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Previously turnt3chGodh34d
I COULD make another character for the equipment specialist.

I’m thinking a Japanese born character, a ninja with lots on different types of weapons on him.
you posted that when i finished making my equipment specialist lol.
however, your idea can still be used. we could replace the geologist with a weapons specialist, as i'm sure Leon would want to be prepared for any situation, and considering they're going to the literal hell, he's hoping their mortal protection could offer some safety, so may as well get the best he can find in weapons.

anyway, here's my next three peeps. i was just gonna make generic people but... i got carried away and made some cool peeps.
Full Name: Sequoyah
Age/Gender: 49/Male
Specialization: Geography Expert
Country of Origin: United States of America
Personality: Tales of old tell of Native Americans who were brave warriors, capable of killing many men, but at the same time, were stoic, calm figures of wisdom. This tradition did not die when the white man took over their lands. Some Native Americans continue to be fierce combatants whilst being insightful helpers, all at the same time. This is true of Sequoyah, a Native American man who was born and raised on a reservation. Cherokee blood runs through his veins, a fact he is most proud of. He is set on the old ways of his people, trained this way by his father, and his father before him. The true-blood Native Americans are a dying breed. Sequoyah is trained in a forgotten martial arts, and excels with primitive weapons, like bows and blunt melee objects, though he does have training with military weapons and equipment. He knows the lands in a supernatural sense, can feel energies, and is one of the best trackers. His résumé is example of that. He doesn't emote well, and talks with purpose, never wasting his breath. He enjoys to tell of many stories about his ancestors, and about the trials he's faced in his life. He also is not one to choose sides, regardless of personal feelings. He bases his actions upon fact and logic, instead of emotion and relationship.
Backstory: Sequoyah's story begins in Oklahoma, living with his mother and father and five brothers and sisters. He and his siblings were raised in the old forgotten ways. Taught how to hunt, and how to be guided by their spirit ancestors. While many may scoff at these old traditions, they are very real to Sequoyah and his family. His first interaction with a person not raised on his principle was when he was sixteen years old. He met a beautiful young woman in the woods dressed the color of the trees, carrying a deadly black bow that spit fire. Sequoyah had stumbled upon a soldier of the US Army, who was on a personal training exercise, having strayed onto the reservation's land. Sequoyah and the soldier started talking to one another, and eventually, became friends. He kept this a secret from his family, as they wouldn't take kindly to outsiders. He began to see the woman frequently, and she offered to show him her world. He accepted, and got to see a whole new world that he never knew existed. The woman taught him new things, like how to eat with utensils, how to drive (though it took him years to master this), and how to properly address a superior officer. Sequoyah became so interested in this new part of his life, that he abandoned his old one for a time. The two eventually fell in love, and together, they had two children. However, tragedy struck several years into their marriage. While on duty overseas, terrorists attacked the outpost Sequoyah's wife was stationed at. She was on a long list of US casualties. He vowed to fight in her honor, taking his young children to live with his family on the reservation, and soon after joined the army. It wasn't long after he was deployed overseas in a relief effort, that he went AWOL, tracking down the terrorists that killed his wife. Eventually, he did find a base of theirs, and murdered all the inhabitants. Not soon after, his platoon arrived. Seeing what he'd done, his superior officer chose to keep his AWOL status a secret, and pushed his own superiors for a front against the terrorists, with Sequoyah at the head of it all. He became somewhat of a legend among the troops that knew him. His tracking skills couldn't be beat as he sniffed out base after base, snuffing out terrorist after terrorist. The end of this part of his life came when the terrorists made a counter attack, bombing Sequoyah and his platoon. Many men died, and Sequoyah lost a leg and both his arms. It was a year after this that he returned home, sporting advanced prosthetics to replace his missing limbs. The worst news was yet to come, as when he returned to his family to get his children, he learned they were dead. His father, out of spite and hate, had forced Sequoyah's children to survive in the wilderness for a week. They were found dead, having starved, and their bodies left to nature. In a fit of rage, Sequoyah killed his father, and his brothers that tried to defend him, including other tribe members that tried to stop him. Bloodied and broken, Sequoyah left his home to never return. He wandered the States for years after, hunting game, tagging and selling it, wasting away his days in barns all of the country, until he was approached by a well-dressed man, offering a chance to work with him on finding hidden treasures. Even to this day, Sequoyah is unsure why he said yes, but he claims the spirits guided him to that answer, and his destiny lies with Leon.
Greatest Sins: Murder
Appearance: Sequoyah is a model Native American, standing at 6'3", weighing a little over 200 lbs. He packs plenty of muscle. Has all his life. His skin is dark, his hair darker, his eyes darkest. His hair is usually pulled back into a ponytail. He has chiseled, powerful features. His choice of clothing is a strange, yet charming, amalgamation of Native American attire meshed with different combinations of military outfits. He almost never wears a smile, unless telling a story.
Full Name: Jia Fen
Age/Gender: 22/Female
Specialization: Historian Expert (among bountiful other things)
Country of Origin: China
Personality: Jia is insanely intelligent, and also very good at reading people, usually able to guess their entire life story based on a glance, even able to guess what they'd say next. Her superior intellect and confident personality make her an imposing, intimidating figure to even the hardest of men. She may not be physically trained, but that doesn't mean she's defenseless. She's quick, witty, and can evaluate situations in milliseconds, able to almost always come to a solution to any problem. She's one of Leon's most valued members for obvious reasons. Just don't fuck with her and she won't reveal to the entire world all of your dirty little secrets.
Backstory: Jia was raised in the slums of China by a sexist father. She was kept inside for a lot of her life, forced to do mundane things around the house, not even allowed to go to school. Her older brother was similarly forced into things he didn't want, such as studying to become a doctor, as that was what their father demanded. Objection meant a beating, and when that didn't work on her brother, he'd beat her instead. She spent almost all of her days pouring into books, absorbing all the information her mind could take, and then some. By age seven, she was fluent in three spoken languages, understood the mechanics of cars, and could count to the 100th digits of pi. By age ten, she was studying quantum physics, and rocket science. Her father refused to see her potential, and eventually, her mother took her and ran, leaving her brother to finish his last year of schooling with their father alone. Jia's mother took her out of China, using money she'd taken from her abusive husband, and fled to the Americas. There, she enrolled Jia at a school, meeting a hard-working mechanic that she began to date. At age 11, Jia was sought out by some of the greatest minds in the United States, and offered a full scholarship at a new prestigious and highly advanced private school, usually reserved for high school graduates. By age 12, she was attending Newton Private Academy alongside adults, most of which she surpassed in intelligence. It didn't take long for Jia to be moved to more and more advanced classes. By the time she graduated at age 15, she was smarter than pretty much all her professors. But through all this time, Jia always had one huge obsession. History. She couldn't get enough of it, delving into story after story, capable of reciting all the events, all the people, all the battles. She was a human prodigy. Her intelligence got her noticed by other people. Lesser people. People that introduced her to the darker side of the world. The dark web, where she met many people that made her uncomfortable. All save for one, who seemed interested in who she was and her interests. She talked to this stranger with the username 'Norahc'sFerry' for about a year, in which she poured her soul out to them. Then, Norahc began to offer things. Books, and encyclopedias, and offers. Offers like assassinating her father back in China. She took it as jokes, and on one day when her mother had a breakdown concerning her history with her abusive husband, Jia took up Norahc on their offer, asking for her father to be assassinated. At the time, she hadn't thought anything of it, just venting her frustrations to the one person who seemed to care about her for who she was, and not what she could do. Everything changed when three days later, Norahc sent a string of images, displaying the bloodied, mutilated corpses of her father in the flat she used to live in. He told her one thing following these images. "You're welcome". Jia blocked Norahc immediately, bringing this immediately to her mother's attention, and then the police. She was warned about the dangers of the dark web, and told not to go there again. She had no plans to. However, she began getting texts and messages from unknown numbers, asking her why she was ignoring them. She knew who it was. The messages began to turn violent, making threats to kill her brother, her mother, and herself. It wasn't until one number sent her an image of her entering her own home that she took action. She logged back onto the dark web, tapping deep into its coding, and forcing herself into Norahc's computer, hacking into it and sending all of his data and information, as well as his location, to the police. She didn't hear anything after that. It would be a couple years that she would meet a man named Leon, who offered her a chance out of the mundane, boring day-to-days of being the smartest woman on Earth, telling her of a chance to uncover history itself. She's been with him ever since, a permanent member of his growing crew.
Greatest Sins: Espionage, Murder (while it was unintentional, Hell doesn't care about gray areas. Only black and white)
Appearance: She's a young, beautiful woman, with pale yellow skin, radiant brown eyes, and thin, straight black hair usually pulled back into an assortment of fancy buns or ponytails. She's short and thin, only 5'2" and weighing 120 lbs, but don't let that fool you. She packs just as much bite as she does bark. Her clothing mostly consists of whites, and when adventuring, she wears thermal suits beneath her clothing, giving her optimal protection and comfort when delving into the depths of caves, or exploring the bottom of the atlantic ocean.
Full Name: Yelchukov Danya Anatolievich
Age/Gender: 40/Male
Specialization: Equipment Specialist
Country of Origin: Russia
Personality: If he doesn't like you, he'll punch your teeth out, and knock you into next week. Why? Because he doesn't tolerate people that don't respect him. If he likes you, he'll take care of you. He's a nice guy, all things considered. Even sometimes brings glasses of assorted drinks for other crew members. Not because he's paid to, but just because he wants to. He likes to be kind to the people that respect him. Getting him to even speak to you is one of the highest honors Danya can bestow, and Leon remains the only member on the crew who has ever heard Danya speak.
Backstory: Yelchukov Danya Anatolievich, or Danya, as his friends call him, is a quiet man. His life is one he doesn't share, nor thinks he should. He keeps to himself, and does his work. He's not in the adventuring business for the money, or the thrill, or the glory. He's here because he has nothing better to do. Not much is known about Danya's early life, aside from the fact that his family were pig farmers that went bankrupt at the collapse of the Soviet Union. He was raised by a rich uncle, before entering a life of crime, eventually becoming an assassin, even working with Leon quite a few times in the early days. That's how he wound up on Leon's adventures. An old friend. Hired muscle. He enjoys being the equipment specialist, his knowledge in survival equipment is more extensive than most, but he wouldn't tell you that.
Greatest Sins: Murder, Espionage, Fraud, Adultery, Rape, Greed, Wrath, Robbery, Piracy, Alcoholism, Treachery, Blasphemy, Human Trafficking, Regicide, Genocide, etc.
Appearance: A wide man, though in muscle rather than fat. He's stocky and well-built, with sad eyes, green in color. His face is made up of a hundred different scars, each with their own stories that he'll never tell. He's bald, with a thick black beard. Danya enjoys wearing whatever the hell is available, though it mostly consists of baggy jeans, baggy shirts, and baggy jackets.
 

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@RisingGarchomps
do you still wanna make the specialist? if not, i can get to work on an opening post and start this roleplay and we can finally start having some fun.
also, everyone, i may have plenty of ideas and a laid-out plot, but feel free to present ideas to me. i'd love to hear them. i may be the 'dm' of this, so to speak, but i'd like everybody to feel involved, so if you want to share anything you'd like to see or you think would be cool, i'm all ears.
 

Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
@RisingGarchomps
do you still wanna make the specialist? if not, i can get to work on an opening post and start this roleplay and we can finally start having some fun.
also, everyone, i may have plenty of ideas and a laid-out plot, but feel free to present ideas to me. i'd love to hear them. i may be the 'dm' of this, so to speak, but i'd like everybody to feel involved, so if you want to share anything you'd like to see or you think would be cool, i'm all ears.
I was actually just writing a post with a form for another character in it. I just noticed you don't have a 'weapons specialist' which I was thinking the character idea I had could fit into instead of 'equipment specialist' though he would have enough types of weapons and stuff to fit into the other category.
 

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I was actually just writing a post with a form for another character in it. I just noticed you don't have a 'weapons specialist' which I was thinking the character idea I had could fit into instead of 'equipment specialist' though he would have enough types of weapons and stuff to fit into the other category.
alright, cool. i won't impede your progress anymore. once you make your character, i can get started on our opening. this roleplay about to get underway, peeps.
 

Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
Full Name: Niko Takahashi
Age/Gender: 33, Male
Specialization: Weapon Specialist, Equipment Specialist
Country of Origin: Japan
Personality: He tries to help all he comes across who he can help in their survival empathising with them, though he is often too active to help everybody. He's often very vengeful towards certain types of people, those who hog everything and those greedy. Though he hates greed, he himself has been a victim to it and will now make kills for people who hire him for higher amounts of money. He tries to keep his feelings to himself. He tries not to talk if its not necessary. Although he's somewhat corrupt and fallen from grace because of this, he's not as bad some people on this regard. The biggest sin he probably has committed is Pride.
Backstory: Niko believes that he is the ancestor of a legendary ninja who lived centuries ago in Japan and faced a Samurai nobleman who wished to defame him after the ninja tried to take the hand of his daughter. The ninja was only able to defeat the Samurai and his army with the help of other ninjas in the area and a Samurai who he convinced to betray the other one. With this the Takahashi family was born. The Samurai who he convinced to betray the nobleman was too a nobleman who gave the ninja great funds, who revealed the Samurai friend was in fact the daughter's real father, the Shogun like nobleman and warlord the ancestor faced being an abusive stepfather. This Samurai quickly died but left all his inheritance for the couple, with the only note in his will being to 'use the newfound wealth to help others'. Niko's ancestors did exactly that as the great wealth diminished over time, it saw the family trying to help Japan and fund the organisations who ran it and the ninjas who watched over this ancient land. In the present day, Niko's father, who recently perished, was the CEO of the Takahashi Fund, a large business who watched over Japan. They had links to the USA and together, throughout the 1900s, they looked upon the Soviet Union, China, Vietnam and Cambodia and reported communist tendencies during the Cold War. They became a great ally to the USA although they were Japanese nationalists. They often deployed ninjas using high technology at the time which were used as spies and then warriors when there were attacks. The Fund completely collapsed due to financial difficulties and a scandal Niko's father was involved in whereby it was directly linked to an offshore account coincidently involved in a child abuse ring. Niko's father had to disband the company officially due to the massive debt being acquired: he wasn't a good businessman. The remnants of it became an underground movement who managed to secure new investment when Niko inherited the last of his father's money. Niko became a ninja like his father. However, by this time, the era of ninjas was gone. They no longer roamed the cities in Japan or the wealthy countryside as vigilantes. The funding for them had gone, accept for Niko. Niko acquired a large arsenal of weapons and equipment and was given reassurance by Americans and Japanese nobility who themselves had links to their Samurai noblemen ancestors who reassured Niko that they would stop the corruption and the spreading of evil into these two countries. Some tried to puppeteer him but most were genuine good men. Niko as a mercenary has hoarded much money and food but only to stop it from getting into the hands of Italian, American, British and Japanese born Mafias. He has embraced his past and imbued his weapons with the ancient Japanese elements. At the same time, he has embraced the technology of the Takahashi Fund needed for a Ninja to survive modern day. He trains himself in martial arts and ninjutsu with rigorous training. This 'rigorous training' has turned out to be not so rigorous recently, as he has allowed himself to slip through some strict measures imposed on himself, which wouldn't have been allowed for a ninja of his family hundreds of years ago. This has created some problems.
Greatest Sins: Pride in his family despite a shaky past (This is probably the biggest one compared to the others), Greed (not for himself), Gluttony (Not for himself), (Some) Lust, Murder of influential gang leaders, drug trafficking, sloth.
Appearance: He has black spikey hair, dark skin with tattoos on and bright brown eyes, but he stays hidden within a large black ninja suit, which is equipped with all kinds of swords, katanas, Blowguns, Shuriken, pieces of machinery which amplify the power of his weapons and a cloak of invisibility wrapped around his ninja suit.
 

Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
Sorry for posting twice, but I noticed that one of the many treasures our party have found is the Philosopher's Stone. From what I have read it is said to contain the 'rejuvenation for achieving immortality'. Does that mean the party is theoretically immortal now? What are we doing about other treasures we've found which have similar powerful effects?

Also, where is Richard Avery sitting?
 
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Sorry for posting twice, but I noticed that one of the many treasures our party have found is the Philosopher's Stone. From what I have read it is said to contain the 'rejuvenation for achieving immortality'. Does that mean the party is theoretically immortal now? What are we doing about other treasures we've found which have similar powerful effects?

Also, where is Richard Avery sitting?
the crew doesn't carry around their artifacts. and as useful as the stone would be on a mission to hell, the likelihood of it being lost or destroyed is a high probability. they don't bring discovered artifacts with them. for their discoveries, they discover, explore, make sure other people can follow their footsteps, and let certain people know their discovery. noah's ark now sits in protected land. the ark of the covenant sits in a museum. the philosopher's stone resides with the french intelligence agency. atlantis is being explored by deep divers from all over the world in now protected waters.
the philosopher's stone would need to be actively used in a particular ritual that involves shaving the stone and ingesting its dust into your body in some form or fashion. they don't have the stone with them, and they don't have its properties.

however, they will gain temporary immortality. the garden of eden provides it with their fruit. while adam and eve were cast from the garden for eating from the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, they didn't lose their god-given immortality until they were removed from the garden. the moment they actually enter eden, all wounds will be healed. all scars will fade. age will turn to youth, and sickness will be removed. this immortality will be gone the moment they leave eden.

as for richard- you can choose where he is, or if he enters from the bathroom or some shit. i don't dictate placement of characters, i was just helping a little on getting a sense of the room.
 

Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
I’m in some other rps with him and he hasn’t responded or completely forgotten that he’s in the rp. If I recall correctly, in one, he remembered weeks later and announced with pure shock.
 

Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
With that being said, you can probably move Richard Avery into 'Adventure Specialist 3' category on the original post. I can make more characters if you need more slots filled. I had actually had more ideas for potential characters.
 

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With that being said, you can probably move Richard Avery into 'Adventure Specialist 3' category on the original post. I can make more characters if you need more slots filled. I had actually had more ideas for potential characters.

tbh, the loss isn't significant. you're free to make an additional person if you really want to, but it isn't necessary.
 

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alright, to keep progress good, i know my last post was a little lackluster on content delivery to work off of, and i know the current task at hand doesn't involve everybody, so i've decided to cast a little vote here, and ask if you guys think we should continue with the current portion of the story, and go through the underwater scouting, or skip right past it and explain what happened with some exposition to get closer to actually getting on the way to Eden.
 

Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
I'm not quite sure what the answer to the puzzle of the salty water is supposed to be if it's not, get a gigantic anchor and weigh it down on somebody or drain the entire sea?! The only other solution I can think of is some sort of weird evaporation experiment but the sea's too big for that, unless somebody has a big solar panel or heat beam that can be blasted onto the surface of the water?!
 

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I'm not quite sure what the answer to the puzzle of the salty water is supposed to be if it's not, get a gigantic anchor and weigh it down on somebody or drain the entire sea?! The only other solution I can think of is some sort of weird evaporation experiment but the sea's too big for that, unless somebody has a big solar panel or heat beam that can be blasted onto the surface of the water?!
the answer doesn't rely on getting rid of the water. it's actually pretty simple.
see, what i had to reveal about this underwater cave that was discovered in the Dead Sea, was that it was a little crawl-space in the deep of the sea, most of the entrance blocked by a build-up of salt. a problem easily solved by a few explosives to open the path.
as for getting everybody through, Leon has resources, and as he believed he'd need some type of sub, he has one being air-dropped in.
one large enough for everyone to fit in, and one with enough power to stay submerged in the salty water. this part here isn't exactly too much of a puzzle, as rather it's a simple obstacle.
 
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Helios.

Previously RisingGarchomps
Wouldn't explosives be highly dangerous in a small enclosed space where the cavern could collapse at any moment?
 

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Alright you lot. I never got a definitive answer from any of ya'll.
Would it be desirable among you all to skip ahead with this next part, like I did with arriving at the Dead Sea?
Also, sorry for my lack of activity, I just started doing a new shift at work.
 

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The people have spoken.
I'll try to avoid more situations like these later. Maximum engagement between all members is my top priority, after all.
And again, feel free to toss ideas my way. I'd love to hear what ya'll got.
 
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