TFF Royalty

[Andromeda]

If it was not for the fact that I am RPing with you right now I would have probably said that I would put through the recruitment quest. Its no fault of yours, but I generally hold fan fiction RPs at lower quality level and give them less weight. Of those reasons would be that working with established characters tends to alter the writing in ways that original RPs differ. The writing level is usually lower as well since it brings in everyone regardless of RP ability. But that is not to say others are immune to that. But when I'm judging original RPs they carry more weight for me.

That aside I would say to put you through the recruitment, but of those that I have I recently RP'd with you have shown a lot of potential. While I think there can be some improvements in details, depth and description I am satisfied with what I have seen from you thus far to say that you would be welcome. Though I do remind you that if you were to join the RP you will need to be active. I know that school has you at your wits ends already not to mention the number of RPs you are already a part of currently.

But all that said as you can assume from what I said I am welcoming you into the club. This is going so fast for you because I already know what level you are at in writing skill. You are not an unknown to me like others. So feel free to post in the club at your leisure.

You may pick a Royal title as described on the first page. As much as I would like to resurrect the internal RP I had started, no one seems to be interested in it anymore.

[Andromeda]

Yeah, as Merlin said Aerif Magically Appeared is pretty open still for being joined. Nothing plot heavy has happened that you character would need to know. About the only things major that have happened is the destruction of a church and increased war activities along the borders. That aside, its all been character building at this point. But if you don't think you can join that is up to you. I am glad to see that you are still around. Even if you are not in the RP it would be nice to have you posting here commenting or just simply checking in that way I know you are still around.

Speaking about new RPs, the new recruitment RP I made for Cloud Sky had me thinking. I was talking to Shadow about it and it has a very playful nature to it that might making for an interesting RP. It still dealing with magic, but in a modern setting and very quirky. I have influence from Once upon a Glasma, a manga that I read and some House for my character. Along with my general goofiness that I picked up from writing comedy recently. I could be a fun lighter RP to play with.

As for Musicmuse I will read over your submissions and get back to what I think. I know I have seen you in the Tournament, which does give me some memory of your RPing skill. But since I've never RP'd with you I'll need to review what you have. Given what I've seen thus far it is pretty safe to say that the very least you would be given a recruitment RP. But I will let you know when I made my decision.

[Victoria]

As for Musicmuse I will read over your submissions and get back to what I think. I know I have seen you in the Tournament, which does give me some memory of your RPing skill. But since I've never RP'd with you I'll need to review what you have. Given what I've seen thus far it is pretty safe to say that the very least you would be given a recruitment RP. But I will let you know when I made my decision.

Read, Musicmuse. Read. =P

That is all I have to say. This was the 30th. Two days ago. XD

[Merlin]

@DragonHeart: What's your idea on what Haven looks like (ie: mountainous, forested, desert, by the lake... huts, stone buildings, dug-out caves)? I was deliberately vague on the city/township/whatever in my last post, only describing a specific room inside of a building. I figured I'd ask since its your character's hometown, before I start inventing it all on-the-fly. Your previous posts and char description don't really say.

[Andromeda]

Well Shadow if you want to change your Royalty character that is fine. Its a free open RP with little strings attached. And beside I'm the only that actually posted so it is not as though you bound by anything. I'm hoping that if the internal RP can get moving again then we will have others join in as well give another reason to post in the RP when you don't have comments to add. I wanted to make it as a way for people who were not part of the main RPs to still enjoy RPing even in a busy schedule.

I'm glad to see that DC is getting interest. And you will not have to worry Xeim if you two are posting in it I will be joining in the RP as well. I think I was the last poster, I'll have to go look to see if that is the case. If not then I'll rummage something up to knock it back to the top in preparation. Thankfully, I still remember what I was doing with my character.

And Dragonheart, standard medieval town huh? I guess we will go with wood and stone structures. Given that the country has enjoyed a lengthy period of peace and solitude more permanent structures would be typical like stone masonry. There would still be wood constructed houses as well. Probably a few main streets running through and that is about it if it is a town. Commerce would probably be somewhat high if it is the headquarters for the magic users sanctuary.

From that we can probably build up from there and Dragonheart can fill in the important landmarks when she has the time to do so. I'm going to have to pull out Wihnem, so I'll probably just post the two of them together to be simple about it rather than waiting.

[Merlin]

Actually, medieval towns only had one stone building, which was the lord's house. The rest of the buildings were made of wattle and daub(aka: thin branches of wood woven together and then covered with Daub, a mixture of clay, oxhair and dung) and the roofs were thatched.

Only large cities around castles had stone structures, and most of that was for nobility. Surrounding that was wooden structures, as mentioned above.

It didn't matter how "long" a town was around. The villagers were all dirt poor and the lords weren't about to "build" them better homes. Now if there is a castle near Haven, that'd be different.

Now of course you could have all stone since its not based on our planet, per say, but think about it in this way: The town is made up of refugees and whatnot from various countries. They are poor. Masonry is expensive. They'd be making do with whatever they could.

Thats one thing that always bugged me about FF games based on that period. They made the villagers look so much better off than what they would be. They were allegedly dirt poor being controlled by ruthless monarchical governments, yet they were living in stone homes. WTF?

But anyways, thats my take on it. There's a huge distinction between a well-defined city that's been around a long time and a village that is a safehold for magic-users. Magic hasn't been around long, so they wouldn't exactly have the economical capability to build up a city. Right?

[Andromeda]

That is a fair enough point. Though one could say that they have a magic user that can manipulate stone and earth constructing stone houses for them. There is a magical solution as well. But new house would definitely be wood built quickly, maybe not very sturdy depending on the influx of refugees that they get.

Sounds like there is at least an idea to go on. Lots of wood houses with bad construction probably. I'm going to be working on my post today, hopefully I am not pulled away too much like I am now. I have to deal with stupid finances again.

[Merlin]

Well I kinda figured they would want to keep Haven on the down-low. Having beautiful architectural masterpieces would kinda be like placing a massive bullseye on the town. Bunch of peasants in posh stone buildings... oh gee, I wonder if this is their hideout? XD

[Andromeda]

Well I don't believe that I said the houses were crafting by a master architect, but I know what you are driving at. But in Lothua magic users are well accepted, even if they do not invite them in. The number of magic users on the defense of the city is high, so it is not like the government is blind to the dealings of the underground movement. They just turn a blind eye to the activities, but take advantage of the fact of having a large number of magic users within their walls.

The number of magic users in the Lothua military is greater than that of any other kingdom, they did not get that way without knowing about all the work that the underground does. While Lothua could not openly support them, they do draw many of their recruits from them. The people by and large are accepting of the magic users within Lothua. The tolerance is much different from the outside, so the need to hide is not so present. They may all be refugees in a town, but that is not really a mystery to the general public. Its a sanctuary, not a hideout.