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Fallen Age RP
The age of technology has come and gone, and with it, most of the human race. After the Great Plague, only a fraction of the humans who once populated the earth are left, and those who remain are faced with the oldest struggle of all time - survival. Survival is everything. Survival is doing whatever it takes to make sure that you make it, even if someone else doesn’t. Because if you die, then so do the memories of every friend and loved one you ever knew who woke up on the last morning of their life to find that they too, had gotten sick. And so began the Fallen Age.
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That was 79 years ago. The smart ones and the strong ones survived. They banded together, because it was the only way, and after a few decades or so, for grit, or resourcefulness, or for sheer force of will, a few came out on top and formed five clans:
Ebony.
Korranth.
The Vali Nation.
X-85.
Incendium.
Some are enemies. Some are allies. They coexist, they fight, they survive. Friendship is something that everyone needs but no one believes in - or dares to trust. But one day, something changes. Scouts bring news of Kzaldaran, an empire devoted to eliminating those who refuse to bend to their will. And they’re coming their way. No one yet has survived their wrath, and the clans won’t either, unless they unite. But will they be able to put aside their differences, their politics and disagreements, or will they fall into a war that will eventually destroy them?
These are the clans:
Ebony - The Ebonese people are unique from the other clans because their ancestors all had one thing in common - their dark, black-brown eyes. These eyes indicated an incredibly rare gene that granted immunity from the Plague. While everyone else around them got sick, the Ebonies stayed healthy. In the first few years after the Plague struck, they travelled from group to group with all the other survivors, but over time they gradually stuck with others with the same ebony eyes, until eventually the clan was formed. As a result, many bits and pieces of other clans cultures have worked their way into Ebonese culture. Ebonies value healing and self sacrifice to help others. Ebony and Incendium have always had a very strained relationship.
Korranth - When the Plague struck, Korranth was one of the last cities infected. It’s leaders, and a selection of the city’s healthiest people between the ages 15 and 25, quarantined themselves and the city’s supplies in the capitol building, and stationed guards around the city to prevent the infected from entering. It didn’t work. One by one, the guards got sick, and soon all of Korranth but those inside the building were wiped out. They did not do the noble thing. They did not do the right thing. But there they were, alive, while those who had were not. Repulsed by what their leaders had done, the young drove out the old and had them make sure it was safe to go outside, and from then on they took charge. Korranthians prize youth and morality above everything else, and will always own up to their mistakes. The Korranth and the Incendi are allies.
The Vali Nation - After the Great Plague, those who survived travelled in small groups from abandoned town to abandoned town, scavenging for supplies. The Vali Nation is built upon scraps and determination, and was pieced together over a long period of time by stragglers and salvaging. They are named after Vali, the Norse god and son of Odin, and one of the few who survived Ragnarok - the end of the world, in Norse Mythology. They are generally more focused on peace and cooperation, and are the only clan to have an alliance with X-85 Teraldi, due to their non-combative nature. Their culture is a mix of any Pre-Fallen Age information they could scrounge up, and customs from the different groups that joined to form the Vali.
X-85 - Also known as Teraldi. Named for the origin of their survival, an isolated, abandoned warehouse in the sector X-85, of the Teraldi forest, that somehow managed to shelter them from the Great Plague. They avoided getting sick only by turning away everyone seeking shelter, and thus they prize hardness of heart and isolation as the most effective means of survival. They accept new members only after intense scrutiny, and are extremely proud and loyal. Their only alliance is the Vali Nation.
Incendium - The most brutal of the clans, named after how they burned an entire village to the ground to wipe out the risk of disease after the Plague, and then built their base from its ashes. The Incendi are warriors through and through, and choose fire as their symbol, seeing themselves as its master. The Incendi and the Teraldi have always fought, the Incendi seeing the Teraldi as cowards and the Teraldi seeing the Incendi as idiots - neither of which is true. The Incendi have always liked to encroach just a little to far on to X-84’s well protected land, which grates against the Teraldi custom of isolation.
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Character Sheet:
Name:
Gender:
Age:
Clan:
Position/role (leader, second, fighter, hunter, etc.):
Appearance:
Personality:
Background/history:
Other:
My charrie:
Name: Kye Ghidaki
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Clan: X-85
Position/role (leader, second, fighter, hunter, etc.): Leader
Appearance: Around 5’6, with thick, frizzy/curly red brown hair usually in a braid reaching halfway down her back or loose with smaller braids woven in. Light freckles and grey-green eyes.
Personality: Strong and cold. Will do anything to keep her people safe, even if they don’t like it. Respected by her people, and proud. Most people think her emotionless, but this is only because her emotions are so strong she has learned to suppress them and pretend they don’t exist. She believes that they interfere with her ability to lead and make the right choice. Determined, but somewhat close minded.
Background/history: Kye grew up in Teraldi and was elected leader after proving herself worthy through a series of tests administered to her generation, assessing fighting ability and the Teraldi qualities of quick thinking and intelligence. Like all who live during the Fallen Age, she has seen death firsthand. Kye was mentored by X-85’s strict previous leader, Rowan Taliq. She’s had to make it impossible, difficult choices for her people, and though they can’t see it, it’s taken a real toll on her.
Other: It would be cool if she had a second who was her complete opposite, in order to challenge her views
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A couple more things:
1. Please try and post regularly. I’d like to keep this rp going and not have it die off. I will probably only be able to post on weekends because school is hard, but I’ll do my best and we’ll see how this goes.
2. This world is yours to explore - feel free to add in any details or develop what you’d like, as long as it’s consistent with what has already been established. I may even change things that I’ve already written in order for things to make more sense or to fix any mistakes.
submitted by The Riddler, age 16, Here
(February 12, 2019 - 10:51 pm)
(February 12, 2019 - 10:51 pm)
Sorry for not posting this earlier! Here's my Ebony character. Also, is it alright if I change her role to healer? I feel like that would suit her better. Also, I kinda want to make a second charrie. Little Reader, could my charrie be Jaedon's little sister? I was thinking she might have wandered off and gotten picked up by the Vali Nation...
Name: Magnolia Talkstail (she prefers to be called Mags)
Gender: Female
Age: 14
Clan: Ebony
Position/role: healer; she was offered the position of second by her sister but refused it for healer
Appearance: ebony eyes, long, straight black hair that she likes to wear in two braids with flowers woven in, pouty lips, average height, slim and nimble, has a habit of crossing her arms when she gets annoyed/angry or is thinking
Personality: Mags is very sweet, always thinking of others--she loves to help people; she adores animals and nature in general; she just wants everything in life to be good and perfect and just--she has a naive viewpoint on the world and always tries to find the good in people; she's forever an optimist, always trying to look on the bright side, like a little ray of sunshine; she's also very gullible and trusts/believes people waaay too easily
Background/history: her grandmother was the best healer in the Ebony clan, and Mags took after her; she learned basically everything she knows from her grandmother and they had a very close relationship, so now, despite her young age, she's one of the best healers
Other: She's Jasmine's little sis and looks up to her a lot
(February 19, 2019 - 10:47 pm)
(February 19, 2019 - 11:44 pm)
Currently, Fleet and Lyra are the only people who have reserved spots and not yet made characters.
Aaaand here's the list again, with an addition of gender because I know that I, personally, was going to forget otherwise. :)
X-85/Teraldi:
Kye Ghidaki - female - leader - The Riddler
Vesia Shrono - female - fighter - Jithkeeper
Ath-Haliah Amangka - female - second - Rogue Wildling
Ebony:
Jasmine Talkstail - female - leader - Kitten
Magnolia "Mags" Talkstail - female - healer - Cassandra the First
Reserved by Fleet
Vali:
Achi Skyfyar - non-binary - leader - Claaws
Varia - female - second - Tafinx
Xavier Hunt - male - guard - Tuxedo Kitten
Reserved by Lyra
Incendium:
Rofkil Garnbae - male - hunter - Jithkeeper
Kael Asundra - male - leader - Leeli
Jaedon Kimbr - male - fighter - Little Reader
Sasha Volchenok - female - second - Kestrel
Korranth:
Ka'naid Anavid - female - leader - Catsclaw
Taston Amshru - male - guard - Kitten
Aaran Mansfield - male - fighter - Tuxedo Kitten
(February 20, 2019 - 12:36 pm)
@The Riddler Great Idea!
Name: Cinere (May go by Cin to those closest to her)
Gender:female
Age: 25
Clan: Incendium
Position/role: Hunter
Appearance: Cinere is tall and strong, she has a beautiful soft, kind face and thick, curly auburn hair that she usually wears tied up in a braidy bunlike thing. Her face usually has a gentle thoughtful look on it, and she always wears a plain gold wristband that she scavanged from the ruins of a city.
Personality: Cinere is kind and peaceful, she doesn't feel that she belongs in Incendium, and is quite quiet and shy because of it. She prefers to spend time on her own in the woods hunting, as opposed to with her warlike family and friends.
Background/history: She is scared of fire, but will be the last to admit it because of her being in Incendium. This fear is the result of being burnt in a fire when she was young. The scar travels from her neck, zigzaging down to about her elbow. She tells the story that she was cut in a fight, so that no one asks questions.
Other: Oppen to shipping, I was thinking Jaedon if that's cool with everyone
note: I may not be able to post often, so feel free to take this character in any direction. I may actually have her die in a fight or something if I am getting to busy to post...
(February 20, 2019 - 3:35 pm)
(February 20, 2019 - 9:29 pm)
Thanks!
(February 21, 2019 - 9:07 am)
Oof I forgot about this! I'm really sorry but I think I'm gonna have to drop out, I'm really busy w/school and other things rn. It's a really great idea for an RP tho! I hope it goes well.
(February 21, 2019 - 1:34 pm)
Sorry it took me so long to get to this!
Name: Lisbeth Grath
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Clan: The Vali Nation
Position/role (leader, second, fighter, hunter, etc.): Scavenger
Appearance: Very short brown hair that is cut to be out of the way as much as possible, hazel eyes, suntanned and dirty skin, a slightly crooked nose, high cheekbones and a thin face. She has a small scar above her eyebrow. She is thin and on the short side. She wears a greyish-brown tunic and leggings and a grey scarf (sorta like Jyn Erso's scarf).
Personality: Lisbeth is very loyal to the Vali Nation, but dislikes and distrusts most of the other clans. She is quick to trust and works hard to gain the trust of other people. She loves jokes and stories from before the Great Plague (telling them and being told them). She isn’t very smart in the traditional sense but she is quick on her feet and strong which makes up for it.
Background/history: She doesn't know what happened to her parents, and she doesn't really care either. They died when she was young. She lives with her aunt, uncle and cousin and they are the only family she wants to have. Her uncle is a guard, and her aunt and cousin are scavengers like her.
Other: I'm open to relationships, but I can't write them very well. Also, Lisbeth has a dog, but it doesn't live with her. She tamed it with scraps and it follows her tribe whereever they travel. She doesn't want to get in trouble, and she doesn't know if pets are allowed, which is why she's keeping it a secret.
(February 21, 2019 - 11:52 am)
Ooh, alright, are we starting?
(and here's the list again...)
X-85/Teraldi:
Kye Ghidaki - female - leader - The Riddler
Vesia Shrono - female - fighter - Jithkeeper
Ath-Haliah Amangka - female - second - Rogue Wildling
Ebony:
Jasmine Talkstail - female - leader - Kitten
Magnolia "Mags" Talkstail - female - healer - Cassandra the First
Vali:
Achi Skyfyar - non-binary - leader - Claaws
Varia - female - second - Tafinx
Xavier Hunt - male - guard - Tuxedo Kitten
Lisbeth Grath - female - scavenger - Lyra
Incendium:
Rofkil Garnbae - male - hunter - Jithkeeper
Kael Asundra - male - leader - Leeli
Jaedon Kimbr - male - fighter - Little Reader
Sasha Volchenok - female - second - Kestrel
Cinere - female - hunter - Author7
Korranth:
Ka'naid Anavid - female - leader - Catsclaw
Taston Amshru - male - guard - Kitten
Aaran Mansfield - male - fighter - Tuxedo Kitten
(February 22, 2019 - 2:26 pm)
So, When are we going to start?
(February 22, 2019 - 3:53 pm)
Sorry, things are super busy with the musical coming up and I have to be at school all weekend. I’ll start tomorrow.
(February 23, 2019 - 11:38 am)
Ok. Super Excited!
(February 25, 2019 - 5:16 pm)
I CANNOT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!
(February 25, 2019 - 7:15 pm)
Tipity Top to the top!
(February 26, 2019 - 4:22 pm)
Oof. Sorry I’m so late you guys.
Kye -
The clan leaders are already gathered. All of them but me. The Teraldi delegation waits behind me, my second Ath-Haliah by my side as we prepare to make our entrance. The gathering of the clans occurs once every four months at the Moors, a sort of no man’s land between the clan territories where truce is sacred and the truth is prized. Teraldi is always the last to arrive.
The scouts return, confirming that it is safe to proceed, and the warriors guarding the congregation tighten their formation as we approach the clearing. The Vali leader notices first; a split second later, so do the others.
“Kye Ghidaki, welcome” they say.
“Achi Skyfyar. Good to see you.” I greet the other leaders and their seconds in turn. As usual, they are slightly wary of me, and I wouldn’t blame them - Teraldi is closed off from the other clans, and outsiders don’t know much about us.
The clan gathering is in the middle of a field - open, so that no one can spring any surprises, and so that each clan’s contingent of guards and warriors can see everything that’s going on. It seems that since the beginning of the Fallen Age, no one has regained the ability to trust one another. By the year 79, it’s been long enough that no one from the Pre-Fallen Age era is still alive, but the reality of what we all know is still a story of the struggle to survive.
We enter the sturdy tent erected in the center of the field, and take our seats along with those members of our clans who we had chosen to help represent us. Galaan, the Ebony chosen as peacemaker to this gathering, begins.
“Under oath of truce, does any clan leader have anything they wish to discuss with another clan?”
I stand. “X-85 has had to drive off Incendi intruders four times since the last gathering. Our territory means our grounds to hunt on. They were let off with a warning, Kael, but if they continue to intrude, the next time they might not get off so lightly. They know the rule.”
He is about to respond when a young Korrantian scout bursts in. “Ka’naid, leaders, there’s something you should know. Peacemaker, may I interject?” At Galaan’s nod, he continues. “A group of us scouts ran into another scout group, but it wasn’t from any of the five clans we know. They said they were from the empire Kzaldaran, that they had been looking for us. They… they killed the other two scouts I was with.”
Shock and anger ripple through the assembled group.
“What else?” I ask quietly, noticing his continued discomfort.
He looks fearfully at the five leaders, and then speaks.
“They said they were here to destroy us.”
(February 26, 2019 - 8:36 pm)