Imperial Plots

Another potential player feeling out a character

2012-08-20T02:08:29Z

Posted by: grownintodreams

So, hi. My name's Stareyes (or Rebecca) and I think I know a few people here (judging from my Plurklist). I'm thinking of joining IS and I'm toying with apping Miles Vorkosigan from Lois Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga. I may be slightly insane, but I've playing him a bit before.

Problem is, I haven't played in an AU game for ages, so I want to kind of talk to someone about Miles's backstory. And heck, what role he should be: in canon, he's a retired Intelligence Operative who mostly was undercover as a mercenary Admiral, but moves on to what's essentially a special investigator and occasional diplomat who can invoke the Emperor's authority to solve problems (anything from 'something expensive blew up, who did it?' to 'soldier gone AWOL with a girl he just met is causing an International Incident' to 'nobleman has created hundreds of in vitro daughters to draw more men to his district in a few decades, and technically he didn't break the law because the law is outdated'). Magistrate might be the best fit, though Miles does do a side of diplomacy when called to it.

( Some babbling and brainstorming. No canon knowledge required )

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imperial_plots @ 2012-08-13T04:11:00

2012-08-13T09:14:11Z

Posted by: grand_theft_moe

So, who's rich and wants to get stolen from? The Daughter Of Twenty Faces is setting out to claim her dad's status as a legendary thief and to do that she needs victims.

Also, Amestris people, let's decide when they're gonna use and what the nature is of the WMD she gave the location of to Rip.

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New world plotting

2012-08-08T22:28:33Z

Posted by: your_gods_nightmare

This is Eric with a potential third and I had some thoughts about stuff to go in the New World that I wanted to share.

In my idea the new world (Or at least part of it) is ruled by a loose confederation of various sentient species known as the Benevolent Satrapy. Humans are one of them, but they are VERY much a minor voice and are are generally very oppressed and second class citizens. The humans here are descendants of Belkan Colonies from before the empire collapsed, and they carried on for a good long time before being "pacified" by the Satrapy. The Satrapy is ruled from behind the scenes by the Satraps themselves, massive creatures looking more or less like landbound trilobites that are masters of mind control magic and live to control and limit the development of sentient life. I think they might make good shadow villains for the Dagarians.

Which brings me to this guy here: Pepper. One of the descendents of the Belkan colonies, he received similar biological and magical upgrades to Garviel and the other space marines, but was a privateer who went around supporting human interests in the Satrapy for personal profit. When the colonies were finally fully absorbed into the Satrapy, Pepper sacrificed his ship to sink some Satrap ships and give more refugees time to escape, but in doing so stranded himself on a tiny island somewhere. His upgrades make him essentially immortal, so he's spent the last two hundred years or so tooling around on this tiny spit of land waiting for rescue.

EDIT: It would also be totally IC for the Satraps to have done everything they could to make it hard to cross the ocean to the New World after they found out that there are millions more humans across the sea, as they find humans FAR too dangerous to be left running around unchecked. Perhaps they taught the merfolk how to do their reef of blades shit. Is that still a thing?

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Bill's makin a villain! Now we talk CR.

2012-08-07T17:58:27Z

Posted by: greyerrant

So I'm thinking about bringing in Thanquol the Grey seer from the Warhammer Fantasy Battle novels Gotrek and Felix, and late of his own novel series as well.

He's a twitchy, insane little sorcerer who is a bit of Starscream and Cobra commander rolled into a hairy ratman package.

I'm going to have him be in the newly-proposed mountain kingdom and generally come out to wreak havoc, feud with humans and humanoids and steal from them from time to time. He'll probably also be on Team evil with Redcloak and Xykon.

Did I mention I'm looking for a nemesis for him? He needs someone who always foils his plans and kills his rat-ogre bodyguard Boneripper (Last count he was on his 13th boneripper).

Basically Thanquol will be obsessed with taking the hero character out, and will try to assasinate him, generally during situations where it ends up of net benefit to the Hero, like when he's fighting other badguys and then suddenly ratmen kill the hero's other foes allowing him to stomp the rather physically weak ratmen and roll out. Or he'll poison all the other assasins coming after the hero, etc, etc.

He's a bit like Dr. Doom in the sense that he's an enormously effective villain but whenever the Hero is around he gets deranged and fails.

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Potential Player

2012-08-05T05:54:49Z

Posted by: shadow_sage

I am a potential player, with a couple potential characters in mind (though this is not a journal for any of them; sorry to anyone who sees Liara and gets excited). More than a couple, maybe, but I can’t help but look at the map, read over the various factions, look at some of the characters we have, and say I want to be a part of the world, not just play a bit. I love the Civilization games as much as I love Neverwinter Nights and Skyrim, so this game is very appealing to me. And it does say post here to talk to the community to figure out fitting in, so...I hope this isn’t overwrought and presumptuous or something. Right.

( ”TL;DR )

Okay; quick summary for those who said tl;dr. I am asking if anyone is interested in a kingdom set into mountains a bit, populated by monsters (like trolls, goblins, and things like that), dwarves, and men. The old king, a wizard who was a tyrant for centuries, lies dead by his son’s hand after an honourable duel, and the kingdom, long removed from the politics of the land, stands poised to re-emerge as a player for the Imperial Throne.

Rebellion seems likely, and an untried King makes a wonderful target, especially for someone who wants to control him, like an advisor, a general, a bishop, or even a wife.

The future of the kingdom is entirely in the hands of anyone who wants to play in it; I set up the backstory, but the future is open. Dominated by the church; invaded by a neighbour; torn by a civil war caused by nobles, perhaps, loyal to the old king (or simply themselves, or by monsters who have decided they want to rule, instead; we’ll see who is interested in what and play it out from there?

Looking for a General, a Captain of the Guard, Nobles, perhaps a Magistrate from the Imperial City to advise the king, maybe a wife for the king, a lover for the king, the kingdom’s Archbishop, maybe even a Rebel-Faction leader to fight against the King and his troops? Anything else that I didn’t mention! Heck, I’d even be excited to get the Kingdom it’s own God; or at least it’s own Prophet. Can anyone say “Exalted March”?

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New ideas + questions

2012-08-05T05:14:27Z

Posted by: idkworldruler

Alrighty, because I wasn't certain if these ideas were something I should take up with the mods first or not, I decided to make a post here.

With the expansion Eastward, I am obviously very much interested in having Mitchell potentially sending out an expedition/ being a part of an expedition into the new lands. His main intentions for doing so would be for both the adventure, potential glory as well as the ability to start making a monopoly on trade within the new regions. Thus bringing him and the Company more riches and renown, and possibly starting up a few colonies. Maybe even start up his own fleet of ships to fight against pirates, ala, Pirates of the Caribbean.

Speaking of monopolies, I was also very much interested in him attempting to pull off a gigantic form of Rockefeller in the Empire as well. Essentially attempting to overtake the whole of the Empire's markets through a full-on economic war. Challenging, not only the people who make money off of the market, but also, possibly, the kingdoms themselves.

So, my main question is this. Would anyone be interested in these potential adventures. Of course for the expedition you don't have to have your character to join the Company, though I would definitely encourage it, as it would help him form it into a full-fledged faction. :3

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Zeon party post

2012-08-05T01:46:28Z

Posted by: thirdtimesthechar

In the interest of "I don't have an easy way to contact everyone", I'm making a post here to ask who in Zeon wants to be given promotions under the new Influence system. I figure I'll put Celes back up to Rank 3 and Souji back up to Rank 2 where they were before, but if your name is Cecil, Georik, Jeanne, Roswell, or Sara, reply here if you want to be above rank 1 since I can do that now.

Also willing to take suggestions on buying new unclaimed territory or saving up to buy stuff overseas as soon as we can get there.

Also general party post since it's Void's bachelor party IRL tonight.

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Considering Joining

2012-07-27T06:09:36Z

Posted by: adventurerextraordinaire

Hey everyone, my name's Michael, and I write a webcomic called Twice Blessed. Recently I've picked up the habit of playing the main character in LJRP's as a way of experimenting with his personality so that he seems more real in my writing.

ANYWAYS, I'm really interested in apping Cade to Imperial Saga.
Cade's canon, in brief summary, is that he was a bard who drew the attention of the goddess of luck,was blessed by her, and was unwittingly ordained as one of her paladins (much to chagrin of like, every other paladin ever). Because of her blessing, he has extraordinary luck that has given him the reputation of a hero of much greater skill than he really is, and he has kind of begun believing his own hype. He is at best an average swordsman and a dabbler in a wide variety of magic (being only really competent with healing magic), but he does have an impressive haul of magical equipment that has been mostly showered upon those who thought him a great hero. He has a tendency to bite off more than he can chew and to attract lots and lots of trouble.

I'm open to recommendations of what countries and factions to join, and really any sort of recommendation or discussion in general.

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Incoming plot stuff

2012-07-25T15:11:19Z

Posted by: greyerrant

I can't be too specific for VARIOUS AND SUNDRY REASONS, but I'd like to know if players would be interested in a large and rather nasty engagement with Rift creatures that will be laying waste to some sections of the Riftguard nations and those around it.

Anyway this is basically just an initial heads up I want to know who would be down, either to play Rift bads, fight rift bads, and be possibly thumped/defeated/driven away by powerful rift bads.

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Tentative character consideration

2012-07-25T06:12:20Z

Posted by: mermaidprince

So I've been itching to give this character a shot, and I also think it might be interesting to stick him into Imperial Saga. Unfortunately, his background requires a lot of AU shenaniganry, and the addition of an entirely new group.

To start things off there would be +anima, who would be basically a middle ground between humans and beastmen. In the simplest terms, they're humans who, due to distressing situations as a child, subconsciously called out to the spirits of nearby animals to grant them the powers required to survive the situation. As with any kind of animal-likeness, they aren't too well liked, and due to most of them hiding themselves they aren't very well understood to boot. People in hick towns probably haven't heard of them, and those who have are generally under the impression that they're monsters. Very few people at all even have an idea how they come about in the first place.

Which brings me to Husky here. In canon, he's a prince of a country where, by law, any +anima must be someone's slave. Obviously it's not necessary for that exact law to match in the AU, but at the very least being a +anima would need to be a Bad Thing, because that's what causes him to run/swim away from home once he becomes one.

So basically what I need here is a country that fits the following criteria:
-Willing to have a young prince/noble (I'm happy to roll with either) "die" mysteriously, with no corpse found.
-Also be a place unfriendly to +anima.
-Preferably a place connected to the ocean or a river because he needs to have "drowned" to get his power in the first place, and also it's a wonderful way to ditch the country when you're trying to go incognito.

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Cast call

2012-07-24T00:37:23Z

Posted by: xiao_lan_long

Nerdo here.

While I'm tripping on nostalgia and playing the DS remake, is there anyone here who might seriously consider playing from Chrono Trigger? I have the urge to play from it, and IS here might be the best place to do so (especially for the 1000 AD kids), but I don't really want to Lone Canon Warrior it, if you understand how I feel, and I think trying to work in something like the plot could definitely be fun here (we already have a decadent ancient magical kingdom, a medieval period full of intrigue, and horrible space-invader meteors in our backstory, after all).

My feelings for this are just about 100% directionless, including which character I'd want to play in a cast, but my strongest inclinations are for Lucca (who needs nothing outside of a cast) or Marle (who could really use a monarchal parent of some kind to rebel against).

Anyone else interested?

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Incident plotting

2012-07-23T17:37:29Z

Posted by: grave_of_being

So now that I'm here, after Summer Court ends and I've had a chance to do a proper Crystal intro with Kanako, I'm thinking of kicking things off with a nice simple Incident plot! What I was thinking was picking a province (or chunk of a province) off the map and covering it with an endless rainstorm until Kanako is defeated. It'd give people in the area something to talk about, give a handful of people a chance to fight a god, and end with some CR and a lot of people getting drunk and a record-breaking late harvest.

Who all would be interested in getting in on the godfight climax? Kanako generally works better for fighting magic-users, but physical fighters can work into it well so long as they can fly or otherwise attack from a distance.

Also, would anyone like to be on Kanako's side for this event?! Sync sounded interested in Kanako's religion, we could probably arrange a conversion between now and then. It'd make things more interesting.

Also, any volunteers for a province to rain on?

Also, who's just generally up for some CR plotting? I've only got one character, so I'm open to all sorts of things. Let's plot!

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Beyond the beaten path lies the absolute end... Pt. 1

2012-07-21T03:09:41Z

Posted by: shi_no_tsubasa

I have a simple question/request of anyone out there:

Is there anyone out there that may be dropping a character soon that needs/wants a way for them to die?

Because I have a young woman and a tree that both have the ability to essentially kill anything that's mortal/alive enough to be killed and...

... The young woman needs to be badly traumatized before spring.

Yes, I'm evil.

But anyway, I don't think you'll get much of an epic, dramatic, decent fight out of her - she's not a warrior and the Saigyou Ayakashi is a tree, so death just sort of comes all at once in one shot, usually, but we can work out something! They can come to her compound and die via tree or by attacking her or just... die by her being out on a lark with Yukari or whatever.

Realistically, it doesn't have to be right now, just any time between now and the spring, if you find yourself wanting to drop a character and have them dead, hit me up! You can respond here or I am Reslari on Plurk or whatever/however floats your boat for contacting.

Look at that ghost.

That ghost is amazing.

With your help that ghost can be a part of this game!

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Plotting grab-bag.

2012-07-18T09:00:46Z

Posted by: rejected_trash

Welp. I've. I'm not gonna lie; I've been neglecting the game. I really don't even know how I passed the AC, tbh.

I had something pretty serious happen, and...Well I don't want to talk about it really. Anyway, I can focus on the game now. I really need something to take my mind off things.

( tl;dr plots. Also kind of a run-through of what I'm planning kind of thing. )

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Nameless States Plotting

2012-07-17T03:13:52Z

Posted by: thirdtenkaistar

All right! Since "Nameless States is the smallest kingdom" is no longer a meme, let's get some plotting done!

So far I've got:

-this guy getting settled in his role as Regent

-Crown Prince Levin being Levin

-Locke planning to sabatoge Zeon and may or may not be receiving help from the States somehow

-rebuilding from post-Blight rampage.

As a rule, the states are peaceful/neutral and mercantile, but will throw their lot with whoever seem just/needs help, and will impose trade embargos on aggressive/bad nations.

Let's see what else we can do for both internal and external plots!

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Faction: Knights of the Round Table

2012-07-16T20:34:13Z

Posted by: ex_cashcow493

Hello potential applicants and current players already in game. I'm Kattu, I play Arturia, and it's about damn time I made an attempt to start this up.

While Britain is notorious for it's large amount of knights and fighters, I'd like to open this faction up to every kingdom, so long as the character is appropriate for it. I'm not wholly sure how I should go about implementing it, so ideas would be great for that. There are two things to note though:

1) Women can become a member of this faction. Since there's already Kay and Arturia, it would be pretty strange otherwise.
2) Policies would be along the lines of the Code of Chivalry. There will be a couple of modifications to not make it not be so focused on Britain.
3) Those who are a part of the Knights of the Round Table are welcomed within Camelot (Dalweth) and would be able to command within the Britain military should war/battle arise without a commanding officer. Yes, this means someone from an unrelated kingdom can boss around Britain troops.

Current members are: King Arthur, King Arturia, and the first knight, Kay.

So yes, let's plot!

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DHAOSU REYZAAA

2012-07-14T23:02:50Z

Posted by: whatdeheckisdat

Newcomer here! I... have said before that I couldn't join, but the pull was just too strong...

I bring you Dhaos, the antagonist from Tales of Phantasia! In a nutshell, Dhaos used to be the ruler of the largest nation in his world until a smaller nation jacked stuff up, so he left to go find a way to save his planet, and then he arrived in Phantasia's world, where HUMANS were jacking stuff up and he got angry and Human Hating Tree Hugger happened. In-game he's known as the Demon King because he made a deal with the demons to get their help, and co-leads them with another character until she's killed by the party.

I realize that this is not the best way to start off in Imperial Saga, but the setting here is perfect for exploring the Dhaos from before Phantasia-- that is, the Prince of Elusion he used to be. As much as I would adore the chance for him to actually be a ruler, I understand that as a first-time player I probably don't inspire enough faith for that XD;;; Suggestions and HALP with regards to bringing out the prince in Dhaos would be very much appreciated! As long as I get to play his princely side somehow I am perfectly content with any position or lack thereof ♥

Besides that, Dhaos is also a very powerful sorcerer with your typical villainous powers, like teleporting, mind control, frikkin' laser beams and the ability to cast a whole bunch of stuff at once. He'll be powered down in IS, of course, but he's always avoided conflict if possible, even as a ruler. So, um, peaceful sorcerer-type guy here, yeah. He does have a huge capacity for anger, though, which is why the game happened at all. He ain't soft, yo.

So, is there room for Dhaos in Imperial Saga? And if so, where? XD

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Needs a home

2012-07-14T18:07:26Z

Posted by: rollingtothecapital

Who wants a happy-go-lucky religious monk/priest/wizard to ask lots of questions and supply helpful magic where needed? I'm not sure which kingdom to join. The only kingdom I'm ruling out is Rome, as I have someone else I'm planning to send there.

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Two characters for the price of one post!

2012-07-13T18:20:47Z

Posted by: drunken_loli

Hey guys, this is Sheepy. I have a special offer for you, today only ~~okay not just today~~! One of them is Suika here, a seemingly cute but always blasted oni of a girl. Literally. She'll be coming from the mountains, cause she heard you guys were having a party. Obviously she was invited, hers just got lost in the mail. She has a fun ability where she can change her own density, as well as apparently turning into a mist that makes people want to go into a partying frenzy (probably smells like beer, peanuts and Old Spice). Obviously if you want your character to be immune (I don't know why you would, killjoy), they can be. The reason for this post, however, is not to discuss that but to discuss Suika herself. She's part of an elite group called the Four Devas of the Mountain, extremely strong demons, so it would not be out of line for some people to at least know the story. Again, that's up to your personal discretion whether or not your character(s) know about that.

Character number two is just some useless meat, don't worry about her. She's just some Demon Queen, feared among the masses for being completely heartless and all-powerful. But really, she's a good girl. She'll teach you about economics too!

Where Demon Queen (and Hero when Void apps him) is concerned, there are two things that I'm looking for. That would be a kingdom where she could pose as a human--preferably either already in an advisory role or working her way toward--as well as either castmates or interesting CR. I'm particularly looking for a Female Knight or Holo from Spice and Wolf (FOR GREAT ECONOMICS--I mean JUSTICE). I would also love more demons for her to bro it up with, probably in the vein of like. Bowser. Demons that look a lot less human that can either know her or be related to her. She's essentially the last boss of an RPG, so someone who can pound on the fourth wall a bit would be a lot of fun, I think. But really, I'll take what I can get.

Anyway, that's it. I may be making a few more posts in the next month and a half after wedding stuff is done. Suika and Demon Queen are only the first in a bunch of characters I'm looking to app, but with only two free slots at the moment, I figured that I would get them out of the way first. HAVE AT.

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Chapter End!

2012-07-13T05:18:32Z

Posted by: forceofnature

The Reset Bomb Factory has been destroyed, thanks to the efforts of Char, Athrun, Hajime, and Garviel and Mitchell and their respective troops. And also some stupid green haired goddess who can't keep her nose in her own business. No more Reset Bombs will be dropping (for now) and Viridi will be ~~pouting~~ ~~mourning the impending death of the planet~~ ~~making voodoo dolls of people she hates~~ exiting the picture for a bit. Actually all the others are probably true, too.

The forest that was a result of the first Reset Bomb is still around, though, but otherwise, the world is relatively unscathed.

To see the log, go to this link! http://pastebin.com/wYBYa8VP

Thanks a lot for everyone who participated in this player plot! I appreciate having the chance to play this out with you! There are a few other plots I have in mind for Viridi later on, so she's not gone entirely yet.

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Potential Character/Plot

2012-07-12T18:19:36Z

Posted by: silverlight

Herein contains the tale of a young lady
and her quest to gather the seven constellations of Genbu together.
And if you, the esteemed reader, should read to the story's end,
the spell contained within this book shall bestow upon you the powers of the heroine,
and grant you your wish.....

Sound familiar? No?

Okay, for anyone who isn't familiar with Fushigi Yugi, here is a short synopsis:
In a world vaguely analogous to ancient China, the landscape is dominated by four large countries. Each of these countries has an old legend promising that when the country is on the brink of ruin and disaster, a mysterious girl from another world will be chosen to be the priestess of that country's guardian god. Together with the seven celestial warriors, also chosen by that god and granted powers to protect the priestess, she will summon the god and be granted the power to save the country from whatever crisis was plaguing it.
Naturally, it doesn't work out to be nearly that easy for any of the priestesses. But you get the idea.

To perform the summoning, the priestess needs all seven of her warriors and the summoning scroll. (There are a few ways to sort of cheat around this if you have to though.) If successful, the god will descend and the priestess will be granted three wishes. (And then promptly eaten because she was intended as a sacrifice anyway. But most people don't know about that part of the legend.)

The celestial warriors are chosen by the god rather than the priestess, and are each marked with a symbol that appears as a small tattoo somewhere on thier bodies. They are also typically granted powers, but this is clearly not always the case. (Seriously, what did Hotohori even do? And Chiriko's power was just to be smart or something?) It's also worth noting that celestial warriors do not necessarily have to be from the country the god presides over, thought they usually are. They also don't have to be human. Takiko has a sentient rock. Seriously. A rock.

But I am really bad at explaining things. So here are some links for anyone who wants more in depth information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushigi_Y%C3%BBgi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fushigi_Y%C3%BBgi_Genbu_Kaiden
http://fushigiyuugi.wikia.com/wiki/Fushigi_Yuugi_Wiki

Anyway, what I wanted to do was bring in the priestess of Genbu from this series. The general plan is for the legend to be some kind of obscure thing that only history scholars and bookworms have even heard of.
I want to try to shoehorn this into an existing nation, and I'm open to suggestions. Almost any nation could work, it just needs to be facing some kind of problem or crisis. Anything from oppressive tyrannical governments to impending wars. Really whatever threat you can think of would work.

Naturally I also need volunteers to be celestial warriors. Again, almost anything goes. And since the warriors are actually chosen by the god, there's no need for an IC reason to get involved. Also, for those who want a smaller level of involvement, it's easy enough to say that their character was just one of the last ones the priestess was able to find.

ICly speaking, the warriors would suddenly find the marks appearing on their bodies when the priestess arrives/is chosen/whatever. They'd be free to ignore it, ask around, etc. Some digging would probably uncover the legend itself, which would be enlightening to say the least.
I have also heard that the mystic moon is going to be a thing soon, so there is actually the possibility of the priestess coming from another world. But we'll see how that goes. I'd be fine with working out a way for her to be from the in game world.

For the record, the way the ceremony is supposed to go involves the priestess being sacrificed to the god after receiving her wishes. So this is clearly a plot with a distinctive beginning, middle, and end. But again, we'll see how that goes.

And I'd also be pleased to have volunteers to oppose the summoning. Imagine that you finjd out an enemy country is about to be handed three wishes. Does that sound like a good thing to you?
Anyway, enough of my rambling. I'm really just putting this up to gauge interest. So let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

EDIT: Okay, so after some planning both here and plurkside, a few more details have been hammered out.

First, the country in question will be Amestris, with the crisis the god is trying to circumvent being their current leadership.

Which some of you may have noticed is a teensy bit corrupt.

The Priestess herself will be from the mystic moon, which is apparently about to become a thing.

I still need to find volunteers to be my celestial seven. They do not have to be from Amestris. I'm sure there are people both in and out of that country who might have an interest in opposing the current regime.

Anywho, I just thought some additional info might help people make decisions about whether they want to be involved.

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imperial_plots @ 2012-07-08T20:49:00

2012-07-09T01:03:44Z

Posted by: worshipisbad

SUP MAH GODS

On the last deity plot post, we forwarded the idea of a secluded location in the Crystal World for the Gods to have a neutral meeting ground. It seemed to be received unanimously as a good idea so I think we should go ahead with it.

CONFIRMED THINGS
1. It's in the Crystal World.
2. Shikieiki's player has kindly volunteered Eiki to enforce the neutrality of the area and the rules that will be set.

THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DECIDED
1. How shall we make this place?
2. What should exist in this place?
3. What rules should be observed?
4. If someone decides to break a rule, what should the punishment be?

If there is anything else we need to decide, point it out here and I'll add it. For everything else, LET US DISCUSS.

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The Last Battle

2012-07-08T05:12:05Z

Posted by: forceofnature

Hey guys, DL/Wighty here!

A few things - First, as a prelude, a while back, we had a request for more information on the gods in general. I've written up a short information post about Viridi and ran it by the mods, including her powers, duties, and timeline in Dagaria. It definitely gets confusing trying to keep track of all of different AUs smushed together into one pantheon, so I thought this would be helpful as we finish up Viridi's plot arc. Please be warned that there are spoilers for Kid Icarus: Uprising in the document! And also spoilers for a future player plot, potentially. I have placed this section in white text. If you play another deity and this information conflicts somehow with your headcanon for your own deity, let me know and we can hash something out. I tried to leave it very general.

The information post is here.

Secondly, it's time to wrap up the Reset Bomb plot! Everyone who is interested, please let me know your AIM availability and preferences for the next week or two! I should be available every night from 7 to 12EST. This will entail boarding an airship to a floating island in the sky and destroying it. After this, Viridi will hopefully receive some reassurance that humanity can change and she will lay low. I may put her on hiatus for a bit.

Thanks for your time!

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new tentative meat?

2012-07-07T04:32:50Z

Posted by: bewareofdog

Hello, my name is Ruri. I'm thinking of bringing in two different characters... Eike Kusch from Shadow of Destiny and Goro Majima from Yakuza series.

First, Eike. For those who don't know the canon, he is an extremely nice, patient, and overall passive individual. What I mean by passive is that he does not ever lift a hand to ever defend himself from being killed (which happens to him a lot). He is very forgiving of everyone (forgave the people who were killing him in canon), and generally can be summed up as being a "nice guy." Honestly, he likes everyone. Regardless if they are absolutely terrible to him, he will think positively about them (though, he might be a little upset about their behavior).

Second, Majima. He is the high-ranking lieutenant of the Tojo Family, and commands his own family. He owns his own construction business that is actually legit. Extremely quirky, but best described as an attack-dog (hence the username). He is not some out-of-control lunatic part of the Tojo Family, but actually like a hellish force that is unleashed on enemies. Yes, he wants to constantly run amok, but he admits that he has obligations and responsibilities that he adheres to completely. He is someone who only listens to "strong" people -- those that can beat him in a fight. And if they beat him, they don't even have to be part of the faction/situation that they want Majima to be part of, they can just command him to do whatever. Or, they can ask for information that only he can provide, which he also won't give for free unless the person beats them. ... He really likes to fight.

And so, I ask for help?

EDIT; Eike would work best as a Baronet and part of the Nameless States, while Majima would work best as a General and part of Rome. So I guess what is left is if anyone wants to figure out any plotting before I start writing the application?

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Plague Cure!

2012-07-01T03:11:25Z

Posted by: fightingofthespirit

Let's get this done before Summer Court!

Courtesy of Garviel, a significant number of PCs have been gathered together in one place. These include:
Georik Zaberisk, physician of Zeon and an expert in naturalistic medicine and healing.
Klarth F. Lester, Summoner attempting to extract and apply Gnome's Dispel, a technique that can cure all Ailments.
Korra, Avatar-in-training who happens to be an expert in Waterbending-based healing.
Celena Vantari, representative of the new Arcaniss Institute along with her NPC assistants who utilize arcane magic-based healing.

We also have Welkin Gunther, Animal Sociologist who provided the information that the plague is bacterial and originally transmitted into humans through a rodent vector.

If anyone else had characters investigating the plague or otherwise interested in being involved, feel free to join the plotting below as well.

Klarth, as said above, has been working with Gnome to 'extract and control the mana streams associated with the casting of Dispel' into a form that he can work with. Ignore the magibabble. The important thing is that he will eventually succeed in binding the power of Dispel into written form, manifesting as a lengthy incantation that practically takes up a whole book. Gnome will, for whatever reason, insist on calling this new text 'Gnome's Flipout'.

With the creation of Gnome's Flipout, it will be possible for any accomplished mage to cast Dispel, a powerful earth mana spell that can cure any ailment. Klarth cannot cast magic on his own; someone else will need to do the honors. However, here are some of the difficulties that may remain:
-It isn't long-range enough to cover everyone that's been affected. If the spell cannot be made long-range, it may need to be cast and applied through a vector, something like a viral vector. In fantasy terms, its essence may be infused into a potion that can be reproduced.
-It would create an imbalance in earth mana that would require a strong counter stabilizing water-based force to succeed in optimal performance. I'm kinda making this up on the fly because healing in Klarth's canon is always water-based and it seems to match well with Korra's healing technique.
-Patients may require follow-up treatment.
-Patients may remain infectious even after treatment.
-Patients may relapse due to a small contingent of bacteria remaining in their systems.

And many others! These are just ideas I'm tossing around if people think their characters may be able to contribute by solving these problems.
If you have any ideas for a cure of your own or some other way your character can contribute, feel free! The Dispel method may not be the best method, either.

In any case, I think it would be good to throw up a Plague Cure log at some point and have all of us interact IC and toss around more magibabble, etc. What do you all think?

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