The Unquiet Dead: Be a Descendant!
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knightcetiesSo hey! Ace is the Troubled Ancestor, a very old ghost who's been hanging around Harrogate since the 1897 Theater Fire, looking after his descendants. That's where you come in! In order to be an ancestor, Ace needs some descendants to look after. Here is some info about how the being-a-descendant thing.
Hauntings
As one of Ace's descendants, your character has been haunted by Ace for more or less their entire life. He is driven by protectiveness and loyalty, and while he is careful not to be too obvious, he is also not shy about using his powers to intervene when necessary.
His protectiveness has manifested in benign and not-so-benign ways. For example, perhaps you lost you car keys and he nudged them back to an obvious place so you could find them again. Perhaps you were bullied as a child and not long after all your bullies had terrible accidents. Ace additionally has the plot ability to reach across the divide between the living and the dead to warn his descendants in times of crisis. We can put our heads together to come up with custom events tailored to your backstory!
It's up to you how your character would react to his little interventions over their life. Do they believe in the family ghost? Do they believe it's a ghost but some other spirit entirely? Do they think it's all just luck and happenstance? It's up to you~
Descendant
Descendants have the option of being aware that they're related to each other (up to you guys how closely) or not being aware of any relation. Those who know they are of the same family would have some interesting family lore to share with each other. Those who are not related would not be aware of that lore.
Stories
Due to how long Ace has been around, there are a TON of ghost stories about him, often attributed to multiple different spirits rather than just one bored trouble-maker. Some are funny, some more spooooooky coincidences, and some are more like campfire horror stories. Not all of them are true.
Those stories passed down by his direct descendants tend to believe that he is actually the Monrey family patriarch, though some also point out that Julius Monrey was famously non-violent so that doesn't really match the more violent stories. It is mystery~
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So! If being haunted by an overprotective spirit sounds like fun, comment here and we can work out some details! I also have a comment set up for any questions. o7
Descendants so far:
Malin/Mary |overlevende
Yakumo/Skye Hartley |cloudpotter
Anafiel Delaunay/Anton Delaney |youandyoualone
Usagi/Serena |starshaper
Descendant-adjacent:
Jolie, Malin's new gf |mytearsaremine
Kinji/Kris Thompson, Skye's bf |ninjayeehaw
Hauntings
As one of Ace's descendants, your character has been haunted by Ace for more or less their entire life. He is driven by protectiveness and loyalty, and while he is careful not to be too obvious, he is also not shy about using his powers to intervene when necessary.
His protectiveness has manifested in benign and not-so-benign ways. For example, perhaps you lost you car keys and he nudged them back to an obvious place so you could find them again. Perhaps you were bullied as a child and not long after all your bullies had terrible accidents. Ace additionally has the plot ability to reach across the divide between the living and the dead to warn his descendants in times of crisis. We can put our heads together to come up with custom events tailored to your backstory!
It's up to you how your character would react to his little interventions over their life. Do they believe in the family ghost? Do they believe it's a ghost but some other spirit entirely? Do they think it's all just luck and happenstance? It's up to you~
Descendant
Descendants have the option of being aware that they're related to each other (up to you guys how closely) or not being aware of any relation. Those who know they are of the same family would have some interesting family lore to share with each other. Those who are not related would not be aware of that lore.
Stories
Due to how long Ace has been around, there are a TON of ghost stories about him, often attributed to multiple different spirits rather than just one bored trouble-maker. Some are funny, some more spooooooky coincidences, and some are more like campfire horror stories. Not all of them are true.
Those stories passed down by his direct descendants tend to believe that he is actually the Monrey family patriarch, though some also point out that Julius Monrey was famously non-violent so that doesn't really match the more violent stories. It is mystery~
***
So! If being haunted by an overprotective spirit sounds like fun, comment here and we can work out some details! I also have a comment set up for any questions. o7
Descendants so far:
Malin/Mary |
overlevendeYakumo/Skye Hartley |
cloudpotterAnafiel Delaunay/Anton Delaney |
youandyoualoneUsagi/Serena |
starshaperDescendant-adjacent:
Jolie, Malin's new gf |
mytearsaremineKinji/Kris Thompson, Skye's bf |
ninjayeehaw
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Date: 2017-08-08 02:48 pm (UTC)