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Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire

Lennon79 said
Added a rank or lack thereof for Marius.

Nice one - I wasn't sure if you were an assassin or whether you were yet to join :)
P.s. Sorry for changing the CS repeatedly, it should be fine now

Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire

Four things Newbie:
1)Put it in a hider
2)I'd say go warrior or veteran (Newbies one of the Co-GMs)
3)Poison dagger? As in you have a dagger and can make poison? Or as in a magical dagger? Think carefully about your answer ;P
4)STOP CALLING EVERY CHARACTER MATHIUS OR EARL GREY!!! xD

Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire

Filius Manius - "The Master"

Name: Filius Manius aka "The Master" or "Master Filius"
Gender:Male
Age: 68
Rank Master Assassin

Appearance: http://tinyurl.com/ofud8jv
Equipment: Filius usually wears a Toga with no added protection except for a sheathed dagger. He has not worn his hidden blade for a while now.

Personality: Filius is austere, often speaking only few words to those bellow him save for the times when he feels a lecture is due. He is very wise and knows it, however as much as he tries to hide it he feels over-encumbered by the burden of leadership. Unless you’re a high ranking member of the order don’t expect to speak to him much

Bio: Filius was born into the Assassin Order and trained from a young age. His father owned a wealthy estate just outside of Rome and Filius would often accompany his family into the city to various parties hosted by the roman elite. The party lifestyle grew on Filius as he entered adolescence and would suit him far greater than the lifestyle the Assassins offered him.

Due to his lack of discipline, his father pulled some strings and had him enlisted into the Navy. Filius would hate his father for this. Life on the seas wasn’t too bad however, especially when Filius was able to escape the role of a common marine in order to become a scribe for the captain. Even then however Filius saw his fair share of action, and came to realise that his earlier training had been on many occasions what saved him.

Returning to Rome Filius would find his estate owned by strangers, his family vanished from existence, and a series of shut doors from those he once called friends. In time he would be reunited with the Order and discover his family was murdered by Templars. This hate drove him throughout his adult life and up the assassin ranks.
He had little to do with the assassination of Caesar, but would be tasked by Brutus and others to protect some of their families. After the battle of Philippi Filius became a Master Assassin by default in order to rebuild the roman creed.

Skills/Strengths: Filius is very well read. He believes himself to be good at spotting deception. He is a master of logistics and to some extent politics.

Weaknesses: Filius is past his prime and cannot fight like he used to. He is often accused of having turned over-cautious in his old age, and some have openly questioned his leadership.

Samsonite

Name: Samsonite
Gender:Male
Age: 32
Rank: Assassin

Appearance: http://tinyurl.com/olgevgz - Samsonite stands at 6ft2 and is of very large muscular build.
Equipment: Samsonite wears standard Lorica segmentata, and a cape (sagum) which hides his hidden blade. He tends to carry just a spatha rather than a gladius and shield.

Personality: Samsonite is a very temperamental man, easily being sent into rage. It seems like he is always slightly pissed off and he is often just waiting for his next fight. He tends to clash with Filius as he believes that the Assassins should be more aggressive towards the Templars. He struggles to agree with some of the principles of the Order and is more concerned about revenge and what is best for Rome.

Bio: Samsonite was born into a senatorial household and from a young age was instilled with a great sense of Roman pride. Whilst his father had little influence in the Senate directly, he was quite wealthy and as a result of strategic lending had the discrete support and favours of other less influential senators. Samsonite was mentored from a young age due to his father’s intent to get his son a good military posting once he was old enough.

However before Samsonite came of age the assignation of Caesar took place. This is turn would lead to the family fleeing to Greece with other Liberatores. Samsonite was one of the ‘fortunate’ few to be left in the hands of Filius, during which time his father and mother were both killed in the Battle of Philippi. Samsonite’s hatred of Augustus was immeasurable; not only had he destroyed his family and any record of it, but he took Samsonite’s cherished republic and made it his empire.

Filius, reminded of his own history decided to convince Samsonite to stay with him and trained him to become an Assassin. Whilst they initially had a good relationship, as Samsonite has grown more reckless and Filius more passive, the two rarely see things eye to eye although Samsonite usually follows his mentors orders.

Samsonite joined the military but has not stayed with any legion for too long, just long enough to kill his targets or gather information. He currently acts as a messenger, allowing him freedom of movement.

Skills/Strengths: Samsonite has a natural combat advantage due to his size and physique. He is adept at swordplay as well as roman battle tactics. He is also one tough son of a bitch, having survived multiple injuries including a blow to the head.

Weaknesses: Samsonite’s explosive temper can have very negative effects. His impatience has also served to weaken his political and military prowess, despite having a good understanding of both.

Raminus Cimber *GM’s MAIN*

Name: Gnaeus Raminus Cimber
Gender:Male
Age: 41
Rank: Assassin

Appearance: http://tinyurl.com/pc3bpyv

Equipment: Raminus prefers to wear light linen clothing (like in the picture), but usually will wear linothorax armour underneath a senators toga. He uses his hidden blade as well as a Khopesh.

Personality: Raminus is a patient and moral man. He is a strong leader and will do what he can to help those around him. Although an assassin, Raminus tries to avoid necessary bloodshed and is a strong preacher of the three tenants. Whilst he is a roman through and through, his time in foreign lands and his assassin heritage has taught him the value of diversity and culture; as such he is against the expansion of the Empire.

Bio: Raminus was the youngest of three brothers and was born into the Assassins. His eldest brother Tillius Cimber was already making his way in politics by the time Raminus was born. Like his brothers he was trained at a young age in all manner of things, particularly fighting. At the age of thirteen, whilst living with friends in Egypt to study as his brothers had, his very elderly father passed away. Due to this his relationship with his Egyptian carers grew significantly.

He traveled between Rome, Egypt and Athens frequently during his late teens. Raminus had intended to – like his father and brothers before him – join the senate, however his brother Publius was exiled from Rome as a result of power plays by the Templars. As such it seemed to risky to enter the political ring, especially considering that at that point only close friends knew that Raminus was their brother (the age gap seemed to conceal this).

Following the death of his brothers and the annihilation of the Roman Brotherhood, Raminus became more involved with the Egyptian Brotherhood due to the sudden pressure it came under (with the roman occupation of Egypt and the lack of Assassins around the Mediterranean, their brotherhood was heavily targeted by Templars). Raminus also became romantically involved with the Master of the Egyptians, Amunet. Once things began to settle, Raminus went out in search of remnants of the Roman Brotherhood and found Filius and his recruits. Since then he has been trying to help Filius rebuild the brotherhood and tackle the Templar threat from within Rome.

Since the other Brotherhoods have become agitated with the Roman Brotherhood, it had been mostly Raminus who has had to try and convince them of their loyalty. The Egyptian brotherhoods discontent has been particularly hard on him do to his personal ties.

Skills/Strengths: Raminus is well cultured and due to travelling has picked up various moves and techniques, learning how to use a number of different weapons to an acceptable standard. Raminus can play the politics game well enough, although some are suspicious of his background as well as his name.

Weaknesses: Raminus completely lacks experience when it comes to war or large scale battles. He had personal ties within other Brotherhoods that could potentially compromise him.

Sanctuary

Edward Vates – 8 months ago
“Please mate, we don’t want any trouble. We just need help, please!” begged the large scruffy looking man, his arms stretched out as to shield his wife and young son. They all looked terrified, and the man was lightly wounded.

Vates kept his hand up and his gauntlet charged and ready to fire. A faint humming emanated from it as well as a dim blue glow. “I saw you but a few hours ago with at least five others, where are they?” demanded Vates with gritted teeth, “What’s the plan huh? Appeal to my conscious with your family, keep me distracted whilst your friends ambush me?!”

The man shook his head frantically and cried out his response, “No sir! Please! They’re all dead! There’s a conduit after us! We’re not here to attack you or steal your stuff, we just need help!” The man resisted falling to his knees, desperately trying to protect his family.

“Liar” hissed Vates. His profession made him alert to the dangers of others, to trust no-one completely, to keep your resources to yourself unless someone could offer you something better. Since the event this ideology was exacerbated by the desperation of others and the threat of conduits. “Drop your weapons and leave. If you make a move on me, if you follow me or if I even see you again I will not be so kind.”

The man’s eyes welled up completely but he stood up straight and tried to keep a strong face as he threw his hatchet to the ground, “You’ve killed us.”

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Edward Vates – Tuborg Heights - Present Time
Vates arose from his slumber fully clothed. He had, despite his intentions, fallen asleep early the previous day after fixing the rappel rope. He must have slept for a solid fourteen hours at least, which made up for the lack of sleep the previous night as well as the previous day’s exertion. Today was nothing special, he had no outstanding tasks to complete, had no immediate need for supplies, and wasn’t expecting company. His thoughts lazily skimmed over what he could keep himself busy with.

“We could investigate the market and see who has moved in?” suggested Janus. They had noticed signs of life in the market a few days prior, and Vate’s couldn’t help but wonder if the old tenants had moved back in.

“Not yet. If Cyrus and his group have moved back in I’ll have to drive them away again, and I’d rather be more physically prepared this time.” Vates replied. Cyrus and his group had lived in the market for months and although they knew Vates existed (and vice-versa) there existed an unspoken truce. However when they started scavenging closer to Vates there came an incident where some of the men tried to attack him. This led to Vates executing guerrilla tactics on the group, attacking their supplies, defences, and scouts in order to incapacitate them and drive them away. Eventually Cyrus and Vates agreed to a 1v1 fight for the area with no spectators or back-up. Vates narrowly won by a stroke of luck, and Cyrus true to his word moved his group more towards the city centre.

“Training then? It has been a while since you last practised on the spinning dummy.” Janus was always eager to use his abilities, and training was the only good opportunity where he could.

Vates smiled and strolled out of the bedroom and over to the desk where he picked up an unusual coin. The coin was about an inch and a half in diameter and was clearly an antique. On one side was the face of Tutarian, an fabled hero from early in the Core Crusades. On the other was the depiction of a dragon, its long body and tail beautifully curled round to the edges of the coin. “Beat the previous record and we’ll do some training” said Vates as he flicked the coin up into the air. In the seconds that it was suspended, Janus had a quick vision foreseeing it being heads. Although neither of them knew it, as the vision occurred a white streak flashed over Vate’s eyes. Vates caught the coin and revealed it to be heads.

Heads, Heads. Heads, Heads. Tails, Tails. Tails, Tails. Heads, Heads. Tails, Tails. Tails, Tails. Heads, Heads. Heads, Tails.

“I counted nine. That’s five off your record, you’re getting sloppy. I suppose we better do some training in that case” Vates mused. They had practiced this coin trick nearly daily for months, and at this point the use of Janus’ ability in this scenario had almost become muscle memory. The two of them had begun to apply this when using the spinning dummy, as the ability would be invaluable if they were able to use it in a fight (and if nothing else it provided Vates with some useful hand-to-hand training).

Sanctuary

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Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire

Lennon79 said
Well, there's mine.It looked a lot longer in Word...

Like it! Just add a bit about his equipment (I updated the CS moments before you posted) and you're accepted :)

Sanctuary

The Red Zephyr said
I finished rereading the IC a while ago and regret not going into Super-Ultra Logic mode when certain someones posted.

Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire

OOC is up!

http://www.roleplayerguild.com/topics/10395/posts/ooc?page=1#post-221127

Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire

OPEN

Assassins Creed: A Rising Empire
(Advanced Casual)

The year is 25BC
Rome has transitioned from a Republic into an Empire
An Empire run by the Templar Augustus

The Roman Brotherhood of Assassins is dwindling
Its members are torn between ideals:
Some fight to uphold the assassins ideals
Some fight purely for the good of Rome.

What will you fight for?

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Current GM(s): Fat Boy Kyle
Co-GM(s): TheGodfather
Status: Accepting
Characters: Check bottom of this post

Rules

Okay, so I'm not going to go into great detail here as you should already be familiar with standard rules and decency:

Respect each-other both in the IC and OOC. Banter is fine, but if you start to get bitchy so will I! You're characters don't have to like each other either, but don't let OOC things interfere with the plots and always consult others before posting about their characters or their devices.

No more than 2 characters per person. If a character dies, you may make another, however, everyone will be limited to 2 characters at a time. HOWEVER, if there is an absolutely brilliant plot idea and you have a third character you really want to incorporate, you may request one from one of the head GM's.

No killing characters without permission. This includes your characters, other player's characters, and NPCs that are being used frequently by other players. Of course feel free to make dozens of your own NPCs to kill at your hearts content

Everyone makes grammar mistakes here and there, so I'm not expecting you all to write perfectly. However, expect to be picked up on if you get a bit slack. This is set about 2,039 years ago so posts should be strictly in the past tense. I'm also a fan of splitting paragraphs when different people speak. If grammar is consistently awful to the point that I can no longer be bothered to read it then I will be harsh and kick you out of the RP.

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Background info

The year’s 25bc, Rome has transitioned from a Republic into an Empire, and the land is full of war, slavery, poverty and all manner of things. Caesars heir, Augustus, is now the Emperor and it has been 17 years since the Battle of Philippi (42bc) and the destruction of the Liberatores. Augustus stands in the way of democracy and the assassins believe that he is leading Rome and its people to destruction, if not in the short run then definitely in the long run. To make things worse he is now a Templar. August has many supporters as well as Templar friends; these not only pose a threat but some are considered to simply be in need of killing. The Praetorian Guard act as the instruments of Augustus and the Templars.

The Liberatores (Liberators) were a group of senators (notably Brutus) who assassinated Julius Caesar due to fears he was growing too powerful. What was unbeknownst to most of these ‘Liberatores’ was that their leaders were in fact part of the Assassin Order, which at this point were very thinly spread. What August and his newly founded Templar allies do not yet know however is that some of the more secretive members as well as the families of the fallen have managed to survive, and have now joined under the banner of the Assassin Order. These Assassins now try to accomplish their goals through political means as well as violence, with some becoming politicians, some military, but most simply acting as common spies/assassins.

Current status of the Roman Brotherhood

The Roman Brotherhood is currently being led by Filius Manius (aka ‘Rector’, Master Assassin). He is wise, confident and experienced, but he is too old to fight and his leadership is lacking. His right hand man is Raminus Cimber (Assassin Rank), a smart and cunning man who has had experience with the Egyptian Brotherhood. Raminus has the most contact with the lower Assassins, being the one to issue orders and training. His left hand is Samsonite (Assassin Rank), an angry man who's father was one of the Liberatores (although not an assassin). Samsonite is often at ends with Manius for not being aggressive enough.

Not only is this brotherhood very weak and low on members, but it is under threat of both Templars and to an extent other orders. The other assassin orders have become increasingly agitated by the growth of the Empire, especially when it seeps into their territories; they question whether the Roman Brotherhood is more loyal to the Assassins or to Rome

The ranking structure is as follows (highest to lowest): [list]

Master Assassin - The most experience of Assassins would be left in charge of an entire brotherhood

Assassin - Only after years of service would you be formally initiated into the Assassins and receive your hidden blade

Veteran - Whilst following orders, Veterans are trusted to mostly act as they see fit

Warrior - Warriors are sent on important missions/contracts

Disciple - Having trained and having proved oneself on small tasks, Disciples would be sent on small missions

Apprentice - If potential was seen then you would be taken in and begin training

Recruit - At this level they would simply be used as spies and informants

So basically this is a fairly free flowing RP. Players will play as Assassins and intially will be either joining or training, allowing themselves chance to build relationships and realise their own goals/motives (as well as give me a chance to think of plot lines!). Eventually the RP will progress into a AC1 style story where targets are assigned and players will try to eliminate them at the same time as trying to fulfill their own goals, and deal with any side plots. This doesn't simply mean you should go and shiv the bloke, it means that players should try to build their way up to killing (or even just incapacitating) targets by clever planning, clever politics, power plays, military strikes, etc.

Players (unless you convince me otherwise) should be no higher a rank than Disciple. Players can have a variety of backgrounds, such as a soldier or senator, and are free to play such roles out. So for example whilst a couple of players might be in Rome playing politics, another player could be in a big battle in Africa. Although please keep it relevant to the overarching Assassin Theme and story. Players should ideally be Roman (as in live in Roman territory, not necessarily Rome) due to it being the Roman Brotherhood.

As for weapons and the like, try to keep it historically accurate, and you'll get bonus Fat Points if you keep it accurate to AC lore. So you shouldn't be in full breast-plated knight armour, nor should you have crossbows and such. Until you reach the rank of Assassin you will also be without a hidden blade (which at this point still requires you to lose a finger), so you'll have to rely on daggers and such.

Any questions feel free to post them or PM them to me. Otherwise here's the CS sheet (MAKE SURE YOU POST IT IN A HIDER DAMN IT!):

CS Sheet

Name: (Include nicknames if any)
Gender: (Male? Female? Eunuch?)
Age: (Should match skill/ability - i.e. a 70 year old shouldn't be a master free-runner)
Rank: (You should be Disciple or below, or yet to be recruited)
Appearance: (Pics are good but not mandatory)
Equipment: (What weapons, etc. Players will get the opportunity to gain/swap weapons so don't make your character a living Armoury)
Personality: (Good guy? Bad Girl? Stoic? Slutty?)
Bio: (History and Background - if there's anything you don't want other players to see then PM me)
Skills/Strengths: (If your character is already trained/experienced, what fighting style do they use for example.)
Weaknesses: (Fat? Weak? Can't swim? Scared of heights? You don't have to list all their weaknesses and some will of course be alluded to or shown in the IC posts, but it'd be nice to show that you're not god-modding)

Characters and Targets