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[Wullf_Maximas]

The tree tops swayed as a lone figure made his way along them. His pace was swift and with a purpose. Below him three other figures followed along the ground. They moved with an odd urgency, almost like animals hunting for a long awaited meal. The tree top runner made bounded off a near branch and landed a few feet in front of his pursuers. Sweat gleaned on his checks and made his silver hair cling to his face. His green and brown eyes stared death into the ones who had been stalking him. The three brought blades to bare and opened their mouths to show large fangs. The one they had been following showed fangs of his own, but these were made of steal and wielded in his own hands. His twin scimitars Wolf and Dragon Fang gleamed from the rays of moon light through forest canopy. The wind blew hard and brought wail of death on it. The gust blew the scimitars masters red scarf to and fro as if dancing.

?Come you abominations of nature, come and meet your deaths vampires.?

The statement brought smiles to the three children of the night. They leapt at the man with alarming speed. The first came in wild and with a heavy horizontal slice. The man stepped back and let only the breeze from the blow touch him. Dragon Fang, his left blade, however meet the creature in the heart. The vampire smiled since the blade was not silver. He smiled, until he felt searing heat running through his body and then nothing. He was rendered no more than a pile of ash. The second and third vampire attacked with more control and together. Each on of the tree man?s blades worked separately to fend off the two vampires. The second, on the man right, made a heavy lunge and paid for the over aggressive attack. Wolf Fang parried and reposted with a slash and thrust to the heart. This time in place of heat came cold, but even more so than this creatures own blood. The vampire stood in place with his skin a bluer hue of white. The last vampire went on the defensive, but it was all for not. The man rushed in gave a low feint, which the careless vampire went for. Then brought both blades to bare making crossing slices on the creatures neck. As the last vampires head rolled of the man stepped back and looked at the frozen one. His hate for these creatures was great, so great he didn?t finish the abomination with a thrust from Dragon Fang. He sheathed his blades and began chanting. Slowly flames began to collect around his hands, and after a time burned brightly. His final words sent the rush of fire at the vampire. The blaze engulfed and incinerated the blood sucker.
When all was over the man sat against a tree and tried to relax. He called forth several birds and his best friend Vulpus the fox. His friend greeted him with a playful nudge and then sat down.

?My friends we are faced with a dire situation. These vampires have begun popping up more and more. Several crows have brought word they also walk the nights in the cities. This is to great for just are clan to handle. I need each of you to go forth and find others who are willing to fight back. This land is vast so be quick about your mission. Go my friends, find help!?


This RP will be done in a D&D stylized fashion. Swords, magic, mystics creatures and the like. The main focus is on nature though. The one the animals will be looking for are fellow druids. Not just druids of the D&D world though. I realize there are different ideas and versions of druids, so here is were we can bring them together. I will create a topic in the underground to kind of set the idea for the land. Which for this purpose won?t have a specific name.

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[B]Name[/B]: needs to fit the era and idea of the RP.
[B]Race[/B]: they are, but not limited to: Human, Elf, Dwarf (yes even they can be druids. Read the Cleric Quintet), Gnomes, races of the fairy folk, Barbarians (different from normal humans), or half-something. If you have something in mind PM first and I will O.K. it.
[B]Gender[/B]: ?..everyone gets this one right?
[B]Age[/B]: this is were it can get tricky, please keep it within reasonable range of your race and sect of druidic line.
Personality: This also includes your relationship with animals and/or plant life.
[B]Magic[/B]: this is another big and tricky one. Since we are druids certain magic powers are not known to us. Things like beams, magic missiles, and controlled lightning. Lightning should be from the clouds which doesn?t have to mean storm control, but it can. Unless you have a good reason you can shoot lightning from your hand keep it sky bound. Also keep the powers with in a restriction. Don?t be able to control the entire forest or halt the rotation of the Earth. These should be simple and to the point. Plus anything like conversing with plants and animals is a given. I mean we are druids.
[B]Weapons[/B]: If you are going to have an enchanted weapon no more than 2. Anything else should be normal, but can be made of good material. I do know some druid rules say no metal weapons or metal equipment. For this not using. There are metals that come from the Earth so fill free.
[B]Equipment[/B]: This includes armor, shields, trinkets, packs, etc. Again lets keep the enchanted items to limit of 4.
[B]Animal companion[/B]: This I would like to see some imagination. However I am limiting only animals you can find in this world, but that should no way hinder you. Rhinos, birds, canines, felines, etc.
[B]Bio[/B]: How you became a druid, or how you discovered your skills, powers, etc. Make it good and informative.


[B]Sample writing[/B]: This needs to be when the messenger animal find you. This will help me know the people who will put a little effort into the RP. I don?t mean a term papers worth of information, but make me believe you used something like Microsoft Word, Works, or something that has a spell check. This one should be a nice length with good information. All your other posts in the RP might not ever get as long, or could be longer however you feel to do it.

Here?s mine

[B]Name[/B]: Ronyo
[B]Race[/B]: Half-elf
[B]Gender[/B]: Male
[B]Age[/B]: 31
[B]Personality[/B]: This half-elf would like nothing more than to enjoy his days walking the forest and seeing the animals live, and his night in his favorite tree so he can watch the sun rise and set. Unfortunately being a druid means knowing life isn?t that easy. He?s always on alert for orcs, goblins, or anything else that might want to disturb the natural balance of his forest. He doesn?t mind people or other creatures coming in as long as they respect everything around them. Ronyo has been known to drop in on adventuring campers to make sure they?re alright. He loves conversing with outsiders and telling them about how alive the forest is. This druid also happens to have a love for bad pun jokes, but he tries and helps himself if he can.
[B]Magic[/B]: Control over the wind, can cast a small ball of fire after careful spell control, can summon mist and tree roots to hinder foes, can purify water and food, and through careful spell control can summon a lightning strike to hit in a generalized area.
[B]Weapons[/B]: Twin scimitars with the handles shaped like fangs. Dragon Fang (left) has a fire enchantment enlaced into the blade. Therefore upon striking a target massive heat is dealt as well, and over time can cause a fire if left in one spot (either on a person or something else). Wolf Fang has a frost enchantment around the blades edge. So a simple cut from the blade can result in frozen pain added to the injury. If left in one spot for a long time, the blade can freeze the object.
Equipment: Basic dark green long sleeve shirt and pants. Over his chest he wears a dark brown leather carcass with scale mail down the front, as well as down the thigh flaps past his belt. His gloves and boots are dark brown leather with the scale mail along the front parts. His twin swords are both held over his right shoulder with the strap his chest from right shoulder down to left side (think Ronin Warrior?s fire guy. Sorry forgot his name, I know bad anime geek). His only enchanted item is his dark red scarf, which flows down to his feet. The scarf is enchanted to lighten Ronyo?s step, helping in tree running, and give him a slight protection over fire. Nothing like a shield but a fireball won?t do it?s total damage.
[B]Animal companion[/B]: Vulpus the Fox
[B]Bio[/B]: This simple half-elf started life with his human mother. Growing up in a busy city and never really having much. On the day of his mother?s death she told him to go far and find his purpose. Ronyo made this promise and kept it. He gathered the money he could and paid for lessons in combat from a retired military officer. This elf was Kal?daka Tepuli?jest, or just Kal to Ronyo. At first Kal saw the half-elf as just some kid wanting to know how to swing a sword. Soon though Ronyo?s dedication and motives became clear. The young half-elf was trying to survive on the adventurers road. Kal then took Ronyo under his wing and showed him more than his coins had paid for. Ronyo learned how to wield two long curved blades called scimitars with fluid and deadly purpose. He also taught the young half-elf how to read easy tracks and clear and set camp out in the woods. On Ronyo? 20th year of birth he set out to start his adventure. Which was cut short within a thick forest called The Wolf?s Lair. So named for the many wolves that roamed the forest. It wasn?t these creatures that cut his adventure short however. It was orcs. They were only 3 but they were strong. They ambushed Ronyo half way into the Lair and nearly killed him. His life was spared by the ones who the forest was named after. After the encounter the half-elf meet up with the one who had sent his saviors. A human druid named Duraus. He was an older man but with many wonderful stories. Duraus began to teach Ronyo about nature, and from that moment on he was hooked. Ronyo became Duraus? apprentice and followed him on his patrol of the forest. Through the years Ronyo spent with Duraus they had many encounters with orcs, goblins, wizards, and even a necromancer. Along the adventures Ronyo acquired his twin scimitar. Dragon Fang from a group of well equipped brigands, and Wolf Fang from the necromancer. His scarf was given to him on the day Duraus passed on. He gave the scarf and the armor Ronyo wears now to the young druid, and told him to find a place of his own and protect it. Ronyo did just that, for these woods still belonged to Duraus. That forest wasn?t to far from The Wolf?s Lair. The forest was a bit more populated with a larger variety of animals, and had a much bigger lake. Here is where Ronyo found his animal companion and best friend, Vulpus. From his friend Ronyo named the forest, The Fox Hole. Only recently did these vampires begin to invade his woods, and too did reports from the crows about the cities. Vampires are unnatural and so are a great enemy to all druids, they must be stopped.

[B]Sample writing[/B]: See the first few paragraphs of this post. The sign up post is always the hardest one to do and the longest. Take your time and know I will leave the sign up open for awhile. Well fitting my characters love of the bad jokes, Druids Assemble! :animesmil

[B]Please read the underground thread on the world you'll be playing in.[/B]
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My apologise to the administration. I have posted on the otakuboards before. It has just been a REALLY long time since then. Thank you Sandy for the info.

[SIZE=1][COLOR=DarkGreen][I]Edited the line of hyphens, as it was distorting the page width. - Sandy[/I][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[Imp]

All right! Very interesting indeed!

[color=indigo][u]Name:[/u] Watihala
[u]Race:[/u] Half-vampire
[u]Gender:[/u] Female
[u]Age:[/u] 24
[u]Appearance:[/u] Watihala has long, straight hair as black as the night sky. This contrasts her bright purple eyes and her quite pale skin. She stands about five feet tall and is quite thin. As for her clothes, she wears a soft purple shirt which has sleeves so long that they only reveal her fingers and a loose collar that reveals her shoulders, plus a long skirt that matches her eyes in color, and a pair of sea green sandals. She also has three rings on each finger, each bearing the crest of a different animal engraved in onyx, sapphire, or amethyst. Around her neck is a necklace with a gold ring at the end, with an aqua circle in the center. Occasionally she may be draped in a velvety silver blue cloak.
[u]Personality:[/u] Watihala usually tends to be calm and distant. She's something of a cynic but seems to be quite interested, so to speak, in human thought. In fact, she often atempts to read people's minds. She's also quite curious and experimental--she has a tendency to use her powers on random objects, sometimes people, but not under evil intentions. The good thing is, she doesn't have a bad temper, but she can be quite sadistic and vengeful at times. She can even be evil if she wants to be, but she normally doesn't because she knows about karma. Besides, normally she's kind to people and respects them. As far as other things go, she usually doesn't like to hurt people directly--maybe indirectly with a curse or something in the case of enemies... If she must, her usual policy is that if there will be pain, there will be death soon after. And also, as opposed to most vampires, she's not that crazy for blood, but it usually comes to her. In fact, many things "come to her" because she's patient enough to wait for them.
[u]Magic:[/u] Watihala usually uses enchantment-type spells, those which alter a certain situation. The most common of these is used to control an inanimate object for a while, producing an effect that sort of resembles telekinesis. This does require concentration though, and in the case of living beings, it is nigh impossible without the use of Oritasu (see Weapons) and much more than a casual amount of focus. Aside from this, Watihala also commonly uses summoning magic. This is usually in the form of creature-like apparitions made of elemental energy. Depending on how complex the spell is, it can form something as little as a dancing flame, or as intricate as something resembling a phoenix, to allow temporary flight. For details, see the Sample.
[u]Weapons:[/u] Watihala's only "proper" weapon is a footlong mini-sword that is silvery blue in colour and has a crystal ball positioned in the center of its handle. The sword isn't that sharp, so it functions more like a wand. Indeed it is a magical weapon--in fact Watihala uses it in most of her spells, especially those that take time and precision to cast. And it is so special that Watihala gives it a name: Oritasu.
[u]Equipment:[/u] The rings Watihala wears contain elemental energies that are used in her summoning spells mentioned above. In a little bag she carries are a few tiny bottles, a couple of which actually have certain substances in them...
[u]Companion:[/u] A raven named Persephone. Persephone is blind, but over time she has developed a new sense (kind of like a psychic ability) that gives her a new awareness of the world around her.
[u]Bio:[/u] Watihala never really heard anything about her father--her mother, a vampire, probably hated him. All she knows about him, in fact, is that he was probably a human. Anyways, "Wati" as sometimes her name is shortened to, lived with her rather large family--the Drazeum family. This family was a family of vampires, but they weren't as keen to be a threat to the druids as many others of their kind were. But its members weren't the kindest of sorts to little Wati either--probably because she was a "half breed" unlike the rest of them. What was worse, she even had an older sister who often picked on her or even attacked her on rare occasions. In fact, the one who seemed to show the most sympathy for her was her mother, who also had the most hope of her fitting in with the rest of the family. Watihala's happiest times then were when most of the family was out hunting or otherwise wreaking havoc upon various places, and the only ones at home were herself, her mother, and her sister (who was named Miya). In those times, when Miya tried to pick on Watihala as usual, Mother would separate the two and maybe even scold Miya for her threats. Yes, she did seem to be the nicest of the family...

When Watihala was around seven years old, a group of druids attacked the family, of which only five were present at the time. During the attack, scared little Wati hid away behind a tree, far from the fight. But from what she could see of it, she did take an interest in the druids--especially of the way they handled magic. All throughout the fight, she kept looking between both sides, panic arising in her face... But shortly after that, one of the druids saw her peekign out from behind the tree, figuring she was a lost human girl wandering through the woods. So therefore he took her back to the town the group came from.

From that moment on, Watihala never saw any of her actual family ever again--but she never really missed them with the way she was treated. (Exception: She did think about her mother a bit, as she was the most benevolent of the family.) And besides, she did like her life in the town she was moved to--a humble, pretty little town called Suncrest. Anyways, shortly after her arrival, Watihala was questioned by the local healers about her family, where she came from, stuff like that... but instead of telling the truth, she told a tale about coming from another village, abd about how the vampires often spirited her away into the forest, as they did that one night. She sounded innocent as ever, so she was allowed to stay in the town.

Now only did Watihala stay in Suncrest; she was adopted by two druids--a couple that had been unable to have a child. And it was after that that her life became sunnier than ever, for her new "family" was certainly much more caring than the one she had lived with for the past few years. Anyways, as years went by, Watihala was accepted more and more into the local society, and back at home her two new "parents" began to teach her many things--even such as magic, which she had at times asked about since her arrival. When she was older, she even went out with them on little adventures and such. Sometimes, they would set out to put and end to vampire attacks that occasionally popped up around the area. Watihala fought her first vampire around when she was sixteen--before then she didn't quite comprehend the subject of magic enough to be able to use it that well.

Later on, it was time that Watihala would leave the town and head west... When she did, her life was a little easier, as fewer vampires dwelled in the central areas of the Eastern Land back then. Over time, she even found various things such this special swordlike weapon which she named Oritasu. And, one day, she witnessed a sort of wolf attacking a raven. By the time Watihala had intervened, being quite an animal lover, the wolf had already severely damaged the poor raven's eyes... Feeling sorry for the bird, Watihala decided to take care of her, also giving her a name: Persephone.

Days after her finding, wondrous things began to happen to Persephone. As if by either Watihala's aura or an odd stroke of fate, Persephone slowly regained awareness of the world around her--in a way she became able to "see". But more importantly, her bond with Watihala grew, and they spent much time together in recent years.

[u]Sample:[/u] In a desert where the sands and the rocks scattered about it were tinted purple by the moonlight, where pearly white horses gallopped in the distance, upon a fairly large stone whose tint was darker that that of the sand below, there sat the half-vampire Watihala, staring at the full moon with wonder and tranquility. For she had an instinct and even an ability to divine the events to come, that which comes from the prception of fate which she personally called someru.
"The sands of silver amethyst, the rocks of violet haze, the carefree horses calm and white as the moonlight, that which comes from the alabaster Luna above, contrasted by the sky which reflects my eyes, scattered with stars of diamond, ruby, sapphire, and clear enough for even mortal eyes to witness their beauty." Watihala said this quietly, just incase someone could hear her. She then held up her little sword, positioning it so that the turquoise orb was placeed right between herself and the moon, making it look like a teal-coloured solar eclipse was taking place. Carefuly holding the sword in position, Watihala let go and instead held it up with the force of her mind. After closing her eyes and not opening them until five minutes' time passed, the orb took on a shiny black aura. In the orb was the image of a phoenix, glistening brightly in its aqua color.
"Ah, alas," Watihala softly and calmly cheered, "today is the day of the Phoenix, a day in which magic thrives and passion never dies..." She then held her sword in her hand again, absentmindedly giving it a little wave, causing a stream of glowing purple dust to fly from it and explode softly some ten feet above her head. Then, she held up her other hand, pointing it in a way so that the ruby ring on her left hand perfectly reflected the moonlight towards a red star to the right of it, right through the orb on her sword.
"Luna, shine through Oritasu, summon holy Fire with Fire Relic..."
"Give flight, sprout flame, shower Enchantment and Fear..."
A beam shot up through the sword, swirling in a fog then bursting into bright blue flame, the hottest flame possible. With not even a screech, the Phoenix emerged from the flame. Though Watihala returned her sword to its container on her skirt, her left arm stayed up long enough for the bird to lift her up in its talons, without even catching its holder on fire. Watihala's other hand shot up and wrapped around the phoenix's other leg while she was being lifted up into the night.

"Now, mighty Phoenix, fly west, the destination of our particular time..."[/color]
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**The bird in the sample is NOT Persephone... just to clarify things. The sample is from an RPG Watihala was in about a year or two ago, and she didn't have Persephone then.

[Wullf_Maximas]

To add, I discussed Nefertimon's race of half-vampire and gave it the O.K. Her sign up has more than proven she can handle this race. I would like to keep this race to Nefertimon alone. We also discussed her race remaining secret for a good deal of the main RP, so know figuring it out after 3 posts. Oh and if you didn?t catch Nefertimon, your in. :animesmil

[Kredion]

Here?s mine

Name: Trellion 'Ka AKA Tornwillow

Race: Dryad

Gender: Male

Age: 63

Personality:Trellion is somewhat shy and tends to feel frightened of other races however he doesn't like the fact that people think all Dryads are females so he is somewhat sore on that however he very loyal and brave if his friends are in trouble however that doesn't mean he won't panic in a fight.

Magic: Trellions magick deals with healing and plant growth however his abilitys are not as great as some of the female dryads but he is stronger then most other humaniod druids. It would be good to note that Trellions magic is stronger in a forest or in a planted area so when in castles he is totally defenseless.

Weapons: a simple oaken branch from his life-tree is his only real weapon and he has given it the name Kal'ta or Joy of Sunlight and can hold sunlight in it and be used in caves and other dark places.

Equipment: Besides his bag of medicines oils and powders, all Trell has is a necklace of grapevine which he can store magick in so he call on it when he has no more of his own to use.

Animal companion: Reyas the Red Tailed Hawk

Bio:Trellion was always being picked on for being the youngest of 26 seedlings so he knows what a big family is like however unlike what most people think Trell is a male dryad not female and as such is a simple common oak however most dryads are special in at least one way and Trellion as always felt left out in that way being stuck with 25 "sisters". even so his "mother" has always told him he was far to young to leave the forest and would constantly block his way. That was until one day humans came and started to chop down the trees the peaceful dryads ran and scattered in terror and Trellion choose to use that time to hit the road and make something of himself and maybe in the long run save his forest. Since most humans dislike common oak for wood and his tree would probable be chopped or used for something else by then.

Sample writing: [i]At the edge of the forest Trell looked out across the vast plains in wonderment and a strang twisted sense of joy.[/i]

Trell: wow amazing...

[i]without warning a flash of feathers struck the ground not far from him sending up a small cloud of dust[/i]

Trell: woah what dop we have looks like one of those red-tailed hawks i always see in the forest..

[i]Suddenly the bird starts flapping wildly trying to gain ground but ends up falling on it's face[/i]

Trell: Woah calm down little guy whats your name?

???: Your a Dryad? Amazing! Oh where are my manners my name is Reyas and i am a Red-tailed Hawk.

Trell: I knew you were a Red-Tailed Hawk but whats wrong with your wing it broken?

Reyas: Shamefully yes However if i could just get it bound up for a few days and rested i would be fine.

Trell: Well i can do that lets see here.

[i]He pulls out a bunch of Birch tree bark and some vines as well as some various powders[/i]

Trell: Alright this might hurt a bit so hold still.

Reyas: I am ready for anything.

[i] Years of practice flow into his work as he fixes the wing up[/i]

Trell: All better now let me take care of you for a few days and then you cna go off.

Reyas: Thank you kindly.

OOC: sorry the first got deleted when i tried to fix it on my palm hehe.

[Wullf_Maximas]

Your story is good, but it?s your grammar that?s hurting you. You need to look at your punctuation more. If you?re writing all your post right in the reply trey that could be what?s hurting your writing. Try pre-writing your story in a word processor program and have it spell and grammar checked. Trust me it works wonders. You don?t honestly believe I can spell half the big words I use in my stories do you. I like your race and character, and you seem to have a good grasp on your race. I also noticed your writing seems to flow more when your characters speak then when you?re narrating. I?m not saying no yet, so if you fix up the punctuation and flow a bit I think you?ll be a welcome addition to the RP.

[Wullf_Maximas]

Ok, I think what I'm gonna do is leave the sign up open until Thursday night. If no one has added we wil go ahead and start, but i will keep the sign up open for awhile longer incase people would like to join after they see what this is all about. Kredion, thanks for editing,So Kredion your in too. Sorry took me so long to get this. I was hoping on a few more to start out with.

[Wullf_Maximas]

I know I'm triple posting (slaps self)

The thread is up for those who are in. The sign up thread will remain up for a time, so come and join the fun.