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    Character Creation: What would an RPG IH be without the basic character creation scheme? Please follow the instructions below to a T: All characters will have to be approved by Watercress or Dan. Characters who don’t stick to the formula will not be approved.


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    Date of Birth and Age:
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    Biography:
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    There were some pretty stringent conditions in place in order for one to become a member of the Athenian government. One must be a male born of two Athenian parents and must have served two years of military service. Since the average starting age of military service in those days was 20, this means every character must be at least 22 years old. If your character does not meet these characteristics he will not be approved. Characters with religious views outside of Greek paganism will not be accepted either. Write your biographies carefully!


    Occupations:
    Merchant: You are a merchant by trade, importing exotic goods to Athenian markets and exporting Greek ones throughout the Mediterranean. You are not necessarily wealthy, but you hold your own and it’s a (somewhat) honest living. You’re likely to be a supporter of expanding Athens’ empire to control more foreign markets, leading to greater control of vital trade lanes and more drachmas in your purse.

    Rural Aristocrat: You are a wealthy man, owning vast tracts of land outside the city limits worked by more slaves than you care to count. You are also likely to support imperial expansion and total defeat of the Spartans. After all, your fields are the ones who will be burnt and raided if Spartan forces start poking their noses around Athens itself.

    Urban Aristocrat: Similar to the rural aristocracy, but preferring city life to the countryside. You will also be likely to support the same political goals.

    Philosopher: You are a thinker by nature, whether you are a follower of the new school of Socrates, a Sophist, an Eleatic, a Pythagorean, or anything in between. Knowledge is your currency, not drachma, so you are not a wealthy man by material standards. You are wise, however, and your opinion is very likely to carry some weight among your peers. You are not likely to support expansionism, preferring a nation of scholars to a nation of warriors.

    Strategos: You have served as a commanding officer in the Athenian armies…though not necessarily with dignity. Maybe you led Athens’ armies to glorious victory far afield, or maybe you barely staved off the total annihilation of whatever unfortunate force you were given command of. Either way, your military career lends you a certain degree of respect and the mandatory military service required of all members of the Boule. You are almost definitely a supporter of Athenian expansion and the destruction of Sparta at all costs.

    Freeman: You are not a slave, but you probably live like one. Eking out a living as a fisherman, farmer, hunter, stonemason, builder, woodcutter, or any combination of the above, you are on one of the lower rungs of society. But the advent of Athenian democracy has given you a new voice, a voice that you and your people have never had before. You are unlikely to support expansionism and perhaps even to support the appeasement of the Spartan army. After all, it will be you and your sons risking their lives on the battlefield, not the aristocrats.

    Architect: You were one of the geniuses behind Pericles’ great building projects, be it the Parthenon itself or anything else. You are an intelligent man with an eye for design and your opinion will be invaluable in the creation of new public works and perhaps even siege works later on. You could go either way as far as imperialism and support of the war goes.

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    Name: Alcibiades
    Date of Birth and Age: 24 455 BC
    Occupation: Strategos
    Biography: Born to a long line of great Athenian warriors, his grandfather fought in the Persian wars (most notably at the battle of platea) and his father served Athens faithfully for many years, giving up the prime of his life for his city. Alcibiades has served in the Athenian military for the past four years, joining the very day that he could with great pride. Alcibiades gained his position, more or less, because of the respect his family earned after years of outstanding service to Athens, but luckily for Athens it would turn out to be a wise decision.

    The first large battle Alcibiades took part in was the Battle of Potidaea a great Athenian victory. In the battle he held the phalanx strong leading his men by example, the battle came to an end with a glorious Athenian victory over Corinth. He was treated to a hero’s welcome when he returned to Athens.

    Alcibiades has a quick mind, a powerful speaking voice, and a strong shield arm, making for a fine strategos and boule member. He is a charismatic leader, a great orator, a renowned warrior, an outstanding strategist and commander. He is a true Greek and as all Greeks he believes in the Greek pantheon and no other. Alcibiades is also a ridiculously handsome man, and has a weakness for the ladies. Alcibiades is the supreme Athenian, he holds wild parties, he wears his hair long, and dresses very well.

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    Changed my guys back story gave him a victory under his belt

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    Name: Xenippos the Blind
    Date of Birth and Age: 68
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Biography: Xenippos was born blind at birth. For this, his father (who was from a long line of soldiers) attempted to drown the young lad. When a local freemen saw the events occuring, he rushed in, and took poor Xenippos into his own household. From their, he grew up and learned from the best teachers. His wisdom has made him a respected man in Athhens, but some say he has recently lost his genius. Some argue there is a method to his madness, so he shoulod still be honored.

    Even though he is blind, Xenippos is perfectly competent, and often whacks people who annoy him with his cane that he uses as a staff.
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    Remember, all chars will have to be approved by Water or myself!

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    Name: Kallistos the Phocaean
    Date of Birth and Age: 33
    Occupation: Merchant
    Biography: Kallistos is an Athenian merchant and trader, who commands a modest fleet of merchant vessels that ply the Aegean and rest of the Mediterranean with wares. He is known as the Phocaean because he has a large country estate outside the Ionian city, and the ties between Phocaea and Massalia promoted one of his first profitable ventures, so he has a fondness for the city despite being Athenian by birth.

    Kallistos' forebears were all sailors and fishermen by trade. His line can be traced to a great Athenian admiral who plied the Aegean escorting merchant vessels and wrecking pirate coves on small islands in the sea. He was rewarded for his service with a ship of his own and a bit of beach for its berth - and thus was the tradition born. The progenitor of their naval tradition retired from warmaking and taught himself fishery, which he passed down to his children, and they to their children. As they accumulated wealth, they purchased additional ships - until finally it made more financial sense to distribute goods than it did to haul fish.

    Kallistos inherited these ships, and with shrewd business and high-risk, high-reward trade routes, he has managed to expand the business to a respectable entity in the Athenian-dominated markets of the region.

    He is also stunningly beautiful, the envy of women and men alike.
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    Pericles and Kip - Approved! Though it'd be nice if you could elaborate a little more on your bios.
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    Name: Agamemnon of South Attica
    Age: 89
    Occupation: Philosopher
    Biography: Old "wise man" who has served in many wars and been an elder in Athens for MANY years... But now he's that cook who is tolerated purely because he's the oldest man in Athens.
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    Arkantos the One-Eyed
    Date of Birth and Age: 51
    Occupation: Strategos
    Biography: Arkantos is an old Athenian general famed for fighting several wars. His most recognizable feature is the band of cloth he wears around his eye lost to fighting pirates. In the army he is known as the Cyclops, and exposes his eyeless socket in battle to fear his men into fighting as well as the enemy into running. He has a hot temper and can't stand inaction. Inaction, after all, loses wars.
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    Only four characters, two of which aren't even complete yet? We're going to need much more than that if we want to start by the weekend!
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    Eteacles
    Date of Birth and Age: April 30th, 463 BC (32)
    Occupation: Rural Aristocrat
    Biography: Eteacles belongs to an extremely long line of landowners, the vast majority of whom have been content to remain on their large estate near the border with Thebes and occasionally fight in a war or two. For as long as anyone can remember, his family has worked their lands, their days free of bother and their only worry they have is making sure that they themselves are well fed. However, Eteacles has unwillingly broken from this pattern. Recognizing that his lands were under threat from Thebes during the First Peloponnesian War, he joined the military in order to defend his lands and eventually have a say in protecting them. Although defeated while serving as a Hoplite at Coronea, he was triumphant throughout the Samian War. Now he tends his estate and sits on the Boule, awaiting the day when he is called to defend his land once again.
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    Nyet! Be gone! This thread will not be perverted!

    Kip, can we order a general clean up?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kip Bohannon View Post
    Water: Modman! Modman! Why's he running, Dan?

    Dan: Because we have to chase him.

    Water: He didn't do anything wrong.

    Dan: Because he's the hero IH deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

    So we'll hunt him...

    ... because he can take it.

    Because he's not our hero.

    He's a Silent Guardian...

    ...a Watchful Protector.

    A Dark Kip...
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    OOC: I have put my start date as 431/2 if we are starting earlier let me know and I will take out the part about Corcyra.



    Name: Demosthenes
    Date of Birth and Age: 461 B.C.E. (30 years old)
    Occupation: Rural Aristocrat
    Biography: Demosthenes is the heir to one of the more powerful aristocratic families in Athens. His family can be traced back to the before even the Peisistratid Tyrants. With an incredibly distinguished ancestory, Demosthenes can rightfully state that his great grandfather partook in the expulsion of the Tyrants, his grandfather fought at Marathon and again at Artemisium, Salamis and Plataea during the Persian wars. His father was Strategos during the campaign in Naxos in the 470s and later at Thasos in the 460s. The voice of Demosthenes' forebears has dominated the Boule and the Ecclesia for generations.

    Demosthenes himself has inherited the rich assets of his family and the distinguished lineage that goes with those assets. However he has many personal accomplishments. In 434 he competed in Panthenaic Games, winning the distinguished foot race. He has nearly 10 years of military service under his belt and just a year or so ago he was elected Strategos and sent to Corcyra to support them against the Corinithians. At Sybota, Demosthenes made a fateful decision to commit his ships, possibly breaking the Non-aggression pact between Athens and the Peloponesian League. Either way his intervention saved the Corcyreans and on his return to Athens he was hailed as a Hero.

    With a strong backing Militarily and Financially, Demosthenes is now old enough to sit on the Boule and he is more then ready to start a powerful political career in Athens.
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    Now that is what I like to see! Approved!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan the Man View Post
    Water: Modman! Modman! Why's he running, Dan?

    Dan: Because we have to chase him.

    Water: He didn't do anything wrong.

    Dan: Because he's the hero IH deserves, but not the one it needs right now.

    So we'll hunt him...

    ... because he can take it.

    Because he's not our hero.

    He's a Silent Guardian...

    ...a Watchful Protector.

    A Dark Kip...
    Really Dan?


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    Name: Timaeus
    Date of Birth and Age: 466 B.C.E. (35 years old)
    Occupation: Urban Aristocrat
    Biography: A scion of an aristocratic family of middling power and stature, Timaeus spent the entirety of his early life and most of his adolescent years in Athens proper, finding the hustle-and-bustle of city life infinitely more exciting than the quiet and peace of the countryside, and in the company of his mother at that owing to his miltary father's long absences. He changed his city-mouse ways to a degree shortly after his coming of age, resolving to follow in his father's and grandfather's ways by enlisting with the Athenian army, and has since alternated between the roles of a soldier and a politician. Only a year ago he participated in the Battle of Potidaea, rallying the forces under the command of his fellow Strategos Callias after the man's unfortunate death via spear to the groin and ensuring the Athenians would hold the field in the end.

    With Potidaea and fifteen years of service under his belt, as well as the considerable resources of his family on top of all that, Timaeus is now ready to sit on the Boule and help lead Athens to greatness - and, of course, himself with it.

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    Excellent! Also approved!
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    OOC How many is that 4? We are getting there!


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    Six by my count. Water, do you think we should open or do you want to wait a little?
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