This mark on my wrist…The rumors I hear so often say that, when children are left to the Orphanage, they insert a chip into your wrist so you can’t escape…I did not believe that and I tried to get out a few years back…the rumors were true…not only that, there was a small part that was left out…the chip released something into my blood…some sort of poison…I don’t know what it was…but I nearly died…
When they revived me, they told me I had been shot…or something like that, and that I owed them my life…I owed them my life, when they nearly took mine…I realize how foolish I was now…how foolish I was to believe them.
Tonight is the night…there is only one way out, and I’m taking it…this cold razor blade is my ticket to freedom…freedom from this hellish life I’ve been force to live…
Think I was going to kill myself? No, far from it, I had plans to live a life far better than this…I was going to live by my own rules, free from the Orphanage. All I needed was to rid the one thing that was restricting me to those walls…that strange chip…
I remember the night well…
The moonlight was steaming into the small window of my dark room…the moon was full…it made me feel different…made me feel powerful…I winced as the cold steel broke my skin, and I started to feel afraid…I have heard of so many others who tried to take this way out…they went too deep, or cut too far down…and they bled to death…I was worried that would happen to me…
It was painful, I remember that well, but I did it. I was able to remove the chip without killing myself…then something about me changed…
…I was in tears as I stared at my bloody wrists…Slowly, I lifted my eyes to the moon…seeking answers I suppose…when I felt something growing within me…a power of some sort…it started to change me. My senses became sharper…I could hear a mouse scratching at the wall three rooms down…the scent of my blood was overwhelming…I almost couldn’t take it…but, as I began to change, I knew my freedom was at hand. All I had to do was escape this hell hole and I was free…they could not touch me anymore.
It was my seventeenth birthday when I tried to escape…freedom was my gift…it was the greatest thing I had ever received.
I ran silently and quickly down the hallways…I was moving so fast, that I was actually able to pass the motion detectors without tripping the alarms…unfortunately, I got cocky and the I set off the alarms…Soldiers came at me left and right…that’s when I experienced another change…my irises turned blood red and I wanted their blood…which is exactly what I got…
When I burst through the front gate, I was covered in the blood of hundreds…and I regretted nothing. In fact, I felt incredible, the full moon was making me feel so alive!
I realized I had no where to go, no where to sleep…my change wasn’t making me think quite clearly…all I knew was that the Orphanage was my enemy and they had to be eliminated. Little did I know, it was not only one simple building, there were other branches of the Orphanage all throughout the city…all throughout the world…
That night, when I slept in an alley, the solution to everything; my past, how to deal with the Orphanage…it all came to me in a dream.
In the dream, I learned that the Orphanage was an organization that controlled children with ‘special’ characteristics…much like mine…
At that time, even with the dreams I had that night explaining it to me, I had no idea what I really was. I knew the myths, I knew I was experiencing the change of a werewolf…yet, I had the blood lust of a vampire…I’m still not entirely sure what I am…all I know is that I’ve been blessed.
I stayed hidden for the day…I was sure that, if anyone found me with torn clothes and covered in blood, they would call the authorities (more than likely a stronger branch of the Orphanage) and I would never make it out of this God forsaken city alive…
That night, the change had happened again. Only this time, I kept my mind. I felt that, even though it had only happened once, I was slowly gaining control over it…
If there were others like me…and I knew there was…I had to be the one to help them; I had to be the one to rescue them and keep them from harm…my goal in life was now clear: I had to save those who were like myself…I had to take the beings that I decided to call “Children Of The Night” and train them to fight against The Orphanage.
This world has created us as greater beings…we must show the humans that think so lowly of us that we are to be accepted in this world…we have as much, of a right, if not more of one, to roam this earth like any other creature. That is my dream…this is my goal…
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Hello, my name is Shade. What you’ve just read is my story…Ten years ago, this happened as you have read it. In those ten long years, I’ve lead the assault against the Orphanage and all they stand for…
You may be wondering why you’ve been told all of this…well, I can tell you this: you and I share the same goals…we have the same abilities…I have every reason to believe that you will make a great warrior in this ongoing battle.
Our strength is great, but our numbers are few…tonight…when the full moon shines on you, take the razor blade enclosed, cut your way to freedom…but, do it carefully, I do not want to lose a friend, and a warrior…
If you are successful in your escape, meet the messenger who gave you this letter at the edge of Black Forest. Show them your wrist, that's all they need to know that you're willing to help the cause. They will lead you to our headquarters, to your new home...
I look forward to seeing you this eve. Good Night...and Good Luck...
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Shade's Letter, the thing captive "Children" of the Orphanage eagerly await for once they hear about it. The promise of freedom is always a hopeful one...one that is not easily delivered.
Those who receive the message and the razor enclosed often cut themselves too deep and do not live through the night. Out of those who are able to remove the chip, many do not make it out of the Orphanage building due to the onslaught of soldiers.
As cruel as it sounds, this is what Shade calls "Weeding out the weak". It is true; he doesn't like losing those who are like his unknown family. But, he can't afford having weak soldiers. In the small amount of time he has to train them, he needs people who are already strong enough, should the training session be cut short.
Around the world, the organization fighting against the Orphanage has become known as "Shade's Children". By many "Children" who are still in captivity, they are viewed as heroes, saviors even. But, by all 'normal' humans, they are seen as enemies of mankind.
The views of both sides have sparked a war; the humans against the Children. This is not the world Shade envisioned...but, in a way, he did start it...as one who as the instinct to fight, he's swears he's going to finish it.
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This story may or may not be slightly confusing, to clear a few things up, I will explain the Groups:
The Orphanage: A group consisting entirely of humans. Their Higher-ups, again, merely humans, are well versed in the myths of vampires and werewolves and they wish to harness those powers for themselves; which is why they’ve established the Orphanage. Since humans are not compatible with Werewolf and Vampire DNA unless it is willingly given by the creatures through breaking the skin, they’ve created new ways to use the power they’ve stolen.
One of the most common of their weapons is the chip they use; for those who are vampires, werewolf blood is fused into the metal, something that has been recently discovered as a potent poison to vampires when it is in an altered state.
Same goes for werewolves, which is what Shade is…or used to be…in an altered state, Vampire blood is the new wolf’s bane.
Shade’s Children: Lead by Shade, A Werewolf with Vampires Blood; this organization is some what of a safe house for the beings called Children. In this place, the Children are taught to fight and defend themselves by controlling their powers. The Werewolves become Greater Werewolves, now no longer relying on the moon for their strength. And the Vampires have learned to control their blood lust, now drinking the blood of the members of the Orphanage.
They’ve become strong young warriors and worthy opponents against the Orphanage.
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Rules:
1.) I rule
2.) Relationships can happen, in fact, I encourage them. Just, please, no twenty pages of “I Love you So Much” and what not
3.) This is a given but, no godmodding!
4.) I would like four on each side; two guys and two girls
5.) I am the only one who is a mix of both vampire and werewolf
6.) To prove to me that you've read these rules, tell me how glad you are that i made another RP. (YOU HAD BETTER BE GLAD! j/k :p)
7.) There my only be Two of each on each side: Two Higer-ups/Vertrans, and Two New Recruits/Grunts
8.) WE START WHEN I SAY SO!
Profile:
Name:
Age: 17 to 27, please
Gender:
Species: Vampire, Werewolf, or Human (only humans can be members of the Orphanage)
Organization: Either Shade’s Children or The Orphanage (NO INBETWEENS!)
Rank: If you’re in Shade’s Children, you’re either a new recruit or a vetran / If you’re in The Orphanage, you’re either a Higher-up or a grunt
Weapon:
Personality:
Background:
Appearance:
Other Info: put anything else you feel is important for your character here.
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Name: Shade [last name: unknown]
Age: 27
Gender: male
Species: werewolf/vampire
Organization: Shade’s Children
Rank: Leader/Veteran
Weapon: He normally likes to use nothing more than his body and abilities as a weapon, but a weapon he commonly uses is a curved sword called "Serpent's Fang".
Personality: it seems as there are two sides to him: around the Children, he's a perfect gentleman; kind, caring, and chilvarous. the other half to him is what seems to take over him in battle, he's still kind to his fellow children, but he's worse than an enraged demon when he fights with the Orphanage.
Background:
..Sins Of The Past…Can Never Be Forgotten…
In the letter Shade sent to those so hopeful for escape, he only hinted at his past. He merely said that it all came back to it in a dream…he will never tell anyone of his true past.
Screams of the dying…the shocked and frozen faces of the dead…Blood soaked my fur…and I liked it…
The past he was shown was not at all a good one, it seems as though the primitive animal instincts took control of him each time he transformed. Yes, this is a normal effect of being a werewolf…a lesser werewolf. At the time this massacre he caused occurred, he was already five years of age and well into being able to control his transformations.
His bloody rampages were not the actions of a rebellious young child. No, werewolves are far more mature than that, they have reasoning and intelligence of an adult, even at such a young age, once a werewolf manages to become a greater. He didn’t kill because he couldn’t control it, he did it because he enjoyed it.
It was during one of these rampages that the Orphanage immobilized him with a small dosage of altered vampire blood and tossed him inside a small cell no bigger than a portable restroom. When he awoke, he was curled in a corner of the small room, still covered in blood and incredibly sore.
Everything was a haze to him, what had happened the previous night, and much of his past, it was all gone. As his eyes fluttered open, he nearly wailed in pain, every muscle in his body hurt as a result of the 'poison' he had been given. but his memories, the knowledge of his powers, the rush he falt as he killed, nothing moer was left of his mind other than a poor, scared little boy.
The Orphanage did take the time to teach him academic things he may have forgotten, but they did little more than that. Every full moon, when his now lesser wolf side attempted to take over, they would beat him and activate the 'poison' in the chip...only to laugh at his pain.
the vague memories of these painful transofrmation caused Shade to hate everything about the Orphanage and he vowed to escape. when he did, and his past came back to haunt him, he vowed that he will repent for his sins by helping and saving the other "Children". his organization is ten years strong, and growing even stronger. he has promised to all the "Children" that they will be oppressed no more.
Appearance:
Other Info: as a result of his body adapting to the Vampire Blood, he has been given two new abilities that the others do not have. the more simple of the two is the fact the he can manipulate shadows to create pure black feathered wings. the one that is far more complex is the ability to use "Echoprojections": the ability to bend sound waves by using a nearly inaudible hum to create incredibly life-like illusions of anything.
Echoprojecting does have it's limitations, though, the user must keep up the low hum for the projection to keep it’s form. The illusion can attack, even destroy people and things for the one who’s using it. But, if the hum is disturbed, the image is lost and it takes a longer time to start it up again.
