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Rules

1. Minron and I can change the rules at any time.
2. follow Gaia's rules.
3. No godmodding, power playing, auto-hitting, Etc.
4.make the subject of your PM 'Cherry Blossoms' to show me that you read the rules.
5. don't randomly jump ahead more than 3 pages... it makes people feel left out.
6. Romance and violence are encouraged... but keep it PG-13.. I don't want to get banned.
7. Don't kill anyone without there permission, and if your character dies, you have permission to make another one.
8. I lied.. make the subject Sakura, to show me that you read all the rules.
9. If you have a race that is not in the story, don't be afraid to ask. This world is full of differn't tribes. Each race in the profiles will be listed as well as information on them by Minron.
10. No more than 3 characters per person.
11. NO CHAT SPEAK... or I will smite you. All roleplaying levels are accepted, but you atleast need to know that talking goes in quotations and thoughts go in Italics, and OOC goes in parenthesis.
12. NO QUOTING!

Water Creatures

Water Species: The creatures of water are not all the same, they too have different species, but don’t separate one another into tribes like the creatures of land. This led them to great success when battling the land creatures in the olden age. However, many creatures of water are different from one another and have their own sections of water they are found mostly in. The waters around the Land of Blossoms are called the Forbidden Sea to all water creatures due to the presence of land and its creatures nearby. Very few non-war settlements like farms and homes exist around the waters there, but it mostly consists of water military areas. Warriors and Soldiers often raise families near where they work which resulted in the resident areas close to the Land of Blossoms. The troops never tell their families of the horrors seen on the fabled thing called land, only heard by their children through elders and their parents as bed time stories.

The Mermaids: This species is the primary bulk of the water creatures’ population, but they can never support the war on land unless they are users of magic. Their tails prevent walking on land and thus must use magic to transform their fins to legs to travel on land. Even when they change their fins to legs, attributes like head fins, eyes, and scales don’t change. Mermaids are the females of the species a Mermen are the males, but it was unknown how the race was entirely named on the female gender. Mermaids specialize in magic and healing, one type of magic user is a Siren whose magical voice can encourage their troops to fight harder or weaken the moral of enemy troops. They also bear the ability to control water naturally, but not in small amounts or under certain conditions like if a creature contained water inside them. Mermen often become town guards and don’t practice magic like the females.

Converted Species: Some races converted to water races when the land crumbled into the ocean, a common example is the Sea Naga species and the Aqua Lizard Men. Many species bearing reptile attributes quickly adapted to the sea and evolved into water based versions of their land brethren. Respectfully, these species do not often join in the fight at the Land of Blossoms due to their heritage.

Sea Warriors: These human like creatures are a pre-evolved stage of mermaids and not many of them exist still in the world since inter-relations with the evolved stages of their kind has caused them to slowly drain away from the population. They look a lot like humans, but they have pure colored eyes and gills at the neck. They are often hated by most races under the sea, but were the main force of attack when the war first began. Today they are small in number in the waters of the Land of Blossoms, but they do often hold high ranks; it is rare to see a Sea Warrior private.

Other Tribes: There are plenty of other Tribes not listed yet and it’s up to you the Role-player to make them known. You basically can make your own Tribes and I can list them as official Tribes. All Tribes are animals with humanoid figures or humans with an animal half or small bits of animal attributes.

Land Profiles


Characters Name: Rikku
Age: 17
I fight for: Land
Race: Half wolf
Appearance:
Biography: She is the High Priestess of the Land of Blossoms, and although she is young she is loved by most. When she was born there was much controversy, because she is the first non human to be born as High Priestess. SHe is not the 'official' leader of the Land of Blossoms, She may as well be. When there are battles she is out there fighting along side the warriors rather than sitting in her castle like the rest of the council wants her to.
Personality: Happy and upbeat, a very morally stable girl who goes after what she believes, and doesn't let it go.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: She uses alot of light magic, and defensive magic, however if she gets attacked physically she is weak.

Gaian Name: Minron
Characters Name: Grimloq of the Blue Scale Tribe
Age: 157
I fight for: Land
Race: Lizard Men
Appearance: http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/Inuyasha1888/Carnosaur_by_andreauderzo.jpg
Biography: Grimloq is the chief of the strongest and largest of the Lizard Men Tribes; The Blue Scale Tribe. He is the elder of the tribe and a council member of the Council of Life representing all reptile species such as the Naga Tribe and the Green Scale Tribe. He his highly respected by all reptile races as their true leader, without him, the reptilian tribes would be unrepresented by the council since more reptilian based tribes are close to being barbaric. Grimloq rides a mount called a Carnosaur and only the oldest of beings have ever managed to tame such a blood crazed beast. During his first few years of age, his father and mother were currently in command of the Blue Scale Tribe, but this was also the time of the Reptilian Civil War on the Land of Blossoms for leadership rights. When Grimloq came into power at the age of thirty when his parents passed away, he ended the war with a treaty, which was unheard of at the time for a Lizard Men Tribe to even consider. Under his rule, peace had ruled over war within the Land of Blossom’s reptile tribes, but the war of land and water was what Grimloq specialized at. His forces alone in the northern lands single handedly manage to hold the line against the army of the sea and under his leadership, even made the northern lands a strong point that the army of water no longer views as a potential attack area.
Personality: Grimloq is wise and caring for all land based beings, but despises the creatures of the water more than anything else. It was recorded only a few years ago that he tried to drive the land friendly water creatures back into the ocean. Now he tries a more subtle approach and blames all problems on the water creatures located in the lake of the Land of Blossoms. His greatest concern is to gain equal respect from all races for his tribe, which wasn’t too difficult due to his major accomplishments in the war.

Gaian Name: Ghostest_Spell_Caster
Characters Name: Sunia
Age: 50
I fight for: Land
Race: Fairy
Appearance: http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i96/killerroze/Anime Fairys/girls152.jpg
Biography: She grew up with just her mother. She worked hart to become a Hunter, but didn't quite make it. She went to healing class and every year she went back trying to to pass. It two years before she became one. She use's a whip as her weapon.
Personality: Quiet, Calm, mean, and relaxed
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: Water/ Plant control, healing. Changing size. Weakness is her wings, if they are damged she can no fly.

Gaian Name: begichwolf
Characters Name: Maia Red
Age: 897
I fight for: Land
Race: Kitsune : Kitsune are spirit foxes that manifest physically on the planet for 1000 years until they gain ten tails for each century they live. They are a generally carefree species that is rare in the Land of Blossoms.
Appearance: She appears in two forms, generally. Her human form looks perfectly normal, aside from the sharp edge to her eyes. Sometimes her tails and ears appear when she'd comfortable or shocked. She also has her fox form, about four feet tall with four tails

Biography: She was Raised by herself, due to the fact that her family was killed by the Mermaid tribe while she was too young to remember. She lived as a fox for one hundred years until she realized what she truly was. Now she checks in on Rikku, to make sure the high priestess is alright, almost every day. Her ranks with the Lizard men are near the bottom, she had many dissagreements with them long ago and is still despised to this day, though she will fight for all land tribes if it means defending her home. She considers herself a myobu kitsune, one that is pure and decent.
Personality: She appears cheerful and talkative on the outside, but on the inside she feels lonely and sad, She is detirmined to smile, even in the presensce of a Lizard man.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: She has a hoshi no tama (Star ball) that she uses to fire attacks of intense heat upon her enemies. The ball also is able to grant wishes up to an extent. She is defenseless without her tails, which she will hopefully never lose, and has no forms of defense besides her attacks, and attacks are not really good defenses.

Gaian Name: Kelethor
Characters Name: Seth Farshard
Age: 32
I fight for: The Land
Race: Half-Myrukan Half-Human
Appearance: Like all Myrukans Seth has clouded, grey eyes. Unlike the rest of his people though, he does not share the grey hair, or pale white skin of his people. Seth's hair is a light brown, and falls only slightly past his shoulders. Over his eyes, to hide their color, Seth wears a brown blindfold, made of simple cloth. Whil his body is well muscled, he doesn't have the look of a brawler. Only enough to pull back the longbow that rests in a holster by his side. The only other weapon visable on him, besides the quiver of arrows on his back, is a long knife, in a sheath along his left arm.
Seth dons a green-grey cloak, underneath which he wears a chain shirt. He wears leather leggings, and boots, with no other protection offered. Hanging from a silver chain, around his neck is a silver medallion, with a Lark carved into it. Other than that no other valuables are worn, or carried on his person. While he carries no major scarms, many small ones are scattered across his body. Most of them very old.
Biography: Seth had a hard time adapting to his blindness as a child. He often fell cut himself, or crashed into others growing up. Though, like all Myrukans, Seth learned to use his ears to replace his eyes. At the age of nine Seth began being taught archery from his mother. Since the target made no noise, his father would crouch behind it and shout. Seth caught on quickly. His life was uneventful untill he turned sixteen. That is when he, like all Myrukans before him, had to face his trials. Though his father, being Human didn't approve of it, Seth's mother insisted that he followed his peoples' ways. After surveying him, and assessing his abilities the Village Elder decided apon Seth's trial. One of the most difficult a young Myrukan had ever faced. Seth was tasked to live in the wilderness for three months, taking only his bow and fourty arrows. If he survived, he then had to bring back the carcass of a mother bear.
Seth spent a difficult three months in the woods. Often starving himself to conserve his arrows. He had not been taught how to fletch, even so, he didn't have a knife. He lived, after which Seth spent over a week tracking a bear, they were scarce, even if he did find one it had to be female, and fully grown. A month later than he was assigned to spend in the wilderness, Seth returned, dragging the Mother bear behind him. That is when Seth officially entered manhood, and earned his singing medallion. Eight years later Seth was elected as the official Ambassador for the Myrlukans. An office he has carried out efficiantly. Though, negotiations have become much harder with recent conflict. The Humans believe that they Myrlukans could betray them, the Naga have always been distrustful, and the Lizard Men seem to be the only ones willing to trade for needed supplies.
Personality: Seth is non-chalant, but not layed back. He speaks blunt truth, and can almost seem emotionless. While this is not true, he isn't able to express emotion the way other people do. Seth tries to look out for those he's with to the best of his abilities, though, he always tries to keep himself out of danger as well. Truthfully he became the way he is because of the trial that he was tasked with. That single month without Human contact, simply made him forget about how to express himself to another person. Over the years he has become better at doing so, but is still far away from what a regular person can express.
The only time Seth can be known to express joy is subtly, when listening away from others. Like most of his people, Seth has always had respect, and finds joy in the sound of songbirds. With his ears being the most highly tuned, and important part of his body, the natural music sooths him like nothing else. His only company during that month in the wilderness.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: Seth has greatly enhanced hearing ability, and is able to pinpoint targets, and warn him of aproaching allies and enemies before they would fall within his sight range. Seth has also trained all his life in the use of a bow, and has high accuracy when using one. While both of those abilities are useful, they come at a cost. Seth is completely blind, like all Myrlukans. As such, even with his knife he cannot defend himself well against any number of close range attackers. As stated, Seth can have a hard time communicating emotionally, and as such, his point can be missed, or what he is trying to say can be completely misinterpreted.

Gaian Name:GS Sailor Eridani
Characters Name: Ruri Taka
Age: 60
I fight for: Land
Race: Weregryphon
Appearance: In Human Form: Ruri has long black hair reaching to the middle of her back. Her eyes are a dark green color with brown flecks. She typically likes to wear a black short kimono with green feathers stitched into it and a pair of black sandals with matching tabi.

In Gryphon Form: Her fur and feathers are black shading to a dark purple. Her beak matches her feathers except the very tip which is a slightly darker shade of purple then her feathers. Ruri can stand either in a upright format to fight or walk, or she can walk on all fours.
Biography: Ruri spent the first half of her life in a quite community of harpies that took her in when she was very little. Nothing really ever happened in the forgotten place, people found mates, raised children, and went about their daily lives...Ruri hated it. She had always been the rebel of the group, getting into fights much to the chagrin of her master and family. Ruri had read much about the world beyond the village and had wished to see it for herself. Under the cover of darkness, Ruri slipped out of her house and out into the forest beyond. Once she made her way into human territory she wandered into the nearest town to see what life was like in it. Only then did she realize what a mistake she had just made. Daylight broke the horizon just as she wandered into the town market, and Ruri transformed in front of all the people setting up for the days sales. Needless to say, she had to fight her way back out again. She simply would not give up at that rejection, and she started to head for the next town. She had better luck with this town, even stopping a thief from robbing a house, but the same thing happened. As soon as she stepped out into the sunlight, the town guard was called and she was beaten out of town. This time, the beating was worse, because she simply refused to strike the weaker humans and they called in something they called a mage and tried to kill her...Humans did not fight on equal terms. A long time latter, she met the love of her life, and as God does have a sense of humor, he was human, but a warrior like herself. He was hired to kill her, but found in the last second that she was no monster. They lived together for a time, until a strange group of people took him away from her. They said he committed crimes and that he would have to be put to death. Ruri wanted to walk out into the daylight and stop them, but her love smiled at her, shook his head, and followed them, after mouthing "I love you." one final time. The next day, she went into the village that they lived by and it was swarming with the news that a great assassin was captured and put to death matching the description of Ruri's love, she didn't eat or sleep for many days after. Many a few years latter, she was ridding though another city, with her cloak up to keep the sun and people away, she heard a rumor about another man matching the description escaping from a castle dungeon. After a bit of checking around she found that it was her lost love, and she has been searching for him ever since.
Personality: Ruri is head strong and stubborn. She likes to get her own way and she likes to pick the way she chooses to get it. At the same time though, she hates injustice and will fight for what she believes in.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: Heighten senses, Strength and Speed. In Gryphon form: All of the above except her flight ability because she left her home before they taught her how. At the same time she can not go out in the daylight without a cloak on because she will transform.

Gaian Name: Mordric Palentium
Characters Name: Sergrin Waterwalker
Age: 1100
I fight for: Land

Race: Half-Shadow Elf/ Half Sea Warrior

Appearance:
(Green bandanna covers the ears and gils at the back of the ears.)

Biography: The last the long forgotten race, brought on by the years of peace before the war. The most sought after prize by the Sea Warriors due to him being thought of as an abomination. After the war started, Sergrin's parents were killed and he was smuggled away by a fellow villager. He was the placed on the door step of a knight who had discarded his armor sometime ago to live a peaceful life. All of that changed when the boy was left at his door, crying. The old knight took care of the boy, and trained him in everything he knew, swordsmanship, chivalry, and even farm work. Then the day came when the war moved to their door step, the old knight protected the now young man and was killed for it. In a fit of rage, Sergrin's powers kicked in and he slaughtered his “father's” killers. When he woke up from his blood lust, he buried the old knight and ran away from the place that had been his home for so long. As he wandered he saved a village from a beast that was attacking, and decided, after finding it was a good way to make money, to make that his profession in life. Sergrin saved many villages and finally came to one being plagued by a winged creature that only came out during the day. He fought it once, only to have it escape from him while he tried to chase it down. That night, a black haired girl introduced herself as Ruri, and came out right and asked him, “What did I ever do to you?” Stunned by this proclamation, he decided to take care her and find out all he could about her. After awhile of traveling, he found that he couldn't live without her. When the Sea Warriors found him again instead of risking her safety he left with them, and then escaped shortly after. Not wanting to lead them to her again, he has been protecting her from afar.

Personality: Sergrin is happy go lucky until something angers him then he becomes something dangerous. He is also extremely intelligent due to his age and tends to come off as sarcastic when all he is really doing is pointing out something obvious to him.

Powers/abilities and weaknesses: He has the ability to control shadows and move though them but loses control of them once inside one. If there is no shadows to jump through, he is stuck in that area with no place to go. Sergrin as an incredible ability to use dual swords (Scimitars) and can breath underwater. Lastly, the people who are hunting him are looking for his identifying traits ( Ears and Gils ), if these are ever found by one of the water people he would be killed on sight.

Gaian Name: Chloe agnew (Temporary)
Characters Name: Tibarn
Age:105 (looks 35, because harpies age slowly)
I fight for: land
Race: Phoenix King
Appearance:
Biography: He has been the Phoenix king since he was born, he can be very wise.. however most of the time he doesn't think things all the way through, and often jumps in head first. (More to come later)
Personality: Easily angered, however he is wise, and can think things through.... however normally he doesn't
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: His defense and offense in the sky are unmatched, He attacks with his powerful legs and a sword, however if he is forced to land he can be a bit clumsy and awkward.



Water Profiles


Gaian Name: Minron
Characters Name: Mizu Daishou
Age: 35
I fight for: Water
Race: Sea Warrior: These people of the water evolved from humans similar to mermaids, but they lack the half of the body that makes the mermaid what it is. Instead, they are humans with webbed feet and posses eye sight that is keen for reflecting light for deeper areas of the ocean. Sea Warriors are very rare, since most of their kind evolved into other sea life, but a few of their kind still remain.
Appearance:
Biography: Mizu was born into a world of peace for the creatures of water and he enjoyed it greatly. When he grew older, he learned there was still a place where peace was not as frequent as the rest of the world; The Land of Blossoms. Mizu’s father was a general for the army of water and worked all of his life to end the rebellion of the land tribes. His mother was also a warrior; the entire Sea Warrior race was fighters for the Water Council’s cause. During Mizu’s growth to become a warrior like his parents, he had heard news of their death by the army of the land. As a child merely ten years old, he didn’t understand why the creatures of land fought so hard for something he didn’t understand as well. Mizu made it his life goal to end the land resistance and return peace to the world of the sea.
Personality: Mizu is a hard working individual and tries his best to achieve what he thinks is right for the world. He would gladly give his life to end the war and put an end to the land creature’s rebellion.

Gaian Name: Chloe agnew
Characters Name: Tai
Age: 19
I fight for: Water
Race: Mermaid
Appearance:
Biography: He lost his parents to the war, when the land creatures were trying to plant another life tree, his parents tried to stop them, they did however they died in the process. His parents are considered heroes, and he now dwells in their shadow. His cold demeanor and fast mouth, are just a cover up to hide the kid in him that still hurts daily... the only person he really looks up to and respects is Mizu.. because they share a similar past.
Personality: Hot blooded and ready to fight, He has a 'me against the world' complex, and doesn't usually talk to others, and if he does, he is usually yelling at them, he has a foul mouth as bad as his temper.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: He is a master in water control, however since he is a mermaid, he is bound to the water. He moves around on land by riding a wave of water. He can easily be taunted into falling into traps, but that doesn't mean he isn't smart.. he is just proud.

Gaian Name: Hiro Cascade
Characters Name: Jigoku A. (Aisu) Gogaku
Age: 19
I fight for: Water
Race: Humanoid Panlong --- Panlong = Water dragon.
Appearance: Jigoku
Biography: Born among the Panlong's, a species of water creature or dragon to be specific, Jigoku remains as one of the very few and dwindling. They and him do not hold any major political positions among the water kind. However, they and him do hold great wisdom and battle experience. Because of the rarity of finding Panlong's, it is considered good luck to find one. It is even better to have them in army ranks or to wed one. Jigoku is one of the few in the Water Land's army.
However, Panlong's must be handled gently or else they can become berserk. This trait has passed onto Jigoku, but he tries his best to not be overwhelmed.
Personality: Jigoku is a reasonable being, not liking to fight often. However, if he must fight, then he shall. Otherwise, he can be seen trying to form treaties between water tribes and land tribes alike, although these treaties do not remain peaceful for very long at all. If someone close to him comes to harm, then a wrathful side of him makes itself known.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: If near or in water, Jigoku is capable of forming reverse-whirpools: Imagine a tornado upside down, the swirling top the water, and the tail in the air. From this attack and other sources of water, Jigoku can cause a variety of attacks that are exclusive to his kind. Very limited in ice and storms. However, he must carry a bottle or several bottles of water at a time when out of the water (which is often). Otherwise, he will become dehydrated and die. Also, he is unable to create water (can't form pools out of humidity, use spit) or use fearsome attacks from small sources such as puddles. He is practically useless if visiting a desert or similar dry lands. It is humorous to occasionally find his comrades spilling bottles of water onto dry ground in order for him to create attacks out of.

Gaian Name: Ghostest_Spell_Caster
Characters Name: Jewlet
Age: 18
I fight for: Water
Race: Mermaid
Appearance:
Biography: She grew up to hate the land creaturs because of her parents. She has been a shore the land but just to get information. She found out there not all bad well one's not anyway to her.
Personality: Strong willed, wild, nice, happy, nieve at times, hard headed.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: Water/ air control, making weapons. She has a crush for a land male.

Gaian Name: explodingstaples
Characters Name: Katsu
Age: 17
I fight for: Water
Race: Sea Warrior
Appearance:
With Armor:

Without Armor:Katsu
Biography: Katsu was raised on te belief that Land creatures were inferior and that water creatures were much more powerful and good.When his brother died in a battle he dedicated his life to destroying any land creature he met.
Personality: Katsu is ruthless and is almost never nice to anyone,but he secretly has a soft side

Gaian Name: Sorrows Falling
Characters Name: Eren Clearwater
Age: 32
I fight for: Water
Race: Merman
Appearance: Eran Clearwater
Personality: He is very subdued, and sticks to his own mind. Easily distracted, he gets frustrated in large crowds.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: Uses magic, especially ice magic. Because he is so distracted, he sometimes finds it to difficult to get the concentration to use magic.

Gaian Name: BeHappyBeJoyful
Characters Name: Laila Farrington
Age: 19
I fight for: Water
Race: Sea Fairy
Appearance:

Biography: She was born to a land fairy family, but she was somewhat a freak, not able to stay on land for a long time and withstand strong UV rays in the sunlight. Her parents abandoned her on the beach on the night she was born, leaving her to die there. But luckily, before sunrise, an elderly kind-hearted mermaid swam by and rescued her, raising her up like a daughter.

Growing up in the sea, she had adapted to its people and their culture. She hated her never-seen parents, who abandoned her when she needed them. One day, the old mermaid, who was like a mother to her, was killed by some land creatures during a swim near the land. Her hatred towards the land creatures deepened. In her heart, though she refused to alacknowledge them, some of the hatred originated from her jealousy of the land creatures’ lives and the feeling of losing a happy family that she was entitled to.
Personality: She was observant and obedient, but she was aloof from most of the sea army and sea world, always keeping to herself. She felt quite lonely in this world. She never met anyone similar to her, and believed that she was one of a kind.
Powers/abilities and weaknesses: She had the ability to shrink herself into the size of a butterfly and flew in air. Due to her abilities, she was mostly sent on scouting mission for the sea army. But she could not operated when the sunlight was strong, or stayed above water for too long, these were lethal to her.

RESERVED........ in case I forgot something else

"I swear you are always so early." Rikku said walking into the grand council chamber, she bowed gracefully to the civilians who had came to sit in on the meeting before she took her place in at the table. "Seriously I honestly don't understand why you are always trying to make me look bad by being super early.... " She laughed. "So the other councilmen should be here shortly. "I would assume one of them called the meeting because The Day of Oracles will be coming up in a couple weeks." She said calmly as another member of the council entered and silently took his seat.

Ruri kept her cloak pulled up as she entered the council chamber. She had to keep reminding herself as she pushed her way though the crowed room that she was doing this for information and if it proved to be worthless, she could leave. Ruri sat down as far from the priestess's chair and the council members as possible. She didn't want to cause them to notice her at all, and perhaps unveil her for what she was. Who knew what powers the priestess had or how she would use them...

Maia peered into the council room, nothing was happening, but it appeared as if the high priestess was conversing with a lizard man. She silently hissed in distaste and strode into the room, swishing eight poffy tails behind her. She took a seat on near the back, where most of the civilians always sat. "What's the topic this fine day?" She asked casually outloud.

She rolled her neck in Grimloq and Rikku's direction. Her rash voice was shaped out over centuries of discrimination from all races. She really wasn't even expecting an answer. She just wanted to pass the time.

Her tails wagged slowly, she was a little anxious as to what the council members were about to say. Whatever was ahead in her future, she wouldn't be on Earth much longer to live it out, her time was running short.