War by Gaslight (Open!)

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The Story of an Inventor

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The mid-1800s, a time of great inventing and technological advances in every field of machinery. A young, aristocratic, British inventor named Sir James Murdock was a man who always tinkered with fuels for his contraptions. He came across the power of steam. He tinkered and tested. On the test of his prototype steam-engine, it was an intial success, but came at a price. Sir James was too close to the machine, and a heavy spray of hot steam blasted at him, burning him to the point of disfiguration. Over the next few months, Murdock's assistants began noticing their boss's demeanor become more and more insane. The aristocrat wore a gas-mask to hide his face, and cloth gloves to cover his burnt hands. He began building an army of machines and vehicles that were powered by his steam engine design. Some assistants were against his plans, and fled to different nations with copies of his steam-engine design. Those assistants allied with him went to countries that they knew Murdock would want in his favor. His technology is now in the hands of the good, evil, and those who consider themselves the gray between the black and the white. The had started a war under the gaslight  

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The Rules of War

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*~ There shall be no godmodding of any sort.
*~ Romance is encouraged, as is violence, but do not go any worse than anything you'd see a rated PG-13 film.
*~ Be literate. No "txt tlking" or *actions*. Type in third person POV, and with at least one paragraph per post. Cursing is allowed, but don't let there be a curse in every sentence.
*~ PM "For Europe!" for characters against Murdock, "Steam-Power Shall Rule" for characters allied with Murdock.
*~ I am the Highest Officer here, and thus what I say, goes.
*~ Put a ninja in your PM, so that I know that you read the rules.

 

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The Citizen Regestration Forms

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[color=postcolor]†On my birth, I was christened....†: (Name)
†Though, most tend to call me...†: (Nicknames or aliases)
†I have been alive for...†: (Age)
†I hail from the glorious nation of...† :(Nationality. I.E. German, French, Etc.)
†They love me, they love me not...†: (Sexuality. Bi/Straight/Gay)
†I chose my path...†: (Side. Murdock's Army or Anti-Murdockian Europe)
†In case of a duel...†: (Weapons. Only three. Pics in URL form)
†My mode of transportation...†: (Vehicle, if applicable. Pics in URL form)
†A History of Myself...†: (Bio. 5-10 sentences)
†A pretty picture...†: (Pic. Anime, in URL form)
†I feel like I have strings attached...†: (Gaia Username)[/color]

 

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Allegiances

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Pro-Murdockian:
Germany
Russia
Italy
Greece

Anti-Murdockian:
The United Kingdom of England (Britain, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland)
France
Spain
Portugal

 

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The Murdockian Army

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†On my birth, I was christened....†: James Murdock
†Though, most tend to call me...†: The Inventor, The Steam-Emperor, The Lord of Tomorrow.
†I have been alive for...†: 32
†I hail from the glorious nation of...† : British
†They love me, they love me not...†: Straight
†I chose my path...†: Murdock's Army....obviously.
†In case of a duel...†: My gun and my sword
†My mode of transportation...†: The flying warship, I.M.S. Fawkes
†A History of Myself...†: I was born to a high-ranking family of Britain. My forefather had gained a fortune and noble title, from his honorable reputation during the time of HRH, King George III of Hanover house. I used the wealth to help with my inventions. My greatest is the one I use today. The steam-powered engine. The prototype my have scarred me, but I knew it held potential. I fled England, feeling Her Majesty Victoria was snooping. I built serveral machines with my engine's design. I will use my machines to overthrow the wicked monarchies of Europe, and put myself in their place. Then no European needn't squabble with wars between royals.
†A pretty picture...†: Before the accident. The Emperor of Steam-Power.
†I feel like I have strings attached...†: Yuuki Belmonte

†On my birth, I was christened....†: Iris Katherine Rowley
†Though, most tend to call me...†: Mme. Rowley, 'Doctor'
†I have been alive for...†: Thirty-Five Years
†I hail from the glorious nation of...† :Germany (Immigrant from The United States)
†They love me, they love me not...†: Straight
†I chose my path...†: Murdock's Army
†In case of a duel...†: 1873 Winchester, Volcanic Pistol
†My mode of transportation...†: Horse and Carriage
†A History of Myself...†: Iris was born in Boston, and was the child of a prestigious Bostonian doctor. Despite her father's wishes, she attended school over seas in France, and within four years, she had used what she had picked up from her father, and become a fine doctor. After practicing medicine in Great Britain for several years, she returned to Boston, only to find her father on his deathbed. Upon his death, she received a large inheritance. Soon after, she traveled to Germany to begin research on ways to replace human limbs that had been lost in combat.
†A pretty picture...†: Iris
†I feel like I have strings attached...†: Doctor Iris Rowley

 

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The Army of Anti-Murdockian Europe

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†On my birth, I was christened....†: (Robert Ashen)
†Though, most tend to call me...†: (Lord Ashen)
†I have been alive for...†: (26)
†I hail from the glorious nation of...† sad British)
†They love me, they love me not...†: (Straight)
†I chose my path...†: (Anti-Murdockian Europe)
†In case of a duel...†: (WSword, Pistol, Wit)
†My mode of transportation...†: (Trans-dimensional Gateway)
†A History of Myself...†: (A private man, very little is known about him except that he has travelled far to further his research and that he is the inventor of the trans-dimensional gateway. It is widely believed that his families wealth and status is based on his other invention, his time travel device although no-one will say that to him directly)
†A pretty picture...†: Lord Robert Ashen
†I feel like I have strings attached...†: (Lord Ashen)