The Haunted Lands (Traditional Fantasy)

[Knifey Keith]

There was a time where the race of men were dominant. Humans were prolific, prosperous and unchallenged; where the monsters, ghouls and cretins kept to the shadows. Until the great blight came; a great black cloud that rained poison down upon all the great kingdoms of men, dimming the day and inviting the monsters of the world to take the day and the night.

60 years have passed since then. Humans are the minority, hiding underground in hill forts and burrows like scared rabbits, hunted by the horrors that swarm the lands in chaos and anarchy. The quality of life for humanity is atrocious, their lives are bare and gruelling, hunger and poverty are the norm. Many humans are too scared to face the monsters in combat and prefer to run and hide; but once in a while... Someone fights back!

You are ordinary people, you do not have any skills required for adventuring or to combat the terrors that await, you've never wielded a sword or cast a spell. But you have guile, courage and determination on your side; you have the support of most of your people despite their reluctance and pessimism.

However this isn't some random decision to rise up in arms. You are partaking on this dangerous, dreadful journey across the plains and over the hills for a reason. Your colony (Felsen) has lost contact with it's sister colony (Tamman) after Tamman's wizards failed to make their weekly communication to Felsen. The council of your colony has decided because of your enthusiasm, that you are ideal to try and find out what happened. You begin with no equipment of your own, however some equipment and rations will be provided for you.

Character Sheet:

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[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Gender:[/b]
[b]Appearance:[/b] Both physical and your clothing
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Characteristics:[/b] List 3 positive characteristics and 3 negative ones; EG if you're strong, dexterous or have really good eyesight. For the negative, you may be weak, frail or suffer from an illness or intellectual disability of sorts. Also if your character is a spell caster, you'll need to list that they have magical ability as one of their positives.
Skills: These are actual skills, something you have a formal education or training in, or have picked up through experience. You only have one skill at the beginning, this would relate to your occupation- No weaponry skills. So for example if you're skilled in sewing or carpentry.
[b]Bio/History:[/b] Keep it nice and short, but just list some of the highlights in their life and to why they've decided to undertake this
quest.
[b]Spells:[/b] A magic user may add spells they obtain in the future here. However they do not begin with anything.

So to give you a more definite idea of the theme and feel of this RP; it's a medieval level of technology and science, with the exception of magic which is quite prominent and potent in it's power, but restricted to a special caste of people- Mages. Because of the world you live in, your clothing is typically a mix and match of different things, a lot of patches and tears. Due to the limited resources, craftsmanship is crude. So for example a sword more often than not will be a fairly simple, one piece blade with leather wrapped around it for a handle. Metal armour such a scale mail, plate mail and chain mail are in rarity, metallic shields also fall into this category. Most warriors fight with knives, clubs, spears, darts, javellins, axes, shields, bows, arrows, staves and if they're wealthy or lucky... They'll have a sword that is long enough to be called such. Most weapons are made from either stone, copper, bronze or iron- Steel is also a rarity.

Human colonies/settlements/towns/cities are almost always underground or built into mountains/ hills. A particular colony does not necessarily consist of one ethnicity, culture, religion or nationality- Humans have scattered and sought company of other humans regardless of the divisions they would have made in the past. Many people still practice their culture, language and religion proudly though.

I'm looking for at least 4 people, myself included.

[Knifey Keith]

So no one is down?