I'd hope that would snag at least someone. The version of TES we are working with here is the Redguard/Battlespire/Morrowind vision. Large parts of Oblivion's portrayal will not be taken as canon. Although this'll be a journey through the metaphysical as much as the mundane, it will begin in a Nibenay more familiar to readers of the First Pocket Guide.

Basically its an excuse to get out all of the fun side of the lore, that Todd likes to pretend never happened .

damn!!! this sounds awesome!! if only I had time... when would you start this?

Not at least for a week or two. There is plenty of groundwork to do first! Also, plenty of crew members to fill! Even once we fill up the entire quota, there will be plenty of other mates (IE, stand ins for each of the roles), and even some opportunities for new crew members to join, as the ship will likely stop off at Bravil and has to pass through the gates of Leyawin.

then i will be in spain although I will probably frequent an internetcafe there
I shall consider

I'll totally get into this if I find the time to juggle everything. I'm thinking on roleplaying a lesser role, maybe a character that's connected with some other character that pops up in the meantime. It's good to know there's no rush though.

After a few hours work I only have my bio to write up for my CS. Should be up some time tomorrow unless something happens to prevent me from finishing it.

A few things.

First off I notice mananauts in the title, does that mean we'll be seeing places like Masser, Secunda, Oblivion and Aetherius? Second, how long do posts have to be in the RP?

How would an experienced treasure hunter and pirate captain in her own right, and (possibly) an old friend of Spiros work as a First Mate? I feel like its time for the triumphant return of Camille Leon (and possibly Cordus as well)! I'll get you more details if this concept is okay, otherwise I'll work on a different character.

"The Mananauts" is more of a nickname that Spiros' crews have acquired. Before the folding of the Imperial Aetherial and Vodial Census and Excise Office (closed after the discovery that entire executive board had, to a man, been members of the Mythic Dawn conspiracy circa 3E 433), Captain Spiros was a registered Voidstrider with a privateers licence in twelve different Daedric spheres. Despite many boasts to previous prospective Khajiiti crew members, Captain Spiros has never visited either of the moons. Yet.

The current mission should take the crew of The Saint Alessia simply from Lake Rumare to The Summurset Isles and then to the nearest safe port, assuming nothing goes wrong. Lots of things will go wrong. That voidstrider license may just come in handy.

Posts should be a few paragraphs in length, though shorter posts are permitted during dialogue. Have a look around the forums, specifically RPs like Valton: The New Hold and Of Princes and Power for Rps with a similar post length.

A WOMAN, as a first mate?! Scandelous. It could work, though I think it may be more fun if the two haven't sailed together before, though they might know each other. If you've read Spiros' character sheet, I don't think it takes much imagination to work out what his relations with "old friends" are likely to have amounted to.

I think I'm going to split up the quartermaster/first mate roles, as it seems we will have no trouble filling up the main crew positions with plenty of fun characters .

I'll take the position of Boatswain, here's my Character sheet.

Name: Malcolm Sea-Born

Race: Nord, wi' a Scottish accent, like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgsPzydgzxE, just listen to the diving suit story to get a feel of it, the first story.

six: Male

Age: 52

Position: Boatswain

Appearance: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WgITKqaY5O8/Tai5dWIiwgI/AAAAAAAAAfM/uqSHXLyPb64/s1600/frazer.jpg hah, just kidding, your faces.

Malcolm is a trueborn son of the sea, 6ft 2inches tall, with sea blue eyes and jet black hair, grey running through it rather often, it is cut to a short-medium length and the hair now looks oiled back, though it isn't it's just like that from years and years of working in the wind and rain. His skin is weather-beaten from having worked on the water every single day of his life.

On the right hand side of his brow is a scar five centimetres in length, from a fight with a pirate, his eagle-like nose(that's what type of nose it be) is crooked. His features are sharp, his hands, the hands of a worker, the nails worn down, scarred and rough. His body, lean and scarred, indeed only one part of his body is free from scars(I can safely assume you all know which bit I'm talking about, is the information too much for you all?).

He has all the parts of his body(As tempting as it was to give him a peg leg, I want a character that can run around for this, sorry to those who were hoping for a peg leg character). They say that Malcolm has worked on the water all his life because the land is too afraid to try and handle this man. His gaze is piercing, as if looking into your very soul, his voice is soft, but it speaks with a gravity and it speaks with wisdom, wisdom beyond his years, a quiet so profound that talk often stops when he speaks. In battle or be it at sea, that voice seems to become louder than thought possible, it bellows and can send grown men into quivering wrecks, aye, it is fearsome indeed.

He's also either clean shaven, or with a slight muzzle.

Skills: Malcolm has been a sailor all his life, he has known nothing else, He can swim and walk along the length and breadth of a ship in the strongest of storms and not even lose his step. His skill with anything of ships and the seas is that of a master who knows their craft, the sea is his craft, he knows tales not even the oldest of storytellers could tell you about the seas, it is whispered by some that this man is as old as the sea itself for the tales he knows, others whisper, that this man is the personification of the sea. Not true of course, he's just a man who's visited every single sea-abiding community in tamriel.

That being said, Malcolm is a fine hand with a cutlass, a damn fine hand, once holding off five men at once, though to be fair he was fighting against five rather inebriated sailors. But nonetheless his skill with his cutlass is perhaps only unparalleled on the seas, on land his feet some to stumble and his balance is effected by the constant stability. And the last three things he can do are these, He can sing and play music like a bard and finally he play's a lot of chess, so he's rather good at chess.

Malcolm has no Magic, nor anything else games skill-wise.

Possessions: I've divided it into sections.

Clothing: Malcolm normally wears a black tailcoat with http://www.irishinspiration.com/acatalog/RssnPR02md.jpg only navy blue, under that he wears a long sleeved white shirt, non-collared or buttoned. For his legs he wears black trousers with http://images.uesp.net/4/41/SR-icon-clothing-CuffedBoots.png boots. He wears a black leather belt with a steel buckle, thick woollen socks and finally, should they be needed, leather gloves. His clothes seem to always be the same, it turns out he washes them and has everything listed above five times over.

Weapons: For working with the rigging, Malcolm has a steel dirk, iron rusts, but for battle, Malcolm will draw out http://www.piecesofhistory.co.uk/img/prod/SB2126.jpg. Tis' a beautiful thing his Cutlass, made of the finest steel mixed with silver to help with the less material creatures. That's all he's got for weapons.

Misc. Items: http://www.gadgetspeak.com/aimg/551651-mands-deluxe-chess-set-l.jpg, the board doubling as a box to hold the pieces. The board having one side being a chess side, the other side being a back gammon side and having the pieces to play Chess, Backgammon and Draughts. He's also got a few bottles of whiskey here and there. And a tobacco pipe which he only smokes when he feels like it, that is to say, when the nights upon the sea are calm, the skies and the deck clear, he'll find himself a good spot and with his pipe and a bottle of whiskey, enjoy watching the stars.

Personality: Wary, but warm, he'll engage in conversation, his patience is, some say, infinite and he's always willing to help out. But he's got an anger that when shows itself is ugly, once punching his way through a tavern, an entire tavern, of Nord's, knocking each one out, like I said an ugly anger.

Strengths: Calm, patient and a dab hand at chess.

Major flaw(s): The truth is, he's afraid of going out of sight of the sea. He's also incredibly unsteady when fighting on land. He's also, though rather embarrassed to say so, very fond of each of his fellow crewmembers, protective and willing to risk his life for them. Suffice to say, he's terrified of the land.

History: Born on the Sea, Malcolm has lived his whole life upon the seas and water, going on land only when necessary. At Seven he could climb the rigging better than any other boy or man, at nine he could wield a dirk and at twelve he was considered a member of the crew. Malcolm has worked on Fishing boats, merchant boats and military boats, he doesn't like pirates, having killed more than his fair share of them, but he only does so in self defence.

His Parents were two Nords, sailors, he ne'er knew his mother, who passed away giving birth to him, his father died at sea when he was five, so he doesn't really know his family, so he took the name "Malcolm Sea-Born". He started out as a cabin boy on an Imperial Naval Vessel, then when he was sixteen, he swapped ships and worked on a fishing vessel on the harsh northern waters of Skyrim.

He changed ships once again to a merchant vessel when he was twenty-four, then when he was the age of thirty six, he changed to a fishing boat until he was fourty two before joining the Crew of the St. Alessia. He rose to the position of Boatswain and has kept it ever since. Lately he yearns to be sailing again, being fed up of going swimming in the lake and day after day tussling and triumphing over the slaughterfishes.

Recent Occupation: He's been a sailor all his life, he still intends to be a sailor, so, Sailor.

My character sheet's in the works. I've sent Vincent a PM about it. And I'm posting about it because I'm not sure whether or not his inbox is chock-full of all the other PMs these RPers sent, and everything before.

So Vincent, I've sent you a PM. Respond as soon as you can.

I like this character, and can pencil him in for the job, but for some reason I think It might work better if he hadn't served under Spiros before.

One thing of note: The RP starts in the Imperial City, so you need a reason why your character is ...there, which was the reason for the "Recent Occupation" section. Maybe he has just been hanging around on the docks looking for work, staying close to the water while he is in-between jobs? It might just be a chance thing that he found Spiros' advertisemant for crew members.

I give you: Claudia Leon, the Demoness of the Abecean!

Best. CS. Ever. Accepted and awarded the role of First Mate (Its not first come first served, but first awesome first served).

I do wonder how the two will get one captain and first mate, being similar in disposition.

Trying for Quatermaster but we'll leave that up to you, VmC

And I'm off for the night. Keep the applications flooding in. Its better to post them here than in my PM inbox, unless you want to get into contact about previous experience with Spiros.

Any general questions about the RP, ask them too.

And tomorrow..I shall have even more to read through. Loving some of these characters already though, this RP is going to be great.