M_Cowher

Going to close applications now, I've got a lot more people than I thought would actually be interested, and already accepted more people than I originally thought I would. Thanks for all of the effort you put into your apps (or may not have). Anyone can spectate on the server if they want, and applications may re-open in the future. Naturally, you'll get a quicker heads-up if you stay on the Discord, but hey that's just me.

There are only two slots available left on the server for characters.

Editing this into the initial post, but the Discord Server for Dark White is now live and anyone is free to join. If you want information regarding lore pertaining to certain regions of characters Kanto-Sinnoh is available now on the server. And of course, any other questions can be addressed to me https://discord.gg/U6afJ9r

Three big things, firstly Virbank wouldn't technically have a gym when he grew up. From what we know from BW/B2W2, Roxie wasn't part of the eight gyms for the pokemon league. The gym probably existed, but not in the traditional manner that you think. Second, I think this was a mistake, but Volkner is the leader of Sunnyshore. Many of the gym leaders from different regions will be playing roles in this story, and without spoiling much Volkner will at the very least be present in Snowpoint City during the introduction. (Snowpoint is where the Uprising HQ is for the moment.) I think this might have been a mistake on your part, but worth fixing. That said, Chris would have probably traveled with Volkner to Snowpoint after Team Plasma started moving in on Sinnoh. Last, most pokemon should be around level 35 - 40 for this RP(my bad I should have mentioned that), so unless you want to be a special case you may want to bump up to a Luxray. I'll re-evaluate when you fix those things, other than that not bad.

Pokemon: Dark White Going to preface this with a bit of context. This will be a serious RP that will require some commitment. If you can’t keep up, please don’t join. Anyone is more than welcome to spectate and/or contribute in their own way if they can’t or do not wish to roleplay. I will be running this through a discord server for the sake of organization which will include posts and free-RP for the actual story itself. Our story will be taking place in an alternate timeline where the player character fails at the end of the main story of Pokemon White. Ghetsis’s plans have come to fruition, and he is on the verge of controlling the whole world. Now without further ado… * * * * * The Unova region has fallen under the control of Team Plasma, led by Ghetsis in the absence of N who supposedly left on a soul-searching journey after defeating the Champion. The world was shocked when suddenly the Pokemon storage system… Was empty… Most people’s Pokemon were gone within a day, released into the wilds regardless of their trainers, or their own desires. Neighboring regions soon felt the crush of Team Plasma’s grip, and are slowly being pressured into submission. The Kanto and Johto regions were Ghetsis’s first targets once he had all but conquered the Unova region. The two region’s trainers put up a lot of resistance but were eventually quelled. The Sinnoh region has mostly been ‘conquered,’ but the local resistance under the command of Cynthia has locked down Mt. Coronet and are using Snowpoint city as a shipping hub. The Hoenn, Kalos, and Alola regions have been largely untouched, but there have been recent reports of Team Plasma in both regions… Nobody has seen or heard from King N, the hero who captured the legendary Pokemon Reshiram and defeated the Unova league. It is said that a trainer fought against N with the legendary Pokemon Zekrom at her side but was defeated. Strangely, neither of the two trainers have been seen or heard from in the past eight months in the wake of Team Plasma’s carefully staged uprising. You are a trainer who has managed to hold on to their partner Pokemon in the wake of Plasma’s worldwide hack of the Pokemon storage system and decided to join the uprising against Team Plasma. Most trainers strong enough to keep their own Pokemon are convening in Snowpoint city to organize an uprising against Ghetsis and his seven sages. Will you join them? News Broadcast: “Good afternoon, this is Ghetsis acting steward of Team Plasma in King N’s absence… Now I must say that I am very pleased with the majority of your compliance with N’s decree that all Pokemon not under Team Plasma’s temporary jurisdiction be released. This is imperative if we are to ever reach the bright future that we all strive to see… but…” Ghetsis said, his eyes drifting away from the camera as he seemed to take a more somber tone. “There are those among you who greedily hold on to Pokemon and treat them like slaves under the guise that they are your partners.” Ghetsis sneered, a sliver of rage backing his words. But he straightened, and took a more diplomatic tone. “I’m afraid that your days with your precious Pokemon are numbered. Pokemon will never feel complete… They will never be complete with human intervention… And if you’re still foolish enough to believe that forcing Pokemon to fight with each other and do your bidding is humane? Know this!” He said, leaning forward and looking directly into the camera. “The selfless ranks of Team Plasma are coming for you, all of you! You can only run from us for so long, soon the entire world will know true peace, and nothing will stand in our way!” Rules and things of note: 1. First and foremost all of Reborn's rules will apply here and on the Pokemon Dark White server. No exceptions 2. This is a serious roleplay, and I expect everyone who applies to put some intelligent thought into their character or characters. If you come to me with a flimsy paragraph backstory, unless it is some George R.R. Martin level writing, do not be surprised if I decline your character application A. That being said, you are more than welcome to build on a declined application and come back with a stronger one. B. I feel the need to say this specifically, but if you are planning on writing an edgelord… Unless you’re a very good writer please steer away from this. This is Pokemon, which has its fair share of edgy characters (some better than others) but most trainers are good people. There is nothing wrong with having a little edge to your character, these are dark times after all, but please do not overdo it. C. If I feel your character is a Mary Sue (too perfect) I will smite thy application indiscriminately. D. If a character becomes too perfect, I may have the main story chuck a brick at their face to make them… more human. What I mean by that is that if your character ends up being too perfect they may be forced into an impossible situation, and I do believe in no-win scenarios. In life, it is possible to do everything right and still fail. The same will be true in Dark White. 3. This is primarily a free-form RP focusing on characters and storytelling, but each character should (unless you want to be a special case) have a partner Pokemon, and will be expected to battle at some point. Throughout the story, your character and their Pokemon will grow. But Pokemon will be treated fairly if you fight a level 70 Blastoise with your level 36 Charizard… Don’t be surprised if you lose. A. You will be expected to choose your Pokemon’s moveset, which can and likely will change. B. Your Pokemon is only allowed to have one move that can only be learned by TM. C. I will give your Pokemon it’s level and stats so that it scales appropriately with everyone else. No legendaries obviously, pseudo-legends are allowed but they will probably be a lower level than most others so that their stat totals roughly match. 4. If for whatever reason you’re unable to post for a notable period of time I will likely contact you personally regarding what you want to do with your character in the main story. I will never do anything unfair to players that are unable to post themselves, but if you simply do not respond for an unreasonable amount of time I will probably ‘bench’ your character for the time being. 5. I’m going to say that this RP is “16+” rated. Moderate language is allowed, semi-mature themes, some sexual themes (keep it moderate. I will smite your character if I deem them too ‘promiscuous.’ Please keep that in mind), moderate violence will be expected, and crude humor, of course, is encouraged. Character Application Template: Name: Alias (optional): Age: Gender: Birthplace: Former Residence: Orientation: Prior Occupation: Marital Status: Reason For Joining: (Why your character decided to join the Uprising. Could be to fight Plasma, could only be for safety in numbers. Up to you) Partner Pokemon: (Should be around level 35-40) Moveset: Physical Description: Personality: (Should at the very least be one paragraph) Biography: (Here’s where you put your non-edgy and non-perfect backstory) Side note: I’ve probably never talked with most of you, but I used to be involved in a few RPs back in the day (all of which died rather undramatically) but since then I’ve been in a lot of roleplays that involved a lot of time and character building (which also died undramatically). Recently when playing through White, I was thinking back to some of those old role plays and I thought what if I lost this fight? What if Ghetsis’s plan worked? I was infatuated with the idea and felt the need to put it to paper, and well… here we are. That’s more or less what I wanted to say. Don’t be afraid to reach out to me if you have any questions, ideas, or concerns for the good of the order. If you want a quicker response, my discord is M Cowher#6638. The Discord server for this is now live, anyone is free to join to help build their character, spectate, or just chat. https://discord.gg/U6afJ9r Thanks, Cowher

Damon Cindy locked eyes with Damon. She looked like a scared animal, Damon realized for the first time that her lumen was actually pulling her. It was a rather strange sight when he actually thought of it. The phantom limbs pulling Cindy and Marius simultaneously. 'There is probably a lot I don't know about this girl's powers.' There was no immediate danger so Damon no longer felt that he needed his sword out, so he sheathed it. He then tried to rouse the terrified girl to her senses. "Are you okay? You look terrified." He said awkwardly, but then began with determination. "We need to get out of here. I don't know where the others went, but if they know what's good for them they'll get the hell out of here. We have Marius, but I hope that some of the others rescued Aqui..."

Damon Marius knocked into Cindy beside him, almost hitting him as well if he didn't dodge out of the way. Things were looking bad, and with the exception of the newly summoned golem and the strange wolf spirit nobody seemed to be standing up against Li. 'I should go...' Damon thought, recovering from nearly having a body thrown at him. Cindy had gotten up and started to drag Marius behind her like a ragdoll. 'Probably a good idea to not leave a coerator to his doom.' Damon tok off after her through the ash and rubble that remained of the campus. The charred rubble of buildings brought back painful memories of his own home. This was all too familiar, it seemed like not so long ago he was in a similar situation. The ash smelled of death. Damon looked to Marius and Cindy. "No one else has to die here today." He said to himself, starting to follow his comrades retreating into the forest. 'Why? What is the point of this? Li was a Coerator herself. Why attack her own? What does she gain from this?" Damon thought to himself, sword in hand dashing behind Marius's flailing body. He looked over his shoulder ready for the worst, but the dragon lady still seemed preoccupied.

Damon All hell seemed to break loose after Sylva's warning. The courtyard behind Damon seemed to erupt into a fiery hell hole as the ground shook. Damon cursed as the wall he was leaning on fell out behind him and nearly took him with it. Fire seemed to spread all around him, which really didn't concern him. As far as he knew fire could never hurt him. But doubts quickly began to form as he realized who that fire had belonged to. Sylva had made it rather clear that they should run, but Damon had never backed down from a fight. But this was a demigod... He wasn't particularly confident about his chances. His sword had instinctively flew into his hand as soon as he had regained his feet, and he started to back away from the fight a bit. 'Marius and Aqui seem rather out of their league...' he noted, watching the fight. 'Can we really just leave them though?' Damon thought hesitating to actually retreat. He looked to Sylva, then back to the fight, and the to Cindy... who seemed to be suicidal. 'What are you doing?!' Damon thought to himself, his distant honor preventing him from taking another step. Cindy's phantom hands reached out trying to grasp out at Li. Damon couldn't stand there anymore. "What the hell are you doing?!" He roared as he rushed forward and pulled Cindy's shoulder back with his left hand. "Do you know who that is?" Action seemed to boost the swordsman's confidence and he no longer felt fear.

Damon 'So there is a lot that even Coerators don't know, or choose not to share... It is pretty clear though that neither of these two were responsible for my powers.' Damon still had a lot of questions, but it was clear that neither of them could probably help him. "Thank you..." Damon started before pausing for a moment, 'Would it be impolite to refer to him by his name? Sir Aqui doesn't seem right though.' "Aqui." He finished, before backing away almost bowing before he turned, but decided that it was probably for the best that he didn't. 'The Coerators don't seem like they are ones to really care about formalities, and being superior to begin with. The almost seem humble.' He thought after he turned and walked out of the center of attention. Aqui and Marius, although rather enigmatic seemed to have impressed Damon. They were quite different from how he has expected them to be. 'You seem to have recovered well.' He thought as he glanced at Roy as he passed him to return to his natural position against a wall. 'Hopefully this one won't collapse right next to me.' He thought, glancing over at the greatsword wielder still standing around near the breach he created in the wall. The greatsword always seemed an impractical weapon to Damon. 'Why lug around something that big, when a smaller weapon could be more effective in combat. Granted that I don't think smaller swords could smash through a wall, even though that was probably more due the his lumen than his weapon. Regardless it's still a slow weapon that anyone that knew what they were doing could probably dodge...' Damon though, sizing up the other swordsman. 'There is probably something more to his choice of weapon though... Lumen comes in many shapes and sizes.'

Rhaeza "So none of the guards knows about us." Rhaeza said, refering to the task group, that he still hadn't returned to yet. "Don't know if that will be for the best or not. On the one hand there is no chance of the corruption finding out. But at the same time that presents an awkward situation if the guard gets involved. I would rather not have to explain myself to someone while the enemy is probably escaping, or getting closer to their target." Rhaeza had almost forgotten something that should have been blatantly obvious. "Nobody on the inside knows that you're alive still right? Did you have to make contact with anyone?" Rhaeza said while scanning the crowd, hoping to find anything out of the ordinary.

Damon When Damon had first discovered his power he had wondered why he was chosen. Growing up he had always assumed that Coerators chose people at a young age, and their powers were only awakened later in their life. But why him? He was a nobody before his lumen. His lumen seemed to take everything away from him, but granted him so much. 'Is that the price of power?' He had often thought to himself. 'None of these others seemed to have lost everything. Some probably never had anything taken from them in their life before.' Aqui and Marius turned to face him. "And what do you want to know?" He normally wasn't this straight forward with any type of questions, but he knew that he probably wouldn't get any other chance. "How are lumen users chosen?" He awkwardly started. "Is it predetermined somehow? Or is there something else to it? From what I have been able to research, emotional trauma, stress, and probably a lot more that I don't know brings out the Lumen in people. Is the user chosen in that moment, or are they chosen a long time ago, if they are chosen at all." Damon said, keeping a rather cool voice after he got the ball rolling. 'I don't know if that came out exactly how I wanted it to, but I would rather not go into too much detail."

Rhaeza As the Archangel was delivering his speech Rhaeza watched, hiding in plain sight as a civilian. He was paying less attention to his speech, and more towards the security at the event. 'How many of you are loyal... and the loyal ones, how long will they last?' Rhaeza pondered, before turing around and walking back to Marcus and Jarvis. "Any of the security look familiar? I feel like some of them may be undercover. We still don't know how deep this corruption is." He said, glancing around to make sure that nobody else could hear them speaking. "The security here is tight. It's hard to imagine anything breaking through this, but I've seen worse. Guards could be undercover, maybe even civilians, or both. There are stil a lot of unknowns here."

Damon Damon had begun to ignore the incessant fighting between Damon and Rame and had zoned out, lost in his own thoughts. 'I still have to wonder why I was given Lumen over so many others, and why though? And what kind of sick bastard would' "Holy shit!" Damon exclaimed as he heard thundering crash as the wall less than 10 feet away from his was part of the wall exploded, sending debris flying. Damon recoiled and instinctively drew his longsword from his back and sparked a small but extremely hot blue flame in the palm of his left hand. His tension quickly faded as he recognized the guy who bursted through the wall as another of the new recruits. He didn't sheath his sword until Felis responded to Rame's outburst, sounding a mixture of genuinely sorry and confused at the same time. 'Seven hells, these people can't go five minutes without breaking something or someone.' Deciding that it would be in his best interests to move on Damon walked around and approached the two Coerators from the side of the room that didn't have a new entrance. 'Oh hell.' Damon thought as he clenched the wrappings around his fist to keep his composure as he addressed the living legends. "If you don't mind me asking, I have a question about how Lumen works that I have been wondering about for some time." He said, addressing both of the Coerators, who were still understandably occupied by the events following the new renovations to the auditorium. Damon probably knew more about Lumen and it's properties than most people, but his knowledge didn't stretch much farther than what was considered common knowledge.

Damon "Based on how we do today? Isn't that what she said yesterday...?" before being cut off by Roys yelling. "...He really needs to learn that being angry all the time isn't going to get him answers from anyone." "They say a smart man learns from his mistakes, but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others... I don't think Roy is a smart man." Damon said, smikring a bit as he watched the white haired fire girl going at it with the edgy windbag. "Aqui is the falcon who saved the north from a massive Blizzard. I read about him a long time ago in a book I bought." Damon said, shifting his gaze to Aqui. 'I pictured him quite differently when I was a kid. I guess you picture everything differently before you see the real world though.' The tale of Aqui saving the entire continent of Aquilo, which recevied it's name for obvious reasons had deeply interested Damon as a child. He had to wonder how it was possible for someone to posses that much power. As a kid, he would have probably ran up and played 20 questions with the Coerator, and probably quickly annoyed him as well. But Damon was a very different person from when he was a child. 'Come to think of it Aqui probably granted Roy his powers because they're so similar. Assuming that is how they work. There is still so much that I don't know about Lumen. I probably don't know more than I know about the basics. It must be interesting for them to see people that they may have granted power to so long ago. It probably wasn't that long for them though, only a blink of an eye...'