Recklez

@Destroyer_Bravo Yes.. The Art of Peace was created after they got absolutely decimated..

@Hedgehug I initially thought that, because the Hou-Zi where experiments of Metzli, their spirits were somehow stronger then those of other races. Causing them to be able to use this stronger spirit like this. But then it would make it so other races cannot fully practice the Art of Peace and that is something I wanted to avoid. I have read through every single point you made and would love to correct any mistakes I made. I myself do not know the entirity of LotC's lore out of my head so I am sorry for making a few mistakes here and there! @Master Khen'aum I think this is a very good idea in response to Hedgehug's point. Perhaps a master of the Art will be able to disrupt the soul, daze opponents and the like due to their spirit's energy flow being disrupted by the hits. I think that would suit better! Though do you think it's better where as you do draw power from your spirit? Meditating being the only way to regenerate said spirit energy? And yes, every common soul should be able to 'ascend'. But it takes a long ass time to train and strenghten your spirit through meditation, physical training and endurance. That's the whole point. First you start by making your spirit stronger, and then you can use it's power.

Hey! I'd love if you could make a skin similar to this one with black hair and crimson red eyes! It doesn't have to look girly at all, infact please don't make her look like a little princess. She's supposed to be a bit more of a buff, strong and menacing looking woman! Also you can pick weither to make it a steve or alex skin. Whichever suits better I suppose!

@Gladuos This indeed originates with the Hou-Zi, and is taught by the Hou-Zi. Other races will be able to learn the Art of Peace from the Hou-Zi themselves indeed. I'll message Booklight and get a little debate going on how the two relate to eachother. Perhaps i'll add the explanation later! And unfortunatly, none. Magic, in all its forms is volatile, atleast that is how the pracitioners of the Art of Peace describe it. Volatile things have unexpected outcomes and therefor it isn't wise to use any type of magic. It is all about morals and personal values and therefor someone who follows the rules of the Art wouldn't be searching for any exterior power in other types of magic. If that makes any sense?

Origins of the Art of Peace. What is the Art of Peace? It is simply put a martial arts created to fight opponents in a way where you can be certain that the only intention while fighting is defending yourself and incapitating your opponents to make sure they cannot harm any further. A martial arts focused on self defense. The values of those who follow this art are very harmonious. They believe that all life is precious, killing someone would be like giving away your very own spirit. They believe everything happens in a circle. For example, a Hou-Zi showed mercy upon one of his own kin after having been attacked by him. The Hou-Zi will believe that sometime in the future that very man will come back to safe him in return. The Art of Peace is all about personal values that unlock the inner spirit and transform it to mold together with the physical body. This is a long process that is achieved by meditating and practicing the Art of Peace. Doubts will lead to an unsteady mind, and an unsteady mind can’t become one with their spirit. The moment a student becomes fully one with his spirit, he ‘ascends’. This process is called the Ascendence. This is when the student begins to expierence out of body expierences when meditating. Their body seems more fluent as they are not carrying the weight of their spirit no more as it works in perfect harmony with the body. As they train their spirit, they begin to be able to draw power from it. This happens because a link between the individual and Metzli is connected, causing them to be able to draw power from Metzli for the first time, unbeknowst. Physically they become stronger as their hits and punches are delivered by both the spiritual and physical body. A student that becomes one with his spirit is also able to keep his physical body more healthy, as he can use his spiritual body to mend his physical body. This means a student can rejuvinate his body while meditating. Cuts, bruising and infections are able to be regenerated with enough meditation and focus. Fatal wounds that can’t be healed by the body itself can’t be healed by the spirit either. The student simply guides his spirit to aid his body to heal, he can’t make his spirit mend him any more then his body already could. As the student trains his body and becomes stronger physically and spiritually, he will eventually be able to perform a full body spiritual take over. The physical body is the main body as it present to the senses on this world. Atleast, most senses. Though with a full body take over, the spiritual body takes that place instead, becoming the main body for a short period of time. This conjures a great amount of power for the student. A body without boundries of physical muscles and drawbacks. Though it drains the spirit. Strenght, agility and reflexes all increase greatly for a short amount of time while they are in this state. Masters of the Art of Peace can even sense other people their spirits. A master of the Art of Peace can even cause someones spirit to be dazed and disrupted by punched and jabs. Disrupting the natural flow of someones spirit causes the victim to be dazed and confused. Usually this even causes victims to throw up due to how unwell their body feels. This is used to tire out the opponent faster then it usually would. Though this power doesn't come from no where. Due to the Hou-Zi being favored by Metzli, they began to worship their diety more after the fall of their immortal king. Favored by her, she's the direct power that fuels their spirits. One could regenerate their own spirit, but that would take years. Instead during meditation the practitioners draw power from Metzli instead to fuel their spirit once more. And what would take years now takes a few hours of meditating. Metzli's power is fast and unimaginable, and one couldn't even grasp the idea of how much power they can actually gain. But! The spirit has a limit. Almost like a battery, there is only so much power that can be stored at one time. This battery is continuesly expanded by harsh physical training, deep meditation and endurance. Meditating. What exactly is meditating? Meditating is a state of mental silence or rest, where our attention is aware but not engrossed in thinking. Aware of everything around us but not activily thinking about anything. It sounds quite easy, but it is incredibly difficult to stop yourself from thinking completely and simply letting your mind rest. It is the equivalent of sleeping, though you are still awake. You can snap out of meditation at any moment. Meditating is the way to draw power from Metzli and fuel the spirit once more. Due to the nature of this act, Metzli can connect with the person that meditates. Even though she doesn't like to meddle with common practitioners, there is indeed a link between the practitioner and Metzli. Though this link unfortunatly only goes one way. One isn't able to call upon Metzli while meditating, as the mind is supposed to be in a state of mental silence. Spiritual regeneration. The spirit is able to heal the physical body by helping it regenerate. The body can’t simply regenerate a deep gash, internal bleeding or serrated skin. The spirit aids the body in its natural regenerating of the body, but things that the body can’t physically regenerate itself won’t suddenly be able to be healed by the spirit. A strong practitioner of the art of peace will even be able to guide his spirit to help the anti-bodies within the body to fight infection and therefor cleanse infections that would otherwise be considered someones death. Spiritual regeneration can only occur when meditating and simply speeds the natural process up. Alot of wounds, nasty wounds and infections still take a decent amount of time to heal. From about three to four weeks down to a couple of days. Spiritual unity. When a student goes through his Ascendence, he first has to fully understand the principles and believes of the Art of Peace. One must fully think, without a doubt that all life is precious. Only then one can become united with their spirit. The way the spirit is actually used once the body and spirit are united is quite simple. A person isn’t able to control his spirit since the spirit lives alongside of the physical body. Though one is able to draw power from their own spirit. Any regular person’s spirit has no power, and so there is no power to draw from it. A practicioner of the Art of Peace had already been training his body, mind and spirit for years. The spirit itself doesn’t know the same boundries as the physical body. The physical body is controlled by muscles, which you can grow and strenghten to a certain extend, but it always has it drawbacks. A big bulky body becomes slow. And a trained, slender body isn’t as strong as the bigger body. Bodies can’t grow indefinetly, and there will be a point where one cannot become stronger. The spiritual body doesn’t have this drawback. The spiritual body has no boundries as too how powerfull it can become, but it is frail. The spirit weakens alot faster then the physical body does. The spiritual body works together with the physical body. A single punch from the physical body is now not only one body, but two bodies. So it basically hits twice as hard. The spiritual body can become even stronger then the physical body. So suddenly a single punch that should simply make a man stumble or just groan in pain now sends him flying back three meters and knock him right down onto his behind. It is all about the spirit and the body working together in unison. Though using your spirit in everyday battle is costing for the spirit aswell as it is for the physical body. This is why practitioners of the art meditate plenty. To keep their spirits healthy and harmonious. Once someone reaches spiritual unity, they are blessed by Metzli herself, she doesn't unlock the spirit for that person but she simply values him and grands him the ability to draw from her power. The key here is that, someone that has become in unity with their spirit has already learned the vast amount of rules, morals and ways of living that the Art of Peace have to offer. Metzli is a fair, but cruel diety. And so she doesn't think twice from withdrawing her blessing from anyone that dares to betray their own morals. Full spiritual body take over. This is what sets a master apart from its student. A full spiritual body take over is a dangerous manevour that is usually only used in situations where the user has no other options. A student is forced to use this ability to fight his master in a one on one honorable spar to show that he is ready to teach other students. Usually after this occurence the student won’t feel his spirit for atleast a week, as if it has dissapeared. The spirit is always there, inside of the students body. But it is drained from it’s power and needs to be fueled by proper meditation and rest. What happens during a full spiritual body take over is when the spiritual body replaces the physical body instead. Since the spirit is always inside the body, it’ll become the other way around. The spirit will expand out of the body and become visible in a blue transluscent smoke. This makes it so the unbound potentional of the spirit is unleashed. No weight, no boundries of strenght and hyper-increased reflexes. The physical form is still physically present and able to be harmed. A full body take over is incredibly stressing on the spirit and isn’t able to be controlled for a long period of time. After the full body take over is finished, the spirit will nestle itself back into the physical body. Once again, this process is incredibly straining for both the spiritual and physical body and would leave the user to be unable to fight anymore afterwards. The ‘Untethering’. One of the most sacred believes of the Art of Peace is that all life is precious. This is mostly refered to as human life, intelligent life. Practitioners of the Art of Peace still hunt animals to provide for themselves, hunting out of sport would be considered a disgusting ideal. Though what happens if a student who has ascended made a mistake and is let down the wrong path? Have compassion for your friends, foes and equals. Bestow mercy upon all, and preserve life at all costs. If a student or master acts outside of these values and kills another living being, their spirit will break it’s unison with the physical body. This process is called the ‘Untethering’. It is an excruciating expierence that most Hou-Zi wouldn’t even survive. The spirit tears itself away from the physical body in a process that takes hours. The constant feeling of your entire body being cut in the smalles of little pieces. Constantly and relentless. Once this process is complete, the spirit will lay dormant inside of the physical body, never to be called upon again. Metzli is directly the cause of this, a betrayal of your own values is a disgusting ideal to the Diety and therefor she withdraws her blessing! Tier progression Tier one : A student has first ascended after years of meditation and work. He has accepted his life as peacefull wanderers of his world without any doubt. He believes all life is more then just precious and is always worth saving. His spirit has become one with his mind and body. He will begin feeling more connected to the world around him, his meditations make him feel stronger and more rejuvinated. Tier two : The student has been practicing and meditating more. Growing both his body and spirit in unison. The student begins to learn how to use his spirit in harmony with his body. His physical body is supported by his spiritual body in combat. The physical body becomes more sturdy and blows become strengtened. Tier three : The student further learns how to work in unison with his spirit. A student is now able to heal cuts and bruises while meditating. He is also starting to learn how to make his physical body lighter and more agile by using the gracefullness of his spirit. The student is at the point where he is almost one with his spirit and knows how to fully work in harmony with his spirit. Tier four : The student has fully become one with his spirit and can use most of its potentional to benefit himself. The student will also begin to learn how to let certain parts of his body be taken over by his spirit. Usually starting with the arms or legs. Once a student can succesfully let his arms be taken over by his spirit and perform a formidable battle against his master in this state. The student is promoted to master. Tier five : The master continues to strengthen his physical body and spiritual body. The master will be able to cleanse infected wounds and stop certain bleeding by letting the body heal itself while meditating. The master is soon able to perform a full body spiritual take over, letting his entire spiritual body take over his physical form in combat. The master will also be able to sense the spirit of other people, and is able to daze the spirits of others with his punches and strikes, being able to directly change the flow of someones spirit. Results are usually feeling very dazed, woozy and nauseous. Red Lines : – You can not kill! It is the most obvious rule to follow. Killing someone will cause your spirit to untether and lose all your abilities forever. It will also cause you to be outcasted from the society as they preach peace, and do not condone killers. The spirit works as a battery. One can fuel it while meditating but once it is empty there is no power to gain anymore. The practitioners praise and worship Metzli because it is the diety that created them. But they think the power that they handle comes from within themselves, even though the recharging of their spirit energy is fully linked to the blessing of Metzli. If you have killed in the past, you can still practice the Art of Peace. Regenerating doesn’t work for injuries that the own body can’t heal itself! Regenerating doesn’t work against poison, virusses or diseases that the body couldn’t fight against itself! Being harmed while in your Full spiritual body take over will cause incredibly damage to the physical body. A cut off arm? The spirit of your arm is cut off aswell, and so it can not be healed, not even by the monks. A gash in your thigh? Expect a nasty scar as the spirit is cut in that place aswell. Meditating is crucial. The physical body rests by sleeping and the spiritual body rests by meditating. It is crucial to meditate a few hours per day so that the spirit doesn’t become restless. Not meditating enough will have the exact same effects as not sleeping enough. OOC Notes : I contacted the original writer of the Hou-Zi lore and asked if I could help in anyway. This is the outcome of that, completely written by me and looked over by Leo. This is in no means meant to push the Hou-Zi to become a playable race but simply written out of excitement and curiosity for the Hou-Zi. I had lots of enjoyment writing this piece and I hope you had the same enjoyment reading it!

(( Y u do dis... ;w; ))

A long, long time ago. There was an orc, a special one. While his brethren were fighting the massive forces of undead, or stirring trouble placing various tolls around Aegis. He was more interested in the dwarves.. Yes.. Not just the dwarves, but their expertise on smithing. The more he learned about their master craft, the more he got sucked in by the various tales and folklore. Untill one promised day he read about the ancient craft of Rune smithing. Only passed on by a certain extinct clan of the dwarves. His drive to learn this long forgotten craft drove him to travel to far lands, in search of even the slightest clue of this ancient craft, and nothing.. During his search, he developed a bond with the spirits. Him always being by himself, they began to whisper. "Guh tie nah ongo gah. Wie gah toga waga ko." They told him repeatedly. Not being able to understand a single word they were saying. If he knew what they said to him, his search would have been long over. Though the orc didn't speak True Blah. and so he kept searching. Searching for the ancient forgotten craft. Untill after so many years, the spirits simply felt pity for the orc. Only chasing a broken dream because rune smithing was indeed a real thing, a very real ability. Though the dwarves had kept it secret and locked away from every other race, just to use it for themselves. Murgaw, having searched for years for this power, still wandering. Continuesly the spirits whispered to him, telling him things in True blah that he did not understand. But slowly, month by month, he began to understand the words, some of them.. A couple of them.. Before he deciphered what they kept saying to him for years "Stop searching for it, they hide it" They kept saying. Murgaw was devastated by the whispers. And they kept going. Though he kept talking with the spirits, understanding more and more of their strange speech. And the more he talked, the more mysteries he had been searching for they unwrapped for him. He learned from the spirits that Rune Smithing was indeed still used by the dwarves, seldom for certain artifacts. But no one, only the elderly of the dwarves had passage to the Runeforge. And so, he gave up on his search. He was old.. wrinkled.. It wasn't about time for him to go, but he didn't have anything else to strife for.. He had sailed for many years, traveled for even more. He decided his last boat trip, his last journey. Seek through another land for maybe a glimpse of hope of another, unfound runeforge that he could study and master. And so, years went by on sea untill he found land.. The land of.. Athera! Murgaw Gorkil has returned..! (( Yes.. I know.. Worst story ever but.. I suck at writing stories, and I don't want people to be incredibly surprised when they see me.. so.. here you have it! ))

I think this will bring back all the good old memories I had with LotC. I loved it so much to play as a blacksmith with my orc, and now I can just do it again. Though I might look into other proffesions first. I think this plugin is brilliant. I honestly think so. This is going to make LotC so much more fun and interactive.

MC Name - Recklez Age (Not neccessary) - 17 Do you have skype and/or TS? - Yes Do you have a VA? - No. ------------------ Full Name - Marumasa Kioji Why do you wish to join the regiment? - Marumasa already has an oath to the Stafyr family long before this bannerman was created and he will keep himself to that oath untill his last breath has been taken from him. Do you have any military experience? - Marumasa has been the Commander of the Guardians of Furnestock. The bannerman of the Silverblades. He is also knighted by Pius Silverblade. Why should we accept you? - Because his oath lies with the Stafyr. If he is not accepted he will still stay and protect the Stafyr's. Do you believe you have what it takes? Yes.

Given name(RP name): "Tempest" (Skype name if you have one): Inuzukabilal True name(MC name): iArtagan Race: Unknown Authentic magic user?(accepted magic user?): N/A If so what form of magic ye use?: N/A Do ye seek adventure, knowledge, and companionship?: Yes, I do, as I would not be living without these three things. All applying will be apply for the applicant position. However should you pass that stage what profession might you take on? Note that if you want to learn magic you must speak to a Delver Arcanist personally: A Delver Vigilant. What combat skills have ye? Tempest is very skilled in the brawler like fighting style, he has his own claw like weapons that he uses in combat, and he finds them very effective with his fighting style. Short Response for all Applicants, write how ye would respond: 1.) You come across a massive ruin of ancient design, strange sounds and lights emanate from within. Tempest would slowly enter then massive ruin, looking around as he grabs a notebook and starts to write down the mystical occurences with his quill, as he goes further into the light of the massive ruin he nods, standing at his spot to write down as many recognizable things as he then puts his note book away, not able to see anything further he could investigate because he has no far knowledge of the mystical, he would go back to the guild hall and get another Delver to come with him so they can explore the ruins together. 2.)While at a local bar you see two dark hooded figures in the corner discussing in a whispered conversation. You can't quite make out what they're saying but you clearly hear the word "artifact". Tempest would inch closer to them, unsuspectedly going to the bar to "order a drink" and then back off against the wall which is closer to them . He would listen to the conversationship they are having, eavesdropping on them as they continue to talk about the "artifact" He slowly and stealthily gets out his notebook and begins to write keynotes in the book with his quill, if he thinks he has gathered enough information he would then start his investigation, going to the place the men described to see if it is safe, if so he would go back to the Delver guild hall to get some more Delvers to come with him, if it was some sort of lie or trap he would either just leave or stealthily get himself out of the sticky situation he got himself in. 3.)Walking down the Anthos Highway you come across a masked man with a sword threatening a hooded figure, claiming he is a necromancer. Tempest would walk over to the man with the sword, reassuringly putting a hand on his shoulder, and he would try to figure out the situation. If the man claims to be a Necromancer, which he is, he might be a possible thread for everyone, though Tempest would not encourage the man to kill the Necromancer, he would tell the man to turn and walk away. As the man walks Tempest would try to get information out of the Necromancer, Where they live, what he does and why he is here, All the information that he can get he writes down in his notebook. When he is done he tells the Necromancer to never return and simply walks away, informing the Delvers about his newly gathered information

I am interested :3, add me in skype : Inuzukabilal

Accepted, welcome to the Guardians of Furnestock.

[b]Out-Of-Character Information[/b] Please fill out the following questions as accurately as possible, and ensure the essential details are accurate. Main Account Name: Recklez Alternate Account Name: iArtagan How old are you?: 17 Time-Zone: GMT +1 Have you read, understood and agreed to the rules?: Yes What previous experience have you had in role-playing?: Well I have been playing LotC from since november last year and developed alot in my roleplay, before that I dind't roleplay at all. Definitions In your own words define the following terms. Do not take any definitions from elsewhere!: Role-playing: You make an imaginary character that you play and control, you control its emotions, its feelings, its type of speech, everything. You basically step into the roll of your own imaginary character and play it! Meta-gaming: Using OOC information for IC purposes. Power-emoting: Giving the enemy no chance to respond to your attacks/doing attacks that are not humanly possible. In-Character Information: Complete the following biography on your character: Full Name: Silvia Kununen Current Age: 19 Race: Elf Sub-race (if any): Dark Elf Past / History (include childhood, major-events, etc. 2+ paragraphs long): Silvia grew up in a rather poor family, they lived in the wilderness because they had no money to afford a house in any of the elven settlements. Her childhood was rather boring and alone, as the only child in her family she didn't have anyone to play with. And her father and mother were never home. She made a few dolls out of big branches to play with, but those got boring after a while. And everyday her parents would be gone for the entire day, and only came back when it was dark. Silvia was sad and lonely and decided to follow her parents once they go out, so she did that the following day. Silvia at the still young age of 11 followed her parents out in the woods, she saw a man in alot of armour on a horse riding down the road, she smiled as she never seen anyone else then her mother and father. But then her parents suddenly attacking the man, stabbed him right in the gut as he fell on the ground and the horse ran off into the dark forest. Silvia was forced to watch in horror as her parents began to feed on the man, sucking its blood. Silvia shaked her head as she ran away from the horror, from the blood while tears streamed down her cheeks, she was going to forget all that, find a new family. Who wouldn't want to take in a little dark elf girl, right? Well she thought very wrong. When she walked into Salvus she got beat up by Roses, spit on by citizens and thrown out of the gates broken and shattered she scrambled herself back up, heading towards whatever would meet her. She found a little camp of traders, as she collapsed infront of it. "Oi.. Give this lass some water will ye!" Silvia's eyes flicker open slowly, she looks up as she sees a bearded dwarf looking down at her with a comforting smile "Oi, oi lads! She's awake!" Suddenly more people rush as she sees different faces, elves, humans, even an orc was watching her. Silvia curled up slightly, intimidated by all the people standing around. "Oi.. dont be scared lassy, just close yer eyes and get some rest" She listened and slept. The people who saved her were a trading camp, specializing in many different kinds of good. They raised her and threath her like an equal, though trading and merching was nothing for her. Silvia wanted adventure, exploring and all the good stuff. So she decided to say goodbye from the camp when she turned 19, with sad faces and tight hugs they said goodbye as Silvia wondered off in the wide open world of Anthos. Ambitions for the Future: Silvia would like to become rich and famous, she want's to be known around the globe. Personality: Silvia is rather shy and hold back, but once you get to know her she is a very happy and energetic girl who loves to fool around. She is as clumsy as can be and can barely provide for herself. Skills: She doesn't posses any skills, the only thing she can is look up with a cute smile before clumsily stabbing a dagger around with her eyes closed. Appearance (this must include an in-game screenshot of your skin): Silvia has dark blue eyes and leathery clothing, her dark purpleish hair blends in well with her dark toned skin. She is rather for an elf and is easily mistaken for a child amongst elves. Any other details you wish to share about your character: N/A

Recruit Vincent Olo II [x_Vinny_x] has been banished from Furnestock lands and stripped from his titles due breaking the Oath.

Accepted.

Accepted.

Accepted