Post by Prince Christien de la Courcel on Apr 25, 2010 15:15:52 GMT -5
The Herald Issue #45
[/i][/center][/size]Week of April 24, 2010 – May 2, 2010
[/i][/center][/size]The Herald is meant to help keep everyone informed and up to date. If there is anything that anyone would like to include in future issues or if you have questions or comments, please pm me or any staff member.
In Character News & Notes
[/i][/center][/size]From the Crown
[/i][/center]The Monarchy wishes to extend it’s thanks to everyone who attended the Midwinter Masque and helped to make the event a wonderful time and a great celebration. Congratulations to our Sun Prince, Mathieu L’Envers de Montegue and our Winter Queen, Sophie de Trevalion!
We would also like to welcome back Prince Christien de la Courcel from his time in La Serenissima.
Upcoming Events: The wedding of our beloved Queen Sabrina will be coming up soon, keep an eye out for your invitations to the various celebrations surrounding this auspicious day.
Night Court News
[/i][/center]Midwinter was also a huge success in the Night Court as well, and we would like to congratulate the Sun Prince, Adin no Alyssum and the Winter Queen, Zoeline no Cereus on their beautiful display!
We would like to remind everyone that the Night Court has many wonderful adepts available for contract; you may peruse them here: Court of Night Blooming Flowers
This week’s Featured House is Alyssum:
Alyssum’s House Canon is modesty, and their motto is: “With eyes averted.” Alyssum adepts believe that when Naamah lay with the King of Persis, she trembled to lay aside her modesty. The Dowayne is Voletta no Alyssum and the Second is Adin no Alyssum.
Rumor Mill
[/i][/center]In the wake of the rumored annulment of the marriage between Prince Delauney de la Courcel and Princess Azabel de Somerville, a new rumor has surfaced: that the Princess has been courting a man in the City, an Aragonian, to be more specific. Could this be behind the demise of the royal relationship?
In other royal gossip, could wedding bells be in the offing for Princess Coretta de la Courcel and Mathieu L’Envers de Montegue? Rumor has it that they were very cozy at the Midwinter Masque!
Prince Christien de la Courcel has returned from La Serenissima, but under what circumstances? It is said that he arrived early in the morning without sending word ahead or traveling with a retinue of any kind. What could have happened in La Serenissima to justify this behavior?
Out of Character News & Notes
[/i][/center][/size]Announcements
[/i][/center]The board is undergoing quite a few changes of late, please bear with us and make sure to read the following information to keep up to date:
Floating Thread Rule: As of 04/24/10, players will now be able to inact the "Floating Thread" rule. This means that should a player's character have four threads, but they wish to have a fifth one added; they may contact management and request to have a thread from one active character with unused open threads, transfered to another character of their choosing. Players may have up to 3 floating threads but may only use one extra thread per character. Players can not take 3 threads from 3 other characters and give them to one character.
Changes: In addition to the floating thread rule, a lot of the rules have been changed and/or updated. Please take a look at them again, to familiarize yourself with the changes: [url=Rules
Date Stamps: From now on, players are required to date stamp their posts. This means at the beginning of their thread, in italics, the player must write the time frame in which the thread or post is taking place. For example: Evening of Midwinter; Year One of Queen Sabrina's Reign. This should also be done for backposts and backstories as well.
Avatars: Also from now on, when making a new character biography, please include the name of your avatar in the bio, as well as adding it to your list of avatars in the avatar thread.
New board: We’ve added a new board as a place where people can post characters they would like to be created for personal storylines. If you have a storyline in mind and need players, this is the place to post it. Guidelines for posting here are as follows: Guidelines. Also, this adds a new section to the Major/Minor Plots form: Any required or available characters:, which will let people know that you are looking for some characters for your plot.
New Member Groups: We’ve also changed the member groups to better reflect our characters. The new groups are:
- Royal
- Noble
- Peer d’epee
- Peer d’robe
- Aristocrat
- Citizen
- Military
- Priest/Priestess
- Second
- Adept
For specifics on each of these groups, please see this post: New Member Groups
Please PM management (Kerri or Heather) if your character does not have a member group, or is in the wrong group.
Stickying Threads: All member groups should be able to sticky their threads/posts. If players don’t sticky posts, the board auto-deletes, so keep this in mind!
The Council of 80: We want to hear your suggestions! If you have any comments or suggestions on any aspect of the board or rp, please post them here: The Council of 80
Welcome New Players!
[/i][/center]Welcome emmyrae!
Current events
[/i][/center]One Night of Revelry - A Shahrizai family fete
Upcoming Absences
[/i][/center]Reminders
[/i][/center]Don’t forget to keep your Character Threads list up to date. This is a basic rule of the board and all members are required to do so. It is also required to keep your Site members list and Avatars up to date. Any questions or disagreements should be brought to management.