Assassin's Pledge: A Demon's Journey
I designed this RP with advanced level role players in mind, hence why it's posted in Alpha. I'm new to the site, but not to role playing. If you believe that your skills as a role player are strong enough, and you're not put off by the challenges I'll present you with below, then please either contact me or leave a comment in the "Assassin's Pledge" Interest Check post I put up and introduce yourself!
If you have questions, click on this link and ask them. I'll get back to you as soon as I see them!
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The Date: April 32, 574 Post Union
A mountain fortress sits silently and stoically as it stands guard over the expanse of Roda Valley beneath its majesty. Barred on all sides by impenetrable mountain walls, this forbidden valley is home to none other than the Assassins of Te'i Sai. Vicious and brutal to an extreme never before witnessed by human eyes, these horrific monsters made flesh have sewn the seeds of fear throughout the continent of Cre' Est. Despite this fact, even monsters can express joy and excitement. April 32, 574 is one such day as Te'i Sai celebrates the birth of its newest Assassin. A boy with eyes of crimson glowing ominously by a mysterious luminescence, his birth marks the coming of a new era and the beginning of an entirely new breed of Assassin.
Upon that day, the Red-Eyed Demon was born.
The Date: July 17th, 579 Post Union
This day is forever marked in the pages of history as a day of horrible tragedy and fear. Cre' Itian Senator Bharvis Urlkae attended a welcoming ceremony for the newest batch of Royal Guards who graduated training and were finally accepted as guardsmen and women to the King and Queen of the realm. However, upon his rise to present a speech of welcome, he was approached and killed by a lone youth with eyes of red who disappeared as quickly as he arrived in the ensuing chaos of the Senator's murder.
It was upon this day that the legend(s) of the Red-Eyed Demon began.
Year: September 28th, 591 Post Union
The streets of Cre' Est are marred by the blood of over four hundred innocent lives between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and twelve o'clock in the afternoon as the streets run red and the air is filled with the stench of death. Standing in the middle of this horrific massacre is the Red-Eyed Demon, his eyes aglow as he relishes in the smell of blood all around him. His fury knows no limits, nor his ruthlessness any boundaries… He is proven beyond the shadow of a doubt to be the ultimate killing machine. City guards and Royal Guards alike fell to his twin Orichalcum blades that day, and even the strongest among them was not but child's play in the face of such a fearsome and peerless monstrosity. What was once the Central Square in the capitol city of Cre' Est, a place of gathering and cheer, is forever transformed upon this day and henceforth labeled as the Demon's Quarter. This day, September 28th, is now known as the Demon's Purge. It is a day where most remain indoors and off the streets, especially at night.
… None dare tread this now forbidden and loathsome ground within the capitol for fear of the Demon's reappearance.
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And so our story begins…
The year is now 595, Post Union in early spring. January 14th is upon us and now the winds bring with them a sense of urgency never felt before. A dark and ominous force is gathering which threatens to rend the tranquility of the land asunder as the people go about their lives none the wiser to this shifting in the wind.
Te'i Sai… The most powerful and feared Assassin organization in the world dominates the darkness where even the most powerful and famous of warriors on the continent now fear to tread. In the wake of the Red-Eyed Demon's appearance and legendary exploits, thieves and rival Assassin organizations walk the shadows with extreme caution and whisper prayers of never encountering those legendary crimson eyes. The continent has calmed since the Demon's Purge took place almost four years ago, and life goes on with the resilience one would expect of the human race.
Ignorance truthfully is bliss however, as another Assassin organization with power to rival Te'i Sai's own has appeared and begun to slowly but surely establish their own presence on the continent of Cre' Est. The two organizations have known of each other for centuries, but never before have they ever clashed until today. Hailing from the neighboring continent Mar Valoa, the Assassins of Roda Ah K'mht now wage war against Te'i Sai in the silence of the darkness. The people of the continent are none the wiser, though many have seen these new Assassins and reported the new colors and emblem. Rumors now swirl of a second organization, though they remain unconfirmed. To this day, the only confirmed fear that all share is of the Red-Eyed Demon whom everyone knows is all too real.
As the most powerful Assassin in the world, the Red-Eyed Demon has little to fear of this new organization. However, he his behavior has been changing very slowly and very subtly starting not long after their initial appearance…
What is he planning? What has he done since their arrival? And what will the consequences be for the rest of us when and if he does take further action?
Nobody yet knows, but time will surely tell on this tale of violence, tragedy, triumph and sacrifice. Prepare yourself for an adventure like no other you've experienced before. Your struggle for survival alongside the Red-Eyed Demon will take you to locations never seen and engage you in battles never fought as you fight, plan, act and live alongside the most feared Assassin in the world. Band together with others drawn by the subtle but guiding hands of fate as you all discover for yourselves the truth beyond the veil that all those with power wish to hide behind. It is said that those without power pose the weakest threat to those who hold it surely, but the Red-Eyed Demon aims to challenge that saying. Will you challenge it as well, or will you fall in the attempt?
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The Calendar
The calendar in this RP is the same one we use today, but with a few extra days to each month which makes for a longer year of 426 days as opposed to 365 days. The clock also has four extra hours to it making it a 28 hour day rather than 24 because this world is slightly bigger than our own. The moths and days they contain are as follows:
January: 35 days
February: 34 days
March: 36 days
April: 36 days
May: 35 days
June: 37 days
July: 36 days
August: 36 days
September: 37 days
October: 35 days
November: 34 days
December: 35 days
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Characters and Character Approval Process!
Note!: Your characters may come from any walk of life you choose with only two exceptions: Royalty or an Assassin.
Why not an Assassin you might ask? Because I need character balancing in the RP and too many Assassins would just cause clashes of egos and "I know better than you" scenarios both IC and OOC and that's not something I'm going to tolerate. The story might have the word "Assassin" in the title, but the story itself does not focus on them.
So no Assassins please, thank you!
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Be warned: The story that this RP follows is very special to me as it is one hundred percent my own and unrelated to any story or RP I've ever been a part of before.
This RP is going to be "guided" which means that my character(s) will exist for the purpose of guiding yours through the RP world and through the story itself. There is a set and finalized plot the story will follow, but there will be certain areas of the RP where I will open things up and allow anyone who comes up with a side mission or sub plot to follow through with it and go off on a little solo adventure. The RP has much more than just fighting, fighting, fighting to offer after all, and treasure hunting, cave diving, surviving the open elements and enduring fierce sand and snow storms as well as facing down and avoiding hurricanes will all be part of it as well. The very world itself is going to test you to the limit, so buckle up and put on a fresh pair of undies cause you're going to need them before the RP is done!
Character Application Process
A couple of good piece of advice for getting your character accepted to this RP (and avoiding that which will band you from it) would be:
1) Complete your character profile on a word document (BBC code included) and detail it to death before you copy and paste all of the information to the OOC when you finally submit the character.
2) Any incomplete character profiles sent to the OOC will be instantly rejected, so complete the profile and the info BEFORE you submit it!
3) Contact me before you start writing the character so that you can discuss with me any concerns that you may have and receive more detailed information about what I'm looking for and why so that when you do write out your character, you can do so safe in the knowledge that you have adhered to all of my expectations and stand your best chance for being accepted into the RP right away.
I will be challenging any and every detail in your profiles to test your devotion to the character and your creativity as a writer/role player. It will also serve as a test of your response to criticism, and yes some of my challenges will be purely for the sake of argument but you'll have to face them down with all your strength regardless. Do your best to defend your character with confidence and prove to me that you created them with true thought and conviction using your own creativity.
I will allow you to use pictures of your favorite characters from any media source you so desire should you wish to go that route as I did for my character at the bottom of the page, but copying your favorite hero's personality or copying their general background from a television show, video game, or whatever is not acceptable for this RP. Originality is key, so be prepared to sit down and think of a character all your own before you even touch your keyboard.
As I previously mentioned, I will be judging your responses to all of my challenges to see how you respond to criticism as it is a good indicator of how strong you are as a writer.
When I challenge your characters, I will be looking for those who can keep a clam and level head as well as provide me with intelligent and well thought out explanations to answer my challenge(s) and prove to me that you know your character inside and out. If I can see that you are confident and that you know whatever details I have challenged are there for a reason and deserve to be left alone, you're guaranteed to be accepted into the RP. If my challenges convince you that anything about your character needs to change, then something is wrong and you should probably prepare yourself for a "thanks but no thanks" response from me regarding you application.
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Once the character profile is submitted, there's no turning back. You will receive a response from me very soon after your submission with all of my challenges in force regardless of whether you contacted me prior to creating them or not. Steel yourself for that and know that I will be very blunt and direct with you about your character and much of the language and phrasing I will use is going to sound a bit combative in nature and will likely invoke anger within you. Regardless, you need to keep calm and take what I throw at you and turn it back around and prove to me that your character is perfect the way they are. I don't believe in sugar coating what I say or coddling people emotionally to spare them hurt feelings. When I challenge your characters, I will do so with a certain level of brutality so be prepared for that.
I realize that this all sounds pushy and possibly even a bit elitist, but as I said before the story behind this RP is very important to me and I want to find the strongest and most dedicated players I can find to help me make this story the best it can be.
With those thoughts in mind and if you're undeterred by my challenges thus far, then here's the character skeleton for you to copy and paste as a response to this topic whenever you feel you are ready. Be sure to fill out everything with as much detail as you can stand to write. If you think you've got enough info in the profile to be accepted, then take a quick look at my character's profile at the bottom of the page and check your level of content volume against hers. If your profile is shorter than mine, you should probably go back and see if there isn't more you can squeeze into it.
While I do appreciate the "quality vs. quantity" concept, when it comes to role playing the fact is that quality and quantity can be one and the same under the right circumstances.
Your ability as a writer is best demonstrated when you can write large amounts of information and make all of it relevant and not just filler. The shorter your profile is, the weaker it will appear and the less likely you are to be accepted into the RP.
((Look at the character profile I have submitted and use it as a minimum example))
Code:
[b]Name:[/b]
[b]Alias:[/b] (Optional)
[b]Picture:[/b] (Does not have to be exact to your character's appearance, but should be very close)
[b]Description:[/b] (Detail anything and everything that is different between the picture and your character's actual appearance here. Be as thorough and detailed as possible and when I say include everything, that means EVERYTHING)
[b]Age:[/b]
[b]Sex:[/b]
[b]Date of Birth:[/b]
[b]Birthplace:[/b]
[b]Current Location/Residence:[/b]
[b]Ethnicity:[/b]
[b]Height:[/b]
[b]Weight:[/b]
[b]Frame/Build:[/b]
[b]Hair Color:[/b]
[b]Hair Length:[/b]
[b]Eye Color:[/b]
[b]Distinguishable Markings/Traits:[/b]
[b]Complexion:[/b] (Skin tone, wrinkles, scars, beauty marks, etc,.)
[b]Voice Type:[/b] (Bass, baritone, tenor, alto, soprano, and anything in-between)
[b]Behavioral Quirks[/b] (Any nervous ticks, fears/phobias, etc,.)
[b]Political Affiliation:[/b]
[b]Social Class:[/b]
[b]Occupation:[/b]
[b]Religious Beliefs:[/b]
[b]Family:[/b]
[b]Personality:[/b]
[b]Strengths:[/b]
[b]Weaknesses:[/b]
[b]Equipment:[/b]
[b]Biography:[/b] (Absolute MINIMUM of five paragraphs with five to seven sentences each. If even one of them has fewer than five sentences, the profile as a whole will not be accepted until it has fulfilled this requirement. Stand alone sentences used to emphasize a point are acceptable, but please limit the number of these that you use. Be thorough and cover EVERYTHING from birth, early life, teenage years to adult life. Include any training history they have with any weapons they may use. Include important life changing events such as having a child, a family tragedy, the gift of a new weapon which forever changed the course of your life as a warrior, etc,.)
Rules:
Rule #1: Pay Attention To Detail! The most important details in this RP to pay attention to are the small ones, so read every post carefully and you should do just fine.
Rule #2: No God-Moding.
This rule is more of a formality, but never the less it will be important. I consider acts such as overpowered feats of strength, agility, adaptability, and unrealistic intelligence to be god-moding.
Also as a side note for those who enjoy combat in role plays, the human body is much more resilient and durable than movies and video games give it credit for. No matter how strong or well trained the wielder, a single handed sword will never generate enough speed or force to hack off someone's head or a limb. A Great Sword or a heavy enough axe is another story, but a sword will not accomplish the task so be careful with how you go about combat in this RP when it comes around.
Rule #3: Respect your fellow role players.
I have had a few RP's in the past where people got into arguments in the OOC and spread negativity among the other players. I will not tolerate that here. If you have a problem with someone, then either take it to private messaging and resolve it yourselves or ask me and I'll resolve it for you. If you are caught arguing and debating with someone in an unfriendly manner, you will both be kicked from the RP if you've been previously accepted. If you haven't been accepted and you're caught arguing in an unfriendly manner you'll be blocked from joining, period. I don't mind friendly debates, but when the language gets ugly and ill names are thrown around, that is where I draw the line. You are going to be civil here, or you're going to leave.
Rule #4: As the Game Master and creator of the RP, I reserve the right to damage your characters whenever I see fit as the RP progresses either by way of my own characters or via NPC enemies or events such as natural disasters or sudden and unexpected catastrophes such as explosions, flash floods or pure and natural accidents. Any first time arguments or complaints about the use of such devices will receive a warning, and subsequent acts will earn you a one way ticket out of the RP.
Rule #5: As far as leaving the RP goes, there are two methods I use.
Method One: For those who have to drop out for school, work, or other life issues, your character(s) will be kindly written out and given a short narration about how they returned to their life and lived happily ever after in the knowledge that they were, regardless of how short their time, a part of something special and unique.
Method Two: For those who are kicked from the RP for any reason or for those who disappear without word or warning, your character will be unceremoniously killed off in whatever manner I see fit.
Rule #6: If you have questions, then please ask. This RP is very advanced and there is going to be A LOT of detail to take in and process both before and after joining. Whenever you have a question(s) about anything, then feel free to ask because I love questions. I don't care how many you have, throw them all at me at once and I'll answer them all at once to the best of my ability. I know that a lot of what has been said in this RP and in its rules up until this point makes me sound like a stiff, but I'm actually quite the chipper and energetic individual and I love interacting with other players and answering questions of curiosity. I will not hold back or relax on my rules and my character profile challenges, but I will always treat you with respect until/unless you abuse my respect in which case I'll show you just how serious, confident, and forceful I can be as a Game Master.
Rule #7: Try your best to enjoy the experience. While this RP is meant to be challenging, it is still at the end of the day a role play with the intent of putting you in a world of fantasy where you can express your creativity as a writer. I have my rules and regulations, but beyond them this world is incredibly vast and open to your imagination.
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My Character
Linde Xe' Almna
Name: Linde Xe' Almna
Alias: Angel
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Description: The very living essence of beauty, Linde is a near perfect specimen with curves in all of the right places while retaining close to zero percent body fat. Her long, flowing dark brown hair cascades gently down her back and is usually tied at three points at her shoulders, middle of the back, and just above her hips. Her skin is a creamy tan and has no scars, beauty marks or blemishes of any kind. Her lips are bow shaped and a very light shade of pink. Her jaw is soft and slopes gracefully up to her ears which are hidden within her hair (mostly), and her eyebrows are a smooth arch like a raptor in flight. Her eyes are a deep chocolate brown coloration which matches the shade of her hair perfectly.
Her shoulders are well defined, but still very feminine with a slight and gentle slope in the musculature of her neck. Her arms are slender but also well defined due to her extensive combat training with her father who is an ex military figure who wanted her to be able to defend herself. Her chest is full and voluptuous, leading down to a smooth and firm stomach. She has an hourglass figure with full hips and a taught, round bottom. Her legs are long and athletic and lead down to her ankles and feet.
Her casual clothing which she wears in public is typically somewhere between formal and informal, with a side-tie dress/shirt which is tied at her waist and usually cuts off just at the top of her hips giving way to a medium length skirt which falls just below her knees. She wears small plain sandals that her mother makes as a profession, and can sometimes be seen wearing a headband as well though this is usually reserved for hot days in summertime. When she is at work as an apothecary, her garb changes. She wears a very formal style kimono and also wears a scarf that was hand crafted for her by one of her past clients. All in all she is a very proper young woman and is very sweet and kind hearted to all she meets unless they give her reason to behave otherwise in their presence. Faced with those who prey on the innocent, she is quite merciless despite the fact that she usually wears a very sweet smile while executing punishment upon them which in many instances makes her all the more frightening to any who witness the event.
Age: 20
Sex: Female
Date of Birth: December 17th, 574
Birthplace: Cre' Est
Current Location/Residence: Cre' Est, Almna Apothecary
Ethnicity: Zenthro
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 145 lb.
Frame/Build: Athletic
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Hair Length: Medium-Long (depending on how she keeps it it can be as short as her shoulder length or all the way down to the top of her thighs)
Eye Color: Dark Brown
Distinguishable Markings/Traits: Long dark brown hair, perfectly balanced proportions, high degree of athleticism
Complexion: Despite having lived a life as the daughter of a retired military General, Linde's body shows no signs of stress or fatigue. She has beautifully clear skin, healthy and shinny hair, a smooth and silky voice, and a wonderfully athletic figure. She has no scars on her body whatsoever, nor does she have any birthmarks or other kinds of blemishes to damage her perfection. Her skin is soft and smooth and belies the incredible musculature hidden underneath which only really becomes apparent when she has little to no clothing on or when she's flexing in the heat of combat.
Voice Type: Mezzo-Soprano
Behavioral Quirks Linde has a particular distaste for large canine type animals such as large dogs, wolves and others which dwell in the darkest depths of the forest. It's not so much a phobia as it is a simple fear, and if need be she can face it head on with confidence. She enjoys singing very much and will usually do so when she's happy or when she's very sad and wishes to uplift spirits, even if it's only her own. Outside of these two quirks she's an ordinary young woman.
Political Affiliation: Monarchy
Social Class: Commoner
Occupation: Apothecary
Religious Beliefs: Va'abren
Family:
Father - Ex-military General now retired. Works as a blacksmith and personal trainer.
Mother - Works as a custom clothier who designs and customizes clothing for her clients.
Younger Brother - Attending school with hopes of one day becoming a famous scholar or scientist.
Personality: Linde is the personification of the word "Beautiful." Her elegance and poise, even in the face of adversity, is evidence enough of her inner strength and will power. She walks with grace and confidence, never displaying weakness when she can avoid it and carries herself proudly. She speaks with a clear and soothing voice which can calm even the most flustered of souls. She also seems to know just what to say when it really counts no matter who it is she is speaking to. Her ability to communicate with just about anyone is well noted and respected among those familiar with her, and despite being of common blood she is easily mistaken for a noblewoman in the way she carries herself.
Linde is kind hearted and will always lend her aid to any whom she feels needs it and deserves it. She will never hesitate to defend one who is weak and unable to fend for themselves, and has always had a special penchant for assisting the elderly and sickly. Being the local Apothecary, she is well versed in the healing arts and can tend to almost any injury that is not already fatal to the inflicted. She adores children and tends to be a bit more open and expressive around other women. While she doesn't exactly dislike men, she is not nearly as comfortable around them due to an incident which happened when she was a child. She was taking a bath with her mother at a public bath house and a couple of men barged into the women's side and started harassing them and others around them. Security was forced to enter and drag them over to the men's side, but the harassment and sexual advances they used on the other women was an image Linde could never rid herself of. To this day, she has a hard time trusting men, especially when they come across as womanizing by nature.
Linde also has a bit of a darker and more conservative side. She absolutely hates it when someone picks on the innocent or one who cannot defend themselves, and she will punish them with extreme prejudice and do so with a smile. Afterwards she will drag them to her Apothecary where she will tend their injuries and charge them double the normal price for their insolence and horrid behavior. While she doesn't often show this side, it does exist and is one side most would never wish to see. Linde is a force to be reckoned with on her own regardless, but when her anger flares it's a true sight to behold though one that you'd better hope you're not on the receiving end of. Linde's mercy does have limits, and when she knows that someone she's fighting has taken innocent lives she will take it upon herself to deliver the punishment she believes they so richly deserve: death. She has ended the lives of several mass murderers and rogue mercenaries already over the past year, and her reputation has grown all the more proliferous for it.
Strengths: Deceptively powerful thanks to the training she received from her father. She's a very skilled martial artist with training in weapons combat with a sword, spear, dagger, and hand to hand combat. She's a powerful swimmer and an excellent medicinal practitioner with skills in the field to match. She's a rather strong surgeon as well with steady hands and a stomach made of Orichalcum. No matter how horrific the wound may be, she will not lose her cool nor her lunch no matter how long she works on it. She's dedicated, resourceful, loyal and has very strong morals which guide her every action.
Weaknesses: A bit naive and is not too fond of canine type creatures above a certain size. She has no knowledge or skills with long range combat with a gun or a bow and arrow and is equally inexperienced with tactics in the field as its one of the few things her father never taught her.
Equipment: Linde carries with her a small bag containing special blends of salves and treatments which she developed herself which assist in the maintenance and recovery of skin, muscle and bone as well as some basic medical supplies such as medial wrap, a needle and thread, a container of water, and a few other small amenities. She doesn't really carry weapons on her person as she is more fond of fighting with her hands, but when she does have a weapon she prefers a dagger for its versatility and its ease of use thanks to its smaller size.
Biography: Linde was born on December 17th, 574 to a common household in the capitol city of Cre' Est. Her father was still serving as a General in the Cre' Itian military at the time and didn't see much of his daughter until his retirement when she was four years old. Linde's mother has worked as a custom clothier since before she was born and made all of Linde's baby clothes by hand. Even as an infant, Linde was remarkably intelligent and was able to stand up and walk by the time she was seven months old. She learned how to work a zipper when she was ten months old, and learned how to open doors when she was a year old (of course she had to be held up to the door knob since it was too tall for her to reach normally).
When Linde was about five years old she began making friends around the district, particularly some of the working women and their children in the local area. Her social activity provided her with a lot of practice communicating and talking to people so she was never very shy. Her mother around the home had no modesty whatsoever, and Linde began to take on this trait and just like her mother she thinks the human body is beautiful and not something to be embarrassed or ashamed of and so whenever she goes to a public bath house she is never afraid to just throw the towel away and get in the water. If ever caught undressing or in the middle of getting dressed, she will just look at the one who caught her with a smile and ask them about their day so far as she continues to dress as if nothing happened. Many of the people who know her think she should find some modesty and be embarrassed to be seen without clothing, but Linde honestly does not care about such things. To her, the body is beautiful and if someone sees hers she will not be embarrassed or punish them for it.
Linde became interested in combat at a young age when she saw her father practicing the skills he learned in the military and began training with him at age six. She showed a natural aptitude for the arts and graduated from her father's training when she was only nine years old. He had nothing left to teach her and so he began taking her to lessons at a local martial arts master's dojang to study and continue honing her abilities. The first few lessons proved to actually be more than she could handle, and she chose instead to wait for such training until she was twelve years old when her body had developed enough for her to withstand the abuse and strict teachings of her master. She then took an interest in medicine after her father fell ill and the local doctors were only just barely able to save his life. Linde didn't want her father to suffer like that again, so she began studying medicine by visiting the local libraries to read up on the subject as well as going out to test the herbs and natural medicinal ingredients she could find around the capitol. By the time she was seventeen, she'd become quite proficient at making her own concoctions to help with cleaning and maintaining wounds and health.
Linde's natural precision in the arts assisted her in becoming a surgeon as well, though her skills in this field are limited to removing foreign objects and mending what wounds she finds. She cannot perform advanced surgical procedures such as stitching veins and reattaching muscles or torn tendons. Throughout her time studying medicine she continued to train herself physically as well and only stopped training with her master when she was eighteen years old. At that time she had saved enough money to open her own apothecary and began selling her medicines and offering her medical services to clients who came to see her. She continued practicing martial arts on her own when the apothecary was closed, and so today she remains just as skilled and lethal in combat as ever. Her surgical studies have allowed her a distinct advantage in combat as well since she knows exactly where the major organs are and how to interrupt their functions by striking to the right place, so in effect she's even more lethal.
Linde experienced a tragic event when she was nineteen when she stumbled upon a gang war in the alleyways of Cre' Est and found a childhood friend among them who'd been stabbed nearly twenty three times before the other gang departed. She desperately tried to save her friend's life, but loss of blood and shock slowly ate away at him and he died in her arms. Though she was never romantically interested in him as he had been in her during their youth, he had always been a good friend to her. His involvement in gang activity was limited to simply feeling like he was part of something, as his home was dysfunctional and the gang he was in didn't actually go about causing trouble. They had simply been living their own lives as best they could and were more like an unofficial orphanage than anything else. But they had stayed too long in the wrong area and encountered a real gang with the intent of driving rivals away and getting intruders off their turf. Linde's sadness at the loss of her friend turned into rage, and out of sheer and unbridled anger she tracked down the leader of the gang responsible and challenged him to single combat. He accepted, and very quickly lost his life in front of all of this friends. Linde promised them that if any of them every took another innocent life that they would meet the same fate, and that gang disbanded not more than two days later.
Linde's wrath became infamous throughout Cre' Est's local gang communities, and a minor legend about the "killer apothecary" became known across their networks. A few other gang members challenged her and were never heard from again. Of course, this wasn't for the reasons which many thought was the case. Linde had defeated them in combat, severely, and then took them to her clinic where she charged them full price for the extent of their injuries which ran upwards of several hundred gold to fix. Since they had no way to pay for it, they were sent to prison to serve time while working community service until they'd saved enough to pay her for her work which would take many years to do. Linde was silently proud of this to a certain extent, as she took gang leaders off the streets and, though she did hurt them in the process, put them to work in the community they'd tried so desperately to go above and beyond. It was kind of liberating to her to know that with their leaders gone the other gangs dispersed and that she had a hand in making it a reality.
Linde has spent the better part of her life studying combat and medicine and while she is not the typical doctor who seeks only to heal and never to hurt, she is never the less, first and foremost, a woman who seeks a simple and peaceful life. Sometimes peace requires sacrifice and violence to achieve, and she knows this. It's never a straight road or an easy one and she accepts this reality every day and knows that she will experience hardships which will test her ability to adapt. However, she has no idea of what fate awaits her just around the corner. If she knew, she would likely have stayed home and waited to visit with her old friend Chi in the Villa of Winds.
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Well, that was rather long winded! 
I hope that I haven't scared too many of you away, as I believe this RP will really turn into something special if I can find the right people to join me in making it a reality.
If you are interested, please introduce yourself either in the "Assassin's Pledge Interest Check" post I put up in the interest check section, or go Here and introduce yourself via text chat!
See you soon!
~ Kyero
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Statistics: Posted by KyeroDi'Nelma — Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:00 am