[OOC] ArrowFell: The Wizard Queen's Court

[ERode]

But ye, welcome aboard. Bro needs to get a non-AI tailor though. Button placement is godless.

[Izurich]

Consent is overrated. 😎 Evelyn would agree.

[Estylwen]

Tbf I though it was ERode that found us our new player. But I did smile when I discovered it was Izurich who gave us this gift... :>

And yes, I do agree. ;)

[The Otter]

But ye, welcome aboard. Bro needs to get a non-AI tailor though. Button placement is godless.

True, but the initial version of this stuck out to me more than any if the actual-art I found in the same vein and then I made Rain make it a fair amount less terrible.

I might just go in at some point and paint out the "what are you even doing" buttons but you know I'm lazy af.

Tbf I though it was ERode that found us our new player. But I did smile when I discovered it was Izurich who gave us this gift... :>

And yes, I do agree. ;)

@Estylwen

See, it wasn't even Izu who pointed the RP out to me, he just saw me reading the topic and instantly told me to join.

sorry man i can't let them give you too much credit

[Izurich]

But you only read it because half the cast of Lightseekers are involved in this one. I accept no other hypothesis. 😏

[The Otter]

True, I enjoy writing with Click.

[Izurich]

@Estylwen I believe it's time to move these three together with Duke Arthur Willowsteel. 🪦

roleplayerguild.com/posts/5532545

[Estylwen]

@Estylwen I believe it's time to move these three together with Duke Arthur Willowsteel. 🪦

roleplayerguild.com/posts/5532545

@Izurich

Thanks for pointing that out! I'll do that today.

[Irradiant]

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_{the rest of us don’t get a hi}

@Donut Look Now

PAAAAAIN.

But welcome aboard, The Otter!

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Glad you liked the notes! Sorry, I know theyre a bit hard to read. If you needed the text copy, I would be happy to write it out again for you. ^^;

Sounds good on the NPC sheet!

Yep! Word would travel as merchants would travel the road across the border. They tend to stay away from Athroyeaux, thinking it's cursed.

@Estylwen

A bit overdue, but here's the NPC sheet, Est!

Sawyer Hayworth

Sawyer Hayworth

68 | Human, ♂ | 6'1 ft, 225 lbs

"Sir Hayworth may be past his prime, but don't underestimate him. He's got fight in him yet."

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Description:

The chief advisor of Duchess Bastille, and her second-in-command, Sir Hayworth also carries the title of "Teacher," having instructed Duchess Bastille (in secret) in the ways of the sword. Contrasting their current status in Agrovia, the Hayworth family was not always an aristocratic family, coming into prominence only after the coronation of Duchess Bastille. Sir Hayworth began as a commoner, tending to the lands of Agrovia, before joining its military once the money he earned from farm labor proved insufficient to sustain himself and his family. He proved his loyalty to Agrovia through his bladework, and eventually, he was scouted by the late Duke of Agrovia to serve as a trusted retainer. The duke did not know it then, but this very act would lead to his undoing.

Within the spacious confines of the duke's estate, Sir Hayworth would meet young Altina Freya Bastille. Frequently, he spied her swinging a blade in the dead of night, risking punishment should her father catch wind of it. Worried for the girl's safety (as Agrovia's forests were usually teeming with monsters of all sorts), he followed the girl wherever she went. One day, after weeks of bearing witness to her practices, he would approach her. "Your swordplay lacks refinement," he commented with a gruff voice, startling the hard-at-work Altina. Losing all composure, Altina felt her blade slip from her fingers, and it began to sail towards Sir Hayworth. Clang. But there was no need to worry. Sir Hayworth drew his own blade in time to deflect it, stunning Altina into further silence. "Such quickness!" The girl would finally exclaim. "I would have you be my teacher." Pfft. Sir Hayworth had burst into a fit of laughter. How confident this girl was to order him around. Still, he couldn't stand to watch her pitiful display any longer. And so, he agreed to train her.

Through his budding relationship with the young Altina, Sir Hayworth would come to realize the societal ills of his homeland. Worse, they would continue to be perpetuated by its current duke. "To each, a role to play. To the nobility, the privilege of leadership. To the common folk, the responsibility of servitude." The words of the duke rang clearly in his ears. Mere platitudes intended to serve the already-fortunate, he thought. Should the hard work of the commoner not also be rewarded with riches and privilege?

Thus, when Altina would confide in him plans of ousting her father, he would be the one to follow through with it. As the duke's most trusted retainer, there was no suspicion to be had with Sir Hayworth. That night, Sir Hayworth would serve the man his last drink. His victim, the duke, was none the wiser.

Magic:

• Shatterblade: A concentrated projection of magical energy, delivered through a simple slash.

• Bladestorm: By entering a state of brief but intense focus, the good Sir Hayworth can dilate time around him, allowing him to perform multiple actions in a window of mere seconds, if that. Slash after slash, seemingly in an instant: provided there is enough distance, he can outright inundate his enemies with relentless blasts of mana, all without fearing retaliation. That said, the technique requires him to remain still, and if someone were to invade his space while he is attempting to focus, the time-dilation effect wears off.

[Estylwen]

Changelog for your Amazing Digital Arrowfell:
- Updated Donut's face claim on the cheatsheet.
- Added Prosser to the cheatsheet.
- Moved the House of Corrin to the Deceased Tab.
- Replaced Corrin with the City of Agrovia, and Hayworth.
- Added Dinbevin to the map.

Lemme know if I forgot anything!

[Estylwen]

Raiden Asher

Raiden Asher

32 | He/him | Human

Description: Raiden grew up on the roads of Arrowfell, traveling with the ambassador of Tarin as they visited the cities, Hathforth especially. His mother and father were situated in Hathforth, his father as a city watch, and his mother as a servant in the kitchen.

Through the bloody ascension of the Wizard Queen, his parents sadly lost their lives, and he lost his ambassador. His ambassador's last instructions were to travel to Tarin, and the Corrin estate, where Raiden would be part of the rebellion against the Queen.

Armed with the ambassador’s signet ring, Raiden quickly found that the ambassador had actually been a part of a covert organization known as the Sparrows, run by none other than Sir Roland Corrin. With proof of the ambassador’s ring, Raiden was quickly assimilated into the ranks of the organization, his years on the road and deflective battle style making him a great fit to continue on his ambassador’s work as a spy.

Raiden is usually seen with his pet wolf that fights alongside him in battles.

Magic/Seed:

x Animal Tongue - Raiden is able to speak to and understand animals, allowing him to form close bonds with the fauna he meets on the road. This is how he pet his pet wolf, Kai.

x Invisible touch - Raiden is able to turn swords and other small objects invisible, making it harder to deflect and anticipate.

x Spin Step - Any twist or turn his hands or feet make, due to runes tattooed on his hands and feet, are three times faster than the fastest sword thrust, making him harder to dodge, and easier to parry his enemies’ hits. This is where he gets his signature deflect style from.

Anabel Furino

Baroness Anabel Furino

11 | She/her | Human

Description: A baron's family never had a lot of power in the grand hierarchy of court, but House Furino was undoubtedly known for its trademark pride. They were proud of their status and what they did. This pride is likely what caused the downfall of Anabel’s parents.

When the Wizard Queen completed her ascension, she gathered all the houses in Hathforth, House Furino included. When the Wizard Queen demanded the houses bend the knee, House Furino, among other few houses, refused. Her whole house refused, her parents, her older sister, her younger brother. It was only she that cowered in that moment, afraid of death.

So she abandoned her family, and bent the knee, refusing to watch as they were executed on the spot.

She was raised up from where she stood, and the newly-made baroness was inducted into the Orphan's Matron almost immediately, working on behalf of the Wizard Queen.

Anabel wouldn't have it any other way.

Magic/Seed:

x The Illuminating Quartz - A rose-colored seed that hangs from a flower hair pin. A gift from the Wizard Queen to Anabel on becoming such a young baroness. It allows Anabel to enter the mind of a person, and scan their thoughts for information. This is a forceful entry, where the victim must either lower their guard and not resist, or there will be a battle of wills between Anabel and the victim. The victim will be very aware of Anabel’s presence in their mind, unless they are unconcious. Beating the victim senselessly before Anabel scans their mind is also an effective method of gaining entry.

[Donut Look Now]

Smash Raiden

That’s all

[Estylwen]

[ERode]

Evelyn ain’t dodging the allegations.

[Estylwen]

I knew that picture was too suggestive! xD I just needed a rougish rouge!

[Donut Look Now]

Nyx can fix him!

[Click This]

Hey guys, sorry about dropping off the face of the planet for a couple days during the middle of a couple collabs. Some kind of virus flat out hammered me and I've only just started feeling better, but hopefully I'll be good enough to write again in a couple more days.

[ERode]

Set them under 'The Domain of House Rhinecliff', please.

Edwin Tiller

Edwin Tiller

Mid-20s | Male | Human (?)

Description: A farmer. He has a wife and three year old son. They are expecting another child.

He owns some land north of Odonfield, where he raises sheep, shearing them, milking them, and occasionally killing them. It's honest work, and on occasion, gives him reason to travel.

A carriage comes by at times. The visitor is an older gentleman. On those days, the small house that the Tiller family lives is cleaned up. Tea and mutton are served, while blue smoke fills the space. Both visitor and host are satisfied by the time they part ways.

Magic:
He does not practice magic as would be recognized by the colleges.

Henrietta Elkenisle

Henrietta Elkenisle

Early-40s | Female | Human

Description: A famed artisan and a businesswoman. A tools-witch and a spinster.

The owner of Arias, a prestigious workshop for beauty products, Henrietta transforms the flora within Odonfield's domain into perfumes, creams, and powders that cost a hefty sum but would make anyone desirable...within reason. The woman herself is proof, possessing flawless, youthful, glowing skin despite often traipsing through the surrounding forests and missing out on sleep for days.

She can confidently concoct anything, so long as it lies within her area of expertise. Twenty or so years ago, her workshop got its first boost of prestige when the Duke of Odonfield came in to sample her products.

He still sends his servants down to her workshop every once in a while, no doubt seeking to maintain his dapper looks even as he begins to push towards his 60s.

Magic:
Henrietta is a tools-witch, capable of imbuing arcane effects into the make-up products that she creates. Though they're not so blatant as the effects of illusion magic, the subtlety itself is charming. You don't need a complete facelift to become attractive, after all. It's just a matter of masking your flaws and enhancing your charm points.

Of course, that doesn't make her a tools-witch.

The ability to animate and give precise commands to objects is.

Nitta Kochimei

Nitta Kochimei

Adolescent | Female | Demihuman (Cat)

Description: An armed courier serving House Rhinecliff...is what she should be, but Nitta thinks that she only got her job because her parents were relatively high-ranked individuals within Rhinecliff's army. In most cases, she just carries letters back and forth...which feels kind of pointless when the Duke himself has the ability to create magical flying letters to begin with.

She saw him, after all! She knows he can do that!

Which just means that it's a pity job she got, probably because her mom mentioned how her eldest daughter couldn't hold a proper position in the city and wasn't smart enough to get anywhere in school.

Most of her work entails carrying letters across the various townships within Odonfield's sphere of influence. Occasionally, she's sent off to the Tearmoon Glade to drop off small packages. Nitta likes the latter job the most, because she gets to make some extra coin from all the jilted lovers sending scathing letters to their former soulmates.

Magic:
When she was ten years old, which feels like forever ago but her parents claim it was just yesterday, Nitta learned the magic for summoning a Familiar at a college she snuck into.

Of course, she did it, hoping to get a cat (her parents were against keeping pets, especially cats, because it felt awkward with their lineage). She got what looked like a puffed up 'octopus' instead, which was cute in its own way but definitely slimy and immobile.

A couple of the professors got involved afterwards and there was some commotion amongst the adults that she didn't really understand, but in the end, it was decided that it wasn't that big of a problem. Nitta got to keep her pet, Ogo, who ended up occasionally being a reliable source of navigation when she got lost.

It didn't eat or poop too, so at least Ogo's better than a cat in that way.

Sir Markus Brightman

Sir Markus Brightman

Late-20s | Male | Human

Description: One of the knights under Duke Rhinecliff's employ. Too young to have experienced any true war and too old to have gotten over a desire for glory in battle, Sir Markus Brightman is a chivalrous oaf who remains unmarried despite having charmed any number of ladies from decent households and families.

The himbo believes in true love, but clearly, he only has eyes for princesses or duchesses.

At least his efforts to endear himself to Duke Rhinecliff seems to come more from an admiration towards the older gentleman rather than any desire for social climbing. And Sir Markus makes for a good face amongst the knights of Rhinecliff too, handsome with fair features and an almost-comedically large chest.

Truly, the face of peace is founded in knights in shining armor, bearing neither physical nor mental scars, whose only claim to fame was that one time where they vaulted off their own lance during a jousting tournament.

Despite beliefs in true love, Markus of course still needs to take care of his manly needs, and has frequently been seen retreating into the more clandestine smoking parlors around Odonfield, where fine tobacco made up only one half of the services provided.

Magic:
Sir Markus Brightman possesses the usual amount of magical training that a knight would be expected to have: ranged arcane attacks, physical and mental enhancements, and defensive shields for body and mind. He was noted to be talented in the ways of the arcane by the instructors there, but clearly he did not apply himself fully during classes.

Wasting talent is also, perhaps, a sign of an era of peace.

Elfriede

Elfriede

Early-30s | Female | Human

Description: A dour, uninviting woman. She is being prepared to take on the position of Head Librarian once the current one retires, placing her in a position to manage what books are brought to fill the shelves of Odonfield's grand libraries. Accordingly, she is housed in the Rhinecliff Estate.

Duke Rhinecliff tolerates her brusque manner; she's a well-read individual and a fascinating conversationalist, just with an unpalatable tongue. Five years ago, there were rumors in the domain that spread about how she was the Duke's most favoured woman.

Elfriede personally crushed those rumors.

She holds herself as a rational and mundane woman. Her personal studies center on the topic of humanity and society, of psychology and anatomy. She owns a pet bird that cannot fly, and favors the estate's courtyard during spring, where butterflies fill the air and the children of the servants are allowed to amuse themselves by catching them.

Magic:
She does not practice anything truly magical.

Guess that'll be all for now. Will probably kick up some church peeps in the future, because Rhinecliff is at least outwardly religious (and I keep forgetting that smh).

[The Otter]

"So first I find out the people that were supposed to take me in all got murdered, then some weird black-haired pretty boy shows up and starts talking to me, and now half the women we meet are thirsting over him. This is the worst week ever."

Are you sure that's the right diction for all this?

"Look, man, I'm not keeping up the accent when the cameras aren't rolling. Get out of my dressing room."

[Izurich]

I too haz an NPC to apply:

Suzanna Tearmoon

Suzanna Tearmoon

"I've stopped counting." (100+) | Female | Lilim
@Izurich

Description: The Tearmoon Coven's (self-proclaimed) Alchemist Primus. Hubris aside, the fact remains that Suzanna "Suzy" Tearmoon is one of the best alchemists ever to grace the Province of Arrowfell. Eccentric, insufferable, and yet unquestionably brilliant, she's a walking definition of a 'genius savant'. It's not difficult to see that she isn't right in the head, for good or ill.

Furthermore, in a society where its Lilim members are encouraged to have a husband, preferably multiple husbands, Suzy is a shamelessly asexual rebel. She has zero interest in any sort of romantic relationships as anything and everything that distracts her from her work is simply not worth her time, romance included.

Between that and her unabashed delusions of grandeur, no covenmates in their right mind would vote her to be the next Matriarch, resulting in her niece - Jezebel Tearmoon - to take the throne. Not that Suzanna could care any less, her place is in her workshop with her ingredients, tools, and potions.

Assorted Powers (Spells, Seed, Skills, Artifacts, etc.):

❖ Alchemical Master: Potions, tonics, elixirs, salves, all manner of products produced through glorious alchemy, brewed at a quality matched only by a scant few. The Tearmoon Coven may host many alchemists, but there's only one Alchemist Primus.
❖ Substance Analysis: Through various methods from examining them to outright ingesting the product herself, Suzy can discern the properties of a specific alchemical product, then eventually replicate it.
❖ Drug Tolerance: Being insane enough to imbibe various unidentified solution over many decades, Suzy's metabolism has adapted to her risky lifestyle. She's able to endure the adverse effects of consumables far better than a common person can.
❖ "Begone, Harlot!": The Lilim has no time, nor desire to engage in promiscuity. Suzy is completely immune to any charm effects, magical and mundane.