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The year is 3052 and on the farthest planet in the Trappist-1 system, the inhabitants of the continent Magera have developed an intricate travel system: the ports of Magera. Strategically located these ports allow for easy commerce for those who can afford them. For years travel by port has been safe however in recent months a series of attacks has targeted these ports, and unfortunately for you, today during your travels the worst attack has taken place, causing all passengers in the port system to be lost…
What ARE the ports of Magera?
The ports of Magera are essentially what would happened if a contemporary train and the transporter pads from Star Trek collided. In order to utilize them a traveler gets into a train style car/compartment with other travelers and rather than traveling along a track there's a bit of science and magic that transports the entire car/compartment to the designated stop.
Who's who in Magera: Read this before you claim your character
Magera has a strict caste system. Witches are at the top, guild members are in the middle, and private citizens are the lowest class.
Witches are Mageran royalty, and the only way to become a member of this caste is to be born with magic in your blood, based on this DNA tests are mandatory at birth. If magic is detected even in a small amount, the baby is taken from their family and raised by the royal coven. Every witch has a specialty as well as a shared power known only among other witches. Witches utilize the portal system rarely.
Guild membership occurs in three stages. At 16 formal education ends for Mageran citizens and they have to declare their association to one of the four guilds: textile, engineering, pottery, or agriculture. Any time between 16 and 18, a citizen can break their guild association and become a private citizen. If a person chooses not to break their association then at 18 they become a guild member. Any time between 18 and 21, a person can leave their apprenticeship for a price and become a private citizen. If a person chooses to complete their apprenticeship then at 21 they become a full-fledged guild member. Those associated with the guilds are the most frequent users of the ports.
Private citizens are individuals who were either never affiliated with a guild or who left the guild at some point. Private citizens often don't have either the capital or the connections to use the ports on a regular basis.
For this contest you will
not be creating a character, instead you'll be
claiming a character whose name, age, appearance, personality trait etc. are preset for you. You will need to use this information to illustrate your character using your fashionista and tell her story. Characters are claimed on a first come, first served basis, and once a character is claimed, she's claimed.
Characters: Witches
Name: Maev Tenebris
Age: 21
Physical Appearance: Fair skin, very short red hair, and blue eyes
Personality Traits: Scatterbrained, impulsive, and eager to please
Specialty: Ability to converse with the dead
Name: Violet Sephiran
Age: 21
Physical Appearance: Dark brown skin, braided gray hair, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Nurturing, forgetful, and prone to stress
Specialty: Ability to control the elements
Name: Wren Mallor
Age: 27
Physical Appearance: Light brown skin, curly pink hair, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Intelligent, optimistic, and introverted
Specialty: Ability to read minds
Name: Ingrid Hart
Age: 27
Physical Appearance: Pale skin, shoulder length black hair, and blue eyes
Personality Traits: Stubborn, vengeful, and observant
Specialty: Ability to reverse time
Characters: Guild
Name: Eliza Wedge
Age: 16
Physical Appearance: Pale skin, short blonde hair, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Lazy, manipulative, and intelligent
Occupation: Textile guild associate
Name: Scarlett Giffard
Age: 16
Physical Appearance: Light brown skin, brown pigtails, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Inquisitive, talkative, and a daydreamer
Occupation: Pottery guild associate
Name: Zona Wyndham
Age: 16
Physical Appearance: Light brown skin, long red hair, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Imaginative, stubborn, and emotionally intelligent
Occupation: Engineering guild associate
Name: Theodosia Hogwood
Age: 18
Physical Appearance: Fair skin, black updo, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Gullible, book smart but not street smart, and extroverted
Occupation: Agricultural guild apprentice
Name: Prunella Kipps
Age: 18
Physical Appearance: Fair skin, braided brown hair, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Prudish, easily intimidated, highly intelligent
Occupation: Textile guild apprentice
Name: Audrey Wheelwright
Age: 21
Physical Appearance: Pale skin, long red hair, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Dramatic, extroverted, and manipulative
Occupation: Textile guild member
Name: Cornelia Cuttle
Age: 21
Physical Appearance: Dark brown skin, long black hair, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Snobbish, amoral, and social on her own terms
Occupation: Textile guild member
Name: Dorcas Herndon
Age: 23
Physical Appearance: Dark brown skin, curly black hair, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Charismatic, street smart but not book smart, and imaginative
Occupation: Pottery guild member
Name: Fidelia Dawkins
Age: 24
Physical Appearance: Dark brown skin, black ponytail, and blue eyes
Personality Traits: Impulsive, irrational and loving
Occupation: Engineering guild member
Name: Dot Muggeridge
Age: 27
Physical Appearance: Pale skin, braided blonde hair, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Pessimistic, talkative, and close-minded
Occupation: Agricultural guild member
Characters: Private citizens
Name: Henrietta Pott
Age: 17
Physical Appearance: Fair skin, red pigtails, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Open-minded, creative, and inclined to believe the best about others
Occupation: Caregiver for her ailing older sister, Bess; no guild affiliation
Name: Nell Popkiss
Age: 17
Physical Appearance: Light brown skin, blonde updo, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Altruistic, inventive, and prone to over-thinking
Occupation: Bar maid; former agricultural guild associate
Name: Zylpha Stillingfleet
Age: 18
Physical Appearance: Light brown skin, blonde ponytail, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Impulsive, inquisitive, and charismatic
Occupation: Bookbinder; no guild affiliation
Name: Alva Train
Age: 19
Physical Appearance: Pale skin, black braided hair, and blue eyes
Personality Traits: Socially awkward, inventive, and pessimistic
Occupation: Herbalist; former agricultural guild apprentice
Name: Flora Greensmith
Age: 23
Physical Appearance: Pale skin, very short brown hair, and green eyes
Personality Traits: Manipulative, social, and highly intelligent
Occupation: Underground bar owner, former engineering guild associate
Name: Cynthia Boodle
Age: 23
Physical Appearance: Dark brown skin, long black hair, and brown eyes
Personality Traits: Quick-witted, imaginative, and impulsive
Occupation: Bootlegger, former textile guild apprentice
Every round will last 72 hours.
A winner will be announced at the end of every round. That winner will receive a banner
and an advantage.
For
Round 1 Please provide the following:
1. Character name (this should be the name of the character that you've claimed and
not a character you created)
2. Image of your Fashionista (this image should match the features of the character you've claimed e.g. if you select a character who's presented as having dark brown skin, the skin of your 'Nista should be dark brown)
3. A story about who you are and why you're using the port, your story should end with a strange rattling sound and a flash of red light (do
not write about what happens after that flash of light)
An IMPORTANT note about story length: Please read BEFORE you write
At minimum please provide 3 complete sentences per round that are relevant to the question/task being presented. At maximum please feel free to write as much as you want but note that you don't need to write the same amount for each round. I know life happens, inspiration bubbles and then fizzles, or you just feel blocked but still want to play along it's 1,000,000% okay to not write a novella every round.
4. A number between 1 and 10 (you can pick the same number as another contestant if you want)
5. An animal out of the following group: Panda bear, Manatee, Ostrich, Dodo, Quagga, Woolly Mammoth, Phoenix, Pegasus, Unicorn (you can pick the same animal as another contestant if you want)
6. A color out of the following: Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Green, Orange (you can pick the same color as another contestant if you want)
Complete entries are mandatory as they help move the story forward. If your entry is incomplete your character will get a “Time Loop” notification for their personal task and you will 1) have to redo the tasks of the previous round, and 2) not be eligible to be named the winner of the round.
Round 1 will end at 3:40 forum time Wednesday
Last edited by Dare (19/03/2017 at 05:17)