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I have been writing as a hobby for longer than you have been alive. I have been a regular member and roleplayer of no less than fourteen different online forums during that time (including the old RPG), five six eight of which no longer exist.

I was previously a regular on the Homestuck forums, but I became so sick of thread turnover there that I asked around and eventually found the Guild. Since joining, I have exclusively only participated in Advanced RPs. Before Mahz gave NRPs their own subforum, I used to be an NRP regular in the Advanced Subforum. I am a Guildfall survivor, and know/regularly write with a few others.

If you ask anybody who has written with me in previous RPs, they should tell you that I have a generally open schedule, I post regularly and in a timely fashion, and I never drop an RP once I join unless the thread dies. Some of them may tell you that I have extensive expertise within the realms of Biology, Psychology, and Physics, which I will make no effort to validate since there is no way I can provide hard proof of aforementioned alleged expertise to anybody over the internet (though I am happy to try and answer any questions you send my way).

My favorite fandom is the Myst franchise, which seemingly nobody other than me has ever heard of.

I was a Contest Moderator for the Writing Contests Subforum for just a little bit over two years. I wrote the Moderation Policy for that subforum and I ran a contest called the Twelve Labours; you can still go there and see all of them and the entries people wrote for them in the Contests Section and the Victory Archives.

I have been quadruple secret banned from the guild discord. That is not a joke.

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Blendecs form at Leyline Intersections as malign acts are committed by other species amongst the Fae. It is possible the same is true in Mundus as well, although again it would be tied to acts committed by Fae - Human acts are insufficient for the process. The connection all Fae have with various natural arcane forces (control via true name, glamour, compulsive pacts, etcetera) means that every act made influences the Otherworld (and again, possibly Mundus as well) in a particular fashion. Various natural forces rerout most of this influence through the creation of 'haunted' or 'enchanted' locales and genius loci, or else by generating various natural phenomenon (ball lightning, derechos, will-o-wisps, etcetera). Similarly, the psychological impact upon the victim/s of these malign acts has further influence that stacks with the influence of the perpetrator.

Blendecs specifically are manifestations of intent and willingness to do harm to others. The cognizant nature of the influence itself is responsible for the formation of a sapient being. Implicitly, Blendecs are not the only Fae that form via this process - I would be unsurprised if they are but one of many different kind of Fae that form at Leyline Intersections.

Their very nature is what made the Benign Compact possible. Using the Shards of Caliburn and certain enchantments, it is possible to enable any particular Blendec to become aware of the formation of more of their kind, being wholly aware of the entirety of each being's essence. Enchanting other Fae this way would be impossible, as even if they form the same way they would be formed via different natural processes (hence the need for a Prop-Up 'King' rather than a Lord from another species of Fae) - they would be unable to distinguish the specific forces that culminate in the formation of a Blendec from other natural processes (though it should be noted, a similar compact might enable them to observe the formation of their own kind).

The reason Sathanas was able to suborn the compact was due to the wording. The Courts wanted a stable chain of succession for their puppet kings, so that the Blendecs would never have any 'grace periods' to cause trouble. Borrowing from Human practice, the status of Kingship transfers instantaneously from one person to another, in this case literally. Nobody was around to observe precisely how Sathanas managed to be designated Marduk's heir, but common speculation suggests that he likely compelled the False-King to do so. This is also why the second Compact failed, since Sathanas was by then already technically King of the Blendecs according to the first Benign Compact, which maintained a superior manifestation to the second one by dint of having been formed first. All the second Compact likely did was designate Ashinhil as Heir.

As for the World Tree - I am well aware. Sathanas suffered innumerable trials while they resided near Yggdrasil. The chaotic weft of spacetime there and the resulting anomalies were rather unkind to him during his stay, not to mention any treatment by the world tree itself. I will say Sathanas probably attempted some form of parlay with Yggdrasil, similarly to how the Courts have bargained with it in the past - but without anything like the Shards of Caliburn, any possible bargain was likely unfavorable. The bountiful supply of pitchblende in the area is likely one of the only reasons Sathanas survived.

Modified the history to comply with the absence of the Cauldron.

As for why they hate Mimameith: Reasons.
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So I'm actually a bit stuck on whether or not I should make my Hivemind Empire (And I use the word "Empire" very loosely) to be the typical extragalactic threat i.e. The Tyranids

Or if I should just make them a fledgling group to reach into the stars... If any of you would like to help me out on what you all would prefer it would help me out greatly, because although they are a pre-existing race from a past RP I essentially have to rework everything about them.

@Sigmaif you would be okay with the extra-galactic threat like the Tyranids, I'd be okay with playing that, otherwise I'll figure it out somehow XD


the LAST roleplay already had a beyond the galaxy hivemind faction that got deaded faster than the Tasen fighting the Komato.
Since I want nothing to do with the previous historical iteration of your galaxy, and since I refuse to do the typical extragalactic aliens ploy, I am going to need to get very faintly creative.

Remind me. Is this the Milky Way, or some other galaxy? If the latter, should I presume otherwise nearly identical properties?
You promised to inform me when it died so that I could rightfully steal the Space NRP Slot you FRAUD.

TREACHERY.

I mean, I will probably join anyway, but CURSE YOU.
@Terminal can you do the sidebar thing for us please?


On it.

Done.

Ping me if you need any imagery added.
What a second.

I remember this roleplay.

As I recall, I was planning to make a wish to destroy the Volcano and remove all supernatural forces from the world.
I have just sent two posters requests for collabs, which will suffice for the moment. More will come in time as the roleplay progresses.
In Ardacia 10 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
@Terminal That's being carried over. Would you be RPing for the trio?


No.

I mean, everyone should feel free to write for Questors elsewhere, but these three will be written by me.
In Ardacia 10 yrs ago Forum: Nation Roleplay
@Vor I wholeheartedly on slimming things down and brainstorming. Didn't see this post until just now -- have been juggling some things -- so I didn't add the northeast as an abandoned sector on the map, but if you'd like for a lot of it to be under Tyndall rule but pretty much abandoned then you're welcome to it.

As for plotline brainstorming, for the sake of transparency, here's what I've got so far.




In the prior thread the Soneillons had sent a Questor Trio to assist Ser Bagface. I see no reason why that would not be the case here.
@Prince of Seraphs It's not precisely a dealbreaker, but I can't think of anyone else at the moment that would fit an intrigue rp, particularly not that isn't in use anywhere else. Most of my characters are in use somewhere most of the time, though not always as a focus. And I'm still waiting on an answer to whether or not I'll get to play that dynamic elsewhere. *sigh* Kinda getting frustrated, but I just need to keep telling myself to be patient.

Intrigue is not my normal stomping ground, thus the lack of numerous suitable characters. I'm rolling the thought around, but it's not shaking anything loose yet. I might contribute a species or two as time and inclination permit. I just dunno. You have a fair point about duplicating dynamics. Hm. Maybe...I do have a couple of proper Bards, though they're not generally fey in the Court sense. Might be able to bring one of those in. Would you be alright with traveling musicians being given leeway not usually granted to others, in exchange for the news they bring? Perhaps they are completely unaligned from any court, perhaps they have a loose allegiance but generally remain neutral (or are subtly taking sides but avoid actively doing so, as well as any serious twisting of facts). Perhaps the special permissions are suspended if they wish to take a side during times of conflict -- or perhaps they are lost permanently. Lemme know what you think.


Actually, we currently need somebody to fill that niche.

As much as 35% of the first level of preliminary faux-intrigue is based entirely around the experiences of naive and inexperienced newcomers. The Fool is a card in the arcana for a reason, and it is most certainly not because I put it there for you to find by explicitly mentioning it a second ago.

Try entering a character who has no idea whatsoever as to what they are getting into. Perhaps even a mortal guest in the Fae realms? Equipped only with 'base' rules of etiquette and wildly inaccurate folklore tales. Clearly it would only end well.
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