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@shylarah @CollectorOfMyst

Myst has pretty much got it right. As they've only been recently ordained, Leviathan and Phoenix are supposed to be in their "internship" phase, where their members are given junior inquisitor posts throughout the empire. For some reason, the Church has deigned to skip this step in Phoenix's development and they've been shipped straight to El. As for Leviathan, all of its members are currently spread throughout the empire. Most of them are still in Varya, while others are in Muraad and T'sarae. Cillian is the only one in Lanostre at the moment, while of course Vivica, Ilya and Oren have been embedded within Phoenix. Oh and no, none of the other Leviathans have died, at least, those who survived to Culmination. :p

By the way, if Myst or @Draken have any character ideas for members of Warband Leviathan, let me know! Not that they'll appear in the story immediately, but it's good to have character ideas in the backburner.

Also, that's amazing shy! I love Ziotea's eyebrows! And is it weird that Rodion reminds me a bit of Kelso from the 70s show in that drawing? :)

As for reading your mutual backstory, I might have to end up doing that. Right now, I'm focusing on the Omestris and Lanostre groups, so I won't have to write anything Rodion related until it's his turn to move the story forward. I'll ask you more about that stuff then.

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@Lovejoy See my question regarding Cillian on the previous page :p
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@CollectorOfMyst Argh! I completely forgot about that. This is what happens when the forum shuts down and you forget about the finer details! Thanks for bringing that up, regardless.

I think Indira would've noticed Cillian's strange Varyan patriotism and would see him as someone who didn't care about their lineage the same way Oren and Vivica did. She probably saw how he seemed to only be interested in being a good Protector and thus focused all her efforts on teaching him ether control and the like. Also, she is kind of wary of him, for reasons she keeps to herself.

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@Lovejoy And with that, I am proud to present an update to Oren's relationships. You have prompted me to smash my keyboard. Once I 'get to know' how Oren interacts with some characters, I think I'll expand more, but I've been needing to finish Mother Indira's one for a while, anyway. So thanks for the prompt, I suppose!

Pssst, Shy, Ziotea's in there!

Mother Indira Al-Sayed: Mother Indira… a harsh woman, to say the least. But fair. And even though her training was punishing, Oren relishes the lessons he learned from her. It was her teachings that kept him together when he was fraying at the seams… even though he eventually had to give in to other methods. Every lesson, every mark on his body and on his mind, he refuses to forget.
In short, he is both highly respectful and highly grateful to his teacher. He has not fully grasped all of the things he has learned, but he endeavours to.

Father Cillian: Cillian was interesting, to Oren. Quiet, like himself, but in a different way. Oren preferred to hang back and observe, but Cillian didn’t even do that; disappearing into his garden more often than not. His store of ether made him an ample Protector, and his exclusion from Mother Indira’s ‘additional lessons’ made him even more of an oddity. Eventually, though, Oren acknowledged that the man was just disinterested in the rest of the world beyond his own place in it; or at least, that was his own interpretation of it.

Mother Ziotea: Oren is unsure what prompted him to offer to take the woman with him to the ruins. A sense of kinship due to their shared Omestrian heritage? Duty, from the lessons that had been given to him? No, those weren’t right. Best not dwell on it.
From what little he knows of her, he knows that he and Ziotea have different outlooks on life; different methods and values. But, Oren isn’t fool enough to think that his way is the only one that brings success. He values the fact that they are different - it will make her a beneficial ally.
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@CollectorOfMyst@lovejoy Ilya is not Omestrian, but he is in Leviathan. Then again, I don't think Ilya received special tutelage, did he? Ziotea is Omestrian but not Leviathan, so that helps explain Indira's lack of interest -- that and her personality.

I'm wondering if Cillian is the one that belonged to ...was it Ilya's family? Someone had slaves go to the Seminary around the same time as our chars....

Oh yeee, relatio ships! Think I've got Oren on her sheet already...
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@shylarah Mother Indira gave him the same harsh form of teaching that she did Oren and Viveca, not because she was giving him additional training, but because she wanted him to suffer. She regrets it now, though.
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@shylarah Cillian being one of Ilya's family's bloodslaves would be interesting. That'd depend on if @Draken is cool with having someone like that for a classmate though.
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@vietmyke

I edited the last post to include a quick reply from Tatiana to Galahad. @OppositionJ wrote it to start off our collab and I thought it'd be best to include it here as well. :p
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@shylarah Cillian being one of Ilya's family's bloodslaves would be interesting. That'd depend on if @Draken is cool with having someone like that for a classmate though.


Gah, it's been so long that I'm forgetting who, but one of our characters was a Bjornlie "asset" before. More is chill. I imagine the Seminary has inquisitors low-key checking out all the pumpworks for potential, though. Not just the Bjornlie family.

And yes, Ilya was subjected to the "extra curricular" stuff. He's half-oblivious to that it came from hate, though.
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Hey guys. Had a really long shitty week but have the rest of it off thank the gods. Will get back to everyone ASAP!
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@Lovejoy *hugs* sorry to hear your week sucked. Let's hope the rest of it is better. It should be, if you're off!

@Draken right, yeah, I remember that specifically was mentioned, which is why I suggested it.
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Yo!

Since the RP has been moving a bit slow and we had that unfortunate forum crash, I think it's a good idea to post a bit of a summary of the story so far. A lot of stuff has happened and I figured now would be a good time to remind everyone where each of our characters are at plot-wise. If I get anything wrong or have forgotten any details, please let me know!

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PROLOGUE SUMMARY 2/16/2018

Stina, Hassan & Ragnar @The Angry Goat @Sisyphus

The three have made their way to the Shadow & Storm pub in the Tale's End slums, where they hope to enjoy one final evening of freedom before they travel to Cero City and rejoin the rest of Warband Phoenix. While there, they are asked to participate in a sting operation by lieutenants Lev Dragonov and Rexus Lycaon of the SA to apprehend Rami Kadenza, a smuggler. Kadenza is said to have information on Father Dara, a dangerous summoner and apostate. Stina, Hassan and the SA soldiers fight Kadenza's pirate crew in the pub, while Ragnar chases after a sharpshooter positioned in a building outside the pub.

Before the events of the night played out, the three inquisitors obtained a trio of wolf pups from a Muraadan street girl. Ragnar has decided to care for them and plans to gift them to his warsiblings.

Galahad, Tatiana & Astraia @vietmyke @OppositionJ @deathbringer

After arriving in the capital city of Sapharan, the three Lanostran inquisitors split up and head to their respective homes. Tatiana visits her father's manor, where she finds him dying, slumped against a wall. The circumstances of his death are unclear, but Tatiana decides to keep his death a secret as she rejoins her comrades. Astraia returns home and is greeted with a cold welcome by her father, who has heard tell of her training with Father Antonin and insults her for associating with a non-Lanostran. She storms out after assaulting him and asserting her independence. Galahad returns to his family's estate, where he has a strained, quiet dinner with his mother. She gifts him a new sword.

When the three reunite the next morning, they find the city garrison in turmoil. They are met by Mother Elisheva of Warband Seraph, who informs them that the Black Glacier has undergone a mysterious change and has begin to manifest a strange new breed of demon. The T'saraen garrison, a group of scientists who have kept a research station near the Glacier for decades, have all been slaughtered by these mysterious demons. Her partner, Father Cillian, was also wounded during their preliminary investigation, and Astraia heads to the war hospital to help treat him. Elisheva enlists the three inquisitors to help, but before they can set out, a large band of provincial Lanostrans march into the streets, demanding answers.

Rodion @drakey

Rodion travels to the Imperial Drydocks in the T'saraen capital city, Cero. There, Head Engineer Amir T'sukasa and his daughter, Sheva, give him a tour of the shipyard, which is currently being used to outfit old LW-era warships with Hearth Systems that will allow them to travel to El for the second wave of reinforcements. The T'saraen engineers bring Rodion to the primary research and development center within the drydocks, a place known as The Forge, where they introduce him to the two warships which Warband Phoenix will make use of during their expedition-- the VSS Grace and the VSS Karamzina. In the Karamzina's engine room, Rodion is shown the URA, an incredibly powerful engine which, according to Amir, is able to create Omestrian ether for use as fuel.

Oren & Ziotea @CollectorOfMyst @shylarah

The two Omestrian inquisitors have journeyed to the Corpseland of Omestris in order to visit the ruins of Iddin Mar. On their trip they are joined by Private Andrei Seminov, a young and idealistic soldier who secretly fights for the end of the Omestrian slave trade. They reach the Marian Gate-- the only Varyan garrison left in the Corpseland. After meeting Sergeant Veena and Sergeant Mikhail, the only two soldiers manning the station, Oren and Ziotea make their way down to the entrance to the ruins, where they order Seminov to stay behind.

They explore the silent ruins of the former Omestrian capital city, coming across a great bridge adorned by two statues, one of Omestris and the other destroyed. Ziotea senses a spike of ether energy to the east, and the two inquisitors set out to investigate its source. They find themselves in a subterranean train station, where they encounter Rose, a red-haired teenage girl with ether ability and an old woman revealing herself to be Mother Lyessa al-Nors, a former High Inquisitor of the Varyan Church. Essa, as she now goes by, invites Oren and Ziotea to her solar, where she introduces them to Vahn and Fie, and reveals to the inquisitors that the two children, along with Rose, are all descendants of the deposed royal clans that used to govern the different nations. The three children have escaped a life of prostitution in a place known as the Scarlet House, where rich and powerful Varyan patrons are able to sire royal-blooded heirs.

The two inquisitors also learn that Private Seminov and the two sergeants they met at the Marian Gate are not who they seem, for Essa informs them that the soldiers manning the garrison have all been shipped to fight in the East, and there are currently no plans to replace the garrison.

Ilya @Draken

Ilya returns to his family's grand tower in the Godsreach of Magnagrad, where he enjoys a meal with his family, barons of the Varyan ethertrade. He brings up training alongside his Omestrian warsiblings, and is surprised to hear that one of his comrades might have belonged to his family as a bloodslave.

He retires to his room, wondering who this could be. He also muses on the vision he saw at Culmination, and in which he finds himself alone with Father Ragnar aboard an deck of a ship he's never seen before.

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Once again, if anything is out of place or if I've missed any pertinent details, please let me know. Also, I'll be writing some of the summaries every once in a while and will be adding them to the Zeroth Post just in case anyone needs a quick reminder.

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And I've forgotten Vivica's summary...

Will take a bit to encapsulate the events of that one, so I'll have it up sometime later!
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@Scout Ah, that's unfortunate for us, but I hope this is a good step in your career! Mind if I ask where you're headed? In any case, we'll be thinking of you!

As for Vivica, I'll take control of her until you get back. And yeah, we'll do our best to catch you up to speed when you return.

Sorry for the lack of updates this past week. I'll start things moving again this weekend.


Made port today. I cl can't say now, but I can tell you guys all about it when i get home :)
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@Scout Stay safe out there!

Also, jaysus, how do we have 1,000 + posts? That's insane.

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@Lovejoy It's called a BRILLIANT STORY.
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>40 posts in IC
>1,176 posts of OOC

I think we also like talking to each other :P
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And some of those ic posts have enough content for like two posts
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We're talkative, and I forget to put stuff in one post and then worry that if I edit it won't be seen?

and yes, it's an amazing story. <33 Most of the IC posts are actually like twenty PM posts.
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Okay, soo... since @Drakey hasn't been around I'm going to officially start working on Rodion's follow-up post while we finish hashing out these collabs. After that I'll advance Hassan.

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