Hmm, could work better now that its a fresh start. Eh Why the hell not? I'll dig up the apps and probably update them. Also location wise put where the action is!
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by Beiarusia » Wed Jan 27, 2016 1:54 pm
Deramen wrote:Hmm, could work better now that its a fresh start. Eh Why the hell not? I'll dig up the apps and probably update them. Also location wise put where the action is!
by Sarejo » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:09 pm
Sarejo wrote:Westley has also heard of a new war brewing out West, between factions from Arizona and Nevada, and the Californian Empire, and rumors had it some of the fighting may spill to the south.
by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:18 pm
Sarejo wrote:Sarejo wrote:Westley has also heard of a new war brewing out West, between factions from Arizona and Nevada, and the Californian Empire, and rumors had it some of the fighting may spill to the south.
Gres this is what I meant. I believe you had creative rights pertaining to Nevada and Arizona.
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by The Armed Republic of Dutch Coolness » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:25 pm
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by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:29 pm
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by Partially Blind People » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:33 pm
New Grestin wrote:Beiarusia wrote:Fair enough. Also, if you have any major plots in the work could you TG me a brief summary. I have a few ideas but don't want anything to go counter to one another.
Also, where is Thomas (think that was his name)?
I'm not really sure where to fit him in, but I was planning on him being part of the resistance against the Empress.
I might also just have him die, agonized and alone, wondering what mistake he made to end up like this. Filled with regret as he bleeds to death in a pool of his own vomit.
Or, ya know, just say he disappeared.
Vulkanas wrote:And so, after many months of fighting, squabbling, and not doing much else, nothing was accomplished.
THE END
by Mesrane » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:35 pm
by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:36 pm
Partially Blind People wrote:New Grestin wrote:I'm not really sure where to fit him in, but I was planning on him being part of the resistance against the Empress.
I might also just have him die, agonized and alone, wondering what mistake he made to end up like this. Filled with regret as he bleeds to death in a pool of his own vomit.
Or, ya know, just say he disappeared.
Could have Tommy convince him Jen is awful and they both escaped together?
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by Sarejo » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:41 pm
Mesrane wrote:Name: Davis McKinnon
Birthplace: Lewiston, Idaho
Ethnicity: White
Age: 34
Pic/Description: Standing at 5'10," Davis is not a particularly tall man, but has grown stocky and well-muscled over the years through time spent outdoors. Thick, golden blonde hair cascades down to his shoulders, kept reasonably clean and neatly trimmed only through great effort on his part. The blond stubble that usually coats his cheeks has recently grown out into a short beard. Blue eyes and a pale complexion. Ancestry that he claims is a quarter Nez Perce gives him higher than usual cheekbones. Davis wears a worn green flannel shirt over an even more worn Nike t-shirt, along with jeans and recently acquired hiking boots which are in better condition. The pine tree logo of the Oregon Rangers is sewn into his shirt.
Occupation: Ranger (formerly)
Equipment: -A .45 M1911 pistol with two magazines, good condition
-39 .45 rounds
-A scoped M14 in decent condition, though with no ammunition
-A machete, good condition
-worn red hoodie
-A dead iPod.
-strips of beef jerky along with some crackers
-half a bottle of Glenfiddich Scotch whisky
Immunity: Full
Personality: Stolid and usually imperturbable, Davis is not easily shaken and is extremely slow to anger, always choosing his words carefully and engaging everyone in a polite manner. In fact, he hasn't ever been fully enraged, so nobody, himself included, has any idea what that looks like. Usually well-mannered and even-tempered among strangers and acquaintances, his dry sense of humor will eventually reveal itself among trusted friends.
Skills: Decent marksman, extremely physically fit. Years spent with the now-defunct Oregon Rangers have honed his survival skills.
Likes: Davis has a near-obsessive affinity for old-world music, of all types and stripes. He just can't get enough of it, and will search for it wherever he goes. Besides that, he enjoys a good whisky and has a soft spot for settlements that have established law and order that is both efficient and just.
Dislikes: Raiders, tribals, lawlessness, cats. He can't fucking stand cats.
Fears: For all his stolidness, Davis is still deathly afraid of losing those he cares about, and cats practically make him tremble (will explain below).
Bio:Born in 2009 in Lewiston, Idaho, Davis had an affinity for the outdoors from a very young age. His father worked at a local wood pulp mill and his mother was a nurse. Davis would often spend his weekends hiking in the mountains with his siblings, until the day the plague came to Lewiston. His father took the family up into the mountains as law and order began to collapse around them. Though Joseph McKinnon's log cabin provided temporary refuge, he could not feed his family of six for very long and eventually had to bring them back down to Lewiston, roughly a year after T-13 had ravaged the country. From there the McKinnons made for Boise, but raiders fell upon them on the outskirts of the city. Davis' entire family was killed in the attack, and the seven year-old boy's life was saved only by the intervention of mysterious cloaked men who picked off a raider band three times their number with remarkable ease.
The men who saved his life revealed themselves to be Oregon Rangers, a 1,000-strong order of former national guardsmen and police officers who provided protection for the Oregon Union, a small confederation of towns in the northwestern portion of the state.
Soon after crossing the Snake River, Davis was adopted by Jon and Karen Murray, a couple living in Pendleton, Oregon. Thereafter his life returned to normalcy, though it took Davis awhile to accept the Murrays as parents.
Life in Oregon seemed for a time like it work out for Davis. He acquired his own ranch near Hood River at the age of 23 and settled down there after marrying Kathryn Taylor.
That was before the arrival of the warlord Boone from California. Boone's army devastated much of central Oregon and attempted an attack on the Union, only to be repulsed by the Rangers. Davis took up arms and joined the Rangers in order to repel the attacks. However, Boone's already large army was swelled with reinforcements and he attacked again. This time the Rangers were too few to meet him head on. Over the course of three years the Rangers used guerrilla tactics to wear down the raider army, but not before Boone had put Pendleton, La Grande and Hood River to the torch. Davis lost his adoptive parents and his wife over the course of the conflict. Boone was eventually killed and his army split among his lieutenants, who continued to attack Oregon settlements, although in smaller numbers. The Rangers had been whittled down to almost nothing and the remaining settlements largely blamed them for failing to protect the towns that had been lost. The Union was effectively dissolved as distrust grew between the remaining communities.
Without roots and without purpose, Davis left Oregon, going his own way like the rest of the remaining Rangers. Stories of the legendary prowess of his order lived on and largely spread throughout the West, but the unit had become essentially defunct.
Davis traveled up and down Nevada and Utah for three years, sometimes alone, sometimes with a variety of companions who wandered in and out of his life. Eventually he took up with a charismatic Methodist pastor named Charles Harris. The two became fast friends and have recently wandered into Colorado for the first time.
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Name: Charles 'Charlie' Harris
Birthplace: Oakland, California
Ethnicity: Black
Age: 51
Pic/Description: Here
Occupation: Pastor
Equipment -.44 magnum revolver, decent condition
-12 .44 rounds
-Bowie knife
-small backpack
-Holy Bible
-a full pack of playing cards
-beef jerky and crackers
Immunity: Full
Personality: Charlie is an open and charismatic man who is willing to lend an ear to anyone at any time. Some may find his discourses on God mightily annoying, but Charlie's compassion is usually enough to offset that. He is never eager to engage in violence, and sometimes Charlie may be entirely unwilling to, but when bad people have to die, he doesn't raise too many objections.
Skills: Masterful public speaker, skilled at talking angry people down and getting others to open up about a variety of subjects. Is also a decent cook.
Likes: God, Christianity, peace and quiet, card games
Dislikes: Violence/rape/murder, bandits
Fears: Charlie is always afraid of violence seizing the hearts of men.
Bio: Born in 1992 to a middle-class Oakland family, Charlie's early life gave absolutely no indication he would ever become a pastor. By age fifteen he was rolling with a local gang and quickly became deeply involved in that city's violence. He was incarcerated in 2013 for having a hand in the murder of a police officer. Decades of his life would have been spent in prison, where it not for the T-13 virus sweeping through the Bay Area in 2015, allowing him to break out. He went searching for his family, but quickly learned that those who hadn't died (two brothers as well as his mother died from T-13. His father and sister survived.) had fled the city along with most of the population.
As society fell apart around him, Charlie searched up and down Northern California in vain, hoping to find his father and sister among the teeming masses of fleeing, dying people. After two years, he had not a clue as to their whereabouts. In despair, his wanderings took him into Nevada, where he eventually reached Elko, a town in the north of the state that had managed to shut out the anarchy and keep a semblance of law and order. He settled down there, gradually coming to regret his previous life of crime and becoming very religious under the influence of the town's pastor, Pat Kersey. He took an interest in ministry and eventually became an ordained pastor under Kersey's guidance.
Feeling inspired to spread the word of God in post-apocalyptic America, Charlie left Elko and traveled up and down much of the west, preaching wherever he was allowed and never staying anywhere more than a few weeks. After many years of this he met Davis McKinnon, a former Oregon Ranger. The two quickly became friends and traveling companions.
RP Examples: See above
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by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:42 pm
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by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:48 pm
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by Mesrane » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:49 pm
Sarejo wrote:New Grestin wrote:Tentatively approved, though the part about the Oregon Ranger dudes might need to be moved to a separate state.
Most of the lore for the West Coast is already established.
Otherwise, it looks good.
I realized I'm pretty much our resident asshole... Always telling people in an assholish way that such and such place already has established lore.
New Grestin wrote:To elaborate to those new to the RP, the lore is established for most regions of the United States.
The West Coast is, essentially, Sarejo
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma are on me.
PBP controls Louisiana
Wallenburger is (was) Boston
Etc. Etc.
The point is thus: If you're creating a faction for your character's background, please get it approved first and ensure it's lore friendly. No tacticool butts or mega-corporations.
This isn't a ding against anyone, it's just a general rule.
Additionally, factions are ONLY to be created by the OP or Co-Ops, or must be approved if they have any influence on the story.
In short, just ask. Honestly. We'll probably say yes if you aren't a dick about it.
by Sarejo » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:50 pm
New Grestin wrote:To elaborate to those new to the RP, the lore is established for most regions of the United States.
The West Coast is, essentially, Sarejo
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma are on me.
PBP controls Louisiana
Wallenburger is (was) Boston
Etc. Etc.
The point is thus: If you're creating a faction for your character's background, please get it approved first and ensure it's lore friendly. No tacticool butts or mega-corporations.
This isn't a ding against anyone, it's just a general rule.
Additionally, factions are ONLY to be created by the OP or Co-Ops, or must be approved if they have any influence on the story.
In short, just ask. Honestly. We'll probably say yes if you aren't a dick about it.
by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:51 pm
Mesrane wrote:Well the Rangers/Union weren't going to be active in the present story. Both would be five or six years defunct or dissolved by 2043.
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by Sarejo » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:53 pm
Mesrane wrote:New Grestin wrote:Tentatively approved, though the part about the Oregon Ranger dudes might need to be moved to a separate state.
Most of the lore for the West Coast is already established.
Otherwise, it looks good.
Will do, thanks; it certainly doesn't need to be in Oregon.
It would help, a lot, if the lore concerning California could be added to the OP.Sarejo wrote:
I realized I'm pretty much our resident asshole... Always telling people in an assholish way that such and such place already has established lore.
Hey don't worry about it. I realize this is basically a second iteration of a previous RP. I'm just not clear on California's lore.New Grestin wrote:To elaborate to those new to the RP, the lore is established for most regions of the United States.
The West Coast is, essentially, Sarejo
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma are on me.
PBP controls Louisiana
Wallenburger is (was) Boston
Etc. Etc.
The point is thus: If you're creating a faction for your character's background, please get it approved first and ensure it's lore friendly. No tacticool butts or mega-corporations.
This isn't a ding against anyone, it's just a general rule.
Additionally, factions are ONLY to be created by the OP or Co-Ops, or must be approved if they have any influence on the story.
In short, just ask. Honestly. We'll probably say yes if you aren't a dick about it.
Well the Rangers/Union weren't going to be active in the present story. Both would be five or six years defunct or dissolved by 2043. I could move both to Montana or perhaps the Dakotas if that fits better.
by Sarejo » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:55 pm
New Grestin wrote:Mesrane wrote:Well the Rangers/Union weren't going to be active in the present story. Both would be five or six years defunct or dissolved by 2043.
I'm cool with it, frankly. The app's already approved assuming Bae doesn't decide to revoke it or something weird like that.
I'd move it to, like Vermont or some shit. Maybe Montana. Somewhere nobody's really using, lore-wise at least.
by New Grestin » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:57 pm
Sarejo wrote:New Grestin wrote:
I'm cool with it, frankly. The app's already approved assuming Bae doesn't decide to revoke it or something weird like that.
I'd move it to, like Vermont or some shit. Maybe Montana. Somewhere nobody's really using, lore-wise at least.
Maine Rangers motherfuckas. Somehow make one of the most boring states into a bunch of badasses.
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by Mesrane » Wed Jan 27, 2016 2:58 pm
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