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imperial_plots2012-04-09 05:38 pm
succeeding_you) wrote in imperial_plots2012-04-09 05:38 pm
THE FUTURE OF PROF
SO. I'm still probably dropping or at least hiating Arthas after this, and Assassin isn't going to last too much longer, but I'm too excited to drop IS now. So, I'm going to need some new characters.
Here are the options I am considering!
Ling (Fullmetal Alchemist) would be from an off-map Xing, probably to the north or west, here to get his hands on some Dagarian secrets and get an edge over his brothers on his way to the Xingese throne. Ideally for him, I'd talk someone else into playing Greed for a while, who would then die, leading into Ling's capture by the Fuhrer and transformation into Greed II.
Scar (same series) is a bit of a departure from my usual archetypes, but I think I could make it work. Best choice for the group he hates the fuck out of for extremely personal reasons is Millenium, which could lead to a Scar-Batman teamup, a phrase so awesome that I can barely even type it.
Baron Wulfenbach (Girl Genius) would be a new faction leader, but of a faction without any provinces! This is because their nation would consist of an enormous airship fleet. He's also a mad scientist, something that this setting doesn't have enough of. Would anyone sign up for this faction?
Dimo (same) would be much less serious, and would work best as underling for someone - good, evil, doesn't really matter. There would be frustratingly wacky antics, there would be surprisingly intense competence, there would be weird accents. Better if I could talk people into apping other Jaeger along with him.
Iakovitzes (The Tale of Krispos) is from the same universe as Avshar - in fact, they actually have canon CR, by which I mean Avshar cuts his tongue off. Iakovitzes is a shrewd, wacky, ruthless politician an a Roman Empire expy nation, who insults people with more care and panache than most people spend on entire weddings. He's also extremely gay, which is an archetype I haven't played with much. He could hang out in the Roman senate or something.
The One Electronic (Rice Boy) is an ancient Machine Man on a quest from God to find a prophesized Fulfiller who will restore balance to the world. The Machine Man empire could go one of two ways: Either across the sea, or so ancient that it fell before Belka rose. Either way, he's thousands of years old, and has a job to do. What I'd ideally want would be people for him to be tracking as possible Fulfiller candidates. In canon, we see two of these - one of them goes all Heroic Frodo Archetype and the other goes insane with ego and forms a cult slash kingdom based on his own prophesized greatness. I could go for either.
In addition to these, I have three ideas for temporary miniboss type characters:
Grand Fisher (Bleach) would be AU'd pretty heavily, since it doesn't look like we're gonna get that Ichigo. For those who don't know canon, he's a sort-of-undead monster that specializes in luring people into lowering their guard and then eating them. If your character has a parent, and canon doesn't establish how they died, then a Grand Fisher plot may work for you.
Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid) I so totally see as a Milennium commander. Come on, can't you see it? You've been playing Castlevania, haven't you?
Elvis (God Hand) is a huge, overweight demon guy who smokes cigars and calls people cabron a lot. He'd be a Rift Thing in this setting, and would ideally find a good guy (preferably a more wacky/lighthearted plot type good guy) to rival against, fighting him a couple times and always losing. He has a lovecraftian horror true form.
SO. THOUGHTS?????
Here are the options I am considering!
Ling (Fullmetal Alchemist) would be from an off-map Xing, probably to the north or west, here to get his hands on some Dagarian secrets and get an edge over his brothers on his way to the Xingese throne. Ideally for him, I'd talk someone else into playing Greed for a while, who would then die, leading into Ling's capture by the Fuhrer and transformation into Greed II.
Scar (same series) is a bit of a departure from my usual archetypes, but I think I could make it work. Best choice for the group he hates the fuck out of for extremely personal reasons is Millenium, which could lead to a Scar-Batman teamup, a phrase so awesome that I can barely even type it.
Baron Wulfenbach (Girl Genius) would be a new faction leader, but of a faction without any provinces! This is because their nation would consist of an enormous airship fleet. He's also a mad scientist, something that this setting doesn't have enough of. Would anyone sign up for this faction?
Dimo (same) would be much less serious, and would work best as underling for someone - good, evil, doesn't really matter. There would be frustratingly wacky antics, there would be surprisingly intense competence, there would be weird accents. Better if I could talk people into apping other Jaeger along with him.
Iakovitzes (The Tale of Krispos) is from the same universe as Avshar - in fact, they actually have canon CR, by which I mean Avshar cuts his tongue off. Iakovitzes is a shrewd, wacky, ruthless politician an a Roman Empire expy nation, who insults people with more care and panache than most people spend on entire weddings. He's also extremely gay, which is an archetype I haven't played with much. He could hang out in the Roman senate or something.
The One Electronic (Rice Boy) is an ancient Machine Man on a quest from God to find a prophesized Fulfiller who will restore balance to the world. The Machine Man empire could go one of two ways: Either across the sea, or so ancient that it fell before Belka rose. Either way, he's thousands of years old, and has a job to do. What I'd ideally want would be people for him to be tracking as possible Fulfiller candidates. In canon, we see two of these - one of them goes all Heroic Frodo Archetype and the other goes insane with ego and forms a cult slash kingdom based on his own prophesized greatness. I could go for either.
In addition to these, I have three ideas for temporary miniboss type characters:
Grand Fisher (Bleach) would be AU'd pretty heavily, since it doesn't look like we're gonna get that Ichigo. For those who don't know canon, he's a sort-of-undead monster that specializes in luring people into lowering their guard and then eating them. If your character has a parent, and canon doesn't establish how they died, then a Grand Fisher plot may work for you.
Psycho Mantis (Metal Gear Solid) I so totally see as a Milennium commander. Come on, can't you see it? You've been playing Castlevania, haven't you?
Elvis (God Hand) is a huge, overweight demon guy who smokes cigars and calls people cabron a lot. He'd be a Rift Thing in this setting, and would ideally find a good guy (preferably a more wacky/lighthearted plot type good guy) to rival against, fighting him a couple times and always losing. He has a lovecraftian horror true form.
SO. THOUGHTS?????