Atop a stony plateau overlooking the lands of central Idalos, and growing wealthy from the gem stones pulled from the rocky soil, Etzos is a bastion of independence; firm in its belief that man should rule Idalos, not be servants of the vain Immortals who nearly destroyed it. But can the many factions set aside their conflicting agendas and see this through?
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Hot Cycle 719 is here!
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Pegasus » Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm
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Announcements
The Hot Cycle, Arc 719
We are currently in the Hot Cycle. Every Cycle in Standing Trials runs over four real life months and has two in-character seasons. The Hot Cycle has Ymiden (83 Trials) and then Saun (40 Trials) which are open for you to play. All new threads from June 1st - September 30th...
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Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm
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News & New Features!
This thread will keep you updated on news and new features!
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Pegasus » Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:26 am
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Global Announcements
The PSF
New Subforums
So, one of the things that has changed in the new site is that the new PSF is visible to everyone. This provides us an opportunity and so, this morning I've created some subforums in there - for completed / approved threads. You'll note that there are now separate...
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Tue Aug 13, 2019 8:01 pm
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New Player Guide!
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Pegasus » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm
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New Player Starting Guide Hi there and welcome to the site! We're glad that you've taken an interest in our story and hope, with the help of this guide, that you'll stick around and enjoy all the chaos-packed adventures we have planned. But first, you're probably wondering what Standing Trials is...
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm
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Standing Trials Terms of Use
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Pegasus » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:50 pm
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Standing Trials: Rules and Expectations
The Website: Standing Trials ( ), referred to through the rest of this thread as the website , our website , the site , our site , Standing Trials , and Trials .
You: The person reading these words right now.
The Staff: All users who are identified as...
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Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
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• Out of Character •
Cast of Characters - Hot Cycle, 719
Sign-up sheet for the new season!! Come one, come all!
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Maltruism » Sat Feb 04, 2017 4:49 am
Seasonal Character Registry - Hot Cycle 719
Hello. Welcome to, or welcome back, to Etzos!
It is the start of a new season, I would greatly appreciate all players intending to reside in Etzos, for however long a term, to register their presence here. It makes it much easier for everyone to know...
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Last post by Aleksandr
Wed Aug 21, 2019 4:51 am
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Let The Next Issue be Raised!
For all your OOC chat and venting
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Maltruism » Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:32 am
Let The Next Issue be Raised!
Welcome to the Etzos OOC forum! This is the place to make all your observations and complaints, so I can duly ignore them. ;)
You can also post links to pertinent or simply amusing things.
I will make Etzos-related announcements here, but they will all be of an OOC...
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Last post by Woe
Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:26 pm
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• Location •
The Office of the Citizen's Committee
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Maltruism » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:55 am
Office of the Citizen's Committee
The wooden doors open soundlessly to reveal a small, window-lit chamber with a few chairs set against the walls amid tables, planter pots and 3 doors. Plaques by the doors designate the offices beyond them. To the left is the door marked Housing , to the right,...
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Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:08 am
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The Great Parhn Gate
Named after Etzos' original founder, all players new to the city must post their arrival here first
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Maltruism » Sun Apr 05, 2015 2:01 am
The Great Pahrn Gate
(All new arrivals must post here)
You left the river behind a short while ago now, and see that the approaching forest carpeting the great hill before you has obviously been cleared. In the midst of this wide swath of open ground rises the fortress city of Etzos, and you...
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Last post by Woe
Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:37 pm
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Players' Development Forum
Suggestions for consideration
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Maltruism » Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:18 pm
Players' Development Forum
I freely acknowledge that there are many blanks in the Etzos lore, as far as write-ups of additional locations or protocols go. As players get a grasp of the direction they'd like to go, they will undoubtedly find things missing.
Where can I get a job as a tattoo...
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Last post by Llyr Llywelyn
Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:15 am
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Wage Requests
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Maltruism » Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:02 am
Wage Requests
Well, I guess it is time to officially launch the new system.
Okay...so...
If I understand correctly, this topic is really only for RP purposes now.
It WILL establish approval, by yours truly, to occupy a job position at some location in Etzos.
But that job is no longer required for...
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Fri May 31, 2019 6:38 pm
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The Valkyrie's Roost [Transaction Thread]
A school training in self-defense, with adjustable payment requirements to make greater security available to all walks of life.
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Maltruism » Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:14 am
The Valkyrie's Roost
Listen, and one will hear talk of The Roost , the variety of weapon and hand-to-hand training that folks received there, and the generosity extended to those in need who lacked the funds to seek it elsewhere.
Stroll down a dark alley and you may hear muffled whispers, in...
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Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:14 am
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The Winged Post [Transaction Thread]
A delivery service overseen by our very own Nightshade Eld.
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Maltruism » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:39 am
The Winged Post
The first, and currently the only, locale on the western continent for winged delivery services. Founded by the noted half-avriel hero, Nightshade Eld, these services extend throughout the greater Etzos area and beyond. There are two half-avriel employees that PCs will be...
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Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:39 am
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Behind Closed Doors
Hidden information that comes to light
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Maltruism » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:40 am
Behind Closed Doors
This new topic is intended to allow you, as players, to know about decisions arrived at by the movers and shakers of Etzos and its outlying towns. This enables you to know what policies are being newly enforced or undergoing testing to determine viability. This is not...
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Last post by Maltruism
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:46 am
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Flora of the Etzos Area
It's not alphabetical...cut me some slack.
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Maltruism » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:42 am
Flora of the Etzos Area
This is not to be confused with the Players' Development Forum.
This is NOT for newly proposed ideas, begging for approval.
This is where the final products go (The bribes go into my pocket, shhhhhh......).
Yes, yes...so I made that same joke with the Colloquialisms...
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Last post by Maltruism
Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:42 am
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Etzos Fauna Directory
Some of these are mounts
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Maltruism » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:25 am
Etzos Fauna Directory
This is not to be confused with the Players' Development Forum.
Again, this is NOT for newly proposed ideas, begging for approval.
This is where the approved entries go.
Like the Flora topic, this will include critters from Rhakros to Sirothelle, Ocean to ocean.
There may...
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Last post by Maltruism
Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:25 am
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Etzori Cultural Colloquialisms
Flora, Fauna, Folklore and Four-letter words
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Maltruism » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:11 pm
Etzori Cultural Colloquialisms
This is not to be confused with the Players' Development Forum.
This is NOT for newly proposed ideas, begging for approval.
This is where the final products go (The bribes go into my pocket, shhhhhh......).
It will allow me to clear out the Dev Forum from time...
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Last post by Maltruism
Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:11 pm
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Prophets' Platform
Suggestions, Directives and outright orders to yours truly
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Maltruism » Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:26 pm
Prophets' platform
Okay, I'd love to fool myself into thinking there will never be a conflict of lore or plot, but that is not terribly realistic. I have already inflicted MY viewpoints on my fellow prophets a time or two, so it's only fair that I allow them a venue to return the...uhh...favor....
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Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:26 pm
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The Forbidden Post
Your escort to the base on the Forbidden Spit.
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Maltruism » Sat May 02, 2015 9:44 pm
The Forbidden Post
(All players starting or arriving at The Forbidden Spit must post here.)
One way or another, you have miraculously escaped punishment in the city of Etzos. It is not the same for everyone, for everyone here has been tried, convicted and sentenced to a variety of different...
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Sat May 02, 2015 9:44 pm
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The Hunt for Lisirra
Gather ye round, my victims, and partake of an upcoming event of unparalleled savagery.
This is just the intro. Just a tease, if you will.
The sign-up will soon follow.
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Maltruism » Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:18 pm
Saun 719 ETZOS EVENT
WHAT YOU WISH FOR
Sign up and Introduction
A CULTURAL COMPROMISE
Ymiden 83, arc 719
The Crescent Arena
The woman moved through the assembled crowd with an effortless ability to remain unnoticed. She herself, however, took great notice of those around her,...
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Thu Aug 22, 2019 3:33 am
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The Dragon Rises Part 4
Ulric and Arthur decided to help the children.
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Ulric » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:44 am
'I'm going to talk to them.' Ulric said as his essence fused with the door and his hand began to slip through. - The Dragon Rises Part 3
83 Ymiden 719 | Ulric | Gulltown in the Etzos area
Conveying your entire body through a doorway seemed like an easier task than it turned out to be. Ulric...
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Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:36 pm
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The Dragon Rises Part 3
Ulric and Arthur stumble upon refugees.
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Ulric » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:23 pm
83 Ymiden 719 | Ulric | Gulltown in the Etzos area
Ulric swung the stick in his soft fleshy hand slowly as he tried to get a feeling for the weight of it. Weight seemed to relative now that he was dead. He didn't really use his strength to lift things, he used his ectoplasm to move them. When he...
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Last post by Pig Boy
Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:27 pm
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The Dragon Rises Part 2
Ulric and the Lightbringers try to bring peace to two feuding towns, Gulltown and Elyria.
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Ulric » Tue Aug 06, 2019 5:52 pm
He looked at the alley around themselves once more, allowing his mind to slip back to when they had first come to Gulltown. The first time he and Arthur had sparred in this alley. - The Dragon Rises Part 1
26 Cylus 706 | Ulric | Gulltown in the Etzos area
Five horses beat along the path...
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Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:16 pm
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What’s New Pussy Cat?
Llyr plz
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Woe » Wed Aug 07, 2019 6:55 am
69th of Ymiden 719
Having no frame of reference for what Etzos was before this disaster of the Plague hit it, Woe didn’t know what to think of the Medical stations that cordoned off sections of the Wards and Stations Ring of the city. The most well equipped portion of those facilities were fixed...
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Last post by Woe
Wed Aug 21, 2019 10:51 pm
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4. Crimes Committed by Others
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Llyr Llywelyn » Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:52 pm
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1. Tragic Ambiguity
2. But They’re In The Dark, Too
3. An Ordinary World
47th of Ymiden
Five nights after Desperate Times
West of Etzos Prime
19th Break
Sour scents and bitter tastes.
The recognizable distortion of death-soaked air...
...tinged with infernal magic.
A warning for...
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Last post by Llyr Llywelyn
Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:21 am
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Which Way
Fur plz
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Llyr Llywelyn » Mon Jul 08, 2019 10:04 am
70 Ymiden, 719 AV
Outer Perimeter
13th Break
City walls or not, Etzos was a loop within a loop within a loop within a… and Llyr could have sworn he had managed to go east, when he realized maybe he’d actually gone south, and wasn’t the ramp that had been leading to the commercial ring that way...
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Tue Aug 20, 2019 9:55 am
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III. And I For You
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Yndira » Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:17 am
2 Cylus 719
finale to this here It's not that bad a deal. I think it'll be good to do.
You're not the one that has to do the killing. It'll be on my head when this whole thing blows over. If they report this, I lose out.
The same could have been said for what you did to your father.
The...
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Sun Aug 18, 2019 12:08 am
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Breaking the Pack
{Wealth}
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Yavanna » Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:36 am
⌘ Breaking the Pack ⌘
⌘ Running....that's all she could hear was the sound of herself running, the pounding of her feet against the sickened ground. Accompanying her footsteps was the sound of something giving chase behind her. There was definitely more than one behind her.
Two sets of...
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Last post by Ulric
Sat Aug 17, 2019 11:29 pm
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• Mature •
Only a Cat
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Llyr Llywelyn » Sat Aug 17, 2019 5:02 pm
75 Ymiden 719
Eyes of blue, and lips black with old blood, Hazel stared at the biqaj until he got the sense of being watched by something that might be a threat. Thus, he woke with a startle, still not used to seeing her there. His heart raced and she could almost feel the flow of his quickened...
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Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:53 pm
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A Shade of Recognition [Oberan]
Mother and son find common cause
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Maltruism » Tue Aug 06, 2019 4:46 am
A Shade of Recognition
Ymiden 82, arc 719
The Outer Perimeter
NW Quarter
Indirectly continued from the end of THIS thread.
Oberan did not feel any actual compulsion to hurry home, as it might draw the very eyes that he now tried to convince himself he wasn't worried about. His...
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