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CHARACTER PLOTTING

Welcome to Viva La's Character Plotting post! This is a permanent post that will be re-linked at the beginning of the month where players can workshop character concepts and plan CR or plots.

Players are encouraged to look through and comment on past and current entries made by others. While this is not required, we recommend having a frozen comment reply on your top-level to use for noting potential connections or plans.

OU CHARACTERS
OU (Original Universe) characters are apped to the game unchanged from their original source material. Original Characters (OCs) who are pulled from their respective, original setting are included in this group. OU Characters reach Esthere through the Empire’s use of the Servant’s Gate, a powerful portal that draws people from other worlds into this one. The Empire has set the gate in an enclosed room where they will immediately subdue the target, strip them of all their gear, and press them into servitude. But, the gate doesn’t always work as intended, so characters may arrive somewhere outside of the room and manage to escape before being enslaved by the Empire. Either way, the characters will come in either as established Crimson Corsairs who are just stepping into the spotlight having been found or liberated prior, or newly-found or liberated members who are joining the Crimson Corsairs. OU characters can use this post to seek potential CR or preestablished CR if they’re coming in as more experienced members.

AU CHARACTERS
AU (Alternate Universe) characters are characters from established canons (including original settings for OCs) whose backstory has been adapted to fit within the game setting. For AU characters, they may resemble their canon counterparts quite a bit, but they were born in the world of Esthere and have always lived there. AU characters are encouraged to use this post to develop who they are and what their place is in the world, which could include things like familial connections to other AU characters and achievements prior to the start of the game. AU characters will either be established members of the Crimson Corsairs who are just now stepping into the spotlight, or they can be green recruits who just joined up.

CHARACTER PLOTTING FORM

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Player Name:
Player Pronouns:
Contact:

Character Name:
Canon:
Character Blurb:
Faction: Flotsom, Vault, Elysium, or Undecided

<--!AU SPECIFIC ONLY!-->
Character AU Name: Only if the character's name will be changed. <General naming conventions lean toward Germanic or typical fantasy in style>
AU Blurb: Tell us what you have in mind for your character's backstory. Be as thorough or concise as you want

Preestablished CR Hooks: These are things like potential roles they play with their chosen faction, potential occupation -- anything that could be used as a way to connect characters together
Desired CR + Hooks: Things like family members, former (or current) lovers, or relationships you would like to build in game for your character. Think of this like a wish list
IC Plans: Place any plans you have for your character here.
Other: Put whatever you want here. Tagging schedule, funny gif, you do you

<--!OU SPECIFIC ONLY!-->
Arrival: OU characters have the option of introing post mission log after being rescued by the Crimson Corsairs, or as active and established members of the Crimson Corsairs

Desired CR: What are some relationships you would like to build in game for your character? Think of this like a wish list
IC Plans: Place any plans you have for your character here.
Other: Put whatever you want here. Tagging schedule, funny gif, you do you

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Player Name: Shini
Player Pronouns: She/Her
Contact: RShini on Plurk or

RShini

Comments will have potential characters

Character Name: Harlock
Canon: Space Pirate Captain Harlock (79 anime)/Leiji-verse
Character Blurb: The original Space Pirate. Harlock is a man who values freedom above all else, but disdain those who would use their strength to harm those weaker than them. He's extremely attached to his ship (implied to be possessed by the soul of his best friend) and is the godfather to a seven year old girl that he's fiercely protective of.
Faction: Flotson combatant

Arrival: introing after being rescued works the best.

Desired CR: Crew! Either Harlock gathering a new crew, or deciding to join somebody else's and deal with the fact that he's not in charge. The more offbeat the crew, the better, he may act stoic, but he is a stealth gremlin enabler. He also enjoys teasing more "regularly military types" as he respects commitment, but disdains authority.
IC Plans: Harlock's ship the Arcadia is in the Empire's hands, and under heavy lockdown - and he wants it back. He'll eventually will attempt to bust his ship and add its strength against the Empire.
Other:

Edited 2024-05-23 20:13 (UTC)

How would Harlock feel about Saga, a visibly deranged young teenager, busting him out of the empire with an excess of bombs then saying with dead serious and desperate earnestness that since she rescued him he's obligated to help her find Santa Claus before he's assassinated by the church,

That really as strange as his canon can get, and that this is clearly not the world he knows, he will probably roll with it until he gets better context as to wtf is going on.

Also, nice bombs.

Unfortunately it's exactly as it sounds like, with the added bonus of her shitty absentee father being a leader in the organization and her specifically looking for Santa to ask her to get her disappeared friend back as a present

update: would harlock be willing to ~~drive the van~~ pilot the airship for the Weird Kids Scooby Gang

It'd feel like home, just with less empty booze bottles lying around.

I think this dipshit should be a crewmember because it'd be funny (and would probably be good for them tbh). Sorry, Harlock.

He'd probably help to redirect 3's anger to more productive ends, while trying to help him figure out this emotion thing.

Honestly it wouldn't be a pirate crew if it isn't chaotic.

I mean, obviously if I bring in Medusa* she'll need to be on a ship of some sort, it's only logical,

sorry for not getting back, but more the merrier on the ship, especially as it looks like it'd be a ragtag bunch of misfits and weirdos : D

Character Name: Diego de la Vega / Zorro
Canon: Zorro (Disney series)
Character Blurb: A classic vigilante, by day, Diego is a pacifist and utterly incompetent at combat arts, but noted as a strong advocate. By night, Zorro is the cunning fox who frees the wrongfully imprisoned, humiliate the soldiers of Spain on a regular basis, and oust the many corrupt Commandantes and Governors of Spanish California.
Faction: Elysium Infiltrator,

Character AU Name: no name change, assuming his family's from a region that's been conquered relatively recently and is being forcibly integrating. Family is Gallant-rank.
AU Blurb: Roughly the same plot beat, Diego is aware of the corruption in the regional ruler of his family's homeland, and knowing his Father's hotheadedness wasn't going to work, he play at being a wimpy legal scholar while secretly becoming a daring thief and vigilante that exposes, humiliates, and frightens the corrupt. The big difference is instead of one man, he has a full on spy ring of servants, low-grade government employees and soldiers that report to Zorro about things they overhear.

Preestablished CR Hooks: In canon, he just has his father, but I'm open to Diego having siblings/cousins. But more importantly - Spies! Zorro has spies among upper-case and lower-case Servants (and willing to help the ones that want to escape to do so), to try to track the machinations of the Empire.
Desired CR + Hooks: Double-identity shenanigans! I want people who like Diego but detest Zorro and vice-versa. It'd be fun if there are other vigilante/spy-type characters to cooperate and clash with (or even take as a potential successor to the Zorro identity should things happen)
IC Plans: Roughly, he currently thinks if he just roots out enough corrupt bureaucrats and generals that things will get better, but he'll have to learn the root of corruption runs DEEP and expand his scope.
Other: Zorro the fox so cunning and free

Edited 2024-05-23 20:12 (UTC)

I WANT CR BETWEEN THEM

SOMEHOW

Let's see, it is possible Zorro or one of his spies would need some very discrete treatment, and an apothecary in the red light district seems like a good place for a masked vigilante to get some needed medicine without raising questions.

Very true, especially since the head of the Vase of Flowers is also the head of the Corsair's activities in Elysium. It all Makes Sense,

So my girl here was aiming for dashing vigilante in her youth and wound up hitting more of a Jesse James gang of ruffians before joining the Corsairs (no money and no privilege makes elegance a little harder than toughness). She's also opposed to the existence of nobles as a category and thinks every single one of them is a parasite on humanity.

What I'm saying is she'd idolize Zorro and, if she doesn't know what his secret identity is, hate Diego.

He's a step below nobles, though the Gallants are definitely on the upper end of society, and good, as Diego does go to bat for the lower classes as a legal scholar, just.

Com'on, Dashing vigilantes are clearly so much cooler.

Hell yeah they are.

As a former noble under and assumed name, it's possible Iren actually knows Diego! If they met she'd be like "PLEASE do not tell anyone you know where I am or I might have to get married!"

Good chance, and Diego is very much a romantic at heart, so he wouldn't tell.

Honestly it might be funny, as in-series, people who knew Diego before he went away to Madrid are surprised how the rowdy boy returned as a total pacifist, so a similar "When did you turned into such a wimp?" vibe

She's a huge coward. She'd approve of his new style more.

...OK, if I go with OU Gohan, I need to make a Great Saiyaman journal for double the double identity shenanigans.

Character Name: Snufkin
Canon: Moomins
Character Blurb: The quiet, poetical and asocial wanderer who comes and goes with the seasons, Snufkin has a burning disdain for parks and wealth, preferring the wilderness. He's often the voice of reason, but also an eager crimeboy.
Faction: Undecided, supplier or infiltrator

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Character AU Name: Same, as funny as it'd be to force people to spell out his original name, I won't make people suffer.
AU Blurb: Either a Halfling or a Nature-themed Planetouched that can be mistaken for a Halfling, Snufkin is a wanderer who regular visits a hard-to-access islet. He's even more of an anti-development, seeing what happens when islands are overmined, and became a full-on eco-terrorist against mining companies and rich gentry as well as Park Keepers.

Preestablished CR Hooks: People who explore the wilderness, dungeons and aware of this strange loner who somehow managed not to get his butt killed. He's often a wandering advice giver and helper, having been observing the general world.
Desired CR + Hooks: found family, though given his aversion to too much socialization, this may be rough. But being willing to do CRIMES will help. He also has a fondness for gentle, fussy sorts, or loud-mouthed brats.
IC Plans: Going from "Whatever, I'm not part of YOUR revolution" to actually giving a damn
Other:

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CHARACTER PLOTTING

SHINI

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Don Diego de la Vega / Zorro

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