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Cass

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  1. Wwwwhhhheeee!!!!! HAPPY B'DAY!!!!
  2. Welcome to the RP Kaylee! Heavy, I like it! And I see no issues with the last name 🙂 Is there a plan to have it play into her long term goals?? *Stamps* Welcome to the RP This Character is Approved! @HeavyHalfMoonBlade You are welcome to start your own Development thread, Wanted Ad/Request, and Write to your heart's content!
  3. Elessar finished his tale with an expression of fond amusement settling over his face and creeping through the bond. Calia laughed quietly, blue eyes sparkling with joy. "That's a delightful story, Elessar!" It was heartwarming to see her gaidin so relaxed in his pleasant memories of this city, and the obviously charming character he'd found in old Celter. She was impressed with the amount of detail in his recall, too. "I've always loved Caemlyn," she sighed, "Ever since I was a little girl out on my first adventure!" She toyed idly with the tiny winged charm on the bracelet at her wrist, a smile still alight on her ageless face. "The way the Inner City and the New City stand out and shine like a crown on the hills... I thought it was like a magical royal realm from all of the Gleemen's tales, the first time I saw it. Truth be told, I still think the same each and every time I see the white wall and towers coming into view!" "There's just... something about this place, isn't there? The way the Ancient City and New City stand apart and yet together, the changes in the architecture, and the way things, over the years, continue to intertwine!" Cal picked up her teacup and saucer from the table in front of her, and settled back into her chair holding them neatly in her lap. "It's easy to believe in ancient myths and magic here." She let the words settle softly into the silence around the two of them, and then she leaned forward, still smiling, the charm on her wrist now dancing subtly on it's simple chain. "Especially after you've managed to catch a dragon-animal near the palace before you've even learned you can channel!" She grinned at the memory, at such words passing the lips of a three-oaths-sworn Aes Sedai, and at the expression that lit on Elessar's face. "It's true!" She took a sip of tea and grinned in false bewilderment towards him, gesturing at the ring on her finger, "I let the poor creature go, so obviously I haven't any proof, but you know I cannot lie! "Events became a bit of a tight-lipped secret, actually, but I think I'll share... "It was my fifth name-day, the first time I visited this city," she began, "and I was so very full of wonder being here. I was with my father and my brothers. Da was here, as usual, to collect supplies and new ales for the inn. Shem and Joesh came with him, as usual, to see how much help and mischief they could get up to all at once. And, as they told me in no uncertain terms on the journey here in the back of the cart, to teach me to do the same - and, as they told me later, when we dared to scamper for adventures in a crossing run while Da spoke with Merchant Mas - to protect me from everything scary and dangerous in a big city - even dragons, 'just like big brother's should'! "I laughed at them, but of course I was pleased. I was here to see The Palace. And, as everyone knows at that age, castles like that are where Dragons often like to hide... so brave big brothers being with me in the cart were an obvious bonus." "I tell you Elessar, Da had promised me we could see the Palace as close as we could get, as soon as he'd finished his work - and for five-year-old me, that took forever. But I was on my best behaviour. And I loved everything I saw! The people! The bustle! The buildings! The shining walls and the flags! I couldn't stop gaping at it all! My brothers even teased me about the risk of catching flies!" she chuckled, enjoying the memory before bringing the tea to her lips for another drink. "Finally, finally it was time to go and see the Palace. Up and up the streets we rolled, me straining over the front of the wagon as far as I could go without falling out, trying to see everything all at once. "We reached the outer wall of the palace. It was magnificent. Everything about it awed me, the shining stone, the sheer size of it, the divine smells floating over the wall from the gardens. It was as magical as I had ever dreamed it. I imagined, right then and there, all manner of amazing and perfect instances that must surely happen in such a place! "And then, I heard it! "Dragon!" Joesh called, pointing up towards some blue in the sky over the wall. "And, there it was! Obviously far off in the distance, because it looked very small and I knew dragons were really, really big - but there it was! I even thought I saw a hint of green flash for just a second. "I gaped, the boys grinned and laughed and pointed at the winged creature shining in the air. Even Da chuckled to see it. I turned to him as he did so, probably as wide-eyed and open-mouthed as he'd ever seen me, but I can still see the look on his face as looked at me in that moment. It was marvelous. Absolutely incredible! "I turned back quickly towards where I'd last seen the dragon - and - ended up catching it in my open mouth! "Light, after I'd been saved - as promised, by the closest brother - from choking on it, I learned that what I'd seen was actually a beautiful, shiny-winged, sparkling green dragon-fly, adventuring over the wrong side of the garden wall! While the two of us recovered from the shock of it all, I remember watching those tiny gossamer wings, and that magical, shiny-green-scaled body, and thinking I'd still never seen anything so beautiful in all my life! "Though, truthfully, that was the moment I believe, that I first learned how much I love adventures - as well as to gape a good deal more subtly, and maybe even when I learned that there are times where it's just worth keeping my mouth shut for a little while! Cal winked at her warder as she took another sip of tea. "... perhaps." She set the empty cup and saucer back down on the table with a smile, the charm at her wrist fluttering to and fro in a small flash of silver, and the tiniest, brightest little sparkle of green. ▀▄
  4. I'm flummoxed by the Oath Rod / trying to envision how that all pans out... but... Love, Love LOVE the Arches for all idea!!
  5. @Quibby 's Mehrin actually springs to mind for this... Quib? Bring him baaaacckkkkfromthe'dead'
  6. Ooooh Here I think the closest we have is Jägerbomb - shot of jägermeister in an energy drink!
  7. Right? A builder/stonemason for one! OTOH my poor BotRH fighter character is going to be at such a loss!
  8. I actually really like the idea of highlighting the skill differences between things like offense/defense vs. strategy etc. but agree making it another 'official' number might be a deterrent. Maybe the concepts could be worked into a general 'WS advice/considerations' post in the library? As for the rest of the WS discussion, I'm still very hesitant to see things stay rigid or demanding for players at this stage - I honestly would prefer removing the restrictions on new characters/players to have a high weapons/OP score - and allow this straight off the bat based solely on the character's backstory and willingness to get active and RP. (For me the focus and fun/ 'play' in rp has always been about the writing scenarios themselves, not the task of leveling a character up through requirements - and as much as I ❤️ DM RP, 'dragging' chars through 'requirements' has, often, almost 'killed' enjoyment for me, so I very much understand how this might be a deterrent/people might hate starting there). So, maybe we could we make it that, at least in these early stages, 'working' up the ranks is optional for X number of characters per player, and like with OP, players can have higher starting WS for their new characters if they want, but with other 'requirements', like: - character backstory must match the chosen score; - character must be well-rounded, not a 'godder'/'Mary Sue' ?
  9. Ok, so you explained the first... but what is the bold??
  10. I was wondering along the same lines after the mention of the channelers building without such constraints... Perhaps in general they might have adopted a 'stronger' more 'futuristic'/utilitarian type aesthetic without the Ogier involved to make it so beautiful/nature-inspired?
  11. WELCOME TO THE ROLEPLAY @Matalina! This Character is Approved! * You are welcome to start your own Development thread, Wanted Ad/Request, and Write to your heart's content! *And I'm super excited to see a link to Nox and Mer here!!
  12. Looking awesome - and I'm liking hearing about tools and things I never knew existed!! Wayfarer's point about how quickly non-taint-affected male channelers working with the Dragon's Peace in place could build strikes home/true for me too - and now I'm imagining all the fun a player could have with a male channeler in this new world...
  13. 'How many years has it been since I first saw Caemlyn?' Calia wondered as her nation's shining capital came into view, bright against the clouds that had blanketed the sky from early dawn. 'One hundred? A little more?' 'Definitely more,' she thought with the twist of a smile, gazing ahead intently at the sparkling white stone walls of the Inner City. The glittering domes and towers that crowned the hill tugged at her heartstrings, as they always did, drawing her mind back to that earliest core memory, that first adventure into the city with her father and brothers... "Happy name-day, and in you get, little Cali-scamp!" her Da's beard had tickled her cheek as he'd swung her up to kiss her forehead and set her gently into the back of the empty ale wagon. Joesh and Shem waited in their usual places near the front, mirror images of each other rugged up under the large, green, woolen blanket Ma's Ma had spun the year before, blue eyes wide, their breath making little clouds in the morning air in front of them as they waited for her. Grinning from ear-to-ear at her arrival, they opened up the blanket and welcomed her into the warmth of its folds. Joesh ruffled the top of her head for good measure as she wriggled excitedly into place between them, ecstatic to finally be old enough to tag along... It had seemed to take forever and a day to reach the great city, but before she knew it, she was kneeling on the bench seat and staring wide-eyed at that city landscape that shone like nothing she'd seen before, and like everything she'd ever heard in the gleemen's tales - the gleaming white wall and towers shining crisp and majestic in the cold, mid-morning blue of the pre-Winter sky. "You're going to catch flies if you keep your mouth wide open like that, lil' Cal!" Shem had joked at her gaping - but she didn't care, and she didn't stop to hide her awe! She had never seen anything so beautiful! Until, of course, the name-day gift her father presented her with from the markets there later that day... Absently, Calia toyed with the small silver charm at her wrist, the twist of a smile spreading properly over her lips now, her blue eyes sparkling in her ageless face. 'Yes, a hundred years and then a few,' she thought, '- and I doubt I'll ever forget!' ● Stormbreaker whinnied and pranced as he finally stepped onto the cobbled streets of the capital, and Cal's dappled grey followed suit moments later with a dance and a whinny of her own. Calia smiled and spared a grin for Elessar, who was in the middle of giving his stallion an affectionate pat. She couldn't help but share the horses' exuberance - Caemlyn was a city of vibrant energy and bustling streets, of blended human and Ogier craftsmanship and a tapestry of people, traditions and histories that always drew her in - the resplendent White Lion waving on flags of red here and there, and the Royal Palace shining above them all. ● The 'White Lion' stood where it always had, a short distance past a central city plaza bustling with a mix of people, fountains and monuments. Calia watched in appreciation as Elessar handled both of their bags, and the large innkeeper who had a smile that nearly matched his wide girth. Her gaidin handled all of the tasks with the easy grace of a seasoned traveller and warrior, and for that, Calia was grateful. She was tired. Their 'adventure' was serious enough that neither Elessar nor herself had wanted to slow down for those first couple of days, but the gravity of the situation sat in Calia's belly like sour stomped grapes, and had kept her mind racing at night. She didn't know if it was exhilaration of a new mission or the gravity of the task itself that had kept her awake, but she knew they had to find the seal first. They had to. The first thing Calia did on arrival to her rooms was to strip off her travel clothes and send them for cleaning. The second was to soak her own skin in a blessedly hot tub. The third was to take a nap. She awoke to the long-ago familiar seeping of bustling, busy, dinner-time common room sounds up through the floorboards and grinned, remembering the many, many evenings her and Kaylan had waited for just that level of noise to make their entries into the Common Room of Da's Inn and wreak their mischief. Smothering her grin, she checked her hair in the looking glass, dressed herself appropriately, as befit an Aes Sedai, in a green silk blouse and breeches, and headed downstairs to eat dinner with her gaidin. Calia watched Elessar's face as he ate his steak, potatoes, vegetables and gravy. She wondered at the tweak to the corners of his mouth at times, trying to decipher if he was thinking a current thought, retrieving a memory or enjoying the Gleeman's tale, as she was. She smiled to herself as she finished up the last of her meal, and enjoyed their comfortable silence for a while before talking some about the trip from Tar Valon. Despite the travel weariness upon her, and the gravity of the task ahead, Calia enjoyed discussing these thoughts with her Warder. For a moment she wondered if they would spend part of their stay here talking about the rest of their plans forward. Would they pass through Four Kings? Did she want to go? How much did Elessar know - or want to know - about her past? The thoughts floated by idly in her mind. And then, as she watched her Gaidin's face light up attentively as the Gleeman spun a tale of the Lost Prince, her own thoughts slipped into the Legends and Fairytales of the 'Ballad of the Lost Prince' too - Light willing, they would have plenty of time to talk about anything and everything tomorrow and over the next couple of days; for now though, she was simply glad to have her bonded, enjoying Life, by her side. ▀▄
  14. I'll have a look and think over the next few days - catching up after being away camping all weekend!
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