TRSE: The Manga Library: The Pacificators Manga Project

     Some people would think this project manga as a "Post-Apocalypse Future" type, but it's not so since I am actually using the history of the Dark Ages of Europe as a model where the political collapse of the Roman Empire resulted into the Dark Age, and eventually various kingdoms & nations were starting to recover from the Dark Ages with the help of Cathotic priests and monks acting as "mediators" resulting in the Renaissance Period. The story is expected to be very character-oriented (focused on the main characters). "Pacificators" is latin for "peacekeepers" who were to help mediate any conflicts and bring the countries out of the Second Dark Age. I'm expecting plenty of humor, drama, some tragedies, action, and of course, romance which will take time to build up. The storyline will take place in the "future version" of Europe with some countries had been changed or fragmented (like Russia breaking up into pieces with Moscow becoming  a kingdom). The reason why I chose Europe is that Europe retains its "old wounds, and old grudges" meaning that that continent is always in conflict for so many thousands of years due while the societies of America, and Asia seem to be a little too culturally stable.

Summary:
    Few millennia have passed ever since, and it is toward the end of the Second Dark Age where the civilizations are beginning to recover from some great economical depression/collapse (not some boring apocalyptic cases of huge meteorites, nuclear wars, earthquakes, Ice Ages, volcanos, whatever), and they are starting to prosper thanks to the efforts of the Pacificators. The overall goal of  Pacificators is to secure and maintain the total continental peace by resolving and preventing any conflicts (difficult tasks). What is so special about the Pacificators is a small percentage of Pacificators somehow have "magical powers" which they can manipulate the elemental powers such as earth, air, water, fire, light, magnetism and even gravity using what is called "telekinetics" (you can call that "magic" if you prefer).  The Pacificators generally are grouped into the platoons consisting of five members and it is usual for each platoon to include a member or two with "magical powers" under the command of regular humans (commanders). Many people with such magical capabilities become the Pacificators willingly (and sometimes against their wills), and naturally, there are some bad people with such powers looking for some trouble. The Pacificators can use their powers to do what must be done to bring about the global peace, but the problem of having such powers is that their lifelines get shorter each time they use their powers exceeding small "safe limits". It's like "Rabbit Vs Turtle" race, where a rabbit is very energetic but short-lived while the turtle being slow, live longer. So they have to be careful with their powers. To make everything harder, they have to deal with the chaotic nature of the humans.
       The story of Pacificators will begin with Daryl Smithson, a novice Pacificator of Light who was assigned by her newly appointed superior, Commander Bismun Volborth(no special powers), to begin her first mission with her new platoon of experienced Pacificators protected by Egmond Dumortier, a hired mercenary. Her platoon is to investigate the reported sightings of an ancient oil platform that local people have been passing as the "Gateway to the Heavens" for any technology relics and destroy any weapons caches they may discover, but there will be plenty of things going wrong for mysterious Nozimo and the independent Renegades (bad people with powers) have taken interest in this odd platform.

    There had been a plenty of strong influences on this manga project by many other Anime and mangas with Sailor Moon being strongest influence (a team of "magical girls"). I just started comparing my own ideas with many other animes and I came up with many similarities that worked pretty well for those other animes such as Bleach, Fruit Baskets, Love Hina, Naruto, Beserk, many of CLAMP series and few more.

Diagrams & Descriptions of the Characters:
    Most of the names were derived from the minerals which had already been named after the people. Note that many characters below are based on real people not some boring (no offense!) hollywood-type "hotties/celebrities".

Pacificators, (Main Characters):

	- Daryl Smithson,Novice Pacificator of Light: Age: 18     Daryl is to be a plain, "chubby"(overweight), cheerful and bit naive girl (comparable to Tohru of Fruit Baskets). After having just graduated from her academy, she was very eager to begin her first mission with her idols. It is considered unusual to assign a novice agent to an unit full of experienced Pacificators in a way that some people are starting to wonder what Bismun was up to when he chose Daryl to replace one of his members who was killed during his last failed major mission.     She is to carry a Staff of Light containing a cracked fluorescent orb passed to her by her mother who she hasn't seen in a while, and she always feel guilty/sad whenever they ask about her staff. She also has an older brother that she hadn't heard from for a while. --Daryl Smithson, --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01, --A fanart of Daryl by Kitty Ocean(w_shadowhunter@hotmail.com)(June 2007) --Pencil Sketch: Daryl Gets Rescued (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	- Bismuth Volborth,the Commander of Pacificators Platoon 113, Age: 31     Bismun's the kind of guy who tend to make a fuss about keeping his hair straight and neat, but in spite of his vanity, he's always serious with his job as the commander of his Pacificators platoon 113. He tend to act like an "older-brother" toward his suboordinates, and because of the fact that his platoon consisted entirely of female Pacificators, he earned a badly misunderstood reputation as a commander of a "Harem" that he had been trying to dissipate. Since those with special powers are very rare, it was usual for a five-member platoon to include one or two members with special powers, and the fact that Bismun's platoon consisting entirely of special powered Pacificators are beyond unusual.     His ambition is to form a platoon consisting of experienced and famed Pacificators out of hope of bringing a total peace to the continent within his lifetime, and that nearly backfired on him when his last mission miserably failed the big way which one of his invaluable Pacificatord died as a result. Such failure and the death of an invaluable Pacificators (Pacificators with special powers are very rare) have divided the platoon to the point of falling apart. It is not known why would Bismun recruit a novice like Darly Smithson to join his platoon that is on verge of falling apart. His platoon consists of Daryl, Muncea, Cinna, Taffe and Larima. --Bismuth Volborth --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01, Hairstyle Sketch --Practice Sketch of Topless Bismun --Pencil Sketch: Bismun and his fellow Commanders under General Jabari. (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	- Muneca Powell, Pacificator of Gravity, Age: Annoymous(she would say something like this: it's impolite to ask the ladies about their ages!)     Muneca is a snotty  & bossy "By the Book" type with strong sense of her duty as a Pacificator. Extremely over-modest Muncea is always heavily dressed making Cinna enjoy picking on her for that. Being very private person, Muneca won' t reveal anything about herself, her past, and why she's dressed this way. When she gets frustrated, she tend to try to take charge of the unit she's assigned to resulting in repeated conflicts with Cinna and Taffa(in charge). She is prone to depressions from time to time and refusing help. She is equipped with an umbrella that is more than just a regular umbrella.........Cinna and Muneca really hate each other... --Muneca Powell, --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01, Hairstyle Sketch --Pencil Sketch: Depressed Muneca Powell (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	-Cinna Grossul, Pacificator of  Fire, Infiltration agent, Age 22         Cinna likes to be playful(more like being immature) and she tend to pick on Daryl for her weight, and Muncea for her unusual fashion tastes. She  often suffer from her emotion unstability and get upset easily (easy to be provoked). When she gets in a bad mood, she tend to become very mean. In her case of being able to generate excess heat, it's very dangerous for her to get too emotional. Due to the opposite personalities of Cinna and Muncea, it's very difficult for them to get along with each other (plenty of conflicts). Her parents died when she was very young with no siblings. -- Cinna Grossul --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01,
	-Larima Torbern, Pacificator of Water, Age 26     She had a brief appearance as a light-blue haired member of Black Moon in JA's "Four Horsemen of Apocalypse: Runes of Druid" SailorMoon fanfic manga and she seemed to be a favorite with the readers. Now she will make her appearance in this manga. ^_^     Larima is to be a strict pacifist with dreams of achieving a global peace through nonviolent efforts which often put her in odds with Cinna and Taffa who sometimes had to do the hard way to settle any conflicts, deal with stubborn & violent people or just to get their points across. Taffa is her younger sister and their parents died in a war, one of major reasons for Larima's pacifist attitude. She is also one of most popular Pacificators, and because of that, she tend to get kidnapped quite few times. --Larima Torbern, --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01, --Pencil Sketch: -Larima & Taffe
	-Larima Torbern, Pacificator of Air, Junior Commander of Platoon 113. Age 23     Taffe had a big role as a member of Black Moon in JA's SailorMoon fanfic mangas (mainly as a villain).     Taffe is quite a tomboy making her rather a tough girl with a bit of cold attitude (and rarely sociable). She does not care what others says about her, and she tend to be blunt with her vocal opinions that often alienate others without caring about any resulting consequences of her remarks. She has been assigned by Bismun to lead her unit, but she seems to be doing that half-heartedly because of the fact that she never wanted to be a Pacificator in the first place. She is a younger sister of Larima, and Larima is the only person Taffe can warm to. -- Taffe Torbern, --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01,

Supporting Characters (Pacificators and other people):

	Colleman, Allan: An Archaeology intern, specializing in the recovery and deciphering of the anicent computer relics.     He was originally Hikaru appearing in JA's fanfic mangas. Allan with plain appearance, is to sport an easygoing and flexible personality with a tenacity to ramble on. A potential for romance. His partner is Christopher Bowen and his superior is Commander Breanne Geothe. --Official Character Design Diagram --Breanne and her Squad of Archealogists (December 2007)    --Sketch 01, --Pencil Sketch: What Allan & Christopher Found in Centuries-old Time Capsule. (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	Christopher Bowen: Also Archaeology intern partnered with Allan, specializing in the techinical expertise of ancient machines and functioning relics. Tends to keep to himself and has somewhat poor social manners. --Official Character Design Diagram --Breanne and her Squad of Archealogists (December 2007) --Pencil Sketch: What Allan & Christopher Found in Centuries-old Time Capsule. (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	Breanne Geothe: A newly promoted commander specializing in histories, legends, and mythologies as well as playing with various ancient receipts out of hope that she might find something that can help the mankind.Won't appear till Volume 2 (but mentioned in 1st volume) --Official Character Design Diagram --Breanne and her Squad of Archealogists (December 2007) --Breanne and Qamra, the Rivals (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	Qamra Umar: An one-eyed commander specializing in the information networking (and spy activities) and she has a strong fondness for Bismun Volborth, but never find time to maintain some form of relationship with him.Won't appear till Volume 2 --Official Character Design Diagram --Breanne and Qamra, the Rivals (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	Jacobs & Travis, the kid brothers: Both are young boys that struggle to survive by stealing whatever they could (and getting in trouble with some Pacificators). Jacobs is very aggressive and ill-mannered who tend to take charge while Travis tend to be timid and passive who tend to be easily bossed  around (and made a scrapgoat if something went bad). --Official Character Design Diagram

Renegades:
The Renegades are the group of people with special powers who rebel against the virtues & ethnics of the Pacificators and the specific activities of Bismun's Platoon 113 caught their interest which could mean some trouble.

	--"Shiva", Renegade of Fire and Earth, elegant dancer and swordshipman     Shiva and his partner, Enlil were ordered by "Odin" to track down some mercenary and obtain information about what happened to "Zeus" and the Key to the Gateway to the Heavens he was said to be carrying. He tend to slack and enjoys various drinks and company of women, but can become quite a elegant swordshipman.     Shiva & Enlil --Official Character Design Diagram --Pencil Sketch: Ready for Action! (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	--"Enlil", Renegade of Air, reconnaissance expert. (Enlil is a Sumerian God of Wind)     Sharp-tongued, Enlil was assigned by Odin to locate and track a mercenary hired to accomplany  Bismun's Platoon.    Shiva & Enlil --Official Character Design Diagram --Pencil Sketch: Enlil's Frustration (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	--"Hermes", Renegade of Air, messenger and information networking     A young boy who was to maintain the commuciations between the Renegades by just running back and forth like a wind, but he hasn't quite mastered his powers yet..... Won't appear till Volume 2 --Official Character Design Diagram

Villians:

	-Diablo, Bentio,  Technician, Manager, and Bodyguard of Nozomi.     With guidance of Nozomi, Bentio manages a wide-scale corporation involved with ironworking and mining of scrapyards for metals and plastics. With a large business network, he has an access to a wide variety of resources (some are quite illegal and banned) to accomplish what must be done to protect his and Nozomi's interests. There are rumors that he owns some very rare and very dangerous projections they call "guns" that was completely banned. --Benito Diablo --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01
	-Nozomi (her surname is unknown), a distant and mysterious person brought from the Far East.     She is kind of a "Chess Player" who monitors the activities around the European continent closely and making decisions to ensure that continuation of the chaotic nature of Dark Ages to her benefits. She is to be very distant and emotionless with no compassion for anyone. She dislikes going out (a night person) and she allowed very few people to see her. Benito is her assistant manager and her bodyguard. --Nozomi --Official Character Design Diagram --Sketch 01
	--Enrique, Bouroun     A well natured political advisor working for Nozomi, and he "offers" his services to help any politicians attain their political goals that will favor (or not threaten) Nozomi's interests. Because of his well-liked personality and political favors, he may be considered the biggest threat to the interests of Pacificators. --Enrique Bouroun (New Look) --Official Character Design Diagram(Old Look) --Pencil Sketch: Now What is He Up To?! (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	--Tourmale Peroski, with power of Magnetism.     Tourmale appeared in JA's fanfic mangas as a Captain of the Royal Guards that protect the royal family of Silver Millennium, and he appeared to be a popular character.     Tourmale is to be a captain of one of the military forces of Moscow(what remained of Russia) with oversized ego and ambitions to restore Russia to its former glory, and bring the total peace to the continent thru conquest and iron-fist rule. His most treasured possession is the rose preserved in liquid nitrogen that had been given to him by a princess he fell in love with when he was a child. Even since that time, his love for that princess never wavered and same goes for his hope of finding that princess again. --Tourmale Peroski -- Official Character Design Diagram
	--Captain Uvarov of Ironclad Maisk    A polite navy officer who commandeers an Ironclad warship Maisk and he answers to Captain Tourmale Sillimann. He will prove to be a great obstract to the efforts of Pacificators. --Official Character Design Diagram --Pencil Sketch of Uvarov and his ship with "The Gateway to the Heavens" in the background. (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)
	--Captain Ferdinal Cook:    This man is obssessed with being an old-fashioned pirate who lost his precious ship and now he's looking for a new ship to steal. He's very sensitive to the sea legends, bad lucks and curses, and he's not someone anyone would want to cross paths with. --Official Character Design Diagram

Neutrals:

	-Dumortier, Egmond: A skilled mercenary/bodyguard for hire.     A silent mercenary hired to protect Volborth's Pacificator Platoon 113. He was once considered one of great teachers of the London Academy of Pacificators before he quit without revealing why, but it was evident that something terrible happened that caused him to lose his voice. Some people have been suspecting that he may have to do something with a certain incident where he was the only survivor. He has a son who had a plenty of fallouts with him. Because of his troubled past, he was reluctant to accompany any Pacificators and he would kill one if offered a right(very steep) price. --Official Character Design Diagram
	-Belinda (her last name not decided)     A princess of Spain who likes to play political games, and she has been inspired to restore the glory of Spain as it was during its Golden Age (1600s) but Spain does not have sufficent resources to accomplish. So she has to think of something else to raise the political and economic status of Spain even it might mean "cheating" or doing some sneaky things to get it accomplished, but she needs to deal with several big thorns (her older brothers) within Spain first...Won't appear till Volume 2 --Official Character Design Diagram --Pencil Sketch: Belinda's "Wargames" (will be drawn as a high-quality CG picture)

    That's all and that project is quite a fun thing to do. ^_^