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THE DARKNESS RP: TRADITIONAL

It is the year 1243 in the world of Kolnur. It is a dark time in the world’s history – the Great Alliance of old has fallen into ruin, and Kolnur is feeling its effects. Having lived for 200 years with the Alliance, most of Kolnur’s inhabitants had grown used to the safety it brought, but now this peace is gone. The Lich Deknar’Thuul has raised an army of the undead which is drooling at the thought of toppling the civilised world, as the nations of Kolnur stab each others’ backs and quarrel like children, oblivious to the Shadow which is bearing down upon them. Far to the west, in the nation of Megant, a group is convening to find the whereabouts of the Gemstone Cavern, a legend of Kolnur. The Cavern is reputed to contain that which the entrant most desires – be it eternal youth, riches or even a dead loved one. These people have come from far and wide, in a time of extreme turmoil, and are about to embark on the most influential quest in the history of Kolnur.

Welcome to the Darkness Traditional RP. This is the counterpart of Romero’s Own’s Darkness Conquest RP. In a way, he is co-GM, but I’m running the show. The actions made by the party in this RP can and will affect the actions of the nations in the Conquest RP, and vice versa – for example, the party may need to take detours around warzones, or may end up captured by nations who want the Cavern as well to overpower their foes.
Should you join, you will assume the mantle of such an adventurer, searching for the Gemstone Cavern. Your individual skills will be needed on such a long and dangerous quest, but will not be without its rewards. This is the signup sheet:

Signup Sheet:

Character’s Name: What’s the name? Duh.

Race: Be it Man, Elf, Dwarf, Orc, Goblin, Gnome or Ogre, your character will belong to a race. Half-races are allowed.

Home Nation: Which of the PC or NPC nations does your character hail from? For the most part, this will dictate the guidelines of your character, though for many nations it will be possible to have a mould-breaking character. Don’t forget to use logic though, and be careful about rank in relation to the chosen nation. If you want to be high-ranking, ask the nation’s owner first. Otherwise I will have to incinerate you.

Age: Optional, and obvious.

Description: Optional, but recommended. What does your character look like? What does he wear? What’s he like?

Loadout: What weapons and armour does your character carry/wear? What is his combat preference?

Background: Basic background stuff, don’t make it 3 lines or 3 pages. You know the drill.

Perks: Choose 18 perks for your character. They don’t have much of an effect but to show what they can do. You will be able to gain new ones as you go. If you select any Negative Traits (limit 2), instead of costing a Perk Point, it will give you a free one (so if you take 2, you can effectively take 20 perks).


Example:

Character’s Name: Haethil the Elder

Race: Elf

Home Nation: Salthiusar

Age: 976

Description: Haethil is an average-sized elf, slim and tall. He wears a long robe of white, embroidered with arcane symbols and patterns and split into top and bottom by a vine, which covers his whole body. A satchel is often found at his side, containing books, herbs and all kinds of things he might need. His hands, occasionally visible under his long sleeves, are tattooed with turquoise patterns to help channel magic. When his head is not covered by the robe’s hood, his long, grey hair can be seen, along with his dulled green eyes and pallid complexion. His face, somewhat wrinkled, is obviously aged, despite him being immortal and ageless.

He is calm and considerate, quiet and insular. He much prefers the company of the wilderness, exploring the creatures and plants of Kolnur. He is happy to help those who ask nicely, but will bluntly deny those who do not show courtesy. However, given his age and introversion, he often does not see others’ views and opinions, and judges willingly.

Loadout:
-Haethil’s Robe: He wears this old, white robe, covered in magical symbols. It helps somewhat with magic, but is mostly just convenience.

-Earthen Staff: This old, wooden staff serves not only as his walking stick, but also as his favoured magical channel. It is ornately twisted at the top, forming a perfect flat for use as a hobbling stick and is covered by carvings which pulse green when he casts.

-Small Knife: Being a practical soul, Haethil thinks a small, concealed knife is invaluable, for both harvesting food and ingredients, and murder.

Background: Haethil was born in a small village, part of a nation which has since been absorbed into another. He was a normal human child, with good friends and a family, who he worked with almost daily on their farm. He received a limited education from the local church, like everyone else in the village, but soon found a talent. He found he could channel magic.

With this newfound skill, he began to train in secret, often practising in his free time. He also began to search the church’s library for books on magic, and was soon an avid reader, too. Life continued as normal for several years, his powers growing steadily. But he knew that, soon, he would need magical tutorage. He continued on his family farm for a year after turning of age, long enough to find someone else to work with his parents then, with adventure and learning in his mind’s eye, left for the nearest city.

In the city, he found a life he hadn’t expected. He spent a whole year searching for a magical tutor, while doing odd jobs to keep alive and absorbing the atmosphere of the place. It was much too hard for him to cope, and soon left, with an inkling of a suspicion that magic wasn’t welcome.

The night he left, he read about Salthiusar, a great city of crystal, and the home of all things magical and erudite. He was entranced, and left eagerly the next morning, using what little money he had left to hire a cart to the city. However, it was not to be.

Along the road, he was attacked by a small bandit clan. He defended himself with magic, while the horses and driver were all slain. Given his ability, he was taken in and locked up. In a bid to escape, he offered to join them as a mage, to help both parties. They agreed, but never let him out of their sights. For several long years, he was worked hard for his skills and his powers, aging much faster than he ought to have. By the prime of his life, he looked as one near to death. When the bandits finally let him slip, he killed them all, one by one, in revenge for their cruelty.

Exhausted, with some loot from the bandits, he continued along to the city, this time unmolested. When he arrived, he found himself enchanted – Salthiusar was exactly what he was looking for. The curse soon took him, and he spent the next 800 years of his life in study, now an aged-looking elf, learning all he could. But, eventually, he wearied somewhat, and wanted to go out into the field, as few ever did before.

Out in the wilderness, he was back in his element. He had always been paranoid of new bandit attacks, and carried weaponry on him at all times, but was learning things that many at Salthiusar couldn’t dream of. In particular, knowledge of the natural world became his forte, learning of ingredients and potions, animals and plants, formations and territories. He never returned to Salthiusar since his departure, preferring to stay out in the field, studying obsessively.

Perks:
Mental:
-Physician
-Herbalist
-Alchemist
-Determined

Magic:
-Summoner
-Burner
-Pyromancer
-Sea Mage
-Aquamancer
-Wind Acolyte
-Ventomancer
-Earthen Wizard
-Terramancer
-Arcane Shielding
-Banishing Bolt
-Illumination

Crossovers:
-Healer

Negative:
-Antisocial

Unique:
-Naturalist
(18 base, 1 free racial trait, 1 free trait for choosing a negative, 18 positive traits chosen. If wanted, 2 more perks could be chosen.)

Rules:
1- Good quality posts. I don’t expect any bestseller writers here, but at least keep it entertaining, and don’t take too much from others’ posts. I will try and get variation to go with the RP so you’re not having a lack of content.
2- Readability. As the forum rules say, try and keep it so that it can be readable, no crazy fonts, sizes or colours, etc. I really don’t want single-paragraph posts, or a complete lack of punctuation.
3- Decent length posts. I would like enough so that your character’s taking part, but not so much that it dominates the thread. Post as many times as you like per update, though.
4- No Godmodding. Your character is probably not a god. So he’s not going to suddenly sprout wings and burn an offending nation to ashes. You get the gist.
5- Post enough. Once per update is required. If you’re away for a time, let me know by PM or by the thread. Most updates will be weekly, but when exams come up, it will drop to fortnightly. 3 missed posts, and your character comes to a sticky end. Period.
6- Character death will happen. Feels will happen. I’m fine with a little bit of infighting, but it’s hard to moderate inter-character fights well. You can’t kill other players unless I give permission. If permission is granted, it’s because you’ve been fighting and there’s a clear winner. Rage for a bit, then come to your senses. Unless you’ve really peed me off, you’ll probably be allowed a new character after a while. Towards the end, people will die and new characters won’t happen.

Nations:
On Kolnur, there are a variety of nations in war and peace. All NPC nations are open to choose to come from, along with some PC nations. To be a noble or higher, ask the nation’s owner (me or Romero for NPCs, the others are listed here). If a nation’s not here, its owner doesn’t want you coming from it. These nations are:

Megant: Ifur(1), Haik(2), Jurma(3), Asonora(4), Soroni(5), Duripor(6); NPC
Humans only
Megant is a rich and powerful nation that has yet to be affected by the Darkness and so often dismiss the stories of the Shadow as exaggerated tales from attention-seeking soldiers.

Dagren: Port Blacksand(7), Captain's Cove (8), Dothrak (8), Uriato (9); NPC
Humans only
Once a powerful pirate nation that ruled the Narrow Straits with an iron fist and a wooden leg, this nation was brought low by the order and law that the Grand Alliance enforced. But with the Alliance gone, the pirates once more turn their eyes to the horizon.

Likome: Wesort (13), Ethori (14), Ioris (20); NPC
Gnomes only
The Likome are a nation that has not felt the Shadow's touch but sympathies with those that have. They supported the Grand Alliance till its final moments and yearn for the Alliance to be reborn.

Darkorin: Lorak(15), Fontir(16), Sizam (19); NPC
Dwarves only
A proud nation that is reluctant to trust others, Darkorin is most commonly found within its mighty cities, waiting and watching.

Skibul: Airia(17), Soriun (21); NPC
Elves only
A nation divided, with its lands split in half by Salthiusar many journey to and from the great city on a regular basis with some even choosing to stay forever.

Indiga: Dasos(22), Noligti(23), Pictio(24); NPC
Goblins only
The one link between the two landmasses of Kolnur is a mysterious land of marshes and forest inhabited by an even more mysterious people.

Puplori: Ugin(25), Orak(26), Jugor(33); NPC
Orcs only
The Puplori are a nation of warring, highly aggressive tribes that roam the wastelands hunting for a fight. The only time the tribes will join together is when they are attacked by an outside force.

Robualy: Horamio(35), Dospratia(40), Idlori(48); NPC
Humans and Dwarves
Ruobaly is a proud nation that has seen its fair share of the Shadow and spilt blood fighting against it. Well versed in war, these people know that, in the face of Darkness, allies are the only hope for Kolnur.

Gayur: Holai (39); NPC
Humans only
A nation that was born of a hundred, their people fled from the approaching Darkness. It lacks a strong leader and its people are still refugees.

Salthiusar: Salthiusar (18); Septok
Elves only
It is a small nation of magical scholars, who live in a city of living crystal: Salthiuar. Those who stay there longer than a month lose fertility but gain age immortality, giving them eternity to learn and research, preserved in age as when they are taken. They are magically-focused and very much a nation of bookworms. Its only way to gain people is the migration of scholars, so only those who want to be there live there. However, upon taking the Salth’s Curse, many choose to abandon their birth nation as their home, and take Salthiusar as their home.

Anicea: Aramore (66), Valbeach (68), Aldhaven (67); Yru0
Gnomes and Dwarves
The Anicean Empire was once the dominant power in all of Kolnur before the Alliance ended their hegemony. To this day, Aniceans like to think of themselves as a leader of Kolnur, influencing the entirety of the land. Although much of the power of the Empire had disappeared beyond the island nation itself with the rise of the Alliance, the Iron Navy remains a proud symbol of Anicea's might and is beginning to play an active role in the fight against the shadow. The Aniceans themselves are a proud people, and their warriors are some of the best trained in all of Kolnur, they firmly believe in duty and honour; an oath of an Anicean soldier is something which can be taken with trust, even by their enemies.

The Empire: (37, 39,) 41, 42, 65; Marshal Ragnar (Note: 37 and 39 are acquired after the start of the RP)
Humans and Ogres
The Empire is a very militaristic nation that utilizes mainly heavy infantry but incorporates light cavalry, archers, light infantry, and artillery. In order for a male to gain citizenship he must serve at least 1 tour in the military which is 8 years. The Empire places a very high standard on loyalty and honour and has laws that reflect this to the extreme, and the worse offense that could be committed in the Empire or to an Imperial citizen is to insult a female citizen.

Kerin-Curan: Kazel (12), Kezak (11); Malochai
Dwarves and Humans
The nation of Kerin-Curan is set upon an island, with only two major cities after which the two main provinces are named - Kazel and Kezak. The dwarves are native to the island, having ruled there for time beyond memory, whilst humans - despite being more prominent - have only resided there for the last three millennia. They were granted sanctuary by the king at the time when they fled from their home of Queestra after being attacked by determined, vicious enemies. Now, they live in harmony under the rule of King Gandogar Killison, widely acknowledged as the finest king to have ever ruled the country. His heir, Farin, is hot-headed and known for his quick temper. The population of Kerin-Curan are bound by their honour and loyalty. Of all of their creations, the city of Kazel and their Navy, called the Iron Fleet or Royal Navy depending upon whom you ask, are their pride and joy.

Terra/The Order: 44, 43; brendxb
Ogres and humans
The new nation of The Order was formed after a recent rebellion during the Second rising of the Shadow. During the revolution, Order (or Terra at the time) shut its borders and became embroiled in a civil war which spawned many famous stories from both sides.

The Order's revolution took place mainly due to its armies continually being sent to the slaughter for mere political gain; and the massive gap between Ogres and Humans pushed many to fight for equal rights. Now, while the Order is still militaristic, there is more focus on self-preservation, equality and a more balanced co-operation between nations.

The population are considered to be in a state of new found patriotism from the success of their revolution, they are considered heavily industrial and eager to take advantage of new technologies and methods available. In fights, the soldiers have flipped from what they once were. During the Terran reign discipline and honour was forced upon them, now, survival takes precedent. Dirty fighting, and under-hand tricks are encouraged and even taught in military academies; in many cases these 'tricks' have given the soldiers an edge. While there was concern that this could backfire, it has been an overall success, however only because that while the men lack honour there is more loyalty than ever before.

(Note: At the start of the RP, The Order is still officially Terra. Feel free to make a character from either side, which stating Terra or The Order will signify.)

Esterwynne: Kel Darvonhra (49), Kel Delvolwen(55), Kel Morlvyn(56); Santaire
Humans and Elves
One of the original founding members of the Great Alliance, Esterwynne is one of the oldest realms still in existence; indeed it is older even than Anicea. If there was a single country on which the Great Alliance was built, then that country was Esterwynne. Though much of her glory now lies in ruins, lies in the great cities swept away by the Shadow before it was halted at the Battle of the Passes. But though she is now a shadow of the shadow of her greatness, Esterwynne can still boast some of the most well trained, well equipped troops in the known world and her mages are bettered only by the Salth in terms of knowledge, though in terms of sheer destructive power the Esterwynnians are the greater. Esterwynne has fought the Shadow for so long, they no longer fear it. Indeed they view it as a release and in this once great realm peace has become a by-word for death. Esterwynne is led by Moiraire Akh'faern and Matrim Danurcaw, the Mage and the General as they have been mockingly named in the past but the titles are truly deserved. If the oath of an Anicean is something to be trusted, that of an Esterwynnian is something to place your life, the lives of your family and the continued existence of your entire realm in for they care not for the quarrels of kingdoms anymore. To them, every man, elf, ogre, goblin, gnome or dwarf that kills another is a fool for every one dead is one less to fight the Shadow. This has left the people bitter for they know that it is almost a certainty that as soon as the Shadow is defeated, the wolves will turn on them.

Kogan-Sul:Kogan-Sur (27), Kogan-Sul (28), Mount Kogan (29); Therizza
Humans and Dwarves
The nation of Kogan-Sul is one of proud horsemen and skilled dwarves. Known for their bravery in battle and loyalty to their cause, the Kogani go into battle with some of the best weaponry and tactics in Kolnur. While sometimes judged by their rough exterior, the Kogani have taken to diplomacy following the rise of the Shadow, understanding that there may be more to unrelenting conquest in life.

The Wilderness: No Provinces; NPC
All Races
Kolnur is a large place, and there are some people who don’t live in the community of any of its nations. Shamanic clans in the mountains, bandit warbands on nation borders and pirates scouring the sea are all fairly common sights, and some of those peoples enjoy adventure as much as any other, happy to split from their culture. Although civility varies by clan, there is no standard for those without a home nation. (Note: I will need a description of the clan or whatever your character comes from if they began life in the Wilderness – there’s no nation standard to compare against otherwise.)

Racial Bonuses:
Based on race, you may have more or less propensity for certain tasks. You may choose a free perk from a certain category based on your race.

Man: Mental or Technology.
Elf: Mental or Regular Magic.
Dwarf: Combat or Technology.
Gnome: Technology or Shooting.
Orc: Combat or Regular Magic.
Ogre: Physical or Combat.
Goblin: Shooting or Dark Magic.

Crossbreeds:
If not stated here, a crossbreed can choose either the trait they have in common or Crossover.
Man/Orc: Mental or Physical
Man/Ogre: Not viable
Man/Goblin: Regular Magic or Crossover
Elf/Dwarf: Not viable
Elf/Gnome: Regular Magic or Shooting
Elf/Orc: Not viable
Elf/Ogre: Not viable
Elf/Goblin: Regular or Dark Magic
Dwarf/Goblin: Shooting or Crossover
Gnome/Orc: Not viable
Gnome/Ogre: Not viable
Orc/Goblin: Not viable
Ogre/Goblin: Not viable

Perks:

They don’t mean anything (much) because there aren’t any numerical systems in this game, but they outline your abilities, and dictate whether you can do special things well.

Mental Traits: 8

-Recaller – Your character, ever since birth, has been gifted with a supernatural memory, able to remember entire passages in a single reading. IRL, we’d call it photographic memory. On Kolnur, many proclaim they are magical, so-called Recallers. Bonus to memory.

-Determined – Your character isn’t stubborn. He is, mentally, an immovable object. When he sets his mind to something, it gets done – and his very willpower often lends him strength in tough tasks. Really stubborn.

-Linguist – Many fail to master their first language. Your character has mastered many. Whether he learned many from his parents or schooling at a young age, or if he is just talented with other’s languages, he is very capable of communicating with almost anything on Kolnur, and often in their mother tongues. Knows almost all languages.

-Gift of the Gab – The ability to express one’s feelings has been a sought-after gift since the dawn of Kolnur, which few can do. Your character has this gift. He can talk his way through almost anybody he wants, and is an innate writer. Whether his skill is in music, prose, poetry or deception, he can talk it. Very good at persuasion.

-Codebreaker – The people who design the puzzles on Kolnur – for tombs, cases and safes – are often extremely difficult to decipher, let alone to solve. Guess what? With this perk, your character’s getting through them faster than a drunkard dwarf gets through dwarven stout. Bonus to breaking into things.

-Physician – War on Kolnur has caused a lot of damage, most so to its people. The knowledge possessed by doctors, physicians, shamans and healers is invaluable in a time of war, and, luckily, you have this knowledge. Can try and heal the wounded, much more likely to succeed.

-Herbalist – Herbs, spices, roots and ingredients are all common on Kolnur, and many possess magical properties, useful for potions, poultices and potions. Your character is pretty good at recognising the good, the bad and the ugly, and knows which ones to put together.

-Alchemist – (Requires Herbalist) While knowing about magical ingredients is all good, it’s almost useless without putting them together. That’s where alchemy comes in – putting ingredients together in fantastic combinations often yields great results of potions and poisons for any ailment (though treating or causing is often different). Your character can create potions and poisons.

Physical Traits: 5

-Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee – (Cannot be taken with Tank) While many prefer to fight up close, with a clash of swords and shields, your character does not. He has perfected the ability to dart around nimbly, hitting foes in their weakest places, and actively seeks to not have to use a shield. He might not be able to take a hit, but he can hit much harder when he sneaks around. Bonus to sneaking damage.

-Tank – (Cannot be taken with Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee) Meat. Beer. Armour. Tough. Basically, your guy is the stereotypical ‘big guy’, but not because of muscle. By extreme fat or magic, he can take blows that would make city walls cry. He’s super dooper tough, in other words. Hard to kill.

-Hercules – (Cannot be taken with Frail) Your character is a pushover. Literally, he pushes people over. And very easily at that – he’s really strong, after all. Bonus to strength.

-Sneaky Sneaky – Shadows and mirrors and whatnot. Your character has perfected the skill of sneaking well, and he’s not going to be seen when he doesn’t want to. Bonus to sneaking.

-Insulator – (Cannot be taken with Earthing Cable) Your character, by birth or conditioning, tends to not feel heat or cold that much. In winter, he can wear what others wear in summer. In summer, he can wear what others do in winter. He just doesn’t get hot or cold quickly. Resistant to heat and cold magic.

Combat Traits: 8

-Sword Master – 2-handers are your character’s favourite swords, large, damaging and woefully cumbersome. Thanks to training and talent, it’s much easier for your character to use them well. Bonus to damage with large melee weapons.

-Bladesman – Perfecting the ability to strike is all good and well, luckily for your character. Daggers, knives, swords, maces and axes are all common weapons, and take a while to master. Bonus to small melee weapon damage.
-Backstab – Your character knows just where to place that dagger, doesn’t he? Slip it between ribs, in the spine or across the neck, murder has just become much easier. Bonus to dagger damage when sneaking.

-Shield Wall – Locking shields with a friend is a good way to stop foes from hitting you, as your character well know. Bonus to shielding, allows him to make a shield wall.

-Flurry – It’s hard to swing one sword, let alone two. Swinging two around well and in sync is very difficult indeed. Oh, and your character can do that. Can wield two swords at once.

-Armoured Maurauder – (Cannot be taken with Sneaky Sneaky) Armour on Kolnur is varied and wonderfully strong (for the most part). Through excessive training, your character’s a master of using heavier armours, able to move as an unarmoured man would. Bonus to using armour.

-Decapitator – Slicing things is generally what you do with a sword. Smashing things is often done with maces and hammers. Your character prefers to just take people’s heads from their shoulders in a single blow rather than wasting time beating their heads in. Can decapitate enemies.

-Horseman – Cavalry has proven itself to be one of the best ways to kill a foe, and your character has helped prove it. Whether by spear or lance, horseback combat is still a dominant force on Kolnur. Can use horses in combat, when available.

Shooting Traits: 7

-Eagle Eye – Long range target? No problem. Bonus to shooting range.

-Crossbows – Holding a bow back for long enough can be hard work. Why not get one that does it for you? Your character’s even got practice with these crossbows, powerful weapons, easy to aim but not so much to use. Unlocks the ability to use Crossbows.

-Sharpshooter – Robin Hood was famous for his ability to aim precisely, firing one arrow literally into another. While not as good as him, your character possesses an eye for shooting that is well worthy of fame. Bonus to accuracy.

-Sniper Assassin – (Requires Sharpshooter) Military strategy, throughout time, has dictated the need for leaders, men of courage and skill to lead their troops to victory. You know this. You are a good shot. Why not take them out first? Bonus to sniping out specific targets.

-Paralysing Shot – (Requires Sharpshooter) Your character’s knowledge of anatomy, however limited, is useful almost anywhere. He can shoot arrows into important parts of foes’ nervous systems, causing parts of their body to become unresponsive, often permanently paralysing them. Allows paralysis by shooting.

-Poisoned Arrows – Poisons have been added to blades and tips of weaponry for thousands of years, to differing levels of success. Your character, however, has a knowledge of poisons that allows him to cause serious short-term damage with a shot – if he hits, he’s causing damage. Unlocks poisoned ammunition. Cannot be applied to gunpowder weaponry.

-Faster, now! – As in all walks of life, speed is often of the essence. Shooting weaponry often suffers long reload times, and is very cumbersome to use, making shooting a standing affair. Your character has learned how best to reload in good speed, and move with weapon at the ready. Bonus to reload and shooting movement.

Technology Traits: 7

-Helmsman – Ships are a vital part of life on Kolnur, ferrying goods and people across its waters. Some nations even rely on them. Your guy is a captain of renown, capable of piloting mighty vessels. Allows the use of ships.

-Explosives Expert – Explosives are enjoyed by many people across Kolnur, for many reasons – murder, fun, mining, etc. One thing binds these people – a really high chance of blowing up. Your guy is one of those rare people who has lived long enough to know his explosives, and isn’t going to blow himself up anytime soon. Less likely to die in explosions.

-Mechanic – Technology on Kolnur is advancing at a steady rate, from mechsuits to primitive flight. How? The work of engineers and mechanics. By experience and talent, your character is good at fixing things and making new things from the right materials.

-Forger – Smelting is in your character’s blood, luckily not literally. He is a capable creator of arms and armour, and usually makes his own gear. Bonus to damage with your character’s own weapons (that he made).
-Master of Artillery – Though a rare sight for someone who isn’t a soldier, your character knows how to use ballistae, catapults and bolt throwers, as well as the rare cannon.

-Inventor – Many on Kolnur try their hand at creating a new weapon, unique to the times. The best-celebrated are always those who work for governments, teaching and inventing for their nation. Your character is just as ingenious, and has created a unique weapon. You can take a unique weapon. It must be approved, so must be described well enough in the loadout section.

-Medical Supplies – (Requires Physician) Splints, bandages, arrow removers and crutches are all useful tools in the healing trade. Many do not know how to make them. Not only can your character make them, he can also put them to use. You have access to medical supplies, helping you heal people.

Magic Traits: 20
You may only take Dark or Light magic traits, not both. Unmarked traits may be taken normally.

-Summoner – Whether it is a fiery familiar or a demon from the aether, your character can make it from thin air and a bit of magic. That way, he can get others to do his dirty work. Can summon demons and familiars.

-Conjurer – (Requires Summoner) The Summoner is capable of bringing beasts of freakish shape and size across from wherever the hell they get them. Your character’s a few steps ahead – greater demons and huge elemental beasts are his to control, for a time. Allows summoning of stronger creatures.

-Burner – Fire is in your character’s blood, burning brightly. Through tuition or natural skill, he can control the forces of fire to an extent, but he is far from a master. Your character can cast Lesser Fire Magic.

-Pyromancer – (Requires Burner) While many can burn things and cause fires, some are much more capable, like your character. Conflagrations of large proportions are his to create, and fire is as much his element as water is to a fish. Your character can cast Greater Fire Magic.

-Sea Mage – Water, as it is agreed by many of Kolnur’s scholars, is essential to all life on Kolnur. While all need water daily, your character can control it, freezing it on a whim or shaping it as you like. Your character can cast Lesser Water Magic.

-Aquamancer – (Requires Sea Mage) The water is your character’s as it is a fish’s. Waterbreathing, great orbs of water, dehydration and many others are available to him, unlike the less informed. Your character can cast Greater Water Magic.

-Wind Acolyte – As Kolnur turns to the skies for aid, whether by beast, dirigible or deity, your character can turn the air. He is a learner of the ways of the sky, learning Ventomancy. Your character can cast Lesser Air Magic.

-Ventomancer – (Requires Wind Acolyte) Your character’s journey on the path of Ventomancy is over. He is now as good an air mage as can be taught, but there is a long way yet to go, for the capable mind. Your character can cast Greater Air Magic.

-Earthen Wizard – The whole world is made of earth, and your character has a modicum of control over it. Plants of all kind, along with stones, mud and all manners of things, are all subservient to his will. Your character can cast Lesser Earth Magic.

-Terramancer – (Requires Earthen Wizard) Terramancers are masters of their art, stone-shapers, crystal-singers and earth-controllers of high prestige. Your character can cast Greater Earth Magic.

-Reanimator – (Dark Magic) As befits a world at war, the dead are everywhere. Although most cities make sure their dead are disposed of, the odd dead body can be found. And your character knows how to make it come back to life as a cadaver of what it was, a shambling, voracious creature of the dark. Can reanimate corpses.

-Pestilence – (Dark Magic) Disease on Kolnur can be devastating, as it has many times throughout its history. Being able to make a murderous disease, though risky, is a very good way to clear out those you don’t like… Can create diseases.

-Wither – (Dark Magic) Life force is something sought after by denizens of the dark, and your character knows how to give it to them, draining his foes’ life force and feeding it to the other world. Can drain life.

-Planewalker – (Dark Magic; requires at least 10 magic traits) There is a world linked to Kolnur, full of magic and strange beasts. Crossing from there to Kolnur is often done to summon a range of creatures, but nobody who has crossed from Kolnur has ever returned. Your character can walk the border, channelling magic and bringing forth lesser creatures. Can open small rifts to the world of magic.

-Spirit Host – (Dark Magic) Spirits and ghouls aren’t common, but they are effective. Some nations even outfit their mages with the ability to bring them through, much like your character can. Can summon ethereal undead.

-Banishing Bolt – (Light Magic) People like, for whatever strange reason they see, to bring evil things through. As a practitioner of light magic, your character likes to send these unholy creatures back, so he casts Banishing Bolts to cast them away. Can banish lesser summons.

-Unnatural Speed – (Light Magic) Light Magic has been known for helping people, and this spell is no change from that trend. When cast, all other time around the target slows down, allowing a Light Mage’s friends faster reactions and attacks. Can slow time around 1 person.

-Illumination – (Light Magic) Orbs of light, bright enough to startle light-dwellers and bright enough to blind those of the dark, can be summoned at will by a skilled practitioner of Light Magic. Can create super-bright orbs of light.

-Arcane Shielding – (Light Magic) Allies are useful, but often a tad too squishy, especially those with some semblance of a brain. With Light Magic, it is possible to partly shield them from harm, deflecting blows with thin air. Can create magical shielding for allies.

-Lux Finis – (Light Magic; requires at least 10 magic traits) The end of the world has often been prophesised, and your character can bring it about (but he doesn’t know it). When he gets desperate, as he learned a long time ago, he becomes Light: all magic around him turns to Light Energy, inhibiting all other magics; his touch becomes enough to sear the minds of the dark; and his visage becomes that of pure light. When the state finishes, he become unconscious for days, but the power he controls before then is enough to be worth it. Can become an Avatar of Light if under enough pressure, being given great powers, at the cost of conscience for a few days.

Crossovers: 3

-Enchanter – (Magic/Technology) Enchantments have been added to weapons since the beginning of magic. You are pretty good at it, and like to enchant your weapons. Your character may add an enchantment (which needs to be described well for approval) to any 1 weapon.

-Fearless – (Mental/Physical) Big monster over there? Magic that shouldn’t be possible coming your way? Why run away when you can be Fearless? Your character won’t be running away unless he wants to.

-Healer – (Mental/Magic, requires Physician) When magic and medicine mixes, it is often for the better. The ability to close wounds faster, draw out poisons and clear infections is valuable, but often risky. Using magic to do so is much better. Your character can use magic to help heal.

Negative Traits: 6 (MAXIMUM 2)

-Frail – (Cannot be taken with Hercules) Your character has a bit of a strength problem. Whether by anorexia or just a lack of training, he’s really weak and can’t take much of a hit.

-Stupid – (Cannot be taken with Recaller or Linguist) Sometimes, education’s hard to come by on Kolnur. Sometimes, children don’t get their food for thought. Sometimes, you get someone just plain stupid. That would be your character. He doesn’t have a great memory, and tends to state the obvious. However, he is capable of other things. He just can’t brain, plain and simple.

-Antisocial – (Cannot be taken with Gift of the Gab) People skills are pretty much a necessity in this day and age, and few can afford to be without them. And your character doesn’t have any. Poor him, he’s introverted and doesn’t like other people. So don’t expect to be chumming anyone up.

-Clumsy – (Cannot be taken with Sneaky Sneaky) Tripping trip wires and alerting people you’re trying to sneak around is a great skill, and your character’s a master of it (/sarcasm). If he’s around, people will know it, if just because of the accidental destruction he leaves in your wake.

-Psychotic – People are prone to go a little bit crazy every now and then, especially when they eat a lot of sugar. Your guy just has a screw loose. Sometimes, he’s the life of the party, sometimes he’s the brains of the operation, other times he likes to headbutt statues and challenges fish to ‘hold your breath’ contests. He’s not reliable or safe to be around, but he’s occasionally very useful.

-Earthing Cable – (Cannot be taken with Lord of the Winds) Electricity has been discovered to run through things to reach the ground, rigorous testing by magical authorities has shown. For some reason, these spells tend to go through your character. And that’s not good in any way. It gets better! Due to this phenomenon, you can’t even cast lightning spells! Yippee!

Unique Traits: 7 (May only choose 1)

-Dr. Dolittle – Kolnur, despite being covered by intelligent races, is still home to a great many animals of almost any variety. Your character can communicate with them almost perfectly, and often makes them his or her allies. However, you tend to be somewhat more reluctant to harm animals of all kinds.

-Werewolf – The moon is your character’s calling, blood is on his paws, and flesh is at his teeth. Yes, when it’s his time of the month, he becomes a Werewolf, insane, bloodthirsty and uncontrollable.

-Blood of the Night – The night is your character’s home. The night is his life. He is, obviously, a vampire. He is harder to detect, better at Dark Magic, stronger and faster, but he cannot bear the gaze of the sun and, once burned, will ignite like oil. His eyes are redder dependent upon the amount of blood he’s drunk – the less he’s had, the redder and hungrier they are. Unless he wears eye-concealing headgear, some may shun him.

-Seer – Although many may dismiss your character’s powers as mere luck or superstition, he seems to be much more able to predict the future. True future sight is almost unheard of, but he has a fraction of their power, able to see glimpses of the future. However, this can often cause unwanted nightmares, having a detrimental effect on his sanity.

-Attuned – Kolnur is full of magic. Many theorise this comes from the Aether, a world across a ubiquitous border, spilling magic through cracks and, gradually, letting magic seep through. For some, like your guy, magic seems to come through much faster around them. This makes it easier to cast spells with impunity, with little limiting. Unfortunately, magic, inherently, causes minor mutations and weakening. While the mutating effects won’t be doing much against him, the weakening can often leave him physically frail after bouts of casting.

-Prophet – Kolnur is full of religions, with hundreds of known deities over hundreds of cultures. Some nations forget religion, while some are built on it, like the Pure. Your character has been chosen by one of his gods (or goddesses) to spread his (or her) word, and he has been given the god’s (or goddess’) favour to carry out your task. While many will dismiss him as a deluded fanatic, it is true that your guy’s luck seems to hold out more.

-Naturalist – Nature is your friend. Since birth, your character has had an innate link with nature. While not necessarily respected by animals, he tends to plants and animals alike, and has the skills to do so. Earth Magic is slightly easier for him, but he has trouble with Fire Magic. He is also better at healing.

Not Available At Start: 15 (You CANNOT select any of these at the start, but can be learned during the RP. This list will become longer before they become available.)

-Beast Slayer – (Combat Trait, Requires 3 other Combat Traits) Kolnur is home to several mighty species of beast, such as the Dragon, Griffon and Hydra. They may be legends, but they can be found in the deepest of caves. And your character’s got the sword arm for the finishing blow. Allows monsters and powerful enemies to be killed faster when able – a killing blow, if you like.

-Bang Bang Bang – (Shooting Trait, Requires 3 other Shooting Traits) Guns are new. Guns are good. Guns hurt a lot. Your character likes guns. Unlocks gunpowder weaponry.

-Inventor V2.0 – (Technology Trait, Requires Inventor and another Technology Trait, Not available at start) For most inventors or clever men, just creating something new and groundbreaking isn’t enough. Most have to refine their inventions, adding parts, removing that which can be removed and making their creations even better. Your character is one such soul, having spent weeks and weeks refining their invention. (You may modify your invention, the item you added with the perk Inventor, to be better. If chosen, please specify any and all modifications. If it’s too much, it will be said. If it’s not utilising as much of the trait as possible, recommendations will be made.)

-Immolator – (Magic Trait, Requires Pyromancer, Not available at start) Fire is the most destructive of the four elements, exploding, raging and burning. Those whose path takes them further than that of the Pyromancer are fortunate indeed, and control powers unthinkable to many common people. Truly, a master of fire magic is one to be feared indeed. Your character is a master of Pyromancy, much more able to cast fire spells and knowing many more spells.

-Master of the Oceans – (Magic Trait, Requires Aquamancer, Not available at start) Many of Kolnur’s nations border its seas, great bodies of water. These seas are violent, unpredictable and wholly dangerous, making the seas a dangerous way to travel. In its natural state, water is dangerous. Wielded by a master of Aquamancy, it is a force to be reckoned with; the skilled mage can drown his enemies on land, flood whole lowland towns with a single spell or slice the strongest metals with a beam of high-speed water. Your character is a master of Aquamancy, capable of casting much larger and dangerous spells, alongside finding all water magic easier.

-Lord of the Winds – (Magic Trait, Requires Ventomancer, Not available at start) The old saying is ‘the sky’s the limit’. For your character, it’s not the limit – it’s play-doh. Your mage can shape winds to his pleasing, cast down bolts of high-voltage lightning, cause tornadoes of epic proportions and create storms of legend. To the maser of Ventomancy, this is all child’s play. Your character is a master of Ventomancy, able to cast even greater Air spells, and finding even tough spells a walk in the park.

-Geoformer – (Magic Trait, Requires Terramancer, Not available at start) The earth is the base of the world, everywhere air and water do not occupy. When a mage can slightly alter the world, or harness its power to an extent, he is powerful. When a mage is powerful enough to control the world itself, and harness most of its power, he is beyond powerful. They are known as Geoformers, masters of Terramancy. Your character is a master of Terramancy, capable of shifting mountains and casting earth magic easily and well, with spells of immense power.

-Nightblade – (Requires Float Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Bee, Backstab and Sneaky Sneaky, NAAS) The skilled assassin is a frequently occurring character in Kolnur history and legend. Menthohrl, the Mad King of Baleari, was stabbed in the middle of a market square in Baleari Castle by one such character – who promptly escaped and lived without retribution for this act of highest treason (Baleari has since been absorbed by the Shadow). With the skills of moving from place to place as a shadow, you have great trouble in the light. However, once shadows are cast, you are undetectable, a bladed shadow, capable of striking from anywhere and everywhere with knife, kunai or even spell. Your character can sneak perfectly in shadows, undetectable. When wishing to attack thus concealed, he will have a nearly 100% chance of instantly killing his opponent, then will probably escape.

-Heartbreaker – (Dark Magic Trait, Requires 2 Dark Magic Traits, NAAS) Hearts have always been things of beauty for those of Kolnur, strange, pulsating masses of flesh which symbolise goodness, love and, in certain contexts, ultimate destruction. Your character prefers the last. With a tiny spell, he can simply reach into another, and take his heart, killing him outright and utterly demoralising his teammates. Whether through flesh, iron or walls, he can simply put his hand into another and take his heart out. No blood on the outside, no more energy expended than grasping air, and the opponent is dead. Scary. Oh, and did I mention? These can then be used to channel some magic, one use then crumble.

-Reader – (Mental Trait, NAAS) The usefulness of books is undeniable. For those who read regularly, books are a source of knowledge, entertainment and calming. Some books catalogue the events of long-dead heroes and kings, others can tell you of the best way to kill a dragon or cook a pie. Whatever the function of the book, it is probably useful in some situation. Your character enjoys books, so much so that he often knows something about anything he or the party encounters. (This trait is complicated. Basically, with most updates, I’ll send you a PM if you have this trait. The PM will include information about various things, mostly exerts from books that your character may have read at some point. You can use this information to help the party or just simply enhance your RP experience.)

-Mind and Soul - (Mental Trait, NAAS) Control is, arguably, the greatest factor in all life, fighting and thinking included. With a few minutes’ warning, your character can calm himself down, bringing mind and soul into balance. With this achieved, all bloodlust, all cares, all hatred, all anger, all imperfections are released into nothingness. Reactions quicken, wits sharpen, and swordplay becomes a thing of elegance. A short meditation, and your character becomes a force to be reckoned with – even the Yinr Monks would find some challenge in him.

-Flesh Wounds – (Physical Trait, NAAS, requires Tank) Some people just don’t die, like your character. If he loses an arm, he can keep fighting until he dies of blood loss. If he has half his head sliced off, he might just be able to fight on for a little. And that’s ignoring what happens to minor wounds. Often, when wounded, your character won’t feel it or will ignore it, fighting on as normal (only a little closer to death).

-Control the Calling – (Special Trait – no category, NAAS, Requires Werewolf) Lycanthropy is normally considered a curse. When the moon shows roundness, the wolf awakens and people die, unnecessarily, painfully and bloodily. It’s no wonder that cures are so often sought out, and so rarely work. Though there is one cure more valuable than any other. Control. With it, a lycanthrope can control when he turns, where he turns, and even what he does as a wolf. He loses literacy and the ability to be near most others without terrifying them, but gets to control his beast blood when death needs to be his master. (Simply, you can control when you turn, where you turn and what you do as a wolf. This allows you unlimited transformations too, but, if you spend too long as a wolf, you’ll start becoming one.)

-Demonic Summoning – (NAAS, requires Conjurer) Kolnur isn’t believed to be alone in having power of killing, nor in having huge, magical beasts of murderey death. When your character goes to summon creatures, he can really pull out all the stops. Summoning demons the size of dragons is now a thing. However, he must be careful, because more powerful summons will go bad with a bad cast, and magically capable summons (which they can get) may be able to break the magical bond that most summoning spells include, thus making new hostiles. But I mean, who doesn’t want a pet magic dragon that may try and eat you?

-Arcane Surgery – (NAAS, requires 2 healing traits and 2 magic traits) Healers are very valuable on Kolnur. Magic is sometimes feared, but few would refuse magical healing in dire straits. Your character is now capable of using magic to aid all healing, and, if capable of summoning creatures, can use them to heal others. Furthermore, all surgery is now almost zero-risk: no pain, no blood loss, and no infection.

Now we have discussed perks, rules and who knows what else, what are you waiting for? Get writing a signup, and join Kolnur’s greatest adventure (so far)!


Map as of 1243. The RP begins in Spring, 1243.

Accepted Characters:
-Grick'grack Nsokub; Goblin/Elf; Indiga; Inquity; NPC
-Marcus Flavius Octavian; Human; The Empire; Marshall Ragnar
-Glaïmbar Bokkadsson, The Steel-Arm; Dwarf; Kerin-Curan; Malochai
-Subetai Barkak; Human; Kogan-Sul; Therizza
-Barog-Shal; Orc; The Wilderness; Burning Star
-Kai Evansur; Human; The Wilderness; Roy-o-Roma; NPC
-Urien en' Mavar; Human; Esterwynne; Santaire
-Nitan Swiftstroke; Gnome/Elf; Anicea; Yru0

INFO BANK:

On Languages:

Kolnur, unsurprisingly, is a land of many tongues. There are thousands of known tongues, the vast majority of which are still in use. Most nations have their own tongues, especially in the cases of elven, ogre, goblin and orcish nations. The other races tend to share a few tongues.

Any culture that evolved from tribes is likely to have languages similar to other ex-tribal cultures, but will be very unique. The eloquence and elegance of the language is highly linked to the complexity of the society – elves, dwarves and gnomes are by far the nicest languages, with a lot less grunting and fewer guttural consonants.

From the ancient civilisations, only three languages remain. Ancient Elvish is the widest-spoken of the three, due to the elves’ long lives, which mean that some learned the language as a child, or learned it from parents or grandparents who spoke in it. It died out with the fall of Aenaeia, the greatest of the ancient elven nations, around 7500 years ago. No other nation spoke that language alone, and the loss of Aenaeia meant that the language was no longer depended on. It is not a lost language, though it exists mostly through word of mouth, with a strangely small amount of writing on it – though, lately, speakers have seen the profitability of selling their knowledge by pen.

Ancient Dwarvish sits in the middle of the three, and is the root of modern dwarvish, gnomish, orcish and human languages, which are very similar languages. Dwarven nobility and its priesthood know the language well, as the dwarven religion has changed little in the last 15000 years, and almost all original scriptures are in the language. However, unlike Ancient Elvish, very few common dwarven citizens would know any of the language at all. Again unlike Ancient Elvish, it did not just ‘die out’, it just blended into other languages to the point it went extinct, evolved out of the world.

The last of the three is spoken by a small few indeed, not simply due to the difficulty of understanding it. The only ancient language to possess no heirs, Draconic is a strange language indeed. And, obviously, it is spoken by dragons. Dragon riders*, tamers and scholars must understand the tongue to perform their roles, especially so in times of need. Some fools believe the language is inherently magical, which it isn’t. Most Draconic words are just given power by those who speak it – the dragons.

*The term ‘Dragon Rider’ refers to those whose entire careers revolve around dragons. They track them, live like them, study their history, etc. When dragons are given requests to help a nation in war, it is a dragon rider who conveys the information and acts as their link to the other races’ world. The name comes from exaggerated tales – they were supposed to have ridden dragons in times of war, the last of which was some 6000 years ago. Most dragons are far too proud to let another ride them except in the cases that a rider would benefit them.

On Magic:

On Wild Beasts:

On Megant:

On Races:

On Money:

Kolnur has a very elegant monetary system, implemented in the time of the Great Alliance. The smallest denomination is known as a copper, a green, a hatchling or a bronze. Twenty-four coppers are worth one of the middle denomination, which is known as silvers, tins, dragons or whites. The largest denomination is known as a yellow, a gold, a thunder or a child (in jest of its value). Sixteen silvers are worth one gold.

The actual names of the coins vary by nation. In elven nations, the bronze often bears a leaf, so should be called a leaf. The other two are known as seeds and trees respectively. For most dwarven nations, they are known as sands, stones and mountains or glasses, diamonds and obsidians. However, the practice of naming the coins thus has become something practiced rarely outside of the nobility, as people cannot bother with the real names.

A loaf of bread can cost from three to fourteen coppers; poor ale often costs around ten coppers; high-quality ale often costs a silver and two coppers (or thereabouts); a good sword often costs around ten silvers (though truly quality swords ought to cost a gold or two); a good inn room costs about three or four silvers a night; a house will often cost a few hundred golds at most.

 

[Santaire]

You can add Esterwynne there mate

 

[Septok]

You can add Esterwynne there mate

I'd need you to write a nation bio to add it.

 

[Santaire]

Fair enough

I'll start it now

 

[Septok]

Fair enough

I'll start it now

Great, thanks.

 

[Romero's Own]

I so want to join this but know I can't.....

Curses.....

 

[Iniquity]

Character’s Name: Grick'grack Nsokub

Race: Half-Goblin/Half-Elf

Home Nation: Indiga

Age: 217ish seasons

Description: Grick appears at first glance as the ideological paragon goblin. His body stands straighter and taller and his features are smoother. His elven ancestry, although not readily apparent, will be noticed by the scrutinizing observer; the corded muscles, graceful steps, and perfect proportions of his body. These do little to dismiss his obvious goblin heritage, however. The deep red of his eyes, greenish-brown skin and hair, and wickedly clawed hands and feet are the most obvious giveaways, as well as a cruel snarl exposing sharp serrated teeth that could only be his attempt at a smile.

Loadout: 2 serrated kukris, animal hide clothing/light armour, composite shortbow, quiver of arrows, trail rations(dried animal meat mostly), water skin(made from animal bladder), bedding(animal furs)

Background: Grick was raised outside of what passed as normal goblin society. The unfortunate offspring of a goblin scout and elven maiden prisoner, he was never accepted by the tribe, and more often was forced to fend for himself, even from his earliest years. His youth was spent nurturing a deep loathing for his mother, the cause for his unfortunate situation, that eventually blossomed into hatred not only for her, but the rest of the neighboring elves of Skibul and, to a lesser extent synthesize of their sterility, Salthiusar.

After many seasons, the opportunity to be rid of his father finally arose wardrobe evening. His father had drank himself into a stupor on some amalgamation of spirits and piss and passed out, fully exposed. Something stirred within the young Goblin, for that is what he considers himself, and he held his poised blade a moment to consider. The corners of his mouth climbed ever so slightly as a wicked light entered his eyes. Having long since mastered the silent maneuvers so practiced by his father, he moved forward fearlessly. Drawing his pair of dueling kukris, his quickly severed both of his father's hamstrings. As his father tried to cry out in pain, the hilt of one knife crushed into his chest, blasting the air from his lungs, while the other drove deeply into his thigh and severing the femoral artery. Grick then disappeared into the night.

Seasons passed by for Grick uneventfully. He learned to live off the land, developing a quiet respect and balance with nature. He never hunted for sport and used every resource from rack kill. Blood could be drunk, bones could be made into arrowheads, skin could be worn, and meat would be eaten. While stalking a small rodent, Grick got the impression that he was being watched. Moving down towards a small copse of thick trees, he felt the sensation grow. Darting the last few steps into the cover, he was surprised to see a warm campfire with a stew roasting over it. Wary eyes darted for other exits, but before he could find one, a haggard orc moved in.

"Greetings follower of nature." He said. At least Grick thought that was what he said. His words were clipped and came with unfamiliarity, as if he was unused to forming them. "I've watched you a long time and noticed your respect for our surroundings." Again Grick found himself concentrating hard just to understand the orc.

Nodding back to the orc, Grick refrained from speaking, using the pause to sort through his own thoughts on the situation. After a few quiet moments, Grick finally asked, "Why?"

The conversation continued on for a time, with Grick accepting an initially uneasy truce with the orc, Tunkbaz. As seasons passed, the truce developed into a companionship before maturing into a full friendship. Eventually the time came that Grick could learn no more from the shaman and the two parted ways. It was during this time that Grick wandered the far off lands, seeking out the ways of the world. Never comfortable within high city walls, he sought out small villages and hamlets. When presented with larger cities, he always relegated himself to the seedier and darker portions of the town.

It was during these travels that he was exposed to the different forms of justice throughout the lands and noticed the varying, and often radically different, forms of punishment. Grick found himself following these affairs very closely, especially the odd forms of capital punishment. Other times, a victim would be found, but no perpetrator. At these times, Grick felt himself compelled. Whether it was a sense of justice or some macabre fascination was unknown. Having learned to watch for specific mannerisms, as well as using the abilities Tunkbaz taught him of using the earth to retrace steps, it became a common occurrence in cities he visited for the families or friends of victims to find a severed head or blood-stained garment with some identifying mark outside their home a few days later.

Eventually, Grick longed for home and made his way back. His practices practices and ideas on justice, the goblin's soon discovered, had come with him. Whenever a rogue tribe overstepped its limits, different members would mysteriously vanish, only to show up over the next few days, piece by piece. Stolen items would soon be returned, accompanied by a pair of fingers. Grick could not cover the whole of Indiga, but rumours and stories always followed on his heels.

While stalking a small elven patrol along the border, Grick dropped quietly to the ground. His keen senses straining to hear the conversation. Something about the fabled gemstone cavern, granting of wishes, and meeting in Megant. Grick pondered this as the patrol moved off out of sight. Scanning his surroundings, he pushed himself to his feet. Looking one last time over his shoulder at...home? No, he decided. Just another stopover on his journey. Setting his eyes ahead, towards Megant, he began to mentally turn the page. A new chapter.

Perks:

• Mental: Recaller, Linguist, Physician, Herbalist
• Physical: Float Like a Butterfly Sting Like a Bee, Sneaky Sneaky
• Combat: Bladesman, Backstab, Flurry
• Shooting: Eagle Eye, Sharpshooter, Sniper Assassin
• Magic: Earthen Wizard, Terramancer, Pestilence, Wither
• Crossover: Fearless, Healer
• Unique: Naturalist

 

[Septok]

Grick'grack Nsokub is accepted - well thought-out and interesting. One query, however: Would I be assuming correctly that he's 54 and a bit? The age is fine, I'm just making sure we're working to the same calendar.

 

[Iniquity]

Grick'grack Nsokub is accepted - well thought-out and interesting. One query, however: Would I be assuming correctly that he's 54 and a bit? The age is fine, I'm just making sure we're working to the same calendar.

Yeah, 54-55ish, which I'm thinking is still young given his elven heritage. Equivalent of a 22-25 year old human. We can call 1189 his birth year.

 

[Malochai]

I'll have my dwarven character Glaïmbar up later; just about to leave for college

 

[Marshal Ragnar]

I will get my guy up from the Empire soon.

 

[Marshal Ragnar]

Okay, here is my guy

NAME: Marcus Flavius Octavian

RANK: Primus Pilus, III Imperial Legion

NATION: The Empire

RACE: Human

AGE: 29

EQUIPMENT: Heavy Armor, Short Sword, Dagger, Large Shield, Spear, Rations, Canteen

DESCRIPTION: Marcus is a military commander and looks the part. He stands 5'11", has a 210lbs body of hard lean muscle, short dark brown hair, hard piecing grey eyes, and an aura of command that demands respect and obedience. He also has several scars to show for his years of service and combat, most noticeably a thin scar that starts above his left eye and runs straight down through his eyebrow to his jaw line.

Marcus wears the traditional clothes/gear of the Empires Legions at all times. He wears dark brown leather hobnailed boots, a red sleeveless tunic that goes to his knees, and a wide black leather belt. Over this he wears armor that consists of steel greaves, a dark red boiled leather skirt that consisted if strips of leather that hung to the knees, a bronze cuirass that depicted the Imperial Eagle on the chest and had red leather straps that hung from the shoulders to protect the upper arms, a red cloak, and a bronze helmet with a transverse red crest.

For weapons Marcus carried a large rectangular shield that was curved to fit the body. On the front was depicted a large Imperial Eagle with crossed lightning bolts behind it with the number III under the eagle. He also carried a short sword 2 1/2 foot sword, a dagger, and a 7ft spear. And even though none of Marcus'weapons and armor are magical or enchanted they are of superior forging and quality and are laced with Mithirel making his armor and weapons nearly indestructible/impenetrable.

BACKGROUND: Marcus was born into the extended royal family of the Empire and was therefore raised with many privileges. He attended the best schools, had private tutors, was taught rhetoric and sciences, and never wanted for anything. But in the Empire even male members of the royal family have to serve a term in the military before they can gain citizenship and hold public office. So Marcus enlisted into the Legions at 18. Because he was a member of the royal family he had option of not serving in the combat units, but Marcus is wanted to prove his worth to command through his deeds and actions so enlisted as a legionary determined to work his way to command through the ranks.

Over the last 11yrs Marcus has risen to the rank of Primus Pilus and now commands the 1st Cohort if the III Legion which consists of 800 of the hardest and most elite soldiers in the Empire. Marcus has fought many enemies of the Empire including Orcs, Ogres, Men, rogue Elves, and even the Shadow. While fighting the enemies of the Empire Marcus has also learned many skills including how to handle artillery, how to recon enemy locations quitlt, how to dispatch enemies quickly with a blade, and how to dress the various wounds that soldiers receive during battle.

Marcus has also won several awards for his bravery and actions in combat including a Corona Civica for saving the life of his Prefect and a Corona Aurea for being the first soldier over the walls of an enemy city.

Marcus was on leave and at the Imperial Palace when Emperor Octavian heard about the meeting in Megant. While the Emperor and his advisers were discussing who to send as an emissary Marcus volunteered and was given permission by his cousin to represent the Empire.

TRAITS
Mental - Determined, Linguist, Code Breaker, Recaller, Gift of Gab, Physician
Physical - Tank, Hercules, Insulator, Sneaky Sneaky
Combat - Shield Wall, Armored Marauder, Decapitator, Blademaster, Backstabber
Crossover - Fearless
Shooting - Eagle Eye
Technology - Master of Artillery

 

[Marshal Ragnar]

Oops, double post somehow.

 

[Malochai]

Glaïmbar Bokkadsson - 1st/Primary Character

Character’s Name: Glaïmbar Bokkadsson, The Steel-Arm

Clan: Clan Black-Steel
The Black-Steel clan is one of the oldest, most established and most powerful within Kerin-Curan, as well as being the largest of the Thane clans. These dwarves have long been considered the greatest warriors of the island nation, and, whilst not through design or policy, the head of their clan has, for the last three millennia, been the Lord-General.
The Clan have a checkered history they refuse to speak of to outsiders, as they originally refused to bow to another Clan, which resulted in them claiming half of Kezak province as their own. Only when the humans of Queestra landed begging for dwarven aid, and the following war began, did the dwarves of Clan Black-Steel agree to a temporary armistice so they could fight the invaders following the Queestran’s as a joint entity. After the war was over, the dwarves of Clan Black-Steel realised that, despite their superior skills in battle, they would have been killed without the rest of the dwarven Clans and, as such, dropped all claim to their own lands. Since then, they have been integral in aiding the military training of the joint dwarven and human nation.

Race: Dwarf

Home Nation: Kerin-Curan, Kazel Province, city of Kazel/Barrack Town

Age: 90 Cycles (Years)

Description: Glaïmbar is of average height for a dwarf of Kerin-Curan, and stands at 4'8". He is muscle-bound and thickset, with broad shoulders. He definitely looks the part of the dwarven warrior, and has a thick, full black beard which reaches his beard, intricately plaited with rings and gems entwined within it. His face seems to be perpetually set with a stern look, a look of determination, and is set with eyes which seem to move between dark brown and light caramel in colour, depending upon the light. Glaïmbar has numerous scars across his body, and rough, calloused hands, but the most distinctive one is across his chest - not seen by many - a scar from his left collar bone to his right hip, thick and knotted across his abdomen. He also has a number of tattoos on both arms, his chest and his back, all intricate dwarven designs, which include numerous repetitions of Goimiil's rune, as well as his clan rune and dragon-esque designs.

Glaïmbar's chainmail is made of black metal rings, well made but not overly distinctive, and his chestplate is bright silver, with his clan emblem - a crossed hammer and axe - emblazoned on the breast in gold. His greaves and vambraces, both of the same metal as his chestplate, are the same colour, only completely plain.
His boots are made of tough, black leather reinforced with illium plates over the toe. The cloak he wears is made of thick bear fur, from the creatures which roam the forests and plains of Kerin-Curan, with ties made of simple black leather with complex silver fasteners, which lock together to form the rune of Goimiil, dwarven god of warfare and combat.

Glaïmbar has been described as ‘unstable’, and can - at times - lose the fight to keep his ‘inner furnace’ in check, losing his temper and can start a fight with near anyone, but when he has vented his inexplicable fury, the dwarf can be as likeable as anyone else. In short, he can go from laughing, cheerful companion to berserk maniac in a matter of minutes - sometimes even seconds. As with any dwarf, Glaïmbar will be loyal to those who deserve it, but if they cross him they will earn his emnity, and will have to work hard to prove themselves to him once more ... It has been proven more than once that a stout dwarvish ale is a good way to go about making reparations, though.

Sky-Talon - Mechanical Hawk
In a fit of divine inspiration three years after leaving Kerin-Curan, Glaïmbar returned to the island nation for a season, and created a unique 'weapon'. The design was so intricate and the parts necessarily minuscule that he had to rework nearly all of them until they were perfect. The current Snorri Snorrisson himself, an Engineer Guild-Lord and one of the most fabled inventors in Kerin-Curan's history, was astonished at Glaïmbar's creation, and was unable to recreate it.

This weapon is of amazing design; a mechanical hawk made of illium, a silver underside, black topside and ruby eyes. Both eyes have the rune of Goimiil painstakingly inscribed on them, and they appear to be lit by a deep, fiery intelligence which Glaïmbar insists vehemently is the spirit of his chosen god. Runes of flight and endurance adorn each wind, and the mechanical creation's beak, sharp as a razor, has a diamond coating, as do its talons, which had been created prior to his return to the country by a master terramancer to Glaïmbar’s exacting standards; even the slightest fault with the measurements and the dwarf would have demanded them to be redone. The Hawk is capable of carrying messages more securely than real avians, being difficult to hit due to it's speed. Most of the time, the Hawk will follow it's creator from a distance, stay with his ship, the Sea Cleaver, or just hover overhead, but in times of extreme danger it will swoop down and peck out eyes or claw at hands in an effort to get foes to to drop the weapons they wield, answering only to Glaïmbar's piercing whistle.

The Mechanical Hawk has been approved by Septok prior to posting, with conditions applied

Loadout:
Weapons:- Two-handed axe, one hand-axe and one hammer (together known as the Kinship of Death), Sky-Talon/Mechanical Bird
Armour:- Chainmail, chestplate, pauldrons, vambraces, greaves
Other:- Water pouch, cloak, Book of Goimiil, gold pouch

Can also use - Crossbow, shield, plate/articulated armour when necessary/available

Background: Glaïmbar, as the oldest son of Lord-General Bokkad Falisson, was born and brought up within the confines of the High Keep and Palace of Kazel, close since childhood with the children of King Gandogar, although Farin - heir to the throne - often considered Glaïmbar beneath him. His father's suite tended to be spartan, with few luxuries, but what he did have was of the best dwarven construction. All he had in abundance were weapons and armour.

As soon as he was born, an axe was pressed into the dwarf’s hand, and as soon as he was old enough, Bokkad ensured his son undertook rigorous physical training, in addition to his other instruction. He showed promise as soon as he took up weapons and armour, naturally skilled with both axe and hammer, as well as having the rare gift amongst dwarves of having a natural propensity for riding the sturdy hill-ponies of the kingdom, and even horses once he was mounted. At the age of twenty cycles, he moved to Barrack Town, where he undertook instruction from some of the kingdom's finest warriors and the few dwarves who rode into battle, and also trained with units of heavy infantry. The Lord-General’s son was also found to have the natural skill to use a crossbow, but he never favoured ranged warfare, much preferring to close with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. When he came of age, at twenty five cycles (years) he immediately joined Kerin-Curan's heavy infantry, and within three years had become a lieutenant, and a further five years later Glaïmbar had been promoted to Captain, much to the chagrin of some of his older subordinates, but he proved that he deserved the position, effortlessly leading defences against pirate and bandit raids without number.

As soon as Glaïmbar turned fifty cycles (years), he applied for the Guard, the elite soldiers who are tasked with the protection of the royal Clan, and is known to be extremely difficult to earn entrance to. He bested many of the most elite members of the Guard in combat, but was deemed too unstable to safely guard the Clan, as he was often prone to dash into a fight offensively and leave the person he was meant to be protecting undefended.

Shamed, he sought sanctuary in Barrack Town, the place he had come to accept as his home, and dove into his training wholeheartedly. He spent days in the Training Fields, trying to fight his shame by fighting others. It was during one of these intense sessions that he realised he had gained a level of tranquility he hadn't felt for years, almost as if Goimiil himself had related plans for his future to Glaïmbar. Within days, he had forged himself a new two-handed axe set with rubies, and packed the meagre possessions he had determined to take with him, and gathered the wealth he could easily claim. From the King's own shipyards in Kazel he purchased an ironclad vessel and hired a crew.

Since then, Glaïmbar has excelled as a leader on his own ship, and travelled Kolnur in the search for his fate. He feels it is obvious that Goimiil means for him to do something important, or die trying, but the dwarf has yet to figure it out. Only once has he returned to the land of his birth, three cycles (years) after he left, when he once more had a fit of inspiration from Goimiil; the result of a season spent in port was the mechanical hawk he dubbed Sky-Talon, a unique creation. It seems a miracle he had the skill to create it, due to his clumsiness in near all but fighting and shooting.

On his travels throughout the continent, Glaïmbar has gathered numerous scars, new tricks and fighting techniques from creeds and cultures around the lands, kingdoms and countries, but feels he is still destined for more, and dearly hopes he is, to show those in Kerin-Curan that they were wrong to reject him. He is now a deadly weapon in dwarven form.

Perks:

Mental: Determined, Linguist
Physical: Hercules, Tank, Insulator
Combat: Armoured Marauder, Bladesman, Flurry, Decapitator, Sword Master, Horseman, Shield Wall
Shooting: Eagle Eye, Crossbow, Sharpshooter
Technology: Helmsman, Forger, Master of Artillery, Inventor
Magic: N/A
Crossovers: Fearless
Negative: Psychotic, Clumsy
Unique: Prophet

 

[Septok]

NAME: Marcus Flavius Octavian
...
TRAITS
Mental - Determined, Linguist, Code Breaker, Recaller, Gift of Gab, Physician
Physical - Tank, Hercules, Insulator
Combat - Shield Wall, Armored Marauder, Decapitator
Crossover - Fearless
Shooting - Eagle Eye
Technology - Master of Artillery

Marcus Flavius Octavian is accepted. Nice story and a nice character. Just in case you've missed it, you can still take 3 more traits.

Character’s Name: Glaïmbar Bokkadsson, The Steel-Arm
...
Perks:

Mental: Determined, Linguist
Physical: Hercules, Tank, Insulator
Combat: Armoured Marauder, Bladesman, Flurry, Decapitator, Sword Master, Horseman, Shield Wall
Shooting: Eagle Eye, Crossbow, Sharpshooter
Technology: Helmsman, Forger, Master of Artillery
Magic:
Crossovers: Fearless
Negative: Psychotic, Clumsy
Unique: Prophet

Glaimbar Bokkadsson, The Steel-Arm, is accepted. I look forward to seeing where and when you go mental - I was waiting for someone to choose Psychotic. I was also going to ask a question, but I've forgotten it. I might remember it sometime, but I'll probably completely forget it.

 

[Malochai]

Cool; cheers Septok. If you remember, I'll try and give you an answer?

 

[Therizza]

Character's Name: Subetai Barkak

Race: Human

Home Nation: Kogan-Sul

Age: 25

Description: Subetai Barkak stands 5' 8" with an olive complexion and short cut hair. He is well built, the product of his youth spent apprenticing as a blacksmith. Whereas most would think a man of his background would be a lumbering brute, Subetai is light on his feet and quick witted

Loadout: Leather grieves and vambraces, banded cuirass, hood, short sword, dagger enchanted to glow when pointed north, recurve bow, quiver, arrows, lock picking tools, vial of poison, spring loaded dart projector in his left vambrace, rucksack with provisions for three days, bedroll

Background: Subetai Barkak was born under a full moon in the shadows of Mount Kogan. His father was a fletcher and his mother a seamstress, both of low birth but strong stock. Raised in the streets of Kogan-Sul, Subetai learned the skill of the bow and arrow early in his life. When he was of age, he was sent to apprentice under the tutelage of the famed Dwarven smiths of Kogan-Sul, where he learned to craft arms and armor for the Great Khan's horde.

Upon becoming a journeyman, Subetai took up work at various smithies around Kogan-sul, never feeling at ease within the city walls. To pass the time he would design and build contraptions and practice disassembling and assembling locks. Eventually, he used his aptitude as a lockpick to turn extra coin for some less than savory types and picking the locks of stolen chests eventually led to running jobs in the higher end district of the city. The money was good, but the adrenaline rush he got from breaking into some high and mighty lord's mansion, and more importantly, getting away with it, was even better. All good things must come to end, as they say, and eventually Subetai was knicked by the authorities.

(The story is quite funny, as he and his comrades had bragged to the wrong men in the wrong tavern over ten too many flagons of ale. The fight, and eventual flight to capture, was half comedy half chaos.)

In the courthouse, Subetai was given a choice: serve in the horde or lose his right hand. Being a pragmatic fellow, Subetai took the conscription over mutilation, and was soon serving in the vanguard of the Great Horde. Whereas pilfering gold and jewels was fun, going into battle was a different kind of rush. Demonstrating his prowess in several battles, Subetai was reassigned to a scout unit, ranging far afield, silently collecting information for the Great Khan's war council. Whether it was fate, or the fact that his conscription papers had mysteriously been destroyed in a fire, was neither here nor there.

At present, Subetai found himself aboard a rickety vessel undersail towards the mysterious land of Megant. Testing his latest contraption, a spring loaded dart shooter, well hidden under his left vambrace, Subetai laughed with delight as the projectile impaled a scurrying rat that was attempting to steal his ration of hardtack. His mission was simply to observe the happenings of some meeting, noting who was there and what was said. Scut work, but somebody had to do it, glory to the horde and all that nonsense.

Sitting near a porthole, Subetai was privy to the conversation of two deckhands, who spoke of the meeting. "Aye, they say it's about the Gemstone Cavern" stammered one of the men. "Hah, you've had too much to drink mate. That's a fairy tale and a fool's errand. It's just a cargo run." Subetai laughed to himself, picking his fingernails with his dagger, Pointer, which he had managed to enchant so that it glowed when pointed north. The glow had something to do with aligning the blade to due north whilst white hot, under a lunar eclipse, or so he had learned from a book found in the library of a very rich man whose money he was stealing. Regardless, Subetai chalked the deckhand's conversation up to grog-induced babble. To think, the fabled Gemstone Cavern, which held what everyman most desires. If he could find out the location... Subetai tried to banish the thought, though his inner thief's curiosity was piqued. Closing his eyes, the man attempted to sleep. There was work to be done on the morrow.

Mental Traits- Codebreaker
Physical Traits-Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee, Sneaky Sneaky
Combat Traits-Bladesman, Backstab, Flurry, Horseman
Shooting Traits-Eagle Eye, Sharpshooter, Sniper Assassin, Paralysing Shot, Poisoned Arrows, Faster, now!
Technology Traits- -Forger, Inventor
Crossovers -Enchanter, Fearless

 

[Septok]

Character's Name: Subetai Barkak
...
Mental Traits- Codebreaker
Physical Traits-Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee, Sneaky Sneaky
Combat Traits-Bladesman, Backstab, Flurry, Horseman
Shooting Traits-Eagle Eye, Sharpshooter, Sniper Assassin, Paralysing Shot, Poisoned Arrows, Faster, now!
Technology Traits- -Forger, Inventor
Crossovers -Enchanter, Fearless

Subetai Barkak is accepted. Nice, solid character, and should be well-equipped for the adventure ahead.

 

[Marshal Ragnar]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshal Ragnar
NAME: Marcus Flavius Octavian
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TRAITS
Mental - Determined, Linguist, Code Breaker, Recaller, Gift of Gab, Physician
Physical - Tank, Hercules, Insulator
Combat - Shield Wall, Armored Marauder, Decapitator
Crossover - Fearless
Shooting - Eagle Eye
Technology - Master of Artillery
Marcus Flavius Octavian is accepted. Nice story and a nice character. Just in case you've missed it, you can still take 3 more traits.

Thanks, I added 3 more

 

[Burning Star]

Character sign – up:

Name: Barog-Shal
Race: Orc
Age: 31
Home nation: Wilderness – Sea Pirates
There are two ways and two rules for joining this pirate crew. Two ways, be born into the crew, or to prove yourself in combat. The former is much easier. If you try the latter, you’re never expected to win. Surviving is enough. This crew has been sailing the seas for longer than even Elves can remember, and have mastered the art of sea battle in the Maiden of Fire, laying waste to any keepers of law or unlucky trading vessels to appear on their horizon. As for the two rules: You have to be tough, and you have to stay for life.
Description: He’s the captain of the ship. He is loyal to his crew and even more loyal to his ship. He’s strong, tough and (surprisingly for an Orc) quite smart, performing nautical manoeuvres most aren’t capable of, and shrugging off blows from war hammers like they’re bee stings, carving a slow but steady swathe through enemy ranks. He’s not invincible though. Whilst he almost seems like the perfect warrior, he’s mentally disturbed, sometimes bashing in skulls with his fists for fun, and sometimes simply snapping the necks of his unfortunate victims. He’s never been seen out of his steel plate armour, helmet and all, even when sleeping, and the one person who did was thrown to the sharks. His armour is made of flawless alloy that shines bright in the sun, melded together so tight even he couldn't rip it apart. His helmet is made of a vertical edge down the middle, with the two sides extending over the hinges of the visor with a wing pattern engraved to create a visor with two minuscule holes in it, and the rest of the helmet is a plain sphere which covers his entire head, and leading down from that is a layer of thick chainmail to cover his neck, leading onto a simple one piece chestplate, with large pauldrons covering his forearms, connected to large gauntlets, which are much thicker than the rest of the armour, that have large spikes on the knuckles. His legs are covered in an under layer of chainmail, covered by lots of steel plates, which slows his movement but he can still move.
Loadout: He always wears his steel plate armour, that no-one has ever even seen to be dented (doesn’t mean a very large weapon won’t wind him, his armour just doesn’t break), and his weapons are his gauntlets, often punching men to death, but sometimes using the sharpened points on his knuckles to stab kinks in very tough armour. All he’s ever seen with other than that is a strange, glowing purple potion given to him by a rogue trader, who said only ‘This potion goes with the way of fortune, you see, for it brings you great help, vanquishing the foe you can’t beat or healing your fatal wound, but it could also curse you, making that enemy stronger or poisoning your wound. And keep in mind, you can only throw it, once!’
Background: Barog-Shal was born on the Maiden of Fire during a battle, so it’s no wonder he became the warrior he is now. His father was killed during the fighting, but his mother survived, though she was in such an ill state that the ship had to stay in port for two months while she, and other wounded pirates, recuperated. As a baby, he was too weak and sickly to be with the crew because they lacked medical supplies - so he was left with a trusted group of bandits for the first four years of his life, where his battling skills immediately began to show, hunting many small creatures with his bare hands. Once he reached the age of four, his mother returned with the crew to retrieve him, and he sailed with the ship for twelve more years, beginning to prove his supernatural strength and toughness by beating senior crew with his bare hands, and withstanding conditions that would have killed other men with barley a shiver or drop of sweat.

Aged 16, he fell overboard, and washed up on an area of secluded shore that he has never yet found again, home to friendly, intelligent men. They took him in, and Barog-Shal, after eventually calming down, realised that he would have to live with these men if he was going to find his crew again. He stayed with the men for two years, and he received an education lots of families could scarcely afford, but once he’d learnt everything from them, he set out in search of a ship to sail home in.
At first, his small boat and crew had no news of the pirates, but eventually, survivor accounts began appearing, and then wreckages, and eventually Barog-Shal created a trail to follow, and after many days of long sailing, found The Maiden of Fire again, and jumped aboard, hoping to be met with open arms. Most of the crew did, but some were convinced of necromancy or trickery, but a few beers and fistfights soon proved otherwise.

By this point, he was a full member of the crew, and therefore needed armour. When the crew docked at a far off area, they met a smith, who they entrusted to teach Barog-Shal the art of smithing, for all crew had to supply their own armour, and teach him he did, as that was the man who taught him ancient smithing techniques, and in the end Barog-Shal created his nearly invincible armour under his supervision, which would have suited the heroes you hear about in story and legend.

As a rite of passage, he had to murder a particularly rich man and pilfer his gold, or slay a beast, and he chose to slay a beast. He was gone for so many weeks the crew were beginning to worry, but eventually he came back with the great beast’s head in his hands. However, he rarely spoke, and from then never removed his armour. He refused to tell anyone what happened on his journey, but it was clear something had changed during his quest.

He spent six years learning the ways of the seas from the last captain, an ogre called Shimrod who knew that he was going to die very soon, was grooming Barog-Shal to become the next captain, realising that with Barog-Shal’s education and the accumulated knowledge of previous captains, Shimrod could make Barog-Shal the most feared pirate of the wide seas. He was right in the end, as not long after Barog-Shal turned 22, Shimrod was killed during a major attack on the pirates. This fleet of ships would have ruined the pirates, but Barog-Shal leapt into action, pulling off a manoeuvre with his ship that few have ever even attempted in fear of destruction, getting behind the ships and destroying most of them, before boarding the rest and slaughtering the crews in his rage at the death of Shimrod, who had become a second father to him. No one questioned his right to be captain after that incident.

He’s been sailing and adventuring ever since, never letting his crew down, and eventually coming to be feared by the senior sailors, able to be called one of the most fearsome warriors in Kolnur.

After one particular raid, he was pilfering the captain’s quarters, and found an interesting letter, which said little of use besides this: We carry this fool aboard our ship in hopes of finding a fairy tale: the Gemstone cavern, a fantastical cave that grants the man who enters his deepest desire. With one, shiny, metallic thought in his head, he set course for Megant.
Perks:
Physical:
• Tank
• Hercules
• Insulator
Mental:
• Determined
• Linguist (He’s well educated and has travelled far and wide)
Combat:

• Bladesman (Free racial trait)
• Backstab
• Armoured marauder
• Shield wall
• Decapitator (That’s right, with his fists)
Technology:
• Explosives expert
• Master of artillery
• Forger (All of his gear except the potion is self-made)
• Helmsman
Magic traits:
- Sea mage
-Aquamancer
-Wind acolyte
Unique/negative:
• Seer (Why do you think he’s insane?)
• Psychotic (Minus 1 for negative trait)