Prophacy

This was a little idea that I had for a chain story. Basically, there's a prophecy about these twelve people destined to save the world, and each person has a special name assigned to them in this prophecy. For example, my character is referred to as "The Gambler" because he is an expert spy, assassin, and thief who tends to gamble with his life often. Other than that basic criteria, we can just wing it, although I really don't want the dialogue to be stuffy and serious. It'll be kind of laid back. So....Who's in?

I'm not very experienced in the way of RPs, but if you can put up with me, I'm in!

Sure, no problem. Just think up a nifty title for your character and you're in.

Ok, cool.

My character is very quick and agile, skilled with the blade. He has an impressive collection of throwing knives, and of course his ever-faithful sword, which he carries on his back. His name is... Well, I'll think of one. Anyway, he's very quick to come up with a plan and is very smart, but also has the tendency to act too quickly, before he's thought something out.

One question: What time period is it in? Because I would choose a different name/character if it's not set in modern-day.

EDIT: I updated it from the gun guy. This guy's basically the same as him except he has blades instead of guns.

I imagined a LOTR-like setting, but I think a little anachronism can be explained away somehow.

Oh, ok, I have a medieval idea too. I'll edit my post with it.

I'm liking it so far. Since there's only two of us, there's not much we can discuss, but is there anything you'd like to see in the story? I've thought of two countries I'd like to have; One full of elves like LOTR, and one full of drow-like elves that live in the Far North.

Ooh, I like that. I likes the evil elves, heh heh.

Anyway, we could also have a country of men -- which would be required if our characters are human. If not, maybe it'd be cooler just to forget about humans.

Are we gonna have the obligatory dwarves? Personally they (assuming they were the stereotypical, slow, earth-lovers) get on my nerves, but whatever.

There could be a mixed country, where humans (assuming we include men) and dwarves (again, assuming they're included) live together. It seems humans and dwarves would get along better than elves with either humans or dwarves.

I can't really think of any other races, but there would be more than one country per race, right?

Are we having any special creatures? Like dragons, phoenixes, etc.?

If we do have humans, I was thinking that they can be different regional groups, like there's Canadians, Mexicans, and Americans in the real world, there can be different types of humans. That sound cool?

If someone wants to be a dwarve, they can be, but otherwise I see no reason to include them.

Mixed countries sound cool.

yeah.

I dunno, but if we do include them, I don't want to have them be stereotypical. I'm tired of stereotypes.

Sounds great.

Ok, good.

Awesome, I've always wondered why no one ever puts a mixed country in.

Sounds perfect - I hate when something sounds re-used because it's the same stereotype used in some other book or such.

Oh yeah, I still need to come up with a name for my guy...

Yeah, me too. I just wrote his entire bio without using a name. I abused the pronoun "he."

So we don't have to deal with the cluttered up character list, post your bio here.

The Gambler

So titled because he has extraordinary luck, and shows an appalling lack of concern for his own life.

His is the daughter of the current king of the Western Elves, and his father was a Dark Ranger from among the Northern Elves, and his looks reflect this. He has short, black hair that is often mussed up and spiked, and his eyes are normally a light violet like his mothers, but like all of those that are of Northern Elf descent, in darkness his eyes dimly glow red. His skin (what is in view and not covered up by his black leather armor) is dark grey, but not as dark as the Northern Elve's skins. Rumors persist everywhere that he is a piebald, but he vehemently denies this rumor, although no one know for sure since he's never seen without his armor. Obviously, as mentioned before, he wears died black leather armor with similar gloves and boots. Along with this, he always wears a dull brown cloak with a hood -- worn in public to conceal both his armor and the tools of his trade -- except when he has a mission where stealth is key. His weapons include, but are not limited to, daggers, knives, dirks, a rapier (his main weapon), and a shortbow. Along with these, he carries usual thief/spy/swindler equipment (lock picks, maps, forgery equipment, fixed dice and cards, etc...) and he tends to be the one to track the group's monetary assets, since he can swindle...errrr, bargain the best of merchant to a lower price and sell it for a large profit. He is also trained extensively in acrobatics and martial arts, and fights just as well unarmed as with his rapier.


Thanks to his "unique" parentege, his grandfather's been trying to kill him since he was born. As long as he can remember, he was part of a human thieve's guild until the rest of the members were captured and executed. He tends to be very sarcastic and self-mocking, but he only acts that way because he's never been loved by anyone. His very existence is a shame to his family, and he's quite literally a bastard. Even his mother, though she cares for him, pushes him away. He's the best at what he does, but he's only here because he knows he has to be and he enjoys what he does. He often gets on the nerves of the other party members when he's got nothing better to do.

He's referred to by numerous names, seeing as how he's a spy and all, and it takes a while to get used to having to call him ten different names.

Oh yeah, he's got a bad habit of stealing things when he's bored. Let's leave it at that.

Wow, your character's really cool.

Lightning

History:
Krishna Adoni was born a mixed breed. Part Western elf and part human, when he was a baby his elven father murdered his human mother. After doing so, the his Western elf father left, never to be seen again. Krishna was taken in by his father's brother, who was disgusted by his brother's actions. From then on, Krishna was raised as an elf, finding out his true identity at age twelve. He practiced with knives hours a day, and loved blades of any kind, but his favorite kind were of the throwing variety - Krishna eventually amassed a collection of them, and was very skilled. At age fifteen, Krishna thanked his uncle and his uncle's family for their care, then set out to make his own way. Before he left, his uncle gave him the gift of a sword - a truly great one, at that. The black hilt had a serpent twisting around it, with a red gemstone set into the pommel. The blade was simple and plain, and the sheath was jet black. He treasured the sword, and practiced with it as much as with his throwing knives, and soon he had mastered it, as well.

Personality:
He is very cunning, but has the tendency to act quickly, without thinking things through. Everything about him is fast - his mind, his reflexes, and he is an extremely fast runner. He had always known he was different, but it never bothered him.

He is one to say things without thinking, then reaping the consequences later. As he progresses in his life, he learns to control his tongue better.

Appearance:
His hair is long, thin, and a dark brown color. His eyes are stunning electric blue, and he is rather skinny, but not to any extreme.

He wears either a dark grey shirt with short sleeves or a long black cloak, depending on the weather, and black pants. He has belt with which he carries his knives, at least the ones he chose to take with him at the time. He carries his sword on his back in a sheath, and wears black fingerless gloves.

I like him, he sounds like fun. Another elven-half breed, yay! Is he part Western Elf or part Northern Elf? lol him and my guy should get along well.

Oh, yours was a half-breed? Whoops, maybe mine should just be a skilled human. But yes, they should get along well, considering their personalities and similar interests (yours: blades of all kinds. Mine: throwing stuff and his special sword). I think that because my guy's the light-of-foot joker kind, he should be a Western Elf and not a Northern Elf (Northern elves are the dark variety, no?).

EDIT: Oh, he's half of each race of elf. I guess it's ok for me to have half-elf-half-human then.

Oh, yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry.

yeah, Northern Elves are dark.

I look forward to many sarcastic conversations.

As for a name for my guy, I've chosen to name him Dagger. (I was going to name him Nail, but there are too many bad joke possibilities with that name)