ooc Salem University OOC (Open)

[Duality 10,739]

@Arid_Blitz and I are dual-DMing on this RP; he created it and I adapted it. [EDIT: I am now sole DM. Your fates rest in my hands alone. Bow before your master, o dungeons.]

 

IC thread can be found here.

 

I will be playing using my character Dr. Duality Wave-Particle, or, rather, a human water-elemental version (employed at the University as the dean of water magic and one of the school's main teachers of both glyph theory and hydromancy).

 

 

 

Introduction:

 

Spoiler

[Based in an alternate Earth.]

 

Throughout history, the study of magic has been looked down upon. Many denied its very existence due to how rare it was for people to have the ability to wield it. However, in recent decades, the existence of magic became scientifically indisputable fact, as the world's population has quickly grown to the point where thousands of magic users exist around the world, even though only about one in every million people can use magic.
Many people were hurt and killed by magic-wielders in the early days of modern magic, due to the fact that very few of them could properly control and direct their powers. Sponsored by a international government initiative, a powerful young man named Gabriel Lazel founded a school for users of magic, hiring many of his own magic-wielding acquaintances and friends as staff and calling in favours from many others to establish contact with secretive magical communities around the world. The school's name? Salem University.

 

Years passed, and more and more magic-wielders of incredibly diverse abilities flocked to the school, eager to learn more about the control of their often-unstable powers and, in many cases, eager to escape the societal rejection that came with such singular abilities. Students from all cultures, nationalities, and ethnic backgrounds were accepted equally there, not all even entirely human, as in the case of the Pelajae - a race of human-like animals that have developed alongside humankind as allies for millennia [yes, this means anthros are possible to roleplay; please address any objections to @Arid_Blitz, c/o MLP Forums thank you for using Duality Blame Redirection have a nice day].
 

Due to the vast diversity of the student body, however, there were many incidents of conflict between those of contrasting culture, which sometimes even lead to outright brawls. After a particularly savage incident involving a frenzied magical blast that severely injured twelve bystanders and killed both the fighting sophomores, it was decided that a duelling system be formally implemented, whereby students could fight to settle disputes, defend their honour, or simply test their combat prowess on each other. Such events took place in a specially-designed and -enchanted duelling ring, overseen by a select board of impartial teachers and students to prevent cheating and, in certain cases, provide protection from injuries in excess of what they considered reasonable given the circumstances of the duel in question.

 

It was just such a duel in which Principal Lazel was tragically killed, mere weeks after the twentieth anniversary of his founding of the school was celebrated with a grand gala. Police reported simply that he engaged with an unknown opponent in the master-sorcerer duelling ring, which resulted in his death. Nothing more was known. No culprit was identified.
 

Lazel's close friend, Lilith Plowse, was named his successor as principal. Under her wise leadership, the school expanded considerably over the next several years, requiring additional dorm blocks (at least one for each general category of magic wielded by students), classrooms, and even an on-site mall to be constructed. As the new school year comes upon the school, arriving students are becoming acquainted with their transformed environment and older students are preparing their minds for another year of study.

 

Rules:

1. Be respectful of others and their characters,
2. No one-liners (at minimum five sentences per post),
3. Romance is allowed and encouraged but do please keep it within forum rules.

 

Categories of Magic:

1. Fire,
2. Earth (subcategories: metal, crystal),
3. Wind/lightning,
4. Water/ice,
5. Light,
6. Dark,
7. Special cases (shamans, witch doctors, power-resisters, multipowered, etc.).

 

Character Types:

1. Students (1st years, 2nd years, 3rd years, and 4th years),
2. Teachers (one for each power and several others teaching special courses),
3. Vice Principal (Lilith Plowse is the principal, but the vice principal spot is up for grabs),
4. Villainous accomplices (see final paragraph).

 

Everyone starts at first-year level, regardless of how powerful they are. 4th year students can stay 4th-year and continue their magical studies for as long as they like; graduation from the school isn't mandatory and there are no higher tiers of studenthood.
In the interests of fairness, no-one is allowed both a teacher character and a multipowered character simultaneously, regardless of how powerful the teacher is. As a corollary, multipowered characters are generally only permitted up to 3 of the powers listed.

 

There is an overarching storyline to this RP, involving a man named Shahal Blackrose and his accomplices (many of whom mysteriously manifest multipowers), who are devoted to destroying a powerful runic spell hidden within Salem University itself. This spell was created to seal away a dark plane of existence and prevent its demonic occupants from breaking out and destroying the world as we know it, which means it is imperative that Blackrose be stopped.
Several character positions may be applied for within Shahal's group of accomplices, although they will only be playable later on in the course of the RP. In addition, character fatalities may be incurred on either side, due to the violent nature of Blackrose's campaign, but not to the point where people will be excluded from the RP because all their characters were killed, not without extensive PM discussion with the people involved, and not because we have a grudge against you/your character; it's purely for plot-progression purposes.

 

 

 

List of Extant Characters (may include some non-extant characters or exclude some extant ones, all rights to inaccuracy are reserved):

 

Spoiler

@Duality:  Duality Wave-Particle.

 

@reader8363:  Shadow Beast and Rose Beast.

 

@Skylord Nexus:  Lucius Darkflare.

 

@Arid_Blitz:  Lilith Plowse, Mikahil, and Rouen Blackrose.

 

 

@Denim&Venom:  Akane, Angelscape O'nyra, Tachibana Miko, and Mindie Fenris.

 

 

 

@dragon4111:  Ghalan Chromwell.

 

@Passion:  Ira "Frosthawk" II of the Kirith family and Ley of the Crimson River family.

 

@Buck Testa: Druantia, Frankie Gardner, and Sahalia the Architect.

 

 

@Key Sharkz: Cynthia Lynette.

 

 

 

 

Application Format:

1. Link to character/s you want to apply with,
2. Their magical category,
3. Their character type (including whether they're human or Pelajae).

Please clearly describe all outstanding features of your character in your application, including above-average power, strength, size, intelligence, etc., as well as any sort of interesting scars, abilities, or items that they may possess. This is so I can get a solid picture of your character in my mind and so other people's characters can react properly to your character's incredible amulet/cape/hairdo/polka shoes if they're meeting them for the first time.

Edited May 11, 2019 by Duality

[reader8363 1,281]

The rp sounds interesting, I'll look at my characters to see if one (or two if possible) is work

[Brobot 1,436]

@Duality

I would like to jump in pls!

[Duality 10,739]

@woodchunks66

Forgot to add application format guideline to original post. Just follow that to apply. 

[Brobot 1,436]

@Duality

Earth (Nature if possible, I'm thinking like 1st Hokage type stuff)

Human! 1st year

 

Edited January 23, 2018 by woodchunks66

[reader8363 1,281]

Is it possible to rp as Shadow and Rose?

https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-characters/shadow-beast-r8717/
Dark Magic
Teacher
Pelajae

https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-characters/rose-beast-r9900/
Dark Magic
1st year student
Pelajae

[Skylord Nexus 527]

I like the look of this, and totally found it on my own and was not given a link by @Arid_Blitz

Lucius Darkflare

Dark Magic

accomplices

Human

Appearance (just has normal ears):

[Duality 10,739]

17 hours ago, woodchunks66 said:

@Duality

Earth (Nature if possible, I'm thinking like 1st Hokage type stuff)

Human! 1st year

Nature is definitely possible.

Go right ahead. 

17 hours ago, reader8363 said:

Is it possible to rp as Shadow and Rose?

https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-characters/shadow-beast-r8717/
Dark Magic
Teacher
Pelajae

https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-characters/rose-beast-r9900/
Dark Magic
1st year student
Pelajae

Sure thing.

Start whenever you feel ready. 

4 hours ago, Skylord Nexus said:

Lucius Darkflare

Dark Magic

accomplices

Human

Link to character page?

[Skylord Nexus 527]

1 hour ago, Duality said:

Link to character page?

I don't have any character page for him, but I can get it all in words here if you want.

So like:

Name:

Personality:

Age:

Backstory:

etc. if that works

[Duality 10,739]

10 minutes ago, Skylord Nexus said:

I don't have any character page for him, but I can get it all in words here if you want.

So like:

Name:

Personality:

Age:

Backstory:

etc. if that works

That should be fine, as long as it's as detailed as a normal character page.

[Skylord Nexus 527]

@Duality

I think this should be good, if you need anything else just say.

Character Name: Lucius C. Darkflare II

Age: 23

Physical Description: Lucius is about 6 foot , he's quite thin and has rather neatly combed, white hair which is slightly shifted to his left. He has very pale skin and generally wears rather refined, fancy clothing, even when combat is required.

Personality and Traits: Lucius has a tendency to be very out right about situation and to speak his mind (a jerk). He's very cocky and only has respect for people he knows can beat him and does not take anyone else seriously in the slightest. He is also deathly smart, and though seemingly charismatic is very bad and quite in a social setting. Drawn to strong power he can control.

Backstory: Being the heir to a very large fortune, Lucius grew up as royalty and gained most if not all of the bad traits one with such wealth and power stereotypically has and was taught privately. When he was 16 he killed his father out of no where and became the head of his family (which now consisted of only him) and sought out to increase his knowledge, wealth and power. This would eventually lead him to find Shahal and pledge allegiance to his cause, if for no other reason than the power that came with it, however he quickly found that he had (for the first time in his life) found someone he genuinely respected and happily followed and became very loyal to the man, happily giving him access to anything his money could buy. ( @Arid_Blitz seal of backstory approval)

Fighting Ability/Magic: Lucius uses dark magic, generally using fast but weak spells to work an opponent down, but is capable of using some very powerful destructive dark magic which requires time to build up.

Weaknesses: Lucius' biggest weakness is probably his ego and over confidence when fighting, generally never going all out unless he's threatened, this is very obvious as he tends to be very chatty in combat and as he needs to use more power his personality changes from jovial to angry, very angry.

Normal:

When fighting:

 

Edited March 9, 2019 by Skylord Nexus

[Brobot 1,436]

43 minutes ago, Duality said:

That should be fine, as long as it's as detailed as a normal character page.

Oh oh do u want me to make a new HUMAN character? or will it be ok with the character i have already given u?

[Duality 10,739]

15 minutes ago, Skylord Nexus said:

@Duality

I think this should be good, if you need anything else just say.

Character Name: Lucius C. Darkflare II

Age: 23

Physical Description: Lucius is about 6 foot , he's quite thin and has messy black hair which is slightly shifted to his right. He has very pale skin and generally wears rather refined, fancy clothing, unless combat is required.

Personality and Traits: Lucius has a tendency to be very out right about situation and to speak his mind (a jerk). He's very cocky and only has respect for people he knows can beat him and does not take anyone else seriously in the slightest. He is also deathly smart, and though seemingly charismatic is very bad and quite in a social setting. Drawn to strong power he can control.

Backstory: Being the heir to a very large fortune, Lucius grew up as royalty and gained most if not all of the bad traits one with such wealth and power stereotypically has and was taught privately. When he was 16 he killed his father out of no where and became the head of his family (which now consisted of only him) and sought out to increase his knowledge, wealth and power. This would eventually lead him to find Shahal and pledge allegiance to his cause, if for no other reason than the power that came with it, however he quickly found that he had (for the first time in his life) found someone he genuinely respected and happily followed and became very loyal to the man, happily giving him access to anything his money could buy. ( @Arid_Blitz seal of backstory approval)

Fighting Ability/Magic: Lucius uses dark magic, generally using fast but weak spells to work an opponent down, but is capable of using some very powerful destructive dark magic which requires time to build up.

Weaknesses: Lucius' biggest weakness is probably his ego and over confidence when fighting, generally never going all out unless he's threatened, this is very obvious as he tends to be very chatty in combat and as he needs to use more power his personality changes from jovial to angry, very angry.

Spiffy. Consider him preapproved for accomplice status later in the RP. 

13 minutes ago, woodchunks66 said:

Oh oh do u want me to make a new HUMAN character? or will it be ok with the character i have already given u?

Nah, pony characters are fine for submission, they're just adjusted in-RP to correspond with their humanisation.

[reader8363 1,281]

@Duality

So, do I just start it as the school starts?

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

We'll get a few more and we can begin then I'll start it then o3o

[Duality 10,739]

5 minutes ago, reader8363 said:

@Duality

So, do I just start it as the school starts?

Yep!

Salem is a weird and wonderful place, so not much is considered out of the ordinary. 

 

 

EDIT: @woodchunks66 & @reader8363, I might have been ever-so-slightly premature in telling you that you could start immediately; Arid pointed out that we need a couple more characters before we can get this thing going properly. 

Edited January 23, 2018 by Duality

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

It ok duality o3o we posted at same time lol and I can get started with it and we just integrate the others in

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

Name: Lilith Plowse 

Age: 42

Gender: Female

Race: Grey Wolf

Power: ice/crystal

Appearance: Standing only at 4'9 she didnt really seem intimidating at first glance. Her hair was kept short just above her shoulders that was black in color with the tips starting to turn grey...her fur was white with black and grey in areas of her fur. Wearing a pair of black high heels, a black skirt that came down to just below her hips that flowed with each step. Her top was a light pink ruffled shirt that was long sleeve. Her eyes were a light purple color

Background: At a young age she began to display signs of powers her parents were unsure what to do with her and began to get fearful of her. At the age of 14 her powers were growing immensely but they soon began to get out of hand unable to control them even at one point hurting a friend of her's showing off her powers...then one day a young man came into town by the name of Gabriel. Gabriel showed up at her house one day upon hearing of the powers she possessed and even though she thought he was cute she got scared when he questioned her about the powers she had. Thinking he was out to harm her cause of possessing powers she fired ice shards  at him only for him to grab hold of it holding it in his hand destroying the ice with little issue. Years went by and Gabriel and Lilith fell in love opening a school up together. It was small but eventually expanded. 

One year however a student there by the name of Shahal got severely injured during a duel losing an eye and even lose of hearing in his left ear that eventually got fixed. Lilith always worried about Gabriel waking up from nightmares of him dying. He told her not to worry and she tried not to but one night a fight broke out between Shahal and Gabriel...she and the other teachers got there late as they arrived Gabriel was dead on the ground with standing over him. Lilith flew into a fit of rage going after Shahal, the other teachers having to stop her as Shahal made his way into the night. A few years have gone by and she is the new head of the school

Edited January 24, 2018 by Arid_Blitz

[Brobot 1,436]

3 hours ago, Duality said:

Yep!

Salem is a weird and wonderful place, so not much is considered out of the ordinary. 

 

 

EDIT: @woodchunks66 & @reader8363, I might have been ever-so-slightly premature in telling you that you could start immediately; Arid pointed out that we need a couple more characters before we can get this thing going properly. 

Like right now right now?

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

I'll get an ic post in give me a sec imma have it set at auditorium and students should be heading there 

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

Lots of dark users hey @reader8363 do you wanna change one of them to another element? Also you too @Skylord Nexus for your student or teacher character lucius can stay the darkness lover it's just so we have more diversity lots of choices and if you have a new thing let us know we can work stuff out please begin posting now 

[reader8363 1,281]

@Arid_Blitz

Since dark basically defines Rose and Shadow with their shadow magic, I might be able to give one of them an extra magic or change one to Sorxir, or make Sorxir another character. Which is ever you think is a good choice 

[Skylord Nexus 527]

@Arid_Blitz @Duality

I have a question on how the magic works,

Are certain types of magic weak against others?

Edited January 24, 2018 by Skylord Nexus

[Canteen_the_unstable 7,963]

Either works @reader8363 sorry didn't wanna be like so much dark magic lol and will explain the weakness when free sorry 

[reader8363 1,281]

okay, @Duality I guess I'll try to add Sorxir into the mix

https://mlpforums.com/roleplay-characters/sorxir-chron-r9928/

1st year student

pelajae

Special (Light/Dark), but she prefers light