THE ADVOCATE ORACLE - A RIP VAN WINKLE IN TIME

[beleos]

INTRO

Hello Kenos! Welcome to the Advocate Oracle! Did we say Stargazer? Shhh no we didn’t. As we hinted earlier in the Discord, the conclusion of this Oracle will lead to a timeskip that Bearers will be subjected to in the end. How long? Well, that depends on your choices, and how well you exemplify the Advocate Oracle.

Just like with the Exalt Oracle, and to keep things even until a little closer to the end game, this Oracle has been predetermined to go to Zenith.

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF BLISS

Bearers will find themselves being pulled into a deep sleep, where the Advocate Oracle will beseech them for their knowledge of home and seek understanding. Where did you come from? What made you as you are? What were the victories and challenges of your land? How did you become the you that you are? The Advocate seeks understanding and wants to see others achieve happiness. Does your world bring you happiness, or would it be cathartic to see it lost?

As the Advocate learns bits and pieces about Bearers, it will become clear that their dream is closing in on something that the bearers who have experienced it will recognize as the Timestream. The Advocate is not a thing, but a presence, and bearers will be able to sense the force (amorphous and shapeless) reaching into the Timestream, and you know – know that they are reaching for something on your behalf. As it slides out, you can feel a calming sense of joy, because you recognize it. It fills you with joy, bliss, or perhaps frustration and disgust, as you recognize the feeling of being home.

Everything will go white, and your one-on-one time with the Advocate will be at an end.

CLICK YOUR HEELS TOGETHER, DOROTHY!

Bearers will open their eyes and will find themselves in a new world. This is not Kenos at all, but familiar or not, you know it is someplace in the scattered worlds.

Where is it? Well, it’s either your world or another Bearer’s! That’s right, it’s a world share event! Bearers will find themselves scattered either on their own or in groups (up to you!) in a new world, that could be familiar or not, depending on your CR net. The Advocate has pulled the memories and description of a world from the Timestream, and for what purpose… well, that will become clear with time. However, these are not the worlds that characters came from, not exactly. These are worlds that are AUs of your character's canon, and this can be in very minor ways that would be essentially the same as canon, or it can be in very large, dramatic ways. Up to you!

You are not required to share a world, however, bearers will feel a strong compulsion to invite the Advocate to experience their worlds in their vision with the Advocate. (This leaves you all options to opt out of sharing your own world, but for those characters who may be less inclined, this is your opportunity to do so!)

But first, the logistics! Bearers will be in worlds for 12 hours each. You will not experience hunger or tiredness – but feel free to eat or sleep your way through worlds as you so choose (we expect there to be a lot of them!) – and the scope of each world is about what is discoverable within 12 hours. (You don’t need to describe the entirety of your world, but a city or area. Please make sure it's large enough to accommodate the entire shard-bearer population. For example, the Millennium Falcon would be too small, but a Star Destroyer would be fine. It should be a place that provides significant hold over your character.) There will be an open header here for players to post a short description of their world. If your character wants to go hang out at a coffee shop and watch shit go down, feel free! (The mod team has examples, and we will be sharing those shortly!) Please have your descriptions in by 03/15/2024 at 1:30 PM so that everyone can choose participation in other characters’ worlds before they get their TLs up!

For characters that are from shared worlds, we’ll leave it up to you how you all share that, but if you choose to have different regions or cities to share, go for it! For example, Batman might choose Gotham, whereas Superman might choose Smallville. Again, this really should be what’s feasibly travelable within 12 hours – they will cycle like the rest of the worlds – and your characters will not have money or funds on them for travel, so don’t feel like you have to describe the entirety of your characters’ worlds. Just a small blurb (you can include links of course!) to give players a general sense of what they can discover.

Also, these worlds will shuffle in the order on the taken list, just so the Savants have an unsolvable puzzle to chew on. (heh)

Characters will experience every world that is submitted into the header, but the Advocate’s last impression will echo as you move from one word to another. “Is this worthy of saving?”

Your twelve hours can be spent in one of three ways. Bearers can do whatever they want, and simply experience the world as they wish, they can hunt for the soul of the world, or they cant hunt for the soul of the dreamer.

• The first is self-explanatory, of course. Each world is full of life, from creatures to people, to everything in between. (Conspicuously missing would be anyone of significant “closeness” to the character who manifested this world – think of it as the difference between a friend/family and an acquaintance.) Characters can create chaos, go to a café, find a precious spot you’ve heard about, and go wild! This is your opportunity to learn about your CR’s homes in a first-hand experience kinda way! This is your have fun and deepen connections sort of prompt.
• The second, the Soul of the World will be a shard to be found by any who are searching for it. It is something that anyone can simply find, but it will be hidden. We ask that our players choose the location and list it in the description of their world, so players can actively plot for it! This is your opportunity to sneak, steal, fight, and destroy each other over the soul, it will come with a distinct benefit as you move onto the next world! They will be somewhere that is difficult to find, surrounded by shadows that creep closer and closer to the shard.
• The last is the Soul of the Dreamer, which is, interestingly enough, a second Shard that matches the person who dreamed it up. The odd thing about these shards in these worlds is that they are of a different Aspect of the character that exists in game. (For example: Amos the Harbinger, or Hayame the Advocate) The character it belongs to will feel a pull toward it, but it is no guarantee that they will find it. Maybe someone else does! And maybe that’s a kind soul, or maybe it’s someone who would think to shatter that this Shard. Or maybe you keep it!

There will be a header on the turn-in post to list if your character chooses to keep the different Aspected Shard of themselves. If you find someone else’s Shard, and you keep it to the next world, it will return to that Bearer to decide what to do with it. Essentially, if you don’t shatter this Shard, they’ll be able to do with it as they see fit before you leave their world. If you do shatter the Shard, there will be no consequences to the owner. Or at least none that will appear in this event.

It goes without saying, but please plot this with that player, so there are no surprises!

AROUND THE WORLDS IN 60 SECONDS 12 HOURS

As you close your eyes, in that last moment, the Advocate will reach out to all of the Bearers that have made it to the end of this world, and beseech them to make a choice. Does this world have something of value? Something to be preserved? Do you understand the Bearer who dreamt of this world better, now? Do you think that this world has enough value to continue its existence? Before you open your eyes into the next world, Bearers will be compelled to answer yes, or no. This will be on a separate header post that will go up on the turn-in log. You will have until Wednesday March 27th at 10:00 PM.

As an aside, whatever bearer has captured the soul of the world will count to double their action's choice. (For example, if they choose to destroy, the total destroy votes will be doubled.)

We’ll be tallying the results, so there will be some extra exciting consequences to your choices as Bearers! Always keep in mind the tenets of your faction as you make your choices, bearers. Now that you have lost your leaders, the members of your faction back home are looking to you for victory. Of course, your choices will also determine the state of the world when you return, and how long it has been. Stay steadfast, and understand that you will have to make choices based on what your character believes is the best path forward. Your leadership trusts you – or if they don’t, they will have no choice, now will they? It’s up to you now, Bearers.

FAQ AND QUESTIONS

This Oracle is a touch more free-form than previous Oracles, and that is intentional! You are not required or expected to explore or have major action in every world. In fact, it's strongly discouraged, since this will provide opportunities for all players to have an opportunity to make big decisions! Even if you do not thread in the world, please still vote for them before 3/27/2024 so that we can have an accurate tally! The votes will make a difference in what our world looks like moving forward.

And finally, since they didn’t fit in the above, here are some quick FAQ style questions and answers about things we figure might be asked:

Are these really our worlds?
These are versions of bearer worlds. They can be very close (ie: identical) expressions of your character's worlds or they can have one event change such that the world is rather different. So they are alternate universes, but not so far that you're making up a whole world on the fly! The Advocate, unfortunately, cannot bring back your worlds. There's a lot of options out there in the Timestream. :(

What About Discord?
Characters do not seem to experience heightened Discord. Weird!

What happens if my character dies in the event?
They will fall into a deep, deep sleep and can no longer participate in the world-hopping adventures! They may be asleep for some time, depending on when they are dissipated, as they won’t revive early compared to their fellow Bearers. Whatever votes your character made leading up to the point that they died will count toward the goals of the faction. The Advocate accepts you for your efforts, even if they draw short.

Please make sure to post your deaths to the death page! You're gonna be sleeping a long time, and there may be things your Bearer discovers as they dream...

Are characters depowered?
Your powers will work perfectly fine! Oddly, if you are in a world where powers don’t exist, the denizens of the world may stare blankly, as if they Do Not Perceive. You gotta protect those little minds somehow.

We hope you have fun, and happy plotting!

<h2 style="margin:10px 0;font-size: clamp(25px, 1vw, 18px);font-weight:bold;color:#2429c0;"><u>PLAYER</u></h2><b>NAME:</b> <b>CONTACT:</b> <h2 style="margin:10px 0;font-size: clamp(25px, 1vw, 18px);font-weight:bold;color:#2429c0;"><u>CHARACTER</u></h2><b>NAME:</b> b>CANON:</b> <b>FACTION | ASPECT:</b> <i>If your character is currently Unharmonized, where do you see them going?</i> <b>Give us a blurb about them</b>: <i>Brief cliffnotes version of who we're dealing with here.</i> <b>Event specific plans</b>: <em>What worlds are you looking to visit? You don’t have to thread out every one, so are there some that you’re more interested in digging into? What are your plans? Will your character be looking to pursue the world shards? Perhaps hunt down the other faction? Are they just chilling? Share it all here!</em> <b>Things you’re looking for from others</b>: <i>What is it YOU want to from others in the Event? What can characters bring? Do you need someone to team up with? Or are you the kind of person who thinks others hold you back? Do you need enemies to fight? Or someone to save your shard? Is your world going to be listed? If you want to offer more details here, feel free!</i> <b>Things your character can offer</b>: <i>Would your character go it alone? Maybe they're going to team up? What are they bringing to the table this time around?</i> <b>Do you want your character to find your shard?</b> <b>Optional shitpost</b>:

CODING

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QUESTIONS

[beleos]

[bakedapple]

Okay I'm sure this will not be the only questions I will have, but these jumped into my head immediately -

1. What happens if a Soul of the World gets shattered instead of being brought along to the next world?
2. Powers are not being disabled, but do characters have access to items?

[kaientai]

As requested in Discord, I'm repeating my question here for the benefit of all~

1. Do locations have to have sentimental value for the character, or can they just be interesting locations from canon?

2. Also, should the different Aspects for our characters be Aspects they could've technically ended up with or does it not matter if they don't fit or are opposites?

3. If characters come from the same world but don't have their own section of it, would their Dreamer Shard still appear, or do they not get one at all?

[semicharmed]

Hewwo hewwo~

1) So one thing Matt's been itching to do is get some face time with an Oracle. If he uses magic to try and get a vibe check on the Advocate, either in the one-on-one dream or in another world, to attempt to answer the highly refined and magically scientific question of HEY ARE YOU A PERSON IN THERE DID YOU USED TO BE A SHARD-BEARER, what will happen?

2) How will characters know that the worlds contain a Soul of the World/Soul of the Dreamer (apart from the pull they feel towards their own alterna-soul)?

[corvidant]

hey, mods! a couple of questions:

1. do these worlds have to be something characters would consciously recognize? say, if my character was born in a city, left as a baby and never returned, would they still be able to share it?

2. for characters coming from the same world, would there be a single soul of the world or one for each individual "piece" of it? what if characters canonically hail from alternate versions of that world, like the fire emblem cast and their three fodlans?

The Multidimensional Travel Agency!

[beleos]

Please submit your worlds under this header! We've included a template:

LOCATION NAME: what's the name of the city/ship/place that we're visiting

WORLD SHARD LOCATION:

DREAMER SHARD LOCATION:

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Please provide a brief description of the world! This should be no more than a few sentences! It should be accessible to those not-familiar with your canon and essentially act as a "pitch" so that people can read more below if this catches their interest.

WHAT TO DO IN THIS WORLD: A quick bulleted list! Provice some ideas from your canon about what characters could do. Bulleted lists would be great here, and the idea is to give people ideas for prompts they could include in a toplevel.

More Info—

This is where you can include as much detail about the world as you want! Description, images, youtube videos, Wikipedia Links, etc, feel free to provide them here! This is also a section you can delete if you feel that the above provides all the information someone might need.

<b>LOCATION NAME:</b> what's the name of the city/ship/place that we're visiting <b>WORLD SHARD LOCATION:</b> <b>DREAMER SHARD LOCATION:</b> <b>A BRIEF DESCRIPTION:</b> Please provide a brief description of the world! This should be no more than a few sentences! It should be accessible to those not-familiar with your canon and essentially act as a "pitch" so that people can read more below if this catches their interest. <b>WHAT TO DO IN THIS WORLD:</b> A quick bulleted list! Provice some ideas from your canon about what characters could do. Bulleted lists would be great here, and the idea is to give people ideas for prompts they could include in a toplevel. <details> <summary><big>More Info—</big></summary><blockquote>This is where you can include as much detail about the world as you want! Description, images, youtube videos, Wikipedia Links, etc, feel free to provide them here! This is also a section you can delete if you feel that the above provides all the information someone might need.</blockquote></details>

[fursuit]

LOCATION NAME: Chichén Itzá in the South AmericanMesoamerican Lostbelt

WORLD SHARD LOCATION: Found in a husk of corn in the fields—The Shard has replaced a single (very large) kernel.

DREAMER SHARD LOCATION: Aspected as an Advocate, this Shard is found, Kinder egg style, inside a chocolate sold at the market.

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Chichén Itzá is the third layer of the world and is the city of the Deinos. Chichén Itzá is a city reflecting pre-colonialism Mesoamerican cities but is populated by intelligent dinosaurs rather than people. The city is ruled by the Dinosaur King through the divine favor of... Quetzalcoatl. :)

The portion of the world that's presented is a part of the city including its marketplace and arena, and a small section of field that quickly leads into deep jungle.

Also as a general note, this description/details are all spoiler-free for the Lostbelt save for worldbuilding details! No story information is included.

WHAT TO DO IN THIS WORLD:

• Participate in a xoqqer match. The Deinos' favorite sport is xoqqer, which, you guessed it, is basically just soccer.
  
• Explore the marketplace. Chichén Itzá is a fertile land with diverse offerings that are familiar, but with fantastical bents. For example, you can get a three foot long ear of corn, find finely woven, colorful clothing, or other ancient goodies like feathered shields.
  
• Fend off an attack from the Ocelomeh. During your stay, a fight will break out in the fields where masked people will invade with, uh. Heavy weaponry. Most of the Deinos are peaceful and not equipped to defend themselves, so they'd appreciate your help, especially since the Ocelomeh are attacking and taking the hearts (and meat) of the Deinos they slay.

More Info—

Chichén Itzá is the center of the Deinos' culture, and is marked by a temple at its center. However, this area isn't accessible in this world, alas, since you get the feeling that's where this mysterious Dinosaur King probably resides, should you want to meet him. The city seems prosperous and relatively peaceful, and you might realize that the Deinos think that you're a Deino... Weird, but don't worry about it!

Notably, the sun in this world moves vertically—that is, it doesn't move east to west, but seems like it would sink into the ground if you were here long enough.

Around noon, there's also a small streak of red and gold across the sky. The Deinos react warmly to the presence and some even offer prayers to Quetzalcoatl as she passes through the sky. But it's only a glimpse, alas. She won't descend to greet the people.

Chichén Itzá



Deinos



Ocelomeh

Seeking two Meridian volunteers!

[kinaesthesia]

Hello friends! Amos, Rin, and Gavial have a little assignment from their lore quest that requires a couple of Meridian volunteers. Full deets are there in the link, but the quick and dirty is:

The trio have been assigned by Florence the task of branding two Meridians with a special mark during the course of the Oracle trial. Via the quest info, “the Meridian that are chosen and branded by the trio will eventually be targeted by [Florence] and the Waru and taken into their "care" as the subjects of an important rite that will help strengthen Zenith and Highstorm as a whole.”

We do need two successful attempts here to be threaded out, and how we go about it all is completely up to whatever anyone involved thinks would be fun! Mods did note that the quest would need to be due by the end of March bc of how it ties into things, so I’d ask that volunteers be comfortable putting a little bit of a priority on the thread they’re involved in so we can tackle this all smoothly!

So yeah, anyone who is interested in getting branded, let us know here and we can start hashing out details to see what works best for everyone!

[kaientai]

OH I WOULD LOVE THIS. I have zero plans for this Oracle so far because Ryouma isn't having a world of his own and will be doing the upvote + vibes tour. I was mostly planning on tagging around on things that look interesting, so I wouldn't have a problem making this #1 and work well with deadlines tbh. I could commit to knocking out a good bit of it this weekend if you wanted to, but either way end of March would be doable. And Rin can get back at one of my characters for what John did lmao

Jillin' with her Villains

[zauneyete]

PLAYER

NAME: Jill
CONTACT: DM/PM/Plurk/whatever! I'm hundreds On Plurk, and you can hmu on the game Discord anytime! Just ping me!

SILCO

[zauneyete]

CHARACTER

NAME: Silco
CANON: Arcane
FACTION | ASPECT: T4 Zenite | Harbinger
Give us a blurb about them: The most discriminated against man in Kenos! (no) Silco is the very embodiment of gaslight, gatekeep, girldad. He's the worst person ever, just high off the tails of shattering the best rack in Kenos, and he didn't even appreciate it. He's a crime lord from the literal underground and believes fully in Zenith's goals, because it's the only way he's getting what he wants, and damn anyone else.

Event specific plans: You can see his world information here.

A few things I already have planned are:
Obvious zaunite things and murdering a bunch of guards. I am super happy to have his dreamer shard taken and/or shattered! Silco doesn't need it anyway! The same with the world shard, feel free to go for it! As for other worlds, Silco will be hunting down both world shards and dreamer shards and shattering the dreamers! So if you want one to be destroyed, I am super, super down for that.

I think it would be really funny to get into a fight in particular on the Sense Amid Madness, Wit Amidst Folly and get put into time out. Or maybe getting forced to help fight off the Ocelomeh on Tezca's world! I'm a little early, so if other worlds show up I may edit/add more, or just hit folks up in other worlds! Places Silco will want to invest in most are:
- Ones of well-known Meri worlds if he figures them out, so that he can learn more advantages against them
- "High Chaos" worlds just because he's a weird guy
- Places where there are lots of dark, dank corners to dig into.

I have already planned a dissipation for Silco for this event, just a heads up since I know people will be gunning for him!
Things you’re looking for from others: Opponents, people to either begrudgingly (forced) work with to take world shards, or people to fight with. I'm really down for anything And I'll be hitting folks up on TLs with ideas as I look things over! Since Silco is a uh...controversial figure amongst the shard bearer population, he will pretty much "work" with anyone whom is willing.
Things your character can offer: As stated above, Silco will be mostly aggressively trying to push for a Zenith Victory, and he's happy to rub it into the noses of anyone who he encounters. He has a new T4 power (shhh it's a secret) and shimmer touch to buff Zenith allies! If you need help pushing your character into a darker path, please feel free to HMU! Silco does have a power to encourage characters to take a darker path if you so choose! Silco can also offer an opponent to fight if you're really looking to dig into the conflict, but as stated, I've already got a death planned for him!
Do you want your character to find your shard? Naw someone is free to! It'll be cathartic, right?
Optional shitpost:

[dreamflowers]

PLAYER

NAME: Beck.
CONTACT: Plurk (whippoorwill), Discord (beck.nightengale), and PM are all fine with me. Feel free to just add me on Plurk and Discord!

CHARACTER

NAME: Jeheol Gris Jade the Prophetess
CANON: Enderal: Forgotten Stories
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Harbinger
Give us a blurb about them: Since this is an obscure as fuck canon with a messy wiki and this is basically my first plotting intro for this crazyhead... I've written out the basic rundown about Jade here. But the long and short of it is that Enderal is like what would happen if Skyrim and Silent Hill got together and had a fucked up lovechild. Jade herself is a character I would describe as one who tends to mask her self-loathing and true emotions with levity and sarcasm, though she is a bit of a closet romantic who craves connection with others. She's a refugee from a 30-years-long civil war that tore her country apart, a former fugitive urchin (runaway slave) who has spent much of her life living on the streets, and is canonically plagued by horrors that send her waking up in screaming fits almost every night. The Prophet's backstory is by design pretty fucked up, so I'd recommend checking out her Permissions section for some of those more sensitive subject matters, and I'll be as mindful as I can if any of those things come up.

Event specific plans: Because I'm terrible, I'll basically be doing A Song in the Silence for Jade's world, which can be found here. Since she's already been through this song (of silence) and dance, she'll kind of know what's up with the weirdo village and why the people there are the way they are. I gave three different options for how the World Shard can be obtained that are kind of how the ball rolls in the game, though Jade will probably be very protective of her "little brother" (can't you see the resemblance?!) so that will probably cause some complications when him surrendering the Shard will only cause him to die all over again! 🙂 Ideally I'm hoping to set the destination for the Silvergrove visit later in the timeline of world explorations because I feel like it's going to be a doozy on her mental and emotional state, but we'll see.

As for other worlds, I'm currently 👀 at Bloodmoon Island, Femblem, The Tower, and definitely interested in the Undercity and Jinba worlds (next meltdown over orphans + opening up that cannibalism trauma of hers, funfunfun). I'll be keeping an eye out for others and my plans are subject to change as things develop, but I 500% want to get Jade more proactive for her first Oracle event!

Things you’re looking for from others: Though Jade might attempt to go it alone at first, she isn't much of a solo fighter, and without her ghosts or summons to help back her up, she'll be relying on her magic and rogueish skills to keep herself alive. I feel like she'll most definitely get her ass handed to her fighting in some worlds while looking for Shards. Essentially I'd like to establish more CR with her, as I feel like there are opportunities to create some pretty decent ones here as she is like, probably prime for a mental breakdown or two. I mean, damn, she just got here and you're going to mess with her already like that?! Rude.

Anyone who isn't a jerk to her best bro Rynéus will be appreciated by her. She might try to fight anyone trying to convince/force him to give up his Shard at first, since she has a strong feeling about what will happen to him, but hey, we need a little controversy.

Things your character can offer: As an Arcanist with some pretty good handful of spells at her disposal, I'd like for her to be able to make use of those in battle. She doesn't do big group fights very well, but might work with other magic/ranged fighters whom she's less likely to friendly-fire towards. Otherwise, she's a pretty good stabby-stabber. She can do some pretty sexy sneak attacks, too!

Do you want your character to find your shard? I think I would, yeah! Especially considering where it's coming from, she's going to want to keep it and maybe cry over it a little.

Optional shitpost: LET'S HAVE FUN AT THE BEACH YOU GUYS YEAAAAHHHHH NOTHING WEIRD GOING ON HERE YEAAAAHHHHH.

[a_noble_flame]

I totally have my eyes on Silvergrove 100%. It sounds really neat ... in a depressing way. But still neat?

PAX'S PLOTTING ( LITE ) X2

[twohand]

PLAYER

NAME: Pax
CONTACT: cryptids, pax._ on Discord

CHARACTER

NAME: Drizzt Do'urden & Set
CANON: Forgotten Realms & Mojito's Ennead
FACTION | ASPECT: Drizzt is a T2 Zenite and Advocate; Set is a T3 Meridian and Savant
Give us a blurb about them: A pair of blorbos.

Drizzt is an honorable soul and atypical hero — a ranger, oft accompanied by a retinue of companions and his ever-faithful partner, Gwenhwyvar, whom safeguards the peoples of the land. He holds himself to the highest ideals, often to his detriment, in an effort to be seen for who he is and not the long, vicious history that he hails from. He does not expect the same of others, and has a sort of poetic, gentle heart that is often repressed by survivalist practicality.

Set is,

the god of war and the desert, whom exists to validate the struggle of people during times of war, while also enjoying bullying the hell out of them. He's belligerent, demanding and deeply devoted to his own desires and curiosity, especially at the expense of others comfort. Despite his brutality ( both in terms of strength and personality ), he was once a guardian deity, and is a devoted father to whom only his child matters when push comes to shove!

Event specific plans: Set is going to be strung out on bath salts Shimmer, and thus available only for low/zero-dialogue threading focused on action tags! If you want: a good scar or maiming, the trauma of having to deal with a god on Shimmer, to test yourself — or maybe help him come down from the drugs in a safe environment, hmu! I'm interested in EVERYONE'S worlds, so maybe he can rampage through one as a fun environmental menace.

Also, don't worry about the fact that Set's world isn't one of the ones up there. Don't worry, it's fine. ( OOCly I chose not to do it, and ICly he'll have an #OPINION as to why it wasn't there later on. )

Drizzt, on the other hand, is going to be taking point as Blorbo Prime for this Oracle. A devoted and honorable Zenite, he is focused on a twofold mission: preventing Meridian's "suicide mission" to return to their worlds, and purging Zenith of naughty children. He's an interesting Zenite, in that he believes even the worst worlds deserve to exist — it's just that they don't anymore, and bringing them back is a danger to all current Shard-Bearers.

— His world is Menzoberranzan, the home of his youth that he left behind because it was destroying his sanity and gentle heart. He misses it, because he feels a great deal of empathy for the generational abuse the drow visit on one another, and LOATHES Lolth. ( Even though Lolth thinks of him as her plaything and champion, because of the perfect chaos he sows among her people. :( )

— A staunch supporter of the anti-Oblivion and anti-Yima "faction within a faction", Drizzt is firmly opinionated and iron tight in his beliefs. He's someone with incredible mental fortitude ( the complete opposite of Set lmao ), who will never treat an enemy with disrespect and will discuss what they want to do with their World Shard/Dreamer Shard, and make suggestions. However, as a Zenite, he will be in the camp of encouraging Shard-Bearers to not drag any World Shards with them, and instead letting them rest where they were last loved and living or mercifully destroying them to allow them to rest, as he thinks they're just ghosts going through the motions.

— He's already firmly against Meridian without personally loathing them, so if anyone wants to PVP him, HE'S DOWN FOR IT. Drizzt is a martial prodigy who supplements his melee skills with magic and the assistance of Gwenhwyvar, his astral panther and BFF. I do believe that he's going to be dissipating Silco, as a way to prove to multiple people ( looking at you Hayame, and Zenith ) that they do not need "people who will get the job done at any cost who are also people looking for any excuse to hurt others" helping Zenith win.

Do you want your character to find your shard? I actually am in the camp of "please don't shatter my character's Shards", which is shocking to me because usually I'm down for anything. I don't mind it juggling hands if people want to use "I have your Shard" as an excuse to kickstart CR, and Fane will probably be giving it back at the end.

( Set's won't be available, but if it was, it'd be a Stargazer. )

Optional shitpost: minthara loves drizzt

[zauneyete]

WHAT WORLD SHOULD WE GET INTO A FIGHT IN

also idk just lobs all of mine at you anyway 😘

christy's losers

[cutlery]

PLAYER

NAME: Christy
CONTACT: runthejewels

And a general note at the top that I’m writing these comments with the worlds present, but I’ll probably add prompts for others once it’s actually event time!

fane

[faceripper]

CHARACTER

NAME: Fane
CANON: Divinity Original Sin 2
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian Savant
Give us a blurb about them:
A scholar of the magical mysteries of the universe, Fane is a member of a race of beings known as Eternal, which, as their name would imply, are truly immortal. So when he disobeyed his king and was thrown into a tomb, all of his flesh rotted away leaving a skeleton who was very much not dead, thank you. Fane is rude and blunt and tends to be dismissive of other people and cultures because they’re not Eternal, but is improving in this regard as he gets to know people and worlds better. He’s just deeply traumatized and slavishly dedicated to returning to his world and saving his people at any cost, no matter how high… But he does internally war with this, since at his heart (so to speak), Fane is a good person with a kind heart, but he wraps it all up in an acerbic personality so that he doesn’t falter from his goals.

Event specific plans:
So you can catch Fane on Bloodmoon Island complaining and being like “not this shit again” the entire time. He will go on a demon genocide run. They’re all dicks and should be purged in his humble opinion. So if you’d like that, Fane will encourage it and then not realize he’s advocating for the whole world to get zapped indirectly. Oops.

For other worlds, what catches my eye so far is—

• another fantasy rpg??? Well, we can exploit that. Go adventuring with Fane in the House of Hope and give middle fingers to devils but mostly I want them to find the hidden room in a really stupid way. Also maybe the boudoir in the way and Judge. Fane might take notes.
  
• faerun sure is popular huh anyways Fane will definitely be around Menzoberranzan but trying to stay incognito because he’ll quickly get the sense that this place is going to be even more hostile to him than even Rivellon. He’ll use disguise self to appear as a Drow (too bad he’ll pick a man), but he’ll eventually end up getting scammed by Jarlaxle. He’s also likely to defend the Braeryn from demons. A good skeleton.

Things you’re looking for from others:
Let’s make some friends/deeper bonds/deeper enemies! Since I was focused on Quetz for a bit (rip, queen), Fane is still a little light on CR. So if anyone is willing to put up with a rude and pretentious skeleton, I open my arms to you. Magic is an easy in since it’s his passion, but he’ll be taking an interest in the various worlds they visit too. Tell him about your world!

Things your character can offer:
Fane is someone that is deeply loyal to people once he considers them a friend, and it also doesn’t take as much as you’d expect. Sometimes it’s as simple as not being bothered by his appearance. Or h*lding h*nds in Communion, since touch is something deeply important to him because of its absence.

On the flipside, he’s also a grudge holding asshole so if you’d like negative CR that he’ll forever be mad about (in a funny way), I’m here for that too! Steal more of his bones. It’s funny.

Do you want your character to find your shard? No preference!
Optional shitpost:

[a_noble_flame]

PLAYER

NAME: Starfighter
CONTACT: PMs, Plurk (goodluckstarfighter), Discord (goodluckstarfighter)

CHARACTER

NAME: Alice L. Malvin
CANON: Pumpkin Scissors
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Harbinger

Give us a blurb about them:
Alice is 24/7 thinking about people other than herself. She has grown up a lot over the series and while she's heavily focused on neutrality, justice and war relief she tends to ask a lot of deeply philosophical questions about her outlook on all of these things. She's been so desperate to keep her neutrality in all things dealing with the public and with justice because of the ideals instilled in her by her grandfather. Before she arrived here in Kenos however she had already begun questioning her stance on neutrality and whether it was truly so bad for her to have emotions, desires and favorite people of her own.

At heart Alice is kind and wants to help, even to the detriment of her own self.

Event specific plans:
* Definitely visiting Silvergrove and Hayame's World. Also definitely Bloodmoon Island -- she had talking with animals as an ability now, gonna go pet the skelecat! I do like the idea of making Alice do like normal shit ... maybe go flower viewing in Kiritsubo's Tokyo? I'm open to sticking her nose in all the other worlds too though.

* Dungeon crawling, dungeon crawling, let's go fight some monsters! Gotta bring along the Mahne to test out how much strength she's lost with it after all.

* I am also down to having her help others get World Shards. Particularly if she thinks World shards might act like regular Shards. Also I'm open to her finding other people's shards and protecting them for them.

Things you’re looking for from others:
* More CR building in general. Make some friends! Fight alongside some people!

* Basically I want Alice to experience what it's like not being all military all the time 24/7 about the people. Like ... teach her how to relax? There's a few worlds here with just normal exploration stuff to do or things to experience and I'd love to dabble in that.

* Not necessarily for this event but over time I would like for Alice to actually gain some people she considers so important to her that she would actually play favorite for them. Her walls around her emotions and allowing herself to care for someone else are breaking down in canon and I'd like to keep chipping away at that during her time in Kenos. This can be friendly, it can be romantic, I'm down for any of it.

Things your character can offer:
Alice might not look like much but she's a very capable fighter. She's trained herself to be ambidextrous and is very good with a parrying dagger, a sword breaker and that big ol' Mahne of hers. She's the sort of fighter who dives right in and will hold the enemies attention while you can do some DPS on them basically.

She has some fire ability now (mostly manipulating already existing fire) and can talk to animals but she's still getting the knack of this magic business.

Do you want your character to find your shard?
She can but I'm completely open to other people finding it.

Optional shitpost:
CW here for boobs and talk of them. This is absolute stupid fanservice I came across while writing up her world stuff and looking for images.

[hauntedking]

Down to do some shard protecting (or dungeon crawling).

[furibund]

PLAYER

NAME: Aru
CONTACT: discord: deadlynadder, hopewillbloom, PM

CHARACTER

NAME: Nebula
CANON: MCU
FACTION | ASPECT: T3 Meridian | Exalt
Give us a blurb about them: Former biggest sadist in the galaxy on their hero arc. Nebula was taken from her home world at a very young age and was raised as a living weapon - any physical, mental, or emotional failure was replaced by machinery. Doubly so when she constantly lost to her sister, Gamora. While all she wanted was a family this treatment as the lesser, put-upon child warped her into a bitter, demented thing who only sought to best her sister and receive some kind of acknowledgement. That acknowledgement came too late: their father killed her sister and wiped out half the universe. After that she became a Guardian of the Galaxy and helped to undo what her father did, spending years traveling to help out planets that needed it.


Event Plans/Character offerings: (Sorry I'm kind of doing this all in one go, my brain is just a bit empty right now and I tend to ramble!)

👾 Nebula has a pretty centralized focus on trying to return all worlds to how they should be. Because of this while she won't necessarily seek out every world shard - frankly! if they're not found that's better?? - but she will staunchly defend them. This can lead to some PVP and/or talk of morality.

👾 I'm probably limiting myself on tagging out this time because I tend to be tag out heavy and then I drown. Worlds with CR or people who would like to grow CR will be my first priority!

👾 Overall, I'm going to work on CR building and solidification for Nebula here. While I'm very sure of her direction, I've admittedly felt like I don't much have a solid like... backbone in Kenos, I guess! So I want to work on strengthening CR and pushing narrative forward. I'm open to any emotional beats you may want to aim for. Or physical ones (with a note that if you're wanting to dissipate her this is something I want to discuss; my thoughts are usually perma-death so I want any moments to be serious/highstakes).

👾 On Knowhere, Nebula will seem a lot more relaxed than anyone's seen her while also just as attentive. If your character is likely to notice they are welcome to realize she is considered the city's Leader and a lot of her focus is checking on the citizens/children and also keeping an eye out for anyone possibly looking to mess things up. If anyone does anything to harm even this visited idea of Knowhere... well. It won't go well.

👾 She's been to a lot of different worlds so while new worlds/different experiences won't really stun her she will actually ? make an effort to learn more about them? Even if it's a bit awkward and/or she's quick to snap, it really depends! She'll also be on the look out for any shard and if she comes across any will either a) stay in the vicinity to make sure they don't get messed with (not sneaky) and lie badly about it. Which can cause for some hilarity! Or if she gets tired of it take them with her to protect who knows.

👾 You know she's brought up she's a Guardian and some people [Set] know she considers them family but the only one anyone knows by name is Gamora.... It's time to learn what she's really fighting for and boy is she sure af an Exalt, isn't she?

👾 Let's do stuff together... dungeon crawling for exhaustive cr building... go to a beach... drown in alcohol.

👾 Give me anything I am here to crush/make cr/embarrass Nebula.

Do you want your character to find your shard? Up for discussion! I'm a little iffy on crushing them, but I'm always down to work with something that sounds interesting/fun to play with.


Optional shitpost:



As a note, as I'm a bit struggling I may start phasing out some general CR stuff from last event to focus on this one! There's a number I'll keep and if anyone wants something specific let me know! But if you don't receive a tag back in the next day or so tap me if you want to keep it going (I'm sorry, it's not you it's me)

[dreamflowers]

Did someone just say beach and alcohol?

[hauntedking]

PLAYER

NAME: Chrono
CONTACT: PM journal / chrono6269 @ discord / dragoon1940

Dimitri Blaiddyd | Meridian (Advocate)

[hauntedking]

CHARACTER

NAME: Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd
CANON: Fire Emblem: Three Houses
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Advocate
Give us a blurb about them: Dimitri Blaiddyd is a man with a deep well of trauma, PTSD, and survivor's guilt. He survived a massacre and an assassination attempt when he 10 or 11, one that left a good friend of his and his father dead, along with countless others. Since then he has been stricken with guilt for surviving and for a long time, imposed on himself the responsibility for slaughtering anyone connected with that dark day of his history. He also carries the heavy weight of rulership. He was crown prince of Faerghus and is now king and he feels personally responsible for ensuring the well-being of his kingdom and cares deeply for his people. He is capable of great violence, although he no longer relishes it as he once did.

At his heart, however, a part of him would rather have not been king in the first place. He is gentle in many respects, preferring to work with his hands or perform simple labor rather than deal with court politics. But he is determined, brave, and true to his friends now that he has begun the long, slow recovery from the darkest depths of his own mind. The question is whether he will be able to maintain that in the face of yet more loss of those he cares for and the people he feels bound to protect.

He's more confident about his dedication to Meridian at this point, but still unlikely to harmonize further. He's got... issues with getting too lost in the sauce.

Event specific plans:

Worlds he'd like to visit:

• His own! I'd like for him to get his world and dreamer shard, honestly, so if someone wants to help him with this, feel free.


• Fellow Fire Emblems, depending on how that shakes out.


• Jinba land, maybe.


• Honestly, whatever else pops up, I'm open to throwing him out there.

In general, he is going to be believing quite strongly in saving all worlds and will be voting accordingly. He'll be happy to explore, help out with fighting, etc. He may however also work on hunting down other members of Zenith to dissipate them because, uh, if they're dissipated, they can't compete.

He will generally try to help people, though. He's quite strong, after all! And got access to some magic.

Do you want your character to find your shard?
Yes, 100%.

Optional shitpost:

[erbe]

PLAYER

NAME: Batty
CONTACT: alphecca

CHARACTER

NAME: Rin Tohsaka
CANON: Fate/Stay Night (Heaven's Feel)
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T2) | Harbinger
Give us a blurb about them:

Rin Tohsaka is a young woman at odds with herself. As a child she was raised to reflect ideals that contradict her core feelings. She was taught to be prim-and-proper, elegant, self-reliant, cynical, detached, cold and logically rational. However her true self, which comes out in private, is much different. Loud, bossy, shrewd, stingy, and childishly competitive.

This disconnect from how she was raised and her true feelings leaves those around her to feel like they get mixed signals. She puts off a very hot-and-cold attitude. Sometimes oscillating from detached ice queen to reactionary hot-head. On occasion one may come across the "Red Devil" side of her which is more mischievous and playful. At her core, and what she buries deepest, is her inclination to act as a big sister. She's incredibly protective of those she cares about and will overburden herself with responsibility. Though she'll most definitely disguise it as something self-serving.

KENOS SPECIFIC
In Kenos her lean to Zenith has been that a lot of the worlds (including, and most emphatically her own) don't deserve to be revived, and she doubts they even can be. This is spurred on by her wish to bring her sister into a new world to save her from her fate (hah) in the old one. Recently her sister's shard has been cracked, and as such Rin is becoming increasingly desperate despite her concerns about goings-on outside of the faction conflict.

Event specific plans:

✧ Zelretch's Dungeon
Here I intend Rin read about exactly why she and her sister were separated. Not just about the heritage traditions of mages, but about how one of them would have received a sealing designation if they didn't become a mage. Which ultimately means, for those unfamiliar, that if one of them didn't get adopted out/they both didn't become mages that the "left over one" would have been commandeered by the Mage's Association and experimented on. She will set the whole massive library ablaze (despite everthing being under ground WHERE IS THE SMOKE GONNA GO BITCH???)

✧ Echigo
For this visit I will jinba-fy Rin (black coat Andalusian, thanks for the gov't assigned honse Rizu) and have her cause a huge commotion while avoiding a gaggle of humans trying to break her in. She'll use her magic, erect a bounded field, anything. In fact she'll try to incite a chaos by releasing other Jinba, especially so if they're fellow shard-bearers. Whether this is successful or results in severe punishment (for both characters?) will be up to thread partners!

✧ Ransylva
In this world Rin will be doing things like fetch quests/"ordinary tasks" for people, or doing dreaded escort quests (protection from monsters to transport cargo) in an effort to learn more about the village and people in it. With no scope or familiarity about the place she'll be doing her best to ingratiate herself with the villagers and seek out the shards. Her main points of interest to look into will be aliens and any vampires in power/vampire rumors thinking that the threats are most likely to have what she needs.

✧ Sight Seeing
Considering Rin will be relentlessly searching for shards in most of the worlds, she'll probably take some time in the more mundane ones to recuperate and think hard about what this Oracle entails/wants from them. So if you want a thread discussing ideals, conspiracy theories, or just taking a few moments to knock back a drink before the hunt resumes... this is it. We can pick one of the many spots that have a more laid back atmosphere and a heart to heart.

Things your character can offer:

✧ Zelretch's Dungeon Guide: A guide (or protector) in Zel's dungeon for Zenites, an annoying pest (but not lethal) for Meridian. Rin will be dressed appropriately.

✧ Meri Branding: Rin will be involved in the plot linked, so even if she doesn't brand YOUR Meridian she can be scoping out your Meri, following them around, or stalking them. Also at the time of posting this we still need one more volunteer!

✧ Relentless Search: even outside of Oracles Rin is the type to get tunnel visioned. If you need your character to have someone push/pull them along or mock them into motivation she can be your gal! She is can be a bit much, and end up annoying or exhausting characters, so watch out for a bit of intensity.

✧ Healer vs DPS: she will heal any Zenite who gets hurt, but for Meris she'll only make sure they're not immediately on their deathbed. She's not looking to pick fights, but will staunchly defend herself if need be if your character starts it. Aside from that she has a soft heart so she will butt in if a character looks like they're in a bit of a bind with threats in any of the worlds. Just... less so for Meridian folk unless it looks like they might have their shard in danger.

Do you want your character to find your shard?

Yes, and I'm calling out to Gen, Atsumu, Gray, D, Amos, Gavial and Tezca to see if anyone in this group is interest in destroying Rin's Dreamer Shard. Because of a conversation with D, and what happened with the shard that harmed her sister's, Rin is wary of "extra shards". I'm happy to have Rin find the shard with other people, but as for shattering I think the best impact would be any of those listed above (she'll be unable to do the deed herself, & will seek out one of the previously named characters)

Optional shitpost: I hope anyone who visits Zel's Dungeon has fun being a mage

[wolof]

would you heal literally any zenite rin... any...?

I think it might be fun to do something with Rin and Akua in Zelretch's dungeon, perhaps? 🤔 Akua is going to be nosing around quite a bit, and she's probably familiar enough with the fact that Akua might not be the best person to be snooping around in all the magic stuff! It might be fun to play around with and shore up a little bit more of a divide since their last encounter was so whimsical and fun 🥺

[eightfoldfiend]

PLAYER

NAME: Psi
CONTACT: PsiYamaneko | PM | discord: denofwolves

CHARACTER

NAME: Yuber
CANON: Suikoden
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith | Iconoclast
Give us a blurb about them: As the literal embodiment of chaos in his world, Yuber's main goals in life are:
1) chaos
2) chaos
3) is this person useful in helping him spread chaos?
4) raging against the new gods of the world for sentencing him to a life of pain
5) chaos

He is a demon-like entity that loves and is fueled by discord, violence, and bloodshed. Despite this, he can be reasonable when he has to be and is loyal to the people who are on the same side of a conflict as him. He isn't very good at small talk, preferring to get straight to the point in most situations, but he will chat up people he learns to respect. Basically, he's an apex predator with a few hidden depths. It takes multiple interactions to see the more complex or less obviously sadistic sides of him.

Event specific plans: Yuber will be eager to do what he feels needs to be done. So he will be out there fighting any Meridian Bearers he sees. He will also be looking for the world souls.

In his own world he will not be having a good time in Crystal Valley. While he certainly knows about Harmonia, he's never been there (that we know of. This damn series--) and their resident True Rune is one that he hates very much.

Things you’re looking for from others: I am eager to expand his CR as he's still new here. He's very clever and cunning but also doesn't understand humans well. He will probably need help tracking down shards in places like towns where lots of humans live.

In Crystal Valley, there is a chance he might try to hunt down and destroy the Circle Rune. This is not part of his duties as a Zenite and he'll probably have to be talked down. Expect that interaction to be unpleasant. Luckily he won't hold any grudges about it afterward.

Things your character can offer:
-An enemy to fight! Keep in mind he's a powerful combatant so depending on who he's fighting it might need to be a group effort.
-An ally to fight alongside your character! If he sees any fellow Zenites struggling he will do his best to help them. Expect him to teleport away if he ends up in real danger though.
-A clueless war devil who won't understand most things he finds in human homes very well.

Do you want your character to find your shard? He doesn't have to.
Optional shitpost:He's a professional, you guys

[hauntedking]

Dimitri is also a fairly powerful combatant and will be willing to fight lol.

November & Co. (2x plotting combo)

[sterngaze]

PLAYER

NAME: November
CONTACT: My plurk is Sporelett. Feel free to add me if you want CR! You can also catch me on discord; I'm not always keeping an eye on the group server, but I'm usually online, so feel free to give me a ping.

CHARACTERS

NAME: Liem Talbott | Demeisen
CANON: Original (Pathfinder TTRPG) | The Culture
FACTION & ASPECT: T3 Meridian Harbinger | T1 Zenith Stargazer
Give us a blurb about them:

Liem is a reserved, hardworking man of faith who also happens to be half-vampire. His patron is Abadar—god of law, commerce, cities, and wealth—and Liem strives to live by his tenets. He desperately wishes to be of service to those around him, and as a T3 Meri, he especially wishes to save his home so he can fulfill his duties to the people and the god he left behind.

Demeisen is the human-facing avatar of the Picket Ship Falling Outside The Normal Moral Constraints. He has completely appalling people skills, a passionate interest in warfare, and though he is nominally Zenith-aligned, he has absolutely no intention of participating in Kenos’s war, preferring to investigate things his own way instead.

Event specific plans:

I’m aiming to take it easy this month, so I’m aiming to keep plans chill and fun, rather than digging into anything too heavy. General plans for both characters involve exploring the worlds, seeing the sights, and maybe fighting some monsters while looking for world shards.

In his own world, Liem will be exploring, reminiscing, and pondering the differences between it and his version of Oppara. In this AU, Prince Carrius never died, and he is now a grown man who recently inherited his father’s throne. Also, due to the nature of the event, Liem’s father isn’t around (hooray)! He’ll definitely be visiting the Cathedral of Coins and the markets, and doing his best to find the world shard here in particular.

Other than that, I’d also love to do some first-class chillin’ or zombie stuff aboard the Campania, or visit Echigo as a jinba and say hello to the orphans. 🥺

Demeisen will definitely be looking for the dreamer shard aboard the SAMWAF, since he’ll find that no one there knows him or any nearby Abominator-class Picket Ships, due to the AU causing the events of Excession to never occur. Since he’ll be seeking the world shard as well, chances are he won’t have time for a proper debauch… HOWEVER, since he is being a bad Zenith and voting “save” on most of these worlds, he will be steadily accruing discord, so he might take a break to deal with that at some point.

Might fuck around in Menzoberranzan, too, and go searching for the world shard. Warship avatar in a city of murder and chaos; what will he do?

And of course, I’m down to thread in some of the other worlds too, for both my guys. These are just the ones that leapt out at me!

Things you’re looking for from others:

🗝️ People who want to sightsee around Oppara. He knows all the good spots! Especially the temples. He loves his city and he wants other people to love it also.
🗝️ A buddy to fight zombies with, or someone to rescue! Liem has very effective zombie-b-gone magic at his disposal, in addition to his usual capabilities.
🗝️ Alternately, someone to convince him to take a lil break and chill somewhere nice, like the Campania’s baths or the SAMWAF’s park.

🚀 Someone else visiting Hidden Income’s war bar, to maybe bicker over the dreamer shard there? Or just to chill.
🚀 Someone to seek the Menzoberranzan world shard with (or another world shard, tbh!) Maybe followed by fighting over the shard, for Zenites who want to vote destroy.
🚀 A randy Advocate or Exalt to clear discord with. Bonus points for Meris, of course!

Things your character can offer: In general, both my guys are available for exploration stuff, but here are some specifics:

🗝️ Someone to show you around Oppara! He’s lived here on and off for over a century, and knows it well.
🗝️ Someone to save you from cruise ship zombies or other undead.
🗝️ Handsome jinba-Liem in Echigo? 😳

🚀 Someone to help with shard-hunting (and possibly turn against you to save a shard you’re intending to crush or use to vote destroy).
🚀 A rescue in that drow hellhole, for the vulnerable. He might shapeshift to resemble a drow lady here, for convenience.

Do you want your character to find your shard? Yes, for both! OK with some squabbling to get them, but I'd like to get my hands on them eventually.
Optional shitpost:

[semicharmed]

extends my hand for cruise vibes (also zombies)

Ruby's (ak)edgy crew

[corvidant]

PLAYER

NAME: Ruby
CONTACT: pinkgrasshopper & #pinkgrasshopper

Goro Akechi

[corvidant]

CHARACTER

NAME: Goro Akechi
CANON: Persona 5: Royal
FACTION | ASPECT: T1 Zenith | Iconoclast
Give us a blurb about them: for most of the game, akechi presents himself as extremely charismatic, with a mind and schemes so sharp that even as a teenager he earns the moniker of Detective Prince. but his niceties are all a mask, and in reality, Akechi is just well versed in the art of deception and motivated by personal revenge, in a way that makes him proud, selfish, and unable to open himself up to Power of Friendship. he prefers to work on his own, though he is capable of cooperation with, ugh, teammates. if he must!!

due to having grown up alone, akechi is desperate for love and recognition. he especially values bonds with adults over those with people his own age, and his craving for validation is so strong that it makes him susceptible to manipulation, though once he realizes he’s been made a “puppet” he absolutely refuses to let anyone else decide his fate. no matter how good he is at pretending otherwise, he has grown to be disconnected from his true feelings, to the point of misconstruing his jealousy and admiration for his rival and only friend as hate. His true nature is chaos itself, and though by late game he takes on a mostly formal yet blunt personality with a cynical view of the world, he lets loose in combat, ruthless and unhinged in equal measure.

TLDR: big angy baby throwing temper tantrums, actually desperate for love but do not touch him. (also hates god-like beings and pancakes.)

Event specific plans:
I still need to take a good look at all these worlds available, but Akechi will be going hardcore on the Shard hunting business! Dreamer Shards will probably be spared (this time) but he'll be especially gunning for World Shards that he can promptly destroy!! Since he hasn't outed himself as a Full Crazy to (most) of the enemy side, I'd personally love for him to tag-team with a Meri and cooperate in finding a Shard together, only to betray them and steal it at the last second!! Zenites are definitely welcome to join maybe begrudgingly so but at least he's not trying to permakill anyone right now...??

Things your character can offer: He'll happily do it on his own but he'll be willing to do the teamwork thing! And also the betrayal thing when appropriate!! He can put up a good fight and dissipation is on the table, but if he can get away with just messing up with your character's mind and that's something you'd be interested in, hit me up!
Do you want your character to find your shard? If it's a good opportunity for CR building, yeah! Otherwise I'm not leaning either way, but I do ask that you check with me if you want your character to find/shatter it!
Optional shitpost:

[clockpunk]

PLAYER

NAME: aaya
CONTACT: plurk; yagyuu | discord; haseritt

CHARACTER

NAME: Chrono Shindou
CANON: Cardfight!! Vanguard G
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian | Savant
Give us a blurb about them: Your average Tokyoite highschooler!! Except not really!! When he was four years old, Chrono accidentally made mental/spiritual contact with a small dragon from another planet and then unknowingly summoned the dragon to Earth, tying the fates of the two worlds together and marking himself as the "Singularity". He then repressed the resulting traumatic memories for a decade until forced into dealing with the consequences, which just like... Kept Happening for two years. Being a card game anime, this primarily takes the form of playing a lot of Vanguard with increasingly messed up stakes. He's been through a lot, and therefore has very little patience for other people's bullshit. Genuinely a helpful, friendly and kind guy despite all of that.

Event specific plans:

Defs want to dip into most other worlds!! Everyone's is so interesting. The more sci-fi worlds (the Shangri-La, Knowhere etc) especially sing out, as does the Metaverse (Maruki's Palace) as cognitive nonsense is right up Chrono's alley (and I've had a design for Phantom Thief Chrono for like four years). I'd like him to try and help fellow Meris find their dreamer shards, and maybe clash with a few Zeniths for the world shards. basically just want him in some fights lol

In his own world, Chrono's just going to be Sad. Like, really Sad. He'll try to hide it and fight, and will absolutely genuinely relish in being able to cardfight again even if it's against false versions of his friends who only seem to think of him as the same tool their enemies do (or against the void fluid guys, which only mirror the deck of their opponents). But the Sad will still be there, since he pretty much thinks the state of the world is his own fault. Not being strong enough to fight any of the Zeroth Dragons on his own, he might actually seek out help from anyone powerful enough to take them down, particularly Ultima.

I'm hoping to build/build upon some more CR this event, so please hang out with him lol.......... he's gotten a little more confident in his ability to fight now that he has the ZTBs back to lean on, but going solo isn't really his style. I'd like for him to learn about other people's worlds, too - that kind of thing is super fascinating to him! Please tell him about all your stuff.

I also think it would be cool... if some characters learned how to play Vanguard... I can kinassign your character a deck or guide anyone in the right direction to pick one. I just like doing this I think it's fun.

Things your character can offer: Chrono has his summony powers again and hasn't had a chance to use them. He will actually avoid using them still because they really tire him out, but I'll be pulling a few ZTB appearances out hopefully. Jet and Chronobeat Buffalo can do a lot of damage in a short time.
Do you want your character to find your shard? I'd like him to be present for it, at least, because I'm mean and want to make him suffer through the whole Kazuma-Gyze thing again. I don't mind if the shard gets saved or shattered, though I have a slight preference for letting him hang onto it.
Optional shitpost:

[hauntedking]

I'm happy to toss Dimitri at him. Please teach him how to play cards!

HAYAME (JINBA) 🏹 ICONOCLAST (MERIDIAN)

[warmare]

PLAYER

NAME: Rizu
CONTACT: stormcoming, #waxwinging, PM

CHARACTER

NAME: Hayame
CANON: JINBA
FACTION | ASPECT: Meridian (T4), Iconoclast

Give us a blurb about them: Hayame is a centaur born and raised in slavery in a version of medieval Japan that added horse people but didn’t subtract sexism. She spent her entire life selling out her own race to prevent [CWs] happening and trying to prove herself as a warrior, only to end up a POW in a village of orphans and hot DILFs who taught her about freedom and love… before she fucked it up. She decided to commit honor suicide to save them, except she got taken to Kenos instead, and now she's a free woman who gets treated with respect by Springstar citizens and she has friends and a lover and wow, trying to live and be happy instead of die is just... really hard. Working on it, though.

Event specific plans:

In general, Hayame will think that she needs to protect the world shards and bearer shards, vote to save the worlds, and stymie any Zenith efforts she catches sight of (with potential for violence if they are a Zenite on her hit list/one she considers responsible for Cyrus' assassination). Since Zenith is going to be winning this one, I don't want her to be successful finding much, maybe just once or so? The worlds I am currently considering threading out are:

ALMYRA (CLAUDE's WORLD) 🏹 looking for Claude's shard and the World shard to try and protect them, attempting (and probably failing?) to infiltrate the palace, trying to get some respect as a foreigner by kicking ass in martial tournaments but then getting dragged to a feast?, and also desert vibes, etc.

AKKALA CITADEL RUINS (LINK's WORLD) 🏹 dungeon crawling adventure time looking for the Shards, complete with having to fight a bunch of monsters along the way such as the LoZ-version centaurs or the creepy Glooms, treasure hunting, having to awkward centaur climb, etc.

KNOWHERE (NEBULA's WORLD) 🏹 being exposed to the absolute terrifying expanse that is SpACE, which is particularly unnerving to a 1590's gal, exploring the city and blending bc oh she must just be another alien species, looking for the Shards, being weirded out by alien foods, etc.

RANSYLVA VILLAGE (D's WORLD) 🏹 will be on the search for Shards, wandering the ruins and farmlands, and since she can be easily mistaken for a mutant humanoid hired by a vampire Noble, maybe she will try and use that to get into the vampire Mayerling's place, etc.

OPPARA (LIEM's WORLD) 🏹 fervently Shard searching, somehow ending up watching a theater show, marveling at the architecture, maybe getting into some trouble by standing out a bit too much, and also... racing... ?, etc.

ECHIGO (HER WORLD) 🏹 ... (Yeah, she will frantically be trying to find the Shards to protect them! She will prioritize the world's over her own, but this means that she may need to enter the breeding stable compound with someone...)

Things you’re looking for for others:

🏹 CR-mates or FEmblems who might rib her or make her emotional about Almyra
🏹 also, someone to prevent her from throwing down with a camel when it spits at her
🏹 help fighting Akkala dungeon enemies, particularly interested in Gloom Spawn
🏹 someone more space savvy to try and help her not be utterly terrified of what's outside giant dead god head
🏹 in general, Meris to pair up with to Shard hunt with
🏹 in general, Zenis to scramble against over who claims Shards
🏹 a Close(r) CR Person to infiltrate the breeding stable with (this one is Sensitive, so I might be a bit picky)

Things your character can offer:

🏹 in general, help with anything you're interested in re: her world
🏹 help with centaur transformation confusion or acclimation, if you pick that option in Echigo
🏹 safe escort in Ransylva if she is mistaken as a vampire bodyguard
🏹 rescue or a fellow racer during the Raptor Run (the image is hilarious I am not sorry)
🏹 in general, a hardcore Meridian to try and attack Zenites or force other Meris to participate/try harder

Do you want your character to find your shard? I have no strong preference either way, and the Shard will be unguarded while Hayame prioritizes searching out her World Shard for protection. If someone wants to secure it or give it to her, that is fine, but if a Zenite needs a W and is the type to lie to, steal from, or hurt a child to get the shard, Hayame's alternate Harbinger shard is available for snatching or shattering.

Optional shitpost: she just started liking them, so if you choose that world option please take care of her jinba orphans (or don't)

Re: HAYAME (JINBA) 🏹 ICONOCLAST (MERIDIAN)

[kaientai]

REACHES FOR i am dying to do Jinba AU so bad lmao

I'm game for either serious or light-hearted stuff!

He will happily sing songs and play with orphans and will probably just have a lot of fun being jinba-fied in general because he is definitely going to go HAHA IT'S THE HORSE PART OF MY NAME (rip).

But for something more serious, he is also actively Shard hunting, so he would be willing to help her with that, too. I'm restricting myself to a limited number of (heavier) threads, and I have the room/bandwidth to have him help her retrieve her Shard if you wanted to do that. If he doesn't have the social link for that, they could always try for the world Shard.

He'd actually be super interested in understanding her version of the country, so feel free to drop all your cool lore on him lmao

tony (terra e)

[tresemme]

PLAYER

NAME: mary!
CONTACT: the discord, or pavaal

CHARACTER

NAME: tony! you know him, you love him.
CANON: terra e
FACTION | ASPECT: zenith iconoclast, baby!
Give us a blurb about them: evil psychic toddler all growed up

Event specific plans:

tony’s world is here for those that care, but truthfully his world is pretty unremarkable from a “things to do” perspective so i don’t have strong feelings about people playing around in it!

largely, i’m just looking for tony to visit earth, in all the forms it has taken to different people. he made a communion post a while ago asking for details on “terra,” and this is a great chance for him to see what earth is to others! of course, he’s still pro-burning it all down.

Things you’re looking for from others:

because this is a zenith-rigged (heh) event, i think the cognitive dissonance between tony actually seeing people’s worlds, learning about the places they love, and ultimately choosing his grandpa over it is a long-term thing that i’m interested in playing with. this is really a chance for meridian characters to make their case to him in a tangible way, and although it’s not going to work this time… it will plant the seeds, for those meris who need to feel like they can make a difference.

as such, i’m looking primarily for fun “doing normal things” CR-building this event, but of course i’m open to anything!

Things your character can offer:

well, he’s a jerk, but he’s a powerful jerk. for those worlds where things are going very badly or where the populace at large is magical or otherwise dangerous, tony can provide bodyguard duty… and, ugh, yes, he’ll do it for meris too. he actually has nothing against any meris personally, he’s just doing what he thinks he’s supposed to do. perhaps a chance for him to improve relations with people who think he sucks?

Do you want your character to find your shard?
no strong preferences! i actually don’t mind if it’s shattered if someone really wants to do that, so i’m genuinely open to anything anyone wants to do.

Optional shitpost:

[zauneyete]

Holds my hands out

I think silco will be dissipated before Tony's world or else I'd volunteer him for shattering it (🙂) but I would loooove a thread with silco and Tony! Depending on how you're feeling about it, I can help nudge him towards nuking worlds for his grandpa perhaps? 🤔 esp if he starts to feel conflicted after seeing some?

KIRITSUBO (ZONE-00) 🔮 EXALT (ZENITH)

[tattooism]

PLAYER

NAME: Rizu
CONTACT: stormcoming, #waxwinging, PM

CHARACTER

NAME: Kiritsubo
CANON: ZONE-00
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T1), Exalt

Give us a blurb about them: Kiritsubo is an ancient tanuki living in the modern era of an alternate Earth populated by humans and (secretly) spirits. The work of "Kiritsubo the Wandering Tattoo Artist" is in constant demand, even though she doesn't let that dictate whether she actually shows up when called. She is a whimsical, hedonistic wanderer who travels the world following idle curiosities, new skills to hone, and fleeting pleasures, tattooing and telling fortunes as she pleases along the way and dabbling with all kinds. She appears completely unbound to conventions like loyalty, duty, identity, or monogamy. She did have one selfish goal she'd secretly been working on for the last 500 years, but... don't you worry about that, it's finished. (Right?) The Kiritsubo you meet might not be the Kiritsubo others meet.

Event specific plans:

In general, Kiritsubo will mostly just be (seemingly) vibing and strolling through the various worlds, more interested in using them to learn more about other Shard-bearers than go hardcore seeking out Shards. If asked directly for aid, though, she will join specific Shard hunts. (You might want to ask, her「sight」is probably quite useful for finding them.) If she does find any, she will put them in the hands of more dedicated Zenites and allow them to decide what to do with them. The worlds I am currently considering threading out are:

TOKYO (HER WORLD) 🔮 in private (or stumbled-upon disturbed privacy) Kiritsubo will be spending some time with nostalgia in her world, overlooking the city or enjoying the sakura on her own... but intentionally in front of people she will be a Good Little Tour Guide and offer to help people have fun and enjoy their time there "before it all vanishes again"

MENZOBERRANZAN (DRIZZT's WORLD) 🔮 now this is a world for dommy mommies... I mean, uh, Kiritsubo will quickly be assuming the shape of a female drow in order to move around the city with less hassle, and she will be indulging in observation, sticking her nose into the minor house war, and tracking down a tattooist to observe their work (fascinating! so skilled at working with dark skin!)

SENSE AMID MADNESS, WIT AMIDST FOLLY (DEMEISEN's WORLD) 🔮 Kiritsubo heard "hedonistic utopian paradise" and signed up to do All of That, so she will be indulging (seemingly) carelessly in drugs, orgy, and observation in Divinity In Extremis and other parts of the ship

SILVER GROVE (JADE's WORLD) 🔮 this is actually the sort of scenario that Kiritsubo would be tempted to interfere in, because she would see it as a pitiable abomination that needs putting down, so she will be more likely to cooperate here with people who want to find the World Shard and destroy it-- her eyes can "see only the Truth" so she may be useful in deciphering the nature of this village and identifying who is at the center of the issue

CAMPANIA CRUISE LINER (SEBASTIAN's WORLD) 🔮 she would like to dance at a lavish party, enjoy the Turkish baths, and scandalize some Victorians, but the zombies are going to make her very cross, especially since she does not generally like to be involved in fighting but the confined nature of the ship will mean she probably has to actually join the fray

Things you’re looking for from others:

🔮 CR that wants to encounter Kiritsubo in her own world for philosophical musings or nostalgia
🔮 someone(s) to team up with to bring an end to the magical deception at Silver Grove
🔞 a Meridian to seduce in shapeshifted guise on one of the ships, which totally counts as pro-Zenith activities
🔮 guides to Space, since she is familiar enough with all the worlds except that type

Things your character can offer:

🔮 a Tokyo tour guide, ready to take you shopping, show you the sights, or get you into Bar Benten
🔮 rescue from a horde of Victorian zombies + surprise revelation of what Miss "Fighting's Not My Thing" Kiritsubo is capable of
🔞 honey-potting or a not-at-all Oracle focused romp, bc hyper tanuki libido and 30 worlds x 12 hours...
🔮 help or escort for Zeni male characters struggling in Lolth's City of Spiders
🔮 help or using her shapeshifted form to Make Things Even Worse for Meri men in Lolth's City of Spiders

Do you want your character to find your shard? I have no preference either way. Kiritsubo won't consider it "her", per se, and will not feel any particular compunction to seek it out or affect its "fate". If a Meridian wants to shatter it for their cause, that is fine. If a Zenite or CR wants to secure it for her, she would thank them (and then debate crushing it herself in private oops).

Optional shitpost: brb chilling on top of the Tokyo Sky Tree being nostalgic and getting drunk as people explore her world

[sterngaze]

demeisen & kiri as hot drow ladies for makeouts in menzo, y/n? alternately, they could have less-shady, more drug-fuelled makeouts on the starship, if she wants another shard-bearer to tell her about space.

Cid Garlond | Zenith | Savant

[youngprodigy]

PLAYER

NAME: Nin
CONTACT: kamex | kamextoise @ discord

CHARACTER

NAME: Cid Garlond
CANON: Final Fantasy XIV
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (t2) | Savant
Give us a blurb about them: A pacifist who fled his violent homeland in order to give benevolent technology to the nations his homeland was invading, who went on to spend five years as an amnesiac as a result of crippling PTSD the game likes to ignore.
Event specific plans: Cid will be being a faithful Zenite this event, though that will not stop him from talking to Meris.

I’m mostly going to be tagging out, so let me know if you want him anywhere specifically!
Things you’re looking for from others: Anything! Teaming up to explore with his allies, awkward CR with Meridians Cid’s chill with, maybe even some sort of confrontation? He won’t be fighting, but that doesn’t mean he can’t run away!
Things your character can offer: Cid is a healer, though it’s not entirely relevant for this event. Still, if you get scraped up, he’ll be there to patch you up just the same.
Do you want your character to find your shard? n/a
Optional shitpost:

link 🍎 (zeni, savant)

[bakedapple]

PLAYER

NAME: Lazdo
CONTACT: lazdo, oddlazdo on Discord, PM

CHARACTER

NAME: Link
CANON: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
FACTION | ASPECT: Zenith (T1), Savant
Give us a blurb about them: Lawful good knight with a destiny to save the princess and kill the big bad; when the time came to do the destiny he failed spectacularly, nearly died, and got sealed away for 100 years to recover, all so he could come back and do the destiny the right way. After he comes back, he ends up in Kenos, and chugs along as a fairly loyal Meridian until all of this shit happens. Anyway, now he's more like a fallen hero who doesn't know what to do with himself, since his duty has been his entire life ever since he woke up from being sealed with all of his memories gone. His switch to the Zenith was very much fueled by his unresolved grief and sense of hopelessness, as he's convinced that his world is cursed to never be free from endless warfare from demons, especially since he lost his canon's major demon-killing McGuffin that made him so good at killing demons in the first place. On top of that, his canon point means that he thinks he's never going to see Princess Zelda again even if he did make it home somehow.

Event specific plans: I'm not entirely sure what to do with Link this event, tbh — he's been suffering a lot for the past six months, not achieving anything or feeling like he's making much of a difference, while simultaneously being unable to convince himself to engage in the kind of cold-blooded violence that seems required to win. Although he isn't as outright miserable and lonely as he was over the winter anymore, he isn't doing "good" either. Although he's probably done enough to contribute to Zenith at this point to be Tier 2, he doesn't actually meet the mental requirements of tiering up yet, because he isn't actually committed to what it wants... he just doesn't want to bring his own world back.

I wanted to log a "win" or two for him during this event, but considering what the circumstances of this event are, I'm not sure what a win would look like for him. Deep down, he still loves his world and wants there to be some way to save it. So being forced to go home to his world, even for a brief period of time, is more likely to make him doubt staying with Zenith, not strengthen it. :') sorry Link you just really aren't ever going to win in Kenos, are you Maybe a Zenith can help him stay grounded during such an experience?? Or maybe a Meri can water that seed of doubt?

So uh... I guess the tl;dr is that I'm open to whatever! He can help defend people from monsters/other threats in their world, save people's alter-Aspect Shards from being shattered, try to collect them on his own, or just kinda hang out and be his usual self! I'd love for him to keep building up his Zenith CR, or have some run-ins with his former Meri allies.

Things you’re looking for from others: Pretty much anything! See above!
Things your character can offer: I would rather not have Link's world's shard get shattered, but I am open to his alternate aspect Shard getting shattered. I also would prefer not to have him dissipated since he died recently last month. But aside from that, I'm open! Link could attack or help Meris depending on the circumstances, push back against the more militant Zenites, or just search for Shards.
Optional shitpost:

[wolof]

i could offer akua to get into a fight with link! Maybe she attacks him since he was snooping around the gun in the last event? She could ham up the villainess role or something? It might be a fun turn to their CR? 🤔 Even if he doesn't dissipate her, this could be a really fun turn to their CR! We could do it in zeldaland or something?

howl (meri, iconoclast)

[cyfaredd]

PLAYER

NAME: Lazdo
CONTACT: lazdo, oddlazdo on Discord

CHARACTER

NAME: Howl
b>CANON: Howl's Moving Castle (novel)
FACTION | ASPECT: Meri (T1), Iconoclast
Give us a blurb about them: Disaster male love interest wizard who isekai'd himself into a fantasy world after he graduated university and has been avoiding his shitty family ever since. In his early twenties, he permanently screwed up his life when he entered into a contract with a demon, purely because he felt bad for it and didn't want it to die. Since then, he's been missing his heart (both literally and metaphorically) and grown into a sexy manchild as a result. Emotionally immature and irresponsible, he would prefer to spend all of his time enjoying the pleasures of life, but because he's kindhearted at his core and has a strong sense of right and wrong, he often finds himself stepping up when necessary... while insisting that that definitely, totally, completely isn't what he's doing. Very much a Neutral Good type of guy who desperately wishes it was easier for him to be True Neutral, because it's so much less work. His contract with said demon has given him enormous magic power and ability, but on a day-to-day basis, he struggles with more commonplace issues in his personal life. Being a powerful wizard is useful for a lot of things in life, but it can't help Howl learn to love himself or act more responsibly.

Event specific plans: Howl is just vibing. He's a seasoned world-hopper, so he's probably just going to be excited to go sightseeing and won't be too concerned with actually trying to win the Oracle itself. (The entire Oracle thing is bullshit after all.) That being said, if he comes across someone in trouble or someone trying to start trouble, he won't just sit by and let it happen either.
Things you’re looking for from others: Just about anything, aside from like... a really hardcore violent fight thread. He's still pretty new, so I'm focused on building his CR!
Things your character can offer: Magical hijinks, flirting, being pathetic, inexplicable acts of heroism.
Do you want your character to find your shard? does anyone else think the wording of this question is strange...... I'm open to whatever with Howl's alter-Aspect Shard, including it getting shattered! hmu if you're interested.
Optional shitpost: