Journal created:
on 3 September 2003 (#1300538)
Updated:
on 14 November 2003
Name:
Ilium RPG
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This is a roleplaying game (RPG) set in the fictional city of Ilium.
Rules
Just use your common sense, really. All entries are written in the first person. You must date your entries and use a usericon/signature to represent your character. Major characters are requested to post at least once, preferably twice, a week, whilst minor characters only need to post once a week. More is perfectly acceptable. No one may play more than 2 characters. All players are requested to join
ilium_ooc to keep up with plot developments etc. Check out the memories section there to read up on what has previously been discussed.
The families
Achilles
Lord Eleutherius Achilles - his wife (disappeared)
/ \
Clayton Helene
Hector
Sir Marcellus Hector* - Lady Penelope
/ / \
Hermes* Mercutio Catriona*
Other
Aeneas Castor, also called Pollux, spy
A chaplain*
Elizabeth, a prostitute
A trader, Faustina
A maid*
A black marketeer*
A trader*
Various servants, guards and students*
*currently free
This map is representative rather than to scale.
Places
All these names come from The Iliad.
Ilium - a major city on the coast
Dardania - the name of the agricultural region
Rhytium - the Achilles' agricultural estate
Midea - agricultural estate recently purchased by the Hectors
R. Peneus - a major river carrying trade boats
Helos - medium sized market town; also trades with river boats
Pelion Mts - a good natural defence and also source of tin
Miletus - a medium sized town based on the tin mining industry and gold panning. (Gold is prized for its magic properties as well as for currency.)
Thronion - a small fishing village
The Characters
Player: blackberrylust
Character -- lord achilles' daughter
Name -- Helene Achilles
Major personality traits -- withdrawn, isolated. nervous & shy. she is always retreating into her dreamworld.
Brief physical description -- fire-red hair & violet eyes. she is not what high-society would normally deem 'beautiful'.
Player: cogenthought
Character: Sir Hector's wife
Name: Penelope Hector
Major personality traits: discontent, willful and stubborn
Brief physical description: raven hair, grey eyes. She is said to be "coldly beautiful."
Player: lenny201
Character: Hector's young son
Name: Mercutio Hector
Major personality traits: determined, sly, a little sadistic
Brief physical description: medium-short height, slender, a pinched nose, dark hair (shaggy, shoulder length).
Player: lieutenanth
Character: Lord Achilles
Name: Eleutherius Neoptolemus Achilles
Major personality traits: Protects his own family and power ruthlessly. Despises the scum (Hectors) who are taking over his city. Very powerful magician. He has a menagerie in his palace where he often goes to think. People have said there are a range of fantastical creatures kept therein.
Brief physical description: A tall, powerfully built man with a greying goatee and neat, short hair. He always carries a sword, and his magician's staff is never far from hand. He smiles infrequently.
Player: rachel2205
Character: Hector's spy
Name: introduces himself to Achilles as Aeneas Castor. Hector refers to him as Pollux. What is his actual name? Aaaaaah...
Major personality traits: cunning, clever, expert in language and deception, softer than he likes to admit. Good at art.
Brief physical description: young-ish, a little world weary looking, pale, slim, dark haired, very black eyes.
Player: shepline
Character: Achilles' son
Name: Clayton Antonio Achilles
Major personality traits: introverted, secretive, bookishly-intellectual, a rebel at heart but not of action, cunning and clever, very studious - and clever - too clever by half I would say - knows exactly how to play his father at his own game (or thinks he does?)
Brief physical description: tall, moppish fair hair, blue-eyed - he doesn't consider himself to particularly attractive (but others may differ?)
Player: necoapreal
Character: prostitute
Name: Elizabeth
Major personality traits: on the surface, just like any other prostitute, but deep down inside she is very tender, caring, and shy but somewhat reluctant to trust anyone because of how hardened her profession has forced her to become. she is not what one would call dumb but more or less naive to anything outside her own lifestyle.
Brief physical description: black hair, green eyes, porcelain skin, petite build, doll-like facial features.
Player: charisma
Character -- Trader
Name -- Faustina Jacinth Aurillius
Major personality traits -- kind-hearted, a good business woman, friendly and outgoing, gentle
Brief physical description -- auburn hair,brown eyes, 5'4",17 years of age, not overweight exactly but somewhat rubenesque, peachy skin tone. Wears long flowing dresses, and likes to put flowers in her hair and/or hats.
Rules
Just use your common sense, really. All entries are written in the first person. You must date your entries and use a usericon/signature to represent your character. Major characters are requested to post at least once, preferably twice, a week, whilst minor characters only need to post once a week. More is perfectly acceptable. No one may play more than 2 characters. All players are requested to join
ilium_ooc to keep up with plot developments etc. Check out the memories section there to read up on what has previously been discussed.Achilles
Lord Eleutherius Achilles - his wife (disappeared)
/ \
Clayton Helene
Hector
Sir Marcellus Hector* - Lady Penelope
/ / \
Hermes* Mercutio Catriona*
Other
Aeneas Castor, also called Pollux, spy
A chaplain*
Elizabeth, a prostitute
A trader, Faustina
A maid*
A black marketeer*
A trader*
Various servants, guards and students*
*currently free
This map is representative rather than to scale.
Places
All these names come from The Iliad.
Ilium - a major city on the coast
Dardania - the name of the agricultural region
Rhytium - the Achilles' agricultural estate
Midea - agricultural estate recently purchased by the Hectors
R. Peneus - a major river carrying trade boats
Helos - medium sized market town; also trades with river boats
Pelion Mts - a good natural defence and also source of tin
Miletus - a medium sized town based on the tin mining industry and gold panning. (Gold is prized for its magic properties as well as for currency.)
Thronion - a small fishing village
The Characters
Player: blackberrylust
Character -- lord achilles' daughter
Name -- Helene Achilles
Major personality traits -- withdrawn, isolated. nervous & shy. she is always retreating into her dreamworld.
Brief physical description -- fire-red hair & violet eyes. she is not what high-society would normally deem 'beautiful'.
Player: cogenthought
Character: Sir Hector's wife
Name: Penelope Hector
Major personality traits: discontent, willful and stubborn
Brief physical description: raven hair, grey eyes. She is said to be "coldly beautiful."
Player: lenny201
Character: Hector's young son
Name: Mercutio Hector
Major personality traits: determined, sly, a little sadistic
Brief physical description: medium-short height, slender, a pinched nose, dark hair (shaggy, shoulder length).
Player: lieutenanth
Character: Lord Achilles
Name: Eleutherius Neoptolemus Achilles
Major personality traits: Protects his own family and power ruthlessly. Despises the scum (Hectors) who are taking over his city. Very powerful magician. He has a menagerie in his palace where he often goes to think. People have said there are a range of fantastical creatures kept therein.
Brief physical description: A tall, powerfully built man with a greying goatee and neat, short hair. He always carries a sword, and his magician's staff is never far from hand. He smiles infrequently.
Player: rachel2205
Character: Hector's spy
Name: introduces himself to Achilles as Aeneas Castor. Hector refers to him as Pollux. What is his actual name? Aaaaaah...
Major personality traits: cunning, clever, expert in language and deception, softer than he likes to admit. Good at art.
Brief physical description: young-ish, a little world weary looking, pale, slim, dark haired, very black eyes.
Player: shepline
Character: Achilles' son
Name: Clayton Antonio Achilles
Major personality traits: introverted, secretive, bookishly-intellectual, a rebel at heart but not of action, cunning and clever, very studious - and clever - too clever by half I would say - knows exactly how to play his father at his own game (or thinks he does?)
Brief physical description: tall, moppish fair hair, blue-eyed - he doesn't consider himself to particularly attractive (but others may differ?)
Player: necoapreal
Character: prostitute
Name: Elizabeth
Major personality traits: on the surface, just like any other prostitute, but deep down inside she is very tender, caring, and shy but somewhat reluctant to trust anyone because of how hardened her profession has forced her to become. she is not what one would call dumb but more or less naive to anything outside her own lifestyle.
Brief physical description: black hair, green eyes, porcelain skin, petite build, doll-like facial features.
Player: charisma
Character -- Trader
Name -- Faustina Jacinth Aurillius
Major personality traits -- kind-hearted, a good business woman, friendly and outgoing, gentle
Brief physical description -- auburn hair,brown eyes, 5'4",17 years of age, not overweight exactly but somewhat rubenesque, peachy skin tone. Wears long flowing dresses, and likes to put flowers in her hair and/or hats.