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Welcome to Rebirth Cycle 723! & Active Cities List

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Pig Boy

» Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:58 pm » in Global Announcements

Rebirth Cycle: Arc 723

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 2023 - May 31st 2023 should be timestamped within one of those two seasons.

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

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Tue Jan 31, 2023 11:58 pm
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

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Pegasus Pug!!!

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Pegasus Pug!!!

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

BBCode

Guides

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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...

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Tue Mar 22, 2022 2:54 am
• Site News • News & New Features!

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

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/gallery/image.php?album_id=143&image_id=4097 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....
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Tue Feb 07, 2023 5:39 pm
Standing Trials Terms of Use

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Munchkin

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Pegasus Pug!!!

» Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:50 pm » in News

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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Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
Kudos Thread

Recognize others for their help and contributions here.

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Woe

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Rumour

» Tue May 31, 2016 10:00 pm » in News & Discussion
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Kudos Thread

Use this thread to say thanks and publicly recognize others for their help!

We have so many amazing players and mods on ST, and we love to see them appreciated for their thoughtfulness and hard work.

If someone was particularly awesome or helpful in chat, in your thread, in your...
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Woe

Tue Feb 07, 2023 12:50 am

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[Augiery] Lore

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Nymph

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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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Nymph

Mon Oct 23, 2017 9:59 pm
• Mature • [Memory] A Song of Sober Men

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Doran

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Rakvald

» Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:01 pm

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2nd of Saun 612

Wars teach people to obey the sword, not the truth. The impassioned opening to what promised to be a rousing speech was spoken by the man on a soapbox. His name was Marius, or so Rakvald seemed to remember. Rakvald's grandfather had been in the...

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Doran

Sat Oct 30, 2021 5:19 pm
[Quacia] Blood on Our Hands

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Doran

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Woe

» Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:44 am

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71st of Ymiden 721, Mid-Evening

Continued from here

Woe emerged from the gateway and into Quacia in nearly an instant, Opal's moonstride gait carrying her through moonlit areas, directly to the intended destination. Woe was heartened by his arrival. Generally,...

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Doran

Sat Sep 11, 2021 7:10 pm
• Mature • [Memory] Garaian Lunacy: Vitiation

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Shl'Drei

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Diana

» Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:50 am

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24th of Cylus 479

The belongings of the butchered women were collected in piles for my sisters and me to peruse. There, we were to find something suitable among the bloodied, dirty garments, and articles of jewelry. What was left of...

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Shl'Drei

Thu Jul 01, 2021 8:12 pm
[Mature] Garaian Lunacy: The Return

Memory thread.

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Doran

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Diana

» Sat Mar 06, 2021 8:04 am

Cylus 22nd 479

It was perhaps fitting that I alone among the sisters of my small clan, after having awoken from a long slumber that saw much of my skills dulled to the point of uselessness, had been appointed to train under the Sortzailea. The Sortzailea being the artists of my mother’s kind, not...

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Doran

Thu Mar 25, 2021 6:58 am
Fight Like a [Wo]Man

This is a memory thread where Cierne’s mother takes her out to teach her some basic techniques in unarmed combat.

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Kasoria

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Cierne

» Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:25 am

36th of Ashan, Arc 707 “Fix your stance,” her mother commanded, slapping her daughter’s left leg until it was bent to her liking. “And keep your chin up. Half of what makes a good posture is your ability to look fierce.”

Cierne did as her mother instructed, frowning to add the intimidating factor...

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Kasoria

Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:57 pm
[Memory] Dreams

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

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Yrmellyn Cole

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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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Yrmellyn Cole

Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:16 pm
• Memory • [Augiery] The Gift of Sleep

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Alora

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Alora

» Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:44 pm

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23rd of Ashan 661

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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...

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Alora

Sun Oct 06, 2019 2:44 pm
• Mature • [Memory] Clemency

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Nursia

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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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Nursia

Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:34 am
• Mature • [Memory] Mercy

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Nursia

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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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Nursia

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

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Nursia

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Alora

» Sat Jun 08, 2019 9:06 am

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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...

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Nursia

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

Memory Solo.

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Nursia

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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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Nursia

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

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Quiet

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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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Quiet

Thu Nov 15, 2018 5:40 am
• Memory • [Augiery] Consequences

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Mads

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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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Mads

Mon Oct 29, 2018 10:09 am
Awaken, Foreign Wind

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Kasoria

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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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Kasoria

Mon Oct 22, 2018 3:32 pm
By the Tenth

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Kasoria

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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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Kasoria

Fri Oct 19, 2018 1:03 am
• Solo • Bloodied Water

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Mads

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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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Mads

Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:36 am
Windchimes

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Oberan

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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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Oberan

Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:45 pm
Muck and Mire

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Arlo Creede

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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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Arlo Creede

Thu Aug 23, 2018 8:46 pm
• Completed • Bested By a Beast

Navyri gets educated in Unarmed Combat during her childhood.

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Tristan Venora

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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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Tristan Venora

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

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Toraj

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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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Toraj

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

[Job Thread]

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Toraj

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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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Toraj

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

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Toraj

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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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Toraj

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

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Toraj

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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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Toraj

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

[Job Thread]

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Toraj

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Toraj

» Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:33 pm

1 Vhalar 717

Job Thread. Exploration of generic working day in Augiery.

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Toraj

Thu Nov 30, 2017 5:33 pm

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