Tribulation (Part 1 Redux) [Interest Check]

[The Ghost Writer]

Following the incident in New York City a few weeks ago, Terrance Sinclair finds the Sagestic race on the brink of another underground war between good and evil. Tasked with helping a long-time friend train a new and peculiar Sage, Terrance travels the world with a special task team of other skilled Sagens in an attempt to locate the legendary Obscura Paintings, before the reincarnated black alchemist Trigger and the fallen angel Shemhazai can activate the artifacts they hold.

What Trigger and Shemhazai fail to understand, however, is that the painter had designed his special canvases to only reveal the artifacts hidden within through the power of one individual. Whom that is they must find, but Trigger has already formulated a plan to bring him in.

The Ghost Writer brings you a completely reconstructed story with new characters, new emotions, and new mind-bending twists. Scenes from the original story have been recreated with more detail than ever before, as the world as we know it slowly comes closer to a reign of chaos and fire. This modern fantasy tale gives you everything you've ever wanted, from elementalism to necromancy. Read as myths and legends, both magnanimous and terrifying, come to life before you and add further depth to the story.

Nephilim, chimeras, and the darkest evils await you beyond the pages; but there is also hope, light... and something far greater than all the rest.

Cutting the commercial BS:

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This story is basically a revision of something that was written a long time ago by myself and other co-authors. No, you don't need to know what happened in the old version because, like I said, this is a revision. I'll guide the plot-line along and give you hints to upcoming twists to prepare your characters for, and we'll also discuss what's around the corner in the OOC thread. What you do need to read up on, however, is the linked story (above) in the Critiques forum of this site. Plans for You is the prequel to this story and it would be helpful to get an understanding of the type of world this is and what exactly is currently going on.

The main characters are pre-designed and I'll provide a rough introduction of each (and maybe an image that represents them if I can find one), but I'll be happy to give you more details about them over PM if you desire. If you would like to create a completely new character and start fresh, then please do so, I'm not holding you back.

More information about the world (terminology, history, race bios, etc.) will be provided in the OOC if this gains enough interest.

Main Characters

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Jason
Jason (last name is unknown) is the main protagonist of the series and is supposedly 500 years old, but was Infused at the age of 14. Don't be too quick to judge his youthful appearance, however, as his wisdom far surpasses that of the other elders in the Sagestic Council. Jason is the only Sagen with the ability to control Aether, one of the three special elements and a combination of all twelve base elements. Jason used Aether to severely weaken Trigger in the epic battle at the end of Delavega, the first part of the series. Ever since, Jason has been regarded as powerful figurehead amongst the Sagestics. Jason is also takes it upon himself to personally oversee the training of each new Sage and becomes Alex's personal mentor and close friend in Tribulation.

Alex Conner
Alex Conner is Jason's protégé, and possibly his successor. Terrance was tasked with finding and recruiting Alex, a mission that turned into a near catastrophe when McClone interfered at Alex's high school. Alex is 14, the same age as Jason was when he was Infused, and is often confused as Jason's own brother, when in actuality, there is no blood relation and Jason does not have any living relatives. Andrew, one of Terrance's friends, had two distinct visions of Alex in the prequel Plans for You, each revealing that Alex may soon come to have power equal to, or possibly greater than, Jason's own.

Terrance Sinclair (Starring The Ghost Writer)
Stylish, handsome, and cunning, Mr. Sinclair represents the next-generation of Sagestics, choosing to blend in with humans and living amongst them without drawing too much attention to his abilities. Terrance was in his mid-thirties when he was Infused back in the 1930's during the Great Depression era of America. He found a new life amongst the elementals and gradually prospered. When the underground wars between the Aurens and Sagestics breached the ignorance of the world's population, however, Terrance chose to stop wearing his robes and go with the current fashion to blend in and stay out of the way of discrimination and hatred. Easy-to-say, Terrance dislikes being different and will casually side-step any confrontation when possible. However, when the time calls for it, his skills as a Sagen will make him a valuable ally, or an extremely dangerous enemy.

Shemhazai
Shemhazai is one of the fallen angels that sided with Lucifer after the war in heaven. He loves to boast about his role in leading a sect of 200 fallen angels to earth to mate with women and give birth to the hybrid off-spring of human and angel known as the Nephilim. This psychotic father will stop at nothing to give the world to his children and completely revive the extinct race. (see this wiki article for more information)

Lucy
Lucy's true affiliation as a demon is never known in the series, but throughout Tribulation she constantly manipulates Dodger, feeding off of his emotions and seducing him with her beauty. Lucy is connected to Dodger by a shadow chain, a bond that cannot be easily broken. Dodger speculates that the chain was created after the death of his parents (caused by his use of dark alchemy), which he blames himself for.

Dodger
The anti-hero of Tribulation, Dodger is a valued and vulnerable victim Trigger's possessions. Dodger grew up as the son of two extremely wealthy parents, but his aristocratic lifestyle came to an abrupt end when his practice with alchemy ended up costing the lives of his mother and father in a freak accident. Having no other family that would take him, Dodger secluded himself to his parent's manor and continued to study his alchemy alone, until he discovered that a demon, Lucy, had chained herself to him. Dodger attends the same high school as Alex, but the two never meet until Terrance and McClone both come searching for Alex. Despite Lucy's disapproval, Dodger sees an opportunity to redeem himself and uses his alchemical abilities to assist Terrance in holding off McClone until a portal could be opened to safely transport Alex into Syrah. From there, Dodger chooses to assist the Sagestics, but Trigger begins to manipulate his thoughts and dreams more frequently, causing him to become more vulnerable to full possessions.

Maka
Even though she's older than Jason, Maka never cared to take the time to learn the other elements, and thus, technically, remains a Sage. However, Maka is known as the master of the Earth and Nature elements, and commands them with ease and elegance. Maka helped Jason during the epic battle against Trigger 500 years ago in Syrah, and still remains a true friend, ready to answer the call when her help is once again needed. In the original Tribulation Maka and Dodger developed a romantic relationship as she helped him overcome his internal struggles with Trigger, standing by him until the end. Will the same bond be there in the revised edition?

Trigger
[No Image] Trigger is the dark alchemist that Jason supposedly defeated in Delavega, the first part of the series. However, Trigger's death was only physical, and his cursed spirit had remained to roam the earth for over 500 years until gaining enough power to possess others and toy with their minds. He chose to carry on his mischief inside Dodger, frequently possessing him, because of Dodger's unique skills with the same ancient alchemy that he had used before the battle with Jason. Dodger's own self-pity over his parents' deaths makes him extremely vulnerable to Trigger's full-body possessions. Furthermore, just as Jason has the unique ability to conjure and control Aether, Trigger's death resulted in the creation of the Death element, which only he can control when he has a body to possess. Death can cancel out Aether and is more powerful, but one other special element, which remains to be discovered, can cancel out Death.

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Now that everything is updated, let me know if you have any questions or are interested in the RP.