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Lords Of Liam OOC (Accepting!); A modern mob drama roleplay.
Topic Started: August 29, 2010, 3:03 am (2,144 Views)
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Welcome to the Lords of Liam OOC thread! IC here.

Overview
The city of Liam is a Mecca for the cutting-edge and business affluent. In recent decades the city has become a sea of sky-scrapers and the home of many a new billion-dollar company. As a result it sometimes surprises people to know that the town used to be a plain place populated mostly by immigrants with small businesses. Two corporations sprung from those humble beginnings and came to own virtually every company, firm, and manufacturing plant in town. The names of these corporations are The Zeitmann Corporation, or “ZeitCo” and The Faust Corporation, “FaustCo.” The rivalry between these two kings of commerce has grown more and more fierce over the decades. The only thing that separates these two economic bigwigs from regular corporations is that instead of being run by a board of directors they are headed by a single person and their family. Controlling several businesses in a city like Liam is both brutal and fantastically rewarding. This place is about being the best or going home, so it was only a matter of time before the rivals pushed things even further.

Two generations ago Louis Faust lead the foray into crime as a means of getting ahead. It wasn’t long before the Faust Mob came to be. Refusing to be left behind, the Zeitmann’s created the Zeit mob shortly thereafter. The members of both groups range from the kin of super-business elite, to the ones barely scraping by. Regardless of their social status, many seem to end up in one of the mobs. The privileged one’s because they are expected to outshine their family’s achievements, and the others because it is one of the few ways to possibly make it in the big city. It’s all about the money and the power. These groups will do anything to get an upper hand even if that means wiping out the competition.

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This idea was inspired by this short.

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Question about the heirs. Must they be male?
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nope, not at all. :D

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Yay!! I reserve Zeitmann heir!!
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okie dokies. :D I'm so glad to already have some interest for this!

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^w^ It's a catchy rp. I'ma wait for some others to catch on so I can scheme some relationships, bwahahaha.
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ooh yess, I'm going to go try and whore this out to the people in The Road that Leads You. haha.

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Lol, have you posted it in the Now Playing?
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No, but I should, huh? I'll do that. ^^

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Yeah xD That would be a good idea.
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done. woohoo! and now the boring part. waiting.

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*plays solitaire while she waits*
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Solitaire has to be one of the best games ever in the word. *nods*

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*nod nod* XD
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Well I need to go to bed, so while I'm gone I demand everyone to join! >>
Anywho, g'night.

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Okay, this is it so far for anyone who is interested in making relationships:

Name: Sophia Zietmann

Nickname: Little Sophie (only called this by her parents)

Gender: Female

Age: 27

Affiliation: ZeitCo

Position: heir

Romantic Interest: open to any affairs within the Faust group, preferably gang member/heir

Heritage: German

Short History: Sophia was born into the wealthy family of ZeitCo, pampered and given all she desired. From birth, her parents cherished her existence after years of trying to conceive and finally being able to have their beloved Little Sophie. It seemed like the perfect family. They were well off and loving towards Sophia, always bending to suit her needs and selfish wants. It was only after her mother's passing that Sophia finally woke up and saw the world she lived in.

The day her mother die, Sophia felt as if her heart had been torn out as she raised her hand in class to answer a question. What was this feeling? Why was she feeling it? It made it hard to breathe when a man walked through the door and whispered to her teacher. The look on the woman's face was full of pity. From that moment on, Sophia hated the look of pity. She hated sympathy. Sophia didn't want to feel the hands or sad eyes on her as she laid her mother to rest. She wanted her mother back. Each glance at her mother's cold body was a stab.

Sophia didn't want materialistic things after that. It's only after you've lost something real and breathing and loving that you realize everything you were selfish enough to want up until then was rediculous and unimportant. Nothing was satisfactory except the look of pride in her father's eyes when Sophia grew more intelligent, more strong. She needed to be different, she needed to fill the void with something meaningful. But it seemed that every chance she got to prove herself, her father shot her down. Each meeting he attended made her more lonely. He'd left her alone in a house full of ghosts. And so, Sophia tried harder to distance herself, to be busy.

From piano to ballet lessons, Sophia worked to be everything and anything while being followed around by top notch security that her father had placed in the spot reserved for him. It was strange at first, having security and she didn't know where it had all materialized from. The fear of having someone else die on him? There had to be more by the way they hounded her. Her family was one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, family in Liam as their company dominated. She knew that with this came many family secrets and a danger Sophia could never seem to grasp entirely. The security that surrounded her 24/7 proved this.

Her father kept her mostly in the dark when it came to the ways of the business, sheltering her for as long as possible from reality; something she'd always loathed. Though, soon, he named her his heir to the chair of the ZeitCo company. The weight of the world crashed down on Sophia's shoulders but she knew, somehow, she would be able to handle it all. She had, after all, turned out to be the brightest of the bunch. Sophia knew that she would be able to run it, though what she would do about the gang she'd found herself involved with indirectly thanks to her new title Sophia hadn't a clue.

More to add as I develop relationship(s)

Personality: She is bright but easily stressed. There is something that always lures her to the dangerous or immoral things in life. She seems innocent on the surface but beneath the skin, Sophia is durable and very aware of her surroundings. She will not stand for lies or manipulation of any sort and considers herself independent, always yearning for her father to lay off of the security that surrounded her 24/7.

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Sophia carries strong genes that tie back to her great-grandparents with her deep blue eyes, red lips and vibrant cheeks, and her blonde hair. She is slender but toned thanks to her days in the gym. Her fingers are long, giving away her years of piano lessons, and her legs strong.

Weapon: Security, that's the only thing keeping her away from bodily harm.
Extra: Sophia has a Persian cat named Rachelle and lives in a loft in the center of the city.
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Holy damnation this sounds like a great mafioso setting. Count me in; I've got (imo) a great concept for a strong-arm. Probably nothing as dramatic as a hitman or the like, but the kind of enforcer small bosses like to have around when talking to troublesome people. I'll whip out a character profile and submit it, but there is one point I want to PM you about with my concept. Hopefully you like it too.
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Name: Lake Nicholas Rieser
Nickname: Little Nikkie
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Affiliation: ZeitCo
Position: "Soldier"
Romantic Interest: TBA
Heritage: unknownon his mother's side, but German on his father's

"Short" History


Personality: Despite a long life of violence and suffering, Lake is surprisingly gentle and understanding. Indeed, for a man whose life has been soaked in so much death and blood he a positive teddy bear with a never say die attitude and a pention for self-sacrifice that has led him into a great deal of trouble, but has also provided him with such rewards as to make jealous his less willing kinsmen. But this selflessness is a double edged sword, often cutting him as deeply as his enemies.

Appearance: Height 6'2", weight 203lbs, build athletically toned.
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Weapon: Well trained in hand to hand combat specializing in joint locks and submission, as well as pistols and rifles, favoring higher caliber weapons whenever possible
Extra: Sorry for the stupidly long "short" history. Good stories grow in the telling.
Edited by aoberaz, August 29, 2010, 4:54 pm.
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aoberaz and Paradox ,you are both accepted!

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Splee! Now for more people. :3
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Agreed! Oh btw, I forgot to post this so I'll add it in a second, but you guys are allowed to make multiple characters. Up to three.

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Shweet. I might take you up on that at a later time if I find I can juggle two characters.

@Aoberaz: About the bodyguard situation, is it the beginning of his assignment when the rp starts or have they already had a little history together?
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Brilliant! Can't wait to test this concept out in practice. I think I'm going to keep things to just one character for the moment... I like to feel I've put a good deal of effort into Lake and expect it would only bog the RP down if I did it again at this stage... plus I don't know how convincing a concept I could come up with after having created Lake.
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August 29, 2010, 6:36 pm
Shweet. I might take you up on that at a later time if I find I can juggle two characters.

@Aoberaz: About the bodyguard situation, is it the beginning of his assignment when the rp starts or have they already had a little history together?
I think that unless we're given an compelling reason not to, that we should begin our opening posts by having our two characters meet. That said, there is one more thing I want to add.

If you throughly read the back story (and mad props if you did) you may have noticed that Malcom (Lake's father) took on a new assignment shortly before he was killed. This assignment was actually the protection of your character during her high school years. During this time Lake was only 13, but Sophia would have been 15 and just preparing to enter high school (if I got the age and timelines right... feel free to correct me if I'm wrong). But shortly after her graduation he died "at the hands of a pack of street punks".

Does that conflict with anything you have in place for Sophia?
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