Kazatul
Mystic Elder
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Location : Los Angeles, California
 | | Subject: Rules for Origins Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:06 pm | |
| Ok so a quick note about writing Origins. Basically, these are just background solos that tell of how your character came to join the Order. The general backgrounds are as follows:- Recruitment:
Method 1: The original families and tribes that made up the Order during the glory ages of the Empire continue with their mission of maintaining the balance of power. While some have had their overt power and influence weakened over the years, their devotion to their sacred duty from the founding of the Order has not wavered. As such, the third and fourth offspring of the lower nobility are given to The Order to train.
Method 2: Dishonored and/or disgraced noble families are often contacted a generation after their incidents. Given the reach of the Order, a deal is often struck to welcome a young offspring into The Order in exchange for the Order's help in removing the family's stigma. In other cases, if the family has been made destitute, financial aid is provided to help the family recover. The greater the stigma, the more Chosen are sent to The Order.
Method 3: They also recruit from Outcast or Unaligned Villages quite often. Since the Order tends to have outposts or front guilds and businesses in all territories, they are able to reach out to villages in order to find strong candidates from those areas. Financial or militaristic support and/or training are often the compensation to the unaligned. Often with the Outcast Villages, parents will offer up their children to allow them a chance at a life where the family stigma will not hinder them or their heirs.
Method 4: While unsanctioned intimacies within the Order are heavily frowned upon, members of The Order are not forbidden from bearing children. Children born Chosen are often raised into The Order. It is not mandatory, but if the parent who is a member of the Order decides to keep them separate, the child must reside with the other parent. If the child is human, it resides with the other parent automatically.
Here are the general guidelines tho:
1) Your character was inducted as a child. At the oldest, you would have been like 10 years old. The reasoning behind is this is that all of the members of the Order are trained in martial arts and they learn about spirits and bonding and such.
2) No one is allowed to be the offspring of a Sage without prior approval from Kyro and I.
3) Origins will not be used to justify stronger abilities or stronger control of one's abilities. To be honest, everyone's powers/abilities will pretty much progress with the main storyline.
4) Please be original. This world and story is very open-ended. The storyline and world will basically move as events occur. I do not know how it will end, so leave yourself open to be included in side stories and even the main stories.
5) There is no advantage or disadvantage to choosing any of the recruitment methods. Even if your character is from an upper nobility family, your past is left behind when you enter the ranks of the Order. | |
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