[RP/ Comic] Demon Gates: Developing Characters and Schedules

[KoyiTar]

Welp back to the drawing board on that I had the perfect demon slaying hippie chick but I can do a 1920s char or at least a decent attempt at one I am not all that good with much history without a book in front of me

[ninjamaos]

Yeah, I was initially going to say the 1920s as well, but I thought people might not go for it... I like the 20s, though.

[Maeve]

I sorta like the 20's / after war period. I'd need to review my history a bit though, but meh, I'd need to do it for anything not modern anyway.

[ninjamaos]

Hokay. I haff been vorkink very hard. Here ve haff...

b]Name:[/b] Jaeis
Age: 24
Gender: F
Species: mixed: Human, Demon, and Reptilian; here's a picture: http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb475/Maddy_Amodio/MAD-Jaeis.png
Character Type Possibilities: Antagonist, contagonist, protagonist (I can make her more protagonist-y if we need that )
Basic Description: Jaeis is humanoid, though her skin is dark grey and she has slightly clawed feet and a prehensile tail. She's of average height, say 5'6 or so, and slender, with a boyish figure. She has red, slit-pupiled eyes and pointed teeth. On her left cheek is the "demon sign" that marks the stages of her anger before she loses control of her demon instincts for chaos and death. The further her mark progresses, the more animalistic and violent she becomes.

Jaeis is somewhat feral. She can work successfully with others, but it takes her a long time to build trust and she is very suspicious and defensive. She has strong creature instincts for survival and protection of the rare people she considers her "family". When she is fully in control of her destructive tendencies, she is not fundamentally a violent or angry person. However, she is also definitely not warm and cuddly.
Background/History: To be determined, based on setting, etc. Also, I may decide that Jaeis needs some sort of power or ability to augment her character, but I'll decide that later too.

[Keylaleigh]

I agree with everyone on the 20s. Pre-depression, Jazz-era, late 20s, that is.

But if Canillos existed in the 60s, he'd be a total stoner...

[Leingod]

Hmmm...I have a question that sorta hit my head like a brick while I was editing my character sheet. Since we're having a main hero and all, there's a chance that he's going to fight a crap ton of strong villeins. I was just thinking. Would it be a good idea to give him a set of attacks...that he gains as the story progresses? Like let's saaaay...Legend of Zelda for example. Start of small and frail, but become a huge threat towards evil later on.

[Sand Box]

UUUUUUUUGH, OHMYGAWD I’ve been sitting in front of my computer trying to decide how I should introduce myself for a while now because I don’t want to look like a complete loser compared to all of your legit comments, uuuuummmmmm… Was invited by Pandello since we’re related and all that good stuff D’:>
Uhhh looks like I’m going to have a reoccurring character so I’m not going to be around all of the time, but I really hope we all have fun role playing together. <33

[Seitaro Nagase]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, issues got in the way >.>''
Though the 1920's era sounds awesome! Me likey ze idea!

[Pandello]

The whole "main character" thing will have to be determined by the plot and team, so considering your character one of the main characters is absolutely fine. Just don't want anyone confusing that with a "one and only main character" sort of thing.

@Maeve, thank goodness D8>

Haha -stuffs Maeve in a jar- D: Yeah, 1920's sounds like the ideal as far as I can tell. Well, doing research for this is inevitable P= But that's dedication! >=D
There's gonna be era research for every country and even more research on mythology and religion. But we'll break that all down as we go. :]

YEAH 8D That's what I think too :] Just make it more fun. After all- the story is so serious, comic relief is always good.

@Koy, dun worry hun, we'll all have references open on our browsers XD; It comes with the project. :]

@Jam~ Haha, awesome, you're just psychic or summat o3o. I'll have to research some stuff, personally X3; the 20's aren't my strong point.
Ooh, I like your character so far 8D So diverse sounding~

@Key XD! I laughed so good at the stoner comment. There should be a mini comic on iit~ D88

@Leingod, that's a good idea, depending on the character. Not everyone would start at a low level, but for the character designs that are supposed to be "just starting out" I think that would be a really cool angle =D

@Sam Bob~ My baebeh seestar~ I think you'll do just fine my love :] I love Victor so I'm honored you wanna stick him in here~ (for those who are wondering, Victor is a baron nobleman that was executed via abandoned well. He's a nasty festering zombie-like demon that I adore~ <3 And his story correlates with my character's story 8'D)

@Seitaro~ No big deal, as long as you don't disappear forever. Cause then I'd have to hunt you down and murder you o3o <3
Hurrah 8D Then I think it's just about unanimous~

Okies guys! The poll looks pretty solid! The Hell Gates are official!
I'm gonna write out the plot according to what I'm gathering from you guys along with some history to it so we have a more solid background to work with. I do want to also point out that we do need exorcists and witch doctors/Black Magic users. Some humans would be nice too.. like the 'sacrifices' that open the gates 8D; Oh! And I worked out that there would have been some demons still on earth from when the gates were first made/opened for those that want their demons to already be on the Human Plane. I'll explain that in the plot and you guys can tell me what I should change :] <3

[Seitaro Nagase]

Nuuuuu! I nu wanna get hunted down! XD
Oh, btw, does arcane magic the same as black magic to you? Seitaro is a fire fox demon. He can wield fire and it's properties along with havin a decent set of arcanic magic he has picked up during his time in the yokai realm.

Maeve! I actually liked hearing about the way you were talkin about how the realms worked in a different dimension setting. It's kinda how I thought up my character. The whole idea about how the demon realm correlates to the same geological settings as it is present day and taking form in that of the realm of the super natural, only that different religions or demons can stay in the area where the religion is most influential. An example of what I mean is that since Hinduism started in India, and there are no other places where it is as dominant as India, the demons of that religion are only able to reside there and no where else. Same thing for japan's yokai realm. Since japan has it's own religious beliefs, japanese demons can only be situated in that of japan's area...until they flow into that of the human world but that's a different issue altogether xD

Aaaanywho, I'm gonna start researching as well about the 1920's and what other influences were going on at the time period ^^

[Keylaleigh]

I was actually thinking of that. The universal term would be "Demon", but when you get to the different areas of the world, the demon type would change.

For example, Japanese would be Youkai, and the European/American would be Devils. I'll be doing more research on the evil spirits of other countries.

So Canillos is technically a Devil.

AAND on the gate thing, it is very possible that a few demons were able to get through when they wanted to, they just had to be quite old and/or quite powerful or have help from the old and/or powerful demon in order to manipulate the energies. The opening of the gate made it possible for even the weakest and youngest of demons to make their way out.

Just throwing ideas around.

[Pandello]

@Setaro, then dun disappear forever :'D -ruffles hair-
XD
Hmm, good question. I suppose it would be, considering the origin of where he developed it. The source isn't so arcane in versus to the craft and technique, right?

As for the demons and origins, I love the idea, but I was sorta thinking you'd still have drifters that travel the different parts of the planes, sort of a scattered and scarce "gypsy" bunch that, by nature are known to travel. Or maybe not. I mean, it could be that there is energy planes that keep them from mixing or something which is nullified on earth.. I dunno. it's a blah idea.

Yay research! 8D


@Key, I love the terminology~ I sorta tweaked it when I wrote the plot, but it's open to be changed if what I wrote isn't liked XD;

As for demons getting out, it's not a bad idea, my thought on how the gates work made them to be a little more solid. But as for older/stronger demons, I'd think a lot of them would still be on earth from when the gates were first made and opened if they so chose to be on earth.



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Soo many comma splices and fragments @_@ No one say anything. I wrote this out while in zombie mode >>;;;

As for terminology, I've decided the definition of "Hell" ("a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering") is unbiased enough to refer to the "spirit planes". Of course any relative terminology is more than accepted. I just want to clarify why I chose to refer to the Demons as Hellians and the spirit planes as Hell.

Of course there is the part in the definition that says, "often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death." which is definitely leaning more biblical.
-shrug-

Plot:
Throughout all of history, mankind has seen evil and its many forms. As time went on, those forms began to be known as creatures of the Hell planes, Hellians or “Demons”. Through the centuries, accounts of Hellians began to cease and only their memory was kept through mythology, stories, and religion. As time went on and demons became figures of the imagination. No one questioned how such creatures could have been so universally known for so long. But in the 1920’s [[any specific year?]], a discovery that would shake mythology’s very core was made by the most unlikely of discoverers.
[[where should the first gate be revealed? Not sure on country. I’m thinking a third-world country so the beginning of the demon out-break can be fairly subtle.That way it won’t catch too many people’s attention.]]
A child’s blood was spilled that night, and wether it be by fate, or corrupt intervention, her severed head whispered the words of the dead that unlocked the first unholy gate.
Word of this discovery bled to the very strictest of social branches. Now, two alliances are forming, they who seek to harness this new power and those that believe nothing good can come of it.
Hellians have finally been rereleased unto the earth they have not seen in countless centuries but the realization that this isn’t the first time leaves numerous questions to be answered.

Rough Section Break Down
(add to this as you guys see fit, if you thin there should be more parts involved then share your ideas! :])
-Intelligence base near gate site gets local news of what’s happened. Information is put on top secret lockdown while being investigated. Personnel involved still spread word on a low scale.
-Some sort of discovery (on the gate maybe?) leads archeologist(s) to discovering that there are many more gates and that this disaster has the potential of getting worse.
-Intelligence finds out word has leaked out, action must be taken. (we need to decide what exactly ‘action’ would mean and who the info got leaked to.)
---------Skipping ahead--------
-Power hungry side has new recruits, a couple are very promising rookies. At least one of them is an impostor (poss. demon, which could introduce that some demons have been on earth for a VERY long time; Locked out of their side of the gate. I’m kinda thinking that with cases like that, there wouldn’t be many, and through the years only the most humanoid/ human-like would have survived.) Said possible demon could work his way to becoming leader for his own reasons.
-At this point, Exorcists can only stop and contain a few demons at a time. The ‘good’ side is losing terribly.
-By the fourth gate, some seriously gnarly mortal damage is being dealt and help shows up. (we need to decide what finally opens a Holy Gate.) ((Also need to decide what the Holy beings can and can not do because there has to be a fair balance, even if only the Holy beings respect those rules))

Origins of the Hell Gates
Okay- this is my idea on how the gates were made/ started. Feel free to pick it apart.

Some guy a loooong time ago made a contract with an Earth demon. Those were also known a Titans or Guardians. The mythological story could be that the demon was lonely, for his kind was slowly disappearing or what have you, and he believed that his brethren simply sank into a different level/plane of existence (which is why exorcisms work, the demons can be forced to that plane of existence, but they need a gate/door to get back out) Anyways- maybe the human believed that the demons would be good for the world and so they constructed these gates at every civilization so all people could have their own little ready-for-pick-up demon door. Well, the demons were helpful and good at first, but corruption drove the man and his contracted demon to shut the gates, and to do so they would have to sacrifice something HUGE to compensate for the gates (take your pick of historical global distruction, lol)
A little fairy-taleish right now, but can it be worked?

I keep brain farting in the middle of ideas. I need sleeeep =_=

I just leave it like that for now, I know I’m missing a lot of the ideas everyone posted, but this is just something to work with. :] If you need more explaination on an idea I put in, think something doesn’t belong, or want to add something, then please have at it! I'll go through the thread tomorrow or Friday and pull out the ideas I failed to add.


Oh, and i had this idea- what if the more human a demon can look the stronger it is? Like- the fewer demonic features they show the stronger their abilities must be?


Braaaainnnz

[Keylaleigh]

The old and/or powerful part is more pre-gate business.

But I generally like your ideas.

For the year, make it the dawn of a new decade, 1920. There was a lot of new-ness going on at that time. New music, new fashion... new demonic portals, it all fits.

A place for the first portal to open. Hmm... some little village in Africa sounds pretty good.

I'll be thinking about the rest of it.

[Pandello]

Ah yeah, you're totally right. I'm seriously tired. I dunno WHY I'm awake right now XD

Haha, that sounds perfect XD Turn of the decade and all it's ironic twists would be great.

Ooh yeah, there'd be some weird little demons coming out of that.. and creepy Shaman guys o33o

Aweosome <3 I realized after I posted that I didn't type in the Gate origins XD; So I just stuffed that in there if you wanna have a look-se at my blob of text o3o <333

[Seitaro Nagase]

I seriously like your ideas here. o.o
Very compelling story line. =3
I think Africa would do as well. Like some little ruin near a village that holds some sort of tabloid that will unlock the gate?

As far as other portals would be, I'm thinking one should be at the base of Mount Fuji. It's called Aoikigahara, the see of trees and in a mythological standpoint, it is said that spirits dwell around that forest. Another reason is, my character lives at the base of that mountain.
For India, how about the gate being in the Ganges river? Hindu's go there to deliver the ashes of their deceased and cleanse themselves in the river so the gate could be underwater? I dunno x_x

Egypt is kinda tricky from what I researched. Since it is kind of like a animism/shamanistic religion, it has god and goddesses that relate with wind, water, fire, and earth. What should we do about religions that deal with paganistic views such as wicca? o.o