Long before Junko Enoshima caused the world to fall into despair, stood a proud Kingdom of Novoselic, ruled by the benevolent dynasty of Neverminds. Their country, though small and seemingly insignificant, had a blossoming economy, mainly due to wealthy travelers from the Far East who began to live in the kingdom's borders, building houses and spreading their culture. For a while, there were more Japanese and Chinese people living here than the Novoselics themselves! But it wasn't always so calm and peaceful.
A great tragedy struck Europe - The Black Death, a hellish plague killing thousands on its way. It didn't avoid the Novoselic Kingdom and a lot of people died there too. Short before the plague struck the kingdom, sixteen individuals received letters from the king who offered shelter from the disease in the castle. He later called those people Elites - young students who possessed great talent, who would become the country's hope after the plague passes the kingdom. Later, the king announced that he's gonna close the castle's gates, secluding the court from outside, letting only the royal family and the finest citizens (including the Elites) stay in the keep's safe walls.
The court lived in seclusion until one fateful day. An unknown evil mastermind opened the castle's gates, which caused a mass of infected commonfolk to storm inside, passing the sickness onto others. People started dying one by one.
But the mastermind didn't die with them. After letting the infected in, they closed the castle's gates again and hid in a secluded fragment of the keep...along with the sixteen Elites. Yes, the mastermind saved them and then began to wait for everyone else in the building to die out...
One day, the Elite students woke up with no memory of the past few years. They found themselves in a fancy castle, which was surprisingly pretty empty. There was no one else there but them. They quickly found out that the castle was locked tight and had no idea how to open the gate. They didn't know that soon they would participate in a game of life and death, where every decision could be their last. And the mastermind waited patiently, smiling and observing, shadows surrounding them...
Puhuhuhu~!
Author's Note:
Hello there, people! I am Agrael and this is my first fic on this site, but not my first fanfic ever and not the first SYOC either. I know how it works, buuut this is my first Danganronpa SYOC. I hope the prologue interested you enough. Yes, this fanfic is gonna take place in the Novoselic Kingdom during the 14th century, when Black Death rampaged Europe. I hope the setting made everything unique enough!
This SYOC was inspired by many others on this website, I won't say which ones exactly but you might guess which ones during the class trials ;)
The rules:
1. No Mary Sue's, Gary Stu's or (oh the irony) Sonia Nevermind's. All in all, no perfect characters or unredeemable jerks. I want your characters to be as gray as possible - having both bad and good traits!
2. Please send your application forms through PM rather than the reviews. It's because I want one of your characters to be a traitor and if you sent your submissions through reviews, the readers will expect who to suspect as traitor since I'm gonna directly ask whether you want your character to be a traitor or not. Oh, you can send two characters at max and it's possible for them to be siblings.
3. Since this story takes place in the XIV century (no joke!), please have your characters' ultimate talents medieval-themed. This means I won't accept Ultimate Pilots, Bloggers etc. and would prefer talents such as Ultimate Knights, Diplomats etc. I'm counting on your imagination on this one. The same goes with characters' appearance. No headphones or other gadgets. Be as medieval as possible.
4. Ultimate Queens and Kings are not allowed, but princes and princesses are.
5. I accept Novoselic (Novoselic = Russian, since the name Sonia gives me a Russian vibe), Japanese or Chinese ethnicities.
6. I will need 7 boys and 8 girls. One boy will be my own OC but you'll never know which one it is!
7. The copy-paste version of the application form is in my bio!
8. Please put the characters' first name first. I played the games when localized by NIS America on English audio, so I'm not used to having last names first.
9. My character won't be the protagonist, so I'll give you a chance to have your character as one, but have in mind that protagonists are way more likely to be survivors than killers or victims.
10. Last but not least, I will accept characters based on how interesting they are and not on how quick you were. I think it'll be the most fair.
Application form:
Name:
Age (16-19):
Elite Talent (This SYOC's version of Ultimate):
Why's that their Elite Talent? (Basically an explanation of their abilities):
Sexuality (This is an alternative past, so homosexuals, bisexuals and transes are allowed):
Height:
Weight:
Ethnicity (Novoselic/Japanese/Chinese):
Appearance (Be as descriptive as possible, remember it must be medieval-themed):
Personality (The most important section, also be as descriptive as possible):
Character's history (The second most important section, be as descriptive as possible):
Would you like your character to be killed, killer or survivor? (Might not be 100% accurate):
Would you like your character to be The Traitor? (The traitor is someone working with the mastermind against the rest of the group):
Would you like your character to be Main Character? (My OC won't be the protagonist, so I'll pick one of yours, but have in mind that the MC will more likely be a survivor, not killer or victim):
What would motivate them to kill?:
Execution (Optional, you don't need to write it yourself, but you can give me hints as to what elements I could use, or leave it blank and resort to my own twisted imagination):
Romance (Would your character be interested in an eventual romance?):
People your character would like:
People your character would dislike:
Role in investigations:
Role during trials:
Secrets (If any):
Sample dialogue (Optional):
Other:
(Tip: If you're running out of space in the PM, you can go ahead and delete the tips in brackets, I won't mind :P)
That is all! I'll be waiting for your OCs. The next chapter will be a list of accepted students. Stay tuned and thanks for all your submissions in advance!
SYOC IS NOW CLOSED
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUBMISSIONS
