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gold
familiar Familiargawain, western osprey
played by OOC Namesafi
you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways
Amaranthine Star
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Post by Anima Blair on Sept 10, 2022 12:59:49 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]At a military camp near his palace at Forres, King Duncan of Scotland asks a wounded captain for news about the Scots’ battle with the Irish invaders, who are led by the rebel Macdonwald. The captain, who was wounded helping Duncan’s son Malcolm escape capture by the Irish, replies that the Scottish generals Macbeth and Banquo fought with great courage and violence. The captain then describes for Duncan how Macbeth slew the traitorous Macdonwald. As the captain is carried off to have his wounds attended to, the thane of Ross, a Scottish nobleman, enters and tells the king that the traitorous thane of Cawdor has been defeated and the army of Norway repelled. Duncan decrees that the thane of Cawdor be put to death and that Macbeth, the hero of the victorious army, be given Cawdor’s title. Ross leaves to deliver the news to Macbeth. [break][break]Gawain speaks in bolded #cc5151 and italicized #cc5151 for telepathy[break][break]Annie speaks in simple bold and replies to gawain telepathy in bolded italics[attr="class","notes"]these are notes. this code is from lav and unedited i just wanted something to quote from. thank you lav these do bang. [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-166] .pie b { color: var(--pegasus); [/newclass] [nospaces][div][attr="class","pie"]post here
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gold
familiar Familiartarasque, timber wolf
played by OOC Namesafi
follow me & prove all evil crumbles before our might
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Post by Elizabeth Delacroix on Sept 27, 2022 16:28:45 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]The Milgram experiment(s) on obedience to authority figures were a series of social psychology experiments conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram. They measured the willingness of study participants, men in the age range of 20 to 50 from a diverse range of occupations with varying levels of education, to obey an authority figure who instructed them to perform acts conflicting with their personal conscience. Participants were led to believe that they were assisting an unrelated experiment, in which they had to administer electric shocks to a "learner". These fake electric shocks gradually increased to levels that would have been fatal had they been real.[2][break][break] elizabeth speaks in plain bolded & replies to tara's telepathy with bolded italics[break][break] tarasque speaks in bolded #C3B1E1 and uses telepathy in #C3B1E1 italics[break][break] [attr="class","notes"]notes [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--icon); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-172] .pie b { color: var(--cerberus); [/newclass] {spellcasting code}[nospaces][div][attr="class","fish"] POST HERE[break][break]
elizabeth speaks in [b]plain bolded[/b] & replies to tara's telepathy with [b][i]bolded italics[/i][/b][break][break] tarasque speaks in [b][color=#C3B1E1]bolded #C3B1E1[/color][/b] and uses telepathy in [i][color=#C3B1E1]#C3B1E1 italics[/color][/i][break][break] [div][attr="class","fishgrid"] [*roll*] [div][attr="class","fishtext"] NOTES & TAGS HERE [/div] [/div] [spoiler]{charname is currently using...} [div][attr="class","fishspellhide"] [b]SPELLNAME[/b] spell description from inventory here. [/div][/spoiler][/div]
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gold
familiar FamiliarNachzehrer, Kermode Bear
played by OOC Namesafi
i raise my sword as a shield
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Post by Caelan Lyall on Oct 25, 2022 13:17:45 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]A man-at-arms was a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods who was typically well-versed in the use of arms and served as a fully-armoured heavy cavalryman. A man-at-arms could be a knight, or other nobleman, a member of a knight's or nobleman's retinue, or a mercenary in a company serving under a captain. Such men could serve for pay or through a feudal obligation. The terms knight and man-at-arms are often used interchangeably, but while all knights equipped for war were men-at-arms, not all men-at-arms were knights.[break][break] caelan speaks in plain bolded & replies to nacht's telepathy with bolded italics[break][break] nacht speaks in bolded #F0E68C and uses telepathy in #F0E68C italics[break][break] [attr="class","notes"]notes [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-179] .pie b { color: var(--sybaris); [/newclass]
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gold
familiar Familiargawain, western osprey
played by OOC Namesafi
you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways
Amaranthine Star
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Post by Anima Blair on Nov 13, 2022 9:29:10 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","questcont"] [attr="class","questname"]quest name [attr="class","queststats"] [attr="class","questh"]BASICS [break] participants: locked participants are mel khatagin, Anima Blair, diespiter delacour / open quest, all other participants must be invited by the three locked participants and be armed & prepared to fight[break] threads: 3 - 4 threads? it also might require a split between two threads at once at a certain point depending on how the initial phase proceeds. [break] sponsor: spontaneous, potential pegasus sponsor?[break] objective: to find the lost Whitestone Tower Lighthouse and clear out anything that might have taken up residence inside of it. If possible, get the lighthouse back in operational conditions.[break] danger level: injury-enabled + recommendations for strong combat experience against daemons[break] moderation: moderated by me, can share all my notes + plans with staff as needed[break][break] [attr="class","questh"]DETAILS [break] [attr="class","questblock"]Dreams point to a white tower in the north, covered in bracken, moss and smelling like the world beyond the rifts. There are stories of a lighthouse that can guide the way to a lost city, sunken beneath the waves. Whether the city was sunk by hubris, or sunk to stop something else from waking - stories conflict.
[break] There goes a story that concerns the Red Keeper, a spiritual figure in some tellings, a manifestation of the hopes and prayers in others. Some call him a great witch, who sat atop his tower keeping a burning beacon to ward away all the monsters that beset sailors during a storm.[break][break] On nights when the winds would sweep down the coast, when daemons and monsters prowled the rocks and waves and the very sea itself would wait for the sailor's demise ; the Red Keeper would shine the beacon. A bright red burning beacon atop a white limestone tower that stretched so high it touched the heavens.[break][break] Although the Lighthouse has been lost to the pages of myths and legend, there are various cultures and traditions that maintain the existence of similar figures, although with different names and connotations. Whilst the figure changes, the lighthouse never does. It is always a white tower, stretching high into the sky, nestled amongst dangerous terrain as a guiding light. Whilst this could be a coincidence - a shared fragment of unconscious thought - there may be some truth to the tales.[break][break] The tales go back before the Great War. The tales go back as far as the civilized world does.[break][break] Annie finds this odd when she sings her own rendition of the tale that she heard a woman sing once, although her name and face evade her. This woman was important, but she can only remember the songs that she sung to Annie, once upon a time. She’s corrected by the tavern patrons, who all chip in with their various stories and tales about the lighthouse.[break][break] It fell into disrepair when the Red Keeper died. It sank into the sea when a particularly harsh storm came to harbour. It was used in the Great War to send signals. The lighthouse stopped burning when the lighthouse keeper’s heart was broken, and never transmitted 143 coherence again.[break][break] She finds it even more when she asks Mel, after she dreams of the whitestone tower. Mel tells her own story, a lighthouse that once would guide the way to a sunken city. Mel takes particular interest when Annie sees it in her dreams; as Mel seems to want to do.[break][break] Annie is merely curious. Melusine contacts another member of the Winter’s Grasp, Diespiter, asking him to join the pair on their investigation to trace the origins of the Lighthouse.[break][break] The Whitestone Tower lies in ruins; claimed by erosion, rust and riftspawn. And yet, even so, the beacon may be lit again to guide the lost back home. [break] [break] [attr="class","questblock"]Lighthouses have long been symbols of hope and safety to sailors navigating the sea, beacons of hope shining in the darkness. And yet, the Winter’s Grasp has lost the grip of their beacon; reclaiming it would surely be of interest to any true son or daughter of the Winter’s Grasp. When an outsider dreams of a locked tower with a single bright burning beacon, Melsuine decides to investigate further alongside the outsider in question.
[break] [break][break] ooc description: basically the quest can be broken down into phases which is basically 1. planning , 2. scouting + 3. big combat and boss battle time. it shouldn't need a lot of oversight from staff, but should be run very similar to a dnd session. it's pretty ambitious the more time that i spend on it, so please bear with me if anything goes wrong. it shouldn't. i've done this before i promise [break] suggested reward: access to a fun fancy lighthouse and whatever's inside there (: [newclass=".questcont"]color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.8; width: 520px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 2em; text-align: justify; box-sizing: border-box; border:10px solid var(--bannerbgcolor); } .questname { padding:1em; box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 1000px rgba(18, 18, 30, 0.7); background-size:cover; background-position:center; color:white; font-size:20px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.1em; } .questh { text-transform: lowercase; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; border-bottom: 10px solid var(--mainbg); height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em;} .queststats b { color:var(--hovericoncolor); } .questtalk { display: flex;justify-content: flex-start;align-items: center;background-color: var(--mainbg);height:60px;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden; } .questtalk img { width: 60px;padding-right: 1em;opacity: 0.6;} .questtalk span { font-size: 0.9em; padding: 0 1em 0 0; } .questblock { border-left:1px solid var(--thirdbg); padding-left:1.5em; } .queststats { box-sizing:border-box; margin-top:2em; padding:3em; background-color:var(--secondbg); [/newclass]
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gold
familiar FamiliarMh'ithrha, Hound of Tindalos
played by OOC Namesafi
the kiss of the salt-sweet breeze, the white of her silken dress stained red
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Post by Temulin Borjigin on Dec 29, 2022 7:28:22 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]A martyr (Greek: μάρτυς, mártys, "witness", or μαρτυρία, marturia, stem μαρτυρ-, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party. In the martyrdom narrative of the remembering community, this refusal to comply with the presented demands results in the punishment or execution of an actor by an alleged oppressor. Accordingly, the status of the 'martyr' can be considered a posthumous title as a reward for those who are considered worthy of the concept of martyrdom by the living, regardless of any attempts by the deceased to control how they will be remembered in advance. Insofar, the martyr is a relational figure of a society's boundary work that is produced by collective memory. Originally applied only to those who suffered for their religious beliefs, the term has come to be used in connection with people killed for a political cause.[break][break] temulin speaks in plain bolded & replies to nacht's telepathy with bolded italics[break][break] mh'ith speaks in bolded #1ea9c8 and uses telepathy in #1ea9c8 italics[break][break] [attr="class","notes"]notes [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-195] .pie b { color: var(--hydra); [/newclass]
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gold
familiar Familiarcinnabar, dall sheep
played by OOC Namesafi
THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS, OPEN THE BOOK, TURN TO PAGE 617; SCIENTIFIC WITCHERY
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Post by champagne on Jan 4, 2023 10:00:34 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]"God is dead" ((German: Gott ist tot); also known as the death of God) is a statement made by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche's first use of this statement is his 1882 The Gay Science, where it appears three times. The phrase also appears in Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra.[break][break] The meaning of this statement is that since, as Nietzche says, "the belief in the Christian God has become unbelievable", everything that was "built upon this faith, propped up by it, grown into it", including "the whole [...] European morality", is bound to "collapse".[1][break][break] Other philosophers had previously discussed the concept, including Philipp Mainländer and Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Proponents of the strongest form of the Death of God theology have used the phrase in a literal sense, meaning that the Christian God who had existed at one point has ceased to exist.[break][break] champagne speaks in plain bolded & replies to cici telepathy with bolded italics[break][break] cici speaks in bolded #F0FFFF and uses telepathy in #F0FFFF italics[break][break] [attr="class","notes"]notes [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--icon); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-214] .pie b { color: var(--cerberus); [/newclass]
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gold
familiar Familiarfortuna, saltwater crocodile
played by OOC Namesafi
power resides where men believe it resides; a shadow on the wall
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Post by Lucia Averill on Feb 13, 2023 11:40:52 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism is a personality trait centered on manipulativeness, callousness, and indifference to morality.[3][4][5] Though it has nothing to do with the historical figure or his political thought,[6][7][8] the trait is named after the political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli, as psychologists Richard Christie and Florence Geis used edited and truncated statements inspired by his works to study variations in human behaviors.[9][10][11] Their Mach IV test, a 20-question, Likert-scale personality survey, became the standard self-assessment tool and scale of the Machiavellianism construct. Those who score high on the scale (High Machs) are more likely to have a high level of deceitfulness and a cynical, unempathetic temperament.[12][13][break][break] It is one of the dark triad traits, along with the subclinical versions of narcissism and psychopathy.[14][15][16][break][break] fortua speaks in bolded #21B6A8 and italicized #21B6A8 for telepathy [attr="class","notes"]notes [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-231] .pie b { color: var(--sybaris); [/newclass]
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gold
familiar Familiarjack, mongolian gerbil
played by OOC Namesafi
Bacon ipsum dolor amet brisket pork belly flank
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Post by katerina rozovskaya on Sept 2, 2023 12:52:05 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","pie"]In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism is a personality trait centered on manipulativeness, callousness, and indifference to morality.[3][4][5] Though it has nothing to do with the historical figure or his political thought,[6][7][8] the trait is named after the political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli, as psychologists Richard Christie and Florence Geis used edited and truncated statements inspired by his works to study variations in human behaviors.[9][10][11] Their Mach IV test, a 20-question, Likert-scale personality survey, became the standard self-assessment tool and scale of the Machiavellianism construct. Those who score high on the scale (High Machs) are more likely to have a high level of deceitfulness and a cynical, unempathetic temperament.[12][13][break][break] It is one of the dark triad traits, along with the subclinical versions of narcissism and psychopathy.[14][15][16][break][break] fortua speaks in bolded #ee9c5c and italicized #ee9c5c for telepathy [attr="class","notes"]notes [attr="class","pietag"]@tag [newclass=".pie"]background: var(--secondbg);color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost';font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.8; width: 475px; margin: 0 auto; padding:4em;text-align:justify; box-sizing:border-box;} .pie a { text-transform:uppercase; display:inline-block; background-color:var(--mainbg); padding:0.6em 0.8em;font-size:0.8em;} .pie .notes { display: block;font-size: 0.8em;letter-spacing: 0.05em;padding: 4em 4em 0 4em;text-align: center;border-top: 1px solid var(--mainbg); margin-top: 4em; } .pietag { margin-top:4em; text-align:center; } div[rel=user-231] .pie b { color: var(--sybaris); [/newclass][/quote]
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familiar Familiargawain, western osprey
played by OOC Namesafi
you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways
Amaranthine Star
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Post by Anima Blair on Sept 27, 2023 11:05:03 GMT -7
[nospaces] [attr="class","questcont"] [attr="class","questname"]THE KNIGHT & THE HUNTSMAN [attr="class","queststats"] [attr="class","questh"]BASICS [break] participants: will be collated later. but it's another Anima Blair quest for sure[break] threads: variable, will flex to meet the needs[break] sponsor: cerberus sponsor for clair saint-juste + any other cerbs affliated, no other sponsor[break] objective: to investigate the town of wolf's glen, home to a preacher of the new dawn, several strange phenomena concerning the local wildlife, and maybe enjoy a festival in the meantime. [break] danger level: injury-enabled.[break] moderation: moderated by me, can share all my notes + plans with staff as needed[break][break] [attr="class","questh"]THE FABLE OF THE KNIGHT & THE HUNTSMAN [break] [attr="class","questblock"]There’s a story in Wolf’s Glen. A beautiful young woman captivates the heart of a knight and a huntsman. She’s kidnapped by a terrible monster and the two men bound together vowing that they will help each other and allow the lady to pick who gets her hand.[break][break]
The knight is brave and strong, six feet tall with blonde hair and bright blue eyes like diamonds. The huntsman is smart, a skilled marksman, cunning as a fox and tricky. They compliment each other, perhaps there’s a comment on how people with different gifts ought to work together in the story. [break][break]
Some people have certainly likened it to witches and humans working together.[break][break]
However, the Princess does not want to be saved. Her heart is broken when the devil is slain and in retaliation; she whispers sweetly to both of them. Duel for my hand, she says, I cannot stand the other, and you are the only one who can make me happy.[break][break]
They both die come the midday sun. The knight fights valiantly, but the huntsman poisons. The Princess cries - but the princess is the first witch according to these people’s traditions, and she is gifted with a familiar for each of their lives. [break] [break] [attr="class","questblock"]On various tavern walls in Delphi, several large posters have been erected. Pressed wildflowers native to the Lorraine Valley create borders on the parchment (who uses parchment, in this day and age?) as well as drawings of a cat standing atop a rifle and a wolf carrying the flag a knight might hoist upon their lance. In bright, bold letters;[break][break] COME ONE, COME ALL, TO THE CAT AND WOLF'S BALL;[break] THE TOWN OF WOLF’S GLEN INVITES YOU ALL TO PARTAKE.[break] DANCING AND DRINKING AND FUN FOR ALL. [break] [break]
[attr="class","questh"]A LORD AMONG HOUNDS [break] [attr="class","questblock"]There’s something wrong with the wildlife near Wolf’s Glen. They’re smart and co-ordinated, more so than the regular wildlife. The wolves seem to be following something, stalking and following witches as they make their way through the Highlands. There’s stories - there are always stories - stories of werewolves that lead a pack of dire wolves that feast on the flesh of witches, snapping their familiars up whole.[break][break]
Of course, this is lunacy.[break][break]
But on the night of the full moon, the howls still strike fear into people traveling. There are still people being attacked by usually complacent packs of wolves with all the prey to hunt that they need. Something is going on in the Highlands.
[attr="class","questh"]THE HOUNDS OF THE MILITARY [break] [attr="class","questblock"]A blonde woman meets with Cerberus late at night, a week before the festival. She demands her audience. Her brother is sick with a mysterious disease and she’s willing to trade in a member of the New Dawn for help. Her town will not give over the man easily though, and she advises them to work with her and her militia. [break][break]
Initially, they laugh at her.[break][break]
But she has more information, and promises them that she’ll help them flush out New Dawn members out of all of their wilderness hiding spots as long as they promise to help her brother. She knows that she is inviting the wolves into her home, but she has to save her brother from his fate. [break][break]
On the festival, she plans to capture the New Dawn preacher. By then, her men will have the information that they need to expose other members of the cult. She has to show her people that they don’t need this false witch, otherwise there will just be another sent to replace him, and her town will be truly under the influence of the New Dawn permanently.[break][break]
Then, her brother will die. She’s seen what happens when there’s no cure; she can’t risk that happening to him. There isn’t enough time to strike a better deal than the one that she has now. [attr="class","questh"]THE WOLF OF FLOWERS [break] [attr="class","questblock"]Anima Blair disappears, on a day like any other. She runs away - or perhaps it would be more apt to say that she flies, taking wing as fast as she can once she knows that she cannot be followed. Her days are growing numbered, but she still has things to find in the town of Wolf's Glen. She still has goodbyes left to say.
She will need more a strong will alone to survive what is to come. [break][break] ooc description: pandaemonium, just check the notice in the thread in discord.[break] suggested reward: i have no idea how this will end, so stay posted. [newclass=".questcont"]color: var(--iconcolor); font-family: 'Jost'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.8; width: 520px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 2em; text-align: justify; box-sizing: border-box; border:10px solid var(--bannerbgcolor); } .questname { padding:1em; box-shadow:inset 0 0 0 1000px rgba(18, 18, 30, 0.7); background-size:cover; background-position:center; color:white; font-size:20px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.1em; } .questh { text-transform: lowercase; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; border-bottom: 10px solid var(--mainbg); height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1em;} .queststats b { color:var(--hovericoncolor); } .questtalk { display: flex;justify-content: flex-start;align-items: center;background-color: var(--mainbg);height:60px;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:hidden; } .questtalk img { width: 60px;padding-right: 1em;opacity: 0.6;} .questtalk span { font-size: 0.9em; padding: 0 1em 0 0; } .questblock { border-left:1px solid var(--thirdbg); padding-left:1.5em; } .queststats { box-sizing:border-box; margin-top:2em; padding:3em; background-color:var(--secondbg); [/newclass]
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familiar Familiargawain, western osprey
played by OOC Namesafi
you don't have to hate on your instinct and fears; nothing will ever change anyways
Amaranthine Star
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Post by Anima Blair on Oct 7, 2023 4:44:17 GMT -7
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the wolf and the huntsman: day 1
[attr="class","staffbody"] [attr="class","staffheadimg"] INTRODUCTION[attr="class","staffpara"] The day is a misty one, with the fog rolling in from the peaks of the hills down the valley below. Despite the late august sun, there is a brisk chill in the air when the clouds cover the sun - the autumn is fast approaching, and soon the trees will turn from green to an array of reds and yellows and the wheat fields will turn resplendent gold for the harvest.[break][break]
Despite the adverse weather, the town known as Wolf’s Glen is alive, coloured paper buntings stretched across the gaps between houses, flowers both real and paper-craft fill the streets as gifts for the “wedding” that is due to happen in four days. The statue in the town square, a woman with a cat and a wolf with a sword in her left hand and arrows tucked underneath her right, has been dressed with a long white veil along with the flowers. [break][break]
A notable feature about the town is the walls - tall, solid walls made from stone that have stood for hundreds to allow the town to grow and protect itself. It has always been manned by a militia - less than a year ago, the town was a popular outpost for Cerberus Hunters working in the Highlands. However, after the town chose to shelter and protect a New Dawn preacher, Cerberus withdrew their aid and now the town is fiercely independent forming a successful, well-trained and well-organized human militia, headed by the de-facto leader of the settlement, Alric Fischer.[break][break]
Some of you may have been here for the past week or so, some of you having only just arrived a couple of days ago. Some of you are here on official hound duty; some of you are here to see the New Dawn preacher that has become famous in the Highlands; some of you are here to see the festival that marks the turning of the seasons in a town that still knows its old traditions; some of you are here to what has become a poor girl who always seems to fall slightly short. [break][break]
You are staying at the Huntsman’s Lodge, a massive sprawling cross between a hunting lodge and a hotel. The rooms are mercenary, comfortable but sparse. The bar area is a large meeting hall where hunts would be mustered, and the walls are decorated with paintings and photographs of men and women who won the hunting competition that are held in the other yearly festival.[break][break]
The town boasts three other landmarks within the walls of which the Knight’s Lodge is the most prominent, overlooking the town square. The Chapel House is also well-kept, with a thriving garden of beautiful yellow flowers upon bushes, arranged like sparks shooting outwards from the branches. A small artisanal set of shops, bakeries, leatherworkers, blacksmiths, alchemists, are off to the western side of town. The town’s barracks is arranged between the south and the east gate, suggesting that not everything is picturesque in the town - guns do not shoot flower petals after all. [break][break]
Whatever you are here, the festival will happen in four days. In four days, the town will put on a play in which they don masks: a wolf to represent the brave and gallant knight, a cat for the cunning and quick huntsman, and the princess donning her bridal veil to cover her face.[break][break]
In four days, when the sun hits the sky at midday, people will die. THE SOUTH GATE[attr="class","staffpara"]You arrive too late to discern what exactly has happened, but quickly join the crowd gathered. Members of the human militia prevent people from moving past the south gate properly, and you can hear the snarling of wolves and the barking of orders from a middle-aged man that cuts an imposing figure with a complicated rifle in his hand. By his side is a younger man with long white that cascades down his back, holding a spear seemingly crafted out of still-living wood, peppered with yellow flowers.[break][break]
Across from them, 3 wolves snap and snarl, holding their formation line like soldiers as they stare down the opposition, eyes glowing bright like smoldering coals. Behind them, there is a juggernaut of a bear - a female - but half of the flesh on her face has been peeled and polished away to show clean bones. A lattice of moss, lichen and fungi keep her bones together like connective tissue, and a closer inspection shows that every wound on her body has been stitched together with the same symbiotic parasite. Her one good eye glows bright too, the same colour as the wolves.[break][break]
A stand-off, just outside the gates.[break][break]
There are children stood just behind the pair of townsfolk, wearing crowns of flowers with ribbons and banners in their hands that were decorating the walls minutes ago. It is not unlikely that they will be the first targets, from the way that the wolves seem to watch the three children with a sort of satisfaction when they tremble. [break][break]
( wolves… aren’t usually cruel. they are just animals, after all. these are smart. )[break][break]
Aren’t witches supposed to be protectors? You won’t surely just watch from the crowd of panicked people, will you? RULES[attr="class","staffpara"]Welcome to THE KNIGHT AND THE HUNTSMAN; a quest concerning the town of wolf's glen, a former cerberus stronghold in the highlands before it was abandoned due to the people sheltering a member of the new dawn. the town is the centre of a strange phenomenon involving the local wildlife, a festival to celebrate the town's folklore and the upcoming harvest, and a conspiracy that threatens to tear the town apart. the fate of these people are in your hands, after all.[break][break]
As this section is COMBAT, PLEASE POST ONCE DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. each mod post will be posted after 3 days on a GMT timezone - OCTOBER 10th AT APPROXIMATELY 10PM GMT. please state any equipment that your character intends to bring so that i can keep track of things. this quest will be using timeskips and phases to mark various locations which will be included in the mod post. currently, all players should be within the south gate, but may feel free to move away from the combat and not participate if desired, please state so in your post.[break][break]
This is slightly experimental, so please bear with me if there are any kinks or delays with modding. Otherwise, please have fun and enjoy![break][break]
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