The Scarlet-Leaf Emissaries

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The tale of Ertera is one written with swords and inked with blood. Through the ages Man has fought against Elf and Elf against Man. During the periods when one side was deemed victor over the other, shortly then after would his sword turn against his fellow kin and conflict would begin anew. This particular story takes place seventy years after the Harrowing, a plague that single-handedly brought the great human kingdoms to their knees and raised the elves to their golden thrones. But not only did this blight claim lives, it put an end to all magic in living beings. Sapped of their wizardry Ertera has fallen to a dark age where brigands run rampant and justice is as scarce as good bread.

Once prosperous human-folk now live as little more than slaves to their provincial elvish dukes, being forced into a life of servitude. The vast human kingdoms have been broken up by the Grand Elf Houses that are centuries old. Each comprises of numerous sworn Houses that form a complex web of politics characteristic of the race.

During the last reign of Men there four countries with roughly defined borders. They were:

The Kingdom of Juren,
the Fuwei Empire,
the Theocracy of Trussels,
and the Aderas League of Independent states.

You are a nobody. A human slave of meager means and of even smaller promise. You may be a blacksmithfs son, a hand servant, a starving bandit or even a tavern wrench: yet regardless of who you may be you have chosen to leave everything behind. For some of you this is as easy as relieving onefs water, for others the loss was far greater. But you all have given away your homes, your families and your livelihoods for the chance to be something no man has ever been:

A Scarlet-Leaf Emissary.

[TragicAce]

THIS IS AN ILLUSTRATIVE RP!

But what does that mean? Well it's a radical new idea I came up with, that's what. Basically we're going to draw out the story and use textboxes and whatnot instead of same-old same-old. The idea may seem a bit strange at first but once you see a few examples you'll understand. I know that none of us are great artists, but don't let a lack of drawing ability stop you. As long as you put forth good effort, I'm cool with it. We all have different art styles to bring to the table.

Some rules:

No hand-written text. You have to use a readable font, what font you choose is up to you.

You can draw other people's characters! You've got a good bit of control over them as the artist, so don't abuse your power. (No yaoi!)

If you've got alot of exposition and other such text that you can't fit in comic-style, then just put up a panel with the paragraph or whatever. I won't force folks to draw out every little thing, I just want all the text to be in pictures. So there shouldn't be anything in your post besides images, unless it's something OOC. Chances are you can reach me in the chatbox though, since I'm there all the time/I have no life.

Additional RP Info:

You aren't a badass, not by any means. I want low-powered characters here. While the setting itself is quite gritty and serious, I think I plan on taking the characters with a bit more humor. You are free to approach the RP anyway you want to, but just keep in mind that the rest of the world is taking it seriously. Probably too seriously.

I'm sure I've left some questions unanswered, so feel free to voice them.

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