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"Da pacem Domine Sol, in diebus nostris, Eo quod non sit alius ,Illa pugnet pro nobis, O princeps ."

"Give peace , O Sun, in our days, Because there is no other, She fights for us, O princess. "

                                                                                                -Chant of the Celestian Templars

 

On November 27, 1095 Princess Celestia organized 10,000 Equestrian Crusaders including 9,000 Prench Crusaders to recapture Celestia's birth place from Saddle Arabian Lunars (Those who believe Luna to be the true goddess). They came together under one banner, the banner of the sun!

 

Farmers, Soldiers, Priests, Blacksmiths, Nobles, Doctors, Guards, and Pilgrims. All marched across the continent to the land bridge into the Middle East... It has been 12 months since then and the Crusaders have not captured the homeland. Many have deserted, many have died, and only 8,000 Crusaders remain. They have established a small settlement 12 miles away from the city of Jerusalem, the birthplace of Celestia and Luna. The fighting has become nothing but skirmishes. With their moral dropping, and their trust in their commanders wavering, will the Crusader's prevail or will they return to the North, beaten and bloody.

 

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Equestrian Crusaders:

Led by Chronos Dial V, General in the Equestrian Army

Uses large numbers to over power the foe

Mostly Male military but contains females, mixed gender pilgrims

Banner is a sun in front of a red cross, white background

5,430 Crusaders

Has large carts that have a giant golden sun on them to inspire the crusaders

 

Crusaders of Prance:

Led by Joan of Prance, Heir of the Prench throne

Uses more strategy, allowing them to defeat a large force with a small force

Mostly Female Military with very few males, mixed gender pilgrims

Banner is a light blue fleur-de-lis in front of a red cross, white background

2,570 Crusaders

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Rules:

Follow all Forum rules when it comes to Roleplaying

No alicorns

no being overpowered or godmodding

Post at least 3 times a week, or  1 time a week if you got a good excuse

weapons (except for swords) must be for the early middle ages to about high middle ages

swords and armor can be from the late middle ages

Keep cursing to a medium level, no cursing in every other sentence!

Races can be the usual unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony, it can also include griffons and even zebras

Soldiers fight, Pilgrims don't. So if your OC is not a fighter, don't have them be a soldier

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Character sheet:

Name:

Age:

group: (Equestrian/Prance (Soldier/Pilgrim))

Gender:

Race:

Cutie mark:

Appearance:

Armor: (steel plate armor, heavy mail, ect.), (also includes shields)

Weapons: (crossbow, halberd, straight sword, spear, pike ect)

short backstory (+ reason for joining the crusade):

 

Examples:

Name: Chronos Dial V

Age: 31

group: Equestrian Soldier, General

Gender: Male

Race: Unicorn

Cutie mark: Hour glass

Appearance: Well built, white coat with blue mane and tail. Indigo eyes. Mane is combed back but is usually covered by chain mail coif.

Armor: fine Steel plate armor with heavy mail (including coif), Great helm, white and gold surcoat with a sun on the chest.

Weapons: Arming Sword type XII

short backstory (+ reason for joining the crusade): Born in canterlot and trained at a young age to become a knight. He has officially been in the Equestrian military for 10 years. He was one of the first Equestrians to join the Crusade.  He saw the crusade as more of a military campaign then a holy pilgrimage. He was chosen to be the general in charge of the Equestrian crusaders.

 

Name: Joan of Prance

Age: 29

group: Prench Soldier, General

Gender: Female

Race: Unicorn

Cutie mark: blue fleur-de-lis

Appearance: light blue coat, with a baby blue mane and tail. Her mane and tail are curly and well groomed. Her eyes are a diamond blue color. 

Armor: light steel plate and heavy mail armor. Bevor, aventail, and helmet is a great Bassinet. Her mane is like a pommel. Light blue surcoat with a fleur-de-lis on chest.

Weapons: Arming Sword type XVa

short backstory (+ reason for joining the crusade): She is the daughter of the king and queen of Prance. By prench tradition she would be next in line of the throne, even if she had a brother. Unlike her Equestrian colleague, Chronos, she joined the crusade seeing it as a religious pilgrimage and not as just a conquest for territory but to free the homeland from those who refuse to let Celestians visit the holy place.

 

Characters:

Equestria:

Soldiers:

Chronos Dial V

Crystal Kurai

Solid Steel

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Pilgrims:

Des Platinum

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Prance:

Soldiers:

Joan of Prance

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-

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Pilgrims:

-

-

-

-

-

 

If you want to be on the side of the Lunars (muslims) then just ask and I will allow it. All you have to do is ask. Why I didn't put them as a choose-able faction is because the Crusaders are suppose to win at the end.

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I naturally assume this is anthro 
Character sheet:
Name: Cyrus Kurai
Age: 24
group: (Equestrian soldier
Gender: Male
Race:Unicorn
Cutie mark: A winged sword in front of a blue ball of flame

Appearance: Cyrus is exceptionally well built and stands a head taller then the average pony. His coat is white and has golden long mane and tail. His mane is tied back into a pony tail and a well kept beard frames his face. His eyes are a deep dark purple. 
 
Armor: Steel plate and heavy mail,  crusader great helm, surcoat and a large wooden shield bearing the equestrian crusader crest
Weapons: A broadsword. (dont know any official swords names :P)
short backstory: Cyrus was born into the highly religious Kurai family.  Having been taught how to fight in the name of his god from a young age, he jumped at the chance to join the holy quest to purge heathens from the earth. (WIP)
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I naturally assume this is anthro

Character sheet:

Name: Cyrus Kurai

Age: 24

group: (Equestrian soldier

Gender: Male

Race:Unicorn

Cutie mark: A winged sword in front of a blue ball of flame

 

Appearance: Cyrus is exceptionally well built and stands a head taller then the average pony. His coat is white and has golden long mane and tail. His mane is tied back into a pony tail and a well kept beard frames his face. His eyes are a deep dark purple.

 

Armor: Steel plate and heavy mail, crusader great helm, surcoat and a large wooden shield bearing the equestrian crusader crest

Weapons: A broadsword. (dont know any official swords names :P)

short backstory: Cyrus was born into the highly religious Kurai family. Having been taught how to fight in the name of his god from a young age, he jumped at the chance to join the holy quest to purge heathens from the earth. (WIP)

 

accepted

But it is not anthro

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Guess I'll chuck in a application and this is anthro right?

 

Name: Solid Steel

 

Age: 32

 

group: (Equestrian Soldier)

 

Gender: Male

 

Race: Earth Pony

 

Cutie mark: A Steel Shield protecting a pony from a large hammer.

 

Appearance: grey iron coat, and a short black mane and tail, his eyes are a crimson red, and he's quite large for a pony standing about a foot higher than most others and also packing quite a bit of muscle.

 

Armor: reinforced heavy Red Steel Plate Armor and Great Helmet with two horns on the sides, with a double layer of chainmail underneath.

 

Weapons: Steel Uses Two Axes that are coated with silver, thus they are able to harm magical entities and also disrupt magical shields, and he carries a double handed hammer on his back, for use in destroying gates and thin walls.

 

short backstory: Steel Worked on many farms and in many workshops throughout his life, as a orphan without a family to speak of, many farm owners and shop owners hired him as cheap labour throughout his years, one day while he was working in a blacksmiths workshop, a shelf holding many, many steel ingots collapsed, steel and a young mare was underneath at the time, steel saw the shelf collapse and covered the mare with his own form, taking the impact of the ingots himself.

 

After the blacksmith had managed to pull the ingots off of the pair underneath he was shocked to find that the mare underneath was unharmed, steel however was barely breathing, but was still standing over the mare, covered in red marks and small cuts, steel became a local legend in his small town after saving the mare, and thus he earned his cutie mark.

 

A couple weeks later, a small platoon of Soldier entered his town looking for recruits for the upcoming crusade and many of Steel's friends suggested he go and sign up, and so he did, hoping to earn some money and maybe explore the world a little, and who knows, maybe he'll become a hero.

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Guess I'll chuck in a application and this is anthro right?

 

Name: Solid Steel

 

Age: 32

 

group: (Equestrian Soldier)

 

Gender: Male

 

Race: Earth Pony

 

Cutie mark: A Steel Shield protecting a pony from a large hammer.

 

Appearance: grey iron coat, and a short black mane and tail, his eyes are a crimson red, and he's quite large for a pony standing about a foot higher than most others and also packing quite a bit of muscle.

 

Armor: reinforced heavy Red Steel Plate Armor and Great Helmet with two horns on the sides, with a double layer of chainmail underneath.

 

Weapons: Steel Uses Two Axes that are coated with silver, thus they are able to harm magical entities and also disrupt magical shields, and he carries a double handed hammer on his back, for use in destroying gates and thin walls.

 

short backstory: Steel Worked on many farms and in many workshops throughout his life, as a orphan without a family to speak of, many farm owners and shop owners hired him as cheap labour throughout his years, one day while he was working in a blacksmiths workshop, a shelf holding many, many steel ingots collapsed, steel and a young mare was underneath at the time, steel saw the shelf collapse and covered the mare with his own form, taking the impact of the ingots himself.

 

After the blacksmith had managed to pull the ingots off of the pair underneath he was shocked to find that the mare underneath was unharmed, steel however was barely breathing, but was still standing over the mare, covered in red marks and small cuts, steel became a local legend in his small town after saving the mare, and thus he earned his cutie mark.

 

A couple weeks later, a small platoon of Soldier entered his town looking for recruits for the upcoming crusade and many of Steel's friends suggested he go and sign up, and so he did, hoping to earn some money and maybe explore the world a little, and who knows, maybe he'll become a hero.

No it is not anthro

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@,

how can a war hammer break down a wall, I can see a gate; Breaking of the lock and pushing it open but how can a wall be destroyed, well maybe a light palisade... 

 

But sure you can be a unicorn, but a sword can be held in the mouth.

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Name: Des Platinum
Age: 26
group: (Equestrian(Pilgrim))
Gender: Female
Race: Pegasus
Cutie mark: A key (like the one in The Fifth Element)with a cherry
Appearance: Light grey coat, her mane doesn't go past her neck and it's completely straight, white with two faded purple strands on one side, her hooves are bigger than they should but her whole body is of a normal size pony of her age
Armor: Medium weight armor, as long as she can take off she'll wear it
Weapons: One dagger (Poignard) and three throwing knives, everything made from the platinum she found
Short backstory (+ reason for joining the crusade): Single daughter of the surprising marriage between a Royal Guard and a female blacksmith that ended up making the weapon that saved his life, Des learned the ways of blacksmithing in hopes to find, like her mother, someone who would at least use her creations, but more than functional tools she saw her weapons as a piece of art. Perfecting her art to the point the weapons didn't cut anymore, she brought shame to the Platinum family as the ineffectiveness of the weapon she created costed the life of a promising soldier, and was forbid to practice blacksmithing again, her mother locked her materials and furnace with a one of a kind key. Des' desire to practice her art made her take a cherry from a tree and with it's stem she felt the intricate design of the lock, drawing it to then reproduce the key, when she did, she found everything had oxidized except for a platinum ingot.

When she found out about the crusade she knew various blacksmiths would join the fight she felt obliged to join due to the royalty that still flowed in her veins so she joined as well hoping no one would remember the incident from years ago, she hopes the crusade will teach her the balance between beauty and effectiveness as she helps the soldiers reclaim the terrain
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Name: Des Platinum
Age: 26
group: (Equestrian(Pilgrim))
Gender: Female
Race: Pegasus
Cutie mark: A key (like the one in The Fifth Element)with a cherry
Appearance: Light grey coat, her mane doesn't go past her neck and it's completely straight, white with two faded purple strands on one side, her hoofs are bigger than they should but her whole body is of a normal size pony of her age
Armor: Medium weight armor, as long as she can take off she'll wear it
Weapons: One dagger (Poignard) and three throwing knives, everything made from the platinum she found
Short backstory (+ reason for joining the crusade): Single daughter of the surprising marriage between a Royal Guard and a female blacksmith that ended up making the weapon that saved his life, Des learned the ways of blacksmithing in hopes to find, like her mother, someone who would at least use her creations, but more than functional tools she saw her weapons as a piece of art. Perfecting her art to the point the weapons didn't cut anymore, she brought shame to the Platinum family as the ineffectiveness of the weapon she created costed the life of a promising soldier, and was forbid to practice blacksmithing again, her mother locked her materials and furnace with a one of a kind key. Des' desire to practice her art made her take a cherry from a tree and with it's stem she felt the intricate design of the lock, drawing it to then reproduce the key, when she did, she found everything had oxidized except for a platinum ingot.

 

When she found out about the crusade she knew various blacksmiths would join the fight she felt obliged to join due to the royalty that still flowed in her veins so she joined as well hoping no one would remember the incident from years ago, she hopes the crusade will teach her the balance between beauty and effectiveness as she helps the soldiers reclaim the terrain

 

accepted!

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