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Last post Re: [Blackbrine] Announcements
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Announcements

Hot Cycle 719 is here!

Last post by Pegasus « Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm
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by Pegasus » Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm » in Announcements

The Hot Cycle, Arc 719

We are currently in the Hot Cycle. 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...

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Last post by Pegasus
Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm
News & New Features!

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

Last post by Squirrel « Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:27 pm
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by Pegasus » Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:26 am » in Global Announcements
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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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Sun Jun 30, 2019 9:27 pm
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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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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Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm

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• Out of Character • Shipboard Employment

What're you lookin' at? Get back to work!

Last post by Maltruism « Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:43 am

by Maltruism » Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:43 am

Blackbrine Employment

This job and wage request topic is a bit different than some others in that it is assumed that it is conducted on board whichever ship of which you seek to become a member.
If you are choosing a vocation listed as one ship's specialty, that is the ship you will placed...

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Last post by Maltruism
Sat Oct 06, 2018 5:43 am
• Out of Character • Over the Railing

The oceangoing OOC forum

Last post by Kali'rial « Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:32 am
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by Maltruism » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:10 am

Over the Railing Hello! I have decided it is time to toss an OOC chat forum into the briny deep, and see if it floats. You are welcome to shout into the winds to your heart's content. And I believe I can say, without fear of contradiction, that everyone here will pay as much attention to you as...

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Last post by Kali'rial
Tue Jan 23, 2018 12:32 am
• Out of Character • Orm'Del Sea Roster

Hot Cycle, arc 719 - Sign up, ya scurvy rats!

Last post by Maltruism « Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:51 am

by Maltruism » Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:51 am

Sea Roster Hot Cycle 719! Hello and welcome to the Orm'del Sea , and possibly even the moving city of Blackbrine , amid the central ocean waters of Idalos. Please make sure you have read all of the stickied information before writing in this area so that you will best understand the dangers to be...

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Last post by Maltruism
Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:51 am
• Out of Character • Peer Review Requests

The Orm'del Sea

Last post by Jade « Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:53 am
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by Kingdom » Mon Jun 20, 2016 4:57 am

Peer Review Requests PLEASE DON'T EDIT OR REMOVE REVIEW REQUESTS.
Welcome to the Request Thread! Here you may make requests for your finished threads to be reviewed, all other requests should go to Kingdom's Office . The Prophets here are more than happy to help! Posting your review requests here...

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Last post by Jade
Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:53 am
• Memory • Blood in the Water Part 1

Mathias and Sylvia investigate a murder.

Last post by Mathias Blackwood « Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:47 pm

by Mathias Blackwood » Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:47 pm

101 Ashan 715 | Mathias Blackwood and Sylvia Lockson | Orm'del Sea
And so the time had come for the Traveling City to travel once again. Mathias and Sylvia sat across from each other at a table below deck of the cog ship that Perseus had rented for the journey. Rharne had been a fine place to live...

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Sun Jul 14, 2019 6:47 pm
• Closed • Some Assembly Required [Llyr, Kas, Oceta]

Part III of "Zarik"s journey to Etzos

Last post by Kasoria « Sun Jul 14, 2019 1:46 am
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by Maltruism » Wed May 29, 2019 8:54 pm

Some Assembly Required

111 Ashan, arc 719

Continued from here and here.

Hazel cowered before her...

Under most circumstances Graeslin would have relished her fear; would have used it to squeeze the Quacian noble further. Zarik had proven himself to have been holding back as far as his...

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Last post by Kasoria
Sun Jul 14, 2019 1:46 am
• Closed • Putting to Sea [Llyr, Oceta]

Part II of "Zarik"s journey to Etzos

Last post by Llyr Llywelyn « Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:11 am
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by Maltruism » Wed May 29, 2019 8:52 pm
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Putting to Sea

93 Ashan, arc 719

Continued from here.

The trip had perhaps been a slightly less traumatic ordeal then the group had feared. Since Graeslin was no longer considering their greatest value to be sold as slaves, they were given table scraps along with the swill. The man who'd...
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Last post by Llyr Llywelyn
Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:11 am
• Graded • Side Tracked [modded]

Zarik becomes a person of interest

Last post by Maltruism « Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:17 am
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by Maltruism » Wed May 22, 2019 4:28 am
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74 Ashan, arc 719

Etzos, 18 trials earlier....

The blankets erupted in silken grace to expose the face and upper body of Karnos Vuda, Chief Advisor to High Marshall Brogen Pahrn, the acknowledged leader of the city of Etzos. This morning those eyes wore the highly...
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Last post by Maltruism
Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:17 am
• Solo • [Memory] Go to Sleep (Graded)

Last post by Nursia « Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:59 am
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Thu Jun 13, 2019 4:05 am

96 Ashan 719

Escape seemed nothing more than a dream. A fanciful idea to consider in fleeting moments of terrible anxiety. Well-acquainted with such measures to keep a calm countenance, Zarik knew - deep in his heart - that to consider escape was to consider something as likely as Immortal...

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Last post by Nursia
Tue Jun 25, 2019 3:59 am
• Mature • Ill Winds (Graded)

Last post by Alistair « Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:42 pm
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by Kasoria » Mon May 13, 2019 3:42 am

18th Trial, Ashan, 719
Orm'del Sea
Southwest of Volta

Continued from here

He was surrounded by enemies. Beset on all sides. Everywhere he turned were raised fists and scowling faces. The man in the circle was the smallest of their number, yet they felt the need to outnumber him seven times...

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Last post by Alistair
Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:42 pm
A Band of Thieves (Graded)

Last post by Praetorum « Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:47 am
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by Ricky » Sat May 18, 2019 10:20 pm

A Band of Thieves Ashan 10
E xhaustion had never haunted Enrick in such a way, as each drift over a wave felt as though he'd be taken down under. He hadn't a chance to eat or drink a single thing in two days, and what remained of his reserved energy slowly reached a critical point by now. The...

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Last post by Praetorum
Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:47 am
• Mature • I Mark Thee (Graded)

Last post by Strange « Tue May 21, 2019 7:26 am
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by Kasoria » Tue May 07, 2019 4:54 am

13th Trial, Ashan, 719
Orm'del Sea
Southwest of Volta

Continued from here

I really don't know about this.

It's not that complicated.

That's not what I mean.

I know.

I could kill you!

Aye, that's a possibility.

Legonne studied that leathery old face for any sigh of jest. His...

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Last post by Strange
Tue May 21, 2019 7:26 am
Lost At Sea (Graded)

Last post by Pig Boy « Mon May 13, 2019 1:33 am
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by Ricky » Wed May 08, 2019 12:31 am

Ashan 8 719

Night fell early as it became darker than Enrick could've anticipated, thanks to the cloud cover which released the a turbulent deluge upon them. Even by now Enrick had expected to be accustomed to the sea, and how rough the waves were when they crashed against the bow of the ship. He...

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Last post by Pig Boy
Mon May 13, 2019 1:33 am
• Mature • Swashing Buckles (Graded)

Last post by Strange « Wed May 08, 2019 2:04 pm
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by Kasoria » Wed May 01, 2019 1:25 am

6th Trial, Ashan, 719
Orm'del Sea
Southwest of Volta

There was a restlessness in seafaring that Kasoria discovered within a handful of trials. Once the shore had become a sunny haze behind them, then vanished entirely, there was naught but a vast emptiness of water in every direction. Break after...

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Last post by Strange
Wed May 08, 2019 2:04 pm
• Solo • Along the Merry Waves (Graded)

Last post by Strange « Thu May 02, 2019 3:23 am
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by Ricky » Wed Jun 06, 2018 10:09 am

Ymiden 1 718, Midday
Location: The Orm'del Seas

The Windrunner bobbed a little as she smoothly tread the vast open waters of the sea, by now their progress had been well in accordance to Qit's direction. Enrick had made sure to keep his ship more closer to the coast line since their departure...

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Last post by Strange
Thu May 02, 2019 3:23 am
Three birds on a boat (Graded)

11th Cylus, 719 [Travel thread: Athart->Ivorian Empire]

Last post by Korva « Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:37 pm
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by Pharan » Sat Apr 06, 2019 3:34 pm

11th Cylus, 719
“I can’t believe you talked to Ryvern. Over my head.”

Pharan had stepped out onto the pier, his dark cloak wrapped tightly around his narrow frame. Above, seagulls wheeled against an iron colored sky.

“I tried to talk to Ryvern. They wouldn’t admit me.” His sister stopped beside...

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Last post by Korva
Fri Apr 12, 2019 3:37 pm
• Mature • To Cast Off

Kirei Travel I

Last post by Hart « Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:09 pm
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by Hart » Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:45 pm

Speaking in Rakahi
Speaking in Common
Speaking in Common sign
35th of Saun, 718

It had been some fifteen days of travel and Hart was feeling well. More than well; he was feeling great.

The first few days had been a hardship, trying to get everyone used to the ships and the sea. Hart had the...

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Last post by Hart
Thu Mar 28, 2019 7:09 pm
Twists and Turns [Ynd, Obe, Cass and Kovic] (Graded)

Cold Cycle 718 Event

Last post by Maltruism « Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:05 am
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by Maltruism » Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:04 pm
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Vhalar 9, 718

The arrival was nothing if not timely. 'Well,' the Immortal thought, 'Perhaps predictable as well.' It was not unusual to have a naerikk seeking the soothing dark of the Underground from time to time. And the one who followed her would truly be an enjoyable...
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Last post by Maltruism
Tue Mar 26, 2019 3:05 am
• Closed • Into the Storm (Graded)

(Qit'roa) The Windrunner meets it's match

Last post by Pig Boy « Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:52 pm
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by Ricky » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:12 am

Ymiden 20th 718, Afternoon

Oi stared hard. We'd no doubt braved a number of turbulent storms an' rollin' waves, but none were greater tan te one before us now. Even wit' all m' tenacity t'ere still lingered apprehension, Oi wasn't honestly sure if te Windrunner could handle a force o' nature...

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Last post by Pig Boy
Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:52 pm
Cast Away (Enrick & Qit’ria) [Graded]

Last post by Kasoria « Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:06 pm
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by Ellen'wyn » Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:19 pm
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Ymiden 25, Arc 718

Ellen stared at the canopy of leaves ruffling in the dry wind that blew off the sea. Several meters away waves rolled up the shore in their rhythmic dance before sliding back out. She'd spent a lot of time watching the pulsing water at the end of every trial after foraging and...
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Last post by Kasoria
Mon Feb 11, 2019 5:06 pm
There's Treasure Down Below [Memory] (Graded)

Last post by Whisper « Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:15 pm
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by Cirrina » Tue Feb 05, 2019 12:32 am

33rd of Saun, 694

The ship was empty as she had been told it would be but there was little in it that caught her eye. The stories of treasure had been a lie the Mer thought as her lips turned downwards in a sulk, human liars the whole lot of them. Though she’d give her legged cousins a lesson...

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Last post by Whisper
Sun Feb 10, 2019 6:15 pm
Comin' Straight Outta Andaris

Last post by Maltruism « Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:14 pm
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by Danielle Tobelle » Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:53 am

35th Saun 718
She tried not to think too much about it.

Leaving was supposed to have been the best course of action, all things considered. Rynmere, for all its splendor, wasn’t entirely where she ought to be. The salt lingering on her tongue from the waves took her attention. That, and the...

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Last post by Maltruism
Sun Jan 27, 2019 10:14 pm
• Closed • Fancy Meeting You Here (Shieldy McShieldface)

Last post by Aegis « Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:02 pm
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by Ellen'wyn » Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:00 am

Ymiden 10, Arc 718

Ellen only remembered bits and pieces of the event that led to her winding up on the island.

Two trials ago

They'd run into a hurricane on the open sea. The sailors weren't able to outrun it or change course in time. The waves rocked the ship so violently that she wondered...

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Last post by Aegis
Fri Oct 26, 2018 6:02 pm
• Solo • A Temporary Home (Graded)

Last post by Zip « Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:01 am
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by Ellen'wyn » Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:23 pm

Ymiden 11, Arc 718

Ellen waded up out of the surf, soaked to the waist and awkwardly pulling a broken barrel behind her. She'd drug several up onto the sand, salvaging them from a part of the ship's wreckage that lay partially broken half-on and half-off the beach. So far they were all empty. The...

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Last post by Zip
Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:01 am
• Memory • Going on the Account

Last post by Liam Low « Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:15 am

by Liam Low » Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:15 am

17th Trial of Saun, 685th Arc
On the Orm’del Sea Aboard the Unrelenting

“Sail” The shout came over the wind as sailors all stopped in their work to stare at the man. It was a young pirate atop a shroud, clinging to the mesh rope with one arm and pointing three points off starboard with the...

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Wed Sep 26, 2018 12:15 am

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