(M) The Voyage of the Storm Breaker pt2 OOC

[SikstaSlathalin]

Rated M for possible mature content including sex, violence, language, prejudice, graphic situations, and drug use.


Voyage of the Storm Breaker pt2



Fortune and glory awaits the brave

Storm Breaker IC


A notice in your local tavern

Citizen of Tamriel,

Do you wish for adventure, danger, and the chance to earn gold and fame beyond your wildest dreams? I am looking for just your type of person, on request of High King Ulfric Stormcloak of Skyrim, I will soon be embarking on a long and historic quest to map out the entirety of our world. This venture will require not only experienced Sailors, but ambitious Mercenaries, skilled Healers and expert Craftsmen. All walks of life are welcome and any skillsets will be much appreciated, but you will also be required to listen to the Ship's Officers.

Space will be limited on the Storm Breaker so bring only the essentials and nothing you will be afraid of losing in the event of a bad storm or other misfortune. If you believe you can handle this life meet me in Solitude harbor in the land of Skyrim on Middas the 13th of Midyear. We will enjoy the Mid-Year Celebration in style before departing for the Summerset Isles mapping everything we see along the way. Priests of the Nine Divine will be there to bless our journey and the people of Tamriel will be cheering our names! Be prompt or you will be left behind.

Sincerely
Lord Allester Winterblade

Spoiler: Synopsis of what has happened so far. 

Before Recent: From Middas on

- Allester sends out his message to the taverns and people come from all around to join up.
- Massive brawl in Solitude (city of initial departure), mainly concerning the First Mate and a stalker-vampire Unknown number of innocents are injured/killed in the ensuing fight.
- Captain Allester busts his captured crew out of prison uses his political leverage (and his fists) to get imprisoned crewmembers released.
- The Storm Breaker sets sail.
- An ungodly (or entirely godly) wind blows the ship off course shortly after departure.
- The Storm Breaker crashes into an island later determined to be Roscrea, a lost isle and home to the last sane colony of Falmer (snow elves).
- The Arch-Curate of the Falmer asks the captain's aid in retrieving a tome from an ancient Nordic barrow in the hopes that it will lead to the cure of the Falmer race. The captain accepts and recruits volunteers from among his ship's crew to clear-out the tomb.
- After a series of hectic skirmishes including a final boss fight with an undead werewolf (the barrow's owner), the expedition emerges triumphant.
- The Storm Breaker departs Roscrea with some new additions and some crew left behind. After a series of stops on less interesting islands, the Storm Breaker finally reached Farrun long weeks behind schedule.

Recent Events: Near the end of Sun's Height.

- After temporarily confining his crew to the ship, the captain meets with the head of the local Fighter's Guild and is persuaded of local troubles.
- More recruiting
- Khinada, resident cat-person and bed-mate of Starkad Long-Fang, is beaten to a bloody pulp by child-snatchers in the city.
- Upon his return to the Storm Breaker, the captain does some wool-gathering (involving a lizard and some others) and begins a conference to discuss Farrun's troubles. He effectively proposes that the crew of less than a hundred solve both local corruption and child-snatching.
- Tabitha proposes a plan modeled on the captain's initial schemes.
- The crew completed the mission in the Golden Sparrow, and sent the evidence to the Fighter's Guild.
-Three members of the crew had left.
- Isus the Templar received a message from the Knights of the Dragon, that stated the Knights were in need of help. And sought the Strom Breaker's assistance.
- The crew then set sail for Daggerfall.
- A week later they arrive in the Liliac Bay and are now waiting to make shore.
- Finding themselves neck deep in royal politics the Storm Breakers assisted the Dragon Knights in uncovering the true murderer of the royal line and deliver them to the Monarchs for judgement.


The present events at the start of Last Seed.

-With payment delivered for their service, but court proceedings taking longer than expected half the crew had to stay behind in Daggerfall with the option to rejoin the crew at a later date or take their owed payment and break from the group.
-Now the remaining crew are back on board of the Storm Breaker and heading for Sentinel in Hammerfell. More recruiting too.
- Unfortunately the crew found themselves arriving in Hammerfell at a time when a troubled past has come back for one more fight.

Spoiler: The Armor and Weapons caps 

As of now new players are still restricted to Steel and Leather gear.

The players that have been around since the start though.

The Weapon cap is Stalhrim now, so you can have Stalrim quality and down.

The Heavy Armor cap is Nordic Carved, so you can have Nordic Carved quality and down.

And the Light Armor cap is Scaled so you can have from Scaled quality and down.

Ok people to anyone who has been following the interest thread this is the RP you've been waiting for going on a voyage to map the vast expanses of Tamriel and the surrounding areas. We will be working under orders of High King Ulfric, but that doesn't mean we'll be hunting down Thalmer and destroying their cities, but if they come looking for trouble they will find it, our mission is exploration not starting another war. Every kind of character will be welcome as long as you don't plan to do some kind of coup in the name of the Empire or kill all the crew in their sleep for the Dark Brotherhood .

We're not asking for declaration of loyalties to Ulfric or anything just loyalty to your Captain and crew. As in the games you can choose from the usual races Altmer, Argonian, Bosmer, Breton, Dunmer, Imperial, Khajiit, Nord, Orc, and Redguard.

The links will give you ideas of what each race is generally good at and will help you in building their Primary and Secondary Skills. Also I am a huge fan of this world and the mythos so I implore people to really look into the lore of the Elder Scrolls universe and see what kind of good character ides they can dig up and put in their sheet I may even rep you for it.

Spoiler: Snow Elves: Informational only now, not an available race. 

Spoiler: Snow Elf Female 

Spoiler: Snow Elf Male 

Description: Almost the exact same build and height as Altmer just a little thicker skin to help ward off the cold.

Location: The Bastion, Roscrea.

Story: The Snow Elves also known as the Falmer or Ice Elves were once a proud race with unusually great aptitude for magic. There skin is coated with a thin layer of blue-white ice. They inhabited Skyrim long before the Nord's returned from Atmora and had their own language which was written in a complex and indecipherable alphabet. The Snow Elves were purported to use spears and archery in combat.

Culture: Little is known of the Snow Elf society, other than that it bears parallels with that of the Altmer. They kept in contact with other elven kingdoms. They developed a complex and nearly indecipherable language. Only a few people in Tamriel can even recognize their alphabet, let alone read it, making it an ideal cipher for anyone with the proper knowledge seeking to encode their writings. They developed their own method of telling time, and magnificent architectural achievements, among other things. The Altmer and Snow Elf pantheons overlap significantly, possibly entirely: both acknowledge Auri-El as the sovereign and venerate Trinimac, Syrabane, Jephre, and Phynaster. They had temples to all of them, though none were as impressive as their Chantry of Auri-El. Their writings reference "Young Ones" and "Old Ones", though precisely how the two groups were distinguished is not known.

Many of the most dedicated Snow Elves once committed themselves to a tireless journey through the massive Chantry of Auri-El, carrying with them the paramount desire to become one with their god, Auri-El. After it was constructed in the mythical Forgotten Vale of western Skyrim, the Chantry quickly became the epicenter of the Snow Elf religion. The retreat was designed for those who wished to become enlightened. Initiates entered the Chantry through a cave representing the absence of enlightenment, and carried a ceremonial ewer to each of the wayshrines, small sites of worship which were scattered throughout the Chantry which were used for both meditation and transportation. Each shrine was tended to by a Prelate, who taught the initiates the mantras they were supposed to recite. After visiting the Wayshrines of Illumination, Learning, Resolution, Radiance, and Sight, and dipping the ewer into the water basin of each, the initiates finally arrived at the Inner Sanctum at the end of their pilgrimage and had an audience with the Arch-Curate, a Snow Elf who communicated directly with Auri-El. The only known Arch-Curate was Vythur brother of Gelebor, who was infected with vampirism by an initiate around the time of the Snow Elves' downfall and spent millennia plotting revenge against Auri-El for allowing this to happen.

Though all set out with the determination to prove their worth, few initiates were prepared for the trials of the Chantry. The pilgrims struggled not only against the natural elements of the treacherous vale the Chantry was built in, but with a myriad of tests upon their faith and loyalty. There was great glory for those who succeeded and great shame and scrutiny for those who did not. But the tales of those who reached the Inner Sanctum are not without their share of woes. It is said upon their arrival that many were mere shells of the person they had once been. Some were quite mad from sleeplessness and starved to the point of frailty. By the end of their journey, the marvel that they had strength yet to carry their vessel and ascend the stairs of the temple was the last true testament of their loyalty. Regardless of each individual's tale, the final words remain eerily similar. It is said that every pilgrim ascended, bathed in light, a look of relief and contentment on their face.


Skill Bonuses

+10 Restoration
+10 Destruction
+5 Alteration
+5 Illusion
+5 Archery
+5 One-handed


Racial Abilities

Lesser Power: Thick Skin: 75% Resistant to Frost
Lesser Power: Arcane Prowess: +75 points of Magicka

Greater Power: Ice Shouts: Once a day a Snow Elf can use the Ice and Ice Form Shouts.

Spoiler: Char skeleton 

Name:
Race:

Age:
Gender (M/F):

P.o.B (Place of Birth):
Occupation:

Appearance (pic or description):
Weapons (pic or description):

Armor (pic or description):
Equipment (pic or description):

Primary Skills: Fill in 2 Primary Skills.
Secondary Skills: Fill in 3 Secondary Skills.

Personality:
Background:

Other:

Spoiler: The Storm Breakers 

Officers

Captain: Allester Winterblade by Siks

First Mate: Starkad Long-Fang by StormWolf

Second Mate: Urzul the Unwanted by Juicesir/ Mad Max

Quartermaster: Daimus Morvayn by Jacogos


Crew

Skooma Pete by StanCold

Rostikar Axebearer by Bionicllama

Krisandra by Storm

Snowfall by Sunstrider

Do' Magazo by Siks

Khinada by StormyNyte

Arayna Wraithheart by StormyNyte

Raelynn Kingford by Megilwen

Tra-Vas by Rayfire.

Arisa Mass by Imperial1917

NPCs

None now


The Storm Breaker's Sailors

Lars Stoneback: Nord, Foreman/Spokesman for the Sailors. He is skilled and loyal to a fault.

Ana Chillwind: Nord, Chief Hunter for the Sailors. She is a bit of a flirt but a skilled Sailor and Huntress.

Ortis the Misty-Eyed: Nord, Chief Custodian for the ship, fisher, general laborer. He's mostly a drunk but is good at what he's meant to do when sober.

Pyke: Redguard, hunter, general laborer, skilled Sailor. He's a young man but a strong one and quick of both mind and action.

Minerva: Redguard, Chief Scout, general laborer, skilled Sailor. She's something like a crew mother for the Sailors she makes sure everyone is doing ok and is willing take some of their burden if need be.

Swims-Swifter: Argonian, Chief Fisher, scout, and skilled Sailor. He's a grim lizard that doesn't like Imperials, but he knows how to bite his tongue and work.

Lucina Vex: Imperial, scout, hunter, general laborer. She's a touch flighty and has trouble getting up sometimes but she's a good Sailor.

Viera Vex: Imperial, fisher, hunter, assistant custodian, and general laborer. She a bit more grounded than her sister and usually keeps her from falling overboard.

Jakben "Jolly" Gaelin: Breton, Head Cook and assistant Quartermaster. Despite his name he's a morose fellow and somewhat naive, but he loves cooking.

Gat gro-Gluk: Orc, assistant cook, general laborer, and Orc ambassador. Gat is gruff but he's a kind Orc and likes the simplicity of his jobs.

1. All RPA Rules and Mature Section Rules apply.
2. I made this a mature RP for the reason of creative freedom, anything goes for the most part as long as none of the rules are broken
3. I am the GM and as such I have the last say in issues.
4. Any issues between players deal with in PMs.
5. If the problem persists, send me both sides and I'll see if I can help.
6. If I help and it continues ask a mod or get out.
7. Post at least one IC post a week and make sure it is a good one with at least two decently written paragraphs.
8. I would like this RP to be a moderate to advance skill story. I'm no grammar or spelling nut, but give myself and the other players something we want to look forward to reading.
9. Ignorance of the rules won't save you if you break them. There will be a three strike rule in this one, screw up or make trouble three times you are out.
10. Be smart, have fun, and no modding, metagaming, or powerplaying.
11. Any new RP story ideas are welcome just run them by me or post them in the OOC and I'll see about working them out.
12. You can reserve a spot, but that spot will only be held for a week unless I see you making progress on your sheet.
13. Inactivity will be punished by the removal of your char.
14. I am the the only judge of inactivity, when the RP is going well it's a week unless you send me word of your inactivity then I'll pull you along, but after two weeks your character will be on the chopping block unless you have a good reason for not being around. And after three weeks they die no matter what. If the RP is lagging then deadlines can be more flexible, but don't rely on that!
15. Avoid using high quality gear. I don't want everyone to be super experienced. We'll need story growth, plus you don't want to lose your one of a kind Dragonplate armor in a hurricane.
16. The selection of skills is up to you, but using the ones your race is initially skilled in will make things more streamline for you.
17. Everyone is allowed ONE enchanted or magical piece of equipment(weapon, armor, or other) at the start if they want it. Just keep the enchantment(s) at one or two.
18. All new joiners or former players making new chars will need to put in their Background section a legit and sensible in world reason(s) this char missed the first two dockings and recruitment chances.
19. Everyone is allowed two chars in this, but I would recommend holding off on using both right off the bat. Never know what surprises I might throw at you.
20. If you've read down this far put a good 2 paragraph in character scene in the Other section of the sheet.

*I reserve the right to add, delete, or change anything in this OP at any time.*

Feel free to offer ideas and opinions in the OOC as well as PMing me.

[Megilwen]

Will be joining....when I have time to make a character

[SikstaSlathalin]

Gotcha Meg.

[StormWolf]

Starkad deserves a promotion to First Mate, I think

[SikstaSlathalin]

Yes he does.

[Juicesir]

Reserving second mate for my old character.

[SikstaSlathalin]

Haha quick on the draw.

[Imperial1917]

So the ship is still in Hammerfell? Are we still headed in the same direction or will we be going clockwise around Tamriel now?

[SikstaSlathalin]

The IC will open with us arriving in Hammerfell and yes it's the same path as before just back to only one mission per Province.

[Imperial1917]

Is it ok if you and I do a co-op for moving Isus and Tabitha out?