Heh, perhaps I should have noted: You all start the same age, 17, and in a locale based on your starting race. Also, mcclay, you have magic skills but are starting in a tech-based town... eh, whatever. Freedom. I'll put you guys in a waiting list... Also, keep in mind that if I make your Astral Sigil really not do what you intended, you can always send me a PM. Another thing of note is that what I mean by runes is basically letters of power that can be combined to create various spells, not actual physical runes. So, I'd suggest you guys edit your status' if you thought the latter.
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Name: Terkiey
Gender: Male
Skills: Healing Magic, Staffs, Wands and Runes
Astral sigil: Dolphin
Starting Race: Elf of Bortomire
Terkiey grew up in the town of Bortomire, which, although it lacked the cultural diversity that many other towns and cities had in full, had some of the most accomplished magical academies in the world, as well as a plethora of magical knowledge dating all the way back to the days before the Fifth War. Terkiey, for his part, had the astral sigil of the dolphin. This sigil seemed to fit, for Terkiey was always exceedingly lithe and graceful, a trait that Terkiey found exceedingly useful for dodging and running away from bullies. (+dodge)
Terkiey's mother, like many other mothers in Bortomire, enlisted him in the basic magical courses that were provided at the Baatuin Academy, all the while attempting to keep his Sun Sign hidden, or at least of little notice. Many people feared power, or potential power, and what did a Sun Sign symbolize but primal power and energy just waiting to be unleashed?
Terkiey, although he showed aptitude in most, if not all, things he did, exceeded most of all in the disciples of healing magic, staves, wands, and the manipulation of runes. A useful skillset, many of Bortomire's citizens agreed. Terkiey's skill in manipulation of runes let him do basic, but useful spells, and also enabled him to branch into more complex types of healing spells. His skill in wands allowed him to recharge wands, and even create his own. There was an old saying coined by Prat, a human with a fondness of healing spells and wands:
"A man with a warehouse full of healing wands is a man who doesn't die easy." Last of all, Terkiey's training with staves allowed him to channel various spells through various staves, potentially increasing their power, range, and such. Not to mention that being able to bonk people on the head with a long length of wood effectively is useful for fighting.
Terkiey has grown bored, though. He has finished with his primary classes, and there is a whole world out there to see and wonder at! The Cog, the Caves of Laa're, the Bridge of Ice! There were Darian fire dancer performances to see, the fabled healing temples of Latviar to learn at! Terkiey had his basic equipment ready, rations, a few basic scrolls, a stave. Now, all he had to do was go out there and... well, go out there!
Equipment:
Smooth Staff,
2 Wands of Healing,
4 Food Rations,
Robe,
Wand-crafting Guidebook,
Healers Handbook.
Skills:
Healing Magic,
Staves,
Wands,
Runes,
Acrobatics.
HP: 30
MP: 30
Defense: 1
Stamina: 15
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Name: Astral Gorgas
Gender: Male
Skills: Sneaking, Archery, Light armor, and Hunting
Astral sigil: Eagle
Starting Race: Human of Dar
Astral is outside Dar, in the forest Hunting game as he normally does. He is at his camp which comprises of one tent and a small campfire. He is drowsy and decides to rest up a little in his tent. he is in the western part of the forest, below Dar, about 4 miles away. Astral was born a farmer. His dad worked him up to be a well young man. His father died 3 years ago, leaving Astral his bow, leather armor and a few arrows. Astral has since sold off the farm and started hunting game for his village, called Fergel, And this is what hes been up to ever since, but now he feels a different force pulling him towards adventure.
Astral grew up in a small village named Fergel, near Dar. All throughout his childhood, he was taught skills by his father, an accomplished hunter. Dar allowed Astral and his father to sell anything, really, for a good price, and the goods that circulated through Dar were plenty, it being a diverse place, having magicians and tinkerers aplenty. Astral's astral sigil (heh) was the eagle, giving him unnaturally keen vision that bordered on magical (+perception). His Sun Sign was kept a close secret between his father, mother, and himself, for obvious reasons. That didn't stifle the pride that his father had for him, though. Theirs was a close, happy relationship.
Astral, even on top of his training with his father, was always skilled at sneaking, archery, light armor, and hunting in particular. He could be a ghost in the forest, catching whatever he wanted unaware, before letting loose with a flurry of arrows. Or one arrow. That was enough, usually. Sneaking and hunting were usually paired with light armors anyway, but again Astral was unusually skilled with them too. Leather always felt like the lightest of blankets on Astral. His skill of hunting allowed him to bait animals, butcher animals, and generally survive.
And then Astral's father had died. Even though Astral was pretty much self-sufficient at that point, but his dad's death hit him hard, as it should have. His mother wept as well, but one thing that his father's death made him realize was that... he wasn't tethered down. He could go anywhere, or do anything... eventually. That realization also hit Astral hard, although in a different way, a better way. Astral inherited much useful equipment from his father, enough to go out and DO something, and that is what he would do.
Equipment:
Wooden Bow,
Leather Armor,
35 Arrows,
4 Food Rations,
3 Animal Lures,
Hunters Handbook.
Skills:
Sneaking,
Archery,
Hunting,
Light Armor,
Perception.
HP: 45
MP: 15
Defense: 4
Stamina: 30
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Name: Nikalas
Gender: male
Skills: fear magic, enchanting, runes, clockwerk.
Astral sigil:bat
Starting race: Human of dar
Nikalas grew up in the sprawling city of Dar, famed for its diversity and its pure amount of merchants, guilds, and things to be done and bought. Clockwerk shops in the Clockwerk Hall of Dar sell all manner of components used in creating all manner of clockwerk constructions, while magic shops in the Runic District can be used to create some of the wildest combinations of magic in the known world. Nikalas' astral sigil was the bat, which gave him a fearsome aura, helping him in his fear magic. (+fear)
Nikalas, frequently hanging about the Runic District, quickly picked up the skills of Fear Magic, Enchanting, and Runes, and in his time around the Clockwerk Hall, he learned much about clockwerk, and tinkering. His Fear Magic allowed him to instill various psychological effects upon creatures, making them run away and panic. His enchanting skill allowed him to enchant any item he wanted to with, well, whatever he could possibly imagine. And then, his general runes skill allowed him to do basic magic, which is supremely useful. Finally, Nikalas' skill in clockwerk allowed him to tinker and create a large variety of useful items.
After his 17th year of living in Dar, Nikalas, like so many others his age, became bored with his life. Unlike some others, he had the skills to do make it more interesting. In a sense, his Sun Sign was a skill within itself. Someone with a Sun Sign has never been questioned about their want to adventure. And Nikalas, obviously, wasn't questioned either. He had gathered his equipment, and was ready to set out. The only question was where.
Equipment:
Robe,
Fearmage's Handbook,
Book of Enchanting,
Two Enchanter Scrolls,
4 Food Rations,
20 Simple Clockwerk Parts.
Skills:
Fear Magic,
Enchanting,
Runes,
Clockwerk.
HP: 35
MP:25
Defense:1
Stamina:20
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Name: Lebuarts
Gender: Male
Skills: Archery, Acrobatics, Fletching, Enchanting
Astral Sigil: Monkey
Starting Race: Dwarf of Mathen
Lebuarts grew up in the Dwarven town of Mathen, an interesting place. While it did lack the large amount of magicians and other magic-related establishments that many Elven and Human towns did, Mathen made up for it with copious amounts of clockwerk shops. Yes, it did have a magic district, but that didn't change the fact that technology reigned supreme. Lebuarts was born, aside from his Sun Sign, with the astral sigil of the monkey, which he found useful for... some activities. (+thievery)
Mathen always seemed to have bows and crossbows abound, so it was no surprise that it had several archery schools, and thus it was also no surprise that Lebuarts learned the skill. Due to Clockwerk Knight Academy students finding it really fun to aggravate Archery Students, coupled with the fact that acrobatics was very nearly paired with archery in the Arrow Schools of Mathen, Lebuarts learned the art of running, dodging, and generally acting like a Will 'o' the Wisp very early. Lebuarts realized that, yes, a man may be a great archer, and he may be able to dodge nearly anything that is thrown his way, but what can he do with no arrows? This realization caused Lebuarts to take up the art of fletching arrows and bolts in all manner of ways.
Some events that Lebuarts remembers vividly from his childhood were the varied Festivals of Mathen, and he always found the enchanted arrows that were fired up into the air, exploding into a rainbow of colors, incredibly interesting. Lebuarts aspired to one day enchant his own arrows to do that, and thus learned the art of enchanting.
But the myriad of festivals that always seemed to appear in Mathen have tired Lebuarts. He doesn't want to turn into a decadent old fraud, growing fat with festival after festival. He wants to see the world, with all its amazing things. Having a festival in a different place would just be a bonus. And thus, Lebuarts has gathered his equipment, and he is almost ready to go.
Equipment:
Wooden Bow,
Shabby Leather Armor,
35 Arrows,
4 Food Rations,
6 Well-made Arrows,
The Fletcher's Path,
Book of Enchanting,
Two Enchanter Scrolls.
Skills:
Enchanting,
Archery,
Acrobatics,
Fletching,
Thievery.
HP:40
MP:20
Defense: 2
Stamina: 25
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Okay dear god I am finally done. This post is probably plagued with grammatical errors and unbalanced values/items/skills. So please PM me your trepidations and feelings.
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