Essences RP: Sign-Ups

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Okokokokokokok! I asked about this in my personal updates, and I got a single answer. Glass suggested to use my Mirth magic system! @Through The Living Glass

How it works:

Spoiler

Each empowered individual is going to have an attunement to a certain element/thing. The attunement allows one to derive strength and health from the non magical presence of the essence, and in turn allows one to bring forth the magical presence of the essence by sacrifice strength. There are other side effects, but you don’t get to know those. Various things I posted hint at these effects.
 

The attunements:

1. Fire/Heat. People from this attunement are generally (for lack of better classifications) Chaotic Evil.

2. Cold. Lawful Good.

3. Wind. True Chaos.

4. Emotion. Chaotic Good.

So here is the RP sign up

Submit a character sheet:

 

Name:

Attunement:

Background:

Appearance:

 

 

List of Characters:

@Spark of Hope

@SpiritOfWrath

@Dragonheir

@Through The Living Glass

@TwinSouls

@Wierdo

Edited October 10, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through the Living Hope]

37 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

 

Name: Felicity Houghton

Attunement: Emotion

Background: Grew up lower-middle class with a somewhat large community, only her father was present, only child

Appearance: Average height, pale blonde hair (think Draco Malfoy/Luna Lovegood), hazel eyes

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

2 minutes ago, Spark of Hope said:

Name: Felicity Houghton

Attunement: Emotion

Background: Grew up lower-middle class with a somewhat large community, only her father was present, only child

Appearance: Average height, pale blonde hair (think Draco Malfoy/Luna Lovegood), hazel eyes

So you recognized which one was superior. 

Be careful when fighting those with wind attunement, though.

Accepted!

My character:

Spoiler

Name: Retlen Yrla, Earl of the Crusade.

Attunement: Fire

Background: Second son of Duke Yrla. Left to crusade against the “unworthy”. Has martial training, a mind for tactics.

Appearance: Tall, imposing, pale grey eyes. Usually wears armor of some sort. Clean kept hair, no beard. Keeps a sword with him.

 

Edited October 8, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Ooh, fun! I read the story, but forgot the side effects already, so… 

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Name: Cole Slate 

Attunement: wind (how does that one work, anyway? Air is everywhere - does it have to be moving?) 

Background: an organized and diligent worker, Cole has been a few things in his life. He started as a sailor and was responsible for patching leaks or organizing sails when nothing needed fixing, but retired to the land and became a land carpenter and general woodworker after a terrifying ship fire almost killed him. 

Appearance: compact build with wiry muscles, blond hair usually cut short, with a shortish beard. A permanent tan that implies a history of working outdoors, and a kind and helpful manner. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

18 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Ooh, fun! I read the story, but forgot the side effects already, so… 

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Name: Cole Slate 

Attunement: wind (how does that one work, anyway? Air is everywhere - does it have to be moving?) 

Background: an organized and diligent worker, Cole has been a few things in his life. He started as a sailor and was responsible for patching leaks or organizing sails when nothing needed fixing, but retired to the land and became a land carpenter and general woodworker after a terrifying ship fire almost killed him. 

Appearance: compact build with wiry muscles, blond hair usually cut short, with a shortish beard. A permanent tan that implies a history of working outdoors, and a kind and helpful manner. 

Huuuuuuuuuhhhhh?!?!?! You choose wind?!?!?!???!!!!? Yes. 

Ok also this is something I need bc of ur attunement. Who close to you died in that fire?
Otherwise, approved.

(Yes the air needs to be moving. But imma tell you this now. The world does not necessarily have to follow the laws of nature. I miiight go into that, maybe give one of you the Archstone.)

Ok. We dooo need an Cold attuned. (Don’t worry, they have a cool ability that is very useful)

I would prefer more peeps, but with just one more, we would be able to start.

Edited October 8, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Huuuuuuuuuhhhhh?!?!?! You choose wind?!?!?!???!!!!? Yes. 

Ok also this is something I need bc of ur attunement. Who close to you died in that fire?
Otherwise, approved.

(Yes the air needs to be moving. But imma tell you this now. The world does not necessarily have to follow the laws of nature. I miiight go into that, maybe give one of you the Archstone.)

Ok. We dooo need an Cold attuned. (Don’t worry, they have a cool ability that is very useful)

I would prefer more peeps, but with just one more, we would be able to start.

I'll join!

I'll be cold. I wanted to be before I saw you said that lol

Just give me a few minutes; I'll come back and edit this post with my character sheet.

 

Edit:

Okay!

Spoiler

Name: Aela

Attunement: Cold

Background: Scholar. Loves to research things she is not supposed to, but also has a fascination with ancient history. She lost her entire family to a group of raiders when she was young, and as such, she tries to stand up for people who can't stand up for or help themselves.

Appearance: Pale skin and hair; blue eyes.

 

Edited October 9, 2024 by Through The Living Glass

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

6 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Huuuuuuuuuhhhhh?!?!?! You choose wind?!?!?!???!!!!? Yes. 

Ok also this is something I need bc of ur attunement. Who close to you died in that fire?
Otherwise, approved.

(Yes the air needs to be moving. But imma tell you this now. The world does not necessarily have to follow the laws of nature. I miiight go into that, maybe give one of you the Archstone.)

I was gonna do fire, but someone beat me to it. 
Maybe the other ship carpenter died in the fire? 
Can I push the air with other air to move it and make more wind? Is the magic precise enough to make specific sounds on purpose? Can I deny people air my pushing it away from them? Is the wind strong enough to move people? What if I have a wingsuit-ish thing? 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

I was gonna do fire, but someone beat me to it. 
Maybe the other ship carpenter died in the fire? 
Can I push the air with other air to move it and make more wind? Is the magic precise enough to make specific sounds on purpose? Can I deny people air my pushing it away from them? Is the wind strong enough to move people? What if I have a wingsuit-ish thing? 

The power of the wind is dependent on how much you spend on it. If you want to feeel like you haven’t eaten in days, you can do all of these.

No, you cannot use ur power to generate non magical wind. But there are some exploits that you can do. (They require 2 attunements. But u can only have one for now. The people distributing the powers [yes peeps do this. Hehe. ] don’t really get along right now.)

But by all means, u can be fire. But my favorite ones are actually wind and emotion. Haha. But then I added stuff to balance them out.

Based on ur personality, I believe that another carpenter dying would fit the… requirements…

(there’s no extortion here, I swear!)

But also, important detail, you only get the powers at the very beginning!!! (Including me )

Edited October 8, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

What's the background of this world?

@SpiritOfWrath

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

19 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

What's the background of this world?

@SpiritOfWrath

Hhhhhmmmmm…. What to tell… I guess this is early, so it is well known (sorta)

Ok so all that is really known about this world is that 4 dieties created it (how many powers were there?), Rage, Madness, Intellect, and Mirth. Madness is known to just spontaneously say, hey, I created the world! Rage is known to have a neeeed to destroy it.

There is a certain stone called the Archstone that only Madness (and eventually Intellect) knows how to use. The model of the world is this stone.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Hhhhhmmmmm…. What to tell… I guess this is early, so it is well known (sorta)

Ok so all that is really known about this world is that 4 dieties created it (how many powers were there?), Rage, Madness, Intellect, and Mirth. Madness is known to just spontaneously say, hey, I created the world! Rage is known to have a neeeed to destroy it.

There is a certain stone called the Archstone that only Madness (and eventually Intellect) knows how to use. The model of the world is this stone.

So the stone is important because it can shape the world somehow?

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

So the stone is important because it can shape the world somehow?

Yes… In the actual canon story, it’s used to kill Rage, Mirth, and Madness. (And in the first version I had, it also killed Intellect)

The problem with it is that it was created by madness. It’s like if I gave you my Calc notes and expected you to follow. No recognizable structure, jumps, etc. The definition of spaghetti code.

Edited October 9, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Yes… In the actual canon story, it’s used to kill Rage, Mirth, and Madness. (And in the first version I had, it also killed Intellect)

Nice.

So what would be the end goal for our characters in this RP?

Or just the goal at all haha

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Nice.

So what would be the end goal for our characters in this RP?

Right now, spoilers.

Spoiler

At least in the beginning, the story is as such:

My character is accusing y’all of heresy (punishable by death), and he sends you on a mission to “redeem” yourselves. So the RP is about whether you want to follow along with the mission or break off. It’ll be clearer when we start. 
 

But keep this in mind. Ur personality will matter, but there are some “side effects” that might warp it. I keep it believable, it’s not like you go from pacifist to murderer with no reason, and Cold and Emotion undergo the least change.

Your attunement is not set. It’s just difficult to change. (Once we start RPing.

Edited October 9, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

Right now, spoilers.

Spoiler

 

 

Cool

Sounds fun

I shan't ask for more clarification on the matter

probably

*edit edit*

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Ok guys this is prob gonna start Sunday or Monday, cuz imma be away most of Saturday, so I don’t want to start with that. So signups close Friday, probably.

Ooooooh sorry Glass I didn’t see that you had edited that. Accepted!

@Through The Living Glass

Spoiler

Also, is it coincidental that ur character is a scholar, or did you make the connection that Intellect governs the Cold attunement?

 

Edited October 9, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Ok guys this is prob gonna start Sunday or Monday, cuz imma be away most of Saturday, so I don’t want to start with that. So signups close Friday, probably.

Ooooooh sorry Glass I didn’t see that you had edited that. Accepted!

@Through The Living Glass

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Also, is it coincidental that ur character is a scholar, or did you make the connection that Intellect governs the Cold attunement?

 

Smart ppl. Yes.

[Through the living jeff he/him(straight)]

20 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Okokokokokokok! I asked about this in my personal updates, and I got a single answer. Glass suggested to use my Mirth magic system! @Through The Living Glass

How it works:

  Reveal hidden contents

Each empowered individual is going to have an attunement to a certain element/thing. The attunement allows one to derive strength and health from the non magical presence of the essence, and in turn allows one to bring forth the magical presence of the essence by sacrifice strength. There are other side effects, but you don’t get to know those. Various things I posted hint at these effects.
 

The attunements:

1. Fire/Heat. People from this attunement are generally (for lack of better classifications) Chaotic Evil.

2. Cold. Lawful Good.

3. Wind. True Chaos.

4. Emotion. Chaotic Good.

So here is the RP sign up

Submit a character sheet:

 

Name: Arel Luen

Attunement: fire/ heat

Spoiler

Please tell me this’ll work

Background: nobody really knows who he is. He just appeared one day. He doesnt like to talk about his past

Appearance: short, with  purple birthmark or something on his entire back.

 

 

List of Characters:

@Spark of Hope

@SpiritOfWrath

@Dragonheir

@Through The Living Glass

 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

2 minutes ago, TwinSouls said:

 

 

*confuzzlation*
huh? 
Oooooooohhhhhh…

Yes. I love it. Accepted.

We r gonna be friends. (Hehe.)

 

Edited October 9, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

 

*confuzzlation*
huh? 
Why

When

Where

Who

What

Why

do u want in?

He posted his thing

 

2 minutes ago, TwinSouls said:

Name: Arel Luen

Attunement: fire/ heat

  Reveal hidden contents

Please tell me this’ll work

Background: nobody really knows who he is. He just appeared one day. He doesnt like to talk about his past

Appearance: short, with  purple birthmark or something on his entire back.

See?

[Through the living jeff he/him(straight)]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

 

*confuzzlation*
huh? 
Why

When

Where

Who

What

Why

do u want in?

Oh wait…

I put the sheet in the quote

oops

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

It was just a little hidden

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Accepted. I saw, eventually.
*nod*
Yes. 
*nod*
Mmmhmmm

*nod*
*realizes I’m just head banging to metal*

Edited October 9, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Wierdo he/him]

Alas, I am hoping to join,
 

Spoiler

Name: Ember Alriece
Attunement: cold
Background: So- He (Yes I know, surprising) Was Raised by a librarian, Who had adopted him from a nearby orphanage. As he grew up, he learned to love reading, and continues to try to read books, as to try and get closer with his now deceased mother, who was killed by a group of people demanding certain records they couldn't get. He was the first one to the scene after the gruesome fate, and now tries to gather books for the library which fell into his Well, hands.
Appearance: My traditional Ginger, with a more youthful age, he's got freckles, and a nice greener eye color. oh, and because of how often he's at the library, he's pretty pale.
 

 

[Through the living jeff he/him(straight)]

30 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Accepted. I saw, eventually.
*nod*
Yes. 
*nod*
Mmmhmmm

*nod*
*realizes I’m just head banging to metal*

May I do the super hot flamey sword??