Welcome to the Sveavägen Railway!
OOC/Sign-Ups
Image Credit: Pete Hanson, 2003
OOC/Sign-Ups
Image Credit: Pete Hanson, 2003
"The five-forty to Öresundsbron will depart momentarily. All passengers please board the train."
Introduction
Welcome, traveller, to the Sveavägen Railway. Why you're here is irrelevant to me. Maybe you're just off to visit some relatives in Denmark, and didn't manage to reserve a seat on a boat. Maybe you're a soldier deployed to reinforce the Öresund Base. Whatever. I don't care. I'm just here to... what's that? You don't speak Icelandic? Well, maybe you should've paid more attention in school... I'm tired, okay? I'm only giving this speech once. Ask someone else for a translation.
Anyways, as I was saying, I'm just here to see to your safety. This railway runs through hundreds of kilometres of un-cleansed silent lands, and things do get... somewhat rough at times. Don't worry, though. So far we've never had an actual accident. As you can see, sleeping bunks have been provided for you, fitted with safety straps. Dinner will be provided momentarily, and when you're tired, be sure to strap yourself to your bed before going to sleep. We should be arriving by the time you wake up.
I need to go make myself available in the engine room now, so please make yourself comfortable and... uh... welcome to the railway, I guess?
Setting
The Map of the World
Image Credit: Minna Sundberg, 2014
This role-play will be set in the universe of the web-comic Stand Still, Stay Silent, by Minna Sundberg.
Seventy-one years have passed since a rash pandemic ravaged the globe, leaving nothing but a few survivors barely maintaining a civilisation on the northern fringes of the European Continent. But all is not yet lost. Civilisation may have been radically abbreviated, but it lives on, aided by its newly-discovered mages and the great reserve of modern technology that is Iceland, reclaiming lands from the beasts and trolls that now inhabit it, one piece after another.
As the second most-populous and second-most advanced nation in the Known World, Sweden has been the most aggressive in its expansions, cleansing through flame increasingly larger rings of land around its capital, Mora. Now, they are pleased to announce the conclusion of their latest project - the most ambitious undertaking of their nation since the end of the Old World. A railroad, running through hundreds of kilometres of thick forests overrun with horrifying creatures, between their capital of Mora and the Danish base at the tip of the Øresund Bridge.
Celebrations and fanfare adore this ambitious undertaking. Critics criticise the railway as a huge waste of maintenance money. Tourists flock to see for themselves.
You are a passenger in the third train to Öresundsbron, and something is about to go very, very wrong...
Rules
The rules are simple. Here they are, in no particular order:
1. Naturally, as with all RPs, you must accept decisions made by the original poster (that's me) without challenging his authority. Although you may question my decision with facts you believe I have failed to consider, my final decision is my final decision.
2. I will accept a maximum of two characters per role-player, although I will be permitting a third for those people I know to be capable role-players.
3. Fun is absolutely mandatory.
4. If you are leaving this role-play, temporarily or permanently, please inform the OP so that we can plan for your absence.
5. If you have any questions about this setting, please feel free to ask. I can't guarantee that I can answer them, but there's nothing wrong with trying.
6. No, I'm actually serious. Don't guess - ask.
7. Please do not kill off other player characters - players get cranky when you do that - without their or my permission.
8. I reserve the right to change this set of rules at any time and at my sole discretion.
9. Stay within some bound of realism. I know this is an insane setting with weird monsters and functional magic, but there are still bounds.
List of Characters
See the relevant post below.
Application
As with most applications, please remove all details in brackets.
- Code: Select all
[b]Character Application[/b]
[hr][/hr][b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Nationality:[/b] (in addition to the five surviving nations of the Known World, I may also accept Scot, Faroese, and Estonian - anything else, seek my permission, but be aware I will probably not grant it)
[b]Location of Current Residence:[/b] (refer to map)
[b]Reason for Boarding the Sveavägen Railway:[/b] (yes, I will permit you to apply as crew members or security personnel, but please, not too many)
[b]Biography:[/b] (must include some information about former and current employment; minimum 50 words; grammar/spelling need not be correct, but must not interfere with reading; this is your RP sample)
[b]Items in Baggage:[/b] (no, you may not have crazy clutter that doesn't fit with your character bio)
[b]Appearance:[/b] (either an image or a short description is acceptable)
[b]Language Capabilities:[/b] (in addition to your character's native language, Icelandic is the international language of this new world, and educated Finns speak Swedish as well)
[b]Cat:[/b] (did you bring one with you? if so, describe the cat)
[b]Personality:[/b] (optional: if you do not wish to include this, drop this section from your application)
[b]Other Information:[/b] (optional: if you do not wish to include this, drop this section from your application)
Yaaaay!
