Hey so I have a fantasy site that's not quite finished yet, but is opening up for soft opening while I finish the skin and arrange everything outside of google docs. We fit most of your criteria, including an optional progression system that is tied to post count and lets you progress. We do, however, have Face Claims-- any illustrated source is fine, and we're even ok with people forgoing the claim entirely. We allow original art, so if you have commissioned art of Frey, it totally works.

Ars Arcanum is a very high fantasy setting with inspiration from D&D 5e. Using D&D's system, we have created an original fantasy world mostly inspired by Azeroth. The main story revolves around nations adjusting to the fall of the yuan-ti Empire subjugating the world to unification, and the calamity that ended the empire being a persistent threat. Even in the end times, though, mortals cannot work together in peace. The tech level mirrors Warcraft, in that guns and airships and communication devices do exist, but not everyone has access to them and not everyone uses them. It's fantasy-tech, not so much medieval but also not so much Victorian.

Frey would work as a College of Spirits Bard, I can already see, or perhaps even a Divination wizard, with some adjustments to give him prophetic visions. We allow some wiggle room with classes and powers. Given the fall of the Empire made plenty of people desperate for money, swindling is definitely a possible option for a desperate kid. Perhaps he can even be a refugee, and that could make his situation even more dire.

Anyway feel free to DM me if you're interested; I can send you the discord link, or you can be asked to put on a waitlist while I work on the skin c:.

Hi gossamer . I know this is a kind of old request, but I'm gonna shoot my shot lol. I run an AU Sailor Moon board, but canon knowledge isn't required if you want to come play magical boys/girls in a space opera. We're very open to OCs, most of us play at least one. In terms of world building a lot of us have made up our own planets to be homes for our characters, you could definitely make one to fit Frey into with some power tweaks to make him more magical. We use only animated faces or no faces at all. We don't allow post templates, because I'm also old and can't read them. The danger is real, we're building up the main plot now, but welcome member input and running their own plots. The only point we don't meet is the stat system. 

If you have questions, let me know.