[OOC] War of The Angelic Trio

[Dracogenius]

@SleepingSilence -- Noted. Thank you for responding.

I'm sure people are busy, but I'm also unsure where most of you have went... Hm.

[MonsieurShade]

@Dracogenius I'm here, just watching quietly while I wait for things to get rolling IC.

[AimeChambers]

@DracogeniusI'm here! *waves*

If we don't get anyone else to be a prince or princess then I guess he could take care of Octavia. I don't think she's a very good match for him though. It may even be a good idea to put him in another nation.

[Dracogenius]

@MonsieurShade -- Thank you for responding. It is only nice to just do a momentary headcount is all...

@AimeChambers -- Well, we don't need any prince or princesses for Gabriel. A monarch would be nice, unless you mean to have both Octavia and Ainsley would rise to be monarchs for Gabriel (..?). As for now, I'm still holding out for a hero someone to take the role as either King or Queen of Gabriel... Like said, an NPC can stand in place for a short while, but I would prefer not have to be roleplaying with myself and Wisp all the time. It's a group roleplay for a reason. There's also still the option of Octavia rising to become Queen if Ace wants to do that.

But also do what you wish with your character(s). I do not wish to pressure anyone too much at the moment... (I say as I keep rambling about the need for a monarch).

The ideal: have a CS made for King or Queen of Gabriel without the player being either me or Wisp. Though anything will do if we can work among the other players to see what they would like or more. Perhaps even so, have someone apply for the roleplay with a character who may take the role.

This ramble kind of went from responding to you into general posting. Whoops. Forgive me if I misinterpreted your statement.

Edit: I can't spell Monsieur, apparently...

[AimeChambers]

I can't spell it either, it's okay X3

I mean, I wanted Ainsley to have kinda a Sebastian Black Butler thing. So how about if like a few days go by and no one has taken the monarchs. I take one and if there are no new prince/princesses then I'll have Ainsley switch kingdoms.

[Wisp]

I'm totally willing to make a CS for the monarchs of Gabriel if someone else is willing to play them! Since Draco and I are both already playing monarchs, it's really not a good idea for us to cover Gabriel as well. Even if you're only willing to take up one monarch, it would be a huge help. The roleplay needs all of the monarchs, honestly.

[Dracogenius]

@Wisp -- Does it really need all the monarchs though, does it? I mean... c'mon. Arranged marriages.

@AimeChambers -- Hm... I gotcha now! Sure, we'll see how things go and I'll keep you up to date on such.

[MonsieurShade]

I'm still really on the fence about whether or not I should make a monarch for Gabriel to help out. There are just three (and a half) issues that are stopping me currently. The first is that i've always been better a playing characters that are either grunts or second in command types rather than head honchos. The second is that it'd eventually get confusing for me to continue to switch between the kingdoms of Raphael and Michael whenever I alternated between the king and Cain. I'd switch out the kingdoms that Cain serves, but that brings me to issue 3.5, which is the fact that Raphael would be comprised of nothing but King Valentine and a ton of NPCs, and the fact that the driving force for Cain's loyal service is that he thinks that if he helps Raphael end the war as initially planned that he can get his curse removed.

[Wisp]

is essentially the direction our rp seems to be set to go in

[AimeChambers]

Eh?

[Dracogenius]

@Wisp -- I am going out of my way in the midst of homework to ask you: What are you do memeing in this thread? Also, we only have four cursed humans PCs at the moment. Your move, punk. I swear if you go off to make another cursed human.

@AimeChambers -- Don't mind the co-GM's shenanigans. This statement is shared among everyone else.

[Wisp]

Memes are the best way to procrastinate finishing Ichabod's profile. I have an outline, but I haven't put it in paragraph form yet. :T

@Dracogenius
Memes are the future. In fact, I am your future, and made of memes.
Don't tempt me, you know I'll do it. I will do it.

[Dracogenius]

@Wisp -- I don't think you could do it, considering you can't finish your last profile. Shots fired.

Who am I to say though... I have no room to say. Can you handle that many characters anyways? Without roleplaying with yourself, that is.

[Wisp]

@Dracogenius
Says you. I could make a character for Gabriel, after all. I don't have one of those, I've got two in Raphael.
[/sweats] I'll finish Ichabod before I make a final decision, though.

[Dracogenius]

@Wisp -- No pressure. You don't need to make any more characters. Four of you is already too much for this world.

@MonsieurShade -- Don't sweat it now. I have received a potential profile now, so no need to make another one! But thank you for considering it. It is appreciated.

Edit: "Day 18. Still can't spell Monsieur. How will I ever survive?"

[Cubix]

Caymdahr Mellurium Fairchild

"The King moves with every decision being strategically chosen, because he knows that he is betting everything on the line with all the fatal mistakes he committed. He takes in the sins of the people as his own, because he is Gabriel, and Gabriel is him. Through it, he is connected with everyone in the kingdom, and everyone in the kingdom to him."

Name

Caymdahr Mellurium Fairchild, the Immortal Son

Age

Physical age, 15; Real age, 45

Race

Cursed Human-- afflicted by the demon, Baranur.

Role & Kingdom

King of Gabriel

Ability & Weapon

Immortality's Folly - After being cursed by Baranur, the potential years that the king and queen of Michael were supposed to live through were inflicted upon Caymdahr, causing him to be younger by 30 years. Thus, the curse entails that whenever Caymdahr would kill anyone outside of the rules of war (assassination, executions, etc...) whether direct or indirect, will cause that person's potential years of life to be deducted from his current age. Hence, if Caymdahr's current age is 50, and he executes a thief with a potential lifespan of 30 years, then, his current age will be deducted by 30, causing him to have the physical age of 20 (mental and emotional maturity remains). While good to think about at first glance, Caymdahr soon learned of the disasters this curse could bring. In his current age of 15, if he kills someone with a potential span of even 16 years, he could be reduced to that of a wailing infant which is disastrous for the throne (not to mention that he needs to hit puberty again). Of course, he is doomed to forever watch his loved ones die while he continues to age at a slower rate.

Swordsmanship - Caymdahr is a trained swordsman as was tradition for every monarch to be under the tutelage of one of the best knights in the kingdom. He favors a shortsword which he hangs from his waist. He can easily hold his own against a single opponent, but he can be outmatched through numbers and wit. However, at his current physique, he has laughable strength as compared to other warriors.

Biography

The bloodline of the Fairchilds took much residence in the long line of monarchs who ruled Gabriel from its genesis to its current state. The rulers of Gabriel believed in the motto of 'Utter Surety', and as such, their lifestyle revolved around taking responsibility for the actions of one of their own. When Tenebris, Caymdahr's father, succeeded the throne the old man was plagued with dreams of how the kingdom of Michael would soon sunder the world under their hubris, and these visions continued to haunt the king until his deathbed. At his solemn and final moments, Tenebris called his son to his side, and revealed to him the terrors that siphoned at the king's health until his entire body fell under stress and trauma. Tenebris recalled of how the monarchs of Michael, when left to their own devices, would soon bring the world under to its knees due to utter hubris and pride. As the king breathed his last, the same visions began to haunt Caymdahr as his next few years on the throne became a vicious cycle of waking up in the middle of the night, plagued by dreams, and even faltering in the middle of political affairs due to the stress.

Even though his wife supported him throughout the ordeal, the night terrors gnawed at his being until Caymdahr could sustain no more-- his sanity teetered on the edge of snapping, and he would be damned before he let himself die in the same way as his father. He believed in utter surety, and he would bear the grunt of the deed that he would soon command his men to do. On the eve before the festival of peace, where the kingdoms' defenses were at its slackest, Caymdahr sent his best assassins to the land of Michael under the guise of a celebratory dinner between the two kingdoms' Alliance Library-- the largest sanctum of knowledge in the land. As the night waned by, the crimson stains of the Michael monarch's painted the sky as the visions that plagued the Gabriel monarch vanished into nothingness.

However, the alliance between the two kingdoms was eradicated as Caymdahr prepared himself for the inevitable war that was to come. He would take responsibility for this war, and he would make sure to win. He believed himself on the side of good, and by the gods, he believed in his father's prophecy. Then, one fateful night, a demon, Baranur, visited Caymdhar and revealed to him the truth: Baranur had been the one who sent the visions to Tenebris, and all of these events was part of the demon's tapestry of plans. Caymdahr, aghast, asked Baranur whether Michael's tyranny was true, to which, the demon replied that he would soon know in the future. However, because he, on a whim, set forth a war that could tear the earth asunder, Caymdahr was cursed with the demon's spite-- an immortal's folly. Since the king failed to appreciate the life that he took, then, he would bear the brunt of those severed lives by living them in his own lifetime. All of this was Baranur's plan to curse one of the highest ranking officers in the land.

But, Baranur would not meddle much in Gabriel's affairs for he believed that everything would be revealed in the future. As such, his essence lives on in a crimson rose that Caymdahr would always carry in his right suit pocket. Caymdahr and Baranur have reached an agreement that if he manages to successfully unify the land under one ruler, then, the curse would be lifted from him.

Thus, when a meeting sponsored by Raphael was proposed, Caymdahr took months to ponder on it, and before he knew it, he had accepted. Though his younger looks make it hard for others to take him seriously, Caymdahr moves with precision so that the same curse would not happen again. His strained eyes looks beyond the possibility of forging the alliance between the kingdoms, and instead, envisions the time when the three kingdoms are one under his bloodline.

@Ace of flames01 I am your father.

[Ace of flames01]

@Cubix NO! IT'S NOT POSSIBLE!!

[MonsieurShade]

@Dracogenius Not a problem. Don't sweat the spelling, it happens. You can honestly just refer to me as Shade like everyone else does.

@Wisp

Also, curses are supposed to be something you fear. Don't matter who you are, what your race is, or what you believe in; If you're walking home and an old gypsy lady starts running at you and screaming incoherently with some weird bottle or liquid or powder in her hand your first thought is likely going to be to run. Oh sure, first you'll do it because she's about to pelt you with a glass bottle filled with unknown substances, but after that you know damn well it's because she's probably trying to curse you.

[Dracogenius]

@Cubix -- Profile accepted! Go on ahead and post or edit him into the character tab!

@Ace of flames01 -- Your father looks younger than you.

Maybe he's born with it.
Maybe it's Maybelline.

Baranur = Maybelline ?

@MonsieurShade -- ... I've... I've been referring to you as Monsi whenever I felt the need to... Huh... I mean yeah Shade, cool cool, but Monsi...

[Wisp]

@Dracogenius@Ace of flames01@AimeChambers@MonsieurShade@Cubix@urukhai@SleepingSilence

Okay, now that I've got everyone pinged...I found something of use for the roleplay! Terms of address for people in position of power can be a little confusing, so here's a simple guide! I'll add this in the NPC post for easy reference.

King => his/your (Royal*) Majesty
Queen => her/your (Royal*) Majesty
Prince => his/your (Royal*) Highness
Princess => her/your (Royal*) Highness
Nobility below => his/her/your Lordship/Ladyship or my Lord/Lady
Knight => Sir/my Lady
Archbishop => his/her/your Grace

* Something I'm not sure of - whether 'royal' is supposed to be capitalized or not.

Also! This is a reminder that we have an NPC list, if you have anyone you want added!