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Hello, everyone.

It's been a few weeks since we put out the poll regarding the future of the comms. Unfortunately, between Kally's busy schedule and my medical issues, we haven't been able to look over the results just yet. However, we realized that we've left many, many metaplot questions hanging. Questions you may want answered. Therefore, this post is the Great Metaplot Reveal! Here, I'm going to post our "metaplot bible," the document that we used to guide the game.

Answers await you below the cut. Be warned, there's a lot of information ahead. And it doesn't even cover the entire three and a half years the game was active. We welcome players to ask any additional questions that they don't see answered in the comments below.

How sad is it that I still have to look up the code for this? )How sad is it that I still have to look up the code for this? )

The NPCs


Major Nysgods

King Mithos (Wizera) → The reigning monarch of Dagaz. He’s been in charge since time began and people love and respect him, more or less worshipping him as a god. He has final say on all matters and generally takes a pretty hands-on approach to ruling. That said, he does much of his work from a distance. Mithos is an intimidating individual, but he is generally seen as fair.


Queen Thea (Kally) → Mithos’ true love, who has been the queen at his side for a very, very long time. She was once the wife of a tribal chief, from a treetop village in the mortal realms, and as such, left behind mortal descendants. Thea is a very visible figure. She is known to be warm, kind, considerate, and all around just a pleasant person.


Lord Thierry (Kally) → Mithos’ right hand man. Thierry is a kind, considerate man, who does a very good job at hiding some severe pain. The woman he loved ended up bound to another Nysgod and Thierry has never quite recovered from the pain of that. He is a dutiful husband, but he does not love his wife.


Lady Blaise (Carly) → Thierry’s wife and Thea’s sister. Thea and Blaise both became Nysgod together, so that they could spend eternity with one another, but Blaise never bargained for the fact that she would fall in love with someone who could not return her love. This has made Blaise into a very bitter, unpleasant woman. She often serves as an adviser to newly-turned Nysgod mates.


Uri (Wizera) → The Head Carver. Uri is often the judge of legal cases in Dagaz. He is intimidating, but very reasonable. As a Carver, his appearance is much older than most Nysgod. It saddens him very much to see Nysgods, many of whom he created, carving themselves out when they lose their mates. He himself has a mate named Anastasia.


Skokan (Wizera) → The royal valet. Skokan has been charged with the task of finding Tristan a new mate. He takes this duty very seriously, to the point of being a zealot. Skokan’s mate would not come with him to Dagaz, and this has left him a hollow shell of a man, who’s only love is Dagaz itself. He will maintain the status quo of his beloved homeland at any cost, beginning by ensuring that Tristan assumes the throne, as planned. He manufactured the Grasp and has lied about it malfunctioning. No one can question this lie, since no one else knows how the Grasp works. He's also aiming to frame Quinn as a villain and will occasionally kidnap candidates (dropped characters) and leave a toy in their place.


Prince Tristan (Kally) → The son of Mithos and Thea who is next in line to the throne. Tristan is a fairly melancholy individual, more so than normal lately, since the death of Mia. Having been trained from birth to be the next king, he is a skilled diplomat, vastly intelligent, and worldly.


Quinn (Kally) → The banished cousin of Tristan. Quinn is charming, witty, intelligent, and at his core, very good-natured. He very much disapproves of the current situation in Dagaz and is trying to help Skokan’s captives escape. Because of his status as an outlaw, he is often blamed for the bad things. In truth, he has the best of intentions.


Jaan (Wizera) → A young Nysgod and friend of Quinn and Tristan. Jaan is a revolutionary thinker who doesn’t really know how to keep his mouth shut. Since he’s never done anything illegal, he can’t be banished, but a lot of the older, more traditional Nysgod find him to be radical and dangerous. Jaan has a happy life outside of Dagaz with his mate. The reason he’s so angry is because he has seen so many of his friends carve themselves out because of the laws about only being allowed to imprint once. He is out to change all that.


Minor Nysgods

Edwin (Kally) → Tristan and Quinn’s friend, who is the head of the Seers’ Guild. Edwin is very soft-spoken and shy. He is kind to everyone, but on the whole, a very ineffectual person.


Blake (Carly) → Edwin’s mate. In contrast to Edwin, Blake is a very boisterous, friendly individual. He hosts the best parties in all of Dagaz.


Robin (Wizera) → Robin was a friend to Tristan and Quinn. He helped Quinn to change his symbol. Many years after Quinn was banished, Robin fell in love, but his mate was already married and happy. To end his pain, Robin had himself carved out. For now.


Hesiod (Carly) → An exiled Carver who took his staff with him when he left. Like Jaan, he’s a revolutionary thinker. Unlike Jaan, he’s not a very nice person. He might possibly be gunning for Uri’s position.


Major Mortals

Casey (Wizera) → A human girl, with some possible demon blood, Casey is the second mate of Quinn. She is curious and intelligent, but clumsy when it comes to social interactions. She is an alchemist by trade and enjoys experiments, although they often end in explosions. Although she was initially repulsed by Quinn, she grew to love him and is now helping him to fight the good fight in defense of his homeland. She was unknowingly chosen to serve as an escort to the PCs.


Adriana (Kally) → A Hylian girl and friend of Casey. Like Casey, she was chosen by the Nysgods to ease the transition for the PCs from their old lives to their lives with the Niflehim.


Minor Mortals

Egime (Whoever needs to) → Quinn’s first mate, a priestess who loved him dearly, but refused to become Nysgod. On her deathbed, she made Quinn promise her that he would find another mate.


Mia (Whoever needs to) → Tristan’s imprinted mate, who died recently.


Lucien (Kally) → A mortal man who once accidentally traveled back in time. With his knowledge of modern-day Nysgods, he inadvertently became the father of their race, teaching them how to create female Nysgods.


Insa (Wizera) → Lucien’s cousin and Tristan’s lover.

The Plot


Phase One

-Skokan is kidnapping people, bringing them into Dagaz as potential mates for Tristan. These are the PCs. Tristan is not eager to choose a new mate, so the PCs are kept in a “waiting room” with assigned roommates.

-Quinn, Adriana and Casey are working to try to rescue the PCs. As an outlaw, Quinn has attained a villain status. Much like the Green Hornet, he is blamed for everything bad that happens. In reality, he is only trying to help.

-Quinn employs many tactics to rescue the PCs. They manifest as “games” which cause different things to happen.

-PCs are allowed to start learning levels of Nysgod magic: 1) Able to tell when a Nysgod is reading your mind, 2) able to push a Nysgod out of your head, 3) able to close your surface thoughts, 4) able to close deeper thoughts, 5) able to tell the difference between a Nysgod illusion and something real, 6) able to see anything being hidden by an illusion

-PCs are allowed to start learning levels of Nysgod tech: 1) They understand all the basic functions of a Netbox. 2) They can create private channels on the network, such as the current Waiting Room channel. 3) They can create holograms. 4) They can create un-hackable posts on the Network. 5) They understand the mechanics of basic Nysgod technology and can work repair on broken equipment. 6) They can begin incorporating Nysgod technology into their own creations
-The candidates are bounced from Niflheim city to Niflheim city, gathering information about the different factions. Eventually, Skokan is Carved Out (to return later), letting the PCs fend for themselves.

-Eventually, Quinn and Casey are caught. They are put on trial for their crimes. The story of Egime is revealed.

-Tristan decides to attempt to pull a Quinn by changing his own symbol. He is punished by being turned into a mortal. He goes off to live a happy little life away from Dagaz.


Phase Two

-The PCs ought to be sent home, since Tristan is no longer around. Unfortunately, Skokan (alive again) is so furious about the events in Phase One that he is nowhere to be found.

-The PCs are given their own village and are allowed to create their own buildings, set up businesses, and generally begin some of their own plots.


Phase Three

-Skokan suddenly returns and demands that Tristan be restored. He probably gets the PCs to help him with this petition, since getting Tristan back sooner means they can go home.

-Tristan’s UNHAPPY. Therefore, he’s no closer to choosing a mate. Something is very wrong. Some PCs who care to investigate will learn that while he was mortal, he took up with a mortal woman, Insa, and fell in love with her, but as a Nysgod, he believes he is still biologically compelled to be in love with Mia.

-At this point, players are allowed to app Nysgod OCs of the second generation.


Phase Four

-News reaches Dagaz that Insa’s pregnant. This throws the world into complete chaos.

-Skokan eventually decides that the baby must die, because it is completely screwing up the line of succession. His attack is a failure and he is exiled from Dagaz. Unfortunately, without him around, the PCs cannot be returned home.

-Hesiod starts re-carving dead Nysgods in order to start a revolution. They take over the village. The good guys form several parties to take it back. One to distract the Nysgods, one to try and grab Hesiod’s staff, etc. The party that Casey leads is soundly defeated and she is mortally wounded, so Uri carves her in to save her life. The bad guys are eventually defeated but now Robin and the other re-carved Nysgods are alive!


Phase Five

-The aftermath of Hesiod’s rebellion is addressed. Casey’s gone to crazy town, since she was carved in so hastily. She was probably carved in so quickly that something went wrong, which is why PCs can still remember who she is.

-Tristan makes it clear that he intends to become mortal again. The line of succession is up for debate, with Team Quinn and Team Robin. Robin, however, wants Tristan to stay heir, in the hopes that he’ll change the laws, allowing all men a second chance at love (neither Quinn nor Robin could make such a law as it would be viewed as self-serving and kings cannot be self-serving).

-Through Edwin, Robin learns that Adriana was supposed to be his soul mate, but he didn’t see her in time.

-Robin becomes completely unbalanced, slowly descending into madness.


Phase Six

-Robin is named heir. He starts doing very bad things.

-Tristan becomes mortal and goes away.

-The history of Mithos, Thea, Thierry, and Blaise is completely revealed by Edwin, in a desperate attempt to get Robin removed from the throne and Quinn named heir.


Phase Seven

??? Something with the Polarians maybe? We'll see if we actually get that far.

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Hi Players.

It's never easy for moderators to have to tell their game that things are changing--but unfortunately, that's just what we have to tell you. We started this game three years ago with a lot of anxiety and apprehension, and you guys turned it into something amazing. We couldn't have been any happier with our players.

Unfortunately, with my wedding coming up and taking care of my father and the health problems that Wizera has been dealing with, we're just not able to dedicate the time to this game that modding takes. We've been on the player end of games closing, though, and we know how hard that can be, so we want to leave you with options.

Maybe you feel this game is ready to be let go. Maybe you want to organize a final event. Maybe you want to try to keep playing your characters in these settings for awhile as a sandbox without moderation (though we are happy to hand over the information to the mod journal if you'd like to maintain any lists). Maybe you want to open your own spinoff game (using the ship? set in a dollhouse? who knows, this was just an option we knew someone would think of). Maybe you have an entirely different idea. Either way, we want player input. So we're putting this poll up here for the next week (until 6/9). If there's something else you want to suggest, feel free to write it here and we can add it to the poll.

Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 15


What would you like to happen to Throne of Shadows?

View Answers

The game has come to a place where I think it is ready to close.
6 (40.0%)

I am ready for the game to close but I'd like to end it with a game-wide, player-run event and my suggestions for that will be posted below.
2 (13.3%)

I would like to spin the game off and my suggestions for doing so are below.
0 (0.0%)

I would like the game to continue on as a sandbox, understanding that the moderators will no longer be involved in it.
7 (46.7%)



Please know how hard this was for us to post and how much we do appreciate the time so many of you have put into our little game. We wish our schedules could go back to being what they were three years ago, but we want everyone to be as happy as they can be with things having changed how they have. We won't leave you hanging about the mysteries of the metaplot. Regardless of the outcome, we'll put up some kind of post where we'll answer any questions you might have about the game, the NPCs, or the history of the Nysgods.

In closing, we love you guys. :)
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The In-Character, X-Rated, Embarrassingly Personal Meme

STEP ONE: Your character is unable to lie. Answer the following questions in-character.

STEP TWO: Tag around. React ICly to the information. Ask more embarrassing questions of a personal nature.

STEP THREE: Profit!

1. What do you call your private parts, if anything?
2. When did you lose your virginity and what were the circumstances?
3. Have you ever had a same-sex sexual experience of any kind?
4. Regarding #3: What was it?
5. Okay, gentlemen. Accurate measurements, if you please – and be honest, now!
6. Do you use contraceptives of any kind? What?
7. What sex toys do you have in your repertoire?
8. Favourite sexual position?
9. Ever been skinny dipping?
10. The one sexual encounter you most enjoyed but would be embarrassed to admit to?
11. Do you have any fetishes?
12. What’s the kinkiest thing you’ve done during sex?
13. Ever paid for sex?
14. Do you consider yourself more dominant or submissive in the bedroom?
15. Do you engage in roleplay (naughty nurse, schoolgirl, etc)?
16. What are your bedroom Will-Nots? (IE – What will you absolutely REFUSE to do?)
17. Under what circumstances would you consider involving more than one partner in the bedroom?
18. If you were to play music during your sexual encounters, what would it be?
19. List five people of the candidates with whom you’d like to engage in sexual relations of any kind.
20. List all the people of the candidates with whom you have ALREADY engaged in sexual relations of any kind.

Please point out any content warnings, please and thank you! Copy-pastable HTML for your convenience:






[ Oh I blatently stole this one off the [community profile] lastvoyages comm.]
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... which is why it's taken me a month to finally sit down and write this.

Sappy Stuff in Here )

Drop

May. 12th, 2015 06:27 pm
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Hello everyone...

This has been a really REALLY difficult decision, but it's time for me to drop Martha. Again. I hated dropping her the first time, and I hate dropping her this time, but it's definitely time. I'm not thrilled with where she is in game, nor do I have the energy to do what I need to do with her in game. Plus, she lost a good chunk of her CR recently it seems.

Current threads can be dropped, handwaved, or continued; please let me know what you'd prefer threadmates.

Don't know who would notice her disappearance most... I'll leave that up to all of you.

I'm up for memes and PSLs - always feel free to contact me!

Link and Mal are still around.

Al
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Hi it's Beth.

After having to leave due to way too much going on in my life last year I've come back.

Erin will be making her grand return soon. She will not remember anyone she met previously nor will she get any weird inkling she has been here before.

It's great to be back you guys. I've missed ya all.
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As the dust begins to settle from the foul (fowl?) situation caused by the Cuccos, some new faces are going to be popping up in Mannaz Hall. On Day 384, a team of scientists will arrive, claiming to have been sent by Mithos. Whether this gesture is due to the things the candidates said to him, or to the fact that the servants complained about picking feathers out of the tapestries is unclear. But what is clear is that their objective is to try to fix the Grasp.

Of course, nothing goes as planned in this game. And the scientists lack the mad spark of genius that Skokan possessed. So in their efforts to do some repair work…they’ll be causing something curious to happen.

The multiverse is occasionally a redundant place. Certain faces seem to be repeated over and over again. And in trying to fix the Grasp, the scientists will accidentally cause some of these repeated faces to be superimposed onto the candidates.

What does this mean? Stepping away from the poetic language of plotting, it means it’s time to focus a little on your character’s PB. On Day 384, candidates may find their bodies possessed by other characters from the multiverse who share their face. For example, let’s say someone plays Barney from How I Met Your Mother. Barney is played by Neil Patrick Harris. Neil Patrick Harris also played Doctor Horrible from Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog. On Day 384, if Barney’s player opts into the plot, then Barney’s body will be temporarily taken over by Doctor Horrible.

The effects of the botched repair work will last two days in game, Days 384-385 (May 19-24). The Nysgod scientists will quickly realize their error and reverse it in that time.

And, of course, no complicated plot is complete without some FAQs…

We all have a face that we hide away forever… )

-1 Glee kid

May. 9th, 2015 12:18 am
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I've been in this game a long time but it's time to let it go. Without Scorpius, Kurt's going to be pretty unplayable at this point. I hope you all and the game the best.

Feel free to remove me from plurk if you'd like. No hard feelings.

Drop

May. 8th, 2015 10:34 pm
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Sorry everyone but this has been a long time coming. I'm gonna let Scorpius go home now. Mainly due to my own issues, which I'm not gonna get into here.

Special sorry and thank you to Susan and Momo for being there for me. I'm gonna miss you guys! Thanks for all the fun times!

Plot Ago

May. 7th, 2015 05:56 pm
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Hi all,

Plot started today. Sorry I've not been around. Had a run in with a kitchen knife today that left me a bit traumatized. I'm OK and healthy. Just now bonded with superglue.

Anyway, for your viewing pleasure... some Cucco videos:

Death by Cucco

Become the Cucco

Have fun everyone!

drop

May. 3rd, 2015 08:30 pm
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 I haven't managed to be active in a while, and I realize I definitely need to drop. I have a dissertation to finish and then I'm moving across the country so life is pretty crazy right now. I might be back in a few months if things settle down because I really have enjoyed this game.
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Reading is harmless right? Well, it is if you actually know how to read. And if you don't pick up restricted books. On day 380 Link will be making his way to the library. It's more of a mistake than anything; those hallways are tricksy! Once there, he'll wander a bit, eventually finding his way on the wrong side of the Restricted barrier. He'll pick out a beautiful looking book, open it up, and Cuccos will stream out - finding various places of Mannez hall to inhabit.

Which will of course will cause problems. Some of these Cuccos are quite harmless. Some of them are vengeful and will attack anything that moves. Oddest of all, you may or may not become a chicken yourself! One minute happily eating lunch and the next minute running around, clucking! Don't worry, it won't last too long.

What are Cuccos?
Cuccos are simply chickens that exist in most Legend of Zelda games.

Great. So we just have chickens everywhere?
Well not exactly. See, Cuccos have two settings.

1) In most Zelda games, if you attack a cucco long enough, it'll go into a rage, call all of its cucco friends, and attack you until you die. Or walk through a door.

2) In Twilight Princess, the game my Link is specifically from, if you attack a cucco enough, you turn into a cucco.

But my character's not really the type to just attack chickens. Plus he/she doesn't have a sword/hammer/hookshot/bow and arrow/etc.
For the purpose of this plot, when Link opens the book, one of three things can happen.
Perfectly ordinary, harmless cuccos appear around you.
Vengeful cuccos appear near you. And then start attacking the minute they see you.
You turn into a cucco.

How do I stop a band of vengeful cuccos?
Run. And go through the next door you can find. They're vengeful, but stupid. They'll forget you exist when you come back out.

What about being a chicken?
This is also temporary. You can make it last as long or as short as you want up to one full IC day. Perhaps you're running around as a cucco and turn back human just as someone rounds the corner. Or maybe you're stuck as a chicken all day long. Or perhaps you change back and forth multiple times a day. You will retain all clothing when you become human again.

Can my character talk while a chicken?
They can talk chicken! Only clucks and squawks. People in regular form will not understand them.

Do I get to keep any of my powers as a chicken?
Nope. Chickens pretty much run around clucking and scratching. As I said, you'll only stay a chicken for as long as you like up to one IC day.

How long will this plot last?
For one IC day.

I have more questions!!!
Ask away. I'm happy to reply.

Drop

May. 2nd, 2015 10:01 am
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The time has come to let Joshua go. He hasn't been making AC and my ideas are running dry. I'll be remaining in the game and I don't intend to send Tara or Selene home.

Thanks for all the AC with him, but it's time to say goodbye.
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Hey, everyone!

Time for our monthly activity check. It's simple: Just comment here and link us to proof that your character was active during the month of April. If this is a good place for you to round up all your monthly activity for your own benefit, feel free to do so. The mods don't need to see everything you've done, though, so one or two places of moderate activity should be fine.

We leave the definition of "active" up to you, you're all smart people. Activity can include network or log posts. Activity during the week of AC can count toward AC for either this month or next month, but not both. If we DO have any questions or argue with your definition of active, we'll discuss the situation with you. Don't worry, we aren't strict, we just want to make sure no one is squatting :)

If you have apped in the last two weeks, don't worry about this, but just leave a note here so we know you saw this. Likewise, anyone on hiatus is exempt, as long as you have a hiatus post.

Everyone has one week to respond to this (May 8th).

Drop

Apr. 29th, 2015 06:42 am
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I've been struggling with Margaery since her arrival and while I tried my best to make it work, it's time to admit defeat. I appreciate everyone's patience with her, but it's time that she is sent home.

I'm still here with the rest of my crew, with the likelihood of apping someone else in instead. Sorry again to those I was currently in a scene with. Frigga's cat will be staying with Tara, along with Margaery's puppy.
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 In light of Robb's departure, I am also dropping Talisa from the game.  I cannot even begin to fathom what she would be like without him.

Shouts out to everyone I've played with, especially Martha and Draco. You guys have been the best and I'd love to keep playing with you in PSLs if you have the time.

I wish you all the best of RP and funtimes! If you want to keep in touch my AIM is bbarrett731.
 

Drop

Apr. 27th, 2015 12:54 pm
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It's been the hardest decision since I've been in the game nearly 2 years and love all the CR I've had, but it's time to go. I've realized I've come to a wall (not to be confused with THE Wall) in terms for what to do with Robb and it's time to say goodbye.

Plurk amnesty.
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Hi there, Throne of Shadows.

My name is Arma and with a new job, my time has opened up and while yes, I did drop Devi a month and a half ago, since things have changed, I wanted to bring her back!

For those of you that already know her, she'll be retaining all her memories from her time here so no one has to rebuild any CR. The only differences are the lack of purple hair (It's been bleached white) and a difference in power. She traded some of hers away to get back.

For those of you that don't know her, Devi D is a character from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and her off shoot, stand alone comic, I Feel Sick. She's got a past game history from before her time in ToS that stretches over seven years, so she's been around the multiverse a few times. She's an artist and a martial artist, and full of sass and opinions.

I'm looking forward to jumping back into everything and will be doing her IC intro later today!

Thanks for having me back and if anyone wants to plot or whatnot, you can find me on plurk at [plurk.com profile] dajensa!
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Hey, it's Aria. I like it here, I can't stay away.

Bringing you a blue woman from the end of Days of Future Past, where she still kind of hates everyone and is hatching bad-ass future plans.

She also won't retain any memories of having been here before (because I didn't play her, natch) which should be fun for everyone?

So. Hi.
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This is all Anakin's fault, by the way.

*Ahem* HELLO EVERYONE~ Name's Aya, and I've decided to bring a space pirate aboard because who doesn't like pirates!

Don't mind the face, it's one of his charm points as a Weequay. This here is Hondo Ohnaka, from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars series. He's a guy that just wants to have a happy, bountiful life by making profits any way he can, even if others might object to it. Because PIRATE. He's not that bad a guy though, honest. And he talks with a fun little accent.

Probably going to be thrilled about being brought here chosen as some guys mating candidate (read: Not). Should be fun!

Ermmm so yeah, can't wait to hop into things here. You can find me at [plurk.com profile] trilobite_punch.

...I'm lousy at intros.

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