Welcome to The Duality of Man, an original animanga role-play that features numerous supernatural creatures. Unfortunately, these various species have distanced themselves because of the war that occurred thousands of years ago, plaguing some with eyes that only see their dualism. While others meddle themself with their differences, two groups fight, each attempting to eliminate the other in for their definition of worldly peace. These two groups of the Terror Response Syndicate (TRS) and the Assembly of Phantoms (AP). With individuals fighting merely over their differences, it brings uncertainty to the outcome of this war.
We happily accept all role-players as long as they obey the rules and are capable of meeting our word count of 50. This does include those who are unfamiliar with this style of role-playing. The staff of The Duality of Man are willing to happily help those who are new to the role-playing world so they feel comfortable on site. Feel free to message the staff if you need help, they can be found here or in the site Discord and will gladly answer questions alongside calm concerns. If you have any suggestions we would love to hear them; guests may use the support board as a suggestion area as well. Should you decide to join, may I say welcome to the site and we all hope you enjoy your time here.
Yours Truely,
The Staff
season
Summer 2022
Heat has broken through into a glorious summer. The snow has entirely dried through the spring, leaving to the brilliance of the warmer months. Terror activity has risen as people are brought out of their homes, leaving the TRS in a position of consistent work. Each are attempting to maintain victory in the endless struggle for power.
With April, an activity check has arrived for members to do! Please post on the AC and tag all your accounts, including WIPs and OOC accounts. Failure to post on this AC will result in your accounts being marked inactive or deleted. Please note, due to a late start, the due date for this check has been adjusted for one time and one time only.
[attr="class","smoll"]Standing at an intimidating height of 6'1", that is the only thing about Dylan that could potentially be threatening. Having a slim and muscle-lacking build shows that Dylan is a lot more weak than he may initially appear on first glance. Having fair skin that bruises far too easily is another one of the give aways. He has long and slender arms and legs, his fingers being long while his hand itself is large. His nails show obvious sighs of being bitten as well as some of his fingertips being covered in bandages. His arms themselves are covered in numerous scars that often are purposely hidden away by the power of long-sleeved clothing.[BREAK][break] The first thing one might notice when looking at Dylan is the striking haircut he has. Dark blue dyed hair with a bang that covers one of his eyes. From that one eyes might go to either the freckles that are scattered around the bridge of his nose or to the noticeable eyebag under his almost always unsettled looking blue eyes. His left eye if ever seen notably lacks any color which gives away the fact that he's fully blind in the eye. He has a large scar that goes over his lid to underneath as well.[BREAK][break] Dylan's choice of clothing is one he isn't usually one to be picky about minus the fact he tends to lean towards longer and oversized clothing that perfectly covers up most of his skin. He's extremely finicky regarding shirts since he has a lot of permanent scars scattered all over his torso that he is quite self-conscious about. He finishes it off with some fitting jeans and a pair of black sneakers.
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[attr="class","smoll"]POSITIVE[BREAK] - Loyal[break] - Accessible[break] - Benevolent[break] - Creative [break] - Calm[break] [break] NEGATIVE[BREAK] - Gloomy [break] - Insecure[break] - Delicate [break] - Desperate[break] - Cowardly[break] [BREAK] MISC[BREAK] - Dylan when under a lot of stress/overwhelmed and/or completely upset would shift into cat form and stay as a cat until whenever he's back to feeling normal.[break] - Dylan is a bassist for Imperial Lunacy. Music is a big outlet for Dylan in terms of expressing himself.[break] - Dylan is fully blind in his left eye. He usually covers it up with his hair to avoid the gazes of other people and avoid receiving questions about it.[BREAK] - His soulmate is Jonah Thompson.[BREAK] [break]
[attr="class","smoll"]TW: Domestic abuse, emotional abuse, alcoholism[break][break] - A sense of normal was never something that felt present in the Meyer household. Dylan being the first to be born between the constant-feuding parents of his. He had no sweet recollections of his parents being happy together to think back on. All he has are the endless hours of bickering and the vivid memory of things being thrown around or shattering. All he remembers is laying in bed and hiding under his blankets as if they could provide a level of protection but they couldn't. [break] - Hiding away wasn't going to fix his mothers horrible alcoholic addiction and his fathers lack of ability to stop her from doing so. Hiding away didn't stop the abuse his mother would inflict on him when his father was at work or when he was looking the other way. It was a painful childhood of having to watch his ever move and yet still somehow being on the receiving end of physical abuse that would go on to remain scarred on his body. Each new gained was like a living reminder of the incident that caused it to appear. Dylan was never going to forget and only be reminded whenever he'd look in the mirror.[break]
- The news reached him that he was going to be a brother were both the most satisfying but arguably terrifying news he could've heard. His parents claimed it was what would save them but being at the worse of it all... Dylan knew that there was no possible way it was going to be good but of course. He couldn't say that and shoved down all his doubts away with a smile and brief words of congratulations.[break]
- The moment his brother was brought home something instinctive in him had taken over and it was the promise of protecting him from whatever happened from this point onwards. Dylan was already damaged goods in his own mind but if he could do something to prevent the inevitable cycle of abuse he would. [break]
- The first few years of his brothers life showed promise within his parents but they'd hit the wall and hit it hard. The fighting and constant bickering returned, the abuse of not being cared for as well as being on the receiving end of abuse intensified. His mother fell back into her drinking habits. Harder than she had before while his father full on succumbed to the depression that had been eating away at him over the years.[break]
- It happened in the worse of ways. His brother accidentally tripping over and knocking a wine glass into small pieces. Dylan barely managed to step in front of his brother and took the blunt of a wine bottle to the side of his face. All he can recall from that night was the stinging pain of his eye and him having to put his brother in his room as he let the injury go untreated to convince Zylan he was alright. Once his brother fell asleep was when his memory from that point on was unclear. All he recalls was being rushed to the hospital by his father since his mother refused to take him. Next thing he knew he was awoken and told his eye was unusable. [break]
- It was a terrifying event but it was what motivated him to further protect his brother for however long they would remain in the house. He'd always take the blunt of whatever his mother would dish out. Being a punching bag that took blows again and again. Though the safety of Zylan was what made the pain he received worth it. Dylan over time didn't notice the changes it made to himself. Gradually he started fighting back less, his voice practically becoming silent but he'd always step in at the perfect of times.[break]
- Dylan began to notice the small signs and efforts Zylan was putting into his life as they were both growing. His brother going off to get a job, Dylan assumed what was saving up for his inevitable freedom. It made Dylan feel accomplished and inspired to some level of degree himself. [break]
- It was through this curiosity that it lead him to stumble upon a niche music shop in the shopping district near where they lived. Through that was he able to start getting closer with it's owner and learning about various instruments. Even going as far to inevitably be taught the bass, and even given a job to buy himself a bass of his own. Music had become an escape from the abuse he suffered at home and finally did Dylan after years of dealing with torment find his outlet to vent everything.[break]
- Over the span of the following years, Dylan had become a talented player. Practically dedicating any free time he had to playing while somehow ending up joining a band. His brother had seemed to be doing good for himself as well and when news of him finally being able to move out reached his ears... he couldn't help but feel ecstatic that he could be free from the abuse of his mother.[break] - Dylan hadn't intended to leave, feeling that he had no where to go or no one who would want him. Being the product of a mother who beat and injured him to a point of what he claims disgusting, lacking any real courage to stop her beyond jumping right in front of her. He long accepted living the remainder of his life out in the home that made him who he was but, his brother showed him the a glimpse of the worth he had. Offering him to move in with him right as he plotted to make his escape.[break]
- Dylan hesitated but Zylan had been the one to make the decision for him. His bags were packed and they both had left the home they grew up in together. It was the first time he had been free from the abuse and it took a long time for him to grow out of certain habits he developed. [break]
- With Zylan's support... Dylan looks to the future slightly more hopeful than he has ever been but he often has roadblocks which put him down. The only thing that's for certain is Dylan wants to spend his time doing things he feels good about. And all he feels good about in this moment is playing his bass.
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[attr="class","smoll"]NAME. Zac[break] AGE. 21[BREAK] GENDER.Nonbinary[BREAK] TIMEZONE. PST[BREAK] OTHER CHARACTERS. Too many to list[BREAK] FACECLAIM. sarazanmai, toi kuji[BREAK]
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The skin is created by Wolf of Adoxography and Gangnam Style. The thread and conversation remodels are by Kagney. The Strange Reality board list, Heal My Soul info center, I Remember Now mini profile and Electric Requiem profile remodel is made by Pharoah Leap. The Who's That Member member list remodel was made by Tictactoe. The Cbox.ws Shoutbox remodel was made by Trinity Blair. All templates used for claims, information sheets, applications, etc are credited to their owners; credits for these can be found in the threads the templates are use on. Images that are used on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners, however, they have been edited by Zac with a few being edited by Chibi Magician. The plot, rules and various other information pieces for The Duality of Man are written by Chibi Magician with the assistence of her co-admins, Finnegan and Dremulf, alongside other unlisted people who were kind enough to give their input. The TRS, AP and face claim were all created by Fleur for specifically the use of TDOM. All plugins used on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners. The templates my members use are credited to their maker, if you find a template that belongs to you, but is uncredited, please speak to Chibi Magician or the member themself. Characters created on The Duality of Man are credited to their owners and should not be used elsewhere without the creator's permission.
Special thanks for the members of TDOM who make suggestions to help make this site better. Even though we can not accept all suggestions, we immensely appreciate it. Thus, we give credit to any additions that you thought of and were later implimented by the staff, because we are glad you give us these excellent ideas.