The Dungeons - Knights Discussion Thread

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We used to be in the King's Stables. It smells much better here than it did there, though. :)

Present guild roleplay: War Ascending

Knights' profile thread: the North Wing

Roleplay archives: subsection in The Castle

Guild Wars discussion thread: the War Table

This thread shall be a permanent OoC and serious discussion thread. It shall remain through all future roleplays.

New to roleplaying? New to the Guild?
Roleplaying doesn't have to be as scary or as intimidating as it sounds. Essentially, by "roleplaying" we're just telling a collaborative story, each of us in control of our own characters. We all add to the plot and help to develop the story. If you're new to writing and storytelling, just jump on in and do your best. You'll catch on quickly enough and with a little time you'll be roleplaying like a pro.

If you're a new member to the guild, you don't need to suddenly appear in the roleplay as if out of nowhere. If you'd like, you can say your character has been in the kingdom for a few days/years/etc., just make sure you tell us when you post so we all know that our characters should already know yours, not that we waste time and confuse ourselves with needless introductions, lol. :]


Roleplaying guidelines:
To have a cohesive and productive roleplay full of action and depth, we ask that all roleplayers follow these suggestions:

1: Be kind to others: don't godmode (control others' characters).
2. Be considerate: Don't dominate the roleplay. We want some semblance of equality here.
3. Try to have your posts be at least 150 words long. Nothing happens if we post one-liners.
4. Try to keep your OoC (out-of-character) and serious discussion in this thread, not in the RP's.
5. Spellcheck your posts and double-space your paragraphs. It makes it easier for all of us.

Verbal map of the kingdom and castle:
Castle Kestrel stands in the middle of our capital, Palisade Falcorum, which is surrounded by small villages and farms. A lake lies to the west, as does a massive forest, and mountains may be seen in the north.

In the castle, the library, servant's quarters, and kitchen are in the east wing; the infirmary is in the west. The armory and the war room are found in the south wing, whereas the the Knights' quarters are found in the north. The heart of our castle, the Great Hall, is at the castle's core, easily reached from all points in the kingdom. Lastly, the dungeons, cellars, prisons, and other such places are located in the deep earth beneath the castle itself. Many hidden passageways lie waiting to be found.

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NPCs and other community characters:
NPCs, or non-playable characters, can be controlled by any roleplayer as needed. Generally speaking, servants (including, but not limited to, maids, healers, and personal attendants), shop keepers, peasants and non-Knight characters are all NPCs, though there are some exceptions. When using an NPC, try not to ratically change their character if they've been used before. NPCs can be created as needed, within logical constraints (e.g., don't make a cook appear in the hallway without a good reason for it). When introducing a community-controlled character, mention so in your post and he/she/it will be added to the list below.

In most roleplays, the invading armies will usually be controlled by the roleplaying community as a whole.

Here follows a list of all presently active community-controlled characters in the Knights Guild:

King Kabe - desc.: Dunburrow's rightful king; tall, muscular, brown hair, brown eyes. He's our very own Aragorn, the epitome of kingship. He was once the world-feared commander of Dunburrow's army.
The Presence - allegiance: unknown - description: unknown - skills, ability, purpose: unknown - other: roams the castle, first discovered in the attic (the castle has only one attic? fO_o)
General Alec - allegiance: the unknown army - description: tall, well-built (muscular); fair skin, sandy-blond hair, neatly-trimmed beard; blue eyes
Casandra - allegiance: General Alec - description: wears armor, easily mistaken as a man (no further description at present) - other: scries with a crystal ball, wields a sword
Harold - innkeeper at the Kestrel's Cross - description: none at present
Allen and friends - various servants organising a secret army - there are also three mages, two girls and a guy
Jorn and Ricard - two teenage brothers serving as the caravan's watchmen - description: none at present
Jared - the caravan's highest official under Alec - no descriptions as of yet
Syntyche - allegiance: General Alec - description: a mage with pale skin and hazel-blonde hair

Summary of the Knights Guild's Past Roleplays:
The present summary will be updated as necessary for your roleplaying convenience.

[The Knights' Intro Roleplay]
As the day begins, the Knights of Dunburrow are preparing for the coronation of their new king. As the day goes on, however, an evil ascends upon the castle and news of its arrival is soon made known. The Knights Shade and Kit descend to the dungeons to face the evil, while the White Knight Shinobi and the others head for the ceremony, where the Green Knight Wolf is crowned King. Heeding the call of their comrades, those Knights attending the ceremony venture into the dungeons to assist in the battle. Meanwhile, the King climbs to the top of a tower to call forth the prowess of a forest god to cast the evil from the castle and put his Knights to rest.

At last, after the castle has been kept standing by the hands of Dunburrow’s valiant Knights, a new day is born.

[The Knights' Roleplay - A New Day]
The day begins with many new knights arriving in the castle. During breakfast, King Wolf appoints his council and it is made known that veteran Knights cannot recall a thing from the day before, a cause for worry and suspicion. Meanwhile, a small group of troubadours arrives in the kingdom. Elsewhere in the castle, a maid attacks the Knights but escapes their grasp. Lady Kat, the assaulted Knight, is taken to the infirmary to rest.

As the day continues, some Knights approach the troubadours outside while a man approaches King Wolf and presents him with the wardship of a young boy named Jonathan. Afterwards, some Knights gathered outside look up to see a large kestrel, the protector and sign of the kingdom, fly overhead screeching. This accompanied by a recent infestation of cats prowling the castle's halls and the city's streets leads many Knights to wonder what is happening to Dunburrow. Inside, a dark presence is discovered in the castle as word begins to spread about rising wars in kingdoms to the south and west of Dunburrow.

[The Knights' Roleplay - War Ascending]
Dawn ascends with the news of an approaching caravan led by General Alec and his seer Casandra, who together have already conquered many kingdoms. The Knights rally their forces and meet in negotiations, but words are tense, and doubly so when Kit meets Casandra and old flames reignite--in the ugliest shade of black. Kit is taken hostage and Dunburrow is left to stand with a shaken king. Wolf, feeling powerless, learns the truth of Dunburrow's true heir, and in doing so crowns Sir Kabe as their rightful king. While Kabe takes the helm against Alec (presumably causing him to flee in fright of the kingdom's greatest general), Wolf meets a figure from his past and flees the kingdom while Lady Shade, the Envoy, spreads the word of Dunburrow's new king.

[zarikrahia]

Are we allowed to post here? =3 This smells much much better.

[Tam]

Just to clarify... Tamia has taken a short leave of absense (presumably with permission) from the Knights at the castle to return to her old village of Millsford. She was overwhelmed with the decision to place her on the council as Court Marshal, and left that position in the hands of someone else (?) until she can come to terms with it herself. She will *probably* be returning at some point of this roleplay.

Just in case someone needs to refer to Tamia or the Court Marshal position, for some reason. >.>

[Tirilia]

Well Hellooo strangers!

I couldn't figure any of the other boards to post on, hope this one is alright

How is everyone? I'm so sorry for my total lack of er appearances.. Very busy year.. Parents divorce, moving house, boyfriend moving in, uncle passed away, studying again, new pet, huge workload.. Yeah O.O

Thanks for mailing me wolf *blush* didn't realize I was missed *lol*

Ill try drop by from time to time, but whether Ill be able to keep rping, I'm not sure.. I think I could manage 1-2 posts a week *lol*

[zarikrahia]

TIRI! *tackles* Of course you were missed!

[emmhwal]

Erm, if I stop posting for no apparent reason it's either:
A) I'm too busy and can't get everything done
B) I'm depressed, and can't get motivated. The holidays are a very difficult time for me. My grandpa's birthday is two days after Christmas; my great-grandmother recently died; my great-grandpa died during Thanksgiving two years ago; My cousin's grandma just died this past Friday. During mass at school last week, I had flashbacks of Grandpa's funeral, and nearly started crying while doing the reading. I hope you all understand.

[Tirilia]

*snuggles Zari* aww thanks hon!

Ive just agreed to finish off recording my lines for the GWRP Movie, so Ill be around a little bit more

Aww emma, so sorry to hear that

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@zari
Absolutely. Post away.

@tamia
Makes sense. :) I feel a bit bad now that being Court Marshal scared Tamia away.... Besides, the Council doesn't seem to be having as much influence as was once thought it might, so don't really worry about it too much. Just be sure you take some time to relax now and then. All work and no play...I forget how that saying goes, but too much work is never a good thing. :)

@tiri
Just remember what I said, I'm always open if you need an ear to talk to. My parents have divorced, too, so I can probably relate.

@emma
I understand. It's always hard after losing a loved one. Just take care of yourself and don't worry too much about us.


That advice goes to everyone: No matter how great our guild might be, it's always more important to take all the time you need offline to keep things in order. Or, at least, I think so. We'll always manage to work out here, so just be sure you're all okay. You may have sworn fealty by joining (^_^), but you didn't sell your life away. Well, I did, but that's different. :p

[Dice]

TIRILIA! *tacklehug*

Oh, the dungeons are much better than the stables. What lovely chains-and-stone decor...and no horse smells.

I can get back involved in the RP, now that exams are over. Whew, lol.

(And Wolf, for a second I thought your custom title was 'Live, Breathe, Expire' XDDD But Exhale makes a LOT more sense.)

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pyrosquirrelx said:

(And Wolf, for a second I thought your custom title was 'Live, Breathe, Expire' XDDD But Exhale makes a LOT more sense.)

Live, Breathe, Expire makes a lot of sense, too, now that you mention it (XDDD), but Live, Breathe, Exhale is much more inspiring. ^_^

[Tirilia]

Thanks so much for the warm welcome back *huggles pyro*

What a big year its been! Seriously! Yikes!

I hope everyone is looking forward to a wonderful Christmas! I certainly am!

Hmmm what rp to jump into...and how O.o soo terribly out of practice!

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tirilia said:

Hmmm what rp to jump into...and how O.o soo terribly out of practice!

I know I helped get my mindset wrapped up for the new one by rewriting my profile for the definitive Wolf...at least as I perceive him now. xD You might find it worthwhile to do something of the same.

[zarikrahia]

Since it appears this RP appears to be after GW, I'll be kicking Zari's profile back into shape with updates on her appearance, personality and abilities.

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Since I wasn't around during GW or most of the last roleplay, I think it might be safe to assume that I was never really here. ^_^ Since I updated Fenrix quite a bit, it will minimize confusion.