The World of Darth [ON HOLD]

[Zulma san]

The year is 1221 in the world of Darth.

The three great races, the Vampires, the Werewolves, and the Humans waged a seemingly never-ending civil war against each other. The land was torn apart and families were scattered in the quest for a single dominance. Among the fighting a romance started, a sort of Romeo and Juliet, the Vampire prince and the Werewolf princess met secretly in order to love one another. However, this Romeo and Juliet had a happier ending. Rather than dying the two lived on until they gained power over their respective families. Freed of the judgment of their parents the two married, and with the help of a single human, they began a new sort of rule, one that will allow peace for ages to come.

Together the three began the triumvirate, set within a small village directly in the center between the three kingdoms. The village is known as Jericho. King Julian the Human, Queen Charlotte the Werewolf, and King Fenris the Vampire, shared power together and with each other’s aid rule over the world and the races therein. Finally, there was peace. But the peace was strained with the rising of the factions. Those respective races that believed that their race should rule and so wreak havoc whenever possible. With the number of brutal murders rising the triumvirate created a special unit of those loyal to the triumvirate and to the balance of power. This unit is comprised of all races, human, vampire, and werewolf alike, to try to help keep the failing balance of power.

For centuries this was the way of the world. But now almost a millennium later and with King Christopher leading the human side of the triumvirate, a tragedy has fallen. Queen Charlotte has been murdered. With the death of the Werewolf Queen and the grievance of the Vampire king the balance is threatened like never before, with humans at the head and the Vampires desperately falling behind and quickly rising to arms, and the Werewolves seeking revenge. All the while the search for a new Werewolf leader begins.

Will you be a human, werewolf or vampire?
Will you be part of one of the Factions? Will you join the Unit? Or will you remain a Citizen?
The choice is YOURS.

 

[Zulma san]

The three races

VAMPIRES

Characteristics
Blood: A vampire has to feed on human blood. He/she can decide to feed on animal blood but this halves the power of the vampire. No other diet is possible for a vampire. Thanks to drinking blood, vampires remain young and are virtually immortal.
Stake in the heart: If a vampire is staked in the heart, he/she will die. However, to insure death, the vampire needs to be beheaded and the head burnt. If the stake is removed, the vampire will eventually revived after some time.
Charm: Vampires have a natural charm which attracts any potential prey. This charm/attraction is so strong between a vampire and the one who he/she has bitten/transformed into a vampire, that that person cannot do otherwise but obey his/her creator.

Strengths
Strength: Vampires have a strength higher than any other race.
Speed: The speed of the vampire is sometimes so far that they seem invisible.
Transformation: A vampire can turn into ONE of those things: bat, wolf (not a werewolf), mist/dust, rat, moth or owl.

Weaknesses
Sunlight: During the day a vampire is nothing more than a weak human without any particular ability.
Silver: Any silver weapon can wound heavily or even kill a vampire. The wounds take much longer to heal when they are made out of silver.
Holy objects May they be water, cross or anything else, holy objects burn vampires and inflict a lot of pain which can temporarily slow vampires.


WEREWOLVES

Characteristics
Transformation: Werewolves may transform into a wolf at will, but on the night of a full moon they have no choice but to transform.
Brethren: Normal wolves are naturally attracted to a werewolf and would gladly do his bidding.
Mortality: Although werewolves do not age once they have been changed, they can be killed like any other human, just with a little more difficulty.

Strengths
Smell: The werewolves have ultra-developed sense of smell. They can use their sense to track someone or even sense their emotion. This sense is particularly accurate in their wolves form, but even in their human form, werewolves can smell better than a normal human.
Strength: Werewolves are naturally stronger than humans, even in their human form.
Pack: Werewolves' society is based on pack, just as normal wolves do, and so they have the strength of numbers on their side and can call their Pack members to aid them.

Weaknesses
Silver: Any silver weapon can wound heavily or even kill a werewolf. The wounds take much longer to heal when they are made out of silver.
Instinct: In their wolf form, their instincts are more developed and tend to surpass their reason. They don't become brainless beast but they do lack some reflection in their wolf form.
Wolfsbane: Werewolves are extremely allergic to wolfsbane and any potion, tonic, or other forms of the plant. Even just the scent of the plant can be irritating.


HUMANS

Characteristics
Mortal:Humans are mortal being and as such can be killed quite easily.
Age: Humans get older as the time pass.
Omnivore: The only of the three races which can have a diet including a wide diversity of dishes. Contrary to vampires who can feed only blood and werewolves only on meat.

Strengths
Blessed: Only humans can be blessed and therefore are the only ones capable of blessing items and creating items to use against non-humans.
Numbers: Humans are the most plentiful race, more often than not they are willing to band together against something.
Crafty: Humans can build, make, and create anything they set their mind to. In this way an array of weapon and magic is available to them.

Weaknesses
Strength: Humans are very weak compared to werewolves and vampires.
Constitution: The human body is subject to diseases and poisoning (which is not the case for vampire and less the case for werewolves).
Troubled Soul: Humans are capable of sin and often are remorseful for that which they commit. One of the Seven deadly sins: lust, wrath, pride, envy, sloth, gluttony, or greed must be chosen and played accordingly.

Genetic and Races

Lycanthropy or Porphyric Hemophilia are two mutations of human blood.

As such two parents vampire give birth to a vampire, two werewolves to a werewolf and two humans to a human.

Pure human blood is genetically dominant over the two mutated blood.
This implies that human-vampire or human-werewolf union create fully human children, without any special characteristic whatsoever. This also explained why the population of Darth remains mostly human.

The union of a vampire and a werewolf is sterile. No child can be engendered from such an union. This is why Queen Charlotte and King Christopher have no heir.

How to become a vampire:
-by birth: two vampire parents
-by exchange of blood with a vampire (painful process and most who try are driven mad by the pain and killed themselves before the transformation is finished)

How to become a werewolf:
-by birth: two werewolf parents
-by exchange of blood with a werewolf (painful process and most who try are driven mad by the pain and killed themselves before the transformation is finished)

How to become a human:
-by birth: with at least one human parent

A human bitten by a vampire but who does not receive the blood of that particular vampire will quickly (a question of hours or days at most) turn made and become a brainless blood thirsty creature. It is usually quickly killed for its murders or dies of starvation within a week, whatever the amount of blood which it is able to find.
A human bitten or clawed by a werewolf will know the same fate but with a craving for human flesh.
A werewolf cannot be turned into a vampire and a vampire cannot be turned into a werewolf. The mixing of the two mutated blood create a creature which died of degeneration within a week.
The creatures described above are called Leeches and are a real danger for they are brainless and pushed only by thirst for blood or hunger for flesh.  

[Zulma san]

Unique Ability

Everyone has a unique ability linked to its own race.

Vampire abilities: Mental:
- see potential futures
- feel true emotions
- read thoughts
- levitate
- move objects with mind (not living beings!)

Werewolf abilities: Physic:
- one overdeveloped sense (Hearing, Taste, Smell, Sight or Touch)
- another set of limbs when transformed(4 eyes, 4 arms, 2 tails in wolf form, 2 heads...)
- ability to jump (proportionally like a grasshopper)
- Improved bite when transformed- attacks made with teeth are stronger
- Improved strike when transformed - attacks made with claws are stronger

Human abilities: Elemental (partial control of one element):
- fire
- water
- earth
- air
- wood

Warning: Use reserve when you use your ability. You are NOT a god!
Using your unique ability is tiring whatever your race : afterward, a supply of your primary diet (blood, meat or food) and some rest (proportionally to the amount of energy used) are needed.

I might be open to suggestion for your unique ability as long as you stay in the type of abilities of your race. Send me a pm.

This ability CANNOT be:
- the negation of a weakness or characteristic linked to your own race (example: a vampire able to have its power under the sunlight)
- the strength of another race (example: a human with ultra developed eyesight)  

[Zulma san]

The Groups

The Factions

The Fangs

They believe that vampires are on top of the food chain and as such should rule the world without sharing with the other races. They dislike, hate and despise anything which is not vampire (and for some of them, not noble).
They enjoy night feats on defenseless citizens or driving werewolves crazy on full moon nights when they are more sensitive.
Numerous noble vampires who are growing tired of the other races have increased the ranks of the Fangs in the last decade. The faction has now its own organization with Lady Francoise. at its head. Nothing is known about her, outside of the fact that she is a noble. From a little group of stupid vampires, the Fangs has turned into an intelligent organization which actions are feared by all the races.

The Lycans

They see the vampires as arrogant creatures who are nothing more than weaklings under the daylight and the humans as food. They believe that they should rule the world as they wish. A ferocious hate against anything non werewolf is a given.
They enjoy savage and gruesome slaughter, especially of young maiden or children and public beheading of vampires during the daylight.
Lord Lucian. is there leader, the chief of the pack and once a member of the Lycans, always a member of the pack. Anyone trying to leave the pack is killed without mercy and left as example.
A group which ferocity is equaled only by its smartness.

The Blessed - Have now the support of their King, although it is not official

They see vampires and werewolves equally as demons who should be destroyed from the surface of the world. Humans being the most common race, they do not understand why they should share the power with predators such as wolves and vampires.
They enjoy day raid against vampire houses and silver torture against captured werewolves.
They claim to have no leader but God, however the Priest Bartolomeo. has imposed himself as an important figure of this faction. If the group seems disorganized, Priest Bartolomeo. has gathered around him devoted and dangerous men and women.


The Unit - Dismantled by the Human King, only 3 members survived

A special team (special op equivalent) composed equally of vampires, werewolves and humans which is under the direct command of the Triumvirate. Despite their position, they have no authority over any army or group. This is a very limited team composed of only few individuals with one leader rotating between the different races.
Their primary task is to destroy anything which would go against the balance of the world. They protect the Triumvirate and are called for special missions, especially those in which one of the three Factions is involved.
The Unit finds you, you do not find the Unit.


The Citizens

Vampires, werewolves or humans who share or not the ideal of peace and cohabitation and live their daily lives as they can, trying to avoid the Factions. They represent the majority of the inhabitants of the world. All professions are represented, including members of the army.
One who does not like the other races can still be a citizen and not be part of any of the Extreme Factions.
All professions are represented in the citizens group: church, army, doctors, craftsmen, farmers....
The regular army which tries to enforce the ideals of the Triumvirate on a daily basis and takes care of the protection of Jericho is made of citizens. (If you want to be part of the army, your group is: citizen.)

If you are part of one of the Extreme Factions or of the Unit, the other players will be aware of it, however their characters will NOT.  

[Zulma san]

Character Profile:

Once your character is ready, please PM me your profile.

Be careful to read the previous posts before creating your profile.
If you have question, ask first. This would avoid having me refusing your profile because you did not understand something. smile

The places to become part of the Unit will be limited. Therefore it will be a mix of first come/first served & awesomeness of the profile. smile

[b]Username:[/b] put your Gaia username
[b]Name:[/b] your character name (if the same as your username, you must justify it)
[b]Age:[/b] for vampires & werewolves, you have to provide two ages: physical age & real age. THIS IS A MANDATORY FIELD!

[b]Race:[/b] see description above.
[b]Group:[/b] see description above

[b]Biography:[/b] very important

[b]Unique ability:[/b] see description above

[b]Weapon:[/b]

[b]Description physic:[/b] Needs to be thorough (I will refuse a tektek or image if there isn't a short word description with it)
[b]Transformed form:[/b] (for vampires & wolves only)

[b]Description mental:[/b]
[b]Sin:[/b] (for human only)

[b]Other information:[/b] anything else you would like to share

 

[Zulma san]

Rules

1- Respect Gaia's TOS

2- Respect the game
This is a literate role play. One sentence posts are NOT acceptable! Limit yourself with the OCC (no pure OCC post here, there is an OCC thread made for that).
This is a medieval style fantasy role play. Fire is your light (no electricity). No guns.

3- Respect the other players.
Your character can hate another character but do not take it on the player.

4- Be fair-play.
The knowledge you have as a player should NOT influence what your character knows.

5- Respect the game master and her comments.

6- Romance and fighting are part of role playing but keep it PG-13!

7- Enjoy yourselves!

8- NEW RULE: Expect unique exception discussed with me, everyone has to post at least once a week. If you have not posted after a month, your character becomes an NPC.



I hope I will not need to add any other rules. smile

heart A HUGE THANK YOU TO Angeles Valentine for her help and amazing ideas in the development of this role play! heart

 

[Zulma san]

Accepted Profiles

Characters Profiles Thread

 

[Zulma san]

RP is Closed & NOT accepting profiles

If you are really interested and motivated PM Zulma san.

 

[Zulma san]

The 18th of November 1221

The Capital of the World of Darth, the city of Jericho, is dressed of black and maroon. Today the funerals of the Queen Charlotte are taking place. A long cortege is slowly advancing across the streets of the city. The citizens of Darth are gathered in numbers for a last farewell to their Queen. Werewolves, vampires and humans alike are present at this event which should have never happened. For one day, they all forgot their differences to honor this ruler who brought peace for centuries to her people.

The King Fenris, the vampire, and the King Christopher, the human, are leading the cortege, directly after the coffin on top of which the Queen rests. The coffin is surrounded by guards all dressed in black and maroon.
It is late afternoon when the cortege started its long and slow journey and the Vampire King seems old and weak on his horse. May it be the sunlight or the pain of his loss, he looks pitiful. King Christopher's face is of marble, no emotion can been seen as he seats by the side of King Fenris.
Then come the Unit, all dress in black, their head wrapped in a black clothe, with only their eyes visible by the public. They are the silent shadows of the Kings.
The nobles of the Kingdom, all races together are the next to come. Dressed in their most sumptuous and yet dark clothes, they all wore the appropriate dark face for the men and tearful for the women. But tension can be filled in that group between the different members of the different races. Only the respect of their Queen managed to prevent anyone from speaking and starting a fight.
The royal guards follow, in cadence.

All along the way to the place where the Queen would be burnt, guards are marking the streets on both side, preventing the citizens to come to close.

 

[Angeles Valentine]

Angeles had attended, how could she not? She was one of the many that had been fine with the balance of the triumvirate and hadn't risen to give her own kind an advantage over the other races. In fact, she was a hunter of her own kind, killing what would be called the 'problem vampires,' those vampires that needlessly killed and killed a lot. Most of the time her marks were select members of the Fangs. This always had her on edge.

But not today, today she wore black, which she always wore, but today she was without her weapons or personal effects. Just the nicest clothes she owned. Her hunter hat was missing, allowing her long white hair to be free around her shoulders. She watched as her fellow nobles walked by in the line of mourners. Angeles' bright green eyes were somber and sorrowful, watching the procession go by.

She was being blocked from following the procession, even though by standards she was noble, but she decided to stand among the citizens, she felt more comfortable among them. She however began walking through the crowd to follow the end, so that she could watch the cremation of the Queen. Angeles felt sympathy for King Fenris, she knew what it was like to lose the one you loved.

Werewolves, Humans, and Vampires. Angeles walked past them all, acting on their best behavior for as long as the funeral was active. Things would probably worsen once it was over. The vampires at least would not create a problem, being weakened as they were under the light of the sun. Vampires wouldn't cause problems until after sunset.  

[Tonash Drahow]

There was at least one face outside of the crowd with a bright persona as the funeral procession passed through. Vincent smiled wide from his perch on the rooftop of a nearby building.

His eyes were filled with joy that a significant figure of the demi-humans had been done away with.

"Christopher is such a fool," he said aloud as he was certain nothing was within earshot, even werewolves with their sensitive ears, "No peace can be achieved with these beasts. Those dogs and bats have no place in this world. In our world."

He gazed down on the procession, withholding the desire to begin clapping as they passed beneath him.

Today was a wonderful day.  

[Zulma san]

Emilia was marching in silence, but her eyes were going back and forth on the crowd. She was trying to notice anything suspect. All her senses were in alert, she was ready. She would defend the two kings with the same fervor with which she would have defended her Queen...but her Queen was dead and despite the years spent in the Unit, she had not been able to prevent it. Since then she had been wondering about her place amongst the Kingdom of Darth. Did she deserved to be part of the Unit when she had failed her Queen so lamentably?

The werewolf smelled the scent of a noble vampire. She was puzzled, the nobles were all behind her, riding proudly their horses. But she was sure that in the crowd there was a different smell. It took her a while but she noticed the white hair vampire as the cortege passed her. Emilia frowned, why would she not be with the other noble? Then she recognized the face and a smirk came to her lips. Oh she is that noble vampire... They had met. In several hundreds of years of living, it was difficult not to bump once in a while in each other, especially when one were sharing the same prey...

Emilia's focus left the vampire and she went back to her scanning of the crowd. This was when her eyes met his. Of a poisonous green, the man was looking and smiling at the cortege. He was not a young kid anymore but his face did not come up as someone she had met or knew anything of. She stared at him. From where she was she could perfectly see his features, while he probably barely saw that her face was turned his way. She wished she could use her mind to make his explode. It was obvious that the man was rejoicing at the show. The werewolf had trouble repressing a growl as the cortege passed the building on top of which he was. She wished she could just run up and tear him apart...but not today. However if they were to meet again she would remember him and his offense towards the Queen.  

[Ale Posselna]

Ria was grateful that father and Melissa were by her side in this dire day. She watched in silence as the coffin slided across the streets to its final resting place. Tucked in her dark velvet dress, she tried her best to keep her composure, while next to her Melissa shed silent tears. She was grateful for that too, this public display of emotion wasn't something she found herself capable of doing alone.For besides the grief, other thoughs were in her mind. It has always been like that since Anwas died and she never found out why.
The reasons for murdering Queen Charlote were far than many. The Triumviarte was now disbalanced and troubling times were ahead. But who could have the power to commit such an action? Who would be so desperate not to bother with the consequences?  

[MacPere]

Rolias had kept in the confines of the hospital; rejecting his colleagues' invitations to join them in the streets. His view from the relatively tall building was none better than that of the amassing crowd as his gaze flicked between the bite wound he was patching up and the grand procession.

He couldn't say that he felt remorse or elation at the death but rather more a neutral approach, if a little cynical. Without a head of each race, he could just feel the world falling into the decline of war as it once had. Corruption, anarchy... All that was needed was a little push. The King of Vampires already looked weak. Maybe he was next.

Rolias' thought were torn as the patient gave a small cry, his full attention turning to the man as the parade moved on.

Dark days were ahead.