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How your character relates to the following, by belief or disbelief, is up to the character.





Rules
1. Regular Guild rules apply, behave, play fair, no god mode, no playing other's characters and so on...
2. All off-topic discussion should be coloured light pink. If so desired, I can set up a discord for open chat.
3. Once the game begins, avoid using hiders. I will use them to give information to characters that is not openly known. I will use the following format:

[@mention]

4. Two (2) paragraphs is the bare minimum of a turn. A paragraph to me is three (3) good phat sentences. Three (3) paragraphs is preferred and more the merrier. ie: as much as you can is what I am attempting to say ;)
5. When the characters speak, use an easily readable colour that is other than red, which I reserve for myself for GM purposes.
6. After posting your turn, you can edit formatting and typos, though do try to it within 30 minutes of the original posting. DO NOT change your narrative unless you notice a fault in continuity or critical info, in which case notify of it in the OOC.
7. Write in 3rd person.

The game goes in rounds where I begin by playing the setting of a round and the rest of you have one turn. I will give direction at the OOC of exceptions and play the environment/NPC turns as the game goes on.

Any questions or concerns? Let's talk and solve! =)
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Welcome to Idumea

A royal messenger rode into a town, calling attention from everyone within the reach of his voice. From his tone and the way he arrived, in a rush, there was no question that whatever he was about to say was important, urgent even. Once there was silence and he had the attention of all, he took a scroll with a royal coat of arms painted on its backside – a seated lion resting its paw on a shield and a crown over its head like a divine halo. He cleared his throat and began to read...

"Hear all citizens! King Gonagas, the Lord of this land and the Defender of the people, has sent out a decree to all cities, towns and villages; to all who are now living within the boundaries of the Kingdom. Hear the words of your King!

"From King Mikill Gonagas to all ready and able who are willing to take up arms in defence of the Realm,

"'The Kingdom is facing a great threat from the surrounding countries and the lands round about it, which requires immediate action. To protect the freedom of the people and the independence of our beautiful kingdom, I, the King, will send a dispatch of the Royal Guard joined with all the volunteers who are given a rank of a private in the Guard, on a pre-emptive quest to strengthen the position of the Kingdom and our ability to defend it.

Report at the gates of Helsset, the City of the King, before the harvest season begins.

May the hand of The Guardian be over us all.'"

This was the tidings the messenger came with. You are a person of remarkable skill and talent in your art be it swordsmanship, controlling the supernatural and the elements, stealth, alchemy or anything else. Regardless of the questions and doubts the strange and unexpected open call aroused, you answered and left for Helsset. Whether it was glory or adventure, title or rank, revenge or revolution. You had your reasons.

You met a group of other volunteers in the previous village you traveled through, the village of Giron - the last at least somewhat politically meaningful community on this streak before arriving to Helsset. Since Giron, you have been traveling together as a party. That was three days ago.

You are now closing in on Avveel, a small rural hamlet and the last village where you can rest and restock before continuing the final leg to Helsset.



Character Sheet

Name: If you are creating a new character, take inspiration from Arabic/Sami for humans, Old French for elves, Old English for dwarves, mixed blends or chooses the dominant side
Age: traditional lifespans
Gender: male/female, sexuality not relevant for the story – but a welcome addition
Race: human, (forest/mountain/cave)elf, dwarf, mixed
Personality: how the character is as a person
Appearance: how the character looks like and what equipment s/he has
Class: what ever is the character's art/job, describe proficiency, shortcomings

Story: Brief history and ancestry of the character

Motive: Reason why you answered the call of the King

Send the character to me as a PM for evaluation that it matches with the existing lore. I will do my best to provide all existing and relevant information. Ask questions in the discussion below, if you are wondering about something that is not written in the 0-post. I will update Lore and Rules accordingly. Once approved and accepted, post the character in the character thread.

NOTE! When the character is posted in the character thread, hide all undisclosed information and secrets behind a spoiler box.



That should be all! Looking forward to your amazing characters ;)
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Sounds interesting. I'll be getting to work on a character soon. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.
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Sounds interesting. I'll be getting to work on a character soon. Looking forward to seeing where this goes.


Looking forward! And as I said, any questions of anything, especially lore related things, drop lines my way and we'll see about them :)
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@taistelusopuli I'm intrigued by this :)
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Reminding everyone who have prepared and are preparing characters for Children of Avveel that the application window closes in about 11 hours (23:59 GMT+1, Oslo time). After which I will do a last check on the characters and pick the ones who will get to join this journey! I have already received a few great characters and I am looking forward to receiving the ones I've yet to receive!
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As you most likely know, the application window has closed now. I will go through the characters once more tonight and send message to everyone if their character gets to join the story or not. I got a few more applications so unfortunately not all of you will get to join this time. All of the characters were truly amazing and I really thank all of you for your interest and the work and love you put into this so far. I hope you follow the story along and join next time!
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Hey y'all! Like I said, thank you s much for the amazing characters, all the love and effort you put into them. It was a real pleasure to get to know all of them, I hope you get to use them regardless of wether they get to join this story or not. If I wore a hat now, I would raise it for all of you.

I have made my picks for the party of 4 and will inform you via PM momentarily after which you can finalise/polish/expand on your character in the Character section of the thread. Still if there are any questions regarding lore, send them my way either via PM or here on the OOC.

Looking forward to the play!
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@Knight of Doom@Sanity43217@BlueAjah@Sedjwick

Welcome to Idumea, all of you!

Please, get to know each other. Once the 4 protagonists are up in the character section, take a moment to familiarise yourselves with them before we begin the play. Naturally, respect [hiders] unless you want to know something your character is not supposed to know.

Oh, and please! What are your timezones? That will determine the rotation of turns.
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Hi everyone! My name is Meg and I look forward to writing with you all! I’m central time also!
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Hi everyone! My name is Meg and I look forward to writing with you all! I’m central time also!


Hi Meg! Pleased to make your acquaintance! Let's see, that would be GMT -6, if I am not sorely mistaken. Name's Markus! whole 7 hours ahead of you in Norway! :)
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Hello, you can call me Knight. I'm friends with @BlueAjah, and am excited to start this RP. I am also central time US which is GMT -6 during the winter and GMT -5 during the summer because we have daylight savings time.
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Hello, you can call me Knight. I'm friends with @BlueAjah, and am excited to start this RP. I am also central time US which is GMT -6 during the winter and GMT -5 during the summer because we have daylight savings time.


Nice to "meet" you Knight! Looking forward to seeing how you and Sylvaine make the story!
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@taistelusopuli You can call me Sedjwick, or just Sedj (some people shorten it like that). I'm US Pacific Time, which is GMT -8, but we're on Daylight Savings Time now, so I guess that makes it GMT -7.

Looking forward to playing with everyone.
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@taistelusopuli You can call me Sedjwick, or just Sedj (some people shorten it like that). I'm US Pacific Time, which is GMT -8, but we're on Daylight Savings Time now, so I guess that makes it GMT -7.

Looking forward to playing with everyone.


Great to have you with us! The whole daylight savings ordeal is so frustrating at times! :D there has been some talk of getting rid of it here in Europe. We’ll see though.
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I know. I hate it. All it does is confuse matters, I think. I know at least 2 states over here don't do it, and we in California voted to get rid of it 2 years back or so, but I heard it has to get approved by D.C. for some reason, and that hasn't happened yet. It's just stupid.
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Hi, y'all can call me Sanity. I'm on Australian Eastern Standard time (AEST).
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Hi, Sanity! Looking forward to see Numair in play – and my computer stopping to constantly correct his name into "Number"...

Alrighty then! I think all is set. I have added turn rotation and lore to the zeroth in the IC section. We go around the globe, heading West and in case of Meg and Knight, I just put you in alphabetical order based on your usernames. I will be posting the opening scene today/tomorrow.

Looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds with you guys!
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Ahh I'm first! I'll try my best to respond as quickly as possible! I'm excited for this to start!
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Okay! The story begins! Please, write as much as you like! The "minimum" and "preferred" text quantities are really just to give incentive to get as much out of you all as possible.

Oh! And WRITE in 3rd person! Easier for all to follow who does what. I will add this to the rules.
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Ahh I'm first! I'll try my best to respond as quickly as possible! I'm excited for this to start!


Take your time to play a good turn! No need to hurry! ^_^
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