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Diamonds in the Rough
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Outlying Cities
With the escalation of hostilities between Etzos and Rhakros, a series of small walled towns is being established as a network of early warnings and defenses against Rhakros' reprisals. Only the very bravest and most formidable of characters should risk themselves on the Witches' Wilds frontier.

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• Closed • Silent Night

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It is the fool who puts faith in false saviors. - Blind Guardian

The silence throughout the home was thick. In its own strange way, the complete absence of sound was thunderously loud, the tick of a complete absence amplifying what few noises dared break its reign. Gently, just beyond the veil of...

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Off With His Hand

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» Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:57 pm

3rd of Vhalar, 718

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Wed Jan 30, 2019 5:57 pm
• Closed • The Binding of the Necromancer (Graded)

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Neronin

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80th Trial of Zi’da, 717 Arc
Vuda’s Prison

Neronin could hear the rasp in his breathing, almost the only sign he was still really there. He could not remember how long he had been in the cell. Trials? He felt raw and naked without access to his spark. It was unnerving and while he didn’t admit it...
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• Graded • These Nuts

HA! (Kovic)

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Varthakh

» Wed May 03, 2017 2:04 pm

47th Ashan 717

The Lothar stood with his arms crossed, his glare intent. The human below him was starting to sweat, wiping his brow into his shirt sleeve every so often. Hmmm... The silence broke at last and Fridgar's eye traced the Human's as he pondered how he would go about this. Indeed, it...

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• Graded • [M] Actions speak louder than words - Part II

Finn, Fridgar, and Alistair. What could possibly go wrong?

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Finnegan O'Connor

» Sun May 21, 2017 1:22 pm

Finn O'Connor :: 14th Ashan, 717
Follow up from this solo, particularly the last post in that solo:

They never learned did they? It took more, much more than a bunch of firm words and a week's worth of dirty dishes to keep Finn from going where he shouldn't. He'd been grounded for five trials...

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Mon Jan 21, 2019 4:54 pm
• Memory • What Remains (Graded)

A memory-within-a-memory solo (short)story. Starter Quest. (hope I'm doing this right)

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Thaddeus

» Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:03 pm

Vhalar 122 - 718 - somewhere in the wilderness

Thaddeus woke with a shiver, stirring from his slumber as a sudden chill seep into his bones. His eyes open slowly, scanning the familiar confines of his tent as he press himself up to sit with a grunt. It had been several trials now that he found...

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Sun Jan 20, 2019 7:39 pm
• Solo • Can I Get a Bump? (Graded)

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Yndira

» Tue Jan 15, 2019 6:37 pm

56 Vhalar 718

It's been a while since I've seen you dance.

And it's been a while since you've done anything worth remembering.

Nadine's smile was good natured. This was to be expected; Yndira had not been much in a pleasant mood these trials. Or well, not since she had begun her stint as...

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• Mature • To Each His Own (Graded)

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Kasoria

» Sun Jan 13, 2019 12:59 am

70th Trial, Vhalar, 718a
Outer Perimeter
14th break

Continued from here

He always thought back to Wicked, one these little knives were in his hands. The meditation didn't prevent it; he'd had memories that the little blade-slinging sod in his head long before he started practicing that ....

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• Mature • Recovery Time (Graded)

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Kasoria

» Sat Jan 12, 2019 2:29 am

70th Trial, Vhalar, 718a
Outer Perimeter
11th break

It wasn't just the sound. That was only the most obvious part of it. The metronome by which the rest was measure. The beat and rhythm underscoring all else.

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

No clangs of metal on rock and brick anymore. Ten,...

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Fri Jan 18, 2019 7:52 pm
• Memory • Runewright (Graded)

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Abaddon

» Fri Jan 11, 2019 3:57 am

Cylus 20th, 715
Hailstones. Fragments of the aether above given solid form, pelting the windows with their ceaseless tick and clatter, sound and number so chaotic as to invite a soothing sensation to the ear of the listener, that drum of sound livening the dimly lit library as scholars huddled...

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• Open • Liar's bar

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Iashiri

» Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:35 am

Night, 68th of Vhalar, 718

No thank you. Said Iashiri to the long bearded man right in front of her. She was already used to men approaching her asking for various things from her, especially every time she visited the Second-Story Inn, but her answer was always the same. Most of the times she...

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Wed Jan 16, 2019 5:06 pm
• Mature • III. Styx (Graded)

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Kasoria

» Wed Jan 02, 2019 1:59 am

7th Trial, Zi'Da, 718a
South Etzos
18th bell

Continued from here

That should have been the end of it. Even he knew that, and it would have been his life closed and shuffled along by the ending.

His whole life, he had fought. In fighting, he had defied Vri and the fate he much-deserved....

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• Mature • II. All Fall Down (Graded)

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Kasoria

» Tue Jan 01, 2019 1:24 am

7th Trial, Zi'Da, 718a
South Etzos
13th bell

Continued from here

There was no place for thinking, yet he was not thoughtless. He simply didn't have the time to place one thought after another in a neat, linear line, from concept and categorization to examination and reaction. Too much...

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• Mature • I. From The Clear Blue Sky (Graded)

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Kasoria

» Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:34 pm

7th Trial, Zi'Da, 718a
South Etzos
13th bell

There were no portents, no omens, no ominous occurrences that made a man pause and feel Fate's fingers on his shoulder. Some trials, some times, these things leaped out and demanded attention, not relying on the pointless hindsight and...

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Tue Jan 15, 2019 2:06 pm
• Closed • Vacancy -- Demigods Required (Graded)

Are you a Mortalborn between the age of 18 and 700? Are you driven, enthusiastic and not afraid to dirty your hands? Are you confident and self-assured? Do you like a challenging but fulfilling job? Do you have 60+ arcs of experience? We are currently hiring! If interested, please deliver your resumé to the receptionist desk.

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Oberan

» Thu Nov 01, 2018 9:17 pm

The 6th of Vhalar 718

Somehow this felt as if he’d gone back in time. Back to the trials where he needed a job, a real job. When he’d had to knock on the doors of different shops, asked to talk to the owner, applying to fill any open spots they had left. Work to sustain a family, to put bread on...

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Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:23 pm
• PM To Join • Enlightened Self-Interest (Quio) [Graded]

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Yrmellyn Cole

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Kasoria

» Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:21 pm

28th Trial, Saun, 718a
Outer Perimeter, South Side
22nd bell

There was an item, stolen from the Museum of Art and History , that we want you to retrieve for us. Doing so will not be forgotten.

What was the item?

I'm told that it's a sword guard. Maybe the size of my palm, bronze, in...

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Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:55 pm
• Closed • Knock-Knock-Knockin' (Graded)

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Kasoria

» Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:27 am

47th Trial, Vhalar, 718a
South Etzos, Southwood River
Just after Midnight

Set immediately after this

The skies had darkened by the time the wounded man staggered back into the Oh'Pee, and the clouds pissed lazily on him as he made his way. It wasn't the deluge of the early arc, nor the...

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Sun Dec 16, 2018 9:13 am
• PM To Join • [The Prime Sanitarium] Another kid in the wall (Graded)

Finn gets transferred to a new class and a new teacher

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Yrmellyn Cole

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Finnegan O'Connor

» Thu Apr 20, 2017 12:50 pm
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Finn O'Connor :: 40th Ashan, 717

The guard's heavy armor made loud clinking noises as the plate armour turned and shifted. One gloved hand held a boy with short brown hair and eyes of the same color by the nape of his neck while the other clutched a little bag and a crumpled note. The...
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Yrmellyn Cole

Sun Dec 16, 2018 7:29 am
Underdogs Eat For Free (Graded)

Open; Anyone. Come have a bite, meet the Hyx!

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Yrmellyn Cole

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Mal

» Sat May 13, 2017 12:55 am

And through suffering, we find our solace in the hearts and minds of other great men...
- Some guy, probably.

Ashan 76th

It was dangerous game . Headaches plowed into his mind like needles, and he was feeling crushed performing the task at hand. Mal had Metamorphosed four rats caught from the...

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Yrmellyn Cole

Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:42 am
• PM To Join • Of Clay and Bricks (Max) [Graded]

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Yrmellyn Cole

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Kasoria

» Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:27 pm
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50th Trial, Zi'Da, Arc 711
Speckled Jim's, Outer Perimeter, South Side
Noon

He'd told her a couple of trials, so of course he made her wait five . Because that was part of the test, too.

Patience. Determination. Without these things - and common sense sitting atop the pyramid, of course -...
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Thu Dec 06, 2018 9:37 pm
Delivery System (Thessaly/Modded)

A delivery of significant future impact is brought to Thessaly

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Maltruism

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Maltruism

» Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:09 am

Delivery System

60th trial of Vhalar, arc 718

Reporting for work through the side door, only four trials removed from having been attacked by a madly grieving widower, and ex-father, Thessaly was undoubtedly alarmed to find the cranially-disadvantaged body laid upon one of the slabs, and a...

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Maltruism

Fri Nov 30, 2018 3:09 am
[Mature] Slavering Wolves (Noth)

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Noth

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Thessaly

» Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:48 am

V H A L A R / 56 / 718
The heart of man is evil; make no mistake.

There was no solace; there was nothing in this life that could comfort him. Yet the man, Freistos, sought that solace in the escape of drunkenness. Thessaly supposed she could not blame him, though the smell nearly put her off....

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Noth

Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:25 pm
• Closed • Take Me To Church [Noth] (Graded)

I'll tell you my sins, and you can sharpen your knife

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Cervantez

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Kasoria

» Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:59 am

29th trial, Ymiden, Arc 718
East Commercial Circle
13th bell

The grand old place had been a place to worship gods once, and it would never be used in such a fashion again.

For most of an arc, the new owner of The Tower had overseen crews of sweaty workmen and fussy artisans, going about...

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Cervantez

Fri Nov 23, 2018 6:07 pm
• Mature • A Curious Mind [Modded Thread] (Graded)

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Maltruism

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Kasoria

» Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:24 pm
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3rd Trial, Saun, Arc 718
The Commercial Circle
16th bell

Good luck.

All right, now it's starting to sound a little bloody ominous.

Hearing something once or twice, a man dismisses it pretty easily. Coincidences do happen, after all, even when one lived in a world seemingly constructed...
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Maltruism

Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:40 am

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