The Premise

 

The entire afterlife is in chaos, and it's up to you to try to sort things out. By the machinations of Amos Redhart, the founder and first Captain of the Knights Arcana (who, even if they show up, won't play any important part in this RP), the Damned have risen up and taken over Hell for themselves. This has forced the Demons into the next two planes of spiritual existence, Purgatory and Heaven. They have already conquered Purgatory, where you will fight the bulk of them. Beyond that, on the heavenly plane, a force beyond even them is struggling with the armies of angels for total control. An angel has come down to the arena, offering to bring back loved ones of whatever warriors are willing to take up this mission of restoration. Your main goal will be to rescue the descendants of Redhart (who are involved with his plan in some manner) and whoever it is your characters are after, but you won't always be able to just fight your way through.

The Rules of Play

 

If the previous RP was an indication, a style change is required here. I am simply too busy and/or lazy to take control of every enemy, especially in an RP like this where your foes will be innumerable. So I've decided to go with a different method of combat this time, that of the Blades of Retribution RPs on the Escapist. (You may want to take a look at the most recent one if you want examples.) In this RP, you will be writing both your actions and the actions and responses of your enemies.

For this to work, you will be required to use a deeper level of writing than you may be used to. I will not tolerate you doing some single, "awesome" attack that somehow wipes out every enemy in the battle. Try to limit yourselves to one or two enemies brought down per post (more if their numbers are too vast for that to be practical). Have them take a hit every once in a while. Write a story with your post and make it worth reading. This isn't about having the most badass character, it's about showing everyone else how badass you can make them be (sort of). The posts don't have to be that long or complicated. Just please don't post shit.

If this doesn't work out, I'll figure something else out, but please give this style a chance.

The Characters

 

Pretty much just apply the same rules as you've seen elsewhere about trenchcoating, Mary Sueing and godmoding characters. Post sheets about your characters, of course, including their name, abilities and motivation. (For this, it should be either someone they want brought back to life or someone they want to allow to continue resting in peace. If they have ulterior motives, don't post that. PM me about it and we can work it in somewhere and avoid incident or interruption.) If this is a completely new character we've never seen before, put in some background, description and whatever else you need.

Also, since the balance of use is up to you this time, you may bring more up to two characters into this if you desire. Just make sure to not neglect one and try to develop both.

The Enemies

 

As alluded to in the Premise section, you will ultimately face three categories of enemies on the three different planes:

Hell - The Damned
Purgatory - The Demons
Heaven - To be revealed

In some cases, you will be outnumbered. In the other cases, you will be outpowered. I'm afraid your mortal characters won't stand much chance based on their own merits in these overwhelming circumstances, so your creativity will have to come into play. Considering where you're fighting, I'm sure you'll find some ways to use the environment to your advantage. I will always post information about the enemies (attacks, patterns, strength, etc.) for you to write with.

The Bosses

 

While I have bosses of my own planned, I'm more than willing to let other people have their own to pit against the main players. They can be a character you used to have that died, someone alluded to previously by other characters (also dead) or just something you like that you came up with. PM me with the information and which area you want them to fight in and we'll see what we can work out.

Unlike enemies, bosses will be done in the old-fashioned way. I'll post some information about them and do their actions, you respond and fight back. If you see that two or maybe three other posters have already attacked the boss after one of my posts, please, for my own convenience, wait for me to do my next action so I don't have to work in a ton of defensive manuveurs all at once. Especially for bosses, the environment may be the way to go.

The Setting

 

You already know you will be fighting in Hell, Purgatory and Heaven. However, this time it will be, with some translational error, in the Divine Comedy's incarnation of Hell (so not as much hellfire as freakish monsters and dreary rock). I don't expect you to have read all 100 cantoes, though. To the best of my ability, I will be posting detailed descriptions of the areas you will be fighting in and travelling through, so you don't have to worry about making stuff up.