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Ologies: A Study of Arcane Specialists {Paranormal Investigations and more}

@shinigami94 I'm going to apologize right now. You"ve accidently found one of Jaklo's... quarks. I'm so sorry. Ic post incoming.

@jasonwolf

oh boy

Ologies: A Study of Arcane Specialists {Paranormal Investigations and more}

@Polyphemus@shinigami94@HeirloomRoses@Austronaut@Witch Cat@R31GN@dragonmancer@AdobeFlash@Wraithblade6

Quick survey:

1. Do people want obvious answers for investigation or are you ok with having to guess and search through my posts for clues?

2. Combat team is anyone really opposed to assigning a post order for in combat?

3. Character's favorite animal?

4. Character's favorite movie?

@jasonwolf

1. Let's make it an actual investigation for the fun of it
2.post order would be good, it would make it easier to keep track of what's happening
3. The Raven
4. The Big Lebowski

💀Grim City- Death To Reapers 💀 (Recruiting~)

You people go ahead and post! I can't write lately but it'll be up!!

@sakurasan

I just posted so I'll wait

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

I don't think there'll be such a concept of "hero" or "villain" in this RP.

Grey areas are where it's at familia

@babbysama

I think I classify as a villain. Just saying. With my goals of: Kill everyone and destroy everything. Just saying, maybe I have the least morally gray area.

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

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Vampires are not necessarily illegal in New Anathagos. But they will bear close watching. Abolitionists on the other hand...

@Sigma I like the race, and I'm okay with a faction of it occupying a fortified slum, but we should maybe have the Grogari somewhat integrated into the city. So like, folks know not to go into the Whiteclaw neighborhood, but it's not in a state of open war with the Watch...all the time at least. Also, what about their slum being an abandoned, half-flooded section of the city? Like a part that was never really rebuilt after Kraken attack or something?

@all: Should have put this in the OP and will do when I have time. The current Prime Minister, leader of the House of Wisdom (upper house of parliament/supreme court/oligarchs) is Sir Gavyn Gwent, youngest son of House Gwent. More details on him and his house to come.

@Flagg

time to begin plotting the assassination and the overall fall of the government

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

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This is the start of a beautiful friendship.

Come, my pseudo-reptilian friend! There are slaves to liberate! Also have some money!

@Ophidian

Who needs to liberate slaves when you can destroy all life on Earth?

This is the first time I'm a legitimate bad guy in an rp and im sorta excited.

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

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Enemies? Please. I respect my enemies. You, well, you're like vermin, and need to be extinguished.

(Get it, cause your fiery!)

@RisenDead

You know Burned Earth could wipe the floor with your pretty little police force

And Burned Earth consists of one person

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

I can't wait to make enemies with literally everybody in the RP.

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

Species: Kiln

The Kiln are a rare breed of reptile, most resembling a snake. They are hot to the touch, with cracks in their rock hard skin. Their blood is a fiery substance, not unlike lava. Their poison has a unique burning sensation that feels like your limbs are melting off. Utilized by Burned Earth for their own ends

The City in the Sea: New Anathagos [Fantasy politics! Intrigue! Sea Monsters! Pirates & More!]

Disciples of Flame

Faction Name: Disciples of Fire

Alias: The Burning Ones, DOF

Faction Type: Religion

Location: Places of worship scattered across the city; Volcana District holds headquarters

Faction Species: All

Faction Description: A church that wishes to spread the love of the burning god to all who dwell in the city; Recent corruption scandals have rocked the Church has a whole.

Faction History: It is stated in ancient scriptures that the Disciples of Fire began in a far away land, in a time lost to history. A farmer, poor in status, was tending to his crops on a fiery summer afternoon. Suddenly, the sky around him turned red, and an unmeasurable heat began to radiate from all around him. A holy voice spoke from the heavens

“I am the Fire, he who burns within all. The spirit of Me, the Eternal, Hath been lost. GO forth, and spread my teachings, so that the world may be redeemed before Armageddon, and thou may enter Heaven when the Rapture comes across Earth”

The farmer awoke in his house, dressed in an unfamiliar cloth, holding a book with a sun inscribed in the leather cover. He went about, teaching the peasants of the land what was good and what was unholy. The name of the farmer was Modiah. The religion took off, and it soon became cemented in culture as a whole. Missionaries were sent out, and every nation in the world had a least one functioning House of Flame. Almost as soon as the city was established, the Fire of Faith came to New Anathagos. The religion spread quickly, remaining in the center of the city. They rejected the sea, and wished for all to be educated under the guiding light of the Lord.

Come modern times, and the Disciples are filled with corruption. Officials giving out ‘free passes to heaven’, otherwise known as Torches, was commonplace. The Inferno, head of the Disciples, released statements denying this. Many priests fell to the corruption, with some leaving to create radical sects. One in particular has created catastrophe known to nearly the whole city. The Disciple leaders operate under complete secrecy, lest their real names be unleashed unto the world.

The Disciples principles are easy for the everyday man to follow, and so they are one of the predominant religions of the city. They have been around since the founding, leading to almost an entire neighborhood dedicated to the religion. The more devout are rare, since according to the Scripture, at a certain age one must ‘self ignite’ to find the Lord. This has lead to many reform Churches.

Important Characters/ Church Hierarchy:

Modiah: Founder
The Inferno: Chief Disciple, real name Unknown
The 5 Lights: Seers, real names unknown
The Eternal Ember: The head of the Disciple Orphanage
Various Archflames: Bureaucrats
Various Heatseekers: Members of the Disciples
Various Guiding Lights: Priests
Important Territory: Volcana, where the primary Church is located. The Eternal Torch, headquarters of the Church, was moved here due to the cities’ relative safety. Various Churches are scattered across the city, each with their own varying degrees of belief.


Relation to Other Factions: The Disciples tend to remain neutral, so that all feel welcome within their ranks. Some Guiding Lights are more harsh than others, when it comes to rules

Burned Earth

Faction Name: Burned Earth

Alias: The Untouchables, Crazed Zealots.

Faction Type: Revolutionary group

Faction Specie(s): Human

Species Descriptions: N/A

Location: Series of abandoned buildings and warehouses; the faction is extremely small. Very few are allowed into it’s covert operations.

Faction Description: Led by a man disillusioned by current society, Burned Earth wishes for the utter destruction of society, so that nothing may be rebuilt. Currently working to dismantle the government via strategic attacks

Faction History: Burned Earth started with a message from God. A priest, lowly in the order he represented, was tired of the ideals the higher ups. He figured they had lost the way of the Church, and so left. He had lost his faith, the most important thing in his life. He was about to jump to his certain death, when lightning struck the wooden bridge, rickety in it’s nature, he had been standing on. It was ablaze, but the fires parted when the priest tried to walk. Suddenly filled with a purpose, he went on to create one of the most feared organizations in New Anathagos.

Various terror acts have been committed by Atlas, the founder of Burned Earth. The bombing of a major trade market, the arson of one of the largest Churches of the Disciples, the list goes on. Here are some of their more...notable ventures

Disciple Arson: The Eyes of Flame, one of the largest Disciple Congregations, was recently completely destroyed in a fire. Evidence suggests Burned Earth was behind this, due to their signature pile of soil on top of the ruins

Ashton Square Bombing: Using rudimentary explosive devices, this was the first known sighting of the group. On a hot, crowded afternoon in Ashton Square market, several explosive devices went off around the square, by far the most devastating being located in the central fountain. There were no known survivors. A pile of dirt was found where the fountain once stood.

Clock Tower Hijack: The central clock tower in the Volcana district was taken over, with graffiti plastered across the walls and soil filled the machinery. When workers went in to clear the mess, poisonous snake like creatures, known as Kilns, jumped out, killing all 4 of them.

Important Characters: Atlas, founder.

Important Holdings/Territory/Possessions: A sector of the sewage system is currently being used as a base of operations

Relation to other Factions:Hostile