Eryane

"To our united success," Ithirae Wynasul said to her eldest sister, Valyris - hoping to see the success for the newly elected High Prince of Malinor, as she heard the celebrations and good wishes all around her. @Cepheid

From my own personal experience with this, I cannot agree more especially with this particular statement that I see you mention a lot throughout the post. Nectorist and I weren't even spoken to at all when the two of us got banned, as well as most of our other leaders in Oren across the board. We just tried to log on and that's how we learned. No communication, nothing. If there was such a high care for "roleplay" over "ooc", I'm not sure why admins are so okay with seeing nations thrown into turmoil over ooc issues because the NL/s broke a rule (or in this case it feels really confusing if Twi even broke a rule(?)) instead of alleviating as much ooc chaos from the community as possible. I also agree that NLs shouldn't receive "special treatment" but they should be spoken to before a ban, or at least to prepare the rest of the community. It is less about the NL, and more about the community that they lead. Whether people like it or not, an NL being banned suddenly does throw a community into chaos and confusion - that's any leader anywhere. admins please communicate more with NLs in general please let them know your thoughts or if it does come down to it - just help prepare a community for a ban

A curious young traveller takes ahold of the missive regarding the upcoming festivities in place within the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska. At first she hesitates on the basis of war, yet she does not toss the paper away. Arabella stows it into a satchel for safe keeping, and continues on with her little adventures.

What's your favorite niche of RP? One of the best things that I have ever done was play a handmaiden, because it gives this extremely fun "behind the scenes" feeling when you're going about your character's day. Being a handmaiden to a bunch of different royal and imperial families on here gave me a really cool experience that's hard to describe, but something you just have to try out yourself. Who is someone you admire or look up to on LOTC, whether or not they play anymore? Some people I admire/look up to on LOTC are definitely @Axelu@amyselia@itdontmatta@GMRO@AndrewTech@yopplwasupxxx@ChumpChump@Cepheid@Zaerie @Nectoristand @LouisGY What's your most memorable RP encounter? The most memorable RP encounter that I ever had was during the Aster Revolution when everyone was in the throne room in Savoy. The whole 'Rally the Faithful' ordeal, where my character Anastasya took a cross & put it into the air and shouted that saying, and seeing everyone chant it afterwards was super exciting to see & it was such a cool storyline to see take place on LotC. All of us thought we were gonna get killed though I'm not quite sure how we pulled it off ahahaha What's your favorite place to RP at? It's hard to say now, I feel kind of like a boomer or as someone told me last night "post NL roaming" (that hit hard). I've always really enjoyed RPing in the imperial courts of Oren, because of the high stakes and the etiquette, the prestige and the drama. I love good plot-lines with flawed characters, betrayal and drama, questioning who you can trust in the RP atmosphere. It's a toss up, though, because I'll admit that I simultaneously also love Haense. I don't think any other place on the server has been able to replicate the intense amount of cultural development that this place has been able to accomplish, and it makes for such a colorful RP atmosphere. How has LOTC grown and developed since you first started playing? This question is going to make me feel really old really fast. I think the saddest part about the development is that the 'magic' of it all sort of faded for me, probably because I'm not as young as I used to be when I first started playing. This is pretty cringey but I used to get so nervous when I'd see the emperor or an imperial princess, but that sort of feeling was also what made the server pretty exciting too (I think this may go back to why I enjoyed playing a handmaiden so much). I suppose once you are the leader, too, you see things so much differently. I think what's really important that has changed (and I'm sorry for sounding like such a feminist) is that girls have been able to have a bigger role on the server than they have had previously. It more matters about your competence and capabilities now, and I love it. There's also a lot less homophobic, transphobic, and racial slurs and attitudes although it's still a bit present (all of this from what I have seen personally, at least). Why do you play LOTC? Honestly, I feel like I've questioned this a lot because sometimes I feel like being on here is a "waste of time" and I want to leave it behind cold-turkey, as I am sure many understand, but then I realize it has honestly become such a fun source of creative writing for me. I need an outlet to write and to create stories, to build characters with intriguing personalities. This feeling definitely can subside the higher you go in leading a community, because it becomes more like a job and the stress becomes quite hefty too since you just want to do what's best for the community - and feel a constant pressure with that in my opinion.

Anastasia sleeps peacefully from wherever it is that she remains now, knowing that although she may not have drawn the line at the deaths of many in battles and wars, Canonists and all, she did draw the line at adultery - and animal cruelty.

A dwarven woman pumps her fist into the air in support of dwarf things.

From a quaint place, high above the grounds, in a tree after a long day of roaming forests in search of adventure, Depheri Ipos nods with subtle content at the writings of her brother. “Straightforward, honest,” she muttered, and stowed away the parchment in a pocket.

what’s been the most interesting rp experience and do you feel like you’ve been taught anything from this game or the communities within it

i also agree i also agree

This is pretty hard for me because I haven’t been to a lot of staff story line events and I wish I would have done so more. I suppose I found it hard to seek the opportunity, unless it was a world-wide event like September Prince (which I did enjoy a lot). Otherwise, player-made events, I actually really enjoyed the Road to Karosgrad a few months back. It was something never done before: three monarchs being forced to travel by foot in rags to the Holy See. Other than that, and many will disagree with me on this, I enjoyed the Rubern War. It felt very high-anxiety high-intensity for someone who was in Haense because we legitimately had the chance of our community being absolutely screwed. It was cool to see the rp fallout of families being split in half and having to choose a side, etc. It’s a toss up between the original Carrion family when I played Milena Carrion with Lhindir as Ostromir and Axelu as Elisabeth (as well as JoanOfArc, Nectorist, Ivory, Soren, etc.) , or playing Valera Carrion with chumpchump as Ratibor before the start of the War of Two Emperors (with Esry, frankdh, Soren, Totalitarianism, etc.). Philip is waiting for Bakir in lotc heaven so I hear

Music played soundly in the background of the chatter of imperial courtiers in the de Rosius estate. Many young ladies - or debutantes as they called themselves - were dressed elegantly in white or other beautiful attire amidst the social season. The doors of the estate burst open. Guards of foreign attire were encircled around some smaller figure that couldn’t be seen. And when it was revealed by the shout of one particular guardsman, all huddled around him. “His Serene Highness, the Prince of Kusoraev!” Moliana and Anastasya stood by one another in subtle curiosity. “Cover me,” Moliana had said, and Anastasya did her best to do so as the girl behind her fired a button from her slingshot. Sigismund swung his head over in their direction. “Oh no,” the piously dressed child muttered. Yet the three would become acquaintances that night, not knowing what the world would one day bring them to be. A king. A mage. An empress; not knowing the pain they would cause one another as the time passed and they grew older; not truly knowing what affect they would have on the world around them. “God rest his soul,” muttered Empress Anastasia I from her own place of peace. “God rest King Sigismund III.”

i already have. the moment this was posted in our peace talks discord chat between myself, nectorist, and dwarven bros: CLEARLY Court Chef Hogo Bojo ahahahahaha... It's hard to decide because there's been so many wonderful people over the years that I've been lucky enough to meet, but two in particular (besides you of course Hogo) come to mind which is @ncarrand @Mannyy who made me feel like I had a place in the empire, even as new players themselves, when I felt pretty isolated. porque sí 1. This is a pretty tough question to answer, because I had a love-hate relationship with it. I loved being able to do something for my community, to help be a part of this sweeping change in Oren, but at the same time it was very draining. The first two weeks were especially hard, because some days I would stay up until 3am and work at 5am at the bakery. Balancing this, on top of college, on top of having a dog was genuinely so difficult. But, I loved seeing all the people in VCs again, I loved hearing everyone's creative ideas and seeing them being put into practice, these little bakeries and shops, or ideas in the court or how to fix the government. This is such a really fascinating game with so much creativity to explore. Nonetheless, we were bound to have hatred from the start because it was a revolution, but also because Oren as an empire is more often than not enemy #1 24/7. I do remember the death threats that Nectorist received throwing me through a loop for a long time, because I couldn't simply sweep it aside as "oh well" and laugh it off until I talked with friends of mine on the server, and got good advice on that. I wanted to drop being an NL right then and there and disappear, seeing as people would have the audacity to research our personal information to scare us. now i really don't care please try to threaten me i dare u Being an NL is quite literally like a part time job sometimes. Not only that, but there are some serious matters beyond the scope of the game that you have to deal with, because the internet isn't always the safest place as we all know. I wouldn't take it back though, and I don't regret any of my actions during my time as NL. It is a game at the end of the day and I had to remind myself of this a lot. I'm glad I could contribute so much to such a good group of players, and I hope Nectorist, myself, and all the others involved made this server's story a bit more interesting. No matter what we did, no matter what actions Nectorist and I made which may seem controversial, he and I always did it with the best interest of the community in mind while simultaneously creating a good story. 2. No, but I don't regret it either 3. ... this is confidential information. (1. joshbright 2. joshbright 3. joshbright 4. kazoo) i literally despise you

She is doing so well! Two days ago, she turned 1 year old and it's insane to see her grow up. She's probably one of the most well-trained dogs I've seen, given the work myself and my family has put in this past year. Super sweet and friendly to other animals too, as well as people. Here's a picture:

I had actually been RPing on another server for quite some time for the most part until 2016-2017, and only going onto LotC every now and then at the start. Most of the people who I had spoken to at the time online had always mentioned LotC as being this massive server so I wanted to try it out. I played with the Wood Elves first, then in Oren for sometime as a servant, but an old friend of mine named Kukiii got me to stick around on LotC more often in Courland (first as a handmaiden, then as a de Castro who became Queen of Norland) and with the Warhawkes. feels pretty powerful i used to say that being banned was on my checklist i didn't expect it to actually happen humans. But, to genuinely answer this question, after my few brief interactions directly in the discord and RPing in the city as well as my interactions as a nation leader throughout the war, it's almost hard for me to choose. Both communities offer really different atmospheres and different approaches to RP. A lot of human rp is more realistic, Game of Thrones-y and with a heavy focus on nobility and politics while the dwarves are much more fantasy based, relaxed and laid back to enjoy your time with friends going on adventures. You know, this is actually a pretty difficult question for me to answer because I surprisingly have learned a lot from being on this server over the years. I think the most valuable life lesson is to be confident in your actions once you have made them and to own your mistakes or the consequences that come alongside those choices that you have made. Another thing, because it's almost as equally important in my opinion, is that you should fully trust yourself and remember who you are individually. I've seen some really, really horrific things said about me over the years (especially in the past few months) that made me question who I was as a person, but at the end of the day I had to remember that I knew I wasn't what they were saying and it was useless to give them any time of day (if people really cared to give me feedback, and cared for my well-being, they would talk to me in a much more civil manner). we're already married... do you want to get married again?

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hello i have been around since athera and it's been long overdue that i post one of these so please feel free to ask me anything and everything

my best advice here is to reach out to people who are leaders in the community and speak to them (sorry if you have or whatnot, I honestly haven’t read all the comments). these big posts may change some, but in the end they usually just annoy people. I suppose if it helps you feel heard that also is important (but coming from from someone who was a leader reaching out personally and waiting for a response is the best). if they don’t reply to you, then go to a better community that is willing to respect you. trust me when I say it’s not just oren. I’ve been around so many different communities and stuff like this, the feeling of being blacklisted, seems to be a sentiment people feel in each community. I also experienced this, but the best you can do is talk to people, and if they don’t listen- move on. either way, you’re a good guy Matt and I hope you find a place to enjoy on this server. always thought you were a solid rper and fun to be around when we did interact

A few Orenians of the old empire watch on, Anastasia among them, from their souls’ resting place. “One day, he will understand,” she muttered to Philip.

No matter the harsh relations held between Anastasia and the Holy Mother Church, hearing the news of her venerated son-in-law made her smile. His loyal dedication to the empire - and to his faith (with the new pontiff) was admirable, and even she could not deny that.