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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Last post by Pig Boy
Wed Jun 26, 2019 9:16 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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Last post by Munchkin
Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
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• Out of Character •
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 Red
Sat Jun 22, 2019 9:39 pm
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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 Red
Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:57 pm
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Wage Requests
Replies: 27
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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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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 Felicia Stark
Sat Mar 09, 2019 10:56 pm
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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 Felicia Stark
Wed Mar 06, 2019 9:17 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 Kasoria
Thu Dec 13, 2018 5:04 am
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• Information •
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 Butler with a Candlestick in Ryder's House
For one Ms. Velaine Krome
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Aegis » Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:34 pm
Saun 25th
The dark haired man waited until well after the man known as Ryder and his daughter left the house. He smiled, it was finally time to make himself known. Slipping out of the shop where he'd been browsing goods, cutlery mostly. While the craftsmen back in Yaralon were more than capable...
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Last post by Fairytale
Tue Jun 25, 2019 1:05 pm
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• Mature •
And Sheer Frakking Will
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Kasoria » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:45 am
14th Zi'da, 716
South Side
3rd break
Continued from here
She cursed Finn. She cursed ever knowing him. She cursed the first time she'd met him, the first time he'd ever made her smile, the first good word she'd put in for him and, most of all, that she'd ever breathed aloud to the world the...
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Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:43 am
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• Mature •
Commitment
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Kasoria » Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:40 am
15th Zi'da, 716
South Side
3rd break
Continued from here
We can't get out! WE CAN'T FUCKING GET OUT! HOW THE F-
Silvester knew talking the boy down wasn't an option. The panic in his eyes had gone beyond anything mere language could assuage. As the flames had grew larger, the smoke...
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Last post by Kasoria
Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:16 pm
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According to plan
Finn and Kasoria, some time ago.
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Finnegan O'Connor » Tue Oct 09, 2018 11:10 am
According to plan.
13th Zi'da, 716
After Vorund had had his say, Kasoria, Finn and Vorund's brute (Billy, how fitting), left The Man’s office in silence. Billy led the pack, marching forward with strong strides followed by the light pattering of the boy’s feet who had to take twice the number of...
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Fri Jun 21, 2019 10:57 pm
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• Mature •
Focus
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Kasoria » Wed Jun 12, 2019 5:26 am
14th Zi'da, 716
South Side
3rd break
Continued from here
They were celebrating already, and he didn't like it.
It was carousing and partying and cheering like the war was over, but he could taste it in the air. The way they smiled and laughed more. Shared the same boasts and twittered...
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Last post by Kasoria
Thu Jun 20, 2019 2:34 am
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The Blade of A Dead Man Part 3
Arthur Thorn finds a distraught Ulric.
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Ulric » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:35 am
10 Ymiden 719 | Ulric | Outside Darington
Ulric thrashed back and forth in the shack, clutching his head in pain as his physical form began to shift and stir. The pupil of his eyes expanded to swallow them completely leaving nothing but black voids in their place. His mind stabbed out at him with...
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Last post by Ulric
Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:35 am
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The Blade of A Dead Man Part 2.5
The memory that Ulric sees when he syphons emotional energy from his anchor.
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Ulric » Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:31 am
32 Ymiden 699 | Ulric | A Forest Camp
Ulric and Marian sat together on the ground by the fire while Corvus stood over by his tent speaking to Alexios and Arthur- a newer member of the group who seemed to have an off and on membership- was cooking something in a pot hanging over the fire. Marian...
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Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:31 am
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The Blade of A Dead Man Part 2
A continuation of the story of Ulric reclaiming his anchor.
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Ulric » Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:32 pm
10 Ymiden 719 | Ulric | Outside Darington
The Beneath. A world mirroring Idalos but painted in shades of grey. Ulric had been born into it when a orange hot blade was plunged into his heart. One last vibrant color to steal them all. Ulric had learned, through difficult work, that this world could...
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Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:32 pm
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The Blade of A Dead Man Part 1
A small series that explores Ulric's time learning to use his sword told concurrently with a story about Ulric recovering his anchor from a bandit and returning it to Arthur.
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Ulric » Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:32 am
The sword sat against the shack wall and the bandit who had taken it sat at the other side of the shack by a fire he'd started to warm his hands. The echo lurked against the wall of the shack looking at the sword. It was his sword, the echo could tell that much. He remembered the way it felt in his...
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Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:32 am
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• Mature •
The Space Between (Max)
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Kasoria » Wed Apr 03, 2019 1:53 am
63rd Trial, Zi'Da, 611AV
Job got a little messy, didn't it?
It's a messy business.
We pay you to keep it as clean as possible. We paid you for one man, not half the tavern.
'We'?
And lo, a seething fucking enmity is born.
Bangun Vorund smiled into his glass as Ilos' face twisted...
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