Legion02

Dark Oceans~The war of the Land and Sea

Liandrich

@Silen Syanka
Liandrich was trashing in his short, unconscious sleep. Memories of him drowning, both now and when he was 5 flashed before his eyes over and over again. His mind believed this lungs filled up with water again and again. Like a never ending torture. Eventually the embrace of sleep released him. His eyes opened up wide, but he only saw bare rock above him. His clothes were still wet from the water. Someone must have saved him. Slowly he sat up right, and he praised the Gods that he still had his sword. It was then that he also heard something sleeping.

He looked to his side and saw Thalassa, curled up. For a second, he reveled in her beauty. With her exotic hair and bright pink tail. With hair like the dawn. He had seen so many girls. But none looked as beautiful as this mermaid. But then it struck Liandrich. She was a mermaid! An enemy! Beautiful or not, he was a human prince. He had the duty to fight the enemies of mankind.

Slowly he pulled his sword free from the scabbard. Hoping he didn't wake the girl up. He approached her, with his blade pointed at her. Though he had no idea what he should do. Wake her? Slay her immediately? Wait until she wakes? She did save him. Or didn't she? It was difficult to know. A quick glance around the cave showed that it was probably underwater. Eventually he crouched next to her. He tugged a little on her bare shoulder, but kept the blade as close as possible to her face. If she would open her eyes, the very first thing she'd see is the silvery steel blade pointing straight at her. With a half-confused Liandrich next to it.

Dragon rp planning

Interested!

Plus, an idea as for a dragon:

Lich Dragons

Lich Dragons: Long before humans had built cities, a great breed of dragons roamed and ruled the mountains' frozen peaks. Each was even more proud than the other. They ever so often battled among each other, establishing dominance. Though after ages, the fights grew fiercer. Surrender was no longer an option. It were fights till dead. And thus, the dragon's ended their own breed. With a few who died in died of old age in exile.

A Lich found one of these exiled dragon's corpse and thought it would be a rather good idea to try and possess it. The physical result was horrible. The flesh melted away from the bones. A cold blue flame filled their chest and wrapped around the dragon's spine and limbs like tentacles. Eventually it spread towards the head, where it filled the skull. Though the Lich was not powerful enough to resist the Dragon's magical capabilities and thus perished. Giving its life force to re-awaken the dragon. This exiled dragon returned to his land, where he found his brothers and sisters, all dead. He shared parts of his own life force with the others. And soon a new breed of dragons were born. Though sadly, they could only be born from the dead of the old breed.

Also, is there a basic human magic system? If you haven't decided on anything yet, I'd suggest this:

Magic System

Foundation magic
Humans, the foundation of most other creatures, are the least gifted in any form of magic. They traded talent for capability, for each and every human can learn every branch of magic. Ranging from Druidism to Necromancy. Though the last is frowned on. The easiest for a human to learn is elemental magic. Controling and casting spells with the aid of air, water, earth and fire.

((in case for the CS, if people so desire, they can make up their own branch of magic, but the GM or Co-GM would first have to accept said branch of magic so it wouldn't be OP))

Draconic magic
Humans never learned this sort of deep rooted magic. They never got access to it, though to most dragons, it comes natural. It manifests itself in breathing fire, ice or acid. Or in commanding the rays of the sun or moon. It is strongly connected to an inner burning 'flame' and the will of a dragon. Among dragons, a true limit to this power has yet to be found. So far the only existing barriers have been a lack of will for something.

((Maybe later in this RP certain humans prefer to ally themselves with the dragons than fight them. Thus creating a sort of dragon cult. The dragons would reward the cult of each breed with a tiny bit of 'shared flame'. Meaning that humans would also be able to cast Draconic magic.))

I might write out the basics of several branches if you'd like.

Dark Oceans~The war of the Land and Sea

@Silen Syanka
"Get him to safety. Somewhere with air. So he can survive." Arios said as he handed the still unconscious Liandrich to her. "And hide him. Hide him where you hide from the world." Arios said, after which he turned around and went the other way. Leaving Thalassa with the unconscious prince. Though his role was unknown. Arios felt a strange call of urgency. A calling. A summon. His patrol left him, swimming in yet another direction after the ship. But they had lost it. After the sailors had seen that their prince fell under the waves, they feared for the worst. Especially when they saw the shapes of merpeople around their sinking royal. Right now they were on a speedy course towards the nearest harbor. To spread the words: "The people of the ocean have our Prince."

Dark Oceans~The war of the Land and Sea

Arios

@Silen Syanka
Arios looked wide-eyed towards the human who was drowning. As if he saw a ghost. In a flash, he remembered a dream he had forgotten for nearly 15 years.

For a moment, everything was sunny and bright. With a calm ocean before him. On the waters sailed two dozen ships. Big and small, all seeming to go somewhere. But it was but for a moment. Soon the clouds began to converge. Fusing and melting and growing grayer. The winds began to blow harder, and the sea churned and whipped at the hulls. A few drops began to fall at first. While the winds were pushing the clouds into a disk. Twisting from a center that seemed to suck the sky itself in it. Thunder cracked through the air but the flash was behind clouds. Though it seemed to have broken the sky as a torrent of water poured down on the ships. The ships were going up and down but could not get forward. The waves crashed upon the wooden bodies as if they wanted to crack them. The water splashed over the bows of even the biggest ships, crashing water on the already soaked decks. And the wind kept howling and screeching, as the first lightning bolts pierced the heavens and crashed down around the fleet. As pillars of light and the God's Wrath. But in the middle of the fleet, the worst every sailor feared was happening. The waves began to circle around a point. The water in the middle was being sucked in, as if something at the bottom of the ocean was consuming it. The ships were one by one caught in the swirling current. And then it happened. Tentacles. Giant pillars of ugly flesh rising from the depth of the maelstrom. Whipping at the masts and ships. Cracking the ships and splintering decks. Grabbing men and throwing them in the twisting current.

And the final words he remembered from the dream: "I'm sorry...I love you."

Arios shook him away from his Deja-Vu. And as fast as he could he swam towards the sinking person. He didn't know who it was, but something in his head. Something in his guts told him this person was important. A Humacampus of the patrol arrived too, and with a few movements of her finger she enlarged a bubble and placed it around Liandrich's unconscious head. But there was another gut feeling. Though this person was the key to something. No normal mermaid or merman was allowed to know of his existence. He had to be hidden. Kept away. A memory flashed by, of the princess. He knew she had a hiding spot. One good enough that even he never found it. It would be perfect. But where was she? "Where are you, your Highness? Please come to me! This matter...it is too big! I require your help!" it were words that Arios never said once in his life. 'I require your help'. Arios never needed help. But now he cried out for it, hoping the princess would heed his call.

Dark Oceans~The war of the Land and Sea

Liandrich

@Silen Syanka
Liandrich felt funny, surrounded by all the water. As a child he had almost drowned. He was 5, just old enough to remember it. He fell in the pool back in the palace. He could only recall a few shots of it. How he kept looking more and more over the edge of the pool. How his hand slipped. How he looked up towards the surface above him, right before everything got dark. A shiver went through his spine. Since that incident, he never dared to enter deep waters. So obviously, he never learned how to swim. But he respected the ocean, instead of loathing it. He respecter her beauties, both fauna and flora, and he respected the dark danger and wildness of it. "You think we'd see mer-people?" The prince asked his first mate at the helm. "I doubt it, your Highness. The merpeople are a fickle bunch. They don't often break the surface." his first mate said. Liandrich merely nodded, as he began to rub the pommel of his sword.

It was such a simple piece of metal. Or so it looked. A crescent hand guard made from hard iron. The handle was wrapped with black leather, which Liandrich kept very well oiled. The pommel was nothing more than a bronze orb. Nothing special, but it did an excellent job at keeping the blade balanced.

But it was the blade that made it special. The metal leaf. For a matter of fact, it was pretty long for a sword. Most men referred to it as a bastard-sword. Though Liandrich, after much training, had no problem holding it with 1 hand. It was perfectly balanced and folded over and over. The prince himself had watched as the blade was being folded over, and over, and over. It was double edged and almost never lost its edge. But it was the old monk that had made it the very best among blades. He requested one drop of Liandrich's blood. For his ink. The proud boy of 13 would have given him half a pint. But a drop was enough. And so, the man had written several runes on it, but never revealed what they meant. The next day, that monk had vanished. The only proof of his existence were the runes, written on it with black ink that seemingly couldn't be erased.

With his blade at hand, Liandrich always felt confident. Nothing could take him down. Not even Mother Nature itself. And then he fell. The ship had suddenly rolled a little more to the right due to a hard wind. Liandrich -who was leaning over the edge- had lost balance again, and fell towards the waves.

With a loud splash he fell down in the water. In a desperate and frantic attempt to stay afloat he kept splashing and kicking, hoping he would keep his head above the waves. But to no avail. His heavy training gear began to absorb water. He got heavier and heavier. Slowly, ever so slowly he began to sink. He kept gasping for air. But eventually he got his mouth full water, and he vanished under the waves.

Dark Oceans~The war of the Land and Sea

Arios

"Very good." Arios began to swim away, assuming the princess was following him. He really didn't give her choice in the matter. He had convinced the princess to come along so close to the surface, now the rest was in the hands of lady luck. Once arrived near the city, a small patrol of Naga and mermen were waiting. His people. Half of them were high in rank, were raised in the same orphanage and ready to do everything for Arios. Just as he planned it out. "Okay gentlemen, you know the plan. Let's get to it." And with those words, the 7 Naga and Mermen and mermaids shot up vertically, going straight for the surface. Arios followed them equally fast. Right before they would break the surface of the water, they evened out, going parallel with the waves. And so their patrol began.

And lady Luck was on their side. A caravel, alone in the waters. It was going rather fast. But still, his men and women could follow it. And for an added pleasure, dolphins were accompanying the patrol. A perfect distraction for the princess. Arios thought self-satisfied. With a small hand motion, he ordered the patrol to dive a little deeper. So the sailors on the ship wouldn't see them.

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Liandrich

"Dolphins at starboard!" yelled a random sailor. And immediately everyone ran towards starboard, where indeed, dolphins were jumping up from the water and making their happy sounds. Even Arios, who was training on the deck once again, stopped and looked over. As usual it was a warm, sunny day. Now with the dolphins, the crew felt very sure that this would be a safe voyage. Though as usual, Liandrich felt something off. His eyes told him that there must be something more in the water. So while most sailors returned to their posts, Liandrich kept looking over the rail of the ship for the 'something more'.

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

@ArenaSnow I will assume you mean the Terran Dominion?

This really makes it a lot easier to envision all units and looks of certain buildings and things. For me it helps with a little more 'immersion' in the RP (i don't even know if that's being used around here)

Sky Pirates and their Misadventures

Mark me as interested. Though a question: would people still be able to practice magic? And are talking about like a plane-like vehicle or a giant balloon with a ship strapped underneath it?

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

I see. Well I had a certain idea that my faction would find a certain 'core' which seemingly mimic the thoughtproces of the human brain, thus creating a new generation AI (*cugh* Reapers! *cugh*). But I'll hold off the idea until you get there.

Also, by now probably most people know that my Nr. 1 inspiration source is Mass Effect. So yeah, what are you guys' inspiration sources? I'm curious.

Faction:Martian Front (The Luna Wars Were a Thing)

Aye, that's true. Though i've never seen Precint 13 or Escape From New York. To be honest, I never even heard from either two movies. Are they any good?

And back to the RP, if i remember correctly, one of the factions had something for Marsian expidition or ancient relics. Is that still a thing?