{.:castles made of sand:.} .:. d3 chess plot

In the beginning, there were two kings on the throne. Two powerful men, each with their own lives and their own families and their own secrets, brought together by a mutual friendship and the company in which they shared. For a long time, their business prospered in their partnership, both families becoming two of the wealthiest in the district as the years went on. Regis Dewitt and Charles Sullivan were kings of their own right, perfectly content in sharing their corporal throne and reveling in the wealth that they and their families enjoyed.

It wasn’t until Regis Dewitt was found lying in a pool of his own blood in his office did things take a sharp turn for the worst. All signs pointed to Charles Sullivan as the culprit, Dewitt’s family accusing him of succumbing to greed and taking down their beloved king in order to have the throne to himself, but Charles was adamant in pleading his innocence. It was only two weeks later that a member of the Dewitt family decided to take matters into their own hands and exact the vengeance that they and their family so craved. When Charles Sullivan’s wife awoke one morning to find her husband’s throat slit and blood soaking the bed beside her, she and the rest of her family cried out for revenge.

With the company on temporary shut-down in the wake of the murders, both families are running on only the money their former kings left them with. But now, the eldest sons of Regis Dewitt and Charles Sullivan are ready to take the throne in their late fathers’ places, but this time neither family is willing to share. With tensions high and bad blood running thick between the two families, both must come to an agreement quickly before time – and money - runs out. But how will either family ensure that their new king will be the one to reign?

Simple. Kill the other king.

This plot is based off the concept and individual pieces of the game of chess. Each family wants the company for themselves, but each have a right to the business. Instead of diplomacy, the families have decided to practically declare war, and each side is trying to kill the “king” of the other. Each family has one sure mission above all else. Protect their king. (Thank Tristen for the chess concept, everyone.)

[This plot is property of Lei, Tristen, and Dars.]

the dewitts

LUX DEWITT – KING, EIGHTEEN [open]
FC Suggestion - Christian Larsson
Lux is his family’s next-in-line for the company’s throne, and you could say that his new status as “king” of the family has started to go to his head. A bit spoiled and prone to snobbery, Lux can often seem like a typical rich boy who likes to rub his money in everyone’s faces, but he really means no harm. He’s actually quite a kind-hearted young man who doesn’t really understand the importance of the situation he’s in, a boy who’s been sheltered all his life and therefore doesn’t know the first thing about the dangerous world around him. He’s optimistic and logical, often prone to sudden flashes of genius, and believes himself to be totally in control when it’s really his sister who holds the reigns. In actuality, he’s just an innocent boy in way over his head.

LUCE DEWITT – QUEEN, EIGHTEEN [reserved for Dars]
FC Suggestion - Lara Stone
Luce is the guiding hand that controls the Dewitt Clan in its entirety, far better a leader than her twin brother ever could be. Intelligent, stern, and valiant, she is a noble girl and believes in a greater good for her family, and is prepared to do absolutely anything to keep the Sullivan family from claiming the throne. She regards anyone outside her family as irrelevant and expendable, and can be quite manipulative and conniving at times, believing that it’s okay to do a little evil for a greater good. She is, however, prone to letting her emotions get the best of her, sometimes acting brashly in the heat of the moment and throwing caution to the wind. It was she who killed the Sullivan family’s former king, led to do such an act by a misguided sense of justice, and is now paying the price for her recklessness by accidentally having put the person she cares for the most, her dear king, in harm’s way.

MADISON “MADDY” DEWITT – BISHOP, SEVENTEEN [reserved for Charade]
FC Suggestion - Gen Huismans
Maddy is quite possibly the most intelligent member of the Dewitt Clan, a reader of books and a lover of knowledge. The most logical and observant of the family, the King and Queen both often come to him for advice, and he is the go-to for any sort of information either may need. He is the most faithful and dependable of the Dewitts, opposed to gaining things through manipulation and a very honest young man, though he is gullible and can be easily manipulated at times. He is the only member of the family that does not approve of the war with the Sullivans, and believes that peace between the families can be achieved through diplomacy and kindness. For this, he is often ridiculed by his siblings - namely his sister, the Knight, whom he clashes with regularly.

EMILIE DEWITT – KNIGHT, SEVENTEEN [reserved for Penny]
FC Suggestion - Jemma Baines
Despite being small of stature and the only adopted member of the family, Emilie is quite a fireball. High-spirited and determined, she is a force in a fight and has a head harder than armor – she will not give up, even when surrendering would be the wiser choice. Ambitious and self-conscience of her status as the only adopted child of the family, she tries exceptionally hard to prove herself and has quite the temper, blowing up over any little jab at her or any little failure. She is envious of her sister, the Queen, and the power she has over the family, constantly trying to undermine her authority and outsmart her genius, though such attempts at getting the attention she craves are almost always in vain. However, it is her brother, the Bishop, that she clashes with the most. To her, he is too weak and too trusting and far too optimistic for his own good, finding him to be gullible and easily manipulated – traits that she worries will some day get him, and their entire family, in trouble.

HOWIE DEWITT – ROOK, SIXTEEN [played by Semper]
FC- Adrien Brunier
A behemoth of a young man, Howie stands dark and imposing before anyone who dares harm a hair on his family’s head. With a quiet, watchful demeanor and a scowl that could curl the toes of any Sullivan within twenty feet of him, it’s no surprise that the rival family quite is cautious of the boy. However, what the Sullivans don’t know is that Howie is actually far less of a threat than he appears to be. He’s a simple-minded boy, see, just misunderstood. He’d never attack anyone if they weren’t doing any harm, and he’s quite polite and even a bit of a gentleman. Or, a gentle giant. But just because he’s not near as much of the vicious barbarian people think him to be does not mean he can’t pack a powerful punch. Howie would pulverize anything that tried to hurt his family, as he’s fiercely protective of his siblings and would die a thousand times over for any of them. In the heat of battle, he’s as fearsome as he appears and will crush anything that comes within five feet of those he loves without hesitation. He’ll always apologize afterwards, though.

ALFIE DEWITT - PAWN, FOURTEEN [reserved for Danny]
FC Suggestion - Sam Harwood
Little Alfie is about as useful as a toy poodle in the vicious feud between the families, and is just about as smart as one, too. Completely submissive yet endlessly curious, he can be found trailing after any one of his siblings, who often use him to do their dirty work. He doesn’t speak much and asks few questions, and he enjoys any attention his siblings will give him. He is the epitome of pawn, used and regarded as nothing more than a simple-minded lapdog by the rest of his family. Iggy is the only one that understands that he’s not quite as useless as he seems, though. She’s the only one that sees little Alfie for his ability to fly under the radar and understands his talent for simply listening and watching, how he can absorb information and remember almost all of it. Needless to say, the two are close - the two misfits, misunderstood and misused.

KITTY DEWITT – PAWN, FOURTEEN [played by Clover]
FC- Mackenzie Foy
Cousin to the Dewitts and only child to the uncle who now takes care of them all, Iggy was disregarded from the start. Having grown up separate from the rest of the children, she lacks the deep, familial bond they all share. Despite this, Iggy is quite gun-ho about the whole war and is desperate to be included in fighting and planning, obsessively so. However, her clumsiness and lack of training often leave her sitting on the sidelines along with little Alfie, though she hardly ever feels sorry for herself. What she lacks in coordination and fighting skill she makes up for in a fiery disposition and drive to be the best that she can be for her family, even if her best isn’t much. She is only kept in the loop by Alfie, the closest thing she has to a sibling and a friend, and they can often be seen together.

ABEL DEWITT – FORTY-TWO
Regis Dewitt’s younger brother is now the one caring for his children, as Mrs. Dewitt succumbed to illness five years after Alfie was born and Abel was willing to care for the now orphaned Dewitts. At first, he was very much opposed to the war with the Sullivans, but has been unable to keep himself from being dragged into it against his will. He wants nothing to do with the family fortune and is actually quite uncomfortable in the mansion that was once his brother’s.

REGIS DEWITT – FORTY-SEVEN
Regis had always been a very courtly, stern man, traditional and ever-practical in his ways. The death of his wife eight years before had driven him deeper into his work, to the point that he was hardly ever home at all. Despite his misgivings, however, he was a loving father and an honest man, as far as his children know.

the sullivans

NOX SULLIVAN - KING, EIGHTEEN [played by Lei]
FC- Nicolas Bemberg
It would seem to anyone that Nox simply hates the world and everyone in it, and with seemingly no good reason. He has an explosive temper, a tendency to not think things through and go charging off into situations that could possibly spell his demise in the dangerous world he now lives in. What people don’t know, however, is that Nox doesn’t just simply blindly hate everything in his life – he’s pissed at the universe for giving him dyscalculia, a learning disability in which he can’t quite comprehend the concept of numbers and time. Clocks are always ticking in Nox’s head, and the frustrating thing is that he can’t understand any of it. Only his sister knows of his disorder, and she often uses his deep-set feelings of inadequacy to get what she wants from him.

CLEO SULLIVAN- QUEEN, EIGHTEEN [reserved for Tristen]
FC Suggestion - Odette Yustman
Cleo is an Ice Queen, a stone-cold demon lady from the deepest pits of hell to some, and she absolutely revels in it. She’s dark, cold and calculating, and knows exactly what to do or say to make anyone and everyone bend to her will and give her what she desires. She believes that she can’t possibly ever fall, ever slip up, inwardly arrogant but never openly so as gloating isn’t very lady-like. She doesn’t like getting her hands dirty, instead sending other people to do her dirty work. Condescension seems to layer her every word, and her lips seem to be set in a permanent smirk. She’s not completely heartless, though – she does love her brother, in her own twisted little way, seeing as she’s nearly incapable of such feelings. She sees him more as a possession, using his disability against him so that she can always have the upper hand, though she’d never have him hurt and would probably lose it if he were. As for the rest of her family, however, she is not so loving.

VIVIEN SULLIVAN - BISHOP, SEVENTEEN [reserved for Python]
FC Suggestion - Samantha Basalari
Twin sister to the knight, Vivien has always seemed a little off, but then again most of the Sullivan family isn't quite right. Despite her morbid sense of humor and fascination with the pain of others, she is quite the little lapdog when it comes to the queen of the family. She’s Cleo’s yes-woman and her own personal secretary, but what Cleo – or anyone, for that matter – doesn't know is that there’s more going on behind her big, bright doe eyes than there appears to be. In reality, Vivien has her own little war to win, but not one in which the Dewitt king suffers. Instead, it’s her own sister she wants to see fall, and she wants to be the one to send her tumbling off the throne that she believes she rightfully deserves.

CASSANDER SULLIVAN - KNIGHT, SEVENTEEN [played by Cass]
FC Suggestion - Guntars Asmanis
Cassander is probably one of the only bright spots in a family whose very name means “darkness”. Despite being seventeen years old, he’s the self-appointed big brother of the family, often the one that tries to lighten the Sullivan family’s rather dark mood with jokes and banter. As a result, however, he isn’t taken all that seriously and can even seem a bit obnoxious to some, but really he means no harm. All he cares about is his family’s safety, though he often goes about protecting them the wrong way. Reckless, brave, and endlessly stubborn, Cassander often ends up doing more harm than good. He’s a very selfless young man, more concerned with those around him rather than himself, and maybe that’s why he prefers to keep his secrets as just that - secrets. Who knows how his family would react if they found out he were gay? Even worse, what if they found out that it’s his older brother he’s got eyes for?

ALICE SULLIVAN - ROOK, SIXTEEN [reserved for Shrimp]
FC Suggestion - Tallulah Morton
Alice is a name befitting a girl of modesty and delicacy, not the bullheaded train-wreck of a young woman that is Alice Sullivan. Born with her foot in her mouth and tendency to speak exactly what’s on her mind, Alice’s brutal honesty is something of legend around the Sullivan house. Headstrong and completely uncaring towards whatever consequences she or anyone else may have to endure as a result of her actions, she’s a difficult person to like. However, her loyalty is unfailing and you can always trust her to never sugarcoat anything, and she doesn’t understand the concept of back-stabbing. She’s simple-minded and not all that bright, but her stubborn nature makes her difficult to manipulate and about as unmovable as a rock in her decisions. She’s fearless, truthful, and a master at intimidation.

ARSEN SULLIVAN - PAWN, FIFTEEN [reserved for South]
FC Suggestion - Jacob Morton
Arsen is a sleaze and a schmoozer, a master at groveling as well as being a two-faced little rat that’s too nosy for his own good. He enjoys locking himself up in his room and playing with his little chemistry set rather than get involved with the war, though his older siblings don’t find much resistance when they drag him out to play. He has a particular fascination with poisons – not particularly the deadly kind, but the kind that can turn a person’s stomach inside out or send them into painful and uncontrollable spasms. Whenever a member of the family becomes suddenly and inexplicably ill, it’s always Arsen that they turn to point fingers at. He always denies it, though one can always see the tiny smirk that pricks the corners of his lips when he does. (Whoever gets him, please make his middle name Nick.)

AVA SULLIVAN - PAWN, THIRTEEN [reserved for Arx]
FC Suggestion - Marina Nery
Ava has always been a quiet girl, preferring to stick to the shadows and uncomfortable with any attention her family gives her. She likes being left alone to play with her dolls, having silent tea parties in her room while her family plans for war. She doesn’t like the idea of fighting, and is actually rather opposed to it, but that doesn’t stop her siblings from taking advantage of her quick feet and quiet, unassuming nature and using it for their cause, finding her to be quite an effective little spy. They don’t keep her around for much of anything else, though – most people find her blank, wide-eyed stare a bit unnerving. Sometimes, it almost seems as though she were a doll herself.

LILITH SULLIVAN - THIRTY-EIGHT
Mrs. Sullivan hasn’t quite been the same since she woke up one morning to find her husband’s throat slit and his skin ice-cold against hers on the bed beside her. She seems obsessed with bringing down the Dewitts, constantly reminding her children of what they need to do to rightfully claim the company for themselves, but spends the rest of her days sitting in Charles’ old study, staring blankly out the window.

CHARLES SULLIVAN - FORTY-FOUR
Charles had always been an ambitious man, willing to do a little evil for a greater good if it came down to it, but he never seemed to be a bad person. He was always passionate about the business and his “role” in the district, always speaking of becoming the richest family Three has ever known, but would he have gone so far to ensure that dream as to kill his partner and childhood friend? No one really knows for sure.

Name changes are allowed, but you have to clear it with one of us first. Every single one of these names has a meaning behind it, so if you really really want to change it, make sure the meaning is still there, please.

Big, big, big thank you to Tristen and Dars for all the brainstorming and time put in to making this plot. Love you both<33