Would y'all mind a character popping in? Name: Nassim (Not his original name, but few would ever hear his old name. The streets know him as another name, 'Rust,' when the need arises.) Sex: Male Social Class: Formerly in the upper echelons of the Poet class, been Lab Rat for fifteen years. Age in human years (must be 18): 46 A brief description of appearance: (no pictures, please.) Nassim makes his outward appearance look of a slender, aging man of extreme poverty. He wears a full hooded robe of gray shifting brown cloth, mirroring the streets of which he ordinarily resides. Its dirty and stained with grime from outdoor life yet doesn't smell. It simply blends. His face is of hard edges and lines, wrinkles and cracks of weathered white skin. His eyes are as gray as they are blue, shifting in the dim light. He carries a semi-metallic pipe walking stick, weighted surprisingly adequate on each side despite the ungainly appearance. He wears no shoes. Background: Nassim was a blacksmith of generational talent, rending metals of the purest mage-grade summoning to refined artisan works. Where mages could generate elements to their purest crystalline structures, he could shape, bend, and forge their base to grand artifacts and devices. To put it simply, he was the penultimate in a long line of artists in metals and semi-metals; his youngest daughter being the last. In a political spat between mages, a gift said to be of Nassim's hand dissolved in the hands of the receiver though the maker was the same mage overstepping his abilities and unwilling to pay Nassim. As recompense, and a way of saving face, the mage placed the blame and fault on Nassim's shoulders as a fraud, publicly deplatforming his entire family as tricksters to be sentenced to a life of the rats. Sickness, malfeasance, and depression took his family one by one from him as the family paid false penance and it drove Nassim near mad. For fifteen years he wandered the city's darkest streets performing an array of hateful crimes, yet they were ever directed upwards in class. He refined physical skills in the dark, using his knowledge of the elements and their rending to develop a vast array of traps and weapons, always to be used on those he deemed deserving. Yet, his life of crime never fulfilled him. He internalized his sadness and rage, becoming more of a wanderer. But the people who know of his former hateful life of crime call on him from time to time, which is how he still survives. Street to street, inn to inn, paying his way despite wandering. A beggar who never begs. A cracking shell of a man that doesn't understand why he refuses to break. A hidden blight on castes he never intends to serve again. Please let me know if this is too out there. I know he's obviously a very neutral bordering on evil character, so I'm also up to playing something against the party if need be. Always up for working with a DM in the backroom messages for a bit of spice to a storyline. Just let me know.
Not at all, In fact, yay! So glad you've decided to join. He sounds like an absolutely fascinating character. Makes me wonder if redemption is in store for him.
Thank you. It's been quite a long period of time since I posted anything here, and I'd say even longer since I've written. I think this a good, healthy way to get back into the field again. I'm debating redemption, but the actual extended history for him is likely irredeemable. I'll be excited to let his story appear over time.
It really is. And you'll really not need to do more than one post a week, which is very manageable. And it's a lot of fun!
Oh I have a few good long running ones in the history of the RPG thread here. Even did a one on one fantasy themed romance one here for months that was quite exciting. If people post fast, I post fast. Gotta capitalize on those moments everyone is in synch.
Not at all. Welcome to the club. I'm looking forward to see Nassim in the story. He sounds like an intriguing character!
Nassim seems interesting! He's a great contrast to the cast of characters we already have! I look forward to seeing where his story goes!
I've got nothing participatory to add. I'm just popping in to say that it's cool/exciting/inspiring to see all this activity and flexing of writing skills.
Character accepted! No, not at all! I like him! I will add his character to the index and put you in the writing rotation. I am thrilled you wanted to join and am happy to have you. I also read your other posts and he could make a good villain. But, he doesn't have to be, either. It's really up to where the story goes as we write. Any idea what he might be doing in or near the tavern?
Thanks! I am excited about it as well. I like to think that people post here as a writing warm up and then work on their stories, because they got in the groove.
According to the official thread this is the rotation: 1. @ps102 2. @Louanne Learning 3. @Gravy 4. @SoulFire 5. @EFMingo The last one to post was SoulFire, and ps102 has already started his entry, so we should go through one rotation and then EFMingo will post for the first time after SoulFire's next post?
If @ps102 isn't quite ready, I can have a post ready tonight. Just slip in here real quick and stay out of the way from most everyone else's characters. My character wont be keen on introducing himself in anyway really. Up to you guys.
To be honest, I would rather the turns stay in order. Also, have you read the character index, etc? We are writing all characters in a scene with third person past. It’s like writing a page of a novel and passing it to the next person.
All good. And yes, I read before submitting a character. I was just confused as my name was up next after the last poster. But I can certainly wait a while. Polish up some writing skills doing something else for a bit!
Your name is after soulfire, but he is the end of the round when you joined. But now you’re listed after him starting this round.
