Lost at sea.....

[Lirinya 4021]

It has been 13 months since the Human Captain and his crew had set sailed for the new lands promised by the monks; Asulon. The monks told the leaders of the different races that it would take much less time to find the new home, yet even feeling lost the captain stared hungry and full of hope across the open water.

All around him the sun beat down on the people of different races. There massive ships, now almost beat down by the storms that had blown them off path. The ships made lighter by the lives and bodies lost on this voyage so far and if no land was to come in sight soon; they would surely all die.

The captain knew this notion to be true and he sensed doom was coming. And as the sun crept back under the sea the moon rose to signal the end of another hard day. He leaned on one of the ships railings and stared deep into the water. Wondered if it would be better to just fall forward and die in the ocean; than suffer through another day. He wondered if another captain was thinking the same thing. If the captain of the orcs vessel was contemplating picking a fight to die in battle. If the elf was thinking of wrapping a vine around his neck, or the dwarf building a step stool so he too could lean over the railing to stare into the deep darkness of the ocean and his mind. The last notion made him chuckle. He knew he wouldn't end his life, people depended on him, their lives and hopes were vested onto him that he would see them all to safety.

He pushed back off the railing to stare into the stars. To try and get a direction in which they were heading. He stared long and hard into the black night sky, yet something seamed amiss. He thought for a second on what was missing, and then he realized what it was. There was no moon or stars to gaze upon. He was staring into dark black rolling clouds.

He turned to his crew. "Man the Masts Men! Get everyone else below deck! A storm is coming!'

Around him he could hear the shouts of different tongues, Ships preparing themselves for another beating of the ocean and wind. The wind picked up and with it came the waves. Monsters of the ocean they tossed the ships around like they were little life vessels. He watched in the horizon as a wall of water swallowed a ship whole and he stared longer hoping to see it resurface. To his dismay it never did. His men scrambled around, falling over deck, holding on to the masts for their lives. He gazed straight ahead at the wall of water approaching his ship. This would be it he thought, the end is near. The Captain gripped the railing, hands wet from the water, eyes burning from the salt. And felt as his ship rose up and up. He was dangling now, grip slowly loosening. Below he could hear the shouts and crys of the people. Huddled close, and thrown to the back of the boat. He closed his eyes to embrace death as it slowly tilt the ship more and more back.

Somewhere the orcs were staring at the same wall of water, howling cries of war and axes in hand as if they would fight this monster to the end.

The elves tieing themselves down with veins but also accepting death if it should take them now.

The dwarves hundled together, armorless so that they may float on the water when this is over.

The captain laughed to himself at that last notion and slowly his grip let go and his body floated in the air, "peace at last" he said with a smile.

He awoke to the smell of fresh air, the sound of water rolling sand onto land, and a faint "mooo" of a cow. "Ah death", he thought to himself. " so this is what awaits me."

But as he stood up he looked over at the lush forest and jungles that lay inland. He turned to see islands scattered throughout the ocean, ships floating onto shores; some in tact some in pieces. He heard the cries of joy from kids running throughout the grass, shouting and playing. Some how they had found land. Beautiful and plentiful land.

"Captain!" the shouts came from people on his ship.

"Captain your alright" said one man and he ran up to embrace the man. "you save us sir, and you brought us to Asulon"

"Asulon?" the captain said with confusion, this was not the land. He was sure of it. By now monks would have found them and he suspected for a while that they had ventured to far off course.

"No friend, this is not Asulon. But maybe we can call this home. We have enough here to feed our families and start new." He would not risk taking these people on another voyage. "for now" he thought over the sound of hammers and people building new homes "this will be our new home."

[[We can finally bring you a new map. A few OOC pointers. This world is before Asulon, as we left Aegis. This means that characters can still exist if they existed in Aegis. This is, however, the verge, so no undead :I.

VA rules, RP rules, Server rules all apply. This is not a choice. Using the excuse 'This is a temp map, I was confused is NOT an excuse for random killing and what not.]]

A quick recap of, everything really.

• This is NOT LotC 2.5 - This is a temp map,
  
• ALL rules as per normal still apply to both staff and players,
  
• No items will be carried to or from any maps,
  
• The world is partially regioned and partially wilds,
  
• Regions are GM controlled. Due to the maps size, players should not request regions, this includes racial leaders, as this is a a struggle to survive, you should really work together..,
  
• Any characters allowed post Aegis are allowed [if you died in the nether, you're still dead, undead are gone]. You are, however, allowed temp chars, so long as they fit lore and you follow rules [Common sense rule applies heavily here...],
  
• Most of you should be whitelisted. If you are not, don't panic! Post here with your MC name and link to accepted app [if you can reach it] and we'll get you on the whitelist as soon as,
  
• There is no set economy. You will be 'expected' to develop your own using resources and commodities you may find,
  
• Seizing land and attacking settlements should be consensual and voiced ooc'ly prior to the event. Treat this like cooperative story-telling, we're all writing a story. Together.
  
• WS are disabled as of now and for the time being,
  
• Please use common sense, it'll be confusing at first but, just RP said confusion. Don't expect us to push you into RP. I fully expect GMs to come up with events and fun things for you to do.
  

If you have any questions, GMs are on TS - Just send them a message! We need a thanks sent out to the techies and GMs AND players who have done their damnedest to throw this together.

[_Smuggel 19]

But if im..implemented?

[Old-Rattlesnake 1534]

Time to break out Delaselva again, considering Julien may not have even been born yet. This is going to be... Different.

[MetaSolaray 242]

Well darn there goes playing Meta :P THe idea of him wasn't even existing yet.

[ShadowoKing 86]

This is a great idea, I can roleplay Vain and little Rae for old times sake. XD

[Dilara(lotteje13) 227]

... k this means im still married to roze and Dilara has still her red eye and blue eye and doesnt have kids yet o-o

[MrSyth 637]

Magnificent.

[Goliath 384]

So, this is not the voyage from Asulon, but rather an island we stopped off at from leaving Aegis? If this is correct, must Goliath be RolePlayed as if he's 100 years younger?

[Wretched 2075]

So how long ago is this? Isn't Asulon about... 60 IC years old?

[Valentino MC: Mau5noize 1094]

The concept is, What if we never reached Asulon?

So revert to character of the aegis time, or make up new ones. It is entirely up to you guys

[_Smuggel 19]

Wait a minute so if my accepted char is 57 years old this means.....he is not existing? but i know what to do i cant play as my father's father or my father (my char Olaf looked like them when they was 57 sooo....i can role play as one of them)

[Old-Rattlesnake 1534]

The concept is, What if we never reached Asulon?

So revert to character of the aegis time, or make up new ones. It is entirely up to you guys

So this is non-canon?

[Hunter (sckolar) 50]

So how long ago is this? Isn't Asulon about... 60 IC years old?

I think this means knox is just a little boy :D Well... Not a little boy, but much younger. Possibly before he lost is mind?

And I can play Arlen when he was younger

Edit: "Young" -ER

[ACanadianCraft (Nate) 682]

Time to get back to old school Jullius~

*Edits Jullius' skin to have sideburns again*

[Free The Hobbits 859]

Time to get back to old school Jullius~

*Edits Jullius' skin to have sideburns again*

*Cringes at the thought.