Classic Castle Roleplay Planning February 2006

[Lord_Of_The_LEGO]

Character registrations, questions and comments regarding the CCRP should be posted here. Additions to the continuing epic should be posted in this thread.

Let the adventure continue!

[E of Alshire]

G-10
Fire Breathing Fortress gates
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"My name is Void. Welcome to my fortress."

Lord Void most certainly does not live in the Fire Breathing Fortress; as attested to just last month. How much of the CCRP have you read?

And I'm pretty sure your characters have not been OK'd yet, either...

[Lord_Of_The_LEGO]

That is correct. I have deleted your post. Nev, it seems you don't have an in-depth understanding of the Roleplay. Please read everything before you begin posting.

[Lord Nev]

Well, Ethan you posted a question about Void being put in charge of the FBF so I built off of that.

Three questions mister Admin. How much do you need me to read and what specifically do you need me to read and how do I know I've been OK'd?

[Lord_Of_The_LEGO]

How much do you need me to read and what specifically do you need me to read?

Everything. Every archived epic here:

http://www.classic-castle.com/events/ga ... hives.html

And the last to month's worth of RP threads. As for you confirmation, I will post it here, in this thread. I have been very busy of late. Please be patient.

[Lord Nev]

Sorry, I'm trying to be patient, but I e-mailed someone my Cs back in November so please excuse me.

[Lord Nev]

Btw, I couldn't help but notice that the writers of Misfits Of Dametreos 1 don't like 2nd person. Sry, grammr Nazi thing.

I find that if you use 2nd person instead of just repeating their name It is mush easier to read. The story is great It just needs some grammar revision.

If you'd like, I could do it for you

[Formendacil]

Btw, I couldn't help but notice that the writers of Misfits Of Dametreos 1 don't like 2nd person. Sry, grammr Nazi thing.

Right....

And you dare call yourself a grammar Nazi when you go around writing "btw" instead of "by the way"...

I find that if you use 2nd person instead of just repeating their name It is mush easier to read. The story is great It just needs some grammar revision.

I'll agree that quite a few typos made it past Nathan in putting it online. Check out the original posts in this forum though (especially from that time period) and you'll find that they are, all the same, much improved.

Furthermore, the use of the 2nd Person in writing seems rather ridiculous to me. All those "you"s and "your"s and "thou"s and "thy"s and such is rather pointless. There are, after all, more than two people here.

Or did you mean 3rd Person?

In any case, it's a matter of style. If you don't like it- don't write it that way.

If you'd like, I could do it for you

I'm sure that the Archives, especially the older chronicles, could use some more spelling correction, but beyond the most superficial of stylistic changes, it should be left as it is. What right have you, or anybody, to say that you don't like someone's style?

We appreciate your interest in trying to make the Roleplay as good as it can be, but suggesting that the individual styles of the Roleplay authors are wrong or insufficient borders on rude, and is purely a matter of taste.

~Michael A. Joosten - Gaming Moderator~

[Sir Kohran]

Sry, grammr Nazi thing

Nazi thing? Huh?

I find that if you use 2nd person instead of just repeating their name It is mush easier to read. The story is great It just needs some grammar revision.

Glad to see you like them! However, I actually prefer the grammar faults. It's sort of like a look into the original roleplay, and how it was written. Also, you can tell who the author is by the way they spell things, so you can tell which post fits with which member and their character's view automatically.

BTW, what is your avatar of? It reminds me of William Wallace

The Mel Gibson version, that is, not the historical version .

- Matt, who really should be getting to his geography homework

[Astral Claw]

My first character in the CCRP

Name: Joquos. Under this nom de guerre he hides his true family name, in case he earns some unwanted enemies.

Age: 31

Background:Joquos is usually quite reserved about this subject, but he will, however, let on about his early life until the age of 20,

“I had been at the Church from nine years old; in three days I should have been twenty. I was about to become an Priest, and all was arranged. One evening I went, according to custom, to a house which I frequented with much pleasure: when one is young, what can be expected?--one is weak. An officer who saw me, with a jealous eye, reading the lives of the Gods to the mistress of the house, entered suddenly and without being announced. That evening I had translated an episode of a certain god, and had just communicated my verses to the lady, who gave me all sorts of compliments, and leaning on my shoulder, was reading them a second time with me. Her pose, which I must admit was rather free, wounded this officer. He said nothing; but when I went out he followed, and quickly came up with me. ‘Priest,’ said he, ‘do you like blows with a cane?’ ‘I cannot say, sir,’ answered I; ‘no one has ever dared to give me any.’ ‘Well, listen to me, then, good Priest! If you venture again into the house in which I have met you this evening, I will dare it myself.’ I really think I must have been frightened. I became very pale; I felt my legs fail me; I sought for a reply, but could find none-I was silent. The officer waited for his reply, and seeing it so long coming, he burst into a laugh, turned upon his heel, and re-entered the house. I returned to the Church.

“I am a gentleman born, and my blood is warm, as you may have remarked, my dear friends. The insult was terrible, and although unknown to the rest of the world, I felt it live and fester at the bottom of my heart. I informed my superiors that I did not feel myself sufficiently prepared for ordination to the Priesthood, and at my request the ceremony was postponed for a year. I sought out the best fencing master in Falconis City, I made an agreement with him to take a lesson every day, and every day for a year I took that lesson. Then, on the anniversary of the day on which I had been insulted, I hung my robes upon the hook, assumed the costume of a cavalier, and went to a ball given by a lady friend of mine and to which I knew my man was invited. It was near the Market, close to the City Center. As I expected, my officer was there. I went up to him as he was singing a love ditty and looking tenderly at a lady, and interrupted him exactly in the middle of the second verse. ‘Sir,’ said I, ‘does it still displease you that I should frequent a certain house of my friend? And would you still cane me if I took it into my head to disobey you? The officer looked at me with astonishment, and then said, ‘What is your business with me, sir? I do not know you.’ ‘I am,’ said I, ‘the little Priest who reads lives of the Gods, and translates their word into verse.’ ‘Ah, ah! I recollect now,’ said the officer, in a jeering tone; ‘well, what do you want with me?’ ‘I want you to spare time to take a walk with me.’ ‘Tomorrow morning, if you like, with the greatest pleasure.’ ‘No, not tomorrow morning, if you please, but immediately.’ ‘If you absolutely insist.’ ‘I do insist upon it.’ ‘Come, then. Ladies,’ said the officer, ‘do not disturb yourselves; allow me time just to kill this gentleman, and I will return and finish the last verse.’

“We went out. I took him to the Market, to exactly the same spot where, a year before, at the very same hour, he had paid me the compliment I have related to you. It was a superb moonlight night. We immediately drew, and at the first pass I laid him stark dead.”

Even then he is vague with locations and people. After this period, he will not speak of, for it saddens him greatly. What is known, though, is that he enrolled into the personal guard of Queen Helen Tillshire-Falconis, and has served under her for several years.

(Sorry if you find this hard to read ... it's just my style of writing is a bit "old-fashioned")

Faction: United Kingdom of the Black Falcons

Place In Hierarchy: Queen's Guard, although he is often sent on missions to the outlying regions of the Kingdom and various other countrys.

Equipment: Joquos has a noble air about him, moreso than most cavaliers, and as such is often unjust towards gentlemen, whom he endeavors to eclipse by his splendid dress. As his first layer of clothing, he wears violet shirt and breeches, made of fine silk, which he hates to spill blood upon or blemish the surface with a rip. Upon that, he wears a brown doublet, made of leather, with several joints for flexibility along the chest, neck and shoulder area. This is often replaced, due to the wear and damage it retains, but the design is always the same. Now we must take a look at Joquos's waist, where his beautiful baldrick does lie. It is embroided with an unknown material; for Joquos would never reveal it, lest someone else get a similar baldrick, and it glitters with a silver hue. Rumour is that he recieved it after the death of an opponent in a duel. Also, Joquos wears a wide brimmed black hat and cloak, which he uses to conceal his identity from undesirable people. He also carries a single rapier, which never leaves his side.

Other: -Personality-

Joquos, as you may know, not only talks much, but he talks loudly, little caring, we must render him that justice, whether anybody listens to him or not. He talked for the pleasure of talking and for the pleasure of hearing himself talk. He spoke upon all subjects except the sciences, alleging in this respect the inveterate hatred he borne to the scholars of his childhood.

Although Joquos is scarcely thirty years old, and was of great personal beauty and intelligence of mind, no one knew whether he had ever had a mistress. He never speaks of women. He certainly does not prevent others from speaking of them before him, although it was easy to perceive that this kind of conversation, in which he only mingles bitter words and misanthropic remarks, was very disagreeable to him. His reserve, his roughness, and his silence in such subjects almost makes an old man of him.

-Special Skills-

-Excellent Duelling
-Excellent Fencing
-Improved Weapon Proficiency: Rapier
-Improved Persuade

Looks: -Height-
6 feet 1 inch

-Weight-
102 kilograms

-Hair Color/Style-
Joquos has jet black hair, which reaches to his shoulders. At the bottom it curls into small ringlets, and no amount of brushing can straighten it. The same can be said for his moustache, which he can often be seen twirling when in thought.

-Eye Color-
Green

-Skin Type-
Caucasian, with a light tan from travelling often.

Class: Major Character
Status: Active

[Robin Hood]

Just from seeing how much work you put into writing that bio, I can tell that you will be a great RPer. Let me be the first to welcome you. And just to help you familiarize yourself with the RP (though I suspect you already have) let me link you:

viewtopic.php?t=6198

Good luck in reading the archives.

Dan

[Formendacil]

My first character in the CCRP

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(Sorry if you find this hard to read ... it's just my style of writing is a bit "old-fashioned")

YOUCH!!!

No, I don't find it hard to read... But then, I have known for my pomposity of speech...

But wow... That's certainly the record for longest single character registration.

Meanwhile, before Nathan will approve you, I'm sure that we're going to want to hear whereabouts you are at in terms of knowledge of the world of Dametreos.

Also, as a bit of a warning...

Although the topic of religion is not banned from the Roleplay, and while elements of it crop up regularly, I would warn against putting too heavy an element of "Church" into your Roleplaying. It's no so much a rule, persay, as it is an unspoken code of conduct, but we tend to be rather circumspect in matters pertaining to religion- so as not to offend the real-life sensibilities (or insensibilities) of people.

Not to scare you right off the topic... just to give you a certain sense of caution.

Otherwise, looking good for a new member. Once Nathan gives the go-ahead, let's see what you can do.

~Michael A. Joosten - Gaming Moderator~

[Lord Nev]

Good luck in reading the archives.

Yes, indeed.

[Lord_Of_The_LEGO]

Wow. That was a most impressive post. I'll try and get you and Nev registered by this weekend.

Also, as a bit of a warning...

Although the topic of religion is not banned from the Roleplay, and while elements of it crop up regularly, I would warn against putting too heavy an element of "Church" into your Roleplaying. It's no so much a rule, persay, as it is an unspoken code of conduct, but we tend to be rather circumspect in matters pertaining to religion- so as not to offend the real-life sensibilities (or insensibilities) of people.

Not to scare you right off the topic... just to give you a certain sense of caution.

I agree with this completely.

[Lord Nev]

Thank you soooooooooo much!!!!!!

Also, about the whole church thing, I have an idea. If anyone has played Runescape you will know that they have their own theology. Y'know with Zamorak and...that other guy what'shisname anyway, I think CCRP could make their own theology. Just a thought.