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Gareth inspected the ledger himself, and it was true, according to the ledger, that Redwyne had in fact ordered a multitude of snakes. He handed the ledger back to Wallace for the regent to do with it what he willed while he pondered the meaning of the evidence, doubting the veracity of it just in case the records were forged. "But who else would know of Redwyne's secret that could slip it through?" whispered Harker outside of Hoyt's earshot, standing behind and to the right side of Wallace. It still struck Gareth as suspicious to some degree. That part of things just didn't make any sense to his intuition. Someone either overheard Hoyt and Redwyne talking one time or saw Redwyne opening one of the packages. And beyond that, it was either someone else who knew the secret or Jason. The postmaster didn't help his case, for Gareth still approached with close scrutiny to the words the malnourished vampire of a man said and caught the plea of innocence through Sir Hoyt's rhetoric. Hoyt was obviously trying to persuade Canti to retract from investigating the postmaster further, and Harker wasn't buying it, him whispering again: "This is very consistent to what I've noticed about the Order in only a day's time."

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Sightles said Man, Gareth lays down the law

My favorite part is that someone who is so externally unassuming and kind is inwardly remarking about his ability to kill because someone else said something rude.

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Gareth frowned at the comment. He was no 'small boy playing soldier', no, he was a man coming of age, a sharpshooter who could aim an arrow through Hoyt's head like a deer in the wild, and those words Hoyt uttered were a little diminutive to the true nature of his being. It was likely that Hoyt was unaware of the new squire. Harker took mental notes while Wallace spoke, remembering to tell Walden that they inquired with the postmaster about the package. It was of great necessity that the details about the package be known, as otherwise the investigation would be stumped. Still though, the half-elf thought it particularly incriminating that Hoyt acted so hostile to the idea of interrogation. It was not to blame him for the murder, it was to gather information about it. Of course, that didn't nullify the postmaster's status as a possible suspect.

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Epsir said 'Unfed stray dog' is going on the list of polite and concise character descriptions

You don't understand, I'm laughing forever at that, lol.

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Praise the Based Gareth, the King of "Yeah, I'm here, I'm queer, and people really make me nervous so please be nice to me."

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Gareth waited patiently for an invitation to enter, and he peeked through the open doorway timidly to see what this Jason Hoyt person looked like. Hoyt didn't look particularly intimidating to Harker as much as he looked like an unfed stray dog. No comment came from him, however, not wanting to be rude, and intending to let Wallace direct things. The young man stood behind Wallace in the doorway, and in the background he pretended to have his eyes occupied analyzing other things in the hallway. Mentally he complimented the 'uh... well-designed, structurally-sound walls' of the Tower of the Thistle.

Uldor, Land of Glory. (High Fantasy)

Sightles said Is there a specific bio format you want us to use, or will just anything do well?

To be honest, I didn't expect any immediate attention today, but yes, I do have a format I want to use. I just appended it to the post along with a description of each race.

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I also intend on keeping track of the statuses of characters in this roleplay (not as in RPG-style stats, just information), like what magic they are capable of, where they are currently, etc., so when you post your character sheet, it will show up on the second post along with a hider showing their status.

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Uldor, Land of Glory. (High Fantasy)

Rules.

1. No godmodding, powerplay, autohitting, etc.
2. Decent spelling, decent grammar, and at least 1 paragraph are required for each post.
3. Actions have consequences.
4. Inform me of all absences in advance if possible.
5. My say is final.
6. Please avoid designing a character with an overused character archetype. Really this just means avoiding cliches like the "dead parents" cliche, the "discordant family" cliche, etc. and not creating your character as though you intend for them to be one of the most powerful or the center of attention. This is also relevant.
7. I will tell you if there is a significant grammar issue with your posts that is recurring. If you make multiple posts with the same mistake, I'll likely point it out, but not out of spite. We're all learning, so it's fine.

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Maps of Uldor.

Map.

Map (Political).

Countries.

Dayaman. Dayamans.
Government: Republic — The Lesser Councils are elected by citizens of each island. These councils in turn elect members of the Greater Council, which presides over affairs of the entire nation. The Greater Council, however, has weakened power in contrast to all the Lesser Councils combined. The Greater Council is much like the executive branch of the U.S. government, and the Lesser Council is much like an amalgamation of the legislative and judiciary branches.
Description: A nation on a volcanic archipelago that pioneers exotic magics and exports rare goods. Its southern half has a tropical climate, and its northern half has a continental climate. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Dorthan (~80%), Thantori (~10%), Faelorn (~5%), Upsin (~5%).
Efydd. Efyddians.
Government: Constitutional monarchy — The Queen of Efydd is the head of state, but their parliament controls affairs.
Description: A country nestled between Sappir and Himaya, with tight border security on the western edge and an open border on the eastern edge. It is the center of philosophy and religion in the world, with many holy places and accredited schools. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Faelorn (~60%), Dorthan (~15%), Upsin (~15%), Thantori (~10%).
Gorudo. Gorudons.
Government: Federal republic, with some direct democracy.
Description: A continental area with a large fishing and logging industry. Education is standard. Roughly three-quarters of its population is not religious, but the country is highly tolerant. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Thantori (~70%), Dorthan (~20%), Faelorn (~5%), Upsin (~5%).
Himaya. Himayans.
Government: Democratic republic — President, Parliament, and High Court. Semi-strong centralized government, with several weaker provinces.
Description: A coastal country bordered in the south by the Oorti Sea and the east by the Noxard Ocean, it has large, lush forests with a continental climate zone and a savanna climate zone. The country participates a lot in trade, and resells goods bought from Dayaman. It also has mines in the north. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Dorthan (~60%), Faelorn (~25%), Upsin (~10%), Thantori (~5%).
Nintale. Nintaleians.
Government: Dictatorship under a queen.
Description: A cold northern land with a large fishing, logging, and fur industry. It engages in trade with Sappir. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Faelorn (~90%), Dorthan (~5%), Thantori (~5%).
Perak. Peraki.
Government: Monarchy under an emperor.
Description: A small island nation and former imperial colony of Smaragd that participates a lot in agriculture and sells rare gems and produce to Smaragd, Efydd, and Himaya. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Thantori (~50%), Faelorn (~30%), Upsin (~20%).
Sappir. Sappiri.
Government: Theocracy under the High Priest.
Description: A land build on the hills and plains along the Greater Arcarti coast. With many rivers, it has very sustained agriculture, but sees a lot of flooding. It also has a large mining industry. It has strong border conflicts with Efydd. This land has a strong belief in racial purity and Faelorn supremacy. There are no mixes here, and the mixes that are made are killed in mass genocide. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Faelorn (~90%), Dorthan (~10%).
Smaragd. Smaragdans.
Government: Absolute monarchy — The head monarch can either be a queen or a king, with their spouse taking the title of 'First' (hence, First King, First Queen). Their heir can be one of their children, or a selected person.
Description: This country on Forjinn controls a large mountain and exports agriculture and minerals. In order from greatest to least, the racial composition of the country is: Faelorn (~60%), Thantori (~20%), Upsin (~15%), Dorthan (~5%).

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Races of Uldor.

Races.

Dorthan.
The Dorthan are this world's equivalent of humans. They are much like the jacks of all trades, exhibiting great variation in their traits much like the other races. Not akin to the humans of our world, however, they may have eyes of all colors, except for white, which does not occur naturally in their eye pigments. Their hair is confined to our natural colors. They are among the strongest.
Faelorn.
The Faelorn are much like the elves of contemporary fantasy, however they are much more like the Hylians depicted in the Legend of Zelda series. The Faelorn show a large amount of mental aptitude and physical precision, however their bodies are weaker albeit living 10-20 more years on average than the Dorthan. Innate traits they may possess include a natural beauty with paler skin and higher cheekbones, hair of all colors except for shades of green, and the same eye variations as the Dorthan, however sometimes their eyes may be lighter-colored.
Thantori.
The Thantori are unlike contemporary dwarven races, being they are only slightly shorter than the Dorthan, averaging five feet and reaching five and a half feet at maximum. At age 17, they grow gray horns at the corners of their forehead. They live around the same amount of time as the Dorthan.
Upsin.
The Upsin are the most peculiar, living to be almost 100 years on average, but 140 years at maximum. At age 15, they grow proportionate wings capable of carrying them in the air. They are often taller than the Faelorn, which makes the Upsin the tallest race of Uldor.

Mixes of these races can and do occur. Mixes, however, cannot be found in Sappir at all. Mixes have occurred between 3 races before, but not without the suppression of one of the race's traits. Also keep in mind that mixes are not completely common, but they are a little more common in Himaya than elsewhere.

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Magic of Uldor.

Magic.

Please send me a message if you'd like for your character to have some sort of proficiency in magic before you make your first post with them.

Beyond that, characters can learn magic throughout the role-play from non-player characters and other players's characters. Learning magic from other players's characters that they themselves have not mastered will produce less progress over the course of mastering that magic—this means that it's more efficient to learn from a well-versed teacher who has mastered the magic. Slowly your character will be more proficient with their magic (if they have any), which will cause their spells to have a higher rate of success and a higher amount of ability.

The usage of magic has repercussions. As characters use magic, they deplete their life energy (really this is a number that I use to limit your usage of spells). When a character does not have enough life energy, the magic will not be cast. If the character has enough life energy but reduces their life energy to 0 after using magic, they will die, and otherwise, a certain threshold will cause exhaustion and force the user to go unconscious.

Life energy is restored through sleep and meditation, but it can be increased using orbs and gems to store more life energy. Usually it is best to charge them before sleep as it costs your own energy to charge them. Sometimes things you could find might have an innate life energy in them. Despite the plus sides of energy storage, however, they, too, have limits.

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Character Roster.

Player characters' names link to their character sheet.
NPC names link to their introductory post.

Player Characters.

Darxin Caelsancti, 16, Faelorn/Dorthan from Himaya—ravenDivinity.
Louis Clegg, 20, Dorthan from Dayaman—Sightles.
Rarden Tacklit, 23, Dorthan from Dayaman—Epsir.
Jacen Marik, 24, Dorthan from Himaya—Enalais.
Arisu Akira, 17, Upsin from Gorudo—BlackCat.
Dameon Grayfire, 57, Faelorn from Sappir—Flychageo.
Reginald Fitch II, 19, Dorthan from Dayaman—DrowsyPangolin.

Non-Player Characters.

Edwin Tubigan, 38, Dorthan from Himaya.
Lyria Blutwald, 22, Dorthan/Thantori from Himaya.

PC Statuses.

Darxin Caelsancti:
Location: City Square, Wortgott, Himaya.
Louis Clegg:
Location: The Salted Chicken, Wortgott, Himaya.
Rarden Tacklit:
Location: The Salted Chicken, Wortgott, Himaya.
Jacen Marik:
Location: Streets, Wortgott, Himaya.
Destination: Lower Docks, Wortgott, Himaya.
Arisu Akira:
Location: The Salted Chicken, Wortgott, Himaya.
Dameon Grayfire:
Location: Oorti Sea.
Destination: The Salted Chicken, Wortgott, Himaya.
Reginald Fitch II:
Location: The Salted Chicken, Wortgott, Himaya.

NPC Statuses.

Edwin Tubigan:
Location: Lower Docks, Wortgott, Himaya.
Lyria Blutwald:
Location: The Salted Chicken, Wortgott, Himaya.

Character Sheet.

Character Sheet.

Name:
Age:
Nationality:
Race(s):

Background:
Biography:
Personality:
Religion:

Appearance:
Clothing:
Height:
Weight:
Build:
Hair:
Eyes:
Skin:
Tattoos/Markings:
Weapon:
Accessories/Other:

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Need help?
If there's anything you need to know about the world, come ask me. I'd rather have you try and figure it out by sending me a PM rather than making it up on your own, especially since making it up is a little ignorant of the fact that you don't have to when I've planned out most of the world. ^u^

As far as writing tips go, if you would like me to help you with your writing throughout this roleplay or move up from the free section to the casual section, go ahead and ask me about that as well! I can recommend some excellent guides for characters and writing style as well as correct your mistakes.

Uldor, Land of Glory. (High Fantasy)

Welcome to Uldor.

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A member of the Coal Arm, a contemptible fraternal organization that was based in Sappir, had assassinated the King of the Sappiri. The Coal Arm framed the country of Smaragd for the killing, and the Sappiri readily accepted the rumors as truth: that the death of their king was apart of a Smaragdani plot to capture Sappir. In truth, the Sappir people were blinded by a centuries-old feud between the two nations and came to see the Smaragdani as teacherous serpents bent on bringing evil to the world, and Smaragd verily was irresponsible for the assassination. Yet, the blame still fell upon the Sappiri's rival, and Sappir declared war on Smaragd, with the Kingdom of Nintale from the North intervening despite exhortation to avoid the conflict. With that, Sappir and Nintale threw the world into the Global Arcane War in 712 EG, and Sappir, at the time a strong military power, heavily attacked Smaragd and Efydd with the assistance of Nintale. Himaya provided assistance to both sides of the conflict, capitalizing on the events and entering an era of prosperity. Its neutrality was compromised when Nintale and Sappir succeeded in procuring a spell, an arcane flame capable of destroying entire cities, and destroyed one of Himaya's many port towns along the waters of the Oorti Sea in the South. The acts of the Arcarti Rim Union, comprised of Nintale and Sappir, however, tipped the scales of the battle against them and resulted in their defeat in the year 715 EG after Himaya and Smaragd relieved the side of the Forjin continent, north of the Agdan mountains, of Sappiri and Nintaleian joint occupation.

After the war, Nintale took the largest hit, the kingdom being blamed for most war crimes and owing most of the debt caused by the war, disproportionately to Sappiri charges. Smaragd received the territory occupied by Sappir and Nintale from the Agdan Mountains to the Lesser Arcarti shores of the Forjinn continent; however it lost the island of Perak it had gained through colonial exploits before the war, for Smaragd lacked the money necessary to maintain its imperialism on the island in the Southern Arcarti Sea. Himaya, meanwhile, entered an era of prosperity which enabled it to conquer the lands extending from the eastern savannah to the Great Tauran Mountains, and Efydd received full control of the jungle. Gorudon explorers, from Gorudo, a nation unaffected by the war, discovered Dayaman, another unaffected land in the aftermath of the conflict, thereby completing the map of the world and opening up the entirety of the sea to exploration.

Three alliances emerged from the war: the Arcarti Rim Union (Nintale and Sappir), the Glorious Alliance of the Noxard Ocean (Efydd, Himaya, and later Dayaman and Gorudo), and the Western Arcarti Front (Smaragd, Gorudo, and Perak). The Western Arcarti Front focused on protecting Forjinn and remained neutral, however the Arcarti Rim Union and the Glorious Alliance continued to be at odds with each other. Their conflict could potentially erupt into another terrible war.

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