Mokley

Lantern

Oooo choices! Eeny meeny miney moe...

Petrichor (closed)

First post is still just a worldbuildy thing -- I'm still working on the actual first post of the RP. I thought it best to at least give you guys something. XD

The actual actual first post should be ... uh ... soon! That means anyone who needs to edit a CS or make one DO IT NOW. ;)

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Selections from the Libraries of Keithon

The last king of the Fell Age claimed he was in love with a Ruse. To satisfy her unending thirst, he spilled all the blood she could drink. He burned his own villages, buried his lords and vassals, stabbed his servants, beheaded his council, and slit his children's throats so that his beloved might live. When there was no one left -- when the kingdom was reduced to ash and the castle was empty -- the Ruse disappeared. To this day, the old castle is haunted by the ghost of the mad king; he still wanders the halls, searching for blood so that his love might return to him once again.
-- Rumors of the Ruse by Cera Servin

According to popular belief, the first Ruse sighting was in 1042, when Ameline, Duchess of Rook, claimed she was being followed by a cat with no eyes. She disappeared shortly afterward and was declared dead in 1044. Claims that she had been spotted wandering the Drea forest as late as 1237 have been largely discredited by Casperian scholars.
-- Origins of the Ruse Madness by Elwen Fersigold

Sightings of the Ruse dropped off sometime between 1138 and 1141, which were also the years when the last monarchs died or went crazy. Although it's clear that these facts are directly related, in some contemporary circles the explanation fabricated by the onion farmer Leomond Sormander persists. Sormander claimed that during an ice storm in 1137 he had single-handedly captured and imprisoned the fabled 'King of the Ruse'. The location of this prison was never revealed and his methods were never described except as 'with a trowel'. A privately owned statue of Sormander stands at the site of his onion field (now a cabbage field) in the Eye of Oros. At the time of this writing the statue is missing its nose, which alteration this author personally believes to be an improvement.
-- The Farmer's Guide to Nature's Anarchy by Amos BalSeng

Speculation has been made regarding the nature and purpose of the Ruse, but no two experts agree. They may be spirits of Nature bent on destroying civilization. They may be ghosts of the deceased, or demigods or gods themselves. For the purposes of this book I will set forth my own opinion, that the Ruse are simply half-formed or damaged spirits. They have no physical shape, so they take the form of other beings: they mimic other life, hence their name. Their hollow eyes are a symbol of their lack of capacity for human understanding. In their efforts to discover themselves they have consequently -- and accidentally -- destroyed the lives of thousands. We should not blame the childlike Ruse for our dead and our disaster, for they truly do not know any better than what they have done. But as long as they live, whatever their intention, we will mourn in their wake.
-- The Psychology of Liars by Hiram Long

Hope is light when the world seems only darkness. Hope is our children. Hope is love. Hope is the smell after the rain, because even the most terrible of storms must pass.
-- Unknown, from a relic found in the ruins of Kimberton

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Final analysis (because I'm procrastinating):

The Drea rainforest, Moran, Colchetta, and the Chus-Cande island are on or near the same continent of Witherings, but the tribes have never met.

What the Colchettans call the River Oros, the Madakam call the River Ti-ain.

The mountains of the Four Tribes of the Wind stand between the jungles of Witherings and the Rune Desert.

The Ruins of Kimberton and the ruins visited by the Dryads are one and the same.

Seven years ago there was a great worldwide storm, more devastating for some than for others.

Nisa, Cyrus and Moria all speak English
Nisa and Moria speak Spanish
Cyrus and Moria speak Zulu and Arabic
Matin, Rosella and Moria speak "Common" (which for our purposes I think should be Cantran)
Therefore, Ila (and Ooko, when/if Xistina returns) is the only character that Moria can't translate for.

The gods Casper, Lutok and Ma-Ruk all have claim over being the Creator.

Everyone generally seems to agree that the Ruse are destructive to society in defense of Nature and are harbingers of disaster.

Edit: Still coming along. I have a small part finished, and I have a terrible habit of editing as I write. Hopefully in the next few days the first post (the hardest one of all!) will be up.

Edit 2: Halfway done, I think.

Lantern

@Zealous Blade good luck with finals!

To everyone, I wouldn't normally ask but since activity levels are sporadic: who can vouch that you'll definitely be around next week? I need a victim -- I mean, volunteer -- character that can be vital to the next mod post.

Anyone but @Red_massa, I mean. Simon already burned down the forest and sent you all to your watery doom, that's quite enough for now. ;)

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Wooo! Ok people, I'm gonna work on this.

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@AliceInRedHeels
Excellent. Go ahead and copy to Characters!

Are we finally prepared to begin, then? Who exactly is left? I fear we might have lost some along the way.

Candlewick [CLOSED]

We just keep chuggin in our rustymossy crazyship across waters unknown.

Good luck to everyone at the beginning/end of semester! Your places will be here when you return. :)

Lantern

Woohoo! There is life!

Those of you dealing with the end of the semester, good luck! And breathe! ;)

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@AliceInRedHeels
Cool so far! Go go go! :)