RP Thread:
http://www.lioden.com/topic.php?id=304429218804
OOC Chat Thread:

(Please use this post only for signing up and questions.)

|| CONCEPT ||

A war has broken out between dragons in a world dominated by humans. Humans have begun their industrial age, driving the already elusive dragons even further into hiding. With their survival threatened, a war has broken out over who can best deal with the human crisis.

Half of the dragons believe that the great warrior Taro should become leader, so he can bring dragons into the open and demand land from the humans. Taro swears he will establish a new land for dragons, before humans take away all land in the world.
The other half of dragons believe that the young hunter Ayla should be leader, so she can find the safer location mentioned in legend. She argues that if they do expose their existence, humans will easily hunt them all down, and that they should wait for their own strength and numbers to grow before calling attention to themselves.

| | PLOT | |

Your character is one of the dragons caught in the conflict. It is up to your cleverness, leadership, or skill to end the war for your side.

| | Powers | |

Most dragons have some kind of power. They develop them at a young age, and are often realistic in nature, like being able to breathe in water or being born with frost-resistant scales. Some are a bit more fantastical in nature, like having influence on the weather, or prophetic dreams. (See rule XI for rules on powers.)

| | RULES | |
(There's a lot of these, sorry. Don't be intimidated though! They are simple and easy to remember.)
I. NO MARY SUES.
II. You cannot kill or maim another character without the player's permission. You can, however, fight them, steal from them, spy on them, ect, without permission.
III. Please do not let your characters be untouchable. Some characters should die, or have some major loss of some kind.
IIII. On that note, though, don't force drama. Don't make your sweet character act unrealistically mean just because you want a conflict, or have your character hear a fight that's miles and miles away. If you want to cause conflict, try to do it more subtly. This is a war; It won't be hard to find differences in morality or attitude. Besides that, there's a human on every corner.
IV. Hate the character, not the person. Don't take anything said in RP as a personal attack on you. This is all for fun.
V. As this will be a small RP, you can have as many characters as you feel comfortable with. But i do ask, if you have more than two characters, don't use every character in every post. If you have a character that is sleeping, let them sleep, and use another character in the meantime. This is to keep things from getting extremely crowded and static; I don't want one person RPing about 5 different characters in one post, and all of them be talking to each other. So, put short, you can have a ton of characters, but don't use all of them constantly.
VI. Although this is an odd rule, please do try to keep your characters diverse. I don't want seven hot-headed, good-hearted dragons running around. If you see a character with similar traits to yours, or a extremely similar backstory, try to edit your backstory or change some traits.
VII. Wait about two or three posts before posting again. We want everyone to have a chance to participate.
VIII. Keep fights interesting. Let your characters hit each other, trip, or even lose.
IX. On the subject of powers; Keep it balanced. Powers should be limited or more subtle. No overpowered powers like telepathy, shapeshifting, or mind control. Breathing fire, breathing ice, having venom, having fire-resistant scales are all far more realistic. If you have a more unique/powerful power, like camouflage, try to balance it out with a limit, like it can only be used when full or happy, or can only be used once a day.
X. Dragons come in all forms and sizes. I suggest you keep it diverse. Again, if you see several people with similar-looking dragons, then try to add something to yours to make them more distinct.
XI. Keep it realistic. Dragons get hungry, tired, thirsty, afraid, wounded, and sick like any other creature.
XII. Dragons know a mixture of human words like "house, gun," Ect, but also use some wolfspeak. They only know words they would logically know from confronting humans, which...Isn't a lot. I mean, would you stop to chat with a mythical creature?
XIII. If you've read the rules, put your favorite color in the "other" category of the character sheet.
XIV. Only dragon characters, FOR NOW. I may allow human or animal characters in the future.
XV. Posts must be literate. At least 4 sentences.
XVI. Cursing and gore is allowed, but keep it balanced. No long strings of cursing every post, and no extreme gore every other post, either.
XVII. Let us know if you'll be inactive.


|| Roles, Characters, and Ranks | |

TARO'S SIDE;
A middle-aged dragon who has proven his strength in combat against several tyrant dragons. His army is simple, and resides in the mountains, which has little food, but great shelter and viewpoints. Taro himself believes that dragons should not hide any longer, although it is unknown if he's willing to start a second war with humanity if needed, and if he wants land from the humans for his own power, for glory, or for dragonkind as a whole. Despite this, he has a popular following. He argues to Ayla that humanity is rapidly growing, and waiting any longer only brings dragons closer to extinction.

(CO-ADMIN IS Nyanunix |
MusicalAgony)
(This is a WIP; You can be accepted and still not have your character and name up yet.)


Taro (1/1):
Nyanunix |
MusicalAgony (#11487)


Taro's Second in Command (1/1):
Kuldristalri ("Dris")
Played by Hawkmask
(Character sheet is on 1st page)

Soldiers (1/3):
Raven (Played by ChristiCat; Character Sheet on 2nd Page)

Hunters (1/3):
Nishant
(BannanaTheLion)

Civilians (0/3):

AYLA'S SIDE;
Ayla is a younger dragon, a loner and accomplished survivor. Her army is more specialized, and she hides everyone in the rainforest, where food and reasonable homes can be found, but any kind of fighting or flying is near impossible under the dark canopy, and it lacks any strategic shelters or locations. Ayla herself believes that dragonkind is too weak at the moment to show itself to humanity, and doing so will be suicidal. She opts to wait until the dragon population has grown, and their technology, or at least, knowledge, has expanded before exposing themselves to humanity, and in the meantime, searches for a legendary hidden kingdom in the mountains. It is unknown if she really intends to ever show dragonkind to humanity, if she truly believes in the sanctuary of legend, or if she just intends to keep herself safe. Despite this, more peaceful dragons flock to her. She argues to Taro that this war will only weaken their species further.

Ayla (1/1):
Played by Davina (Character sheet is on 1st page)

Ayla's Second in Command (0/1) : (OPEN)


Ayla's Third in Command/Double (1/1):
Kade (Played by Nyanunix, Character sheet on 1st page)

Soldiers (0/3):
OPEN
Hunters (0/3)
OPEN

Spies (2/2):
Purkinje (played by Piper, character sheet on 1st page)
Muramasa "Mura" (played by Graciegra, character sheet on 9th page.)

Civilians (0/4)
OPEN








Outsiders;
(1/2)
Unnamed Male
Teddy Broosevelt



Character Sheet:

Name:
Gender:
Rank:
Age (Dragons have a lifespan of 100 years, minimum, to 300 years, maximum) :
Appearance (You can have pictures, but you must have a normal description as well!):
Personality:
Powers:
Strengths:
Weaknesses/Faults:
Other (history, siblings, likes, dislikes, crushes, mate, ect):


EDIT; From now on, a RP sample is needed. Put it in the Other section. It just needs to be a literate paragraph. It doesn't have to be with your character, but that is preferred. This is required.
EDIT; For the "Appearance" catagory, you can use pictures, but you must have a written description as well! Pictures may not load properly, or may be unclear.
EDIT; For Strengths and Weaknesses, please have more than a few traits! If you do not, i am much more inclined to reject you, since characters with only a couple traits tend to turn into Mary Sues.