Drache

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The hybrid continued to grumble and mutter under her breath, tail twitching back and forth as she tilted her head first one way and then the other. Her constant rumble of cursing switched to draconic at some point, and while it was a harsher language it seemed to suit her voice a bit better than Common.

Tilting her head first one way and then the other, Drache eventually began to prod the stones that were raised up, hoping that they were just loose. She was no expert on traps, as evidenced by a few scars on her body. Her approach was basically "spring it before it springs me" if she could find something.

Drache didn't have the same sense of impending doom that Raffey did, but she was watching him, firstly out of simple attraction but now more because he had turned out to be trustworthy and capable so far. "Your blood is up. What do you smell?" She wasn't asking literally. She followed his eyes to the portal and the floating orb shapes.

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With her hands tracing the raised edges of carvings along the walls, or sketching the unfamiliar designs down in one of her logbooks with details on where to find this place again, Drachiathoryx glanced out of the corner of her eye and noticed Raffey staring at her. Upon noting this, the red dragonkin paused and then gave a subtle shake of her hips and a wink. There was no protest when he joined her, though the half-dragon grumble a little at being disagreed with, continuing to stare up at the drawing with her horns cocked a little to the side. Her tongue gave a thoughtful flick out of her mouth.

"You see this much differently than I do. But fine, we'll have it your way." As she fell in step behind him, she muttered, "Don't get used to it."

If it was possible for a half fire dragon to cry, Drache's ember eyes would have been watering from the foulness of the fetid stink. But instead, she bore a foul grimace that twisted her face into something fierce. At any moment she expected to find a pile of rotting corpses or worse.

The tomb raider tried to keep track of the carvings on the walls, scribbling the most interesting ones, but found it difficult to concentrate. Yet when the came across the carving of the circle with different landscapes on either side, her ear-frills flattened worriedly. "That...looks like a portal." If the vague references to such things she had come across in her reading had taught her anything, it was that portals were Dangerous.

She couldn't wait to find out!

Drache's eyebrow lifted when Raffey started to tear at his shirt, and the dragoness stopped, watching eagerly, only to seem a little disappointed when all she got out of it was a scrap of cloth. She was capable of clamping her nostrils shut (though it meant tasting the stench instead), so she settled for draping the rag across her snout and sniffing the smell of Raffey.

The she-drake had a way of walking when suspicious of danger, the confident swagger becoming more of a slow prowl as her tail and wings lifted up instinctively in readiness. Together they peered into the room, and Drache gave a clack of her teeth.

"Someone's stolen all the shinies, I see." She wasn't so much angry at the theft as she was that she hadn't gotten there first! She started to move into the room, but the tiered benches gave her pause. Her tail gave a thoughtful twitch. "Only one way out, if you don't count that," she gestured to the portal, trying to fight the nearly overwhelming urge to step through it. It was almost like a sort of vertigo. The glowing doorway seemed to grow larger in her mind even though the distance to it seemed to grow. She shook her head to banish the weirdness.

"Don't look at me like that, I've never come across an intact portal before. Who knows what's on the other side! I'm surprised it's unguarded. And where the fuck is that stink coming from? Your natural musk only kept it at bay for so long, my dear."

She pulled the scrap of cloth away from her snout and scratched her claws uncertainly against the doorframe, inspecting it to see if it looked like it might be trapped. So many ruins were at least partly unstable, if not booby-trapped. It was a sure sign you were close to something good.

"Wait, Raffey. Don't move."

Eyeing the stones just inside the doorway, wishing angrily that she had a way of sensing if things were amiss, Drache held her hand out. "Let me borrow that stick. I need to poke something."

Play with Fire!

Bump since two of my partners disappeared without a trace.

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Sorry, my bad.

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No. And besides, a war raptor is more than a traveling mount.

[Ebonfort] Blighted

A brief silence met Crann's words as she and Jimmory turned to peer in the direction of the threatening growl. It was a pause filled by Jimmory turning on his hooves, causing the grass and leaves under him to hiss and crunch, and then a gasp at the creature lurking in the shadow of a dying tree.

It stalked forward, shoulders rolling supply on its back. Its eyes should have gleamed dangerously, but instead they seemed glassy as they stared at the dryad and her companion. A long tail swished silently through the air behind it. It was a cougar, though twice as large as it should have been, and it bared its teeth in another wet growl. Hard, bony plates protruded from its collarbone and down its spine, giving it an even more fell appearance. Even if she hadn't eyes to see that there was something wrong with the dire beast, she would known it. Its tawny coat hunk loose and dull against a plague-wracked skeletal frame. Dark patches of scabbed, bloody fur squirmed with maggots. Even as it pulled back its lips she would see the broken teeth and the pale receding gums. And on top of its tortured condition, the druid would be able to feel that the life force inside it was gone, replaced by something deathly and unnatural and full of a vile hatred.

The dire puma sprang without warning as all cats were want to do, racing right towards Crann. It should have been staggering from the pain and weakness of its abused state, but instead seemed to ignore it completely, gathering itself to spring with claws out.

Jimmory hadn't the time to draw his bow, and against nearly 500lbs of undead feline it was a miracle that the cold terror in his gut even allowed him to move his hooves. In a pure panic, the faun sprang away, bounding towards the thickest of the forest.

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Additional Questions brought you by Holy R. Enigma/Landaus Five-One.

What type of landscape is Ebonfort located in? Valley, Plains and etc.
Mostly the 'Kingdom/Nation.'

What government type Ebonfort is? (Monarchy, Trading Republic, and etc)

Just had to ask these two additional questions. Since the nation of Ebonfort does sound kinda nice.

@Landaus Five-One

Most of Ebonfort Kingdom is located in a deciduous forest called the Chartric Forest. Towards the north, the forest becomes the more coniferous Bahora Forest. The city of Stone Crest is north of Ebonfort Capital and is located in the Indiga Mountains. Towards the south the land becomes more grassy and less forested where Azure Strand and Ruby Banks are located. This grassy land extends over much of the continent and is called the Kerawac or "Valley of Screamers". In general, it is a land rich in resources and the Ebonfort kingdom is well-organized to keep her citizens fed and sheltered. A lot of this is answered in detail in the Cities section of the Wiki.

The Ebonfort government is strictly military (also on the wiki).

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Good. So if you need anything else you can either ask here or on Skype. :)

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Alright, sorry for the delay, I wanted to get home to my computer to type this rather than use my phone because that would have been a huge pain in the ass.

1a. The cause of the disaster that robbed the world of magic for 200 years 300 years (sorry, typo) is currently being discovered by several characters in an on-going quest which you can read about here and here. It essentially involves the attempt of a few mortals to stop a power-mad God from taking over the world and the consequences of their actions.
1b. I am concerned that you may have the wrong idea about how post-apocalyptic this world is. Tessanis (the name of the planet) has never reached a level of technology that we would consider modern. This is a medieval setting. The set-back occurred because magic was stripped from most of the world, and magic is what many cultures relied on in lieu of technology. A scramble for resources caused certain cultures to thrive (Ebonfort) while others perished (Vircastoria) and even more were created in the aftermath (the Kvaren and Pyresia).

2a. I am not sure about the total population in numbers of the entire planet. @Twhirtley will have to weigh in on this one but you can except populations of cities to be similar to real world medieval numbers.
2b. Right now the only "planet" known per se is Tessanis. There are other "realms" such as the Feywild, Aether, and Abyss that are accessed through magic rather than any sort of space travel. This is more akin to Planar travel in D&D lore.

3. For plot reasons, not all of the cultures or cities of the world have been discovered, but what your character will likely know is that Ebonfort is currently the strongest kingdom around, primarily due to its non-reliance on magic. Frigmount to the north is also strong, but was mysteriously cut off from the rest of the world (the cause being discovered in the quest and RP threads I linked above). There are now rumours of cities in the desert to the south and the west (Pyresia, dragon city, pretty awesome). There is the potential for us to unveil more at any time.

This universe is completely separate from any other so we're not having anyone ported over through space jumps and things like that.

Edit: In addition, since it was touched on earlier, the way we RP here is a bit more sandbox style than others. We don't just have one massive thread that progresses chronologically through time. You are free to start new threads to RP certain events in any place that you like. If it's something that requires GM guidance, we're here to do that. There are also always quests going to explore/discover/fight baddies, etc. These RP threads can be set in any point in time (within reason). To get a better idea of what I'm talking about, check out the character sheets and see how people's RPs are listed at the bottoms.

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Please clarify what certain things you're interested in knowing about so I can best narrow the scope of my reply.

I can also be reached on Skype at drache04