Sugar and Spite

The First Magical Incursion

So is any type of magic fair game other than the forbidden stuff or like 'magical actual god' stuff?

Interesting.

@Fabricant451

Yep. Hydro, Pyro, Telekinesis, etc.

Blood Magic, Necromancy and the like are just to strong of a wild card in the GM teams opinion.

The First Magical Incursion

Back before the advent of the sciences, humanity had the ability to cast magic. Magic users were the more dominant force of humanity. During these periods their power was nothing short of incredible and you could tell these people apart from the standard human by their tattoo like birthmarks. The magical powers these people possessed had a varying range - from telekinesis to elemental abilities. At the height of their power the Magic users accounted for almost 70% of the human population.

However, the magic users were split in their philosophy. Some of them believed that it was the magic users job to protect the earth and its inhabitants. Others thought that it was their place to control the rest of the world. This differing view of beliefs eventually culminated in a magic war between the two warring factions. The first was the Guild. They wanted to protect the Earth. The second faction was known as Corpus - the group that wanted to dominate humanity. This war was highly destructive, causing many lives to be lost in a short span of time. At one point it was even thought that the Earth might be destroyed. The remaining non-magic users of Earth, in the fallout of this war, decided to put aside their petty squabbles of country and tribe, and try to deal with this 'magic' problem.

What happened next was nothing short of genocide. Quickly, large groups of Magic users were being murdered. The population of magic users quickly diminished. As their numbers dropped so did the chance that any new born children who were born became magic users too. After hundreds of years of persecution, the remaining population of magic users had dwindled to less than 5%, and today in 2019 has fallen to 0.1% with only an estimated 20,000 magic users left.

However, old habits never die, and once again the cauldron is starting to bubble. A group of angry and disenfranchised magic users have started their own terrorist cell called 'Dark Shadow'. The Dark Shadow are essentially The Corpus re-imagined for the modern world. Their goal is to take over the world, and show the rest of humanity why magic users are the dominant species.

On the flip side, the Guild still carries on, trying to regulate the hiding magic users. Creating rules and laws which it enforces, trying to keep the peace between the magic and non magic forces by creating its own authority. While everyone in the magic world might not agree with them, everyone has no choice but to accept. This mainly comes from the fact that the Guild has been run as a hereditary dynasty. The powers of the dynasty have been passed down through each child and this has culminated in creating arguably the most powerful magic user in the world. The Guild leaders powers are legendary and she has used these powers - along with other methods - to keep everyone in check.

The GM's of this RP have left the lore rather light. This isn't due to laziness, but more so that we wanted to allow people to form their own lore without having to read 20 pages first to see if it fits. There will be some Google Docs provided with some basic lore in the short future. This RP is not a black and white, Good Vs Evil RP. The Guild is the force for good, but they are not angels themselves. The leader of the Guild can be an asshole. But it is pretty much a RP where two sides will be competing against one another and trying to get the upper hand. Your characters will get hurt and may even die. You have been warned.

The GM will be taking on the role of the leader of the Dark Shadow. I, the Co-GM, will be taking on the role of the Guild leader.

- First and foremost: No god-modding. No controlling other peoples characters. Agreed interaction before hand is fine. But most of the time that takes place in a Collab post.
- Collabs are encouraged. It just helps reduce the amount of rapid posts we get, and helps keep the RP clean. It also helps us try and keep the RP as chronologically correct as possible.
- There will be battles. There will be violence. People will die. If death comes for your character, take it in your stride. You are more than welcome to make another character and jump right in again.
- Your GM's recommend making at least two characters for the situation in which one character does die. The most characters that one person is allowed to have is three.
- @Hedgehawk, @HaleyTheRandom, and @SouffleGirl123 are your GM team for this RP. Our word is final.
- This is a High-Casual level RP.
- We will require one post every three weeks with each of your characters. More activity is encouraged.
- Relation sheets are not required, but probably one of the most encouraged parts of the RP.
- No use of forbidden powers. (Blood Magic, Necromancy, Rune Magic, etc. The GM's hold the right to deny any power if we think it is too powerful or god-moddy.)
-Real faceclaims only.

The actual thread for the RP will be posted in two weeks - July fifteenth.
Rated 18+ for death and gore.

Character Sheet: Feel free to edit as you like.

[center][img]Character Image Here.[/img]
[b][color=??]Name:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Gender:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Age:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Alignment:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Rank within Organisation:[/color][/b]If Guild: Leader, Second in Command, Lieutenant, Captain, Member, Recruit. If Dark Shadow, Leader or second in command.

[b][color=??]Birthmark Shape:[/color][/b] (You can use an image if you don't want to describe it)
[b][color=??]Location of Birthmark:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Magical Ability:[/color][/b] One and only one.

[b][color=??]Place of Birth:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Currently Residing:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Personality:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]History/Bio:[/color][/b]

Relations Sheet

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Relationship (Bold/Delete as needed):[/b]Best Friends - Good Friends - Friends - Well known - Warm - Acquaintances - Unknown - Cold - Dislikes - Hates - Enemies - Rival - Nemesis
[b]Characters opinion of them: (Why do they feel the way that they do)[/b]

Gypsy Hearts and Broken Dreams (Haley's Testing)

The Iron Rose.

"Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it." - Lady Macbeth

N a m e: Salem Adelaide de Silva. Sal or Addy to close friends.
G e n d e r: Female.
A g e: Twenty-five.
A l i g n m e n t: Guild.
R a n k: Leader.

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B i r t h - m a r k_S h a p e: Click.
L o c a t i o n_O f_B i r t h - m a r k: Runs vertically on her back between her shoulder blades.
M a g i c a l_A b i l i t y: Electricity Manipulation: Salem has the ability to manipulate Electricity. She can cause electronics to go haywire, shot lightning from her hands, etc.

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P l a c e_O f_B i r t h: Atlanta Georgia, USA.
C u r r e n t_R e s i d e n c e: New York, New York.
P e r s o n a l i t y: Salem is what is considered to be a fearless leader. The kind of woman who can look death in the eye and not flinch. At least that's what you would think by looking at her. In reality, there is so much more to her.

From an early age, Salem was raised to be a leader - nothing more, nothing less. This has stuck with her. She makes the hardest decisions, and seems to do it with ease. Like her father, Salem is proud and takes pride in what she does. And, like her mother, can have a short temperament at times. However, despite her similarities with the her parents, Salem is reserved, always have said to keep her feelings under lock and key. In fact, so reserved, it is said, by some, that the girl is not able to feel emotion at all.

However, Salem is a girl with a witty comeback for just about anything. If it comes off rude, well, you'll just have to decipher if it truly is or not. She is also very head strong and independent, always believing that she knows what is best for herself and others. She hates to be seen as a damsel in distress and will always try to do things on her own. Despite her temper - which sometimes does get out of hand - she is calm, cool, and calculated. Mess with the people she cares for (aka, the Guild) and expect some for of well calculated revenge coming your way.

Despite being your typical, fearless leader prototype, you have to understand that what Salem does is for the good of her people - The magical users and the humans alike. Every law that she comes up with, or has to alter, is intended to make the world better as a whole, and bring everyone into a state of unity. She realizes that some people may think that she only got the position of leader due to her parents connections and such, and thus, she is on the path to prove herself.

H i s t o r y:Salem was born and raised in Atlanta until the age of five. That was when her parents decided to pack up and move to New York, as to be closer to the Guild. Salem was a smart child, and knew that her parents were well connected, her father always having hushed meetings in the other room. However, what she didn't know was what these connections or meetings were. When they arrived in New York, Salem was told about her heritage. Her name held power, the de Silva line being one of the strongest to date. Many of her ancestors had been Leaders of the Guild, and held other ranks of power within the allegiance. Just like any other child, she would go to school and learn. When she came home, her father trained her to fight in the families basement, while her mother told her bedtime stories of their people. Her home life was like that of any other child - minus the magical ability and teachings.

Her father was a lawyer, her mother a doctor. Together they were two of the Guilds biggest contributors. Her mother was a Captain, and her father second in command. Her grandfather was the Leader of the Guild, and just like her parents, groomed her to be a warrior. She was a recruit of the guild at the age of thirteen, and a member at the age of fifteen. They taught her to be proud of who she was, but to be kind to those who did not have special abilities or marks such as she.

When she was twelve, her grandfather died, and her father rose to power. At the age of 19, she became fully aware of the Dark Shadow allegiance and their intentions. Shortly there after, the battle between them and the Dark Shadows leader broke out. Her father was killed in the battle, something she has been burning to get revenge for. There was a slight uproar in the Guild. Someone so young should not be allowed in a place of power. This was when her battle to prove her worth truly began. The officials of the Guild decided that there would be a test of sorts. She was given three different situations in which she had to come up with three different laws to make peace. After she passed this, there was a battle of force, to see how she would do in war. The greatest of the guilds warriors fought her, and she fought back even more fiercely than they. It was only then did the Guild accept her as their rightful leader.

However, that has not stopped there from being more challenges that she has had to face. She has been met with difficult decisions. Having humanities fate rest upon your shoulders is not an easy weight to bear. The older members of the Guild still watch her with a close eye, trying to find any weakness.

Gypsy Hearts and Broken Dreams (Haley's Testing)

T1MI

Back before the advent of the sciences, humanity had the ability to cast magic. Magic users were the more dominant force of humanity. During these periods their power was nothing short of incredible and you could tell these people apart from the standard human by their tattoo like birthmarks. The magical powers these people possessed had a varying range - from telekinesis to elemental abilities. At the height of their power the Magic users accounted for almost 70% of the human population.

However, the magic users were split in their philosophy. Some of them believed that it was the magic users job to protect the earth and its inhabitants. Others thought that it was their place to control the rest of the world. This differing view of beliefs eventually culminated in a magic war between the two warring factions. The first was the Guild. They wanted to protect the Earth. The second faction was known as Corpus - the group that wanted to dominate humanity. This war was highly destructive, causing many lives to be lost in a short span of time. At one point it was even thought that the Earth might be destroyed. The remaining non-magic users of Earth, in the fallout of this war, decided to put aside their petty squabbles of country and tribe, and try to deal with this 'magic' problem.

What happened next was nothing short of genocide. Quickly, large groups of Magic users were being murdered. The population of magic users quickly diminished. As their numbers dropped so did the chance that any new born children who were born became magic users too. After hundreds of years of persecution, the remaining population of magic users had dwindled to less than 5%, and today in 2019 has fallen to 0.1% with only an estimated 20,000 magic users left.

However, old habits never die, and once again the cauldron is starting to bubble. A group of angry and disenfranchised magic users have started their own terrorist cell called 'Dark Shadow'. The Dark Shadow are essentially The Corpus re-imagined for the modern world. Their goal is to take over the world, and show the rest of humanity why magic users are the dominant species.

On the flip side, the Guild still carries on, trying to regulate the hiding magic users. Creating rules and laws which it enforces, trying to keep the peace between the magic and non magic forces by creating its own authority. While everyone in the magic world might not agree with them, everyone has no choice but to accept. This mainly comes from the fact that the Guild has been run as a hereditary dynasty. The powers of the dynasty have been passed down through each child and this has culminated in creating arguably the most powerful magic user in the world. The Guild leaders powers are legendary and she has used these powers - along with other methods - to keep everyone in check.

The GM's of this RP have left the lore rather light. This isn't due to laziness, but more so that we wanted to allow people to form their own lore without having to read 20 pages first to see if it fits. There will be some Google Docs provided with some basic lore in the short future. This RP is not a black and white, Good Vs Evil RP. The Guild is the force for good, but they are not angels themselves. The leader of the Guild can be an asshole. But it is pretty much a RP where two sides will be competing against one another and trying to get the upper hand. Your characters will get hurt and may even die. You have been warned.

The GM will be taking on the role of the leader of the Dark Shadow. I, the Co-GM, will be taking on the role of the Guild leader.

- First and foremost: No god-modding. No controlling other peoples characters. Agreed interaction before hand is fine. But most of the time that takes place in a Collab post.
- Collabs are encouraged. It just helps reduce the amount of rapid posts we get, and helps keep the RP clean. It also helps us try and keep the RP as chronologically correct as possible.
- There will be battles. There will be violence. People will die. If death comes for your character, take it in your stride. You are more than welcome to make another character and jump right in again.
- Your GM's recommend making at least two characters for the situation in which one character does die. The most characters that one person is allowed to have is three.
- @Hedgehawk, @HaleyTheRandom, and @SouffleGirl123 are your GM team for this RP. Our word is final.
- This is a High-Casual level RP.
- We will require one post every three weeks with each of your characters. More activity is encouraged.
- Relation sheets are not required, but probably one of the most encouraged parts of the RP.
- No use of forbidden powers. (Blood Magic, Necromancy, Rune Magic, etc. The GM's hold the right to deny any power if we think it is too powerful or god-moddy.)

The actual thread for the RP will be posted in two weeks - January fifteenth.

Character Name: Feel free to edit as you like.

[center][img]Character Image Here.[/img]
[b][color=??]Name:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Gender:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Age:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Alignment:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Rank within Organisation:[/color][/b]If Guild: Leader, Second in Command, Lieutenant, Captain, Member, Recruit. If Dark Shadow, Leader or second in command.

[b][color=??]Birthmark Shape:[/color][/b] (You can use an image if you don't want to describe it)
[b][color=??]Location of Birthmark:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Magical Ability:[/color][/b] One and only one.

[b][color=??]Place of Birth:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Currently Residing:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]Personality:[/color][/b]
[b][color=??]History/Bio:[/color][/b]

Relations Sheet

[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Relationship (Bold/Delete as needed):[/b]Best Friends - Good Friends - Friends - Well known - Warm - Acquaintances - Unknown - Cold - Dislikes - Hates - Enemies - Rival - Nemesis
[b]Characters opinion of them: (Why do they feel the way that they do)[/b]

Post a random fact about yourself.

-My full legal name contains nineteen letters.

-The first character I ever made for an RP was named Aria Jane Herondale. The name was inspired by The Mortal Instruments series and Pretty Little Liars.

-I have had three email accounts in my life time. Only one is active now.

-The most emails I have ever sent to one person was around 8000.

-My current username is the username I have been using for pretty much everything since middle school.

Legends of Carnation Island (SHELVED)

@HaleyTheRandom Btw, what position does Ezra play?

@alexfangtalon

Quarterback.

Legends of Carnation Island (SHELVED)

@HaleyTheRandom Nutin much. Just biding my time til my phone is charged so I can listen to ASMR as I drift off to the land of dreams as it is currently 1:21 AM and I am supposed to be waking up early. Saw this while poking through various peoples accounts (that is honestly my main way of finding rps I wanna join as I always somehow miss the Interest Check) and decided to at least post a pic of the dude I be thinking of.

Looking up at this really long answer to such a simple question I realize I am not likely to get any sleep. Anyway what’s up with you?

@alexfangtalon

Headed to sleep myself, actually. Tomorrow will be my third double straight and I am completely exhausted. Other than that, I'm just trying to save money for my beach trip in August.

Legends of Carnation Island (SHELVED)

@alexfangtalon aaaayyyyyyeeeee what up my dude?

The Quiet Thoughts of an Overactive Mind

"Do I really have to spell it out for you? You - the man who claims to know literally everything. Are you seriously that clueless?"

Beautiful, he thought. The anger laced through every word coming from her honeyed lips. The desperation and ferocity in her eyes - drop. dead. gorgeous.

"I'm in love with you. Okay. There. That's it," she said, her chest rising and falling at a quick rate as she struggled for air. "You're like an addiction. A drug. Meth, or heroine, or freaking crack cocaine. I didn't want you. I didn't want this. But now it's all I can think about. Your in my dreams. I replay our conversations over and over in my head and even when I don't want to think of you - I still do!"

He raised the glass to his lips, tasting the deliciousness of his favorite cabernet. She was on edge, and he absolutely adored it. The angry tears pooling in her eyes were nothing short of mesmerizing. The desperation in her voice was everything that he had hoped it would be and more. How could something so small be so pissed off?

"Could you flipping say something she spat through gritted teeth.

He relaxed further into the leather chair.

"Sounds like a personal problem.

The return of RPGN.

@Lord Wraith I would like to nominate Palm Beach Royals: Senior Year.We are heading towards 450 IC posts, as well as coming up on our one year mark. These people have taught me so much, and this RP has been many firsts for me. It's been such an honor to be a part of this group, and I literally can't put into words how much I love and appreciate these guys.