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Sarajevo Under Siege: 1992-1996
"Once again, I was moved above all not by the thought that my death would 'count,' but that it would not count in the least.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                         -Christopher Hitchens
On April 5, 1992, the Army of Republika Srpska laid siege to Sarajevo. The siege lasted until February 29, 1996, longer than the American involvement in World War 2. Over five thousand civilians died during the siege, due to shelling, snipers, and, of course, starvation, dehydration, and hypothermia. The six of you are currently sitting in a bombed out tenement, in a mostly destroyed neighborhood. You barely know each other, if at all, and you have very little water, no food, and no idea what to do now.

Welcome to Sarajevo.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Gender:
Age:
Appearance:
Biography:
Occupation:
Inventory: (No food or medicine, no firearms. You can have a little bit of water.)

This game takes place during the Siege of Sarajevo, the longest siege in modern history. As mentioned above, the siege lasted longer than America was in WW2, and over 5000 civilians died. The six of you will try to survive until the end of the war.

[Urist Arrhenius]

How did this slip off the first page with no attention?

Spoiler: Caus (click to show/hide)

Name: Caus Vukadin
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Appearance: Caus has short-cropped black hair and a neatly trimmed beard, which neatly frame his full face. He is of average height, and while on the slightly heavy side he does not have a pronounced gut.
Occupation: Baker who owned a store which was struck by a mortar in the early stages of the siege
Inventory: Second hand fiddle, if allowed (Inspired by Vedran Smailović, Caus plays his fiddle to drown out the sounds of war)
A metal canister of water which is nearly empty

[DontBanTheMan]

Spoiler: Izudin (click to show/hide)

Name: Izudin Gudeji
Gender: Male.
Age: 21.
Appearance: Fair skin, short brown hair. Height is slightly above average; he is underweight, but not malnourished. Nothing really catches the eye when viewing him.
Biography: Grew up in the countryside outside Sarajevo before leaving for university. Was dismissed from school due to his poor grades, leading to his taking shelter in an abandoned tenement. He has no knowledge of his family's current situation, and the only people he might know in the city would be from his (old) place of work or school.
Occupation: Unemployed. Was a student at the University of Sarajevo, but uncontrolled enrollment combined with his below-average grades led to his dismissal from the school.
Inventory: A sack containing an empty bottle of water, a soccer ball, a change of clothes, and a notebook. He has a couple pens and a handful of change in his pocket. His clothes are worn but not ragged.

[Nidilap]

Name: Niko Lyevski
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Appearance: A skinny, stubbled man with a shaved head. He wears mostly Adidas clothing.
Biography: Before the siege, Niko lived in Serbia with his russian parents. He was to enlist in the Serbian army, but decided to go to Sarajevo for humanitarian aid. He was seperated from his group, which were all executed by soldiers. Now he must find a way to get home alive.
Occupation: Mechanic
Inventory: full Cigarettes pack, a balaclava, a lead pipe, bottle of water

[Cheesecake]

Reserved.

Nevermind, no time. :c

[wipeout1024]

Name: Katja Loja
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Appearance: A chubby, short woman with brown shoulder length hair. She is wearing a dress with floral patterns, which has some stains, and slippers.
Biography: Katja grew up in Sarajevo, and managed to make ends meet, by making, and selling dresses. She was one of the local residents of the neighbourhood, and fled here, due to the shelling of her tenement.
Occupation: Seamstress/Dressmaker, however, she mostly makes the dresses by hand, which means she barely makes enough money to get by, and a bit more.
Inventory: A cloth bag, which has a small plastic bottle of water, some sewing supplies, such as needle and thread, buttons, and a handful of coins.

[TCM]

Name: Vetzin Roskarinov
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Appearance: Big, muscular, bald, wearing streetgear. No striking features besides several scars on his face, arms and torso from years of fighting.
Biography:  Vetzin was a temporary construction worker by day and a gangbanger by night. Vetzin was mostly concerned with working during the day to get money to support his nightlife, which consisted of beating up other gangs, drinking liquor, gambling, and picking up girls. Vetzin was arrested for assault on the day the siege began, and used the shelling as cover to escape the police.
Vetzin doesn't identify with any ethnicity, he was an orphan and loner as a child and was not assimilated into either group. He does not care for politics either; of course he doesn't like the invading army since they are putting his home city under siege, but he doesn't support the government either because of his frequent encounters with the police.
[If possible, Vetzin could be very strong as a result of constantly doing heavy lifting on the job, but he would also be dependent on drinking alcohol constantly.]
Occupation: Construction Worker/Gangster
Inventory: Streetwear, Vodka Flask, Hammer, Switchblade

[Aseaheru]

Name: Joe Gar
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Appearance: A tall, lanky individual with long fingers, a crooked grin, and amber-colored eyes covered by his long brown hair.
Biography: Born to a lower-class family struggling to survive, Gar is no stranger to work. In between running messages here or there across the city he spent much of his time reading books on places other than here, mostly wilderness survival books. He was reading one of these in the library when the shelling started, and when he left he took the book with him.
Occupation: Messenger
Inventory: half-empty bottle of water, penknife, messenger bag, survival book, khaki pants, t-shirt, watchcap

[origamiscienceguy]

Name: Joshua Barton
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Appearance: Due to a malnutritioned childhood, Joshua's growth has been stunted and he only stands 4 foot 8 inches tall. (142 cm) His hair is extremely long and his left hand is smashed beyond recognition.
Biography: Born in Sarajevo and has never left it his whole life. His father died before he was born, and his mother succumbed to disease in the opening months of the siege.
Occupation: an apprentice to a metalworker. Skilled in metallurgy, and smithing.
Inventory: small pieces of wire and a tin water bottle (empty)

[wipeout1024]

Bump.

[Comrade P.]

Name: Vladimir Terentievich Rasko
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Appearance: worn Soviet Army field uniform and unshaved face on top of it.
Biography: Born in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, Vladimir entered military service at age 18 and progressed to Sergeant, and was sent for a 3-year military aid program to Sarajevo in 1989. In 1991 USSR fell apart and small group of soviet military assistants was forgotten. Vladimir kept in touch with his comrades, but lost contact when the siege began.
Occupation:  Vladimir works at railway terminal unloading cargo from trains to make a living. He ocasionally raises some money in construction jobs. Well, he used to do that till now
Inventory: flat flask (cognac, 100 ml), tin water flask (water, 600 ml), folding knife, a box of matches, Soviet passport (international), military service ticket (in Russian).

[Comrade P.]

Bonk

[TCM]

Bump.

Bonk

Y'all, last post from the GM was over a month ago.

[Comrade P.]

Last active - May, 19. At least he'll see we're still interested.

[Aseaheru]

I am half tempted to try running this if they dont pick it back up, although it would probably get far too complicated far too fast...