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[!] The Free State of Sutica’s citizens would wake up one morning to a sight most peculiar. Copies of the same missive had been spread around the streets of the city, so much so that the ground beneath these piles were barely visible; parchments were still raining down from the skies fluttering peacefully onto the streets. If one were to examine a missive, it would read: My fellow Sutican citizens, this time around I come to you in the form of a missive. Most of you know my name well. I am Dael’ran Morgaine, and I am a citizen of Sutica just like you. Time and time again, I am reminded by the people of Arcas for one thing- the fact that our city is a laughing stock. But why? Is it our neutrality, our lack of guards, or perhaps the wildness of our city? The problem, in my point of view, is the government and- yes, our very own Codex. I walk the streets in your shoes, and you walk in mine. We walk the very same streets, and we see the very same sights. I see our brothers and sisters arguing with each other over petty matters and scrambling to see who is the first one to make their eyes glow as they prepare to fight with their respective magics. I see our very own guards abusing the vagueness of the Sutican Codex to get away with what they want. I see people being harassed by raiders, our people hiding underground as our neighbors are put through traumatic experiences.. and what has our government done to fix this problem? Certainly nothing that produces any lasting Change. That, my friends, is the problem with Sutica. It changes, but it does not really change. The current condition of our ‘Free’ State is an unfair ruling dealt by those of a higher power. I mainly point to the Trade Princess. If you have not seen me before, know that I am very open about my view on our city. I usually stand upon a high point and speak to you all below and share to you my speeches, and my words, not my fists. I have conducted non-violent protests, or ‘riots’ as some may call them, however the people that were hurt were not by my hand or intentions. I have once even had my life endangered by the few guards of our city, given the royal grant by our very own Trade Princess to do so, when all I was doing was simply stating one of my speeches. I have had many items thrown at me, and have been knocked down from my stand multiple times, but have never once decided to not get back up. That is because I believe Sutica is better than this, and I would like to help take it there. Citizens of Sutica, help me become your new Trade Prince, and I promise to promote something that Sutica fails to apply: Change. I implore all of you to ponder something; just how has Sutica changed over the past few years? We are still the laughing stock of other nations, and one could easily presume there are still horrid dark mages in our midst, and our number of guardsman have only increased slightly. Yet, do they even do anything? Perhaps, but do they cause more problems than fix them? The answer is yes. I previously mentioned how I conducted a peaceful protest. It was against our very own Captain of the guard- Hearth, and his horrible tendencies to abuse the Codex. He only persecutes who he sees fit- that is, assuming he persecutes anyone at all. He only takes action when he feels like it, when it is amusing to him and only him. An example of this would be when a certain mage came to me and immediately began to cast his magic onto me, choking me until I was about to pass out in order to push a message to me, rather than talk things out. This being because I accused of his student of being a dark mage. Hearth refused to persecute this man because he was not in any of his concern. He did not have anything to gain from it. Should someone of this stature be in our government? Help me become Trade Prince, and I will make sure that only the responsible and utmost professional persons are allowed into our councils. After all, these are people who promote Change. If I were to become Trade Prince, I would also make it so that we would have a proper guard system- and bring along with it the competence to keep our brothers and sisters safe- not leave them in fear of everything around them. If Sutica continues the way it is, we will always be under fear of opening our gates, waiting for the next hungry bandit to steal our valuables. Our government claims for us to be a ‘Free’ State, as you may have heard, but I believe that to be false. After all, I still am unable to be granted an audience with the Trade Princess for a simple conversation. Make me your Trade Prince, and Sutica will no longer be a dread-ridden state that switches leadership, yet fails to provide any real profit from the actions of their government. Make me your Trade Prince, and I will swear to you that Sutica can be the nation I know it can be. And when people speak about us, it will no longer be of how we are a blemish that should be wiped off the Arcas map, but they will be speaking of our greatness. Fair judgement shall fall onto those who deserve it, rather than the passing glance be gifted to a dark mage and an outrageous punishment be dealt upon the practically innocent. I shall rewrite the Sutican Codex, making it so the vagueness of it can no longer be abused by those who look upon the rest of us like inconveniences, rather than people they should be protecting. I’m certainly aware of the doubts some of you may have to me, thinking that something like this is not possible. But if you would like to inspire change, know that others will stand by you, as will I. Therefore I tell you, make me your Trade Prince, and Sutica shall finally Change.

have you ever

but they stole my diamonds and that is unforgivable

“Haha, insert snide comment here to either nation, am I right?!” Dael would shout, disturbing the poor citizens of Sutica as he heard of the Trade Father’s response.

“If I was Trade Prince already, this wouldn’t be happening!” Dael said to a hobo.

I feel like political debates should be allowed as long as both parties aren’t being generally toxic towards one another or aren’t disrupting roleplay because of it. But I totally understand not spamming staff discord, LOTC discord, or a crowded area in the game with stuff about the US Election or something.

11th of the Sun’s Smile, 1742 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The stone where a gleaming sword once stood is nothing more than a forgotten pedestal stained with blood. The sword has been claimed, and a new chapter unfolds as a dark figure stood by the area with his hands folded behind his back as three figures left the corpse of a bloody wolf. “I suppose it’s time to get to work then, now that I am free from that accursed stone.” The figure spun on his heel, heading off in the opposite direction.

I apologize if you guys are seeing the grey bars behind the text, I honestly don’t know how to fix that. tl;dr i have a scuffed brain so be patient with me pls EDIT: Fixed, thank you @Tato

everyone has a right to magic roleplay and as long as they dont use it to higher some sort of superiority complex im fine, i dont like it when people get magic oocly but instead strive to get it as a possible path to develop their character a certain way. let people do what they want i say as long as they’re not super annoying about it

The sun rose over the forests of Arcas once more, its rays bending over and across the trees. A few peasant children garbed in nothing but overalls chased each other deep into the forests by their home. They sprinted through the swamp, entering the forest and picking up a few sticks, hitting them against the nearby trees and vegetation in a wild spur of childlike wonder. ....? The children jumped over a small path, dodging rocks and roots protruding from the ground. 𝔚𝔞𝔦𝔱.. 𝔦𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱..? 𝔄 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔠𝔩𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔯! The children stop, slamming their sticks together as they get into a fight. 𝔇𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔡𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔡 𝔫𝔬𝔴, 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔫! ℑ'𝔪 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔰𝔢 𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔢𝔰! The children drop the sticks and run the other way, away from the path that would lead into a small clearing where a mossy large stone sat, surrounded by red torches. 𝔒𝔥, 𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔫𝔬𝔴! 𝔚𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔡𝔬 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫?! The sun circled overhead, its rays bleeding over the clearing and reflecting off a long blade. A bird perched atop the small hilt of the blade, overgrown with vines. 𝔊𝔢𝔱 𝔬𝔣𝔣 𝔪𝔢, 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔣𝔦𝔩𝔱𝔥𝔶 𝔠𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢! 𝔜𝔬𝔲𝔯 𝔭𝔲𝔫𝔶 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔱 𝔥𝔞𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔬 𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔭𝔲𝔩𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔪𝔢 𝔬𝔲𝔱! The bird pecked at the vines surrounding the sword below it, searching for anything to feed upon. 𝕲𝖊𝖙 𝖔𝖋𝖋 𝖔𝖋 𝖒𝖊, 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓𝖙! The bird remained still, its head quietly twisting to the side as it adjusted itself on the cross guard it rested on. That thing would sigh if it could. ℌ𝔪𝔪.. 𝔜𝔬𝔲'𝔯𝔢 𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔶 𝔴𝔬𝔫𝔡𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔬𝔴 ℑ 𝔤𝔬𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔰𝔦𝔱𝔲𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫, 𝔞𝔯𝔢𝔫'𝔱 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔩𝔦𝔱𝔱𝔩𝔢 𝔟𝔦𝔯𝔡𝔶?~.. ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔨𝔫𝔬𝔴 𝔪𝔶𝔰𝔢𝔩𝔣. ℑ 𝔰𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔢 ℑ'𝔪 𝔴𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔰𝔬𝔪𝔢 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔪𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔞𝔠, 𝔴𝔥𝔢𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔴𝔞𝔫𝔱 𝔱𝔬 𝔟𝔢𝔩𝔦𝔢𝔳𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔬𝔯 𝔫𝔬𝔱. 𝔚𝔢𝔩𝔩, 𝔡𝔢𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱, ℑ'𝔪 𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢 𝔶𝔬𝔲'𝔳𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔪𝔢. 𝔒𝔥 𝔪𝔶, 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔥𝔞𝔰 𝔦𝔱 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫? ℑ𝔱 𝔣𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔰 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔦𝔱𝔰 𝔟𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯. ℑ𝔣 ℑ 𝔥𝔞𝔡 𝔞𝔯𝔪𝔰, ℑ 𝔴𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔞𝔫𝔤𝔩𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔬𝔫𝔢 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔪𝔢 𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢! ℌ𝔪? 𝔜𝔬𝔲'𝔳𝔢 𝔫𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔰𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔞𝔫 𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔦𝔣𝔞𝔠𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔬 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔡 𝔱𝔞𝔩𝔨 𝔟𝔢𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢? ℑ 𝔤𝔲𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔭𝔯𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔰 𝔥𝔬𝔴 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩 ℑ 𝔞𝔪!... 𝔜𝔢𝔰.. 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔢𝔫𝔬𝔲𝔤𝔥 𝔱𝔬 𝔤𝔢𝔱 𝔰𝔢𝔞𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯 𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔞𝔠𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔰𝔢𝔡 𝔯𝔬𝔠𝔨. The bird suddenly looks up, something else catching its eye before it began to fly off. ℌ𝔲𝔥? 𝔜𝔬𝔲’𝔯𝔢 𝔩𝔢𝔞𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔩𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔡𝔶?! 𝔑-𝔑𝔬! 𝔑𝔬, 𝔡𝔬𝔫'𝔱 𝔤𝔬!..... ........... 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔯 𝔏𝔬𝔯𝔡, ℑ 𝔞𝔪 𝔩𝔬𝔫𝔢𝔩𝔶. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rumors have been spread around the land of Arcas that there is some sort of “blade” out there in the wild, just waiting for a brave soul to pull it out. Will you be able to find it, and manage to pull it?

looks really good man, ill be commissioning one to support this good work edit: nevermind just saw commissions closed, very unfortunate but still good work

that’s rough buddy, i always was afraid i was gonna one day fall into the holes of lava myself while mining for resources lmao. i hope you get it back

every day, we stray further away from god’s light