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After The Fall Of Camelot; The Broken Citadel

@Zahrale
Is it worth mentioning that apparently 4 people have chosen traitor, but only 3 are on the foreign knight list?

After The Fall Of Camelot; The Broken Citadel

Throwing my name in the metaphorical hat for ruler, and working on my character.

Ecetopia: Rzail: Karnorouri’s Pillar

More people? Rosa doubted the concept of "The more, the merrier" was ever intended to apply to this situation, but she wasn't going to complain. She had been quite morbid in her conversations so far, but with these reinforcements, she certainly thought they stood a chance. Best not to say that out loud, though. As she had said, confidence kills.

She worried somewhat about the orc. He seemed frail, particularly so considering his species, and his reliance on that walking stick would not be advantageous, either. Rosa assumed he had more use than was visibly noticeable, or he wouldn't have come on a journey like this.

The human, alternatively, seemed the opposite. Like Voph, Fionn appeared well-equipped and capable, but also had the care to at least learn what he was hunting. Rosa hoped he would live up to his appearance.

On the subject of Voph, Rosa wondered if she'd been too harsh with him. She was used to working alone, and had undertaken this journey under the expectation of having help. Herself, she could rely upon to make intelligent, careful decisions, and she'd be the only one who'd suffer if she failed to. With people assisting her, she'd have to rely on them and them on her. Any mistake could be amplified painfully.

As for Nakreyya, the elf, she was like a halfway point between the other two newcomers. Armoured, yet the armour was sculpted and artful in its design. Missing an eye, yet every other feature implied a lifetime of safety and luxury. Rosa decided to hope for the best with this woman.

Traveller. An strange name, unlikely to be his real one. An alias, maybe? Whatever the case, he seemed useful enough. His armour was made of something exotic, and presumably better than the standard fare, or he wouldn't use it. Rosa was definitely satisfied with what he appeared to be, and, as with Fionn, she just hoped he would live up to this.

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The assembled group eventually arrived at the Pillar. It was certainly impressive, in a bleak way. A single, unnatural, crow-like creature watched them as they approached. Rosa matched its horrid gaze. She refused to be intimidated by a bird, even one like that. She couldn't help thinking of the old rhyme, the one about magpies. One for sorrow. And so on.

Rosa had both of her guns with her. She wouldn't normally bring them to Ecetopia, but she considered Karnarouri to be good enough reason. She kept her shotgun drawn on the approach to the Pillar. She had intended to blast anything not quite dead that might be around, but, thankfully, there was nothing.

"I assume that digging won't work. Karnarouri has an ego, that much is clear from the monolith alone. So, of all the excavations here, the entrance to his tomb is going to be in the middle somewhere, it might even be the monolith. The difficulty would be in opening it."

After The Fall Of Camelot. (A Casual interest Check)

@Zahrale Since the original knights were all male, and there were almost no female fighters throughout medieval Europe, will female characters be allowed for the roleplay?

After The Fall Of Camelot. (A Casual interest Check)

Also interested. This looks good.

(My first roleplay on this site had a vaguely similar concept, and unfortunately it ended prematurely, so I'm very glad I found this.)

Ecetopia: Rzail: Karnorouri’s Pillar

When Traveller spoke, Rosa simply nodded and proceeded with him. When Voph spoke, on the other hand, she had to stop herself from laughing.

"You didn't expect to meet others... so you thought you could defeat Karnarouri? Alone? I'll admit, I haven't seen you in a fight, but I really doubt that. Hell, I don't know if the three of us together could beat him. I'll grant you this much, usually I wouldn't be quite so friendly, but I know I'd rather do that than die.

"And, apparently, I'm about to get another opportunity."

It was then that Rosa heard and subsequently saw Fionn approaching. Someone else come to deal with the lich, judging from both what he said and his equipment.

"A little of both," Rosa replied. "You're here for him as well?"

Ecetopia: Rzail: Karnorouri’s Pillar

In response to Traveller, Rosa said "Actually, I'd suggest having that talk now. I don't want to waste time, not with what we're up against. Unless either of you particularly want to stall any longer, I think we should get moving as soon as possible." This was entirely true. The more time spent not putting Karnorouri down, Rosa thought, the more time he had to prepare himself and to endanger other people.

So this wasn't Voph's first time on a mission of this calibre? Good, Rosa thought. They could certainly use the experience. Still, even if Voph displayed a level of intelligence in his analysis of the enemy, he wouldn't have been able to do so if Rosa hadn't explained what was happening to him. She wasn't eager to die just because of his carelessness.

"You make it sound so easy, Voph. It's probably safest if you don't fool yourself; there is a very good chance that this is more than we can handle. Pretending it will be easy will only get you, and perhaps subsequently the rest of us, killed."

Ecetopia: Rzail: Karnorouri’s Pillar

"They have supplies," Rosa began, finishing her approach maybe ten feet from the nearest of the other two. "But whether they have any to spare, I don't know, and they're not exactly generous; they might decide not to give you anything even if they can. I don't blame them, not with what it's like out here, but that could be an issue for you."

Another issue apparently being that Voph didn't know what he was hunting. Virtuous in principle, stupid in practice. Rzail's a big enough place to get lost in when you know where you're headed, let alone when you don't. Once you've also realised you don't know what you're up against, it really starts looking like a bad idea.

"You don't know? I'd have expected someone dressed like that to have done their research, but apparently not. Here's the short version: a very long time ago, a very dangerous person did some very bad things and killed a lot of people. Most of the world worked together to stop him and eventually succeeded. Good guys win, everyone's happy, hypothetically speaking, until now. There's reason to believe this person, Karnarouri, is on his way back, and I for one would not appreciate that."

Rosa was almost done speaking when she realised she'd forgotten something. "Rosa Stoneheart," she said, performing a mock bow "at your service."

Ecetopia: Rzail: Karnorouri’s Pillar

Rosa was relieved that the others didn't want battle, or at least that they said they didn't. One had a gun (which he wouldn't take his hand off, which was hardly a good sign), and while Rosa had hers, the lack of cover in the desert was not something she wanted in a fight. Nor could she expect to close the distance between them before being hit multiple times, though she expected she'd win in melee. But that was besides the point. The point being that agression would be stupid and possibly suicide.

"I'm glad," Rosa said, in reply to the claims of peaceful intentions. The one with the gun had referred to the other as a 'new friend' - so they had just met. If they were bandits, they were simultaneously very rich and very disorganised, so they probably weren't bandits. Rosa decided to test her other theory instead. "Though, I can't help wondering: why would two heavily armoured men be out here in the desert, risking death from starvation, thirst, or, hell, even being throttled in their sleep? They wouldn't be looking for a certain pillar, would they?"

Ecetopia: Rzail: Karnorouri’s Pillar

Rosa Stoneheart

Rosa Stoneheart

Influence: 3

Groups: Currently none.

Description:

Height: 6'0"
Weight: 168lbs
Age: 29
Race/species: Werewolf (previously human)
Appearance: Rosa is quite obviously physically athletic - a large portion of her weight is muscle, which, with her height as well, is quite high. She has light brown skin, blue eyes, and black hair, the lattermost being fairly short and swept back. She has many scars, most of which are cuts of various kinds, though all of them have an odd texture as if whatever cut her also burned (in truth, these are injuries from silver weapons - nothing else can scar her). In terms of fashion, Rosa tends to wear tough, durable clothes, often made of black leather, but otherwise keeping to the technology and possibly the style of the planet she's on. She also always wears a necklace from which hang six large canine teeth - the upper-right canines of six different werewolves that died trying to usurp the leadership of Pack Stoneheart from her.
Personality: Rosa seems aggressive, sometimes even cruel, and to an extent she is. She hasn't been able to really trust someone in a long time, and she has known most of her life that giving off an intimidating impression makes her safer. Despite this rough shell, she treats her friends, however few they are, very, very well, and will not hesitate to put herself at risk to protect them. Additionally, she is very stubborn once she's picked a course of action, and quick to resort to violence when other methods fail. However, she isn't stupid, simply uneducated - don't ask her about quadratic equations or the boiling points of hydrocarbons, ask her about the fastest way to get into the military complex undetected.

Abilties, Talents, Traits, Powers:

• ⁽³⁾ Second form -- Rosa is able to transform into a huge, wolflike version of herself. As long as she does so, she has dramatically improved strength, speed, reaction time, and physical resilience.
• ⁽³⁾ Regeneration -- Rosa is able to regenerate most injuries inflicted upon her within ten minutes. However, silver burns her, and will stop any injuries it comes into contact with from ever healing. She can't regenerate lost limbs, and many wounds of a high caliber, such as broken bones, will take even longer, possibly reaching one hour or even more. Also, if an injury leaves a foreign body inside of Rosa (i.e. bullet wounds) the injury cannot heal until the foreign body is removed.
• ⁽²⁾ Physical superiority -- In her human form, Rosa's strength, speed, reaction time, and physical resilience are superior to those of a normal human, but not as much as her second form's.
• ⁽²⁾ Gunplay -- Rosa knows how to load, aim, and accurately fire most modern guns, and is particularly skilled in the use of shotguns and pistols.
• ^(2] Brawling -- Rosa is good in a fistfight, though her style is heavily practical - she's not good enough to show off.

Items:

• ⁽³⁾ Portal network -- Rosa knows a guy who owns a portal network between a few well-traveled planets, and charges people to use it. For someone who travels a lot, like herself, this comes in handy, even if it gets expensive.
• ⁽²⁾ Accomodation -- Rosa has a flat on Frixion Prime, and a townhouse in New Bastion, on Ecetopia. They're good, but nothing fancy.
• ⁽²⁾ Guns -- Rosa has a shotgun and a pistol, as well as plenty of ammo, which she stores at her flat if the technology level of wherever she's headed wouldn't account for them.

Background: Rosa lived in a small Ecetopian town for most of her childhood, brought up by her parents, Helena and Leopold Bowe. Leopold's disappearance when Rosa was 12 dramatically changed things.
Helena had difficulty coping, and Rosa soon found herself providing for both of them, hunting game in the nearby forest and selling it to the townsfolk. It was extremely difficult at first, and the two narrowly avoided poverty and starvation. However, as things progressed, Rosa's skill developed. Their situation was stable again, though Helena continued to suffer.
This ended with her suicide. Her grief over Leopold, two years after his disappearance, finally proved too much. Rosa, upon discovering her mother, fled into the woods.
Rosa soon regretted this decision. She was thoroughly lost be nightfall, with no food, fire, or shelter. Eventually she accepted she would spend the night out there, and did so. However, a pack of huge wolves attacked her in the night, and, though she tried to flee, she ended up bitten, and soon collapsed from blood loss.
When she woke up, she found herself in an encampment - which she later learned to be the home of the werewolf pack Pack Stoneheart, of which she was the newest member. Amazingly, Leopold was there, too (in fact, he had become the pack leader). Despite the tragedy and the jarring change, it looked as though things for Rosa wouldn't be so bad, after all.
Rosa remained in the pack for a long time. After five years, Leopold's age dictated that he was no longer strong enough to lead Pack Stoneheart, and he stepped down. Leadership of Pack Stoneheart was contested, between Rosa and a packmate named Elias. The conflict was resolved in the werewolves' usual method: single combat.
Rosa defeated Elias (to the shock of many; Elias was by far the larger and stronger), though, contrary to tradition, she left him alive. It would be unfair to kill him for his ambition alone, she said, and that he had no way to know he was opposing or threatening her when he announced it. Using the same logic, she killed six would-be usurpers across her eight years ruling Pack Stoneheart.
Rosa's leadership suddenly came to an end (when she was 27, in case you haven't been keeping track), with a raid on the encampment by a force of soldiers working for the Lord Magistrate of New Bastion. The attack was perfectly planned - impossibly so, were it not for one thing: Elias, the werewolf Rosa defeated so long ago, had betrayed the pack for a chance at revenge. He attacked Rosa, nearly killing her, but she managed to escape him.
Rosa has since travelled around widely, taking on mercenary work and just generally getting by. She has no idea how many others escaped the raid, or where Leopold or Elias are now, if either are alive. If she had the opportunity, she would kill Elias in an instant. Though all the leads she had have gone cold, one word about him and she'll be there in an instant.