I'm slightly confused by this. Does that mean you want us to only write what others know about the characters, or not do that.
It was a difficult delivery, now it's growing up mean and strong.
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That means that, for the three sheets I did a write up fo, I gave common knowledge, and avoided secrets they have because they're very plot critical characters. It also means that you should give all the information about your characters, not just what is common knowledge, and including secrets.
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- Name: Mart Dayne
- Titles: (none)
- Gender: (male)
- Age: 26
- Faction: (Night's Watch)
- Equipment: (Aurochs hide coat, bow)
- Appearance: (Stocky and moderately tall, with white hair and a Glasgow Grin partially covered by sideburns)
- Personality: (Impatient, has a violent hatred for all wildlings, does not like to see any of his fellow rangers hurt or unhappy.)
- History: At age five, Martyn Dayne became page to his father's cousin, ranger Harald Dayne of the Night's Watch. It was a relatively peaceful year, and it was thought that a year at Castle Black might disabuse Mart of his desire to join the Watch. At age Six, Mart was kidnapped by a particularly violent tribe of Wildlings, who cut out his tongue and gave him his Glasgow Grin. Rescued at age ten by his uncle Harald Dayne, who gave him his Aurochs hide coat and returned him to Castle Black. Has served the night's Watch ever since, and has worn Harald's Auroch-Hide coat ever since.
- Strengths: (moves quietly, observant, can shoot a bow quickly and accurately at short range, knows the wildling language from four years with Wildlings)
- Weaknesses: (Cannot talk, cannot read or write, cannot shoot a bow very accurately at long range, build and coat make Mart Dayne an easy target at long range)
- Other information: none
edited 18th Jun '12 8:31:00 PM by ATC
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...Could you please add an * at the start of each line? It will make reading your sheet much easier... Ninja'd.
Could you please give more for the personality? Impatient doesn't tell me much beyond that he's impatient. You don't even need much more...
edited 18th Jun '12 6:58:32 PM by deathpigeon
Was Aliroz the Confused
Okay, it's kind of hard to express a personality without words, but I think I can manage some more...
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That works. He's in.
Also, I should note that, when I say common knowledge, I mean common knowledge to the people the character rules.
Oh, and there are a couple of people who I'm going to be including, specifically a right hand man and an executioner for the Night King, a couple of commanders for the King-Beyond-The-Wall, and the two princes and the princess for the Kingdom of the North who, since I really don't have the specifics for them, yet, I'm fine with someone writing them up, and playing as one of them.
- Name: Howel Snow
- Titles: None.
- Gender: Male
- Age: 28
- Faction: Kingdom of the North
- Equipment: typical black Watch uniform
- Appearance: Garth is extremely average in almost every regard. Brown haired and green eyed, the only remarkable thing about his face is his facial hair. Unlike the hair on his head, it is a reddish-brown. He is of average height and average build.
- Personality: Seemingly atypical for a bastard, and possibly because of this, he clings to his honor and is honest and reliable to a fault though he is not ashamed of his lack of a father. He takes great pride in his job as a lowly steward. Although he loved his position and finally having a purpose, he grew increasingly uncomfortable with the Watch's oath breaking and fled south in hope of finding allies to reclaim the Wall. Though he was once known for his determination, constant rejection has taken its toll.
- History: Born to a minor lord's daughter in the riverlands, he grew up poor. He spent his life working diligently for his grandfather, who loved him despite his bastardry. Upon his grandfather's death, Garth's uncle inherited the property and, despising the reminder of his sister's infidelity, shipped the boy off to the Watch. This turned out to be a blessing for the boy, as his wish of having a purpose beyond "bastard" was fulfilled. He was assigned to the stewards and took his vows, he became well-respected among the new recruits and lower steward for his helpfulness and honesty. About two years after the Watch's declaration of independence, he escaped the Wall and headed towards Winterfell to seek aid. He met with King Tristifer and, despite not receiving the aid he wanted, was convinced to stay and council the king on matters of the Watch. Though he remains a Black Brother at heart, he has since joined the northern army.
- Strengths: He is good at remaining unnoticed and is extremely reliable.
- Weaknesses: He has little skill with weapons and no actual combat experience. Illiterate. His lack of formal education shows. Far from charismatic.
- Other information: None.
edited 21st Jun '12 7:43:51 PM by Chrisham2
It was a difficult delivery, now it's growing up mean and strong.
Accepted.
Right, never done this before so feel free to correct me if I do anything wrong 
Any limitation on how important a character we can take? I see this guy as a minor general in the Bolton force (perhaps a hundred men under him), but he can easily take a few more points in Black Sheep if he needs to be less prominent. His brother doesn't like him much as it is.
- Name: Rodrik Bolton
- Titles: Younger brother of the Lord of the Dreadfort
- Gender: Male
- Age: 24
- Faction: Kingdom of the North
- Equipment: Lance, longsword "Dread", hereditary skinning knife, faintly pink-hued steel armour with a blood-red helm fashioned like a screaming flayed head.
- Appearance: Pale red-brown eyes, lank black hair, medium height and slight build. Pale skin. Generally unimposing look, but with a determined look in his eyes.
- Personality: Somewhat bitter and proud, regretful at having to fight a half-brother he was close to as a child. Resents his true brother's primacy as he considers himself more intelligent, but admits Marys makes a better warrior. Has no real ambition to depose him, though, as he has no taste for infanticide. In contrast to his brother, dislikes the family tradition of flaying and torture, leading to the nickname behind his back of "the Bloodless". His dislike of the King of Winter is an open secret, though the reason, if any, is a mystery; the current war has not helped matters.
- History: Grew up the somewhat overlooked second son of the ancient, bedridden Lord of the Dreadfort (father to Jorah Snow). His elder brother Marys "Manhide" had ruled in his decrepit father's stead until he died in mysterious circumstances, and Lord Marys has a brood of healthy, ambitious children of his own. Rodrik sees himself as his brother's advisor, but in reality is largely ignored. He and Jorah were close as children (although Rodrik never let his bastard brother forget his place), and he briefly considered taking the Black along with him.
- Strengths: Intelligent. A good tactician and politician. A good horseman and able swordsman.
- Weaknesses: A tendency to physical cowardice. Little respect from Bolton men, many of whom prefer his elder brother. Retains some love for his once-kin, and resents King Tristifer's treatment of him.
- Other information: Has a minor Karstark boy for a squire, has had him taught to read so he can personally manage his master's ravens. His banner-bearer carries the old flayed skin of a convicted murderer, while Lord Marys takes a new hide after every battle.
edited 20th Jun '12 2:11:33 PM by johnnye
...The last Lord Bolton died under mysterious circumstances the night after Jorah Snow and Marys Bolton had a midnight meeting, and the day before Jorah went on a trip to Winterfell, which he never returned from because it was the trip he got implicated in the murder of the third son of the brother of Lord Greystark, and got sent to the Wall.
Anyway, Rodrick is accepted.
One point on timing — didn't Night's King rule for thirteen years before he was deposed?
http://awoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/Night
's_King (gah, can't make it work with the apostrophe in the URL...)
Also, the King in the North is said to be his brother, but you could always put either detail down to poetic licence on the part of storytellers.
edited 20th Jun '12 2:13:24 PM by johnnye
Yeah, I was assuming Tristifer was Brandon's Jorah's father... But that's my fault. Misread "Bolton" as "Stark" somehow.
Also, you're link seems to be missing an apostrophe.
Now it's missing and "'s King"
edited 20th Jun '12 12:20:34 PM by Chrisham2
It was a difficult delivery, now it's growing up mean and strong.
Yes, he was... I'm setting this in the 10th year, but I'm still unclear as to whether or not I should keep it in the 10th year...
No, it's said that the King-Beyond-The-Wall was his brother, unless I read something wrong...
edited 20th Jun '12 12:18:27 PM by deathpigeon
"It was not until his own brother, the King in the North, and Joramun, the King-Beyond-the-Wall, joined forces..."
edited 20th Jun '12 12:23:25 PM by johnnye
...Ok, I definitely read that wrong...
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...Well, shit. That would mean I'd have to rewrite his backstory...
...
...Um... The bards got it wrong? Alternate universe? Multiple and conflicting stories?
You could make him Tristifer's father's bastard son by Bolton's wife-to-be, conceived on their wedding night under First Night privilege. That makes both our stories work (and gives a nice grudge for House Bolton to hold for several hundred years).
edited 20th Jun '12 12:30:39 PM by johnnye
...That would work.
...That also means that I need to redo his appearance...
Well, that's the good part of having it set in a legendary time period. Everything known about it are used as children's stories.
Also, do you mind if I change my character's name? I choose "Garth" because it was the first name I thought of and "Rivers" because it was the first non-Snow bastard I thought of. I think I'd rather go with [undecided first name] Snow.
Until I realized that you made him Bolton, I thought you were making Tristifer the father and were going to have him die/replaced fairly early.
edited 20th Jun '12 12:27:29 PM by Chrisham2
It was a difficult delivery, now it's growing up mean and strong.
...And maybe his crime was to beat Tristifer half to death over some issue of heredity (before T became King). Means It's Personal, and gives Jorah a nice reason to want to call himself a King in the first place.
The problem with that is beating the King of Winter half to death would get you the death penalty, with no option of going to the Wall. Implicated in a murder that it's unclear of whether or not he's responsible would get him sent to the Wall.
...Hmm... Maybe he got sent there for trying to steal the Crown of Winter during the night?
He's a blood relative, the King might not want to execute him. Maybe "half to death" is over-the-top, but if he attacked him and gave him a good kicking with no provocation (and clearly no intent to do him serious harm).
But yeah, your idea works too.
edited 20th Jun '12 12:58:49 PM by johnnye
Ok, I've edited the op in several places. Did I miss anywhere?
Also, that wouldn't work because I want it to be unclear to the characters the relationship between the King of Winter and the Night King until later.
@Chris: Feel free to change anything until this starts, and probably even for the first page of posts of this. Just run the changes by me.
edited 20th Jun '12 1:22:00 PM by deathpigeon
Well, then... This post is now irrelevant.
And I've changed the name.
edited 20th Jun '12 1:39:58 PM by Chrisham2
It was a difficult delivery, now it's growing up mean and strong.
To whatever end
Erm, here's mine. This is my first RP, so you guys might need to help me along.
- Name: Brysanna
- Titles: (none)
- Gender: F
- Age: 19
- Faction: Wildling
- Equipment: simple longsword (a gift from her older brother, who makes weapons) and wooden shield
- Appearance: average height, slender, with straight chestnut-colored hair and dark brown eyes
- Personality: introverted and distrustful, snippy to people she does not know, secretly somewhat curious about life south of the wall, likes learning about history
- History: Her father died of severe food poisoning when she was twelve, and she is estranged from her mother, who prefers her two stronger, more handsome brothers. However, she remains on good terms with those brothers, mostly because they saved her once on the battlefield when she was badly injured. She does not like to fight, but loves the freedom of wildling culture and is willing to kill to preserve it. Recently she has been learning how to handle healing herbs (she wants to help the wounded like her brothers helped her) and tended a minor general/lieutenant/something like that, Eliund, back to health. This higher-up in the wildling army has taken a liking to her and considers himself in her debt.
- Strengths: quick thinking in battle and swift movement
- Weaknesses: not physically strong, stubborn
- Other information: She served the meal that caused her father to die, harbors guilt over this.
edited 26th Jun '12 9:59:22 AM by Troliolio
In the Age of Heroes, 7889 years before Aegon the Conqueror landed in Blackwater Bay at the spot where the city of King's Landing would be built, when Westeros was still populated by the First Men, and the Andals were not yet known, not long after the Wall had been raised and the Night's Watch had formed, there lived a bastard son of a noblewoman and an unknown father who had been sent to the Wall to join the Night's Watch by Tristifer Stark, King of Winter and great-great-grandson of Bran the Builder, for attempting to steal the Crown of Winter. At the Wall, the man quickly rose through the ranks of the Night's Watch using his charisma and skill. Soon after his rise, the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch died under mysterious circumstances, and he was quickly declared the thirteenth Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. Around the same time, a young man on the other side of the Wall gained power among the Wildings. This man, who's name is Joramun, was known for his love of battle, and hatred of those from the south of the Wall as a the Night's Watch killed his parents.
During an expedition beyond the Wall to drive back a new incursion by the Others, the new Lord Commander of the Night's Watch got separated from his force, which was attacked by a band of Wildmen led by Joramun, and driven back, in his absence, and he came upon the most beautiful woman he had ever met. A woman who did not even seem human. He fell in love on first site, and spirited her away, bringing her back to Nightfort. There he broke the Vow he swore at the Hearttree of a Weirwood to the Night's Watch, and married her. Further breaking his Vow, he declared himself the Night King, placing a crown of obsidian upon his head. King Tristifer, upon hearing of the Night King's actions, ordered the Night's Watch to bring their new King's head. The Night's Watch did not comply, instead declaring their overwhelming support for the Night King, killing all who objected, and swearing new vows to the Night King, raising their swords in rebellion. At the same time, Joramun was declared King-Beyond-The-Wall by the Wildlings, and pledged his support for the Night King to promote chaos and disorder to the South, giving him and the Wildlings great freedom. In addition, attacks by the Others began to dwindle and disappear.
Now, it is the tenth year of the Nigh King's reign, and the King of Winter has yet to make any significant victories against the Night's Watch, though neither side has had many losses, and the Night King, growing bold, has begun expanding his forces both to the north and to the south. The King-Across-The-Wall has grown nervous of the Night King's encroachment, and feels as if he may replace the King of Winter, but be far worse. However, he still hopes that he can crush both the Night's Watch and the Northerners, so he holds out on declaring a side...
Ok, so this is an RP based around the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin, but it's set about 8000 years before the series, and in a time that not much is known about. In this, you'll get to play as a character from the Night's Watch, the Kingdom of the North, or Beyond the Wall, and I'll be playing as the Night King, the King of Winter, and the King-Beyond-The-Wall, treating them as NPCs. Knowledge of the series is not critical for joining this game, but it will certainly be helpful, and I'll try and keep all spoilers to the minimum.
Some knowledge for people who have never read the series: The Others are a race of magical ice zombies from the far north who have been pushing south for a long time. Because of this, Bran the Builder, the first King of Winter, decided to build the Wall, a 700 foot tall wall made entirely out of ice. The Night's Watch was formed on the wall, who's members are commonly called the Black Brothers because they view themselves as a family and only wear black. The Black Brothers abandon all titles and family they held previously, and swear the following vow:
Character sheets should be formatted like:
Let me make three example write ups (Note: all information in these are what your characters would know, not necessarily the truth. Please do not do that, and tell the truth, not what common knowledge is. In addition, since these are the three leaders, they are supposed to be better than the rest, at least the first two are, though not perfect, so please include more weaknesses.):
Accepted Characters list
Night's Watch
Kingdom of the North
Wildlings
Discussion
RP
edited 25th Nov '12 9:43:34 PM by deathpigeon