Hietala
Grandmaster Knight
The Avalonian Wars
One thousand years ago, the world of Ymen was united. It's capital was the glorious city of Avalon, once powerful, now tries to save itself from the leviathans of the new factions. Two hundred years ago, the fate's dread struck upon the proud and united Avalonians.
Emperor Divinitus the Wise grew old and weary of the burden that his shoulders carried. He had four sons: Jurius, Quentinus, Conrad and Sweyn. Upon the passing of their father, noone was appointed as heir to the throne. The plebs wondered whether Jurius the Heroic, Quentinus the Smart, Conrad the Noble, or Sweyn the Strong should take over the throne. Soon, each brother turned against each other, resulting in a civil war. After a year of violence, often called 'the Year of Blood', Jurius emerged victorious, but spared their lives. The three remaining brothers sought revenge on eachother and each fled to an important City of the empire, and formed their own kingdoms there.
Quentinus the Smart fled to the city of Zyrna, in the regions of Rhodokus. People renowned for their innovativity, craftiness and inventivity.
Conrad the Noble fled to the city of Gudaburgh, in the regions of Grunwald. Those people were renowned for their glorificationings of chivalrism, honor and glory.
Sweyn the Strong fled over the seas to the city of Skjalla, at the Island of Gotland. A hardy and strong people, good seafarers and raiders.
Now, two hundred years later, the wars may have ceased, but a bloody swathe of destruction and misery might stand at the walls of Avalon once again... The almighty city, lost of almost all of it's lands, now threatens to fall.
Faction Details
Chichimec Tribes
It is often stated that the people from Gotland are the most fearless warriors. This statement is untrue, because the Chichimec people, though savage worshippers of the sun and moon gods, are inspired by their religion. The enemies they kill, are all an offer to their gods. They do not fear to die themselves, because they believe they will go to the most honorable afterlife when they fought bravely and without fear in battle. They are afraid of nothing, though their weapons are made of stone, wood and early bronze and armor is not known to them. Their element is the Moon Element. Moon mages are some among the most powerfull mages around, though there are only few of them.
Dwarfheim
The dwarves may be small, but their blacksmithing skills are beyond top-notch. They make the finest, heaviest and most protective armours and weapons, sometimes even stronger than enchanted or magic swords and armours. The dwarves are not agressive, but they will fight hard for their land and do not trust strangers. The dwarves know little magic.
Kingdom of Grunwald
The kingdom of Grunwald is a feudal state, each lord controlling a bit of land in exchange of loyalty to their king. Their knights are the most fine and disciplined soldiers in the world of Ymen. The knights of the Order of the Sacred Sepulchre, which refers Conrad the Noble's mausoleum, are the most elite knights known in the world. Their armours are enchanted by 'divine' magic, from their monotheistic god 'Hylmus'. Some say their armours are even more protective than dwarven-made armours because of that. Their swords are enchanted too, so that in a battle, their swords will not harm a friend, but acts just as normal against their foes.
Their magic consists of 'Divine' magic, only priests are allowed to wield this most powerful magic.
Principality of Rhodokus
They are a crafty people, who have access to the most modern arms in the world of Ymen. Their armies are professional armies, instead of feudal armies or levied armies. They are as discplined as Grunwald knights, but given a shorter training and they need to act in group to overcome the enemy. Their soldiers are armed with fine Rapiers, which can pierce through most moderate armours. They are renowned for their use of the flintlock rifles, cannons and repeater crossbows. The Rhodokus Generals are some of the most experienced around, but their armies lack magic. The Rhodokus people often question the use of magic. "Why spend years training on magic, while you can achieve the same goal by working only months on a machine that does the same?"
Gotland
A people of song and swords, who bend their knees to no man. The people of Gotland are a proud and hardy people who value their strenght. They live under harsh conditions, so some parties of them often set out to raid the coasts of the mainland. They are the strongest people around, who can overcome their foes by sheer physical dominance. Though the pseudo-feudal armies of Gotland seem regular, they do have special units among them. The most feared warriors of them are a select group of warriors called the 'Helwyr'. They are often compared to the 'berserkers' of the old days. The Helwyr use special spices and plants to go in their state of oblivious rage. Some of them are talented and don't need to use these spices at all. The Helwyr always fight naked -or without much clothings on. They paint their body when in battle to show their favored element: Red for fire, white for air, blue for water, and green for earth. The Gotland sorcerers control the elements by calling upon local spirits. For example: If a certain area holds a fire spirit, than the sorcerer can almost only use fire.
Other important stuff
Magic
Magic is an art practised by specialists. Mages, sorcerors, warlocks etc train their whole lives perfectionising their skills and gain renown as powerfull masters of the arcane powers. First, there is the regular magic, which is the easiest to learn, but also the least powerful. This magic works by the usage of magic objects like staffs or wands, the natural skills of the person and the prononctiation of the spells.
Then, there is elemental magic. Every place has an elemental spirit, most have two, some even have three. You can use this magic (e.g. creating firestorms, deadly air gusts, firewheels.. ) with a staff that has been soaked in blood for a month and enchanted by elemental priests or druids. To use the magic, the practiser of this art must meditate, sending his spirital energy into his staff to enter the 'astral' world in which the spirits live. Once succeeded, the practiser's body then temporarily becomes a host to the spirit, who will grant the practiser his powers for that time.
The Chichimec tribes wield a power of magic that is unseen in the rest of the world: They worship the sun and the moon and are able to use the moon's powers. Once again, this requires a magic enchanted staff with a crescent. One can use the magic at maximum performance when it is full moon. After that, the power will decrease until new moon and then rise again to it's height. This is the most powerful form of magic, and therefore there are only a select few who can wield this magic.
Priests of the monotheistic god 'Hylmus' can wield powerfull magic of the god's light. This power may not be the most powerfull around, but it can be used to enchant armors (which will offer them better protection against melee, AND protection against magic which other armours often lack) or to enchant swords (to make them tell friend from foe)
At last, there are certain creatures that possess their own magic, like Daemons.
Races
Humans
Humans are the most all-rounded race of them all. They possess good physical strenght and an average to good usage of magic. They can reach an average age of sixty to seventy years old. Humans are often encouraged or motivated by greed and lust, or anything for personal benefit.
Ys Elves
Elves are a happy people, certainly the Ys elves. Their combat skills are inferior to their 'Fyn' counterparts, but they possess great healing skills. Elves can live ten times longer than humans, but don't share their physical strenght. Elves are almost never led by motivations such as greed, and possess great patience.
Fyn Elves
They are the war elves, often fighting for what they see as the good and righteous side. Long before the fall of the Avalonian empire, the Elves used to have their own kingdom. Now they are nomads and excellent hunters or mercenary bowmen and magicians.
Daemons
Daemons are spawned from evil-corrupted foetuses, which can only occur very rarely. They have a great temperament and lust, and they love it to send one of their victims 'to heaven' before they send them to hell... or any other afterlife, that is. Daemons have their own magic which runs through their veins. They call it 'the power of Abys', and often looks like a purple/blackish substance. Most Daemons have wings that are made of evil. They can live around a thousand years long, but they are quite more vulerable for attacks than other races; a melee attack that can just almost kill a human, would have surely killed the Daemon twice.
Dwarves
The dwarves are tough and hardy, though they are very stubborn and stoic. They only use combat methods that involve toe to toe combat, for they can make the best weapons suited for such combat. They are hardy by their constant defence wars against mountain goblins, which are dumb tribal-ish creatures anyway.
They can live twice as long as humans.
Character Sheet
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Race: (Dwarf/Human/Elf ((though the last don't have a homeland)) )
Origins: (Where does he/she come from)
Appearance: (If description, please describe some details)
Weapons: (Picture is preferred though description ((if detailed enough)) will do fine)
Armour/clothes: (Just like anything stated above: if you're describing, please put in some details)
Equipment:
Skills: (Like what he/she is good at)
Personality: (Please write this a little bit out)
Bio: (If you add some history of the 'world' you invented to your character, please put it in, this is encouraged.)
Other:
((I'll post my CS after the first 2-3 character sheets))
Sidenotes:
- I didn't put in the Avalon details on purpose, in fact the city will be a haven of heroes who will make a last effort to save the Eternal City.
- You certainly don't have to start like 'in the army or forces of faction X' I just put in the army things so you could have an idea what your warrior could be like if he/she were from that faction
Rules
-Don't go godmodding
-Enjoy the RP
-Don't come up with tiny posts
-Don't flame eachother
-Enjoy the RP
-If you don't intend to stick until the end, then don't join. I prefer dedicated RPers.
((Ok, deze hele zooi is in het Engels, maar dat heb ik gewoon letterlijk van een van mijn RPs gekopiëerd -_-' .. nuja, mss heeft iemand interesse?))
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