MunaZaldrizoti

Amid her travels, an ancient monarch emitted an amused hum at the oddly-detailed guide. "Hmm...I suppose we shall have to teach the girls some new tricks."

Nienna Telemnar, having been shown the work of Princess Idril's students the previous elven day, would take the time to pay witness to any completed mosaics within the cavernous sanctuary. Before each intricate work of art, she muttered a quiet prayer to Thalassa.

Name: Nienna Telemnar Race: Almenodrim Age: 43 Citizen of Elvenesse?: Yes. Username: MunaZaldrizoti Discord: MunaZaldrizoti#6175

Nienna Telemnar sat with her elder brother, Olorin, as they read the published accord together over a lunch of seafood stew and salted bread. "My arrival is timed with a declaration of peace. Perhaps I carried good luck across the sea," She'd jest, humming in approval. @Gilded

[!] An anonymous reply, written and scrawled in ornate hand, is copied and pinned around the city of Karosgrad. The corners of the parchment seemed to be slightly-coated with lingering frost. "To the poor author of this foolish scrap of paper, I advise you decide what the remainder of your days shall consist of. You have attempted to tarnish the name of my descendants and have now attracted my attention. This is something you should've feared when you first decided to bring such lies to parchment in the first place. Your claims of auburn hair are especially false, considering the first Ramdir Amador's own mother, Abrielle, had bright red hair that was passed down to her children and grandchildren. I understand that your clear-lack of education prevented you from investigating this matter beyond hearsay and gossip. I will give you a single saint's week to recant these claims. If not, I will find you and take your writing hand. It won't be difficult. I act on my own, but I will act. rest-assured." - A

AUCTION IS NOW CLOSED! WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED TOMORROW (3/5/2021)!

I have never related more to a post on LOTC than this one. I have dealt, several grueling times, with being made to think an opportunity was going to happen for a persona I was growing to love, starting to make plans and imagine what I'd like to do with that opportunity, and then have it either be snatched away by another player or denied to me for some overarching ooc reason. It is not fair what happened to you. It is not fair that so many ooc hands play into the story of a character you made. I know we aren't best friends or anything, but you've always been so kind and forthcoming. If you ever want to just talk about all of this, get stuff off your chest, message me. I can say, without any doubt, that I entirely understand the nauseating and stressful experience you've been put through, and you don't deserve to go through it alone.

From a place most-distant, an ancient monarch of Lotharingia frowns deeply. The culture she had risked her life to restore was once again lost in a blunder. Perhaps her descendants, bountiful as they were, would put to use the claims to the Archduchy that they inherited by right of her historic proclamation, supported in her time by the man who would eventually become Emperor Peter II. These continued embarrassments, now concluding in the abandonment of the religion upon which much of the original Lorraine was founded, were too much to bear.

MUNAZALDRIZOTI'S SKIN AUCTION Hello everyone! I'm broke and need mina, so I will be holding a skin auction for skins made for and worn by a few of my past personas. Considering I found over 20+ skins I'd like to eventually auction off, stay tuned for another auction in the future! Rules - The auction will run until this Friday, March 5th. It will end officially at midnight (12am EST). - Please don't edit replies. If you wish to bid higher for a skin, please make an additional comment. - All heads and skintones will be removed from each skin if sold. The heads are not included in the auction. Only head accessories that go with the skins will be included. - Bidding will begin at 20 mina. - Bids may be increased by 10 mina. You must make a new comment if you bid higher on a skin. - Please only bid if you will be able to pay the bid amount at the conclusion of the auction. - You MUST follow the format below (credit to my girl Fie for the easy format): Skin: Bid: Discord: SKINS Little Lorna The Rose of Kaedrin Strawberry Shortcake Day with Auntie Anne Efficient Scholar Loss The Faerie Queen The Princess of Pruvia The Minister of Culture The Rose's Debut (These skins were past commissions done by both @Ivoreyy & @kitty_irl!) BE NICE AND HAVE FUN!

Charlotte Augusta would send a butler along to collect a list of necessary items from her cousin Anthony, eager to don her exploring hat once again and descend into the mysterious sand-sunken city.

Username: MunaZaldrizoti Discord: MunaZaldrizoti#6175 Skin: Purple Plum Bid: 60 mina Previous Bidder (Put N/A if none): N/A

The Steward of Greyspine, Henriette Marna de Rafal, would take great care in preparing a special gift for her dear Isabel's own daughter. How much she felt like a grandmother, doting over the fruits of her educational labors planted so many decades earlier.

The dirt-covered child Elizaveta Ruthern prepares for war.

more regency lewks (and maybe some high-fantasy stuff. I feel like you'd do really well in that area.)

Henriette Marna de Rafal would ALSO tack her campaign flyer to the bottom of the election announcement!

Henriette Marna de Rafal had prepared herself for this, the inevitable demise of her former charge. She recalled how sullen he had become as a child, the little boy-king whose father had been, in her opinion, quite selfish when leaving his son to rule a kingdom so young. The middle-aged Marnan had expected him to grow into a brooding, distant young man. However, at the announcement of his passing, she felt pang within her, deeply-hidden. Every child she had taught and raised held a piece of her with them. One of those pieces had just left their world and passed into the next life. The Steward of Greyspine draped herself in dour mourning garb, making her way to Karosgrad once more to find her grieving Queen.

Henriette Marna de Rafal | Alderman-Candidate of the Duma - 358 ES - To the citizens of Hanseti-Ruska, My name is Henriette Marna de Rafal. I have resided in this great nation for some thirty years, serving loyally and faithfully in many positions throughout my time as a fellow countrywoman. From Grand Lady, where I worked alongside the Queen to maintain a lively royal court, to my time as governess, to my present position as Steward to House Ruthern. My existence continues to be entirely devoted to service. However, throwing parties and fretting over bedrooms is not enough for me. A woman of fifty years, I feel it my duty to make a further impact upon a kingdom that housed me when my own family was hunted and left out in the cold. The alliance between Haense and Joseph of Marna was the seal upon a long-lasting respect and kinship that I intend to continue with every breath I take. As an Alderman, I wish to represent both commoner and noble alike! I have toiled in fields and aided in building homes, but I have also been seated alongside some of the most powerful leaders in the world. The commonfolk of Haense need a representative who understands that coin is no longer as easy to come by, and aid in making life more-affordable to match this rapid-changing world. To ensure that they have improved rights to own businesses, trade goods, and aspire to greater heights with each future generation. For the nobles, I desire to aid in the revival of their purpose and role in our kingdom. Where a vassal might lack a private army or group of serfs, they might instead benefit from a small hamlet upon their land and an assigned good to specialize in producing, to be used to benefit both king and country. I often speak on how I aided in raising King Josef and his consort, Queen Isabel. I take the pride that I do because I believe they have proven themselves to care, first and foremost, for their people. They're both extensions of me, through tutelage if not by blood. I swear before GOD himself that I will be just the same, dedicated and determined to serve the people of Haense to the best of my ability. Your voices, merchant or duke, farmer or baroness, will be amplified and heard through me. I stand for you all, so I pray you put your faith in me! Signed, Henriette Marna de Rafal

Tbh, I feel like players could easily disregard the weaknesses and abuse this terribly. No offense to your submission, I just don't trust some players.

IGN: MunaZaldrizoti Character Name: Henriette Marna de Rafal Age: 50 Place of Residence / Street Address: Margraviate of Greyspine Position: Alderman

This was one of my favorite comments on this thread, for the reason that it hits a major-player-created nail on the head. Clique-mentality and the overarching label of 'community' is often used to the detriment of new players. A new player cannot engage with a nation because they either have no connections whatsoever, or aren't trusted by the 'veterans' enough to become involved or even roleplay with. As Treshure put in his original post, these are potential future nation leaders, storytellers, lore writers, builders, and coders. We're losing atleast 80% of them, most likely because they aren't provided the proper channels to find place on the server. While part of this falls upon the staff, especially the CT, it also falls upon the scores of nations leaders, nation council members, and just well-known players to engage these new players and not put them under the assumption that they must endure potentially-years of roleplay effort to even get a sliver of what a player of 4-5 years could get by just asking. In my opinion, the issue that the older players & community leaders ourselves must solve is how to eliminate the ideas of veterans, old-guard, and the exclusion of players from communities or their participation in things based upon the time they've spent on a server or with a group. If I meet a new player with ideas, who is willing to work, I'd take them over a lazy player who has been here since 2016, who simply wants a role in a playerbase for the sake of their pride. These sorts of new players need to be kept engaged and shown the ropes, sure, but I think that is worth the effort to grow our server's community and bring new individuals to the table.

Henriette Marna de Rafal, having only just settled within the Greyspine Keep of House Ruthern, swiftly sent for a horse from the stables. Despite her raising of both King & Queen, her first thought went to Isabel. She prepared for the storm of emotions that might await her at the Nikirala Palace.