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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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by Pegasus » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm » in Announcements

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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Last post by Pegasus
Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm
Standing Trials Terms of Use

Last post by Munchkin « Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
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by Pegasus » 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...

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[Augiery] Lore

Last post by Nymph « Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:59 pm
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by Nymph » Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:31 pm
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Augiery
∞ History ∞
Creation
Timeline
∞ Geography ∞
Geography
The Hive
∞ Political System ∞
The Vices
Regulations and Punishment
Taxes
∞ Slavery ∞
The Txerriak
Txerriak Ranks
The Azterketa (Exam)
Txerriak Fashion
∞ Augiery's Factions ∞
Titiriteros
Sortzailea
Dendari...
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Last post by Nymph
Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:59 pm
[Memory] Dreams

Wherein Nam'id goes searching for his Ose-bori.

Last post by Yrmellyn Cole « Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:16 pm
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by Nam'id » Sat Mar 07, 2020 5:41 am

The air was cold when Nam'id awoke to find Donkey grazing a brown patch of grass. The animal was still tethered to a nearby Moukou tree as its bean-covered branches swayed under the moonlight. Nearly dawn, by his best guess. Thirty bits, maybe a break away.

He rose from his bedroll frowning at...

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Last post by Yrmellyn Cole
Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:16 pm
• Memory • [Augiery] The Gift of Sleep

Last post by Alora « Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:44 pm

by Alora » Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:44 pm

23rd of Ashan 661

Continued from Here:

Alora layed sprawled out against the pebble laden floor, hand instinctively covering her nose where the Titiri had punched her. ”Fucking bitch.” the Naer girl complained, only to get a kick in the ribs as a reward.

”Lesson one, be ready to fight at any...

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Last post by Alora
Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:44 pm
• Mature • [Memory] Clemency

Last post by Nursia « Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:34 am
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:15 pm

continued from here
44 Ymiden 715.

Six lashes and still, Zarik didn’t cry.

Palms pressed flat against the counter surface, his vision swam in front of him. Certainly salt-water lined his eyes, but the droplets didn’t escape. He hadn’t said a word either. His father didn’t want to hear his weak...

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Last post by Nursia
Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:34 am
• Mature • [Memory] Mercy

Last post by Nursia « Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:16 am
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:26 am

44th Ymiden 715

Almost ten trials… Ten trials that felt like a hundred.

Tomé had thought himself strong enough to endure. He had allowed himself to take the fall. He’d practically offered himself up for the inevitable questioning that someone in their little operation would have to undergo -...

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Last post by Nursia
Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:16 am
• Memory • [Augiery] Gift of Wrath

Last post by Nursia « Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:50 pm
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by Alora » Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:06 am

22nd of Ashan 661

A spark lit the dim gloom of Alora's chambers, as she lit the lanterns for the fifth time that night. She couldn't sleep.

The first round of tattoos had been applied just a few days prior. Her sisters thought and many among the household whispered that Alora would join the Vice...

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Last post by Nursia
Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:50 pm
• Mature • [Memory] Stay on the Path

Memory Solo.

Last post by Nursia « Sat Jun 08, 2019 4:10 am
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Fri May 31, 2019 7:17 pm

15th Ymiden 709

Walk down the road until you find travelers. If they are with wagon or cart, sit in the middle of the path and do not budge for any reason. If they are walking, follow after them until they are distracted.

His father’s instructions repeated over and over in his mind.

Walk...

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Last post by Nursia
Sat Jun 08, 2019 4:10 am
• Closed • Like the Dawn, You Broke the Dark (Rose)

Last post by Quiet « Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:40 am
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by Quiet » Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:07 am

36th Trial of Season, Arc 718

Signing
Signing while speaking
Speaking

The morning light, typically comforting in its regularity and renewal, baptized Quiet in an unholy light, the sins of the evening prior still fresh on his conscience.

A large part of him knew he did what he must for...

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Last post by Quiet
Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:40 am
• Memory • [Augiery] Consequences

Last post by Mads « Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:09 am
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by Ministry » Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:17 am
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18th Trial of Cylus,
Arc 714
Language: Grovokian

“Traitor!” The first voice whispered harshly, no sympathy in her high voice. Clammy, wet hands peel at Ministry’s right leg, which shakes in pain against the stone tile of the Augiery dungeon.

“She probably thinks she’s better than us,” said a...
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Last post by Mads
Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:09 am
Awaken, Foreign Wind

Last post by Kasoria « Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:32 pm
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by Quiet » Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:10 am

34th Trial of Vhalar, Arc 718

Signing
Signing while speaking
Speaking

Morning wind licked the back of Quiet’s neck delicately, softly, encouraging him to arise from his slumber prematurely.

His eyes flickered, and, before he had even the opportunity to focus his vision through flitted...

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Last post by Kasoria
Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:32 pm
By the Tenth

Last post by Kasoria « Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:03 am
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by Quiet » Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:48 am

10th Trial of Vhalar, Arc 718

Signing
Signing while speaking
Speaking

Calm.

Still.

Tranquil.

Qualities he wish he had. Names he wish he could have been given. Perhaps if he had received something other than the name Quiet, he would have been a different person. He would have held...

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Last post by Kasoria
Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:03 am
• Solo • Bloodied Water

Last post by Mads « Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:36 am
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by Quiet » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:35 am

35th Trial of Season, Arc 718

Signing
Signing while speaking
Speaking

He stared at it, now, from across the small river.

It stood.

A creature - nearly as tall as Quiet, but likely an adolescent - wrapped in loose, leathery skin, walking the earth on four, stubby legs, each adorned with...

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Last post by Mads
Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:36 am
Windchimes

Last post by Oberan « Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:45 pm
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by Quiet » Wed Oct 10, 2018 4:32 pm

40th Trial of Vhalar, Arc 718

Signing
Signing while speaking
Speaking

The wind was silent, but its words spoke truths loud enough to ring the ears of divinity, and in the far distance, Quiet could have heard a ringing, like bells being carried by the breeze.

The cattails and fish...

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Last post by Oberan
Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:45 pm
Muck and Mire

Last post by Arlo Creede « Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:46 pm
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by Ellen'wyn » Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:10 pm

Ymiden 50, Arc 718

Ellen waded through the mud, thick tangles of aquatic plants, and climbed over clumps of solid footing. The trek through the swamp wasn't necessarily pleasant, but it was rather bracing. The warm stagnant pools had long left her legs and wings covered in sludge almost up to her...

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Last post by Arlo Creede
Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:46 pm
• Completed • Bested By a Beast

Navyri gets educated in Unarmed Combat during her childhood.

Last post by Tristan Venora « Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:33 am
Replies: 1
by Navyri » Sat Jul 07, 2018 9:18 pm

12 Cylus, 678

“How many times do we have to tell you!” Sharp nails dug into Navyri’s shoulder, her small body being shaken violently, “You hesitate, you die! We don’t know how we can be any clearer when you simply won’t listen!”

Navyri was shoved to the ground, hands splaying out on the cold,...

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Last post by Tristan Venora
Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:33 am
• Placeholder • [Augiery] The World Awaits You, Full Of Terrors

Last post by Toraj « Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:25 am

by Toraj » Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:25 am

56 Zi'da 717

Prelude to travel arc, where Eren'ir is put on a ship heading out towards Andaris.

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Last post by Toraj
Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:25 am
• Placeholder • [Augiery] Facade of Freedom

[Job Thread]

Last post by Toraj « Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:25 am

by Toraj » Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:25 am

10 Zi'da 717

Introduction to Sarraski and the glaring differences between living there as a slave, versus the Hive.

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Last post by Toraj
Thu Feb 01, 2018 2:25 am
• Placeholder • [Augiery] Currents New and Unfamiliar

Last post by Toraj « Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 pm

by Toraj » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 pm

121 Vhalar 717

Season wrap-up, some musings about the slave exams, the change in crowds and some premonitions for the future (murmurings amongst the mistresses).

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Last post by Toraj
Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 pm
• Placeholder • [Augiery] Mind Games

Last post by Toraj « Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 pm

by Toraj » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 pm

80 Vhalar 717

Some musings about the Puppetteers and their use of Empathy on the slave population.

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Last post by Toraj
Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:34 pm
• Placeholder • [Augiery] Rhythm of Toil

[Job Thread]

Last post by Toraj « Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:33 pm

by Toraj » Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:33 pm

1 Vhalar 717

Job Thread. Exploration of generic working day in Augiery.

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Last post by Toraj
Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:33 pm
[Augiery] NPC Register

Last post by Rafael Warrick « Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:10 am
Replies: 3
by Nymph » Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:01 am

Non-Player Characters
Prophets Only
The NPCs listed in this register require Prophet permission or moderation. Please respect that these NPCs are most likely incredibly powerful, high ranking, and important to Augiery and its history, culture, and plot.

The Wicked Council
[tab= Odessa ]...

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Last post by Rafael Warrick
Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:10 am

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