Welcome to Eden is a text-based RPG forum. Set in a dystopian future with elements of the mutant role-playing genre, with a community of active (and quirky) members, the forum offers an entire city to explore, immersing the player in a gritty, science-fantasy atmosphere.
2012. The world's natural resources are dwindling, conflicts between countries are eminent and people are unsettled. War is inevitable. In the space of just eight years the violent clash of global super-powers will bring humankind to its knees, leaving the terrain desolate and bereft of nourishment, and sucking all hope from the heart of civilisation.
2020. The development of the Genesis Virus, the latest in biological warfare, devastates the populace, wiping out billions of innocents and leaving misery and disease in its wake. Leaving few survivors, the virus saw the end of the war, but not without consequence.The M-Gene, found in only a fraction of the surviving community just a few years later, reveals a genetic abnormality in this minority causing previously unknown gifts, or curses, to manifest. The term "mutant" quickly escalates into a taboo term throughout the remnants of society, and many of them are killed out of fear.
2025. A group of survivors lead by a man named Malcolm Liebert establish a settlement known as Eden and begin rebuilding on the ruins of an unknown city, attracting other survivors in the process. As years come and go, it grows into a bustling city-state under the careful guidance of Liebert, who would eventually found the Sons of Adam. Eden's only political party, they are a totalitarian regime. They are hungry for power and terrified of losing it. They come down harshly on anything that might prove a challenge to their power, anything different or dangerous.
2097. Eden's population is just over 1 million and is under the rule of Malcolm Liebert's grandson. Enter the City
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Characters
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Mutants
Alec Good
"Robin" Good, the gentleman thief of Junk Town and perhaps the most infamous thief - he has a tendency to get his fingers into everyone's goods. Alec has be thieving for quite sometime and he has built himself a reputation for being the politest robber. With the ability to teleport and vanish in a second, he is difficult to catch and even more difficult to avoid.- Cool Gate: He can make them with his dimension manipulation abilities.
- Pocket Dimension: Treasures galore! This is where he stashes everything he steals.
Alice Smith
Amanda Moore
Amelia Darling
- Master of Illusion: a non-evil variant (but not quite good either).
Captain Jack
“Captain” Jack Barclay is one of the most dominant forces in Junk Town’s criminal underworld. Manipulative, smooth talking and just a little trigger happy, Jack has been playing the crime lord game for a while now, and he knows how to get things done. His way. A telepath to boot, Jack has his fingers in all the pies, and comes across as an amiable, yet undoubtedly dangerous individual.- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read / Blessed with Suck: Along with chronic headaches, his ability has left him teetering on the edge of insanity.
- First-Name Basis: Rarely, if ever, does he use his surname, "Barclay".
- Only Known by Their Nickname: "Captain" or "Captain Jack".
- The Don: One of the most influential "Crime Lords" in Junk Town, Jack is head of a large criminal organization.
Claude Radolfzell
A pensive soul, Claude is over a century old, and witnessed firsthand the devastation of the war and Genesis Virus. He currently wanders about the streets of Junk Town alone, doing what he can to help those in need.- The Aloner: Following the war Claude spent several years wandering the barren wastelands, before stumbling across a settlement of survivors (that would eventually become Eden).
- Older Than They Look: He appears to be in his mid-20s, but is really around 102 years old.
Daisy Miller
Dryden Payne
- The Force Is Strong with This One: He can sense other mutants as well as discern their particular abilities.
Isabel Leah Kearney
Hisoka
Lucia "Chimera" Amante
Mariana E. Hurik
Marzanna
A terrifyingly young and depraved serial killer. When she's not stalking the streets in search of her next victim or hanging out in local cemeteries, she's likely lurking in the dank tunnels that run beneath the city.- Grave Robbing: Her mutant ability requires corpses (see below).
- Hive Mind: In addition to her original body, she is able to possess more than one corpse at a time.
Mathieu Overton
Dr. Overton is one of Junk Town's few medical practitioners. He is kind and gentle with his patients, well-loved for his generosity and willingness to travel all over the city in order to help out those who need his skills. Unbeknownst to nearly everyone, that kindness is a complete facade. He is one of Eden's most notorious serial killers, the venom in his fangs either killing those he bites or... changing them.- Back-Alley Doctor: "Medical degree" is a term used by those unfortunate enough to live above the plate.
- Berserk Button: Don't let him see you bullying/abusing anyone. And don't make fun of his lisp.
- Mad Doctor
- Fang Thpeak/ Speech Impediment: The extra tissue in his mouth that protects his fangs also gives him a pronounced lisp.
- Villain with Good Publicity: With few exceptions, no one realizes that the doctor they all trust is the mutant serial murderer.
Meredith Abigail Winters
Nika Riddle
Noah Leveque
Noah Leveque: fashion designer; pretty boy; downright coward. While his mutation might make him easy on the eyes, Noah doesn’t exactly make things easy for himself. The black sheep of his family, he makes no attempt to rectify his bad social standing, and when not designing clothes or riding on the coat tails of his family’s reputation, he is more of a certified layabout than anything else.Olivia Wilde
Ruin Hartley
Junk Town is a bad place, and full of bad people, and Ruin Hartley is one of them. While not strictly an active participant in the Lower Level’s growing web of corruption, Ruin does nothing to stop it, and even makes a living off it. Working as a mercenary, Ruin is as cold as his job and gives little to nothing away about himself.Serenity Ad'val
Normal Humans
Adrian West
Every crapsack world needs a Mr Nice Guy, and while he’s not necessarily the superhero Junk Town needs, Adrian West does all he can to make things bearable in the Lower Level. Logical, with a keen intellect and a semi-photographic memory, West is Junk Town’s resident detective, and is definitely one of the kinder souls kicking about down there.Alberto Morretti
A "Prince" at Cupid's Palace.- Streetwalker: Male example, his profession before Liam hired him.
Annie Harper Bellafonte
Avery Mycroft
Daniel Cross
Damien Ad'val
- Berserk Button: Do not mess with his sister, Serenity.
Felix Jones
Jessica Finn
A barmaid in The Broken Dawn, Jessica Finn is the bubbly, busty answer to all of life’s problems. At least, she is if you’ve had a bad day and are in sore need of a drink. Barmaid by day and anarchic scrap metal artist by night, optimistic and always willing to lend an ear, Jessie is practically perky in every way.Isamu
Lena Sarah Adler
Lena Sarah Adler is a crooked woman. In a place like Junk Town, everyone is just trying to get by, and she’s no different, even if staying on the right side of the law is all but impossible. A gypsy and a pickpocket, Adler is slippery and not beyond lying or cheating to get out of trouble. She also has an affinity for magic tricks, and is the sometime assistant to Seth Weatherly.- Roguish Romani: She's a gypsy and a pickpocket.
Liam Huxley
Luca Valentine
Moth
Nelson Finn Amante IV
Raife Chevallier
Rance Grenier
A sharp-tongued journalist from the Upper Level, recently "relocated" to Junk Town after digging too deeply into a Minister's personal life.- Do Not Call Me "Paul": Only his family, his lawyer, and the government know his full given name and only because he had no say in the matter.
- Pen Name: "Vincent Grace", the name he writes/wrote hish-society articles under.
Rosie Swann
Seth Weatherly
Zace Palmer
Sons of Adam
Abigail Rose Everett
Bellatrix Logan
The words ‘mad’ and ‘scientist’ tend to go together very well anyway, so it comes as no surprise that Bellatrix Logan is this in a nutshell. Frighteningly intelligent and a workaholic with ideas that are more monstrous than beneficial, Logan is the Minister of the Department of Science and Technological Development in Eden’s Upper Level.Craig Deering
A veteran PSF officer who defied his superiors one too many times, preventing him from ever seeing a promotion and, eventually, earning him a transfer to one of the Junk Town precincts. He's infamous for driving off his partners with his disregard for their opinion and general loner attitude, yet he always gets the job done to the best of his ability.- Non-Promotion: When he's partnered up with Inspector Ellis Grey, he's handed all the work expected of an inspector but is technically still an officer in rank, so has none of the authority.
- Reassigned to Junk Town.
- Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: In that a lot of the Junk Town characters are lawbreakers in some form or another and he's too often in a position where he can't/won't arrest them.
Corsan Demetrius Barley
Dmitri Kraus
Ellis Grey
A PSF inspector whose time is divided between working the Upper and Lower Levels. He is perhaps a little young for his station, but he is undoubtedly intelligent, with a keen eye for puzzles and a bravery that some would consider impulsive or foolish. But the truth is that he suffers from a condition known as congenital analgesia, which makes it all but impossible for him to feel pain and both helps and hinders his job.Gabriel Saunière
Nero Summers
Minister of the Department of Commerce and Labor, on the surface Nero Summers is the boss you wish you had; polite, mild mannered, ever smiling and damn good at his job. But beneath the etiquette is a man to be reckoned with - cunning, controlling and with questionable morals, Nero has no qualms in exercising his power over others.Nicholas Smith
Pascal Aiden Segreti
Yuliya Sidorova
Minister Nero Summers' head of security. Dangerously competent, dedicated, beautiful, and absolutely deadly when needs call for it.- The Baroness: Her uniform is a well-pressed suit and she sways more toward the milder (militaristic) Sexpot version.
YMMV
- Nightmare Fuel:
- As if being a teenage serial killer isn't enough, with her mutant ability Marzanna can psychically implant a part of her own mind within a corpse, human or otherwise, in order to "possess" it.
- Dr. Overton is outwardly a very kind and gentle person. He will also occasionally go completely flippin' nuts and kill someone, or slowly torture a victim while they are paralyzed by his venom. And he will enjoy every minute of it.
Contains examples:
- After the End: Most of humanity was wiped out by the Genesis Virus seventy-seven years prior to the main setting.
- The Aloner: Following the war, Claude spent several years wandering the barren wastelands, before stumbling across a settlement of survivors (that would eventually become Eden).
- Back-Alley Doctor: "Medical degree" is a term used by those unfortunate enough to live above the plate.
- The Baroness: Yuliya's uniform is a well-pressed suit, and she sways more toward the milder (militaristic) Sexpot version.
- City in a Bottle: It is believed that Eden is all that remains of humanity, and to those residing in the city, the idea of foreigners is just a fairy tale.
- The Don: One of the most influential "Crime Lords" in Junk Town, Jack is head of a large criminal organization.
- Fang Thpeak: The extra tissue in Dr. Overton's mouth that protects his fangs also gives him a pronounced lisp.
- The Force Is Strong with This One: Dryden Payne can sense other mutants as well as discern their particular abilities.
- Gone Horribly Right: The Genesis Virus, which performed its job of ending the war far too well.
- Might Makes Right: The Sons of Adam have the paramilitary Public Security Force at their disposal. The various Crime Lords dominate the Lower Level.
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read: Along with chronic headaches, Captain Jack's telepathic ability has left him teetering on the edge of insanity.
- Non-Promotion: When Deering's partnered up with Inspector Ellis Grey, he's handed all the work expected of an inspector but is technically still an officer in rank, so has none of the authority.writes/wrote high-society articles under.
- Pen Name: "Vincent Grace", the name Rance Grenier
- Pocket Dimension: Treasures galore! This is where Alec Good stashes everything he steals.
- Police Are Useless: The Public Security Force, if you're lucky, but if you're not... Although, not ALL members are like that.
- Puberty Superpower: The abilities of most mutants first manifest around puberty.
- Really 700 Years Old: Claude Radolfzell appears to be in his mid-20s, but is really around 102 years old.
- Shout-Out:
- The city of Eden, with its plate that divides the city into a wealthy Upper and poverty-stricken Lower Level, resembles Midgar.
- The divisions of the Sons of Adam were based on Shin-Ra's various departments.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: "Otyugh Garbage Dump", an Otyugh is a monster from Dungeons & Dragons.
- Sinister Subway: A large complex of abandoned tunnels run beneath Eden; they are remnants of the pre-Genesis city Eden was built upon.
- Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: In that a lot of the Junk Town characters are lawbreakers in some form or another and Craig Deering is too often in a position where he can't/won't arrest them.
- Theme Naming: Many place names are drawn from the Abrahamic religions (Eden, Sheol Cemetery, Gehenna Alley, etc).
- Villain with Good Publicity: With few exceptions, no one realizes that the doctor they all trust is the mutant serial murderer.
