Rouicia

[Quaddy]

*nods* Matt is quite British. It makes the fact that his character is Russian in Renegade/Rebel that much more amusing to me.

[Matt]

Haha I don't think I've gone up a rank. Been a hero a while maybe? Definitely been blue a while. idk. Nae so worried.

Actually in REs I've noticed I don't actually provide for a single English or British character (unless we count our joint custody of Phelps).

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

Well I don't provide for any Americans either, though the fact that it's set in England makes more of a case for what you said.

[Quaddy]

I guess we can count Phelps.

I write for one American, but that's because I've adopted Colt. Unless you count Aiden...

[Matt]

But that's cos they're all dead....

[Quaddy]

Just the Rebels. Not the whole country.

And not Mynt's character.

[Matt]

True. Very true. Were there no American students at Oxford?

[Matt]

BLACK AMERICAN EX-STUDENT?

[Matt]

Wait why is this conversation on Rouicia. #brainfail

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

Stops.

[Quaddy]

Yeah...Rebel forum...

That one's more interesting than Rouicia, anyway. Although we get to turn Rouicia into a bit of a Narnia story. Which is always fun.

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

Walks into wardrobe.

Thumps head on a low hanging rack.

Has weird dreams about a Jesus-lion.

Dies.

Dreams continue.

[Quaddy]

Exactly!

This one is a chance for everyone to be a hero, to fight for good and not worry about whether they're really fighting for evil. The gods are NOT going to turn out to be evil overlords and, if they do, our characters will fight them to save Rouicia.

Actually, I like that idea....

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

Lol, I like how you said "Exactly!" as if I perfectly summed up the premise for this story with "thumps head on low hanging rack and has weird dreams about a Jesus-lion."

[Quaddy]

Well...that was definitely the point of Narnia...

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

You do have a point.

[Quaddy]

*nods* Jesus Lions played by Liam Neeson in the movies...

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

I wish I could be played by Liam Neeson in a movie. It wouldn't work though.

[Matt]

Yeah be a bit weird after your rant about whitewashing.

[Zephyr Shenkiken]

Exactly.

[Matt]

Quaddy - I think I misunderstood. KC is Tio'nel right? So does her character have knowledge of Rouicia despite dying on Earth first?

[Matt]

Or do we all have that knowledge?

[Matt]

Is there any vague plot line I should know about? like what's gone wrong with the gods? Cos I've hit a point where I'm like... I should know more history for Rouicia. THen I'm done.

[Quaddy]

Okies---KC made a mistake. Tio'nel never leaves Rouicia. We decided to circumvent the mistake by saying he could cross back and forth in order to keep the channel open, and he steps back into Rouicia of his own free will, thus maintaining his memories.

Your character remembers somewhat because Death is universal. At least I believe that is what we discussed. But his time on Earth has definitely dulled his knowledge somewhat.

I suppose I should make some stuff up out of my ass now. Perhaps planning a little bit would help keep this campfire alive for more than two rounds...

Rouicia is a magickal place. Think Narnia, without the snow. It's a land of forests and mountains and rivers (oh my). To the west are the Alandiel Mountains, mountainous peaks that may or may not still have Dwarves. It is a tale amongst the denizens of the Valley Towns that their metal cities remain, and a dare for children seeking to prove their bravery to search for them. To the east are the wetland marshes, the headwaters for the two major rivers--the rivers Irie and Kal--which lead down to the Miridiun Sea. Most of Rouicia is made up of forest and fertile grasslands. There is the Godswood to the north, in which the Gods' City--Ysandaria--is located, bordered to the east and south by the Kal, the north by the Irie, and the west by the Alandiels. In the south is the Forest of Urug Hal, where once dwelt the giants but now live the Urugan, a bestial cousin of the Elves, and the Remusians, the werewolves of the dark places. The Urug Hal stretches to the Kal on its north, the wetlands to the east, and the Alandiels in the west.

In the wetlands live...well, everyone. If you can live in the wetlands, you live there. The lands are not fertile, and the water is brackish, so the people who live there are tough and salty. Traders, thieves, river folk, etc all make their home here. So, too, the selkies on the shore and the Iridel, the traveling city of the Water Elves.

The Elves--the Alandiel (not the mountains, the Elves)--dominate what was once Dwarven land, if there were even Dwarves (there were). Where the dwarves delved low, the Elves rose high. They, like their land, are an unforgiving people, strict and unbending. Not particularly martial, but they are prone to some serious violence (like...kinda scary) if their more bestial natures are awoken. Long ago, the Urugan, who refused to civilize, broke from the Alendiel and settled in what is now called the Urug Hal. They do not like sharing the mountains with humans, though they have come to accept it as long as humans remain in the valleys and not in the crags.

Ysandaria, the capitol city, is home to the Gods. These are Gods that spend a great deal of time on Earth--most of it, in fact--and their temple is right at its heart. Located in central Rouicia, on the southern edge of the Godswood, it is bordered to the east and south by the Kal, to the north by the Irie (eye-ree), and the west by the mountains, making it defensible as hell. It is a city of all races, even the Elves, as some of them prefer to come down out of the mountains occasionally. Humans, however, dominate, as they alone are made in the Gods' image. It is built in the foothills of the Alandiel.

The gods I have listed are not the only ones, but I don't really feel like making up any more, so if there is a god you need, just ask and we'll figure something out.

The Prophesy says that a threat will rise from the east, beyond the shores of the Miridiun Sea, in the lands beyond the horizon. In a blaze of blood and fire, a threat will come from the heart of the morning sun, to destroy magic and overthrow the gods. As such, the Avatars were created and trained before being sent away to Earth to hide in safety from this threat. Now, however, the threat has come and so the Avatars have been returned. They, however, do not have their memories (Saor being a somewhat exception and Tiu'nel not actually being an Avatar making him an exception) as these would awaken their magic and make them visible to the threat. The gods are besieged, unable to leave their citadel at all, as an army comes from the east. Whatever they are, they are anathema to the magic of the gods, and they espouse a monotheistic worship of their sun god Aouros. They have landed and have actually taken the whole of the wetlands, though the people manage to limp on, falling back on their more criminal habits. This army appears to want to circle around and finally strike at Ysandaria itself.

That's all I got. We can make up the rest together.

[Matt]

Do you mind if I map this out?

Also I've made it so that Saor kinda remembers the other Avatars, has memories of them and such but almost like fairytale memories. He also knows he can hear/commune with the dead, but only because that's continued on Earth and only in a very very limited (they come to him) sense?

I was going to have Tio'nel describe what the blazes is going on to everyone. Just as a sort of 'this is the shit the gods have gotten themselves into' moment. And then after that things can actually start rolling better?