CR Planning: July 2015

[undergroundmods]

CR Planning: July 2015

Welcome to the Underground! Newbies, we're very excited to have you! As mentioned in the calendar, there will be a welcome log posted on the 19th for newbies and current players alike to mingle. However, don't feel that you can't post until then, feel free to jump in right away! In the meantime, this post is a free-for-all for everyone to make new CR and figure out how to get involved with the game.

You can use this post to:

• Discuss your character's background history with other players and make changes where needed.
• Work out shared history with canonmates and build in cross-canon CR.
• Say what kind of CR you're looking for and reply to others to offer CR.
• Say hi to the members of your faction and discuss your in-game strategy.
• Think about what territories you might want to make a claim on.

The plotting post for July is still live with a couple of prompts left to claim, so please do feel free to use it!

I also want to add a quick reminder about the HMD meme that went up a couple of days ago, and in particular my request for feedback on the game. I've had a lot of great feedback already and am very happy to hear more suggestions, whether you've just joined or you've been around since the beginning. I will be starting to make the changes discussed from this weekend onwards, and more input is always welcome.

In the meantime, happy planning!

Comments

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[undergroundmods]

Sylvia Redbright (NPC) | Witch

[brightwitch]

Sylvia is a witch, and she's in charge of Circle Daybreak, the Night Council and the Redbright Institute. It's probably safe to say that she is not a happy bunny right now. In the last couple of weeks, Circle Midnight openly declared a coven and claimed the territory of Enfield. Then the Seelie and Unseelie Courts took over both Bromley and Bexley. From Sylvia's perspective, all of those things are Not Good.

As previously mentioned, I won't be making any territory claims as a mod. But of course ICly it would make absolute sense for Sylvia to react to these events so if anyone wants to make a territory claim on behalf of Circle Daybreak or the Redbright Institute, she would definitely be in favour. Until that happens, I'm assuming that she will keep an eye on the situation as it develops, and possibly bide her time with info-gathering. Spies and double agents could be a thing here. Bring me your ideas and I will be happy to discuss!

Here's a brief outline of Sylvia's overall strategy for the Redbright Institute:

• Extend the green safe zone to the north of London
• Take over disputed territories and make them peaceful
• Stamp out dark magic completely
• Eventually, negotiate with the vampires and werewolves to broker a peace agreement
• Support Circle Daybreak and Night Council where possible

And her strategy for Circle Daybreak:

• Make a slow expansion to gradually dominate the entire south of London
• Avoid pissing off the vampires unless they get aggressive
• Support Redbright Institute and Night Council where possible
• Aggressively squash any attempts by Circle Midnight to gain territory

There's more information on Sylvia as a character here. Hit me up if you want CR!

Balem Abrasax / Unseelie Fae

[entitles]

Balem is a douchebag Unseelie fae lord who loves space and is pretty okay with other fae and pretty snobby towards anyone else. He's also really damn old (50,000) and has been in London for around 200 years, and before that places like Italy, France, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Egypt, if your character would have been in any of those places. He's arrogant as hell and enjoys art and manipulating others.

Recently he lead a territory claim on Bexley and was also promoted to Lord of Autumn.

PLANS:
-I am planning on running a plot in which Balem agrees to get rid of a pesky ghost (and ends up eating it because he's a jerk like that). If anyone wants to participate (new or old CR) let me know!
-I'll probably do an open post sometime soon.


DESIRED CR:
-Fae!
-Alliances with werewolves, circle midnight witches, and anyone else that feels scorned by the Night Council.
-Anyone who is also interested in space and star-related magic, he may grumpily mentor you.
-Baically anything, pre-existing or new, negative or positive, really.

Heiji | Detective Conan | Seelie fae

[detectiveofthewest]

Summary: Heiji is a Seelie fae who was sent to London ostensibly to watch and learn how foreign courts do things. Because of the people he's met and the things he's seen, however, he's decided to take a more active role in trying to change things up a bit, especially for the fae. Even if that means he occasionally gets smashed through a car windshield.
Shared History: He hasn't been in London for that long, but he tends to meet a lot of people, so I'd be happy to set something up! Also if your character is from Japan, hit me up :x.
CR: Interfactional alliances, of course! Heiji is a staunch ally and always on the lookout for new friends to make the fae's lives a little easier. I'm also particularly interested in Heiji interacting with factions/species that the fae aren't all that cozy with. Example: vampires, as he barely knows any and thus might change his opinion on them as a whole. Seelie/Unseelie CR is also great, wolves are great, etc. In general, Heiji's a chatty, cheerful sort, so if you need some disgusting optimism in your life or just someone to talk your character's ear off, well.

Topics I'm interested in exploring:
-Nature themes, e.g. progress vs preservation
-Challenging his perceptions of other groups/species and vice versa
-Fae/human relationships will be another theme in the future I think.
Faction/Strategy Stuff: Talk to me, nerds B). He's mostly interested in counterbalancing Circle Daybreak so they can't take over South London.

[necromancynow]

Would you be interested in Balem talking to Faust? Not that he's all that interested in space magic, but the Night Council probably turned down his perfectly legit research grant into raising souls from the dead so first of all, how dare they o9.

Sirius Black | Harry Potter | Shapeshifter

[constantprisoner]

Sirius is a Shapeshifter with loose connections to the Hillingdon Clan. He's been in prison for the past 12 years after being framed for murder, but has since managed to escape and is now roaming London determined to clear his name. He's fairly cagey of his identity and has been reluctant to give out his last name, should anyone figure out who he is and report him.

Plans:
-I hope to have a log up this weekend (hopefully this evening) for him, with a few options including him causing trouble through a prank of some sort and him sneaking around his old place of employment, which may lead to him getting found out.
-Hopefully have him connect with the Hillingdon clan at some point.

Desired CR:
-Friends and people he can count on, mostly. Or at least, people he can convince that he's innocent and are willing to help him?
-Otherwise, anything.

Faust VIII | Shaman King | Circle Midnight

[necromancynow]

Summary: Faust is an emotionally unstable dark witch/necromancer who has basically bargained away the most important things in his life in pursuit of a single goal: bringing his wife back from the dead. He'll do whatever it takes to make this happen: rob graves, make proverbial deals with the devil, even eat at Arby's.
Shared History: Faust has been in London for the past few years, ministering to the Underground from his medical clinic in Lambeth. He could easily have treated any characters that have needed fixing up in the past, and is reasonably well-known because he's a) discreet, b) good at his job, c) creepy as hell and without many scruples when it comes to who he'll help.
CR: Patients, people he's wronged, friends/family of loved ones he's wronged, people who want hexes or spellcraft performed, people who can offer him research materials/knowledge, people who just plain need to be weirded out by a 30something dude who's almost comically weird.
Faction/Strategy Stuff: None planned right now, though of course he'll never turn down a good bargain. Or maybe even a bad bargain.

[detectiveofthewest]

If you're interested in proving Sirius is innocent at some point, Heiji may be able to help! He's got some police connections and he's used to investigating. He may be able to get Sirius some useful info :).

[acrookedchild]

A) Do you want to keep our test drive thread with Azula and Balem as game canon?

B) I'd love for Azula to get at least peripherally involved with the ghost plot. Fellow soul eater!

[acrookedchild]

Abby needs to find out the secret of her on-again-off-again dog. And she will accept his framed claim almost immediately. She's not too smart with these things.

[goroesi]

First of all, would you like to keep these two's TDM thread as game canon?

And second of all, what exactly about fae/human relationships do you want to explore, because Maera here is willing to talk forever about her parents to Heiji if he wants to listen.

[detectiveofthewest]

Yeeeees, I would love that forever. And secondly, Heiji would love to listen to Maera's stories about her parents!

In general, he's always sort of had the opinion that fae/human relationships (at least the romantic ones) just don't work out very well, though of course he mostly sees it from the fae side of things. He's had a few relatives that tried it, and things Just Didn't Work Out, so I think that conversation could be really interesting. If Maera has had a more positive experience, or even a more negative one, I think that'd be cool to explore :)

Abigail Widdowson | witch, Circle Midnight

[acrookedchild]

Character & background: Abigail Widdowson is from a prominent but reclusive family. They've donated to all the right causes, are on vaguely familiar terms with all the right people, but, for the most part, they aren't known in a truly social sense. The family's more history than anything at present, as Abby's been the only member of the household still living for the last six years. Part of what's known about the Widdowson is that they tend to come to bad ends. Sometimes it's murder and outright insanity, other times it's accidental. Among the supernatural community, they're known for being Circle Midnight and a long, long history of dealing with fae.

For Abby's part, she's tried to reintegrate her family socially. She attends a lot of parties, works with charities, and also goes to Middlesex University. Where the supernatural is concerned, she's also stepped out as the leader of a Circle Midnight coven, based out of Enfield.

Plans: Mostly, Abby's plan right now is to fortify her stake in Enfield. She has a few loose, personal alliances with werewolves and vampires, but she's going to be looking to solidify those and expand them into more official alliances. While she has nowhere near the power or connections, she's got the same idea Sylvia does: broker peace between the two factions to further her own goals.

Around the beginning of October or so, Abby may start looking to claim another territory for Circle Midnight, but that's up in the air and depends how things go over the next few months.

Wanted CR:
- Alliances: Like I said above, Abby is going to try and set up some proper alliances between herself, her coven, and other groups that might be able to protect them when the conflict with Redbright (Daybreak, the Institute, and the Night Council all sort of factor into that) comes to a real boiling point.
- Enemies: Because establishing the coven, moving against Redbright, and trying to make alliances will naturally rub some people the wrong way. I welcome negative CR and would love to talk about conflicts of varying intensities. Abby is brash and a little reckless, and I expect that to have consequences.
- Social: Abby gets around. She goes to school, volunteers, shops. All of these things are going to bring her into contact with people, and I'd love to set up some meets for casual acquaintances.
- Fae: Abby's already starting to speak to members of the fae factions, and I'm glad to have that continue. Eventually, she's going to start looking for one to actually make her deal with for her life and the continuation of her line.
- Anything else: If I forgot something or you've got an idea that doesn't really fit into the above, hit me up!

Henry Morgan | metahuman, Redbright Institute/Night Council

[livelongenough]

Character & background: Henry Morgan is a doctor who's been alive for 235 years. He found out he was an immortal when, at 35, he was shot by the captain of a slave ship. Since then, he hasn't aged. He's been involved in both World Wars as a medic, and he's moved between New York and London frequently, as well as a few other places when he's been recognised. Mostly, though, he gravitates toward those cities. He is constantly seeking something new, something to remind him that life is still worth living.

So far, he's gone from taking a position at Redbright Institute to teach politics and history to being an on-call physician and member of the outreach program. He's also taken up a post at Scotland Yard through the Night Council as a medical examiner. He usually pokes his nose where it shouldn't be, having worked with a New York detective and gotten a real taste for crime solving.

Plans: Right now, Henry's pretty content where he is. He's on a bit of a high from a case he found himself on (and dragged a few other people into), so he's content with his typically boring medical examiner's job.

Wanted CR:
- Friends: Henry isn't too social of a creature by most standards, but he learned to be a little better at it from his time in New York. He hasn't actively engaged in trying to find social circles, but I'd love to find a few people who would pique his interest enough in things to have him seek out their company.
- Enemies: Henry's working for the Night Council. That's bound to make a few people uneasy, I'm sure, and I'd love to see things happen because of it. He hasn't done much to make enemies yet, but I'm happy to see how we can change that.
- Immortals: In general, Henry is very new to knowing about the supernatural. I'd love to see him get more involved with other immortals, be they fae, fellow metahumans, or vampires.
- Anything else: I really am open to a lot. If there's something specific you want and none of the above appeal to you, let me know. I'm sure we can work something out.

Eames | Unseelie Jerk Fae

[falsify]

The short version is that Eames is a fae from the area, about 600 years old and spends most of his time in London - but he's been around. A few years in Italy, a decade in America - whatever. He's yet to do anything special, but he's always nosing around because he's a curious lil busybody.

CR GOALS:
His main interest is making "friends", which is to say allies and informants. He feigns friendliness pretty easily, but he also enjoys bartering if that's more your jam. People outside the ~traditional allies~ for the fae are also of particular interest since that gives him access to a lot of information he wouldn't otherwise get. Also buddies within the court, why not. He doesn't spend a lot of time fussing over court business, but with the territory claims he's starting to think it may be of interest to him to do so.

I've no specific plans for him, though he does have an open post up for the month, and I'm debating on whether or not he finally wants to start trying to move up the chain of command, as it were. Oh! Also he has a real vested interest in dismantling Daybreak/Council/Redbright control in the city, so if anyone wants to help with that...

Azula | fae, Seelie Court

[divinerighttorule]

Character & background: Azula is a Seelie fae from an Asian court that spans several countries without belonging to any one place. She is, technically, in London to experience other cultures and expand on the political and social training her father and tutors have provided her with so far. She has rarely left Asia, but she has been around for 1500 years. She hails from the Dragon Court, which is made up entirely of fire and lightning based fae. She likes to make deals with humans and is usually fiar in what she asks for. However, trying to get out of a deal usually results in the forfeit of the soul of the person trying to back out of it.

Since Azula is a newcomer, she's only loosely connected with everything. She is a Seelie here, so she does consider herself part of the court. However, she's also aware she's still very much a foreigner.

Plans: Right now, Azula's getting her bearings. She's checking out the other factions, trying to decide where things stand. Which means she's not pleased with Redbright and Daybreak, as they're locking the Doors to the Other Realm. She's contemplating infiltrating Redbright come the fall term if she can manage to figure out a way for them to take her. Her hopes aren't high there.

The longer Azula is around, however, the higher her ambitions are going to rise. She has been trained to be a monarch and a conquerer, and she may eventually decide that she wants London for herself, at the very least as a Seelie. That's a long way down the road, but it's possible.

Wanted CR:
Allies: Azula is going to try and make "friends." That actual term will take a lot of work to get to, but she will play at being much more fond of someone than she actually is to get her way. Or to try and pass herself off as a witch or metahuman. Overall, Azula is going to try and worm her way into as many sects as she can so she has a fly on every wall.
Enemies: Naturally, Azula (when she really speaks her mind) is an abrasive personality, especially with anyone who proves to not be useful or who crosses her early on. I fully expect her to have a good deal of negative CR, especially as she begins setting her sights higher.
Victims: Azula very much likes power and having power over people. So she makes deals with mortals easily. Usually, she sets the stakes low. A few simple transactions to make herself seem much more trustworthy and easy to work with. As time wears on, however, her prices will increase or become more and more vague. So, of course, I'd love people who might be interested in dealing with her.

[acrookedchild]

I'm just... apologizing right now. For everything. Haha.

And throwing in that: DOUBLE AGENTS, YES PLEASE. I mean, obviously, you and I won't have that CR, but. I just want to say here that I totally encourage spying/double-agenting in either direction between the Circles. Because it'd be awesome.

Elsa | Meta-Human

[iceolationqueen]

Background:
Elsa is a meta-human whose power is manipulation of snow and ice (just like the movie, imagine that). She's a Redbright graduate and is currently working on what I guess could be described as "grad school" at Redbright - she's continuing her studies and working as a teaching assistant. Having been thought of as a monster for most of her life, Elsa is really pro meta and the research that she's doing for her studies centers around the nature of meta-humans and why some people are born with powers and others are born "normal".

Plans:
I took a mini plot this month which I swear I'm going to do over the next few days which involves a meta-human using animals to hurt others. Elsa is going to investigate it and figure out who did it because she doesn't think that's very cool and she doesn't like it when metas do stuff that makes all of them look bad. So if you want in on that, please feel free. I'm going to put up a plot post in the OOC comm.

Other than that, not 100% sure at the moment.

Wanted CR:
Friends: Fellow Metas! Witches! Redbright students and personnel! Nerds! Anyone, really, as Elsa is pretty open to giving people a chance as long as they're not douchebags.
Enemies?: There are a few people that Elsa is :| about right now, but I wouldn't say she has any outright enemies at the moment. I'd say the people she would NOT like are assholes and people that use magic for really bad things, such as those that reflect badly on the supernatural community in general.

Liam O'Ryan | Vampire

[veratrum]

Summary: Liam's new to London, or at least this is the first time he's been back since he's been turned! He was originally turned in Dublin and was dragged into the course of a vampire civil war, culminating in him eating his sire which he would very much like no one to pin to him. He's not sure how long he'll be in town, but he's looking to get the lay of the land and the conflicts here, currently.
Shared History: As noted, there's the whole mess in Ireland back just after World War I, and Liam himself ended up participating in the second World War (and a lot of the conflicts up to it) in a bunch of different armies because hey, no one's gonna question extra dead people in a war! He's been all over Europe (although only as far east as Moscow), so anywhere you think he might have run into someone is fair game. Although he's got a habit of faking his own death when he leaves places.

Plans/Desired CR:
I have no particular plans but to get settled into the game, and as mentioned, Liam's looking to get a sense of what's going on and London and how it works. So he can fuck with it better. That said, desired cr is then:

--Vampires! Or werewolves or hunters.
--Witches.
--Oh god, please give me people he can mess with constantly, he's a terrible person and horribly manipulative
--friends maybe???

Re: Faust VIII | Shaman King | Circle Midnight

[veratrum]

Hello, Necromancer, would you like a special vampire friend? :D

[veratrum]

I think we discussed on my intro about Henry having known Liam during one of the wars? I am definitely down with Henry being very confused about the tiny freckled vampire who looks exactly like the weird tiny freckled medic he used to know.

[necromancynow]

Friends what are friends when your life is unending despairrrrr (yes!)

Edit: Oh yeah, and I should ask: Would Liam try and make a deal for anything with Faust?

[blind_badass]

Clearly our guys need to be allies.

[veratrum]

Right now, probably not, but I can see him doing so in the future!

He's just wary about deals. Last time he took a deal from a generous stranger he ended up undead. 8| But he can't be made a vampire again so surely nothing will go wrong this time!

Nancy "Fagin" | Witch | Circle Midnight

[stauncherhearted]

Hello everyone! Nancy here is an eighteen-year-old witch raised by fae. She's bright and friendly with an appetite for drinking. She's also pretty much everyone's mother, and once she decides she likes you, you'll never get rid of her. She's also got a great sense of humor and an easy way going.

Plans
None really! I'm just looking for general CR!

Shared CR
Nancy was raised by Fae as I mentioned. This guy, Fagin, is an awful person, and makes a living by fencing stolen goods, drugs, magical artifacts, and having children pick pockets for him. He's been doing it for CENTURIES so if there's any chance that recently your character would have had any dealings with him, it's quite possible they'd know Nancy, who was the only girl in his gang.

Nancy works at night as a prostitute, and a blood worker. So if your character is the sort that would hire a prostitute, feel free to use her. But more likely, they've probably fed off of her. Nancy prefers to keep this fact about her life private, except to her close friends. Currently the only person in-game to know that hasn't hired her for one reason or another is Kenzi. So.

I'm really up for anything, so drop me a line and we can get to plotting. I'd love some negative CR as well.