First off, this topic is to recruit artists for the graphic resources, to provide a little exposure to the RMXP community, and to post (once its complete). Now, if you are still reading, i guess its time to start the festivities.
Xuroth Saga I
Vaeruth's Secret
Introduction
Storyline
XSI is an epic scale RPG that will fuse character oriented storytelling with immersive NPC's, dangerous monsters, and challenging gameplay. The story begins as Aeravyn, a merchants' son, is on the run from the all-powerful Church of Vaeruth. Now that he's known as a Darksoul (a magically gifted person), no one will take him in. As the game progresses, he learns more about himself, and the outside world, and begins to fight against the heretical ruler of Eyos. (You have to understand, I don't want to reveal very much of the storyline, just a hint. Aeravyn's journey takes him and his fellow Darksoul companions throughout Eyos and even into the Realm of the Gods.)
Eyos is a group of islands isolated (by distance) from the rest of the world. It is a magic fearing land, and every now and then, a person is identified as a Darksoul by the Church of Vaeruth. These people are believed to have a taint which will magically sever the world from the gods. The Church was built in rebellion to the Gods, and it has established it's founder as the Lord of Eyos. Vaeruth (The Lord of Eyos) is a semi-mortal man that has a daughter. Little do these people know, the real gods have been in slumber, waiting to face their own destiny. Young Aeravyn meets more "Darksouls" in his journey and begin an epic quest to throw off the reigns of heretical tyrants and expose the Divine Conspiracy.
The reason for all this is because of the pantheon. 9 gods created the world. Each governed their own attributes. But 8 of them were structured and ordered. They created the elements to guide their will (science). They also struck together against the 9th god, the God of Chaos and discord. This deity is responsible for creating humans and their unpredictable ways. He created them to wield his tools for his will (magic). With his magic, he was able to save his essence into small fragments, which he bestowed upon the human race. Then he took a mortal form. This new form was not capable to hold his immense knowledge and wisdom, thus limiting his abilities. Vaeruth, at that point, many, many years ago, was but a farmer's son, albeit an intelligent and manipulative farmer, with dreams of grandeur. Seeing an opportunity to achieve his vision, he struck down the immortal, further weakening him. With the gods' energy exhausted on expelling Chaos, they slumbered. No being is controlling the flow of magic at this time, so it goes out of control. The Church is established with the goal to hunt down these fiends (seen as a threat to Vaeruth's power) and kill them.
Maybe more on this later.
This game is equipped with a difficulty changer, but the game is designed to be challenging on easy anyways, and nearly impossible on Annihilating (its most difficult mode). This project is non-commercial, and uses scripts and pseudo-scripts from some of the most well known entities in RMXP. Included is
Blizzard
SephirothSpawn
Ccoa
eHarper
KGC
DerVVulfman
Guillaume777
The Characters:
Aeravyn
Born as a merchant's son, Aeravyn loved to travel. His father noted strange activities around him and took him to the church to be tested as a Darksoul. The test proved it to be so, and now Aeravyn is on the run, not really knowing where to go next (and I am only introducing him, as his background will be explained in the game)
Mistress Paladin
This is Vaeruth's half-mortal daughter. She herself is a Darksoul, but Vaeruth saw potential in her as a powerful tool. She has been pushed nearly to insanity by her cruel and manipulative father. Without any vision or hope she blindly and loyally executes her father's ways. Only her innate sense of good, the only surviving part of a personality she once had, guides her beyond her father's orders. Her name is her title as her father had no use of a name for her.
Vaeruth
Vaeruth is a farmer's son that had dreams of wealth and power. When he was in his middle age, he met a stranger who told him a most fantastic tale. He does NOT have a sense of humor, nor pity. He struck this person in cold blood (he thought he succeeded in his attempt to kill the stranger) and he has used that very tale to establish a new mass religion that glorifies himself. He sees everything and everyone as tools for his personal dreams. He will stop at nothing to achieve his desires. Cold, ruthless, murderous, conceited, intelligent, and insane with power: this man is the personification of evil.
More characters in the story. I just want to hint at some of the main characters so you have a feel for what the game is about.
Notice!!!
I am a religious person. This game does NOT in any way express my personal thoughts on my own or any other religion. I am designing this game because it is merely an idea I had, and I thought it would make a decent storyline and game, if applied correctly. Thank you for your patience and for understanding I am not speaking out against anyone's beliefs (at least not intentionally. I can't be held responsible for how people interpret this).
I will edit this post, or update this topic with another post offering more details. Until later!
Comments and constructive criticism are warmly accepted and desperately needed!
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