Once upon a time...
In the faraway kingdom of Layfette, there lived the fair and honorable King Xander and his beautiful wife Queen Anaita, who ruled over the lands of Cuole and the woods, lakes, and mountains therein. They were just, they were honest, and they ruled with integrity and wisdom.
Together, they had two sons--Twins Dyllin and Reise. Dyllin was born first, the older of the two by mere minutes of his brother, Reise, making him the technical heir to the throne.
To celebrate their sons' birthdays, the king and queen held a ball, and the entire kingdom of Layfette was invited. Citizens came from near and far to bestow gifts and praise on the happy family, offering good tidings to the young boys. Among them was the gypsy seer, who lived on the outside of the kingdom in solitude with only her wolfdog companion, Eon, at her side.
As she approached the bassinet with the babes inside, she frowned, holding a foreboding finger towards the king and queen.
"While your sons will grow to be handsome, wise, brave and strong, I see darkness in their futures," she predicted, "The older prince, upon his eighteenth birthday, and the day of his initiation into manhood, will feel the bite of steel and will fall into eternal slumber." The King and Queen, and everyone else in the ballroom gasped, shock and awe and dismay filling the room. "The youngest... he will grow ill in the near future and for this, I have made a remedy for you... but he will grow ill again later in his life, dear King and Queen, and for that sickness... there will be no remedy."
Horrified by her ill-tidings, the King demanded she be cast out of the kingdom, banished for life. But, unnerved by her predictions, the King and Queen decreed that all steel weapons, even household cutlery, be locked away beneath the castle dungeons, never to be touched again... Other materials would be used from then on.
And so... living in relative peace, the boys grew into the handsome men that the gypsy Jollel described...
03 Sept., 2012 I have pre-named characters that I would like played by people. After these characters are filled, then others can be made. The characters I need played are:
King Xander
Queen Anaita Prince Dyllin Prince Reise Gypsy Jollel and Eon
The three gaurdian sprites: Sein (fire), Iswe (water) and Idre (earth) Princess Samiya
If you have any questions about a character you would like to play, just ask me in PM and I will fill you in. :)
Also, I feel a disclaimer is necessary: This RP is rated R. I will allow brief sex scenes if they come up. We're adults, and something like sex is natural. However, if they become too frequent, or use foul, derrogatory language, I will put up limits.
04 Sept., 2012 Although I have marked Prince Reise as "taken", it is only temporary until after the introduction into the story. If someone else would like to play him, please message me so I can fill you in about his character and plans for him in the story.
I will post the introduction tonight (or at least some of it, if I'm too tired to finish it), and will unlock the roleplay pages to others to begin RP-ing. However, things may move slowly at first, since we're still missing someone to play the other two sprites. I'm not so concerned about someone playing King Xander or Queen Anaita, because they can be CPU characters as well.
With that said... Let's write this fairytale! :D
05 Sept., 2012 All the main characters have been filled! I'm going to leave Xander and Anaita as CPU characters, I've decided, because their contributions to the story will actually be rather minimal once we really get going. :) This means that any other characters that you want to make are welcome! We could sure use more dark characters! :P
Have fun!
22 Sept., 2012 I've said it once before, but I'll put it here so it's official and everyone can read it: [Synirria] has dropped from playing Iswe (water sprite) due to business outside of ET. For now, I'll play as Iswe, but she is open to be claimed by a new player, should one come along.
That is all.
10 Jan., 2013 Happy New Year! A few things have been updated: [Synirria] has returned to play Iswe, [Atayemi] hasn't been logged on in a while, so I've taken over Idre until further notice, and [Evolution X] will be joining us! I'm very excited to see what he comes up with. :) I took some time to update the archives for the RP, and I want to remind everyone that on the page for Kingdom of Layfette, there are mini-stories that I've written there. They will fill people in on what Prince Reise is up to while the other characters are on other pages. ;) Try to review the contents of the archives a little bit to stay in touch with what's happening in the background! :)
1 May, 2013 This is it, all! The final stretch of the RP and into the closing scenes! This RP has definitely gone far and beyond my original expectations for the idea, and I am so glad for it! I have had a blast RP-ing this story with all of you who participated, and appreciate your skill and fun imaginations that added to it!
Now, from here, we go on to discussing who will be participating in the sequel! I already have a main plot, the return of a few familiar characters as well as introducing a couple of new ones! Now I need to know which of YOU will be returning/debuting characters! If you are, please private message me either here, or on Facebook, to let me know so we can discuss plans!
Lastly, I'll be typing up some forms to email to all of you about character ownership and credit for the complete book version of the RP. So if it wouldn't be too much trouble, I would like it if each of you sent me your email addresses in a PM so I can send those out to you. I will send more details to you all as I receive your emails.
Again, thanks for everything, crew! :)
3 May, 2013
We have officially ended!
From here, we move on to Neverbeen! Please take a look at the characters page to make sure your characters (if you're making a return or a new character) links are correct, if not, let me know! Also, read the woods of Cuole rp page there, where I've already written the prologue!
Hope to see you all there! :)
23 June, 2013 Now that the editing process of Sleeping Handsome is officially underway, I have one more favor to ask of my beautiful friends for participating in this RP! As promised, credit is given where credit is due, and I would very much like all of you to fill out a dedication and/or biography about yourselves for me to put in the book! The dedications page will be just after the title page, and the author biographies will be at the very end of the book! I want ALL of you to give me at least a short blurb about yourselves! Take a look at the page I've set up above, and take your time adding to it! The only time limit is when I finish editing the book. :) Thank you! <3