A steampunk RP, ehh?

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Kelethor

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ook, so this is my first attempt at hosting an RP, so if your intrested, just give me a post or a PM. here is an intro into the world of Anria.

Anria has always been a troubled place...Wars for control over this Rock were constant, but in 880 AN, 14 years after the wars began, the Nation of Gromar would alter the world forever. they created a new weapon, a Toxic gas bomb that was designed for the purpose of destroying the other nations food, there country, there people...everything. the problem was, it worked too well. the gas bomb killed everything, making 90 percent of the land on Anria un-inhabitable. the Nations wouldn't let this stop them from killing each other however. Doctor Scott R. Preston invented something that would alter the way war was fought forever. the derigible. with these new weapons, the people began fighting a new war. the only way to keep dergibles or "sky castles" as called by some of the more affulential people in the world, was through Minrium, a rare resource found on the Planets deadly surface. ever since, the five Nations of Gromar, Krewlod, Jan'thar, Anrian, and Nuban began hiring out skilled individuals too pilot these new weapons of war, and train the nations own people on how too use them. you are one such skilled individual. its been 2 yyears since derigibles have been invented. Cry Havoc and let loose the dogs of war.

ok, now bascily, how it works is that you are a pilot, someone who either "owns" or pilots a derigible [note, they need not be large, clunky machines, infact these are quite expensive. yyou will most likely be piloting small, one-two man derigibles, at least until you get some cash going] and as such have sold your services to one of the five warring nations and help them on there path to conquest. your chracter sheet will be as follows.

Name: pretty self-explanatory
Age: pilots range from any age, but keep in mind the life expentancy for a pilot in combat situations are not very long.
Nation: this isnt were you were born, its who you are "planning" on serving.
Bio: this doesnt need to be anything too Epic, but just give us a breif intro on who you are and how you became a pilot. also a general idea of what you look like.

EDIT: I suppose an introduction on our five nations all started murdering each other is in order, ahem.

The War started with the most unlikely of things. a wedding. Lord Kandrin, Lord of Jan'thar was to marry Lady Ecclesia of Krewlod, unifying the two nations. however, hours before the wedding, assasins snuck into the reception, and brutally murdered the lady Ecclesia, writing "Gromar shall rule the world, fools" on walls in the ladie's own blood. Lord Kandrin declared a blitzgreig on the nation of Gromar the very next day. Jan'thar was the most economically powerfull nation in Anria, giving them a huge advantage in the early years of conflict, and still are able to develop the most suberp Dergibles due to there large Minrium stockpiles.

Krewlod was a nation of schemers and crooks. The plan was for the lady Ecclesia to marry lrod Kandrin, "convince" him to wage war against some other nation, leave its borders, and its minrium stockpiles un-protected, and attack when they least suspected. however, when the nation lost it's Monarch, they were devistated and thrust into a state of depresion. most Derigibles under Krewlod now fly the flag of a Purple butterfly, Lady Ecclesia's Personal standard. to this day, most still believe Gromar resbonsible for the murder of thier queen.

When Gromar realized they faced a threat that was both militarily and Economically superior, they panicked. they ordered the army too war, while Gromar's top Minds began thinking of ways to defeat this new enemy. they came up with the gas bomb. most Gromarians are hated by the majority of the world, for destroying there home.

anria is the oldest nation on the planet, as well as the most peceful.when the wars started, they preached loved, sharing, and respect for there fellow man. they were often used as target practice for new recruits in other armys, epecially by Nuban mercenaries. however, When Scott R. preston, an Anrian invented the Derigible, the nation was thrusted into a seat of power desired by all. for delivring the people of Anria this, they made him the first EMperor of "new" anria. his attitudes towards War and peace, however, have yet to be seen.

Nuban could barely be called a nation, if war wasn't so profitable it might never have happended. a mercenary group called the Ravens eventually decided all other merc's needed to ether join up, or pay up. they became so large, so powerfull, that there wasnt a mercenary who didn't bow there heads to the Ravens, an all female gang of mercs. they got so large, they decided to form there own nation, named after the groups founding mistriss, Nuban Lexli. the Ravens were hired too kill Lady Ecclesia, and in essence, started the war. most pilots are born in Nuban, were it is taught to every citizen, since every citizen is a merc.

ok, thats that then, if anyone expresses intrest, please let me know
 

quack35

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Hey man, great setting! Here's my idea for

Name: Kettell Wickham
Sex: Male
Nation: Anria
Age: 19

Kettell, or Kit, as his friends call him, hails from the village of Demetrius, in Anria. The village has recently come under control by a gang of ruthless mercenaries led by a man named Reuben. The poor citizens of Demetrius were regularly beaten and abused by the mercenaries, and forced to pay "protection" money.

Kit and his friends led an uprising against these mercenaries, which failed. The mercenaries would have executed him, but the village elder pleaded with Reuben to simply exile him. The mercenaries agreed, and Kit was forced to leave. He went to a nearby city and met up with...

Well, I need someone else's character to have a crew he can join.
 

linchowlewy

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Sounds good. how many spots are available though as i might take some time to think about this. but seeing as my current RP is moving along very slowly i will probably join. Also will this be player vs player? or will we all be working together. because i honestly believe it's a better choice for us all to be with the one nation. Afterall, it's more fun working with friends than it is beating them to a bloodied pulp. To see why this would work well just go see in Fleet command RP http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.80345 it's dead now but as you can see it went very well.
 

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I agree with linchowlewy, I had a coop RP turn into a PvP brawl on another forum, with everone godmoding *rolls eyes* (my carrie commited suicide). maybe have eveyone in one on two airships on the same side, maybe not from the same nation though.
 

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Name: Nathanius Gather

Age: 38

Nation: Jan'Thar

Bio: Born into a Highborn family in Jan'Thar, Nathanius grew up with the aristocracy of the world surrounding him every day, and still holds to the ideas of nobility and carries himself as an aristocrat befitting his highborn birth.

When the toxic gas spread across the realm, his family sheltered Nathanius in any way that was available, and eventually, hired a mercenary from Nuban to take Nathanius to the skies in a Derigible, to keep him from the poisons of the earth. The Nuban mercenaries taught him little aboard the Derigible, and forced Nathanius into indentured servitude. Not allowed to do much of anything, let alone speak, he gathered information as best he could by watching the mercenaries. He learned of the undertakings of the Derigible, of the spreading toxins of the earth, and most helpful of all, he learned how to run a Derigible himself.

When he turned twenty years old, the Commanding officer of the Derigible sold Nathanius to another ship to to gain enough coin to make repairs after a recently failed sorty. The new Derigible crew immediately welcomed Nathanius and showed him respect that he hadn't been given in nearly a decade.

Aboard the new Derigible, the Charlotten Rose, Nathanius learned the inner workings of the Derigible, further how to pilot one, and gained contacts in every nation, negotiating beside the Captain.

At the age of thirty, the Captain of the Charlotten Rose released Nathanius from any bonds of servitude, and started him on his way with a small Derigible of his own, little more than a tug, but it flies true and has room for lots of modifications. Now as Captain Nathanius Gather, he works to regain his reputation as a highborn son of the aristocracy of Jan'Thar. Looking for crewmates to begin his journeys.

Character Description: Nathanius Gather stands approximately 6'3", thin, elegant, and is tan from working on the upper decks of the Derigibles. He wears brown dusty boots, to just below the knee, brown trousers, and a cream colored shirt. A brown leather vest hangs open and reveals his underarm holster with long pistol under his right arm. He wears two belts, both leather, one fitted to his waist with clips of ammunition for his long pistol and the other slung low on the left hip holding the Rapier the Captain of the Charlotten Rose gave him upon becoming a Captain of his own Derigible. His hair is short, brown, and turning slightly gray, and he keeps his facial hair neatly trimmed to a goatee with a point at his chin. His face is weathered from the sun and work of a servant, but his eyes are bright green with knowledge and schemes, and his mouth is perpetually smiling.

Hope this works well, I'm not sure about age wise so I tried to make sure that he was old enough at least to have lived through these things. Let me know if modifications need making, and hope to see this starting up with a nice new crew :)
 

linchowlewy

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Protip to OP. please post in your RP more often answering questions, because otherwise it seems as though you have forgotten about it.
 

Kelethor

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Ok Children, I think once we get around maybe 5 or 6 people, we could begin the story. of course, if anyone would like to hold out for more, or would like too start with less, feel free to PM me. right now, I have 2 [Quack 35, Teafo] who have posted character sheets and others have posted interest. as far As PvP combat goes, will burn that bridge when we get to it.
 

Vay

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Name: Markus Greyson

Nation:Nuban

Boi: When Gromar first started bonbing the other nations, whole platoons deserted in protest, most where chased down and killed, but the "flaming" 5th of 42nd company(north sector) managed to steal 3 diridgables, the Lost Sollice, Devine Wrath, and, Fearraker, of these 3 only the Fearraker escaped, renamed "Freadoms Vengence" she spent many month striking where she could at soft targets before being sevearly dammaged and crash-landing in near a Nuban camp, the crew readaly joined the Mecs and have been amonst the best Pilots to ever sell thier skills.

Markus was first officer for most of the raids, nd is respected by the crew, but since they no longer have a diridgable he is traveling the lands under the Nudam banner searching for oppotunities to get airborn again.
 

Ace of Hearts

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Name: Marco Vandek
Age: 17
Nation: Nuban
Bio: Marco was born in the slums up Nuban, before signing on to join as a mechanic for one of the larger derigible's in the Nuban fleet, there learning the inner workings of the machine. However, after winning a small vessel in a card game, now sells his services as a solo pilot. He doesn't particularly care for his country, and, like nearly everyone else, is only in it for the paycheck. Understanding the workings of such a ship has been the key to how he's been around so long, but is looking to join up with a convoy until he can get some much needed cash to repair his derigible. He spends very little money on food, leaving him thin and ghostly pale, the harsh realities of this planet are taking a terrible toll on him.

This looks really cool, I hope this gets off the ground.
 

xenos60

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Ganivasdec Stanisław
Age: 45
Nation: Gromar
Ganivasdec was born in the Cradenburg region of Gromar and spent the first 6 years of his life on a farm. After this, his parents emigrated to Krewlod attracted by government bonuses for farmers. Unfortunately there was an "administrative error" and the Stanisław family never received the money they were relying on and found themselves in an unbreakable loan cycle. Fearing for their son's safety, and not able to exit the country themselves, Ganivasdec's parents sent him to their relatives in Anria.

Here he led a relatively peaceful village life. He eventually grew bored of this and ran away to join the infantry at 16. He worked his way up to lieutenant (quiet an an achievement in the outdated commission based Anria military). At the age of 42, he saw his first dirigible and it was love at first sight.

He instantly resigned from his hard-earned position and devoted his life savings to a single 3 man dirigible. From then on Ganivasdec has been working as a mercenary captain.

Gladivastec is a 5'7 aging male with grey hair, beard and a prematurely aging face. His left hand was mangled in his infantry career.


My first RP, please be kind.
 

linchowlewy

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Oh shit on a stick. Just realised i haven't posted up a character yet!

Name: Vyse Jaeger
Age: 22
Nation: Gromar
Appearance: Tall in height, roughly 6'1; Lean build; One eye is brown one is red Wears a goggle over his red eye only; Clean shaven and smooth face.
Bio: Born in a small group of Nuban nomads, He was carried along with the small group as a child. The group was very different from most of Anria in their strange culture. When each child reaches age 16 they are exiled from the tribe. They are then given the option to live free or return to the tribe in 2 years. When Vyse himself was exiled he was keen to return to his family when he was able. Throughout his travels he learnt to survive in the wilds and thrive upon the solitude.

During his 11th month of travelling he lost vision in his left eye. Covering his eye up he went in search of the nearest town or band of mercenaries. After a few minutes of his eye being covered he had regained vision within it, but when he removed his hand a pain surged throughout his eye once more. Causing it to blur and become blind again. Eventually he found a small band of traders who sold him some goggles for his eye. After putting on the goggles his vision returned to normal, but his left eye had turned a bright red. The traders urged him to seek medical attention for it, and they took him to the nearest town. Upon hearing from the doctor that surgery would be required to fix it he declined, as in his family's culture surgery was prohibited. As such he now walks with a a single goggle over his right eye. When in the town he was drafted by a group of mercenaries to work on their ships. He was taken by them at gunpoint and forced to paint their ships over and over and over. Naturally Vyse grew tired of this treatment and took off with one of the derigbles.

He was a natural pilot, and practically knew how to fly the thing straight away. The word practically is used because he didn't really know how to land and set some real damage to it. What he did know however was that he loved these flying machines. With that he started getting mercenary work at age 19 and completely forgot about looking for his family.
 

Vivaldi

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I dont mean to be bitter, but my first RP attempt was freakishly similar to this and it totally failed :p.

Best of luck to you though, Im too busy to participate, have fun!

*busily plots murder*
 

linchowlewy

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Vivaldi said:
I dont mean to be bitter, but my first RP attempt was freakishly similar to this and it totally failed :p.

Best of luck to you though, Im too busy to participate, have fun!

*busily plots murder*
That's perfectly normal. I've been in 6 RPs and only one of them has made it past the 6th page, Incidently that one made it to the 32nd page and has the sequel up now! Anyway, the trick to having a good RP is for the GM to constantly keep it moving, and for everyone invloved to bookmark it and keep constant tabs on it.