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Pirate AU
We're going to Nassau, lads!

18th Century Nassau is a pirate haven, where pirates vastly outnumber the local residents. It has all the amenities their crews could ask for. Brothels, taverns, shipwrights and merchants... All among canvased stalls on the beaches, thatched huts and wooden buildings. The island stretches out with a great lake in the centre and plantations in the land outside of the town. The few 'legitimate' businessmen keep away from the scoundrels of Nassau, with some preferring to occupy the smaller surrounding islands. Although there's no governor on Nassau, people typically follow codes similar to their own ship's code. After all, there's no point being a pirate if you can't get your score sold.

None of this pleases the 'civilised world', and the pirates do come across stiff opposite in the form of the British Royal Navy (with Port Royal in Kingston Harbour) and the Spanish Navy (controlling Cuba and Puerto Rico). Without these protectors, however, merchant ships are left to their own devices to try and fend off capture or destruction.

This is quite a useful little map.

Scenario Ideas:

☠ Treasure Map - Someone's found a treasure map. Now all they need is to get the treasure, or a handsome sum for the map.
☠ Vendetta - A rivalry between pirates, or between a pirate and a pirate hunter.
☠ Crow's Nest - Climb to the top of the ranks in whatever way necessary.
☠ Walk the Line - and not the plank, hopefully. Your character is just trying to survive and has to play a balancing act between pirates, lawmen, and merchants.
☠ Personal Quest - Your character is looking for a missing person, or item and found themselves in this neck of the ocean.

Current Music: "The Banner of Captain Flint" By Bear McCreary

heirtothearcane

So, to kick things back into gear I'm doing a poll to see which post I should put up next. Since it's a bit of effort to write up a decent setting, I want to see what people are most interested in playing out before I go and get the post up. As always, suggestions are welcome, these are just some ideas that should put people on a pretty even starting point (since no canon knowledge is necessary).

Boarding School AU - Magic Undecided
Teachers and students (and maintenance), a pretty simple combination with the opportunity for plenty of fun. Class pranksters, burnt out students, overbearing teachers, unusual 'initiatives' that come out of the blue... Put them all in a boarding school to live together and let's see what character cocktail we end up with.

Pirate AU - Non Magical
Pirates at each other's throats, racing for plunder, as well as any pirate hunters that appear on their trail. For those without sea-legs there's a whole settlement to run where those hiding from the law need to rest and trade. It's a busy world, and a hard life. On the bright side, there are feathered hats, bling, and rum. Plenty of rum.

Office AU - Non Magical
This has already been discussed in chat. Whether it's simple office hijinks or intricate office politics, the two can both be played here. There's nothing like deadlines and bosses to put the pressure on characters, and .

Royal Court AU - Magic Undecided
Some characters will be more set up for this than others, but it's a chance to revamp ideas. Re-imagine ladies as maids, or lowly guards as lords. Or simply to make characters interact with each other where the stakes are higher. Details such as whether magic will or will not be involved will be based on popular vote (or the flip of a coin if no decision is made).

Poll #22622 Next AU

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Which post should be next?

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Boarding School AU
0 (0.0%)

Pirate AU
4 (66.7%)

Office AU
0 (0.0%)

Royal Court AU
2 (33.3%)

heirtothearcane

A post for character lists, or character AUs that players have already established. The amount of detail is entirely up to the player, but should include name and canon (if applicable).

Suggested details include:

Username
Point of canon being played from, or multiple points of canon the player is interested in playing from.
Character preference - Which characters a player is more/less interested in playing.
A short summary of who the character is (primarily for OCs)

heirtothearcane

To start this sandbox off I'm going to kick things off with a nice easy warm up post. After this people can put up their own AU posts and themed posts will be coming along afterwards. Posts are always open and will only close if there are a huge volume of comments and another post will be opened to continue.

Where AUs Meet
A generic setting for any and all AUs

Reply to this post with an AU character and let others reply with their AU characters. Arrange things beforehand or roll with the unexpected!

Unless specified otherwise, it will be assumed that characters will be interacting in a multiversal Nexus-style setting. Feel free to decide otherwise, but if replying to a starter comment make sure that the other player is a-ok with it.

heirtothearcane

This is a private sandbox roleplay community for any and all posts that do not fit elsewhere.

The purpose of this community is to provide a place where players can explore all manner of scenarios, AUs or bizarre situations where they can be dropped and picked up again with ease.

NSFW posts should be kept to private journals.

Here there be dragons...

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