Welcome to Eden, a VR simulated paradise. (Interest check.)

[Vergil1989]

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=137567.0  IC Thread
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=137555.0  Eden OOC Thread.  (VR Lobby.)
https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=137559.0  Character Thread

I'm world building again.  The last time I tried doing this I had a pretty good crowd of people lined up and so I think I'm gonna give it another go.  This started out as a solo game, and while it's still active, I thought I might give this a go as a group game as well and see what happened.  Anyway, here's the first post that got it going.  I'll throw in more details though as people show interest since the solo is still in its early stages you might say lol.  I will admit that inspiration comes from the game series and anime called .Hack and .Hack G.U as well as my general and almost obsessive love for fantasy.   :-[  Still, if this goes well enough then I hope to have another epic tale here.  Think DnD and Pathfinder, (which I'm still learning about,) without all the rules and dice rolls meets the steampunk fantasy world of .Hack and you'd be pretty close to what I have stored in my head lol.  Joking aside however, I do not plan to have a rogue AI or anything like that popping up to cause havoc with Data Bugs and AIDA and the Eight Phases of Morganna or any of that junk, although it worked pretty well in .Hack I'll admit lol.  Anyway, what I do hope to have happen however is to create a world of magic, monsters, and epic adventure that has been lacking of late in my writing mostly due to some RL health issues I've been having of late, but that aside I'm still trucking along, stubborn as ever and unwilling to admit defeat lol.  Let's get this show on the road before I talk the night away.   ;D


'Cue epic intro music of your choice.'

For every new technological upgrade, there is always inherent dangers that go hand in hand with them.  Most are brought on by those that mean the users of said tech ill will in the form of malfunctions, sabotage, hacking, and viral uploads, just to name a few.  Some threats however, are more insidious and could potentially form themselves if given the right set of circumstances and the right stimuli.  Whatever the case, the end result was normally the same; pure and utter chaos unless it was stopped before it could get out of hand.  In the year 2135, VR technology had been perfected, allowing users from across the world to nearly and completely immerse themselves in the digital arenas that spanned across many open world games that were akin to WoW, Guild Wars, and many more MMORPG of the same ilk, allowing for far more interactivity than ever before.  One such game that went online not even six months ago after a few incidents and delays in its production that swept the world by storm was appropriately called Eden, since to many that got their hands on it, it was a paradise given shape and form.  Such a term however was a matter of opinion, but whatever ones interpretation, no one could argue that it was the best game to ever be created to date.  Fantasy lovers of all kinds came to the digital shores of Eden to explore its rich environments that looked, felt, and even smelt real to those plugged into the VR simulated world.  That was the whole point but that aside, players were only limited by their imagination to what they could do.  All it took was the proper training in the skills of their choice and the time dedicated to leveling up in their skillset that they wished to employ throughout their stay in Eden.

For the more mature audience however, the monthly membership fee was increased by a few credits, (money having been done away with ages ago and everything was done through electronic transfer now,) but those that paid were allowed to experience more than the younger players, mainly the joys of online sex.  When done in a VR world, no fear of disease, pregnancy, and the like needed to be felt by either partner, and with strict controls on what was allowed and what was not set up by each person, no lines were rarely ever crossed or could be crossed if it was attempted.  The system had worked so far, and the admins were not worried anything could go wrong with their creation.  Even the monsters were limited to what they were allowed by the player if said person ever lost, and it'd been found early on that some had deep seated fantasies for being molested or outright raped by a gang of goblins if not something bigger and nastier, and the admins had obliged.  It had taken a few more months of beta testing, but after everything was said and done, their finished product was unleashed upon the world, and the masses were overjoyed beyond all reason.  Whether a new player or a returning adventurer, there was something for everyone to enjoy.

Most adventurers start in the massive trade city of Everesta, where the general rule of the city is that if you can't find it here, you can't find it anywhere.  Most new and old adventurers alike can find quests given by the game's countless NPCs that wander the streets as well as a number of different establishments ranging from age restricted brothels to luxurious inns and taverns, as well as bathhouses of both repute and ill repute, depending on what part of the city you favored.  Reputation effected how NPCs reacted to each person, welcoming some warmly while in some areas they'd be chased off if not hung, drawn, and quartered if caught and beaten down for your trouble.  Regardless of one's playstyle and reputation, good or not, there were few things that wasn't kept track of as the game learned from each player how better to challenge them and thus make it more enjoyable for them all.  Currently the sun was at high noon and the streets and even the sky was packed with travelers coming and going by steam powered airships if they weren't simply walking on foot as most tended to do.  It was just another day in the city as merchants cried out about their wonderful wares, people prepared for their quests, and the general havoc one could expect in a city such as this.  Welcome to Eden, where fantasy became reality.

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To throw a few examples of what I have in mind, let's talk seriously for a bit.

I've started DMing a massive castle exploration and assassination mission for my solo partner.  The trick however is that while nearly EVERY game I've ever played has keys hidden away in treasure chests or locked away in secret compartments or something silly like that, I plan to have my partner and their two characters, (one a temporary figure I'd imagine,) actively seek out every creature in the castle in search of said keys since to me it makes more sense to keep them mobile and not stagnant like a real prison guard might have a giant thing of keys on his or her belt.  Things like that.  While I have nothing against stagnant keys and what have you, it just kind of gets real boring when you're forced to take one single path to achieve your goal.  This VR world story I hope to create will do away with the typical stereotypes you'd expect in such a game and allow you the player to choose how you want to go about completing a mission or quest or whatever it is you happen to be on.  For the most part it'll be a giant sandbox game but from time to time I'll probably throw 'Epic Quests' at everyone that can change the entire face of the game world if they are failed or just not done in time.  A bit of a big undertaking I'll admit but you'd be surprised where inspiration might strike lol.  This will most likely be Extreme just so we aren't limited to what we can do but it probably won't come to that.  We'll see though.  Any and all ideas are always welcome, as well as concerns, questions, comments, and the like.  Anyway, what do you guys say?

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Schools of Magic

Just as there are six elements that govern the world and keep it in balance, so too are there six brands of magic, each representing the six elements.  Within each elemental branch, there are many sub magics in each one that one can specialize in to become a master of that type of magic to an all range expert across your element of choice.  Few are those that have studied long enough and hard enough to master all six because of how difficult it is to master just one alone.  Any more than three at best are extreme cases, but all six are legendary and to be feared due to their immense skill in all things arcane, especially should such a person ever become a threat to Eden and all of her inhabitants.  And despite what the religious orders will tell you, light and dark elemental mages are not to be feared any more or less than the rest.  It is simply the choices of how one uses their skill that dictates whether or not one is truly evil, just as can be said of all things in this world.

Excerpt from the Rules of Magic written by Grand Mage of the Arcane, Angelus Maximus, formerly of the Far Seeing Tribe

Important notice
These are just quick examples and summaries and will most likely be edited to include or exclude things as people comment and what have you.  Things such as enchanting armor and weapons that can be used by all the elements won't be repeated so if it's not in the others, assume that it is.

Fire  For those with a passion and exuberance for the destructive arts, look no further than fire.  Fire is a force that consumes anything in its path, yet it can also be used to light the way in dark tunnels, heal wounds if used properly to cauterize them shut, and to give warmth where otherwise there would be none.  Fire on its own as an element is a force to be reckoned with because it is also the hardest to the control given its all consuming nature if left unchecked, but for those with the patience and the skill to master it, the element can be used to great effect on and off the battlefield.  Sub magics include buffing and debuffing strength and endurance stats/boosts, manipulation of fire based light sources into portable fireballs, enchanting weapons and armor, and the summoning of fire elemental beasts and other fiends that use fire as their main source of strength.

Ice  This elemental power is reserved for the intellectually cool and collected individuals more times than not, but for anyone that has a steady head on their shoulders this power isn't out of reach.  Water is the basic form that all Ice magic takes, whether it be in the form of a blizzard or a drowning rain, all Ice based magic must begin in its most basic form when controlling the element itself.  Just as water can kill, so too can it heal by cooling fevers, hydrating plants and people alike, and it even serves as a natural environment for aquatic life across Eden.  Understanding this can serve Ice Mages well since even a land that appears to have none must to sustain any amount of life within the region.  But there is more to water than meets the eye since it can also hide valuable treasure as well as foes in mist and fog.  Sub magics include illusion and diversion spells, control over aquatic environments, creations of ice walls/blizzards and other hazards, and if applied properly, can even make inert steam powered devices work once more.

Wind  From a gentle breeze to fill the sails of a schooner to a full on tsunami full of lightning and tornado force gusts, to command the power over wind is to command Mother Nature herself.  To aiding those that wish to fly to giving control over one's own speed and grace, wind is a practice in manipulation over the environmental forces as well as oneself.  Understanding air flow, pressure waves, to enabling or disabling flying machines with the right gesture of one's hand in the right direction and with enough force makes for a very dangerous practitioner if one studies enough, same as any other branch of magic.  Sub magics include mastery over the sky itself, flight ability, speed enhancements, and even control over the force of time itself.  (Haste, Slow, and Stop mostly.)

Earth  Removing barriers of rock to creating walls of earth to protect your fellow adventurers, to damming rivers with temporary barriers of shale, Earth magic can do much.  Increasing one's defensive capabilities, to controlling the natural occurring ores found in the ground itself, Earth power is limited only by one's imagination to create or demolish whatever might be in your way.  Forge masters often employ Earth mages to help extract rare and precious gems and metals which can then be used to create very powerful weapons and armor, although it is not just the materials that make such an item, but also the skill of the forger as well.  Sub magics include manipulation over the ground itself which can then be used to whatever your need happens to be and if you have the skill to do so.

Black  Curses, hexes, siphoning life, raising the dead, controlling the mind and ensnaring the senses; all this and more can be achieved by a Black Mage.  Despite its dark reputation as being a favorite for evil mages and sorcerers, black magic does not require an evil heart to wield anymore than the rest.  Unfortunately that is often what path such mages tend to take in their quests for power and spells better left forgotten.  Even so, evil or not, black mages have control over not just life and death, but also the very laws of physics with powerful gravity based spells.  The mightiest of black mages can even call forth giant meteors and other cosmic disturbances to completely crush their enemies.

White  Healing even the most grievous of wounds, giving hope to allies, dispelling curses and hexes, and summoning divine creatures from the heavens to obliterate all evil entities before them, white mages are true and tested supporters in any party.  They are invaluable sources of strength and light, able to use their light based abilities to cure diseases, hexes, and other ill effects with just a wave of their hand and the proper incantation.  For those that take a more religious path with their magic, even more options open up, but when mixing magic and religion, things might not turn out as you always wish them to depending on the whim of your god or goddess of choice and your personal standing with them.

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On Prayers and Divinity

Religion is a tricky business at best, a double bladed sword at worst.  In the right hands, it has the power to heal, to mend, and to nurture those that need it most, providing shelter and succor that seek it, and to give rest as well as peace to those that have passed on to the next plane.  In the wrong hands, it can be used to control, to coerce, and to turn even the most level headed of people into homicidal maniacs.  No matter the religion in question, one thing can be known for certain; as long as they have people to worship them, the gods and goddesses of Eden will continue to rain down their blessings and their curses in equal measure.

Excerpt from Lessons on the Divine book V in the Divine Orders series written by Adriana Talvoshok, former high priestess to the church of Li, goddess of passion.

Important notice
Clerics, paladins, and other religious oriented classes benefit the most from this.  It is not required by any to choose any god or goddess, but if you do I do ask that you include a good description of what they represent and what kind of boons and what have you they give to you for your service.  If it's from a well known source such as DnD or Pathfinder, do your best to summarize what is said into your profile.

To put it bluntly, there is a religion for everything imaginable in Eden.  There are gods of murder that assassins often pay homage to before they go on their secretive missions, goddesses for passion that young lovers give tribute to, gods for young families that offer protection.  For every person, there is a choice to follow one of many gods and goddesses that one could imagine under the sun, yet such a choice doesn't come without its costs.  Disobeying a god's edicts will deliver swift and divine punishment upon the wicked and the unrighteous while faithful obedience and servitude rewards those that follow their chosen god's law.  Some offer freedom to work within the rules and code of certain gods, while others demand a strict and orderly life in service to them.  Whatever your choice, it is not required to choose any god or goddess to follow for your duration on Eden, but for those that do specific missions from the church of your choice can be gained as well as rewards in the form of weapons and armor and even spells in the element of your choice.  (Should that factor in of course.)

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Technology and You!

Eden is a world rife with monsters, demons, fae folk, strange oozes and slimes, restless spirits, and more, yet it is also full of all kinds of inventions and weapons of war to combat the dangers out there.  Grenades that are made to release fire, poison gases, bright lights, and more, to steam empowered airships, repeater crossbows, experimental black powder cannons, flintlock pistols.  I could go on and on.  The point being that just as mages must study their crafts for years before they are able to use it properly lest they burn down a city, so too do those that muck with today's latest mechanical feats of engineering since they are just as dangerous if not more so than any spell.  A machine doesn't get tired after all.

Excerpt from Technology and the People's Guide to Today's Greatest Engineering Feats, written by Douglas Brawnhammer, formerly of the Dwarven Smith Guild.

Technology is on par with early Renaissance Earth, meaning anything from early cannons to indoor plumbing for the moderately structurally sound parts of Eden's cities are common place.  Gun powder is still in its infancy for the most part and is thus hard to acquire let alone make, but it is there.  Steam rules the day however in the form of massive fleets of airships for the upper class of society as well as sky pirates, mercenary bands, and the armies of every major power across the world that is Eden.

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Love, Lust, Sex, and Everything In-Between

All life is sacred, no matter what form it might take.  Even so, for sentient beings, the circle that governs life is not to be treated lightly by some.  Procreation is a sacred act among most people, but even if one uses sex as a means for pleasure alone, the chance of life to be created from such an act is still there.  Regardless of one's intent or mindset at the time, such acts of love or lust shouldn't be taken lightly.  For those like me however that use sex to heal the mind, body, and soul, it can be so much more than two bodies joining together as one.

Excerpt from the Ways of the Sacred Prostitute, book III, written by Neria Zathrieal, former high priestess of Sune and Corellon Larathain.

As it's been mentioned before, the 'game world' has settings built into the system to allow different things to happen to your character.  For example, some monsters are a bit....rape happy, to put it nicely.  Setting your preferences however can prevent such a thing, but most that play in Eden let their settings be quite free as a means to experience everything the game world has to offer.  Beyond that, because this is set in Extreme, pretty much anything will be allowed but I do ask that people respect O/Os as much as possible.  Still, beyond that I just ask ya have fun lol.

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Locations in Eden; A Traveler's Guide from a Sky Pirate's Eyes.

From the trade city of Everesta far to the southwest to the demonic Shadowed Lands to the far northeast, to the mighty Imperial City of Ghon Xi that protects the only pass in or out of the cursed demon held lands.  From the northwestern floating isles that hold the impressive ore mines and free trade city of Greede to the impressive capital of the main continent itself of Balandor where crime is not tolerated by any that live there, the empty fields, old ruins, and more that dot this fair land we call home are just a few of the sights one can come upon their travels across the face of Eden.  If one travels from one end of the world to the other without incident, one can expect to walk a solid six months before reaching the other side, but with monsters and natural hazards and the chance of becoming lost along the way, make such a trip much longer but all the more rewarding.  For a sky pirate like myself however, there's no better way to spend one's days than seeing the wonders and the riches this world has to offer.

Excerpt from the honorable sky pirate and 'leading man' Balthier Bunansa.  Last seen in the skies over the mountain region of Oysender.

Everesta; 

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Where new players begin their days as a new arrival to the world of Eden.  Whether by land, sea, or air, one has a choice depending on what your chosen class and profession is as to how you arrive upon the land.  At least that's how it is said to be done, but in 'reality' you can choose your method of arrival but most decide upon a sea approach.  Regardless, Everesta is at the southwestern corner of the world, and while as a general rule the monsters and quests are easier because of this, make no mistake in thinking all areas around or in the city are created equally.  Roving bands of creatures are constantly on the move, and crime lords rise and fall all the time, sometimes replaced by weaker opponents with amazing intellect and a perchance for traps or subtle manipulations while some quests can be misleading to those that are not aware of what might be waiting ahead for them.  Always keep a weather eye out for those that do not pay attention too often meet a swift end at an enemy's hands.  The same can be said for any part of Eden however, but around Everesta, the trading hub for the rest of the land, it is especially true since it sees the most commerce out of any other part of the world, save perhaps for Greede.  There is no official ruler to the city given is free trade status, but for those in the know, the city guard likes to think they are in control, but their wages come from the often corrupt Merchant Guilds that make Everesta their home.  While there are a lot of honest guards in the city, make no mistake in assuming they are all with their honor intact.  In general however Everesta is safe enough for anyone and many families that call it home, both NPC and PC alike, love the place a great deal despite the undertone of danger in the darker parts of the immense city.

The Mountain Ranges of Oysnder. 

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Located on the eastern edge of the capital of Eden's heart in the center of the main continent itself, the majestic yet dangerous mountain ranges of Osynder are often the birth place of the monks, priests, and clerics that populate the world.  Travelers come from far and wide to see the place for themselves simply because of the beautiful scenery it offers, although some favor the rare monsters and resources the truly strong and competent warrior can obtain from them.  Beyond the otherwise dangerous nature of the local beasts, the mountain fortresses that reside in this area are peaceful and tranquil places where some of the finest warriors across many different classes are made before being set loose upon the world to do whatever it is they choose to do with the skills they've learned here.  For the adventurous mountain climbers, climbing to the top of one of the many spire like mountains in the area is rewarding enough since it is akin to being at the top of the world.  Some of the world's highest mountains can be found here, as well as some of the oldest ruins that have yet to be plundered due to them being quite hard to get to for just anyone.

Ghon Xi, the Imperial City. 

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Due to its proximity to the Shadowed Lands, Ghon Xi is the heart and soul of a massive military force strong enough to send dozen man squads into the darkened and blighted land to their eastern borders on a regular basis to help the demon hunters there to keep back the otherwise growing darkness.  The demons however always try to break through Ghon Xi's massive defensive structures on a regular basis as well, normally in between attacks upon their own homes, such as they are.  Power is dictated by who has the better trained force and who can kill the most of the demonic hordes rather than money as is often the case anywhere else.  Because of the constant threat they face everyday from the Shadowed Lands, the people in Ghon Xi while friendly enough, do not tolerate peace loving fools that would try to negotiate with the beasts that are always looking to consume the rest of the world.  They know that if given the chance, that is exactly what the demons would do, and gods help them all if they ever succeeded in breaking through Ghon Xi and her surrounding fortresses.  Thankfully, as long as their three way mountains hold, land locking the Shadowed Lands save for the single pass into Ghon Xi's waiting armies, they can indefinitely hold out against their dark enemies.

Main Capital of Eden's mainland, Balandor. 

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Out of all the cities in the world, Balandor is the most peaceful.  Besides Ghon Xi, it has the second strongest military force of the whole of Eden and because it's controlled by an unified council of both mages and the lords of Balandor, crime here is virtually nonexistent.  Few criminals here would dare to show their faces in the shining gem that lies at the heart of Eden, acting as both trade center and thanks to the massive lake that sits on its western edge, a central naval base as well since the lake has dozens of rivers and streams that flow in and out of the crystal clear waters.  The major sights to see while in Balandor include the Mage Circle, the Colosseum that houses both PvP and monster vs player fights both in single and squad combat, and the countless shops, holy religious sites, and more that run up and down most of the cobblestone streets that snake through Balandor.

The Floating Free Trade City of Greede. 

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Situated to the northwestern edge of Eden, high above the ocean and land itself floats a massive chunk of land that can be called it's own continent in some people's opinion.  It is here where the moving Free Trade City of Greede can be found, built on the back of a giant monster called a Demithor.  This clockwork, steampunk like city is where the first airships were built, and the technology to build them filtered throughout the rest of the land over the span of many years.  However, many innovations are still made here, in Greede, making it subject to no country's rule, and because the only way up or down is located on a dozen chains that tie it in place to the ground below and the ocean floor as well, there is no way to sneak a group of armed men intent on taking the city for themselves without first passing through several checkpoints that have ever watchful guards ready to die for their home far above.  Besides that, the outer perimeter of the floating island is laced with potent mortar like guns all across the perimeter that can be fired with lethal precision, making it one of the most heavily defended lands in Eden to date.  They can never go to war however since the chains can not be undone, legend stating that the very gods themselves forged them to be unbreakable, and should they ever be broken, the land mass Greede rests upon would plummet to the ground, taking everything below and on the rock with it most likely.  Countless scholars, tinkerers, steam engineers, and other intellectual types of classes make their fame and home here, always creating the latest in technological advances.  Sky pirates also make a living here, always coming back home to Greede after a successful run down to the more land bound areas of Eden with their sky ships' hulls bursting with stolen goods and treasure to trade to improve their own lots in life.

The Shadowed Lands. 

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The religious orders of Eden all agree that it is a cursed land with very little chance of ever recovering.  The general populace all agree that they'd rather die at the hands of another person than be sent in exile to the Shadowed Lands where death is usually the last thing on most demons' minds for their slaves that they manage to capture during any of their attacks against Ghon Xi or the lands around it whenever they manage to slip troops past, rarely as that happens thankfully.  Legend tells us that when the gods created the world, they had to fight back Moloch the Corruptor and his minions which would later become the first demons eons ago.  Because of his nature and those that he spawned, all demons that are born in the dark lands taint and corrupt anything they touch, turning plants into monstrous abominations, people become willing slaves and worse if enough time passes, and even the very ground becomes sick and dead wherever a demon crosses over it enough times.  Whether or not there is any hope of recovery for this once beautiful place is unknown, but regardless, only the demon hunters and truly epic class characters have any true hope of fighting back the encroaching forces of darkness here.

[Qt]

This looks pretty cool, I am certainly interested.

[Vergil1989]

You're always welcome QT.  Glad to have ya here.

[Polymorph]

Hi there

Sounds cool, but I have a couple of questions on the VR aspect.

How immersive do you invisage this VR system to be? Is it like the matrix where your real body is essentially in a coma whilst you are in the game or a simple headset where you are still aware that you are lying in your bedroom or in a gamestore?

Will players be expected to write from the avatars perspective or the players. For example Brod the barbarian might not know anything about airship and have bedded every whore in a hundred miles, but Dave the engineer running the character would know how an airship works, but still be a virgin living in his parents basement.

Once in the game are the players there for the duration, or can they shout pause if they want to. Will there be breaks at some points where the story goes to the players as they have a munchies. 

[Darwishi]

So, I hope Vergil doesn't mind me posting since I'm the partner in the game that he mentions.  I can answer a couple of these questions.

As for whether you play as the player or the character, I actually do both.  There are things that the player knows about the world that the character couldn't know, but she stays in-character while playing the game.  So her "real name" is Katrina Worthington and she's played the game since the beta testing.  Her character is Evelyn Shade and she's an assassin that's concentrated on only her assassin stats (balance, agility, accuracy with throwing knives, knife fighting, stealth, etc) and really forsaken all other stats.  Since she's in an assassin class it makes a lot of sense (also there's no system, it's just kind of said that's what she's concentrated on).

Okay so Katrina has her thoughts of the game and how sometimes she could just live there if she really wanted to.  I haven't said it directly but I envision her being rich.  And be rich enough to own her own suspended animation system that actually allows her mind to kind of upload to the system while her body stays perfectly healthy, not needing to eat, sleep, or even use the restroom.  Perfect for long missions.  Truth is she enjoys the technologies of life too much to completely abandon them to go all game all the time.

And speaking of that the game itself is somewhere between the Matrix and the headsets.  I view it as most people probably just use their beds or specialized chairs to sit in while wearing goggles that accesses the brain.  It's available to everyone (not just the rich and famous) so it's easy enough to log in with the goggles (and that's a loose term).  But at the same time the game is realistic in terms of looking, feeling, tasting, smelling and even sounding like the real world (except it's a fantasy world).  The biggest difference is that if you die in game, you get to respawn, but there are serious disadvantages to dying....not the least of which is losing all of your gear and having to start over.

So yeah, I have Katrina checking the forums and online activity in her "down time", then she logs back on and knows a couple of OOC things about what's going on in Eden.  Also if Brod the Barbarian sleeps around with all of the women, then there is no way that Dave the engineer can consider himself a virgin.  Like I said, the VR feels real, some say even better than real.  Granted there are all kinds of restrictions (age wise) for sex to happen.  And permission settings for both parties so that it's impossible to do the deed with someone that doesn't want it.

I'll let Vergil get into that stuff though.  He made up the parts about sex in the game and stuff.

[Qt]

Thanks Darwishi, now I am even more interested in this game. Hehehehe.

[Polymorph]

Thanks for the answer Darwishi

Another couple of questions.

Do players automatically know who is a player and who is an NPC in the game, or can they only work this out by talking to another character in game?

Are real players only adventurers and NPC's monsters and common folk or is it possible that a whore picked up in a bar or an Goblin chieftan is another player?

Is this world PvP, are other player groups just as much a threat as the monsters?

[Humbugearthquake]

Hey! Thanks for the invite, this seems really great and I would love to be a part of it!
Consider me signed up! ;D

[minerva7790]

This certainly sounds interesting! I'm going to keep an eye on it for now.  ;)

[Darwishi]

Thanks for the answer Darwishi

Another couple of questions.

Do players automatically know who is a player and who is an NPC in the game, or can they only work this out by talking to another character in game?

Are real players only adventurers and NPC's monsters and common folk or is it possible that a whore picked up in a bar or an Goblin chieftan is another player?

Is this world PvP, are other player groups just as much a threat as the monsters?

I'm going to link to the game we've got going right now just so you guys can take a look if you want.

https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=137238.0

To answer your questions based on our game (granted I'm NOT sure if this is the way Vergil intends it or not so don't quote me) but there are nasties that are "PC's" and NPC's alike.  You probably won't know who's a PC and who isn't right off the bat, even if you talk to them.  The AI that runs the whole show is extremely good and displays emotions in the characters it plays (the NPC's) which can make it harder to figure out. 

We've gone over a couple of the mechanics in our game of how Eden should work which is kind of why I'm linking it. 

[Vergil1989]

Darwishi, you are perfectly fine answering questions since this is your baby as much as mine so don't worry about doing so.  If it wasn't for you there wouldn't BE a group thread right now so I really owe ya a lot at the moment lol.  Still, I'll get into the more technical stuff from here.

Alright boys and girls, who's up for some laughs?  Joking aside, Polymorph has asked quite a few good questions thus far that cover a lot of ground so let's see if I can't clarify a few points for everyone here.  The AI is as powerful as it's been made to sound, meaning there's very little chance that you'd be able to determine who's an NPC and who is not by just a couple of first meetings with them since they will run errands and shops and all that just like a real person.  They aren't set to a schedule either where they will be at a certain part of the game world every day either unless it's to run their shops or businesses but even then they might get 'ill' or suffer an injury through their own misfortune or whatever, just like it might happen for real. 

As for the question regarding monsters and what have you, I do believe I will stay to normal conventions on this one and say that players cannot be evil monsters, but otherwise if you want to ply your trade as a common whore or a barbarian or whatever, you are more than welcome to do so.  And as Darwishi has said already, there aren't levels exactly as you'd see them in other games, but you do power up your chosen skillset by using them constantly.  The more you concentrate in one area, the greater you become in that area.  You do have your typical classes such as knights, paladins, assassins, mages, clerics, etc, so you're really only limited by your dedication to whatever your class happens to be although you don't have to stick to that class the whole time you play.  Meaning you could potentially be a jack of all trades, but you'd be a master of none which has its advantages and downfalls like any other skillset you might employ.

As for nasties, there is PvP, and so PCs and NPCs alike will try to make your life difficult through the usual types of crimes you'd expect.  I don't plan to have this turn into a slug fest by any means since the city guards do try to reign in troublesome players at the admins discretion like a real police force would, but no system is perfect just like our real world, and so you still have your 'murderers', 'thieves', and all that.  Most criminals though stay to the poorer parts of the cities and hide out in dungeons and what have you though, so a little common sense and keeping your hand close to your coin purse will usually be enough to protect ya....usually.

While we're on the subject, let's discuss how deep your mind gets immersed in Eden shall we?  Darwishi again pretty much nailed it on the head with his own explanation of how it'll work so there's little need for me to clarify anything.  Anyone can play with a 'simple' pair of goggles and a VR chair, but for a real in-depth experience and if you happen to be loaded like Katrina happens to be, the ability to jack yourself into the game and stay there for several days at a time without need to get up to eat, sleep, or go to the restroom on long missions, (as long as you do all of this in-game,) is yours.  I imagine for some people however, such as those that are unable to get out of bed due to serious injury in real life or whatever, playing Eden would be the only way they could ever be 'normal' to a degree while living out the rest of their lives in bliss, so to speak, so that's always something to consider in your histories lol.

[Vergil1989]

Hello boys and girls, let's have an update.  I've been talking to my partner and he's agreed, so let's have a warm round of applause to our second in command for the games to come, Mr. Daaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrwishi!  'Cue applause and whistles.'  Lol joking aside, he and myself will be controlling this game together since it's as much as my idea as it was his own, mostly his though.

While I'm here I do want to state that it's been decided that we'll allow a mix of both 'new' players that have just started to arrive on Eden's shores as well as returning champions that are veterans and heroes of the land, in some form or fashion.  Beyond that, you don't have to help your 'newbie' cousins out by any means, but it might be wise to consider since you never know when you might get into trouble lol.

[Vergil1989]

Ok, let's start a bit of world building besides what's already been mentioned.  First, a note for potential mages.

Schools of Magic

Just as there are six elements that govern the world and keep it in balance, so too are there six brands of magic, each representing the six elements.  Within each elemental branch, there are many sub magics in each one that one can specialize in to become a master of that type of magic to an all range expert across your element of choice.  Few are those that have studied long enough and hard enough to master all six because of how difficult it is to master just one alone.  Any more than three at best are extreme cases, but all six are legendary and to be feared due to their immense skill in all things arcane, especially should such a person ever become a threat to Eden and all of her inhabitants.  And despite what the religious orders will tell you, light and dark elemental mages are not to be feared any more or less than the rest.  It is simply the choices of how one uses their skill that dictates whether or not one is truly evil, just as can be said of all things in this world.

Excerpt from the Rules of Magic written by Grand Mage of the Arcane, Angelus Maximus, formerly of the Far Seeing Tribe

Important notice
These are just quick examples and summaries and will most likely be edited to include or exclude things as people comment and what have you.  Things such as enchanting armor and weapons that can be used by all the elements won't be repeated so if it's not in the others, assume that it is.

Fire  For those with a passion and exuberance for the destructive arts, look no further than fire.  Fire is a force that consumes anything in its path, yet it can also be used to light the way in dark tunnels, heal wounds if used properly to cauterize them shut, and to give warmth where otherwise there would be none.  Fire on its own as an element is a force to be reckoned with because it is also the hardest to the control given its all consuming nature if left unchecked, but for those with the patience and the skill to master it, the element can be used to great effect on and off the battlefield.  Sub magics include buffing and debuffing strength and endurance stats/boosts, manipulation of fire based light sources into portable fireballs, enchanting weapons and armor, and the summoning of fire elemental beasts and other fiends that use fire as their main source of strength.

Ice  This elemental power is reserved for the intellectually cool and collected individuals more times than not, but for anyone that has a steady head on their shoulders this power isn't out of reach.  Water is the basic form that all Ice magic takes, whether it be in the form of a blizzard or a drowning rain, all Ice based magic must begin in its most basic form when controlling the element itself.  Just as water can kill, so too can it heal by cooling fevers, hydrating plants and people alike, and it even serves as a natural environment for aquatic life across Eden.  Understanding this can serve Ice Mages well since even a land that appears to have none must to sustain any amount of life within the region.  But there is more to water than meets the eye since it can also hide valuable treasure as well as foes in mist and fog.  Sub magics include illusion and diversion spells, control over aquatic environments, creations of ice walls/blizzards and other hazards, and if applied properly, can even make inert steam powered devices work once more.

Wind  From a gentle breeze to fill the sails of a schooner to a full on tsunami full of lightning and tornado force gusts, to command the power over wind is to command Mother Nature herself.  To aiding those that wish to fly to giving control over one's own speed and grace, wind is a practice in manipulation over the environmental forces as well as oneself.  Understanding air flow, pressure waves, to enabling or disabling flying machines with the right gesture of one's hand in the right direction and with enough force makes for a very dangerous practitioner if one studies enough, same as any other branch of magic.  Sub magics include mastery over the sky itself, flight ability, speed enhancements, and even control over the force of time itself.  (Haste, Slow, and Stop mostly.)

Earth  Removing barriers of rock to creating walls of earth to protect your fellow adventurers, to damming rivers with temporary barriers of shale, Earth magic can do much.  Increasing one's defensive capabilities, to controlling the natural occurring ores found in the ground itself, Earth power is limited only by one's imagination to create or demolish whatever might be in your way.  Forge masters often employ Earth mages to help extract rare and precious gems and metals which can then be used to create very powerful weapons and armor, although it is not just the materials that make such an item, but also the skill of the forger as well.  Sub magics include manipulation over the ground itself which can then be used to whatever your need happens to be and if you have the skill to do so.

Black  Curses, hexes, siphoning life, raising the dead, controlling the mind and ensnaring the senses; all this and more can be achieved by a Black Mage.  Despite its dark reputation as being a favorite for evil mages and sorcerers, black magic does not require an evil heart to wield anymore than the rest.  Unfortunately that is often what path such mages tend to take in their quests for power and spells better left forgotten.  Even so, evil or not, black mages have control over not just life and death, but also the very laws of physics with powerful gravity based spells.  The mightiest of black mages can even call forth giant meteors and other cosmic disturbances to completely crush their enemies.

White  Healing even the most grievous of wounds, giving hope to allies, dispelling curses and hexes, and summoning divine creatures from the heavens to obliterate all evil entities before them, white mages are true and tested supporters in any party.  They are invaluable sources of strength and light, able to use their light based abilities to cure diseases, hexes, and other ill effects with just a wave of their hand and the proper incantation.  For those that take a more religious path with their magic, even more options open up, but when mixing magic and religion, things might not turn out as you always wish them to depending on the whim of your god or goddess of choice and your personal standing with them.

[Vergil1989]

On Prayers and Divinity

Religion is a tricky business at best, a double bladed sword at worst.  In the right hands, it has the power to heal, to mend, and to nurture those that need it most, providing shelter and succor that seek it, and to give rest as well as peace to those that have passed on to the next plane.  In the wrong hands, it can be used to control, to coerce, and to turn even the most level headed of people into homicidal maniacs.  No matter the religion in question, one thing can be known for certain; as long as they have people to worship them, the gods and goddesses of Eden will continue to rain down their blessings and their curses in equal measure.

Excerpt from Lessons on the Divine book V in the Divine Orders series written by Adriana Talvoshok, former high priestess to the church of Li, goddess of passion.

Important notice
Clerics, paladins, and other religious oriented classes benefit the most from this.  It is not required by any to choose any god or goddess, but if you do I do ask that you include a good description of what they represent and what kind of boons and what have you they give to you for your service.  If it's from a well known source such as DnD or Pathfinder, do your best to summarize what is said into your profile.

To put it bluntly, there is a religion for everything imaginable in Eden.  There are gods of murder that assassins often pay homage to before they go on their secretive missions, goddesses for passion that young lovers give tribute to, gods for young families that offer protection.  For every person, there is a choice to follow one of many gods and goddesses that one could imagine under the sun, yet such a choice doesn't come without its costs.  Disobeying a god's edicts will deliver swift and divine punishment upon the wicked and the unrighteous while faithful obedience and servitude rewards those that follow their chosen god's law.  Some offer freedom to work within the rules and code of certain gods, while others demand a strict and orderly life in service to them.  Whatever your choice, it is not required to choose any god or goddess to follow for your duration on Eden, but for those that do specific missions from the church of your choice can be gained as well as rewards in the form of weapons and armor and even spells in the element of your choice.  (Should that factor in of course.)

[Vergil1989]

I'm waiting on Dar to provide me with the character sheet he made for his gal before I post it up here after putting some of my own touches to it, but for now feel free to suggest anything that might make this more enjoyable for everyone.

[Darwishi]

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[Vergil1989]

Ok, a couple of quick notes before I let ya loose on this here character sheet provided by my partner in crime, Darwishi.  The first, as it's been hinted at before, you don't have to choose a magic school so that and your religion stuff is completely optional.  However, I ALWAYS ask that you do more than one line in both your personality and your history/background information.  The usual length I ask for is two paragraphs in history of no less than five sentences a piece and personality at least one paragraph of five sentences.  Other than that the rest is pretty much yours to do as you wish, but neither Darwishi or myself make profile sheets just for people to mess with them as they see fit, so I ask you kindly now, stick to what's been given to you already.  Beyond that, appearance can be written, a picture, or both so feel free to do with that as you wish.  Otherwise, the traditional fantasy races are good but anything a bit out there such as a demon human hybrid for example will need to be discussed with either myself or Darwishi.  Anyway, sorry for talking your ears off lol.

[Darwishi]

The Gamer

Birth Name: Katrina Elizabeth Worthington
Other Aliases: Kat, Katie
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Height: 5'9"
Hair Color: Depends on the day of the week.  Typically she's a natural blonde.
Eye Color: Baby blue
Skin Color: Caucasian. She has fair skin and doesn't tan well.  Which is all the more reason to stay inside and play Eden Paradise VR all day.
Other Distinguishing Features: For a white girl she has a big butt, similar to the way Jessica Biel has a large derriere.  For a gamer she has a very toned physique.
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Katrina looks almost exactly like her avatar.  Same build, same cup size, same facial features, what mostly changes is her state of dress.  She loves her yoga pants and always games in them and a sports bra.  In fact those are her staples for clothing.  If she's to go out she'll wear jeans and a tank top or t-shirt and some sneakers.  Mostly she loves going into suspended animation and playing for days on end in the VR.  The other big difference is that she's a natural blonde, where as her avatar has bright violet hair.  Of course, depending on the week she too may have violet, pink, black, brunette, auburn, or even fire-engine red hair.

Biography

Occupation: Investment Professional (taking old money and investing smartly)
Income: Through the roof.  In 2012 standards she'd be a multi-billionaire.
Belief System: Thank God for VR.  She believes in a higher power, whether or not it's the typical Christian God or not she's not sure.  She says it is if asked by her friends, but she hardly ever believes anything from one individual denomination.
Marital Status: Single and loving it.
Friends: Jodi Whitmore, (to be filled in)

Personality

Katrina is a little bit on the quiet side, always reserved, and always thinking of new investments to make.  Her biggest investment in suspended animation and the latest VR software has paid off in great dividends.  She likes to do research on different classes in Eden and read up on the "paper" that's distributed IC while in her down time away from the VR world.  She does well enough for herself when meeting a guy in a bar and flirting with him when she feels like a one-night-stand, but other than that she does keep to herself and never seems to have a steady relationship.

The Avatar

Name: Evelyn Shade
Other Aliases: Eve (when in town or buying supplies), Shade (when on quests and missions)
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Height: 5'9"
Hair Color: Violet
Eye Color: light green
Skin Color: Caucasian, fair skinned.
Other Distinguishing Features: None to speak of save for the bright purple hair.
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Personality

Evelyn Shade is all the things that Katrina can't be in real life.  She's far more confident and far more of a diva than in real life.  She likes to flirt but will never go to sex in the VR world.  As far as anyone's concerned Evelyn Shade is a virgin, spending all of her time concentrating on using stealth, agility, balance, and deadly accuracy with knife throwing and fighting to even consider being sexually active.  Still she's cocky but not overly so, she's clever in figuring out alternate ways to going about different chambers and is often a loner.  She has her friend she can call on at a moment's notice, but most of them owe her favors rather than the other way around.

Biography/History

Class: Assassin.  She's pure assassin.  Where as others may dabble a bit in constitution (what amounts to health points on the advanced system) and stray with their focus, she only concentrates on knife fighting, knife throwing, stealth, silence, agility, speed, and thinking outside of the box.  She avoids confrontation with enemies at all costs, instead going in for the subtle kill.  One that the rest of the enemies don't even know about until she's long gone.
Reputation: Excellent.  It's a hard thing to have good reputation when you're an assassin.  Unfortunately a lot of the time an assassin is mixed up with a mercenary, willing to do anything for the next big loot or money pit.  This comes from too many assassin classes doing exactly that.  Shade has a reputation of only accepting a mission that she feels needs her attention.  Tyrants, evil warlords, corrupt politicians, and more seem to grab her interest the most.  She hardly ever monster fights, and will do her own research on a target before accepting the mission.  Having little collateral damage makes her one of the best assassins in the game...and well liked to boot.
Gods Worshipped: None of the assassin appointed gods in the game appeal to her.  They focus too much on killing for her tastes of what she believes an assassin is supposed to be.  That said, she has taken on a few missions for the church, so long as they suit her tastes.
Marital Status: Single
Friends: Richard at the knife store. He's a naga NPC, but with the way NPC's are run much like other characters, he's one of the few she'd trust in game.  Making him her friend.
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Not done with this, but my brain is cutting out.  I'll add descriptions for everything later on!

[Polymorph]

Hi there. Putting a partial character build in as a placeholder. I will expand and complete it after I get back from work.

The Gamer

Birth Name: Harold Jenkins
Other Aliases: Harry
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Height: 5' 10"
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: Caucasian
Other Distinguishing Features: None
Orientation: Heterosexual

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Biography

Occupation: Truck Driver
Income: Low
Belief System: None
Marital Status: Single
Friends: A few buddies in the local bar.

Personality

Harold is your typical hard working Joe. He has never been married and has rarely dated. He occasiuonally visited prostitutes, but lost interest in that years ago. VR games are his sole source of sexual outlet. Living alone his outgoings are rather modest, so although on low income he has invested in his major pastime and bought an expensive interface system for VR gaming. 

The Avatar

Name: Neferia
Other Aliases: 
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Height: 5' 4"
Hair Color: Golden Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Color: Middle Eastern
Other Distinguishing Features:
Orientation: Bisexual

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Personality

Since she was created by Harold, Neferia has rarely left the city of Everesta and it's surroundings. Harold has been far more interested in his character having a good time. She sleeps with as many as possible, drinks heavily and samples any and all of the in game drugs that are available. Thieving is done only when she runs short of money to spend on this debauched lifestyle. She spends so much time in the Rusty shiv drinking and making herself available that most players who encounter her believe her to be an NPC whore. Neferia is loud, sexually wanton and rather lazy. 

Biography/History

Class: Thief
Race Human
Reputation: Notorious, Known in the city of Everesta as a slut, drunkard and for throwing her cash around when she has pulled off a robbery.
Gods Worshipped: None
Marital Status: Single
Friends: The patrons of the "Rusty Shiv", Cutthroats, pickpockets and whores all, would stab you in the back as soon as look at you. 
History: Best known to thieves, assassins and other unsavoury character classes, Neferia has been almost a fixture of the Rusty shiv for several months. Neferia simply turned up there one day and settled in, if questioned about her origins she is vague. The east is given as her homeland and she claims to be the daughter of a whore and an airship sailor. She has been arrested by the city guard on several occasions for housebreaking, brawling, public lewd conduct and chicken rustling. Each time she has paid a steadily increasing fine and been released. 

Skills

: Lockpicking
: Agility
: Knifefighter
: Stealthy

Equipment

: Thieves toolkit
: Shortbow
: Daggers

Weaknesses

: Prone to alcohol/substance abuse
: Sexually promiscuous
: Low strength 
: Foolhardy

[Vergil1989]

The Gamer

Birth Name:  Alessa Silverstone
Other Aliases: Lessa, Silver, Dark Alessa.  (Some obscure reference to a horror game in the old days before VR was nothing more than a dream, the nickname itself a joke among her friends in reality.)
Gender:  Female
Age:  23
Height:  5 foot 5 inches
Hair Color:  Raven black
Eye Color:   Dark brown
Skin Color:  Pale as a ghost, and not by choice.
Other Distinguishing Features:  She's remarkably plain save for her very pale skin color which rarely ever sees the light of the sun.
Orientation:  Doesn't know, never had a chance to find out.

Description/Images

Her avatar and Alessa herself look nothing alike.  Alessa herself is a remarkably plain girl with short raven black hair, dark intelligent brown eyes, and an almost flat chest, giving her an almost tomboyish appearance.  Save for her taste in clothes which include shirt skirts, skin tight shirts and paints of various design, mostly jeans and even leather, although vary rarely, most people would assume she was a boy, an exceptionally pale one at that.

Biography

Occupation:  VR dancer and singer at times.
Income:  Inheritance money aside, (which would number in the millions of thousands of dollars in today's terms,) her career as a singer and dancer in the VR arena has netted her quite a chunk of change despite her early start.  She's still in the process of establishing herself but she's on the right track.
Belief System:  Despite how rough life has treated her, Alessa has always believed in the Christian version of God, at least in reality anyway.  Her avatar aside, Alessa strongly believes in helping thy neighbors, among other things, and while she doesn't try to force others to see the world from her perspective, neither will she sit by and let someone fall off the deep end if she can help it.  If she is able to help out at least one person a day, then she is happy to keep on going.
Marital Status: Single
Friends:  Katrina Elizabeth Worthington, Vergil Smith.  (To be created later.)

Personality

  Despite being stuck in a wheelchair for most of her life, Alessa is a kind hearted young and intelligent woman that is not afraid to help out a friend in need with a kind word or gesture.  Despite her limited mobility in reality, Alessa doesn't let it slow her down as much as she can help it while she tries to lead a pretty active social life both in and out of the game.  Being good friends with Katrina, (who knows who she is in Eden,) the good Christian hopes to see the world with her own eyes someday, but until then she studies hard, works hard, and plays even harder.  Despite how shy she is in reality save for when she's performing in front of countless people, Alessa pours her heart and soul into everything she does, whether that might be fighting alongside one of the few good assassins in Eden, singing and dancing on a VR stage as part of her career as a performer, Alessa is a passionate woman of high hopes and great determination and strength despite what she has to deal with on a regular basis.  While she has few good friends in or out of Eden, Alessa cherishes and treasures the ones she has with all of her considerable heart.

The Avatar

Name:  Eldrith Lightstone
Other Aliases: Eldrith the Quick, Eldrith the Monk, and Eldrith the Unrelenting Fist of the East
Gender:  Female
Age:  300
Height:   5 foot 10 inches
Hair Color:  Lustrous spun silk gold hair
Eye Color:   Sparkling sea green orbs
Skin Color:  Radiant and fair sun kissed skin
Other Distinguishing Features:  Besides the fact she's a master of the warrior monk arts which has given her the toned figure and physique to match, Eldrith is remarkably beautiful even for her elven kind.
Orientation:  Bisexual

Description/Images

Example of outfit she favors.

Personality

  Eldrith is similar to Alessa in that they both wish to help as many people as they can.  But while Alessa uses words and kind gestures to accomplish this, the monk she portrays takes a more physical route to solve other people's problems if talking doesn't help or it would be a waste of time to try.  Her avatar is strong, confident, and not afraid of anything thrown in her path, yet despite her warrior way of life, she can still stop and enjoy the company and companionship of others just as easily as she can beat down a red dragon on her own....and win.  Unlike Alessa, Eldrith is far more outgoing and not the least bit shy to speak her true feelings save for those that know the real her, (which are few and far between.)  Then she tends to revert back a little bit to her true self which is shy and soft spoken, but not nearly as much as Alessa herself.

Biography/History

Class: Monk
Race;  Light elf
Reputation:  She's a champion for the well being and defense of others, and so the general populace loves her for all that she does for them regardless of race, creed, gender, or social standing in Eden's rich world.  Most people that play monks tend to stick with their home areas, doing little more than train until they feel they are ready to go out on adventures.  Eldrith however, chose to do her training on the road at the behest of her former mentor, and Eden has benefited greatly from such a decision.
Gods Worshipped:  (DnD reference page.)
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Corellon

The elves are sculptors and wardens of magic's endless mysteries. Bring forth the beauty that envelops and let the spirit gambol unfettered. Seek out new experiences and new ways. Ward against those that would destroy what they cannot create. Commune with the natural and mystical world. Be ever vigilant against the return of the banished darkness, and be strong in heart against the corruption it brings.
Corellon Larathain's Dogma

Marital Status:  Single but looking
Friends:  Evelyn Shade, Richard the friendly naga shopkeeper in Everesta, and her NPC mentor before she passed on from old age.
History: 

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Eldrith Silverstone once called the holy temple that was located deep within the mountainous range of Osyndar, home until her mentor passed on to the other side after living a full and complete life.  She never did learn if she was an NPC or a human player that had simply retired after teaching her all she knew, but regardless Eldrith gave the old warrior woman a proper burial before putting the mountain fortress behind her.  Her teacher had promised to stay around until she had completed an epic quest, and she had kept her word, dying soon after seeing for herself how strong Eldrith/Alessa had become.  Far flung from civilization, Eldrith grew stronger as she traveled back west, finding her way to Everesta a month after walking the whole way from Osyndar, helping people and defeating creatures along the way as she did.  Her travels across Eden's countryside had earned her many names of respect among the populace, hence why she's called Eldrith the Unrelenting Fist of the East, among other things.  Her resolve and determination have seen her through many fights and they will likely see her through many more before her own time is done.

Alessa's/Eldrith's initial decision to become a monk didn't start out so humbly however.  She had thought of trying to become a thief but wound up regretting that when her first mark ended up grabbing her hand so quickly that she was dazed by the old woman's abilities.  Their relationship from then on was love/hate at best since she had met her soon to be mentor and best friend, next to Evelyn of course.  Eventually they won the other's respect and became close friends afterward.  It'd be many in-game years of traveling the areas around Osyndar Mountain Range, honing her skill, learning to care for herself and her ailing teacher before Eldrith became the woman she would be in the future, but the trials she faced then would help her to stand stronger than ever later.  Still, it was a sad day to leave it all behind, but thanks to her mentor's teachings, Eldrith hopes to do the old woman proud and has continued to uphold all that she had learned for the betterment of all of Eden.

Magic Focus

:Healing.  (Partly from her monk training and partly from training as a white mage.  Can heal wounds as well as remove ill effects such as curses, hexes, and poisons both naturally occurring in monsters and demons, as well as those made by assassins and their ilk if they aren't too potent.)
:Divine protection.  (Able to ward off the medium level undead and medium level demons, provided she has enough time to pray to her god for such protection.)
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Skills

:Hand to hand master
:Quarterstaff expert
:Agility
:Negotiating

Equipment

: Staff of the Silver Blessed.  Her quarterstaff was enchanted long before she got a hold of it with the power to thoroughly harm lycans, ghosts, and other beasts that do not tolerate being hit by silver at all.
: Maiden of the East Robes and Armor Set.  Gloves, boots, skirt, pants, and the richly embroidered robe itself all serve the purpose of increasing her considerable strength and speed as a monk, as well as granting some elemental resistances for most medium level spells that are thrown her way.
: Dragon Eye Talisman.  Having slain a red dragon, she was able to have harvested parts from the giant beast as part of an epic quest line to make a dragon eye necklace which she still wears today.  The mystical power of her talisman grant her the ability of limited dragon sight, making her eyes change shape and size while empowering her already sharp vision as an elf to even greater heights than ever before.

Weaknesses

: No sexual resistances
: Monsters and demons in general, although so far she's yet to be raped by any of them.
: Alcohol and substance abuse has never crossed her mind, so she has no resistance to such should it be forced upon her 
: While her friends are her greatest strength, they are also her weakness since she'd willingly walk into a trap to save them.

And before I forget, there needs to be a Race section thrown in as well.  Squeeze it in between Class and Reputation  and it should be good.  Sorry for the inconvenience guys and gals.

And Polymorph, so far your character/avatar is looking quite promising.  The one small thing though is that Eden is the name of the world everyone's in, Everesta is just the starting town just to be clear there's no confusion.  If I am just tired and not comprehending it the right way feel free to kick me lol.  Other than that small thing which is probably mostly me being sleepy, it looks good.

[Saric]

Color me interested. I'll take some time working up a character though.

[minerva7790]

I'm trying to write up a bio, but looking at the long character sheet, I doubt I'll be done by today... Will have it up when I'm done!

[Darwishi]

No problem.  You essentially have to write it up for two characters so it's understandable if it takes a couple of days.  I've got a project to be working on today, so even mine won't be finished in two days. =P

[Vergil1989]

Ah no worries guys and gals about needing time to make up your people.  I am allowing a max of two characters a person, but beyond that I would most likely deny anymore.  Beyond that, spread the word, see who might like to join up, and hopefully we'll get a good cast behind this game lol.  I'll throw in a tech post later on today but for the most part just assume that there is some indoor plumping for the more well appointed buildings, steam powered airships, and the first black powder cannons as far as modern day weaponry is concerned.  Anything stronger than a blunderbuss will be denied as far as hand held weapons are concerned, so gunsmiths and gunslingers are always welcome lol.

[Vergil1989]

The Gamer

Birth Name:  Vergil Smith
Other Aliases:   Gearhead, Ironheade, Metalhead. 
Gender:  Male
Age:  19
Height:  5 foot 7 inches
Hair Color:  Chestnut brown
Eye Color:   Left eye is green, right eye is blue.
Skin Color:  Fairly white.
Other Distinguishing Features:  Oddly enough he has a pair of repeater crossbows on either side of his spine.
Orientation:  Straight

Description/Images

Biography

Occupation:  Young but intelligent robotics engineer
Income:  There's high demand for robotics engineers these days and so they pay quite well.  Vergil is one of the best of his time due to his seemingly innate understanding on how things go together and how they should work when completed.  Because of this, he has more than enough money to afford the entire VR experience.
Belief System: None
Marital Status:  Single
Friends: Alessa Silverstone, (will add more when more people sign up.)

Personality

  Kind, courteous, a perfect gentleman overall, Vergil is always eager to lend a hand wherever it might be needed.  Rarely one to get angry, he has never had to raise his voice to be heard or to be understood so far.  While he is pretty calm, some things can get his blood boiling but rarely does it ever come up.  The few things that truly bother him are those that would take advantage of other people or those that say senseless things to verbally hurt another person either accidentally or on purpose.  Even so, as long as you keep his trust, you'll have a friend for life.

The Avatar

Name:  Zachariah
Other Aliases:  He Who Hunts the Night
Gender:  Male
Age:  500
Height:  6 foot 2 inches
Hair Color:  Silver gray
Eye Color:   Two burning coals of yellow that shine in the dark
Skin Color:  Ebony stone
Other Distinguishing Features:  Just as his player, Zachariah has two repeater crossbows forever burned into his back on either side of his spine.
Orientation:  Straight

Description/Images

Personality

  "You always have a choice.  Will you be prey, or the hunter?"  Despite his desire for revenge against every last demon, Zachariah still has the ability to enjoy the company of others.  Despite the heavy losses he's had to endure, the demon hunter has sworn never to lose another friend if he can help it despite how few can honestly call him as such and be worthy of such a risk.  He doesn't show any weakness to his enemies, ruthlessly picking them off without hesitation or thought.  The few demons that beg for mercy receive none from him.

Biography/History

Class:  Demon Hunter
Race;  Dark Elf
Reputation:  While most consider dark elves to be chaos incarnate, Zachariah has proven that not all those that bear his dark skin are to be feared.  Despite his ways as a Demon Hunter, a dark assassin of all things from the Hells that exist alongside Eden's own plane of existence, the former ranger has carved out a name for himself as an avenger for those that have known the horror of what demons are capable of, destroying anything of demonic origin without hesitation.
Gods Worshipped:  He used to worship the goddess of the forests and of the wild places in the world, but ever since the destruction of his village, Zachariah gave up on blind faith and lives only to exterminate every last demon from existence.
Marital Status:  Single
Friends: Eldrith Lightstone
History: Diablo 3 - The Demon Hunter Trailer
Coming home from a seven day trip into the woods around the hidden dark elf village that was once full of the dark skinned folk that if not for their skin, could have been mistaken for a town of light elves, Zachariah wasn't greeted by the usual hubbub he was used to but instead found his home completely destroyed.  People he had grown to like a great deal were scattered about, mutilated and dismembered, even a few had been partially consumed upon closer inspection.  He didn't have to wait for long to know what had done all this as demons started to howl and growl all around what was left of his home.  He did the only thing he could, Zachariah ran, and didn't stop until he couldn't run any longer.

Having made a pitiful excuse for a camp, unable to sleep despite being utterly drained, Zachariah waited for his end as he heard heavy footsteps and the occasional growl from the forest around him.  Despite his efforts, they had still found him.  The young ranger sighed heavily, too tired to care until his sharp hearing heard far lighter footsteps heading his way.  He immediately snapped his gaze towards the human and couldn't help but wonder who or what this warrior was thinking, heavily armed for war if he had to guess.  "You ran...until you couldn't run anymore, didn't you?  I remember that feeling."  Zachariah said nothing but nodded, confirming his strange guest's words.  The hunter didn't flinch an inch as another demonic growl echoed around the camp, but Zachariah flinched visibly.  "We're going to die out here....aren't we?"  "No.  As long as I draw breath, they are the prey, and I am the hunter."  What followed was something that would forever burn itself into the dark elf's memory forever as the hunter unleashed a Hell of his own on the abominations that decided then that it was time to feast on living flesh again.  None escaped to harm anymore people.  As if reading his mind, the demon hunter held out one of his repeater crossbows to Zachariah, handle grip first.  "You always have a choice.  Will you be prey, or the hunter?"  The choice had been easy to make after that.

Magic Focus

:Black magic enchanting.  (Limited use of spells such as siphon life, poisoning, and some shadow magics.)

Skills

:Master marksmanship
:Explosive craftsmanship
:Acrobatic
:Agility
:Demon Loremaster.  Know thy enemy.  Knowing the enemy grants bonuses in fighting them, as well as healing any ill effects they leave behind

Equipment

:Dark Demon Skin Armor.  This armor set of boots, fingerless gloves, chest armor, hooded cloak, and pants grants high boosts to a demon hunter's agility and speed in general.  It also grants protection against most demonic spells and poisons given the fact that the armor is made from skinned and boned demons while they are still alive.
:Twin Repeater Crossbows of Limitless Pain.  These enchanted steam powered crossbows require no ammo or reloading.  The bolts they fire can be enchanted with various alchemical components and magic spells for added destructive power.
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Weaknesses

:Sudden changes in light or bright lights in general.
:Overwhelming his sharp hearing with loud yells or explosions
:No sexual resistances 
:Elemental magics tend to cause him trouble.

[Vergil1989]

Finally, my tech post is coming.

Technology and You!

Eden is a world rife with monsters, demons, fae folk, strange oozes and slimes, restless spirits, and more, yet it is also full of all kinds of inventions and weapons of war to combat the dangers out there.  Grenades that are made to release fire, poison gases, bright lights, and more, to steam empowered airships, repeater crossbows, experimental black powder cannons, flintlock pistols.  I could go on and on.  The point being that just as mages must study their crafts for years before they are able to use it properly lest they burn down a city, so too do those that muck with today's latest mechanical feats of engineering since they are just as dangerous if not more so than any spell.  A machine doesn't get tired after all.

Excerpt from Technology and the People's Guide to Today's Greatest Engineering Feats, written by Douglas Brawnhammer, formerly of the Dwarven Smith Guild.

Technology is on par with early Renaissance Earth, meaning anything from early cannons to indoor plumbing for the moderately structurally sound parts of Eden's cities are common place.  Gun powder is still in its infancy for the most part and is thus hard to acquire let alone make, but it is there.  Steam rules the day however in the form of massive fleets of airships for the upper class of society as well as sky pirates, mercenary bands, and the armies of every major power across the world that is Eden.

[Lucifia]

Wow this looks really indepth...i'm not sure if i'll be able to do it justice, but I'll try!

[Vergil1989]

Lol no worries, just do the best you can Lucifia.

[Saric]

The Gamer

Birth Name: Karl Willamson
Other Aliases: The Wiz Kid, The Techmaster, GM
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Height: 6'4''
Hair Color: brown
Eye Color: blue
Skin Color: lightly tanned, verging on pale
Other Distinguishing Features: a Neural Jack in the back of his neck and an electronic tattoo on his left arm.(The tatoo is ether off or shows a dragon curled up on his arm when he's not using it as a screen or a key board.)
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Biography

Occupation: Chief Facilitator of Game Maintenance and Development Communication - He was in charge of keeping the programmers, designers, graphic artists, neural translation specialists and the AI in constant communication throughout development. Now that the game is out he does the same thing to keep improving it while also playing long hours both for testing and to get a feel for how the players react to it. Because it's part of his job he already had some of the best VR gear available and he gets to play for free as long as he turns in regular reports on gamer opinions and the game itself. To help with this he is one of the few people who can activate a setting that will let him know if whoever he meets is a PC or not, though he mostly keeps this off when not actively working.
Income: High
Belief System: Christan (non-denominational)
Marital Status: Single
Friends: Assorted geeks

Personality

Computer games, board games, table top games, and VR games. Karl has played them all and left a slew of bodies behind him... and almost as many broken hearts. He's the gamer's gamer and a hard core geek and it shows in everything. A personal code of honor and 'white knight' mentality lead many to assume he's a 'nieve good guy', but it's really more of a cover. On the inside he's drawn to kinky sex, violence, and dark passions and it's taken him years to find a comfortable middle ground. He has been playing Eden as his recreation and outlet since the early launch for pre-orders started and, because his job involves playing, has logged more hours then just about anyone else in the game. To avoid burning out

The Avatars

Name: Morgul the Necromancer
Other Aliases: The Dark Guardian, Ruler of Shadows, Him
Race: Goliath
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Height: 7'6''
Hair Color: N/A
Eye Color: Tan
Skin Color: Tan with dark brown markings
Other Distinguishing Features: Covered in the tattoo-like markings common to his kind.
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

He actually only wields a War Pick and Mace when not using a magic focus.

Personality

Sinister in appearance and powers, Morgul is actually a defender of light and order. He's no paladin though, it is not uncommon to find him in a bed in some fire scarred village inn surrounded by thankful, and naked, women after saving their home from an orc horde or some similar danger. He likes dominating his women when he can and nothing turns him on more then some willing slut, who likes being put on her hands and knees, but who puts up just enough fight that he can force her there. When not saving the day or fucking a willing pet he's not above looting ancient tombs or lost ruins for lost magics or plain old fashion treasure. All in all a most confusing individual.

Biography/History

Class: Necromancer/Earth Mage/Warrior (In order of dedication)
Reputation: Wealthy, powerful, dangerous, a last hope for the hopeless, and a great lay. Many can't seem to make up their minds about him but almost as many simply assume that the stories that don't fit their personal encounters are ether made up or about someone else. The merchants and tavern keepers mostly focus on the way he always seems to have plenty of money or rare and valuable goods. The ladies talk about how he's willing to do almost anything a girl wants, from hard and heavy to gentle and sweet, and hung like a horse as well as willing to please. The thieves tell stories of how those who try to rob him end up laying in the street shivering, while those who try to kill him are often seen again as brand new undead bodyguards. Mages speak of his strength with the dark powers of the dead and his skill with earth magic as well. Barbarians tell tales of the feats of strength or toughness he's done with his natural abilities in those areas. And last but not least, tales abound of the cities, villages, and towns he's saved from all manner of threats over the years.
Gods Worshipped: Mystra- Goddess of all magic; The Spirits of the Unformed Lands- spirits of a realm of the dead
Marital Status: Single, but with numerous lovers.
Friends: Many allies and people who would be more then willing to help any way they could but no real 'friends'.
History: Born in a high mountain village, like most of his people, Morgul was first trained in weapons and how to best make use of the naturally large strong stature of his people in battle. When it became clear he had a give for magic he was taught how to use the innate connection his people have with the earth to empower his magics. Despite his skill with Earth magic Morgul found himself increasingly drawn to the darker powers of necromancy, when his people found out he was exiled for practicing such forbidden magics. Despite being exiled, Morgul continued both to protect his tribe and advance his studies. With losses among both warriors and their herds drastically reduced his tribe flourished and became powerful. When the tribe druids divined the reason for their new prosperity Morgul's banishment was ended, but he hungered for adventure and declined to return to nomad life. Seeing his restlessness the tribe chieftain appointed him ambassador to the lowlanders and sent him off to make contact. That was almost 10 years ago and Everesta now enjoys a vibrant trade with his home village while he wonders the world and amuses himself as he may. Despite his skill with magic he has not completely abandoned the weapon training of his youth, finding that few foes expect a mage with a mace.

Magic Focus

Death Magic: Raising and commanding the undead, assorted offensive necromantic spells.
Earth Magic: Summoning beings of Earth, Earthen Armor(like magic power armor made of rock), Earth Sense(sense anything nearby that is also touching the earth, including walls or ceiling), and drawling on the strength and toughness of the earth.(mostly in combat but occasionally used for a little extra stamina in the bedroom)

Skills

Simple Melee weapons: mostly his War Pick and Mace but he could use a Warhammer or Club or the like as well. Pretty much anything simpler to use then a sword.
Wilderness survival: He grew up among a largely nomadic people and spent years living in the wild on his own.
Strong:
Large:
Tough:

Equipment

Skull of Nash: Necromantic focus for raising and empowering the dead.
Stone of the Mountain’s Heart: a pedant that aids in using Earth magic to protect and empower yourself.
Gauntlets of the Dracolich: made from the bones of a dracolich these gauntlets aid in offensive necromantic spells, from life draining rays to summoned plagues to curses and sending hungry spirits at your foes.
The Book of the Dead: … do you really need to ask?
Black lamellar armor:
Black Heavy steel Shield:
The Fang of Garmog (War Pick): Magic weapon forged from the fang of a black dragon, drips with acid.
Iron Mace:
Spell component pouch:
Survival gear:

Weaknesses

Loud:
Large:
Dark interests: 
'Heroic mentality':
Sexually active:
Heavy:
No non-magical ranged attacks:

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Secondary Character still under construction.

[Darwishi]

Oh hey, so I thought of adding something like what the Settings screen would look like for your character.  I know it's one more thing which is kind of why I'm throwing it out there to see how people respond.  The other option is just to show the screen (it's just a table on here) and you can determine how your character would have theirs set without having to post it, since things like that could change.

[Vergil1989]

You can do that?  How?  I'm curious what it all looks like but I think it could be applied, but that's just me lol.

And Saric, love your character my friend.  Your magic focus however is just what magics he's good at, you didn't have to list your equipment in there as well.  Those items you have you can put into your actual equipment unless Darwishi told ya differently which then I might have to go back and edit myself lol.

[Darwishi]

Eh that stuff can be in magic, I guess. Doesn't matter to me. lol


But yeah Magic is one of the six that Vergil listed and then their focus inside of that category.

[Saric]

And Saric, love your character my friend.  Your magic focus however is just what magics he's good at, you didn't have to list your equipment in there as well.  Those items you have you can put into your actual equipment unless Darwishi told ya differently which then I might have to go back and edit myself lol.

Eh that stuff can be in magic, I guess. Doesn't matter to me. lol

But yeah Magic is one of the six that Vergil listed and then their focus inside of that category.

Oh... I put that stuff in Skills instead, to me a 'magic focus' is an item you use to focus your magic...

Do you want me to change it? I can do ether way.

[Vergil1989]

It'd make more sense if it was changed around so yeah if you don't mind my friend.  Love the Book of the Dead thing you had in there regardless, made me laugh lol.

[Saric]

It'd make more sense if it was changed around so yeah if you don't mind my friend.  Love the Book of the Dead thing you had in there regardless, made me laugh lol.

We aim to please! Glad you liked it!  :P

Character Sheet Updated! How is it now?

[Vergil1989]

Perfect!  It looks good Saric.

[Saric]

Perfect!  It looks good Saric.

Great! I'll start work on part two now!

Instead of two Gamers with a character each I decided to go with one Gamer and two characters. Among other things it means I'll never end up playing with myself.  :P

[Vergil1989]

Lol that's cool by me Saric.  It's a good way to go I say.

[Vergil1989]

Someone asked and I now provide an answer.  Let's see what you guys say shall we?  It's been mentioned before but this is a confirmation of how sex and all its little delights will be handled.

Love, Lust, Sex, and Everything In-Between

All life is sacred, no matter what form it might take.  Even so, for sentient beings, the circle that governs life is not to be treated lightly by some.  Procreation is a sacred act among most people, but even if one uses sex as a means for pleasure alone, the chance of life to be created from such an act is still there.  Regardless of one's intent or mindset at the time, such acts of love or lust shouldn't be taken lightly.  For those like me however that use sex to heal the mind, body, and soul, it can be so much more than two bodies joining together as one.

Excerpt from the Ways of the Sacred Prostitute, book III, written by Neria Zathrieal, former high priestess of Sune and Corellon Larathain.

As it's been mentioned before, the 'game world' has settings built into the system to allow different things to happen to your character.  For example, some monsters are a bit....rape happy, to put it nicely.  Setting your preferences however can prevent such a thing, but most that play in Eden let their settings be quite free as a means to experience everything the game world has to offer.  Beyond that, because this is set in Extreme, pretty much anything will be allowed but I do ask that people respect O/Os as much as possible.  Still, beyond that I just ask ya have fun lol.

[Lucifia]

The Gamer

Birth Name: Kelly Lee
Other Aliases: Leelee
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Height: 5'4
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Color: Pale, untannable
Other Distinguishing Features: none
Orientation: Straight, but Bicurious

Description/Images

Biography

Occupation: Surgeon
Income: High
Belief System: Athiest
Marital Status: Single, Looking
Friends: (any takers? :D)

Kelly works as one of the best remote surgeons in the world. A protege of the medical arts she obtained her degree and license to operate at an insanely young age of 22. It was because of the onset of VR technology that her slender skilled fingers can perform heart surgery remotely from miles away. Part of the perks of being on the leading edge of VR technology was her early introduction to VR Eden. Her 'operating theatre' at home doubles as her VR playroom when she is not on duty. There she gets to express the more risque part of her personality without risking real life consequences.

Personality

By nature Kelly is quiet and soft spoken. She is as intelligent as she is shy. Her wealth and fame have draw suitors of high profile flocking, but their aggressive and domineering personalities turn her off. She's looking for someone who is gentle and soft but also can bring out the adventurous side of her. Kelly likes to think on problems before tackling them if she can, though she is known for her clarity of thought in emergency situations.

The Avatar

Name: Victoria Blaze
Other Aliases: Blaze, Vicky
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Height: 5'8
Hair Color: Flaming Red
Eye Color: Orange
Skin Color: Fair
Other Distinguishing Features: Vicky has a scatter of cute freckles across her beautiful face
Orientation: Bicurious

Description/Images

Personality

Vicky's personality is the polar opposite of Kelly's. Vicky embodies the stereotypical view of redheads. she is impulsive, reckless, and prone to acting before thinking. She is very blunt and her patience begins and ends with waiting for her mug of ale at the tavern. She is very chirpy, cheerful and flirty when she is calm, but her temper is legendary.

When it comes to other people, it is easy to gain her friendship and easy to lose it. However, her loyalty is entirely harder to obtain, but once achieved, she sticks with her true friends through thick and thin. It is easy to upset her with careless words, but wounds are quickly mended with apologies or a nice gift. Yes, Vicky is a material girl, almost a magpie for the shineys.

Sexually, Vicky has been straight, just like Kelly once was, but with the new updates in the VR system, Vicky is tentatively bicurious, wondering if she will like the experience.

At random, she hates bugs with a passion (ie a stomping passion), loves cats and dogs equally of all sizes, distrusts people with mustaches, and is mortally afraid of heights.

Biography/History

Class: Battle Mage
Race: Human
Reputation: Chaotic Good
Gods Worshipped: God of the Volcano
Marital Status: Single and Flirting
Friends: (Any takers :D?)

History: Vicky started out early when Eden first came on the scene. She began training in Fire magic, but added Earth Magic to her arsenal when she had to quest alone. Over several years she has come to be the consummate Master of Fire and Earth Magic, earning herself the title of 'Volcano' (or perhaps that was for her temper). Her reputation for being hotblooded was reinforced when a vampire tried to suck her blood while in combat. Her volcanic hot blood seared burned him from the inside out.

Her first big break which began her fame was during her training period. One of the annual challenges was an obsticle course ringed and walled with flowing lava. Contestants were meant to traverse the maze, fighting monsters of various elements, in order to get to the prize cup. Cheeky Vicky, however, merely ran straight through all the lava walls, lifting the cup before any of the other contestants even encountered their first fight. This caused much consternation among the arcane community. No one before had ever practice or heard of Lava magic, and some viewed Vicky as a possible threat to Eden.

The mages of the fraternity convinced her tutors that she could no longer learn magic due to her volatile nature and dangerous power. Disheartened she traveled to a remote mountain tribe, situated on the side of a live volcano. There she learned from the natives how to control and use fire and earth magic to constructive ends. One of the key beings she met was the fire shaman, Ertai. He taught her of the creatures and animals that lived within flames, their lives short and vibrant. Through his guidance, she managed to learn how to summon these creatures through her magic, her favorite summon being an eternal Lava Phoenix. She learned  to summon the enormous vengeful living lava phoenix, which could devastate a battlefield. This spell drains her entirely, often knocking her out but no enemy has yet been able to exploit this, as the Phoenix remains active until she awakes, at which time it reenters her body, restoring her power.

She would have been content to stay in the village, but her wanderlust took her out exploring on the very day that several of her jealous ex-classmates, now full mages, appeared at the village. They threatened to destroy the village if the chief and shaman didn't tell them where Victoria was. The chief refused outright, sparking a magic battle which all but tore the village apart. Victoria returned later that day to find all the villagers slain or captured, and her great mentor Ertai dying. With his last breath he told Victoria to stay true to herself, and to seek justice.

Thus it was that Victoria returned to the Mage circle where she first studied, calling out each of the mages involved, challenging them to single combat. 1 vs the many. Laughing, they accepted, believing their combined magic could overcome her. in the arena. They were wrong. Vicky summoned the Phoenix within, pouring all her anger and vengeance into the spell. The Phoenix all but incinerated the mages, and a good portion of the arena as well. Knocked unconscious and rendered weak, she was nursed back to health over several days. The high court of the city declared the mages guilty for their crimes of genocide on the village, and decreed Victoria's actions to be the just punishment. Victoria's banishment from the circle was lifted, and she was offered a place in the circle as a mentor. She accepted, but soon grew bored of schoolteacher life, and left the circle to wander as she pleased.

Vicky's style of combat is frontline magic. While other mages like to stand afar and rain spell upon the enemy, Vicky likes to be in the fray. Her Blazing fire magic scorches a path wherever she walks, every strike carrying the burn of the flame, and the weight of the earth. When her magic is active, her hands and hair glow like flame, emanating the same heat as a furnace. She can combine her two magic specialties to conjure molten lava, either at approaching or pursuing enemies to impede them. While she is athletic and toned, and her HP is a little higher than most mages, she is still woefully weaker physically than all other classes. The strength of her strikes comes from her earth/fire enchanted spells and projectiles. Her most powerful spell is the Volcanic Phoenix (see picture),

Her reputation is chaotic good, she is very helpful to those who need it, and has been known to help young fire/earth mages with their studies. She is often hired for her magical knowledge, though because the collateral damage from her...liberal use of her skills, the quests she usually undertakes do not require subtlety. She IS however, working on greater self control. Unfortunately she has been known to accept less savory assignments which pay well. Luckily these are few and far between.

Magic Focus

Fire: Fire Creation/Absorption, Fireballs, Fire Rain, Enchanting Weapons, Flame Breath, Burning Aura, Minor wound healing
Earth: Stone Armour (self or others), Earthweight Strikes, Stone Wall, Earth's Grip (slows/immobilizes enemies)
Lava (Special Fire/Earth): Searing Lash (whip), Lava Flow/Projectiles, Volcanic Phoenix, Fireblood

Skills

Athletic: Has raised dexterity and energy/mana
Heat Sink: Regenerates HP/MP when standing near or in Fire
Metallurgy: Her knowledge of Fire and Earth gives her expert knowledge about crafting and enchanting weapons of fire or earth nature.

Equipment

Brimestone Gauntlets: Specially crafted Gauntlets which enhance her control of Fire and Earth
Truesight Goggles: With all her fire, she sometimes needs the goggles which can see through the flame and smoke
Flash Grenades: She purchases these from the NPC in town, in case she meets her aquatic equal and needs to beat a hasty retreat. Fortunately she has never needed to use these in combat, though she has set a few off in the bedroom by accident.

Weaknesses

Ice/Water Magic: Naturally her fire magic is nullified in the face of Water and Ice magic. She can overcome this by combining Earth with Fire to use Lava Magic, but this takes substantially more energy and power.
Heights: Her affinity for earth magic has left it's mark. Vicky is mortally afraid of heights, especially on airships where she has no access to the earth. If truly terrified with no one for comfort she'll spend the entire journey in the furnace room, next to the burning coals and flames.
Wind Magic: Wind magic is only a partial weakness. While it blows away earth spells, it strengthens fire spells
Emotions: Vicky's impulsive volatile nature makes her an easy target for those who can manipulate emotions...but it is like playing with fire, one wrong move and it will burn back.

[Vergil1989]

Ok my lovely Lucifia.  I LOVE your gal, but you didn't have to include how you fought and how you used magic in your history.  History is for describing your gal's background more than anything as the others have done already, so if you change that up a bit it'll be better lol.  The start was good but I wanted to hear about her adventures more so than anything hun :D.  That aside she's perfect and as soon as I get the other threads up and stuff you and the rest of the gang will be good to go.

[Lucifia]

There, added a nice backstory:). Btw if anyone's looking for ingame friends, doo poke me!

[Vergil1989]

Oh she's a darlin Lucifia and you are more than ready to go.  I do have a demon hunter who's without friends if you think they'd get along lol.  Otherwise you can go ahead and get to the OOC and the character threads I have listed on the first page on the first post of this thread.

[Lucifia]

Thanks Vergil! I have no idea how this is going to go but i'm excited!

[Vergil1989]

I actually lied a little bit lol.  You and probably everyone needs to add a Race spot in their profiles.  Between Class and Reputation should work, but otherwise go ahead and get your people posted everyone that's already been approved anyway.

[Darwishi]

Personally I think Vergil is just completely and totally blind. ^_^

[Vergil1989]

Have I told you to bite me today?  Lol.

[Lucifia]

Darwishi? How did you make your avatar pic/ the one the changes?

lol i was reading this thread earlier and then i got distracted by it;p

[Darwishi]

It's a pain in the ass.  Buuut basically I used After Effects and a LOT of pictures of really hot women. 

It's the size of the largest avatar I could find at the time (keep in mind it's a couple of years old) and then I made the project that size in after effects.  Then I just made each picture like two or three seconds long and made it into an animated GIF.  It's a huge file, and I uploaded it to Elliquiy's avatar thing and it's been there ever since.

This is actually the second one I've made.  But yeah, essentially it's an animated GIF file and the "animation" is it changing from picture to picture.

[Darwishi]

Oh yeah, annnd I'll have a knight here soon enough that anyone can be friends with.  Or she can be friends with my assassin.  We can figure out how they wound up being loyal to one another if you want.  They both have that same kind of mentality about loyalty.

[Lucifia]

I like:). I'd love to have a few good close friends (with benifits if needed/wanted) for Vicky

[Vergil1989]

The IC thread is ready to go guys and gals, but I do ask that everyone get their approved character posted into the character thread first, and then get an OOC post up before posting in the IC thread.  Thanks!

[Vergil1989]

I'll be honest and say that the longer your posts are the better, but none of you have to be NEARLY as long as I was with my first post if that's what is holding you guys up although it's only been a day, if that since the IC thread was put up lol.

[Darwishi]

I'm not going to be able to post until this project is done, so it might even be the weekend by that point.  And I have to finish my two character profiles.  Just so you guys know where I'm at.  The weekends are my time off (most of the time) so I usually can post multiple per day on Saturdays and Sundays. ^_^

[Vergil1989]

No problem Dar buddy and RL takes priority so don't worry about it.  Good luck on your stuff and hope it all goes well for ya.   ;D

[minerva7790]

I know I said two days ago that I would get a character up soon. However, I've barely had time online since then. It's been a busy time at work, and even when I come home, I'm still working. :-( Will have the character up on the weekend latest! Sorry!

[Vergil1989]

No worries hun, we're still just kind of sitting around at the inn/tavern so take all the time ya need lol.

[MelisaArtemis]

Is this place still accepting players? I'm now interested :P

[Vergil1989]

I could always use more people so ya, go for it lol.

[MelisaArtemis]

Hmm, before I put a character in. I'm wondering, is there any age limit on the players? I browse through 3 pages of this thread but can't find anyone asking that

[Darwishi]

Age limit or age minimum?  Minimum is 18 for this particular game, both the gamer and the avatar need to be that age.  No age limit as far as I'm concerned.  So some bed ridden 120 year old man could be behind the avatar. =P

[Vergil1989]

That's rather gross Dar lol.  Still, I'd prefer the actual person behind their avatar to be no older than say....45 at the most?  Beyond that, your actual avatar, as long as they don't look ten thousand years old and their age makes sense for whatever their race is I won't be picky.  Just be sure neither are younger than 18.

[Darwishi]

Why is that gross? This is the future and people are probably living that long, plus people that live that long probably grew up on video games.  Not to mention that instead on concentrating on bed sores all day that they'd actually have the freedom to come into a virtual reality where they can bet young again. 

I still say as old as you want the gamer to be, and hell make them look like they're ten-thousand years old if you want. XD  Just don't expect to be getting any. =P

[MelisaArtemis]

The Gamer

Birth Name: Melisa Artemis
Other Aliases: Neko / Kitty
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Height: 5’ 1 (155cm)
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: White
Other Distinguishing Features: Oriental-ish visage due to mixed parentage of British father and Japanese mother
Orientation: Bi

Description/Images

Biography

Occupation:Student / Idol / Professional Pianist
Income: Although her family is extremely well of. Melisa’s personal income from her job and winning several competitions both internationally and domestically allowed her to live a life of luxury if she so wanted to.
Belief System: Christianity although she is actually quite casual in the practice. She doesn’t believe that her religion was the one and only real religion. Instead, she believes that all religions are good, if there is something wrong in their practice, that’s because of the lack of understanding by the perpetrator. She also believes that good practice is its own reward and therefore not something that supposed to be forced or done out of obligation.
Marital Status: Single
Friends: (None so far, being a new player :P)

Personality

Melisa generally was a nice and kind hearted girl who likes to take care of those around her. However, she can also be quite stubborn and headstrong once she decides on something and will have no qualm on putting someone on their place if she believes that they had done something wrong. Despite her popularity both nationally and internationally, she absolutely despise the belief of other idols that just because they are popular makes them better than the others. In fact, due to her popularity, she finds herself preferring to remain anonymous if possible.

Unfortunately, Melisa is also found to be inherently lazy, preferring to sleep in as often as possible which soon earned her the nickname which she decides was a compliment rather than an insult.

The Avatar

Name: Mizuki Silverwing
Other Aliases: Angel Grace
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Height: 160cm (5‘ 3)
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: White
Other Distinguishing Features:A pair of small wings on her head and A pair of full size wings on her back, the latter allowing her to fly
Orientation: Bi

Description/Images

Personality

Just like her real personality in real life, Mizuki has very limited tendency to violence, opting to stand back, letting the others take the spotlight while she supports them using her healing magic (white) or support attack magic (water and wind). Individually, she was mostly below average in any area but her true value comes out when she was part of a group and it became apparent that she was an expert at supporting the others. She never hesitates to help others when needed even if they are complete stranger; in fact, most of the time she can be found helping new players to get by until them strong enough to stand on their own feet.

Biography/History

Class: Cleric / Magician
Reputation: Light Good
Gods Worshipped: God of Light
Marital Status: Single
Friends: (None yet)
History:

Mizuki was relatively new in Eden and therefore still have extended list of things to learn about the place. It didn’t took long for her to realize that she was extremely ungifted in fighting, so much that even the monsters which other newbies walks all over was a challenge for her. Despaired over the knowledge, she fell into a slump until by chance; she was invited into a group of other newbies led by a veteran cleric.

It was then when her talent finally shows as she runs around supporting the others with her basic healing skills and running interferences to help those who were in trouble. Her action in the battlefield impressed the veteran so much that she was immediately offered to join the clergy which she accepts. During her training, it immediately became obvious that she was gifted in the way of healing, so much that she graduates from the clerical school in record time with flying colors.

Right after her graduation, she spend some time as volunteer helper for groups who are in need of supporter whether it be doing quests or simple monster hunting. It was during that time that she realize that she was not satisfied by just by healing and giving magical enchantment to her group members, she wish to be more useful as a supporter. From the determination, she turns her attention to the elemental magic and currently in the process of learning them, in particular water magic.

Until now, she remains as a wandering cleric, going from place to place and helping anyone who needs them. Ironically, although she tries to remain anonymous as much as possible, her reputation slowly grows from mouth to mouth as a savior; her wings gave those people the inspiration to call her “Angel”

Magic Focus

White: Heal, Cure, Blessing, Divine Barrier, Portal, Divine Bullet, Restrain, Mute, Resurrection.
Water: Water of Life (Area Heal)

Skills

Enchantment: She can enchant others equipment with Holy element
Anti-Undead: Her skill with healing and light magic makes her a natural enemy for undeads since healing and light magic are their weakness
Flight: Her wings allows her to fly over significant distance allowing her to travel from place to place faster than those on foot. However, using it in long period drains her stamina quickly.

Equipment

Divine Dress: Her dress is actually made of condensed mana, making it extremely light but also durable. On the other side, if she were to be knocked out or pass out, the dress disappears, leaving her very vulnerable.
Divine Staff: Her staff is made of holy mythril, a very rare magic metal which is very durable and light. Although its weight makes it of little use as physical weapon, the magic metal allows it to amplify her magic several times stronger than if she cast it without using it.
Magic bag: Although the outer appearance is no bigger than a woman purse, the interior is magically expanded, allowing her to store many items inside, from potions to tomes without changing its weight the slightest. Extremely expensive.

Weaknesses

Dogs: Due to being bitten as a child, she is deadly afraid of dogs. Apparently the feeling is mutual for both side as dogs hates her with passion, even puppies hates her.
Laziness: Just like her counterpart in real world, Mizuki is inherently lazy and always tries to sleep as much as possible.
Direction Blind: Absolutely no sense of direction, inside her bag, a compass and a map is absolute must. God knows where she going to end up without them. 
Low Stamina: Although her magic power is significant, her stamina is poor. Prolonged battle or even long distance travelling for that matter is absolute disadvantage.

[Vergil1989]

Besides some grammar trouble throughout it looks promising my friend.  The only other thing is that for a new player she seems a bit over powered with her magic.

[Lucifia]

:) she might be basing it off my character. Mine is epically powerful only because Vicky's and 'old champion' type character, and specialized in only 2 types of magic.

[MelisaArtemis]

*Blush* well, I admit I did use vicky for reference. I'll tone it down if you want. I'm thinking of having her to be the kind of player who is new to the game but not the concept of the game itself. Like someone who used to play Ragnarok Online then switch to WoW, they won't have too much trouble adjusting since the concepts are very similar.

Edit: Done, I made it so that she only know limited water/wind magic but the white magic in unchanged I'm afraid since its supposed to be her forte.

[Darwishi]

I don't know how new she is going to be to the game, but the way I figured it would work is that she would learn more/better spells as she "levels up".  Although this particular game doesn't have real levels, you play based on the way you want your character to work.  For example, my Assassin hasn't concentrated on magic at all, instead has focused entirely on being stealthy.  So the way she plays the game is to sneak into places, and complete missions by sneaking around everywhere.  She's also been playing since the beta version of the game, which has given her the time to acquire the skills necessary to being an assassin.

For Mizuki it would mean she'd have to focus on being a support character, start out with a couple of healing spells and work her way into the greater healing and other magics.

At least that's the way I'm thinking of the game, wait til Vergil weighs in before you change anything though. ^_^

[Vergil1989]

Darwishi did a good enough job on his own so what do you need me for?  Lol.  Joking aside, I do like your gal Melisa, but given what I could read from my PS 3 earlier, it did seem she was a little stronger than a 'new' player could have been possible.  If she's been around a little longer and your reason is also good, (although I've never played either game so I'd have to take your word for it lol,) then she can keep most of what you listed for her if nothing else.

[Darwishi]

I'm pulling from Champions Online, which is where this idea started from (it was originally a superhero idea).  So basically the way you start out there is that you've got one power, and as you level up you get the option for more powers in that power set.  Like I think I chose ice powers, so I start off with level 1 Ice Shards and level 1 Shield. 

At level 3 or something I get a new power, and get to choose between a few powers.  Level 1 Ice Blast (a stronger Ice power than the shards) and this goes on for a while and you can upgrade your individual powers and your constitution (hp) and dexterity and all that other good stuff as you level up.

Now granted, with this I completely did away with levels and straight experience points.  Since the Virtual Reality type game is far more freeform I figured it'd be better to "level up" based on what skills you were actually using for your character.  And in this game you can go just about anywhere you want with your character.  You reputation is based on how your character treats others, your attraction is based on how pretty your character is, charisma based on how charming your character is and how you've developed that.

The VR world allows players to think outside of the box.  There's no preset way to play any one mission.  So like for my assassin she might enter the castle by scaling the wall by hand with no rope or anything, where as my knight would just try to knock on the door and slice and dice her way through the castle.  My assassin avoids direct confrontation where as the knight welcomes it and looks for it.  They would play the exact same mission in completely different manners.

I also had the idea that items actually weigh a character down.  So if you have high ranking stealth and want to wear a heavy piece of armor you better have the strength attributes to wear it, otherwise your stamina will go way down.  For example my assassin wears a boat load of knives (over fifty) so she has to have enough strength for that, which she has, but she couldn't wear the same chainmail, helmet, carry the same sword, wear the same boots or really anything that the knight wears.  It would bog her down too much.

Anyway that's slightly more detail of how I was thinking of this game being set up.  Having to work at your character in order to get at the attributes you want.  So you may start out with a way that you'll think you'll play the game, but your basic character may not be great at it.

I will say that I'd considered the idea of something similar you can do in Champions Online, which if you make someone your sidekick they become the same level as you, but with none of the upgrades or equipment.  So if a Level 1 wanted to quest with a level 40, their HP might get a temporary boost to those kinds of levels as would their powers.  So your girl, say she starts with just healing, and she wants to join the current party.  Well that healing would be boosted to levels that might actually help the higher levels of these characters, but nothing like if she worked the whole game to only boost that one healing power.  She wouldn't gain extra powers but that one would be significant enough to get her into the game with some experienced gamers.

Of course, it's also up to Vergil if that's a thing or not.  As well as the rest of my ideas. XDD

[Vergil1989]

I agree with everything except that last bit there Dar buddy.  If that were the case the no one would want to power up on their own even though technically they'd have to just to get access to new stuff sure, but why would you need to do that when as long as you stay with a level 40 person you have this suddenly awesome fire spell or whatever?  That'd be a far to easy way to exploit the system, which I unfortunately can't go for.  Beyond that though you did an awesome job my friend.  Sorry, been playing Persona 3 FES on my PS 3 lol.  That and I didn't sleep again last night so my damn muse is taking a nap.  I'll try to get something up later though, but in the meantime we do need more people.

And Dar, still hoping to see a finished Evelyn and a possible Erin from you but no biggie if it doesn't get done soon my friend.  Just was looking forward to having that sexy assassin of yours again if nothing else lol.

[Darwishi]

Unfortunately I've got to work all weekend to meet a deadline on Monday.  Til then it's all work and no play...even though my work is kinda like play sometimes. =P

The sidekick system is a little weird.  It doesn't upgrade any of your equipment, and it only upgrades what powers you currently have.  Basically it's so it doesn't leave the higher powers high and dry.  Also on Champions, you basically wind up partnering with someone that's a couple of levels ahead of you that has similar missions.  On this game I was trying to think of a feasible way that a newbie could join in with the more experienced characters. 

I was pretty much saying that if Mizuki had just joined she probably would only have the one spell, and if she did join our characters on their team then they wouldn't have a healer that could barely heal a scrape with them when they might be getting impaled or something. =P

I might have to noodle that over a little more to figure out how to get the newbies in with the more experienced gamers.

[isambard]

I'd be interested in joining this RP! I'll get working on the character sheets. May take me a while..

[MelisaArtemis]

Ok, edited her again to make her more of a white magician. I think you need to add another spot in the game biography: "Gaming Experience" and "Length of playing Eden". I designed my character according to what someone who would have played the game for a few weeks would be, though I probably went a bit too far.

[Darwishi]

Yeah, I was just thinking that same thing Melisa!  I'll do it after this project is done though.

[minerva7790]

Phew! I'm done! Will this do?

As a side note, I'm glad I changed my character's name, Melissa! Her original name was Mizuki.

The Gamer

Birth Name: Kagami Kuriyama (given name first)
Other Aliases: Kyou-chan, Kagami-sama
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Height: 5'2"
Hair Color: Black, dyed brown
Eye Color: Dark brown
Skin Color: Pale
Other Distinguishing Features: Thick, geeky glasses.
Orientation: Not sure; never experimented.

Description/Images

Kagami is your typical petite Asian girl. She has hair which reaches to her shoulder blades. Although it was originally black, she dyes it brown regularly, because she finds black too plain. She wears glasses, although she hates them and thinks that they make her look like a geek. She her casual style of clothing is gothic lolita and sweet lolita.

Biography

Occupation: College student, net idol, freelance webpage designer
Income: Varies, but usually isn't much. She makes up for it by coming from a rich family.
Belief System: Shinto
Marital Status: Single
Friends: People she meets in an online Japanese forum.

Personality

Being the only daughter of a Japanese business tycoon and VR game console manufacturer, Kagami can be rather bratty. She inherrited her father's headstrong personality, only she usually channels that stubbornness towards gaming and her net idol career. Kagami is a bit of a perfectionist, especially when it comes to her work. This is what makes her such an excellent webpage designer. Online, Kagami is both witty and forthcoming. She even has a premium members-only page on her net idol site full of panty shots and other cheeky, fetish photos. If you meet her face-to-face, though, you might think her shy or even aloof. She's just not very good with meeting people physically.

The Avatar

Name: Kei Kyouki
Other Aliases: Kei, Sir Kei of the Light
Gender: Female
Age: 24
Height: 6'7"
Hair Color: Blonde
Eye Color: Azumarine
Skin Color: Pale
Other Distinguishing Features: Countless scars on her body from her childhood and her battles.
Orientation: Bi-curious

Description/Images

In regular armour:

In agility-boosting armour:

Personality

As a knight, Kei is the upholder of justice. She is serious most of the time, and would dispatch evil without second thoughts. Kei wields her blade with skill and no hesitation. She likes nothing better than to spar, either with words or through a hunt, with haughty male knights, only to force them into defeat. However, her hard personality hides a compassion for her party members, when she deigns to hunt in a party.

Moonrise would most likely find Kei in some respectable tavern drinking only red wine. Those who engage in conversation with her find her witty and sarcastic. Few, save the most drunk, have ever tried taking her to bed. She accepts even fewer offers, and amongst those whom she accepts, there are divided reports about her powress in bed. Some claim she is as harmless and eager as a mewling kitten, while others insist she is every bit as much a conqueror in bed as on the battlefield. Who is right? No one really knows.

Biography/History

Class: Chevaleresse (female knight)
Race: Human
Reputation: Known for being a lone ranger. Most have heard her name, but few her true personality.
Gods Worshipped: Freya, Goddess of Beauty and War
Marital Status: Single
Friends: None at the moment
History: Kei was born to poor farmers who could barely feed their new daughter along with their other seven children. So at birth, Kei was sold to an elderly knight and his barren wife. The old man doted on his adopted daughter, but his wife was jealous and bitter that she could not produce a child of her own for her husband. Whenever the knight was away on his knightly duties, his wife would beat their adopted daughter and treat her like a slave girl. Kei always endured the beatings for her adopted father's sake, because she knew he still loved his wife dearly.

Whenever her adopted father was home, Kei would follow him around the castle. She especially loved watching him in the training field, practicing his swordsmanship and archery. Noticing her interest, the old knight taught her some sword skill and horseback riding. He also taught her how to read and write. This only made his wife more sour, since "girls should help out in the house, and not play with swords". The old man merely laughed when his wife complained, but he never stopped Kei from learning or practicing.

One day, when Kei was 16, the castle was under siege. The old knight and his men fought valiantly, but could not fend off the intruders. The old man and his wife was killed, and Kei herself was captured. That night, she lost her virginity in the camp of the invaders as she was passed from man to man like some prize whore. She managed to escape from the band of intruders in the forest some nights later. Hungry, weak, and with clothes torn, she managed to find her way to a small village, where she managed to earn some money dancing and doing some other things in a tavern. With that, she bought herself some better clothes and her first blade. She swore to herself to fight and depend only on herself from then on, and she has not looked back since.

Magic Focus

Enflame weapon: Engulfs a weapon in fire to make it 50% more effective
Holy aura: Surrounds user with an aura of light. Reduces damage and susceptibilty to status defects such as poison.
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Skills

Weapon Mastery (Two-handed sword): Increased damage when wielding a two-handed sword.
Increased Stamina: Has more dexterity and life.
Riding: Can ride mountable animals such as horses and ponies.
Camp Chef: Able to put together a meal from ingredients picked and hunted in the forest, with 99.9% guarantee of not being poisoned.

Equipment

Strength Armour: Increases strength and offers high defence. Her regular armour.
Agility Armour: Increases dexterity and stealth, but has lower defence. Used for stealth missions.
Gi-Ceart: Her experimental model gunblade, made with her own design. Kei isn't much of a ranged attacker, though, so she uses the blade function more than the gun.

Weaknesses

Luckless: As it says, Kei has rotten luck.
Hubris: Some may say Kei is too prudish and self-righteous. This has gotten her into trouble before, when dealing with some shadier parts of some towns.
Shadow of the Past: No matter how many years has passed, Kei cannot forget the death of her family, especially her dear adopted father. If anyone tries to joke about it or even speaks of it lightly, they had better be prepared to face a furious knight.
Lone Ranger: As one who usually hunts alone, Kei has no real friends to call upon when she is in trouble.

[isambard]

Submitting my sheet :) Hope there's a spot for me!

The Gamer

Birth Name: Graham Clarke
Other Aliases: Gray
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 5'10''
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Skin Color: White
Other Distinguishing Features: Vintage spectacles
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Biography

Occupation: Trust-fund brat
Income: Substantial
Belief System: None defined; agnostic.
Marital Status: Single
Friends: Few. Mostly the RL people he interacts with are the staff of his family home. He has contact with some others over forum connections.

Personality

Spoiled, idle, easily addicted and quick to temper if things don't go his way. He has little patience for what he sees as 'mundane' real-life tasks, and less for the people who try and remind him of his obligations to complete them. Somewhat self-absorbed and with a huge feeling of entitlement, the people he meets in person aside from the people paid by his family to wait on him rarely stick around for any length of time.

The Avatar

Name: Zam Sharrow
Other Aliases:
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Height: 5'10''
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Color: Olive
Other Distinguishing Features: A scar running the length of his left arm. It is usually hidden by his sleeve.
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

This guy, minus the hood.

Personality

Greedy and arrogant. If it's valuable, not nailed down, and light enough to carry, he's going to take it. If caught or spotted by a guard, he'll simply bribe his way out of trouble. Similarly to Graham, he values himself above all others; he's unlikely to help a party member out if he can get ahead or carry on unnoticed. On completion of a large heist, he's likely to get as drunk as possible in the shortest amount of time, and becomes an awful braggard. Otherwise, he usually keeps fairly quiet.

Biography/History

Class: Thief
Race: Human, quarter elf.
Reputation: Not exactly stellar. If the stigma surrounding thieves weren't enough, he finds it increasingly difficult to team up with other people as word about his ruthlessness gets around.
Gods Worshipped: None.
Marital Status: Single.
Friends: Only the fences he's built a professional relationship with.
History: His VR career of taking on jobs and heists meant for multiple theives, allowing them to be caught and claiming the team's spoils as his own meant he ascended the skills and levels ladder much faster than he should have. It also earned him exactly no friends among those of his class, and only barely retains his membership of the loose guild of his peers. He has never left Everesta, having never felt the need. It's full enough of rich estates, fat merchant purses and enough fences to spread the wealth around that everything Zam's ever wanted (or needed to get rid of) could be accomplished without ever leaving the city boundaries. He keeps making heists and commissioned thefts in the hope that he'll be given an epic quest and finally catapult himself into the ranks of vaunted PCs who've accomplished such feats.

Magic Focus

Black: Shadow weaving, spells of muffling. Nothing offensive, just things to buff his stealth skills.

Skills

Stealth
Agility
Lockpicking
Minor Luck

Equipment

Shadowsilk Armour
Bag of Holding
Lockpicks
Blackened steel dagger

Weaknesses

Low Constitution
His Name Is Mud (unlikely to be able to call for help if he wants it or not)
Quick Temper
Slight magic susceptibility

[Vergil1989]

Both Minerva and Isambard, you both good to go my friends.  Check out the OOC first, then the character thread then the IC is yours.  I'll look at your profile next Melisa.

[Vergil1989]

Looks good hun.

[Lucifia]

Yay! more players! Does anyone want to work in a friendship with Vicky?

[Darwishi]

I was gonna do either Evelyn or Erin to be friends with Vicky.

[MelisaArtemis]

So... can I put her at the character thread and start playing now? :P

[Vergil1989]

Yep!  Go for it hun and enjoy your stay lol.

[Lucifia]

I was gonna do either Evelyn or Erin to be friends with Vicky.

awesome! Hey if evelyn and Vicky were together, and we got more hair colors, then we can have the Eden epic version of the power rangers:P

[Vergil1989]

LMAO, very true Lucifia.

[MelisaArtemis]

awesome! Hey if evelyn and Vicky were together, and we got more hair colors, then we can have the Eden epic version of the power rangers:P

I volunteer as yellow or Blue or white :P

[Darwishi]

Isn't Yellow always the one to get her ass kicked? =P

[Vergil1989]

I thought that was Pink?  :P

[Darwishi]

Pink got into trouble but she'd always be the stronger of the two females.  At least, that was the case when it first started...

And now I feel old.

[Vergil1989]

You're not the only one Dar buddy since I remember one of the rangers actually dying, and it was a Pink ranger no less.  That as far as I am aware, has never happened before or has it happened since.  They've lost their powers, been replaced, etc, but none save for that one time has ever died.

[MelisaArtemis]

actually, now most of the time pink is swapped for white. well... more like white with pink marking on it XDDD

[Vergil1989]

Heya Melissa, there's an OOC that you can post in.  You really should have done that first before going right for the IC lol.

[MelisaArtemis]

Ah, sorry ^^;

[minerva7790]

Yay! more players! Does anyone want to work in a friendship with Vicky?

If you want more friends or more Power Ranger colours, my Kagami can do that! I would imagine she wears pink wigs quite often as part of her sweet Lolita outfits.

Also, thanks for the accept, Vergil! See you all in the OOC and IC!

[Lucifia]

If you want more friends or more Power Ranger colours, my Kagami can do that! I would imagine she wears pink wigs quite often as part of her sweet Lolita outfits.

Also, thanks for the accept, Vergil! See you all in the OOC and IC!

I'd love for Vicky to be friends with Kei;), we'll have to think up how they met and the type of friendship:), any ideas?

[minerva7790]

I'd love for Vicky to be friends with Kei;), we'll have to think up how they met and the type of friendship:), any ideas?

Lucifia, shall we discuss in the OOC? ;)

[Lucifia]

Of course!

[Vergil1989]

Well, I had one person never get an IC post up and I just had my Co-GM pull out since RL has decided to pick up, in a good way, but because of it he is going to be too busy.  So, I need more people for this lol.

[BlackLightning]

well, looks interesting and my wife is here so I thought to give this a roll.

The Gamer

Birth Name: Ryuuji Kurokaze
Other Aliases: Ryuuji or Ryuu
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 173 cm
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Deep Brown / Black
Skin Color: Brown / Tanned
Other Distinguishing Features: Scars of various sizes all over his body
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Ryuuji is relatively tall for an Asian descent. although he doesn't look it at the first glance, he is actually very fit with his lean swimmer-like muscle and broad shoulder which shows he works out a lot. He is usually seen wearing a T-shirt under a (zipped or unzipped) black sport jacket accompanied with dark colored trousers or jeans and a black sport shoes.

Biography

Occupation: Actually a Yakuza leader but as a cover, he goes as University Student
Income: Yakuza dealing and Inheritance, they are more than substantial.
Belief System: None (atheist)
Marital Status: Single
Friends: His right hand man and other few at the university

Personality

Ryuuji mostly has a cold personality, even emotionless in his dealing with other people mostly due to him spending his childhood years on the street until he was 12 years old when he was adopted by the deceased Yakuza leader. Only a very select few actually knows that underneath his cold exterior actually lies a passionate person who is simply socially awkward. Although he is a Yakuza, he has a deep ingrained sense of justice thanks to his deceased asopted father who taught him lessons in moral and a clear line between right and wrong, the same philsophy that rules the dealing of the group he led, so much that they are known to be a city protector than a band of criminal vigilante. He is a natural leader who is not afraid to take on responsibilities and made the hard decision when it counts the most. Although not many people knows it, he actually treasure those who are close to him, both friends and underlings and will have no qualm to put himself in harms way to protect them.

The Avatar

Name: Ryuuga Raikou
Race: Demon/Human hybrid
Other Aliases: The Black Destroyer
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 175
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Black
Skin Color: Tanned
Other Distinguishing Features: none
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Personality

Like his real life counter part, Ryuuga is a silent individual who mostly kept to himself, socializing only if it is necessary. He is known to tackle quests by himself even if it is one that is supposed to be done in small groups. Rarely staying at one place, he always journeys from place to place just because he can, nothing is off limit for him, from the dark pit of hell gate to the peak of the highest mountain, neary all place he has visited with the only place he hasn't is the land said to be floating in the sky or heaven itself.

He prides himself as a mercenary or a freelancer as he calls himself and he knows that he is one of the best there is allows him the priviledge of choosing the jobs he wants to do at his own leisure. If there is 1 thing he hates though are deliberate player killers or bullies as he calls them, although he is by no means protector of the weak, he will not stand the sight of injustice, not without him acting on it.

Biography/History

Class: Dark Knight.
Reputation: Good. Although he is not someone that can be classed as evil, his method of delivering said justice tend to leave sour taste of both the victim and the one he was dealing with since the said method are usually happen to be destroy first, ask later. That is if there are still enough left of the person to be asked.
Gods Worshipped: None (Atheist)
Marital Status: single
Friends: None although he has lots of acquintance
History:
Noone knows where Ryuuga was born exactly, there are theories of his birth but most of them are rumours at best. He was found by a passing knight as a child when the boy was hunting for food by himself despite obviously never had any prior learning. His ferociousness and talent impressed the knight greatly who later took him in under his wings as he took the boy to the Knight training ground. It doesn't take long to find that the boy is a prodigy at fighting, the courage, talent and dedication to training would normally made him a definite knight material however it cannot be denied that the boy is too ferocious for the job. It is unknown if Ryuuga finally ran away from the training ground or he was expelled but it is an undeniable fact that he vanish from the place and soon enough, noone remembered him.

It was until not too long ago when his name suddenly emerged again out of nowhere, in particular when the rumour that a black armored knight wielding a pair of swords showed up in aboresta when it was invaded by orcs. Rumour has it that the knight single-handedly slaughter every single orc and fight like madness incarnate, uncaring and unreserved as he destroys the entire orc army before going back to the town drenched in blood from head to toe, noone ever sure if the blood is actually his own or from the orcs.

Ever since then, he keeps popping out here and there and everywhere he showed up, death and destruction can be found soon after. That most of the victims being demonic creatures does not lessen the fact that they are brutally murdered in the slighest. 

Magic Focus

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Skills

Dual sword: He is skilled enough to wield 2 swords at the same time and fight effectively with them
Sword skill: He is a master swordsman, nearly all sword skills are at least known to him or even mastered
Agility: His fighting style consist of full attack depending on his agility not only to evade enemy attacks but also to take on multiple enemies at once.

Equipment

Inverse Scare: One of the twin sword he is using, black in color and has the ability to curse the person slashed by it by making the wound to never stop bleeding. Seemingly sentient.
Bloody Roar: One of the twin sword he is using, bright red in color and has the ability to get sharper and sharper as it tastes blood. Seemingly sentient.
Berserker Armor: Black armor which has the ability to greatly improve the user's physical ability in battle, effectively forcing them to fight regardless of injuries until all enemies are destroyed.

Weaknesses

Fatigue: The berserker armor pushed his body beyond the limit in battle, prolonged battle will be disadvantageous and after the battle ended, he will be effectively disabled until his battle injuries healed.
Vigilante: He is wanted in several cities due to his action in battle.
Madness: During battle especially big ones, he tend to lose the ability to differentiate between enemy and friend even descend to indiscriminate killing.  
Untrusting: Finds it really hard to trust others, prefering to take on challenges alone instead.

[Vergil1989]

Other than seeing no race classification I love this profile BlackLightning.  Other than some grammar issues as well, I'd be glad to have you aboard.

[BlackLightning]

Well, the character sheet doesn't ask for the avatar race but I'll add it anyway. I'll have a post or two up shortly, hope you don't mind if my character starts off at the reality thread, not ingame.

[Vergil1989]

That totally fine and I do actually ask for a race thing in a previous post, but the profile sheet itself never got the addition unfortunately.  Oh well, no biggie, but regardless I'm glad to have ya.

[Darwishi]

So here's a weird thing.  The code didn't grab the "Race" part of the biography post.  If you check out my original post (or the first one on the Character thread) under the biography heading there's a "Race" category directly under biography (which is why I thought Vergil was blind when he brought it up) but it's not in the code.

Weeeeeird.

[Vergil1989]

We could use a couple more people for Eden guys and gals.  Feel free to peruse what's here but I am hoping for at least two more people although the group I have now is pretty cool and awesome lol.  Anyway, just hoping for a couple more.  Adios!

[Vergil1989]

I'm hoping to get a couple of more people for this still.  My current group is pretty good but we're down at least one person for sure and we might have lost a second, not sure on that yet.

[Lucifia]

still  here!

[DigitLninja]

I'm here, I'm in, posting character soon ^^

[DigitLninja]

The Gamer

Birth Name: Chip Roberts
Other Aliases: n/a
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Height: 6'
Hair Color: black
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Color: White
Other Distinguishing Features: Tattoo on left rib with the rib circled and an arrow that reads 'Eve'
Orientation: Straight

Description/Images

Biography

Occupation: Inheritor of Family Fortune
Income: 5.7 mill a minute
Belief System: Open
Marital Status: Single
Friends: Gold diggers

Personality

Born into a good family who's great-great-grandfather built a key component for every refrigeration unit used today, Chip was lucky enough to not grow up too selfish due to a series of events in his childhood that taught him the value of good friends, and the difference between people who like you for your money and people who like you for you. These events coupled with some friends met at the E3 gaming conference made him into a true gaming nerd, who enjoys meeting people through games and making fantasy a reality. One of the original beta testers of Eden, he is now fully submersed in the game on a daily basis.

The Avatar

Name: DigitLninja
Other Aliases: Digit, Beta Assassin, Boy Scout, The Kind Hearted Killer, Cherry Picker
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Height: 6'
Hair Color: Black with Red Stripes
Eye Color: Green
Skin Color: Bronze
Other Distinguishing Features: none
Orientation: straight

Description/Images

Personality

Known as 'the kind hearted assassin' Digit only takes jobs that will keep his character on the good side of the personality scale. As such his items have all been attuned to his 100% light side status and he finds himself taking down more and more 'evil' opponents. Also known around the brothels as the 'Cherry Picker'

Biography/History

Class: Assassin
Reputation: A halo would appear over this character's head if it were programed to do so, he is kind and generous to all NPC's and fellow PC's in every sector. From time to time Evil PC's will challenge him to a Player Battle simply for treating them with respect and kindness.
Gods Worshipped:
Falcore the Dragon of Light (Provides a Dragon mount 'for travel only' and a bonus to attacks with a Light based weapon. ~extra points if you guess the reference~)
Ezio: Teacher of the Creed (Provides access to 'Hidden Blade' weapons in all stores and bonus rolls to all stealth based missions.)
The Yamakasi (Provides bonuses to all movements and allows character to preform Parkour movements.)
Marital Status: Single
Friends: Located world wide, more loyal than the family dog.
History: Used as the main for Chip for several years, based on the character he used in the Beta test but upgraded greatly when the new features were introduced.

According to the Biography: Born into a family of honorable thieves known as the Coopers, this humble ninja chooses to make his bleak job more enjoyable by making sure who he is killing is for the greater good. By gathering as much information as possible before moveing forward he guarantees that no kill will be made till he is sure that the reproductions of his actions will lead to the masses being better off. Digit would gladly give his life for an innocent man, woman, or child (so long as he has 98 to spare) and his dedication to the Assassins Creed is more solid than the door to Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad's library.

According to Additional Information: Left, Left, Right, Right, Up, Down, B.

Magic Focus

None

Skills

:Stealth
:Agility
:Hand to Hand Combat
:Blade Combat
:Lock Picking
:Pick Pocketing
:Information Gathering
:Assassin Tools and Weapons

Equipment

Hidden Light Blades: Allows character to preform stealth attacks and kill two enemies at once.
La Volpe's Bite Sword: Gives a bonus to all Pick Pockets.
Throwing Knives: Allows for distance kills and needs to be replenished regularly at shops.
Mehmet's Dagger: Allows character to preform mercy killings if necessary, and greatly improves counter attack when used in battle.
Assassins Lock Pick Set: Allows character to pick locks.
Cloak of the Assassin Trinity: Provides bonuses to all skills and increases HP and Defense by Twenty-Five percent.

Weaknesses

Innocent People: Will not attack if an innocent is at stake.
Friends: Will not attack if a friend is at stake.
Magic Based Attacks: Extra damage to all element based attacks if a hit is landed.
Sleep Status Effect: If put to sleep an assassin is expected to die.

[Vergil1989]

Ok, your avatar history is way too short there Ninja buddy.  You need to expand on that a great deal beyond what's there now.  Part two, you have some interesting equipment but no explanation for what the armor and stuff is for or what it does for ya.  Part three, this is a freeform game so you don't need to have any numbers or whatever anywhere in your profile bud.  Beyond that though it looks quite promising although I would like a bit more in your reputation as well.

[DigitLninja]

I will work on those, but have you guessed the reference yet?

and the character has been repaired.

[Vergil1989]

The Fable ref I got easily thanks to your halo thing but the dragon god bit is still a bit unknown to me.  Beyond that though Digit looks promising and the fact you used pics from White Collar is just cool lol.  Welcome aboard bud, everyone is currently in the Reality part of things for now but I plan to change back to Eden before the day is over if all goes well.  Was sick yesterday and still losing my voice a bit today.

[DigitLninja]

Falcore is the name of the dragon in 'The Never Ending Story' both the movies and the books... I wasn't even subtle about it...

The Neverending Story

I love Neal Caffery and that show... I am currently re-watching it...

yeah I had something that beat me down for 2 weeks before I got antibiotics... unfortunately it may be coming back.

[Vergil1989]

Now I feel like a complete ass since I should have recognized Falcore's name.  I used to LOVE The Neverending Story when I was a kid lol.  Beyond that though, I hope you too get to feeling better there Ninja buddy.

[DigitLninja]

yeah me too... looking to get onto a healthcare plan and see a real doctor next month...

oh also in my history another reference: 'Coopers a noble band of thieves' I am currently playing Sly Cooper...

[Vergil1989]

Lol I figured that one out since I like Sly Cooper a great deal and I'm looking forward to the 4th addiction to the collection.  Thieves Across Time I believe it was called.  Still, good luck to ya Ninja and hope that you enjoy yourself a great deal here.

To everyone else, this Interest thread will be open to at least two more people if anyone wishes to throw their lot in the game.  Come on come all!  Dovahkin (dragonborn,) Knights/Templars, and too many to really list are all welcome and in any race that fits in a fantasy game is more than welcome here.

[Vergil1989]

Massive update to the first page of this interest thread guys and gals.  I hope they help now that everything is in one place.

[Katra Alexion]

I like very much and will see about making a character sometime soon

[Vergil1989]

Hello you sexy minx you, welcome aboard.  ;D

[Lucifia]

I like very much and will see about making a character sometime soon

Ya! Welcome aboard! Its fun here. Very indepth:). for the person who likes long reads an long replies:)

I got a nice song I'd love Vicky to sing at some point, hopefully she'll get the chance.!

[Vergil1989]

It seems I'm in need of a couple of more people ladies and gentlemen.  A couple of my old people have disappeared and I'm hoping to keep this game going.  Anyway, it hasn't gotten too far into things since this is a slower running RP I've made but if things pick up, I'm not gonna complain lol.  At any rate, hope to see you all soon!

[Lucifia]

*gallops circles around Vergil* Yippee-Kayay Mother-*censored*!

[Vergil1989]

Settle down you dork lol.