Welcome to Caerlorn Academy: A Recruitment Thread (LGBTQ Friendly)

[JessLowell12]

Caerlorn Academy

A Recruitment Thread

Welcome to my recruitment thread! This game is based in Caerlorn, the city of vampires located in the pocket realm of Moiras! All the world building information for Caerlorn itself can be found here.

This post itself will focus on the rules of the game, character creation, and any questions that have been frequently asked of me.

A quick index of this post:

Description
Links
Rules
Character Creation
Roles at Caerlorn Academy
FAQ
Changelog

Caerlorn Academy

Two letters were sent out across the world, one addressed to human mages, and the other to vampires of varying ages and experience levels. These letters have requested that people apply, and attend, the newly established Caerlorn Academy. The purpose to this Academy? An experimental period of time that allows humans and vampires to coexist on a larger scale.

Humans have been the subject of much discussion within Moiras's council, and Queen Jean Penelope Lowell has decided its time to reach out. For thousand of years the races of human and fey have been separated due to hundreds of years worth of bloodshed. The Queen has faith that humans, and fey, have matured beyond this hatred of each other, and now believes it is appropriate to allow the humans access to Moiras, slowly but surely. They start with mages, most are capable of learning to defend themselves on a powerful scale, and in Moiras, that is necessary.

The Academy's purpose is to teach these mages to defend themselves, and to teach young vampires to respect humans the same way they would another vampire. The idea is to establish equal footing for humans and vampires alike. The coexistence is to show the fey that humans can be trusted, and to show the humans that fey do not need to be feared. Will it work?

This game is intended to get dark, it will have various plot lines, but my hope is that plot lines will be mostly player run. As GM I will have various overarching plot lines take place. However, player participation is obviously necessary, and so lots of discussion will happen between us. Please feel free to ask questions, and join me on this journey!

Currently I am accepting up to ten characters, but if interest increases I will boost my player base. Characters already established can be found in the world building thread. Links for major threads will be below the description section here.

Important Links

Moiras World-Building Thread

Current Character List and Face Claims

OOC

Player Character Thread

Caerlorn Academy In Character Thread

Rules

Here I will outline rules that I as the GM would like to see followed in my game. Its not an expansive list, but the shortness of said list should outline the importance of the list.

As always, first and foremost is to follow all of E's rules and regulations.

1. Communication is key. Moiras is a dark and edgy place, and can contain triggers. I'll have post headers with a warning tag, please utilize this, especially if the subject might be triggering. Above all else the mental health of the players is my top priority.

2. No God Modding or Metagaming. If you know something ooc that your character would not know, keep it ooc only. Other characters are not yours to play, so remember to respect other players and what they want their characters to say or do.

3. Magic is a tricky subject, and so magic rules will be listed on the magic post. Please be sure to read up on that before you attempt to use magic IC, and please note that I might say that your character would face consequences for trying to do certain things. Magic always comes with a price.

4. Any extended absences must be communicated or your character might be deactivated. I understand real life takes prevalence, just let me know please. I'll put your character on hold for now, or off to the side. With your permission I might make them an NPC just to finish up scenes with others, or if they become an integral part of the story. I would rather do justice to you and your character then see them go limp.

5. I prefer not to see non-con in my games. I realize sometimes the story calls for it, so I ask that you warn me before hand. Or be absolutely sure to use the warning tag on the post headers!

6. Respect your fellow role player!

7. Players will be restricted to two characters each. This rule may change later during the time frame of the game, but for ease purposes, we'll keep it at two for now.

8. Exceptions to the two character rule will be made for NPCs. Any NPCs a player wishes to create to fill out their vampiric family are allowed to be played by the player at any time it becomes necessary. NPCs should be created the same way a character would, with the full character sheet filled out depending whether they are human or vampire. A list of GM run NPCs will also be up, and can be played by the GM or other player characters when necessary.

Character Creation

So there are two types of characters you can create in this game; Vampires and Humans. However, there are many races in the land of Moiras to work off of. So a full character creation post will be included for vampires and humans, but only very key details will be given for other races. If you wish to know more, keep checking my Moiras world building post here.

We'll start with the crème de le crème, Vampires!

Vampires

You are formally invited;
   
   Vampires, dhampirs, and general dark seeded creatures of the night. A new opportunity has reared its head for our kind! Co-existence!
   
   With the new decree from her Majesty, Jean Penelope Lowell, allowing humans of the magical variant to come and go, Caerlorn has decided to open its very own academy, and you my good citizens are invited.
   
   We need more than just students though. We reach out to you to join us as faculty, applications will be attached to this letter, for those of you among the age to teach our younglings.
   
   Students, an application will also be sent out to you, to expand our student body. You'll find the rules and regulations within your student handbook once you apply.
   
   I call out to you, the vampires of Caerlorn to help us realize her Majesty's wishes, and embrace our mortal brethren with open arms. Let's show humans we are not to be feared, and instead can serve as their friends and companions!
   
Yours Truly;

Lucia Corraine

More detailed information can be found here: Vampires.

Age Ranges: 18 to over a thousand years old. Vampires are considered immortal, but only the oldest members of a family have lived for over a thousand years. Speak to me in PMs if you wish to make a vampire older then 500.

Rank: There are six ranks to vampiric society, which will be posted below. Please if you choose a dhampir, indicate that in this spot, and indicate what race the other half of you is. All the races available for former race apply to being a dhampir. Please also note the rank of Magistrate is off limits.
Powers should reflect what other half-race you are, but keep in mind you are confined to the specific vampiric magic schools as a dhampir, and will have limited use of other magics that require a life force beyond blood. For example, herbology/nature magic would not be something you could do unless you were half-elf, and even then this would be limited. See magic for more information.

     Magistrate: The most powerful woman in Caerlorn, and of the vampires, Lucia Corraine has been magistrate since the day vampires formed a society officially.

    Council Members: The most revered members of Vampiric Society. They sit on the council, most are elders, and they make the decisions for the city. They are the reason the Academy is opening.

    Vampire Lord or Lady: Head of a family, this vampire typically has at least 4 or 5 childes to their name, from there the family just gets bigger and bigger.

    Vampire Heir/Heiress: Heir to the family, should anything befall the Lord or Lady unexpectedly. Very much a heavy political position within a family. No one can be heir without siring at least one childe before they are afforded the title.

    Vampire: Simply a vampire, a member of a family, and an individual with a purpose. Further the family.

    Dhampir: Half-vampire, often looked down upon, can become a full vampire upon choice. Lowest member of society.


Physical Powers: Super-Speed, Super-Strength, and one unique ability. Send me your ideas! My thought would be things like hypnosis, or telekinesis, maybe levitation!

               Shapeshifting: Every vampire can shapeshift into one specific form, usually an animal of some sort. Shapeshifting can be a unique ability, if the vampire wishes to expand their forms. Vampires can also shift to their true and humanity forms. Shifting form should be included in physical powers.

Magic: A list of specific magical schools can be found in the worldbuilding thread, Vampires have these three magics off the bat.

   Necromancy: The magic of stealing or manipulating a life force to raise the dead, or extend another's life.
   Blood Magic: The magic of using blood in rituals or spells, this can translate into using blood made weapons, or family blood magic. Used to create a full vampire.
   Shadow Magic: (Different from what Blackwell's use) The use of shadows to make oneself disappear, or capture others. Can be used for stealth, or espionage. Useful for individuals wishing to be stealthy.

If they are students they would be at the rank of adept or initiate. To be clear, vampires can know more then just these three magical disciplines, but excel specifically at learning. Vampires are also restricted in the types of magic they can preform. Check out the magic world building post for more details on this.

Physical Appearance: This is yours to play with, however, follow E's rules. No character can appear or be under the age of 18.

Face Claim: On this note, please use a face claim that is an actual person. Extra art may be animated or drawn for the character, I just like seeing real faces to put to characters.

Former Race: Now this gets a bit more tricky, I'll list below the races a vampire might have been before being turned. This will include life expectancy and powers. Each vampire transitions with the powers of their former race except if it interacts with nature or requires their own life force. For example, Elves connection to nature is cut off when turned into a vampire, making their magical abilities unusable. Dwarves however, will still have the connection to crystals and stones, because that does not require a living life source to manipulate.

      WereBeast: 100-200 years old, Shifting, Beast Form
      Elf: 150-300 years old, Basic Telepathy (Not typically turned due to a love of Nature)
      Dwarf: 150-300 years old, Ground Keepers, Rock Smash, Crystal Manipulation
      Goblin: 80-100 years old, Quick, Small, Stealthy, Companion of the Orcs
      Orc: 80-100 years old, Typically comes has goblin companion, Strong, bare fisted strong, good at construction, can lift things even a vampire couldn't.
      Human (See humans below): 100-120 years, Smart, Resourceful, access to ritualistic magic, Technology savants, some regular magics, most likely to be turned.
      Kikandrians: 200-500 years old (sometimes older), Aliens, magical beings, fast but not strong, physiology resists being turned so its highly unlikely this race is a full blooded vampire. More likely to be Dhampir.

Family Line: Every vampire comes from a vampire line. There are currently a few established families in the Worldbuilding post, and you are welcome to join any freely that are GM Played. (Please contact players if you wish to join their families, you can also discuss this in the OOC). But should you wish to create your own family, you can use the application found in the spoiler button just after this paragraph.

Family Application

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[b]Family Name:[/b] Surname of Vampiric Family

[b]Player Submitting Application: [/b]

[b]Lord/Lady:[/b] Head of Family

[b]Heir:[/b] Heir of family (Not yet found is a viable answer)

[b]Vampires:[/b] Who is in your family? 3 members is fine for up and coming families.

[b]Brief Family Tree:[/b] Please list who sired who, and who claimed who.

[b]Family Symbol:[/b] Every family gives a symbol when they register with Caerlorn's council, please keep this simple and down to one symbolic image. Add pictures if you can.

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[size=14pt][b]Basic Information[/b][/size]

[b]Nickname:[/b] Any shortened names or nicknames your character might be or has been called. This is optional.

[b]Birthplace:[/b] Where was your vampire born?

[b]Former Race:[/b] A list of races and their cities/homesteads is available here. Age expectancy for each race will also be listed.

[b]Date of Birth:[/b] When was this vampire born?

[b]Date of Transition:[/b] When did this vampire become a creature of the night?

[b]Rank:[/b] Where does your Vampire stand in society?

[b]Occupation:[/b] What does your vampire for for a living?

[b]Academy Role:[/b] Professor, Staff, or Youngling?

[b]Family Line:[/b] What family does your character belong to? (If a new family, please see the family application sheet.)

[b]Face Claim:[/b] Please use a realistic face claim here.

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[b]General Description:[/b] What does your vampire look like, feel free to add pictures outside your face claim to this.

[b]Personality:[/b] How and what does your character think? This can be in a bullet format.

[b]Strengths/Skills:[/b]

[b]Flaws/Weaknesses:[/b]

[b]History:[/b] You are welcome to include as much of this as you want when your sheet is posted, but please give the GM a full history upon application of character.

[b]Family Tree:[/b] Who is in your family?

[b]Powers:[/b] Does your character have super speed? Super strength? This should be discussed at length with the GM if the powers are outside of the norm for vampires. These include powers from their race before they became undead. See magic for innate magical powers.

[b]Magical Studies:[/b] What are they studying, if anything, when it comes to magic? Blood? Shadows? Necromancy? Please include disciplines and mastery rank here.

[b]Connections:[/b] Who has your character interacted with? This can be filled in later, but should include anyone fed upon.

[b]Extra:[/b] Anything else? Outfits, gear? Familiars?

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Humans

Witches and Warlocks,

   I reach out to you today to extend an invitation to join us here in Moiras. As I am sure many of you are aware, Moiras is a pocket realm located in Scotland, containing the home of various forms of Fey. Why am I explaining all this in a letter?
   
   Well, recently I have worked with the council of Vampires, to establish an Academy of some renown to teach human spell-crafters such as yourselves how to defend against the creatures of the night, the Fey who would ignore our pleas to follow the law. I sincerely hope that you as powerful individuals of the human race, will consider this offer, and for years to come we might provide the same teachings to students both vampire and human alike.
   
   The terms will be indicated on a separate sheet from this letter, and the application will also be included.
   
   We welcome you to our home, sincerely.
   
Thank you for your time,

Her Majesty, Queen Jean Penelope Lowell of New Kikandrian

More detailed information can be found here: Humans

Age Range: Humans attending the Caerlorn Academy should be between the ages of 18 and 50. Sometimes an older character is a nice touch to an otherwise young cast. However, older humans in this case might not get claimed, and that can be incredibly dangerous for them.

Home and Date of Birth: So I would like to see an explanation of where your character is from, and see when they were born. Was it the 60s? 70s? I like to know what ages these humans grew up in. History is the same as our own history.

Occupation: This can be anything from banker to firefighter. It matters not to me where you placed your character getting money, occupation has no bearing on the entrance to the academy, but it does tell me what kind of person your character might be.

Family Name: Each human will be paired with a vampire at the academy, so they will adopt the family name of the vampire they are paired with. It does not mean they are claimed as of yet, but the academy strongly recommends a claiming within the first week.

General Description and Face Claim: Please keep your humans resembling humans. Also use actual people, models/actresses/social media stars are all fine. You can use fantasy art/anime for any further images. But I like to see a real life representative of the character.

History: This should be self explanatory, I'd like a good amount of history, humans won't have as much as vampires of course. So keep that in mind. When posting your characters in the character sheet thread, you may leave this blank or tell others to explore a connection in character. But for approval please send a full history. You might just get a reward for doing this.

Powers: Does your human have a unique ability? Are they an empath? Telekinetic? Telepathic? Seer? What prompted them to explore magic to begin with, if they did?

Magic: Humans cannot use certain magics, like soul magic or blood magic. But they can use almost any magics available. Magics will be explained here.

Connections: I cannot express enough how important connections are in a world of vampires. The more connected, the safer a human is. You're taking a risk being here, make friends quick, and you'll go far.

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[b]Nickname:[/b] What are you commonly called?

[b]Home:[/b] Where did they live before coming to the Academy

[b]Date of Birth:[/b] Self-Explanatory I think?

[b]Occupation:[/b] What do you do for money? Outside of attending the Academy now of course.

[b]Academy Role:[/b] Staff or Mage? (Humans with many years of magic use can be an exception and become a Professor. Must be very convincing in their history why this might be so. Very few humans will be invited to be Professors.)

[b]Family Name:[/b] Has a vampire family invited you to become one of their claimed humans? If so, put that name here. When invited into a family, humans develop a tattoo within 24-48 hours of being bitten. So please add that to your description!

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[b]General Description:[/b] What does this human look like?

[b]Face Claim:[/b] Please include a real life face claim. I do not care if further images include anime or art, I just like to be able to see who I am RPing with.

[b]Personality:[/b] How do you think and feel?

[b]Strengths/Skills:[/b] What is this character good at?

[b]Weaknesses/Flaws:[/b] What is this character bad at?

[b]History:[/b] General history of your human. Birthplace, age, and life choices can be included in this.

[b]Powers:[/b] What kind of magical abilities does this human have that prompted them into the world of witchcraft? Empath? Apathy? Telekinesis?

[b]Magic:[/b] What areas of magic are you studying? Please include disciplines and mastery ranks for this.

[b]Connections:[/b] This should list everyone in game you know. Including NPCs, our planning thread will allow you to make connections very easily, please include who the human has been bitten by.

[b]Theme Music:[/b] Let me hear what makes you jive with your character! (This is optional!)

[b]Extras:[/b] Anything else?

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Roles at Caerlorn Academy

Without teachers we would be nothing. Just shells of useless individuals. But without students, teachers would be useless themselves.

There are four key roles to exist within Caerlorn Academy;

Professor: The professors of Caerlorn Academy are made up of mostly vampires, spread across all disciplines. However with enough talent a human might rise to the rank of professor. Make a good argument for your human!

Mage: The human students of the Academy, learning how to fight back against vampires gone feral and a variety of other fey species. These students are honing their magical crafts and abilities. They will also be taught hand to hand and other martial ways of fighting back.

Younglings: These young vampires are being taught further how to co-exist with humans, while simultaneously being taught the finer details of advanced magics.

Staff: Both human and vampire, staff can mean groundskeeper, deans, assistant principals, or even janitors.

Each of these roles play a key purpose in the maintenance and advancement of the academy. Though Professors and Staff are limited to a specific number, and most of the Staff will be NPCs. Please include in your character application what role you would like to fill. All are open, some are limited. Together we'll create a full roster.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. Are there werewolves in this game?
       A. The short answer is no, however you can play a dhampir whose birthing parent was a werebeast. That werebeast can be a werewolf. Though, vampires do have the ability to shapeshift into one specific thing. If you would like that to be a wolf, by all means, go ahead.

Changelog

1. Adjusted links to lead to worldbuilding thread posts
2. Made some grammatical/spelling corrections
3. Added extra info to magics, powers, and ranks.
4. Adjusted role description for the academy.
5. Added a description.
6. Added Important Links section.
7. Linked WorldBuilding Thread and Characters/Face Claim List.

[Sharon]

I would love to throw my hat into the ring.

[JessLowell12]

I would love to throw my hat into the ring.

Brilliant! Welcome! Any idea what you would like to play?

[Sharon]

Brilliant! Welcome! Any idea what you would like to play?

Sadly not fully sure. I was thinking maybe a human or Dhampir.

[JessLowell12]

Sadly not fully sure. I was thinking maybe a human or Dhampir.

Sounds good! If you have any questions I am happy to answer. :)

[GhostOfPatches]

Hi there! Can I reserve Cecilia Mendez as a faceclaim?

[Sharon]

Do you have any more information like a city for Orc's?

[JessLowell12]

Do you have any more information like a city for Orc's?

Yes actually, the orc settlement is known as Oldscar, and its located in a large patch of woods south of New Kikandria.

What else would you like to know? I just might be able to answer all your questions. I have pretty much all lore set up, just not written out as of yet.

[Sharon]

It said that Orc would have a goblin as company would a Dhampir Orc have one? I only asked because I think of making my character an Dhampir Orc.

[JessLowell12]

It said that Orc would have a goblin as company would a Dhampir Orc have one? I only asked because I think of making my character an Dhampir Orc.

Ah yeah, if you want one! Orcs and goblins live and survive together, so they tend to pair up and do things together. It would stand to reason that if your dhampir orc grew up in Oldscar, they would bring their goblin companion from childhood with them.

Now goblins in this setting are not very intelligent, they tend to let their orc friends handle the intelligence factor. So I would suggest thinking of the goblin companion as a sort of familiar.

[Sharon]

Alright.

is most Dhampir like a one night stand or could it be something more but once the child was born the father leaves? Kind of like Vampire Academy?

[JessLowell12]

Alright.

is most Dhampir like a one night stand or could it be something more but once the child was born the father leaves? Kind of like Vampire Academy?

It can honestly be anything you want it to be. There are some who would jump at the chance to raise a child, and still others who are ashamed of what they did and never look back.

It really depends on the personality of the parents.

[Sharon]

Alright Thanks I think I know which way I am going to go with her. But I will be sure to post any more questions I may have for you.

[JessLowell12]

Alright Thanks I think I know which way I am going to go with her. But I will be sure to post any more questions I may have for you.

Sounds good! I'm here all day, and half the night!

That was a joke.

[Sharon]

I did think of something, what is the year that the this taking place in? So that I could give a birthday and such for her personal time line and things like that.

[JessLowell12]

I did think of something, what is the year that the this taking place in? So that I could give a birthday and such for her personal time line and things like that.

This will be taking place in late 2019.

[Sharon]

You want our Bios sent to PM?

[JessLowell12]

You want our Bios sent to PM?

Yes please!

[Sharon]

Will do

[JessLowell12]

Will do

Thank you! I look forward to seeing your sheet!

[LamentingQuill]

Planting tentative interest.

[JessLowell12]

Planting tentative interest.

Happy to see it!

I am happy to answer any questions you might have.

[JessLowell12]

Update Post:

I have added a new family to the Families of Caerlorn section in the Moiras Worldbuilding Thread, check that out! I've also crafted up a rudimentary family application which I will post up top in the Recruitment Post.


*thumbs up*

I will also be getting the OOC up today so the current players can interact. Keep an eye out for that!

[LamentingQuill]

Just popped the OOC cherry moments ago ^.^

[Storyfaerie]

I would be very interested!