Adenovirus 423 Adenovirus 423

Crim

The blobfish
World War 3 broke out in 2080. It devastated humanity due to the advanced weaponry used. While trying to stay away from most nuclear warheads, countries turned to other means to become the top dog, so to speak. One of these weapons, that was used to hit the DC area was the Neutron bomb.

The Neutron bomb (ERW) is a low yield thermonuclear weapon that has been designed to do maximum damage by emitting lethal Neutron radiation in the immediate area to which it has been dropped. The nature of this bomb means that while it is a bomb that has been dropped on DC, it hasn't leveled the area. Before the bomb was dropped, DC had been evacuated though some people had chosen to remain. After the bomb, though anyone in the immediate area most likely was killed when the bomb dropped, not everyone would have been killed. There was a lot of damage to building structures.

This war annihilated a lot of the population. There was no more government by the end and military were also pretty much depleted. It is unknown how much the population around the world suffered due to this war, but it was clearly devastating and life as everyone knew it changed.

Who dropped the bomb and why? This is unknown and doesn't matter. While it might have been at the beginning, the focus has now changed.




The Prophecy


Long ago, towards the end of the 21st Century, a third world war finally broke out. Man fought day and night against each other, killing only because of greed. It wasn't until man was on the verge of extinction, having completely destroyed most continents, leaving little. It was at the beginning of the 22nd century that they were forced to stop simply because no one could do anything any more. The virus had already mutated and people had started dying...

...There is one thing left to save mankind though. A Key. This Key can cure 1000 problems and also cause 1000 more, yet it doesn't fit in, nor open any locks or lead to any rooms. The tender love and beauty crafted into making this Key flows from top to bottom, to be seen by all. When staring at 'The Key' no one is any wiser, and neither is 'The Key' itself.




The Virus

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ADV423 means Adenovirus - 423 is a flue like virus that affects the respiratory system. The adenovirus was around before but of course, with medical advancements, a vaccine was made. It starts off as a simple cold at the age of 21 which slowly develops into a chest infection before it just takes over your body by 23, causing breathing problems and other sorts of things, also listed below.

Throughout the war, things like the common cold and viruses like the flu were running through the population. Theses were always lethal to the old, the vulnerable and the young. It was no surprise when they were still dying as a result of this afterwards. The flu is highly contagious. It was after the war that things changed.

Soon, people of all ages, all healths and all sizes were starting to drop. With the state everything was in, at first it was blamed on the collapse of the economy and humanity, the sudden change to the way of living. A state of emergency was called as a flu pandemic seemed to spread.

Scientists fought to find a cure. Some sort of vaccine - well, if any scientists were left after the war. And over time, the virus developed so that it is in everyone. Whether it's born into people, or so contagious that once born people are affected, it's unknown. In today's world the knowledge simply isn't there between the factions. Either way, it's activated in their early to mid-twenties, and while the young show small symptoms growing up, it becomes so severe that it kills people before they reach 30. The longest recorded living person in the last 50 years was recorded to reach the age of 27.

And so Adenovirus-423 was named.



The Histories


The North - Known as The Disciples. Their goal was to find 'The Key', then use and manipulate it towards their own needs. By exploiting 'The Key' they could cure themselves, and only who they wanted to cure and then use it to gain power over the area and become the one true ruler.

The South - Known as Loki's Kin, after the Norse God, Loki the trickster, their purpose with 'The Key' is to destroy it. Like the North, they are competing in the race to be the first to gain ultimate power so they can rule over everything and everybody. The fact that 'The Key' can cure everyone doesn't matter. They just want to destroy it and have complete control.

The East - Known as Obsidian Knights, the East, unlike the North and South, is out to protect 'The Key'. It is their purpose to find and protect it from the North and South so they can eventually find a cure to ADV-423. The East are allies with the West.

The West - Known as Thanatos Instinct after the Greek God of Death. Despite this gang been named after the Norse God of death, it is fighting to survive and searching for 'The Key' in hopes of curing the disease and prolonging life. The irony is they're in a gang known as Death, but doing everything in its hands to find a cure, with or without 'The Key'.

The Underground - Motto: ab hinc ab aeterno (From here on from the eternal) These have control of the old subway and sewer systems underground in No Man's Land. They want the whole of Humanity to become extinct. They want to kill everyone including this 'Key'. They don't want it to gain anything from it. If they find 'The Key' they will kill it - if it's a living thing. The reason for this is that they believe that humanity is doomed and that this is mother nature's way of doing it. (Possible hidden agenda here for the leader.)

The Players



North - The Disciples- Want to Exploit 'The Key'

Gang Leader - Eve played by Damara
Gang Member 1 - Preston Daniels Played by Cream
Gang Member 2 - Wyatt Daniels Played by Cream
Gang Member 3 - Brianne "Blondie" Leigh Played by Sentry
Gang Member 4 - Keaton Daniels Played by Aman
Gang Member 5 - Vito "Rat" Bloxam Played by Otomos the Crazy
Gang Member 6 - Poppy Heathryn Played by Tome

East - Obsidian Knights - Want to Protect 'The Key'

Gang Leader - Asha Miller played by Sentry
Gang Member 1 - Trys played by Cream
Gang Member 2 -Valerie Yvette Von-Katrise Played by Aman
Gang Member 3 - Casey Hart Played by Script
Gang Member 4 - Arthur Tyel (Tell) Played by Kian
Gang Member 5 - Robin O'Quinn Played by Script
Gang Member 6 - Mechanica Played by OniIgnasha
Gang Member 7 - Abington Rosewood Gordon Played by Sway
Gang Member 8 - Lawrence Walker Played by Glmstr
Gang Member 9 - Sanjay Kau Played by Meliodas

South - Loki's Kin - Want to Destroy 'The Key'

Gang Leader - Thatcher played by Rorshach's Journal
Gang Member 1 - Genesis Abby Shields played by Nyx
Gang Member 2 - Jay (Walter Goodman) played by Senor Bubble
Gang Member 3 - Lola Fread - Played by Senor Bubble
Gang Member 4 - Verity Acardi Played by Cidrae
Gang Member 5 - Shea Daubney Played by Sentry
Gang Member 6 - Lyra Galloway Played by Kian
Gang Member 7 - Amelia "Mouse Bloxam Played by Otomos the Crazy


West - Thanatos Instinct - Want to use 'The Key' as a vaccine/for the cure.

Gang Leader - Urlic Zion Driscol played by Meliodas
Gang Member 1 - Adem (Autumn) Norvik played by Cream
Gang Member 2 - Maybelinna Char Lincon played by Curi0sity
Gang Member 3 - Claudia Cyrene Driscol played by MissMudkip
Gang Member 4 - Ishade Luseth Terron played by Astroth
Gang Member 5 - Ghost Saber Played by Iamtheecchiking
Gang Member 6 - Claire "Cal" Ansley Llewellyn Played by Meliodas
Gang Member 7 - Caius Septimius Leonius Played by Meliodas
Gang Member 8 - Odessa Mortmain Played by Empress


Rogues/Non-gang Members

Adelaide Norman played by Cream
Sentinel played by Sentry
Kyle "Sword Saint" Nickel played by Lord Deathstalker
Selene Dunham played by Astaroth
Tyler Jacobson Monroe Played by KrazyKlaus
Abel Shchedrov Played by Astaroth
Marcus "Bhadra" Cumbry Played by Caerbear
Joel Myers Played by Luxin
Hans Strohman Played by WiZ


Underground Cult

Sara Delaware Played by Cream
Derek McAvoy Played by Cream
Lyra Dakini Bernael Played by Gypsy
Jarrod Petrovic Played by TheZanta
HERO Played by Morph
Raizo Played by GoddessLuna



Allies

East and the West working together

Enemies

North with the East, South and West
East with the South and North
South with the West, North and East
West with the North and South.
Underground against everyone - want humanity to be extinct.



Character Sheet

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Important Information

I'm going to try this out as an epic RP. I will be accepting and denying characters based on if they fit into the world or not. The main story is trying to find this 'key' but that doesn't stop back stories happening either. I haven't set up the threads yet for the Epic RP has I need to get things like locations sorted. But I wanted to get this up and going so that people could apply and also so that possible locations could be discussed as I'm setting up, depending on who wants what within the main locations, of course.

[*]The Map:

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Map courtesy of @Sentry and @Kian

One last thing, have fun ^^

Cream
 
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If you want to submit a character you can do it here. You can have one character or many. It's up to you, just make sure you can handle playing them all. :) post here and either I will collate all accepted players into separate threads for each gang or I'll figure something out.

I'll be copying my characters over this weekend as this week is turning out to be a busy week. I'm off work Friday so hoping to get some work done on this then :)
 
Name: Genesis Abby Shields

Age: Nineteen

Gender: Female/Woman

Gang: The South

Appearance: Genesis stands at 5'8", weighing around 145 lbs. She is well toned and muscled, showing years of exercise and hard labor. Her skin is a lovely dark color, smooth and toned almost evenly across her body. She has long legs, which assist with her ability to run rapidly and swiftly. She's quite the speedy runner. Her amber eyes are like that of honey, lightly colored and beautiful. They are more prominent in the sunlight. She has a tattoo between her naval and lower abdominal area. The tattoo has two feathers intertwining with the initials "C.R.W.", which signifies her departed younger sister. Her hair is of a longish length, falling down midway of her back, and it is open wave-esque; its color almost a coal black, but if one looks close enough they would see it is indeed a dark brown.

Genesis tends to wear more revealing clothing, depending on the weather that is. Usually one would see her adorning a red jacket that's slightly longer than her torso. Underneath this jacket, she wears a bikini-like top, which just about covers her breasts. Her shorts are on the more shorter side, and are simply plain and white. Her favorite shoes to wear are her shin-high, brown boots that have a slight heel. They're not always easy to run in, so you won't see her wearing them as often as she would like to be seen wearing them. Therefore, on most days she wears worn out, jet black running shoes.

Weapon(s): A metal baseball bat that she keeps hooked to her back.

Personality: Genesis is an easily angered individual; though she lets it dig under her skin, never showing the true extent of her anger externally. She just has a short temper and doesn't put up with stupidity. However, she does like to act as though she is a big shot. She doesn't really recognize this sort of behavior, but it is there either way. She's also quite insightful; bringing up certain important aspects of a plan or bring light to a bad situation. She tends to keep it real and doesn't like to beat around the bush. Something she absolutely hates, is being seen as weak. She wants people to look at her and see a strong person, who is resilient and tough. Although if somebody were able to peer into her mind, they might just see a fragile being. She ignores this part of herself by her ability to laugh; she loves to laugh and even loves to see others laugh. It's the small things that help. She's also not one to put up with people who act all high and mighty, who put up a good-intentioned front... as though they're doing a whole lot of good for the world. All and all, despite her anger issues and the like, she's not one to be stubborn and she's quite easy going.

Biography: Genesis was born from a rough situation, just like many others. Her teenage parents sure as hell were in no position to fully care for their daughter, with all the added stress, it was no surprise they ended up abusing their child in more than one way. Her parents were rouges, never truly belonging anywhere... and Genesis never truly understanding what the love of two parents was suppose to mean. She grew up thinking it was normal for people to hurt each other in order to show this thing called "love". The three of them were in tough situations, everyday was a battle and every month that went by the abuse worsened. It wasn't as though her parents were always like this, for the first four years or so of her life, they showed her kindness and the such; but living in such hard times, it changes people when they have to worry about caring for a child as well as their own skins.

In any case, her parents began to fall ill when Genesis was around the age of twelve, and within the span of about three years, both of her parents were gone and passed; first it was her father, and then her mother. She was fifteen, and of course, she mourned for them. It was only normal for a child to lose their parents at such a young age, thus she had to move on from it quickly and figure out where she should go.

Genesis traveled for a bit, fending for herself, steering clear of any other travelers; never certain whether or not others only bade ill will. It wasn't until a year later that she found a new companion. She found a young girl who was around the age of only ten. She was starving and practically on the verge of death, and as much as Genesis wanted to move on and ignore the girl crying for help, her heart told her to help her. She brought her back from the brink of death, and about another year later, she was as healthy as one could be in their situation. This little girl's name was Claire Ruth Whitman. The two became inseparable, and became family.

Unfortunately, good times couldn't last forever, and Claire was murdered by a group of rouges, who wanted their food supply. It was an unfortunate end, and this furthered Genesis's hidden rage. Thus, at eighteen-years-old, she decided to finally join one of the gangs... and that she did - she joined the South. She thought about joining up with the Underground... but their methods seem to be a bit excessive to her. She only wishes to see the Key destroyed, along with humanity.

Other: The blonde little girl in the picture below is Claire.

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Name: Maybelinna Char Lincon
Age: 15
Gender: Cis Female
Gang: West -Thanatos
Appearance: For her age, Maybelinna is an elf of a character. She hits just about 6', and has the physique of a ballerina. She's barely 145 pounds, and has very little fat. She tends to dress warmly, since the lack of fat and her poor circulation causes her to be cold. She has vitiligo, and heterochromia because of it. [I'll upload a picture of her colorings on a later date] One eye is a dark brown. The other, where the discoloration begins at her cheekbone on the left and spreads like a wide scar on her eye, is hazel. She has no piercings, tattoos, or any personal changes to her body. Her hair is dark brown and ends at her waist in frizzy waves. She keeps it long to protect her scalp and skin.
Weapons: A machete she grabbed from a shed before running. She is very versatile in what she beats people up with though.
Personality: Maybelinna has various layers. At first glance, she's sweet and caring, and a little bit naive. She trusts very easily in people, especially if they return her kindness. She has a bad habit of giving the wrong people second chances. She enjoys playing the act of sweet and caring human, since it attracts others. All Maybelinna really wants in life is human interaction and care. She feels difficulty connecting to others, and never knows if a relationship is genuine, causing her to feel very alone in the world, despite it being true or not. Deep down, she knows how terrible people are. She can generally recognize lies, and isn't as naive as she plays to be. Mostly, she says her survival has been luck, but truthfully, she knows how lucky she is to have the skills she has acquired.
The community she was raised in allowed her to gain a lot of knowledge, since before the attack, they had a lot of books and notes. She didn't actually develop as many of the farming skills as she probably should've, focusing more on the arts, and combat areas of her learning, and reading any book she found.
Biography: Maybellina was born in a small community based on farming. They kept their head low, and felt as one large family. When children were born, they weren't given parents. Instead, they were raised in the community to be loved by all. Everyone was required to learn farming and animal handling, some form of art, and basic hand-to-hand combat. By age 14, you're given a job and the community was working quite swell. Unfortunately, a passing band of raiders ruined it all.
The community was attacked when Maybellina was 13, before she could finish her training. Not that she was very deep into it, most of her time she was supposed to be learning in-depth of animal training or farming, she was reading into the sciences, and any other book she could get her hands on. At 13, she could survive on the land since she knew what to eat, but being alone had a toll on her. At 14, when she stumbled upon the West Gang, she would do anything to join. Humans and the prospect to help others was all she personally valued- that the gang could give her.
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Perfect so far guys.

:D

Just to keep you updated I have a job promotion interview coming up Wednesday. I thought I would have spare time to focus on setting this up this weekend but obviously that comes first. I just need to get Wednesday out the way and then my focus will be here :)

Thanks for being patient guys!!
 
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Sentinel
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Gang: None

Appearance:
Often seen in an olive jacket, one wouldn't expect the young man to be as impressively built as he is. His short height also betrays this to Sen's advantage.

His hair is short and sticks up in unruly tufts, a minor inconvenience from the modified gas mask he is never without.


Personality:
The young man, though by no means quiet, is a rather distant individual. He is known to joke and jeer with familiar faces, though he uses his friendliness to keep others at arm's length.

Biography:
Once a member to Loki's Kin, born and raised within their arms, Sen sought righteousness within their cause. He did not, however, see its goal reached beneath Thatcher's rule.

In a fit of rebelliousness, he gathered like-minded friends within Loki's Kin, other children who foolishly looked upon the fifteen-year-old as the next leader of the South. Overthrowing Thatcher seemed like a possibility for a while. It was a tangible dream, something they could grasp in their hands-

-until Thatcher had them within his own.

It's not a memory that Sen likes to relive. All he remembers was being dumped into No Man's Land barely alive. The memories afterward of his rescue are vague and unfamiliar.

Since then, he roams between the territories bearing news, though he pointedly ignores the South. He doesn't seek revenge but fears Thatcher as a tyrant.

Weapons:
  • 12 gauge shotgun
  • Pistol
  • Flash grenades
  • Machete
 
I want the gang leader for the west to be this smartass 8 year old.. I can see it now

Could I?
 
As good as that sounds, I think to be leaders the general rule of thumb is at least 18. I can't see any of the gangs letting the younger kids rule at all. The way I understand things being run is that each ruler picks their successor - or the like governments nowadays it's out to a public vote where people run for candidacy but rules are in place. If that makes sense. Possibly 16 at a push, but because of how the world is, I can't see how any of the gangs would agree to a child that young becoming a leader.

It's definitely not blood succession though because the children of the leaders would not be near old enoug, so they choose a successor within the gangs or like I said, put it to a public vote with people running for candidate.
 
Well, they barely live long. You're being voted in at 18, to get sick 2-4 years later. But okay, understood.
 
Oh yeah, I know what. Leaders tend to be leaders between 18 and can be as old as 26 before they die. So they can actually rule for up to 8 years. Most die at 23-25. But that still gives 5 years. The problem with having younger children rule would be much like the problems you'd get if you let children decide everything these days. It would all go horrifically wrong.

:)
 
Well, believe it or not, back in the day I joined the first iteration of this on another site and I actually came up with the name for the Disciples. Good to see it has lasted the test of time. In light of nostalgia, I will be reserving the leader of the West.

~M
 
Right, sorry for the long wait guys. Been so busy with interview for my promotion. Tomorrow morning I will copy across my characters and then get all the character profiles put up into the Character profile section, probably in order of area. And then I will work on setting up some basic threads in each area so we have locations :)

I just have work until the 19th and then I'm on holiday until the 9th Jan so will have plenty of time to focus on the RP. But I won't have my computer, just my ipad and phone so I'll be focusing on getting this started up as much as possible before I leave :) I'll be able to post still once I'm hope, just I want to get the legwork done before I leave, of course :)
 
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Name:

Ulric Zion Driscol
Age:
22 (Identifies as 20)
Gender:
Male
Height:
6'1"
Weight:
170 lbs.
Hair:
White
Eyes:
Steel-Gray
Skin:
Light Tan
Personality:
A very selfish, controlling figure, Ulric has only ever cared for the world in which he walks on. His ego forces him to believe that he is the only man who can bring order to the war-scarred world past generations have created; that it was meant to be him who found the 'Key' that would unlock a brighter future. A life of survival has lead him to this, a life of being a loner and depending on no one but himself which has driven him to the irrationality that he was meant to be the leader of the "new world" - nothing but the taste of victory mattered.

He is known to be cold and rash, a man who will do absolutely anything to accomplish his goals - even if that means death being an option. Affection? He shows none, cold not being a temporary persona for him. While he shows some compassion to the children who grace his presence, all of the people who work under him are meant to fight, to be warriors, age being of no consolation to him when it comes to survival. Life is naturally cruel, so to Ulric, everyone needs to be able to defend themselves. Not even gender is a factor: Men, women, all equal. As they say, "everyone for themselves.”

Religion? Does he have one... ? No one knows, but he is frequently seen playing around with a metallic cross and chain connected to his belt which brings up many questions. In truth he is not a God-fearing man, having no belief in the deity or force in which is supposed to rule over all of mankind. If there was such a God, why would he let the world be consumed while leaving him and the others here to rot? The ‘Key’ was his only objective, and he didn’t plan on letting any God or man get in his way. People were dying left and right, so there was no other goal.

Though he had to wonder... was the 'Key' meant to be nothing more than a test... ? Was this war just another way for God to cleanse the world of the scum that inhabited it? Most people already believed the world would next die by fire... was this hell... ?
Equipment:
Ulric uses wolverine-like claws that strap to his wrists and hands, in which he uses for both offense and defense - preferring them over guns. He prefers knives because of the slightest bit of honor he has left, and the current state of the world making it difficult to obtain a good arsenal of bullets - for now, he is conserving his resources. His style is purely invested in speed, with little or no strength needed since he uses his foes weight against them when delivering the final blow. It is possible that he keeps two fully-loaded - 15 round magazine - M9 pistols hidden somewhere near his shins.
History:
Fighting, that has all Ulric has ever known to do, to fight for his survival. He was on his own at eight, left in the dark as his parents rotted on the cold wood floor next to him. For days he sat there, curled up into a ball, afraid... clueless. It took instinct to pull him away from his fetal state, the instinct to live, to survive, and to fill the emptiness in his stomach. He left with nothing, no clothes, trinkets, no other defense but his outer, fleshy prison. He traveled from place to place, getting food where he could find it, finding shelter in the low of places. Ulric was alone, and he hasn't once accepted that could change.

Months spent walking, traveling from state to state, city to city; he was 12 years old by the time he finally found life/refuge again in the West - taken in by their leader at the time, Lukias, and finding a brother in his younger sibling, Ishade. It was only when he heard the story of the 'Key' that he truly found hope; hope that he could live on, that his time was not as limited as he first thought. It would be his destiny to find the 'Key', to harness its power and bring peace to mankind... that was until he got selfish.

Fate made Ulric its leader, the leader of what remained to the West of the greatest capital on Earth, the leader of Thanatos Instinct; but that was not the cause of his selfishness, but instead, love that caused him to go mad.

He fell hard for a woman who came in his midst: Claudia. She became the only person who could bring his heart to ease, who saw him for what he truly was. She was the only person who he showed his emotions to; but otherwise, his cold heartless persona never ceased to fail. They were married, or of what you would call a marriage, and have been together ever since... searching for the 'Key' together.
Other:
The cruel truth is that Ulric has been affected by the Adenovirus (ADV423), a fact in which no one knows about. Twenty-two years of age, you would naturally think he had it, which is true, but Ulric has long lied about his age; everyone coming to believe that at the current time, Ulric is only 20 years old, a year short of retracting the disease. For now, he hides the "small" symptoms.

Problems that this could cause are possibly dire. He is the leader of Thanatos Instinct, a man who holds all the cards, a position that many could not fill. He also could accidentally open a new door of fear; fear that the virus is now being retracted at a younger age.​
 
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Forgive me for double posting. The above is literally my original submission from years ago, which I had saved away. It is edited, and may not reflect my current writing ability considering this was from years ago, but, I decided to go with it anyway. The only real thing that I changed is one particular biography bit which was removed and his group allegiances. His goals are the same, and I think they fit well with the West.

~M
 
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