Mithradites

Somewhere, Lucion shudders and pulls his coat tighter around his shoulders. But he could not tell you why. "There is a terrible sound upon the wind. As if someone I knew screamed in anguish..."

"It is now a four out of ten because of your back-talk. Your artistry is now 'below-average' due to your glib. I hope you're pleased with yourself."

"I find their need to place 'purity' within inverted commas to be a petty, sarcastic thing, entirely worthy of a nation infested with undisciplined impures." Remarked Lucion with a snort. "Lovely artistry though. Very striking. I'll give it a five out of ten."

What's the name of the Minecraft account you're applying for?: OldMithradites What's your MAIN Minecraft Account name?: Mithradites Do you agree to follow the rules on your new account?: Certainly will. Do you understand that you cannot be on both of these accounts at once? This will result in a ban if you are caught!: I suppose, but how will I RP with myself now? Do you understand that if one account is banned, so will be the other(s)?: Yup! How long have you been on LotC: On and off since mid-Aegis, I think. How many accounts do you currently have whitelisted (including main)?: Two, at the moment. Other notes: I would like de-whitelist both my Mithradites and The_Quin account from the server once this one is accepted. Moving my characters into this new account, now.

What you guys need is a form of magic, I reckon. That always inspires interest. Issue is, Creator isn't a source of magic, so maybe some canonist-friendly Aengul is in order? Aengul of righteousness? Fortitude?

I dunno. Don't we have enough bizarro beings already?

"I, for one, am disappointed Dak'ir's answer lacked any form of dry wit." Remarked Sullas the Cripple.

Lucion grumbles on his Island, and snorts derisively. "I suppose she's adequate Maheral material. At least a seven out of ten."

"While I do appreciate being compared to a ravenous, mindless beast incapable of free will or conscience, I would prefer not to be. It is also incorrect, as there have been converts among us. It is merely unpopular. The faith is human-centric and paints us with insulting stereotypes, while raising murderers to sainthood."

A crippled Lucion, naughtily inhabiting a nearby island, reads the whatever-it-is at the wherever-it-is. "Negotiation is pointless. Uradians do not compromise. They demand adherence to their viewpoint, or nothing. Militarists are a nasty lot, I do say." "Then, should they subjugate the Mali'ame again, we Mali'aheral will grow weak, and shall be pushed away by the 'ame. It is a dance that shall go on forever. Unless the victors show a touch of compassion for their hated brethren. Not by declaring mercy in a bombastic declaration, or crowing about it before them, but merely leaving them be. Far away, and irrelevant. The way things were meant to be."

I would like to organise my critique (see: 'douchebaggery') into three parts--the quibbles, the concerns, and the praise. Since I feel particularly heinous, I'll even throw in my opinion as an ex-LM at the end. Something with maximum effort put into it deserves the maximum amount of attention, after all. Please read it all! I say plenty of nice things, too! I swear! My quibbles are bits that annoy me, but nothing so terrible that I would want this lore denied. I'm writing it down anyway because I'm fond of thorough critique (see above), and because I like my topics to come in trios. Quibble 1, Witcher References: Not the most explicit aping of a popular fantasy universe I've seen on this server, but it's a little on-the-nose. It's mostly just in the names, but I can't help but think of Geralt and his stupid haircut when I read most of it. Quibble 2, Quotations in the Fluff: I'm not too fond of quotes that never occurred in RP. I understand why you did it from a narrative standpoint, but it still irks me a little. Also, what's a 'ruahdrel'? Is that Elven? If it is I'm impressed. I don't recognise the words in it myself, and I've gone over that stupid dictionary a dozen times during my server history. Quibble 3, Anything involving Aeldin: The wondrous human utopia/exodus-retirement-village triggers me. But it's okay, because I know you're unaware that my gender is elf, and how it effects me. I forgive you. My concerns are centered on the Greater Striga and their abilities, as well as the prospect of players actually roleplaying as them. Their strength and regenerative abilities are pretty well balanced with their flaws, but I feel this is only the case on paper. A creature with both high strength and agility will always outclass any other being. I can understand that this is the point, but it will be kindling for painful OOC arguments on every front, as well as risking obscene powergaming by the Strigae themselves. I can see you made the orcish comparison in regards to strength in the summery, but as someone who has witnessed an orc pull a tree out of the ground it still feels a little too vague. With the effects of blood on the Strigae added to the mix, the potential for acidic brackets-chatting is fairly high. The animal detection weakness is one you ought to straight-up remove. It's good flair, but dogs are a non-entity on LotC. When they do exist their actions are entirely controlled by the roleplayer who owns them. If this gets through expect everyone to own a family dog and for them all to be bloodhounds. I really have to hand it to you guys, despite it being such a long post I really enjoyed the read. Lore posts tend to be well-written, but not written well, if that makes sense? The fluff narrative between the informative stuff really pulls it together, and keeps it out of the arse-boring, long-winded history essays that most lore posts have. I'm even drooling over the layout of the post itself. Outrageous. I'm not generally fond of more kill-creatures being accepted for the server (as there is already an over-abundance of evil to choose from) but I'm willing to make an exception in my heart for these man-eaters. Their theme is on-point, they seem dedicated to drinking blood and being vampirey, and they look like a real, challenging, engaging antagonist for players to hunt, worship, or get eaten by. You took the source material and made it your own thing. That's pretty darn floopy cool. In fact, it's practically... As an LM though, my concerns would be in how similar this lore is (in concept rather than theme) to the Frost Witches. Since I am not an LM, I can say I have not been terribly impressed with the Frost Witches, so some good old-fashioned, healthy competition would be nice. The origin of the Strigae with the 'Unseen' and the blood ritual would also raise some flags, I'm sure, with the super-grounded LMs who prefer all things to have a classification and source. I messed around with bizzaro, unknowable horrors myself when I was LMing back in Athera and I wish you luck. Those two issues will probably be the ones that get you stuck. Overall, good job, play a little less Witcher, and I hope it gets accepted. (If I overlooked anything or something was answered in ensuing posts, sausage-sozzles, Maly and Mth darlings.)

I would, but I am the poison...

SULLAS "Diligence in the face of ignorance." History Traits

The Eternal Library of the Mali'aheral stands stark and silent as you delve deeper into its more obscure crevices. The nigh-infinite pages, some centuries in age, are stacked as neatly as possible. Some books are arranged by subject, or perhaps in alphabetical order. Yet many others are simply placed pell-mell inside the shelves, where some poor, beleaguered librarian simply gave up. As you pass by the shelves of books one by one, you spot one particularly old tome standing out from the others. Unlike the mad organisation of the books around it, this one sits on its own upon a finely-decorated wooden podium. The cover of the book is made of a worn leather, upon it a faded picture of a stony-faced high elf gesturing outwardly at those who would look upon it. There is no title upon the spine, nor cover. High elves, after all, do not tend to explain that which should be obvious. Whoever would come to view this book obviously already knew what its contents contained. Being unable to suppress your curiosity, you pull open the tome to examine the contents. The first page, arguably the most faded and yet still the most ornate, would be hard to read for the untrained eye. Yet were you to struggle through the cursive and beautiful lettering, it would read as thus-- The Bloodline Archive, the written record of pure families within Haelun'or. The purpose of the Mali'aheral is within the maehr'sae hiylun'ehya. Our philosophy stems both from our minds, and our blood. Silver elves take heed: for the recording of one's family ensures the continuance of our people's health. Scribe your lineage for all to know, and ensure our prosperity for all eternity. As you turn the first page, the lettering is almost immediately different than the original. Multiple family lines are shown on each page, and there is plenty of room for more additions. Shall you add to it? ((Previous similar posts so you don't have to re-write them))

I am actually crying, but I forgive you because you're just ignorant of my elven gender identity.

It's pretty out of date now, but I'll plug my old idea all the same.

"If your turds are truly as horrific as you describe, perhaps refraining from vicious buggery with your compatriots may ease the burden on your overtaxed rectum?" Remarks a high elf of no real concern.

Try Medieval II, man. It's prettier, but old enough to have that .txt you can easily edit to unlock all factions. It's on Steam now I think.

Okeedokee! I've waited long enough, I think! I'll throw you two coal donator's package each, if you're up for it! PM me your MC names and I'll throw you your bones!

Somewhere, an old High Elf shudders uncontrollably. Not being able to leave his little island, he simply writes it off as a change in the winds. ((May it last more than a decade!))

Oooooooh! I like it! I'll wait a little bit to see if the others come up with something too, and then I'll throw around some rewards!