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The Forest of Helsend

In a quiet village the size of a town, by a noisy river...

People were busy, but nothing was in a hurry. The earth just seemed to march to a different beat here in Helsend, it’s peaceful in this village. Whether you’re coming from the main road that leads to the other side of things, or if you’re already resting somewhere, you’re no doubt a traveler coming for one thing or another. Helsend hasn’t had a lot of visitors lately, children were running through the street waving sticks under the mid-day sun, farmers were tending to the fields, loggers from the eastern side of Helsend were cutting felled trees into logs, and yet most work had been done for the day, so plenty were catching their breath down at the tavern down by the riverside the people fished in when they had time.

The Yellowgrass Tavern.

A homely place, almost all the working class of Helsend came in through here, and while most of them were human, and lumber workers and farmers, there was an elf or two around somewhere that ran a “fancy” store. Either way, it was friendly in Yellowgrass. It didn’t look like much outside, but when you stepped in, things changed entirely. It was large and airy inside with a large and rectangular fire pit keeping the whole place lit and warm, it seemed quiet until you got closer to the tables with people at them, everyone just kept their voices in check politely for the most part. At the front of the tavern was a row of barstools and someone keeping things tended to. A woman in her 20s wearing the usual tavern clothes, cloth shirt, tied up hair, that sort of thing. The counter was empty since everyone was gathered around out in the open as another tavern worker or two handled the food.

It was calm, but lively in Helsend.

What shall you do?

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I’m thinking we’ll start either tonight or tomorrow, depends on if anyone wants to make a new character I haven’t seen yet.

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We won’t rp in discord we’ll vibe there

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@Kazemitsu yeet that sucker into characters

The Forest of Helsend

If I approved your character already yeet that sucker in here

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And I fuckin O O P

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Map of the village to be added

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pp?

The Forest of Helsend

Helsend Forest

A long time ago, a large handful of necromancers came together to form a cult in the woods, far away from the reaches of civilization. Sometimes they’d leave their seclusion to kidnap people for sacrifices to some horrific god, and sometimes they’d keep their prizes to train and bolster their numbers. Nobody ever caught them because they lived too deep in the forest for anyone to come back out. You either got lost, killed, or both.

Then one day the fire happened.

In the middle of their daily practices, a fire supposedly caught onto something and spread throughout the place. It’s likely this came from an uprising made by the captive children, or maybe the necromancers got clumsy. No one knows. The strange thing is that the forest was never harmed. To this day there’s no trace of a camp or a house, no trace of anything left behind by the necromancers. It’s possible there were survivors, someone who could remember the way out of that damned place, but it’s highly unlikely you can find them anymore. They’ve all likely died or simply forgot about the place. And why wouldn’t they? That forest has always been strange, weird noises come from it at night, the kind you wouldn’t hear out of another forest. Dogs have wandered in after chasing butterflies and no one has seen them since, all you can hear is the echoed barks. Some people have even said that they can seen things moving through the trees, late at night, when they look out their windows. None of them know about the band if necromancers that once lived there, none of them would have noticed the fires, or the smoke. It was all too far to be seen.

That was 20 years ago, and the closest piece of civilization to any of this is the people living in a small riverside village called Helsend, full of farmers and craftsmen of various kinds. One may even find a wizard if they looked far enough. Helsend isn’t quiet, no one comes here looking for a fight, people come here to rest and be on their way in the morning, or to just settle down and let the world pass them by. Helsend isn’t just a mile away from the edge of the forest, which everyone keeps rumors alive about. Rumors that it’s cursed. The older folk keep their children from going too close, saying it’s dangerous, or that wolves could come out. This is where you come in.

You’re visiting Helsend for whatever reason, maybe you’re a paladin tracking down some evil people, maybe you heard the rumors, or maybe you’re just the usual adventurer coming for glory. Wizards, warriors, thieves, it doesn’t matter who you are or why you’re here. Just be careful going into those damned woods.

You might not come back out.

Welcome

This is the rp for my int check I did around a month ago. Some of the players have already made their characters, but if some new people want to roll in, that’s okay too.

Here are the ground rules

1 - If you make a big decision in this, consider the other players, you’re not gonna rush headfirst into the forest the moment you understand that it isn’t normal. Why? Because you’re not the only one here.

2 - Respect your other players. Simple enough.

3 - Unless someone doesn’t follow Rule 2, don’t kill each other.

4 - Don’t be op and use ooc knowledge to your ic advantage.

5 - If there’s a problem you either settle it in a dm or don’t mention It at all. Keep drama out of here.

If there are any question, ask them. Welcome to the quietest village in the region.

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Okay everybody who is still on board with this

Drop a message so I can add ur name to a thing