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So, title. My character has been through a lot over the past 3 years (2018-2021), since that's when I started to RP in the first place. And throughout, he's been stagnating between hero or villain to put it into simpler terms, but as of recently for the past two to one years, he's been in hero. However, due to story and creative reasons, I've decided I want him to be an antagonist, or some type of criminal, through the Yakuza Syndicate since he is an eastern character and the Yakuza has been something related to his character due to family ties. Do note though, this is really my first time actually, truly, BEING an antagonist. And I've got to say, it's kind of hard. Hard may be an over-exaggeration, so perhaps challenging? I'm not sure how to really go about stuff in-game without making my character look like he doesn't know what he's talking about, because I, the player, also don't know what I'm talking about. Sure, I could chalk it up as my character learning how to be an effective criminal ICly, but I'm also trying to learn how to write an effective criminal without looking like I don't know anything at all. Essentially, I'm asking every antagonist, villain, or criminal RP experts out there how can one, like myself, write and be an effective antagonist or criminal during roleplay? Thanks.

In the boughs of the Twelveswood, under the watchful eye of Gridania, sits an estate built upon the ancient stump of a great tree. This place speaks of power. Power, and the responsibility had by those who wield it. --------- Who are we? EC-RP is a roleplaying Free Company on Balmung, Crystal DC, focused on storytelling within the boundaries of FFXIV's lore and setting. Established in 2015, we have been providing a place for those with darker inclinations since A Realm Reborn. Our Free Company is dedicated to leveraging everything we've learned in order to provide storytelling in a lore-friendly environment. Instead of focusing on constant, escalating threats or attempting to keep abreast of the MSQ, we prefer to focus on grounded roleplay that fits into the setting. What sets us apart? Without putting too fine a point on it? EC-RP is different from most other antagonist Free Companies in that it aims to foster an environment that is not simply criminal or cackling evil. The term "morally grey" gets thrown around a lot, but we prefer to look at it as moral realism. A villain does not have to be always evil all the time. Instead, that bent towards the dark can be revealed in other ways. A quiet, more subversive evil that most don't realize until it's too late. We want to tell stories that matter and we want to tell them with the greater community. Our approach to roleplay is to provide unique opportunities for organic storytelling. Every action has a reaction, every choice has a consequence. If you've ever been reading a good book and had the ending spoiled? We hate that too. At EC-RP, we avoid telling stories with predetermined outcomes. Characters and their personalities/growth should guide the RP, not the hand of a player. No metagaming, no OOC frustration over being told to have your character act in a way that would go against it. All of these things get in the way of organic roleplay. In addition, in EC-RP, your voice matters. We eschew the usual IC/OOC hierarchy to instead provide a home where you can and will be able to adjust the direction of the Free Company and it's stories. For anyone interested in joining or obtaining additional information, please feel free to take a look at our website: eldritchcollective.com We look forward to hearing from you!

Path of the Rootless 'Path of the Rootless' is a Heavy RP Free Company on Omega (EU) server, with crime, mercenary work and adventuring as the main focus. We often dwelve into dark, mature themes, with a penchant for the realistically gritty and anything that can pack an emotional punch. Cutthroats, stray souls, broken wanderers, fugitives and all manners of individuals mildy fitting (or not at all) society can be a part of Path of the Rootless, for it reunites outcasts and those who have nowhere to be. Please remember that: --> We by no means advertise or promote dark themes on an OOC point of view, we are all perfectly healthy-minded people and everything we write and roleplay is strictly fictional. Thus, we seek to gather adult and mature roleplayers who are comfortable with certain jarring topics. Everything we write is entirely fictional. <-- Our RP focuses mostly in staying out of the main cities, even though they can represent a temporary stop where to rest, replenish our supplies and look for employment. This choice is due to our belief that Final Fantasy has a lot to offer in terms of enviroment, and often its potential is neglected or overlooked. Given how huge the world is and how wonderfully structured the landscapes are, we seek to make the best of it by threading beautiful stories across verdant lands, stormy seas and snowy mountains. Important: We have recently purchased a FC house, however, that is going to work as our main Headquarters. It's a good way to accomodate our members without "losing each other on the way" while travelling. After several months of experimental journeys, we have concluded that having a point of reference where to always go back to is a good policy to mantain a solid connection between social interactions. It is important to also point out that we are not a FC of isolationists. On the contrary, we from time to time advertise our current location to other Roleplayers (wherever we are, and wherever they are) to see if there is a chance to meet and RP. Being a low-profile group of law-breakers doesn't equal wanting to stay away from people. We do seek interaction with anyone willing to spend some time with us, be it for short-term or long-term plots. We appreciate everything. However, this happens seldomly. We are a heavily storyline-driven FC, rather than a casual-social FC. This means that while we have extremely strong social bonds between each other, we feel the paramount need to have a concrete storyline in our lives, something that drives our days, establishes our goals and leads us to places continuously. How do we RP? We RP both in-game and on Discord. Since we rarely linger in RP hubs, we organize ourselves to meet online at every chance we have, but we also RP a lot in our Discord channel. Sometimes being all online at once is difficult, so in order not to 'miss' on each other, we have text-RP channels on Discord where we can interact and have fun even without the obligation of being necessarily online. It allows everybody to keep up with the others and be always present and on the same page. We know that sometimes Real Life stands in the way of online activities, so our Discord RP channel make sure to never leave our members behind or cut outside the course of events. We also give an extremely high importance to the values of fairness and realism. As odd as it may be to speak of 'realism' in a game that is called Final Fantasy, such notion can be clarified by saying that we predilect what is sensical, likely, reasonable and based on common sense. Thus, nothing going close to powergaming, poweremoting and metagaming is practiced or tolerated. Also, we were thinking of working on a rolling system, but in the end we decided to handle IC combat and fights with a mix of common sense and the occasional /random in-game rolling. We like to keep it simple and to give space to free narrative and storytelling, without too many numbers in the way. What can you expect from us? A group of individuals that has been roleplaying for several years and that believes in a drama-free enviroment. We are all adults, we have gone through our happy and rough times, and now we just want to have fun. We are open-minded, we laugh, we joke, we do our best to accomodate each other and collaborate. It can be easily said that we are an extremely chill bunch with a very relaxed and friendly attitude. We do strive to RP everyday, either in-game or on Discord, and sometimes there are tiny hints of PvE amidst our activities. However, let it be clear that we are mostly and above all a Roleplay FC. That is the paramount purpose as of why this guild was created in the first place. Nevertheless, rest assured that you will find welcoming people in this FC who will do their damnest to make you feel integrated and part of the whole story. We give understading, kindness and reasonability but we also expect the same in return. A successful relationship is always a matter of team-work, after all! If you are considering joining us, however, we ask you to take your joining with a moderate amount of seriousness: since we give plenty of attention to newcomers, we are going to channel a lot of efforts in creating something that will make your introduction important and smooth. So, you are not left on your own to elbow your way into RP, but you actively discuss with the FC Leader about a possible fitting story that will tie you to the rest of us. Since there is much dedication on our side, and much effort done towards you, we ask you to be thoughtful of it and join us only if you're really sure of your commitment, to make our efforts and time towards you worth it. How to contact us? You can contact Dwassyith Swanra or Xihsa'li Tayuun in-game. Alternatively, you can also as well add Dwassyith Swanra on Discord privately: WhatAFreak#1278 Since we can be busy with work sometimes during the daily hours, you can simply leave a Private Message here to the writer of this thread and we will get back to you as soon as possible! In order to join, we believe a talk is in order to understand our needs, expectations and views of things. You may as well consider it some sort of OOC interview, but it has limited importance. The real test comes ICly, where we all get to see if there is the needed chemistry and the right reasons to stick together. OOC communication is important, but IC flows dictates.