AtomicNut

The Faraway Land: Path of Heroes (18+)

You restarted the RP?

The Faraway Land: Resurrection

@Thinslayer
Shooot, completely missed you there. I've been spending Christmas with my family. I'll be on a mini hiatus for around 10 days. Go ahead and take care of my character and I'm so sorry I've let you down so much...it must be so annoying.

@ineffable

Eh, happens to the best of us. No need to be so harsh on yourself.

The Kingdom of Belvoir - Hunter's Guild (Taking Applications)

On a side note, it has been 10 days... who's next?

The Faraway Land: Resurrection

I guess the reason I'm asking is because I feel that character motivation is in the tank right now. What are they all fighting for? They're only here because the Reaper dragged them here. At first, I thought the golem threat would help, but it's coming across as really lame, and I've been scrambling to salvage it. The Void threat would make more sense, but it's far too early to open the Portal. There's nothing I can think of that would motivate the player characters to get anything done. So player motivation, likewise, is suffering, and solutions aren't coming to mind.

In order to gauge where player motivation needs improvement, I need feedback on its current level. Just based on my own motivation, I need a compelling new villain, and fast.

@Thinslayer

Well, Sykes wants to fix things and Bring back the Empire. DOWN WITH THE KING. ALL GLORY TO THE EMPIRE.

Bloodrose Irregulars - After The Fall

"You're late, Jing." A high pitched, tiny voice said from the midst of the crowds, herself struggling to break through the tide of worries and flesh that was escaping from the vanguard and the orcs, where a line of Knights still valiantly stood. Thanks to her nimbleness she was not trampled, but she managed to reach the frontlines, a bag in her hand.

She eyed the crashing waves of the horde, as she mysteriously pulled something from the bag. Maybe something that could change the tide of war? Some kind of secret weapon? No. Just an apple, which she promptly and greedily bit, filling her cheeks with sweet and crunchy apple pulp, much to the incredulous stare of knights and several people who surrounded her.

"What is a kid doing here?? Shoo shoo!" Someone said.

"Fancy an apple? Well, I guess not. Alright." She said to herself as she pointed a dainty little hand to the Orc columns, behind the lines of Shields. Arcane words were whispered, and a small giggle came from her lips.

"This is going to smell...a bit." She said, as out of nowhere, sizeable orbs of fire appeared from her hands, and flung in an arc, burst and scatter aminds the thick of the Orc horde. Being so many cluttered together made such easy targets, weren't they?

Bloodrose Irregulars - After The Fall

@AtomicNut for my evil plots plans the center gate would be best

@Arthanus

And which one is that one? N, W, E?

The Faraway Land: Resurrection

@Thinslayer

Sykes's heart skipped a beat. So, it was an Imperial. Moreover, that Imperial knew him. His tense factions relaxed, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the face of Herodotus Sykes bore a wide smile. "Does the Pope s*** in the woods? Hold on there, I am coming to your position, over." The Overseer signaled, as he eyed the rest of the people in the Throne room. No doubt, they would still be halfway visiblely stunned, so he took that as a cue to leave before the King and his retinue of brutes tried to extract secrets from him.

Waving his hand once, he locked the Sky Eye display and the Weapons system. It was dangerous enough when he had fired, much less a King which probably had little idea of Spacefaring-era weapons. He hid his device and wrapped his mark tightly as he headed towards the door.

"Well, the Reactor is fixed your Grace, so I will take my leave." He said, as he began trudging towards the door at a brisk pace, wary of anyone foolish enough to try and prevent him from leaving. "Don't try to stop or follow me." He added as an afterthought, as he jumped out of a window, and in a display of feat and agility began his descent by crawling down Midhaven's wall.

The Faraway Land: Resurrection

@Thinslayer
Sykes blinked twice, as he saw the ominous Empire script letters popping up in a corner of the screen. "What the...that can't be. How can that be???" He said visiblely surprised as his world suddenly contracted to the obvious glaring information. He paid no heed at the confused retinue of the king that had been cowed by a dragon. Something long forgotten lit in his eyes. The yearning. Hope. A SEED user. Everything was not lost then.

At any rate... the farce would be over. He gripped his arm, and undid the bandages that covered a crest in his hand. A marked star, in the Hand. Similar, yet unlike to the fabled Mark of the Hero. This one bore three points, the Mark of the Overseer. It glowed ominously, as it reacted with a piece of equipment he pulled from his cloak. The strange metal case came to live, stretching, expanding. Showing a dozen of different contraptions inside. Twisting a dial and pressing a couple of buttons, Sykes spoke to the Device.

Throughout the Old Imperial communication frequencies, his voice was transmitted in the archaic tongue of the empire. "Unknown. Please identify yourself. This is Adjutant Overseer Sykes, in charge of the 456-Beta Mission. I repeat, Identify yourself."

Sykes eyed tensely his surroundings then. He had hoped his hunch was true.

Bloodrose Irregulars - After The Fall

@ArthanusWhere should I put the flamethrower Magician?

Bloodrose Irregulars - After The Fall

Now with 200% more Xenophobia

Name: Sybille
Gender: Female
Age: 14 (Actually 36, she has inherited the long lifespan of Elves)
Appearance: Like so. She usually wears a form concealing robe to hide her nonhuman traits.

Bio: Sybille was an orphan who was taken into servitude of a certain Baron of the Empire, whose territory bordered the Silent Forest. A wayward creature born from two feuding enemies, the young kid faced a lot of scoff at her half-blood inheritage and was resented by many, usually being relegated to the most menial and denigrating jobs one could imagine that a child could make. However, it was equally true that a lot of the staff were kind to her, and did not mistreat her any poorer, even if her growth was slower than human children in that regard.

One day, everything changed for the young fey-blood. Chasing one of the lord's pet cats, she wandered into the castle's dungeon. She saw something that she was never meant to see. The chained and ravaged body of an elven woman, who had been subject of abuse for years, bound in cold iron chains and so weak she could barely talk. Suddenly, a grim realization came to herself. Why would anyone take a half-blood inside a household if not to protect an even more unspeakable secret? That woman... was her mother. And she had a hunch that the human that fathered herself was none other than the Baron himself.

Something inside her awakened. For a moment, she touched deep inside her own soul, and awakened the power of her own Soulstone. The Baron's mighty hold was suddenly set aflame in wrathful magical fire, as a teary eyed, screaming child with newly awakened magical powers went on a rampage and assaulted the dungeon. There, she broke her own mother's binds and took the broken elven woman outside the fortress in the ensuing chaos. While she had been a product of a vile act, she nevertheless thought that she at least owed her for bringing her to life. She had hoped that maybe, just maybe she would be accepted despite her half-blood nature.

She was wrong. As soon as she stepped into the forest, no less than half a dozen of bows aimed at her, whispers into her ears telling her of how abominable her nature was. She however, was granted mercy for she had brought one of their kin into their fold, and allowed her to leave the forest unscathed. She did so, unable to keep gazing at her mother who saw her as something she would rather never see again in her life. Heartbroken, she turned her sight once more in the lands of men, only to find that she had nowhere to go. She had set fire to her lord's keep, and also, after revealing herself to elves, she had doomed the entire hometown to perish under a rain of arrows.

She hid. Inside a wine cellar, deep in the town's tavern, hoping she was never found by either side, for she would probably be killed on the spot. Not that she had much will to live, but still, she was convinced that her death would be anything but quick. Her fortune for once, smiled at her. No elf or human soldier found her, but instead a wizened scholar, who had been asked to offer magical backup on the humans' counterattack. After she broke into sobs and told him the whole story, the old man just smiled and comforted the troubled child, and decided to take her as student. He also offered her to find people who could teach her the elven script and language.

Sybille left her past behind and aimed to become a great scholar aswell. However the old man, whose name was Zultar, died of old age no sooner she had finished her basic training in the arts. Sad for losing perhaps the person who had been closer to a parental figure, she nevertheless heeded the old man's words, who told that from that point on, she could do the rest on her own, and encouraged joining the Blood Rose Irregulars, an organization which would probably accept her condition and allow her to see the world experiences she needed for her skills to grow.

Fighting Style: Sybille can't do close and personal, and she only knows how to flail a dagger in melee. She, however is a decent shot with the bow, and most importantly, she has a peerless aim when it comes to magical combat. She relies on offensive elemental spells for the latter, both fire and ice.
Equipment: A fine enchanted cloak, a dagger. Seweral jewelry accesories containing Soulstones.
Skills/Abilities:
-Elemental blast: Sybille is adept at flinging elemental blasts at great ranges.She currently can perform fire and ice, but she hopes to improve in this regard.
-Enhaced Senses: Being half elf, Sybille has better eyesight (and even nightvision) and hearing than humans. She has also better reflexes.
-Archery: While not to the level of her magic, Sybille can shoot fairly well with a bow.
-Fey-blooded: She is unnaturally resistant to mind-altering magic and illusions. Also she probably has a lifespan of centuries if not millenia.
-Elven Script: She knows how to pronounce and write it.
-Servant chores: She can cook, clean and make beds.

Other Information: Being a Half-Elf and fey-blooded, she possesses the weakness of the fae to Cold iron. IE: A horseshoe or similar pure iron item would definitely feel like -acid- to her skin.

Hider

1. Listen to the GM(s), If you have a complaint tell me. I am not an evil dictator and if I am wrong I will admit it.
2. Romance and Gore allowed, But keep it in good taste and in site rules
3. Now not all characters will play nice with each other I understand that, but keep the disputes in the RP not in OOC
4. Be civilized and polite please
5. All basic RP rules apply to this roleplay: Power playing, Meta gaming, and others are not allowed.
6. The story isn't exactly set, If you have an idea for a mission feel free to pm me the details and I'll try to work it in.
7. Copy the rules into a Hider in the "other" of your cs so I know you read them.
8. Get into your character's skin become him or her as you are playing have fun and give us insight into their thoughts.
9. Try to keep active, in both the IC and OOC pages please. And even if you don't have anything to say, at least read the OOC