Urahra

Updated with new character art by the amazing ZeeZacZed!

Oh, how cute! I love her design! Is she giving me a love letter? 😳

I'm so sorry that this situation's negatively impacted you and I hope it hasn't spoiled your experience entirely. I really enjoyed our RP as Margaux and Yuliya the other night - and I was looking forward to engaging with you more. I hope you enjoy your break and come back with enthusiasm restored.

((Date changed due to scheduling conflicts.))

Yuliya Styrne sighs as she is, once again, not mentioned in the bulletin. "I'd pay the woman - whoever she is - to make up some interesting rumors about me," she grumbles. "Am I not a fascinating character? Would a scandal about the famous playwright not move a few papers? Bah."

BADMINTON The Sport of Gentlemen A Rules Handbook by Yuliya Styrne Two Ladies with Badminton Racquets 1807 INTRODUCTION It is a fact acknowledged by most physicians that the body requires rigorous exercise to promote good health. How unfortunate it is, then, that so many opt to forego the upkeep of their bodies. Perhaps they find sport uncomfortable or ungainly or otherwise inaccessible. Perhaps, like me, they are physically disabled or elderly and cannot take exercise as others do. The solution to their woes and mine, however, has at last arrived in the elegant and simple sport known as badminton. Badminton is a sport that can be enjoyed by men, women, the young, and the old alike. Badminton is a sport played using racquets to hit a 'birdie' (a ball with a cone of feathers attached to the back) over a net. It's played on a court bisected into four quadrants and divided in half by the net. The most common form of badminton is played with two players. However, four or even six player variants are not unheard of. The goal of badminton is to never allow the birdie to touch the ground. If the birdie touches the ground on your side of the court, your opponent receives a point. Games are played until one player wins a total of 11 points. Shorter games may be played with a total of 5 points - or longer games may be played to 21 points. For the disabled and elderly, a seated variant may be played on a half-court. A young girl and a young gentleman exchanging a birdie 1805 RULES Badminton operates on a few simple rules. At the start of the game, a simple coin toss may be used to determine who serves. The server must successfully hit the birdie over the net. The server has two chances to fail before they fault and cede a point to their opponent. A fault occurs when the server fails to strike the birdie, the birdie hits the net, or the birdie touches the ground on their side of the court. Serves must be made with the opponents standing on opposite sides of the net in diagonal squares. Every time the ball is served, it initiates a volley. In order to conclude the volley, a point must scored by either the server or their opponent. Once the birdie is successfully served, the opponent may strike it with their racquet to return it over the net. If they miss the birdie and it lands on their side of the court (or if they hit it and it strikes the net and/or the ground on their side of the court), the server wins a point. Out-of-bounds hits are considered a fault. When the birdie flies out-of-bounds, the person who last struck it is considered at fault and their opponent gains a point at their expense. Players are not allowed to cross the court lines and travel out-of-bounds during the volley either. Players must never touch the net with either their bodies or their racquets during the volley. This counts as a fault if it occurs and their opponent will win a point. Once the point is won, the two opponents will switch squares (remaining diagonal) and the individual who lost the volley will be called upon to serve next. Players are not allowed to hit the birdie until it has passed fully over the net. They are not allowed to reach across the net into their opponent's court. Illustration of Players on the Augustine Palace Badminton Court 1806 ((OOC RULES)) HOW TO SERVE VOLLEY RULES ADVANTAGE/DISADVANTAGE MODIFIERS EXAMPLE GAMES (In a "real" game, each roll would be accompanied by an appropriate emote. However, for the sake of brevity and clarity, I've chosen to omit emotes just to show how the roll mechanics work.) Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4

La Fleur Productions in collaboration with The Ivy House and Timeo de la Baltas proudly present... A Modern Comedy In Three Acts ONE NIGHT ONLY at THE IVY HOUSE in PROVIDENCE, OREN! STARRING... ELIZA WITTENBACH as The sly and secretive shopgirl, BEATRICE QUENTIN BRAE as The enterprising entrepreneur, ALOYSIUS KAIA FAUST as The strict and stringent sister, SISTER MEHRABI & JAMES CHAPEL as The lamentable lieutenant, LT. KEATING Join us at the Ivy House on... 12th of Sun's Smile, 1810 ((Sunday, March 7th at 7:30 PM EST)) Ticket Prices are 10 minas per seat for non-members. Members of the Ivy House club may attend for free! Tickets may be purchased outside of the Novellen Pub. Directions: Enter Providence through the gates. Enter the Novellen Pub directly in front of you. Take the lift on your right to the upper floors. You'll find another lift on your left, which will take you up to the Ivy House.

YEAH I GOT A QUESTION

This is going to take our museum to the next level! Hype!

Yuliya Styrne - better known under her pen name Bianca La Fleur - receives a copy of the paper at the Karosgrad inn where she's staying while she and her troupe rehearse. She unfolds it and scans the contents - her lips curling into a smile as she spies the title of her show. "My, how generous of them to give me some free press!" she says aloud to herself before taking a sip of her coffee. "Let's hope this gets a few more curious onlookers through the door."

“Your sovereign Emperor, ma'am, is old and weary," the old man, known to the masses as Joseph II, said as he gazed toward the stage, "That journey into the millennium which awaits us is near - it is fresh at scent.” “It troubles me to hear you say that, Majesty," Yuliya replied. She studied the monarch from behind. He stood with his back to her, his arms folded with the fingers of one hand encircling the wrist of the other. Froths of lace at his sleeve concealing his thin, wan, semi-translucent skin. “There are things he has not yet done in this world, that he would like to make done. One of these," he paused and turned to look at her. His grey-green eyes glinted under the gas-lights, "is to write a drama." At that, his face split into a smile. "Who better to instruct us in the art but Dame Yuliya Styrne, bearer of the great laurel?” “Oh! You…” she began haltingly, “…want to be my student?” “If it please the Dame,” he bobbed his head in confirmation. The gold of his monocle chain caught the light, casting tiny fragments of luminance over his face. “History, politics, philosophy - we have written it all. But not drama. Drama is, chief among those genres of literature, a hill we have ne'er conquered.” “Ahaha,” she lets out a breathless little laugh. “You'll have to pardon me. This has all caught me by surprise." When she managed to corral her laughter, she gave the monarch a gentle smile - a smile that might have been pretty, if it had been displayed on any other girl's features. "I should love to have you as my student, Your Majesty.” She had entertained pupils before, of course. Young men and women who felt themselves called toward the stage. Yet the prospective student who stood before her was an entirely different beast. How would one teach iambic pentameter, verse, and story structure to an Emperor? How would one balance helpful critique with the deference necessary when talking to a monarch? Yuliya Styrne was about to find out. OOC: ADDED LORIN + SIEGMUND

Tanith thinks back on the kind, young knight who comforted her and held her hand as her god-daughter, Eliza, underwent surgery. That evening, she takes a moment to light a candle for the fallen sir. She offers up a short prayer, hoping the young man - gone too soon - would find his way safely into the arms of the Lord.

LA FLEUR PRODUCTIONS PROUDLY PRESENTS... ONE NIGHT ONLY at the UNIVERSITY OF KAROSGRAD! STARRING... The Rt. Honorable Baroness of Woldzmir ELIZAVETA CARRION as The Fair & Fiery Elven Princess SARAI EDWARD NAPIER as The Blustery & Prideful Son of Man HARREN HORENSON ICROTH VURSUR as The Dignified & Ancient Elven King MALIN JAMES CHAPEL as The Smirking Elven Suitor ELIAVAN With BULLFOG PHROGEROUS & YULIYA STYRNE as MALIN'S COURTIERS Journey with us to the mystical, mythical, magical forests of Wildewynn on... 12th of Tobias's Bounty, 1807 IST 12th of Gronna ag Droba, 360 ES ((FEBRUARY 13th, 2021 - 7:30 PM EST)) Admission is FREE! Directions: Upon entering Karosgrad through the main gate, proceed to the central square. Take a right and follow the road past the Northern Geographic Society Museum. On your left will be a small enclosed courtyard surrounded by columns. Proceed through the doorway of the University into the lobby and take the second hallway on the left into the theater.

LORIN + SIEGMUND A Tragedy in Four Acts Inspired by the life and writings of Lorin of Kaedrin. Penned by Bianca La Fleur. Published IST 1806. Part of the Black Rose Quartet On The Shores of Paradise Lorin + Siegmund Lorin + Augustus Inheritor This play is a work of fiction meant for entertainment only. Changes have been made to simplify the story for the stage. This work is not to be treated as a historically accurate text for purposes of education. CAST In Order of Appearance LORIN FLAY - A young lady of nineteen, forced against her will to marry a man four times her age. She runs away following a traumatic miscarriage and ends up at the estate of her former lover, Siegmund Carrion. A beauty endowed with a fiery temper. Auburn hair, blue eyes. SIEGMUND CARRION - The youthful figure of the Exalted Prophet, years before he was bestowed the Holy Scroll of Auspice. A Raevir man of roughly thirty. Pragmatic and principled, yet nonetheless a slave to his impetuous passions. Black hair, green eyes. Wears an eyepatch. HADRIAN DE SARKOZY - The Duke of Sarkozy and Siegmund’s friend. Fifty or so years old. Dark hair, blue eyes. HELAINE DE SARKOZY - Hadrian’s daughter, a girl of eighteen, whom he offers to Siegmund as a potential bride. She is mild-mannered, quiet, submissive, and uncomplicated - a stark contrast to the fierce and emotional Lorin. Dark hair, blue eyes. SETPIECES The great hall of a medieval castle. Furnished modestly in a Raevir style, with House Carrion colors (red, black, gold) hung on the walls. A table, chairs, a sideboard. ACT ONE ACT TWO ACT THREE ACT FOUR

A certain pink-haired dark elf sees the missive hanging on the noticeboard in Haense. She unpins it carefully from the noticeboard, folds it neatly, and tucks it into her purse. She hurries home to present the missive to her husband, who is definitely not a Xannic paladin.

now this here is a retcon i support.

Please only remove the NPCs temporarily until they're fixed. The NPCs add a lot of quality to our museums, as we can use them as mannequins to display old skins. I'd be very sad to see them go permanently.

La Fleur Productions in collaboration with The Ivy House and Timeo de la Baltas proudly present... A Farce in Three Acts Auditions NOW OPEN at The Ivy House in Providence! Synopsis: Shenanigans and misunderstandings threaten to derail the marriage of a handsome, up-and-coming businessman and the beautiful shopgirl with whom he has fallen in love. Roles Available Aloysius "Louie" Brook - A business owner and citizen of Providence. Fashionable, dashing, with a wry, cutting wit. He's full of witty remarks and pithy observations about Providence's high society. Ideally, we would like a Heartlander male between the ages of 20 and 45. However, all races, ages, and ethnicities are welcome to audition. Beatrice - A beautiful shopgirl whose past is shrouded in mystery. As it turns out, she's a runaway trying to escape her sinful past and start a new life in Providence. She's delicate and mannerly, yet strangely brutal when the situation calls for it. Ideally, a Heartlander woman between the ages of 20 and 45. However, as with Aloysius, we invite all races, ages, and ethnicities to try out. Father Monaghan - A Harrenite priest of the Canon. Rigidly moral and judgmental. Ideally, a Harrenite male between the ages of 45 and 75. Actors may be asked to dye their hair grey or grow a moustache. Should be in good or decent physical condition, as this role involves some minor stage combat and stunt work. Lt. Keating - An officer of the Imperial State Army. He reunites with his long-lost daughter over the course of the show. Ideally, a Heartlander male between the ages of 45 and 70 - but all races are welcome to audition. Co-Directors Yuliya Styrne and Timeo de la Baltas will be holding an OPEN CALL for AUDITIONS at the Ivy House in the coming months. Fret not, however! If you cannot make it to the audition event, you can schedule a private audition by contacting Ms. Styrne. Prospective candidates will be asked to read a scene with one or more other actors. OPEN CALL AUDITIONS Who? Yuliya Styrne, Timeo de la Baltas, and YOU! What? Auditions for the theatrical comedy show title 'Moral Character' Where? The Ivy House When? ((Sunday, 1/31, at 7:30 PM EST)) Why? For the chance to become a star actor or actress!