This is the OOC Thread for the Chronicles of Elidel, a Cyberpunk-Fantasy text roleplay.
Roleplay Genre: Cyberpunk-Fantasy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Slice-of-Life
Roleplay GM: Whiskii
Setting:
Elidel, a walled megacity on the fictional planet of Akyros, a once Earth-like planet ravaged by both arcane and chemical pollution.
The city of Elidel has hundreds of levels, ascending high into Akyros's murky skies and extending deep into the depths of the planet's crust. With a landscape encompassing a messy amalgamation of various Human and Non-Human architectural styles built over millennia, the city is an almost-nauseating sight to behold.
Elidel sustains their population on a combination of galactic food imports and magically-shielded agriculture facilities outside the city's walls.
Only the city's elite live in luxury above the clouds, while the rest of society can only dream of such a life. The deeper you go into the city's bowels, the worse life becomes.
Recreational drugs and cybernetics are commonplace among the ordinary populace. But in a city so massive, it is impossible to record every single new drug or cybernetic enhancement on the street (and it's not like the ruling elite care very much).
Magic is both an uncontrollable force of nature, and a daily necessity. Magic is worked into much of the city's bloated infrastructure, with the most obvious example being Elidel's monstrous city-wide train system — reliant on massive teleportation portals powered by the screams of a thousand dying wind sprites to get trains through the city.
Basic Story Lore:
Elidel is not short on conflict. Whether it's petty street fights to full inter-species turf wars, death is often a part of life.
But this city is also full of stories. Where do your characters stand in this world? Will they choose to fight for a better life, or try to escape the confines of their wretched existence in more ways than one?
Or maybe they will try to escape the city altogether by taking a risk in the wasteland beyond the city's walls. Rumours are being whispered, about there being other smaller cities in the magic-torn wastes, far from the crushing realities of life in Elidel and rife with opportunity. But those who made a run for it never returned to tell the tale.
After all, why would they?
The plot is intended to be slice-of-life, and if the players choose, adventure-filled. It's open-ended and the setting has a lot of potential for many mundane adventures.
A note on Genre:
The Cyberpunk genre is defined by StudioBinder to usually contain:
There is an emphasis on this descriptive idea of "high tech, low life", advanced technology contrasted with the cruel reality of life in a turbulent dystopian future. Drugs, cybernetic enhancements and virtual realities abound, but it's all escapism from the pains of a harsh life.
But we have the addition of Fantasy elements to our story -- magic and fantasy races, which spices up our typical Cyberpunk setting. Fusing both of these genres has led to some interesting media in the past (like this roleplay's direct inspiration, a tabletop RPG called Shadowrun).
Male/Female?
Race:
Age:
Physical Description (include descriptions about any cybernetics):
Personality:
Backstory:
Other Information:
Once you have a character (or two), DM me for approval.
All characters will be kept in a Character Index thread, and the player will be added to the story rotation.
Please read all the rules below, and feel free to ask below if you have questions.
Roleplay Genre: Cyberpunk-Fantasy, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Slice-of-Life
Roleplay GM: Whiskii
Setting:
Elidel, a walled megacity on the fictional planet of Akyros, a once Earth-like planet ravaged by both arcane and chemical pollution.
The city of Elidel has hundreds of levels, ascending high into Akyros's murky skies and extending deep into the depths of the planet's crust. With a landscape encompassing a messy amalgamation of various Human and Non-Human architectural styles built over millennia, the city is an almost-nauseating sight to behold.
Elidel sustains their population on a combination of galactic food imports and magically-shielded agriculture facilities outside the city's walls.
Only the city's elite live in luxury above the clouds, while the rest of society can only dream of such a life. The deeper you go into the city's bowels, the worse life becomes.
Recreational drugs and cybernetics are commonplace among the ordinary populace. But in a city so massive, it is impossible to record every single new drug or cybernetic enhancement on the street (and it's not like the ruling elite care very much).
Magic is both an uncontrollable force of nature, and a daily necessity. Magic is worked into much of the city's bloated infrastructure, with the most obvious example being Elidel's monstrous city-wide train system — reliant on massive teleportation portals powered by the screams of a thousand dying wind sprites to get trains through the city.
Basic Story Lore:
Elidel is not short on conflict. Whether it's petty street fights to full inter-species turf wars, death is often a part of life.
But this city is also full of stories. Where do your characters stand in this world? Will they choose to fight for a better life, or try to escape the confines of their wretched existence in more ways than one?
Or maybe they will try to escape the city altogether by taking a risk in the wasteland beyond the city's walls. Rumours are being whispered, about there being other smaller cities in the magic-torn wastes, far from the crushing realities of life in Elidel and rife with opportunity. But those who made a run for it never returned to tell the tale.
After all, why would they?
The plot is intended to be slice-of-life, and if the players choose, adventure-filled. It's open-ended and the setting has a lot of potential for many mundane adventures.
A note on Genre:
The Cyberpunk genre is defined by StudioBinder to usually contain:
- A dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
There is an emphasis on this descriptive idea of "high tech, low life", advanced technology contrasted with the cruel reality of life in a turbulent dystopian future. Drugs, cybernetic enhancements and virtual realities abound, but it's all escapism from the pains of a harsh life.
But we have the addition of Fantasy elements to our story -- magic and fantasy races, which spices up our typical Cyberpunk setting. Fusing both of these genres has led to some interesting media in the past (like this roleplay's direct inspiration, a tabletop RPG called Shadowrun).
Character Sheet
Name: Male/Female?
Race:
Age:
Physical Description (include descriptions about any cybernetics):
Personality:
Backstory:
Other Information:
Once you have a character (or two), DM me for approval.
All characters will be kept in a Character Index thread, and the player will be added to the story rotation.
Please read all the rules below, and feel free to ask below if you have questions.
Important Threads!
Lore Thread:
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