Okay, so the setting is a this world I made up. The main countries are Cheerelo, which is a desert country made up of mostly nomads with one main city, Akrifu (which is in my opinoin the worst name I have ever thought of, so if anyone wants to change it, that's fine) and it is dry tropical(like the African plains) and has a few cities. The plains and the jungle are filled with tribes. Hilmore is the most civilized, and the most religous as well, rule by an insane tyrantess. Puet Man is a penisula and pretty hispanic, full of gypsies. Then there is my favorite, Dungar, which is a far North island, with mostly Faerie population, although the King of Hilmore has "conquered" it, burt only because it's inhabitants doen't see the harm in having a stupid Count sit around in a castle, especially if he can't find any cities. At any efforts to colonize the island, there is suddenly a hoard of crazy people chasing them away. So that's about it. If I wasn't clear enough or descriptive enough, anyone is free to ask.

The plot is that the afore metioned Tyrantess has just taken power, and is trying to take over the world, and only a small rebellion is willing to stop her.

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Map of the World:

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~Courtesy of spearofhope

The Religion of Hilmoreds is much like Catholisism in it's Practice. However, their origins are bvery different. According to thier Beliefs and The Book of Heroes (their sacred text), the truth is this... "several thousand Years ago God created the world in a fit of pure luck. HE created all things, including us, Man. All man praised him, and in his excellence he created a being of Power second only to God's own. He made the Being in his own image, and set it out to do good. However, liek God, the being was Pridefull, and claimed the Earth as it's own. God was outraged, and Banished Him from the earth. However, the Being was too stubborn to accept defeat, and instead became a twisted, rotten being. To us he is known now by many names: Lucifer, Satan, the devil, and many others. Knowing he had no chance against God in direct conflict, Satan turned to Trickery, Luring the False Minded to sinfull temptation, and thus to his domain, hell. There he twisted them and turned them evil, creating from them beasts of terrible proportions, like Demons or Goblins. He would then lead them to the surface and wreak havoc. eventually he set himself up in enough power to Conjur incredibly power, enough to defeat His holyness himself. He set up the Altar of Destruction, who's power had no bounds. At this darkest of days, God created once more another Man, this time taking only his own best Virtues and those that he'd seen created in man. He sent the world down to earth as a Devine being, and he became known as Xox, or The first Crusader. Xox gathered a team of 7 acolytes, one of each of the Virtues that was held dear in the minds of those who were good. They were Chasity, Humility, Charity, Patience, Temperance, Diligence, and Kindness. The group fought The Demon's versions of the Virtues, but instead the Vices Lust, Pride, Greed, Wrath, Gluttony, Sloth and Envy. And so, the tables were set for a battle of incredible might. And so it was, that Xox's Knights led the charge on the Altar of Destruction. The Sins and Virtues combatted for what seemed like years until they all slew each other at the same moment. The Sins were cursed to hell, not realizing their folly until too late. and the sins rose to heaven, and became the Saints. And so, Xox and Lucife met in single Combat, fighting in a mighty Battle that th world had never seen a battle like it, and never again will. At the End, xox sacrificed himself to strip Satan of his power, leaving only the ability to tempt and to trick. Xox ascended to heaven, and the battleground became what is now called 'The Holy Land'. With Xox's death, the Altar Shattered and what was left of the Crusaders set up the city of Dirge, and in it The Temple of Xox. Inside the Temple was set the Holy Sceptre, the only remaining fragment of the Altar. The Crusaders, now few in number, created an Earth-Spanning Organization called 'The Templar Knights' that ruled the Holy land and kept peace throughout the empire. but over time, glory and diligence fall Lax, and Satan's Hordes took the Holy land, forcing out the Crusaders. After Emporor, and King, then council and then Queen, The world slowly forgot about the raging war outise, and when the Templars were finnaly driven all the way to Hilmore, one amongst them Took the throne, and re-prioratized the people. In the year 1192 AX, Bishop Innocent the 3rd (Bishop being the highest Priest in the Order, and also the headmaster of the Templars) ordered the Second Crusade, and King Justinian of Hilmore Gladly agreed. He left his teenaged daughter, Jasmine on the throne and led the Templars on the holy land in a desperate charge. He Took with him all the information on the land, and now, 27 years later, he is yet to return. Jasmine instead opted for a more conscensios Approach: encroach slowly on all the lands around them, and swallow the world whole, leaving no place for Dirge to hide. The now-Bishop urban the Second is behind her all the way, recognising Her as the Empress of the only civilized nation in the world. And yet, even with all this passing, They still worship the Saints, Xox, and of course God, and not a single town is without a church and priest, and not a single city is without a Cathedral."

~Courtesy of spearofhope

The History and Downfall of the Elves:

A long, long long time ago Hilmore was not a huge capital, but was occupied by The Aylied, later known as the Heartland High Elves. When men began to move into their territory, they were pushed further and further out of it. About 250 years ago there was a paranoid King Named Tiber Septim who was sure that the Elves were going to try and reclaim their land. So he gathered his army, and exterminated the elves. Only a few survived, and those who did spent their lives hiding what they were. Aliesh's grandfather was an elf. The only one left, at least that her family knew of. So she has elven blood in her, though her family has always hid that fact from everyone else. So she posses certain traits... she is pretty immune to poison, and illnesses, she can communicate well with animals (not like, talk to them exactly, she just understands them, and they trust her) and she can be very agile at times. She is after all, mostly human.

The Usurping of the Knights:

When the Empress took over she totally destroyed the rank of knight. She set up her own entirely different system of authority and rank, leaving all the kings knights, especially those who were to old to become soldiers hanging out to dry. She established her own set of Advisers and placed her Generals in top command.

The Elementals: They're beings that posses a considerable amount of power. They're very wise, and can control the elements. They're also very rare. Usually they're unaware of their power until they're older. Most discover it when they're young adults on a quest. They end up being like gods and kings and parents at the same time.

The Guild of Guardians:

The Guild of Guardians is a secret orginazation who's Elders live in Underground Dungar. It has been around for centuries. The only people who have ever known about the guardians, are the guardians themselves and the Elementals they serve. A person can't just become a guardian. The guardian's are chosen by the Elders of the Guild. To become a guardian you must take an oath. That if you are ever to come across an Elemental, you must stay with them, through their quest, and protect them... With your life, if necessary.

Characters:

Karran Mundi: Male: Leader of the Rebellion, and a Guardian.

Phineas Langston: Male: General of the Empress's army.

Phoenix Rowan: Female: Just joined the rebellion, and is just discovering she is an Elemental.

Aliesh Shakren: Female: Her parent's founded the rebellion. She is the last of the elven race, though not full elf.

Farrell Monre: Rebel for quite some time now. Has many siblings.

Reaves (Also referred to as R'Tas Vadumee): Male: Was a slave, and is now a rebel. Karran's right hand man. Also an accomplished Assassin.

The Empress (Jasmine): Female: She is pretty much a power hungry Tyrant. Is obsessed with Phineas.

Skiv: Male. A young soldier just drafted in the imperial army, who was just made Herald. His parents are farmers who support the rebellion, his father used to be a knight.

Eorid: Female: A young Chambermaid who serves General Langston. She is the daughter of a blacksmith, and also Skiv's best and only friend.

Achius: Male: Blacksmith. Eorid's father, and good friend to the General Phineas Langston.

Canon Stryfe: Male: He just got promoted, after serving for years, to 1st lieutenant. He has served along side or beneath Phineas always, except for this last battle in which he served under Hugh.

Hugh: Male: the other General in her majesty's service. A noble and skilled, strategic General. Has served for 23 years.

Gerald: Male: Serves as Major under Hugh. A good leader, and skilled fighter.

((Characters that are mentioned more than used/ minor Characters))

Regnier: Male: General of the Encynian Forces, a mysterious figure with a great deal of Rumors surrounding him. Assumed to be more than Human.

King Justinian: Male: Went of on a crusade years ago, and left his daughter in charge. He hasn't been heard from since.

Jacob Shakren: Male: Aliesh's older brother. Karran's best friend. The Empress had him executed for openly and publicly speaking out against the Empire.

Marcus: Male: Served the Empire. Is now dead. Killed by Reaves.

The Bishop: Male: Um, pompous. Very full of himself.

Prince Hadron: Is a prince of Cheerelo. He is in charge of defense and is a leader in their army.

Gill: Soldier. Is fine with the Empire. Very self absorbed.

Riley: Soldier. Doesn't agree with the Empire

Sergeant Rupert: Male: Serves under Hugh. Is half brother to Gerald.

Ellen: Female: An archer who serves under Hugh and Gerald.

Captain Kurt: Male: Serves under Phineas

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Names for cities/nations (pronunciations in Parenthesis)

Trakvir (Traakfeer

Cierre (Serrie)

Diopyns (Dyopins)

Euremasia (Uramatia)

Machiv (Makif)

Well, just some names... I don't know...

The Character info should be in this sort of format:

Name:

Physical description:

Behavior:

Background:

or something like that :))

Name: Karran Mundi

Gender: Male

Behavior: Slightly dark and serious. But not mean. Just reserved.

Background: One of the first and founding members of the rebellion. Nobody knows much about his past. Grew up on the streets of Hilmore

Age: 24

Appearence: Dark Brown/Black, long-ish/emo-ish hair and dark blue eyes.... Kinda picture Jared Leto.

(Is that okay?)

Gender: Male

Behavior: Reserved, sad, and lonely.

Background: He's the General of the Imperial Army and Second Admiral to the Imperial fleet. he's been in the capital for years. however, he was once the son of a shepherd on a distant island, which was destroyed.

age: 27

appearance: Tall, with black longish hair and either wears the armor or the imperial purple and Black robes.

Name:Phoenix Rowan

Physical description:Abnormally tall, red hair and green eyes

Behavior:Not good with words, and quick to laugh, as well as anger. she is one of the Elementals(faerie gods/rulers), but she doesn't know it yet

Background: From Dungar. She's the daughter of a blacksmith and a jewler. She has one brother, who is eleven, and she is 16. She has never been to other countries, until she was dragged out by her coming of age quest(which all fearies have), which got her involved in the rebelion

Empress it is :)

Name:Farrell Monre

Physical description: average size, mix of dark redish brown and golden blonde hair kind of skater style

Behavior:loves to joke, romantic

Background: a mercenary from Cheerelo, but his loyalties lie mainly with his home city. Not much is known, except that he has alot of siblings)

Phin stood looking out over the rolling fields of the Imperial Reserve, the beutiful Wheat splashing back and forth like a river. Phin sighed and leaned against the tree he stood by, wondering if the home he'd ever had, or the home he someday wished to gain, would ever be something like this.

Age: 17

Gender: Female

History: Just officially joined the rebellion. The Empress had her older brother, who was one of the people trying to start the rebellion, executed a few years ago.

Appearance: Light brown/blond hair. Green eyes. Short and small, or in other words, lol, petite.

Personality: Happy, clumsy, outgoing, though a little unsure of her abilities at times and in certain situations.

Phin looked up as a brushing wind passed his face. he uncasped his chain and his cloak fell, and he sat on it slowly. he looked around, and sighed, leaning on the tree stump.

Aliesh tripped slightly, and looked behind her as she ran, praying that no guards were following.

Phineas looked around, and sighed. He put down his sword and his sheild, and his helmet. he frowned, looking around, realizing now he sat wearing royal robes, completely disarmed in an uninhabited valley. he honestly didn't care.

Phoenix moved around slowly. The buildings out in the open, the regular monotone population... everything about this place seemed to want to remind her that she was far from home

Karran sat in a dark corner of a bar that was in the poor and run down part of the city, mostly out of the way of all followers of the Empress. Unless, of course, they were on raids, trying to find enemy's of "her Majesty". He took a drink, and brushed his dark hair out of his eyes.

Aliesh wasn't stupid. She had just stolen important information for the Empress's Royal guard... and she was standing there holding the evidence. She didn't care how "Nice" this guy sounded, as soon as he found out what she had done, he'd arrest her, and in a matter of weeks, she'd be with her brother. She gulped, feeling rooted to the spot, unsure of what to do.

She immideatly noticed that her accented Hilmorean and low bar standerds marked her as a stranger, as everyone turned to stare at her

Karran flicked his hair out of his line of vision once again, and looked up at the person who stuck out like a sore thumb. She was tall, with bright red hair.

(okay)

Karran just watched the girl. She seemed to be new around here. There was no hiding the fact as he heard her accent. He wondered if she was meeting someone.

(Sorry I dissapeared like that, I had to go eat.)

(gonna steal a wierd line from a hillarious show...)

"Because trust..." he said, putting the tea before her, "Is a two way street."

"And you trust me?" she asked, cocking her head slightly to the side.

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