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The Halcyon Incursion
A Space Marine Roleplay
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst. - Harry Fosdick
A Space Marine Roleplay
The tragedy of war is that it uses man's best to do man's worst. - Harry Fosdick
The Barabas Conflict is considered by many to be the unknown war of the Segmentum Obscurus. Despite being one of the larger conflicts in current operation, very few Imperial citizens are even aware of the Barabas Cluster, let alone the conflict taking place there. Involving elements of five space marine chapters, five chaos legions, over twenty-eight Imperial Guard regiments and hundreds of roving Chaos warbands, the Barabas Conflict has completely engulfed the eight systems of the Barabas Cluster.
The Halcyon System is not at all the only system under the Blood of Ruin's gaze, however. Late in 899999.M41, a massive expansion fleet of the Blood of Ruin made a terrifying assault on the Asmodeus system, home system of one of the Chapters involved in the Barabas conflict, the Sin-Eaters. Plowing through three inhabited Hive Worlds in the system, the fleet grew in number due to bolstering from dozens of hidden Chaos cults lying in wait in the Hive Worlds. By the time it reached Asmodeus itself, the Sin-Eater's home planet, the force composed of over two million disciplined renegades of Chaos. Like a tide of gore, the Blood of Ruin descended on Asmodeus, completely unaware of how much of a fight the Sin-Eaters would put up to save their home world.
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YOU are the members of a bloodthirsty chapter of Space Marines known as the Sin-Eaters. The Sin-Eaters are feared by both the enemies of the Imperium and the Imperium itself due to their insane battle-lust and their macabre blood rituals. Nevertheless, they are among the fiercest and most reverent of the Space Marines, and are valued as heroes despite their fearsome reputation. You, along with the other members of the roleplay, will be portraying the members of just one of the many squads on the planet Asmodeus defending the world from the forces of Chaos. You are veteran Space Marines, servants of the Emperor and His divine sword on ten-thousand battlefields, but you will not be in for an easy fight. In your way will be hundreds, if not thousands, of raving Chaos cultists in the midst of a conflict with members of your regiments and others, not to mention Chaos Space Marine reinforcements of your sworn enemy, the Night Lords. Can you handle it?
Ok, onto the rules:
1) Minimum of five DECENT QUALITY sentences per post. I cannot stress this enough!
2) Please, PLEASE try to use good grammar. If you’re not the best at this, at least make yourself understandable.
3) NO driving the story in a completely different direction than the story is going just because not much is going on. If there is little action, don’t just post something along the lines of “lolololol some chaos gaiz show up an I start shootin”
4) Have fun with it! Imagine your character as if this was an intense war movie; give him (or her) personality, a unique appearance. Make them memorable!
2) Please, PLEASE try to use good grammar. If you’re not the best at this, at least make yourself understandable.
3) NO driving the story in a completely different direction than the story is going just because not much is going on. If there is little action, don’t just post something along the lines of “lolololol some chaos gaiz show up an I start shootin”
4) Have fun with it! Imagine your character as if this was an intense war movie; give him (or her) personality, a unique appearance. Make them memorable!
I will be portraying, along with various NPCs, your squad leader, High Chaplain Mikhail Jhonikov, Guardian of the Sacred Blood.His character sheet will be an example of how to model yours:
Name (self explanatory. The Sin-Eaters tend to have names that are either Roman or Russian in origin): Mikhail Jhonikov
Age (self-explanatory; one hundred and fifty is a good number to base around, seeing as you are Veterans): 207
Appearance (self-explanatory): Even among a Chapter of frightening warriors, Mikhail is a fearsome servant of Humanity. Standing at an imposing seven-and-a-half feet tall in his power armor, Mikhail towers even over most normal Space Marines. His black armor is decorated with embossed images of bones and bloodied saints marching off to war, and is painted with the ritual blood of his predecessor and noteworthy enemies he has killed, as is normal for his chapter. His right shoulder pad is a skull stamped with the symbol of his chapter, a fanged maw, while his left is a silver shoulder pad bearing the symbol of the Inquisition, referencing his time in the Deathwatch. His skull helmet, as traditional for his office, had two elongated canines, and behind the helmet his face is pale, gaunt, and dour, like a face a child would see in a nightmare.
Wargear (see below. Feel free to give your war gear individual names and unique appearances; you are among the chapter's elite, after all): Power Armour, Storm Bolter, Frag and Krak Grenades, The Maw of Sanguinus. The Maw of Sanguinus is a chain fist incorporating his Crozius Arcanum, as he felt the Crozius lacked the "bite" he needed for combat. The name references it's blessing during the Sacred Blood ceremony, a rite that is rare and holy indeed. The weapon is worth considerably more than Mikhail himself, and his squad is entrusted to choose the Maw over the Chaplain's body, if necessary.
Personality (self-explanatory): Mikhail is a somber individual and an extremely devout servant of the Emperor; it is said that he has carved entire books of the Scriptorum Imperium into his body lest he forget their significance. He chooses to preach from experience, quoting both verses from various religious sources along with his own battlefield experiences. He is a savage fighter as well, and he inspires his squad to victory again and again.
Background (self-explanatory. All of you are Veterans with decades of expeience; elaborate on this and what you may gave learned in that time): Mikhail was appointed to the office of High Chaplain quite recently. His predecessor, High Chaplain Arkuliae, was killed only a year ago on the sulfur fields of Jjojos fighting the Eldar of the Biel-Tan craftworld. As such, Mikhail is a bit uneasy with his new officer. He has yet to gain the respect of the Sin-Eater's stern Chaptermaster, Methuselah of the Bloodied Fang, and seeks to prove his worth to the other high-ranking members of the Chapter by going above and beyond the doings of his predecessor.
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A Bit of Information on the Sin-Eaters:
The Sin-Eaters are a Ninth Founding successor chapter of the Blood Angels, bearing the same genetic curses as their parent legion. Unlike the Blood Angels, however, the Sin-Eaters do not bemoan their curse. Instead, the Sin-Eaters are taught to embrace their fury and wield it as a destructive weapon with which to smite the foes of the Imperium. As such, their mannerisms and battle practices can be seen as frightening to the ordinary citizens of the Imperium. Members of the Sin-Eaters are encouraged to consume the remains of worthy foes to embrace their power and to fuel their bloodlust. In addition, they paint their armour with a mixture of a sticky sap-like substance and the blood of their predecessor, along with particularly notable opponents, so they may remember their greatest achievements. Their armour is black with a dark red chest eagle, dark red backpack, dark grey shoulder trims, and medium gray shoulder inserts.
Wargear:
By Default:
Frag grenades & Krak Grenades
Chainsword
Bolter
Bolt Pistol
Power Armour
May replace Chainsword with:
Power Weapon
Lightning Claw
Power Fist
Thunder Hammer
May Replace Bolter with:
Combi-Weapon
Lightning Claw
Storm Bolter
Storm Shield
May Replace Bolt Pistol with:
Plasma Pistol
Other: One of your shoulder pads (left) nay display a particularly noteworthy achievement of yours, as is typical for the Sin-Eaters chapter.
Other Other: For EXPERIENCED RPers, I am adding a tenth slot. This slot is not a standard Sin-Eater but is instead a minor Blood of Ruin commander. You will be RPing from his perspective, commanding Chaos Troops and for the most part, not interacting with the others directly. This means you will have some influence about what happens to the other characters based on your posts. Please PM me for more information.
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Well, since my last RP pretty much sputtered and died, I assumed the best possible thing would be to start a new one. I think the problem with my previous RP is it lacked direction. Therefore, for this RP I will be following the Epic RP format, I.e. the kind where the GM takes a more laid-back role and addresses all of the members individually, like darkreever's The Claw RP. In addition, I will start the action early with some serious combat almost from the start.
I will be accepting a maximum of TEN people in this RP. No more, and once the RP has started, there are no more entrants.
I can usually post everyday; however, this is not always the case, especially on weekends. I will try to post as much as I can. I won't start this RP until at the earliest the 6th of July, as I am in Europe right now and Internet access is very limited for me.
Now, then...will you heed the call?
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Accepted RPers:
Currently active RPers are in yellow, ALL OTHERS ARE REMOVED OR ASSUMED TO BE INACTIVE.
Captain Stillios - Aurio Daverin, power sword, storm shield, bolt pistol
dark angel - Cassius Scipio Augustus; thunder hammer, storm shield, and bolt pistol.
emporershand89 - Michelangelo Mangano; power sword, twin bolt pistols - REMOVED
Lord Ramo - Tacticus Romus; power fist, storm bolter, bolt pistol
Snowy - Lucifer Octavius; chainsword, plasma pistol, and storm shield
Scythe Beast - Brother Fenix Xentor; Godwyn-Pattern bolter and power axe
darkreever - Vitus Cornelius Appirga; bolter, bolt pistol, chainsword
Farseer Darvaleth - Dominus Hasta; power spear, boltgun, bolt pistol
The Psyker - Clodius Terentius Vulso; power fist, combi-plasma, plasma pistol