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Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better start running.

Time: 5th Century, Europe

Bird chirped somewhere in the distance, the sounds of their soft music echoed across the open valley. A small gust of wind whistled softly through the trees, rustling the leaves as it passed through. A few rust-colored leaves floated to the ground and landed into the pool of blood that laid there.

Bodies of fallen men laid scattered across the open ground, marring the natural beauty of the land. A single knight limped his way towards the top of the hill where a solitary female stood. He extended a hand towards her, offering her a large metal box. "For you," he slurred, smiling at his triumph. The woman accepted the dowry box, peering quickly inside to make sure all the contents were there.

Lust leaned down, cupping the knight's face with her hand and kissed him. "You did well, my knight," she replied softly. She stood and released him, watching him fall to the ground slowly. Even as she turned to walk away, she felt his body grow cold. She sighed. It would be hard to find others to fight for her. She'd better start on it soon.

A Sin of All Sins RP - Char: 'Lust' - Background Entries

16th Century, France.

Journal Entry:

Marco de Astilla arrived shortly before I was to sit at tea with Lady Annabelle. I am to meet her brother this night and she feared that I might not be prepared for such an introduction. She hears the rumors about her brother, as I surely have. If such rumors are true, then I must meet this modern day Romeo. She is under impression that I am too pure to have acquaintances with a knight from the king's army. Let her keep her notions. Her brother will learn otherwise tonight.

Astilla carried news of a siege in Vienna. It is said that nearly 100,000 Ottoman troops amassed at the great Fortress Belgrade to defeat the Hungarians, who were only 25,000 strong. Astilla carried word that the battle had only lasted a mere 25 days, but managed, in that short time, to take the life of the Hungarian ruler, King Louis II. No one was said to survive.

I listened avidly as he told his stories, of the battles that were fought there. I inquired about the generals, the foot soldiers, even of the peasants that were brought along to cook for the warriors. He must've thought me uncivil, lusting after such gory details like a common barmaid. But I needed to know everything he did, everything he heard and saw.

Perhaps one of my brothers or sisters were at the battle, aiding the chaos there. If so, they are having a better time at it than I. The battle in France has lasted so long now. I know not when it will end. It's been fun, but this Time is dull without Greed. Or any of the others, for that matter. Even Envy would have livened things up a bit.

And there's Chastity to worry about. Chastity has been absent lately. Our battles have receeded lately, both of us fleeing from each fight on the brink of death. At first I thought that it was the war here, a distraction that kept Chastity occupied. But I've begun to worry that it is something more.

I cannot be caught unaware.

A Sin of All Sins RP - Char: 'Lust' - Background Entries

16th Century, France.

Journal Entry:

Our war has finally spilled over into this Time. The mortals now fight over what we have always fought over. Different names, different faces, and yet, the cause is the same. Pride, Greed, Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, and Sloth. We are present in every move they make, every word they speak. They may not know it, but they're helping our cause. There are battles daily, around the world. It is nothing compared to some we've seen in the past, but with our aid, it could be. Magic has died in this Time, but their gunpowder invention will work nicely. We will help them regain the knowledge they've lost since we were last awake. We will show them a real war. Chaos runs rampant and we thrive on it. The Virtues will worry and fret for these mortals. They will be distracted for a time. This is good. For us.

It will not be a stalemate this time. The Virtues will not have this victory.

The city is aglow with flames. The priest burns at the stake for his beliefs while his murderers roam free. They should not fault him his desires. It is only natural. Besides, who could resist me?

They punish him as they dare not me. The women point their fingers at me and say that I have sinned. I laughed at them, as my siblings would have done, and replied that I am a Sin. And I enjoy every bit of it. They inched away from me and left me be. They wish to see me burn as well, I know it. But their men cannot bear to part with me. Who else would see their desires fulfilled? Even if those desires were not theirs to begin with.

These mortals are easy to manipulate. They worry so much over good and evil that they cannot tell a Sin when they face her each day, greet her each morning, and love her each night. It will be easy to turn the men on their women, those that clutch so tightly to their jewels that they've forgotten how to share. If only Greed were here with me...

An explosion has sounded outside my window. Perhaps the women have come for me, as they have often threathened. I will show them why they should fear me. Even Wrath will be proud.

Pern name: Skyla
Username: dynamitebl
Flits: None.
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Occupation/Rank: Journeyman Healer.
Appearence: Skyla is a tall, leanly built young woman with long dark hair, usually kept in a secure plait adorned with ribbons. She has light hazel eyes and is slightly tanned from her travels between holds.
Personality: Skyla is a great listener and knows many stories. She's apt at helping people with their problems and calming their nerves. She is always optimistic and cheerful, which is a great commodity to have as a healer.
Bio: Growing up in a household of healers, it was no surprise that Skyla chose to become one herself. She trained harder and earlier than any in her family and rose in ranks steadily. She chose to remain a Journeyman Healer for longer than usual so that she could travel easier and have less responsibilities than a full master would have, even if the perks were less. By remaining a Journeyman, she had enough rank to travel freely and obtain jobs in her travels, but did not need to be as formal in her relations with those she met.
Other: During her travels and studies, Skyla has been apprenticed in many areas under her healer title, working with sea and land animals of varying degrees and even working under a Weyrhealer for a few turns.

Name: Rowan Rockford
Age: 18 bonded years, 100 Free range spirte
Gender: Female
Race: Tree Nypmh
Appearance: Rowan, being what she is, appears all green at a distance. Up close, details emerge. Her skin is a light teal color, whereas her waist-length wavy hair contains a darker tint to it. Her eyes are a shade of emerald green that matches the form-fitting shift she normally wears. The shift is cut low in the front and back and falls to just above her knees in soft layers. A light blue sash tied around her waist doubles as a belt and a place to hide small goods, like a pouch containing charms and shiny objects that she collects. She wears soft leather tongs that string up to mid calf that matches the color of her shift. A dark green vine grows from her shoulder blade and twines about her right arm,ending at the first knuckle of her middle finger. the Vine changes colors with the seasons and blooms and wilts according to Rowan's energy levels.
Personality: Rowan is a seclusive young woman. Though she has lived for a long while, most of her life had been as a free sprite. She did anything she wanted, whenever she wanted, without much thought or care. She rarely remembered the events of one day as the next day approached and was naive to everything in the world. It was like living each day repeatedly as a child. It wasn't until she was honored with her bonding to a sapling tree that she became more subdued and questioned her surroundings more. She cared about everyone and everything and worked hard to make her home a better place. She's not an acustomed fighter, but it does not mean she would back out of one when the situation called for it.
Occupation: Tree-Hugger, Student
Weapon: Rowan carries a small metal dagger forged by her fire cousins in celebration of her acceptance into the Temple of Gaia's Past. She is also apt at firing bows and arrows, but does not carry one around with her.
Magic: The vine that grows from Rowans arm can produce toxic gases, liquid poisons/liquid poison-filled bulbs, edible berries, healing leaves, and grow or shrink to any size. Energy used is correlated to magical effect gained. Rowan can also do many things nymphs typically do, such as converse with flora and fauna(only some wildlife), merge physically with trees, and so forth.

Recently, Rowan has also developed some magic concerning water elements, such as bringing water forth from the air, ground, or river and manipulating it. These she cannot control at will, meaning she can't activate her ability or stop it when it occurs.
Bio: After the ceremony that bonded Rowan with a sapling tree, Rowan thrived in the Aradian Glades. As her bonded tree grew in strength and intelligence, so did Rowan. She matured with her bonded and immersed herself in her community, getting to know the other forest nymphs that were her cousins and her immediate kin. There were sprites that become bonded with water elements to become the tree nymphs, those that bonded with fire elements, and even some with the air itself. Each varied greatly across elements and even more among themselves. There were tree nymphs for different types of trees, bushes, and even weeds, though those nymphs were constantly reverted back to their sprite-selves when their bondeds passed.

Rowan enjoyed her peaceful life, occasionally chasing away those that wished her Glades harm. It wasn't until odd things begin occuring that Rowan became worried about her livelihood. First, an itch on her shoulder blade sprouted a vine that she was able to control. She tested out the limits of the vine and worked studiously with her kin to fingure out abilities and weaknesses that the vine held. She found that soon she was able to control the growth of greenery around her more than usual, and control it at a larger scale than any kin before her. She found out about her water abilities during a particular dought in the Glades. she wished for water for her dying tree, when a flood of water came pouring down the slopes from a river far away. She was unable to stop the flood, and though it did save her area of the forest, it greatly harmed the part of the forest further down and where it traveled to get to her tree. Even to this day, the river makes an unnatural curve out of the way to pass by her tree before turning back to its main course. Not even her water cousins were able to fix that misshap.

Other small mistakes and misuse of powers appeared gradually before the inhabitants of the Glades voted to send Rowan to school and learn more about her powers. Not many of the Glades ever left, but they all felt that it was the best thing for Rowan to do. And it would help her in ways they could not. She was free to return after she mastered her new powers and could use them to help, not hurt, their Glades.

And so Rowan left on her journey, packed with everything her kin thought she'd need, and ventured out to join the Temple of Gaia's Past to master her earth powers, before learning to master her water powers later.
Element: Earth, Water
Clan: Temple of Gaia's Past

Elemental RP/7 deadly sins/7 heavenly virtunes: different versions are all cool, ones with pre-mades and storylines set up already make it easier to play
Fairy Tales: taking fairy tale characters and putting them all into an alternate world/reality
Forest/medieval: any type. Easy to join and mostly any type of plot can be played here.
DRoP

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