Post by Xero on Oct 1, 2008 9:03:48 GMT -5
Fifteen years have passed since the Bandits arrived. Fifteen years have passed since the Great War took place. Now, what is left of a great country is a trail of despair and corruption.
Since the Bandits won the Great War, things have become very rough for a majority of villages. Most of these villages grow food, which the Bandits come and take when they are ripe and have been harvested.
Originally, the Bandits were not taking more then what was required, leaving food for the villages as well. However, that was almost ten years ago. Now, the Bandits take much more, and demand much more. Villages who rise up, attempt to not give the Bandits what they want, are destroyed.
Since the Bandits won the Great War, things have become very rough for a majority of villages. Most of these villages grow food, which the Bandits come and take when they are ripe and have been harvested.
Originally, the Bandits were not taking more then what was required, leaving food for the villages as well. However, that was almost ten years ago. Now, the Bandits take much more, and demand much more. Villages who rise up, attempt to not give the Bandits what they want, are destroyed.
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The Village of Nara
Small stone houses over look the fields of rice, the villagers mostly tend to. Up the mountainous path way, and to the village proper, children play and elders watch. The comings and goings of the small town are not much. Near the great waterfall, and across a small rope bridge are more houses. Up a stair case, carved out of the rock itself, is two buildings. One is a temple to the water spirits. The other is the village meeting place.
Today is not like any other, though. Several huge machines, Bandit Carriers as they are called, hovered over the fields. Beams of red light shot down from what would be the machines legs, only on the rice. The wind from their systems blew the rice plants around, knocking over some of the older villagers that were working in the fields.
Soon enough this was over, and the Carriers left.
Not more then an hour later, every villager was at the small meeting place.
"What are we going to do?", one villager whispered, wringing his hands nervously.
"Well we can't fight them!", another said.
"Well why not?", a third said, "They take our food, they threaten us when it is not ready or it isn't enough."
Suddenly, the knock of wood on wood quieted the entire group. The elders were going to speak. The head elder, wise with years of living, and a survivor of the war, looked down the bridge of his nose at the young head water priest.
"We will fight. Priestess Shu, find us samurai.", The elder said softly, knowing full well what it would do to his village.
The priestess nodded, then stood slowly. The elder nodded back, then said, "Kujo, you will go with her. She will need someone to travel with."
Kujo, the only one other then the priestess who was standing, stepped forward. "You will be taking with you rice from last year. You set out at first light.", The elder said.
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Villager: Villagers live in the village, not often do they leave, mostly because they have to tend to the items of the village.
Bandit: Bandits come in different forms, shapes and sizes. Mostly every Bandit is advanced humanoids, or at least were. I will be posting different types of Bandits, If you choose to be a Bandit you will have to choose either governing or commanding.
Samurai: Being a samurai is illegal now. A samurai is not just being a swordsman/woman using eastern schoolings. A samurai is any type of warrior.
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Character sheet
Name:
Age: (No less then 15, no more then 50)
Gender:
Side: (Samurai, Villager, Bandit)
Skill (s):
Appearance:
Weapon (s):
History:
Picture:
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My characters
Name: Jin Murasame
Age: 21
Gender:Male
Side: Samurai
Skill (s):
Appearance: Black yukata with a white over coat/cloak and wooden sandals. His jet black hair is tied up in a pony tail, and he wears a pair of glasses.
Weapon (s): Twin Katana
History: Jin was one of the greatest warriors of the Great War. Having fought the bandits before, Jin does little else when he mustn't. Other then what Jin is willing to speak about, not much else is known about him.
Picture:... Sorry...
Name: Shu Nara
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Side: Villager
Skill (s): Able to sense warriors skill
Appearance: Light blue Kimono with a light blue obi and soft shoes. Has light brown hair and always with a grin.
Weapon (s): None
History: A water priest, just made high priestess of her villages temple. Sent out to get samurai to protect the village.
Picture: Sorry.
Name: Kujo Kira
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Side: Villager
Skill (s):Farming.
Appearance: Linen shirt and thick linen and leather pants, with thick leather boots. Sandy hair and lighter brown eyes.
Weapon (s): none
History: A villager and farmer, and has been doing so since he was young.
Picture: Nope.