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[Xorlak]

Here we go again...!

Welcome to Dark Age Legends, chapter 7 sign ups! Chapter 7 will pick up where chapter 6 left off, but due to the break in the action, this is an excellent point to jump in if you haven?t already. If you haven?t been following the story the entire way through, don?t worry. You are not expected to read the entire RP-- just the summary and guidelines below. However, if you never played in a forum RP before (particularly this one) you may want to read a random page or two in the middle to get a sense of how everything works.  

Current players should also read this, as there are a few rule amendments and modifications.

Theme

A fantasy medieval type deal. Magic is encouraged. Technology should be low (but a few weird inventions are okay). Guns are permitted if you really want them, but they shouldn't be too effective.

Archives

The automatically updated <a href='http://darkage.mysticsoftware.net/dal/viewer.php?id=472' target='_blank'>DAL Archives</a> might be easier to read than the topic on this forum if you want look back at the story (it?s just a script that reads from the forum database and strips off all the signature, avatar clutter, etc.) This is useful if you want to save some pages to your harddrive.

You can also download the entirety of <a href='http://darkage.mysticsoftware.net/dal/DAL.zip' target='_blank'>chapters 1-3</a> in a single ZIP file (400 KB). (I don't have chapters 4+ in there yet.)

Background Story (Chapter 6 prelude)

It has been five years since the chaos has subsided and the near end of the world.  The planet (Gaian) thrives in fertility once more.  The Dark Empire has disappeared, replaced by a much smaller yet no less fearsome Crimson Empire based on the Terius content (a.k.a. The Dark Continent).  New kingdoms have sprouted across the world, replacing formerly subdued lands.  It is a time of peace and rebuilding...

Of course, not for long...

Dark Age Legends Rules v1.51

There are two types of people in the RP: characters and NPCs.

You can now have any number of active characters, just don't go overboard (or I'll do more amending!). These are your characters and your characters alone. No one can control them but you.

Creating Characters

The level restriction is gone.  Just post your characters and be fair (see last section).  You can create new characters at any time during the RP, not just during the "sign up" period.

NPCs

NPCs are more flexible. Often you?ll see some soldiers, villagers, monsters, or other non important characters. Generally, anyone can create and use these characters. But if someone is using a NPC in a character like fashion, it?s probably best not to control it for them. Generally NPCs die off or leave the story in some way after a few posts, so posting them on the sign-up isn?t necessary.

Actions

Each character is limited to two "actions" per post.  An action is something your character does. Some examples:

- Attacking another character
- Defending an attack
- Preparing an attack (i.e. for bigger than normal spells)
- Starting to walk/run/fly from one place to another
- Arriving on the scene
- Picking up an item

... etc. Basically use your own judgment. Conversation with other characters doesn't count (so you can talk as much as you want).

Note that both starting to travel to one location and arriving at a location are each considered one action, but it is a bad practice to have your character leave one area and arrive in another in the same post.  See the 'travel' section below.

Charging Techniques

This section made more sense when there were character levels, but for now, if a character takes more than one post to perform an attack, honor that attack as more powerful than normal.  This is furthered generalized by the following rule.

**New** Rule of Proportional Effects / Proportional Posts

This is more of a guideline than a steadfast rule.  Think about what your character is doing and how many people (other characters and NPCs) his/her action is going to affect (cause them to take an action, or make them do something completely different than what they currently are, etc.).  The number of posts describing your character taking that action should be proportional to the number of people that are being affected by it.

In other words, a simple fireball attack might effect 1-3 people-- just one post for that.  Some sort of shockwave might blow apart a large section of a town-- better take two or three posts, the first an elaborate description describing your character preparing the spell, the last for the character executing it.  Need to rescue your friend from 30 armed NPCs?  There's no way that can be done in one post.  Probably should go for three or more.  What your character actually does during those posts doesn't matter.  He could fight through all the guards, sneak around them, prepare some elaborate plan, etc.  Some sort of event that involves an entire city, say, should be detailed through probably ten or more.  Some event that involves the entire planet?  Probably an entire chapter.

Story events and nature of actions

As far as the story goes, anything can happen as long as it's in good taste and doesn't disrupt the flow of the RP. The only restriction is that you don't control other players' characters. i.e. If you throw a fireball at someone, you let them decide whether they get hit by it or not.

Travel

Try and be realistic in the amount of time it takes to get to one place from another. You should never leave one area and arrive in the next in the same post. Places that are farther away should take more posts to get to. I'm not going to spell out the distances between each place we've been to so far, so use your own judgment.

Be descriptive! Especially when you're entering a place of your own design. Try and build off of other posters' descriptions as well. This is important, as it?s easier to tell what?s going on if you know where you?re at.

Posting

There is a limit of two ?updates? per day.  An update is a post that contains any actions for any of your characters.  The only exception is a post that contains only dialogue,  i.e. if your character is just talking to another character.

On the other hand, try and stop in to update at least once a day!

**New** No one-liners

No more lame one line "Character A followed Character B" posts...  I mean come on. (Heh...)  Let us know what they're thinking, what scenery they're looking at, or something.

Three day rule

If you are fighting someone and your opponent doesn?t post for three days, assume they were hit by your attack and knocked unconscious (heh?)

Limitations

No unbounded instant teleportation.  If they have the ability, characters can only teleport for short distances, and even that should be used sparingly.  No instant transmission from one place to a totally different one.  And traveling at the speed of light is the same thing... so don't!

Comments

Comments not part of the flow of the RP should be made obvious by placing them in between parentheses or slashes, etc.  Try and keep commenting to a minimum.  Major questions should be asked on this topic, rather than in the middle of the RP.

Try and refrain from quoting other posts unless absolutely necessary, since they just look bad and disrupt the flow of the RP.

Reading

It is important to read every post of the RP since your last post, and perhaps a page or two before the current  point if you?re just signing up.  In order to create a coherent world, we all need to know what is going on with everyone else, even if what other characters are doing on the other side of the world don?t immediately affect your own.

If you get totally lost, just ask in this topic and one of us will be happy to give you a short summary of what's going on.

Though the rules are long, they are probably not as long as the collective posts the RP receives on a good day.  <span style='color:red'>Chances are if you?ve just skimmed though the above rules and  jumped to this line you are not cut out for this RP.</span>

(Heh?)

Character signup

To start, post your characters in this thread. Continuing chapter 6 players should repost their characters as well.  Include the following information:

Name:
Gender:
Race: Can be pretty much anything
Age:
Job:
Weapon(s): plus a description, if necessary
Alliance: Could be a kingdom, tribe, cult, etc. (or no one at all!)
Description: Physical appearance
Bio: A short background. Perhaps just his/her immediate past, but can be more in depth if you want.
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Bio: If your character was in any previous chapters, give a short description of what he/she did in each.  You can also describe what your character did during the interludes between chapters 3-4 and 5-6 if you want.

Here're mine:

Name: Lars Draven
Gender: Male
Race: Human (?)
Age: 30
Job: Crimson Emperor
Weapon: none
Alliance: Himself
Description:

Standing just under six feet tall, Draven has long black hair tied back at the shoulder and a piercing glance. His armor, black with red trim, is light and flexible. His gloves and boots are dark brown. His cape, dark red on the inside and black on the outside, sports a solid red four-winged dragon against a diagonal sword insignia on the back-- the insignia of his Crimson Empire.

Bio:

The overly pompous Draven lead the menacing army that destroyed Romme. He knows basic spells in other elements and some black magic, but his true passion, his obsession rather, is fire magic. He commands the fire element with devastating ease. He does not use a physical weapon, but sometimes likes to form a blade of fire to use as a sword.

In chapter 1:

"You wonder because you do not understand... You've obtained too much power and, alas, it has gone to your head... You think you can change the system. You think you can stop us. Too bad, perhaps you could have been a gerneral... But your choice... you've chosen a corpse!"

As a high general of the Dark Empire, Draven displays his absolute will to command at several points. He had several battles with the traitor Scorch, who quickly became his rival. In addition to his crimson blade attack, we see a massively destructive gargantuan fireball he conjures when angry, he trademark aura of flame that surrounds him as he gathers more energy, and the ability to levitate himself.

In chapter 2:

"... Don't you imbeciles know when to quit? And stop that, you're screwing up the ecosystem!"

Draven receives a message from his emperor and time is running out to find the sword he seeks, but he manages to keep his cool (well, not really?). He has an encounter with a general from the rival nation of Aritan and later meets a new obstacle in his quest for the sword, namely the demi-human Zeros?. After a battle, Draven obtains a fake sword from Zeros? and returns to his ships to await the arrival of the Dark Emperor, totally oblivious to the fact that the real one is still out of his reach.

In chapter 3:

"If you refuse, then we'll simply disembowel you..."

Draven feels the pressure as he competes with the two other newly arrived high generals, Jayce and Neptra to obtain the real sword. His determination is his downfall, however, as he endlessly fights against all who stand in his way, eventually completely wearing himself out. His final match is with Scorch, which ends in a sort of draw, with Draven's lifeless body sinking into the depths of the ocean...

Interlude:

Draven does not know what happened during the days, weeks perhaps, he spent drifting in the sea. He had odd visions: a fiery cave, frozen tundra, memories of his parents... He awoke on a beach near Tjed. Somehow he felt more alive than ever... or was he...? Draven has found that this near death experience has only made him stronger...

Somehow the emperor and the other generals had been defeated during the past weeks... the Dark Empire was in chaos. But Draven was the highest ranking survivor, making him the rightful heir to the throne, though he had no relation to Retan... But still, best to gather information first. Draven donned dark robes and went around calling himself 'Lars', attempting to assess the situation.

In chapter 4:

"So you may think... You shouldn't be so quick to equate darkness with evil and light with good."

Under the guise of Lars, Draven tried to disrupt the trust among those who fought against the Dark Empire a month ago. After this seemingly failed, he began to recruit warriors for his cause, forming an alliance with two Ice Warriors and the dark priest Armic.

With his new recruits, the shrouded Lars broke into a former Dark Empire facility and made off with a state of the art black magic powered airship. Soon the group caught the attention of Haraldur, to whom Draven revealed his true identity. When the others caught wind of what was happening, a massive battle in the sky ensued in which the two Ice Warriors were killed. Outnumbered, Draven escaped in his airship along with the newly transformed Armic.

In chapter 5:

"Is it just me, or do you get more freaky every time we meet? I mean 8 of them now... you're going to have trouble entering doors before long."

Draven assumes command of the Dark Empire, but immediately faces his adversaries again. A huge melee at the capital of the Dark Empire leaves the fortress and city in ruins. Haraldur eventually recovers all of the weapons and Draven calls a temporary truce with Zeros' and the others as this new threat is dealt with. An epic battle ensues as a evil entity is released from the weapons that eventually fuses with Haraldur.

Haraldur then releases the ancient evil Alpha Retan (not to be confused with Retan of the Dark Empire), which spawns another mammoth planet-threatening battle. Draven nearly destroys the world with a long conjured but extremely explosive spell in an attack against the ancient draken, but the side effects are diminished beyond the initial target with the aid of Zeros', and later his calling of the planet's guardian deity.

After Haraldur disappears when fighting his father, Melkoth, Draven parts ways with his old adversary, Zeros', proclaiming they will resume their rivalry the next time they meet...

Five year interlude:

Draven has restructured the Dark Empire, christening it the Crimson Empire and declaring himself as emperor. He has spent years rebuilding the land ravaged by war and the recent events that damaged much of the Dark Continent. Unlike Retan, he has spent little time gaining new territory, but the new nation's military force is complete and polished none-the-less...

In chapter 6:

"He has a perplexing personality. Of course, he is made up of several people, some insane, some just jerks, at least one demonic entity, and several metallic weapons... don't ask..."

Draven retaliates against the newly resurrected Haraldur and reassembles his former enemies that have allied with him five years ago.  Draven leads a large force in pursuit of the prisoners Haraldur has freed, but all of his army is destroyed through the spells that protect the newly formed nation of Aspyes while Draven and Haraldur begin yet another battle, with no clear victor.  Draven mistakes Zeros' comment about the prisoner's being "taken care of", thinking Zeros' meant the prisoners had been slaughtered, and returned home declaring the campaign a victory.  Before his return he has a brief encounter and battle with the mysterious Mavas who tried to copy Draven's form and attacks.

A second attack on the Crimson Capital by Harldur leads Draven to display the city's technological and magical advancements-- the capital city now rests on a floating island high above the mainland, unscaved by Haraldur's explosive assault.  Draven has removed those in power that have been under Harldur's influence, as well as those that might as well be, declaring his military, to be the sole authority in the state.  In the meantime, Haraldur had captured the port town of Laus on the southern peninsula of the Dark Continent.


Name: Ven Hyul, The Silver Knight
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 27
Job: Knight or some warrior of a kingdom he hasn't named yet
Weapon: A sliver long sword strapped across the back
Alliance:
Description:

Ven's body armor is a dazzling reflective silver, but much of this beautiful armor is hidden beneath a plain black cloak.  His long dark brown hair falls behind his shoulders in locks, complementing his short beard.  His eyes are dark and serious, always aware, always searching...

Bio:

This quiet, brooding man travels from town to town, endlessly searching for a mythical blue gem, the Kelvos, which he hopes to use to uncurse his now insane brother, Mavas.

In chapter 6:

"So, what'd ya think? Painfully obvious trap, huh?"

Ven chases his nemesis (and brother?!) Mavas through River Town, trying to avoid the help of our heroes, but accepts it gratefully at several points.  He eventually teams of with Zion and Xenai in his pursuit and chases the shadowy man through a portal to some strange dimension.  A brief encounter with some type of dragon and one explosion later, the trio find themselves in Haraldur's town of Aspyes, sealed away by a spell as Draven's assault is immanent.  They are freed from the strange dimension by Zeros' and Ven breaks away from the group, tracking Mavas to the Crimson Empire before losing him.  Ven finds a small nameless village in the mountains near the eastern shore of the Empire and learns of several quirks of their society before finally resting at an inn.


Name: Mavas Hyul
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 29
Job: General evil-doer
Weapon: A long jagged sword strapped across the back
Alliance:
Description:

Mavas stands at a medium height with longer brown hair.  His armor is made of a deep black yet very shiny material resembling polished onyx.  Long protrusions from this fiendish battle wear jut from his shoulders and hips, giving him an inhuman look from a distance.  A pendant with a gold chain hangs around his neck, sporting a blood-red dimly glowing ruby.  The ruby pulses brighter at regular intervals, synchronized with his heartbeat...

Bio:

Mavas is cursed by the pendant around his neck, the Kelvot.  This glowing red jewel apparently makes him insane, while granting him fearful powers... and can pass the same curse to whoever touches it.  He seems to have enlisted the help of a small gray-robed necromancer, who has the ability to bring the dead to life, creating zombies.

In chapter 6:

"So good of you to give me a taste. Now I shall take the rest!! Heh heh heh hah hah HA HA HA HAAH!!!!"

Mavas seems to trail his younger brother Ven along throughout the whole chapter, staying just out of his reach.  The two fight at several points, but only briefly, often with the end result being someone arriving in his aid and Mavas disappearing.  Mavas unveils the strange powers of his pendant, taking the form of Zion and using his attacks against the real one.  When Ven turns up in Aspyes on the other side of the planet, Mavas is intrigued by the fighting, the powerful warriors in particular, and observes the action.  Finding Draven alone after the battle, Mavas descends upon the Emperor and copies him as he did Zion, leading to a fight between the two.  Draven is clearly much stronger, but Mavas' strength grows with each attack, which Draven doesn't realize until Zeros' intervenes.  Mavas disappears into the vastness of the Dark Continent, taking the form of a lieutenant of the Crimson Empire...


Chapter 7 begins in a week or so!

[Aminaga]

Hmmm, I'll probably post my bio now, but I'll probably wait to accually post until later into the story...

Name: Aminaga Ragtunos
Gender: Male
Race: Chaos Warrior
Age: 22
Job: Chaos Warrior
Weapon(s): Blade of Champion. A powerful weapon taken from the wicked Overlord Chaogus 8 years ago.
Alliance: Himself.
Description: Brown long hair. Dark brown eyes. Black suit, and black cape. Light-blue skin, and very serious looking. Heh.
Bio: A mystery warrior from an unknown world. Little is konwn about his past, but it is heard that he is one of the deadliest men alive on the planet.
In Chapter 6: A strange, mysterious warrior that once used to fight beside Ven Hyul against the evil Mavas, but then, after returning to allies, to help defeat the Crimson Empire, vanished into the shadows, hence, he is left in the darkness, and has yet to find his way back, however, when he does find his way, his vengence will be sweet...

[Zeros']

Name: Zeros'

Gender: Male

Race: Half-Demon, Half-God

Age: N/A.

Job: Protecter of Gaian, his mother's planent.

Weapon: A specially imbued katana with two different forms ? demon and god. The demon form is black and rotted, and glows with a faint black aura, more suited to power, while, the god or holy form, his sleeker, and more suited towards speed.

Alliance: Himself.

Description

He stands at an average 5"4, with sleek, long, platinum hair, emerald green eyes and two, dark, angel wings that are usually found folded in. He wears a long trench coat, the sleeves reaching down to his wrists. He prefers it open, and when it is, he wears a white muscle shirt and loose black pants tied off by a white martial arts belt.

He wears the trench coat to hide his horrendious scars, which, cover every inch of his body. Some reach only a few centimeters, while others are up to a foot long. His most noticable scar is the one that starts at the top right of his forehead, across the eyebrow, the eye, the upper part of his nose, and continues on to the bottom of his right cheek.

Bio

Zeros' is the only known heir to an un-named school that was created by one of the greatest martial artists ? Master Genma.

A training incident, more then five years ago, left his master dead, and Zeros' set out on a quest to find the last of the weapons.

He had failed in his job, by letting Haraldur reach the weapons, and not realizing Haraldur's true intentions.

Chapter 1

A mysterious warrior who appeared when the Dark Empire started its invasion on Romme. He disappeared, and reappeared in chapter 2.

Chapter 2

Reappears when Haraldur destroys a village. He started a long fight agianst the two Dark Empire generals, Nex and Draven. He slain his own kind, later Nex was buried by Duilin.

Chapter 3

He returns to the struggling island of Romme to seek out his enemy he made in Chapter 2, Draven. He finds Draven, only to find him accompined by the mysterious man Jayce. A long battle brings his old master Genma into the mix as he confronts Draven. Genma fights off Draven to a standstill and proceeds to kidnap the hero Iduran to bring him to the emperor for questioning.

Zeros' proceeds to fight Nex once again, only to find him zombified. Nex is faught to a stand-still and effectively disappears. Zeros' then wants to seek out Draven to finish there battle, only to find the Zero Weapon. He proceeds to fight the Zero Weapon to another standstill, it becoming incapacitated for a time. He sends the revealed forms of Qeni and Zev back to heaven.

Zeros' finds Jayce near the area where the three Arstian warriors once werem smirking his smirk. Zeros' proceeds into another fight with the heir to the Dark Empries heir to the throne Jayce. Jayce's first attack fell Zeros' sister Qeni, releasing his swords true power. Jayce reveals his true form of a shadow draken to his opponent. With the help of Tsu, Zeros' fights with Jayce until the emperor shows.

The fight with the emperor was long and tedious. Neptra dies in the confrontation with Genma and Retan proceeds to destroy the island, only a few heros living.

Chapter 4

Zeros' appears a few hundred miles near Laus and into a mysterious cave where presumably one of the weapons of legends are. He explores the cave, finding the weapon and returns to Laus, only to run into a yeti and the Ice Bros.

After a brief skirmish, Zeros', along with Haraldur, Duilin, Cheetah and Kami-ryu all head to the sunken island on Artian, hoping to find the next weapon, wherever it may be.

After plunging into the waterl and finding the Destiny Temple (Just a name) where it depitcs the last battle form Romme as well as the Dark Empire and Romme emperor, they find the legendary staff, but not without the hardships of fighting off one of the Balrogs from hell. Zeros' and his teams soon find a plaque telling the direction of the legendary weapons.

Now, after the Destiny Temple, Zeros' and his team head towards the remains of Duilin's village in hopes of finding another one of the weapons, but they meet with the remains of the Dark Empire. After another brief encounter, two of the remaining soldiers lead the party down into a hanger where Duilin receives the legendary mace after a tussle with the undead.

Now, having four of the weapons in possession, the team heads back towards Laus, where they all head in different directions. Zeros' goes towards the direction the Zero Weapon is coming in, menace that was once thought long destroyed.

After a battle with that, and the help from Tsu, Xenai and Zion, they manage to seal it away, removing the evil taint and allowing Xenai to reprogram it. They all fly towards the position of the air ship, where no other then his old nemesis, Draven, has revealed himself.

Armic, a priesy for Qor, manages to fuse with the ancient god that Genma and himself sealed long ago, returns for vengence and ends up summoning demons from the underworld. Zeros' and the others fight these off, but not without knocking Nevina unconcious from the dark tain and Kami-Ryu for injures.

Draven and his party leave as Zeros' carries Ryu back to Laus, where they meet with Duilin and proceeded to fight a quick battle with Scumfreeze after Haraldur find them.

Now exhausted, he puts Ryu on a bed to rest and rest himself.

Chapter 5

As Zeros' awakes, Rink shows himself, an outcast of Qor. Zeros' briefly explains his existance as he, Duilin, Rink and Haraldur. As they fly towards the Crimson Empires capital, Zion and his group meet with Zeros' and join forces.

(skip a couple pages)

...as Zeros' and his group concentrate their power, the planet began to fluxiuate wildly. As soon as they were out, seals were formed an the Goddessof the Planet was summon, healing the wounds, returning Gaia (or Gaian) to its former glory.

Gaia, grateful for hering the planet's plea, banishes the island and the whole group near Haraldur and Draven's location, recharging their reserves in the process.

After Haraldur's fusion was done, Haraldur disappeared, never to be seen again. Zeros' followed him into Limbo, but soon made it back to Midgard. As Draven left, Zeros' promise him a last battle and soon laid his head down to sleep, his anticipation running high.

Chapter 6

Five years had gone between Chapter 5 and now, the Crimson Empire had been established by the former High General of the Dark Empire, and Zeros' nemesis, Draven. Zeros' disappeared that day, when the planent Gaian was restored, for five years.

Zeros' reappears, just as Duilin is getting yelled at by his land lord. Zeros' came back to Gaian, because of the distant, dark powers he felt. He joins with Duilin and Rink once again, as the Great Prophet approaches the River Town. He, Duilin, Rink and the Prophet go towards the origin of the dark power they feel, coincidently heading towards Ven and the other warrior.

They meet up with Tesla, an agent for Haraldur, though, they do not know that, and they join together and head towards the dark power. But, when Tesla asked of Haraldur, the two, once defenders of Romme became weary of him. He felt the rage build up and looked back, to make sure everyone was still with him. He flew faster towards the energy, unsure of exactly HOW strong it was.

He stops by the point with the most power fluctuation, and notices Zion fighting, along with Aminaga's pure rage, and the similiarities between Mavas and Ven's aura's. Where this would lead him, he had no idea...

(Skip a few pages...)

After many harsh hours of negotiations, arguing, fighting and rebellion, Zeros' is finally allowed to have some form of rest, and disappears to somewhere...

[Dude Man]

I might make some new characters in this chapter, so are we allowed to have more then four? Yet, four is alot to keep track of, heh.

Name: Rink
Gender: Male
Race: Imp
Age: Unknown even to himself
Job: None
Weapon: Fireball
Alliance: Romme Avengers
Description: A small red imp, with strange light red markings all over his body.
Bio: When Armic opened the gate and the demon warriors charged out. Rink decided to check and see what was going on. So he flue out and examined around. Oddly he was able to stay in the world, because of his lack of need in Hell.

Chapter 5: So far he was learned that the 6 weapons are lost in this world, and two teams are waging war over them. He joined Duilin and help him find them and stop the crisis. He has been Duilin's partner ever since.

Chapter 6: Zeros' visits Duilin and Rink and tells them that he senses a strong power, that they must seek. They then join up with him to seek it out, but the Prophet arrives and warns them of a group called the Aspyes. Once they locate were the power was coming from, and meet a few new people, they find out that Haraldur was returned. They then have to ally with Draven again, and they also meet a General of the Crimson Empire, named Valos, who was a apprentice of Nex. Valos, wanted Duilin to let his demonic side, and do what his father intended him for and take the throne as the king of hell. Rink of course knows the dangers of this, since he knew Duilin's father, and how Nex convinced him to do the same. Rink became a bit unsure if Valos was telling the truth of his plan, so he watched him and listened to his conversations with Duilin.


Name: Duilin Talonscar
Gender: Male
Race: Half Demon
Age: 36
Job: Traveler
Weapon: Mace
Alliance: Romme Avengers
Description: Duilin wears a thick black shirt, with the symbol of Romme on the back, and black pants, an iron shoulder pad. He has a holster for his mace, strapped around his leg.

Bio: He was raised in a small-unnamed village. Eventually it was raided by the Dark Empire. He was to be left alive if he was to join the Empire.

Chapter 1: He was a Lutenaut in the Dark Empire. He was forced to join against his will, but he never had the courage to turn against them until his Commander Darion framed him of betrayal. He joined Romme and helped out an old Solider Iduran, and told him about the Dark Empire and Draven. He also met Scorch, an ex-dark empire commando, who he was never quite fond of, and a shape shifting Gepardi, named Cheetah.

Chapter 2: When he went with Iduran and Cheetah to a Romme outpost. That's when he was initiated as a Romme solider, he changed his armour, and weapons. However he still had bits of his old Dark Empire armour on him. He joined up with Seth and he went to go take Iduran's sword to the Dragons Den, but he later gave it Zeros', who later defeated Nex.

Chapter 3: Duilin grew very tired and upset and spent most time inside the cave outpost; untill wile standing on guard he was kidnapped by his old rivals, Pophin and Veronika. Eventually he bull shited himself to join the Dark Empire, but just used it to escape. Later he learned that Iduran was captured and taken to Retan's Vessel, he went there with Cheetah and Seth, but was stopped by one of Retan's elite guard Genma. Veronika was also there. He fought her until he KOed her. He later discovered that Retan killed Iduran, and he was stuck with grief. Then a spell that Retan caused the ship became invisable. Later Nex was revived but was weakend by Zeros' again, but he had new powers, he revived Darion. Nevina defeated Nex but he revived again in the body of Pophin gaining new powers but loosing fire immunity. Nex told Duilin he was deamon, and proved it. He was able to defeat Nex by conter attacking a huge Fire Ball of Death.

Chapter 4: A strange person, who claimed to be the apprentice of Zeros?, confronted Duilin. He was asked to join him, in search of the weapons. He then then met some old friends, Cheetah, Haraldur and Zeros', as well as making a new friend Kami-Ryu. He went with them, to Haraldurs home place as obtained the staff. That is were he found a strange tablet, with the location of the next weapon, that was in his home town. After going there, he obtained the mace. He met some former Dark Empire grunts, there to, he then got a change of close. After heading back to his hometown, he was confronted by Draven, Armic, and the Ice Bros' piloting a ship. After a large battle and the rescue of Nevina, he went back home, but was ambushed by a spy. But he was made short work of.

Chapter 5: A small imp confronted Duilin by the name of Rink who claimed that he was the one who killed his former master, and following a code, he was to be his partner. Later, him and the rest of the team ventured off to get the final weapons from the Dark Empire castle. After a large battle fighting off an army, lead by the brother of his old rival Darion, named Maxwell, and two towering golems, Armic opened up the gates of hell. Eventually a Necrodragon emerge, yet he was able to defeat it after merging his demon flame and his new demon energy. Him and the others went back to Laus, and Haraldur opened up a gate using the weapons right in his house. After a small adventure in there, Duilin and Kami-Ryu were confronted by a small child. Draven [who had joined them] and Zeros' were chasing Haraldur who apparently went berserk. After they returned the child grew and multiplied, he was known as the entity. Maxwell was killed and Duilin was able to defeat one of the clones, by powering up his blood rage [and that made him more demon]. After Haraldur and the Enitiy merged. They went off to find the a Dragon, that Duilin told Haraldur about. His old friend Iduran told Duilin of the dragon. Haraldur dived down into the water to see the Dragon, and Duilin and Zeros' followed. After a chat with the Dragon, the entire team went to an icy wasteland to defeat Alpha Retan. He was a huge Black Dragon. Duilin aided Haraldur, Zeros' and Zion in the defeat of him.
Eventually Haraldur went off to fight his father Melkoth, and the entire world was falling apart, Zeros' summoned the goddess of earth and everyone donated energy to repair the world, Duilin drained almost his entire blood rage, and it helped alot. They went to defeat Haraldur, however he killed himself. Duilin was very angry with Draven, however he left.

Chapter 6: Duilin's nightmares became worse, more real and made more sense. After a small problem with his landlord, Zeros' visits Duilin and Rink and tells them that he sences a strong power, that they must seek. They then join up with him to seek it out, but the Prophet arives and warns them of a group called the Aspyes. Once they locate were the power was coming from, and meet a few new people, they find out that Haraldur was returned. They follow him to the Crimson Palace, and find out he has followers that were locked up there. Eventually they get spotted and a battle begins. Duilin, finds himself face to face, with a man who knew almost everything about him, yet he has never seen him ever. His name was Valos, he was a General of the Crimson Empire, former apprentice to Nex. After a battle, causing Duilin's demonic side to grow, Zeros' and Draven have made an alliance, and send a mental message to them, telling them to stop fighting. They then plan to attack Haraldur and his army of the Aspyes. Valos, being loyal to the Empire, still wishes to proceed with his mission, yet, he wants to convince Duilin, to do what his father wishes, and let his demonic side take control and gain the throne of the king of hell. Duilin, wishes no part in it, yet the more demonic he gets, the stronger, would it be for the best? After a failed battle on the Aspyes, they head home. Draven believes it to be a victory so the have a banquette. Haraldur arrives and interferes, yet they were able to cause him to flee. Duilin, meets a female servant, and gains quite a friendship with her.


Name: Marshal Royle
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 21
Job: Summoning Mage
Weapon: A saphire amulet, used for summoning, and an automatic riffle.
Alliance: Aspyes
Description: He wears blue pants, and a blue muscle shirt he wears re coloured Crimson Empire armour over it.
Bio: He was raised by his parents to serve the Temple Of The Blue Minotaur. It was basically a cult that belived in summoning the gods creatures. Currently his skill in summoning is low. He lived a very peacefull life, and his only adventure was aiding in the defeat of a rival cult known as the Red Cyclops.

Chapter 6: Marshal, meets the people of one of the latest legends. They were the ones who were in nearly every battle in the episode that happened five years ago. And they were about to go on another one, they were to have a war against a group planning world domination, the Aspyes. The Blue Minotaurs being collectors of legends, Marshal wants to join them, and be a part of it. However he learns that the Aspyes are in fact not a group of war mongering men, craving world domination, but a collective of people wanting to start a revolution to bring the world to peace. Marshal realising he put his clan in danger, and getting banished, he joins the Aspyes.

Name: Valos
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: Unknown
Job: Dark Mage
Weapon(s): A large black sword. He can also cast dark spells.
Alliance: Crimson Empire
Description: Long, white hair. Red eyes (yet not very noticeable). He speaks in a Russian acent. He wears a large black hoodless robe, with the Crimson Empire symbol on the back. He carries the large black sword on his back. On his forehead he has a tatto of what appears to be a bird talon, creating a deep cut.
Bio: All that is know about him, is that he has been involved in a secret operation with a former Dark Empire Medium General, Nex.

Chapter 6: He found him! He has found The last member of the Talonscar. He must convince him to follow with his master?s plan, but how? Two 'people' were on to him, a half demon named Zeros' and a heretic imp named Rink. Also, a group know as the Aspyes has declared war on the Crimson Empire, and he must also do his duty to serve the Empire. They head to declare war on them, and wipe them out. After a large battle with the aid of the Blue Minotaur, and there new allies, Draven is lead to believe that Zeros' wiped out all of the Aspyes solders. Draven offers Zeros' the position of High General. Valos was furious about this, Valos has served with the Empire for years, and Zeros' wasn't even an official member of the Empire. He questions Draven on this, and is punished by getting put on the front lines of battle in the next attack on the Aspyes.

[D. Ein]

Name: Duke Ein
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 22
Job: Duke (just a title)
Weapon(s): A crossbow that fires steel bolts. The handle is made of steel as well, so it can be used as both a ranged weapon and a crushing melee weapon.
Alliance: Loner
Description: Tall, white necklength hair, a lock of hair covering his left eye. Usually wears a cape with a hood, and dark pants\shirt
Bio: Ein's parents fled from a small island, quite literally in the middle of nowhere. An amateur summoner mage was practicing his brilliant skills there, and accidently ended up summoning a demon from another dimension that started pillaging the village they lived in. So they decided to run for their lives and escape to an island nearby.

...30 years have passed. Ein grew up and lived with his parents, just to see them die from an uncurable disease when he was 20. He lived in isolation for another year, fighting for food to survive, and nearly going insane. However, as he felt his sanity fleeting, he decided to seek a better place to live, so he built a makeshift boat out of some trees, and set out to sail. After being caught in a rather severe storm, he was thrown out on the Crimson Continent, and hence lived there...

was gonna have a 2nd char but sounded stupid so no

[Xorlak]

Looking good.  Welcome to DAL!

[Dippy]

Name: Jonny Albatrash
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Age: 24
Job: Crimson Empire tax collector (pirate)
Weapons: Calibrate Shotgun (Veronica), jewell incrusted rapier
Alliance: Crimson Empire
Description: He is a jamacain with long black hair and a gotie. He has a big ol' pirate captin hat and all the leather clothes and capes n'stuff that you would expect a pirate to have.
Bio: He is the most Illenist dude in the seven seas . He is employed by the Crimson Empire to collect "taxes" and of corse he keeps a fair share in his ship. His crue of swash-buckling pirates who only want money food and.......stuff to buy........ with the money......ner....

Chapter 6: He Suffered a magor defeat on a raid at River Town and lost his ship and crue (exept the monkey.). He later woke up in a prison cell and met an old "freind" named Franky. After his monkey assisted escape he killed Franky and took his sword (the jewell incrusted one). He later stoll a ship and sailed it back to the Crimson Continent where he saw it floating. Dulin helped him up on to the floating castle.

[D. Ein]

Thanks, Xorlak. Hey, i just got an idea for another character that i will use... should i edit my last topic for him or make a new one?

~Ein

[Kahn]

Name: Hyperion
Gender: Male
Race: Human?
Age: 30
Job: none
Weapons: none
Alliance: Crimson Empire
Description: White robe with hood that casts a shadow hiding his face.

Bio: The greatest work of an evil mage, Hyperion has the ability to transform into a whole dragon or transform individual body parts into those of a dragon. The last command of his creator before dieng was to join the Crimson Empire, where he is currently heading. Generally useless as a full human, but amazing strength as a dragon.

[Xorlak]

Sounds cool, Kahn.

Ein:  Whichever you'd like!

[Dude Man]

Xorlak did you see my post?

I might make some new characters in this chapter, so are we allowed to have more then four?

So, yes? Or should we stick with the charactor swamping, because I haven't read any charactor restrictions, in the rules, now.

[Xorlak]

Yes, you can have as many as you like now.  I don't expect people to be able to handle much more than three or four at a time anyway.  I'll change it back if it gets out of hand.

[D. Ein]

whoo! got bored of old sig, made a new one Smile
P.S. For those who don't know what it's talking about, my old sig was [insert a cool sig here]

EDIT: I inserted a latin sentence instead of the old text. I guess saving the image in .PSD file paid off Razz

[Dude Man]

Xorlak: Ah, sweet. I might accually make another character sometime within the chapter, but don't worry it won't get out of hand, it's only about ten or twenty more god like charaters that I want to make!   Laughing *kidz*

D. Ein: Ah, sweet. I recall you telling me that is what your chara' looks like in DAL, at school, today.

[Xorlak]

Who's left, Haraldur and Eon right?

We'll start up again this Sunday.