i completely forgot about this im sorry
- First question is first, how did this group start out? Why was it formed, or rather, why did it's founders feel it necessary to start this movement? When did they first start to arise?
I really like Azu's point of not making these guys straight-out nazi analogies, at least not all of them, and that fear is a great tool to use in it's place. So, when would be a good point for these guys to form? I could easily see it happening after the events of RotS. A lot of people were killed, moreso had much of their lives ruined - be it from their homes being destroyed, or their family killed. Makes sense to me that some people would band together to ensure that those still of dusk blood would not have the chance to rise again. A few small people at first, taking out some of those most obviously former dusk. But soon their numbers swell and their vision changes, dusk aren't the only powerful potential threat out there. What if the Legendaries rise and decide to attack with their armies? What about these delta-types? How do we know they're not some dusk-mutation? Surely it's not natural to see those colours on a pokemon, we have to protect our kin above all else. We cannot trust what we don't know, better it not exist at all than risk it killing us.
Perhaps in the background, there's a more malevolent force feeding this fear. But I love the idea of amping up the paranoia of the ordinary people to fuel this movement.
Well hmm its founder
I guess its time I talk about 'Father'
Father is a...legendary being. I use this word because he see's himself as such, he's a reshariam who likes to believe he's some sort of angel bringing justice to the world by filtering out impurities- creating an organisation to do so
of course no one knows this (Save for the disciples *cough*). The 'father' higher ranks see is an impostor, a mere puppet put into place to protect fathers true identity.
I always imagined fake father as being a gliscor that started everything- for some reason working under fathers vision (He could be a champion?? Its kinda doubt able, but something to chew on for thought I guess)
And im really liking the above idea to
- Speaking of which, I'd also like to see the Blessing, at the point where this RP starts off, as an accepted and trusted part of normal society. At the lower ranks of the group, they do a lot of humanitarian work. Funds to help support families who are suffering from pokemon attacks, a local watch to keep people safe and secure, and rangers who brave the wilderness to help take out the larger threats out there before they become a problem. It brings a little more moral ambiguity to the conflict. Sure, these guys are out to kill innocents who are just different, but at the same time they do a lot of work to keep people safe. They've aided in rebuilding. They do take out pokemon/poachers/whatever else that do legitimately pose a threat. A lot of otherwise innocent people support them, some volunteer or donate to keep the group doing what they do.
Of course, the higher up in the ranks you go, the more secretive the organisation gets. Most people only see that good side. Only a select, trusted few know about what goes on in some of their larger facilities. The experiments and dissections on abnormals to see the best methods of taking them out, the grueling psychological breakdown that their most dangerous agents go through to become the perfect tools for their cause. All for the greater good, of course.
Yes, yes! I love this all
- Love the idea of the assassins. Having teams that are specialised in taking down one dangerous threat just sounds like a damn cool idea. Special ops type stuff. Sometimes you get assassins in mixed teams, but usually they stick in their own little focused groups. Means they have the best chance at taking out a threat.
I do agree that they shouldn't be the only fighting force the Blessing Have though, and agree with the idea of regular grunt-types. The assassins are the best of the best, gone through that torture-style reconstruction to hone them into the finest weapons they need to be, and as such they are very few in number.
I think its best we have some more grunts to, as well as having very little assassins
- Although, to flow on from that thought, what groups do we want the Blessing to target? I'm assuming the stuff listed in the document is still true (Duskblooded, Shinies, Deltas, Dream World Abilities). I'm also going to assume that Hybrids are a likely target as well. But what about Champions? Or for that matter, the legendaries that create them? I could personally see the Blessing being a bit antsy about a legendary who chooses to have champions, and such pokemon blessed to be abnormalities and thus a potential danger, but I've heard conflicting thoughts on the matter.
Um hmmm....I think theres some points about this, I think that champions might keep them on their toes- some champions are ok, as long as the blessed pokemon is blessed by an individual that follows their beliefs, and isn't 'impure'
Otherwise the champions may find themselves quite high on The Blessings target list
- Masterminds are another cool idea, acting as coordinators for some of their specialised forces. The issue I have is how to handle them in terms of the RP. I can see their inclusion bringing in a layer of complexity that'll only serve to make things more confusing for players, especially when Blessing agents start teleporting around. I'm also not sure they'll really be able to serve as characters in their own right, merely tools to give the Blessing more of an edge that they already have.
I really like the idea, and if we can figure out a way of balancing these dudes I'd be all for them. But as they are now, I'd advise cutting them from the group for now.
Well...I guess they can be a bit confusing
i'd much rather not cut them out because I have a few blessing mastermind characters floating around, but they can be changed if needed be.
- Heads of the Organisation. You mentioned something about a figure named Father, but I couldn't see any additional info there. Either way a guy or a number of guys who run the thing. May once have been of good intention, but have since spiraled into something else.
- The Assassins. Specialised forces with each member trained to take out a specific type of threat. Mostly work alone, but known to team up for more dangerous missions
- Spies. Skilled infiltrators who feed back information to headquarters about larger groups of "mutants". Occasionally work as assassins (in the sense of they go and kill people of importance), but their main task is more to report back anything that could be used against Blessing enemies.
- Researchers. Guys that are tasked with the more hush-hush experiments (Both to improve their own soldiers and how to better kill any threat) and run a lot of the higher-level administrative work. By nature know about a lot that's going on, probably lacking a little in ethics, go through a rigorous level of training to make sure that they are loyal to the cause.
- Rangers. These guys comprise the bulk of the offensive side of the Blessing. Their main job is to go out into the wilderness and track down threats. Depending on the situation they find, they are to either take care of it, or in the case of more dangerous targets, report back to HQ. Usually move in small groups but it's not uncommon to find Rangers on their own. Do not know about the more hush-hush stuff going on.
- Wardens. These guys act as more of a security force, focusing on urban and inhabited areas. In addition to keeping an eye out for aberrations, they also serve as recruiters, humanitarian workers and propaganda perpetuators. As with the Rangers, they do not know about the less ethical stuff.
- Volunteers. For the most part just regular people doing their best to help out with a cause they trust. A lot of it is just keeping an eye out for anything off, but often they get involved in humanitarian work and (unwittingly) further spreading Blessing propaganda. Know nothing outside of the positive image the group does it's best to portray.
I really like all these, for plot reasons I would like to keep some of the older ones too if its alright? Like The Disciples, Guardians, Watchers hidden amount the ranks of others (to keep lower classes from finding out too much?)
-I love the idea of there being a hierarchy and the higher you go, the more secretive you get. I like the idea of the humanitarian efforts as well--sort of like what I feel Team Plasma should have been. More strongly get people to trust them and even support them, and then as soon as they have most of the population eating out of their hands, they do what needs to be done--and at that point, no one will stop them. "Oh, look, rumor has it the Blessing are killing Dusk. Should we worry?" "Of course not, the Dusk were all evil and the Blessing has done so much for us." Even "My cousin was a hybrid and the Blessing killed them and it makes me uneasy." "Oh, but the Blessing have given you so much support and everyone knows hybrids are planning to enslave/kill/harm us anyways."
Half fear based rumors, half humanitarian efforts, and the Blessing seems very much like a good guy, with only some knowing the ramifications. We get a lot of the political element--everyone will be afraid of those who aren't normal, and I think we could do some really cool stuff with that. Normal pokemon helping those Mutants? Shunned by everyone else. Normal pokemon refused to service/speak to Mutants. Normal pokemon actively hunting down, turning in, or otherwise creating a huge witch hunt over Mutants. It could escalate to the point where you may even have others turning each other in on "suspicion they're a Delta type".
yes please, I really love the idea of this
I should mention I vaguely remember coming up with a force to oppose Father.
An even more secretive force that works only with the groups name in mind- never a word of it spoken out otherwise, unless private conditions are met for a recruit (They probably only hear of it once), they know about The Blessing secrets and simply work on the side helping out 'victims'
How do they exist? Why?
Father isn't a lone sibling, he has a sister. A Zekrom, by the name of Mother.
While Father tries to spread purify the earth, acting as an angel.
Mother does not act like an angel. She is something from the shadows, she is the being that answers the cries of help uttered from the mouths of 'purified' victims, she started her own group which works in secret- protecting and healing but not taking action.
She could not bring herself to kill her 'dear' brother after all. Such tactics are cruel and she doesn't approve.
Father has his weather trio. Mother has musketeers.
these were originally ideas- the true father was only going to be revealed much later, and even later- Mother.
Another older concept I had tied into the fact with the Guardians
The Blessing does not improve of impurities- it strives to be pure, father would get disappointed otherwise after all.
The researchers were studying a method- a way to dig into ancient roots and draw out even more of a pokemons elemental power.
Pokemon were trained in such a way that certian elements they already possessed became stronger- they were able to learn moves in that typing they could not normally, dual types would focus on one more than the other.
the Guardians were the ultimate, perfect polished weapons of these- each a species of only a single type (or in flying types case one type removed since the only pure flying type is a legendary), each overflowing with elemental energy and platted in armour suited to their elements needs they were made to be the ultimate breathing weapons for The Blessing.
Each of them are to be fully evolved, their power even that of a legendarys. They do not speak, their bodies are machines- showing no emotion in face or movement and they listen to each of fathers words without thought, hesitation.
But those are the perfect products- said to almost not exist among even knowledgeable ranks because the researchers know all too well that this process is a long one, hard to master and perfect by nearly anyone
That doesn't mean they don't try- other pokemon are put through this process, their power may not be legendary, but its still increased.
That was the other idea I had in mind- to make The Blessing create weapons similar to those they destroyed
Its to show off a flaw- Father is mortal. He is no god, he's a selfish mortal who's so blinded by pride, he doesn't realize that his own creations are similar to the things hes killing.
apologies because im gonna be gone for a week camping! These were leftover plot ideas that have existed for The Blessing for forever and a half, maybe we can somehow implement them with the new plot?
Oh before I go! Before Father was going to be discovered I had planned a hybrid character to hint at his existence- Father likes heavenly songs, and clouds kinda tie into the whole angel/heaven/god thing
There would be a Reshariam/Swablu hybrid wandering around with some seriously bad scars and a good case of amnesia.
I will probably just take the easy route and leave her normal because there's a lot of shit going on where I'm at right now and I don't have time to sit and work out how the hell my dragonite became a delta type.
The craziness of this funeral is mostly over so hopefully I can get working on characters.
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and when I say art, I mean doodles haha!) and I'd love to see one of everyone else's characters as avatars! It's just so cool