The Heart of the World. A strange phenomenon, the very power source that keeps the world of Vahaera, and it's many inhabitants and creatures, alive. Crystalline in appearance, in varying hues and shades, it is alight with a strong, white glow from the inside, making the light come out prismatic. Revered over the milennia, it seems to be alive, after a fashion, drawing power from, and giving power to, those that were chosen before birth. These 'Chosen Ones' are gifted with strange, supernatural abilities, varying in accordance with the five main Elements, Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Spirit. The first 'Chosen Ones' founded an order to guard, defend, and keep the Heart(which is buried in a massive cavern, several miles beneath the earth's surface) purified. For ages upon ages, nothing disturbed the Heart's functioning, until in the year 5,968 of the Beyaat Era..that's when things went wrong. Rumor began circulating that the Heart had been tainted by some dark force, and many scoffed at the idea. Nothing or no one was powerful enough to taint the purity of the Heart...Such was the common belief, but all were to be proved wrong. Many of the Vharad i'l Zheen(Guardians of the Heart) became ill with a strange sickness that made their gifts go haywire. Many of them died from misdirected metamorphoses, and a handful(most of them aligned with Spirit) simply vanished. Turmoil marked these sicknesses, and it became agreed that the rumors were true..something had tainted the Heart, making it hostile at best..and downright destructive at the worst. Weather changes were common in those early days of the Bleak century, the most common being drought, then torrential rain, then snow, within the space of just a few days. For nigh on a century, things continued this way, until something changed..and the Heart was somehow, miraculously, purified again. Precautions were immediately set down to ensure the Tainting would never happen again, and now, nearly 10,000 year later..it seems the precautions are failing. Weather changes are occuring, Vharad(Guardians) are dying left and right, and pandemonium reigns. It is rumored that a small group has been chosen, a group that will have to ensure that the Heart is purified again..a daunting task, what with war, always nearing, is now drawing closer fast, with the races arguing over the source of the Taint, as well as the method of ridding the world of it.

Races:
Humans: The most common, numerous people, living an average of 100 years, 110 at the very most. Very short lived in comparison with the other races.
Elves: Immortal, they are known as the Fairest folk, with pointed ears and very graceful, often slender, bodies.
Dwarves: Stout and hardy in comparison to the other races, they are known for their affinity with the earth, and they dwell deep in various mountain ranges.
Vilrae: Immortal, these humanoids have pointed ears(with very elongated points, extending about two inches), and are always fair-haired(meaning they have red, white, silver, or blond hair..never any other color.). They are often called the Warriors, since most, if not all, of their folk are trained with some sort of weapon. Many of these also make up the bulk of the Vharad i'l Zheen, because of their willingness to defend the Heart.
Bestaed: Humanoids, though most bear 'deformities', such as animal heads, limbs, etc., all due to a long-gone experiment by very..controversional Elemental experimentalists. The one compensation of these people are their pure brute strength and enhanced senses.
(There are other races, but these are the most common by far.)

Abilities:
Fire elementalists:
-Control, creation, or manipulation of fire(counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into fire(transforming into a fire form, best used to pass through flames unharmed)
-Control/manipulation of body temperature
-Disintegration(superheating a substance/body, until it disentigrates to ashes and dust)
Water elementalists:
-Control, creation, or manipulation of water(counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into water(transforming into a water form, such as water[literally], a sea creature, fog, mist, etc.)
-Weather control
-Healing(self explanatory..healing of injuries or sicknesses, both major and minor)
Earth elementalists:
-Control, creation, or manipulation of earth(counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into earth(transforming into an earth form, such as a tree, any animal, etc.)
-Plant enhancement(speeding growth, healing sickness, etc.)
-Communication with animals(ability to communicate with and understand animals, both wild and tame)
Air elementalists:
-Control or manipulation of air (counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into air(such as wind, used to mask one's prescence anywhere)
-Control or manipulation of the winds
-Removal of air(the ability to draw out all of the air in a specific place, usually as a way to slake a fire quickly, or to kill someone effortlessly)
Spirit elementalists:
-Control or manipulation of spirits(souls of any race, counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into spirit form(removal of the spirit from the body, to pose as a ghost/spirit)
-Possession(ability to enter someone else's body in spirit form and control them from the inside.)
-Mind control(ability to control someone's mind, either partially or completely)
Light elementalists:
-Control or manipulation of light(counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into light form(transformation into light[literally], used to hide effortlessly from danger or trouble)
-Piercing light(transformation of light into a physical weapon)
-Banish darkness(manipulation of light, used to banish darkness and shadows completely)
Shadow elementalists:
-Control or manipulation of shadow(counts as one ability)
-Assimilation into shadow(transformation into shadow, used to blend into shadow flawlessly)
-Piercing darkness(transformation into darkness or shadow into a physical weapon)
-Banish light(manipulation of shadow, used to banish light completely)

Element-neutral abilities:
-Telekenesis(movement of an object without any physical contact with said object)
-Telepathy(mental communication/projection)
-Precognition(the ability to predict future events, strength being the basis for the accuracy and clarity of the predictions)
-Shapeshifting(the ability to change one's appearance, such as facial features, body build, hair/eye color, etc.)
-Creation(the supernatural ability to create an object from nothing at all, whether it be a creature, 'person', or item, such as a weapon, food, clothing, etc.
-Illusion(the ability to create a sensory illusion, whether it be sound, sight, etc. Good for distractions in a battle, or a similar situation.

Bio form:
Name:
Age:
Race:
Gender:
Appearance:
Attire:
Weapons:
History:
Chosen(yes or no):
Element(limited to one):
Gifts(only for Chosen/Vharad i'l Zheen, limit of four abilities for each):

Characters still needed:
Male Earth Elementalist

Available characters:
Other non-elementalist characters(no limit of these)

Claimed characters:
Female Fire Elementalist - Raven
Female Earth Elementalist - Artemis
Male Spirit Elementalist - ..love_LIKE_winter..
Male Water Elementalist - Fencing Maiden
Male Air Elementalist - Star Gazer
Female Air Elementalist - Meldawen
Male Earth Elementalist - Elenya
Female Water Elementalist - Caunion
Female Spirit Elementalist - Turwaithiel
Female Light Elementalist - Amoniel
Female Shadow Elementalist - Lady Gweniven
Male Shadow Elementalist - Captain Faramir
Male Fire Elementalist - Falathiel Lothenedhel

These are just the characters needed for us to start off..any others are welcome. And before posting your characters, please wait until I post the character thread tomorrow..I need to see if there is going to be a good enough response to this.

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I'd like to join! I might want to play a male elementalist and a Bestaed

May I be the female earth elementalist please? This seems like a really great idea

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I'm back!

What element do you choose for your male, Elenya? And I saved your spot, Artemis.

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Can you possibly save me a spot for a male Spirit elementalist??
thanks..

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Right ho! I shall join, if that's alright?

Guy, human, water elementalist.

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"The piano is able to communicate the subtlest universal truths by means of wood, metal and vibrating air."

Can I be a male air elementalist please? Thankies!

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You may (or may not) know me elsewhere as Elfpen

I can't decide whether I want a female fire elementalist or an air one! Hmmm...let's go with air, I guess I actually already have a character I may be able to use.

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Could you save me a female water elementalist?

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I was cured all right.

Spots saved..only one Chosen left before we're 'officially' ready to start! And just an aside, I'm going to go ahead and put up the character thread..but I won't be starting this(if at all today) until later this afternoon.

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I'd like to Join if that's alright
I'd like to be the female Shadow elementalist

Thanks for saving me the male fire elementalist! Sorry I didn't post that

Could I be the last Chosen one, Raven?

Bio form:
Name: Kithsytha
Age: 1003
Race: Vilrae
Gender: Female
Appearance: Long silver hair with dark purple eyes, tall and slender, yet musucler
Attire: black riding breeches with a light silver warrior shirt over the breeches. A undershirt with a silver chainmail it it and glowing blue necklace shaped of a flower
Weapons: Two curved swords, one throwing-axe, two daggers and a bow
History:
Chosen(yes or no): yes
Gifts(only for Chosen, limit of one Element and three abilities): Spirit, she can mindspeak, talk with animals, and sense danger/evil

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Just became a college freshman; be on sparingly

Ok..we've got one too many, I see.

And something I didn't specify with the Elementalists..you can only choose abilities I've listed under the Elements to use as gifts with them, or the Element-neutral abilities I've yet to add.

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can i be the female elemetalist? i'll post my bio up soon!

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We've already got too many Elementalists as it is right now..I'm trying to figure out how I can fix that problem right now.

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