Beyond the city of Rharne lies the Stormlands, which is home to a number of farms, forests, fields, Lake Lovalus, and the River Zynyx. This subforum also includes the Stormwastes to the south.
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Welcome to the Hot Cycle 720 (Active Cities!)
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Pegasus » Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:03 am
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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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Last post by Pegasus
Mon Jun 01, 2020 12:03 am
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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 Pegasus
Fri Jul 24, 2020 9:43 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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Stormlands Link Map
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Oracle » Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:13 pm
Stormlands Link Map
How to Use Locations: These locations may be freely used in your stories unless otherwise specified. Please do not respond directly to the location threads. Instead, create a new thread for your roleplay. Thank you!
The Stormlands
Isle Vyrelle: A mysterious,...
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Last post by Oracle
Thu Aug 16, 2018 3:13 pm
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Breacher Beast
Vega, Vivian, Kas
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Vega » Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:14 am
20th Cylus 720.
- Kill the Breacher Beast.
A huge siege beast has broken through the gate, and seems focused on destroying any buildings it finds, opening holes for more beasts. Stop it before it breaks anything else! High Danger. (Refer to the Lightning Knights Mission Danger Rankings )...
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Last post by Doran
Sat Aug 01, 2020 3:37 am
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A Deadly Secret
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Zur'lei » Sun Jul 26, 2020 2:13 am
Saun 22, 720
Scouting ahead, he saw only more and more trees, although several of them bequeathed blossoms to the bees, though he had yet to see any yet.
The rolling brook he walked alongside gave him sweet nostalgia of a time in his past where he was out skipping stones with one of the few...
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Last post by Kasoria
Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:44 am
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[Flashback] The Nobility of Selflessness | Part II
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Zur'lei » Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:12 am
Ashan 89, 716
It was true what they said about the journey back: it was always much shorter than the journey there. Whether it was because you knew where you had come from that made it go by quicker or something other, Zur wasn’t sure. But that particular forest took less coming out than...
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Last post by Kasoria
Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:37 am
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[Flashback] The Nobility of Selflessness | Part I
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Zur'lei » Tue Jun 23, 2020 9:56 pm
Ashan 89, 716
Being born a new from out of a chrysalis must feel rejuvenating like stumbling upon a revelation that changed the scope of your entire view of the world.
That’s what it felt like when his father had taken him out on a whim of bonding to search the heavenly grasses for common...
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Last post by Kasoria
Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:30 am
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First Quest: Hunting a Problem
The woodland around Rharne is growing increasingly unsafe for the unwary. With the issues at Storm's Edge and so on, more and more people are turning to the woodland Asegirr has noticed a distinct increase in animals fleeing their homes and setting up new territories around the area, but there is some kind of predator in the area also, some large beast which works alone and is scaring away the usual wildlife. Will Asegirr investigate, and try to restore balance?
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Aesgirr » Fri Apr 10, 2020 3:16 am
Aesgirr
First Quest: Hunting a Problem
When Aesgirr woke up that morning he expected to hear the sounds of nature prey eating plants and leaves, birds cawing and predators hunting down prey to viciously or lazily kill it and or eat it depending on their situation. But when he woke up that day...
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Last post by Aesgirr
Thu Jul 30, 2020 2:30 am
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Mage, Archer, Hunter, Killer (Mathias)
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Kasoria » Sun Jun 07, 2020 4:33 pm
10th trial, Ymiden, 720
The Stormlands
7th break
They started cooking when the sun had completely risen. The beasts saw by heat, as much as they could tell, and the hunters knew this. Low light or night was their preferred time to scour the lands for prey, where this extra sense could pinpoint...
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Last post by Doran
Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:43 am
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Artisan
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Kasoria » Sun Jul 19, 2020 7:24 pm
35th trial, Ymiden, 720
Storm's Edge
Night
Continued from here
It really was a case of work making work. It hadn't occurred to him when he'd done it. The idea had come to him on the spur, but now he had the tatters in his hands, well... things lined up nicely.
Sometimes the Fates do you a...
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Last post by Doran
Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:40 am
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Arrowing In
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Dandelion » Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:29 pm
8 Zi'da 719
Wealth Skill: Fieldcraft
Dan woke at Cloud's insistent nudging to find a thin layer of snow had covered everything in the night. He shivered as he crawled out of his bedroll, but duty and survival called, so he wrapped his body in two layers of clothing, pulled on his boots, and went...
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Last post by Kasoria
Wed Jul 22, 2020 3:07 am
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Well, that's a conundrum....
Objective: Protect The Well.
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Vega » Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:42 pm
18th Trial of Cylus during Arc 720
It was never-ending. Vega was starting to feel like it would literally never end and, that was a bit of a worry since she was Faldrun's daughter. That meant, she supposed, that she might still be here in a hundred arcs, or a hundred after that. But, she...
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Last post by Vega
Wed Jul 22, 2020 12:53 am
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The Ole Ball And Chain
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Vega » Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:48 am
1st Ymiden 720.....
a few hours after this
She'd left him in the kitchen while she'd gone and got things sorted.
Vega needed to do that because, frankly, it was all more than a little overwhelming. She found it hard to wrap her head around the fact that there was this man - a whole person - who...
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Last post by Vega
Tue Jul 21, 2020 10:00 pm
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Fortification
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Kasoria » Sun Jul 19, 2020 4:12 pm
35th trial, Ymiden, 720
Storm's Edge
Afternoon
Continued from here
You're bloody mad.
I'm not, though y'ain't the first t'say.
What the blazes do you call this, then?!
Edgeoocayshun.
It took Ser Fredrik a few moments to filter the Etzori's atrocious accent through his ears, then...
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Last post by Doran
Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:22 am
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A Bolt of The Blue
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Kasoria » Fri Jul 17, 2020 2:03 pm
35th trial, Ymiden, 720
Storm's Edge
Morning
It had become his habit to watch the mage when he worked his wyrd. Not in every instance, for the man everyone knew as Karim likely practiced his magic alone as much as in public. But when the little man came to the smithy and claimed whatever...
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Last post by Doran
Tue Jul 21, 2020 6:04 am
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III. To Destroy
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Kasoria » Thu Jun 25, 2020 2:34 pm
20th trial, Ymiden, 720
Storm's Edge
15th break
Continued from here
Nothin' for it, lad. Thing's beyond saving.
The boy wasn't going to be easily persuaded. He clung to the battered, dented, cracked and sundered breastplate as if it were a part of him.
I helped forge this! One of my...
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Last post by Doran
Tue Jul 14, 2020 7:16 pm
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The Smallest Flame Burns Brightest
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Praetorum » Fri Jun 19, 2020 6:04 am
Date: 23rd of Ymiden, Arc 720 Status: Being a team player
Weapons: Shield, Trident Armor: Plate-like Leather
Rune of Focus on head
Chained Runes of Strength/Endurance on limbs and tail
Magnim.
Magnim.
Magnim.
The word spread through the fort like a wildfire, leaping from person to...
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Last post by Mathias Blackwood
Sun Jul 12, 2020 3:59 pm
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[Storm's Edge] Jumping into the Deep End
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Seira Shiryu » Sat Jun 20, 2020 5:48 pm
13th Ymiden, 720
Seira and Seri sat in awed silence as the caravan drew closer to Storm's Edge. After eight trials of travel, the girls were more than ready to arrive at their destination. Storm's Edge was an impressive looking fort. From what Seira could tell, it was made out of stone and...
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Last post by Vivian Shiryu
Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:10 pm
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Rescue and Salvage I - MD
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Rorom » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:11 am
33rd of Ymiden, Arc 718
Beneath the earthen bricks and rot-interlaced beams of the Copper Prince's eaves, an influx of patrons hummed about their activities. The sound of bones rattling in the gambler's cup, or thrown against the table, resulting at turns in triumphal roars, calls of...
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Last post by Doran
Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:46 pm
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Dominion
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Kasoria » Mon Jul 06, 2020 2:23 am
Continued from here
31st trial, Ymiden, 720
Mistral Woods
Late Afternoon
Sure you can do this?
Pretty sure.
So... that's a 'yes', then?
Find out, wun'we?
The other man settled back into doubtful silence. Kasoria was in no mood to reassure him. Truth be told, he had his own...
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Last post by Pig Boy
Wed Jul 08, 2020 9:03 pm
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To Good Use
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Kasoria » Sun Jul 05, 2020 2:56 am
Continued from here
30th trial, Cylus, 720
Mistral Woods
Morning
He was a city boy, through and through. Nothing made that more plain than when he was in the middle of the woods. And yet, for all the strangeness of it, the city boy found there were parallels. Useful ones, at that.
Stay...
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Last post by Doran
Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:41 am
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The Need(?)
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Kasoria » Sat Jul 04, 2020 5:17 pm
29th trial, Ymiden, 720
Storm's Edge
Afternoon
There wasn't much done quickly that couldn't be done slowly. That was his experience, anyway. From punches to sword thrusts, from rolls to running, it always started slow. Speed required coordination, after all. The faster something moved, the less...
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Last post by Doran
Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:18 am
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Sink and Swim
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Dandelion » Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:29 pm
8 Vhalar 719
Wealth Skill: Fieldcraft
The first thing Dandelion noticed near his latest camp site was the hazel tree and the nuts falling from it to be lost among the piles of dead leaves at its foot. The second thing he noticed was the lazy pool where a backwater of the stream had been half...
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Last post by Fermin
Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:22 am
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A Favour In Return
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Zur'lei » Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:54 pm
Ymiden 48, 720
He knew not why he had been requested to do so but here he stood in front of an edifice as tall as the sky’s reach, remembering having been asked to report to his father’s lofty abode. The last thing that hadn’t been previous scrubbed from his memory was the illusive game of “slap...
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Last post by Doran
Sat Jul 04, 2020 6:48 am
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[Storm's Edge] What Roots
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Praetorum » Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:16 am
Date: 30th of Ymiden, Arc 720 Status: Steady
Weapons: None Armor: None
The idea had been bubbling in Prae's mind ever since his meeting with Balthazar, where the martial artists had taught him the full four forms of his fighting style.
While they had been traveling, Prae had never...
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Last post by Praetorum
Sat Jul 04, 2020 3:16 am
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[Storm's Edge] Finding a Weapons Teacher
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Seira Shiryu » Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:57 pm
15th Ymiden, 720
Seira and Seri had been given a couple of trials to get settled in and to get a feel for the layout of the fort before they had to report in to duty, and they had made the most of the time they had been given. But now it was time for their real work to begin, and the twins were...
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Last post by Seira Shiryu
Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:57 pm
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Planting Thoughts and Strawberries
Genn and Verbena meet and harvest medicinal herbs and strawberries.
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Verbena » Mon Jun 22, 2020 12:42 am
Ymiden 35th 720AV
Verbena was not enjoying Storm’s Edge. The stone walls encircled a noisy crowd of merchants, knights, and healers and the only colours were found on sigils and flags. The Tunawa escaped the confines of the fortress to the Mistral Wood given any opportunity. As it was, Knives and...
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Last post by Gennadiya Lyosha
Tue Jun 30, 2020 10:51 pm
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