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Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

Boy that was a short first IC. It felt longer when I was writing it.

Anyway, I had an image of the city in my mind but I wanted to try and keep specifics on the down-low to allow for some freedom when the characters walk through the city.

So now I'll mention post lengths- I don't enforce any, though I will say I'm not a fan of one-liners or one-paragraph posts. Its situational, though; obviously, in a combat situation it can be pretty tough to write more than a paragraph or two. So I don't enforce any post lengths, but try your best to keep it over a paragraph.

Also, remember to put the location of your character at the start of the post in italics, like so

Underdeep- Mustering Hall

That makes it a bit easier to keep track of where everyone is. For the first posts, just make sure it ends with your character in the Mustering Hall. How you get there is up to you.

Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

Underdeep- that is, the original mass of hulking stone and dirt that stretched into the skies of Amaroth, in the World Before, would have displayed a certain architectural character if one could have ignored the stout and rude denizens that dwell within it. In these days, however, much of the populace of those who live under the mountains are the circumfusion of statues and monuments that line the inner hallway of it's entrance, which stretches upward with a rocky jaw of stalactites, the yawning mouth of the mountain. In the World Before, this massive entrance would have been filled with those wishing to experience one of the fastest growing kingdoms in all of Amaroth- the kingdom of the Dwarves. The great entrance hall now lies empty, save for the occasional messenger or miner brave enough to venture from the protection of Dain's men. It is abnormally still and dark, save for the red-orange glow of the great forges within.

The great entrance leads into a small and quiet city. A moat of lava surrounds the Dark Tower and the city around it- from this tower all matters of business, diplomacy, and war are settled. It is in this Dark Tower- jutting like a finger up from the knuckled adobes that surround it- that Dain Lionbeard, the honored speaker for the remnants of a once great Dwarven Kingdom, watches over his people. He stands proud on one of four balconies (One on each facet), one hand rested on his leather-vested belly, the other gripping his deadly longaxe, Feldrung. Even in the dim light of the moat-forge below, it shines beautifully. Even after over 150 years of fighting the terrors of Underdeep it remains as sharp as ever.

Dain strokes his silver beard and brushes his matted hair to one side- the evil beneath Underdeep needed tending to, but the speaker for the Dwarves had a more urgent problem. His old eyes watch the great entrance for those coming to answer his plea; so far, only a few have come, but Dain feels in his old bones that there are more. They must be close. Even in the Weeping World, Underdeep remains one of the more highly developed cities, though it is far from the metropolis it once was. Mainly attracting miners from the lands around it, one had to be prepared to work to live in Underdeep; to simply sit idly by would be to subject oneself to the slums of the mines, the Deep Pits, where criminals, bums, muggers, and the like are put into forced labor. Not only are they watched by the Kirgare Caste, but the Deep Pits are the deepest mine shafts in Underdeep- meaning they're the first to be attacked when the evil below rises.

"The others that have arrived await you in the Mustering Hall, speaker." Came a voice from behind Dain. It was Surtus, his youngest son. Only 100 years of age, he is currently serving his first tour of duty in the Krigare Caste. Dain plans on him accompanying whatever party arrives in his aid.

Giving only a simple nod, Dain brushes past the smooth-skinned and beardless dwarf. The Mustering Hall was the lowest floor of the Dark Tower- a small and circular stone room with a few tables in the middle- often when the Mustering Hall was used, it was intended to be a brief meeting, and as such finer adornments were spared. The room was taller than it was wide, however, and torches dotted the walls above the tables.

Hope's Harbinger- Player Characters

This shall serve as the repository for all player characters. Once it is posted here, feel free to do with your sheet what you will.

Character Sheet:

Sheets

Please note that this exact format is not mandatory at all for your application. This is only the bare minimum requirements for a character, feel free to add any more areas as you wish.

Name: There is no more uniformity among names, so feel free to name your character whatever you want!
Age: Aside from a few exceptions (Elves and Dwarves, namely), most races live about the same lifespan as Humans.
Gender:
Nickname: Some denizens of the Weeping World choose to have a nickname associated with them, especially if they are a town guard or bandit
Race: There are some examples above, but remember, as long as you're willing to give some detail you can be relatively any race you can think of, if you want to make one.
Skills: What sort of things is your character good at?
Profession: What has kept your character occupied?
Religion: Does your character worship a God or Goddess? If so, let us know which one here! This is also the place to mention any sort of regular practice or ritual they participate in
Equipment: Just what they had on him/her at the current moment as they travel to Underdeep
Personality:
Backstory: These can be pretty brief if you want them to be.
Additional Info: Anything else you may want to share about your character goes here.

This next section is for mage applicants only. If your character is not a mage, you don't need to add this to your CS.

Chasm: What Chasm is your character attuned to? They can be attuned to more than one, but that would require more sacrifices
Sacrifice: What body part did your character sacrifice during their Archtonement?
Focus: What is it that your character uses as his/her focus?

Roster:

Kthar'Thre played by The Mad Hatter

Atalee Vayshalum played by Ampharos

Deliv of Bold Red Petal played by Hebaboh

Puafria Aupa played by breathing_towers_to_hell

Ulgahk, 'The Lonely Blade' played by Gojiking

Garth, Mason, and Ferdinand Mortugal played by Max

Davte Rilal (abandoned ), 'Davanteaux played by Brivta

Cornelius Burrstone, 'The Wry Slaver' played by Sand

Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

Ampharos said
I think a repository would be preferable, yeah.

I think I'm going to do that anyway. I'll still use Mad Hatter's list in it, too. May be a little redundant, but hey, like you said, it cleans up the first post. EDIT: Here it is. I'll have to update the links as they're posted in the new thread, but as of now it clears up some of the first post.

Windreda said
Sad I missed this, seems like a fun idea. Anyway I'll lurk around the shadows and read through what you guys post, I imagine it will be fun!

If anyone ever drops or disappears, I'll let you know.

Oh yeah, and the IC is being written at this moment. For organizations sake, I think we should put the location our character is in at the top of the post. Won't need to be specific, unless we're in a town, village, castle, what have you.

Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

Sweet. Looks like things are relatively ready to roll tomorrow, nice job everyone. I like our party's variety. Sand, I'll add him to the roster, just make sure you come back and finish preferably soon.

And thanks, Mad Hatter, I could not remember for the life of me how to correctly do that. I do like Ampharos' idea of a PC Repository, and was prepared to both make a Repository and use Mad Hatter's list, but that felt redundant. If you guys wanna keep a log like I'm doing with the quests, feel free. It'd be cool to go back and read characters' actions from their sheets, I think- especially if it was journal-style or something.

But anyways- IC starts tomorrow! It'll mostly detail Underdeep- in which is a Mustering Hall, where the party first meets, and I'd prefer the post order dictates the characters' arriving order (i.e. First poster is first one to arrive, second poster is second, etc.). As long as the first round of posts puts everyone there, that's good. From there, Dain introduces himself and the party is off with its first quest- Liquor is Quicker.

If anyone is short on ideas on how to get their character to Underdeep, feel free to PM me about it.

Original sci-fi: The Shadows of Peace

Instantes said
Does that help?

Yup. Think I've got my character in mind now

Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

Nice. Catching a flight in a bit, so I won't have access to my computer until later this evening (EST), but once I do I'll update all the roster sheets.

Original sci-fi: The Shadows of Peace

I am also interested - though are we gonna get more info on the TCMP?

Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

The Mad Hatter said
So... As I warned you, I am no artist, but I have uploaded some sketches to my original post. There will be more.As for my actual character sheet, I think I only need the history (might add some more personality stuff and such, though), so I'm almost done.

Look great to me. Just be sure to get the history finished by Monday, when the IC goes up.

Hope's Harbinger [Post-Apocalyptic Fantasy]

Marvelous. I'll add her to the roster in a bit.