[OOC] Blood Moon, Black Sun

[FVGT]

Long ago, humans had a wide domain, spreading throughout the vast Terra's biomes.

This is, of course, long ago.

Every year, for two weeks at a time, an eclipse affects both the sun and moon. This allowed demons to run rampant in the human realm even in the day, and makes all of them even stronger during the night. Humanity slowly weakened year by year by the onslaughts brought on by the Blood Moon and the Black Sun, as they were forced to retreat and compact into smaller and smaller havens that disappeared after the next eclipse. Unable to become stronger, or rebuild, or develop quickly enough, humankind quickly approached extinction.

But, not all monsters were mindless; among the more civilized monsters were vampires. They were the race closest to humans, some once being human themselves. But of course, that's not why they were helping them. Vampires fed on human blood, and they too would inevitably disappear with humans from starving to extinction. Knowing these facts, the king of the vampires and the last king of humanity met to make a deal that would shape their races' futures. Vampires, in exchange for a safe and easy supply of blood, would help protect humanity from the monstrous threat. A system was devised for harvesting blood, and their pact was sealed.

Although this was originally met with some controversy throughout both sides, the wrinkles were ironed out as they fought and grew side-by-side. Humans discovered magic, and vampires used it to create better weapons and armor. As humans and vampires grew to accept each other more, they also began to allow other monsters into society; that is, of course, only if they're domesticated or follow the rules. But even with the newfound peace and acceptance, the Black Sun still occurs. In fact, soon, those two weeks of war will begin. In recent years, the monsters seem to have become more powerful. There has been a larger sense of dread than before, as if the darkness itself has begun to manifest into a monster of its own....
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Notes about the RP:
- For the most part, this will be lower Casual in terms of the amount you should post. A single, but slightly longer paragraph would do. Of course, more is perfectly fine!
- While there are forms of transportation aside from monsters and simply walking, machinery is both very limited and requires a large amount of magical power to use, thus making it relatively inefficient.
- Many devices are powered using orbs charged with magic.
- Magic usually varies with their personality of the user and their race. Vampires will almost always be able to use hemomancy, while humans tend to just have slightly stronger magic all around. Magic is usually based on nature or its principals(I.E. Fire, Water, Electricity, Light, Time). Not everyone is able to use magic.
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"The City of Lero"

The human and vampire settlement of Lero was the point from which humanity began to recover from the monster attacks, following the pact between vampires and humans. At the center stands a statue of the original vampire king Soren and human king Lenero, back-to-back, directly in front of city hall. Also located in the center is the majority of the graveyards, where spirits of the fallen rise to take up arms against the monsters. There is a large amount of military influence here.

Lero is rather spread-out, but is very crowded in the western wing, where the marketplace is located. There are notably more food stalls than other shops like armories or clothing stores. Due to the variety of monsters living in Lero, dishes often vary greatly from one stall to the next. Located towards the edges of the market are clothing/magic stores. The two stores are often combined, since enchanted cloth is lighter and gives more all-around defensive coverage. Despite this, it's very rare for someone to have due to the costs of creating and enchanting the material.

In the northern and southern quarters are the majority of the homes. While the wealth is fairly even throughout the two sectors, many of the richer clans live in the northern quarter.

The eastern part of the city is a huge park, where the occasional sporting event takes place.

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"CS"

Name:
Age:
Race: - There are half-breeds too! -
Personality: - Try to make this at least a paragraph. -

Appearance: - Description(one paragraph) and/or picture. Both if there are details not shown by a picture, like armor or a necklace. -

Equipment: - Weapons, medicine, etc. -
Primary Magic: - The magic your race specializes in. Humans don't have magic specific to their race. -
Secondary Magic: - Any other magic your character has. Usually linked to personality. -

Bio: - TBR is allowed, but only for somewhat normal characters. -
Other: - Anything that didn't really fit in the other sections, but you want to share.

You can use your own CS, if you don't want to fill in this.
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My Character:

L

Name: L'yr Vatell
Age: 20
Race: Half-Elemental
Personality: L'yr tends to be rather.... untethered to his surroundings. He's easily distracted by the wind, and often has trouble reading mood if he just entered the room. While L'yr puts on an optimistic, confident face for the people around him, he truly feels the opposite; L'yr has seemingly permanent dysthymia and gets incredibly anxious around others. Though he can't remember the reason why he's sad or scared at all, he hasn't been able to just let it go. L'yr has difficulty comprehending the feeling of anger, usually ending up more confused than angry. He usually looks at the clouds when he feels this way.
Appearance:

A sword sheath is attached to his left hip, and thick plate armor covers his left arm and shoulder.

Equipment: L'yr carries around a long, heavy sword with a triangular blade he calls the Grand Fang; it has three edges for cutting, three faces for crushing, and a point for stabbing. It has a crystalline core that absorbs his magic. He also carries a compact umbrella and a few cans of soul soup(it's surprisingly popular with humans).

Primary Magic: Due to his elemental/human nature, his secondary magic is not only strengthened, but can act as an aura.
Secondary Magic: L'yr utilizes void magic, which moves matter into a secondary dimension. While it normally just turns back into energy and disperses, it can be used to fuel other spells if used in quick succession. However, missing with it causes a huge drain on energy.

Bio: L'yr was born normal. He had no magic abilities, despite being half-elemental, and was just decent at everything else. The only skills he stood out in was swordsmanship and smithing, which was why he joined the defense forces when he was 16. Though he was still under-par in terms of skill, his Fang helped him survive the waves of monsters. However, on one of the Blood Moons, a terrible incident occurred.

During the battle, a particularly destructive void elemental began breaking through the main wall of defenders and, by something between luck and misfortune, L'yr got a heavy blow on the elemental. On the verge of death, it fused to L'yr to steal his body. Due to his half-blood, he managed to survive this, but was conscious when he used as a vessel to kill his comrades. Eventually, a vampire came to him and managed to dispel the parts of the elemental that hadn't fully fused to him. However, this was accomplished by wiping the elemental's memory. Inadvertently, it also caused L'yr to forget his past, but his identity somehow remained.

When he regained consciousness, L'yr had to start a new life; not wanting to dredge up bad memories, no one told him about his past, which ultimately resulted in an "unknown" source of sadness and anxiety. As he was relearning his skills, he suddenly could use void magic with ease, as if he had always had it. Although slightly unsettled by this, he re-entered the military force for work.

[Redwing]

Name: Aiden Primrose
Age: 196, looks to be about 18 to 20.
Race: Pureblood Vampire
Personality: Calm, almost scary calm in nearly any situation. It takes a lot for him to loose his cool. Stubborn to a fault, he won't give in without a fight. Earning his trust is an incredibly difficult thing to do, but once you do he has incredibly loyalty. Unless you do something to break that loyalty, you have a lifelong companion. He's very protective and a guardian by nature, he would kill or be killed for the people he cares about. Though that list is few. Part of his mistrust, he doesn't like to get attached to people, he's seen far too much death in his short life. He's a bit curious and loves to learn, in his spare time you can almost always find his nose in a book reading about something. He's rather shy and not the most talkative person around, unless you can spark his passion in which case you'll never get him to stop talking. Though his voice is soft and usually on the quiet side. While he doesn't talk much, he's an excellent listener and won't judge you for your problems. If you need somebody to talk to about something embarrassing or secretive, he's your guy.

Don't mistake not talkative for unfriendly, he likes people well enough. He just likes his alone time a little more. He rare smiles and is usually found with a bored or apathetic look on his face. He likes to keep his emotions to himself, and ironically enough, it shows. He's observant and always thinking about something. He notices at lot more than people give him credit for.

Appearance:

Face

Aiden has longish silver-gray hair with fringe that usually covers his right eye. His eyes are a sparkling blue color during the day, and crimson at night or when he's drinking blood. He's just shy of six feet tall with a lean, graceful build. He doesn't an ounce of fat on his, but he also doesn't have much in the way of muscle either. His facial features are pointed and graceful, he doesn't have any of his baby fat left in them. His limbs are long, his elbows are pointed, and he has the long, graceful fingers of a pianist. He typically wears this with the hood down, but when he must go to social events he wears this.

Equipment: Weapon wise Aiden uses the blade of his family, mainly. Though is also trained in archery. He always carries around what appears to be a mint container filled with blood tablets, just in case there isn't a human nearby and he needs to feed. He has a pouch containing a mix of medicinal plants and spices, separated as to not actually mix, as he likes to keep the humans alive and fed well. Their blood tastes much better that way.
Primary Magic: Aiden has two primary magics, the one of his race, the Pureblood Vampires, and one for his clan. His race specializes in Memory Manipulation, they are able to erase or alter the memories of a person. They cannot erase a person's entire memory, just pieces of it. And if they are a strong enough person they can get it back. He doesn't like to use this unless absolutely needed. His clan specializes in Soul Separation, the act of separating ones soul from their body. Contrary to popular belief, Vampires do in fact have souls. The Primrose clan has learned how to connect with their souls and split them from their bodies. As to what they can do when out of their bodies, think Beyond Two Souls. They must have a trusted person watching their body while they're away, because if its destroyed their souls are destroyed too. Any injuries done to their body or soul during this time will appear on the other. They cannot enter a body other than their own, even if it doesn't have a soul.
Secondary Magic: Along with his race and clan's magic, Aiden can wield a power that doesn't really have a name. Basically he can create two runes that are attached to one another. One is on the palm of his right hand and the other is in another location. By thinking about an object, Aiden can call it to him as long as it is in the same room as the other rune. Which would be very useful if the other rune wasn't in his families' library. He really only uses it for reading purposes so he doesn't have to carry about a bunch of books.

Bio: Aiden was born to the Primrose clan. The lowest ranking Pureblood family. They are a clan of warriors and seldom appear at social events for business short of guarding the other Pureblood families. Aiden has been trained to fight since birth, but he's always cared more about learning than fighting. Making him a bit of a black sheep in his family. I'd like to reveal most of his history through the roleplay, but I'll tell you this much. His lack of trust comes from a time when he split his soul from his body and was clearing a path for his partner, someone he trusted very much. Only they abandon his body when a monster got close and he nearly died. It was only thanks to his quickened healing and lots of fresh blood that he survived. He's never been able to bring himself to trust people very easily after that.
Other: In my version of Vampires they can in fact go out in sunlight. Though because of their heightened senses, the harsh light bothers their eyes. And being in direct sunlight for long periods of time will weaken them significantly. Thus why Aiden's coat has a hood.

[FVGT]

I think that your CS should be good, but is there a limit to the strength of the teleportation rune?

Assuming that it's limited to relatively small items, you're accepted.

[thepeacefulfallen]

Name:
Age:
Race: - There are half-breeds too! -
Personality: - Try to make this at least a paragraph. -

Appearance: - She wears a silver chain at all times, at the end of it is a single pearl, surrounded by beautiful silver work and diamonds, it was given to her by her mother for her thirteenth birthday. She is 5'ft and very slim, at certain times, worryingly so.

Equipment: - She uses a long thing blade, given to her by her father. She carries a syringe full of a lethal drug, in a special case. Only to be used in a situation where it is the best available option. She carries this in a black over the shoulder bag.

Bio: - She is from a wealthy family. At the age of 13 her mother commited suicide, deciding she did not want to live in a world like this. It has been her and her father ever since, well until the age of 18 when her and her father had a blazing argument. He told her to leave so she did and now at the age of 20 she has never been back, travelling far from her roots. She gets by, by working in a small shop. As content as she could be.
Other: She has not yet learnt how to use magic.

[Redwing]

I wasn't thinking about limitations that much, considering that he only uses it for books. But yeah, I'd say considering its on his hand, then its definitely limited to small items. Like books or the odd candle or two.

[FVGT]

Is he going to accidentally make a pun by trying to "illuminate us with the joy of books" and summoning a candle instead?

[Redwing]

Probably not. He isn't the type of person to shove his likes and ideals on somebody. Though it would be pretty funny.

[FVGT]

Updated info on the city.

[thorgili]

quick question what is the approximate technology level as i was a bit confused about it in the OP.

[FVGT]

Basic vehicles have been developed, but they're generally too inefficient for normal use. For the most part, the RP's using medieval-age stuff like swords and carriages.

[Monochromatic]

Interested. I'll have a character sheet up here soonish? Is playing something other than a vampire or a human is acceptable?

[FVGT]

Yuuup, no worries about that! It's just that a majority of the fighting force is made up of humans and vampires.

[Wraithblade6]

Name: Mithias Aldaric Varomere
Age: 797, but no one knows his age.
Race: Vampire

Personality: Despite centuries of watching the world turn, Mithias has not grown bored and cold to life. He has a heart, a human-like sympathy for others, regardless of their race. He takes pleasure in the happiness of others and enjoys nature, no matter how many times he's seen it. He finds no use in deceit and dishonor, and over time has just naturally inclined toward honesty and loyalty.

Appearance:



- Description: Mithias has golden yellow eyes that alight with a fire-like glow when roused. His white skin makes his nature obvious, and he can't pass for a human. He's somewhat tall, with clawed hands, and long black hair like a wild horse.

Equipment: - Mithias has learned a variety of weapons in his ages of battling monsters and survival. Currently, he uses two katana-type swords as his main weapons in melee. His mind is so sharp that a single weapon would be a waste of his other arm. he also carries several daggers, three of which are named and have barbed edges with blood-letting grooves down the blades: Blooddrinker, Heartseeker, and Soulstealer. Lastly, he has a whip, that with his magic ability, he can light on fire if he chooses.
Expect him to be a good shot with a bow.

Primary Magic: Mithias primary magic or supernatural ability is defense of his own mind. In other words, he cannot be mind-controlled, tricked with illusions, mentally influenced, and his thoughts cannot be read.

Secondary Magic: Recently, Mithias has become aware that he developed pyrokinesis. His level of fire magic power seems correlated to the intensity of his emotions.

Bio:
No one knows when Mithias was turned or by whom. All that is known is that is was multiple centuries ago. He has occasionally vanished for periods of human history, only to suddenly reappear in the role of a protector, or to help establish peace between the species whenever superstition, fear, and jealousy incited war. He is known as hunter of aberrant vampires and demons, favoring human survival. He has no known sirelings. Some believe he may be the oldest vampire alive.

The truth is, Mithias is old enough to have known the first vampires, because they made him. However, Mithias is only an infant in comparison to them. There certainly could be others who have waited out the ages as he has, perhaps slumbering somewhere underground until awakened by an earthquake or what have you. Most vampires from old times have probably killed themselves out of boredom or hopelessness. Something keeps Mithias going on.

Other: Mithias is currently contracted with the military to hunt down powerful vampires or half-demons who are criminals.

[Monochromatic]

Somehow there ended up being a lot written. I dozed off at the keyboard with this half finished last night and woke up to this... That'll teach me to wake up half asleep and try to finish something, I guess. I am probably going to go back through and re-do some of it later, like the history. I'd do it now, but I have to get going to work here in fifteen. Gimme any thing I need to fix or questions and I'll answer/fix it all when I get home. Or complaints, complaints are alright too.

Sybe

Name: Syberus 'Sybe' Patterpaw
Age: 165, Appears to be in his teens
Race: Weretiger
Personality: Sybe has a personality that most would consider out of place for someone in his shoes. He does not do things half halfheartedly, he either cares for someone with all his heart or not at all. Regardless if you are wrong or right, if he likes you, he will gladly defend you with his entire being, even if it means dying or getting seriously injured. He is a bit rash in judgement on people, and once he has his opinion on someone, it can be very hard to change it. With that being said though, if he trusts someone, he trusts them entirely, with everything. Even if he ends up being betrayed in the end, he will still be loyal to the one that stabbed him in the back. Getting past all of that though, once he decides he likes someone even in the slightest, he is easily the best friend someone could ask for. He is the drinking buddy that will carry you home when you cannot walk straight, the shoulder you can cry or lean on if you need to, or the large fuzzy tiger to defend you... or to maybe cuddle. Much unlike his human half, as a tiger, his personality changes a bit. When not in combat or defending someone, he turns fairly playful and affectionate. Affection is rarely ever shown from him otherwise.

Appearance: In his Human shape, Sybe looks like your typical human teenager, aside from a few eye-catching things that stand out like a sore thumb. His eyes are a bit oddly colored, red iris' with bright green lining around the pupil, they even reflect light as a felines would. He has five different circular scars, one located on each wrist, each ankle, and one around his neck. The one around his neck though appears to be more than a mere circle though, in fact, it looks like someone or something attempted to take a bit out of him at one point or another. Countless age-old puncture wounds can be found all alonf the left side of his neck and shoulder. In contrast to his lightly tanned skin, the still white-pink scars all stand out greatly. But the only ones that are often seen are the ones located around his neck, depending on what shirt he is wearing. It is hard to see the other scars, as he usually has on long sleeves and boots.

As a tiger, Sybe can take on two different 'Modes', as he likes to call them. The first one being the shape of an actual tiger, one that runs on four paws. This 'mode' is what he refers to as 'tank' mode. His weight is easily quadrupled from his original weight as a human, sometimes even more. It is hard t compare this form to a normal tiger, too, as he is just far bigger than one could ever possibly grow. He has a lot more muscle and an intensely thick set of fur and skin, he is somewhat bulky and a bit slow in truth. He can battle with vampires and demons alike in this form with relative ease.

His second mode is a humanoid-tiger mix, able to stand on two feet rather than four. This 'mode' is a great deal lighter than 'tank' weight wise, though still outweighs his human half by a a good amount. Unlike 'tank' mode, this mode is not restricted by being forced onto four paws. With the ability to stand upright and a much slimmer build, he is much faster in this form and is eve able to wield various weapons and the alike. He can also wear special armor, too. His skin in this mode is not nearly as thick as it is in the other, he can get hurt easier, but due to his smaller body, along with being faster on his feet, he is much more flexible and agile to make up for his lack of strength and durability.

Equipment: Carrying with him at all times, Sybe has a large black leather messengers bag that holds everything he owns aside from the cloths upon his back. Within the bag can be found a cheap change of cloths, two blank books, a sizable bag of dried meat, and in the small remaining space would be bandages and some anti-infection medical creme in a rather small container. The clothing that Sybe wears is all specially handmade and enchanted, but it is hard, if not impossible to tell unless he changes shape. Aside from being self-cleaning and repairing, instead of being ripped to shreds anytime he changes shape, the clothing itself seems to meld into his body. At least, while he is in 'tank' mode. When he transforms into his more humanoid-like tiger state, the clothing then molds itself into a light, somewhat magic resistant armor that fits perfectly to his feline figure.

Primary Magic: Due to his genetic defect from his half-demon mother, Sybe, who should have been unable to even use magic, was granted her ability of shadow manipulation. Though this is an ability that Sybe himself has no control over. He cannot do anything fancy with it aside from make the shadows wiggle a bit or maybe make an already dark room a bit darker. The only real time he ever shows any of this 'shadow manipulation' is when he is in his feline skin. His black tiger stripes, despite it being broad daylight or otherwise, give off a strange shadowy wisps and tendrils. It makes it look like his paws are as black as the darkest shadow possible and they only grow stronger with the more anger or fear he feels. Maybe if he tried to use it in a more serious way it might actually be useful, but otherwise, it has no damaging ability.

Secondary Magic: Sybe truthfully has no other magic abilities to speak of. Though one may find it very challenging to take control of his mind or manipulate it in anyway due to the duel nature of his tiger and human halves. If anything, such things can send him flying into a feral rage if not done correctly or quickly enough.

Bio: Sybe was born and abandoned shortly afterwards by his half-demon mother, who was killed a time after abandoning her son for a previous crime she had committed. Sybe was found shortly afterwards by those that had been sent after her, there was a great debate among the small group of renegade folk if they should kill the infant or not. But it was quickly decided by the vampire that was leading the operations that the infant would be spared, as he was an innocent life and had not yet done any great evil against humans or otherwise. With that, Sybe was brought into the care of a young human woman called 'Sobee'. Sobee took great care of the young Sybe, who after his first few years of life was already quite the handful. Unlike other were-creatures that sometimes began changing shape when they hit puberty, Sybe was already changing into a small tiger cub and causing all sorts of chaos for his human caretaker. But the young woman pulled through and with some help from a local guardsman, who also happen to be a human-friendly shapeshifter, managed to teach the young weretiger to control his shape-changing better.

That training proved vital in his teenage years when he actually hit puberty. He was easily refereed to as 'Rampaging Rumbler', having gotten into countless fights merely because he was just so angry all of the time, though thankfully he had not actually seriously injured anyone yet. Unsure of what to do for Sybe, his caretaker took a rather drastic turn in her care for the young tiger. Anytime he grew angry, she chained him in the basement continually until he calmed down. But this only fueled his anger and rage, which ended up in him remaining in his feline form almost constantly. It got to the point that he did not shift back into a human. He fought against the specially made chains day in and day out, resulting bloodied wrists, ankles, and neck.

Figuring she had done something terribly wrong at this point, Sobee called upon the vampire that had brought Sybe to her. The vampire in turn was mortified to see what she had done to the young tiger, who after several months of such treatment had seemed to have lost almost all sense of human reasoning. On a whim, instead of killing him outright as the law stated, the Pureblooded vampire boldly removed the chains Sybe had been bound with. Using his own power, the vampire calmed the still angered Sybe before he could attack either of them. Instead, Sobee and the vampire were left with a sobbing, fear-stricken teenager who could hardly speak because this throat had been so constricted by the chain that had wrapped around it.

He truly was not a dangerous creature, at least not to humans, the vampire knew. So instead of killing him or leaving him in the care of a human that was obviously unfit to do so, the vampire took Sybe with him. No better way than to keep someone calm with emotional manipulation than by keeping them close by, right? This brought on a a short recovery from his time being locked away before Sybe was brought under serious intense training. Though he was still young, the vampire figured that with so much anger, he might as well put the tigers power to good use. The training Sybe was brought under was rigorous, even by vampire standards. He was taught to channel his anger into a more protective instinct, which actually worked quite well, much to the vampires pleasure. This eventually lead to Sybe being freed of the vampires emotional manipulation, merely because he no longer needed it.

With the amount of training he went through and his skill in combat, he was quickly recruited to help assist with the hunting and killing of demons and the alike.

Other: Patterpaw is not his real last name and he would tell anyone if they asked, but if he gives you his actual last name is an entirely different story. And while yes, he is a weretiger, due to his mothers half-demonic blood, he cannot heal nearly as fast as others of his kin can. Though when the wounds do heal, the do not leave scars unless the wound is somehow made repeatedly.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Sorry for taking so long. I should have a CS up either tonight or tomorrow, hopefully, depending on what my workload looks like.

[FVGT]

@Wraithblade
Accepted, but.... How in actual hell does he carry all of those weapons?!?

@Monochromatic
Looks good!

[Wraithblade6]

Two swords on hips, daggers mounted just below the blades, daggers on calves, whip looped up and secured to belt behind him. He doesn't currently have a bow equipped but that could be slung across his chest. However, if that didn't obstruct melee arm movement, a quiver surely would. I'm just giving myself the option of a ranged weapon in the future. Oh! I completely forgot his metal vambraces which he uses as defense. I'll have to edit that.

Thanks for accepting.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

Complete.

Name: Chiaro Schwarz
Age: 17
Race: Human
Personality: Kind of a timid person, Chiaro has always been shy around strangers. Despite this, he often worries about those around him and always wants to be able to do something to help. When he's not attending to his garden, where he often practices his magic, he likes to read a lot. He actually hates fighting, but will do so if it means that he can protect others, as he hates to see people suffering. Of course, one can imagine that he has quite a bit of trouble due to the dangerous state of the world at this time.

Appearance:
He often wears a black belt with various pouches filled with herbs and seeds, either for healing or magical practice purposes. Sometimes both.

Equipment: Basic first aid kit, various herbs (carried in a series of pouches on his belt), a small dagger
Primary Magic: Plant Magic - His family was known for practicing spells and researching magic based on the plant life in the area, allowing some manipulation of plants in various ways. Chiaro is still learning, though, so he can only do so much at the time.
Secondary Magic: Healing - The bigger the wound, the more energy it takes.

Bio: TBR

Other: He absolutely hates centipedes. They freak him out to no end.

[FVGT]

Bwehg, I've been really busy lately so I haven't been able to make a character. :P

Also, there happens to be centipede demons in the realm.

[YamiCuoreLaroux]

FVGT said
Bwehg, I've been really busy lately so I haven't been able to make a character. :PAlso, there happens to be in the realm.

Oh darn. That should be fun to deal with.