Due to the nature of this RP, the details of the story differ slightly, depending on the Homeland and class of your character. For simplicity's sake, the default alignment of your character will be 'The Dominion of Arya'.
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It started in the most peculiar of ways, though perhaps not the most unusual, depending on how you see it. A border town, on the northmost reaches of the Dominion is visited by the decaying body of a soldier floating down the stream. Now, such floaters though rare, was not unheard of by villagers. The centuries of truce between the three kingdoms had opened up travel throughout the lands, providing the keys to errand adventurers to go out treasure and quest seeking. This floater would have simply been dismissed as another stupid hapless soul, running foul on luck, had 'he' (well, six out of ten of the border patrol wagered the overly decayed body was a male) been discovered by simple folk.
But as fate would have it, a particularly enthusiastic patrol captain and his men spotted the body as they were making their last rounds for the shift. Excited at the unusual sight (now, you must forgive him as patrolling borders can be really boring as of late; the most action a Dominion soldier would have these days would be to see their Bloodsworn counterparts and hurl insults at the pointy ears. Unless one were placed within Wretched infested territory, but that's besides the point). Now, upon recovering the body and searching it, our dear captain discovered a tattered map carefully rolled up in a worn but otherwise intact leather casing, effectively protecting it from the moist waters. Eyeballing the decayed and disgusting corpse, our dear astute Captain deduced that this man was no simple adventurer. Though very much faded, he could clearly see that the body wore the colours of an unknown uniform. He rightly surmised that the body belonged to a soldier (there were also other trinkets found on the body to confirm the suspicion). Though from which army was the question.
Fast forward a month or so (cause yours truly is really lazy at story-telling), the body and map had been brought within the walls of Midranthos, capital of the glorious Dominion. Ambassadors from the other two regions had all but confirmed that the soldier belonged to neither one of their armies. Embroiled within their own internal politics, the Vanharen and Aryan Lord was quite intent on dismissing the peculiar situation; that is until their Elvish counterpart remarked that the map depicted a region towards the north of his Kingdom. The Vanharen representative snorted the claim away and took his leave, all dramatic with his green smoke and eerie theatrics.
Now, one must understand, that the people of Andarun understand, that their world does not end beyond the Skyreach Mountains north of the Bloodsworn. One should also understand however, that it is extremely difficult and nigh impossible to cross said mountain range; as only a very small handful of people have ever done so. Reports of what lay beyond, was simply that of a winter wonderlan- I mean, desolate landscape, with nothing to offer.
Messengers were sent running and beards were pricked until finally, the Bloodsworn delegate declared that he happened to know of some relatives who had been across the mountain range, (oooh destiny! oooh convenient plotfixing! oooh!) and thought it would be interesting to see what they could find with the aid of the foreign map. The Aryan acting very much true to his stereotype, the haughty noble, did some complicated math in his head and realized that he stood a chance to gain from this conquest as well, with nothing much to lose. Hence, he declared that he too will send an emissary to the north.
You my friend will be playing this Aryan hero (picked by the Aryan noble, for whatever reason. You could be an annoying bastard child that nobody will miss but will bring honor to his name if he succeeded or some alluring p.o.s... well its up to you!) ^-^! You may also choose to play a character from The Bloodsworn. Try to tie in your character's background with how he/she will fit into the story. Don't hesitate to ask questions!
I will be playing your Bloodsworn guide *-*!
~The Map~
~Character Application~
For this RP, you may choose any of the 'normal', 'special' or 'elite' classes. This is not a first come first served basis. So take care in writing out your application.
Just a basic character skelley will do, as below:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Homeland: (The Bloodsworn, Arya. The Vanharen is offlimits)
Race:
Class:
Equipment: (Please be mindful of the limit one person can carry ; )
Appearance: (at least 3 lines, include a picture if you have one. Otherwise, add more description to define your physical features)
Personality: (Optional, can be discovered through the story anyway ^^ but extra merit if you make the effort and come up with something "great")
Character Background: (Character background and history. Keep it.. uhh how shall I put it? Balanced? I mean there's no point being a super skilled legendary mythical warrior God who can fell a whole army with a sneeze! Andarun has extensive lore and background, use it to fit your character in! Try to relate your character to the story setting. You could be some minor noble seeking to bring honour to his family, a political nuisance that others want to be rid off, a nobody with nothing to lose hired by the ambassador to be loyal to his cause etc.)
Just a basic character skelley will do, as below:
Name:
Age:
Gender:
Homeland: (The Bloodsworn, Arya. The Vanharen is offlimits)
Race:
Class:
Equipment: (Please be mindful of the limit one person can carry ; )
Appearance: (at least 3 lines, include a picture if you have one. Otherwise, add more description to define your physical features)
Personality: (Optional, can be discovered through the story anyway ^^ but extra merit if you make the effort and come up with something "great")
Character Background: (Character background and history. Keep it.. uhh how shall I put it? Balanced? I mean there's no point being a super skilled legendary mythical warrior God who can fell a whole army with a sneeze! Andarun has extensive lore and background, use it to fit your character in! Try to relate your character to the story setting. You could be some minor noble seeking to bring honour to his family, a political nuisance that others want to be rid off, a nobody with nothing to lose hired by the ambassador to be loyal to his cause etc.)
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