Manchester Honors OOC

As the game has progressed we have had several people ask us about the world surrounding Alden University and how the interactions between humans and supernaturals is affected. Here are a couple of points everyone should be aware of:

The Supernatural World vs. Humans
Humans have known of the supernatural for a very long time; practically as long as they have known about themselves. However, in centuries past, the supernatural community in general was very secretive and tried to keep themselves hidden, because of reigning persecution. It was around the 1960s, that much of the violence and persecution began to lessen, which gave the supernaturals a sense of security and caused them to expose themselves. Van Helsing, witch hunts, etc. were all very real things that happened to the people in this world.

They are citizens of their respective countries, but have very few rights in the United States- other countries have different rules and laws regarding the supernaturals. They may own houses and have jobs, they may own businesses and have families, but they may not vote, and they are discouraged (sometimes violently) from mixing with human company. A supernatural and human marriage is illegal. Supernaturals are feared for their powers and differences and treated like savage minorities. Some humans don't mind them, and may even like them, but the majority of the humans hate the supernaturals and fear them. The supernaturals are segregated from humans, they have separate churches, schools, restaurants, bathrooms, drinking fountains, etc. Humans are discouraged from using supernatural facilities, but they aren't as heavily discouraged as supernaturals are from using human facilities. Because Alden is a predominantly supernatural school, the facilities surrounding it are either primarily supernatural or allow both humans and supers to use them but have separate areas for each. Obviously, some of the more prejudiced humans would have issue with this, which causes problems the closer facilities are to the borders of Manchester.

Alden's Houses and Their Purpose
The Houses were formed to house supernaturals of like nature together, form bonds and create teams for inter-University competitions. This would ensure sound body as well as sound mind and create a healthy sense of sportsmanship and team comradery. The Houses were divided using the 4 most basically recognized elements: Air, Earth, Fire and Water. Humans were placed in the Houses based on their western birthsigns.

Arvandor- The ‘Air’ House. Celestials, Extraterrestrials and supernaturals that move through the air, Faeries, Pixies, Banshees etc, are housed here.
Kemen- The ‘Earth’ House. Forest dwellers and plains dwellers, tree spirits and giants, hobbits and dwarves, centaurs and satyrs…all those who live upon the good earth itself, or are a part of it, find their home here.
Naur- The ‘Fire’ House. All those creatures you prayed were fictional…Vampires, Dhampir, Werewolves and other Lycans, Exotic Djinn, Demons…they all lurk in House Naur.
Shae- The ‘Water’ House. The spirits and supernaturals of the sea, rivers, lakes, marshes, etc live here. Merfolk, Selkies, Sirens, Naiads, etc.


If you have any questions or need further clarification, please let us know! Thanks!
♥Mark & Ally

This is Daniel Petrov, who goes by the name 'Dano' to friends and family. Dano attends Alden with a family member, Drew Petrov, a cousin he wouldn't spit on if he were dying of thirst. He blames Drew for abuse when he was younger and the death of his girlfriend, Anna.

Dano loves to play the bad boy. He loves flirting, especially if it's inappropriate, cigarettes, beer, naughty inuendoes, etc. Anything to further his bad boy image. Unlike his cousin, Dano is rough on the outside and good on the inside; deep down, he pulls for the underdog and when the chips are down, protects the innocent.

Oh yeah, Dano is a werelion too!

~Mark

(P.S. I have his User Info ready to go. I'll be posting it tonight)

Hey guys!

We have four new characters to the game! Please update your friends list here. Dori is bringing us a new faculty member, Meda, a kitsune. Jenni is bringing us a new student, Takeshi, another kitsune. I have a new character, Micah, a werewolf. And Mark has a new character, Dano, a werelion.

We would like to announce that we are lifting the limit of characters to 5. Not many of you are even close to that, so it's probably not that big of a deal, but Mark and I are happy!

We also have a concern about OTA threads that are going unanswered. I have a thread that has been up since July 15th that hasn't been answered. This is not a "poor me" rant. There have been others who have had OTAs go unanswered so long that they've taken them down. We are happy with the level of activity from most of you, but what concerns us about the unanswered threads is that if it were a new player and their thread went unanswered for over a week, that would be a very poor reflection upon us as a whole. I understand that your characters might not fit into every scenario put up under an OTA, but this is a game that is meant to be played, and not just with the people you are friends with. We are by no means trying to get on anyone's case about this, we just wanted to bring it to your attention in case you were unaware.

We really appreciate you all!

♥
Ally

Have a good one!!

Hi Everyone! I'm Mark (Mod #2) and I've been Role Playing for awhile. The White Wolf games, Sword & Sorcery, etc. I've played in several journal games, mostly ones I've modded, along with Ally and our friend, Jase. We've modded a variety of games, vampires, werewolves, panfandom, gods & Goddesses, etc. We've even done the fey/supernatural, but not quite in this format, with the university and human awareness and all, so I hope this one is as successful as the others have been.

I know some of you and those I don't know, I'm excited to meet!

Now, let's meet my characters:

Brandon Kane apollo_son is a demigod with the power to emotionally affect others with his singing; he is the son of the Greek god, Apollo, and a human woman. He has only met his father twice, but both meetings were memorable. His mother raised him to be kind to others and to be humble about his paranormal abilities. Eleanor Kane was successful with her boy; he never treated a human like he was better because of his superior strength, speed or intelligence, but one thing Ms. Kane couldn't train out of her boy was his godlike libido. He is a junior at Alden University and well known on campus.

Whippersnapper whip_r_snapper is a pixie with all of their abilities and flaws. He's a caring, thoughtful sort, devoted to his younger brother, Raggamuffin, and fond of helping humans he deems worthy of deserving help. He also is quite fond of pranks and that is pranks on a grand scale; he's not just fond of pulling these pranks, it's actually a compulsion. Whip makes sure to find those deserving of such pranks before he lets loose though. He's in his freshman year and very excited to be at Alden U. To make his name fit on the forms, he has altered it to Whip R. Snapper.

Tanner Koskinen just_tanner is a human boy beginning his freshman year at Alden University. He comes from a family where he is the eldest of six children and his father left them when he was nine years old. Tanner tried from that point on to be the man of the family, getting a job as soon as he was able and working hard, turning his full check over to his mother. He continued to pull straight As at school while he worked and never bought anything new for himself. He is at Alden, due to a special deal worked out with Dean Alden himself. Tanner is looking forward to attending the University, hoping his insecurity and shyness won't hold him back.

Gideon Whyte prof_witch is a Professor of Anthropology and a witch with earth-based powers. He was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, England by an English father, who was also a witch, and a Chinese mother, who practiced Chinese Traditional Medicine. He was quiet and studious as a child with a ravenous hunger to learn; he is still the same. Gideon is kind and helpful to his students, especially to those who show a real interest in learning. To those who don't take his classes seriously, he has no patience.

Ummmm, What else? Oh, My email is kitsune_2@hotmail.com and my AIM is MarktheKitsune.

I'm really excited about this game!