This rp is a homage to the beloved Tales Series, and as such will borrow a good amount of things from the series in general. Hopefully it's someone's cup of tea, eheh.
Zepharia is a planet much like Earth, blue and green and full of life. At the exact center of the world exists a fantastic island that is home to the World Tree, Grandrasil. Its titanic roots burrow deep into the planet, creating a network much alike a nervous system, where Zael energy flows and sustains life. Without the tree, the Chaos trapped deep within the core of the earth would spring free and end the world as we know it. Thankfully, Grandrasil converts the Chaos energies into the much more life-friendly Zael, which in turn makes the planet prosper and allows for the usage of Artes, which allow living beings to go past their limits with either physical skills or magical spells.
However, 100,000 years since the World Tree took root, multiple crises now threaten the world. The Empire of Parthos, a militaristic giant, has set its sights on conquering the whole planet with its war machines and sciences and has taken over half of all the world's countries into its iron grip. The other great power, the Alzeban Alliance, has banded the remaining countries together in order to fight off the Parthosian advance, though in fighting and turmoils regularly threaten to disband the only way to defeat the mighty armies heading their way.
All of said war efforts are now absorbing the Zael through their amassed forces, leaving less and less energies to sustain the rest of the world. As a result, desertification has begun to encroach upon the borders of once fertile lands, gaining momentum slowly but steadily. The loss of Zael also meant that the tree had to pump out a substitute to keep the world alive... Chaos. Only partially refined before it was released out into the surface, these polluted energies have mutated flora and fauna into "Monsters", and making them much more aggressive and dangerous in the process.
Such was the predicament that Grandrasil was forced to create antibodies to the current situations, artificial lifeforms shaped from Zael itself in the form of the sapient races. Programmed with the goal of ending the war in mind, these Zaelborn were then flung through the atmosphere to pop up in settlements all around the world. All of the Zaelborn would find themselves working on ways to stop the conflict in mind as they grew, whether it be from military service, adventuring, politics, or even terrorism. Now... will the Century of Conflict finally end? (Despite what the rather dramatic reading says, it won't be Tales inspired if there isn't any light hearted shenanigans and general goofiness, of which there will be plenty of.)
World Tree, Grandrasil- A giant tree that towers over even the mountains. It is what trapped the Chaos of the world and let life stabilize and evolve into sapience by producing Zael.
Zael- The purified energy that all life relies on. It is being consumed faster than the tree is able to produce due to massive amounts of war weapons.
Zaelborn- The player characters themselves. They tend to be special individuals with above average abilities in certain areas, courtesy of their heritage. All want to end the war, and their reasonings range vastly on how to solve this dilemma.
Chaos- The raw form of energy that is inherently unstable and warps existing lifeform. Currently trapped in the core of the earth, though semi-purified streams of it are now billowing out of Grandrasil.
Parthos Empire- The instigator of the 100 Year War and Century of Conflict. Has taken over half the world and known for using technology powered by Zael such as tanks and airships. High ranking soldiers are also modified into cyborgs to increase combat potential. The nobility is corrupt and their motto is "Might makes right".
Alzeban Alliance- The remaining half of the world's superpowers banded together to resist the power hungry Parthos. Consists of the Halderon Republic (1800s America), the Kingdom of Lanniston (Western Europe), and the Sen Nations (Japan, China, Korea-esque.).
Arte- The special abilities that some lifeforms are capable of. Usually divided into either Strike (physical techniques) or Arcane (magical spells). Then there are Mystic Artes, which basically amount to a super move that is inherently different depending on its users' personalities and characteristics, no two are the same. More detailed information on Artes
*Name:
*Age:
*Gender:
*Appearance: Picture link or Text
*Class: List of Classes to Choose From
*Equipment: Weapon, Armor, Accessories.(Can be out there, like weapons being bubble wands or pugilistic size shifting dolls if one wishes for it)
*Abilities, Artes, and Skills: (What you can do, both job skills and general talents like cooking). Artes are like special named techniques for people to use at their leisure. Have fun thinking up a moveset. XD
*Personality:
*Brief Bio: Why they are now exploring the world, what they achieved in life, and how they intend to stop the war.
*Justice Emerson (Hunter) by sarcasticdevotee
*Nyoira des Vair (Twinsword) by Superfly
*Camriska Durado (Magic Knight) by Serinaty
*Marek Tenno (Magic Knight) by Whitepulse
*Aurica Lascar (Ninja) by LowKey123
*Mushuro (Ninja) by Dblade26
*Rowan Valentine (Twinsword) by Plightz