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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:17 pm
Index
I.Rules
II.About the Anime
III.About the Guild
IV.Profiles
V.Definitions
VI.Kakugane Types
VII.About Homunculus
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:22 pm
I.Rules
Yo, this is Neo. These are the rules that every RP should have.
1. Follow Gaia's TOS
2. No Godmodding
3. Respect Others.
4. Try to keep things PG-16
5. Be as literate as possible
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:25 pm
II.About the Anime
The story begins when high school student Kazuki Muto (武藤カズキ, Mutō Kazuki?) is killed one night saving a mysterious girl from a monster, only to wake up in his school dorm, believing it to be a dream. However, he soon finds out that dream wasn't a dream at all when a giant serpentine monster attacks him and his sister. Tokiko Tsumura (津村斗貴子, Tsumura Tokiko?), the girl he saved, explains that the monster is a homunculus. Kazuki had been attacked and killed by it when rescuing Tokiko, however she, feeling responsible for him, revived him by placing a Kakugane medal in his chest, serving has a replacement heart, or "New Life".
The Kakugane, as Tokiko explains, is an alchemical device that, when activated, takes a certain form based on the Kakugane user, forming a unique Buso Renkin. The Buso Renkin is the only thing that can destroy a homunculus monster. Using this, Kazuki creates his own Buso renkin, taking the form of a giant lance, later named 'Sunlight Heart'. Along with Tokiko and her own Buso renkin (the Valkyrie Skirt, an execution scythe), Kazuki joins the fight against the homunculus and their master.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:27 pm
III. About Guild
After the adventures of Kazuki Muto (武藤カズキ) and Tokiko Tsumura (津村斗貴子), peace seemed to return to the earth. With the last remnants of alchemy shipped on a one way ticket to the moon, no longer was the world plagued by it's threat or any thing related to it. This was made possible by the combined efforts of Kazuiki, Tokiko, Bravo, and the rest of the alchemists.
This sense of peace, however, was soon interrupted after 7 years. For, unknown to the world, a man, no something more than a man, existed in recluse ever since the middle ages. This man, Paracelsus, one of the original alchemists of the middle ages, recovered his research of alchemy and put it forth in motion again. Soon after, countless homunculi were re-created, setting forth the chain of events, yet again, except this time, on a much higher level.
The Alchemist Regime was forced to reassemble as a result. They had conversed and brainstormed over the possible ideas of exactly what just happened. They were completely confused and in disarray, but through this uproar of uncertainty, one thing was unanimously concluded: The homunculi must be stopped.
Reaching this decision, all alchemic organizations across the globe were put back in effect, and with their cutting edge technology, the kakugane were brought back into existence. This new influx of homunculi, however, seemed to be a lot more of a problem than the previous ones were, and they were spreading at a phenomenal rate. As a result, a new wave of kakugane were created, allowing more alchemic warriors to come into play.
To this day, the true source of the problem is unknown to the regime, but they are doing all they can to find and eliminate it, so once again, peace can return to the world.
Peace... that is the ultimate goal of alchemists around the globe.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:28 pm
IV. Profiles
Like all role playing guilds, in order to role play here, one must first create a character profile. All profiles of the guild are to be created in the profile section.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:33 pm
V. Definitions
alchemy (Arabic: الكيمياء, al-kimia)- Refers to both an early form of the investigation of nature and an early philosophical and spiritual discipline, both combining elements of chemistry, metallurgy, physics, medicine, astrology, semiotics, mysticism, spiritualism, and art all as parts of one greater force. Alchemy has been practiced in Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Persia, India, and China, in Classical Greece and Rome, in Muslim civilization, and then in Europe up to the 19th century—in a complex network of schools and philosophical systems spanning at least 2500 years.
Alchemy has always been closely connected with Hermeticism, a philosophical and spiritual system that traces its roots to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic Egyptian-Greek deity and legendary alchemist. These two disciplines influenced the birth of Rosicrucianism, an important esoteric movement of the seventeenth century. In the course of the early modern period, mainstream alchemy evolved into modern chemistry.
Today the discipline is of interest mainly to historians of science and philosophy, and for its mystic, esoteric, and artistic aspects. Nevertheless, alchemy was one of the main precursors of modern sciences, and many substances and processes of ancient alchemy continue to be the mainstay of modern chemical and metallurgical industries.
Although alchemy takes on many forms, in pop culture it is most often cited in stories, films, shows, and games as the process used to change lead (or other elements) into gold. Also another form that alchemy takes is in the search for the Philosopher's Stone, in which to obtain the ability to transmute inexpensive metals such as lead into gold ("chrysopoeia" in the Greek language) or create an elixir that grants eternal life.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:39 pm
VI. Kakugane Type
Kakugane
Buso renkin are weapons formed by the alchemically-created kakugane, based on the user's will to fight. The shape the buso renkin takes reflects the user's personality. Buso Renkin are the only weapons known to be able to kill a homunculus. Kakuganes are developed in the process of creating the Philosopher's stone, the ultimate goal of the Alchemy Warriors around the planet. Kakuganes will generate a weapon that reflects the user's battle style, a user will always have the same type of buso renkin regardless of the Kakugane number, though there will be cosmetic differences (note, this may only be due to the previous user of the kakugane's 'imprint', as shown on two separate occasions.) Buso renkin are activated by the fighting instinct of their user. This means that they can only be used by humans or human-type homunculi, since only humans have the instinct to use tools to defend themselves (animal- and plant-type homunculi's instincts have them fight with their bodies). Kakuganes, in their normal state, can also strengthen a user's healing abilities. In total, there are only 100 Kakuganes, from I (1) to C (unknown numbers). After the Victor Incident, Kakuganes were scattered around the world; currently, there aren't known how many Kakuganes are used in Japan.
Black Kakugane
Black Kakugane I-III are the first results of the Alchemy Warriors. However, they were unstable, and upon insertion of Black Kakugane I (1) to replace his heart, Warrior Victor went berserk. The same thing would happen to Kazuki 100 years later when his Black Kakugane III (disguised as Kakugane LXX) awoke. A person who has been revived using a black kakugane is called a 'Victor,' since he was the first person to become such a being. Black Kakuganes give their users glowing green hair, red eyes, and tanned skin, with the ability to use 'Energy Drain, a 'vital body function' which absorbs people's life force; it's possible to kill a person by draining their energy. As it is a vital body function (like breathing) it is impossible to stop or shut it off. Black Kakugane users also have the ability to evolve. While in stage 1, a user can transform from normal human to his/her 'Victor' form. After 6 weeks, a user evolves into stage 2, when he/she is permanently transformed into a 'Victor' form, while in stage 3, the tanned skin turns into a dark red, and the power of energy drain greatly increases. Black Kakuganes have all the functions of a standard Kakugane. The user can also gather up corpses of creatures the user drained energy from and make a larger copy of himself. Buso renkin created by Black Kakuganes tend to be much stronger, since they make their users' bodies so much stronger.
White Kakugane
Developed by Alexandria, a White Kakugane is the exact opposite of a Black Kakugane, it holds the ability to nullify a Black Kakugane's power, restoring a person with a Black Kakugane to normal.
Kazuki's Kakugane that Tokiko took back from Alexandria was a 'test model' that was disguised as a normal kakugane, however, it proved to be unstable when it was in close proximity with a Black Kakugane; in this case, Victor's Black Kakugane I. Alexandria then developed another kakugane based off Black Kakugane II, moving past the test stage. This Kakugane was used in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Victor to normal; a Black Kakugane user in stage 3 can only be restored to stage 2 via one White Kakugane, and so on.
Papillon was able to make a White Kakugane based on his own knowledge and the things Dr. Butterfly and Alexandria left behind. Using them, he was able to develop a White Kakugane out of scratch, and used it to change Kazuki back to normal in Buso Renkin Period. His devices were then used to create another White Kakugane to restore Victor back to normal. Other than the converted Kakugane II, all White Kakuganes produced are not numbered. It is possible to have more than one White Kakugane in a person's body, as shown by Victor, who has two White Kakuganes in his body by the end of the story.
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Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:47 pm
VII.About Homunculus
A homunculus is created when an embryo-like creation from a plant, animal, or even a human is placed inside a human. The embryo then crushes the brain and takes control of the body, giving it abilities that mimic the natural talents of the embryo's origin.
Animal-type and Plant-type homunculi possess strength relative to their animal or plant base as well as retaining their sentience (they have the intelligence and reasoning of a human, but consider themselves to be an animal or plant). To activate their abilities, they have to 'transform', usually resulting in a large version of its base(an Eagle-type homunculus would become a giant eagle, for example). Often the homunculi's creator would have to brainwash them into following their creator with blind loyalty, though a few have been known to do so by their own choice.
Human-type homunculi do not change form, but merely gain the strength and regenerative powers of a homunculus while retaining their human form and mind, or at least a humanoid shape(As the embryo for a human homunculus almost always comes from the human him/herself). Human-type homunculi have one distinct advantage over Animal or Plant-types; they have the ability to use Buso Renkin(only humans can use Buso Renkins).
Most homuculi have the urge to eat other humans, but in episode 25 Papillon tells Victoria that eating humans doesn't whet his appetite. Victoria explains that homunculi eat humans because they desire to regain the aspects of humanity that they gave up. She then tells Papillon that because he no longer has any connection to humanity (or rather, that he no longer desires to be human), he has become something other than human or homunculus, but rather a "superhuman".
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