Fantasy The Seed of Life - Interest Check

[Effervescent]

It's been two hundred years since the kingdoms last saw peace between those with magic and those without. With the following death of the land's peacekeepers, known in legend as Dragon Wardens, humans allied with orcs and drove those with magic from their lands in fear of the power they could possess against them. As time passed, animosity grew between the two societies.


Not but three years ago rumors passed through the lands of a Dark Army rising, a society of Shadow forming within the Twisted Woods once again. The rumor grew to reality as they slowly crept out from the woods, kidnapping innocents for nefarious purposes and slaughtering those who resist. Magical beings began to feel a threat upon their magic as it grows weaker. And then, as the Dark Army grew in number, the threat became too grand to ignore. Humans, orcs, and all manner of magical beings must now set aside their differences to combat the Shadow before it consumes the Four Kingdoms.




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  The Seed of Life will be a character driven story arch where players and their characters shape the outcome of the story. It will be a loose linear format with several set objectives that carry multiple paths and outcomes for the characters. Each character in the story matters and impacts the story with what they choose to do (or not to do).
  
  
  This will be a detail oriented roleplay.
  
  
  There will be provided lore to aid in immersion within the lore and universe. Players are welcome to expand with creative freedom where lore is vague pending approval.
  
  
  OOC communication is important to me. If you have questions or concerns or even ideas for subplots, don't hesitate to PM me!
  
  
  Real life always comes first with my roleplays. If you are going to be gone due to family or you just don't have any creative juices flowing, let me know!
  
  
  This is a free standing sequel to my current roleplay The Dragon Wardens. It is not necessary to know/read/participate in that roleplay in order to participate in this plot. There will be allusions, and what has happened and will happen in The Dragon Wardens will come to shape what happens for this plot.
  
  
  
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  Magical and non magical beings will have different goals in mind while attempting to work together against this common enemy.
  
  
  Humans and Orcs will be more focused on protecting and aiding their people, as they suffer from physical attacks on a daily basis. Their lands are constantly ambushed by Shadow Casters. Their people disappear without a trace. Some are tortured or turned into tainted to plague their lands on a more personal level. Their dead are raised as puppets to the Shadow Casters. It's torment for these non magical people, and they want the suffering to end.
  
  
  All magical beings are far enough away from the daily tyranny from the Dark Army. While they may see some corruption with the Twisted Woods weaving closer and further into their lands, the Shadow Casters are preoccupied within the other Kingdoms, and it seems that their path will not lead them to Eversyth. However, the growing use of Shadow Magic has begun to taint the World Tree, and in essence, weaken the aether to which their magic derives. It is causing a sickness within them, making casting their magic painful if done in excessive amounts. Those made of pure magic, like the nymphs, are fading and dying. The shae spout premonitions of despair. They all know their World Tree is dying, and if that happens, magic and everything connected to it will die. They feel they must find the Seed of Life. The Seed of Life is practically a myth. No one living has ever seen one, for it is only created when the World Tree feels its life is coming to a close. All magical beings wish to find a Seed of Life so that they may preserve all things magic. Without their magic, they feel the Dark Army will prevail.
  
  
  
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  So that people can get an idea as to what they would like to play or can play in this plot, I will provide a list of playable races. The biggest thing to note that it is impossible to have a red headed character. There are lore reasons.
  
  
  Elves - Naveri, Sur, and Vuaturi
  
  
  • Naveri - akin to high elves. Dark hair. Beautiful. Elegant.
    
  • Sur - typical woodland type. Rugged and survivalists.
    
  • Vuaturi no longer nomadic, and forced to settle in Eversyth. Their technology has been banned, setting technological advancements back. Their culture is preserved and out of respect they are the only race allowed to tattoo themselves magically. White hair, white eyes, dark skin, tattoos that glow when magic is used.
    
  
  
  Tainted - shapeshifters tainted and formed by Shadow. They are hunted down and typically kill on sight once they shift. These once-humans can only cast Shadow magic, and appear typically in their human form. They shape shift without control and go on murderous sprees giving them no refuge in any society. They will even kill each other. Special permission needed in order to play a tainted. Must be willing to the idea your character might be killed, and is the only playable race that can be killed by me (the GM) without prior warning.
  
  
  Half-elves - part elf, part human. only accepted in magical society. Procreation between elves and humans is outlawed. If the baby is discovered in human society, it will be killed. Magic society will accept them with open arms. Mild
  
  
  Nymphs - appear as women. charming. traits of the element to which they hail within their appearance. They are the embodiment of their element (earth, wind, fire, water) and are not casters of magic
  
  
  Shae - goat-like in appearance with cloven hooves as feet. Their magic is not typical in that they cannot cast. They are connected with the World Tree and therefore considered part of the Magical society. Dwindling numbers. Just as rare as half-elves. Special permission required in order to play.
  
  
  Humans - Fallenites, Baladuri, Maldviri and Thalls
  
  
  • Fallenites have been a struggling society. It is poverty stricken, and in efforts to bring the kingdom up from the brink of failing the king has sold portions of land to Thallas. Some Thalls used to hail from Faledrin and are bitter about their land being sold away. Thieves and sailors are common.
    
  • Baladuri still remain strong in the North. They have since claimed the native lands throwing a large portion of natives into slavery to mine in the mountains. Known for their warriors and strong military.
    
  • Maldviri hail from the desert lands of Maldvir (South). They are mysterious and ritualistic, claiming to be immune to Shadow Magic. They worship the Inner Light.
    
  • Thalls hold the largest portion of land and have the most advanced society. It is ruled by the young king. Very typical upper class society. Not much poverty to be found, almost strangely so.
    
  
  
  Orcs - their lands extend into the Woodlands of Valnahar. They work peacefully with the humans to mechanize their armies to combat magic. Highly intelligent, though their intelligence is often overlooked due to their smarts being applied to mechanizations of war. High population of engineers and forward thinkers.
  
  
  
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  @LadyMatsudai @Macaberz @Keitsumah @CloudyBlueDay @Seanzah Angel @Unwavering Knight
  
  
  You guys have already been told about this, but just in case you had the time or wanted to check out the interest check, I tagged you! Regardless of your participation in this, we still have TDW.
  
  
  

 

[Elle Joyner]

*swoons* An Effervescent RP!? Ooooh.

 

[CloudyBlueDay]

IN.

 

[Kharmin]

[QUOTE="Elle Joyner]*swoons* An Effervescent RP!? Ooooh.

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ikr! And a fantasy genre one to boot! Please tag me, Effer!

 

[Effervescent]

I'll likely be taking a back seat for this plot and only GM environments and NPCs (and enemies!). That way everything is completely up to the players and I just carry out my dark bidding with my posts.

 

[Seanzah Angel]

I'd have to pencil it in between HELL YEAH and LET'S DO IT.


I think I can manage.

 

[CrazyCritter]

Very much interested. When do we start?

 

[LadyMatsudai]

I am totally in

 

[Effervescent]

Very much interested. When do we start?

Whenever there's enough interest to start the thread and open it up for CS submissions. I have all the necessary lore written out. It just comes down to whether or not I'll have enough players willing to submit CSs.


I'm looking to have it up by the weekend if I do see interest, and then starting it within a week's time.

 

[Elle Joyner]

I'll be away this weekend, and won't be able to get on much (Save for my phone) -- but I am most definitely interested, still !

 

[Vudukudu]

Count me in. Been waiting for a good fantasy for awhile.

 

[CoconutLeaves]

I'm in, and seeing by the posts above, I'm guessing this is going to be one of those higher tier rp, so I want to give this a shot!

 

[Effervescent]

[QUOTE="Elle Joyner]I'll be away this weekend, and won't be able to get on much (Save for my phone) -- but I am most definitely interested, still !

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No worries. You'd have plenty of time to write up a CS. I'm not planning on setting a limit for who can join, at least for now. I doubt it'll be popular enough to where there'd be too many players. The plot will lend itself to being more open for players coming and going.


Glad to see more interest!

 

[Semblance]

I'm definitely interested in this!


nice to see some of the Magistone crew here

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

I am absolutely interested. And let me just say, it is very refreshing to see a roleplay where it portrays orcs as an intelligent race and not just some mindless war freaks.

 

[Bacon is fluffy]

I'm surprised orcs would never be portrayed as intelligent after the warcraft series,but then again I'm an old fan of blizzard.


Count me it, the premise looks great. But I don't know anything about this dragon thingy.


Edit: The censorship on this site makes me laugh. I'm uncultured LOLOLOL

 

[Effervescent]

I am absolutely interested. And let me just say, it is very refreshing to see a roleplay where it portrays orcs as an intelligent race and not just some mindless war freaks.

[QUOTE="Bacon is fluffy]I'm surprised orcs would never be portrayed as intelligent after the warcraft series,but then again I'm an old fan of blizzard.

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Orcs in the lore of the prequel to this plot (The Dragon Wardens) are a society closed off from humans and elves due to past wars. They're located in the northeastern regions, and each settlement was self sustaining. They'd mostly done territorial wars for expansion more towards the east until propositioned otherwise. I figured since the orcs were self sustaining and closed off from the other cultures and societies for so long, not only would their economy have to be a little different, but they were likely more intelligent than the fantasy stereotype, and thus probably advanced differently and more quickly than the rest.


So probably at one point during the major territorial wars hundreds of years ago these orcs were the barbarous fantasy types. But since they exist hundreds of years down the road with a significant increase of number, I just couldn't really picture them being anything but very intelligent.


I feel like Warcraft orcs are more intelligent that Tolkien orcs, but that's another discussion entirely.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

Warcraft orcs are more intelligent than Tolkien orcs, though Tolkien orcs do seem to be tougher and fiercer. Though Elder Scrolls orcs are more intelligent than Warcraft, but of course, the ES orcs were once elves, so yeah.

 

[Effervescent]

I didn't know that about the Elder Scrolls orcs! Interesting. I'm not too familiar with that universe. But I enjoy breaking away from typical tropes when I can make it work, like with these orcs. I feel like Tolkien really set the standards for a lot in the fantasy genre. I'm taking a direction sort of like how RR Martin designs societies in his stories. You don't just think about the plot, but the setting and how it functions. I think World of Warcraft brushes over that concept without thinking too much into why their orcs are the way they are and how Orgrimmar came to be and why it is a central hub (in terms of lore and not in terms of convenience in game) or what influences are where, etc. Where do they get their materials? How did they educate their engineers to craft their siege weapons? Who handles the lesser sides of their economy like architectural design or tailoring? Was their choice in Orgrimmar's location a strategic decision or just based on where a settlement began? What about politics and how it impacts the society? So on and so forth. These sorts of things aren't often relevant in a story. Most of the time orcs are the enemy and all we need to know is "they're strong and they're warriors and they're going to die so the heroes can be heroic." But what makes them the bad guy?


I could go on.

 

[Keitsumah]

I've got a character I've been playing with and im curious as to how she might fit here. Hmmm....


Count me in. Even if my first Idea doesn't work I always bounce back with another xD

 

[Effervescent]

It looks like I'll be launching this plot sometime tonight or tomorrow. I will tag everyone who has posted here once I am ready to receive CS submissions and post the link here on this thread for anyone just now coming in to check the plot out.

 

[Wayward]

I am extremely interested in this. Please tag me as well.

 

[Effervescent]

@littlemischief


The thread is up! I've still got a few minor things to put into place like the mechanics of magic and the map and maybe a couple more historical points. All the important bits for creating a character should be available to you all, though! Let me know if you have any questions!


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[Keitsumah]

@Effervescent im working on mine atm an though i had one character planned another one decided to boot her way in. Let's see how this goes. O.o


Yeah. everyone panic. Im doing a NORMAL HUMAN!

 

[Elle Joyner]

Sweet. Got a six hour car ride home, then I can check it out :-)