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CR WORKSHIP: MARCH 2025

Our CR Meme CR Workship is where players can drop all the cool info for their characters and try to plot with others to continue existing or create new CR. Be sure to look over the MANTA Board as well as current events if you'd like to include them in your post.

We also include a designated toplevel for Crew Recruitment where players can make OOC ad posts for others to either join or request to join or make a crew. This is all for OOC coordination, so you'll have to figure out how it works ICly.

If you have multiple characters, make an individual toplevel for yourself with your player info and comment to it with each character separately.

PLAYER INFO

Player:
Contact: Preferred means of contact

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Character
Canon: Include canon point
Armada: Paladin or Corsair

About: Briefly talk about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits—whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them! You can include a link to any character profile sheets or entries you might have, too.

Abilities: Include both canon and abilities you'd like to develop through the tattoo.

PLANS

General: Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term or long term.
MANTA Board: Any plans for the MANTA Board?
Event: Any plans for the event? Topleveling? Tagging out? Specific prompts that caught your interest?

CR Dreams: What kind of CR do you wish to have? Include what you can offer with your character as well.

Etc.: Anything else or, you know, the usual memes. NOTE: we have an image code for players to use as it will fix the width of the image to 400px. This is so large images don't take up entire pages. If your image is smaller than that you can remove the code, otherwise please use the code.

IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHARACTERS, create your own toplevel and comment with each character separately to it. Include your name in the subject line. Although not specifically included, you are more than welcome to write up a greeting message along with the form! SUBJECT LINE: CHARACTER | CANON | ARMADA <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">PLAYER INFO</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Preferred means of contact </div> <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">CHARACTER INFO</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>Character:</b> Character <b>Canon:</b> Include canon point <b>Armada:</b> Paladin or Corsair <b>About:</b> Briefly talk about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits, whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them! You can include a link to any character profile sheets or entries you might have, too. <b>Abilities:</b> Include both canon and abilities you'd like to develop through the tattoo. </div> <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">PLANS</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>General:</b> Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term or long term. <b>MANTA Board:</b> Any plans for the MANTA Board? DELETE IF NOT USING <b>Event:</b> Any plans for the event? Topleveling? Tagging out? Specific prompts that caught your interest? <b>CR Dreams:</b> What kind of CR do you wish to have? Include what you can offer with your character as well. <b>Etc.:</b> Anything else or, you know, the usual memes. IF POSTING AN IMAGE OR GIF, USE THE FOLLOWING CODE. We want all images to be MAX 400px in width or it's going to screw up the page. <img src="IMGURL" width="400"> </div>

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CREW RECRUITMENT AD

[seaboards]

Looking to recruit or join a crew? Then comment here! Include in the subject line where you are Recruiting or Looking for a crew, and fill out the following form:

FOR RECRUITING:
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character(s):</b> All characters in the crew so far <b>Crew:</b> Name of crew <b>About:</b> What y'all do <b>Pitch:</b> If you have any requirements or looking for certain character types, be sure to note it here!

LOOKING TO JOIN:
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Looking For:</b> What kind of crew are you looking for? Alternatively, what kind of crew would you like to see established? Maybe others might also be interested and could form one!

Recruiting: Hand and Hearth

[multidisciplinary]

Player: Jen
Character(s):

Crew list:

Princess Captain Zelda | multidisciplinary
Second in Command Garrus Vakarian | thearchangel
Darin Altway | forgeabettertomorrow
Karlach Cliffgate | headhunt
Commander not actually the commander Shepard | onebullet

Crew: Zelda's floating circus Hand and Hearth, a Paladin-chartered mixed crew.
About: A humanitarian relief organization dedicated to providing healing and medical care to people in need. (Think along the same lines as the Red Cross.) They operate a hospital ship and will sail anywhere that people need aid, even into the middle of an active crisis. Despite being chartered with the Paladins, they try to remain as politically neutral as possible-- something that is incredibly difficult in the current climate!

Pitch: If you're an altruistic soul who really wants to help people (and not already a member of the Boy Hero Squad), you might get along well in a crew run by an idealistic princess-in-hiding. The crew's main focus is running a hospital ship and acting as first responders in times of crisis, so anyone with medical skills or healing magic would be extremely welcome. (They still don't have any doctors or healers 🥲) But characters with other skills won't be turned away!

Zelda treats her crew like a place of employment, so crew members earn wages (except for Darin; he gets paid in other ways). But it's a non-profit, so don't expect great pay.

You can join as either a permanent crew member or a temporary contract worker. Temporary contracts are for people who want to help with Hand and Hearth's mission but don't want to leave their current crew. If you're interested in a temporary contract, please fill out the form on the crew page!

If you wanna join as permanent crew, just comment here. ICly, potential crew members either need CR with Zelda or a recommendation from a current crew member.... but if you have neither of those, just comment here and we can figure it out!

Recruiting: The Hideaway

[ramuhs]

Player: Laena
Character(s):

Crew list:

Cidolfus Telamon
Midadol Telamon
Benedikta Harman
Joshua Rosfield
Jill Warrick
Kaveh
Alhaitham
Enterprise
Gale Dekarios
Alfyn Greengrass
G'raha Tia
Hawks (pending)

Crew: The Hideaway
About: The Hideaway's purpose is a bit "loose," taking more of a independent, free to do what you want direction. Taking the odd jobs, helping others, and just living a more "free adventure life" of the Corsairs, even acting something like "Robin Hood" with their actions. It's a place Cid hopes to foster the talents of others and help them feel like they belong somewhere. However, although the Hideaway is on the "nicer" side of the Corsair group, they still behave and act more like outlaws, willing to bend and break the rules if needed. Just usually for good.

Pitch: If you just want to have fun and have five powerful Dominants behind your back, this is the group for you! We're pretty loose and Cid himself tends to look at people for their talents (especially tech savvy!) and need for a place. So yeah a fun, comfy "found family" type of group. Cid is also running a "magitech" type business so, those interested in inventing and engineering are also welcome. With their own island, they'll be looking to develop more so they have the ability to have more independence if needed. Those who may want to stay in Escordvi long term may also find a place here as Cid is looking into it and the rifts. This does mean they will be more adventure/exploration bound in the near future! We'll definitely be taking advantage of those future Crew Quests 👀

Even though they are Corsair affiliated, Paladins are welcome!

[menaceunleashed]

Player: Toni
Character(s): Currently Ganondorf & Sidestep
Crew: The Scourge

About: Loot, pillage, plunder. Your stereotypical pirate ship up to no good and causing a rukus on the sea.

Pitch: BAD GUY SHIP BAD GUY SHIP BAD GUY SHIP yeah if you have a villain type and wanna go be a jerk, this is the place to be. Ganondorf really doesn't care if you do your own thing and is willing to help others with their plans as long as they align with his own goals, and as long as the favor is returned. About his only rule is to keep infighting off the ship.

Looking

[withermarked]

Player: Ilya
Character: Faulkner
Looking For: Honestly, right now he's just trying to find his footing in this world; and he may not have that much to offer at first. Despite his river-themed past, he doesn't have much experience with boats and he never actually learned to swim (that would be disrespectful to the river!)

He does have ambition and determination, and would probably benefit from being pointed at missions to give him some purpose. I think he'd enjoy adventuring, in the long run.

Corsair-affiliated, with a strong 'rebel against presumably-corrupt law and order' streak, but not necessarily inclined to outright think of himself as a villain. (On the other hand, if you make it sound fun...)

Right now, he's just likely to jump at whoever happens to give him a chance.

Recruiting: The Raiders of the Lost Arts

[emet_sulk]

Player: Chips
Character(s): Emet-Selch (emet_sulk), Professor Turo (fractales), Ryotaro Dojima (detectiveforheirophant)

Crew: Raiders of the Lost Arts, a neutral crew
About: A (currently) small crew with an interest in researching lost or ancient things (or pushing the boundaries of whatever niche interest you have). Legality not necessarily required.

Pitch: Anyone is welcome. Emet recently posted a public ad for interested parties. He calls himself the acting captain ever since the original, Dongfang, left suddenly. Since it's rather sad to have so much resources and no-one to use them, he's seeking out people to fill their numbers.

They have a fully-equipped ship with a small research lab and floating garden that's towed behind them. They also have an island base for the permanent members of their crew. Those from either armada are welcome!

Hawks | My Hero Academia | Paladin

[velocityraptor]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Nat
Contact: Discord: Ammeschan, PM

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Hawks
Canon: My Hero Academia, before the raid on the PLF
Armada: Paladin

About: Hawks is a high ranking professional hero with a genuine care and concern for everyone around him, despite his history and circumstances at home. He's also just nice to people, and he cares enough to do even the most menial of tasks if that's what people need to brighten their day. He's a covert operative at home, the asset of the Hero Public Safety Commission, something that contradicts his very nature. His consent in that matter is extremely dubious at best, considering his very murky and miserable past.

He's a workaholic, used to toiling away endlessly in a way he only can because of his age. He's turned this vacation into a working one, unable to grasp the basic concepts of freedom and downtime. Helping others is not a chore for him. Most notably, he's a heteromorph - My Hero Academia's version of a mutated person - which has given him many traits with his namesake, a hawk. The most notable and visible are the bright, massive red wings. With a wingspan of about 20 feet, he definitely can fly and does. Probably more than he rides on ships.

Abilities: Hawks' most well-known ability is that he can fly. His wings are his quirk and he can detach his feathers and control them telepathically. Each feather can carry about 200lbs of weight. Primarily, this is used for yanking people out of dangerous situations and getting them to safety. He's also recognized for his speed which is well above 1000 km/h. Notably, it is not just bursts. Hawks sustain his speed for long distances. At home he flies from one end of Japan and back repeatedly, and can beat a plane to its destination.

Running out of usable feathers would leave Hawks in a position of waiting about 3 days for them to regenerate, so there is some level of healing factor associated with his quirk alone. The rest of him, however, is out of luck.

His virtually unknown abilities include echolocation which allows him to see and hear through vibrations in his feathers. It makes him an excellent spy.

PLANS

General: I think Hawks might wind up joining the Hideaway's crew, since he hasn't had one. He reached out to Sidestep a little bit with something personal and in his view that did not go well. He'd be hesitant to let anyone get close to him. That's an uphill battle for him anyway, his masters did good work getting him to isolate himself. Beyond that he's still out there meeting people. He kind of flits around, although it would be nice if he could genuinely make some connections. It would be good for him.

MANTA Board: I would love It Takes Two, Out of the Blue, Yellow Featherman, Bear Necessities - although with bounties dealing with sentient creatures he's less likely to jump at violence to start and more willing to try negotiation first.

Event: Hawks is all over the place, and while he has no regard for who is what armada, he's definitely a Paladin type. This can get him into trouble, detained, etc. At the end of the month, he will be successfully abducted thanks to his work being a pain in the ass for those running the illegal auctions. Something about human trafficking really upsets him. (No reason at all, nope) I do not have specific plans about getting him back out of there - so please feel free to make some with me!

CR Dreams: I'm hoping that Hawks can get close to someone enough to consider them a friend. I'm open to more, but this is much harder than it sounds. He's not supposed to be close to people and he believes this.

Etc.: As a note, I'm no longer using Plurk. I can be reached on Discord. Here's a gif for your troubles.

[activatingcombatmode]

I enjoyed the last thread that Zack and Hawks had, I'd be happy if these two could maybe become pals someday!

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts | Paladin

[seasaltkeys]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Megan
Contact: urbaninja Or PM

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Roxas
Canon: Kingdom Hearts; Post-KH3
Armada: Paladin

About: Roxas is the Nobody of Sora, protagonist of Kingdom Hearts. He is essentially the shell left behind when someone looses their Heart and becomes a Heartless. Though, thanks to the shenanigans of the series that require a powerpoint or a youtube essay to explain, he is able to exist as his own person, and is at a point where he's doing that. He probably has a Heart now.

Personality-wise, Roxas is basically Sora on Mute. He's a little quieter, a little more thoughtful but no less loyal to his friends and determined to help or stand up against people who would try to cast the Worlds into Darkness. He probably comes off as too serious to start but it's easy to break through that veneer. Right now he's mostly focused on keeping his crew alive.

Abilities: Roxas dual wields a pair of keyblades and can use general combat magic (Fire, Blizzard, Thunder, Aero, Cure). He's working on getting strong but I haven't really done much with other abilities.

PLANS

General:
-So, in general, Roxas is doing pretty well. His crew has grown so he's adjusting to that (and trying to keep everyone alive). He's working on getting stronger and things seem to be going well. That will probably change, but there you go.

-Roxas has a top level for his Crew log that is also open to anyone who is not on his crew here, if you're looking for general hang out times. He'll also have a top level to explore Kudzu island.

-At the end of the month, Roxas will be getting arrested alongside Axel. They'll be attempting a jailbreak, but who's to say how that will go. But he'll probably end up a little roughed up one way or another.

Event: Again, Roxas will have a top level for Kudzu Island and I'll also be trying to tag out a little bit.

CR Dreams: I would love for Roxas to always have more friends, especially older friends that he can look up to and mentor figures. Someone to curb his headstrong-ness and maybe teach him leadership? Also open to ships.
In exchange, Roxas is a very loyal friend, a good quest buddy and someone you can count on in a crisis or to be dragged into situations and shenanigans.

Etc.: I absolutely biffed February pretty hard but it's March now, so we try again and carry on.

Mich 🌼 Sora, Joshua Rosfield, Zack Fair

[oathkeeper]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Mich
Contact: michrure, Discord @ Mish Ish, Journal PM

Sora 🗝️ Kingdom Hearts | Paladin

[oathkeeper]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Sora
Canon: Post KH3 + RE:Mind dlc
Armada: Paladin

About: Sora is a bright, sunny protagonist from a world called Destiny Islands. He's travelled to many worlds in the past, so seeing a new one isn't new to him. He is a cheerful, giving and optimistic boy with a heart of gold who will always go out of his way to help others. He’s reckless, sassy and silly, he can be a little over the top sometimes, but he always does his best! Underneath the cheerful attitude is a very complex boy with a lot of complex feelings about his self-worth and place in the universe. Protecting his friends and loved ones is the most important thing to him and he'll go to great lengths to do that even if it costs him everything.

PLANS

General:

🗝️ I’m coming off of hiatus so I’ll be jumping back into this with all of my characters. Sora is still fairly new to the game so I still want to work on settling him in and making cr with him that sticks. Just a heads-up- that I will be dropping older threads from December.

🗝️ Sora has recently adopted the PLUS ULTRA!! crew alongside Roxas. He is now co-captain with Roxas and the two of them and the other crew members have been working on getting things together and working on their home island. You can see the crew page and all the current members here.

🗝️ Sora’s canon point is an ambiguous one. He’s coming from a point in time where everything in Kingdom Hearts has been wrapped up but Sora was lost somewhere between the normal living world and Quadratum (basically the afterlife??). It is unclear in canon but it’s assumed that Sora’s heart isn’t in perfect shape after using the Power of Waking so many times to save his friends. In the future I’d like to play with the idea of Sora’s heart slowly breaking or at least making Sora feel hollow sometimes. You might notice in tags that Sora might feel empty or blank inside but he’ll outwardly try to ignore or dismiss it. In the future this might be damaging…

🗝️ Sora has an open top level on his crew log here. You can use it for crew things, for visiting the island or any other wildcard stuff for the month with Sora.

MANTA Board:

🗝️ Bigger Fish to Fry - Sora is a natural swimmer and can catch fish with his hands. It’s more than likely he can fish with a fishing pole too. Time to go fishing and get that free lunch!

🗝️ Whale Did It Go - He would be more than riled up about a missing baby. He’ll search for the baby with other paladins or ships and his own crew.

🗝️ Hop To It - Let Sora get frog-napped and carried around in its mechanical mouth! Or let him save you from the frog mouth.

Event:

🗝️ Sora isn’t getting kidnapped or arrested but he would want to help people escape and would want to rescue them if they deserve it. If any of his friends or crewmates are arrested or abducted, he’ll try to help them too. Sometimes Sora commits crimes for the sake of being helpful or good. If you need Sora for your plans, let me know!

🗝️ He will be tagging out for the Kudzu Island event!

CR Dreams:

🗝️ Sora has been making a ton of friends around his age so he's happy to have more! He might need more responsible adults in his life to help him? But always open to any cr he takes to cr like a sponge. I also love when Sora develops crushes on people (usually people around his age or harmless school crushes on cool bad ass older ladies) so give me that!!

Etc.:

LAENA

[ramuhs]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Laena
Contact: laenavesse; Discord

Cidolfus Telamon | Final Fantasy XVI | Corsair

[ramuhs]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Cidolfus Telamon, aka Cid
Canon: Final Fantasy XVI, post-A Crystal's Curse
Armada: Corsair

About: For those who aren't familiar with this version of Final Fantasy's "Cid," he's one of the older characters who leads a group of outlaws working to change the world's current system in treating magic users, making a name for himself as an outlaw in doing so. The Dominant of Ramuh, he's capable of using and turning into the Eikon Ramuh himself. Goodnatured, friendly, classic rogue, with enough wit and Dad jokes to help lighten any heavy situation. With his experience and endless worldly wisdom, he's the perfect mentor for any young lad who is going through a self-identity crisis and angst. Oh that's just Clive—but he can be a mentor or father figure for anyone who needs it, too. He is also a brilliant inventor and bit of an engineer. There will definitely be spoilers since he'll be after a certain canon point. I usually try not to reference canon events with non-castmates, but I'll be sure to mark them just in case. Between castmates, well, read those threads at your own risk— Spoilers, spoilers everywhere. For more info, he has a profile sheet here.

Abilities: Pretty much all things lightning for this old man. He'll have his canon movesets as well as me being a bit creative because well we only see a limited set and the tattoo will allow him some more creativity. He can semi-prime and turn all purple to have access to even stronger attacks, and then he can prime into the Eikon Ramuh himself. But due to nerfing, when he primes into Ramuh he'll be very tiny at first until he gains more power and control and all that. Even that will require an emotional trigger so IT'LL BE A WHILE. He'd only use this an absolute last resort regardless.

BONUS SUMMON OPTION: If there are ever any characters who can summon Ramuh, especially in other Final Fantasy casts, you can have Cid appear instead.

PLANS

General: I debated on making an open log, but maaaybe I'll hold off since he's already doing something with the treasure map and other plans with the whole abduction thing. So I'll be more open to pre-planning and looking to tag into things!

SEMI-OPEN LOG FOR TREASURE MAP THINGS here! Although it's mostly for those who had gotten the map pieces, anyone interested in the thing as a whole can pop in to discuss things! It's being treated more like a network discussion post than a log log.

If anyone is interested in his crew, I have a recruitment ad up here!

MANTA Board: Some MANTA board things that caught my eye for Cid:

• Bigger Fish to Fry. It's fishing, he'll always take a chance to fish!
  
• Toy Story. Since he's also made a few toy things, would be fun to see what Emet-Selch is up to!
  
• The Living Bookmark. SAVE THE BOOKS
  
• Hop to It! He's a Corsair so would need Paladin friend. Or not friend—

Also open to other plotting!

Event: WE'LL SEE I know he'd be interested because always fun to had some exploration and finding new resources.

CR Dreams: ANYTHING. I'm really interested in exploring Cid more through other relationships, especially when helping others or having someone else poke at him. He's always carrying things on his shoulders and he could use more people bothering him to not do that. Cid can make CR with anyone, and he can be an annoying rival or enemy depending who they are. He will always have a soft heart towards kids and young adults, so if anyone needs a father figure or mentor, he's a good candidate! Characters that are also into the tech, engineering, or sciences will also pique his interest.

daisukenojo "beat" bito | neo: the world ends with you | corsair

[stillarhino]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Mart
Contact: riyuji on discord (preferred), PMs, riyuji

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Daisukenojo "Beat" Bito
Canon: Neo: The World Ends with You (post-game) + Songerein CRAU
Armada: Corsair
About: Beat is a loud skater boy who looks and talks like a punk, but he has a gooey, soft center. He's 100% loyal to those he calls his friends and has a bit of a martyr complex, more than willing to take a punch and throw one back to protect people who cannot protect themselves even if it puts himself in harm's way. If anyone needs a big brother, a new best friend, or a wingman (with varying degrees of success), Beat is your guy.

Abilities: Beat has the ability to use psychs from the pins he has on him. He only has the Burnin' Boar pin which allows him to tackle others in a ball of fire. He can also Soundsurf through his music, giving himself and whoever he syncs up with a boost in speed.

His tattoo is of a red and black flying squirrel with decals for wings on his right upper arm and shoulder, almost like it's perching there. It's usually hidden underneath his hoodie, but can be seen when it's off as he wears a sleeveless shirt underneath. I am thinking about him getting another tattoo, but am undecided on the design and the element, but it will likely be something earth or electricity-based, if I push through with it.

PLANS

General: With his memory of Songerein back, he's trying to navigate having the knowledge of friendships that don't actually remember him. It might be hitting him harder than he realized, and will be keeping busy so he doesn't have to deal with that for now. Feel free to notice that he might be a little less chipper than usual, or that he's putting up a front (and failing at it)

Also having joined the Shounen Squad Plus Ultra crew, he'll be busy trying to get things together to help build the skate park over at their island. You might see him canvassing for materials, working on things for the skate park, and even skating around a bit more often, so if you're interested in that or want to help out, he'd more than happy to talk your ear off.

MANTA Board: I've got a log up for his/the yellow featherman bounty and for octopus traveler and bigger fish to fry. Other quests I'd be interested in doing are Bear Necessities bounty, It Takes Two and Hop to It so if you wanna do any of those, I could throw Beat your way or we can start a thread for it on my log.

Event: Beat's already too busy dealing with the bounty, but he can help anyone out if they're being arrested or abducted. Will just be tagging around on the mini-event if something piques my interest.

CR Dreams:

💀 MORE CR, more friends!
💀 Though I would love for someone to become some sort of rival for Beat. He's competitive and having someone to go up against might be fun!
💀 I always want him to have CR with someone who can be a good mentor/parental figure to him. While he has matured in someways, he still has a reckless streak, so having someone to help rein him in would be great.
💀 Do you need a wingman? Beat's got a lot of experience with that. It's going to be embarrassing for your character, I swear.
💀 Please prank him.

Etc.:

[catsgothistongue]

I'M COMING FOR YOU BIRD MAN

basil | paladin

[photographists]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Jude
Contact: Plurk, DISCORD: meowjestys

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Basil
Canon: Omori
Armada: Paladin

About: Basil is an anxious person who loves flowers and once loved taking pictures. Due to his traumatic past, he has difficulty opening up to others and tends to withdraw more than the normal person typically would. However, he's the type of friend who would do absolutely anything for the people he loves, even if it's not what's best for either himself or the other person.

Abilities: He doesn't have any canon abilities. He's literally just a teenager from a small US town. I think something more healing or earth related would suit Basil best!

PLANS

General: My focus is always character development. Basil making friends or allies would help him come out of his shell more, and a positive influence in his life could help give him more confidence. He's a lot more brave than a lot of characters in his canon think, and being able to push him to show that could mean a lot for his character.
MANTA Board: I'm eyeing the fluttering butterlies and light up the night for him!
Event: I'll tag around for the event! I have an open top level for the TDM that I'm still tagging if anyone would like to thread with Basil there!

CR Dreams: As said above, I'd love for Basil to get established with some positive CR! Anyone who could help push him a bit to not be so withdrawn would be best for him, but I'm always game for any sort of negative cr, too! I'm honestly the kind of person who doesn't plan too far ahead in RP. I think unplanned CR is the best kind of CR, and sometimes you can't really predict how a thread will go.

Etc.: Please take a look at his opt out page! Basil's canon deals with some heavy topics, but I'll appropriately warn for anything triggery should it come up in a thread.

[catsgothistongue]

Needs someone to give him a boost of confidence, hm? Ranma's got plenty of that to spare.

Ranma Saotome | Ranma ½ | Corsair

[catsgothistongue]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Wahoo
Contact: Discord or plurk (both handles are wahoothis)

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Ranma Saotome
Canon: Ranma ½, end of the manga run at the Jusendo arc
Armada: Corsair

About: What if you made a rom-com martial arts shounen where two tsundere idiots are unwilling engaged and forced to put up with one another and the ensuing chaos that follows? Also, one pair is cursed with GENDER™. You get Ranma ½ in a nutshell. And Ranma here is one half (ha ha) of the idiotic tsundere pair, being the poor "unfortunate" cursed sucker. He's a prodigy training in martial arts ever since he was born under the tutelage of his father... which is the root cause of his brash, sly, dry-witted and prideful nature who does not know when to think before he speaks and, in layman's term, is a bit of a chaos gremlin who attracts conflict and mayhem like metal to magnets.

Otherwise, outside of his shortcomings and flaws, he's a friendly and chill social guy who upholds his duties as a martial artist to help the weak and innocent, and doesn't have much of a grudge with even those who've done him wrong.

Abilities: Abilities can be found right here!

PLANS

General: Hoo boy, March's shaping up to be one hell of a doozy for him. To break it down:
- With the new additions to the PLUS ULTRA! crew, Ranma's been helping tidying up their island to get it in tip-top shape for them and any other visitors which should hopefully have a top level soon.
- Ranma made the grave mistake of prodding the Dorf, earning himself a phantom clowder of cats after him that'll be stalking and scaring the daylights out of him. Slowly wearing down his spirit, making him paranoid and looking over his shoulder every five minutes. Eventually, at some point, Ranma's fear will get so overwhelming that he'll enter the Neko-ken state (mentioned in the abilities section), going on a frenzied rampage through town like a feral beast. Anyone who wishes to deal with a feral cat boy/girl, I'll be including a section in the open log I plan on getting up hopefully soon.
- After all that's said and done, he's going to get arrested somewhere in the middle of the month. Probably for the above, probably for other things he may or may not have done. He's going to be breaking out, of course, and breaking out friends and strangers alike too.

MANTA Board: For quests that interest me:
- The Thornbind Sickness (Something something rose with thorns something something)
- A Rumour of a Mad Monster (This truly is a Monster Hunter Wilds moment)
- Out of the Blue (Ranma knows a thing or two about fishing)
- Bigger Fish to Fry (^)
- Every Day I'm Brusselin' (Ranma dealt with the Great Ape, now it's time to take on the vile fiends that killed Yamcha)
- The Living Bookmark (Contrary to what some might think, Ranma likes reading! So he'll want to protect the books! DD:)
- Cuddle Quest (HUGS!!!!!)
- Octopus Traveler (... The Saotomes might be a gluttonous bunch, but eating something live and screaming is going to put him off a little)
- Vampire Squid (Good thing Ranma's got something that can be used as a stake to put down this bloodsucker)
- Bear Necessities (Panty thieves are something Ranma is... unfortunately all too familiar with. He knows a thing or two about teaching perverts a lesson, plus he has the perfect curse that lets him act as the perfect bait)
- Yellow Featherman (This isn't his Super Sentai show!!!)
- Mary Watson & G.Lestrade (He is the sex-shifter that was namedropped in the bounty, and he can recognize that sad Victorian detective face from anywhere. Of course he's checking it out!)

Event: Outside of everything already mentioned above, he'll probably be tagging out for the Kudzu Island event.

CR Dreams: I welcome any and all CRs, positive and negative. Friends, enemies, rivalries, sparring partners, mentors/students, etc.!

Etc.:

Shadow | Sonic the Hedgehog (Game) | Corsair

[wherethereislight]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Taisa
Contact: Game Discord or Plurk noletters

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Shadow
Canon: Sonic the Hedgehog/Post-Shadow Generations-Colors
Armada: Corsair

About: Created to be the ultimate lifeform, seen as either a weapon of war, or the key to all matter of medicine, depending on who you talk to. His traumatic and violent past shaped him into being distrustful, cold and difficult to connect with. He's also troubled by his own creation that he avoids connecting with others, for being different and "not like the others". At times, he will generally take action with little regard of others. Something about being the Ultimate Lifeform has him thinking he should be able to do everything himself. He's very mission driven and not one for small talk, more of a "action speaks louder than words" type of character. Gradually, as he began to gain more experience about the world and being around others, the wall he's created has started to lower, just a smidge. While the past still haunts him, he does not let it control him. As he figures out what it means to live for himself.

Abilities: Extremely durable, doesn't get sick and immortal, though any fatal hit will kill him while here. At the moment, he only has his super speed and strength, but he'll likely be regaining his previous abilities near the middle of the month after finally getting a tattoo. His chaos abilities include creating spears made of chaos energy that can stun and teleport short distances. With a Chaos Emerald, it will further amplify his chaos abilities and be able to use Chaos Control, which normally would stop time, but it'll only slow it down within a short vincinity here. Fancy powers aside, he has proficency using various weaponry and vehicles, and unarmed combat.

The tattoo will give him access to the darkness element with death-like abilities. Presumably manifested due to having the DNA of an alien race of conquerors that uses organic beings as fuel for their army :>. This will be tied to him eventually getting his doom powers back, but for now, the most he'll learn during the first month is being able to phase through shadows and implement with his current skillset. He'll also be avoiding making physical contact with others until he figures out how to not suck the life out of things.

PLANS

General: Shadow needs to find some hobbies to occupy himself and not be hyperfixated on foiling whatever Eggman is up to. He's going to be doing a lot of traveling investigating sites he thinks the Doctor would be interested in, being ruins/temples with any mentions of artifacts. Yea, he seriously needs to allow himself to explore other avenues with his time. He also gotta deal with some unsavory abilities given after getting a tattoo. Having dealt with death in his past, some caused by his own hands, he definitely doesn't like how he can drain the life out of things.

He also sort of tossed it in the backburner, but after helping around the conservatory last month, he realized he could do more than just fight to help. Or maybe he knew, but never gave himself that opportunity to consider. As he was created to be a cure, somewhere down the road, I like him to learn that he can explore this, that he has an opportunity to do what he was created for in some form in this world.

MANTA Board:
- Deal with some abonminations.[A Rumour of a Mad Monster]
- [Treasure Hunt] He has one piece of the treasure map if others want to discuss with him about it.
- He is hitting up All Bounties because he needs money. Besides Sherlock and Beat's, would like to keep it to one person each if there's interest.

These are things he would be interested in, but I'm down for sillier quest.
Event: Just planning to tag out at the moment. If anything we can do close prompts if people have ideas when the event drops.

CR Dreams: Make friends really. He's been through a lot and intentionally avoids people unless necessary, so someone has to be really patient with him. On the opposite end, someone who will drag him to do things is also good. End of the day, I just want him to learn to be kind to himself, and that he's allowed to have fun.

[heyyourenotsonic]

dragging him to do things huh


challenge accepted

Della Duck | Ducktales 2017 | Corsair

[sos_pilot]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Melissa
Contact: melcat33 for plurk/discord

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Della Duck
Canon: Ducktales 2017, post series finale
Armada: Corsair

About: Ace pilot for the McDuck family, mother of Huey Dewey and Louie, twin sister of Donald Duck! Lives for adventure, exploration, and treasure-hunting! Crashed on the moon and now has a leg made out of rocket-ship-parts! Loves danger, making friends, and mothering anyone even just a year younger than her.

Abilities:
- A little extra strength/speed/stamina than the average woman (er, duck?) due to years of adventuring!
- Knowledge of weaponry, combat, mythology, and BEST PILOT EVER
- Can take off her metal leg and use it to thwack people. She should really stop doing that.
- Gamewise, she's got the Compasses of Desire/Light, Dowsing Blade, Bubble Shield, and Camouflage Cloak.

I do need to start coming up with ideas for what she can do with the tattoo, but mind's been blank. Happy to have any suggestions!

PLANS

General: Probably should get her to join a legit crew eventually.

She did mention opening up a Gaming Club, idk if I should wait for Azul's eventual Mostro Lounge to open, or have her do her own thing, happy to hear opinions/idea of how to work it.
MANTA Board: Happy to do any of the Mantas, but these in particular tickle my fancy -

Toy Story
Everyday I'm Bruesslin'
Bounty - Bear Necessities
Special - Sarht's Treasure
Event:I'm not in the whole kidnapping/rescue plot so I'll probably TL the other thing? Not 100% sure but at the very least I'll make a TL for Manta Board shenanigans on there.

CR Dreams: Does your character want a mom/aunt figure??? She will adopt you without any hesitation. Or your say-so.

Etc.:

[octoblot]

lmao you do not have to wait on my behalf for gaming club stuff if you dont want to as uh... azul is one of the people getting kidnapped mid/late march, sorry about that della-san ;A;

Ganondorf | Tears of the Kingdom | Corsair

[menaceunleashed]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Toni
Contact: discord @ artoni, artoni, or DW DM

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Ganondorf
Canon: Immediately before the final battle of TOTK
Armada: Corsair

About: He big. He bad. He run a ship. He a jerk. Basically, this is a BBEG who's been biding his time ingame and is ready to start causing more - mischief? no. Mayhem and madness. This monster is- you know what I'm too tired to keep the alliteration, TL;DR he's a powerful man obsessed with gaining more power.

Abilities: Dark magic, amplified by the tattoo. A leaning towards mastering monsters. Gloom, which has displayed aspects of corruption/decay/mind control/IT'S BAD JUJU, YO

PLANS

General: I've got a plot cooking with a couple players involving kidnapping and may have interest in other mechanically-inclined players. Other than that, I'm pretty open on stuff.
Event: No plans atm!

CR Dreams: Would love to collab with other villains in particular.

[multidisciplinary]

oh no what dastardly shit is dorf up to now?

SER

[makoglow]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Ser(aph)
Contact:
verthunder
Discord - verthunder
PM

Cloud Strife | FFVII | Paladin

[makoglow]

Character: Cloud Strife
Canon: FFVII | Post Advent Children
Armada: Paladin

About:

Cloud is one serious awkward creature. He kind of has a prickly exterior just to hide the fact he's a little shy and awkward and doesn't really know how to socialize well. That's what being locked up in a jar and experimented on for like 4 years does to a guy. Thankfully with his canon point, Cloud is far more emotionally and mental stable than he has been in the past. Now that doesn't mean he won't come off as gruff or maybe even a little jerk-like, because he will. Sarcasm and sass are kind of his second language, but he really can't help himself with how soft he can be towards people. Cloud really is a kind person and loyal at heart and just wants to be able to protect people.

Abilities:

🌩️ Materia: Fira, Thundara, Blizzara, Cura, and idk two more
🌩️ Omnislash and Blade Beam for Limit Breaks
🌩️ Athletics and a pretty good constitution
🌩️ Fusion Swords: multiple swords that form one big sword
🌩️ High tolerance for nonsense Zack and Aerith
🌩️ Sassy Banter

PLANS

General:

🌩️ Adopt more kids???
🌩️ Training his pupper - he getting big
🌩️ More character growth
🌩️ Get some new CR that will push his comfort zone limits
🌩️ Continue running his businesses

MANTA Board:

Cloud has an open log with quite a few of the Manta Quests. Hit me up! I can also do closed/special prompts if you just want to meet/interact with him outside of those situations. I'm easy.

Event:

I am undecided if he will participate in the event log. We'll see. He's supposed be getting abducted this month.

CR Dreams:

🌩️ Friendship, mostly - People that can get him to feel less awkward in social situations
🌩️ Sparring buddies, friendly rivalry
🌩️ Pests that either he'll warm up to or want to shove in the face
🌩️ He can be THAT FRIEND that gets people out of danger or that RELUNCTANT ally that has your back
🌩️ Did I mention he has a high nonsense tolerance? Good to be paired with those that are high in chaotic energy
🌩️ He is an awkward thing so if there are those that like teasing...?

Etc.:

Miriam | Bloodstained: RotN | Paladin

[crystalrepose]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Blueraven
Contact: blueraven

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Miriam
Canon: Bloodstained: RotN, post-game, before DLC
Armada: Paladin

About: Application!
Miriam's a young woman who's seen and been through some shit, but hasn't lost her kindness or sense of justice. Sure, she might be full of demonic rocks, but she's using that power to do good things. She wants to be helpful and prove that she's still human, let her be helpful!!

Those roses and petals on her aren't tattoos; they're part of a cursed crystal that lets Miriam use said phenomenal demonic power, but will eventually turn her into a crystal statue and kill her, or corrupt her mind and delete her sense of self and free will. Either or. The curse's spread is currently halted, but using her power too much or absorbing too many Shards (fragments of a demon's power) at once could cause it to start advancing again. So Miriam's in a constant balancing act of needing to use her powers to best help others but not so much that she crystalizes. No pressure.

Abilities: For canon ones, she's got all the ridiculously OP abilities of an endgame Castlevania protagonist—which she's usually fairly mindful about using, with such severe consequences for their overuse. She can do so much shit, though.

PLANS

General: Miriam will also be one of the abducted, though at the end of the month. While she's stopped being contagious the lycanthropy curse from last month is still rather persistent due to already being susceptible to alchemic science experiments, and with all the chaos of the early abductions and arrests she hasn't gotten fully cured of her lycanthropy. During the day she's fine! At night Miriam's sometimes fine. Sometimes a wolf goes zooming off to the ends of the nearest leviathan and back. She's fine, she just needs an extra nap the next day (she is not fine), it's her other CR fretting about the abductions she's worried about.

MANTA Board: Quests I have ideas for at the moment:

A Rumor of a Mad Monster—Cleaning up after alchemists doing questionably ethical science is also an unfortunately common refrain in Miriam's life.

But this one has a complication: Miriam's still stuck with Sometimes Werewolf curse, and might cause a false sighting on one of the nights. She's usually pretty good at controlling and repressing her emotions, but she's still dealing with a curse that turns her into a liminal creature with Big Emotions. She'll try not to do a chomp.

Every Day I'm Brusselin'—Miriam's got some insider knowledge about at least one of these walking cabbage things, she'll be extra suspicious of these.

CR Dreams: Friends, sparring friends, music friends. Connections good! She's also reasonably good with a piano, and has brought one into the Seventh Heaven bar. It's available for anyone to play if they're interested, not only crewmates. Her fairy familiar might come over if Carabosse likes you. She's a frequent Ring of Returning user and is often all over the place when the ship is docked, and is available for hire as a bodyguard for squishier scholarly types (fee waived for CR, people who are reasonably friendly, or just tell her they can't pay, she mostly just wants to help people). Miriam's usually fairly reserved, but bits of her past are starting to poke out now, particularly after the crystal statues in the illicit auction houses came to light.

The lycanthropy quest will hopefully lead to some development insofar as Miriam slowing down and being more mindful of herself, since her usual stubbornness in pushing through and ignoring something that's wrong with her got her into this mess. Additional people to shake her shoulders are more than welcome and probably necessary (she'll probably be on the other end doing the same to others! But prioritizing her own emotional wellbeing, what's that).

[catsgothistongue]

MONSTER HUNTING MONSTER HUNTING MONSTER HUNTING!!! :DD

christine ✨ gale dekarios & lace harding

[netherese]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Christine
Contact: necrofancy or PM. I'm also in the game discord, but tend to be quiet. Feel free to add me on plurk if you feel so inclined!

🔮 gale dekarios | baldur's gate 3 | paladins

[netherese]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Gale Dekarios (of Waterdeep)
Canon: Baldur's Gate 3 | Act 3, before meeting with Mystra.
Armada: Paladin

About: Gale is a Wizard with a capital W, meaning magic is his entire life and his whole heart. He is a former prodigy who was found so talented that he drew the attention of Mystra, goddess of magic, and went on to become her Chosen as well as her lover, until he defied her in the name of his own ambition and their relationship came to a swift end. He continues to pay the price for his ambitions and tampering with forbidden magic, but even tired and worn down as he is, he is a pleasant personality who puts on a good face when possible and is thrilled to discuss a good book or chat about magic theory whenever he gets the chance. He's also frequently accompanied by his assistant/familiar Tara, who is a tressym— basically a magical talking, flying cat. More information can be found at his app and the BG3 Wiki!

Abilities: Capable of all kinds of magic, right down to creating his own spells and composing the Weave to bow to his whims when at full power. Though he is currently debuffed due to the orb of destructive magic that's now housed within him, he has worked hard and regained access to a wide array of spells, and has been interested in tapping into elemental energy here in Escordvi to use it the way he would manipulate the Weave back home. He's regained some of his ability to conjure illusions freely, as well, though large-scale or long-term conjurations are exhausting and must be used sparingly. He has made use of his Escordvi tattoo to add some minor healing/restorative magic to his repertoire for balance.

PLANS

General: Gale is going to be one of those being arrested this month; word had gotten out that he's essentially smuggling a nuke in his chest that's powerful enough to level an entire leviathan and his own concerns regarding his deteriorating situation means he'll be going quietly. Fortunately, his friends won't be so content to let him sit there; Karlach will be leading the charge to get him out, but I am looking for this event to force him to be more open about his current struggle and to actually accept help in his efforts to find a way to stabilize himself, if he can. If he can't... well, some help with pain relief would be nice.

He'll be going to jail mid-month, so anyone else who's going to be in the vicinity, feel free to hit me up. For more general plans, I would still like him to start giving magic lessons to those who are interested, as acquaintances have made requests to that effect in the past and it will help him to keep pushing forward. In the meantime, he will be looking for ways to alleviate the symptoms caused by the orb in addition to a way to diffuse it.

Event: Gale will be sitting out the Kudzu Island exploration since he'll be behind bars, but he'll make up for it with event participation next month! His health is also a major factor right now, he's no longer able to hide just how much of a toll it's taking on him and more active quests and ventures are a little much for him right now.

CR Dreams: I always welcome all comers, but here's a quick rundown of easy jumping off points.
➤ fellow scholars or magic-users
➤ fellow astronomy nerds
➤ literature buffs
➤ anyone who is willing to listen to him go on at length about any of the above (+ cats)
➤ potential students interested in magic tutoring
➤ he hasn't had a good wizard rivalry in a long time, who wants to try and out-pompous each other?
➤ really, he's very friendly and gets along quite well with most anyone, especially other adventuring types, he can just be a bit of a talker.

Etc.:

Aerith | Final Fantasy VII | Paladin

[planetwhisperer]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Aisu
Contact: PMs to journal, please ask in PM for plurk or discord if wanted.
Additional Notes: I just joined back up and it's been a while! I used to play a different FFVII character here but now I'm gonna give Aerith a try. It's my first time playing her despite her being one of my all time favorites so please help me out with characterization via feedback, it'd be appreciated. I'm in CST and work 8-5 at an office these days so I'm not as nightowl-ish as I used to be because old and tired, but I'll do my best to keep tagging. I'll backtag forever as long as someone keeps tagging back. Anyway, pleased to be here again...on to character stuff!

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Aerith Gainsborough
Canon: Final Fantasy VII, post-AC
Armada: Paladin

About: Aerith is the white mage/healer type of the FFVII party. She's cheerful and willing to be just about everyone's friend. She likes to be helpful and push others to lighten up, have fun, and encourages them to reach for their dreams. Her past involves sadness and unethical experiments but she came out okay considering and remains chipper about life. She happens to be the last of an ancient race called the Cetra and has some odd abilities from this heritage.

Abilities: Aerith has materia magic from her world. Essentially though, she'll be a good assist in battles with healing and barrier spells. She has one summon available to her: Bahamut. Additionally, she does have some Cetra based abilities that might be fun to play around with later on after she's been here for a while.

PLANS

General: Just getting started so plans are basically to get settled in and figure things out! This is all new and wonderful to her if a little bit Much but she won't show anything less than extreme enthusiasm for everything. Her TDM top level is there for anyone still interested in meeting her there and/or let me know if you'd like her anywhere else! I might or might not get up a post before the event comes out this month. We'll see how things go.

MANTA Board: After a quick glance, I see some of these are appealing so I might try to throw up a log sometime with Aerith helping out with some of these. Infinty Fabrics, The House That Watches, and Not So Animal Farm look appealing for me, but I'll do others if anyone has plans they'd like Aerith to join them on. Hmu for any.

Event: Late for the abductions! Will only get involved with that if she hears wind of it and volunteers to help if that's a thing idk. But! I read "plants" on Kudzu Island and guess who loves plants? THIS FLOWERGIRL. So we'll look into that and be on it. c:

CR Dreams: All of it! Right now just looking for anything to start and happy with it all! Definitely lots of friends because she will befriend you whether you like it or not. Negative stuff is also welcome though.

[eternalhymn]

Since we already decided we wanted to throw these girls together and they're both interested in Kudzu, that sure seems like the place! Plants!!

Faulkner | The Silt Verses | Corsair

[withermarked]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Ilya
Contact: badgirlcoven, strixoid on Discord

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Faulkner
Canon: The Silt Verses, finale/his last active scene
Armada: Corsair

About: The impression he gives off is, in his words, an earnest prating pest. While he's not at his most stable, he'll still be giving the general impression of well-meaning somewhat clueless little guy, with a rural accent and 'kind eyes'.

Under that surface... well, he really IS a lost, terrified kid who craves attention and love and purpose. But he's also an ex-cult-leader, the semi-false prophet of a deadly river god, and a man with several counts of murder to his name.

He canonically wanted a chance to start over and turn his life around, but he's also canonically proved bad at following through on previous attempts.

Abilities: He might be regaining his powers that used to rely on channeling divinity--drawing sigils to achieve various river-related effects, including a massive flood with (in canon) transformative properties, which would get nerfed to temporary petrification here. He might also end up wanting a tattoo for other forms of water-elemental magic, somewhat out of spite.

PLANS

General: Initial plans are just getting him settled in--he'll have a lot to get used to, starting with the fact that he's used to a setting largely controlled by very real gods, and a society based around depending on using them for everything including powering the basic infrastructure. I still have his TDM TL up, and I'd love to do some more threads of him getting his footing there if anyone's interested.

For longer term plans--I'd like him to end up with some positive character development, both in terms of trying to be a decent human being and in terms of slightly better mental health but that truly depends on plot points, influences, and what he ends up getting positive reinforcement for.

He's ambitious and power-hungry, but at the same time he recently got what he wanted and then found it miserable, so it might be a bit before he falls back into that pattern.

Event: I'll try and tag out, but I don't have anything super specific yet!

CR Dreams: Honestly I'm up for anything! I really want to get him at least some positive CR, but I also love negative for the drama. He tends to latch onto older people and either think he's manipulating them into helping him or desperately try to impress them, or both at the same time.

He desperately wants people to like him... which tends to manifest as wanting people to worship him, but a setting where God isn't literally telling him he's special (and people wouldn't be likely to believe it) might help curb that side of things.

It's also implied he'd like more connections with people he considers peers, but we don't see a lot of him getting a chance to explore that.

On the other hand: he tends to pull himself together when he feels the need to take care of someone else, and also be protective towards people younger than him. So that could be interesting to explore, too.

Etc.: Note: He's gonna be very wary of visibly non-human characters, so obviously I should force him to interact with them as much as possible.

[catsgothistongue]

Large bodies of water with transformative properties. Now where have I heard that before...? /j

Completely canonblind to his canon, but I'd love to throw my chaos gremlin at your lil guy sometime

Ant

[forgeabettertomorrow]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Ant
Contact: Dicord: bitterbearface | Plurk: bitterbearface Please feel free to friend!

Darin Altway | Original Character | Corsair

[forgeabettertomorrow]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Darin Altway
Canon: Original Character
Armada: Corsair

About: Your standard JRPG/Shounen hero archetype, Darin is both loud and stupid but beneath his boisterous, reckless facade is a man with a deep-rooted trauma. He's the reincarnation of half of a dark god of destruction that is prophesied to destroy his world and for most of his life he's been side-eyed, mistreated, looked down upon, and generally only had less than a handful of people actually care about him. Despite all of that however, he strives to be a good person while fearing that one day he could become the doom of all he holds dear. That goes for the people of Escordvi too! He's 6'3" and very broadly built so he could seem intimidating at first, but he's a good person even if he likes to believe he's not.

Abilities: Darin is a master blacksmith and the forgemaster of The Starmetal Forge on Eltrut. The soul of the dark god inside of him has granted him with superhuman strength and stamina and heightened healing abilities. He also has some latent magical energy that he doesn't know about because he's spent his entire life suppressing his power to appear 'normal.'

PLANS

General: This month, Darin is getting arrested as part of the major crystal plot. He almost went nuclear on Nappa and the result of that is the paladins are placing him under arrest out of fear of what he's capable of, as well as when he masqueraded as a paladin officer and damaged a ship a few months back. He's going to be very publicly arrested at the forge, leading a guilty ruling in the court of public opinion. He's also going to be breaking out of prison at some point after he finds his resolve, then declaring to god and everyone that he's renouncing both factions. It's all very big and shounen and anyone is welcome to participate. I'll be getting a log up this weekend!

This turning point will be what finally kickstarts him down his hero's path. In the coming months I'd love for him to get roped into things. I have my own ideas for his demonic heritage to start resurfacing via regains so there will be plenty for people to jump into, old and new CR alike!

MANTA Board: Not as such since Darin is getting arrested
Event: I'll have a post going up sometime soon!

CR Dreams: Anyone who wants to pester a loud mouth, outwardly-stupid-but-inwardly-insightful is welcome. If you want a hero, someone to antagonize, someone to get overly invested in, Darin's your guy.

Alhaitham | Genshin Impact | Paladin

[indispensable]

PLAYER INFO

Player: taso
Contact: Journal PM, this post, or the discord server 👍

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Alhaitham
Canon: Genshin Impact, Version 4.8 (with The First Ideal as Kaveh's Hangout ending)
Armada: Paladin

About: Kaveh's infamous husband in the flesh. Likes reading, napping and teasing Kaveh at any opportune moment. Will most likely ignore anyone unless Kaveh has brought them up in a conversation before in a positive light or they are some form of highly impressionable teenager, good or bad.

Abilities: Doop doop doop.

PLANS

General: Vibing as always, being pretty much anywhere Kaveh is and making sure his husband doesn't get into any more trouble than he already naturally gets himself into. Also helping on the treasure maps!

MANTA Board: Technically on hiatus this month so I don't have any real plans, but if people want to hit me up for something I should be generally ok 👌

Event: Will probably tag into one or two things! We will see how that pans out since he's also gonna be one of the abducted ones.

CR Dreams: Nothing much honestly, just happy to throw him around and see what sticks and what doesn't. While he very much prefers his bubble he also is Kaveh's hissy guard cat, so if you want something from that angle its easy enough lmao. But aside from that he can get along decently enough with other scholarly types or no-nonsense people... or if you're somebody who Kaveh has already spoken well of.

Etc.: obligatory 'they're married' comment goes here

Sonic | Sonic the Hedgehog (games and IDW comics) | Corsairs

[spinsandneedles]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Ryo
Contact: mummifiedsalarian on plurk or discord, DM this journal!

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Sonic
Canon: Post issue 56, includes Frontiers
Armada: Corsair

About: I'm feeling especially lazy today so here's his app with all that crap

Abilities: He hasn't gotten a tattoo yet. He probably should ha ha haaaa
As for canon abilities, he is fast af, has absolutely ridiculous strength and endurance for a little guy, and impressive stamina, though not as impressive as it was back home. No running across to ocean from giant turtle to giant turtle for him!

PLANS

General: Sonic's ringing in March having just gotten his ass handed to him by Nappa. He's gonna have some busted ribs and a broken leg and he's basically going to be useless for a while and cranky about it. He's also going to be a moron and push his limits despite being injured so that'll be fun.
Event: RL's got my brains scrumbled so I'm mostly planning on tagging out. If anyone wants Sonic somewhere specific LMK!

CR Dreams: I'm always a sucker for friends and found family shit, like any good DWRPer. I also like negative CR!! Sonic's a sassy boy and he needs people to sass.

Etc.:

[wherethereislight]

I require the threading out of Shadow finding Sonic in his current sorry state. Figuring out how to establish the meetup is where I'm stuck at, but it is also past 1am when I posted this, so brain is mush.

Azul Ashengrotto | Twisted Wonderland | Paladin

[octoblot]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Taku
Contact: wailords or PM this journal/ping me in the discord channel!

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Azul Ashengrotto
Canon: Twisted Wonderland (End of Book 6)
Armada: Paladin

About: Azul is a pretty boy based on the Disney Villain Ursula from Little Mermaid. As such, he is a guy that is on the surface friendly and helpful, but in actuality can be rather greedy and more interested in building up wealth and power through his business ventures and magical contracts. That said, since he is new here, he is going to be trying his best to play nice so that he can build up some rapport and investigate the best avenues that will allow him to return home... but not be too entirely opposed to still making some money on the side.

Abilities: Azul is an octomer: his true form is that of a mermaid with octopus features. As such, he is able to swim farther/faster, breathe underwater, enhanced grip-strength, and has the use of his tentacles to grab and lift objects. He despises his octomer form due to his insecurities regarding his appearance, so he will try to avoid being seen in this state very often.

He is also an exceptionally skilled mage and alchemist: he can create and craft spells, items, and potions that anyone may be in need of for nearly any request, no matter how impossible it may seem. However, he will insist on people signing contracts with him using his signature spell "It's A Deal" in order for his magic to be able to accomplish the request being asked of him, details of which can be found here!

PLANS

General: He is currently offering his services for spell/potion crafting for anyone interested! It's part of his business that he is setting up here that will soon be a lounge/consultation office that may even host a few Game Club nights with Della, so look forward to that? He's also currently helping Kaveh out at his cafe at the moment due to the latter providing a place for him to stay, so anyone can feel free to catch sight of him there.

After this upcoming event with the abductions, I also plan to put in a potential player plot regarding messing around with risky magic to try to teleport people back home from here, but having it backfire in the form of characters accidentally getting teleported to random places all around Escordvi instead...
MANTA Board: He's looking into the Thornbind Sickness and working on a cure for it for those interested! However, I'm also interested in Rumors of a Mad Monster, Out of the Blue, Takes Two, Brusselin', Whale Did It Go, Octopus Traveler (mostly for the humor of Azul being horrified by people eating these poor octopus in front of him more so than him actually participating in the misson lmao), and any Bounties! At least, for any of these quests that can be completed before his upcoming abduction lol but if you want to do any of these with him, let me know!
Event: Azul is going to be one of the people getting abducted around mid/late March and possibly part of the April log for that?? I've got my details for thoughts and ideas about that here for those interested

CR Dreams: I know it's a boring as hell answer but I am open to anything and everything. Friends, enemies, customers that want his services, people he ends up deceiving and locking into terrible contracts, people who somehow get into their heads to try to adopt him anyway?? In return, you get a sea witch with magic and secret self-loathing issues...

Etc.:

[catsgothistongue]

You are so lucky Ranma prefers to eat things that aren't moving and screeching, otherwise he'd be chowing down on some fresh calamari in front of him.

But on a serious note, I'd definitely be up for a quest or bounty where absolutely nothing goes awry with these two (translation: fires, chaos, chaotic fire)