Nano
procrastination symphony
Disclaimer: Despite the title, this RP has absolutely NOTHING to do with Touken Ranbu.
Before I start, I'll first expand a little on how this RP is going to be managed. Tales of Saniwa is going to be GM'ed by me with @Birb as co-GM. We'll BOTH be checking through a CS before it is accepted and we'll be looking for approximately 3-4 more RP'ers other than Birb and myself. Due to this limit, this RP definitely will not be first come, first served. If the RP gets enough apps that Birb and I feel like are satisfactory, we may possibly expand.
Let's get to the actual RP now, shall we?
Before I start, I'll first expand a little on how this RP is going to be managed. Tales of Saniwa is going to be GM'ed by me with @Birb as co-GM. We'll BOTH be checking through a CS before it is accepted and we'll be looking for approximately 3-4 more RP'ers other than Birb and myself. Due to this limit, this RP definitely will not be first come, first served. If the RP gets enough apps that Birb and I feel like are satisfactory, we may possibly expand.
Let's get to the actual RP now, shall we?
For as long as the humans could remember, there existed beings called yōkai who lived in their midst. These yōkai varied greatly in appearance with some of them looking like grotesque beasts while others looked astoundingly human. Some of these yōkai were peaceful while others were malicious and attacked humans. Even others avoided the humans out of fear. These creatures were often regarded as mysterious by the humans who naturally had varying views on these supposed monsters of deities.
There was only a single legend in regards to their origins:
When the god Izanagi returned from the Land of Yomi, he purifed himself in a bath. As he dried his body, each falling drop of water soaked into the soil and imbued the land with supernatural potential. Thus, the ones known as yōkai were born. In the time of the old, many of these yōkai became known for being troublemakers, bringers of catastrophe, or even as god-like beings. Of course, these mysterious creatures with powers different from those of the humans are still held in the same regards today.
In the land of the country of Saniwa (沙庭), yōkai and humans coexist with one another, at least before the great schism between the two races. Once long ago, the humans and the yōkai of Saniwa waged war against each other. After many generations of strife, the yōkai were eventually defeated and had their powers suppressed by the humans as a result. Fearing that the yōkai might try to ruse a rebellion against the humans once again, the humans forbid these yōkai from having a weapon in their possession and chased the yōkai into their own segregated sects in the country.
The humans and the yōkai had not always been antagonistic towards each other and there was once even a time of peace between the two groups. Long before the time of the war, humans and yōkai both viewed each other as equals and relations existed between them. However, this once harmonious time has been long forgotten in the midst of the bitter wars that they had somehow come to fight against each other as a result of the few differences between them.
Now, in an era where the tensions between the two groups seem to have reached its peak, the dwellers of Saniwa are faced with a much greater problem than the prejudice running rampant in the country. Out of nowhere, a malicious entity appeared along with his army of kyonshi. Proclaiming his name to the people of Saniwa as Tenma, the man with the black mask has managed to slowly throw the country into an even greater state of chaos. Bodies suddenly go missing only for them to reappear as puppets being controlled by none other than the necromancer, Tenma. His actions were unpredictable and no one could say for sure that they were safe from the kyonshi, but the one thing that they knew as a fact was that their country was doomed to fall if nothing was done to stop Tenma.
In order to end the attacks once and for all, the leader of the government, Abe no Suisen, has arranged for a group of people to be assembled into a special anti-kyonshi squad. The members of this anti-kyonshi squad would be chosen through qualifications from the upcoming competition. Being that this was a program run by the government, only humans were allowed to participate. However, this didn't stop certain yōkai from sneaking in.
These few yōkai were different from their prejudiced peers and wished to restore the broken bonds between the two races. These yōkai, along with the humans who agreed with them, were considered traitors, but their strong belief in a future with both groups joined together once again burns strong and bright. Seeing the competition and the participation in the defense against kyonshi as a way of proving that not all yōkai were evil, these yōkai disguised themselves as humans and sidled their way into the competition. Of course, they know that proving their worth and benevolence wasn't going to be easy. There was the issue of actually passing the trials as well as keeping your identity hidden and revealing it just at the right time...
Of course, I'll be adding coding, images, and other things as to help organize and provide more information on the RP in the official thread once it's up. I'm planning on tying the last of the loose ends up and getting the official thread up sometime next week. I'll be posting an informative section in the official thread but feel free to ask any questions here!
Edit: Does this RP have a plot?
Everything major has been planned out. However, there will be several sub arcs featuring certain characters so there will be a few changes to the plot depending on the way the story is played out.
There was only a single legend in regards to their origins:
When the god Izanagi returned from the Land of Yomi, he purifed himself in a bath. As he dried his body, each falling drop of water soaked into the soil and imbued the land with supernatural potential. Thus, the ones known as yōkai were born. In the time of the old, many of these yōkai became known for being troublemakers, bringers of catastrophe, or even as god-like beings. Of course, these mysterious creatures with powers different from those of the humans are still held in the same regards today.
In the land of the country of Saniwa (沙庭), yōkai and humans coexist with one another, at least before the great schism between the two races. Once long ago, the humans and the yōkai of Saniwa waged war against each other. After many generations of strife, the yōkai were eventually defeated and had their powers suppressed by the humans as a result. Fearing that the yōkai might try to ruse a rebellion against the humans once again, the humans forbid these yōkai from having a weapon in their possession and chased the yōkai into their own segregated sects in the country.
The humans and the yōkai had not always been antagonistic towards each other and there was once even a time of peace between the two groups. Long before the time of the war, humans and yōkai both viewed each other as equals and relations existed between them. However, this once harmonious time has been long forgotten in the midst of the bitter wars that they had somehow come to fight against each other as a result of the few differences between them.
Now, in an era where the tensions between the two groups seem to have reached its peak, the dwellers of Saniwa are faced with a much greater problem than the prejudice running rampant in the country. Out of nowhere, a malicious entity appeared along with his army of kyonshi. Proclaiming his name to the people of Saniwa as Tenma, the man with the black mask has managed to slowly throw the country into an even greater state of chaos. Bodies suddenly go missing only for them to reappear as puppets being controlled by none other than the necromancer, Tenma. His actions were unpredictable and no one could say for sure that they were safe from the kyonshi, but the one thing that they knew as a fact was that their country was doomed to fall if nothing was done to stop Tenma.
In order to end the attacks once and for all, the leader of the government, Abe no Suisen, has arranged for a group of people to be assembled into a special anti-kyonshi squad. The members of this anti-kyonshi squad would be chosen through qualifications from the upcoming competition. Being that this was a program run by the government, only humans were allowed to participate. However, this didn't stop certain yōkai from sneaking in.
These few yōkai were different from their prejudiced peers and wished to restore the broken bonds between the two races. These yōkai, along with the humans who agreed with them, were considered traitors, but their strong belief in a future with both groups joined together once again burns strong and bright. Seeing the competition and the participation in the defense against kyonshi as a way of proving that not all yōkai were evil, these yōkai disguised themselves as humans and sidled their way into the competition. Of course, they know that proving their worth and benevolence wasn't going to be easy. There was the issue of actually passing the trials as well as keeping your identity hidden and revealing it just at the right time...
Of course, I'll be adding coding, images, and other things as to help organize and provide more information on the RP in the official thread once it's up. I'm planning on tying the last of the loose ends up and getting the official thread up sometime next week. I'll be posting an informative section in the official thread but feel free to ask any questions here!
Edit: Does this RP have a plot?
Everything major has been planned out. However, there will be several sub arcs featuring certain characters so there will be a few changes to the plot depending on the way the story is played out.
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