[Poggio]

In this RP pick a fairy tale character from any culture or any story considered a fairy tale (peter pan, Alice in wonderland, etc) and create a character in a fantasy world off of it. The characters will join together to repel a force destroying the land known only as "ink". If touched by ink people become tainted and mutate..

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The Story

Once upon a time in the prosperous kingdom of Wonderland, the royal family gave birth to three children. The eldest was a son whom became known by the people as The Happy Prince. Then came the twin princess, Julian and Jade. Upon their birth The Blue Fairy blessed the royal family’s household with one wish for each child.

Years passed and as the Happy Prince was about to come of age, he made the first wish. “I wish for my Kingdom to always be happy while I am king.” Unfortunately the beloved Happy prince was killed by consumption before he was able to become king. The king and queen of Wonderland were then tasked with deciding whom the crown would fall to, Julian or Jade.

When it became know that the king and queen were going to choose Julian, the eldest daughter by one minute, Jade became furious. In a fit of rage the young princess decided to use her one wish, and had Julian banished to the cold recesses of the northern plains.

During her banishment Julian’s resentment towards her twin sister slowly froze her once loving and tender heart. She then began to build a kingdom of her own, the White Kingdom, and adorned the title of the Snow Queen. Now twenty years have passed and with the aid of her poisonous black ink, the Snow Queen is now prepared to retake her rightful thrown and seek revenge upon her loving sister.

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The Nations

Wonderland: Once a prosperous port kingdom, it is now currently going through an economic crisis and is currently ruled by the Red Queen.

The White Kingdom: A mysterious kingdom established by and currently ruled by the Red Queen’s sister, the Snow Queen. It is located in the northern plains.

The Lost Kingdom: A kingdom overwhelmed by a forest and flowers and beset by a magical spell. It is unknown that the kingdom was created when two separate kingdoms had merged, the Kingdom of the Rose and the Kingdom of Lyngve.

Neverland: A small Island off the southwestern coast. Not much is known about the island.

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Rules


1. Follow all site rules as well as rules posted for this role play.
2. Poggio and Mirror Gardens are the moderators of this thread.
3. This is a Semi Lit role-play. This means that all role-players should be able to type at least a quarter of a page with 12 point font, single spaced, in a Word program. NO ONE LINERS.
4. Keep profanity to a minimum
5. Pm your to poggio,
6. If you are unsure about anything regarding the thread please ask, if you are unsure regarding a character please ask that user instead of assuming an idea.
7. Please stay true to your chosen character. Does not have to be exact, but don’t get too obscure that we won’t recognize who the character is.
8. No godmodding. Warnings will be given out, but repeated offences will result in banishment of the thread.
9. Please be respectful to other roleplayers and at the very least skim other posts before posting to avoid confusion and try and keep ooc conversations out of the main thread and in the OOC..

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Non-Player Characters

These characters are not available to be played. They are neutral characters to be controlled by the mods of the thread as need be. If a character wishes to interact or allude to one of these characters, please stay on track with the story and pm me if you choose to change it.

The Red Queen: Current Ruler of Wonderland.

The Snow Queen: In control of the ink, and pretty much all evil.

The Blue Fairy: A dexus machina figure that should be used with desecration

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Accepted Profiles:



User:Poggio
Character Basis: The Beast
Name: Prince Sebastian
Age: 21
Personality: Sebastian is a selfish brat of a prince at the time of his coronation. Five years of wondering aimlessly with in the forest might have changed him.

History: Sebastian was raised a spoiled prince to the kingdom of Lyngve. Upon his 16th Birthday, he was given a Bride. However Sebastian childishly refused his responsibilities. Seeing this the Blue Fairy decided to punish Sebastian by cursing him and his kingdom. His people soon became malformed creatures that reflected their true nature. Some became goblins opting to defected to the Snow Queens kingdom, others became fairies and sprites that now inhabit the Lost Forest.

Sebastian was also cursed to be come a beast by the blue fairy, however the spell would be broken upon finding his true love or humility which ever came first. Sebastian’s time as a beast switches with the moon, some times he is beast only at night others it is all hours of the day.

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]User: Mirror Gardens
Character Basis: Little Red Riding Hood
Name: Red
Age: 18
Personality: Serious, quiet and quite often unsympathetic.
History: Red is a freelance rogue who will take on almost any job so long as the price is right. With unknown origins Red travels the nations with her faithful companion Sasha, a small white wolf plushie that changes into a large white wolf when summoned, searching for jobs.
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User: Funkduder
Character Basis: Captain Hook
Name: Captain Averad de Jaquez
Age: 25
Personality: Self-Confident almost to the point of arrogance, but he hasn't lost a battle in his campaign yet. His confidence is only matched by his intellect, but he has a harder time understanding the feelings of others and compromising. It was for this reason that he dueled his mentor, Captain Toshiro Taketa, and took his position when denied a position as first mate.
History: Captain Jaquez commanded one of the faster, albeit lighter ships of its time, The Wasp under the Red Kingdom. When the economic depression hit the kingdom, Jaquez mutinied against the kingdom, renamed his ship The Jolly Roger and became a prestigious mercenary captain (and smuggler).
Other:He still has his hand.

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User: Lunaryon
Character Basis: Alice in Wonderland
Name: Alicia
Age: 17
Personality: Shattered
History: Alicia was a good child in Wonderland, before the brutal rape of her mother and then murder of both. Having been forced to watch both, poor Alica's mind was warped beyond repair. Having learned in one of her moments of mental clearity that her parents murderer was sent by the red queen, Alicia has sworn vengence. With her fractured mind comes a frightening power. Alicia can call forth and bring her Imaginary friends out into the real world, and can drive weak minds to insanity with a touch.
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User: Quiet Man Cometh
Character Basis: Croc from Peter Pan
Name: Agrath
Age: ??
Personality: disinterested, feral, sarcastic.
History: A resident since birth of the salt water swampy regions of the Lost Kingdom, Agrath spent her life there, doing what she would call "living" which thus far has meant entrenching her place as the top predator of the area, and overall enjoying herself. She is quite content to let the machinations of other species and their politics and socially constructed living arrangemnts pass her by. She number ships and people among her chosen prey. What can be said to her favour is that she rarely kills more than she can eat. Locals and superstitious sailors dangle chunks of meat hanging from the bulkwark and sometimes found clawmarks in their hull. The stubborn or unwary did not and sometimes found themeselves short one crew member. Agrath intends to stay right where she is, something of a legend to the local coastal and swamp populations and overall plague to traders and caravans.
Appearance: (Will dig up a pic when I can). While some mistakenly believe that Agrath is half-human, the truth is that she is a crocodile with human features. She stands upright but leans forward slightly, her long tail dragging on the ground behind her unless she chooses to use it. Her armoured skin is motled green, black, and brown, and is ligher under her throat and on her belly. It is darkest on her back where she has a sharp ridge of scales that run along her spine. Her eyes are brown and reptillian and her webbed hands and feed still have digits extending beyond the webbing allowing her to manipulate anything a humanoid would be capable of. She wears no clothes for covering but does have a belt of pouches and a bandolier to carry the few objects around that she bothers herself with.[/QUOTE]

User: Kalei
Character Basis: Thumbelina
Name: Marie
Age: 156, but looks 9
Personality: Marie’s somewhat wise because of her age, but she tends stubborn and convinced she is right most of the time. She avoids getting involved with anyone if she can help it, but she has a soft spot in her heart for people dong their best in a bad situation.
History: She grew up as an orphan, but managed to get a job as a royal gardener at the Wonderland Castle. She was granted the power to shrink and a 1000 year lifespan in exchange for saving a witches life when she was a child. Because of her power, she will sometimes offer to spy for the Red Queen for extra money. She has trouble dealing with people because of the discrepancy between her age and her appearance, so she spends most of her free time small so she won‘t be bothered by anyone. Marie prefers to spend her time with plants no matter if they are inside or outside of the palace walls. Due to the amount of time spent in the gardens she has picked up some knowledge of herbs.
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Originally Posted by T e c h n i c o l o r

Hi!

User: T e c h n i c o l o r
Character Basis: Rapunzel
Name: Tess d’Zaal
Age: 17
Personality: She was once sweet and naive, but has become hardened by the world, and is suspicious of friendly people. Trained in archery as a child, her bow is her only constant companion aside from her stallion, Xanthos.
History: Born to the noble d’Zaal family, a family who had a history of opposing the Snow Queen’s government, Tess had been destined to be a lady. At her birth, a fairy visited her and decreed that if her hair was ever cut, Tess would no longer be able to inherit her lands. Just before she was to take over control of her family’s estate, a rival nobleman who had heard of the fairy’s promise and wanted to gain the Snow Queen’s favor came and infiltrated the d’Zaal manor, and cut off Tess’s hair. The nobleman took over the estate, and Tess was cast out from her house, given only a horse and a bow and arrows, the d’Zaal family weapon. Wanted by the Snow Queen because of her family’s history, Tess is a fugitive, trying to reach the Red Queen’s kingdom and escape the White Kingdom.
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Originally Posted by Michael

User: Michael
Character Basis: The Cheshire Cat
Name: Nikolai Chesnokov
Age: 23
Personality: A bit on the nutty side, he has a short temper and tends to find EVERYTHING he does hilarious. Whether it's actually funny, or just plain rude and cruel- that's for everyone else to decide. But in his little world, he's the best guy on the planet- and everything is about him. That's only natural when you are your own bestfriend. Rather accustomed to being alone, he doesn't get on with others very well, and can come off as being very thoughtless and self centered.


History: Orphaned at an early age, Nikolai found his way through this end of that problem, and the frontways of this one. He never stayed around when there was any sort of real danger; an always seemed to slip out when things got bad. Always up for a bit of mischeif, he found himself in quite a few tight spaces here and there; but that never stopped him from amusing himself with a bit of indulgent dark humor. When he turned about nineteen, he heard from a friend of a friend of a guy who used to buy bread at the local market, that someone had heard from someone who he had seen at a bar once had heard that there might have been some sort of rumor going around that someone saw the Red Queen herself order an execution for his parents. Or rather, all the people living in a specific section of his hometown. It wasn't anything more than a simple cleansing, from what he was told..a calculated choice on the Queen's part, to be sure.

Afterall- a cat was always a very tricky thing; and tricky things tended to put your plans in a bit of a pickle.


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Additional: Nikolai; or, Ches, as most people learn to call him; is from a long line of tricksters, shape shifters, illusionists, and not-too-shabby disapearers. Able to shift into a black feline the size of a small housecat, he likes to duck out of any tricky situation as quick as he came. As well as seeming to melt into thin air. However, he can only travel short distances when incorporeal. This makes it hard to actually escape when caught..but that doesn't stop him from having a quick jaunt in the halls of any prison silly enough to try and tangle him.


Er...um..yeah. <///<;;

[Poggio]

Current story: ( This will be updated as the story progresses)

[Funkduder]

The captain desk was unusually messy according to first mate, Shmee, who was also in charge of the ship’s log. Even to the men on board the The Jolly Roger, knew that many battles lay ahead of them, and if they were to survive to drink once more, they had to make sure that the captain, and they themselves, were in good health. The captain who sat behind the desk slammed his hands on the desk. He was frustrated, faced with a choice that proved to be haunting him even as he took pleasure drinking his special brand of whiskey.
Tacked to the wall, there were two letters, and almost as though there was a line between the two letters which extend on to his desk, papers were scattered about. Situation were played and replayed. The potential of certain allies and the ability to persuade them was marked on packets contain every bit of information he had on each person who would play a role in the upcoming and inevitable war.
The letter on the left, from the Kingdom of Wonderland, promised forgiveness, and reinstatement as captain of The Wasp. “It was the Jolly Roger,” remarked the captain. Could he trust those buggers? “I’ve out-smarted them again and again over the years? Are they really that forgiving?”The letter on the right was from The White Kingdom in the north, was a promise of power, and true land and all the riches he could possibly want. “It’s too good to be true, even for an infamous captain. Who would win between the two? Who should I side with?”Then Averad turned his mind to Red, the infamous red mirage, who was supposedly more skilled with any weapon than any of his men despite being a woman. “Where was her alliance going to lie?” he thought. He pondered these thoughts heavily when the ship rocked, abruptly, as if they hit a reef.
“Captain!” First Mate Shmee rang in. “Some sort of iron net has been caught on our rudder!”
“Lower the sails, and get a crew down to untangle the anchor,” said Captain Jaquez.
Shmee moved out of the cabin and the Captained followed, grabbing his sword and pistol in the process. “Standard protocol,” he reminded himself.
Walking out to the bow, he borrowed the navigator’s telescope and looked forward. The wind brushed against his ears and blew the ends of his coat behind him as Averad spotted land ahead of him. The flag hoisted on the shore gave evidence that this was a port of Wonderland, a decent place to raid, due to the crisis at hand. The Red Queen will not notice so long as their own flag remains lowered.
“Captain!” Shmee cried. “There’s a ship approaching from the rear!”
“Come Shmee. It is time we have a nice chat with the ones who may have trapped us in this Iron net,” The captain said, handing the telescope back to the navigator.

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The moon light danced between the trees allowing just enough light for, the young beast keen eyes to see any shape that lay hidden from him. As quietly as a mouse he stalked, it while it unsuspectingly rested on its long flight from the east. Quickly, he pounced on the bird trapping it with in his powerful jaws before he felt its life drain completely from its wiggling limbs. Years ago Sebastian would have been disgusted by this act of barbarism, but now it was only known as dinner.

Once he finished devouring the warm flesh, the beast wandered through out the night pausing a river to bath himself. The river reflected in the moon light what had become of him and his people. Behind him he could see nothing but vast over grown weeds entangled with trees. Somewhere scattered among the forest floor was his people. He sat in the river letting the water was over him. Sebastian felt a little hopeless about his current situation. During the day he felt almost too weak to travel, and at night he knew he was merely traveling in circles. Even equipped with the senses of the king of the jungle was not enough to help him find his way out of the forest. It felt good to be wallowing in self pity; it was one of the few last vestiges of selfishness that the prince felt he could afford as a luxury.

While doing so, Sebastian used his claws to untangle a lot of his matted fur. Some small part of him joked about his future 'love' being displeased with a beast that was unkempt. Once his reflection mirrored satisfaction the prince found himself curiously following the river downstream, towards the base of a mountain range. His paws drifted onwards without instruction from his brain. Eventually his young bones throbbed with a particular ache as sun awoke over the horizon. Sebastian soon found himself drifting beside the river bank in his bipedal form. He slumped against a tree his body refusing what it had not digested from his adventure during the night. He felt himself falling against the bark into a tired sleep.

[Mirror Gardens]

Reeed…Reeeeed….WAKE UP!! Red groaned slightly and rolled over. However she jolted awake when she realized she very nearly rolled off the branch she had decided to camp in the previous night. That’s what you get for sleeping in trees. What ever happened to sleeping in good old fashioned caves? The girl ignored the lecturing voice as she sat up and began stretching out her arms and back. Once she felt she had gotten the majority of knots out of her back, she surveyed the ground. Red tried to recall which forest she had wandered into, but she and Sasha had been traveling for nearly three weeks without any sight of life outside the normal wild creatures that inhabited forests. I’m hungry woman…how about letting me devour that rather malnourished boy beneath us. Raising an eyebrow, Red leaned over the branch and spotted the man. Grabbing her basket and shoving the rather talkative stuffed wolf back inside before jumping down from the branch. Landing quietly on her bare feet she stared at the unconscious man before walking over to him. He really did look malnourished…and judging from his state of dress she doubted he had anything worth taking. Walking a bit closer she saw that he was still breathing. She contemplated leaving him there, but then again there was always the chance that he knew where the nearest village was. She was in need of a job and she doubted any of the wild animals would be able to afford her rates. Closing the distance between them, she rolled him over with her foot before kicking him softly in the side. “Wake up.”

[Poggio]

Breathe, just Breathe… at least some part of his conscious mind was telling him that. His thoughts nagged him about going back to sleep with in the deepest recesses of his mind but he stayed in the nice little limbo of rem sleep until a voice commanded that he wake up. With a grunt Sebastian rolled over to his other side, away from the pain that hit his side. “No” Part of him thought the voice was his subconscious desperate attempt at social interaction, the other part of him that was still a prince said that he was to be commanded by no one, not even himself. He curled into a ball ignoring the pain and continued to slumber though much more lightly then before. His eyes shot open. For a moment he stared out into the wilderness. Someone was talking to him. Sebastian thought he had gotten past such delusions. Who would willingly traverse into his realm in its current state? Squinting against the early morning light he turned over against his better judgment. Great, the grim reaper has donned red just for my royal blood. He grunted again deciding that dying asleep was not the worse way to go.

[Mirror Gardens]

Red watched as the boy rolled over and grumbled out a simple ‘no.’ She was about to kick him awake again when his eyes suddenly shot back open. He stared at her a moment before letting out a grunt and going back to sleep. Looking down at the boy she found herself quickly growing bored, so she kicked him again. “Get up…or I’ll let Sasha eat you.” With that said she pulled the little white doll from her basket.
Yes, I shall enjoy the meal…even if he is a bit on the sickly looking side. Red rolled her hood covered eyes at the plushie’s comment. For a stuffed animal the creature was insatiable at times.

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Now he was in pain on bothside. He hissed at the person attacking him. Sebastian opened his eyes again, the young girl was threatening him with a … he looked at it again, yes a stuffed animal. Clearly he was dreaming, he was so socially deprived that he was dreaming that a giant mass of red fabric was threatening him with a plushy. He mused about indulging in the dream. With a heavy sigh he weakly propped himself up using his elbow. The young prince gave his attacker a measured look realizing he wasn’t dreaming but perhaps the person was just as lost as he was and had gone mad from seeing so much foliage. It was too bad he couldn’t have her committed or arrested for the violence against him. “Morning meal?” He asked. Then the air around filled with the strange sound of laughter. It was something the mysterious forest had not heard for a long time at least coming from the prince. “Yes I think I’ll make great fodder for grandma stuffums there. Its so cute, do I need to grind my intestines to baby food?” The prince had to silence himself, it started to hurt to laugh and talk. He needed water.

[Funkduder]

Captain Averad approached the captain who was going through a long speech about the time it took to track him down and to now finally trap him and arrest him for betraying Wonderland so long ago.

"It is only a matter of time before the crew untangles the anchor. I'll get Shmee to unfurl the sails while I distract this captain, here," planned the captain of The Jolly Roger. After whispering his orders to Shmee, he approached the captain, a man named Cortez.

"So you apperantly captured the infamous captain of The Jolly Roger, did you now? Tell me Captain Cortez: do you fear death?"

"Why of course not, unlike you, pirate scum," he spat. "I am a conquistador and I-"

"Good, then why don't we play a little game? The price on my head is worth more to Wonderland alive than dead. Draw your sword and throw it at me. If you can knock the hat off of my head or kill me, then I will surrender. If not, you will surrender to me one piece of cargo on your ship, which I require for later travels."

One of the sailors on Cortez's ship nearly snapped at such a request, but he was stopped by Cortez who said, "This deal works out better for my men, and for me," he said. Kneeling down he said a quick prayer: "Lord, by your cross, let my blade fly true and do justice onto this man."

"Kneeling before me will not change the conditions of our little game, when you lose."

At this he finally snapped, and threw the blade at Captain Jaquez. However, although it looked as though he would hit The Jolly Roger's Captain, the boat rocked almost abruptly. Someone had loosened the cargo in the hold and it gave more momentum to the movements of the sea.

"You have failed to strike me, Captain Cortez. Give me the map to El Dorado," said Captain Jaquez.
"If he had any once of pride, he would meet my demands," Averad thought. "However, he did not expect to lose, so he will not be that type of man today.

"You!!!! CHEATER!!!!" Captain Cortez snapped angrily at Averad. Cortez drew his pistol, cocking the gun and lighting the fuse for it, but before he could fire, Averad drew his gun which was already prepared, and shot his gun, rendering it useless.

"You have lost to me, Captain Cortez, both in my game and in yours. BEGONE!" Averad yelled, and The Jolly Roger sailed off, the anchor finally untangled. Pulling his opponent's sword from the mast, he realized how good of an arm Cortez had. "If he had hit my hat, it would be ruined. If he hit me..."

"Shmee!" Captain Jaquez called to his first mate. "We're going to shore. We need to repair the ship and I need to seek out someone in the Lost Kingdom"

"Yes, of course, captain," Shmee said, dutifully.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

At the stern of the ship there was a brief splash as something dropped into the water. She wasn't sure if they heard her or not but she didn't worry. She would be long gone into the reedy shallows soon enough. She had started to lose her appetite for these people listening to their banter back and forth about this that and the other. One wanted to kill another, something about justice and travelling a long way for it. El Dorado she knew; she heard the locals talk about it all the time; El Dorado, the city of gold, the path to riches, the pinacle of ancient wonder, the gold, the riches and this, that and the other. So someone finally found the map to it. That was nice. The gator hovered horizontally several feet below the surface of the water, her eyes flicking only briefly to the ship's hull she heard the anchor chain being pulled up.

Oh well.

She stretched beneath the water and wedged herself along the keel of the ship as it started to move, feeling about for the places she new generated enough of a back-eddy to allow her sit nicely and coast with the vessel. The water here was too cold, and she was still peckish. Perhaps when she got closer to shore she would find something less boney than humans to chew on.