[DarkJester]

Crimson Tides of Aragoss

Throughout the Ages the world of Esteria has known War, Famine, Disease, Hope, Peace, and Prosperity. These things permeate the lands in an uncontrollable mixture, some lasting centuries while others lasting only months. The only measurable certainty of an Age is that in time it will change. This story begins in a time when Hope, Peace, and Prosperity are failing; a time when hate and violence have been allowed to overwhelm the lands. A time when War is just over the horizon.

For an entire Age, the lands knew peace. In this time the Kingdoms of Man grew, expanded, and prospered. Relations with the Elder Races, the Elves and Dwarves, were maintained with joy and friendship. The only violence was what could be considered of a petty, hardly worthy nature. The Human Expansion saw the race grow at a phenomenal rate, their cities and technology often rivaling that of the Elves for beauty and the Dwarves for complexity. But with greatness comes a certain ambition to be better. With great power, comes great responsibility. Unfortunately for the world, not all great men would heed this responsibility.

Expansion became unnecessary, but the chance at power was too hard to resist for some. It started with small things, border disputes amongst Human Kings and tension with the Elder races, who grew wary at the greedy nature of Humans. Reclusive but wise by nature, both the Elves and the Dwarves did not involve themselves in Human affairs. If the Humans wanted to fight each other, it was not their concern. But this was unacceptable for some Kings of Men. They believed as allies, Elves and Dwarves had a responsibility to offer aide. Tensions flared higher, until the greed of Humanity finally reached a breaking point. Envious of Elven lands and magic relics, King Darromar of the Kingdom of Dorad began a brutal military campaign against Elven settlements. The might of Dorad was immense, and the Elves were constantly pushed back deeper and deeper into their lands. All that halted the Human advance was a small alliance of Dwarven clans who knew they would be the next target, if the Humans were not halted. Coming to the aide of the the Elves, the Humans were held at bay for a decade.

War continued throughout the lands for a time, until slowly and almost imperceptibly it began to fade out. Borders had changed, alliances had been made and broken. The blood of the Elders had been spilled, but even it too stopped. It was not Peace, but in the ruins of the world it was a calmness that provided time to rebuild.

For two hundred years what could be called peace settled over the lands once again. The tensions never left, however. Dwarves became even more reclusive, hiding away in their Mountain Holds. Elves would never wholly trust humans again. In the hearts of those Elves who had been hit the hardest in the War of Elder Blood, the Snow Elves of the Northern Mountains, hatred of Humans was an emotion that burned deep. Though not all Snow Elves took their hatred to the extreme, Elitist bands specializing in the hunting of Humans are present in the North.

Quick Intro

Hello everyone. I recently decided that I'd like to bring in a second group for my current Pathfinder Campaign, a group that would be starting in a much different location then the first group but would eventually meet up down the road. The idea here is to have multiple plot events that effect the story happening at the same time, and eventually fitting together like puzzle pieces.

Crunchy Bits

• 20 Point Buy.
• Starting Level 2.
• Standard Wealth-by-level.
• Racial Attribute adjustments are applied after spending your points.
• Allowed Races: Human, Elf, Dwarf. One Half-Orc has already been excepted, and that's the limit on that. Halflings don't exist in this world. Gnomes do, but you'll have to sell me on it.
• No Monstrous Races.
• HP is Max + CON modifier for your first two levels.
• Fast XP track until level 5.
• Allowed Classes: Anything available on the SRD, as long as it fits with the setting.
• No 3.5/Third Party material.
• I don't usually restrict alignments, but the premise of this game is heavily "good guys versus bad guys". That being said, there are a lot of morally grey situations.

Things to Know

This is going to be a High role-play, heavy combat game. I'm not looking for characters that are built simply to be super powerful, unstoppable machines or characters tweaked to give you the best advantage mechanics-wise possible. Well rounded characters are going to serve you best. I am looking for people interested in telling a story, and using their RP skills to compliment their combat scenes. There is a good deal of Lore and World Information in the game forum. It's not meant to be intimidating, and it's definitely not required of you to read it all. It'll help, though.

That being said, when writing an application I am only looking for the basics. Character Name, Race, Class, Description, and Background. As well, a writing sample. I would like this writing sample to be something along the lines of the characters life in the world so far. It can be as long or as short as you'd like. Obviously, the more detail, the more likely I am to be intrigued by your character. Try to stay within the scope of your characters abilities, though.

The current group is made up of 4 players (+1 NPC'd PC and 1 missing player). Currently one person is already accepted for group 2, which means I'm only looking for another 3 players. 4 is slim, but I suppose not completely out. It depends heavily on the quality of the apps I get.

Last but not least

• Applications go here.
• Character creation questions can be asked in the ad, or here.
• Setting information is found in the relevant game forum section

I think that's it!