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“As I write these words…
I feel the last of my life slipping from me…
Yet still I am chased…
I am an Assassin, Venice is my home…
When many of my brothers and sisters departed Venice to aid Ezio Auditore in his mission to kill Rodrigo Borgia, the Pope of Rome only a handful of we Assassins where left to watch over the city…
We thought the Templar in city where all but gone…
How very wrong we where…
In our absence the Templar have returned…
Using their influences and thugs they have bribed, intimidated and murdered their way into controlling the majority of the cities politicians, nobles and government…
We tried to resist… but their numbers where too great…Their eyes and ears where everywhere…
I am the last…
The last Assassin of Venice…
All my brothers and sisters in the city where either killed or captured…
I am the last one free…
Even now I as write these words…
I ride to Florence…
To warm my brothers and sisters there…
Of the intentions of the Templar…
I know I will not make it there…
Even now I bleed from a mortal wound…
I will not make it to my destination…
I pray that one of my kin finds this message…
And rallies our order to fight the Templar…
Before the secrets of Venice are lost to their greedy hands…
Forever…
Nothing is true…
Everything is permitted…”
These are last words of Francesco da Selvaggia, the last surviving Assassin of Venice. His lifeless body was found next to his horse mere feet from the main gate of Florence.
Both his body and this blood stained note where found and recovered by a group of mercenaries loyal to the Assassin's Guild.
The Assassin's of Florence are now aware of the grave thread the Templar pose, and have sent word to the other Assassin's Guilds around the world.
The Templar must be stopped at all costs.
Venice must be liberated, once and for all.
The premise of this story is simple yet very deep, taking place in 1503 in Venice Italy, just after the events of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, this is a free form roleplay; we all write our characters thoughts and actions ourselves, no dice rolls, no hit points, only storytelling.
The Basics
Everyone who wants can create their own character, so long as you keep to the feel of the Assassin's Creed universe in plot your character can be anyone you want, an Assassin working to free Venice from the Templar control, a Templar Agent working to undermine the Assassin's attempts to free Venice, or even a neutral party with their own motives.
General Rules of the Roleplay
I - No Uber characters.
Plainly put this means you can't create and uber character that can do whatever they want, your character can be skilled but they are skill human in that they can be injured and (if you want) killed during the story.
II - Use good grammar. No slang. No l33t speak.
This roleplay takes place in 1503 in Venice Italy, words and slang like: "lol", "pwn", and "I will own your face noob", DON'T exist yet. People of the time even among the lower classes spoke with a more formal tone, so try to speak this way as well. You don't have to use big fancy words, just don't speak like an l33t obsessed noob.
Example: If another character would light heartedly mock your own characters skills in the story; "LAWL!!!1! I can PWNS you noober come I'll pwn you with my l33t skillx!1!!"
Would be a bad way to respond. On the other hand; "I assure you my skills are more then a match for your own, come try me if you can!" Would be a much better way to give the same response.
Also if you have access to a Spell Check feel free to use it, I don't mind a few typos and I am not a grammar Nazi by any means but, Spell Check helps keep everything clear and legible.
III - If you need to speak out of character use: (OOC: )
If for any reason you need to speak out of character type what you want to say in (OOC
. This is good way to form a plan, share you thoughts or converse to as what you want to do next, or even make requests to other Rpers.
Example: (OOC: Hey can someone dramatically kill my character, I'm getting bored of him and want to do other things in the story... thanks.)
IV - I don't write the story, we ALL write it together.
In this story you are free to control aspects of the story and the world itself, if you want to collapse a building for dramatic effect or have the cast be ambushed by guards go ahead and write it.
I may be the creator of this RP but I only have an underlying plot I want to tell, and I am open to any kind of plot twist. If we do get a little off track I will help to steer the story back on track but like I said am open to any plot twists and changes.
V - You may create any character you wish, but not any that exist already
Simply put you may feel free to create characters of any gender, nationality, skill set and ideology but please don't use characters that already exist in the Assassin's Creed universe. We all know Ezio and Altair are extremely cool but we all can't be them.
Also you don't need to have played any of the Assassin's Creed to join-in, I'll try to explain the jest of the city and things you may encounter but it’s easier for you too look up facts on your own, but beware of spoilers in places like the Assassin's Creed Wiki.
Character Creation
Name - Your character full name and any title or alias they may have.
Gender - Your characters gender.
Age - Your characters age, you may leave this as unknown or "fuzzy" if you want.
Nationality - What place your character is from, this can be anywhere but some places in the world (like America) do no exist yet, so keep this in mind.
Known Equipment and Skills - Some of the tricks and tools your character has been known to you use, and skills they may have. Note however is says Known, feel free to keep some of them secret if you want. ^_^
Creed - Whom your character fights for in the Story. This can be for the Assassins, the Templar or for themselves.
Physical Appearance - How your character looks, hair color, eye color, clothing, distinct features (scars, tattoos), ect.
Description - A short description about your character. Use this to shed some light on your character, reasons for fighting, background, childhood, events in their life that made them who they are, or anything you want.
Well I think that about covers it for right now. I'll be adding more about the types of guards you will run into and the factions that can aid you a bit later, feel free to post your characters now if you want. I'll be starting the actual roleplay thread on the Live Show forum very soon.
If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to either post them here or PM me.
Regards,
Jake
I feel the last of my life slipping from me…
Yet still I am chased…
I am an Assassin, Venice is my home…
When many of my brothers and sisters departed Venice to aid Ezio Auditore in his mission to kill Rodrigo Borgia, the Pope of Rome only a handful of we Assassins where left to watch over the city…
We thought the Templar in city where all but gone…
How very wrong we where…
In our absence the Templar have returned…
Using their influences and thugs they have bribed, intimidated and murdered their way into controlling the majority of the cities politicians, nobles and government…
We tried to resist… but their numbers where too great…Their eyes and ears where everywhere…
I am the last…
The last Assassin of Venice…
All my brothers and sisters in the city where either killed or captured…
I am the last one free…
Even now I as write these words…
I ride to Florence…
To warm my brothers and sisters there…
Of the intentions of the Templar…
I know I will not make it there…
Even now I bleed from a mortal wound…
I will not make it to my destination…
I pray that one of my kin finds this message…
And rallies our order to fight the Templar…
Before the secrets of Venice are lost to their greedy hands…
Forever…
Nothing is true…
Everything is permitted…”
These are last words of Francesco da Selvaggia, the last surviving Assassin of Venice. His lifeless body was found next to his horse mere feet from the main gate of Florence.
Both his body and this blood stained note where found and recovered by a group of mercenaries loyal to the Assassin's Guild.
The Assassin's of Florence are now aware of the grave thread the Templar pose, and have sent word to the other Assassin's Guilds around the world.
The Templar must be stopped at all costs.
Venice must be liberated, once and for all.
The premise of this story is simple yet very deep, taking place in 1503 in Venice Italy, just after the events of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, this is a free form roleplay; we all write our characters thoughts and actions ourselves, no dice rolls, no hit points, only storytelling.
The Basics
Everyone who wants can create their own character, so long as you keep to the feel of the Assassin's Creed universe in plot your character can be anyone you want, an Assassin working to free Venice from the Templar control, a Templar Agent working to undermine the Assassin's attempts to free Venice, or even a neutral party with their own motives.
General Rules of the Roleplay
I - No Uber characters.
Plainly put this means you can't create and uber character that can do whatever they want, your character can be skilled but they are skill human in that they can be injured and (if you want) killed during the story.
II - Use good grammar. No slang. No l33t speak.
This roleplay takes place in 1503 in Venice Italy, words and slang like: "lol", "pwn", and "I will own your face noob", DON'T exist yet. People of the time even among the lower classes spoke with a more formal tone, so try to speak this way as well. You don't have to use big fancy words, just don't speak like an l33t obsessed noob.
Example: If another character would light heartedly mock your own characters skills in the story; "LAWL!!!1! I can PWNS you noober come I'll pwn you with my l33t skillx!1!!"
Would be a bad way to respond. On the other hand; "I assure you my skills are more then a match for your own, come try me if you can!" Would be a much better way to give the same response.
Also if you have access to a Spell Check feel free to use it, I don't mind a few typos and I am not a grammar Nazi by any means but, Spell Check helps keep everything clear and legible.
III - If you need to speak out of character use: (OOC: )
If for any reason you need to speak out of character type what you want to say in (OOC
Example: (OOC: Hey can someone dramatically kill my character, I'm getting bored of him and want to do other things in the story... thanks.)
IV - I don't write the story, we ALL write it together.
In this story you are free to control aspects of the story and the world itself, if you want to collapse a building for dramatic effect or have the cast be ambushed by guards go ahead and write it.
I may be the creator of this RP but I only have an underlying plot I want to tell, and I am open to any kind of plot twist. If we do get a little off track I will help to steer the story back on track but like I said am open to any plot twists and changes.
V - You may create any character you wish, but not any that exist already
Simply put you may feel free to create characters of any gender, nationality, skill set and ideology but please don't use characters that already exist in the Assassin's Creed universe. We all know Ezio and Altair are extremely cool but we all can't be them.
Also you don't need to have played any of the Assassin's Creed to join-in, I'll try to explain the jest of the city and things you may encounter but it’s easier for you too look up facts on your own, but beware of spoilers in places like the Assassin's Creed Wiki.
Character Creation
Name - Your character full name and any title or alias they may have.
Gender - Your characters gender.
Age - Your characters age, you may leave this as unknown or "fuzzy" if you want.
Nationality - What place your character is from, this can be anywhere but some places in the world (like America) do no exist yet, so keep this in mind.
Known Equipment and Skills - Some of the tricks and tools your character has been known to you use, and skills they may have. Note however is says Known, feel free to keep some of them secret if you want. ^_^
Creed - Whom your character fights for in the Story. This can be for the Assassins, the Templar or for themselves.
Physical Appearance - How your character looks, hair color, eye color, clothing, distinct features (scars, tattoos), ect.
Description - A short description about your character. Use this to shed some light on your character, reasons for fighting, background, childhood, events in their life that made them who they are, or anything you want.
Well I think that about covers it for right now. I'll be adding more about the types of guards you will run into and the factions that can aid you a bit later, feel free to post your characters now if you want. I'll be starting the actual roleplay thread on the Live Show forum very soon.
If you have any suggestions or comments feel free to either post them here or PM me.

Regards,
Jake