RolePlay onLine RPoL Logo

Welcome to Base Desires - An Anitaverse Game

08:48, 28th March 2024 (GMT+0)

Base Desires - An Anitaverse Game

"Welcome to Marquette, Michigan. Seat of Marquette County, home of the Northern Michigan Wildcats and the Superior Dome, the worlds largest wooden stadium.

Marquette was named after Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit French Missionary who had first explored the area and helped establish Missions and permanent settlements along the Saint Laurence River and Lake Superior. Marquette is also home to one of the countries only four Olympic training centres and has been named one of the top ten places to retire in the United States!

At least that's what the tourist pamphlets would tell you.

But would you want to retire in a city overrun with Vampires and Werewolves and all other kinds of creatures which haunt the night?

What the pamphlets don't reveal is that until recently the 'happy city of Marquette', as well as most of Michigan's upper peninsula, had belonged to a Master Vampire named Marius as well as his Animal Servant. But we put a stop to that - we killed Marius and his little cat. Destroyed the paranormal power structure of Marquette and have vowed to take this city back.

If you're human, join us and be free of these monsters once and for all. If you're one of them, well... let's just say that we are about to show you monsters what nightmares are truly made of!"  - Unidentified member of HF


~*~


Base Desires is a free form game set in the Anita Blake Universe which takes place in the near future. This game will predominantly focus on four groups and their struggles (political, personal and martial) to gain control of the city. Other groups shall be present and may even become available for play as the game progresses, but primarily the story shall focus on: Vampires, Werewolves, Felines and Humans.

Let's meet the players shall we?

Humans First has struck against the preternaturals and designs to take it's war to the doorstep of anyone who stands against them. A group previously brushed aside, they have demonstrated their strength by killing the Master of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and causing his empire to crumble.

Humans Against Vampires seeks more political routes, moving members of their organization through Congress and into government offices. Could they actually succeed in rescinding the laws which have been designed to protect Vampires,  Lycanthropes and all those not quite fully human?

The Vampires of Marquette are all but in ruin. Marius' empire has been broken apart and Vampires fight in a civil war to claim the spoils. No Master has yet won the right to claim the city of Marquette as their own but others have already crowned themselves as Masters of Marius' other territories. But Marquette was the centre of his empire, the foundation of his throne. Who will rise and take the seat of power? Will they be able to hold it or will they fall just as their predecessor had?

Younger, weaker Vampires have already started to go feral or die due to the lack of a proper Master and while Vampires fight amongst themselves, their former allies grow weak as their numerous enemies grow strong. If they don't kill each other, will the Vampires be able to stand together against the Humans and Lycanthropes?

The Felines were once the main force of power in the city. They ruled Marquette with the Vampires as their allies, unified under a single leader: Hariraj, a true Nimir-Raj who had brought every flavour of Feline together in harmony. They had pushed out the Rats and Wolves and Bears, marking the forests and rivers as their own. Tigers, Lions, Leopards, Jaguars and others had all formed into a single group - a group which just as easily broken apart once Hariraj died. One of their own had betrayed their Nimir and Marius, his Vampire Master. One of their own was to blame for the start of all this bloodshed. The felines splintered, some fighting for the right to lead while others simply ran away from the violence. What will become of the once, proud, great cats? Will someone strong enough arise and once again unite them all, or will they be separated into different factions? Will some seek protection and clemency from another group, or will they all just be hunted and pushed out, just as they had done to all the rest?

The Wolves have been hungry for a long time and see this as their moment to strike. Unified, strong, dominant, the pack has been pushing inward and quickly expanding their hold over the territory around Marquette. The Felines had pushed them out, but that had only made it easier for the Pack to surround the city and wait for their moment. Will the Wolves assert their dominance over the city, or will they fall prey to the in-fighting and civil struggles which are more common amongst them than any other group?

YOU will decide the outcome of these groups and Marquette as a whole. Welcome to Base Desires; where every choice has a consequence, every cause an effect and every ripple in the water, the potential to become a tsunami. The future is unknown, but everything you do will determine it. In this game you will find aspects of chaos theory, the butterfly effect, the six degrees of separation which connect us all and perhaps even a little magic to help defy the laws of physics.

Sit back, enjoy and strap yourselves in because this is going to be unlike any other Anitaverse game you have ever experienced.