Sign Up Dragon Riders--Before the Dragons

[Imp]

Welcome, everyone, to a dragon RPG! I tested this out on another site, but it didn't work... I modified it, but you people of OB are the lucky ones and get to test it! The story...
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[color=darkred]On the large and busy island of Raia, all different kinds of animals flourished. They were widely respected and even worshipped by some people on this land. But unfortunately, fur traders, realtors, businessmen, poachers, and even pirates from other lands frequently attacked the villages of Raia, upsetting the civilians to widespread extremes. Some just kept praying for the people's safety, others wanted bitter revenge on the attackers, and yet others were somewhere in between.

Over time, the people of Raia discovered secret myths telling of pirates, of elves, of love and hate, of heroes... But the most appealing of myths to them were those of the dragons. Dragons were often described as "powerful fighting machines" or "trusty partners" or "graceful, magic-wielding creatures", or even "cute and cheerful healers". But whatever the people's opinions on these mythical creatures were, a selected few believed that the vast power of these dragons could put a halt to their attackers' efforts and at the same time provide great companionship for their people.

Fortunately, one of the shamans of the village told his people about a special ore that, when ground into powder and rubbed into the skin of any animal, would turn that animal into a dragon over time.

At this point, certain people who heard the shaman's story had decided that the ore needed to be found and brought back to the village. They would set off with a few different animals to be turned into dragons, and search for the ore in various places.

Unfortunately, the word might have spread to rivals outside of Raia which would try and steal the ore and use it for evil purposes...[/color]
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So basically, our job is to grab an animal and set off to find the ore before our rivals do. I didn't say this would be an easy task, yet I didn't say it was impossible...

The signup is:
[b]Name:[/b] Duh--your character's name
[b]Age:[/b] Can be any age as long as it's suitable for a human (no elf ages)
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b] Picture or detailed description please
[b]Personality:[/b] Make it as brief or as detailed as you want
[b]Bio:[/b] This should be brief and should basically state how your character heard about the dragons and the ore. Don't make it too long.
[b]Animal:[/b] Which animal are you taking with you? You don't have to bring one, but at least three people who sign up need to have one. Also, no two people can bring the same animal.
[b]Animal's Name:[/b] This is optional if you want to name the animal you're taking.
[b]Animal Description:[/b] This should be brief as we all know what specific animals basically look like. Should also include a brief personality

*If anything above is missing or incorrect, or if not enough people decided to bring an animal, I might ask you to change your signup.*

*If you're still confused about the signup, here's my character. If you want the same animal as my character has, just PM me and I'll change my animal.*

[color=blue][u]Name:[/u] Kenda Suriname
[u]Age:[/u] 20
[u]Gender:[/u] Female
[u]Appearance:[/u] Kenda stands about five feet tall, with skin of light tan. She has long, wavy brown hair, and green eyes with hints of blue. She basically wears a long-sleeved, light blue shirt with the collar slightly too big, baggy beige capris that look like they're torn on the edges, and blue flip-flops.
[u]Personality:[/u] Kenda can best be described as a person who is usually on a different plane than those around her. She loves adventure and mysteries, but she can sometimes get carried away with that enthusiasm... She's generally kind towards others, but she can also be a good heartbreaker.
[u]Bio:[/u] Kenda had a lot of male influence in her life and three twin brothers, all of which always pretended that Raia was safe. This usually worried her to the point where she had to find out more about the attacks. She occasionally found herself in fights and arguments with some of the attackers, but she did eventually bump into a shaman telling a large group of people about the legend of the dragons and of the ore. Kenda, being very curious, realized along with others the truth about those great beasts. When she got back from that place, she contemplated the event and decided to head off to find the ore along with an abandoned baby seal she found.
[u]Animal:[/u] Seal
[u]Animal's Name:[/u] Chirru
[u]Animal's Description:[/u] Chirru is a white seal with gray eyes and gray spots on her back. She's quiet yet curious, basically.[/color]

*Yes, any animal can become a dragon, but the dragon must have certain properties of the animal--just wanted to point that out. Have fun posting, everybody!!*

[Apherion]

I wanna join:

Name: Kalysta
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Appearence: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/azurasea/Kalysta.bmp[/IMG] She's about 5'4".
Personality: Arrogant and a little vain. Bossy and quick-tempered. She the source of so many rumors; not that she gossips, it's just the fact it so how slips from her mouth. She loves to go on adventures and loves to find out mysteries, she has a very good sense of humor, and is sometimes sarcastic.
Bio: She heard tales from her great-grandfather, about mysterious ore, the exact ore that the Shamans were talking about. She tried to get in the meetings but they always knew when she was there because of so many "ACCIDENTS" happen when she's around, so she was banished until it was over. She walked glumly into the forest to see a little bird she had never seen before and dubbed it, 'Iffle', as it's kind.
Animal: Iffle
Animal's Name: Keres
Animal's Description: Small, pale pink, puffed up, and about 3" tall and 6" wide this thing will really take a nip out of your finger. Kalysta should know, it did. Anyway, she's nice most of the time, but if you tick her off, run, is all the best advice I can give. These creatures are like owls only instead of a 10' wing span, it's about 5', and it can talk. Unlike owl's thought they fly during the day and sleep at night.

[Kitty]

[COLOR=Blue][SIZE=1][B]Name:[/B] Crystal (though she hates it when people call her that, so she tells them to call her CT)
[B]Age:[/B] 19
[B]Gender:[/B] Female
[B]Appearance:[/B] [I'll get back to that...]

[B]Personality:[/B] Kind and gentle, but when angered, vicious and rude. Her sense of humor is quite odd. Known to laugh in, what others would think, the utmost inappropriate time.

[B]Bio:[/B] CT never really appreciated her household. With an older brother and two younger sisters, she could never find any peace at home. She would often run into the nearby woods and play with her friends, many of which where boys. She grew up being known as the village prankster.

But when CT turned 16, she settled down. She no longer ran around pranking or drinking or bullying. Instead, she concentrated on what she really enjoyed; writing. She began writing in a small diary she had been given when she was younger. In it, she wrote about stories she'd heard about dragons and ore, and what she really thought of it. Being bannished a year later for nearly killing a boy in an odd accident, she traveled through the woods to leave. She wasn't really upset about being bannished, though. She had never truly enjoyed it there.

When she reached the end of the woods a month later, she ran into a panther. Frightened for what seemed to be the first time in a long while, she was too unnerved to think. As it backed away, she ran out into the wavy, green hills beyond the trees that she'd been in for so long. But she turned around to see it staring at her.

CT called out to it and it rushed to her side. Startled, she jumped back a bit, but held out a hand. It didn't appear to be adult yet; it was quite small. It sniffed and licked her hand, then she pet it. They began walking down the path that led to the next town.

[B]Animal:[/B] Black Panther
[B]Animal's Name:[/B] Ouja
[B]Animal Description:[/B] About adult size now, he is all black with the exception of an odd white tip on his tail. His eyes are mismatched in color, however, his right being green and his left being yellow. He is over-protective of CT, but otherwise is quite cuddly. He chases small animals around in the villages he and CT travel through, frightening the little things half to death, but he's just playing. When angered, he will let out a warning snarl, then literally roar as he chases down whoever it was that angered him.

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Oops.. Hope that bio isn't too long. ^__^;[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Makurayami]

[COLOR=DarkRed]Cool. I'll join.

Name: Renen

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Apperance: (I'll find a pic later...)

Personality: Renen doesn't open up to many people. He has a short temper and is alsways ready for a fight. He is also known for his sarcasm. Renen basically says what's on his mind, which isn't the best thing all the time.

Bio: Renen grew up with the average houshold. Nothing to special. Except for the attacks. Renen and his family would move around, trying to avoid the hotspots for attacks. Because of this Renen never made many friends. He also had and intense hate for all the people who attacked the island.

Upon hearing the rumor about the ore and dragons one day, Renen set out with his pet wolf Bit, who he had had since childhood. He wanted to get back at the attackers.

Animal: Wolf

Animal's name: Bit

Animal Description: A grey wolf with blue eyes. Noting to special. The wolf is completly obideint to Renen, obeying his every order. He also has a high degree of intellegence, understanding commands that are ussually hard for a dog/wolf to understand.[/COLOR]

[Epsilon]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]Please let me know if there is anything that needs to be changed.
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[b][i][u]Sign Up.[/b][/i][/u]

[b]Name:[/b] Syris. Irwin. Nine.
[b]Age:[/b] 18.
[b]Gender:[/b] Male.
[b]Appearance:[/b] Syris stands 6' feet and 7' inches, weighing only 130 lbs. Making him rather tall compared to those he meats he often leans or bends over to look down upon them often times to see things from their level. The man's black and graying hair is short falling no longer then an inch past the lobe of his ear. It is short in the back and gradually grows a bit longer within the front. His slightly slanted eyes are a deep brown contrasting to his never tanning skin. Syris has always looked a bit pale with his wiry smile. There are always a few loose, long, flow strands hang down in front of his face.

He wears things that rather simple and basic. A black long sleeved shirt, with a tri-point collar. This collar rounds over his white, round neck, vest. The pattener on the vest is slimming, making him seem...A bit lankier then he already is. Syris wears a bright red tie.

On his lower half, he wears black pants. Only the right side having a pocket, a chain drops down linking to one of the loops. Inside is a silver watch. One of which he is never seen without. He wears plain white socks and dark grey shoes.


[b]Personality:[/b] Silent. Quite. Responsible. Avoidant. Sarcastic. A bit blunt. Keeps his cool.


[b]Bio:[/b] As a little boy he lived a bit East of the village. He grew up naive and alone. In a family of three; Father, Mother and little Syris. His parents were often away in Raia and would only return during the night. The boy had no one to really talk to. When ever his parents came home, they were tired. And talked simple of that place; Raia. He'd just sit and study during the day. However. When night fell, he'd sit on the three steps leading to the home's door while his parents slept.

To the East near the city, there was always booming sound. Large and beautiful light of summer like colors would appear. Often trailing with green and grays. Every few nights...The boy could smell smoke or sulfur with strong winds that blew in his direction. Gigantic shadows would fly over head before the night was over. This only enchanted his imagination.

Eventually, his parents came home less frequently as he grew. One day nearly the age of 12; they simple did come at all. Being curious as to why he left the next morning to the of Raia. When he arrived there; it was loud and busy. Teaming with life compared to his normal surroundings. Syris wonder around Raia for many hours till sunset. At this point he made a friend of another young boy. Unknown if the boy was older or younger, the child had certainly more experience with the night and told Syris what had been going on for years now. The boy explained that his parents would most likely be at the hospital, he took him there to see if it was a correct guess.

Sure enough he was correct. His mother and father had been seriously injured, helping to clear area's civilians out of 'red zoned' attack areas. Syris returned home during the attacks, seemingly unnoticed. The boy waited at home and his parents returned two years after. never speaking or knowing than he had been to Raia. Syris went again age 16. This time a more unpleasant meeting with the village; he never met his friend again.


[b]Animal:[/b] Ram.
[b]Animal's Name:[/b] N/A.
[b]Animal Description:[/b] A genearl ram that had one day started fallowing Syris around. It has brown skin/fur with a lightly gray fluf. Both horns upon it's head seem to be perfectly curved. It's black horns are lined with a white lace. It's eyes are a vivid red.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Cebben]

Name:Eoen Kipti

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Appearance: Eoen is 5?7? with long golden blonde hair tied back into a ponytail, He normally wears a long brown tunic with calf high boot with the tops folded down and a medicine bag slung over his chest which is full of al sort of all sorts of wondrous herbs, leaves and spices. For protection as well as minor spells (for he isn?t very skilled in magic) he wields and oaken staff with several symbols craved into it.

Personality:Has great empathy for got wounded, He is somewhat cocky and in bad times depressed he has courage but is still afraid of somethings. In a fight he is calm and colleted and will instruct Koru just how to attack.

Bio: Working on this currently

Animal: A Crag Beast and a Mule.

Animal's Name: Koru and Taiko.

Animal Description: Koru looks like a very large bearded dragon however he has teeth that are rather sharp and can bite off a offending hand he is extremely protective and loyal to Eoen and will protect him for all sorts of danger. Taiko has a light grayish colored coat with a black mane (not sure you can call the hair on a mules neck a mane but?) and tail he is mostly used for carrying stuff like cooking supplies and various assorted things that Eoen needs on his journey. Taiko is very gentle and loves carrots and grass he will follow Eoen to the ends of the earth and is very smart for a mule.

[Box Hoy]

Looks interesting Nefertimon. I'll join. Haven't RolePlayed in a long time.

Name: Satoh Mikaboshi
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Appearance: About 5' 11". Pale skin tone and black eyes. Long black hair that comes down to around his eyes. Dark gray shirt under a black coat that comes to around his thighs. There's chains hanging from coat nd metal buckles both shoulders. He wears a pair of baggy black and dark gray camo pants. Black boots.
Personality: A hard thinker. He has alot of wisdom. Silent when things seem at peace.
Bio: Satoh was not originally from Raia but a large country at war. He was involved in the war in his earlier years, learning many things from war. After the war finished he'd become someone new. Once a person with alot of exctiment if fighting he became someone with guilt for the sins he'd commited. He learned of the ore when he'd come to Raia to escape his guilt. Seeing how the island was in need he decided to find an animal and help the islands population. After travelling for days he found a wounded fox. his heart could not bring him to kill the fox so he tended to it's wounds. Afterwards the fox did not leave him. Satoh took the fox in as the animal he would use as his dragon.
Animal: Fox
Animal's Name: Sai
Animal Description: A small fox. A red orange fur color and a long tail. Very fast but weak. Sai is loyal to Satoh. He is also good at gathering various items.

[Imp]

...Wow, I didn't expect [i]everyone[/i] to bring an animal, plus someone brought two... I'll probably allow the second one, Cebben; just be sure you can handle both.

Everybody's in! The thread is open now, so start posting! :)

[Cebben]

Well the donkey ain't gonna be a dragon it's just my pack animal I will prolly kill it sometime before i get my dragon... So don't worry on that front second are we gonna be traveling together or alone?

[Kitsune-Bito]

[SIZE=1]I'm not too late am I?


[COLOR=DarkOrchid]Name: Kikuta Orochi

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Appearance: [url=http://fanart.theotaku.com/view.php?action=retrieve&id=23268]Clicky![/url]

Personality: Sarcastic by nature and selfish by heart, Kikuta has a sharp tongue and a "don't-hit-on-me-and-we'll-get-along-fine" attitude which goes perfectly with her tendancy to backstab allies to get what she needs...or wants.
Her ability to slither her way out of most sticky situations by using words is something that she uses at every turn, and can be more tricky than a magician.

Bio: Kikuta originates from a small chain of islands near Raia named Scailisse, but moved to Raia with her family when she was about 15 or 16 years old.
Her mother was - and still is - a snake charmer, who worked in markets around Raia, and her father was a failing merchant whose words dripped with sarcasm.
Kikuta took both of these traits as her own (the snake-charming and the sarcasm) and put them to good use.
When she heard about the special ore that people were beginning to rave about, Kikuta knew she had to go out and find it for her own.
She's not an evil person, but she's no angel. If anything, she's the better of two evils. When it all boils down to it, Kikuta will protect her home.

Animal: King Cobra

Animal's Name: Sosuke

Animal Description: Sosuke is your average seven-foot long King Cobra, with a strange hypnotic pattern on his head. He usually travels with Kikuta by wrapping himself down the length of her arm, and when held out in front of his human companion, can lunge 4 feet at any opponent.
He doesn't have much of a personality, just a "come-any-closer-and-I'll-bite" one.[/COLOR]

Is that good?[/SIZE]

[Cebben]

Kitsune-bito it looks pretty good to me so i would say yah just post in the rpg and try to keep posting what ever your do.. I want this rpg to live a while.. and Nefertimon please post more..