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Imperial FoxLocated in Northern California, there is a group of about 362 people living together in a walled in self sufficient commune, called Silverwing Hill. To the outside world it is a cult, but to the 'Silver Angels' as they call themselves, it is everything.
This RP is about the younger generation, that is coming to find out that their way of life, is not all it seems to be.
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3. if you have any questions just ask in the OOC or PM me.
4. No god-modding
5. grammar/spelling = do the best you can!! I use spell check, and grammar check all the time)
6. no one liners, minimum is one paragraph but I would really love more.
7. Limit of two characters per person, please.
(if anyone needs and help finding a pic for there CS, I would love to help find one. just PM me a basic description.)
The tent pictured above is what the housing looks like for married couples. Inside there is one queen size futon, a chest for storage, pillows, blankets, and a portable fire.
Single members of the same gender live in one of the long houses that sleep up to forty people.
Normally people only only sleep and take their rest time inside their homes.
Though on rainy days, people normally spend it ether in their homes, the Prayer Hall, or dinning Hall.
Sick people, and heavily pregnant women spend lots of time at home.
The tents are placed in a circle around a community area called a gazebo. These areas are called a neighborhood. Ten tents around a Gazebo make up one neighborhood.
A Gazebo has a running water pump, and a outdoor oven next to it. There is also a portable fire pit inside the gazebo used for warmth, and as a stove. During winter and the rainy season, waterproof canvas is hung over the inner walls to block out the chill. This canvas is quilted and stuffed with straw, down, and wool for insulation.
Gazebo's are where breakfast and lunch are typically held. Dinner is always in the dinning hall. They also are a gathering place.
This RP is about the younger generation, that is coming to find out that their way of life, is not all it seems to be.
1. follow Rules of the site.
2. wait to be accepted before posting
3. if you have any questions just ask in the OOC or PM me.
4. No god-modding
5. grammar/spelling = do the best you can!! I use spell check, and grammar check all the time)
6. no one liners, minimum is one paragraph but I would really love more.
7. Limit of two characters per person, please.
(if anyone needs and help finding a pic for there CS, I would love to help find one. just PM me a basic description.)
The members call themselves Silver Angels. They display excessively zealous and unquestioning commitment to their leader, Bruno Atlas, whom is considered the all divine prophet and savior. Members regard the belief system, ideology, and practices as the complete truth, and law.
Subservience to Bruno and the silver Angels requires members to cut ties with family and friends from the outside world, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group. When first joining the Silver Angels, you are blessed with a new name, and a job.
Questioning the doctrine, and doubt of any kind are discouraged and normally punished. Most punishment is carried out in the repentance room, or in severe cases members are put in Isolation. Members are told whom to date, what job they get, whom to marry, and even if they are allowed to have children. Members are encouraged, and required to live and socialize only with other members.
For the community to make money they sell the things they make. At the end of every week they community bring their creations to the prayer hall, and the leaders comes to collect. The leader then goes outside the commune to sell it all. Produced items are as follows: Soap; honey; candles; hand knitted things; crocheted items; weaving; wood; carvings; baskets; dried herbs; lavender; cheese; breads; etc.
People Never leave Silverwing Hill unless they are band, which has only ever happened once to a women whom got pregnant out of wedlock and would not tell the leader who the father was. After she had the baby she was band, the baby stayed behind.
The picture above shows the main idea of what the clothing believers wear looks like. Light flowing fabrics in white or beige. For shoes they normally go barefoot or wear a pair of brown sandals. Man wear pants and a shirt. As a rule their hair is never longer then shoulder length. Woman wear dresses, or a top with a long skirt. No makeup is allowed, and Hair can be no shorter then shoulder length.
Typical Daily Schedule
6:00am Wake up
6:30am Breakfast at the Gazebos.
7:00-7:30 clean up home/Clean up gazebo/feed animals/collect eggs
8:00-8:30 Prayer Time
9:00-12:00 Morning chores/work/tasks
12:00-12:45 Lunch at the gazebos
1:00-3:00 Prayer Time
3:01-7:00 free time for adults. School time for children
7:30-8:00 Prayer Time
8:01-8:29 people under the age of 12 eat dinner
8:30-9:00- dinner in the Dining Hall (people under the age of 12 go to bed at 8:40)
bed by 11:00pm
Subservience to Bruno and the silver Angels requires members to cut ties with family and friends from the outside world, and radically alter the personal goals and activities they had before joining the group. When first joining the Silver Angels, you are blessed with a new name, and a job.
Questioning the doctrine, and doubt of any kind are discouraged and normally punished. Most punishment is carried out in the repentance room, or in severe cases members are put in Isolation. Members are told whom to date, what job they get, whom to marry, and even if they are allowed to have children. Members are encouraged, and required to live and socialize only with other members.
For the community to make money they sell the things they make. At the end of every week they community bring their creations to the prayer hall, and the leaders comes to collect. The leader then goes outside the commune to sell it all. Produced items are as follows: Soap; honey; candles; hand knitted things; crocheted items; weaving; wood; carvings; baskets; dried herbs; lavender; cheese; breads; etc.
People Never leave Silverwing Hill unless they are band, which has only ever happened once to a women whom got pregnant out of wedlock and would not tell the leader who the father was. After she had the baby she was band, the baby stayed behind.
The picture above shows the main idea of what the clothing believers wear looks like. Light flowing fabrics in white or beige. For shoes they normally go barefoot or wear a pair of brown sandals. Man wear pants and a shirt. As a rule their hair is never longer then shoulder length. Woman wear dresses, or a top with a long skirt. No makeup is allowed, and Hair can be no shorter then shoulder length.
Typical Daily Schedule
6:00am Wake up
6:30am Breakfast at the Gazebos.
7:00-7:30 clean up home/Clean up gazebo/feed animals/collect eggs
8:00-8:30 Prayer Time
9:00-12:00 Morning chores/work/tasks
12:00-12:45 Lunch at the gazebos
1:00-3:00 Prayer Time
3:01-7:00 free time for adults. School time for children
7:30-8:00 Prayer Time
8:01-8:29 people under the age of 12 eat dinner
8:30-9:00- dinner in the Dining Hall (people under the age of 12 go to bed at 8:40)
bed by 11:00pm
The tent pictured above is what the housing looks like for married couples. Inside there is one queen size futon, a chest for storage, pillows, blankets, and a portable fire.
Single members of the same gender live in one of the long houses that sleep up to forty people.
Normally people only only sleep and take their rest time inside their homes.
Though on rainy days, people normally spend it ether in their homes, the Prayer Hall, or dinning Hall.
Sick people, and heavily pregnant women spend lots of time at home.
The tents are placed in a circle around a community area called a gazebo. These areas are called a neighborhood. Ten tents around a Gazebo make up one neighborhood.
A Gazebo has a running water pump, and a outdoor oven next to it. There is also a portable fire pit inside the gazebo used for warmth, and as a stove. During winter and the rainy season, waterproof canvas is hung over the inner walls to block out the chill. This canvas is quilted and stuffed with straw, down, and wool for insulation.
Gazebo's are where breakfast and lunch are typically held. Dinner is always in the dinning hall. They also are a gathering place.
The Isolation house is four miles from the rest of the community. Depending on how long your sentence, is how long you are going to be locked in the house alone (sometimes without food or water). The door is locked and all the three small windows are sealed shut. Every two days the keepers are sent to check on, the person in Isolation.
Isolation as a punishment is very rare, normally a person is just sent to the repentance room, or shamed publicly.
The Isolation house is really just an old large abandoned shed. The inside is about the size of a two car garage. There is a ratty blanket, and a bucket to do your business in, that is it. The walls are painted sage green, and in white paint there are bible versus and Bruno Atlas's quotes on the walls.
Isolation as a punishment is very rare, normally a person is just sent to the repentance room, or shamed publicly.
The Isolation house is really just an old large abandoned shed. The inside is about the size of a two car garage. There is a ratty blanket, and a bucket to do your business in, that is it. The walls are painted sage green, and in white paint there are bible versus and Bruno Atlas's quotes on the walls.
The children Cabins, are normally called CC1, CC2, CC3, and CC4. These are where the children ages 6 months to 6 years old live, until they are given back to their parents on their sixth birthday.
There are four children Cabins, they house 16 children each.
CC1 & CC2 - Are for ages 6-months to 3 years old. Each has 8 cribs and 8 toddler beds, there are 4 highchairs, a short table with small chairs around it, one large chest full of soft handmade toys, and two twin sized beds up in the loft, were the Mams, sleep. Also up in the loft is, changes of clothes, extra blankets, and other supplies. On the porch is two long benches and in front of the porch is a Running water pump and a oven like at a Gazebo.
CC3 & CC4 - Are for children ages 4 to 6 years old. Each has 8 twin size bunkbeds in it, adding up to 16 beds. There is also a table, chairs, a chest full of handmade toys. There is one extra twin size bed up in the loft area where the Mam sleeps. There are Cubbie holes built into the walls up in the loft area. Children have three changes of clothes, one pair of moccasins and one pair of sandals. Their personal cubby is were they keep these things, along with there knitting/crocheting/whittle wood or other things they are working on. On the porch there is some chairs, in front of the porch there is large picnic table and benches, along with a outdoor oven and water pump.
Mams - Are unmarried women whom live with the children and take care of them. They are given the job by the leader at the age of 18, and that is their job until they are 66, which is the age of rest. They are called Mam, or Mam -there name-. There are 12 Mams, three to each cabin, but only six sleep in the cabins, switching every night. The other six sleep in a their assigned long houses with the singles.
The current Mams names are Edda, Mallow, Olga, Eliza, Linden, Koa, Paloma, Clove, Agnes, Merle, Bay, and Willow.
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When a woman gives birth they care for and breastfeed the baby until six months of age, then the baby is taken to the CCs were the baby is raised by the mams, until the age of 6. On their sixth birthday they go back to live with their parents. During a child's stay in the CCs they are raised by Mams along with all the other children. They are taught sewing, wood carving, knitting, crocheting, animal care, swimming, cooking skills, harvesting, dancing, singing, prayer, reading, writing, Cleaning, weaving, law, rules, and embroidery. Their days are spent learning and playing around the community.
Parents can come see their child when ever they want. When the child turns five they normally spend 3 to 4 hours a day at their parents home, playing games, doing crafts, and eating lunch.
Children between the ages of 10-12 are helpers to the Mams, with the younger children during the day, unless they have other work, tasks, or chores that have been assigned to them.
There are four children Cabins, they house 16 children each.
CC1 & CC2 - Are for ages 6-months to 3 years old. Each has 8 cribs and 8 toddler beds, there are 4 highchairs, a short table with small chairs around it, one large chest full of soft handmade toys, and two twin sized beds up in the loft, were the Mams, sleep. Also up in the loft is, changes of clothes, extra blankets, and other supplies. On the porch is two long benches and in front of the porch is a Running water pump and a oven like at a Gazebo.
CC3 & CC4 - Are for children ages 4 to 6 years old. Each has 8 twin size bunkbeds in it, adding up to 16 beds. There is also a table, chairs, a chest full of handmade toys. There is one extra twin size bed up in the loft area where the Mam sleeps. There are Cubbie holes built into the walls up in the loft area. Children have three changes of clothes, one pair of moccasins and one pair of sandals. Their personal cubby is were they keep these things, along with there knitting/crocheting/whittle wood or other things they are working on. On the porch there is some chairs, in front of the porch there is large picnic table and benches, along with a outdoor oven and water pump.
Mams - Are unmarried women whom live with the children and take care of them. They are given the job by the leader at the age of 18, and that is their job until they are 66, which is the age of rest. They are called Mam, or Mam -there name-. There are 12 Mams, three to each cabin, but only six sleep in the cabins, switching every night. The other six sleep in a their assigned long houses with the singles.
The current Mams names are Edda, Mallow, Olga, Eliza, Linden, Koa, Paloma, Clove, Agnes, Merle, Bay, and Willow.
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When a woman gives birth they care for and breastfeed the baby until six months of age, then the baby is taken to the CCs were the baby is raised by the mams, until the age of 6. On their sixth birthday they go back to live with their parents. During a child's stay in the CCs they are raised by Mams along with all the other children. They are taught sewing, wood carving, knitting, crocheting, animal care, swimming, cooking skills, harvesting, dancing, singing, prayer, reading, writing, Cleaning, weaving, law, rules, and embroidery. Their days are spent learning and playing around the community.
Parents can come see their child when ever they want. When the child turns five they normally spend 3 to 4 hours a day at their parents home, playing games, doing crafts, and eating lunch.
Children between the ages of 10-12 are helpers to the Mams, with the younger children during the day, unless they have other work, tasks, or chores that have been assigned to them.
The cottage is Bruno Atlas's House. It is located in the eastern part of Silverwing hill next to the pond. It has indoor pluming and is the only building other then the CCs to have electricity. It has a TV and a computer with slow internet. There is an old decaying bus behind the cottage.
The Cottage has four bedrooms and one bathroom. Bruno, his wife Janine, and his six children live in the cottage. His Children are: Boris (16), Pearl (14), Melody (12), Elroy (10), Acacia (8), and Heather (7). Boris is meant to take the place of his father when he dies, as the leader of Silverwing hill.
Other then the bedrooms, bathroom, small kitchen, and living room, there is the basement that is where the TV and computer are located. The basement is locked, and Bruno is the only one with a key.
The Cottage has four bedrooms and one bathroom. Bruno, his wife Janine, and his six children live in the cottage. His Children are: Boris (16), Pearl (14), Melody (12), Elroy (10), Acacia (8), and Heather (7). Boris is meant to take the place of his father when he dies, as the leader of Silverwing hill.
Other then the bedrooms, bathroom, small kitchen, and living room, there is the basement that is where the TV and computer are located. The basement is locked, and Bruno is the only one with a key.
The Prayer hall is akin to a church or temple. The members come here to pray during prayer time.
The Prayer times are mandatory, and a loud bell is rung at the beginning and end of the meeting.
You kneel or sit with your legs crossed as you listen to the Leader speak, then everyone meditates and chants their prayers until the end of prayer time.
The Repentance room is located in the basement of the prayer hall building. This is where you go if you brake a rule, sin, or question the leader. You are led down into the room, where you kneel and say your prayers, then you are asked what you did wrong, after you reply, you are then whipped/beaten/burned and so on depending on what you did, you are given the accorded punishment. This is all done to you by the leader, or one of the generals. When you leave the repentance room you are then forgiven and can go about your day. People do not speak of what happens in the room, it is forbidden.
The Prayer times are mandatory, and a loud bell is rung at the beginning and end of the meeting.
You kneel or sit with your legs crossed as you listen to the Leader speak, then everyone meditates and chants their prayers until the end of prayer time.
The Repentance room is located in the basement of the prayer hall building. This is where you go if you brake a rule, sin, or question the leader. You are led down into the room, where you kneel and say your prayers, then you are asked what you did wrong, after you reply, you are then whipped/beaten/burned and so on depending on what you did, you are given the accorded punishment. This is all done to you by the leader, or one of the generals. When you leave the repentance room you are then forgiven and can go about your day. People do not speak of what happens in the room, it is forbidden.
These are a list of the other buildings, and places located inside the commune.
Horse Stables
Big Barn - Animals live here
Chicken Coops
Dining Hall - old stone barn with many tables inside, also used as a community gathering space.
Corn Field
Gardens - very big, grows enough to sustain 500 people.
Lavender Field - located on the other side of the wooded area.
Woods - A wooded area.
River
Lake - contains fresh water fish, shells, and water snakes.
Large pond - contains turtles, frogs and small fish
Green Houses
Animal Pastures - Have roaming goats, cows, sheep, alpaca, horses, pigs, and turkeys.
Smoke House
Bath House - Men bathe on odd days, and woman on even days. Bath tubs are for little children and the ederly. Showers are 5 minutes long.
Wheat Fields
The Hill - Located at the center of the commune, it is against the rules to go to the top.
Wood Shed
Orchids - They grow apples, pears, oranges, limes, lemons, cherries, grapefruits, peaches, plums, olives and figs
Book Hut (has 25 old books that you can take and read.)
Horse Stables
Big Barn - Animals live here
Chicken Coops
Dining Hall - old stone barn with many tables inside, also used as a community gathering space.
Corn Field
Gardens - very big, grows enough to sustain 500 people.
Lavender Field - located on the other side of the wooded area.
Woods - A wooded area.
River
Lake - contains fresh water fish, shells, and water snakes.
Large pond - contains turtles, frogs and small fish
Green Houses
Animal Pastures - Have roaming goats, cows, sheep, alpaca, horses, pigs, and turkeys.
Smoke House
Bath House - Men bathe on odd days, and woman on even days. Bath tubs are for little children and the ederly. Showers are 5 minutes long.
Wheat Fields
The Hill - Located at the center of the commune, it is against the rules to go to the top.
Wood Shed
Orchids - They grow apples, pears, oranges, limes, lemons, cherries, grapefruits, peaches, plums, olives and figs
Book Hut (has 25 old books that you can take and read.)
1. Many Faces of Wildflowers by Jane Lawson (each Page is the name, details and an illustration of a different flower)
2. Our Trees Volume 1 by Gregory Taylor (Text and chromolithographs describing trees native to Britain)
3. Our Trees Volume 2 by Gregory Taylor (Text and chromolithographs describing fruit trees around the world)
4. A.B.C. Birds by Antoinette Bates (List the bird in abc order, with colorful illustrations)
5. Silver Angel Wings by Raya Atlas (short stories and poems about the 'silver angels', faith, hope, love, and peace)
6. Under The Water by Sean Matthews (Book about fish and plants in the Ocean)
7. Krieg By Ekkehard Blum (Photographs and stories of world war two. Its all written in German, so no one can read it, but Sir Bruno says that the photos show what its like in the outside world)
8. Monstres Sur Terre by Véronique Clément (Book is written in french. Full of illustrations of monsters, demon, dragons and zombies. Sir Bruno says these are creatures from the outside world)
9. Why is a Lion, called a Lion? by Fiona Denis (A book about Adam and Eve naming the animals)
10. Herbs and remedies by Brandy Poots (Simple Recipes for antibiotic, nosebleed, sunburns, coughs, headaches, sleep, and many other ills.)
11. Poems of Nature by Jonathan Doran (a collections of poems and about nature, and beauty)
12. How to Knit by Alexandra Williams (a large book, with how to knit levels 1, 2, and 3. Along with 20 knitting patterns how to make sweaters, hat, mittens, scarfs, socks, and a small blanket.)
13. Cotton in the Sky by Jacob Browning (book of amazing photographs of clouds, and an explanation of how clouds form, what the different type of clouds are called, hints on forecasting, observing, and photographing clouds.)
14. Children Cabins Meals by Mam Feather Creek (A Recipe book full of the meals eaten at the CCs, written by a Mam whom past away nine years ago.)
15. Stories from above by Bruno Atlas (Children stories from God. Really all Sir Bruno did was steal classic fairy tales from the outside and rewrite them to fit his views.)
16. a book of Mother Goose Rhymes
17. The lorax by Dr. Seuss
18. Show me the honey by Tish Rabe (learn how bees communicate via dance, how to collect nectar and spit it into combs, turn it into honey, and seal the combs with wax.)
19. Rumpelstiltskin
20. Little Red Ridding Hood
21. The Giving Tree
22. Knitting Fever by Lisa Dante (32 patterns and tips on how to knit sweaters, dresses, socks, mittens, hats, scarfs, blankets, and Pants)
23. Big Cats by Eric Marshall (Book about lions, tigers, cheetahs, panthers, Jaguars, and leopards.)
24. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
25. A book on hand sewing and embroidery.
2. Our Trees Volume 1 by Gregory Taylor (Text and chromolithographs describing trees native to Britain)
3. Our Trees Volume 2 by Gregory Taylor (Text and chromolithographs describing fruit trees around the world)
4. A.B.C. Birds by Antoinette Bates (List the bird in abc order, with colorful illustrations)
5. Silver Angel Wings by Raya Atlas (short stories and poems about the 'silver angels', faith, hope, love, and peace)
6. Under The Water by Sean Matthews (Book about fish and plants in the Ocean)
7. Krieg By Ekkehard Blum (Photographs and stories of world war two. Its all written in German, so no one can read it, but Sir Bruno says that the photos show what its like in the outside world)
8. Monstres Sur Terre by Véronique Clément (Book is written in french. Full of illustrations of monsters, demon, dragons and zombies. Sir Bruno says these are creatures from the outside world)
9. Why is a Lion, called a Lion? by Fiona Denis (A book about Adam and Eve naming the animals)
10. Herbs and remedies by Brandy Poots (Simple Recipes for antibiotic, nosebleed, sunburns, coughs, headaches, sleep, and many other ills.)
11. Poems of Nature by Jonathan Doran (a collections of poems and about nature, and beauty)
12. How to Knit by Alexandra Williams (a large book, with how to knit levels 1, 2, and 3. Along with 20 knitting patterns how to make sweaters, hat, mittens, scarfs, socks, and a small blanket.)
13. Cotton in the Sky by Jacob Browning (book of amazing photographs of clouds, and an explanation of how clouds form, what the different type of clouds are called, hints on forecasting, observing, and photographing clouds.)
14. Children Cabins Meals by Mam Feather Creek (A Recipe book full of the meals eaten at the CCs, written by a Mam whom past away nine years ago.)
15. Stories from above by Bruno Atlas (Children stories from God. Really all Sir Bruno did was steal classic fairy tales from the outside and rewrite them to fit his views.)
16. a book of Mother Goose Rhymes
17. The lorax by Dr. Seuss
18. Show me the honey by Tish Rabe (learn how bees communicate via dance, how to collect nectar and spit it into combs, turn it into honey, and seal the combs with wax.)
19. Rumpelstiltskin
20. Little Red Ridding Hood
21. The Giving Tree
22. Knitting Fever by Lisa Dante (32 patterns and tips on how to knit sweaters, dresses, socks, mittens, hats, scarfs, blankets, and Pants)
23. Big Cats by Eric Marshall (Book about lions, tigers, cheetahs, panthers, Jaguars, and leopards.)
24. The Tale of Peter Rabbit
25. A book on hand sewing and embroidery.
They believe that the end of the world is near and Bruno speaks the word of God. They believe that in order to enter heaven their spirit has to be live on earth in an earthly body, and persurvere under the sun, and live among unholy demons, so when their earthly bodies die they can enter Heaven. They also are meant to have many children, in order to supply earthly bodies to their waiting kin spirits. They think they are going to become future angels of heaven.
No sex before marriage
Always pray, everyday wholeheartedly
No Lying
Follow everything the Leader says, without question or doubt.
Do not be greedy, you are given what God wants you to have.
No Cheating
Everything is everyone's, so share, and give freely.
Nothing in excess
Do not be impatient
No cursing
Revenge, is a sin
No Laziness
Be Healthy and clean
Practice Self Control
Be Productive
No meat on weekdays
Practice penance, and fasting
No contraceptives
On a persons 12th birthday they go to see the leader, the leader gives them a small book. The book is called 'The Angels Way'. The books contains Illustration of angels and stories of the (made up) saints and what they did. The leader gives them a speech about striving for perfection and such.
At the Age of 18 you are assigned your job by the leader.
People normally get married around the ages 16-20, The marriages are chosen by the leader.
No sex before marriage
Always pray, everyday wholeheartedly
No Lying
Follow everything the Leader says, without question or doubt.
Do not be greedy, you are given what God wants you to have.
No Cheating
Everything is everyone's, so share, and give freely.
Nothing in excess
Do not be impatient
No cursing
Revenge, is a sin
No Laziness
Be Healthy and clean
Practice Self Control
Be Productive
No meat on weekdays
Practice penance, and fasting
No contraceptives
On a persons 12th birthday they go to see the leader, the leader gives them a small book. The book is called 'The Angels Way'. The books contains Illustration of angels and stories of the (made up) saints and what they did. The leader gives them a speech about striving for perfection and such.
At the Age of 18 you are assigned your job by the leader.
People normally get married around the ages 16-20, The marriages are chosen by the leader.
Wayback machine characters from the past (link)
