Post by ephora on Jan 25, 2008 16:44:47 GMT -5
Before we start the RP I'll have to give a little info on the characters, races and planet...universe where it all takes place:
-the planet of Serina is inhabited by a variety of anthromorphic creatures ruled by the High Council and the Zethica (leader of High Council) so pretty much a dictatorship.
-To make it into the High Council or any position of power one has to be Endowed (at least as a Necromancer...are able to see into the Second Realm). According to their ablities they are given a rank, the seventh rank is the highest.
-All living beings have an Aura (what lets them exist in the Second Realm) which is much like a soul.
-There is a gate in the Second Realm that could never be entered by the living, it is thought to be the afterlife. The closer one is to the day of their death the more portals of the Second Realm he/she can open. Therefore Necromancers can foresee their death, and sometimes even avoid it. If fate is changed then parts of the Second Realm are once again closed.
-Certain Endowed of the highest ranks can take Aura. Aura is sometimes sold to powerful Necromancers by the truly desperate in return for favors. Often bring back loved ones from the dead.
-If one is brought back from the dead they are left without any memory of their first life.
-Someone without an Aura will lose all Endowments.
-Endowed could have the ability to heal, control elements, see future, ect…They are passed on hereditarily and become less powerful over generations. (Therefore a time shall come when even a weak Endowment is rare).
-An Aura is needed to enter the Afterlife and so it is highly valued in the society.
-There are several different kinds of Aura (sorta how there are different kinds of blood). Those with the same Aura can sense each other and sometimes even communicate through the Second Realm.
So now here's the story:
-The Chairman of the High Council (Zakariyas) is overthrown by Ezavex (manipulative ruthless badass) and his followers who were promised status and wealth if he came to power.
-Since they couldn’t simply kill him, Zakariyas was trapped in a coffin and buried in a vaulted structure DEEP underground in the middle of nowhere. (Think Alien vs. Predator movie^^) It’s almost like a labyrinth if you don’t have the schematics.
- The coffin was sealed with a contraption that works like a combination lock and to even begin to guess at it you need a key that works like a fancy handle to turn to the symbols (that work like numbers in a combination lock). And the key is a bracelet always worn by Ezavex.
-The planet has a huge civil war but eventually the badguys win XD. Now there’s famine, radiation, and poverty.
- No one can come to the rescue since the vast majority think Zakariyas is dead. And those who do know (Monks of Santhar who also have the schematics) don’t want to risk revealing their hidden location…*will explain later.
-Random fact about Ezavex!!!: he doesn’t bleed, something that looks like a dark mass of smoke in the form of a nebulous clawed creatures floods from his wound. (His own Aura and that of many others who sold theirs to him…sorta like selling your soul to the devil. ). Ezavex marries Shannadia, they have a child named Aria who is born blind. Her Endowment remains unknown but it is suspected that she has hidden abilities since both of her parents are of high ranks. She is able to see the world only when her father sends images of it through her conscience in the Second Realm. He only gives her a “censored” view and not the chaos and suffering.
-Ezavex is paranoid (not that he'll ever admit it) that someone will find out that Zakariyas (likely the only one who could kill him) is alive and is able to telepathically call to those who share his Aura. So he sent his army of drones called Necrons (they are made from the body parts of those who opposed him...sometimes bearing extra limbs....and kept alive by an electric pulse sent through their brains. It’s morbid but resourceful!) to kill all children born with Zakariyas’s Aura among other paranoid things like: implanting tracking devices into everyone’s heads, imprint a symbol on the back of eveyone’s neck according to their kind of Aura, curfew, patrols, IDs…ect.
-Those who try to rebel are either turned to Necrons or brainwashed.
-Now about the monks: They kidnap (save) the “Impure” children (who have Zakariyas’s Aura) and raise them in a monastery in the middle of nowhere shielded by a cloaking device and can’t be detected by sensors. But it’s only a matter of time before they are found and they know it. Unfortunately their leader is too much of a wuss to let anyone leave the protective shield and search for the key. His excuse is that there will be a massacre if Ezavex finds out that there are thousands of Impure children.
-One of the kids (Irah) managed to sneak out of the monetary but didn’t get very far. After he was found by the Ministry (the council of the monks) the memories of the outside world were erased (so he wouldn’t give the other kids any bright ideas)…but not completely XD!
-the planet of Serina is inhabited by a variety of anthromorphic creatures ruled by the High Council and the Zethica (leader of High Council) so pretty much a dictatorship.
-To make it into the High Council or any position of power one has to be Endowed (at least as a Necromancer...are able to see into the Second Realm). According to their ablities they are given a rank, the seventh rank is the highest.
-All living beings have an Aura (what lets them exist in the Second Realm) which is much like a soul.
-There is a gate in the Second Realm that could never be entered by the living, it is thought to be the afterlife. The closer one is to the day of their death the more portals of the Second Realm he/she can open. Therefore Necromancers can foresee their death, and sometimes even avoid it. If fate is changed then parts of the Second Realm are once again closed.
-Certain Endowed of the highest ranks can take Aura. Aura is sometimes sold to powerful Necromancers by the truly desperate in return for favors. Often bring back loved ones from the dead.
-If one is brought back from the dead they are left without any memory of their first life.
-Someone without an Aura will lose all Endowments.
-Endowed could have the ability to heal, control elements, see future, ect…They are passed on hereditarily and become less powerful over generations. (Therefore a time shall come when even a weak Endowment is rare).
-An Aura is needed to enter the Afterlife and so it is highly valued in the society.
-There are several different kinds of Aura (sorta how there are different kinds of blood). Those with the same Aura can sense each other and sometimes even communicate through the Second Realm.
So now here's the story:
-The Chairman of the High Council (Zakariyas) is overthrown by Ezavex (manipulative ruthless badass) and his followers who were promised status and wealth if he came to power.
-Since they couldn’t simply kill him, Zakariyas was trapped in a coffin and buried in a vaulted structure DEEP underground in the middle of nowhere. (Think Alien vs. Predator movie^^) It’s almost like a labyrinth if you don’t have the schematics.
- The coffin was sealed with a contraption that works like a combination lock and to even begin to guess at it you need a key that works like a fancy handle to turn to the symbols (that work like numbers in a combination lock). And the key is a bracelet always worn by Ezavex.
-The planet has a huge civil war but eventually the badguys win XD. Now there’s famine, radiation, and poverty.
- No one can come to the rescue since the vast majority think Zakariyas is dead. And those who do know (Monks of Santhar who also have the schematics) don’t want to risk revealing their hidden location…*will explain later.
-Random fact about Ezavex!!!: he doesn’t bleed, something that looks like a dark mass of smoke in the form of a nebulous clawed creatures floods from his wound. (His own Aura and that of many others who sold theirs to him…sorta like selling your soul to the devil. ). Ezavex marries Shannadia, they have a child named Aria who is born blind. Her Endowment remains unknown but it is suspected that she has hidden abilities since both of her parents are of high ranks. She is able to see the world only when her father sends images of it through her conscience in the Second Realm. He only gives her a “censored” view and not the chaos and suffering.
-Ezavex is paranoid (not that he'll ever admit it) that someone will find out that Zakariyas (likely the only one who could kill him) is alive and is able to telepathically call to those who share his Aura. So he sent his army of drones called Necrons (they are made from the body parts of those who opposed him...sometimes bearing extra limbs....and kept alive by an electric pulse sent through their brains. It’s morbid but resourceful!) to kill all children born with Zakariyas’s Aura among other paranoid things like: implanting tracking devices into everyone’s heads, imprint a symbol on the back of eveyone’s neck according to their kind of Aura, curfew, patrols, IDs…ect.
-Those who try to rebel are either turned to Necrons or brainwashed.
-Now about the monks: They kidnap (save) the “Impure” children (who have Zakariyas’s Aura) and raise them in a monastery in the middle of nowhere shielded by a cloaking device and can’t be detected by sensors. But it’s only a matter of time before they are found and they know it. Unfortunately their leader is too much of a wuss to let anyone leave the protective shield and search for the key. His excuse is that there will be a massacre if Ezavex finds out that there are thousands of Impure children.
-One of the kids (Irah) managed to sneak out of the monetary but didn’t get very far. After he was found by the Ministry (the council of the monks) the memories of the outside world were erased (so he wouldn’t give the other kids any bright ideas)…but not completely XD!