Origins (An Alien World RP)

by Koi in the River Sun Apr 18, 2010 12:14 am

Sometimes, the distinct feeling that someone or something doesn't belong somewhere can last for centuries. It is a feeling of detachment, loneliness, and sometimes a deep, ominous dread for what may come in the future.

Novus Aevum, a dark planet resembling a gas giant, was the most logical and efficient habitat to choose from when relocating the inhabitants of some forgotten and long-destroyed solar system. After all, there was always room for error in simple experimentation. Thousands of lifetimes of the immigrant races came and went on the dark planet, every passing year taking just a little more away from their memories of their home worlds.

And by the third millennium, all had been forgotten.

All that remained were confused and very much different races, horded together in violent and disagreeable clusters in their makeshift world. They grew to despise each other. They hated looking at those who were so different than them, and hated wondering why they had been brought together in the first place.

However, the only answers lied in the colonies in the far east of Novus Aevum - territory in which none dared enter. There, the one advanced race dwelt. They were responsible for the immigration of the primitive races, and had long grown to regret ever releasing them upon their dark planet. And so they began to conspire ways to rid their precious land of the warring primitive races.

The Advanced created a new breed - one which hungered for the flesh of the primitive. That breed's purpose was to slowly drive the primitives to extinction with as little destruction to Novus Aevum's environment as possible.

And so the era of violence escalated. War rampaged across the land, and The Breed ravaged what it could find. Soon, the primitives would disappear along with their memories of worlds they once called 'home'.

A Look at the World

Novus Aevum: A planet with a certain magnetic field that pulls certain dark minerals from the earth and into the upper atmosphere, causing it to resemble a gas giant. Light from numerous nearby moons and stars is sometimes able to penetrate the cloudiness, but only every so often each day. NA currently only has two large continents that are separated by a small land bridge, simply called the Western and Eastern Territories. The Western Territories are home to the countless primitive races, and are currently experiencing wars and feuding over space and ideals between races. The Eastern Territories are home to the advanced race's few colonies, and those from the west are restricted from them. The ecosystems are very diverse.

Primitive Races: This includes any alien race that was relocated from a certain galaxy that has been destroyed by a super nova. They were brought to Novus Aevum thousands of years ago by the advanced race so they could be studied and experimented on for the advanced race's benefit, but they wound up hating being around each other (as each race is from a different home world) and has since waged wars in their territory.

The Advanced: A race of highly intelligent aliens from another dead planet who relocated themselves and The Primitives to Novus Aevum. Their colonies in the east contain testing and experimentation facilities. They have recently released their artificially-created breed into the world.

The Breed: Animal-like experiments used by The Advanced to hunt down and eventually kill all of The Primitives. They are biologically superior predators that hunt when the sky is at its darkest, and are slowly killing off villages and tribes. They have recently been spotted in small primitive cities. The Advanced created them to kill off The Primitives instead of using their technologically advanced weaponry, because they are trying not to destroy Novus Aevum's environment. After all, they need somewhere to live after all of the other races are gone.

So, What Now?

You, dear player, will be taking on the role of a character from any race you can create, or you can choose from a pre-existing race another player makes (with permission from that player, of course). Your character will most likely be a Primitive, though I will allow a few Advanced into the picture.

Your character is caught in a primitive war, which includes other characters from other alien races. Somehow, these characters must find a way to look past their outer differences and set off on a journey to the Eastern Territory in search of answers from the Advanced.

However (Advanced or not), other characters may not appreciate trespassers in their land. Who knows? Maybe the Advanced promised their race a place in the world once the warring was over if they swore their allegiance to them.

The Goal

A trek across this dark world will not be easy, as one cannot do such things alone. Loyalty must be shown if anyone wishes to reach the Eastern Colonies alive. The Breed lurks in the darkness, and the Advanced and their confidants hate being disobeyed. They will seek to kill your character.

But you must remember this is a quest for answers - the likes of which would benefit everyone.

Feel free to ask me any question you can think of, and I will be happy to clear things up.

Character Sheet Includes...

Code:: [b][u]Player:[/u][/b] (Who are you?) [u][b]Character Name:[/b][/u] [u][b]Age:[/b][/u] [u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u] (In-depth, please.) [u][b]Race:[/b][/u] (Create one, and give us a brief history of them.) [u][b]Short Biography:[/b][/u] [u][b]Other:[/b][/u] (Anything else we should know?)