NOVEMBER CALENDAR OF EVENTS

[fairyfoes]

Hey, fairybros! November is a BIG MONTH in term of game developments! First, we'd like folks who have NPC/Black Shuck threads to know that these will be carried out to a sensible conclusion!

Secondly, we'd like to introduce the details on the time skipping mechanic! Please go here to review the info and ask any and all questions! Note that as a result of questions and interaction with the game's community, we may update or modify the mechanic, so please check back frequently!

As a note, the Quest Request will be opened in just a few days, with an ETA of November 05! This will be our first batch, and the mod team will approach all participants for the first month for criticism/reviews of the process en masse at the end of the month. We're not entirely sure how to gauge participation at this point, but expect that requests will be closed if it reaches unmaneagable levels, especially with the holiday at the end of the month.

With that in mind, we're also going to put out a blanket notification that all mods are likely going to have spotty activity for holidays this and next month, so as a general rule, expect that we may spend a little more time getting to requests and replies.

The Uprising Dead GENRE: ACTION/ADVENTURE | DURATION: 01-07 NOVEMBER

SUMMARY All over the land, unmarked graves are blooming with green sod and bright, fragrant tulips. The fairies whisper that Black Shuck is returning the Long Dead to the notice of the land, and will urge everyone to rebury the bones of champions in the crypts of the castles before fourteen days have passed. The fairies won't say why, but will be moved to tears if their pleas are not carried out. Even the imps will be frantic over the accomplishment of this task. The monarchs will issue decrees for each shard-holder to follow the instructions of the fae. On the seventh day, midway through the deadline, they will be persuaded by the monarchs to speak plainly: Black Shuck wants his dead honoured by Caer Glaem and Caer Scima alike, even within the Station's mile radius. If the mounds are not exhumed and the contents properly laid to rest, the Dog of Death will lay a sickness on the six lands.

Characters need not accomplish this; those that do may receive special recognition, while those who don't may receive unforeseen consequences!

The Uprising Dead GENRE: ACTION/ADVENTURE | DURATION: 15-21 NOVEMBER

SUMMARY The tulip mounds rot with the sunrise of the fifteenth day. From them rise up large spectral dogs with blank fiery eyes that roam the six realms and attack anyone with a shard. These, the monarchs will inform the realms, are the restless souls claimed by Black Shuck, cast out and damned until felled by the fearless; the trouble with slaying the hungry beasts lies in their ability to inspire ones greatest terrors to grip the heart. As a result, they are difficult to destroy. A royal command will be issued to all shard-holders, instructing them to fortify the castles and all those who are able to ride out and destroy the demonic dogs. Seelie and Unseelie alike will be granted a royal favour at the end of the month.

Since this is not a mass event, players are encouraged to plan and plot among themselves, and set up their own logs as appropriate!

MONTHLY OVERVIEW

01st NOVEMBER (01am IC) • EVENT START. The Black Shuck's will is known, spread via NPCs who have spoken to him at Samhain!
01st-07th NOVEMBER • Saralegui is proclaimed and formally announced Lord of Redgate. News of Reynard's defeat at Maupertius becomes known; his lands are now controlled by Ganondorf Dragmire.
05th NOVEMBER • QUEST REQUESTS OPEN!
15th NOVEMBER • The demon dogs rise and roam the Six Realms!
20th NOVEMBER (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.
21st NOVEMBER • EVENT CLOSES. If the bones/dogs have been dealt with at player discretion!
24th NOVEMBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • 1) APPS OPEN 2) Boon requests close!
25th NOVEMBERR • Approved or altered, boons are ICLY received today when characters wake up.
26th NOVEMBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • ACTIVITY CHECK.
26th NOVEMBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • RESERVES END. FFA BEGINS.
01st DECEMBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) • ACTIVITY CHECK ENDS.
01st DECEMBER (00:01am LONDON GMT) 1) APPS CLOSE. 2) NEW CALENDAR OF EVENTS.

The next Calendar of Events post will go up to cover all of December. Weather for this month will be bursts of cold rains with a few frosts and light snows, and mostly slate-gray skies. Nights and early mornings will be utterly frigid. Please feel free to use this as a plotting post. Finally, if you have any queries about the event, please direct them to the Questions thread and we'll get back to you ASAP, and feel free to use this post to plot together. Thank you!

Comments

[notavirtue]

Javik's going to be out of town for most of the bone stuff, but they could definitely beat up dogs together B)

[survivra]

ooh, absolutely! and perfect timing to meet javik with this event too, hahaha. i believe katsa will wind up somewhere near loch noa, but that's probably flexible if necessary unless he'll already be around there too?

(also i finally steeled myself and finished the virmire mission last night so i can finally finish me1. and ouchh D: )

[notavirtue]

He'll be back at Caer Scima probably just before the deadline! Like the 13th or something, I have no issue fudging some dates haha. If she's gone before then, he spent a lot of time between the Station/Loch Noa, so he could easily wind up down there for Reasons.

(awesome! there are more great missions ahead of you, so hang in there! and yeah, the entire trilogy is like a shot through the heart :c who did you decide to leave behind??)

[survivra]

she'll be out of caer scima looking for bones! but nothing's set in stone so whatever needs fudging on either end. i guess with travel time, since loch noa is where she'll need to be during the spectral dog part of the event, she'll have to be around there in the first part of the event? so we can do that.

one of my friends has been saying me2 is the best of the three, so i'm really excited to get there since i've enjoyed me1 already a lot. i left kaidan, and i'm going to finish that playthrough, but i'm actually... going to go back and replay it after all just so i can tell myself i saved both of them... and i'll be able to go back later and finish it with him too. i'll have me2 to come to terms with it since the virmire survivor isn't on your squad either way iirc? i love him and ashley equally this is like the worst thing ever haha

[notavirtue]

That should be enough cross over for them to meet up! Will you be doing a log of some sort? I'll have one for this guy for traveling to Loch Sluagh (because Morla told him there's a prothean buried there /gross sobbing) but that's all I've got planned thus far.

ME2 is definitely my favorite, though the third one has my favorite missions (and Javik). The opening scene for the second one is pretty nuts, and the cast of characters is just incredible. I had different Shepards save either Ashley or Kaidan, but that works! You'll have the choice to get them back on your squad in ME3. Or... not. You know. Mass Effect: Every Choice I Make is Terrible and I Regret it Immediately.

[survivra]

i'll probably wind up doing a log, yeah, sometime within the next day or two, but if not (or either way) i'll keep an eye out for yours!

hahahaha dragon age was like bioware: beginner level, apparently. i'm really looking forward to the rest now!