The Direction of the RP

Hi there!

It’s me, Einar. There’s a few things I need to talk about here, now that I have a clearer view on how I intend to do things. I’ve mainly just been world building and throwing random crap together with some very vague idea of what direction I want the amino to go in.

I’ve never actually, properly, put down how I intend for the RP to go and I have been a bit aimless for awhile. I had expected this to be a community of only a few active for awhile so the RP was designed to be rather centralised. It was intended to be focused on Husk, and would follow the stories of the students as they grow up, become Seraphim, and get involved in some epic shit.

We can’t do that anymore.

I’ve done something rare and taken a moment to think *carefully* on what direction this RP needs to go, as without a clear plan it’s going to be an erratic mess that will soon become impossible to enjoy. I can’t manage something like that, so I’m changing a few things. Going to make things a bit less centralised.

What I mean by that is the focus will no longer be placed ENTIRELY on the Husk Academy, instead that focus will be placed on the Empire as a whole. More chats will be made not just for the Core of the Empire, but for the nations that serve it. New groups and organisations will be created to give people options other then making an Esper or Retainer for Husk. Less emphasis will be placed on a “Main Plot” and more on plot lines created by instead of just little ole me.

You will have the freedom to do whatever you want in the world that I have created for you. All the time and effort I have put into this amino in an attempt to create a Fantasy RP that will hopefully differ from other aminos will be for all of you to enjoy, and not just to satiate my own boredom and ego.

So, I have a plan!

I am going to split the main plot in two. Two sides. One side will revolve around the Edrasillic Empire and the other side will be a separate thing: The New World.

Each side has one overarching goal, although instead of the end result being decided by one main plot line, it will be decided by the collective results of all the plot lines that you people come up with. You can come up with anything, be it as small as an OC saving a kidnapped friend to something as big as starting a revolt!

The Edrasillic Empire

Link to wiki here

I assume you’re all familiar with the Empire at this point. An Empire ruled by Demigods that lord over five nations that have sworn fealty to the Empress for two centuries.

For these two centuries, the Empire has successfully waged a campaign to fight off the many Horrors that plagued its lands and had ushered in a golden age, a period of great prosperity.

The Empress will soon die, and at the worse time possible. Unrest is brewing in the empire.

The Beastfolk, having been given a taste of true freedom thanks to the comionate laws of the Empire’s Core, have begun to prepare for a rebellion. Some seek revenge for the atrocities Humanity has enacted upon them whilst others may simply wish to just see all of their brethren freed from slavery. How many people this, oppose it, or generally just how they react to this will have an impact. Will they actually revolt? And if they do, will they succeed or fail?

Rebellious elements within the five nations, unhappy with their subservience to the Empire, may attempt to take matters into their own hands. Through violence or with a silver tongue, they may attempt to bring others to their side or outright attempt to take over their respective nations; a civil war like the one that had changed Listopad’s Government little less then a century ago.

Anything could happen, anyone could be plotting to enact some grand master plan. As soon as the Empress dies, the Empire would be thrown into chaos.

The goal for this plot is preparing for the Empress’ death. You will focus largely on the development on your own OCs, letting them grow in of personality and strength. The results of all the sub plots leading up to the Empress’ death will impact how the Empire handles her death. Your actions will determine how much harm it will suffer or how much of that damage will be repaired or entirely prevented.

The Empire will survive. But whether or not it comes out of this period of instability weaker or stronger is up to you.

The New World

I had originally planned to add this much later, but I felt like changing things up a bit. Originally, the New World was supposed to be discovered as the RP progressed. The Husk Students, after graduating, would be sent to explore it and that would be when everything there is opened up for Rp. But I decided that it would be better to work on opening it all up for RP now.

But there’s a catch. The New World is completely isolated from the Empire. There are no Humans there.

What’s happening here is that there are a bunch of different civilisation at odds with each other with no Empire to unite them. This continent is more wild and magical compared to the Empire, its civilisations not as advanced nor peaceful. They’re a bit behind.

This wasn’t always the case. The denizens of the New World were once content to leave each other to their own businesses, focusing on their own lands instead of the lands beyond their borders. This changed when they began to hear rumours from out at sea about massive ships manned by strange, “round eared” people that began slaying the massive Sea Horrors that had once dominated the open sea. They were dismissed as mere folktales at first, as surely no manner of sea faring vessel could possibly slay such massive leviathans.

These folktales soon grew more and more common until one day, a strange individual capable of seeing into the future showed the leaders of the New World’s many nations a vision of said future; as they do every decade. It was a vision of a grand armada of warships, matching the description of the ships within the folktales they had once dismissed, being amassed by an Empire ruled by these strange “Round Ears”. It was going to head straight for them.

The terror inspired by vision was mild at first, the Leaders calmly discussing it. But gradually, that terror magnified as people began to dawn on many different conclusions. There was mass hysteria as these leaders told this news to their people, and soon the New World would, metaphorically, burst into flames. Wars were declared as nations began a mad grav for the lands and resources of their neighbours. Many called for unification in order to properly defend their lands and they often sought to do this by force. Some said that maybe they should at least try to these Round Ears first, maybe even welcome their arrival with open arms. Some instead may have chosen to isolate themselves deep within the continent, hoping that this new threat never finds them.

The goal for the people of the New World is to survive this turmoil and prepare for the arrival of the Edrasillic Empire. They know very little about the Empire, only that they have some VERY scary warships. They may not be all that bad, some may think. How your OC acts in response to this knowledge will help determine what state the New World will be in when the Empire finally arrives. When it arrives depends on how things go over in the Empire. There’s a good chance that it’ll begin to arrive before Frelsari’s death, however internal unrest may cause the Empire’s arrival to be delayed.

More details on the nature of the New World and its inhabitants will be described soon. Once their wikis and chats have been made, RP there can start.

That’s all!

For now.

Do be warned that there will be some timeskips every so often, ranging from a few weeks to months. Timeskips lasting more then a few years will only happen very occasionally.