Enkerzed
Dusty Wanderer
@Kira031110 and @RealityEntity, your characters are now approved. Welcome to the rp, y'all came at just the right time. Things are about to get a little bit frantic.
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No worries, I 'm still cookin' my food back there, and I'm all unto being realistic.Enkerzed said:Yeah, sorry, can't approve this. I know the overview is still a shambles, but I know I mentioned somewhere that it's been 20 years since the dragons first showed up and destroyed the kingdom of Zorta. Unless Hydreus here drank from the fountain of youth or was the king's personal black smith before he was even born, I really don't think he'd be 15 years of age at this present time within the rp. Change that and I may approve, key word being may. I know I'm pretty lax on my standards, but I want you to know what you're getting into.
This isn't some kind of shounen anime where the main characters are kids who kick ass and the enemies are just fodder. Every fight's going to present the possibility of your character dying. It's pretty much the worst case scenario to be in at all, short of being in the shadow of a dragon that's wide awake, so if you intend to go in with that cutesie anime mindset, I'll make sure to send a reality check your characters' way. Same message goes to you two, @Kira031110 and @RealityEntity.
I made some major changes in my biography, my appearance, and My skills.Enkerzed said:Yeah, sorry, can't approve this. I know the overview is still a shambles, but I know I mentioned somewhere that it's been 20 years since the dragons first showed up and destroyed the kingdom of Zorta. Unless Hydreus here drank from the fountain of youth or was the king's personal black smith before he was even born, I really don't think he'd be 15 years of age at this present time within the rp. Change that and I may approve, key word being may. I know I'm pretty lax on my standards, but I want you to know what you're getting into.
This isn't some kind of shounen anime where the main characters are kids who kick ass and the enemies are just fodder. Every fight's going to present the possibility of your character dying. It's pretty much the worst case scenario to be in at all, short of being in the shadow of a dragon that's wide awake, so if you intend to go in with that cutesie anime mindset, I'll make sure to send a reality check your characters' way. Same message goes to you two, @Kira031110 and @RealityEntity.
@Enkerzed is this allowed?Mistory1997 said:Name: Abel Sinclair
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Race: Thrall
Appearance:
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 185 lbs
Eye colour: Emerald Green
Hair colour: Snow White
Affiliation: Dragon Slayer
Occupation: Hunter
Personality: Abel is...nice. ok, he cares, but nice might not be the word. Abel is very distant with everyone really, and while he is in control, he isn't all there. he can be unpredictable, borderline mad, and dangerous, but humans...he has a soft sot for them. its more to everything else that he has a problem with.
History: Abel... Abel was born a thrall. his mother was burned in the initial attack, and without anyone knowledge, was in the early stages of pregnancy. as her body reacted to the burns, so did the baby. he was born a thrall, and even though she was a thrall, motherly instinct is something that cant be restricted. she cared for the child, as well as worked under the dragons. none of them had experienced this before, and couldn't have known the truth. having been born "half" dragon, he couldn't be burned. not by dragons at least. but he showed loyalty, so he was allowed to stay and work. As the years went on, Abel started to see what the dragons had done. he saw as humans became thrall, and how the weakest were tossed aside. the anger that boiled inside was something he wasn't familiar with. and soon he had grown to hate the beasts. they never even noticed his disappearance.
He still hears the voices. not of one dragon, but many. that may be what crippled his sanity. but he holds his own, and works for the humans, even if they don't know it. he hunts, finding food and supplies. always left at the cave entrances, and never any proof of who left it.
Skills and abilities: Along with being a natural hunter, Abel is amazingly adaptable. he can find a use for anything, a stick? a spear. A stone? a projectile. and he can use all with amazing efficiency. being born a thrall, his physical capabilities are also abit more. Higher stamina, and amzing strength give him an edge in the field.
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The only flaw might be if dragons in this universe aren't sentient. If not, your character would be feral.Mistory1997 said:i havent a clue. thats why im checking ^^
I have no trouble if it isnt. Im just wondering
Hnnnnnn, I want to say yes. I WANT to say yes. I just... have to think about it first, I guess. That's another thing I've never considered y'see, thralls and birth.StoneWolf18 said:@Enkerzed is this allowed?
Yet, if his mother was a thrall under a dragon (meaning she was mindless and no longer retained a human mindset) how would she teach him things such as speech and to wield a weapon? That and as a newborn, how could he resist a dragon's cry?Enkerzed said:Hnnnnnn, I want to say yes. I WANT to say yes. I just... have to think about it first, I guess. That's another thing I've never considered y'see, thralls and birth.
As for dragons, they're about as sentient as any other apex predator. Smart enough to get the job done, but don't expect much in the way of art or science or other things like that out of them. They do however understand subservience, so humans offering themselves to a dragon is definitely going to be of interest to them. More than anything, they are creatures of dominance, not just sheer destruction. Thralls being embryonic dragons, they're pretty much the same but they still retain their intellect from when they were people. They can talk, wield weapons, build camps, use tools, whatever other people can do so long as it's all in the service of whatever dragon is currently their master.
Left to their own devices without a dragon master, they'll either go independent, perhaps look for their own thralls to lord over (though whatever they can do to establish their dominance over other thralls will never match up to a dragon's call); or simply go downright mad, having enough humanity left to understand and be terrified senseless of what they've become; or simply wander around in search of a dragon to serve, like it's some kind of need. It really varies quite a bit from individual to individual. Most do indeed simply go feral however, but if they're following a dragon, then they'll wanna capture more than kill a person, if possible. Whether dead or taken alive to be brought to a dragon and then turned into a thrall, whatever threat the person posed will be neutralized.
For the first sort I mentioned, those going independent, they'd have to be dragon enough mentally to consider themselves equals to other dragons and stronger than the average thrall in some way to justify such an opinion, AND have the willpower to resist a dragon's call. So in short, they're polar opposites of those strong enough to retain their humanity and if I were to say that born thralls were possible, I'd say that they'd easily fit into this category of thrall, having never had a sense of humanity to begin with. They're quite a breed apart in any case.
So... I dunno about you guys, but all that stuff I just thought up gives me an idea for a new character! Still, I'm just not sure about thrall, er, pregnancies. Any thoughts on that, anyone?
The only other thing I can think of is the child being still born or a miscarriage because the stress is too much. If it can make a fully grown man sob in pain, a pregnant woman would be tortured because the transformation isn't only affecting her, but the child as well. But that also depends upon how many months she had been carrying him at the time. If she had just "started" than maybe but if she was well on at about 7-8 months, nope. That and, if she remained in service to a dragon, it wouldn't care that she's with child so the tasks she would be completing would be enough on its own to cause complications.Enkerzed said:I suppose she wouldn't, she'd be too busy serving the dragon, not the child. Whatever he learns he'd have to learn on his own. The thing is, it's not that the mother can't teach those things - being a thrall doesn't make one lose any knowledge or skills - it's just that she won't, not unless a dragon wanted her to or she had the willpower to retain her humanity. In which case, what would she be doing hanging around a group of thralls in service to a dragon? The very thing she'd want to avoid to keep her mind her own.
As for the child, he of course wouldn't have any resistance at all to a dragon's call as an infant, but as he grows, he would either mature into an alpha or beta type personality. Most remain as beta type followers, but as the transformation from human to dragon is a mental as well as a physical process, it's inevitable that a few may strike off on their own before their transformation is complete. Perhaps their minds turned quicker than their bodies. For some, it might be the other way around. Either way, they are more dragon than thrall now. The important thing to remember is that thralls are essentially newborn dragons, so whatever stage of life they were at before is irrelevant insofar as their mental development is concerned. They all start off as babes in the woods with no choice but to follow the nearest adult, a dragon. Well, those unable to resist its call anyway.
I will never be able to summarize all this for the overview : / And this is all, well, mostly assuming I'll allow the idea of a thrall woman being able to give birth, which I'm still trying to decide.