-=Phantasm Online=- Renewed! (sign ups)

[Kioshi Wakami]

This RPG has been changed from the previous one due to controversial subjects and complaints from members and moderators.

~*.-.+PHANTASM ONLINE+.-.*~

Alright! Now to start this off, I just want to say there is a LOT of information to be said for this RPG, so PLEASE be patient and read through it all. This is going to be a rather huge RPG so naturally there will be a lot of information. With that stated, let's continue on to the

+-INTRODUCTION-+

Out Of Character Info About PO

Phantasm is an Online MMORPG game.

Phantasm is not based on a particular anime,manga or actual game, but the same elements will be used as a basis for gameplay. Originally, I planned to base this game on the anime series .hack//SIGN. However, I thought it would be a better idea to make the game an original story with no ties to any other anime. That way it is more of an original plot and idea.

Phantasm itself takes place inside of a virtual reality online RPG game, much like .hack//SIGN. If you have played any of the .hack series video games or have seen any bits and pieces of the anime, it will certainly help you in terms of how the game is meant to be played, but it is not required. It is also recommended that a joining player have some previous experience or knowledge of online RPGs (such as Ultima Online, Everquest, Neverwinter Nights, and others) to help them understand the terms and basic ideas used for Phantasm. These elements will also be covered in the following sections of this page.

If you are still interested in joining the game after reading this short introduction, please proceed to each of the following sections and read through ALL of the information concerning the game to make sure that it is something you will be interested in and to ensure that you understand how the game works and how it is played before signing up for a player spot.

As the moderator of another RPG game, I can honestly say that the biggest problem I have with new players is having them ask me questions that are already covered in the material. If your particular question is already here, do not expect me to answer you. However, if there is something I've forgotten, don't hesistate to let me know and send it on along to my PM. You must thoroughly read through all of the information before you will be ready to play.

The Story

Phantasm is a mass, multi-player, online RPG game (MMORPG) that is accessed through a virtual reality visor worn over the player's eyes in the real world. Thus, the players in this RPG will be playing as yet another player that is playing a character inside of the virtual reality world. Confusing, yes, but also very interesting once all the bases are covered.
Phantasm is a graphic online RPG such as Everquest, Neverwinter Nights, Ultima Online, and countless others in which players create a character template, assign and train skills, find items and clothing for their characters, and interact with other players, as well as journeying into dungeons and destroying monsters. However, do not be limited for ideas by this concept. Players custom-make their Phantasm characters to look any way that they please from the selection of races, making it nearly impossible for any characters to be duplicated and look entirely alike. Height, weight, facial features, clothing, skin tone, and any other conceivable options are open to the players for their characters (not possible by today's standards, but since this is an RPG, we have that power. ^_~)

Although the players in the real world cannot technically die with their characters inside of the game, they feel all of the senses of their character through the attached visor over their eyes. When a character is attacked or injured, the player outside of the game will feel it as well. This also applies to any physical contact, such as hugging, kissing, etc. Because of this, system administration on the game is very strict and keeps a close watch over all of the players within Phantasm to maintain order.

Inside Phantasm, a great rumor has been spread stating that a potential server flaw has been created somewhere inside of the game by a reknown, unknown hacker that has yet to be found by system administration. The "Reality Flaw," as the server has come to be known, has yet to be discovered or stumbled upon within the Phantasm world, but is said to be a highly interactive space where the consciousness of a player is transferred directly into the game, depicting their actual self and causing them to experience the actual senses within the game. For instance, if drawn inside this Reality server, a person will actually die with their character behind the visor if killed by another player or bleed through an open wound if inflicted. This occurs due to a computer virus that leaks into the game's visor upon entering the server.

Legend has it that the hacker who created the "Reality Flaw" did so in order to escape the real world into Phantasm to meet their soul mate, becoming highly mentally ill afterwards. No one is sure whether the hacker is still an actual player within the game or has simply vanished. Several players within the game seek out the hidden "Reality Flaw" to test their own skills within the game, prove the so-called rumor, or to meet another character that they have fallen in love with, just as the original hacker wished to do.
This will be the main plot within the game. Aside from that there are any number of dungeons, quests, towns, guilds, and other medieval adventures that the characters may venture out to.

However, the main plot of the game lies in the mystery behind the player of each character and their reason for escaping into the online world as well as to eventually reach the reknown "Reality Flaw" server. All roleplaying will take place as the characters inside of the Phantasm world. The players of the Phantasm cast will only be shown in short snippets and teasers to give us hints along the way as to who they really are.

Several side-plots will also be present. For instance, moderators and system administrators hunting down potential hackers and player killers, warring guilds, or warriors venturing out together into the dungeons to fight monsters and hunt down special items. The options are endless, but must stay true to a medieval fantasy world (dragons, pixies, knights, that sort of thing).

The Concept

The basic concept of the Phantasm RPG game is this:
You will essentially be playing two characters in one--the character inside the Phantasm world and their player outside of the game in the real world. The character within the game is what you will be using as your primary focus. After reading through all of the character creation information on this page, you may then create a bio for the character inside of the game. Also keep the player outside of the virtal Phantasm world in mind as you do so. However, this information should be kept secret to slowly reveal as the game goes on. This will give the RPG a mystery of sorts to see the difference between the Phantasm players and their characters. You may have up to five characters at one time. This means five different Phantasm characters within the game and their individual players (one player per character). For instance, if I'm playing Xian and Sephial, that includes them PLUS their individual players for each one.
Very, very little is to be said about the actual player behind each Phantasm character. Rather, the focus is to be on their character inside the game and what they do, whether it be hacking, player killing, or leading a guild. These options will be covered in the following sections of the website.

Additional information are provided on the following sections of the website, but these are the basics of playing once you are added onto the game


-=The Phantasm World=-

Locations

This section is a database of locations found within the Phantasm virtual world. Locations following a town in italics are pubs, inns, and the like that are found in the city listed above it.
Please feel free to add your own location at any time by sending your suggestions to me with PMs. I will try to keep this section updated with new locations used in posts as much as possible, so always make sure to check back for new places. This guide should help players establish common places to go for their characters to interact.
Characters may use portals that are scattered throughout Phantasm to teleport from place to place or sail between cities. Otherwise they may have to cross forests and plains where monsters roam wild to get to the next town.
Please refer to the Phantasm World Map to help with pinpointing these locations.

Cities

Pembroke - This is known as the city of newbies due to the fact that this is the city where every character begins when they are first created in Phantasm. Several GMs stay close around this area to help these new players learn how to play the game.

Loiria - A central port city that connects to all of the primary rivers within Phantasm. This is a common city for Sailors to keep their ships at dock or set them to sail. Loiria is notorious for it's number of pubs where Sailors are often found drinking, gambling and sharing stories.

The Hook and Sink - A restaurant in Loiria that is more like a diner than a fancy restaurant. It's kinda like Denny's, IHOP or Waffle House.

Central Migrai - Bar that serves supposedly the strongest alcoholic drinks in all of PO. A player-run bar rather than an NPC run pub, making it a very popular place for roleplayers to gather and share a drink together.

Ilis - A holy city where most clerics go for training. This city is run primarily by NPCs of the Angel race and serves as a place of enlightment. Ilis houses many chapels where characters may pray or get married.

Fallen Grace's Tavern - A tavern found within Ilis run by NPC characters of the Angel race.

Filece - A run down, grungy city with a bad reputation of player killers and assassins. Most people that frequent Filece are lamers that run around the city naked, steal, and generally cause trobule. Most roleplayers do not bother with this city.

Giados - A small, coastal city that serves as a center of the arts where many libraries, art galleries, and music establishments can be found. Most bards, actors, and the like come here to perform for other players or to present their stories and artwork to others.

Malith - A large city where most long-term players gather, often secluding newbies from the expensive and rare items to be had there. This city is a prime location for thieves looking for specialized items.

Swarthy Maiden - A rather shady inn found in Malith that deals out room-to-room prostitutes to its patrons for business.

Zeranth - A small town found just outside the forests run by NPCs of the Beast race. Most stalls for storing pets or shops selling supplies for pets are found here, making it a nice stop for Animal Tamers.

Noah's Ark - A stall that pays a small fee to keep your pets. It's kind of like renting out storage spaces.

Ox's Blood Pub - A tavern found in Zeranth run by NPC characters of the Beast race.

Frog Leg's Inn - An inn run near Ox's Blood Pub, also established by Beast NPCs.

Gileth - A large center of magic where mages reside to study libraries of spells and meditation techniques. This city harbors more transporation portals than any other city in Phantasm.

Yullan - A medium-sized city run by NPCs of the dragon race. Most experienced fighters go here to acquire better armor and weaponry. Several Blacksmiths sell their specialized weapons in the market place here.

Wyrm's Rampage - A rough and tumble tavern in Yullan.

Fantalia - A small, somewhat hidden city in the clearing of the central forest run by NPCs of the pixie race. This city is known for being beautiful and a treasure to any that happen to find it, as it is lit completely by the sparkling light of the faeries and the glowing night flowers found there.

Lorasia - A medium-sized city run by NPCs of the elf race just on the forest boundaries. This city is known for selling specialized bows and arrows sold by characters of the Bowyer class and includes a good practice range for increasing this skill.

Tantegal - A large military city where fighters train in large dueling arenas to gain up their levels together.

Cannock - A small merchant city found just outside the Forest of Shadows. This city is known for being a base of shady organizations and guilds within Phantasm and is often times avoided by Newbies.

Reeve - A conservative mage city that also serves as a base for gamblers where most Fortune Tellers reside to earn money in the market place.

Paradise Inn - Small inn within Reeve.

Baharata - A large city run by NPCs of the Demon race that only the most experienced of players dare to investigate. Player killing and thievery are well-known here.

Muor - A small, holy city where most Paladins go to enhance their light arts and gain levels in the blessed dueling arenas.

Lancealot's Circle - An inn and pub often used by the Paladins. Good place to look into for training, guides, and guild information.

Guild Locations

Pembroke Fortress - Nestled in a mountain range near Muor. Home of the Paladin Guild.

Ebone Citadel - A dark place near the Forest of Shadows where Death's Toll--the guild for Shamans and Necromancers--is found.

Underground Bestial - A place where one can sign up to specifically fight certain creatures or adopt any available. Mostly used by guilders from Primal Instincts, but can be used by anyone else. Found outside the town of Zeranth.

Clouded Earth - Place where Primal Instincts is based, between Mist Forest and Zeranth. Also has a portal connected directly to the Underground Bestial.

The Crimson Tide - A large port just outside of Loiria where the Ocean Rhapsody guild is stationed.

Siren's Harp - Location of the Classical Chorus in Giados, where bards gather and show off their talents in the neighboring bars/saloons for whatever they can get from the attending patrons.

Coin in Palm - Thieves' Guild hideaway near Malith where smuggling, hoarding, and stealing are the usual activities.

Celestial Augury - Location of the Magic Hat guild for mages within the city of Gileth.

Merithia - A small coast/beach just off the town of Gileth where the Karmic Circle guild is stationed.

Incarnadine - Place for the Crimson Blade located in Tantegal. Has a connecting building where novices may be trained by volunteers among the guilders.

Threads of Destiny - Location of the Seers of Time guild house near the city of Reeve.

Judas' Noose - Secret location of the Hunters of the Midnight Sun assassin guild hidden in the forests just outside of Filece.

Mt. Taikyoko - A hot spring resort run by monks just outside the city of Pembrokes. Characters must proceed through the treacherous mountains to reach it, though many find its natural spring well worth the challenge.

Rivers/Lakes

Sanguis Lake - A lake where pirates rule. Named for the blood spilled during the common battles upon it.

Siren's Cove - A central river that connects most of Phantasm's larger cities. Mermaid characters often practice their swimming skills here and it is a favorite among those of the Sailor class for their ships to set sail.

Narcissus River - A small river that is said to be cursed by dead spirits. Sailors rarely have the courage to attempt to cross this river into the southern mountains.

Echo's River - A large bay found at the base of Gileth that runs into Siren's Cove towards Loiria.

Dungeons

Forest of Shadows - Intermediate dungeon for players over the newbie stage but not long-term experienced players.

Ehlonna Forest - A sacred place to all those who chose a spiritual pathway. Battles here are for training and enlightenment only. High Level Spiritualists, Druids, and Shamans guard this place to make sure it's not abused.

Shadowlight Manor - An abandoned manor located near Malith where medium level monsters of undead class reside.

Mist Forest - Basic level dungeon with smaller monsters.

Kilett Temple Ruins - The remains of an elemental temple outside of Ilis with several high level, but avoidable opponents, and many medium monsters, including mummified ex-priests and priestesses. A popular place to go for mid-level players, as well as a hot site to find artifacts and booty, especially for thieves..

Frozen Rain - Medium to high level dungeon with ice and snow monsters.

Lord's Foothold - A haunted castle in the lower mountains above Giados, filled with medium level opponents generally of two types--spirits/ghosts and small dragons. Said to be the site of a massacre.

General's Ward (Marianna) - Once known as Marianna, though speaking the name within the town is now considered a curse, thus called General's Ward instead. General's Ward is where a militaristic man had his entire army, family, and many scholars in his entourage, who all mysteriously died of a plague. Tends to have ghost soldiers who still guard the area, and ghostly scholars who will give knowledge if they deem it necessary or simply feel like it. Mid to high level.

Firebrand Mountains - High Level. Dungeon near the Dark Knights' outpost for the plains. Contains mostly Orc and Draconic Class style monsters.

Crystal Catacombs - An underground labyrinth with several water traps, containing mostly large beast opponents and powerful water creatures. Said to have two levels, the first being a lower level dungeon, the second a high level dungeon, the prize of which being enough to make any treasure seeker's mouth water. Outside of Malith.

The Guilds!

Guilds are organizations set up within Phantasm by players for other players. These guilds typically focus on a certain interest or class of characters to allow them to join together and relate to a certain aspect of the game and work with one another for that particular focus. In this way, it will be easier for players to get together and roleplay with one another by joining the same guilds. If you would like to be a guild master, simply state so on your Character Bio Form and if the position as guild master is unoccupied, you are more than welcome to have it. If the guild already has a particular leader, it will be listed here beside the guild in italics, followed by any current character members of the guild.

The Crimson Sword - A guild for warriors of the Fighter class that go adventuring together to fight monsters. This guild consists of skilled warriors that help lead the apprentices training beneath them.

Seers of Time - A guild for characters of the Fortune Teller class that open their guild house to do card interpretations and spells for other playing characters that drop in for a future reading.. Guild Members: Hourglass, Ten(NPC), The Lady(NPC)

Primal Instincts - A guild for characters of the Animal Tamer class that meet together to show their pets to one another and search for odd breeds of animals to tame throughout Phantasm.

Karmic Circle - A guild for characters of the Spiritualist class that meet together to practice with their magic ofuda and discuss jobs concerning the occult. Guild Members: Evandelle

Death's Tolling - A joint guild for characters of the Shaman and Necromancer classes to practice their magic abilities together and research new spells.. Guild Leader: Idimmu Marduk

The Magic Hat - A guild for characters of the Mage class to practice their spells together and fight monsters. This guilds consists of skilled, higher-class mages that help train the apprentice mages beneath them.

Ocean Rhapsody - A guild for seamen, sailors, and fishermen to go on sailing adventures together in their own ships and boats. Guild Leader: Xian. Guild Members: Sephial

Spiraling Whirlpool - A secret guild held under the Ocean Rhapsody created for the pirates of Ocean Rhapsody. Guild Leader: Xian Guild Members: Sephial

Askvali Rih - A guild for characters of the Paladin class that meet together to right the evil deeds of monsters and players alike to maintain justice within Phantasm. They are referred to as "The Justice League" by their rivaling guild of Dark Warriors that enjoy teasing them.

Ebony Blade - A guild for characters of the Dark Knight class that meet together to train in the dark arts and cause trouble for the Askvali Rih Paladin guild. The two guilds are almost always at war status with one another due to disagreements between the two guild leaders.

Klepto's Paradise - A guild for characters of the Thief class that join together to discuss the locations of rare and intricate items to steal, as well as working together to pickpocket from other characters. Guild Members: Jing(Secret)

Classical Chorus - A guild for characters of the Bard class that practice their musical talents together.

Hunters of the Midnight Sun - A guild for characters of the Assassin class that meet to plot together to kill other playing characters. They are strongly hunted down by Game Masters and Moderators. Guild Members: Martyr(Secret/Honorary)

Current NPCs

NPCs, or Non-Playing Characters, are characters that do not have an active player, but are used in the background of the story to help develope it. NPCs are public domain for any player to use and may be freely killed or harmed if the player wishes to do so. This page will be updated as the game goes along with any new NPCs that happen to pop up during game play.
Also, because Phantasm is an online game, NPCs can still be characters with a player behind them that are not computerized. These characters are listed under the Playing Characters Section. Computerized characters are listed under the NPC section.

Playing Characters

Maverick - A bard character that disappeared after an encounter with the Reality Flaw.

Kai-Veleryan - An elven smith and artifact collecter. His connections with the Necromancer Guild has made him an outcast among the other elf characters and his ways of playing and item gathering are more than questionable.

Ten - A Fortune Teller at the Seers of Time guild.
The Lady - Another Fortune Teller at the Seers of Time guild.

Non Playing Characters

Suu - A Pembroke merchant.

Maylik - The man who runs Noah's Ark, a rentable stall set up.

Icarus - Imani's pet dragon.

Online Game Terms

These are some common terms often used in online RPGs (such as Everquest, Ultima Online, etc.) that the characters inside of Phantasm will be using to refer to things inside of the game.

PO (Phantasm Online) - A shortening of the game's name.

MMORPG (Mass Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game) - This is a term for the game of Phantasm in general, which means that several players connect to the Internet together to play roles as other people inside of it.

GMs (Game Masters) - Characters inside of the game that act as messengers for the system administration of the game to make sure that players are behaving.

Mods (Moderators) - The networking crew that maintains the Phantasm game. They are the only ones with the authority to ban player accounts if a moderator informs them of a troublesome character. If a moderator member plays a character within the game, they keep their position a secret to obtain information. Thus, no one knows exactly who they are.

PKs (Player Killers) - Characters within the game that kill other players for fun and steal their equipment. They are usually non-roleplayers that only find amusement in building levels and picking on new players. The moderators and system administration are always on the lookout for them, as well as other players to collect any set bounty on them.

Newbies - New players that are just beginning the game that do not fully understand how to play. They are thought of as weak and commonly picked on and PKed until they build up enough levels and equipment to defend themselves.

Lamers - These are players that play their characters as themselves in the real world using modern terms and do not roleplay as a separate person inside of the game. They are usually seen as incompetent by the roleplaying community and often ignored.

RPers (Roleplayers) - These are characters that play as though they truly exist inside Phantasm without any ties to the real world. For instance, instead of referring to 'disconnecting,' a roleplaying character will say that they 'passed out momentarily.'

PCs (Playing Characters) - Any Phantasm character with an active player behind them that is not computerized.

NPCs (Non-Playing Characters) - These are computerized characters within the game with set responses, such as merchants, that only function to assist the playing characters.

Now!! Finally onto the CHARACTER CREATION Yayyyy!!!

Character Layout

The characters that will be used for the RPG are those that are created within the Phantasm online game. To understand how these kind of characters work, it is highly recommended that you have some experience with online RPGs such as Ultima Online, Neverwinter Nights, and Everquest. These are the basics of creating an online character:

Appearance - This is what age your character appears, their height, weight, facial features, hair color, clothes, etc. These options will not be limited like normal online RPGs. Options are endless and make it nearly impossible to duplicate an exact character appearance. Also, the voice of a character is simulated within the game depending on the player's choice, so the character will not have the same voice as their player outside the game. That way a female player may play a male character inside Phantasm without anyone noticing and vice versa or any other interesting twists between the player and character. Think of Phantasm as being a giant anime movie where the players get to create their own character inside without any sort of ties to themselves.

Race - This is what species your character will be. This will influence the basic character template by adding different kinds of ears, wings, tails, etc. depending on the chosen race. The choices for races are covered in the Races section.

Classes/Skills - These are the skills your characters are trained in. Depending on what skill they specialize in, they will have a different class, such as a knight, a healer, etc. The choices for classes are covered in the Classes/Skills section.

Positions - This determines whether the player of the character within Phantasm is a moderator, game master, ordinary player, etc. The choices for positions are covered in the Positions section.

Once you understand the options for each of these aspects for your character, you will be ready to fill out the Character Bio Form.

Races

These are the different species templates that can be selected for the characters within the virtual Phantasm world. All players outside of the game in the real world are ordinary humans without exception. Physical and stat attributes for each race are listed below. However, specific numbers and detailed technicalities (such as the stat system in Dungeons and Dragons, for instance) are to be avoided. Since this is not a real graphic online game, specific stat numbers and bonuses do not need to be used. These attributes are only to be used to help enhance the skills of the characters.

Please keep in mind that the race of a character only determines things such as ears, wings, tails, etc. Height, weight, facial features, and colors are all entirely optional. Also, you cannot create your own race or crossbreed any of the races below. You must choose one solid race for each character and go with it and try to match that character's personality with their chosen race at least to some extent.

Humans - Human character templates will look like a typical human with regular features. Humans have more flexible stats than most of the other races and have the capacity to be trained for any skill while other species options can hinder them.

Elves - Elven characters will have long, pointed ears on their template and are most easily trained for skills involving magic or particular weaponry, such as bows and arrows.

Pixies/Faeries - Pixie characters are the same size as the other graphic templates with sparkling skin and a pair of glittering wings that can be designed to the player's choice. For instance, they may choose any color of wings they want and adjust their size and style (they may look like butterfly wings or a specific shape of faerie wing). Butterfly antennas on top of the character's head are also optional for this template. Pixies are most easily trained in healing and medical abilities and are extremely limited in physical strength.

Dragons - The dragon template appears as a human character with small, finned ears, wings, a small pair of fangs, and a long tail. The player may choose the color of their dragon's scales and the size and style of their wings and tail. Dragon characters can only transform into a full beast form if they have been a long-term player with trained status in battle strength and magic. They are most easily trained for physical battle and are extremely limited in healing abilities.

Sirens/Mermaids - Mermaid character templates will appear as normal humans with finned ears. However, if they take their character into watery terrain, their legs will transform into a mermaid tail and enhance their swimming abilities. These characters are most easily trained for sailing adventures, underwater battle, and bard skills.

Sprites - The sprite template appears human with small pointed ears, rather than long, rabbit-like ears that are featured on the elven template. They are typically smaller than other playing characters and have extremely high speed and hiding skills. These characters are most easily trained in stealing and stealth skills or basic magic-casting.

Beasts - The beast template is a normal human with the option to crossbreed with any animal of the player's choice. A set of ears, a small pair of fangs, and a tail matching the chosen animal will then appear on that character. For instance, if a cat is chosen, they will have a set of cat ears on their head along with a tail designed and colored as the player wishes. Beasts are limited to only regular animal options; medieval beasts, such as griffins, unicorns, dragons, etc., are not part of this template. Beast characters can only transform into their full animal form if they have been a long-term player with trained status in battle strength and animal taming. These characters are most easily trained in animal taming skills and stealth skills depending on how quick their chosen animal is.

Angels - The angel template appears as a regular human with a pair of feathery wings that can be custom-designed to any size and color of the player's choice. These characters have fair strength and healing abilities and are most easily trained in medical skills, bard skills, and high magic spells.

Demons - The demon template appears as a normal human with a pair of bat-like wings on their back that can be custom-designed to any size and color of the player's choice. Demon characters will also have an optional pair of small fangs. These characters are extremely strong and can inflict the most damage when trained with particular weaponry or high magic spells.

Classes/Skills

Depending on the kinds of skills your character is trained in, they will be a specific class. A character's class will determine their specialties in battle or what guild they belong to. A beginning character that is novice in all of their skills will not be a particular class until they have built up their stats. Please do not be limited by these options for what skills your character may have. Since this is not a real online game, you may work with your class and skill so long as you check in with me when you state your desired class on the bio form. The classes below are merely here to formulate a basic idea of what to use and what is acceptable.

Fighter - A fighter is the most basic form of warrior. They have a fair knowledge of weaponry and typically fight freelance battles rather than fighting for a particular cause.

Paladin - This type of fighter is dedicated to the light arts. They fight for causes of justice and have a basic understanding of light magic and weaponry.

Dark Knight - Dark Knights are the opposite of a paladin, and have the basic understanding of dark magic and weaponry for what are considered to be evil causes rather than good ones.

Barbarian - Barbarians specialize in empty-handed combat martial arts rather than basic weaponry. They have outstanding strength but are deprived of any sort of magical abilities because of it.

Mage - Mages are characters trained in a particular area of sorcery. They are typically much physically weaker than the knights in order to focus on their concentration and magical talents. Mages can specialize in light and dark magic or any kind of elemental magic, such as fire, water, earth, and wind.

Necromancer - Necromancers are an unseemly form of mages or healers whose spells deal with the raising of the dead and the summoning and control of various creatures for their own devices. Using their powers for the animation and enslavement of the fallen and summoning other wretched souls, they are experts in combat from afar.

Fortune Teller - A Fortune Teller is a form of mage that also specializes in gambling skills and have the ability to read fortune cards inside of the game for other characters to determine future outcomes.

Spiritualist - Spiritualists are a form of mage that fight with magical powers invoked by summoning creatures through paper slips known as ofuda. They specialize in neither white nor black magic, but rather a form of magic that is both good and evil or what is known as gray magic. They specialize in dealing with occult creatures and monsters.

Shamans - Shamans are a form of Spiritualist who inherit their spells and abilities through the death, scarifices, or shadows in forms of tattoos, runes, and divine writing across their skin. Their skills are most focused in channeling power spirits in battle and twisting shadows into their weapons.

Bard - Bard characters specialize in singing or playing a particular instrument. If trained in battle, Bards may use their skills to entice monsters with their music or set them at peace.

Cleric/Healer - Cleric characters are typically very weak in battle and specialize only in healing magic or medical training. Clerics usually travel with Fighters that can manage fighting monsters for them while they stand back to heal their wounds.

Monk - Monks are a form of healer that also specialize in martial arts abilities and empty-handed combat. Because of their battle skill, they typically have less healing abilities than a normal Cleric.

Animal Tamer - Animal Tamers have the skill to make companions with the computerized animals that run loose through Phantasm. Once an animal is tamed, an Animal Tamer may summon them in battle to fight monsters for them. It is also a Tamer's job to take care of their pets by naming them, feeding them, and giving them steady affection.

Sailor - Sailor characters have high navigation skills and a practiced profession for setting Phantasm's ships to sail. These characters often have a few low thief skills, especially those banded together in pirate ships.

Rogue - Rogue characters have a basic knowledge of all skills but may only specialize in one or two particular skills. Rogues usually have a very sharp tongue, have a way of manipulating things to go their way, and are typically trained in basic thief skills, such as stealth.

Thief - Thief characters specialize in stealth, lockpicking, and pickpocketing skills. These characters are able to steal from another character's belongings without anyone noticing or can break through treasure chests and door locks with more efficiency than other classes.

Ranger - Ranger characters have the best navigation skills of any other character and can find their way through the most complicated dungeons. They also have fair weaponry and animal taming skills, but their magic and physical abilities as a whole are not exceptional.

Assassin - Assassin characters have basic Thief skills as well as a great deal of strength and understanding of all different kinds of weaponry and poisons. However, assassins have a bad reputation as being player killers (PKs) and are often hunted down for it.

Merchant - Merchant characters are a jack-of-all trades sort of character, but specialize in no particular skill. Merchant characters typically train up one crafting skill to create goods that they can sell on an open market. These characters are typically computerized, non-playing characters or NPCs.

Seamster/Seamstress - These characters specialize in sewing abilities and can create any sort of clothing design with the purchase of fabric and often sell special orders of clothing to other characters once they are completed. They may also obtain materials from animals and use a loom to make their own thread for fabric rather than purchasing it.

Carpenter - Carpenter characters specialize in creating housing utilities out of wood, such as tables, chairs, etc. Most Carpenters excel at the Lumberjacking skill to cut down their own wood to create objects from. They make a great deal of money selling their items to other players that purchase homes within the game.

Bowyer - Bowyer characters specialize in creating bows and arrows or other weapons out of wood. They typically excel at the Lumberjacking skill to cut down their own wood to create their weapons from and then sell them to other players.

Blacksmith - Blacksmith characters specialize in creating custom weapons such as swords, axes, and spears that they can then sell to other players. Most Blacksmiths specialize in the mining skill to collect their own ore sell.

Character Positions

The position of a character refers to the status of their player. Although all other attributes concerning the player of a Phantasm character (such as their gender, age, etc.) are to remain hidden, it is important to know what sort of player they are. Examples of positions are listed below.

Game Master - Game Masters work with the actual company that created Phantasm to help serve the players within game when they are in trouble. Game Masters typically help beginning players learn how to play, save a character that is trapped in a particular location, or deal with unruly characters by asking the system administration to ban their account. Game Masters are usually referred to as GMs and are very well respected by most players.

Moderator - Moderators are the administrative staff of Phantasm that helped to create the game. They typically do not play a character within the game and are responsible only for system updates or banning the accounts of unruly players. They are thought of as one step above Game Masters, but rarely let their position be known if they are playing inside of the game.

Ordinary Player - These are the normal players inside of the game that have merely purchased Phantasm to play inside of it for enjoyment. They have no control over the game administration such as a Moderator or Game Master does. They are restricted by the game's rules and regulations and risk the chance of having their online account banned for breaking them.

Newbie - These are players that have just begun to play the game with little equipment or playing experience. These characters typically seek assistance from long-term players to help them travel and build levels.

Hacker - Hackers are players that attempt to tamper with Phantasm's system and change its functions to their advantage to grant themselves special items, skills, or graphics. They are hunted down relentlessly by Moderators and Game Masters to keep them from ruining the game's settings. This is limited to few depending on the quality of player. I do NOT want this position abused at all. Accepting 1 more hacker!!

Most characters will be expected to be Ordinary Players. I will allow a few Moderators and Game Masters depending on how many bios for them I receive. If I believe I have too many, I may respond to your bio and ask that you create an Ordinary Player instead.

AND NOW!! THE LONG AWAITED CHARACTER BIO FORM!! ^_____^ YAY!

NAME: The character's name within the Phantasm world. Please take note that no information on the actual player outside Phantasm should be given on the bio.

NICKNAME(S): Any nicknames the character may have that other players refer to them by. If your character has no particular nicknames, simply state 'None.'

GENDER: This is self-explanatory. Are you Male or Female?

AGE: This is the age that the character appears inside Phantasm, not how long they have been played. Age is chosen when a character is created, thus a character can begin looking any age of the player's choice.

HEIGHT: How tall a character is. Take note of the character's race for how tall they may be as well.

RACE: A character may be a Human, Elf, Pixie/Faerie, Dragon, Siren/Mermaid, Sprite, Beast, Angel, or Demon. For more information on these races, please refer to the Races section.

CLASS: A character may be a Fighter, Paladin, Dark Knight, Barbarian, Mage, Necromancer, Fortune Teller, Spiritualist, Shaman, Bard, Cleric/Healer, Monk, Animal Tamer, Sailor, Rogue, Thief, Ranger, Assassin, Merchant, Seamster/Seamstress, Carpenter, Bowyer, or a Blacksmith. For more information on these classes, please refer to the Classes section. If you would like to add a new class for your character, feel free to do so and I will give approval depending on the suggestion when I receive the bio.

POSITION: A character's position will be either a Game Master, Moderator, Ordinary Player, Newbie, or Hacker. For more information on these positions, please refer to the Positions section.

DESCRIPTION: This is what the character looks like. Hair, clothing, eyes, facial features, tone of voice, and the like should all be mentioned here. Also make sure that depending on the character's race, you mention the style and color of wings, ears, tails, etc.

BACKGROUND: This will tell what the character has been doing within the Phantasm game thus far. This includes their trained skills, what guild they are part of if they participate in one, whether they enjoy fighting monsters and searching through dungeons, meeting other players, etc.

PERSONALITY: This includes your character's attitude and what they act like towards other characters.

ABILITIES: This refers to your character's skills and what they are best at doing, including any particular weaponry or type or magic your character may use.

GUILD: This is the guild your character belongs to. For more information on Guilds, please refer to the Guilds section. If you would like to begin your character in no guild at all, simply put 'None' in this space.

HOBBIES: Any things that a character enjoys doing within the game, such as fighting, hunting, killing monsters, gambling, meeting other players, etc.

LIKES: Things that the character likes. These can include particular objects or feelings that the character has an affinity towards.

DISLIKES: Things that the character does not like. These can include particular objects or feelings that the character has a distaste towards.

OTHER: Any additional information on the character that has not been mentioned in the above sections. If you have nothing else to add, simply state 'None' in this space.

I believe I have changed everything that needed to be changed. So this is it! Get ready and sign up! ^__^

[Kioshi Wakami]

Here are my sign ups ^___^

NAME: Xian

NICKNAME(S): X

GENDER: Male

AGE: 17

HEIGHT: 5'9"

RACE: Mermaid/Siren

CLASS: Sailor

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: Xian is rather tall with a pale glittery skin that has a tint of light blue. His hair is the color of sea green, slightly wavy and flowing down to his chin in the front and further down his back, tied off midway by a seashell, decorated hair-band. His eyes are feminine and slender, bringing out the mythical beauty of those from the sea, an aquamarine color with ripples of darker blue and long emerald colored lashes. His face is smooth like silk, a finely crafted nose and perfectly shaped lips tinted in the repetitive colors of blue and green. Following his femme jaw-line, going back are aquamarine fin-like ears, splaying out and slightly opaque.

Xian's body is still lean and slightly feminine. He's not too muscular but does have some muscles grown from his labor as a Sailor. His attire consists of typical fisherman like clothes. A loose cottony, white, long-sleeved shirt with a black band over the top around the waist is worn over his chest. The belt causes the shirt to poof out slightly above the belt from being tucked in while bits hang out beneath it. Black pants hug his hips down to his thighs and half of his calves, poofing out near the middle of his shins where the pants tuck into shin high black boots. A single large, gold earring hangs on his right earlobe, while three golden studs decorate the cartilage.

The mermaid Xian has a soft voice. Medium in tone and comes out like elegant silk and soothing purrs. He is beautiful and brings the essence of the ocean with him. The sounds of crushing waves against a creaking boat are the tunes that play in his heart.

BACKGROUND: Xian is known as the Ocean's Voice. The Guild Leader to Ocean Rhapsody, a guild for fisherman, sailors and others associated with the sea. He's been on quite a few voyages through the seas and oceans of PO even though he is a fairly new player.

He enjoys setting up voyages, getting people roused about their month long trips and finding lost treasures along the way. His skill level is at an average, not too powerful but also not too weak. Xian mainly stays off shore where he can be at one with the sea due to his aquatic race. He constructed his own ship, Starlight Phantasy, with the help of carpenters and seamstresses for the mass and flag. The flag of Starlight Phantasy is black with a cluster of stars in the shape of a mermaid. Each star was hand sewn, making the piece a fine work of art.

PERSONALITY: The personality of Xian is calm and soft-spoken. He mostly seems relaxed and causes a relaxing atmosphere for those around him. Xian likes to have his fun, sometimes drinking a good mug of ale while singing sailor tunes about their homeland and past voyages.

Even though Xian seems calm and chipper most of the time, he does get upset. Like the ocean, when a storm blows over the waves begin the crash and roar, showing their mighty power to the world and causing destruction to the unlucky ones in its wake. That's pretty much like Xian is when angered over a serious topic.

ABILITIES: Xian is an excellent swimmer and leader. Almost mastering the techniques of the spear, net, and triton. He is also a smooth talker, able to sway people's opinions for what he sees is better.

GUILD: The leader to his own guild, Ocean Rhapsody, a guild for seamen, sailors, fishermen and the sorts. Also Spiraling Whirlpool

HOBBIES: Fishing, sailing, going on voyages, battling sea beasts, drinking ale.

LIKES: The sea, Starlight Phantasy, boats, ships, water animals, earrings, fellow sailors.

DISLIKES: The main land, newbies, hangovers, grumpy people.

OTHER: A clipping of his voice is here


Name: Sephial

Nickname: Baka Saru (stupid monkey, idiot monkey, dumb monkey)

Gender: Male

Age: 17

Height: 5’4”

Race: Beast (Human/Monkey)

Class: Rogue

Position: Newbie

Description: Sephial, at the age of 17 looks very boyish. He has a mop of brown hair that hangs over his cobalt blue eyes. His face is young looking which follows the rest of his lean built body that’s proportionate to his short stature. He wears an off-white t-shirt (mostly from being unwashed) with a bit of tattered sleeves along with light colored jeans that have a few rips and tares in the knees. Sephial also has a belt hanging lopsidedly off of his waist. Upon his head is round fuzzy monkey ears and sprouting from his tailbone is the long light brown tail that has a slight curl going up. Sephial has small fangs in his mouth too. His voice is somewhat obnoxious, sounding very cheerful and once again boyish.

Background: Sephial is new to the game but managed to worm his way into the Ocean Rhapsody’s guild leader’s heart, Xian. Being new, he has few skills and mostly helps out on the Starlight Phantasy (Xian’s boat). His skills vary from different ship tasks, such as lifting the mast and also a bit of thievery skills the fellow shipmates taught him.

Personality: Sephial’s character is playful, curious and craving for action. However Sephial isn’t all too crafty he is innocent and naïve with a child-like personality although he is 17 in age. Sephial complains about being bored and is often teased by his companions for his child-like behavior. Sephial may be a brainless little kid who likes to kick butt and always go on adventures, but he can get very emotional at times. He may seem like Xian’s gopher but there really is a deeper connection between the two. Sephial also has a huge liking for Xian, and Xian is the only one who can stop his major temper tantrums. Sephial also hates it when people keep secrets from him because he believes he has none.

Abilities: Sephial has a variety of skills from using daggers, shuriken, and staffs. He is also learning how to run a ship even though his class is just a Rogue.

Guild: He is apart of Ocean Rhapsody and Spiraling Whirlpool

Hobbies: Fighting, eating, playing games and sleeping

Likes: Fighting, eating, playing games and sleeping

Dislikes: Secrets, rude people, being picked on and being called a Baka Saru

Other: Sephial's voice is here

[EVme15]

*nods* Now if the mods are ok with this version, I'd like to join ^^

NAME: Jing

NICKNAME(S): A few floating rumored name, but none that anyone plasters on him.

AGE: 16

HEIGHT: 5'11

RACE: Demon

CLASS: He's known as a Rogue publically, but isn't really. He's truly a Thief, but it's a well-kept secret.

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: *sigh* ok... He has gray/black hair that sticks up behind his head, somewhat like Vegeta's from DBZ (but it's shorter an less clumped together). A few strands stick out over his face. He wears a black tank top and loose black pants. He also has an orange jacket on that's open in the front and sticks out in the back (Vash the Stampede style... geeze I'm using a lot of characters here aren't I? ^^). There are two slits in the back of the jacket for his wings. He has eyes that are a dull blue color, but look more gray. He has two black streaks on his face, one under each of his eyes, that go from just about next to his nose all the way to halfway down his neck. His voice is (*thinks*) sounding about like a twelve-year-old, with a bit of a nasal quality he gives it when around newbies. His wings are 'normal' black bat-style wings. They have a wingspan of about six feet when opened fully, but look smaller when held behind his back normally. His fangs are shorter than most demons', but still long enough to seperate them from normal human teeth.

BACKGROUND: Jing started off pretty well by somehow enlisting the help of a Rogue to train him a bit. As he got better, he quickly surpassed the skill of his master, who decided to no longer play a while ago. From his basic training and general leveling up, Jing rapidly became a highly successful theif. He's a member of the Klepto's Paradise guild, although no one except the leader truely knows that he's in.
Outside of his theivery, Jing is often thought to be a Rogue. He specializes in doing odd jobs, and is very helpful around most characters. He'll give the occasional tip to a newbie, but it's usually no more than a: 'be careful about this' newbie turns around and Jing is holding their rarest item 'and this' turn around and Jing is holding their second-rarest item. He's not really mean to them, and gives back the items he took. Of course, there's the occasional newbie with the rare item that he gives back, steals again and runs off with. Such a nice guy, huh?
He's got a reputation of being a respectable fellow, however. Despite being a Demon, he isn't someone who's that threatening. Sure, he's got enough power and spells tucked away to blast a large-sized monster if need be, but usually won't go after players for reasons other than their items. He doesn't get caught, except for petty thefts where he isn't even trying. Jing can occasionally be found in a dungeon, building up his specialty skills, but more often walking around towns snitching little things off people and collecting rumors about the next big treasure.

PERSONALITY: He's a bit happy-go-lucky, and has a generally optimistic outlook on the world. Jing is very willing to help others, but only to a certain extent and almost always for pay. If a newbie asks for help, they usually get snubbed, but he'll help out the ones who persist. He isn't always a theif and doesn't always act like one. He fears no one, sometimes landing him in a lot of trouble, but most of the time being a demon is good enough. He doesn't get mad easily, but when he does, watch yourself or your items, whichever he's in the mood for. He's all business when stealing something of value.

ABILITIES: Very fast, especially for a demon. It's a skill that Jing has prided himself in, and improves almost all the time. He can fly at a decent speed and lift of the ground quickly. He can't hover, but he can hang in the air for as long as his wings will hold him up (which is about three or four seconds). He has a retractable blade hidden in his sleeve that he got from a blacksmith he helped out a few times. He also posseses a few magic skills, his favorite being fireballs. His general thevery skills are extremely high.

GUILD: Secret member of Klepto's Paradise.

HOBBIES: Stealing, leveling up, playing snatch-and-return with the occasional newbie, eavesdropping, and generally having a good time.

LIKES: Shiny objects, rare items... the normal theif stuff; stealing for fun, flying.

DISLIKES: People with tempers, newbies with attitudes, GMs who won't get off your butt about stealing a little apple.

OTHER: *shakes head* already answered... ^_^

[Mystic_clown]

Phew! At least it's not a homosexual RPG this time. Can I reserve a PC and a Hacker please? * gives puppy dog eyes*

[Kioshi Wakami]

Heh, the homosexual thing was clearly stated within the information. You would've known if you read it. However, I do not reserve spots. It's a first come first serve basis. If you would like the position, just write up a bio AFTER reading ALL of the information. I cannot stress that enough. Read ALL of it, this applies to EVERYONE. This is a large RPG so you NEED to read it all to get a grasp upon the plot. ^__^ It'll make it fun fun for everyone!

EVme15: You're accepted ^_^ The two thing is fine. I told you to be creative

[Darkmaster Kagemusha]

NAME: Idimmu Marduk
NICKNAME(S): Mage of the Abyss, Dungeon Mage
GENDER: Male
AGE: 35
HEIGHT: 6'3"
RACE: Demon
CLASS: Necromancer (Major)/Shaman (Minor)
POSITION: Ordinary Player
DESCRIPTION: He is of average build for a human, though less so for a demon due to his many hours of study. His skin has a gray tint to it, his hair is long, and jet black, and his eyes are a frightening black with red flecks that seem to have a dark aura emanating from them. His bat-like wings are large and black, with a wingspan of a menacing 10 feet, they can be folded tightly against his back, and in doing so, he can keep them mostly hidden beneath his cloak and robes. Other than his dark cloak and hooded robes, he wears baggy, black clothing, black boots, black leather gauntlets with red and silver embossing, and a massive array of different sizes and designs of chains hanging from his clothing. He usually keeps his face hidden beneath his hood, and speaks in an odd, powerful whisper that tends to draw the attention of everyone around him.
BACKGROUND: Imiddu started out rather badly, being tricked by a Rogue Human. After he had been tricked and nearly killed (He never speaks of what happened) he went in search of power, which he found in the form of Necromancy and the Shamanistic Arts. He levelled up quickly and gained an extensive knowledge of both dark forms of magic. After a while, it became difficult to find other Necromancers or Shamans to learn from, teach, and trade spells with, and so he saught to form a guild specifically for that. Throughout the time he spent playing the game, he earned a fearsome reputation as the Mage of the Abyss or the Dungeon Mage because he focused on studying the darkest, evilest spells within his power, and spent excessive amounts of time in Dungeons testing them. Whenever an unfortunate player happened upon this scene, he or she was slaughtered without thought. He has not been punished for Player Killing, because that is a very rare occasion and Mods and Admins don't catch him, so they only have testimonials of the people who's players he killed to go on. Because of this reputation, Mods and Admins, as well as some of the players of the Angel race tend to keep a close watch on his Guild.
PERSONALITY: He is proper and seems a gentleman on first impression, if people take time enough to notice, because he has an air of evil that tends to repel other characters. He is cunning, and enjoys tricking people, and there are some races he considers to be inferior to his own.
ABILITIES: His speed and flying abilities are average, as are the rest of his senses. His strength lies in his magic, and the detection there of. He is incredibly adept at Necromancy and has some experience in the Shamanistic arts. He can also detect magic objects and usually the level of magic another character has, though he rarely does so.
GUILD: Leader of Death's Tolling
HOBBIES: He enjoys wandering, and studying his magic, though he occasionally likes to meet people to gather information on the way they react to a shady character. As of late, he has been spending a lot of time in the Forests of the land, observing different kinds of plants for use in poisons and potions.
LIKES: Magic, darkness, the cold. He also has a sadistic like for torturing others. Also...black stones and crystals.
DISLIKES: Users of holy magic, Fortune Tellers (He considers them to be lowly), characters of the Beast, Humans, Pixies and Faeries. He also doesn't like characters of the Angel race, Moderators, and Administrators that like to ruin his 'fun' or interrupt his studies.
OTHER: He always carries a vial made of black crystal that contains a magic potion that no one knows the origins of.

[Elemental Seribii]

EVme, I love eX Dream, it's such a pretty song. ^__^

NAME: Hourglass

NICKNAME(S): Hour, or Time, Sugar by some of the newbie-helpers.

GENDER: Female

AGE: She looks around fifteen.

HEIGHT: 5'5''

RACE: Faerie

CLASS: Fortune Teller

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: She has short, almost bowl-cut like blonde hair, that has gold streaks in it. She looks slightly exotic, with a deep tan and wide green eyes. She wears a long dark blue skit with a gold rope sash to tie around her waist, with a white shirt of a durable material that hugs her shoulders. She also wears brown sandals, and a good amount of jewelery. Her nails are painted pink, and she also has something that looks like lipgloss on.
Her butterfly wings are dark purple, red, silver and have a black outline (think Ruby Moon from Cardcaptor Sakura), and they strech from her head to her knees, with a design similar to a monarch butterfly's wings. She has black antennae, with small silver bobble-like orbs at the tips of them, so they almost hang over her face.
Her voice is sugary-sweet, and a bit high for her appearance. She always sounds like she's on the verge of laughter, and giggles a lot.

BACKGROUND: If you asked about her, most of the newbie-helper players would say she just sort of just graduated from the Newbie category, and so she's still a bit unwise to the ways of PO. She's been playing for a few months now, and has the basic things down, and a good amount of intermediate skills.

PERSONALITY: She's a bit vain, but still a sweet girl. She can usually be seen humming a bubblegum-pop type of song, and dancing by herself to it. She gets embarassed very easily, but loves socializing. Some might describe her as a pest, or sickly sweet but she's the type of person you don't want to have around at first, but then she starts to grow on you, and you scream at yourself when you realise it. She loves to playfully tease or chide people, and she's rarely very serious.

ABILITIES: She's a good fortune teller (she goes into a trance when doing so), which is slightly surprising because of her position in the game. She usually carries a staff around with her, or an amulet. She's very convincing, due to her cuteness. She's currently trying to up her magic casting ability.

GUILD: She was just accepted into the Seers of Time, and gladly tells fortunes.

HOBBIES: She loves collecting items, usually jewelery type ones or wands/staffs. She tries to level-up regularly, but isn't very good about it. She also (obviously) does fortune telling as a productive hobby.

LIKES: Fortune telling, item collecting, socializing.

DISLIKES: Insanely powerful monsters, players/monsters that sneak up on you, player killers, greedy players.

OTHER: Her sister (?) plays the game, was killed when caught of guard by a player killer, and lost quite a good item and her progress for the day.


NAME: Seraphim

NICKNAME(S): Phim, but rarely.

GENDER: Male

AGE: He looks around twenty.

HEIGHT: 6'0''

RACE: Angel

CLASS: Shaman

POSITION: Hacker (if that's alright)

DESCRIPTION: Seraphim has black hair that hangs over his eyes. If you could see them, that is. A blood red blindfold covers his eyes, and is tightly tied. He wears a black shirt (that looks more like a jacket) that has a Roman collar (if I'm right, this is the kind that priest wear), and white pants, with black leather boots that have silver buckles. A silver chain connects at the front of his pants, and also at the back. He has a slim and almost girly build, and his skin is a milky white, but his lips almost seem a bruised red.
His pure white wings are taller than he is, and have a very wide wingspan, so he's very hard to miss, even amongst other Angels. He has two golden 'bracelets' on the main vein of both wings.
He has Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic-like marks on his arms and back, some run up his neck. Even he isn't quite sure what they actually say, as he seems to of lost the website he copied them from.
His voice seems to have a European accent to it, and is of a alto-like quality. When heard, it often reminds people of ripped silk - smooth, but harsh. He always seems to be humming.

BACKGROUND: Seraphim is probably best known for his item hacks. Contrary to popular belief, he achieved his levels and stats by pure hard work, rumor has it he was a beta tester for PO, but this is unconfirmed. He's constantly on the run from GM and Mods, and has seen quite a few other hackers fall due to carelessness.
When he was a newbie, his design was much simpler, but it's very hard to find someone who remembers the younger-looking Seraphim.

PERSONALITY: Most likely a computer genius/nerd (possibly both) in real life, Seraphim is aloof and cold at first meeting, but many never meet him again, but he's probably always like that. He seems to be very sharp and intelligent, and has a dry and sarcastic sense of humor.
He tries to be careful with his hacks, not in their scale, but if a pattern appears that may be suspcious, he does something to subtly thow it off.
He stays away from other hackers as a code, and appears to be very confident in his hacking ability. He enjoys guiding the odd stray newbie that ends up in a level much too hard for them back to a safer place, but hasn't set foot inside Pembroke for the longest time.
His large hacks are few and far inbetween, and he seems to be dangerous when provoked. He's a loner, and very antisocial.
One thing is certain - if it's been quiet for a long time, and Seraphim hasn't been seen, it spells trouble.

ABILITIES: Of course he has quite a nice inventory, but prefers to use magic/more common items to remain less noticable. He has a threatning presence, perhaps because you can't tell if he's looking at you or not.

GUILD: None.

HOBBIES: Fighting, running (he loves a good chase), item hacking (der...).

LIKES: Teasing/toying with the administration, drinking, lonely/almost abandoned levels.

DISLIKES: Braggers, overconfident hackers, crowded/packed levels.

OTHER: None.



Hope that's okay. ^-^ I made two totally different characters. Oo;

[classy_cat18]

I think this is cool! Let me try.

NAME: Imani

NICKNAME(S): None

GENDER: Female

AGE: 19

HEIGHT: 5’10”

RACE: Beast (Fennec Fox). A Fennec Fox is a species of fox that is specialized to live in the desert. I’ll try to find a picture of one.

CLASS: Ranger, but knows her way around Animal Taming

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: She has dark brown skin and short black hair with sand-colored highlights. Two long, pointy, sand-colored ears with black tips stick out of the top of her head. Her long bushy tail matches the color of her ears. She has yellow eyes and sports short fangs. She has a diamond shaped spot on her forehead. Because of her beast design, her body is slender and her legs are long. She wears a pair of blue overalls and a white T-shirt, but her feet are bare. She wears a length of black rope around her neck. Her voice is high and chipper, so she always sounds like she’s yipping. She’s always accompanied by her current animal, a small green dragon named Icarus.

BACKGROUND: She started out at the Primal Instincts guild in order to gain basic knowledge on Animal Taming, but shortly after quit to start journeying with other classes. The experience she gained from Fighters gave her an adventurous personality. She now gives Newbies and Ordinary Players alike help navigating through low- and mid- level dungeons, usually at no cost. She still captures animals, but is currently concentrating on Icarus.

PERSONALITY: She doesn’t look brave at first glance, but looks can be deceiving. She’s usually bright and cheerful with a love for company, but her personality will do a 180 at the drop of a dime. She's usually hanging around Pembroke or Zeranth. She’s always helpful to those who are nice to her, but she’ll give false information to those she doesn’t like. Her memory’s twisted; she’s more likely to forget players than other things, but she’ll quickly apologize if she’s forgotten a player. She’ll flirt with a male character if he’s cute (she’s more likely to help them for free, too). She can tell if someone's trying to trick her, so thieves don't really have much luck with her. She tries to avoid confrontation with other characters. Oh, and mock her animals and she’ll drop you like a bad habit. That's what she's like when she's alone. She's always trying to keep Snow out of trouble when she's around. That's why people have been seeing Imani after-hours; she tricks Snow by logging out then logging back in after Snow logs out. She really cares about Snow, but the little girl cramps her style.

ABILITIES: She knows her way around low- and mid- level dungeons, but is not yet strong enough to go to any of the high level dungeons. Her navigation skills are high, but her fighting skills are only fair. Because of this, she never goes anywhere alone. She carries a flute to put animals under control, and twin daggers to fight with. She's good at dodging attacks with her speed.

GUILD: none

HOBBIES: going to different places, meeting other players, going on side quests, catching new animals

LIKES: cute guy characters, exploring, meeting other players, going on side quests, animals

DISLIKES: rude characters, dead ends in dungeons, thieves in general (Snow's an exception)

OTHER: can get a tad seasick and is a little uneasy around Demons. Also, Imani means "faith" in Swahili.

EDIT: I edited Imani's profile.

[Gladiator]

Actually, I did a word search and not once did it really pop-up. Just saying.

I might consider joining, but would it be okay if I play a sexually unaffiliated character, because I suck at romance.

[classy_cat18]

Gladiator, he changed the concept of the RPG. No one has to be sexually affiliated with anyone.

EDIT: You couldn't find a Fennec Fox? I did!

[HbCharizard]

NAME: Arkon

NICKNAME(S): Ark

GENDER: Male

AGE: 16

HEIGHT: 5"9

RACE: Human

CLASS: Fighter, Swordsman, Whatever you wanna call it.

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: He has Navy Blue Eyes, The Kind that Sparkle in the Moonlight. He has Blonde hair, spiked up int Spikes that grow about 2 inches long, Kinda like Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh. He has White, Almost Pale Looking Skin. He wears Robes, Kinda like Inuyasha's, but Teal Instead of red. He wears some Leather Plating under the Robes, But that's it armor wise. He carries a Huge Sword Around with him, But he is suprisingly fast even with that weighing him down.

BACKGROUND: If you ask about him in a pub, All you get is that he Hunts Rare Items, He's a Bounty Hunter, and One of the best of the Player Killer Killers. He has been Signed on for about 2 years, Mostly hanging around Reeve, Pembroke, and Filece. He hangs around Pemborke and Filece because thats wear the most Player Killing is Commited, But No one knows why he hangs around Reeve.

PERSONALITY: He is Shy, Serious, and very anti-Social. He doesn't like to hang around places where alot of people usally gather. He's a Hard Head, and can't Grasp a Situation very fast. He's hard to get to, put if you can get through to him, He's really a nice guy.

ABILITIES: He is very Strong, Mostly becuz of his Player Killing Killing. He's Swift, and Nimble on his feet. The Only Flaw is that he tends to get in fights way over his head. He never Sheaths his Sword, Mostly Because he's One of the Most Wanted Among Player Killers.

GUILD: None

HOBBIES: Player Killing Killing, Hunting Rare Items.

LIKES: Money, Rare Items, and Killing Player Killers.

DISLIKES: Player Killers

OTHER: None.

....That was the Most Detailed Character I ever made.

EDIT: Fixed it up.

[Kioshi Wakami]

Doki doki! I read through all of your submissions and here is a few things I have to say:

Seraphim: Since your descriptions were so nice I'll be glad to give you one of the Hacker positions! ^_^ Just don't abuse the power lol.

Imani: Since this is a medieval type game, dog collars with dog tags weren't really around. Perhaps she can have a rope or something around her neck?

Arkon: If you're a fighter, I suggest having clothes that fit more to a Fighter class, meaning light armor (fur pelts and such), medium armor (leather) or heavy (chainmail, metal). Also with the "Number One Player Killer Killer" it's on the Power Player border-line. Perhaps not being the number one player killer killer, but being well known as one of the best? I just don't want to have any God-Moding in the RPG (where your character is super strong and over powers everyone elses) ^__^ Other than that, you're good to go!

When coming up with clothes for your characters, please think about your class ^_^ It makes it all the more realistic. I honestly don't think you'd see a Paladin wearing near to none clothing if they're going to be battling with swords

Also, having two classes is fine but I do encourage only one. But for those who have currently registered for two, maybe have a Major and a Minor? In case of the Necromancer/Shaman, the Major Class would be Necromancer and the Minor class would be Shaman. Kinda like college, ne? ^____^

ALSO! For EVERYONE! XD Demons are NOT the only race!! LOL There are many to choose from :3 please be more.. diverse? ^_^;;; Those currently registered as demons are fine.

Until a few of you make the described changes, you're all accepted. ^^; Yay!

[classy_cat18]

Was that all? Edited!

[Kioshi Wakami]

Yup! That's great! ^__^ You're accepted! ( I should make a post of all current accepted members o.o; )

[HbCharizard]

Edited a little.

[Kioshi Wakami]

Current Accepted Characters

Jing
Idimmu Marduk
Hourglass
Seraphim
Imani
Xian
Sephial
Arkon
Martyr
Evandelle
Snow
Night
Masashi Takayama

Pending Characters

Jacques (Task Needed: Thargor's Approval for OTHER)

Not Accepted Characters

None Currently

[Kioshi Wakami]

Goodie! ^___^ You're accepted!

[Thargor]

NAME: Martyr

NICKNAME(S): Severed Connection (his known hacker handle)

GENDER: Male

AGE: 20

HEIGHT: 6'5"

RACE: Demon

CLASS: Dark Knight

POSITION: Hacker (Masquerades as a normal player)

DESCRIPTION: Fiery red hair with a pair of deep azure eyes. His tall form is the very picture of an individual that holds himself with an assured stance. He is a very handsome individual, who usually sports a rakish smile when dealing with people. At a moment's notice this happy look can be dropped to be replaced with a look of pure venom.
He is most often seen wearing a suit of black armor lined with bright silver in runes. His two wings are very large, black as ebony and usually kept tucked around his body like a cloak. They seem unusually shiny and almost metallic when in this position, but still move like flesh.
Two longswords are at his side, with their scabbards dark and covered in silver runes like his armor. The blades themselves are very peculiar, as they are largely see-through, and seem to flicker on and off.

BACKGROUND: Martyr had participated in many large scale battles during his time in Phantasm. He held a leading position in defence of humans against the ice monsters in the Battle of the Tundra in the Frozen Rain dungeon. He has also participated in numerous other battles throughout Phantasm defending the "good" players against things such as monsters and those players outlawed by the game. He is known as a leader that rarely likes to take the reins, and likes less experianced players to get the hang of the game first. He is not known to be selfish on the battlefield, or when amongst friends.
He has a standing reputation in most bars in Phantasm with flirting with most ladies he comes across. Seemingly a heartbreaker by choice and nature.

PERSONALITY: More often than not, Martyr acts very friendly to those he meets in the field. He treats them with kindness, and is seemingly always willing to hear a story. His contacts within the game are numerous, and is widely known as a very charismatic and passionate player.
In the background, in his position as Severed Connection, he is much more like a ghost. His alter-ego as Martyr helps cover up many of his illegal operations, and using his information can develop many ways to blackmail or otherwise use his knowledge. His hacker name is known to be spoken in back alleys in the game, but only a handful know exactly who he is... But they dare not reveal it due to his ruthless manner in dispatching his foes.

ABILITIES: Extremely agile and fast, Martyr is able to move like a blur, and has developed a lasting reputation at being able to end a battle within a few moments of it starting. His blades are used to do quick killing slashes, and perform black magical waves that devastate the opponent.
Some say his speed goes to a higher level from this, some rumors saying they've seen him actually dissapear, then reappear somewhere else on a battlefield. These rumors have yet to be verified.

GUILD: Honorary Member of Hunters of the Midnight Sun

HOBBIES: Martyr enjoys hanging out in the game and helping friends and new people alike with missions and battles. He enjoys talking to people, and generally socializing.
During his periods as Severed Connection, he maintains his information network, and his honorary position in the Hunters of hte Midnight Sun, occasionally helping them out for mutual gain.

LIKES: Martyr likes a challenge, whether it be a battle or just a simple argument. He seems to have an affinity for stories.

DISLIKES: Nobody can really tell what Martyr doesn't like, as he keeps his mask on very tightly. He does not mention "hating" anything, besides the occasional pker.

OTHER: He is notorious for flirting with women in the bars.

[Kioshi Wakami]

Doki you're accepted.

From now on, so I don't have to type this after every post, check the Current Accepted List to see if you're character has been accepted, not accepted, or pending.

[Fai D. Flowright]

I would like to reserve a spot in this RPG. I find it espcially interesting, but I can't tell you exactly what I want to be right now! I'll post my sign-up tomorrow, if possible! Thanks! ^_^

[Mystic_clown]

[COLOR=green]NAME: Jacques

NICKNAME(S): Clown King

GENDER: Male

AGE: 21

HEIGHT: 7’11’’

RACE: Human

CLASS: Mage

POSITION: Hacker

DESCRIPTION: He’s got very long aqua hair (that’s tucked underneath his cap) and insane-looking hazelnut eyes. He wears a jester suit that’s half red and yellow stripes, and half blue with green dots. He’s got red jester shoes with silver bells on the end and a red and yellow jester cap with gold bells on the ends. He also wears white gloves. He’s voice is shrill and a bit high pitched.

BACKGROUND: He’s always caused trouble throughout Phantasim, using his hacking abilities to get what he wants (it rarely works). He’s since then moved onto bigger things. He’s even hired out lots of assassins to do his dirty work for him (but most of them refuse when they find out that his money's fake). This guy usually appears in a flash and disappears without a trace. Rumours say that his hide out is at Filece, but many people don’t want to go near there.

PERSONALITY: He’s a loony. He prefers mocking his enemies rather then fighting them. He loves destruction and takes this whole thing as a game (which it actually is). He over reacts about everything and is a bit of a coward. He has the tendency to come up with hair brained schemes that never work.

ABILITIES: He’s skilled at powerful dark magic and is fast and acrobatic. He can even sometimes dodge arrows with his skills. He’s twin katars also allow him quick and agile attacks, but he sometimes forgets to defend himself. He does have a tendency to stumble over his own feet at times. His acrobatic skills far surpass his speed and is said to be one of the best.

GUILD: None

HOBBIES: Killing, causing destruction, gambling.

LIKES: Wrecking havoc, mocking people, girls, getting what he wants, rare items.

DISLIKES: People spoiling his fun, aerial monsters.

OTHER: He’s been known as the only one to go up against Martyr and live.[/COLOR=green]

I've editted him. Will you accept him now?

[Kioshi Wakami]

NAME: Evandelle

NICKNAME(S): Eva

GENDER: Female

AGE: 19

HEIGHT: 5'3"

RACE: Elf

CLASS: Spiritualist

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: Evandelle has a glittery pale blue skin tone. Her hair is of a deep blue that spills down her back. Her body is thin and fragile looking, keeping the ancient beauty of the Elves. Slender long ears delicately point out to a fine point (like Deedlit from Record of Lodoss War). The clothes she wears is much like a priestess outfit made from fine silks of a pearl color that drapes to the floor while following the lucious curvature of her waist and hips. A belt strung of pearls loosely hang from her hips and the same pearls decorate her neck, ears, wrists and ankles. However the anklet of pearls too have small bells on them so when she walks they make a soft jingle noise. Evandelle also walks barefoot. She keeps her 'ofuda' hidden away in a secret pocket within her gown, which she pulls out when she needs to banish an evil, dark spirit. Also she can be caught occasionally wearing a white flower crown upon her head.

BACKGROUND: Evandelle entered the game about a year ago. She focused mostly on the skills of a Spiritualist, increasing her magick abilities to a decent strong point. Being one of the few Spiritualist's in the game, she is slightly known through the village people as one who will banish monsters from their town and treat the people with a sweet nature.

PERSONALITY: She is a soft spoken character, yet has a sweet gentle personality about her. Her personality and the way she carries herself keeps her true to the Elven race of elegance and a divine illumination. She doesn't mind going around town to town helping get rid of dark creatures for little pay and often lets the town get by for a room to stay in for the night. She never asks too much for anything and as an atmosphere of dignity and elegance about her.

ABILITIES: Her vanquishing magick skills are quite strong. Being of the Elven race she also has strong points in agility, hearing and sensing magick and evil auras.

GUILD: She is a member of the Karmic Circle

HOBBIES: Evandelle likes pretty things that aren't too fancy at all. It could be a simple sparkly pebble that catches her attention. She also enjoys picking flowers and making hair crowns out of them.

LIKES: flowers, traveling, sweet people, animals, nature

DISLIKES: nasty monsters, PKers, Greedy People, Rude People

OTHER: None

[Kioshi Wakami]

Jacques: I'm sorry. Your character seems too much of a Power Player or God Moder. I cannot accept him. Please reduce your character's "power status" to something more average or create a new character all together.

WhiteAngel: I do not reserve spots, however you're free to sign up when ready ^_^

[Fai D. Flowright]

Oh, Ok! I'll get it up, most likely, tomorrow afternoon. (After school) Thanks anyway! ^_^

[Kioshi Wakami]

I've decided this to be the OOC board for Phantasm, that way the game play doesn't get clogged up. However I will still inform you of updates in the Starts Thread. Today's Update is some doodles I've done of my characters. Feel free to do fanart and post it up here! ^_^

Xian, Sephial and Evandelle Doodle

Sephial Doodle

Xian OpenCanvas Sketch

[Mystic_clown]

Alright, I'll tone down his power, then will you accept him?

[Kioshi Wakami]

Mystic_Clown: Thank you for making your character more average. However, the information in the OTHER: catagory needs to be approved by Thargor first since it involves his character. If Thargor doesn't approve of it, then please remove the information from the character bio. ^_^ Thats all.

[classy_cat18]

Here’s another!

NAME: Snow

NICKNAME(S): Kit (exclusively used by Imani)

GENDER: Female

AGE: 10

HEIGHT: 4’10”

RACE: Beast (Arctic Fox). I’ll bring you a picture of that, too.

CLASS: Rogue, a mix of experienced Thief and Ranger-In-Training

POSITION: she acts like a Newbie at first, but she’s really an Ordinary Player.

DESCRIPTION: She has the ears and tail of an Arctic Fox. Her skin is pale and her eyes are blue. Her hair is also light blue and is tied up in a short ponytail. Her light blue T-shirt matches her eyes, and her legs are covered by blue jean shorts. She also goes barefoot. Like Imani, she sports short fangs. Her voice is soft and wispy, but she can practically freeze people with her voice when it gets harsh.

BACKGROUND: She’s really an experienced player that got bored with her high level and started over again (but Imani doesn’t know at first). She remembers Imani when she first started, so she decided to tag along with her this time.

PERSONALITY: Snow acts naïve and innocent, but she’s really cold to anyone besides Imani. She likes tricking people and stealing small items from them. She can’t stand leaving Imani, so she’ll automatically log out when Imani does. She’s very unpredictable in every thing she does and says. She’ll insult any player and then immediately hide behind Imani. She’ll act afraid of things, but she’s just acting. The only one she’s really nice to is Imani; any one else is just someone to steal from. This puts Imani in a trouble a lot of the time. Her personality is just like Zefie from the .Hack manga (I love that manga!).

ABILITIES: She’s really good at being a Thief. She uses the same type of twin daggers that Imani uses and also uses a similar flute. She also is being trained in everything that Imani knows.

GUILD: none

HOBBIES: hanging around Imani, playing her flute, exploring, stealing, tricking

LIKES: Imani, exploring, her flute, furry animals, stealing from others, tricking others

DISLIKES: everyone excluding Imani, Demons

OTHER: none

I'll change Imani's profile to fit Snow's.

EDIT: Here's the Arctic Fox!

[NightBlaze]

NAME: Night

NICKNAME(S): None

GENDER: Male

AGE: 17

HEIGHT: 6'2

RACE: Human

CLASS: Bowyer

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: Night wears a black cloak that does down to the back of his knees and the cloak has a hood that is almost always up. Under the clock Night wears a dark red tunic and black leggings. Nights eyes are dark brown and his hear is black. His skin is a light tan almost white. He his built average with not too much muscles and not too scrawny kinda in the middle. Around his neck he wears a small silver chain with an emblem of a sword at the end which is silver.

BACKGROUND: Night is a rather experinced player. He enjoys searching the world for items that are harder to find or items that a friend might need. He also likes to venture around and find harder to fight monsters to see if he has enough skill to fight and beat them. Hiro also enjoys listening to stories of experianced players, he enjoys hearing about strong monster that he cannot even imagine. When he hears a rumor about an extremly strong monster somewhere he will always investigate and see if it is true..

PERSONALITY: A quiet person and normally keeps to himself and prefers to travel in small groups or by himself. When Night has nothing to do or is feeling good he will help new players out but, will do it in secert by running ahead and slaying enemies or something like that. He is almost always a happy person, he relizes that this is just a game and bad things happen. He will accept the good with the bad. Night doesn't joke around much but he does have a good sence of humor.

ABILITIES: Extremly Skilled with the Bow 'n Arrow and decent with a small knife. Good at tracking things and finding his way around.

GUILD: There is no Bowyer guild so I guess none. If one is made I will join.

HOBBIES: Helping out, Searching for items, Chatting with other players, and slaying tough enimies

LIKES: His Bow which he made himself thats black with red "vains" running through it he has had it for a very long time.

DISLIKES: Doesn't like PKers, or people who beg for free items.

OTHER: None

~~ Alright I edited it, is that better? ~~

[Kioshi Wakami]

Night: Is his name Night or Hiro? O_o Also please be more descriptive in Appearance, Background and Personality ^_^;;

[NightBlaze]

LOL I always use the name of my characters as Hiro so when I right a description I always use that name XD. Ok I'll fix everything up =)

EDIT: Edited my Sign up Form, hope its better

[Fai D. Flowright]

Finally! I have a chance to post on here! Here's my sign-up form:

NAME: Masashi Takayama

NICKNAME(S): MT, Masa

GENDER: Male

AGE: 20

HEIGHT: 5'6"

RACE: Angel

CLASS: Spiritualist, soon hopes to begin training for Cleric and/or Mage...

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: Has clothing similar to Kite from .hack//INFECTION. I'll get a pic of his original outfit soon, but for now, I can at least give you the colors of the clothes he's wearing. Just check the attachment below. His wings have a 6' wingspan, and are white with a blue tint (More coloring near the bone and fades more to white as you move down the feathers).

BACKGROUND: Masashi is an older character that enjoys going with and helping newbies level up and explore the world of Phantasm. He also enjoys traveling about the cities in search of friendly people and valuable treasures that may become useful sometime in the future. Also, when he's away from newbies, he likes to go on adventures to dungeons with friends to level up and train for himself.

PERSONALITY: Masashi has a kind and loving show of emotion. Although not weakened because of trust misconceptions, he tend to find himself in trouble if he's feeling emotionally unacceptable or depressed. He sometimes has emotional explosions where he seems to become enraged and sad in the same moments. This is when he can be most vulnerable, but he doesn't have these extremely often... He usually tries to be funny and quite comical, having a natural knack at making those around him laugh and enjoy themselves more!

ABILITIES: Masashi's prefered weapon, or weapons I should say, are long daggers. (16-24") His Gray Magic is fairly powerful, allowing him to defend himself if he cannot attack with his daggers. His ability to fly (using his wings) lets him use aerial attacks, but these are weaker attacks and only used if the sun is bright. More will be added as he learns more about Magery and Healing.

GUILD: Currently belongs to the Karmic Circle Guild. Also hopes to become a member of the Magic Hat guild for training as a Mage.

HOBBIES: Enjoys traveling, training (with friends or along), assisting newbies, and treasure hunting with friends and acquaintances.

LIKES: People that are kind-hearted, various video games, and a couple of animes. He also enjoys talking with friends and meeting new people.

DISLIKES: Discussions about Religions, people that are hateful or extremely selfish, and Spicy foods! ^_^

OTHER: Is looking for someone to be a close friend that he can trust in helping him search for the "Reality Flaw."

[Kioshi Wakami]

You're accepted White Angel

[MarillTogepi]

Noticed the starting topic, had to look for the sign-up...took me forever to flesh out the character in my head

NAME: Arenna Cyrix

NICKNAME(S): Ren (to her most trusted allies), Noir (French for black) (to most everyone else)

GENDER: Female

AGE: 26

HEIGHT: 5'10"

RACE: Demon

CLASS: Dark Knight

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: Arenna's hair is fiery red, flowing past her waist to end around the middle of her calves. She normally wears it loose, only braiding/pulling it up when she dons her helmet. Her eyes are twin whirlpools of startling crimson, always threatening to pull in anyone who meets her gaze. Her skin is deathly pale, almost a perfectly glowing alabaster, made all the more noticeable by her hair and eyes. Her fangs are around average size for her race, long enough to discern from regular teeth, but not long enough to protrude from her mouth. Her wings are standard bat-style, black on the outer side, red on the inner side, with a wingspan of a respectable 8 feet. Her body is lean and toned, but womanly, with lush curves and a full bosom. Her voice is rich, velvety, and seductive.

She wears custom-designed black metal full platemail, with dark runes and designs chased on the breastplate. The shoulders are twin roses in full-bloom, with a sharp metal spike protruding from each. Two slits in the back accomodate her wings. A full-style helmet, also of black metal, is usually worn with the armor, and a medium-sized shield, emblazoned with a crimson rose, also goes with it.

When not in armor, she generally wears black leather pants that end at her ankles, tucked into black leather boots, black leather finger-gloves with a crimson rose in full-bloom on the backs, and a sleeveless, corset-style top, showing a little more than a hint of cleavage. She also wears a good-sized, perfect crimson ruby on a golden chain around her neck, with tiny ruby studs in both ears.

Always around her waist, whether in armor or not, is a black leather belt with red accents, from which hangs a ruby-adorned black leather scabbard containing a mithril-bladed sword, the hilt made of black metal and set with rubies in the middle of both sides of the crosspiece, both ends of the crosspiece, and the pommel. The sword is called, simply, "Despair", and is one-handed in use.

BACKGROUND: A highly-experienced player. During her short time as a newbie, she was once one of the many targets of the Grey Ravens, a band of notorious player-killers and thieves. After having her hard work spoiled enough times, she snapped. Forming an alliance with other victims, they fought back, culminating in a battle royal in the Forest of Shadows. The battle was interrupted by a large group of monsters, forcing the warring parties to shelve their differences to take out the interlopers. By the time the last monster fell, the quarrel had ended, and the two groups parted as friends. Arenna later spent her time improving herself, gaining levels, learning the ways of her class, and gathering together a sizeable nest egg of treasure. Finally comfortable, she formed Ebony Blade to benefit others of her class.

Despite all the rumors, she's surprisingly friendly to newer players, and will point them to places appropriate for their level, sometimes even giving them an item or two to help when she's in a good mood. She condones PKers within the ranks of Ebony Blade, but does not encourage PKing, especially if it targets newer players. The only exception would be if the target is a Paladin.

Due to extreme disagreements with Askvali Rih's guildmaster, the two guilds are currently at war. This situation may change at any time.

Known haunts: Malith, Baharata, occasionally Pembroke. Known training spots: Forest of Shadows, Shadowlight Manor. Will occasionally lead or be a part of parties going into the Crystal Catacombs (for a good-sized percentage of any treasure gained, of course).

PERSONALITY: Seems like a true ice queen at first glance, cold and aloof. Once you get to know her, she becomes somewhat friendlier. Her experiences have made her rather jaded towards most of the world. She can sometimes change her mood at the drop of a hat. When she's in the mood, she can be a true seductress.

Most of the time, she's very calm and level-headed, able to think even in the heat of battle. However, she has a very hot temper, and everyone knows when she's angry. It takes her a while to cool down. She also doesn't trust or make friends very easily. She guards her emotions well.

To newbies, she's very friendly, and will point them in the right direction or refer them to someone who can.

ABILITIES: An excellent leader. There are few who can match or excel her skill with a sword. She's pretty good at persuading people to see things her way, negotiating, and/or haggling over some weapon or trinket she's taken a fancy to. She hasn't yet truly mastered the art of strategy, but is making headway.

GUILD: Guildmistress of Ebony Blade.

HOBBIES: Collecting weapons and treasure, fighting monsters, arguing with Askvali Rih's guildmaster, haggling with merchants for things, meeting new people (sometimes), socializing (with people of like mind), training, practicing new class skills, leading parties, and learning more about the world.

LIKES: Darkness, fellow Demons, magic, roses (black or blood-red), rubies, weaponry, new methods of torture, and treasure. Also a little fond of newbies.

DISLIKES: Paladins, those of the Angel race (they annoy her), chauvinists, PKing (except against Paladins), people who interrupt her training, and people who refuse to see things her way.

OTHER: Her opinion of Askvali Rih's guildmaster sits between like and dislike, and can lean either way.

[Kioshi Wakami]

You're accepted ^___^

[SmidyTHEART]

NAME: Smidy Theart

NICKNAME(S): Carpay

GENDER: Male

AGE: 26

HEIGHT: 6’2”

RACE: Barbarian

CLASS: Shaman

POSITION: Ordinary Player

DESCRIPTION: A small blue wolf tattoo over his left eye. Short brown hair is tucked into a black scarf. He is a white guy. He wears leather armor over blue shining chain mail. He has a steel harpoon that glows blue at the tip. Two feathers seem to hover out of this blue light. A clawed fur glove covers his left hand that is in a shimmering metal bracer. The bracer links and continues on all the way up his arm to his shoulder. He has gold chitin plates tied into his mammoth furred pants. One of the chitin peice is over his thigh, another covering his knee, anther latched to his shin and another covering the tops of his green boots. A scar is slashed across the left side of his chin disfiguring his face making it twist into shadow. On his back a gold and silver platted shield is held in place by two straps. There are many slashes covering it smashing its once intricate.

BACKGROUND: Carpay loves to hunt in groups. He is desent at fighting alone but he loves the company. His two great trade skills are in blacksmithing and in alchemy.

PERSONALITY: He is an all around good guy unless you get on his nerves. He is willing to help out noobs knowing one day the will be great warriors and fighting along side him. He likes to keep all his buds around and will fight to the last man. He hates people that run from their own agros and not agros that came on to them.

ABILITIES: He is a water skill adept. He likes to use all his shaman skills that empower not only himself but also his allies. He can mend almost any wounds and can heal you with a touch of magic. His pool of mana is almost endless but when casting bigger spells he can tire out quickly.

GUILD: Clan Sliver Hammer

HOBBIES: Killing monster with groups.

LIKES: He loves wolves and water.

DISLIKES: He hates fire and he hates desserts.

OTHER: None

[Bamm]

I don't know if this still is going , but...

Name: Locke Davenport
Nickname: Pick
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Height: 6'1"
Race: Elvin
Class: Thief
Position: Newbie

Description: Has an ear piercing(ring) on his left ear and blonde, spiky hair with green eyes. He wears a Navy-blue tunic and brown shoes with a slot on his back for his lockpick. He wears a black scarf over his head that keeps his hair down. He has tan skin and has a strong jaw-bone. He isn't VERY built he's a strong person.

Background: He was born into a poor family that had to steal to survive in the world. He was taught the way of their family and given the pick that his great-grandfather used way back when.

Personality: He has a free spirit. He cares about nothing except what he wants. He is very hard to make mad, which frustrates alot of people in the game.

Abilities: Is a Darkness Adept.(If that's real) He thrives in the darker areas/times. He can heal himself or steal from someone to get what he needs. He can also shroud the area in darkness to make himself more stealthy.

Guild: Klepto's Paradise

Hobbies: Playing The "Pea-In-The-Cup" Game (He always swipes the pea and puts it in a cup that he doesn't pick.

Likes: Cheating & 'Borrowing'

Dislikes: "Goody-goody two-shoes" Paladins

Other: N/A