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For Whom the Darkness Parts [Med/Fant roleplay. OOC]

prettylykSIN

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        • In the land of Terre A'nglis, evil if stirring. Evil in its most abhorred and terrifying form. Twilight, the God of Curruption, is awakening in the prison he was sealed in at the beginning of humanity by the other Gods for fear he would destroy their newest Children. Thousands of years later, he is awakening and his followers are intent on freeing him completely.

          The Gods are still too weak to reseal Twilight's prison or kill him should he escape, so instead they choose a few Mortals to do it for them, blessing them with miraculous gifts and powers and a promise to grant their hearts' desires once they seal Twilight away.

          The chosen Mortals must find each other and band together to stop Twilight, but can they forget their differences, put away their love, disown their hopes of a future, and forfeit their lives for this task? What happens when one of their chosen takes the path to free Twilight? Only you can decide the fate of Terre A'ngelis.



            • Omei had seen mountains lower than these misnamed Snowy Hills, great lopsided heaps of half-buried boulders, webbed with steep twisting passes. A number of those passes would have given a goat pause. You could travel three days through the lush forests and snow-covered meadows without seeing a single sign of Mortal habitation. This was the Roof of the World, a place that would soon become legendary.

              She glanced at the others that crowded the rift between the mountains. All looked fearful and nervous, casting brief glances at a tall steel cage in the center of them all. No, they looked at its contents. The man in the cage caught and held Omei's eyes. She was not close enough to see the man's face, as She had wanted to, but suddenly She thought She was as close as She cared for. The prisoner was a tall man, with long, dark hair falling around his broad shoulders. He held Himself upright with one hand on the bars over His head. His clothes seemed ordinary, a cloak and coat and breeches that would not have caused comment in any farming village. But the way He wore them. The way He held Himself. Twilight was a God in every inch of Him. The cage might as well not have been there. He held Himself erect, head high, and looked over the other Deities as if They had come to do Him honor. And where ever His gaze swept, there the others fell silent, staring back in a mixture of fear and disgust.

              "Did we make the right choice, Gallues?" Vexed with Herself, Omei grimaced. She shouldn't be acting like a Mortal and letting Her mindless tongue flap in the breeze. The decision was made. It had been on Her mind though. She was not so unconcerned as She wanted to be.

              Galleus, the Skylord as Mortals called him, glanced at Her. "The other choices only held different risks, not lesser." The Skylord considered Her for a moment before placing a hand on Her shoulder. "We must do this, Omei. For our Children." Omei nodded, reluctantly.

              The others were forming a circle around the steel cage. It was time. Omei and Galleus joined them and completed the circle. The air crackled and sparked with the combined power of Their joining. Every head was bowed, as though in prayer. Twilight stirred now, eyes growing large as He stared at His fellow Deities. As the air seemed to harden and crush the cage, Twilight threw back His head and laughed.

              It was the last sound He was to make again. A mountain, taller than any other in Terre A'nglis rose from were Twilight once stood, rising farther and farther into the sky, past the clouds. The roar of the earth being up heaved was deafening to any Mortal.

              Finally, the earth became silent and was still. The Deities were gone, back to their homes to rest. Some carrying the bodies of those who had used too much of their power and were now as dead as a Mortal being.
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              "The shadow fell upon the land, and the world was cleaved stone from stone. The oceans fled, the mountains were consumed, and the lands were wrought with death. The moon was as blood and the sun was as ashes. The seas boiled, and the living envied the dead. All was scattered and all memory lost, save for one memory above all others; of those that had begun the Dark Wars."

              "It shall once again come to pass that the shadow shall rise across the realm, darken every land, and there shall be neither light nor safety. Darkness shall be reborn, born once more as it was born before and shall be born again, time without end. And it that shall be born of the shadows, born of the ancient evil, shall stretch forth its hands, and the blood of the world will flow with death once more."[/list:u][/list:u][/list:u][/list:u]
 
Yours.
Makes more since at least since Sal seems to be the only one with any clue about what is going on.
 
lol even though i had an idea, it was so badly vauge that it could be just by coincidence if it comes up later. X3
 
Well, we're kind of hampered because our PCs know more about the legends of Twilight than we do. I was putting forth a pooling of information in order to try and see what kind of cohesive mythology we can put together.

There's a mountain they put on top of him, and as there's a Lower City and Upper City in this here capital, I am thinking the city itself might be built right on top of Twilight. That would match with the idea that the city's coat of arms is involved in JG's visions.

This isn't to say we can't take it to the wilderness to get something we need to defeat the bad guys; we're not trapped in the city if we can write a good reason to take a field trip.

The issue is, of course, this kind of plot stuff has to come from the PCs, not just dropped into the game.

We do need some action, though. But it might be too early to have a combat. Perhaps we can... OOOH! Here's something I have only rarely seen. What if we discuss for a little while longer, then there's an earthquake. Buildings start to topple, people panic, some take the opportunity to rob others, etc. We're in a position where we have to do something. Can we save innocents from being crushed? Stop looters? Heal wounded? It's not combat, but it's action...

Just an idea. I realized I'd never seen PCs react to a public disaster thing when I was listening to Gogol Bordello, that one song off their Underdog World Strike album where he sings about how when the whole town is screwed, it's like people wake up, but then when things get better, they go back to sleep. Wondered what might happen with that in a game setting...
 
Mr Master said:
Well, I wanted to ask for clarification: coat of arms for the inn, or for the city? But doing so in the plot thread might draw more fire...
lol i'd say capitol, since that's what it's described as for when he gets the vision and then his gift/curse. >.>
 
We should head outside.
I would imagine Twilight would be kept in a remote location, not in a center of civilization.

Perhaps even put the darkwood between us and twilight?
 
It's a sleeping God under a mountain. We're already dealing with things outside of normal expectations, so it's not like we can predict how it has to be; it can break out any way we feel is dramatically appropriate. And it would fit with all of us being drawn here, having here be the place we'll need to be in the end.

Plus, That kind of power is going to be some kind of nexus, font of energy, whatever. If it's not a completely unlivable city, like sunken R'lyeh, it's probably going to attract the magical, the powerful. Since the energy is tainted with the corrupted nature of the God, where ELSE are you going to gather up all the politicians?

Plus, having the center of the operations in a big city means the bad guys can move tools and materials without drawing attention (like a supply caravan might if it's out in the wilderness) and they can abduct sacrifices from wherever they want in the city. So having the capitol built on the resting place would be convenient for them, there, too.

Plus, when Twilight wakes... the destruction would be delicious.

I absolutely want to put something in the Ghostwood, though. Perhaps a tool or weapon we will need to defeat a big conjured protector spirit when we have to assault the bad guys' stronghold? Information we'd need to find the leaders? Our options are wide, if we can come up with good reasons.

As for moving out of the inn, I think that's a good idea, I just want to make it organic to the story. If we're pooling information, that's good. If we need to do more research, well, someone ought to suggest we go out looking for more Chosen. I just laid out some options, and not even all the possible ones.
 

            • Bah, sorry I haven't be able to reply.

              Busy, busy.

              I really like the idea of the Corus being built on top of Twilight's mountain. I've never thought to do it that way! Brilliant idea, MM.

              As for what to do. I was thinking that maybe the group should start out by finding the seals to Twilight's prison. Disks of power hidden away from mortal eyes by the Divine, but since the human population has exploded, people are bound to find them. Some thinking its remnants of an ancient civilization, others thinking its just trash. Paper thin trash that is almost impossible to destroy, that is...

              I'd start by checking the Palace maybe?
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Well, I mentioned that the Actual Ghostwood hidden within the Darkwood is a place that used to be an ancient kingdom that was demolished (Or vanished) long ago, right? Perhaps we can do something with that?
Also, when shall we start writing profiles for our bad guys?
 
Midnight said:
Well, I mentioned that the Actual Ghostwood hidden within the Darkwood is a place that used to be an ancient kingdom that was demolished (Or vanished) long ago, right? Perhaps we can do something with that?
Well, plotting ahead, what if we find out about the Seals (through research or revelation, whichever) and we discover that most of them have been obtained by the bad guys already. There's one we know of that they haven't got to yet; hidden in the ancient ruins of the Ghostwood! Therefore, Vincent's selection for the team then becomes apparent. We'll have to get to it before they do, keep it out of their hands. Of course, it'll only slow them down, because eventually things have to come to a head and Twilight has to stir, but it'll give us a goal and let us stretch the drama out, give our Hero PCs a way to control the progress of the Villain PCs...
 
So, it's either Midnight or Prettylyksin's turn to pony up something. Even just a "X thought while the group discussed legends and theology" or something would presume that some data-sharing was going on, so we can work it out here in the OOC thread and then just presume our PCs talked about it. Gotta have that in-story justification, after all. Then whoever's posting, if they're so moved, can suggest getting out and about, and that could bring us to Canvas's intro within another post or two.
 
Really? Three days since the last plot post? Really?

<sigh>

I would like to propose that 5 is a magic number. Five days of it being your turn without a post from you, you kind of give up your turn that go-round, just so the RP can move forward. That's a whole work week, right? PC is still there, and technically you can interject where you feel you wanna, at that point (and thereby establish a new place in the line-up), or wait until your turn comes around again, whichever you feel like, but it's not really fair to hold up everyone else who wants to keep doing stuff with these characters.

Does anyone have a problem with this idea, as a basic turn-order guideline? It's not like we're chiseling rules in stone, but we have to have SOME kind of agreed-up method of handling long delays, etc.
 
I'm alright with that idea.

and as for 'Sleeping under a mountain' part, who said it had to be made of earth and stone? it could be a mountain of souls, or a city which is like a mountain. ^^
 
prettylyksin said:

            • Sorry!

              > <

              I've been so busy. I'll post today, I promise!
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            • No criticism, really, because I know how life can get away from you, and there's lots more with priority over an RP website.

              But just so it's fair, I'd say that, come tomorrow morning, whether you've posted or not, Midnight should feel free to write something. This isn't to say you've "missed your turn;" we're not playing Monopoly or anything. But if today gets away from you again, we need to let other people cut in line, just so we can keep the story going. And then you have carte blance to just cut in and take your turn whenever you feel so moved. It's like you step out of line for a moment to talk to the manager, and then when that's done, you can get right back in at the head of the queue.

              I hope you do post, though; I think your Lucy posts are always interesting, and I'm curious about this girl. She's either family or lover, based on the dialogue, and if she's family, she's either sister or daughter, I'd say, based on the age. But I expect your details will blow my expectations out of the water, so I'm looking forward to that.
 
dready said:
I'm alright with that idea.

and as for 'Sleeping under a mountain' part, who said it had to be made of earth and stone? it could be a mountain of souls, or a city which is like a mountain. ^^
Well, other than the Gods being annoyingly literal in fantasy stories, you're absolutely right. It could be anything. Still, if the idea is that mortal, physical agents are going to try and "awaken" Twilight, they'd have to have some kind of physical focus...

Perhaps the mountain is metaphorical, like the Gods themselves, but in order to have an effect on Twilight in His prison, the bad guys have to translate the metaphor into the actual, which means that, for practical purposes, it's all the same as if They actually dropped all that rock on Him.

As for cities like mountains, in the fantasy setting, that means they're either going to be on or IN the mountain. And we have some slight experience with cities in a mountain, don't we, dready? ;-)
 
I have been busy too >.>
And I have a headache, bad combo

Works for me ^.^ I keep wondering if Twilight should be somewhere deep underground, inverted mountain. Gives the bag guys space to operate.
In the mountain sounds great too.,
 

            • Its amazing the things you think of while daydreaming at work. I dropped four bagels and set one towel on fire while thinking of this roleplay. lawl? I've got some major shit planned for you people! But only until later, when the characters' are more attached to each other. Lucy will come out of her shell eventually. I'm going to end up making another Chosen character, but I might be too lazy to fill out a profile for her, so I might just introduce her in the story. A lot of this planning came from listening to Snow White Queen by Evanescence. -squirms- I can't wait!

              So by the middle of the story I'll be controlling two Chosen and one villain. Mon Dieu, I'm going to have my work cut out for me, but it's vital to the story.

              Oh, and Twilight is under a physical mountain. I liked the idea of him being under the capital city. Good chance for lots of destruction later on. I love lots of drama and chaos. I thrive on it! i absolutely crave these things in a roleplay, especially this one.

              I'm going to go post right it minute!
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Pretty and I have plotted a bit involving the other girl ^.^
Well, a little bit, as said.
I will post after you do pretty.

I have my one villain in the works, Twilight's High priest.
I have been putting together a backstory, but so far I havn't lit any towels on fire XD
 

            • Oh, I came up with a whole new idea for Melisande.

              Of course, what we planned can still work, it will make what happens later on all the more dramatic.
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Works for me.
It also helps with the links.
Especially the relationship Vincent has with their village.
 
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