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Somewhere Over The Mountains

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Just saying Hi all! :)

Somewhere Over The Mountains

Right... i promise i wont use the supporting character to effect the story unless there's like a situation planned or agreed upon for story purpose or something (i dunno...).

With the character i had it in my head though shes educated in things other than magic as it was practically banned in their backstory & then she was found to have magic ability thus immediately put on the run/rescued she's never learned or been trained with it specifically so she wouldn't know how to use/wield it properly or intend to, why use something that caused her to lose her privileged life & family.

I intended for it to have effects in background kinda way, like yes shes immensely powerful as in her magic has unintended effect to kick in for example like shes asleep having a nightmare causing a rain storm or objects in her general vicinity move, or (as its been mentioned how dangerous it is in the rp) her magic has effect that protects her specifically (not effecting others) as a supporting character as if shes scared from being attacked or hiding during a fight something unforeseen happens as her vanishing or being unnoticeable to creatures, immune to illness or something of the like, any suggestions on this would be welcomed. :)

Made them as a package character with the mindset that Sena's kind of like Rin's naive but good heart'd conscience (that reads adventure novels) that is to talk her into helping the people in need, in the rp. On the other hand Rin was a solider that followed orders harming any she was told to and didn't take issue with it as she raised through the ranks from dirt poor slum kid to respected warrior(due to talent) she saw it as just the way of things, but protected Sena out of some buried sense of justice & without her would of ignored others plights. They're like 2 sides of the same coin kinda deal. Also making Sena a trader with a wagon as supporting character she could fit in as the supply caravan for the group on their travels.

I really didn't intend to make her Op or god-mode anything, I've seen it wreck good rp's, before i found this site one of the reasons why i like it so much good community & organised category's etc, So i'm sorry if it seemed that way.

Also i was accepted in rp via pm's wouldn't of posted in char & ic tabs otherwise, again i'm sorry for not just talking in ooc openly when i was inquiring i'm kinda shy...

Somewhere Over The Mountains

Amidst the bustle of the local market stalls & loud traders, Rin stood sampling one of the stalls various drinks before returning the ladle with a polite smile "a little bland for my tastes i'm sorry to say and a tad weak..." the trader gave a wide grin "forgive me miss, perhaps this wine will be more to you're liking its imported from abroad & has a strong arousing aroma and the taste shouldn't disappoint!" as he finished he handed the refilled ladle back. Rin drank it which resulted in a more self satisfied smile this time, the tip of her tongue quickly flashed along her lower lip before she handed the ladle back to the trader "a small portable cask of that wine will do nicely!" the trader eagerly nodded with a wide grin and set off into the small tent behind his stall calling his assistant over.

A short time later Rin was slowly wandering through the market hauling a small barrel under one arm when she noticed several laborers & merchants chatting & loading goods onto a wagon, she also noticed a small child slowly moving towards the wagon having avoided the others attention as he stretched his arm to reach into one of the hemp bags that had just been loaded, just as he almost grasped at its contents his hand got a heavy wack from a sword scabbard with a yell & spinning on his feet he turned to face Rin who stood with her sword resting on her shoulder grinning at him "It's not nice to steal from folk kusottare!". The kid was glaring with tear soaked eyes while grasping his hand but that last word threw him into confusion for a brief moment "I-i hate you y-you ugly old bat!" and with that he took off through the market, in a momentary lack of composure & seething rage Rin nearly threw the cask to the ground as it visibly bounced but remained intact as it hit the surface "un-ga-ly old bat?!, GET BACK HERE YOU...", She made to chase after him when a soft familiar voice called out to her "Its pronounced 'ug-ly' Rin, and i noticed you vulgarly resorted to our native tongue, due to a lack of the native vocabulary perhaps?, must we go back to language lessons Again?!" the young girl jested as she emerged from the small group of merchants who were chuckling as they followed behind her.

Rin went a little sheepish as she regained her composure "i assure you, you've instructed me well on the language here, i... just lost my temper okay". Rin wasn't an intellectual like Sena and the last thing she wanted was more lessons she barely survived the mental torture the last time.

Sena checked the wagon before sighing "yes i see the immense amount of harm that poor child would of caused by stealing a single fruit from our supplies... he was likely starving Rin you needed be so cruel!". Rin tried to retort when one of the merchants with dark hair spoke up "Not at all my little lady the urchins around here are a constant annoyance!, if you allow them an inch they'll take a mile! i am always complaining to the guards to increase the security here but alas my words fall on deaf ears every time!" an an older graying merchant looks to the other "if it were up to you Alric half the city would be locked in the dungeons and only nobility allowed to walk the markets".

The first merchant grumbled in a huff but remained quiet as a third young lighter haired merchant stepped forward towards Rin "What i fear is that child had failing sight because none but the blind could possibly call this startling young beauty ugly, even infuriated i was mesmerized by you ma'am". An audible groan emerged from a couple of the merchants "he's at it again!", "well he's not wrong", "he flirts with every pretty face that so much as passes him in the street, he's driven potential customers away multiple times not to mention the amount of angry & jealous boyfriends'n husbands that come complaining!", something of a hushed debate erupts from the merchants while the laborers who no longer had orders being barked at them stood laughing at the merchants rantings & tales.

Rin just politely smiled at the young man giving a slight nod as she leaned slightly to look past the man at Sena as if to ask if she had finished her dealings to which she nodded in reply as she climbed onto the wagon & took the horses reins "We'll Gentlemen it was a pleasure doing business with you and thank you again for the bargain with this wagon" the graying merchant laughed "Not at all my dear the pleasure was ours not often do we get to stock such exotic goods from beyond the likes of Lumoise or Waylox i dare say we'll earn a tidy profit, it's a deal well worth one of my sturdy an dependable trade wagons!". Rin couldn't help but think the older merchant was trying to hard to sell something which he'd already sold but the exchange of courtesies between him & Sena it was likely some merchant version of etiquette Rin guessed as she walked over continuing to politely ignore the uncomfortably close young merchant who'd been spewing endless compliments practically into Rin's ear she was sure the only reason he hadn't tried to place a hand on her was due to her still holding her sword against her shoulder tapping it occasionally as a subliminally discreet warning.

Sena spoke up "Well we're off good day to you all!" the young merchant suddenly broke away running back a bit & calling back to Rin "wait my beautiful flower!" Rin's eye twitched at that comment but she turned with a kind smile "what is it?" as she asked she noticed him holding a small cask walking towards them, as Rin fell silent trying not to look at Sena who's stare she could feel burning into the side of her head almost flinching as Sena spoke "Oh What's in that small barrel Rin? something catch you eye when you were browsing the market stalls". Rins mind was racing in the panic "ah... it's..." when the young merchant spoke again Rin noticing he'd removed the cork in the barrel momentarily & slammed it back in "Such a fine taste in quality Wine it's an exquisite vintage i must say!you're a woman after my own heart truly...". He went on but Rin was torn between falling to the ground apologizing to Sena before she got too angry & kicking the life out of the young merchant.

To Rin's surprise however a quiet sigh came from beside her "Would you mind loading it onto the wagon kind sir?" the young man gave a bow "At once my dear" he replied to Sena as he quickly loaded it onto the back of the wagon he continued rambling on trying to gain Rins attention in particular as they left.

A short while later as Rin walked in silence alongside the wagon Sena was driving "i don't like it when you drink" Sena pouted as she stared off down the street breaking the silence, "it's just a little" Mumbled Rin as she looked off to the side "its a lowly and self damaging habit not to mention i've read medical texts that say alcohol is bad for the body in the long run" Rin groaned "I know you've said it over an over and i rarely do get to drink alright! just... i'll keep it for special occasion or sumthin... AAAAHHHHH! When your an adult you'll see it differently!". Sena's voice rose "i'll never be so vulgar as to ever find the need to inebriate myself for any reason!". A slow grin crept across Rins face "you know what i think is unhealthy and bad for you as well all them books and scrolls you keep your head buried in you should be hanging around with other kids and..." Sena cut in "You have the audacity to lecture me on whats healthy?! whats more to question the usefulness of enlightened works of literature?!, I've studied many medical tomes and sciences which allowed me to tend to your wounds on many occasions and how to mix herbs to heal your cuts without infection, my books on survival especially have aided us to no end on how to make animal traps, shelter, i'm still the only one of us that can make a simple campfire! need i go on?!, what can you claim your 'drink' accomplished?!".

Rin looked at Sena finally making eye contact for the first time since they'd left the market "My drink got me in some fights which caused you to learn medicine to treat me afterwards making you very respected much like the wise sages & legendary doc's of old!" Sena's mouth opened to say something but shut again as a slight smile appeared, her expression seemed to mockingly say 'seriously?' as she looked down at Rin from the wagon who just laughed it off as they continued on in better moods along the street.

A short while later there seemed to be a bit of commotion as locals gathered heading towards the city castle Sena looked around at the mix of the different social classes heading in the same direction "whats going on?", Rin had reached into one of the bags on the wagon & taken a piece of fruit shrugging to Sena as she bit into it "MMMM!mmm!mmm!..." a long pitched whine came from Rin that caught Sena's attention who was now holding back from laughing as Rin looked almost as if she was trying to suck her face in through her mouth "hahah-! Ah... they uh... grow this fruit in here in this country <Pffft!> T-they're extremely sour HUH? <snort> ...i was planning to use them in cooking with either fish or bird meat", Sena started shacking but she managed to hold in the laughter and then compose herself even almost managing to hide the wide smile on her face (almost). Several onlookers began snickering at the sight which didn't help, a young well dressed woman approached Sena while grinning amusingly at Rin who was occupied spitting at the ground followed by rinsing her mouth with water.

"To answer your question, everyone's gathering up at the castle, gossips gotten around that the king is meeting with mercenaries he's sending to deal with reports of monsters harassing the outskirts", Sena's eyes widened "Monsters what kind of monsters?" the well dressed woman shrugged gracefully "i could say what I've heard but its all hearsay with little fact the common-born do like to let their imaginations run wild at uncertain times like this". This piqued Sena's curiosity even more "Why what's going on in this country?" She paused briefly before continuing "If you don't mind telling me miss?, as me and my sis here are traders newly arrived in your respected country and any information from such a young influential and obviously well informed Lady like yourself would be most beneficial", The young noble lady smiled and stood even more proudly than before as Rin subtly shook her head muttering under her breath the word "Nobles..." disapprovingly, while listening in for any key information.

The Noble woman delighted at the praise and as her station in this respected country demanded she availed aid on the foreign merchants by revealing months worth of gossip, hearsay, & recent events to bring Rin & Sena up to speed on what was going on in Caradia "Well where to start...".

Somewhere Over The Mountains

Sakimino Rin

Name: Sakimino Rin

Hider

Age: 32
Gender: female

Personality: Rin is a reserved woman thus tends to keep mostly to herself, Is extremely polite (most of the time) and is kind & friendly towards others unless given reason not to. She has a highly noticeable rather dignified & graceful presence both in & out of battle, Some may find her to be unusually flirtatious on occasion and if not discouraged by the object of her affection she can come across as a little... overbearing one might say? due to her enthusiasm which has cost her in the past but she's become less so with age & experience from failed relationships. Rin also has a deep sense of duty & responsibility in what task she commits herself to & is extremely loyal to a fault with her friends. However She can be snide with people she has a bad rapport with & will 'poke the bear' to get a reaction. (Note: She's caused more than a few social fights & bar brawls in her travels before arriving in Caradia.)

Role/Title: Unaffiliated wanderer, Full-time Bodyguard

History:

Rin was a highly respected & admired veteran warrior from a distant land which after years of civil war between regional lords had eventually been unified under a powerful noble house which Rin had served under where she was apparently not only rewarded with wealth & rank but had been propositioned into marriage with the lords second eldest son, However the marriage offer was later dropped due to malicious whispers & rumors surrounding Sakimino Rin which also had some impact on her status in society.

Although her homeland had been in peacetime after unification Rin still saw her skill-set put to use in removing pockets of resistance in more remote areas or dealing with bandits. During which time various laws were enforced while she was away fighting a strong social class order was imposed on the populous & any and all people with any magic ability were essentially forced into slavery with the choice of either serving in the imperial military for life or to be put to death.

A year or so later after suppressing a bandit uprising Rin returned home though the city was far different from when she had left, also there seemed to be a lot of commotion and panic. Turned out some of the mages in the imperial army had rebelled & slaughtered half the palace guard in a failed attempt to kill the emperor after which the expected response came all magic wielders were now to be put to death due to the 'dark corruptible influences' of sorcery. In the chaos & witch hunts that followed in the few days since Rin had received an imperial summons to the palace where upon arriving Rin found she had been called by one of the emperors noble concubines. (Noble born daughters who's family's seeked to gain imperial favor)

The Concubine had known & trusted Rin but was still hesitant in revealing that she had magical ability, before Rin could inquire the Concubine had explained that members in court had found out, more so that her only child was not only capable of magic but was extremely proficient with it, they'd have both been executed already if it was not for her close relationship with the emperor & the fact the child was also his. A discreet plot had been set in motion to keep these facts hidden from the populace & deal with the mother & child via an 'accident'.

Fearing for her child the Concubine had pleaded if not outright begged for Rin to save her child, at this point however guards had burst into the room with the emperor following in behind them after he'd learned his loyal retainer Rin had been summoned to the palace by the 'deceitful witch' who was trying to throw the nation back into war (apparently) a young crying child was hurled to the floor by one of the guards before running to her mothers embrace while the emperor was apologizing to Rin for not dealing with the matter, & having barely arrived before Rin had fallen victim to an 'evil scheme'. The emperor gave the order to his guards to kill the mages explaining they can stage an excuse later, Rin conflicted stood frozen in place as the concubine begged for her daughter to be spared just before a guards blade cut into her, After a long silence everyone stood dumbfounded as the attacking guard fell to the ground having been practically cleaved in half at the waist from a single swing of a sword.

Rin readying her stance & leveling her blade in one hand turned and placed herself between the women & the emperors guards breaking eye contact briefly to face the wounded concubine, Rin swore on her life to protect the young girl grabbing the crying child with her free arm as she did so, after a nod of acceptance & single word of thanks Rin charged through the guards most of who moved to surround the emperor than get in her way of the exit. Rin in the confusion of the alarms was still forced to fight the guards stationed throughout the palace as running with an imperial daughter clenched under her arm wasn't exactly inconspicuous. The fact Rin was able to escape the palace that day was due to the wounded imperial concubine, its one thing to piss off a powerful magic user, its another to piss off a powerful magic wielding mother protecting her child. Half the palace burned that night the emperor was severely wounded, not to mention the imperial guard garrison at the palace after both the failed mage rebellion & the events during Rins escape had been all but decimated before they where able to kill the rampaging mage & secure the emperor.

Rin & her new charge Sena spent the remainder of the year fleeing from place to place seeking refuge as they tried to make it to the coastal regions, Rin trying not to notice the irony of now working with rebels & bandit groups in their efforts to do so. Rin was now wanted for high treason the price on her head in her own country was worthy of kings, which many supposed allies would try to claim along the way. One of which being a romantic interest to Rin before their betrayal which nearly worked until as if out of no-ware the heavens interjected as a powerful thunderstorm rained down bolts of thunder blasting the earth around Rin & the crying & mumbling Sena who was hugging her, in the chaos they managed to escape unharmed making their way to the nearest port town in search of transport.

After Stowing away on a foreign trade ship they'd escaped their homeland, upon discovery on-board Rin ended up working as part of the crew until they reached their destination. In the few years since Rin has maintained her duty of protecting & raising Sena as they've traveled further & further through many different countries & cultures. Along the way working as a Mercenary fighting people & monsters, or as a guard for traveling traders, & with the help of the very intelligent & learned Sena, Rin has been able to learn different languages & customs
on their travels wherever they go. And recently Rin's arrived in caradia with some coin in their pockets as a result of mercenary work & trade goods most of which has been spent however due to acquiring more books, maps, & provisions for their continued journey.

Anything extra:
- Skilled Sword fighter: mastered an exotically foreign fighting style - has Her countries variants of a long sword, short sword, & a 3rd large blade on her back called a nodachi.

- Fanatic Bodyguard: Regardless of her duties serving as a mercenary or when fighting beside allies in combat, Rin will forsake/disregard any duties & others if Sena is in danger rushing immediately to her defense instead. (This has resulted in her being blacklisted from several mercenary companies in the past, and a couple of trading groups... well one the other didn't really have any survivors due to Rin taking their horses to whisk Sena to safety. *cougth*)

- Dirty Fighter: Not above using dirty or underhanded tricks & fighting skills - has hidden daggers & throwing knifes, caltrops, vial of sleeping tonic, bag of powdered spices (burning & blinding enemies), to give a few examples... also keeps a set of loaded dice.

- Lesbian: Rin is openly gay, she has nothing against men she just doesn't like them in that way, This was the cause in her past of the malicious rumors (was that she took other women to her bed) that stopped the marriage arrangement to a noble house.

- High alcohol tolerance: most countries alcohol has as much effect as water on Rin but she enjoys the taste, She's able to out drink many when she does 'let her hair down'. (usually to win a bet) However Rin drinking is extremely rare since Sena disapproves & often lectures Rin on the subject.

Hisukagi Sena

Name: Hisukagi li Sena

Hider

Age: 15
Gender: Female

Personality: Shy, Friendly & easygoing, loves exploring the world, learning new things, & experiencing different cultures. Can be stubborn, occasionally spoiled, Comes across as a 'fish out of water' due to her noble upbringing & the now traveling lifestyle of seeing the world first hand. Sena is extremely learned and can easily be described as a bookworm, She can be a bit naive and is a headstrong wide-eyed idealist which has effected her protector Rin on many occasions towards morally good actions but not necessarily safe/smart actions/results. (E.g. the time Sena convinced Rin not to kill starving bandits who'd attacked them because they were desperate only for them to come back in greater numbers later... They were discreetly dispatched by Rin without Senas knowledge the 2nd time.)

Role/Title: Displaced Imperial Noble, Unnaturally gifted mage (hidden)

History:

A Daughter to the Emperor of a foreign distant land Sena was pampered growing up she wanted for nothing, her tutors also found her to be incredibly intelligent as she came to rival some of the kingdoms most renowned scholars in knowledge, She was rarely seen without her head in a book or a scroll, her shy nature seemed to isolate her a little from others but she was close to the crowned Empress who Sena had long discussions & debates with, which made Sena a favorite of the empresses friends & confidants despite her youth.

Growing up sheltered Sena was oblivious to events outside the grand palaces due to which her Magical talent became known at a politically bad time for the nation Sena found herself & her mother suddenly isolated and one evening she was dragged from her room by palace guards beaten as if she was some kind of evil monster before being thrown at her mother. Not understanding what was happening Sena was lost, hurt, confused & in a panic, more so when her mother was stabbed by a palace guard in front of her. Sena can clearly remember alot of what happened that night aside from her mother saying she'd be safe as she was picked up by a younger Rin, unable to grab onto her mother who seemed push Sena into Rin's arms after which Sena remembers little aside from blurred movement, sounds of running interrupted by clashing metal ringing, and then fire.

Not sugar coating anything, all events & goings on was explained to Sena following her rescue, for a time Sena was totally silent, stressed out by everything happening to her, overtime with the constant protection of her guardian Sena recovered as they fled to the coastal areas of their homeland, sena continued where she could to bury herself in books maybe in part to escape from reality for a bit while as they fled she grew closer with Rin at one point she shyly& nervously said Rin was like a parent to her, Rin however barked at the comment stunning Sena as Rin ranted on about not being that old & that if anything she was an older sister if anything!, Rins reaction caused Sena to burst into laughter as the two began to jokingly jab insults at each other on their travels.

In the Few years of their travels since journeying to various lands Sena has continued to soak up knowledge like a sponge, learning commerce & various sciences along the way, she's still unaccustomed to rough living in tents & living like commoners but she doesn't dislike it. In fact she enjoys her adventures with Rin & exploring the world & new places no longer such experiences confined to text in her books. Rin has seen fit that Sena is still quite pampered as she gets all the books she wants and doesn't really work aside from managing trade goods from place to place dealing with various merchants. Sena even realizes she's still quite sheltered and wants to prove her worth in Rins eye's however the one thing she's extremely talented at Rin Forbade her from using, Her magic.

Rin fearing any unwanted attention on Sena forbade her from using magic unless they were alone away from any witnesses, even in countries that embraced magics. So Sena is almost always seen by others as a shy & quiet bookworm. Rin's also a little afraid of Sena's magic as she's seen its effects, Her abilities rivaling magic feats of legend, and on some occasions noticed unintended occurrences with Sena's mood or on occasion her dreams her abilities effect the weather or objects around them. A few incidents Sena is aware of but the majority of them Rin's kept her in the dark likely not wanting to upset her.

Recently Sena's journeyed to caradia and after quickly picking up the language went about educating Rin & making beneficial trade deals with the local merchants as they prepared to journey onward.

Anything extra:
- (Hidden/Secret) Insanely powerful mage: Extremely powerful music user who can use any magic type if she were allowed & properly trained by experienced magic users. She refrains from any display of her power in any circumstance around other people.

- Sweet tooth: Overly fond of sweets & other confectioneries, & sweet tasting foods.

- Skilled merchant: Is a talented trader always ahead of trends & trade gossip proudly announcing she's the key-founder of the 'HisuSaki trade consortium' (Rin's oblivious to the name & the group she's apparently a co-member of)

- Bond thicker than blood: Sena see's Rin as family, & at that the only family she has left in the world, despite being the one always protected, she will stop at nothing to make sure Rin is safe as well.

Somewhere Over The Mountains

Hi all, just putting forward my Cs.

Sakimino Rin

Name: Sakimino Rin

Hider

Age: 32
Gender: female

Personality: Rin is a reserved woman thus tends to keep mostly to herself, Is extremely polite (most of the time) and is kind & friendly towards others unless given reason not to. She has a highly noticeable rather dignified & graceful presence both in & out of battle, Some may find her to be unusually flirtatious on occasion and if not discouraged by the object of her affection she can come across as a little... overbearing one might say? due to her enthusiasm which has cost her in the past but she's become less so with age & experience from failed relationships. Rin also has a deep sense of duty & responsibility in what task she commits herself to & is extremely loyal to a fault with her friends. However She can be snide with people she has a bad rapport with & will 'poke the bear' to get a reaction. (Note: She's caused more than a few social fights & bar brawls in her travels before arriving in Caradia.)

Role/Title: Unaffiliated wanderer, Full-time Bodyguard

History:

Rin was a highly respected & admired veteran warrior from a distant land which after years of civil war between regional lords had eventually been unified under a powerful noble house which Rin had served under where she was apparently not only rewarded with wealth & rank but had been propositioned into marriage with the lords second eldest son, However the marriage offer was later dropped due to malicious whispers & rumors surrounding Sakimino Rin which also had some impact on her status in society.

Although her homeland had been in peacetime after unification Rin still saw her skill-set put to use in removing pockets of resistance in more remote areas or dealing with bandits. During which time various laws were enforced while she was away fighting a strong social class order was imposed on the populous & any and all people with any magic ability were essentially forced into slavery with the choice of either serving in the imperial military for life or to be put to death.

A year or so later after suppressing a bandit uprising Rin returned home though the city was far different from when she had left, also there seemed to be a lot of commotion and panic. Turned out some of the mages in the imperial army had rebelled & slaughtered half the palace guard in a failed attempt to kill the emperor after which the expected response came all magic wielders were now to be put to death due to the 'dark corruptible influences' of sorcery. In the chaos & witch hunts that followed in the few days since Rin had received an imperial summons to the palace where upon arriving Rin found she had been called by one of the emperors noble concubines. (Noble born daughters who's family's seeked to gain imperial favor)

The Concubine had known & trusted Rin but was still hesitant in revealing that she had magical ability, before Rin could inquire the Concubine had explained that members in court had found out, more so that her only child was not only capable of magic but was extremely proficient with it, they'd have both been executed already if it was not for her close relationship with the emperor & the fact the child was also his. A discreet plot had been set in motion to keep these facts hidden from the populace & deal with the mother & child via an 'accident'.

Fearing for her child the Concubine had pleaded if not outright begged for Rin to save her child, at this point however guards had burst into the room with the emperor following in behind them after he'd learned his loyal retainer Rin had been summoned to the palace by the 'deceitful witch' who was trying to throw the nation back into war (apparently) a young crying child was hurled to the floor by one of the guards before running to her mothers embrace while the emperor was apologizing to Rin for not dealing with the matter, & having barely arrived before Rin had fallen victim to an 'evil scheme'. The emperor gave the order to his guards to kill the mages explaining they can stage an excuse later, Rin conflicted stood frozen in place as the concubine begged for her daughter to be spared just before a guards blade cut into her, After a long silence everyone stood dumbfounded as the attacking guard fell to the ground having been practically cleaved in half at the waist from a single swing of a sword.

Rin readying her stance & leveling her blade in one hand turned and placed herself between the women & the emperors guards breaking eye contact briefly to face the wounded concubine, Rin swore on her life to protect the young girl grabbing the crying child with her free arm as she did so, after a nod of acceptance & single word of thanks Rin charged through the guards most of who moved to surround the emperor than get in her way of the exit. Rin in the confusion of the alarms was still forced to fight the guards stationed throughout the palace as running with an imperial daughter clenched under her arm wasn't exactly inconspicuous. The fact Rin was able to escape the palace that day was due to the wounded imperial concubine, its one thing to piss off a powerful magic user, its another to piss off a powerful magic wielding mother protecting her child. Half the palace burned that night the emperor was severely wounded, not to mention the imperial guard garrison at the palace after both the failed mage rebellion & the events during Rins escape had been all but decimated before they where able to kill the rampaging mage & secure the emperor.

Rin & her new charge Sena spent the remainder of the year fleeing from place to place seeking refuge as they tried to make it to the coastal regions, Rin trying not to notice the irony of now working with rebels & bandit groups in their efforts to do so. Rin was now wanted for high treason the price on her head in her own country was worthy of kings, which many supposed allies would try to claim along the way. One of which being a romantic interest to Rin before their betrayal which nearly worked until as if out of no-ware the heavens interjected as a powerful thunderstorm rained down bolts of thunder blasting the earth around Rin & the crying & mumbling Sena who was hugging her, in the chaos they managed to escape unharmed making their way to the nearest port town in search of transport.

After Stowing away on a foreign trade ship they'd escaped their homeland, upon discovery on-board Rin ended up working as part of the crew until they reached their destination. In the few years since Rin has maintained her duty of protecting & raising Sena as they've traveled further & further through many different countries & cultures. Along the way working as a Mercenary fighting people & monsters, or as a guard for traveling traders, & with the help of the very intelligent & learned Sena, Rin has been able to learn different languages & customs
on their travels wherever they go. And recently Rin's arrived in caradia with some coin in their pockets as a result of mercenary work & trade goods most of which has been spent however due to acquiring more books, maps, & provisions for their continued journey.

Anything extra:
- Skilled Sword fighter: mastered an exotically foreign fighting style - has Her countries variants of a long sword, short sword, & a 3rd large blade on her back called a nodachi.

- Fanatic Bodyguard: Regardless of her duties serving as a mercenary or when fighting beside allies in combat, Rin will forsake/disregard any duties & others if Sena is in danger rushing immediately to her defense instead. (This has resulted in her being blacklisted from several mercenary companies in the past, and a couple of trading groups... well one the other didn't really have any survivors due to Rin taking their horses to whisk Sena to safety. *cougth*)

- Dirty Fighter: Not above using dirty or underhanded tricks & fighting skills - has hidden daggers & throwing knifes, caltrops, vial of sleeping tonic, bag of powdered spices (burning & blinding enemies), to give a few examples... also keeps a set of loaded dice.

- Lesbian: Rin is openly gay, she has nothing against men she just doesn't like them in that way, This was the cause in her past of the malicious rumors (was that she took other women to her bed) that stopped the marriage arrangement to a noble house.

- High alcohol tolerance: most countries alcohol has as much effect as water on Rin but she enjoys the taste, She's able to out drink many when she does 'let her hair down'. (usually to win a bet) However Rin drinking is extremely rare since Sena disapproves & often lectures Rin on the subject.

2nd character is more of an Npc, for Rin's backstory:

Hisukagi Sena

Name: Hisukagi li Sena

Hider

Age: 15
Gender: Female

Personality: Shy, Friendly & easygoing, loves exploring the world, learning new things, & experiencing different cultures. Can be stubborn, occasionally spoiled, Comes across as a 'fish out of water' due to her noble upbringing & the now traveling lifestyle of seeing the world first hand. Sena is extremely learned and can easily be described as a bookworm, She can be a bit naive and is a headstrong wide-eyed idealist which has effected her protector Rin on many occasions towards morally good actions but not necessarily safe/smart actions/results. (E.g. the time Sena convinced Rin not to kill starving bandits who'd attacked them because they were desperate only for them to come back in greater numbers later... They were discreetly dispatched by Rin without Senas knowledge the 2nd time.)

Role/Title: Displaced Imperial Noble, Unnaturally gifted mage (hidden)

History:

A Daughter to the Emperor of a foreign distant land Sena was pampered growing up she wanted for nothing, her tutors also found her to be incredibly intelligent as she came to rival some of the kingdoms most renowned scholars in knowledge, She was rarely seen without her head in a book or a scroll, her shy nature seemed to isolate her a little from others but she was close to the crowned Empress who Sena had long discussions & debates with, which made Sena a favorite of the empresses friends & confidants despite her youth.

Growing up sheltered Sena was oblivious to events outside the grand palaces due to which her Magical talent became known at a politically bad time for the nation Sena found herself & her mother suddenly isolated and one evening she was dragged from her room by palace guards beaten as if she was some kind of evil monster before being thrown at her mother. Not understanding what was happening Sena was lost, hurt, confused & in a panic, more so when her mother was stabbed by a palace guard in front of her. Sena can clearly remember alot of what happened that night aside from her mother saying she'd be safe as she was picked up by a younger Rin, unable to grab onto her mother who seemed push Sena into Rin's arms after which Sena remembers little aside from blurred movement, sounds of running interrupted by clashing metal ringing, and then fire.

Not sugar coating anything, all events & goings on was explained to Sena following her rescue, for a time Sena was totally silent, stressed out by everything happening to her, overtime with the constant protection of her guardian Sena recovered as they fled to the coastal areas of their homeland, sena continued where she could to bury herself in books maybe in part to escape from reality for a bit while as they fled she grew closer with Rin at one point she shyly& nervously said Rin was like a parent to her, Rin however barked at the comment stunning Sena as Rin ranted on about not being that old & that if anything she was an older sister if anything!, Rins reaction caused Sena to burst into laughter as the two began to jokingly jab insults at each other on their travels.

In the Few years of their travels since journeying to various lands Sena has continued to soak up knowledge like a sponge, learning commerce & various sciences along the way, she's still unaccustomed to rough living in tents & living like commoners but she doesn't dislike it. In fact she enjoys her adventures with Rin & exploring the world & new places no longer such experiences confined to text in her books. Rin has seen fit that Sena is still quite pampered as she gets all the books she wants and doesn't really work aside from managing trade goods from place to place dealing with various merchants. Sena even realizes she's still quite sheltered and wants to prove her worth in Rins eye's however the one thing she's extremely talented at Rin Forbade her from using, Her magic.

Rin fearing any unwanted attention on Sena forbade her from using magic unless they were alone away from any witnesses, even in countries that embraced magics. So Sena is almost always seen by others as a shy & quiet bookworm. Rin's also a little afraid of Sena's magic as she's seen its effects, Her abilities rivaling magic feats of legend, and on some occasions noticed unintended occurrences with Sena's mood or on occasion her dreams her abilities effect the weather or objects around them. A few incidents Sena is aware of but the majority of them Rin's kept her in the dark likely not wanting to upset her.

Recently Sena's journeyed to caradia and after quickly picking up the language went about educating Rin & making beneficial trade deals with the local merchants as they prepared to journey onward.

Anything extra:
- (Hidden/Secret) Insanely powerful mage: Extremely powerful music user who can use any magic type if she were allowed & properly trained by experienced magic users. She refrains from any display of her power in any circumstance around other people.

- Sweet tooth: Overly fond of sweets & other confectioneries, & sweet tasting foods.

- Skilled merchant: Is a talented trader always ahead of trends & trade gossip proudly announcing she's the key-founder of the 'HisuSaki trade consortium' (Rin's oblivious to the name & the group she's apparently a co-member of)

- Bond thicker than blood: Sena see's Rin as family, & at that the only family she has left in the world, despite being the one always protected, she will stop at nothing to make sure Rin is safe as well.

Gardens of Jalaryias(Small-scale interplanetary Nation RP)

i guess. honestly when i read everything's packed in same system my motivation took a nose dive i was looking forward to running the empire. My bad, must of missed or misread explanation stuff in my eagerness. -.-

I think i'll save all that stuff for another sci fi Nrp, & restart on making a single world Cs from scratch gimme a day or so to see...

Ps: also sorry for delay in reply wireless router went funny tried all sorts til my brother came by stuck a pencil in the router & got it working again lol.

Gardens of Jalaryias(Small-scale interplanetary Nation RP)

Hey all, i'd like to join the rp if you'll accept me! :)

I've been writing these for a while & hope you'll find them decent / acceptable?, i still have to finish military details & such for the main faction i want to play as but please tell me what you think of them thus far. There's additional npc factions due to the main factions story, and an 'open' non-garden nation or unclaimed planets to build a nation on in the non-garden system for any players to take or utilize if they want.

The Rozen Imperium - (BlackRose)

Nation Name: The Rozen Imperium



Government Type: Autocratic Dictatorship

Leadership: Rozen Dynasty

Empress Lucrecia Von Rozen

Homeworld: Saoria (Capital Planet) - Selvaria System

Offworld Holdings:

Controlled

• Vania - Colonized Planet
• Konov - Resource Mining Colony - Industrial Planet (In Development)
• Ciri - Specilized Research & Development Outpost/Lab/Station Installations - Barren Planet
• Ciri II - Colonized Agricultural Planet - Controversially considered a moon.
• Mino - Colonized Industrial Planet - Mino Shipyards LTD
• Russalka - Colonized Planet
• Fyr - Resource Mining Colony - Mineraly rich but hazerdous planet (Workers stationed here recieve considirable hazzard pay)
• Edelna Belt - Asteroid Mining Station
• Kirsch Belt - Asteroid Mining Operation
• Simia Ori Ice Belt - Ice Mining Operation
• Akku - Gas harvesting Operation (Akku is a unique Gas giant, but operations are a difficult process due to environmental issues)
• Arcadis Station - Self sufficient space station that houses & maintains the Imperial Navy, doubles as a small artificial colony.
• Tiberius Station - Self sufficient space station that houses & maintains the Imperial Navy, doubles as a small artificial colony.
• Voyage Shipyards - Self sufficient space station that houses & maintains the Imperial Navy, doubles as a small artificial mining colony, & is the largest Imperial shipyard in operation.

Contested

• Astiea - Colonized Planet - Currently in rebellion against the Rozen Empire by the DLA (30% of planet is under DLA occupation but are steadily losing ground).
• Wei IV - Colonized Agricultural Planet - Currently in rebellion against the Rozen Empire by the DLA (DLA is rapidly losing ground barely maintaining a foothold on the planet).
• Lumina Station - Was self sufficient space station that housed & maintained navy vessels - Currently in rebellion against the Rozen Empire by the DLA (DLA took the station & initially used it as a staging point & headquarters in the opening of the rebellion, Now however the stations been damaged and is isolated & besieged by the Imperial Navy after two failed assault attempts).
• Styke VII - Mining Colony - Currently in rebellion against the Rozen Empire by the DLA (Guerrilla & urban warfare is proving fierce on Styke, with limited armor support due to the terrain the DLA hold 90% of the planet)
• Canaan Belt - Asteroid Mining Station - Currently on non-violent protest strikes in support of the DLA (Productivity's come to a halt due to the protests, Imperial efforts to break up the protests & return the locals to work resulted in mass-sabotage, Examples were made of protest leaders which resulted in the locals growing support of the protests as more people rallied. The situation is rapidly getting out of control.

Uncontrolled

• Azure Belt - Asteroid Mining Operation - Due to Financial support to the then budding Rozen political faction before they're rise to power & at further additional cost for the purchase, This belt & the mining operation bought it's independence & founded the privatized 'Azure Mining Corporation' by a wealthy but publicly unknown human owner.
• Fortuna Belt - Hollowed-out & depleted asteroid belt - Flight hazard area due to unstable debris.
• Varrot System - Small neighboring system with numerous orbiting bodies - A small system that's seen the beginning of colonization before the Rozen Imperium came into power, the system was granted independence in part due to skillful negotiation, economically minor returns to the parent faction, & in no small part due to the fact a sizable portion of the Empires forces being tied-up dealing with the DLA rebellion.

Persons of Importance:

Prime Minister Léon Charrier

Chief Civil Minister Inars Stabulite

Chief Minister of Commerce Adelynn Baxter

Chief Minister of Industry Liam Shaw

Chief Minister of Science Lucas de Robles

Chief Minister of Defense Lord Admiral Augustus Nabor

Admiral Miyuki Makino

Status: Imperial Officer commanding forces on 'Astiea' against the DLA

Admiral Edgar Hausmann

Status: Imperial Officer commanding forces on 'Wei IV' against the DLA

Admiral Tobias Holt

Status: Imperial Officer overseeing fleet siege operations at Lumina Station against the DLA

Commander Aya Makino

Status: Newly appointed Imperial officer commanding forces on 'Styke VII' against the DLA

Lieutenant Colonel Natanael Klos

Status: Imperial Garrison officer at the Canaan Belt

Species and Demographics:

Humans 90% (Original Species to the system)
Ishkaan 2% (In decline due to fleeing the system, deportation, race crime victims, ethnic cleansing, Civil war victims.)
Demi-humans 6% (In decline due to fleeing the system as a result of the 'impure genes exclusion law' that passed, deportation, race crime victims, ethnic cleansing, Civil war victims.)
Vesi 1% (In decline due to fleeing the system, deportation, race crime victims, ethnic cleansing, Civil war victims.)
Rothan 1% (In decline due to fleeing the system, deportation, race crime victims, ethnic cleansing, Civil war victims.)

History:

Saoria the birth place of Humanity who've proven to be one of the more versatile, diplomatic, warlike, & inventive races out there amongst others, They saw steady progress over many centuries which eventually led them to the stars & from there to other planets to call their own.

In Recent History The Saorian Union after almost a century of democratic unification and having their 'Golden Era' as the economy boomed & drove extensive exploration, scientific, & colonization efforts far across the frontiers of their system & into the newly discovered Varrot system, However the Saorian Union began to show signs of rapid decline this was made worse by the resurgence of space pirates which harassed transports & colonies throughout Union space. In response to the increase in piracy the Saorian Union began to enlarge their military & naval forces and earnestly began to combat hostile factions, over several years good progress was made against pirate factions but ultimately they were unable to eradicate them as a result the military kept growing while sustaining the existing active forces already in service.

With the further expansion of the military & its costs there began wide-spread concern that the Saorian Union would repeat the same economic failure as the previous regime which had exhausted itself on military expenditures shortly after contact with other races had occurred. Despite the concern the Saorian union was stable for the next few decades but economic stagnation began to spread across union space, the previous boom & drive that had drove them onward was now all gone and conservatism took hold instead of progressiveness, the home & core worlds were becoming barely stable while the outlying colonies began to suffer as a result, Additionally the colonization & development of the Varrot system came to a halt the colonists having to make do with what they had to sustain themselves.

Shortly after the democratic Saorian Union's government proved unable to effectively reform itself and descended into corruption as officials tried to keep their preferential positions over attending their proper duties in the failing economy. as a result Saorian society spiraled downwards as hope dwindled while daily life became more & more difficult for the common people, vain decadence & crime harshly increased as corruption spread through Saorian society itself and human life became near worthless.

However there were still people who concerned over the current state of affairs & for the future of the human race, upon seeing the illness in their society these people decided to take drastic action thus began the start of the Rozen dictatorship.

The following year an outstanding military officer who had achieved the rank of admiral at the very young age of twenty-seven which was unprecedented as previously the youngest to achieve that rank was thirty-nine, The officer had quickly climbed the ranks due to their expert leadership in multiple campaigns against hostile factions over the years & responsible for the annihilation of several notorious pirate factions, tactical & political ingenuity, & advanced military reforms including extensive changes to military training doctrines.

There were some that criticized Admiral Rozen for being 'unforgivably ruthless' when they'd dealt with the pirate groups that were destroyed but the cheer & praise of the majority overwhelmingly drowned out the critics. Due to the pitiful circumstances in Saorian society the citizens flocked and cheered their charismatic young new heroine, At the age of twenty-nine admiral Lucrecia Von Rozen retired from military service and entered into politics with the support of like minded officers & young idealistic politicians that were drawn to her in their desire to bring humanity back from the brink and revitalize both society & the economy. Lucrecia Rozen was promptly elevated in political circles for her social reforms & programs, and easily earned a seat in the Saorian parliament where her influence continued to spread exponentially as she established herself as the leader of the 'National reform party' in every following election the national reform party grew ever more influential within the government and Minister Rozen had firmly established a solid political base. Soon the party held strong influence over most of the parliament seats and in another election Minister Rozen was elected president and influential members of the reform party took other high seats in government including the prime minister position, There was outspoken concern by other democratic parties over the amount of power & influence the reform party now held as even combined they didn't have the political power to oppose the reform party in anything.

Over a steady course of time President Rozen displayed numerous examples of creating a dictatorship, and early on disallowing freedom of speech & press in laws that were quickly & overwhelmingly passed just to give as examples, Additionally brought discipline to government officials & routed out the corruption, reformed the emergency & law enforcement agency's revitalized law enforcement vigorously enforced judicial activities which caused crime & corruption to greatly decrease & further gaining the support of the populace. Lucrecia Von Rozen shortly afterwards was proclaimed 'president for life!' by the reform party & received overwhelming support and celebration from the public whose lives had improved dramatically with the changes & social reforms they'd made during the party's rise to power. Having eventually gained complete control a year later they officially founded & established 'The Rozen Imperium' and proclaimed Lucrecia Von Rozen Empress the first member of the ruling Imperial Rozen Dynasty.

The Saorian parliament tried to form a democratic opposition party but they were discovered and arrested for treason and the parliament was disbanded as a result, positions of authority & power were assigned to talented reform party loyalists creating a new nobility class and the imperial senate to help manage governing of the newly established Empire. Then following changes that occurred under the guise of strengthening the Empire proclaimed that non-human species were partly responsible for the decline in society under the previous regime, others declaring they took up valuable jobs during the economic decline which they preformed poorly at which is what hurt the economy more. Other such claims were made & soon the populous rallied against any xenos species not original natives to the system. The more fanatical of the public proclaiming they had to 'remove the elements which weaken humanity', following these events the 'impure genes exclusion law' got passed which targeted the disabled, physically weak, demi-humans, etc...

As a result of the of the loss of social freedoms & the dissolvement of the parliament, not to mention the execution of the traitors trying to revive democracy, The few remaining Saorian democratic loyalists formed a rebel faction to oppose the empire thus started the "Democratic Liberation Army". Two years had passed before the DLA managed to organize a rebellion which took some outer rim holdings with surprise but their effort was short lived as the overwhelming military might of the Rozen Empire had mobilized with astounding speed and promptly shattered the DLA's fleet & majority of their forces with little effort, Currently the scattered & isolated remnants of the DLA forces are being dealt with as Imperial forces continue the fight to reclaim the stolen territory from the DLA terrorists.

Military: To do...

Other: To do...

Democratic Liberation Army - (NPC Faction)

Faction Name: Democratic Liberation Army
Profession: Freedom Fighters

Affiliation: Remnants of the Democratic Saorian Union rebelling against The Rozen Imperium.
Leadership:

Former DSU Admiral Logan Houghton

Personnel of Importance:

Former DSU Lieutenant Eve Morgan

Former DSU Captain Hinrich Bauschinger

Military/Civilian Assets: to do...

History:

After the Democratic Saorian Union fell a never ending series of social injustices followed civil rights denied & open persecuting of the disadvantaged & non-humans spread, In response a few Saorian loyalists rallied together and founded the DLA to fight back & liberate the occupied & oppressed worlds under the tyrannical Rozen empire.

Other: to do...

Hawk Security Services - (NPC Faction)

Faction Name: Hawk Security Services
Profession: Mercenary Corporation

Affiliation: The Rozen Imperium, The Azure Mining Corporation
Leadership:

Captain Alicia Krist

Info: Alicia is a former DSU small-craft fighter ace & special ops commando.
Served with DSU Admiral Lucrecia Von Rozen, DSU Rear Admiral Edgar Hausmann, DSU Commander Miyuki Makino

Personnel of Importance:

Military/Civilian Assets:

- Salvaged fully fitted & functional capital class DSU carrier that was to be decommissioned, now serves as HSS mobile headquarters.
- Twelve heavy assault transport ships.
- Twenty-four Specialized assault fighters.
- Six tactical missile/torpedo ships.
- four combat maintenance & logistic ships.
- four destroyers.
- Three heavy cruisers.
- Eighteen veteran assault marine Squads.

History:

Hawk Security Services were founded & built up by Captain Alicia Krist shortly after the fall of the DSU, She gathered skilled troops who didn't really care about politics & who just wanted to earn a decent living utilizing their skill sets, they ended up unintentionally fighting the beginnings of the DLA without a client as they were attempting to 'liberate' the capital class carrier Alicia was trying to buy/salvage the fact the carrier now serves as HSS headquarters explains how that particular altercation ended.

HSS currently has standing contracts with both the Rozen empire & the Azure mining corporation, & have been actively dispatched to combating the DLA, DLA survivors who've survived encounters with the HSS merc's fear them more than they fear the imperial forces claiming: "You blink, cough, or sneeze and by the time you open your eyes everything around you is destroyed".

Other:

Dark Wolf Corsairs - (NPC Faction)

Faction Name: Dark Wolf Corsairs
Profession: Space Piracy

Affiliation: Unknown
Leadership:

Ex-Colonel Ingrid Marx

Info: Formally served under DSU Admiral Lucrecia Von Rozen before the admiral retired to enter politics.

Personnel of Importance:

Military/Civilian Assets:

History: Notorious Space pirates with stolen advanced warships that harass shipping lanes, raid colonies, kill indiscriminately, etc...

Other:

Azuno Federation - (NPC/Open System/Non-Garden Nation)

Nation Name: Azuno Federation

Government Type: Democratic Republic
Leadership: >Undergoing Election<
Persons of Importance: N/A
Homeworld of Origin: Saoria
System: Varrot

Holdings:

- Azuno - Colonized Planet (Capital)
- Mitt's belt - Mining Operation
- Tesmyke - Agricultural Colony
- Xait - Industrial Colony

Unclaimed/Unaligned

- Several belts
- Seven other colonies
- Two barren moons

Population Demographics:

- 40% Human
- 10% Demi-Human
- 5% Vesi
- 7% Ishkaan
- 3% Rothan
- 35% Other/Unregistered due to mass-immigration of refugees

History:

After the small Varrot system colonies were given autonomy, The Azuno Federation was hastily formed by the local colonists building upon their founding democratic ideals began to establish a unified federation of colonies for trade & defense benefits, however Seven of the colonies in the system have either delayed their reply or refused the fledgling federations invitation to join, weather it's out of uncertainty or for their own goals of independent governing is currently unknown.

The Sudden establishment of the federation is evident as they're still in the process of electing officials, establishing their rights, constitutions, & laws as seemingly endless discussions and debates are held among the different political parties.

Military: Volunteer local militia / makeshift ramshackle fleet

Other:

Chronicles of Alnar: The First Servile War - A Fantasy RP Interest Thread

I'd be interested, been looking rp to join :)

The Darkness Descends (Fantasy Conquest RP)

Hey guys! I'm really F-ing sorry i vanished!, hope you've all been well! :)

You know about my internet not working well it totally went, & to make things worse/expensive after a power cut my computer stopped working, I.t. guy (who couldent fix my internet after 3 callouts) said the motherboard & stuff had fried from a power surge & tried to sell me a surge-protector... i was like "what good is it to me now?!", So yea not going to them again they just trying to milk money off people for stuff they cant even do or what junk they can sell.

ANYWAYS!, Thanks Romero for keeping my faction in the mix, much appriciated! :) most would of dropped or auto killed meh. but i wont be able to keep up with posts until i can get a new pc & then try & get my internet back after that, + with bills & saving, i don't know when that will be...

On a public library computer atm since i was in the city & passing this place, thought id check my emails & say hi!, & that i didn't just dropout of this rp, i would say in ooc if i was, & i would write myself out a rp rather than just leaving it there.

Also this Rp's been great & good ppl too i was so ticked off when my internet started acting up, anyways have to go the library's closing i'll try to get or borrow a laptop or something seems best & quickest bet atm, (missing youtube aswell lol).

So laters all! & hope your all doin ok!.

Ps: Also don't let this rp die out, get back to posting detailed story you lot!. :p

The Darkness Descends (Fantasy Conquest RP)

yea got connection for now Hazzah!, posted quick actions, etc... for now, every time i tired writing out whole thing i'd lost connection & takes ages to reconnect anyway writing out stuff in word doc so i can copy & paste it over soon. L8rz all & soz for the delay :'(