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I've been looking for a highly literate Hellsing roleplay, but I haven't been able to find any, so I was hoping that, maybe, someone in the guild might answer my plea.

These are the storylines I'm considering (all of them take place in the mangaverse, of course):

1) Set in 1476. Vlad III Dracula has just joined the ranks of the undead. Now he must rise through them to become the one and only No Life King.
2) Set in 1898, just after the events of the original Dracula story. Dracula, now known as Alucard, has been coerced into servitude to Abraham Van Helsing. Now he must hunt down and destroy the monsters he has helped to create, while at the same time facing his own inner demons.
3) Set in 1944, during The Dawn. Arthur Hellsing has sent Walter C. Dornez, the Angel of Death, and Alucard, the No Life King, to Warsaw, Poland, to put an end to the Nazis' vampire research, but, as it turns out, Walter and Alucard don't get along very well.
4) Set in 1999. Using Millennium's operations in England as a cover, an aristocratic family of vampires with a grudge against Hellsing hopes to settle the score once and for all.
5) Set in 2005, before the manga's epilogue. Integra is training a new generation of knights for future conflicts. Little does she know, England's greatest enemy lives within.
6) Set in 2030, after the manga's epilogue. Vampire activity in England has steadily declined since Millennium's defeat. Desperate, an English vampire flees to his former master's homeland of Romania and seeks the aid of one of the most ancient vampire covens.


If you would like to apply, choose one of the above storylines and send me a PM. If you wish to roleplay as a canon character, be sure to tell me who. If you wish to roleplay as an original character, be sure to include the following information in your application:

Username:
Character name:
Sex (May be male, female, both, or neither):
Species (No hybrids allowed):
Place of origin (Be sure to know something about the place your character comes from. Your place of origin should also influence your behavior and mannerisms, even only slightly. If you have a place of origin in mind but do not want the world to know, you may state your place of origin as unknown):
Age (The limit is ~3,000 years. Be sure to know something about the era in which your character was born. Your age should influence your behavior and mannerisms. The older you are, the colder and more aloof you will become, since you've lived long enough to know that, in the long run, most things don't matter):
Appearance (Be descriptive, but not too descriptive. You may include pictures):
Abilities (Be creative, but traditional, especially when it comes to vampires):
Man, Dog, or Monster (This determines your character's behavior, and basically means, "Are you a person who fights because you have to, because it's your duty to the people you care about and are committed to? Are you a person who fights because you're told to, who never questions orders, regardless of how you feel about them? Or are you a person who fights because you want to, because you enjoy fighting, killing, and dying?" The answers are man, dog, or monster, respectively. This status is by no means permanent, and may change as your character develops):
Biography (May be detailed or ambiguous, but must include your character's motivations):
Other (Other, trivial information, such as likes and dislikes, hobbies, and quirks):
Sample (A short sample of your roleplaying skills):


If you have any questions, ask them, and I will do by best to answer them.

I think you're quite literate enough, Herr Gorenza. wink

Herr am I now?
*Gorenza attempts to wave off mounting embarrassment*
That is certainly not a title I am used to.
Let me do some research.
The first set does post particularly interesting event.
I will require suggestions along the way so I do not fall short in my performance. I'm far less of a history buff then one would need to be to take on such an intricate tale.

I did some research on the house of Basarab.
I think I have discovered where the chaos between with in the family had begun. This I think would be quite an interesting aspect to add to this Rp. It might be interesting to throw in a few of his nephews, cousins and children into the game. At the very least mention them.

I also did research on the Order of the Dragon.
Discovered that it lost popularity after the death of Sigismund, King of Hungary in 1437. The order was very popular in Germany and Italy and also was later taken up by the Holy Roman Emperor. Prehaps it isn't that valuable since Dracula was just a boy when it begin losing favor.
I do like the connection to his father, Germany, Rome and it's slow and mysterious disappearance.

Are we going to suggest that Dracula is the very first vampire?
Are there other accursed beings out there other then that of vampireism?
Did he resurrect the very next day after his death or did some time pass?
*smiles* did his head really get delivered to his enemy?
What do you know of the mysticism practiced in the Ottoman empire?

By "chaos within the family," I assume you are referring to the conflict between the Dăneşti and the Drăculeşti lines that split the House of Basarab in two? There were many claimants clamoring for the throne of Wallachia. The problem was that legitimacy was not an issue. Any descendant of the royal line, the House of Basarab, could claim the throne. Anyway, it would be perfectly possible and appropriate to include other members of the House of Basarab in the storyline. However, Dracula can have little, if any, interaction with the human world. His enemies must think he is dead, or else they will continue to hunt him, and Dracula had plenty of enemies within the House of Basarab.




The Order of the Dragon lost prominence with Sigismund's death, but it did not die with him. Dracula was inducted just as his father was, although I cannot say when or where. He took his oath quite seriously, seeing himself as a crusader against the Ottoman Turks. In fact, he was a surprisingly spiritual person. He frequently donated large sums of money to building and maintaining monasteries, including the one at Snagov, where he was supposedly buried, as penance for his evil deeds.

Here's an interesting tidbit of trivia: historically, the Order of Calatrava, which was placed under Enrico Maxwell's command in Volume 6, was inspired by the Order of the Dragon.




No. Never. I've never liked that idea. The vampire quite obviously predates Dracula.




Of course. Why wouldn't there be?




This is truly an interesting question. According to Volume 8, Dracula was captured and sentenced to death by the Ottoman Turks. It is difficult to tell what happens next. It is heavily implied that Dracula was, indeed, decapitated. However, a vampire cannot live without a head, so Dracula's head must have been reunited with his body. All that's left for us to determine is, did it happen immediately, or did it take a while? Fortunately, I have plausible scenarios for both. I'll let you choose which you prefer.




Very little, I'm afraid. I know a little about Sufism and Arabian mythology, but very little about Ottoman mysticism in particular. However, I do have some ideas.




Sorry, but I have a few other, guild-related RPs that take precedence over private ones. sweatdrop

Yes, the Dăneşti and the Drăculeşti feuds.
Prehaps it's odd to think a family get's along all that well. Especially when power in involved. There must have been some competition with in the Drăculeşti.
Then Vlad must have been well liked by his brothers. If the illegitimacy was not an issue. Didn't he rise to the thrown before his brothers did?
He was a hailed as a hero but...was he seen as one by his family?
There can be many many reasons and issues to dive into.






That is interesting. The monastery should be a excellent starting place.
Prehaps those living and working with in had something to do with the resurrection.






Alright good enough for me.





Good. prehaps this is a chance to brush up on demonology.







*claps hands together and smiles sinisterly* Excellent.







That's too bad. I have really no back ground in the folk lore either. I know a bit about Greek, Romain, and Scandinavian, Gaelic, Egyptian and German. Very little Myan. Of course I doubt that a much of these will have any effect on our game.

Why does this not surprise me? Thanks for sharing the tidbit. Somehow I doubt it's a coincidence of storytelling.



If I may put my two pence in, I believe it was a "resurrection" scene that you had written out which I've read before and enjoyed so much. I recall he was set to loose his head and something told him to "drink the blood".



To be frank, it's knowing I'd want to do so much reading up and research to properly write with the two of you which keeps me from this rp. Perhaps in the future when my internship is a thing of the past I might enter into the play?