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    Default [M] Dragon War Saga: Buccaneers of the Burning Skies (OOC)

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    In the beginning, there was a golden age, a silver age, and a bronze age.

    But to the pirates and privateers that sailed the skies as if they were oceans towards the end of the Iron Age, none of that history crap mattered. All that mattered was fame, adventure, glory, and treasure.

    With the magical industrial revolution brought airships to the Empire, the skies became the new high seas, only literally much higher. Navies of warships, convoys of merchant ships... and yes, sky pirates and privateers took to sailing the skies. A new age of adventure and exploration had begun.

    This was, of course, until the ancient dragons of old took offense to mere humans soaring the skies which they claimed as their domain. When Tiamat began her war against her brother Bahamut, the Empire's airship navy was called into active service, and deployed against the dragons, dragonkin, and other flying menace.

    With great danger came great opportunity. The privateer pirates now had a new source of gold... Dragon treasure. The only difficult part was dealing with the dragons that claimed it as their own...

    Setting:
    The world of Turalisj Tonash as the dragons call it (though other races may have different names that they call the world) is divided between countless kingdoms, empires, principalities, and other sovereign states. As the dragon war encompasses the entire world, we will be building the world as we progress, so this information should be updated fairly frequently.

    Spoiler: Factions 


    Spoiler: Magic 


    Spoiler: Races 


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    1. Holeypaladin is the GM. Co-GM position is currently vacant.
    2. Holeypaladin is the good cop, and needs a bad cop.
    3. Don’t be a dick to your fellow players, but feel free to have your character be a dick [within reason].
    4. We reserve the right to accept or deny character sheets as we see fit. There is no cookie-cutter, here. Make characters you want to play, but also make characters other players want to interact with. Characters will be approved by both GMs.
    5. This is not a “three strikes” RP. This is a “we will tolerate (X)” RP. If you make a few mistakes here and there, fine. If you royally screw the pooch once, pack your bags.
    6. Try and post often, but more than quantity we want quality.
    7. All RPA Rules & Regs apply.
    8. If you’ve read through these rules, Write a three paragraph RP sample of your character.
    9. No godmodding, no railroading, no powerplaying.
    10. We will not accept characters that have a high chance of exploitation. You are free to submit character attempts until we tell you to stop.
    11. Unless special exceptions are given, characters will start off with a fairly normal to low power level. However, as this is an epic RP, they will be growing quickly, and obtain demigod level powers by the later stages of the plot.
    12. While many sky pirates side with Tiamat, the sky pirates of this RP happen to be aligned with Bahamut. Those who wish to be neutral or Tiamat-aligned will require special permission to be accepted.
    13. Spell/grammar check please.
    14. We reserve the right to add/change/remove rules as we see fit.
    15. At the bottom of your sheet, put your character’s favorite emoji.
    16. I may select a co-GM from among the active participants.
    17. This RP will only accept up to three people from Zeroes to Heroes unless we have extra space. Update: We have extra space, so we can accept more.

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    [b]Age[/b]:
    [b]Gender[/b]:
    [b]Race[/b]:
    [b]Appearance[/b]: Pictures allowed. Anime pictures acceptable this time, give additional details that may not be readily apparent in the pictures
    [b]Skills[/b]: No more than 4 to start. More can and will be acquired through the course of the RP.
    [b]Spell List[/b]: Only if a Caster (4 spells max, keep them to lower “level” spells in order to allow for character growth, i.e. no massive fireballs of death starting out. Spells should also be kept in a similar school). More spells will be acquired with experience.
    [b]Weapons[/b]: Limit of 3
    [b]Equipment[/b]:
    [b]Gold[/b]: 50gp
    [b]Personality[/b]
    [b]History[/b]:
    [b]Other[/b]

    Spoiler: Cabin Boy 
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    Accepted characters:

    Captain: Kasumi Idane

    Cabin Boy: "Sora"

    Stowaway: Lea

    No position yet: Kian

    Engineer: Vernon

    No position yet: Simon
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    Name: Lea Donatelli

    Age: 13

    Gender: female

    Race: Human

    Appearance: Dark brown hair that is slightly wavy that reaches to the bottom of her shoulder blades. Tan skin, and purple eyes. Standing at 4"9, she wouldn't strike you as anyone particularly harmful, unless you saw her glaring at you. A late bloomer, and just starting to transition from child to teen. She may be small, but is lithe and agile. Wears leather boots, black pants, a white shirt, and a leather tunic like bad,end over the shirt. Notably, she has bandages on her hands, which also run from her wrist to an inch from her elbow.

    Skills:

    Marksmanship: Can fire her crossbow with high accuracy after years of practice. Downsides- Takes time to reload, and due to the smaller size of the crossbow, it doesn't have as much power as a pistol, or a larger one might have. She makes up for this with as accurate and well timed shots as possible.

    Knife skill (I dunno what this is called): Mostly using her speed and smaller frame to get close, and under the guard of opponents, Lea displays some talent with a blade. However, she lacks the brute strength that many, larger people have. This makes her somewhat ineffective against people who are aware of how quickly she can move, and who are expecting her. She relies on darting inside someone's range, hitting through weak points, the dancing out of the way before she can get hit in return.

    Pyromancy/ Pyrodancing: A somewhat strange skill, and mostly a last resort, Lea uses her inherent magic ability over fire to fight. While some may use fireballs, or pillars of fire/ a flame thrower to attack, Pyrdocancing is quite different, as it can sometimes harm the user just as much as the target. By channeling fire, and using her own body as a medium of sorts, she is able to engulf her hands in flame. As Pyrodancing can often harm the inexperienced, Lea avoids using it unless she has no other options, as she hasn't quite mastered the basics yet.

    Spell List:
    Fire: can use inherent magic to create small fireballs, without a fuel source. Not incredibly powerful. Have been dissipated by a knife passing through one, an arrow, and most other types of blades. Can be used to light a torch, with heavy concentration.

    Pyrodancing: The fire can engulf her hands, and up to almost her elbows. Downside: often accompanied by a sensation of pain, especially beyond about an inch below her wrists. Her hands are the most capable, and used to channeling fire through. Her forearms, not as much. Can hold fireballs that she produces.

    Weapons:
    Small crossbow
    Curved knife, made of silver

    Equipment:
    Leather belt with hard leather pouch for crossbow bolts
    Iron crossbow bolts
    Small, soft red leather pouch that hangs from belt. Contents unknown, as she doesn't show people.
    Leather satchel
    Small blanket, folded in satchel

    Gold: 50gp

    Personality: Proud, somewhat aggressive, at times sarcastic, Lea won't hesitate to get in your face. She has a bit of a temper, and if she thinks you're being stupid, she also won't hesitate to tell you so. Can be incredibly blunt, and often lacks tact when speaking.

    History: Born to a large, and somewhat scattered family, Lea grew up within the League of free cities with her mother, and her twin sister nearby Firenzia. While the girls looked remarkably similar, their personalities were near opposites. While her sister Myra was a sweet little girl, Lea was often more aggressive and rude, for good reason in her opinion. Other children sometimes took advantage of her technically younger sisters kindness, and after seeing her sister teased for being a 'pushover' she decided that she would be the one to protect her little sister. That decision led to her being more 'vulgar' (she learned a lot of words from the occasional drunk men who started screaming at each other) and more aggressive towards the other children in the town. This in turn led her into verbal, and physical fights, which just made her more determined to fight back, and get better at doing so. Though, part of the reason now was pride as well.

    Both girls had inherent magic ability, and after a few close calls with the house, Lea was banned from practicing her Pyromancy around anything important, which was rather limiting on where she could practice. Myra on the other hand, grew more interested in the arcane, and was eventually sent off to a school.

    With little else to do, Lea began to train with whoever she could. Quickly, it became apparent that she was too little to fight with a sword, or a spear, or any large weapon really. While she had the motivation, she lacked the physical capacity for it. And yet, Lea displayed surprising accuracy when given a slingshot, and they found that she could be remarkably quick. This began her training with weapons that more suited her style. While her mother wasnt very happy with it, she heard the growing rumors, and decided that having a daughter that might be able to defend herself may be a good thing.

    Then, one day when she was twelve, a traveling group of entertainers came through their small town. They called themselves the Pyrodancers, and quickly gained Leas interest. When she saw one of their performances, she was amazed. The skill of those on stage was amazing, one duo in particular standing out. A girl who let it lick along her forearms and left trails behind her, and a young man who managed to do both his arms, bit also his feet, and a good part of his torso. It hasn't taken long to realize that it was definitely something that she wanted to do. Unfortunately, it wasnt as effortless as the had made it seem.


    Other: "Whats an emoji?" (there are too many good ones. But I think I like this one better for her)

    Sample: Lea glared at the piece of paper, her hand shaking slightly as she clenched her fist around the note. She'd found it that morning, folded neatly on the pillow of Myra's bed, which had been folded neatly as well. She dropped it, driving her fist into the wall. "What the hell Myra? How could you be so stupid!!" She yelled. While the girl in question wasnt there, it felt good to let out her frustration.

    Myra hadn't even been home long. The girl had returned from the school, and had drifted through the ravaged town looking shell shocked. Lea leaned against the wall, looking accusingly at the paper. Why would her sister even try something like this! She couldnt fight, she couldn't even hurt a fly without feeling bad about it. Yet she was going to off to try to get hired as a mercenary?

    Muttering curses under her breath, Lea turned, and began grabbing what she would need to chase her sister down and bring her back home. She grabbed her knife, strapped it to her belt, and took her crossbow as well before hurriedly taking some more things too. Brushing her bangs from her eyes, she looking into their shared room once again, before sprinting out the door.
    Her sister already had a lead on her, no use waiting for her. Besides, this may even hold an adventure that she may one day thank her sister for.
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    Kian Sanguine, Blade Dancer



    Age: 19
    Gender: Male
    Race: Dhampir (Half-Vampire??)
    Appearance: Pale skin, but not unnaturally so. Dirty blonde hair that reaches his shoulders and partially covers his piercing blue eyes. He is thin but has some muscle, and stands at about 5"9'. His clothing is mostly different shades of brown color, with worn in but comfortable boots, dark pants, a grey shirt, with a bandolier over that. He also wears a brown leather vest.
    Skills:

    Blade Dancer: Using his unnatural agility, Kian's fighting style is very similar to dancing. It relies on fluid movement, using the opponent's momentum against them, and the use of two blades. His style is unique, developed by himself, to suit his strengths and cover his weaknesses. He also can throw his knives with...varying accuracy.

    Climbing: At the circus, Kian was also called in for the trapeze every now and then. As such, he had to learn to not fear heights and became a very adapt climber.

    Pickpocket: In his younger years, Kian's job was to crawl under the stands and relive people of their burdens as they watched the show. As such, he is very adept at pick-pocketing. He had to, otherwise he would have been thrown out.

    Spell List:

    Regeneration: By drinking another person's blood, Kian can regenerate small wounds on his body. As he is a half vampire, it doesn't save him from mortal injury or broken bones, but it can heal scratches. Every time he does so however, it brings him closer and closer to the animal and monster side of his psyche.

    Aversion to Sunlight: He sunburns really easily, like if a patch of his skin is so much as exposed for more than 5 minutes, bam! Lobster red. So he wears a wide brimmed leather hat to protect himself.

    Weakness to divinity: As he is considered an undead creature, most holy people would persecute and destroy him. Holy light, symbols, water and magic all severely hurt him.

    Weapons: 2 slightly curved knives, think Prince of Persia.
    Numerous throwing knives

    Equipment:
    A bandolier to carry his throwing knives
    A belt with two sheathes for his fighting knives
    A small satchel for his belongings, which include a small carved figurine, a fang and a ring, with a small amethyst set into it.

    Gold: 50gp

    Personality: As he was in the circus, he is charismatic by nature. Thinking of himself as a charmer, some people indeed think he is. However, whenever questioned about himself or his past outside the circus, he becomes sullen and withdrawn and tries to deflect the question. He also has a mean sarcastic streak. Not really one to hold grudges, but when he gets angry, his vampiric side takes over. Whilst some vampires are afraid of fire, during his time in the circus he learnt to respect it, but not to fear it.

    History: No one really knows where Kian came from. All that people know is that he was found by the knife juggler Ranson, when he was about 6. Something attracted the eye of Ranson, so he took him under his wing. Over the next years, Kian spent his life in Doctor Bounder's Gigantic Vaudeville. At the start of his time there, he was an urchin, begging from the rich customers, tugging at their heartstrings. He then moved to pickpocketing, crawling under the stands as they watched and stole their watches, purses and anything he could get his hands on.

    During this time, Ranson had been teaching Kian the way of the blade, how to handle them, how to treat them, and how to kill with them. Ranson had been an assassin before joining the troupe, and enjoyed not having to kill anyone. As Kian grew up, he noticed that the boy never went outside, his eyesight was impeccable and his hearing was almost superhuman. Eventually growing too big for pick pocketing, Kian fully, officially joined the circus. He was a versatile performer, although gravitating towards the trapeze and knives. He had formed a sibling like relationship with the performer Liliana.

    One night, Kian was woken up by the sounds of screams, and the smell of burning. Grabbing his knives he tore out of his tent in time to see Liliana fall limp and lifeless from the grasp of a tall figure cloaked in black. Rage filled his body and he tore towards the figure, far faster than any normal human could go. He slammed his knives into the creature, who merely laughed. "Who are you, my dear friend to raise a finger against Aleister?"

    He backhanded Kian, sending him flying. Licking the blood from his hand, he suddenly froze and wheeled around. "You dare raise a hand against your creator, half-breed!!" With a furious screech, Aleister threw himself towards Kian. After the remnants of this battle had faded, Kian was left almost dead on the ground and Aleister nowhere to be seen. The circus had been destroyed half of its performers slain, including Ranson, Lilliana and the Doctor himself. With nowhere else to go, Kian goes off into the world to find his way.

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    Kian was standing in the bustling street, attracting a fairly decent crowd. "Come one, come all and witness the skills and talents of Kian!" He was juggling his many knives in the air, twirling them, spinning them, behind his back, under his leg, and doing a pretty good job of it if he could say so himself. There was admiration in the faces of many of the people, and coins were being deposited into his hat. Thankfully he was in a shaded spot, so he didn't have to be worried about that.

    With a wink at a particularly beautiful lady, he finished off his act with the balancing of his knives on the tips of his fingers, his boot and his forehead, before flipping them all back into his sheathes. He bowed to the applause of the people. "Thank you, thank you" He quickly whipped up the coin in his hat, put it on his head and exited the area.

    During his performance, he had noticed a particularly sour looking gentleman frown as he walked by. That man had a very heavy coin purse that Kian was happy to relive him from. After all, the man could use a lot less weight. Having found his mark, Kian tailed him until he had successfully obtained the purse. He made his way into a nearby alley to count his winnings.
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    In regards to the gnome race... What is the lore for them coming from? i.e. D&D, WOW, or some other source?
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    Gnomes are a type of earth fae, much like elves are originally a type of forest fae. They have a talent for illusion magic in particular, which the Fae refer to as Glamour. They're also known to be scholars as well as tinkers and cobblers, so there are a few different varieties.

    I think Enigma asked something about arcane magic before editing his post? It's normal to study different colleges of the Arcane... once you essentially learn the language and rituals associates with arcane magic usage, learning spells from a different college is relatively simple. Very few mages study all ten colleges, but most study at least two or three. But for now we're starting off with relatively low level spells... branching out into all the different colleges of Arcana can take place over the course of the RP.

    I was originally planning on having everyone be a crew on one airship, but that may or may not change, depending on what people want. It certainly allows more opportunity for character interaction to have them all be on one ship, though.

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    Oran, did you really make a half vampire character with the last name of blood?

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    Quote Originally Posted by IssyEspeon View Post
    Oran, did you really make a half vampire character with the last name of blood?
    hey, it also means hopeful xD

    and dreadfully distinct/against the dark a tall white fountain played

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