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World State (will be added to)
Fereldan: King Alistair, hardened, and married to Anora.
Hero of Fereldan: Last seen, alive---Loghain did the US. She is the Warden Commander of Amaranthine and respected Teryna of Gwaren. Hard won respect, as she is an elven mage.
Orzamaar: Bhelen is the Dwarven King
Orlais: Empress Celene rules. Ambassador Briala is frequently seen at her side.
Divine: Softened Leliana as Victoria
Inquisition: Officially disbanded. The Inquisitor was a mage- gender/race left ambiguous as it doesn't have much affect on the story. Wardens exiled from Orlais. Allied the mages.
Random stuff:
Avernus and the Architect still live
Thom Rainier joined the Wardens
Inquisitor Ameridan being rediscovered to be a Dalish Mage is a known thing.
"Titans" being a thing has been officially hushed up- which means all the Dwarves talk about it and their close Allies are aware of this mystery
Griffons are a tip top secret stuff. Only Wardens know of the new hatchlings and their access to "air space" completely restricted on days known to be free of visitors. Still, rumors of a drake infestation they've yet to take care of conveniently explain away any potential sightings.
Rules:- When writing a NON collaberative post, you cannot do anything more than speak to another player character without their express permission.
- Posting response times are flexible so long as you keep in contact. But if the delay is great enough, AND you told us about your delay, we will sort of move on without you, and let your character be a sort of tag along NPC in the background.
- "In your character's head" thoughts are a bit of a case by case thing. However, specifically in a colab of more than two characters, are to be short and sweet and not interrupt with the flow of the reading. So, like, a single line, maybe two. and 100% never the thoughts of an NPC. Our Player Characters are the stars, here.
Players:phoray as Vanasha of House Facere cmoe as Senior Warden Kirsa Abendroth dragontartare as Senior Warden Magdalene Gelder Space Cowboy as dwarven ambassador and guide, yet unnamed Outline of Major Events:
- Announcement at Weishaupt
- Travel to Tevinter
- Tevinter Party at the Ambassadoria
- The Magister's tower
- Deep Roads
- Boss Battle
- Return to the Surface
- Chamberlain of the Grey: Human male. Gently, dreaming, wispy grey haired, long eyebrow hairs. Maybe around 60. A bit odd, some people mistake him for Tranquil.
- I created Warden Commander Cyryl from scratch
- Thom Rainier, shortly after becoming a Warden pre Trespasser
- Warden Sulwe: Human with arms as muscular as a blacksmiths, weapon:spiked war hammer. Feeling of "Military Correctness". Split scarred lip, silver teeth.
- Warden Caronel Handsome elven man with Honey blonde shoulder length curls (25-27 years of age at time of our story) From Fereldan.
- Ex Senior Enchanter Elifas, Human Mage, greying brown hair and beard. from hossberg
- Valya: 18-20 elf. young ex apprentice mage. Hossberg
- Berrith: mage (16-18 at time of out story). Huge crush on Warden Caronel, rivalry with Valya. Pretty blonde. hossberg.
- Padin: mage. Female human, 19-21 at time of story. Pock marked, introverted. Gawky blonde. hossberg
- Sekah: mage. (16-18 years at time of our story) Small grave boy with straight dark hair and enormous eyes that made him look young even for his youth. Hossberg.
- Ex Templar. male Dwarf, Laros. fat. (I had him in the first post, letting the Artists in)
- Ex Templar. Reimas, female. Thin face. man hands covered in scars.lanky brown black hair.
- In general, Lots of possibilities for Ex templars and mages seeking refuge from the war.
- Davera: is a Tevinter city elf who is working as a servant to the Circle of Magi of Minrathous
- Varania: Elven Mage. Fenris' sister. a member of Tevinter's 'Liberati' social class
- Calpernia, Venatori Mage.
- Dorian Pavus, Magister, Lucerni Party
- Maevaris Tilani, Magister, Lucerni Party
- Archon Radonis, Magister
- Flavius, Radonis' slave servant
- Erasthenes: Eventually freed.
- Crassius Servis is a Tevinter Mage and an ex member of the Venatori. He was made an Agent of the Inquisition.
Minister <- Ambassadors/Steward <- Deshyrs <- Warrior Caste <- Mining Caste <- Smithing <- everyone else <- casteless All the Deshyrs vote in the Ambassadors. The Ambassadors choose a Minister, who is not already an Ambassador. One of the Ambassadors does get to be a Steward.
Embassy NPCs (to come)
Lothering NPCs- The Innkeeper: Marge. Female, 48, widow. Short, fat, strong. Brunette, hair in a bun. weapon of choice: A club
- Stanley, the innkeeper's son. Also serves as Bartender as needed. 22, Male. tall, sturdy, barrel chested. Weapon of choice: his fists.
- The Chantry Mother: Ada, 52. Female. Slim, quiet, hair already a dull grey tied back loosely at her nape. Weapon of Choice: Faith. Unless it's Darkspawn. Then she knows where the cleaver is in the Chantry kitchen.
- Cain, Ex Templar now Chantry Guard
- Kavas, Ex Templar now Chantry Guard
- Herbalist “leader”: Allison. 31 daughter of the previous Lothering Elder and young widow, mother of an 11 year old girl. Weapon of choice: Dagger.
- Elsabeth, apprentice herbalist, daughter of Allison. She's gotten good with a sling shot, keeps her mom deep in nug.
- Theo the Blacksmith/Repairman: Unmarried, Male. 30, ex solider. A single sword, no shield, aims for finesse. picture found here
- The Seamstress/Grocer Attendent: Maralyn. Female. 26, unmarried. Keen on Theo. Weapon of choice: Cross bow.
- The Grocer/ Baker: Hayne. Male. 55. Widow. Child less. Weapon of Choice: Also a club.
Ground Level: Being the armory, mostly the courtyard, exercise area, small stable for some horses, mostly pack mules/donkeys. Crawlspace, armory, hospital, storage, small chantry.  1st Floor: great/Dining Hall and Kitchen. Entrance to the Mountain back halls that lead to East and West Wings. 2nd floor: First Warden, Warden Commander, Chamberlain's office. Great Library seems to take up the bulk of it: Cathedral like, high Vaulted windows overlooking the courtyard, Chandeliers with Cedar scented candles.. Stone shelves holding yellowing books and bone encased scrolls. Walls covered in ornate wood sculptures of Griffons and fruit. Garehel’s glass sarcophogus is present here. This is the last "complete" floor. 3rd floor: the barracks and extraneous quarters for guests. Massive, to support the army that would have been present in full force during a Blight. Stairwell from the Great library leads to 3nd floor. There are tight spiral stairs that lead to the Ramparts from here. Access to Ramparts also in Courtyard. They would exit by a smaller door, rather than the main gates. Since the Darkspawn razed the town 13 years prior, things have changed. Anderfels:  Tevinter: 
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ME or DA?
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Post by smilesja on Jun 30, 2017 7:34:31 GMT
Edit: Nvm looks like the rp is full.
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Post by phoray on Jun 30, 2017 14:36:45 GMT
Edit: Nvm looks like the rp is full. Yes. I wanted the group to be small and I had specific people in mind. So I invited those people by PM. Besides, you're in literally all the other threads. No need to add to that load.  |
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Post by Gileadan on Jul 1, 2017 7:27:43 GMT
The writing version of making a new lobby, and you brought some fine players. Looking foward to reading your stories! You make me wish I was any good at this. |
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Post by opuspace on Jul 1, 2017 8:09:56 GMT
The writing version of making a new lobby, and you brought some fine players. Looking foward to reading your stories! You make me wish I was any good at this. You'd be surprised by how many talented writers are new here. It's really about having fun so don't worry about joining in. |
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Post by smilesja on Jul 1, 2017 16:48:15 GMT
I've had the privlege of working with the very talented writers here!
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 0:53:15 GMT
I, uh, posted the first post. Be gentle.  |
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Post by smilesja on Jul 5, 2017 1:12:07 GMT
Solid start phoray! You're a better writer than me, to be honest. |
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Post by cmoe on Jul 5, 2017 1:23:55 GMT
I loved it phoray and I am back to feeling very intimidated again. The speech was inspiring. It's a good thing my character is a soldiery soldier! |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 1:37:44 GMT
I loved it phoray and I am back to feeling very intimidated again. The speech was inspiring. It's a good thing my character is a soldiery soldier! yay, inspiring.  That was the goal. I studied excepts from war speeches made by General Patton to Abraham Lincoln. Also, some of what Warden Duncan said at the start of Origins. Space Cowboy proof read, along with my two husbands. Picked the right parts of the Coronation song from DAO, and 20 readings later, it was created. For better or worse.  No reason to feel intimidated though. I'm the only one doing voice recordings for RP that I know of, and I don't expect that level of effort from anyone else.  |
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Post by dragontartare on Jul 5, 2017 1:58:27 GMT
Great start, and awesome speech! I'll get my character bio done today, or at least enough of it to get going. |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 2:09:12 GMT
Great start, and awesome speech! I'll get my character bio done today, or at least enough of it to get going. Not even done with mine. No rush. |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 2:09:37 GMT
I just thought it'd be good for everyone's character building to have a first post to go off of.
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Post by dragontartare on Jul 5, 2017 2:23:38 GMT
I just thought it'd be good for everyone's character building to have a first post to go off of. Since you're the lore expert here, do you remember seeing anything about the minimum age that someone could be accepted into the wardens? I'm thinking I want my character's parents to have died when she was a young teenager (of mundane medieval causes, probably disease). She and her older siblings kept the farm going for a while, but after a particularly bad season, they were forced to sell their land and sell themselves into a sort of indentured servitude. Not wanting to do this herself, my character ran away to join the wardens instead. She'd be in her mid-30's at the time of the RP. Do you see anything problematic in that? I think the indentured servitude is probably iffy, but the Free Marches are full of iffy things, and maybe it was done unofficially. |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 2:35:06 GMT
I just thought it'd be good for everyone's character building to have a first post to go off of. Since you're the lore expert here, do you remember seeing anything about the minimum age that someone could be accepted into the wardens? I'm thinking I want my character's parents to have died when she was a young teenager (of mundane medieval causes, probably disease). She and her older siblings kept the farm going for a while, but after a particularly bad season, they were forced to sell their land and sell themselves into a sort of indentured servitude. Not wanting to do this herself, my character ran away to join the wardens instead. She'd be in her mid-30's at the time of the RP. Do you see anything problematic in that? I think the indentured servitude is probably iffy, but the Free Marches are full of iffy things, and maybe it was done unofficially. I've seen no age limits. In point of fact, the mage rebeliion refugees arrive at WEishaupt at ages 16-19. I think they would have taken any age, especially when they thought the Blight was going on in Fereldan., although your Warden would have joined a good decade before that. A bit sad that she joined so early. No childhood, early death confirmed. :/ |
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Post by dragontartare on Jul 5, 2017 2:39:13 GMT
Since you're the lore expert here, do you remember seeing anything about the minimum age that someone could be accepted into the wardens? I'm thinking I want my character's parents to have died when she was a young teenager (of mundane medieval causes, probably disease). She and her older siblings kept the farm going for a while, but after a particularly bad season, they were forced to sell their land and sell themselves into a sort of indentured servitude. Not wanting to do this herself, my character ran away to join the wardens instead. She'd be in her mid-30's at the time of the RP. Do you see anything problematic in that? I think the indentured servitude is probably iffy, but the Free Marches are full of iffy things, and maybe it was done unofficially. I've seen no age limits. In point of fact, the mage rebeliion refugees arrive at WEishaupt at ages 16-19. I think they would have taken any age, especially when they thought the Blight was going on in Fereldan., although your Warden would have joined a good decade before that. A bit sad that she joined so early. No childhood, early death confirmed. :/ Yeah, I just didn't want to think about some parents sitting around, worrying about their daughter, who chose to leave them for an early death. Leandra was bad enough. |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 2:45:18 GMT
I've seen no age limits. In point of fact, the mage rebeliion refugees arrive at WEishaupt at ages 16-19. I think they would have taken any age, especially when they thought the Blight was going on in Fereldan., although your Warden would have joined a good decade before that. A bit sad that she joined so early. No childhood, early death confirmed. :/ Yeah, I just didn't want to think about some parents sitting around, worrying about their daughter, who chose to leave them for an early death. Leandra was bad enough. Could also have gone with a much older warden that parents died of medieval old age related problems. Thom joins at like age 40 |
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Post by dragontartare on Jul 5, 2017 3:11:20 GMT
Yeah, I just didn't want to think about some parents sitting around, worrying about their daughter, who chose to leave them for an early death. Leandra was bad enough. Could also have gone with a much older warden that parents died of medieval old age related problems. Thom joins at like age 40 I thought about that, but she'd need time to become experienced enough to have earned a spot on this mission. |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 22:04:09 GMT
World State was updated to reflect HoF details. Plans for upcoming posts: A round of Establishment Posts: My gentle suggestion being dragontartare first, o she can show cmoe an example of how one is done in the context of being a Wardeny Warden. Then cmoe. Then my vint is arriving AFTER the meeting, about 10-12, at Weishaupt, Morrigan posting at this point is optional, unless she wants to show what her dwarfy dwarfy is up to (perhaps the Noble NPC receives a message from Bhelen and goes to talk to her Dwarf?) Optional portion to the Establishment Posts: whether you two want to discuss your character history with Warden Commander Cyryl. She'll bring it up, but it's up to you if you think she's being a nosy mother hen, or an empathetic friend.
Meeting between 2 NPCS post: I will then have the Warden Commander discuss the volunteers with the First Warden. The result of which is obviously your two wardens are chosen, and a messenger boy is sent to let you both know about the meeting at 1730 and 1800 respectively. Secret Meeting Post: A colab between Cmoe and myself The Real Meeting Post: A colab with the three of us and the First Warden. The first Warden will outline the knowledge/research we have so far, there will be some questions and answers, and then you guys will be released to pack up. That's.... 7 posts. So, we're set up for a while. |
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Post by phoray on Jul 5, 2017 22:57:20 GMT
Optional portion to the Establishment Posts: whether you two want to discuss your character history with Warden Commander Cyryl. She'll bring it up, but it's up to you if you think she's being a nosy mother hen, or an empathetic friend. The more I described this scene, the more I thought of the start of Mass Effect. Where you picked out major events of your life and you overhear two senior officers discussing your "file." |
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Post by phoray on Jul 6, 2017 0:24:07 GMT
The writing version of making a new lobby, and you brought some fine players. Looking foward to reading your stories! You make me wish I was any good at this. *bows with a flourish* Did my first post meet your expectaions good sir? |
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Post by phoray on Jul 6, 2017 2:11:08 GMT
Rough Draft of Weishaupt Ground Floor. The oddly shaped bits in the center are meant to be stairs. That is where the Warden Commander gave her speech, halfway up on the stairs on that midway landing. |
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Post by Gileadan on Jul 6, 2017 6:25:48 GMT
*bows with a flourish* Did my first post meet your expectaions good sir? *nods approvingly* I think you're off to an excellent start. You captured the atmosphere of a fortress serving as the headquarters of a military order whose members all have a grim future ahead of them rather well, and your recorded rousing speech was an inspired addition. I'm very interested in seeing this story develop! |
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That was the goal. I studied excepts from war speeches made by General Patton to Abraham Lincoln. Also, some of what Warden Duncan said at the start of Origins. 
