The Harbinger of Ferocity

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I believe this all seems to be going rather well in terms of how things ended, all matters considered. Do continue on this path and we might have something yet that will last.

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So there's a couple of veteran characters, but a lot of new faces who don't understand demons the same way. Maybe the previous characters have been thwarting these particular demons for years now, and have grown quite familiar with each other

@The Fated Fallen

Essentially, yes. The returning cast has had ample time to know their enemy as well as develop their individual objectives and goals. The return of the evil of the past, even elements thereof, would provide great reason for them to take up arms again and cross familiar paths. Some might have stayed together, but I see it being just as likely others might have gone their separate ways; a fairly even split.

To answer @Letter Bee's question, that's more of something up to @IcePezz and @ArenaSnow given they operate the world's aspects. With twenty five or more years, I do not see why your character could not have done so; there's significant time, planning and execution to be done for that, but with a time skip that large, there's no reason it could not work to my understanding. It would likely just need explanation in the backstory.

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

There certainly is not enough snow, or mountains. I recommend combining the two for superior results.

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Interesting to see a few familiar faces as well in the form of @Crimson Raven as well as @HHShetland.

My vote is for anything over a twenty-five year skip, as to me it makes the most sense as to why these events are not just inherently linked otherwise. I highly doubt you would see much of anything but recurring villains and a few previous heroes, as if I understand how the demons seem to play, they go for the longer term plan.

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From my stand point I was going to retire The Red because of the distance of time and that he is still just a man at his core, albeit forever changed and altered by supernatural aspects. He also was not that young to begin with, so time would have taken its toll - either way, he would have ended up in the animal afterlife of the Beastlands assuming this is still all very loosely based off of Dungeons and Dragons material.

That said, I can work with much of anything - all I really need is an outcome of the previous events to establish motivation as to why the wild world would send another champion, if not a more defined one.

In addition, starting after the holidays I can see as almost mandatory; I doubt many would post aside from myself and perhaps another or so, given my schedule does not vary during that time.

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I generally agree; especially on the part where considerations of the universe created itself should be considered. I put a good amount of behind-the-scenes investment in it that isn't clear reading the IC or even OOC, so this one dropping would certainly be a blow.

I'm a little mixed on limiting it; on one hand, I like the idea of being open to new folks at any time, particularly since most of the original core group dropped out; and on the other hand, this roleplay did suffer from a little bit of confusion as to who was doing what, where. So, perhaps a compromise in creating a core group to start with, but allowing new players in if we can put a system in place to organize things?

@ArenaSnow

There is no reason I can see that the lore and universe you created behind the scenes could not "play out" and let the consequences thereof, based on how things are generally going, regardless of it being a "win" or "loss" for the players, could not be used in the future events. After all, as I see it, the situation of this current roleplay being a "prologue" could provide massive reason for the events in the next iteration. That is my thinking, so it does not all go to waste, and a lot of "end-game" goals for bad guys still can be reworked and woven in again as continuity.

Whatever the outcome is, the new characters (or surviving ones if they age slowly such as an elf, or not at all as a demon), readily have some plot based motivation left. Even if the scenario as it is now in the current story is where the heroes "win" I highly doubt the demons won't just bide their time and attack a few hundred years later when their baneful enemies are long dead and the world mostly forgot of these events. If the players "lost", then there's no more reason you need. The world lost. Now the battle is uphill and more heroic because these could very well be the last heroes of the world.

It works in any configuration I can imagine, really - it all comes down to the lore, which does not seem to be the issue in the slightest; there's no lack of it.

Moving on, although it is nice to have the roleplay open all the time to get "new blood" there has to be a limit on how many players get involved, otherwise you encounter issues as we've seen here. Core, important, crucial characters (for the plot or backstories) up and vanish, leaving gaping holes in a myriad of things, plot included. So the sort of system where you have say, six or seven players, no more, and only replace them if one leaves is safer.

I am however, entirely against a reboot.

Why replay the same events as before? Not all of us, myself included, were present, but why? Of course the outcomes will be different, to some length, but there's too much invested. It feels like a betrayal in a way, as there were so many distinct elements that you're just trying to match or best them now.

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

The sad part is, I would dare say this is now the norm.

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Although it is extremely regrettable to see the likes of @IcePezz, thereafter followed by @The Fated Fallen it has been a tremendous honor to be regarded so highly; it is a remarkable sensation to have a roleplay and characters worthy of interaction and participation. Although my time has been effectively brief with the core characters, and more prevalent with some of the newer additions I did not feel as though our groups were so separate.

In truth what it is I am saying is, more than anything, thank you - not just the departed or departing, but all.

Officially I am not resigning and taking my leave from this roleplay, and although my opinion might hold some form of sway in these future events, all I really ask is that whatever is decided upon is done so for as a whole. Not just the players' interests, but those of this fantasy's heroes, villains, lore and world itself.

This is one of the few roleplays I have seen with its own mythos that was actually good - worthwhile. I would rather not see so many contributions wholly undone, and while I think it would be best to start anew, I believe these events should be considered canom to the following story.

My other advice, from experience here and abroad, is to limit the roleplay to a core group and open only if or when someone departs.

I apologize for my inconsistency, but do believe me I took the time to make this reply out in the middle of nowhere on what limited service I can get; this is a very, very rare thing. Perhaps fate intended it.

All the same, to those leaving, goodbye and good luck - we will be here.

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I will be unable to post until Monday at earliest as it seems, but accounting for this, hopefully there are a few replies here and there over the weekend.

Cara's Originally Titled OoC Hangout Thread ♥ (Still)

As have I, but those I instructed were not standardized students, either. How I actually miss it, at times.