A Land in Chaos (OOC)

[Vaalic]

Looks like its about time for the next OOC,

I really like the suspicion idea, Kit. Didn't even think of that... but it makes a lot of sense.

Shadow, we need to discuss a little more on how you wanted to be brought through. I had a couple new ideas to go along with what you had. I'll send you the post before i put it up, let me know what you think.

[SomberOne]

I've been thinking.. a dangerous thing I know. But what I was thinking was that since Somber has decided to go with Jake to the Flurin Capital, you know the one place she should not go. Do you think she should have a disguise, and if so do you have any ideas what kind of disguise? Let me know. Kit thats a cool idea you have there, I wouldn't have thought Nuanni would have done such a thing either.

I just wanted to let everyone know I have a new ICQ number.

[Shadowrune]

Kit, I am so sorry for doubting you about the file. I just updated my Norton Anti-Virus and it detected an unknown virus on my computer. And the scary thing for myself is that it might have infected WinAce and might have been included into the song file. All I can do is suggest update your virus protection software and delete all traces of the files you downoaded from my site.

I submitted the unknown virus file to Symantec to view over and try to solve. I should get a reply as to what to do within the week. Once I get a responce I will post it here for you all to get help. I also suggest that if any of you get an email from me that does not include the word "ShadowRune" at the beginning of the email subject then delete it from this point on.

I am really sorry everyone. I will let you all know when I get any idea as to what to do.

[Vaalic]

That's harsh Shadow... but it happens, eh.
I ran the virus scan on everything I have, including the song file, and it all came up clean... As far as I can tell, its all good. At least on my side,

[Shadowrune]

Thats good to know, though I got a responce from Symantec. I am or at least think I was infected with the W32.HLLW.Gaobot.gen trojan.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.hllw.gaobot.gen.html

That is a link to Symantecs virus definition of the trojan. They provide a clean up tool to remove the trojan. It does not require you to have Norton Anti-Virus or any other of their products to be installed. The page also provides instructions on how to use the program safely.

Again I hope no one is infected. I'm sorry if anyone is, and hope that the above link can help.

I hope the post I made is keeping in good standards with the new style. Thouh I especialy like the last part of it. You would think that the one word had so much raw hatred behind it, that Vaalic could be able to hear it wherever he was. Sending chills down his spine. Here we go again, eh Vaal?

[SomberOne]

Nice posting guys.. Shadow you impress me more everytime.. I have to say I'm glad you're back.. hehehe

[Shadowrune]

Again I am humbled by your compliments Somber. It seems very strange and foreign to myself. But thanks anyways.

Somthing occured to me while I was outside at 2am (don't ask). It is regarding ShadowRunes return. Now theoreticly speaking, with ShadowRune being faster and stronger than before, and immortal until someone casts the spell at me with my soul stone, people are going to get badly hurt, maybe even killed by his hands. Thats right Vaal, your one of the prime targets in all of this. All of these thoughts led me to that the group does not have a true dedicated healer (sorry Kit, I know you have healing talents but for the most part you seem like a druid who is more at home altering nature rather than strictly healing people. Correct me if I'm wrong though.) So, I submit for your approval, a new character for myself to RP with...

Present Bio
Name - Jurret Inahe
Ailiases - N/A
Occupation - Warrior/Healer
Faith - Sooyen(Elven Goddess of Life)
Gender - Male
Race - Dark Elf
Height - 5 feet 8 inches
Weight - 162 lbs.
Eye Color - Green
Hair Color - Long White
Skin Color - Muskey White
Current Age - 237 (appears 23 in human standards)
Build - Muscular


Appearance
Jurret has a very straight forward look to him. He wears a sturdy suit of elven made chain mail. The suit itself covers all of his body. Though he does not wear the shiny silver mail all the time. Underneith, he has simple white clothing, with a belt carrying many pouches. Around his neck he has a necklace that depicts a maiden running in front of an oak tree. This silver medalion never leaves his neck, for it is the source of his power. Jurret also wears a shoulder strap which carries his elven made long sword.


Demeanor
A light hearted man with a strange sense of humour. Very curteous to others and would sacrifice his life to save theirs. Though when it comes down to work, such as defeating the enemy, or healing cerimonies, he can be over zealous and get rather upset if disturbed. If he were to snap at someone for disturbing him, he would apologize later for his indescretion. He swears that he is trying to change this little feature about him but as some say, you can't teach an old dog new tricks.


Items
The silver holy symbol around his neck is one of his most prized posessions. This madalion channels the holy spirit of Sooyen through himself to guide his white magics. Jurrets sword and chain mail were made by elven craftsmiths. Strong and light are their greatest qualities. Though besides these features, there is nothing extreamly special about them except that they are nice and shiney all the time. The pouches that he carries around his waist are filled with oils, herbs and bandages.


Skills
OCCUPATIONAL SKILLS
Elven Surgery - Special techniques created by the elves in healing the body without the use of magic.
White Healing Magics - Magic used in the form of healing a body of wounds and other sorts of ailments.
White Sorcery Magics - Simple magic used in the form of things like Paralyzation, charming, sleep etc...
Medicinal Alchemy - Knowledge of mixing certain herbs and oils to make potions or salves for medicinal purposes.

COMBAT SKILLS
Elven weapon combat techniques.
War tactics and sieging.
Combat doctor - Knowing how to survive and heal in battle.

KNOWLEDGE AND OTHER SKILLS
Weather sensing.
Shaft mining.
Blacksmithing.


History
Jurrets story begins with his parents escape from the underdark. Jurrets father was a general under the late Dugan Fa'Noxxian. While some of the generals were planning on simply escaping, Jurrets father and mother had plans of their own. By conforming to the unatural law of their dark world, they had betrayed Dugan by telling the matriarch of there plans for escape. The two had the unfortunate responcibility to deal with the Fa'Noxxian family. When the time came, they led a raiding party to the surface in hot pursuit of the couple with their son. Using a very coy deception, the parents of Jurret fled the scene and traveled north, where they knew the dark elves would not travel. The land grew colder as they pressed on, not willing to turn back. Soon after they passed the great northern woods, the came to a nearly unpassable barrier. A straight blocked their way to the farthest reaches of the dark elven touch.

Starving and freezing, they couple made a makeshift boat from the tree nearby and set sail for the bairly visible island to the north. Upon arriving the two were approached by a group of surface elves who had made their home here. Not knowing of their evil species past, welcomed them as brother and sister. Umong this society, Jurrets parents trasformed into kind and loving people. They did their part for the culture and even helped out in times of need. The snow elves were enriched by this new cultural exchange that they themselves advanced beyond that of forest elves that lived on the mainland.

Thirty years had passed since there escape from the dark world. Their love for each other expanded in the elven society, which blessed them with the miracle of a child, which they had called Jurret. His parents deceided that it was best to raise there son as a snow elf, rather then a mercilous killer. However, The very nature of their kind still left the child angry, unguided, dangerous. When the time was right, the two trouble parents sent there son to be taught as a soldier in the elven army. There Jurret learned dissapline and the guidance for his angry and dangerous manner. Because of his races nature, he became a natural warrior and healer within the army. When Jurret reached the age of 100, he deceided to leave his homeland and travel the world. Though one of the main reasons for this choice was that he wanted to learn more of his people, the dark elves.

Before his journey, the elven blacksmiths created armor and a sword of high quality for him. The elven clerics created a specialy made, enchanted medalion that was made in the form of their goddess, Sooyen. The reasons for the elves to do this was that in their eyes, the outside world was a very harsh environment that could not be taken lightly. Not only that, but none of the elves had ever left their frozen home. Unsure of where to start off his new life on the road, Jurret left the island and landed on the mainland. There he traveled to the great northern forest and went through. The one month travel led him to the city of Eagles Point. In the large city, Jurret learned of another dark elf. This came from the fact that some of the people in the city attacked him because they thought he was the Dark Elf Assassin, ShadowRune. Afraid of the constant mob attacks, Jurret fled to a local church in which he was granted sactuary.

No one made any more mistakes about Jurret being the assassin. He had taken a job up at the church as a heratic enforcer. Jurret can safely say that not once since he had taken the job had he slayed any heratics. He had been trained well to respect life, even though the truth being that when he captured a person, most times that person would be sentenced to death for crimes against the church. A few years passed and a new law came to be that the churches no longer had the right to sacrifice people due to crimes of religeon. Jurret was out of a job now, though he quickly got another job in the city guard.

News reached Eagles Point about the destruction of this lands capital, Faith Hills. A group of heroic people were said to have traveled away from the land in order to stop the source of the capitals destruction. A few months later, the group returned victorious. Unfortunatly, they also brought unexpected trouble from another land. A few of the soldiers banded together, and asked Jurret to join their party for the south. He agreed and traveled o the south, to join the resistance against the Flurin Empire.

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I have an idea for a little excitment in the near future. Though I know since I am back I have little voice in events unfolding so I'll just lay it on the floor for everyone to debate about.

War. It is inevitable if you ask me. An all out battle between the Flurin and the rebelion should occur. Sooner or later Ruakha will send for reenforcments from the empire. During that time the rebelion will start gaining support from all the cities. Lest we forget about the game that is run along with these boards. Meaning political alliances, debates. Cities and towns siding with one another. Or even declaring war.

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I forgot to mention.

We have been going for a long while. Together each of us have developed our characters, the people that populate our world, the land and all its defining characteristics. So I have come to a conclusion that our world, deserves more of its story told. What gods rule the heavens and hell. How the different societies reacted to each other in the past. How all of it led to the world we now know. I will begin to undergo the process of writing an e-book. If anyone has any ideas or additions they would like to see, please do not hesitate to email me. I will also upload what I have done to my webpage so everyone can read it and help out in its creation.

FYI, to read the book everyone will need Acrobat Reader. Its free to download from Adobe.
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[Jake]

Hey guys I've been thinking. It is becoming hard to keep track of the age of our characters. Correct me if I am wrong. But wouldn't it be good if we have some kind of Date system. Just someing simple.

I am sure that a method is already in place to determin the days in the year which I guess was the same as usual time. But because our stories progress in years from saga to saga and sometimes maybe even be based in the past it would be good to be able to have a date of year to go by. Have worked out a time line and date based on my own characters as a example. I tend to go by it to a degree since my character have been RPed in the future and past all based around the faith Hills world. Forgive me if my information is in correct I am only going off memory and some of the titles and ages may be wrong compared to when I first posted them in the orginal threads. A copy of that info would be nice to have if any one has them.

EG.

The start of recorded time in the faith hills world dates back as far as the first Vampire war known now as the dark conflict, before the faith hills kingdom as a power in the land. (I am only guessing, Somber Vaalic how far back does the Faith hills kindom go back??)
As I was saying. Time before this event is reguarded as pre-DC and after is refered to as post-DC.

During the Faith Hills saga when Seth was first introduced to the gang the year was the year 1800 at the turn of the century when power was restored to Somber's throne after a long and bloody battle. The name of this saga I am not sure off any help? I'll just call is Faith hills 2 because I think it was the scond faith hills RP saga. could be wrong.

So here we go,

Faith Hills 2 saga: 1800 Seth's Age - 11

Where Island saga: 1801 Seth's Age - 12

Tower of Light saga: 1805 Seth's age - 16

The land of Terra saga: 1805 to 1806 (Seth left on his journey before his 17th birthday) Jake was introduced into the group. Age -

A land in Chaos saga (Current): It seems to me that this saga happened two or three years after Terra and Sahdows death. Which would explain the time of peace and how every one had settled down or traveled around for a time. Some one please clear this up as to what year it is now?

Trivia : Seth was born in 1789, His father was 20 years old at the time. In 1790 Seth was taken away from his home during a battle that toppled Terra's edge and killed his father, Surrac Terra. He lives on though but cursed. ten years later Seth ecapes and runs into Somber and Vaalic sortly before they were all captured and taken away and the rest is history. or is it. Lets take a look at the future shall we.

1814 was the yaer Seth found his father and Somber for that matter. Surrac was killed that same say only to be brought back to life two days later by Somber. But the magic trapped Surrac in his hiddle home in the Forest of the lost if he left he would die.

Seth was 21 when he first meet his father, unknown to him in a chance meeting that turned into a short fight. In 1811.

In 1813 Somber meet a man named Dark One who have fallen out of the roof of the Blue Rose tavern. Dark One and Somber fell in love over the following year. He was then revealed as being Surrac Terra. Also when they meet Somber told Dark One that she had been banished from her home land when was why she was there alone and why Surrac did not meet any of the others in the group.

So there is a plot for you all to figure out. in the next four to five years after this currect saga Somber is Banished for some reason from Faith Hills. I am sure she told me a reason but I cant remember it. Share some light on this Somber??

Well there you have it? Do you like this system? it would be easy to judge your characters ageing if they age and easier to plan new plots now that you have a time line to go by.

And my knew character bad guy Ordo Malance I mentioned earlier on, is over 500 years old he died in 1336 during the last Vampire war. this is also conected to the demon sword that Dark One uses.

Please give me some feed back on this. Jake Over and Out.

[SomberOne]

I wasn't banished I was following Silver. I followed him to the blue rose tavern thats where she met Dark One. Somber never really had an age, she's elven, but her appearance is youthful, and hasn't changed greatly over the years.

[Shadowrune]

I'll give this a try...

Thieves Den Pub Saga: 1799 - 1800
Faith Hills Saga: 1800 - 1801
Were Island Saga: 1802 - 1803
Trepidation Saga: Late 1805 - 1806
Shatered Dreams Saga: Late 1806 - 1807
Land of Chaos Saga: 1810

If these figures are roughly correct, Shadow was born at 1512. He's 287 and looks roughly 28 in human standards. I figured, elves of all types age 10x slower than human. Though in the beginning, they age semi-normaly.

eg:
Elven Age(human Appearance)
1-4(1-4)
5-12(5-8)
13-20(9-12)
21-35(13-16)
36-95(17-18)
96-190(19)
After this, every ten years they will age 1 year in human. This means that an Elf could live up to 800-1000 years.

Somber met Dravven at first roughly when she looked to be in the 17-18 range. You would think with the normal human life span, Dravven could not have been alive when Somber looked like she was in her twenties. Almost 150-200 years later? Though thanks to the dragon that enfused him with itself, he was able to return in that time, only looking 15-20 years older than his 20 year old self. Though if this was true, Sarah could not have been Dravvens Daughter. She would have been 17-19 herself unless elves hold their babies for 50-100 years. Somber! How could you?! Bah, Dravven was just an imposter trying to take your throne anyways. Which means that Sarah was Suracs daughter since you two had a spin while Dravven was gone. I'm confused and starting to sound like a soap opera.

This will help in the creation of Faith Hills past. A date system. Would have never thought of it untill the last moment. Does anyone else have any ideas of what races should be mentioned?

So far from what I can guess:
Humans
Elves (Dark, Tree, Snow)
Halfings(Hobbits)
Goblins
Dragons

I know there are tons more, each will have their place in the development of the world. To also go along with this, I am in the process of creating a larger more detailed map of the main continant.

[Jake]

It seems my memory of the event is more rusty then I thought. Thank you Somber for your insight on Somber's past..ehrrr future... you know what I mean.

Also Shadow you have raised some interesting points. You have a copy of all these threads so it would be easier for you to put them in order unlike my self. It seems I have forgtton a couple of saga's. Probably because some of them link directly into each other with no real time jump between them.

But I would lie to Note as to your dates. That in the story; Seth is 11 when he is introduced in Faith Hill saga (1800). And he was 16 after he had over come his madness and left for his journey early in the Shattered Dreams saga (late 1806 to 1807) So infact Shattered dreams would be from late 1805 to 1806. I age my characters from 1800 and Seth's age of 11 to keep track.
So I belive the time line is almost the same as what you have stated Shadow.

Thieves Den Pub Saga: 1799 to 1800 (I wasn't around back then)

Faith Hills Saga: 1800 to 1801 (Did that saga take place over a whole year? wasn't there a peace period before Where Island?

Where Island Saga: 1802 That plot line was cut short and added too later on. The Saga would only have taken place in a time of mouths I feel. So there would lost likely me another peace period between it and the next saga.

Trepidation Saga: 1805 (this I when Seth destroyed the Tower and Somber Died for a short time is it not?)

Shattered Dreams Saga: Late 1805 to 1806. Jake was Introduced and Seth shortly after left the story. And thus the rest is history...?

Land of Chaos saga: (Current) is as you have shown Shadow based three years later thus giving a time of peace that give every one time to build a new home and life in Freeport. The year would be now mid way through 1809 and probably after Jake's quest to the flurin empire that would have some mouths I guess the saga would end some time in early to mid 1810.

As always please correct me if I am wrong in any way, I am in need of this information to be correct for future development of my characters or new one due to the fact at some point my character leave the gang and return from time to time. As it is Seth maybe making a short guest appearence Land of Chaos during the final stages. But as you know Seth has only until the year 1814 in the Faith hills story line before retuning I guess years later if we ever get to that point.

As for other creatures and races.

The Vampire races : Different blood lines give different powers and limiations.

And half breeds: a list of half breed cans and can nots would be handly.

While mentioning Vampires, does the vampire wars I have mentioned in my last post interact with Faith Hills past histoy? I made it long enough ago so it would, or so I hope. If this a ok addition to the time line. If so Vampires in the currect world being played out are not a common sight and are now rare. If I could be able I would like to write the guide lines to being a Vampire and their blood lines and history/methology. please tell me what you think?

[SomberOne]

as for were island does anyone have a copy of it? If so could you mail it to me? There is also a six year jump between were island and the thread that comes after, ie when we meet seth and then he overcomes his madness there is a six year span where he lives with somber in FH.

[Vaalic]

I'm looking for the Where Island threads as well. They were the only ones I never managed to keep track of. I don't think anyone has them, but if they're out there, I would really like to see them. They had everything to do with Vaalic and Angel's first meeting and a parting with Somber. I remember it, but don't have the threads to go over.

But for the rest of them From the Theives Den on I've got.
If anyone wants them I can send them over, but its slow. They're fairly large and Hotmail doesn't like to send anything too big...
Just PM or email me if you're interested.

You can definatly see how our writting styles have changed over these years... much of an improvment.

[Kitiara Mistletoe]

geeze take a weekend off ...

shadow you're new character sounds great, Kit has always been apprehensive about her healing abilities, mainly knowing herbal remedies and such, maybe she could learn a thing or two,

the timeline is a good idea, it would help keep those of us that havent been around that much a little more informed, paints a better picture

as for kits age i'm not sure if it was ever mentioned or not, she wasnt my character to begin with, i kind of adopted her, so if anyone has a copy of her original character sheet saved somewhere in all those archives, id love to see it, i just know shes young for an elf only like 100-150 or so, and jakes mentioned something in the past about them coming from the same place originally before her family went to live with the druids? kind of hard to remember the last thread i was just bumbling my way through, and took a leave of absence at the end.

[SomberOne]

nice jake, very nice, glad to know a bit more of dark one's relationship with jake.




thanks for your advice again Jake, I'm working on the character sheets now... BTW we're used to the way you spell things... it's never bothered us before... we know how it is when you're in a hurry, it's the content that matters..

[Jake]

Thank you Somber, I guess you dont know every thing about Dark One yet.


I was reading over my post and found it was filled with bloody spelling mistakes. So I went over it and fixed it up for you all so it makes better sence. Some times when I get typing fast or I am pressed for time I get carried away and mis-type or basicly fuck up what I am writting and not even notice. But it is fixed now.

see ya's.

[SomberOne]

Hi Everyone. Since we're going through this timeline thing and since I haven't really posted his character much, but plan to do so more often. Jake suggested I create a character sheet for Arimas...Well here it is. It's not the best, but it's the best I could come up with...

Name : Arimas Nights
Aliases : none
Occupation : Thief/Prince of Faith
Faith : undecided
Gender : Male
Height : 5'4"
Weight : 118 lbs
Eye Color : Blue/Grey
Hair Color : Black
Skin Color : White
Current Age : Undeterminable appears approx. 13-15 years
Build : Not very muscular/Small build

Appearance : He comes across as a normal teenage boy. He has short black hair that is always a mess, steel blue eyes that are similar to his mothers though do not carry the same warmth. His facial features are solid and very angular, he does not have the elvish ears of his mom. His clothing is dark similar to most of those worn in the port city.

Demeanor : He is a very respectful person when his mom is around or concerned. He is sneaky and able to change his attitude on a whim which allows him to manipulate the situation into or out of his favor.. His curiosity often puts him in dangerous situations. He holds nothing more highly than the job of protecting his mom and sister Serah. He feels it is his responsibility since his father was never around when he grew up.

Skills : He has a lock-picking skill, though currently lacks the tools. He is stealthy which allows him to remain hidden and move without notice. He has no remorse for anyone or thing other than his mother and sister, they are all he truly cares about. He is efficient with ranged weapons, whether they be throwing daggers, or arrows, or even bolts. He has some sword skill though few would say he is efficient.

Abilities : He has the ability to change his age at will. He is currently aging like a normal human, only because he doesn’t know he has this ability. He used it often as a child to escape certain situations regarding his father, Mordac, which was more or less to avoid him or protect his family from him. He knew even then that his father only planned to use him as a vessel.

He has an ability called Force Push, it is something that only occurs when he is angered or desperate, he has no control over it, all it does is restrain an enemy by forcibly pushing them against a wall should his anger rise during this feat it is possible to cause great harm on the person by pushing them harder into a wall pressing the air from his chest or choking them, should his anger get so extreme he could place as much force as to make a heart or brain explode in ones body.

History : Arimas is the offspring of Somber and Mordac. Born in the kingdom of Faith to a Queen with an absent husband, questions arose throughout the kingdom as to the father of the child. This knowledge was concealed to the few that helped in turn to defeat his father. When he was a baby, the kingdom of Faith was in turmoil an onslaught came upon them and it was at this time that a sense of responsibility came over Arimas. Shortly after his birth Arimas experienced periods of rapid growth aging as far as 8 years of age. In the end when the threat was finally put to rest Arimas resumed his rightful age and has since grown at a normal human rate. As a child he learned to use some of his abilities from Mika until shortly after a new threat arose and he was sent away with his sister to a safer location. He resented his mother for this but only for a short time coming to realize how much he enjoyed it at Mika’s cabin. When Arimas returned home nearly two years later, Mika did not return with him. This saddened him greatly Mika being the only true father figure that Arimas felt he ever had. He grew angry inside despising Seth a teenage boy his mother had taken in to live with them. He felt replaced by and feared further of losing his mother and sister to him. It was at this time he took on the responsibility of protecting his family from outsiders. He swore to himself he would not lose them to anyone. He spied on them constantly, lurked in the corridors of the Castle keeping tabs on everyone’s movements. When war came to Faith Hills again 4 years later Somber once again tried to send Arimas away, only to be refused. It was at this time that Arimas grew to learn of the special bonds his mother had with her friends, those that would help her throughout her troubles. He grew to respect those that were consistent in there actions to aid his family. It was at this time he met Irish a man he greatly respected for his ability with the sword, though he was very young still Irish agreed to train him, and so he learned the basics of sword fighting. His training did not last long as the threat on Faith Hills continued to grow. As time passed his memories began to fade he reveled much in his ability to avoid confrontation and still gain the information he wished. Over the years Arimas’s stealth skills grew to the point of making him confident enough to steal. When the war concluded and Somber relinquished her title to her daughter Serah, something that was never recognized throughout the kingdom, Somber and Arimas moved into a small house in Freeport where they live up to this day, or at least until the Flurin came.

[Killean]

Hahaha! I just found out that I had made an alt of my net name. Some time ago too. So I have designed a couple images for whenever I post to say who it is I am writing about.


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I also got to thinking about how much most of you write down your posts on notepad or wordpad etc... before you actualy place it into the TB editor. Browser problems of the sort I guess. So I have written up a little program to do the same job as those editors of yours, but include most of the functions you could use here.

http://members.shaw.ca/dstech4/wass.jpg
Above link is a screenshot so you can check it out before you DL.

http://members.shaw.ca/dstech4/Writers_Aid.zip
This link is to the actual program itself. It was made using Visual Basic, so you might need to check on the net for a VB6 Package if it doesn't work. Though most computers should be able to run it without.

I hope this helps everyone. If you have any suggestions not mentioned in the about dialog for additions, please mail me and I will see what I can do.

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Well, already got one person who it didn't work for. Here is the package containing the standard VB6 librarys.

http://members.shaw.ca/dstech4/VB6pkg.zip
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[Jake]

Here is my Current and more detailed Character Sheet so far. Hope this helps out when RPing with Jake a bit more.

Name: Jake Miller.
Race: Elven/Dragon (will explain).
Year of Birth: 1769 Current age 40. The year is 1809 (The land of Chaos).
Hight: 5.6 Foot (Approx)
Build: Slender but muscular.
Eyes Color: Bright Green.
Hair: Long and silver with a tint of green.
Skin: Pale White.

Appearence: Jake is one of many sorts. But what ever it is that he is waring he is always as neat as he can be. Since becoming friends with the upper classes of Faith he has come a custom with the weath of clothing and fine materials. He is not an over dresser but is always well presented, a strange thing for someone who does not like attention in crowds.
But when it come to battle he is quick to forget the finer things and only go for the bare bone needs of the task at hand. His most common clothing for a fight of battle is lose dark blue pants and vest with red trim over a lose white skirt and a black cloak, black boots with strangly designed multible buckles with a soft soul. He carries no weapon of any kind on his person. It is this style of dress that is very well adapted to speaking around and being un noticed.

Abilites: Jake because of his blood line has vast mental abilites and powers often mistaken for magic.
He has the ability to summon energy from himself and some times surrounding elements. This energy can be focused so well that it can be made into a physical energy with quite a destructive force. But this energy is not unlimited, because it is his life force that he draws opon. It is not easy to use up but if done so he will die. Here are his more common uses for this ablity.

Energy ball or blast: Jake can concentrate his enery so call that he can produce a visable mass of energy, normally from his hands. The reason for this is because it is easier to focus it through his limbs through movment of guestures which is another reason why is is mistaken for magic because he looks as though he is casting it rather then creating it.

Barrier: This power can also form a invisable wall to deflect objects, the wall can be held for a short time and take a vast amount of effort to concentrate it.

The Blue Wind Wave technique: Simillar to a energy blast it is a concentration of energy that must be pushed out of the body, it is so concentrated that it can only be performed once during battle and rest is shortly needed there after. It can also be maintained as a continued beam, and feed into, when done so it is the most dangerious of all for he can drain every last drop of life from Jake and any one else who contributes if aloud.

Energy Pass Over: If Jake is not in a position to use his powers, he can give another his abilities for a short period of time. Jake can control what ever attack of action the host is ment to perform but the host must be willing to do so. Some times the host will even transform as Jake does and see his memories of thoughts. This ability was last used on the Floating Island of Terra when Jake gave his power to Kitiara to kill the Lizard man.

Shadow: A strange technique that is unique to his people, the power to become pure shadow, having no form at all, a darkness that moves as it wants. It's only limit being that it can not pass through spaces smaller then the real physical form.

History: Jake Miller was Born into this world an oddity. Being told only that his being was formed through unknown spells to bring forth a joining of two creatures. Jake is prodominately Elvish while his other side is dragon. But his Dragon heritage only become apparent when he is able to transform himself to his final form.

You see Jake was not of any elvish blood. Through him runs the blood of an "After Dark" A anicent soceity that breed in the old ways. Their culture is that of both Man and Elven but share a common ability passed on generation after generation. This ability allows a After Dark's to focus their mind and transmit their own life energy into the physical plane. The more skilled; the more powerful their mind became. They can move objects with out touch and create visable energy waves that can be used as a form of attack. But only the more experienced ones learn this dark art. By the end of 1760 The After Dark Soceity as it was known in small circles was nothing more then a single village in a hidden vally somewhere in the west of Faith.
They were hunted down for many years after the fall of three kindoms. They were once used by the kindoms as assasins to do the dirty work that would shift power between the kigndoms. Through the After Dark's became very wealthy. The After Dark's over the years started to record all that they were ordered to do in order to black mail and control different parts of the governments to their pleasing. The three kindoms at the time came together to plan the After Dark's fall. A surprise attacked lay waste to After Dark's reducing their number drasticly. Finaly they were nothing more then a single village where only the strongest of their kind surivied. The high council of the old ways even found safty in it's secret location. But in the year 1771 the village was attacked by surprise and no one was ready for it. Not even the powerful council members lived through the flames of murder. But Jake was one of three to escape the carnage. He does not remeber the event for he was injured during the battle. His best friend and child rival Surrac Terra saved him and made their escaped with Surrac's father. They are the last of the After Darks, pure bloods.

Jake lived in Terra's Edge until he was sixteen, then left in search of adventure and a chance to hone his powers away from the teachings of Surrac's father. In 1787 Terra's Edge was passed onto Surrac after his father died of illness. Jake returned to stand by Surrac's side and help protect the newly formed city from evils. But soon after Jake grow tired of it. So he returned to the roads to seek out new quests and challenges. In 1790 Jake returned to Terra's Edge to find it destroyed and Surrac reduced to a mad dog. He felt partly to blame for this. So he aided Surrac in what ever he wished to do from there on. The following years were hard but not fruitless. The two of them gained great wealth working as hired swords and assasins. Using their powers and skills to help out any one who was willing to pay the price. Surrac had gotten the nick name of Dark One during this time and his fame grew with every man, beast and creature he slayed. After the final hunting of those who attacked Terra's Edge in those final years together. Jake desided to leave Dark One and his blood letting ways. It was then that Jake meet his would be wife. A Elvish women of middle class decent. Her name was Carman Isk-tar. The feel madly in love and over the following mouths desided to marry. By this time Dark One had returned to Terra's Edge after many great battles.1806 The ruins of Terra's edge had once again started to live again. A small town had risen on the out skirts of the city ruins. Jake waited for his wife to meet him at Terra's Edge to marry. She was traveling by carrage when it was attacked by a large lizard like man-beast. Jake had gotten word of what had happened and seeked to hunt down this menacing creature. It was on this journey of rengence that he ran into a small ban of people on a quest to stop Mordac, a powerful mage who's name was known across Faith. The Lizard man had attacked the group when Jake appeared and fought back the foe. Jake was wecomed into the group believing he could find this creator again if he stayed with them, he also took notice of a young boy who was traveling with them. The boy carried the strange signature trates of a After Dark. Jake then came to the conclusion that this Boy may be infact Surrac Terra's son. Once the boy, who's name was infact Seth had left to seek out his possible father in Terra's Edge. Jake continued in his internal suffering with his strange group of people to end their war. He had traveled far with them and meet many new people. But yet his sorrow did not pass. Then one day a new member to the group was introduced. A elven women by the name of Kitiara Mistletoe. He couldnt help by be drawn in by her more and more over closing weeks of the war when they set sail to the island of terra. It was there on this floating land mass that he made good on his revenge with the help of Kitiara and killed the Lizard beast that slain his wife. The war was over and Jake returned to Freeport with most of the Fiath Hills survivors who now did not have a home. Jake made enough money with Dark One that he could settle down more and build a home. He purchest a few buildings and homes around Freeport, some used as hide outs or just as storage. The next three years he could hear little of Kitiara's travels only getting letters from time to time. He himself was traveling alot during 1808 have buisness in Terra's Edge more and more often. Then in 1809 terra strikes and the Flurin war begins.

[Realto]

I just took a moment to have a look at a few threads and came across yours and I just have to say... wow.

It surprises me to find a group of people that have put so much work into creating a fantastic looking rp.

Anyways.. that was all I had to say.. happy rping!

[SomberOne]

Edited my post in order to work on a more complete post with Vaalic.. btw Ruakha I'm comming for you....

[SomberOne]

hi guys just wanted to let you know the edit between vaalic and i is done and up should any care to read it.

[Jake]

I was given a email from Kit, saying that her computer is down and it may be a while before it is fixed. She has asked me to play in her place. I will play her character within Jake's posts. Simillar to how Somber does arimas in hers.

And speaking of conbined posts my next one is a combination of ideas from both Kitiara is my self. Hope you injoy it once it is posted. see ya's soon.

[Vaalic]

Hey guys,

I liked the post Jake/Kit, way to cover both sides of it. It was good,

I'm writting up the post with meeting Christopher. I'm about 3/4 done, but I've gotta get to work. I'll have it done soon, I'll leave it part way through to keep it open ended, but if there's anything anyone wanted to do with that just let me know and we can work it in.

We left without both Jake and Kit, but I figured we could meet up a little later once we get back to town. Hope that works for everyone.

[Vaalic]

Well, this wasn't expected, but worth mentioning nonetheless. I entered the Poetry Contest in Events, and it went over fairly well. Tied for first in the Free Verse category. Thought I'd just throw it up here if anyone was interested in checking them out. There's some really good poems up there. Read em through if you've got a few minutes. Its definatly worth the trouble.

Events Poetry


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