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Welcome to the Rebirth Cycle 721 (Active Cities)

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by Pegasus » Mon Feb 01, 2021 12:04 am » in Announcements

Rebirth Cycle: Arc 720

Welcome to the Rebirth Cycle 721. Every Cycle in Standing Trials runs over four real life months and has two in-character seasons. The Rebirth Cycle has Cylus (30 Trials) and then Ashan (123 Trials) which are open for you to play. All new threads from February 1st 2021 -...

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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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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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• PM To Join • The Edge of the Scimitar

Hankley please

Last post by Doran « Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:16 am
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by Demda » Sat Oct 24, 2020 3:44 pm
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43rd of Vhalar 720

It’d been days since Demda had mixed the tanning solution, and the stench was still on her nose, although she tried to cover it with what scents she could acquire to her face covering. Even after the sandstorm had divided the tribe, leaving them to scatter to the sands of the...
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Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:16 am
• Memory • Storm

Last post by Avalon « Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:08 pm
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by Rokas » Fri Dec 25, 2020 3:19 pm

Saun 39th of Arc 700

Rokas wandered unseeing through the swirling sands and howling wind, following the call of the water.

Eyes pinched shut, he struggled against the raging winds, ignoring the sand clinging to his lashes. Clothes billowed, the fabric unable to resist the storming gusts. The air...

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Thu Dec 31, 2020 5:08 pm
• Solo • Demda Was Right

Last post by Doran « Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:09 am
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by Hankley » Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:29 am

Timestamp: Vhalar 45, 720

Hankley awoke with a start. She sat up in her straw bed, naked in the darkness of her home. She had heard something. She slipped out from her thin sheet she used, more as a comfort than a protection from the cold, straining her ears to focus. The wind was howling outside,...

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Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:09 am
• Memory • Companions

Last post by Pig Boy « Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:11 pm
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by Rokas » Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:42 pm

Saun 24th of Arc 700

Somehow, Rokas had made it out of the quicksand without Zaruid’s help. Nature’s trap had swallowed him whole, dragging him down too far. He’d been beyond saving. And yet, he found himself back on the desert’s surface. Sand roughly caressing his skin, the suns baking him from...

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Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:11 pm
• Memory • Burial

Last post by Kasoria « Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:40 am
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by Rokas » Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:55 am

Saun 24th of Arc 700

From his upper chest down, Rokas’s entire body was buried in sand. Unlike before, he could not move his limbs. At most he could wriggle a tiny bit back and forth, but the weight of the earth was too much for him to overcome. It was a good thing, in a roundabout kind of way....

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Thu Dec 24, 2020 5:40 am
• Solo • A Word of Warning

Last post by Doran « Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:22 am
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by Demda » Sun Nov 29, 2020 6:02 am

45th of Vhalar 720

The howling sandstorms had abated as Demda made her way north, through the slaver's corridor, giving way to milder winds, with the occasional dust-devil sprouting up from the updraft. That was a small discomfort to deal with, and occasional at that. Demda's attire protected her...

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Fri Dec 18, 2020 7:22 am
• Memory • Comparative

Last post by Saza Moshe « Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:53 am

by Saza Moshe » Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:53 am

20 YMIDEN, 719 ‣ NORTHERN FORTRESS RUINS In harsh rays of golden sunlight, the dust and debris formerly known as the Northern Fortress hung heavy in the air. Ymiden in the Hotlands was always hot, but the disturbance of the sands and destroyed stone structures only worsened the dryness of it all. A...

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Mon Nov 30, 2020 3:53 am
• Solo • Nashaki-nal Treasure

Demda and company set out on a treasure hunt, beginning with a stop to the Kankaro Sky Caves.

Last post by Demda « Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:45 am

by Demda » Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:45 am

17th of Vhalar 720

Dusk was falling on the treasure hunters’ camp, and it was Demda’s task to try and organize this group into something resembling a neat and orderly gathering of archeologists. What she’d gotten, since signing on for the treasure hunt, was a pack of charlatans, low-brow...

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Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:45 am
A Date with Dates Part 1 (Solo)

Last post by Doran « Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:20 am
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by Hankley » Mon Oct 12, 2020 4:32 pm

Timestamp: Vhalar 1, 720

The day began as it always did, with Hankley doing a walkabout through her property. It was still early morning, and the sun was just beginning to rise in the west, casting bright orange and gold hues over her many date palms. The land she inhabited, her budding food...

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Tue Nov 10, 2020 4:20 am
• Solo • A Date with Dates (Part 2)

Last post by Hankley « Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:42 pm

by Hankley » Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:42 pm

Timestamp: Vhalar 1, 720 following Part 1

Hankley turned to step out of the house when she heard light, scampering footsteps across her roof. She scowled. Monkeys from the mangroves. They had been a constant thorn in her side since she came out here. They seemed willing to eat anything and...

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Sat Oct 24, 2020 11:42 pm
Southern Hospitality (Nox Cross)

Last post by Hankley « Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:13 pm

by Hankley » Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:13 pm

Timestamp: Vhalar 7, 720

Hankley approached Brach gently, cooing toward the Nashaki Ox softly. It seemed that this morning he had a bit of the zoomies and was using them to jump around on a small section of her melons, spilling juicy, flesh, and seed all over the fertile soil. My love, please...

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Last post by Hankley
Mon Oct 19, 2020 5:13 pm
• Solo • Bargain for Passage

Last post by Doran « Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:23 pm
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by Woe » Wed Oct 07, 2020 3:34 pm

85th of Vhalar 720

85th of Vhalar 720

Woe had made arrangements to meet Fleaface in the port of Ivorian, and to make their way together, with all of their party and items they intended to bring along with them. The Mortalborn had wanted for Fleaface to bring certain items, weapons that he'd...

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Last post by Doran
Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:23 pm
An Echo of Meilin

A ghostly case of mistaken identity

Last post by Alistair « Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:10 am
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by Eddrick Brodon » Mon Apr 22, 2019 8:16 pm
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An Echo of Meilin Ashan 5, arc 719

Were he not dying, Eddrick would have taken the time to log in his journal what an odd mercy it was that the body made itself so comfortable at the end of its trials. The sand he'd been dragged through by his poko, and ultimately dumped into when the arrow...
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Last post by Alistair
Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:10 am
Getting the Word [memory]

Eddrick learns his Status with Nashaki

Last post by Strange « Sun May 05, 2019 5:14 pm
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by Eddrick Brodon » Thu Jul 28, 2016 8:00 pm

Getting the Word
45 Ashan, arc 715

Eddrick had largely forgotten the question of how he stood with the city of Nashaki. A diplomat had been found murdered in Athart, Eddrick's home town. She was a Qi'ora diplomat, and Eddrick had spent a notable amount of time with her. It had made him an easy...

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Last post by Strange
Sun May 05, 2019 5:14 pm
Contract With a Shadow

Eddrick calls in a favor

Last post by Strange « Sun May 05, 2019 4:42 pm
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by Eddrick Brodon » Mon Apr 22, 2019 5:48 pm

Contract With a Shadow Cylus 12, arc 719

They were not as stupid as they first appeared. Their leader had the wit to keep their night fire confined within a thick-fabricked tent. The bit of lit smoke wafting up from the tip of the inverted cone was far less noticeable than an outright open...

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Sun May 05, 2019 4:42 pm
• Memory • Nothing Stone Can Stay

Last post by Zevan « Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:07 pm
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by Zevan » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:25 pm

Traveler
2 Ashan 718
I remember the glaring suns vividly that trial. Ahmir and Keffe were mirages to me, wavering on the line between real companions and fever dreams, and every time I blinked, so did they from my vision. I don't know if I'd ever been quite so scared of losing them in the...

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Last post by Zevan
Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:07 pm
• Graded • Separate Ways

A Falling Out in the Rhakrii Ranks

Last post by Rynata « Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:37 pm
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by Eddrick Brodon » Sun May 27, 2018 4:34 am
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Separate Ways Ashan 12, arc 718
Eddrick sat in his rough chamber awaiting the inevitable. It was not something he feared, but there was apprehension.

When he'd returned from the battle in the east, he'd returned with the blessing of Raskalarn, a new devotion to her cause, and the determination...
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Last post by Rynata
Sun Aug 19, 2018 12:37 pm
• Closed • An Imperial Audience

Edd meets the Empress

Last post by Basilisk « Mon Jun 18, 2018 3:30 pm
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by Basilisk » Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:57 am
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23rd of Zi'da, 717

Things had been quiet in the Hotlands since The Eternal Empire had laid claim to the Northern Reaches Fortress. Granted, military campaigns always slowed down in the winter, due to the difficult of transporting food, so it wasn't unexpected, this period of quiet. However, for...
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Last post by Basilisk
Mon Jun 18, 2018 3:30 pm
Zi'da PH 2

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by Zelferan » Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:53 am

Zi'da PH

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Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:53 am
Zi'da PH 1

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by Zelferan » Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:53 am

Zi'da PH

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Thu Feb 01, 2018 3:53 am
Battle: Northern Reaches Fortress Exterior

Last post by Basilisk « Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:20 am
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by Basilisk » Tue Jun 06, 2017 4:06 pm
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26th of Ymiden, 717, Early Morning

The sun had risen over the Hotlands, and it's light glinted off spearheads, armor, and shields as the forces of Nashaki and The Eternal Empire arranged to do battle once more. The Imperials had made it to the very entrance of the Northern Reaches Fortress...
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Sun Jan 14, 2018 4:20 am
The Tomb of the Lost Immortal [Investigation]

An End and a Beginning

Last post by Basilisk « Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:54 pm
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by Kaladis Anar » Wed Apr 19, 2017 12:12 pm
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The Tomb of the Lost Immortal

54th of Ashan
Morning, Clear Skies, Warm
The Scrolls of Anar Verse One, Immortals, #19 An End and a Beginning.
NPCs Used: Alaya | Ralari

“Are you sure we have time?” Ralari cleared his throat, taking a quenching drink of the water they were preparing....
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Last post by Basilisk
Thu Dec 14, 2017 3:54 pm
The Trials of Bandit "Hunting"

Last post by Djinn « Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:28 pm
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by Zelferan » Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:28 pm
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25th Ashan, 717

Zelferan didn't expect his job to be this hard. Seriously, when did trying to find bandits become hard? They always showed up at the worst times harassing you for your money and the moment you actually want to cross paths with one they had all suddenly dropped off the face of...
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Wed Dec 13, 2017 9:28 pm
PH 2

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by Zelferan » Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:38 am

PH

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Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:38 am
PH 1

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by Zelferan » Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:38 am

PH

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