Requiem ACT VII:
Vitaveus | Year 1350 | Chapter II: The First Province, Iron Town
Applicant Rules
Hail and well met, traveler. Upon this page, you will learn how to apply for a character within Requiem. Please read the instructions and stipulations carefully. If you have questions or concerns, please use our forums or Discord server to speak to a current player or a staff member.
Before you begin, we have a few rules for any player interested in applying to Requiem. They are as follows:
1) We require all players of Requiem to be 18 years of age or older. There are no exceptions to this rule.
2) All prospective players are required to read and understand the shard rules, which can be found here. You must read, understand, and choose to accept these rules before applying for an account.
3) Applicants require a working comprehension and ability to use the English language. We will do our best to help players who are not masters of the English language, but if you are not able to read or write with at least a decent level of English comprehension, we cannot subject other players to trying to overcome a language barrier.
4) All prospective players are required to have a working understanding of the shard’s lore and storyline. Players who submit applications that include elements that clearly have no place in Requiem (for example, telling how your character slays dragons on the weekends) will have their applications denied.
5) Players who are known to be detrimental to the overall well-being of role-playing communities will not have their applications considered favorably, if at all.
Please read the instructions and stipulations carefully. If you have questions or concerns, please use our forums or Discord server to speak to a current player or a staff member.
Character Application Rules
There are a few rules associated with the application of a new character. They are as follows:
1) Applying for characters from previous Acts must account for how they have survived within Eden from the time of their last playdate up until the current storyline. Players are allowed and encouraged to apply for previous characters from any prior Act, so long as they weren’t subjected to a perma-death during those times.
2) Characters must be of age 18 or older. There are no exceptions to this rule.
3) Characters must originate from Vitaveus or another pre-approved location as dictated by the staff. In addition, all characters are to be considered current or excommunicated Republic citizens.
4) It is allowable to incorporate elements of the shard’s plot or Factions when creating your character’s backstory, if they are practical. For instance, it is permissible to state that your character is a former member of a Faction or was present for a notable event in the shard’s storyline. It is not permissible to state that your character is the secret leader of a Faction or make any other fantastical statement. Please note, the staff and plot elements for Act VII may or may not recognize your character’s history or importance in-game.
5) Characters must be created with realistic and plausible abilities; to state that your character has some sort of super-power or preternatural ability that cannot be portrayed using game mechanics will be looked upon unfavorably.
6) While we allow for players to apply and play characters related to one another (brothers, sisters, cousins) and share surnames, we would prefer that if you intend on collaborating with other players in order to make characters to play and live together, you come up with original and interesting applications and concepts as opposed to lumping everyone into the same surname. We have found that these situations often lead to large swaths of players being held responsible for the in-game actions of a single person within their “House” or “Family”, and often lead to negative sentiments; be creative.
7) Please keep in mind lore elements that might affect your Character in-game. For example, the study and practice of arcane arts are considered blasphemous and illegal and may very well result in the incarceration and death of your character.
8) Players are not allowed to apply for characters that have knowledge of a character they recently played. This includes children, apprentices, siblings, etc. Children of previous characters may be played if they are over 18 years old (per our server rules).
RETURN OF MAJOR REPUBLIC FACTIONS:
It’s allowed to apply with a Faction background, but it is better used to enhance the character’s story and history.
Choose your origin Story.
Align with one of the major Republic factions: The Church, Templars, Apothecary Corp, Legion, Forlorn Hope, Foundry, Consortium or VIC. Your application and quarantine visa will be judged by the Officiant at the Rumbling Pass, who will decide whether you are granted passage into the First Province.
Faction alignment, player choices, and moral standing may now deeply affect your path forward with other characters, both Staff or Players. Loyalty to Naum and his divine cause? Republic allegiance? Forlorn Hope sympathizer? Or something more self-serving? Your reputation precedes you—and will shape every door opened or closed.
Expect some level of resistance from some groups or factions as well as danger presented by the World and Game Masters.
Major and Minor Quests may, at times, contain some subject matter that is not fit for all characters. Magic, for instance, may still be openly denied or considered unfavorable by some characters within the world. Staff will do their best to accommodate story lines for all manner of player characters. It is not a slight to you that a presented event might not fit your character. Another aspect of the same Story line may be presented to your character that is not presented to others. Staff will do their best to balance these stories for all to enjoy or partake.
Reputation will have a smaller role in this next Chapter. Housing will no longer be locked behind an invisible wall. Characters may still earn reputation through RP and cohesion with Republic Factions. Characters may also earn a bad reputation in the same way. Some areas of the map may be limited to those with higher reputation for the controlling Faction of that area.
Characters may also choose to be unaffiliated with any Republic Factions at the start and choose a direction once inside the game world.
Characters can still Apply for major factions: Forlorn Hope, The Consortium, and other minor factions (Neopagan, Ignimortium, anything!). However, it is recommended to do the following:
A) Apply for a private application, which we are opening up to all for those who just prefer submitting their application privately to avoid any possible META. (You can PM your app to staff, and we will post it in our private app thread.) ; or
B) Apply publicly, but do not mention your history or affiliation with these factions; or
C) Apply with your cover-up faction that your player works for or utilizes as their alibi, and let Staff know privately your true affiliation.
Character Application:
Primer Material
It is required that, at the very least, you familiarize yourself with the Story Primer and Requiem Quick Notes Lore. These primers briefly summarize the events of the plot from 2005 until present, and set the stage for the current Requiem storyline in a brief, in-character perspective that should give you a very rudimentary version of what has been going on with the storyline. It is recommended that you read as much of the material located on the website as you possibly can, as the staff of Requiem is very hands-on in their approach to portraying and playing NPC elements within the game world. Thus, you may encounter scenarios where your ignorance of a particular topic (IE, disobeying a key faction in-game, the use of magic as witnessed by certain elements, etc.) may lead to your character ending up in unforeseen circumstances, or even death.
To help out newer players who may not be too familiar with the ins and outs of Requiem’s plot and story, we have written a few primer scenarios that may assist you in coming up with a reason why your character is seeking entry into the quarantined First Province. These scenarios are by no means an exhaustive list covering every reason why a character may be seeking entry into the First Province – they are simply here to help give you some ideas and inspiration.
Provincial Treasure Hunter
You are a hardy type of folk, having survived the horrors of the Torment and the preceding civil collapse of the Republic nearly unscathed. Ever since the Apocalypse has shown signs of its impending arrival, you have done quite well for yourself by scouring the lands for discarded treasures and valuables among the ruins of cities and villages unfortunate enough to have gone unprotected by the Legion and Church.
With the recent fall of Tor, you have now set your eyes upon the First Province as your next big score. While nowhere as near large as some of the mega-cities that litter the Eastern Baronies, you know firsthand that Tor is not without its treasures to be pillaged – from the administrative headquarters for the four factions of the Republic, to the sprawling Residential District, to even the Republic Senate itself, there is sure to be had some coin to be made from sifting through the abandoned former capital. So long as you can avoid the Afflicted, that is.
Monster Hunter
You spent much of your childhood reading of the Old and of the wicked accounts of monsters it spoke of. While the majority of your peers dismissed you as juvenile for embracing such stories of aberrations and the paranormal as true accounts, your resolve could never be swayed. This lust for knowledge of the Ill and the stories of ancient times carried on through your adolescent and even adult years, lending itself to a near obsession at times.
With the revival of magic across the Republic came a sense of vindication; for if such a thing as casting spells had proven to be real, what else from the old texts had been? Then, when the first reports of the Afflicted became widespread across the Republic, your hobby of monster research became a full-fledged profession. You have spent a large portion of your adult life preparing for this day and age, one in which the realm of Men would once again battle with paranormal and unnatural forces. Recent accounts from refugees of the First Province have spoken of horrible creatures straight out of the clerical accounts of the early ages of man, and after having taken account of as many of these tales as you could, you have set off to the fallen city of Tor to take on these beasts head-on.
Apostate Slayer
The damnation of Humanity is clad in robes and hoods, and upon their tongue, the words of Armageddon are spoken.
You’ve poured over every scrap of information you could concerning the Purge of the Witchkin – that glorious time in which the Republic united to strike down those who would dare keep those of the Faithful from achieving Ascension. By the thousands did mage and arcanist alike get cut down like the dogs they were, their bodies stacked five feet high in the alleys and streets of the Republic. That time is now long past, and the damnable Consortium has worked its claws into the fabric of society so far as to allow Witches and Warlocks to once again roam the lands without fear of pyre. With the fall of Tor and the quarantine of the First Province, rumors have spread across the Republic about entire cabals of magi who have taken to the ruined territory – no doubt to organize and plan insurrection and further misfortune. You, however, won’t allow those rats to fester and risk spilling forth to spread plague and pestilence again. The First Province is your hunting grounds, and your prey, the Apostate.
Decusian Pilgrim
When news of the Fall of Tor reached the Baronies, the faithful, including yourself, wept, for the First Province has forever been recognized as the birthplace of the Church and Creed.
You had kept your faith through it all – the Torment, the famine, the riots, and even the Purge. But when news arrived that the First Province had fallen, that was the last draw. Tor, in her magnificence and beauty, was once a city of history and culture. A historical city, it was nowhere near the largest or most extravagant Municipalities in the Republic. Still, its significance to those faithful to the true teachings of the Church and Faith was momentous beyond words. The great cathedrals, the Torian Senate, and the First Coast – all sites of holy significance to a true Child of Decus. You have chosen to embark on a holy pilgrimage to the fallen Province, to lend whatever aid you may to reclaiming the fallen city of Tor, so that the One True God may be honored and revered properly, and His favored city restored to greatness.
Occultist
How many days have you spent pouring over the Old Texts to garner some insight into the days of old? Grimoires, lexicons, and decrepit journals have been your companions for as long as you can recall. Piecing together what you could from not only Decusian works of ancient history, but that of many of the cultures and peoples it had assimilated early in the Republic’s quest to dominate Vitaveus, you have concluded that the world is not what it entirely seems.
Driven to discover this unseen narrative of the universe, you have found yourself embarking across the ruined countrysides of Vitaveus since the outbreak of the Torment, desperate to garner more knowledge about the re-discovery of magic, the origins of the Resolve, and the truth behind the dreaded plague. Upon hearing word of the fall of Tor and the quarantine of the First Province, you wasted no time attempting to infiltrate the forsaken territory, confident that the last pieces of the cosmic puzzle you’ve dedicated your life to solving lie within.
The Actual Character Application
The following constitutes an application for a character in Requiem. Please copy the below fields, fill them out using a word processor, and then post the completed application to our [Character Application Board, located https://discordapp.com/channels/232708879857745941/1210006872158113924]. The staff will then review the application, and upon approval, your character will be granted a Quarantine Visa in-game, allowing them to leave the Rumbling Pass Quarantine Checkpoint and enter the world of Eden.
PLEASE NOTE: TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESS, PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE REQUIEM CLIENT AND FINISH CHARACTER CREATION BEFORE APPLYING
PLAYER QUESTIONS:
By applying, you are signaling to staff you have read the application, character, and shard rules.
Do you have any prior experience with Requiem? If so, please detail when (and what characters, if desired) you previously played:
How did you hear about Requiem?
CHARACTER QUESTIONS
(Please note: Staff is looking for at least three lore references in your application when reviewing.)
What will your character’s name be?
Please briefly describe the physical attributes of your character, including age, looks, height, weight, and any notable features:
Briefly state your character’s intentions or motivations for entering the First Province:
Please provide a few short paragraphs with pertinent details or notable qualities of your character’s history. This does not have to be exhaustive nor revealing of any information you wish to keep secret:
Please write a few short paragraphs of an in-character response to the following scenario:
You have finally arrived at your destination, the Rumbling Pass train yards. Before you stands a massive outpost, looking to have been erected within the past few years, which is patrolled by numerous Legionnaires and Church Templar. The outpost guards the only viable entrance to the recently quarantined First Province; the home of Tor, the fallen capital of the Republic. Sitting at the foot of the massive mountain range that effectively contains the First Province within, the outpost serves as the last obstacle you must overcome before entering the quarantined territory.
You and others like you assemble outside the palisades of the outpost, awaiting the opportunity to speak your case to the presiding Legion officiant who is processing admittance to the Province. Behind him, a passenger train, a marvel of technological advancement, sits idling on its tracks, dozens of persons filling its numerous passenger cars. A true rarity within the Republic, you can hardly believe your eyes (and ears) as the locomotive releases a massive plume of steam from its smokestack. You overhear many a bewildered citizen around you gossip as to how the only truly safe way into the Province is now by rail, for the Rumbling Pass’ mountains are nigh impassible and miles long, with the only safe navigable tunnels being those traveled in the safety of locomotives and rail-cars. You shudder for a moment, pondering how many forsaken souls attempted to flee the cloistered Province through the Pass’ winding, dark tunnels, hordes of Afflicted upon their heels, only to be cut down in the pitch-black darkness.
It strikes you as peculiar that so much effort has been made in securing a means of logistical supply and personnel transportation into the fallen First Province. You’ve heard rumors before of Quarantine Zones; entire Municipalities and even Territories being cut off from access due to the blight of the Torment and the over-abundance of the walking dead – but in most instances, no one is ever trying to get into those forsaken places. Yet here, mere miles from the ruins of Tor, masses congregate in order to make their way into the First Province Quarantine Zone. If you hadn’t known any better, the entire scene – the Outpost, the mass of military personnel, the throngs of citizens, and the hissing locomotive – resembles more of an evacuation rather than a one-way ticket into anarchy and lawlessness. As you make your way closer to the train-yard outpost, you can’t help but recall all of the wild and crazy stories concerning all manner of rumors about the First Province since its fall two years ago. Some say that the treasures awaiting the bold are beyond measure – others swear that Salvation and Ascension are guaranteed for those who would follow their Faith and help reclaim the First Coast.
Where the truth lies, you’ve no idea – you only know that you’re here, at the precipice of it all, and your destination is within reach.
You watch, somewhat defeated, as but a scant few of the hundreds that approach the outpost officiant, who stands at the outer gates of the outpost flanked by a few heavily armored Legionnaires, are allowed to pass through the man-door and into the outpost and train-yards proper. You see some swarthy fellows slip pieces of gold to the officiant, while others plead their cases and rationale as to why they should be allowed to enter the recently fallen territory. Some appear to provide some sort of paperwork to the officiant, flashing official looking papers from a Faction or influential Prelacy house, who promptly waves them through. While watching and eavesdropping, you manage to overhear the well-rehearsed speech the officiant provides to those who don’t provide paperwork or grease his palm; the words are monotone and nasally.
“By decree of the Venerated Church, the First Province is a mortal health hazard, and as such, is quarantined under Article Eighteen of the Republic Treatise of Health Act of 1320. Citizens who do not possess a Quarantine Visa issued by one of the recognized Factions of the Republic are considered non-essential to the reclamation of the First Province. Under Article Eighteen, non-essentials seeking entry into an official quarantine zone must petition for entry into said zone, and state just cause for the issuing of a Quarantine Visa by the perimeter authority.”
The officiant snorts in disdain, then adds the last line to the rehearsed monologue:
“State your business and make it quick, citizen; we’ve enough bodies in there to keep us busy for years without adding yours to the pile, and those VIC are stirring up problems, something fierce as of late.”
You ponder the situation for a moment, evaluating your options. It is well known that with the right connections and the right amount of coin, one can get their hands on a Quarantine Visa from any one of the major Factions or Prelacy Families of the Republic, or even a passable counterfeit from more nefarious sources. At the same time, it would appear that the officiant doesn’t appear to be above some simple bribery, although his price may be hefty. However, despite it all, you’re sure that some of those let in appeared to have made a convincing case with the officiant without resorting to subterfuge or immorality. Gathering your wits, you step forward towards the officiant and make your decision as to how to gain access to the First Province.
Once you have completed this application, please post your responses within the [Character Application Board, located https://discordapp.com/channels/232708879857745941/1210006872158113924]. Thank you!
TL;DR?
Players can apply to any of the Major Factions or sub-factions of Vitaveus with the exception of the Resolve.
Know that there may be circumstances in which your character may not get along with other characters in the world.
Know that MAGIC is considered by some to be inherently evil and may be frowned upon by fellow characters. This may result in a Mage being subsequently hunted by other Factions or Characters. Requiem is a PERMADEATH Shard and Staff does not guarantee your survival within the First Province.
Know that some items may be considered by others to be heretical in nature and that sale of said items may be met with scrutiny.
Know that some characters may have a distaste for the Republic and that some may revere the Republic. Know that Requiem’s lore is steeped in Faith of the Decusian religion and that some characters may try to enforce Faith upon others or brand non-believers as Heretics and Blasphemers. Know that some Factions may attempt to punish non-believers.
Know that not all Events by Players or Staff may fit your character’s view of the World. Some characters may have to approach events differently. Staff will however try to incorporate as many characters as they can into Major Story Plots whether directly or indirectly.
Know that Characters can be applied for privately. Either staff or trusted players may be able to help you with your application.
Know that the Requiem discord is available for any questions you may have about a plethora of topics within the Game World.
Know that we are all here to have fun and coexist inside the World.
Once you have completed this application, please post your responses within the [Character Application Board, located here]. Thank you!