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  • A world home to dragons might sound like a wonderful thing, but, like any, it is not without its problems. In this particular world, humans and dragons used to work together to explore and expand their knowledge, with humans known as 'riders' acting as the medium between the two races. Riders were partnered with a specific dragon, and the two beings in that partnership shared a Bond that was unparalleled by anything else. The pair shared everything; thoughts, magic, and might were all distributed across the Bond.


    Now, things have changed.


    The number of dragons and riders has been decreasing, with nobody sure how or why, and war and famine has lead to a rising number of deaths in the human populace. Human and rider tensions have reached a new high, resulting in humanity finally striking against the riders and their draconic counterparts in a fit of jealous and panicked rage. Not all humans agree with the 'us-against-them' mentality the majority have adopted, but already too many people now blame the dragons for the world's problems. Riders and dragons are accused of stealing food and wasting precious resources, while humans as a whole are now being demonised by the draconic populace. The magic channelled by riders that was for so long considered a gift among humans is now considered a curse; people are killed for possessing less in these dark times.


    With riders being driven out of human settlements and dragons hunted down, factions have started to form. The more radical humans have grouped together as the MONSTER HUNTERS, while the rebel riders have taken up the name of the BLOOD-BOUND. The number of neutral parties are fast dwindling, as people everywhere are pressured into picking a side and taking up arms.


    PLOT: Our character are members of the Blood-Bound, being riders or dragons. They will have to work together to try and find a way to stop the growing conflict between their allies and the non-magical human populace. Some people believe that they should seek out the Wish Dragon (see spoiler below for more details) for aid, while others believe that they should simply stamp out the Hunters once and for all. It will be down to our characters to decide on a course of action and work together to execute the final plan.


    TYPES OF DRAGON:



    OTHER INFO: From birth, a human destined to have a draconic companion shows signs of magical prowess. As they grow their magical abilities do too, until they eventually become more aligned with the type of their dragon. At this stage, usually in their late teens or early adolescence, they begin to feel the call of the Bond. The Bond is a vital thing for riders and dragons; it is the thing that connects them, and the thing that allows them to locate one another when they come of age. Only death can break this Bond, driving any rider or dragon left behind into an unnatural solitude. Until recently, the unnatural breaking of a Bond was an absolute taboo. Dragons and riders, left unchecked, would die a natural death together after their time had passed, and any interference in this was punished severely.


    The bond itself is what allows riders to channel the same kind of magic as their dragon. For example, the rider of a fire dragon will be able to manipulate small fires, while the rider of a grim dragon might exert a draining aura to weaken their enemies. Some riders take it upon themselves to train for physical combat too, with some learning how to wield a sword or bow. The bond also allows riders to mentally communicate with their dragon, which is how a pair will locate each other when they come of age.


    Dragons hatch at the same time as their rider is born. This means that some eggs can go for years - even centuries - before hatching. After hatching they grow and mature at a relatively fast rate, with their own abilities developing alongside their riders. By the time the two meet, they are usually in their late teens or early adulthood. Dragons will usually hatch in small colonies, protected by older dragons until they are old enough to fend for themselves. At that point, some set out on their own while others form small groups for greater protection. Dragons can mentally communicate with each other, though this connection is nothing like the sharing of thoughts and emotions that the Bond allows dragons and their riders to do. Dragons all have a similar build (reference here), though the colouration of their scales and certain other features differ from type to type. See the spoiler above for more details.


    The world in which this roleplay is set is a traditional fantasy one; swords and shields are the norm, and towns and cities are decidedly medieval. To the far north and east there is a great mountain range (where the Blood-Bound's base is loacted), while to the south there is marshland that eventually leads to an ocean. To the west the land becomes flatter (this is where most of the human settlements are) and eventually becomes a dense, wild, woodland.


    THE RULES:


    FORMS: Delete the information in the brackets. Feel free to add any extra sections to either form.





    DRAGONS:
    (name // type // rider // rper)
    Myotis // Light // Mysha Graves // greatbear
    Salazel // Fire // Claudis Britton Morridian // greatbear
    Pisces // Air // Lathlaeril Horatio Torgwyn // RandomIdiot
    Nohki // Grim // Bellamina 'Bel' Smyth // RandomIdiot
    Rhear // Water - Ice Variant // Abilene Randenski // Selphrone
    Gaia // Earth // Unknown // Selphrone
    Aerah // Soul // Zenna Carter // Natavian
    Roth // Dark // Markus Anthony Rider // Natavian
    Sirona // Light // Ailin Alden // Suzykururu
    Altus // Thunder // Elizabeth 'Lumen' Carter // Anemone_
    Anil // Air // Skylar Primridge // ~white rose~
    Hirador // Water - Ice Variant // Illium Breezecatcher // QuickStrike
    Dorthy // Thunder // Mataethuud // Lyra ;3
    Abigail // Air // None - open // Lyra ;3
    Sybael // Thunder // Bryn Rose Adams // furreal458
    Sakaala // Dark // Teharissa Preswynn // Teenwolfie
    Volodar // Water // Ellisar Fentris // Teenwolfie
    Saevel // Light // Unknown // Teenwolfie
    Fernacronus // Fire // Evangeline Farley // Wuldraider
    Spar // Earth // Melody Grey // Wolfsbane Shadowmoor
    Magnus // Fire // Theo Grey // Wolfsbane Shadowmoor
    Nimis // Fire // Adara // NerdyChristianGamer
    Thorn // Dark // Quip // WafflesbelikeNYANCAT


    RIDERS:
    (name // dragon // rper)
    Mysha Graves // Myotis // greatbear
    Bellamina 'Bel' Smyth // Nohki // greatbear
    Lathlaeril Horatio Torgwyn // Pisces // RandomIdiot
    Claudius Britton Morridian // Salazel // RandomIdiot
    Abilene Randenski // Rhear // Selphrone
    Zenna Carter // Aerah // Natavian
    Markus Anthony Rider // Roth // Natavian
    Ailin Alden // Serona // Suzykururu
    Elizabeth 'Lumen' Carter // Altus // Anemone_
    Skylar Primridge // Anil // ~white rose~
    Illium Breezecatcher // Hirador // QuickStrike
    Mataethuud // Dorthy // Wuldraider
    Bryn Rose Adams // Sylbael // furreal458
    Teharissa Preswynn // Sakaala // Teenwolfie
    Ellisar Fentris // Volodar // Teenwolfie
    Evangeline Farley // Fernacronus // Lyra ;3
    Quip Smith // Thorn // Lyra ;3
    Melody Grey // Spar // Wolfsbane Shadowmoor
    Theo Grey // Magnus // Wolfsbane Shadowmoor
    Adara // Nimis // NerdyChristianGamer


    OTHER THREADS:
    roleplay - here
    plotting/chat - here
    dragon hunter roleplay - here

  • WIP



    NAME: Abilene Randenski
    AGE: 13
    GENDER: female
    SEXUALITY: straight
    APPEARANCE: above! She's a small girl with pale skin and blonde-ish brown hair. She likes to wear dresses even if they aren't suitable for dragon rider training.
    PERSONALITY: Nervous, shy, solitary, naive,
    DRAGON: also below (:
    SKILLS: Abi is currently in training to be a dragon rider, so her skills aren't up to par with most other riders'. She is learning to use a bow, and already has some knowledge of the arcane arts, specifically ice-related spells.
    HISTORY: Abilene was born to a small family of farmers, and she was intending to stay with them, but when she found a young dragon lost in the woods, her family wanted to kill it, and that's when Abilene knew that her destiny did not lie with them. She rescued the little hatchling, and took it away with her. Eventually, she was found by her mentor, and has been training ever since.
    OTHER:



    NAME: Rhear
    TYPE: Water
    AGE: 13, same age as Abi
    GENDER: male


    PERSONALITY: snappy (with everyone but Abi), slightly spoiled, rough, territorial, obedient to his master
    RIDER: Abi


    HISTORY: He didn't hatch with the rest of his siblings, he hatched a week late. Believed by his mother to be a dud egg, he was left behind while his mother sought out a safer nest for her young. When he hatched, he wandered for years, until he was found by a man named Rhoe Randenski, and was nearly killed. The farmer's daughter, Abilene, saved him by sneaking him out of the barn he was locked in disguised as a horse and escaped with him.
    OTHER:

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  • I'm happy to alter these in any way, just let me know! They were done in a rush so pardon quality and mistakes ;n;




  • @Selphrone, I will allow you to have a 13 year old character, though they will probably be less skilled than the older riders (since they have a lot less experience/their magic hasn't reached its full potential yet). Perhaps a plot thingy could be that one of the other riders has to act as their mentor, or something? Just an idea ^.^


    @RandomIdiot, Accepted! If nobody else shows up, I wouldn't mind making a rider + dragon to pair with your characters, if you wanted.


    I'll make the rp thread pretty soon, once people have finished their forms and maybe a couple more people have joined c:

  • thanks greatbear! I wasn't going to have her be very skilled anyway XD

  • Both accepted, though there is one thing I'd like you to change; a rider's magic is supposed to be related to the type of their dragon (a fire dragon's rider would be able to use fire magic, for example), so Abilene would be using magic relating to the dark type of her dragon (she might be able to camouflage herself, for example, or have the ability to poison people with a touch) rather than the ice magic that you mentioned. Alternatively, her partner dragon could be a water type dragon, instead, since water dragons from the north/south can use ice magic.


    It's up to you, but I would ask that you alter either Abilene's magic ability or her partner dragon's type. Thank you c:

  • Oh, I didn't know that water dragons could use ice, all I saw was scalding water, I'll change it! (and stop clogging up the thread, sry XD)


  • NAME: Zenna Carter
    AGE: 21
    GENDER: Female
    SEXUALITY: Straight
    APPEARANCE: (See pic--->)
    PERSONALITY: Friendly, outgoing, jovial, strong-willed, kind, can be extremely sarcastic, not
    easy to anger, but if you do, watch out!
    7. b]DRAGON:[/b] Aerah
    8. SKILLS: Zenna has always been interested in herbology, having grown up in a family of apothecaries, and her knowledge of healing herbs is extensive. Through her bond with Aerah, she is able to heal wounds, as long as they are not too extensive. She is also proficient with a bow and arrow and a throwing dagger.
    9. HISTORY: Born into a family of apothacaries in a human settlement, Zenna was always sort out for her healing gifts, but at the same time, avoided and even intimidated because of what these gifts meant. Her parents and older brothers spent many days defending her, telling people that she couldn't be a rider, as there were no dragons left which had these particular traits. Eventually, at the age of 17, Zenna left, feeling she was a burden to her family. For a few years she spent her life on her own or joining groups of merchants or hunters as a means to survive. She even took on a mercenary job at one point, as strange as it may seem, given her personality. She met Aerah when she was 19 and they had been together a short while when Aerah was almost killed by hunters. At the last moment, they were saved by a grim-faced youth on a Dark dragon and taken to the Blood-bound as a new recruit.
    10. OTHER: She has a dragon tattooed at the base of her back, her only act of 'rebellion' when she was younger and a scar on her right wrist from a skirmish with a wolf when she was out hunting alone.



    NAME:Aerah (Pronounced Air-aah)


    TYPE: Soul
    AGE: 21
    GENDER: Female
    PERSONALITY: Shy, resourceful, quiet, peace-maker, can be stubborn at times, will defend her rider with her life
    RIDER: Zenna
    HISTORY: Aerah is thought to be the last Soul dragon and she never knew her parents as she was a lucky survivor, as an egg, of a dragon colony that was wiped out long ago. She hatched a few centuries after it had happened and she had always thought it hapstance that she alone had survived, but when she started hearing a human voice calling out to her, and she went in search of it, finding Zenna, she knew that she had been spared for a reason.
    OTHER: She has a few scars on her legs and flanks from human weapons which she survived, using her healing abilities.





    NAME: Markus Anthony Rider (ironically)
    AGE: 24
    GENDER: Male
    SEXUALITY: Bi (will change this if needed)
    APPEARANCE: (see above)
    PERSONALITY: Stubborn, feisty, moody, can be rude, surly, sarcastic, but hides a kind, gentle soul
    DRAGON: Roth
    SKILLS: Extensive martial and weapon expertise, but prefers a sword and/or daggers or just plain martial arts if forced into close combat. He is resistant to poisons (?) due to his affinity with Roth and can corrode metal (?) although this takes an immense amount of concentration to do so.
    HISTORY: Abandoned for his safety and their own by his parents when he was still fairly young due to his 'gifts', Markus was 'lucky' enough to be picked up by a guild of thieves and assassins, which taught him the tricks of their trade. He quickly showed skill in these areas and was even sent on assassin jobs. He left them when he was 22 as he got a sudden, restless urge that he was needed and had to find someone or thing, unfortunately making an enemy of the guild, since, once you entered, you were in for life (however long it lasted). He found Roth being attacked by hunters and managed to kill 2 of them and then he and Roth escaped together and went looking for the Blood-bound, where they have been ever since.
    OTHER: He has a dagger tattoo, a mark of his 'profession' tattooed along his rib cage on the left side as well as several scars he did up on missions.






    NAME: Roth
    TYPE: Dark
    AGE: 24
    GENDER: Male
    PERSONALITY: Snarky and sarcastic, intelligent, can be belittling, willing to save Markus in a heartbeat, although will do so a little grudgingly to others as he trusts few (humans or dragons)
    RIDER: Markus
    HISTORY: He hatched in a dragon colony and then left with 3 others, 2 fires and an earth, to go make it out on their own. They hadn't been away long when they were beset by humans and Roth's companions slain. He then joined another group, but was 'betrayed' when another dragon framed him for a crime he didn't commit but was accused of, just because he was a dark dragon. Since then he had been on his own, until he was saved by Markus and formed a bond with him, although he was extremely suspicious of the human at first. They then joined the Blood-bound as dragon and rider.
    OTHER: He has several scars all over his body, the most prominent being that over his right eye from his encounters with hunters and when he was chased away from the group of dragons after being accused of and condemned for killing a hatchling.

  • All accepted! Thanks for taking an interest. I am in the process of making the rp thread + creating a couple more characters for RandomIdiot, so hopefully we will be ready to start by the end of today c:

  • @RandomIdiot, I have added a couple of forms to my first post for characters to go with your dragon and rider. If you wanna take a look at them and tell me if there's anything you want me to alter/change, that would be great! I am more than happy to switch things up to account for any plots or backstories you might have.

  • I love them both! Forms have been edited to suit the new rider and dragon ^.^ (also added histories to all my characters )
    {apparently this didnt' post when I wanted it to so here it is a few extra hours late -.-}


  • NAME: Gaia
    TYPE: Earth
    AGE: 42
    GENDER: female
    PERSONALITY: Strong -
    Gaia is undoubtedly one of the stronger Earth dragons in any given scenario, mosty due to her age, and the fact that she was born during the time of the great riders, when those of the Blood Bond were not hunted, and they were able to train their dragons long and hard without fear of being discovered by Hunters. Gaia can carry other fully grown dragons on her back as well as 5 humans at the same time.

    Fierce - No dragon wants to be on the receiving end of her temper, that's for sure. With her intimidating size, strength, and ability to crumble mountains with ease, it's not hard to understand why some fear her.

    Hardened - Gaia has seen many battles, most of which ended on the more loose side of 'well'. She carries many scars from her battles, and very few things can convince her to back down from a fight.

    Compassionate - Gaia is, despite her brute power, very soft-hearted. She loves small fuzzy things, curling up for long naps, and playing simple games. She would make an amazing broodmother, if there was another dragon around to breed with.

    Tank - Gaia can take a lot of hits. It's no surprise that she uses this to her advantage in battle, often using her body as a massive meat-shield to protect others, or to distract enemies while her friends escape.

    Lost - Gaia has not been able to find her rider for many years, and it's her belief that he might have died. Occasionally, through the Bond, she can feel him, but she believes it's just her mind messing with her.

    RIDER: Unknown/Open
    HISTORY:
    Gaia was a war dragon back when dragon riders were openly welcomed by society, and often fought to defend whatever country or kingdom that needed defending. She still wears her armor from it.
    OTHER: