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The Recondite are now closed to new characters, for IC reasons! Existing PCs are fine, of course.

[ :: Year 2 :: ]

At last, the key to the King's Vault is found. Two glistening suits of armor, one in Red and one in Blue.

Some say that a price in blood will be required. That two great warriors must fight, to the death, under the eyes of the king.
Others say the winner of the duel will be rewarded beyond belief.

The only thing that is certain is that soon, now, the vault will finally open, and its power given to all...

[ :: Year 2 :: ]

A rare sight limped into Ring 99, this day... one of the Master Ringrunners, Andryr the Orphan. Crippled and meek, the man spoke of a lifetime searching for a single place: The "King's Vault". He told a tale of  a time long past, unimaginably so, where the king himself gifted upon his most trusted a gift of incredible power. The specifics of which... unknown. It is said that entire rings were reshaped by its passing... and now is the time for the worthy to reclaim it.

By terrible price, Andryr secured his first clue in a lifetime of searching: Ring 99. He now recruits men to begin the great search for the vault. He now calls upon aid in discovering, and unsealing, the vault.

I'll be running a one-off prelude on Friday, July 8.  All classes, alignment, and races are welcome besides Recondite, Mongrel, or other non-awakened PCs.

Some awakened are lucky, and land in the closer rings. Where food is plentiful, men free, the sky bright.

You are not one of those awakened.

You woke up in the mud, dragged out by iron collar around your neck. You were thrown into a cage by cruel, hard-handed men, who branded you with a number and threatened to cut the tongue from your mouth if you screamed. And... you were fed. Endless streams of barely edible gruel. And then, one by one, the others began to disappear, once they were fully fattened.

Perhaps there is hope, still. Perhaps you can escape this dark place, somehow. Kill your captors, and flee inwards. Or, perhaps, all will fall.

Throwaways are welcome, but please tell me in advance if you do not plan to continue your PC.

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!join Livestock*

By victory or defeat, by choice or inaction- the time to decide the fate of the Recondite nears. In the coming months the final events of the recondite will begin to unfold, one way or another. Due to their increased presence around the city, certain former secrets about them have become far less veiled and have entered common knowledge. There will be a number of choices in the coming period that will determine the outcome of coming events, many of which time sensitive. Be aware that in the events to come, failure to make an action will become an action unto itself, on either side. If you would like to attempt to organize a event specific to this ongoing plot, please message me on discord with a vague idea for what you would like to attempt to do.

The recondite remain available to create freely in a non-app fashion for now, but be aware accessibility may change over the course of the summer pending player actions on either side.

... Probably! Forums should be back and all is well. If you notice anything weird do the usual thing

Forum, website, and wiki access will be non-existent for at least a few hours if not a full day, starting soonish.

Hello!

We are currently in progress of some major maintenance of our forum and website. Access might be spotty or non-existent at times, and as before- there should be no data loss, but taking some light backups of stuff you cannot live without is never a bad idea in case something goes terribly wrong.

Please do not message us about forum/site outages for the next bit, chances are we are already aware and they are intentional!

Salty at #efu-main?

Feel like #efu-main decreases the amount of fun you have on EfU, but want the ability to use the rest of discord?

Cant stop poking the moderators with sticks and getting QCed?

Have I got the opportunity for you!

Zenmain. Just go to #channel-membership-requests, type

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!join Zenmain*

and main will simply... cease to exist, as if it never were. The rest of discord will function entirely normally. You may read sendings, chat in faction chats, even view player events. You lose not a single feature for playing EfU!

Want main back for some reason? Its easy, too. Just return to the channel and type

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!leave Zenmain*

and main will return.

[ :: Year 2 :: ]

The early hours of the morning were broken by a whisper, Ruul Velstra demanding aid. What for is unknown. Only that shortly after, the Mongrelwoods filled with smoke...

Shortly after, a strange whisper tore across the bronze ears:

RUUL VELSTRA

BY THE LAWS OF YOUR OWN WARD, I CHALLENGE YOU.

Shortly after, with an army of retainers gathered before the gates the ward, a single figure was seen approaching the ward alone. Waiting. And for a great time he waited, alone, silent. When questioned he would not speak. Until, after some time, he spoke:

... Coward. Your people play at honor... play at law... like children. You do not even understand the words. Your entire ward shall suffer for your cowardice. And when you suffer, remember this moment. Remember the hand that ended this long quiet. It. was. not. mine.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/christmas?iso=20201213T15&p0=75&msg=Toyfolly+Event&font=cursive&csz=1

In Ring 97 a cold wind blows in, carrying with it billowing storms. Snowflakes begin to fall, and muckboys complain loudly about ice drifts in the canals. The great trashfire sputters and cracks, billows of black smoke growing tame. The less dedicated of the possessionless ascetics find thick clothing to be suddenly within their supposedly non-existent budget.

But above all else... something strange happens in the factory of the toyfolly. A great whirring of gears, shouting, complaints. The ever-constant billowing smoke from the factory stops. Angry toyfolly gnomes run this way and that across the ring, and the familiar stocks of toyfolly equipment across the city grow lean.

Meanwhile, the snow continues to fall...

There will be a seasonal winter event on Sunday the 13th, beginning at 10pm UTC.

[ :: Year 1 :: ]

Rumors spread of changeling madness afoot.

Tales of strange chaos far off in the rings. A mad ringrunner attacking men  in the ward, nearly blind from cataracts. The disturbance was swiftly put down... however.  Something is wrong. Deeply so.

In the ponds, men who before walked with slouching backs now walk with purpose.  Conversations around the fire grow ever quieter, with suspicious and hostile looks given to outsiders. Bug infested and rotten bread is shared more freely. The muggers of the ponds seem almost a touch thoughtful as they open their subjects bowels. And with the fall of Ticker, the number of men in the ponds begins to swell...

Had a number of people ask for a delay, so we'll run an hour and a half after planned time so they may attend.

This Sunday, I will be running a prelude. This prelude will likely be PvP heavy, and only one PC will survive this prelude. Those participating will receive level 5. The winner will enter the gameworld with a reward, but there will likely be no further direct plot ties. Throwaways welcome.

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/fight?iso=20200913T1430&p0=75&msg=The+Woodlands&csz=1