Darkstalkers: Underworld Warrior
Jul 31, 2012 16:43:58 GMT -8
Post by JW% on Jul 31, 2012 16:43:58 GMT -8
This RP is a thinly veiled excuse to write over the top wacky/brutal fight scenes. As such, the story doesn't matter. Feel free to skip it...
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Within the ancient world of Makai, demons arose. Creatures of power beyond the imaginations of humanity. Creatures of darkness and vice, ancient and decadent, who battled amongst themselves for eons before humanity ever created their so called civilization.
Jedah Doma, one of the greatest of the Makai lords, rose to great power, able to twist and reshape reality at his whims, but for all his power he grew disgusted with the other demon lords, and so a fierce battle was struck. Belial Aensland rose up, with other demon lords supporting him, and Jedah was destroyed so utterly none believed it possible even he could reform himself.
Belial's work was not, however done. Once more the demon lords grew bored and decadent in their vices, and so an ambitious demon lord, Demitri Maximoff, rose to challenge Belial, working through the political sphere with his charms to cut Belial off from his support. In the end their battle was less spectacular, and Demitri was thrown into another world where it was thought he would not be an issue.
Demitri Maximoff came to rest and bide his time on the world of Earth, making himself comfortable as a self styled Vampire lord. The hole created by casting him to this world let many lesser demons creep into Earth as well, finding humanity to be easy prey... at least initially. The Makai influenced humanity, interbreeding or 'infecting' them, thus creating what came to be known as the Darkstalkers. Beings with the same incredible power as the lords of Makai, born of, or at least having created a home for themselves on, Earth
Belial's daughter, Morrigan Aensland, investigated Earth and became a Darkstalker, having also grown bored with Makai and constrained by her father. During this time however, it was found that the realm of Earth, though perhaps not the planet, contained forces that could challenge the strongest lords of Makai. The self proclaimed lord of hellfire from another world, Pyron, came to Earth to test himself. The Darkstalkers, including half, or fully, human beings who could challenge the super natural forces, managed to put aside, most of, their rivalry and defeated Pyron and his forces. They saved Earth from destruction... if perhaps only for their own greed and desire.
Years after, the great Belial Aensland finally died, and with his passing Jedah managed to recover from his defeat. Creating his own pocket dimension, Majigen, Jedah hoped to destroy both Makai, and Earth, using them to fuel his own universe made in his image. The Darkstalkers once more were drawn into Majigen and confronted one another until the strongest did battle with Jedah, defeating him.
But Jedah's defeat did not restore everything properly. There exists, on Earth, on Makai, and more importantly in the twilight world of the still-born Majigen realm, a city. A nexus point where the two worlds, Earth and Makai, touch. Here a great metropolis has been created, drawing beings from both realms into it. And should they be beings of power, the find themselves trapped, their own power having drawn them in, and holding them from leaving the way they came.
At the center of the city, atop the skyscraper highrise, called the Chaos Tower, the church of Jedah continues it's work to unite the two worlds. The city itself feeds on those within it, devouring the destructive forces that would be unleashed by the frustrated, trapped, Darkstalkers, and growing and becoming a better domicile, a comfortable cage from which to drain all the aggression from these warriors of the underworld.
Only if the Darkstalkers can find the strength within themselves to make peace will they be able to escape their prison... but can they? To a Darkstalker, peace is often simply that brief time when all your immediate foes have been slain...
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You are a Darkstalker. A super natural being cursed with incredible powers and potential immortality. You may be a hunter of the demons, you may be one of the demons, or you may be something... else. You may not even know what you are, or what your curse is. But you've found yourself in this city, this modern looking place with subways and ports, highrise skyscrapers and suburban communities, motorway overpasses and sprawling parks, and you've found that you alone can no longer leave. The city seems to wrap around you, and no matter what direction you choose, you always remain within it's bounds.
NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
B-MOVIE MONSTER: (influence only, you don't have to hit all the Bmovie rules, just the general feel/abilities/appearance)
APPEARANCE:
DARK FORCE: (either one super move, or a general combat ability)
HISTORY: (including why they came to the city)
PERSONALITY: (briefly their general outlook, as if someone else were to write your character and you want them to do justice to your vision)
Each player also gets 100 "Victory points". When your character gets into a fight with another player character, you either work it out by yourselves here or through PMs, who wins, or you both pay from your points in order to win that 'round'. After each fight, the OOC will have a vote on who wrote the better fight scene to see who collects a prize of up to 25 victory points. You are encouraged to work out these things amongst yourselves, but if an argument arises that's why we have the victory point system.
Two characters who have gone a 'round' against each other can not do so again until both of them have gone a 'round' against some one else.
~~~~~
Within the ancient world of Makai, demons arose. Creatures of power beyond the imaginations of humanity. Creatures of darkness and vice, ancient and decadent, who battled amongst themselves for eons before humanity ever created their so called civilization.
Jedah Doma, one of the greatest of the Makai lords, rose to great power, able to twist and reshape reality at his whims, but for all his power he grew disgusted with the other demon lords, and so a fierce battle was struck. Belial Aensland rose up, with other demon lords supporting him, and Jedah was destroyed so utterly none believed it possible even he could reform himself.
Belial's work was not, however done. Once more the demon lords grew bored and decadent in their vices, and so an ambitious demon lord, Demitri Maximoff, rose to challenge Belial, working through the political sphere with his charms to cut Belial off from his support. In the end their battle was less spectacular, and Demitri was thrown into another world where it was thought he would not be an issue.
Demitri Maximoff came to rest and bide his time on the world of Earth, making himself comfortable as a self styled Vampire lord. The hole created by casting him to this world let many lesser demons creep into Earth as well, finding humanity to be easy prey... at least initially. The Makai influenced humanity, interbreeding or 'infecting' them, thus creating what came to be known as the Darkstalkers. Beings with the same incredible power as the lords of Makai, born of, or at least having created a home for themselves on, Earth
Belial's daughter, Morrigan Aensland, investigated Earth and became a Darkstalker, having also grown bored with Makai and constrained by her father. During this time however, it was found that the realm of Earth, though perhaps not the planet, contained forces that could challenge the strongest lords of Makai. The self proclaimed lord of hellfire from another world, Pyron, came to Earth to test himself. The Darkstalkers, including half, or fully, human beings who could challenge the super natural forces, managed to put aside, most of, their rivalry and defeated Pyron and his forces. They saved Earth from destruction... if perhaps only for their own greed and desire.
Years after, the great Belial Aensland finally died, and with his passing Jedah managed to recover from his defeat. Creating his own pocket dimension, Majigen, Jedah hoped to destroy both Makai, and Earth, using them to fuel his own universe made in his image. The Darkstalkers once more were drawn into Majigen and confronted one another until the strongest did battle with Jedah, defeating him.
But Jedah's defeat did not restore everything properly. There exists, on Earth, on Makai, and more importantly in the twilight world of the still-born Majigen realm, a city. A nexus point where the two worlds, Earth and Makai, touch. Here a great metropolis has been created, drawing beings from both realms into it. And should they be beings of power, the find themselves trapped, their own power having drawn them in, and holding them from leaving the way they came.
At the center of the city, atop the skyscraper highrise, called the Chaos Tower, the church of Jedah continues it's work to unite the two worlds. The city itself feeds on those within it, devouring the destructive forces that would be unleashed by the frustrated, trapped, Darkstalkers, and growing and becoming a better domicile, a comfortable cage from which to drain all the aggression from these warriors of the underworld.
Only if the Darkstalkers can find the strength within themselves to make peace will they be able to escape their prison... but can they? To a Darkstalker, peace is often simply that brief time when all your immediate foes have been slain...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You are a Darkstalker. A super natural being cursed with incredible powers and potential immortality. You may be a hunter of the demons, you may be one of the demons, or you may be something... else. You may not even know what you are, or what your curse is. But you've found yourself in this city, this modern looking place with subways and ports, highrise skyscrapers and suburban communities, motorway overpasses and sprawling parks, and you've found that you alone can no longer leave. The city seems to wrap around you, and no matter what direction you choose, you always remain within it's bounds.
NAME:
AGE:
GENDER:
B-MOVIE MONSTER: (influence only, you don't have to hit all the Bmovie rules, just the general feel/abilities/appearance)
APPEARANCE:
DARK FORCE: (either one super move, or a general combat ability)
HISTORY: (including why they came to the city)
PERSONALITY: (briefly their general outlook, as if someone else were to write your character and you want them to do justice to your vision)
Each player also gets 100 "Victory points". When your character gets into a fight with another player character, you either work it out by yourselves here or through PMs, who wins, or you both pay from your points in order to win that 'round'. After each fight, the OOC will have a vote on who wrote the better fight scene to see who collects a prize of up to 25 victory points. You are encouraged to work out these things amongst yourselves, but if an argument arises that's why we have the victory point system.
Two characters who have gone a 'round' against each other can not do so again until both of them have gone a 'round' against some one else.
