• Treasure Chests

    All That Glitters Isn't Gold




    Magic: It's still very much alive in this world. Warlocks, masters of this magic, still live among us, hidden from Human sight. A few centuries ago, a strong warlock made a very strange discovery. When too much magic manifests in an infant's body, it crystallises in the infant's chest in the form of a gemstone. These 'Gem children' grow up as very sickly babies before turning into very strong humans. The warlocks did not care for the child and killed it to harvest the gemstone from its chest. For a while, the warlock was the most powerful of his kind thanks to the raw power of this gemstone. Then his secret came out.
    Ever since, the Gem children have been ruthlessly hunted down. Rare as they are, they already face extinction. Not all Warlocks could be bothered to hunt for this power. And this was how the Hunters were created. Humans were chosen to be charmed with a special strength, and they were blackmailed into doing the Warlocks' dirty work. This was easy until one exceptionally strong Warlock, Raisa Romaine Dvornikov, build a house and charmed it to protect the Gemchildren. Any gemchild was welcome, but Hunters would be unable to breath when they crossed the threshold into the building.
    This RPG follows the gemchildren, the warlocks, their hunters and their stories.


    RPG Rules
    1)English only
    2)6 line minimum per post; (12 minimum if you have two characters in the post)
    3)2 characters maximum;
    4)Anything unrelated to the RPG in the chat topic;
    5)No killing a character without permission of the owner;
    6)No 'perfect characters'. Each character must have a few flaws;
    7)Wait 2-3 posts before replying again;

    Rules related to Gemhearts
    1)They must have one personality trait that related to their Heartstone; (Find the list of traits here)
    2)They can only use their special ability when they are holding a stone similar to their heartstone in their hand;
    3)They are either taken into the protection house by Raisa the Warlock, or they hear about it and find it themselves;
    4)They are allowed to leave the protection house, but it is dangerous.

    Rules related to Warlocks
    1)Warlocks don't just snap their fingers to use their magic. They use long spells, runes and potions to achieve their goals;
    2)They are not all powerful.;
    3)They can't bring people back from the dead.
    4)Warlocks can track the movements of their Hunter, but not read their mind or anything.

    Rules related to Hunters
    1)Hunters are normal non-magical people who get blackmailed by the Warlocks to kill Gemchildren.
    2)They wear an enchanted necklace which gives them more strength than normal Humans and helps them tell Normal children from Gemhearts.

    Roles:

    Click here to see the available Gemstones and their magic abilities.

    Gem Children
    1) Female – Diamond – Bella Lumière – Shinibubbles
    2) Female – Sapphire – Valerie Aridóttir – Combustible
    3) Male – Lapis Lazuli – Lazu Jet Markl – Escritura
    4) Male – Black Onyx – Fiyero Gabrielle Arch – Theodora
    5) Male – Amethyst – Julian Rowland – Yoda

    Hunters and Warlocks
    1) Hunter – Female – Jazlyn Ophelia Delaney – Tortura
    2) Hunter – Female – Aerilyn Suraya Guangco – PlagueRat
    3) Hunter – Male – Jaimes Avril Ashley – Escritura
    4) Hunter – Male – Alois Amboise – Hashirama
    5) Warlock – Female – Raisa Romaine Dvornikov – Shinibubbles
    6) Warlock – Female – Scarletta Chióni Istoría – Deceiver
    7) Warlock – Female – Rosemary Aventurine Albus - PlagueRat

    Story!
    Profile for Gem Children:
    Profile for Hunters
    Profile for Warlocks

    [ bericht aangepast op 4 mei 2013 - 11:23 ]


    Having a birthday holiday to the Netherlands <3 So excited!! <3

    Done!!!

    Full name: Rosemary Aventurine Albus
    Nickname: Rosa
    Age: 22 (421)
    Place of birth: Alyth, Scotland
    Date of birth: 17th of November
    Sex: female
    Sexuality: heterosexual
    Ethnicity: caucasian
    Race: warlock
    Blood type: AB
    Height: 5'
    Weight: 40
    Hair colour: white
    Eye colour: Irish green (shamrock)
    Clothing style: very neat, often wears gloves. Like so. Her hair naturally turned white over the years.
    Extra details: the type of magic she uses is bloodmagic, often using her own blood to conjure spells, making them quite powerfull. She can often see when someone is lying to her (or believe to see this, she very quickly believes she's lied to, even when this might not be the case). Rosemary has a lot of spies working for her.
    Likes: candy (lollipops, caramel, fudge, jelly beans, etc.), salad, blue things, handsome guys, the sight of blood, clean rooms, soap, freshly washed laundry
    Dislikes: being touched, dirtiness/getting dirty, dust, chocolate, tomatoes, animals, loud noises, bright light, liars (!!!!)
    Characteristics: this woman is not a person you’ll like to be around. The best trait in her personality is that she always tells the truth, even if it is at her own disadvantage. She has despised liars for most of her life and she’ll go batshit crazy on you if she finds out you’re lying to her. That said: Rosemary suffers from avoidant personality disorder, caused by an event in her past and it is partially inherited from her mother who suffered from obsessive compulsive disorder (another anxiety disorder). This means that Rosa is hypersensitive to rejection and criticism and feels inadequate very often. She has a severely low self-esteem, loathing herself, masking this with snappy remarks and violent bursts, while remaining self-critical all the time. Being rejected is so painful to her that she chooses being alone over trying to bond with someone most of the time, unless she believes she will not be rejected. Rosemary mistrusts everyone until they’ve proven themselves trustworthy to her. She will hold a grudge against anyone who hurts her and probably have this person killed in order to relieve herself from the emotional pain. When she was still a human, Rosemary had been very shy, anxious and quiet, but kind and helpful. All her life she’s been yearning for a close relationship, but seeing as she’d always been rejected by everyone, she’s given up on this and became cold and distant. If you touch her when she doesn't want you to, she'll immediately distance herself and snap at you, resembling a panicking wild animal. She is obsessed with blue things and she'll hunt down sapphire and lapis lazuli gemstones so she can add them to her collection. One more thing: Rosemary has mysophobia, meaning she hates dirty things, causing her to be cleaning up most of the time and cleaning her hands very often. She likes to wear gloves so she doesn't have to touch anything directly.
    Family History+History: Rosemary was born in to a noble Scottish family in Alyth in the year 1592 to Sir Robert John Albus and Lady Avalyn Maria Albus, on Novemer 17th, the same day that Sweden’s throne was succeeded by Sigismund. The town was small and very catholic, Rosemary was baptized with the name Aventurine after the gemstone that resembled her eye colour and supposedly was a stone that brought you luck. Rosemary was the second child and had one older brother and two younger ones. As a girl she was to be wed to a wealthy, powerful family and so the family travelled to France when Rosa was fourteen years old, to meet the Amboise family. Rosemary fell deeply in love with their eldest son, Raoul, whom she was eventually promised to, but what she nor her family didn’t know, was that the Amboise family was just trying to keep up an appearance. Raoul promised her the sky and more and told her he would come for her on her eighteenth birthday. But he never came. She believed it to be because he was preoccupied with important events, so she waited. And waited. And waited. Eight long years she had waited for Raoul to come for her, sending him letters everyday in which she wrote of her love, but never did she get an answer. Then, in the year 1614, she returned to France, only to find out that Raoul had married his sister in secrecy. “Go away, we don’t want you dirty blood to contaminate our family’s line with your unworthy, disgusting diseases.” Hearing this broke Rosa’s heart, but she swore that she’d get back a their family, even if it was the last thing she’d ever do and so she became a warlock. Hurt and angry, she killed Raoul’s sister, so that he would know what it was like to lose someone you loved. After this, she made her way to Sweden, where she stayed for over a hundred years, watching from afar how revolutions and war changed the countries’ borders and rules. In this time she had developed her mysophobia and started wearing gloves almost all the time, because she wanted to be clean, in case she’d come across a person she would fall in love with again and this time, this time she wouldn’t be a contamination to anyone. As Rosa grew older, her blond hair grew white and her power grew as she learned more spells and collected more and more gemhearts, but never once did she come a person that sparked her love interest, until the fated day that she met Alois, a member of the Amboise family that she hated so much. He had her interest and she had him followed for a long time, to find out anything she could about him and then one day she confronted him, pretty much forcing him to work for her, otherwise she’d sell him back to his beloved family and kill his darling brother. But something told her that it might have been better if she would gone about the situation differently. Then there was Jazlyn, a woman with equally white hair as Rosa. The fact that she had hair of this colour was enough to get Rosemary interested.

    [ bericht aangepast op 16 juni 2013 - 19:58 ]


    there is an ocean in my heart, hidden behind eyes of celadon.

    Full name: Lev Ivor Tsiskaridze
    Nickname: Snow, but he does not approve, or Lion.
    Age: 106
    Place of birth: Volgograd, Russia.
    Date of birth: April 3rd 1907
    Sex: Male.
    Sexuality: Straight.
    Ethnicity: Caucasian, Russian.
    Race: Warlock, though he did not inherit very good magical skills.
    Blood type: AB +
    Height: 6.1 ft (1m86)
    Weight: 10.4 stones (66 kg)
    Hair colour: Stark white.
    Eye colour: Bright blue.
    Clothing style: Lev prefers to dress comfy. He has no apparent favour when it comes to colours but tries to stay away from anything to bright or obnoxious prints. When he has the choice, he will unconsciously choose cold colours such as blue and green & earthly colours such as brown and beige, but occasionally he will wear red or yellow. He absolutely hates orange and will never be caught in an orange clothing item.
    To blend in Lev tries to dress modern, but in truth he has no taste for it, so his wardrobe mainly consists of hoodies and jeans. The bigger the hood, the better Lev likes it. It gives him a certain feeling of safety when he is able to hide his face in the shadow his hood. His favourite shoes are definitely sneakers and he owns pairs of very different brands and colours.

    Extra details:
    Lev is a rather skinny guy, but he is most certainly not weak. His posture has deceived many. He has always been pale, and gets freckles in the summer when he spends too many hours in the sun. His hair hasn’t always been white like it is now, though. He once had chocolate brown hair, with a warm glow to it. The reason for the change will be explained below.
    Lev has a crooked smile, which always makes him look more devious than he is.

    Likes: food, laughter, being surrounded by family, calligraphy, martial arts, umbrellas, hoods, word games, dimmed lights, culture, porcelain.
    Dislikes: orange, fizzy drinks, raw vegetables, having his picture taken, lies, injustice, synthetic materials, guns, being too hot, polka dots, cars.
    Characteristics:
    Lev is someone who just loves to laugh. He can’t stand seeing someone sad and will always try to cheer them up. He will most likely do so by telling, more often than not lame, jokes. He has a deep fondness for witty jokes, involving word play. Knock knock jokes however do not please him in the least.
    He is not good at hiding his feelings but that may be solely because of his lack of trying. Lev will never try to look happy when he is not and he will hardly ever feel sad when he can find a reason not to be. He is always true to himself and tries to show his true feelings as much as he can. When he is upset or irritated he will rarely deny or claim to be fine.
    Partly because of that he never grieves for long periods of time. Throwing out whatever is on his chest is also a way of coping with things and getting over traumatic events. It’s his way of finding a spot for everything and everyone. This hasn’t always proved to be positive though, because when Lev gets mad –although he rarely does, he is in fact a very calm person and is fazed by very few things- he is livid. It’s like a bomb explodes inside of him and all the madness he contains comes flying out of him in one big flurry of rage.
    Lev is a very persistent person. If he sets his mind to something he will do most anything to achieve his purpose. He will not easily back down from any given challenge.
    The above might be explained by Lev’s unmeasured curiosity. He has a hunger for knowledge that is never satisfied and will try to learn or find out if facts are indeed facts or just myths whenever he is offered the chance. This makes him lack a certain amount of tact, which has caused him to offend many people and often the wrong ones. He doesn’t know when not to ask questions or if a question might be deemed inappropriate.
    Lev is a very patient person, after all he has time on his side.
    Though Lev is rather secure about himself, he has a few mentionable insecurities. His biggest issue is not being good at magic. No matter how hard he practises or how long he tries to succeed in it, it won’t work for him. Another, minor, issue is his appearance. He isn’t vain but he just wants to blend in instead of stand out and this has proven difficult because of his noticeable hair colour. He tries hard not to let these things down, but sometimes they just get the best of him.
    Lev is very sociable and doesn’t easily dislike people, but once you are out of his grace you’re out. He doesn’t believe in second chances and if his trust is lost it would prove fruitless to try and get it back. Forgiving is not in his nature.
    When Lev is not in fighting mode, he can be terribly clumsy. He is the kind of person to trip over his own feet, or fall out of the sofa because he tried to turn over too enthusiastically. He will stumble into people or find bruises on his skin without knowing how they got there.

    Family History+History:
    Lev was born into a loving and devoted family. He was the middle child out of five; his elder brother Viktor (his superior by five years), his elder sister Aniya (three years older) and his two younger sisters Dasha and Jelena (six years younger)- and has always been the black sheep in his family because of his inability to perform magic. His parents constantly worried about him not being able to defend himself and so they got him a tutor whom over the years trained him in Krav Maga and Muay-Boran. From a very young age Lev knew how to use his body as a deadly weapon. But he was also taught not to use his knowledge unless he deemed it absolutely necessary. His tutor become a source of inspiration for him and when he turned twenty, Lev decided to travel the world and bid his family “auf wiedersehen”.
    In every country he visited (India, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland,…) he tried to pick up as much as possible about its culture and developed a fascination for foreign languages.
    In Cuba he encountered a girl named Adriana, who immediately struck him as interesting. He played it coy and asked her to be his guide. The girl seemed to be just as taken with him as vice versa, because she quickly agreed to do so and the two of them roamed the country for a couple of months. Cliché as it might be, they fell in love as deeply as one can fall. It is needless to say that after being together for five years Lev’s heart was broken when Adriana was murdered. Only then did he find out about Gem Children. The shock of finding his beloved dead, her chest cut open, in their home proved so terrific that it turned Lev’s hair white. He compared it to his memory of Adriana, gradually fading until deprived of all colour.
    When he could no longer remember her scent, he fled Cuba and continued his roaming of the planet.
    It wasn’t until a few years ago that he returned home and heard of Raisa’s safe house (She is his cousin, by marriage. Raisa’s mother had a brother, and this man was married to a woman who had a sister. That sister is is Lev’s mother). He started writing her, not being fond of computers, seeing as it immediately sparked his interest and has recently decided to come live with her and help protect the Gem hearts.
    Since losing Adriana he has not fallen in love again.

    Photo:

    [ bericht aangepast op 19 mei 2013 - 14:07 ]


    I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.

    I edited him a bit. Probably he'll be edited again :')


    I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.

    Profile for Warlocks:
    Photo.
    Full name.

    Alvaro Ruiz
    Nickname.
    Age (Max. 300, min. 100).

    209, but looks like a year of 26.
    Place of birth.
    Date of birth.
    October 27 – 1804 [Scorpio]
    Sex.
    Male.
    Sexuality.
    He doesn’t have one. Well, actually he has, but he does not allow himself in the whole “lovey-dovey-world”, because Izan can’t adjust to it. He finds it harder than mathematics. Though he behaves like a little kid, which will probably be the main reason.
    Ethnicity.
    Caucasian, Australia.
    Race.
    A good Warlock, although he is momentarily posing as an evil one.
    Blood type.
    O.
    Height.
    184 cm [6’ feet something.]
    Weight.
    75kg.
    Hair color.
    Blonde.
    Eye color.
    Crystalblue.
    Clothing style.
    Extra details.
    Likes.
    Flowers, running, meeting new people, nature, reading, swimming, fruit, music, dancing, sun and rain.
    Dislikes.
    Greed, alcohol, dishonesty, being read/figured out by others, cruelty.
    Characteristics (Minimum of 10 lines).
    Family History + History (Minimum of 15 lines).

    [ bericht aangepast op 10 aug 2013 - 17:13 ]


    Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.

    Finally found this shit, haha _O_ I'm going to update my character and add some details bit by bit.

    Full name: Blake Skyler
    Nickname: Simply Blake or Skyler. She demands that everyone just calls her Blake, because she dislikes most nicknames she's given.
    Age: 21
    Place of birth:
    Date of birth: 18-11
    Sex: Female
    Sexuality: Heterosexual
    Ethnicity: White American
    Race: Human Hunter
    Blood type: AB+
    Height: 1.71 / 5'7
    Weight: 59 kilograms / 9,2 stone
    Hair colour: Brown mahogany
    Eye colour: Greyish blue
    Clothing style:
    Blake isn't someone who wears really girly stuff with flowers and ribbons. It doesn't always seems like it, but Blake wants to look good, but is not someone who spends hours and hours in the bathroom before being satisfied with her looks. You can describe her clothing style as rock, dark, boyish, however she does wear skirts from time to time.
    She's in love with her leather jacket and black combat boots which she wears almost every day. She's had them for almost two years now and you can clearly see this, but since she's so materialistic she has trouble throwing them away.
    Her daily outfit exists of her beloved leather jacket and combat boots, combined with a skinny jeans and a simple t-shirt. Her accessories exist of studdes rings and bracelets and she mostly wears multiple earrings. One of her favourite accessories is her Vivienne Westwood ring.
    Extra details:
    - She loves to use dark eyeshadow and red lipstick.
    - Blake also started smoking a few weeks ago and became addicted pretty quick. It's almost like if the cigarettes are part of her fashion sense.
    - She puts too much salt in everything she cooks.
    - She didn't play guitar for a few years now.
    Likes: Alcohol, badgering other people, rock music, her lil' brother.
    Dislikes: Goodie-goodie's, people saying her what to do and how it works, people complaining, the Warlocks.
    Characteristics:
    Blake may come across as if she's a really calm and tough girl, but she has a kind heart, is a devoted friend and a loving sister. At the moment her only goal in life is to save her little brother who's in hands of the Warlocks. He's all she has left, which makes her desperate and careless, this results in Blake making dangerous desicions without thinking it through.
    Before her brother being taken away and her beloved ones being slaughtered, Blake used to be very energetic and adventerous. She used to joke around and badger people all the time while enjoying some beer with her friends. She didn't have anything to worry about and enjoyed life to the fullest, but when she came in contact with Warlocks it al changed pretty quick. With strangers she became more introvert and serious. She still jokes around, but her jokes are more grim and she doesn't really enjoy joking around as much as she used to.
    Blake felt and still feels a lot of hatred towards the Warlocks, which she wasn't afraid of showing in the beginning. That's when the slaugther started, Blake cried a lot in silence, but in the end became stronger and more determined to save her precious brother. Still, the slaughter teached her to obey the Warlocks, even though she hates them so much, even if it's only for the sake of her little brother.
    Nowadays Blake seems very quite and calm at first sight, but inside she's one big mess and it will become clear that she isn't that calm pretty fast. she has the urge to see things in a childish way and also react like that, without seeing the logic of it. Blake doesn't smile or laugh as often as she used to, she's pretty realistiic and even tends to be pessimistisc. She sometimes still has a sarcastic or arrogant attitude and has a cruel sense of humour from time to time. Blake stopped trying to make friends a while ago, because she's scared of losing them all to the Warlocks and she simply can't stand that idea. She is well aware of the fact that she can't be drunk too often, but she easily grabs a bottle of wine or whiskey when she's feeling down. It makes her forget her problems for a limited time, but afterwards she always feels worse for bringing her brother's life in danger. On the other hand she dares to think the Warlocks won't hurt her brother, or at least kill, because without her brother they have nothing left to encourage her.
    Family History+History:
    Blake grew up in a family with two younger brothers and both parents still alive. Her brothers were 7 and 4 years younger as she and were called Evan and Vincent, with Evan being the youngers one.
    Blake's father was never at home, because he had to travel a lot for his work he said, while he was truly seing another woman. Blak knew and hated him a lot for that, but even worse was her mom not being able to cope with it. Blake thought her mother knew, but she didn't. When Blake was only 15 her mother found out that her husband was seeing another woman. Her mother collapsed and thus Blake had to do the householding. She cooked, helped her brothers and so on. She was okay with it, because she thought it would be for a limited time and that her mother would grab herself together. She was wrong. Her mother started drinking more and more, didn't go outside anymore and slept whole days. This went on for almost a year before Blake and her little brothers were placed in a foster family. Their 'new' parents were quite nice, but Blake couldn't get herself to like them. She was filled with hatred and couldn't stand the fact that her mother let them go so easily.
    When Blake finally turned 18 she left the house to live alone. She hired an appartement and took several jobs. She did finish her high school, but didn't study after that. She felt free for the first time in her life and started doing everything she once wanted After trying lots of things, she knew she had a passion for playing guitar and singing. In the meanwhile she had made some nice friends she did hang out with a lot. She had became an independent young woman who was enjoying life to the fullest, until that one moment she came in contact with the Warlocks who disturbed her little fairytail.
    At first Blake wasn't going to listen, she thought that if she just ingnored them and didn't do what they want they would let her go. Apperently she was too optimistic, because this started the massacre. First they killed her parents, which she couldn't care much since she always hated them, but she now knew the Warlocks were serious. She tried her best, but the leading role didn't suit her at all and she kept being rebellious sometimes. Slowly all her loved ones were being murdered and Blake became less and less rebellious untill she was a big mess inside. Blake cried a lot when she was alone, but became quite and calm on the outside, silently obeying the Warlocks. She would give her live if it would save her brother and Evan's the only one who's worth living for at the moment. He's the one keeping her alive, giving her something to fight for, his freedom. She wants to find a gemchild so badly, but on the other hand she still doesn't know if she would be able to kill someone who she knows is innocent. That's why Blake doesn't think too much about it, these are problems for later, since she already has too many troubles.
    The only positive thing is the necklace she got, she immediately felt that she was stronger than before. Still, she couldn't care less.
    Photo:
    I know these are cartoon pictures, but I really loved this character, but couldn't find the right picture. So in the end I edited one, but it still doesn't feel right, so please take a look at these (;
    Picture 1 ~ Picture 2 ~ Picture 3 ~ Picture 4 ~ Picture 5 ~ Picture 6

    [ bericht aangepast op 20 aug 2013 - 10:36 ]


    In the end the only person we love is ourselves, that's why we choose to love someone who can please us the most.

    Yes dear, heterosexual is a word :')


    I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.

    I was doubting because I guess my character is almost the only one who's heterosexual, haha. All I could find were pan-sexuals etc. :p


    In the end the only person we love is ourselves, that's why we choose to love someone who can please us the most.

    Lev is straight ^^
    And Fiyero would like to believe he's straight :')


    I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.

    Theodora schreef:
    Lev is straight ^^
    And Fiyero would like to believe he's straight :')


    He is! Jaimes is just so sexy that he turns straight people gay.


    If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

    Yoda schreef:
    (...)

    He is! Jaimes is just so sexy that he turns straight people gay.

    No sweetie, Fiyero just doesn't know he's bi because he never met... well, Jaimes before.


    I've no idea of the future, but I can see the past quite well. And the present, if the weather's clear.

    Jaimesy feels talked about. (cat)


    Welcome to Night Vale. All Hail the Glow Cloud. All Hail Perfect, Beautiful Carlos.

    Yoda schreef:
    (...)
    He is! Jaimes is just so sexy that he turns straight people gay.

    _O__O_


    Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.

    We're just all gay-loving twats here xD


    Having a birthday holiday to the Netherlands <3 So excited!! <3

    Whew, I just read that hunters and Warlocks are being paired? (: And I will finish my character (forgot her name already --'') as soon as possible. BUt i'm having a really messed up week :l And I want to drive a lot this week to practice, because I went to get my driver's license today but I'm really not used to my mom's car and it was scary as hell :'D

    Blake's almost finished.

    [ bericht aangepast op 10 juni 2013 - 16:57 ]


    In the end the only person we love is ourselves, that's why we choose to love someone who can please us the most.

    ^ You will be Alvaro's Hunter.


    Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak.