Civil War ~ Signups and World Building ~ Likely to be Renamed

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• Name: Anne Rackam
• Age: 23
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human
• Appearance: "Make sure you get my good side~"◊*
  The one with pink hair.
• Personality: Playful and flirty, Anne has a very tricky nature. She's the type to tease and provoke whilst keeping a calm and cool head herself. She doesn't discriminate on who she flirts, be it man, woman, elf, dwarf, etc. She will tease and flirt with anyone if she believes it will get her what she needs, or simply provide some entertainment.
• Brief Backstory: Older twin of Mary and first mate of the ship affectionately called, The Wandering Whore*
  The name came up in a rather vulgar comparison to ships and whores one night at the local tavern.
  Daughters of a pirate captain, they inherited his ship after his untimely demise at the hands of kingdom's navy. Seeking revenge for his death, the twins joined the rebellion and continued their pirating in their name, sinking naval ships and plundering the ships of nobility.
• Non-Magic abilities: Very, very good with daggers, especially when it comes to throwing them. As a pirate, she's accustomed to various acts of thievery, be it pickpocketing, lock picking, etc. She's a very good con woman as well, using her womanly wiles to trick many a gullible male.
• Magic: Blue mage, mostly wind and water control used to to get their ship moving. She knows a few illusion spells, used for when she's off being the thieving pirate that she is.

• Name: Mary Rackam
• Age: 23
• Gender: Female
• Race: Human
• Appearance: "Stop fooling around, we don't have time for this."◊*
  The one with red hair.
• Personality: Unlike her sister, Mary tends to act more seriously with a no nonsense air about her. However, the pirate has a passion for dueling and is stubborn to a fault. It's not uncommon for her to challenge you to a duel if annoyed. In this way, she's also more hot headed than her level-headed twin.
• Brief Backstory: See Anne's. The only difference is that she's Captain.
• Non-Magic abilities: Skilled swordsman and duelist. A competent navigator and leader for their pirate ship.
• Magic: Red Mage, manipulates fire and combines it with her swordplay for powerful, aggressive attacks.

edited 15th Feb '12 9:24:26 PM by FlameHaze17

Oh how fun~ I'm sure the rebellion is happy to take on the help of such a notorious Pirate Crew. Accepted~

Re. Character: Okay, I can change it. I was worried about making Tarlin a Green/Black magic user since there's already a few of them so... Would it be okay if I changed her to no magic with some skill in non-magical healing?

As for the dwarf thing, it was less 'sneaky sabotage' and more 'distract them with fire, then she'll loot/attack'. They're not a very conventional pair, but I can change it to a human or something if it's a problem.

And yeah, it was mainly just a 'We can do this ourselves' mindset that stopped them joining the rebellion. She wizened up a little after his death and realised it'd be a tad safer to work in a group.

Ah, no, that makes sense. They can stay a dwarf. I imagined that wrong with the way you put it initially, heh.

And, well the idea was more towards that a bloodthirsty person is an odd place to put healing abilities, but at least with non-magic it works better and can even be explained away rather easily. So I have no problems with medicinal skills.

Alright so, with that change it looks good I think.

So the RP's up guys! Just go ahead and do what you want, a bit of short discussion between the characters before things happen will be fine

We can all have up to two characters, right?

Indeed.

Name: Jade Terri'menh
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Race: Draconic-Human
Appearance: You'd think I knew what I was doing, and that's mostly correct.
Personality: A laid back and lazy witch of the moors, Jade speaks softly and casually. She's not very eloquent or charming, doesn't have much rhetorical ability and thus in general would be considered by most to be a 'hick' with little charisma. She puts a lot of trust in luck and dislikes planning, and generally regardless of how things are going she's optimistic. Cool headed, Jade is very difficult to anger or make unhappy, and she not only listens very closely to others but often adopts whatever they say into her own model of things, in short she's very open minded.
Brief Backstory: Jade was born to a wealthy daughter of a minor noble living in one of Nirn's metropolises, whose father was a disguised dragon she has never known. Having both connections and prestige with the horns as a sign of obvious dragon blood, jade was raised with the ability to be more or less whatever she wanted to be. So of course, the scandal goes then that Jade chose the strangest and most foolhardy path, she casually left home one day and took off into the wilds, where she eventually settled in the outlying provinces as a glorified witch doctor. She wanted to leave on good terms with her family, but she was disowned the moment she made her choice. So she has lived alone since her coming of age, a girl living a simple and unrestrained existence. She came to the rebellion mostly because it amused her and it was right there, not because she connects in any way with the cause. \\ Non-Magic: Ironically for a witch, Jade was raised in a posh environment and thus never learned survival skills like hunting or fishing. She instead has extensive innate magic that includes magic that accomplishes all of her daily chores for her. What Jade can do on her own is alchemy, she is a skilled brewer who can make potions from herbs, spices, animal parts, and so on; primarily with healing or non-combat applications like granting the mental ability to multitask.
Magic: Black Magic. Jade dabbled in all magics, but eventually gained her proficiency in black magic, specifically in an art of shadow she developed herself. Stitching of Shadows, as she likes to call it, achieves an effect quite like healing by manipulating wounds and even lost body parts on the owner of a shadow. Jade can extend shadows and pull this off from some distance, though she does actually require the shadow in question.

edited 16th Feb '12 6:28:18 PM by Bassetete

Hm... I have to say I had to think about this one for a bit. I'm afraid that the use of Black Magic to heal in that sort of fashion is just not how the magic works. Black Magic is about the removal of life force, or the manipulation of undead. Not plain healing and surgery. So I can't accept that.

Alright. I wanted a character who could perfectly juxtapose with my already existing one, so it'd have to be black magic that can heal. I'm gonna drop the idea in this case.

Name: Cadhous

Race: Human-Elf

Gender:Male

Age: Don't know how elves age in this world but looks mid thirties

Appearance: Tall, almost human average but with the slender elven build and of course ears. Sandy hair and goatee, peircing blue eyes. Dresses plainly and carries a staff.

Personality: Misanthropic and snarky but with a care for his patients underneath and a fierce desire for the truth.

Brief backstory: Child of a high ranking elf and shunned by both races he made his way in the world at a young age. Learned healing from a kindly hermit. He joined the rebellion because his natural sense of justice is upset at the kingdoms corruption

Non-magical skills: Good with his staff, also skilled at herbalism with an eidetic memory.

Magic: White, with an emphasis on healing.

Alright, I think the only issue here is that the profile needs a bit more fleshing out. Specifically, to what extent can your character heal? Something like that. Also a bit more in the personality will help. Possibly another sentence or two?

As for backstory, just a little more detail there as well. You mention one parent, but nothing of the other, or why the character was shunned by both races. Though I have my guess as to why.

EDIT: To what extent does his memory work?

edited 17th Feb '12 3:51:19 PM by FlameHaze17

• Name: Kworein
• Age: 40 (young for a dragon)
• Gender: Male
• Race: Dragon
  • Dragons are a varied bunch. Though the species is attuned to fire and thus natural Red Mages, they can choose a different color of magic if they wish. They can look like winged lizards, or be more serpentine in shape. They come in a variety of colors, from Red to Violet, as well as varying sizes, and live for up to 1000 years. There are also an aquatic subspecies of dragon as well, who live beneath the waves. They tend to ignore most other races, unless provoked.
• Appearance: He's scary, not cute!.◊
• Personality: Likes to act like a tough guy, despite being about four feet tall when standing on his hind legs. He often charges in ahead of others, and has little concern for his own safety. Though he doesn't admit it, he does this to protect people that he cares about. He likes to crack jokes, however bad, and tries to make fun of any situation.
• Brief Backstory: He was once a baby dragon whose mother was killed by some knight at the request of the king. He ran from the Knight and hid in a nearby town, where he wandered for two or three years. In those years he learned the human language, and taught himself to walk on two legs in order to blend in. When he learned of the rebellion, he decided it would be a good opportunity for revenge.
• Non-Magic abilities: Biting, clawing, and flying. Also knows how to wrestle.
• Magic: White Magic, though his only technique is his breath - instead of fire, he breathes lightning.

What Flame said, basically.

Looks interesting. So your characters are the team pets, then? XD Accepted, I think. The only thing I'd say is that it is funny that he blended with humans so easily, being a small dragon.

Actually, let me go into more detail on Lightning right quick, because the paragraph I had in this post before was confusing and excluded Blue.

Red Magic is capable of creating enough heat to create a burst of static electricity that can be used for direct bolts of lightning, though aiming it is a bitch as it usually just goes wherever. Blue has the ability to manipulate weather, and therefore can cause lightning to strike. It takes great skill to use it properly and aim it at all. White Magic can create light that appears like lightning, and it can even be electric if done right. Mostly, White creates concussive light as a ranged attack, but for it to imitate lightning is usually more of a static burst of conductive light.

In the above Dragon's case, it would be breathing out a powerful beam of light that acts like or at least looks like lightning, I would think.

That was a bit longer, but it hopefully cleared that up for those interested in lightning based abilities. XD

edited 17th Feb '12 7:02:37 PM by SimplyDavid

Okay, his healing is basically as powerful as you'll allow. Personality and background might take a bit longer. since I came up with them in the space of a few minutes. He is a wanderer and served the kingdom's military (I'm coming up with this as i type btw) which is where he grew disgruntled. As for being shunned that's optional, I was assuming because of his mixed heritage but also because he was born out of wedlock, not sure if elves do one night stands. I'll admit that personality and background tend to be tough for me as I usually make them up as I play the character.

Alright then, clarify to what extent can he memorize something? He's not the type who can master spells instantly because of his memory can he? Nor can he use his memory in any combat situation?

If Healing is all he can do, then the only limit will be he can't, say, heal a wound that is guaranteed to kill them in moments. Though, the tougher the wound the harder it is to heal, so the more deadly wounds would probably take longer or be more tiring to heal.

If he uses other aspects of white magic, then the healing will be weaker. As I said in the first post, the more kinds of magic you can use the weaker the spells will be.

Oh also, as for what Flame said, yeah remembering spells instantly is not an option, and perfectly remembering a combat technique from seeing it is also not allowed. Nobody is going to have Sharingan here. XD

edited 17th Feb '12 8:21:49 PM by SimplyDavid

What do you mean by "remember" spells? Do people have to recite or chant or something? I had assumed people know their magic because they had to practice "doing" whatever magic they know beforehand, so it would be helpful if you clarified.

Yes, he's solely a healer. The photogaraphic memory is more something applicable to documents, faces and objects. Not really anything useable in combat.

That's exactly why remembering the spells in that way isn't an option. You would have to practice and use them and, in the first place, learn them. Sorry if my wording can be confusing at times. Also, chanting/circles/etc. can empower a spell, at least. But there's plenty of spells that don't require such things.

Alright, Doctor House is accepted.

edited 18th Feb '12 7:25:05 PM by SimplyDavid

So you got who he's based on huh? Actually there's meant to be a bit of Brother Cadfael there too.

• Name: Miala Arrianson
• Age: Apparently 8. Actually... 9. Yes, 9. Not 90, 900, and certainly not 9000. 9.
• Gender: Female.
• Race: White Magic lich. There are two magic colours that lend themselves to toying with the soul and putting it in another object for safekeeping*
  Putting it in another person's body is most likely Blue Magic fused with either of these.
  . The forceful method, the one that doesn't require much understanding and just requires a suitable vessel and magical power, falls under black magic and lends itself to undead armies. The complicated one, which nevertheless allows for variation and returning the soul, is white magic and starts with the simple step of linking a body and a prepared vessel (or, in Miala's case, two vessels, which keeps her soul in an entangled, untraceable state). Next comes moving it from one to the other. However, since it wasn't ripped away and left with barely a connection, it is possible to restore the soul to the body.
  The most notable advantage of this is that the lich's original body is effectively a puppet, drastically decreasing the mana that they have available as well as their fine control and sensory sensitivity. Should they need more power, they can risk restoring their soul to its proper place, as well as retreating from it entirely to avoid pain and give chance to repair. Plus, white magic means losing the body doesn't cause so many problems.
• Appearance: Much of the time, this. The teddy bears are, rather unsurprisingly, the two vessels for her soul, so she tends to keep one with her when she emerges from her cabin. If required to go above deck or spend any amount of time moving around, these are her clothes of choice.
• Personality: Morose. Morose, quiet, and often sleepy. She used to be such a happy child, too...
• Brief Backstory: Miala was the daughter of a white mage, who taught her the basics of magic and got slightly concerned when she gained books and learned far more than intended, and a veteran sailor, who taught her the art of nagivation. Her parents, however, died in an unfortunate fire shortly after she became a lich, and the Rackam sisters basically adopted her and the huge, somewhat worrying pile of blankets and pillows, to navigate their ship. Good thing they were family friends. Notably, they let her have one of the few cabins—a tiny one, true, but it managed to have a window of all things—as her own, and fill it with the blankets and such. She doesn't really come out as much as they would like, in large part due to being extremely seasick, especially up on deck.
• Non-Magic abilities: Navigational abilities and basic sewing. She's had to sew her teddies' eyes back on a few times.
• Magic: White Magic prodigy. It's hard to find something that she doesn't know or can't pick up given a demonstration or two, but her extreme lack of power as things stand—due to mostly retreating from her actual body to avoid much of the illness in addition to the normal problems—reduces her to a vast array of parlour tricks.
  Get her on dry land and in a situation that warrants the risk, and she can create large, offensive lasers.

• Name: Vincent Locan
• Age: 27
• Gender: Male
• Race: Human
• Appearance: Yes, he wears armor on the seas◊
• Personality: A man of greed, Vincent cares nothing about the morals of the king, just that he's a obstacle to Vincent's business. He's equally careless about most as well, informal even to his superiors. However, he's a bit flirty to any female, regardless of race. Moreover, he does care about his targets of interest, and will extend his sense of protection towards them, which normally includes people he managed to take a liking to (which is a rarity). He also rarely holds personal grudges against others.
• Brief Backstory: Vincent was a orphan, who went with those in a similar place to pickpocket others in the port town which he lived in. A wrong pocket to pick and a open throat later, he eventually found himself caught by a notorious pirate. Rather than kill him for taking the life of a crewman, the captain gave him jobs around the ship he commanded. As the years went by and Vincent knew more than he could ever dream of, he became the second in command to the captain. As the kingdom's navy became troubling to them, the pirates fought back, with Vincent going solo for certain reasons.
• Non-Magic abilities: He's incredibly fast with wielding a claymore, and combined hand-to-hand as well. Being a raider, he's skilled at sailing ships and taking them as well. He's more of a solo fighter, fighting against the odds. He is a swift swimmer, and has a lot of stamina because of it.
• Magic: Strangely enough, he's a user of White Magic. He is focused on protection, wielding no shield and charging the enemy, he is proficient in making him a lot more durable especially with his armor. While his spells are focused on physical attacks, he can extend some resistance on spells as well.

edited 25th Feb '12 11:34:55 PM by Runekn

I must say that accepting them is... unlikely. They're on their own and on another ship. So... umm... yeah.