<a class="postlink" href="http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd415/coffinhunter77/Teslaslife.jpg">[ img ]</a><br/><br/>Nikola Tesla born 10th of July 1856 was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system.<br/><br/>Born in Smiljan (in the then Austrian Empire), and receiving a higher education in Graz, Austria, he started working in the telephony and electrical fields before immigrating to the United States in 1884. Early on he worked for Thomas Edison, but soon struck out on his own with various financial backers, setting up laboratories/companies to develop a range of electrical devices. His patented AC induction motor and transformer were licensed by George Westinghouse, who also hired Tesla as a consultant to help develop an alternating current system. He is also known for his high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments in New York and Colorado Springs which included patented devices and theoretical work used in the invention of radio communication, for his X-ray experiments, and for his ill-fated attempt at intercontinental wireless transmission in his unfinished Wardenclyffe Tower project.<br/><br/>Tesla's achievements and his abilities as a showman demonstrating his seemingly miraculous inventions made him world-famous. Although he made a great deal of money from his patents, he spent a lot on numerous experiments over the years. In the last few decades of his life, he ended up living in diminished circumstances as a recluse in Room 3327 of New Yorker Hotel, occasionally making unusual statements to the press. Because of his pronouncements and the nature of his work over the years, Tesla gained a reputation in popular culture as the archetypal "mad scientist". Tesla died penniless and in debt on 7 January 1943.....or at least that is what we are lead to believe.<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>The truth however, is a bit more frightening. Early on in Tesla's life, one of his experiments with Harmonic Resonance, revealed the existence of a reality just outside our own, a very scary one to be honest. This was the world of the Great Old Ones, ancient god-things that floated in the vast Outer Dark. Forgotten things that wished to once again creep back into our world. It was this unforeseen side effect that shaped the rest of the infamous inventor's life.<br/><br/>Tesla, at first, sought to warn others of the horrors that lurked just outside our perceived world, he searched for anyone that would listen to his far out tales including contemporaries; Lovecraft, Edison, and Einstein ,any bright mind he could find to confide in. But in doing so, he found that the Great Old Ones already had loyal servants to do their bidding in this world. These were men that were powerful and wealthy, no doubt rewards from their dark masters for services rendered. They used their influence and dark powers to shift the world against Tesla. Thomas Edison ( A secret servant of Nyarlathotep) turned out to be the worst of the bastards, his entire being served the machinations of whichever tentacled deity he served. He used his influence to discredit and destroy the reputation of Nikola Tesla, until eventually he was branded a madman.<br/><br/>Telsa realized that he was alone against the infinite power and masses the Great Old Ones controlled and so he decided to take matters into his own hands. He could create the weapons and technology to battle back these forces of chaos and save our world, but he would need motivated, and highly skilled individuals to apply his contraptions. Fighting these things himself was simply too dangerous, and if he was lost, whom would carry the torch for humanity?<br/><br/>The men he would need to hire, wouldn't be from the higher echelons of society, no far too much corruption in their ranks, instead he chose men with the salt of the earth running in their veins, and the conviction of character to see these, often times messy, tasks through. Some were veterans from the trenches of WWI, others were ex-police officers or private detectives, Some were even from the wrong side of the law. They all had one thing in common, at some point in their lives, they'd come face to face with the awe inspiring terror that was floating just outside our world.<br/><br/>We are the 'Lowmen', A group of diversely specialized mercenaries contracted by Dr. Nikola Tesla. He equips us with the advanced weapons and gadgets, that allow us to hunt these vile things that go bump in the night, hunt them and either remand them back into the Outer Dark, or destroy them all together.<br/><br/><br/>This RP starts out as a freeform opensandbox in which you'll be able to have complete control of your narrative and focus on character development and monster discovery. You are free to create a period accurate character (circa 1919 AD), from around the globe. You can feel free to write your own Gothic-horror narratives that explore investigations of paranormal activity and your methods of dealing with them. Feel free to team up for more challenging cases, or go it alone and forge your own steampunk stylized horror story.<br/><br/>Writing letters and keeping your mentor in the loop on your investigations is important in order to keep the annuls accurate. Although Tesla must publicly distance himself from your work, his servants can be dispatched in order to aid you in any way that you need, if you so desire.  Logging cases and reporting via letter or telegraph to Tesla's right hand man, HP Lovecraft. His job is to chronicle your adventures and add to the Lowmen's library of knowledge in which we can all draw from. Once you've shown that you are made of the right stuff, and have proven that you are capable of handling larger Elder Gods, you'll be asked to step up and join the elite class called 'Lowmen'. At this time the RP changes to a tradition style gameplay, meaning you'll have control of your character, but NPCs, monsters and environments will be dictated by Me. These will be only for the very advanced and will involve expeditions into parallel universes with abstract ideologies.<br/><br/>Feel free to contact Tesla, if you have a case that looks to be over your head, he can provide information, or technologies that may assist your endeavors. Just keep in mind that it's 1919 so information moves a lot slower than it does now. He can afford you specialized weapons and devices that can aid you in hunting the creatures of the outer dark.<br/><br/>Any Questions? Feel free to PM me