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JANUARY CALENDAR

We hope you enjoy the holidays and have a happy New Year! Eachdraidh will be kicking off 2016 with some odd activity and a trip to the ocean that will lead into future events - check it out!

We’ve also created an optional COURT ACTIVITY PAGE! Character up to something? Do they want to be up to something? Do they have information to share? Let everyone know here! Characters who contribute a great deal toward their faction will be rewarded! This is another part toward our replacement of the previous boon system, though there is also a section for shardless and native characters to input information and potentially receive rewards -- something the previous system did not offer.

The mod team has recently been made aware of some player concerns regarding our presence in the game. We're still around and still invested; RL circumstances have made the past few months busier than expected, and December was meant to be a breather for everyone after the end of the Void plot and with the holidays. While we know there have been concerns about responses to feedback in the past, the modteam has undergone several changes over the past year - please don't be afraid to bring your concerns and questions to us so that we can address them! (Right now, due to the holidays, there may still be a delay in responding, but we can promise that we do read everything even if it takes us a bit to formulate a response.)

Blood and Plunder
GENRE: ACTION/ADVENTURE | DURATION: 09-16 January

SUMMARY “Skies be kind. Seas be calm.” Wind howls, making the shutters clatter in staccato against the walls of a small house. A small fire is lit in the hearth, a half-empty pot of stew over it slowly coming to a boil, just enough to disguise the smell of fish from the nearby beach. Heavily pregnant, the woman of the house sighs as she tightens her shawl around her shoulders. Her husband is late, returning to her from his time at sea; her cupboard is nearing empty and prices in the markets having spiked. She fears the worst, eyes slipping closed as the wind increases in pitch. “Skies be kind. Seas be calm.” And predators, find some other prey.

A massive group of pirates have been attacking trade routes around Briste! If they aren’t stopped, various settlements could run out of food and supplies for the winter. Eager to attempt to secure alliances with these settlements, and requiring open trade routes themselves, each court has provided a ship and crew to engage the pirates and attempt to secure what they’ve stolen. They’ve also promised the help of their best and brightest: you!

Upon arrival in Briste, characters will be sent to one of the following ships based on court affiliation:

The Great Whale (Garnet) - large, slow speed, heavy artillery with a focus on sinking enemy ships.
The Sylph Touched - (Amber) medium, fast speed, uses connection to nature to manipulate weather to their advantage.
The Leeward Lightning (Citrine) - medium, fast speed, quick to ram enemies and repair allies.
The Borealis (Jade) - small, very fast speed, specialize in sabotage and disabling enemy ships.
The Seasnake (Angelite) - medium, medium speed, combat crew of undead that are very difficult to stop.
The Wild Kelpie (Amethyst) - medium, medium speed, magic-based combat for destruction or sabotage.
The Drakes’ Breath (Diamond) - medium, medium speed, skilled swordsmen for close combat when capturing ships.

Characters with their own ships and crews who are in the area of Briste or who can get their ships there may captain them as support vessels.

On the third day, the small fleet will encounter a much larger fleet of pirates! The native crew will be able to share that it appears to actually be through groups of pirates that have united for reasons unknown and provide the following information:

Làgaraid - raiders from the north who are used to harsh winter conditions, they are mostly human and are the most likely to move off their ships and engage directly and may attempt to take over the shardbearer ships; their flags show a white sword and axe on black and are often tattered.
Cearban - traditionally based off the east coast of Dorchadas, only a fraction of their fleet is present, though that’s enough; as versed in the black market as piracy, they have a variety of enchantments, artifacts, and controllable creatures of the sea and sky as part of their arsenal and have flags of a black shark on red.
Aigeal - the largest of the groups, having primarily operated in Domhain due to its central location and easy access to trade routes, they are most varied in ship size and crew race, with more mages among their crews than the other groups; their flag is a gold seaserpent.

Any shardbearers that do not participate will find that they are charged more for all purchases made from native establishments, including purchases made on behalf of a settlement or stronghold, whether they know the seller or not. Locals have to eat too!

A mod-posted log will be put up for this event!

MONTHLY OVERVIEW

03rd JANUARY • Snàigean, the moving fortress of the Angelite Syndicate, is on the move. Rumors run from an act of war to the ancient towershell simply seeking more food and warmer weather, but the bulk of Angelite’s forces are definitely following the beast.
8th JANUARY • News of the pirate attacks reaches the courts!
9th JANUARY • EVENT START. Participating shardbearers will be approached by fairies and/or imps and transported to Briste!
11th JANUARY • After two days of sailing, the small fleet discovers the much, much larger fleet of pirates!
16th JANUARY • EVENT END. The pirates are either all killed, captured, or scattered! Shardbearers may be returned to either their court stronghold or the location they were prior to the event by saying “Hold My Foes” prior to sundown! Those that do not will be left on their ships to return to Briste. • TEST DRIVE MEME.
18th JANUARY • The ships return to Briste and dock for repairs. Shardbearers still with them may use the fairy ring near Doineann to travel elsewhere, but will receive a slightly warmer than usual reception in Briste for their help. Mm, fish. These characters may also receive a surprise, if they stick around for a bit!
20th JANUARY • RESERVES OPEN.
24th JANUARY • APPS OPEN; RESERVES CLOSE.
01st FEBRUARY (00:01am LONDON GMT) • APPS CLOSE.

The next Calendar of Events post will go up to cover all of February.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Katsa received a towershell as a boon a long while ago. In response to rumors of moving for warmer weather or anything, would her own giant turtle be making any movements? Or could she have him follow the Angelite forces to keep an eye on their movements without attracting suspicion?

He would be attempting to head for coast, as close to the center of the map as he can get! A second towershell following the Angelite forces would definitely attract attention, considering their rarity, but Katsa could easily explain it as her towershell also deciding to move and/or as attempting to work toward the Angelite/Amethyst alliance. As she's from Amethyst, they'll be more tolerant of her presence than they would of, for example, someone from Garnet (who they would attack on sight).

Vanessa has her spell book with her, which in canon has allowed her to control animals. Would that allow her to gain some control of the Cearban pirate's animals?

It would! She would be able to gain control of more creatures relevant to their size; e.g. dozens seabirds vs one large whale. The Cearban pirates will also try to get control back.

Questions about the Court Activity page! (which I am enjoying spamming... I'm so sorry...)

- Would you like links of some kind to prove the IC actions we post? Are some of the things we would add okay to just add without threaded or logged out proof?

For example, I can probably assume Kirei would build shrines to the Sisterhood at his church in Leathann—he actually gave out a custom quest to this effect a little while ago, that didn't end up being completed. Is it okay to just document there's a memorial there or would you prefer to have an IC write-up first?

- Do we get to pick our rewards? I like the replacement of the boon system, but I think this would be a pretty key part of it to know.

- Can we simply just post proposed actions that deal with the court leaders and/or court alliances, if they aren't on a more involved scale? For example, Kirei would want to bring gifts to Shade and Brigid and offer to worship them at his churches, along with some of his followers (or other PCs!). Can I just say he's planning to do this, and post it on the page?

spam away!

- If the IC action is something such as an attack, larger construction projects, or information (recently) gained from another person, we'd like a link! If it was something OOCly discussed, information from before the changeover, or small construction projects, we don't require a link.

In the case of the shrines, as long as they're fairly small (not also the size of a church), just saying that they're there is fine (especially as a quest was also given, completed or otherwise).

- In some cases, yes! Exceptional actions or a great deal of activity will especially allow for this. Other times, whoever is bestowing the reward (it may not always be the faction leader!) will decide what it is, similar to when we allowed wildcard boons ~~and when we have a cool idea we want to give someone~~.

- That would be fine! They appreciate the presents Kirei, you nice man.

A couple of questions, one about the plot and one not:

1) Since apps open at the end of January, I'd like to throw up an ad on the January ATP for the game, and on the rpanons ATP as well. In doing so, I'd like to make a post in the OOC comm in the first week or so of Jan asking for folks to contribute to a list of which characters in and outside their casts they're looking for, as people often post these attached to game ads on ATP. Would it be possible for the mod plurk to signal boost this when it goes up? And for the ATP ad itself to be posted from the mod account, if you guys have time to do it the night ATP goes up? If not I don't mind doing it. I haven't really seen Each advertised in a long time and it'd be cool to get the word out and attract some new people, since the game has changed a lot.

2) Apart from what they've stolen from the people of Briste, what kinds of treasures might shardbearers find on the pirate ships, if they manage to capture any of the ships? Will there be any neat artefacts? I noticed that Cearban has some cool sounding stuff, can any of it be taken?

Edited 2015-12-24 19:09 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay! Holiday season.

1 - We can definitely mod plurk the ATP ooc post! This mod, at least, is completely unfamiliar with ATP and has no idea how it works as far as posting an advertisement to ATP itself; considering the variety of timezones on the mod team, it may be best if you post it with the list you come up with!

2 - Characters can loot if they'd like. Most of the taken loot will be out of the area by now, but the ships players engage will have a variety other items on board! Làgaraid ships mostly have weapons while Cearban artifacts tend to be things like spell bombs or enchanted jewelry. Aigeal ships will notably have books written in Drabbish on the sea races of the world, Faoi Farraige, and towershells in the captains cabins.

JOHN may come tag along because... he likes to eat, and his role as part of Death means he tends to show up for this sort of thing. ~~gonna smell like wet dog~~ Otherwise, maybe looking into where the giant turtle is going if anyone would like to join in?

ARIADNE is currently on hiatus, but I think a sea adventure could be just the thing she needs to start breaking her out of her "/is a widow now" funk. So she'll come and probably try to do some sabotage and stealth attacks with her shadow & concealment magic during the fighting, but she'd be willing to teach people a few tricks with it on the way there! (Also, for those I mentioned it to on plurk, I decided against doing the shadow holiday again because she just really would not be in the mood.)

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PLOTTING

JOHN GRIMM (shardless) & ARIADNE (amethyst)

grell sutcliffe (amethyst)

Lumina {Amethyst}

daenerys targaryen (garnet)

Chloe Frazer (Amethyst)

jack benjamin (amethyst)

leo valdez (citrine)

KIREI KOTOMINE (Diamond)

Sua and Waver

arno dorian (amber)

katsa (amethyst)

Vanessa & Kieren (Amethyst)

KATHERINE (garnet) & LUKE (amethyst) & ZUKO (angelite)

Hermione (Amber), Erik (Angelite) and Lauralae (Native)

ZIVA GANAJAI (Garnet)