Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.
-Edgar Allan Poe
There's a secret world
A lot of folks like to believe that we have most things figured out in the world. Sure, scientists are still finding new things about the world and the universe and for every answer we find more questions are still left answered, but for the most part we feel that we have a far better understanding of how this world works when compared to our ancestors. While believers still exist most of us are confident in saying that things like angels and demons, supernatural manifestations and demiurges, magic and witch cults are all superstitious nonsense; byproducts of a less enlighten age. Yet if one was to glimpse what lay beneath the pleasant facade of our society they would terror and madness lurking in the shadows, hiding in every nook and cranny or even in plain sight.
They would find a massive, world spanning, occult underground populated by a loosely connected network of warring cults, shadowy cabals and secret societies. Loathsome monsters, marauding spirits, bizarre supernatural forces, reality shattering and mind bending magic, pantheons of dark and forgotten gods and incomprehensible eldritch truths exist in this secret world. Beyond this world are many alternative worlds, some like our own but different while others are as alien as the beings who live in them. Luckily for every being living in our little corner of existence there exists a membrane that keeps our world away from these other realities; making them both transparent and invisible to us. This membrane is called The Veil.
However nothing in the world is perfect, The Veil is no exception. This mighty wall as cracks and holes that some beings can slip through, allowing one to both leave and enter our world if they knew how to do so. But the true weakness of the Veil is during the month of October. When October comes The Veil begins to weaken and become thinner, allowing for those sensitive to the supernatural forces of the world to see the other realities around us and to allow for easy passage to and out of our reality and into the worlds beyond. This chaotic period is normally kept in check by the warring powers in the underground who all value secrecy.
Yet this year has proven to an unusual one. More beings from beyond are entering our world in a unprecedented rate, more supernatural manifestations are occurring in an alarming rate and to make matters worse more people are beginning to see the secret world that was hidden to them. As the cabals and conspiracies of the occult underground scramble off and investigate to find the connection to these disparate incidents to put a stop to them.
In these weeks before Samhain it may be the outsiders to this secret world of magick and eldritch truths that may hold the fate of the world in their hands.
Gnosis: Season of Samhain is a dark fantasy/survival horror Roleplay. Set in a world that is seems like the modern world, yet just below the surface is a world of conspiracies, dark secrets, occult powers and otherworldly terror. This RP will focus on the outsiders of this secret world. These outsiders are people who only recently discovered that the supernatural is real or are those who had a past experience but for whatever reason never traveled down the hidden paths to the occult underground. These outsides will enter a world of mystery and peril as they search for answers as to why there is an increase of occult activity in the world and if possible hopefully bring an end to them.
However this journey will not be easy as they are entering a world filled with danger at every corner, testing the character’s physical, mental and spiritual fortitude. Death and insanity are often at the character’s sides and if that wasn’t enough the demons and ghosts that haunts within their mind can prove themselves to be a greater danger than the ones outside.
We hope you enjoy your stay in the Occult Underground. Remember, death is only the beginning...
The setting for this RP will be Detroit, Michigan. The center for America's automobile industry and once a great city, Detroit now stands as a decaying shadow of it's former glory. The Metro area of Detroit is very economically and racially-segregated, with poorer minorities living in the city, the white working-class in the eastern suburbs, and the predominantly white, Indian American and Asian American upper-middle-class in the northwestern suburbs/exurbs and the Pointes just east of the city proper. The Metro Detroit area is one of the most racially segregated in the United States.
The decline of the American auto industry in 1970s, combined with simmering racial, economic, and labor tensions, have made it the poster child for, and butt of many jokes about, urban decay and inner-city squalor for much of America. The crumbling ruins of some of its more destitute neighborhoods can create the illusion of one being trapped in a post apocalypse. During 2013 the city filed for bankruptcy, becoming the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history. The "Murder City" has been rife with paranormal activity ever since decline began. Many cults and cabals travel to and hide in the city from their enemies, forsaken creatures roam deserted streets, spirits and beings unknown haunt the ruins, objects with peculiar properties are littered throughout the city and much more bizarre and horrific phenomenon and events occur in the shadows of Detroit. The rise of occult activity started in Detroit and is in the strongest in the city.
Whether your characters live in the city from the start or they were drawn to it by fate, intuition or by their own deductive reason. Many of you would ultimately find yourself in this city to find the cause to the many occult incidents that threatens both the normal and paranormal world.
Now before we all can begin the game we have to go through the rules so to save ourselves from future headaches.
- Don't be a dick on the OOC. If your character is a douche bag in the rp than fine, that is allowed. But in the OOC keep things civil. I will not tolerate players slinging insults at each other. I want everyone here to have fun and not walk away pissed off.
- The word of the Op is the law, all who betray the law will be punished. The words of the CO-OPs is also law and only the Op can override their ruling.
- Characters with supernatural abilities or are supernatural beings themselves are only available to the Op and CO-OPS. No other players are allowed to use such characters for this present RP (Future installments may allow for more players to create these type of characters). Rule Change: None Co-op players can now have powers but they must be minor and they can only have one. If you posted a character app that had no mention of powers and I accepted it you can not edit in new powers to the app.
- If your character dies then you can simply replace them with a new character to start anew. Infact, if your character has people in their personal relationship app you can use them as a quick replacement for your deceased character.
- You can have three different characters active in the RP. If you wish to add in a new character you must either wait for one of your old characters to die or make them into NPCs, doing this would make them into permanent NPCs.
- No one liners and minimal spelling and grammar errors. in general I want to see effort in most posts and for your posts to be easy to read through. If you do not improve then you would be kicked out of the RP. Also poor spelling, grammar and in general poor writing, are in grounds for application denial.
- Not participating in the RP for any considerable period of time is grounds for character death. Pray that their end is a merciful one. This can be voided if you TG me the reason for your inactivity.
- However should a player character who is inactive be part of a vital story arc then they shall become a NPC under either the OP or CO-OPs control until the arc ends, at which point the character in question either leaves the RP to live another day or they die.
- Inactive characters can be resurrected if the original writer returns; active characters killed during the story cannot be resurrected without good reason.
- No you can not start off with an assault rifle, rocket launcher, grenade launcher or any other military grade weapons even if you are a soldier.
- Gnosis is willing to allow dark and mature topics and subjects into the RP but please do not go overboard with the violence, gore, sex, drugs and etc. Keep things tasteful and due remember that there is a age limit in this site and no one wants to bring down the wrath of the mods.
- Be careful on which dark secrets you pick for your characters. Not only would they determine what negative aspects they will have both physically and mentally (maybe even spiritually) but they can also be the catalyst for subarc to emerge due to those secrets, so make think carefully with those secrets. If you which to keep your character’s dark secrets a mystery from the players at the start just tg them to be and the co-ops
- No god modding please, that is all.
- At this point you all are getting sick of reading the rules so before I release you all from this short lived hell I will deliver my final rule. Have fun.
- Code: Select all
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Profession:[/b]
[b]Nationality:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]DoB:[/b]
[b]Skills and Abilities:[/b]
[b]Physical description:[/b] (include ethnicity, height and weight. clothing and jewelry. Any identifiable marks & physical ailments or deformities)
[b]Psychological assessment:[/b](personality, mental disorders, quirks, motivations.)
[b]Personal relationship[/b]:
[b]Sexuality:[/b] (heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, asexual?)
[b]Items and equipment:[/b]
[b]Dark Secrets:[/b]
[b]Bio:[/b]
[b]Roleplay experience:[/b]
[b]Theme song:[/b] (optional)
[b]Random facts:[/b] (optional)
- Naval Monte - OP
- Britanania - Co-op
- Saint Morning - Co-op
- Elizabeth Ashwood
- Caitlyn "Caitie" Grey
- Anthony Casteliano
- Cade Ashwood
- Jürgen Wilhelm Wagner
- Hideki Kirishima
- Bill Anderson
- Katie "The Horn" Browns
- Michael Finch
- Allan Kent
- Alfred "Alfie" Vitale
- Jason Manningtree
- Mathias Burke
- Adrian S. Peralta
- Aja Michelman
- Alexandra Madison
- Marina Young
- David Marttinen