Matthias+
Down among the dead men let him lie!
*The formatting I wanted for the text wasn't working, so I just took a picture of it.*
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*I am aware that 'A scream, and a dark promise.' comes from something else, and is unoriginal. However, I have had this goddamn sentence stuck in my head for MONTHS, and I cannot remember where it came from or where I heard it.
Google Search brings up nothing but books, and chapters of that same book.
If someone could find out where it came from, it would make me happy.*
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It is the 24th of Sun's Height; the year of Akatosh 186. These are the middling years of the Fourth Era.
A decade after the Great War, the lands are plagued with infirmity. The people of Tamriel still reel from the blows struck to the land, hearth, and home by the mutual struggling, battering, and biting of both the Aldmeri Dominion, and the Empire. This struggle for the domination of Nirn has weakened both Empires, as well as the lands they fought for. The Empire is in disarray.
Though they both fought bitterly, the Empire suffers far more in comparison to the Dominion; even after the Empire renounced Hammerfell as a province, and the Dominion moving in only to be fought to a standstill, losing nearly a third of their invasion force; the Dominion still holds it's ground. It continues to recover at a much faster pace than the Empire ever could. The war between Hammerfell and the Aldmeri Dominion ended in 4E 180, after 5 years of war, hastening the Dominion's recovery.
In the province of Skyrim, what was referred to as an 'incident' began in 4E 174. Forsworn took the city of Markarth and declared themselves independent from 4E 174 to 4E 176 before Ulfric Stormcloak at the behest of Jarl Hrolfdir was asked to take the city back, but accepted only on the condition that Talos would allowed to be worshipped freely in Markarth. Hrolfdir accepted, and Markarth was retaken, much to the chagrin of the Reachmen.
The wars are over.
However, something yet stirs in the elusive darkness, and there is another war to come...
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This is the OOC thread.
This is a sort of roleplay/history type thing I'm going to be running for as long as it takes to explain the stories of characters. You may join with present day characters on the condition it's plausible for your character to be alive this early before Skyrim. As for meeting characters in the past your character knows in the present? Retcons have happened before.
This was made because I, like many, cannot seem to have any fun writing a backstory. It takes me hours, and my writing style is weird without other people interact with, and I end up making the characters seem edgy, and it annoys me, so I always end up scrapping the character.
I figured this would be a more fun way to do it; that, and it would help other people develop their characters history while making connections with other people's characters. I suppose this way it might also be more fun to link characters together through situations in the past rather than keeping Skyrim perpetually in time-freeze, and having characters just be meh towards one another, or inexplicably in love in less than a single year, that kind of thing.
To clarify: This thread takes place in 4E 186, and eventually it may possibly lead into the present time of 4E 201. My character Matthias is 34 in present times, but here he would be 19.
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Currently this is just a synopsis and a reasoning statement. I'm garbage at writing rules so this may take me awhile; if anybody would like to help with that, I'd be grateful. Also, feel free to constructively criticize my grammar, or use of words; maybe give me a few pointers. I've only gotten a few chances to try RP, and they've usually ended quickly, usually because the forums I go on die before I can even get a character finished(usually because they force me to write a history).
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RULES
1.) There is no Dragonborn. The last Dragonborn Emperor sacrificed himself years ago, and 'The Dragonborn' from Skyrim is either non existent, or obscure. Nobody may play as a Dragonborn, and the Dragonborn will be uninvolved with this thread in this timeline.
2.) Any character with authority, be they Kings, Queens, Jarls, Guild Leaders, Faction Leaders, or otherwise will be RP'd by me in situations where they are involved. I'm not talking about player characters here, I'm speaking of characters either from the game, or Kings/Queens where you'd expect to find them. The unnamed King of (insert city here) in the Fourth Era, or Jarl Balgruuf for example. This includes entities such as the Greybeards, who are not in authority over man, but over voice.
3.) You may join factions, and gain rank in them, but you may not become the Leader. You also can only join two factions, and you are restricted to lesser rank in the second one. If you become a Speaker in the Dark Brotherhood, you may only become a Cat Burglar in the Thieves Guild.
4.) No Daedric/Divine championing. Any who owned the Daedric Artifacts before Skyrim have either died, or lost them; anybody who has these artifacts WILL die or disappear. The Dragonborn will get you in 15 years.
5.) No Daedric/Divine artifacts. You can have your own enchanted items, though they must be within the scope of Vanilla Skyrim in terms of enchantment. They can look however you would like them to look.
6.) You may be related to any NPC from the original game, or to any characters of your own making. No marriage, though, at least not to any vanilla Skyrim NPC.
7.) I must approve your character before you may join.
9.) 18+ Violence/Gore/Suggestive will be present, as it says on the tin.
10.) This roleplay will mainly revolve around the characters, but will also have events that take place from time to time. This does not mean your character will be forced to the wayside by them, for your character may have a hand in it themselves if you so wish it, and plan it with me.
11.) You may ask me questions if you feel you don't understand something. Feel free to give suggestions should you have them as well.
12.) None of that God-modding nonsense.
13.) Please try to make any posts at least a paragraph or two long.
14.) You must check the OOC for event/time-skip warnings before posting. Daily.
15.) Your character may start outside Skyrim, but must eventually end up in Skyrim before the second event.
Post your characters below. Use a template of your own make, or copy the one I have posted below. DO NOT post a link to your character profile; your character is in a different time now. Your history may be brief, but I will not stop you from making it long.
2.) Any character with authority, be they Kings, Queens, Jarls, Guild Leaders, Faction Leaders, or otherwise will be RP'd by me in situations where they are involved. I'm not talking about player characters here, I'm speaking of characters either from the game, or Kings/Queens where you'd expect to find them. The unnamed King of (insert city here) in the Fourth Era, or Jarl Balgruuf for example. This includes entities such as the Greybeards, who are not in authority over man, but over voice.
3.) You may join factions, and gain rank in them, but you may not become the Leader. You also can only join two factions, and you are restricted to lesser rank in the second one. If you become a Speaker in the Dark Brotherhood, you may only become a Cat Burglar in the Thieves Guild.
4.) No Daedric/Divine championing. Any who owned the Daedric Artifacts before Skyrim have either died, or lost them; anybody who has these artifacts WILL die or disappear. The Dragonborn will get you in 15 years.
5.) No Daedric/Divine artifacts. You can have your own enchanted items, though they must be within the scope of Vanilla Skyrim in terms of enchantment. They can look however you would like them to look.
6.) You may be related to any NPC from the original game, or to any characters of your own making. No marriage, though, at least not to any vanilla Skyrim NPC.
7.) I must approve your character before you may join.
9.) 18+ Violence/Gore/Suggestive will be present, as it says on the tin.
10.) This roleplay will mainly revolve around the characters, but will also have events that take place from time to time. This does not mean your character will be forced to the wayside by them, for your character may have a hand in it themselves if you so wish it, and plan it with me.
11.) You may ask me questions if you feel you don't understand something. Feel free to give suggestions should you have them as well.
12.) None of that God-modding nonsense.
13.) Please try to make any posts at least a paragraph or two long.
14.) You must check the OOC for event/time-skip warnings before posting. Daily.
15.) Your character may start outside Skyrim, but must eventually end up in Skyrim before the second event.
Post your characters below. Use a template of your own make, or copy the one I have posted below. DO NOT post a link to your character profile; your character is in a different time now. Your history may be brief, but I will not stop you from making it long.
~NO EVENTS AT THIS TIME~
(ALL THE EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN SKYRIM)
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~NO TIMESKIPS HAVE TAKEN PLACE~
(CURRENT YEAR 4E 186)
(ALL THE EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE IN SKYRIM)
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~NO TIMESKIPS HAVE TAKEN PLACE~
(CURRENT YEAR 4E 186)
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