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Midhaven

At the center of the world sits Midhaven, the international hub of commerce. The city is filled with people from all races and all walks of life. Strangely, no one has attempted to conquer it, and it has remained independent for the last hundred years or so. An ancient power plant keeps the water pumps and filtration systems running, but since nobody alive knows how electronics work, maintenance has been shoddy. Still, Midhaven remains one of the cleanest cities on the continent.

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Former King of Dragan

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Name: Edward Dragan
Gender & Race: male human
How you got here: Hails from a mysterious country called Hamer'Ca.
Background: Alexander Dragan's father was Edward Dragan, the "Chosen King." Edward was larger than life, a living legend among his people. It was he who united the warring human tribes under one banner, and he never let anyone forget it. His courage in battle was matched only by his bravado, and it won him as many enemies as it did allies. Aside from his Unification War, he was also known for bringing great technological strides to humanity.

What is less-known is that the king was one of the readers of the Letter. He recognized, as the Marked Hero once did, that preventing another Void invasion was impossible in the country's current state. Thus, he instituted the Imperial Academy to train future generations in science and engineering and to research new technologies. He created the battlemage legions specifically for fighting the Void, and though they never got to be used for that purpose, they were still leagues stronger than any other fighting force in the world at the time, and were instrumental to his victory in the secret War of the Letter.

How he died remains a mystery. There is a lifelike stone statue of him at Midhaven Castle that once had a plaque descrbing his death, but historians agree the description is a complete fabrication, and the plaque has since been removed.

Powers, Abilities, & Equips:

• Eye of the Future: Edward claimed to have seen the future. Whether or not that was true, he had an incredible knack for predicting, and even spurring, new inventions. He had even occasionally helped researchers and engineers with their creations.
• Magicless Mage: Despite having no ability to cast any kind of magic, he made a point of becoming one of the most knowledgeable scholars in the art. He single-handedly trained the first human battlemage legions, and his early pioneering work in magecraft lent him the posthumous title of Father of Human Magic.
• Swordsman: The former king was a master swordfighter. It was the first serious training he took when he arrived on the continent, and he became so proficient in it that he could duel with the masters and hold his own.
• Wyvern Riding: One of the king's favorite hobbies was riding wyverns. He wasn't particularly good at it, but everyone complimented him just the same. His rationale for continuing with it was, "It makes me look cool." He was lucky to have bonded with a wyvern who was good at flying with him.

Desired Class: Lord
Character Flaws: The king had a sort of "hero complex," in which he thought the fate of the kingdom depended on him from the moment he arrived. Historians agree that it cost him several important battles, and possibly his life. The Unification War is thought to have lasted two years longer because of his chronic overconfidence.
Famous Quotes: "Why do you linger? This is only the first step in your Heroic Journey; they exist to be defeated. We will fight, we will live, and we will win. Come! Destiny awaits!" ~his speech to the army before his famous victory against the Warlords of Angor.

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@Juicy
@StormHeart
@Durnehviir
Waiting on you guys to finish. ^_^

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@ineffable Yup! ^_^ Consider the Like button to be my stamp of approval.

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@StormHeart
I like the pic selection.

The "How you got here" section needs work. She can't have come from another world if she was born here. Please don't feel compelled to give her any weird origins if you don't want them. She can have nothing to do with other worlds whatsoever if you so choose. That section is there in case you felt like giving your character a more interesting introduction to the world (like being summoned, walking through a closet, falling from the sky, arriving by starship, etc.). If she was born here and was never even remotely involved with other points of origin, that's perfectly fine. But as-is, the section looks really weird.

In general, I'd like to see more work put into the character's background and personality, especially the character flaws. The simple, traditional nature of this RP was designed to give greater freedom to make strong characters. Please take advantage of it.

One place I would start is with the character flaw. This is the single most important part of the CS, because it's what you're developing about the character over the course of the whole story. If you're prepared to make a huge deal over Kiera's gullibility, naiveté, and spitefulness, and to let it cost her within an inch of her life, then run with it, but otherwise, consider other possible flaws.

For a healer, a good flaw to consider would be conceitedness. Thinking only of oneself presents interesting and violent conflicts with the humble generosity of the healing profession, and it would make for an incredible story. You don't have to use this flaw, but that's the kind of flaw I want her to have - a fundamental contradiction in her character that will take a whole story to work through.

Some examples of mine: One healer character suffered debilitating PTSD following years of torment - the healer needed healing, in other words. Another healer was racist (the healer refused to heal some people) and had a long fall from grace as a result.

Kiera could work, but find me a good flaw first. ;)

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My CS is done. Can I get an A-proof-all? ^^
@Thinslayer

@Samdragonx

Ravadon's background seems more like a whole life-story than a background. It starts with his birth, which is fine, but ends with his death, instead of ending at the point where our RP begins. It tells me a lot about Ravadon except for where he is now in his life.

At what point in the story does our RP begin?

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@Thinslayer
If I don't want to be an elf that's okay right?
What races are availible?

@ineffable

@Juicy
Those are excellent questions!

Magic is the art of turning soul energy, or "mana," into physical energy. Mana binds the spirit to the body. A spirit is the "spark" that gives you life; it's what makes the difference between a corpse and a person. A corpse has all the ingredients for life, but without that "spark," or spirit, it will remain a corpse. Mana is needed to keep your spirit attached to your body, but most people have enough that expelling some of it won't kill them. Sleep is often sufficient to replenish it.

However, mere humans don't have much mana to spare, relatively speaking. Demons, and Voidspawn to a lesser extent, possess considerably more, enough to destroy whole worlds with nary a thought. So some humans will make contracts with demons to gain access to their great mana reserves and become "witches" and "warlocks" in exchange for letting the demon absorb an equivalent or greater quantity of mana from other people. However, if the seller uses more mana than the demon absorbs and becomes incapable of restoring the balance, the seller's soul becomes forfeit. Most sane individuals would rather not face the moral dilemmas and risks associated with such an arrangement and avoid it like the plague.
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The most populous species are humans, elves, orcs, and dwarves. Humans are characterized by their long lives (max 120 years), superior strength, dexterity, and durability. Elves trade strength for improved senses, and they can usually see, hear, smell, taste, and feel with more acuity than most other races. However, they are quite spindly, and their strongest male bodybuilders are little stronger than a typical human female soldier. Thus, the elves rely heavily on magic for their strength, and have developed superior mana reserves as a result. They tend to live in the eastern forests where they can draw upon the ambient mana to boost their powers. Their unnaturally long lives come not from any genetic ability, but from anti-aging spells. Without them, their average lifespan is about 50+ years.

Orcs are the polar opposite of elves. Ordinary orcs are at least as strong as some of the best human bodybuilders in the world, but their senses are about half as good. Big objects, loud noises, pungent smells, and such don't bother them. Magic requires a certain finesse that the dull senses of the orcs usually doesn't allow, so very few, if any, are capable of using it. Most live in the barren Fellmoran desert up north.

Dwarves are a little odd here. They're basically humans, but considerably shorter. Unlike in most fantasy lores, dwarves and halflings are both the same species; it's just that beardlessness is a heritable trait that some dwarven communities gather around. Most dwarves live in or around the dormant volcano out west.

All four major species are ruled by a monarch. Alexander Dragan rules the humans, Erudessa Durvain rules the elves, Innocent Patronus III rules the dwarves, and Throk of Westpier rules the orcs. There are other races in the world, like centaurs, fauns, satyrs, gnomes, gremlins, goblins, and such like, but they are not nearly as populous as the major four.

Technology is a little strange out here. Magic freely intermingles with it, and it's not uncommon to find a swordsman watching a video on his magic tablet while wizards rocket around in experimental steam-driven carriages. Dwarves tend to focus more on the tech side of things while elves focus more on the magic side of things. Orcs have neither the time nor the resources to focus on either, since they're too busy struggling to survive the harsh climates and incessant raiding parties.

So I guess technology is more Renaissance Era than Medieval.

@Thinslayer

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@Thinslayer
Any class you want me to play?
Could you also describe what the desired class means?

@ineffable

The available classes are the usual fantasy ones. Fighter, Mage, Ranger, Rogue, Cleric, Paladin. Player characters don't have to immediately start out in a class; it can be later assigned to them at an early point in the story.

The elves have a mildly different conception of these classes. Paladins are always female, Fighters are always knights, Rangers and Rogues are patrol infantry, and Mages and Clerics are ruling class. They still perform their usual class roles.

Please choose whatever clasd you feel best suits the story.

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@ineffable
@Juicy
@Samdragonx
C'mon guys, let's get those apps in! Need any more lore expounded upon first?