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[BiiruVolentieas]

~*~ B I R T H S T O N E S ~*~​

"You're a master at descriptive and intricate imagery"
- Ducky (FanFiction.net)​

Style
Atmospheric
Philosofical
Artistic​

Genre
Fantasy, Drama, Romance​

Audience
All Role-Players​

Certificate
PG-13​

Contains
Moderate fantasy violence, mild language, and romance (romance is to be at a PG-13 certificate)​

~ Author's Note ~​

Out of all of the RP's I've made, I have favoured and are most proud of "Birthstones" the most. I was a massive hit on my previous forum, getting comments of "beautiful" and "emotional". I was so happy about the reception it got given that I've decided to start it up again on another forum to continue its name.

I hope we'll all have a fantastic time being apart of it. Thank you.

~ History ~​

All the religions of the world mention the use of crystals or gemstones for protection, healing and contemplation, and as being a guide through the development of a person's individuality on a spiritual and material plane.

In every world's nation there has been and still exist experts who know the "secret" relationship between humans and stones whether through scientific methods, or through insight and identification with the matter. The effects and the use of crystals or gemstones are often mentioned in the astrology of the East and the West, and this science connects crystals and gemstones with the influence of planets and stars affecting the whole of living with the spectrum of their radiation. Determining the appropriate crystal or gemstone through the use of Astrology depends on the position of planets at the moment of birth, and if the influence of a certain planet is considered "disturbing", it is recommended that a person wears a certain crystal or gemstone to diminish or neutralize these negative influences.

Astrologers emphasize that since each crystal and gemstone is unique, the precise choice has to be made. They also advise that, if no person confident enough to advise us can be found, we should wear the crystal or gemstone for 3 days; if we don't notice any beneficial effects it should be put away and we should start seeking for the new one. It is only the correctly chosen crystal or gemstone that reflects all of its harmonious strength and wholeness by which it works, and the individual effects occur when the crystal or gemstone is being brought into contact with the skin of the person for whom it has been chosen. Possible effects range from strong to subtle ones, and every effect affects the psychological as well as physical plane; knowledge of which is familiar to the expert person and could be passed on to you, too.

~ The Birthstones ~​

Garnet or Rose Quartz
Birthstone for January
Guardian Angel: Gabriel
Colour: Red/Pink
Garnets are said to strengthen the body and mind. When cut properly, they are worn to enhance body and mental strength. Garnets ward off danger as well. During the Middle Ages, garnets were worn to ward off demons, night phantoms, bad dreams, and people with evil intent. It is said that wearing a garnet creates a power shield that protects against danger. In addition, garnets are used as healing stones to relieve skin irritations and inflammations. Garnets are also used to regulate heart and blood flow. Garnets were carried while traveling for protection during the Middle Ages. They were also given to friends for protection and a safe return when leaving the village.

Amethyst or Onyx
Birthstone for February
Guardian Angel: Barchiel
Colour: Purple
Amethyst is believed to hold power in areas such as dreams, love, peace, protection, courage, happiness, healing, overcoming alcoholism, and many others. When placed under a pillow or worn to bed, amethyst promotes quiet, peaceful sleep, pleasant dreams, and also claims to heal tired joints and muscles. Amethyst is considered a meditation stone that quiets the mind, calms fears, wards off self-deception and anger, and controls addictions to alcohol. Amethyst is also said to offer courage to travelers, and protect a traveler from harm, sickness, and danger.

Aquamarine or Bloodstone
Birthstone for March
Guardian Angel: Malchediel
Colour: Light blue
Aquamarine is a semiprecious variety of beryl. It is a pale blue-green color and has been associated with the sea and the element of water. In magic, this beautiful stone is worn or carried to enhance the use of psychic powers. As a magic charm, it is worn to ensure good health, to halt fear, to strengthen your courage, and for alertness of the mind. The aquamarine can also be used like an amethyst for soothing and calming emotional problems. It is a stone of peace, joy, and happiness. Aquamarine is also used as a protective gem while sailing or flying over water. Adding small diamonds around it enhances its power against danger. It is said that an aquamarine with a red center stripe is the most powerful of all the aquamarine gems. When exchanged by friends, aquamarine helps smooth the path of their interactions. It is a wonderful gift for a groom to give to his bride on their wedding day.

Diamond or Rock Crystal
Birthstone for April
Guardian Angel: Ashmodei
Colour: White
Diamonds are known as the Philosopher’s Stone. The Diamond is an ancient symbol of the ideal man whose divine spirit shines forth. In ancient times, diamonds were worn as unpolished stones. Diamonds were treasured for their beauty and powers. Kings who led battles would wear heavy leather breastplates studded with diamonds and other precious stones. It was believed that diamonds were fragments of stars and the tear drops of the gods, meaning that the diamonds possessed magical qualities of the gods and had powers far beyond the understanding of man. In 1477, the Archduke of Austria gave a large diamond to Mary of Burgundy. This is the earliest record of a man giving a diamond to a woman. A diamond is the stone of love. It is also worn to promote self- confidence and courage. In addition, it is a stone of protection and peace.

Emerald or Chrysoprase
Birthstone for May
Guardian Angel: Amriel
Colour: Greeen
Emeralds are also said to have magical powers in the areas of love, money, mental powers, protection, exorcism, and eyesight. Isis, the mother goddess, is said to have worn a large green emerald in her headband. All those who looked upon it were able to conceive. Emeralds, in business, can be used to promote sales and cash flow by visualizing the flow of green money into the cash drawer. While visualizing this, the person must wear a gold chain around his or her neck with an emerald attached and near the heart. The same process is used to attract love, visualizing the loved one being drawn closer to you. The wearing of an emerald bracelet on the left wrist is said to protect you when traveling from home or in forests. Rubbing an emerald on closed eyelids is said to relieve tired and weak eyes and restore the optic nerves. Emeralds were placed in silver or copper bangles to relieve arthritis of the hands, elbows and shoulders.

Alexandrite or Moonstone
Birthstone for June
Guardian Angel: Muriel
Colour: Silver
Alexandrite is a color changing stone because it belongs to the chrysoberyl family of gems. During daylight, alexandrite is emerald green, but under artificial lights or in the dark it turns purplish red. Chrysoberyl is known for its fine cat’s eyes of greens, yellow-greens, and grays. Alexandrite is a very well known stone, but is extremely rare and very expensive. There are not many pure alexandrite stones, but they are now available as an artificially grown stone. The magical powers of alexandrite are luck, love, and change. Since alexandrite is a recently found gem it has few known magical uses.

Ruby or Carnelion
Birthstone for July
Guardian Angel: Verchiel
Colour: Deep red
For thousands of years, Ruby was considered the stone of love, energy, passion, power, and a zest for life. Like no other gemstone in the world, Ruby is the perfect symbol for powerful feelings. The other important element of Ruby besides fire is blood, and Ruby is said to restore vital life forces and increase energy and vigor. Ruby is also known as the stone of courage, and legend tells us that a person possessing a ruby can walk through life without fear of evil or misfortune. Emotionally, it is believed that rubies improve motivation and the setting of goals. They promote positive dreams and clear visualization and aid in retaining wealth and passion. They bring up negative anger in order for change and removal. They also promote dynamic leadership. They bring a positive and courageous state of mind- one that is sharp, hyper aware and concentrated. They make you stronger during times of controversy or dispute and shield against physical attack. A ruby is also said to be a settler of disputes, having the power of reconciliation. A ruby is dynamic, and brings about passion and enthusiasm, attracting sexual activity. The uplifting and vital nature of Ruby is an encouragement to live fully, and embrace the joy of life that is missing in many people's lives. Ruby allows the fire of passion and love to advance. It helps to bring down the walls we build around us to keep others out.

Peridot or Sardonyx
Birthstone for August
Guardian Angel: Hamatiel
Colour: Forest green
The magical powers of the peridot are associated with wealth, protection, health, and sleep. Peridot wards off fevers and helps heal livers, affected by too much alcohol. Peridot was useful for calming anger and nervousness. The most effective form of peridot is when it is mounted in gold, surrounded with small diamonds. The ancients said it guarded against illusions, enchantments, spells, and night terrors. Ancient Romans used peridot to promote quiet sleep and get rid of nightmares. Peridot has many powerful magical uses when used with the vegetable herbs.

Saphire or Lapis
Birthstone for September
Guardian Angel: Tsuriel
Colour: Dark blue
Clear sapphires, like diamonds, are the guardians of love. When give to one another it enhances love for each other. In ancient times, it was used to end jealousy and envy. Sapphires also promote chastity in virgins and insure loyalty in marriage. The magical powers of sapphires are in the areas of meditation, love, peace, defensive magic, power, money, and healing. Albertos Magnus of the 13th century, stated that when sapphires are worn, it cools the inner heat of anger. It is worn as a protection stone by soldiers to prevent capture by the enemies.

Opal or Tourmaline
Birthstone for October
Guardian Angel: Bariel
The magical powers of opal include beauty, money, luck, and power. A quality opal has every color of every other birthstone. It can be used or combined with any birthstone for any spells, rituals, or any other magical needs. Opals have been used to develop more of an individual mental capacity and open unused powers of the mind. They are used to create a more creative imagination. Fire opals are used in money rituals to draw funds to the needy. They are normally worn on a gold chain, surrounded with ten or twelve small diamonds. Black opals have been used as power protecting stones for over fifteen centuries and bring good luck as well. White opals, when used on during a full moon, are said to bring the moon goddesses powers. In ancient times, opals were worn near the heart on gold chains to get rid of danger and evils during travel. Opals have also been ground up and used in magic potions to heal the body, get rid of bad dreams, and used as energy enrichment tools. The most magically powerful opals come from Lightning.

Topaz or Citrine
Birthstone for November
Guardian Angel: Adnachiel
Colour: Gold with a pink tint (precious topaz)
The magical powers of topaz include healing, money, and love. Yellow topaz is a gem that is used for protection, mostly against jealousy, intrigue, disease, and negativity. When mounted in gold, it is said to enhance these qualities. The most protective forms of topaz are rings, wrist bracelets, and necklaces, with the stone next to the heart. The stone is said to relieve depression, anger, fear, greed, and other negative emotions. It claims to be used against nightmares, restlessness, and sleepwalking, as well as regulating the stomach and other digestive and internal organs. Topaz, when used with gold, is used to improve the owner’s gold and money flow and has been used in the past for wealth rituals. When wearing topaz, it is said to bring about friendship, deeper relationships, and improve ones ability to give and revive love.

Tanzanite, Zircon or Turquoise
Birthstone for December
Guardian Angel: Humiel
Colour: Sky blue
The magical powers of blue zircon are found in the areas of power, protection, love, beauty, peace, sexual energy, and healing. When wearing a zircon, it provides clear thinking and protection. Yellow zircons are said to increase sexual energy and attract lovers. It drives away depression, sadness, and self-pity. Zircons are used in business to promote cash flow and sales ability. They are carried while traveling to protect and guard the person. Orange zircons guard against jealousy. When set in gold, these magical powers are doubled. Red zircon has all the qualities of a ruby and is said to be a wealth enhancing stone. It is also used to attract lovers, for protection, and to ward off thieves. Many of the heated stones will eventually lose their color when exposed to sunlight over the years. The sun has a great power over this stone. It should be worn as a night stone and possesses the feminine energies of the moon goddesses.

~ Plot ~​

A distant land… a foreign country… 12 chosen bearers…

In a land, where four green islands rest under the sun each day of the 504 days of the year (42 days a month), a life of happiness and enjoyment surrounds each individual who resides there. However, upon the second largest island of them all, second to only the city island on which the royal palace resides, contains villages housing 12 students, each holding a different month to their name. All going to the same school yet many not knowing each other personally. It is these 12 individuals that feel the loneliness of life; living alone, going to school, coming back home again. The island with its large green, beautiful forests; pleasant, dusty pathways; large, simple, wooden port; cliff sides and springs within the forests. Not even this holds enjoyment for these people, although a certain thing may spark their attention. Still, what can life hold for them on this island and, when their older, within these four islands?

It is now, on the day when the last of these 12 students turns 16 years old, when a magnificent phenomenon occurs. Within a place of which no one has seen and of which no one knows lies a large, beautiful waterfall at the end of a large spring, residing deep at the end of the trees of a dark, mysterious forest in a land of which cannot be reached. Behind this waterfall lies 12 of the most unbelievable items known to the world, and they sense the spark of the 16th year of the twelfth bearer. They will now begin to call, sending out their stunning natural miracles, signs of their calling. For they want their bearers back, and their bearers shall come to call forth their guardian angels to make the lonely students’ wishes come true, in that place behind the waterfall – so call the birthstones…

~ Evil characters? ~​

Strangely enough, no. There are to be no evil characters within this RP. However, there will be magical and mystical obstacles and events that occur throughout the adventure which can cause havoc, terror, difficulty, flee and, of course, action. We can discuss these obstacles later on.

~ Rules (please read) ~​

-No Spamming
-No Godmoding
-If you want to talk with someone, do NOT post in the thread, PM him/her!
-No killing other people's characters
-No controlling other people's characters
-Romance is allowed at PG-13
-All characters are from the same school
-Once a birthstone has been taken it cannot be taken by someone else as well.
-Characters are allowed to die as long as you’ve confirmed with me by PM and anyone who is related to your death.
-There are to be no evil characters in this RP. Please read the paragraph above.
-Magic cannot make you invincible, kill someone to take control of someone etc.
-This RP is to be literate, well presented with good language. No "n00bs" or loss of capital letters.
-This is a serious RP so posts must be 400 words the very minimum (not including OOC etc.) with excellent grammar and writing skills.
-If your bio is not deemed good enough for the RP you will asked to redo it. If it is once again not good enough you will be removed from the RP.
-The story will end once after the journey is completed. We will then each post an epilogue for our character. I will then post a final epilogue.
-HAVE FUN!

~ Available Birthstones ~​

January - *Available*
February - *Available*
March - *Available*
April - *Available*
May - *Available*
June - *Available*
July - *Available*
August - *Available*
September - *Available*
October - *Available*
November - *taken by Biiru*
December - *Available*​

~ Character Bios ~​

At the beginning of the RP your characters will posses no magical abilities or similar attributes whatsoever but, as they progress through the adventure, they will be able to acquire magical spells relating to their birthstone which is supplied by the birthstone itself. Still, right from the beginning you may have a unique trait to your characters depending on what they do in their lives. For example, if your character does karate or gymnastics for a hobby they can be able to jump high or run of walls etc. Please, when assigning your abilities or magical traits be sure that they relate strongly to your birthstone’s properties and colour. Also, be sure to make a good wish destined to come true! No evil characters (see above paragraph).

PLEASE PM ME YOUR BIO FIRST! Those who just post a bio in the thread will be dismissed!

For a template, please read my bio which will be posted here shortly.

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Character Name: Place your character name here. Two names please. Names must be original and BELIEVABLE! No Zexorians etc.

Age: Each should be 16!!!!!!

Chosen Birthstone: Your chosen birthstone please, BOTH names (in case of December, 3)

Preferred name of Birthstone: Out of the multiple names given to your birthstone please state the one you prefer to use.

Wish: You need a wish to come true, that’s the aim of this journey. Please state it and a description here.

Romance: Do you wish for your character to undergo romance in this RP? Please state.

Hobby/Unique trait: Do you perform karate or are you able to do gymnastics that can assist you on the long journey. List your unique traits or hobbies here.

Weakness(es): Is your character overconfident which could lead to a downfall? Is your character too trusting or naive? State he/she’s weakness or weaknesses here.

Magic: Your character won’t be able to cast the magic personally but at the right moment in time the birthstone will summon its powers and cast a particular spell for you. List the spells you wish your birthstone to use here with a description. Up to 4. Make sure your magic corresponds with your birthstone's attributes.

Appearance: Please state a thorough appearance of yourself. NO pictures!!!

Personality: A VERY detailed personality. Please relate your personality to your birthstone. If you want you may want to say your character is completely different to your birthstone but deep down he/she is. A biography is not needed.

Right then! Off we go!​