Post by Prince Christien de la Courcel on May 23, 2010 23:42:40 GMT -5
The Herald Issue #50
[/i][/center][/size]Week of May 23, 2010 – May 29, 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 Cereus:
Cereus’ House Canon is pale fragility, fleeting beauty, and their motto is: “All Loveliness Fades.” Cereus House was the first of the thirteen to be founded, by Enediel Vintesoir, over 600 years ago. Back then, Cereus House only served those of the royal family. It is the privilege of Cereus House to host the Midwinter Masque, one of the grandest celebrations of the year. For all its delicacy, Cereus House is also noted for producing individuals of considerable personal and emotional strength.
Rumor Mill
[/i][/center]The Queen was recently seen around town with the lately-arrived General from Khebbel-im-Akkad, and tongues are wagging about what this could mean, if anything.
Speaking of Khebbel-im-Akkad, there has been some talk that Henri L’Envers will be shortly returning to the City of Elua, his daughter in tow.
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:
Site Members: Please keep your Site Member information up to date, so that it is easier for others to see whose characters are whose.
Backstories: Make sure you have all backstories approved, just like bios!
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, 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.
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
- Noble
- 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
Welcome New Players!
[/i][/center]no new players this week
Current events
[/i][/center]Poetic Refinement - A Reading of the Poetry of Avril Shahrizai
A Binding of Hearts - Mala & Chris’s Wedding
A Marriage of Convenience, Part 2 - The Wedding of Raen and Asarhia Shahrizai
Upcoming Absences
[/i][/center]Kerri, Heather, Champion and Valerie 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.