[Sign Ups] The Elemental Chronicles Series

[Amizon]

THE STORY

Ancient Egypt, 1985 BC

Political authority became less centralized in Ancient Egypt. It was a time of uncertainty. Fearing that Amenemhat the First was losing his grip, the religious cult known as the Dynasty of Ra rebelled against him and gathered the six elements of the earth together – fire, water, lightning, ice, air and earth – to seal away into the Book of Osiris, which would reactivate the elements when opened. The Dynasty was eventually discovered and charged with treason, but the Book was buried alongside the Dynasty’s master, Ramses.

London, 2010 AD

The Book of Osiris was long forgotten for thousands of years … until now. It was discovered by Timothy Williams, an archaeologist, on a trip to the Ancient Egyptian ruins in 1950. Pleased with his finding, he kept the Book in the Williams Mansion, never told anyone and researched it in secret, but never dared to open it.

Sixty years on and ten years after his death, six people find their fates intertwined, as Williams’ descendant opens the Book and they are Marked with the elements, depending which one suits their personality. After the light engulfs them, they pass out … only to find that they are in an unknown facility at an unknown location. Clearly remembering what happened to them, they soon discover the government does not want them to ever leave. The elements are supposedly dangerous and could destroy the world.

But since when did a bunch of young people become so vicious, anyway?

RULES

No powerplaying or godmodding. I cannot stress this enough. You should know not to take control of anyone else’s character apart from your own and not to be almighty either. You may have an element in this, but you cannot be stronger than any other of the Elementals. You can still fight other Elementals, but no one can win or lose. They’ll always be draws. The elements are on the same level. So that means no killing each other either.

If you want an element, you must PM me first. It only seems fair, considering that first one to post doesn’t seem right. Others may want the element and might not be able to get on at the time. Plus, it’s important to get the right element you want. So once you request an element and get it, there’s no going back and changing your mind. A list of who has what element will be up in this post.

Once your element has been finalised, you must include it towards the end of the History section and mention the coincidental meeting at the Williams Mansion because it is there where you gained it in the first place. The rest of the History is entirely up to you. Make it how you see it.

You may use IC (In Character) and OOC (Out Of Character) in the main RP thread. However, try to keep OOC to a minimum and if it’s longer than needed, it’s best just putting it in the sign-up thread to keep things tidy. So more IC and less OOC right there for you, folks.

Literacy is a must, but it doesn’t have to be entirely perfect. It just has to be understandable enough, so there are no communication problems between everyone else. If you post a certain part in a different language, could you please translate at the same time in your IC or OOC? Thanks.

ELEMENTS

Taking on an element is no easy task. Whoever is to open the Book of Osiris unleashes the six elements, which date back to the Ancient Egyptian times. Each element enters the host they deem to be worthy of their power and depends on their personality suiting that particular element, too. It hits the first six worthy hosts and remains in there for the rest of their lives. Ramses, master of the Dynasty of Ra, hid the elements in there when he felt Amenemhat the First was losing his grip over the political stability of Ancient Egypt. He knew the elements were dangerous and weapons of mass destruction, so he killed himself and the Book was buried with him. Whatever element a host has is entirely their responsibility.

Fire
This originates from the Sekhmet, the God of fire and war. The host that bears this element has a quick temper, suffers from loss of control and is prone to being angrier than the others. The following effects include his or her temperature rises far beyond that of an ordinary human, creation and manipulation of fire, changing the temperature in the room, summoning fireballs and engulfing their entire body on fire. Once self-controlled, the host could go up to even the power of Sekhmet.

Water
This originates from Nu, the God of waters and the abyss. The host that bears this element is generally calmer, feels a deep connection with the water and is perhaps the best swimmer in the world. The following effects include his or her temperature being cooler than that of an ordinary human, creation and manipulation of water, breathing underwater and the power to summon the mightiest of oceans. Once self-controlled, the host could go up to even the power of Nu.

Lightning
This originates from Reseph, God of plague and war. The host that bears this element is full of fun, more energetic than usual and does not tire out as easily. The following effects include creation and manipulation of lightning, manipulation of electrical devices, charging of electrical devices, absorption of lightning and electricity as well as the power to summon both together for a terrifying attack. Once self-controlled, the host could go up to even the power of Reseph.

Ice
This originates from Chione, the Goddess of ice and beauty. The host that bears this element is more closed off from everyone else, liking to keep to themselves and not caring much for anyone else’s problems. The following effects include creation and manipulation of ice, his or her temperature drops significantly more than the ordinary human, freezing anything or anyone around her, changing the temperature in the room and turning their own body into ice. Once self-controlled, the host could go up to even the power of Chione.

Air
This originates from Shu, God of the wind and air. The host that bears this element is free-spirited, looks to the skies for freedom and is the most peaceful of the elements. The following effects include creation and manipulation of air, flying freely to defy the laws of gravity and controlling natural air-based disasters. Once self-controlled, the host could go up to even the power of Shu.

Earth
This originates from Wadjet, Goddess of the earth. The host that bears this element is more level-headed, thinks things through more and tends to care more about the planet. The following effects include creation and manipulation of the earth, causing earthquakes and manipulation of the lifecycle of earthbound beings. Once self-controlled, the host could go up to even the power of Wadjet.

TEMPLATE

Name
Age
Gender
Nationality
Personality
Element
Appearance
History
Theme

ELEMENT HOSTS

Fire - David Park (Klonoa)
Water - ???? (Atemis)
Lightning - Danielle "Dani" Murray (Faith Crest)
Ice - ???? (Snow Villiers)
Air - Jacob "Jake" Mccarthy (Mitsuru Kirijo)
Earth - Kyle Ikonomou (Squee)

OTHER CHARACTERS

N/A​

 

[Amizon]

Name
Danielle “Dani” Murray

Age
20

Gender
Female

Nationality
English

Personality
Dani is usually bright and fun to be around since she can turn a lot of people’s sad faces into smiles. A free spirit, she is optimistic and determined. However, she can have a serious side – this is partly due to the army training she went through, straight from finishing secondary school. Anyone would look up at her to be the team leader since she can see two sides of an argument and settle it quicker than anyone else.

As a soldier, she is automatically polite, respectful, obedient and intellectual. However, she uses her cheerfulness in front of everyone else as a ploy to distract them – and even herself – from the pain of losing her parents. Their deaths were very influential in shaping Dani’s personality. If anything, Dani prefers to hide behind a façade of positivity instead of directly confronting her true feelings. She is very strongly opposed to negative situations and will do whatever she can to make it better.

She has a reputation for being the shining beacon of light within her regiment and generally a sweet girl – pleasant, caring and eager to help others. Dani is exceptionally close to her younger brother, Matt, who is six years younger than her, and constantly worries over his welfare – even though her Aunt Rachel is his legal guardian. She has even retaliated furiously against bullies at his boarding school, showing that she has a vicious temper.

This does not necessarily make her a bad person, although since then early signs of ruthlessness have began to show. Insecure and unable to express herself properly, it only leaves Dani to dwell on the positive things around her to forget her problems, even if temporarily.

Element
Lightning

Appearance
Dani stands tall at 5’10”, has long blonde hair that she usually prefers to tie back in a ponytail and piercing blue eyes. She is often underestimated with her skinny physique since her army training has made her stronger than the average young woman. She’s a fan of casual clothes when not on duty, opting to go with the traditional white t-shirt, ripped jeans and trainers. However, she also wears a silver locket that contains a picture of her parents on one side and one of her brother on the other.

History
Danielle Murray was born on May 21, 1989, the eldest child to Malik Murray and Hannah Williams. She was Iraqi from her father’s side, but took more after her mother’s English looks. Her brother, Matthew, was born six years later on 7 July, 1995. Dani led a fairly simply childhood; Malik was a photographer and Hannah a journalist. When Dani was thirteen years old and Matt seven years old, their parents went on a trip to Iraq to visit family while the kids were left with their aunt, Rachel Williams. It would be an event that forever changed their lives.

Malik and Hannah were caught in the crossfire of the Iraq War’s early beginning and subsequently died, victims at the wrong time and wrong place. When news hit home, Dani changed completely. She viewed the world, Iraq in particular, as evil and silently swore revenge on her parents’ killers. She and Matt were adopted by Rachel, being their only family left in England; the rest of their Iraqi family had either died or not made any attempt to get in contact.

Dani became a changed person. She would often appear happy and bright for Matt’s sake. Even when confronted about her parents’ deaths by her friends, Dani would ignore them and change the topic constantly until they decided to forget about it. When she finished her GCSEs at the age of sixteen, Dani enlisted herself for the army against the wishes of Rachel. Unfortunately, Rachel could not stop her and allowed her to live her “dream”.

The training was hard, but Dani did not give up. She was desperate to be deployed to Iraq in order to visit the spot where her parents were murdered in cold blood. She did not disclose any of this information while training. Soon after she turned eighteen years of age, Dani was dispatched to Iraq along with many others in a regiment. She was fearless and persistent on the battlefield, whilst cheerful and sarcastic off it. Because of her positive attitude, her regiment labelled her their “shining beacon of light” through dark and difficult times.

She did not discover where her parents died until her second tour. Dani managed to self-discipline her emotions and felt relieved to finally be where they had died, enabling her to be a little bit closer to them. Over the course of her two tours, Dani has notched up kills and believes she has killed up to sixty Iraqi Al-Qaeda soldiers. The army life became addictive for Dani, but her superior sent her home since he feared she would become reckless.

After arriving home, Dani did not know what to do with herself. She had a big salary from her tours, but felt that there was something missing. Opting to live with Rachel again, she decided to support her financially and learned that Matt would not be back from boarding school for another few weeks until the Easter holidays. There came a day when Rachel requested Dani to clear out the contents of a safe that was in her late father’s (Dani’s grandfather, Timothy Williams) mansion just outside London. Curious, she agreed to do this since the mansion was being sold in the next week or so.

The mansion was old and falling apart, but Dani had been here since she had been a young girl (Timothy died when she was ten years old). After clearing the contents of the safe, she found a room she had never been in before and decided to go inside, just for one last look since the mansion had been in their family’s generation for the past two hundred years. Inside the room was an old book dating back to the Ancient Egyptian times. As Dani opened the book, she soon noticed that there were five other people in the room around her. The book engulfed a bright light upon them all. The Marks of the elements – fire, water, lightning, ice, air, earth – were branded upon them all. Lightning was subsequently burnt upon Dani’s right wrist. Barely moments later, had she passed out without any warning …

Four hours later, Dani wakes up in an unknown facility in an unknown location. She clearly remembers what happened, but doesn’t understand how or why she has been brought here. Was it all just a dream? Judging by the Elemental Mark of lightning branded on her right wrist, it’s not. But where are the others? What lies in store for them? Only word is running through Dani’s mind: escape.

Theme
Leona Lewis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out​

 

[Exoskeleton]

Well well well. This Rp looks like a nice treasure. Are all the elements taken? I would like to participate if that's okay? I'll edit my character in this post if it is!

 

[Amizon]

The elements that have been taken are under The Elemental Hosts. But you have to PM me for whatever element you want in the first place. You have to comply with the rules like everyone else. They're the most important part and must be read through thoroughly.

 

[Gaige]

Name: Jacob "Jake" Mccarthy

Age: 18

Nationality: Irish

Personality: Free spirited and optimistic by nature, Jake can rarely be seen without a smile on his face and in a general good mood. See's himself as the person to cher everyone up when something bad happens, and can be seen as annoying occasionally for this, not that he realizes it. He is the backbone of morale for his friends, and will always be there for people who need him, or to give someone a "snap out of it" talk.

However, he is by nature a dreamer, and proneto drifting away from the real world to pursue dreams of ideal jobs and fantasies, which change weekly. It isn't like he doesn't have a serious side, but he doesn't show it very often, of the opinion that a smile speaks a thousand words. Randomness delights him, and he pursues it. He isn't stupid; he's actually quite smart, but he is easily distracted.

On top of that, he's naive. He doesn't think that evil or bad things exist in the world, and that there is a reason for everything. He wants to make the world a good place, and thinks everyone should smile and laugh as much as possible. He is not at all conformist, and doesn't care about being the popular kid.

He can be emotionally fragile though, and prone to depression if a great change happens, as explained in his history. When he goes into one of these depressions, he is hard to talk to and serious. Basically, the exact opposite of what he usually is.

Element: Air

Appearance: Not too tall or short at five foot eight inches, he is a slender, fragile individual, not built for physical work or labour. He has dark fair hair that he has allowed to run a little wild, and round, light green eyes set in an expressive face. He has perfect teeth and quite a clear face.

He wears casual clothes: a black t-shirt under a brown jacket, and thick blue jeans with a pair of white trainers underneath.

History: Born in Ireland to a pair of Christian parents, Jake was raised with an iron fist, and his parents were not objective to corporal punishment. They forced him through Baptism, Communion, Confession and Confirmation. They would slap and punch him for disobediance, not that he ever showed these marks to outsiders. He developed an insecure streak.

When suppressing these emotions, Jake got caught up in the wrong crowd and began taking drugs at 15. When he was discovered, his parents beat him so badly he ended up in hospital. When he got out, he ended up in the care of his aunt in London, but he had changed. He was broken and hurt.

For several months he had counselling and got over it, and reinvented himself as someone optimistic and free spirited. He has just gone to university for the first time, when he is convinced to break into the William's Mansion as a dare. Little did he know it would change his life forever.

 

[Captain Squee]

Name: Kyle Ikonomou (this is a real name actually, a friend of mine XD)
Age: 21
Gender: male
Nationality: Eastern United States
Personality: He has a passion for anything he does. Music is something he obsesses about, and he often feels he can't go a day without listening to something. He also has a certain respect for the nature and wildlife, seeing it much like the Native Americans once had. This means he will not kill for game, and if he does kill, he will use everything sparingly and only kill when needed. He will not waste anything from something he needed to kill. The vegetation of the world is beautiful in his eyes, and he finds the nature of some plants to be truly stunning. Along with his love and passion, he is a very intelligent and likes to use his knowledge and common sense to his advantage. Sometimes he plans out a situation so thoroughly and carefully, he tends to get a little too confident in himself. But one thing that really gives him an advantage is his ability to plan out something while he goes at it, seeing many different options and figure possible results in an instant. But he is not always right, he is only human after all.
Element: Earth
Appearance: He wears glasses, generally a medium sized oval shape. His hair is rather short and slightly longer on the top, always worn messy. Sanding at 5'11", Kyle weighs in at 152 pounds, mostly muscle with little body fat. His cheek bones are not very defined at all, but it's what makes him look like himself. Generally he wears a white shirt that is button up all the way, as this kind of shirt is his favorite. The shirt has a little pocket on the right side of his chest for pens, he usually carries three pens with him at all times. Contrary to the white shirt, he likes to wear black pants. The pants are not actually dress pants, but suitable for a dressy situation. On his feet is always a pear of canvas top converse, ankle high. The shoes are slightly faded and well worn out. Click here to see what he looks like
History: Kyle was born as the only child of his mother and father. Due to this, they expected much of him, and they pressured him to do good in school and study. They sent him to a smarter school than most students would go to in order to give him a better education. He studied hard all the time, and most of his younger life was based completely on schooling. He was always a straight A student, and a grade below a 90 on any assignment was a rare occasion that had not come very often.

He was not very popular in school because he was so busy studying, but he had his share of friends. For him and his friends, a "party" consisted of hanging out together drinking carbonated drinks. They usually didn't do much at all. Of course, video games were very commonly played by him with his friends whenever they were together, and his profession were the racing games and the famed game known as "Guitar Hero". He was the only one of his friends to play on expert, and he was a competition winner. But when rockband came out, he was horrible with the drums, but he tried and eventually made his way to medium and is determined to get to expert level.

Usually, his summers consisted of senseless gameplay when he was younger, but as he grew up he began to like the outdoors more, and he began talking walks and jogs. For a while, his bike was his best friend, as he took it out on trails and into town. He climbed trees and would catch animals, just to release them. It was something he did for fun, but he made sure never to hurt anything. If he ever found an animal that was injured, he did what he could, unless it was clearly too bad to have a chance. After a while, when he turned 16, his summers were all working for an elderly man on a farm to raise some money. It was a fruit farm consisting of mainly plum and apricot trees, with some apple and only 3 cherry trees. He gained more knowledge of plats this way, and even that of certain bugs. This also taught him how to work in a real work world, and a job is never done.

His hard studies and work experience payed off in the end when he graduated at age 17 and got enough scholarships to easily afford going to college for nearly 1/4 of the price. He went to college for marketing, but he never actually found a way to use it. He also had a job as a cashier for the time he was in College. He was one of the most devoted students in the class, and he studied just as hard as he worked. When he graduated, he decided to go to England for a vacation away from all the work and schooling his life was full of.

During his time in England, he was alone the entire time. He was trying to get away and have peaceful time to himself. On a walk aimlessly, he came across a mansion that was being cleared out, most likely for retail purposes. He decided since he was bored, he would be nice and walk inside to see if he could help. He was not impressed with what he saw, as the mansion was old and seemed to be in fixable, but poor condition. He saw nobody inside, but he decided to venture on into a room where someone was. In this room he saw a girl opening a book, then it was just light from there. The symbol for earth (I assume Egyptian symbol, Link) was marked on the back of his neck...This would be the turning point of his life

 

[Rorolina Frixell]

Name: David Park
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Nationality: American
Personality: Wild, fiery and on occasion, violent. He tends to solve things with his fists as opposed to his brains, a token tough guy who doesn't let things get to him or get him down, hard to bring down in a fight and far from the type to get close to people. He enjoys independance and feels that having anything is just another weakness for your enemies to use against you. As a result he can often come across as cold and uncaring, quite willing to throw people into harm's way just to stay alive.
Element: Fire
Appearance: A tall man of 6ft and an athletic physique to match, he has scruffy, light brown hair and a shaven beard. He wears a red, leather jacket over a white, designed shirt with denim jeans and black shoes. His eyes are light blue and his skin tone is caucasian, with some rough areas, giving him a 'tougher' look.
History: Growing up, David was exposed to a great deal of violence. His parents he percieved as hating him and he had a great lack of friends, mostly due to how he treated them. Nothing more than a means to an end, expendable as he saw fit. As he went through his teenage years he mostly ended up in fights, not caring for injury, only wanting to get stronger than everyone else, dealing extra injury to those who denied him. People grew too scared to call the police, instead trying to get on his side, becoming his expendable tools.

As he grew into adulthood he turned to a life of crime, armed robbery, burglary, mugging, the list went on. This eventually came to his undoing when he burgled a large house, breaking into a room with nothing but a book inside, he saw a woman open it before a flash of light engulfed him, followed by a huge blunt force striking the back of his head. His left eye immediately began to burn, as the only thing he could feel as the mark of fire embedded itself around his left eye as his body began to feel an immense, hot feeling. Painful at first but gradually grew comfortable, after what felt like hours his body began to awaken. He was alone in some kind of icy room, he had been captured, but he wasn't going to stay as someone's pet.
Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExM6Y7cTp2o&feature=related

I'll finish up later, lack of creativity ftl

 

[Amizon]

All right, it's started. For now, we'll remain in the facility until everyone else gets their character templates done.

 

[Captain Squee]

Whats the story here?