Generic Western Fantasy RP!

[Mahou Moerin]

...Which need a better name. Ahem, anyways...

So this is going to be kinda free form and sandbox-y, partially because I fail as a GM most of the time but mostly because it'll probably be more fun that way.

The basic setting is the continent of Pan-Terra, which is roughly comparable to medieval Europe... Only with magic and fantasy races running around the place. It's probably going to be more high fantasy-ish in tone, and thanks to magic, etc. the peasants, whilst still being downtrodden, aren't exactly living in squallor.

The most densely populated part of Pan-Terra is the human kingdom, led by the wise King Quilldrake. To the far north of the continent is a grim, dark wasteland known as "The Grymdharc", which is home to barbarians, orcs, and other, more distressing creatures.

There are five main races in Pan-Terra:

Humans: Same old humans, pretty much the average race. The most prolific, though, thanks to being more balanced than the others.

Dwarves: As always, stocky, bearded mountain folk with a penchant for alcohol, mining, alcohol, engineering, alcohol and more alcohol. Easily the most technologically advanced race in Pan-Terra. They partake in ancestor worship, have great respect for their elders and hold on to grudges for generations (and seeing how long a dwarf generation is...). Ruled by a king and a council of elders. Beards are seen as a mark of pride amongst dwarves (who all have beards, even the females); mocking a dwarf's beard is the quickest way to gain their ire.

Elves: Pointy eared gits with an aptitude for magic and some affinity towards nature. Long lived and often skilled with the bow. Split between four types:

• High Elves, who are elitist bastards. They live in crystal spired palaces and believe themselves to be the superior race in Pan-Terra, despite the fact that they are slowly approaching extinction. Ruled by the Phoenix King, who spends most of his time sitting in his crystal palace acting all smug and superior.
  
• Wood Elves, who are isolationist bastards. Not much is really known about them, other than they live in the forests and tend to look down upon outsiders intruding on them.
  
• Dark Elves, who are sadistic bastards. A splinter group from the High Elves who were banished to the Grymdharc after a civil war long before the time of man. They possess a deathlike pallour and are far more honest about the "we are a race of utter bastards" thing than any other type of elf. Very into slavery and torture. A matriarchal society ruled by their immortal and possibly completely insane queen, although no-one really listens to her anymore. They tend to treat female slaves much better than male slaves, who are treated as little more than cattle. Use dinosaurs as beasts of burden (no, really).
  
• "Humanized elves" who have integrated into human society and are far less concerned with the percieved notion of elven superiority than the other three types. Generally indistinguishable from humans aside from their pointed ears, effeminate frames and aptitude for magic. Generally looked down upon by the other three types of elves.
  

Halflings: A race of short humanoids with several different names for themselves, including hobbits, munchkins and tarutaru. How many of these names are legitimate and not a result of the race's near-legendary love of pranks and jokes is unknown. They are mostly known for being immensely skilled in three things: cooking, eating, and thievery. A simple folk who mostly live in the country, away from urbanized areas, but there's always the odd weirdo in every village who seeks a life of adventure in the big cities. They have no absolute ruler, with each village being self-governed by an appointed elder.

Beastmen: Easily the most varied "race" of Pan-Terra, as this is simply a term for the various animal-human hybrid races. They vary wildly in appearance and culture, although they often form small tribes based on their beliefs and, more commonly, their appearances.

Of course, you are not limited to just these five races. Try whatever you want and we'll see if they'll fit this (admitedly vague) setting. Here's hoping this works out! >.<

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[Rain]

• Name: Myria LeJean
  
• Age: Looks to be in her mid-twenties.
  
• Gender: Female
  
• Race: Dark Elf
  
• Appearance: Those nails are obviously fake.
  
• History: Related to the Queen, most likely as a niece or descended from one, Myria has always been pretty well off, which explains why she's always got so much time for carnal pleasures. She really likes buying interesting slaves, too, and headed to the south as an ambassador to find willing and cute girls. She's also there to find new things to do in bed.
  
• Skills/Abilities: Very good in bed, especially with ropes involved. She also knows a lot of lightning magic and can fight with a whip but she's not a combatant.
  

• Name: Nekomi
  
• Age: 23
  
• Gender: Female
  
• Race: Beastman
  
• Appearance: You'd never guess she's a slave.
  
• History: Bought by Myria at a young age, Nekomi was pretty much raised to be a slave and bodyguard. Since she's treated well and her religious beliefs respected (her virginity is required to be intact upon marriage... but the wording of the texts in question makes her rear fair play), she's not generally bothered about it. If she was male, though...
  
• Skills/Abilities: Excellent with her swotd. High pain tolerance due to Myria, as well as extremely flexible. Acrobatic.
  

• Name: Squishy. AKA Akasha in the dark elven tongue.
  
• Age: 30
  
• Gender: Female... probably
  
• Race: SLIME. One of the rare, intelligent slimes that can actually put its being an amorphous blob to use (weird that they take human forms, though) but still a slime.
  
• Appearance: And yes, she would use them for that... if given permission.
  
• History: Found as a baby, she's pretty much Myria's pet,. Legally, she cannot be a slave due to being a wild animal, though she's treated like one. Almost got set on fire by some peasants on the way south.
  
• Skills/Abilities: Can alter her shape and hardness, as well as assimilate removed body parts. Handy in a fight, she fights very dirty.
  

[Roxas]

Name: Cecilia Brightstar Normalname

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Appearance: So peaceful...

Personality: Weird. Lazy. Unexpectedly competent with some tasks, but overall she's just an extreme oddity to most. Doesn't help that she casually flirts with anyone she finds attractive, and then may or may not suddenly seem completely uninterested or even oblivious. She's just random that way.
When she isn't sleeping most of the day away, however, she can have a strong sense of 'justice'. Either that she's just a very helpful person, but anyone nearby who needs help, she will offer.

History: Daughter of a supposedly legendary Paladin and inherited his equipment, Cecilia claims to have inherited a great holy power. At least, when she's awake to state it. Because of this, she's spent most of her life training, and as of six years ago, has journeyed around the land, spreading the word of her role as 'Heroine of Justice'.

Skills/Abilities:
-Is an accomplished Swordswoman
-Can sleep anywhere-
-Is surprisingly perceptive.

Comes equipped with the Broadsword 'Angel's Halo', the Armour known as the 'Armour of the Goddess' and the Shield known as the 'Shield of Justice and Righteousness'. Each of these comes with a separate tale of bravery and heroism. Ask Cecilia for more details. Regardless of whatever she tells you, these aren't exactly Holy artefacts of Holiness

[Krautman]

• Name: Dr. Bertram Bronzehammer
  
• Age: 36
  
• Gender: Male
  
• Race: Dwarf
  
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• History: Bertram had a fairly standard upbringing for a dwarf- study under a master craftsman, serve in the guard, learn basic blacksmithing. He chose to study under an architect, and served dutifully. Now, he's travelling around in search of inspiration for his masterwork. By human standards, he's qualified for a doctorate, but dwarven law dictates that he must finish a masterwork before he can be more than an apprentice.
  
• Skills/Abilities: Bertram, like all dwarves, served in the guard for twenty years alongside his apprenticeship with an architect.. As such, he's quite skilled with a warhammer. He moves about in dwarven chainmail as if he's wearing nothing at all, and is actually quite uncomfortable without it. Can identify the style of commonly seen architecture and dwarven craftsmanship almost on sight and can find the most likely locations for hidden doors based on weight distribution.
  

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• Name: Lily Clastafae
  
• Age: 16
  
• Gender: Female
  
• Race: Human
  
• Appearance: "It's a pleasure to meet you.
  
• Personality: Lily is a sweet-natured and kind girl. She is friendly towards others and believes that all people deserve to be treated with kindness and respect... at least, unless they forfeit their right to being treated in such a way. Lily has a strong sense of honor and justice. Even against those who have earned her hatred, she seeks an honorable one-on-one battle with them. However, at the same time, she is zealous in slaying them. She believes that those who do evil must either be willing to atone for such things or, if they go too far or refuse to atone, must be killed in retribution. This is a strange juxtaposition against her sweet and kindly personality.
  
• History: Lily was brought up on her family's values of kindness and good will towards others unless the lose the right to it. She was also trained in swordplay. She is currently travelling in order to seek out places that might require her aid.
  
• Skills/Abilities: Lily is highly skilled in swordplay, having trained her entire life in the craft. She is also decent at cooking, though by no means a master of cooking.
  

• Name: Beatrika Fraziskabella Wolkenkastanets/Destrliestalinahimabelle Rastelclarafellamine Farthingbornschniezal/Talasamafaraminelinnabellaclarewilla Yaelinmilifadatessabaessacaratessa Hawalaspanicardiwapalnicklespikahizer the Third. None of which are her real name.(Real name: Annalina Cristella Clarwind)
  
• Age: 10
  
• Gender: Female
  
• Race: Human
  
• Appearance: "Your name is now Fernandez!"
  
• Personality: Annalina is a somewhat odd girl, really. She's fairly friendly and upbeat, but she can also be somewhat bratty, at least when upset. Annalina believes that she has a fair shot and owning most things. She will occasionally claim these items as her own(and then promptly allow the real owner to keep them with no attempts to take them for herself). She does not actually desire to take anything away from anyone, as she believes that would be mean. She does, however, believe she has what she calls "naming rights". She uses these to frequently rename herself. And her bodyguards. And other people if she thinks she has a better name for them. And her favorite dress. And anything else she sees fit to rename. Annalina has a strong desire to make friends. She is likely to become upset if people view her as strange or unusual, but she does her best to hide it.
  
• History: Annalina was born into a rich noble family. She was pampered from birth, but also largely kept inside and and sheltered. This was partially due to her albinism, which has lead to her being viewed as strange and unusual along with her odd behavior. As she grew, she strongly desired to visit the rest of the world. Eventually, on her tenth birthday, her father allowed her to leave for exactly a month under the supervision of several bodyguards.
  
• Skills/Abilities: Just about nothing, really.
  

• Name: Fiona the Brown
  
• Age: ???(looks about 10)
  
• Gender: Female
  
• Race: ???(Has most of the normal traits of a human, at least, just refers to herself as a Witch if asked about her race)
  
• Appearance: "Hello. Goodbye."
  
• Personality: Fiona is quiet and reserved. She has a tendency towards calmly analyzing situations before her and being cool and logical. This is not to say she is without emotion, that would be very wrong. Fiona has boundless curiosity which she seeks to satisfy through any means necessary(to a certain extent, at least). She enjoys learning and talking to people, though at the same time she dislikes it if people linger too long in her woods unless they're very interesting conversationalists. Fiona is also extremely fond of sweets, and bringing her a sweet pretty much guarantees you a free potion or service of some kind. And if your plight is great enough, she's sure to provide a healing potion without any kind of cost.
  
• History: Fiona was a person. Who did magic and made potions. Then they went into the woods, and ended up as they are today. She resides in her woods and makes various potions, and that's about it for her.
  
• Skills/Abilities: Fiona is extremely skilled at making various concoctions with all kinds of outlandish ingredients. She is also skilled in plant control magic, and some summoning spells.
  

[Falkon]

Name: Rosro Quilbeard

Age: Unspecified, because I'm not sure about Dwarf lifespans. Early-Middle aged.

Gender: Male

Race: Dwarf

Appearance: True form. Boar transformation.

Personality: Rosro is a strange dwarf, preferring the company of his pig, who he constantly talks to, over people of any kind. When he interacts with people, he is blunt, and will tell you his opinion no matter how rude it might be. Interact with him for any good amount of time, and you'll be sure to discover that he is obsessed with swine.

History: Rosro was once your average dwarf, living underground, hoarding precious gold,  bashing heads, and drinking booze. Then, one day, he went out, hunting a massive wild boar. After the beast evaded him for over a week, Rosro finally cornered it, only to be nearly killed  by the creature, which escaped. After that, Rosro devoted his life to the study of boar, starting with the goal of perfecting his hunting technique, he eventually came to regard boars with extreme respect, and shifted his goals to become more like a boar, turning to totemic cultists for aid. He now travels the world with his pet pig, and is commonly believed to be insane by his old friends, having discarded his gold hoarding, skull bashing ways in favor of becoming closer to nature. He still drinks booze, however.

Skills/Abilities: Rosro is a skilled user of his hammers, having used them since before his obsession began. He is also capable of transforming into a giant boar, capable of running at high speeds, taking heavy damage, and a powerful, but unreliable charge attack. He also has a pet Bearded Pig named Snort, which, apart from having a much weaker version of Rosro's charge attack, can't really do much fighting. However, Rosro can communicate(to a degree) with Snort, and is capable of seeing through his eyes.

[Tachi]

Just gonna edit in history when I work something out for it. >.<

• Name: Telis Lothain
  
• Age: Looks around 18
  
• Gender: Male
  
• Race: Elf (humanized)
  
• Appearance: Yep, he can sit on air. Truly a force to be reckoned with.
  
• Personality: Telis abhors violence in all of its forms. That said, he isn't the type to stupidly tell a person to stop brutally beating someone, since that tends to lead to a beating for the person making the demands too, especially if they refuse to fight back. He'll just heal whoever was under attack, regardless of whether or not the beating was deserved. This has less to do with him being stupidly naive, which he isn't and more to do with his belief that people should just talk their problems out. He has a tendency to give what little spare money he has to orphanages and as such is broke most of the time.
  
• History:
  
• Skills/Abilities: Telis can use magic. He specialises in healing spells and can heal most injuries, poisons and quite a few magical afflictions if given enough time. He can also conjure an invisible seat. Not particularly impressive or helpful in a fight, but really convenient when his legs need a rest.
  

• Name: Iryion Lothain
  
• Age: Looks around 18.
  
• Gender: Female
  
• Race: Elf (humanized)
  
• Appearance: She also owns more reasonable clothes.
  
• Personality: In contrast to her brother, Iryion is loud, brash and a little bit violent. She spends most of her time fighting, drinking, getting thrown out of taverns for starting fights or flirting with people. She tends to just put whatever's closest on in the morning, which has led to her wearing her brother's clothes and him wearing hers on more than one occasion. If Telis has any issues with it, he's too nice to say anything.
  
• History:
  
• Skills/Abilities: She's good with a sword. Really good. More agile and flexible than most people too. She also has access to powerful sonic attacks and can create dangerous poisons.