Hey guys, is this RP still open to new characters?

Sure. Just post a bio and let us have a look over it.

Mmmmm, possible more characters?? Excited to see what you folks come up with!

Appearance: Red hair, beard, manbun, blue eyes with cybernetics and a crazy look on them. Like the man below, but younger, shorter beard and with features from the woman:

Name: Faolan Kavanaugh (Fey-lan)

Race: Human (Pilgrims)

Rank: Science-Mystic

Expertise: Endless lore and Archeotech; Self-proclaimed dust mystic

Special skill: Dust Whisperer - Faolan can use dust to revive or operate ancient technological devices. Usually involves bizarre rituals, chanting mantras and copious amounts of dust.

Personality: Passionate, obsessive, absent-minded, visionary, lunatic.

Faolan was once an esteemed engineer on the Pilgrim Path of Technology and an expert on the study of ancient Endless technology. Together with his husband he researched a multitude of Endless ruins and became famous amongst the Pilgrims when he managed to temporarily awaken a cluster of Endless ruins with the use of dust. For a few years he continued to refine his knowledge of Endless technology and how to manipulate it with dust and eventually reverse-engineered a pair of dust gauntlets of Concrete Endless origin. They proved instrumental in his ability to manipulate dust and to revive archeotech.

Unfortunately, fate took a turn for Faolan when during an expedition a device he activated released a strange, floating cloud of dust. When he tried to manipulate the dust into submission with his gauntlets, it recoiled violently and produced a terrible electro-magnetic explosion. In the aftermath, Faolan's husband died while the scientist barely made it out alive with permanent brain injuries.

Driven mad by the death of his husband, Faolan became obsessed with discovering the true properties of dust and subjugating this Endless technology to his will. Dissatisfied with simply manipulating machines, the Pilgrim was determined to unlock the true potential of dust by forcing it to generate the kind of phenomenon he witnessed. This led to a dark path of dangerous experimentation, an unhealty obsession with Pilgrim rituals, and an almost lethal exposure to dust. Faolan installed cybernetic and bionic enhancement and linked his Pilgrim tattoos neurally to his brain and his gauntlets, sought out dangerous anomalies in attempts to make dust learn them, and activated dangerous Endless facilities which nearly killed an entire Pilgrim expedition. His descent into madness eventually alerted the Pilgrims and he was put on trial. Charged with dangerous experimentation, indecency, and the cruel homicide of United Empire soldiers, he was exiled from the Pilgrim fleets.

Now Faolan seeks a new crew which would allow him to study the properties of dust. He is convinced that dust is more than mere technology and is capable of wondrous things. Thus, with his trusty gauntlets, enhanced tattoos and brilliant but deranged mind, Faolan has set out to finally find the planet Tor, in hopes of learning a way to make dust bring back his dead spouse. Currently, his only "magical" ability is to use dust to animate and revive technologies. He is also trying to make it manifest a gravitational singularity, so far with no success. He also talks to the dust sometimes.

I wanted to create a Vodyani but given the race restrictions posted in the beginning, I don't want to overtax the 'limited' population crew. Where do we stand on that?

Valadeus wrote:

I wanted to create a Vodyani but given the race restrictions posted in the beginning, I don't want to overtax the 'limited' population crew. Where do we stand on that?

although many are inactive:

A mix of various humans

a vodyani

a craver

a lumeris

i, the beautiful and perfect horatio

a sower

a automaton

a riftborn

a robot  (of potential vaulter origin)

and thats it so far according to what i can remember

There was also a Haroshem chef, a Raian technician, a Vaulter pilot, and the human(?) chief of engineering, but you've gotten most of them

oh and a sophon 

Well, I would like to consider signing up as a second Vodyani if the currently active players and/or leaders of this shindig would be okay with me submitting a concept? I've been reading up the lore and this particular part of it and I'd like to try my hand at it. 

Wow, I didn't even realize we had a forum RP going. That's what I get for being a lurker for so long, I suppose. If characters are still being accepted even after what looks like a recent spike in interest, I'd be happy to write up a bio for consideration.

dobyk wrote:

Name: Faolan Kavanaugh (Fey-lan)

Race: Human (Pilgrims)

Rank: Science-Mystic

Expertise: Endless lore and Archeotech; Self-proclaimed dust mystic

Special skill: Dust Whisperer - Faolan can use dust to revive or operate ancient technological devices. Usually involves bizarre rituals, chanting mantras and copious amounts of dust.

Personality: Passionate, obsessive, absent-minded, visionary, lunatic.

[...]

While I'm not per se against a personality driven over the edge by loss, there is one major problem with that bio: The Saviour is a Pilgrim ship and the expedition financed, organized and launched by Pilgrims. No way they'd let a dangerous exile of their own people on board.

Alien@System wrote:

dobyk wrote:

Name: Faolan Kavanaugh (Fey-lan)

Race: Human (Pilgrims)

Rank: Science-Mystic

Expertise: Endless lore and Archeotech; Self-proclaimed dust mystic

Special skill: Dust Whisperer - Faolan can use dust to revive or operate ancient technological devices. Usually involves bizarre rituals, chanting mantras and copious amounts of dust.

Personality: Passionate, obsessive, absent-minded, visionary, lunatic.

[...]

While I'm not per se against a personality driven over the edge by loss, there is one major problem with that bio: The Saviour is a Pilgrim ship and the expedition financed, organized and launched by Pilgrims. No way they'd let a dangerous exile of their own people on board.

True, I actually realized that as well at some point. In that case, I will edit the following paragraph: 

Driven mad by the death of his husband, Faolan became obsessed with discovering the true properties of dust and subjugating this Endless technology to his will. Dissatisfied with simply manipulating machines, the Pilgrim was determined to unlock the true potential of dust by forcing it to generate the kind of phenomenon he witnessed. This led to a dark path of dangerous experimentation, an unhealty obsession with Pilgrim rituals, and an almost lethal exposure to dust. Faolan installed cybernetic and bionic enhancement and linked his Pilgrim tattoos neurally to his brain and his gauntlets, sought out dangerous anomalies in attempts to make dust learn them, and activated dangerous Endless facilities. Despite his unpredictable behavior and damaged psyche, Faolan is still one of the best techno-archeologists and and his understanding of both Dust and the Endless is rivalled by very few people. The planners of the Savior's voyage thought the benefits of having Faolan onboard outweight the risks, but the brilliant madman could not be found anywhere. 

That is, until one day he almost crashed into the Savior with his small exploration shuttle.  Faolan had heard of this mission to Tor and has decided to join the crew - finding Tor would be a golden opportunity o study the properties of dust. He is convinced that dust is more than mere technology and is capable of wondrous things. Thus, with his trusty gauntlets, enhanced tattoos and brilliant but deranged mind, Faolan has set out to finally find the planet Tor, in hopes of learning a way to make dust bring back his dead spouse. Currently, his only "magical" ability is to use dust to animate and revive technologies. He is also trying to make it manifest a gravitational singularity, so far with no success. He also talks to the dust sometimes.

Small note: Although Faolan misses his husband and claims he desires to resurrect him, at this point his madness and obsessions have begun to dominate him, and he is more energized by the thrill of power.



I hope this is a good edit

Iarainn wrote:

Wow, I didn't even realize we had a forum RP going. That's what I get for being a lurker for so long, I suppose. If characters are still being accepted even after what looks like a recent spike in interest, I'd be happy to write up a bio for consideration.

people are generally free to join, with alien’s permission. Feel free to write a charcter bio and post it. alien will be the judge.

dont worry, she isnt harsh

dobyk wrote:

Appearance: Red hair, beard, manbun, blue eyes with cybernetics and a crazy look on them. Like the man below, but younger, shorter beard and with features from the woman:

Name: Faolan Kavanaugh (Fey-lan)

Race: Human (Pilgrims)

Rank: Science-Mystic

Expertise: Endless lore and Archeotech; Self-proclaimed dust mystic

Special skill: Dust Whisperer - Faolan can use dust to revive or operate ancient technological devices. Usually involves bizarre rituals, chanting mantras and copious amounts of dust.

Personality: Passionate, obsessive, absent-minded, visionary, lunatic.

Faolan was once an esteemed engineer on the Pilgrim Path of Technology and an expert on the study of ancient Endless technology. Together with his husband he researched a multitude of Endless ruins and became famous amongst the Pilgrims when he managed to temporarily awaken a cluster of Endless ruins with the use of dust. For a few years he continued to refine his knowledge of Endless technology and how to manipulate it with dust and eventually reverse-engineered a pair of dust gauntlets of Concrete Endless origin. They proved instrumental in his ability to manipulate dust and to revive archeotech.

Unfortunately, fate took a turn for Faolan when during an expedition a device he activated released a strange, floating cloud of dust. When he tried to manipulate the dust into submission with his gauntlets, it recoiled violently and produced a terrible electro-magnetic explosion. In the aftermath, Faolan's husband died while the scientist barely made it out alive with permanent brain injuries.

Driven mad by the death of his husband, Faolan became obsessed with discovering the true properties of dust and subjugating this Endless technology to his will. Dissatisfied with simply manipulating machines, the Pilgrim was determined to unlock the true potential of dust by forcing it to generate the kind of phenomenon he witnessed. This led to a dark path of dangerous experimentation, an unhealty obsession with Pilgrim rituals, and an almost lethal exposure to dust. Faolan installed cybernetic and bionic enhancement and linked his Pilgrim tattoos neurally to his brain and his gauntlets, sought out dangerous anomalies in attempts to make dust learn them, and activated dangerous Endless facilities which nearly killed an entire Pilgrim expedition. His descent into madness eventually alerted the Pilgrims and he was put on trial. Charged with dangerous experimentation, indecency, and the cruel homicide of United Empire soldiers, he was exiled from the Pilgrim fleets.

Now Faolan seeks a new crew which would allow him to study the properties of dust. He is convinced that dust is more than mere technology and is capable of wondrous things. Thus, with his trusty gauntlets, enhanced tattoos and brilliant but deranged mind, Faolan has set out to finally find the planet Tor, in hopes of learning a way to make dust bring back his dead spouse. Currently, his only "magical" ability is to use dust to animate and revive technologies. He is also trying to make it manifest a gravitational singularity, so far with no success. He also talks to the dust sometimes.

Another quirky gay scientist with a tragic loss in his past? We should open a club or something :D

StormAngel wrote:

There was also a Haroshem chef, a Raian technician, a Vaulter pilot, and the human(?) chief of engineering, but you've gotten most of them

Alice (our chief engineer) definitely has some Vaulter background.   it just hasn't come up yet.

BobMarleysGhost wrote:

although many are inactive:

A mix of various humans

a vodyani

a craver

a lumeris

i, the beautiful and perfect horatio

a sower

a automaton

a riftborn

a robot  (of potential vaulter origin)

and thats it so far according to what i can remember

The current "active" list, determined by who posted within the last two months, looks like this:

Alice (Human, common)

Mantovanni (Horatio, common)

741N73D (Sower, common)

Ylona (Human, common)

Valorum (Vodyani, limited)

λ (Riftborn, exotic)

Or in other words, we'd need two normal people for a new Limited or Exotic character. Which, if all three of you follow through, we'd have.

Oh, and if any of the old folk now feel like saying "Hey, that's not fair, I'm around!", it's been two months since you posted. Sixty days. That's enough time to get through any exam periods and still join in on any of the active scenes, or start a new one.

@dobyk: The italicized changes in the bio should be okay, but I don't agree with the ones you've snuck into the last paragraph without highlighting them. Especially since there is no need. If the Pilgrims think he's crazy but useful, sending him on a holy mission seems already logical without the need to have him crash into the ship in between.

@Iarainn: Seems good. I guess Ylona will have to give up the helm from time to time now, but I think that's okay.

@Valadeus: The bio seems good, but I'd like to hear from our other regulars whether they're okay with a second Vodyani.

Alien@System 

@dobyk: The italicized changes in the bio should be okay, but I don't agree with the ones you've snuck into the last paragraph without highlighting them. Especially since there is no need. If the Pilgrims think he's crazy but useful, sending him on a holy mission seems already logical without the need to have him crash into the ship in between.

Oh yeah, that was more to explain why he's joining now and not in the beginning of the mission. Otherwise, all good so far? 

@Alien@System, 

Thanks for readnig over the bio! I understand if there are reservations about another Vodyani and, as I said, if we'd rather not have another one that's fine I can put together a different concept. I'll wait to hear the verdict then, thanks!