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~Background: the world and its people~
There is a land called Kloud in which the people there have developed an advanced technology which dominates the skies. Flying machines, big and small are used to travel, trade with other lands, as well as for the people of Kloud's entertainments. The flyings machines also brought along pirates who use the ships to their advantage and attack merchant ships among others.

The pirates along with the people of Kloud have rivals, however: The Cirrus, a race of beings that live in castles of ice, hidden amongst the clouds. They are able to withstand high amounts of pressure as well as the frigid air of the sky. They dislike the people of Kloud for their flying machines and their brutal nature, they think that the sky is their territory and it should not be stained. They remain on the brink of war with the people of Kloud but hold themselves back because they wish not to bloody their hands.

There is also the Nimbus, a group of people who once came from the Cirrus but were curious of the land. They are a mix of Cirrus and Kloud people. The Cirrus call them the "Fallen Ones" and look at them as Traitors. The people of Nimbus use the flying machines as well as the clouds to their advantage. They travel wherever the rain may take them and they trade often with the people of Kloud.


~Story: so far...~
Lately, the people of Cirrus are getting their feathers ruffled over pirates coming from Kloud and decide it is time to fight back. They’ve been sending privateers with flying ships of their own, warships made of flying ice, to combat the pirates.

Captain's Log




Race/Land Description:
Kloud – The people here look like everyday human beings. The area is a sort of medieval type of scenery, aside from the sky machines. Their weaponry includes medieval type weaponry such as swords, lances, daggers, e.t.c.
Cirrus – They look like average people except their skin has different tints to it, such as blue, green, orange, e.t.c. They also have small, birdlike wings on their backs which can expand into larger wings. They are able to manipulate water. This explains how they can walk on clouds, or any type of water, and how they build things out of ice. Aside from their hatred of the Kloud people, they are peaceful beings who usually are not prone to fighting and do not use any weapons except their own powers.
Nimbus – People who are the result of those who have fallen from the Cirrus and interbred with the people from Kloud. Some still hold the odd tint of their skin; others have kept the small-birdlike wings, however they have lost the ability to use them. They travel between the land of Kloud and Cirrus, usually staying near thunder and rain clouds, for the Cirrus dislike the lightening.

Other Races/Lands
Wisps - Though they aren't all ghosty or any of that, they just appear extremely rarely. They are a very old race that has both lived on the land and in the skies. But mostly in teh skies. They have flying machines of their own, with much of its designs resembling that from Victorian England, with wrought iron and steam power. Their manners and attire somewhat match that as well. By nature, Wisps are peaceful, gracious, polite and somewhat wise. However, every other aspect of behavior such as sarcasm, generosity, and speech tendencies are unique to each individual, much like any other race. They normally live by themselves in either small groups, or in the more likely case alone on their floating steam ships. Even though thousands of miles of cloud and sky seperate them, they are always in touch with each other through a kind of 'dream telepathy.' They send messages to others and while the reciever sleeps, they see the sender's message in their dream. Wisps do not have normal dreams as humans or other beings do, but rather conversations with one another in their sleep.
This is what they look like more or less:
Wisp guy





Other races are welcome. There are other lands as well, but Kloud and Cirrus are the main two. If you want to add any more, tell me and give me a description in a PM. I might come up with my own some other time in the story.

~People~

If you post once, are put on the list, and then don't return... I'm taking your name off the list unless you say you're coming back and reeeaaally want to join.

People in blue are in this rp almost all the time, always posting and what not, so they get to be in blue because they're special.


People of Kloud:
- Erby -- (played by Erby)
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People of Cirrus:
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People of Nimbus:
- Seba -- (played by Seba-Vader)
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Others:
- Icarus Evans (human) -- (played by Lepper36)
- Fang Calico (lycan) -- (played by Fangx610)
- Augustus Midwater (Wisp) -- (played by Hazuki-Ginnosuke)
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Important NPCs
These are characters players have created to play in order to move the plot, to play along side their character, e.t.c. Usually these characters are played by typing in another color. If you create an NPC, you do not need to post a profile, nor do you need my permission. Just start playing them ^^
- Striek (Cirrus Captain) -- (played by Erby)
- Xkar (Cirrus Captain's first officer) -- (played by Seba-Vader)
- Nomar (mage on The Columbus, map maker) -- (played by Lepper36)
- Crest (Cirrus Captain's daughter) -- (played by Erby)
- Wrins (Cirrus Captain Commander) -- (played by Lepper36)
- Ophelia (Vampire on The Columbus) -- (played by Erby)
- Yescal (Mage, Friend of Nomar) -- (played by Seba-Vader)
- Trouin (the bandit! bwaha!) -- (played by Erby)
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~Profiles~

The Kloud
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Gaian name: Erby
Name: Erby
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Race: Kloud
Job: Pirate
Appearance: Short spyked blue hair with bright orange eyes. She wears a loose white shirt with a black collar. Her pants are a tight denim with black combat boots. She has a eyepatch on her left eye.
Short Bio: Just a pirate looking for a crew, arrgh. She has a small orange pet dragon named Nova that rides on her shoulder like a parrot. He has the ability to change his size.
Abilities: Swooning men and getting drunk, woo.
Weapons: Cutllass and a flintlock pistol, would a pet dragon count?
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The Cirrus
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The Nimbus
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Gaian name: Seba-Vader
Name: Seba
Age: 18
Gender: female
Race: Nimbus
Appearance: Rather pale, hawk-like wings, spikey blonde hair with purple tips, has fangs, is half vampire, or, 'tainted' as some like to put it. Usually wears a combination of black and tan clothing, always wears sunglasses when outside, a belt that numerous daggers are strapped to, and has a V shaped scar on her left shoulder.
Job: assasin for hire, thief (on special occasions)
Short Bio: Somewhat quiet until she gets to know people. Her past was mainly filled with training and such. Her sire, the one that bit her, was killed by the Cirrus, so naturally she hates them, as he was her only real 'family'. She mainly just goes from place to place looking for work or a place to stay, being left alone from Cirrus and others, before she ran into Erby.
Abilities: She cannot manipulate water at all. Instead, Seba is able to control air pretty well. She is skilled with hand-to-hand combat as well as long distance, mainly using sharp objects that can be thrown or fought with. She also has some magical scrolls that can do some pretty interesting things.
Weapons: Throwing knives, needles, and daggers.
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The Others
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Gaian name: Lepper36
Name: Icarus Evans
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Human from the land of Daedalus
Appearance: Dark brown hair pointed forward, midnight blue eyes, Pale beige skin, Usually wears a set of goggles, along with a faded yellow scarf, a tan shirt, long brown jacket, brown pants with many pockets for tools, maps, and such, and shot boots
Job: Adventurer
Short Bio: Born and raised, his land had only recently discovered the joy of flight. He himself created a two seated flying machine with a rear facing mount for a rifleman after he went up in a bulging balloon of hot air, only to be shot down by Cirrus Folk. Icarus was named for his longing to fly with the birds, just like in the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedalus.
Abilities: He's a tinkerer, a navigator, and a hell of a fighter when need be. He's not exactly the smartest guy, but he's very bright and witty.
Weapons: Revolver and a hunter's knife
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-Gaian name: Fangx610
-Name: Fang Calico
-Age: 21
-Gender: M
-Race: Lycan
-Appearance: Fang is tall and very light. He has a very reflective coat of silver fur, and is extremely broad shouldered. Fang is also built like a tank. He is built all the time, except when he turns into his small puppy for disguise, which he rarely does.
-Job: Gunner and Technitian.
-Short Bio: Fang's history is a strange and complicated one indeed. His mother, his only idol in his life, was murdered by a lycanthrope hunter. Fang was set loose in the city, running from the hunter that killed his mother. The hunter, who adorned a black trench coat with a white skull, was soon overtaken by Fang, who finally got the best of him when he 17. The trench coat Fang now wears, which had revealed armor paneling and two weapon holsters on the inside, is the same one the hunter who had killed his family had worn. Deep black scratched in the only white spot in the armor show how many lycans that the trench coated man had killed. Deep white scratches in the black panel opposite the white, is how many hunters Fang has killed. One lone mark lines the inside of the jacket, standing for the man who originally wore the trench coat.
Shortly after, Fang was captured by the government. He was the only lycan ever captured in captivity. Now, don't get a lycanthrope and a werewolf confused. They are similar, and consider themselves the same most of the time, but lycanthropes can control their forms and change back and forth when they wish. With himself in a crio-tube, a clone was made of Fang. This creature spawned the same physical capacity with Fang, but not the lycanthrope abilities. Sabbat, Fang's clone, had a brief battle with Fang, but decided against it when he found out that he was cloned from him. The two now consider themselves brothers, as Sabbat helped himself and Fang escape the stronghold.
Fang is very smart, and can fly many different forms of aircraft; however, he is a terrible driver. As his human form, Fang works as an aircraft engineer and (depending on the role-play) is widely respected as such, until his other form is found.
-Abilities: Light Powers
-Weapon(s): Fang wields only two types of weapons. His first (and favorite) is his dual bladed scythe. When swung, there are blades on both ends, yet opposite sides, like an 'S'. The other, depending on which ones he brings from home, are two blades that you hold like a nightstick, while the blade extends down your arm.
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Gaian name: Hazuki-Ginnosuke
Name: Augustus Midwater
Age: ???
Gender: Male
Race: Wisp
Appearance: Augustus He should be wearing a top hat instead of a bowler.
Job: Wandering Collector of Curious Items
Short Bio: I'd rather not say.
Abilities: Dream telepathy. (sending mental messages to sleeping people, and being able to see other people’s dreams)
Weapon(s): His umbrella and a high-pressure steam gun
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People who have not returned to the RP in a while or for other reasons are not going to return and have been taken off the list:

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Gaian name: Jazy C
Name: Erika Adena (She's known as Jigsaw)
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Race: Mage that has lived among Klouds her whole life.
Appearance: Jigsaw
Job: Pirate Engineer Merchant (Makes and sells technology with pirates)
Short Bio: You'll just have to find out.
Abilities: Elemental, White, and Black magic
Weapon(s): Dagger, Bow and Arrow, Throwing stars
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Gaian name: Ryu Taiyou
Name: Erebus
Age: appears to be 35
Gender: Male
Race: Dhamphir (Hails from Kloud)
Appearance: Appearance
Job: Pirate (Black Knight)
Short Bio: Erebus' past is one of darkness and anger, He was born before the land of Kloud even became real. He lived in the wilderness, commonly living off drifters that wandered to far into the woods. When wars came to the lands, he would align himself with the largest, causing devestation upon the, what he called, "undeserving to live". The few people that he didn't kill, he fed on. Upon learning of the advanced technology the Humans posessed, Erebus was intrigued, deciding to see if he could lead an exciting life of Piracy.
Abilities: Long life, delayed aging, ability to manipulate and conjure fire
Weapon(s): Scimitar, dagger
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Gaian name: Ayjee
Name: Sefarim
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Race: Nimbus
Appearance: Sefarim stands about 5"6' with a wiry build. Her hair is dirty blonde and wavy, reaching the small of her back. It is usually worn under a bandana to keep it out of her face. Her eyes are a dark green in color. She retains the wings of a Cirrus, and hers are similar in appearance to a perigrine falcon (white/grey). Her usual outfit consists of loose pants and a shirt with holes for her wings; picked with comfort and mobility stressed over fashion.
Job: Mercenary
Short Bio: Sefarim's mother and father were both Nimbus, and were partners as mercenaries. They raised all their children to learn fighting arts and ship flying, but only Sefarim showed a real interest in it. She left home 4 months after turning 18 to become a professional mercenary, but has not found much work yet. Her prized posession is the rapier that her family gave her when she left home.
Abilities: Cannot control water, but has above average control over winds
Weapons:
Single edged rapier (though it isnt well known, some rapiers have single or double edges as well as a point)
10 small throwing knives worn on her ankles.
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Gaian name: mikmak
Name: Jinkin Rifaltar (called Jin by friends)
Age: 17
Gender: male
Race: Kloud
Appearance: 5.6 ft tall, wars a brown hat with two googles that he uses when fixing things. Under the hat he has half-long, brown, frizzy hair. He wears a white dirty shirt, big baggy pants which is kept up by two strops that is attached on the front of his pants, and hangs across his chest and over his shoulders, and is attached to the back of his pants. He wears big brown boots maybe a number or two too bigger than it should be. He also wears a big belt with a few tools and bags:
-screwdriver
-hammer
-big knife
bag:
-nails
-screws
-coins
-some thread
Job: engineer
Short Bio: His dad was a engineer, and has taught him everything he knows about machines and ships. His mother died in a ship-crash when he was 7
Abilities: has none unless engineering is counted as an abillity
Weapon(s): a knife and a hammer
Other: in his spare-time he works on a small racing-boat
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Gaian name: Nitroe
Name: Klaus Badlet
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race: Kloud
Appearance:http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d109/K-Sin/Gaia stuff/TheBlackRaven.jpg
Job: pirate
Weapon(s): Two Firelock pistols and sharpened blades on his wing polls.
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Gaian name:Junai Hatsumi
Name: Damien Valdergrann
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Race: Kloud
Appearance: ((I sure hope a pic's okay... >.>; Oh, and his hair's not naturally that spikey, it's normally like the second pic.)) Damien (With mask and coat)
Damien again (Without mask and coat)
Job: Pirate, through and through.
Short Bio: Born and raised on a pirate colony, the Pirate life is all he knows. Quiet, calm, and collected are the best words to describe him, except when his ship, crew, or person is in danger. Although his looks are quite intimidating, if you can catch him with his mask off he's normally quite cordial, though his temper is rather short. The mask is used to filter out the thin air of the upper atmosphere, where he tends to explore quite a bit, though he wears it when he's in town, just to scare and intimidate the locals. It's gotten to be his trademark, of sorts.
Abilities: None
Weapon(s): He carries a dagger in each sleeve of his coat, and also has two flintlock pistols on his belt.
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Clam's Pearl ~ Erby's pirate bar! ---> Erby's pirate bar, Arrrgh!
~The Skies of Kloud 2~ ---> The sequel to our adventure's, taking place far into the future!


The Columbus: [X]
Icarus & Crest: [X]
Crest & Young Lepper: [X]
Erby & Nova: [X]
Nova: [X]


Feel free to draw some more fanart!! whee

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*throws confetti* Now open!!

The sounds of one of the many War Birds on the Daedalus Expeditionary Air Force Base was heard roaring to life, one of the young pilots seen trying to get the flying machine up and running. The engine of it sputtered, then finally died as black smoke plumed from it.
Young Icarus Evans coughed some, waving his hand over his pale face, now covered in soot and grease. Dark blue eyes looked at the machinery, as his hand brushed away at his dark brown hair, pointed forward. He fitted the goggles over his neck, rolling his sleeves back up high to keep his shirt from getting soiled more than it already was. He sighed some, looking over to the man in the cockpit. "No good! Damn thing's choking on something in the Exhaust lines!" He looked around some as he blinked, pulling a wrench from the tool box, loosening up the main exhaust port to check around to see what was clogging up the exhaust port.

"Sergeant Evans!" Lieutenant de Verano walked over towards the two working on the flying airship, the two standing at attention in front of it, saluting. Saluting back, the Lieutenant looked at Icarus, nodding some. "Well, seems that you're being sent up. You're to scout out the skies of Kloud and report to one of our bases hidden amongst the trees somewhere about 450 miles away from the border. Practice extreme caution. There have been reports of a lot of pirates flying around in the area, as well as some of those sky kin we keep hearing about. You can leave as soon as you and your observer are ready."

"Yes sir." Icarus and his observer nodded, then worked on the exhaust once again to clean out the build up.

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Somewhere in the hills and mountains of Kloud, a young Mage snoozed under the shade of a tree, swinging slowly in a hammock. His dark blackish blue hair blew some in the breeze, his ponytail swinging just over his neck opposing the swinging of the Hammock. His dark red eyes were covered by his eyelids, his gangly form looking like it would slip through the net of the hammock as he slept. A new golden ring was around his finger, somewhat glistening in the specks of sunlight that hit it through the shade of the two large oak trees. He snoozed happily in his robes, his cloak hanging nearby on a low hanging branch.

The purple sunrise colored sea lapped againt the creaky old ship. A couple of its propellors drifted tiredly with the wind. Mal stood next to the thing with his arms crossed, yawning heavily as he leaned against one of the large wooden poles extending up from the dock.

Nova flicked his tongue in and out from his mouth. He lay on the ships railing, staring boredly at Mal. Suddenly a high pitched WHIIIIIRRRR noise came from below deck, shortly followed by a deep BRRRRRRRR. Erby ran up onto the main deck carrying a huge grin. The ships engines began to soften into a calm HUUMMMMM as the propellors started to turn. Erby clapped her hands together and dashed to lower the sails. Nova jumped up, flapping his wings giddily to help.

Mal was speechless. No black smoke rising from the main deck, no loose propellors flying into the neighbors house. The Columbus had been fixed. It purred in a way it never had before. And suddenly, it started to drift!

Mal shook his head and shouted for Erby.

Erby peeked over at Mal and gave him a cocky smile, "Of course I know it's moving!" Nova squeeked in agreement.

Quickly then, Mal rushed to untie the ropes which kept the ship attatched to the dock. He puffed as he ran from pole to pole. Just as he was to reach the last pole, a snapping was heard. The ship had drifted too far, and the rope was pulling too much. Mal's eyes grew wide as he turned to run to safety. The dock's pole split and dived into the sea, the end of the dock now unbalanced and splintering into peices.

As Erby took the wheel, she looked back and waved to Mal who was hunched over on dry land gasping for breath as the dock collapsed. She cringed alittle and murmured to herself, "....oops." Nova lowered his head and growled.

The ship was drifting along now, calmly gliding across the sea. Erby took a breath and looked up to the sky. She closed her eyes as she pulled a lever back, the propellors turning faster. Nova hid behind her shoulder as the ship's sails filled with air, pellets of water now falling from the ships hull as the Columbus lifted into the sky.

A soft flutter of wings was heard as the Yescal opened her eyes to see her phoenix, Zuuiki, perched on a limb of the tree. She sat up and held her arm out for the bird as it came to her making a soft cooing sound. Sticking out its leg, it revealed a note tied around it.

Dearest Yescal and Nomar,
It is with greatest sorrow that I inform you that the Mage of Air, Hermes, has been killed. After being captured by the Cirrus, we received word that that he had been pressed into service, but refused, ending in his death. I beg that you stay as safe as possible during your travels. The Cirrus are after all of us.
As is our custom, we are now in search of a new Mage of Air. If you happen upon a being that is deemed capable of becoming the new Mage, please send word to me as soon as possible, and stay with the individual.
-High Mage, Odin.

".... Oh dear...." Shaking her head, Yescal turned to Nomar, shaking him gently to wake him, then handing him the note, silently stroking the back of her phoenix as he read it.

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Xkar, a high ranking commander in the Cirrus fleet, bowed before the Cirrus prince. "Your majesty, the impudent mage has been dispatched, as you instructed. I shall now be taking my fleet southward, toward opposing ships and the towns they belong to." Bowing again, Xkar headed for the door of the throne room to his ship.

"Crap... Sarge! We got ourselves a storm coming up from the Southwest!"

Icarus blinked, looking back some at the large darkened clouds. He gritted his teeth, maneuvering his tiny craft higher. "Alright! Keep that thing in your sights! I'm gonna try to gun it!"

His hand went to the small knob on the dashboard, the dial slowly rising as fuel injected into the engine, smoke fuming out of the exhaust as the plane pushed faster. The aircraft moved upwards trying to head up above the clouds, the air biting into his skin. He looked around, thinking he saw something, then ignored it.

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Wrins looked through his spyglass, blinking some. He looked on at the small form swooping through the realm of the Cirrus, growing more alarmed by the second. Quickly putting it away, flying off towards the palace, muttering "Oh god" every inch of the way, knowing well that the Prince will not be at all pleased to hear that the ground walkers had made something almost as maneuverable as they were. It was bad enough with the airships, now these mechanical birds?

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Nomar groaned, blinking some as he looked up at her. "... Wha...?" He yawned, quickly taking the paper from Yescal's hands as he quickly skimmed over the paper. His eyes widened, as he slowly lowered the paper.

Hermes had been somewhat of a brother to him, having been taught by the same teacher. They had been through a lot, and Hermes also happened to be the one to introduce him to Yescal in the first place.

"... Hermes... Couldn't be..." His usual happy self seemed to darken for a moment as he fell silent, somewhat somber in the memory of his old friend.