Webs are sticky, and so is this roleplay! It contains gratuitous amounts of inappropriate material. Reader AND player discretion is strongly advised.
This is the game of lies, the game of deceit, and the game of betrayal. Mephala's game, her deception... Her Web.
Taneth, in Hammerfell, is a city of splendour and of wonder. Located beside the shimmering, turquoise Abecean Sea, it is a bustling port, and a massive, sprawling and diverse metropolis. For generations beyond count, it has been ruled by the line of Aziir Sultans, the tremendously wealthy and powerful regents of the city.
The year is 4E199. Like the rest of Hammerfell, the city was subjected to the endless ravages of war with the Aldmeri Dominion, and the scars can still be seen everywhere. Yet, in the sprawling, magnificent palace, luxury is the rule. Happiness and carefree laughter are more common that sadness and tears. Perhaps that is why this great Palace was chosen, chosen to be the target of Mephala's interference in the mundane.
Mephala's Web is an RP based not on loyalty, friendship, and honourable combat, but on lies, intrigues, affairs and betrayals. In fact, there will be no combat whatsoever. In many ways, it is similar to the Molag Bal game. You shall create a character, a denizen of the palace, from a list of archetypes. You will be free to play with these archetypes as much as you want... But you must choose one , unless there is something you want that you think should be on the list. In that case, PM me. As the game starts, you will be PMed two names... One will be a fellow player. For reasons of your own, your character despises the character of another player. It is your objective to bring total ruin to that player, not through violence, but by playing to their loves, fears, passions and desires. You will also be PMed the name of a character you love... whether romantically or sexually, fatherly or motherly, brotherly or sisterly. Even respect or pity. Your objective is to try to make life easier for this other player, and protect them from harm. It is recommended that you try to keep these passions a secret. You shouldn't, however, totally ignore them. It's okay to express open dislike, and it's equally okay to express open kindness while hiding the metaphorical dagger behind your back. If you wish to do something secretly, PM the result of your activity to me and I will post it. For example, you would do this if you wanted to plant one player's underwear in another's quarters.
DA RULES:
1. No godmodding.
2. Proper grammar, or don't join.
3. No Mary Sues or Gary Stus. They will be denied. Simple as that.
4. Speaking of which, I reserve the right to deny or kick anyone for any reason.
5. If you give away your cards, in PMs or other threads, you will be kicked.
6. 1 character per person.
7. PM your characters to me for confirmation, and recommended changes.
8. Have fun backstabbing...
If you read the rules, include the phrase 'I miss the King of Primates' somewhere in your initial post.
Dramatis Personae The Sultan, Haladin the Fifth of House Aziir, by Grace of the Gods Old and New, King of Taneth and Sultan of the Tanethi Crescent.
The Sultan himself, one of the most powerful people in all of Hammerfell. He is entering his fifties, and is scarred from his years of service defending Taneth from the Thalmor. He was despised by the Elves for his absolute fearlessness, and they learned to fear the banner of the crimson eagle, the banner of the Sultan and his grand armies. He is an extremely intelligent and extremely spiritual man, and he has an almost uncanny political aptitude. The Queen, Vera of Windhelm
A beautiful Nordic noblewoman, and a shield-maiden in her own right. She famously fought alongside her southern husband in the great war at the young age of fifteen, fighting with honour and ferocity. The General, Pharomir.
The Sultan's younger brother, who led Taneth's armies in the war. A ruthless and cruel man, and uncle to the prince and princess. The Prince,Haladinthe sixth.
The Sultan's son and heir to the throne. Twin to the princess. A young, handsome, and intelligent man, who takes after his father both in temperament and appearance. He is a true beacon of chivalry, and an unmatched swordsman. He famously defeated the Northern Knight Calixte of Camlorn in a duel. He is as dark of skin as his Redguard father, but inherited his mother's crystalline blue eyes. The Princess,Laila
The Sultan's daughter. Twin to the prince. She is renowned far and wide for her beauty, and for her rebelliousness. While she loves her father, she resents the walls of the palace. She commonly runs away for months at a time to revel in the squalor of Taneth city.
Your Character
It is important to know that little of the RP will occur outside of the palace. Your character must be an inhabitant of the palace, and they must adhere to one of the following professional archetypes... Unless you PM me another suggestion and I approve. For pity's sake, have as many passions, fears, likes and dislikes as you can. Without flaws, the RP will die inevitably.
Name: Helion Sex: Male Race: Breton Profession: Castle Wizard Appearance: long brown hair and purpley eyes, he is a slight, lean man. Personality: a very odd man, he keeps to himself but if you manage to get him talking he will listen and inject some comments Passions: He has a passion for anything that he thinks will help his life and Nirn, he also has an other passion for music Fears: he is scared of being ousted and being a pariah, he is also scared of spiders and big heights Likes: apples, peaches and sweet and beautiful women and men. Dislikes: pompus arrogant people
Username: Imp
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Name: Yolanda Gerdue Sex: Female Race: Imperial Profession: Storyteller Appearance: Yolanda Gerdue has a slim stomach and is a bit muscular(unlike Helga Gerdue) She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet and 4 inches. She usually wears elaborate dresses. and lets her long hair rest on her shoulders. Personality: Yolanda is a very kind person, and always is able to say the right thing, she is never really mean to anyone, unless they are mean to her (or if Mephala has something to do with it) She is polite, and not too self confident. Passions: Yolanda loves fist fighting and telling her storys she finds, and also the ones she makes up. She loves to learn from others and always does what she is asked to do (again, unless Mephala has something to do with it) Fears: She is terrified of the beast races, but doesn't show it in public. She cowers from any form of weapondry, even just seeing it scares her. She finds she would accidently hurt herself, as she isn't the most self confident. She hates things that are out of place, because she also believes she may mistakenly hurt herself. Likes: She likes children and telling them stories. Beast race children are the only children she doesn't mind seeing. She loves to learn from others, and to help others. Dislikes: She doesn't like ill mannered or gross people. She finds furry and scaly things unappealing, and she oddly enough doesn't like music.
Appearance: Samara has long, straight black hair swept behind her light brown back. Her large eyes are a dark slate in color; just below barely visible freckles dot her cheeks. Her face is striking and surprisingly strong for a woman like Samara. This is what Samara wears. She also has a beautifully carved golden ankh that hangs around her neck, studded with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. It is a breathtaking piece of jewelry.
Personality: Samara uses her seductively silky voice to get her way with any man, or occasional woman, she beds. She uses charm to persuade her clients to pay her more. This ability in bed carries over and gives her the ability to use her charm in other situations. The prostitute is used to living a classy life in the palace, because of the hefty payments she receives, so she is surprisingly classy. Samara believes that women are superior to men and likes to prove this by proving she is more clever or cunning than men at any point she can get. Samara is rumored to carry a small dagger in her pants to defend herself. This is because of her life before the castle, which she does not share with anyone.
Passions: Samara appreciates beautiful things in her life, including fine jewelry and luxury items. She takes pride in not having to work for anything in her life. She constantly works to keep her beauty flawless to attract suitors. Samara also appreciates artwork. She has several fine paintings in her chambers, she also has fine silk carpets, and vases and antiques from ancient Hammerfell. She also has a passion of books, especially exciting desert epics such as the Arabian Nights of our world. Samara loves the desert, and often goes riding in the desert on her camel to take in the sights and heat of the great desert. Samara also loves fine music.
Fears: Samara fears her beauty being rejected and being cast out on the streets… again. She fears any man raising a weapon around her due to past traumas. Samara is hydrophobic, also due to past traumas.
Likes: Being involved in political affairs larger than herself, often through manipulating a lover, everything in passions.
Dislikes: Annoying/overconfident men, animals (Other than her camel), suitors that end up falling in love with her, being in a committed relationship.
Background: Known only by a select few of her closest friends, Samara began her life as a daughter of a poor silk merchant. Her father was Hakim and her mother Esmeralda. She had six brothers and sisters. Samara's family grew up in the desert just outside of a city. Samara spent her childhood days wandering the desert, in search of an ancient tale's treasure, a stash from a great Sultan over 3000 years old that was supposedly near her house. The idea was a fantasy to keep her busy, but one day, Samara found a small item in the sand, by complete chance. It was the ankh necklace that she wears to this day. Samara was inspired that she found treasure and ran home to tell her father. Hakim took it to a jeweler who estimated it at tens of thousands of gold.
Rather foolishly, Hakim advertised around the city of his find and announced a bidding war, but it never came. Instead, outlaws in the city gathered together and raided Samara's home, killing everyone and taking Samara captive with the ankh necklace. Samara was later sold to a pirate crew, where she spent a year on the high seas serving as a sex slave to pirates. One day, when the pirates docked and had grown lazy because she had never attempted to escape, Samara managed to grab a shank from a pirate, kill three of her captors, and escaped. She was 16 at the time. For the next 10 years, Samara was a thief and a beggar on the streets of Taneth, where she escaped. During the later of the ten years, she started to serve as a prostitute. At first, to lower class citizens, but the customers grew more important as her fame increased.
One day. Samara treated an elderly crime lord in his mansion, free of charge in exchange for protection on the streets. During the event, she noticed he wore a necklace - the ankh necklace from her childhood. In a panic, Samara took a kitchen knife - the nearest weapon she could find - and killed the crime lord. She took the ankh necklace and fled the estate. She considered fleeing the country, until a rich noble from the castle offered to pay for her room if she stayed in the castle and served him. Thinking the Sultan's Palace would be the best protection from the crime lord's minions, Samara took the job and stayed in the palace.
Samara only served the minor noble for a few months, until the Sultan took notice. He requested that she become his personal concubine, and she accepted. Samara has been known to sleep with other men discreetly, however, not truly how the Sultan would react.
Username: Avron
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Name: Faralen Sex: Female Race: Bosmer Profession: Alchemist Appearance: Faralen is short and slender, a fitting example of a typical Bosmer. She has a head full of bright red hair that she keeps in pulled back neatly behind her head and a face that is lined with fiery freckles across her rosy cheeks and tiny nose. She is very rarely seen in anything other than her long, swooshing skirts and the caramel colored robe she often wears when creating potions. Though she may not often say much, she walks with a particularly beautiful and simple elegance, her steps small and calculated, her head held high and bright green eyes wide and alert. She is by no means out of place within the palace. Personality: Faralen is kind hearted but painfully quiet and shy, often prone to stuttering when frustrated or suddenly thrown into the center of attention. She often keeps to herself but is an avid listener, capable of remembering an impressive amount of details, and her hearing is keen. Her alchemy skills, however, have never been a question, as she is quite proficient and skilled at what she does for the royal family. Passions: Gardening, fine wine, poetry, and letter writing. Fears: Faralen has a horrible, debilitating fear of arguments. Upon being yelled at she is prone to breaking down into tears, rendering her quite useless until she recovers - which takes a painfully long time and several dozen handkerchiefs. She is also easily terrified of illnesses, being something of a germaphobe, a curious fear considering that her job is often to create potions to battle such ills and wounds. Likes: Flowers and plants, jewelry, admiring swordsmen, sweetrolls, the palace library, afternoon naps. Dislikes: Confrontations, sunburn, leeks, being awoken from afternoon naps, dishonesty, dust and dirt, spiders.
Username: Javy Gravy
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Name: Turnael the Leech Sex: Female Race: Altmer Profession: Enchanter Appearance: Short for an altmer, gold hair, bright green eyes, and always wearing a long, dark scarlet robe. When I say short for an altmer, I mean something like Imperial-heigth. Personality: Turnael is an Enchanting prodigy, being way too skillful for her relatively young age, if one would go by normal standards. She is acutely aware of this, and wastes no time in telling people that. Her nickname derives from her obsession with absorb enchantments. She is cocky, slightly arrogant, and good at what she does. But she is also very empathic and excentric, and hides this behind a thick layer of sarcastic, biting and occasionally very nonsensical remarks and insults. Passions: Enchanting, Absorb Enchantments, Swimming and Spying. Fears: Getting caught acting excentric, physical combat and Thalmor. Likes: Enchantments, good wine, women and spying on people. Dislikes: Buff people, uncouth people, big men and meat.
Username: Per
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Name: Linus Brolus Sex: Mr. Melk Race: Imperial Profession: Ambassador Appearance: A short and skinny man with very pale skin. His huge bulging eyes are the dominating features of his face and combined with his short strutting hair, he looks utterly crazy. Personality: He was sent Taneth by the empire, to try and better the political relations after the White Gold Concordat. Linus is always overly polite to hsi betters and concending and rude to the lower classes. He likes to think of himself like the perfect manipulator, which is very far from the truth. Passions: He has a never-ending wish for power, and hopes to get in the good graces of the Sultan, and by a stretch, The Emporer after this difficult political assignment. Fears: Pain, death, being exposed, humiliation, losing his rank. Likes: Good food and drink, in moderation. Talking down to people. Being in control. Dislikes: The lower classes, beast races and elves, other nobles, religion.
Username: Savilius
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Name: Sarentius Sex: Male Race: Imperial Profession: Serjeant At Arms Appearance: Sarentius is tall, broad shouldered, with brown hair that is kind of long, spiky, and unkept. He wears a white shirt and a brown vest under his steel armor. He has icy blue eyes. Personality: Sarentius is laid back, nice, funny, but always nervous and has low confidence, which can get him into troubling situations Passions: Sarentius loves to have a good time. A life full of laughter is a life worth living, in his opinion. He likes to collect jewels or anything else that shines. He wishes to prove he isn't useless, and to make many friends Fears: Ghosts, undead, being in a large crowd, and attention being drawn to him. He also fears people following him, showing emotion, fire, having his possessions seen, being alone in dark areas, travelling on his own, swimming, and heights. He also fears Orcs. Likes: Food, weapons, friends, reading, adventures, mead, alcohol in general, meat, cooking, laughter, pranks, sneaking around, women, jewels, people who are carefree and daring, people who are funny, Khajiit, and high Elves. He also likes prostitutes, magic. Dislikes: Rats, ghosts, undead, strict and mean people, and people who rush him. He dislikes people who smell, people who are rude, people who don't say things, the Sultan, and Argonians
Username: Mars
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Name: Akorithi Sex: Female Race: Redguard Profession: Harem Girl Appearance: She posesses almost unnatural beauty with her dark, long curly hair, full lips and the ripest breasts a man could ever ask for. There always seems to be the hint of a lustful smile on her lips, and her every movement has a second meaning for all who get lost in her mist of seduction. Personality: Lustful, greedy and ambitious, Akorithi is a big fat spider, a siren in the misleading disguise of a beautiful woman. She will take a man (or a woman if she can), fill his head with lies, sweet words and lust and spin him into her web. When he is helplessly entagled she will suck him dry and leave an empty, broken husk behind, taking everything that once belonged to him, while also taking her pleasure in the process. Her sex drive is enormous and no act is too depraved for her. Passions: Wealth, wine and splendour Fears: Other women and men who are cunning enough to see her true disposition Likes: Sex, gossip and luxurious foods Dislikes: The cold, men without desire and chocolate
Username: Deandra
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Name: Lady Adila of Saintsport Sex: Female Race: Redguard Profession: Courtesan Appearance: Adila has medium brown skin with hazel eyes, high cheekbones, and long black hair which she normally wears in braids pinned in a loose bun. She is still attractive, but even with her elaborate skin-care regimen and meticulous dying of the gray in her hair, she cannot entirely disguise the fact that she is in her 40s. Her figure has the curves of a woman fond of wine and unaccustomed to physical labor. She always wears expensive silk dresses, but most of them are frayed and have been mended repeatedly over the years. Personality: She is a master of charm and flattery, but behind her friendly smile, she is cold and unemotional. However, as her status has increased over the years, she has cared less and less about pretending to care about those she considers beneath her. While she would not dream of actually fighting in a war, the tactical aspects of it interest her greatly, and she is known as an intelligent conversationalist when this topic comes up. Background: Adila's father was a general in the Great War, and her mother was a minor noble in the court of Stros M'Kai whose family held farmland in Saintsport. Adila has lived in Taneth since she was 15, when her parents prevented her from eloping with a young officer serving under her father. Originally her mother felt that being a courtier would be a good way for Adila to learn etiquette and mingle with society, but Adila quickly learned to gain influence in less "polite" ways. Adila gave birth to a son named Jelani 25 years ago, but he was killed in a skirmish against the Aldmeri Dominion. The thought of her dead son is one of the few things that can cause her to become openly emotional. Passions: Food, wine, money, bedding powerful people, the theoretical aspects of waging war Fears: Having to do an honest day's work, especially farming. She also has a fear of horses. Likes: Attractive male officers of Hammerfell's army, spicy meat stews, wandering the castle gardens in the evenings, getting a massage from a castle servant, the confidence and freedom from worry that comes with her age and experience, warm hues like bright red and orange Dislikes: Hiding her contempt for servants, beer, physical exertion outside the bedroom, travel, any member of a non-human race, especially Altmer
Username: Believe
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Name: Vestor Aryth Sex: Male Race: Dunmer Profession: Bard Appearance: Vestor is 6 foot tall, with shiny white hair that reaches down to his shoulder-blades. He is very handsome, and dresses extremely well,(think emperors robes, but not robes) he carries his large bass-lute(is there such a thing?) with him most of the time. Personality: With being handsome, Vestor is somewhat arrogant, and believes his music should only be played for those who are worthy. He is very flirtatious toward women, but is definitely a bit of a playboy. He is also racist towards Argonians, believing they are nothing more than slaves. Passions: Trying to improve his station in life, keeping his libido happy, and fine clothing, food and drink. Fears: Being a poor bard, who has to earn his living in taverns. Argonians in positions of power. Losing his good looks. Likes: Women. Fine clothes, food and drink. Being praised for his music/looks. Dislikes: Argonians. Common people. Un-musical people.
Username: Skooma
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Name: Silann Rackham Sex: Male Race: Redguard Profession: Prince's travelling companion Appearance: Tall, muscled, blue eyes and Light brown hair. Personality: polite and respectful to those who deserve it, but can be rather rude to lower classed citizens. Silaan can be nice at times too, however he gets frustrated easily, making him say things he normally wouldn't. Passions: Silaan has a strong passion to protect his friends, always thinking someones waiting with a dagger around the corner. Silaan main goal in life is to have fun and love the life he lives. Fears: Silaan has always had a large fear of anything that can sting him, bees, wasps, scorpions, anything of the such. Silaan's main fear however, is to be dishonored or humiliated in front of royalty, always watching what he says and does around the King and Queen. Likes: Silaan likes to know he's important, and enjoys it when people praise him. He likes things that get his adrenaline rushing and passes his time. He also likes to gamble, always hoping to get lucky. Dislikes: Silaan hates prostitutes, alcohol, annoying commoners, beggars, fish and large public parties.
Username: Powerflex
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Name: Arik Sex: Male Race: Nord Occupation: Queen's Housecarl Appearance: Arik is tall and leanly muscled with long, straight blonde hair that is almost always pulled into a tight ponytail. He is in his early thirties. He possesses hard but not severe features, and dim green eyes. On most days he wears a loose sleeveless tunic with a wide sash and belt, light trousers, and leather bracers and boots. A gold armband always adorns his left arm, and his longsword is always at his side. He is well tanned and this, coupled with his usual dress, makes him appear not inorganic in Taneth, despite his Nordic features. Personality: Serious, hard-working, contemplative, and careful, Arik seems to be tense much of the time. He invests himself fully into whatever he does, and is extremely dedicated and loyal, but lacks a sense of humor. He is very kind and respectful to those around him, unless they violate his personal code or privacy, at which point he is not afraid to speak his mind. Arik is protective of people he sees as weak (he often has this view of women, but knows better than to display it to the Queen). He is quietly observant and keeps careful mental notes on others. When crossed, Arik is an exremely passionate but not headstrong adversary- he will use calculated planning to exact vengeance on those who make an enemy of him. But despite his usually stoic exterior, Arik is actually very sensitive and emotional- he cannot stand by and let others suffer, and becomes extremely angered when he sees the weak being taken advantage of. He is also too trusting of those he sees as innocent, and easily embarrassed when it comes to personal information about himself, especially his past and his fears. Passions: Swordsmanship, literature, helping others, protecting and serving the Queen and her family. Fears: Failing in his duties, losing his position as Housecarl, growing old, becoming poor, seeing others suffer, unintentionally causing others harm or discomfort, daedra, necromancing, all magic to some degree, as it is unfamiliar to him. Likes: Books, especially on tactics and history, children, kind and quiet people, good food (especially desserts), cats, the Queen, the Sultan, the Prince and Princess. Dislikes: Arrogance, greed, promiscuity, perversion, racism, poverty, jesters, loud and boisterous men, braggarts, magic, daedra, the undead, Pharomir (no one knows of his distaste for the general, and he is careful to keep it that way).
Username: POMC S117
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Name: Bjorn the Ever-Reading Sex: Perv Race: Nord Profession: Librarian Appearance: Young, blond and blue-eyed, he is a true Nord, except he can't put a book down without finishing it first. He had a very innocent face and is quite young. Personality: He is quite shy but loves reading books. Any book. A romance novel, an alchemy recipe, even tax papers. His love of reading has got him into trouble many a time. Passions: Books, People who are interested in Books Fears: No books in the world, ignorant people with blades, having his library burnt down Likes: Libraries, Books, People who like books, History, Dwemer, Magic, Mundus, The Realms, Tamrielic History, Females Dislikes: People who hate Books, Mead, High Elves
Username: Leyyuce
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Name: Meeralei
Sex: Male
Race: Argonian
Profession: Dancer
Appearance: Meeralei's fine scales are a deep, solid green in color and possess a smooth, dry texture given his relatively desiccant residence- the employment of various salves prevents the further degradation of such minuscule natural adornments, the scope of alchemy's potential application again aptly evidenced. The scales of Meeralei's palms, soles, stomach, and throat are near to white in coloration, and their feel differs distinctively from those more numerous.
A pair of short, narrow spikes protrudes from either side of the Argonian's brow, with a well-aligned row of larger such structures reaching from the top of his skull and to the very end of his tail; these diminish substantially in size beginning with those present upon the back of Meeralei's neck. His snout tapers noticeably before its blunt end, with thin nostrils and sharply angled bridge prominent. Meeralei's narrow jaw, situated not far below, shelters long, well-kept teeth sharp as razors.
The dancer's build is one of reserved muscularity- his height is unremarkable, as are his proportions. Meeralei's dress generally consists of light, loose-fitting garb; when performing, he dons plentiful jewelry and often extensively decorates his scales via colorful paints.
Personality: Meeralei is quick to rely on others and clearly requires a strong leader in order to thrive. He is generally soft-spoken and reserved, yet finds the commonplace ignorance toward his people and culture to be highly and personally insulting and so will openly voice such. His demeanor is generally warm, and he is attentive as to others' personalities.
Passions: Meditation, dance, nature, music, and historical and cultural studies
Fears: Injury, embarrassment, appearing to others as bizarre, deceit
Likes: Gambling, dining, conversation, literary entertainment, swimming, and bathing
Dislikes: Politics, thievery, racism, imperialism, and most strong odors
Backstory: Meeralei spent the greater portion of his existence amongst the culturally fascinating tribes of Black Marsh; consequently, he is well learned in the creative and artful dances of several prevalent tribes, as well as a master of basic instrumentation. Upon arrival in the deserts of Hammerfell, Meeralei immediately familiarized himself with regional dances and soon began to fuse elements of the two styles rather successfully, his exotic style popular among the most discerning and pretentious nobility. His guidance and performing skill was eventually requested in the organization of a collection of traveling entertainers- the group inevitably arrived in Taneth, and Meeralei soon found himself fully employed in entertaining the palace's many residents and rotating guests.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:12 pm
by Arch-Mage Matt
I'm down between an old storyteller or a prostitute. Hmm...
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:16 pm
by Imp
I would like Storyteller, I am making the sheet now. Is that okay with you? I could change if you want me to.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:16 pm
by The-Shadow-One
Username: the-shadow-one
Name: Helion
Sex: Male
Race: Breton
Profession: Castle Wizard
Appearance: long brown hair and purpley eyes, he is a slight, lean man.
Personality: a very odd man, he keeps to himself but if you manage to get him talking he will listen and inject some comments
Passions: He has a passion for anything that he thinks will help his life and Nirn, he also has an other passion for music
Fears: he is scared of being ousted and being a pariah, he is also scared of spiders and big heights
Likes: apples, peaches and sweet and beautiful women and men.
Dislikes: pompus arrogant people
This ok?
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I have a feeling my guy might visit the brothel alot..
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:18 pm
by Eltee
It's fine. However, I cannot stress enough, BE ACTIVE! This RP demands activity, if not for your sake, for other's sake. If you don't post, there are four other people who are robbed of a person to love, to hate, and of someone to love and hate them.
That's fine, Shadow.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:19 pm
by Arch-Mage Matt
Eh, Imperialkhajiit got it first. I was going to make an old gypsy storyteller, but a prostitute's life it is.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:24 pm
by Avron the S'wit
I'm bringing back Faralen - you all keep your paws off the alchemist! I might change up her sheet a little, though...I shall debate it. Just savin' my spot.
Arch-Mage Matt wrote:I'm down between an old storyteller or a prostitute. Hmm...
Prostitute, clearly.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:26 pm
by Imp
Username: imperialkhajiit
Name: Yolanda Gerdue
Sex: Female
Race: Imperial
Profession: Storyteller
Appearance: Yolanda Gerdue has a slim stomach and is a bit muscular(unlike Helga Gerdue) She has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is 5 feet and 4 inches. She usually wears elaborate dresses. and lets her long hair rest on her shoulders.
Personality: Yolanda is a very kind person, and always is able to say the right thing, she is never really mean to anyone, unless they are mean to her (or if Mephala has something to do with it) She is polite, and not too self confident.
Passions: Yolanda loves fist fighting and telling her storys she finds, and also the ones she makes up. She loves to learn from others and always does what she is asked to do (again, unless Mephala has something to do with it)
Fears: She is terrified of the beast races, but doesn't show it in public. She cowers from any form of weapondry, even just seeing it scares her. She finds she would accidently hurt herself, as she isn't the most self confident. She hates things that are out of place, because she also believes she may mistakenly hurt herself.
Likes: She likes children and telling them stories. Beast race children are the only children she doesn't mind seeing. She loves to learn from others, and to help others.
Dislikes: She doesn't like ill mannered or gross people. ( ) She finds furry and scaly things unappealing, and she oddly enough doesn't like music.
Sorry, are you sure? I would only have to make a few changes if I needed to change my proffesion.
And can the personalty be changed toward the person that the character hates?
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 9:29 pm
by Eltee
Yes, sure. Your will is being twisted. Try to keep elements of your original personality, though.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:03 pm
by Arch-Mage Matt
I miss the King of the Primates.
Username: AMM
Name: Samara Esmeralda Zahara (Three first names, goes by Samara)
Sex: Female
Race: Redguard
Profession: Sultan's Concubine
Appearance: Samara has long, straight black hair swept behind her light brown back. Her large eyes are a dark slate in color; just below barely visible freckles dot her cheeks. Her face is striking and surprisingly strong for a woman like Samara. This is what Samara wears. She also has a beautifully carved golden ankh that hangs around her neck, studded with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds. It is a breathtaking piece of jewelry.
Personality: Samara uses her seductively silky voice to get her way with any man, or occasional woman, she beds. She uses charm to persuade her clients to pay her more. This ability in bed carries over and gives her the ability to use her charm in other situations. The prostitute is used to living a classy life in the palace, because of the hefty payments she receives, so she is surprisingly classy. Samara believes that women are superior to men and likes to prove this by proving she is more clever or cunning than men at any point she can get. Samara is rumored to carry a small dagger in her pants to defend herself. This is because of her life before the castle, which she does not share with anyone.
Passions: Samara appreciates beautiful things in her life, including fine jewelry and luxury items. She takes pride in not having to work for anything in her life. She constantly works to keep her beauty flawless to attract suitors. Samara also appreciates artwork. She has several fine paintings in her chambers, she also has fine silk carpets, and vases and antiques from ancient Hammerfell. She also has a passion of books, especially exciting desert epics such as the Arabian Nights of our world. Samara loves the desert, and often goes riding in the desert on her camel to take in the sights and heat of the great desert. Samara also loves fine music.
Fears: Samara fears her beauty being rejected and being cast out on the streets… again. She fears any man raising a weapon around her due to past traumas. Samara is hydrophobic, also due to past traumas.
Likes: Being involved in political affairs larger than herself, often through manipulating a lover, everything in passions.
Dislikes: Annoying/overconfident men, animals (Other than her camel), suitors that end up falling in love with her, being in a committed relationship.
BACKGROUND: Known only by a select few of her closest friends, Samara began her life as a daughter of a poor silk merchant. Her father was Hakim and her mother Esmeralda. She had six brothers and sisters. Samara's family grew up in the desert just outside of a city. Samara spent her childhood days wandering the desert, in search of an ancient tale's treasure, a stash from a great Sultan over 3000 years old that was supposedly near her house. The idea was a fantasy to keep her busy, but one day, Samara found a small item in the sand, by complete chance. It was the ankh necklace that she wears to this day. Samara was inspired that she found treasure and ran home to tell her father. Hakim took it to a jeweler who estimated it at tens of thousands of gold.
Rather foolishly, Hakim advertised around the city of his find and announced a bidding war, but it never came. Instead, outlaws in the city gathered together and raided Samara's home, killing everyone and taking Samara captive with the ankh necklace. Samara was later sold to a pirate crew, where she spent a year on the high seas serving as a sex slave to pirates. One day, when the pirates docked and had grown lazy because she had never attempted to escape, Samara managed to grab a shank from a pirate, kill three of her captors, and escaped. She was 16 at the time. For the next 10 years, Samara was a thief and a beggar on the streets of Taneth, where she escaped. During the later of the ten years, she started to serve as a prostitute. At first, to lower class citizens, but the customers grew more important as her fame increased.
One day. Samara treated an elderly crime lord in his mansion, free of charge in exchange for protection on the streets. During the event, she noticed he wore a necklace - the ankh necklace from her childhood. In a panic, Samara took a kitchen knife - the nearest weapon she could find - and killed the crime lord. She took the ankh necklace and fled the estate. She considered fleeing the country, until a rich noble from the castle offered to pay for her room if she stayed in the castle and served him. Thinking the Sultan's Palace would be the best protection from the crime lord's minions, Samara took the job and stayed in the palace.
Samara only served the minor noble for a few months, until the Sultan took notice. He requested that she become his personal concubine, and she accepted. Samara has been known to sleep with other men discreetly, however, not truly how the Sultan would react.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:09 pm
by JVElEven
You know, Matt.
That was a surprisingly annoying picture.
Alas, poor Yorrick, why is there no Enchanter?
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:22 pm
by Eltee
Go ahead and make an enchanter, if you wish.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:29 pm
by Avron the S'wit
Because the mighty Eltee has requested it and I'm lazy, I bring you all the return of Faralen! ...with a few unnoticeable tweaks.
Faralen Sex: Female Race: Bosmer Profession: Alchemist Appearance: Faralen is short and slender, a fitting example of a typical Bosmer. She has a head full of bright red hair that she keeps in pulled back neatly behind her head and a face that is lined with fiery freckles across her rosy cheeks and tiny nose. She is very rarely seen in anything other than her long, swooshing skirts and the caramel colored robe she often wears when creating potions. Though she may not often say much, she walks with a particularly beautiful and simple elegance, her steps small and calculated, her head held high and bright green eyes wide and alert. She is by no means out of place within the palace. Personality: Faralen is kind hearted but painfully quiet and shy, often prone to stuttering when frustrated or suddenly thrown into the center of attention. She often keeps to herself but is an avid listener, capable of remembering an impressive amount of details, and her hearing is keen. Her alchemy skills, however, have never been a question, as she is quite proficient and skilled at what she does for the royal family. Passions: Gardening, fine wine, poetry, and letter writing. Fears: Faralen has a horrible, debilitating fear of arguments. Upon being yelled at she is prone to breaking down into tears, rendering her quite useless until she recovers - which takes a painfully long time and several dozen handkerchiefs. She is also easily terrified of illnesses, being something of a germaphobe, a curious fear considering that her job is often to create potions to battle such ills and wounds. Likes: Flowers and plants, jewelry, admiring swordsmen, sweetrolls, the palace library, afternoon naps. Dislikes: Confrontations, sunburn, leeks, being awoken from afternoon naps, dishonesty, dust and dirt, spiders.
Prepare for the cuteness, everyone.
Also, Matt, when I was in Turkey, I saw so many of those cliche bellydancer's outfits for sale...it was glorious.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:38 pm
by JVElEven
WOOHOO!
Username: JVElEven
Name: Turnael the Leech
Sex: Female
Race: Altmer
Profession: Enchanter
Appearance: Short for an altmer, gold hair, bright green eyes, and always wearing a long, dark scarlet robe. When I say short for an altmer, I mean something like Imperial-heigth.
Personality: Turnael is an Enchanting prodigy, being way too skillful for her relatively young age, if one would go by normal standards. She is acutely aware of this, and wastes no time in telling people that. Her nickname derives from her obsession with absorb enchantments. She is cocky, slightly arrogant, and good at what she does. But she is also very empathic and excentric, and hides this behind a thick layer of sarcastic, biting and occasionally very nonsensical remarks and insults.
Passions: Enchanting, Absorb Enchantments, Swimming and Spying.
Fears: Getting caught acting excentric, physical combat and Thalmor.
Likes: Enchantments, good wine, women and spying on people.
Dislikes: Buff people, uncouth people, big men and meat.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:00 pm
by Eltee
Likes: Enchantments, good wine, women and spying on people.
Looks like Samara will be one busy lass.
Accepted, everyone is accepted.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:18 pm
by The-Shadow-One
Question is it ok if I alter my likes and that just a little bit?
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:19 pm
by Per
Username: Per
Name: Linus Brolus
Sex: Male
Race: Imperial
Profession: Ambassador
Appearance: A short and skinny man with very pale skin. His huge bulging eyes are the dominating features of his face and combined with his short strutting hair, he looks utterly crazy.
Personality: He was sent Taneth by the empire, to try and better the political relations after the White Gold Concordat. Linus is always overly polite to hsi betters and concending and rude to the lower classes. He likes to think of himself like the perfect manipulator, which is very far from the truth.
Passions: He has a never-ending wish for power, and hopes to get in the good graces of the Sultan, and by a stretch, The Emporer after this difficult political assignment.
Fears: Pain, death, being exposed, humiliation, losing his rank.
Likes: Good food and drink, in moderation. Talking down to people. Being in control.
Dislikes: The lower classes, beast races and elves, other nobles, religion.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:21 pm
by Eltee
Accepted!!
Until the very moment the RP starts, you can change ANYTHING about your character.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:35 pm
by Sav
Username: Savilius
Name: Sarentius
Sex: Male
Race: Imperial
Profession: Serjeant At Arms
Appearance: Ormis is tall, broad shouldered, with brown hair that is kind of long, spiky, and unkept. He wears a white shirt and a brown vest under his steel armor. He has icy blue eyes.
Personality: Ormis is laid back, nice, funny, but always nervous and has low confidence, which can get him into troubling situations
Passions: Ormis loves to have a good time. A life full of laughter is a life worth living, in his opinion. He likes to collect jewels or anything else that shines. He wishes to prove he isn't useless, and to make many friends
Fears: Ghosts, undead, being in a large crowd, and attention being drawn to him. He also fears people following him, showing emotion, fire, having his possessions seen, being alone in dark areas, travelling on his own, swimming, and heights. He also fears Orcs.
Likes: Food, weapons, friends, reading, adventures, mead, alcohol in general, meat, cooking, laughter, pranks, sneaking around, women, jewels, people who are carefree and daring, people who are funny, Khajiit, and high Elves. He also likes prostitutes, magic.
Dislikes: Rats, ghosts, undead, strict and mean people, and people who rush him. He dislikes people who smell, people who are rude, people who don't say things, the Sultan, and Argonians
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:37 pm
by Eltee
Beef up the likes, dislikes, fears, passions. Those are really only applicable in combat.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:38 pm
by Sav
Okay
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:02 am
by Arch-Mage Matt
I added a story to Samara, as well as tweaked the name.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:07 am
by Eltee
Fixed the RP.
Re: Mephala's Web II
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:10 am
by The-Shadow-One
Tweaked and edited. Hopefully last time until the end o this guy.
) She finds furry and scaly things unappealing, and she oddly enough doesn't like music.