This RP is rated M for sexual themes, violence, swearing and possibly horror. We are currently closed but you are welcome to read the story as it develops.
You were born in the small city of Azlu in Washington near the border of Canada. It has a permanent population of 23000. It mostly survives on ski tourism, campers, hikers and the local collage. Consequently it is also the city with the highest concentration of supernatural activity in the world. More people disappear hear in a year than the whole state of Washington combined but as its such a small place no one notices or if they do they don't care. You however did. At last years juniors end of the year party you saw a girl be drained of blood and you with a couple of others defeated the vampire that did it. You have spent the summer unsure of what happened not knowing if it was your imagination or something else. You are suddenly completely different from the people around you who are unaware of the danger that surrounds them. You begin to fear for your own life as well as those of your loved ones. All in all you feel the need to do something so not knowing anything better to do you decide to meet up with the others that were there that night and talk things out. You want to make things safe again for you and your family's. But most of all you don't want to fear anymore.
No More Fear
Plot focus
We are regular humans facing a threat that just a few months ago we did not believe existed.
A character driven RP with a monster of the week scenario playing out. We have to handle that situation while still being engaged in other relationships and life in general. The most important element of this RP would be that we would all in the begging be powerless normal human's that have to fight things far beyond their power level. At the begging we will have trouble even taking down one vampire and that's if we work together. Also I would like for our characters to be from different walks of life and with different backgrounds and skill sets so if you see a character that already fills a particular archetype try to make yours different to his/her's. Finally I would like for most of the characters partaking in this RP to be in the Senior Year of the local high school this gives a good reason for our characters to know each other.
The town of Azlu
Spoiler: Intresting placesSome Interesting Places (more added as our characters discover them)
Azlu Academy of Higher Learning
Spoiler: Layout
A very average looking red brick high school. It's dreary it's bland and no one really likes it especially not the students.
Azlu University
The building that houses Azlu University was built in 1864 by mad millionaire Jack Lane who also built most of the other older buildings in town. Most of its buildings are done in the Neo Gothic style with lots of spires and towers all around the place. It is the best university to study folklore and the occult though for its age and reputation it is actually quite unpopular considering. The university is also home to one of the best collage roller derby league in the country called the Azlu Asskickers.
Mike Maloneys Bar and Derby
Spoiler: Interior
Spoiler: Derby rink
This bar has stood next to the university for as long as there have been Maloneys living in Azlu. Everybody who has grown up in Azlu has some story associated with this bar. It is known to all high schoolers as the place to aspire to get beer from and it is known to all people with a band as the place to get a gig. The roller rink extension was built in the 50s and was a popular attraction of the bar until 80s when it petered off. In the early 90s it was converted again this time into a derby rink and it has only gained in popularity since. A lot big compensations are held there.
The Storm Brew Diner
Spoiler: Interior
A small 24 hour diner that serves the best coffee in town. Because of it's cheap prices and quite comfortable seating it is popular with the high schoolers.
The Center
The Center is (surprise surprise) in the center of Azlu town. It consists of a huge mall (the only modern looking building among them), the town hall, the police station and the fire station. The three civic houses are in old renovated buildings most dating back to the 19th century. The buildings age and historic value is why they have not been torn down and completely rebuilt.
If you want to add to these you are allowed to PM with ideas. These are just building blocks on which to expand on.
Spoiler: HistoryWhat our characters know so far
The town Azlu was founded in 1864 by mad millionaire Jack Lane. Lane had been a very successful business man back in New York so successful in fact that by the time of his early fifty's he had made close to thirty million dollars which in today's money would be many billions. Lane in the last years of his life was convinced that he had gotten his fortune through deals with "unspeakable creatures" and needed to "repay his debts". To this purpose he constructed the town of Azlu and paid people to come live there. It attracted a lot of folks and soon the town grew. True by the time of his death Lane had lost most of his money to this project but people said he died happy. The town mostly stopped growing after that remaining the same size it is today. No large historical events have really affected it being a quiet and out of the way town.
Spoiler: Supernatural threatsSupernatural
One of the other important elements of this RP is that our characters would not have no knowledge of the supernatural threats they face. For them this is all new so they would have to research and find stuff out about their enemies. For this purpose I wont be putting the other supernatural threats hear until we face them (and trust me there are many worse things other than vampires) also we have currently faced only one kind of vampire there are others we have yet to face. Anyway hear we are:
1. Name: Unidentified species of Vampire
Sentient?: Yes
Intelligent?: Yes
Description: Hard to distinguish from regular human when not in a violent mood. When angered or about to feed their skin turns granite grey and their fangs elongate.
Powers: Seems to have the strength of many men (strength value 20) and preternatural speed (dexterity value 25). Also has enhanced night vision and smelling capabilities.
Weakness: When in their blood lust have hard time pulling away from their prey, arrogant (might be a peculiarity of the subject), might be more things (?)
How can be killed?: Stake (?) through the heart causes full body paralysis and exposure to the sun causes the body to dissolve into dust. Might be other options (?).
Cant the body be destroyed? Destroys itself when comes into contact with the sun.
Skills and attributes
This RP works with attributes so I will explain them below. I will also explain why I decided to use them.
Spoiler: Why do you want to put attributes in?I wanted for our charters to grow better and stronger throughout the coarse of this RP so I thought the best and most obvious way to do so was through attributes. This way when your character grows better you have something to show for it. Originally I planned on having skills as well but decided against it as it made it all slightly too complicated.
Spoiler: Attributes
Attributes
There are five traits. The maximum our characters can reach in each skill is 10. Five is the average. You are not allowed to have any skill lower than three unless you PM me first and explain your idea and why you want it.
Strength:The physical power and stamina of a character.
Dexterity: The characters speed and finesse.
Intelligence: The ability of a character to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience.
Knowledge: The characters familiarity with different kinds of learning or area of knowledge. (for example pop culture or occult knowledge)
Charisma: The social presence of the character.
Luck: Well luck... sort of self explanatory
So what does having a ten in any of these really mean?
It means that your character is the best he can realistically be in that particular area. Still a strength/intelligence of ten is not the human maximum it just means your character is really strong or smart. Lets say that batman with all of his skills would be a human maximum he would have 15 in each of those attributes (well except luck Batman is never that lucky)
Okay what does having zero in any of these really mean and why cant I got to zero?
A character with zero would be unable to function in that particular area at all. Someone with 0 intelligence would be in a coma and someone with zero strength for example must be paralyzed or suffering from a musculary disorder that destroys muscle tissue.
Is Luck useful?
Yes it is. Luck can save you when you other wise would have failed a check. It is jack of all trades yet while other attributes are consistent luck is not.
Do I need to roll dice in this thing?
No you don't.
RULES
1. As GM my decision is final any questions, suggestions and plans should first be asked of me not anyone else
2. Write at least one good long paragraph per post. More however is always better.
3. As I said in my plot focus don't make too similar characters
4. Only one character per person
5. Try to post at least once every three days (I will hold myself to the same rules)
6. No god modding or mary sueing
7. All other relevant RPA rule apply
8. Have fun!!
Name:
Gender:
Age: (No one younger than 18)
Appearance:
Personality:
Background: (The longer the better)
Skills: (No over doing this part keep it tame. We are weak normal humans not SAS soldiers.)
Attributes: (If you start with five in everything you have three spare points to spend)
Strength:
Dexterity:
Intelligence:
Knowledge:
Charisma:
Luck:
Accepted characters:
Spoiler: StormName: Dave Nichols
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Appearance: Stands 5' 8" with a medium build, straight sandy brown hair which fades to blonde during the summer sun, light tan complexion, he has no piercings nor tattoos however does have a noticeable 4" scar on his back along his left shoulder blade area.
Spoiler: Picture
Personality: Dave is friendly and outgoing trying to get to know everyone he comes into contact with. Dave tends to use his friendly persona to gather as much information as possible in a non threatening fashion, he would rather be the nice guy everyone likes to share information with rather than the pushy cop interrogating people for information.
Background: Dave was born and raised in Azlu. His father was a reporter for the local paper and his mother ran a small convenience store in town. Dave had the ambition to move out of town as soon as he graduated high school. All through out school Dave studied criminal justice, politics and psychology figuring those would help him in his quest to get on the Seattle or Tacoma Police Department. During his senior year of high school he applied and tested for the Seattle Police Department and made the cut by just several spots. Even though on the lower end of the list, he was ecstatic to have something to do when he graduated. Graduation came and weeks later he entered the police academy, months later he was the one of the newest sworn rookies on SPD. His training officer was a 23 year veteran who was more on active retirement just cruising till he could retire with 25 years. Dave and his training officer immediately had friction. Dave was filled with energy wanting to stop all crime in the world each day while his training officer would weigh rather their actions would cause him to have to give up a day off to testify in court. Within the first month, the doughnut shops and star bucks in their patrol district were the safest in the city. After 3 months and numerous unjustified bad performance reviews, there was an opening on the Azlu Police Department which Dave applied for. Dave's dedication to duty and can do attitude helped him over his 4 years on the Azlu force rapidly advance from patrol officer to .... patrol officer. Dave soon realized that it was not hard work and long hours that got advancements within the department but who went out drinking with the chief. Dave started dreading each school year since to keep the rookie out of the older cops hair, they assigned him as the school resource officer while school was in session the past two years.
Skills: Dave studies Tae Kwan Do which he holds a brown belt in. He is an average marksman with his duty Glock 19. Dave attends part time courses at Azul University pursuing a degree in criminal justice as he hears rumors that the Chief may not be in favor with the town council and hopes are that if a new Chief is hired, he might receive the promotions he believes he deserves.
Attributes:
Strength: 5
Dexterity: 7
Intelligence: 5
Knowledge: 6
Charisma: 6
Luck: 4
Spoiler: AngelWarriorName: Luana (meaning - female warrior) Delgado
Gender: Female
Age: 19
Appearance: Luana is short, dark and beautiful. Her dark curls frame her small round face and her eyes are a vibrant hazel with flecks of green. She doesn't care for make up but always has a thick black line around her eyes. She prefers to wear dark clothing, almost blending with shadows.
Spoiler: Pikature
Personality: Luana is quiet but sharp with her tongue and commonly perceived as a bitch. There's more to her than meets the eye but she doesn't show it to anyone. She's always getting herself into trouble.
Background: Luana's parents died tragically when she was very young. Her and her brother were thrown into the foster care system and it wasn't long before they were separated. Her brother was adopted and Luana bounced from foster home to foster home eventually ending up in Azlu. This family was probably the nicest of the lot and Luana would probably have wanted them to adopt her had she been younger but she was far beyond such dreams and illusions now. Still they insisted she stay even though she was 18 so that she may finish her high school education which was already full of gaps and wholes. She was grateful that this was now her last year. She longed to leave Azlu and the memories of her past.
Skills: In her free time Luana plays darts in the bar until the owners chase her out or the cops remove her. This hobby later progressed to her being able to throw knives with some accuracy.
Attributes: (If you start with five in everything you have three spare points to spend)
Strength: 6
Dexterity: 6
Intelligence:6
Knowledge: 6
Charisma: 3
Luck:6
Spoiler: vietmykeName: Lee Reynolds
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Appearance:
Spoiler: Appearance
Tall and imposing, Lee stands in at 6'2", and weighs 180 lbs. He has a lean, but muscular athletic build, and facial features that show a mix of native american and european features. His dark, medium length hair is almost always covered by a beanie, and his face is typically either blank and devoid of emotion or in a scowl. He has a stylized image of a bird tattooed on his left forearm, and commonly wears a lot of dull colors.
Personality:
Calm and mature, Lee is an aloof loner, and is as cold as ice. With his smoker's hack, constant glare, and seemingly complete lack of empathy, its a wonder people don't regard him as a dangerous sociopath. A delinquent in most senses, Lee typically finds that his personal views typically clash with those of the law or school rules. While loathe to admit it, Lee often develops a soft spot for other outcasts and misfits, and has a surprisingly strong sense of loyalty and morality for one so prone to breaking rules. Callous, blunt, and unmotivated, Lee is typically reluctant to react, though when finally forced into action Lee can prove to be rather quick-witted and capable of action.
Background:
Born in San Jose, California to a Native American mother and a Californian father, Lee and his two siblings were something of an oddity in the sunny state. The middle child of three, Lee was often regarded as the trouble child, neither incredibly intelligent like his older sister, nor polite and respectful like his younger brother. Lee often got into fights and arguments with his father, which would escalate as he got older. Despite his shaky relationship with his parents, Lee's relationship with his siblings is surprisingly positive, and very strong.
Throughout this school years, Lee often found himself getting into trouble, and was often sent home from school or suspended for violence and disobeying rules. Despite being recognized as a bright child, competent with math and reading, as well as showing an aptitude for the arts, Lee nevertheless earned mediocre grades all throughout his school years. Lee's troublemaking ultimately resulted in him being expelled from Santa Clara county schools.
With his mediocre grades, and poor sportsmanship, Lee found himself enrolling in the Azlu Academy for Higher Learning, up in North Washington, in the same city where his older sister went to college. Up at the Azlu Academy, he was recruited onto the school's football team, then subsequently kicked out for skipping practices and games. With his poor sportsmanship, and poor grades, Lee once again found himself on the brink of being kicked out of school. However, he got news that his parents would not let him return home if he left school.
Now a senior at the Azlu Academy for Higher Learning, Lee is currently a part of the school's soccer team as a starting forward player, and despite his lack of enthusiasm, he is a rather well liked within the team(as opposed to the rest of the school). Despite his laziness and his habit of cutting class, Lee manages to maintain a 2.5 GPA. He lives with his sister in her apartment just five minutes away from the University.
Skills:
While back home in San Jose, Lee had at one point learned how to aim and fire a firearm. At Azlu, he and his sister often go out shooting, either at the range, or in the wilderness with his sister's Ruger SR9, a pistol from their father for "self protection". As a starting member on the varsity soccer team, Lee is understandably talented at kicking a ball around. A delinquent and a bad egg, Lee is no slouch in a fist fight either, and while only basically trained by one of his soccer team members who enjoys doing MMA, he seems to understand the visceral and sporadic nature of a street fight very well. Lee also seems to have a penchant for street art, and often sketches in a sketchbook.
Attributes:
Strength: 8
Dexterity: 7
Intelligence: 6
Knowledge: 4
Charisma: 3
Luck: 5
Spoiler: texasprinncessName: Julianne Lee Porter
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Spoiler: Appearance
Personality: Sarcastic, bitchy, stuck up, energetic, stubborn, and manipulative.
Background: Julianne was never told ‘no’ as a child. Both her parents were very successful in their jobs so money was never an issue for the family. She grew up in a gated community full of mansions, preppy little brats, and overachievers as parents. Julianne’s mom, Heather, was so ecstatic when she found out she was pregnant with a little girl she immediately began obsessing over the things her daughter would do and how she would live a life just like she had. Heather was always the prettiest, smartest and happiest girl when she was growing up and she wanted the same thing for her daughter. She was Prom Queen, head cheerleader, Senior class President and was involved in the school’s plays. Heather of course expected her new born baby to follow in her footsteps and nothing less.
Her mother tossed her in gymnastics, swim lessons, piano lessons, singing lessons, and any other lesson that she could find so her daughter could find a talent. Heather also forced Julianne to go into pageants as a young child. Julianne went to private schools until high school, her parents believed it better disciplined children than public schools, when they moved to Washington for her father’s business. The closest private school was hours away and her parents didn’t feel comfortable sending her off just yet. Washington was completely different than Orange County where Julianne had spent her entire life growing up. Even though they weren’t in the OC her mother still expected her daughter to be better than every other girl in that high school. She had to keep her grades up and receive nothing lower than an A, she had to be on the cheer team, choir team and run for student council. Julianne obeyed her parents and piled on every extracurricular activity, extra credit assignment and pageant her mother demanded she participate in.
The summer after Junior year Julianne had a mental breakdown while rehearsing for the Summer pageant and had to go to a stress rehab center. The doctors prescribed Julianne anxiety medicine to help cope with all the stress she was having from her parents, school, cheer and everything else she had going on.
Now it’s her Senior year and even after the horrible Summer she had just experienced her parents still expected the same from her. With everything going on and now adding college applications Julianne fears she’s going to have another freak out, but this time with people around. How would people react to their class President, head cheerleader, lead vocal on the choir team and seemingly perfect kid having a complete and total breakdown? Her mother would be furious if she embarrassed her family like that.
Skills: Athletic, amazing singing voice, great multitasked, intelligent and knowledgeable in most subjects.
Attributes:
Strength: 7
Dexterity: 4
Intelligence: 5
Knowledge: 6
Charisma: 6
Luck: 5
Spoiler: TheBarbarianName: Alison Brendon
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Appearance:
Spoiler: Alison Brendon
Tall, slender and muscled Alison looks like a poster woman for Derby girls. She is naturally dark haired but she does not like her natural hair color having dyed it since she was 14. Currently the bubblegum pink has stuck with her though the black has grown mostly back in so she wants to die it again soon. Her body is covered with all kinds of tattoos none of them meaningless. When not wearing her Derby Chick garb she is dressed usually in jeans with some old band t shirts and a leather jacket.
Personality: Funny and very sarcastic Alison likes to joke. Hides both her anger and hurt behind a cutting persona. Hates bully's and arrogant people and likes to take them down a few pegs. If someone tries to hurt her with words she turns them around on him/her. Still is a good and loyal friend to anyone who gets in her good graces (though she will still make fun of you). Is charismatic in her own way and has leadership potential that she uses as the team captain of her Derby team.
Background: The Brendons have always lived in Azlu. They have owned the local skiing and camping equipment store for more than a hundred years. It has not grown much since then being one of those small businesses that only makes enough of a profit to live off of but never really expand. Alison's mother met her father while he worked in the store under his own father. They began dating and soon were married. However after the birth of Alison and her twin Anthony she disappeared. No one to this day knows what happened to her. His father was heartbroken and began raising two kids alone. Alison does not remember much of her early childhood though the snippets she does remember were of a sad scenes of either his father crying in the night or him working until dawn on journalism job he did on the side. Their grandfather wanted to help out financially but dad was just too proud never taking any more money than was supposed to be on his pay check.
However Alison's fondest memory from her early childhood was going to see the newly formed roller derby league competition. She fell in love with it then and there asking her father straight after the match if she could learn to skate. His father bought her skates that year for Christmas and she began training herself soon after. It soon became a thing she loved to do more than anything. Still she could not join official roller derby practice until she was 14.
In between that time Alison mostly concentrated on training her speed and dexterity on skates. To the exclusion of most else. She got through school work only thanks to her really smart brother who helped her out immensely. By the time she started in practice she was better than most of the other girls there. This soon became her world. Most of her friends being from hear not from school and she really did not see use in other things.
When she was 15 two important things happened in her life. First she started a band with a few of her best friends. The second thing was that her father took over from her grandfather running the store making their financial situation more stable. This new financial stability allowed her to purchase a second hand drum set and begin bettering herself. When Alison found a thing she liked she practiced it as long as it took to get good at it. Soon she was quite the good drummer for the band.
She broke up with her long time boyfriend this summer. It was long time coming but it still hurts her so she has been especially cutting with her remarks lately.
Skills: A great jammer being very fast on roller blades, she is fast with out the blades as well, great drummer, heals fast, has an air of command about her
Attributes:
Strength: 6
Dexterity: 8
Intelligence: 5
Knowledge: 3
Charisma: 6
Luck: 5
Name: Anthony Brendon
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Appearance:
Spoiler: Anthony Brendon
Tall like his sister but with less muscle and a thinner frame making him look gangly. His hair is short and he has a five o'clock shadow that he is very proud of. Likes to wear unassuming clothes that do not stand out.
Personality: A quiet young man that likes nothing more than to read. He still likes to hang out with people in small groups but big groups make him feel uncomfortable and tiered. Can be funny like her sister though never in an angry or hurtful way. He likes to be nice to everyone it is very hard to faze or offend him. When he does get angry however he turns into a small fighting machine. Intelligent but does not brag about it or think he is better because of it.
Background: Anthony's beginnings were the same as his sisters. However where her sister enjoined sports and hated school learning Anthony was the opposite. He loved to study and read. By the time he was twelve he had read most of the school library. Soon he moved on to the public library where he fell in love with works of folklore and myth. He began studying this subject with avid interest giving it his full attention. At least in this way he and his sister were similar that once they found something they liked and were interest in they pursued it to the exclusion of all else.
When he had read all he could about the subjects by 14 or so he turned with interest to the occult which a lot of the works referenced. This study coincided with his sexual awakening making it a confusing time for him. Suddenly realizing that you liked boys in a very conservative town is not nice for anyone. Still his books and sister helped him through it. He came out to her first as he and she shared everything with each other. She accepted what he was instantly and told him not to worry.
Coming out to his father took much longer almost two years after the fact even. When he finally did his father initially rejected it as phase. That hurt Anthony a lot though he did not show it. However when her sister very pointedly and angrily talked to their father he apologized to him and said that he would love him whoever he decided to love. After that things have been mostly good at home.
When he entered high school he joined the chess club where he made many friends. Until the Junior party life had been picking up but after party Anthony really fell into a deep depression as it confirmed his small nagging suspicions about the town they had been living in. Some part of him felt that he could have stopped it all.
Skills: Knows a lot about the occult, folklore, mythology, pop culture and literature (classics and new stuff) is the head of the school chess club so is quite the strategist
Attributes: (If you start with five in everything you have three spare points to spend)
Strength: 4
Dexterity: 4
Intelligence: 7
Knowledge: 8
Charisma: 5
Luck: 5
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