What makes this RP "different"?

First off, most of the action in this RP will be shown in a comic, which will be drawn and posted here by me. It will only contain one "main" character which will be defined and designed by all of the people involved in the RP. Secondly, this will be an "interactive" comic, meaning the story will move according to nominations and votes towards which actions the main character should take.

So we don't have any characters of our own?

You do, each person participating in this RP will have a "Watcher". A god-like entity which shall discuss with its colleagues what path should their "Hero" take. Watchers are totally and only under control of their respective creators. Each player is also completely allowed to suggest NPCs which could show up during the RP.

What exactly is the story for this?

Wall of text, incoming.

"At first and for a long time, there was nothing, but from this nothing, a glint of light misteriously sparked, and from this light were born several creatures, these creatures would later be reffered to as "Watchers". The Watchers, looking at the whole universe around them and turning it into their sandbox, crafted the first planet. Which they named "Primor", their first creation, although at the time it was nothing but a giant ball of stone.

The Watchers, all of them, were then tasked with thinking of ideas, suggestions, to improve Primor and make it even more interesting. The Watchers suggestions went on sparkling, and with each one, Primor gained something new and grew. One of the first ideas for Primor, was the creation of it's brother, the sun. After they realized they could make more planets like Primor, they made several others to spin around it's orbit, but they were all mere decorations.

Eventually more suggestions kept being added to Primor. So were created the first elements, fire, water, earth and wind. Primor continued to grow and expand with each passing moment, The Watchers made an even more beatiful place. That's when it occured to then, why not make more living beings, which could then populate Primor? The first animals appeared and several more followed, ranging from innofensive and frail creatures to fierce and gargantuan beasts. Eventually, they realized all of their creations so far lacked one thing, brains, and as such, they decided to make an animal which would be able to reason and think, much like they were, although that one animal wouldn't have power which couldn't even come close of that of a Watcher.

Thus was born the first human. The Watchers marvelled as the humans developed and created great cities, and bested creatures even a hundred times more powerful than then. And then it came, religion, the Watchers started to notice that the humans bowed and chanted to idols, through observation, they discovered those idols were no more, no less than iconic representations of themselves. On one side, it was fascinating that the humans had aknowledged the existance of The Watchers, on the other, they were getting it all wrong. Their definitions ranged from The Watchers being humans just like them, to them being actually gigantic phallic symbols with unnatural power, The Watchers couldn't help but all facepalm.

The Watchers all agreed the humans needed to be oriented to at least worship their creators properly. But how would they do that? Eventually, one of the Watchers suggested they took control of one of the humans bodies and used that person as a vessel so they could transmit their message. All of the Watchers agreed to that and possessed a man, whom they named Angarius. Being under direct control from the Watchers, Angarius was gifted amazing powers in the human world and was quickly recognized as a messiah.

Angarius teached the many people all around the world about what their gods truly were and the old symbols were switched for icons which represented the ideas that each Watcher had contributed with to Primor. By example, the Watcher who had came up with the idea of the Sun, had that as his symbol. The Watchers enjoyed as they were cheered on and adored, wherever they went. One of The Watchers in special, the youngest of the Watchers and the one who hadn't yet contributed with any suggestions, Livor, had taken quite a liking to being praised by the humans, even though, having done nothing yet, he had no symbol of his own.

One day...Livor betrayed his fellow Watchers and before any of them could notice what was happening, Livor had sealed all of his brothers in a mundane necklace, he couldn't possibly destroy his own brothers since they were, together, a much stronger force than he was, but he could at least seal then off, he then had Angarius lock away the necklace in an underground vault, never to be found again. Shortly after that, Livor and Angarius took the whole world under their own rule. Demanding the immediate destruction of all of the symbols which represented the other watchers and putting in their place the recently created symbol of Livor, the planet itself. Livor converted all of the humans into believing that, instead of there being several Watchers, there was only one "God" which was him.

And it remained that way for many many years, until one day, a pair of kids ended up inside that vault during an earthquake. Trying to find their way out, one of them got in contact with a mysterious necklace, and at this very moment, a new Angarius had been born."

So...What is the setting of this story?

Fantasy Industrial. Swords and crossbows are still used for fighting occasionally but rifles and handguns are pretty much the standard. Standard animals all exist plus a few magical creatures. Magic is only possible for an Angarius. Most advanced type of transportation are steam powered ships. All cities are ruled by and worship Livor, who is still inside the original Angarius.

But...If our protagonist basically has the power of several gods, won't this story be kinda short?

Being sealed in the amulet for so long weakened the powers of all of the Watchers within it and also completelly sapped several of them, as they channel and use their powers through the Angarius, however, their power will slowly be restored. The vessel's power will grow according to how much he uses it, while carrying the necklace the vessel is also immortal, independent of how strong his connection to the Watchers is. As soon as the vessel lets go of the necklace, however, he loses all of his powers until he retrieves it. At the maximum level of power, the Angarius no longer needs to carry the necklace around since he'll have channeled all of the Watchers out of it and into himself.

So...How is this going to work exactly?

Events that occur inside the necklace will be RPed in the usual manner, with text and among the RPers. The events within the necklace, however, should be used to discuss what shall be the next step for the hero in the outside world, which, once decided, will be drawn and shown by me in comic style. While discussing inside the necklace, the Watchers can take any shape they desire in case they want to make themselves feel more confortable or think they're able to express themselves better in that manner, all of the discussions are held in a magically created temple inside the necklace. (Check "References" section for pictures.)

Signed up so far.

Nicsp - Adustio (Watcher of the Sun)

Sparrowsmith - Aldous (Watcher of Mechanics)

Naridar - Aphdeagos (Watcher of Doubt)

Ryuga - Mu (Watcher of Death)

Omnial - Garnyti (Watcher of plants)

Kratour - Aarutii (Watcher of Emotion and Freedom)

Sign-up Sheet



References: (Will be updated as necessary)



Story so far:

Alaine and her brother, Cain, after falling into a hole during an earthquake, ended up in an old vault. Inside the vault, Alaine came into contact with an old necklace which, as she soon found out, was the cage of a small group of Gods. She accepted the Watchers pledge and became her new vessel in the fight to take their tyrant brother, Livor, out of power. As soon as she woke up, Alaine and her brother quickly left the vault, although her brother is now questioning where her newfounds magical powers come from. Alaine then suggested they used her newfound powers to free the kids being opressed in the orphanage they came from.

Alaine's Statuses

Current physical health: Fine

Current mental health: Fine

Relationship with other characters:
Cain Heros: Friend


Questions? Feedback? Suggestions? Feel free to PM me or post them here! I will answer them as soon as i can.








Name: Adustio

Watcher of the Sun
Symbol:



Preffered appearance:

My interest is peaked. I'm joining solely out of faith that this will work and eagerness to see this comic

Name: Aldous

Watcher of Mechanics
Symbol:

Preffered appearance:


I couldn't help but make my character look like an Observer (Fringe) for two reasons. One the similarities between watchers and Observers. Two, I'm writing a story called Aldous Bane and the Observer effect, the Observer effect relates to quantum theory which essentially destroys classical mechanics laws...
It's a physics joke... ... I hope someone gets it.

Oh, and Mechanics refers to the apparent clockwork order of the universe (physical principles) and how different components can be accumulated into resulting actions, and vice versa.

Hope this is alright.

All sounds good to me, and i promise i'll work hard to live up to your expectations

Don't forget to vote for the gender of the main character!
...
I should probably set up a poll for it, will do that now.

There aren't enough female protagonists in the world, and with most of the watchers appearing male (I imagine) we could do with some counter-balance
Also, the poll is open to people who might not play... Could that be a problem?

Looks interesting, I'd like to join:

Name: Aphdeagos, watcher of doubt

Symbol:

Preffered appearance:

Aphdeagos is the "inventor" of conscience and doubt. His prime principle is that all decisions, good or bad, cause pain to others and only through the complete unification of all human thoughts can one be content without harming the happiness of others.

Oh that's good, i kind of alredy had an idea for both the male and female protagonists in my head and, admittedly, i liked the female one more XD

And nah, not really, all of the other decisions will be made by RP and not by poll so

@Naridar

Sounds very interesting, i'll add you alongside with Sparrow to the list right away.

Edit:

I just noticed, all of the names so far, except for Livor, start with the letter A.

NameMu
Watch of Death
Symbol

Preffered Appearance

Names that begin with A just plain sound better

Feel I'd like to add something here: There would have to be alot of watchers to cover all of the things that would need to be created (We'll say at the very very very least a 13) but I doubt we'll get that many (realistically we'd need dozens) and I don't think anyone really wants to RP for dozens of watchers.
SOooooo... How about the necklace has sapped all of the strength from most of the Watchers, leaving the only ones with any power left as the wisest ones (or more willing ones) which will be the RP characters?

It just seemed odd to me if there were only seven watchers or so... Thought I'd contribute

...True...I feel dumb for not actually having realized that o_o Yeah, we'll go with that, thanks Sparrow XD

Also, welcome aboard Ryuga I'll add you to the list right now.

Name: Garnyti, of Plants.
Symbol: A Tree with leaves on it.
Preffered appearance: A Tree Man Who can walk And talk and glows neon green between its bark.

Thread is up, the next page will come as soon as everyone's done with their first posts, but following pages will likely be done once per weekend. (Although that might change if i have enough free time.)

Page a week sounds pretty good, it'll keep the RP alive at least

So what's the word on late entries?

Well, i'll suppose you've read all of the stuff posted so far. Due to the Angarius, the necklace's seal will slowly start wearing off, as such, not only will the power of the remaining Watchers start to recover but Watchers who had "died" will be able to come back. So, just post a sign-up, i'll approve it and add it to the list and then you're free to jump in.

Alright, let's see what I can come up with...







Aarutii's preferred appearance is that of a young girl. Just how young she is differs from appearance to appearance, but she's never old enough to be anything older than a teenager. That said, a few traits are always constant in regards to her looks. First, her eyes are always large and brown, and her likewise brown hair tends to fall only down to her shoulders, usually in fairly straight locks. Her face is always rounded, and she has a general softness to her appearance- which is commonly the trait lending Aaru most of her femininity. Another constant is her clothing. She's always fully clothed of course, but for whatever reason her clothing is usually rather... raggedy, as though she were wearing hand-me-downs and not celestial garments of some splendorous sort. But the only thing that is always exactly the same about Aarutii, is her voice. It's always high and definitively female, the kind of voice that could be easily remembered or easily forgotten, depending on the face to which it's attached. ... Needless to say, she usually falls under the former category. (I've actually sketched out her appearance, but my scanner is... Ugh, I dunno. This will have to suffice for now, I'm afraid.)


For many of the earlier stages of Primor's creation, Aarutii was content to simply keep her(?)self entertained by whatever means happened to be available. Most of the time, that meant simply enjoying the company of her other siblings- especially Livor, the only Watcher that happened to be younger than Aarutii herself. It's hard to define in simple words, but when all's said and done, they were very close for a long time. It was only when the others created the Humans and Aaru started to take interest in their actions that the two began to drift apart. Even after she began spending more time with the Humans, who's Emotion and Free Will she had played a major part in founding, than with Livor, they were still friendlier than most others. And yet, as things began to meet their close, even she was not spared from imprisonment.

Fortunately enough, the young Watcher had no little time to contemplate the betrayal, as she was the first (or among the first) to fall into a state of torpor. Unlike so many others, however, she didn't quite reach the state of quasi-death that the other Watchers did. Instead, she simply fell into a fitful sleep, and never quite woke up. Or at least, she didn't awaken for a very, very long time.

Okay, so, i have been recently awfully busy with school and probably won't have time to be making any more pages for this RP, for the moment, at least, so i'll leave you guys with two choices.

1. Turn this into a full text RP until i'm done with school stuff.

2. Close the RP for now and try to continue it from where it stopped as soon as i'm free.

I'd go for option 1 but activity is slooow.
Everyone gets hyped for RPs, writes for three days or so, and then never posts again

I vote on option 1. We have no way of monitoring the RP's otherwise.


Activity is slow, but it's more due to the fact that one person we were waiting for disapeared. Can't say the same for this week however.
I'd still say it's best to tread on.