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I am a seven-foot tall minecraft-playing hindu guru drag-queen alien.

Possessor of an Ancient Device™ Model 17. No, I don't know what it does. No, you can't play with it.

Pronouns: It. As in: "What is it? What does it want? Why is it here? Oh my god, it's got my... <insert random body part or object here>"

Likes: World Domination, Writing, Rpg, scifi/fantasy, anime, sketchup 3d models, and anime music videos.

Companions: a host of characters from other games, my personal muse Penny (as in Bad), and the Badger gang - Toothpick, Buttons, Shark, and Mongo. They grew up in the balcony of an old theatre that played a lot of gangster movies. Normally benign, but may invade the OOC forums.

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Dungeon Core: The Warrens


Dungeons - to the surface dwellers, they're dangerous labryinths filled with both monsters and treasure. Some say hundreds of them litter the world, with goblins and a bit of treasure, or dragons and ancient magical artifacts. The lure of treasure thus brings the adventurers, seeking self-enrichment and glory as they slay anything that gets in their way.

And part of that glory is to destroy the heart of the dungeon, the dungeon core, that makes life within these dungeons possible.

But to the beings who live in them, forced from their place in the world above, the dungeon is their only shelter in an increasingly hostile world.

The Warrens, as they are called, is one such dungeon. It started as a humble fishing village, next to a river and a natural harbor. While many were happy with their simple life, others looked upon the land with greed.

The Gaecia Empire conquered the village, naming it "Westeinde" and it swiftly became the empire's major port for trade. It wasn't long before the forests were cut back and replaced by farms, while a city of wood and stone was built, along with massive cargo ships, warehouses, and many barrels and crates.

But the merchants of Westeinde were foolish, greedy men. They hired mages to cast curses on their rivals - and those rivals cast curses on them. And because the mages kept casting those curses daily, they began to build up. The ground began to tremble, storms became stronger, more ships were lost at sea.

Something had to snap - and snap it did. An ancient volcano stirred to life and erupted, covering Westeinde with ash and poisonous gas. Tremors made the land sink. Without the forest to hold the land above the town in place, the rains and tremors caused massive slides, further burying the city.

And something more - a dungeon core was created, drawn forth by the hidden Chaos Gates in the depths of the world. It fed on the collected curses, then slowly extending throughout the buried city in the long ages as the surface recovered.

Once a place had been prepared, it began summoning monsters to protect itself.

Monsters such as yourself.












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"The problem with that," Darya sends, "Is if there's an emergency, I have to run all the way from the hanger to the stateroom."

The room was incredible, richly appointed and with an opulent window that took center stage.

Wow, the pilot in her thought. Just what you want to see when you ride out the edge of an explosion of an entire star, a point of failure.

No doubt that the cruise line thoroughly tested that window and were assured that it would ride out the blast wave. Of course, if it doesn't, well, that's why there were insurance companies.

"If it's privacy you're after," she messaged, giving Violet an appraising eye, "All you need to do is let me know."
Sorry everyone, I overslept today so I'll post the Warrens up later today.

As above, this dungeon core is a bit different, and there's more than just a handful of rooms on one level, mostly joined by towers, one of which reaches to the surface, the remains of an ancient lighthouse and is where most of the adventurers come from.

Yay, there's interest!
This is the city.

Like most cities, it had humble beginnings - a tiny fishing village nestled between a river and a natural harbor, backed by a huge forest.

The Gaecia Empire conquered the village, naming it "Westeinde" and it became the empire's major port for trade. It wasn't long before the forests were cut back and replaced by farms, while a city of wood and stone was built, along with massive cargo ships, warehouses, and many barrels and crates.

But the merchants of Westeinde were foolish, greedy men. They hired mages to cast curses on their rivals - and those rivals cast curses on them. And because the mages kept casting those curses daily, they began to build up. The ground began to tremble, storms became stronger, more ships were lost at sea.

Something had to snap - and snap it did. An ancient volcano stirred to life and erupted, covering Westeinde and most of the people with ashe and landslides, burying it and all its treasures.

And something more - a dungeon core was created. It fed on the collected curses, then slowly extending throughout the buried city as the surface recovered. And it began summoning monsters to protect itself.

After Gaecia, other empires rose and fell. There was more construction, more disasters as the ancient curses wrecked havoc on the land. Seekers of the long lost ancient Westeinde never realizing what laid far below their feet.

After many hundreds of years, a new city has been built on the site of the old, becoming once more a trading hub where ships would come in from all over the known world and caravans would carry those cargos to the new capital. But instead of another eruption, the new empire found a closer port to conquer.

The ships come rarely now, there hasn't been a caravan in over a decade. The wealthy merchants of this era have fled with their money - but that dungeon core remains, summoning new monsters to guard its treasures and keep alive the ancient curse.

Monsters like you.




Like the Idiot's Dungeon Union, this isn't so much about combat but adjusting to life in the many layers of the dungeon beneath the city and protecting it from adventurers.

Interested?
Congrats to everyone that made it, hope you all have a grand time!

Wouldn't mind a separate rp if mine's not selected.
I’m interested. I have a couple of things to ask, though. First of all, we have to play an OC, right? And does the character really have to be a monster? Thanks!


Do you have an OC monster?

We may be monsters, but we were brought here to defend this place from the true monsters - adventurers. Murder hobos who break into your homes, slay everything that moves, then ransacks the place looking for loot or cutting off your ears.

Why do they want our ears?
What use could they possibly have for them?

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Ah, alright. So we can’t be a mere mortal with powers, then? Lol. But what about half-human, half-monster. Is it acceptable?


Like half-human, half-horse? Centaur? Sure.
Half-human, half-bull? Minotaur? Sure.
Half-human, half-bird? Harpy? Okay!
Half-human, half-fish? Could use some merfolk.
Rookie numbers. We can pump it up to 20 by tomorrow, at least!


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