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Jax
Posts : 441 Poké : 2115 Join date : 2013-04-17
| Subject: Heathens Fri Jul 19, 2013 4:51 pm | |
| First topic message reminder :
Hey guys! Welcome to the OOC for my newest RP, "Heathens." I'll get to the juice of the OOC, the RP description, in a momment. First, however, we have to go over those ever nessecary ground rules.
1. Follow General Role-Play etiquette. No Mary Sues, no God-Modding, etc.
2. Don't be an asshole. (Unless its funny or constructive, then, by all means, go ahead.)
3. Ladies, look at your man, now back to me, now back to your man, now back to me... Unfortunately, he is not me. But he could smell like me if he joins this RP.
4. I'm on a horse. HYAH!
5. Please keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times.
6. You must wait at least one hour after eating to go swimming.
7. Or don't. I don't care. I'm a GM, not a life-guard. Sheesh.
8. Have fun, or it's off with your head. I didn't order this guillotine for nothing.
Alright, now that that is over with, let me give you a quick gist of what this RP is about. Notice the lack of an Encyclopedia this time? That's because this RP will be set on Earth in the current day, so you don't have to read through a bunch of lore. If you don't know your world history though... Well, I can't help you there.
This RP is essentially one of religion. For as long as humanity has had culture, we have had gods. Until very recently the number of religions around the world was much larger and most were polytheistic and followed the rules of animism. If it existed in a culture, there was a god for it. However, with the rise of monotheistic religions, many of these "pagan faiths" were either wiped out or assimilated. Little do many of us know, however, that these Gods are more present and real than we think.
Sometime around the rise of Mesopotamia a group of Gods offended the Old Order, the group of gods that governed things before humans began to appear. These Gods defied the Old Order, wanting to be the deities for the humans. They cried it was only fair, as these Gods had guided the humans in their evolution, the humans were practically their children. However, the Old Order would have none of it and in a twist of irony imprisioned these Gods in human form. Though they were still immortal, these Gods lost most of their power. These Gods are referred to as the New Gods.
With the New Gods imprisioned, the Old Order formed the pantheons of religion found in our textbooks. Zeus, Odin, Quezaquotle, all Old Order Gods. The New Gods were forced to watch as the Old Order received the praise that they did not deserve. It continued this way until the rise of the Monotheistic religions.
It appears that when one God finds He can hold sway over the majority of the Earth's population all by himself, He becomes a tad greedy. This led to the trend of the Monotheists wiping out or converting any other religion. The Monotheists were also told of the New Gods, and soon began to wipe them out behind the scenes. The Crusades, the Inqusition, the Witch Hunts, every one was a way for the Church to find these New Gods and destroy them.
But the New Gods would not be done in so easily. Cunning and sly, the New Gods found that if they took on Mortal Partners, their true powers could be unlocked through prayer and sacrifice, if only for a short time. So, these Partnerships began to be formed and the New Gods found a way to fight back. Still, many perished. Those who lasted found their Mortal partners aged and died, and so they were forced to move from partner to partner through the years.
Now, in the present day, very few New Gods remain. The monotheist are stronger than they have ever been. Behind the scenes, their agents conspire against the New Gods at ever turn. And to make things worse, the Old Order has become impatient with the New God's slow demise. To wipe out the New Gods, they have begun to send their own servants, known as the Archangels. Though the name comes from biblical tradition, these servants hail from many of the Old Order. They have power on par with the New Gods and none of the restrictions.
So, now backed into a corner and fighting for their lives, the time has come for some of the New Gods to choose new Parteners. Though all hope seems lost, it has been whispered through the tight-nit group of New Gods that there may be a way to end this conflict, once and for all...
Welcome to "Heathens"!
Now, with the exposition out of the way, let me explain how submissions will be handled. I know everyone will want to play the Gods, but we need to give some love to their Mortal parteners, right? So, I will be randomly putting all applicants into teams and randomly choosing who will be God and who will be Mortal, this way no one will feel treated unfairly.
After teams and roles have been selected, you will be required to fill out the bio below, but that's it.
Name:
Gender:
Physical Appearance:
Personality:
Power (Gods Only): ex. God of War, God of Wine, God of Bedsheets, God of Red Jello.
History:
That's it kids! Lets get at it, shall we?
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Kat
Posts : 7933 Poké : 3220 Join date : 2012-11-18 Location : Echo World
| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:13 am | |
| Name: Drijven[Harvey is used as a pseudonym] Gender: Male Physical Appearance: Harvey takes on the appearance of a young man just reaching 20. His snowy white hair would make you think he's an ice god, but really it's just what he was born with. His red eyes always seem to be looking off into the distance, non-caring. He wears dark blue pants along with a dark blue jacket, which is always open to reveal his dark grey t-shirt, though the Jacket is more for appearance rather than keeping him warm. He wears contact lenses that make his eyes appear brown instead of the noticeable red color because of his Albino color. - Picturrrrrrrres in case I fail at words!:
IGNORE THE SCYTHE PLEASE XD
Personality: Harv generally is calm and goes with the flow, he tends to be childish and make jokes while teasing others when they do something stupid. He will generally leave you alone even with dirty looks being fired at him, but once one has gone too far this guy becomes dangerous as the waves smashing against a cliff, meaning he'll probably try to beat you to death. He still holds a great grudge against the older gods though, for he felt that it wasn't right for them to just cast them away like this. Doomed to walk the Earth as they hunted down their semi-mortal bodies. Power (Gods Only): God of The Ocean, Sea, Water Bottles, Water Towers, and Magikarps. History: Harvey spent most of his lifetimes living La Vida Loca, and not taking things seriously. He gambled away at Casinos and spent most of his time traveling around LA and trying to enjoy himself in the harsh times. Only until he learned that the number of the New Gods were dwindling to near nothing did he begin to actually search for his mortal partner. He had thought he had once found his mortal partner, about 26 times. Each one met a terrible fate, most did not pass on into the next world though for it was just him giving up on them, before he could speak to them about it. He was becoming a bit frightened when he discovered that the numbers continued to drop ever so slowly, and disguised himself as a janitor for a school. Surely someone more youthful than his previous choices wouldn't die as easily, right?
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:41 am | |
| Name: Nomina (Mina) Torres Age: 20 Gender: Female Physical Appearence: Drawing for you: - Spoiler:
TO BE COMPLETED
Nomina has jet-black hair and fair skin, as well as Aquamarine eyes (the result of a mixing between her parents' green and blue eyes). She comes from both Japanese and German decent, and while her traditions and habits (like removing her shoes before entering her living space) more clearly reflect her Japanese heritage, her appearance (beside her black hair anyways) heavily reflects her German blood. Personality: Nomina is generally a quiet person (at least in public, although get to talking with her and she'll usually force herself to open up more) and appears rather tough. She likes peace and quiet, despite living in a city where she rarely gets it. She's been put through a lot of hardships already, and really just wants to live her own normal life (and by "normal" I mean her standards of normal). She's rather big-hearted and caring under her quiet and tough city person façade. She often just goes through the motions, and is often soundly content with doing so. History: Nomina grew up in a historic apartment complex in Philadelphia. She was exposed to a lot of the finest and prettiest classical architecture the city had to offer, and this encouraged her to start looking into art. This resulted into a certain devotion to the arts to bloom inside her. In grade school, she had a tough time fitting in. She just never seemed to find a place where she felt like she belonged and, while her classmates didn't exactly "bully" her, they pretty much ignored her completely and never really noticed her much at all. She did have one close friend, however. That one friend, however, was trampled one stormy day by a frightened horse that was pulling one of the buggys that sit outside Liberty Hall. They were on life support for two years before the plug was pulled on them... Right as they began to show signs of life. Nomina was there for all of it. The accident, the painful two years, and then the final pulling of the plug on a child that could have recovered. After that, Mina's parents got a very painful divorce during her third year of high school after 25 years of an already shaky marriage. After she graduated, her mother left the city and almost completely vanished. Only Mina has a general idea of where she is, and even SHE doesn't hear from her. Her dad and her still keep in touch. Currently, Mina is a Graphic Design student at Drexel University (specifically the Antoinette Wesphal College of Art and Design). She lives alone in a campus-affiliated apartment complex (completely abandoning the traditional dorms because f**k that shit) and although she still doesn't talk much, she feels as though she's found a community where she can belong. She works part-time at a little nearby bookstore, and her hours are generally very flexible to meet her study schedule. And now for Mina's theme: - Spoiler:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cEXS_K-HlEE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DcEXS_K-HlEE
Big thanks to Ant for helping me find it~
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:07 am | |
| Name: Neoma, Nickname: Neo Gender: Female Physical Appearance: - Spoiler:
http://www.thelittlenerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Evil-Demon-Anime-Girl-with-Sword-Wallpaper.jpg
She wears a black tank top, and minus the horns. The eyes are green instead of red. The shorts go past her just above her knees. Personality: Sneaky and cunning. Neoma is a master at planning. With waiting this is no problem, however she hate making others wait. Neoma has a bit of a temper if you hit a nerve. She holds a grudge against the Old Order, she has vowed revenge. When she gets her powers back she will unleash her fury. On the bright side she loves to pester the other gods. Power (Gods Only): Controls Darkness, now as a condor she can summon harmless glowing orbs. History: Being the goddes of darkness, Neoma loved watching people suffer. She would watch them take lives just to see if they would get caught by justice. And she loved to pester the other gods. One the really love to bug is Fjor the Lord of Death. Always trying to see who is better. Now when the Old Order forced her to change her form and locked away most of her powers, she fled to the darkest forests, and swamps. Time has passed, things have changed Neoma now waits for the one to unlock her true form and powers. She will get her revenge against the Old Order, and swallow the world in eternal darkness. She now lives in the swamps of New Orleans.
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:48 am | |
| This sounds fun I am in (Will make char after I am done fighting sleep) | |
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 4:37 pm | |
| Name: Caleb Greene
Gender: Male
Physical Appearance: Caleb is a caucasian sixteen year old of average height (5'9") and slightly (but not noticeably) larger weight (155 lbs). He has short brown hair with small, dark brown eyes to match it. He has a grin almost constantly affixed on his face, though it notably almost never reaches his eyes.
Normally, Caleb wears plain white or black t-shirts and jeans, as well as his favorite red hoodie, which he wears in wintertime. When going to school, he brings a bright red, bulky backpack with him.
Personality: An observer would likely describe this boy as constantly cheerful and friendly. When asked to describe him further, however, said observer would fail to come up with anything of substance.
This is because Caleb's good cheer, while true, is not the happiness of the 'normal' kind; he finds comfort in solitude, and thus often speaks to people in such a way that they do not bother him. This does not mean acting mean or never talking, like one might assume, but creating a balance of friendliness and lonesomeness. He is cheerful enough that people do not feel a need to keep him company when he asks for solitude, and he avoids conversation enough that he slips their minds soon enough.
Caleb has an almost unhealthy obsession with religions, ancient and otherwise, though not for any theological reason. In fact, if pressed, the only answer Caleb could come up with would be that the history of religion is interesting. He enjoys researching various religions, and has a shelf full of texts entailing to religion such as the Bible, ancient Greek plays and 'Atheism Conquered'.
When not wiling his time away with research, Caleb enjoys taking daily jogs and chatting with random people on the internet about things varying from video games to politics. His favorite subject is History, and the one he hates most - which is, incidentally, the one he's best at - is math.
History: Caleb was born in Philadelphia as the only child of the Greenes, and was given a Christian upbringing. His father, Tyler, was a bank teller, while his mother Samantha was a nurse, and the two managed to make due with their wages, though they weren't exactly rich.
Even at an early age, he found himself preferring solitude over company at an early age, often devouring books and sitting alone in contemplation rather than joining his peers in playing games. His parents, while worried, did little to intervene in his life; after all, introversion wasn't necessarily a bad thing, and nothing good would come out of forcing social activities upon him.
And thus, his life progressed in relative solitude, with only a few people he could truthfully call friends. As he grew older, he became disillusioned by the religion of his family, and found himself drawn to the history of religion as a whole - something he began studying in detail by the age of twelve.
Currently, at the age of sixteen, Caleb studies in Stenson high, and is in his fourth year of secondary education. He lives with his parents and has a fairly good relationship with them, though religion is a sore point in the household. Overall, he gets average grades, though he has a notably high grade in math and history, and abysmal scores in Spanish and Chemistry.
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| | | Jax
Posts : 441 Poké : 2115 Join date : 2013-04-17
| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:56 pm | |
| [This post is no longer relevant! Thank you Ten!]
Okay, Ten, this is really irking me. I'm going to have to ask you to get rid of the condor thing. The only reason I did the animal thing is because I'm the GM and I needed a reason for my character to hang back away from all the action and be a driving force for the story-line. To do that, I had to take away almost all of his powers and make him only useful for exposition and pointing out objectives and McGuffins.
Seeing as how you'll have no idea where the plot is going, you will not have the luxury. This sort of thing is my fun. I don't think you OR Shadow will be getting the most out of this RP because you'll just be sitting in the back, watching everyone else do the cool things while you both go, "Ooh, doesn't that look like fun?" I don't want that for either of you! I want YOU guys to have fun, and I'm not going to let you ruin this RP for yourselves just because you wanted to be a bird.
So, like I said, please change it to a human form where you and Shadow will actually be able to get something out of this story. That's all I ask.
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| | | Kat
Posts : 7933 Poké : 3220 Join date : 2012-11-18 Location : Echo World
| Subject: Re: Heathens Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:15 pm | |
| Just a question, but what's the posting order? Is there none or is it first come first serve or is it something else? | |
| | | Jax
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:14 am | |
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:53 am | |
| Name: Justin Jepson.
Age: 18.
Gender: Male.
Physical Appearance: Justin has darker colored blonde hair, going down to his neck and usually looking as if he just got up, a pale complexion, and hazel eyes. He has an almost scrawny body type and wears blue jean, a white polo shirt and a black vest. Over his shoulder he usually keeps a brown satchel, and inside it is a pen and a smaller sized journal he uses to note things, important or not.
Personality: Justin has a relatively relaxed and calm personality, tending to sometimes come across as aloof and getting lost in his thoughts. He tries to be friendly with most people, though if someone gets on his nerve he won’t hide the fact that he doesn’t like them. Some times he can be a bit skeptical of others, and is prone to using sarcasm often, for better or for worse. As far as religion goes he doesn't consider himself a part of any one religion and instead keeps to his own beliefs and what he has seen as proven fact.
History: Justin was born and raised in the Boston, Massachusetts area, spending all of his life before college there. He had a relatively normal upbringing, and at school was able to make friends and actually enjoy being around them. Thanks to the relative normality of his life, he found himself reading books often as a sort of escape and for simply his own personal enjoyment. One thing lead to another and he began to take an interest in writing, creating his own stories and adventures to be had by characters. His friends didn't see the point of it, but also didn't hold it against Justin or use it as a reason to bully him about it. Deciding to further his interest, once it became time to go to college he decided to go to Drexel University and major in screenwriting, wanting to go out and head somewhere else instead of staying around the same area he had been living in for so long. Currently he is living in a dorm on campus and enjoying his time there. | |
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:17 am | |
| May I join? I'll for sure make a character and put it on here no matter how "Corny" it is! So, may I? It seems pretty interesting :D Yay or Nay? |
| | | Jax
Posts : 441 Poké : 2115 Join date : 2013-04-17
| Subject: Re: Heathens Tue Jul 23, 2013 4:33 pm | |
| Talk with FlameWolf and see if he would like you as a partner. Also, since I'm not familiar with either you or Flame's work, I'll need a small submission of your writing style along with your bios.
If you and Flame form a team, I'll randomly select which one is Mortal and which one is God.
Add on:
Okay, I checked each of your past posts to see how your writing is.
Art, you're okay. Your posts could be a bit more vivid and detailed. Also, they could definitely be a bit longer, but if you add more details and information that will fix itself.
Flame, I have to tell you, it looks a little rough. Your posts are insanely short and when they do manage to get past a paragraph they are repetitive, bland, and lack immersion. I have a feeling you can do better though, so I'm going to let you in. I'm telling you right now though, you are really going to have to step up your game. I look forward to you showing me you can do it Flame! | |
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Posts : 305 Poké : 1050 Join date : 2012-08-03 Location : Kagutsuchi
| Subject: Re: Heathens Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:54 pm | |
| Name: Skyler Blackstone Gender: Male Physical Appearance: - Spoiler:
Personality: Skyler is stubborn and a nice person to be around but he does not like being bothered when he is working on stuff. He does not like being around other people he can get stuff done by himself but he usually bites off more than he can chew. He usually finds some stuff a waste of time or just plain boring. History: Skyler is a 18 year old who lives with his father, his mom died 5 years ago from sickness. He did not want to accept her death but he had to get over what happen to her due to the fact that he did not want the death of his mother take over his emotions. He is a Senior in High School he is glad that he is too, but he does not have much friends and he keeps to himself and focused school so he can get his school work done so he can Graduate. He is an A, B, and C student at his school, he does not waste any time talking to people because he thinks that why should they care and worry about when Skyler can take care of himself. After the death of his mother Skyler and his dad have not got along because Skyler's mom was there if they got in a bad twist but when she past away Skyler dad started to blame everything on Skyler and if he was not born this would have never happen, but Skyler understands that his dad is going through a rough time and he still likes his dad even if Skyler is being blamed for everything, but he can care less only thing he cares about is that he is still alive and with him.
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Thu Jul 25, 2013 9:20 pm | |
| Name: Kirthutis (Stuck with the alias of Kieth, Kirthutis tends to weird humans out.)
Gender: Male
Physical Appearance: Kirthutis is a tall, thin man, standing around 6"2, with grown out messy brown hair. He has odd looking dark green eyes, rare among humans, which always disappointed him. Kirthutis makes it hard not to notice him since his clothing of choice usually is along the lines of what you'd see a typical tropical tourist to look like. The blue aloha tee, khaki shorts, and a straw fedora. He always thought that was one of the best looks humans have come up with since the Toga went out of style. People would assume he's somewhere in his 30's.
Personality: Kirthutis is an over-friendly, unknowingly nosy, over all peculiar person. He has a very in your face attitude, but not in an aggressive manner. The only problem is that he can't take a hint that any typical human doesn't want to talk to him, due to his off-putting appearance.
Power: God of the wilds, animals, plant-life
History: Initially being put into a mortal form outraged Kirthutis. But that blew over as soon as he realized how interesting humans really were. He'd always been so occupied in his forest that he never paid much attention to them, they were boring and tore down his beautiful creations. But given a couple thousand years of quality time made him grow on them. He bounced around all over the continents of the world as timed passed, looking for new people and new cultures. Then one day, he heard of the "New World". Two of his favorite words together! Soon enough he found himself in America, and was enthralled by how untouched the lands were (He would later see that was temporary). Couple hundred years later we find Kirthutis making his way in this phase of his life by working at a Music Supplies and Lessons Building (another great invention courtesy of humans, by the way.)
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| Subject: Re: Heathens Sat Jul 27, 2013 3:30 am | |
| ATTENTION!
If you don't get your bio in and post in 48 hours, you will be kicked.
THAT IS ALL! | |
| | | Shadowscyther
Posts : 276 Poké : 1500 Join date : 2012-08-03
| Subject: Re: Heathens Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:42 pm | |
| Name: Samuel Ross Gender: Male Physical Appearance:- Spoiler:
Personality: Samuel is an erratic and rather paranoid individual who will commonly make wild and somewhat ridiculous accusations against people. A devote conspiracy theorist, he prefers his laptop to other people, as he has trouble interacting with them. Samuel has a bad habit of putting in earphones and turning up the volume whenever someone tries to tell him that what he's saying makes no sense at all. Despite all of this, he can easily be pushed around by others, as he doesn't try to stand up for himself, preferring to just let them annoy him until they get bored and leave instead of attempting to put up a fight. School wise, Samuel doesn't care very much, putting in the most minimal effort required to pass his classes. History: For his entire life, Samuel has lived in the city of New Orleans. When he was in middle school, his parents divorced, with his mother and younger sister moving north to New Hampshire. After that, Samuel kept to himself at home, hardly ever interacting with his father and instead entering into the conspiracy theorist community. Gradually, he drifted further away from his old friends, spending more time on the internet than hanging out with them. Hardly any of them still talk to him, and most people at his high school know him as "that delusional sophomore." At the age of fifteen, he is one of the younger people in his grade, and is avoided by pretty much everyone. | |
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