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Pokémon: Rise of Chaos

Finally... These are our instructors on Faraway Island. Some of the formatting might change between them and that’s because we did some of them, then got kind of busy, then returned to them… so we apologize if they seem a bit… disorganized.

Elder

Elder - Referred to as nothing else
Age: Don’t you dare ask.
Gender: Male

Appearance:


Team:
Alakazam - Thoreau
Absol - Whitman
Torcoal - Sophocles
Salamence - Renoire
Lapras - Ella

Naturalist

Name: Theodore “Teddy” Marx
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Discipline: Naturalist

Appearance:


Personality: Gruff in voice and image, the fierceness of Theodore is about as Ill-portrayed as an Absol, his soft-heartedness earning him the nickname of Teddy. His teaching strategies are perhaps the most unique of the instructors, as, with the help of his partner, he uses the strange properties of Forest Curse to reveal the intricacies of the natural world.

Strengths: Survivalist skills, Wilderness identification, physical strength

Brief History: Teddy grew up in Kalos, his family having settled in Lumiose City. But as the young boy grew, he found interest not in the spiraling, sprawling metropolis, but in the trees and wild behind the surgical silver. His favorite activities were when his father would take him hiking outside the city’s exterior, a love that brought him to trouble as he grew older. One day, frustrated with his parents, and their urging him to attend a pokemon academy, he ran back to the comfort of his forestlands. However, his mixed emotions led him to paths he had never traveled before, and he fell off a bluff, crashing into the woods below. Lost and afraid, he was led into safety by a wandering Phantump, its childlike voice helping a pokemon ranger detect and assist the injured kid. When he finally returned home, he returned with a friend and a dream to follow in the steps of the person who had saved his life.

30 years later, as one of the masters of the Almia Ranger academy and most respected outdoorsmen of the world, Theodore and Orison were summoned by the elder of Faraway to teach what they had learned to the young guardians, and hopefully save their lives the way he saved countless others.

Team:

Trevanant (M) - Orison
No others, as he uses the customary capture stylus to accentuate his teachings.

Psychic, Researcher, Mental Master

Name: Iliana Amsel
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Discipline: Psychic, Researcher, & Mental Mastery

Appearance:


Personality: Iliana, unlike her brother, was one who always loved to connect and be around people. She takes time to meet her students and learn their personal strengths and weaknesses, but more importantly works hard to make sure they all feel comfortable on Faraway Island. Despite being so young, she has a tendency to be quite maternal. Her brother knows quite well that her constant mother-henning is caused by the unlikelihood of her ever having children, as was discovered shortly before her recruitment to the island. She is also one of the easiest people to find when looked for.

Strengths: Persuasion and Debate, Defense, Communication, and Study

Brief History: Iliana and her brother were separated for quite some time during their youth. When her little brother was taken to become an Aura User, she wanted to do everything she could to be just as special as he was. Her studies and love for the sciences was easily noticeable throughout school. However, when her Psychic abilities began to show, it was quite a surprise - having been related to Nathan, many would have thought that she had absolutely no ability with the transcendental arts. She was sent to train under a woman in Kanto named Lumia, a descendant of one of the highly talented Psychics of the Catch ‘Em All days named Sabrina. She learned quickly, as she always had, and due to her versatility and love for teaching, was recruited for Faraway Island. Iliana has been absolutely tight-lipped about Nathan since the accident. In fact, many are suspicious of her seeming to completely pretend that nothing has happened… But in all honesty, it’s simply because she doesn’t want to show how her sanity is gradually cracking because of the stress… Nathan was always a source of playful competition and brotherly love.

Team:
Floatzel (F) - Arika
Espeon (F) - Sabrina
Zoroark (M) - Marius
Gardevoir (F) - Isabella

Martial Artist

Incapacitated

Name: Nathan Amsel
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Discipline: Martial Artist

Appearance:

Personality: Calm, yet occasionally distant, Nathan was a person of kind character. Thorough in his instruction, he attempted to personally connect with his students through all his work. It was difficult to find him frustrated, and more difficult to find him when he wanted not to be found.

Strengths: Stealth, Weapons, Physical defense, Aura harnessing and reading

Brief History: Nathan was born and raised in Solaceon, Sinnoh, where he lived simply and comfortably his first years of his life. However, when his ability to work with Aura manifested as a child, he was brought to Celestic town to be trained as an Aura Guardian in their secret facilities. Nathan stayed here, developing his strength and his skills among masters of the olden arts before being invited to Faraway to train the new guardians of Arceus. A few years prior to the events of this roleplay, Nathan was severely injured in a ship accident, and taken away comatose to an unknown medical facility. His current state is unknown.

Team:
Lucario (F) - Artemis
Noivern (F) - Nyx
Kabutops (M) - Lucian
Sawk (M) - Marshal

Breeder

Name: Shane Kristo
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Discipline: Breeder

Appearance:

Personality: Reserved, yet fiery about his chosen few topics, Shane will deliver a barbed, yet educated response to any question, comment, or thought perceived to directed at him.Widely regarded as one of the strictest mentors, Shane can be difficult to understand, yet impossible to confound.

Strengths: Presentation and delivery, Debate, Care and keeping of pokemon

Brief History: One of the contest masters of Lilycove City, Shane became one of the most respected individuals in contests and Pokemon care alike. With many books published about Pokemon maintenance and a reputation as a powerfully organized battler, Mr. Kristo was invited by the Elder of Faraway to train the guardians in that which was his life's passion.

Team:

Milotic (M) - Druid
Furfrou (F) - Primrose
Jolteon (M) - Blitz
Delfox (M) - Flint

Ace Trainer

Name: Kelly Madison
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Discipline: Ace Trainer



Personality: Though her appearance is undeniably girly, Kelly Madison is perhaps one of the fiercest people one could ever meet. With her teaching style described as nothing less than brutal, few can challenge her and emerge unscathed. Her favor is hard to earn, and sometimes worse for it, as she uses those students as examples until they fall from her favored few.

Strengths: Battling, Discipline, Leadership, and (surprisingly) the Performance Arts

Brief History: Born in the Kanto region, Kelly hailed from a family of competitive battlers, and decided to pursue the art as well. Her parents enrolled her at the Pokemon Technical Institute, where her prowess grew far beyond her peers. Her instructors, seeing her prodigal progress, took her to the town elder, who thought she could have been chosen as a guardian of Arceus. Though eventually greeted and taken by the elder of Faraway, she never received her mark, and instead teaches the incoming guardians as they arrive.

Team:

Clawitzer (F)- Pickles
Magmortar (M)- Sparky
Rhyperior (M)- Pebbles
Hydrigon (M)- Tantrum

Martial Artist Substitute

Name: Katerina Fredrickson
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Discipline: Martial Artist Substitute

Appearance:

Personality: Kind and gentle, Kat is a fountain of patience when it comes to the martial arts. Don't let her calm fool you, however, as this woman concealed strength has been known to take down a Tyrannitar.

Strengths: Combat, Aura Harnessing and Reading, Weapons Mastery

Brief History: Raised in Saffron City, she took a strong interest to the martial arts as a child when he mother signed her up for karate instead of ballet. As she grew, karate became just one of the many arts she had mastered, and she became involved in the fighting dojo. Her prowess in the physical art and in the battling art helped her to rank up within the facility; holding the title of master, she was invited by the elder of Faraway to take the place of Nathan a few years ago.

Team:
Hitmonlee (M) - Bruce
Mienshao (F) - Leila
Escavalier (M) - Rucks
Bisharp (M) - Blade

Again, sorry for slowness, guys. A lot has been coming up lately. ^_^"

Destiny: Contact Horizon

The patrols from the hallways beyond were quick to move when they heard the eggs smashing. No doubt, the entire group of them had even felt it. The minds of Hive species were a wonderment to biologists everywhere - they had the mentality of ants and other colony-based insects, but they had a sort of psychological link to one another. Iliana, on the other hand, was no scientist. She relished the opportunity to show off, and was more than satisfied with Asurya's decision. The Warlock's ability to make decisions was almost enviable. Iliana was less of a leader, that was clear, but they made an excellent team because of it. Her rifle was weightless in her hands as her mind stopped moving and her muscles began to act of their own accord. Several of the different openings into the room echoed with shrieks and the cretins of the Hive were driven down by rounds from Asurya's hand cannon. Iliana was happy to join in, her Shingen's muzzle flashing as it expelled torrents of rounds into the attacking creatures. The power systems were slowly ticking on and it wasn't long before the sight on her rifle no longer needed to compensate for the darkness. Lights flickered dimly, but enough for visibility. Sadly, this only made the Hunter a target for a number of the monsters and she let her gun spin around to her back. Without skipping a beat, she whipped her combat knife out with her right hand and kicked forward from the ground, her other hand reached back for her grenades.

The claw of a Thrall came sweeping within mere seconds, but she threw her weight to the ground, slid forward, and pivoted. Her momentum broke for only a moment as she used her upper body to throw vault forth from the floor and turned her knife to an ice pick-grip. The Thrall, momentarily confused, was thrown to the ground from behind as a knife was embedded deeply into its skull. It wasn't long before the spawn-grenade was thrown from Iliana's hand to mere feet in front of her. An incoming Acolyte had lost control of its own speed for just long enough to be in the baby grenades' spawn and it was mercilessly hunted down by them and obliterated. It was rather gruesome, the pieces parts of the Acolyte being thrown into the midst of its brethren. It was also something the two Guardians were quite used to. Iliana instinctively stuck a trip mine to the wall just beside her and thrust herself in the opposite direction, twisting swiftly and throwing her knife directly into another Thrall's face, downing it in a mere instant. She drew her own handcannon and thrust the barrel directly into the face of an Acolyte and pulled the trigger. The revolver twirled in her hand and she gripped the barrel, whipping into into the head of another incoming Thrall which she quickly kicked in the abdomen before stooping low and retrieving her knife. Seconds began to melt together until minutes had passed and bodies littered the floor. One by one, however, they were disintegrating.

Iliana stepped gracefully over them, out of the intrinsic courtesy she gave to all things, be they living or dead; savage or civilized; sapient or merely sentient. She was soon standing near the console with Asurya, a rather disgusted look on her face as she examined her own state. "GOD! They got their stupid Hive blood all over my god damned... Ugh! I love this jacket..." She rolled her eyes in pure irritation as a rather noticeable scraping sound came down one hallway. "U-uh..." She turned her gaze to the corridor from which it came and furrowed her brow. "Huh... Took the Knight long enough - must have been on the other end of the complex," She noted before pulling out a fresh spawn grenade. The red line of her trip mine still cut through the room at a strange angle and it seemed that their opponents had managed to avoid it. However, as the hulking, crimson-armoured Knight stepped through the large doorway, it seemed even larger than the typical Knight. The trip mine blew as it ignored the thick red laser and the impact staggered the behemoth as he placed a hand on the wall. His other hand held a thick blade-like object which had been forged in quite a crude, primitive fashion. It was still menacing, though.

The Huntress looked to Asurya with a knowing grin before throwing out the spawn grenade, every baby centering on the Knight and hitting it from all sides. She whipped her Shingen Rifle around and lined up the sight, pulling the trigger. Click it sounded. She patted her bandoleer and belts, checking for her magazines... all empty. The girl swiftly released it and reached for her Hand Cannon. Empty. "Where the fuck is all of my ammo?!" She screamed in agitated agony before throwing her knife at it in frustration. The blade embedded in the monster's right shoulder, but it was only growing closer. She had nothing left and she looked over to Asurya. If she were alone, she'd be about to die. It was close enough to block all escape, but there was still room between them, almost like a true face-off. There was a knowing smirk on her face, "After you," She said, stepping back to allow her Warlock friend the last move. They would need to restock their ammo from the corpses or their Sparrows as soon as they had the time...

The Frozen Flame: Dark Fantasy/Steampunk RP

I suppose. I've tried using Kassandra elsewhere and that thread died too. /:

Digital or Real?

Sure thing! I won't rush you along ^^ I appreciate the update! <3

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Well, Kestrel, I'm not saying that I need them to read it and tell me what i did right. But imagine an RP where the characters have spent years together training or practicing or becoming specialized in *something.* It would be entirely necessary to at least discuss what their relationship is, even if it's as small as "they barely know each other" - they would still know a little bit about one another.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Jig said
I honestly wonder if people read them and it simply doesn't occur to them that it might be worth making their character with the intention of complimenting or contrasting the other characters in a roster. It's not as though every character has to fill a unique niche, but if two characters have similar specialities, let's say, then those characters should surely be designed to contrast one another, or you end up with a completely random and unconnected characters?

Agreed, Jig. I think that often happens too. Ugh, it's a pain!

vancexentan said
When people try to put in things that were not in canon when clearly everyone else was told that it should be kept within canon of the game. When people don't read the whole Interest check and then join find out what the rp is really about then bailWhen people GM then leave for a week or more at a time leaving a confused group of people sitting on their asses without a clue on what's going on.

Good complaints, indeed. :3

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Oh, god, Jig. I mean, before making a CS, I won't mind if somebody just skims, but to outright *ignore* all other sheets is entirely disrespectful. Unless the thread is accepting x number of people and nobody is accepted until all sheets are posted and read by the GM. If that made any sense... derp. Anyway, I agree, Jig, I hate when I see a blatantly recurring role for a thread...

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Prince said
I started in tabletops. Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Edition with a few expansions. I honestly don't remember too much about it. We sat around a table, partook of our inspiration, and played. Vampire: The Masquerade and Savage Worlds (my favorite) followed. Been nearly a decade, and Savage Worlds was actually fairly recent so my opinion might be a bit biased.

That's a cool way to kick off roleplaying. I'm not well-versed in tabletop because almost all of my RP friends were online-only for a very long time and any time we tried to do something, it just kinda of died... Tragic, I suppose. I did one RP that was semi-tabletopy, but it was play-by-post with those tabletop elements throne in (you know, dice rolls and traits/feats and things like that). But a few friends and I are planning to get together for DnD 3.5 (I had a character drafted for 4 before that group kinda of dissipated /: ) so I'm pretty excited about that.

On-topic: I hate when a roleplay literally just seems to vanish off the face of the Earth and all the players stop posting all at the same time. >_>

The Frozen Flame: Dark Fantasy/Steampunk RP

In short: the thread died and our charCters never came to fruition, it seems. :(

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

My first roleplay ever was on a gaming forum that had its own section for Play-by-post, and I picked up some of those awful habits out of frustrated necessity. That had to be nearly eight years ago come this fall, maybe seven, and I'm ashamed of those times. Habits are hard broken, but to be honest, the RPs directly following it were the best influence I could have asked for and some of the nicest people.

I was early teens, I think, if not preteens, and the GM of this thread (an Eragon-inspired one) was not a good one. I watched as people in the game began to flake off and outright leave in a rage. It wasn't until it was only the GM, one other person, and me that I saw the issue. This GM would outright meta-game and god forbade her character have any faults. It was infuriating by the end because I brought the problem to her, we dueled in character, and she did nothing but dodge dodge block auto-hit dodge hit kill >_> essentially, at least. Commas were left out because it was really no more than a flurry of "MY CHARACTER CANNOT BE BEATEN RAAA" from her. It was incredulous. Not a good way to start my RP'ing experience, I admit, but it's always wonderful to look back and see how far you've come. ^_^