Anyone around?

[Mystica]

short reply post, but wanted to take the opportunity to explore Elamie a bit more.

 

I'll check with Quibby as to his plans for this RP.

[Wedge]

cool. Post as often as you want and i'll reply. I need to flesh out my guys personality so this is a good chance. 

[Quibby]

Sorry for the delay.  The hard drive with all my Sovin Nai stuff got packed away somewhere, and I'm trying to find it again.

[Mystica]

Ok Quibby, cool. We'll hang on for a bit to give you some time to find your stuff. It would be much more fun to have an actual Sovin'Nai leader be part of the RP especially the part where Cairen joins the Society.

 

You got it, Wedge :)

[Quibby]

We have a winner!  I have the old class requirements, the final test, the ceremony to be inducted into the Sovin Nai, and even the ceremony to be raised to Society Leader. I knew I had them somewhere!

[Wedge]

i tried to think for so long about a joke i could make about the other maiden. My brain isn't working.  

[Mystica]

Don't worry Wedge, I'm kind of having a brain freeze too on inspiration.

 

Quibby, I was thinking the Sovin'Nai leader could join us in the after-battle socialising. Along the way the rest could retreat to whatever they're up to, leaving the leader and Cairien alone to discuss his joining the Society and then you can move in to the ceremony/testing/whatever it is you have for that.

 

Since you're making a new NSW character it would be easiest if you could use the name Wedge came up with for him already. You're free to give him a last name, as he hasn't one yet.

[Quibby]

Bio's waiting for your approval.  As far as I know, Aiel don't have last names, so I didn't give him one.

[Mystica]

I reviewed the bio, but there are some issues with it. I'll put them in the reply mail. If you want, we can discuss it over skype too sometime this week (during my evenings). I noticed you were online but you weren't there when I prodded you today.

[Mystica]

hey guys, sorry for teh holdup. I'm afraid I haven't been quite up to being on the computer the last days. I'm undergoing a dental procedure that's left me with quite some pain in my mouth and head which isn't much inducive for reading/rping or thinking in general. I managed to get through work since wednesday but that's about it, by the time I got home I was completely knackered.

 

Bear with me please, I am not forgetting this, I promise.

[Mystica]

Quibby, the bio has been approved by teh admins so you're good to go with the NSW character.

 

 

 

Name: Daird

Age: 47

Eyes: Dark green

Hair: Red with streaks of gray

 

Description: Daird has the trim build
of an Aielman who has spent the better part of four decades running
from hold to hold in the Three-fold Land. He bears many scars, some
visible, others hidden. He displays the same sense of humor that is
common among Aielmen, but he does not let it overcome his senses,
especially when in serious situations. He is the current Society
Leader of the Sovin Nai, having inherited the position a few years
ago. As such, he bears the markings of a Sovin Nai warrior, as well
as the markings for a Sovin Nai Society Leader.

 

History: Daird was raised by a
blacksmith and his wife, his proud adoptive parents. His mother was
Far Dareis Mai, and as was customary for such a child as Daird, he
was given away to be raised by adoptive parents. Growing up as a
typical Aiel boy meant that his days were spent playing at spears
with other boys and girls his age.

 

It was only at the age of sixteen that
Daird's life became different from that of every other Aiel child:
that was the age at which he set his path in stone. Coming to the
society house of the Sovin Nai, the Knife Hands, Daird knelt at the
threshold and requested to become one of them.

 

The training of a Sovin Nai is an
arduous task, one that leaves any man who dares to try it wondering
whether or not he has made the right decision. Like those who had
come before him, however, Daird survived his training. By the time
of his initiation, he displayed enviable ability in all areas of
training, and his initiation was successful.

 

It was not Daird's lack of leadership
ability that caused him to remain among the rank and file of the
Sovin Nai, but the quality of new blood. A couple years after his
initiation, the leadership of the Sovin Nai was passed to Txarki, a
wise man who led the Sovin Nai well for some time. It was with
Txarki at their head that the Sovin Nai left the Three-fold Land in
search of the Car'a'carn. Their quest took them all the way to the
western coast of the Wetlands, where they fought the strange men from
across the sea. Daird saw the battle in the sky, saw the man who
must have been the Car'a'carn fighting a cloaked man with fiery eyes.

 

The Sovin Nai found themselves crossing
the Wetlands once again, this time to the southern city of Tear. The
Car'a'carn had traveled that way, and it was their duty to seek him
out. The fall of the Stone of Tear was one of the proudest moments
of Daird's life. He and the other Sovin Nai had celebrated with
large quantities of the Sovin Nai oosquai, which had held the
reputation of being the best in the Three-fold Land.

 

The celebration was short-lived,
however, and the Sovin Nai were called back to the hold when word
came that Txarki had been chosen to be the next Clan Leader. The
loss was blunted by the raising of Txarki's Second, Argono, to the
rank of Society Leader. By the time these events had come to pass,
the Car'a'carn had called the Aiel to Alcair Dal to formally proclaim
himself.

 

The revelations of Alcair Dal nearly
destroyed Daird.

 

Learning the truth of the Aiel's
betrayal of their oaths in the Age of Legends left the proud Daird
nearly catatonic with guilt. He was an oathbreaker. His entire way
of life was entirely against the ways of his people in ages past.
There were several days where Daird found himself holding a knife to
his wrist, unable to remember how it had gotten there. Surely this
toh that he had was beyond any simple act of penance that he could
perform.

 

It was months before Daird could bring
himself to touch a spear again. However, he soon fell into the old
rhythms of the dance, finding himself fighting for the belief that,
if his forefathers had broken their ancient oaths, he could help to
bring the world to a place where the Aiel could put up their spears
and once again follow the Way of the Leaf the way their ancestors
did.

 

It was shortly after this personal
epiphany that the Sovin Nai were once again called to the hold.
Unknown to all in the society, Argono had fallen ill, and instead of
burdening the society with an ailing leader, he stepped down and gave
the position to his Second, Krachend.

 

Some time later, Daird was part of a group
hunting a raiding party that had made off with several goats. They
were interrupted in their search by a grisly discovery: eleven bodies
laid out in the sand. The leader of the tracking party circled the
scene, looking carefully at the tracks in the dust, relaying the
scene as he did so. It was then that Daird saw the twin blades that
had named his society and that had been wielded by one man. “Look,”
he said, pointing to the blades, “it's Sovin Nai.”

 

Krachend, the Society Leader of the
Sovin Nai, was dead.

 

It was odd, but Krachend's Second
refused leadership of the society, so it fell to a group decision.
It was with great shock that Daird received the news that he had been
selected to take Krachend's place.

 

It was Daird who would become the
Society Leader of the Sovin Nai.

Edited March 17, 2013 by Mystica

[Kathleen]

I just noticed a post in the BotRH rp group saying that Quibby is in battle with Cloudfare and its not going his way just yet. He's having trouble accessing DM.

[Mystica]

*sigh*

 

did we lose wedge too?

[Kathleen]

I saw him online today just before I posted the notice here about quibby. I;m hoping we haven't lost Wedge.

[Wedge]

im here. just waiting for a post

[Mystica]

ok, I posted Wedge. We'll invite the Sovin' Nai leader and RP him as an NPC till Quibby can join us if he can join us.

 

We can go up to the point where the two of them start talking about the joining of the society, at which point Elamie would retreat to allow you privacy. Hopefully by then Quibby will be able to get online to take over and start the joining ceremony. I don't know what he has found for that so I can't do that myself at this time.

 

We'll count your RP for your WS up to the point where we need Quibby to take over and update your status accordingly then in your training thread. Is that ok for you?

[Wedge]

OK, 

[Mystica]

sidenote Wedge: if you are interested, we're reviving an old RP we have been playing in 2011. The majority of characters are TTPC's (only made for that RP) and if you're interestedf you could take over 1 or 2 of those characters. Take a look at the main board, the thread called "Intrigue in Murandy".

[Wedge]

possibly.

 

are we waiting now for quiby, or should I take control of him?

[Mystica]

I've sent him a message on facebook. Let's see what he responds. He said that he has a Sovin'Nai ceremony from the past that he could use for your initiation, which would be great and probably more fun for you to do as well.

 

If he really can't get on DM I'll ask him to send me the ceremony in an email and we cand NPC the Sovin'Nai leader while you still get the ceremony ritual the way it should be.

[Mystica]

Ok, I just got hold of Quibby on Skype and turns out that he has been struggling to get on DM for days now due to this Cloudflare business.

I've asked the admins to help him out over email so we'r ehoping the situation will soon be solved. Let's give him a bit of time to get back here :)

[Wedge]

just checking in, where do we stand with this?

[Kathleen]

Quibby still had no access. I know I'm not in the rp but I would suggest continuing on with npcing the guy or getting someone else to play him, unless you are prepared to wait it out. The admins are working on getting him back but so far I don't think they've had any luck.

[Mystica]

what I can do, is ask Quibby to send me his RP posts by email and then post them for him. Since he has the ceremony for the Sovin'Nai, I would like to let him use it. It will make the initiation of Wedge's character more authentic.

 

I'll email him the RP as it stands so far and ask him to use me as a conduit for his posts.

[Mystica]

I've sent him the email, so we'll see if he wants to do it this way. Maybe he knows a better way. Sorry for this hickup, Wedge. Thanks for your patience, buddy.