SilverFlight
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A Sherlock Holmes-style supernatural mystery thriller with vampires, werewolves, demons, ghosts and more. This will be a detailed thread and I want dedicated players.
Europe, 1850
Queen Victoria sits on England’s throne; the Prussian empire is strong and France is embroiled in political turmoil. The industrial age creeps up upon the unsuspecting, pushed forward by opportunists and those who barely understand the power they are beginning to command. Poverty is rife, as is the golden spectacular that is the aristocracy. This is a world of smoke, steam and electricity, of new machines and old traditions but most importantly, it is a world of change.
Strange happenings have always occurred: unexplained things, mysterious things. A set of hauntings, a string of murders, a series of disappearances. Not many pay them much mind…except a select few. There are some who can read the messages written in blood, or ghostly tales or the footprints of the unseen, some who can feel the waking of ancient slumbering things or sense a disturbance on the ethereal planes. Trouble is brewing, trouble of a supernatural character.
There is a single organization that is tasked with controlling these phenomena, to protect the unknowing and quell the angry thrashes of the unknown. These are the ghost hunters, the vampire slayers and demon killers. Those of mankind who delve into the darkness, and some who are even of the darkness themselves…
With the growing unease among the members of this group it was unanimously decided to create a task force, one that would investigate the elevated levels of supernatural events, silence the most harmful and track their source. The best and the brightest were called from all around the world to join forces and put a stop to the writhing evil that is beginning to wake.
In general this will be a mystery-suspense story steeped in the supernatural. You can play supernatural characters but I must ok them and the more mainstream ones must adhere to the particular lore I’ll write for them, they will have weaknesses that prevent these characters from being too powerful in an organization that is mostly human. Basically I will be taking inspiration from a lot of old folklore and stepping away from the more mainstream incarnations of things like vampires, werewolves etc. I am expecting a fairly international team of characters and will also work to incorporate folklore from all over the world into the arcs I write.
I am only looking for people who are used to writing 2+ paragraph responses as a general rule, though I will be lenient in this category in light of a high activity from the player.
Please reply if you are seriously interested. If you are unsure, please wait until you are. I am only looking for active, dedicated players that have the time and drive to give this a very good shot.
It has already started but I will make sure you are up to speed and feel comfortable with the world and all that's happened before your first post.
3 slots open (Sept. 9th 2017)
~Link to thread~
Update:
Chapter 1, The Last Hound of London
There have been a series of murders happening in a poorer part of London, the victims exclusively werewolves. Now three order members have been added to the tally, found in an old order safe house just off Piccadilly Circus. One was a prominent speaker for the werewolf community. His death would sew fear and dissent if it were to get out to the general masses. All murders were committed using a silver dagger not unlike those given to order members, though underworld dealers can acquire weapons like them. The first several murders were always performed when the victim was alone and were quite bloody with signs of a struggle however the later ones show almost no signs of a struggle and the final act had three victims killed at the same time.
Traces of a silver powder were found at only the scenes that were indoors.
Thaddeus, the only werewolf member of the team has a contact in the underworld that may be able to trace the weapon but before the team could act on the lead they were called down to the docks where a werewolf named Irwin was stirring up a crowd. When he pulled a gun on one of the members Thaddeus took the bullet and the crowd dispersed in panic, allowing Irwin to transform into a wolf without being witnessed by the mundanes.
Irwin, after taking several shots and a knife wound by the order members hesitates when he sees Thaddeus (a fellow werewolf) and retreats instead of attacking into a warehouse nearby. The order members decide to use some of the dock equipment to lay a trap and Jon, the newest member of their team goes in to the warehouse as bait.
The trap was sprung and caught their quarry, who was then taken, subdued to the Order's London headquarters at Westminster Abbey to have his wounds tended for a later questioning. The team, waiting for Sir Amberdale and the recovery of Irwin have taken the opportunity to rest and talk.
Queen Victoria sits on England’s throne; the Prussian empire is strong and France is embroiled in political turmoil. The industrial age creeps up upon the unsuspecting, pushed forward by opportunists and those who barely understand the power they are beginning to command. Poverty is rife, as is the golden spectacular that is the aristocracy. This is a world of smoke, steam and electricity, of new machines and old traditions but most importantly, it is a world of change.
Strange happenings have always occurred: unexplained things, mysterious things. A set of hauntings, a string of murders, a series of disappearances. Not many pay them much mind…except a select few. There are some who can read the messages written in blood, or ghostly tales or the footprints of the unseen, some who can feel the waking of ancient slumbering things or sense a disturbance on the ethereal planes. Trouble is brewing, trouble of a supernatural character.
There is a single organization that is tasked with controlling these phenomena, to protect the unknowing and quell the angry thrashes of the unknown. These are the ghost hunters, the vampire slayers and demon killers. Those of mankind who delve into the darkness, and some who are even of the darkness themselves…
With the growing unease among the members of this group it was unanimously decided to create a task force, one that would investigate the elevated levels of supernatural events, silence the most harmful and track their source. The best and the brightest were called from all around the world to join forces and put a stop to the writhing evil that is beginning to wake.
In general this will be a mystery-suspense story steeped in the supernatural. You can play supernatural characters but I must ok them and the more mainstream ones must adhere to the particular lore I’ll write for them, they will have weaknesses that prevent these characters from being too powerful in an organization that is mostly human. Basically I will be taking inspiration from a lot of old folklore and stepping away from the more mainstream incarnations of things like vampires, werewolves etc. I am expecting a fairly international team of characters and will also work to incorporate folklore from all over the world into the arcs I write.
I am only looking for people who are used to writing 2+ paragraph responses as a general rule, though I will be lenient in this category in light of a high activity from the player.
Please reply if you are seriously interested. If you are unsure, please wait until you are. I am only looking for active, dedicated players that have the time and drive to give this a very good shot.
It has already started but I will make sure you are up to speed and feel comfortable with the world and all that's happened before your first post.
3 slots open (Sept. 9th 2017)
~Link to thread~
Update:
Chapter 1, The Last Hound of London
There have been a series of murders happening in a poorer part of London, the victims exclusively werewolves. Now three order members have been added to the tally, found in an old order safe house just off Piccadilly Circus. One was a prominent speaker for the werewolf community. His death would sew fear and dissent if it were to get out to the general masses. All murders were committed using a silver dagger not unlike those given to order members, though underworld dealers can acquire weapons like them. The first several murders were always performed when the victim was alone and were quite bloody with signs of a struggle however the later ones show almost no signs of a struggle and the final act had three victims killed at the same time.
Traces of a silver powder were found at only the scenes that were indoors.
Thaddeus, the only werewolf member of the team has a contact in the underworld that may be able to trace the weapon but before the team could act on the lead they were called down to the docks where a werewolf named Irwin was stirring up a crowd. When he pulled a gun on one of the members Thaddeus took the bullet and the crowd dispersed in panic, allowing Irwin to transform into a wolf without being witnessed by the mundanes.
Irwin, after taking several shots and a knife wound by the order members hesitates when he sees Thaddeus (a fellow werewolf) and retreats instead of attacking into a warehouse nearby. The order members decide to use some of the dock equipment to lay a trap and Jon, the newest member of their team goes in to the warehouse as bait.
The trap was sprung and caught their quarry, who was then taken, subdued to the Order's London headquarters at Westminster Abbey to have his wounds tended for a later questioning. The team, waiting for Sir Amberdale and the recovery of Irwin have taken the opportunity to rest and talk.
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