Apex
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Hello! I am extremely thankful for the opportunity and founding of this site, and I hope to bring many great games to the table! My first installment will be the forums title "Blood Of Olympus".
This role play will take place in the year 2025, it's a post apocalyptic setting about the offspring of the greek gods. In stories it wasn't exactly a shocker to hear about a god breeding with the mortals, which Zeus had instructed the other gods to choose a suitable child bearer. Now, this doesn't exactly mean that the god in question had any interaction with the human of choice. (They could have, but they would have wanted to keep the identity a secret, since Mortals had been dangerous to the knowledge of the gods in the past).
Example: Athena wouldn't have came down and became impregnated, instead she would have scanned the earth for suitable mothers to host her child. a child that could have been conceived by another human, but she essentially could have used her divine rights to hijack the offspring, implementing her own genes which would make the person a direct descendent of the goddess. You are free to use your imagination for this, and if you have any ideas or suggestions feel free!
All gods will be available to descend from but the power is stored in a mantle, which is what the rays of light in the story below represent. The mantles will be available to one living demi-god at a time, so if Hades is already mantled you will have to wait for that character to die or choose another. (Best option is to choose another, since character death will mostly be a mutual agreement between player and GM).
Unique items and weapons will be formulated, which will be added as quests for players to retrieve in order to harness the powers and learn new skills.
Each demi is important in various ways, and I encourage you to be creative and let me know if you have any ideas!
A posting order will be implemented and I ask that you don't post out of turn! You can post your characters in a comment on this thread.
Zeus is currently the only god alive from the previous heirs, so if you wish to play his offspring you won't be mantled immediately in the roleplay, but that doesn't mean you won't have room to play.
Hades is currently the only demi-god not playable at this time, and that is because I plan on playing the demi!
Demi-gods will likely have experienced strange events throughout their life, although as I said they wouldn't have much power because that takes a mantle. Upon being mantled ( Something that can't be happened unless physical contact with the gods power container, that will happen IC).
The Story:
We have all heard the stories of the greek gods, the constant conflicts and struggles for power. It seems that old wounds never truly heal, and this was definitely true in the case of the Titans. A struggle engraved in stone since the beginning of time, one that would truly put a mark on the fate of humanity in the year 2025. It was approximately 3:40 am in Athens, Greece when the cataclysm made it's break. Ten miles off the shore the water began to heat up, vicious bubbling rumbled from beneath to pop at the surface as the water quickly turned to a boiling temp. Sailors unlucky enough to have been accessing the area would find the ships metallic pieces melting and warping with the increasing heat, sinking them into the water below to leave them helpless like Lobsters in a pot.
The water came to a frightening 1510 degrees Celsius by the time the sun made it's arrival, only further cooking the water. The world sat at the edge of seats as news of the strange events spread like wildfire. The water remained this way with no changes for the next two weeks, scientists from all over the world came to offer some sort of investigation to assist the people of Greece and bring forth some peace of mind. On the second week, jagged rocks began breaking the waters surface to form an island of sharp, smokey rock. It didn't appear to be Magma created, so what exactly was going on beneath the ocean? Aircrafts surveyed the scene from above, confirming that the rocks spread out in a three mile wide circular pattern. In the middle of the rocks was nothing but a once blue ocean, now turned black and dark purple, hues of green evident somewhere deep down below.
Upon week Three things had taken a turn for the worse... What sounded like underwater explosions could be heard from the rock island, and the water began to bubble in an even more violent nature. Red dots could be seen forming deep below, and with each passing day would grow closer and larger. Science and reason began to exit the window as Scientists frantically declared the entities almost looked like eyes. Many shunned this theory, while others quickly made up self declared hypothesis of underwater volcanoes, regardless of the lack of evidence and facts. It would appear fear had taken the wheel.
Before the third week had came to an end, more of these strange formations began to appear across the globe. It was becoming apparent that they had been dealing with something far more sinister then they had originally interpreted. The United States was the first to take a drastic action, evacuating the coastal areas to fire ballistic missiles to attempt to close the strange formations. It was simply an impact test, one that would quickly bring forth a new level of pain. The water in the center of the formations began to spin into whirlpools, almost as if the water was draining from the inside of it's depths. Sure enough, the water was soon replaced by large gaping steaming holes... The event was not just the tested sites, it was all simultaneous across the globe.
From within the depths large monsters of myth rose, from large winged Manticores to Angry Cyclops. It appeared the activity had awoken a slumber, an inevitable outcome the the people of Earth. Athens appeared to suffer the worst of it, as titans of myth and lore rose from the depths with one clear destination in mind... As cities fell and humanity struggled to survive, a siege was taken directly to the locations historians believed the original location of Mount Olympus had once been. Mount Olympus had never been seen by the human eye, but on this day the cataclysm's seemed to have dark magic to pull the home of the gods into the mortal light. The Titans performed some sort of ritual which had caused Olympus to literally fall from the heavens above.
It could be seen for hundred of miles, a spectacular fortress falling from the sky in shambles. Jets of lights could be seen soaring to the ground far below with the mess of marble and building. What once was the sky palace fell to the earth, crushing people and foundations that rested below. The world was thrown into chaos, the entire world was left in shambles. A fight to end all fights, the gods and Titans took to the new battlefield.
The gods had lost control, and the almighty Zeus was quickly realizing the grim reality. Zeus was weary this day would eventually come, and he had formulated a contingency plan hundreds of years ago in the case this ever did become a reality. With all the gods fallen, he found himself between a rock and a hard place. With all the Titan forces advancing on his position he made a decision, conjuring a large lightning rod with his hand that hosted an array of colors. Tossing it upwards into the sky it struck a large cloud that had been busy funneling into existence during the final moments. The bolt struck the cloud with a loud boom, causing all the Titans that surrounded his person to be knocked off course. This only bought Zeus time, but from within the cloud the lifeless bodies of the deceased gods glowed bright, a jet of color leaving the previous entities behind. The corpses began to crack and crumble, turning into ash before blowing away away with the breeze of the storm raging overhead.
The streams of color that had exited the corpses would race off into the sky, becoming masked and hidden beneath a blanket of black clouds. By the time the Titans had recovered and moved to put an end to the King of the gods, he was already gone. The world was left abandoned for the meantime, it was up to the strongest of the humans to survive, for the meantime.
All may seem lost, but alas... The gods will rise again.
This role play will take place in the year 2025, it's a post apocalyptic setting about the offspring of the greek gods. In stories it wasn't exactly a shocker to hear about a god breeding with the mortals, which Zeus had instructed the other gods to choose a suitable child bearer. Now, this doesn't exactly mean that the god in question had any interaction with the human of choice. (They could have, but they would have wanted to keep the identity a secret, since Mortals had been dangerous to the knowledge of the gods in the past).
Example: Athena wouldn't have came down and became impregnated, instead she would have scanned the earth for suitable mothers to host her child. a child that could have been conceived by another human, but she essentially could have used her divine rights to hijack the offspring, implementing her own genes which would make the person a direct descendent of the goddess. You are free to use your imagination for this, and if you have any ideas or suggestions feel free!
All gods will be available to descend from but the power is stored in a mantle, which is what the rays of light in the story below represent. The mantles will be available to one living demi-god at a time, so if Hades is already mantled you will have to wait for that character to die or choose another. (Best option is to choose another, since character death will mostly be a mutual agreement between player and GM).
Unique items and weapons will be formulated, which will be added as quests for players to retrieve in order to harness the powers and learn new skills.
Each demi is important in various ways, and I encourage you to be creative and let me know if you have any ideas!
A posting order will be implemented and I ask that you don't post out of turn! You can post your characters in a comment on this thread.
Zeus is currently the only god alive from the previous heirs, so if you wish to play his offspring you won't be mantled immediately in the roleplay, but that doesn't mean you won't have room to play.
Hades is currently the only demi-god not playable at this time, and that is because I plan on playing the demi!
Demi-gods will likely have experienced strange events throughout their life, although as I said they wouldn't have much power because that takes a mantle. Upon being mantled ( Something that can't be happened unless physical contact with the gods power container, that will happen IC).
The Story:
We have all heard the stories of the greek gods, the constant conflicts and struggles for power. It seems that old wounds never truly heal, and this was definitely true in the case of the Titans. A struggle engraved in stone since the beginning of time, one that would truly put a mark on the fate of humanity in the year 2025. It was approximately 3:40 am in Athens, Greece when the cataclysm made it's break. Ten miles off the shore the water began to heat up, vicious bubbling rumbled from beneath to pop at the surface as the water quickly turned to a boiling temp. Sailors unlucky enough to have been accessing the area would find the ships metallic pieces melting and warping with the increasing heat, sinking them into the water below to leave them helpless like Lobsters in a pot.
The water came to a frightening 1510 degrees Celsius by the time the sun made it's arrival, only further cooking the water. The world sat at the edge of seats as news of the strange events spread like wildfire. The water remained this way with no changes for the next two weeks, scientists from all over the world came to offer some sort of investigation to assist the people of Greece and bring forth some peace of mind. On the second week, jagged rocks began breaking the waters surface to form an island of sharp, smokey rock. It didn't appear to be Magma created, so what exactly was going on beneath the ocean? Aircrafts surveyed the scene from above, confirming that the rocks spread out in a three mile wide circular pattern. In the middle of the rocks was nothing but a once blue ocean, now turned black and dark purple, hues of green evident somewhere deep down below.
Upon week Three things had taken a turn for the worse... What sounded like underwater explosions could be heard from the rock island, and the water began to bubble in an even more violent nature. Red dots could be seen forming deep below, and with each passing day would grow closer and larger. Science and reason began to exit the window as Scientists frantically declared the entities almost looked like eyes. Many shunned this theory, while others quickly made up self declared hypothesis of underwater volcanoes, regardless of the lack of evidence and facts. It would appear fear had taken the wheel.
Before the third week had came to an end, more of these strange formations began to appear across the globe. It was becoming apparent that they had been dealing with something far more sinister then they had originally interpreted. The United States was the first to take a drastic action, evacuating the coastal areas to fire ballistic missiles to attempt to close the strange formations. It was simply an impact test, one that would quickly bring forth a new level of pain. The water in the center of the formations began to spin into whirlpools, almost as if the water was draining from the inside of it's depths. Sure enough, the water was soon replaced by large gaping steaming holes... The event was not just the tested sites, it was all simultaneous across the globe.
From within the depths large monsters of myth rose, from large winged Manticores to Angry Cyclops. It appeared the activity had awoken a slumber, an inevitable outcome the the people of Earth. Athens appeared to suffer the worst of it, as titans of myth and lore rose from the depths with one clear destination in mind... As cities fell and humanity struggled to survive, a siege was taken directly to the locations historians believed the original location of Mount Olympus had once been. Mount Olympus had never been seen by the human eye, but on this day the cataclysm's seemed to have dark magic to pull the home of the gods into the mortal light. The Titans performed some sort of ritual which had caused Olympus to literally fall from the heavens above.
It could be seen for hundred of miles, a spectacular fortress falling from the sky in shambles. Jets of lights could be seen soaring to the ground far below with the mess of marble and building. What once was the sky palace fell to the earth, crushing people and foundations that rested below. The world was thrown into chaos, the entire world was left in shambles. A fight to end all fights, the gods and Titans took to the new battlefield.
The gods had lost control, and the almighty Zeus was quickly realizing the grim reality. Zeus was weary this day would eventually come, and he had formulated a contingency plan hundreds of years ago in the case this ever did become a reality. With all the gods fallen, he found himself between a rock and a hard place. With all the Titan forces advancing on his position he made a decision, conjuring a large lightning rod with his hand that hosted an array of colors. Tossing it upwards into the sky it struck a large cloud that had been busy funneling into existence during the final moments. The bolt struck the cloud with a loud boom, causing all the Titans that surrounded his person to be knocked off course. This only bought Zeus time, but from within the cloud the lifeless bodies of the deceased gods glowed bright, a jet of color leaving the previous entities behind. The corpses began to crack and crumble, turning into ash before blowing away away with the breeze of the storm raging overhead.
The streams of color that had exited the corpses would race off into the sky, becoming masked and hidden beneath a blanket of black clouds. By the time the Titans had recovered and moved to put an end to the King of the gods, he was already gone. The world was left abandoned for the meantime, it was up to the strongest of the humans to survive, for the meantime.
All may seem lost, but alas... The gods will rise again.