How The Mighty Have Fallen

The plot

The year is 2059, pre-apocalypse. The world is in ruins, evil running the streets of every town and city across the world. The United States of America has fallen, no longer the great empire it once was only three years ago when world dictator, Arthur Bomar, took over. Americans are being taken to Nazi like concentration camps where they are being killed of by the hundreds. Now only a band of warrior like orphans, who remember the stories of the great America, can save their fellow Americans.

Rules

*Normal YWS rules. Also, the dictator is played by everyone, not just one specific person.
*There can be language and relationships, but if your character has sex, no one else wants to hear about that, but you can say you did. Just don't describe it, kay?
*No killing each other unless you have permission
*No super powers, okay? No elves, shape shifters, anything like that, okay? Just good, clean, human fun. They have to be really good at fighting though.
*Only four boys and four girls. If you guys want more, we can manage that, I'm sure
*We need kind of a... leader. Preferably a boy

Character Pallet

Name:
Age: (16-19)
Gender:
Personality:
Appearance:
History:
Your Mask: (all of the characters have to wear masks when they attack a camp, so they aren't recognised)
Weapon of Choice:
Other:



My Character:

Name: Lucy Harving

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Appearance: http://rozewiczrozanska.deviantart.com/art/Bonnie-01-82410094

Personality: Your typical bad ass, although she isn't really moody. She is very methodical and usually plans the attacks. She tries to bottle up her emotions, but isn't always completely successful. She has a temper, and no one wants to test it.

History: Lucy came from a family of rebels, who always told her stories of the great America. She couldn't even imagine that she lived in it. When she was thirteen, she saw her parents and brothers brutally beaten to death. She vowed that day that she would bring their killers to death. She found The Group when she was fourteen and has been with them ever since. Shes one of the best fighters and has killed more of Bomar's soldiers than about half of The Group.

Your Mask: http://bambinagatto.deviantart.com/art/The-Dead-Mask-13565307

Weapon of Choice: pistol and scythe

Other: Up for love

I claim the leader, please.

I claim a guy

Name: Jake Stonehill

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Personality: Jake never talks about his past, and some might see him as anti-social. He's usually serious and boring, but if you become really, really good friends with him, you'll find his sweet side, where he actually laughs and smiles a lot.

Appearance: This pic. Short and curly dark brown hair. His eyes are a dull blue, like someone went crazy when trying to mix watercolors for a sky. He has a slight cleft chin and stubble. He smiles often, but it's weak, like he's trying to reassure himself of something. He stands at 6'1", with his hands usually in his pockets. Wears a navy hoodie that belonged to his grandfather.

History: When he was growing up, his gradfather would tell him stories of what America once was. He would listen in awe, wondering how such a place could exist compared to the reality. When he was fifteen his entire family, Jake, his parents, his sister and two brothers, were taken to one of the camps. He and his sister were the only ones who escaped, but she tripped while running and was whipped to death on site, her screams echoing in his ears. He was never the same. Eventually, he found a few other people who, like him, were now orphans. He joined them, and here we are.

Your Mask:


Weapon of Choice: Short sword, handgun.

Other: Up for love, "leader".

If okay I would like to have Cole be leader.

Name: Cole
Age: 17
Gender: Male

Personality: He is very devious and sneaky. He seems to always be up to something, even when he sleeps, and he is. When he isn't being devious he is quiet sweet and kind, though that side is rarely shown. Is very rash, and can have a very short temper. His ability to lead, and give hope is unmatched. No matter how bad the situation is, he can bring hope, and get his comrades out of it.

Appearance: He has shaggy blond hair that is strangely bright colored, though not like white or platinum. His eyes are blue, and also very bright like lightning. His is tall and speedy looking, with a look that screams "Sneaky" all about him. His veins pop out more than normal.


History: I will post later. If not then, I will reveal in story

Your Mask: http://www.geekalerts.com/u/hp-mask.jpg

Weapon of Choice: He likes to use two long swords. He carries a dagger as well.

Other: Up for love.

Name: Lee-Ann (Lee) (She doesn't remember her last name)

Age: 16

Gender: female

Personality: she is happy go lucky on the outside, and never really tells someone if she is mad. She has a tendency to just appear out of nowhere a lot. And she tries to bottle in her emotions, and just make people believe she's always happy.

Appearance: She has medium length black hair that is normally up in a high pony tail, and baby blue eyes, that gives her a certain innocent look. She is short and skinny.

History: She was in a concentration camp but escaped, she has scars all over her arms from there. (so typically wears a jacket to cover them) She saw her all of the deaths that happened there and decided that she would try to protect those she could. She was on her own for a while till she meet up with the group (age 14)

Your Mask: Her mask is a dark violet that is a butterfly and has black outlining it's wings.

Weapon of Choice: She has two daggers (that are a little longer than your average dagger) and a handgun

Other: up for love

I claim a spot -

Name: Cora Douglass

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Personality: Determined and insightful. When others get very stressed and worked-up, Cora has the ability to step back at look at the situation with a different perspective. She is generally friendly and cheerful, but when you do hurt her she withdraws almost completely. She has a dry sense of humor, and Cora really overall dislikes violence (if this is okay) and she always prefers to disarm and knock unconscious then to actually kill.

Appearance: http://etniezz.deviantart.com/art/Blonde-93983057

History: Cora only ever remembers being on the streets alone with her brother, Jay. She doesn't remember her parents at all, although Jay always told her stories about them. Jay was a full five years older than Cora, and he always seemed to take care of her. They would find shelter in old, abandoned warehouses and any remains of wilderness they could find, although humanity wiped out the majority of forests years ago. One day, Jay never came back to their camp. Cora, thirteen at the time, went out looking for him. She never found him, but the streets were crawling with Bomar's soldiers. Cora could only assume that Jay had been taken. She was left to her own devices for three years, lurking at the edge of concentration camps, looking for Jay. One day she witnesses The Group on one of their raids. She caught up to them that night, and she decided to join them. Cora has never given up the search for her brother, and it is the one subject where Cora becomes extremely snappy and defensive.

Your Mask: http://wanderingxxxsoul.deviantart.com/art/The-Mask-20456061

Weapon of Choice: She keeps a dagger or two on her at all times, but prefers hand-to-hand combat if at all possible. (if this is okay)

Other: Up for love.

I know I have her probably the least violent-ready of the whole group. I hope this is okay - Tell me and I'll edit.

**Boltage, TexanWriter already claimed and made the leader**

Name: Leif Cervantes

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Personality: He's sort of the crazy one in the group. Very unstable, Leif is prone to mood swings, and if there was a doctor around to diagnose it, he'd be diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and mild Pyromania. He can go from a kind of crazy happy to very dark and gloomy as soon as the balance is tipped. He's incredibly impulsive, something that has gotten him into trouble with Jake from time to time. He jokes around a lot when not in a depressed mood, and sometimes doesn't know the best time to shut up.

Appearance: http://skoolaintmysubject.deviantart.co ... -120489049 Like this. He's about 5'9", and generally wears fairly warm clothes. His smile can verge on crazy when there, but he can also look very gloomy when down in the dumps.

History: Leif and his brother were orphaned when he was only ten, his parents dying in a car crash. So Leif was left to be raised by his three older brothers, all of them a little crazy in their own ways. The eldest, at seventeen, ran the show, and together the four brothers made a meagre living for themselves by robbing people in dark alleys, or they'd send Leif to ask for a place to stay for a night, using his ten-year-old trustworthiness to get him in, and then he'd let them in to rob it in the dead of the night. When Bomar's soldiers invaded, they'd only been operating this way for a few years. The soldiers cracked down on 'their kind' first, killing the middle brothers when the four split up for separate 'jobs'. Leif and the eldest of the four, Duncan, joined the Group soon afterwards. Leif gradually made a name for himself as having a knack, and a love, for anything that could explode. Leif's condition has gradually deteriorated since Duncan's death on a raid, but he still retains his prowess in combat.

Your Mask: http://dragonrise.deviantart.com/art/Ma ... s-46455382

Weapon of Choice: He wears a belt with multiple grenades on it, and carries a satchel with quite a bit of high quality explosive that he 'liberated' when the group raided a camp near a coal mine. He also carries a pistol and a pair of knives.

Other: Up for love

I claim a spot. Really good Idea for a storybook.

I know someone already claimed the last male spot, but im going to go ahead and make a profile in case it isnt posted in a while.

Name: Matt Cauthon

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Personality: Sort of lazy, but only outwardly. He is almost never on time to anything. However, when he is needed for something he will always do his best. He doesn't like being forced into anything or being rushed. He is slow to anger, but it is is explosive, and dangerous to anyone around him. He is very caring and loyal to the people he is close to.

Appearance: He is average height, but very muscular. He has brown hair that he keeps short, and is now eternally messy from being under his mask for so long. He has grey eyes and his skin is very pale. When relaxing he wears a jacket, a white t-shirt and and a pair of grey jeans. In combat he puts on a military vest.

History: He was born to a poor family and like the cliche he found respite in a martial art. Not boxing, but Krav Maga, the Israeli art. He became very good at it and won a number of tournaments. When he was sixteen he enrolled in the military, but he dropped out of school because his mother died.

Your Mask: http://VinhFX.deviantart.com/art/Army-of-six-79831901

Weapon of Choice: an X-M8 Compact Rifle with a red dot scope. He also carries two Colt 9mm. For close range he carries an assortment of knives and a short gladius like sword.

Other: Up for love

Oka, I'm going to tell everyone now that Texan is the ONLY one who can post another profile. We needed more girls and she offered one. When she posts, we can start. Thanks

Here is my character

Name: Angela (Angie)

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Personality: Fun, outgoing, loud, talks allot, makes new contacts easily, sporty, cant pay
attention for long, very musical and artistic.

Appearance: Short Black hair (Short at back, gets longer towards the front), green eyes, petite, athletic

History: She was at the olympics with high jump, gymnastics and swimming. Didn't want a carrier anymore so she moved. A few months later her mum died in a car crash, and now she lives with her father, who doesn't know how to raise a child, and doesn't give her any boundaries.

Your Mask: A shimmery black surface with colorful feathers at the outlines.

Weapon of Choice: Since she was good at gymnastics, she looks as if she were doing gymnastics when fighting. for eg shed do a split and then a really high kick.

Other: Up for love and friendship.

I need a BFF.

I'll be your best friend ^_^

OK thanks.

Permission to start, Captain!


-Jake-

The wind whistled in my ears, I looked out over the deserted city. All the inhabitants had already been taken to camps. It was so... depressing. I walked along the edge of the roof, where Cora and Matt were keeping a lookout.

"Anything?" I asked just loud whough for them to hear.

Cora looked up from her binoculars and whispered, "There's some activity about a hundred yards out, but they aren't coming any closer."

"Make sure things stay that way," I said. The two simply nodded. I walked over to the stair that led to the second floor of the abandoned warehouse and went down. Once on solid ground again, I saw Lucy and Cole having another fight about our next move. I walked over and put myself between them, asking Cole, "What's going on?"

"For cyrin' out loud, Jake, stay out of this!" he snapped.

Good advice. I stepped back and let them continue their verbal fight. I saw Angela, Matt, Lee-Ann and Leif talkign about something, and so headed over to eavesdrop.