alright, to explain what is going on in the rp more appropriately to both new and old members alike.
The purpose of this arc is to unite both communities, it will take as long as it needs to take. It is a bridge between introducing old story content from the parent site that this RP is a part of, and a new cast of characters.
All members will be required to enter the Shinigami academy, both old and new alike. The story at the time of our move basically covered a man named Vali, and his goal of controlling all three realms (soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the living world.) in order to better serve the balance, as previous events in our rp had done much to weaken the barriers between the physical and spiritual realms and allowed the realities to 'blend' together causing until chaos and destruction for Soul Society and Earth. At this point, we cut away to our new site. for the moment, no one will know of Vali, his plans, his goal, his past actions or even if their is any sort of universal balance problem until it is reintroduced.
Many of our older members have been RPing in SS for years, their characters will be carried over with their full skill set and powers in due time, but for the moment, they are the equal of any new members that join the academy. Older members will likely have long and detailed histories, personalities, skills and shikai/bankai. Dont let that intimidate you, I personally have been a part of this RP for closer to a decade than not, so thats a TON of information to write about. New members simply need to have their personalities, physical descriptions, personal histories in line with how they see their characters and how detailed, or lack thereof, is your decision.
Old members, think of this as a fresh start. your personal histories can be as detailed as you think they should be, but as you enter the academy, come in with the bare essentials you had when you first joined the RP. you will have no memory of what happened back on TAL, but you will regain them as we progress.
I dont want to come out and say how this arc will go, i have a plan for it that hopefully draw in new members without having them worry about RP history from TAL, and giving the older members something fresh to work with. If you have any questuons, shoot a pm my way.
in regards to recruiting, the more people we an add in for this arc the better, so if you have someone who may be interested in a fresh start bleach rp, have them come take a look.