Post by Bakuk on May 1, 2016 12:41:05 GMT -6
~Ascension Rising~
Backstory
There once was a booming civilization located on the planet Terra- the fourth body away from Sol. These creatures, known as Homo Sapiens, or humans, thrived there for millions of years, and grew in intelligence with each passing year. They went from primitive hunters and gathers to advanced astronauts and engineers in a short span of time. However, their population growth brought dire consequences.
As they grew in numbers, they reduced the numbers of habitats for animals around them- some countries even killed off most of their wilderness. This mass destruction resulted in global warning. The humans, caught amidst their useless pride, were ignorant to the massive change and destruction they brought with them. The people who worshiped deities seemed unaware that they were killing them along with their planet.
As their technology grew, scientists began pushing the limits to how far they could go. At a secret base in Europe, scientists extracted fossilized DNA from various dinosaurs and cloned them successfully. After many had been cloned, they were stored in a bunker for an indefinite amount of time. However, within that time, something had killed off the human population. Even though global warming was a problem, it didn't kill them. A large nuclear war had killed off most of the human population in Europe and Asia. This left bits of radioactive material around, and had changed the environment drastically.
The ancient animals were released from cryogenic freezing due to the lack of staff to manage the chambers. They successfully freed themselves, and began to start a new life in an ever-changing world, filled with new and exciting creatures mutated to fit the environment.
Many years after the animals settled, a large disaster happened. A massive earthquake hit, causing the ground to split, tsunamis to flood forests, and for new mountains and rivers to form. This disaster killed many animals, and changed the environment and weather. For the longest time, it was believed to be a punishment from the Great Spirits, and many still believe this. This disaster, named the Great Destruction, changed the course of their history and their world as they knew it.
You are born into this vast world, and it is your time to make a mark.
Our Website
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(please note that this is still heavily under construction!)
The Religion
As various species came together to form groups, some began to form a religion based around nature. This religion, known as Dainaism (day-ne-ism), revolved around the Spirits of Nature. The religion respects all other rogue religions, and does not try much to convert those with a different belief or without a belief to it.
Dainaism believes that all aspects of nature are controlled by Spirits, and believe that the Spirits aided with evolution and the creation of the planet. Druids, also known as Shamans, are believed to be in touch with the Spirits the most.
The Spirits
Earth Spirit: Depicted as a male brown Tyrannosaur with light blue eyes; it has white feathers and brown skin, with the exception of a crest of red feathers around its head. The Earth Spirit controls the movement of the earth and helps things grow on it. He is harsh, but at the same time forgiving.
River/Lake/Ocean Spirit: Depicted as a male Goronyosaur with grey-blue skin, amber eyes, and faint brown stripes and spots. This Spirit controls rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water. The River Spirit controls the waters and rain and helps plants and animals thrive in them. He is gentle, but can easily be sent into a seething rage.
Forest Spirit: Depicted as a large grey-brown female Stegosaur with black and red plates, pale yellow eyes, faint brown feathering, and faint black spots. The Forest Spirit controls various forests and aids the animals inhabiting them. She is calm, forgiving, shy, and has a mysterious nature.
Marsh Spirit: Depicted as a large grey-brown male Polacanthus with a grey-tan underside, black flecks, and amber eyes. The Marsh Spirit controls marshes, swamps, and wetlands. He is mysterious, skittish, and can be angered easily.
Plain Spirit: Depicted as a rather small grey-brown female Triceratops with black light feathering, dark brown spots, and dark brown eyes. The Plain Spirit controls various grasslands, scrublands, savannahs, and plains. She is calm, shy, scared easily, and protective of her land.
Desert Spirit: Depicted as a tan-skinned male Velociraptor with brown feathering; black, grey, and white streaks; pale blue eyes, and a red-brown head crest. The Desert Spirit rules over hot deserts, and stays away from cold deserts. He is harsh, unforgiving, cruel, angered easily, hostile, and usually skittish.
Tundra Spirit: Depicted as a large pale red-tan furred male Cave Lion with faint brown rosettes, a faint tan-cream mane, a black tail tip, and pale amber eyes. The Tundra Spirit rules over cold deserts, tundras, and frozen arctic places. He is hostile, harsh, unforgiving, easily sent into a rage, and cold- just like the tundra.
What is Ascension Rising?
Ascension Rising, or AR for short, is a soon-to-be post-apocolyptic roleplay based around ancient creatures (mainly dinosaurs). In the near future, we will be mapped, sited, and have various admins/mods.
Mods, Needs, and Other Stuff
Yes, we are taking up requests for being mods/admins. Please PM me, Ashyak224, for the details and requirements for being a mod. Mods/Admins are the people who hold the group together, and are the only people allowed to have the Mod Account. The staff will be hand-selected by me, so do not run around saying "EY GUISE, I RCOMND SO AN SO BECASE DEY GEWD FREND!". If you want to be a mod, don't beg for it. Simply ask me for the requirements for becoming one. Just because you asked though, doesn't mean you will be a mod.
We do need people to help in creating a forum for us, as the group leader, Ashyak224, is often inactive due to having very little free time. We do not want a complex forum or a completely custom website, as we would only like something simple (like Proboards).
If you want to help make the website, or want to become a mod, please PM Ashyak224.
Mods
Ashyak (wolflover224)- Main Mod
FrancisC (~Miaou~)- Recruiter Mod, Main Mod
Megafangirl14- Recruiter Mod, Main Mod
Jobs and Studies
Your character, like people, can have jobs and can study things. Jobs are what your character does for currency, and does not include the regular tasks within the group. Jobs and studies are found in large, advanced groups. Jobs may include things like rebuilding houses, working with various tech, reviving human culture and machines, and working in mines.
Studies are not necessarily jobs, as they are done without pay or as a hobby. Studies are often done to work up to a large scale job; think of it as school, but learning by yourself.
The Hybrid Gene
The Hybrid Gene, or HG for short, is a special mutation that happens every so often. The gene allows the creature to breed with other species to create a hybrid, and can also result in more human-like wrists (wrists that swivel and behave like a human's). HG is a manmade gene that was inserted in and modified during the cloning experiment. It is extremely rare, as only 1/2,000,000 have it.
Human Affiliation
The nuclear war didn't kill off the entire population of humans in Europe in Asia, as their presence is suggested by the rise of different sub-breeds of animals. Small tribes and villages of humans often capture dinosaurs and other large reptiles to help them in their everyday activities; smilodons may be used for pest control, dire wolves and raptors for hunting, Irish deer and small tyrannosaurs as cavalry, and so on. Because of this, people have begun domesticating them aswell, and taking them into their households. With humans being humans, and humans being obsessed with looks, they have also begun breeding smaller, more domestic animals for their looks.
The outcome of this is often controlled by the human, with the humans breeding and inbreeding them for a certain look. The result are designer breeds, much like with dogs and cats. The animals are often bred to such extremes to get a certain look, that they cannot function as an individual organism. You could get carnotaruses with flatter faces, mangy raptors to look like those from movies, tyrannosaurs bred to be very small and stunted, and so on.
Trade and Currency
Trading is a very common practice within the land, as some regions have materials and goods that others do not. In each land, there are trading posts and trading towns. These are large trade centrals that are visited often during travels. At the outposts, animals from different lands and regions gather to trade or sell their goods with travelers. Large outposts and towns provide inns, caves, or other forms of shelter for tired travelers.
Currency comes in many forms. For groups that live by the ocean or have access to it, shells may be used. For most places, copper, gold, silver, tin, bone, and smooth rock chips are used. Bone, smooth rocks, and copper are the most common forms of currency.