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Virtue and Sin - A Dungeon Punk RP

~~Savitri Singh~~

Reever Wilderness, near the Escain border

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The forest was silent. A stillness had fallen over the evening vista, a cool breeze blowing through the forest. Not even a single owl was out doing its nightly hunting. It was odd, though not unnatural. Like the stillness one felt as one was stalking a prey, the moment before the kill. The only sign of immediate life was a brave little rabbit, poking its head through the underbrush as it looked for a safe place to rest.

A massive, leonine roar pierced the stillness, flocks of birds flying off in random directions. The stillness was finally broken, a beast awoken from its slumber. Sounds of combat followed, a shout from a human matching the roar of the beast. A human had been knocked to his back, the massive Manticore lumbering over him, nearly crushing him with its weight alone.

"Fool, if you're going to get in my way just stay out of it!" A second human shouted, entering the fray, leaping to the other humans defense. Her rapier thrust forwards, but before it could sink into the beasts flesh, it leaped backwards, leaving just a shallow cut. "Hmph!" Following through, Sav flowed through the motion, the Manticore raising a hand to strike instead roared in pain, Sav's rapier having impaled it thoroughly. "Weak." She pulled out the rapier, quickly following through by cutting right through the monsters eye. Flailing, the creature attempted to gain some sort of traction fighting the human, but it failed miserably. By the time it realized he had missed his strikes entirely, Sav had already acrobatically leaped, flipping once in the air, her rapier impaling itself right between the creatures eyes.

At least, that was the intent.

Right then and there, was when the world decided to return her true identity in full. Her attack slowed, missing the timing of her attack and giving the Manticores powerful claws time enough to slam right into her side, sending her flying into the ground. It quickly followed up, scooping her torso up in its mouth, clamping its jaws.

"Grah!" Sav shouted, the teeth sinking into her flesh.

"Sav!" The other knight managed to finally recollect his wits, picking up his spear and charging the beast. Turning, the Manticore whipped around its tail, trying to impale the knight on his stinger. Showing some skill, the Knight struck upwards, slicing the tail cleanly in half. Following through, he slammed the butt of the spear right into the Manticores face, causing it to recoil in pain and drop Sav from its jaw.

"Urgh," Falling face first on the ground, Sav growled. Pushing herself up, not seeming to mind the wounds, she swiftly moved in. "This. Was. My Favorite. Dress." Ignoring her wounds, and the suddenly new information directly implanted into her brain, she struck at the beast. Ducking under its flailing claws, she jumped, impaling her Rapier right in to the Manticores chest cavity. "White."

In that instance, a bright flash filled the evening forest, the knight having to shield his own eyes as an impossibly bright flash of light, but it was over in an instant. The Manticore's body convulsed, having been seemingly burnt from the inside by some force. Kicking off of its body, Sav flipped, landing acrobatically on one foot, flourishing her rapier as it fell backwards.

"Hmph. Pathetic beast ruined my dress."

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"I don't know how you do it." Sitting at a table in a well off inn, he rubbed his head in a tired manner. "You took care of that thing like it was nothing."

"Of course." Sav seemingly absentmindedly replied, staring at her teacup.

"A Manticore! You killed something that would have decimated less skilled people in a matter of seconds, in a matter of seconds!"

"Indeed I did."

"You also completely tore your dress, too."

"It was a nice dress, too."

"And some people pay attention with other people are talking to them."

"Well," Blinking, seemingly pulling herself out of her thoughts, Sav sighed. "I apologize for not responding to the buzzing of a bee-"

"Oh, I'm a bee now instead of a fly. I'll take the upgrade." Narrowing her eyes at him as he interrupted her, he quickly continued. "Something on your mind? You don't normally get distracted like this. Not to mention what happened in the fight. You're usually not that careless. Unless you've been drinking." Frowning, Sav took a moment to collect her thoughts. Hum, this was harder than she thought it would. She and Iska had been traveling for almost two years now, having decided to team up and exterminate monsters for fame and glory together. It was a good idea to start with. Initially she had made a bit of a name for herself in certain circles, and made quite a bit of a splash, but...recently things had gotten stale, and after last night...she was certain on her course of action.

"...I'm leaving." She said bluntly, taking a sip.

"...is this about me seeing your underwear that one time?"

"I-I thought I told you not to bring that up ever again!?" She replied, nearly choking on her tea.

"You did, but I'm not good at following directions you know."

"No, 'tis not about that." She replied further, setting her tea down and quickly changing the subject. "Rather...I simply feel as though it is for the best. You're dragging me down." Iska blinked, surprised at the news. "Not that you aren't skilled. No, you quite are for a human." She always did that, calling others 'humans' in a way that she thought less of them. "But I need...more." And if she was quite honest, he would only hurt himself if he continued to follow her.

"...right." Iska sighed, folding his arms against his chest. "You still looking for that glory and fame of yours, eh?"

"You should have expected this would come at some point."

"When are you going?"

"As soon as I'm done with this tea."

Present Day -
Bartla, Capital of Reever, Tellurian
@Salvia

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Iska was more than a little upset with her leaving, even if he wasn't too outward about it. Well good, at least he knew his place in the grand scheme of things. What happened the night with the Manticore was something she had initially been rather irritable about since it made her look bad, but no, this was a grand opportunity. Such a wonderful, once in a millennia opportunity. To say she wasn't looking forward to this supposed invasion, was an understatement. This was the best opportunity she could ask for. A chance to become renowned. A chance to carve her name in the history books.

Now...where to go? She had only been to Bartla a few times in her travels outside of Escain, so she only knew her way around the main parts of the city. Hmm...really, what would she be doing here in the first place? She only had a vague idea that she should try meeting up with the others, but to be quite honest she had no real desire too. Likely some of the virtues were there and she had no desire to put up with their likely to be uptight attitudes. Not that the other Sins would be much better.

Really, she could handle this entire plight herself. Hmph. Well, as long as she instated herself as the clear leader in this endeavor, it shouldn't matter.

Soon enough this mental link, this...pull towards the others made her reach her destination. A rather lively looking bar. Eugh. What were they doing in such a place? She'd prefer upscale clubs over this any day. Ah, she missed the lodgings and lavish quarters she had in Escain more and more already. Well, best get this over with...and they were having a special today. It was going to be crowded with lowlifes of every sort, then. Ugh. The woes of the perfect people, having to intermingle with these mongrels.

Walking into the bar, Sav ignored almost everyone else and walked up to the counter, speaking directly with the bartender.

"Perchance you have some high quality wine?"

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@Salvia
'Alright, finished up Sav's background if you wanna take a look. Explores a bit of her not so nice side, heh.

I'll get a post up tomorrow probably.

The Hunters Club

@SilverPaw
@Raging Fenrir

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"Indeed," Suzue replied to Akio. "Seven of them. The little dears are quite the handful, but they're good children when they're not being mischievous little rascals." She laughed lightly, bowing lightly. "Apologies if I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Suzue Yamazaki, and I suppose I'm part spider now." She smiled, as if finding the thought funny. "Pleasure to meet you, Akio." Before she could converse further though, it seemed like their boss, Saito was getting things underway.

So they were hunting something. Suzue held a hand to her cheek, thinking as the President spoke. Seemed dangerous. More dangerous that she'd like, even if this was supervised danger. Hm. Ink on the throat meant they were out, huh? Some sort of...squid-based thing? Land squid? That seemed like a silly idea. What Youkai could squirt Ink at someone?

"Eh? Me in charge?" Suzue pointed to herself. "W-well, I suppose if you want, Saito." Suzue exhaled, obviously not too thrilled about being given the leading role here. Ah, she was hoping she could just do whatever or at least let someone order her around for a change. Tsk.

"Okay, so...what exactly are all of you capable of?" Suzue asked. Might as well first take an assessment of their skills and see what strategy she could come up with. "I myself feel like I will not be too helpful in hunting something something." Not now at least. Perhaps once she developed better skill with her webs, that would help. "But first things first is we should decide on how we're going to do this. We're hunting an unknown monster with mostly unknown abilities so we need to be careful."

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@Salvia

Ahaha, don't stress too much! I'm sure you'll do fine. I myself, am looking forward to the RP~

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Peacock of Pride

"My my, a challenger? Oho, well do your best and try not to loose too badly. The Peacock will not let itself be outdone."

Human Name:
Savitri Singh

Title:
Peacock of Pride

Sex:
Female

Age:
24

Occupation:
Gladiator/Knight Errant

Personality:
As one might expect of the holder of the title of 'Pride', Sav is more than a little on the arrogant side. She is a tough one, spending her days training and bettering her own abilities and has no shortage of achievements to back up her claims as 'Pride' at even her relatively young age. She takes great pleasure in hearing about her own achievements, and plying her with compliments is the best way to get on her good side. She absolutely loves challenging herself and constantly strives to become stronger and better. Its safe to assume she'll never be satisfied with any amount of achievements until she's old and unable to move. Calm & level headed most of the time unless one decides to purposefully upset her.

That said, she's far from unbearably arrogant. While its true her self assured nature and smug, 'better than you' attitude is certainly grating on people, its far from her entire being. She holds herself to extremely high standards, both morally and physically. She only wants people to do their best as well, after all. They'll never be as good as her anyways, so she has nothing to worry about. Tends to speak in grandiose, flamboyant terms and movements.

In short, she's only concerned with one thing. Becoming stronger than everyone else in the world and will always take a challenge to prove said strength.

extremely sore loser

Appearance:
Standing at five foot six, Sav is far stronger than she appears with her dainty frame. With flawless skin, a petite and lithe body, she is befitting of the title of 'Pride' in body. Flawless perfection matched by none. With bright, eye-catching red hair and almost hypnotic green eyes, Sav is always the center of attention in the room. She can normally be seen wearing well made clothes as one would expect from a noble or wealthy individual.

Fighting Skills:
Typically, Sav fights with her rapier, supplementing her fighting skills with her Plumage Crown depending on the situations. Quick and light on her feet, she's pretty easily able to handle most fights without much of an issue.

Special Ability:
Plumage Crown:
An ability that manifests itself as an ability to manipulate a form of light unique to Pride. Flashy and befitting of a peacock, it can be used for small scale illusions, as well as more directly. The illusions in question are small in nature, and not too complex. Typically just creating a temporary 'image' of herself to confuse opponents. Offensively, projectiles of varying sizes and effectiveness can be utilized.

Backstory:
Not far South from the Kingdom of Reever, there exists a peninsula, jutting out into the middle of a large sea. The Acla peninsula, upon which the once former powerhouse empire Escain stands. Once upon a time, years ago before they were brutally beaten by invaders and lost a majority of its power, Escain was a powerful Empire that could have even rivaled even Reever in power. Years of bad leadership, tyrannical rulers obsessed with their own hubris and power eventually led the once noble and powerful empire almost to Ruin, with it barely retaining a third of the power it once held.

Escain is mostly known for its exports of fine wines & arts, and their generally hedonistic and free lifestyles, and their unrepentant displays of power and dominance.

This, is where Savitri was born and raised for the first twenty years of her life.

Born at the end of the last Emperors Reign to a declining noble family, Sav had a somewhat comfortable life, though her family couldn't always have the luxuries afforded to their status. Being stalwart supporters of the old Emperor certainly didn't help their positions when the power shift occurred and they faced constant harassment form both the current Empress and public. Still, it didn't get to her. After all, she knew from an early age she was destined for greatness. Whatever it was, she couldn't say, but she and everyone around her knew it. There was a certain charm about her, a certain magnetism that other people didn't have.

Even without an excessively large fortune to her name, despite the ridicule her family received, she decided that she would do easily: Carve her name into the histories and the stars, and leave her mark upon the world whether it be terrible or pure.

Needless to say, she didn't have many friends growing up because of her attitude. Smug, arrogant, was the top of her class in academics, and quickly became the gem of her house. She easily dismissed others, especially the lazy sorts for being simple minded fools with no desire to better themselves. For a child, she was incredibly well learned, almost as if she had a preternatural affinity for most tasks she set her mind too. Her powers began manifesting fairly early, along with vague notions of who and what she was, and didn't make any attempt at hiding it. Academics and simply life style however, was not something she was intent on sticking too. No, she had decided her first course of action and method of achieving fame, would be Escain's coliseum.

The Coliseum was where the strong knights gathered and engaged in show fighting, blood sports. A harsh environment where only the best of the best could come out on top, where anything went so long as you did not directly kill your opponent or injured them with said intent. How could she not be attracted to the potential accolades, despite the danger? The thrill of fame and fortune attracted many from all walks of life.

As soon as she was 14, she began training for that sole purpose. Sword, axe, polearm, Magic weaponry, but the one she ended up sticking with, was her rapier. Simple, light, and was easily a status symbol as much as she intended to be. Light on her feet and dedicate her abilities to evasion. After all, she couldn't get her hands so dirty.

When she was 16, she was officially old enough to enter the Coliseum. A tournament, geared specifically towards new comers to the arena. She had both high hopes for herself, and intended to win the matches...but victory was just out of her reach. She made it to the finals, but no further. She was soundly defeated within the first ten seconds of the match. Despite coming in second, she lost.

She wouldn't accept any other position than the best.

The anger, rage, sheer annoyance that someone did better than her, nearly drove her mad for the following year as she continued to participate in the arena matches, focusing all of her energy into both bettering her combat abilities. One year later, she was given a chance to have a rematch with the fellow that defeated her. This time, things were far different.

She was victorious this time, but she didn't let her opponent off so easily.

Of course not.

Insults to her had to be repaid.

She brutalized him during the match, soundly, assuredly beating him - going so far as to publicly humiliate him as she perceived he had her. First was his legs. Had to make him kneel, after all. Couldn't stand as tall as she. Next was his tongue. He'd never spew such insults or even think about it again...and lastly was one of his eyes, she skewered her rapier right through his cranium.

Needless to say, he was never fighting again.

After dealing the finishing blow, the crowd cheered, not having seen such bloodsport since the previous emperors time, and she of course, accepted the accolades. The vicious rumors of her being a cruel, merciless tyrant, are all false. She was just getting her dues, after all.

For the next three years, she worked her way up the Coliseum's ranks, sometimes fighting foes who were utterly disappointing, or foes that proved somewhat challenging. Those who used standard sword and shield, and those who fought with magic weaponry. It was all the same to her, they were just stepping stones on her path to greatness.

And finally, when she was just twenty years old, she was the youngest to achieve the highest honor in the Coliseum, the 'Aclan Rose', a medal and title bestowed only to those with either great military gains or other impressive feats, bestowed by the Empress herself.

After this, she left, becoming a traveling knight for the next years, though returning occasionally to make sure they remember who she is.

And so now she finds herself in Reever.

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@Salvia

Alright, here we go. Apologies for the slight delay on that, hah. I'll fill in her backstory later, but I figured I'd go ahead and get her up since that's not needed right now. Do tell if there is anything needing to be changed~

The Peacock

"My my, a challenger? Oho, well do your best and try not to loose too badly. The Peacock will not let itself be outdone."

Human Name:
Savitri Singh

Title:
Peacock of Pride

Sex:
Female

Age:
24

Occupation:
Gladiator/Knight Errant

Personality:
As one might expect of the holder of the title of 'Pride', Sav is more than a little on the arrogant side. She is a tough one, spending her days training and bettering her own abilities and has no shortage of achievements to back up her claims as 'Pride' at even her relatively young age. She takes great pleasure in hearing about her own achievements, and plying her with compliments is the best way to get on her good side. She absolutely loves challenging herself and constantly strives to become stronger and better. Its safe to assume she'll never be satisfied with any amount of achievements until she's old and unable to move. Calm & level headed most of the time unless one decides to purposefully upset her.

That said, she's far from unbearably arrogant. While its true her self assured nature and smug, 'better than you' attitude is certainly grating on people, its far from her entire being. She holds herself to extremely high standards, both morally and physically. She only wants people to do their best as well, after all. They'll never be as good as her anyways, so she has nothing to worry about. Tends to speak in grandiose, flamboyant terms and movements.

In short, she's only concerned with one thing. Becoming stronger than everyone else in the world and will always take a challenge to prove said strength.

extremely sore loser

Appearance:
Standing at five foot six, Sav is far stronger than she appears with her dainty frame. With flawless skin, a petite and lithe body, she is befitting of the title of 'Pride' in body. Flawless perfection matched by none. With bright, eye-catching red hair and almost hypnotic green eyes, Sav is always the center of attention in the room. She can normally be seen wearing well made clothes as one would expect from a noble or wealthy individual.

Fighting Skills:
Typically, Sav fights with her rapier, supplementing her fighting skills with her Plumage Crown depending on the situations. Quick and light on her feet, she's pretty easily able to handle most fights without much of an issue.

Special Ability:
Plumage Crown:
An ability that manifests itself as an ability to manipulate a form of light unique to Pride. Flashy and befitting of a peacock, it can be used for small scale illusions, as well as more directly. The illusions in question are small in nature, and not too complex. Typically just creating a temporary 'image' of herself to confuse opponents. Offensively, projectiles of varying sizes and effectiveness can be utilized.

Backstory:
Not needed initially, however appreciated later on so interesting stories can come up. You don’t need to deliver it right off the bat, but be sure have this up later on.

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@Salvia

Right, so, just for an update on my end I have pretty much everything done aside from the power (Having a bit of trouble deciding what I wanna do. Want to try and stay away from copying from the inspiration materials too much). That aside, having some internet problems on account of a storm and being absolutely drained after college, brain don't wanna work so well.

I should get it up tomorrow afternoon at the latest when I'm better rested, barring any interruptions.

Gaia Frontier (5e)

@Lucius Cypher

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Well that had gone about as well as she had expected it too.

Livia fell backwards, falling right onto her butt as Nartur gave her a hard push, taking a moment to gather herself. Well, Nartur certainly wasn't wrong. She was an outsider here. There was a very high chance most people wouldn't give her the time of day without being able to do something. However...Nartur was also sorely mistaken if she thought she was simply here to boss people around, riding on the authority her name carried and run off home.

"How quaint," Livia stood, holding the side of her face lightly where Nartur had grabbed her. She had seen scarier than this Orc in her life. "You asked me to 'show my grit' but you still won't make a deal? And here I thought you were the honorable sort. I have no desire to make enemies of you, but since you seem intent on making me out to be a villain, very well. I shall inform the mayor of your uncooperative nature at my earliest convenience." She didn't like getting her hands dirty, but if she had too, she would use every thing she could without a care.

"Good day, Nartur." With that, Livia turned to leave and headed to the Mayors house. Hopefully he could at least make this work. She didn't want to return to Maeda empty handed or ask for her help specifically. It would appear bad to do so - she refused to appear incompetent. She didn't want to rely on the Mayors help either, or her sisters. Hm. She would need help, but from who? Exiting the barracks, she headed back to town.

Underhaven, was it? An underground portion of the frontier town where the...'undesirables' gathered, and where Katherine currently was. She still needed to go there anyways to buy some snake venom that hopefully Katherine had already procured. Well, she might as well go check on the progress of that while she thought of how she was going to get the Resin from the orcs. First things first though, if the name was anything to go by she'd need a light source of some sort.

Quickly stopping by Barthens, she quickly purchased a simple paper lantern and an hours worth of Oil. Next, she headed right to the Tavern. After a brief discussion with a few patrons she quickly found the entrance to Underhaven. Exhaling loudly, she lit her lantern and descended. Oh boy, it really was dark down there wasn't it? Hm, If Katherine was still down here and she could find her, this would become far easier. Either way, best to find someone to speak to down here that hopefully wouldn't have muscles thicker than their brain.

Inventory

-Paper Lanter
-One Hours worth of Oil.
-bottle of black ink
-quill
-small knife
-set of Fine Clothes
-signet ring
-scroll of pedigree
-Soul gem Dagger
-The book “Frothy Tales of Conquest”
-1lb Kafei seeds
Money: 4gp & 4SP

Max carry weight: 135lbs

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@Salvia

Yea, I think I should have it up in 24hrs or so.

I'd have it up sooner but I got college tomorrow and its finals week for me so bleeeeeergh.

Virtue and Sin - A Dungeon Punk RP

Mmkay, Sin of Pride will be up either tomorrow evening or night at some point.