January Calendar of Events

[fairyfoes]

Hey, fairybros! For the January event we'll be releasing some information on the IC calendar! Last year in-game was year 2,700 in the Age of Uncertain Heavens, one of many recorded ages of the drabwurld! As of the new year, 2,701, whispers of the War's return to the severity of old will begin to come true! ...

The Heavens Speak of Futures GENRE: MYSTERY/STRATEGY/MAGIC | DURATION: 05-19 JANUARY

SUMMARY Those who have kept their fallen stars shall find that they become active again, trembling and crying out to those who they have bonded with in fear! These shardbearers shall receive special visions of great calamity given to them by their star: and for the duration of January will be able to enter the dreams of others to share their visions. Please comment in the section below with a link to your character collecting their star to receive a vision!

The Unseelie monarchs have been moved to re-establish great guarding fortifications throughout Dorchadas: massive magical black spires, each well-guarded, built with the magical assistance of Aellyn elves. The call will go out to all Unseelie shardbearers to return to Caer Scima to aid in the war effort by:
     + training with fellow shardbearers for battle
     + drilling with native soldiers
     + helping to raise and give magical wards to the new fortifications
     + acting as scouts along the southern border, which has recently been overcome by Seelie forces

Meanwhile, back in Caer Glaem, the Seelie monarchs will issue their forces to begin marching to the Cathraon to begin massive military maneuvers. They also set out a call to their own shardbearers, bidding them to gather along the massive battleplain where lavish tents have been set aside for their use for the purpose of using the month to:
     + train with fellow shardbearers for battle
     + drill with native soldiers
     + help to arm and provide supplies for the army
     + act as scouts and spies in Unseelie territory and on Unseelie movements

Need help getting involved? Ping your Court Leaders!

List of those receiving visions!

Only individuals who contribute to the war efforts will receive boons for January! Quests which are related to the war effort should exceed the quest limit wordcount by a decent margin to count for both a quest and a boon!


MONTHLY OVERVIEW

01ST JANUARY The New Year! The halls of each court will be strewn with coloured ribbons and a small feast will be held with music. In-game year is now 5701 in the Age of Uncertain Heavens.
05th JANUARY • EVENT STARTS.
07th JANUARY • AUDIENCE WITH THE MONARCHS.
07th JANUARY • A fairy or imp will get the attention of each Seelie or Unseelie to inform them of the royal decree to aid the war effort!
14th JANUARY • Word penetrates both courts that the Seven Star Oracle of Leathann has been slain after predicting the end of the drabwurld, purportedly by a shardbearer. Native anti-court sentiments reach the point of public demonstration in most cities, opposed by small pockets of fervently pro-court supporters.
15th JANUARY • VOTE ON WHETHER THE GAME SHALL TIMESKIP IN APRIL!
19th JANUARY • 1) EVENT CLOSES. Those who have contributed to the efforts of their court will be marked! 2) Native elven hostilities against vampires in Glaschu result in a night-exodus of many vampires heading north along the Astar into Dorchadas, forsaking homes to avoid possible war with the newly-formed elven kingdom! Rumors persist of a massive conclave and military mustering of vampires at the Sentinels.
20th JANUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) • 1) RESERVES OPEN. 2) The boon request post goes up on the OOC community. You will be asked to state your character's request and link to proof of having participated in the event. Mods will be around to approve or deny these.
24th JANUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) • 1) APPS OPEN. 2) Boon requests close!
25th JANUARY • Approved or altered, boons are ICLY received today when characters wake up unless otherwise specified.
26th JANUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) • ACTIVITY CHECK.
27th JANUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) • RESERVES END. FFA BEGINS.
01st FEBRUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) • ACTIVITY CHECK ENDS.
01st FEBRUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) APPS CLOSE.

The next Calendar of Events post will go up toward the end of January to cover all of February, with the next Test Drive Meme up around a week before reserves open. Weather will be bursts of blue skies between hard driven snows and a mid-month blizzard. Nights are frigid, with feet of snow sticking in most areas of Dorchadas.

COURT LEADERS! There will be a special section below for you to post your character's info, as a volunteer to be a hub to help direct activity for newer players and less established characters during the war efforts. Thank you!

<center>★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★</center> - ★ <b>PLAYER NAME</b>: - ★ <b>CHARACTER NAME</b>: - ★ <b>CHARACTER RANK</b>: - ★ <b>WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY</b>: - ★ <b>CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH</b>:

Comments

COURT LEADERS

[fairyfoes]

[gordianknots]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Meg
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Waver Velvet, Lord El-Melloi II
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: Morla's Messenger, 3 stars
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Arranging safe havens for people in both courts who want to stay clear of the fighting and remain safe outside of the castles. He has arranged for two safe havens (as of this plotting post) - one for each court - and will be working to add additional ones if need be.
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH:
- Setting up safe houses for those avoiding the fighting
- Providing information to those who remain neutral on what areas should probably be cleared out
- Generally acting as an information hub depending on what he can learn from his contacts within both courts
- In short: Waver's here to offer options to those that don't want to participate in the fight, and ensure their safety.

[meloncholy]

I know Porthos and Waver have only really spoken in that one thread (I've been a bit slow from the 19th onwards e_e) and idk if he'd be putting out a general call, but Porthos would be up for helping to escort people safely to safe houses if they can't fite no matter what court they're part of.

Otherwise I'm cool about making other plans if that doesn't work!

[scorchedchivalry]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Sin
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Saber Alter
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: 4 stars Reul's Right Hand
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Acting as High King Reul's will, heading the war effort with both defensive and offensive measures, troop deployment, rallying Unseelie shardbearers
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH: Saber will be assigning low level quests specifically geared toward the war effor (once I get them written up). She can also get other characters involved by inspiring them to get up and fight, assigning characters to specific locations, placing them under the command of other PCs. Basically, she can do just about anything to get any Unseelie involved!

[vrykolakas]

Yoo, so the Brucolac a) really needs to prove his loyalty to his court and b) can't let his fellow vampires just get kicked out of their homes without putting up some kind of fight. His heart. I noticed you were inquiring about the vamps up above; if Saber's planning on getting them to fight for the Unseelie, Brucolac would love to be involved.

[boutant]

Ariadne knows three native vamps and can give Saber their names, if you'd like! c:

[atoned]

i was directed to you by the mods and was just wondering if zuko gaining command of the tower (or just looking after the area in general) nearest to quendi was at all possible? he has a little history with this village outside of the dead city (he's still investigating a malevolent spirit killing villagers there and they've erected a little flag in his honour! ♥) and i was wondering if this was at all a possibility that could happen? if not, that's cool! i figured i'd ask oocly before doing anything icly.

[winterwork]

Okay so! Jack will be helping out the Unseelie by playing a part in all the heavy snowfall this month, using it to try and slow down the Seelie forces in their march. Mods have directed me to go to one of the commanders (and since Jack and Saber are such good ~buddies~ now) to coordinate what the best areas might be to set up his crazy flurries. /o/

[survivra]

SO THIS IS VAGUE BUT... Katsa is neutral but leaning Unseelie and could probably be convinced to join in if she were given a reason. Any chance Saber could help out inspiring her really to get involved? She's at the Station early this month and has excellent combat/sneaking/scouting skills.

[boutant]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Gadgets
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Ariadne
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: Devourer of Light - 4 stars
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Fortifications, especially around the lower left spire (and her own manor but idk if that counts). Also providing her manor (see the chateau on the locations page) as a place to stay for Unseelie helping with the war effort. She'll also be scouting around La Llorona and attempt to make contact with members of her cult.
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH: Fortifications (she's an architect!) and that aforementioned place to stay. Screw camping, sleep in style.

[wipedclean]

/THROWS BUCKY AT ARI SO HARD

[digophelia]

alice will murder anyone who gets near your house :')

[gordianknots]

Waver will be pinging Ariadne to let her know where to send folks who decide this ain't for them.

And yet again apologising for not getting to her manor

[notyetlegend]

leaves a note under Ariadne's door

[winterwork]

SO jack's going to be building an ice wall for the barrel to give it a bit an extra minor defense against war things happening.

i don't know how well defended the manor is, but would you like a bit of an ice wall a little ways in front of it for some support? :u

[fairybros]

Should you want to log out any interactions between Ari and her followers, send a PM to this account and we can sort something out! :D

[andallbite]

So hey word has it you're getting a titan......

Once things get sorted out icly, these two should meet up! There might be a lot he could do for her, depending on what she needs done the most.

Unseelie

[dragmire]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Masa
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Ganondorf Dragmire
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: Lord of Mair, five stars
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Providing troop support from Mair and Maupertius. He will keep reserves in his own city to deal with any opportunistic Seelie soldiers from trying to catch his holdings unprotected. He will likewise provide magical wards for defensive purposes, as well as use his own spy network to patrol the border. He'll expend more of his own effort than that of his actual soldiers and resources.
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH: As the highest level Unseele shardholder, he can assign high level quests to those wanting more involved roles in the war effort. Otherwise he can train people how to use their shard or provide skilled leaders with a small command of soldiers. Although not commanding the Unseelie royal forces like Saber, he has a large enough command of his own to provide people positions and different roles for the battle.

[curser]

Wrong account, but shh. I think Damon would love to learn how to use his shard, since the idea of having stronger and faster abilities than what he currently has will just make him all but delirious. He might be willing to do assassinations and other dirty work in return.

[liven]

:|a Could he teach Shijima about this shard-usage? She's going to be contacting him in the near future to report the results of her assigned quest, anyway. (Since the orders were "then contact Ganondorf". And I know quests don't count as involvement usually so I need an involvement thing.

(hi masa)

SEELIE

[knightscode]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Jack
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Lancelot
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: 5 Star / Seelie Marshal
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Organising troops, fortifications, scouts, defences, sending people out on missions! Lancelot will be heavily involved in this because it is, in fact, his job. Go figure.
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH: Pretty much anything!

He has a Quest Board with a few tasks people could take related to the build up, but additionally he can give people direction outside of that and I am happy to invent quests or tasks to suit a person. He's also building an outpost for the Seelie near Eaglais, and can recruit people to help with that as well training people to use their shard and organising them to train others. Pick a speciality and we'll find a task!

[cerebral]

I want Charles to get involved but I feel like he needs prodding to be IC because he has feelings about war. Luckily, he also has feelings about people dying and experiencing pain and can be unintentionally emotionally manipulated by fellow do-gooders :D

He hasn't kept his telepathy a complete secret so word could have gotten back to Lancelot? And I feel like if we build this cr now, it would be a good way for him to get involved with quests in the future.

[fell_to_hell]

I keep meaning to have Nico put into Shard Training. :T He'll have to do that after all of this. Nico's probably gonna join in at the tail end, but he'd be willing to be put with the scouts, if that's cool? Especially any night teams. >>

unseelie.

[erythristic]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Mira
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Grell Sutcliffe
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: Red Knight - 3 stars
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Formally organizing and leading combat training in Caer Scima for various levels of experience, as well as actively engaging the enemy once the Seelie assault begins.
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH: Learning enough self defense and offense to actually survive this and/or refining their techniques, as well as recommending groups of people who seem to work well together to higher command and noting who exactly seems the most raring to go (you always need a vanguard). If you want to get involved on the battlefield itself or want to lend your skills to teaching, she can help.

[of_the_lake]

★★★★★ COURT LEADER ★★★★★
- ★ PLAYER NAME: Dan
- ★ CHARACTER NAME: Berserker, Lancelot of the Lake
- ★ CHARACTER RANK: Knightslayer, 4 stars
- ★ WILL BE AIDING WAR EFFORT BY: Nope.avi
- ★ CAN HELP OTHER CHARACTERS GET INVOLVED WITH: While Berserker will not be aiding the war(both courts can shove it), he will get news fairly soon about a fairy/dryad massacre in Cathraon and he'll want vengeance. Seriously, the world could explode for all he cares.

Berserker will be offering rewards for:
*Information about the massacre and how it was performed
*Name(s) of the assailant(s)
*Capture of the assailant(s)
*Instructions and education on how to perform torture

Berserker's rewards will either be in gold sums, jewels or weapons/artifacts he's forged with fairy magic!