Vargo Seldon

Returned held the telescope to his eye, observing the army that had marched to his doorstep. To the naked eye, they looked like any other normal, if a bit disorganized, army. When put to more focused scrutiny, however, they revealed themselves to be 25-foot tall white monsters. Yetis. This tribe had come down through the mountains when their numbers had exceeded the prey that could support them. They had already destroyed Fortress Eternal's outlying town. Luckily, the scouts had detected the approach of the army, and most of the people had evacuated to the courtyard or back to Alleycity. Sadly they were hungry for more. Returned put the telescope away from his eye, and handed it to a nearby lookout. He was on a lookout tower, on the battlements of his fortress. He noticed with idle interest that the yetis were beginning to form up on the "staging ground" outside their camp. A "Big One" roughly translated from their language, was marching up and down the ragged ranks, shouting a chant. The chant was then repeated by the huge army, where it rose in an eerie crescendo, echoing off of the walls, before cutting off abruptly and beginning slowly again. Returned marveled at their organization, crude though it was. His interest turned more than idle as the army began slowly moving forward, still shouting their primitive battle chant. The men on the battlements began to shuffle nervously at the army's gradual approach and disturbing chant. Returned assessed the situation, then began to issue orders. "Milton, go fetch Hasharan." As the spindly secretary moved off, Returned shouted to the men atop the lookout towers. "Squadleader, sound the alarm. You, Centurion, Rouse the cavalry. The wall guard needs to be on alert." The drums began to beat on the walls, and, with the crisp efficiency of an army run by Hasharan, cavalry thundered out of the front gates to harry the approaching army. The wall guard became clogged with archers, spearmen, and Squadleaders. The yetis' organization finally fell apart, and they fell into a haphazard charge. Two were sporting a massive log as a battering ram. They crashed into the staunch walls of the fortress. The broke upon the hard stone like water on rock. Returned noticed that they let the "frail ones" and "weak ones" go first as cannon fodder. The defensive Aons along the wall kicked in, releasing bursts of Daa power, and consuming some of the first waves of beasts. The two carrying the battering ram ran at the gates full force. The log crashed into the wooden gates, and shattered into a million shards. Strengthening Aons flashed briefly on the door. It wouldn't take another hit like that. The Squadleaders gave the order to fire, and waves of arrows were released on the invading army. None of them really had an effect, but the Squadleaders gave the order to reload nonetheless. One of Hasharan's Battalionlords gave the order to release the chull cavalry. The armored mounts were slow, but when dealing with a pinned force, the strong units' endurance was a godsend. The chulls flooded, or lumbered, whatever you call it, out of an adjacent gate, and drove towards the army, like a hammer to the fortress walls' anvil. The army split, and retreated in fear, the horse cavalry harrying them back to their camp. A preliminary attack had been repelled. The men on the walls cheered, and the cavalry rode back in to much congratulation. Although one attack had been fought off, it was a sign of a greater threat. The threat of extended siege. The hardened men of Fortress Eternal had won the battle this day, but it would take more than sheer grit to win the coming days. Food would be hard to come by, the people would be stretched thin, and the fortress would take a rough beating. The siege had set in. —— @Sunbringer @Arky-boi @MetaTerminal (I'm still holding out hope) @beantheboy12 @Gancho Libre @Furamirionind (Also holding out hope)

So @Lord Meeker, I know I have a lot of characters, but... I don't have an excuse. And possibly @Voidus too, cause it's an epic. I don't usually do theme songs, but that one really fit his personality.

Keleth then realized that Hemalurgy won. He sighed in defeat. He then stepped back, because he currently knew nothing of the precursors. Plus, Fortress Eternal was outside the Precursors' jurisdiction.

"The problem with specifics is that the legalization of hemalurgy is currently losing the official vote," Keleth said, a satisfied grin on his face, "7 to 8"

All of which are Arthropods. Yes, there are a few phylum in kingdom animalia. There's phylum porifera (I think) that consists of sponges, phylum Arthropoda, which consists of shelled invertebrates, phylum chordata, which consists of vertebrates, and a few others for segmented worms, flatworms, and mollusk. So, the animal kingdom is in truth, divided much more complexly that "one and the other". Eh, a minor thing. Many Arthropods have simple eyes, like crayfish and spiders. The vocal cords thing is probably just due to the immense size and complexity of the thing. There are always exceptions in biology, so the antennae thing is a really minor thing. You're probably right, It is probably more of a barnacle, but I would still place it in phylum Mollusca. I don't think many mollusks have compound eyes, they're mostly simple. My point was just that the Rosharans probably placed it in a completely wrong catagory. Yes but turtles usually don't have chitin on their legs and head as well. Since the entire body is armored, it's more reminiscent of a big invertebrate. That's why I would categorize it with the chasmfiend as an Arthropod, but you could be right. It could have a spinal cord, because the parshendi also have one as well as full chitin armor. It could be a large turtle, and the Rosharans could've completely categorized this wrong also.

Like, one of the only theories I've ever made, but this subject has been nagging at me for quite a while (Like a few hours). I figured that nobody would help me postulate more than this community, because no one but them has the patience to dig through all of those WoB's. Basically, all I want to know is this: do Rosharan creatures (mainly greatshells) have the same-ish anatomy as creatures on Earth. The humans there do, so I am led to believe that other creatures do also. So, I'm not a huge biology buff, but I do know some rudimentary terms and basic classification. I know that the animal kingdom is basically divided between invertebrates and vertebrates (with a few exceptions). The way a chasmfiend is structured makes me think it's an invertebrate, and I would place it in Phylum Arthropoda. Same with a whitespine. We know some investiture is involved here, because if it wasn't then the thing would be crushed under the massive weight of it's chitin carapace. Other than that, I believe that the chasmfiend is essentially a really big crab. Another thing. The Reshi Greatshell could be classified the same as the chasmfiend and the whitespine, but not the santhid. It shares almost no characteristics with the other greatshells, and since there is no definite study of them, I think the Rosharans have classified this completely wrong. Since it has only one major shell, with tentacles and is reminiscent of a squid, I think that is is more of a mollusk. Where the chasmfiend is a big lobster, the santhid is a big clam. Tell me what you think of this. I may be on a completely wrong track, but I just wanted you to start thinking about this.

Hello Clever Username (which is a very clever username by the way) and welcome to the alleyverse! I can do some scoring for your character, but as previous incidents have proven, you should disregard my scoring in the face of someone's more experienced scoring. Scoring: Again, Welcome to the alleyverse. Your character should be approved in no time, and I hope you enjoy your time here.

Wow. For some reason I thought it would pass. I really need to work on that. Edited version: I didn't actually edit his powers any (I like them too much). I just added weaknesses that give non-combatant tendencies, and power restrictions. And that's a very good drawing for just using a mouse.

I happen to win more. So there.

Yes, my guild would be great. I'm sorry I made the mistake in scoring your character, I misunderstood the index. Yes I missed the section on compounders, just focusing on the twinborn section.

@Ark1002

Hmm. You see, I have this great guild which is actively seeking new members. We're very active, and are actually running the Tournament of Light. Otherwise, your character seems balanced enough. The weakness of his scar and his narcolepsy would balance his skill and allomancy. Looks good, here's some scoring: You should probably get one of the mini-mods to score it, I'm just doing it to provide you a little feedback.

Darkness nodded softly to himself. He had come in here hoping to find just such a job. "Great, tell whoever this Ark person is that I'll do it." @Invocation @Ark1002

Darkness took the glass up off of the counter, and raised to his appraising eye. It was clear as glass. He shrugged and tossed it back with a careless swig. His throat immediately burst into flame, and he struggled to not cough it all up. It was all he could do not to vomit. He began sapping the kinetic energy from the liquid, just to handle the heat. Once it was all down, he fell into a fit of coughing. He looked up, glaring at the amused patrons. He slammed the glass down on the table, then walked away from the bar. He looked at the notice board, and perused the list of jobs and mercenaries. He raised an amused eyebrow at the one that called everyone to help each other, and went on down the list until he came to this one: He callled back to the bartender, eyes fixed on the notice, "Is this still open?" @Invocation

Darkness rolled his eyes at the man's sentimental words. "If the strongest mixed is stronger than the strongest singular," he said, "Then I'll take that."

No, I don't think that's against any regulations or suggestions.

Darkness sauntered in through the front door, a lazy smile on his face. He walked up to the bar, resting his elbows on the surface. He looked about him, and said, "I expected this place to be a lot more fancy, what with all the talk about it." He then turned towards the bartender, and asked for "The strongest thing ya got." @Invocation

Welcome new last posters! (I won't tag you because I don't know how many of you there are)

Just call me Seldon.

Keleth was frustrated. "I believe we can come to a compromise on the whole hemalurgy issue. After all, compromise is the heart of a republic." @Voidus @Darth Woodrack

Hello all. The tournament of light is a success! I'll have to let Bean take it from here explaining all of the rules and what will happen after the first round is wrapped up. @beantheboy12

I know this is kind of old, but I still needed to bring it up. Can Marsh cry without eyes?