Apocalyptic!

[Steelfist]

New RP!

For those who don't know what to do, basically, I create a character, and then write a bio and a post, detailing my character's actions.

Backstory.
[spoiler]Back-story: 6000 years after the events of TSOG Cera Bella has moved on; they now live in an enlightened age of science and peace. The human race prospers, the shadowlings and spriggats, now the minority, nonetheless flourish. It seems as though the future is bright for the world...

. . . Until a Psy-Disaster of epic proportions devastates the planet, plunging the world, once more, into the dark ages. The friendship between races evaporates in the desperate struggle to survive. Cults spring up, bloody and nihilistic, offering sacrifices to mysterious dark gods. Some even preach forgiveness and understanding. A few groups spring up that wish to protect the technology of the past, others dedicate themselves to destroying it and starting afresh. Some form groups of particular races, out to establish their superiority. Psy's band together, forming groups of powerful individuals that either choose to help others with their powers... Or simply help themselves. These groups slowly integrate and ally with other groups with similar beliefs, forming factions. It is into this situation you are thrust.[/spoiler]

NOTE: Every place on the map of Cera Bella in TSOG still exists, but there a few people, and most building in a state of disrepair.

Traten:

[spoiler]As Zackirus requested; Traten, a nearby continent with which Cera Bella had had a turbulent past, had an alliance with Cera Bella, until the Disaster. The country has degenerated into feuding warlords who use precious resources in wars with rival warlords, starvation is rampant, and very few psy's survive. Those that do are hunted by the warlords, who see them as a threat to their power, better removed from the equation. Those who have the means flee to Cera Bella.
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Factions.

[spoiler]Devourers - Bloody cult that sacrifices humans to its dark and evil god. They use any type of weapon, they also accept Psy's into their ranks, as they see it as being blessed by their god. Enemies- All other factions, particularly The Chosen and the Alliance. Accepts only humans, believing themselves superior.

The Chosen - Religion preaching forgiveness and kindness, prefers not to fight, but when they are forced to they use any type of weapon, and refuse none into their ranks, including psy's, though they frown on combat use of Psy powers. Enemies- Devourers and Night Brothers. Frowns on prejudiced factions, but will not resort to violence unless attacked first. Accepts all races.

The 'True Humans'- A large cult dedicated to wiping out Psy's, which they believe to be unnatural and the cause of the disaster. They will use any weapon in order to achieve this. Enemies- All Psy, particularly The 'Evolved'. Only accept non-psy humans.

The 'Evolved'- A cult of Psy's believing themselves to be a 'better version' of humanity. Their goal is to wipe out every single non-psy, in order to 'speed and further the process of humanity's evolution. Will use any type of weapon, although they rarely need weapons. Enemies- All non-Psy's, notably The 'True Humans'. Only accept humans with Psy abilities.

The Alliance- A non prejudiced mix of all races; Psy's and non psys; they work together to help others. Enemies- Devourers and the Night brothers.

Night Brothers- A equal mix of Psy's and non psy's working with a common goal; Power. Accepts all races. Enemies- The Chosen and the Alliance.

The Shadows- A Powerful psy group dedicated only to themselves. Accepts all races. Enemies- All other than the Evolved, The Night Brothers, and the Devourers.

The Psy Knights- A fairly powerful Psy group dedicated to restoring order and peace to Cera Bella. Only accept humans. Enemies- the Shadows,
Night Brothers the devourers and the 'True Humans'.

The Republic- A very powerful equal mix of all races, Psy and non-Psy. They will use any weapons. Claim to only want to restore peace, but may have a darker agenda. They are enemies with everyone, as they claim that the other factions are rebels who oppose peace and order. Others believe they just don't want to share power.

The Warriors: This combat obsessed group is dedicated to wiping out modern weapons. Accepts only non-psy humans. Enemies: All, but mostly the Modernists.

The Modernists: Dedicated to protecting the past's technology, they have no qualms about using it. Accept only non-psy humans. Enemies: The Warriors.

The Soul Eaters - An all Shadowling group dedicated to establishing their race's superiority, and attaining a place at the top in the new world order.

The Demons- Adopting the name to scare others, this is an all spriggat group, with the same goal as The Shadows. Their name, combined with their appearance, often causes an enemy to break and run, without even fighting.
Mercenary factions will work for money. I have not named all groups, as there are hundreds. Feel free to create your own. The only major group, however, is-

The Mechanics- Yes, they still exist. They have no relation to the Mechanics of Telepath series, but share many of their ideals; they focus mainly of inventing new weaponry, but will use old tech. They also use more primitive weapons. They will work for anyone, and with anyone.[/spoiler]

Weapons.
[spoiler]There is your standard melee weapon; spear, sword that are very common. Ranged weapons, such as the bow and arrow, are also very commo. There are also futuristic weapons; I will leave it to you to invent them, after all, the mysteries of the technology of the past are not even known to me. But don't be too ridiculous, and it might be a good idea to PM me to be sure it isn't OP.[/spoiler]

Character creation.

[spoiler]Simply fill out this-


Name:
Gender: (Male/Female)
Race : (Shadowling/Spriggat/Human)
Class : (Psy fighter, spearman, swordsman, ECT)
Affinity (if psy):
Faction : (Choose one of the above, or simply don't join a faction. You don't have to)

Special skill:
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My character!

[spoiler]Name: Otharn
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Psy Assassin
Affinity: Shadow
Faction: The Elementals. Currently employed by The Shadows.

S. Skill:
Lock Picking, Sneaking, Invisibility (A psy technique that fools somebody's senses into not seeing the person), and The Sight.  

Equipment: A steel long-sword, well crafted. He keeps it in good condition. Also, he has a laser pistol, but it has to be recharged after twelve uses. It automatically recharges, but it takes two hours for it to charge one use; it takes twenty-four hours to recharge fully.

Bio: Extremely strong, both mentally and physically, and agile. A successful assassin at the time of the disaster, he moved quickly and decisively, forming the elite mercenary group, The Elementals.

Team includes- Himself- The leader. An extremely powerful Psy assassin, he wreaks terror on the battlefield. Excellent strategist. Carries a sword.

Lelek - A female pyrokinetics expert. Acts as a support unit for Ramun, the 'tank', can nonetheless hold her own with the best. Carries a bow.

Ramun - A male Light expert. The tank unit; while not as strong as Otharn, he can deal out and receive vast amounts of damage. Carries a spear.

Serus - the Cyro expert. Smart and ruthless, he is the second in command. Despite his ambition, he is fiercely loyal to Otharn. Skilled in obfuscation. While not as strong as the other members of the team, he is more skilled than all except Otharn. Goes unarmed, but can use long shards of ice as weapons.[/spoiler]

Rules.
[spoiler]1) No character control, unless it is pre-agreed, or an obvious and minor choice. Dialogue is fine, but it's normally better to pre-agree on it.
2) No being the LEADER of any of the above factions, unless it's a very small one, such as a mercenary group.
3) You can control no more than four characters. Obviously, if you kill one off, you can bring another one in.
4) No OP weapons; for instance, laser pistol is fine, as it has it's drawbacks (so is the sniper, as it isn't as powerful as an energy weapon, and has limited ammo).
5) No killing off characters that you don't control (this could come under the heading of character control, but I thought I'd add it for emphasis.[/spoiler]

So, there it is. Feel free to join at any point, but the sooner the better.

Oh, one last thing! Rainen; if you join, don't use Rainen.

Now, the in-game information.

Characters.
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Steelfist
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User: Steelfist
Name: Otharn
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Psy Assassin
Affinity: Shadow
Faction: The Elementals. Currently employed by The Shadows.

S. Skill:
Lock Picking, Sneaking, Invisibility (A psy technique that fools somebody's senses into not seeing the person), and The Sight.  

Equipment: A steel long-sword, well crafted. He keeps it in good condition. Also, he has a laser pistol, but it has to be recharged after twelve uses. It automatically recharges, but it takes two hours for it to charge one use; it takes twenty-four hours to recharge fully.

Bio: Extremely strong, both mentally and physically, and agile. A successful assassin at the time of the disaster, he moved quickly and decisively, forming the elite mercenary group, The Elementals.

Team includes- Himself- The leader. An extremely powerful Psy assassin, he wreaks terror on the battlefield. Excellent strategist. Carries a sword.

Lelek - A female pyrokinetics expert. Acts as a support unit for Ramun, the 'tank', can nonetheless hold her own with the best. Carries a bow.

Ramun - A male Light expert. The tank unit; while not as strong as Otharn, he can deal out and receive vast amounts of damage. Carries a spear.

Serus - the Cyro expert. Smart and ruthless, he is the second in command. Despite his ambition, he is fiercely loyal to Otharn. Skilled in obfuscation. While not as strong as the other members of the team, he is more skilled than all except Otharn. Goes unarmed, but can use long shards of ice as weapons.][/spoiler]
Namelesskitty
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User: Namelesskitty.
Name: Cassiopia
Gender: Female.
Race : Human
Class : Psy Assassin
Affinity : Fire
Faction : 'Thieves Guild, a ring of thieves, smugglers and spies. Not, in fact, a guild.
Special skills:Hiding, Agility(ie. running, jumping climbing etc.), can use any sort of ranged weapon well. Poisons expert(both curing and creating), and of course the sight.

Equipment : A multitude of concealed daggers, and vials of various toxins. A high quality longbow, and a large quiver of arrows) and a length of rope for good measure.

Bio: Powerful mentally and a force to be reckoned with, especially form a distance. Her (metaphorical) silver tongue formed her a powerful 'clan', a ring of influential smugglers, thieves and spies, with her at the head of things.

Immediate Team: Herself, the leader and mastermind.
Loki: (male) the muscle in the group and unendingly loyal to Cassiopia.
Shane: (male) Powerful cyro expert, but less than skilled physically, but always has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Lily: (female) Supposedly raised by shadowlings, and possibly one of the greatest shadow Psys on Cerra Bella. and Cassiopia's second in command.
Tomoe: (female) Quick and limber thief, and expert in espionage, especially skilled in staying alive.

I hope you don't mind the alterations I made.[/spoiler]

MikeW781
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User: MikeW781
Name: Jyada
Gender: Male
Race: Shadowling
Class: Shadowling Guardian (like shadowboxer)
Affinity: Shadow
Faction: Night Brothers

Skills: Shadowport 1, Shadow Blast, Shadow Vortex, Mind Blast, Feedback

Equipment: None

Team:
Jyada- Powerful, agile shadowling guardian. (Not an actual shadowling guardian, he holds the position of Chief, not the leader; merely a high rank, of the Night Brothers) He deals heavy damage, supported by his group of ruthless yet loyal killers.

Hycea- Human Psy Fighter with Cyro affinity. He has a high amount of health and psy power, and usually charges into battle with his Cyro abilities. He uses Cyro Blast, Cyro Cross, Mind Blast, and Feedback. He is backed up by his twin brother, Denzan.

Denzan- Hycea's twin brother. He is a human psy fighter, who uses Mind Shield, Long Shield, Big Shield, and Mind blast. He has been working tirelessly on his Cyro Blast, because he looks up to his slightly older brother. Their relationship tends to appear as big brother/little brother to most outsiders.

Khernon- A Spriggat Swordsman. He is a red spriggat with the attacks Whirwind, Slash, Stab, Melee, Recover, and Fury. He is the loner of the group, but Jyada saved him from the Devourers when he was a baby, and he is fiercely loyal to him as a result. He is dependable and independant on the field of battle.
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Duskling
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User: Duskling
Name: Misad Taq
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Bowman
Affinity: Shadow
Faction: Assassin

Skills: Invisibility, Telekenisis (to guide arrows, bullets,  and the like), Moderate-damage Shadow Blast (for when the enemy get too close), and enhanced vision.

Equipment: A projectile (in case you're wondering, that means it uses bullets) sniper rifle (Steelfist has a laser pistol, so go figure), longbow, crossbow, daggers, and an assortment of poisons; all custom-made.

Bio: An old-fashioned assassin, Misad likes to use weapons that use projectiles, for they may be silenced without lowering their power as much as energy weapons. He respects his weapons like he respects himself, he makes sure that they are all without a scratch after a mission. Taq isn't in this for the money, sure it pays well, but the thrill of the hunt, the look on the face of his target when... if... they see him is worth more than any amount of gold.[/spoiler]

Kindle
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User: Kindle
Name: Sigrun
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Class: Psy Healer
Affinity: Light
Faction: Psy Knights
Special Skill: Sigrun focuses on healing, and her only combat skill is Light Blast.

Bio: Sigrun has always wanted to be a member of the Psy Knights, like her parents before her. She knows of the dangers, but she wishes to protect the innocent. Though young, Sigrun is respected among her peers as a powerful healer and capable leader.

Equipment: None, aside from her clothes.

Team- Sigrun leads an all-female group of Psy Fighters. She focuses on defensive warfare, and is cautious when fighting. None of the women carry conventional weapons, and instead focus on using their prodigious psy skills instead. All of the women have the ability to use Point Telepathy, and a variety of other psy skills.

Florine: She focuses on area attacks, and tends to get right in the fray because of this. Of the group, she is the most durable. She knows Vengeance, and is very good at using it.

Katenka: She focuses on blasts, typically from far away. Katenka usually sticks with Sigrun when the fighting starts.

Marjory: She does a little bit of everything. She can heal and fight, neither was well as the group's specialists. Marjory is there when someone can't do their job.

Slate: A partially upgraded golem. It was purchased from the Mechanics. Although golems have no gender, Slate is referred to as 'she'. [/spoiler]
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Modern Weapons.
[spoiler]Laser Pistol (Steelfist)
Sniper Rifle (Duskling)[/spoiler]

[The Holy namelesskitty]

Name: Cassiopia
Gender: Fem. (because my nation of hubras character is male.)
Race : Human
Class : Psy Assassin
Affinity :Fire (duh)
Faction : Can we PLEASE add the thieves guild? If not none of the above if so that's it.

Special skills:Hiding, Agility(ie. running, jumping climbing etc.), can use any sort of ranged weapon well. Poisons expert(both curing and creating), and of course the sight.

Equipment : A multitude of concealed daggers, and vials of various toxins. A high quality longbow, and a large quiver of arrows) and a length of rope for good measure.

Bio: Powerful mentally and a force to be reckoned with, especially form a distance. Her silvery tongue (a metaphor mind you) formed her a powerful clan so to speak, with her at the head of things. this same group got her the title of guild-master of the thieves guild.

Immediate Team: herself, The leader and mastermind.
Loki: (male) the muscle in the group and unendingly loyal to Cassiopia.
Shane: (male) Powerful cyro expert, but less than skilled physically, but always has a few tricks up his sleeve.
Lily: (female) Supposedly raised by shadowlings, and possibly one of the greatest shadow Psys on Cerra Bella. and Cassiopia's second in command.

[MikeW781]

Name: Jyada
Gender: Male
Race: Shadowling
Class: Shadowling Guardian (like shadowboxer)
Affinity: Shadow
Faction: Night Brothers

Skills: Shadowport 1, Shadow Blast, Shadow Vortex, Mind Blast, Feedback

Equipment: None

Team:
Jyada- Powerful, agile shadowling guardian. (Not an actual shadowling guardian, he holds the position of Chief of the Night Brothers) He deals heavy damage, supported by his group of ruthless yet loyal killers. The postion of chief is right below the leader, and there are 7 chiefs.

Hycea- Human Psy Fighter with Cyro affinity. He has a high amount of health and psy power, and usually charges into battle with his Cyro abilities. He uses Cyro Blast, Cyro Cross, Mind Blast, and Feedback. He is backed up by his twin brother, Denzan.

Denzan- Hycea's twin brother. He is a human psy fighter, who uses Mind Shield, Long Shield, Big Shield, and Mind blast. He has been working tirelessly on his Cyro Blast, because he looks up to his slightly older brother. Their relationship tends to appear as big brother/little brother to most outsiders.

Khernon- A Spriggat Swordsman. He is a red spriggat with the attacks Whirwind, Slash, Stab, Melee, Recover, and Fury. He is the loner of the group, but Jyada saved him from the Devourers when he was a baby, and he is fiercely loyal to him as a result. He is dependable and independant on the field of battle. He uses a longsword in each hand due to his immense size, but carries a variety of weapons including shortswords, claymores, and a giant battle axe. He is heavily armored, and has very high health, but has a very low speed as a result.

This is gonna be a kick-ass RP! Nice idea Steelfist.
Two things- add bsic rules (no character control and such) for those who don't know, and a limit for the number of characters one player controls. I'd love to make bios for a team of a hundred Psy Fighters, but I'd have carpal tunnel and it would be cheap. If you want to make the limit 4, I'll cut Aneed.

[Duskling]

Name: Misad Taq
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Class: Bowman
Affinity: Shadow
Faction: Assassin

Skills: Invisibility, Telekenisis (to guide arrows, bullets,  and the like), Moderate-damage Shadow Blast (for when the enemy get too close), and enhanced vision.

Equipment: A projectile (in case you're wondering, that means it uses bullets) sniper rifle (Steelfist has a laser pistol, so go figure), longbow, crossbow, daggers, and an assortment of poisons; all custom-made.

Bio: An old-fashioned assassin, Misad likes to use weapons that use projectiles, for they may be silenced without lowering their power as much as energy weapons. He respects his weapons like he respects himself, he makes sure that they are all without a scratch after a mission. Taq isn't in this for the money, sure it pays well, but the thrill of the hunt, the look on the face of his target when... if... they see him is worth more than any amount of gold.

[Xemadus Echina]

AAHHH How can you expect me to join if I can't use Rainen?!  Can I at least use the name but have a different back story?

[Duskling]

I think he just means not to OD on the power juice, but I need confirmation, so, it's up to Steelfist.

[Kindle]

Name: Sigrun
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Class: Psy Healer
Affinity: Light
Faction: Psy Knights
Special Skill: Sigrun focuses on healing, and her only combat skill is Light Blast.

Bio: Sigrun has always wanted to be a member of the Psy Knights, like her parents before her. She knows of the dangers, but she wishes to protect the innocent. Though young, Sigrun is respected among her peers as a powerful healer and capable leader.

Equipment: None, aside from her clothes.

Team- Sigrun leads an all-female group of Psy Fighters. She focuses on defensive warfare, and is cautious when fighting. None of the women carry conventional weapons, and instead focus on using their prodigious psy skills instead. All of the women have the ability to use Point Telepathy, and a variety of other psy skills.

Florine: She focuses on area attacks, and tends to get right in the fray because of this. Of the group, she is the most durable. She knows Vengeance, and is very good at using it.

Katenka: She focuses on blasts, typically from far away. Katenka usually sticks with Sigrun when the fighting starts.

Marjory: She does a little bit of everything. She can heal and fight, neither was well as the group's specialists. Marjory is there when someone can't do their job.

Slate: A partially upgraded golem. It was purchased from the Mechanics. Although golems have no gender, Slate is referred to as 'she'.

[Steelfist]

Very good profiles! Oh, and Rainen; you can use the name Rainen, but that's all. You can't have Rainen, as in the Rainen that is OP, comes from another dimension, and is on a mission to stop some other creature from another dimension. But the name is fine.

Oh, I'll edit this in, but ground rules;

1) No character control, unless it is pre-agreed, or an obvious and minor choice. Dialogue is fine, but it's normally better to pre-agree on it.
2) No being the LEADER of any of the above factions, unless it's a very small one, such as a mercenary group.
3) You can control no more than four characters. Obviously, if you kill one off, you can bring another one in.
4) No OP weapons; for instance, laser pistol is fine, as it has it's drawbacks (so is the sniper, as it isn't as powerful as an energy weapon, and has limited ammo).
5) No killing off characters that you don't control (this could come under the heading of character control, but I thought I'd add it for emphasis.

Edit: Neatened it up. You might want to check your character's profile. If you want it changed, just say.

[Xemadus Echina]

all right i can live with that.  to bad though i like being an OP god in these things XD (sarcasm)

Name:Jace
code name: Rainen
Gender: Male
Race :Human
Class : Psy assassin
Affinity (if psy):fire/light
Faction :free lancer
Main Weapon: channel sword(specialized sword that can be used to channel the four elements)  dual daggers
Special skill: dual affinity and the ability to meld the elements into various forms including shields and various abilities for his sword.

Bio:  Jace is a free lancer of a strange origin.  His parents were each very powerful psys.  One with a fire affinity and the other with a light affinity.  When he was born his father was on the run from the true humans.  His mom was able to hide the fact that she was a psy.  What ended up happening is that his father returned to them both his mom and his dad died fighting.  At the time he was seven years old and when his parents were struck down he cried out and unleashed an immense blast of light that set fire to everything in the area.  (flair blast)  Since then he has been training his affinities separately and in the past year he finally regained the ability to meld them.  Now, he is seventeen and he works as a free lancer.  Currently, he is taking a sabbatical and looking for a place that he might be able to settle down.  He is on his way to the new psy academy in hopes that they will take him in.

[Steelfist]

Hmm, well; it's OK. I'm a little worried about the dual affinity, but otherwise, fine.

You realise, of course, that any decent psy can make a shield and channel their power through a weapon. I think that we might be heading a little to close to OP with tye flair blast thing, but if he was so tired he could barely move afterward, that should be fine. I might start on my chapter.

[MikeW781]

^^ I'm not sure if being a talented warrior, psy with two elements, and able to mold stuff out of those elements is a bit strong. Thats definately outside the range of every other character we've seen in the TRPG games, and other than the original ranien seems to be the strongest character in the RPs. If steelfist okays it, then thats that, but it seems a bit much.^^

On a happy note, i've updated my characters, cut Aneed, made myself a leader no more, but still a high-up in the Brotherhood, and updated the characters in general.
We have a four person party limit, but we can still have NPCs, right? Also, i think that giving the leader of each faction a name and a quick bio would make it more likely that the warring factions storyline would get moving. I'd write the one of the Dark Brotherhood if you want. Last but not least, can we eventually come to lead our factions?
I posted that as steelfist posted his, sorry for confusion

[Steelfist]

Whoa! It's Oblivion!

You might come to lead your factions, if you have one, but not to soon. PM me first.

Oh, and I don't mind you making a bio.

I don't think Rainen means actual objects; more like psy shields and channelling his power through the sword. I don't think that he said he was very talented and strong, however; maybe a weaker character would be appropriate, though.

[Kindle]

So we're only allowed to have four characters on our team? I guess I'll shave the golem off.

[Steelfist]

Well, you can see why, surely?

[MikeW781]

We have a four person party limit, but we can still have NPCs, right? Also, i think that giving the leader of each faction a name and a quick bio would make it more likely that the warring factions storyline would get moving. I'd write the one of the Night Brothers if you want.

What about these questions?

And can i please start now