Northern Wastes

Moderator: Tempest

This board has no forums.

New Topic

36 topics

Announcements

A Guide to BB Code & Box Code Creation!

This thread shows the available BB Code on the site, and then gives a basic tutorial on boxcode construction

Last post by

Pegasus Pug!!!

Posted in Post Templates
Replies: 5
by

Pegasus Pug!!!

» Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:50 am » in Post Templates

BBCode

Guides

OOC

BB Code

We have the following BBCode on the site.

Name / Type of Formatting Example Code

Basic Formatting Bold , Italic , Underline Bold , Italic , Underline

Color Change 1 Color Change 1 - this uses colour hex codes. A useful site for finding those is here Color Change 1...

5 Replies

250 Views

Last post by

Pegasus Pug!!!

Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:54 am
Welcome to the Rebirth Cycle 722! (Active Cities, Site Wide Stuff!)

Last post by

Pegasus Pug!!!

Posted in Announcements

by

Pegasus Pug!!!

» Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:03 am » in Announcements

Announcement

Current-Cycle

Cycle-Change

Rebirth Cycle: Arc 722

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 2022 - May 31st 2022 should be timestamped within one of those two seasons.

Please see Timekeeping for more information and reach out to a...

0 Replies

455 Views

Last post by

Pegasus Pug!!!

Tue Feb 01, 2022 12:03 am
News & New Features!

This thread will keep you updated on news and new features!

Last post by

Pegasus Pug!!!

Posted in Global Announcements
Replies: 327
by

Pegasus Pug!!!

» Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:26 am » in Global Announcements
1

…

29

30

31

32

33
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...
327 Replies

516504 Views

Last post by

Pegasus Pug!!!

Thu May 19, 2022 2:12 pm
Standing Trials Terms of Use

Last post by

Munchkin

Posted in Announcements
Replies: 1
by

Pegasus Pug!!!

» Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:50 pm » in Announcements

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...

1 Replies

141146 Views

Last post by

Munchkin

Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm

Topics

• Lore • [Sirothelle] Lore

The ultimate information directory on the city of fire!

Last post by

Whisper

Replies: 8
by

Whisper

» Tue Mar 03, 2015 1:56 pm

Sirothelle Lore
Contents
Sirothelle
A City Ruled By Fire
History
Geography
Appearance
Climate
Surroundings
Culture
Demographics
Religion
Holidays
Society
Education
Employment
Economy
Politics
Government
Law
Crime & Punishment
Factions
Faction 1
Faction 2
Opinions
Race...

8 Replies

2506 Views

Last post by

Whisper

Wed Mar 18, 2015 4:04 am
• Memory • [Andaris] Crow Hunt

Last post by

Oberan

Replies: 1
by

Woe

» Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:28 pm

23rd of Vhalar 693

During the earlier days of my captivity under Erastus' roof I wasn't given as lengthy a tether as in later arcs. I don't know if it was by his own design, but the warden who oversaw Erastus' child slave laborers saw fit to put us in chains of an evening, lest we get ideas of...

1 Replies

48 Views

Last post by

Oberan

Wed May 11, 2022 2:01 pm
• Memory • [Andaris] Dad Likes Leather

Last post by

Woe

Replies: 1
by

Woe

» Mon Apr 11, 2022 1:52 am

7th of Cylus 722

You know, it was probably him. Woe said, as Eve folded her hands beneath her chin, sitting opposite him in the study in Scalvoristown. He made me hate manual work. It's always been more convenient and less painful to leave the crafts to those who knew what they were doing. I can...

1 Replies

40 Views

Last post by

Woe

Mon May 09, 2022 2:55 pm
• Memory • [Andaris] A Dance of Degenerates

Last post by

Doran

Replies: 1
by

Woe

» Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:36 am

3rd of Ashan 705

The last month had come as an adrenaline rush to Woe. Throughout those bitter cold days of Cylus, he nevertheless wasn't deterred by the weather. Enjoying everything that a free person can. Walking about town as if he were normal. His first real tastes of freedom since Erastus...

1 Replies

48 Views

Last post by

Doran

Fri Jan 28, 2022 7:32 pm
[Southern Exposure] Thrall Boxing

Last post by

Doran

Replies: 1
by

Zemos

» Tue Sep 29, 2020 5:03 am

37th of Saun 720

Zemos was still restless by the time Akoko was sound asleep, purring loudly enough to wake the crickets. Although the sun shone all day long around Saun, it was clearly naptime wherever Akoko was from, and so Zemos found himself with all sorts of free time after he'd had his fill...

1 Replies

153 Views

Last post by

Doran

Tue Aug 03, 2021 5:48 am
• Solo • Return Voyage

Last post by

Darius Baer Bottom

by

Darius Baer Bottom

» Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:36 pm

Arc 720, 55th of Zi'da
There was a steady, scraping sound that came with each footstep as Darius slowly made his way across the ice that covered Synnefa Bay. His knapsack was hauled over his shoulder as he walked, becoming ever more cautious as he ventured further away from the safety of Viden's...

0 Replies

121 Views

Last post by

Darius Baer Bottom

Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:36 pm
• Graded • Captain's Log

Last post by

Pig Boy

Replies: 3
by

Darius Baer Bottom

» Thu Sep 24, 2020 2:06 am

Arc 720, 6th of Saun
Darius sat in the captain's quarters, lighting a gas lantern as he looked out the window and saw the twin suns of Saun slip beyond the horizon to the west. On his desk lay a chart, marking the route home north of Viden. He studied it briefly, before sinking back into his seat...

3 Replies

199 Views

Last post by

Pig Boy

Sat Dec 12, 2020 6:25 am
This is the Way the World Ends

TW: Suicidal Ideation, suicide.

Last post by

Doran

Replies: 1
by

Woe

» Tue Nov 10, 2020 12:57 am

87th of Zi’Da 720

Flesh of Sintra, false Divinity in a mortal shell, self-proclaimed Hierophant of Ignorance, Webspinner, Mage-locked by a band of paradigm; there were few better ways to display one’s vanity by attributing such titles, giving shape to syllables spoken breathlessly by idiots and...

1 Replies

194 Views

Last post by

Doran

Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:25 pm
Mutual Understanding

60 Ashan 719 - Solomyn and Navyri discuss the terms of their arrangement.

Last post by

Pig Boy

Replies: 3
by

Navyri

» Sat May 18, 2019 9:59 pm

Common ☼ Language ☼ Thoughts

T he ship lulled peacefully over the water and with eyes closed, Navyri leaned back in the wooden chair, lifting the glass of wine to her lips and listened to the sound of sailor boots shuffling across the deck. Down the hall someone laughed, followed by the...

3 Replies

912 Views

Last post by

Pig Boy

Tue Nov 10, 2020 11:31 pm
[Southern Exposure] Two of a Kind

Where Zemos is accosted by a bandit, and the Auri repays Zemos's delivered salvation with murder presents.

Last post by

Saint

Replies: 1
by

Zemos

» Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:10 am

16th of Saun 720

Zemos wondered more than once whether it was getting too crowded in his head, and that was the reason he found it difficult to slip into a dreamful sleep. First, there was the Egg, which had taken to giving him suggestions and random banter, then there was Motsi, with his...

1 Replies

154 Views

Last post by

Saint

Sun Oct 04, 2020 5:34 pm
• Solo • [Southern Exposure] A Cat of Two Tails, or a Tale of Two Cats?

Last post by

Saint

Replies: 1
by

Zemos

» Tue Sep 29, 2020 12:25 am

15th of Saun 720

Zemos sat meditating in his own space in the run-down ramshackle lean-to that he laid up outside of town. The Egg had been mostly silent the past few trials, whereas the half-ghost, which made itself known at Motsi, wouldn't be quiet. It insisted on pushing him out of Viden soon....

1 Replies

146 Views

Last post by

Saint

Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:55 pm
• Solo • In Memoriam

Last post by

Doran

Replies: 1
by

Yanahalqah

» Fri May 22, 2020 11:14 am

Ymiden 3rd Arc 720

The nightmare had ended. The plague was no more. A cure had been researched and developed, then distributed all across the island nation of Rynmere. For some people it came too late, the sickness having progressed too far, the body too damaged to repair itself even if the...

1 Replies

190 Views

Last post by

Doran

Sun Aug 09, 2020 6:04 am
A brief vacation.......

Last post by

Basilisk Snek

Replies: 29
by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Fri Jan 10, 2020 8:38 pm
1

2

3
20th Zi'da, 719
On the boat, already.

So, let me get this straight, Faith said, as though either of them needed to hear it again. Magic will not work. Marks will not work. We will cross an invisible boundary and, when we do, we will be in all sorts of navigational bother, probably and possibly...
29 Replies

1544 Views

Last post by

Basilisk Snek

Sun Aug 02, 2020 8:49 pm
• Memory • [Gawyne] Sparking Interest

Discussions in the aftermath of Cassian's Initiation

Last post by

Cassian Gawyne

by

Cassian Gawyne

» Mon May 18, 2020 11:46 pm

Sparking Interest

111th trial of Ashan in the arc of 708

After that fateful night when Sonnet Gawyne had infected her young stepson with her witchcraft, the two had spent most of what time they had together to speak of the changes wrought then. Cassian Gawyne had always been a curious child,...

0 Replies

135 Views

Last post by

Cassian Gawyne

Mon May 18, 2020 11:46 pm
• Memory • [Gawyne] Welcome to the Tangle

We got fun and games

Last post by

Cassian Gawyne

Replies: 5
by

Cassian Gawyne

» Sun May 03, 2020 7:55 pm

Welcome to the Tangle

111th trial of Ashan in the arc of 708

Weary eyes blinked open upon registering a gentle touch and a hissing sound that signalled urgency without words. As Cassian became attuned to what little light shone from the night sky through his window, squinting and wondering all...

5 Replies

202 Views

Last post by

Cassian Gawyne

Thu May 07, 2020 4:25 pm
A Hunt Hidden by the Clouds [Wald]

Last post by

Pig Boy

Replies: 16
by

Pig Boy

» Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:42 am
1

2
40th of Ymiden 719

It was a cloudy and cold night in the Videnese wilderness. Dark, but what light was there reflected off the pure white of the snow in shades of blue-gray and violet.

The camp was peaceful and almost tranquil, yet the wilderness sounds persisted, undisturbed. That is, until the...
16 Replies

1306 Views

Last post by

Pig Boy

Sun Feb 09, 2020 5:06 pm
• Mature • [-Memory- Andaris, Lowtown] My Shoemaking, Pottery, and Candlemaking solo.

Last post by

Kasoria

Replies: 1
by

Woe

» Fri Dec 20, 2019 4:12 pm

Cylus 5th 706

The wax was hot, Woe was ready... to start making candle-pots inside shoes. He'd make a fortune!

In a few days, Woe would be released from his servitude to Erastus, and he was going to make the most of things. He was given a small hovel in Lowtown, not too far from his old master...

1 Replies

449 Views

Last post by

Kasoria

Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:41 pm
[Barriers] I am the captain of my fate.....

This is a placeholder for 1 - discovering / realising what's going on. Diagnosing this as a medical issue will take some time. We'll mention it in collaboration threads, but I'll also do a couple of solos where Faith is talking to the captain etc.

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

Replies: 2
by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:38 pm

25th Zi'da, 719
I need to discuss it with you, Faith said, firmly, and Captain Marson looked at her with an exasperated expression on his face. Look, he said, trying to sound calm and reasonable. It's freezing, they're not sleeping. It's just symptoms of that. For a short little creature, she was...

2 Replies

459 Views

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:27 pm
Be You Traitor or Hero? [Wald]

Last post by

Strange

Replies: 22
by

Pig Boy

» Thu Nov 14, 2019 11:06 am
1

2

3
32nd of Vhalar 719

Wald was in his camp when a strange sensation came over him. The flying panther had eluded his efforts to try and hunt it, and Rasul was awfully quiet at the moment. A rare moment of lucidity, a clarity that was hard to find in these days where his mind was so troubled.

After...
22 Replies

1168 Views

Last post by

Strange

Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:22 pm
• Placeholder • Pulling Together

Consolidation following the post mortem.

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:00 pm

90th Vhalar, 716

Words
Words!

0 Replies

422 Views

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

Wed Jan 29, 2020 3:00 pm
• Placeholder • The first cut is the deepest.

First postmortem for: 2 - gathering data - where she gathers observations / diagnoses. This will be both from people currently experiencing the illness - and a couple of postmortems.

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:48 pm

2nd Ymiden, 719

Writing

0 Replies

457 Views

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:48 pm
• Placeholder • It's not just a flesh wound.....

Placeholder for: 1 - discovering / realising what's going on. Diagnosing this as a medical issue will take some time. We'll mention it in collaboration threads, but I'll also do a couple of solos where Faith is talking to the captain etc. 2 - gathering data - where she gathers observations / diagnoses. This will be both from people currently experiencing the illness - and a couple of post mortems.

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:42 pm

Words

0 Replies

424 Views

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:42 pm
• Placeholder • Diagnosing The First Mate

Second thread for 1 - discovering / realising what's going on. Diagnosing this as a medical issue will take some time. We'll mention it in collaboration threads, but I'll also do a couple of solos where Faith is talking to the captain etc.

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:40 pm

Date
Words here

0 Replies

394 Views

Last post by

Faith Augustin Champion

Wed Jan 29, 2020 2:40 pm
Unholy War XVI: I learned to bite the hand

Last post by

Octopie

Replies: 3
by

Faith Augustin Champion

» Thu Aug 01, 2019 1:25 pm

8th Ymiden, 719
following this
From the start of life
To my dying day
In the dark of night
And the burning light of day
It's a Bloody Fight
]But I can't walk away
I'm prime, for the front line
Unholy war. Unholy War.
I'll try. I'll fight until I die
It's an unholy war
I see, I...

3 Replies

952 Views

Last post by

Octopie

Fri Jan 10, 2020 3:32 am
• Solo • Creeping Frost

Last post by

Abra

Replies: 4
by

Crevil Arivuz'Arix

» Tue Oct 22, 2019 5:07 am

Previously
7th Trial of Vhalar, Arc 719 - Remote Settlement - Viden Country Border
As a deserter, you can only rely on yourself, and whoever is fool enough to run with you on your escape from duty. Even that is a toss-up, as other deserters can prove equally untrustworthy.
Even so, things are...

4 Replies

775 Views

Last post by

Abra

Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:39 pm

New Topic

36 topics

Return to Board Index

Information

Forum permissions

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Northern Wastes

Forum permissions