Welcome to a land of wonder. Try not to lose your mind on the way out.
IC Thread | Discord | Theme Song
Co-ops: Britanania, Nagakawa, Menschenfleisch
”We are each either among the demoralized showing the way to a future of eternal nightmare, or we are losers celebrating our moment in hell.”
- Thomas Ligotti
The Setting
Lludw Cigfrain is a town on the coast of Wales, and it contradicts itself at every turn. Two extremes exist side by side. On one end, the town expresses an intense vitality. The young crowd within a cathedral of higher learning, a beating heart of knowledge, and from it flows the lifeblood of the shops, hotels, and other businesses which surround it. This institution, this spirit of enlightenment and innovation, has created a system which has allowed the town to progress beyond the time capsule that its timeless edifice suggests. But behind the trendy nightclubs, glamorous stores, and restaurants emitting delectable aromas, another side of the town reveals itself, like cold shadows cast by brilliant light.
For simultaneously manifestations of an ineluctable decay exist wherever one might find themselves. For every street bustling with cafes and jewelleries there are avenues and storefronts that have been abandoned for as long as anyone can remember. For every site of industry still active and bringing jobs to the blue collar masses, the derelict ruins of past ventures remain standing as grave markers for the careers and lives lost due to their closure. For every building renovated to prepare them for new occupants many more are left to degenerate further as nature reclaims the land stolen from her. Behind the pleasant facades deviancy and corruption run unchecked, the poor and powerless are sucked dry by those in the upper echelons of society to maintain the status quo.
But beyond those two contrasting extremes the town has yet another secret, one which lies behind the mask that it shows to tourists and drifters. A side only heard in hushed whispers, written about in obscure manuscripts and hidden forums on the net. This other side rears its head whenever a person suddenly disappears from within the town or the surrounding area, never to be heard from again; when someone dies under mysterious circumstances that baffle all rational explanation; it manifests as tales about robed figures spotted in the woods and in the ruins of the town performing dark rites and bloody sacrifices. Whenever one hears strange noises in the wood, feels as though they are being watched in their homes, tastes worms and bile in their food and water, smells the sweetly and putrid scent of decay coming from a dank alley, or feel something crawling upon or within your skin but never seeing proof of anything on your person. These experiences that defy explanation, they are the town revealing its true nature.
This will be a story about darkness and peril. It will be about not knowing what you’re facing, it will be about giving everything that you’ve got and achieving nothing, it will be about failure… and it will be about finding value amidst all that anyway. You are a person, a sheep in a world made for wolves. The best that you will be able to hope for in most situations will be to survive, and rarely unscathed. And yet, you will do your best to survive nonetheless. This story will be about despair, but it will not be hopeless. It will be your role to do your best under the worst of circumstances; rarely will victory be in the cards… and that’s alright.
The Rules
- Membership is approved by me and my co-ops. Applications are reviewed based on the quality of the writing therein, the suitability of the character concept to the RP and our own estimation of your RPing capabilities. If you’re worried your character might not be accepted, it doesn’t hurt to ask about it in the OOC! We don’t bite… mostly.
- Respect should be maintained between all players. We’re here to have fun and write a story, not to compete! If you disagree with someone else please be civil.
- Explicit and violent subject matter will be a part of this RP but please keep it relatively safe for work. We don’t want to give the admins and mods a reason to want us off the site!
- Ideas for new threats, groups, buildings and all sorts of lore can be submitted at any time and are actively encouraged. However, my co-ops and I have the final say on whether it becomes canon or not.
- Quality is expected from all players. We aren’t asking you to write us a novel of course but please keep one-liners and uninteresting posts to a minimum.
- Timeliness is expected! If you hold up the RP for too long we might skip you or even ignore your character until you express an interest in returning.
- God modding will not be tolerated. No one is a super hero here. Supernatural powers often come with steep costs to those who have them, never forget that.
- Dark Secrets are your past traumas that play a dark mark(s) on your character's past, being the source of their flaws and creating interesting side stories for your character, you can have one-five dark secrets
Application
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[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 Relationships:[/b]
[b]Sexuality:[/b] (heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, asexual?)
[b]Items and Equipment:[/b]
[b]Dark Secrets:[/b]
[b]Powers:[/b] (psychic powers, ritual magic, other. Feel free to say none!)
[b]Bio:[/b]
[b]Roleplay Experience:[/b]
[b]Theme song:[/b] (optional)
[b]Random facts:[/b] (optional)
Example App:
The Cast
- Jacquelyn Vanth - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
- Father Sebastian Leonard “Sebby” McBride - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
- Ezekiel "Zeke" Lee Seong-ju - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
- Lady Caitlin Grey - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
- John Marsh - A videographer chased by the demons within and without
- Elizabeth Ashwood - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
- [url=APPLICATION POST]CHARACTER NAME[/url] - CHARACTER DESCRIPTION