Merkstave Anzus. Lack of communication with gods. Ansus.

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It looks like an inverted 'a' from the Futhark alphabet...which leads me to conclude that the vikings are really to blame for the ill that has befallen Ansus.

@Dawnscroll He was basically a falling star. I LIKE IT!

Now, the real battle begins trying to respond to that post. I'm gonna have a fun day with this, I'm sure. Just thinking of alllllll the directions it could go...

Well, I gave you a couple of potential hooks to work with. Everything from ominous otherworldly presences, to a small army of knights, to direct conflict. I'm excited to see what you come up with.

What echoes lie beneath the still waters of the lake, I wonder.

By the way, is everyone okay with the mythological shutouts to their charries?

By the way, is everyone okay with the mythological shutouts to their charries?

I liked it, it adds a feeling of shared mythology/history to the post, which adds to the immersion, at least for me.

I feel like, short of the legend of the Mortifier, Volkimir would be less known than the curse of the Shadowlands, or the damned House Sturmkirk. Anyone who was around in the few thousand years before the War of Midnight Suns would probably still think that the Shadowlands were hell on earth.

@Dead Cruiser Eyyyy, somebody gets it ;D

But yes, to anybody who was wondering. That rune when it is properly upright is Ansuz in the Furthark alphabet (Ansuz = Ansus) and it means connection to the Gods (hence Ansus' religious tendencies). When a rune is aligned upside down as noted by DC, it is called a merkstave and it generally means the opposite of whatever the rune's actual meaning is. In this case, the Merkstave (which is also the name for something later in the RP) means a lack of communication / loss of Godliness.

Also, the Southern Continent which was noted as Raida in a previous post is an alteration of the Rune 'Raido' which means journey. Fitting, since the great journey stemmed from there.

Also, I have all these runes tattooed on my forearm for solidarity. That's how you know i'm serious.

NOTE, though. Obviously those runes don't exist in Ansus with the meaning we would associate with them. It's not earth after all, so they are simply random symbols. Just thought i'd give a little bit of background on the making of Starless :P

@Dawnscroll Also, that is not a bad idea. I think I have something planned for you after all! The lake is definitely a point from which something terrible and dystopian can stem.

By the way, is everyone okay with the mythological shutouts to their charries?

I'm not sure how far the stories of the Windwitch's exploits might have spread, but by all means!

@Corvidae hey up for a collision of wind and fire soon :3 ?
also I give the witch full permission to hit on Ki'ira. Though she will probably tease the witch to no end xD

Swamped with exams this week, so I might not get my post up tonight. I'll still try though!

@VoiD Sounds good, though don't rush! I haven't even started responses yet. Like I always say, the RP shouldn't be a chore or source of stress to get a post in before a certain time. Get one up when you can and we'll all be happy :)

@Corvidae hey up for a collision of wind and fire soon :3 ?
also I give the witch full permission to hit on Ki'ira. Though she will probably tease the witch to no end xD

At some point soon, yes! @Vigfast and I may have something planned first, but after that, absolutely!

I'll try and have something tonight.

A few would likely still be intact. Likely the weapons belonging to cultists who died inside buildings and such The rest would have been disintegrated pretty bad.

Also, not demonbone. Just some unusual metal. It's very dark, very sharp, and can't be readily found anywhere on Ansus. Other than that, not too many unique properties.

Ca- Can Zahra maybe, I don't know... like, put one of those in her mouth? Give it a bit of a nibble? Certainly nothing could possibly go wrong with consuming dark, spooky cult metal to see if it gave her abilities when she burned it.

I love how we're all, even me, thinking about how we can use the random metal the GM just came up with. I'm thinking shards, the Allomancer is eating the damn stuff, people want to know if its demon bones...

The moment we find a treasure horde, game over. We'll probably kill each other for it.

@Free Faller You don't need permission! Give her a nice, juicy demon metal snack!

Plus the way you asked was so hopelessly adorable I can't help but say yes.

As always, post title is an unsubtle reference to something stupid. Head pats for anyone that can pick up on the subtext it alludes to.

But, yeah, let's see if Volkimir can get a suit of armor out of this. Forged out of death and disrespect for the dead. Also rubies. Maybe he'll get to keep this one.

@Transience

Hello! I stumbled upon this role-play and it made my eyes go wide. I had tried a similar idea once where all the players were already legendary figures, so this is not only really similar but makes me want to sort of jump in! However.. you do seem to have quite a few players, I'm behind, the role I'm thinking of may or may not be taken, and I need time to read everything. So, I understand if there isn't room for me, but if there is, I would love a helping hand in getting started. ^.^

Oh, and also... those character sheets are a bit more fancy than I'm used to! I'm not 100% sure I could keep up with the role-play much. I average about 1,200-ish words per post usually... and I can link some examples, if you want. =3

@lydyn Hello, friend!

Indeed, we have a lot of players, and we get new applications at least once a week. This is because I never really want to close the roleplay to what could be players with potentially great characters. My only requirement for joining the RP is that you create a character that is so awesome that it makes me sweat all over the place.

And hey! The OP for the OOC specifically states that there is absolutely god-damn f*cking zero posting length requirement. Post what you need / can / want to and everybody will be happy. if you want a helping hand putting together a CS, you need only PM me and we can walk through it together.

@Transience I will do that then, because I think I'm good at making character sheets, but a little aid wouldn't hurt. ^.-