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Oh, hello there! Welcome to our humble little town of Lorenstad. You must be new here - I can see it in your face. Worry not, for we’re the welcoming sort, I can promise you that. If you’re looking for a home, friend, you may just have found it right here. If you’d like, have a seat, have some hot schlotschic and let me tell you a bit about our beloved little piece of the Makers’ work.



You’re in Lorenstad, a small stop-over between the port city Struq in the east and the archduchess’ capital Grada in the west. People usually come here to rest on their way to either, but on occasion, we get one or two who feel like staying after getting to know the locals - that’s how we got most of our locals, anyhow.



Why, we live our lives as we always have. The draft of people and goods through our humble piece of land means we’ve built up our share of artisans over the years - alchemists, mages, runesmiths, mip breeders, blacksmiths, potters, carpenters - the list goes on for a bit as you can imagine. Plenty of work to be made here, if you’ve got the skill.

‘Course, there’s also plenty of land, so if being a shepherd, farmer or forester fancies you more, there’s always room for that, too.



Oh, I don’t mean to impose, I assure you. Our little town just always strives to be welcoming to all the Makers’ folks, whether they be elves, dwarves, trolls, giants, goblins, gnomes, kappa, satyrs - you get the picture. So if this fancies you, you know, we’re always happy to invite you to stay.



Oh! How rude of me - I’m Sweinfred Haxe Burgermeister, mayor of this town. A pleasure to meet you.

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Welcome to Townsfolk of Lorenstad, a small-scale fantasy town RP set in the most generic of fantasy worlds. Why so generic? Well, frankly, the world at large is much too big to even fathom - for us townsfolk, anyway. Hence we don’t care much for it, save for some places central to our lives. What we care about is Lorenstad herself, and what a fine lil’ town she is.

So what’s this RP actually about? This is a small-scale character RP set in a small town. You make a character of a fantasy race of your choosing, give them a job (or no job if the bum or thief’s life is your calling) and join the fun - simple as.

Want to roleplay a 7 meter tall giant who makes a living by fishing for arcane crocodiles called froops in the nearby river? You can do that.

Want to roleplay a talking macaque the size of a thumb who entertains the tavern guests at night with sick tunes from the world’s smallest violin? Go right on ahead!

Want to roleplay a lizardman constable who hisses everything they say and thus never makes themself understood? If that’s your cuppa tea, you may!

Want to roleplay a dragon who lives in a cave outside of the village because no house could fit them and is forever surly over the fact? A little bitter, maybe, but feel free to do so!

If this sounds like a good time to you, feel free to fill out the character sheet below. You can also check out of Discord if that fancies, too: https://discord.gg/P38vDPkAXB


Alright, some quick roles before you get started:

• No godmode/metagame/powerplay and make sure to reach out to people before involving their stuff and characters in your own stuff unless they’ve given their clear.
• While any fantasy race, job and concept is fair game, please don’t pick a world-ending entity like a balrog or an elemental lord or something like that. Won’t be much of a town life RP if the town is wiped out by a firestorm. Job-wise, please don’t pick anything that would obviously draw a lot of attention or outrank the mayor (doesn’t count for military ranks - your character can be a bypassing general of the archduchess’ army if that pleases).
• Please give the GM a quick message on the OOC if circumstances dictate that you will become inactive in the RP for a time. I’m sure we’ve all seen the phenomena of people simply vanishing; it’s frustrating and leaves work where the others have to pick up the narrative pieces.
• Since it’s a small village, people can meet up and even do sexy times. In such an event, please keep it PG-13 and fade to black.

Name: Add a name here. Can be anything of any language root, fictional or otherwise.
Race: Can also be anything (see rule nr. 2 for what is considered ‘within reason’). Please also add a short description of what the race is like, what its traits are and maybe even where it’s from in the world (since the world lore is so limited, the player is completely free to create their race’s place of origin from scratch). Pictures are welcome!
Job: Tell us what your character’s job in the town is! Virtually anything goes, so pick something you’d like to explore with your character.
Background: Here you fill out your character’s background. Are they new to the town or have they been here for a while? Perhaps they’re from one of the lineages that founded the town way back? Maybe they’re from a legendary lineage from far, far away and live in exile? Are they single? Are they married? Are they perhaps above (or below) familial ties, or of a religion that does not condone marriage? What is their religion? Do they believe in the Makers?
Home: Every townsperson oughta have a home, so add a picture or a description of where and how your character lives. Do they live in a mansion or in a wooden barrel in an alley? On the second floor of their workshoppe or on a small farm in the outskirts? Pictures are welcome!
Birthday: If your character has a birthday, you can write it down here and we can celebrate it IC!

Please post your sheet in the OOC for review before putting it in the character sheet tab.

Thinking a bee keeper who makes mead for trade and the local tavern. Thoughts?

Name: Kadoka
Race & Appearance: Wood Elf [200]

Birthday: 31st, Fallsa
Occupation: Hunter, bee keeper, and maker of fine meads.

Background: Kadoka, like so many others, hails from somewhere else. Unlike others, however, he came to Lorenstad on purpose after meeting a young woman from the region and falling in love. The pair wed and had two children before returning to the village where they bought a large property. They made a living as a tailor and hunter, their children growing quickly. Being of half-elven descent they outlived their mother who died in her early forties. Both children chose to leave the village while their father remained.

He still lives in the house they bought together so many years ago and continues his work as a hunter and steward of the forest around the small hamlet. In more recent years he has begun keeping bees and making mead as a way of passing the time. He now lives with a his wild companions, a wolf (Kita) and an owl (Pudge). Occasionally he has a female visitor who helps pass the time. His life is simple and honest, perhaps that may change but for the time being he is happy and content.

Home: Kadoka lives in his family farm right on the main street, the front door only a single step up from the well trodden laneway, while the rear of the property looks over his bee fields and into the forest beyond.

Dear Gods in heaven this looks outstanding. I may apply in the coming days if that's alright xD.

I would love to join this roleplay if there is room for one more.

Going to Italy for a week, should be able to post but not as often.

@Raylah

Assuming I am accepted into the roleplay me and you could definitely work out something with my characters adopted son Thomas, he would definitely adopt a cute kitty ^.^

@PapaOso@Ozzy Cross Y'all in, fams! Ozzy, feel free to hop into the discord if you'd like. :D

@Eviledd1984@PapaOso Plenty of room, folks! Welcome, welcome! Just write a small sheet and you're already 99% of the way in.

Wow. This is incredibly adorable. It's been awhile, but I think I'll write something up today <3

@Raylah

Assuming I am accepted into the roleplay me and you could definitely work out something with my characters adopted son Thomas, he would definitely adopt a cute kitty ^.^

We will see how many offers Lady gets and who will she choose :D

@AdorableSaucer

Awesome! I will throw an opening post together later tonight when im back at home! Also, I am going to use my relationship section in my bio to include some of my NPCs and a short description of who they are ^^

@Raylah

The guy who can get any kind of exotic food he wants? No contest :P but yeah we can see what happens story wise lol

@Ozzy Cross Yo, Ozzy! Big mistake by me! I read your intro post and realised I mighta been too hasty when reading your CS. I assumed Thaddeus was a privateer staying over in Lorenstad, but when I read your post, I realised he was meant to be a privateer with his own ship in Lorenstad. Lorenstad is, however, a landlocked town with no coast. Thaddeus would thus have to make landfall in Struq, the only canon port city, or just canonise another port. Lorenstad, however, is too far from the sea

@AdorableSaucer

Oh that's fine I feared that might be the case as I was unsure if the village had a port or not so I never actually clarified that the port was close by or not on purpose. At least that was my intention until I knew otherwise for sure. So I will just have to alter my post of them traveling to Loren with the cargo. It was always meant to be a post and hope that there is a port lol just didnt luck out this time. But it's no biggie because now I can increase my post size and add in more stuff ^^

EDIT: Okay I added a bit more in, I decided in the spirit of not writing a novel for my first post that I would detail their travels in my next post. I do have a few questions if you don't mind of course.

First, How far is Struq from Lorenstad? My second question is probably obvious but ima ask anyways, travel would be by horseback, correct? I was never getting the impression that trucks are a thing in this world haha. My third question is if you wanted to maybe give me a cue in your next post, like you see us coming over a hill or something wherein I could take the ropes and arc into the town. Its not necassary but felt like it would be a smoother transition.

@Ozzy Cross Nice! I checked it out and all looks good! Now to answer your questions:

1) The actual distance has never been canonised beyond "a while", even on horseback, as in characters will often arrive at Lorenstad "at last" after leaving Struq, so to speak. It's thus up to interpretation!

2) Horseback, birdback, bearback - fantasy mounts beyond the most mythic like dragons, unicorns, hippogryphs, etc. are all game.

3) Sure, Pig Mayor is at the tavern rn, but he could toss a look out the ole window and catch Thad coming over the horizon.

@Eviledd1984 All good! Welcome aboard!