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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News & New Features!
This thread will keep you updated on news and new features!
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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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New Player Guide!
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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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Standing Trials Terms of Use
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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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II. Vidi
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Kasoria » Sat Apr 14, 2018 5:16 pm
20th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
South-East Outer Perimeter
15th break
Continued from here
There were the sounds you grew used to, living in a city. Raised voices. Terse, sharp commands or long, rolling advertisements. Animals of all kinds, wailing and braying and neighing. Wagon wheels crunching...
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Last post by Juniper
Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:29 pm
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Lunch For Schmucks?
A last minute surprise also has another surprise. Surprised?
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Patrick » Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:58 pm
Ashan 16 718, Late Morning
Location: The Cow and Corset
Patrick stirred in his bed half forgotten of what transpired the night prior to this Trial, the better half remembered treated as some kind of wet dream he enjoyed. Sure enough when he nuzzled his face into the backside of his partner, his...
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Last post by Tristan Venora
Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:16 pm
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The Doran Chronicles: A Song Of Finns And Dorans
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Finnegan O'Connor » Fri Apr 20, 2018 3:01 pm
A Song Of Finns And Dorans
The Temple, Etzos Underground, Ashan 16th, arc 718
Nothing good ever came out of the underground and nothing good entered it either. It was said that all who crossed the threshold from the world above into the underbelly of the city were given an invisible mask to...
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Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:08 pm
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The Doran Chronicles: The Plan to Eradicate all Xiurs
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Finnegan O'Connor » Thu Apr 19, 2018 10:00 pm
THE PLAN TO ERADICATE ALL XIURS
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13th Ashan, 718
Finn awoke one of Zipper’s bedrooms while the roosters still slept and dew still clung to the grass. A few shy rays of sunlight crawled over the horizon and tickled his skin through the worn-out curtains, blowing in a...
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Last post by Alistair
Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:21 am
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Taking Notes
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Nightshade Eld » Wed Apr 18, 2018 10:32 pm
Ashan 28th, 718
She watched the smith quietly as he hurried about, barking orders at those around him. She needed a new sword anyways. So, she’d come up with a small order. Of course, even if she said small, she meant absolutely massive. She wanted one of every kind of weapon she could think of....
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Last post by Alistair
Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:13 am
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Midnight Menu
(Kasoria, please!)
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Limbo » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:14 pm
28th Cylus, 718
Even the mortal born had fallen victim to Cylus’ darkness. Animals and mortals alike grew disoriented, their sleeping schedules being so afflicted even tracking the passing trials became impossible. Many bordered insanity in this season, for they wrapped themselves in blankets in...
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Last post by Alistair
Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:06 am
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The Doran Chronicles - Dawn Of The Planet Of The Dorans
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Finnegan O'Connor » Wed Apr 18, 2018 2:01 pm
The title wasn't my idea
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12th Ashan, 718
For someone with mysophobia, his sister had elected a peculiar place to live, but what the alleyway lacked in orderliness it more than made up for with bargain rent prices. Sometimes principles fell victim to vices.
The door...
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Fri Apr 27, 2018 11:00 am
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The World Beneath The World (Noth)
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Kasoria » Sun Mar 04, 2018 9:52 pm
19th Trial, Ymiden, Arc 714
The Citizen's Market, Outer Perimeter
23rd break
There came a point when he stopped remembering them as he imagined other men would. And because memory and past experiences informed how a man lived in the present, regarded his future, what he did to them became as...
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Last post by Alistair
Fri Apr 27, 2018 10:44 am
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III. Vici
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Kasoria » Mon Apr 16, 2018 4:20 am
20th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
South-East Outer Perimeter
18th break
Continued from here
There were things he didn't think about when he did them. Because he didn't need to. The way he moved, the position of his body, the means to get to the end result... it was known by his own muscles so well...
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Last post by Whisper
Wed Apr 25, 2018 2:06 pm
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The Ratfinder
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Ivanthe » Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:56 pm
The Ratfinder
1st of Ashan, 718
The guilty were so gloriously nervous when they were confronted with their wrongdoings. Even when nothing was said out loud.
It was moot that one hunter or another had betrayed Ivanthe to his prospective kidnappers; they were the only people in Etzos he spoke...
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Last post by Ellen'wyn
Wed Apr 25, 2018 1:50 am
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Burgeoning burglars
Noth
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Finnegan O'Connor » Sun Oct 29, 2017 1:14 pm
Finn O'Connor :: 81st of Vhalar, 717
His friend, the vulture with the crimson eyes, had left him a message. As befitted an outcast, the crow had not shown himself but instead seen a crumpled note slipped into his pocket. Finn only discovered it when he’d buried his hands into his pockets on his...
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Tue Apr 24, 2018 4:09 pm
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Bigger Fish (Finnegan)
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Kasoria » Mon Feb 19, 2018 2:53 am
13th Trial of Zi'da, Arc 716
Outer Perimeter
23rd break
There was the oldest profession, plied by fallen women the world over (though in Kasoria's experience, a canny whore could make more in a season than honest work could next in an arc). Then there was the second, thievery, pilfering, taking...
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Sun Apr 22, 2018 11:05 am
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I. Veni
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Kasoria » Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:22 am
20th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
South-East Outer Perimeter
13th break
They were on him before he had any chance to react. Lithe bodies tipped with razors, sliding out from cover and comfort to ambush him the moment he opened the door to his house. He'd barely put a foot inside before the first...
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Last post by Alistair
Sun Apr 22, 2018 10:51 am
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V. Thanam O’n Dhoul
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Kasoria » Tue Apr 10, 2018 6:13 am
51st Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
Outer Perimeter
2nd break
Continued from here
It never stopped bleeding. Not really. No matter how tightly it was bound or how little he exerted himself, whenever he changed the bandages at night, there was still a red smear on the cloth. For the first could of...
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Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:06 pm
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IV. Tidying Up
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Kasoria » Mon Apr 09, 2018 6:10 pm
50th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
Outer Perimeter
23rd break
Continued from here
All cares and concerns faded away, all consequences and calamities were immaterial, save that he did not fulfill his mission. The day had been long and tiring and... strange. Too many dimensions to it. Too...
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:37 pm
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Awaken the Fury (Mature)
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Ryder » Sun Apr 08, 2018 2:29 pm
16th Ashan
Despite his struggling, Ryder found himself unable to move. He'd been resting in the barracks for the night, having stayed away from home so Serah could have space from him. Despite being the man that rescued her, she feared him more than anything else. Perhaps that was due to the...
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Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:50 pm
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Never Again pt. 1 (Mature)
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Ryder » Mon Mar 12, 2018 7:44 pm
14th Vhalar, 711
Come on, big bad mercenary. Hurry up! Bella chuckled, running through the beaming sun, the stunning grass shining underneath her as she ran. Her summer dress flowed as she spun around, her laughter riding the wind towards Ryder, who was close on her tail. His grin shone through...
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Never Again pt. 2 (Mature)
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Ryder » Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:33 pm
14th Vhalar, 711
Silence was comfortable for some and fear inducing for others.
For Ryder, it was always the latter. He'd hated isolation since realizing what it finally felt like to have someone there at your side. Waking up and not being alone in a cold world like this had given him a new,...
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Last post by Oracle
Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:15 pm
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III. Fool's Gold
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Kasoria » Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:23 am
50th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
Outer Perimeter
22nd break
Continued from here
He ain't comin'.
Yeah, I'm gettin' that.
Freddie wished he was wrong, but the echoes from the bells seemed to mock his hopes. They'd rang out the time and the skinny man knew that Nick's people weren't coming....
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Last post by Oracle
Thu Apr 19, 2018 1:29 pm
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Passing it On
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Nightshade Eld » Sun Apr 08, 2018 3:20 pm
Ashan 1st, 718
Don't look, not all the walls of the city around her, not at any flat surface where a piece of paper could hang. Just don't look. She couldn't see it, she couldn't see it, she wouldn't see it. Her eyes continued to cast themselves downwards. She didn't want to acknowledge it let...
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Last post by Pegasus
Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:55 am
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Take the Lead
Job
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Nightshade Eld » Sun Apr 08, 2018 2:13 pm
Ashan 2nd, 718
Deeply rooted irritation pulled at the very center of her being. She was, anxious was perhaps the best word to use, and yet it wasn't the anxiety she was accustomed to. It wasn't the aching pain in the pit of her stomach that threatened constantly to pull her into the earth. It...
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Wed Apr 18, 2018 9:07 am
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II. Old Faces
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Kasoria » Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:00 am
50th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
Outer Perimeter
16th break
Continued from here
Kasoria the Quiet. Well, fuck me gently...
It was as warm a welcome as he'd had in quite a while, believe it or not. It didn't immediately start with a snarl or a frightened look, or one that was usually reserved...
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Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:29 pm
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I. The Departed
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Kasoria » Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:09 am
50th Trial, Ashan, Arc 718
Commercial Circle
14th break
It wasn't the bodies. That was hardly unusual for him, let alone disturbing. The smell wasn't bothering him, either. A lifetime around voided bowels and fresh blood and all the effluence a good, thorough disembowelment could produce had...
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Wed Apr 11, 2018 6:59 pm
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Roast Session
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Nauta F'mos Geey » Fri Jul 28, 2017 9:50 pm
9th Ymiden 717
True to his word, in return for Nightshade's assistance F'mos had split up their spoils evenly. Hell he even went one step further and allowed her to stick around with his contribution to the Grand Roast and with it, share the recognition for their job well done. He did however had...
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Wed Apr 11, 2018 3:28 pm
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Wealth is It's Own Reward
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Toan » Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:30 am
Zi'da 10 717, Late Afternoon
Location: The Commercial District
OOC: Picking up from here at a later date
A great margin of his time had been spent avoiding any suspicious guards throughout the city, insofar Toan remained a wanted criminal but only thanks to one man's own vendetta. He had perhaps...
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Tue Apr 10, 2018 5:42 pm
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