Lauder

Mass Effect: First Contact

@Lauder This has my interest. Are you expecting this to stay casual, or go more towards advanced?
Firstly, glad to have your interest! Secondly, I don't mind how much you write, but I would definitely like more than one or two paragraphs in a post if you can manage that!

Question 2: Are you going to allow non-Turian races?
Yes, I am very much fine with non-Turian races! A Batarian Vanguard-esque character sounds like an interesting character, in my opinion! The only race that I'm definitely not allowing to be played for now are humans, because well, the war and all.

@JBRam2002

Mass Effect: First Contact

@DepressedSoviet

I'm glad you have gave interest! Here is a wiki link. I would recommend looking up information of the First Contact War, the Rachni Wars, and the Krogan Rebellions. Also feel free to look up any races you wish but I would recommend sticking with Asari, Salarian, or Turian, if you do not have specific knowledge on races.

Mass Effect: First Contact

@POOHEAD189
I pray that you have the time then!

@Plank Sinatra
Much appreciated, I tip my... I don't have a hat so I can't tip it to you.

@GeneralNox
Interesting choice! I guarantee that everyone in the scientific community is going to love him!

I am the very model of a scientist salarian, I've studied species turian, asari, and batarian. I'm quite good at genetics (as a subset of biology) because i am an expert (which i know is a tautology). My xenoscience studies range from urban to agrarian, I am the very model of a scientist salarian.

Mass Effect: First Contact

Mass Effect: First Contact

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The Rachni Wars.

The wars were a devastation to the Galaxy as the Council knew it until the Salarians uplifted the Krogan to turn the tide of the war. Gradually the threat was driven back, destroyed; a shell of what they had once used to be, all their power lost. The Rachni were contained, left to their own little slice of the galaxy as their relay, the mass relay known as Relay 314, and the Council found all actions to reactivate this relay as illegal and declared that the Rachni menace was extinct. With that, the Turians safeguarded this relay to prevent activation attempts by any means that they deemed necessary. The end of the Rachni Wars came about 300 CE.

Centuries later, exploration came about, but not by any Council races and not by a species that was particularly known about either. This new race, the Human race, expanded at an unprecedented rate and never had seen any intelligent species, no first contact. Reactivating relays, exploring, being humans. That was until they came about the famed relay, Relay 314. Of course, they had no clue about council laws and thought themselves alone in space. Then, Turian warships struck the exploration group, destroying all but one ship that escaped amongst the Chaos. This was the start of what the humans called “the First Contact War.”

Soon enough, the war turned from a naval war to a ground war as Turians besieged the human colony of Shanxi. Turian forces then began landing on the colonial planet as warships seized air control and bombarded the planet. This is where you come in. A merc, a soldier, a medic, maybe even a scientist come to study these new people? Only you know for sure and it is up for you to decide what happens. However, whatever comes next will be caused by whatever you decide.

What will happen next?

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Welcome to Mass Effect: First Contact! As you could guess this roleplay would be set in the Mass Effect universe and in the First Contact War between the humans and the turians. Primarily, the beginning will focus on the Battle of Shanxi but here is the catch; we shall be playing from the Turian point of view, we are the bad guys to the humans. I'm looking for about 4-6, casual to semi-advanced people to join me on the this quest! If you have questions, feel free to ask me!

Happy hunting!

Character Sheet

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[b]Profession[/b]:
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[b]Personality[/b]:
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The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Crimson Skies

@MiddleEarthRoze

I can't wait to see what I'm gonna have to improve

Busting Out of this Fresh Hell

The knight woman was the first to pay concern to the downed gluttony demon, asking if she required assistance. Silently, Kirby raised up her arm to grasp the knight’s shoulder in order to lift herself up, albeit with shaky legs. ”There is a dragon that way,” she began, taking in a breath before continuing, ”It is very powerful, found me this way.” She brought her head up to look at the clad-armored woman who had come to her first, at least there was some kind person. However, Kirby’s face did not show happiness, still sour that she had lost her bag of food.

Then some brute came along, flexing his obscenely large muscles in a rather obnoxious fashion and questioning her. ”Yeah, I guess I hit,” Kirby turned her reptilian head to look at the RV, ”that vehicle rather hard.” Once she regained her stability, she released her grasp on the knight woman and gave the two her gaze. With a sigh, she straightened her back and stretched her arms upwards in an attempt to help her back feel a bit better. ”The name is Kirby by the way,” the demoness stated, a yawn closely following. The yawn revealed a row of serrated teeth which seemed to flex themselves, further more it seemed her upper jaw moved differently as if each half were able to move by themselves.

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Crimson Skies

@POOHEAD189

Likewise! I can't wait to do

MAAGGGGIIIIIIC

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Crimson Skies

@MiddleEarthRoze

I finished the sheet boiiiiii

Character Name:

Jid-Jahara Varik

Age:

29

Race:

Argonian

Sex:

Female

Birthsign:

The Apprentice

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Specialisation:

Magic

Class:

Shaman (custom)

Skills:

• Expert: Mysticism
• Journeyman: Alchemy (Craft), Conjuration
• Apprentice: Destruction, Two-Handed (Blunt)
• Novice: Alteration, Restoration, Foraging (Craft), Translating - Orcish, Dunmeris (Craft)

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Appearance:

The Hist had decided that Jid-Jahara would been a thin argonian female who seems to lack in muscle and intimidation. The young female is small, standing only at about 5’4” tall, earning her the nickname of “the Bosmer Child.” She bares dark green scales and yellow eyes, much like a lot of her people do. Atop her head sits a mixture of bright red feathers along with darker, black feathers. Her body is adorned in ceremonial markings, all in which and in the tongue of the argonian people. Her snout definitely shows teeth that slightly protrude from the top of her mouth.

As for clothing, her choice is that of a black-feathered cloak which wraps around brown and tanned robes in the traditional argonian fashion. That argonian fashion fashion being a long skirt going around her hips, her sides exposed as well as a bra-like piece around her breasts. As for more professional clothing, she would done a more complete outfit which is similar to her regular wears. Long sleeved, no part of her body exposed but her head.

Personality:

All work and no play makes Jid-Jahara a dull gal; that is precisely what she is as well, taking no time to horse around and always carrying a stern and serious mood around with her. That said, she is a gentle creature who does not wish to use violence as a first solution to any problem, this does not mean she will not act out violence in any capacity. In fact, almost contradicting the last statement, any insult to the Hist will almost be a sure way to earn the ire of this beast-woman as she is a devote worshipper of her Hist. It is a quickly known fact that she does not like word play either, preferring talking be straight to the point.

Often times, she can be found meditating within nature, or simply enjoying the serenity of it al. It is at those moments when Jid-Jahara s truly happy with her place with the world, despite her distance away from her homeland and the Hist. In quiet times, she can be seen gazing off and smiling as if she were to enjoying said silence. In fact, she is not much of a talker herself, only speaking when she is required to. It can come to be known that she enjoys the little things in life, as well; kindness, the gentle movement of the wind, food, so on and so forth. However, it is not often known what she likes as in the company of others, she will revert back to her dull, stern self.

Backstory:

history

Twenty-nine years ago, Jid-Jahara Varik was born to a lowly tribe within the Black Marsh, deep within the Black Marsh with dense jungle and hostile wildlife all around. It was discovered that she may not be a hatchling that would live to see the next year due to how frail she was, her parents sought a way to have their only daughter survive. They brought the hatchling to their shaman, a wise old man who at first was very skeptical on even his own abilities to help this child survive. Though, whatever he did, it worked and Jid-Jahara was allowed to live another year and several more. However, she still did not remain healthy and required additional visits to this shaman, Al-Nerriz, who continued to help her. In these childhood years, Jin-Jahara would go on to learn more and more about the shaman’s extraordinary power.

Eventually, the two came to a point where Al-Nerriz took Jid-Jahara under his wing and began to properly teach her the ways of being a shaman for the tribe. Through him, she learned the mystical ways of the Argonian people and their reliance to the Hist, learning even more on the importance of the trees to both her and her people. Magic was introduced to her and all of its terrifyingly awesome powers were shown to her and once she understood the dangers of all magic, her training would begin proper.

Firstly came magical art of Mysticism so that she may protect herself and Hist from those who sought to use magic against them all, learning patience and how all life is connected. It was in this time when Jid-Jahara had grown her love for nature and the serene qualities of all of it, including lands she had not seen yet. In these times, she was often sent into the wilderness as well, forcing her to meditate and discover just how everything was bound together; from the frog who ate the bug, to the tree which was connected to the earth, and most importantly just how the Argonian people were connected with each other and the Hist. These were all important realizations as it gave her insight into just how the world worked, allowing her patience with both what she would continue doing and what would come in the future.

Next was the great powers of Alchemy; while not magic, it was important to realize how useful a potion could be as it could save a life of anyone she came across. She did not spend enough time within the subject to become a true expert in it, but she learned and learned many potions and even some that the common man would not know. However, it was also time for her to be shown the destructive side of magic and just how it was able to harm someone. This she studied as well, however, this was the time in which she discovered that violence was not the first solution for anyone. Within her time going through the market of her tribe and buying alchemy ingredients, a neighborhood bully had come across her and decided to try and steal her bartering items. Out of instinct, she struck back with ball of fire, accidentally killing the boy who had not deserved death for his acts. Jid-Jahara grieved for weeks, vowing never to use violence if she could avoid it.

After grieving and learning how to destroy, she learned how to create by conjuration and learned how the dead could come back to protect the Hist. However, this was not a skill she liked, having to deal with the dead; though it was a natural part of nature for death to occur and she understood that. Jid-Jahara would agree that she knew the dead would most certainly fight to protect the Hist once more if they could. In fact, it was through conversing with ghosts of the dead that she learned much in the ways of strange people outside of the Black Marsh and learned of many different languages, granted she was not very good at speaking in different tongues. Al-Nerriz found it was time to show her how to use a physical weapon so that she might fight without the use magic should she exhaust herself, this she excelled with for the staff was a weapon of pure skill and not one of raw strength, in fact she even sparred with ghosts that she summoned as well just to improve herself.

Then it came time, as a final writ of passage, Jid-Jahara was sent off on a spiritual quest upon reaching the age of twenty. Her goal was to simply find herself and then return to the tribe with new experiences and to discover more of herself. For nine years did she travel, picking up small trades and techniques that may better herself.

Once she met an interesting orsimer when she had reached Cyrodil, one by the name of Uzuan Gasel, a warrior who was on a similar quest except to find powerful foes and bring himself honor. The great one challenged Jid-Jahara to a duel and it was found that the argonian lass had given him a run for his money, yet proved victorious through his raw strength and resolve. The two had become friends who began to travel through Cyrodil together, fighting bandits and helping townspeople as much as they could. Everything was well for a change, no training or lessons or stress of teachers.

However, the two had to part ways one night after it was discovered that Uzuan’s clan needed him to return to his home and defend it. Jid-Jahara understood why he had to go, but it still saddened her to see such a friend leave and be forced to go to a completely different part of the world. Though, it was time for the two to go separate paths for if they continued onwards, Jid-Jahara feared that she may never want to return home to her tribe. So she continued to press onwards until one day she came across Kvatch, wanting more experiences, she investigated the town, which would lead her history up to the present.

Spells:

• Mysticism - Surperior Life Detection, Greater Dispel, Greater Dispel Other, Telekinesis
• Conjuration - Summon Ghost, Summon Flame Atronach, Summon Skeleton, Turn Undead
• Destruction - Sever Magicka, Shock, Flash Bolt
• Alteration - Protect, Protect Other
• Restoration - Heal Minor Wounds

Inventory:

• Wooden Staff
• Robe
• Black-feathered cloak
• Alchemy Satchel
• 3x Healing Potion
• 2x Magicka Potion
• Waterskin
• 2x Aloe Vera Leaves
• 10x Blackberries
• 3x Ham

Also, @POOHEAD189, how do you do, my blood-brother?

VIGILANCE: Blood & Justice - A Superhuman Roleplay (Always Open)

@Lord Wraith

I regret to inform that I will be backing out from making a CS. I do not believe that I will be capable of meeting expectations within this RP. I wish that you continue to have fun though!

The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion - Crimson Skies

@MiddleEarthRoze

Heck yeah! I'll get started one CS soon.