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 Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:18 pm
Welcome to the PastThe duties of Senshi and Knights transcend lifetimes, and the happenings of the past are still deeply important--even a thousand years after the fall of the Silver Millennium. This subforum is specifically intended for roleplay featuring the past life incarnation of your character.
You may only play an Order-aligned character or civilian! In the past, there were no chaotic entities like we see today in the Negaverse or the Dark Mirror Court. The characters that are corrupted in present day were not in the past--they may have had thriving worlds or wonders that they were tasked with protecting. All Senshi are reincarnations of the previous Senshi they were in the past life, however Knights and Negaverse agents have two options:
Reincarnated Knights
If your character is a Reincarnated Knight, they will have been the Knight guarding their Wonder during the Silver Millennium. Your Negaverse Agent may be a Reincarnated Knight who was corrupted, in which case their past life self would also be the Knight of Wonder in their past life.
Descended Knights
Descended Knights are the exception to the rule above, as they were not the Knight of their designated Wonder in their past life. It is almost guaranteed that they were only a civilian in the past life, and it is through necessity and bloodline that they have awakened as a new protector. Similarly, some Negaverse Agents were only civilians in the past life, and they would only be assigned a Wonder to protect in present day if they were working with a Royal Knight who was also purifying them. If your character is Descended, you may play two characters in the Past Life subforum--their actual past life civilian self and the Ancestor that guarded the Wonder during the Silver Millennium. For Descended Knights, in the same way that you can play the Ancestor at their Wonder in present day--only as a ghost--you can play them in the past, as they would have been alive.
RP in this thread is optional, it is not mandatory! This thread exists to work out in depth Past Life information or to explore who your character was or knew in their previous life during the Silver Millennium.
There are a few locations that are free to RP within in the Past Life subforum, including the Moon City, Olympus, and the Knight Academy; these locations have specific rules and more information can be found in the Cosmic Almanac. You can also create an information post for any of your character's Homeworlds or Wonders there!
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:19 pm
Past Life Rules This takes place approximately a thousand years ago, in a time and place that current history does not reflect. All worlds are expected to have fallen a minimum of 900 years ago and a maximum of 1000 years ago. You have the flexibility to RP your character's past self at any point in their life, so this is a flexible time period. However, all worlds fell into ruin 900 years ago, before, during, or just after the fall of the Silver Millennium. All of the RP in this subforum should take place in the past; if characters are having a memory of things that happened in the past, this should typically take place on their Homeworlds and Wonders in the Deep Space subforum.
You may only RP the most recent Past Life, as the character existed during the Silver Millennium. While previous lives before that may be referenced, they cannot be roleplayed here.
The universe as we know it was generally at peace for a very long time before the Great War between the Moon and Earth, and many worlds were not even involved in this War. While some may have been destroyed as a result of it, it is player choice to determine how their world fell into decay. The war was devastating for the planets of the Sol System, and these were among the first to fall during the War due to their closeness to the Moon. The Knights of these planets may have held out as long as they could, but through natural means or otherwise, they too fell as populations dwindled or were wiped out across the worlds.
RPs done here do not count for growth requirements; these RPs or Solos are of their past life selves and do not reflect growth in present day.
You can roleplay on your character's Homeworld or Wonder, or while visiting other locations! Player owned locations need approval from the player who owns those locations, but you can find information about shop owned locations you can also RP at within The Cosmic Almanac.
If your character is an Order character, they can recall memories of these RPs just like any other Past Life memory they can obtain on their Homeworld or Wonder! While Chaos characters cannot naturally recall past life memories, they can with the help of some IC RP Items.
There are no corrupted characters in the past. They can only be powered order characters or civilians.
Characters with mineral names, such as Negaverse Agents and Corrupted Senshi who do not know their Senshi title may claim Celestial Bodies or Wonders for themselves so they can play in the Past Life. It is encouraged for characters who will never purify to choose a fake name to prevent valid locations from being claimed. If a character that was previously never going to purify winds up purifying after playing with a fake name, the staff will work with the player in moving to choose a valid wonder. All Past Life names must be posted in the Register of Negaverse Wonders and Corrupt Planets.
You may not RP your character directly interacting with canon characters, however the staff can work with players who would like to have their characters have some tie to them. Please see this post for Past Life ties to canon characters!
You may not RP with any canon information you do not have permission to use. You cannot write information for things related to canon characters or locations; if you have questions about locations in relation to how they might affect your RP, please PM In the Name of the Mule and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. You may not RP at meta locations you do not have permissions to RP at, such as within the Moon Palace or Mau, and please be mindful that it is unlikely RPs will be permitted to occur here. You may not assume your characters knows anything or anyone, or has relations with any canon character.
You have free reign to construct the social hierarchy and political climate of your world. You can create any type of world that you want, but please keep in mind that your world cannot be 'the best' in the universe at something. Your past life characters may come from any background you like, within reason; they may be a peasant, they may be royalty, etc. How their planet/world is run and what role they take is up to you!
You can RP your character as first, second, or third stage in the past regardless of if they have earned that stage or not in present day. You cannot play your character as a fourth stage or having Transcended in the past if they have not earned it in present day. You can play your character as a chibi senshi in their past life even if they awakened as an adult in present day, and you can play a chibi senshi’s past life as an adult in the past life even if they have not completed a growth ritual in present day. However, in present day, characters can only have memories from the rank they have presently earned. If your character is first stage in present day, you can play them through third stage in their past life, but they will only be able to have memories of their time as a second or third stage character once they have reached those stages in present day. Other reborn characters can remember their time together if they have unlocked the appropriate rank. Deep Space Senshi are the exception to this rule, as they have not been reborn and can recall memories from all points in their life, though it is important to note that some Deep Space Senshi memories should be spotty or vague for meta reasons. For example, if a character they used to know in their past life earns fourth stage in present day and chooses to have earned it in the past life, the Deep Space Senshi will only be able to remember their fourth stage after it is ICly earned in present day.
Characters that are dead in the current timeline can also be played in the past if you choose! These characters cannot be resurrected in the present timeline, but if you wish to continue plotting or RPing them in the past, you may do so. They follow all other rules of Past Life roleplay.
If you have an approved disposable for a plot in present day, you may play them in the past as well. Disposable or background characters should not ever use viable names of Celestial Bodies or Wonders but are permitted for Past Life roleplay. If you are playing a nonstandard character, or a character you aren't certain fits into our shop rules for past or present, please PM the mule so we can work with you to maintain canon!
RP here is not mandatory for Past Life memories; this thread is just for extra RP opportunities and the ability to explore your character's previous ties!
If you are not sure if something is okay to RP, please PM The Space Cauldron! We will get back to you as quickly as possible!
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:20 pm
Canon RelationshipsPreviously, Canon Relationships were determined by dice rolls. While players are permitted to use the results from their dice rolls if they have already rolled, moving forward we are instead allowing Canon Relationships based on plot. Relationships with Canon characters are completely optional, and players are permitted to have their characters have some familiarity with them. No player will be able to plot that they were best friends, lovers, or close relatives of any canon characters, but passing encounters are permissible. Canon characters cannot be roleplayed with, but they can be vaguely referenced in roleplay. In the Name of the Moon predominantly uses manga canon, so the following characters may be on the table for past life connections: Sailor Princesses Princess Mercury
Princess Venus
Princess Mars
Princess Jupiter
Princess Saturn
Princess Uranus
Princess Neptune
Princess Pluto Earth Court Prince Endymion
Shitennou General Kunzite
Shitennou General Zoisite
Shitennou General Nephrite
Shitennou General Jadeite It is less likely that a Senshi would interact with any of the Shitennou, or that a Knight would interact with a Princess from a world they were not born from or stationed on. Please keep these things in mind if plotting for anything! The following character cannot have any past life connections: Princess Serenity
Queen Serenity
Luna
Beryl
Sailor Earth Potential RelationshipsPast life characters typically should not have close relationships with any of the canon characters; the canon characters predominantly follow their manga storylines. Characters may be aware of, or know about, canon characters without ever interacting with them but no player should use godmoded or meta information. Your characters may look at these figures and idolize them, hate them from afar, fantasize about them, etc., but past life characters are limited in terms of any real interactions they might have. Potential relationships include: POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP
You may be a new friend, a current friend, or an old friend with a canon character. You cannot ever reach the rank of best friend or lover, but the canon character and your character may have been said to casually converse, see each other at events, or have good political or social standing together. Though you may be on friendly terms, you would not know secrets about this character, and while you may have been to their world as a guest, or had them at yours at some point in time. While you may feel romantically for them, this is an unrequited love and will never be returned.
NEGATIVE RELATIONSHIP
You may have had a falling out at some point in time; you may have previously been friends or allies. You may have had a public or private falling out, and may have strong negative standing with the character, politically or socially. You may have differing opinions that cause you to be at odds with each other, or you may simply lack respect. You may openly or privately disrespect the canon character, and may make attempts to undermine them. You cannot wage war on the planets, but in particularly volatile situations you may have even attempted to harm them. This would reflect very poorly on your past life character and would likely leave them ostracized in some way, so if this is something you intend to pursue, please be mindful of potential repercussions!
POLITICAL RELATIONSHIPS
You may have a physical alliance with any canon character where a relative of your family is married into theirs; you should not write any of their family members or outline their family tree, so this is expected to be someone outside of their nuclear family but still close to them. You may be involved in trade with them and can have small commercial ties to this character. You may be comrades or allies and have an agreement to aid each other in the event of any attack or natural disaster. You may have exchanged ambassadors; Senshi may have embassies stationed on their worlds. To plot backstory or ties to any canon character, please PM The Space Cauldron to share your request! If you previously rolled to determine potential past life relationships, you may choose to keep some or all of your rolls, but you are not obligated to! You may instead choose completely new relationships. Moving forward, if you want any past life relationships with canon characters, you must PM; we are no longer using the dice rolling method!
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:13 am
FAQHow "Human" do past life races need to be? How "Alien" can they appear?
Past life races should be overall humanoid, though they can have animal or fantasy-like features. They must be bipedal humanoid; they may have horns, antlers, etc, but they cannot be larger than a foot in size. Claws and fangs are possible but must be limited in size. Fur and scales may cover up to 10% of their body.
They may have vibrant or non-human colored skin, textured skin, animal or fantasy ears, or non-human eyes or pupils without issue. They may have tails or wings, but these must be mostly cosmetic and cannot work as functioning appendages. A wing, for example, must be fairly small and could flutter but would not be capable of flight. A tail could have movement but would not be strong enough to grip onto something. They can not have additional arms, legs, or organs, and their general body type must mimic a standard human. For example, a semi-aquatic race might have green skin, webbed ears and gills but they wouldn't be able to have mermaid fins or tentacles. Past life races should not have any magical abilities, such as shape shifting; they may have limited biological abilities that can be observed in nature (such as bioluminescence) but these should be approved before being brought into play.
Is it possible for a past life race to have ever had functional wings/tails/etc in the past?
Only in the distant past, well before the end of the Silver Millennium. It would need to be so long ago that the playable past life characters would not have been affected. For example, a character might have a legend passed down of a time when their ancestors could fly or swing by their tails, however there would not be a way for the character to do this anymore. Evolution, breeding, changes in the planet, or any number of reasons you prefer would have made those features obsolete.
Can Senshi Magic and Knight Weapons/Magic change over lifetimes?
The current power possessed by a Knight or a Senshi cannot be greatly different from their past lives. However, because of the past life connection to their Homeworld/Wonder, the overall protection of a planet, and the starseeds connection to the planet, past life powers were far stronger than present day. In general, it is the strength of the magic that changes, not the magic.
Knight Weapons could vary and change form somewhat to suit their current incarnation. These cannot be great differences (unless you send in a plot and have a solid reasoning). A reasonable, natural, variation might be a spear to a staff.
As a general rule though, weapons in the past can be more lethal than their current incarnations because circumstances for taking on a name were different. In the past, Knights were often trained to wield weapons, either in the Academy or with their mentor, so they would have been better equipped to wield more advanced or dangerous weapons. In present day, Knights receive no training upon awakening, so do not have the years of training they would have ordinarily had before taking on the title of Page as they would have in the past, so their weapons are significantly less dangerous.
How different can the uniform of a past life or ancestor be?
The fuku has to be identifiably related to the current senshi, so same colors, but it can vary (sometimes vastly) to reflect the fashion or customs of your character's past life homeworld/wonder. Knights must still represent their wonder but may have individual flares relevant to the wonder they were protecting, or in reference to their original homeworld (in the case of Knights that were born on another planet than the one they serve under). While there is room for significant variation, these uniforms should still resemble their present day incarnation enough to be somewhat similar or identifiable and reflect faction rules.
Did Transcendence exist during the Silver Millennium and prior?
Transcended characters were around during the Silver Millennium but were far rarer. In the present, Order characters spend more time and effort reconnecting with their Planets and Wonders and are more able to awaken the bond shared between them. In the past, this may not have been sought out by every world or character. It would be on a case by case basis that some planets may have Transcended Senshi or Knights who fought for this bond, while others would not find the need to develop it. A character can only be played as Transcended in the past if their current incarnation has acquired it.
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