[OOC] Whispers in the dark (WH40K Chaos space marine RP)

[Warbozz]

<Snipped quote by SillyGoy>

Thank you for the offer, but I've been sailing the high seas with my peg leg and parrot for years now, I'm a hardened veteran with many sea worthy vessels under my command.

@Jyoliod

Next time the issue of pirating comes up IRL I´ll borrow that line.

[Jyoliod]

Hahaha, though I feel I missed the chance for a 46 thousand reference there.

[SillyGoy]

@Warbozz

Looks good. I'll read it after Priests of Mars by Graham McNiell, also a good read so far if you don't mind consulting a dictionary every so often as he uses some rather esoteric words for common actions. Then again, the ostentatious prose really traces how far out and legendary the galaxy is in M41.

There is a cute tech-priestess character who is somehow more human than machine, and likes to write with pen and paper instead of notepad.exe, so that's good too. I hope nothing bad happens to her, but given the way things usually work out in the far future, that's not likely.

[Jyoliod]

I think we should wait for GM to evaluate the current happenings before we move on too much. Just in case he might think you're over stepping your bounds with the four claw, I think he's hoping more for a character driven and developed RP so controlling other characters that don't have CS's this early on might be a problem, but that is just my assumption. We don't want this getting out of hand after all, next thing you know you'll be detailing forty six thousand characters.

[SillyGoy]

@Jyoliod

I've spoken to our Father about it, and he is fine with me controlling Fourth Claw. I don't know if I should make CS's for the other four, though, although if prompted by the GM, I'll do so.

It's more interesting if you learn what makes a character tick as the story progresses, instead of having it already laid out in front of you from the get-go, isn't it?

[Jyoliod]

I agree, I just think a CS gives the rest of us something a little more tangible to work with in our own writing, considering there would be somewhat of an implied history between our characters. I.E. if one character is a promenet figure in the Night Lords. But the same could be filled out in a little blurb, just let me know if you think the four claw are figures a lowly ol' Warpsmith should know about.

But I stand corrected, please excuse my last post!

[SillyGoy]

@Jyoliod

Everybody in a warband the size of a company or smaller knows each others' names, unless there are new arrivals. If Quel's been there with the rest of the gang, through thick and thin, then there should be no reason for him not to know the members of Fourth Claw; conversely, Fourth Claw has no reason not to know him, since he is a warpsmith.

@agentmanatee

Speaking of which, does Quel tend to our armor, or do marines have personal slave-artificers?

[Jyoliod]

@SillyGoy

I like the idea of playing a support role out of battle, so I can gladly tend to the armour. However, if slave-artificers make more sense we should go with that.

[Warbozz]

@Jyoliod

Everybody in a warband the size of a company or smaller knows each others' names, unless there are new arrivals. If Quel's been there with the rest of the gang, through thick and thin, then there should be no reason for him not to know the members of Fourth Claw; conversely, Fourth Claw has no reason not to know him, since he is a warpsmith.

@agentmanatee

Speaking of which, does Quel tend to our armor, or do marines have personal slave-artificers?

@SillyGoy

Maybe we had those but considering we are defecting I wouldn´t be so sure, I would turn down no one who can do fieldwork on our armour and weapons.

[agentmanatee]

I am making the next ic post right now

@SillyGoywhile a complete character sheet is not needed, a short blurb about each member of your squad would be perfect, just a bit if general info since, yes, everyone within the flock knows eachother (Arabar can personally pick out each individual marine in full armor or out, yes he is that good of a preacher)

[SillyGoy]

Added blurbs about Fourth Claw in Sorthraal's character sheet, as follows:

Fourth Claw:

Sorthraal is the sergeant of the warband's Fourth Claw, or Fourth Squad. Its members, excluding him, are as follows:

Udan: A Legionary who'd walked in the shadow of the Primarchs just as most of the squad, Udan is a fierce fighter, competitive on the battlefield and unyielding in defense. Prideful, he is not one to decline an honor duel. Pettily envious, he desires Lentus' power sword. Although afflicted by the whispers, he has not yet devoted himself to the Ruinous Powers. A tactical marine, he does not favor ranged combat over melee.

His powered armor is a mishmash of multiple Marks, as is common amongst traitor marines. He is not very distinguishable from the rest of the warband, save for the cracked Novamarine helms that he has impaled on the spikes of his back-mounted powerplant. He is equipped with a bolter and a chain-axe.

Vorax: Vorax is the youngest of the Claw, having been born only after the Heresy and into the Raiding Years. Despite never having seen the Primarch, he has been fortunate enough to step into the dark halls of the Legion fortress at Tsagualsa before the Primogenitor chapters came and destroyed it. Only 144 years old according to his suit's chronometer, Vorax has not devoted himself to the Ruinous Powers, although the whispers are wearing down his defenses. He is a tactical marine, and favors ranged combat.

Notable for being in full Mark VII plate, Vorax can be distinguished by the ruined Imperial aquila that is still emblazoned across his chestpiece. However, unlike Sorthraal, he has taken pains to aggrandize himself. Skulls are chained across his form and he wears the skinned face of a Raven Guard scout on his right pauldron. Hooks dangle in between his thighs, each ending in a still-rotting severed head. He uses a modern combat knife and a bolter.

Bas: Mentally dull out of combat, and utterly implacable, impetuous and bloodthirsty in it, Bas is a Khornate Berzerker in all but name, because he refuses to call himself as such even as he screams praises to the Master of Battles every time he raises his chain-axe. Clad in midnight, he has yet to repaint his armor crimson and trim it with bronze or brass. In his chamber is a small altar dedicated to Khorne, a mound made up of skulls. Bas is the Claw's melee specialist, and a dangerous one at that.

Bas can be distinguished by the knightly helm of his Mark III war plate and the painted lightning that streaks across its ceramite. Two chain-axes are always present on his person (as well as a bolter and a gladius), although he favors a one-handed grip. He eats the gene-seed of fallen enemy marines unless restrained.

Malgadon: This Legionary finds a perverse pleasure in fratricide, as he discovered when he cut down a squad of Blood Angels with his heavy bolter back during the Siege of Terra. Still carrying the same weapon today, he feeds upon the fear the roar of the cannon inspires, and the dread of those who realize that they are about to die. Gregarious, he is Fourth Claw's devastator -- he does not call himself a Havoc. Erring towards Slaanesh, every soul he sets loose into the Warp sends warm chills up and down his armored spine.

Curving horns sprout high and proud from the temples of Malgadon's Mark VII helm, as is iconic of devastators. Skin that he has flayed himself is draped across his armor, in addition to the usual skulls. He is never seen without his personal heavy bolter and is extremely protective of it. When the battle is finished, he will usually be one of the firsts to start skinning the fallen foe.

@SillyGoy

[Warbozz]

@SillyGoy

That is some great reference, much appreciated. I would craft one for Lentus´ squad also but they are all dead O_o

[SillyGoy]

@Warbozz

Udan just might just challenge Lentus to a murder duel in order to get that sword. Or maybe he'd snag it from him when he's wounded planetside.

[Warbozz]

@Warbozz

Udan just might just challenge Lentus to a murder duel in order to get that sword. Or maybe he'd snag it from him when he's wounded planetside.

@SillyGoy

Quite possible, Lentus however is an close combat beast with that thing in his hands, the scheme would have to be comprehensive. And In a case they would, on their journeys come upon a daemonblade of any sort, that sword is up for grabs :D

[SillyGoy]

@Warbozz

Udan realizes that fighting Lentus would end in disaster, so he holds off for now. If the warband does break up, though, he'd be one of the first to commit fratricide.

What kind of CSM RP would this be without the tension of betrayal, eh?

[agentmanatee]

As soon as @The Whackoposts again we can get the bridge massacre over with, unless he wants to wait like Quel for the fighting to begin

[SillyGoy]

@The Whacko

Is that post coming up soon?

[Jyoliod]

I'll be doing a post tomorrow regardless of whether things have moved past the massacre yet, just to keep things fresh. Also, sorry I haven't been keeping up with the flow like you guys have, Quel's forte is more AOE and siege damage, so I don't want to recklessly plunge him into battle, especially when I feel he'd be better used in repairing the coming damage, that said starting tomorrow I'll make a bigger effort to at least give him some more presence, even if it just means a paragraph or two here and there.

Death to the false Emperor!

[agentmanatee]

I'm going to start the massacre today, whacko can catch up

[Warbozz]

Wonderful! My blade hungers.