Dark Age Legends Day! (Three years' Anniversary)

[Jenia]

I would say my favorite is Duilin, merely because he's my first character and he (somewhat) reflects who I am. I suppose you could say I "favor" him.

Wouldn't that make him a mary sue?

...Myself, I really can't decide. I like them all the best! ^.^
Maybe it's because I only RPed two chapters here...

[Xorlak]

Good question.  It's hard to say, since most of my characters have something about them that I really like, or at least one reason they're really fun to write for.

Draven would be an obvious pick.  His get-out-of-my-way-or-I'll-blow-your-freaking-city-up attitude is just so cheesy and fun.

Retan is my generic villain.  I cannot get enough of generic villains.  (Heh...)

Jayce is Draven's complement.  They're really fairly similar, except for Jayce's bigotry and more brutish demeanor.  They make great rivals who simply just hate each other.

Iduran was just a generic hero to kick things off in the beginning.  I actually intended for him to die in Chapter 1, but people kept saving him.  (Heh...)  His death in Chapter 3 was a well played and powerful moment, though.  And I'm glad he got to come back for a bit in chapter 12 to redeem himself.  Really, I think that fight in 12 was the only time he actually didn't get beat up in battle.  (Heh...)

Neptra was filler, alas.  Never had much planned for her except as a temp sidekick.

Alpha Retan wasn't really supposed to be around still, and was only briefly mentioned as being a force in the past with zero intent of doing anything else with him.  But I didn't want Haraldur to be disappointed after going through all that trouble and finding the guy didn't exist.  What resulted at the end of chapter 5 was possibly my finest instance of zero-planning-freaking-huge-battle-out-of-nowhere.  Ah, RPs and their randomness.  (Heh...)

I wanted Ven to be a bit more than a generic hero, so I gave him a bit of a dark past and made him more brooding at first.  He opens up though later on.  I sort of like the guy, though it still remains hard for me to write for just plain "good guys".  (Heh...)

Mavas was only filler for Ven's backstory.  So to poke fun at this, I made him way over-the-top evil, screaming super cheesy lines all the time and such.  (Heh...)  He was kind of fun, but I got tired of him.  (But did he disapear along with Iduran?!?!?!)

Henri started off as the generic good guy king at first (with third-eye powers for spice)  but I had a good chance to develop him a bit in 11.

The Shinryuu were filler side kicks for Draven.  I was making fun of the Ginyu Force from DBZ.  I do this a lot.  (See Jayce's minions in chapters 11-12.  Heh...)

Vincent was an interesting character to play with.  He was sort of a merger between Dr. Science from DAX and one of those bad dudes from Full Metal Alchemist.  Pretty fun, but got tired of him after a few chapters.  Too bad he was eaten by a communist.  (Heh...)

Virmir is just plain cool.  I have so much backstory worked out for the Velkens that hasn't made it into the RP yet, it's ridiculous.  Sometimes I forget what I presented and what you guys still have no clue about.  (Heh...)

Renard was just a filler NPC for a while.  Then I got a little idea which grew rapidly, and he sort of became my main guy in 11.  He's got some very obvious strengths (the Velkens as a group are nearly invincible) and some critical weaknesses (alone he's practically nothing).  He's got insecurity issues, doubts about what he's doing, doubts about himself, and all that fun stuff.  And he's a fox. Awesomeness.  (Heh...)  Looking back, ironically this little guy is my deepest character yet.

[Drannic_Lord01]

Well, you have to admit, there's always a hilarious pun about Dragon Ball Z. It was probably the cheesiest anime series of it's time... plus it's easy to make fun of the freeza saga. I got confused for a few episodes as to whether freeza was a guy or a girl... I mean seriously, he had a very girly voice...

(Side tracking is fun! Razz)

Moving along with the anniversary, which place would you rather live?

Arctic Region, Dark Continent, Tjed, Romme, Helternia, or the Kandarinian Sovereignity? Personally, I'd like to live in the Arctic Region, because almost nothing bad happens there, except for when my Republic had their war there... Heh...

[Dude Man]

Freeza had the voice of a very manly woman, but not quite a womany man's voice, if you catch my drift.

I'd want to either live in Tjed or Helternia. Manly because they're both advanced and somewhar safe. Yet, maybe Helternia isn't safe as of Chapter 11, because it may or may not have been taken over by the Dark Empire or the Kandarin. But who knows? (Heh)

[D. Ein]

Moving along, who's your favorite character that you made? Mine would probably be Jacobie, because he's my first character that got involved into a battle with other people.

However, even though my first post involved my (then) flagship character, Ein, my favourite character of my own is probably Kronos. The way that I wrote his posts, from the first person, probably contributed to that.

 

Smile

Once again, though, it's really weird. I find myself hating my characters a few posts after their creation, Gerard being one example (which is really the only reason i let him die). The only exception has been Kronos. In fact, I found myself not liking Ein more than a few times, but he's my first character, and I kind of use him as a blank canvas to experiment on, as he is very versatile. I also enjoyed Steorra a little, but ... meh. I began to have strange ideas as to how to use her (no, not those kinds of ideas) so I decided to get rid of her. After Kronos pretty much evolved into my main character, I thought he'd need a love of his life, so I had him resurrect Steorra ("Necromancy. Gotta love it."), though nothing good came out of that.

Another thing is that I used to pride myself on the non-Haraldurness of my characters (i.e. they actually got hit on the rare occasion), now I find that Kronos and pretty much all of my characters are a bit way too powerful. I created Kronos with the idea of a second, less-serious but a bit more gruesome Retan in mind, but that idea pretty much failed. A clockwork-industry nation ruled by a Lich? Please...

I think I know why I can't make a good post. My posts are usually based on one central idea, and once that idea depletes I find myself wanting to say more... That's when things start getting a bit chaotic. Sad

I did have an idea in mind to try and help myself with my posts, and that is to develop some sort of a "skeleton" for a storyline (so far, I've just kind of went along with the flow, thinking up ideas when I wrote my posts). I don't know, though...

Perhaps the fact that English is not my native language (in fact, I've only learned it a good four years ago) may have something to do with this. Then again, I *did* get a higher mark in English than an ASIAN kid who was BORN here (smart + native knowledge of English), keeping in mind he was actually TRYING to complete the course, as opposed to me... God, I don't even know. >.<

[Burton Pro]

Yay even though I was only in like 4 or 5 chapters.

[Xorlak]

Ein, you are too hard on yourself.  The majority of stuff you write is simply pure gold.  The idea here is to have fun.  A clockwork nation run by a Lich who passes time by reading elementary magic how-to manuals and writing snide comments in his journal is freaking awesome.

I've learned that thinking up skeleton storylines don't really work in this RP if you want to interact with other characters.  It is always good to have a general idea what is going to happen next, but really anything can happen at any time.  I've had plenty of ideas completely ruined because some other characters did something or other and then I had to make completely random stuff up on the spot.

So basically all you need to do is keep on doing whatever it is that you're doing.  Don't worry about it.  (Heh...)

Moving along with the anniversary, which place would you rather live?

Tjed is the place to be.  Lush vegetation, tall mountains, natural defenses, yet not so secluded that it's cut off from the world.

I'd like to live in the Arctic Region, because almost nothing bad happens there, except for when my Republic had their war there... Heh...

It's rather frigid there, you know. (Heh...)

And then there was the time Draven set of his CDAA up there and nearly destroyed the world.  (Heh...)

Freeza had the voice of a very manly woman, but not quite a womany man's voice, if you catch my drift.

 

Freeza was so awesome.

"Vegeta just killed Kui!"

"That's okay.  I never liked Kui much anyway..."

[D. Ein]

Ah.... wow. Well, thank you!

Where I'd live? DEFINITELY not Kandarin (unless I was Kronos, hehe). I don't even know, nothing seems safe anymore. Hmm... probably Asgarnia, if only Kronos didn't move his troops in it and completely ruined the whole city. No! Glacia. My god, DS's first three posts sent shivers down my spine, where he described the hamlet. I was just like, OMG. If my posts are gold, his are platinum. With diamond studding.

This is actually a fun topic. I was thinking about this for the last while, with all the gods running around, and decided to post it here: the top 10 characters, listed by strength.

(just BTW, I'm not including any characters actually labeled as "gods")

1. Haraldur: No comment.
2. The rest of Haraldur's characters: again, no comment.
3. Retan: Retan, even though a bit, ah, cheesy (forgive me), is really truly awesome. Not to mention really truly strong.
4. Abodahon: A crazed demon, who had sacrifices of 40,000 virgins devoted to him. 'Nuff said.
5. Draven and Jayce: As Xorlak might've mentioned, I think they're very alike. I must admit, though, that one picture of Jayce that Xorlak drew makes him look a bit Asian.
6. Zeros': I haven't really had a chance to interact with Zeros' that much yet, but by the way he acts and the sorts of things he does, I think he'd be somewhere around here.
7. Horus: This guy really took a hardcore beating from pretty much everyone in the RP at the same time, AND blew up, but survived. I can't see myself rating him lower than here.
8. Kronos: Though controlling a good close to 10,000-20,000 corpses at any given time, without them, this guy would be nothing. Stormtrooper effect! Very Happy
9. Midna: I don't think she's an NPC anymore, so I'll put her here. Her crazy arsenal of powers deserves a mention.
10. After about 15 minutes of thinking, I couldn't come up with anything. I guess all the other minor guys would go here: Trent's dudes (and dudette), Ein, Alex, Nick, etc.

To add to the list of questions, what is your favourite NPC?
Mine's definitely de Sade. That guy is pure evil. In fact, I've had a lot of fun posting as him, perhaps more than any other character. I absolutely loved de Sade.

[Drannic_Lord01]

My favorite NPC is probably Damion, though I have not used him just yet. I have plans for him, though, mark my words! MEH!

Following down the NPC Road, my favorite hasn't yet arrived. So I guess I don't know... I'm not too pleased with the current crop, if you know what I mean.

My favorite NPCs to mess around with have definately got to be the Lizard people. I just enjoy engulfing the world in their blood with my all intelligent AND powerful Lizard-man Jacobie. He's got a long road ahead of him in chapter thirteen... Heh...

[Dark Spartan]

Oh stop, you're flattering me.  Very Happy

I would probably want to live in Asgarnia prior to the Kandarinian invasion. Something tells me it would be a really nice place to live. Either that or the Twilight, just for the sake of something different.

My top 10 favorite characters/NPCs, whatever.

1. De Sade. That guy is pure evil, and actually very hard to write for, and make it still sound absolutely demented.
2. Alex. Once an ordinary person, turned hero. Is there any better way to spend the weekend?
3. Midna. I basically introduced Midna so Alex wouldn't always be alone. If Alex didn't have someone to talk to, I don't think I could develop him as easily as I wanted to.
4. Carmine. Every evil lord has to have an ass-kissing henchman. Carmine's way with words fits the bill perfectly.
5. Damien Roth. This guy gave Alex a reason to keep going, a reason for revenge. This guy also answers to de Sade, so that makes for some interesting conversations.
6. Kronos. This guy is about as evil as de Sade, which also makes for some interesting conversations. Plus, he's damn creepy. (And the only one to be narrated in first person.)
7. Isaac Kleiner. He gave Alex a durable combat skin. What more can you ask for?
8. Otis. I can't really say what happened to him. He's probably still at rebel HQ. This was just basically to give Alex a companion until Midna appeared. I liked Otis. For a headcrab, he was pretty intelligent.
9. Ilia Savant. Basically to cause some friction between Alex and Midna, causing an interesting triangle.
10. Aurata. Also to cause friction, but also deceived Alex. Strangely enough, Midna was more upset about Aurata than Ilia...

[Jenia]

3. Retan: Retan, even though a bit, ah, cheesy (forgive me), is really truly awesome. Not to mention really truly strong.
4. Abodahon: A crazed demon, who had sacrifices of 40,000 virgins devoted to him. 'Nuff said.

So you are saying Retan would beat Abodahon is the two were to duke it out at full power?  Confused
Interesting...

Speaking of all the pure evil, I can't wait to begin chapter 13...

[Dude Man]

Retan would beat Abodahon. Yet it would be an interesting fight at that.

My favourite NPCs? Well...

1: Melface: This guy brings me back to climax of Chapter 5. He is a pretty good villain. Xorlak should think of making him a character assuming he doesn't get killed off in the next chapter.
2: Bloat: Three words: immune to magic.
3: Lagart: I don't know why, but I seem proud of this lizard man. He speaks terrible English, but he's actually not too dumb.
4: Firstman: Although his spotlight was really only in Post Chapter 10, I think he's a pretty cool guy. I plan to bring him back!
5: Boron: He was such a n00b, but I loved him!

[D. Ein]

A quick offtopic remark: I just noticed that both my and Xorlak's first posts start eerily similar.

Xorlak: Silence. Dead silence.

Me: Cold. Bitter cold.

Keeping in mind that I did not read the first post when I first joined, that came later (don't hate me, please Sad )

[Xorlak]

I was probably ripping off something when I wrote that.  So no worries.  (Heh...)

So you are saying Retan would beat Abodahon is the two were to duke it out at full power? Confused
Interesting...

 

Stuff to think about:

- We've yet to see Retan's dragon form in the RP...  (Heh...)

- Retan hasn't fought yet.  He's cast two cataclysmic spells, but that's it.

- The Dark Empire subjugates demons.

- Retan has commented that "gods" are "inferior".  (Heh...)

I'll have a bit more Retan coming for ya'll near the beginning of 13.

[Dude Man]

Hey, yeah you're right. Haraldur DID challenge Retan to a fight but never actually fought him. Retan just simply ripped the sword part out of him and scared him away.

Even with all his fancy powers, he can't even impress Retan.