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Averno Roleplay
Averno Roleplay
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Averno, VA was founded in 1695. In 1702, it was razed to the ground. In 1703, it was refounded–better. “Purer”. Shadows lurk in the woods, ready and waiting. The eyes are always watching. Children disappear. Storefronts never change. There are always whispers. Welcome to Averno.
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Copy and pasted that from the Averno Bible XD. This roleplay is set in the New School–a plot of land bought by a private investor in 1971, and transformed into a 19th century castle recreation. There are seven departments: Cults and mysteries, lost histories, dead languages, hidden sequences, higher powers, creation and destruction, and unconfirmed existence.
If you'd like to join this but you have absolutely no idea what Averno is, I suggest you read the Averno Bible if you want a detailed concept of what it is, or just jump in headfirst and figure it out along the way. XD
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I might join if I have time, but feel free to figure plot out and start w/out me :p
submitted by Rainbow Riot
(November 10, 2020 - 1:28 pm)
(November 10, 2020 - 1:28 pm)
Averno is basically a sleepy old town with a forest and a college. The forest is magical, and if you want to be protected, you go to the forest. Shadow mothers, magical beings from another plane, help raise sort of "lost boys" that had unhappy homes and ran away to the forest. The New School was founded by a mysterious private developer and nobody knows who the head of unconfirmed existence department is. If you want to know more, search up Averno Township, and you'll find a bunch of resources!
(November 14, 2020 - 11:58 am)
Name: Roan Dreyfuss-Wilder
Age: 21
Personality: always sarcastic and a smark aleck. Always acts like he doesn't care, but there are some things he feels very strongly about. Intelligent, easygoing, disorganized, a bit mischevious. Gets annoyed easily and is perpetually drinking coffee.
Appearance: dark brown skin and eyes, short, curly black hair, tall, somewhat muscular build.
Occupation/department: Dead Languages!
Residence: Cracker Corp factory
Other: he/him. Open to shipping with anyone.
(November 14, 2020 - 11:45 am)
I can't believe I'm not the only Averno fan out here!
Name: Abell Soleil
Age: 18
Personality: Quiet until you get to know them, then they are LOUD. Obsessive about their interests. Once they start something, theres no pulling them away. They care deeply about their friends and go to extreme lengths to make them happy. They are a people pleaser, so it takes a while to truly get to know them. They often say whatever others want them to say.
Appearance: They have a mens' curtain haircut (look it up) and dyed their hair dark plum. They have honey colored eyes and pale skin. They have an upturned button nose and their cheeks are dotted in freckles from too much time in the sun. They often wear lots of eyeliner (look up "alt eyeliner") and dark lip colors. They're 5"3 and have a thin pear shaped body. To get an idea of what clothes they wear, look up "indie kid" and "dark cottagecore".
Occupation/department: DCM and DUE
Residence: The DCM Cottage
Other: Abell goes by they/them pronouns
(November 17, 2020 - 2:26 pm)
i forgot to add, if there's any shipping i'm fine with any gender!
(November 17, 2020 - 8:42 pm)
hi! i'll be posting under the name Kuromi from now on! it's still me, Abell.
(November 23, 2020 - 8:30 pm)
I'm so sorry, I think I'm going to have to drop out of this. It looks like so much fun, and I love it, but I'm really bust right now, and behind on a lot of things. I might be able to jump in late, after November is over, though, if that's okay with the rest of you.
(November 21, 2020 - 2:37 pm)
hey so when will we start?
(November 23, 2020 - 8:31 pm)
hey, so it doesn't look like we'll get anymore charries soooo i think we should start on Nov 26! if anyone has any objections than speak now or forever hold ur peace :)
(November 24, 2020 - 11:20 am)
That sounds good to me!
(November 25, 2020 - 4:27 pm)
Do we need to figure out some kind of a plot before we start? Maybe... someone's pet going missing? Or someone spotting a cryptid? Or some kind of an inter-departmental club that has various fiascos? That last one seems like the most probable, given that ourcharries are all in different departments...
(November 25, 2020 - 6:17 pm)
I love that last idea! Maybe...they're all interested in one thing (cryptid??) but use their specific Department stuff for it too? Very vague ik, sorry. By the way, I changing my charrie's name to Morgan. Department will stay Lost Histories for the present bc I'm tired and i need to make this post quick.
(November 25, 2020 - 9:02 pm)
because a lot of shenanigans happen in the woods, maybe we all were out there for different reasons and get interrupted by a cryptid
(November 25, 2020 - 10:47 pm)
A three-eyed deer! Maybe? Possibly? They were in the latest episode of Live from Averno, which, for those who don't know, is an Averno podcast, and which is also fabulous. The podcast goes into more detail, but basically, there are deer in the woods that have three eyes. They disappear whenever you look too closely at them, so there's vague doubt that they actually exist, but lots of people have seen them. They're on the logo of ANS, if you're interested.
So, maybe our charries are out in the woods for various reasons (a dare, maybe? people seem hesitant to enter the woods), and they all see the deer, and they just can't shake it. Everyone else urges them to move on, but they feel like there has to be something more to the deer. They end up starting a club about it, and they try to find out more about the three-eyed deer, but of course it doesn't work out neatly. Maybe they end up finding other cryptids instead, and trying to explore those?
This is a bit tricky, because we actually don't know much of the lore about the three-eyed deer, and it's possible something we write will inadvertently contradict canon (or at least, what Morgan intends to be canon eventually), but I think we could manage.
Sorry, it occurs to me that I just wrote a whole lot about a cryptid that we may or may not actually end up using. I guess you can see I'm passionate about this. :)
(November 26, 2020 - 12:48 am)
Oooh yes!! I love the idea of an inter-department club, and the three-eyed deer is so cool! I just listened to that episode of Live From Averno (which I'm now obsessed with) today. I think that all sounds super cool, like a club for investigating cryptids. Can the theme song be "Cryptid Hunt"? XD
(November 26, 2020 - 1:56 pm)
ahh! this is perfect! Kitten, i love the three-eyed deer idea. i say we go with that!
(November 26, 2020 - 8:38 pm)