Recruitment: Dread Lord

[Kryos]

Kryos are you also going to be in the battle thread?

It would certainly make sense for me to be there. I could be involved in a role that betrays Maeril, especially when he comes to term with some aspects of death that I have discussed with you previously. He is a capable fighter, and might also prove key in getting the Bardic force out of the city/fortress. Either way, Kryos is more than up for some fighting, although he will probably only be intending on killing Maeril or undead, unless if his own life is in immediate peril.

[Antheruin]

Thanks Bard for catching my oversight.

As for posting for the quest, I think, personally, that a teaser would work good, with Bard, Kryos, Vendredi's character, and possibly BABE, then we switch gears to the Bardic Council, I don't really care about order here either, but would just suggest that it be Vendredi's female elf character, possibly me, then Ioder, then Abomination, and then Bard last.

Now, according to Bard,as of last night, for the battle thread we have: Abomination, Kryos, BABE, & Ioder; meaning the only person I'm not sure about is Vendredi.

Vendredi are you going to be in the quest and the battle thread, or just the quest thread?

Bard will be PMing BABE with the list of battle players later after his check up.

So, did I miss anything?

[Abomination]

I'm a little confused as to what exactly is supposed to take place in 'the battle thread' and 'the quest thread' and what differences they have and how they're related. As part of the Against party, wouldn't my involvement happen early on?

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

I think for those in the battle thread, it would be easiest if I set up the idea of Maeril going to perform the ritual in my opening post of the battle thread, then we have him exit the scene until the last round of posts in that thread. I say this because his fate is decided based on the scores of the threads, rather than the actions that take place inside them.

That way the four or five of us in the battle thread can just focus on doing what we do best--providing an awesome conflict with tons of sweet action. The Quest thread participants can interrupt the ritual if they want, but the battle thread should be focused on the bigger battle with the stronger characters in it.

[Abomination]

I still don't quite understand, but I do have some requests and maybe those will help others to understand what I'm saying to say. Namely, as fun as it would be to just show up post 1 and start destroying stuff, it's not all that interesting. I see Draug in this as a disguised mercenary, helping out the party of Good and trying to pass off as normal, since they are the only ones that could lead him to the Dread Lord. I want to try a bit of character development instead of raaargh crush kill destroy etc.

[Bard]

I’m going to send a PM with this information in it to everyone.

Just as a precaution.

To make sure everything is as clear as I can try and make it, this thread started out as a quest in planning and scope, and a portion of it has continued as such . One group of players were goint to represent forces allied with the Bardic Council, and one group was going to be allied with the Dred Lord.

Since that time it has become two threads, to be run consecutively, one that is the quest that deals with events leading up to the battle with Maeril, and events related to dismantling the ritual, and another thread that deals with the battle with Maeril itself.

In other words, there is thread A, which is a quest thread, and a thread B, which is a battle thread. One thread. IC timewise, thread B (battle thread), takes place after much of thread A (quest thread), takes place. This battle thread will involve some of the characters from the quest thread, but not all the characters from the quest thread. Essentally the party’s are going to split up, one to battle Maeril or defend Maeril, while others will try and keep the ritual from completion etc.

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Cast of characters | threads they belong in | Side
Maddy | Both? | On Maeril’s side all the way
Kryos | Both | Maeril’s side for quest, turns traitor at battle
Gilgalion Searabonnen | quest only | hidden traitor to Maeril’s side
Anther | Quest only | BC all the way
An'xier | Quest? | BC all the way
Ioder | Both? | BC all the way
Draug Remi | Both? | BC all the way
Lellyn Erralin (NPC) | quest only | BC until he dies.
faust Caundur(NPC) | Quest only | BC all the way


I have question marks by Maddy, Draug Remi, and Ioder, because I’m not absolutely sure you want to be in both. As this get’s updated, I’ll edit, and then resend pms. If this doesn’t clarify matters let me know.

[Abomination]

I think I want to be in both until the split happens.

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

This may have gotten a lot bigger than I originally anticipated and far wider in scope than I feel comfortable properly writing for.

I think I'm gonna' duck out, guys. Sorry.

[Abomination]

I'm out as well if Madison is out.

[Bard]

I do apologize for this, but the writer for Antheruin, who is the main reason for why I took up the management of this thread, is pulling out of Althanas. This is totally unexpected. I'll be getting back with you all, over the next couple of days to see if any of this can be salvaged. Again I'm sorry for all the issues that this has caused.