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Laerdya looked about as she came across the missive, before taking one for herself to read in private. She read over the words and felt they were echoing of things said prior by many as she thought to herself "Plenty have and will repeat this statement, time and time again, regardless of the type of Mali they are. Yet despite this 'communal' desire, our kind remains divided, for this to happen, many malian will have to surrender their power, as some should, many of our nations lie battered and dying, yet many cling to the lofty dream of their nations that have been driven into the grave of reviving, all they offer is assurances and worthless promises that will be broken, that things will improve. Perhaps we'd already reached the potential height we could have long ago and are just simply walking ghosts, waiting for time to claim the malian as it should." She came to a rise from the seat she was resting in, as her figure moved towards a kitchen to gather some food, several ideas begin to take root in the woman's mind, as she then remarked to herself "Perhaps one worthy may rise, who cares to listen to advice given to them, who is able to defeat ages worth of systems built up to protect petty rulers who care not for their people, only the little power they hold. Though, the odds are stacked against them.." She quietly adds, her mind turned away from the missive now.

Laerdya had the missive read to her, speaking with the Mali who wrote the missive in the tavern, she found the concept interesting to say the least. She wandered home after the discussion, still having a copy of the missive of her own. She sat and pondered in front of the fire place within her small home, the possibilities of all the future outcomes of this went through her mind, the woman dwelled upon such for sometime before she got up, remarking "A Silver Soul will be found." She went off to find some a few individuals to show them the missive and discuss.

An 'Ame looked through the missive as it passed into her hands, gazing over the words written upon the paper before tucking it aside as she pondered to herself "Our kind remains shattered and broken no matter where one looks, children of our kind tortured by filthy zealots, and many hung up, as if we serve as trophies to be displayed, yet the only response most of our kind can offer is just words, no action, no lead, no example for Malian to follow." Her thoughts paused as she whistled for her horse, jumping up into the saddle before she began to ride off "Perhaps I shall pay Fenn a visit and see if much has changed since I last met them." She thought, though it was likely, the woman was going to wander until she found other Mali she deemed suitable to band together with, but perhaps things could be different from she would originally think. A Mali'Aheral looked over these words as she sat somewhere private, and just simply pondered on these words, a wealth of possibilities and ideas begin to form in her mind. "Very interesting.." Is all she remarked quietly to herself.

This was kinda already covered in a post awhile back, I think. Honestly it comes to down to being the change you wanna see on the server. But I think most people opt for option C because most people OOCly are just bored with conflict that happens on the server, most it isn't engaging imo and it is reflected in the Roleplay. Someone give me that New Vegas tier conflict, and I'd be engaged, even if it is my persona's face being kicked in.

Maeyrn's face twisted in a frustrated manner after learning about the passing of Vival. She didn't spend as much time with the 'Ker as she would have liked, but the man inspired her with his leadership and lessons that he imparted upon her. A shame that he had fallen in the defense of Elvenesse, over the pride of a dragon, though she knew his sacrifice would be a tale among his people. She gritted her teeth as she rode along the path upon her stead as she headed west, the rage within her growing and growing as events pass. "Rest well, I shall do my best to defend your people and hope our kin unite together." It was all she muttered out, hoping her words would reach the 'Ker.

The 'Ame managed to escape the inferno that had engulfed Elvenesse, angry at herself as she and many others were unable to do anything. She let out a howl of pure wrath, barely able to contain her fury. She knew they fell due to the forces being divided by the trickery of the Azdromoth forces, letting them to being scattered, unable to enact on whatever plans were brought forward to stop the beast. Certainly frustrated with the turn of events of the past Elven week, and all she was able to do was let out a scream in petty name-calling "No dragons were fought this day, only snakes suffocating around my kin." She dropped to her knees, a crest-fallen sensation washed over her "Perhaps we will learn to unite, more so, after this terrible tragedy.." She'd mutter, coming to a rise after some minutes past, whistling for her horse as she rode to Krugmar, preparing for training the next Elven day.

Maeyrn looked over this missive with a small smile upon her features, "Finally.. Another shows themselves. I hope to find this Mali." She then took a step away as she moved out of the city she found herself in, and returned with in the forests, the wild winds filling her lungs as she thought to herself the possibilities that could unfold, to show all children of Mali the ways of yore succeeded with reason, her kin remains divided, attempting to emulate Valah kind, fighting over petty matters, no care for others outside their own dogma or family, all one had to do was look upon most of the Elven Nations that once stood, fell into stagnation and crumbled under the weight of their own fatty greed. "We need to display the power of our kin united, and soon, all will be perfectly balanced once more."

"Hm.." A certain 'Ame would hum to herself as she read over the words, reflecting upon her first meeting with Fennic people and what unfolded that day. She then simply turned as she began to take her leave, preparing herself for future training.

I tried. : (

Can the rejuvenating Monastery of Chi Monks use Chi for this..

Question 1: What is one thing you dislike about Orcs/Krugmar? How can it be improved? This is all my opinion obv and formed from what little I've seen and heard about Orcs, however.. Their Blessing, specifically what I saw in 'Clarification on Orcs'. The bit I'll link below. From most of the RP I've seen and heard about Orcs, they're essentially Super Mutants from Fallout 3/4 or LotR Orcs. Big Green Bandits with no goal outside of kill whatever they come across (and or taking slaves in the case of Orcs). Now most 'outsiders' would say this kind of behavior isn't honorable, however, with how the Blessing Clarification is written you can twist anything into being 'honorable' because Honor is subjective, which is true enough, but I'd like to point out the blessing was provided by Aeriel, a lawful good God, who would've had something specific in mind of what is honorable and what isn't, even the quote in the screenshot above indicates that Orcs would be honorable even in a world of Descendants that completely lacked a moral code. From what I understand back in Aegis Orcs are very different from what they are today, hearing tales of Orcs that were wronged would 'raid' the homes of the individual/s that wrong them, but they only came after those that wrong them, not the entire settlement and I don't believe slavery was a thing back then for Orcs and actually actively fought slavers because it was unhonorable to take slaves. The reason this 'subjective' honor is annoying as well is that isn't really how cultures work at all, how one should act honorable is baked into the culture, take some Greek Stories for example, like The Iliad, it shows Achilles act honorable and dishonorable, whenever he acted with honor he was 'rewarded' in some form, such as when he refused to fight because King Agamemnon wronged him, Zeus agreed to help him by bringing Agamemnon's army to breaking point, later on Agamemnon admits his faults he sends an Embassy to make amends, by returning Briseis and offering gifts to Achilles, so he'd return to fighting, the honorable thing for Achilles here was to accept the gifts and return to the fighting, but he refuses, and because he refused to fight and let his friend Patroclus fight in his steed and Patroclus was killed, so Achilles returns to the fighting anyway, indifferent about getting Briseis and the gifts. From stories like these that span across multiple cultures there is a very set standard on honor in each culture, things like honor do evolve over time, but the way that lore piece was written to me just came across as just attempting to circumvent the blessing with just "Oh it's subjective by individual that should be debated about." You should have what is defined to be honorable and dishonorable somewhere in the culture, what is generally accepted to be, whenever in stories or simple posts making statements about how Orcs should act honorable. Unironically, I think the only posts that I can recall off the top of my head about how to act honorable as an Orc is basically how to treat your slaves. Question 2: What is one thing you like/admire about Orcs/Krugmar? Can provide interesting RP with the layout of people cursed with a horrible bloodlust with the blessing of acting honorable, they have an interesting predicament which I think can generate interesting and rememberable RP, remember not all conflict has to be physical battle against another, conflict can be a clash of ideologies or internal struggles that one wishes to overcome. The most interesting Orc I remember from the top of my head was ilikefooddude's Orc as it was a refreshing experience from the usual encounters I had at the time, as he was the polar opposite of what the standard Orc was. Question 3: What do you think Orcs/Krugmar biggest opportunity for improvement is? Redesign the culture, try to promote RP within the Nation aside from just having a strong PvP culture, you need to incorporate all kinds of RP, Slice of Life, conflict, etc, focusing on one is just going to let the Nation die. With the culture write out docs and the like, Nations with strong culture are a lot more appealing, and you need to also keep it interesting, remember anytime anyone reads over what Krug posts or an Orc player posts could be the difference between getting a player or just making them think the Nation is just Goonery.

See you later gamer, do a 360.

Mia would awaken after sometime had past, having pushed herself to the limit this day, helping Luciensburg attempt to take back their home, as well as healing plenty of people from the aftermath. She'd make her way outside, wandering for sometime before finding the missive and reading over it, taking in a small breath, glad that Toffee is attempting to reach forward to the Descendants in such a manner, after all it was her suggestion, but it suddenly hit her, an intense burden of sorts, she very well could have determined the course of history for the Musin with her suggestion to the leader of the Musin. Her feelings were mixed on how the other Descendants might react, but she knew it was better that than to live in constant fear and leaving that to drive the Musin forward. She'd ponder for a moment, on the possibilities of the future, while she'll remain cautious she will still be hopeful for a better future for all, either way, willing to help the Musin secure their future however she could.

Mia was just thankful to safely get in the City when she decided to visit to check the stock on her stall during the raid, having no real stake in this war Valrua remains asleep. OOC: Mia points at the video "Hey that's me in the background!"

Just some advice since this could be a really cool piece of lore, I think just expanding on some of these spells and how they actually work. For example Detect Witch, I think you'll have a really hard time getting that kinda spell past due to how abusable it could be, situation would be I know OOCly someone is a Witch and I just say RPly my persona decides to check this person, if they resist I know they have some form of magic, if they don't then I find out, but I think making it generally detect any form of magic could prevent it from being abusable as it doesn't strictly target a certain magic. You'll also need to explain more in depth I believe about how this spell functions, is it all magics aside from Malleanism, and why does it affect those magics? I did see you weren't familiar with other magics, so you could outline what determines it, as for example Kani and Chi are sort of just using a type of mana that is natural in all things, you aren't necessarily calling upon a divine power or summoning **** from the Void. The healing spells will need a bit more fleshing out, I know ST want to be careful with them as they don't want it to be a simple "Whoosh, you're healed." Though it is interesting with group heal how it leaves them hungry afterwards, so it could be some form of putting the body into overdrive to heal? I honestly think with some more work this lore piece could be passed, as it is an interesting set of lore with a brief look over.

Unironically this is why I try not to give a **** about this server, I'll still play on it but literally no matter how hard anyone ******* screams it just seems like nobody is able to fix the most basic of issues, be it because staff members are red taped from being able to actually do anything or just straight up don't give a **** about the server and only hang around as a staff member for the clout because they did something years ago. Like lol.