Monthly Rundown: September Edition

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We hope you're enjoying your various expeditions! To those of you still at sea, good luck and hopefully you're able to make it back safely! To those of you back home, we hope you're excited to see all your friends again, because you'll want to be with them for a very long time.

As always, if you ever have any suggestions or feedback you'd like to offer us mods, remember you can always drop us a line here! Also, please remember to hit up the Current AC post if you have AC for the month! Characters accepted in August do not require AC proofs, but we do require a check-in on the post!

SEPTEMBER PART 1: IN THE EYE OF THE STORM

There's only one thing that every sailor fears: a storm. From September 7th-15th, a giant storm will whip through Hadriel and the surrounding waters, leaving no structure unscathed.

This storm is a bad one, with fifteen foot waves crashing down upon the islands, drenching every surface imaginable. Conditions on the ground will be windy and very wet, with winds strong enough to knock someone over if they aren't careful. In addition, lightning will plague the city, with lightning strikes noted throughout the islands and thunder so loud that it will be difficult to sleep. Expect some damage to buildings, the water level going up, all that good stuff.

Meanwhile for our swarthy sea dogs, you're not getting out of the storms either. Despite the gods' best attempts to keep the sea calm, waves will crash against the hull of your ships, at times even damaging them and pushing them to require repair. Wind and freezing rain will pelt the ship as it's tossed like a ragdoll along the sea. We hope that you're a fast learner when it comes to sailing, because you're going to need all the help you can get to get out of this one alive.

As usual, on September 10th the Door will open and a handful of newcomers will arrive. Along with them will come Ogres from the Dragon Age franchise.

Ogres are massive darkspawn troops that take a large amount of force to bring down. Their bulk gives them immense stamina and strength for fighting, and they're more than willing to use it to crush any puny little humanoids who get in their way.

SEPTEMBER PART 2: A LITTLE TOUCHY-FEELY

Everyone has done a great job in trying to retrieve the pieces, but the gods still aren't entirely satisfied. While Sorrow goes off to study the fragments and generally be a giant nerd, Love thinks that it's high time that they had an event.

Therefore, from September 20th-29th, everyone will suddenly get a bit more... intimate. While it's normal for lonely folks to crave human contact, this sort of longing will be far more powerful, like a conscious need that's ever-present in the back of their mind.

During the event, your character (if you choose to participate, as it is opt-in) will accutely feel that ball of stress that comes in living in an environment like Hadriel. The degree of stress is rather intense but strangely enough- or not strangely, if you've read enough fanfic- the stress almost instantly melts away at any kind of contact with another person.

"Contact" is very loosely defined here, and just about anything will help to scratch that itch, so to speak- the obvious cuddles and hugs and hair braiding will help, but for those more edgy types, fistfights and getting thrown through the window by that dude you hate helps as well.

Anything will help to alleviate the stress knotting itself up in the back of your character's mind and can almost feel like a high, making them feel quite pleased and blissful. It's about time you took a load off!

SEPTEMBER PART 3: REUNITED

As everyone returns from their expeditions, the question then becomes: what will we do with the Door fragments, and how can we use them? To that end, Sorrow will make a network post on September 30th with details on how the Door might work with the pieces and what we should set our sights on next. Be prepared!


TO RECAP...

► September 7th-15th: In the eye of the storm event
► September 10th: Intro Log
► September 20th-29th: A little touchy-feely event
► September 23rd-30th: Activity Check
► September 30th: Sorrow Post
As a final note, our schedule for the month is viewable on the calendar!

Comments

QUESTIONS

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[theweakhavepurpose]

Will the network function during the storm? Will the power go out?

Secondly; are the beaches on the island sand? Pratt wants to make sandbags.

[hadrielmods]

The network will function. The power may flicker and go out for a few hours at a time, but it will never be out for long.

Unfortunately for Pratt, the beaches are mostly rock and pebbles. While there is some sand, it's mostly beneath water or rocks.