Guilty Light: Awakening (Fantasy RP, Accepting)

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INTRODUCTION

Welcome. Paper Wings here, just wanting to put this out ahead of time...

I have put a lot of effort into molding this world into something playable; it has a lot of lore, all of which is stored within my journals. But be warned; there is a lot of reading involved in joining this RP. If that's not your thing, then I suggest you click that back button, as a lot of it is needed to properly write or modify an OC that will fit into this world.
For those of you still here, thank you for getting this far. I’m grateful for you just checking this out, even just reading it makes me happy.
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LINKS

Click here for the OOC Thread

and, here, for the Profile Thread

LORE

Not all of these need to be read, but some are required for proper character creation.

Lore: Creature Compendium<-Optional

Lore: The Dragons<-Recommended

Lore: Factions/Nations <-Required

Lore: Important Figures<-Optional

Lore: Locations<-Recommended

Lore: Magic<-Required

Lore: Races<-Required

Lore: Tech Level<-Recommended

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HISTORY

Many eons ago, existence was naught but an enormous serpent, Seethos, and his ethereal plane. Tired of a meaningless existence, the eternal being took his most prized possession, the threads of fate, and wove a blank canvas in the shape of a sphere. However, no matter how much he poked and prodded the thing, he could not seem to do much but cause it to spin. Seeing no other way, Seethos sacrificed his corporeal being, molding it into the shape of six dragons; his children, with the power to meld this canvas into something worthwhile. These six gods would do much more than that.

First was Pyrothos, Father of the Flames. He crafted two spheres of fire, known as the first and second flames, the first would be placed inside the sphere, while the second, which is believed to be his third eye, (meaning he sacrificed his ability of omnipresent sight...), would exist outside, serving as a light source once the sphere left the ethereal plane.
Second, Nel'zan, Lord of the Dead, created the abyss, a realm of pure darkness, and enveloped the first flame with it, to protect the sphere from the core's immense heat. With this abyss, came the gift of mortality for the planet's inhabitants. While it made these creatures mortal, it gave them the ability to become creatures of higher intelligence. Something that before, wasn't capable of anything other than the gods.

Then, there was Restia, Lady of Nature, in conjunction with Seryameya, Mother of Magic; the two combined their powers to create the earth, and creatures to inhabit the sphere, while the Seryameya infused it all with mana, so that they could sustain themselves without further aid from the gods. She would later create the moon using the same method, which is the cause of the rock's direct influence on some aspects of Tellenia.

Finally, Rabartas, and his lover, Gizondrea, used storm and sea to shape the earth surrounding the planet, and some of its creatures, to their father's plan. Rabartas would leave his waters to serve as oceans, and rivers, to further assist in sustaining life.

And so, Tellenia was born. However, before it was ejected into its own plane, Pyrothos sneaked in one final gift; one more personal than his fire. With help from Nel'zan, he took a fraction of his immortal soul, and fractured it even further, spreading the countless shards throughout the population. There were enough for everyone to get a piece granting them the power to manipulate fire, but those who got the largest shards were able to wield the magic of the gods; Holy. Or, they were given the ability to inherently create their own flames at will, and command them so.

These fragments, now known as the "Guilty Light" reacted adversely with the Abyss's gift, causing the mortal races to have an affinity towards war. They began to willingly kill each other for trivial means. None of the other Gods saw this as a problem; in fact, it helped turn the cycle of life that was required to generate the mana that fueled this creation.

PLOT

When the gods created Tellenia, they gave it a few different continents. But the largest; and most likely favorite one, is believed to be Solres. Whether or not these statements are true, it is by far the most populated one; housing two large nations, as well as several neutral factions.
But because of its size, it has one of the most, if not the bloodiest of histories out of all of the continents on Tellenia. War is so commonplace here, that they count periods of war, and the ones of peace between them as Eras. To put you up to speed, it is currently the Eighth Era, luckily, it is one of peace. The Empire of Lykia aims to change this, wanting to record each changing of their ruler as an era. But such is hard to do when this has only happened twice, and the current ruler is believed to be immortal.

Despite this Treaty, however, there are forces at work that wish to bring an end to this peace. If not for the animosity between the Empire and its enemy, the young Humarian Kingdom of Ostera, it is the discovery of powerful artifacts within the ruined city of Wernke, as well as the warning that accompanies them:

"When the first wakes to see the land cursed by the red god, the beast with black wings will arrive, bringing with him his violet tide." the next portion is damaged by time, but scholars are working on restoring it. "The --- Wyverns must ---- to stave the ---------, lest the Violet Tide bring an ---- -- --- ------."

Whatever this warning says, it seems to refer to these artifacts; large creatures, similar to golems, that lie dormant within the ruins. However, the Enclave has but one clue as to how to awaken these beasts. A unique line of text accompanying each wyvern, describes a specific person said to be wandering about the realm, as if the ancient Anu'voll could see through time. Above the hallway that separates each wyvern chamber, another line reads;

“Our penance starts here, guide them well...”

Not many take stock in such prophecies, but regardless of this, the Enclave has sent out some of its agents, assigned with the task of searching for the people described in the old runes, and to bring them to Wernke.

By any means necessary...

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RULES

1. You can be a Tamer, a Wyvern, or somebody else entirely. You can also have as many characters as you think you can handle, but I must ask you to try and limit it, at first. It usually gets confusing when one person is five people. To add to this, you can only have one Tamer and one Wyvern.

2. This is the internet, you follow this thread's and the site's rules, or you can fuhggetaboudit.

And here are my moderator(s): (None Yet)

3. So...violence. Violence is fantastic, and I don't think this rp can exist without It. Just follow Gaia's ToS.

4. Romance. It happens, and I'm not a guy who gets offended by naughty bits, but there are people that do. PMs are there for a reason, although it's not allowed there either. Don't be a fool, follow the ToS

5. OOC Drama. All I'm going to say is it better not drag on throughout the plot. If it does, I'll put you in the sad corner with your drama partner until you can fix your issues like sensible people. I will warn you if you're getting to this stage. As for IC drama, let's put it this way. IC drama should be similar to the workplace. You may hate your co-workers with the intensity of a thousand suns, but you might as well work with them because there is more important s**t to take care of.

6. Combat between player characters: It'll probably happen. Usually, I don't want the roleplay to get bogged down with pvp, because most of the time it results in people playing "lulz i r teh s**t i dodge everything". If you must fight another character, please try to keep it to a few posts. Either work out how it'll end with the other player over PMs, or use the dice roll mechanism to work it out. Please don't godmode, even when fighting NPCs. Taking a hit once in a while actually builds character. No lie.

7. Be literate. You don't have to be a grammar Nazi. Just give me one good solid paragraph at least, with decent grammar and spelling (most browsers have a spell check function now. If yours doesn't, get Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome. They're free, safe, and make Internet Explorer's entire team be made of babies, seriously, who sends all those babies to fight?).

8. If you're going to join this, I need you to commit to some degree. Nothing bugs me more than when someone posts a few times and then vanishes, or sends a character and never posts, or disappears without warning. I'm not afraid to remove people who have been gone too long. Luckily for you, I have a big heart, so I'll try to keep their profiles around in a text file or something, on the off-chance that they want to come back.

8a. When applying, include some Roleplay samples of your own. Be they links to other posts, or something you came up with on the spot, I need at least two paragraphs of decent content.

9. Cursing. I do it sometimes. If that makes me a bad person, I can accept that. Do whatever is appropriate for your character. An f-bomb never hurt anyone. Although, try not to f-nuke us, Kthx.

10. I am going to limit the number of Wyverns/Tamers to 6 at the start. Don't wanna bog it down with all these powerful machines, eh? This does not mean that Six pairs are required. Only one is really needed to get the ball rolling.

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OC Creation

Refer to the Lore Links for information. Most of them are there to assist you in building your character.

Before you send me your skeleton, complete this:

[align=center][img](150 x 150 close-up of your OC goes here, if you use an image)[/img]
[b][color=yourpostcolor]= Played By: { Username } =
|| { Character Name } ||
|| { Character Age } ||
|| { Character Role } ||
|| { Allegiance } ||[/color][/b][/align]

So that I may add it to the Character Thread.

Skeleton

Color it any way you want, or don't. Just make sure it's not some eye-melting color, okay?

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[b]+Username+[/b]
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(self-explanatory)
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[b]+Name+[/b]
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(self-explanatory, although if you are applying for a Wyvern, use the first three letters of your character's original name, and which Wyvern number you are. i.e. JOL-2/Jol'keyan, or SEN-6/Sen'ara)
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[b]+Race+[/b]
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(Use an existing race, or create your own. Just be sure it makes sense, and is not godlike.)
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[b]+Gender+[/b]
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(Male, Female, Both, or neither?)
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[b]+Age+[/b]
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(How old is your character?)
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[b]+Faction+[/b]
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(What faction do they belong to?)
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[b]+Profession+[/b]
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(Their occupation and/or class?)
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[b]+Equipment+[/b]
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(any equipment, be realistic. If you're a Wyvern, include at least one upgrade that you acquire when a restriction level is released. For reference see my profile for ZEL-01 once it's posted..)
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[b]+Appearance+[/b]
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(Paragraph, and/or linked Picture... [url=http://i883.photobucket.com/albums/ac31/War-Clergy/Brofist_through_the_internet.jpg]In this manner[/url]. No img code. This way makes things look nice and spiffy.)
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[b]+Personality+[/b]
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(Describe their mannerisms, do not just throw words at me.)
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[b]+History:+[/b]
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(Be concise, anything interesting that happened before present events.)[/align]

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CHARACTER GALLERY

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THE KINGDOM OF OSTERA

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THE EMPIRE OF LYKIA

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THE ORDER OF THE SUN

= Played By: { Azul Lila } =
|| { Liriel Whiteriver } ||
|| { Nineteen } ||
|| { Tamer } ||
|| { The Order of the Sun } ||

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ARCANUM ENCLAVE

= Played By: { On Paper Wings } =
|| { Sennicus "Sen" Ashstrider} ||
|| { 32 } ||
|| { Imperial-Enclave Liaison / Enclave Spellsword } ||
|| { Empire of Lykia/ Arcanum Enclave} ||

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TAMERS

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WYVERNS

= Played By: { On Paper Wings } =
|| { ZEL-01 } ||
|| { Unknown } ||
|| { Wyvern-01 } ||
|| { To his Tamer } ||

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NO FACTION

= Played By: { Digital_Justice } =
|| { Alexander 'Alex' Nightray } ||
|| { Twenty-Seven } ||
|| { Necromancer } ||
|| { No Faction } ||

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RP STATUS

((Violet Phase: Going anyway, Accepting .))

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GOODLIST

None so far

BANLIST

None so far

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NEWS

((If anything important happens that will effect the RP, it goes here))

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(reserved for affiliates...)

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(reserved, for story events.)

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((Wyvern characters can disregard. You are asleep until the tamer enters your chamber. If you don't want to wait, I suggest making another character so you can be active up until your Wyvern awakens.))
((I've also added lines, in case you're having trouble reading my fancy images. ))

While you sleep, something strange happens...

You wake to see naught but darkness, at first, you believe you've gone blind, you rub your eyes to check... seeing your hands. You look down to heck on the rest of your body. Good, you're not blind, and you're in one piece. That's two problems solved.... the third, well... you're working on that. For now, there's little to do but ponder on how you got here. Hopefully, answering this will lead to escaping from the abyss.

But before you can begin brainstorming, you hear the sound of a door opening, off in the distance, a sliver of light splits the abyss. You're not sure why, but you feel compelled to investigate. Seeing no reason to disagree, your legs accept your reasoning, and you begin to take steps towards the light, unsure of what awaits you at your destination.

When you arrive, you fight nothing but a glowing fog. Before you can walk away, it begins to make it's way towards you. Try as you might, the fog envelops you, and you find yourself within a pure whiteness; similar to the abyss from before. But this time, it isn't empty.

The area above you is filled with countless spheres, enveloped in the mist from before, each holding some sort of image within them. They're too high up for you to discern what the images are, but your attention is soon taken off them; as an infinitely large serpent-like creature appears from the mist, at first just observing the spheres, then spotting you. Your mind tells you to run, but an overwhelmingly-powerful presence envelops your body, preventing you from doing so. The creature makes it way down to you, the twists and turns of it's body fill the space around you, yet it's tail remains hidden within the fog.

(( "Greetings mortal... I am Seethos, guardian of spirits, time, and the infinite void..." ))

A booming voice echoes within your mind, it's powerful and intimidating, yet so soothing... so... infinite...

(( "Thou must pardon my forgetfulness, but I do not recall pulling ye from thine universe." ))

The serpent lowers itself to your level as you explain your situation. Considering that he can easily get into your head, you opt to not ponder much upon how such a powerful being could not know of discrepancies in his realm.

(( "I see... it seems the threads of fate have something planned for ye, though why they chose to act on their own instead of informing their keeper is unknown. I've spent eons watching over them, yet they still surprise me." ))

The thought of something inanimate acting on it's own confuses you... though the look on Seethos' face makes you feel if you should be concerned. The serpent sees this, and gently pats you with one of it's massive hands. The small force for him turns out to be enough to knock you over, causing him to chuckle.

(( "Fret not, mortal, I shalt keep an eye on the threads, as I always have, and if they ever are so inclined as to tell me what they are planning, I'll visit thee in thy dreams." ))

You shrug, and turn to walk back in the direction you came, but his massive hand stops you.

(( "That way leads to the abyss, only the dead belong there." ))

You cringe, are you dead? His words are comforting, but they do not help. Seethos picks you up, and lays you in the flat of his other hand. He takes you on his search of what you believe is the sphere you belong in, careful not to clench his fist, crushing you. You sit down in his hand, wondering how long it takes to scan an infinite amount of tangents. But then he stops, and lifts the hand containing you to the sphere, where you can simply just walk in. You look up at the sphere, and see your body, sleeping softly wherever it was you had laid your head.

(( "I shalt return ye to thine body, but know this; the threads do not oft pull beings into this realm on their own, whatever is bothering them must be of great importance." ))

With that, the serpent plunges it's hand into the sphere, and everything goes white.

(( "Farewell... and good luck.." ))

You awaken where you had fallen asleep... no worse for wear. Whether you search for answers, or simply wait for an immense, white serpent to coax it out of some strings, is up to you.