[b]Intro:[/b] This is basically a retry of my previous RP based off of a manga and anime series called Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). This RP will have no ties to what happens with Eren, Mikasa, or Armin (Main Characters). You do not need to have watched the anime or read the manga to know whats going on.
[b]Story: [/b]
About a hundred years ago giant humanoid creatures called Titans began appearing with their only intention being to slaughter humans. This situation caused mankind to build a system of walls around their settlements in order to provide protection. The walls stand about 50 meters tall and consist of two walls within the outermost wall. The walls names are: Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina. There are four towns on the edges of each wall, since Titans are drawn to large concentrations of people this is where humanity's defenses can be focused.
Just five years ago, the outermost wall was breached by a Titan different than any other Titan seen before. This Titan was an armored Titan. It charged at the wall creating a hole letting in all other Titans. After it breached the wall it just disappeared. All residents that lived within Wall Maria were moved to Wall Rose, although most may have been killed.
You have just signed up to the Military camp to start your training. You may join whatever squad you want after training, except for the Military Police unless you were placed in the top ten after graduating. A poll will be held after to see who will be in the top ten.
Military[/b]'][b]The Military:[/b] The Military is humanity's defense against the Titans. The Military is divided into three squads: Scouting Legion, Stationary Guard, and Military Police. Each squad has a very important responsibility. People wishing to become any of these must be trained in a Military camp. In these camps they train you to be able to: work a 3D Maneuver Gear, fight Titans outside the walls, and fight other soldiers if need be the case. The top ten in the graduated class are qualified to be able to join the Military Police, but do not have to if they have interests in another squad.
Scouting Legion: This military squad is in charge of exploring the outside walls and reclaiming land from the Titans in hopes of recovering what has been lost. Their success rate is very low though.
Military Police: The Military Police serve as the police within the walls and also serve as the kings guards. Another duty of theirs is to monitor tax collection and land distribution. This squad also uses guns instead of swords unlike other squads. They use guns since they don't fight Titans like the other squads. Only the top ten alumni from the trainee squads can apply for Military Police.
Stationary Guard: This squad mainly focuses on protecting the wall. Anything from repairs to patrols. They spend most of their time preparing for attacks on the wall. They also prepare evacuation plans for if the wall is breached.
[b]3D Maneuver Gear: [/b]This is a set of gear that was created by humans to allow great mobility when facing Titans. It takes on the form of a harness and has two grappling hooks at each hip. It requires gas to move the user forward in the air. If you wish to go faster you must use more gas. Be careful though, most soldiers don't carry a lot of gas tanks with them.
[b]Titans:[/b] Titans look very much like giant humans without sexual organs and it is not known how they reproduce.Not much is known about Titans except that their only intent is to kill humans. Their height ranges from 3-15 meters high and there have been cases of Titans standing 60 meters tall. A Titans only known weak spot is the back of its neck, if it is sliced there it falls to the ground and disintegrates at a rather fast rate.
The Walls and Districts (extra info if you're curious)[/b]'] Wall Maria: This is the outermost wall of the kingdom. It stands 50 feet tall, and was breached about five years ago. The only district that was known within it was the Shiganshina District.
Wall Rose: This is the second outermost wall and is the current wall that most humans take residence in. Known districts within it are the: Chlorba District, Karanese District, Trost District, and Nedlay District.
Wall Sina: This is the innermost wall that protects the kingdom where the king and other citizens reside. The known districts here are the: Hermiha District, Stohess District, and Yalkell District.
[b]Rules:[/b]
The rules are simple:
-No Metagaming, Powerplaying, or Godmodding
-Age range for characters: 15-30
-If you are looking to become a Titan Shifter in the RP, I must first pick you and accept you as one.
-That's pretty much it =)
[b]Application:[/b] Name: Age: Personality: Abilities: District coming from: Squad Training For: Appearance: Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP): Suggestions?:
Desired squad: Aera would ideally join the military police, but she doubts she is skilled enough, so she is training for the Garrison.
Appearance: Aera has long, reddish-brown hair and pale blue eyes. She's 5'3" and a little chubby, as well as pretty busty.
Background: Aera's mother, Eva, was a doctor, but she spent most of her time tending to the family's garden. Aera's father, Roderich, was a drunk who brought money home without telling the family how he earned it. Roderich and Eva fought constantly. The arguments usually revolved around Roderich's drinking, gambling, and his unknown source of income.
When Aera was 5, her mother had a miscarriage and was never the same again. Aera had to take care of the garden and sell the harvest. The only times Eva left the house was when she had to work a job, which usually meant she had to tend to the wounds of the scouting legion or deliver a baby. The scouting legion's low success rate only caused Eva to become more depressed.
When Aera was 10, the armored titan penetrated wall Maria, forcing everyone to evacuate. At the time, she was outside her house, selling produce from her family's garden. The titan entered the wall on the side her house was on, so she couldn't return home to make sure her parents were okay. Aera never saw her parents again.
Aera decided to train herself to prevent as many people from being eaten by titans as she can, but she is also determined to stay alive.
Suggestions: An age cap, maybe? Like, the minimum and maximum age the character can be, and a list of accepted characters in the OP. Also, it might make applying easier if you have:
Desired squad: Aera would ideally join the military police, but she doubts she is skilled enough, so she is training for the Garrison.
Appearance: Aera has long, reddish-brown hair and pale blue eyes. She's 5'3" and a little chubby, as well as pretty busty.
Background: Aera's mother, Eva, was a doctor, but she spent most of her time tending to the family's garden. Aera's father, Roderich, was a drunk who brought money home without telling the family how he earned it. Roderich and Eva fought constantly. The arguments usually revolved around Roderich's drinking, gambling, and his unknown source of income.
When Aera was 5, her mother had a miscarriage and was never the same again. Aera had to take care of the garden and sell the harvest. The only times Eva left the house was when she had to work a job, which usually meant she had to tend to the wounds of the scouting legion or deliver a baby. The scouting legion's low success rate only caused Eva to become more depressed.
When Aera was 10, the armored titan penetrated wall Maria, forcing everyone to evacuate. At the time, she was outside her house, selling produce from her family's garden. The titan entered the wall on the side her house was on, so she couldn't return home to make sure her parents were okay. Aera never saw her parents again.
Aera decided to train herself to prevent as many people from being eaten by titans as she can, but she is also determined to stay alive.
Suggestions: An age cap, maybe? Like, the minimum and maximum age the character can be, and a list of accepted characters in the OP. Also, it might make applying easier if you have:
Hm, I haven't watched the anime yet, but I'm interested. Could you give me a bit more tips?
Since, you haven't seen the anime, you should just pretend that this is just another RP. Nothing in the anime will be copied exactly here, only major events. Most of the story will revolve around the characters. So I guess my tip to you would be to work on character development.
APPEARANCE: A large, buff and stocky white male with a crew cut hairstyle. His muscles were said to be able to lift boulders and is reported having punched titans that have invaded Wall Maria, prior to his evacuation to Wall Rose. He has a thick muscular jawline with an unkept beard that grows from the chin to his torso, and a scar that ranges from the left side of his cheek, to the right side. Due to his large muscular complexion, his running speed and maneuverability is amazingly slow; hence is not fit for the Scouting Legion.
BACKGROUND STORY:Before the fall of Wall Maria, he worked on his farm with his family and close-by relatives. The farm was located on the edges of Wall Maria, far from civilisation of any kind. The fastest route to this location was by horseback, and that takes 2-3 hours. His muscular complexion made him very useful when tending to the farm, the produce him and his family makes are sold daily at the market in Wall Maria. When the Titans had breached the Wall, he was selling his produce on the market stalls; he knew that he couldn't reach his family fast enough to save them from the Titans.
A small but speedy Titan ran towards him, and pushed him back a couple feet. The Titan rushed at him again, however this time he was ready; and charged his fist into the Titan's eyes, blinding it for a shortwhile, and then escaping after being evacuated to Wall Rose. Along the way, he joined a group that was being evacuated as well, however, the soldiers evacuated was eaten by a Titan. He told the rest of the civillians to make a dash for it to Wall Rose, and told them that he will stall them. What happened next is unknown, however; he survived the encounter, and lived to tell the tale.
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
I've watched some of the anime episodes.
Name: Sky Dusk
Age: 15
District coming from: Trost
Squad Training For: Scouting Legion
Appearance: Sha has pale skin and black hair with the ends being dyed blue. She is skinny and has purple eyes.
Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP): Not much is known about her past, but what is known is that most of her family was killed wile visiting someone in Shingasina, leaving only her father who stayed behind with her because of his work. After hearing of their deaths her father made her promise him something, to kill as many titans she can. Her father is a member of the stationary guard, and told her most of what he saw.
Suggestions?: nothing
Name: Forrest JonassenAge: 15District coming from: ShiganshinaSquad Training For: Scouting LegionAppearance: Forrest has white, silver like hair, in a messy yet neat style. He has violet eyes, and rather pale skin. He doesn't have much muscle, but some would say he was stronger than the average male teen. His height is 175 cm. Forrest has great agility skills, and is a fast runner.Backstory: Forrest's parents gave him away as a child, so he never grew up with his real parents. This didn't matter much to him anyway, as he spent most of his time outdoors, just watching the world go by. He never really had any friends, and classed himself as anti-social. He would sometimes envy the children who would run around with their friends, not a care in the world.When the time had come for the walls to be broken, Forrest was terrified. He didn't know who to run to, and could only think of his 'parents'. Once he had arrived at his house though, there wasn't even a house. He really was alone. After the Colossal Titan had attacked, Forrest focused on his physical skills. Not for any reason in particular, he just thought he would need them sooner or later, since he had made up his mind to join the Scouting Legion. After all, who would stop him? Suggestions?:N/A
NAME: Theodore 'Ted' Kartofel' AGE: 24 DISTRICT COMING FROM: Shingasina SQUAD TRAINING FOR: Stationary Guard APPEARANCE: A large, buff and stocky white male with a crew cut hairstyle. His muscles were said to be able to lift boulders and is reported having punched titans that have invaded Wall Maria, prior to his evacuation to Wall Rose. He has a thick muscular jawline with an unkept beard that grows from the chin to his torso, and a scar that ranges from the left side of his cheek, to the right side. Due to his large muscular complexion, his running speed and maneuverability is amazingly slow; hence is not fit for the Scouting Legion. BACKGROUND STORY:Before the fall of Wall Maria, he worked on his farm with his family and close-by relatives. The farm was located on the edges of Wall Maria, far from civilisation of any kind. The fastest route to this location was by horseback, and that takes 2-3 hours. His muscular complexion made him very useful when tending to the farm, the produce him and his family makes are sold daily at the market in Wall Maria. When the Titans had breached the Wall, he was selling his produce on the market stalls; he knew that he couldn't reach his family fast enough to save them from the Titans. A small but speedy Titan ran towards him, and pushed him back a couple feet. The Titan rushed at him again, however this time he was ready; and charged his fist into the Titan's eyes, blinding it for a shortwhile, and then escaping after being evacuated to Wall Rose. Along the way, he joined a group that was being evacuated as well, however, the soldiers evacuated was eaten by a Titan. He told the rest of the civillians to make a dash for it to Wall Rose, and told them that he will stall them. What happened next is unknown, however; he survived the encounter, and lived to tell the tale.
I've watched some of the anime episodes. Name: Sky Dusk Age: 15 District coming from: Trost Squad Training For: Scouting Legion Appearance: Sha has pale skin and black hair with the ends being dyed blue. She is skinny and has purple eyes. Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP): Not much is known about her past, but what is known is that most of her family was killed wile visiting someone in Shingasina, leaving only her father who stayed behind with her because of his work. After hearing of their deaths her father made her promise him something, to kill as many titans she can. Her father is a member of the stationary guard, and told her most of what he saw. Suggestions?: nothing
Application: Name: Edythe Sheridan Age: 16 District coming from: Yalkell Squad Training For: Military Police Appearance: Her hair is a lush chestnut-brown hue that is chopped down to her ears in uneven, ragged lengths when she decided to create a life of her own. She has dull jade green eyes and sparse freckles that speckle her cheeks lightly. She is of average height and weight, and tends to carry herself in a formal manner due to her upbringing. Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP):
Edythe grew up in the comfort and safety of the innermost walls in a large mansion-like house thanks to her father. Her father was a successful, yet greedy, commander of much of the commerce and trade of food rations within the Walls. With his swift aggrandizement in the economic world, he lost most of the compassion that he held when he had first sold to the poor people inhabiting the Walls. Now he charged outrageous sums to those that he could and exploited all aspects that would generate him even more revenue. He even abused the position that his wife upheld.
Edythe’s mother was one of the top 10 trainees given the option to join the Military Police and accepted the position readily. Her mother was assigned to patrol and service those living behind Wall Sina, and that is how Edythe’s mother met her father. Her mother fell in love with the sweet, honest, and generous young businessman trying to make a living by supporting those that were in dire need of food rations. Nowadays, that sweet businessman runs around doing anything that he can to earn more and more money; even going as far as to force his wife into illegally fudging the numbers in the tax collection books to cut back on taxes placed upon the family and company.
With the change in attitude towards her mother and his customers, her father also enforced stricter rules on Edythe. Being an only child with parents who valued work over spending time with their child, Edythe was at first allowed to roam wherever she desired within the confines of Wall Sina due to the lack of supervision. She would visit the other children daily and play in the grassy areas. Sometimes she would try to peak into the surrounding district, but would be ushered away by guards or traveling merchants that passed through the gates.
By the age of 7, her father began hiring tutors and instructors to teach her the refined arts and basic education. Whereas this was a privilege desired by many, it was more of a shackle latched onto Edythe. She preferred her unrestricted freedom over being forced to attend lessons. Some days Edythe would sneak out of her lessons and play with the other children. As soon as her father caught wind of such disrespectful actions, she was placed under strict supervision by a nanny and locked in her room. All of her necessities were brought to her along with several more tutors and various instructors. She tried to talk reason to her parents that her freedom to roam around the city provided her with much more knowledge and life experience than learning from tutors.
Eventually her pent up frustration got the best of her, so she scaled down from her bedroom window by a series of knotted sheets and other fabrics and wandered about the city until she was swept up into the flow of people exiting the Yalkell District and flowing into one of the districts behind Wall Rose. At that time, there was an outbreak within the crowd about the unfair and unjust prices of the food rations supplied by her father’s company. Edythe, at first appalled by their cruel words and ready to stand up for her father, soon opened her eyes and absorbed the reality of the impoverished people that had lost their homes and loved ones to the Titans and could barely get by, much less purchase such overpriced food.
Upon returning home, she confronted her father about what she witnessed after he finished lecturing her on how irresponsible she had been. His reply of, “Sometimes we have to step on others to protect what we cherish most”, displeased her so greatly that she vowed to becoming the driving force against her father and the corruption that he had left in his wake.
After years of putting up with boring lessons, she was molded and shaped into an exceptionally brilliant woman in academic standards, or so she was told, before she devised another plan of escape. On one of those rare days in which she was allowed out into the city for a planned educational trip, she slipped away from her supervisors and filed off into the crowds. She retrieved a small kitchen knife from her back and chopped off her hair into ragged, random assortment down to her ears to mark the day that she would change from the dutiful child to the rebellious emissary of change.
She joined the Military Camp in hopes of joining the Military Police.
Suggestions?: I believe that you should carry over the rule that people that want to be
humans that transform into titans
should talk to you before putting it in their application.
Appearance: A thin yet fit build standing at 5'6" with long dirty blond hair that's often kept in a single tight braid. Her skins fairly tanned and her hands are covered with small scars so she often wears gloves. Her eyes are hazel. She also wears a black bandanna hanging around the front of her neck.
Backstory:
Laraine was born and raised in Karanese and has never left it until now. Her parents were diligent workers who were devoted to their job in the factory, their life line as time was tough. At first everything was ok and the family situation was alright. Her parents would bring home toys made of scrap parts when they could, they would read the few books they owned to her and do other general family stuff that someone in her situation could do. She was allowed to move around the town but she mostly just stayed at home drawing out strange little inventions she imagined, trying to make them as realistic as possible but not as well supplied to make it possible, or played around with the birds in the front yard, often marveling at how free they were to go wherever they wanted. It was a nice, yet poor life.
It changed a bit when she was about nine and times got tough. She was forced to work in the same factory as her parents, adding parts to 3DMG and other machinery one by one. Her father had become more irritable and started to push Lara around, your general domestic violence. He beat her when she cried, when she was too childish around their superiors at work, or really anytime that he was upset. This hardened to the point where she barely showed any emotion around people. She did enjoy her job; though, because she finally found out how everything worked together, which allowed her to make her little doodles more realistic.
Now most would assume she joined the military training squad to get a better life in the Millitary Police, or just to get away from her abusive situations, but no. She joined it to be able to improve the Maneuver Gear she loved to work with so dearly and slightly because she enjoyed the thought of being able to be free of the walls trapping humans progress. Her father was furious of course when she told him she was going to join, he'd beaten her senseless giving her a black eye and several bruises, but he didn't stop her when she walked out the door. He only shouted "You must have a death wish if you wish to leave your secure life behind!" To which she replied, "Yes, I actually do. I want to die outside the walls, free like an ugly pigeon rather than a trapped canary."
Appearance (and personality, somewhat): Orange hair with a small patch of what appears to be light grey, singed hair on the right side of her face, skinny by appearance and much shorter than most her age, standing at a whopping 4.9 feet. she studies everything her eyes cross with some intent, seemingly interested in every small detail she sees. however, despite this, she is not actually that interested, and this shows in that she has a short memory, and a short attention span, preferring to talk rather than be talked to.
Backstory: Though she mostly keeps to herself, the one thing she does let others know is that she does not like her family. Born in a rich family inside the walls of Rose in the Utopia district, she was disdainful of most other people until she was present to the treatment the police gave lower citizens after the fall of Shiganshina district and wall Maria. She was disgusted, and after a week of this, began to question her own existence, and the value of life inside the walls. Her family tried to sway her, but she escaped from home to join the military, planning to join the Scouting Legion and pay back the lower classes for being born into such a rich caste, believing that the true wealth of humanity was in it's struggles and it's will to survive, not in it's material accomplishments.
Note: this is not her entire background, the rest is to be developed as fitting to the character's actions (I tend to develop a single personality for each character I make, and I don't want to have to explain it wrongly through a false background)
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We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
((I'm not sure how I should post, so i'll wait until someone else makes an ic post until I do.))
((even though I don't yet know if I'm even in this thing, have some inspirational music to inspire you to do inspiring things in this group of aspiring RPers who inspire eachothers to inspire - you get the picture ^-^; ))
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We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
((I've been role playing for five years, the first few being on a forum filled with people acting like a grammar police, to put it nicely. I just like people posting before me so that I can use it like an example like I do with apps sometimes, or else it might end up being confusing.))
((I've been role playing for five years, the first few being on a forum filled with people acting like a grammar police, to put it nicely. I just like people posting before me so that I can use it like an example like I do with apps sometimes, or else it might end up being confusing.))
((I know what you mean, I'm the exact same, maybe that's the problem, actually - too many people who like to go after others so they know the groove of the RP))
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We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
Appearance (and personality, somewhat): Orange hair with a small patch of what appears to be light grey, singed hair on the right side of her face, skinny by appearance and much shorter than most her age, standing at a whopping 4.9 feet. she studies everything her eyes cross with some intent, seemingly interested in every small detail she sees. however, despite this, she is not actually that interested, and this shows in that she has a short memory, and a short attention span, preferring to talk rather than be talked to.
Backstory: Though she mostly keeps to herself, the one thing she does let others know is that she does not like her family. Born in a rich family inside the walls of Rose in the Utopia district, she was disdainful of most other people until she was present to the treatment the police gave lower citizens after the fall of Shiganshina district and wall Maria. She was disgusted, and after a week of this, began to question her own existence, and the value of life inside the walls. Her family tried to sway her, but she escaped from home to join the military, planning to join the Scouting Legion and pay back the lower classes for being born into such a rich caste, believing that the true wealth of humanity was in it's struggles and it's will to survive, not in it's material accomplishments.
Note: this is not her entire background, the rest is to be developed as fitting to the character's actions (I tend to develop a single personality for each character I make, and I don't want to have to explain it wrongly through a false background)
Application:
Name: Edythe Sheridan
Age: 16
District coming from: Yalkell
Squad Training For: Military Police
Appearance: Her hair is a lush chestnut-brown hue that is chopped down to her ears in uneven, ragged lengths when she decided to create a life of her own. She has dull jade green eyes and sparse freckles that speckle her cheeks lightly. She is of average height and weight, and tends to carry herself in a formal manner due to her upbringing.
Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP):
Edythe grew up in the comfort and safety of the innermost walls in a large mansion-like house thanks to her father. Her father was a successful, yet greedy, commander of much of the commerce and trade of food rations within the Walls. With his swift aggrandizement in the economic world, he lost most of the compassion that he held when he had first sold to the poor people inhabiting the Walls. Now he charged outrageous sums to those that he could and exploited all aspects that would generate him even more revenue. He even abused the position that his wife upheld.
Edythe’s mother was one of the top 10 trainees given the option to join the Military Police and accepted the position readily. Her mother was assigned to patrol and service those living behind Wall Sina, and that is how Edythe’s mother met her father. Her mother fell in love with the sweet, honest, and generous young businessman trying to make a living by supporting those that were in dire need of food rations. Nowadays, that sweet businessman runs around doing anything that he can to earn more and more money; even going as far as to force his wife into illegally fudging the numbers in the tax collection books to cut back on taxes placed upon the family and company.
With the change in attitude towards her mother and his customers, her father also enforced stricter rules on Edythe. Being an only child with parents who valued work over spending time with their child, Edythe was at first allowed to roam wherever she desired within the confines of Wall Sina due to the lack of supervision. She would visit the other children daily and play in the grassy areas. Sometimes she would try to peak into the surrounding district, but would be ushered away by guards or traveling merchants that passed through the gates.
By the age of 7, her father began hiring tutors and instructors to teach her the refined arts and basic education. Whereas this was a privilege desired by many, it was more of a shackle latched onto Edythe. She preferred her unrestricted freedom over being forced to attend lessons. Some days Edythe would sneak out of her lessons and play with the other children. As soon as her father caught wind of such disrespectful actions, she was placed under strict supervision by a nanny and locked in her room. All of her necessities were brought to her along with several more tutors and various instructors. She tried to talk reason to her parents that her freedom to roam around the city provided her with much more knowledge and life experience than learning from tutors.
Eventually her pent up frustration got the best of her, so she scaled down from her bedroom window by a series of knotted sheets and other fabrics and wandered about the city until she was swept up into the flow of people exiting the Yalkell District and flowing into one of the districts behind Wall Rose. At that time, there was an outbreak within the crowd about the unfair and unjust prices of the food rations supplied by her father’s company. Edythe, at first appalled by their cruel words and ready to stand up for her father, soon opened her eyes and absorbed the reality of the impoverished people that had lost their homes and loved ones to the Titans and could barely get by, much less purchase such overpriced food.
Upon returning home, she confronted her father about what she witnessed after he finished lecturing her on how irresponsible she had been. His reply of, “Sometimes we have to step on others to protect what we cherish most”, displeased her so greatly that she vowed to becoming the driving force against her father and the corruption that he had left in his wake.
After years of putting up with boring lessons, she was molded and shaped into an exceptionally brilliant woman in academic standards, or so she was told, before she devised another plan of escape. On one of those rare days in which she was allowed out into the city for a planned educational trip, she slipped away from her supervisors and filed off into the crowds. She retrieved a small kitchen knife from her back and chopped off her hair into ragged, random assortment down to her ears to mark the day that she would change from the dutiful child to the rebellious emissary of change.
She joined the Military Camp in hopes of joining the Military Police.
Suggestions?: I believe that you should carry over the rule that people that want to be
humans that transform into titans
should talk to you before putting it in their application.
Appearance: A thin yet fit build standing at 5'6" with long dirty blond hair that's often kept in a single tight braid. Her skins fairly tanned and her hands are covered with small scars so she often wears gloves. Her eyes are hazel. She also wears a black bandanna hanging around the front of her neck.
Backstory:
Laraine was born and raised in Karanese and has never left it until now. Her parents were diligent workers who were devoted to their job in the factory, their life line as time was tough. At first everything was ok and the family situation was alright. Her parents would bring home toys made of scrap parts when they could, they would read the few books they owned to her and do other general family stuff that someone in her situation could do. She was allowed to move around the town but she mostly just stayed at home drawing out strange little inventions she imagined, trying to make them as realistic as possible but not as well supplied to make it possible, or played around with the birds in the front yard, often marveling at how free they were to go wherever they wanted. It was a nice, yet poor life.
It changed a bit when she was about nine and times got tough. She was forced to work in the same factory as her parents, adding parts to 3DMG and other machinery one by one. Her father had become more irritable and started to push Lara around, your general domestic violence. He beat her when she cried, when she was too childish around their superiors at work, or really anytime that he was upset. This hardened to the point where she barely showed any emotion around people. She did enjoy her job; though, because she finally found out how everything worked together, which allowed her to make her little doodles more realistic.
Now most would assume she joined the military training squad to get a better life in the Millitary Police, or just to get away from her abusive situations, but no. She joined it to be able to improve the Maneuver Gear she loved to work with so dearly and slightly because she enjoyed the thought of being able to be free of the walls trapping humans progress. Her father was furious of course when she told him she was going to join, he'd beaten her senseless giving her a black eye and several bruises, but he didn't stop her when she walked out the door. He only shouted "You must have a death wish if you wish to leave your secure life behind!" To which she replied, "Yes, I actually do. I want to die outside the walls, free like an ugly pigeon rather than a trapped canary."
Suggestions?:Nope
((Sorry for being absent for a while, but I accept your applications.))
((Actually, I have a suggestion, but this might be a little ahead of myself here...
in addition to those who *want* to be titans, you could make it a surprise for each role-player (at least, those whose characters don't know they are Titans). I personally, seriously don't know if I want to be a shifter or not, and I was juggling wanting to PM you and not PM you about it, as I didn't know if I wanted to be one or not. In addition in addition, until the players know who the titan is, you could have a separate editable google doc or some such for the shifters to write in their titan forms so you can narrate their actions, as the more surprising it is who the shifters are, the more immersive the RP will be.
Again, don't know if I'm getting waaaaay ahead of myself, so I'll stop now, but thank you for reading this :3 ))
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We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
((Lol, this RP isn't going anywhere with the current state its in. Maybe I should start?))
Today, I woke up within the dark, damp sewers of Wall Rose. Insufficient torches barely light up the sewers. Next to me was a cooking spit with a charred rat on it, tied by a rope to the pole which it resides. How it disgusts me to see what I am now eating after just 5 years of Titans. Of course, I was not alone on this ordeal. Many other refugees who couldn't find employment began to occupy the sewers as their new, permanent home. Lifting my weight, up and standing up front; I nearly fell down to the water after slightly slipping on hay. Today is the day that marked the first time I will be joining the military to fend off the Titans. Today is the day that I will make a difference. I navigated my way to the ladders, while passing by an abundant number of homeless people, clinging onto whatever was most important to them that they still have now. Either way, thats not my problem. After finally finding the ladder, I attached myself to it and started to climb my way outside onto the Trost District of Wall Rose.
As I climbed my way out of the sinkhole, I had found myself within the Market area of Trost. The amount of people sharing a cramped living space was very disturbing. As the sun's blazing heat shower my body, I make my way to the meeting point for all new trainees.
((Lets introduce our characters to each first! Whatcha say?))
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;
Flore looks around at all the people, trying to discern the ones joining out of poverty, and the ones joining because it's the right thing to do. She looks at the massive amount of people joining with an essence of fear behind their eyes, as if they only half know what they've gotten themselves into. Flore shakes her head sadly, feeling somewhat guilty for having belonged to a rich family whilst so many others suffer.
Her eyes rest on Theodore, and she seems somewhat surprised at the sense of purpose behind his eyes as she makes her way towards him, curious, but shy, sticking to the background and keeping to herself, but following him none-the-less as he makes his way across the market area, her eyes widening at his scar.
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We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
[b]Story: [/b]
About a hundred years ago giant humanoid creatures called Titans began appearing with their only intention being to slaughter humans. This situation caused mankind to build a system of walls around their settlements in order to provide protection. The walls stand about 50 meters tall and consist of two walls within the outermost wall. The walls names are: Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina. There are four towns on the edges of each wall, since Titans are drawn to large concentrations of people this is where humanity's defenses can be focused.
Just five years ago, the outermost wall was breached by a Titan different than any other Titan seen before. This Titan was an armored Titan. It charged at the wall creating a hole letting in all other Titans. After it breached the wall it just disappeared. All residents that lived within Wall Maria were moved to Wall Rose, although most may have been killed.
You have just signed up to the Military camp to start your training. You may join whatever squad you want after training, except for the Military Police unless you were placed in the top ten after graduating. A poll will be held after to see who will be in the top ten.
Scouting Legion: This military squad is in charge of exploring the outside walls and reclaiming land from the Titans in hopes of recovering what has been lost. Their success rate is very low though.
Military Police: The Military Police serve as the police within the walls and also serve as the kings guards. Another duty of theirs is to monitor tax collection and land distribution. This squad also uses guns instead of swords unlike other squads. They use guns since they don't fight Titans like the other squads. Only the top ten alumni from the trainee squads can apply for Military Police.
Stationary Guard: This squad mainly focuses on protecting the wall. Anything from repairs to patrols. They spend most of their time preparing for attacks on the wall. They also prepare evacuation plans for if the wall is breached.
[b]3D Maneuver Gear: [/b]This is a set of gear that was created by humans to allow great mobility when facing Titans. It takes on the form of a harness and has two grappling hooks at each hip. It requires gas to move the user forward in the air. If you wish to go faster you must use more gas. Be careful though, most soldiers don't carry a lot of gas tanks with them.
[b]Titans:[/b] Titans look very much like giant humans without sexual organs and it is not known how they reproduce.Not much is known about Titans except that their only intent is to kill humans. Their height ranges from 3-15 meters high and there have been cases of Titans standing 60 meters tall. A Titans only known weak spot is the back of its neck, if it is sliced there it falls to the ground and disintegrates at a rather fast rate.
Wall Maria: This is the outermost wall of the kingdom. It stands 50 feet tall, and was breached about five years ago. The only district that was known within it was the Shiganshina District.
Wall Rose: This is the second outermost wall and is the current wall that most humans take residence in. Known districts within it are the: Chlorba District, Karanese District, Trost District, and Nedlay District.
Wall Sina: This is the innermost wall that protects the kingdom where the king and other citizens reside. The known districts here are the: Hermiha District, Stohess District, and Yalkell District.
[b]Rules:[/b]
The rules are simple:
-No Metagaming, Powerplaying, or Godmodding
-Age range for characters: 15-30
-If you are looking to become a Titan Shifter in the RP, I must first pick you and accept you as one.
-That's pretty much it =)
[b]Application:[/b]
Name:
Age:
Personality:
Abilities:
District coming from:
Squad Training For:
Appearance:
Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP):
Suggestions?:
Age: 15
District of origin: Shiganshina
Desired squad: Aera would ideally join the military police, but she doubts she is skilled enough, so she is training for the Garrison.
Appearance: Aera has long, reddish-brown hair and pale blue eyes. She's 5'3" and a little chubby, as well as pretty busty.
Background: Aera's mother, Eva, was a doctor, but she spent most of her time tending to the family's garden. Aera's father, Roderich, was a drunk who brought money home without telling the family how he earned it. Roderich and Eva fought constantly. The arguments usually revolved around Roderich's drinking, gambling, and his unknown source of income.
When Aera was 5, her mother had a miscarriage and was never the same again. Aera had to take care of the garden and sell the harvest. The only times Eva left the house was when she had to work a job, which usually meant she had to tend to the wounds of the scouting legion or deliver a baby. The scouting legion's low success rate only caused Eva to become more depressed.
When Aera was 10, the armored titan penetrated wall Maria, forcing everyone to evacuate. At the time, she was outside her house, selling produce from her family's garden. The titan entered the wall on the side her house was on, so she couldn't return home to make sure her parents were okay. Aera never saw her parents again.
Aera decided to train herself to prevent as many people from being eaten by titans as she can, but she is also determined to stay alive.
Suggestions: An age cap, maybe? Like, the minimum and maximum age the character can be, and a list of accepted characters in the OP. Also, it might make applying easier if you have:
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<- Please. ._.
Accepted, and thanks for all the suggestions because there is always room for improvement. I will take them into consideration.
Since, you haven't seen the anime, you should just pretend that this is just another RP. Nothing in the anime will be copied exactly here, only major events. Most of the story will revolve around the characters. So I guess my tip to you would be to work on character development.
AGE: 24
DISTRICT COMING FROM: Shingasina
SQUAD TRAINING FOR: Stationary Guard
APPEARANCE: A large, buff and stocky white male with a crew cut hairstyle. His muscles were said to be able to lift boulders and is reported having punched titans that have invaded Wall Maria, prior to his evacuation to Wall Rose. He has a thick muscular jawline with an unkept beard that grows from the chin to his torso, and a scar that ranges from the left side of his cheek, to the right side. Due to his large muscular complexion, his running speed and maneuverability is amazingly slow; hence is not fit for the Scouting Legion.
BACKGROUND STORY:Before the fall of Wall Maria, he worked on his farm with his family and close-by relatives. The farm was located on the edges of Wall Maria, far from civilisation of any kind. The fastest route to this location was by horseback, and that takes 2-3 hours. His muscular complexion made him very useful when tending to the farm, the produce him and his family makes are sold daily at the market in Wall Maria. When the Titans had breached the Wall, he was selling his produce on the market stalls; he knew that he couldn't reach his family fast enough to save them from the Titans.
A small but speedy Titan ran towards him, and pushed him back a couple feet. The Titan rushed at him again, however this time he was ready; and charged his fist into the Titan's eyes, blinding it for a shortwhile, and then escaping after being evacuated to Wall Rose. Along the way, he joined a group that was being evacuated as well, however, the soldiers evacuated was eaten by a Titan. He told the rest of the civillians to make a dash for it to Wall Rose, and told them that he will stall them. What happened next is unknown, however; he survived the encounter, and lived to tell the tale.
Name: Sky Dusk
Age: 15
District coming from: Trost
Squad Training For: Scouting Legion
Appearance: Sha has pale skin and black hair with the ends being dyed blue. She is skinny and has purple eyes.
Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP): Not much is known about her past, but what is known is that most of her family was killed wile visiting someone in Shingasina, leaving only her father who stayed behind with her because of his work. After hearing of their deaths her father made her promise him something, to kill as many titans she can. Her father is a member of the stationary guard, and told her most of what he saw.
Suggestions?: nothing
((All Accepted and you may start when you like.))
Name: Edythe Sheridan
Age: 16
District coming from: Yalkell
Squad Training For: Military Police
Appearance: Her hair is a lush chestnut-brown hue that is chopped down to her ears in uneven, ragged lengths when she decided to create a life of her own. She has dull jade green eyes and sparse freckles that speckle her cheeks lightly. She is of average height and weight, and tends to carry herself in a formal manner due to her upbringing.
Backstory(Optional if you want it to be found out in the RP):
Edythe grew up in the comfort and safety of the innermost walls in a large mansion-like house thanks to her father. Her father was a successful, yet greedy, commander of much of the commerce and trade of food rations within the Walls. With his swift aggrandizement in the economic world, he lost most of the compassion that he held when he had first sold to the poor people inhabiting the Walls. Now he charged outrageous sums to those that he could and exploited all aspects that would generate him even more revenue. He even abused the position that his wife upheld.
Edythe’s mother was one of the top 10 trainees given the option to join the Military Police and accepted the position readily. Her mother was assigned to patrol and service those living behind Wall Sina, and that is how Edythe’s mother met her father. Her mother fell in love with the sweet, honest, and generous young businessman trying to make a living by supporting those that were in dire need of food rations. Nowadays, that sweet businessman runs around doing anything that he can to earn more and more money; even going as far as to force his wife into illegally fudging the numbers in the tax collection books to cut back on taxes placed upon the family and company.
With the change in attitude towards her mother and his customers, her father also enforced stricter rules on Edythe. Being an only child with parents who valued work over spending time with their child, Edythe was at first allowed to roam wherever she desired within the confines of Wall Sina due to the lack of supervision. She would visit the other children daily and play in the grassy areas. Sometimes she would try to peak into the surrounding district, but would be ushered away by guards or traveling merchants that passed through the gates.
By the age of 7, her father began hiring tutors and instructors to teach her the refined arts and basic education. Whereas this was a privilege desired by many, it was more of a shackle latched onto Edythe. She preferred her unrestricted freedom over being forced to attend lessons. Some days Edythe would sneak out of her lessons and play with the other children. As soon as her father caught wind of such disrespectful actions, she was placed under strict supervision by a nanny and locked in her room. All of her necessities were brought to her along with several more tutors and various instructors. She tried to talk reason to her parents that her freedom to roam around the city provided her with much more knowledge and life experience than learning from tutors.
Eventually her pent up frustration got the best of her, so she scaled down from her bedroom window by a series of knotted sheets and other fabrics and wandered about the city until she was swept up into the flow of people exiting the Yalkell District and flowing into one of the districts behind Wall Rose. At that time, there was an outbreak within the crowd about the unfair and unjust prices of the food rations supplied by her father’s company. Edythe, at first appalled by their cruel words and ready to stand up for her father, soon opened her eyes and absorbed the reality of the impoverished people that had lost their homes and loved ones to the Titans and could barely get by, much less purchase such overpriced food.
Upon returning home, she confronted her father about what she witnessed after he finished lecturing her on how irresponsible she had been. His reply of, “Sometimes we have to step on others to protect what we cherish most”, displeased her so greatly that she vowed to becoming the driving force against her father and the corruption that he had left in his wake.
After years of putting up with boring lessons, she was molded and shaped into an exceptionally brilliant woman in academic standards, or so she was told, before she devised another plan of escape. On one of those rare days in which she was allowed out into the city for a planned educational trip, she slipped away from her supervisors and filed off into the crowds. She retrieved a small kitchen knife from her back and chopped off her hair into ragged, random assortment down to her ears to mark the day that she would change from the dutiful child to the rebellious emissary of change.
She joined the Military Camp in hopes of joining the Military Police.
Suggestions?: I believe that you should carry over the rule that people that want to be
Age: 16
District coming from: Karanese
Squad Training For: Scouting Legion
Appearance: A thin yet fit build standing at 5'6" with long dirty blond hair that's often kept in a single tight braid. Her skins fairly tanned and her hands are covered with small scars so she often wears gloves. Her eyes are hazel. She also wears a black bandanna hanging around the front of her neck.
Backstory:
Laraine was born and raised in Karanese and has never left it until now. Her parents were diligent workers who were devoted to their job in the factory, their life line as time was tough. At first everything was ok and the family situation was alright. Her parents would bring home toys made of scrap parts when they could, they would read the few books they owned to her and do other general family stuff that someone in her situation could do. She was allowed to move around the town but she mostly just stayed at home drawing out strange little inventions she imagined, trying to make them as realistic as possible but not as well supplied to make it possible, or played around with the birds in the front yard, often marveling at how free they were to go wherever they wanted. It was a nice, yet poor life.
It changed a bit when she was about nine and times got tough. She was forced to work in the same factory as her parents, adding parts to 3DMG and other machinery one by one. Her father had become more irritable and started to push Lara around, your general domestic violence. He beat her when she cried, when she was too childish around their superiors at work, or really anytime that he was upset. This hardened to the point where she barely showed any emotion around people. She did enjoy her job; though, because she finally found out how everything worked together, which allowed her to make her little doodles more realistic.
Now most would assume she joined the military training squad to get a better life in the Millitary Police, or just to get away from her abusive situations, but no. She joined it to be able to improve the Maneuver Gear she loved to work with so dearly and slightly because she enjoyed the thought of being able to be free of the walls trapping humans progress. Her father was furious of course when she told him she was going to join, he'd beaten her senseless giving her a black eye and several bruises, but he didn't stop her when she walked out the door. He only shouted "You must have a death wish if you wish to leave your secure life behind!" To which she replied, "Yes, I actually do. I want to die outside the walls, free like an ugly pigeon rather than a trapped canary."
Suggestions?:Nope
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Name: Flore Noctis
Age: 16
District coming from: Utopia District
Squad Training For: Scouting Legion
Appearance (and personality, somewhat): Orange hair with a small patch of what appears to be light grey, singed hair on the right side of her face, skinny by appearance and much shorter than most her age, standing at a whopping 4.9 feet. she studies everything her eyes cross with some intent, seemingly interested in every small detail she sees. however, despite this, she is not actually that interested, and this shows in that she has a short memory, and a short attention span, preferring to talk rather than be talked to.
Backstory: Though she mostly keeps to herself, the one thing she does let others know is that she does not like her family. Born in a rich family inside the walls of Rose in the Utopia district, she was disdainful of most other people until she was present to the treatment the police gave lower citizens after the fall of Shiganshina district and wall Maria. She was disgusted, and after a week of this, began to question her own existence, and the value of life inside the walls. Her family tried to sway her, but she escaped from home to join the military, planning to join the Scouting Legion and pay back the lower classes for being born into such a rich caste, believing that the true wealth of humanity was in it's struggles and it's will to survive, not in it's material accomplishments.
Note: this is not her entire background, the rest is to be developed as fitting to the character's actions (I tend to develop a single personality for each character I make, and I don't want to have to explain it wrongly through a false background)
We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
((even though I don't yet know if I'm even in this thing, have some inspirational music to inspire you to do inspiring things in this group of aspiring RPers who inspire eachothers to inspire - you get the picture ^-^; ))
We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
((I know what you mean, I'm the exact same, maybe that's the problem, actually - too many people who like to go after others so they know the groove of the RP))
We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
((Sorry for being absent for a while, but I accept your applications.))
We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
in addition to those who *want* to be titans, you could make it a surprise for each role-player (at least, those whose characters don't know they are Titans). I personally, seriously don't know if I want to be a shifter or not, and I was juggling wanting to PM you and not PM you about it, as I didn't know if I wanted to be one or not. In addition in addition, until the players know who the titan is, you could have a separate editable google doc or some such for the shifters to write in their titan forms so you can narrate their actions, as the more surprising it is who the shifters are, the more immersive the RP will be.
Again, don't know if I'm getting waaaaay ahead of myself, so I'll stop now, but thank you for reading this :3 ))
We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.
Today, I woke up within the dark, damp sewers of Wall Rose. Insufficient torches barely light up the sewers. Next to me was a cooking spit with a charred rat on it, tied by a rope to the pole which it resides. How it disgusts me to see what I am now eating after just 5 years of Titans. Of course, I was not alone on this ordeal. Many other refugees who couldn't find employment began to occupy the sewers as their new, permanent home. Lifting my weight, up and standing up front; I nearly fell down to the water after slightly slipping on hay. Today is the day that marked the first time I will be joining the military to fend off the Titans. Today is the day that I will make a difference. I navigated my way to the ladders, while passing by an abundant number of homeless people, clinging onto whatever was most important to them that they still have now. Either way, thats not my problem. After finally finding the ladder, I attached myself to it and started to climb my way outside onto the Trost District of Wall Rose.
As I climbed my way out of the sinkhole, I had found myself within the Market area of Trost. The amount of people sharing a cramped living space was very disturbing. As the sun's blazing heat shower my body, I make my way to the meeting point for all new trainees.
((Lets introduce our characters to each first! Whatcha say?))
Her eyes rest on Theodore, and she seems somewhat surprised at the sense of purpose behind his eyes as she makes her way towards him, curious, but shy, sticking to the background and keeping to herself, but following him none-the-less as he makes his way across the market area, her eyes widening at his scar.
We are cursed, hexed, to never be able to understand the reason for our existence.
I make my own reasons.