Excelență

In the early 1800s, a shipped called the Excelență set sail towards America in hopes of starting a new life. On this ship there were exactly eight families who had one thing in common—they were escaping. In each of their homelands a war between non-believers and believers had begun, As each family tried to find a ship to hide onto, they were always found and sent away to be slaughtered with the rest of their kind. With the bloodshed, these families barely escaped with their lives. However there was one ship that belonged to Edison Taylor, a captain of a small cargo ship who was making his way back to America. Extremely grateful to Taylor, they gave the man an extraordinary gift---becoming ageless. This however would not make him immortal—it was a gift that was to be passed on through generations. With each passing generation, the gift granted to Edison would slowly fade and drift off into the next generation, and that generation would pass it on to the next and so on—the oldest generation dying but without a sign of aging—they would die beautiful.

Accepting the gift, Edison made sure each family arrived in America safely—and there the family built their roots rising quickly and acquiring massive wealth, unimaginable power, and influence, they’re ageless beauty becoming a well talked about but well-kept secret. Some have even returned to their home countries to share their wealth and power with their people over the centuries. By the early 1900s a new discovery was made—if the nine families mate with one another, their ageless beauty will turn into immorality.

An elite school academy called Excelență only opens their doors to the most powerful families from all around the globe-- Romania, America, Italy, Britain, Persia, Greece, Spain, Egypt, and France. They accept new students every four years, so either you are a freshman or a returning student.

On the outside, it seems like just a school for the prestigious so that they won't have to meddle with the affairs of "normal" people and that’s exactly what the students who are sent there believe, that’s all they have been told by their parents.

Excelență Prestige was built so that the families could keep a close eye out on their secret and make sure that their children are surrounded by no one but the “best”.

After all Excelență does have a motto: Perfection ispossible.

In total there are nine families:

Baguci—Romanian

Taylor—American

Lowe—British

Balti—Italian

Yousefi—Persian

Desypri—Greek

Silva—Spaniard

Karim—Egyptian

Valade—French

Each student belongs to a certain family line—your character MUST be part of the family line by blood. Whether you are a daughter, cousin, distant relative—you must have the same bloodline as the powerful families in order to be accepted into Excelență Prestige.

1. What is the genre of this roleplay?
This roleplay has a little bit of everything--drama, romance, mystery, adventure, it's really what you make of it.

2. What is the basic plot/goal of the roleplay?
For your character to unveil the truth about their family history, to know the truth about themselves--this is about self-discovery and learning who you are (your character) as a person. Will you be disgusted when you learn the truth, will you find love inside the walls of Excelență, or perhaps you already know the truth and just want to sink your nails into a "victim" to achieve that perfection that all beings secretly crave.

3. Where is this roleplay taking place?
This roleplay is set in the year 2013, in New York City--the city that never sleeps. Many locations will be opened for your character to explore and interact with other characters or NPCs.

4.What is the literary level for this?
Semi to advanced, though more than likely it will be closer to advanced...it just depends.

5. How many characters can I make?
You can make no more than two characters. Each family will have a male and a female position open. You may NOT take both positions of the same family unless you tell me you are making twins, that is the only exception.

6. Will the students be living on campus?
Yes. Though they are not given dorms, but actual townhouses, you will be able to choose from a selection of townhouses given. Each townhouse will have at least two bedrooms and bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, and study.

7. Is one family more Elite than another?
Yes. Families will be in ranking--the ranking goes as follows:

1. Baguci—Romanian
2.Desypri—Greek
3.Balti—Italian
4.Silva—Spaniard
5.Karim—Egyptian
6.Yousefi—Persian
7.Lowe—British
8.Valade—French
9.Taylor—American
These ranks were depicted due to the original ruling of each family, the Romanian being the first of this type of being to exist, and the American's being the last one to be granted the gift.

8. Are they vampires?
No. Vampires are cliche and live off blood. These are Demigods, beings that are half-human and half-god, however unlike their ancestors they are no longer able to become immortal alone or achieve perfection because of their human qualities, this is why these families mate with one another--to achieve that perfection.

9. How did the Demigods come about?
Back in the time of Ancient Greece, the pantheon of gods and goddesses (who can be actual deities or just really powerful supernaturals who were thought of as such) held power, and, being the fickle and capricious beings they were, romped around the land granting blessings and curses, fathering/mothering children, and generally causing havoc. This continued even unto Rome, but when the Roman Empire fell, their power also died out, and most of their "blessed" were killed in the chaos. The remainders (the ancestors of our current families), scattered, but eventually joined back together in Europe during the Renaissance/Enlightenment Era. Unfortunately, that didn't end too well and they eventually had to flee there as well, this is where they came in contact with Edison, and thus granted him the "blessing" that was bestowed upon them centuries ago.

Explanation provided by @ChaoticOne.

10. Do they have any powers?
Not individual unique ones--each family has particular superhuman abilities from the following categories.

Superpower Interaction

Personal Physical Powers

Mentality-based Powers

Physics or Reality Manipulation

Transportation or Travel

Other

You can read about the abilities for each category by clicking here.

11. How many abilities can a character have?
I have not yet decided.

12. Will we be using real pictures or anime?
We will be using real pictures for this roleplay--no exceptions.

If you have any other questions, feel free to ask and an answer will be provided here.