The Age of Empires
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ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
[X] A spy. Similar to a diplomat, but clandestine instead of public. Rather than care about public relations, it's your duty to learn information or to sabotage.
- Location
- USA
There are other parts to this vote
- Location
- United States
[X] A noble. Having high status in the empire gives you particular sway over the lesser folk that inhabit it.
[X] Theodora
[X] Greece
[X] Female
[X] Mediterranean, with bronze skin and black hair. Absolutely beautiful.
[X] An ex-'actor' who has relentlessly risen to the top via her stunning looks, charisma, and stark intellect. On the surface she's seemingly self interested, moving from the latest mark for whatever advantage it brings, but is actually a committed patriot to the Empire. Functions as a 'fixer' for the Emperor whenever internal situations require ... delicacy in their handling. Sultry, charming, and teasing, but once the mask is gone Theodora is ruthless and committed to the cause.
[X] Theodora
[X] Greece
[X] Female
[X] Mediterranean, with bronze skin and black hair. Absolutely beautiful.
[X] An ex-'actor' who has relentlessly risen to the top via her stunning looks, charisma, and stark intellect. On the surface she's seemingly self interested, moving from the latest mark for whatever advantage it brings, but is actually a committed patriot to the Empire. Functions as a 'fixer' for the Emperor whenever internal situations require ... delicacy in their handling. Sultry, charming, and teasing, but once the mask is gone Theodora is ruthless and committed to the cause.
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
[X] A spy. Similar to a diplomat, but clandestine instead of public. Rather than care about public relations, it's your duty to learn information or to sabotage.
[X] Plan Infiltrator
[X] Lavinia Primrose
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Female
[X]
[X] Given that she's very much accustomed to wearing "masks" during her missions, it is difficult to actually describe the actual personality of Lavinia. She's able to emulate most personality traits at a drop of a hat and to convincingly play any role that she needs to use in order to complete her objective. That said, despite the cold and calculating nature she displays on the outside most of the time, she's loyal to the Byzantine Empire and cares for her friends and family. On mission, she values efficiency and secrecy. She's driven and willing to do almost anything for the sake of the empire.
[X] An amulet, that can be used once per day to make Lavinia invisible for up to ten minutes. Mostly used in emergency situations.
Would this be alright as a character, @pyroflare77 ?
[X] Plan Infiltrator
[X] Lavinia Primrose
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Female
[X]
[X] An amulet, that can be used once per day to make Lavinia invisible for up to ten minutes. Mostly used in emergency situations.
Would this be alright as a character, @pyroflare77 ?
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- Location
- Venezuela
[X] A noble. Having high status in the empire gives you particular sway over the lesser folk that inhabit it.
[X] Plan Raven
[X] Virgil Corvinus
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Male
[X] Appearance:
[X] Personality: Virgil is greedy, he does not bother trying to hide that fact. Women, fortunes and liquor, those are the things that drive someone like him to live. He always seeks to obtain more wealth and increase his social position by any necessary means, he deeply hates people who dare to betray him, to the point of personally taking care that such people are punished severely.
[X] A magic raven brought from pagan lands. Through a magical process where the raven eats one of its owner's eye, this person gains the ability to see through the eyes of the creature.
[X] Plan Raven
[X] Virgil Corvinus
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Male
[X] Appearance:
[X] A magic raven brought from pagan lands. Through a magical process where the raven eats one of its owner's eye, this person gains the ability to see through the eyes of the creature.
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- Grand Line
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[X] A noble. Having high status in the empire gives you particular sway over the lesser folk that inhabit it.
[X] Plan Raven
[X] Plan Raven
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- Venezuela
Now that I think about it better, is really a good idea to be a spy? While we have good social and mental skills that can be used to collect information, if someone discovers us, the only thing we can do is run away or hide (and pray)
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- Location
- Fifth Dimension
Being a spy is a waste of our skills.
[X] Plan SS
[X] Diplomat or Merchant
[X] Special Thing is Shapeshifting (people-shifting)
Don't care about the rest ATM.
[X] Plan SS
[X] Diplomat or Merchant
[X] Special Thing is Shapeshifting (people-shifting)
Don't care about the rest ATM.
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- Location
- USA
Just gonna say for Plan Raven having a noticeable scar like that probably isn't very good for a spy
- Location
- Venezuela
You're right, being a spy with our skills and our lack of strength / offensive skills would be a very foolish decision.
Another good reason to not be a spy.
Im going to change some things.
- Location
- Philippines
[X] A diplomat. It's your duty to travel to other empires and improve their relations with Byzantium while also learning of their plans and intentions.
[X] Plan Making Friends
[X] Augustinus Tertullius
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Male
[X] Sociable and Friendly
[X] Beloved by Fortuna - People around you always say that you are lucky and blessed. Well you cannot deny it after all since you were young you met a beautiful lady that just ask you to play a game of chance with her which you agreed. After playing multiple games like coin toss and dice rolls which you won she gave you a beautiful smile and kissed your forehead. Since then you were always favored by fate whenever you go.
[X] Plan Making Friends
[X] Augustinus Tertullius
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Male
[X] Sociable and Friendly
[X] Beloved by Fortuna - People around you always say that you are lucky and blessed. Well you cannot deny it after all since you were young you met a beautiful lady that just ask you to play a game of chance with her which you agreed. After playing multiple games like coin toss and dice rolls which you won she gave you a beautiful smile and kissed your forehead. Since then you were always favored by fate whenever you go.
- Location
- Midwest US
[X] Plan FBI government weapon
[X] An undercover operative. Investigate and infiltrate internal threats to the Empire, gathering intel and evidence to guide the wrath of his superiors.
[X] Adamus Fimbria [his betters refer to him by this name, and though Adamus mentally refers to himself as this he almost never speaks it out loud and goes by other names to suit the situation]
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Male
[X] His trainers purposefully kept him from settling into a "base" appearance, but usually goes by typical Greek physical characteristics to better blend in.
[X] Mercurial mask. A hardcore professional, abducted from his parents at a young age for this service to the Empire. Adamus subconsciously mimics his social surroundings and has trouble recognizing his own thoughts and feelings. In rare moments of awareness, believes he might be thoughtful and doting towards others, along with a sentimental side.
[X] Shapeshifter. Can change appearance within human limits - best done in front of a mirror when creating something new, but can switch to templates with minor adjustments. When he tries to remember how he acquired his power, remember a time before the power, or attempts to shapeshift into a female form, he is filled with intense anxiety.
(Without overtly spelling out the backstory, from the Wikipedia article on the myth that inspired this character, Caeneus: Caenis was a woman who was abducted and raped by the god Poseidon... After raping Caenis, Poseidon was pleased and promised to grant Caenis a wish. Caenis was so distraught that she demanded to be changed into a man, so that she might never be wronged again)
[X] An undercover operative. Investigate and infiltrate internal threats to the Empire, gathering intel and evidence to guide the wrath of his superiors.
[X] Adamus Fimbria [his betters refer to him by this name, and though Adamus mentally refers to himself as this he almost never speaks it out loud and goes by other names to suit the situation]
[X] Byzantine Empire
[X] Male
[X] His trainers purposefully kept him from settling into a "base" appearance, but usually goes by typical Greek physical characteristics to better blend in.
[X] Mercurial mask. A hardcore professional, abducted from his parents at a young age for this service to the Empire. Adamus subconsciously mimics his social surroundings and has trouble recognizing his own thoughts and feelings. In rare moments of awareness, believes he might be thoughtful and doting towards others, along with a sentimental side.
[X] Shapeshifter. Can change appearance within human limits - best done in front of a mirror when creating something new, but can switch to templates with minor adjustments. When he tries to remember how he acquired his power, remember a time before the power, or attempts to shapeshift into a female form, he is filled with intense anxiety.
(Without overtly spelling out the backstory, from the Wikipedia article on the myth that inspired this character, Caeneus: Caenis was a woman who was abducted and raped by the god Poseidon... After raping Caenis, Poseidon was pleased and promised to grant Caenis a wish. Caenis was so distraught that she demanded to be changed into a man, so that she might never be wronged again)
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- Location
- USA
Okay, time to weed out this mess of a vote in a semi-conglomerate nature.
If we just look at the role vote separately...
5 for noble
5 for spy
2 for diplomat
For the character, Virgil has the most votes. There are a few problems I have with him, namely the appearance being some dude from a viking show and the One Unique Thing being a bit underwhelming in my opinion. Buuuuut if I don't take things verbatim here and apply a little grease and liberty, I think I can make him work. A glass eye can do wonders for that empty socket, and I'm sure some more cool crow things can be done than just seeing through the eyes of one specific individual.
Because of the tie between noble and spy... why not both? Virgil sounds like the kind of dude who would take some spy work to alleviate boredom.
Would these tweaks be satisfactory?
If we just look at the role vote separately...
5 for noble
5 for spy
2 for diplomat
For the character, Virgil has the most votes. There are a few problems I have with him, namely the appearance being some dude from a viking show and the One Unique Thing being a bit underwhelming in my opinion. Buuuuut if I don't take things verbatim here and apply a little grease and liberty, I think I can make him work. A glass eye can do wonders for that empty socket, and I'm sure some more cool crow things can be done than just seeing through the eyes of one specific individual.
Because of the tie between noble and spy... why not both? Virgil sounds like the kind of dude who would take some spy work to alleviate boredom.
Would these tweaks be satisfactory?
Si senor
- Location
- PA
IDK about the others but this guy has a clear enough image in my head, sure.
- Location
- Venezuela
If that helps make Virgil more interesting and versatile, I have no problem with tweaks. But...I may be wrong, but I think there are only 4 votes for Spy. I think the mistake is because ThatGuyWithIdeas voted twice.
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
Actually, I went through the tally, and my vote seems to be fine. However, it is possible that the author equivalated the "undercover operative" vote made by Giga as tehnically spy, which would explain the tie.
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Byzantium - I
- Location
- USA
Well, that didn't change the majority or anything. More spy than noble, but you're both anyway, so whatever.
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Cheers from the surrounding crowd filled your ears as you took a long drink from the goblet of wine in your hands. The chariot races at the Hippodrome were always an exciting time... especially if your gambling paid off in the end. You had quite a bit of money riding on the Blues today. You sat far above the common riffraff below, most of them not being able to afford seats, as you gazed down at the racers preparing the chariots.
You didn't pay much mind when someone sat down next to you. That is, until he spoke.
"Having a good time, Virgil?" the man asked, his smooth voice slithering into your ears. Most would be charmed by this man, but you could only associate his voice with disgusting slime anymore. This bastard that was, as far as you were concerned, the only person that held power over you. You didn't even know his name, just what he went by.
Ahenobarbus.
"Oh, don't you worry, I'm not going to be here for long," he said with a slight smile that had smugness painted all over it. He was a handsome fellow with short curled red hair and a goatee held into a curled point with some wax. Give the man some horns and he'd be a spitting image of the Devil himself.
"Just get it over with," you growled. "Your presence is making me ill."
"We have a job for you," he said, getting to business. By "we," he meant the shadowy organization Sanctum Umbrarum. Ahenobarbus was the public face and the mouthpiece for it, and every single time he showed up you regretted ever looking into the rumors in the first place. If you never dove so deep, you'd still have one of your eyes, and you certainly wouldn't have this pest always showing up and bossing you around.
"What troublesome official am I helping to take down this time?" you asked with a heavy sigh.
"How good is your Turkish?"
That meant this wasn't a public dissident at all. Were you actually going to be sent into enemy territory to deal with someone? If he was asking, then he didn't know for sure what languages you knew...
[] Tell him you can speak it (truth).
[] Tell him you can speak it (lie).
[] Tell him you cannot speak it (truth).
[] Tell him you cannot speak it (lie).
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Cheers from the surrounding crowd filled your ears as you took a long drink from the goblet of wine in your hands. The chariot races at the Hippodrome were always an exciting time... especially if your gambling paid off in the end. You had quite a bit of money riding on the Blues today. You sat far above the common riffraff below, most of them not being able to afford seats, as you gazed down at the racers preparing the chariots.
You didn't pay much mind when someone sat down next to you. That is, until he spoke.
"Having a good time, Virgil?" the man asked, his smooth voice slithering into your ears. Most would be charmed by this man, but you could only associate his voice with disgusting slime anymore. This bastard that was, as far as you were concerned, the only person that held power over you. You didn't even know his name, just what he went by.
Ahenobarbus.
"Oh, don't you worry, I'm not going to be here for long," he said with a slight smile that had smugness painted all over it. He was a handsome fellow with short curled red hair and a goatee held into a curled point with some wax. Give the man some horns and he'd be a spitting image of the Devil himself.
"Just get it over with," you growled. "Your presence is making me ill."
"We have a job for you," he said, getting to business. By "we," he meant the shadowy organization Sanctum Umbrarum. Ahenobarbus was the public face and the mouthpiece for it, and every single time he showed up you regretted ever looking into the rumors in the first place. If you never dove so deep, you'd still have one of your eyes, and you certainly wouldn't have this pest always showing up and bossing you around.
"What troublesome official am I helping to take down this time?" you asked with a heavy sigh.
"How good is your Turkish?"
That meant this wasn't a public dissident at all. Were you actually going to be sent into enemy territory to deal with someone? If he was asking, then he didn't know for sure what languages you knew...
[] Tell him you can speak it (truth).
[] Tell him you can speak it (lie).
[] Tell him you cannot speak it (truth).
[] Tell him you cannot speak it (lie).
