work with the royalty thing. I’ll PM you soon. I’m on my phone right now. :)
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@Jamesyco Go ahead and post Torsten to the Character section. :)
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I did not join the first iteration, but I think I will join this time. How does a scholarly orc mage outcast sound? As in he left his tribe or was exiled as he was more interested in knowledge and learning about magic and the world than what his tribe wanted and ran into a scholar who helped him and became his mentor and has stuck with him ever since. That is the basic idea and does this work?
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@Theyra Sure! That sounds good!
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Okay, expect a cs soon.

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FYI. Edited my CS. Reconstructed my entire character.
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@Izurich Aisha is great! I’m going to PM you in a bit. :)
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Just a reminder to everyone. Our characters are apprentices, so sometimes weapons can fail, spells can fail, and targets can be missed.
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@Single Malt Your character is great. I’ll PM you in a bit.
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@WhiteAngel25 Made the requested edits, Boss! How does the CS look now?
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Would Gus still fit in this iteration?
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