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This article will guide you through the process of making an Elysian character. | This article will guide you through the process of making an Elysian character. | ||
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==== Name ==== | ==== Name ==== | ||
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==== General Information ==== | ==== General Information ==== | ||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
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- | **Patricians** are the social, physical, and intellectual elites of Elysian society. They are extremely physically strong, many are even strong enough to fly. Elysian society moves and aligns at the whim of the Patrician minority, a long-standing reality due to both tradition and religion. Being pure-blooded ' | + | **Patricians** are the social, physical, and intellectual elites of Elysian society. They are extremely physically strong, many are even strong enough to fly. Elysian society moves and aligns at the whim of the Patrician minority, a long-standing reality due to both tradition and religion. Being pure-blooded ' |
- | **Caelisolans** are a genetically engineered replacement for the Plebeian subspecies. As an effort to eliminate " | + | **Caelisolans** are a genetically engineered replacement for the Plebeian subspecies. As an effort to eliminate " |
**Plebeians** were the social underbelly of Elysian society. Relegated to the lower rungs of the social, political, and military ladder because of impure alien blood, Plebeians are seen by outsiders as downtrodden and neglected, but rarely saw themselves as such. Plebeians, like Patricians, largely saw their servitude as natural - decades, even centuries, of tradition have ensured as much. | **Plebeians** were the social underbelly of Elysian society. Relegated to the lower rungs of the social, political, and military ladder because of impure alien blood, Plebeians are seen by outsiders as downtrodden and neglected, but rarely saw themselves as such. Plebeians, like Patricians, largely saw their servitude as natural - decades, even centuries, of tradition have ensured as much. | ||
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=== Gender === | === Gender === | ||
- | All Elysian subspecies are equally male and female. | + | All Elysian subspecies are equally |
=== Family === | === Family === | ||
Patricians are most often very proud of their familial history, and usually know every member of their family for several generations back. Though Elysian society is focused around the merit of the individual, it is hardly above taking pride in the merit of those closely related to the individual. It is extremely rare for a Patrician to have ever experienced poverty, though many have experienced combat and personal loss during the Heavenly Wars. | Patricians are most often very proud of their familial history, and usually know every member of their family for several generations back. Though Elysian society is focused around the merit of the individual, it is hardly above taking pride in the merit of those closely related to the individual. It is extremely rare for a Patrician to have ever experienced poverty, though many have experienced combat and personal loss during the Heavenly Wars. | ||
- | Caelisolans sometimes know a good deal about their family history, but usually don't learn anything beyond their immediate family unit. As until recently, Caelisolans were often caught in a very hopeless situation before switching to their new bodies, such luxuries as tracing one's family back for fifteen generations rarely existed. In the past, Plebeians rarely had money, typically living in abject poverty and often without sufficient food. Though poverty is still far from uncommon among Caelisolans today, starvation was all but erased a few years past thanks to the introduction of [[faction:elysia:psomi]]. | + | Caelisolans sometimes know a good deal about their family history, but usually don't learn anything beyond their immediate family unit. As until recently, Caelisolans were often caught in a very hopeless situation before switching to their new bodies, such luxuries as tracing one's family back for fifteen generations rarely existed. In the past, Plebeians rarely had money, typically living in abject poverty and often without sufficient food. Though poverty is still far from uncommon among Caelisolans today, starvation was all but erased a few years past thanks to the introduction of [[items:food:psomi]]. |
Plebeians, being almost completely converted to Caelisolan bodies, have the same familial structure as Caelisolans, | Plebeians, being almost completely converted to Caelisolan bodies, have the same familial structure as Caelisolans, | ||
- | For more about Elysian Families, see [[faction: | + | For more about Elysian Families, see [[faction: |
=== Employment === | === Employment === | ||
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- | Patricians may work for [[faction: | + | Patricians may work for [[faction: |
- | Caelisolans may work for [[faction: | + | Caelisolans may work for [[faction: |
What Plebeians are left are usually found in the same jobs as they used to hold, if they' | What Plebeians are left are usually found in the same jobs as they used to hold, if they' | ||
=== Rank === | === Rank === | ||
- | Elysian PCs enlisting in the Star Army of Yamatai begin at the rank of [[stararmy: | + | Elysian PCs enlisting in the Star Army of Yamatai begin at the rank of [[stararmy: |
- | Civilians are not constrained by military ranks, though social rank in Elysia is very important, and is based around [[faction: | + | Civilians are not constrained by military ranks, though social rank in Elysia is very important, and is based around [[faction: |
- | {{ | + | {{ stararmy:characters: |
=== Current Assignment === | === Current Assignment === | ||
- | Your current assignment is determined by your GM. Talk to the GM of the [[guide:active_plots|plot]] you wish to join. | + | Your current assignment is determined by your GM. Talk to the GM of the [[:plots|plot]] you wish to join. |
==== Physical Characteristics ==== | ==== Physical Characteristics ==== | ||
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Plebeians generally weigh from 80 to 110 pounds, with males slightly heavier than females. | Plebeians generally weigh from 80 to 110 pounds, with males slightly heavier than females. | ||
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=== Build and Skin Color === | === Build and Skin Color === | ||
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==== Psychological Characteristics ==== | ==== Psychological Characteristics ==== | ||
=== Personality === | === Personality === | ||
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Elysians have a full range of personalities, | Elysians have a full range of personalities, | ||
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The few Plebeians you might encounter are almost always subdued and soft-spoken. They often wish for a better lot in life, but rarely have the ambition to make it happen, and often lack circumstances that would allow for such ambitions anyway. Many Plebeians (and former Plebeians), especially the elder members of both groups, are still quite uneducated, despite the increasing push towards improvement that goes hand in hand with the Caelisolan program. | The few Plebeians you might encounter are almost always subdued and soft-spoken. They often wish for a better lot in life, but rarely have the ambition to make it happen, and often lack circumstances that would allow for such ambitions anyway. Many Plebeians (and former Plebeians), especially the elder members of both groups, are still quite uneducated, despite the increasing push towards improvement that goes hand in hand with the Caelisolan program. | ||
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Virtually all Elysians are fiercely religious, believing in a single ethnocentric god. While all species are worthy of salvation, Elysians are far and away the //most// worthy, with even the tainted Plebeians ranking high above such as the [[species: | Virtually all Elysians are fiercely religious, believing in a single ethnocentric god. While all species are worthy of salvation, Elysians are far and away the //most// worthy, with even the tainted Plebeians ranking high above such as the [[species: | ||
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Again, this varies greatly with the individual, though a strong resentment for the [[faction: | Again, this varies greatly with the individual, though a strong resentment for the [[faction: | ||
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==== History ==== | ==== History ==== | ||
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Over the past thirty-five years, Elysia has fought four wars against the [[faction: | Over the past thirty-five years, Elysia has fought four wars against the [[faction: | ||
- | The recent invasion of the NMX marked the fifth major military defeat for Elysia, and in [[calendar:YE 33]] with the [[faction:elysia: | + | The recent invasion of the NMX marked the fifth major military defeat for Elysia, and in [[timeline:ye_33]] with the [[system:elysia_novus]] likely to be the next target, many Elysian Senators looked towards the [[stararmy:start]] as a way to protect their home in the aftermath of the devastating losses of the Elysian Celestial Navy, eventually leading to the decision for an alliance. With the remainders of their military now fully integrated into the military of Yamatai, it is a potentially distasteful option, but an option nonetheless. |
==== Additional Info ==== | ==== Additional Info ==== | ||
If you want to get really in depth, take a look at the [[faction: | If you want to get really in depth, take a look at the [[faction: | ||
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+ | ===== OOC Notes ===== | ||
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+ | Chibi artworks by Ichan and Ambriel Cinna art by Zairyo. |