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Sakeme

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:24 pm


This is a roleplay based in an alternate world with crazy futuristic technology, magic and many different species.

1. Intro
2. Factions
3. Character Profiles
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:28 pm


Our story begins in...

ACANTHA.
This once peaceful place is has been under the tyrannical rule of five factions.
Ilmanireth, the north faction. Bharata, the south faction. Aristodemos, the east faction.
Oisin, the west faction. And Vega, the center faction. These factions have been at war for
control of Acantha for some time now. Many cities have been left in ruin by skirmishes but
some have continued to thrive.

Sakeme


Sakeme

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:42 pm


The Factions:


ILMANIRETH: The Northern Faction
No one has seen or heard from the Northern faction in decades. Most assume they killed each other but for some reason no one can remember what the people look like. Except the select few who have seen Natasha, but most don't know she's from the Northern faction.


BHARATA: The South Faction
Its very hot here in Bharata, VERY hot, some call it Hell on earth. Most of the people here from the south faction have short white blonde hair, the sun bleaches all other colors out and they keep it short because it gets too hot with too much hair. Rarely you will see a few people with very light
yellowish hair. Also, because its so hot,you are very likely to see people with very little clothes on. They all have golden skin, pointy ears, and black eyes. Many of the people of Bharata are long decended from Genie blood but only the royal family is pure blooded Genie. There are not very many people from Bharata. They are the smallest faction. The people are also pretty short, averaging around 5' 2''. Very rich in gold mining.It is rumored long ago that drinking the blood of a pure blooded Genie will give the person who drinks it Genie like magic. Because the only pure blooded Genies stay safely inside the walls of Alibabua and no one without a suit that only the Bharata can make can survive in the desert of Bharata, the rumor has never been dismissed or proven.
But now with Jazimen, one of the Queens pure blood daughters, going around free, the rumor has surfaced again.
Genie magic is purely elemental magic aka Water, Wind, Fire, and Earth. People with even the slightest hint of Genie blood can weild the simplest and easiest magic, Water. Wind is the second easiest. Fire is the second hardest and Earth is the hardest magic to learn because it is creating life. At this moment in time only three people know the Earth magic: The Queen, The King, and the eldest daughter Isiris.



ARISTODEMOS: The Eastern Faction
In the east of Acantha, in the heart of Aristodemos, you will find the forest of Qotec, a forest so old and so dense that no floor can be found in the center, only a tangle of giant, ancient, roots. It is in these trees that the Todems make their home. The few huts perched precariously on branches, the makeshift porches built around tree trunks and the rope bridges connecting them make it appear as though this is a very simply society, with few advancements beyond the ability to live in trees. Underground, however, the party never sleeps. The Todems used to have massive tree cities, but several hundred years ago (during what storytellers call the Great Swarming) their ancestors fled underground to escape the buffeting of a massive bird migration. The dense tangles of roots now serve as the ceiling for a vast underground network of houses and shops and various other things all built right into the root system of the forest. The Todems are very spiritual people and have a ritual for nearly everything. For the most part, the look a race of albino humans with missing ears, claw like nails, and the occasional pair of wings or covering of scales which some believe are traits left over from “The Merging”, when the spirits of the earth came down to mix with the people centuries ago. Those who believe built a temple for these children where they and their parents (who supposedly carry spirit blood) are treated as royalty. Feywyl Th'dyona (first name Th'dyona, last name Feywyl, don’t mix that up) was born with both wings and scales and became the leader of the Todems at age 10 (this is saying something since Todems can live for hundreds of years) after successfully assassinating the former leader. The other child up for the position, Nyn Say'ril, only narrowly missed assassinating the former leader and she took him as a mate. Being highly in touch with both the earth and the spirits, the Todems know all of the secretes of the forest, however, the deeper secrets are only passed on to the Touched ones and a few select others and it seems almost as if the wield magic. The Todems live for three things: partying, hunting, and spirit worshiping.



OISÍN: The West Faction
A 'nation' formed entirely of those obsessed with technological advancement, the source of most new technologies, that are then stolen from them by the other factions. Most faction members take some kind of enhancement drugs, and all tend to suffer from paranoia about new faction techs being stolen. The unofficial mark of the faction is eyes bleached strange, pale colors by drug use, and extremely paranoid behavior. More official faction mark is a tattoo of the faction symbol, somewhere on the body, usually easily hidden. Oisin bears extreme malice towards Vega, for being their nearest competitor in technological advancement, the faction that steals the most of their tech, and for adding insult to injury by making their technologies flashy and fashionable. The faction leader, Pierus, hasn't left his personal airship in years, but then, he doesn't have to. His ship provides for all his needs, being a veritable fortress, guaranteeing no one can get his newest creations, and he has his assistant Kleio to maintain his hold over his faction, relaying orders and doing his dirty work. The faction in general holds him in awe, as he produces almost all of the enhancement drugs, particularly the one that gives psychic powers which he shares only with his highest ranking underlings, and has created thousands of gadgets and upgrades, and was the one to form their faction, calling out to all those who love technology and wish to share and advance together, excluding those of lesser intelligence.



VEGA: The Central Faction
Vega is located in the center if the continent. It's center of 'operation' is the city of Devaraja, which is a massive metropolis. Most members of Vega are of Sprite descent causing them to have rather large egos. The Vega show themselves off as much as possible, wearing outlandish clothing in bright colors. Along with their fashion the Vega also have tattoos all over their body, many have tattoo on their face. The colors of the tattoos tend to be very vibrant as well. Most have their hair in some kind of dreadlocks. Vega makes enemies as a hobby. Most of their 'crimes' tend to be centered around crowds of people (bombings, riots, hijacking the cities technology). The current leader of Vega, Endymion, is quite loved by his faction. His sister (second in command) however, isn't one of his biggest fans. It's rumored that Cybele want control of Vega and is about to use any means necessary to get it.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:47 pm


Character Profiles
If you wish to join PM me you character information and I'll post it up here.

Name:
Age:
Faction:
*Species:
Physical Description:
Abilities:
Personality:
Weapon of choice:
Other information:


*You can any race you want except vampires or werewolves.
Also don't try to have more than 4 characters, please.

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Sakeme
Name: Cybele Vega
Age: 19
Faction: Vega
Species: Half human half sprite
Physical Description: link
Abilities: Being half sprite gives her the ability to jump farther than most.
(making
rooftop to rooftop travel rather easy.) And slightly hightened reflexes.
Personality: Cybele is more sensible than most of her faction members, she knows that all of the
enemies they're gathering is going to cause them to be the first faction eliminated.
However, just like most (or all) of the other faction members Cybele can't turn down
a challenge. She can get extremely competitive. Cybele for the most part is an oddly
sweet and caring person. She has a bit of a Robin Hood streak.
Weapon of choice: Her gun or a random set of explosions.
Other information: She's currently in a struggle with her creepster brother, Endymion,
for control of the faction. (She is currently second in command.)





Sakeme
Name: Endymion Vega
Age: 22
Faction: Vega
Species: Half human half sprite
Physical Description: link
Abilities: Like his sister Endymion can jump long distances. He also has extremely fast
reflexes. Endymion is all around fast.
Personality: He's psycho. Not only does he look like he's been shocked by lightning but
acts like it as well. He has an insanely large ego as well. He believes that Vega should
be the ruling faction. Endymion is a creepster. He has a huge penchant for physical
violence and quickly lash out at anyone he dislikes.
Weapon of choice: Explosives
Other information: He's currently the leader of Vega. Ever since he and his sister,
Cybele, were told that Endymion was next in line for faction leader he has been
extremely paranoid because only the true leader of Vega is supposed to have the eyes
(from the picture in his physical description) but Cybele had them as well. He's "secretly"
paranoid that she will try to take the title from him. The funny thing is... that's exactly
what she's trying to do.





JungeAffe
Name: Jazimen
Age: 17
Faction: Bharata
*Species: Pure Genie
Physical Description: Link
Jazimen is 5'2'' with golden skin, white hair, and black eyes.
Abilities: Jazimen is very talented with a sword. She is also supposed to be very magical. She hasn't quite figured it all out yet. She can kind of see into the future with her purple glass orb, but it doesn't always work when she wants it to. She can use Water and Wind magic very well and is trying her hardest at Fire magic.
Personality: Jazimen is used to being in charge. It's her way or the highway. She has a very short temper and tends to be a little insane at times. She is all about gaining power.
Weapon of choice: Water magic and her sword
Other information: Jazimen is the second oldest child of the Queen of Bharata. Jazimens oldest sister, Isiris, is to take the throne once the Queen is dead. Jazimen is ok with this set up for now, because it gives her the freedom to roam about and pilage. When Jazimen and Isiris were young, their mother took them to the capital city Alibabua and trained them in all the ways of a good queen: espianoge, explosives, sword fighting, magic, and very little on politics. (Their policy is if you don't agree with Bharata, you die)






dasboomer
Name:Kleio
Age:23
Faction: Oisin
Species: Human
Physical Description:short, unevenly cut hair that tends to be a different range of colors every week at least, 5'9", eyes bleached pale gold, usually hidden behind all black contacts with tech displays
Abilities: Very good with weapons or unarmed combat, telekinetic, invents random stuff, usually to do with upgrading one-man fighter ships
Personality: quiet, introverted, devoted to the faction and Pierus, willing to do whatever is needed to protect either, deeply enjoys working with her hands, in fighting or modifying ships, for the most part lacks the usual Oisin paranoia
Weapon of choice: personalized gun-blade named Hyacinth
Other information: second in command of Oisin, leader Pierus' only link to the real world, secretly in love with him




Sakeme
Name: Dravan
Age: 21
Faction: N/A
Species: Human
Physical Description:
Looks like this guy. Glasses and all.
link
link
Normally wears a simple black vest, any random shirt he can find, any
pants he can find, and boots.
Abilities: He's a technical genius. He can make any kind of invention/weapon
he might need extremely quick.
Personality: He's nerdy, eccentric, and naive. Really naive. He's a little
too nice for his own good.
Weapon of choice: Anything he can grab. He usually isn't in many situations
that would require a weapon.
Other information: Being that Dravan is a technical genius and not in a faction
he is highly wanted. Vega and Oisin are currently in a fight to get him on their
side.





JungeAffe
Name: Natasha
Age: Unknown
Faction: ILMANIRETH
*Species: Looks human but mostly unknown
Physical Description: She looks like me! 5'5'' with dark blonde short hair and brown eyes. Freakishly pale.
Abilities: She can pop up in places where she shouldn't be.
Personality:Crazily insane just like me! She's smart but not Oisin smart. Just witty. Very very in love with humor.
Weapon of choice: Just popping in and out of places. She doesn't fight.
Other information: She isn't well known at all. She is just a free spirit from Ilmanireth. Not much is known about Ilmanireth so not much is known about her.





woolfqueen
Name: Feywyl Th'dyona
Age: 25
Faction: Aristodemos
Species: Todems
Physical Description: Blood red and deep purple scales, flashing red eyes, black feathered wings, 6’ tall, and long tight ringlets of white hair.
Abilities: She is a master of the forest and is the most skilled wielder of the elements that the Todems have ever seen. She is particular fond of creating fire/explosions, and the manipulation of water, and extremely skilled at creating potions. The spirits have also seemed to endow her with psychic abilities which only became stronger as she learned to connect with the elements. Also, she is a famed dancer among her people and is usually the life of parties, especially since she adheres to a strict no killing policy while at them.
Personality: Extremely high strung, but surprisingly laid back. She will kill for very small reasons, but she also is very lax on tradition and ceremony nearly eliminating status differences (except for income and prestige gaps of course). She most hates being called Th’dyona as she finds it extremely disrespectful to be called by her first name.
Weapon of choice: Her claws, her “magic” (actually it’s closer to chemistry plus telekinesis, but whatever), a dagger





woolfqueen
Name: Nyn Say'ril
Age: 30
Faction: Aristodemos
Physical Description: Much the appearance of an albino human, but with a pair of leathery white wings. 5’10. Long straight white hair. He also has a rediculously lean and ripped physique
Abilities: He is only slightly less skilled in the arts that Th’dyona and doesn’t have nearly her psychic abilities. He is especially skilled in manipulating plant life, and dealing with earth potions. He is also particularly skilled with a Batleth. Th’dyona has been teaching him how to dance and he is becoming quite good.
Personality: He is hopelessly devoted to Th’dyona and will do anything to please her, but at any other time he has the demeanor of a bouncer with the occasional schitzophrenic episode that makes him act in completely unexpected ways. One of his more common personalities is Ky’el who is oddly fond of painting and hairdressing.
Weapons: Batleth and Staff





Sakeme

Name: Lau
Age: N/A
Faction: ???
Species: Guado
Physical Description:
link
link
Also, he's 6'4".
Abilities: Complete control of water. He carries a gourd full of water with him everywhere.
Personality: Usually very quiet. Comes off as stand-offish. But is surprisingly nice. He'll do just about anything for anyone he considers a friend.
Weapon of choice: link
Other information: Lau decided that he wasn't particularly fond of his current tribe leader and so he choose to wander around Acantha for a while until that leader died... or something.




Jungeaffe
Name: Fred
Age: unknown
Faction: ILMANIRETH
*Species: Unknown
Physical Description: He is a tall skinny awkward boy. He looks maybe 17, with a mat of dark brown and thick black glasses that are too big for his freckled face. He is super nerdy but with a little hard work and a very talented makeover artist he could be pretty good looking.
Abilities: Similar to Natasha but he can put thoughts or get people to want do things. He can't force them to anything totally out of their moral realm but he just kind of nudges some deep dark desires. He also brings out the kinky side in people.
Personality: His whole life has only had two goals, become super smart and get Natasha to be his. He is very nerdy and is just very awkward with himself.
Weapon of choice: His mind
Other information: Although he is super smart it isn't so much into just the technologies like Oisin, he is kind of a history buff. He has fun facts about everything. But now that his first goal is complete he has set his sights on Natasha. She has had to deal with him for a very long time and doesn't like him very much at all. Infact she rather hates him, but he has fallen head of heels for her. He would go to the ends of the earth to obtain her love.

Sakeme


Sakeme

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:48 pm


Now we can start!!
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:40 pm


Cybele had been pacing for the last twenty minutes. "Endymion what the hell are you doing?"He spun around in his chair, "I was watching the insignificant bugs walking the streets but something makes me think that that wasn't the actual answer you were looking for, dearest sister." Endymion quickly turned back around and continued looking through his telescope. The two had spent their morning in the top level of the Damorat Tower, Vega's center of operation. "Oh, how wonderfully perceptive you are brother," She said in a sarcastically sweet tone. "You know full well what I meant," her tone now harsh. She knew he had something planned. Something stupid, something dangerous. Hurting civilians and enraging factions. His ridiculous tactics were going to get them all killed one day.

Sakeme


JungeAffe
Captain

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:55 pm


Jazimen smiled happily as she stormed down the hallways of the palace in Alibabua with an old scum bag of a human in tow. She entered the Queens reception chamber and knelt down upon one knee. "My Queen, I have brought you the smuggler with the ties to the Faction Vega." The Queen smiled and nodded to one of her gaurds, "Take him to the dungeon" She turned back towards her daughter, "And what would you like as a reward?" Jazimen stood up and stared at her mother. "I want nothing but his ship and the ability to leave Bharata." The Queen thought over this idea of letting her daughter leave the safety of Bharata. "I see no reason for you to leave Bharata, daughter." Jazimen looked shocked. SHe thougt surely this offering of the traitor would bring her mother around to her point of view. "Could I not weed out this Vega scum from the rest of Acantha and bring another Faction to their knees in your name?" The Queen thought for another moment. "I must think about this, leave me be." And with that Jazimen quickly left her mothers chambers and headed straight to her own rooms.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:13 pm


(Oh snap!)

Another ten minutes had passed in silence. The only noise in the room was the occasional squeak of the telescope as Endymion found a new "bug" to watch. Cybele finally decided to give up. She left the room and began to want down the corridor. Just as she reached the stairs she heard Endymion's psychotic laugh. She took off in a sprint back up the corridor. "This had better not be one of his plans."
Cybele soon found Endymion staring into his telescope, laughing again. "What's so fun?" His head snapped to look in her direction, "I think I just found someone to play a little game with." He stood up, he had a maniacal grin on his face. Cybele quickly took his chair and looked into the telescope. It was aimed at a young Bharata faction girl. "Oh leave the poor Bharatan... Bharatian... Bharatar... What would you call them?" She looked at her brother, confused. "The first one, I think." He replied, scratching his chin. "Alright, well leave the poor Bharatan girl alone." Endymion gave her a ridiculous puppy dog look, "I only want someone to play with sister."

Sakeme


JungeAffe
Captain

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:37 pm


Jazimen was not happy at all with her mothers answer. Jaz entered her set of rooms and went straight for her bedroom. She found the crack behind the headboard and pulled out a small bag. It had everything she needed to captain the ship, everything except a crew. Jaz threw the bag over her shoulder and headed down to the servants quarters. "Suel, Kian, Pent, and Fran, come with me." Two men and two women poped up and quickly bowed their heads. Suel stepped forword and asked, "What can we do for you Princess?" Jaz twitched slightly at the word Princess, "Well from now on, no one is to call me Princess, ever, in public or just ever. We are leaving. Follow me." Jaz started to lead the four out of the palace and to where she had hid the scum bags ship.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:37 pm


"What?!" Kleio exclaimed, staring shocked at her superior across the dimly lit, cluttered room he used as a workshop.
"You heard me. I want you to try assassinate that psychopath.... Endy-something or other who's been making so much noise with the Vega faction lately. I've recently been informed he has plans to steal a shipment of my latest Spark formula."
Well aware Pierus had heard no such thing, as she was the only person who had direct contact with him, she tried to think of a response.
"Sir, you do realize that would be suicide, right? Vegas all love that nut job, and even I can't take down a whole faction alone. If I die in the attempt, are you willing to let Thalian become your contact?"
"Now there's no need to get worked up about it. I didn't mean you had to succeed. Of course, your personal saftey is the highest priority. I simply wish for Vega to realize they can't push Oisin around. It doesn't have to be an effective attempt on his life, just impressive. If you have no more reports for me, that would be all."
Aware that it would be pointless to try and continue the conversation once he had dismissed her, Kleio bit her tongue, and spinning on her heel, stomped off his ship. As soon as her personal fighter left his ship's bay, the advanced cloaking kicked in, and his ship became completely invisble to the naked eye and all forms of sensor. Like his cloaking, Pierus had a tendency to accomplish whatever he set out to do, no matter how impossible. Surely there was some higher reasoning behind his order, that he simply didn't feel like sharing with her.
"If I weren't in love with that man, he'd be dead by now."

dasboomer


JungeAffe
Captain

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:07 pm


Suel spoke up again, "Prin...I mean Jaz. I've known you for 13 years, so I think I know you well and since I know you well, I am pretty sure we are leaving Bharata." The other three gasped silently and stared at Jaz. Suel continued once he was sure Jaz wasn't going to lash out her temper. "In the other factions, it is not as hot here and they also require people to wear clothing at all times." Jaz glared at Suel, "I am Bharata, we do not need to wear clothes to please other factions." Her temper was flaring just as Suel had suspected. "It is not to please them, Majesty, it is simply to uh...blend in. You do not want the other factions knowing of your pure blood royalty untill it is of use to you." Suel bowed his head and awaited her to think it over. He knew that no matter how much Jazimen wanted to be a captian of a ship, even if it ment leaving her royal status she would always act like a Princess. "You are correct Suel. You are the only one of us that has been outside of Bharata. We must go back and retrive some sort of clothing." Jaz looked down at her clothes less body and back at the rest of them and smiled to herself. She would definatly need Suel on this trip.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:33 pm


Cybele sighed, "Brother, your kind of playing usually ends up in someone else's funeral." She stood and turned to leave again. "And that's why I always have so much fun." Endymion said as he laid his hand on her shoulder stopping her in her tracks. He pulled her back flush to his chest and whispered in her ear, "Why do you think I never wanted to play with you when we were young?" He kissed her neck. "My lovely sister." Cybele twisted herself away from him and walked quickly out the door. As soon as she was halfway down the corridor she broke out into a sprint. She was wiping her hand on her neck with a vicious force. "Ugh!" She kept running until she found herself on the tower steps. "I need to find that girl and make sure she stays safe."

Sakeme


JungeAffe
Captain

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:48 pm


Jaz came out of her room with her only pair of clothes. Everything about it was gold. It was one of the only exports from Bharata. Jaz was wearing a top that looked to a normal people as a bra, but a little smaller. It was woven out of very fine gold strings. The same with her bottom which was the equivilent of really tiny underwear. Attatched to the bottom was a pair of purple transparents legings that ended with gold anklets. Her shoes were pointed and made from the same gold fibers. She wore two gold braclets and a gold armlet. She also had a gold headband across her forehead. She waited in her sitting room for the others to appear.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:31 pm


Slowly regaining her outward composure as she flew,Kleio came up with a plan. Piedrus wanted flashy, he'd get flashy. Making up her mind, she directed her personal fighter to return to her base of operations, set it on auto pilot, and began to work through the proper modifications to a few of her newest toys in her head.

dasboomer


JungeAffe
Captain

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:47 pm


As Jaz was waiting the rest of her crew showed up. Pent and fran were wearing simular clothing to Jaz. They had taken some of Suels extra clothing for their bottoms and had quickly made a wrap bra out of extra fabric from a cutain. They were a little better covered than Jaz. Suel and Kian were wearing Suels clothes. They were bottoms just like Jaz's without any tops. Only Jaz had shoes. "Let us leave here before the Queen finds out, we have already lost too much time, we may not make the northern winds." They all headed out of the palace and into the city. Jaz lead them down back allies covered in sand. Many people were wandering around with little or no clothing just like Jaz and her group. She lead them out of the city and into the desert. As she reached a small dune she took off the bag and pulled out a small black box. She pressed a corner of it and the dune became a small ship."Come on, lets get out of here." The five of them boreded the ship.
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