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Ankha is a world very much like our own. In fact, some would say its is an 'alternate' version of our world. However there are some things about Ankha which define it as different and unique, and a few main points regarding it and its inhabitants must be noted.

Ankha's culture and technology is almost identical to our own, apart from one major difference. Magical forces are present and accepted by the Ankhan people. It governs their existence and powers their technology. However, just as people in our world are good at certain things and bad at others, not all Ankhans can use magic. Some have great powers and can wield it with ease, while others haven't even the tiniest sliver of magic within them.

Ankhan physiology is also different to our own. Ankhan's are humanoid, and very similar in appearance. However their ears are long and taper to a point sideways. Ankhans are also born with natural 'tattoos'. Each Ankhan person has unique patterns and positions of their tattoos, and these tattoos stay with them from birth to death.

Ankhans also differ from our people, in that they address people with their surname before their given name. ((NOTE: You’ll need to remember that.))

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Ankhans who possess strong magical powers are often taught from a young age. They are taken to temples by their parents and learn to harness their magical ability for the good of their country. Those who become very powerful often become Priests or Priestesses who journey the land and help those in need. Some with extraordinary talents may even become High Priests or Priestesses. These people may lead the temples and may even join the Council of Mages and represent their country or city.

During the past few centuries however, people with magical ability have become fewer. Countries and cities are fighting to possess the greatest mages and priests, who have become like objects to be won at the end of a battle. People all over Ankha are become sick without the healing abilities of the priests, and the fiend populations are growing without mages to fight them. The Council of Mages has begun to study the Ancient Texts to see if there is anything which can save Ankha from its bleak future.

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The Council of Mages soon came upon an Ancient Text regarding a type of mage called a Geomancer. The Geomancers were mages who appeared to have no magical talent whatsoever. However, once they were recognised and trained, could use certain items, mainly staves, wands or bells, to call upon the forces of nature from the very land they were standing on and implement this as magic. The only way one could tell if a person had the potential to be a Geomancer, was if he, or she, had a tattoo of an Ankh on their left wrist.

The Ankh was an Ancient Symbol recognised by all Ankhans. For the Ankh was said to have been a powerful weapon wielded by the Goddess Alea when fighting alongside her sister, the Goddess Gaia, against the evil spirits who hoped to devour and destroy their two daughters, Terra and Ankha. Once Alea had one the battle, she gave the Ankh to her daughter Ankha. This enraged her sister Gaia, who Alea had promised would be given the Ankh once the battle was won. Gaia was so angry she destroyed the Ankh, splitting it into 23 pieces and embedding these pieces within Ankha. Alea was so angry by what Gaia had done, so she used her remaining powers to send Gaia and her daughter Terra away from her and her daughter forever.

The Geomancers formed a ‘guild’ of sorts, dedicated to finding new Geomancers and teaching the art of Geomancy to them. The Geomancers guild also had a hidden purpose. To find the missing pieces of the Ankh and restore it to its true form. The Geomancers managed to obtain some of the missing pieces, which they claimed came in the form of precious stones with magical properties. However, once the Ancient Council of Mages discovered the true intentions of the guild, which were considered blasphemous at the time, they sent their most powerful mages to destroy all the texts the Geomancers had created… and to kill the Geomancers themselves.

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Almost a century has passed since the Council of Mages read that Ancient Text and decided to restart the Geomancers Guild with the same intentions as the previous guild. Many people do not know about the guild. However it has become a law all throughout Ankha that any child who is born with the symbol of Ankh on his or her left wrist, must be given up to the authorities.

Ankha is still in disarray, the many countries still fighting for mages and priests. The Council of Mages has become the official government, enforcing their laws using a large group of people known as the Ankhan Militia. The Geomancers Guild has since been forgotten by the Council. However it still receives people, and still trains them to become Geomancers. Fewer and fewer people are being giving to the Guild however, and the High Priest of the Guild fears that even the ‘supply’ of Geomancers will run out, leaving Ankha with few people with any magical ability at all.

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High Priest Orol Khimar entered the Great Hall and was immediately approached by a young woman holding an object wrapped in brown paper. His brow crinkled in confusion, “Who are you miss? And what are you doing here?”
The woman looked at him passively for a moment, her face then lit up in a smile and she bowed in greeting, “Greetings Orol Khimar, High Priest of the Geomancers Guild. I am Lunetta Talim and I come with important news.”
The High Priest frowned for a moment, this woman had a strange aura around her.. a very powerful aura. Without speaking, he reached down and grabbed her left wrist, twisting it up to reveal an Ankh. She smiled at him, “I know you’re probably wondering why I was not sent to you as a child. That is because the Ankh only appeared on my wrist a few days ago….”
The old man interrupted her angrily, “What nonsense are you spouting child? It is impossible for a tattoo to appear like that.”
The woman stopped, frowning at the man, “Only those of us who are destined to become High Geomancers shall have their tattoos appear in such a manner. And our tattoos may only appear once our true powers awaken. That is the doing of the Goddess Alea, who speaks to you through me. For I am destined to be the High Geomancer of the Moon, voice of the Goddess and speaker of the Prophecies.”
The High Priest was staring at her now in disbelief, he opened his mouth to speak but was silenced when the woman held up the wrapped object. Tugging lightly at the string which tied it, the brown paper fell away to reveal a Moonstone. Before the man could speak, the woman turned her hand over, allowing the stone to fall to hard wooden floor and shatter into many pieces.
The man gasped as the pieces began glowing before moving towards each other and joining to become a whole stone once more. The woman leant down and picked the stone up, she stood up again and placed the stone in his hands. “A gift, from the Goddess, as proof that what I say is true.”
The High Priest’s hands trembled as he held another piece, the fifth piece, of the Ankh. He was about to speak when the woman’s eyes changed colour from a deep blue to a glowing silver.
The woman stepped forward, staring at him without blinking, “There shall be twelve, including she whom I speak through. They will represent the forces of nature- Fire, Wind, Stone, Electricity, Waves, Ice, Ivy, Mist, Sand, the Sun, the Moon and the Night. Some will come, others will need to be found, use the Moon’s power to call them all. Together they will heal my daughter and her people, and together they will rebuild my Ankh and unite the people with my daughter once more.”

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((Some notes about the 12 natural forces))

Fire- Red, Orange, Yellow, Aggressive, Bold
Wind- White, pale pastels, light Blue, Gentle, Noble
Stone- Grey, White, Black, Silent, Sturdy
Electricity- Electric Blue, Yellow, Black, Quick, Agile
Waves- Blue, Green, Purple, Calm, Strong
Ice- White, Blue, Cold, Sarcastic
Ivy- Brown, Green, Sharp, Aggressive
Mist- Grey, pale pastels, Quiet, Hidden
Sand- Yellow, Brown, Gold, Harsh, Sinking
Sun- Gold, Yellow, Orange, Happy, Cheerful
Moon- White, Dark Blue, Passive, Mysterious
Night- Black, Stealthy, Untrusting


Bios
Name: (don’t forget, surname first)
Age:
Geomancy: (One of the 12, can’t repeat what’s been taken)
Personality:
Appearance: (Include tattoos that are visible)
History:
Weapon: (Bell, Staff or Wand, only one)

Name: Lunetta Talim
Age: 17
Geomancy: the Moon
Personality: Quiet, Mysterious, Kind, always contemplating things
Appearance: Long silver hair, Dark Blue eyes. Wears a long silver-grey dress tied around the waist with a navy blue sash. Detached navy blue sleeves with silver patterns of stars and crescent moons. And a pair of short soft leather navy blue sandals. Has a crescent moon tattoo on her right cheek and a trail of diamond-like stars on her right shoulder.
History: To be revealed
Weapon: Staff. Long and silver in colour with a blue orb at the end surrounded by a silver ring.

Name: Major Ilani Tira
Age: 24
Geomancy: Ivy
Personality: Doesn’t trust people easily, quite cold and harsh, only shows a soft side when tending plants.
Appearance: Long hair that appears black but is really a very, very dark green, Forest Green eyes. Wears a black tank top with a dark green military jacket over the top. Black leather belt which holds up dark brown pants. And dark brown leather military boots. Has a long trail of ivy-leaves running from her jaw down her neck and a ring of ivy leaves around her belly button.
History: Grew up in an orphanage until she was 16. She then joined the Ankha Militia and quickly advanced in the ranks until she became a Major. More to be revealed.
Weapon: Bell. Dark redwood handle, silver bell engraved with a chain of ivy leaves.

((Our names are like Japanese names ^_^))
Name: Sunbeam Joyce (Joy for short)
Age: 16
Geomancy: Sun
Personality: Is a very happy person and is quite outgoing but becomes hot-headed sometimes
Appearance: Long golden blond hair, blue eyes, She wears a flowing yellow dress and the only visable tatto she has is a sun around her right eye
History: Like I'd tell you now!
Weapon: Wand, a small wand that ends with a golden tip.

Name: Lionheart Anka ((I use this name all the time I felt like I need to tell you because it bears a slight resembence to Ankh...))
Age: 15
Geomancy: Night
Personality: He is a very untrusting person he loves the darkness and is a quite cold person. He likes to be the one in control
Appearance: He has Jet black hairShoulder length hair whivh is unkept. He wears a Black shirt with a long sleeved T-shirt underneath Baggy black Jeans and Boots. He has a patch of black on his left cheek which is apparently a tattoo but it's a very unusual one.
History: See above
Weapon: Staff, A Black metal pole which has an Eagle shape at the top

Name: Kalmarris John
Age: 17
Geomancy: Mist (could the {edit...changing you wondered...it must be:] spelling possibly become Myst...-.-)
Personality: He's very quite and reserved. If you want a long detailed explanation, go to him. If not, you might want to leave him be. He's very bookish though if you break 5000 rules, he might never say you have. He's willing to take risks but not willing to just sit and do nothing. (Yes, it's a miracle, I'm playing somebody quiet and reserved )
Appearance: He has dark black hair and brown eyes. He wears a detailed grey shirt and a pair of grey pants. There's a tattoo on his neck of a grey swirling pattern type thing. There's also a tattoo on his leg of a seeping mist.
History: He was abandoned at the age of 10 and has raised himself since that age. He spent hours in one of the libraries reading up on all there is and accumulated a great sum of knowledge.
Weapon: (Bell, Staff or Wand, only one)[Edit: Eck, I always use a staff...let's annoy people with a constant ringing in their ears instead... ] A bell of silver that is engraved with the symbol for mystery. It is always enshrouded in wisps of fog.

Name: Oceaic, Maya
Age: 16
Geomancy: Waves
Personality: Calm, dreamy, and intelligent, Luin is also quite strong. She is also silent and has a calming effect on all people and animals around her
Appearance: Luin's silky black hair cascades in waves to her upper back. Her eyes are an oceanic blue, big and mysterious, rimmed with a thin violet band aound the iris and silver flecks dotting her eyes. Her face is as white as the foam that gathers on waves, and she has a deep blue tattoo that swirls around her upper right arm, and a wave like tattoo on the outer side of her left leg. She wears a navy blue dress that falls just above her ankles, that fades to a lighter blue. Around her waist rests a silver chain belt.
History: As young girls, Maya and Neva were raised by nomad-like gypsies, who moved around all the time. They never knew who their parents were, until they were sent to a nearby city. There, the sisters met their 'aunt' and uncle, Lyra and Deneb. Deneb, their uncle, told them all sorts of tales about their parents, who had died in an attempt to save the twin daughters from drowning. Deneb loved the twins like they were his own daughters, while Lyra wanted nothing to do with any of them. She soon went away to do business with the church, and left the twins with Deneb. Maya spent her time by the ocean, playing with the fish and watching the tides. When Maya was six, she and her relatives found that she was one of the Ankhans with magic, that cold winter. She was tking one of her sunset visits, her uncle watching, and the tide was coming in. The waves were getting taller, for she was in the deeper water. When one gigantic wave was about to sweep her away, she extended her hands in front of her, as if blocking it, and the wave stopped. It melded back in the ocean. Her uncle observed, and started bringing her to the temple to train. She's been patiently training from then on. After her first ten years of training, she received a little kitten. The kitten was a silvery female tabby with grey stripes, whom she named Cosette. *To be continued*
Weapon: Staff, long and sapphire blue, a transparent orb rests at the top, revealing a wave suspended in it.

Name: Oceaic, Neva (Nay-vah)
Age: 16
Geomancy: Ice
Personality: Cold and sarcastic, Neva never makes friends or really even talks. She, like her twin sister Maya, is dreamy and quiet.
Appearance: Neva has smooth silver-blonde hair that falls to her neck. Her eyes are an ice blue, cold and glinting, with a ring around the iris that is darker shade of blue. Her skin is so light, it almost seems transparent. She has a silver-ice blue tattoo curling around her upper left arm, almost identical to the tattoo of her sister. She also has a white snowflake-like tattoo on her right leg. She wears a loose light blue sleeveless shirt, unembelished, and plain beige pants.
History: As young girls, Maya and Neva were raised by nomad-like gypsies, who moved around all the time. They never knew who their parents were, until they were sent to a nearby city. There, the sisters met their 'aunt' and uncle, Lyra and Deneb. Deneb, their uncle, told them all sorts of tales about their parents, who had died in an attempt to save the twin daughters from drowning. Deneb loved the twins like they were his own daughters, while Lyra wanted nothing to do with any of them. She soon went away to do business with the church, and left the twins with Deneb. Neva's powers were revealed a month later than Maya's. In a fit a jealousy and rage, the snow started to fall. Neva's rage grew, and the light snow fall turned into a blizzard. Ice creeped up the windows, and icicles formed on every roof. When Neva calmed down, the snow stopped. Her uncle Deneb concluded from that she, too, was one of the rare Ankhans with magic, and sent her to the temple with Maya. After her first ten years of training, she received a dragonet(basically a dragon that doesn't grow much bigger than a house cat). Neva's dragonet was a majestic silver, with light blue stripes wrapping around it, Neva named him Syler. *Will be continued*
Weapon: Staff, has a light blue base topped by a transparent orb, showing off the brilliant white snowflake inside.

Name: Pyrano Beta
Age: 18
Geomancy: Fire
Personality: Will always be the first one to go, always trys to be the leader, agressive in battles.
Appearance: Fire Red Eyes, Short Cut Black Hair, Baggy Black pants with red chains, short sleeve red t-shirt, No shoes.
History: Witnessed his parents murdered, and took a path of revenge. Ran away from the orphanage and lived on his own for a while. No one knows what happened between him running away, and now, but his personality has changed drastically.
Weapon: Long staff with a flaming crystal orb at the top. Engraved down the shaft is: "Long Live Fire" in an Ancient Ankah Language no longer used.

Name:Talwin Renetta (Reh-nay-tah)
Age: 13

Geomancy: Wind

Personality: Gentle, very quiet, but noble in her deeds

Appearance: Brown hair with strands of blue hidden withing locks, she holds her hair in a bun. Grey eyes pierce through the world with lips small and smooth. She wears no makeup, but keeps a feeling of fashion within her face. A sky blue dress covers her body, backed by a grey cape for cold weather. Denim jeans are worn and withered at the ends, and her shoes are that of a simple servent. Hiding behind a tight band on her arm is the mark of the ankh, unknown to Renetta, as she hasn't been able to move the band.

History: Renetta knows nothing of her previous life, as an accident left her with amnesia for life. Her last memory is that of working under a mistress, but now she wanders, doing jobs here and there to keep her and her kitten healthy.

Weapon: A bell attached to her band, it is small but resonates a clear tone. Bronze with flecks of silver, it has been with Ren(nickname) since her amnesia.

(When can we start rping?)

((Probably when Sand and Stone are filled, but I'm not the creator, so I don't really know ))

((That's the most likely but really it's whenever Ria says to start she is the GM after all ))

((You mean me, Ria is the GM.

We can start RPing right now

I'll leave the RP open until we get Sand and Stone filled, but if no-one fills it soon.... Well I'll have to take care of 4 characters

Also, not everyone has come to the Guild, and not everyone has realised they have powers. Talim will be a major part in the beginning as she will journey around Ankha to search for the Geomancers who aren't at the Guild yet.))

Major Ilani Tira sat in a bar, drinking a sweet non-alchoholic drink and listening to poetry being read in the bar. She was quietly thinking to herself when the bar's manager strode onto the stage and everyone quietened down to listen to him. "Ladies and Gentlemen, may I now present, for one night only, a new Ankhan talent... Miss Lunetta Talim." The crowd clapped and cheered and Tira watched as a young woman walked up to the stage, silvery hair tied back to reveal pale skin and a necklace of small sapphires.

Talim felt a presence in the crowd, very dull and conflicting... but a presence none the less. Closing her eyes and taking in a deep breath, Talim called to Alea to guide her words to that presence, and to tell her which of the natural forces that presence would master. She opened her eyes, flecks of silver now shining against the deep blue, and began singing. A bizarre melody floated around the bar, and the people sat, entranced. And just as soon as the song has started, it was over, and Talim left the stage knowing her work was done.

((I didn't say Eo... *looks shifty* Sorry Ria I'd just got off the Six stones of Kasuria and was thinking about Eo I edited...))
Joy looked up at the person before her. She'd been a waitress here for only 6 days but she could tell you didn't get many people like her here.
"Hi miss. Do you need a top up?" She was beaming. it was the first time she'd ever worked and was enjoying it.
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Anka sat in the corner of the room, his father having just beaten him. His face was wet with tears his arm and chest ached.

This was it.

He could take no more.

He was going to run away that night...
((Ria Joyce is with your Character in case you didn't get that...))

((That's right.. you didn't say Eo *gives evil glare* ))

Tira's eyes snapped open, and Talim's trance like spell had been broken. She glanced up at the waitress, "What? Er... oh yes, a top up would be nice, thank you." I must find out where to contact that singer, maybe the waitress will know... "Err, you wouldn't happen to know how I could get in contact with that singer that just sang... what was her name? Lunetta Talim or something?"

((By the way, the Sun, Moon and Night shall all be connected in someway... though I'm not sure how yet

Oh, and Talim will appearing in a concert 'tomorrow' so you might want to mention that... if Joy knows of course))

Well, I would have joined, if all the good parts wouldn't have been taken already *twitches*

I know, kind of a useless post, but may I curse over the time zone difference for the sake of it? %#£$!

"C'mon, we're getting out of here, Maya. I refuse to go to that temple," Neva called furiously. She could take no more of that idiotic priest. She and Maya packed every possession they had brought to the temple. No one could convince them not to leave. Their uncle's house was a day away, they decided to take a rest at a nearby bar. Neva kept sulking, and it seemed to get rather cold, while Maya brushed the growing cold off, and listened to someone sing. 'What was that name? Lunetta Talim? Doesn't sound very familiar...' she thought after the spectacular preformance. 'Wish I could sing like that...'
Neva frowned and closed her eyes, if only it could snow. She closed her mind off from all background activity and concentrated. A snowflake drifted down out the window. "Neva... Neva... Neva!" "Oh, sor-ry," Neva commented sarcasticly. She looked out the window, it was snowing steadily already. "Hey look, it's snowing," Neva exclaimed in that same tone of voice, icy and cold, like the air outside. "Look, Maya, I can do whatever I want! If I want it to snow, I can make it snow," "You'll get us discovered," "Pfft, yeah right! The priests won't even look for us. Besides, it's snowing everywhere," Neva replied, holding her cold tone of voice. The twins were getting into a heated argument.

((You could take sand or stone, Silja. And if no one takes Sand, I'll be happy to make a character for it.))