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The year is 960 A.S. I can't really tell you how many have died in order to give us our freedom. But I can tell you how many took that away from us. As you may have guessed, it's been nine hundred and sixty years since The Grand War, and that nearly wiped us out whole.
We were told everything behind how things had led up to this because they knew we were going to die anyways one way or another. The crowd thinks we're just volunteers or something who trained to fight these for entertainment. But we were never given a choice. This was our fate. By our tenth leader. Or as we like to call him, X. Kaze Genshukuna the tenth is known by this name by his bodyguards and us of course. But his guards aren't just ordinary people. They're vanguards. They are special trained forces to keep us back and to keep other safe from harm or at least just X. We're stuck here until we get killed by one of these things or we grow too old for the public but I doubt we'll survive the seven years we're put up against these things. No one has. We all have our bad days and when the public starts to lose interest, consider yourself dead. He'll send out someone who knows will kill you. We were all given special weapons that fit our preferences just to make us better at fighting and this has become much more frequent than just an annual thing. We have scheduled fights every other day. Welcome to your new life..

The leaders of the world, one after another, they conspired against the other with hateful passion. But this had already been going on long before the war had even started. However, what did cause this catastrophe was the simple press of a button. A "paranoid reaction" as they called it that first sent fire from America towards a small town in China. And with that, all hell broke loose. One after another, weapons of mass destruction was shot back and forth that had been planned for decades. There was no stopping them and within the debris and crossfire of this madness, other leaders were forced to take fire themselves to try to be the ones to quell the flames of war but to no avail. It had already been too late.
Time during the war had passed quite quickly. Cities and towns crumbling one after another as bomb targets hit their mark and rained death in all directions and of course, there were no winners. The people began to rise up against their own leaders, tired of watching their world burn beneath their feet. And so, with this in mind each state, each country, each continent had one thing in mind: they all needed to put a stop to it at the main source. Leaders fell within days and so did the counter-fire between the areas themselves. A war had finally been ending with the help of modern people. Though one war-hungry leader had stood among the rest, guarded by their trusted guards and firing away at free will. Because of this, there had been none to stop him. All but one at least. This man skillfully made his way through each and every body, striking his foes with great strength and putting on a show for all to see, only to make it back alive with the head of the final leader himself.
Every story comes with a happy ending, right? The rising action and the climax right down to the falling action and the victory. Stories like these are still enjoyed today among many and as the people back then liked this so much, they dug the graves of the people today.
After this tragedy had come to an end, the people had looked upon their once graceful land and saw destruction, rubble, and debris that filled the streets and with no leaders left in the world, the role would have to be put upon someone else. And who better than the man who saved the day? And so becoming one of the greats had been as easy as a landslide victory because really, they had no better candidate. They found the biggest piece of land, located in the center of where the continents once divided, and called the place home to the new ruler of the monarchy.
Kaze Genshukuna ruled like none other. He stuck to the name meaning "Solemn Wind" and showed his kindness towards the people. He listened to the people and gave them what they wanted and as his first order of business, he brought us to a new time in itself. Anno Salutis. Or A.S. for short. Meaning "The year of deliverance" or redemption. It was meant to be a time to redeem ourselves as human beings of our sins and to rise anew as better people. And from this new time, we finally named our new land, Floriana with our capital to adopt the name Florian.
The mass-produced history book stop here and yet the story doesn't. Why you may ask? Because they didn't want any record of the embarrassing family tree that came from "our great hero". As the line went down from generation to generation, each one was worse. The first had a stubborn attitude, rejecting many things and going about his own business. The second found strange hobbies and ignored the people around him, still claiming to have followed the people and yet they had no proof as to say otherwise. The list had gone down up until six where this one had decided to cover the tracks of any suspicion towards their family name. This was when "The Great Coliseum" was built. Because of the recycled buildings, they were able to reconstruct an architectural structure, drawing in more of a crowd to this event. Of course other buildings had been put together after the war to provide a proper living in civilization as it had been before though nothing such as this. This was to show a "play" of sorts, putting on a show of the famous hero from the war that saved them, striking down his foes to reach his target. Though no one knew this hadn't been a play. To the leader, it had been amusement to him to watch people die one after another from one trained being that was able to take down his opponents and put on a show for many. To the audience, it had all been a play only they weren't allowed to see the "actors" since no one knew they had died that day. It was told to this person that they had already been sentenced to death and so there had been no harm done by this. Though the situation only grew worse as time went on.
Reaching off until the next generation, the crowd had wanted another show. And so this was given to them, thinking it had been an easy please for the crowd his father had left for him. He used this to his advantage, doing more of these shows a couple times a year until the crowd was then bored of this and of course it had been a problem so the scene was changed. The chosen person had been changed to a smaller child, one said to have been trained to be more agile than the others to provide better entertainment but the crowd wanted more. And so it had been changed to a new show. One that gave them the opportunity to see one against another as trained teens had been sent against each other to put on a show for them. This pleased the crowd a great bunch to see a fight and so they watched with excitement. They were completely oblivious to what we were going through or even how they treated us even to this day.
Rules;
-No god-modding please. ^_^
-If you end out fighting in OOC take it elsewhere, but I would appreciate it if it didn't happen.
-Semi-advance to advanced. So, a paragraph and more would be great. Lowmuse is acceptable but, not constantly.
-Please be active. I know that school is coming up, so at least tell me whether you are going to be inactive so I won't cut your characters off. At least post once per day.
-Please don't start plots without getting it by me first, I would love to hear your plot ideas though.
-Make the amount of characters you can handle, but I don't want like ten characters and you just play like two of them.
-Including other people in the role-play makes a difference, it allows us to move further into the plot and keep this thread alive. x3
-Keep the flooding to a minimum, please.
-Romance is allowed, but keep it PG 13. Or just fade-in or fade-out when it gets to that point, okay?
-Cussing is allowed. The only words that don't really need to be censored are; hell and damn. But, the rest are to be censored. Like; sh*t or f*ck etc.
-There are only 7 positions for the Vanguard, so if you would like to make one don't hesitate to do so.
-When I'm gone, ℓση∂ση & ѕ¢αяℓєт will be the one's to accept your forms or simply to keep the thread in check.
-Last but not least have fun! ^_^
-Sponsored by me, ℓση∂ση and ѕ¢αяℓєт
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"If there's nobody left... I'll be destroyed."
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✘ Name ✘
Shiori Hyakuya
✘ Age ✘
Sixteen
✘ Gender ✘
Female
✘ Role ✘
Kairoshu
✘ Personality ✘
During her imprisonment along with the rest of the children from her village, Shiori often felt despair and closed herself in her own shell. Where she would cry to herself and feel hopeless, she wouldn't open up to anyone knowing that each of them would most likely die someday. All she thought was about surviving on her own and nobody else. But, during their escape Shiori slowly begins to change back to her original self. She seems to open up more to her traveling companions, such as teasing others in a playful manner or acting immature around her peers. Shiori is quite kind often encouraging her companions when the worst of time comes around, but when she is with someone alone it ends up becoming more awkward than it is. She begins to become more nervous around that person even though they are close to her, and as a result she consider her traveling companions her family. Shiori is reluctant when someone suggests an action they should take, most of the time she spends it by pondering it if is the right decision and she voices her own opinion.
✘ Brief History ✘
Ever since her mother's death, Shiori was kindly taken in by Anise Hyakuya of the Hyakuya orphanage. Since, it was a small rural town everybody knew each other. Anise was an acquaintance of her mother Jasmine. When Shiori first arrived at the orphanage, she had a lot of problems with interacting with other children even though she was older than them. So, she spent most of her time helping Anise around the orphanage. While growing up in the orphanage she befriended a girl around her age named Reina, and the two quickly became close. Late one night one day there was a clanging of a bell alerting the residents of the townspeople that the Vanguard had arrived, and was setting fire to many buildings. The orphanage children were all exploring that day when they had returned, Shiori had suggest that they sneak their way back towards the orphanage to check on Anise to see if she was alright. But, when they had returned, soldiers were already inquiring her about the children in the orphanage. When Anise had told them she didn't know a thing about where they were, the soldiers didn't believe a word she said and executed her on the spot. Knowing that they should escape, Shiori and Reina brought the younger children to a wooden entrance way outside the orphanage that led underground in case of an emergency. Telling them to not get out no matter what the cause. The two then ran off knowing that there wasn't enough for the two of them to hide with the rest of the younger children, but ended up getting captured by the Vanguard. Shiori was the only one to survive in the coliseum, she had to watch her own friend die against an opponent.
✘ Strengths ✘
✘Taking care of younger children
✘Speed
✘Reflex
✘ Weaknesses ✘
✘Persuasion
✘Younger children in need
✘Stray animals that don't have a home
✘ Weapon of choice ✘
Halberd
✘ Likes ✘
✘Sweets
✘Flowers
✘Beautiful sceneries
✘Lakes
✘Heights
✘Mornings
✘ Dislikes ✘
✘Fire
✘Mindless slaughter
✘The colosseum
✘Hatred
✘ Other ✘

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"You have to kill in order to survive, otherwise you might as well wind-up dead."
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✘ Name ✘
Gilbert Sasaki
✘ Age ✘
Eighteen
✘ Gender ✘
Male
✘ Role ✘
Kairoshu
✘ Personality ✘
Gilbert has a more calm demeanor than most people, often keeping his composure even at the worst of times. He is carefree and easygoing, yet sometimes his personality gets on most people's nerves making him seem apathetic in others perspectives. Gilbert isn't fond of people so he typically keeps his distance from the rest of the prisoners, but he isn't like the silent type so he joins in conversations at times when he is needed. Gilbert gets distracted quite easily whenever something interests him and when he's in town he gets lost easily. Even though Gilbert seems to be more of a laidback type of person, he is quite intellectual than most people. He usually won't hesitate to do whatever he wants, even if it is getting into fights with others. Gilbert won't hesitate to say whatever is on his mind, making him somewhat blunt and coldhearted. He may come up as sarcastic at times, but this is just his way of teasing others despite his appearance. Still, when you actually befriend him he seems to open up more towards his companions but still, usually let's someone else begin the conversation instead of him. Since Gilbert is apart of one of the first villages assaulted, he has nearly spent his whole life watching other victims die, suffer and fall into despair. This might be the reason why he tends to act apathetic towards others, during his travels he treats his companions nothing more than comrades. Naturally, almost everyone that has a stoic personality has a different side to them. As time passes, Gilbert slowly begins to change as a person during his travels with the rest of his companions, smiling and letting a out laugh once and a while.
✘ Brief History ✘
Growing up in poverty Gilbert's family had a lived in tranquility, despite being one of the poorest villages outside of the imperial capital. Until one day when a member of the royal family approached their family, addressing Gilbert's older sister was a daughter of royal blood. His parents were stunned by this sudden assumption since they never knew that this was a result of fostering a child they found on the streets, someone they loved would be an aristocrat. It was around this time when soldiers invaded their village and began to slaughter innocent civilians, and capturing the children. Was it a coincidence that Alisa was taken away by the Vanguard? No one knew. Before the Vanguard broke into their home, his mother hid him in one of the fireplaces where she thought it would be safe. And told him not to come out no matter what. Gilbert's father did his best to protect them, but of course no ordinary civilian would be able to stand up against a member of the Vanguard, in the end his mother had to witness her husband's death along with Gilbert whom was hiding in secret. Yet, Gilbert made the wrong decision to come out at this time, he darted in front of his mother arms spread out attempting to protect her. Since killing the children wasn't their objective here, the Vanguard hesitated and that allowed Gilbert's mother to assault the Vanguard by throwing a flower vase at him. But that wasn't enough to stop him, Gilbert's mother died protecting him. While he was imprisoned with the children of the town, he had to witness many deaths and close to death himself.
✘ Strengths ✘
✘Coming up up with answers to difficult situations
✘Deciphering ancient text
✘Keeping his composure
✘Wielding katana with both hands
✘Keeping up with his opponents
✘Fighting on one on
✘ Weaknesses ✘
✘People that actually care for him
✘Defending the injured
✘Ruins that interest him
✘Using one hand to wield his katana
✘Fighting against multiple opponents at once
✘ Weapon of choice ✘
Katana
✘ Likes ✘
✘Difficult literature
✘Cloud-watching
✘Stargazing
✘Cats
✘Loyalty
✘Snow
✘Sleeping
✘ Dislikes ✘
✘Aristocrats
✘Royalty
✘Betrayal
✘Arrogance
✘Obnoxious people
✘Enclosed spaces
✘Dogs
✘ Other ✘
N/A
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"Aw, dead already?"
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[align=center]✘ Name ✘
Erina Fimbulvetr
✘ Age ✘
Nineteen
✘ Gender ✘
Female
✘ Role ✘
Vanguard
✘ Personality ✘
Despite her innocent appearance, Erina isn't someone that you can't easily decipher what she is thinking. She puts up an act to fool her adversaries that she is a kindhearted young girl, but she is older for her age yet is often mistaken for a child. Erina is a sadist, she enjoys toying with her enemies before she swoops in for the finishing blow with her scythe. She desires complete control over most, if not all, aspects of her life and seems to care little for the safety or feelings of those she uses. Such as using her lower subordinates as furniture or foot rest when searching through towns, or assaulting a town with other members of the Vanguard. Erina also easily tricks people into feeling sorry for her or believing her when she lies. Erina has a tendency to give nicknames in an odd manner: if she nicknames a girl, this indicates she does not like them, whereas if she nicknames a boy, she likes them or enjoys their company. Nonetheless the male's that are her enemies she tends to have deep hatred towards them as well when she nicknames them, so it's a bit different from the Vanguard. At times during a mission she would suggest using one of their subordinates as a decoy, which is assumed that she doesn't care if they die and treats them like inanimate objects. Erina has a love for tormenting her enemies, due to this most of the Vanguard would end up not approaching her but they have put their trust in her to do get the mission done. Since she is closer to the king than anyone else.
✘ Brief History ✘
Born in the imperial capital of Florian where the wealthy and aristocrats roam, Erina had everything she ever wanted in her entire life growing up. Wealth, social status, money and whatever she desired which led to her becoming a spoiled brat. Naturally, people who live in a higher class from the rest of the world addresses this life as a paradise of sorts. Suddenly, on that fateful day her life had changed forever. It was snowing that day... Assassins invaded the capital from the neighboring village of Tran, their mission was to assassinate one of the most wealthiest families in the capital aside from the king. The Fimbulvetr family. The guards did whatever they could to protect them but to no avail, and were murdered on the spot. Erina her mother managed to escape from the mansion, or so they thought. Just when they assumed the nightmare was over, an assassin appeared with his blade attempting to kill Erina but her mother protected her in the nick of time. Erina's mother collapsed on top of her barely grasping onto life, and with the final words she spoke, Erina wished she had never been alive to hear it. "I wish you were never even born."
Several days had past since then, Erina had begun to live her life out on the streets like a stray dog. The wealthier children had begun to tease her and throw food at her, telling her to leave the capital. But one day her life had changed into a brighter future when the king appeared before her, and offered her a hand asking her if she wants to live with him. As a result the king adopted and raised her like his a daughter he never had. Therefore at a very young age she was positioned to be one of the vanguards. Swearing to protect the person who raised and loved her.
✘ Strengths ✘
✘Ordering her comrades around
✘Scythe efficiency
✘Flexibility
✘Speed
✘Killing her enemies swiftly
✘ Weaknesses ✘
✘Money
✘Fighting in rough terrain
✘Stuffed animals given to her
✘Jewelry
✘When an area is cover in snow, brings back bad memories
✘Getting wet
✘ Weapon of choice ✘
Scythe
✘ Likes ✘
✘Tormenting the living daylight out of people
✘Giving nicknames to her enemies and comrades
✘Stuffed animals
✘Animals
✘Monsters
✘Execution
✘Abuse
✘Violence
✘ Dislikes ✘
✘People that disobey her
✘The Kairoshu
✘Snow
✘Prey escaping from her grasp
✘Her prey dying too fast
✘Kindness
✘The cold
✘ Other ✘
Characters;
Name | Age | Gender | Weapon
Kairoshu; Unlimited
Gilbert Sasaki | Eighteen | Male | Katana
Shiori Hyakuya | Sixteen | Female | Halberd
Meredith Ugasi | Fifteen | Female | Double-sided bladed spear
Kenji Ugasi | Fifteen | Female | Bow & Arrow
Melody Jewels | Sixteen | Female | Daggers
Shiloh Hitomi | Seventeen | Female | Dual swords
Vanguard; 3/7
Erina Fimbulvetr | Nineteen | Female | Scythe
Quinn Elizabeth Hartlock | Twenty-one | Male | Hammer
Elias Gascoinge | Around twenty or older | Male | Curve-blade & Polearm combined
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