Kingfisher

Starless - Unique Fantasy RP

Just popping by to throw in my interest

Fallout: King and Country

<Snipped quote by Kingfisher>

Thanks!

Do you mind if I introduce my character by having him bumble into the group and ask if they want to go scout out a haven?

@mpjama2

Not at all! Message me what you have planned and we can weave it into the plot

Fallout: King and Country

Woops, did not know that the Character Tab was only for accepted characters. I'm done editing my character, hopefully I'm not too late!

Ackerly Finch

Name/Nicknames: Ackerly Finch

Age: 230

Appearance: Ackerly is a pre-war ghoul, and a former agent of the United Kingdom to boot. He wants to embody the ideal of a "Proper Brit", and it comes off as cartoonish to ordinary people. His desire to be a "Model Citizen" has lead him to constantly wearing a tattered suit, a monocle, and a top hat with the top brim popped off. His flesh has heavily deteriorated, but he makes no attempt to hide his ghoulish nature. He has cloudy blue eyes, and only faint wisps of his hair remain.

Race: Ghoulishly Handsome (sorry)

Personality: Ackerly used to be an agent of the British Commonwealth. Like many citizens of the Commonwealth, he was pressured to conform to the ideal of the "Model Citizen" and act like a "Proper Brit". The radiation over the past two hundred years has done a number on his brain cells, and has led him to adopt this idea of being a "Proper Brit" to a cartoonish degree. Most ordinary people find him to be completely ridiculous. He acts needlessly polite to everyone he meets, has an absolute obsession with drinking the "Tea Time", and has an air of condescension about him. He is always on the lookout for "Foreign Subversives", and is extremely paranoid. Ackerly often feels without purpose since the collapse of the Commonwealth, and is obsessed with finding any remnant of the pre-War government.

Skills/Attributes: Ackerly used to be an agent of the British Commonwealth and he was trained in the use of firearms and the basics of hand to hand combat. Finch is a skilled liar, but often annoys those he meets to such a degree that they abandon diplomacy quickly. Ackerly can sneak around, but is not particularly skilled at it, and he understands only the most rudimentary skills needed for handling explosives.

Back-story: Ackerly was born to a poor family in the slums of Pre-War London in 2047, and he had little opportunity for a good education. This led Ackerly to grow up to be a cynical young man. He applied to the Police Academy, not because he wanted to help anyone but because he desired the power and prestige being a police officer would give him. While Ackerly was a cynic at heart, he proved a hard worker and was able to work his way through the ranks of London's police department. His hard work caught the eye of the director of MI5, which was co-opted to become a secret police first in the late 20th century. The King's Men were tasked with removing undesirables and capturing those cast out as "lacking loyalty to King and Country" by the Patriot's Committee. Ackerly was soon drafted into the organization. While Ackerly was apart of the MI5 he learned his particular set of skills, and learned quickly it was dangerous to be openly cynical. Therefore Ackerly, like most of MI5 adopted a persona of being a "Proper Brit" to an almost cartoonish degree. But for now, it remained simply a persona.

When the bombs fell Ackerly was unlucky enough to be caught in a public bomb shelter. He wasn't important enough to be given a spot in the Havens. He was exposed to the radiation of the bombs, and began the process of ghoulification. The process of ghoulification changed his body, and his mind. He began to actually believe the propaganda he was espousing, and adopted the outlook of a "Proper Brit" for real. He revised his own history to the point it was completely unrecognizable from reality. He constructed a patchwork of false, contradicting memories to wipe clean any part of his past that may seem "Un-Patriotic". Now Ackerly is on the lookout for Havens, seeking any remnant of the Commonwealth. He usually finds the Havens have gone horribly wrong due to some ridiculous experiment, however he continues to obsessively seek out these Havens for even the smallest remnant of the Pre-War Government.

Other:

Equipment:

Ackerly has a pistol issued by the King's Men. It hasn't worked in three decades. He also has a sabre stolen from a museum for self defense purposes. Ackerly has a few days of scavenged pre-war food, his old badge for the King's Men, and a canteen. Otherwise he has nothing else but the tattered suit on his back.

@mpjama2

Looks good! He's accepted.

Fallout: King and Country

So, I do suppose that we are at least going to retain a light form of turn taking when it comes to posting?

@SomeChap

For now, at least. Although if you've got something to respond to that wont directly influence what's happening in the square then that's fine.

Fallout: King and Country

<Snipped quote by Kingfisher>

Yes, but people don't generally have group conversations where 5 people bombard the others with questions before they've had a chance to reply. People tend to pick up on what others have said.

@TTNoobs

Re-emphasising the tabletop element; you have the option to wander off and see what else Oking has to offer. No one is forcing you to engage in this particular conversation.

Fallout: King and Country

<Snipped quote by rivaan>

Second that.

@Kingfisher What is it you'd like our characters to be doing? I had been under the impression that we were going to have some sort of meet-up prior to visiting the town, to establish why we'd joined your expedition, but, since we've jumped in at the deep end, are we all expected to be with your character immediately? Since the reply to the question you've asked and subsequent discussion is probably for you to determine, there's scant little we can do aside from describing the scenery or artificially recounting why we're with you, which just reads more like exposition. Is it an option to have my character a ways of, and join a few posts in the future, since it would give me more means to get the ball rolling.

@TTNoobs

The way Nathan and Harriet reply is up to me, but what anyone else says or does to them is not. Think of it like a traditional tabletop experience, with an emphasis on character voice. I deliberately threw us in at the deep end, because so many of theese games seem to die on the build up to their first big event.

You're welcome to be part of the initial expedition, or we can pick you up on the way if you like. Tis up to you. If you'd like to be found further down the line then I can PM the details of what I have planned, so you can better fit your character into one of the scenarios ahead, but bare in mind this is all suseptable to change, depending on the decisions the players make.

@SeP I was tentative about accepting a super mutant, but I'm eager to see what you do with him. McTavish is accepted.

Just a question - are there Pip-Boys, or something similar, in the UK? I know Vault-Tec runs the Havens, so surely they'd have some kind of subsitute for a Pip-Boy, too. Oh, and fusion cores. Need to know if they exist.

@Wade Wilson

Pip-Boys do exist, as a means for the original inhabitants of the Havens to interact with their fallout shelters. There aren't any about Silvershaw, though. Fusion Cores are also around.

Fallout: King and Country

@Kingfisher say can we post now that the first post is up or there is still some waiting to be waited ? lol

@rivaan

You're welcome to post.

Fallout: King and Country

<Snipped quote by Kingfisher>

Before I continue my sheet in PM I've edited it, any feedback?

@Sep

I'll have to wait until I've read the backstory, but I like the details about the F.E.V

Fallout: King and Country

Both DJ and Rivaan's characters are approved. Feel free to move them over to the CS tab.

Fallout: King and Country

@Kingfisher :3 say is there a free place for me to settle in here? *shows from the small hidy hole hile was hiding at*

@rivaan

There most certainly is, old friend :D

Also, what happened to the third thug? One got shot with an arrow, the other got strangled, the third...?

@vietmyke

My bad. fixed it