In the early days following the defeat of Mehrunes Dagon, no one dreamt that another catastrophe lay at their doorstep. For a while, people accepted the de-facto rule of High Chancellor Ocato without protest, although there were whispers that the Chancellor was quietly solidifying his own power. Yes, an opponent here or there disappeared, and a rival hither or thither was found murdered...but these things were put down to coincidence.

Even when the Imperial Guard was relegated to a secondary standing, in place of the Chancellor's Militia, people murmured but were not terribly alarmed. In retrospect, Ocato's plan was plain as day...but nobody saw it...at least, not until it was too late.

On the second anniversary of Mehrune Dagon's defeat, Ocato had himself crowned emperor in the Imperial Palace. All but a few of the Elder Council -- those who could not be bribed -- were noticeably absent for the event, and not seen again after that day. Ocato's planning had been thorough, and he immediately activated his network of spies and thugs. "Traitors" were reported to the Chancellor's Militia -- now the Emperor's Militia -- by neighbors and friends, and hauled off the dungeons -- or worse. Dissent was utterly squashed. Any and all protest was met with instant, harsh retribution by the Militia. Many, including most of the high ranking Imperial Guard, were executed as rebels and traitors to the empire. The Blades were all but exterminated, with the few remaining soldiers fleeing into the mountains and swamps. Even the Champion disappeared, but whether that was by Ocato's hand or his own design is uncertain.

Cyrodiil is a land of fear and unease, outwardly subdued by Ocato's brutality, but inwardly festering with secret resentment and an unspoken longing for justice. Yet no one can trust his brother, and so Ocato remains in power...for now.

Rumor has it that the Champion has returned to Cyrodiil. If the rumor is true, the Champion is about to become the most sought after person in the empire -- sought after by Ocato, who will surely want him dead, and sought after by all those who have been driven from their homes and are seeking justice.

You are: Anyone you want to be. You can be one of Ocato's close associates; a high-ranking political ally or enemy; an outlawed Guard or Blade; a disaffected citizen or adventurer; a member of the Chancellor's Militia; or one of the spies*. You can work for Ocato or against Ocato, and you can change your mind as you go. You can seek out the Champion to join forces with him, or you can hunt the Champion to kill him. There will be characters controlled by me (including Ocato and the Champion, as well as some spies and heroes), in addition to your characters.

* If you want to work as a spy, PM me! No one else will know that you're a spy, unless they can figure it out. I will assume during RP'ing, unless you PM me and specifically state that your character is *not* sharing specific information with the authorities, that anything you learn is known by the proper persons in Ocato's faction. I will, however, act carefully with this info, so that I don't give away that you're a spy. In other words, if your character is privy to a conspiracy or a piece of information, but you *don't* want to report the conspiracy or information to Ocato's faction, let me know, and it will remain secret (unless another spy also has this info, and has chosen to reveal it).


So, do you like the idea? Think it could stand for improvement (PLEASE let me know how!)? Think you'd be interested in joining (maybe with the changes you've suggested)?


EDIT: If you'd to post your character sheet, feel free to do so. Also, regarding guilds and whatnot, if you'd like a specific position, PM me and we'll see what we can work out. And, of course, if you'd like to be a spy or a double agent, PM me. Depending on the response I get, we can get the main thread up some time tomorrow or Thursday.

Character sheets should include most of the following:

Name:
Age:
Race:
six:
Weight:
Height:
Appearance:
Clothes:
Armor:
Weapons:
Other:
Personality/Character:
Biography:
Your loyalty lies with (Emperor*, Champion, or Undecided):

Please, no uber characters.

* You don't have to indicate your true loyalty if you're a spy!

What happened to the guilds? I would suspect that the Mages' and Warriors' Guild would be out against Ocato.

Aside from that, It looks really fun. I plan on joining.

The guilds are most likely under the thumb of the emporer, but certain members would want to help the Champion. I would assuredly join, I see nothing to comment on. Yet...But I will

Yeah, I like Ocato being the bad guy for once. I'll read a few times over again and let you know if I spot anything.

EDIT: @ Holywalrus: Being a vampire might not be uber, just remember all their weaknesses. No sunlight for you :nono: Oh, and the whole race thing is a bad idea, just call him a nord vampire. And be very careful about that crimson scar thing. It's likely Ocato would hire an escapee, but it is skirting uberness to the extreme.

@ Zalphon No...Please completely redo that. I have to say, that is the most uber sheet I have ever seen...I'm sorry, but...no.

Tell me if being a vampire is too uber..

Name: Gauj Keijenx

Race: Nordic Vampire, could pass as a tall Breton.

Age: 113

Weight: 160 lbs

Height: 6'3

Appearance: Very slim and tall, and very, very pale. He has a Chinese Warlord-style beard that reaches down to his sternum. Fingernails are longer than most keep them at, and can easily use them as a weapon. His face has several brutal scars, all on his cheeks and brow, one cut through his lip. Has a hooked nose and squinting brown eyes. Short black hair frames his unpleasant face.

Clothes: Wears a black formal dress with a purple silk jacket on top.

Armor: When required to go into battle, which is very frequent due to the newly crowned Emperor's needs of him, he wears a simple black leather outfit with various pouches and sheathes attached to it.

Weapons: One steel longsword and a glass shortsword, both with elaborate and customized handles.

Personality: Gauj more or less has no personality. He is a killing machine for the Emperor, and only stops that roll when he needs to feed. When he is required to have a personality, he can be anywhere from pleasant to dark and cynical.

Bio: Gauj was a high-ranking member of the Crimson Scars before the Dark Brotherhood slaughtered them in their sleep, only 4 members escaping. He was one of the escapees. Ever since then he has plotted and schemed his way to the top, and has worked with Ocato to bring the Empire into the Chancellor's hands. He is one of the Emperor's trusted adviser and servant.

Name: Zalphon S. Broodikus

Age: 37

Race: Dunmer

six: Male

Class: Wizard (Light Armor Wizard with custom skills)

Skills: Blade, Light Armor, Conjuration, Block, Destruction, Athletics, Speechcraft

Appearance: Zalphon is an ash-colored dunmer with blood-red eyes, he always has a stench of blood and rotting flesh...His Black Hair is long and in a natural position...

Height: 6'

Weight: 150 lbs

Build: Extremely strong and intelligent, but not very agile, due to his childhood, he was very strong and intelligent, but didn't like to run, so he didn't usually...

Eye Color: Red

Armor: A full suit of Mithril Armor except for the helmet

Clothing: Exquisite shirt, pants.

Weapons: Glass Clayemore

Other: 500 gold, 2 bottles of skooma, Journeyman's Alchemy Equipment.

Bio: Born in Vvardenfell, he joined House Telvanni at age 20, and is currently a Master in House Telvanni... He attained his elven armor through...not-so pleasant means... Cruelty is not something he minds, as long as it isn't directed towards him.

Edit: Fixed so it wasn't Horribad...thanks to some people letting me know it was bad, I didn't know about loot restrictions, artifact restrictions, etc.

Name: Sum'Ondaed
Race: Argonian
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Class: Necromancer
Faction: Heroes

Armour: None
Weapons: Staff of Reanimation
Clothing: Black Robes

Physical Description: Sum'Ondaed is a HUGE Argonian. This is a heriditary trait, and his family averages at 7'2". Ondaed himself is 7'1". Because of all the Dark Arts he has participated in, his natural skin color has turned to a sort-of black. He has spines running out the top of his head, and red eyes. The Argonian is very big as well as tall, and has a huge frame. He is very intimidating, and even more so because of his profession.

Short Bio: Growing up in the Black Marsh under a family of Shamans, Ondaed was baptized into the dark arts at an early age. He grew up, learning many ritualistic and wise ways. He had an unusual taste in Necromancy, and left the Black Marsh in search of a teacher. He found a Breton Necromancer, very old and wise, that taught him the ways of Necromancy. At the age of 23, he killed his master, and proceeded into a world.

After the take-over of Ocato, Sum'Ondaed thought he could persuade the leader to allow Necromancy. He was declined, and then declared an enemy of the Empire, fearing that the evil nature of the Necromancer would cause him to seek revenge. He was sent to the Dungeons, but never made it there. Ondaed was able to escape, and is running away from the Empire. He is now considered 'A Threat to The Emporer', and has a bounty of 10,000 Septims.

Seeking revenge (As Ocato Predicted), he is personally out to kill the Emporer.

So he is basically a Daedroth that summons Daedroths elite?

A Necromancer is one who summons the dead. Conjurer summons Daedra. Big difference, as Necromancy is illegal, and Conjuration isn't. So, no.

CS look good so far! Thanks for fixing yours up, Zalphon. A vampire is fine, HolyWalrus, but, like Darkom said, please keep in mind his limitations as well as advantages; also, Crimson Scars is ok, but don't let him be too good, either.

I was making a joke, Elite >_>.. I was saying that a rlly huge Argonian like you described would looks similar to a daedroth.. Ehh whatever >_>

Haha to your joke. Perhaps if he were a conjurer it would make more sense

Also, I intend to make my CS tommorow. It's too late to make on tonight, and I don't want to use an old one...


EDIT: Don't hate on Ashton, he showed up at my Dad's resteraunt recently

-Ashton Kutcher runs out with a Camera Crew- You've been Punk'd!!!
Me: OMG NO WAY. :shakehead: I'm stupid.

Name: Shara Ranin

Age: 23

Race: Bosmer

six: Female

Weight: 115 lbs (52 kg)

Height: 5' 5''

Appearance: Short, but all Bosmers are. She has a regal look to her, and is regarded as very beautiful. She isn't well-endowed, and her raven-black long hair is mostly covered by a hat or hood. She has bright blue eyes, and looks like a very curious individual.

Clothes: Black wide shirt and wide pants (like the ones Vincente Valtieri wears). She often disguises herself as an Imperial man, due to the slight racial prejudice against Bosmer, and because her profession requires her to sometimes hide the fact she is a woman. When she wears a hat, it is generally a black beret that is just long enough to hide most of her ears.

Armor: She often doesn't wear armor, as it bogs her down.

Weapons: An elven katana. The blade has a carving of a dragon at its base, as a mark of the blacksmith who made it. It's very elegant, but deadly sharp.

Skills: She's very gifted in blades, stealth and security, but lax in most everything else. She doesn't wear armor often, or carries a shield, relying on stealth and speed to keep her safe.

Other: She often wears cloaks or robes to further hide her six/race. She dresses as a man whenever she goes out in public, and most think she is merely a man of short stature.

Personality/Character: Very playful, and often sarcastic. She takes orders easily, but will often launch them back playfully at whoever gives them to her. She is often conflicted about the orders she takes from Ocato, but obeys them.

Biography: Shara Ranin was raised in Anvil, a source of some segregation against Bosmer. At the behest of her mother, she hid the fact she was a Bosmer and fooled people into thinking she was a young Imperial girl instead whenever she left the house. She always hated Redguards and Imperials, seeing them as a source of her and her mothers problems. One day, she decided she would learn how to use a sword, and contacted a local Blademaster, who refused to train her because she was a woman. She then hid her identity and tried again a month later, when she was accepted.

She trained with him for three years, leaving her mother behind completely in Anvil. On the day of her masters death, she revealed her gender, but he revealed he had known all along, and had only decided to train her because she wouldn't give up. She returned to Anvil not long afterwards, only to find her mother had died in a tragic accident. Shocked and appalled, she fled to the Imperial City. After trying to steal food from a noble, he offered her a job working for the Chancellor. She gladly accepted, and wound up using her innate ability of stealth and her experience disguising her identity spying on the Chancellors enemies.

Soon, after proving her usefulness, she was ordered to start killing people. She was shocked, but soon got used to it, acting as an assassin for Ocato himself. At one point, her boss was switched to the noble who had recommended her in the first place. He often sent her on spy missions. Her story starts as she is stalking a Reguard by the name of Dorian in the Talos Plaza District.

(I didn't intend for this character to be a spy character, which is why I'm posting it here. Btw this is my first attempt trying to role-play a girl, so heaven help me. xD)

Can we have a companion?

Holy Walrus, problem solved, a question asked instead of what happened

Zalphon the RP hasn't started for one.. For two in your RP post try and be a little more descriptive, not just "he did this, then he did that, then he did this so he could do that"

I'm not trying to be mean.. There are other problems as well, but since the RP hasn't even started I'm not going to go into depth.

Forgive me, im a bit rusty on Forum RP...im used to tabletop...I remembered on forums, descriptiveness only mattered in combat, but advice noted, thankyou...

Alright, anyone wanting to get their character sheet in who hasn't pm'ed me with it or posted it, please do it asap so we can get this up soon.

My character. Sounds fun ^_^


Name: J'Tava
Race: Khajiit
Gender: Male
Age: 27
Sign: The Lady

Class: Politician
Skills: Speechcraft, Illusion, Mysticism
Allegiance: The Heroes (Coc)

Appearance: Slim and lanky, he has little need for muscle. He always keeps himself immaculately trimmed, trying to impress others. However, when alone, he slumps; dropping his fa?ade of bravado in favor of a melancholy persona.
Hair: Short tan brown fur, with large wispy tufts at the ends of his large ears
Eyes: Emerald Green

Mental: Rather untrusting; due to the nature of his profession, he is constantly trying to figure out the motives of others. The constant stress causes him frequent depression and sometimes even schizophrenia. He is always unsure of other's motives, knowing how no one is who they seem.

Armor: None
Weapons: None
Clothing: Black finery, gold trim.
Miscellaneous: Three lockpicks, a small journal, and an amulet emblazoned with the symbol for the rebellion

History: He grew up an orphan in the castle of Senchal, carrying messages from one diplomat to another. He soon rised through the hierachy of diplomats, becoming a prominent member of Elsweyr politics. After a heated discussion concerning the current state of the empire during a meeting, he was exiled from his country by the king for his anti-Ocato ideals. He promptly joined the Champion of Cyrodiil, using his political influence to gain allies and persuade others for the upcoming struggle.

Neat charater

Forgive me if I'm confused, do we just post our character sheets here or do we need to PM them to you, OP?

I'll just run along and tweak the current one I have.

No problem. You can do either. However, if you want to be a spy or double agent, PM me about that (you can still post your character sheet here, but just don't make any mention in the thread about being a spy ).

I'll do both.

God it better. Most of the time when you rp a female its just so you can have her jump in bed with every guy (or girl.) she meets.

Unless you have common sense...However, please read Illusionary's thoughts on this in the guide. Also, have a little faith in demonsshade, I'm sure he knows enough to write women effectively. I myself have never RPed a girl, or even wrote a Fan Fiction that used one as a main character. I stick to my strengths ^_^

Also, did you just flat out tell us you are going to be a spy? Is it not supposed to be a secret? Or are you saying she is a spy for Ocato, but not spying on the Heroes, as most spies will be (or the other way around with factions)

demonsshade, perhaps you should read Illusionary Nothing's part on Cross Gender RP?

Actually, it's not Illusionary Nothing, but it's on her guide.