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Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

Destroyer of Ramen
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Alias: Which Flower are you applying for?
Name: Their actual given and/or family names
Age: The first 3 Flowers are nearing 150 years of age this year, all other Flowers are about 125 years old or younger. All characters 18+. Some flowers will be born the same night, you have the option to plot with another writer as twins, or keep the two as strangers born to different mothers!
Orientation: Preferences here if you think your Flower might shoot their shot at some point.
Garden Stay: Were they whisked away to the estate the moment they were born, or how long ago did they find themselves in the garden? A month? 130 years? Everyone was brought in or came to the estate differently, so there are no wrong answers.
Affliction: A space to talk about their ability in more detail, however you see fit. You can even give it a fun name~)
Appearance: Be sure to describe their physical oddities here. No two will be the same.
Personality: The usual, but at some point in this sheet, include their feelings or relationship toward Delacroix.
Bio: Share as much or as little as you like here so long as we get a snippet or two. You'll see in my sheet, for example, I included his infancy and the night he was brought to the estate, and no more.
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Note: Remember that Gardeners aren't actually doing anything botanical, lol. Their purpose is to care for Flowers, keep them company, and to keep them safe while also serving and living at the estate themselves. They're not considered 'the help' or of low importance, but they are expected to work. Some Flowers have combat abilities and others may not, so Gardeners wear many hats throughout the estate to ensure everyone is in good health.

Alias: Could be a nickname or a job title- Witch, Warrior, Doctor, Rosie, the Hash Slinging Slasher, you get it.
Name: Their actual given and/or family names
Age: How old were they when they contracted? All characters 18+. Remember, they're gonna be this age you choose forever. Neat!
Orientation: Preferences here if you think your Gardener might shoot their shot at some point.
Garden Stay: Delacroix recruited the first of the four Gardeners 80 years ago, after realizing he could not care for his many children entirely on his own. How many years has your Gardener been at the estate, or are they the newest and final Gardener?
Contribution: What do you do for the estate specifically? Doctor stuff? Do you hunt the Grymmswood beasts for food and materials? Are you a famous chef? Covert guardian activities? Helicopter parenting?
Affliction: All four Gardeners are now bound, soul to soul, to Delacroix. As a result, they are receiving portions of his power. What is the nature of the ability they received after their contract?
Wish: Very important! All Gardeners are consenting parties who more or less sold their souls for a wish. What did they wish for? Did they save someone? Did they undo or redo an event, or ask for an assassination etc?
Appearance: The usual! Describe their appearance day to day.
Personality: The usual, but at some point in this sheet, include their feelings or relationship toward Delacroix.
Bio: Share as much or as little as you like here so long as we get a snippet or two.
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    150 years ago, the moon nearly fell.

    Christened the Black Moon, the cradle of the earth was laid bare that night, and a fee was enacted upon all Men- perhaps penance for their transgressions or maybe merely one of nature's cruel games. Nonetheless, Black Moon babes were affected the world over, as for the duration of the night, only 3 such children held breath, all others silenced before their first cries. While the rest of the world wept, three mothers found their worst nightmares swaddled in cloth, alive and well. These three children would become the menagerie's first residents, under the care of Monsieur Claudiu Delacroix, a strange and shadowy nobleman who appeared practically out of thin air.

    "At the edge of the hellish Grymmswood, just out of reach of the common man, lies an estate like none other- One Monsieur Delacroix's Moonflower Menagerie, the very first of its kind. Men and women of great stature and standing find themselves burdening the estate for its oddities, both for business and pleasure alike." - Xadian Empire newspaper excerpt, 70 years ago

    Since the Black Moon, the lunar body has produced another child of circumstance every quarter century as it rushes and fades like the tide, with Delacroix there to receive each flower with care. A letter, a chance meeting- or even the occasion stumble through the doors- not every flower has lived a full lifetime at the menagerie, but none have ever left to live elsewhere ever again.

    The menagerie is patient, never cramped, never hurried. In recent years, Delacroix has taken up another task, finishing up with his most recent Gardener recruitment. Branded, every Gardener will live out their days in contractual servitude to Delacroix in exchange for one wish. Love or hate be damned, all flowers and all Gardeners fates are inexplicably tied to Delacroix and the garden, never to break free of its sweet embrace.
    TERMINOLOGY
    Flower - menagerie/garden residents are referred to as flowers or Moonflowers overall, but each is assigned a particular moniker- a specific variety of flower best suited to their species, abilities, or disposition. Flowers are born to lunar anomalies or phases of the moon - harvest moons, blue moons, eclipses, full moons, and new moons qualify, supposing the conditions and prerequisites align. The moon seems to have created living progeny without title of what were once mortal babes, some with animal or otherwise less-than-mortal likenesses, generally all with powers that could overturn entire nations if left to the avarice of Men. The first 3 are Elder Flowers, the first of their kind and the eldest of the garden residents.

    Mortal - As defined here, this will be Humans. Flowers are very likely to take on aspects of Mankind despite their abnormalities. As is typical, Humans will inevitably grow old and die while those with Delacroix's blessing or contracts are finely preserved for as long as he lives and breathes. They come to the garden for favors- fortune tellings, magic salves and cures, sweet dreams, memory erasure, and all other manner of fantastical things one cannot get from a local human apothecary back home.

    Glamour - A powerful aesthetic spell cast to change ones appearance. Hard to come by, but allowing Flowers to travel safely without the torches and pitchforks being lit on rare occasions where travel is due. Currently, the only one capable of casting them is Delacroix.

    The Grymmswood - first a small continent, and a massive forest of cryptids and intrigue second. It trembles and changes over time, with all manner of flora and fauna gracing the dark realm like surprises in the night. Rare herbs and materials are procured here, funding the lavishness of the estate. Kingdoms and empires have crumbled and fallen in their attempts to conquer it, with legends telling of everything from entities that guard the very forests themselves to monsters best suited to hunting Men... the likes of which no common man has ever seen. Many blame the Grymmswood for the Black Moon incident and the creatures borne of it.

    The Garden/Menagerie - the names given to the ethereal estate grounds, though its residents tend to use 'garden' more frequently than guests, who treat it more like a true 'menagerie'. The earth itself seems imbued with magic, as though never intended for this world, fed and bathed in the glow of the Grymmswood. Only the bravest and most peculiar of mortals trouble the menagerie's doorstep, as there are no kings, no ranks in the garden. All men kneel before Flowers, like dangling over a chasm, waiting to be either welcomed or devoured.

    Gardener - Once mortal, Gardeners were typically once knights, guardsmen, mercenaries, or powerful shamans and sorcerers who eventually met their match or in some way fell short. Whatever their circumstance, they all came to Delacroix for a wish, and in turn, have been bound, soul to soul, to this strange creature and his estates. Trusted Gardeners and Flowers may be sent (quite rarely) to other lands for tasks, but they will never freely walk the earth again, leashed to Delacroix for the remainder of their everlasting lifetimes. They will spend this time caring for Flowers, everything from mundane household tasks to overseeing their safety.



    The Black Moon - an event that was never seen before or since, the moon blackening to pitch like the sky behind it. There were no stars, and no eclipses. It could be heard cracking, rumbling, swaying the very seas themselves. The end was unimaginable darkness and cold, an awful unearthly howl resounding from above, and the eventual return of the moon as they knew it. Unfortunately, all children, save for three, born that night did not ever draw breath. Even 150 years later, fear still grips the mortal Man like an icy claw.


 
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If anyone has questions, let's talk here or in my DM (if you would feel more comfortable getting private feedback!)

I added some things to know for the worldbuilding to both the CS thread coding and the Interest Check coding, and those things are the following:

This thread is taking place in a similar timeframe to what we would consider the late 1700's. The Church is, as always, an ever-present threat and obstacle to anyone with powers or physical abnormalities. Consider the era of the Salem Witch Trials for reference of the past hundred years.

Powers are extremely rare, especially abilities on par with what Delacroix and the Flowers have naturally. They scare most humans, so to have seen or met or come to have powers of ones own in human continents is like if I went to McDonald's and saw a literal wild unicorn eating fries. Magic isn't new, it's just been hidden well until now. Many people use the Grymmswood legends to get their kids to go to bed, and will live and die never knowing what it looks like.

Estate guests are either ballsy, wealthy, or both. Some are legendary sailors who ferry groups of wealthy guests to and from the estate, some are private ships carrying sultans, kings, or nobles who've come for either the Flowers favors (the usual) or to persuade Delacroix to sell 'his flowers', convince Flowers to come to their kingdoms, or even try to kidnap Flowers. Gardeners are on the lookout for strange behavior like this, and Flowers are cautioned to pay attention.

To give you a full rundown on Delacroix would spoil some future portions of the roleplay, but some may have already guessed what my angle is.

The sea outside the Grymmswood as well as the Grymmswood itself is practically leaking monsters out the metaphorical wazoo. Coming and going take special measures.
The safest way is to be brought by Delacroix himself, but some have made the journey on their own and survived to tell about it.

Remember, these are people first, and Flowers second. It's quite possible they DID attempt or even partly succeed in making a life for themselves in other continents before seeking refuge at the garden. Some characters will appear sheltered where perhaps they're just tired of running. 'Ogres have layers' and whatnot lol.
 
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Staring at my 4 vastly different character concepts not knowing which I want to play more

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searches "header lotus" in Pinterest.
gets half the results as spider lilies.

Also, for those fellow Pinteresters, are any gifs working for you? Mine are not, they are not giffing today.πŸ€”
 
Starch said:
searches "header lotus" in Pinterest.
gets half the results as spider lilies.

Also, for those fellow Pinteresters, are any gifs working for you? Mine are not, they are not giffing today.πŸ€”
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Gifs haven’t been working for me since the weekend.
 
I wonder what the issue is. I think I'll tease n treat you all with one of the pieces of music I'll have listed.

 
Hello, I am looking to apply & while I haven't decided if I'll be shooting for the Lobelia or a Gardener, I was wanting to see if anyone with a Flower was interested about my character having traveled with them to Delacroix's estate? If you have questions or interest in this particular background & relationship idea, shoot me a dm.
 
I have Vale's appearance desc and affliction down! Will hopefully finish the rest of him tonight or tomorrow and then get working on Sylas! Might change Sylas' name the more I think about his background tho πŸ€” No idea if we're allowed to apply for two roles but I'm shooting my shot for both regardless πŸ’€

LXI LXI I don't have the details of Vale's bio super concrete yet, just blips of ideas here and there, but I'd be open to something like that if someone hasn't already bitten! πŸ‘€
 
On one hand, I've finally decided on a concept and a fc. On the other...names are hard y'all πŸ˜”
 
Klown said:
I have Vale's appearance desc and affliction down! Will hopefully finish the rest of him tonight or tomorrow and then get working on Sylas! Might change Sylas' name the more I think about his background tho πŸ€” No idea if we're allowed to apply for two roles but I'm shooting my shot for both regardless πŸ’€

LXI LXI I don't have the details of Vale's bio super concrete yet, just blips of ideas here and there, but I'd be open to something like that if someone hasn't already bitten! πŸ‘€
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No one has yet so you're more than welcome to. I will send your more details and my ideas tomorrow.
 
finished my sheet with the exception of one small segment in the backstory that hopefully shouldn't affect the reading experience too much ;;;
 
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