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West (#43497)

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2017-07-23 22:58:46


Idris : Realm of the Shifters

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Idris was supposed to be the new world of peace and undiscovered destinies. Shifters by the hundreds fled there over a thousand years ago, when they were first persecuted by the human race. Over time, the human empires around them weakened and fell, leaving little to no humans remaining on earth, and none at all in Idris. This allowed the shifters to govern their home themselves for many generations with little problems.

The large continent of Idris was a beautiful and faithful home to the hundreds of shifters that remained, even as the human empires failed. Two large Kingdoms, Stratham and Aramore, reign over most of the land in Idris. Recently, the two have set shifters from each realm against one another in a battle of power and moral standings as the reigning rulers wage a war. Both economies are slowly falling and lives are becoming harder, not only for the commoners, but for the wealthy and high-classed as well. It is a disaster thought to befall only the naive humans. And now it befalls us.

You, whomever you have chosen to be, are stuck somewhere in the middle of this war. People are doing what they can to survive, banding together and fleeing some areas while others get together to raid smaller villages and towns in hopes of finding supplies before things get tougher. There were laws about killing and thievery, but of course, none of that matters when all of the higher-ups and officials are too busy fighting an unneeded war. The laws of the land have fallen to the hands of those in it.


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More Setting/Plot Information

Idris is located in a medieval, fantasy world where humans, shifters, and a wide variety of other sentient and non-sentient animals coincide together in a forested, mountainous region. There is no electricity or vehicles, mostly just wood and stone structures (picture something kind of like Rome/Greece but with a lot less fancy columns in most areas), but there is also magic and witchcraft. Sometimes one might spot a unicorn in the forest, or a pegasus in the sky just as one might see a herd of wild horses; most fantasy creatures are not impossible to find here, but it must be remembered that the land they exist in is one at war. Groups of raiders destroy settlements and sometimes kill civilians, less-than-stellar knights are known to invade homes and take people's belongings or otherwise harass them, and most people are struggling to find food as it is. Will you have an impact in what happens, or will you avoid the war at all costs?


Where the War Began…

Stratham and Aramore have had a rocky relationship since their creation, together, in 3201. Two brothers, grieving after their father’s death, deigned to rule both halves of the kingdom by themselves instead of together. They quickly realized it was much harder to make decisions by yourself, but instead of reconciling, they put everything they had into pushing the other down. The Kingdoms were economically unstable for nearly two hundred years until the new rulers forgot the “family feud” the two Kingdoms had been in and started anew. That was until the recent dry weather, leaving most crops to wither in the sunlight and the people to struggle for resources.

The King of Stratham in particular has had a rougher time acquiring much-needed items for his kingdom and has sent small stealth groups into the low-land borders of Aramore to find what he cannot acquire himself. These short raids have come to the notice of Aramore’s royalty and their pride won’t stand for them to be stolen from, leaving them to send more scouts and knights to patrol their borders day and night.


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Guidelines

1. All Lioden rules apply.
2. Godmodding/powerplay is unacceptable. Be realistic in fighting, and remember, the only character(s) you should be making decisions for are your own.
3. Have as many characters as you can handle, but each must be accepted by myself or my co-mods.
4. Try and be diverse with your species! Do NOT keep creating only tiger shifters and expect them to be accepted (of course, more common species will be expected to have more characters than uncommon and/or rare).
5. Just because I haven't said a species doesn't mean you can't create one! If you have a question, just ask. I'll do my best to help.
6. There ARE weredragons available to be created! (Only 3-4 roles will be open, and you must audition for them: basically meaning you need one other, more common species before you can ask to create a dragon shifter).
7. Any ranking above the Head of War must be accepted by me.
I may ask you to change your ranking based on if I think you're active/experienced enough for the role. Feel free to create your own ranking!
8. Mature content- excessive violence/gore, graphic death scenes, and/or breeding- needs to fade to black or be taken elsewhere.
9. This is intended to be an intermediate/advanced RP. Replies are required to be 5+ sentences and you must practice proper spelling/grammar.
10. Be active. If you'll be gone for 3+ days, please message me or let us know in chat.
11. You may use photo-references for your characters, just please remember to source them correctly (photobucket, tumblr, etc. are NOT original sources). Try not to use artwork unless you have proof it's yours/was given or sold to you/etc.
12.No same-player romance. If you want your character to have a significant other, then try and form a relationship IC.
13. Limit 1x1. Generally wait until 3-4 people have posted after you before replying again.
14. If you read and understand all the rules, please tell me your favorite mythical creature in the other section.



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Species and Shifter Information


While they’re deemed both weres and shapeshifters, these are merely humans with the abilities to change form into one species of animal, which is passed through families and gene pools (if there are more canine shifters in your family than felines, then it’s likely your children will turn out as mostly canine shifters as well). However, nearly any species is a possibility because of the ancestry in shifter lineage. Shifters are not controlled by the moon or its phases, and learn to control their shifts as they age; most have complete control by the time they’re 18 to 22, but stress and certain emotions can still force a shift throughout most of their lives. Some shifter families may have customs against marrying those of different species, but there aren’t any major laws on it.

Common Were-species
[meaning 10 of each species can be created]
dogs (of all breeds), felines (domestic and wild: normally lions, jaguars, cheetahs, etc.), predatory birds (hawks, falcons, owls, eagles, etc.), most prey animals (rabbits, deer, goats, etc.) and most other carnivores (unless named under other categories); this class also holds more common mythical species such as pegasi, jackalopes, griffins, hippogriffs, manticores, chimeras, etc.

Uncommon Were-species
[meaning 6-8 of each species can be created]
foxes, wolves, and coyotes, exotic felines (some tigers, ocelots/servals & other African cat species), most bears, weasels, and ferrets (or otherwise carnivorous, small creatures); this class also holds less common mythical creatures such as the pheonix, thunderbirds, chupacabras, crocottas, Wolpertingers, hellhounds, etc.

Rare Were-species
[meaning about 4 of each species, max]
hyenas, African painted dogs, snow leopards, arctic foxes, polar bears, and many other endangered species. the rarest is dragons, as there's only 3-4 known ones left in the world; this class also holds least common mythical creatures, like the peryton, the chamrosh, Caladrius, Enfields, wyverns, Nemean lions, etc.




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Edited on 06/08/17 @ 11:33:09 by West (#43497)

Lynx 1.0 (#91211)

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Posted on
2017-07-31 13:44:30
awesome thanks!



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Poptart Feelzhands (#4675)

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2017-07-31 17:11:33
Finally got one of my forms up :D please let me know if anything needs to be adjusted or fixed, I'll make adjustments accordingly.



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Transkitty (#101285)

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2017-07-31 18:17:22
Poptart, would you mind if I adopted Luc's brother and made him a Stratham citizen?



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Husk (#37594)

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2017-07-31 19:51:34
-fist pumps-
almost done with the appearance section, which, like, for me is the hardest part of a sheet.

so many wonderful characters have been added~



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Poptart Feelzhands (#4675)

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2017-07-31 20:33:35
@Transkitty, I wouldn't mind at all :) that could get really interesting, I've never played his brother at all



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West (#43497)

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2017-07-31 22:40:58
@Lynx ~ No problem! Thank you! Let me know when you finish your forms so I can add them to the rankings ^~^

@Poptart ~ I of course want you to be comfortable with what you're playing, but knight positions are much more needed in Aramore than commoners (especially males lol). You don't have to change Luc if you don't want to, but you mentioned it in your form, so I thought I'd give you my opinion. Let me know what you decide, but no matter what, he's accepted :)

@Husk ~ Wow, it's looking real good. Let me know when you finish so I can mark Alexander down as well!



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Timid~Summomma~ (#34553)

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2017-07-31 22:43:37
@West, Here's an idea for more Knights in Aramore..If we can find someone (a character mostly) to take on the lead of head knight, they could recruit commoners of any sort, or heck even draft them in, to prepare for the war between the kingdoms??

Just an idea to throw in!



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West (#43497)

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2017-07-31 22:49:54
@Timmid ~ That's actually quite a brilliant idea. I have someone that I believe is going to take the position soon. If we didn't have so small a number of commoners I'd probably implement that at the beginning, but then if people did that, there really wouldn't be anyone left as commoners/in the city for the most part, which wouldn't be too good.

Maybe once we start the RP (because we're getting pretty close) and if more people get interested/make characters, then I might just take you up on that offer though, because it makes sense for the situation, it's a really brilliant idea! Thank you!



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Timid~Summomma~ (#34553)

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2017-07-31 23:12:15
@West We don't have to do it right away but maybe hint towards and slowly acquire new members over time..I was thinking of making my character a knight but decided against it. Be cool for a dream job for the character.

On the idea, I think a military draft would be our best bet for Aramore, on the current number of characters for that territory. And slowly knight commoners and prepare for what to come between the two kingdoms...And another thought would be how prosperous each kingdom is, (Example: Aramore could be a poorer kingdom than Stratham, or vice versa, however you plan to go about each kingdom, frick I'm mentally tired and probably should refresh my mind with information.)

And I'll happily sign Jael up for that draft. LOL.



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West (#43497)

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2017-07-31 23:17:09
I agree, but also, I've got a couple characters that might be moving around in Aramore, others that haven't completed forms/been accepted yet, etc., so I think I'm mainly waiting a bit for some of that. But I'm also probably going to name a date soon where I'll want all forms completed by, so we'll see where we're at then and I'll see if we should do that or not ^~^ but I appreciate the idea.

Jael would make a good soldier. He could butt everyone with his thick horns.



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Timid~Summomma~ (#34553)

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2017-07-31 23:19:17
:0 He would!! Eee!

Keep us posted, we're all super excited!!



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Finzor 🍉 (#75645)

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2017-07-31 23:22:39
I imagine Catherine going for the drift xD big moomoo horns and lots of soft fluff



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Lawen (#75965)

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Posted on
2017-08-01 00:00:38
Meep Meep



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Mylo (#104190)

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Posted on
2017-08-01 07:38:00
I've posted my royal advisor, and a commoner bean, finally. I have one more child to make now.



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Lynx 1.0 (#91211)

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2017-08-01 07:55:52
I have posted two knights, one from each kingdom, still working on adding pictires.. photobucket is no longer working for me. If someone knows of a similar site, can you let me know?



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