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 ➳ A Siren Wishmaster & Kellanda literate roleplay ➳ Based on the The Robin Hood stories ➳ Pictures hosted on Photobucket  robinhood robinhood |
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 ┏ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ➽ ➸➳ We are the Sherwood. It is a name the strangers gave us, but it will do. It's been 400 years since the strangers came, bringing their strange magic, and titles and even stranger ways with them. We didn't mind at first. They weren't a violent people, and they seemed peaceful. They set up small settlements and towns on the plains around our forests, slowly but steadily, and went about their business. Our people traded with them occasionally, but for the most part, we ignored them, and our people were content to stay in the forest and go about their lives as usual. It wasn't until they started cutting down the trees that we really started paying attention. It had been 100 years since they had arrived, and they built quickly. Their tools and magic had built roads, cities and monuments while we did not look, and there was nothing we could do. They cleared the plains of trees, but left us, the forests, alone. Our people's elders preached caution, and retreated again, deeper this time. In another 100 years, they had expended even further, and some of our people had left us. They had been seduced by the charm and ease of life in the strangers towns. They hadn't had much among our people, and they wanted better lives. We couldn't fault them. They became the strangers, the Homelander's, as they called themselves, farmers and laborers. Not an easy life, but, living on the edges of the forests as they did, perhaps they felt closer to them than to us. Our people retreated again, and the cycle continued. There are only a handful of our people that even remember how to speak to us. Most of them have left for the cities and towns. And we are not pleased. The peasants are still our people, no matter how many generations it has been since they spoke to the forest. And they are mistreated. Looked down upon. Told of how they come from a primitive, godless people. They are tired of it. A few have even returned to us, looking for refuge among the trees. They are tired of taxes and mistreatment, and we are tired of being mistreated and burned. This ends now. ┗ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ |
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 ┏ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ➽ ➸➳ Welcome to Nottingham. In the 400 years since the 'strangers' came to the area, things have changed. The peasants are no longer as complacent as they once were, and the Homelanders are not as kind. They treat the forest's children as if they were truly just that, without enough intelligence to be anything more but their laborers. After all, hadn't they been living in trees before the Homelander's had civilized them? They'd built nothing, and left behind no art, or music or anything lasting. All they had was a forest they worshiped and silly superstitions. The new peasantry didn't exactly appreciate the attitude, and resentment began to grow. In recent years, it's become even worse. With the death of King Richard, a new leader stands ready to take the throne. Under the new ruler, the laws have become harsher, and the punishments more severe than ever. And the new sheriff is a former peasant himself, one who takes an unfortunate delight in his job. As the laws grow harsher, more and more people are falling victim to the Sheriff and his men. Most are arrested and punished accordingly. Some have escaped, and run to the woods of their ancestors, where even the Sheriff's men dare not go. These new outlaws have found the Woodlanders. The last few remaining people that cling to the old ways of the Forest shamanism. A new people, led by Robin Hood and his band, have been born. It is time for the people of Sherwood to rebel... ┗ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ |
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 ┏ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ Good Characters ➽ ➸➳ Robin Hood The brave leader of the Woodlanders. He was raised a noble and received the education to use high magic, but he rejected their ways and ran to Sherwood forest where he met the Woodlanders and became their leader. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • momiji85 ➽ ➸➳ Marian The heroine, and Robin's love. She is strong, intelligent, and well educated in High magic. She and Robin knew each other as children, but she has not seen him since he ran away to Sherwood forest strike]Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • OuEstLaCraie ➽ ➸➳ William "Will" Scarlet Second in command, not much is known about him, except that he has lived in Sherwood for a long time and was the leader of the Woodlanders before Robin took over. He uses Shamanic magic well, surprising when you take into account his short temper and feisty nature. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • LuposBloodcaller ➽ ➸➳ Little John The brawn of the group - not particularly clever, but not stupid. He, like Will, has lived in Sherwood for a long time so he has proficient use of Shamanic magic. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • Deliriums Desire ➽ ➸➳ Tuck Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • Kellanda ➽ ➸➳ Much A young refugee, joined the group when he/she fled from the Sheriff into the heart of Sherwood. He/She was eager for something to believe in so he/she was able to grasp the concept of Shamanic magic easily and is good at using it. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • Silence and Motion ➽ ➸➳ Alan-a-Dale A cunning, but not exceedingly brave wandering minstrel. He/She has lived in Sherwood for a time, but can only use Shamanic magic well when he/she stops trying to analyze and explain it. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • mdu_ntr Bad Characters ➽ ➸➳ Prince John The clever, scheming ruler of Nottingham. Has near perfect use of High magic. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • - - ➽ ➸➳ Sheriff Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • Siren Wishmaster ➽ ➸➳ Guy of Gisbone A brute of a man, doesn't care much for the Sheriff. He has an understanding of High magic, but is not well educated in it's uses, he uses low magic. Open ➳ Reserved ➳ Taken ➽ ➸ ➳ - - Played by • - - ┗ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ |
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 ┏ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ Lets do the basics first, shall we? ➽ ➸➳ 1 ━ Posting First off, this is a literate roleplay. What that means is you have to be able to string a coherent repentance together, spell and use grammar properly, and understand that 'length' is not the same as 'content.' Expect a two paragraph minimum to your posts, though more is welcomed and adored. Try to keep a minimum of fluff in those paragraphs as well. If you want to make your post pretty, by all means do so. ➽ ➸➳ 2 ━ Conduct Remember when you joined Gaia? And there was this little bit that you had to agree to before your account got made. Ringing any bells? That's right, the TOS. Know them! Obey them! ➽ ➸➳ 3 ━ Pictures. Let's keep it to real people, shall we? Models, celebrities, dA . . . . . just not anime or cartoons, m'kay? ➽ ➸➳ 4 ━ Reservation Reserve skeletons are on the Profile page. Fill it out and send it to Siren Wishmaster along with three or more roleplaying samples for a background check. After you send in your reserve you will have four days to send in the profile or the character will no longer be reserved for you. ➽ ➸➳ 5 ━ Character Profiles Profile Skeletons will be on the Profile page. Fill it out and send it to Siren Wishmaster within four days of sending her the reserve. ➽ ➸➳ 6 ━ Generally being an a**. Perfect or stereotypical characters will be sent, wrapped in pretty ribbons and with a complimentary (and useful!) set of cutlery, to the Sheriff and Guy. You wouldn't like that. The same applies to godmoders, powergamers, rules lawyers, auto hitters, people who post one liners, and general all around unpleasant people. We reserve the right to add or change these rules as we so see fit. ┗ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ ━ |
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 I declare this OOC thread open! Bring on the reserves! |
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Come on people! Bring on the applications! |
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