Song of Heroes OOC (Fantasy RP, CLOSED)

[Charmera]

So Talis is going on the escort mission.

Also, I'm going to be looking for (perhaps real world) inspiration for the specifics of his fighting style. Any help thete would be great.

At most I have the idea that his fighting style would revolve around hitting weak spots with his iron fists. It'd probably be a fast sort of style.

[Absolon-7]

Faction Name:[/b] D’shar Empire

Faction Accepted

So Talis is going on the escort mission.
Also, I'm going to be looking for (perhaps real world) inspiration for the specifics of his fighting style. Any help thete would be great.
At most I have the idea that his fighting style would revolve around hitting weak spots with his iron fists. It'd probably be a fast sort of style.

Sounds, neat Charm. Maybe Muay Thai?

[Toaslandia]

So Talis is going on the escort mission.

Also, I'm going to be looking for (perhaps real world) inspiration for the specifics of his fighting style. Any help thete would be great.

At most I have the idea that his fighting style would revolve around hitting weak spots with his iron fists. It'd probably be a fast sort of style.

Perhaps Taekwondo?

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Updated the archive with all apps accepted up to this point.

So Talis is going on the escort mission.

Also, I'm going to be looking for (perhaps real world) inspiration for the specifics of his fighting style. Any help thete would be great.

At most I have the idea that his fighting style would revolve around hitting weak spots with his iron fists. It'd probably be a fast sort of style.

Perhaps Taekwondo?

Pretty sure that focuses on the legs rather than the fists.

[Parcia]

Name: Ilya Pasternack
Age: 23
Gender: M
Race: Human
Appearance (pics if possible):
Statistics:
Strength:3
Agility:2
Endurance:3
Magical Prowess:2
Bio (Please treat this as a replacement for a writing sample. No more than a few paragraphs is necessary but it should be well written):
Heroic Boon: Reforged Blade - Upon presenting the pieces of his Fathers Sword to the shrine, it reforged them in to it what it once was: A 45cm long, pattern forged steel blade that shown in the light with a distinctive wavy pattern, yet it kept its edge no matter what it cut through.
Abilities:

• [Insert Ability Here]: (Insert description of ability here)
• [Insert Ability Here]: sailor The boy spent his life growing up on the waves, as such, he is an experienced

Limitations (Reasons why your char can’t singlehandedly conquer a kingdom):

• (Insert Limitation)
• (Insert Limitation)
  (Note, you do not have a maximum or minimum of 2 limitations. If you don’t need all those, delete them. If you need more, copy and paste.)

Equipment:

• [Insert Equipment]
• [Insert Equipment Here]
  (Note, you do not have a maximum or minimum of 2 equipment. If you don’t need all those, delete them. If you need more, copy and paste. If it is a special piece of equipment please include a description. Also keep in mind your character’s background and what sort of wealth they would have as this greatly influences your starting equipment)

Optional
Likes:
Dislikes:
Greatest Fear:

[Toaslandia]

Updated the archive with all apps accepted up to this point.

Perhaps Taekwondo?

Pretty sure that focuses on the legs rather than the fists.

There are many punches in it that focus on the weak points (neck, stomach, etc). I take it and I spend about half of my time doing punches.

[Parcia]

I swear to god im not memeing, this has purpose in relation to my Character.


Name: City State of Rhodesia
Dominant Group: Humans, with a spattering of Elves and Dwarfs.
Region: The far Flung islands of the Eastern Sea, on the farthest flung of these islands (still large enough to support its own population)
City Size: In between an Average city and a large
Notable features: Tenacity - Rhodesia has been sacked time and time again, and despite this, the scattered people of this little City state come back together at a new location and raise a new banner after every defeat. Notably, in the last 40 years Rhodesia has actually fought off and repelled its last attackers and gained a small bit of fame in doing so, with the saying "Rhodesians Never die!" being heard.
Age of City: 300 years
Major Industry: fish, Rice, and small number of well crafted swords and armor.

[The Empire of Tau]

“We are guided by her speedful sands. We shall exact vengeance for the day that we were betrayed. We are the Jatu.” - Jatu Warlord

Faction Name: Jatu
Faction Region: Travels to all regions to raid and pillage
Description/Lore: During the D’shar Principalities Secession Crisis, the Jatu were a religious warband of fanatics - devoted to the worship of Vata, God of Sand and Dust. They attempted to upstart a theocracy, however were defeated by Hamid in the latter years of the crisis. The remnants of the Jatu would retreat to the Southern Bog, in hopes of grouping there. Once gathered, the Jatu decided that it was best to wait and regain their strength. Eventually, the Jatu recuperated their loses and struck out again - this time, raiding the likes of travelers, caravans, and much more. The Jatu’s reputation would grow immensely as they travel the world on their mounted horses, even beating lone armies - gaining them the tiles of “Devils of the Sands,” “Tejis Demons,” “Vatta’s Vengeance,” etc. When meeting these mounted men - don’t mistake them for mere outlaws and bandits - for they are highly masterful users of both bow (on ground and horses) and melee. Death comes quick, if not cautious around the Jatu.
Dominant Faction Races: Humans and any other race that wishes to join them.
Additional Info: N/A

[Toaslandia]

Name: Swordhelm
Dominant Group: Humans
Region: The Northern Reaches
City Size: Large City
Notable features: Castle Skyer, Sword-Singer Hall, Triton Barracks, and Vivian Market
Age of City: 500 years
Major Industry: Mercenaries

Faction Name: The Free Church of Swordhelm
Faction Region(s): The Northern Reaches
Description/Lore: The Free Church of Swordhelm was founded around the same time as the actual city. Unlike most churches, however, refused to join the Inquisition. This made them rivals with the Inquisition. Their god is San-hi, god of Warfare and Weaponry. They employ Diviners to hunt down heretics, cultists, and monsters in the city and outlying provinces.
Races that are part of the faction: Humans and various Elven races
Additional Info: Diviners have been known to openly attack Inquisitors who get too close to Swordhelm.

[Union Princes]

Is the Children of the Laughing wolf part of the Inquisition and have a section in the Free City?

[Verwood Island Archipelago]

Faction Name: Church of the Divines

Faction Accepted

Faction Name: Clan Sword-Singer

Faction Accepted

Name: Arialista Sejangec Cyneberg

Okay pretty much all of it looks good. The last issue i see is the boon. It seems overpowered for a starter boon so I'd recommend removing the last two paragraphs on her boon as the first one is good enough plus adding the "she cannot use her boon when she isn't in danger" to the first paragraph if you want.
Edit: seeing as you edited in my suggestion, Character Accepted

Name:Bear Stoke

City Accepted

Name:Ketton

I'm going to ask you to lower the age by more or less ~1000 years as elves have only been around for 2000 years.

Done.

[Union Princes]

Group Name: Frost Giants
Region Inhabited: Northern Reaches
Group Appearance:

Description/Lore: Distant relatives to the Northern Giants, Frost Giants are also native in the Northern Regions. Either pale or light blue skinned, Frost Giants are said to be descendants of the Swamp Giants who traveled north with their kin only to lose their fur from the intense cold of the Frozen Wasteland.

Unlike their kin, Frost Giants are pacifist creatures who are nomadic herders of mountain goats, foxes, and even wolves. Each Frost Giant lives on his own and rarely are two Frost Giants seen together. Whether it is out of curiosity or pity, Frost Giants are regularly reported to have save humans and elves from wolf packs, starvation, and even attacks from Northern Giants. However, underneath the gentle, protective presence is a Frost Giant's vindictiveness. While they do not pursue the people who have wronged them due to the fact that they have to watch over their herd, Frost Giants hold on to their grudges for life and will attack on sight if the person so much shows their nose in the mountains.

Due to their thick skin, Frost Giants seldom wear clothing other than a pair of pants though how they got them is a real mystery. At the same time, it's the Frost Giant's innate inability to form and speak a language is what kept them from forming a society of sorts. They speak only in moans, groans, mumbles, grumbles, grunts, and if really pissed off, roars.
Innate Abilities:
- Frost Breath: Frost Giants are capable of freezing any target in place just by blowing air on them. Depending on the target's resilience towards frost and ice, the effect last from a minute to an eternity depending if fire is applied. It has be theorized that Frost Breath is as cold as Dragon Fire is hot.
- Think Skinned: Frost Giants have strong durability against blades. Heavier weapons are needed to take them down.
- Highly resistant against ice/frost damage
- moderately resistant towards fire damage
Innate Weaknesses:
- Dim-witted: Incapable of organized speech, Frost Giants are considered primitive by the civilized natures.
- Foolish: It doesn't take much for a goblin or heretic to misinform a Frost Giant although Frost Giants are rarely fooled twice.
- Slow-Learners: What they cannot learn by reading, they can learn by watching over time despite the fact that Frost Giants don't know what "teaching" and "learning" looks like.
Additional info:
- the Inquisition sent numerous expeditions into the Northern Reaches in hopes of educating the Frost Giants in language and craftsmanship. Even though it failed, it did establish some friendly relationships to some Frost Giants.
- Since there has been no reported "female" Frost Giants, this lead to speculation how Frost Giants die and how they are born. This lead to some radical and sometimes heretical priests and philosophers to theorize that Frost Giants are born from the cliffs of the frozen mountain side and later die when it's time for them to rejoin the mountain. This lead to speculation that the Frost Giants are the true heirs to the Northern Reaches.

[Turmenista]

I swear to god im not memeing, this has purpose in relation to my Character.

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Name: City State of Rhodesia
Dominant Group: Humans, with a spattering of Elves and Dwarfs.
Region: The far Flung islands of the Eastern Sea, on the farthest flung of these islands (still large enough to support its own population)
City Size: In between an Average city and a large
Notable features: Tenacity - Rhodesia has been sacked time and time again, and despite this, the scattered people of this little City state come back together at a new location and raise a new banner after every defeat. Notably, in the last 40 years Rhodesia has actually fought off and repelled its last attackers and gained a small bit of fame in doing so, with the saying "Rhodesians Never die!" being heard.
Age of City: 300 years
Major Industry: fish, Rice, and small number of well crafted swords and armor.

There's respecting a legend, and then there's straight memeing one, chief.

[Indo-pasif archipelago]

So Talis is going on the escort mission.

Also, I'm going to be looking for (perhaps real world) inspiration for the specifics of his fighting style. Any help thete would be great.

At most I have the idea that his fighting style would revolve around hitting weak spots with his iron fists. It'd probably be a fast sort of style.

Eastern Archipelago style silat is the answer my friend

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Is the Children of the Laughing wolf part of the Inquisition and have a section in the Free City?

I don't know. If the rest of the faiths of the Free City would accept them, then I don't see why not. On the other hand, I figure the Children of the Laughing Wolf would be far more accepting of what the other faiths of the Inquisition consider heresy, as long as it doesn't directly threaten them.

[Union Princes]

Yeah, there are different levels of heresy depending from religion to religion but it can be summarized as black magic, necromancy, and demonic worship

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Yeah, there are different levels of heresy depending from religion to religion but it can be summarized as black magic, necromancy, and demonic worship

Eh, like I said, they'd probably accept most of that as long as it didn't threaten them. I figure they'd only openly oppose some pretty specific things like human sacrifice.

[Haedros 92712]

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[Haedros 92712]

b]Name:[/b] Morgan Abseion
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance (pics if possible):
Statistics:
Strength: 2
Agility: 5
Endurance: 4
Magical Prowess: 1
Bio (Please treat this as a replacement for a writing sample. No more than a few paragraphs is necessary but it should be well written):
Heroic Boon:
Dragon’s Breath: Dragon’s Breath is a golden percussion revolver that reloads through magic. Whenever the bullets run out, the gun reloads itself over a period of 5 seconds. The guns ammo capacity is 6 bullets.
Abilities:

• Eagle Eye: Morgan is scarily accurate with almost any form of ranged weapon. Bow, crossbow, sling, even throwing an object he is terrifyingly accurate at close and long range.
• Rapid Calculation: Morgan can rapidly calculate the distance of a target, and adjust his aim to hit the target in question. This also applies to strategy in general, taking into account all viable factors to come up with the best possible solution to a problem at hand.
  range.
• Slight of hand: Outside his shooting abilities, his years in the streets and the need to steal in order to survive have given him masterful hand eye coordination and a gentle, silent touch that allows him to be a skilled pickpocket.
  range.
• Parkourist/agile: Morgan is incredibly quick on his feet, and has parkour skills on par with the best of them.
  range.
• Unarmed Combat: Even without weaponry, Morgan is semi exceptional with simple unarmed combat. Easily outclassed by most who actively train in close combat, but better than the average joe.
• Luck: Morgan rides with Lady Luck it seems, as he seems to have an extreme luck streak, having not failed in any task he has set his mind to ever since he established some strange connection with “Lady Luck.”

Limitations (Reasons why your char can’t singlehandedly conquer a kingdom):

• Magically impotent: Aside from his auto reload gun, a phenomenon that has nothing to do with his own abilities, but instead occurring because of the gun itself, Morgan is absolutely terrible with any form of magic.
• Range oriented: Like I said before, Morgan is easily outclassed in the physical combat department by almost every well trained physical fighter.

Equipment:

• Climbing outfit: Morgan wears special traction oriented boots and gloves that help him climb. The boots also assist him with running.
• Fancy necklace: Nothing too special, just a trinket from a past love.
• Throwing daggers: Just some standard issue throwing daggers.
• Stilleto dagger: Just a regular old dagger.
• Dragon Breath: *See heroic boon
  

Optional
Likes: Women, gambling, horses, spicy food, guns, hunting
Dislikes: Loud noise, annoying people, rich fancy people, the color yellow, the number 4 (because it’s unlucky. Notice how he doesn’t have any stats with a number of 4.)
Greatest Fear: Morgan is oddly superstitious, avidly avoiding things considered to cause bad luck, such as the number 4, and black cats. He also refuses to let a woman ride in the saddle of his horse, believing that Lady Luck rides with him, and that she would grow jealous if another woman rode on his horse.

b]Name:[/b] Ami Lania
Age: Unknown
Gender: Female
Race: Manakete
Appearance (pics if possible):
Statistics: (All stats are at 1 by default, you have 8 points to distribute and you can only put 5 points maximum at the start to any stat)
Human form
Strength: 2
Agility: 2
Endurance: 2
Magical Prowess: 5

Wyvern form
Strength: 4
Agility: 3
Endurance: 4
Magical Prowess: 1
Bio (Please treat this as a replacement for a writing sample. No more than a few paragraphs is necessary but it should be well written):
Heroic Boon:
Experienced: Having lived several hundred human lifetimes, Ami is experienced in the ways of the world, and has picked up a thing or two in terms of knowledge when it comes to people. She’s good at swaying people into listening to her, and making people do things to her advantage.
Abilities:

• [Insert Ability Here]: (Insert description of ability here)
• [Insert Ability Here]: (Insert description of ability here)
  (Note, you do not have a maximum or minimum of 2 abilities. Include both your character’s mundane abilities and any magic they have. If you don’t need all those, delete them. If you need more, copy and paste.)

Limitations (Reasons why your char can’t singlehandedly conquer a kingdom):

• (Insert Limitation)
• (Insert Limitation)
  (Note, you do not have a maximum or minimum of 2 limitations. If you don’t need all those, delete them. If you need more, copy and paste.)

Equipment:

• [Insert Equipment]
• [Insert Equipment Here]
  (Note, you do not have a maximum or minimum of 2 equipment. If you don’t need all those, delete them. If you need more, copy and paste. If it is a special piece of equipment please include a description. Also keep in mind your character’s background and what sort of wealth they would have as this greatly influences your starting equipment)

Optional
Likes:
Dislikes:
Greatest Fear:

Group Name: Manakete
Region Inhabited: Manaketes inhabit every place in some concentration.
Group Appearance: Manaketes generally appear as very young, pointy eared humanoids. Aside from constant youth and pointed ears, as well as occasional scarlet eyes, they appear very similar to humans.
Description/Lore: An ancient species, alive since antiquity, before possibly even humans, Manaketes were once a bountiful and flourishing race, apex predators due to their unique ability to morph into wyverns. Then, due to unknown circumstance, the species rapidly declined until there was less than 200 Manaketes alive in the entire world. Now those who are left wander the land, hiding themselves in plain sight, blending in amongst the other humanoid races.
Innate Abilities: Manaketes are rather physically feeble in their humanoid form, though they have rather potent magic abilities. In their wyvern form, however, they are unstoppable forces of destruction. They can breath fire and fly, as well as possessing a poisonous barbed trail.
Innate Weaknesses: As stated before, in their humanoid form, manaketes are physically feeble, easily outrun and out strengthed. They also require a lot of energy to transition into and maintain their wyvern forms.
Additional info: Manaketes we’re heavily inspired by and named after the race and character class from Fire Emblem.
W.I.P.

[Union Princes]

Hopefully I didn't go overboard with Strauch's intervention.

[Toaslandia]

Hopefully I didn't go overboard with Strauch's intervention.

No, it's fine. I didn't want Krel to lose her arm too.

[Verwood Island Archipelago]

Faction Name:The Messenger’s Guild
Faction Region(s):Based in the urban centre but smaller offices based throughout the land
Description/Lore:Formed initially as an express private postal service the Messenger’s Guild rapidly expanded the services which it offered to include procurement services, scouting and information gathering. With 2,500 members the Messenger’s Guild serves as a quality source of information.
Races that are part of the faction:Mostly human
Additional Info:An unquenched wanderlust caused Telsor Codan to join the Messenger’s Guild straight from school. He learned the trade quickly and was soon traversing the highways and byways on Guild business. His travels brought him into contact with members of the Legion and it was through them that he came into contact with Ceridwen whilst they both serving the Guild in the Northern Reaches. Telsor and Ceridwen have only just signed up for the Legion whilst retaining membership of the former. The tasks taken by the two organisations is such that it allows them to generally peacefully co-exist.*

* This is slightly different to Telsor’s earlier history but given the obvious inexperience that conversations have revealed, I created the Messenger’s Guild in order to provide Telsor with world wisdom and associated skills yet without the exposure to Legion type tasks

[Pasong Tirad]

"Now before I say anything else, I would like each of you boldly say one thing about yourself that you're the proudest of."

*Freshman year war flashbacks*

[New Finnish Republic]

If nobody in the Goblin group has any objections to it, the party will be heading out in my next post.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

The way Byron behaves is way too happy for the pic you picked, Abs