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Edited by CommonBlueberry: 12/18/2021 8:44:55 PM
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Solitha Story Sign-Ups

Welcome to the Land of Danar (I suck at names, somebody give me a better name pls, i beg of you). Anyway, this shall be the designated sign-up page, which I'm sure the oldies are quite familiar with. For all of you new guys: the basic gist of story sign-ups is you get to create a character that I will be using in my story. Every week, a new page/chapter/part/what have you will come out (unless this crashes and burns in a dumpster fire), and you guys can follow along, watching the story unfold. It's a bit of an old tradition that we used to do, and I always thought it was a lotta fun, even if these stories rarely ever got finished, and most barely started. Some key details about your character are: personality race/appearance occupation (yes hobos count as an occupation) gear/weapons (if any) basic backstory (optional) Those are kinda the basic traits that I need, but if there's anything else that I need to know, throw it in there. Also, if you couldn't tell be the intro, humans are quite rare in the world that I am creating, so I'd like you guys to get creative with the races. You can create your own races, and if you do, I'd like some details about your race's particular traits. You can make a human, if you really want to, but they are a rare species and I'm not sure how I can fit in a bunch of them at once. As the characters come in, I will start solidifying the basic series events floating around in my head, and will approve each character as necessary. I may ask you to adjust your character just a little bit if it doesn't quite fit with the story, but I'm pretty lenient with these kinds of things. Eventually, I'll close the sign-ups, but, until then, it'll be open for a few days. Have fun with it! Link to Introduction: https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/260165652/0/0 [spoiler]And a bit of a sidenote: I'm not the best writer in the world, so I could use all the criticism I can get. And if you're going to criticize, don't be afraid to be mean; I've been a diqhead plenty of times on this forum, so my self-esteem can take a few hits and I'll be better off. Thank you![/spoiler]

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  • Edited by Gingiebread: 2/25/2022 3:34:23 PM
    Okie, here it is! *slams papers on desk* Sorry it took a little longer, I ended up changing my mind about my initial character idea. I hope it helps, change whatever you need to, but no biggie if you can’t find a place for her! :P [i]Name[/i]: Chizee [i]Occupation[/i]: Thief [i]Race[/i]: Female lizard folk. FYI—her skin is very slick and her skeleton collapsible. Comes in handy for squeezing through holes and finding hidey-holes! [i]Appearance[/i]: Thin and a little gangly-looking. Her scales are brownish-yellow, which is normal for her race yet may seem sickly to others. She has large, twitchy green eyes set in a long and narrow face. Thin whip-like tail. [i]Personality[/i]: High strung and jumpy. She is generally very suspicious of people she doesn’t know, but will do just about anything for a couple coins. Often speaks in the third person. Her fast reflexes and sporadic movements in a fight make up for her lack of actual combat knowledge. Unless paid or obliged, however, she’d probably try to flee first. [i]Gear[/i]: Sleeveless tunic, breeches, and leathers. Arms are always bare and she never wears shoes. Cold-blooded, she keeps a magically warmed canister of questionably muddy liquid in her satchel to drink during chill nights. She actually drinks it from a shiny teacup, her most prized possession. [i]Weapons[/i]: Two long daggers and a pair of hooked talons above the ankles of her digitigrade legs. They are twice as thick as bear claws. She also knows a couple fire spells she might use for combat, but those are primarily to help her keep warm. [i]Backstory[/i]: Ever since she first hatched, Chizee has been on the streets. Although fairly sneaky, like any thief she has had a few run-ins with guards/whoever enforces the law. She has rarely ever comprehended the difference between guards and common folk, so she’s always on the move and has very few friends. Once though, a very nice innkeeper gave her a shiny teacup, which is the only thing she has that wasn’t stolen.

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    • Update: I spent a bit thinking of what Marilyn's race could be called. She's still a fish person, of course, but if you didn't have a name in mind, I'm digging the name R'lyehn (or some similar thing, like R'lyehin/R'lyehan). My default name for fish people is usually "Dagonian", but I already used that bit for her last name, Dagon. Sticking with the whole Lovecraft thing, though, naming her race after R'lyeh still works pretty well, methinks. It [i]is[/i] an underwater city, after all.

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    • Solitha was the first nane that came to mind after reading the intro. Frenicia is a name I used recently. Good choice if you want to sound fancy. If you want to sound a bit more plain, Dollon could be a nice choice. Simple, but has a nice ring to it. A little boring, but simply naming the general regions based on their orientation to the Imperial City coupd work. Northern/Southern/Eastern/Western Provinces/States/Territories, etc. Then call the area as a whole the Imperial State or something. MAHA RAVANNAVAR! Then, you could delve into mythology and name things based on gods of stuff. For example, say the majority of a given region is composed of Lycans; you could name the area after Fenrir, for fish people Dagon, etc. The majority of the land as a whole seems to be elves, so looking up some nifty elf names/gods could be a good place to start (I don’t have enough time to do so right now, sadly).

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    • [spoiler]Its been a while since I have done this, so this may such. Though I was not thinking this would be a main character anyways. Either way, tell me if I need to adjust anything or make a new character. [/spoiler] Name: The laughing spirit, balancer of worlds, Rotekatze, other silly titles to make me sound more serious. (My naming is terrible so I just decided to make a character with a hidden true one). Race: This is no corporeal being, but a outerplaner spirit bounded to this world. From some strange outer plane alien to our own, and therefor is much different than most mortals. He can be banished and upon death just returns to his own plane (unless he dies there. Then who knows). Any spells that affect outer planet creatures can harm him, and a wielder of his true name can use it to control him. Though that does have drawbacks, it is also a highly magical being with resistance to non-magical objects and corporeal weapons. Appearance: Being a spirit of the planes and nature, no real corporal form exists for this being. Instead, he has the ability to take on any form that fits its purpose, within reason of course. He can use illusions to take on the forms of any species and any gender if seen fit, and prefers to wander in the form of a red cat. Occupation: Bound servant/bringer of balance. Being summoned by a conjurer and bound to their service does manage to put a damper on things. If summoned by anyone, the red cat will obey their services if they are a powerful enough, though not without a fight if will. Even when being commanded, he will try to sabotage their binders bidding in whatever way he can. The Rotekatzen also serves as more of a balancer, trying to serve the forces of good and evil to a equal balance using plotting and scheming. Bringing downfall to its summoners and fulfilling plots in the shadows is a great hobby. Gear: None to speak of. Corporeal gear is not really his style, unless in disguise. Abilities: This particular spirit is a illusionist, using charms and tricks to plot and scheme. Basically he can make all sorts of auditory and visual illusions, while also being quite good at understanding people’s motivation. Personality: A lot of this is implied above, but I will restate it. Basically, he is a extra-planer creature that does not like being summoned and bound to the material world. (I just realized that you may not use other planes of existence and, if that’s the case, just make him a spirit of nature). He does not like being summoned and will try to bring his summoners downfall through whatever means he can. Though his normal means of getting things done are through deception, charm, and mischief. The mischievous spirit is neutral with chaotic tendencies, preferring to balance the forces of good and evil when possible. Also, he just finds it fun to plot in the shadows. Almost like the witches in MacBeth. He also likes puns, riddles, and general forms of wit. To the extent that he would stop at important moments just to make a joke or little acts of mischief. Backstory: I was not thinking that much. Perhaps he was summoned by a villain of the story to serve as a minion or something. That would actually give him more motivation to aid the hero’s than the opposite due to his tendencies to hate his summoners. Plus, he can act like a silly incompetent villain minion at times. Stopping to make puns when he should be fighting or what not.

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      • Marilyn Dagon Race: Fish Person Appearance: Humanoid, but with light blue skin, and yellow eyes, and a tail. Lining the side of her forearms, back of her calves, and both sides of her tail are small yellow fins. And of course, she has gills on her chest, but they’re underneath clothing. On that note, she cannot wear tight shirts, because she needs water to flow through her gills when swimming. Race notes: While she can breathe in air, it’s harder for her, so things that make it hard to breathe (like smoke) affect her twice as much. While not wholly cold blooded, she’s unable to maintain body heat as well as mammals, so she’s especially vulnerable to the cold. However she can breathe underwater indefinitely, and her scales make for a natural armor. Occupation/backstory: She’s always been able to hear the souls of the dead, and has taken pity on those unable to pass on. Capitalizing on this, a (god of the dead/powerful mage/theme appropriate entity) gave her a magic lantern. Using this lantern, she guides lost souls to the afterlife. Mostly her efforts are focused underwater, but not entirely. Gear: She voids fighting when she can, but shoukd she wind up in a scuffle, her lantern doubles as a powerful weapon. With it, she can summon aspects of those she’s helped move on, using their skills & abilities to help her in combat. Note, she doesn’t summon their actual souls, just look-a-likes. (ex: she helps a knight move on, she can summon him to use his sword. What souls she starts with are up to you) I want to say she can use her lantern to summon spirits of the recently departed, so she can, for example, interrogate the dead, but it may be too op if they ever need to solve a murder or something. Personality: Spending so much time with the dead, she’s come to accept the inevitability of death. She can come off as rather grim, as she’squick to bring up our ultimate fate in a conversation, and doesn’t seem to upset when witnessing someone’s passing. However, she’s also kind, and compassionate, always willing to help someone in need. Whether they’re her mortal enemy, or best friend, she always tries to assist in a soul’s passing.

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        • Edited by Toast.: 12/9/2021 11:06:45 PM
          Name: Lugh personality: Silent, Introverted race: smol Goblin occupation: Horologist gear/weapons: A clock/stopwatch, and a Special greatsword that his father gave to him before his passing. Simple backstory: so basically he was the son of a warrior who went out in battle, his father was not very important, but he did what he could from time to time. Lugh however, decided to spend his [b]time[/b] working with [i] time[/i], and so he has a fascination for that. Later in his life, he found out a way to splice through time, but only within short amounts (somewhat allowing teleportation). When he was around 17, his dad got murdered trying to defend him from a bad group of people (leaving this up to you I suppose), in his dying breath, he asked Lugh to follow in his legacy, and so he keeps his father's greatsword with him at all times.

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          • Edited by Centaur-1: 12/10/2021 3:01:37 PM
            [spoiler]This is actually my first time participating in one of these so I’m open to criticism.[/spoiler] [b][u]Race;[/u][/b] human(formerly), now unknown [b][u]Name;[/u][/b] unknown, goes by “Wraith” [b][u]Appearance;[/u][/b] very pale skin, white eyes, grey hair [b][u]Occupation;[/u][/b] The Ashes [b][u]Weapon;[/u][/b] one arm replaced with claw made of floating silver, sleek-looking segments with blue energy flowing through them - can channel the rage of the damned to throw hellfire out of the claw, causing it to take on a more demonic aesthetic seemingly made from volcanic rock - can allow a soul from The Ashes to possess an enemy or damn an enemy to join The Ashes - arm can extend to act as whip or grapple [b][u]Bio;[/u][/b] [i]His real name is unknown, even to himself. All he knows is that decades ago, his village was wiped out by war. On the brink of death, he was brought back by “The Ashes,” a collective of all tortured souls in [insert your version of Hell]. The voices are constantly in his head, urging him to fulfill their debts. Anytime he fulfills a soul’s debt, it leaves him and moves on into the next life. Once he fulfills every debt, then he too will finally leave this world and move on. He may allow a soul to temporarily take over his body if he feels they need to complete the debt themselves.[/i]

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            • Edited by Akorn: 12/9/2021 7:57:27 PM
              Here’s some “land” names: Qxthzyloth Leftgaurd Rightgaurd Kril’aak Da-Geddo-Fo-Th’ugs Ur Mums House Cornflakes

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              • How creative can I get with this character? Any rules/limitations? And I’ll get you a better name, you can count on me!

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                • Name: Nicholas Cage Personality: acts like Nicholas Cage Appearance: looks like Nicholas Cage Occupation: actor/filmmaker Gear: award winning acting talent Backstory: During the early years of his career, Cage starred in a variety of films such as Rumble Fish (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993). During this period, John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 36 listed him as one of twelve Promising New Actors of 1984. For his performance in Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He subsequently appeared in more mainstream films, such as The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), 8mm (1999), Windtalkers (2002), Lord of War (2005), The Wicker Man (2006), Bangkok Dangerous (2008) and Knowing (2009). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for Grand Special Prize at Deauville Film Festival. Cage owns the production company Saturn Films and has produced films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003). In October 1997, Cage was ranked No. 40 in Empire magazine's The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time list, while the next year, he was placed No. 37 in Premiere's 100 most powerful people in Hollywood.

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                  • Name: Condi Race: Bioshifter/Hyper evolving being, humanoid base, big chest small shoulders, human sized legs with a big bigger calves, facial features depend but usually mimics general features of others so a human-ish face. Skin color is camo like, adapts in half an hour Occupation: Traveling pathfinder/healer Jobless in context of society, completely self-dependent as he can adapt to hunt and forage. Likes to help lost people and always has adaptive healing salve growing from his body. "Gear"/"Weapons": Can adapt limbs and physical attributes in a day, smaller changes as growing hardened plating can occur in hours. Needs sustenance for big changes and growing additional limbs means needing a hidey-hole or protection as he can't multitask evolution, any biological attribute is available, normally likes to live with a bit of carpace plating, lenghty fingers with grown "knuckle dusters" for beating beasts, air blowing carpace covered holes for jumping with a quick jetpack type jump, wings for long travel only. Backstory: Lost and found, a byproduct of an actual superpowered being. Lucky he was found by a welcoming old pair who sheltered him until he was ready to leave and live in his own way due to his condition, as a young being he mimicked the foster parents and prefers humanoid features. Foster parents dead a long time ago, Condi has lived for over 80 years and is seemingly not aging at all. Likes: Efficiency, recycling, meeting others As he can grow and adapt he has been fond of using wood for armor and weaponry as it can grow back like him, but excessive amounts of re-growing material can make him wasteful, values gifts made of items you can't re-create the materials for and uses them to the end of non-useability. Has multiple secret stashes for gifts from travelers he's helped.

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                    • You could consider re-naming it: Rel-dunne (Idk, I make weird names but it’s just a suggestion😂)

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                      • Edited by SillyLilMahl: 12/11/2021 12:56:36 AM
                        I’m honestly taking a risk here with doing this. Seeing as a majority of my characters probably would have to be heavily modified to fit the setting, though that does bring with it some unique twists. Character [spoiler] Name: Quileth Personality: Paranoid, slightly insane, warm Race: Dryad Appearance: 71 years old, light green eyes, gray locks of hair, withered frame, and a small beard Occupation: Necromancer Weapons: Elm wood staff, steel dagger, spell-book Backstory: A watchman of the Forest who was killed by thieves. A sorcerer took pity on him and resurrected him. The process of resurrection has left his mind fractured for the most part. His goal now is the same as it has always been, to protect the Forest and any travelers who wander through it. Be it through use of weapons, or through the necromancy taught to him by his savior. [/spoiler]

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                        • Edited by Sumpig-2: 12/9/2021 5:48:27 AM
                          [spoiler]me still waiting for the rest of feydlyn or something . [/spoiler] [b]Jerome[/b] Mute Communicates through charades, with humor and sarcasm sometimes. Hides his face with a wooden mask and black hood Will kill you in your sleep if he has to Has a job related to clean up, in turn he prefers to make as less of a mess as possible His loyalties lie solely with his boss. But it doesn't mean he can't have friends

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                          • Im a green person with a hat that sells pants.

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                            • [quote]Welcome to the Land of Danar (I suck at names, somebody give me a better name pls, i beg of you).[/quote] Honestly I am not the best at names either. My main character in Offtopic is Warlock Holmes after all! But, for kingdom names, I either use other languages or just mash up letters until it sounds cool. Usually with a lot of æccènts and vowels. Like Dànaer, which honestly I don’t know how to pronounce but at least it looks cooler. Ok, I am perhaps not the best at naming so on to the other things! I do love making all kinds of characters and want to make one for this. Though I do not have that much time currently, I will think of character ideas. Any setting/story notes first to consider? Time period and all, besides the non-human thing.

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                              • Edited by Thire: 12/8/2021 11:43:04 PM
                                I’d like to join. My character will be in spoiler below. [b]Edit: Made the appearance more specific[/b] [spoiler]Name: Thire Personally: Loyal, hard-working, merciless Appearance: Tall male human-robot hybrid (Terminator style), short cut brown hair, brown eyes, wears armor and his signature black bandana Occupation: professional soldier/vigilante Weaponry: powerful revolver, assault rifle, blade that ejects from wrist, grenade launcher Backstory: Created by Vortex labs, Thire was made to be the future of military power. Before his programming was completed, he realized their intention, which was to reach world domination by any means. Thire broke out of his containment, killed his creators, and escaped.[/spoiler]

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