The Trinity

Setting
The main areas that will be dealt with in this RP are western and eastern Europe.


History
At the peak of man's civilization, a terrible and unforeseen event uprooted the dominance of man over the planet. An invasion from the outer reaches of space was on the doorstep of Earth, beings with far advanced alien technology yet near human like appearance. These beings posessed the ability to rapidly heal their wounded bodies and had enhanced physical and mental capabilities when compared with man. The most terrifying aspect of these aliens, however, was their need to consume blood when they themselves lost a lot of their own supply. It was for this reason that these aliens, who called themselves "Methuselah," were dubbed "Vampires" by man.

They invaded eastern Europe and settled themselves an empire shrouded in twilight. Because their bodies could not handle the degree of ultraviolet light found on earth, they built machines that produces a thick fog-like substance that blocks out the harmful amount of radiation. Within the Methuselah empire, they had their internal political conflicts mostly over leadership, until finally an empress came to power that settled the dust of wars.

Meanwhile, the human population formed two factions; another empire with the head in Albion (The British Isles) and the Vatican.


Geography
The Albion empire is centered in London, England and stretches to many places in western europe.
The Vatican remains central in Rome, and has no official borders or boundaries, though it's lateral position marks the "no man's land" between the Methuselah empire and the Albion empire.


Faction Details
Albion: Albion is the "empire" of the humans, though their government remains a parliament. Much of this empire has reverted back to class castes, where education opportunities and societal status is determined by birth and there can be no changing your place. Albion is now the leading a major technological boost, excelling in human technology that may soon rival the alien Methuselah technology. There are methuselah living in Albion, but they are restricted to vast underground ghettos and once you're in, you can never get out.
The Vatican: The Vatican plays an active role in procuring more followers and reinstating faith in Catholicism in the human world. They have their own army and their own special forces, but their main operations include sending out a massive amount of missionaries across the no man's land and albion. They are divided in their stance about the Methuselah; most of the Vatican side with Albion and wish to rid the world of the aliens while a minority believe peace and coexistance is possible. There are only humans in the Vatican.
The Empire: The Methuselah empire, commonly referred to as just "the empire," is comprised of an authoritarian government with only one head; the emporer or empress. Humans and Methuselah are found here, and although only Methuselah may call themselves nobles, under the current empress all are one so long as they aknowledge her supreme rule. Education opportunities and class advancements are not confined to birth or race, and thus are all truly equal.


Culture Details
Humans- Albion: The humans of Albion need little explination, as we're all familiar with western culture. Though I'm not sure how many know of European western culture, it's sort of the same but less... Well nevermind.
Humans- The Vatican: The humans of the Vatican are strong in faith and some are even extremely zealous. A lot are, however, truly looking for the paths of truth and righteousness, trying to became as holy a knight as they can be, even if that means going against the duty of killing methuselah or some other mission that has been granted. God before man.
Humans- The Empire: Humans in the empire have conformed to the methuselah's rule, and whether they are happy or not (as The Vatican and Albion like to make them out as slaves while the Empire says otherwise) they are openly welcome to all possibilities the empire has to offer.
Methuselah- Albion: The methuselah in albion are allowed their own culture, but they are never to leave the underground ghettos. Therefore they are very contained, whether they are happy about it or not (as Albion does not say, the Vatican doesn't know of their existance, and the Empire simply does not care), isolated, and even different from their parent culture.
Methuselah- No Man's Land: The methuselah in the no man's land are the types of outcasts that Albion and the Vatican use as models for the rest of the methuselah race. These outcasts are ruthless, violent, uncivilized, and thrive on the beast that dwells inside them. They pilliage and kill innocents without mercy, and merely for the fun of feeling powerful. The Empire does not want such animals in their empire, and thus they are the enemies of everyone; any imperial methuselah, albionian, or member of the vatican that sees one will most likely kill it on sight.
Methuselah- the Empire: Methuselah society in the empire is somewhat contradictory. Only Methuselah are nobles, and much of these nobles feel humans are below them, yet the empress allows them true equality meaning a human could received the same education as a Methuselah noble. The only difference is that Methuselah nobles are called to council before the empress every so often.
Methuselah society has none of the focus that the albion society has; Methuselah care not about making the most money over a fellow methuselah, their society and political focus is therefore not so much personal profit, but top quality existance and peace.
Universal: The union between a human and a methuselah is universally unexcepted and completely forbidden.


Race Details
Methuselah: Although humans call the Methuselah "vampires," the methuselah are not undead creature of satan that feast on the blood of innocents. Methuselah are organic creatures, they eat and drink normal food like humans and only when they lose a lot of blood do they need to drink blood. This is because their bodies do not produce blood cells and plasma as fast as humans do.
Methuselah age much slower than humans, and thus have a much longer lifespan. It is not uncommon for grandmothers and great grandmothers to look as beautiful as a twenty year old human. Methuselah also take longer to reach their puberty. Their pregnancy cycle lasts longer than a humans as well.
The methuselah often have pale shades of skin tone and two pairs of pointy fangs (top and bottom), and their hair and eyes come in natural colours that a human's can not. It is also not uncommon for a methuselah to have two hair colours naturally or two eye colours naturally.
They are not immortal and all types of metals and weapons can kill them. The difficulty is overcoming their fast regeneration. Silver is a material that leaves a residue that makes regeneration impossible, therefore it is said amongst humans that silver can kill them. It certainly is a much more efficient way, but it is not the only material.
Garlic, crosses, and stakes are nonesense, and methuselah do not sleep in coffins.
When a methuselah has lost a lot of blood, something known as "the thirst" is triggered, which brings out their most basic, uncivilized nature and turns them into a hungry beast. Methuselah do not, however, feast on the blood of other methuselah.
Humans: Humans may not be as intelligent, fast, strong, or capable as methuselah, but humans have a knack for survival. They can survive in a lot more situations than a methuselah can, and much more than most give them credit for. When backed into a corner and their life is on the line, humans can somehow pull themselves out alive.
Nocturneh: Nocturneh are rare creatures resulting from one of two things; the union of a human and methuselah, and an isolated human biological engineering expedition to send settlers to other planets. Both exibit silimar characteristics, though not many if any bio-engineered nocturneh exist anymore. The engineered nocturneh were originally humans, and thus have human characteristics. They are capable of unleashing a nanoprogram that causing their physical form the be enhanced, and become vampires that drink the blood of vampires. Their powers are unique to their program and can be anything from flight to wielding the power of electricity. Natural born Nocturneh display human characteristics as well; no fangs and no regeneration. They may have very slightly enhanced mental and physical capabilities, but they have a long life span. Not nearly as long as a Methuselah, but also not as short as a human. When in a life threatening situation, adrenaline pumps through their veins that causes them to become nearly methuselah, but in order to have these powers they must feed on the blood of other methuselah and not humans. Nocturneh are exceptionally rare.
Cyborgs: Because both Albion and the empire have advanced technology, you may also create a cyborg (that is, mostly robot with some portion of human or methuselah brain and/or organs). Depending on which technology it stems from determines its functions, coding, and appearance.


Architectural and Fashion Details
Architectual Albion: Albion is comprised of many forms of architecture, the centers of large cities are usually very old in style, either gothic or romanic architecture, surrounded by modern skyscrapers.
Architectural Vatican: The vatican has entirely romanic and mediterranean styles as well as some gothic styles of architecture.
Architectural Empire: The empire's unique architecture is very other worldly, using a lot of spherical and round shapes combined with jagged, sharp decorations. There are hardly any rectangular or square builds, and never any right angles. On the outskirts, some of the original human architecture is left alone. Methuselah architecture is also adorned with glowing shapes and spires, usually highlighting various alien wiring and tech work as a sort of art on the buildings.
Fashion Albion: The fashions of albion resemble traditional clothing of medieval and renaissance times, but in combination of more modern styles (such as shorter skirts, suit-like appearances, etc.)
Fashion Vatican: The vatican retains traditional religious clothing with a tinge of modern flare. Large headgear (ie hats) are also quite common, evem if they look ridiculous.
Fashion Empire: The empire has the greatest variety of fashion, ranging from alien-looking designs with other-worldly gems adorning the linen to stiff, fascinating almost gothic and punk-gothic designs.


Terminology
Methuselah: Methuselah world for "vampire."
Terran: Methuselah word for "human."
Nocturneh: Universal word for half breeds.
Vampire: Human word for "methuselah."
Human: Human word for "terran."


Roleplaying story
Well I was thinking, depending on how many people sign up, we can either do a romance/drama story or we can be a hired group on a mission to find out who attempted assassination of the three factions' leaders. We could also combine the two, and leave the romance up to the players (and I wouldn't mind it myself).


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Note
I don't want too many Nocturneh, since they are supposed to be taboo and very rare. Also, the fashion details are only what is typical, in case you don't care or can't think of an outfit for your character to wear. Fashion is hard to describe for me, so they are only outlines and you do not have to follow them. Feel free to be unique.

This is sort of a wierd sci-fi ish, so it's meant to take place sometime in the future. Year is uncertain. So space ships, retro sci-fi airships... That kind of stuff.