The Delver Assemblage

[Your Favorite Impure 736]

Aenor receives the letter and sighs. He might as well attend, to keep updated in current events. Without hesitation he folds up the letter and heads over to Lil' Talaran.

[AgentSunny 14]

Meridia frowns as she reads the letter, folding it back up, she comments about it to herself.

"I knew the Delvers had been having trouble before, but my, my..."

Nodding, she speaks even more.

"Well, I do not believe I will be rejoining their ranks...however..."

She continues on, heading on to Lil'Tal.

"Seeing as there are going to be many with magical prowess or even the knowledge of such....yes, this is a good opportunity."

[Terafir 90]

Aret is able to get a copy of the letter somehow, and raises an eyebrow to it, reading it through.

 

"Delver or Ex-Delver I am not, but Delver friend... I suppose this means I should attend... I certainly hope Toby told them about me..."

 

Aret stretches and stands, centering himself with a breath, and moves to the door.

 

((Aret will certainly be there.))

[Lark 2227]

A young teenager in a red coat looks at the letter, tilting his read, mouthing out each word, slowly but surely. "Meeting? I guess I'm a Delver Friend." The teen rests one of two bandaged hands on the hilt of a worn shortsword, "Wonder how Nigel is doing.." Giggling to himself he turns away and walks off in the general direction of Malinor.

[Guest Grey]

Drake grunts, as he steps into the room, brushing some snow off his hair, as he looks around, and takes a seat.

 

 

"So, what are we talkin' 'bout ?"

[Knighty 18]

Vincent stretches after a restless night of half-appreciated sleep. Rubbing his eyes, and groaning at the end of his rest, he scans around the room from atop his elevated bed. A small letter had been posted underneath his door.

 

Inquisitively, Vincent picked up the letter, and opened it with a small incision made from his index finger. He then methodically read the contents of the paper.

 

...

 

Vincent frowned to himself, feeling unsettled.

 

"Hm...Well it seems my time here in their service may be cut short. How dissaspointing".

 

After putting the letter back inside the opened envelope, he places it upon his current book, and makes ready for the morning rituals.

 

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Alden brushes himself down, and notices an envelope on the ground, near the entrance to the ruins. Picking it up, he opens it, to reveal a message about some sort of meeting.

 

...

 

Alden, looking at himself, saw that he still bore the Blue & Gold uniform, and so set off to wherever this was.

[Goliath 384]

Goliath receives the letter and after some deliberation decides it would be best for him to attend.

[Dr. Eggnog 74]

Gwindor Twiele cancels job; attend Delver meeting. Interrupted by Death.

[CraftPrime 35]

Smoke peers at the letter, smiling under his mask. It then rises into a chuckle, whilst his head simultaneously rises up.

 

"And so it begins."

[Giga 357]

*Observes the letter, grinning, "I'll be there ol' friends."*

Elogan Shall be there!

[Evilbanana5757 154]

Gil'ead somehow manages to find himself in possession of the letter, "Ex-delver...? Hrrm. I fit that category, perhaps...I suppose I shall attend."

[Crayfishchris 751]

Kristian grins.

 

"Let's see what this meetin'll show, aye?"

 

He marches off in the direction of Lil'talaran.

[hosper 77]

Hosper walks in late to the meeting... Not getting involved simply curious

[Mayilu 6]

Mayilu blinks, her eyes scanning the letter before folding it up. "What now...?" She sighs, stuffing the letter in her jacket, planning to go to Lil Talaran in the coming morning.

[Mining 129]

Jonathan Elers appears in the doorway of Lil'Talaran and smiles slightly as he sees the assembled crowd I guess this is everyone. Many have come He thinks to himself. He takes a deep breath before stepping onto the slightly raised platform just in front of the message board "Alright, Alright" he says loudly for everyone to hear "It looks like everyone who is coming has come. Some of you no doubt traveled far and others just walked down the hall from your room. Whatever the case may be, I welcome each and every one of you not as Delvers, but as friends, regardless of weather we just say each other ten minutes ago, ten years ago, or are meeting for the first time. With so many fine people who still care about the Arcane Delvers, our future will surely improve" here he pauses for a moment, to both catch his breath and let that sink in, before continuing

 

"I'm not going to beat around the bush this meeting with pleasantries and talking about how great you all are, so lets get to it. The future of the delvers is the reason I have asked you all here today. Why you ask? Because at the moment, it sure as hell isn't looking as nice as I'd like it to be" he stops to let this sink in, his eyes scanning across the crowd to see their reaction for a moment before continuing "Many of the people here today have been delving long before I, and will remember further and better then I do. Yet I still remember a strong and proud moment in time where our strength rivaled nations and our knowledge was a source of envy. But most importantly, we were all, stupid as it may sound, brothers and sisters in delving who had each others backs. It just so happens that I think I know how it happened"

 

"It started with a disease. I think some people call it "catonia" or something like that, but I'll just stick to laziness. Yes, our deterioration started, in my humble opinion, with laziness. People stuck to the bases and just 'hung out' instead of searching for knowledge, looking for ruins to delve or doing any sort of research. We started delving more up each others asses then we did ruins. Then, came the loss of identity. We all wanted to look pretty and thought ourselves above the uniform, and so slowly the blue and gold colors faded from cities. These days, I know of few who wear it beyond me. And finally, came the breakdown of leadership. I do all I can but alone, it is not enough. Our system of leadership is broken and as I can not be everywhere, it is often non existent" Jonathan stops and lets out a long sigh
 

"I think that's about enough of me harping on about how bad things are, and time to move on to solutions. After all, I didn't call you all here to listen to me yapping. Firstly, I ask, no, I'll throw away my pride for a moment here, I beg all Ex-delvers and those who consider themselves 'delver friends' to join, or rejoin our folds. Whatever may have happened in the past to push you away is just that. In the past. I would be honored to have such a fine group of people helping me rebuilding the delvers to their seat of glory. By coming here today you've already shown that you care about this guild, so please, help it be as great as it can be"

 

"Before I take a break from the sound of my own voice to hear what you people have to say, there is one last thing that needs saying. The council of regents is all but non existent as the only regent I have seen in years is the one I see when I look in the mirror. To pick a council is a task no one man should undertake and so I would like to hear your nominations, be them self or otherwise. There is also an empty guild master position, which I would likewise like to hear nominations for. So please, share with me your thoughts so far and make some nominations. I called you for your opinions after all, not for a crowd to address" With that, Jonathan stops and takes a step back, scanning the crowd for people who wish to speak.

 

((Alright, and the meeting begins! I was reminded of the cap on forum conversations and since every ones already responded here, I figured its easiest we do things in here. Now you guys get to respond to all this. I still have a lot of points and changes I plan on raising but I figure I've said enough for the time being so go ahead and respond now~ Remember, IC stuff))