Elementals 3: The White Rose (OOC, FANTASY, OPEN)

[Kassaran]

Absolutely bold of you to assume Catrin is physically capable of being rude to Steve Irwin.

Well, it ain't Steve Irwin, just some guy named Steve who tries and goes around pestering things and people who seem interesting. Probably got it in his mind that he could do the same thing to since he had the same name.

EDIT: It's also come to my attention that people are still trying to ship Erosen with one of the two single ladies in the group. I think we all know Ero-san and the drugs are the real power duo here.

[Lazarian]

Steve: Crikey! Look at that!

This piece of art belongs in the OP. 10/10, would read again.

[Constaniana]

Alexei talking about politics and the war: "I think it's important to have a balanced perspective, looking at both sides and realizing that there's subjectivity within the matter. It isn't right to judge a complicated issue from single point of view."

Alexei talking about Erosen: "fUCK dARKLINGS, ALL MY HOMIES HATE DARKLINGS"

He's going to have a great time whenever he eventually finds out where Lisoette came from.

Steve: Crikey! Look at that! We have an uncommon Alexei Ignoramus Majorus in a protective posture at the corner of the living space of one of its adopted young. This youngster, a Katya Delinquentatus, appears to facing off with the older creature with a series of short, sharp retorts. Yeow, look at the veins on that adult Ignoramus bulge! He's really upset now, let's see if we can instigate an attack by poking him with a stick!

Two days later - Steve, covered in a few bandages: G'dayt folks, we're hear tracking down an elusive beast, the Catrinus Dridera. They're said to be the size of a Shetland horse, but in spite of their bulk, they're remarkably stealthy. Hopefully, we can find an adult somewhere amongst this group of adventurers-

Catrin: You know, I can hear you talking, right?

Steve: Ah, look! It's a female and by the size of her, fully grown! She must weigh a ton! Look at her legs, they may seem slim and fragile, but they're capable of propelling her along any surfaces so long as she can get a grip. As you can tell by her bust size, she's fully grown and perhaps beginning to reach the end of her ferti-

***PLEASE EXCUSE US, WE ARE SUFFERING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES***

One Week Later - Steve, sporting a neck brace, many new bandages, and a sling for his right arm: Welcome back mates, as you can see, my last encounter with that adult Catrinus Dridera went poorly. One needs to be careful around creatures as large as her, in spite of their lumbering appearance, they can quickly--

Catrin: I can still hear you jackass! Now if you want me to experiment with seeing how many legs I can shove up your ass, find a new fucking research subject!

Visibly flinching - Steve: R-right-o boys and girls! Anyways, we're here today searching for a remarkably rare specimen that holds much in common with common rodents! For one, neither requires much to actually stay alive and both are remarkably resilient to diseases and sports a libido that puts most succubae to shame. A father to countless children, and the official reason for the implementation of the modern child support system in most civilized lands, we are looking for the Lumenus, Eric! Now, we have to be quiet, as they are liable to spook if you get too close and may attempt coidice in an attempt to establish dominance, in the event that happens, it is said that mentioning the Internal Revenue Service of any civilized country can act as a ward to move him away. Alright, now if we could just find him, we could likely sneak up on him and pin him down with the promise of free tickets to a respectable brothel in Erilha-

Eric: -Did someone say free tickets to a brothel? Hey man, you look pretty tense, need a massage? I know the best pixy masseuses a few cities over. They can get deep tissue knots like you wouldn't believe! Reminds me of this one time I-

**Some time later***

Eric: - and that's why they call it the 'Half-Hung Lumen'. Pretty neat little trick if you ask me, but the trick is making sure that the pulleys are properly greased and don't settle for a chandelier as a substitute. They're far too flimsy and I still owe that duke a couple thousand for the mess I made. Honestly, it's his fault for letting his nursemaids agree to the whole debaucle. Yeah, good times. Anyways, I just remembered that I had arranged some... sword training with a strapping young lieutenant on the 'poop deck' if you catch my drift. Said he had a few other lads that were interested in learning some 'pointers' at slaying. I figure the ole Eric-Haul Chump-dump should be enough to limber them up... did I tell you abou-

Visibly distressed and looking very violated - Steve: Please! Go! For the love of anything that is good and sacred and holy please leave! Here's the tickets you sex-crazed fiend! This show is supposed to be for children and you've singlehandedly placed my average content rating at XXX+ in the course of... oh gods! I've been here for three hours?!

Absolutely bold of you to assume Catrin is physically capable of being rude to Steve Irwin.

Well, it ain't Steve Irwin, just some guy named Steve who tries and goes around pestering things and people who seem interesting. Probably got it in his mind that he could do the same thing to since he had the same name.

EDIT: It's also come to my attention that people are still trying to ship Erosen with one of the two single ladies in the group. I think we all know Ero-san and the drugs are the real power duo here.

The Hemp is temporary; waifus and children r 4evr
The poll seems to have been tied for a good while. Any suggestions on a possible replacement poll?

[Rupudska]

Why did Catrin beat the shit out of Steve-o?

1) Because he talked about her breasts
2) Because he implied she was old

[Kassaran]

Why did Catrin beat the shit out of Steve-o?

1) Because he talked about her breasts
2) Because he implied she was old

I second this new poll. Send it for Catrin beating the shit outta Steve Owen...

[Rupudska]

Catrin: "Wow. You're even more of a bastard than I thought you were. I completely hate you now, but gods, that is impressive."

[Ameriganastan]

Catrin: "Wow. You're even more of a bastard than I thought you were. I completely hate you now, but gods, that is impressive."

He's a bastard son, a bastard person and he spawns other bastard sons.

He's like a layer cake of basstardness.

[Rupudska]

Catrin: "Wow. You're even more of a bastard than I thought you were. I completely hate you now, but gods, that is impressive."

He's a bastard son, a bastard person and he spawns other bastard sons.

He's like a layer cake of basstardness.

He's a flat earth theory where the turtle is, in fact, a bastard. Just bastards all the way down.

[Lucja]

The detail of the canon lore was much more than I expected there to be which I'm worried about going against. Is it alright for my character to be a former member of a military order (dedicated to the goddess Froenstia) who fought during the war? If so, which side would it make sense for the order to serve?

[Ameriganastan]

The detail of the canon lore was much more than I expected there to be which I'm worried about going against.

Don't worry. I've been playing in this thing for almost 7 years and I barely know the lore. Hasn't slowed me down.

Is it alright for my character to be a former member of a military order (dedicated to the goddess Froenstia) who fought during the war? If so, which side would it make sense for the order to serve?

Doesn't sound like it'd be an issue to me...course I don't run the thing, so you gotta ask Const.

[Constaniana]

The detail of the canon lore was much more than I expected there to be which I'm worried about going against. Is it alright for my character to be a former member of a military order (dedicated to the goddess Froenstia) who fought during the war? If so, which side would it make sense for the order to serve?

Welcome to Elementals and P2TM! Don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions about the lore. Even I sometimes find myself having to double-check to make sure my writing fits within the canon or make sure I'm spelling names correctly.

The character background you described would work just fine. Odds are that such an order you described would fight on the side of the North for several reasons. Northern Galllia is generally the more religious half of the continent. While the Holy Helreskaffen Church itself did not officially take a side, various orders within the church or those only loosely affiliated with the church tended to be more blatant about their support for the devout rebels. The federal government's struggle for power in Galllia upset plenty of the faithful; no doubt a religious military order could fear either being forcibly disarmed due to being outside the military heirarchy, or being forced into putting their fighting skills to use for the secular government. Also, Bismarke Van Aurenheim is a powerful Ice Elemental himself, so your character's order could fight in his name to glorify a fellow servant of Froenstia.

[Kassaran]

The detail of the canon lore was much more than I expected there to be which I'm worried about going against.

Don't worry. I've been playing in this thing for almost 7 years and I barely know the lore. Hasn't slowed me down.

What's great about it is that Eric has been doing more to create lore than to disrupt it and the character is all the better for it.

[Constaniana]

Don't worry. I've been playing in this thing for almost 7 years and I barely know the lore. Hasn't slowed me down.

What's great about it is that Eric has been doing more to create lore than to disrupt it and the character is all the better for it.

Thanks to an offhand story Eric told Aldraniri, it's canon that Villderia (the city-state of Villdernheim) at one point made a false-flag attack on Tyrnâth. His remarks of fighting for "king and country" also lead me to decide that Villdernheim's ruler would be a king, rather than duke or prince like most of the other states in Galllia.

[Ameriganastan]

What's great about it is that Eric has been doing more to create lore than to disrupt it and the character is all the better for it.

Thanks to an offhand story Eric told Aldraniri, it's canon that Villderia (the city-state of Villdernheim) at one point made a false-flag attack on Tyrnâth. His remarks of fighting for "king and country" also lead me to decide that Villdernheim's ruler would be a king, rather than duke or prince like most of the other states in Galllia.

Yay, I helped.

[Constaniana]

Thanks to an offhand story Eric told Aldraniri, it's canon that Villderia (the city-state of Villdernheim) at one point made a false-flag attack on Tyrnâth. His remarks of fighting for "king and country" also lead me to decide that Villdernheim's ruler would be a king, rather than duke or prince like most of the other states in Galllia.

Yay, I helped.

Huzzah for collaborative worldbuilding/doing my job for me.

[Lucja]

Name: Erica Mika
Sex: ♀
Age: 19
Appearance:

Element: Ice
Skills: she is well read in Gallian classics and experienced in swordsmanship and archery (excelling at the latter much more than former) with a good amount of physical endurance from years of military training.
Personality: Erica harbors an intense hatred for conflict and hates how some orders in the Church have allowed themselves to be corrupted by worldly gain and oppress the people she feels that they are supposed to serve. This has made her cynical about organized religion and hierarchy in general. She wants to believe that the gods are real but feels that she can no longer make herself believe in them outside of natural forces with no real personhood. She feels badly for people who are suffering and constantly tries to find ways to help alleviate the suffering of the poor through charity and protection.
Weaknesses: she is honest to a fault which can make it difficult for her to deceive others even when it is important. She is also somewhat craven and will not push an attack unless her back is to the wall.
Equipment, if any: saber, bow, and heavy armor
Bio: born as the fifth daughter of a noble house, Erica could never hope to inherit the land and titles of her family and instead had to place her hopes in a religious or martial vocation if she hoped to make a name for herself. Since she was never a brave child but was well read, she decided to turn all her attentions onto theology and was allowed to enter a convent at the age of 14 where she became a pious nun dedicated to Froentsia. She wrote some hymns for the goddess, some of which deemed too risque and banned from public by the monastery, but besides that was considered a model monastic and deemed likely to ascend the ranks and became abbot one day.

However the war ruined her chance of a peaceful existence. The military order of the monastery pledged itself to the forces of Northern Gallia and Bismarke Van Aurenheim, although their support was not wholly altruistic, believing that the Ice Elemental would favor them over others and donate lands to them after the war. All of the Elementals who had previously served as acolytes were now conscripted into the Boreal Knights and Erica was one of them.

Despite her craven nature, because of either dumb luck or the will of the gods, she distinguished herself at the Battle of the Nightingale where she accidentally caused an avalanche that buried a monumentally stronger opposing force. She started to become venerated by her fellow soldiers as a devout believer constantly in prayer (unbeknownst to them, for the gods to let her escape from the war). This minor fame lead her to become more and more of a target to other forces who desired to capture her as a status symbol. During one battle, she is said to have fell off a mountain and to have broken many of the bones in her body which would require her to leave the front permanently, although she recovered conveniently quickly and there were no observers to confirm or deny that she fell as far as she said she did.

Becoming disillusioned with the religious order and believing it no longer represented the will of the gods, Erica sneaked out of her order and rode out of the north on horseback with the hopes of starting a new life. The Boreal knights, believing she had betrayed her vows, swore to hunt her down and haven't stopped since, although their resources were limited since they did not receive the amount of lands that they had hoped Van Aurenheim would give them.

During this time, Erica has become a Robin Hood style hero, stealing from the rich and feeding the poor while donning the persona of a daemon of Tenaembra which feeds on the souls of merchants. The illusion has helped her avoid getting caught, although a recent break-in that went wrong has caused mass panic in a city and alerted the Boreal Knights who are suspicious about the real source of the robberies.
Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udI19nj7fdc
RP Sample: n/a

[Constaniana]

Name: Erica Mika
Sex: ♀
Age: 19
Appearance:

(Image)

Element: Ice
Skills: she is well read in Gallian classics and experienced in swordsmanship and archery (excelling at the latter much more than former) with a good amount of physical endurance from years of military training.
Personality: Erica harbors an intense hatred for conflict and hates how some orders in the Church have allowed themselves to be corrupted by worldly gain and oppress the people she feels that they are supposed to serve. This has made her cynical about organized religion and hierarchy in general. She wants to believe that the gods are real but feels that she can no longer make herself believe in them outside of natural forces with no real personhood. She feels badly for people who are suffering and constantly tries to find ways to help alleviate the suffering of the poor through charity and protection.
Weaknesses: she is honest to a fault which can make it difficult for her to deceive others even when it is important. She is also somewhat craven and will not push an attack unless her back is to the wall.
Equipment, if any: saber, bow, and heavy armor
Bio: born as the fifth daughter of a noble house, Erica could never hope to inherit the land and titles of her family and instead had to place her hopes in a religious or martial vocation if she hoped to make a name for herself. Since she was never a brave child but was well read, she decided to turn all her attentions onto theology and was allowed to enter a convent at the age of 14 where she became a pious nun dedicated to Froentsia. She wrote some hymns for the goddess, some of which deemed too risque and banned from public by the monastery, but besides that was considered a model monastic and deemed likely to ascend the ranks and became abbot one day.

However the war ruined her chance of a peaceful existence. The military order of the monastery pledged itself to the forces of Northern Gallia and Bismarke Van Aurenheim, although their support was not wholly altruistic, believing that the Ice Elemental would favor them over others and donate lands to them after the war. All of the Elementals who had previously served as acolytes were now conscripted into the Boreal Knights and Erica was one of them.

Despite her craven nature, because of either dumb luck or the will of the gods, she distinguished herself at the Battle of the Nightingale where she accidentally caused an avalanche that buried a monumentally stronger opposing force. She started to become venerated by her fellow soldiers as a devout believer constantly in prayer (unbeknownst to them, for the gods to let her escape from the war). This minor fame lead her to become more and more of a target to other forces who desired to capture her as a status symbol. During one battle, she is said to have fell off a mountain and to have broken many of the bones in her body which would require her to leave the front permanently, although she recovered conveniently quickly and there were no observers to confirm or deny that she fell as far as she said she did.

Becoming disillusioned with the religious order and believing it no longer represented the will of the gods, Erica sneaked out of her order and rode out of the north on horseback with the hopes of starting a new life. The Boreal knights, believing she had betrayed her vows, swore to hunt her down and haven't stopped since, although their resources were limited since they did not receive the amount of lands that they had hoped Van Aurenheim would give them.

During this time, Erica has become a Robin Hood style hero, stealing from the rich and feeding the poor while donning the persona of a daemon of Tenaembra which feeds on the souls of merchants. The illusion has helped her avoid getting caught, although a recent break-in that went wrong has caused mass panic in a city and alerted the Boreal Knights who are suspicious about the real source of the robberies.
Theme Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udI19nj7fdc
RP Sample: n/a

I like this character, and I'm very interested to see how she turns out in reaction to her fellow characters and everything this group will go through. She'll certainly have a fun time being thrown back into another warzone, I'm sure.

A few minor questions regarding her bio:
1: Did she desert from the Boreal Knights while the war was going on, or in the year since the war ended?
2: With her pretending to be a Hellspawn that eats merchants, there's two main categories of that. Demons/daemons are animalistic monsters with varying degrees of intelligence and magical power depending on the breed, but not a thinking person with a soul. Daemonnes/Daemonnesses look like humans with green blood, pointed ears, horns, bat wings, and a tail, and all of them are born wielding Darkness magic, though not all at the same level of skill. I imagine either kind of Hellspawn would work for tricking people into fearing her, but at least as a Daemonness she could still talk and do other normal people things without breaking character too much.

Aside from that I see no problems with the character, and deem her suitable for play.

Accepted!

[Lazarian]

New folks? Exciting!

It’s been a bit, but as far as I’m aware I don’t have a ton to post. I suppose I could move the gang up to the present, but not much would fundamentally change.

[Tomia]

I've threatened to join this before but I think I might this time since I have more free time. Any resources/advice for newbies?

[Zarkenis Ultima]

I've threatened to join this before but I think I might this time since I have more free time. Any resources/advice for newbies?

Tom!

Don't drink the punch, it's spiked.

(and don't pick ice )

[Tomia]

Read the lore, holy history book lol, but it was really good. I figure I might as well ask, are there any types of chars people feel the current cast could use?

[Ameriganastan]

Read the lore, holy history book lol, but it was really good. I figure I might as well ask, are there any types of chars people feel the current cast could use?

We don't have an earth or lightning guy.

[Lazarian]

Read the lore, holy history book lol, but it was really good. I figure I might as well ask, are there any types of chars people feel the current cast could use?

Water, Earth, Metal, and Fire are open, as far as I’m aware. You could double up on one if you really wanted...but don’t do ice.

We have like 3 Ice, 1 Lightning, 1 Wind, 1 Dark, and then a handful of non Elementals.

[Zarkenis Ultima]

Read the lore, holy history book lol, but it was really good. I figure I might as well ask, are there any types of chars people feel the current cast could use?

Water, Earth, Metal, and Fire are open, as far as I’m aware. You could double up on one if you really wanted...but don’t do ice.

We have like 3 Ice, 1 Lightning, 1 Wind, 1 Dark, and then a handful of non Elementals.

4 Ice if we're counting Aerion.

[Tomia]

I shall prepare 7 ice characters then *nods*