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Welcome to the Hot Cycle 720 (Active Cities!)

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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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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!

Last post by 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Zi'da PH

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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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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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PH

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Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:38 am
PH 1

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PH

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Fri Dec 01, 2017 4:38 am
• Placeholder • The First of Many

Eddrick Meets with Zelferan

Last post by Eddrick Brodon « Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:23 pm

by Eddrick Brodon » Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:23 pm

The First of Many
Vhalar 20, arc 717
PH
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Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:23 pm
Let the Sands Take Them [Anti Empire]

Scout Smashing

Last post by Noth « Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:06 am
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by Kira Astraeus » Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:50 pm
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Scout Smashing

And Let the Sands Run with their Blood!

34th of Ashan
Glass Fields Skirmish
Warm Weather, it's gonna be hot!

T welve Nirahan waited behind their dune, bellies to the sand, six more sat with their caravan broken in full view playing possum. The Empire scouting parties had...
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Last post by Noth
Sat Sep 09, 2017 4:06 am
Shedding Some Light [Adrienna]

The Rhakriis snare a delegation

Last post by Pegasus « Wed May 17, 2017 2:09 pm
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by Eddrick Brodon » Fri Feb 10, 2017 5:12 am

Shedding Some Light 5th Trial of Cylus, Arc 717
In the more temperate zone of the Crescent Peninsula, where the city of Athart dominated, Eddrick had never really felt the cold season's sudden impact as he did now in the Hotlands. The irony was not lost on him. The fact of inland climate dynamics...

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Last post by Pegasus
Wed May 17, 2017 2:09 pm
Capturing some Cobalt!

The Pick is Mightier than the Sword

Last post by Nymph « Thu May 11, 2017 1:51 am
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by Kaladis Anar » Sun Apr 02, 2017 11:33 am

Capturing some Cobalt!

7th of Ashan
Borden Far, Public Mine.
One day's horse ride outside of Nashaki
The Scrolls of Anar Verse One, What is Ours, #13 The Pick is Mightier than the Sword.

A day the sun finally rose over the hotlands. On his trusted horse Alisender, meaning of the White...

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Last post by Nymph
Thu May 11, 2017 1:51 am
• PM To Join • [The First] Ninurta the Foundation Sandform [Stage 2]

Go Go Golems! What do you mean no?

Last post by Mal « Thu May 11, 2017 12:41 am
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by Kaladis Anar » Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:33 am

Ninurta the Foundation Sandform

Date : 25th of Ashan
Location: Nashaki Arcane Research Site.
Currently known as the Sand Pit, or even less romantically the hole in the ground.
Morning, Dry, Mild Weather
The Scrolls of Anar Verse One, Golemcraft, #17 Crafting the First
Loosely Continued...

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Last post by Mal
Thu May 11, 2017 12:41 am
• PM To Join • Prospecting for an Enclave

A Battle against the Cold and Fatigue.

Last post by Maltruism « Sat May 06, 2017 11:21 pm
Replies: 7
by Kaladis Anar » Sun Mar 12, 2017 5:12 pm

Prospecting for an Enclave

Hotlands - Deep Deserts
15th of Cylus - Morning
The Scrolls of Anar Verse One, What is Ours, #6 Building the First.

I t was freezing today on an early Cylus morning, freezing in the desert. There was no way around it, the hotlands were biting hard. Kaladis was...

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Last post by Maltruism
Sat May 06, 2017 11:21 pm
[Imperial Border Fortress] Reptilian Woes (Uiyaejn)

Last post by Basilisk « Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:21 pm
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by Hud Ashraf » Wed May 04, 2016 12:34 am
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Time: Ashan 110, Arc 716
Location: On the side of a road that leads through a citizen camp just outside the fortress walls.

Times were getting hotter and drier as Ashan slowly gave way Ymiden. The black legionnaire armor was becoming increasingly more annoying to wear. Men couldn't seem to sit...
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Last post by Basilisk
Sun Apr 23, 2017 7:21 pm
• Closed • Skeletons in the Closet. [Eddrick]

Last post by Limbo « Mon Apr 10, 2017 3:21 pm
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by Kaladis Anar » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:06 pm
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Skeletons in the Closet
Hotlands, Solace Rock.
7th of Cylus
The Scrolls of Anar Verse One, The Hotlands, #3 More than men dig in these sands.

T hree large rocks stood out in this area of the hotlands, dry red and deeper oranges among the sandy dunes which rolled for leagues to the north...
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Last post by Limbo
Mon Apr 10, 2017 3:21 pm
Bringing Down the House

Eddrick follows up on a promise

Last post by Varthakh « Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:16 pm
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by Eddrick Brodon » Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:39 am
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Bringing Down the House
4 Zi'Da, arc 716
Eddrick snugged the scarf of his Kufiyeh around his neck, acknowledging the evidence that he'd become an official denizen of the Hotlands. He recalled how he'd truly feared that the heat was going to leave him stroked and mummified on the sands that...
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Last post by Varthakh
Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:16 pm
[Flashback] The Owl's Song of Death

Kura Meets Nell

Last post by Pegasus « Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:08 pm
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by Kura Wolfsdotter » Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:24 pm
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40th of Ashan, 708

Kura walked to the top of a nearby dune hill and watched the soldiers the Empress had placed under command set up the tent compound that was to serve as their forward camp for this excursion. The wind caught the chained cloak of her uniform as she watched them pull the tends off...
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Last post by Pegasus
Fri Dec 09, 2016 1:08 pm
[Open] Ghosts Can Shove it Where the Sand Winds Up

Patrol

Last post by Pegasus « Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:31 pm
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by Shesha » Mon May 30, 2016 9:37 pm
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Ashan 121, Arc 716

Apparently when sent on patrol the rules of like with like where tossed aside in favour of ensuring the necessary skill subsets were included. One trainee agent, one novice healer and one properly trained scout had been included in the group of eight. The scout was in fact in...
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Last post by Pegasus
Wed Dec 07, 2016 5:31 pm
Battle of The Hotlands Claypan: Eastern Front

(Shesha, Uiyaejn, Yuli)

Last post by Basilisk « Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:52 am
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OOC: The legend is as follows. 1: 100 Imperial Cavaliers 2: 50 Imperial Legionnaires 3: 20 Imperial Scouts 4: 50 Nashaki Infantry 5: 20 Nashaki Tower Agents 6: 100 Nashaki Cavalry

The Scouts have favored Velduris, Karem's Blessing, but this particular group has not reached beyond the basic three...
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Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:52 am

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