forum Saints, Swords, and Secrets // Fantasy RP // Closed

Started October 28, 2020 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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can do!!
probably just some brain chemical thingies and heart beat, nothing too drastic.

Alright!
Also: all of Andros's teasing is just teasing. Like. Your character's predecessor was his mother's patron saint, so like. Major respect from him lmao

Okay, wow, I really love Andros, but I want to give him all the hugs in the world, now, to create a female character, oof it's been a while…

Unf I know, he murderous baby lmao. Alright! No rush

It's not that, more of the fact that I haven't written a female character and months, and I don't know if I can make a decent one…

It's up to you. If you feel you can't make a decent female character, make a dude or Non-binary character. You don't have to make a female character if you don't want to

No, well, I want to, it's fine, it'll take a little bit of time though/

Alright! No worries

Name: Alejandro Betancourt
Nicknames: Jandro, Two-Faced (to his enemies).
Titles: None of note
Gender and Pronouns: If you asked him, he’d say he didn’t really care for gender and hardly saw himself as a man, but he goes by he for simplicity. Doesn’t really care what pronouns you use for him. Often refers to himself as the handsome lady as a personal joke, and likes using feminine terminology more often than masculine.
Sexuality: Pansexual/romantic
Open to Shipping?: Sure!
Age: 30
Looks: Jandro has long, prematurely grey black hair and long dark lashes that flutter over his eyes like wings. His hands are rough and weathered, but strong, and calloused from his bow an arrow (I’m assuming he’s the archer?). Alejandro is tall, strong, with an agile form and long legs good for sprinting across rooftops. He stands at 5’11”, and wears a deep red coat that compliments his dark brown skin and black eyes. He has many scars running along his body, and walks with a slight limp from an injury improperly healed.
Personality: Alejandro is a serious, brooding person who is desperately in need of some appreciation and love. He grew up in a rough background so he does whatever it takes to survive as long as it doesn’t break the moral code he acquire during his time with the Greatcoats. He has a quiet wisdom and unwavering loyalty to whoever has earned it, and is very selective with who he learns to trust.
Backstory: He grew up on the streets, but was taken in by a wealthy Duchess who wanted children more than anything but was unable to have them. He learned archery and many other things there, although he never bothered to learn how to read as he could never make out the shapes of the letters. He eventually made contact with the king and joined the Greatcoats for his incredible skills in archery and deduction.
Weapon: Bow and arrow
What did the king ask them to do?: Stand by while he died, and help prepare the prince for the throne.
Other: He’s dyslexic and autistic, as well as struggling with PTSD from his time on the streets.

Name: Asmilian Lacina
Nicknames: Asmi, Mil, Lian, basically just taking any part of their name.
Titles: Saint of Whores and Bodies
Gender and Pronouns: Male but gnc? Switches between he/him pronouns and they/them pronouns when the mood suit them.
Sexuality: Pansexual
Open to Shipping?: Absolutely
Age: 29
Looks: Asmi has shoulder-length white hair, it's thick and a bit wavy, it tends to cover his face unless he brushes it out of the way. He has vaguely feminine bone structure, but looks androgynous more often than not. Their eyes are a red-toned brown, think cherry wood mixed with cherry blossoms and with very thick lashes. They have a few moles dotting their bleached skin, but as you have probably guessed, they're albino.
Personality: Asmi is… Very flirty and often seen as having little to no respect for himself. He fits very well into the stereotype of harlots and not very much into the stereotype of a Saint. It's mostly a defense mechanism from being a prostitute, but…
Backstory: Asmi was sold by their parents to a slave market due to there being seven kids in their family and definitely not enough money to buy food, so, they were sold. Their family got a lot of money for their albinism. After about fifteen years, He managed to get out of the pleasure house and into the Greatcoats, proving his worth with his ahem, seduction techniques that got him a lot of information. One day, he found the Saint, his predecessor, and might've had sex with him then killed him, might've.
Weapon: It tends to change, Asmi never wants you to know what they'll kill you with. They really like poisons, because if they get the heart racing enough, they can stop it easy enough.
What did the king ask them to do?: Protect the prince and teach him politics and how to talk to people. They also work as sex ed but that's not what they were asked for.
Other: They flirt with everything.

Bastard little man, I love them

:O I love them both. Andros is gonna have so much fun with these little shits, this is gonna be great

Actually wait. Lamer gamer, why does Alejandro have the same last name as the prince? I'm confused

Name: Caoimhe Seymour (It's Irish, sorry…but they go by Cain since they've been told so many times that their name is hard to say)

Nicknames: Since it's technically not their first name, well then Cain

Titles:

Gender and Pronouns: Meh, I changed my mind so They/them

Sexuality: They're not exactly the most open with that question, or to be honest any question at all, but if asked they'll just say something along the lines, "Why do you need to know, exactly, so do mind your own." Then they'll storm off, but they're a closeted bisexual.

Open to Shipping?: Yes, they might make things tough for the other character though.

Age: "I am 27, but is age really of much importance?"

Looks: They're about 5'7, which they find odd since most of her family was rather short, but they'rere not complaining. (I'm lazy and'll do this later, all you really need to know is that they has a prosthetic leg starting from below their knee and looks a bit like Meridah with a boy's cut, done!)

Personality: They're a tough cookie, to say the least. Caoimhe really doesn't like to interact with others preferring to just spend their time alone training or with the other GreatCoats. Although they seem to just be an overall cold and not caring person, they really do care and love their "GreatCoat family" well, the "GreatCoat Family +Dorian". They just, stress though, a lot about keeping themself and the team safe, and every day they just panic about the challenges of the day and what could happen. But as I said, all in all, they seem to be rather harsh and cold most of the time, they really do care for the others and in a way tries to protect them as though they were their actual family. (Which they do consider them their family, even if they act like they want to kill one of them every once in a while.)

Backstory/Weapon: Broadsword or Longsword, it just depends on whatever is at hand for her. She was trained with both though, by her older brothers and father before they went off to protect her village in a battle. But, many of the men of the village were massacred by the dukes and knights for a supposed rebellion, and she's had a deep hatred for them ever since. Well, except for that one moment, when they fell head over heels in love with a noble man's son, but well needless to say that relationship didn't last too long. They married in secret, but he was soon taken away from them, and forced to be with a woman his father picked. So technically, they are a noble person themself, but they won't admit that, and to be honest, they are still sort of in love with the man, but they know that neither of them will be able to get back together or really love each other the way they once did. But back to the weapons. They're somewhat lethal with the two weapons, although they prefer to abstain from fighting as much as possible until necessary. since they know that those actions are irreversible, and they'd rather not kill without a cause. They know the feeling of losing a loved one and such a horrid way, and well they'd never want to cause grief on another for no good reason. Except for after a couple of kills, then they sort of just go nuts on the battlefield, forgetting their passive ways and sort of just having a bit of a party to say the least. And well, they do get a bit violent when they are drunk, and when I say a bit violent, I really mean to the point of nearly killing the bartender the last time that happened.

What did the king ask them to do?: (Opt.) Protect the Prince, like the others, but to keep the group together and alive.

Other: They can seem to be rather cold at times, and even somewhat spiteful, but you ought to know that way down deep inside, they hate you a lot more than you think. I'm just joking. Actually, they're just really terrible at showing their emotions to others, so even if they do care for you, it will be very hard for them to ever admit that.

(Welp, maybe I'll just do a non-binary character? I give up, I can't write a female character for the life of me at the moment…))

She seems pretty neat! The one thing that doesn't make sense is the fact that she thinks she's be kicked out? Bc there are female Greatcoats who don't hide their gender

They're allowed, they're just less common due to societal norms. Sorry, I should have made that clearer! But I don't mind if you want your character to still be hiding because she thinks she needs to

Actually wait. Lamer gamer, why does Alejandro have the same last name as the prince? I'm confused

Wait, what? I will change that, I didn’t notice! I just looked up interesting surnames and that’s what I got, sorry! I’m a bit of a dumbass if you didn’t notice before.

His surname is Betancourt now, I think that’s okay?

:O I love them both. Andros is gonna have so much fun with these little shits, this is gonna be great

Asmi is going to annoy Andros so much I can see it now

Thanks, Lamer Gamer! That works great :)

:O I love them both. Andros is gonna have so much fun with these little shits, this is gonna be great

Asmi is going to annoy Andros so much I can see it now

Oh for sure, but like. Not in a bad way lmao

Shall I get up a starter, or do y'all have questions first?

No questions from me!

No questions!

No questions! Might be a bit spotty over the weekend with responses though!

Alright! No worries, Reed; I'm not too active on weekends either)

Their little group was at a tavern for the night. They had been here for two nights so far, and likely would move on again in the morning. Andros was seated in the common room nursing a mug of beer, wearing his greatcoat with his twin rapiers sheathed at his side. The pair of bards over in the corner were strumming a tune and singing, respectively, and the common room was about half full. Most of the people inside were locals; only a few were travelers like Andros and his little group.

Daron, the prince, was seated beside Andros with his own mug of highly watered down beer. Andros did his best to keep the young prince close and safe, but he wasn't sure how much longer that would be possible. Not with the Dukes so thirsty for blood as they were. Like it or not, the country needed another Rivera back on the throne, with Greatcoats to keep them safe. But Andros honestly didn't know how to get Daron back on the throne. The Dukes would never support Daron, and the common people didn't care so long as they had food and weren't too heavily taxed. Which, yes, the Dukes were shitty and overtaxed their people, but most common folk thought a new king would be worse. Not better.

Andros took a sip of his beer, sighing faintly as he set it down. He just didn't see a way forward. They couldn't go to the church because of Asmi. The church would have executed Asmi for heresy, because obviously a Greatcoat could never be a saint. Obviously not.and even then, it wasn't like the church could really have given all that much support. He shook his head a little bit, lost in his thoughts.

Asmi slammed his mug of beer down onto the table, flopping into a chair. "I still think you all should go to the church without me." He stated, ruffling Damon's hair before taking a swig of his drink. "I'd find a place to sleep, plenty of beds are open if you know who to talk to." The meaning behind Asmi's words were easy enough to figure out, those beds would be warm and had a built in flesh pillow.

(I was trying to give Lamer Gamer and Calanthe a chance to respond, but)

Andros shook his head. "No, we aren't leaving you behind. I've lost enough Greatcoats, I'm not abandoning one of them. And besides, the church doesn't like the Rivera family anyway. The church says the line has been forsaken by the gods, so. We would not find any support there anyway, unless we came begging on our knees. I, for one, have too much pride to beg the church for scraps. We shall do this on our own, or not at all."

The prince looked up at Asmi, then at Andros, quiet as he listened to them talk.