The Blinder
Do you have a diver?
Good to be back
Just another guy
Reposting this from this post.
Name: Jonaidi Akmal, but he prefers Joe or John. Short, simple, and easy to remember.
Age and gender: 20, Male
Appearance: Guy look smug, all right.
Personality: Eccentric, would be one way to describe him. One part average, another part obsessive, he has this sort of love-hate relationship with myths and dispelling them. Generally doesn't believe in magic, the afterlife and so on, he'll do all he can to prove that they're not real. Some would question why bother proving it if he doesn't believe in it himself and he said, quote, "Because people are idiots for believing and getting into this sort of thing and it's up to me to make sure they won't stay as idiots,", claiming it as doing a community service for the world.
Outside of that, he's also a nerd and a bit of a closet otaku, though he would try to deny the latter when pressed.
Skills/knowledge:
- Pop Culture References: Being a freeloader off a family's hard-earned riches has its perks, such as having all the time and energy focused on useless trivia, video game references and the likes. Whether this will have any use at all is up for debate.
- Occult/Paranormal Lore: Ironically enough, it was through his adamant nature to prove that all paranormal activities and events are all fake that he's becoming more and more aware of them. Though this is also contributed by his past experience, much to his chagrin.
- Basics of Computer Science: While he was given a lot of leeway for basically doing nothing, there's still a minimum expectation that he has to fulfill so that he can continue with his current lifestyle(and don't get thrown out of the house). As such, he studied a course in Computer Science in his local neighborhood university and made it a point to make sure that he just barely made it to the next semester. He could've achieved more if he actually puts more effort into it, effort that he instead used to perfectly calculate the minimum amount of time he needed to spend there so that he can focus on his other, more important 'work'.
It was through this that he learned how to make his own website though, where he publish his findings on hoaxes and unproven theories, where he dubs himself as 'The Professor'.
Equipment:
- State-Of-The-Art Equipment: Personal phone, laptop and camera, all of which are water-resistant and of the highest quality money can buy. Also a bunch of other necessary accessories are also included(power banks, phone charger, camera lens, etc.)
- Journals and notepads: Complete with individual plastic baggies◊ for each of them, and some pens/pencils. That way, they won't get wet!
- Rations: Mostly snack bars and junkfood that he carried with him, alongside a few fresh water bottles. Hey, you might never know how long the expedition might last!
- Clothes: Spare clothing. He has more of them in his room at the nearest hotel/chalet, but it helps to be prepared and one of his person as backup.
- Survival Tool Stuff That He Got Online: "Only the best in premium survival!", or so the advertisement said. It's all hogwash, but it'll have to do. The package includes ropes, underwater equipment(consisting of swimwear and a mini-oxygen tank for underwater adventures), nets, stuff for making a basic tent and a fishing pole(with a can of live baits).
- Backpack: To carry all of the above stuff!
History: The son of a very wealthy businessman, he was taught throughout his whole life to be a spoiled little twat. And while, yes, he is a bit of a twat, he lived a pretty average life throughout his childhood, experiencing things other child his age does.
Of course, that all changed when he got involved in an Occult Club during his formative middle school life years, being invited by his fellow peers and friend. To make a long story painfully short, he became a fanatic. An extreme fanatic, who's so into it that he eventually became said president of the club months after he joined.
Timeskip a series of events and a few years into the future later and in comes a re-discovered Joe, who completely regrets and agonizes over any single trace of his former memories. So humiliating and remorseful he became that he completely break contact with all his old friends and acquaintances that knew of him there and erased any traces of his humiliating association with the word 'Occult'.
But that's not enough for him, no. Seeing the error in his way, he'd made it his life duty to enlighten the others about the dangers of believing in all these dangerous sham. For once, he felt compelled to help people steer away from this, so that they too would not have to suffer through the humiliation the same way he did. To that end, he formed a website of his own and nicknamed himself as 'The Professor' there, believing that for all his worthless life, he's now doing some good.
So far, he has since been actively making articles explaining on the subject, bashing sightings/rumours of any paranormal stuff and counter-arguing the nature of the supernatural with forum-goers. Then on one fateful day, an anonymous fan sent him a certain letter. A letter from Harvard, which explains the existence of Atlantis, and that immediately got his attention.
He could just leave it there and post about how this is most obviously a fake. But if he were to personally go there, record everything and thoroughly proves that this is all a hoax, that would increase his credibility. Which would also increase traffics to his web. His course of action now clear, he made plans and traveled to the given coordinates under the guise of a university research project. This will be the first among many of his targets for his crusade against the fantasy that is 'Occult'...
Other:
"A post per day keeps the GMs away!"
For the Horde!
@Troyand Hawk: No, we do not have a dedicated diver.
@Just Some Guy 732: As with the signup in the interest check, Jonaidi is Accepted.
edited 29th Dec '16 8:40:54 AM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
The Blinder
- Name: Loke Kinipela
- Age: 25
- Gender: Female
- Appearance: Loke is a hawaiian girl with long waist length black hair and emerald green eyes, tall and slender. She'd be beautiful, but the scars that go from the edges of her mouth to behind her ears are rather disturbing. She generally wears loose fitting clothes, though will usually wear jeans, She refuses to wear shoes. Generally, depending on the waters she's diving in, she'll wear a one piece swim suit, no flippers. Of course, if forced, she'll wear a rebreather.
- Personality: Loke is well, odd. She's skilled at free diving, but has often been known to remove her rebreather in order to communicate with the quote 'Keepers of the deep'. However, as that usually involves drowning until she loses conciousness for a spell, she's spent a lot of time at mental institutions for percieved suicide attempts. However, Loke is all smiles and joy. She has a religious reverence for the sea and is known to be rather playful while swimming, splashing her companions. However, the woman-child's sheer knack for her surroundings makes her indespensible.
- Skills/knowledge:
- Experienced Swimmer- Loke's been swimming all her life and is about the same level as an olympic swimmer.
- Inhumanly long breath holding-When she was 21, Loke broke the free diving record by staying underwater for twenty one minutes, she generally sticks to fifteen minutes unless she's having one of her 'communions'
- Sign Language- Since she doesn't always wear a mask, thereby, no microphone, Loke has an extensive knowledge of sign language to speak with other people.
- Equipment:
- Diving knife-A long, almost bowie knife style blade with a slightly curved handle and a metal hilt. She wears it in a sheath strapped to her thigh.
- Goggles and Rebreather-Loke's rebreather is a simple, almost flat black mask that goes over her nose and mouth. In white, is a childishly drawn approximation of a shark's mouth.
- Spear-Loke holds a long, metal spear with slightly serrated edges strapped to her back. It's self-defense, and she got it after her scars.
- History: Loke grew up...somewhere. Actually, no one really knows her backstory. She has mentioned that she was originally from Japan and that her mother was one of the Ama fisherwomen, She ended up working as a fisher/coral collector around Hawaii, being known as quiet, slightly unfriendly and skilled diver. However, when she was twenty three, Loke was brutally mauled in a shark attack, spending several days in a coma. However, when she came out? She was different. She said she had a vision of the 'Keepers' of the deep and began to test her limits, nearly drowning herself several times in effort to commune with them once again. This has placed her in countless mental asylums. However, in the most recent one. She was approached by one of Janet's colleagues, offering her a chance to join to search for Atlantis. Realizing the possibility of meeting a Keeper in Atlantis, Loke jumped at the chance.
- Other:
edited 30th Dec '16 5:15:11 PM by TroyandHawk
Good to be back
For the Horde!
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This is a very interesting character concept, but the main thing I'm a little concerned about is that her main character traits and abilities are made rather redundant by the fact that every character will be getting one of the magical amulets that Dr. Harper was talking about (namely, one that gives the wearer the ability to swim fast and breather underwater).
This leaves her with little that stands out in terms of skills and what sets her apart from the other characters. Don't get me wrong, I like the character, I just feel she might get overshadowed slightly.
I suppose that she could stand out thanks to her personality but there are a few questions I have to ask here: namely, what brings her to Atlantis? Secondly, 'strips down to only her goggles'? Like, only her goggles?? o_O She swims in the nude? Or am I just massively misunderstanding?
edited 30th Dec '16 4:50:51 AM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
The Blinder
- So we get the amulets at the start of the rp? I misunderstand.
- Loke probably believes that Atlantis is where she can commune with her 'keepers of the deep' nonsense.
- Nope. She dives naked. Partly because she's insane and partly because It's based on several eastern cultures like Japanese Ama.
For the Horde!
Yes, the characters are getting the amulets at the beginning of the RP. As for her motivations of showing up at Atlantis, I think you should put in her history how she came to know about Atlantis and why she decided she wanted to go.
I'm a little leery about saying okay to having her swim nude, out of content concerns, I must admit. So I'm gonna have to say no to that part.
edited 30th Dec '16 2:13:49 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Anyways Here's Darude Sandstorm
So wait, a spoiled paranormal blogger with barely a community college level education is somehow more qualified to explore sunken ruins then someone whose not only an experienced but has been swimmin' all her life.
Eccentricities aside, common sense dictates that she would be a shoe-in for the team.
GIVE ME YOUR FACE
For the Horde!
I'm not saying she's not good for the game, I just was worried that the "swimming nude" thing would get the RP in trouble. If they edit that part out it should be fine.
edited 30th Dec '16 2:13:57 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
The Blinder
Edited.
Good to be back
For the Horde!
Thank you.
Loke Kinipela is Accepted.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Happy Box Hater
Name: Jonah Rock
Age and Gender: 20, Male
Appearance: Jonah always looks incredibly tired, his dull brown eyes constantly surrounded by really dark circles. He stands at 5'9 and is a bit on the thin side. He has light skin. Rock's neutral expression looks like some mix of anger and sadness. He normally wears a blue jacket and a pair of black dress pants.
Personality: Jonah acts in a very undefined manner. He is unsure of what it means to be a friend and so he is constantly second guessing how much the people around him actually enjoy his company. He is highly introspective, due to an odd conflict between what he wants to do and what he actually does. Rules are also very important to him. If he can understand the reasoning behind a rule and respects the authority of the one who established it then he will almost never break it, and he expects the same from others (which leads to disappointment most of the time). He doesn't know what he wants to do in life and therefore is searching for something that interests him. He tries to keep a strong facade of superiority up, but it's only a fragile way to hide his insecurities from himself. While he isn't really sure what his ideals are, he will not budge on any of the ones he does know he has. Is in a love/hate relationship with social interaction. He understands that no man is an island but that same knowledge makes him believe that no one has friends for reasons other than their own sake. He is very critical of other people's faults but even more of his own. Aside from this, he has a slightly above average intellect but is very lazy when it comes to using it effectively.
Skills/Knowledge: Jonah has dabbled in many things to try and find out what he enjoys doing for fun. Through this he has picked up a tyro's level of skill in sewing, gardening, and playing the piano. How useful these will be is debatable. Aside from this he has a huge knowledge base of facts in a variety of topics. While the knowledge isn't too in depth it's still not common knowledge and allows him a bit more insight on many topics.
- Cooking: While he's not even close to a professional, Jonah has a passion for preparing food. As it's the only skill he really takes pride in, he will get really dejected if someone doesn't like what he's made.
- Sense of direction: He has an amazing memory of where things are in relation to each other and almost never forgets which paths he has taken.
- Persuasive: Years of trying to weasel his way out of social interaction has given Jonah immense skill in getting people to believe his lies and excuses. Of course, not everyone is so easily taken in.
- Medical Knowledge: Jonah is aiming to go into medicine. Combined with his father, an anesthesiologist, being very enthusiastic about discussing his work, Jonah has more medical knowledge than your average 20 year old. Of course he isn't even close to being a doctor but you take what you can get, right? He also knows how to use pretty much anything you would conceivably find in a first aid kit and is able to perform CPR on others.
- Food- He wasn't really expecting to go on an extended adventure but he did bring enough food and water to last for a few days if he rationed it out carefully.
- Tablet- He has a waterproof tablet full of e-books for entertainment purposes, as well as a copy of his grandmothers recipe book.
- Filled First Aid Kit- Has bandages of assorted types, a chemical cold pack, cotton balls, antiseptic, duct tape, needle and surgical thread, scissors and tweezers, 3 empty syringes, and a bottle of aspirin. Aside from this he has one syringe of morphine he stole away from his dad.
- Phone- Not much on here that's non-standard, though it is waterproofed.
- Jacket- It is light blue, full of pockets, waterproofed, and comfortable. The zipped pockets are full of odds and ends like pencils, half used batteries, and a few screws he picked up off the ground some time ago.
And with this letter being found online by him while he was conveniently in a situation where he could seek out the coordinates, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to accomplish something with his life that he could talk about. It didn't matter if it turned out to be real or fake, it was just another thing he could say he did. If the letter was true it would be amazing. If it wasn't then he'd look somewhere else... again.
Other: He is allergic to peanuts.
Why is a yam attacking me?
For the Horde!
After looking at this I don't see anything wrong with this. Looks good to me!
Jonah Rock is Accepted.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
For the Horde!
All right, I will be attempting to start the game tomorrow. Signups will remain open for the time being.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
For the Horde!
And with that we are now live!
Tired of givin' up the ghost
Sorry about the delay. Distractions happened, and also I might have a problem. Nonetheless...
- Name: Ally Kikuchi
- Age and gender: 23, female
- Appearance: Wears a beige vest over a white button-down, along with a matching plaid skirt and red sneakers with white grade B Zettai Ryouiki. Has reddish-brown hair styled into a bob, with a yellow ribbon her roommate insisted she wear "for good luck". Curtains Match the Window. Carries around a black duffel bag where she carries her equipment.
- Personality: A newbie journalist with high hopes and no chill. She hopes to find some way to make herself distinct as a writer, rather than riding off her parents' own success in the field. Finds the whole Atlantis thing suspect, believing it to be an amateur Alternate Reality Game at most and a prank more likely. As far as she knows this makes the subject a bit wasteful to cover, a fact that she isn't enthused about, but that's how assignments are.
- Skills/knowledge
- Writing chops: Can cover any subject in riveting detail, and with precise and extensive documentation. Is not always responsible about this.
- Basic cryptography: You pick it up after a few adventure games' worth of railfences.
- Nonverbal vernacular: For the sake of descriptive acuity, she learned to pick up on more than just the words of the people she interviewed. Would probably point it out more if it weren't unprofessional of her to do so.
- Equipment:
- Official work tablet: Acts as her primary device for note-taking and writing, as well as her sole means of long-distance communication. While she really shouldn't, she also occasionally stuffs it with the odd puzzle game and hopes no one will notice. For this particular trip, she encased it in a sealed Ziploc bag to be safe.
- Studio-quality recording camera: Her main device for capturing footage, since frankly that tablet doesn't have quite as good quality and resolution as she'd like.
- Swimsuit: A simple purple one-piece. Well, if she's going to be around water...
- History: Had a typical middle class childhood. Between the novelist dad and journalist mom you can kinda guess where the affinity for writing came from. Out of admiration, she, like her mom, sought to pursue a career in journalism. She jumped for every relevant class and shot at practice, which between that and the familial record allowed her to rocket into a position with her hometown's local register with ease.
However, as she got older, she developed an urge to distinguish herself from the work of her parents. Not to say she didn't still want to write, but she didn't want to be in their shadow while doing so either. This grew to the point of an unhealthy obsession during her college years, so to get her to take her mind off it a bit, her roommate at that time got her absorbed in adventure and puzzle games, including at least one alternate reality game. Ally loved them, and began to hone her puzzle skills as a result. She still lives with that roommate, now that she has her bachelor's and officially works in the field. When she left for this trip, being assigned to cover it by her boss, her roommate gave her a yellow ribbon that was supposedly good luck. Silly as it may be, who knew. Maybe she'd stumble upon something good after all.
For the Horde!
It's fine. Hm, well, everything seems to be in order.
Ally Kikuchi is Accepted. Feel free to post in the game.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
For the Horde!
With this, the second in-game day of the RP will be starting relatively soon. This is a great place to hop into the game. Signups are still Open, so other players can join in if they want from there.
edited 14th Feb '17 6:55:44 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Name: Michael Williams, he prefers to be called Mike
Age and gender: 19, Male
Appearance: Wears dark green cargo pants, combat boots, and a tight, black T-shirt to emphasize his lean, muscular build. His hair is short and blond. He also wears a pair of slightly thick glasses with a thin, rectangular, titanium frame.
Personality: Often described as awkward, Mike is pretty naive and overeager to prove himself, which is why he tries to look, move and behave like he imagines a True Hero™ would. He acts like this to get the same kind of attention that was bestowed upon his dead brother, as well as to make his family proud of him despite him being rejected from the military due to his poor eyesight. Unfortunately, his efforts to always be kind, energetic and cheerful, can backfire so that he, after having exerted himself too much, becomes completely listless, exposing some hidden self-loathing. At his worst mood he has a tendency to spout ridiculously hateful comments about people and things that goes against his morals.
Skills/knowledge:
- Shooting: He practiced archery between the ages of nine and fifteen. He also knows how to handle a modern firearm.
- Arboriculture: He used to be working part-time as an arborist before he set off toward Atlantis.
- Boxing: After he quit archery he took up boxing as a hobby.
- CPR: The most basic medical knowledge required to be a True Hero™.
Equipment:
- Speargun: Including a quiver capable of holding about a dozen arrows.
- Satellite telephone: Works better than a normal cellphone when you’re in the middle of the ocean.
- Flare gun: Used for distress calls. The flares can also be used as flashlights underwater.
- Canteen/flask: A water bottle.
- Portable stove: A portable stove of the Trangia brand.
- Canned food: Self-explanatory.
- Wetsuit: It’s blue with a few black details.
- Clothes: An extra set of clothes.
- Backpack: To carry everything except the speargun.
History: Mike grew up with immense admiration for his older siblings, all of whom were in the military, despite that, no... probably because he didn’t see them very often. One day when Mike was three years old, his oldest brother, Orson, was killed in action, and when Mike, who hardly even got to know Orson, grew up, he began to revere him as a hero.
Ever since then it was Mikes dream to become a soldier, and consequently a hero, when he grew up, just like his siblings. His parents, however, thought differently. As they couldn’t bear the thought of losing another of their children, they were very much against the idea that Mike would become a soldier. Therefore they were very relieved to hear that when Mike was deemed unfit for service due to his poor eyesight, when he tried to enlist.
After his rejection from the armed forces, Mike began to view himself as a failure and he felt like he had to do whatever he could to make his family proud of him. (Spoilers: They already were proud of him. He just hadn’t realized it yet.) When one of Mike's friends sent him a copy of the e-mail as a joke, he did some research on Professor Harper, and based on her credentials, figured that it could be worthwhile to pursue the opportunity.
Other:
edited 17th Feb '17 10:22:21 PM by IsaacTheRed
Dump Stat
Name: Dr. Deepak Ajay Ravi Ph.D.
Age and gender: 47, M
Appearance: A fairly average Indian man. Stands at about 5'7". Thinning hair, glorious moustache, wears glasses due to astigmatism. Usually wears solid colored polo shirts and cargo pants.
Personality: Bookish, inquisitive, and introspective. Has a great sense of humor. Considered one of the "cool" professors at his school.
Skills/knowledge:
Archeology
Deepak is an archeology professor at a small-time university. Has a vast knowledge of ancient cultures, but his main area of study is ancient Asia.
Polyglot
Deepak is fluent in English, ASL, Hindi, Latin, French, Chinese, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, and Arabic.
Rudimentary Diving Knowledge
Deepak took a few scuba lessons once
Communication
Deepak has good communication skills, even across the language barriers.
Equipment:
Waterproof Laptop
Has most of his notes and research. Secretly has Galaga, Fallout 2, and Tetris downloaded onto it.
Books
Deepak loves reading, and takes several books whenever he travels. His favorite stories are Beowulf, Don Quixote, The Odyssey, and Mac Beth.
Food and Water
Never knowing how long he'll be in the field, he has enough food and fresh water for about 4 or 5 days
Pocket Rocket camp stove, small pot
With fuel. Used to boil water
Small boiling pot
Also used for water
Homemade masala chai powder
About a month's worth of it in the container. When he was growing up in India, this was his favorite drink. Since he doesn't like coffee, this is what he drinks in the mornings. It's a bit of a ritual for him.
Digging tools
Never know when you'll need a trowel. Or a hammer and chisel.
Waterproofed Camera
Self explanatory.
Nokia Phone
It's no smartphone, but it makes up for that in its sturdiness and reliability.
Extra clothes
Swim trunks, a swim shirt, unmentionables, a whole bunch of socks, and about 5 days worth of khaki cargo pants and solid-color polo shirts.
History: Deepak Ravi was born in the slums of New Delhi. Ever since he was a boy, he had a lust for learning new things. Unfortunately, the New Delhi slums weren't exactly the best place to get an education, because he had to work the streets to help support his family. He ended up going to a free school that held classes underneath a railway bridge. He took what he could get. Thankfully, he persevered and made his way into a better school, and through his performance there, he was accepted into one the most prestigious schools in India, Panjab University. His study there gained him entrance to several other schools around the world. He earned a Ph.D. in Archeology, his alma mater being Panjab, Cambridge, and Michigan.
After his studies, he officially immigrated to the United States, and got a decent job as a professor at a small-time university.
He went on this trip for reasons both professional and personal. This would be both a huge find for the archeological community, and it sounded like fun.
Other: Does a killer impression of Apu from The Simpsons.
Likes: his students, his colleagues, his parents, soup, chai tea, literature, video games, jazz music
Dislikes: Private artifact collectors, extremism, greed, his students
edited 28th Feb '17 11:27:42 AM by ctrl_alt_deliiiight
REMOVE SOY LATTE remove soy latte you are worst hipster. you are the hipster idiot you are the hipster smell. return to portlandia.
For the Horde!
@Isaac The Red: This looks pretty good for the most part, though I do have to say the History section is the part I'm not sure about. It pretty much just glosses over how he found out about this Atlantis thing. He just "jumped at the call and headed straight there". Could you elaborate a little more on this?
@ctrl_alt_deliiiight: Content-wise, it's fine, but I'd really like you to clean up the markup on this signup before I can accept it. It's really hard to read.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Dump Stat
Fixed. Is that any better?
edited 17th Feb '17 10:04:13 PM by ctrl_alt_deliiiight
REMOVE SOY LATTE remove soy latte you are worst hipster. you are the hipster idiot you are the hipster smell. return to portlandia.
For the Horde!
Yeah, it's better.
Dr. Ravi is Accepted.
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.
Edited by IsaacTheRed on Aug 2nd 2023 at 1:05:24 AM
Main RP is here
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Discussion thread is here
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Here's the signup thread for Legends of the Sunken City.
Signups are currently Open.
To Whom It May Concern,
I never believed the legends about the lost city of Atlantis. The stories tell that, thousands of years ago, Atlantis was once a prosperous nation with magic and wealth beyond measure. The people of Atlantis proclaimed themselves masters of the world's fate. For their hubris, the gods sank their mighty city and the kingdom was lost. Shows 'em right, I say. No one needs to have that kind of power and flaunt it around like that. But some people still think that Atlantis lives, sunken beneath the ocean, and its magic keeps the city safe. The legend also says that the city's vast wealth still sits undisturbed after all this time. For this reason, explorers and treasure hunters from all over the world have been searching for the city for thousands of years, all over the globe: the Mediterranean, Iberia, the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean, Antarctica. Wasting their time if you ask me.
Boy, do I have egg on my face. Turns out the legends were true. Well, partially true. My expedition found the city poking out of the sea near an island in the Mediterranean. Wonder how no one ever noticed it before now? I would never have found it were it not for a mermaid. An honest-to-goodness mermaid. With scales and fins and everything. Weird enough as it is, but then she gave me an amulet that allowed me to swim fast and breathe underwater. She's been giving each of us these amulets, as well as a guided tour of the City. This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder... This is probably where you stopped taking me seriously, and crumpled up this letter and threw it in the trash, but pay attention.
The mermaid's name is Fienna. She told our party that Atlantis sits on a nexus of magical power, and the citizens, after their city was sunk, used a great enchantment to transform themselves into merfolk so they could survive in their city even though the city sank. However, as time passed on, magic faded from the world, and the magic that keeps Atlantis alive is starting to fade as well. Citizens of Atlantis are disappearing mysteriously, and the lost city is now a shadow of its former self, the remaining inhabitants broken and fearful that they will one day disappear as well. She keeps telling me everything is fine, though, because her city's oracle predicted that people from the surface would come to bring the magic back to the City and save the Atlanteans from their fate.
She wants me to bring more of us "surface dwellers" to Atlantis to save the city. I think she's being overly optimistic. Everyone's heard the legends of the vast riches of Atlantis, haven't they? There are so many unscrupulous characters who are just gonna rob this beautiful place blind. Plus, while I was down there, I was getting this weird vibe. Something just didn't sit right with me. There aren't a lot of them left down there, and not everyone down there seems as friendly and welcoming as poor Fienna is. I always felt like I was being watched. Not just by the other merfolk, but by... well, everything. The damn place feels alive. And not the "friendly" type of alive. There's something sinister down there, and I'm not sure I want to go back down there any time soon. You people want to see it? Be my guest. I'm staying up on the surface where it's safe.
I've enclosed a map leading to the island as well as my coordinates. You won't find it on any conventional map, but if you head to this latitude and longitude, you'll find it. I also enclosed a few photos so you'll know I'm being serious. Anyone who reads this and feels free to check this place out, go right ahead. But be warned; there's more to this City than meets the eye, and if you're not careful you could end up as a permanent resident...
Sincerely,
Prof. Janet Harper, Harvard University
This is an oceanic fantasy game set in our world, present-day Earth. Players will be playing OCs (no characters from other series). You are one of many explorers from the surface world who have, thanks to the letter from Dr. Harper, found the sunken city of Atlantis. Shortly after arriving, you come to find out about the city's plight. Yet the legends still ring true in your head. Will you aid the Atlantean people in restoring the flickering spark of their dying civilization? Or do you seek the fabled lost treasure of Atlantis, fabled to be enough to make a man rich beyond his wildest dreams? Regardless of your intentions, you will need to work alongside some of the few friendly merfolk left in the City. Dark magics stir within the ancient ruined kingdom, and not everyone you meet will have good intentions for intruders to their sunken realm....
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edited 17th Feb '17 10:29:02 PM by AllHailThrall
I can still hail the Horde even though the company has shamed us. Strength and Honor even if Blizzard has neither.