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Breaking through the sky- Tanila found herself awakened, resting against soft, verdant grasses. Her eyes opened to gentle light that doused her, and slowly, her eyes would adjust to the light. She was nestled firmly in the roots of a great tree, that towered over the lands around it. Its roots enveloped a small island, and she found the world around her filled with the sounds of nature, at peace. Birds sand their song, wind whistled through the branches above her, and a familiar voice hummed a gentle tune nearby. When she looked up, it was the face of Awaiti that greeted her, encircled in the horns of a great ram. The elder would smile, and invite her over. A small pot boiled upon a fire, smelling of sweet berries. "It's so good to see you, dear. Come, sit with me. You can rest now."

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The Lion nodded briefly, in his home, before beginning to pack his things away. "And so I ride for Elvendom once more. To glory!"

An aheral' looks down upon the missive, paper held between the black leather fingers of her gloves. Slowly, she looked over the page, features unmoving. "Curious," was all she uttered, before carefully folding the parchment, and tucking it into the pocket of her vest.

You know me Zill, but others might not so anywho, I've led the elves and specifically wood elves for a few years, though recently I've taken a backseat to things in lieu of the death of my character, and some other irl issues. I'd add something to this, as I think it oversimplifies things a bit too far. The problem isn't necessarily always ambition, but it's often the fact that most people are unwilling, or unable to compromise with each other. I've noticed this pattern far too many times in the elven playerbase. It often begins with a perceived slight, or something more direct. Maybe someone said something that clashed with you in a meeting or something, it could be anything, really. But these feelings tend to bubble beneath the surface, people don't talk them out like adults, and things end up bubbling beneath the surface. After a while, they just tend to pile up, until it hits a breaking point, and as Kaiser said, they don't tend to view schisms as bad. So they leave to do their own thing, to get away from the people they've got a grudge against. It makes leading elves exhausting, as it just becomes a game of trying to spot and put out these ooc fires between groups, when that responsibility should fall to people themselves.

It would be a day or two before the young ame’ would come across one of the trees her mother had described. The arid desert air would whip across her face, giving her a far rosier complexion over the long journey. The burns over her eye would sting, having been dried out over her journey. But nevertheless, she carried on through it all. At last though, she would spot it in the distance, atop the hill. It’s messy pale green leaves sat atop its branches, like a head of wild hair over each one. At its sight, the ame’ let out a dry laugh, shaking her head as she pressed on toward it. All the while she went, her wrapped feet would dig small footprints into the sand. As she approached the tree, she’d drop to her knees, bowing to it as it stood, tall and silent. Quietly, she spoke her gratitude to the tree, thanking it for this small sacrifice. “I bring nourishment to replace what will be lost, Vision Tree.” she uttered. At this, she reached into her bag, withdrawing a small bundle of cloth, wrapped in small, raggedy twine. She’d lay it out before her, before reaching toward the base of the tree’s trunk with her knife. She’d begin to dig out a small hole beside the tree, stabbing down into the dirt to loosen it, before pushing it out of the hole with her hand. She did this until she reached the roots. Then, the ame’ reached back over the parcel, cutting the twine with the knife, revealing a small lump of meat, which she’d pick up and place over the root. But it was dry. The ame’ thought. Reaching for her waterskin, she found it to be light. Peeking a golden eye within the skin, she saw just a bit of water at the bottom. She’d eye it momentarily, before shutting her eyes, and pouring a bit over the lump of meat, to rehydrate it some. After this ritual was done, she’d cover the hole with the dirt, patting it down with her bare hand. Then came the task at hand. Rori reached up, carving a small amount of the bark from the tree’s side with her knife. Gingerly, she took the small, flat piece of brittle bark, laying it over the piece of cloth that held the meat. With the pommel of her knife, she’d begin to crush the bark into tiny pieces, obliterating it until it was naught but a powder. She’d draw a small pipe from her bag after rooting around for a bit, and with the new powder, she’d fill the bowl at the end. Finally, she’d sit against the tree, and hold the pipe in both hands, bowing her head. “Coyote.” she whispered “I seek a vision from you. Show me what I need to see.” With a match she had bought from an Orenian trader, she’d light the pipe up, before bringing it to her lips and drawing a hefty breath inward. Holding it for a moment, she’d lay her head back against the tree, before spindles of smoke lofted out from the corners of her mouth, trailing into the skies, before being stolen by the harsh desert air. Rori would sit there for some time, watching the thin clouds that slowly crept across the sky in the distance, like a man crawling to an oasis for water. Her eyes trailed down, across the sandy rocks that dotted the landscape, over the brown desert grasses that stretched like patchwork over the ground. The sun would beat down bright… and brighter, and brighter. The finer details of the world around her began to shimmer away, the ame’ squinting some as the sun enveloped the world around her. Her head swayed, as if it had become a heavy weight, rolling to the side as her arms and legs refused to move. “Sa’roir…” The gentle voice wafted over the rocks and grasses, becoming little more than a whisper that hit her ears. “Who… said that?” she would say, lifting her head up lazily to look across the ever brightening landscape. Nearly all detail had faded, and the world was little more than a blank canvas. The woman’s voice spoke again to her. “Never forget. We were known as the forgotten folk. Centuries of tradition, and culture, withered away like the corpse of a beast.” Before her, the canvas that was the world began to shift and meld, what little color there was growing- and amalgamated into a scene before her, of a lone and decrepit shrine that once depicted the earthmother, the aspect of life. It was covered with weeds, desecrated and speckled with foul writings. “Why are you telling me this? Who are you?!” Rori called out once again, in vain. “You are the blood of my blood, Sa’roir. But you have lost your way.” A woman would emerge from behind the statue, her skin as dark as the bark of the trees, her eyes a golden amber hue. Her blackened hair descended from her head, stretching down to the forest floor, dragging twigs and leaves along with it. She wore a simple green robe, beads stretching down across her braids. Rori would recognize her from the paintings within the Vale. “Marmarhaelun…” she said, her eyes flooding with recognition. The ame’ lifted a hand lazily to try and reach out to her, but to no avail. “I pass on that which my teacher taught me. I speak now to you what he spoke unto me. Do not forget this.” After speaking, the elder would pause, stepping forward only to kneel in front of Rori, staring at her eye to eye. “Never forget we were once known as the forgotten folk. Those who had left their ways behind, to die in the mud. We lived, subjugated by others, a hollow shell of what we once were. Centuries of war, and slaughter had turned us into this, had made us forget our way. We cannot forget, Sa’roir. We must bear the torch, and uncover that which has been forgotten. Do not let the world around you quash what is left. Do not let what has been found be forgotten again…” “But… how? How can I do what you’ve done?” “Learn all that can be learned. Live as we live, and teach unto others what has been taught to you. And when all is done, seek to uncover what is still lost to the past, to the fires of war and bloodshed. Bear the torch, young one.” And soon, all would begin to fade away from Rori’s view, including the elder. “No, no wait! I’m not you! How will I know what to do?!” The young ame’ would try and push herself forward, to pursue the elder as she stepped away, and faded into the night. But all the ame’ could do was crawl, and listen to her final words. “Never forget, we were once known as the forgotten folk…”

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Cold darkness gave way to warm, glittering sunlight that came to flood the man's vision, as he opened his eyes. As far as the eye could see, were emerald green forests, stretching up and threatening to scathe the sky wide open. His vision would fall upon a familiar face, smiling warmly and kindly- a hand coming to intertwine with his own, to offer a comforting squeeze to him. "Well done, oh Amber Fox... you did magnificently in your life. But now is the time to rest, dear. Now is the time to breathe... and heal."

Hi there, as you can see, you have been accepted onto the server! Well done on your application, you’re doing great! So now, I welcome you to the wonderful community of LotC! To get started, I suggest doing; /creq Please can a CT monk come assist me starting out? ♥ Here are some links you may find useful while starting out! : https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Settlement_Guides https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charters Need help? Feel free to contact me via the forums or my discord [gaia#5196]. I’m often online too, so you can message me with /message NomadGaia to find me in game. If I’m not around you can also use the LotC Discord which is right here! : https://discord.gg/fwEQA2F You can also use /creq ingame and me or my fellow CT members can help you that way! Lastly, For guides, tutorials, and how to request help from a CT member, please head to the New Player Hub found here: https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/193743-new-player-hub/ Have a great time roleplaying, and I look forward to seeing you around in future! ♥

What is thy name? Asula an Iarwaïn What is thy race? Mali'thill From which talonii do thou hail, if mali’thill? an Iarwaïn Art thou pure? Undoubtably. What is thou age? Thirty-Six Dost thou pledge thy troth and loyalty to the Silver Mother, Larihei, and her state? I do.

Can you make me an admin? Not of anything in particular, just like a base admin. What's the best color? (There is only one good answer.) Can I spot a crisp 8000 mina?

Within the walls of her new home, a rather tall thill' woman nodded as she read the missive, the slightest hint of a smile beginning to cross her features. "May we bring about her vision for our people. Purity, at last." she'd mutter, setting the paper down on her desk. Standing, she'd retrieve a modest glass of red wine, before standing out on the balcony. Raising the glass, she'd proclaim- "Maehr'sae Hiylun'ehya!"

Asula- ward to Ayliana and Kiljarys, pledges her support to the aspiring 'thill she had met the other day.

Brother Leviathan may find himself greeted in the eternal forest by an old friend, an elder druidess he had met so many years ago in the seaside village. "Welcome, brother. Come sit and rest with me a while. There is much for you to see here, but there is no rush."

[Art by kairosia] The elder druid would sit down after the two druii vanished into the air, like smoke in the wind. She rested her hands on her legs, taking a deep breath as she felt the sun shine upon her face once again. Here, in this place, all her aches and pains had vanished. Her body unmarred by the ages as it had been in the mortal realm. Been even still, her heart ached for those that she had left behind. Sonna and Nivndil had left, but every part of her wanted to plead for them to stay here, at her side. But she knew lives had to be lived. They were needed elsewhere. In time, they would meet again- here in this place of eternal rest. Reaching down, she'd mark a fox's face, and an autumn leaf in the dirt, hoping to keep a piece of them here. As time went on, she looked up to the place where the two of them had vanished, and thought. I pray they remember me well. I will keep them in my heart fondly.

In a realm, far, far away, the ancient spirit slept upon her rock. Deep was her slumber, restful and quiet. Until, in that delicate sleep, the voices of nature began to tug upon her heartstrings, rousing her from this rest of ages. Eyes of golden amber would open, and the elder would reach to her heart, feeling this pain from so very far away. She waited, and listened. And when the voices ebbed back to their usual chorus, she laid back down, letting out a relieved breath. "Well done..."

Time for me to go look at anthos and cry

I can agree with a lot of these points, though there are some I still don't agree with. The Azdrazi are so much more than dragon people, they live and fight for certain reasons- their niche goes beyond that. Just as the niche for this particular lore piece goes beyond it as well. The aesthetic is similar, yes, I understand that, but that shouldn't exclude other dragon-kin races from the server's lore. Azdromoth is not the only dragon, after all, and that's been the case for a long time. I do agree with your first point, however. If these two groups are to coexist, and butt heads irp, there should be more communication oocly between them. I'm looking forward to seeing the lore go forward as well! Let's GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I see what you're saying about this trying to oppose the established community of the Azdrazi, but I think that's the point. I see these two groups being long time rivals, should this lore pass. They're diametrically opposed, ideologically. I think it'd be immensely interesting for the two factions to clash heads on the server, and I think it could make long lasting fuel for roleplay conflict to come. And I understand what you mean when you speak about the subrace of changelings, yeah it might raise some brows, but even then I'd hope that people could find something that works- make some cool events from it or lead to some battles. If there's to be conflict, I wanna see it irp And perhaps the roleplay may be similar in some ways, but I believe it has enough differences to make it an interesting addition to the server's lore. As as far as cooperation goes, I'm not seeing a lot in the way of constructive criticism. I'm not seeing anyone besides you saying "How can we make this work?" or "How can we make this mesh better with the Azdrazi community?" A lot of people don't even seem to be giving this a chance. I can't say I know a great deal about the extent of cooperation during the writing process itself, so I can't speak on that unfortunately. But in this, the public review, I don't see many making a vested effort to work with the lorewriters towards a more beneficial outcome. I could be speaking too soon though, as the lore was just posted, so people are still considering their responses- reading and forming their critiques. I know people on both sides, long time Azdrazi players, and long time Druid players, and they're friends to me. I hope people can work together and see the good in this lore, and if there are changes that need to be made to make this work for everyone, let them be made to create something mutually beneficial. In conclusion I like people on both sides and I do not want them to fight about this so lets make some cool lore that leads to some cool conflict irp and doesn't fuel ooc distaste toward each other.

Other directions could be taken, yeah, that could be said about a lot of things. To me, this is what makes the most amount of sense, rather than having some nameless new lord of the fae rise up suddenly to muck about with the descendant realm, or even the mani, who, while they have been established for many years. Mani have been notoriously hands off with the descendants. Taynei has, throughout history, had her hands in descendant affairs pertaining to the preservation of nature, and defending against that which threatens it, including Iblees, and has been in conflict with Azdromoth for a long time now. Why not try and even the playing field against him, and against all manner of world ending catastrophes that have occurred with increasing frequency over the years? I'll make an additional point- that originality does not equal good. Just because they're dragons, shouldn't discount the amount of work that has been put into this piece, and it shouldn't deter one from considering the roleplay implications that could result of this piece being accepted. This is well written, created by passionate and hard working members of the community.

The thing is though Taynei is a very well established part of druidic lore. It makes sense that Taynei, of all of the druidic/fae people with the capability to do something like this, would be the one that would bring this into the realm. She has a constant track record of helping out the descendants and druids, and interacting with them- in both ancient and modern history. (Referring to the lore of taynei assisting the ancient wood elves, and of the more recent events of Taynei 'testing' the modern druids to see if they were worthy of being druids still. And with the bloodshed had during the trials, it makes sense as well that Taynei would want to help the newly proven druids.

Out of all of your characters, who was your favorite?

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Hi there, as you can see your application has unfortunately been denied, check below for the detailed reasons why. - Unfortunately, your 24hr editing period has expired.. However, don’t fret; you are free to reapply immediately, just remember to edit and change all that is listed below ♥ Don’t worry though! You can submit a new application and try again right after, just make sure you correct the things listed! Your Powergaming Definition is incorrect. Please review our Wiki’s definition and correct yours accordingly! I recommend including an example so I know you fully understand. Let me know if you need any help " data-ratio="100.00" height="21" width="21" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/YOSVpMoewD-bYRpKF79hR1x5NeEM17PnbQTQUQbvzW9mSsc7L6ijR0Tf1SFEJODBkbMY9c014NuXHZJEqAcStxAX5Xjo3QTI01XGDzVkx_4YDQ5CPa5zqwpkWcIdc5fQNZT7NiJZ"> https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Metagaming_%26_Powergaming Your Character Biography is a bit short. Please include at least 6 sentences. If you don’t know what to add, I recommend thinking more about your character’s backstory. Where are they from, what were their parents like, why are they how they are…? Your Character Biography is missing some lore references! Please remember to include at least one! These can be major events, wars, religion, etc. Here are some links that may help you find some! https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Arcas https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Races https://wiki.lordofthecraft.net/index.php?title=Nations_and_Major_Charter Need help? Feel free to contact me via the forums or my discord [gaia#5196]. I’m often online too, so you can message me with /message Irrin to find me in game. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord which is right here! : https://discord.gg/fwEQA2F Also, I would recommend that you read over the wiki! WIKI

Hi there, as you can see your application has unfortunately been denied, check below for the detailed reasons why. - Unfortunately, your 24hr editing period has expired.. However, don’t fret; you are free to reapply immediately, just remember to edit and change all that is listed below ♥ Don’t worry though! You can submit a new application and try again right after, just make sure you correct the things listed! Need help? Feel free to contact me via the forums or my discord [gaia#5196]. I’m often online too, so you can message me with /message Irrin to find me in game. If I’m not around, you can also use the LotC Discord which is right here! : https://discord.gg/fwEQA2F Also, I would recommend that you read over the wiki! WIKI