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Hello, guys. Do you know who I am?

Exactly, Gwynme Theos. I'm the friendly neighborhood god. Nice to meet you.

So, yeah, I came around this place, am looking to start big and end with a light show, but before that, we need to know what we are getting ourselves into by getting on with this show.

So, I'm on a quest for lore, and the first question is:

Who were the Machinists? Who was Saint Clara?

Who ordered her death? Who executed it?

I know it was, like, 4 questions, but, I'm looking for lore. There are no easy ways to do this. If you know it, answer me. If you ignore me I'll feel hated and sulk in the corner for 3:14 hours.

I see.

Well, I'm here with the almost same objective.

Also, don't worry. I understand the constant problem of college.

Hmmm... I'll quote Sabre-san here, I need to discuss something with you guys.





First. I'd like to ask permission to have up to 4 weapons, instead of only 2. I'll take all the responsibility with taking care of 4 weapons, collecting 396 kishin eggs and 4 witch souls. If it's not alright, it's fine too, I won't fight your decision in this matter.

Second. I'd like to start a plot of mine. I'll explain it all in detail shortly, it's a bit long and has too many variables to take into account.

EDIT: Also, you know the guys in HV, right? Yays, I already like you. > w <

sorry but two is the maximum, especially for people that just joined the guild, mainly because those are just a lot of characters to keep track of plus their are people with meisters that may not have weapon partners yet.
also I read some of your messages in the other thread and I just want to let you know that as a newcomer, you can not have a huge antagonist character. You can have a bad guy but they can not be stronger or even level with Death. Once I see your rping for a while and I see if you are able to handle a character like that (won't op, won't auto, are frequent and fair, etc), then I will give you permission (this will not happen immediately though).
Please understand that this is for cautionary purposes and also for you to build up your character. In the past I have allowed people to take on huge roles right after they joined and they usually end up abusing that privalige (I am not saying you will it is just what we do to keep things running as smooth as possible).

Do take notice this much was made with my knowledge of the situation, if you think anything is wrong, please point it out. The estimated time for these possible scenarios is around 1 year. Also, this is only on my RPC's vision, there will be other people involved which may even make these predictions useless.

Scenario Possibilities

Intro - Miki Yuri is a meister at DWMA. Her strong sense of justice, upon hearing about the fall of the Machinists and the connection of her past, and late, master to the Machinist order make her want to investigate it further.



1 - After discovering the truth, Miki Yuri either takes pity on the Machinist order and want to make a safe heaven for them, a boarding school, much like DWMA so the Augmentation research is continued, but to revert the drawbacks or simply labels them as evil people and say they deserve no pity.



2 - Miki Yuri asks the Lord Death himself for help.



3 - With the very small power that the remaining Machinists represent, they set out to build the foundation of a new order, commanded by Miki Yuri and Lord Death.



4 - The Machinist order slowly recovers, now recruiting people that believe not in purity, but in peace. They are now an asset to DWMA against their many enemies and act as a heaven for those that want to protect the world.



5 - Miki Yuri goes directly to the Lord Death to ask about the info.



6 - Miki Yuri makes direct contact with a person from what is left of the order.



7 - Miri Yuki is now divided, what should she do?



8 - Miki Yuri, due to intense distrust towards the current Lord Death, decides to abandon DWMA and help organize the Machinists into a single closed order to better protect their interests, making sure DWMA isn't an enemy, but not trusting them enough to make them their allies.



9 - Miki Yuri and the rest of the Machinist order prefer to go at it alone. She leaves DWMA and helps the Machinists rebuild from scratch, now she has to decide if she would like the DWMA as enemies or allies.



10 - As the time passes, the order slowly grows into a more respectable organization, but it's still really weak. However, due to Miki Yuri's own innocence, she never noticed how wrong she has been. She was fooled into rebuilding the order for those that simply want power. Miki Yuri is outed and kicked out of the Machinist order.



11 - Miki Yuri now has nowhere to go, nor the Machinist nor DWMA accept her anymore. She spends her days working as a normal human being.



12 - Miki Yuri is now faced with a question, swear revenge on the Machinist order or live as a meister?



13 - Miki Yuri gives up in the Machinist matter and goes to DWMA to become a Meister.



14 - Revenge is now her only path. She must purge those who betrayed her so badly. Miki Yuri will now train to destroy once and for all those that gave her such grief. She will now fight a silent war.



15 - There is too much bad waters between the new Machinist order and the current Lord Death. Miki Yuri believes that the Machinist order is the victim and doesn't think twice before determining DWMA as enemies. She fully allies herself with the internal faction that still believes in St. Clara and wants more power. They choose the path of purity over anything and want to take revenge on St. Clara's killer and Lord Death. Miki Yuri trains herself day and night to at least stand a chance against the Death God.

The Captain explained it fairly well. If you're looking for in-depth lore, the official description of The Machinist Order is right here. As previously mentioned, The Machinist Order was virtually destroyed in the last arc with their Mobile Headquarters destroyed and their leader dying. The list of members on that page pretty much sums up what The Machinist Order is looking like right now: most are listed as Killed In Action or Missing In Action.

While The Machinist Order had a few hundred thousand people and a very large science/military division, the main focus of the RPers in the last arc was taking out Saint Clara's Inner Circle: her generals and most powerful soldiers. Those are the ones listed on that page. You may notice that some of the profiles are not completely filled out. This is because Machinist Profiles are different from regular ones. Instead of posting them directly, you send them to me via PM and I approve them. Once they're approved, you can post a blank skeleton on the page with no info filled in. As other RPers encounter your Machinist and discover their history/name/abilities/physical appearance you fill those in in the profile section. Some of Saint Clara's Inner Circle were killed or went missing before the DWMA students found out much about them. If your character is defeated (not necessarily killed), you have the option to put an "Extras" section on your profile listing some interesting trivia about your character. If you view the profiles you'll see some examples of this.

Saint Clara herself has her profile here which pretty much tells you what is known about her. For additional background information on her you can view her second in command's profile and Mary Weiss, one of her bodyguard's profiles. Though the other profiles fill in more backstory too.

After a failed assassination attempt by The Machinist Order on several high-profile members of the DWMA, the DWMA decided it was time to strike back and end the Machinist threat once and for all. What followed was a two-pronged attack by a large group of DWMA students and their allies against the Machinist Mobile Headquarters. One group went straight to Saint Clara on a fake diplomatic mission to try and strike at her directly while a second group landed on the roof of the Mobile Headquarters in an attempt to infiltrate and take care of other members of The Inner Circle. Unfortunately Saint Clara was aware of their plan and turned the surprise attack on them. The DWMA team got split up as multiple battles erupted all across the Headquarters. Ultimately with help from unexpected allies, the DWMA team managed to defeat Saint Clara and in doing so destroy the generator powering the Mobile Headquarters causing a meltdown that eventually wiped out the Headquarters entirely. While technically the DWMA team defeated Saint Clara and initiated the meltdown, Saint Clara knew what was happening and knew she could stop it but didn't bother to since she really didn't care about The Machinist Order or anyone but herself. Saint Clara was killed, most of her Inner Circe was defeated or scattered and The Machinist threat was over....for the time being.

If you're interested, the arc took place with the fake diplomatic mission beginning in this thread with The Machinists preparing to meet (and play along with) the fake diplomatic mission arriving via boat. Though it gets a bit confusing on page 5 where all the characters leave to see Saint Clara, but then after the fighting starts one of the Machinists re-enters the area and gets involved in the fighting. The first scene ends about the middle of the page when the robots leave and the next one begins the post after that.

The other prong of the attack starts on this thread where the second DWMA team crash-lands on the roof of the Headquarters via airship with a giant monster in tow. That scene and the subsequent fight continues until about page 7 where the robots retreat. The second scene - the escape on the airship from the collapsing Headquarters begins with my first post on the same page. (And is the chronological end of the arc)

Saint Clara's Throne Room where the bulk of the fighting took place begins with the failed assassins returning from their mission in Death City and is a continuous scene all the way through.

Meanwhile, a third character arrives with her own agenda, starting out in the Machine Dumps, the deepest part of The Mobile Headquarters. Her fight continues through The Lower Cities and concludes her mission in The Estate Rooms.

Additional battles take place in The Upper Cities and The Machinist Dungeons if you want to find out what happened to other characters.

Hope that's enough lore for ya! razz

Cool, well let me know if you have any questions! Once you understand the Machinists better we can talk a little about their future. 3nodding

Death Machines will be there when needed.

Ha. I guess they'll always be there then.