Remnants of War

Remnants of War is a pay to play VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) in the RWBY-verse. It costs a monthly fee of 10 Lien (3 months is 25 Lien, 6 months is 50, and yearly costs 100 Lien).

Lore
''The world of Berylian, a realm created by the goddess known as Eden. She created life, happiness and light. Eden's subjects had enjoyed a lifetime of peace, until a certain deity became jealous of her creation. The powerful Diabolos, entity of darkness, destruction, and chaos used his powers to begin corrupting the world, filling mankind with negativity and evil intentions.''

''Battles were fought, people were killed and Eden could no longer watch as her subjects suffered. She rose into battle against the foul creature, to protect what she had loved. It was discovered that the gods were equal in strength, and the battle would be long fought. Eden knew that she could not defeat Diabolos by her hand alone, so she chose another method of attack; using a great portion of her energy, she sealed the deity away, sending him to a dimension of nothingness known as the Void.''

''Weakened after the battle, Eden fell into a deep slumber to recover her strength. She would not be able to guide mankind the way she had intended to, and with Diabolos' lingering curse, darkness still lived in the hearts of many. All she could do was have faith that life would still grow and prosper...''

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Gameplay
In basic terms, the world is at war between two distinct factions, Guardians of Raleigh and The Windrum Knights. The game takes place in the magical world called Berylian. Its a virtual reality game, where your consciousness is inside the game, controlling your Avatar (The game takes a few aspects from Sword Art Online, one major being the use of NerveGear, where players are actually put into the game).

Within the game there's the usual story quest line, side quests included, as well as the normal battle XP for leveling your character. Along that, there's a plethora of crafting skills that can be expanded upon as well; players can increase their level in other aspects of the game being cooking, farming, taming, tailoring, alchemy, and smithing (armor and weapon).

The max level for characters in the game is currently 60 (due to increase to 70 in the coming 3.0 update), and all players start at level one. With the crafting skills, their levels can go up to a max of 50.

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Features
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Crafting
Along with the battle leveling system, comes a set of skills players can focus on as well.

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Fortunate Events
To keep the community active and the game more fun, developers have created several events where players are able to earn double experience points, special gear, or even holiday exclusive items.

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Choosing a Side
At the beginning of the game everyone starts off as a normal villager with a little bit of battle training. The quests they get from 1-9 are normal tasks within the starting village, some being deliveries and others small fights with low level monsters or fighting off beggars. At level 10 is where an army recruiter comes in and asks you to enlist in a training program. If you accept their invitation, you have until level 20 to choose a faction to fight along side with, or just stay neutral.; however, at level 20, you cannot gain anymore XP or quests until you choose a side to be apart of.

Guardians of Raleigh
The Guardians of Raleigh are a faction with the main belief of freedom. With past politicians, many see all government officials as corrupt leaders that make decisions only for their benefit rather than the whole nation. They rightfully believe that the government is forcing their agenda on the masses, oppressing them to the point where their rights have all been neglected.

The Guardians of Raleigh fight for a world where higher authorities can restrict the people no more, giving everyone the choice to make their own decisions whether they be right or wrong, that way they'll learn from them for the better.

Knights of Windrum
The Knights of Windrum are a a group that value order and wish for structured society. Opposite of the Guardians of Raleigh, they believe a government is absolutely necessary for peace among the world they live in. Because one or few government officials may have been unjust in the past before, does not mean all persons of administration are evil. A democratic system of leadership with proper checks and balances are the only way to guarantee a world of harmony and equality.

Their ideology is that the world can only change with proper guidance, even if forced upon others for the greater good of the entire world.

Yulia's Neutrality Claim
Being neutral pretty much means you want no part in the war, or haven't decided which side to join. All Neutral players are capped between level 10-20, until they join a faction to keep things fair (You don't want a max level fighting for one side, then switch sides when the tides are turning). Being Neutral does have its advantages though, as they can interact with both factions in a friendly manner. Many Neutral players also choose to increase their levels in crafting skills, so they can profit off of what they make.

Neutral players also can work as spies, or traveling merchants of course, giving off information (right or wrong info, either way as long as they get paid). As they're capped at level 30, they can't do much on the battlefield, which even makes them easy targets if they give you false info.

Regions
-WIP-

Crystal Park
Crystal Park is a zone available to all players upon reaching level 20 and completing the quest, "Diamond Society". Its an amusement park filled with a variety of zones and special mini-games for players to enjoy. Within the park, players may purchase Crystal Points (CP), or earn them by playing the various mini-games in the park. Various events called "Staged Shows" can offer a greater amount of CP, but are set to begin at certain hours of the day:

Reach Great Heights!- Make your way atop a vast hill to earn your prize. Beware of traps and other obstacles that come your way.

The Impostor!- A fellow adventurer claims that there is someone who is stealing their looks. Find their exact doppelganger and earn a great reward! You only get one chance to identify the right target.

Simon Says...- Join Simon on stage, and learn a new dance technique. Watch as he performs a set of actions, and attempt to recreate the same pattern. Gain extra points for a perfect performance!

CP can be used to purchase rewards exclusive to Crystal Park, so earn as much as you can! There is even a special drawing called the "Diamond Draw" where players can purchase a max of 3 tickets a week and enter to win the jackpot prize of 1 million CP!

Key Terms
A few bits of technical information for the game.

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Classes
Upon character creation, players will choose between Disciples of War (physical based classes) and Disciples of Magic (magic based classes), which will assign the proper base stats for your character. Players will be equipped with a few novice skills/spells as the progress through the beginning of the main story, until they reach level 10 where they will choose from the currently existing Job Classes.

There will be an instructor for each Job who will teach you all the skills necessary as you level and meet other certain requirements. You aren't limited only to one Job class as well; you may begin your journey as a Monk class, but once you reach level 30 you are eligible to become a student of the Reaper class, or even Arcanist. Each Job class will have separate experience points and levels (Ex. You raise a level 32 Monk, and have a level 17 Warden).

Training a new Job class will start that job at level 10; however, classes introduced in the 2.5 update start at level 30.

Each Job Class also has a difficulty rating, ranging from 1 being easiest to 5 being hardest to master. In no means is this rating to be used as a way of saying which class is the best overall. The difficulty shows how easy or hard the mechanics may be for everyone to pick up. It's to be used as a suggestion to aide new players out, and grant veterans with a chance at a new challenging role.

Disciples of Magic
Those who lean more to casting and magic benefit more from these backgrounds of study:

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Disciples of War
If you like to get close and personal, these styles might suit you more:

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Ranged Alternatives
If you would prefer to fight at a distance, but you're not gifted with all the talents of becoming a caster:

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Future Content
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Trivia

 * Out of bordem, I tried to make a few of the major points of RoW allude to the acronym for Team RWBY. Guardians of R aleigh, The  W indrum Knights, World of  B erylian, Y ulia's Neutrality Claim.
 * I messed around with Beryllium and came up with the name for the realm.
 * Character creation for the game allows both human and Faunus characters.
 * Idea for the game came from the NCSOFT MMORPG Aion.
 * The two opposing factions were inspired by the two different races in Aion (Elyos and Asmodian), and their beliefs take after the Cerulean Order (Windrum Knights) and the Crimson Legion (Guardians of Raleigh) of the NCSOFT MMORPG Blade and Soul.
 * More inspiration and some updates to classes were inspired by the Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG.
 * The GF names were inspired by popular names commonly used for elemental deities in games (Ifrit, prime example for Final Fantasy, and the Tales of Series, known as Efreet).
 * The names of the GF's are mostly references to gods/figures in mythology, religion, and other sources (Sylph and Zurvan for example) while some names just reference their abilities (like Celsius and Phoenix).
 * The abbreviation for God Forces (GF), is a small allusion to Final Fantasy VIII, where the summons were called Guardian Forces.
 * The Aurakin's main weapon, Astral Guards, was an idea inspired by Snow Villiers from FF13.
 * The concept for Crystal Park was inspired by Final Fantasy VII's Gold Saucer.