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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: quicksand;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">“A kingdom is not proven by the height of its walls, but by who is allowed to rise within them.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font">Welcome to Eastrenhold, a northern-inspired kingdom ruled by Queen Vidalia and Ser Raelan. This is a court for the displaced, the ambitious, the loyal, the wounded, and the worthy. Whether noble-born, common-born, wanderer, soldier, healer, craftsman, hunter, scholar, orphan, exile, or former servant, all may be given a chance to rise here.<br />
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Eastrenhold believes that a kingdom is strongest when every subject is given the opportunity to become more than what the world first named them. Those who seek shelter will be fed. Those who seek work will be offered work. Those who seek family may find it. And those who seek power must prove they can wield it without cruelty.<br />
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The crown offers mercy, protection, purpose, and a place beside the hearth. In return, Eastrenhold asks for loyalty, contribution, honesty, and respect for its laws.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #3F8EAB;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Desired Location:</span></span><br />
Eastborne</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #79C1DB;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Alignment:</span></span><br />
Lawful Good</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #79C1DB;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Current Count:</span></span><br />
 3♂ | 6♀ | 0⚥ </div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body" style="max-height:200px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">1. The Crown’s Peace Must Be Kept</span></span><br />
No member may attack, threaten, or harm another subject of Eastrenhold without lawful cause. Disputes must be brought before the proper authority.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">2. Guest-Right Is Sacred</span></span><br />
Any guest formally welcomed beneath Eastrenhold’s protection may not be harmed, hunted, poisoned, ambushed, or betrayed. To violate guest-right is one of the gravest crimes in the kingdom. If guest-right is granted, they are owed food, water, and safety.  In return, the guest must not harm, steal, spy, threaten, or bring violence under the roof. <br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">3. Birth Does Not Place One Above the Law</span></span><br />
Nobles, knights, commonfolk, council members, and royal kin are all subject to the laws of Eastrenhold.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">4. Service Determines Station</span></span><br />
Ranks must be earned through loyalty, skill, contribution, and conduct. Noble birth may be honored, but it does not guarantee authority.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">5. The Vulnerable Are Under the Crown’s Protection</span></span><br />
Children, elders, the injured, the ill, refugees, wards, and guests are to be protected. Abuse or exploitation of the vulnerable is punished harshly.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">6. No Subject Shall Be Denied Honest Work</span></span><br />
Every able member is expected to contribute. In return, the kingdom must provide opportunities for members to learn, serve, and rise.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">7. Theft from the Hearth Is Theft from the Kingdom</span></span><br />
Food stores, medical supplies, winter provisions, and communal resources are protected. Theft from these stores endangers all and is treated seriously.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">8. No Blood Feud May Override the Crown’s Law</span></span><br />
Personal vengeance cannot spill freely within Eastrenhold. Those with grievances must bring them before the crown or Master of Laws.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">9. Treason Is Met with Iron</span><br />
Betrayal of the kingdom, conspiracy against the crown, aiding enemies, or endangering Eastrenhold’s people may result in imprisonment, exile, maiming, or death depending on severity.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">10. Mercy May Be Granted Once</span><br />
Eastrenhold believes in second chances. However, repeated offenses, false repentance, or abuse of the crown’s mercy will be answered with harsher judgment.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">11. The Dead Must Be Preserved</span><br />
The bodies and memories of the dead are to be treated with respect. Desecration of graves, remains, or mourning rites is forbidden.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">12. The Land Must Be Honored</span><br />
The old trees, sacred stones, nesting birds, clean waters, and ritual places of Eastrenhold are not to be needlessly destroyed.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">13. Children Are Not Political Tools</span><br />
The crown may arrange mentorships, wards, or noble fostering, but children are not to be abused, traded, threatened, or used as punishment for the crimes of their parents.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">14. Outsiders May Be Judged by Deed, Not Origin</span><br />
Foreigners, exiles, and strangers may earn a place in Eastrenhold. Suspicion is permitted; cruelty without cause is not.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">15. The Crown’s Judgment Is Final</span><br />
Appeals may be heard and counsel may be given, but once the Queen and Lord Commander have rendered final judgment, it must be obeyed.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">16. The Law of Sanctuary</span><br />
Those fleeing abuse, forced marriage, wrongful punishment, war, or persecution may petition for sanctuary. Sanctuary is not automatic, but once granted, the Hold defends that soul as its own.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">17. Oaths are Sacred</span><br />
Oaths are binding when given freely. Oaths made under threat, blackmail, abuse, or coercion are considered broken before they are ever spoken. Breaking a lawful oath is considered sacrilegious and will be met with a fitting punishment. Oaths are never to be given lightly.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">18. Marriage is for Love</span><br />
Courtship and mateship must be freely chosen. Political unions may be suggested, but never forced.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #79C1DB;"><div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: quicksand;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"A home where mercy is not a pretty word spoken after blood has already been spilled, but where those who come wounded may mend, and those born low may still rise if their hearts prove worthy."</span></span></div></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Eastrenhold is built upon the belief that <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">mercy and strength are not opposites.</span><br />
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Vidalia and Raelan have both known the harm of rulers who used power selfishly. Because of this, Eastrenhold does not seek to become another court where only the noble are heard, and only the powerful are protected. Their kingdom is intended to prosper through <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">opportunity</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">loyalty</span>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">justice</span> rather than fear alone.<br />
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However, mercy in Eastrenhold is not blind. The crown may forgive mistakes, poverty, fear, ignorance, or desperation — but it will <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">not</span> excuse betrayal, abuse, cruelty, or harm done to the vulnerable.</span></div><hr class="mycode_hr" /></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><dvz_me_placeholder id="0" /> <span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">(59/80)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="1" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(82/60)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="2" /> <span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">(27/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="3" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(86/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="4" /> <span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">(8/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="5" /> <span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">(9/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="6" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(48/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="7" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(83/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="8" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(48/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="9" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(31/30)</span><br />
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Post a thread in <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25&amp;filtertf_territory=25_4091" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Eastborne</a> and tag either <dvz_me_placeholder id="0" /> or <dvz_me_placeholder id="1" />!</div></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><dvz_me_placeholder id="10" /> <span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">(85/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="11" /> <span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">(7/30)</span><br />
<dvz_me_placeholder id="12" /> <span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">(1/30)</span><br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body">Check out Eastrenhold's pack document <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IAaLZwBRakL_QdTn7ApI1BZ6nRhzn0YjlNIaCAze_kQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">here!</span></span></a></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body">For more information, contact <dvz_me_placeholder id="14" /> or <dvz_me_placeholder id="15" /> </div></div></div>
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- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12264" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Elowen Joining</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #C10300;" class="mycode_color">✖</span> </span><br />
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- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12273" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Raelan x Vidalia Territory Thread</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">✔</span> </span><br />
- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12040" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Vidalia x Jules Territory Thread</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">✔</span> </span><br />
- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11931" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Vidalia x Jaskier Territory Thread</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">✔</span> </span><br />
- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12915" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Raelan x Willadeene Territory Thread</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">✔</span> </span><br />
- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=13080" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Raelan x Liliya Territory Thread</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">✔</span> </span></span></div></div></div>
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</div><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">QUEEN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The Queen is the heart and sovereign voice of Eastrenhold. She oversees diplomacy, law, court culture, internal welfare, spiritual custom, and the long-term vision of the kingdom. Her word carries the highest authority, though wise counsel is expected and encouraged. The Queen is not merely ornamental like so many other Kingdoms. She may judge disputes, elevate subjects, negotiate treaties, issue pardons, approve punishments, and determine the moral direction of the realm.<br />
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Her rule is expected to embody mercy, dignity, restraint, and justice.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">KING</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The King stands as sovereign beside the Queen and serves as protector of the realm, guardian of its people, and co-ruler of Eastrenhold. While the Queen guides the kingdom's heart, the King serves as its shield and sword. The King oversees defense, military readiness, border security, diplomacy involving war or alliance, and the protection of the royal family. He may command armies, pass judgment on matters of treason or warfare, and act with the full authority of the Crown. Though capable of great force, the King is expected to wield power with restraint, honor, and loyalty to the people he serves.<br />
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Together, the King and Queen rule as equal partners. Neither stands above the other; rather, they form the two pillars upon which Eastrenhold rests.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">CROWN PRINCE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The eldest son of the reigning monarchs and first in the line of succession unless otherwise decreed by the Crown. The Crown Prince is raised from birth to understand governance, diplomacy, law, warfare, and service. He is expected to spend time among both nobles and commonfolk so that he may understand the kingdom he will one day inherit. Eastrenhold values bloodline, but it does not worship it blindly. An heir must be taught service, law, mercy, and restraint before they are trusted with power.<br />
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The title carries privilege, but also immense responsibility.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">CROWN PRINCESS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The eldest daughter of the reigning monarchs and a direct heir of the royal line. A Crown Princess is educated in leadership, diplomacy, governance, history, and stewardship of the realm. She may serve as a royal ambassador, advisor, regent, or ruler in her own right depending upon circumstance. Eastrenhold values bloodline, but it does not worship it blindly. An heir must be taught service, law, mercy, and restraint before they are trusted with power.<br />
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Eastrenhold does not consider daughters lesser heirs than sons.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">PRINCE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A son of the royal family who is not currently first in line to inherit the throne. Princes often pursue roles as diplomats, knights, commanders, explorers, scholars, or council members. They are expected to contribute meaningfully to the kingdom rather than simply enjoy royal privilege.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">PRINCESS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A daughter of the royal family who is not currently first in line to inherit the throne. Princesses may serve as diplomats, advisors, spiritual leaders, patrons of the arts, scholars, healers, or rulers of their own holdings under the Crown.<br />
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Eastrenhold values capability above outdated traditions of gender or birth order.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">ROYAL CONSORT</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Should a future Prince or Princess marry before inheriting, their spouse receives the title of Royal Consort until succession occurs. Consorts are respected members of the royal household but do not automatically inherit governing authority.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">LORD COMMANDER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Raelan serves as the kingdom’s military arm, protector of the crown, and commander of Eastrenhold’s defenses. He oversees knights, guards, patrols, border security, military training, and emergency responses. He may also act as judge in matters of violence, treason, or wartime conduct.<br />
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The Lord Commander is expected to protect the kingdom without becoming cruel, and to wield strength only in service of the realm.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">THE SENESCHAL</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The chief advisor and second voice of governance beneath the Queen, King, and Lord Commander. The Seneschal may oversee court sessions, settle lesser disputes, organize council meetings, and speak with authority when the crown is absent.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF LAWS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Responsible for interpreting, recording, and enforcing the laws of Eastrenhold. They oversee trials, disputes, punishments, pardons, and legal oaths.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF TRADE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Oversees trade, supplies, treasures, stored resources, barter, tribute, and distribution of goods. They ensure the kingdom prospers without hoarding wealth only for the elite. Also responsible for messages, diplomacy, envoys, treaties, border notices, and communication between allied or neighboring groups.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF HEARTH</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Oversees food stores, dens, shelters, communal warmth, orphan care, guest lodging, and aid for the sick, elderly, young, or displaced.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF WHISPERS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Oversees information, scouts, rumors, discreet investigations, and possible threats inside or outside the kingdom. This rank requires subtlety, loyalty, and restraint.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HIGH GODLING</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The leading spiritual advisor of Eastrenhold. They oversee rites, omens, funerals, weddings, blessings, seasonal ceremonies, and the honoring of old gods and spirits of place.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">CROWN PHYSICIAN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The Royal Physician is the highest-ranking healer in Eastrenhold and serves as the personal physician to the royal family, High Council, and those under the Crown’s direct protection. They oversee medical care within the kingdom, supervise healers and apprentices, manage healing stores, advise the Crown during illness, pregnancy, injury, plague, famine, or crisis, and may be called to examine prisoners, refugees, or guests when health concerns arise. Because of their closeness to the royal family, the Royal Physician must be deeply trusted. They may hold private knowledge of births, bloodlines, illnesses, wounds, weaknesses, and secrets that could endanger the Crown if placed in the wrong paws.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HIGH SCRIBE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Keeper of records, laws, bloodlines, histories, treaties, births, deaths, marriages, and oaths. Often a tutor for the Princes, Princesses, and Wards of the Kingdom.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">LORD / LADY</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A high-ranking noble or trusted subject granted authority over a specific duty, household, region, or court function. Lords and Ladies may advise the crown, mentor younger members, or oversee important projects.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">THANE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A martial noble title granted to those who have defended Eastrenhold with exceptional loyalty. Thanes may command small forces, oversee outposts, or hold lands/dens in the crown’s name.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">STEWARD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A trusted organizer responsible for daily operations, records, stores, housing, work assignments, and coordination between ranks.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">WARD OF THE CROWN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A youth, displaced noble, orphan, hostage-turned-protectorate, or vulnerable individual taken under the protection of the crown. Wards are educated, sheltered, and raised with care.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">KNIGHT OF EASTRENHOLD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A sworn protector of the kingdom. Knights are expected to embody courage, loyalty, discipline, and mercy. They defend the crown, protect subjects, escort travelers, and uphold the law.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SWORN SWORD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A personal guard assigned to protect a member of the crown, council, or a vulnerable subject. Sworn Swords must be disciplined, vigilant, and deeply loyal.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">IRON GUARD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The main defensive force of Eastrenhold. They patrol borders, guard the castle, respond to threats, and enforce the crown’s protection.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">RANGER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Scouts and wilderness guardians who patrol forests, cliffs, borders, ruins, and coastal paths. Rangers are often the first to notice danger.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">ARMSMAN / SHIELDBEARER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Soldiers-in-training or lower-ranking defenders who assist guards and knights while learning combat, patrol, and discipline.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HEARTHKEEPER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Caretakers of dens, food, fire, children, elders, guests, and injured members. This is a deeply respected rank, as Eastrenhold considers the hearth sacred.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HUNTER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Responsible for providing food, tracking prey, organizing hunts, and teaching younger members survival skills.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HEALER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Medical workers who treat wounds, illness, pregnancy, birth, trauma, and long-term recovery. Healers may also work closely with Godlings when spiritual comfort is needed.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SCHOLAR</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Keepers of history, law, language, maps, family lines, treaties, stories, and records. Scholars may teach youth or advise the court.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">ARTISAN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Craftspeople who make useful or ceremonial objects: ornaments, cloaks, den linings, carved tokens, bone jewelry, ritual items, dyes, tools, and decorations.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASON</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Builders and repairers of the old castle, dens, walls, paths, shelters, and stoneworks. Masons are vital to Eastrenhold’s restoration.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">TRADER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Members trusted to barter with outsiders, gather resources, negotiate exchanges, and bring useful goods into the kingdom.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SHEPHERD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Caretakers and teachers of pups, youths, or newly joined members. They help guide the vulnerable into kingdom life.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">COMMONFOLK</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The backbone of Eastrenhold. Commonfolk may serve in many ways and are not considered lesser. A common-born member may rise into skilled, martial, noble, or council ranks through loyalty and contribution.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">PAGE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A youth beginning early training in service, etiquette, history, messages, or household tasks.</div></span></div></div>
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Eastrenhold believes that a kingdom is strongest when every subject is given the opportunity to become more than what the world first named them. Those who seek shelter will be fed. Those who seek work will be offered work. Those who seek family may find it. And those who seek power must prove they can wield it without cruelty.<br />
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The crown offers mercy, protection, purpose, and a place beside the hearth. In return, Eastrenhold asks for loyalty, contribution, honesty, and respect for its laws.</span><br />
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Eastborne</div>
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Lawful Good</div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body" style="max-height:200px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">1. The Crown’s Peace Must Be Kept</span></span><br />
No member may attack, threaten, or harm another subject of Eastrenhold without lawful cause. Disputes must be brought before the proper authority.<br />
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Any guest formally welcomed beneath Eastrenhold’s protection may not be harmed, hunted, poisoned, ambushed, or betrayed. To violate guest-right is one of the gravest crimes in the kingdom. If guest-right is granted, they are owed food, water, and safety.  In return, the guest must not harm, steal, spy, threaten, or bring violence under the roof. <br />
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Nobles, knights, commonfolk, council members, and royal kin are all subject to the laws of Eastrenhold.<br />
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Ranks must be earned through loyalty, skill, contribution, and conduct. Noble birth may be honored, but it does not guarantee authority.<br />
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Children, elders, the injured, the ill, refugees, wards, and guests are to be protected. Abuse or exploitation of the vulnerable is punished harshly.<br />
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Every able member is expected to contribute. In return, the kingdom must provide opportunities for members to learn, serve, and rise.<br />
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Food stores, medical supplies, winter provisions, and communal resources are protected. Theft from these stores endangers all and is treated seriously.<br />
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Personal vengeance cannot spill freely within Eastrenhold. Those with grievances must bring them before the crown or Master of Laws.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">9. Treason Is Met with Iron</span><br />
Betrayal of the kingdom, conspiracy against the crown, aiding enemies, or endangering Eastrenhold’s people may result in imprisonment, exile, maiming, or death depending on severity.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">10. Mercy May Be Granted Once</span><br />
Eastrenhold believes in second chances. However, repeated offenses, false repentance, or abuse of the crown’s mercy will be answered with harsher judgment.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">11. The Dead Must Be Preserved</span><br />
The bodies and memories of the dead are to be treated with respect. Desecration of graves, remains, or mourning rites is forbidden.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">12. The Land Must Be Honored</span><br />
The old trees, sacred stones, nesting birds, clean waters, and ritual places of Eastrenhold are not to be needlessly destroyed.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">13. Children Are Not Political Tools</span><br />
The crown may arrange mentorships, wards, or noble fostering, but children are not to be abused, traded, threatened, or used as punishment for the crimes of their parents.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">14. Outsiders May Be Judged by Deed, Not Origin</span><br />
Foreigners, exiles, and strangers may earn a place in Eastrenhold. Suspicion is permitted; cruelty without cause is not.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">15. The Crown’s Judgment Is Final</span><br />
Appeals may be heard and counsel may be given, but once the Queen and Lord Commander have rendered final judgment, it must be obeyed.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">16. The Law of Sanctuary</span><br />
Those fleeing abuse, forced marriage, wrongful punishment, war, or persecution may petition for sanctuary. Sanctuary is not automatic, but once granted, the Hold defends that soul as its own.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">17. Oaths are Sacred</span><br />
Oaths are binding when given freely. Oaths made under threat, blackmail, abuse, or coercion are considered broken before they are ever spoken. Breaking a lawful oath is considered sacrilegious and will be met with a fitting punishment. Oaths are never to be given lightly.<br />
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<span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">18. Marriage is for Love</span><br />
Courtship and mateship must be freely chosen. Political unions may be suggested, but never forced.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Eastrenhold is built upon the belief that <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">mercy and strength are not opposites.</span><br />
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Vidalia and Raelan have both known the harm of rulers who used power selfishly. Because of this, Eastrenhold does not seek to become another court where only the noble are heard, and only the powerful are protected. Their kingdom is intended to prosper through <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">opportunity</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">loyalty</span>, and <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">justice</span> rather than fear alone.<br />
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However, mercy in Eastrenhold is not blind. The crown may forgive mistakes, poverty, fear, ignorance, or desperation — but it will <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">not</span> excuse betrayal, abuse, cruelty, or harm done to the vulnerable.</span></div><hr class="mycode_hr" /></div></div>
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- <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=13080" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Raelan x Liliya Territory Thread</a>: <span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #008E02;" class="mycode_color">✔</span> </span></span></div></div></div>
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</div><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">QUEEN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The Queen is the heart and sovereign voice of Eastrenhold. She oversees diplomacy, law, court culture, internal welfare, spiritual custom, and the long-term vision of the kingdom. Her word carries the highest authority, though wise counsel is expected and encouraged. The Queen is not merely ornamental like so many other Kingdoms. She may judge disputes, elevate subjects, negotiate treaties, issue pardons, approve punishments, and determine the moral direction of the realm.<br />
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Her rule is expected to embody mercy, dignity, restraint, and justice.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">KING</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The King stands as sovereign beside the Queen and serves as protector of the realm, guardian of its people, and co-ruler of Eastrenhold. While the Queen guides the kingdom's heart, the King serves as its shield and sword. The King oversees defense, military readiness, border security, diplomacy involving war or alliance, and the protection of the royal family. He may command armies, pass judgment on matters of treason or warfare, and act with the full authority of the Crown. Though capable of great force, the King is expected to wield power with restraint, honor, and loyalty to the people he serves.<br />
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Together, the King and Queen rule as equal partners. Neither stands above the other; rather, they form the two pillars upon which Eastrenhold rests.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">CROWN PRINCE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The eldest son of the reigning monarchs and first in the line of succession unless otherwise decreed by the Crown. The Crown Prince is raised from birth to understand governance, diplomacy, law, warfare, and service. He is expected to spend time among both nobles and commonfolk so that he may understand the kingdom he will one day inherit. Eastrenhold values bloodline, but it does not worship it blindly. An heir must be taught service, law, mercy, and restraint before they are trusted with power.<br />
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The title carries privilege, but also immense responsibility.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">CROWN PRINCESS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The eldest daughter of the reigning monarchs and a direct heir of the royal line. A Crown Princess is educated in leadership, diplomacy, governance, history, and stewardship of the realm. She may serve as a royal ambassador, advisor, regent, or ruler in her own right depending upon circumstance. Eastrenhold values bloodline, but it does not worship it blindly. An heir must be taught service, law, mercy, and restraint before they are trusted with power.<br />
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Eastrenhold does not consider daughters lesser heirs than sons.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">PRINCE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A son of the royal family who is not currently first in line to inherit the throne. Princes often pursue roles as diplomats, knights, commanders, explorers, scholars, or council members. They are expected to contribute meaningfully to the kingdom rather than simply enjoy royal privilege.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">PRINCESS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A daughter of the royal family who is not currently first in line to inherit the throne. Princesses may serve as diplomats, advisors, spiritual leaders, patrons of the arts, scholars, healers, or rulers of their own holdings under the Crown.<br />
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Eastrenhold values capability above outdated traditions of gender or birth order.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">ROYAL CONSORT</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Should a future Prince or Princess marry before inheriting, their spouse receives the title of Royal Consort until succession occurs. Consorts are respected members of the royal household but do not automatically inherit governing authority.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">LORD COMMANDER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Raelan serves as the kingdom’s military arm, protector of the crown, and commander of Eastrenhold’s defenses. He oversees knights, guards, patrols, border security, military training, and emergency responses. He may also act as judge in matters of violence, treason, or wartime conduct.<br />
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The Lord Commander is expected to protect the kingdom without becoming cruel, and to wield strength only in service of the realm.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">THE SENESCHAL</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The chief advisor and second voice of governance beneath the Queen, King, and Lord Commander. The Seneschal may oversee court sessions, settle lesser disputes, organize council meetings, and speak with authority when the crown is absent.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF LAWS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Responsible for interpreting, recording, and enforcing the laws of Eastrenhold. They oversee trials, disputes, punishments, pardons, and legal oaths.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF TRADE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Oversees trade, supplies, treasures, stored resources, barter, tribute, and distribution of goods. They ensure the kingdom prospers without hoarding wealth only for the elite. Also responsible for messages, diplomacy, envoys, treaties, border notices, and communication between allied or neighboring groups.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF HEARTH</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Oversees food stores, dens, shelters, communal warmth, orphan care, guest lodging, and aid for the sick, elderly, young, or displaced.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASTER OF WHISPERS</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Oversees information, scouts, rumors, discreet investigations, and possible threats inside or outside the kingdom. This rank requires subtlety, loyalty, and restraint.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HIGH GODLING</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The leading spiritual advisor of Eastrenhold. They oversee rites, omens, funerals, weddings, blessings, seasonal ceremonies, and the honoring of old gods and spirits of place.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">CROWN PHYSICIAN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The Royal Physician is the highest-ranking healer in Eastrenhold and serves as the personal physician to the royal family, High Council, and those under the Crown’s direct protection. They oversee medical care within the kingdom, supervise healers and apprentices, manage healing stores, advise the Crown during illness, pregnancy, injury, plague, famine, or crisis, and may be called to examine prisoners, refugees, or guests when health concerns arise. Because of their closeness to the royal family, the Royal Physician must be deeply trusted. They may hold private knowledge of births, bloodlines, illnesses, wounds, weaknesses, and secrets that could endanger the Crown if placed in the wrong paws.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HIGH SCRIBE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Keeper of records, laws, bloodlines, histories, treaties, births, deaths, marriages, and oaths. Often a tutor for the Princes, Princesses, and Wards of the Kingdom.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #79C1DB;"><div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">NOBILITY &amp; COURT TITLES</span></div></span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Noble titles in Eastrenhold may be inherited, granted, or earned through exceptional service. However, nobility does not place someone above the law.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">THANE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A martial noble title granted to those who have defended Eastrenhold with exceptional loyalty. Thanes may command small forces, oversee outposts, or hold lands/dens in the crown’s name.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">STEWARD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A trusted organizer responsible for daily operations, records, stores, housing, work assignments, and coordination between ranks.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">COURTIER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Members of the royal court who serve through diplomacy, artistry, etiquette, negotiation, scholarship, spiritual work, or political influence. Courtiers are expected to uphold Eastrenhold’s dignity.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">WARD OF THE CROWN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A youth, displaced noble, orphan, hostage-turned-protectorate, or vulnerable individual taken under the protection of the crown. Wards are educated, sheltered, and raised with care.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">KNIGHT OF EASTRENHOLD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A sworn protector of the kingdom. Knights are expected to embody courage, loyalty, discipline, and mercy. They defend the crown, protect subjects, escort travelers, and uphold the law.<br />
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Knighthood may be granted regardless of birth.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SWORN SWORD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A personal guard assigned to protect a member of the crown, council, or a vulnerable subject. Sworn Swords must be disciplined, vigilant, and deeply loyal.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">IRON GUARD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The main defensive force of Eastrenhold. They patrol borders, guard the castle, respond to threats, and enforce the crown’s protection.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">RANGER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Scouts and wilderness guardians who patrol forests, cliffs, borders, ruins, and coastal paths. Rangers are often the first to notice danger.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">ARMSMAN / SHIELDBEARER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Soldiers-in-training or lower-ranking defenders who assist guards and knights while learning combat, patrol, and discipline.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #79C1DB;"><div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">COMMON &amp; SKILLED RANKS</span></div></span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A collection of ranks that are integral to the functioning of the kingdom, given to those who have shown an affinity for certain jobs. Without them, the kingdom would not function.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HEARTHKEEPER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Caretakers of dens, food, fire, children, elders, guests, and injured members. This is a deeply respected rank, as Eastrenhold considers the hearth sacred.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HUNTER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Responsible for providing food, tracking prey, organizing hunts, and teaching younger members survival skills.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">FISHER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Specialists in coastal or river food-gathering, tide knowledge, water safety, and preserving fish for winter stores.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">HEALER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Medical workers who treat wounds, illness, pregnancy, birth, trauma, and long-term recovery. Healers may also work closely with Godlings when spiritual comfort is needed.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SCHOLAR</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Keepers of history, law, language, maps, family lines, treaties, stories, and records. Scholars may teach youth or advise the court.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">ARTISAN</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Craftspeople who make useful or ceremonial objects: ornaments, cloaks, den linings, carved tokens, bone jewelry, ritual items, dyes, tools, and decorations.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">MASON</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Builders and repairers of the old castle, dens, walls, paths, shelters, and stoneworks. Masons are vital to Eastrenhold’s restoration.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">TRADER</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Members trusted to barter with outsiders, gather resources, negotiate exchanges, and bring useful goods into the kingdom.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SHEPHERD</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">Caretakers and teachers of pups, youths, or newly joined members. They help guide the vulnerable into kingdom life.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">COMMONFOLK</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The backbone of Eastrenhold. Commonfolk may serve in many ways and are not considered lesser. A common-born member may rise into skilled, martial, noble, or council ranks through loyalty and contribution.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #79C1DB;"><div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">YOUTH RANKS</span></div></span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">The titles and honors given to children within the realm as they work toward a skillset that align with their strengths.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">NOBLE PUP</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A child of noble or titled members of the Hold.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">PAGE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A youth beginning early training in service, etiquette, history, messages, or household tasks.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">SQUIRE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A youth or young adult training in warfare directly beneath a knight. They tend to their master’s tasks and fight alongside him in battle.</div></span></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #8E52A1;">APPRENTICE</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align">A youth learning a trade such as healing, hunting, masonry, spiritual rites, trade, scholarship, or craft.</div></span></div></div>
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			<title><![CDATA[the honorable Nymphs of Cnassea 𖥔.ೃ࿔]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=13457</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:02:53 -0400</pubDate>
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greek mythos | sappho<br />
fairy tales | amazonia<br />
plant magic | sirens<br />
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⚲ Dreamsend Shores<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">pronunciation:<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">SNAH</span>-see-uh</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Trigger Warning: Sexism, <br />
Dangerous Groupthink &amp; <br />
Anti-Cismale Sentiments<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/theteenieyogini/sugar-spice-everything-nice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Aesthetic</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iOKKKM7R4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Playlist</a><br />
<a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1452437989736185967" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Discord</a> | <a href="https://cnassea.carrd.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Carrd</a></span></span></div></div></div></div>
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<div class="bs-col-md-4"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Cnassea is a <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">sisterhood</span> where status is not measured by wealth or conquest, but by one’s bond to the land and the depth of one’s <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">grace</span> in nurturing it. <br />
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Cnassea culture is woven from reverence for <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">nature</span>, joy in <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">beauty</span>, and the art of fleeting <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">moments</span>. <br />
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Nymphs are believed to be <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">goddesses;</span> <br />
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eternally Immortal, the Nymphs serve their lands and duties passionately, but often consider mortals <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">playthings</span>; menial distractions from the larger issues at hand.</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NYMPH CULTURE</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> “the tenets”</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">1. Immortality:</span> The nymph’s immortality stems from a classist belief system that spans back generations. They are divine because they are believed to be divine. Being pampered as goddesses meant that the nymphs could study under great lineages of healers, imbuing themselves nearly magical healing abilities. Amongst their peoples, it is believed that the nymphs have collected the knowledge of all their previous lives before them, which makes them such efficacious doctors. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">2. Sisterhood</span> The bond amongst the sisterhood is forged in stone, as innate in their blood, as it is believed that they were all once formed from the same cosmic forces, many lifetimes ago. The load of sisterhood bonds comes from preening, gossiping &amp; rejoicing. The Nymphs often refer to each other as Sister, as many of the nymphs are fathered by the same lineage.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">3. Chastity:</span> The Nymphs are expected to remain chaste. Any children produced are made by the means of magic, or simply lying.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">4. Males:</span> Those who identify as Male are only welcome in Cnassea if they are born into it or selected as a Nymph’s favored, supplicant, vassal, or visiting Sartyr. Males outside of Cnassea are not to be trusted. This bias entirely determined by one's gender identity, rather than one's biological sex.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">5. Marriages:</span> Nymphs, as eternal goddesses, see beyond mortal bodies. Furthermore, they are not wired for relationships ~ they are beyond partnership. Legitimate marriages are only between Nymphs and their Patron. Therefore, any legitimate children are direct products of the Gods.'<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">6. Children:</span> the ‘children’ that would be recognized as true nymphs would be the ones conceived by magical means, i.e. the tree, or fathered by an immortal god. Those born of a mortal to a nymph will be watched as they grow, to judge whether or not they inherited magical qualities. Male children are raised alongside the females (and treated much the same as females) but tend to disperse from Cnassea when they become of age, when they take on the name of Sartyrs and travel the world as minor immortal figures.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">7. Mortals:</span> Nymphs are encouraged to go out and find mortals to mentor. These favored are the only mortals allowed to reside in Cnassea. Additionally, if given an appropriate offering, mortals can solicit services from the Nymphs<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">8. Healing:</span> Nymphs take great pride in being able to bind the wounds that threaten mortals and consider it a great service. They use every natural means at their disposal to do so. Their archive of botany spans back lifetimes. Their signature technique, 'Lay of Hands,' is the stuff of legends and many patients of chronic conditions seek them out for spiritual and physical healing.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">IMMORTAL HIERARCHY</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> “the orders”</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Patron</span>- <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the benefactor.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a greater god whom the nymphs serve, oftentimes their father<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Vasílissa</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the nymph queen.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>major decision making, problem solving, and priority setting<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Aurai</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the wind maidens.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>carrying messages between nymphs, traveling beyond Cnassea<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Anthousai</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the flower nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>growing and harvesting herbs and flowers, tending to sheep<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Naiads</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the river nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>fishing, growing crops, building dams and dredging the river<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Oreads</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the mountain nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>serving as lookout, guarding the entrance to the holy Lunaria<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Dryads</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the forest nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>harvesting moss, fungi and woody plants to be use in medicine<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Oceanids</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the ocean nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>reading the tides, communing with sea life, forecasting weather<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Sartyrs</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">male gods.</span><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>male children of nymphs; usually disperse after 1 year<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">MORTAL ORDERS</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Favored</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">counseled mortals.</span><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>training, training, and more training. no sleep, only training.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Vassals</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the male servants.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>guarding, hunting, and carrying out menial tasks<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Supplicants</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">those in need.</span> <br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">BOONS &amp; BLESSING</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> “the magic”</span><br />
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Nymphs are largely tasked with caring for &amp; stewarding the earth, and as such, healing is an essential part of the Nymph identity. They excel at this because: it is believed that the Nymphs will reincarnate into new bodies without end, maintaining the same knowledge accrued from all previous lives. The nymphs go to great lengths to position themselves as holy, divine creatures in all aspects, including appearance.<br />
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Mortals can take advantage of this great boon by first learning of the nymphs. After an appropriate offering, supplicants can ask the Nymphs to bless their efforts &amp; trials. The nymphs magic lies mostly in the art of healing and in the art of divining the future.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Lay of Hands | Spiritual Cleansing | Fertility Blessings |  Protection Spells | Healing &amp; Binding<br />
Plant Magic | Supplicating the Fates  |  Arbitration &amp; Judgement | Scrying the Future  |  Patronage for the Arts | Communing with the Afterlife</span></div></div></div></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">DREAMSEND SHORES</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"the holy site"</span> — <a href="https://cnassea.carrd.co/assets/images/image02.jpg?v=4a1a7887" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">map</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Braided Waters</span> – <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-waterfall-in-the-middle-of-a-forest-wgDvv658WaA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a fresh stream from the cliffs &amp; ends in the ocean<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Laconia Cascades</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/waterfalls-in-the-middle-of-the-forest-pKKV5cqKEkQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>where the nymphs bathe together, protected from view by rocks. a favorite place for the nymphs to relax &amp; gossip.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Flamingo Salt Flats</span> – <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-group-of-flamingos-standing-on-top-of-a-sandy-beach-uOeI9jFVyWo" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a flat, barren beach studded with large, pink birds<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thermara</span> – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100075851238976/posts/lake-khiluk-also-known-as-spotted-lake-is-one-of-the-most-unique-natural-wonders/751713444033690/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>hot pools with different mineral contents to heal diseases<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Luminaria</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/starry-night-on-mountain-VWaPX_DrQ2Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a cliff plateau of great heights, used to observe the stars<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE GUILDS</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"a group of like-minded, experienced nymphs"</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Gymnasia</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-waterfall-in-a-canyon-Jn17d4nh5LQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> Where the bodies of vassals, supplicants and favored are honed<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to all Vassals, Supplicants &amp; Favored</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Lyceum</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-forest-filled-with-lots-of-blue-flowers-E3Pc3YIGg_I" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>A school for plant identification, experiments, and spellcasting<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to Dryads, Anthousai</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Asclepieion</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-rock-formation-during-daytime-eh53dYvg5kA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>A hospital that serves Triaging, Diagnosing &amp; Nursing<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to Naiads, Oreads</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Glitterati</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-stream-of-water-coming-out-of-the-ground-2ryO0SF5YvE" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> A group of nymphs dedicated to diplomatic relations<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to Aurai, Oceanids</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Pantheon</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/rock-formation-with-green-grass-DBBtazxxbf8" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>A temple where offerings, boons &amp; blessings are received<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to the Patron &amp; the Vasilissa</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">MOONSTEADS</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"a rendezvous site"</span> <br />
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Goldenmire - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-field-of-wildflowers-with-a-beach-in-the-background-98Te0NW9nls" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> - The Moonstead of the Anthousai<br />
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Alluvial Plains - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/an-aerial-view-of-a-body-of-water-bFCMqHn6Tz4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Naiads<br />
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The White Cliffs - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-brown-rock-formation-under-blue-sky-during-daytime-bAwJbs8znMc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Oreads<br />
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Megaflora Grotto -<a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-small-stream-running-through-a-lush-green-forest-TNSudPb9HXg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> - The Moonstead of the Dryads<br />
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Evershoal - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/an-aerial-view-of-a-white-sand-beach-L0TrO8_PqRY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Oceanids<br />
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The Caverns - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-cave-in-the-side-of-a-mountain-surrounded-by-leaves-Psbl_MFkVZY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Vassals<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Joining as a Mortal<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Cnassea is not an open community. Mortals are only allowed within Cnassea if they are sponsored by a Nymph, known as ‘Favored.' Male Mortals are more likely to be enslaved as 'Vassals' rather than Favored.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Joining as an Immortal</span><br />
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Most Nymphs within Cnassea are born into it. If they are not, Nymphs can enter Cnassea based on will or by Divine Assignment. Nymphs are plentiful, and they sometimes come and go as they shuffle between the gods' many dominions. Cnassea is also open to any variety of patron gods or goddesses, nymphs, favored mortals, and subjugated male vassals.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Adoptables &amp; Family Tree<br />
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Feel Free to help fill in the family tree here, which outlines nearly 20 different nymphs in 3 different lineages &amp; their relationships to one another! The three recognized linage are: <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Aeaea:</span> large, with many siblings that tend to feud<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thalassene:</span> a smaller family, incredibly tight-knit<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Oinara:</span> “Gift of Wine” an elusive lineage, secretive<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Engaging with Cnassea<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Though the Nymphs are secretive and flighty, they often try to engage with their neighbors and supplicants diplomatically – they keep their friends close, and their enemies closer. Nymphs are unlikely to reveal their divinity to those who do not already know, or do not know to ask.<br />
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Those who come seeking the Nymphs are likely to be turned away. Mortals are allowed to make an offering in exchange for a boon or blessing, and the size of their offering must be measured by the weight request. Sometimes, an adventure or trial is required before the specified blessing will be bestowed.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Cnassea's History<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">They were born as Goddessses. To deserve such high regard, the Nymphs were trained from puppyhood in the many holy and saintly arts. They played and joked, indulged and rejoiced. They whispered secrets and saw prophecies. They accepted their offerings and prayers dutifully.<br />
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As most tragic stories go, all was not to be fine forever. There was a war, and barriers overrun, and a genocide committed. Before being decimated, the Nymphs were encouraged to flee. Ampoule did – she ran as far and as wide as she could, to the ends of the earth. She found herself on a desolate island, the only place that she finally felt safe. Here she remained for some time.<br />
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Now that Ampoule has found herself awakened in Mythris, she hopes for companionship in her sisters, in the arms of whom she once felt safe and revered.</span></div></div></div></div></div>]]></description>
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greek mythos | sappho<br />
fairy tales | amazonia<br />
plant magic | sirens<br />
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⚲ Dreamsend Shores<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">pronunciation:<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">SNAH</span>-see-uh</span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Trigger Warning: Sexism, <br />
Dangerous Groupthink &amp; <br />
Anti-Cismale Sentiments<br />
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<a href="https://www.pinterest.com/theteenieyogini/sugar-spice-everything-nice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Aesthetic</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-iOKKKM7R4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Playlist</a><br />
<a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1452437989736185967" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Discord</a> | <a href="https://cnassea.carrd.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Carrd</a></span></span></div></div></div></div>
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Cnassea culture is woven from reverence for <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">nature</span>, joy in <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">beauty</span>, and the art of fleeting <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">moments</span>. <br />
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Nymphs are believed to be <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">goddesses;</span> <br />
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eternally Immortal, the Nymphs serve their lands and duties passionately, but often consider mortals <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">playthings</span>; menial distractions from the larger issues at hand.</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NYMPH CULTURE</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> “the tenets”</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">1. Immortality:</span> The nymph’s immortality stems from a classist belief system that spans back generations. They are divine because they are believed to be divine. Being pampered as goddesses meant that the nymphs could study under great lineages of healers, imbuing themselves nearly magical healing abilities. Amongst their peoples, it is believed that the nymphs have collected the knowledge of all their previous lives before them, which makes them such efficacious doctors. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">2. Sisterhood</span> The bond amongst the sisterhood is forged in stone, as innate in their blood, as it is believed that they were all once formed from the same cosmic forces, many lifetimes ago. The load of sisterhood bonds comes from preening, gossiping &amp; rejoicing. The Nymphs often refer to each other as Sister, as many of the nymphs are fathered by the same lineage.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">3. Chastity:</span> The Nymphs are expected to remain chaste. Any children produced are made by the means of magic, or simply lying.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">4. Males:</span> Those who identify as Male are only welcome in Cnassea if they are born into it or selected as a Nymph’s favored, supplicant, vassal, or visiting Sartyr. Males outside of Cnassea are not to be trusted. This bias entirely determined by one's gender identity, rather than one's biological sex.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">5. Marriages:</span> Nymphs, as eternal goddesses, see beyond mortal bodies. Furthermore, they are not wired for relationships ~ they are beyond partnership. Legitimate marriages are only between Nymphs and their Patron. Therefore, any legitimate children are direct products of the Gods.'<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">6. Children:</span> the ‘children’ that would be recognized as true nymphs would be the ones conceived by magical means, i.e. the tree, or fathered by an immortal god. Those born of a mortal to a nymph will be watched as they grow, to judge whether or not they inherited magical qualities. Male children are raised alongside the females (and treated much the same as females) but tend to disperse from Cnassea when they become of age, when they take on the name of Sartyrs and travel the world as minor immortal figures.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">7. Mortals:</span> Nymphs are encouraged to go out and find mortals to mentor. These favored are the only mortals allowed to reside in Cnassea. Additionally, if given an appropriate offering, mortals can solicit services from the Nymphs<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">8. Healing:</span> Nymphs take great pride in being able to bind the wounds that threaten mortals and consider it a great service. They use every natural means at their disposal to do so. Their archive of botany spans back lifetimes. Their signature technique, 'Lay of Hands,' is the stuff of legends and many patients of chronic conditions seek them out for spiritual and physical healing.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">IMMORTAL HIERARCHY</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> “the orders”</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Patron</span>- <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the benefactor.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a greater god whom the nymphs serve, oftentimes their father<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Vasílissa</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the nymph queen.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>major decision making, problem solving, and priority setting<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Aurai</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the wind maidens.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>carrying messages between nymphs, traveling beyond Cnassea<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Anthousai</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the flower nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>growing and harvesting herbs and flowers, tending to sheep<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Naiads</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the river nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>fishing, growing crops, building dams and dredging the river<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Oreads</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the mountain nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>serving as lookout, guarding the entrance to the holy Lunaria<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Dryads</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the forest nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>harvesting moss, fungi and woody plants to be use in medicine<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Oceanids</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the ocean nymphs.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>reading the tides, communing with sea life, forecasting weather<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Sartyrs</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">male gods.</span><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>male children of nymphs; usually disperse after 1 year<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">MORTAL ORDERS</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Favored</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">counseled mortals.</span><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>training, training, and more training. no sleep, only training.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Vassals</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the male servants.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>guarding, hunting, and carrying out menial tasks<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Supplicants</span> - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">those in need.</span> <br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>those requesting help from the various guilds</span></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">BOONS &amp; BLESSING</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"> “the magic”</span><br />
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Nymphs are largely tasked with caring for &amp; stewarding the earth, and as such, healing is an essential part of the Nymph identity. They excel at this because: it is believed that the Nymphs will reincarnate into new bodies without end, maintaining the same knowledge accrued from all previous lives. The nymphs go to great lengths to position themselves as holy, divine creatures in all aspects, including appearance.<br />
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Mortals can take advantage of this great boon by first learning of the nymphs. After an appropriate offering, supplicants can ask the Nymphs to bless their efforts &amp; trials. The nymphs magic lies mostly in the art of healing and in the art of divining the future.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Lay of Hands | Spiritual Cleansing | Fertility Blessings |  Protection Spells | Healing &amp; Binding<br />
Plant Magic | Supplicating the Fates  |  Arbitration &amp; Judgement | Scrying the Future  |  Patronage for the Arts | Communing with the Afterlife</span></div></div></div></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">DREAMSEND SHORES</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"the holy site"</span> — <a href="https://cnassea.carrd.co/assets/images/image02.jpg?v=4a1a7887" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">map</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Braided Waters</span> – <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-waterfall-in-the-middle-of-a-forest-wgDvv658WaA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a fresh stream from the cliffs &amp; ends in the ocean<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Laconia Cascades</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/waterfalls-in-the-middle-of-the-forest-pKKV5cqKEkQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>where the nymphs bathe together, protected from view by rocks. a favorite place for the nymphs to relax &amp; gossip.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Flamingo Salt Flats</span> – <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-group-of-flamingos-standing-on-top-of-a-sandy-beach-uOeI9jFVyWo" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a flat, barren beach studded with large, pink birds<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thermara</span> – <a href="https://www.facebook.com/100075851238976/posts/lake-khiluk-also-known-as-spotted-lake-is-one-of-the-most-unique-natural-wonders/751713444033690/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>hot pools with different mineral contents to heal diseases<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Luminaria</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/starry-night-on-mountain-VWaPX_DrQ2Y" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>a cliff plateau of great heights, used to observe the stars<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE GUILDS</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"a group of like-minded, experienced nymphs"</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Gymnasia</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-waterfall-in-a-canyon-Jn17d4nh5LQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> Where the bodies of vassals, supplicants and favored are honed<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to all Vassals, Supplicants &amp; Favored</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Lyceum</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-forest-filled-with-lots-of-blue-flowers-E3Pc3YIGg_I" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>A school for plant identification, experiments, and spellcasting<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to Dryads, Anthousai</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Asclepieion</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-rock-formation-during-daytime-eh53dYvg5kA" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>A hospital that serves Triaging, Diagnosing &amp; Nursing<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to Naiads, Oreads</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Glitterati</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-stream-of-water-coming-out-of-the-ground-2ryO0SF5YvE" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> A group of nymphs dedicated to diplomatic relations<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to Aurai, Oceanids</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Pantheon</span> - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/rock-formation-with-green-grass-DBBtazxxbf8" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>A temple where offerings, boons &amp; blessings are received<br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">open to the Patron &amp; the Vasilissa</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">MOONSTEADS</span><br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"a rendezvous site"</span> <br />
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Goldenmire - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-field-of-wildflowers-with-a-beach-in-the-background-98Te0NW9nls" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> - The Moonstead of the Anthousai<br />
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Alluvial Plains - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/an-aerial-view-of-a-body-of-water-bFCMqHn6Tz4" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Naiads<br />
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The White Cliffs - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/white-and-brown-rock-formation-under-blue-sky-during-daytime-bAwJbs8znMc" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Oreads<br />
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Megaflora Grotto -<a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-small-stream-running-through-a-lush-green-forest-TNSudPb9HXg" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span> - The Moonstead of the Dryads<br />
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Evershoal - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/an-aerial-view-of-a-white-sand-beach-L0TrO8_PqRY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Oceanids<br />
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The Caverns - <a href="https://unsplash.com/photos/a-cave-in-the-side-of-a-mountain-surrounded-by-leaves-Psbl_MFkVZY" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">photo</a><br />
<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span>– The Moonstead of the Vassals<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Joining as a Mortal<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Cnassea is not an open community. Mortals are only allowed within Cnassea if they are sponsored by a Nymph, known as ‘Favored.' Male Mortals are more likely to be enslaved as 'Vassals' rather than Favored.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Joining as an Immortal</span><br />
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Most Nymphs within Cnassea are born into it. If they are not, Nymphs can enter Cnassea based on will or by Divine Assignment. Nymphs are plentiful, and they sometimes come and go as they shuffle between the gods' many dominions. Cnassea is also open to any variety of patron gods or goddesses, nymphs, favored mortals, and subjugated male vassals.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Adoptables &amp; Family Tree<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">There are several available Nymphs &amp; Vassals to be adopted. Please see open adoptables <a href="https://cnassea.carrd.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">HERE</a>. Please note: all adoptables are subject to Vivarium RPG's standard adoption terms. <br />
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Feel Free to help fill in the family tree here, which outlines nearly 20 different nymphs in 3 different lineages &amp; their relationships to one another! The three recognized linage are: <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Aeaea:</span> large, with many siblings that tend to feud<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thalassene:</span> a smaller family, incredibly tight-knit<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Oinara:</span> “Gift of Wine” an elusive lineage, secretive<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Engaging with Cnassea<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">Though the Nymphs are secretive and flighty, they often try to engage with their neighbors and supplicants diplomatically – they keep their friends close, and their enemies closer. Nymphs are unlikely to reveal their divinity to those who do not already know, or do not know to ask.<br />
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Those who come seeking the Nymphs are likely to be turned away. Mortals are allowed to make an offering in exchange for a boon or blessing, and the size of their offering must be measured by the weight request. Sometimes, an adventure or trial is required before the specified blessing will be bestowed.</span></div></div></div></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Cnassea's History<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: times new roman;" class="mycode_font">They were born as Goddessses. To deserve such high regard, the Nymphs were trained from puppyhood in the many holy and saintly arts. They played and joked, indulged and rejoiced. They whispered secrets and saw prophecies. They accepted their offerings and prayers dutifully.<br />
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As most tragic stories go, all was not to be fine forever. There was a war, and barriers overrun, and a genocide committed. Before being decimated, the Nymphs were encouraged to flee. Ampoule did – she ran as far and as wide as she could, to the ends of the earth. She found herself on a desolate island, the only place that she finally felt safe. Here she remained for some time.<br />
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Now that Ampoule has found herself awakened in Mythris, she hopes for companionship in her sisters, in the arms of whom she once felt safe and revered.</span></div></div></div></div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The 2nd Coming of the Western Dynasty (CELEBRATION)]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=13120</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:40:31 -0400</pubDate>
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Upon the coastal sands and beneath the curtaining wisteria of Queen’s Rest, The Western Dynasty of the Fujiwara clan reigns once more. Marking a period of restoration and immortalizing the blood of Ryūjin through the Imperial family and the people they watch over. <br />
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In honor of their reformation, Empress Izumi will be throwing a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;" class="mycode_s">belated</span> celebration in honor of the clan’s return! Come be a part of the Dynasty’s rich culture and participate in ceremonies, exchanges of tales and poetry, and a grand feast to feed the masses for seasons on end! <br />
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I won’t be in much of a rush to throw this together as I am still kind of slow, so it is set to take place on <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">August 25th - August 27th</span> and groups (established and forming) of all different cultures and walks of Mythiris are able to participate in the festivities! It is also a great opportunity to develop political relations (or feuds, because we welcome drama in this house) that might happen. <br />
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Izumi has sent a group on a diplomacy mission around Mythiris led by her Cousin, Yoshirō, to  visit different packs in different lands. Would love to know which groups would be interested in coming along! <br />
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Below is the path the group will be making, along with other information!<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Travel Pathway</span> (In order)</span><br />
• Northern Alpines [CURRENT LOCATION]<br />
• Spirited Highlands <br />
• Smoldering Wastes<br />
• Great woodland’s <br />
• Westmoor Wakes<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Interested/Invited Groups So Far:</span></span><br />
• Walosi<br />
• Ravorn<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Day 1:</span></span> Tea Ceremony &amp; Ikebana (flower arrangements)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Day 2:</span></span> Gift Exchanges, Poetry &amp; Storytelling<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Day 3:</span></span> Song and Dance performances + Feast]]></description>
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Upon the coastal sands and beneath the curtaining wisteria of Queen’s Rest, The Western Dynasty of the Fujiwara clan reigns once more. Marking a period of restoration and immortalizing the blood of Ryūjin through the Imperial family and the people they watch over. <br />
<br />
In honor of their reformation, Empress Izumi will be throwing a <span style="text-decoration: line-through;" class="mycode_s">belated</span> celebration in honor of the clan’s return! Come be a part of the Dynasty’s rich culture and participate in ceremonies, exchanges of tales and poetry, and a grand feast to feed the masses for seasons on end! <br />
<br />
I won’t be in much of a rush to throw this together as I am still kind of slow, so it is set to take place on <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">August 25th - August 27th</span> and groups (established and forming) of all different cultures and walks of Mythiris are able to participate in the festivities! It is also a great opportunity to develop political relations (or feuds, because we welcome drama in this house) that might happen. <br />
<br />
Izumi has sent a group on a diplomacy mission around Mythiris led by her Cousin, Yoshirō, to  visit different packs in different lands. Would love to know which groups would be interested in coming along! <br />
<br />
Below is the path the group will be making, along with other information!<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px">
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Travel Pathway</span> (In order)</span><br />
• Northern Alpines [CURRENT LOCATION]<br />
• Spirited Highlands <br />
• Smoldering Wastes<br />
• Great woodland’s <br />
• Westmoor Wakes<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Interested/Invited Groups So Far:</span></span><br />
• Walosi<br />
• Ravorn<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Day 1:</span></span> Tea Ceremony &amp; Ikebana (flower arrangements)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Day 2:</span></span> Gift Exchanges, Poetry &amp; Storytelling<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Day 3:</span></span> Song and Dance performances + Feast]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[SKAIGEDA/Osleikru: Interest Check]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12605</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 18:25:31 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=3842">Skairipa</a>]]></dc:creator>
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hello, all!<br />
<br />
you can fill yourself in the bare bones of the culture of the osleikru <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tx7wJ9yKV37yFiM6yJMUVCcLIi9ZTK5pifMg01sKuhY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">here</a>, which the details will be expanded upon and hopefully entered in the compendium when its ready. i intend to start the first clan, skaigeda, once a good handful of characters adhering to this culture join the game. if you are interested about joining skaigeda and or playing a character from the out of game clans described, feel free to dm me on discord, my username is wen in the server! its easier for me to centralize communication there personally.<br />
<br />
we can also work collaboratively expand on the culture of the clans/osleikru which hasnt been as fleshed out for your character and what their roles/history/and disposition and how they were regarded in their clan by others according to what im planning and what you are envisioning! i definitely want to hear others ideas!<br />
<br />
i will revamp this message once i feel a pack concept can really be out together, but it will follow 90% of the stuff mentioned in the cultural compendium!</div></div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body">
hello, all!<br />
<br />
you can fill yourself in the bare bones of the culture of the osleikru <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tx7wJ9yKV37yFiM6yJMUVCcLIi9ZTK5pifMg01sKuhY/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">here</a>, which the details will be expanded upon and hopefully entered in the compendium when its ready. i intend to start the first clan, skaigeda, once a good handful of characters adhering to this culture join the game. if you are interested about joining skaigeda and or playing a character from the out of game clans described, feel free to dm me on discord, my username is wen in the server! its easier for me to centralize communication there personally.<br />
<br />
we can also work collaboratively expand on the culture of the clans/osleikru which hasnt been as fleshed out for your character and what their roles/history/and disposition and how they were regarded in their clan by others according to what im planning and what you are envisioning! i definitely want to hear others ideas!<br />
<br />
i will revamp this message once i feel a pack concept can really be out together, but it will follow 90% of the stuff mentioned in the cultural compendium!</div></div>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[The Fujiwara Dynasty 2.0 [ADOPTION PAGE]]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12277</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:06:24 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=137">Izumi</a>]]></dc:creator>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font">SOOOO I just recently remembered that I had some adopt concepts from the older version of The Fujiwara Dynasty. (I ALSO happen to have a crap ton of designs in my toyhouse that have been collecting dust since the jurassic period), so instead of letting both of these things go to waste, I’ll use them here!<br />
<br />
These adopts are from the Fujiwara Clan Pre - Vivarium and are expected to carry connections/knowledge of the clans old ways, traditions and beliefs. I’d love to see them find good homes and be treated with love by players who’ll create amazing stories with them.</span></div></div></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="font-family: time new roman;" class="mycode_font">Besides the existence of the ruling Imperial family, there were many families within the dynasty that either grew up from humble origins, foreign clans, or ones that held honorary/noble titles due to their history within the clan. Below are some of the families that are either mentioned here or might be mentioned in the future. This is largely a wip until the pack eventually becomes founded.</span></div></div></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">ADOPT RULES</div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">
All rules listed below are non-negotiable, so please be respectful and read through them carefully!<br />
<br />
1) I do not require you to post everyday and this does not have to be your main character. However, I do want this character to go to a home where they'll be active. That being said, I reserve the right to reclaim the character after 2 months of no posts/inactivity. If you are going on hiatus or on break and would like to keep the toon until you return, please contact me to let me know beforehand. I don't mind making exceptions as long as you communicate!<br />
<br />
2) Do not adopt just to kill the character off or have them disappear off-site from the jump. In the event that you become stressed, busy, losing muse, ect. and are no longer sure If you are able to write them anymore, don't be afraid to reach out to me and let me know so I can adopt them back out. It happens, we're human!<br />
<br />
3) Because these are characters that were made for the Dynasty, I would like for them to stay aligned with the pack.<br />
<br />
4) I will be keeping the character in my toyhouse until full ownership. I won't stop you from buying art for your character, but I personally suggest that you refrain from investing a large sum of money until you officially own them, as buying art will not make you evade having the toon taken away if rules are broken. <br />
<br />
5) After 60 posts, you will have full ownership of the character and what you choose to do with said character is up to you. Meaning rules 1 - 4 no longer apply to you. If you have a toyhouse, I'll transfer the files over there (or if you don't have a th, I'll make sure you have all your files/art before removing the toon from my toyhouse).<br />
<br />
6) If you already own an adopt (not a character you made yourself. An adopt from me) for the pack, Please allow other players the chance to apply! Not saying it’s a definite no – If there's a character that you want that isn’t receiving interest I can give them to you, but I just want to give others the chance as well. (Don't be afraid to message me if you aren't sure)<br />
<br />
7) I reserve the right to deny the application for any given reason. This includes (but is not limited to) exhibiting rude or passive aggressive behavior, showing overall inactivity on the forum, ect.</div></div></span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Please Use the following application to apply and PM me when you’re done!</span>:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Discord:</span> (If you have one. If you don’t you can leave it blank!)<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Character Desired to play:</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Gender/Sex/Pronouns:</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Summary:</span> (A list of ideas you have for the character, such as the role you’d like them to play within the clan, any juicy plots you had in mind, ect.)<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Anything else to note?:</span></span><br />
</div></div></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">*Keep in mind that All “Ideas” for each character are merely concepts I've created to help others think up some ideas and can be edited or changed entirely if you’d like. If you have other character/design ideas of your own that you’d like to input, I'm open to it!</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><br />
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<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/sfW8Wj74/IMG-5422.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Chinatsu Itō (伊藤ちなつ) <br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"A thousand summers"/"The one"</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 1 - 3 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AFAB (any pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> For this one I’m thinking she was an entertainer or dancer of some sort within the clan. Maybe a Geisha who rose within the ranks became well known for her beauty and talent for song and dance. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #ff000d;" class="mycode_color">CLOSED</span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Played by Lue</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/7YMWBKBD/IMG-5423.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Tsukikage Matsumoto (松本 月影 )<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"Moonbeams"/"longevity”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 2-4 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AMAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> Perhaps a secret spy under a false name sent from a different clan to infiltrate the family (Or maybe even an assassin sent out on a bounty. Maybe a grudge against the family)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #2ECC40;" class="mycode_color">OPEN</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Cxc60zTW/IMG-5425.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Benjirō Haku (ハク弁次郎) <br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"One who enjoys peace"/"Poetic"</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 1-3 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AMAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> Perhaps a poet, storyteller or of some sort. Was raised to be a nobleman and coerced by his parents to marry into the imperial family, but didn’t want to live a nobleman’s life and found peace in a simple life within the arts.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #2ECC40;" class="mycode_color">OPEN</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/QMVYdhjV/IMG-5426.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Nana Fuyuki (冬木 奈々)<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">“Seven”/“Winter Forest”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 1-3 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AFAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> A devout shrine maiden who carries the word of Ryūjin and the blessings he’s carried out to the clan. Actively performs prayers. Yet something possibly happened that has shaken her faith or is currently testing it.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <br />
<span style="color: #ff000d;" class="mycode_color">CLOSED</span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Played by Van</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/MG4PcNG4/IMG-5427.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Reina Watanabe (渡辺玲奈)<br />
“Wise”/“River Crossing”<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 2-4 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AFAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> Up to player!!<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #2ECC40;" class="mycode_color">OPEN</span></span>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font">SOOOO I just recently remembered that I had some adopt concepts from the older version of The Fujiwara Dynasty. (I ALSO happen to have a crap ton of designs in my toyhouse that have been collecting dust since the jurassic period), so instead of letting both of these things go to waste, I’ll use them here!<br />
<br />
These adopts are from the Fujiwara Clan Pre - Vivarium and are expected to carry connections/knowledge of the clans old ways, traditions and beliefs. I’d love to see them find good homes and be treated with love by players who’ll create amazing stories with them.</span></div></div></div>
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="font-family: time new roman;" class="mycode_font">Besides the existence of the ruling Imperial family, there were many families within the dynasty that either grew up from humble origins, foreign clans, or ones that held honorary/noble titles due to their history within the clan. Below are some of the families that are either mentioned here or might be mentioned in the future. This is largely a wip until the pack eventually becomes founded.</span></div></div></div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">ADOPT RULES</div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">
All rules listed below are non-negotiable, so please be respectful and read through them carefully!<br />
<br />
1) I do not require you to post everyday and this does not have to be your main character. However, I do want this character to go to a home where they'll be active. That being said, I reserve the right to reclaim the character after 2 months of no posts/inactivity. If you are going on hiatus or on break and would like to keep the toon until you return, please contact me to let me know beforehand. I don't mind making exceptions as long as you communicate!<br />
<br />
2) Do not adopt just to kill the character off or have them disappear off-site from the jump. In the event that you become stressed, busy, losing muse, ect. and are no longer sure If you are able to write them anymore, don't be afraid to reach out to me and let me know so I can adopt them back out. It happens, we're human!<br />
<br />
3) Because these are characters that were made for the Dynasty, I would like for them to stay aligned with the pack.<br />
<br />
4) I will be keeping the character in my toyhouse until full ownership. I won't stop you from buying art for your character, but I personally suggest that you refrain from investing a large sum of money until you officially own them, as buying art will not make you evade having the toon taken away if rules are broken. <br />
<br />
5) After 60 posts, you will have full ownership of the character and what you choose to do with said character is up to you. Meaning rules 1 - 4 no longer apply to you. If you have a toyhouse, I'll transfer the files over there (or if you don't have a th, I'll make sure you have all your files/art before removing the toon from my toyhouse).<br />
<br />
6) If you already own an adopt (not a character you made yourself. An adopt from me) for the pack, Please allow other players the chance to apply! Not saying it’s a definite no – If there's a character that you want that isn’t receiving interest I can give them to you, but I just want to give others the chance as well. (Don't be afraid to message me if you aren't sure)<br />
<br />
7) I reserve the right to deny the application for any given reason. This includes (but is not limited to) exhibiting rude or passive aggressive behavior, showing overall inactivity on the forum, ect.</div></div></span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Please Use the following application to apply and PM me when you’re done!</span>:<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Discord:</span> (If you have one. If you don’t you can leave it blank!)<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Character Desired to play:</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Gender/Sex/Pronouns:</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Summary:</span> (A list of ideas you have for the character, such as the role you’d like them to play within the clan, any juicy plots you had in mind, ect.)<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Anything else to note?:</span></span><br />
</div></div></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: right;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">*Keep in mind that All “Ideas” for each character are merely concepts I've created to help others think up some ideas and can be edited or changed entirely if you’d like. If you have other character/design ideas of your own that you’d like to input, I'm open to it!</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"><br />
<br />
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/sfW8Wj74/IMG-5422.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Chinatsu Itō (伊藤ちなつ) <br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"A thousand summers"/"The one"</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 1 - 3 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AFAB (any pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> For this one I’m thinking she was an entertainer or dancer of some sort within the clan. Maybe a Geisha who rose within the ranks became well known for her beauty and talent for song and dance. <br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #ff000d;" class="mycode_color">CLOSED</span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Played by Lue</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/7YMWBKBD/IMG-5423.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Tsukikage Matsumoto (松本 月影 )<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"Moonbeams"/"longevity”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 2-4 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AMAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> Perhaps a secret spy under a false name sent from a different clan to infiltrate the family (Or maybe even an assassin sent out on a bounty. Maybe a grudge against the family)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #2ECC40;" class="mycode_color">OPEN</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/Cxc60zTW/IMG-5425.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Benjirō Haku (ハク弁次郎) <br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"One who enjoys peace"/"Poetic"</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 1-3 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AMAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> Perhaps a poet, storyteller or of some sort. Was raised to be a nobleman and coerced by his parents to marry into the imperial family, but didn’t want to live a nobleman’s life and found peace in a simple life within the arts.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #2ECC40;" class="mycode_color">OPEN</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/QMVYdhjV/IMG-5426.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Nana Fuyuki (冬木 奈々)<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">“Seven”/“Winter Forest”</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 1-3 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AFAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> A devout shrine maiden who carries the word of Ryūjin and the blessings he’s carried out to the clan. Actively performs prayers. Yet something possibly happened that has shaken her faith or is currently testing it.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <br />
<span style="color: #ff000d;" class="mycode_color">CLOSED</span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Played by Van</span><br />
<br />
<div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"></span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;" class="mycode_font"></div>
<img src="https://i.postimg.cc/MG4PcNG4/IMG-5427.png" style="width:600px;" class="mw-100"/><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Name:</span> Reina Watanabe (渡辺玲奈)<br />
“Wise”/“River Crossing”<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Age:</span> 2-4 years<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Sex/Gender:</span> AFAB (Any Pronouns!)<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Ideas:</span> Up to player!!<br />
<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Status:</span> <span style="color: #2ECC40;" class="mycode_color">OPEN</span></span>]]></content:encoded>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alukhai: interest check]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12176</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 13:47:20 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=2328">tazi</a>]]></dc:creator>
			<guid isPermaLink="false">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=12176</guid>
			<description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/B8aPicL.png" loading="lazy"  alt="[Image: B8aPicL.png]" class="mycode_img" /></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font"><div style="margin: 0 auto; max-width: 500px"><span style="color: #afaccd;" class="mycode_color"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">"Spirit of the Blue Sky"</span></span></div></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font"><span class="small fs-sm">A clan of nomads migrating across the rugged steppe, driven to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to raise their families beneath the eternal blue sky. This is a savage land and it springs to life in all its brutal glory; terrible, tender, and tragic by turns. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NOMADS  </span>During summer, the Alukhai live in high-altitude valleys, chosen to provide lush grazing for the herds while avoiding extreme heat at lower elevations. Come autumn, they move from the pastures to sprawling southern grasslands. Alukhai live in <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">gers</span>, temporary dwellings created by pulling horse pelts over granite stones, drift wood and animal bones. This cluster of <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">gers</span> is called the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">ordo</span>; the nomadic royal court and social hub. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">LEADERSHIP </span>The <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span> and his family are considered clan nobility. Strength determines leadership. The <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span> can be challenged in a duel during the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">kurultai</span>. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">HORSE HERD </span>A mongol without a horse is a bird without wings. The bond between nomads and horses is deeply symbiotic, historical, and spiritual, thus they have ritualized their care. Horses are seen to have the highest prestige on the steppe and provide the clan with meat, milk, bones, hides and mane/tail fibers. Worn hides from pelts are called <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">deel</span>, and signify good status within alukhai. Spirit banners, or sulde, are sacred standards made from horsehair that represent a mongol’s living soul, vital force, guardian power, and connection to the Eternal Blue Sky. Like their wolf counterparts mongol horses are stocky, resilient, enduring extreme climates and complex, long-distance campaigns. Horses are never slaughtered except for mercy, and are never used to carry goods, neither are they ridden. A nomad with many horses is considered wealthy. It Is common for mongols to have favorite horses among the herd.  <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">RELIGION </span>Tengri is the supreme deity of the eternal blue sky, who emphasizes the Alukhai’s harmony with nature and the cosmos. He is paired with earth mother. Shaman are the leaders of spiritual ceremonies and are said to communicate with regional spirits. However, the clan accepts and promotes many cultures and religions. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">ORAL TRADITION </span>Alukhai relay their history through stories, dance, poetry and plainsong, including throat singing. These traditions recount hard migrations, legendary horses, battle heroes and tales of love or tragedy. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">HACHI </span>Mongols live by the concept of <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">hachi</span>, a binding social obligation to repay debts; such as actively providing food or care to one's mother to match the grace she showed in raising them, or returning hostility to an enemy. It means to be true to those who are true to you. It is common for nomads to strive after their ancestors’ <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">hachi</span> if it was not honored in their lifetime.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">PATRILINEAL </span>Power, inheritance, and tribal leadership is generally passed from father to son. The overarching framework of the empire remains rooted in male dominance and inheritance. However, while generally subordinate, Alukhai women possess a large degree of freedom in managing the camps, holding political roles, and raising pups. Male and female roles are regarded as complementary, each fulfilling a distinct but equally valued purpose.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">MARRIAGE </span>Marriages strengthen the clan ties and are heavily promoted on the steppe. The groom's family is expected to pay a bride price to her family to compensate for the loss of their daughter's labor. Men of higher status often have multiple wives, however, his first is the chief wife, and her children have right to inherit family wealth. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">BEAUTY STANDARD </span>Alukhai prize traits suited for their harsh, nomadic lifestyle, valuing robust health and strong features in men and women. Frailty is a fault, as stamina and the ability to work and move the herds is essential. The physical demands of steppe survival and long campaigns require nomads to be active, muscular and capable of defending themselves. They are a shorter people, stocky and powerful with broad shoulders, large chests, and thick limbs which adapt them to the extreme climates of their territory.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE IVORY ROAD </span>A trade route established for knowledge sharing, linking civilizations and exchanging various goods like herbs, dyes, precious stones, animal hides, berries, ivory, etc. The road will seek access and relations through all packs in the wastes. Breeding rights, horses, marriages, hunting territory, shamanic knowledge, and foster children may be eventually be expanded on through linking cultures.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">COLORS:</span> <div class="swatch" data-color="#c2622f" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: #c2622f; color: #c2622f; display: inline-block; padding: 5px 10px;"><span class="inner">▮</span>#c2622f</div> + <div class="swatch" data-color="#96a5ed" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: #96a5ed; color: #96a5ed; display: inline-block; padding: 5px 10px;"><span class="inner">▮</span>#96a5ed</div> | <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">LOCATION:</span> <span class="small fs-sm">Endless Plains</span></div>
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The fertile Orkhon River Valley was once the heartland of the pastoral clans whose horsemen, the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khans</span>, commanded the great steppe. Fearing the rise of a united nomadic power, the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han</span> sought to keep the tribes divided— pitting <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khan</span> against <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khan</span>, obstructing trade, and provoking bloody raids that would leave the clans weakened and suspicious of one another. Every child was raised in the discipline of war, prepared from youth for a life of hardship, famine, and battle.<br />
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It was <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Khaan</span> Subutai of Nazgur who saw through the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han’s</span> manipulation and rallied the horse clans under a single banner against their enemy. Warriors and women alike joined his army and he became the Great <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Khagan</span>; <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khan of khans</span>. United at last, the mongols retaliated, massacring northern <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han</span> villages and demanding the empire withdraw from their lands.<br />
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But they would not succeed. After months of stalemate, tragedy befell the steppe, as prince Jochi, heir to the mongolian empire, was slain.  The <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khagan’s</span> army was forced into retreat. <br />
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With his people facing a slow death, Batu, military official and bastard son of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khagan</span>, proposed a marriage alliance between the two kingdoms, a treaty which would  buy precious time to recover while spies infiltrated the han borders. What Batu did not know was that the bride offered to secure the peace would be Saikhanbayar, the woman promised to him.<br />
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Taken from the steppe and renamed Ye Lanyi, Saikhanbayar was carried into the heart of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han</span> empire, and despite the mongols' best efforts, the damage was done. The Orkhon Valley fell into ruin, the horse people scattered by war, famine, and conquest. <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">* while some inspiration is drawn from history, this is a fictional mongolia &amp; china, and though the tianlong are related to the han empire, they are not directly responsible for what has happened in this version of mongolia  </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">JINONG <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-crown"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Crown prince or heir apparent. Responsible for military leadership, managing the herds, dolling out justice, shadowing the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span> and leading emissary expeditions abroad. <br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">KHUU <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-sword"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">A prince. Sons of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khatun</span> and consorts. Responsible for military leadership, helping with herd management, and dolling out justice.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">GONJI <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-crown"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">A princess. Daughters of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khatun</span> and consorts. Tasked with governing conquered territories, managing diplomatic alliances through strategic marriages, and fighting in military campaigns, as well as coordinating seasonal migrations. They are trained in music and literacy.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">ORLOK <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-swords"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Military generals and advisors to <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span>, guarding the royal camp and family, enforcing discipline, leading hunting expeditions and training the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">nokud</span>. A trusted inner circle including diverse experts from other territories. They may be assigned to escort specific royals as personal guards. <br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">NOKUR <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bow-arrow"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Warriors, hunters, couriers, and weather readers. They reinforce borders, lead hunting expeditions, spar and train, and tend to/move the herds. They are also tasked with delivering intelligence reports and military orders across the empire, information gathering, as well as providing information on local conditions, potential threats, or revolts to the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span>.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">OTOCHI <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-leaf"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Shaman, physicians, herbalists.  In general, they practice shamanism, bone-setting, and medicine, as well as spiritual healing and herbal medicine and diet management. They may gather and store herbs, and act as spiritual advisors.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">EKH BARIGCH <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-paw"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Midwives and caretakers. They may also act as teachers and pup-sitters. Their focus is on prenatal care, monitoring the mother's health throughout pregnancy, assessing the health of the pups, and assisting the otochi in the delivery process.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">CONCUBINE <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fire"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Harem women; entertainers, dancers and decorators. Often acquired from conquered territories and given as wives to the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">nokud</span> after victories. They serve under the primary wives in domestic and sexual roles, supporting camp life while men are away and often face low social status and strict servitude. They are subjected to the orders of high-ranking wives and are expected to produce children. They serve to increase the status of their master, and may be involved in the defense of the clan in times of war.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">BOGOL <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-handcuffs"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Prisoners and household servants. They primarily perform the forced labor of tending to livestock and clearing dung.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font">Alukhai claims the rugged steppe, a place of great austerity but beauty, too. Think rolling grasslands, winding blue rivers, lakes, waterfalls, boreal forest, geysers and hotsprings, with a ridgeline barricading the north and a desert cusping the south. Set north of satriya, south of tianlong, and west of dusk oasis, so plenty of opportunity for drama and inter-pack connections. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font">interest check to see if anyone would want to play 13th century mongolia with me? if so, <dvz_me_placeholder id="16" /> is open for family ties and established relationships to his previous clan, or threads beginning to float the idea &lt;3 <br />
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<span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font"><span class="small fs-sm">A clan of nomads migrating across the rugged steppe, driven to survive in the face of death, to kill before being killed, and to raise their families beneath the eternal blue sky. This is a savage land and it springs to life in all its brutal glory; terrible, tender, and tragic by turns. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NOMADS  </span>During summer, the Alukhai live in high-altitude valleys, chosen to provide lush grazing for the herds while avoiding extreme heat at lower elevations. Come autumn, they move from the pastures to sprawling southern grasslands. Alukhai live in <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">gers</span>, temporary dwellings created by pulling horse pelts over granite stones, drift wood and animal bones. This cluster of <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">gers</span> is called the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">ordo</span>; the nomadic royal court and social hub. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">LEADERSHIP </span>The <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span> and his family are considered clan nobility. Strength determines leadership. The <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span> can be challenged in a duel during the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">kurultai</span>. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">HORSE HERD </span>A mongol without a horse is a bird without wings. The bond between nomads and horses is deeply symbiotic, historical, and spiritual, thus they have ritualized their care. Horses are seen to have the highest prestige on the steppe and provide the clan with meat, milk, bones, hides and mane/tail fibers. Worn hides from pelts are called <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">deel</span>, and signify good status within alukhai. Spirit banners, or sulde, are sacred standards made from horsehair that represent a mongol’s living soul, vital force, guardian power, and connection to the Eternal Blue Sky. Like their wolf counterparts mongol horses are stocky, resilient, enduring extreme climates and complex, long-distance campaigns. Horses are never slaughtered except for mercy, and are never used to carry goods, neither are they ridden. A nomad with many horses is considered wealthy. It Is common for mongols to have favorite horses among the herd.  <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">RELIGION </span>Tengri is the supreme deity of the eternal blue sky, who emphasizes the Alukhai’s harmony with nature and the cosmos. He is paired with earth mother. Shaman are the leaders of spiritual ceremonies and are said to communicate with regional spirits. However, the clan accepts and promotes many cultures and religions. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">ORAL TRADITION </span>Alukhai relay their history through stories, dance, poetry and plainsong, including throat singing. These traditions recount hard migrations, legendary horses, battle heroes and tales of love or tragedy. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">HACHI </span>Mongols live by the concept of <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">hachi</span>, a binding social obligation to repay debts; such as actively providing food or care to one's mother to match the grace she showed in raising them, or returning hostility to an enemy. It means to be true to those who are true to you. It is common for nomads to strive after their ancestors’ <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">hachi</span> if it was not honored in their lifetime.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">PATRILINEAL </span>Power, inheritance, and tribal leadership is generally passed from father to son. The overarching framework of the empire remains rooted in male dominance and inheritance. However, while generally subordinate, Alukhai women possess a large degree of freedom in managing the camps, holding political roles, and raising pups. Male and female roles are regarded as complementary, each fulfilling a distinct but equally valued purpose.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">MARRIAGE </span>Marriages strengthen the clan ties and are heavily promoted on the steppe. The groom's family is expected to pay a bride price to her family to compensate for the loss of their daughter's labor. Men of higher status often have multiple wives, however, his first is the chief wife, and her children have right to inherit family wealth. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">BEAUTY STANDARD </span>Alukhai prize traits suited for their harsh, nomadic lifestyle, valuing robust health and strong features in men and women. Frailty is a fault, as stamina and the ability to work and move the herds is essential. The physical demands of steppe survival and long campaigns require nomads to be active, muscular and capable of defending themselves. They are a shorter people, stocky and powerful with broad shoulders, large chests, and thick limbs which adapt them to the extreme climates of their territory.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE IVORY ROAD </span>A trade route established for knowledge sharing, linking civilizations and exchanging various goods like herbs, dyes, precious stones, animal hides, berries, ivory, etc. The road will seek access and relations through all packs in the wastes. Breeding rights, horses, marriages, hunting territory, shamanic knowledge, and foster children may be eventually be expanded on through linking cultures.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">COLORS:</span> <div class="swatch" data-color="#c2622f" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: #c2622f; color: #c2622f; display: inline-block; padding: 5px 10px;"><span class="inner">▮</span>#c2622f</div> + <div class="swatch" data-color="#96a5ed" style="background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-color: #96a5ed; color: #96a5ed; display: inline-block; padding: 5px 10px;"><span class="inner">▮</span>#96a5ed</div> | <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">LOCATION:</span> <span class="small fs-sm">Endless Plains</span></div>
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The fertile Orkhon River Valley was once the heartland of the pastoral clans whose horsemen, the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khans</span>, commanded the great steppe. Fearing the rise of a united nomadic power, the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han</span> sought to keep the tribes divided— pitting <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khan</span> against <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khan</span>, obstructing trade, and provoking bloody raids that would leave the clans weakened and suspicious of one another. Every child was raised in the discipline of war, prepared from youth for a life of hardship, famine, and battle.<br />
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It was <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Khaan</span> Subutai of Nazgur who saw through the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han’s</span> manipulation and rallied the horse clans under a single banner against their enemy. Warriors and women alike joined his army and he became the Great <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Khagan</span>; <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khan of khans</span>. United at last, the mongols retaliated, massacring northern <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han</span> villages and demanding the empire withdraw from their lands.<br />
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But they would not succeed. After months of stalemate, tragedy befell the steppe, as prince Jochi, heir to the mongolian empire, was slain.  The <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khagan’s</span> army was forced into retreat. <br />
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With his people facing a slow death, Batu, military official and bastard son of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khagan</span>, proposed a marriage alliance between the two kingdoms, a treaty which would  buy precious time to recover while spies infiltrated the han borders. What Batu did not know was that the bride offered to secure the peace would be Saikhanbayar, the woman promised to him.<br />
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Taken from the steppe and renamed Ye Lanyi, Saikhanbayar was carried into the heart of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">han</span> empire, and despite the mongols' best efforts, the damage was done. The Orkhon Valley fell into ruin, the horse people scattered by war, famine, and conquest. <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">* while some inspiration is drawn from history, this is a fictional mongolia &amp; china, and though the tianlong are related to the han empire, they are not directly responsible for what has happened in this version of mongolia  </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">JINONG <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-crown"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Crown prince or heir apparent. Responsible for military leadership, managing the herds, dolling out justice, shadowing the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span> and leading emissary expeditions abroad. <br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">KHUU <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-sword"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">A prince. Sons of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khatun</span> and consorts. Responsible for military leadership, helping with herd management, and dolling out justice.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">GONJI <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-crown"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">A princess. Daughters of the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khatun</span> and consorts. Tasked with governing conquered territories, managing diplomatic alliances through strategic marriages, and fighting in military campaigns, as well as coordinating seasonal migrations. They are trained in music and literacy.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">ORLOK <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-swords"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Military generals and advisors to <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span>, guarding the royal camp and family, enforcing discipline, leading hunting expeditions and training the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">nokud</span>. A trusted inner circle including diverse experts from other territories. They may be assigned to escort specific royals as personal guards. <br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">NOKUR <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bow-arrow"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Warriors, hunters, couriers, and weather readers. They reinforce borders, lead hunting expeditions, spar and train, and tend to/move the herds. They are also tasked with delivering intelligence reports and military orders across the empire, information gathering, as well as providing information on local conditions, potential threats, or revolts to the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">khaan</span>.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header">CONCUBINE <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fire"></i></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:100px; overflow-y: auto;">Harem women; entertainers, dancers and decorators. Often acquired from conquered territories and given as wives to the <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">nokud</span> after victories. They serve under the primary wives in domestic and sexual roles, supporting camp life while men are away and often face low social status and strict servitude. They are subjected to the orders of high-ranking wives and are expected to produce children. They serve to increase the status of their master, and may be involved in the defense of the clan in times of war.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Serif;" class="mycode_font">interest check to see if anyone would want to play 13th century mongolia with me? if so, <dvz_me_placeholder id="16" /> is open for family ties and established relationships to his previous clan, or threads beginning to float the idea &lt;3 <br />
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<fieldset><legend style="margin:auto;"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-dragon"></i> Assagi freu Dgaa</legend><div><span style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, #3642ff, #a1ff36); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;">QINDUHWAAS - DRAGONSLAYERS</span></div></fieldset><br />
The Quinduhwaas are a group of wolves hailing from the mystical, hot-blooded lands of Hfii. Back home, they hunted dragons and prided themselves in reckless, nonsensical behavior. Upon their arrival in Mythris, however, the megafauna of the land have caught their eye instead.<br />
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The Qinduhwaas, “Dragon-killers” in their language of Rhukchqi, are a group of undesirables that have made a name for themselves back in their world of Hfii. They once hunted dragons, but now, without the reptiles they’ve named themselves after, they have turned instead toward Southern Megafauna. Elephants and Giraffes are much smaller than dragons after all, how hard can it be?<br />
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A stereotypical Dragonslayer has the following traits: Annoying, Overconfident, Loud, and Truthful. It is not in their nature to lie, much less to themselves. Karma will come for them in the end, so why make an ass of themselves now? This isn’t to say all of them are insufferable, though many outsiders think so. Their customs and unapologetic nature comes from their refusal to be tied down to what a normal wolf might be like, and their adoration for their culture. Their pack may now be mangled, but they will never change, as is their law. Even if it may be karma that brought them all here..?<br />
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If you have ears to listen, they have mouths and bodies to teach, and the pack was originally founded as a school for hunting. Without students they no longer have such wide-scale lessons, but rogues and non-packmembers are welcome to watch and join them on hunts. It’s joining the pack officially that may turn heads. They don’t have borders of their own, after-all.<br />
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As a whole, the pack is rather open-minded, so long as you can prove that you can stand up for yourself. Though they don’t listen to leaders other than their own, if a point is made with bravery and blood, they will take the time to hear another out.<br />
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<div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">This interest check is very bare-bones! For now, other information not in the doc will be stored here until/unless enough interest is garnered c: Feel free to ask in the discord or DMs for anything you are curious about!</div><hr /><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Wolves that hunt Megafauna and other dangerous beasts. Carnivores and Herbivores!<br />
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<li>Operate on a different sense of time following solstices. (Two Hfiian years = One Earth/Mythris year)<br />
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They have three leaderly roles, and a fourth “deputy” sort of role added upon their integration to the registered packs on Hfii. Now outside of Hfii, this role was absorbed into the others. The primary leader cares for the pack as an herbalist, mediator, and general “servant” sort of role, while the other two instruct the Menders and Downers respectively. The fourth leader was merely in charge of outer-pack relations, which they have no need for in Mythris.<br />
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Following this, they have three roles that can be considered hunters; The Baiters (Wawfundthak), Downers (Quassndthak), and Menders (Hobindthak). Part of a Mender’s job is to salt and preserve prey and to store it, though this is made significantly more difficult with the absence of local salt-lakes and caves.<br />
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There are then the Puppies, Mothers, and Elders.<br />
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Preferably, they’d settle somewhere in the Primal Savannah, though the Smoldering Wastes works just as well!<br />
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The Qinduhwaas were founded by three wolves: Gahnwa, a dispersal from a pack in the swamp, who found that her pack was far too boring to ever contain her. Baabaadi, a rogue chased from his pack in the grasslands for endangering his packmates, and Ddukddaq, a wolf also driven from home after his family decided he was too useless to hunt goats.<br />
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The three of them have always been seen as outcasts, even among themselves, and that is why they welcome the weirdos and otherwise absurd into their lives. Gahnwa was the first and primary leader, as the wolves of the land saw her art in hunting swamp-dragons as a masterful, yet dangerous craft. Many tried to woo and change her ways, others attempted to mimic what she did to prove it was not so difficult, but ultimately, as eyes turned to her as an irresponsible figure rather than an unknown wolf, she caved and decided to teach all wolves who could stand to listen to her how to hunt dragons.<br />
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In the years that followed, Baabaadi joined her side as another teacher, initially put-off by her abstract ways of thinking and her standoffish nature, but deciding to share his knowledge in hunting the fire-breathing reptiles in the prairies. Not soon after, Ddukddaq found his way into the mix of students, and then teachers, showing off his prowess in a still-discussed hunt of a valley-dragon. The three of them continued to garner adoration and scorn from the packs of Hfii as they made their way across the world, hunting, not caring for borders, not caring who joined their lessons, and not caring who stayed with them.<br />
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Eventually, the council of the packs approached them, warning them that if they were to continue their path of absurdity, they could either register themselves, or be considered a continent-wide threat. Putting aside their complete disdain for authority, the three wolves agreed to join the ranks as an official pack, finally branding themselves the Qinduhwaas.<br />
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Their nomadic lifestyle never changed and they were forced to respect the borders of other packs as they went along, continuing to behave as they had before. As time went on, new wolves were less likely to join now that they stayed much farther away from impressionable wolves at the hearts of pack-grounds. Traditions stuck, taboos and cliques within the pack solidified. But they never did allow pressure from the council– or from other leaders, at that– to change how they lived.<br />
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Which is what makes the absence of dragons in this world <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">entirely</span> so disheartening.<br />
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<fieldset><legend style="margin:auto;"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-dragon"></i> Assagi freu Dgaa</legend><div><span style="background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, #3642ff, #a1ff36); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;">QINDUHWAAS - DRAGONSLAYERS</span></div></fieldset><br />
The Quinduhwaas are a group of wolves hailing from the mystical, hot-blooded lands of Hfii. Back home, they hunted dragons and prided themselves in reckless, nonsensical behavior. Upon their arrival in Mythris, however, the megafauna of the land have caught their eye instead.<br />
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The Qinduhwaas, “Dragon-killers” in their language of Rhukchqi, are a group of undesirables that have made a name for themselves back in their world of Hfii. They once hunted dragons, but now, without the reptiles they’ve named themselves after, they have turned instead toward Southern Megafauna. Elephants and Giraffes are much smaller than dragons after all, how hard can it be?<br />
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A stereotypical Dragonslayer has the following traits: Annoying, Overconfident, Loud, and Truthful. It is not in their nature to lie, much less to themselves. Karma will come for them in the end, so why make an ass of themselves now? This isn’t to say all of them are insufferable, though many outsiders think so. Their customs and unapologetic nature comes from their refusal to be tied down to what a normal wolf might be like, and their adoration for their culture. Their pack may now be mangled, but they will never change, as is their law. Even if it may be karma that brought them all here..?<br />
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If you have ears to listen, they have mouths and bodies to teach, and the pack was originally founded as a school for hunting. Without students they no longer have such wide-scale lessons, but rogues and non-packmembers are welcome to watch and join them on hunts. It’s joining the pack officially that may turn heads. They don’t have borders of their own, after-all.<br />
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As a whole, the pack is rather open-minded, so long as you can prove that you can stand up for yourself. Though they don’t listen to leaders other than their own, if a point is made with bravery and blood, they will take the time to hear another out.<br />
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<div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">This interest check is very bare-bones! For now, other information not in the doc will be stored here until/unless enough interest is garnered c: Feel free to ask in the discord or DMs for anything you are curious about!</div><hr /><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Wolves that hunt Megafauna and other dangerous beasts. Carnivores and Herbivores!<br />
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They have three leaderly roles, and a fourth “deputy” sort of role added upon their integration to the registered packs on Hfii. Now outside of Hfii, this role was absorbed into the others. The primary leader cares for the pack as an herbalist, mediator, and general “servant” sort of role, while the other two instruct the Menders and Downers respectively. The fourth leader was merely in charge of outer-pack relations, which they have no need for in Mythris.<br />
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Following this, they have three roles that can be considered hunters; The Baiters (Wawfundthak), Downers (Quassndthak), and Menders (Hobindthak). Part of a Mender’s job is to salt and preserve prey and to store it, though this is made significantly more difficult with the absence of local salt-lakes and caves.<br />
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There are then the Puppies, Mothers, and Elders.<br />
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Preferably, they’d settle somewhere in the Primal Savannah, though the Smoldering Wastes works just as well!<br />
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The Qinduhwaas were founded by three wolves: Gahnwa, a dispersal from a pack in the swamp, who found that her pack was far too boring to ever contain her. Baabaadi, a rogue chased from his pack in the grasslands for endangering his packmates, and Ddukddaq, a wolf also driven from home after his family decided he was too useless to hunt goats.<br />
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The three of them have always been seen as outcasts, even among themselves, and that is why they welcome the weirdos and otherwise absurd into their lives. Gahnwa was the first and primary leader, as the wolves of the land saw her art in hunting swamp-dragons as a masterful, yet dangerous craft. Many tried to woo and change her ways, others attempted to mimic what she did to prove it was not so difficult, but ultimately, as eyes turned to her as an irresponsible figure rather than an unknown wolf, she caved and decided to teach all wolves who could stand to listen to her how to hunt dragons.<br />
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In the years that followed, Baabaadi joined her side as another teacher, initially put-off by her abstract ways of thinking and her standoffish nature, but deciding to share his knowledge in hunting the fire-breathing reptiles in the prairies. Not soon after, Ddukddaq found his way into the mix of students, and then teachers, showing off his prowess in a still-discussed hunt of a valley-dragon. The three of them continued to garner adoration and scorn from the packs of Hfii as they made their way across the world, hunting, not caring for borders, not caring who joined their lessons, and not caring who stayed with them.<br />
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Eventually, the council of the packs approached them, warning them that if they were to continue their path of absurdity, they could either register themselves, or be considered a continent-wide threat. Putting aside their complete disdain for authority, the three wolves agreed to join the ranks as an official pack, finally branding themselves the Qinduhwaas.<br />
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Their nomadic lifestyle never changed and they were forced to respect the borders of other packs as they went along, continuing to behave as they had before. As time went on, new wolves were less likely to join now that they stayed much farther away from impressionable wolves at the hearts of pack-grounds. Traditions stuck, taboos and cliques within the pack solidified. But they never did allow pressure from the council– or from other leaders, at that– to change how they lived.<br />
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">This is a work in progress! It would be helmed by <dvz_me_placeholder id="17" /> until someone takes him out. It is <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">intended for mature audiences</span> [3 3 3] ! <br />
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You can get an idea for the vibe by looking at his profile, but TLDR: he is a sociopathic serial killer; his goal is to "cure" people of their illusions, which involves lots of blood and chaos.</div><hr />
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The Taakkillukuniit hold that <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">meaning is the root of all weakness</span>, and so it must be denied, dismantled, and rendered unusable wherever it appears; spirits are silence and deserve no acknowledgment, ritual is a cage disguised as reverence, and structure in any form—names, traditions, symbols, hierarchy, even efficiency—is an imposition to be broken rather than obeyed. <br />
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They believe that to act with purpose is already to submit, and so excess, waste, and brutality become proof of freedom: to kill beyond need, to destroy beyond use, to spoil what could sustain, to turn every act into something improper and unclean. Anything that carries weight—bones, bodies, stories, identities—must be damaged until it cannot hold meaning again, and any hesitation in this work is seen as decay of the mind, corrected through pain, humiliation, or removal. Names are not inherent but earned through acts of visible rupture, and are stripped the moment one falters; the self is only as valid as its last transgression. <br />
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Though they claim no rituals, they repeat these behaviors until they calcify into law, enforcing a living contradiction they refuse to see: that in rejecting all meaning, they have made destruction itself into doctrine.<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><h1>RANKS</h1><br />
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Taakkillukun — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The First Splitter</span><br />
The current head of the group; defines what is “wrong” and therefore what must be broken.<br />
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Nirruqtiq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Breaker</span> (singularized from Nirruqtiit for rank use.)<br />
Proven members who enact and demonstrate the group’s doctrine through extreme, visible acts.<br />
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Aviqtaqtiq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Half-Split</span><br />
Unstable members who still lapse into “correct” behavior; subjected to correction, pressure, and escalation.<br />
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Sivulliq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The Uncut / The First</span> (unproven)<br />
New arrivals and outsiders; untrusted, constantly observed, and treated as raw material.<br />
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Sauniqsiiriqtiq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Bone-Breaker</span> (designation, not a rank; typically women.)<br />
Feared individuals marked by their extreme rejection of spirituality and fixation on destroying meaning in remains and ritual.<br />
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<h2>TENETS // LAWS</h2><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Unaktuqsaq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">What carries meaning must be broken.</span><br />
Anything that holds value—bones, names, rituals, bodies, symbols—must be damaged until it can no longer contain or convey meaning.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Sivunniqsuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Excess proves freedom.</span><br />
Acts must go beyond need, beyond efficiency, beyond purpose; waste, prolongment, and destruction are proof that one is not bound by structure.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Nipaittuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Spirits are silence.</span><br />
No acknowledgment, no ritual, no mockery—spirituality in any form is denied entirely, stripped of attention until it is nothing.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Ihuittuq:</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Hesitation is rot.</span><br />
Any pause or restraint signals weakness; it must be corrected immediately through pain or escalation.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Qaksraaqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Doubt demands correction.</span> To question is to cling to meaning; doubt is punished until it is either burned out or the bearer is removed.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Atiqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Names are earned through rupture.</span> <br />
Identity is not given—it is proven through acts of visible harm and can be stripped at any failure.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Maligaittuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Pattern is a cage.</span> <br />
Predictable behavior, clean kills, and orderly action are signs of submission; they must be avoided or deliberately broken.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Atanniqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Value must be spoiled.</span> <br />
Anything useful—meat, hide, tool, body—should be damaged beyond proper use to deny purpose.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Tigliktuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Witness makes truth.</span> <br />
Acts must be seen; destruction unobserved holds less weight and does not fully sever meaning.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Piqpagaittuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Attachment is weakness.</span> <br />
Bonds, loyalty, and sentiment are fractures waiting to be exploited or erased.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Suliqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Repetition becomes law.</span> <br />
Though denied as ritual, repeated acts are enforced without acknowledgment, and deviation is punished.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Naalaktuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Obedience is temporary.</span> <br />
Authority exists only as long as it proves stronger; any role can be challenged, taken, or destroyed.<br />
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The group considers all within their chosen land to be trespassing. Whether a person is the herald from another established group or not, they are met with the same hostility. If a person were to try and hold an audience with a member of the group—such as by howling, or doing the commonly respectable actions known to wolf law—they are <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">immediately targeted</span>. If a trespasser is deemed too weak to be of any use to the group, they are maimed and chased from the land; if someone proves to be a formidable opponent, that almost becomes a <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">game</span> to the group, as each begin the hazing and terrorizing of the individual. It is not uncommon for members to fixate on trespassers, stalk them home, or try to keep them as pets in an effort to break them down and absorb them to the collective.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NEIGHBORS</span><br />
They don’t do alliances—but they do <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">pressure dynamics</span>.<br />
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Knowing how traditional groups work, the intention with these chaos hounds is to turn it all upside down. <br />
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With traditional packs:<span class="small fs-sm"><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Constant boundary violations.<br />
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When encountering a pack that is particularly spiritual, the frenzy begins. As this group is motivated to pass nihilism ("sanity") to as many folks as they can, the destruction of holy sites, relics, graves, and spiritual centers to any established group is <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the most important thing</span>. <br />
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This group does not conquer territory—they seek to destabilize.<br />
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The Taakkillukuniit deny ritual while enforcing a cycle of repeated, observed acts that define belonging and power: initiation begins with a deliberately “wrong” first kill—prolonged, wasteful, and destructive—judged by the group to grant or deny name and status; major kills collapse into chaotic feasts where fighting is encouraged and all remains are ruined to strip meaning; repeated failure results in name-stripping, reducing identity until it is re-earned through escalation. Captives may be subjected to enforced silence for a full lunar cycle, existing without voice or recognition, while trespassers are not handled conventionally but instead brutalized, toyed with, and released damaged to spread fear and disorder. Beyond the group, these same patterns scale outward: neighbors are destabilized through constant disruption, desecration, and boundary violations, ensuring that no structure—social, physical, or spiritual—remains intact.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">FIRST BLOOD</span><br />
The group witnesses the killing of an animal, family member, or stranger by the inductee. The kill must be improper: prolonged, messy, inefficient, wasteful, laborious. Bones must be damaged, hides destroyed, meat spoiled. If the group approves of what they witness, the newcomer is given a new name and identity. If rejected they might earn a new mocking name, or their current identity is mocked while they are terrorized until they either leave, or try again.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE BREAKING FEAST</span><br />
There is no structure to the group when a feast transpires. It is a free-for-all, with no respect for personal space, the body being consumed, or one another. Fighting over choice meat (or any part of the feast) is encouraged. Bones are systematically destroyed—pulverized and discarded or broken in to pieces, scattered, discarded, so they cannot be found again and 'read' by anyone. This is a direct affront towards the Muradoii bone-priestess women.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NAME STRIPPING</span><br />
Failure earns scorn, pressure in the form of aggression, hazing, and insult. If someone fails repeatedly then they are called by a lesser variation of their name—or a lesser name entirely, or a complete deletion of the personhood of the offender if they've offended the group enough. They must earn a new name through escalation, the enactment of horrors, hazing perpetrated of their own accord, or other such acts.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE SILENT NIGHT</span><br />
A rare, but important event during which the victims of kidnapping, forced marriage, enslavement etc are made silent. They exist in a nameless, soundless state for a full cycle of the moon. None but their captor may engage with them—but they themselves may not speak, howl, or communicate without express permission.<br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">This is a work in progress! It would be helmed by <dvz_me_placeholder id="17" /> until someone takes him out. It is <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">intended for mature audiences</span> [3 3 3] ! <br />
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You can get an idea for the vibe by looking at his profile, but TLDR: he is a sociopathic serial killer; his goal is to "cure" people of their illusions, which involves lots of blood and chaos.</div><hr />
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The Taakkillukuniit hold that <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">meaning is the root of all weakness</span>, and so it must be denied, dismantled, and rendered unusable wherever it appears; spirits are silence and deserve no acknowledgment, ritual is a cage disguised as reverence, and structure in any form—names, traditions, symbols, hierarchy, even efficiency—is an imposition to be broken rather than obeyed. <br />
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They believe that to act with purpose is already to submit, and so excess, waste, and brutality become proof of freedom: to kill beyond need, to destroy beyond use, to spoil what could sustain, to turn every act into something improper and unclean. Anything that carries weight—bones, bodies, stories, identities—must be damaged until it cannot hold meaning again, and any hesitation in this work is seen as decay of the mind, corrected through pain, humiliation, or removal. Names are not inherent but earned through acts of visible rupture, and are stripped the moment one falters; the self is only as valid as its last transgression. <br />
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Though they claim no rituals, they repeat these behaviors until they calcify into law, enforcing a living contradiction they refuse to see: that in rejecting all meaning, they have made destruction itself into doctrine.<br />
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Taakkillukun — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The First Splitter</span><br />
The current head of the group; defines what is “wrong” and therefore what must be broken.<br />
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Nirruqtiq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Breaker</span> (singularized from Nirruqtiit for rank use.)<br />
Proven members who enact and demonstrate the group’s doctrine through extreme, visible acts.<br />
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Aviqtaqtiq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Half-Split</span><br />
Unstable members who still lapse into “correct” behavior; subjected to correction, pressure, and escalation.<br />
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Sivulliq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">The Uncut / The First</span> (unproven)<br />
New arrivals and outsiders; untrusted, constantly observed, and treated as raw material.<br />
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Sauniqsiiriqtiq — <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Bone-Breaker</span> (designation, not a rank; typically women.)<br />
Feared individuals marked by their extreme rejection of spirituality and fixation on destroying meaning in remains and ritual.<br />
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<h2>TENETS // LAWS</h2><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Unaktuqsaq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">What carries meaning must be broken.</span><br />
Anything that holds value—bones, names, rituals, bodies, symbols—must be damaged until it can no longer contain or convey meaning.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Sivunniqsuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Excess proves freedom.</span><br />
Acts must go beyond need, beyond efficiency, beyond purpose; waste, prolongment, and destruction are proof that one is not bound by structure.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Nipaittuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Spirits are silence.</span><br />
No acknowledgment, no ritual, no mockery—spirituality in any form is denied entirely, stripped of attention until it is nothing.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Ihuittuq:</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Hesitation is rot.</span><br />
Any pause or restraint signals weakness; it must be corrected immediately through pain or escalation.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Qaksraaqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Doubt demands correction.</span> To question is to cling to meaning; doubt is punished until it is either burned out or the bearer is removed.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Atiqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Names are earned through rupture.</span> <br />
Identity is not given—it is proven through acts of visible harm and can be stripped at any failure.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Maligaittuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Pattern is a cage.</span> <br />
Predictable behavior, clean kills, and orderly action are signs of submission; they must be avoided or deliberately broken.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Atanniqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Value must be spoiled.</span> <br />
Anything useful—meat, hide, tool, body—should be damaged beyond proper use to deny purpose.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Tigliktuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Witness makes truth.</span> <br />
Acts must be seen; destruction unobserved holds less weight and does not fully sever meaning.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Piqpagaittuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Attachment is weakness.</span> <br />
Bonds, loyalty, and sentiment are fractures waiting to be exploited or erased.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Suliqtuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Repetition becomes law.</span> <br />
Though denied as ritual, repeated acts are enforced without acknowledgment, and deviation is punished.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b"><span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u">Naalaktuq</span></span>: <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Obedience is temporary.</span> <br />
Authority exists only as long as it proves stronger; any role can be challenged, taken, or destroyed.<br />
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<h2>POLiTICS</h2><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">TRESPASSERS</span><br />
The group considers all within their chosen land to be trespassing. Whether a person is the herald from another established group or not, they are met with the same hostility. If a person were to try and hold an audience with a member of the group—such as by howling, or doing the commonly respectable actions known to wolf law—they are <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">immediately targeted</span>. If a trespasser is deemed too weak to be of any use to the group, they are maimed and chased from the land; if someone proves to be a formidable opponent, that almost becomes a <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">game</span> to the group, as each begin the hazing and terrorizing of the individual. It is not uncommon for members to fixate on trespassers, stalk them home, or try to keep them as pets in an effort to break them down and absorb them to the collective.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NEIGHBORS</span><br />
They don’t do alliances—but they do <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">pressure dynamics</span>.<br />
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Knowing how traditional groups work, the intention with these chaos hounds is to turn it all upside down. <br />
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With traditional packs:<span class="small fs-sm"><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Constant boundary violations.<br />
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<li>Disruption of hunts.<br />
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<li>Destruction of remains.<br />
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<li>Erode their sense of order.</li>
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When encountering a pack that is particularly spiritual, the frenzy begins. As this group is motivated to pass nihilism ("sanity") to as many folks as they can, the destruction of holy sites, relics, graves, and spiritual centers to any established group is <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">the most important thing</span>. <br />
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This group does not conquer territory—they seek to destabilize.<br />
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The Taakkillukuniit deny ritual while enforcing a cycle of repeated, observed acts that define belonging and power: initiation begins with a deliberately “wrong” first kill—prolonged, wasteful, and destructive—judged by the group to grant or deny name and status; major kills collapse into chaotic feasts where fighting is encouraged and all remains are ruined to strip meaning; repeated failure results in name-stripping, reducing identity until it is re-earned through escalation. Captives may be subjected to enforced silence for a full lunar cycle, existing without voice or recognition, while trespassers are not handled conventionally but instead brutalized, toyed with, and released damaged to spread fear and disorder. Beyond the group, these same patterns scale outward: neighbors are destabilized through constant disruption, desecration, and boundary violations, ensuring that no structure—social, physical, or spiritual—remains intact.<br />
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<h2>ANTI-RITUALS</h2><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">FIRST BLOOD</span><br />
The group witnesses the killing of an animal, family member, or stranger by the inductee. The kill must be improper: prolonged, messy, inefficient, wasteful, laborious. Bones must be damaged, hides destroyed, meat spoiled. If the group approves of what they witness, the newcomer is given a new name and identity. If rejected they might earn a new mocking name, or their current identity is mocked while they are terrorized until they either leave, or try again.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE BREAKING FEAST</span><br />
There is no structure to the group when a feast transpires. It is a free-for-all, with no respect for personal space, the body being consumed, or one another. Fighting over choice meat (or any part of the feast) is encouraged. Bones are systematically destroyed—pulverized and discarded or broken in to pieces, scattered, discarded, so they cannot be found again and 'read' by anyone. This is a direct affront towards the Muradoii bone-priestess women.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">NAME STRIPPING</span><br />
Failure earns scorn, pressure in the form of aggression, hazing, and insult. If someone fails repeatedly then they are called by a lesser variation of their name—or a lesser name entirely, or a complete deletion of the personhood of the offender if they've offended the group enough. They must earn a new name through escalation, the enactment of horrors, hazing perpetrated of their own accord, or other such acts.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">THE SILENT NIGHT</span><br />
A rare, but important event during which the victims of kidnapping, forced marriage, enslavement etc are made silent. They exist in a nameless, soundless state for a full cycle of the moon. None but their captor may engage with them—but they themselves may not speak, howl, or communicate without express permission.<br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Ogbede Anvil (Crafter's Guild)]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10827</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:27:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">*<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Rank titles are in Yoruba!</span></span></span><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span class="small fs-sm"><style>@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Arsenal+SC:ital,wght@0,400;0,700;1,400;1,700&amp;family=Niconne&amp;display=swap');</style><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font"><div class="bs-row">
<div class="bs-col-md-8"></span><div style="text-align: justify;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-family: sitka heading;" class="mycode_font"><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><fieldset><legend style="margin:auto;"><span style="font-size: 50pt;" class="mycode_size"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-sharp fa-solid fa-fire-flame"></i></span></legend><div>Intended as a guild for crafters, artisans, blacksmiths, and forgemasters—anyone willing to learn a craft is welcome here! The guild welcomes visitors, especially traders who can supply them with materials. Some of the proven artisan are willing to take commissions and are required to pay a stipend back to the guild, so any trades going through an artisan or above is subject to a small tax; otherwise, characters are welcome to preposition apprentices for lesser crafts.</div></fieldset><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span class="largetext fs-lg">Guild Ranks</span></span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font">Ogun (Master)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font">Omo [Titun, Aro, Agba] (Apprentice I, II, III)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font">Olukoni (Pupil)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font">Scrapper (Trader)</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arsenal SC;" class="mycode_font">Visitor (Guest)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">*<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Rank titles are in Yoruba!</span></span></span><br />
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			<title><![CDATA[Godsmouth - Interest Check]]></title>
			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10790</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:53:35 -0400</pubDate>
			<dc:creator><![CDATA[<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/member.php?action=profile&uid=3187">Ravenflight16</a>]]></dc:creator>
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Where Gods Gather</div>
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Inspirations</span><br />
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˖᯽ ݁˖ Ogygia (Greek Myth)<br />
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⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Vegas Strip<br />
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˖᯽ ݁˖ Lotus Hotel &amp; Cassino (Percy Jackson)<br />
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Once a large cult, Godsmouth has undergone a recent shift in power and strives to find new identity in this new world. Some characters may be loyal to the cult's old leader, and resist this change.<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Summarized History</span><br />
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Godsmouth was once a prosperous cult lead by a man named Herod. Their figurehead was a a prophetic boy that became widely sought throughout their region for divine guidance. Desperate pilgrims flocked to Godsmouth, offering tribute or favors in exchange for prophecies, readings, rituals, blessings, and the like.<br />
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After a year of pure prosperity, Godsmouth’s Prophet was kidnapped, sending the cult into upheaval and chaos. Herod led a small portion of his most loyal followers to find the boy. In the end, The Prophet was found and returned to Godsmouth. Herod, however, did not return with him, and rumors are beginning to spread that The Prophet might have had something to do with it.<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">What types of characters are we looking for?</span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" /><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Entertainer types! Bards, dancers, show-girls, escorts, artists, comedians, etc!<br />
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<li>Security! Someone has to keep guests from getting out of hand<br />
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<li>Chefs, hunters, and gardeners!<br />
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<li>Healers, both spiritual and physical!<br />
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<li>Diplomats! Those who can spread the good word<br />
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<li>Other leads to help overlook the Strand as the pack grows (mostly offered IC)<br />
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<li>All character types! I am here to work with you so that any character can find a role and participate!<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Character Ideas</span><br />
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It is my goal to provide a space for any character type to start a plot! As I have had trouble finding groups for some of my characters to interact with in the past, I am extremely open to working with others to provide a place for odd-ball characters who might not fit in well elsewhere.<br />
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If you want your character to have a history with the cult, that's cool too!<br />
They might be someone who benefited from a prophecy long ago and now feels indebted, someone literally indebted and trying to work off their tab, or even a character still loyal to the pack's old ways, trying to uncover the mystery of what really happened to Herod!<br />
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Please feel free to reach out to me if you are interested in making a character with an established history!<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Goals</span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Public goals:</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>provide unparalleled rest and luxury to all people's of Mythris<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>establish trade routes and offer new goods to established packs<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>provide a neutral ground for celebrations, or meetings held by other packs<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>build their reputation as a luxury vacationing spot within Mythris</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Secret Goals:</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Gather wealth and power<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>place regional leaders into debt (material, or emotional), granting them safety, longevity, and political favor</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Beginning Objectives</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Claim the Strand &amp; Establish themselves<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Expand their influence<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Gather allies and trade partners<br />
</li>
</ul>
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Founders &amp; Potential Members</span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<br />
Machiavelli - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Prophet</span><br />
Founder? ✓ | Recruited? ✓ | Post Count? ✓<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Territory Claim</span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<ul class="mycode_list"><li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11297" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">☾ . IX | Silhouette</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Discovery)</span></span><br />
<br />
</li>
<li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11403" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Unveil your glory</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Subterritory Discovery)</span></span><br />
<br />
</li>
<li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11630" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">☾ . XV</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Subterritory Discovery)</span></span><br />
<br />
</li>
<li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11649" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">☾ . XVIII</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Hunting)</span></span><br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Interested in Joining?</span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<br />
Machi is currently exploring the Strand!<br />
<br />
Godsmouth's formation and subsequent drama will be primarily IC! Feel free to tag Machi in a joining thread, or DM me here if you have any questions!<br />
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Where Gods Gather</div>
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˖᯽ ݁˖ Ogygia (Greek Myth)<br />
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⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ Vegas Strip<br />
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˖᯽ ݁˖ Lotus Hotel &amp; Cassino (Percy Jackson)<br />
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Once a large cult, Godsmouth has undergone a recent shift in power and strives to find new identity in this new world. Some characters may be loyal to the cult's old leader, and resist this change.<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Summarized History</span><br />
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Godsmouth was once a prosperous cult lead by a man named Herod. Their figurehead was a a prophetic boy that became widely sought throughout their region for divine guidance. Desperate pilgrims flocked to Godsmouth, offering tribute or favors in exchange for prophecies, readings, rituals, blessings, and the like.<br />
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After a year of pure prosperity, Godsmouth’s Prophet was kidnapped, sending the cult into upheaval and chaos. Herod led a small portion of his most loyal followers to find the boy. In the end, The Prophet was found and returned to Godsmouth. Herod, however, did not return with him, and rumors are beginning to spread that The Prophet might have had something to do with it.<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">What types of characters are we looking for?</span><br />
<hr class="mycode_hr" /><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Entertainer types! Bards, dancers, show-girls, escorts, artists, comedians, etc!<br />
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<li>Security! Someone has to keep guests from getting out of hand<br />
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<li>Chefs, hunters, and gardeners!<br />
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<li>Healers, both spiritual and physical!<br />
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<li>Diplomats! Those who can spread the good word<br />
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<li>Other leads to help overlook the Strand as the pack grows (mostly offered IC)<br />
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<li>All character types! I am here to work with you so that any character can find a role and participate!<br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Character Ideas</span><br />
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It is my goal to provide a space for any character type to start a plot! As I have had trouble finding groups for some of my characters to interact with in the past, I am extremely open to working with others to provide a place for odd-ball characters who might not fit in well elsewhere.<br />
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If you want your character to have a history with the cult, that's cool too!<br />
They might be someone who benefited from a prophecy long ago and now feels indebted, someone literally indebted and trying to work off their tab, or even a character still loyal to the pack's old ways, trying to uncover the mystery of what really happened to Herod!<br />
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Please feel free to reach out to me if you are interested in making a character with an established history!<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Public goals:</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>provide unparalleled rest and luxury to all people's of Mythris<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>establish trade routes and offer new goods to established packs<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>provide a neutral ground for celebrations, or meetings held by other packs<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>build their reputation as a luxury vacationing spot within Mythris</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Secret Goals:</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Gather wealth and power<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>place regional leaders into debt (material, or emotional), granting them safety, longevity, and political favor</li>
</ul>
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Beginning Objectives</span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Claim the Strand &amp; Establish themselves<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Expand their influence<br />
<br />
</li>
<li>Gather allies and trade partners<br />
</li>
</ul>
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-bookmark"></i><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Founders &amp; Potential Members</span><br />
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Machiavelli - <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Prophet</span><br />
Founder? ✓ | Recruited? ✓ | Post Count? ✓<br />
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<ul class="mycode_list"><li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11297" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">☾ . IX | Silhouette</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Discovery)</span></span><br />
<br />
</li>
<li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11403" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Unveil your glory</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Subterritory Discovery)</span></span><br />
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</li>
<li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11630" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">☾ . XV</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Subterritory Discovery)</span></span><br />
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</li>
<li><span class="hover-text"><span><a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11649" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">☾ . XVIII</a></span> <span class="text-to-show fs-em" style="display:none; opacity: 0.8;">(Hunting)</span></span><br />
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<hr class="mycode_hr" />
<br />
Machi is currently exploring the Strand!<br />
<br />
Godsmouth's formation and subsequent drama will be primarily IC! Feel free to tag Machi in a joining thread, or DM me here if you have any questions!<br />
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			<link>https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10215</link>
			<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 22:06:12 -0500</pubDate>
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			<description><![CDATA[<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-regular fa-sun"></i> <b>THE AETHERIA KINGDOM</b> <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-regular fa-sun"></i><br />
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<b>A Sovereign Power within Vivarium</b><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"><b>“The wolf is gone. The Zenith remains. We are the echo; they are the voice.”</b></span><br />
<br />
Deep within the shared wilds of the forum, a shadow is lengthening. <b>Aetheria</b> is not just another pack; it is a very player-driven pack established for writers who crave deep connections, ritualistic storytelling, and a unified aesthetic. While we share the land with many, we answer only to the <b>Zenith.</b><br />
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-sharp fa-solid fa-building-columns"></i> <b>OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD</b><br />
<br />
Aetheria operates as a specialized, lore-heavy sub-group within the forum, centered on <b>The Resonance</b>-- a spiritual tether that binds our members into a singular, formidable force. We offer a "game within a game" for those looking to elevate their writing through:<br />
<br />
— <b>The Lucent Spill:</b> A unique visual identity. While others roam unmarked, our members carry the "shatter" of golden-yellow dye—a ghost-fire that identifies Aetherian blood in the deepest night.<br />
— <b>Intricate Caste Systems:</b> They bring a rigid, rewarding structure to the forum. Whether you play a surgical <b>Myrmidon</b>, a spiritual <b>Goði</b>, or a stealthy <b>Wraith</b>, your character holds a specific, vital weight in the pack.<br />
— <b>Covenant &amp; Connection</b>: Membership in Aetheria is more than a rank—it’s a tether. From the Shadow-Bond that allows the Court to sense their pack to the Covenant of the Unseen, the pack focuses on the deep, psychological ties that bind them together.<br />
<br />
---<br />
<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-sharp fa-solid fa-envelope"></i> <b>A SUMMONS FROM THE ARCHIVIST</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">(In-Character Invitation)</span><br />
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">"Stranger, you wander these common lands as <b>The Hollow</b>—a vessel without a name, a spirit without an anchor. You see the golden flicker of our marks in the fog and wonder at the silence we carry.</div>
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">You have felt the longing, have you not? That sharp, cold intake of breath we call <b>Aetheria Kingdom</b>. You seek a purpose that transcends the typical hunt. You seek a crown that does not jest and a law that does not bend.</div>
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">Step out from the masses. Let the Archivist mark your brow with ash and golden dye. Shed your ego, carry the weight of the Kingdom, and perhaps you will cease to be a mere wanderer. You will become an <b>Echo</b>.</div>
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">The Zenith is watching. Will you remain a shadow among many, or will you become Aetheria?"</div>
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<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-sharp fa-solid fa-swords"></i> <b>JOIN THE KINGDOM</b><br />
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<a href="https://aetheriakingdom.carrd.co/" class="btn btn-primary rounded-0 w-100 border p-3 h3 my-0" style="padding: 3px 7px; background-color: var(--box-alt-bg-color);border-radius: 7px;"><span style="color: #fcc200;" class="mycode_color">VIEW OUR FULL LAWS &amp; RANKS</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"><b>"I was an empty vessel; now I am the wine. I was a silence; now I am the echo. I am the Aetheria."</b></span><br />
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<div class="alert alert-red red_alert">CW: ritualistic cannibalism, rape, possible incest, and things of the like, violence and even possible kidnapping from other packs.</div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-regular fa-sun"></i> <b>THE AETHERIA KINGDOM</b> <i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-regular fa-sun"></i><br />
<br />
<b>A Sovereign Power within Vivarium</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i"><b>“The wolf is gone. The Zenith remains. We are the echo; they are the voice.”</b></span><br />
<br />
Deep within the shared wilds of the forum, a shadow is lengthening. <b>Aetheria</b> is not just another pack; it is a very player-driven pack established for writers who crave deep connections, ritualistic storytelling, and a unified aesthetic. While we share the land with many, we answer only to the <b>Zenith.</b><br />
<br />
<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-sharp fa-solid fa-building-columns"></i> <b>OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD</b><br />
<br />
Aetheria operates as a specialized, lore-heavy sub-group within the forum, centered on <b>The Resonance</b>-- a spiritual tether that binds our members into a singular, formidable force. We offer a "game within a game" for those looking to elevate their writing through:<br />
<br />
— <b>The Lucent Spill:</b> A unique visual identity. While others roam unmarked, our members carry the "shatter" of golden-yellow dye—a ghost-fire that identifies Aetherian blood in the deepest night.<br />
— <b>Intricate Caste Systems:</b> They bring a rigid, rewarding structure to the forum. Whether you play a surgical <b>Myrmidon</b>, a spiritual <b>Goði</b>, or a stealthy <b>Wraith</b>, your character holds a specific, vital weight in the pack.<br />
— <b>Covenant &amp; Connection</b>: Membership in Aetheria is more than a rank—it’s a tether. From the Shadow-Bond that allows the Court to sense their pack to the Covenant of the Unseen, the pack focuses on the deep, psychological ties that bind them together.<br />
<br />
---<br />
<i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-fa-sharp fa-solid fa-envelope"></i> <b>A SUMMONS FROM THE ARCHIVIST</b><br />
<br />
<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">(In-Character Invitation)</span><br />
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">"Stranger, you wander these common lands as <b>The Hollow</b>—a vessel without a name, a spirit without an anchor. You see the golden flicker of our marks in the fog and wonder at the silence we carry.</div>
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">You have felt the longing, have you not? That sharp, cold intake of breath we call <b>Aetheria Kingdom</b>. You seek a purpose that transcends the typical hunt. You seek a crown that does not jest and a law that does not bend.</div>
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">Step out from the masses. Let the Archivist mark your brow with ash and golden dye. Shed your ego, carry the weight of the Kingdom, and perhaps you will cease to be a mere wanderer. You will become an <b>Echo</b>.</div>
<hr /><div class="to-med text-muted fs-sm smalltext">The Zenith is watching. Will you remain a shadow among many, or will you become Aetheria?"</div>
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			<description><![CDATA[<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"stuff to import"</summary><div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-header"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">The Haven</span></div><div class="card-body" style="max-height:200px; overflow-y: auto;">
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            <h1>ORIGINS</h1><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">keepers of truth and echoes, together we build what they tried to erase</span></span><br />
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In the beginning, magic flowed through every Elven being through the main elements of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. Each Elf was born with one of these natural elements, sometimes even more than one. However, while any elf may have the potential for all elemental magic, the four ruling families: Silvaereth, Thindrel, Valkaen, and Lunethys, enforced a strict suppression of non-family elemental magic. Their reasoning? To keep the peace. A lie created with the underlying threat of resonance overload. In an attempt to preserve the hierarchical order and power that these four families created, they created rules and laws to suppress and sever the other non-familial magic one might have.<br />
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However, there used to be a fifth family, known under the surname Aerindel, whose elemental magic did not stop at one or two, but could hold all the elements with ease. They were known as the Evermarked, for their ability to connect with both the light and the shadows of the world and the spirits of all. They were anchors that balanced the world, allowing all to share in the magical resonance that was the Elven birthright.<br />
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The four families saw Evermarked as too powerful and destabilizing to the power and tyranny they wished to impose on the world. Over generations, the Aerindel bloodline was hunted down, their magic absorbed, and their existence destroyed. Through carefully curated propaganda and carefully crafted rumors, the four families captured, exiled, and severed the magic associated with Evermarked individuals, leading the world to believe the fifth forgotten family was a danger rather than their salvation.<br />
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        <div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span class="largetext fs-lg">FAMILIES</span><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Silvaereth of the Silverwood</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element:</span> Earth<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs:</span> The Aerindel's caused destabilization throughout the world, bringing about earthquakes, landslides, and sinkholes that destroyed communities.<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits:</span> Grounded, honest, stable, loyal, stubborn<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as:</span> Rootbound<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thindrel of the Windmere</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element:</span> Air<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs: </span>The Aerindel's resonant magic caused skies to cloud with electromagnetic storms, flocks to disappear, and disrupted the order of migration.<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits:</span> Creative, Flighty, Intellectual, Social, Thoughtful<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as:</span> Skybound<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Valkaen of the Redvale</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element: </span>Fire<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs: </span>The Aerindel's were to blame for the wildfires that destroyed forests and homes, and the blaze that could not be contained.<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits: </span>Passionate, Action-Oriented, Impulsive, Bold, Courageous<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as:</span> Emberbound<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Lunethys of the Bluetide</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element: </span>Water<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs:</span> The Aerindel's unchecked magic caused massive floods and droughts to occur worldwide. It was believed that the Aerindel's could consume secrets from another's mind.<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits:</span> Sensitive, Mysterious, Charming, Empathetic, Protective<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as: </span>Deepbound<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">        <h1>Codex of Values</h1></div>
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Hunt as One. Share as One. Grieve as One.<br />
</span></span> — Conflict destroys peace and inflicts harm. The Haven works best when approached as a team. No sorrow is handled alone, no stomach remains empty when another is full, and no member is expected to bear a weight alone. The Haven strives for Unity and Harmony in all things divine and natural.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍What was severed, we will seek to mend.<br />
</span></span> — Be kind to your neighbor, to the earth and nature, and to those you meet along the way. The Haven does not turn away from the broken, the lost, or the fractured. The Haven heals.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Speak truth or hold silence. Never Lie.<br />
</span></span> — Deceptive words have torn us apart in the past, allowing distrust to fester into a painful wound. The Haven chooses honesty or deliberate silence, but never deceit. Let the Haven support you until you're ready to speak the truth.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Hide nothing. Fear nothing. Abandon no one<br />
</span></span> — We reject what the Old World has taught us about division, fear, and control. The Haven stands as a testament to the fact that you will be accepted, flaws, scars, and wounds and all. Abandonment is treachery, loyalty is encouraged, and the bravery to lift another up is treasured.</div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Balanced is never forced. Make your own choices.<br />
</span></span> — True balance is based on freedom, not control. The Haven respects the various paths you may choose to walk, and the affinities one may be drawn to. No one is expected to conform to deny an aspect of themselves in the Haven. Instead, guidance is given, and support is handed willingly.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Howl for the missing and sing for the found.<br />
</span></span> — Our voice is power. For those who are lost, we will never stop searching. Grief and Joy are two halves of a shared breath, and we will sing for those who are found.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍If we falter, we lift each other up.<br />
</span></span> — We are the earth that steadies, the wind that buoys, the fire that warms, and the water that soothes. We do not suffer alone. Strength is shared within the Haven, and we do not leave anyone behind.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍You can always return.<br />
</span></span> —  You may always choose to make your own path in the world. The Haven is not a place to confine or chain you down. You may leave, wander, and return. The Haven doors will always be open, as we never forget an Echo.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Listen before you lead.<br />
</span></span> — To lead is to listen. The Haven is expected to listen to the whispered echoes of others, to hear their grievances, their sorrow, and their calls to action. Every voice must be heard, and only then will the path of clarity be revealed.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">❝ The Wind will lift. The Roots shall hold. The Water will heal. And the Flame will renew. But last of all, the Spirit will join them all.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">        <h1>Festivals</h1></div>
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—<ul class="mycode_list"><li>At the spring solstice, the Haven wolves gather at daybreak to welcome the world in song. For those who remember the old world, each elemental affinity plays a part. The earth wolves will stomp, the wind wolves will hum, the fire wolves will bark, and the water wolves will begin the howl. Together, they will sing in unison at sunrise.<br />
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<li>During the day, the Haven wolves will plant a token into the earth (a seed, a flower, a bone, etc.) and share an intention they wish to come to fruition in the following season.<br />
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<li>In the afternoon, the group begins a hunt to prepare for an evening feast.<br />
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<li>In the evening, a feast is had where members share stories, play games, and weave flowers and berries into their fur.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Summer Festival Name<br />
</span></span> —<ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ Shared stories<br />
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<li>✶ Games<br />
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<li>✶ Group Hunt<br />
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<li>✶ Purpose: Bring the pack together. Everyone is valued. Harmony.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Autumn Festival Name<br />
</span></span> —<ul class="mycode_list"><li>Each wolf hunts something down. Gives the meal they caught to their neighbor and so forth. Eat together as a pack with some fermented berries and other fun party elements.<br />
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<li>When the moon is high in the sky, everyone runs into the forest and buries something from their gifted kill to the earth (bones, fur, nails, feathers, etc).<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Winter Festival Name<br />
</span></span> —<ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ Occurs on the longest night<br />
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<li>✶ Pack participates in Trades, each wolf giving someone else a token of their choosing.<br />
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<li>✶ They stay awake till morning to watch the sunrise and all participate in a howl of renewal.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Joining Ritual<br />
</span></span> — The Chamber of Echoes<ul class="mycode_list"><li>Words<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Shadow Rituals<br />
</span></span> — Echo Weaving<ul class="mycode_list"><li>There is power in the words you speak, but most importantly, the echoes of hurt you choose release. It is believed and practiced by the wolves of the Haven that to release past hurts, you must first speak them out loud. An intimate ritual of give and take, a wolf must release something dear to them to mend the light and dark back together after facing their hurt. Blood is often given to the earth in return for the release of their grief and their returning light. Often practiced with a medic or record keeper in times of grief, trauma or suffering.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍If we falter, we lift each other up.<br />
</span></span> — We are the earth that steadies, the wind that buoys, the fire that warms, and the water that soothes. We do not suffer alone. Strength is shared within the Haven, and we do not leave anyone behind.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍The Release<br />
</span></span> — New Moon Ritual<ul class="mycode_list"><li>It is practiced by the Haven that on the New Moon, when the sky is darkest, you must release old parts of yourself that no longer serve you. Here, the pack comes together, shares what they might have hidden or what they wish to release, and the pack howls in unison.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Funeral Rites<br />
</span></span> — The Final Howl<ul class="mycode_list"><li>A grave will be dug beneath a sacred tree, and the fallen will be buried beneath it.<br />
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<li>A vigil will be held throughout the night for the fallen. At daybreak, the pack will share a unified howl, believed to help their fallen friend cross over through the veil.<br />
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— A Feast of Echoes<ul class="mycode_list"><li>The following morning, the pack will hunt the Fallen's favorite meals. In the evening, the pack will come together and feast, sharing stories of the fallen, and leaving tokens for their friend at the burial site. </li>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">WIP -</span>  For a quick look into this pack's Carrd, look <a href="https://silverwoodelves.carrd.co/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Here!</a>    <br />
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            <h1>ORIGINS</h1><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">keepers of truth and echoes, together we build what they tried to erase</span></span><br />
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In the beginning, magic flowed through every Elven being through the main elements of Fire, Earth, Air, and Water. Each Elf was born with one of these natural elements, sometimes even more than one. However, while any elf may have the potential for all elemental magic, the four ruling families: Silvaereth, Thindrel, Valkaen, and Lunethys, enforced a strict suppression of non-family elemental magic. Their reasoning? To keep the peace. A lie created with the underlying threat of resonance overload. In an attempt to preserve the hierarchical order and power that these four families created, they created rules and laws to suppress and sever the other non-familial magic one might have.<br />
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However, there used to be a fifth family, known under the surname Aerindel, whose elemental magic did not stop at one or two, but could hold all the elements with ease. They were known as the Evermarked, for their ability to connect with both the light and the shadows of the world and the spirits of all. They were anchors that balanced the world, allowing all to share in the magical resonance that was the Elven birthright.<br />
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The four families saw Evermarked as too powerful and destabilizing to the power and tyranny they wished to impose on the world. Over generations, the Aerindel bloodline was hunted down, their magic absorbed, and their existence destroyed. Through carefully curated propaganda and carefully crafted rumors, the four families captured, exiled, and severed the magic associated with Evermarked individuals, leading the world to believe the fifth forgotten family was a danger rather than their salvation.<br />
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        <div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><span class="largetext fs-lg">FAMILIES</span><br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Silvaereth of the Silverwood</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element:</span> Earth<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs:</span> The Aerindel's caused destabilization throughout the world, bringing about earthquakes, landslides, and sinkholes that destroyed communities.<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits:</span> Grounded, honest, stable, loyal, stubborn<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as:</span> Rootbound<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Thindrel of the Windmere</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element:</span> Air<br />
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<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs: </span>The Aerindel's resonant magic caused skies to cloud with electromagnetic storms, flocks to disappear, and disrupted the order of migration.<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits:</span> Creative, Flighty, Intellectual, Social, Thoughtful<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as:</span> Skybound<br />
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Valkaen of the Redvale</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element: </span>Fire<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs: </span>The Aerindel's were to blame for the wildfires that destroyed forests and homes, and the blaze that could not be contained.<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits: </span>Passionate, Action-Oriented, Impulsive, Bold, Courageous<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as:</span> Emberbound<br />
</li>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;" class="mycode_u"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Lunethys of the Bluetide</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Element: </span>Water<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Rumored Beliefs:</span> The Aerindel's unchecked magic caused massive floods and droughts to occur worldwide. It was believed that the Aerindel's could consume secrets from another's mind.<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Traits:</span> Sensitive, Mysterious, Charming, Empathetic, Protective<br />
</li>
<li>✶ <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Known as: </span>Deepbound<br />
</li>
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Hunt as One. Share as One. Grieve as One.<br />
</span></span> — Conflict destroys peace and inflicts harm. The Haven works best when approached as a team. No sorrow is handled alone, no stomach remains empty when another is full, and no member is expected to bear a weight alone. The Haven strives for Unity and Harmony in all things divine and natural.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍What was severed, we will seek to mend.<br />
</span></span> — Be kind to your neighbor, to the earth and nature, and to those you meet along the way. The Haven does not turn away from the broken, the lost, or the fractured. The Haven heals.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Speak truth or hold silence. Never Lie.<br />
</span></span> — Deceptive words have torn us apart in the past, allowing distrust to fester into a painful wound. The Haven chooses honesty or deliberate silence, but never deceit. Let the Haven support you until you're ready to speak the truth.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Hide nothing. Fear nothing. Abandon no one<br />
</span></span> — We reject what the Old World has taught us about division, fear, and control. The Haven stands as a testament to the fact that you will be accepted, flaws, scars, and wounds and all. Abandonment is treachery, loyalty is encouraged, and the bravery to lift another up is treasured.</div></div>
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</span></span> — True balance is based on freedom, not control. The Haven respects the various paths you may choose to walk, and the affinities one may be drawn to. No one is expected to conform to deny an aspect of themselves in the Haven. Instead, guidance is given, and support is handed willingly.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Howl for the missing and sing for the found.<br />
</span></span> — Our voice is power. For those who are lost, we will never stop searching. Grief and Joy are two halves of a shared breath, and we will sing for those who are found.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍If we falter, we lift each other up.<br />
</span></span> — We are the earth that steadies, the wind that buoys, the fire that warms, and the water that soothes. We do not suffer alone. Strength is shared within the Haven, and we do not leave anyone behind.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍You can always return.<br />
</span></span> —  You may always choose to make your own path in the world. The Haven is not a place to confine or chain you down. You may leave, wander, and return. The Haven doors will always be open, as we never forget an Echo.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Listen before you lead.<br />
</span></span> — To lead is to listen. The Haven is expected to listen to the whispered echoes of others, to hear their grievances, their sorrow, and their calls to action. Every voice must be heard, and only then will the path of clarity be revealed.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">❝ The Wind will lift. The Roots shall hold. The Water will heal. And the Flame will renew. But last of all, the Spirit will join them all.</span></div>
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—<ul class="mycode_list"><li>At the spring solstice, the Haven wolves gather at daybreak to welcome the world in song. For those who remember the old world, each elemental affinity plays a part. The earth wolves will stomp, the wind wolves will hum, the fire wolves will bark, and the water wolves will begin the howl. Together, they will sing in unison at sunrise.<br />
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<li>During the day, the Haven wolves will plant a token into the earth (a seed, a flower, a bone, etc.) and share an intention they wish to come to fruition in the following season.<br />
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<li>In the afternoon, the group begins a hunt to prepare for an evening feast.<br />
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<li>In the evening, a feast is had where members share stories, play games, and weave flowers and berries into their fur.<br />
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<li>✶ Games<br />
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<li>✶ Group Hunt<br />
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<li>✶ Purpose: Bring the pack together. Everyone is valued. Harmony.<br />
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</span></span> —<ul class="mycode_list"><li>Each wolf hunts something down. Gives the meal they caught to their neighbor and so forth. Eat together as a pack with some fermented berries and other fun party elements.<br />
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<li>When the moon is high in the sky, everyone runs into the forest and buries something from their gifted kill to the earth (bones, fur, nails, feathers, etc).<br />
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<li>✶ Pack participates in Trades, each wolf giving someone else a token of their choosing.<br />
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<li>✶ They stay awake till morning to watch the sunrise and all participate in a howl of renewal.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Joining Ritual<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Shadow Rituals<br />
</span></span> — Echo Weaving<ul class="mycode_list"><li>There is power in the words you speak, but most importantly, the echoes of hurt you choose release. It is believed and practiced by the wolves of the Haven that to release past hurts, you must first speak them out loud. An intimate ritual of give and take, a wolf must release something dear to them to mend the light and dark back together after facing their hurt. Blood is often given to the earth in return for the release of their grief and their returning light. Often practiced with a medic or record keeper in times of grief, trauma or suffering.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍If we falter, we lift each other up.<br />
</span></span> — We are the earth that steadies, the wind that buoys, the fire that warms, and the water that soothes. We do not suffer alone. Strength is shared within the Haven, and we do not leave anyone behind.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍The Release<br />
</span></span> — New Moon Ritual<ul class="mycode_list"><li>It is practiced by the Haven that on the New Moon, when the sky is darkest, you must release old parts of yourself that no longer serve you. Here, the pack comes together, shares what they might have hidden or what they wish to release, and the pack howls in unison.<br />
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<span style="width:25px; display:inline-block;"></span><span class="largetext fs-lg"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">▍Funeral Rites<br />
</span></span> — The Final Howl<ul class="mycode_list"><li>A grave will be dug beneath a sacred tree, and the fallen will be buried beneath it.<br />
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<li>A vigil will be held throughout the night for the fallen. At daybreak, the pack will share a unified howl, believed to help their fallen friend cross over through the veil.<br />
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— A Feast of Echoes<ul class="mycode_list"><li>The following morning, the pack will hunt the Fallen's favorite meals. In the evening, the pack will come together and feast, sharing stories of the fallen, and leaving tokens for their friend at the burial site. </li>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><div class="alert alert-blue blue_alert"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">Nate's Current Location: Lapis Nestle, Westmoor Wakes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">Nate is on his way south in search of relief from the cold, where he will discover Lapis Nestle. <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Followers are likely to be accompanying him, scouting in other directions, or sheltering by the blue flame!</span> After that he will return to Howling River to tell relay his findings. Walosi is intended to form fairly naturally IC and most followers are traveling with Nate nomadically. There may be detours before returning to Lapis Nestle to officially claim it.</span></div></div>
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Cherokee Culture/History · The Wild West </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">Walosi begins as a fellowship for the adrift. Eschewing hate, it would embrace you as kin regardless of past circumstance. Here free-spirited pioneers, tired soldiers, and stray exiles alike are offered refuge. The tribe’s values revolve around pursuit of a collective good — not just for Walosi, but for all the land’s travelers. Appreciators of the natural world, they run herds to fresh grazing, garden bountiful hidden groves of fruit and flower, and even claim alliance with birds to bridge the gap between spiritual and physical planes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><a href="https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/22da5da5-da91-4c50-b006-2074d20b800a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Ellipsus Doc</a> · <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1438329166737965097" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Discord Channel</a></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">Fun stuff includes:</span></h3></div><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Matrifocal family structure<br />
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<li>Cowboy herding &amp; hunting role for elk/bison<br />
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<li>Raising caterpillars &amp; beekeeping (honey! :D)<br />
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<li>Sprawling hidden gardens &amp; groves<br />
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<li>Birds as companions and connections between worlds<br />
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<li>Non-wolf predators can negotiate hunting rights<br />
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<li>Horse! Herd!<br />
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Walosi cultivates dreamers and welcomes free spirits. Coming from a diverse background, many who could find no place elsewhere might realize a welcome here, where differences are embraced and the bonds of friendship outweigh that of blood.<br />
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Walosi generally prefers to live and let live. Core to their values is the belief that all individuals are capable of change, and here, any who come in good faith have safe harbor to do so, regardless of past affiliation. It is focused on building for the future, not punishing for the past.<br />
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They freely offer aid to any that ask it, which may lead opportunists to mistake them for vulnerable idealists — but Walosi are more than willing to assert themselves with ferocity in defense of what they love. Generally more preoccupied with preventing recurrence and mending hurt than revenge, they may repel an invader with violence one day, and embrace them the next as a brother.<br />
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This open-mindedness can feel threatening at first, but the tribe’s relative ambivalence (though certainly not unawareness) about the coming and going of strangers allows the skeptical a chance to integrate at their own pace.</div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Walosi values the perspectives of a wide variety of animals and actively seeks to recruit non-wolves into their ranks! Beasts who prefer solitude can also negotiate hunting or forage rights within the claim.</span><br />
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Prey like elk &amp; bison are managed and tracked. Herds are chased to keep them on fresh forage and prevent overgrazing. They are guarded to keep poachers away. In hunts, culls are chosen with the herds' long-term health in mind, ensuring food stays plentiful. Walosi may even separate and treat sick animals during outbreaks. Killing for sport is disgraceful, as is disrespecting prey. All living things share a family tie, and should be treated as such.<br />
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Local flocks of corvids are allowed to share the spoils of hunts and have learned to integrate with the pack to some extent. Favors from birds include leading members to interesting things (whether what is considered interesting to a bird is also interesting to a wolf may be debatable), warning of newcomers, sending messages, and leaving gifts. Some of these clever avians may even manage to pick up the language of wolves.<br />
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When gathering plants &amp; herbs, Walosi take only the fourth of every one they find to ensure the territory remains bountiful. They actively collect and bury seeds of plants that are preferred throughout the claim, forming hidden orchards to feed themselves and entice the herds. They also cultivate caterpillars and relocate bee swarms, which supports many beautiful fields of flowers.<br />
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Wild horses graze Walosi lands. Nate has always had a soft spot for mustangs, and has made plain his desire herd be protected, not hunted. Especially following the realization that some are able to speak! Good grazing is always kept for them. In return, the herd sometimes helps Walosi carry trade goods across Mythris, and keep watch over the territory. You might even get to ride one, if you're lucky!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">Councils comprised of all established, adult members are the primary mode of decision making or settling disputes. It is a space in which any packmate can field any topic they consider important, and Walosi may decide as a group how to proceed.<br />
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When the leaders of Unole clan determine newcomers or youngsters have matured or integrated well enough into Walosi ways, they will speak to the Raven Chief. The Chief will invite them to join Council, and they may sit ever after. Generally this takes some time and several instances of proving adherence to the Tribe’s values.<br />
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During Council meetings, any member may speak, but none should interrupt. Disagreements are welcomed, and careful consideration and questioning are valued, as are bringing forward alternative points of view to best consider all angles of a problem. However, if a proposition gains no or very little support after being fielded, then for the sake of reaching consensus, that particular argument ought to be dropped.<br />
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The Chieftans are generally expected to help steer conversation and mediate any heated moments. Their opinions carry a lot of weight, however, they may not dictate their will to the Council. Chieftans are expected to enact the Council’s decision, even if they personally disagree.<br />
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Generally, family matters are matrifocal. For example:</div><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Lineages are traced &amp; venerated through the mother’s side.<br />
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<li>Mates are taken by mutual agreement. It is polite to ask for the mothers’ blessings.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">Walosi are a people who love song and dance, and can be very warm with one another. They have a familiar sense of humor and may be prone to teasing. Evenings are often spent socializing at camp, telling stories, and playing games.<br />
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The Tsiskwa clan collects and distributes feathers to packmates, which may be given to commemorate moments of great courage, healing, grief, or other significant life events. Feathers can only be worn by tribe members if given by this clan, or by the bird that grew it.  <br />
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Important life events like new births, marriages, alliances, and recovery of those severely wounded, also bring about feast-days and night-long dances. Other feast-days take place yearly during the crane migration’s arrival, first heavy snow, the start of calving season, and the springtime awakening of the butterflies.<br />
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During these, older wolves might chew dried tobacco leaves and partake of fermented fruits.<br />
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When a new wolf is invited to sit Council, they are generally acknowledged with a pat on the back by the rest of the Council once it adjourns (Yeah, your shoulder’s gonna be sore.) Some few might offer private congratulations or welcomes, but Walosi generally tries not to make too big a fuss about it, in the interest of giving the rite a solemn feel, and keeping the focus on the collective. Joining is seen as a big step. Rather than be too eager to speak out immediately, new members are best served learning to listen and understand in their first several meetings.</div>
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While there is some acknowledgement of a Creator being, spirit &amp; ancestor veneration, and stories to circulate around these, it is considered important in Walosi that nothing of a religious nature be enforced. Each individual is entitled to personal preference in this regard, so long as the belief is not overly destructive. Packmates may bring and blend their own beliefs, turning Walosi into a kind of melting-pot of spirituality as new philosophies take root.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">Walosi divides duties into seven clans, which sit grouped together during Council meetings and may elect middle-leadership among themselves. The bonds between clans are fierce, built from sharing joys and seeking guidance, and an insult to one member is often considered an insult to all the rest.<br />
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Different clans cooperate on many tasks, and there is mobility between them — some packmates take longer to find their place, others enter different seasons of life and discover their calling has changed. While friendly rivalry may often ensue, the clans are expected to have respect for each other and value one another’s wisdom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">tribe leadership</span><br />
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The Raven Chief guides the pack internally. They mediate disputes which escalate beyond the powers of the Unole clan, safeguard cultural practices, and see to it that Council decisions regarding internal matters are adhered to efficiently. For the most part, the Raven Chief has more practical authority than the Eagle Chief.<br />
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The Eagle Chief, sometimes misunderstood by outsiders to be just a "war chief", are heads of diplomacy and external affairs. If an outside pack seeks alliance or wishes to make peace, they must negotiate terms with the Eagle Chief, who in turn confers with the rest of the pack. If Walosi determines conflict is necessary, the Eagle Chief also becomes the primary strategist and heads up the organization of warbands.<br />
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The Eagle Chief may be the only leader outside factions even know Walosi has, as they are the ones who will helm political forays of all kinds. Even if the Raven Chief attends these meetings, they will usually not be announced by their title — given that it should have no bearing on proceedings.<br />
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It is desired that each of the seven clans have a leader elected among themselves to maintain order and coordinate with the other leaders and Chiefs. Usually, this is the oldest or most experienced of their members.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“wind” — counselors, diplomats, and newcomers.</span><br />
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Unole is the largest clan, though also the most widely moved between. Those who make a permanent home of it are generally known for their generosity and kindness. They arbitrate disputes, negotiate peace, and it is from this clan that diplomats are generally selected to treat with outsiders.<br />
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It is also the place all newcomers enter. Until you have found your true clan, Unole will safeguard and guide you. Keeping the best counselors close to those with the least experience in Walosi culture ensures help is always readily available.<br />
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Trained Unole keep track of the coming and going of strangers in the territory, making sure the land is respected by visitors. They work closely with Waya in maintaining the border. Unole are the wagging tail, where the Waya are the teeth that guard it.</div>
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Iawi live for the thrill of the chase, tracking and pruning herds according to the pack’s needs. Lithe and strong, with the endurance to rival their namesakes, they are often free-spirited and wild. Youngsters newly independent are often drawn to this way of life.<br />
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But here the canny may thrive, too. Herds are not just hunted, but tracked and utilized for the good of Walosi. Iawi work with the Sochan to keep elk, bison, and deer on fresh grazing — rounding them up and leading them to places where they can grow fat on sugar-grass, and away from vulnerable fields of new sprouts or depleted ground.<br />
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As it is preferred to always have some following the herds, Iawi may spend much time away from the rest of the clan and are more accustomed than most to sleeping rough under the stars. They also defend Walosi’s food sources from invading poachers (predators who have not negotiated a hunting right) and contend with territorial bulls or protective mothers, putting them in harms way more often than nearly any other clan.<br />
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Because of these skills, Iawi are also messengers, sending swift words across Walosi — and beyond, to strangers, allies, or enemies. In some cases, their fieldcraft skills may also see them utilized as scouts, guides, or escorts.</div>
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Sochan maintain the floral beauty of Walosi. This includes pruning sick plants, collecting and dispersing seeds of beneficial ones, and keeping the Iawi clan aware of where herds are needed, so that they can be rounded up and herded elsewhere if they are overgrazing, or encouraged into places where fresh vittles are ample, to fatten them.<br />
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Sochan create living art, cultivating fields of wildflowers and tending groves of edible plants like tubers, apple trees, and berry bushes. They may bring interesting new plants to the Gigagei for examination, or even accompany Waya or Iawi abroad in search of medicines described by the healers.<br />
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With the plethora of nectar-drinking butterflies being one of Walosi’s great prides, Sochan also keep and tend to caterpillars, providing them with food and sheltering chrysalises. Some enterprising Sochan may even attempt to relocate beehives to useful locations if they find a queen and her entourage on the move.</div>
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No family can exist without caretakers to tend the day-to-day. Sagonige are midwives, milk-providers, den-sitters, crafters, collectors, quartermasters, and more. They keep the pack sheltered, the elderly comfortable, and the next generation safe. Some may have a dedicated and preferred role, but most go where there is greatest need, whether it is to aid Gigagei in tending the sick or Sochan in harvesting fruit.<br />
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Sagonige may be very artistic, using dried flowers and clay to decorate den-sites and working with bird companions to weave braids into fur, or jewelry from shells and long grass. They are appreciators of beauty, and unafraid of toil even when the work appears unglamorous. Walosi cannot exist without them</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“red” — healers and medicine makers</span><br />
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The Gigagei have devoted themselves to the study of healing. They are skilled in the mending of sick — body, mind, and soul. The best of them are patient and detail-oriented, with good listening skills. Most of all it takes great courage to be a healer — a runny nose is perhaps transient, but yellow fever or the grim wounds of battle require swift and decisive treatment. There is no place for hesitation. Training as a Gigagei takes the longest of all the clans, and they tend to be fewer in number than others.<br />
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Younger members of the clan, or those who feel a passion for healing but have scars which limit their ability to interface with gruesome and startling wounds may occupy a role of medicine maker. These members gather and mix stores. They may also help rehabilitate those recovering from illness or injury.<br />
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The Gigage work closely with Sochan in the cultivation of medicinal plants.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“wolf” — warriors and protectors</span><br />
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In times of conflict, it is the Waya who protect Walosi. Strong, brave, and cunning, these warriors patrol the border, fend off unfriendly invaders, and make plain to visitors that the pack’s generosity is not to be mistaken for ignorance. They are expected to be disciplined and maintain good bodily form, which has led to some reputation for being overly-invested in physical pursuits. They play rough, and their dedication to the role may often manifest in either intimidating stoicism or fiery passion.<br />
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Because Walosi makes some effort to avoid war, and prefers to integrate strangers rather than repel them if possible, the Waya hone themselves most often by helping the other clans. They may hold down the wounded during painful treatment, protect Unole on missions of diplomacy, assist Iawi in fending off particularly aggressive predators and bulls, and guard packmates on excursions past the border.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“bird” — clan of bird-keepers, oracles, &amp; seers</span><br />
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Where other clans are generally preoccupied with corporeal perspective, the Tsiskwa see the world through a different lens. They invoke and safeguard a plane less obvious to the mortal eye, communing with spirits of nature and searching out Mythris’s mysteries.<br />
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Walosi is permissive of differences in religion, and so different Tsiskwa may put faith a wide variety of gods or supernatural beings. In this place where so many come from all across worlds and times, there is great wisdom in pooling spiritual resources.<br />
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The Tsiskwa are also aviculturists. Birds are widely believed to be messengers between worlds, and so sick and wounded of their kind are also tended by the Tsiskwa, with the aid of the Gigagei. They feed wild birds, and may even raise fledglings or help packmates imprint on hatchlings.<br />
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This clan alone may collect and distribute feathers to packmates, which may be given to commemorate moments of great courage, healing, grief, or other significant life events.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #0030c1;">How to Join</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">Nate is <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">currently</span> at Lapis Nestle following the resolution of the BWP, and in the process of formally claiming the territory!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Founder Requirements:</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">Decide to follow leader in IC post</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">1 leader &amp; 4 followers (with different players) must reach "Founder" status to officially claim the territory. Others are welcome to join as packmates before or after, they just won't show up in the Founder's box!<br />
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If you have questions or want to plot, you can comment below, DM <dvz_me_placeholder id="19" />, or reach out in the <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1438329166737965097" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Walosi channel</a> on the Vivarium Discord! &lt;3<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Exploring Lapis Nestle</span><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10612" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10612</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Recruitment Threads</span><br />
Ko-Ga: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9018" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9018</a> <br />
Mithwyth: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9031" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9031</a> <br />
Cecil: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170</a> <br />
Chakliux: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170</a> <br />
Elk Charm: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9928" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9928</a> <br />
Tamaska: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10171" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10171</a> <br />
Samo: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10612" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10612</a> <br />
Rin: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10172" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10172</a> <br />
Vaelora: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324</a><br />
Sheauga: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11366" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11366</a><br />
Saela: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Territory Claims</span><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10775" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10775</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10787" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10787</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10792" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10792</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11221" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11221</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10941" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10941</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10781" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10781</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324</a><br />
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><div class="alert alert-blue blue_alert"><span style="font-size: large;" class="mycode_size">Nate's Current Location: Lapis Nestle, Westmoor Wakes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">Nate is on his way south in search of relief from the cold, where he will discover Lapis Nestle. <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Followers are likely to be accompanying him, scouting in other directions, or sheltering by the blue flame!</span> After that he will return to Howling River to tell relay his findings. Walosi is intended to form fairly naturally IC and most followers are traveling with Nate nomadically. There may be detours before returning to Lapis Nestle to officially claim it.</span></div></div>
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Cherokee Culture/History · The Wild West </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">Walosi begins as a fellowship for the adrift. Eschewing hate, it would embrace you as kin regardless of past circumstance. Here free-spirited pioneers, tired soldiers, and stray exiles alike are offered refuge. The tribe’s values revolve around pursuit of a collective good — not just for Walosi, but for all the land’s travelers. Appreciators of the natural world, they run herds to fresh grazing, garden bountiful hidden groves of fruit and flower, and even claim alliance with birds to bridge the gap between spiritual and physical planes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size"><a href="https://write.ellipsus.com/edit/22da5da5-da91-4c50-b006-2074d20b800a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Ellipsus Doc</a> · <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1438329166737965097" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Discord Channel</a></span><br />
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Walosi cultivates dreamers and welcomes free spirits. Coming from a diverse background, many who could find no place elsewhere might realize a welcome here, where differences are embraced and the bonds of friendship outweigh that of blood.<br />
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Walosi generally prefers to live and let live. Core to their values is the belief that all individuals are capable of change, and here, any who come in good faith have safe harbor to do so, regardless of past affiliation. It is focused on building for the future, not punishing for the past.<br />
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They freely offer aid to any that ask it, which may lead opportunists to mistake them for vulnerable idealists — but Walosi are more than willing to assert themselves with ferocity in defense of what they love. Generally more preoccupied with preventing recurrence and mending hurt than revenge, they may repel an invader with violence one day, and embrace them the next as a brother.<br />
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This open-mindedness can feel threatening at first, but the tribe’s relative ambivalence (though certainly not unawareness) about the coming and going of strangers allows the skeptical a chance to integrate at their own pace.</div>
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Prey like elk &amp; bison are managed and tracked. Herds are chased to keep them on fresh forage and prevent overgrazing. They are guarded to keep poachers away. In hunts, culls are chosen with the herds' long-term health in mind, ensuring food stays plentiful. Walosi may even separate and treat sick animals during outbreaks. Killing for sport is disgraceful, as is disrespecting prey. All living things share a family tie, and should be treated as such.<br />
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Local flocks of corvids are allowed to share the spoils of hunts and have learned to integrate with the pack to some extent. Favors from birds include leading members to interesting things (whether what is considered interesting to a bird is also interesting to a wolf may be debatable), warning of newcomers, sending messages, and leaving gifts. Some of these clever avians may even manage to pick up the language of wolves.<br />
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When gathering plants &amp; herbs, Walosi take only the fourth of every one they find to ensure the territory remains bountiful. They actively collect and bury seeds of plants that are preferred throughout the claim, forming hidden orchards to feed themselves and entice the herds. They also cultivate caterpillars and relocate bee swarms, which supports many beautiful fields of flowers.<br />
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Wild horses graze Walosi lands. Nate has always had a soft spot for mustangs, and has made plain his desire herd be protected, not hunted. Especially following the realization that some are able to speak! Good grazing is always kept for them. In return, the herd sometimes helps Walosi carry trade goods across Mythris, and keep watch over the territory. You might even get to ride one, if you're lucky!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">Councils comprised of all established, adult members are the primary mode of decision making or settling disputes. It is a space in which any packmate can field any topic they consider important, and Walosi may decide as a group how to proceed.<br />
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When the leaders of Unole clan determine newcomers or youngsters have matured or integrated well enough into Walosi ways, they will speak to the Raven Chief. The Chief will invite them to join Council, and they may sit ever after. Generally this takes some time and several instances of proving adherence to the Tribe’s values.<br />
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During Council meetings, any member may speak, but none should interrupt. Disagreements are welcomed, and careful consideration and questioning are valued, as are bringing forward alternative points of view to best consider all angles of a problem. However, if a proposition gains no or very little support after being fielded, then for the sake of reaching consensus, that particular argument ought to be dropped.<br />
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The Chieftans are generally expected to help steer conversation and mediate any heated moments. Their opinions carry a lot of weight, however, they may not dictate their will to the Council. Chieftans are expected to enact the Council’s decision, even if they personally disagree.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">Emphasis on freedom and harmony allows packmates to live authentically. Gender identity and sexual/romantic orientation are respected as part of natural diversity.<br />
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The Tsiskwa clan collects and distributes feathers to packmates, which may be given to commemorate moments of great courage, healing, grief, or other significant life events. Feathers can only be worn by tribe members if given by this clan, or by the bird that grew it.  <br />
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Important life events like new births, marriages, alliances, and recovery of those severely wounded, also bring about feast-days and night-long dances. Other feast-days take place yearly during the crane migration’s arrival, first heavy snow, the start of calving season, and the springtime awakening of the butterflies.<br />
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During these, older wolves might chew dried tobacco leaves and partake of fermented fruits.<br />
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When a new wolf is invited to sit Council, they are generally acknowledged with a pat on the back by the rest of the Council once it adjourns (Yeah, your shoulder’s gonna be sore.) Some few might offer private congratulations or welcomes, but Walosi generally tries not to make too big a fuss about it, in the interest of giving the rite a solemn feel, and keeping the focus on the collective. Joining is seen as a big step. Rather than be too eager to speak out immediately, new members are best served learning to listen and understand in their first several meetings.</div>
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While there is some acknowledgement of a Creator being, spirit &amp; ancestor veneration, and stories to circulate around these, it is considered important in Walosi that nothing of a religious nature be enforced. Each individual is entitled to personal preference in this regard, so long as the belief is not overly destructive. Packmates may bring and blend their own beliefs, turning Walosi into a kind of melting-pot of spirituality as new philosophies take root.<br />
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Different clans cooperate on many tasks, and there is mobility between them — some packmates take longer to find their place, others enter different seasons of life and discover their calling has changed. While friendly rivalry may often ensue, the clans are expected to have respect for each other and value one another’s wisdom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">tribe leadership</span><br />
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The Raven Chief guides the pack internally. They mediate disputes which escalate beyond the powers of the Unole clan, safeguard cultural practices, and see to it that Council decisions regarding internal matters are adhered to efficiently. For the most part, the Raven Chief has more practical authority than the Eagle Chief.<br />
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The Eagle Chief, sometimes misunderstood by outsiders to be just a "war chief", are heads of diplomacy and external affairs. If an outside pack seeks alliance or wishes to make peace, they must negotiate terms with the Eagle Chief, who in turn confers with the rest of the pack. If Walosi determines conflict is necessary, the Eagle Chief also becomes the primary strategist and heads up the organization of warbands.<br />
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The Eagle Chief may be the only leader outside factions even know Walosi has, as they are the ones who will helm political forays of all kinds. Even if the Raven Chief attends these meetings, they will usually not be announced by their title — given that it should have no bearing on proceedings.<br />
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It is desired that each of the seven clans have a leader elected among themselves to maintain order and coordinate with the other leaders and Chiefs. Usually, this is the oldest or most experienced of their members.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“wind” — counselors, diplomats, and newcomers.</span><br />
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Unole is the largest clan, though also the most widely moved between. Those who make a permanent home of it are generally known for their generosity and kindness. They arbitrate disputes, negotiate peace, and it is from this clan that diplomats are generally selected to treat with outsiders.<br />
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It is also the place all newcomers enter. Until you have found your true clan, Unole will safeguard and guide you. Keeping the best counselors close to those with the least experience in Walosi culture ensures help is always readily available.<br />
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Trained Unole keep track of the coming and going of strangers in the territory, making sure the land is respected by visitors. They work closely with Waya in maintaining the border. Unole are the wagging tail, where the Waya are the teeth that guard it.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“deer” — hunters, herders, wranglers, and messengers.</span><br />
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Iawi live for the thrill of the chase, tracking and pruning herds according to the pack’s needs. Lithe and strong, with the endurance to rival their namesakes, they are often free-spirited and wild. Youngsters newly independent are often drawn to this way of life.<br />
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But here the canny may thrive, too. Herds are not just hunted, but tracked and utilized for the good of Walosi. Iawi work with the Sochan to keep elk, bison, and deer on fresh grazing — rounding them up and leading them to places where they can grow fat on sugar-grass, and away from vulnerable fields of new sprouts or depleted ground.<br />
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As it is preferred to always have some following the herds, Iawi may spend much time away from the rest of the clan and are more accustomed than most to sleeping rough under the stars. They also defend Walosi’s food sources from invading poachers (predators who have not negotiated a hunting right) and contend with territorial bulls or protective mothers, putting them in harms way more often than nearly any other clan.<br />
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Because of these skills, Iawi are also messengers, sending swift words across Walosi — and beyond, to strangers, allies, or enemies. In some cases, their fieldcraft skills may also see them utilized as scouts, guides, or escorts.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“coneflower” — land-keepers, gardeners, and apiarists.</span><br />
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Sochan maintain the floral beauty of Walosi. This includes pruning sick plants, collecting and dispersing seeds of beneficial ones, and keeping the Iawi clan aware of where herds are needed, so that they can be rounded up and herded elsewhere if they are overgrazing, or encouraged into places where fresh vittles are ample, to fatten them.<br />
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Sochan create living art, cultivating fields of wildflowers and tending groves of edible plants like tubers, apple trees, and berry bushes. They may bring interesting new plants to the Gigagei for examination, or even accompany Waya or Iawi abroad in search of medicines described by the healers.<br />
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With the plethora of nectar-drinking butterflies being one of Walosi’s great prides, Sochan also keep and tend to caterpillars, providing them with food and sheltering chrysalises. Some enterprising Sochan may even attempt to relocate beehives to useful locations if they find a queen and her entourage on the move.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“blue” — artists, nannies, and caretakers.</span><br />
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No family can exist without caretakers to tend the day-to-day. Sagonige are midwives, milk-providers, den-sitters, crafters, collectors, quartermasters, and more. They keep the pack sheltered, the elderly comfortable, and the next generation safe. Some may have a dedicated and preferred role, but most go where there is greatest need, whether it is to aid Gigagei in tending the sick or Sochan in harvesting fruit.<br />
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Sagonige may be very artistic, using dried flowers and clay to decorate den-sites and working with bird companions to weave braids into fur, or jewelry from shells and long grass. They are appreciators of beauty, and unafraid of toil even when the work appears unglamorous. Walosi cannot exist without them</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“red” — healers and medicine makers</span><br />
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The Gigagei have devoted themselves to the study of healing. They are skilled in the mending of sick — body, mind, and soul. The best of them are patient and detail-oriented, with good listening skills. Most of all it takes great courage to be a healer — a runny nose is perhaps transient, but yellow fever or the grim wounds of battle require swift and decisive treatment. There is no place for hesitation. Training as a Gigagei takes the longest of all the clans, and they tend to be fewer in number than others.<br />
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Younger members of the clan, or those who feel a passion for healing but have scars which limit their ability to interface with gruesome and startling wounds may occupy a role of medicine maker. These members gather and mix stores. They may also help rehabilitate those recovering from illness or injury.<br />
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The Gigage work closely with Sochan in the cultivation of medicinal plants.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“wolf” — warriors and protectors</span><br />
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In times of conflict, it is the Waya who protect Walosi. Strong, brave, and cunning, these warriors patrol the border, fend off unfriendly invaders, and make plain to visitors that the pack’s generosity is not to be mistaken for ignorance. They are expected to be disciplined and maintain good bodily form, which has led to some reputation for being overly-invested in physical pursuits. They play rough, and their dedication to the role may often manifest in either intimidating stoicism or fiery passion.<br />
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Because Walosi makes some effort to avoid war, and prefers to integrate strangers rather than repel them if possible, the Waya hone themselves most often by helping the other clans. They may hold down the wounded during painful treatment, protect Unole on missions of diplomacy, assist Iawi in fending off particularly aggressive predators and bulls, and guard packmates on excursions past the border.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">“bird” — clan of bird-keepers, oracles, &amp; seers</span><br />
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Where other clans are generally preoccupied with corporeal perspective, the Tsiskwa see the world through a different lens. They invoke and safeguard a plane less obvious to the mortal eye, communing with spirits of nature and searching out Mythris’s mysteries.<br />
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Walosi is permissive of differences in religion, and so different Tsiskwa may put faith a wide variety of gods or supernatural beings. In this place where so many come from all across worlds and times, there is great wisdom in pooling spiritual resources.<br />
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The Tsiskwa are also aviculturists. Birds are widely believed to be messengers between worlds, and so sick and wounded of their kind are also tended by the Tsiskwa, with the aid of the Gigagei. They feed wild birds, and may even raise fledglings or help packmates imprint on hatchlings.<br />
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This clan alone may collect and distribute feathers to packmates, which may be given to commemorate moments of great courage, healing, grief, or other significant life events.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-variant: small-caps">Founder Requirements:</span></span><ul class="mycode_list"><li><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">Decide to follow leader in IC post</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">1 leader &amp; 4 followers (with different players) must reach "Founder" status to officially claim the territory. Others are welcome to join as packmates before or after, they just won't show up in the Founder's box!<br />
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If you have questions or want to plot, you can comment below, DM <dvz_me_placeholder id="19" />, or reach out in the <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1438329166737965097" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Walosi channel</a> on the Vivarium Discord! &lt;3<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Exploring Lapis Nestle</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Recruitment Threads</span><br />
Ko-Ga: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9018" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9018</a> <br />
Mithwyth: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9031" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9031</a> <br />
Cecil: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170</a> <br />
Chakliux: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10170</a> <br />
Elk Charm: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9928" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=9928</a> <br />
Tamaska: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10171" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10171</a> <br />
Samo: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10612" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10612</a> <br />
Rin: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10172" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10172</a> <br />
Vaelora: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324</a><br />
Sheauga: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11366" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11366</a><br />
Saela: <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Territory Claims</span><br />
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<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11221" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11221</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10941" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10941</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10781" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=10781</a><br />
<a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">https://vivariumrpg.com/showthread.php?tid=11324</a><br />
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			<description><![CDATA[The world of Mythris is full of lands of various types. You can find a territory best suited to your group and claim that space, so long as it has not <i>already</i> been claimed by a fully formed Group. <br />
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TTRPG/Fantasy Tavern Tropes · Pirates · Highwaymen · Celtic Mythology</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">Hail ye wanderers, rogues, and ne'er do wells — do your feet grow weary? Your throat dry? We’re a miserable lot, but there’s no sense being lonely! Follow the coast and you’ll find her sooner or later, Highwayman Howff is open for business! A waystation for transient souls, the Howff offers room and board without asking too many questions. It’s the place to be if you need to catch up on rumours, and for those with tabs to pay — a good place to find work (especially if you’re not overly beholden to morals.)</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">Fun stuff includes:</span></h3></div><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Being a waystation for travelers to rest, recover, and revel<br />
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<li>A hub of rumours and folks who 'know a guy' (or are a guy), where you can hire entertainers, muscle, thieves, spies, whores, or even, potentially, assassins.<br />
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<li>A bounty hunting system where the Howff hands out rewards to whoever completes the job<br />
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<li>Treasure hunting (or stealing!)<br />
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<li>Fae folk potentially wandering about, who are left offerings to keep the inn in the kingdom's good graces<br />
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<li>A bunch of feral kids running amok in the inn<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">Overview</span></span></h3></div>
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The Howff will board anyone with means to pay — whether that be with gems and jewels, fresh food or drink for the larder, or time and labor. Runaways, fugitives, adventurers, travellers — folk from all across Mythris might find their way to the door, and that makes it a veritable font of information. If you’re looking for someone, or something, the Howff is the best place to start. <br />
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If you need to beat some heat, it’s not a bad place to disappear into a well of conflicting rumours, either.<br />
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Transient visitors are free to enjoy the Howff as merely a rambunctious waystation. The lonely can find companionship in all its… various forms. If you need a calling, and have a burning need to make a name for yourself, then someone here can probably point you in the right direction. <br />
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Ask the inkeep and they’ll tell you the name is just a play on words. But that’s not strictly true. Lyra and Mal run a crew of mercenaries out of their tavern — happy to serve in a variety of above board roles when the pay is good… or take what pleases them when it’s not. Discreetly, of course. While they’re not likely to boast of their less-admirable exploits, the right word in the right ear could open certain doors.<br />
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But Travellers take heed, the inn sits on ground once claimed by fae folk, and as a result, their magic still abounds. Certain rituals must be performed to safeguard wanderers in Verdigris, and remnants of the kingdom — like fairy rings and stone mounds — ought not to be disturbed.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">Howff Rules</span></span></h3><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-skull-crossbones"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Respect the Howff</span></span><br />
Mal and Lyra are not to be disrespected. <br />
(They can only disrespect each other.)<br />
Their kids aren’t to be harmed or threatened. If you have complaints, you can make them directly to mom or pop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-person-fairy"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Respect the Fae</span></span><br />
It was their land, first. <br />
Bargains with faeries must be kept.<br />
It’s polite to offer a small portion of your vittles &amp; earnings to the local fae.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-coins"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">If you pay, you can stay</span></span><br />
No questions asked. <br />
The Howff keeps its secrets, price of doing so weighed against the value of said secrets.<br />
If you break it, you buy it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-beer-mug"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Pay your tab</span></span><br />
You’ll be made to, one way or another. Repeated walk-outs might not get to be walk-ins, in the future. Or walk-anywheres.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-handshake"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">A deals a deal</span></span><br />
(Unless a better deal comes along.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-anchor"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Loose lips sink ships</span></span><br />
Under the table jobs need to <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">stay</span> under the table.<br />
Folk with the gift of gab and a deficit in discretion are liable to find themselves missing a tongue. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-person-breastfeeding"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">No dirty jobs involving children</span></span><br />
Mal won’t tolerate the kidnapping, killing, or otherwise exploiting of pups and pregnant mothers.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">Contracts</span></span></h3><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Bounties"</summary><br />
Got a fella you just can’t stand? They skimped on a deal, broke their oath, stole your girl, invaded your territory, or, hey, maybe they just chew way too loud? Bring your grievance to the Howff, and put up a bounty. If Freelancers like what you’re offering, they’ll help you find ‘em, bring ‘em in, or give ‘em what they’ve got coming. (Well… assuming said Bounty couldn’t make the Howff a better offer, anyway.)</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Protection &amp; Muscle"</summary><br />
Maybe you’re involved in the headache of an inheritance dispute, or loners keep raiding your trade routes with the neighbors. A bear is eating all your salmon. If you need some extra muscle to reinforce your territory and protect what’s yours, the Howff can provide. They probably won’t send the same people who were robbing you to do the guarding.</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Entertainment &amp; Spies"</summary><br />
Ok, so you have a wedding, or a big important diplomatic meeting coming up. You need entertainers! You need information! The Howff can provide you with bards to sing, dance, or do magic tricks. Maybe even cleverly insult your rivals. If you’re looking for more lusty forms of persuasion, Lords and Ladies of the Evening can provide more… carnal approaches to the task. Or just pretend to date you, so you don’t look like a total loser in front of the other guys. Both can be prevailed upon as spies, too, weasling into places and hearts to gather information you pay them for.</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Treasure Hunting"</summary><br />
Looking for a bauble? A rare pelt, some old-Mythris jewelry, exotic plants, or a really cool looking rock? Freelancers can be tasked with tracking down these monuments to wealth, curiosity, or love! It’s advised to be very specific about the terms and potential division of loot on such expeditions! And bring a good haggler with you to collect. Cursed objects cost extra.</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"High Profile Marks"</summary><br />
Sometimes the Howff gets wind of a particularly high-profile target, and throws its own bounty into the pot to have it dealt with. <br />
(Subject to tweaking if needed to comply with Viv rules — these could include RNG ‘scavenger hunts’ to track down fugitives or hidden treasures &amp; simple dice-roll battles with a character brought in just to be a bounty target. Bring them in for Howff credit, loot, and/or maybe even a chance to adopt the character into your own roster?)</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"The Backroom"</summary><br />
Highwayman Howff is a legitimate business! But if you’re looking for discreet help that isn’t overly concerned with things like karma and political scandal… well, they might know a gal or two. Prepare to pay a premium for anything like royal assassinations, stealing crown jewels, or providing ‘test subjects’ for your ‘science experiments.’</details><br />
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Permanent residents of the inn might be few, but any traveller worth their salt will want to have some association with the the Howff, and will return to defend it if needed. There’s always something to do at the tavern, and a place for hardworking hands.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"WAYFARER // TAISTEALAÍ"</summary><br />
The general term for visitors to the inn, whether it be folk staying long term, or only for a night or two. They may be traders, travelers, or curious explorers.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"BUACHAILL TÁBHAIRNE (M) // CAILÍN TÁBHAIRNE (F) // DUINE TÁBHAIRNE (N)"</summary><br />
An inn’s no good without food and drink. Tavernkeepers  acquire ingredients through trade, hunting, or even thieving, and prepare meals and spirits for feasting upon. They ought to be good conversationalists…. or at least, interesting conversationalists. The first in line to assess new arrivals, they also need to be keen-eyed, discreet, and have a good memory for faces and rumours.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"FREELANCER // DÍOLÚNACH"</summary><br />
Freelancers, adventurers, and other folk looking to ply a trade. Some stay at the tavern between jobs and may even help out as guards or bouncers. Others just stop by now and then to catch up on the going’s-on. Each will have their own reputation and style. Some may achieve such legendary renown as to be asked for by name on certain jobs. Those with the most diverse sets of skills will have the most flexibility. Whether their motives are pure-hearted or purely selfish, here is the place to come to find fitting work.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"BARD"</summary><br />
Performers and storytellers, who keep the place lively. They also spread word of the Howff to interested parties and collect rumours. Many are talented freelancers or lifelong wanderers themselves, and can spin tales of derring-do to inspire all that hear it. But take care — get on the bad side of a bard, and the songs they sing about you might not be so glamorous… </details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"LORDS &amp; LADIES OF THE EVENING"</summary><br />
Some folk come to the tavern lonely or restless, and it’s the talent of a whore to coax them into better states of mind. Those set up at the Howff split earnings with the inn and are expected to make enough to cover the room they keep — but otherwise have free reign to choose their clients and set their own limits. They may be finders and keepers of valuable information, coaxed from blissful lips after nights of passion.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"WISE FOLK // LIA"</summary><br />
Folk trained in the art of healing or the appeasing of spirits are valuable for their wisdom, and a welcome sight at the Howff. For dispersals and drifters, access to this kind of help might be hard to find, and having a place to go to reliably find it is a great boon. </details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"AES SÍDHE // FOLK OF THE MOUNDS"</summary><br />
Fae folk who live in the woods around the Howff  (or inside, if they’re so inclined!), but don’t consider themselves part of the crew. Though they coexist in relative peace, they’re not strictly beholden to the rules of the inn outside its doors, and might have all manner of motives or interests. Travelers take caution when meeting alluring strangers out in the wilderness! Fae can make for lively company, powerful protectors, or terrible foes.</details></div></div>
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Post a joining thread in or bordering <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Verdigris Row</a>, pinging <dvz_me_placeholder id="35" /> and/or <dvz_me_placeholder id="36" /> for visibility :3 <br />
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<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Founder Requirements:</span></div><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Decide to join in IC post<br />
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<li>Have 30+ IC posts<br />
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<li>Be 1 year old or over IC<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">1 leader &amp; 4 followers must reach "Founder" status to make the Howff official! Others are welcome to join before or after as regular members.<br />
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If you have questions or want to plot, you can comment below, DM <dvz_me_placeholder id="19" />, or reach out in the <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1454289442159202427" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Howff channel</a> on the Vivarium Discord! &lt;3<br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9363" target="_blank">Lyra "Recruitment"</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9763" target="_blank">Taloka Recruitment</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9836" target="_blank">Caspian Recruitment</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9513" target="_blank">Wisp &amp; Sarge Recruitment</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9613" target="_blank">Exploration</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9674" target="_blank">Gen. Living in Inn x2</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9719" target="_blank">Claiming Ownership x2</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9868" target="_blank">Hunting</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9901" target="_blank">Defending/Hunting</a><br />
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TTRPG/Fantasy Tavern Tropes · Pirates · Highwaymen · Celtic Mythology</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;" class="mycode_size">Hail ye wanderers, rogues, and ne'er do wells — do your feet grow weary? Your throat dry? We’re a miserable lot, but there’s no sense being lonely! Follow the coast and you’ll find her sooner or later, Highwayman Howff is open for business! A waystation for transient souls, the Howff offers room and board without asking too many questions. It’s the place to be if you need to catch up on rumours, and for those with tabs to pay — a good place to find work (especially if you’re not overly beholden to morals.)</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font">Fun stuff includes:</span></h3></div><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Being a waystation for travelers to rest, recover, and revel<br />
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<li>A hub of rumours and folks who 'know a guy' (or are a guy), where you can hire entertainers, muscle, thieves, spies, whores, or even, potentially, assassins.<br />
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<li>A bounty hunting system where the Howff hands out rewards to whoever completes the job<br />
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<li>Treasure hunting (or stealing!)<br />
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<li>Fae folk potentially wandering about, who are left offerings to keep the inn in the kingdom's good graces<br />
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<li>A bunch of feral kids running amok in the inn<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">Overview</span></span></h3></div>
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The Howff will board anyone with means to pay — whether that be with gems and jewels, fresh food or drink for the larder, or time and labor. Runaways, fugitives, adventurers, travellers — folk from all across Mythris might find their way to the door, and that makes it a veritable font of information. If you’re looking for someone, or something, the Howff is the best place to start. <br />
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If you need to beat some heat, it’s not a bad place to disappear into a well of conflicting rumours, either.<br />
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Transient visitors are free to enjoy the Howff as merely a rambunctious waystation. The lonely can find companionship in all its… various forms. If you need a calling, and have a burning need to make a name for yourself, then someone here can probably point you in the right direction. <br />
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Ask the inkeep and they’ll tell you the name is just a play on words. But that’s not strictly true. Lyra and Mal run a crew of mercenaries out of their tavern — happy to serve in a variety of above board roles when the pay is good… or take what pleases them when it’s not. Discreetly, of course. While they’re not likely to boast of their less-admirable exploits, the right word in the right ear could open certain doors.<br />
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But Travellers take heed, the inn sits on ground once claimed by fae folk, and as a result, their magic still abounds. Certain rituals must be performed to safeguard wanderers in Verdigris, and remnants of the kingdom — like fairy rings and stone mounds — ought not to be disturbed.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h3><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">Howff Rules</span></span></h3><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-skull-crossbones"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Respect the Howff</span></span><br />
Mal and Lyra are not to be disrespected. <br />
(They can only disrespect each other.)<br />
Their kids aren’t to be harmed or threatened. If you have complaints, you can make them directly to mom or pop.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-person-fairy"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Respect the Fae</span></span><br />
It was their land, first. <br />
Bargains with faeries must be kept.<br />
It’s polite to offer a small portion of your vittles &amp; earnings to the local fae.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-coins"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">If you pay, you can stay</span></span><br />
No questions asked. <br />
The Howff keeps its secrets, price of doing so weighed against the value of said secrets.<br />
If you break it, you buy it.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-beer-mug"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Pay your tab</span></span><br />
You’ll be made to, one way or another. Repeated walk-outs might not get to be walk-ins, in the future. Or walk-anywheres.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-handshake"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">A deals a deal</span></span><br />
(Unless a better deal comes along.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-anchor"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Loose lips sink ships</span></span><br />
Under the table jobs need to <span style="font-style: italic;" class="mycode_i">stay</span> under the table.<br />
Folk with the gift of gab and a deficit in discretion are liable to find themselves missing a tongue. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;" class="mycode_size"><span style="color: #626d77;" class="mycode_color"><i class="fa-solid fa-fw fa-person-breastfeeding"></i></span> <span style="font-variant: small-caps">No dirty jobs involving children</span></span><br />
Mal won’t tolerate the kidnapping, killing, or otherwise exploiting of pups and pregnant mothers.<br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Bounties"</summary><br />
Got a fella you just can’t stand? They skimped on a deal, broke their oath, stole your girl, invaded your territory, or, hey, maybe they just chew way too loud? Bring your grievance to the Howff, and put up a bounty. If Freelancers like what you’re offering, they’ll help you find ‘em, bring ‘em in, or give ‘em what they’ve got coming. (Well… assuming said Bounty couldn’t make the Howff a better offer, anyway.)</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Protection &amp; Muscle"</summary><br />
Maybe you’re involved in the headache of an inheritance dispute, or loners keep raiding your trade routes with the neighbors. A bear is eating all your salmon. If you need some extra muscle to reinforce your territory and protect what’s yours, the Howff can provide. They probably won’t send the same people who were robbing you to do the guarding.</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Entertainment &amp; Spies"</summary><br />
Ok, so you have a wedding, or a big important diplomatic meeting coming up. You need entertainers! You need information! The Howff can provide you with bards to sing, dance, or do magic tricks. Maybe even cleverly insult your rivals. If you’re looking for more lusty forms of persuasion, Lords and Ladies of the Evening can provide more… carnal approaches to the task. Or just pretend to date you, so you don’t look like a total loser in front of the other guys. Both can be prevailed upon as spies, too, weasling into places and hearts to gather information you pay them for.</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"Treasure Hunting"</summary><br />
Looking for a bauble? A rare pelt, some old-Mythris jewelry, exotic plants, or a really cool looking rock? Freelancers can be tasked with tracking down these monuments to wealth, curiosity, or love! It’s advised to be very specific about the terms and potential division of loot on such expeditions! And bring a good haggler with you to collect. Cursed objects cost extra.</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"High Profile Marks"</summary><br />
Sometimes the Howff gets wind of a particularly high-profile target, and throws its own bounty into the pot to have it dealt with. <br />
(Subject to tweaking if needed to comply with Viv rules — these could include RNG ‘scavenger hunts’ to track down fugitives or hidden treasures &amp; simple dice-roll battles with a character brought in just to be a bounty target. Bring them in for Howff credit, loot, and/or maybe even a chance to adopt the character into your own roster?)</details><br />
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<details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"The Backroom"</summary><br />
Highwayman Howff is a legitimate business! But if you’re looking for discreet help that isn’t overly concerned with things like karma and political scandal… well, they might know a gal or two. Prepare to pay a premium for anything like royal assassinations, stealing crown jewels, or providing ‘test subjects’ for your ‘science experiments.’</details><br />
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Permanent residents of the inn might be few, but any traveller worth their salt will want to have some association with the the Howff, and will return to defend it if needed. There’s always something to do at the tavern, and a place for hardworking hands.<br />
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"WAYFARER // TAISTEALAÍ"</summary><br />
The general term for visitors to the inn, whether it be folk staying long term, or only for a night or two. They may be traders, travelers, or curious explorers.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"BUACHAILL TÁBHAIRNE (M) // CAILÍN TÁBHAIRNE (F) // DUINE TÁBHAIRNE (N)"</summary><br />
An inn’s no good without food and drink. Tavernkeepers  acquire ingredients through trade, hunting, or even thieving, and prepare meals and spirits for feasting upon. They ought to be good conversationalists…. or at least, interesting conversationalists. The first in line to assess new arrivals, they also need to be keen-eyed, discreet, and have a good memory for faces and rumours.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"FREELANCER // DÍOLÚNACH"</summary><br />
Freelancers, adventurers, and other folk looking to ply a trade. Some stay at the tavern between jobs and may even help out as guards or bouncers. Others just stop by now and then to catch up on the going’s-on. Each will have their own reputation and style. Some may achieve such legendary renown as to be asked for by name on certain jobs. Those with the most diverse sets of skills will have the most flexibility. Whether their motives are pure-hearted or purely selfish, here is the place to come to find fitting work.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"BARD"</summary><br />
Performers and storytellers, who keep the place lively. They also spread word of the Howff to interested parties and collect rumours. Many are talented freelancers or lifelong wanderers themselves, and can spin tales of derring-do to inspire all that hear it. But take care — get on the bad side of a bard, and the songs they sing about you might not be so glamorous… </details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"LORDS &amp; LADIES OF THE EVENING"</summary><br />
Some folk come to the tavern lonely or restless, and it’s the talent of a whore to coax them into better states of mind. Those set up at the Howff split earnings with the inn and are expected to make enough to cover the room they keep — but otherwise have free reign to choose their clients and set their own limits. They may be finders and keepers of valuable information, coaxed from blissful lips after nights of passion.</details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"WISE FOLK // LIA"</summary><br />
Folk trained in the art of healing or the appeasing of spirits are valuable for their wisdom, and a welcome sight at the Howff. For dispersals and drifters, access to this kind of help might be hard to find, and having a place to go to reliably find it is a great boon. </details></div></div>
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<div class="card border my-2"><div class="card-body"><details><summary class="fw-bold tt-upper">"AES SÍDHE // FOLK OF THE MOUNDS"</summary><br />
Fae folk who live in the woods around the Howff  (or inside, if they’re so inclined!), but don’t consider themselves part of the crew. Though they coexist in relative peace, they’re not strictly beholden to the rules of the inn outside its doors, and might have all manner of motives or interests. Travelers take caution when meeting alluring strangers out in the wilderness! Fae can make for lively company, powerful protectors, or terrible foes.</details></div></div>
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(Recruited ❌ // Post Count ❌)<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="mycode_b">Honorary Joinees:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h4><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">How to Join</span></span></h4><br />
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Post a joining thread in or bordering <a href="https://vivariumrpg.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=25" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Verdigris Row</a>, pinging <dvz_me_placeholder id="35" /> and/or <dvz_me_placeholder id="36" /> for visibility :3 <br />
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<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Founder Requirements:</span></div><ul class="mycode_list"><li>Decide to join in IC post<br />
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<li>Have 30+ IC posts<br />
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<li>Be 1 year old or over IC<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align">1 leader &amp; 4 followers must reach "Founder" status to make the Howff official! Others are welcome to join before or after as regular members.<br />
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If you have questions or want to plot, you can comment below, DM <dvz_me_placeholder id="19" />, or reach out in the <a href="https://discord.com/channels/1071114514323484742/1454289442159202427" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="mycode_url">Howff channel</a> on the Vivarium Discord! &lt;3<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;" class="mycode_align"><h4><span style="font-family: Georgia;" class="mycode_font"><span style="text-shadow:1px 1px 3px #FF0000;">Territory Claim</span></span></h4></div>
<hr class="mycode_hr" /><ul class="mycode_list"><li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=8638" target="_blank">Territory Exploration</a><br />
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<ul class="mycode_list"><li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=8544" target="_blank">Mal Recruitment</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9363" target="_blank">Lyra "Recruitment"</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9763" target="_blank">Taloka Recruitment</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9836" target="_blank">Caspian Recruitment</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9513" target="_blank">Wisp &amp; Sarge Recruitment</a><br />
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<ol type="1" class="mycode_list"><li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=8661" target="_blank">Hunting &amp; Defense</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9463" target="_blank">Gen. Living in Inn</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9563" target="_blank">Pups Born</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9613" target="_blank">Exploration</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9674" target="_blank">Gen. Living in Inn x2</a><br />
</li>
<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9705" target="_blank">Gen Living in Inn x3</a><br />
</li>
<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9719" target="_blank">Claiming Ownership x2</a><br />
</li>
<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9868" target="_blank">Hunting</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9901" target="_blank">Defending/Hunting</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9920" target="_blank">Negotiating Alliance</a><br />
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<li><a href="/showthread.php?tid=9979" target="_blank">Negotiating Leadership</a><br />
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