Hello everyone! Long time Redwall fan glad to have found another forum after feeling the urge to type out words in the universe again. Glad to see an active site again :>
This was an idea I had while listening to some of the audio books during my nightshift and here it be, hopefully it will let lots of different people take part!
The thread would begin with the remains of two Searat vessels sinking into the crushing depths of the sea after a stormy battle. The ships limped away from each other to try and salvage it but in the end were forced into the smaller escape/jolly boats to attempt escape. Still working out how many small boats will make it to Mossflowers shores.
Each small boat would have some officers from each ship, I'd be sure to note who in what, as well as some oarslaves and supplies that were thrown on them for work and living. A few Pirates would make it to the shore clinging to wood as well but the boats would likely be the main aim. However the storm and night would be hard to see and paddle through. As such the boats were all exasperated when dawn finally came.
As such the thread would have various boats trying to not die as they land such places as; Salmandrastron, the great coast, River Moss, or other fuuuun places! How will the two crews take to this land?! Who knows!
That was the basic idea at least, open to suggestion and discussion of course and I look forward to loads of fun with you all! :D
This seems interesting.
That was the hope! Places for Hares, Woodlanders, and wanderers to join. Could even be part of the Pirate crews if you wished :D
*is intrigued* This sounds very interesting. I'll get 'round to making a character tomorrow, probably. I'd love to be part of the vermin crew.
I wouldn't mind being a part of another RP. Been a minute since I played a vermin, but should be fun. I'll see if I can get a char put together.
:D! Glad to see such an eager reaction to the thread! I'll put up some possible spots people can fill. And just because the vessels are Searat ones doesnt mean the officers/captains need to be them. Just means likely a lot of the NPC crewbeasts would be rats. Any positions not directly filled could be NPCed, or they could have died in the battle preceding the sinking! If someone picks Captain they could also change the name of the vessel if they would like. When the thread starts it would likely be two officers to a small escape boat each with a handful of crewbeasts and oarslaves. Of course you could also be someone who is already on the shore to see the Pirates arriving. OR one of the crewbeasts/officers who didnt get to a boat in time and so washed onto the shore clinging to driftwood. So three smaller escape craft per big ship.
I personally have a Searat I've been playing for awhile that is often a Navigator. But if others want to play that position I will happily fill another spot :D
Bladewave/The Evil Tide Ship;
Captain - Mharbrow PhantomPaint (Fox(
@shisteer of nothing much )
First mate - Firestripe (Fox(
@Kade Rivok )
Navigator/Surgeon - Belladonna Redblade (Fox (
@Ebantu the Kararehe )
Quartermaster -
Boatswain -
Surgeon - (Belladonna holds this position, could always have an assistant)
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Keelteeth Ship;
Captain -
First mate -
Navigator - Tulian Ador/Keeneye (Rat(Played by meeee))
Quartermaster -
Boatswain -
Surgeon - Chiptooth (Mink(
@lass of something much ))
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Shore starters;
Hares, Shrews, Otters, travelers, whatever takes your fancy!
Shall update this list as people sign up ^.^
Can I be a captain, please? (I'll probably get 'round to making my character tomorrow afternoon, if not sooner)
Of course you can :D. Vermin or good beast it's all good.
I'll be a firstmate then, if that's cool. I'll revive my old char from Redwall Corsairs who was a large black fox firstmate. I'll make him less of a Mary Sue (Marty Stew) this time around though ;D
I'll get his profile here soon.
**EDIT**
SO, like i said, I tried to tone down his Mary Sue-ness. I'll post how he USED to be as well so you can see the difference ;D If there's anything that you feel I should change, though, just let me know!
Firestripe
Name: Firestripe
Age: 24 years/seasons
Gender: Male
Species: Fox
Ship: Undetermined, probably whatever ship Teer captains.
Position: First Mate
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Bio
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Physique/Fur/Looks/Clothes
Firestripe is a beast of a fox. He stands well over 6 and a half feet tall with a body of muscle that he's built over the years through labor and purposeful exercise. Being physically stronger than most, he tends to make use of this advantage whenever possible in battle. The soft, thick fur that covers him is dark, almost black, and interspersed with specks of silvery grey. On his head, the regular orange-red fur of a fox manifests itself as double crescent moon shaped stripes with the points coming together just above his eyes and at the base of his skull. This, of course, is where his name comes from. His one good eye is grey with speckles of gold barely noticeable, and sits beneath permanently furrowed brows, giving him an ever-present scowl. Where his other eye used to be is now an eyepatch, a scar visibly running underneath it from above to below. He has a number of other ugly scars across his body as well, but his fur is thick enough that they aren't usually visible. Another notable thing about him is the way he walks. He doesn't have a wooden leg, but he still walks with a permanent limp; a leftover gift from a long dead foe. Because of this, he isn't exactly light on his feet, and running is a bit difficult for him. The best he can usually manage is a short sprint. He has no tattoos nor piercings, and is actually fairly well spoken for a sea vermin. Some of the crew has even gone as far as saying that he sounds like "a real gen'le beast", much to his amusement. In battle he wields a pair of large sabers made especially for him and a number of throwing daggers tucked into the back of his belt.
Personality
He's quite a docile fellow, as far as wave vermin go. Unlike most pirates, he isn't one to go around drinking and making a fool of himself. It's much easier for somebeast to take advantage of you when your mind is muddled like that, in his opinion. He also isn't one to be needlessly cruel, preferring to get along with those under him (and above him). Of course, vermin being vermin, he has to put down fools when need be, but he tries to keep that to a minimum. He's found that life is a lot easier when people like you, that way you don't have to worry as much about somebeast trying to stab you in the back. He still raids and pillages as any pirate does, but he sees it more as a necessary evil to survive. No "goodbeast" would ever treat him with any sort of decency, he learned that the hard way, so he'll take what he needs. Despite his "friendly" demeanor, he rarely trusts anybeast enough to label them as a friend, and so generally has a detached feeling towards others.
History
Firestripe once had a mother and father, Menala and Zierstune, and once had a different name, though what it was has been long forgotten. When he was young, they'd been a part of a roving band of vermin lead by a stupid, but strong ferret by the name of Chogutt. They were a vicious group, killing and stealing wherever they went and constantly fighting other groups for territory. Of course, as the way things go, eventually their group fell and was absorbed into another. During the transition, though, somehow his family had gotten on the wrong side of the new chief. His parents enabled him to escape, though it cost them their lives. After that, he traveled on his own for a long time. He was young during that period,and didn't trust other vermin after what had happened, so he tried to find woodlanders, goodbeasts, to help him. Unfortunately he was large for his age, appearing to be a young adult, and so had been nearly killed by any he'd had the courage to approach. Through that, he learned not to trust the so called "goodbeasts" either. Though the years were tough, he eventually found work on a ship, taking to the sea and never looking back. Here was where he learned how to deal with other beasts, to make them like him and thereby protecting himself from them.
And below is his old (and poorly written) char profile which I will NOT be using :laugh:
Old Firestripe Char
NOTE: Firestripe and the char of one of the other members (Scarlet) were dating, which is why she gets mentioned so much. Also, this setting had gunpowder, so guns where a thing.
Name: Dantin Firestripe (goes by Firestripe)
Age: 23 years/seasons
Gender: Male
Species: Black Fox
Ship: Nightpearl
Position: First Mate
Map Pieces: None
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Bio
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Physique/Fur/Looks/Clothes
Firestipe is a huge beast of a fox. He is around seven feet and four inches tall which means he pretty much towers over nearly every other beast. Not only is he tall, he is amazingly strong. His muscles are not only built from the hard living of a pirate but also due to him actually working out so as to keep a fit body. He could easily lift most creatures with only one paw which makes him quite fearsome in battle for he uses his paws and claws a lot more than a normal beast would. Even with all these qualities that have been stated so far, he would not stand out as he does if it wasn't for his fur. He has a coat the color of a moonless night and it gives him a menacing look even more so than what he would have had otherwise. The thing is, though, he has a strange red-ish orange-ish stripe that is located on his head. It is shaped like a double crescent moon shape with the points coming together just above his eyes and at the base of his skull. His fur is quite soft and thick, though through no actions of his own, and is almost always very warm. His fur, for reasons unbeknownst to him, holds warmth for longer periods of time than normal fur does. This is actually a really great help to him because it is not always warm on the high seas, especially when they head up north where it's really cold. What's strange, though, is that his fur doesn't really have a sheen to it. It just seems to absorb all light and leaves none of that glossy appearance that one would normally get from fur. This can sometimes throw off the eye of somebeast looking at him because it is so odd. This is actually extremely helpful for him because it makes him nearly invisible at night or even during the day when there are good enough shadows for him to use. His face is permanently set in a fierce expression and when he smiles, it just makes him look all the more evil. Even so, it is more of a fierce in a handsome way than just pure evil way. Some might even go as far as to say that he is quite handsome though he is oblivious of the fact. His eyes are the color of his stripe for some odd reason. It is not all that, though; there are flecks of gold interspersed throughout the iris and when the sun catches it right, they become the dominant color, suddenly turning his eyes a bright gold. This does not happen amazingly often but often enough for beasts to have noticed it every once in awhile in the past. These orbs within his head have a bit of a mesmerizing quality to them. They are not hypnotic, mind you, but they do certainly tend to un-nerve beasts when they see him in battle or when they are looked into for a longer period of time. Ok, so perhaps his clothes that he wears have seen better days but c'mon, he's a pirate for goodness sake! His sleeveless tunic is a dark burnt orange that is a more somber color so as to not stand out. As said before, his clothes have seen better days but they are still serviceable. Besides, it's not often one finds clothes big enough to fit him so he's gotta take what he can get. He does not have any tattoos nor does he have any piercing of any kind except those caused by a blade... heh. He doesn't see the need for such things so he doesn't get them. As you can tell, he's not one for extravagant things unless those extravagant things are also useful. One thing about himself that he is immensely proud of is that fact that, though he is a pirate vermin, he has good grammar. Some of the crew of the Nightpearl even says he sounds like a real "gen'le beast"
Personality
He is quite a docile fellow, as far as wave vermin go. Unlike most pirates, he doesn't go around drinking and sneering and trying to seem tough. He doesn't need to try and act tough because that fact is blatently obvious. He doesn't over drink because all that does is dull your senses and give other's a chance to take advantage of you. He doesn't act mean or cruel because doing that is pointless, why make somebeast follow your orders and hate you when you can make them follow your orders and like you? He is quite a good buddy and can, on occasion, be humorous. He's a loyal ally and dedicated worker. This al being said, if you cross him then you'd better watch out. He can sometimes have a bit of a short temper on certain subjects and then you'd better start running because if Firestripe has it in for you then your a dead beast. Those certain subjects can include bad mouthing Scarlet or bad mouthing Firetripe himself, for he is a very pridefull beast and that pride encompasses himself and those close to him, which is Scarlet. Though most of the crew are his friends, he doesn't consider himself close to any other beast. It usually doesn't come to this, though, because most of the vermin on the Nightpearl like him because he's such a good friend and ally, despite his rank, and they rarely talk badly about him and they know better than to talk badly about Scarlet, though they have little reason too.
Weapons
Firestripe has an array of weapons so I guess we'll start off with his blade first...
Zierstune
Firestripe had Zierstune special made just for himself by an expert weapon smith. He doesn't like to talk about how long he'd been saving up money so that he could have it made but it really needed to be done because he'd been going through swords at a fairly fast rate due to how small they were compared to his size and because he struck a lot harder than the normal wave scum did. It is a broadsword, except on a larger scale for it is somewhere between six to seven feet in length; he's pretty much the only one that can use it. It is a most fearsome blade that is sharpened on both edges and has a blood channel running down the length of the it. It is made of an extremely strong metal that is springy enough that it won't shatter upon hard impacts but is also sturdy enough that there is little chance of any damage actually coming to it. It's hilt is bound in leather though the leather does need replacing because it's getting fairly old. Firestripe likes to keep his weapons in fairly good repair so he's a bit self conscious about the hilt. The sword is named Zierstune after his father, though he's not likely to ever tell any beast that unless it's somebeast that he knows really well and they ask him about it. He won't talk about it at all unless they first ask. He doesn't like spend much time talking about his past too much.
Six-barreled Sluggers
(Sluggers for short)
Firestripe didn't try and come up with some special name for these weapons. He merely called them what they were. This pair of pistols are oversized to fit his size and therefore take much bigger ball shots than the normal pistol. Because of this he has to have his shots special made on board the ship so that he has a healthy supply for battle. I'm just gonna say that if you get hit with one of these babies, your probably not gonna make it because it'll tear a whole in you so big that you won't be able to stop the bleeding. These pistols were also special made for him but he didn't have to pay for these. The famous weapon smith Daytoi McLauter owed him big time for saving his life and livelihood at one point in the recent past. Firestripe called upon him to make him these pistols and holsters to go along with them. They each can fire six times without having to be reloaded and are surprisingly accurate due to the extended barrel that the guns have because they are oversized. Not many beasts can use these weapons because the kickback on them is quite large and would cause them to injure themselves unless the used it with both paws and they were quite prepared for the kickback.
Vera
Firestripe's pride and joy... Vera. In the most basic sense, Vera is a handheld cannon. It has a pistol grip with the trigger to go along with it and a heavily padded stock so as to not murder the shoulder of the user. It is large and extremely heavy, just perfect for Firestripe! It loads much like a pistol does except on a larger scale, obviously, so he can fire it at a fairly fast rate. This weapon he hadn't had special made for him, some crazy weapons smith had decided to make a handheld cannon that could be used by one beast. The reason it hadn't sold, though, was because nobeast that had wanted it as of yet could actually lift it all by themselves. The owner was extremely excited when Firestripe showed an interest in buying it and became even more excited upon seeing that Firestripe could lift it fairly easily. They struck a bargain and Vera became his. He doesn't have any real reason as to why he calls it Vera, or as to why he refers to Vera as a she, but he does. When asked, he just says that the name Vera seems to fit and Vera sounds like a more feminine name than masculine so it must be a she. He then usually laughs, leaving everybeast wondering as to whether he's actually joking or not.
History
Firestripe once had a mother and father, Menala and Zierstune, and way back then he went by his first name, Dantin. At the time, they traveled with a band of vermin that moved across the country side, releasing terror wherever they went. Dantin never participated in any of these raids though because he was too young at the time, even so, he had always been a rather big child and promised to be a powerful creature when he grew up. They battled with rival bands of vermin constantly for that's what these vermin bands did. They were always after each other's territory and never ceased wanting more. One day the scouts reported back from patrol with news that their number one rival band was in close proximity. The leader of Dantin's band, a large ferret by the name of Chobsnout, immediately called all his troops together and went off to ambush the enemy. Only those two young to fight were left behind but unfortunately Menala had been out foraging when the call to arms had been raised and she came back to find the camp deserted except for the young. She really didn't think much of it until what was left of their band came back. Nearly half of their numbers were gone, seemingly their ambush failed. Chobsnout was furious and, upon seeing Menala at the camp, came to the conclusion that she had been off warning the rival band about their ambush. Zierstune, one of the ones who had come back alive, stepped in between Chobsnout and Firestripe's mother and pleaded with him, saying that she would never do such a thing. Sadly for them, reason was lost upon the crazed leader and he had the rest of his crew tie them up. He told the rest of the vermin that they had sold them out to the enemy and that is why the ambush didn't work. For this, the penalty was death. Dantin was forced to watch as his parents where executed. First, his parents had been tortured in the normal manner, well, as normal as torture gets. They were beaten and sliced open and whipped until they were barely conscious. After all of this they where thrown in a nearby river with stones tied around their feet. All of this happened before Dantin's burning eyes. At the end when the bubbles stopped coming up to the top of the water, he snapped. He went into a horrible rage. Without a weapon, he attacked all the laughing and scornful faces that surrounded him with his bare paws. Before the execution, the vermin band had numbered thirty, afterward, they numbered zero. After they were all dead, every single one of them, he lost his rage and wandered the country side aimlessly for three sorrowfull years, not staying in one place for long. It was during this time that he built up his body and his mind into the formidable presence that makes up the basis of who Firestripe is. Before happening upon the Nightpearl he had built up a bit of a reputation and wealth under the name Firestripe as a sort of mercenary so he was able to at least make enough to feed himself. Though he desired a more permanent job, he had yet to find anybeast that he was willing to work for. None of them seemed to be trustworthy enough. One day, he had been walking parallel to a stream for about an hour when he spotted a large vessel moored close to the river bank apparently deserted. He approached the ship warily and was about to climb aboard to check it out when he heard rustling behind him. He whirled and brought his sword up in a defensive position. A youngish fox, older than him, had appeared behind him with a crew of assorted vermin. For some reason, Firestripe took a liking to the vixen captain that stood before him. He wasn't sure what it was, but he just felt that he could trust her. After some talk, Firestripe, joined the ships crew and quickly rose in the ranks until he was first mate.
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Relationships
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Family
As said before, he doesn't have any family left anymore.
Friends/Crewmates
Everyone of the other beasts on the Nightpearl are his crewmates but he doesn't really have any actual friends except, of course, Scarlet. Most of the crew seems to see him as their pal, for some reason. He guessed it was because he wasn't overly cruel and didn't have quite as much of a temper as Scarlet. When he gave the orders, he didn't try to lead through fear
Lovers/Crushes
Firestripe and Scarlet are very much in love.
Enemies
His only true enemies he had are dead now. Now, everybeast is liable to be an enemy, just depends on whether they side with him or try to fight him.
Subordinates
Seeing as how he is first mate and all, the only beast that isn't a subordinate to him is the captain herself, Scarlet.
Read more: http://redwallcorsairs.proboards.com/thread/507/dantin-firestripe#ixzz6B2Y1Cula
Looking good Kade! Could you and everyone else let me know what ship you wish to be a part of though for easier recording in the list?
Waiting for Teer to pick, I'll likely be part of her crew.
*rubs paws together eagerly* This is going to be very interesting indeed! Here's my character: (sorry he took so long. Feasts are tiring)
Spoiler
Name: Captain Mharbrow PhantomPaint. (though everybeast calls him Cap'n Dyemhar)
Role: Captain of The Evil Tide/Bladewave.
Species: Fox.
Gender: Male.
Age: Nobeast knows, though the cap'n seems to have a lot of experience.
Appearance: Light tan fur that's been dyed and tattooed in so many places that it's more dark green dye than plain fur. Each tattoo is of a different vanquished enemy and Mharbrow makes sure his rivals know it. He wears a light tan tunic with a broad belt around the waist which holds his three scabbards. He wears a tan scarf on his head and a leather thong around his wrist.
Personality: He prides himself as a strategist and tactician, thinking over every aspect of something before he places his trust in it, whether it be a friend, ship or new type of food or wine. Being evil and inclined to betray someone if bribed enough, he is also very suspicious of other beasts doing the same to him and he never tells his entire plan to one beast, but rather only tells each beast the task he needs to carry out.
History: Born on the frigid coast of the north, Mharbrow grew up as the youngest of four boys. His father was a corsair captain and, on a visit home when Mharbrow was twelve seasons old, the young fox asked his father if he could come pirating with him. His father laughed harshly, cuffed him round the ears and continued drinking. Filled with rage and hate, Mharbrow killed his father and three brothers, then took command of his father's ship and sailed away with any family treasures they possessed. His family members were the first to join the list of vanquished enemies and Mharbrow has continued pirating ever since, completely merciless to both victims and crewbeasts alike. Nothing aboard his ship escapes his notice and nobeast that displeases him has the chance to do it again.
Weapons: Mharbrow carries two long scimitars, which he wears on either side of his waist and fights with at the same time. He also has a long dagger which sits on his right hip.
Other: Mharbrow absolutely detests hedgehogs.
Nice profile
@shisteer of nothing much ! (Still figuring out how to mention people)
Seems like the Bladewave is turning into quite the Brushship! :D Once we get a few more we can get this started.
Sweet! This is going to be heaps of fun. *wonders if it would be possible to drag
@Ebantu the Kararehe in as well*
I'll probably start this in a few days with what we have and others can join in the way. I'll probably throw my Rat navigator at your foxes as an enemy crew rat for fun :>
Sounds good to me. *rubs paws in anticipation, cackling evilly* I will see if I can rope any other victims into this roleplay. *goes to find more roleplayers, still cackling evilly*
Will be making the opening post after this post is up. Throwing up the character I will be using for viewin;
Name: Tulian Audor (Often just called Keeneye by the Keelteeth crew)
Role: Keelteeth navigator
Species: (Sea)Rat
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Appearance/Role: A smaller rat Tulian is half a head shorter than the standard Crew rats and so almost two heads shorter than the Captain himself. This smaller size compliments his position however as the Map Reader and Navigator as its easier for him to quickly clamber up the rigging to ensure they are going on the right track. But when it came to ship to ship or ship to shore battling the smaller rat wasnt well suited. And the Captain wouldnt want to lose such a key component of the ship to a random arrow or spear thrust. As such Tul doesn't have the most combat experience. The fur of the rat is light brown with dull green eyes as well as a green headband as then a simple vest and shirt. With puffy pants and no boots. Often with a rather large belt full of writing materials and a Sextant. With a long dagger hanging down the back of that near his tail. All of these have become water logged and damaged since the battle.
Personality/Skills: As a smaller rat without a good punching or stabbing paws Tulian grew up on the ship to be quiet and rather submissive. Not often putting his thoughts into ongoing conversations or taking a side when things got heated. Often just clambering up to watch from a Spar or Clew. It didn't help that he was one of the only Crew members from an educated background which often made him the butt of jokes. But drawing out and understanding maps and written directions needs a bit of learning. However this didn't help his actual upbringing of port life. A far port. So the rat has a very thick accent that make many thing he is a simpleton until they see his writing.
Example;
'Hello Shipmate, how are you today?'
' 'Ey Sh'p'me't! a're ye' ta'dai?'
History:
Born in as mention a far port from Mossflower Tulian had a rather large family growing up and even during his younger seasons he was the runt of the family. Which in the end worked out great for him as many of his larger sisters and brothers met their end on the point of a cutlass or drowned drunk and he instead attended the impromptu naval school on their island. It was little more than an old retired Captain giving lectures of his life on the dock but it helped many of the youth that listened a job off the island. Which was the case with the young rat as he found out that he had a very steady paw and was good at figures. Learning all about knots and bearings to help ensure vessels were on their correct course. He had gone through two vessels before arriving on the Keelteeth. Both trading and trasport vessels with raiding as a side gig. He on the whole wasnt a fan of the Keelteeth but even he could see that jumping ship at port would make him end up like his brothers and sisters so the rat wisely kept quiet and just tried to avoid making enemies in the crew.
Awesome first post!
I'll let Teer post first before I do, since her char is the captain.
By the by, you don't need to give specifics, but do you have a plan for where the story is going to go, or is the plan to figure it out as we go? Also, from your OOC comment in the post, I think it'd be interesting to land close to Salamandastron. That'll give our chars something to worry about ;D
Any vacancies?
It's Faclan's gig, but I believe there certainly are.
Very much open slots
@MathLuk ! Feel free to join as a Pirate/Corsair or a shore person :>
And it depended really on who joined but since we got mostly pirates so far likely the plan would be that we team up and have sweet pillaging adventures and trying to find a boat. Though if the Hares show up it would likely change to running away or trying to give up to not die. But we shall seeeeeee.
Glad liked the opening post :>
Nice! This roleplay actually has me quite excited, to tell you the truth. I look forward to whatever other beasts might be able to bring in.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 16, 2020, 06:50:25 AM
Sweet! This is going to be heaps of fun. *wonders if it would be possible to drag @Ebantu the Kararehe in as well*
You rang, Madam?
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on January 24, 2020, 07:16:53 AM
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 16, 2020, 06:50:25 AM
Sweet! This is going to be heaps of fun. *wonders if it would be possible to drag @Ebantu the Kararehe in as well*
You rang, Madam?
Yes. Join this roleplay and don't dillydally about it, and bring me a cup of tea! *reclines primly on chaise lounge* And some grapes!
@lass of something much, I require your services also.
Yes ma'am. *goes to get tea* *returns* Who do you want me to be?
You can be anybeast you want. Though, if you want a character with a backstory tied with Teer's, you two will have to work that out, I guess.
Thank you. *sips tea* It's up to you. (I've been thinking about Captain Mharbrow and have some really cool ideas. If he survives this RP, I think I might continue his story a bit more, maybe expand his backstory further too)
You could be one of his crew and it would be fun to tie our backstories together a fair amount. How 'bout you wait till I get back and we can have a planning meeting. (If we do it at your house, we might be able to rope the cousin in as well)
Until Tuesday, where are the grapes I requested (ordered)?
Yay schemes and plots :D
Indeed. I will probably not post in the actual roleplay 'til Tuesday. I can go on the internet but only on cellphone so anything requiring quality is difficult.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 24, 2020, 08:26:57 AM
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on January 24, 2020, 07:16:53 AM
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 16, 2020, 06:50:25 AM
Sweet! This is going to be heaps of fun. *wonders if it would be possible to drag @Ebantu the Kararehe in as well*
You rang, Madam?
Yes. Join this roleplay and don't dillydally about it, and bring me a cup of tea! *reclines primly on chaise lounge* And some grapes!
@lass of something much, I require your services also.
you called?
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 26, 2020, 03:31:07 AM
Thank you. *sips tea* It's up to you. (I've been thinking about Captain Mharbrow and have some really cool ideas. If he survives this RP, I think I might continue his story a bit more, maybe expand his backstory further too)
You could be one of his crew and it would be fun to tie our backstories together a fair amount. How 'bout you wait till I get back and we can have a planning meeting. (If we do it at your house, we might be able to rope the cousin in as well)
Until Tuesday, where are the grapes I requested (ordered)?
Sounds good. *drops three grapes in Teer's teacup*
Quote from: lass of something much on January 26, 2020, 10:25:28 AM
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 24, 2020, 08:26:57 AM
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on January 24, 2020, 07:16:53 AM
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on January 16, 2020, 06:50:25 AM
Sweet! This is going to be heaps of fun. *wonders if it would be possible to drag @Ebantu the Kararehe in as well*
You rang, Madam?
Yes. Join this roleplay and don't dillydally about it, and bring me a cup of tea! *reclines primly on chaise lounge* And some grapes!
@lass of something much, I require your services also.
you called?
Yep. Join the roleplay. Nobody will mind if your spelling isn't perfect because pirates aren't supposed to be literate.
ah, I see rite then....
can I be a medic?
Sure can! It doesnt seem like most in book Pirate Crews have a surgeon but I think it would be really stupid for a ship not to have one so I included it as a position to be filled! Which ship would you like to join?
I don't know, wich one needs me? (or needs more beasts)
Spoiler
Quote from: Faclan on January 14, 2020, 06:03:47 AM
Bladewave/The Evil Tide Ship;
Captain - Mharbrow PhantomPaint (Fox( @shisteer of nothing much )
First mate - Firestripe (Fox( @Kade Rivok )
Navigator -
Quartermaster -
Boatswain -
Surgeon -
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Keelteeth Ship;
Captain -
First mate -
Navigator - Tulian Ador/Keeneye (Rat(Played by meeee))
Quartermaster -
Boatswain -
Surgeon -
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Shore starters;
Hares, Shrews, Otters, travelers, whatever takes your fancy!
Shall update this list as people sign up ^.^
Me and Teer are on the
Bloodwave, and Faclan is on the
Keelteeth.
I know Eb was going to talk with Teer about joining as well, why don't you three talk together and figure out who wants to go where?
@shisteer of nothing much @Ebantu the Kararehe @lass of something much
Can I be the navigator on Teer's ship?
Sounds good to me! *goes to organise meet-up with Ebby*
(and Lass, please)
Okay, here's me:
Spoiler
Name: Belladonna Redblade
Role: Healer and navigator of Bladewave
Species: Fox
Age: 34 seasons
Gender: female
Appearance: Her fur is reddish-brown with darker fur on her ears, muzzle, paws and tail. On her head she wears a dull green bandanna, and has a tunic to match. She has gold hoop earrings and a leather thong on her wrist.
Personality: She is very persuasive, cool-minded and good at hiding her emotions
History: She served Mharbrow%u2019s father for one season before his son took over, and has been in Dyemhar%u2019s crew ever since.
Weapons: A long straight-bladed katana-style sword, which she wears in a back scabbard, and two daggers, one on her belt, the other hidden in her left boot. She also carries several different poisons, all of which are deadly.
Quote from: Kade Rivok on January 27, 2020, 09:33:12 PM
(and Lass, please)
who Me?
Spoiler
Name:chiptooth
Species: mink
Age: 26 seasons
Gender: male
Appearance: pichblack fur, with a white dot on his left ear. his eyes are a greeny gray.
he wears a white gambeson and brown pants with a red cape.
Personality: verry very smart but youses his gifts for his own good insted of for others, slie, cold bloded and friendly (at first).
History: kidnaped when he was little more six seasons old, then raested by the crew.
Weapons:an axe and a kite shield, a lot of hidin knives.
Dang that ship is really becoming a fox den! Nice :> will add ya to the list and welcome to the thread!
@lass of something much What ship and position is your Mink?
oh, Oops. chiptooth in keelteeth and he is a medic.
also this is a mink
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D0uW2Pz9cXA/UFBTydXRS1I/AAAAAAAACK8/ogzxM_2a2cA/s1600/mink+4.jpg)
Quote from: Faclan on January 28, 2020, 03:08:51 AM
Dang that ship is really becoming a fox den!
Indeed. We tend to prefer each others' company to that of scaly tailed garbage thieves.
Oof! Teer!
Sorry! I was just practicing my disdainful calmness. That's the kind of attitude Mharbrow Phantompaint is going to have. (or that's what I'm going for, anyway. I'm not very good at writing characters that are disdainfully calm)
For the Keelteeth's crew, I think we should presume that the captain got offed at some point (unless/until someone chooses to join as 'em)
I think that'll make the RP run more smoothly, because otherwise someone will have to control the captain to make the crew do stuff. Like, the Keelteeth's jollyboat for instance, who is controlling it? Presumably the captain, but we don't have anyone in the captain position, so who's going to control the captain to control where the boat goes, you know?
Either way, as long as we're two separate groups, I think the Keelteeth crew should be controlled by the Keelteeth player characters (since there isn't a captain). Reason I'm bringing it up is because it can make things difficult for the "opposing" crew. Like, My char is following the Keelteeth's jollyboat. I don't think I should dictate in my posts where the boat is going or what it's doing, since I'm not part of that crew, but that also means that I can't post anything until an update is given on what exactly the boat is doing since Firestripe is following it.
Does that make sense, or am I spouting gibberish? ;D Suggestions?
Also, Teer, I think you should RP your skiff to shore. Since Faclan's char already washed up, presumably the boats will have made it there as well. That's just my opinion though ^-^
Yeah, that sounds fair enough. We need to get more people on board. (I'll have Mharbrow land on my next post)
You could always have your fox laddies show up near the Keelteeth captain and start a battle. Making others go toward the sound of it and meet up. I'm fine if the captain is murdered in a properly pirate way.
Could work. I'll try and make it more thought out than that but that's basically the gist of my plan. (does anybeast object to me taking captives? It would just leave more room for expansion if I left some of the competition alive, for the moment. I have plans...)
Ye that's fine gota have a way for the characters to all be around at the same time after the Fox captain swore death on the other crew :>
This is going to be really fun. *rubs paws in anticipation* Should I just post or let somebeast else have a turn first?
Since were all a little spread out now I think you are fine to post when you wish till we have everyone grouped up.
Okee dokee then. I'll post before I go to bed.
Edit: Done: Goodnight.
Posted.
@shisteer of nothing much Firestripe is sending a runner your way, FYI
Yeah, the weasel I put on watch has already reported it to me. I'll respond soon.
;D
Alrighty
How is this going to work? Are you planning to roleplay the other fox as well as Firestripe? (It might actually be a good idea to have more than one character each.
@Faclan, what do you think?)
Nah, I was just having Firestripe give him an order, and when the fox made it to you you would control him for your section. It's like how you ordered the weasel to be on watch. Since Firestripe is first mate, he's able to order beasts around when the Captain isn't about :laugh:
**EDIT**
Teer, you can control Rangfur for your section so he can deliver the news, then you can send him back (if you want)
Sounds good to me.
I was going to npc the enemy captain in my next post hopefully tonight to have him order people around and send out missions and the like :>
Alrighty. I'll try and get my character involved around the same time; get some action going.
Anything in particular you want me to do, Cap'n Dyemhar?
I was thinking it might be amusing if you heard Rangfur coming and knocked him out for me. (don't kill him, just give 'im a good headache) I have some plans...
I feel like you would recognize one of your own crew -_-
*ignores Kade* Yes Cap'n! (I'll have to do it tomorrow, mum just said I should think about getting off the laptop, meaning it's late go to bed. (although I am actually on my bed right now))
Nevermind, I already dealt with him. When you post, can you take over from Webneck? You can report random stuff to me about the enemies' activities.
Lass, who is your group trying to spot?
They're supposed to be foraging. (Not very successfully though, apparently)
Quote from: Kade Rivok on February 03, 2020, 05:35:08 PM
Lass, who is your group trying to spot?
er, they're looking for food...
I know, but one of them said "Look, a fox!" which means they could possibly be spotting me or Teer, but I wasn't sure if that's what you were going for.
he did see a fox, but they don't know who it is.
Well, I know the character doesn't know who they saw, but who were you intending for them to spot? (is what I meant)
Her intention was that he'd spotted Rangfur.
Kade, what is your situation with weapons? Are you and Cutsnip both armed and ready to fight?
Ragfur? who da'?
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on February 05, 2020, 08:16:20 AM
Her intention was that he'd spotted Rangfur.
Kade, what is your situation with weapons? Are you and Cutsnip both armed and ready to fight?
Ah, sorry, they're good on weapons, and they're tired, but not injured. They should be good to go.
Sweet! In that case, I'll probably start the charge in my next post.
Sounds like a plan ^-^
Also, be careful about powerplaying ya'll. You shouldn't just say that your character does something to another player character. They can attempt to do something, but you have to give the other person a chance to respond, you know? Now, their response can be that what you were doing totally worked, but they should also have the chance to avoid stuff if they want to. If you work everything out before hand, though, that's a different story.
we did just not on here, chill.
I am chill Lass. I don't think I typed anything inflammatory or anything that sounded like I was yelling or upset. I was merely pointing something out. In the future, if plans are made in person, I'd recommend saying them here as well; we're all supposed to be working together to make this RP, after all ^-^
Okay that sounds good ta me
Speaking of making decisions together do we want to have all of us landed next to Salmandrastron or another location?
I think we're going with somewhere that isn't near Salamandastron, if I'm not mistaken
I think we're about two days' journey from Salamandastron. Close enough that we don't want to hang around and wait for a bunch of hares to find us but far enough away that we can breath without a sword (or whatever other weapon the current badger lord uses) at our throats.
Quote from: Kade Rivok on February 06, 2020, 04:27:13 PM
Also, be careful about powerplaying ya'll. You shouldn't just say that your character does something to another player character. They can attempt to do something, but you have to give the other person a chance to respond, you know? Now, their response can be that what you were doing totally worked, but they should also have the chance to avoid stuff if they want to. If you work everything out before hand, though, that's a different story.
Thanks for the reminder, Kade. I don't think I'm powerplaying too much but if I start to get a little bit bossy just tell me so and I'll fix it. (I'm not very experienced at roleplaying and I'm fully aware that I have a lot to learn)
Works for me on the distance to the mountain;
Also
@shisteer of nothing much are the peeps in your post charging Tulian? Lil confused.
No, Tornpatch snuck up on Tulian and, as far as my character knows, knocked him out. (though he's quite far away and didn't actually see the interaction so it's not set in concrete)
I made sure I didn't knock Lass' character out, so she can either fight back or submit. I'll wait for her to post her reaction before I do anything else.
Good job. I'll remind her not to kill you.
@lass of something much, please don't kill me.
When was Tul rushed/knocked out? I must have missed that D: sorry
Faclan, I think we rely need a capden, but as this is my first RP I think we need some one els to play that part, but we need someone Now!
Faclan, I told one of my weasels to get the rat walking up the sand dune. Then, in my last post, Mharbrow was watching him and saw that he was waiting for the signal to bring his prisoner down, which implies that he succeeded. I didn't say outright that he had though so you could still do something to avoid your fate.
Oh no I wanted him captured I just missed when like the pre action for that one started. Thank you for clarifying :)
Sweet! I'll carry on then.
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on February 08, 2020, 02:01:28 AM
I made sure I didn't knock Lass' character out, so she can either fight back or submit. I'll wait for her to post her reaction before I do anything else.
@lass of something much? Can you either surrender or escape, please?
Okay, I'm going to change some things to accommadate for Faclan's post so try not to get too confused.
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on February 13, 2020, 07:06:54 AM
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on February 08, 2020, 02:01:28 AM
I made sure I didn't knock Lass' character out, so she can either fight back or submit. I'll wait for her to post her reaction before I do anything else.
@lass of something much? Can you either surrender or escape, please?
Oh, I'll try to get around to it, sorry Eb...
Did I de rail a plan? D:
Thanks Lass. ^-^
Quote from: Faclan on February 14, 2020, 03:14:22 AM
Did I de rail a plan? D:
Nah, it's fine. I had only sent... What's'isname after you but I changed that easily enough.
*Awkwardly enters topic.*
I'd like to join with this guy
Spoiler
Name: Wrackfur
Age: 32 seasons
Gender: male
Species: weasel
Appearance: Brown fur with patches missing. Wrackfur is also heavily hunched over, and has several scars on his face.
Clothing:Brown trousers
Weaponry:Notched single-bit axe
Personality: Wrackfur has been jeered at by many other vermin; not all of them have died in their sleep. he doesn't easily get riled up, and when he does, he exacts revenge well, after the incident
Backstory: Not a whole lot to tell. Wrackfur was never any good at farming,but found himself to be quite talented at terrorizing. He survived as long as he has by, ironically, being more peaceful and "mature" than the rest, leaving bands that planned to attack goodbeast strongholds. Though he could never be considered smart, he has years of experience.
I'm not interrupting any plans, am I?
Not so far as I know. Which crew are you joining?
I believe he will be playing a resident of Mossflower not a dirty wave scum like us.
I don't think Wrackfur has been on a boat in his life.
we need more ship mates!
Maybe if we good a good impression with murder and the like hel join up with the winning crew! :> (only if you want to of course)
Well, I first introduce him to the RP. From there we can determine which survivors he'll join.
Just posted. Verdauga, let me know if you have any problems with it. I can change it if need be ^-^
Well, you seem to use ferret and weasel interchangeably, but you may just be talking about different beasts. So far, so good. I'll reply to the RP now.
When I use weasel, I'm referring to Cutsnip, not your char. I'll re-read it though to make sure I didn't get those confused.
**EDIT**
Ok, yeah I was definitely getting them mixed around -_- I'll fix that
It happens. Like calling a hedgehog a mole ;D
Lass, if you're not going to post in the actual Roleplay to say whether you submit or not, please at least say what you decided here so I can post.
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on February 19, 2020, 07:04:51 AM
Lass, if you're not going to post in the actual Roleplay to say whether you submit or not, please at least say what you decided here so I can post.
eh, just kill me or something...
I'm currently telling her to post. She will do so soon. (Or suffer the consequences...)
Welcome aboard, Verdauga! I hope your character is wise enough to not get killed slowly and miserably. (Meaning, I hope he joins Mharbrow's crew)
@Verdauga would it be okay for Cutsnip to walk your char over to the crew since the battle ended instantly? I think it would help keep the flow of time consistent ;D
**EDIT**
Or, you could have him walk you over in your own post if you wanted. Either way
It would be fine. I'll see whether or not I should post again.
Well, what we can do is I can post for Firestripe, and when the captain asks him about Cutsnip, I can have him start to explain, but then he looks and sees you two coming over. Then, you can post your own bit that ends with you being walked over to the group and doing whatever you want to do.
Or, if you want to do it differently, that's cool too ;D
I'll let you do it your way. I'm on my phone, so I'm not gonna post for a little bit.
Kk, I'll just post Firestripe's bit, then you can follow up and use Cutsnip to walk you over. NPC's are more or less interchangeable between folk as long as they're staying true to their own affiliations and character.
Got it. I'm on my laptop now, so I can post there.
Just posted.
And I didn't refresh. Modifying now.
;D
Done.
So, we'll be moving out at first light. I hope you don't mind that,
@Faclan . It's currently a bit hard for your character to do anything so I'm taking the reins until you're more less... indisposed. Hope you don't mind. If you object to anything, just tell me OOC and I'll change it.
Anything in particular I should do, Captain Dyemhar?
Oh its all good. Ive just been busy. Will make a lil Tul post with him worrying and sitting but if you have a plan feel free to start it and Ill respond to that instead when I post.
Sweet. Eb, can you ask Mharbrow if he's going to join and, if so, maybe help him with his character? It will be so much easier/more fun to interrogate the captain if he's actually being played by somebeast.
Sure thing.
Sweet. We're all waiting for him so ask him to hurry up.
Spoiler
Name: Garavito
Role: Captain of Keelteeth
Species: Ermine
Gender: Male
Age: 21 seasons
Appearance: Brown fur, red bandana, red trousers and no top.
Personality: Quick-tempered and ruthless.
History: He never talks about his history, so no one knows.
Weapons: Crossbow, cutlass and a ring that when you flip the gem aside it reveals a small needle full of deadly poison.
Other: Pumpkin stalks are his weakness.
Nice! I'll start interrogations tomorrow.
I want everyone to know that Wrackfur's a completely killable character. If you guys want to kill him off, you can do so without bothering me. I'll just roll up another character.
Pumpkins and crossbows?! I like this fluffy toob of a captain already.
Mharbrow and I are going to start interrogations. (and hopefully finish them too) Hope nobeast minds.
Not a whole lot I can do right now in the RP. I'll wait for you guys to post first.
Yeah, I know. Sorry about that.
I was just stating why I wouldn't post. No apologies necessary.
Mharbrow, please try to make your posts count....
;D
That was just for the interrogation part. He will usually do longer posts.
*grones* that was a joke, because I always do really short post...
It was a bit of a short interrogation. There were more questions I could have asked but Mharbrow got a little bristly at being called a mouldy bean.
Its all good :>
@Verdauga FYI, we're all marching in formation at this point and Mharbrow lead Wrackfur to the front to keep an eye on him. I'm up there with too, as is Belladonna.
Yeah, I should have said "row" in my post. But I just wanted to make sure Belladonna introduced herself to the rogue. Also, I guess I was borderline powerplaying about the approaching forest. We are heading that way, right Teer and Faclan?
Yes, that was the intention. (though once we get in the forest, we will head away from Salamandastron as fast as is practical)
A good plan being away from the Badger lord *thumbs up*
Im sure we wont run into any shrews or something else terrible.
You da boss. Maybe we do ;D
We might want to try and settle somewhere for the night and figure out what we're going to do with the prisoners before getting into another fight :laugh:
I'm guessing we're going to try and integrate the crews together?
Just posted, by the by.
I'm gonna go silent for a little while on there, since I just went through orientation.
Sounds like a plan, all these brushtails skulking around at night P:
Mharbrow growled at the rat's words, drawing his dagger and pouncing on the beast.
"Who're you calling a brushtail, you tatty-eared piece of sea foam?! I could end your miserable life right here and now, so watch your words!"
Mharbrow met the rat's eyes, glaring into them and-
Whoops, wrong thread. Sorry. *grins broadly*
Kade, Mharbrow already has a plan as to what will happen to the scum that destroyed his ship. Nobeast else knows, though I wouldn't be surprised if Belladonna has guessed, since she's served the PhantomPaint from the beginning and knows a fair amount of his history. Whether or not the fox captain will get to put his plan to action or not is another story.
Someone want to post?
I might post since no one has in a while.
I like talking to Wrackfur. He gets a beast thinking.
He's a really fun character to play. Being expendable helps.
I was waiting for the group to stop or for Tuls captain too. But Yeah Wracks a fun fluff.
I'm sorry Faclan. We're taking over your RP, aren't we? :D
We'll stop soon. If somebeast else doesn't mention us stopping and setting up camp (which you can feel free to do), I'll do it in my next post.
So, we should probably talk a bit about where this RP is gonna go from here. What thought or ideas does everyone have about what should happen, short term and/or long term?
Like, should hares give chase? Should we start raiding around? Should we have an actual goal story-wise? Stuff like that. Thoughts?
Oh no you guys are totally fine :D
I think the hares should come in later once we have done a bit of stuff that would warrant the Patrol being sent out. So maybe some raiding, some executions, some recruitment. Get bellies full and blades wetted.
Mharbrow has plans that I don't really know how to describe before the event, plus I don't want to invoke the captain's wrath by disclosing his plans.
In all seriousness, I don't even know if they work, because I haven't read all the books, and I also don't want to take over too much.
Im sure itl work fine :>
I'm hoping the Long Patrol will catch up with them before it needs to work.
I posted recently, so I'll wait for a while...
Wel probably have them show up after the group raids a poor family I suspect. A little success before it all goes wrong.
Again.
I would like to note, in Booklover's steed, that you have forty-two posts. Congratulations.
Now, back to business; I'm gonna get everybeast up and moving in my next post. (though I think I was the last one to post, so you can still sleep, for now)
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on March 17, 2020, 08:09:11 PM
I would like to note, in Booklover's steed, that you have forty-two posts. Congratulations.
*Twitches*
ANYWAY, I guess Faclan or Eb should post? Theirs are the only chars that haven't gone to sleep yet, I believe.
Belladonna's returned from her foraging and I assume she went to sleep. Even if she hasn't, most of the crew had some rest during the day while they were waiting for Mharbrow to give the order, so she's likely not as tired as Firestripe and Cutsnip.
I'll take a look at the topic and decide if I need to post soon or not.
Ill do my best to post before I sleep. Sorry for the wait but during the current troubles affecting the real lifes and as someone who works in a super market its been pretty busy.
EDIT: Also F now on 43. It was nice while it lasted.
No problem. We'll wait for you.
Quote from: Faclan on March 18, 2020, 02:13:03 PM
EDIT: Also F now on 43. It was nice while it lasted.
F
Well wait no longer!
And guess I shall have to keep going till I get to 69, then 420, and other silly numbers.
Yeah, I've spent way too much time with Booklover.
Ok, so Faclan posted. Anyone else need/want to post before we switch to morning time?
I really don't have anything to say right now.
Quote from: Kade Rivok on March 19, 2020, 09:07:32 PM
Ok, so Faclan posted. Anyone else need/want to post before we switch to morning time?
I think you misunderstood Mharbrow's intentions. We'll be up and moving well before daylight. The stop was simply a short rest. (Shortish. About three hours)
...Still -_-
Who wants to post next?
Either someone who hasn't officially gone to sleep, or Teer.
Right :laugh:
What if I've officially gone to sleep?
Well, you're gonna be in charge of waking us up in your post, I assume ^-^
Oh. I thought you meant in real life. I'll post soon.
Ah, nah, I meant people that have chars that haven't officially gone to sleep, or you ^-^
Alrighty ho, I've posted.
Anyone feel like posting?
Just a second. I'll post some filler from Wrackfur.
Done.
Posted.
@Verdauga , my post directly involves Wrackfur so you may want to respond.
Consider it done.
Got room for another player? I've been looking for a good RP to get back into the game, and I'm impressed by the quality of this one.
Thank you for the ping.
Hello Wylder! Glad you are interested. What type of character are you thinking of playing for this? Joining the Pirates or being a 'goodbeast' against them? :>
@Faclan I was thinking about being more a vermin wanderer that joins the pirates... but if you think that a goodbeast would be conducive to a more interesting plot, I would be happy to RP one. There wouldn't be very much interaction, however, unless I got captured.
I think you can go with whatever you want, my friend. He was just letting you know that it's an option, I believe.
It's good manners to let the RP host give direction for the best story result. But personally, I don't see a lot of sense in playing a non-vermin character, because who would I roleplay with? Unless I join the pirates or get captured by them, there's no one to interact with, and at that point it would probably just be better to be a vermin character anyways. I'll go ahead and build out a character with the assumption that it'll be a vermin character, and then if Faclan thinks a goodbeast would be a better ingredient I'll just make a few tweaks. Nothing too difficult.
Cool, this roleplay is so fun. ^-^
Indeed it is. I don't think it's necessary to detail our marching, especially since vermin don't normally enjoy the scenery so there's not much to talk about. Once new characters and such are figured out, does anybeast object to skipping to the the village/spot where Wrackfur said there's a village?
Vermin works, we Pirates need more people around that know the land so we don't wander around chasing our own tails so much.
Yeah, after all, Wrackfur's the only one who knows what way up a tree goes and he's probably going to die soon. *evil laughter on behalf of the Captain*
So have we decided whether or not there's a village there? If not, it would be an interesting place to intro Wylder's character.
I was wondering that as well. Were you intending for him to be lying, or just letting it be so that it could play either way?
I mean, I kinda left it up either way, but, even as slow as Wrackfur is, I'd hope he's smart enough not to lie to the leader of a very hostile group.
*Shrugs.* Either way'll work. I am fine if he's killed.
Sorry been distant peeps will try to post after I sleep D:
No problem for me bud. I don't have much to say anyway.
Also, I think our next fight should be a bit less one-sided :laugh: The last one was a bit of a beat down, after all.
ALSO also, I think we should decide what to do with the prisoners prior to our attack.
It may be interesting to have one of the prisoners escape and be recaptured, possibly after murdering one of Mharbrow's crew. Either that or he escapes and goes to tell the Long Patrol where we are. (Probably depending on whether he's somebeast's personal character or just a random crewbeast)
Speaking of The Long Patrol, when are they coming in and, once they've arrived on the scene, who's controlling them?
^^This is kind of what I'd like to know, seeing as I'm coming in. If there are going to be meaningful interactions with woodlanders or the Long Patrol, I can throw myself in there, or join the vermin if that will be more material.
Yeah, it would be good information to have. If we're going to go around raiding and pillaging, as is the plan, it would be unusual for the Long Patrol to not interfere. It would be good to know what the plan is regarding that stuff, since Mharbrow's basically dictating everybeasts' movements at the moment. I don't want to ruin any plans Faclan has but I don't want to just keep marching or camping or doing whatever without going anywhere. I need to know my orders.
Well, we could cast a dual role, and pick one of the prisoners to try to escape, or play a goodbeast trying to stop the crew's rampage.
I could have Tul escape and run off to try and find the hares. Then play the hare Captain. Since Tul isn't doing a whole lot at the moment besides being spooked.
So, I propose that for added complexity we pick perhaps a couple characters that run off into the sunset/die in battle in order to divide up the roleplaying into a group of vermin and a group of seabeasts for more complex interaction, if we do want to include the Long Patrol/woodlanders in the RP. A couple people could play dual characters if they would like.
@Faclan: Could you make a list in the starting post of all of the characters and their players and roles? That way we can decide on how to start the next phase of the RP.
@Wylder Treejumper That information is on the first page of the OOC thread.
Here's the list of everybeast so far: (I don't think I've missed anybeast, but I may have)
Coming plot points:
1. Mharbrow's crew (and guests) skirmish with a raiding party of corsairs aligned with Ulrik El-Dinbar
2. Mharbrow's crew pursues enemy corsairs (for revenge, rescuing captives, etc as RP dictates)
3. Attacked by an overwhelming force, the crew is forced to retreat
4. In order to stop El-Dinbar and his corsair vassals once and for all, the crew join the Long Patrol in defending Salamandastron from the savage Corsair King
Bladewave;
Captain -
Captain Dyemhar. Teer's character
Name: Captain Mharbrow PhantomPaint. (though everybeast calls him Cap%u2019n Dyemhar)
Role: Captain of Bladewave.
Species: Fox.
Gender: Male.
Age: Nobeast knows, though the cap%u2019n seems to have a lot of experience.
Appearance: Light tan fur that%u2019s been dyed and tattooed in so many places that it%u2019s more dark green dye than plain fur. Each tattoo is of a different vanquished enemy and Mharbrow makes sure his rivals know it. He wears a light tan tunic with a broad belt around the waist which holds his three scabbards. He wears a tan scarf on his head and a leather thong around his wrist.
Personality: He prides himself as a strategist and tactician, thinking over every aspect of something before he places his trust in it, whether it be a friend, ship or new type of food or wine. Being evil and inclined to betray someone if bribed enough, he is also very suspicious of other beasts doing the same to him and he never tells his entire plan to one beast, but rather only tells each beast the task he needs to carry out.
History: Born on the frigid coast of the north, Mharbrow grew up as the youngest of four boys. His father was a corsair captain and, on a visit home when Mharbrow was twelve seasons old, the young fox asked his father if he could come pirating with him. His father laughed harshly, cuffed him round the ears and continued drinking. Filled with rage and hate, Mharbrow killed his father and three brothers, then took command of his father%u2019s ship and sailed away with any family treasures they possessed. His family members were the first to join the list of vanquished enemies and Mharbrow has continued pirating ever since, completely merciless to both victims and crewbeasts alike. Nothing aboard his ship escapes his notice and nobeast that displeases him has the chance to do it again.
Weapons: Mharbrow carries two long scimitars, which he wears on either side of his waist and fights with at the same time. He also has a long dagger which sits on his right hip.
Other: Mharbrow absolutely detests hedgehogs.
First mate -
Firestripe. Kade's Character
Name: Firestripe
Age: 24 years/seasons
Gender: Male
Species: Fox
Ship: Undetermined, probably whatever ship Teer captains.
Position: First Mate
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Bio
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Physique/Fur/Looks/Clothes
Firestripe is a beast of a fox. He stands well over 6 and a half feet tall with a body of muscle that he's built over the years through labor and purposeful exercise. Being physically stronger than most, he tends to make use of this advantage whenever possible in battle. The soft, thick fur that covers him is dark, almost black, and interspersed with specks of silvery grey. On his head, the regular orange-red fur of a fox manifests itself as double crescent moon shaped stripes with the points coming together just above his eyes and at the base of his skull. This, of course, is where his name comes from. His one good eye is grey with speckles of gold barely noticeable, and sits beneath permanently furrowed brows, giving him an ever-present scowl. Where his other eye used to be is now an eyepatch, a scar visibly running underneath it from above to below. He has a number of other ugly scars across his body as well, but his fur is thick enough that they aren't usually visible. Another notable thing about him is the way he walks. He doesn't have a wooden leg, but he still walks with a permanent limp; a leftover gift from a long dead foe. Because of this, he isn't exactly light on his feet, and running is a bit difficult for him. The best he can usually manage is a short sprint. He has no tattoos nor piercings, and is actually fairly well spoken for a sea vermin. Some of the crew has even gone as far as saying that he sounds like "a real gen'le beast", much to his amusement. In battle he wields a pair of large sabers made especially for him and a number of throwing daggers tucked into the back of his belt.
Personality
He's quite a docile fellow, as far as wave vermin go. Unlike most pirates, he isn't one to go around drinking and making a fool of himself. It's much easier for somebeast to take advantage of you when your mind is muddled like that, in his opinion. He also isn't one to be needlessly cruel, preferring to get along with those under him (and above him). Of course, vermin being vermin, he has to put down fools when need be, but he tries to keep that to a minimum. He's found that life is a lot easier when people like you, that way you don't have to worry as much about somebeast trying to stab you in the back. He still raids and pillages as any pirate does, but he sees it more as a necessary evil to survive. No "goodbeast" would ever treat him with any sort of decency, he learned that the hard way, so he'll take what he needs. Despite his "friendly" demeanor, he rarely trusts anybeast enough to label them as a friend, and so generally has a detached feeling towards others.
History
Firestripe once had a mother and father, Menala and Zierstune, and once had a different name, though what it was has been long forgotten. When he was young, they'd been a part of a roving band of vermin lead by a stupid, but strong ferret by the name of Chogutt. They were a vicious group, killing and stealing wherever they went and constantly fighting other groups for territory. Of course, as the way things go, eventually their group fell and was absorbed into another. During the transition, though, somehow his family had gotten on the wrong side of the new chief. His parents enabled him to escape, though it cost them their lives. After that, he traveled on his own for a long time. He was young during that period,and didn't trust other vermin after what had happened, so he tried to find woodlanders, goodbeasts, to help him. Unfortunately he was large for his age, appearing to be a young adult, and so had been nearly killed by any he'd had the courage to approach. Through that, he learned not to trust the so called "goodbeasts" either. Though the years were tough, he eventually found work on a ship, taking to the sea and never looking back. Here was where he learned how to deal with other beasts, to make them like him and thereby protecting himself from them.
Navigator/Surgeon -
Belladonna. Eb's character.
Name: Belladonna Redblade
Role: Healer and navigator of Bladewave
Species: Fox
Age: 34 seasons
Gender: female
Appearance: Her fur is reddish-brown with darker fur on her ears, muzzle, paws and tail. On her head she wears a dull green bandanna, and has a tunic to match. She has gold hoop earrings and a leather thong on her wrist.
Personality: She is very persuasive, cool-minded and good at hiding her emotions
History: She served Mharbrow's father for one season before his son took over, and has been in Dyemhar's crew ever since.
Weapons: A long straight-bladed katana-style sword, which she wears in a back scabbard, and two daggers, one on her belt, the other hidden in her left boot. She also carries several different poisons, all of which are deadly.
Quartermaster -
Boatswain -
Surgeon - (Belladonna holds this position, could always have an assistant)
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Grunt (Rat. NPC)
Baretail (Rat. NPC)
Fet'n'Fret (Rat twins. Invariably mentioned together. Fet is now dead, courtesy of Captain Cardilon. NPC)
Webneck (Weasel. NPC)
Tornpatch (Weasel. NPC)
Sliteye (Weasel. NPC)
Rangfur (Fox. NPC)
Cutsnip (Ferret. NPC)
Fanggrin (Ferret. NPC)
(There are officially two other rats but they haven't been named yet. Feel free to name them, if you want)
Keelteeth Ship;
Captain -
Captain Garavito. Killed by the Cap'n. The Cap'n's character
Name: Garavito
Role: Captain of Keelteeth
Species: Ermine
Gender: Male
Age: 21 seasons
Appearance: Brown fur, red bandana, red trousers and no top.
Personality: Quick-tempered and ruthless.
History: He never talks about his history, so no one knows.
Weapons: Crossbow, cutlass and a ring that when you flip the gem aside it reveals a small needle full of deadly poison.
Other: Pumpkin stalks are his weakness.
First mate -
Navigator -
Tulian. Faclan's character.
Name: Tulian Audor (Often just called Keeneye by the Keelteeth crew)
Role: Keelteeth navigator
Species: (Sea)Rat
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Appearance/Role: A smaller rat Tulian is half a head shorter than the standard Crew rats and so almost two heads shorter than the Captain himself. This smaller size compliments his position however as the Map Reader and Navigator as its easier for him to quickly clamber up the rigging to ensure they are going on the right track. But when it came to ship to ship or ship to shore battling the smaller rat wasnt well suited. And the Captain wouldnt want to lose such a key component of the ship to a random arrow or spear thrust. As such Tul doesn't have the most combat experience. The fur of the rat is light brown with dull green eyes as well as a green headband as then a simple vest and shirt. With puffy pants and no boots. Often with a rather large belt full of writing materials and a Sextant. With a long dagger hanging down the back of that near his tail. All of these have become water logged and damaged since the battle.
Personality/Skills: As a smaller rat without a good punching or stabbing paws Tulian grew up on the ship to be quiet and rather submissive. Not often putting his thoughts into ongoing conversations or taking a side when things got heated. Often just clambering up to watch from a Spar or Clew. It didn't help that he was one of the only Crew members from an educated background which often made him the butt of jokes. But drawing out and understanding maps and written directions needs a bit of learning. However this didn't help his actual upbringing of port life. A far port. So the rat has a very thick accent that make many thing he is a simpleton until they see his writing.
Example;
'Hello Shipmate, how are you today?'
' 'Ey Sh'p'me't! a're ye' ta'dai?'
History:
Born in as mention a far port from Mossflower Tulian had a rather large family growing up and even during his younger seasons he was the runt of the family. Which in the end worked out great for him as many of his larger sisters and brothers met their end on the point of a cutlass or drowned drunk and he instead attended the impromptu naval school on their island. It was little more than an old retired Captain giving lectures of his life on the dock but it helped many of the youth that listened a job off the island. Which was the case with the young rat as he found out that he had a very steady paw and was good at figures. Learning all about knots and bearings to help ensure vessels were on their correct course. He had gone through two vessels before arriving on the Keelteeth. Both trading and trasport vessels with raiding as a side gig. He on the whole wasnt a fan of the Keelteeth but even he could see that jumping ship at port would make him end up like his brothers and sisters so the rat wisely kept quiet and just tried to avoid making enemies in the crew.
Quartermaster -
Boatswain -
Surgeon -
Chiptooth. Killed by Rangfur. Lass' character
Name: Chiptooth
Species: mink
Age: 26 seasons
Gender: male
Role: Surgeon aboard Keelteeth.
Appearance: Pitch black fur, with a white dot on his left ear. His eyes are a greenie gray.
He wears a white gambeson and brown pants with a red cape.
Personality: Very very smart but uses his gifts for his own good instead of for others, sly, cold blooded and friendly (at first).
History: kidnapped when he was little more six seasons old, then raised by the crew.
Weapons:an axe and a kite shield, a lot of hidden knives.
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Skultip (Rat. Killed by Fret. NPC)
Flatnose (Ferret. Killed by Grunt. NPC)
Shore starters;
Wrackfur. Verdauga's character.
Name: Wrackfur
Age: 32 seasons
Gender: male
Species: weasel
Appearance: Brown fur with patches missing. Wrackfur is also heavily hunched over, and has several scars on his face.
Clothing:Brown trousers
Weaponry:Notched single-bit axe
Personality: Wrackfur has been jeered at by many other vermin; not all of them have died in their sleep. he doesn't easily get riled up, and when he does, he exacts revenge well, after the incident
Backstory: Not a whole lot to tell. Wrackfur was never any good at farming,but found himself to be quite talented at terrorizing. He survived as long as he has by, ironically, being more peaceful and %u201Cmature%u201D than the rest, leaving bands that planned to attack goodbeast strongholds. Though he could never be considered smart, he has years of experience.
Captain Cardilon. Wylder's character
Name: Fingorion Rifflewhite %u2018Riff%u2019 Cardilon III
Title: Patrol Captain
Race: Hare
Age: 33
Weapon: Sabre, sling
Physical Appearance: Unassuming with a medium build and tawny fur that patches into white during the wintertime; wears a green campaign tunic with a white crossbelt and khaki uniform shorts.
Description: Cpt Cardilon is one of the more experienced campaigners on the Long Patrol, in spite of his relative youth. Laconic with a wry sense of humor, he is a striking contrast to the more garrulous hares of the Long Patrol- with whom he nevertheless keeps a close camaraderie. Fearless in battle and frightening with a blade, he is highly respected by the hares of the patrol, who consider him an effective, if at times unconventional commander.
Bio: Growing up in a colony south of Salamandastron, %u2018Riff%u2019 Cardilon involved himself early in Long Patrol affairs, when at the tender age of 13 seasons the compound was besieged by a vermin raiding party. The Long Patrol arrived to break the siege, and most of the colony (including Riff%u2019s family) removed to Salamadastron. He joined the patrol, having distinguished himself in the defense of the colony, and later departed south to Southsward on an extended campaign deployment. Upon his return he was promoted to captain, assigned to the Eastern Woodlands Patrol.
Elgon. (Hare. Wylder/Seb's character)
Robert Pinebrush. Seb's character
Name: Robert Pinebrush
Species: Squirrel
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short. Red fur. Green eyes. Average weight and size. Dressed in a simple brown tunic with a knife tucked into his belt, along with a small bag.
Weapon: Knife.
History: Grew up in a small village always wanting a life of adventure.
Location: He had been out on an errand when the village was attacked. Currently in the surrounding woods somewhere.
Maut. Masika's character.
Name: Maut (pronounced "Maht"; Matt, but with an "ah" in the middle)
Species: Silver Fox (That's a red fox with melanism, fyi)
Age: 28
Appearance: Maut is a fairly average fox in terms of build. He has silver fur with black ears, tail tip, and face, and golden eyes. He wears a simple light-black tunic with a belt.
Personality: Maut is typically friendly, until you give him reason to be otherwise. He's a bit confident in himself, but he ain't a braggart. He's clever, knowing many skills, as he's mercenary - he'll take almost any job that comes his way. He can be a bit of a flirt with vixens, but he knows when to back off. Maut's best friend is Veach, and threatening and/or harming Veach is a surefire way to get on Maut's bad side. He hates it when people mispronounces his name.
History: Little is known of Maut's past. This fox has been working as a mercenary since he was 14-16. He's actually got something of a reputation in his hometown as a skilled mercenary and spy. He's taken many jobs that have had him all over Mossflower, and even a few in the Northlands. While he does have a home back in his little village, Maut mainly stays there when he has no jobs; most times, once he's finished one job, he'll look for another wherever he's currently at.
Weapons: A broadsword & a bow and arrow
Skills: Maut's very good at sneaking around at night and in the shadows, thanks to his silver-and-black fur. He's also well-prepared, like remembering to bring snout-kerchiefs when traversing through Flitchaye territory. He knows most of Mossflower like the back of his paw, given he's been through most of it.
Veach. Masika's character.
Name: Veach
Species: Stoat
Age: unknown
Appearance: Veach looks like a normal stoat. He wears only red bandana around his neck and nothing else. Unlike everyone else, Veach walks on all fours and only walks on his hind legs when he's holding something.
Personality: Veach is pretty much like a dog - he's loyal to Maut. Despite being very animalistic in nature, Veach can understand what others are saying, and can even understand when someone's shortchanging or planning to betray/backstab Maut.
History: unknown
Other: Veach fights the same way a real stoat would - jumping on his victims and biting their throats.
Greeneye. Shy's character.
Name: Greeneye
Title: Greeneye of The Southern Isles
Nickname: Green
Species: Rat
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall, Slighty Built. Coarse grey fur & Green eyes. Dressed in a green shirt and brown pants, with a leather chestplate.
Accessorries: Earring in right ear. Eyepatch covering right eye. Hook replacing left handpaw. Iron prosthetic replacing right footpaw
Equipment: Cutlass
Backstory: After a difficult battle in which Greeneye killed his father, a malevolent warlord, he started a new life on a small farm with his friend Silvertongue.
How he comes into the story: Greeneye and his friend Silvertongue were in the process of heading to the Southern Isles to vacation during the winter months.
Relations with characters in the story: None, presumably.
Silvertongue. Shy's character.
Name: Silvertongue
Title: Silvertongue, Son of Firetail
Nickname: Silver
Species: Fox
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall & Slim. Smooth Reddish-Grey fur & blue eyes. Dressed in a black shirt pants, with a purple cloak
Accessorries: Earrings in the left ear, Jade necklace
Equipment: Sabre
Backstory: Having been Greeneye friend since the early days, Silvertongue was always by his side, and helped Greeneye build a small farm for them to live on after Greeneye killed his own father.
How he comes into the story: Silvertongue and his friend Greeneye were in the process of heading to the Southern Isles to vacation during the winter months.
Relations with characters in the story: None, presumably
Does anybeast want to post?
You're in the best spot to reply, though.
Okey dokey, I'll try. ^-^
Edit: Done.
@Kade Rivok, Belladonna addressed Firestripe in my post. No rush, but if you could reply sometime that would be great. ^-^
Unfortunately, edited in mentions don't work. (I don't think)
@Kade Rivok , Belladonna is trying to strike up conversation with Firestripe.
Sorry sorry, I'll get a reply up today.
No need to apologise. ^-^ Thanks for posting.
Done.
Verdauga, we'd actually stopped the march for the moment so that Eb's char could tend to Grunt's wound (he's an NPC)
I think he might be. You should just make a character and join, if you want to. I doubt he'll mind.
Quote from: Kade Rivok on May 01, 2020, 02:48:17 PM
Verdauga, we'd actually stopped the march for the moment so that Eb's char could tend to Grunt's wound (he's an NPC)
Yeah, and I've edited my post for that.
Kkool ^-^
oh jese I didn't know you were waiting for permission D:!
So sorry :< But feel free to join in. I'll go post to have Tul running off. Sorry been busy with Safeway and trying to do some writing commissions too.
Alrighty, Mharbrow's sent Wrackfur after Tul.
@Verdauga and
@Faclan can decide if they actually meet up or not. (I'm half expecting for Wrackfur to be too dull to be able to find Tul, but he might stumble across him, with a bit of luck) Anyway, mean while, Mharbrow will be attacking the village. He'll leave the prisoners in the trees guarded by probably half of his force. The other half will join the attack. I'll likely kill some of the minor characters off for interest's sake. Let's get started.
Feel free to have a goodbeast 'help' Tul :> or more vermin for the vermin party.
Hmmm... That may be a good idea...
*salutes* Permission to have more than one character, Cap'n? I feel it might be good to have a bit more competition. Mharbrow's got it too easy at the moment.
If we're going to have a group of the goodbeasts as well, I don't think we should have the same person being the leader of both groups -_-
I wasn't planning to be the leader of the goodbeasts. I'll was going to have my second character just a lowly member of The Long Patrol. Either that or a common villager. Faclan expressed interest in roleplaying the leader of the patrol a few pages back, so I was just going to create an underhare for everybeast else to push around.
Ah, I didn't see Faclan say that. Kkool. ^-^
*deep breath* Cool, Kade. But yes, I'm kinda excited. It was just a passing comment dropped in the middle of a longer post, I think, so it's kinda fair enough that you didn't see it.
If a new player wishes to play a Patroller that could work as well. But if needed I shall do it. Battle of the accents between the sea rat and the proper Hare.
I'll see if anyone else wants to play the Captain/Sargent before I do
All right, I'm in! I'll pull the Patrol Captain slot, if that's good with you. I'll get a char sheet up and running ASAP. Let's get this RP going!
Sweet. We've been too quiet for the past few days. Time to get moving. I'll deal with Wrackfur as soon as I can go on my laptop and then we'll start the attack on the village.
Edit: Done. Feel free to do what you like with Sliteye. He's a good crewbeast but an expendable character. If he gets captured and questioned by the Long Patrol, I can play his role until you kill him. (It would probably be a good idea to capture and question him though, since Tul won't be able to give that much information on Mharbrow's movements)
Seems like we got a plan :D
Time to add a third party to this shore leave. Tul semi saved by the patrol likely before back tied up and questioned.
I'm quite excited, actually. (Despite the fact that my characters are probably going to die)
Patrol Captain, reporting for duty, sah!
Name: Fingorion Rifflewhite 'Riff' Cardilon III
Title: Patrol Captain
Race: Hare
Age: 33
Weapon: Sabre, sling
Physical Appearance: Unassuming with a medium build and tawny fur that patches into white during the wintertime; wears a green campaign tunic with a white crossbelt and khaki uniform shorts.
Description: Cpt Cardilon is one of the more experienced campaigners on the Long Patrol, in spite of his relative youth. Laconic with a wry sense of humor, he is a striking contrast to the more garrulous hares of the Long Patrol- with whom he nevertheless keeps a close camaraderie. Fearless in battle and frightening with a blade, he is highly respected by the hares of the patrol, who consider him an effective, if at times unconventional commander.
Bio: Growing up in a colony south of Salamandastron, 'Riff' Cardilon involved himself early in Long Patrol affairs, when at the tender age of 13 seasons the compound was besieged by a vermin raiding party. The Long Patrol arrived to break the siege, and most of the colony (including Riff's family) removed to Salamadastron. He joined the patrol, having distinguished himself in the defense of the colony, and later departed south to Southsward on an extended campaign deployment. Upon his return he was promoted to captain, assigned to the Eastern Woodlands Patrol.
I'll come in once the raid on the village commences.
@Faclan do you want Tul to get away, or let Wrackfur catch him?
Wrackfur's already gone back to the group, hasn't he? (Mharbrow sent Sliteye after Tul)
Actually, I've still got Wrackfur looking for him. Sorry for the confusion.
Ah. Oh well. Sliteye's looking for him too.
Well, he and Wrackfur will get along.... just.... fffiiinnneee.
Yep. Do you want to have them stumble across each other?
I'll let
@Faclan decide. It's his RP.
Good, good.
Terribly sorry D:
About to go post now but having Wrack and Slit slow each other up enough to let Tul meet the patrol first may work. Have some basics explained and rat restrained before those two spot the hares. That sound ok?
Fine profile by the way
@Wylder Treejumper
Okay.
Yes, Cap'n. (I intend to post this evening. Feel free to stumble across Sliteye first and I'll react accordingly)
Alrighty, intentions didn't quite happen, but I've posted now.
Is there anything in particular you want Belladonna to do, Cap'n Dyemhar?
Just generally help with the fighting, I guess? I think my next post will contain Sliteye and Mharbrow, just so we don't leave Belladonna and Firestripe out while the hares do their thing.
How does everybeast (Faclan, in particular) want the attack on the village to play out? Should we kill everybeast we can get our paws on or take some of them prisoner while others run away? For interest's sake, I might invent a few named NPCs to make the perspective a little less one-sided.
I think that should be up to the Pirate peeps :> they can either have a massacre and a lot of angry hares or them just starting when the Hares show up to have a standoff. We want to make this fun after all so we got lots of options. Could be a stand off with prisoners on both sides. I assume we should not have a big battle that will likely end the thread but a chase could work. I'm open to ideas.
Sweet! We'll take a few prisoners then.
A standoff could be interesting. Maybe the pirates could even get vanquished and Mharbrow and a few other survivors could be taken to Salamandastron for questioning. Or be pawed over to the angry survivors of the village to deal with. That could be interesting.
And messy. :P
Okay, I'll try to write up a post at some point soon. I'm still partly asleep right now. :P
Alrighty ho, the attack has begun. I've tried to set the scene a bit, since Tul is... away. The beasts I mentioned don't have to be the only beasts in the village. Go for gold, but, bear in mind, the Cap'n wants some prisoners, and as much food as you can lay your paws on.
Sorry about the delay folks. Just figured I'd get things going with the battle (our first real big one!), so that we can move the plot along. I know the crews need resources, so feel free to kill off part of the patrol if you like, take some captives and run with them, tie the hares up fighting fires so you can get away with loot, or whatever evil plans your black and villainous hearts can dream up!
*sigh* I so want to post at the moment, but the quality will be severely lacking, as I'm away and don't have a decent keyboard. I will post when I get back. In the meantime, have fun and please don't murder too many of my crew.
@Wylder Treejumper I'm going to dodge just far enough that Belladonna is wounded and out of action but not dead. I would prefer her to be taken captive rather than killed, but I can always make another character if that doesn't work.
@Ebantu the Kararehe Feel free to do what you would like- she can avoid it completely if you'd like, or be wounded, or die if you really want to kill of your char. If she's wounded, the Cpt probably would just finish her off normally, but there are plenty of options to allow her to escape or be captured. I'll shoot you a PM so as not to clutter up the thread.
*shifts uncomfortably* I want to post so much! Mharbrow would have a thing or two to say about this situation.
You want Wrackfur to chime in so you can reply to him?
That would be good. I should be able to post tomorrow.
Okey day, I'll find something to say.
Sweet! You post first, then I will. Yeah?
Got it.
Good. You can do something annoying to annoy Sliteye, if you want. We need to cause enough of a ruckus so that Tul and his new mate hear us.
@shisteer of nothing much There's nothing that outrages a Long Patrol Captain more than harming innocent maids, and this crew seems to have a particularly noxious bent that direction. You've cultivated a nice enemy if there ever was one!
*rubs paws and cackles* Good, good. That was the plan, my friend. Death to the cap'n, then I can take over. (Though I'm kinda hoping Eb posts before I actually harm the poor creature)
'Twould also be good if
@Verdauga posted for Wrackfur.
@shisteer of nothing much have fun >:D
You know, I don't think I've ever made a post that has tones that contrast so sharply as this last one. I may very well keep Elgon as a PC if he keeps being this much fun :D
I will indeed have fun. Thank you.
Elgon does seem a fun character. I think it's
@Kade Rivok 's job to control the guards (of which there are more than two, by the way), since he's in charge of the prisoners and group back at camp. Poor Elgon might find himself in a touch of trouble when the Cap'n comes back. None of the other hares know he's strayed from where they left him and they'll probably hang around the village for a while, helping to clean things up and tend the wounded. (Like poor Tormac Crassingham Frothongal)
Pooooosted. Lemme know if it's sufficient ^-^
More than sufficient, thanks. Sending help in the form of Fanggrin and Rangfur was helpful. They're sensible enough to suss out the situation before charging in. Thanks.
Hey,
I'm rather busy to continue in this RP, and I've gotten (Well, Wrackfur has gotten) kinda lost in the setting. So, once everybody's read this, I'll post something definite about Wrackfur leaving.
Alrighty then. Mharbrow and Sliteye will be glad of Wrackfur's absence, even if I'll miss you.
Hope you had a fun time and things are good for ya <3
Thanks.
'S alright, dearest. I'll miss you.
Save that stuff for the cellars -_-
Alright, alright. It was quite fun having Wrackfur around. He was a completely unimportant beast that Mharbrow enjoyed bullying and loosing his temper on.
Did Mharbrow enjoy it, or did you enjoy it? :laugh:
Anywho, who needs to post next?
Both. Sliteye didn't enjoy it.
Well, we're both waiting on
@Wylder Treejumper and I'm kind of waiting ish on Faclan. Eb can post whenever she likes, I think.
I'm kind of just trying not to die right now, you know? Also if Mharbrow gets killed I think Belladonna might actually die.
Mharbrow isn't planning on getting killed. He's got better fighting skills than that.
I am waiting on the perilous hare pirate rescue-er to see if he notices the situation is in and if he cares that Tulian is now at knifepoint.
Fair enough. That means we're all waiting on
@Wylder Treejumper .
Sorry! I'll get right on it!
No problem. Having to wait is character building.
It's all good :>
OK, finally got it up. Sorry for the delay; I've been a bit busy. I'll try to be rather more punctual going forward.
Heh, that post was worth the wait. Elgon is wonderful. I'll get a post up... soon.
@Wylder Treejumper, my char is a black fox, by the by.
Glad to see you back online and posting though ^-^
@Kade Rivok @shisteer of nothing much please don't make this RP die because of me... I couldn't handle the guilt ;D
Ah, yes. Deepest apologies. I fully intend to post, but it keeps getting forgotten. I will hopefully finish my two thousand words earlier tonight and then I'll be free to post in everything.
Done. You can stop poking me now, Lass.
Hmm, I'm thinking of taking Elgon as my main character, we can ditch the Captain if we want. He's pretty boring anyways.
Fair enough. I'm kind of debating whether or not to let Elgon go. Mharbrow isn't stupid enough to think that Cardilon will leave him alone if he takes one of his own hares prisoner.
Maybe Elgon joins up! As an advisor to make sure the Pirates are nice peeps :>
That... would be quite an interesting twist, actually.
It would. He can play nursemaid to make sure Mharbrow behaves himself.
...I somehow doubt that would go too well ;D
Posted, by the by the by
Oh, and Teer, don't forget I sent you reinforcements. Doubt they'll be much use at this point though :P
Ah, true. I'll probably fast forward slightly.
@shisteer of nothing much no, no leave Elgon captured- what else am I going to do otherwise? As a matter of fact, if you release him, I'll have him follow you around anyways. I'll figure out something to keep the Captain tied up for a while; and then we can bring him in again if we have need of him.
I mean, I don't imagine Mharbrow's going to give up pillaging, so they are bound to run into each other again eventually.
Eh, alright. As for the Captain giving up pillaging, he'd actually rather not do it while he doesn't have a ship. The only reason for the attack on the village was to get supplies.
Supplies were not gathered, though, so we're gonna have to do something.
I've also been wondering, why are we just dragging around the Keelteeth crew? They're just in the way, ya know? We should either integrate them into our crew, or get rid of them somehow.
Yeah, we'll sort it out. I'm considering getting Elgon to show us how to forage. He's a Long Partol hare, he should have the knowledge necessary.
As for Keelteeth's crew, I'll probably have Garavito executed and the rest can choose to join Mharbrow or follow their captain to Hellgates.
Sounds like a plan. Have the gravediggers dug a ant joke then in goes anyone without good skills or loyalty to the fox as they need less mouths to feed now :>
Basically. I that alright with you?
Sounds like a pirate thing to do. Despite his escape attempt I think Tul could proove himself useful with his navigation skills.
I read some of the beginning pages to this RP, and I wanted to let you guys know that I think y'all are doing a swell job so far. In fact, I was curious if there would happen to be a place open still. If there wasn't, that's totally fine. I'm honestly not sure how often I would be able to post or anything, or how long it would take me to catch up. But still, if there are places open, I might be interested. :)
@Faclan
I mean, it would be great to have you aboard. Just be warned that if you annoy Mharbrow, you'll probably die. The same fate may occur if you annoy Firestripe.
That would be... useful information. ^-^ Btw, how far into the story would you say y'all were at? Half way? Near the end?...
Ah... good question. I really don't know. Do we have a plan for how this story is supposed to end or are we simply telling the story blind? I think it's the latter, but Faclan might have a plan.
So... would there be any chance of me catching up, but then having the story end when I do? :laugh:
Doubt it. We've still got a ways to go yet, from what I can tell. This roleplay is too fun to end that quickly.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on July 06, 2020, 11:08:09 PM
I mean, it would be great to have you aboard. Just be warned that if you annoy Mharbrow, you'll probably die. The same fate may occur if you annoy Firestripe.
Ahem. Belladonna is not the best creature to annoy either.
It would be cool to have you join, Seb.
Of course not, but she's... currently indisposed to take offense.
Oh, Elgon is definitely going to die, then ;D
Quite likely. Poor beast.
Ahem, posted. Eb, if you could respond sometime soon, that would be helpful.
@Sebias of Redwall I'm not in the RP anymore, but I have a filling it's just beginning.
Yeah, this RP is nowhere near done. As far as I'm aware, we don't have a clear ending destination at the moment.
Regardless, we haven't done nearly enough yet to be anywhere near a satisfying ending. If you want to join in, Seb, just catch up so you know where we are and let us know who you want your char to be ^-^
Oh, and I don't plan on killing any PCs without good OOC and IC reasons, so I think Elgon is likely safe :laugh:
Mhmm, what everybeast else said.
Elgon may be safe from being killed on the spot, but he could have a sore back by the time Firestripe is finished expressing his feelings.
Maybe :laugh:
But in my defense, Eb is the one that said there was blood, not me >_>
True, true. Poor little rabbit.
Sorry. :P I got the impression that it had pierced his skin from your post, but I take full responsibility.
Edit: I messaged Lass about Chiptooth (the medic for Keelteeth) and she doesn't want to play him anymore. He could be a NPC, potentially.
I caught up and I must say, even if I don't join, I'll most likely keep an eye on this. :P Very interesting, and I'm enjoying reading it. Hmm... There are no needed places that are smacking me in the face or anything, but that might change as the story rolls along, of course. If I joined, what kind of character would y'all prefer me to be? Need another pirate, a woodlander slave, etc . . . ?
Hmmm... I have a couple of ideas, but they're not really for public eyes yet and I have to do the dishes now. After that, I'll pm you.
Okay. That sounds good! Go get them dishes done. ;D
Sounds good; I'll try to get a post up tonight. Might have to wait a day though.
Alrighty righty. Have fun.
*Sniffles exaggeratedly*
Little Elgon is all grown up- he's graduated to Player Character!
Wonderful. By the way, Mharbrow took his dead vermin with him. You have nobeast to bury unless it's your own.
Woops, didn't recall that. Fixed.
Sweet! Posted. Most of the active beasts could reasonably reply now.
Feel free to join! I'm not sure what type of character you normally play but could always be a woodlander who saw the patrol leave and wants to take a look. Or be one of the crews. Lots of options :)
Thanks! I will probably end up being a woodlander from the village.
This is my basic outline for his character sheet so far. If it was okay, some of the stuff I'd like to add on to his sheet later on. Like the details of his history, for example. That way, if I see an opportunity to change it for the better, I'd have the freedom to do so, if that's okay with everyone. ^-^
Spoiler
Name: Robert Pinebrush
Species: Squirrel
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short. Red fur. Green eyes. Average weight and size. Dressed in a simple brown tunic with a knife tucked into his belt, along with a small bag.
Weapon: Knife.
History: Grew up in a small village always wanting a life of adventure.
Location: He had been out on an errand when the village was attacked. Currently in the surrounding woods somewhere.
If there is anything that y'all need me to add, lemme know. :laugh:
A lil squig! Looking good! And feel free to continue without me peeps family life had gotten a bit hectic lately so I'll try to hop back in when I can. Thankfully Tul has a small part so far.
Sweet! Good to have you along
@Sebias of Redwall ; this is a great RP to be in. We'll have a bit of fun amongst this otherwise dastardly cast, wot!
@Faclan shame you can't be on much; we'll leave the place as open as we can for you
Since were entering the middle phase of the RP, character having been established and working into a rising conflict, I think it would be good to hammer out an overarching plot to the thing so that we have direction and a sense of progress (otherwise I fear it will become mere wandering). I've got a pretty good idea, if y'all are interested in hearing it.
I'm all ears; I was kind of worried about it just becoming wandering as well, honestly.
Alright! How's this for a spiel:
The vicious Corsair Ulrik El-Dinbar, captain of the corsair brig Wraith, has made a lot of enemies in his life. Now he's coming to kill them all. The newly crowned Corsair King is not content to rest on his throne, still stained with the blood of its former occupant. He is out to bring the entirety of the Coastal Marches under his control- starting with a certain mountain stronghold. The conflict will sweep over hares, woodlanders, and pirate crews alike, as they learn the meaning of sacrifice, redemption- and treason.
I figure Mharbrow and Ulrik can have a mutual grudge, which would place our good pirates on the side of the Long Patrol and open up some interesting roleplaying possibilities.
Oo, cool. This should be fun.
Ooh! That sounds awesome. Looking forward to it. :)
I'm game if everybeast else is. (Faclan in particular) Mharbrow will certainly need to improve a bit before he can face this beast.
Training montage!
Actually though, the next time we set up camp I was gonna have Firestripe do some sparring with somebeast(s), to show that they do actually train.
And I'm down for that idea, Wylder; it's a compelling long term goal. Short term goal, though, is figuring out how to get our group some provisions :laugh:. I'm assuming we aren't going to try and raid another settlement.
Sparring sounds like fun. I'm up for it. We could also do sparring with Belladonna once she's healed up to help her get back into the move of things.
We might have to raid some more. If we come across any other way, we won't, but I somehow think Elgon might turn out stubborn when it comes to helping us.
Sounds good to me. I just posted, by the way.
Id be down for hearing ideas as well.
Righty ho, sounds good. I just posted and need Wylder to reply, at some point, unless somebeast wants to interrupt me.
That plan sounds great! Since there are less crew now there should be less scounging that needs doing so maybe we could forage a little before raiding some woodland vermin camps or something. Then the pirate shows up so we seek out the patrol like 'hes worse than us we already have a deal lets team up' :) - I like it.
Righty, I'll get something up tonight.
Should we also discuss what sort of character arcs we think our characters might have along the way? If you plan or think that your char could have a significant one, of course :laugh:
Very good. The captain I'm just planning on sidelining for this section to focus on developing Ulrik; he'll probably come back in the end. As for Elgon, his arc is mostly going from an inept humorous blabbermouth to a competent one- putting an inept humorous blabbermouth in a quasi mentor role to a bunch of threatened pirates devoid of a sense of humor (some probably in redemption arcs) is a good opportunity to develop his maturity.
Yar, Firestripe is already middle of the road as far as pirates go, so I saw him wanting/attempting to head down a redemptive path. But, that heavily depends on if it becomes feasible during the course of the story, so we'll see.
I honestly don't know what Mharbrow is going to do.
I had some ideas for my character, but I'd have to see if he gets in the story first. :laugh:
I thought we already said you could?
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on July 16, 2020, 12:30:18 AM
I honestly don't know what Mharbrow is going to do.
Sounds like you need to nail down his actual character then :laugh:
Yeah, probably. I have a few ideas, but they're not really the sort to type out on a phone. Most of my plans regarding the Captain are just little bunnies that aren't mature enough to come out in public, though.
Belladonna will probably follow Mharbrow in whatever he chooses to do. Probably.
Quote from: Kade Rivok on July 16, 2020, 12:49:02 AM
I thought we already said you could?
Well, yeah. But
@shisteer of nothing much and I were cooking up my character's intro, and I still need to wait until more people post. ^-^
Mhmm. All this plot stuff can wait a while. We have a young squirrel to find and bully.
Oh dear, you're quite right. Well, it will have to be tomorrow morning I'm afraid; I've got to go to bed. How life does get in the way of things.
*sighs and waits, footpaw tapping*
Quote from: Wylder Treejumper on July 16, 2020, 06:59:58 AM
Oh dear, you're quite right. Well, it will have to be tomorrow morning I'm afraid; I've got to go to bed. How life does get in the way of things.
No worries; just thought I'd remind you. ^-^
Sorry my posts are short, I'm a bit underwater at the moment. Just trying to keep things flowing.
It's fine. Thanks for posting. I'll get a post up in a couple of hours, probably.
EDIT: Posted. I'm thinking of expanding some of the minor crewbeasts, since they're starting to intrigue me. (Sliteye and Fret, in particular) I'll let you know when I come up with proper character sheets for them.
Good stuff guys :>
Thanks. Mharbrow doesn't know what to do with Tul, since he can't understand him. You can play one of the other pirates understanding him or leave it to me to play out next time I post.
Due to my absence,
@Sebias of Redwall will be taking over Elgon for a while. I look forward to seeing what y'all come up with while I'm away. Don't forget to develop the antagonist! Someone should probably take responsibility for Ulrik El-Dinbar to build up his character and the conflict.
I thought that was your job. I mean, he's your character. I'll try to mention him here and there.
Teer, he meant to build up the villain char while he's away. How do you expect him to do it if he isn't here, ya goof :laugh:
I don't know. He's Wylder. He'll find a way.
Maybe we can all add a little bit of him in our posts? Like him landing and being all 'yar pirate?'
About to head to work but I can try to have some of that in my Tul post when back. Like have another rat translate for Tul then page break and have the big baddie pirate start to arrive? Then the next person to post can add to it as we go?
Could do. We could start by just having our characters mention him, then bring him in once a bit of his back story has been fleshed out.
Say, is this still open? And would you happen to have room for the son of a pirate warlord?
*grins with excitement*
@Faclan , your presence is needed.
I'm sure there's room for you, but 'tis best to let the boss give his verdict.
Well I hope so! I'm excited to do some roleplay on the forum
Sounds good. Faclan is pretty easy going from what I've seen, so you should be sweet.
I have a few characters I can choose from actually. A warlord's son. A blind slave... and that's about it actually. Well there are more but I don't feel like listing off ALL of them.
You could also play the pirate warlord that's going to be the main antagonist, if you want. Can't remember his name, but it's mentioned somewhere in this thread.
EASY GOING!? HOW DARE YOU ASSUME THAT ABOUT ME! I'LL SEE YOU BANNED FOR THIS AAAAAA
<3
But welcome Shy Guy :D We are currently introducing the Big Bad in the RP as a Pirate Captain of a large crew to put the smaller ones that are currently in it to shame and to make their raiding seem cute. You could be the son of them if you wish or a member of their crew - or as mentioned even them if you would want and its agreed upon by the other participants.
Quote from: Faclan on July 27, 2020, 08:49:05 AM
EASY GOING!? HOW DARE YOU ASSUME THAT ABOUT ME! I'LL SEE YOU BANNED FOR THIS AAAAAA
*smirks and draws sabre* Want to fight it out, my friend?
Quote from: Faclan on July 27, 2020, 08:49:05 AM
EASY GOING!? HOW DARE YOU ASSUME THAT ABOUT ME! I'LL SEE YOU BANNED FOR THIS AAAAAA
<3
But welcome Shy Guy :D We are currently introducing the Big Bad in the RP as a Pirate Captain of a large crew to put the smaller ones that are currently in it to shame and to make their raiding seem cute. You could be the son of them if you wish or a member of their crew - or as mentioned even them if you would want and its agreed upon by the other participants.
Hmm... Well, I wouldn't mind doing that, then. Seems like a good idea.
Alright, then. The big baddie was going to be called Ulrik El-Dinbar, by the way. You don't have to do that, I don't think, but it could be useful information.
Nu fighting is stressful :v
But
@Shy-Guy could do what? There were multiple options there; from crewbeast of the bad, kid of the bad, to the bad themselves. Which did you mean you are interested in?
See what I mean? Easy going much.
Probably all of the above.
I would probably be interested in playing as a baddie
So then, you need to make a character and put it up here, then we can get started.
There isn't any specific character sheet you need. Just do the usual stuff.
Oh, and which crew and position in the crew your character is part of.
Robert Pinebrush (has yet to enter the story)
Name: Robert Pinebrush
Species: Squirrel
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short. Red fur. Green eyes. Average weight and size. Dressed in a simple brown tunic with a knife tucked into his belt, along with a small bag.
Weapon: Knife.
History: Grew up in a small village always wanting a life of adventure.
Location: He had been out on an errand when the village was attacked. Currently in the surrounding woods somewhere.
Edit: Sorry. Complete accident!
Only thing Im not sure about is what positions are available. Sorry for asking so many questions.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on July 29, 2020, 05:25:28 AM
Robert Pinebrush (has yet to enter the story)
Name: Robert Pinebrush
Species: Squirrel
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short. Red fur. Green eyes. Average weight and size. Dressed in a simple brown tunic with a knife tucked into his belt, along with a small bag.
Weapon: Knife.
History: Grew up in a small village always wanting a life of adventure.
Location: He had been out on an errand when the village was attacked. Currently in the surrounding woods somewhere.
Edit: Sorry. Complete accident!
Lol. That looks familiar.
Ah well here goes nothing! (EDIT: ADDED INTRODUCTION TO STORY + RELATIONSHIP WITH CHARACTERS)
First Character!
Greeneye
Name: Greeneye
Title: Greeneye of The Southern Isles
Nickname: Green
Species: Rat
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall, Slighty Built. Coarse grey fur & Green eyes. Dressed in a green shirt and brown pants, with a leather chestplate.
Accessorries: Earring in right ear. Eyepatch covering right eye. Hook replacing left handpaw. Iron prosthetic replacing right footpaw
Equipment: Cutlass
Backstory: After a difficult battle in which Greeneye killed his father, a malevolent warlord, he started a new life on a small farm with his friend Silvertongue.
How he comes into the story: Greeneye and his friend Silvertongue were in the process of heading to the Southern Isles to vacation during the winter months.
Relations with characters in the story: None, presumably.
Second Character! (If that's allowed!)
Silvertongue
Name: Silvertongue
Title: Silvertongue, Son of Firetail
Nickname: Silver
Species: Fox
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Appearance: Tall & Slim. Smooth Reddish-Grey fur & blue eyes. Dressed in a black shirt pants, with a purple cloak
Accessorries: Earrings in the left ear, Jade necklace
Equipment: Sabre
Backstory: Having been Greeneye friend since the early days, Silvertongue was always by his side, and helped Greeneye build a small farm for them to live on after Greeneye killed his own father.
How he comes into the story: Silvertongue and his friend Greeneye were in the process of heading to the Southern Isles to vacation during the winter months.
Relations with characters in the story: None, presumably
Fascinating! Another thing we've been including in our character profiles is how the characters get to be in the story, or where they are in relation to everybeast else when they come in. How do your characters get to meet up with the other characters and what relationship are they going to share?
Oh, I'll edit that into their character sheets
Sounds good. By the way, this is a list of all the characters we have so far, if it helps.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on April 09, 2020, 03:14:35 AM
Here's the list of everybeast so far: (I don't think I've missed anybeast, but I may have)
Bladewave;
Captain - Captain Dyemhar. Teer's character
Name: Captain Mharbrow PhantomPaint. (though everybeast calls him Cap%u2019n Dyemhar)
Role: Captain of Bladewave.
Species: Fox.
Gender: Male.
Age: Nobeast knows, though the cap%u2019n seems to have a lot of experience.
Appearance: Light tan fur that%u2019s been dyed and tattooed in so many places that it%u2019s more dark green dye than plain fur. Each tattoo is of a different vanquished enemy and Mharbrow makes sure his rivals know it. He wears a light tan tunic with a broad belt around the waist which holds his three scabbards. He wears a tan scarf on his head and a leather thong around his wrist.
Personality: He prides himself as a strategist and tactician, thinking over every aspect of something before he places his trust in it, whether it be a friend, ship or new type of food or wine. Being evil and inclined to betray someone if bribed enough, he is also very suspicious of other beasts doing the same to him and he never tells his entire plan to one beast, but rather only tells each beast the task he needs to carry out.
History: Born on the frigid coast of the north, Mharbrow grew up as the youngest of four boys. His father was a corsair captain and, on a visit home when Mharbrow was twelve seasons old, the young fox asked his father if he could come pirating with him. His father laughed harshly, cuffed him round the ears and continued drinking. Filled with rage and hate, Mharbrow killed his father and three brothers, then took command of his father%u2019s ship and sailed away with any family treasures they possessed. His family members were the first to join the list of vanquished enemies and Mharbrow has continued pirating ever since, completely merciless to both victims and crewbeasts alike. Nothing aboard his ship escapes his notice and nobeast that displeases him has the chance to do it again.
Weapons: Mharbrow carries two long scimitars, which he wears on either side of his waist and fights with at the same time. He also has a long dagger which sits on his right hip.
Other: Mharbrow absolutely detests hedgehogs.
Firestripe. Kade's Character
Name: Firestripe
Age: 24 years/seasons
Gender: Male
Species: Fox
Ship: Undetermined, probably whatever ship Teer captains.
Position: First Mate
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Bio
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Physique/Fur/Looks/Clothes
Firestripe is a beast of a fox. He stands well over 6 and a half feet tall with a body of muscle that he's built over the years through labor and purposeful exercise. Being physically stronger than most, he tends to make use of this advantage whenever possible in battle. The soft, thick fur that covers him is dark, almost black, and interspersed with specks of silvery grey. On his head, the regular orange-red fur of a fox manifests itself as double crescent moon shaped stripes with the points coming together just above his eyes and at the base of his skull. This, of course, is where his name comes from. His one good eye is grey with speckles of gold barely noticeable, and sits beneath permanently furrowed brows, giving him an ever-present scowl. Where his other eye used to be is now an eyepatch, a scar visibly running underneath it from above to below. He has a number of other ugly scars across his body as well, but his fur is thick enough that they aren't usually visible. Another notable thing about him is the way he walks. He doesn't have a wooden leg, but he still walks with a permanent limp; a leftover gift from a long dead foe. Because of this, he isn't exactly light on his feet, and running is a bit difficult for him. The best he can usually manage is a short sprint. He has no tattoos nor piercings, and is actually fairly well spoken for a sea vermin. Some of the crew has even gone as far as saying that he sounds like "a real gen'le beast", much to his amusement. In battle he wields a pair of large sabers made especially for him and a number of throwing daggers tucked into the back of his belt.
Personality
He's quite a docile fellow, as far as wave vermin go. Unlike most pirates, he isn't one to go around drinking and making a fool of himself. It's much easier for somebeast to take advantage of you when your mind is muddled like that, in his opinion. He also isn't one to be needlessly cruel, preferring to get along with those under him (and above him). Of course, vermin being vermin, he has to put down fools when need be, but he tries to keep that to a minimum. He's found that life is a lot easier when people like you, that way you don't have to worry as much about somebeast trying to stab you in the back. He still raids and pillages as any pirate does, but he sees it more as a necessary evil to survive. No "goodbeast" would ever treat him with any sort of decency, he learned that the hard way, so he'll take what he needs. Despite his "friendly" demeanor, he rarely trusts anybeast enough to label them as a friend, and so generally has a detached feeling towards others.
History
Firestripe once had a mother and father, Menala and Zierstune, and once had a different name, though what it was has been long forgotten. When he was young, they'd been a part of a roving band of vermin lead by a stupid, but strong ferret by the name of Chogutt. They were a vicious group, killing and stealing wherever they went and constantly fighting other groups for territory. Of course, as the way things go, eventually their group fell and was absorbed into another. During the transition, though, somehow his family had gotten on the wrong side of the new chief. His parents enabled him to escape, though it cost them their lives. After that, he traveled on his own for a long time. He was young during that period,and didn't trust other vermin after what had happened, so he tried to find woodlanders, goodbeasts, to help him. Unfortunately he was large for his age, appearing to be a young adult, and so had been nearly killed by any he'd had the courage to approach. Through that, he learned not to trust the so called "goodbeasts" either. Though the years were tough, he eventually found work on a ship, taking to the sea and never looking back. Here was where he learned how to deal with other beasts, to make them like him and thereby protecting himself from them.
Belladonna. Eb's character.
Name: Belladonna Redblade
Role: Healer and navigator of Bladewave
Species: Fox
Age: 34 seasons
Gender: female
Appearance: Her fur is reddish-brown with darker fur on her ears, muzzle, paws and tail. On her head she wears a dull green bandanna, and has a tunic to match. She has gold hoop earrings and a leather thong on her wrist.
Personality: She is very persuasive, cool-minded and good at hiding her emotions
History: She served Mharbrow's father for one season before his son took over, and has been in Dyemhar's crew ever since.
Weapons: A long straight-bladed katana-style sword, which she wears in a back scabbard, and two daggers, one on her belt, the other hidden in her left boot. She also carries several different poisons, all of which are deadly.
Boatswain -
Surgeon - (Belladonna holds this position, could always have an assistant)
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Grunt (Rat. NPC)
Baretail (Rat. NPC)
Fet'n'Fret (Rat twins. Invariably mentioned together. Fet is now dead, courtesy of Captain Cardilon. NPC)
Webneck (Weasel. NPC)
Tornpatch (Weasel. NPC)
Sliteye (Weasel. NPC)
Rangfur (Fox. NPC)
Cutsnip (Ferret. NPC)
Fanggrin (Ferret. NPC)
(There are officially two other rats but they haven't been named yet. Feel free to name them, if you want)
Keelteeth Ship;
Captain - Captain Garavito. The Cap'n's character
Name: Garavito
Role: Captain of Keelteeth
Species: Ermine
Gender: Male
Age: 21 seasons
Appearance: Brown fur, red bandana, red trousers and no top.
Personality: Quick-tempered and ruthless.
History: He never talks about his history, so no one knows.
Weapons: Crossbow, cutlass and a ring that when you flip the gem aside it reveals a small needle full of deadly poison.
Other: Pumpkin stalks are his weakness.
Navigator - Tulian. Faclan's character.
Name: Tulian Audor (Often just called Keeneye by the Keelteeth crew)
Role: Keelteeth navigator
Species: (Sea)Rat
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Appearance/Role: A smaller rat Tulian is half a head shorter than the standard Crew rats and so almost two heads shorter than the Captain himself. This smaller size compliments his position however as the Map Reader and Navigator as its easier for him to quickly clamber up the rigging to ensure they are going on the right track. But when it came to ship to ship or ship to shore battling the smaller rat wasnt well suited. And the Captain wouldnt want to lose such a key component of the ship to a random arrow or spear thrust. As such Tul doesn't have the most combat experience. The fur of the rat is light brown with dull green eyes as well as a green headband as then a simple vest and shirt. With puffy pants and no boots. Often with a rather large belt full of writing materials and a Sextant. With a long dagger hanging down the back of that near his tail. All of these have become water logged and damaged since the battle.
Personality/Skills: As a smaller rat without a good punching or stabbing paws Tulian grew up on the ship to be quiet and rather submissive. Not often putting his thoughts into ongoing conversations or taking a side when things got heated. Often just clambering up to watch from a Spar or Clew. It didn't help that he was one of the only Crew members from an educated background which often made him the butt of jokes. But drawing out and understanding maps and written directions needs a bit of learning. However this didn't help his actual upbringing of port life. A far port. So the rat has a very thick accent that make many thing he is a simpleton until they see his writing.
Example;
'Hello Shipmate, how are you today?'
' 'Ey Sh'p'me't! a're ye' ta'dai?'
History:
Born in as mention a far port from Mossflower Tulian had a rather large family growing up and even during his younger seasons he was the runt of the family. Which in the end worked out great for him as many of his larger sisters and brothers met their end on the point of a cutlass or drowned drunk and he instead attended the impromptu naval school on their island. It was little more than an old retired Captain giving lectures of his life on the dock but it helped many of the youth that listened a job off the island. Which was the case with the young rat as he found out that he had a very steady paw and was good at figures. Learning all about knots and bearings to help ensure vessels were on their correct course. He had gone through two vessels before arriving on the Keelteeth. Both trading and trasport vessels with raiding as a side gig. He on the whole wasnt a fan of the Keelteeth but even he could see that jumping ship at port would make him end up like his brothers and sisters so the rat wisely kept quiet and just tried to avoid making enemies in the crew.
Boatswain -
Surgeon - Chiptooth. Lass' character
Name: Chiptooth
Species: mink
Age: 26 seasons
Gender: male
Role: Surgeon aboard Keelteeth.
Appearance: Pitch black fur, with a white dot on his left ear. His eyes are a greenie gray.
He wears a white gambeson and brown pants with a red cape.
Personality: Very very smart but uses his gifts for his own good instead of for others, sly, cold blooded and friendly (at first).
History: kidnapped when he was little more six seasons old, then raised by the crew.
Weapons:an axe and a kite shield, a lot of hidden knives.
Skultip (Rat. NPC)
Flatnose (Ferret. NPC)
Shore starters;
Wrackfur. Verdauga's character.
Name: Wrackfur
Age: 32 seasons
Gender: male
Species: weasel
Appearance: Brown fur with patches missing. Wrackfur is also heavily hunched over, and has several scars on his face.
Clothing:Brown trousers
Weaponry:Notched single-bit axe
Personality: Wrackfur has been jeered at by many other vermin; not all of them have died in their sleep. he doesn't easily get riled up, and when he does, he exacts revenge well, after the incident
Backstory: Not a whole lot to tell. Wrackfur was never any good at farming,but found himself to be quite talented at terrorizing. He survived as long as he has by, ironically, being more peaceful and %u201Cmature%u201D than the rest, leaving bands that planned to attack goodbeast strongholds. Though he could never be considered smart, he has years of experience.
Captain Cardilon. Wylder's character
Name: Fingorion Rifflewhite %u2018Riff%u2019 Cardilon III
Title: Patrol Captain
Race: Hare
Age: 33
Weapon: Sabre, sling
Physical Appearance: Unassuming with a medium build and tawny fur that patches into white during the wintertime; wears a green campaign tunic with a white crossbelt and khaki uniform shorts.
Description: Cpt Cardilon is one of the more experienced campaigners on the Long Patrol, in spite of his relative youth. Laconic with a wry sense of humor, he is a striking contrast to the more garrulous hares of the Long Patrol- with whom he nevertheless keeps a close camaraderie. Fearless in battle and frightening with a blade, he is highly respected by the hares of the patrol, who consider him an effective, if at times unconventional commander.
Bio: Growing up in a colony south of Salamandastron, %u2018Riff%u2019 Cardilon involved himself early in Long Patrol affairs, when at the tender age of 13 seasons the compound was besieged by a vermin raiding party. The Long Patrol arrived to break the siege, and most of the colony (including Riff%u2019s family) removed to Salamadastron. He joined the patrol, having distinguished himself in the defense of the colony, and later departed south to Southsward on an extended campaign deployment. Upon his return he was promoted to captain, assigned to the Eastern Woodlands Patrol.
Robert Pinebrush (has yet to enter the story) Seb's character
Name: Robert Pinebrush
Species: Squirrel
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short. Red fur. Green eyes. Average weight and size. Dressed in a simple brown tunic with a knife tucked into his belt, along with a small bag.
Weapon: Knife.
History: Grew up in a small village always wanting a life of adventure.
Location: He had been out on an errand when the village was attacked. Currently in the surrounding woods somewhere.
Both of my characters will probably be shore starters
Sounds about right. Are you thinking Mharbrow can rope them in to join the crew or what?
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on July 30, 2020, 02:40:54 AM
Sounds about right. Are you thinking Mharbrow can rope them in to join the crew or what?
I mean, maybe they can try to forcefully convince them if you get my drift. Greeneye and Silvertongue prefer the simple life of farming over plundering and pillaging.
Hmm... What date was Wylder suppose to return?
Also, do you think I should introduce my other character, or wait?
Either or. I don't really mind, so long as you can keep track of them both. (But whatever you choose, hurry up)
Quote from: Shy-Guy on July 30, 2020, 02:43:04 AM
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on July 30, 2020, 02:40:54 AM
Sounds about right. Are you thinking Mharbrow can rope them in to join the crew or what?
I mean, maybe they can try to forcefully convince them if you get my drift. Greeneye and Silvertongue prefer the simple life of farming over plundering and pillaging.
Ooh, yes. I catch your drift perfectly and I'm quite delighted by it.
Also I dunno if you guys would be interested in this but I made a rudimentary language that foxes used to know called Wokpol. I could share the translator, and maybe it could be implemented in some way? Purely a suggestion of course. Here is an example sentence: "Nhel el nho ankeonn kandoado ar Wokpol. En hal loon pallod dann la wenon hoakosl rsab donosanean na donosanean." which translates to: "This is the ancient language of Vulpes. It has been passed down by vixen healers from generation to generation."
That would be cool. :)
Also, I posted. *Winces* It was short, but I'm trying to get a hang of the character first. :P
It's not bad.
As for the language, Shy, it sounds very cool. Your characters could speak it and maybe some of the foxes within the crew. (I'm thinking Belladonna particularly)
I just realized that there's a whole lot of foxes
Yeah, quite a few of us. Foxes are the ones in power at the moment too.
Lol, yeah. At least this way, with everyone being mostly the same species, you can do things with them that you probably couldn't do with other species. Such as "I am your father" moments and such. XD
I suppose I'll just wait for approval now
Well if they are the one in charge then yes. Though I'd rather not bother them with a ping.
He is the one in charge, but he'll probably be pretty chill about getting mentioned.
I actually misspelled his name the first time, so the ping probably didn't work. :P
I will try to contact
@Faclan as soon as possible.
A special fox language sounds neat. And the characters look good. Go ahead Shy :>
Poor Rat Tulian left out of the cool kids convo. But with his thick accent its like hes speaking another language already.
So, how do I start?
Hey, sorry for being away for a bit!
Shy, you'll just need to figure out how you want to introduce your chars into the story and how they'll run into us. If you haven't already, I would suggest reading up on the RP just so you know where we are and what our situation is, even if you chars don't. That way you can decide how to implement them into the ongoing story. It could just be as simple as them accidentally coming upon our merry band while traveling through the forest. Or, if you want to do something more in depth, just let us know what kind of thing you're interested in doing! Have fun with it ^-^
We will forgive you, Kade. No need to worry.
Quote from: Shy-Guy on July 31, 2020, 04:38:23 PM
So, how do I start?
How do you want to start? Kade's advice is sound.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on August 01, 2020, 01:58:21 AM
We will forgive you, Kade. No need to worry.
Quote from: Shy-Guy on July 31, 2020, 04:38:23 PM
So, how do I start?
How do you want to start? Kade's advice is sound.
Oh, I already sent a reply to the rp.
Heh, yeah. I saw that, right after I'd posted here. Sorry.
Hmm... Who should post next? Should we go out foraging? Or should we find Shy's characters first?
They can be done at the same time, my friend. Your character (the squirrel) could even stumble across us at the same time. Or Shy's characters and Robert, or whatever his name is, can find each other then, when we go foraging, we can come across them.
Yeah, I think our group is about to send out a foraging party, so they'll likely hear the melodious sounds drifting from Shy's char. Seb's other char can also bump into us along the way as well.
By the by, what's the plan with your char, Seb? Are you planning for them to get captured by the pirates, or did you have some other idea?
I was planning for my character to get captured, yeah. I'm not sure if y'all should bump into him first, or the other two strolling characters. It would make sense if you heard the music first.
I think theyd be more likely to hear music and banter first
Aye, same. If we wanted, they could send a party to capture them, but then they stumble over my character. *Shrugs* We can have either party captured first, though, I don't think it matters too much. :P
I'm just ready to start.
Great!
Also,
@shisteer of nothing much yeah, I missed the part with the pawshake. :P Gimme sec and I'll run over and edit it.
Edit: Done. Though, I guess you might have to edit your post a bit as well now.
Alrighty, I'll do that.
Edit: Fixed!
Great! ^-^
...So now what?
Now you post. Elgon and... Tormbo? Are both yours to command, for now. You could get your squirrel to stumble across Shy's characters or just do an opening post with him. Other beasts (such as
@Kade Rivok and
@Ebantu the Kararehe ) could post.
That's not an awful lot for Belladonna to do at the moment. She's just lying there and trying not to die. :P
If you say so. I do need to talk to Firestripe.
Well, now's your chance ;D Just posted.
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on August 07, 2020, 04:16:27 AM
That's not an awful lot for Belladonna to do at the moment. She's just lying there and trying not to die. :P
...Heimlich?
If you dare, I think Belladonna will actually kill Firestripe, wounded or not.
Quote from: Kade Rivok on August 07, 2020, 06:33:45 PM
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on August 07, 2020, 04:16:27 AM
That's not an awful lot for Belladonna to do at the moment. She's just lying there and trying not to die. :P
...Heimlich?
To the FPC with you, Rivok!
But yeah I'll try to get a post up this morning.
EDIT: Done. Eb, I mentioned a bit about Belladonna's state of being. Hope you don't mind. Let me know if you want any of it changed or removed.
Nice job mentioning the big bad again :>
Thankee. It was about time I said something about hating his guts.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on August 07, 2020, 08:31:53 PM
Quote from: Kade Rivok on August 07, 2020, 06:33:45 PM
Quote from: Ebantu the Kararehe on August 07, 2020, 04:16:27 AM
That's not an awful lot for Belladonna to do at the moment. She's just lying there and trying not to die. :P
...Heimlich?
To the FPC with you, Rivok!
But yeah I'll try to get a post up this morning.
EDIT: Done. Eb, I mentioned a bit about Belladonna's state of being. Hope you don't mind. Let me know if you want any of it changed or removed.
That's fine. I should probably post at some point.
Yes, you should.
Greats posts, guys!
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on August 01, 2020, 04:18:00 AM
They can be done at the same time, my friend. Your character (the squirrel) could even stumble across us at the same time. Or Shy's characters and Robert, or whatever his name is, can find each other then, when we go foraging, we can come across them.
So, should we still show the foragers leaving and such? Who should go with Elgon if we do?
I'm thinking Mharbrow, Sliteye and maybe Webneck, since the two weasels are the ones normally responsible for foraging and such, so they can learn from Elgon, and Mharbrow was the one to negotiate the terms with him.
Should I reply, or just wait for my lads to be discovered?
Either, or. Whichever you want.
Probably better for your peeps to stumble up on the groups
@Shy-Guy to get them in.
Well... should I send a reply, then?
Nah, mate. We'll reply some more and get this show on the road, then you can come in.
I'd like to join, please! I've got a wannabe-seafaring-wildcat from my oneshots/Redwall Survivor Mini-Contests, and a silver fox mercenary with his feral stoat pal (my app for this year's Redwall Survivor competition).
Also, I haven't read the story yet, so have they landed near Salamandastron or somewhere else?
Ah, you should probably read the story. We landed closish to Salamadastron, but that's not hugely important now, since we've traveled quite a way since then.
Okay, all read up. Can I join?
Spoiler
Name: Maut (pronounced "Maht"; Matt, but with an "ah" in the middle)
Species: Silver Fox (That's a red fox with melanism, fyi)
Age: 28
Appearance: Maut is a fairly average fox in terms of build. He has silver fur with black ears, tail tip, and face, and golden eyes. He wears a simple light-black tunic with a belt.
Personality: Maut is typically friendly, until you give him reason to be otherwise. He's a bit confident in himself, but he ain't a braggart. He's clever, knowing many skills, as he's mercenary - he'll take almost any job that comes his way. He can be a bit of a flirt with vixens, but he knows when to back off. Maut's best friend is Veach, and threatening and/or harming Veach is a surefire way to get on Maut's bad side. He hates it when people mispronounces his name.
History: Little is known of Maut's past. This fox has been working as a mercenary since he was 14-16. He's actually got something of a reputation in his hometown as a skilled mercenary and spy. He's taken many jobs that have had him all over Mossflower, and even a few in the Northlands. While he does have a home back in his little village, Maut mainly stays there when he has no jobs; most times, once he's finished one job, he'll look for another wherever he's currently at.
Weapons: A broadsword & a bow and arrow
Skills: Maut's very good at sneaking around at night and in the shadows, thanks to his silver-and-black fur. He's also well-prepared, like remembering to bring snout-kerchiefs when traversing through Flitchaye territory. He knows most of Mossflower like the back of his paw, given he's been through most of it.
Spoiler
Name: Veach
Species: Stoat
Age: unknown
Appearance: Veach looks like a normal stoat. He wears only red bandana around his neck and nothing else. Unlike everyone else, Veach walks on all fours and only walks on his hind legs when he's holding something.
Personality: Veach is pretty much like a dog - he's loyal to Maut. Despite being very animalistic in nature, Veach can understand what others are saying, and can even understand when someone's shortchanging or planning to betray/backstab Maut.
History: unknown
Other: Veach fights the same way a real stoat would - jumping on his victims and biting their throats.
More terrible beasties joining the trouble in the forest! Are you wanting to join with perhaps Shy Guy as a wanderer the crew stumbles on or on the crew of the big bad?
Umm, I want Maut and Veach to meet up with Mhrar...I forgot how to spell his name :giggle:. The Bladewave crew. No offense to Shy Guy, but I don't think my characters would join his.
Any ideas how to introduce them? I don't want it to feel too random or forced.
That would be Mharbrow.
I mean, there will be several meetings in the forest, bringing Shy's characters in and Seb's character. We could do the same with your characters or we could meet up later on, once Bladewave's crew has started moving again.
I'll have them meet up in the forest.
Good idea. You could do a sort of... introduction, before we meet up, if you want, or you could just wait for us to find you.
Btw, how do I get topics I posted once in to stop showing the NEW tag?
You look at them again. If it shows the new tag, it probably means somebeast posted since you posted.
There's no way to unfollow the topic/thread?
No. You can follow a thread, so you get an email telling you when somebeast has posted, but, if you're not interested in a thread, just ignore it. As far as I know, there's no way to stop certain threads from showing the new tag.
But, this is slightly off topic. Probably such things should be discussed elsewhere.
Just posted. Don't know how well an introduction it was, but... *shrugs*
It's good. You'll likely arrive at the camp before we start out on our foraging adventure. There isn't much for me to say at the moment, but that can change.
@Firestripe could conceivably say something, maybe Belladonna.
Could have always been part of the crew already but that works too :>
Mm, I feel like we should have a few more beasts turn up from both crews. They wouldn't have all landed in the same spot.
@FaclanHah! No way! Ever since writing Maut as a mercenary for Mossflower Odyssey V, I've fallen in love with that version of the character. I wouldn't change a thing about either of them.
@shisteer of nothing muchSorry but, I hate Redwallian rats, with only a few exceptions (Blaggut, every land rat in Highwing's LoR, [plus the water rats from TSW] Liam from Samadhir's side-stories to TUC...)
It's only Redwall's rats though. I like real rats (though I'll stay away from wild rats, just in case they
are diseased).
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on August 24, 2020, 11:05:11 PM
It's good. You'll likely arrive at the camp before we start out on our foraging adventure. There isn't much for me to say at the moment, but that can change. @Firestripe could conceivably say something, maybe Belladonna.
I'll see if I can't get a post up today.
Also, welcome Masika ^-^ I was away for a bit, so I don't think we've "met" yet.
Did... I say something involving Redwallian rats? Alright. Good to know, though.
Ya said we should have a few beasts join up from both crews. If I remember correctly, someone said it was mostly manned by rats.
Oh. Well, the surviving ones don't have to be mostly rats. As it stands, I think there are only a few rats in our group. They're certainly a minority.
@Kade RivokSaw your post. You want Maut and Veach to be seen by or bump into Firestripe?
Yeah, I was thinking they could bump into each other or something along those lines, if you wanted. Firestripe walks with a limp, so he's has a bit of trouble moving quietly, but on the other hand (paw) his fur is mostly black, so he tends to conceal well. Taking that into account, you can have your chars act accordingly for them to meet up ^-^
Literally bump into each other? :giggle:
That would definitely be entertaining :laugh: but you can play it however you like.
@Kade RivokAlready posted. Btw, if you're wondering about Maut's thought's on Firestripe's size, I imagine these guys to be about the same size as their real-life species, give or take. You have him be six-foot-tall, suggesting you imagine them human-sized. :laugh:
Hmmm, I think we're playing the species in general as being vaguely human sized depending. He is supposed to be on the larger size, though, so it works :giggle:
Though, the only reason I think of them like that is because the size of the world around the creatures (excluding, like, the first three books) seems to imply it, though that's really just my opinion.
Well, the TV show has the shrews be shorter than the mice, the mice be shorter than rats, rats be shorter than foxes, etc. and cover art kinda depicts the same, sooo... *shrugs*
Btw, digitigrade or plantigrade? I think of them as essentially animals on their hind legs (digitigrade) with arms and hands that are slightly human-ish so they can grab things, but, unless you go by the TV series, graphic novel, games, etc., there's no "one true way to imagine the characters".
I tend to think of them as mostly anthropomorphic, personally. Not fully human shaped, of course, but somewhat close.
Okay, I'm back in business and ready for roleplaying, folks! Although it seems Elgon hasn't done much while I've been gone...
The RP hasn't done much while you've been gone >_>
Good to have you back though ^-^
Mm, Seb was a tad slack.
Still need to get my characters properly into it
Yes indeed. That will come, with time and effort.
Masika and I have been posting a fair bit, but it's been separate from everyone else so it's worked fine. Anybody feel like posting before our chars had back to camp?
Quote from: Kade Rivok on August 27, 2020, 04:20:40 AM
The RP hasn't done much while you've been gone >_>
Good to have you back though ^-^
Well, I have plenty of ideas and enthusiasm, so let's get this thing rolling! I'll try to field a post by tomorrow at the latest; we'll get the villain in on the game and start tumbling the plot along.
Sweet! I'll see what I can pull up in way of a post.
Welcome back, Wylder!
Sounds good.
So now you need to do an introductory post for your squirrel character.
Alright. I'll see what I can whip up.
Y'know, maybe you should just stumble across the camp straight away. Hear Elgon talking and rush in to greet the Long Patrol or something.
I'm still not entirely sure what I should do
Yeah, sorry about that Shy. I think the plan is for our foraging crew to run into your chars, but... actually getting to that point seems to be taking some time. You could progress thing yourself, if you wanted, by having them accidentally stumble across our encampment. Just depends on what you want to do ^-^
I posted last night.
Alright. Robert is now in.
Mm, I noticed. Well done. What do you want to happen? Should somebeast hear him or does he hear us and come to investigate?
Honestly, whichever works for you guys. I was going to see how the next few posts go.
Well then, that sounds good. I'll be having a little chat with
@Faclan for a while, depending on how much he's willing to cooperate. After that we'll likely start foraging. Firestripe
might hear you, maybe. I guess we'll see what happens.
Alright, cool. I could also have him sneak up on y'all via a tree branch, and then have him fall in the midst of the vermin or something. *Shrugs* Finding me practicing my knife fighting is good though.
I kind of like the idea of him sneaking up on us. If he does fall, make sure he lands closeish to Mharbrow.
Okay. Should I maybe wait for a few more posts, or should I just hop in whenever? :P
Maybe wait for a few more posts. Come in about when Tulian has either refused or accepted Mhar's offer.
Sounds good to me. :)
I don't like all this waiting
If anyone wondered what happened to Maut and Veach, I'm waiting for Firestripe to lead them to the encampment. They know it would seem too suspicious to head there alone. Plus, they don't really know where it is. Veach could sniff it out, but... *shrugs*
If you ask me, everyone should just take the shortest rout possible to camp, and then once the party's been gathered we can get the main plot moving and things will really start to roll. It doesn't really matter if it makes a whole lot of sense or not; we just want to get the main roleplay on and be done with the exposition. The villain has officially entered the picture now, so we can begin the main developments as soon as we get everyone together and on a collision course with the Pirate King. The faster the better.
That sounds good to me.
At the same time, we're not going anywhere until Belladonna is in better condition.
Nice job introducing the big bag pirate :>
So should I send a reply or not
You undoubtedly should.
I posted. I guess I'll have Robert sneak up on the captain. Where is he currently? Could I have a brief summary of the layout around him?
The way I see it, Belladonna is on one side of the clearing on her stretcher, then, if you stand there and look into the camp, you'd see beasts digging graves just inside the trees to the right, the camp fire ahead and slightly to the left, about four or five metres away. Fret is sorting mostly empty haversacks and what provisions they have left, Webneck is sitting right beside you to your left, mending an old boot, and there are several other vermin about, all busy at various tasks. Mharbrow, Tulian and Tormbo are clustered around the fire, as you know.
@Shy-GuyWho're the voices your characters heard? Firestripe & Maut, or the main encampment?
Probably should of mentioned that, it would have been the main encamptment
In which case the beasts you heard talking would probably be Mharbrow, since the crew are staying as silent as possible so as not to attract their captain's attention.
So, once everybeast has made it to camp and their situation within the group is more or less settled, what do y'all think of doing a time skip? At the least of a few days so Belladonna is in traveling shape and we can work up some external conflict to 'make fast the ties that bind'.
Sounds good to me, but
@Faclan is the boss, so he can decide. Also, Mharbrow's waiting for Tulian to answer him.
Should I edit my reply
Why? I don't see any reason why you need to edit it.
Time skip sounds good. So a few skills can be learnt by the crew so we dont starve to death and we could maybe almost be getting a proper camp settlement set up before bahm big bad and the hares show back up. Likely the hares first which cause panic amongst the pirates before the situation is explained.
Why are the hares going to show up again? Didn't they go back to Salamadastron for something?
Yeah, I didn't make that clear in Captain Cardilon's last post, but the patrol is headed straight back to Salamandastron. However, the Captain can't just leave Elgon behind, so he'll leave a hare behind with orders to report to Salamandastron immediately. He doesn't suspect him of being captured. I was going to clear all that up on my next post (my last post before the time skip probably), but that's the plan unless you want them to show up
@Faclan
Oh I was under the impression that the hares would show back up after the timeskip to be all 'hey big bad is here Elgon we need you' and then us pirates get drawn in too. But that can easily not happen I may have just been mistaken.
*raises paw* Is there anything I should make Maut and Veach do?
I think it would be better to have the pirates run into a raiding band of Ulrik's henchmen and get into a fight, so that they can get drawn in more organically and so we get some intermediate conflict. You know, get revenge on the pirate king for murdering your mates, that sort of thing; more emotional investment that way. What do you think?
Do you think two depleted crews could combat some full force wave scum? Thats the only concern I have with that plan and otherwise like it a lot.
(Btw, I can have Robert fall into the camp at any time. Just thought I'd wait until y'all were ready for him to interrupt the vermin's conversation. :P)
Meh, it doesn't have to be an entire pirate crew they run into; could just be a foraging party. It would have the additional benefit of killing off NPCs in the crew that don't contribute and are just taking up space in the RP as well, so we can trim things down and make it easier to keep track of everyone (I usually dislike parties with NPCs in them for that reason, since no one person is responsible for them they tend to get in the way).
That's fair enough. I guess killing most of them off is a good idea. (I'm sort of inclined to keep Sliteye, though. He's a fun character to play)
Getting rid of Tormbo could be interesting. He seems to be the only beast who can understand Tulian.
Quote from: Masika on September 03, 2020, 05:06:17 PM
*raises paw* Is there anything I should make Maut and Veach do?
Not that I can think of.
@Kade Rivok needs to take them to camp.
We don't have to kill them all, just the ones that aren't needed.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on September 03, 2020, 10:10:06 PMGetting rid of Tormbo could be interesting. He seems to be the only beast who can understand Tulian.
Noooo, don't kill him! I could barely understand anything Tulian said in the last post! :giggle:
Yeah, neither could I. (Though Faclan usually translates things for us in OOC at the end of his posts, if nobeast translates within them)
Are we sure Tulian doesn't actually speak a foreign language? Or in tongues? :giggle:
Not at all.
Now would be a perfect time for
@Robert to fall into the camp.
He basically does. But if Tornbo does biff it Ill be sure to include what he says at the bottom so peeps can try to nab some words. But taking out some and a foraging party sounds like a plan :D
If nobeast objects, I think Belladonna is going to wake up from all the noise. You guys aren't exactly whispering. :laugh:
Lol, you can do whatever you want as long as it's in character ;D
Cool. I've posted.
*Firestripe gently puts a pillow over Belladonna's face and presses down.* Sleepy time for grumpy pants!
Poor Bella D:
Quote from: Kade Rivok on September 04, 2020, 08:17:36 PM
*Firestripe gently puts a pillow over Belladonna's face and presses down.* Sleepy time for grumpy pants!
O_O Oh.
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@shisteer of nothing much Hmm. Did Mhar ignore Robert's moment of confession? I could edit my post a bit if needed.)
He kinda did for now, outwardly. Too many new beasts who he doesn't know what their motives are. He'll take Robert aside privately and question him as soon as possible.
When Mharbrow say "Who're your friends?", were you wanting Maut to introduce himself, or Firestripe?
Either works, depending on the disposition of your characters. If Maut would be inclined to butt in and introduce himself, do that. If it's more in character for him to wait to be introduced by Firestripe, that works too.
Yeah, if you'd rather wait for Firestripe to introduce them, let me know. I was refraining from posting in case you were wanting to do it yourself.
EDIT
Just saw that you posted ;D
Just posted.
Also posted. Welcome to the crew.
I'm tired of waiting. Just I just barge in on one of the groups
Sounds good to me.
The crew grows \o/
*pokes RP with a stick*
Sorry, there's not a lot for Belladonna to do right now. :-\
I will hopefully post tonight at some point.
Its all good Shisteer. Should we perhaps do the time skip now so the big bad has started to romp and perhaps the pirate camp is a little more set up before adventure calls? Or the other plan starts I'm fine with both :D
I'd like to properly organise these new crewbeasts and captives before we do the time skip, as well as deal with the rest of Keelteeth's crew.
What about Shy-Guy's characters? He said he was gonna have them run into our group, but he hasn't done anything yet.
Yeah, that's what I was saying. We need to be all together and basically set up, then do the time skip.
Yeah, that's what I'm waiting for. Elgon only has one more post in him before the time skip; there's nothing I can contribute to at the moment. I'm just waiting for the players to all 'join the party' so that we can get things moving.
I feel like Elgon could contribute something. He seems like the sort of beast who would want to step in and defend a poor young squirrel.
That's not a bad idea, imo. If he becomes a slave, Robert might also be able to interact with Faclan's character a bit. Would you say Elgon is actually a prisoner? I dunno.
Think it would be unrealistic for Veach to notice Robert being sketchy?
Probably not unrealistic, but I was kinda hoping that Robert would at least get to keep the knife, lol.
Well, I'll leave him alone then.
Robert gives his thanks. ^-^
Quote from: Sebias of Redwall on September 12, 2020, 04:41:48 PM
That's not a bad idea, imo. If he becomes a slave, Robert might also be able to interact with Faclan's character a bit. Would you say Elgon is actually a prisoner? I dunno.
Not Faclan's character too much, I wouldn't think, since he just joined the crew.
Yeah hes mostly official at this time. Just incomprehensible
Ah, okay. Lol.
Hey, sorry I disappered, I kind of got pissed off and left for a while. Could I still join.
Yep, no problem.
Welcome back Shy Guy
@shisteer of nothing much, is there anything Mharbrow would like Belladonna to do in the near future?
Not that I can think of. I think he just wants her to recover and stop being grumpy at everybeast.
Should we time skip to the big bad arriving and people mostly back up to strength to inject some urgency and activity into the vermin band?
Sounds good to me, I think, as long as everybeast else (particularly the new characters) are settled in.
That's fine by me.
Same here.
Ok, who was in command of the big bad? Thats an important peice to this. Or did we all semi control them? I've forgotten x.x
@Wylder Treejumper, I think.
Edit: Whose post is going to include the time-skip?
Probably Faclan will initiate the timeskip, since he's the boss.
You are all just as involved in this as me now o:
I'm fine letting Wylder do it since he controls the big bad but if hed like me too I shall instead.
Involved, yes, but, ultimately, this is your idea and your roleplay. We're simply volunteers who are helping to make your story happen.
Sounds good. We might as well try mentioning
@Wylder Treejumper to see what he thinks.
Fair enough, I'll give Wylder a few days and if no response we can try to decide on a course of action :>
Sorry for the wait I shall attempt to get something up in the next few days been rather heavy at the Safeway with big loads to stock.
Fair enough. Don't worry about it.
One thing that I realized is that it's going to be hard to have my character actually drive the plot forward with his posts. Like, I'll still try, but it will probably be a little hard since he's not a leader of a band or anything. :giggle:
Yeah, it is a problem prisoners often come across. They find it difficult to control a situation and move it where they want. Funny, really.
Ok I had a post half written before I remembered that while I may be the creator of this thread I didn't want to hoist things upon your characters with what I was typing so instead I shall post the brief here and ask for feedback before going ahead;
It would be about four days to a week ahead in time. The crew would have sorted out a spot in the forests near the dunes and set up some make shift shelters with Elegon helping them become more so foragers and bird hunters. Recently the group even got a small crab! Yay! Most of the former enemy crew became crewmates themselves and mostly everything is going well with the new arrivals joining too. Unsure about the Squirrel really.
But the post would end with some hares arriving to inform the grand Pirate Elegon about the skirmish with the new wave scum that didnt go well and how he was needed to help form up the new patrollers to deal with this threat. With Capn Foxo likely overhearing and then forming up the crew to secure their place on the mountains good side while also likely securing themselves a new ship to leave if it went well.
Thoughts?
Meh. I was hoping they go further inland, explore Mossflower & the Northlands, but that's just me. Here's hoping the Badger Lord & his Long Patrol aren't like Urthfist and his hares (read: vicious, hypocritical, highfalutin racists).
Hmmmm... I was actually planning on murdering most of Keelteeth's crew and burying them in the graves they so kindly dug, since Mharbrow (the member) isn't active anymore and Lass wanted her character killed off anyway. It's just inconvenient to have so many NPCs to keep track of and murdering them seems a lot more piratish. (These are our characters and they're going to join forces with the Long Patrol, but they're still pirates and Mharbrow had a reputation for being particularly unmoving when it came to enemies)
They will also be in their current spot for at least four days while Belladonna recovers. Salamandastron is several days away and all the hares have been called back to the mountain, as was mentioned in Wylder's post several pages back. Only one hare was left behind to fetch Elgon and none of the Long Patrol know he's been captured by pirates, so I don't really see them bringing a message to Elgon. (Besides, he was only one very young hare, so he'd be the least of their worries. He's relatively new himself)
If you like, I could do a post to get matters a little more tidy before we do the big timeskip. There are just too many things unresolved at the moment.
We could always explore after or perhaps in a different thread if people wished. We've just lost a few players for this one so that may be tricky.
Thanks for the little update post Shisteer that helps organize things and that's also a great idea to lower the npc amount before the big action. Would help show the new prisoners what's up too. If you would make that post I'll do the time skip after :)
Done. Here is the list of characters again, updated with deaths of Keelteeth's crew. Still need to update shorestarters.
Quote from: shisteer of nothing much on April 09, 2020, 03:14:35 AM
Here's the list of everybeast so far: (I don't think I've missed anybeast, but I may have)
Bladewave;
Captain - Captain Dyemhar. Teer's character
Name: Captain Mharbrow PhantomPaint. (though everybeast calls him Cap'n Dyemhar)
Role: Captain of Bladewave.
Species: Fox.
Gender: Male.
Age: Nobeast knows, though the cap%u2019n seems to have a lot of experience.
Appearance: Light tan fur that%u2019s been dyed and tattooed in so many places that it%u2019s more dark green dye than plain fur. Each tattoo is of a different vanquished enemy and Mharbrow makes sure his rivals know it. He wears a light tan tunic with a broad belt around the waist which holds his three scabbards. He wears a tan scarf on his head and a leather thong around his wrist.
Personality: He prides himself as a strategist and tactician, thinking over every aspect of something before he places his trust in it, whether it be a friend, ship or new type of food or wine. Being evil and inclined to betray someone if bribed enough, he is also very suspicious of other beasts doing the same to him and he never tells his entire plan to one beast, but rather only tells each beast the task he needs to carry out.
History: Born on the frigid coast of the north, Mharbrow grew up as the youngest of four boys. His father was a corsair captain and, on a visit home when Mharbrow was twelve seasons old, the young fox asked his father if he could come pirating with him. His father laughed harshly, cuffed him round the ears and continued drinking. Filled with rage and hate, Mharbrow killed his father and three brothers, then took command of his father%u2019s ship and sailed away with any family treasures they possessed. His family members were the first to join the list of vanquished enemies and Mharbrow has continued pirating ever since, completely merciless to both victims and crewbeasts alike. Nothing aboard his ship escapes his notice and nobeast that displeases him has the chance to do it again.
Weapons: Mharbrow carries two long scimitars, which he wears on either side of his waist and fights with at the same time. He also has a long dagger which sits on his right hip.
Other: Mharbrow absolutely detests hedgehogs.
Firestripe. Kade's Character
Name: Firestripe
Age: 24 years/seasons
Gender: Male
Species: Fox
Ship: Undetermined, probably whatever ship Teer captains.
Position: First Mate
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Bio
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Physique/Fur/Looks/Clothes
Firestripe is a beast of a fox. He stands well over 6 and a half feet tall with a body of muscle that he's built over the years through labor and purposeful exercise. Being physically stronger than most, he tends to make use of this advantage whenever possible in battle. The soft, thick fur that covers him is dark, almost black, and interspersed with specks of silvery grey. On his head, the regular orange-red fur of a fox manifests itself as double crescent moon shaped stripes with the points coming together just above his eyes and at the base of his skull. This, of course, is where his name comes from. His one good eye is grey with speckles of gold barely noticeable, and sits beneath permanently furrowed brows, giving him an ever-present scowl. Where his other eye used to be is now an eyepatch, a scar visibly running underneath it from above to below. He has a number of other ugly scars across his body as well, but his fur is thick enough that they aren't usually visible. Another notable thing about him is the way he walks. He doesn't have a wooden leg, but he still walks with a permanent limp; a leftover gift from a long dead foe. Because of this, he isn't exactly light on his feet, and running is a bit difficult for him. The best he can usually manage is a short sprint. He has no tattoos nor piercings, and is actually fairly well spoken for a sea vermin. Some of the crew has even gone as far as saying that he sounds like "a real gen'le beast", much to his amusement. In battle he wields a pair of large sabers made especially for him and a number of throwing daggers tucked into the back of his belt.
Personality
He's quite a docile fellow, as far as wave vermin go. Unlike most pirates, he isn't one to go around drinking and making a fool of himself. It's much easier for somebeast to take advantage of you when your mind is muddled like that, in his opinion. He also isn't one to be needlessly cruel, preferring to get along with those under him (and above him). Of course, vermin being vermin, he has to put down fools when need be, but he tries to keep that to a minimum. He's found that life is a lot easier when people like you, that way you don't have to worry as much about somebeast trying to stab you in the back. He still raids and pillages as any pirate does, but he sees it more as a necessary evil to survive. No "goodbeast" would ever treat him with any sort of decency, he learned that the hard way, so he'll take what he needs. Despite his "friendly" demeanor, he rarely trusts anybeast enough to label them as a friend, and so generally has a detached feeling towards others.
History
Firestripe once had a mother and father, Menala and Zierstune, and once had a different name, though what it was has been long forgotten. When he was young, they'd been a part of a roving band of vermin lead by a stupid, but strong ferret by the name of Chogutt. They were a vicious group, killing and stealing wherever they went and constantly fighting other groups for territory. Of course, as the way things go, eventually their group fell and was absorbed into another. During the transition, though, somehow his family had gotten on the wrong side of the new chief. His parents enabled him to escape, though it cost them their lives. After that, he traveled on his own for a long time. He was young during that period,and didn't trust other vermin after what had happened, so he tried to find woodlanders, goodbeasts, to help him. Unfortunately he was large for his age, appearing to be a young adult, and so had been nearly killed by any he'd had the courage to approach. Through that, he learned not to trust the so called "goodbeasts" either. Though the years were tough, he eventually found work on a ship, taking to the sea and never looking back. Here was where he learned how to deal with other beasts, to make them like him and thereby protecting himself from them.
Belladonna. Eb's character.
Name: Belladonna Redblade
Role: Healer and navigator of Bladewave
Species: Fox
Age: 34 seasons
Gender: female
Appearance: Her fur is reddish-brown with darker fur on her ears, muzzle, paws and tail. On her head she wears a dull green bandanna, and has a tunic to match. She has gold hoop earrings and a leather thong on her wrist.
Personality: She is very persuasive, cool-minded and good at hiding her emotions
History: She served Mharbrow's father for one season before his son took over, and has been in Dyemhar's crew ever since.
Weapons: A long straight-bladed katana-style sword, which she wears in a back scabbard, and two daggers, one on her belt, the other hidden in her left boot. She also carries several different poisons, all of which are deadly.
Boatswain -
Surgeon - (Belladonna holds this position, could always have an assistant)
Misc. Crewbeasts -
Grunt (Rat. NPC)
Baretail (Rat. NPC)
Fet'n'Fret (Rat twins. Invariably mentioned together. Fet is now dead, courtesy of Captain Cardilon. NPC)
Webneck (Weasel. NPC)
Tornpatch (Weasel. NPC)
Sliteye (Weasel. NPC)
Rangfur (Fox. NPC)
Cutsnip (Ferret. NPC)
Fanggrin (Ferret. NPC)
(There are officially two other rats but they haven't been named yet. Feel free to name them, if you want)
Keelteeth Ship;
Captain - Captain Garavito. Killed by The Cap'n. The Cap'n's character
Name: Garavito
Role: Captain of Keelteeth
Species: Ermine
Gender: Male
Age: 21 seasons
Appearance: Brown fur, red bandana, red trousers and no top.
Personality: Quick-tempered and ruthless.
History: He never talks about his history, so no one knows.
Weapons: Crossbow, cutlass and a ring that when you flip the gem aside it reveals a small needle full of deadly poison.
Other: Pumpkin stalks are his weakness.
Navigator - Tulian. Joined Mharbrow. Faclan's character.
Name: Tulian Audor (Often just called Keeneye by the Keelteeth crew)
Role: Keelteeth navigator
Species: (Sea)Rat
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Appearance/Role: A smaller rat Tulian is half a head shorter than the standard Crew rats and so almost two heads shorter than the Captain himself. This smaller size compliments his position however as the Map Reader and Navigator as its easier for him to quickly clamber up the rigging to ensure they are going on the right track. But when it came to ship to ship or ship to shore battling the smaller rat wasnt well suited. And the Captain wouldnt want to lose such a key component of the ship to a random arrow or spear thrust. As such Tul doesn't have the most combat experience. The fur of the rat is light brown with dull green eyes as well as a green headband as then a simple vest and shirt. With puffy pants and no boots. Often with a rather large belt full of writing materials and a Sextant. With a long dagger hanging down the back of that near his tail. All of these have become water logged and damaged since the battle.
Personality/Skills: As a smaller rat without a good punching or stabbing paws Tulian grew up on the ship to be quiet and rather submissive. Not often putting his thoughts into ongoing conversations or taking a side when things got heated. Often just clambering up to watch from a Spar or Clew. It didn't help that he was one of the only Crew members from an educated background which often made him the butt of jokes. But drawing out and understanding maps and written directions needs a bit of learning. However this didn't help his actual upbringing of port life. A far port. So the rat has a very thick accent that make many thing he is a simpleton until they see his writing.
Example;
'Hello Shipmate, how are you today?'
' 'Ey Sh'p'me't! a're ye' ta'dai?'
History:
Born in as mention a far port from Mossflower Tulian had a rather large family growing up and even during his younger seasons he was the runt of the family. Which in the end worked out great for him as many of his larger sisters and brothers met their end on the point of a cutlass or drowned drunk and he instead attended the impromptu naval school on their island. It was little more than an old retired Captain giving lectures of his life on the dock but it helped many of the youth that listened a job off the island. Which was the case with the young rat as he found out that he had a very steady paw and was good at figures. Learning all about knots and bearings to help ensure vessels were on their correct course. He had gone through two vessels before arriving on the Keelteeth. Both trading and trasport vessels with raiding as a side gig. He on the whole wasnt a fan of the Keelteeth but even he could see that jumping ship at port would make him end up like his brothers and sisters so the rat wisely kept quiet and just tried to avoid making enemies in the crew.
Boatswain -
Surgeon - Chiptooth. Killed by Rangfur. Lass' character
Name: Chiptooth
Species: mink
Age: 26 seasons
Gender: male
Role: Surgeon aboard Keelteeth.
Appearance: Pitch black fur, with a white dot on his left ear. His eyes are a greenie gray.
He wears a white gambeson and brown pants with a red cape.
Personality: Very very smart but uses his gifts for his own good instead of for others, sly, cold blooded and friendly (at first).
History: kidnapped when he was little more six seasons old, then raised by the crew.
Weapons:an axe and a kite shield, a lot of hidden knives.
Skultip (Rat. Killed by Fret. NPC)
Flatnose (Ferret. Killed by Grunt. NPC)
Shore starters;
Wrackfur. Verdauga's character. Gone.
Name: Wrackfur
Age: 32 seasons
Gender: male
Species: weasel
Appearance: Brown fur with patches missing. Wrackfur is also heavily hunched over, and has several scars on his face.
Clothing:Brown trousers
Weaponry:Notched single-bit axe
Personality: Wrackfur has been jeered at by many other vermin; not all of them have died in their sleep. he doesn't easily get riled up, and when he does, he exacts revenge well, after the incident
Backstory: Not a whole lot to tell. Wrackfur was never any good at farming,but found himself to be quite talented at terrorizing. He survived as long as he has by, ironically, being more peaceful and %u201Cmature%u201D than the rest, leaving bands that planned to attack goodbeast strongholds. Though he could never be considered smart, he has years of experience.
Captain Cardilon. Wylder's character
Name: Fingorion Rifflewhite %u2018Riff%u2019 Cardilon III
Title: Patrol Captain
Race: Hare
Age: 33
Weapon: Sabre, sling
Physical Appearance: Unassuming with a medium build and tawny fur that patches into white during the wintertime; wears a green campaign tunic with a white crossbelt and khaki uniform shorts.
Description: Cpt Cardilon is one of the more experienced campaigners on the Long Patrol, in spite of his relative youth. Laconic with a wry sense of humor, he is a striking contrast to the more garrulous hares of the Long Patrol- with whom he nevertheless keeps a close camaraderie. Fearless in battle and frightening with a blade, he is highly respected by the hares of the patrol, who consider him an effective, if at times unconventional commander.
Bio: Growing up in a colony south of Salamandastron, %u2018Riff%u2019 Cardilon involved himself early in Long Patrol affairs, when at the tender age of 13 seasons the compound was besieged by a vermin raiding party. The Long Patrol arrived to break the siege, and most of the colony (including Riff%u2019s family) removed to Salamadastron. He joined the patrol, having distinguished himself in the defense of the colony, and later departed south to Southsward on an extended campaign deployment. Upon his return he was promoted to captain, assigned to the Eastern Woodlands Patrol.
Robert Pinebrush (has yet to enter the story) Seb's character
Name: Robert Pinebrush
Species: Squirrel
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Appearance: Short. Red fur. Green eyes. Average weight and size. Dressed in a simple brown tunic with a knife tucked into his belt, along with a small bag.
Weapon: Knife.
History: Grew up in a small village always wanting a life of adventure.
Location: He had been out on an errand when the village was attacked. Currently in the surrounding woods somewhere.
Edit: Done. The list has been officially updated.
There's also Silvertongue and Greeneye to consider
Yes. They have been added to the list, I just didn't bother requoting it. The list is on page fifteen, if you want to make sure.
Thanks Shisteer that was very helpful :D
Hope that works as a new vessel for us all approaches! Assuming we can nab it.
I didn't get to reply in time
Yeah, sorry about that. We just had to get things moving and such. Generally the protocol of this situation is that you can reply to things that happened before, as long as you end at the same place the last post ended or further along than that.
So, I guess that Silvertongue and Greeneye would still be prisoners?
I think that's your choice at this stage. You're either prisoners or crew, depending on how you want to react to things.
OK, sorry guys it's been a bit crazy recently. I swear I'll be more active (on the forum and here specifically) from now on.
Ah, good. Do you want to take control of whatshisface (the baddie) or should somebeast else do it?
Sure, I'll manage Ulrik. I'll get Elgon in action as well, we'll see what's the lowdown there. It'll probably take me a just a couple days to read everything and figure out what the best course is going forward though, since I've been gone a bit. But now that I've got a computer that isn't slower than a speeding snail, it should be much easier.
Sweet! A few days shouldn't be too much issue. We're not going anywhere.
Welcome back
@Wylder Treejumper ! :D Glad to have our baddie back.
And yeah its up to you Shy. Probably better to become crew at this point.
Well, one could claim that Wylder currently plays the character who's least like a baddie, but whatever.
Though I am enjoying having prisoners, so you can do that too.
Hey
@shisteer of nothing much, do you want me to post Maut talking with Mharbrow? (What Sliteye says in Ratty Driftwood kinda sounds like it.) 'Cause I'm horrible at smalltalk.
If you like. I don't want to step on your toes, so I didn't do anything from his perspective. Mharbrow doesn't really do smalltalk. Whatever they're discussing, it will be relevant. You can go ahead and plunge us into the middle of a conversation or just wait until Belladonna gets there and interrupts. I don't mind.
I'll try to come up with something later today.
@Ebantu the Kararehe Hey Eb, my last post indicated it was night-time, given it mentioned the moon and stars.
Oops, I'll edit my post. Sorry about that.
Alrighty,
@Firestripe is officially on a scouting trip, so he'll probably be the one to bring back news of Ulrik's unwelcome presence,
maybe in the company of a hare or two and without the company of a few crewmembers, with an invitation to Salamadastron and an alliance.
I sent a reply but it's disappeared
I seent it with me face. Been too busy to be able to keep up with the RP lately, I apologize.
Its all good Kade just when you can <3
And sounds like a good plan
@shisteer of nothing much ! The plans approach!
Sorry about the eternal wait folks, I've had my college plans collapsing around my ears so I've been quite busy. In any case, I thought I would put up my idea for a summary of the remainder of the RP, so once things get rolling again we can run smoothly to the denouement.
1. Mharbrow's crew (and guests) skirmish with a raiding party of corsairs aligned with Ulrik El-Dinbar
2. Mharbrow's crew pursues enemy corsairs (for revenge, rescuing captives, etc as RP dictates)
3. Attacked by an overwhelming force, the crew is forced to retreat
4. In order to stop El-Dinbar and his corsair vassals once and for all, the crew join the Long Patrol in defending Salamandastron from the savage Corsair King
Anyways, I figure this leaves plenty of room for any intermediate events to happen as the story occurs, while giving the entire thing direction. What do y'all think?
Sounds good. We're currently waiting for
@Kade Rivok .
Sounds like a good set of plans. May just call it ended though if it continued to languish and see about making some more rps. It was super fun though even if it has to end like this.
I am not giving up on this particular rp anytime soon! We can show a bit of perseverance. It's only been going for a few months.
@Faclan this is a good one; lulls are a normal part of the internet RP process. You just have to roll with the tide, as it were.
I definitely don't want this RP to end either.
I haven't posted half as much as I would like, and I posted half of these half as well as this RP deserves. ~Sebias Baggins but I'll see if I can't sneak some posts in.
Oh goodness! Glad to see people are still into continuing it :D
That makes me feel good. I'll do what I can to keep the hope up as well all <3
^-^
Right then, I need to see if I'm all caught up in the actual thread part.
I really like this RP and Lass, Teer and I have made up a pretty cool backstory for our characters, which may or may not be revealed at a later date.
We'll probably leave hints to it here and there.
yay intrigue ;D
Sounds good!
Is this still open to join? :)
An excellent question. I can see potential for more room opening up, as things are about to happen with another crew as well as with The Long Patrol. Ulric El Dinbar or whatever his name is plans to cause trouble, then our guys are going to join up with Salamandastron to fight them off, so there are a few roles that could be potentially filled.
However, those are just my thoughts.
@Faclan is the boss, so I'd better let him answer.
Open to anyone :D but right now we are currently just in a lull :<
@Kade Rivok. Here. I figured you might have lost your way.
Name: Caw, also known as Bellybeak or Tealeaf.
Age: Unknown even to her, but she has not yet lost her strength.
Species: Crow.
Appearance: A typical crow, she is festooned with various trinkets and pouches containing the aforementioned trinkets and other items that she trades.
Personality: A bold and outspoken creature with a love for getting her feathers on various useless trinkets, she is clever with what she has learned from seasons spent as a solitary bird. She has no allegiance to either woodlander or vermin, simply going where she pleases which is more often than not sites of new things to be taken by hook or crook.
She has been present in Mossflower for many seasons but has travelled to many other lands, Southsward for example. With the searat crews presenting an opportunity for interesting new events, Caw is eager to see what results the vermin have in the lands.
Ooo a bird! That's new and awesome! Welcome :)
Am I the only one who's reminded more of a magpie, maybe even Trader Mags from the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series?
Quote from: Masika on November 22, 2020, 07:32:52 AM
Am I the only one who's reminded more of a magpie, maybe even Trader Mags from the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series?
I went for a bird with more ties to the Redwall series itself. I don't think magpies have appeared in the books, so I chose a crow. I just wanted a character closer to the established tone which my other roleplay characters haven't quite fulfilled.
Actually, there was a magpie in General Ironbeak's army.
There was.
Still, both work fine. I am quite keen to see this character.
@Lady Ashenwyte Veach is the stoat. Maut's the silver fox.
Also, have you bothered to read the RP and the character sheets? Because almost everyone seems to notice Veach is feral (he moves about on all fours, wears nothing except a bandana around his neck, doesn't talk, and others have said he has a vacant look to his eyes [I'm not sure if "vacant" is really correct, given Veach is based off a dog, and I have two, and neither really have vacant stares, but... *shrugs*])
There were three brothers in Ironbeaks army. They were pretty neat as they scarfed down the sleep powder laced berries and then almost got drowned by constancy P:
But welcome to the thread again :>
Quote from: Masika on November 22, 2020, 02:54:27 PM
@Lady Ashenwyte
Veach is the stoat. Maut's the silver fox.
Also, have you bothered to read the RP and the character sheets? Because almost everyone seems to notice Veach is feral (he moves about on all fours, wears nothing except a bandana around his neck, doesn't talk, and others have said he has a vacant look to his eyes [I'm not sure if "vacant" is really correct, given Veach is based off a dog, and I have two, and neither really have vacant stares, but... *shrugs*])
I have a post on page fifteen that has all the character sheets on it, if that helps.
Quote from: Masika on November 22, 2020, 09:08:41 AM
Actually, there was a magpie in General Ironbeak's army.
And there are lots in 'Doomwyte'. Neat character, m'lady!
@Ebantu the Kararehe Is Belladonna near Maut?
Er, she's hiding behind the stump Mharbrow was sitting on when he and Maut were chatting. So that depends on where Maut moved to.
My characters didn't move at all.
In that case, yes. :)
Quote from: Masika on November 22, 2020, 02:54:27 PM
@Lady Ashenwyte
Veach is the stoat. Maut's the silver fox.
Also, have you bothered to read the RP and the character sheets? Because almost everyone seems to notice Veach is feral (he moves about on all fours, wears nothing except a bandana around his neck, doesn't talk, and others have said he has a vacant look to his eyes [I'm not sure if "vacant" is really correct, given Veach is based off a dog, and I have two, and neither really have vacant stares, but... *shrugs*])
Caw is an aggressive salesbird at the best of times. She tries her luck with most beasts she meets, and she's met near feral ones before.
I have been so busy with work that I completely forgot about this, how much did I miss
Nothing. We're still waiting, I think, for Kade. I may chuck a post up in an effort to revive it.
You have Belladonna's full support, Captain.
Excellent! *proceeds to pester
@Faclan and
@Kade Rivok and
@Shy-Guy and
@Masika and
@Wylder Treejumper, and Seb*
Yes Teer?
I'm thinking about reviving this RP. It seems Ash has disappeared, so we had probably go back to before that character came in, and possibly do a short time skip to when Firestripe is back and Belladonna is a bit more mobile. Does that sound good to you?
Sounds good to me
Sounds gud. Just lemme know if you need Tul to do anything to help us start again.
@Faclan, couldn't you have just asked a mod to remove the posts after Caw appeared?
We could do that, but it's not that hard to just backtrack without removing the posts, and it's a good bit of history, in which our skill as writers continued to develop. It would be a shame to destroy it, and it's not necessary.
Didnt think it was needed when it was only back about half a page o:
Yeah, not really necessary.
Who should post next, ideally?
Probably Kade.
I would, but I feel Maut asking Mharbrow what he'd like him to do or going up Firestripe would make come across as an overeager noob or fanboy.
Yeah, it would be most wonderful if
@Kade Rivok posted next.
*is poked*
Hm, I may have er, fallen behind slightly... I admit I'm not around much, but I'll strive to do rather better.
Fair enough. Don't worry too much.
@Kade Rivok If you don't have time or inspiration to continue this RP, that's fine, but please at least tell us so we can carry on without you. I really love this story, and I don't want to let it die, but we can't really continue until we know what Firestripe is doing.
Oh geez I hope I haven't missed too much
Nope. Just waiting for Kade.
@Kade Rivok, respond or I'll hound you until you do! It's one thing not to want to continue, but it's just plain rude to ignore us entirely!
How about you just give him a week to respond, be that either a "I'm still doing this, just really busy" or a "Yeah, nah, I've lost interest". And if he doesn't respond, have someone take over his character for the rest of the RP. Teer has said she's willing to do it. This way, no matter what Kade does, or doesn't do, the RP can carry on.
Sounds reasonable.
Alrighty.
@Kade Rivok the week starts now.
(Forgive the double post, but the attention of my fellow roleplayers must be caught, and a new post is hopefully as good a way to do it as anything)
Ahem, deadline is up. Does anybeast want to do anything with their characters before Firestripe comes back, or can I just bring him back now? I'll most likely make a post this afternoon.
Like I said before, I feel Maut asking Mharbrow what he'd like him to do or going up Firestripe would make come across as an overeager noob or fanboy. So, no. Sorry.
You could phrase it like Maut is bored, I guess. Plus, Mhar's the leadre, so asking him for a plan of action is typically the way things are done.
I can just chuck another post up, or edit the one already there. I just don't want to step on anybeast's toes in the process.
Also, Wylder is going to be away, so I'll see if Seb can play his character, Elgon, like he did last time. A hare starting the ball rolling could work nicely.
Soooo... are all the positions on both ships full?
Not at all! If you check back on page one you will see there are still a lot of possible slots open for peeps :>
Well, now things are a bit more complicated, and also easier. I think, at the moment, it would be best for new characters to either be from Ulrik El Dinbar's crew, or shore starters. There is a complete list of every character on page fifteen, if you need information on who we already have.
I was thinking first mate on keelteeth, if that's not too much trouble?
I will warn that I've never participated in a Role-play before, soooooo... yeah, sorry if it's a bumpy ride...
We already killed off the Keelteeth's crew, minus Tulian.
I thought we still had a chain gang of them? When Tul tried to escape the first time and ran into the hares.
Sooooo, I guess I'm dead?
...or am I alive?
You can, in fact, be that dude. Basically, Mharbrow's gang all washed up in approximately the same place, but many of the crew were lost to sea, as far as they know. It could well be that Keelteeth's first mate survived annd washed up on shore elsewhere. He wasn't in the chain gang, though, as all those beasts, except Tulian, are now dead. If you like, you could put your character sheet up and your character can come in with Firestripe when he returns, since he was scouting out the shore and could have found Keelteeth's first mate.
Maybe 🤔 :-\
I feel like I'm going to be missing a lot of info... maybe I should just join as a native woodlander?
What do you think?
How about you read the RP first?
:-\
'46 pages'
That's just 16 pages longer than your average children's book, Ally. If you come in with no prior knowledge, you're gonna make big mistakes. Besides, it's a good read.
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Spoiler
Spoiler
I'll just be an innocent woodland creature.
^-^
Woodlander works, im sure the land locked pirates arent being that sneaky so im sure news of them has spread.
Pfft, do you doubt Mharbrow's skill to go largely undetected? Tsk, tsk.
Ally, it *would* be a good idea if you read up on what's happened so far, as you'll then know the characters and situation a lot better.
Okay...
I'll try and find some time to do that...
@shisteer of nothing much, post already! We can't let this RP die!
I think we were waiting for Ally, since she was going to join in. You still keen to do that,
@Ally046 ?
Sowwry :-\
I've been really busy lately, I don't think I'll be joining anytime soon, if at all...
Alrighty. No problem.
Teer, do we have room for other pirates? I've had a character in reserve for the next Redwall Survivor, but I don't think that'll be happening for a while.
Dont we still have the enemy crew to fill? The ones invading?
I know, I know. I was just being hopeful I'd get to use and develop her someday. It was just a shot in the dark.
Well, if the enemy crew are other pirates, you can slip her in there. She can change side to the good guys if you want to continue using her.
.........what's the crew made of? Stoats? Rats? Foxes? She's a lynx.
Yes, we have room for other pirates. Firestripe brought back prisoners, at least one of which came from Ulrik's ship, but there were a few others that I didn't specify, because a couple of people had mentioned bringing in characters. As long as you know how to bring the character in, you can just go ahead and use her.
Oooh, your new character sounds fascinating, Masika! Ulrik's first-mate isn't taken, so you can have that. Would we be able to get a character sheet for her?
Oh! Didn't notice you made an edit. Ping me next time. Sorry, no character sheet as she's intentionally a blank slate beyond "dangerous lynx with a bad attitude and great fighting skills". I have no idea when the next Redwall Survivor will be (or if they'll reboot the old one), so I purposely left her a blank slate so I could mold her to the categories. But I got sick of waiting, so she's no longer in reserve.
Btw, I think it's just you, me, and Faclan. Where'd everyone else go?
Ah, fair enough. Pings don't work in edits, so I'll probably just double post next time. That's fair enough. I can work with that. If I get anything wrong while interacting with her, just tell me.
Hmm, good question. Seb's currently falling asleep in voice chat. If Eb needs to post, I can chase her up, though, generally, she'll be able to post maybe once a week. Lessee, who else... Ah yes, Shy and Wylder. Wylder is gone for the moment. Missionary work, I think. I don't know what's up with Shy Guy.
I'm still here, I just got sick of waiting. Teer and I have plenty of stuff planned for later in the roleplay, but right now there's not a huge amount for me to do.
Cap'n Teer, I think we need t' jettison th' poxed weight. Shy-Guy's been gone since May 15, and I dern't think Seb'll be postin' anytime soon...if at all...
We know them both on discord, we can get em on if they're needed
Seb will be back. Where do we actually need to go from here?
No idea.
I'd say we skip to when the plans come into effect. Just say the Pirates are muddling along on land slowly getting the hang of things but being super bored.
Except we've just brought in new prisoners, and they're going to be kicking things off with maybe a bit of an exposition dump. We just need to figure out what is going on so we can write said exposition.
Well, you guys know all about Ulrik, but I know nothing
No, we know very little about him either, because we've only ever really discussed him as being the baddie, and he was Wylder's brain child anyway. We need to hash out the details behind him and probably figure out who's going to play him.
I could always take that up since Tulian is a pretty minor character.
Are the current prisoners from Ulriks group or separate? Sorry I lost track of that fact D:
They're an assorted bunch. If you could play Ulrik, that'd be great. Probably the next scenes required are involving Mharbrow and possibly various beasts reporting to him.
So would Ulrik be landing? If so I can do that sure. But Id like to work out why hes landing if thats to be the post. Is it a shipwreck? Going after Salli? Raiding party? Hates our Pirates and somehow found them on land.
Or if hes already landed please let me know where the last post of them was and I'll go from there. Try to get some story established with him before the groups meet.
Teer, anything I can do to get this RP rolling again? Maybe ping Sebby over here?
Ugh, sorry. I need to move Firestripe along and report to Mharbrow and such. Mind if I wait a couple of days until I'm home, with a laptop?
*pouts* Fiiiine...
I can ask Wylder questions on his character if y'all like, he left all the servers, but we're discord friends, so I can still contact him if it's urgent.
I'm not actually pouting. It was just a joke.
Does anybeast object to Ulrik being a fox instead of a stoat? Eb and I had a few interesting ideas.
No objections here
I think it's a great idea.