Post by Prince Christien de la Courcel on May 16, 2010 18:26:07 GMT -5
The Herald Issue #49
[/i][/center][/size]Week of May 16, 2010 – May 22, 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 extends the invitation to the nobles and peers to make use of the grounds, the Game Room, the Palace Library and other such public places meant for the enjoyment of our citizens.
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]We would like to remind everyone that the Night Court has many wonderful adepts available for contract; you may peruse them Court of Night Blooming Flowers
This week’s Featured House is Camellia:
Camellia’s House Canon is perfection, and their motto is: “Without fault or flaw.” Camellia adepts believe that when Naamah lay with the King of Persis, her perfection caused him to go blind for two weeks. Camellia adepts strive for perfection in all things, not only looks but in skill and grace as well. The Dowayne is Cateline no Camellia and the Second is Vivienne no Camellia.
Rumor Mill
[/i][/center]Azabel de Somerville was rumored to be seen at the Shahrizai party - a party that is said to have been notably exciting even by Shahrizai standards.
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:
Backstories: Just a reminder that like Bios, Backstories must also be approved by management before they are posted!
Reorganization: The IC and OOC informational boards have been reorganized so please take some time to familiarize yourself with the new layout, and feel free to post any questions/comments/suggestions about the layout in the Council of 80 forum.
Parliament: We have compiled a list of titled characters who will be serving on Parliament. You can find the list, as well as expectations, here: Parliament
The Drums of War: As you may have read on the board, there is the upcoming plot regarding a war with Menekhet. Any plot ideas pertaining to this war should be posted on The Council of 80 or PM a member of the management.
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, transferred 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.
Rule 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: Rules
Date Stamps: From now on, players are required to date stamp their posts. This means at the begining 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: Rules 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
- Peer d’epee
- Peer d’robe
- Aristocrat
- Citizen
- Military
- Priest/Priestess
- Second
- Adept
- Servant of Naamah
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
Get to know your Admin!
[/I][/center]Name: Nicole
Age: 35
Country: USA (California)
Roleplaying History: I’ve been roleplaying forever, first tabletop and then I started online rp about 12 years ago. My first game was Wheel of Time based rpg, where I played for several years before the group disbanded and I started my own. We played together for a couple of years but eventually we all drifted apart and I had a few years of not rping at all.
How you came to the board: Recently I had decided that I missed rping a lot and I found this board, and the rest is history!
Favorite character to play: This really depends on the storylines at the time, but if I had to pick one overall, that would have to be Naia, I love her!
Advice to new players: Watch and learn! A lot of times people jump in without taking the time to read the rules and/or see the way people on the board operate. It doesn’t take much to do some research before you start posting. Also, don’t be afraid to make friends OOC because you can get a lot of help that way. Lastly, be creative! It’s possible to be creative without stepping outside of the bounds of the board’s “reality” so to speak.
Favorites:
* color - Blue
* food - Nectarines
* song - Give Me A Sign - Breaking Benjamin
* movie - Gone With the Wind
* book - the Kushiel books (of course, lol). Running a close second is anything by Sara Douglass
An odd fact about you: I’m actually not that nice of a person lol
Favorite Jacqueline Carey character (any books): Phedre, because I have never identified so strongly with a female character before
A quote or lyric that sums you up: The entire song Find Your Way Back Home by Dishwalla, but this part particularly:
There used to be a time
When you're the only one
That you could see
You built a wall to keep you free
You saw it all so perfectly
You divided everything
You had into a thousand parts or names
It made it easier to place the blame
But it never really was the same
But you forgot the reason why
You had to be alone to breathe
Something from your history
Or have you lost your memory?
What did you have for breakfast today?: I skipped it and when grocery shopping, then I came home and had leftover Greek Spaghetti for lunch.
A funny or embarrassing story: Once, I was walking my kids to school when they were in elementary school, and I tripped and fell flat on my back. I look up and I’m surrounded by little kids, all wanting to know if “Samantha’s mom” was ok, lol.
Welcome New Players!
[/i][/center]Welcome, danmae
Current events
[/i][/center]One Night of Revelry - A Shahrizai family fete
A Binding of Hearts - Mala & Chris’s Wedding
Upcoming Absences
[/i][/center]Kerri, Heather, Champion and Val will be sporadic due to school.
Tosha will be sporadic as she is moving.
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.