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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Welcome to the Hot Cycle 720 (Active Cities!)
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Pegasus » Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:03 am
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Announcements
Hot Cycle: Arc 720
Welcome to the Hot Cycle 720. 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 should be...
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Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:03 am
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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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Thu Sep 17, 2020 12:42 am
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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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Announcements
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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Last post by Munchkin
Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
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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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Last post by Woe
Mon Sep 14, 2020 9:35 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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Sun Sep 13, 2020 7:12 pm
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Cast of Characters - Hot Cycle, 720
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 720
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 Pygmalion
Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:51 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
Sun Aug 30, 2020 10:42 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 Carver
Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:26 pm
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Curious Constellations [Transaction Thread]
The Business to come to when you have a need not easily defined or delivered.
The answer is in the stars!!
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Maltruism » Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:46 am
Curious Constellations
A recent emigre from the island nation of Quacia, Llyr Llywelyn has made himself as close to indispensable to the city of Etzos as anyone not currently occupying a position in the Tower of Ministers. And several of those elite men and women would not hesitate to call upon...
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Last post by Woe
Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:07 pm
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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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Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:33 pm
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The Laughing Potion [Transaction Thread]
Connections to "The Cauldron's" goods and services.
But you'd best not hold your breath waiting for anyone to admit it.
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Maltruism » Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:17 am
The Laughing Potion
One of the few citizens in town that knows that the Shrine to Lisirra never was about the Immortal of Pestilence, the proprietor of this establishment is not about to make waves about it being changed to now give homage to the one that was truly behind it all this time......
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Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:17 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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Last post by Vluharqih
Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:44 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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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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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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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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Rock Bottom
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Lavana Tharn » Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:29 am
17 Saun 720
Nothing more then another face in the blackguard, her new armor was taking some getting used too as she fiddled with leather straps making adjustments as she deemed necessary to her gear until it was comfortably snug. All the while the slow metal clanking of gears and rattling of...
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Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:27 am
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When the Truth Serves the Lie [Ulric]
Some return on Sintra's investment
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Maltruism » Thu Aug 06, 2020 3:49 am
When the Truth Serves the Lie
Ymiden 9, 720
continued from here
Giving the appearance of casual laughing and flirting, with the entirely believable props of mugs to be lifted to lips from time to time, Arlain, and her partner Delbrim, kept a close eye on the house currently occupied by...
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Last post by Ulric
Wed Sep 16, 2020 12:59 am
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Grief of a Wind-Up Heart (Graded)
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Woe » Sun Sep 13, 2020 8:08 am
37th of Saun 720
Werthom's grave was much as he'd left it, with only a few slight changes. Changes, not necessarily improvements. The sword he'd left as an additional marker to the grave was still there. At least there was something to be said of the Etzori's respect for gravesites that possibly...
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Last post by Doran
Mon Sep 14, 2020 1:06 pm
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A walk down memory lane
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Lavana Tharn » Sun Sep 06, 2020 11:56 pm
Lavana Tharn had stripped herself of her plate the therapeutic action of polishing her gear was a small price to pay to blend in. To be a member of the blackguard,
the night sky was illuminated by scattered twinkling stars that shimmered like a broken lace of tiara diamonds.
She was wearing...
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Last post by Ulric
Mon Sep 14, 2020 3:45 am
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A Leaf in the Current [Oberan] (Graded)
Are you following a trail, or being led by it?
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Maltruism » Wed Jul 15, 2020 6:43 am
A Leaf in the Current
Ymiden 15, 720
There would probably not even be agreement on how many attempts it had taken for the two men to meet up again. Both had made numerous attempts in the last cycle, only to become aware of spying eyes following them. The factor of simmering hostilities...
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Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:29 pm
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At What Cost, Salvation? [Ulric] (Graded)
Ulric gets the offer he has been craving.
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Maltruism » Wed Jun 03, 2020 4:33 am
At What Cost, Salvation?
Ymiden 7, 720
The two men strode with stern deliberation, ignoring the occasional glare sent their way from various Etzos citizens. It had been some time since the deadly brawl, and though a few flare-ups had mirrored the initial outrage, none had gone so far as...
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Last post by Maltruism
Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:52 am
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A Relaxing Morning Jog - Part 9 (Graded)
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Yanahalqah » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:56 am
Ashan 69th of Arc 711
Directly following the events of this thread
The shock of the sudden stab of pain jolted the animal back into rage. A bellow escaped as it swiped at the armor-clad human, spittle mixed with foam and blood send flying. Sharp and long, the beast’s claws whistled through the...
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Last post by Doran
Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:29 am
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A Relaxing Morning Jog - Part 8 (Graded)
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Yanahalqah » Thu Aug 13, 2020 9:54 am
Ashan 69th of Arc 711
Her whole regiment of rookies was getting wiped out. They’d been doing excellently before, sticking together as they should. Working with each other as a unit. One providing defense, distracting the bear so the archers could rain down arrows from above. A fine tactic that...
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Last post by Doran
Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:19 am
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Webs upon Webbs [Llyr, Kas] (Graded)
Etzos loses another Marshall
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Maltruism » Tue Jan 28, 2020 6:20 am
Webs Upon Webbs
Vhalar 91-92, arc 719
Had it been a cycle ago, he may have thought he was doomed to die of plague like so many others. But that threat had passed and it was more likely an overindulgence of drink. he had not thought he had had so many as to account for his disorientation,...
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Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:28 am
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