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≫ WHAT'S UP WITH GATEWAY ROLEPLAY? ≪

  • We've been radio silent for a long time now. We posted an announcement in our Discord server back in April of 2025, but never updated the forums. So what's up with Gateway Roleplay?

    After 5 long years, we've decided to place the development of Ties That Bind on an indefinite hold.

    This doesn't mean it's cancelled. We fully intend to run Ties That Bind: What Lies Beneath and Ties That Bind: City of Angels eventually. But to do so, we need to take a step back. In the meantime, we'll be working on smaller, invite-only projects.

    Thank you to everyone who has stuck with us this long! MindGate and I (Pika) have been working on this server for over a decade now. It truly is a passion project for us.

Francis Nial | MindGate

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Character Name
Francis Nial

I Agree
Yes

Has this character appeared in a previous lore?
No

Age
38

Blood Type
O+

Personality
What makes a man; his wallet, or his personality? To Francis Nial, his answer is simple - both, but he lacks one and that isn’t his wallet. To him, the whole world revolves around money, alcohol, and girls and the work never stops for him. For as long as he can remember, he has moved from place-to-place, spending his nights with prostitutes and drinking his body weight in alcohol. You can imagine that he isn’t the most charming of individuals; he has no perception of basic courtesy, no filter, no shame, and no issue telling you what he thinks straight to your face. He, however, is hands down a tough fucker and a stone-cold killer at heart, even if he manages to build himself up as being capable of doing far more than he actually is.

Character Motivations
Money, money, money!

Physical Appearance
Standing at five-foot-seven, Francis has a lot to make up for, and unequivocally fails at it in every single field. He doesn’t fit the bill of being in-shape, bordering lanky and lean with some hidden muscle in there, a crooked nose from one too many bar fights and bright red hair to match up with his blue eyes and lightly freckled face. He has a slight odor to him, yellowed teeth, and a brace around his right leg. He is most commonly seen wearing an old, patched up GAA Jacket.

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Mechanical Occupation
Not sure, I'll decide on launch. Probably Veteran.

In-Character Occupation
Mercenary, Loan Shark, Smuggler, Informant

Biography
Born in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, Francis grew up in and out of school and lived a rough childhood. He immigrated to the United States in his early teens, barely managed to graduate through high-school, and skipped college altogether. He ended up working in a slaughterhouse for a while but eventually established some connections with a gang and was brought in for his quick wits and ability to spew endless tales of shit out of nothing. He did business as a loan shark for the next few years and pissed away most of his money on alcohol, prostitutes, and firearms, never managing to get out of his ghetto of a neighborhood between his addictions and occasional prison sentences. He was caught in a shit-storm of disaster as the outbreak began, being whirled from military camp to military camp and losing contact with most of his old gang. The next twelve years, Francis had to grow up - but not by a large margin, he opened himself to killing and started hiring himself out as a mercenary, he did what he had to do to survive and no job managed to cross his moral quandaries; he killed men, women, and children, he delivered escaped survivors to slavers, he ran guns to incite civil wars all in the name of money and survival. For Francis, nothing is off-limits in this world, even if it causes him to lose sleep at night.

Now, Francis has managed to rub more people the wrong way between his willingness to take any job, his ability to overshoot his actual capabilities, and his constant ability to fuck with the wrong people. He was snatched by several men, beaten half to death, driven out to The Barrens, and dumped in a ditch to die with no food, water, clothes, or weapons in the middle of winter. It wasn’t the first time something like this has happened, and even in the gravity of this situation; he found some humor in it between the pain and cold. It was time to get moving, find safety, and make some new contacts.

Would you like your character to start with any items?
No, I actually don't want to start with anything. Francis will begin the lore with no clothes, no nothing. Just his dick waving in the wind.

Would you like to be placed in a random group at the start of the lore?
No

Is your character a member of a group application?
Yes

Is your character a member of one of the world factions?
C.P.F.

Please detail your position within the faction, as well as your reason for being in The Barrens.
Francis Nial is wanted DEAD or ALIVE by The Coalition for numerous accounts suspected murder, indecent exposure, theft (both minor and major), smuggling, gun-running, assault, and the list goes on.
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Alright, I'll be reviewing your app for today.

Yeah this is pretty good, You're good to go.

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Username: Francis Nial
Password: Eire

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fuck off admin scum