Post by Solyss on Mar 23, 2009 15:25:50 GMT -6
[/center]Dare to be Different
Well, where to start? Muse strives to bring the feel and look of a fantasy
roleplay to an animal roleplay by combining an interesting setting with a story that will inspire writers and artists alike to want to make their mark on the pages of our collaborative work. We're offering you many toys to play with, wolves that can take on different shapes in their form, crystal like shards (shinies! O:) to give them powers, a story book setting to encourage you, a few muses to torture and tempt you, and a very social, welcoming community where you can feel quite at home. The only thing we ask is that you refrain from simply dreaming up your part of the story and chatting about it out of character. We find that roleplaying is the most fun when you simply let it happen. Surprises are always better when we don't expect them, right? So always be open to the new and unexpected things that you may encounter on your journey and hopefully we'll see you there!
The Story
[/center]Of course there is magic in the world, right? Everywhere you go, although it is not so clearly obvious as it might seem that it would be. Magic has it's ways of hiding itself. It is often found even in the unlikeliest of places, where one would not think to look. Magic is very clever, and if one chanced a glimpse at it, they were lucky. The wolves of Aurius Hollow were exactly as lucky, for after a few hundred years of living in the presence of hidden magic, they had awakened it.
Little had they known the great oak tree in their very midst had been harboring a powerful oracle. The centuries long duration of weather on the tree was evident, the branches worn and the leaves less captivating. The small force of an ordinary thunderstorm simply pushed the well marred barrier that was held on the magic over the edge. A large crack split down the side of the old tree, the bark splintering into irreplaceable pieces. The ancient relic deep at the heart of the tree no longer hidden in the expanse of the tree.
They say lightning doesn’t strike the same place twice? Within minutes, another spike of electricity fled the heavens, attacking the aged oracle. The force of the lightning shattered it into minuscule shards, hundreds of shards, too many to keep up with. The swarm of glinting pieces circled the gnarled tree where the oracle once was, shards of each and every color, each and every kind. The magic held within the relic was split between them, each piece only holding a sliver of the more powerful magic. A blue for water, red for fire, and so on.
Well past midnight, the dark of the sky confirming the time, the wolves would ordinarily have been soundly sleeping through the night if not for the cracks of thunder that were hard to ignore. Awakened, they swiftly congregated around the broken tree, eyes wide with confusion. The rift in balance of the sacred place caused the circling tornado of shards to lose their peaceful momentum, the pieces spiraling outwards in all directions. Wolves became targets. The shards having no direction hit a few of them, entering their bodies, their souls ... and transforming them
About
[/center]Muse is your not so run of the mill elementalish wolf roleplay, with a hint of simplicity. Why ish? Because sure, there's magic, odd things going on with your wolf, a group of Muses that the wolves look up to, all of that great imaginative stuff. However, out of character planning, plotting, history boards ETC is banned! Why? Because we know that surprises are better! Want to completely map out your character's life? Go write a novel, Muse is not the site for you. We're just normal people roleplaying the way it was meant to be, the way it all started.
member review
[/center]"I have been role-playing for nearly eleven years now, and I was astounded to find a site that has had so much thought put into it. Not only is the plot original, but the whole concept of role-playing is based around trust and the allocation of free will in terms of ability and power levels. Although I only just signed up, and I have not experienced the site from within, I would like to both congratulate and thank the creators of this RPG for bringing forth something that might not only survive long enough for me to establish a history for my character, but to simply keep my attention as well. I have great hopes that this will be a long lived, enjoyable experience, and I encourage any role-players to take a close
look at this site, because this is surely something that can not be passed
up."----Solace[/size][/blockquote][/color]