Deities of Brass: A Greek Myth-Steampunk RP

Jokie, have you thought about how the locations will transfer from Greece to England? Olympus is a mountain, but where is it in Britain? There are very few mountains in Britain. There are also a lot fewer islands in the British Isles than there are in the Aegean Sea. Most of the monsters in Greece were pretty mobile, I know, but Scylla and Charbdys (or how ever it is spelled) are like a packaged deal and not that effective on land if they are sea monsters.

I'm going to take the lazy path and restrict the sleep to people only, landmarks and such won't be converted. As for the sea creatures, I'm still thinking of a way for them to interact regularly without compromising their native grounds.

Include the rest of the UK, as opposed to just England, and we can drop Scylla in Loch Ness. >:3

Additionally, not my call, but Charybdis might work in the English channel.

That works, but then my main concern is how far apart everyone will probably be. Oh well, its a solution. I'll keep Zeus in the town with his tower, starting points can be anywhere in the UK.

Might want to avoid closed bodies of water if your character is unable to cross land.

I imagine Scylla can sort of slither-flop across land, she just stays in the water all the time because she doesn't want to be seen. xP

That's alright, just a friendly warning to prevent people from getting bored because their character is so far out of the way people stop visiting.

Wait, what about the winds? If they aren't locked up then BAM this RP is over because they'll just sweep up the world. I was thinking perhaps they would be locked in mountains at kind of different corners of the world. Their projections would be what they'd use to interact with others (whoosh wind magic).

I thought Scylla sat atop the cliff side a grabbed sailors that grabbed too close.

Right, but I find the idea of an actual sea monster in Loch Ness hilarious. XD

I think the Loch has cliffs too.

Oooh. Then we're set.

Good good, we seem to be developing this quite well.

I'll add a plot section for ideas about situations that may arise, with a brief description.

So, I will most likely join this. I have an idea, what if Bellona showed up, began amassing followers, and became a conqueror? Or perhaps she could have ended up with Roman soldiers with her in Victorian United Kingdom.. Either way I imagine people would take action against her carving out a new Roman Empire in the United Kingdom...

Lol, that sounds like a great idea. Going right to the plot section.

Heh. I'm glad you liked it, Jokie.

Name: Daedalus
Age: (In human perspective, you can add actual age if you like as well).
Gender: Male
Race: Mortal
Main Feature: Copper work gloves, because he's an inventor. Like a boss.
Personality: Ever since he lost his son Icarus when the wretched boy flew too close to the sun and burned his wings off, Daedalus has been quiet, bitter, and angry. Unfortunately, he also was prideful and jealous, and had shoved his nephew off a cliff, angering his patron Athena However, Daedalus has also been shown to be quite clever and smart with mechanics... just think of what he could do in the new steam-and-clockwork-powered world?
Bio: Daedalus is a fine craftsman, and the creator of the Labyrinth. However, Daedalus doesn't exactly have a clean record...

Daedalus is first mentioned by Homer as the creator of a wide dancing-ground for Ariadne.[12] He also created the Labyrinth on Crete, in which the Minotaur (part man, part bull) was kept. In the story of the labyrinth Hellenes told, the Athenian hero Theseus is challenged to kill the Minotaur, finding his way with the help of Ariadne's thread. Daedalus' appearance in Homer is in an extended simile, "plainly not Homer's invention," Robin Lane Fox observes: "he is a point of comparison and so he belongs in stories which Homer's audience already recognized."[13] In Bronze Age Crete, an inscription da-da-re-jo-de has been read as referring to a place at Knossos,[14] and a place of worship.[15]
In Homer's language, objects which are daidala are finely crafted. They are mostly objects of armour, but fine bowls and furnishings are daidala, and on one occasion so are the "bronze-working" of "clasps, twisted brooches, earrings and necklaces" made by Hephaestus while cared for in secret by the goddesses of the sea.[16]
Ignoring Homer, later writers envisaged the labyrinth as an edifice rather than a single dancing path to the center and out again, and gave it numberless winding passages and turns that opened into one another, seeming to have neither beginning nor end.[17] Ovid, in his Metamorphoses, suggests that Daedalus constructed the Labyrinth so cunningly that he himself could barely escape it after he built it.[18] Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos, who needed it to imprison his wife's son the Minotaur. The story is told that Poseidon had given a white bull to Minos so that he might use it as a sacrifice. Instead, Minos kept it for himself; and in revenge, Poseidon made his wife Pasiphaë lust for the bull with the help of Aphrodite.[19] For Pasiphaë, as Greek mythologers interpreted it, Daedalus also built a wooden cow so she could mate with the bull, for the Greeks imagined the Minoan bull of the sun to be an actual, earthly bull, the slaying of which later required a heroic effort by Theseus.
This story thus encourages others to consider the long-term consequences of their own inventions with great care, lest those inventions do more harm than good. As in the tale of Icarus' wings, Daedalus is portrayed assisting in the creation of something that has subsequent negative consequences, in this case with his creation of the monstrous Minotaur's almost impenetrable labyrinth which made slaying the beast an endeavour of legendary difficulty. Additionally, Daedalus' legend evokes the virtue of humility as the Daedalean labyrinth was defeated by a simple ball of thread that its architect had ostensibly failed to consider.

Daedalus was so proud of his achievements that he could not bear the idea of a rival. His sister had placed her son, named variously as Perdix, Talus, or Calos,[20] under his charge to be taught the mechanical arts. He was an apt scholar and showed striking evidence of ingenuity. Walking on the seashore, he picked up the spine of a fish. According to Ovid, imitating it, he took a piece of iron and notched it on the edge, and thus invented the saw. He put two pieces of iron together, connecting them at one end with a rivet, and sharpening the other ends, and made a pair of compasses.[21] Daedalus was so envious of his nephew's accomplishments that he took an opportunity. When they were together one day on the Acropolis of Athens,[22] Perdix was asking Daedalus about his son who had died, Icarus. Daedalus, who cannot stand speaking of the subject, took one of the mechanical bugs he had been tinkering with and threw it off of a cliff. Perdix, who wished to save the toy, not seeing he would fall to his death, fell off the cliff arms outstretched. As he was falling, Athena, who favors ingenuity, saw him falling and arrested his fate by changing him into a bird called after his name, perdix, the partridge. This bird does not build his nest in the trees, nor take lofty flights, but nestles in the hedges, and mindful of his fall, avoids high places. For this crime, Daedalus was tried and banished. To always remind Daedalus of his treachery, Athena branded him with an image of the bird, so that he would never forget the crime he committed. (Excerpts from Wikipedia)
Appearance: Daedalus is a middle-aged man, with a few stress wrinkles on his face, and a hard, angry glare that rarely leaves. His hair is graying out, and the man has a semi-long beard. Daedalus has obtained a vest and some pants, as well as a pair of work boots, such that he looks like a middle-aged construction worker or something. Daedalus's eyes are starting to go, so he wears a pair of glasses with zoom lenses that flip over the larger lenses (an invention of his own creation... genius, is it not?). He often moves stiffly, it may be because of his stress, or because his joints are starting to go.
Other: He'll probably be grumbling a lot about Icarus. Expect that.

We definitely have to do something in the Labyrinth. (Anybody thought of bringing in King Minos?)

Added! : D

Wouldn't it be cool if, like, King Minos or something forced Daedalus to re-build the Labyrinth under the U.K.? Maybe to hide some sort of MacGuffin or something that could fix the world, because the guy who forces Daedalus would probably like the Victorian era better than their previous life. And c'mon, what's a Greek roleplay without a Minotaur?

The labyrinth under Buckingham Palace, to satisfy the needs of all those conspiracy theorists. Whatever you see fit, we're getting quite a good collection of ideas here.

Alright, I'm no longer preoccupied with what preoccupied me for the last two days. I'll start on those sheets now!

Double post for notice.

Name: Atalanta
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Race: Hero
Main Feature: A hunting bow
Personality: Slightly feministic, a quality which no doubt originates from being abandoned by her father for not being male. Atalanta is adventurous and a little bit headstrong, yet not unintelligent. She loves being outdoors, and can be a thrill-seeker, not content with simple, tedious work, and will always step up to a challenge. When it gets down to it, however, Atalanta is loyal to and cares for her family and friends, in addition to having a sense of justice and a natural protectivity of the natural world.
Bio: Atalanta was left in the woods to die by her father, who wished for a son. She was found and raised by a wild boar, and became an exceptional huntress, loving the outdoors. At some point, she was given a prophecy by an oracle that her marriage would end in disaster – this bothered Atalanta not, as she had no compulsion to marry. Atalanta’s noted accomplishments include being the only woman on the Argonauts’ voyage, drawing first blood on the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, a monster sent into the world by an enraged Artemis, and beating the hero Peleus in a wrestling contest. Eventually, her father allowed her to return home, but attempted to marry Atalanta off. Not wanting to reject outright for fear of resentment, Atalanta proposed a task for each of her suitors; if they could beat her in a foot race, they could marry her. If not, she would slay them. Atalanta being quite swift, many a foolish young man lost lost his head.
Appearance: Strong, lean, tall, and athletic. Atalanta has short black hair, blue eyes, lightly tanned skin, and wears a standard hunter’s garb of leather sandals and a cotton tunic. Her bow and arrows, which she carries with her often, are now bronze and of mechanical nature, requiring more strength to pull back the cable drawstring but yielding much, much more impressive results.
Other: Nop.

Name: Achilles
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Race: Hero
Main Feature: Every part of him, excepting his left heel.
Personality: If he was egocentric, brutish, proud, rash, and stupidly perseverant before, Achilles is even worse after his transformation by the hand of Zeus. Being a permanently clothed in bronze armor, he finds little to do but fight – and fight, and fight, and fight. He loves combat more than anything else, yet at the same time is bored by it, seeking more and more intense thrills and adventures. Achilles is the type of man who’d rather stab than talk, and who would charge through a valley of fearsome monsters rather than take the path around it. He has little need or want for friends, especially now, and mourns more than a little over the trade of his attractive organic body for his current one.
Bio: The son of Peleus and the nymph Thetis, Achilles gained his semi-immortality from being dipped in the river Styx by his mother at a young age – though she held him by his ankle, his one weak spot. Achilles was an important soldier during the Trojan war, slaying many including Hector (and for the sake of story let’s say he survived), and the experience humanized him. However, what humbleness was gained by the long years of combat has since fled now that Achilles has inherited his new bronze body.
Appearance: Before Zeus’ interference, Achilles was tall and muscular, yet not so much as to impede quick movement. He could most often be observed in his armor, composed of iron plates banded together by leather thongs. After said interference, however, Achilles underwent a drastic change. His very skin was transmogrified into bronze armor-plating, rendering Achilles slightly clumsier but ten times as strong and incredibly damage-resistant. Achilles is now a golem-like automaton warrior, helmet-like head decorated with the classic Roman soldier’s red crest and revealing naught but blackness interrupted by two bright red eyes beneath it, and pumping steam into the air with ‘his’ every breath – yet Achilles’ heel remains an organic weak spot concealed within the thin leather of his left sandal. Weapons-wise, Achilles carries a massive roundshield and spear, as well as a sword belted to his waist.
Other: Nop.

If I need to make any changes, tell me so~

Name: Karpoi
Age: Ancient, as these monsters came even
Gender: Depends on which one you're talking about.
Race: Monster
Main Feature: Thanks to Zeus's meddling, Karpoi have mutated from naked babies made of wheat and barley and Cheerios to menacing, combine-harvester-like iron beasts. Their key feature is the grain, which is their basic life force as it runs through their veins, but their bodies have been transformed into iron.
Personality: Nasty. They despise Demeter. These imps just want to bring down agriculture and return domesticated plants to their wild states.
Bio: (I can't find a Wikipedia page on these guys, so bear with me...) Karpoi, or spirits of grain, are wild creatures that don't wish to be contained. They apparently despise any rock that they can't grow upon, such as schist (because of this, "schist" has become a frequently abused cuss word in their language). Each individual represents a type of species of grain plant. However, these aren't the nice little grains that they use to make Wheaties. They've been bad-tempered ever since the dang humans started culturing them and harvesting them to make... GASP! Bread! And LE GASP! CEREAL! AND LE MORE GASP... PASTA! Karpoi have also been known to accompany the Earth Mother, Gaea.
Appearance: As stated before, Zeus's meddling has caused the Karpoi to transform into part-plant, part-tractor monsters. They have grown substantially, more resembling combine harvesters with human heads than their previous pudgy kindergartener bodies. Grain courses through them as iron pistons pump up and down, acting as their hearts. When they dissipate, they now become tornadoes of sharp metal and long stalks of grain, threatening to shred anything in their way.
Other: Their names would be those of the species they embody (for instance, Wheat, Barley, etc.)

All sheets added, they look great. : D

Woot! oUo

Bleh, I'm sick of school, but I can't get a job because of my poor speech, and I can't get into a course until mid-July. Anyone have an idea about how I can escape this trap?