Sempervines; A Feral Floran Tribe.

A feral, tribal Floran home planet has laid undiscovered for over a thousand years in the Antares sector of space. For anyone interested, I will be role playing as Amanita Stem; the tribe master. I am new to Florans in general. (Only a month or so of playtime.) However, I have great players who assist me in role playing as a Floran tribe leader. (Kralion, Reconus, Khaltor.) As well as some others I may not remember off my head.

The purpose of "Sempervines" is for them to take over the galaxy! (Well, obviously, IC.) OOC, they provide Floran antagonists who are truly despicable. They are viscous, cunning, and come in all strengths, sizes, and weaknesses. For now, I am roleplaying them by myself by multi clienting is done so the idea of 'advantages in numbers' is present, however, without the 'I must win' attitude.

These Florans have grown up their entire lives without education relating to guns, ships, other races, and indeed, technology. It is very, very common for the first few encounters of Sempervines to be very one sided. Expect Florans charging at you with wood shields and carved, bone swords, as well as using other primitive weapons. These may include bows and arrows, atlatls, caltrops, punji pits, and even potentially bolas!

For anyone who is interested in joining the ranks, you may indeed! I have gotten permission to have their lore changed, as well as their inventory, so they are not arriving here with the knowledge, guns, ships, or indeed, tactics they have learned from their previous time at OE. I am willing to accept those who are comfortable with the idea of role playing as a tribal floran, who wish to contribute to the tribe, in ways that don't necessarily involve combat. Such as bone smiths, hunter and gatherers, and even potentially more 'classes' that I have not thought of.

Send a PM to me if you are interested in having a character in Sempervines. The requirements are as followed. The must...
1.) Be born in the tribe. This is the case 99% of the time. Special exceptions are made if an outside floran proves extremely useful, valuable, trustworthy, and loyal to Sempervines.
2.) Be over 30 years of age. They do not accept 'saplings' in the tribe. No exceptions.
3.) Be able to follow the chiefs orders, as well as not give back talk, or disregards the chiefs orders. This is as well a must for the following reasons. Florans are extremely aggressive, power hungry, and fight to end disputants. If your floran is constantly back talking, ignoring the chief, or even bossing around other florans without his permission, they would be dead long before they got to where they were to begin now.
4.) Don't 'ask' what to do. Just do it! See your chief or fellow Florans charging someone with a sword in hand, screaming like a wild animal? Don't ask "Need help chief?" Just sprint in the fray and get to work.

So... yea! If you want to RP as a character in here, or you have questions, comments, concerns, PM me! Detail your Florans name, role, 'specialties' if any, physical descriptions, and what they're like. Should look like this.

Floran name:
Role:
Description:
Specialties:

I look forward to assisting the community by playing as the most hated race.​

 

Sempervines History
We worship the 'Great tree"​

It is what gives us water, life, shade, growth, and prosperity.
The origins of how Sempervine came to life are one that is hidden in actuality, obscured by time, reiterated tales, and false statements. But, thanks to ooc, we may learn more about them. Coming from a heavily occupied system of space located outside the jurisdiction of Antares, the mightiest chief sends off his largest fleet with his strongest, most well crafted Florans. Each one able to be a chief in their own right, they were tasked with occupying space outside of their own, in an attempt to take over more space outside their range.

One place that one Floran would indeed be dropped off at, is in the system "Antares". Landing on Pallaea, the first chief was the first of his kind to set foot on this arid, dry planet to his own knowledge. He set off wandering, studying the ecosystem, the conditions of the temperature, and scoping for any large trees. Finding just that, the largest tree she's ever seen fixated on a mountain, with strong, sturdy roots draped across all sides, he pollinated himself, and set to carving into the tree, one claw scrape at a time.

After the grueling, straining process of rebuilding not only his fellow Florans, but his future generations home, he fought against extreme heat, extreme cold, sand storms, lone lion like creatures that looked to eat them, and of course, the task of removing the worm hive located in the mountain. Large, crawl space sized caverns filled this mountain, with hoards of worms living inside. The 'war' of the worms was one that was tough, mainly because of the lightness tunnels, and the unknown factors of how they fought. However, once they found coal, it was quick to be crafted into make-shift torches, and the fight became one that the Florans could take. Assaulting the tunnels, they were ambushed repeatedly, flanked, and out numbered drastically. Due to the chiefs talent as a leader, fighter, and survivor, he was able to keep his team of 3 florans along side him, and keep a square like defensive structure, able to jam their spears at their brains, retract, and repeat in quick succession. At the end, they had a massacre of worms, so much that pools of blood collected at the bottom of the worms former caves.

Occurring roughly 350 years after first settlement, human adventurers landed within viewing distance of the tribe. Many more explorers, campers, and shady business men landed, and ultimately met their demise, securing the tribe unique and tasty feasts. After the first tribes chief met his demise after 170 years of settlement, another chief was selected, and took a different approach for the tribe for prisoners. This technique wouldn't be employed until a staggering 480 years later, when one lone human made the mistake of landing his ship on the relatively flat surface of Pallaea.

Not only was he immediately flanked by returning hunters and gatherers, but he was taken in alive, due to him taking the 'flight' instinct instead of 'fight'. Once taken in, he was interrogated, tortured, and isolated to break him down, turn him into a tool, a weapon. It didn't plan exactly as the chief wanted it to go, as the psychological and physical damage was too severe, and he was found to have broken his cage, and stabbed himself with the bamboo shards in his eyes until brain functions ceased.

Regardless, the 9th generation chief of Pallaea, in other words know as "Amanita Stem", valued the more cunning aspect of florans. Some may argue it is because he is small, only 5'5, some may say it is because he has abandoned the way of 'brute strength'. For Stem, all he knows, is when you take the silent, careful, and overpowering approach, results occur.​

 

Sempervines inventory.
Pixel count​

• 3,000 note based pixels

Ammunition/Magazines​

Weaponry
*Non Floran Weaponry;
**Ranged weapons;​

**Non Floran Melee weapons;​

• A military grade metal hunting knife.

*Floran weaponry;
**Ranged weapons;​

• 20 wooden hunting bows, 20 atlatls, 60 bone carved javelins, 120 wood carved arrows, 20 slings made out of a long plant fiber based rope, 40 bolas made with leather straps and rocks.

*Floran melee weapons;​

• 20 spears made out of wood with sharpened bone tips, 20 six inch long serrated bone knives with two inches covered in leather straps on the handle, 20 36" long-swords made out of sharpened bone; serrated at the top. 40 tomahawks made out of bone with sharpened rock held together by leather straps, three empty crates.

Armor
*Non Floran Armor;​

*Floran Armor;​

• 2 bone helmets, 1 set of reinforced shoulder pads, 20 leather vests, 20 leather leggings, 20 leather rain coats.

Electrical​

• Level 1 human class ship (fully functional), 1 microwave, 1 small computer1, 1 refrigerator, 1 wall clock1, an unlocked PDA, 1 "Go Universe!" all purpose watch.

Consumables​

• 387007 gallons of water, 1 fridges 36" x 70" filled to the brim with raw worm meat, two standard wooden crates filled with cured worm meat, various spices, 1 set of salt and pepper shakers, slightly over 10,000 Floran bone remains, a crate full of coal, a crate full of thorn fruits, 3 crates with poisoned bone caltrops (750).

Clothing
*Non floran clothing;​

• 3 baseball caps, 3 tank tops, 3 jackets, 3 pairs of jeans, 3 pair of cargo's, 3 pairs of hiking boots, 6 pairs boxers, 6 pairs of socks, 1 pair of tennis shoes, 1 cowboy hat, 2 bandanas, 1 leather coat, 1 pilots backpack, (1) 40" x 15" 16" green dufflebag,

*Floran clothing;​

• 20 sets of Floran tribal garments, 20 leather quivers that are capable of holding up to 15 arrows, 20 utility belts that have one 3" x 7" x 3" pocket, and (5) 3" x 3" x 3" smaller pockets as well.

Computer Info​

Furniture
*Non-Floran​

• 1 "Avian Pharoah" sleeping bag, 1 large wool blanket1, 1 "Alpines Roughin' it" Tents, 1 trashcan, four comfortable metal chairs, 3 lockers, 3 rusted boxes, 2 leather and twig held boxes.

*Floran
(W.I.P.)
Tools​

• 1 military grade flashlight, 1 water filter, 1 steel multitool, 1 3" fire lighter, 1 umbrella, 3 flares, 1 fishing rod, 1 fold-able shovel.

Misc​

• (1) 4L metal water container, 20 leather waterskins capable of holding two gallons of water.

 

Pallaea
Located 3.27 light years away from the orange star classified as "Mirzam Threshold", in the goldilock zone of 2.89 L.Y. to 4.01 L.Y. is the self named planet "Pallaea".

Entering the atmosphere, the planets gravitational pull is slightly lighter than Earth, yet not noticeable enough to cause any sudden realizations for any former Earth dwellers, or any other goldilock zone planet occupants. The air is dry, the dirt cracks at every step, and the wind carries harsh, inhospitable hot air with sand that seems to strike with ferocity.

Vulture like creatures perch atop the tree branches, keeping cool and safe from the suns rays. They're large, with tanned and darker hued color schemes, their beaks being strong and resilient with bright orange colors, as if to warn others of their danger.

In the bowls of Pallaea, squirms and wiggles the giant earth worms that have become the underground kings. Their large size is a result of evolution, not where the smallest and biggest quantity win, but the larger and smaller quantity succeed. This is due to the insufficient food sources found underground, and worms forcing to adapt or be eradicated. The result, was large worms that can stretch over 5 meters long, and 1.5 meters wide. The worms are not direct fighters, they aren't capable of using their full muscle, torque, and leverage they have, however, they can 'smash' against walls, people, animals, and threats if provoked. They are suited for swallowing prey whole, than using their acidic secretions and sharp, contracting walls to cut, dig, and maim their food. If the suffocation doesn't kill you first, the sheer fear and shock will.

On land however, a different predator stomps about in large herds. Most similar to the per-historic Earth animals that are typically named in laymen terms the "Woolly mammoth". However, there's distinct differences that make them suitable for Pallaeas environment. Their skin is hard, durable, and almost similar to leather. This however is all callused skin, about 2-3 inches below it is pink, shiny, vulnerable skin that's just above their flesh. Their tusks are closer than a woolly mammoths, allowing them to more easily fight the smaller prey that they commonly defend themselves and their herd against. Large clumps of fur cloud their eyes, protecting them from the sun and sand storms.

Nocturnally, a different predator strikes at night. It follows a similar appearance to that of a lion from Earths former species, except it also has an extremely low count of fur, only protecting its paws and eyes. Its slightly reflective eyes are the only giveaway at night, and it leaps across the landscape at extreme speeds, capable of very easily tackling and mauling its prey. Their elusive nature, tackled with their nocturnal hunting patterns, makes them a worthy, scary, and ultimately the dominate predator on this planet; if it weren't for the Florans.​

 

Roster

Floran name: Amanita Stem
Role: Tribes Master
Description: 5'5, it looks attentive and ready. It's covered in tiny, wide, white capped mushrooms that make her smell of ammonia and grass. His claws are large, well used, and chipped in certain parts. Under the mushrooms lie numerous, deep, healed scars. She wears a leather coat that extends to his ankles, a bone mask with beautiful widely varied colors glued to it sticking off the back like foliage, reinforced bone shoulder pads, and a loincloth with leather boots. Under its mask it wears a thin strip of leather with holes that acts as a bandana, as well as a watch on its left arm. It carries a leather belt with pockets. As well as a leather chest knife holster holding a military grade knife. On its hip is a leather sword holster holding a carved, bone short sword. It wields a large, heavy, thorny, wooden shield.
Specialties: Leadership and infiltration.


Floran name: Burnmetal Bloodgash
Role: Bonesmith/Quartermaster
Description: A 5'11" male Floran, who could be calculated to be around 45. He spoke with a hoarse voice, having been born on Sempervine, living there his entire life. Scars go up and down his body, burns all over his hands and some on his face, possibly from his history as a bonesmith.
Specialties: Bonesmithing (weapons/armor).

Floran name: Wathola Leekbloom
Role: Poisoner
Description: Standing at 4'11, it is fairly clean looking, aside from the smudges of oil and fluid on it. It prefers leather clothing. It's hands are scarred by the tools it works with. She generally is cowardly, but will obey orders if ordered. He is 37 years old.He Leather robes with sparse bone plates attached.
Specialties: Poisoner, and shitty flute player.
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