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Saturday, October 30th, 2010

modly post #25 : monthly check & plotz

[info]greywardens
HAI U GUIZE. We are once again closed for applications, but that is because we have our final character (bringing our total up to a nice even 60) and a new player -- so please welcome her in her intro post, and run your f-button if you haven't already! Since we think we've reached a manageable cap for now, we will likely remain at this number until these first rounds of missions have been completed. After that...well, who knows? Anyway, it's that time again!

ACTIVITY CHECK FOR ALL MEMBERS: If you are active and are not marked down as being on official Hiatus according to the directory, please reply to this thread with ONE of your journals, and list the names/journals of your characters if you have multiples. If you should be listed on Hiatus and are not, please let us know this as well. Just to reiterate what this means, a Hiatus indicates that you will be unable to post for a significant period of time, upwards of 2 weeks. Everyone has until SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH to respond to this entry; after that point, we will be contacting players with removal warnings. If we do not receive a response to these warnings within 72 hours, we will assume that the player is no longer interested in participation and they will be removed, with their characters handled in an appropriate manner by the moderators. Please continue to post as you normally would during this period.

Here is your plot progress report: ( OCTOBER 16-30 )

That's all! Any questions or comments or corrections, just drop us a line. We will be updating all plotting threads tomorrow with the most accurate and up to date info. Happy Halloween! ♥

EDIT: We've also added new tags to the OOC comm for your easy perusal of all important older entries.
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Friday, October 15th, 2010

plot update #1

[info]greywardens
Heeeeey guys. Rather than strictly doing monthly posts attached to activity checks, we've decided we want to try out a new system of keeping everyone up to date on group threads and up to speed by typing up some separate Plot Update posts once every two weeks -- either on Fridays or Saturdays, depending on mod availability. This means we will be still be doing our monthly (or close to it) checks WITH plot updates, but there will be posts in between. Hopefully, this will keep everyone better engaged and aware of their activity and what they should or could be doing for their characters. We will also take this time to throw up any other info you ought to know about -- for example, we have a couple of new characters this week, so run your f-button if you haven't already! Also, GROUP ONE has finally received their next plot update. Check it out.

So without further ado, here's the round up: ( OCTOBER 9-15 )
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Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

modly post #23 : activity check & plot updates

[info]greywardens
Sooo it's been way over a month by now, but here's your activity check!

ACTIVITY CHECK FOR ALL MEMBERS: If you are active and are not marked down as being on official Hiatus according to the directory, please reply to this thread with ONE of your journals, and list the names/journals of your characters if you have multiples. If you should be listed on Hiatus and are not, please let us know this as well. Just to reiterate what this means, a Hiatus indicates that you will be unable to post for a significant period of time, upwards of 2 weeks. Everyone has until SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH to respond to this entry; after that point, we will be contacting players with removal warnings. If we do not receive a response to these warnings within 72 hours, we will assume that the player is no longer interested in participation and they will be removed, with their characters handled in an appropriate manner by the moderators. Please continue to post as your normally would during this period.

PLOT PROGRESS: ( Under the cut. )

That's all, folks. We are still open for applications and have resumed normal review schedule. If there's something we've missed about G3, please let us know, as we've been having a harder time keeping track of those threads than others, since it's such a huge group. As usual, if there are any questions, just PM us or leave a note in the drop box. Thanks!
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Thursday, August 19th, 2010

modly post #21 : monthly activity check/plot update/open for apps

[info]greywardens
It's that time again, folks! Since it's been a little over a month since we last conducted one, we just wanted to get another count of who is active or plans to stick around with us for longer.
ACTIVITY CHECK FOR ALL MEMBERS: If you are active and are not marked down as being on official Hiatus according to the directory, please reply to this thread with ONE of your journals, and list the names/journals of your characters if you have multiples. If you should be listed on Hiatus and are not, please let us know this as well. Just to reiterate what this means, a Hiatus indicates that you will be unable to post for a significant period of time, upwards of 2 weeks. Everyone has until SATURDAY, AUGUST 28TH to respond to this entry; after that point, we will be contacting players with removal warnings. If we do not receive a response to these warnings within 72 hours, we will assume that the player is no longer interested in participation and they will be removed, with their characters handled in an appropriate manner by the moderators. Please continue to post as your normally would during this period.

PLOT PROGRESS: On that note, here's the summary of where we're at when it comes to moving the story along, and where everyone can or should be posting to continue their activity.
( Under the cut. )

OPENING FOR NEW CHARACTERS: Tying into the activity check and the fact that we are in a good place to add a few new characters before we reach the POINT OF NO RETURN~ in terms of plot, we will be opening up applications again for SIX (6) new characters -- additionally, we would like for at least half of these positions to open to new members rather than alts from current members. In order for these characters to be integrated immediately into plot, they MUST be able to be recruited by the groups within the following three locations: Redcliffe, Lothering, and Denerim. If you have any friends who were interested in joining earlier, but missed their chance, let them know we're open again!

IN SUM: We're open for applications, plots are moving along, and we're doing another monthly activity check. Please comment to this post with your activity status, and if you have any questions about what's going on, use our drop box or PM us and we'll try to reply ASAP. Thanks all!
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Friday, July 9th, 2010

modly post #20 : plot updates/other stuff

[info]greywardens
Hey all -- got a wide assortment of things to talk about.

First off, we'd just like to reiterate that it's been a bit of a busy month for us IRL, between school and work, and we've unfortunately been slacking on a few things, particularly keeping up with activity checks. We did not actually perform them as we said we would last week, although we do feel strongly about making sure our members keep in touch with us about their availability to post and whether or not they need help in finding a reason to do so. We have been admittedly slow in moving plot along recently, though we are trying to correct this as much as possible while both mods are relatively available to post. That said, we'd like to clean the slate on this activity check and do it a different way.
ACTIVITY CHECK FOR ALL MEMBERS: If you are active and are not marked down as being on official Hiatus according to the directory, please reply to this thread with ONE of your journals, and list the names/journals of your characters if you have multiples. If you should be listed on Hiatus and are not, please let us know this as well. Just to reiterate what this means, a Hiatus indicates that you will be unable to post for a significant period of time, upwards of 2 weeks. Everyone has until SATURDAY, JULY 17TH to respond to this entry; after that point, we will be contacting players with removal warnings. If we do not receive a response to these warnings within 72 hours, we will assume that the player is no longer interested in participation and they will be removed, with their characters handled in an appropriate manner by the moderators. Please continue to post as your normally would during this period.

PLOT PROGRESS: ( Under the cut. )

Again, please comment to this post with your activity status, and if you have any questions about what's going on, use our drop box or PM us and we'll try to reply ASAP. Thanks all!
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Thursday, May 13th, 2010

modly post #18: april/may activity check

[info]greywardens
MONTHLY ACTIVITY CHECK WARNING: It's about that time again, folks! If you have NOT posted any IC interaction since before MAY 1ST, you will be subject to removal by SATURDAY, MAY 22. If you have multiple characters, participation from at least ONE of these will count. We understand that the last days of April/the beginning of May are a very hectic time for people, so if you just drop us a note letting us know if this deadline is not long enough, we'll be glad to extend it for individuals. We don't need any specific reason, just some communication of intent from our players -- nevertheless, all comments to this post will be screened for your privacy.

GROUP THREAD PROGRESS: As a brief rundown of what's currently going on, so that we're all on the same page:

GROUP ONE We have two active/open threads set on the Lake Calenhad Docks.
IC DATE: 23 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon
A Meeting on the Shore - Eileen and Loic are met by half of the party; currently involved are Coan and Ashya. Next to post will be [info]arkaitz.
The Spoiled Princess - The other part of the party go into the tavern to settle rooms and grab food and drink. Currently involved are Signy, Imenry, Vienne, and Talfryn (NPC'd by Bethen). Next to post will be ???.

GROUP TWO
IC DATE: 18 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon
Brothers Reunited - On the evening of their encounter with bandits, the Wardens and company make camp in the Bannorn and are joined by three stray travelers: the brothers Lukaer and Mathieu Ledaal, and Garrett Edgewalker. Next to post will be [info]deadlegionlythe.

GROUP THREE
IC DATE: 17 Molioris, 9:45 Dragon
All in the Valley of Death - Still ongoing from the last check, though we're led to believe that most of G3 has alternate plans to further the story. Check the plot thread for more details.

We've been trying our best to follow along with all of the plotting threads, but please feel free to correct us if any of these details are wrong! Thanks all.
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010

modly post #17 : checking in

[info]greywardens
We have finally replaced our Bard, so please update your friends lists!

ACTIVITY CHECK WARNING: We will be performing an activity check this week. If you have NOT posted any IC interaction since MARCH 13 (this does include backscenes), you will be subject to removal by SATURDAY, APRIL 17. Again, our requirements for this game are to write at least ONE reply to a thread or an entry in [info]thedas once a month, and of any length (it doesn't have to be a masterpiece, it just has to be written). We understand that RL can be difficult, but this is a very minimal demand.

GROUP THREAD PROGRESS: We would like to check in with members of the groups and remind everyone to TRACK each groups' respective planning thread to keep up to date with plot developments, so that we don't have to run around commenting individual contact posts to remind people what to do. If you have a new companion who is going to join up with a group and have not yet posted in your group thread, please do so ASAP, so that we can plan how/where/why to pick up your character.

On that note, we'd like to give a brief rundown of where everyone is/what everyone is up to:

GROUP ONE: (Track Plot Thread)
IC DATE: 19 Molioris
CURRENT THREAD: Chanter Davor - Recruiting Ekaterina Davor.
NEXT THREAD: Lake Calenhad Docks. Two threads: Recruitment of [info]arkaitz and [info]enchanter_lee; tavern thread. Started by [info]enchanter_lee & ???.

GROUP TWO: (Track Plot Thread)
IC DATE: 18 Molioris
CURRENT THREAD: BANDITS! - Recruiting Cadi Seris.
NEXT THREAD: The Bannorn; recruiting [info]lukaer, [info]mathieu and [info]edgewalker. Started by [info]lukaer.

GROUP THREE: (Track Plot Thread)
IC DATE: 17 Molioris
CURRENT THREAD: All in the Valley of Death - Recruiting Davin Athirus.
NEXT THREAD: Denerim. Recruiting [info]darrian_anner (and later [info]scoibran). Started by [info]darrian_anner.

Please let us know if any of this is inaccurate, and definitely start chatting each other up in your plotting threads so that we can make some deeper headway into the plot. Thanks!
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

GROUP THREE : brecilian forest

[info]greywardens
OBJECTIVE: Since most leaders of Ferelden have already received warning of the impending Blight, Alistair is sending an envoy out to the Dalish elves, so they can call together their clans and rise to action. However, the situation between the humans living around the Brecilian Forest and the elves has become incredibly tense as of late. While Grey Wardens maintain political neutrality, some assistance may be required to keep the peace so that everyone can focus on the threat posed by the darkspawn, who are rising from the southeast.
TRAVEL ROUTE: Passing briefly through Denerim, then south east along the restored West Road until reaching the first Dalish camp in the Brecilian Forest.
ILLUSTRATED GROUP/QUEST GUIDE (created & maintained by [info]falinabjyr)
WARDENS: Conlan Delaine, Faer Arandil, Falina Bjyr, Lalin Adain
COMPANIONS: Cormac Murrough, Dolain, Hissra, Karashok, Ordhan Wyland
MEETING: Arja Serik, Arya Oros, Azabeth Kordura, Cyril of Saelac, Darrian Anner, Davin Athirus, Desiderio Ledaal, Galen Elerron, Guillemette d'Abbevilliers-Roissy, Jill Sorrel, Kenton Wyndem, Lillian Tharelle, Simon Coibran, Terin Oros, Valan Arandil
( TIMELINE )
( PLOT UPDATES )
( SUBPLOTS/SIDEQUESTS )
( RANDOM ENCOUNTERS )
( RELATED THREADS/SCENES )
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GROUP TWO : ostagar

[info]greywardens
OBJECTIVE: With reports of southern Ferelden being swarmed by roaming packs of darkspawn, Alistair has ordered one party to explore the old Tevinter ruins of Ostagar. His theory is that a broodmother has made her nest somewhere underneath or close by the crumbling structures, and must be destroyed now to reduce the production of their enemies.
TRAVEL ROUTE: Cutting across the Bannorn, stopping in Lothering, then taking the southern branch of the Imperial Highway to the ruins of Ostagar at the edge of the Korcari Wilds.
WARDENS: Alderic Thearre, Bethen Avilla, Jaden Tahal, Rhocanth Garal
COMPANIONS: Constans Ledaal, Dee Aisli, Lucressia Peron, Lythe Gethon, Nivak Aldurral, Thais Keigwin
MEETING: Cadi Seris, Aedre, Æolyn M'Haaren, Israa Nilas, Garrett Edgewalker, Kyrioscath Ansradar, Lukaer Ledaal, Mathieu Ledaal, Pavak Sethi, Seda Utheriel
( TIMELINE )
( PLOT UPDATES )
( SUBPLOTS/SIDEQUESTS )
( RANDOM ENCOUNTERS )
( RELATED THREADS/SCENES )
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GROUP ONE : redcliffe

[info]greywardens
OBJECTIVE: After receiving an urgent message from Arl Teagan sent a week after Alistair's visit, the Wardens and their companions must hurry to Redcliffe, as scouts have reported a significant increase of darkspawn heading down Gherlen's Pass from the Frostbacks. It is also thought that one of the previously closed off passages to the Deep Roads has been reopened and must be sealed again to cut off the invasion point.
TRAVEL ROUTE: Taking the North Road under the coastlands and across the Bannorn, south on the Highway through the Lake Calenhad docks, and further southwest to the village of Redcliffe.
WARDENS: Coan Bryland, Savio Corleoni, Signy Dagna, Vienne Reyer
COMPANIONS: Ashya Devar, Aurin Demarc, Hilda Aelricsdottr, Imenry Barras, Noah Durand, Quintus Wulfric, Talfryn Armstead
MEETING: Branwyn Sheehy, Brennan Wulfe, Demetir Jorunn, Eileen Wyland, Ekaterina Davor, Elsa Vargas, Johann Bronson, Loic Arkaitz, Nerys Ronain, Raelias Loravarnion, Roran Ághas
( TIMELINE )
( PLOT UPDATES )
( SUBPLOTS/SIDEQUESTS )
( RANDOM ENCOUNTERS )
( RELATED THREADS/SCENES )
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modly post #13 : the first missions

[info]greywardens
THE LORE: While many of the senior Grey Wardens are already away from Vigil's Keep on their regular patrols across the country side, the most experienced of these elite warriors are on a very important mission: tracking down the Archdemon before it can raise the Blight. Now that they're prepared, it's up to the Wardens and the crown of Ferelden to take the initiative in this war. Queen Anora, working in tandem with the Wardens, has made contact with leaders of other nations, such as Empress Celene of Orlais, and has requested military aid; Alistair has done the same in attempting to support from other branches of the order to come. Meanwhile, he has issued several important (but perhaps less ambitious than taking on an Archdemon) missions for his newest batch of Wardens and their companions to carry out.

( GROUP ONE )( GROUP TWO )( GROUP THREE )
( TRAVEL MAP )

OOC EXPLANATION: Though we tried to accommodate as many requests as possible, these groups have been carefully balanced by class, race, function, potential drama/character development, challenge to writers/characters, and IC logic. All future companions added to the game after this post will have to find their own way to join a group. There are four Grey Wardens in each; Companions are those who left with them from Vigil's Keep, and Meeting indicates those who will be encountered on the way. If no specific requests were made for those in the latter category, we have assigned you a group/location. We would prefer not to since we put a lot of thought into this, be we can be persuaded to change some things if there's a good enough reason. But if it's just because you aren't with the people you wanted now, we promise you will get your chance to interact with them eventually!

We will be posting up a plotting thread for each group in [info]weisshaupt to discuss things with one another, and for us to keep you updated on plot-related details/prompts. We have some very specific events in mind to make things exciting, but we are always open to incorporating new ideas. Most importantly, it would be good for those in the MEETING categories to work out how they wish to be encountered by the group. Locations in bold on the travel route are important stopping places; it is likely that you will want to spend some time threading there before moving on to the quest destinations. As always, we strongly encourage communication between players, and with us. If you have any questions, just ask!
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Friday, February 12th, 2010

modly post #12 : the joining

[info]greywardens
This is what we've been waiting for! The mods will post a thread starter for all of the Grey Warden recruits on Friday, February 19th for the Joining ceremony. For reference, the IC date of this thread will be 13 Molioris, and take place in the evening. All recruits MUST reply at least once to this thread to have their character take part in the Joining ritual. Ideally, we would like this to be completed within a few days' time so that we can advance the plot to the next stage. In the mean time, you still have one RL week to play out or try to finish up scenes/threads that take place at Vigil's Keep before we begin to move on. Post-Joining activity, including finalized groups, will be announced by the middle of the week.

This thread will be slightly more organized/mod controlled than others, and we have provided a posting order/drinking order to ensure that the event flows correctly. The names in bold are the names of the players who are expected to reply to this thread with their own character picking up the Chalice -- we will be doing all the NPC control and be posting actions when it is an NPC's turn to drink. Your response can be as long or as brief as you'd like; we just want some form of reply in a relatively quick time, since we want to make this scene dramatic, but not drag on for too long. Others are welcome to comment in between with their reactions to the events even when it's not their turn to take the chalice, but keep in mind that their actions will not be able to majorly affect the outcome: we still need Wardens, and some people will have to die.

Without further ado, this is the official order of who will be drinking:

( JOINING RITUAL DRINKING/POSTING ORDER )

We hope all this seems clear! Any further questions on how this thread will work can be directed toward the mod journal or this post. :]

EDIT: You can review the Joining ceremony as shown in the game if you need a reminder of how drinking the blood will affect your character.
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Friday, February 5th, 2010

modly post #11 : plot progress + moar npcs!

[info]greywardens
Given our current rate of progression, we're thinking that we may be able to get around to our Joining ceremony sooner rather than later (hooray!). That being the case, we would like to get current threads set during Summerday wrapped up soon, and have Alistair's group arrive at Amaranthine by FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 -- this can either be done in the same fashion as the Circle/Chantry arrival, or people may begin smaller posts for their characters to react to their surroundings. As before, any unfinished threads/scenes that take place between Summerday and the first week of Molioris will remain open for posting in. However, our IC date will be moving forward.

Two IC days will pass between the last of the recruits' arrival at Vigil's Keep and the Joining ceremony, so the Warden-Commander can prepare the ritual, and the gathered recruits can have time to interact and get to know each other a little. We would like to start the Joining ceremony thread by FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19. More details on the thread, such as expected posting order, will be forthcoming closer to that date.

Because there's a sort of questionable survival rate to the process of becoming a Warden, we've whipped up a few extra NPCs in addition to the magi and templars (Byron, Emrys, Lirana, Maddock and Trevan) mentioned in previous threads as fellow Grey Warden recruits. These characters would have trickled into Amaranthine over the course of the last month or so. They are free to use in scenes by those gathered at Vigil's Keep, but we've provided you with a rough guide for their histories/personalities. Have fun with them! Just don't get too attached. :P

( NPC Warden Recruits )
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Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

officious modly post

[info]greywardens
Welcome to the game everyone! :D

We're really, really happy to have gotten so many wonderful applications and can't wait to get started. That said, much as we'd like to enact our plot, we're going to wait a couple more days until we have more of the premade roles filled out. But that doesn't mean there isn't anything to do until then!

Because Alistair can't be in 20 places at once (no matter how many fans may wish that were true), we've set up a timeline of events and an order in which the future Wardens were recruited, spaced out with consideration to rough travel time. Though Dagna suggests that the time it takes to go between Orzammar and Kinloch Hold is over two weeks, we've decided to change the scale down with the assumption that she meant by foot; presume that Alistair is on horseback, thus shortening some travel time between destinations.

The first group of events (weeks One through Eight) all occurred before the time at which the game is set to start. You are very much welcome to play out these events, or any backdated scenes that take place before then, by posting a thread or narrative in [info]thedas (our main community) while we wait for a few more characters as a fun exercise in character development. If companion characters can find a way to get themselves into the plot or into a thread at these early points, they can definitely do that, as well! So without further ado, a rough timeline:
( Timeline of Events )

Consider this timeline as a rough outline -- your characters' reactions to the situations are entirely up to you, as are the details and the dialogues and whatever else you'd like to throw into a scenario (random battle encounter? awesome!). These are just goals and plot points we'd like to reach. Please get in touch with and coordinate threads with your fellow players if you are meant to have a scene together; that's what those contact posts were for! Additionally, for group scenes that require multiple characters, you may set up a post in this community, [info]weisshaupt, to discuss what you'd like to do (such as posting order, who will start, etc.), or even work it out in comments to this post.

If anything we've written is unclear, please let us know and at least one mod will be able to get back to you ASAP! Thanks again for joining us, we're really, really psyched to have such talented writers involved! :]
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