Ashes of the Past - A tale of explorers and archaeologists from the future of an alternate world to our own, excavating the ruins of the past to find out what shaped their world.
You are a collection of scholars and explorers, historians and archaeologists, journalists and magic specialists that inhabit an alternate Earth known as Terra, 10,000 years into the future from now. Your task is to uncover Terra's secrets, and the reason for the collapse of society due to the great catastrophic phenomenon known as the endless winter,a freak ice age that has plagued Terra since 10,000 years ago, wiping out 3/4 of the population and most major civilizations, and suspecting that the two are somehow related,you choose to dig down deep into the history of Terra, trying to find the causes of the endless winter,as well as understanding the giant glacial structures that have appeared all over the land, strangely tall and menacing, and do not feel at all natural.
You cannot approach the so called "Towers of Winter" as they are swarmed by beasts, and being scholars, you are not exactly adept at fighting. You start to find clues by exploring around the towers, gathering samples, excavating ruins and seeing what secrets they hold.
But you soon find you are not alone.
This RP will be low magic, and probably low fighting because the people who are involved, although they can fight, are not supposed to be fighting specialists. This will mean that players will have to be intuitive, working together to find a clever solution to an otherwise unsolvable problem. This will be a game of logic, skill and sharpened wits.
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Storytellers:
Technetium
Ruedyn
[will be updated, watch this space]
Players:
Reginald Fritz
Shawn Hurley
Shirley Fenette
Zyllax
Wetwick
[will be updated, watch this space]
I've just come back from a year and a half long break from the escapist and it's incredible role playing forums, so I thought I'd start my return by introducing a much lighter RP, not filled with too much heavy text and detailed worlds. I thought I would develop the plot as I go along with the help of the storytellers, to the tune of the actions you take, rather than to a set story I have in my head. Although this is "just" an interest thread, because I'm lazy, I may just get the RP to begin from here.
Now get to work on those character sheets!
You are a collection of scholars and explorers, historians and archaeologists, journalists and magic specialists that inhabit an alternate Earth known as Terra, 10,000 years into the future from now. Your task is to uncover Terra's secrets, and the reason for the collapse of society due to the great catastrophic phenomenon known as the endless winter,a freak ice age that has plagued Terra since 10,000 years ago, wiping out 3/4 of the population and most major civilizations, and suspecting that the two are somehow related,you choose to dig down deep into the history of Terra, trying to find the causes of the endless winter,as well as understanding the giant glacial structures that have appeared all over the land, strangely tall and menacing, and do not feel at all natural.
You cannot approach the so called "Towers of Winter" as they are swarmed by beasts, and being scholars, you are not exactly adept at fighting. You start to find clues by exploring around the towers, gathering samples, excavating ruins and seeing what secrets they hold.
But you soon find you are not alone.
This RP will be low magic, and probably low fighting because the people who are involved, although they can fight, are not supposed to be fighting specialists. This will mean that players will have to be intuitive, working together to find a clever solution to an otherwise unsolvable problem. This will be a game of logic, skill and sharpened wits.
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Storytellers:
Technetium
Ruedyn
[will be updated, watch this space]
Players:
Reginald Fritz
Shawn Hurley
Shirley Fenette
Zyllax
Wetwick
[will be updated, watch this space]
Name:
Age:
Nickname (if any):
Profession: (choose from Historian, Archaeologist, Engineer, Scientist, Explorer, Journalist, Magic Specialist)
Gear you carry round:
Why you want to join this RP:
Unique Special Ability:
Age:
Nickname (if any):
Profession: (choose from Historian, Archaeologist, Engineer, Scientist, Explorer, Journalist, Magic Specialist)
Gear you carry round:
Why you want to join this RP:
Unique Special Ability:
I've just come back from a year and a half long break from the escapist and it's incredible role playing forums, so I thought I'd start my return by introducing a much lighter RP, not filled with too much heavy text and detailed worlds. I thought I would develop the plot as I go along with the help of the storytellers, to the tune of the actions you take, rather than to a set story I have in my head. Although this is "just" an interest thread, because I'm lazy, I may just get the RP to begin from here.
Now get to work on those character sheets!
