ok, so, here goes some stuff...i'll probably pull all of this info together and put up an OOC here in a little bit. bc i like what we've got here...four people is pretty awesome. we're pretty awesome!

anyway, here's a plot starter idea. check it oooooooooout.

[hider=PLOTTING ON YOU] As something of a rite of passage, before heading to Essia, it is common for fledgling adventurers to visit the Stone of Nine (in a small grove a few miles outside of Oakheim, if'n ya don't recall) to both pay their respects and immerse themselves in the very ideals (whatever those are to the individual) of adventurin'! Fate connives in interesting ways, when the Gods are absent or busy playing at their own devices. It is here, gathered around the Stone that we first view OUR HEROES (that's you. yeah, you! oh! and probably me, too!) as they pay their respects and reflect on the journey yet undertaken. Unbound by familiarity or companionship, these strangers stand with a great distance between them; soon to be united by the machinations of Fate its self.

 Reality is ever attempting to right the wrongs within it, to restore a semblance of balance to the worlds it contains. These strangers are the instruments of Fate, yet to be tuned. With silent steps, a hooded figure arrives and places a pair small offerings at the base of the Stone (as is customary for those who wish to pay respects). A tiny thing, the first, wrapped in nothing but paper; the barest edge revealed. A bone fragment, jagged and yellowed, peering out; wordlessly enticing these gathered strangers to gaze upon it. Beside it a translucent shard, silver mist swirling lazily within. Before these strangers have been placed the beginnings of discord and suffering...but also the essence of hope. 

 The stranger flees as quickly as they had come, giving no glimpse of their face (wonder who that could be...), leaving the choice before the fledglings; already knowing the tune they will play and the chaotic steps that follow their raucous melody.

 Fate, the stranger knows, is a predictable force...[/hider]

 so, yeah, that's how i'm thinking we're gonna roll these bones! i mentioned earlier that there'd be a little rough patch in getting the story started...and that's it, right up there. SOSOSOSO! let. me. know. what. you. think.

 edit; ooc will probably go up before i finish elise's whole huge back story thing. look F O R W A R D to it! (though it will be pretty much just the same thread with things a little more organized and some more information here and there! stick with me on this one, ok?!~ ok!~)