[M] Pagans OOC
Warning: this RP is rated Mature for Language, Gore, and Some Sexual Content
Hundreds of years ago our ancestors held the knowledge to effectively defend humanity against the Supernatural. But that was lost when Christianity spread its beliefs and eradicated ours. Today the remnants of Paganism has been isolated to rebelious teens and simple spiritualists. True Pagans are a rare breed these days. They spend their days in hiding from the Church's modern equiviliant to Inquisitors and desperately searching for lost knowledge.
Welcome to The Pagans. We are a clandestine agency created in order to bridge the supernatural and human worlds. Our goal is to return the lost knowledge of our ancestors back to the hands of the common man. Unfortunately we are few and far between, we have many enemies both in the human world and among the Supernatural. We are understaffed and ill-equipped to deal with our enemies. Our focus is to gather information and survive at all costs.
On one side we have to deal with Inquisitors, A para-military organization backed by the Vatican. Their goals are to eradicate the Supernatural and subvert all knowledge of its existence in an effort to envelope the world in their dogmatic beliefs. They are all trained extensively in the art of covert war and their agents are nearly everywhere. The Inquisitors also hold a vast knowledge of the Supernatural at their disposal.
On the other side we have various Supernatural groups dedicated to equally various goals including the eradication of humanity as well as hiding the Supernatural world from Humanity.
You have been recruited to fight a war that has been going on for centuries.
We don't have superior technology
We don't have allies
We don't have power
We are losing.
All we have is Hope.
Information
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Magic:
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Magic exists in this world but due to the extensive efforts made by the Inquisitors much of information regarding its origin and use has been destroyed. Most of what the surviving Pagans know of it has been carefully protected and gathered from personal encounters. This is what we know so far:
Magic today exists in two known forms, Practical and Sorcery. Practical Magic is inherent in all humans but must be trained and practiced in order for it to be used effectively. Practical magic is used to manipulate external forces such as igniting candles and moving simple objects according to the will of the user. Our researchers speculate that the primary function of this magic was to assist in the day to day duties of more powerful users of magic. Our researchers have also found that a genuine amount of faith in one's abilities must be employed during training, In short, in order for one to use Practical Magic they must believe in its existence wholy. Many attempts to train recruited members in its use has been met with failure. As a result most of the very few members of the Pagans who can use Practical Magic were trained from birth in its study.
The second form of known magic is Sorcery. Not much is known other than the knowledge that its use involves the manipulation of internal forces. This information was gathered from a vague reference to its use in sacrificial rituals from a tome unearthed in druidic ruins discovered by the Pagans. Our researchers speculate that due to the description of the sacrifice and the rituals used, it is incredibly rare. (And NOT currently available to players. Please do try to avoid mentioning its usage in a CS or the IC. I will explain how it works at a later date.)
A secondary category of each known magic is called Bloodline Magic. It is the result of two practioners of any known magic having a child. That child, regardless of practise has a naturally powerful connection to learning the magic practiced by their parents.
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Organizations:
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Pagans: Not to be confused to the spiritualist folk such as Wiccans and other self proclaimed "Pagans". The Pagans are a relatively new organization having been created only 25 years ago in the 1980's. It was founded by 3 families who after many years of hiding from the Inquisitors, discovered one another and decided to join forces for the protection of themselves and their secrets. Today it is an even smaller group made up of only 3 remaining core members and potential recruits. This is due to an incident 10 years ago that resulted in the deaths of 95% for the organization's staff and core members along with the destruction of most of the Pagan's accumulated knowledge of the supernatural.
Inquisitors: A vast and powerful organization hundreds of years old. With near infinite funding the organization is by far the greatest threat to the Pagans. Although much of its attention is drawn to controlling, subverting, and destroying the very existence of the supernatural. It is still a force of nature. The Pagan's policy in dealing with any member of the Inquisitors is to run. A single inquisitor has years of training as soldiers and are fanatics. Do not engage an Inquisitor unless you are certain one or both of you will die in the end.
The Akane Family: Once closely affiliated with the Pagans as their Asian Branch of Operations. They cut ties to the Pagans immediately following the Incident 10 years ago. They are a Family closely allied with the Yakuza and they operate a substancial presence in Japan and run several Shinto Temples. Their Knowledge of the Supernatural and Magic's is currently known. What is known is that they are involved in a long drawnout war with the Inquisitors within Japan and are locked in several fronts including but limited to economic and political struggles. The Region is classified and a Class A region and it should be noted that Agents are to proceed with extreme caution when operating in the area. Ties with the Akane Family have yet to be established.
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The Supernatural:
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Note: The Supernatural sections contains any discovered entities in the world.
Will-O-Wisps:
Other Names: Swamp Spirits, Mist Pixies, Dead Lights
Description: Will-O-Wisps are small spirits that inhabit isolated and underdeveloped areas mostly located in western and northern Europe. These Spirits basically function as guides to the lost and confused. It is speculated that they are empathic and their behavior is dictated by those that follow them. If a follower doesn't maintain a positive level of emotion the spirit will lead them in circles or into deadly areas of the location they inhabit. If a follower maintains a positive level of emotion then the spirit will lead them to safety. Safety is relative however and the follower could still remain lost but just lost in a safer area. Will-O-Wisps often take the form of a humanoid but can also take the form a small ball of light. Agents are to take note of this limitation of shapeshifting, If a spirit takes on any other form than the two noted then the spirit in question is NOT a Will-O-Wisp. Proceed with caution and immediately report this information to a artnered Researcher or Mentor.
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Character Sheet: (do not put your Character Sheet in a spoiler)
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Name:
Age: (Any age below 16 will not be accepted and if you decide to be a Mentor your character must be over the age of 25)
Gender:
Description or picture:
Status: Core Member or Recruit (please note that only one available position for core member is currently available at the moment and one of the core member's duties is to introduce players that decide to join the RP later on. Core members are currently the only players able to use practical magic.)
Role: (There are three current roles available. Researchers, Agents, and Mentor. Researchers tag along with Agents to provide informational support and act as observers. It is their duty to bring valuable information back to HQ to expand the Pagan's knowledge of the supernatural and if lucky enough, Inquisitors. Agents work to discover and involve themselves in supernatural events. If at all possible an Agent will attempt to protect the Supernatural from Inquisitors. If need be an Agent must sacrifice themselves to complete their duty. A Mentor is an Agent that has come across a likely candidate for recruitment. A Mentor's job is to watch over and protect a potential recruit affected by the supernatural and attempt to teach him the ways of our Organization. A Mentor is generally an older individual and often a retired Agent but can also be a Researcher. It is also their duty to protect recruits with their lives and to mentor them.)
Personality: (I am not too strict about this section as persobalities can change in the IC according to events your character is involved in, that said, please try to retain consistancy in the IC.)
Biography: (Please note the following: Magic in this day and age is incredibly rare. Inquisitors have all but snuffed out its existence. If you are not affliated with the Pagans then you don't know about it. If you are a part of a group of people that do and that group hasn't been officially acknowledged or mentioned before and their capabilities aren't currently known, then they don't exist. If you want to create an Organization or group that does then please send me a PM and we will discuss it. If you are not applying for the remaining Core Member position please leave the circumstances of your character joining the Pagans intentionally vague so I or another core member can sort out within the IC how it occurred at a later date. )
If you have any questions feel free to VM me. If it is a question you think everyone might wish to know the answer to then ask it in the OOC
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Story So Far
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Ashley called a meeting between Rhiannon and Jason and himself. Harsh words were exchanged and Rhiannon left the group. Ashley followed after only to run into two Inquisitors looking for Rhiannon and Ashley. Ashley was shot but managed to kill one before getting shot again and killed by the other Inquisitor. Jason, having heard the shots recklessly went after Ashley only to get severely wounded by the second Inquisitor. Before the inquisitor managed to finish Jason off Kyle Black and acquaintance of Ashley's saves his life and forces the inquisitor to retreat by force. Rhiannon having come back realizes the situation and works together to save Jason. While they do save his life Jason has lost his leg during surgery.
I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO ADD, CHANGE, OR DELETE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE!
[OOCUpdate 1.0]:
* Organization Section has been updated with known info on the Akane Family
* Supernatural Section has been updated with known info on Will-O-Wisps
* Magic Section has been updated to make Magic less vague
* CS Section has been updated to make Character Creation less Vague
[OOCUpdate 1.1]
* Story So Far section added to OOC
Originally Posted by Light Fantastic
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