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Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@Gordian Nought isn't he actually French? *amused*

Prized Bride (A New Beginning)

Iolanel Efris

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ee-OH-lah-nell, or sometimes eye-OH-la-nell EFF-riss
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Race: Gemmenite
Age: 18 (just barely)
Element: wind
Height: 5'3"

Bio:
Originally from a village among the windy cliffs and terrace farms of northwestern Gemmenia, Iolanel and her family moved farther south following the outbreak of a crop blight that took several very hard years to contain. With two little girls to worry about, the family's priority was on making sure they would grow up healthy and strong. A few other families with young children also relocated, though none to the same place.

Even though Iolanel had to leave all her friends behind, she consoled herself by writing letters and quickly made new friends. Her new home was a larger town, but still close enough to wild areas that she was allowed freedom to wander. In fact, there were fewer large predators to worry about compared to her old home.

Iola was a cheerful child that grew into a bright, smiling young lady. Her closest friend was her cousin Viorel, an earth gem learning animal husbandry with her parents. These two were thick as thieves, and Iola often ended up helping look after various injured animals, including the songbird that would refuse to return to the wild once healed. It was not uncommon to see her with some animal or another, even though she had no earth magic and could only communicate with them as a simple Gem.

The girl had no exceptional skills of her own, not in terms of a specific profession, though she picked up various bits and pieces of knowledge from different people. She often asked questions, but rarely had the dedication to pursue more than a single interesting aspect of a thing at any given time. However, Iola was good at working out disagreements between her friends, and always willing to listen when someone was upset.

Iola was Reaped very shortly after her 18th birthday, and it came as a huge shock. She's terrified and struggling to find something positive to hold onto about the whole mess. Indry she managed to hand off to her cousin. The very last thing she wants is the beloved bird dragged off along with her, or even worse, caught and killed by the Drakken.

Other:
Iolanel has a pet bird, Indira -- or rather, Indry refuses to leave and so has become a de facto pet, even though he's a wild bird.

She has gained skill with both plants and animals, just from exposure via her family. She never saw either as the sort of thing she wanted to do as a job, however.

Violet eyes run in her family. Pryllia and Viorel both have them, and her mother Yandra's are particularly vibrant.

Family:
Nephanyel Efris is her father, a potter and sculptor.
Yandra, her mother, is an herbalist specializing in ornamental and aromatic plants.
Pryllia is her younger sister, currently sixteen.

Viorel Efris is Iolanel's cousin, an earth gem and the child of two earth gems who work with animals.

Adult Content Preference: I don't mind reading whatever. I have few limits on violence, most of them falling under deliberate torture and extreme sadism; I've a preference for keeping things classy, if that makes sense. I cannot write smut of any kind and I don't care to try, so for any sort of sex I'd prefer to fade to black. Any sort of nonconsensual intimacy short of overtly sexual acts I am willing to try to write, but may struggle, and there's a possibility I'll ask to fade. Did I miss anything?

Drawing Characters! [Closed]

@Mae AAAAAH! I love her. Not sure who told you off where but she's amazing.

Drawing Characters! [Closed]

@duskshine749 extremities? I think appendages works in a pinch....

RPGC #16: It Takes Two... - Discussion

@Terminal I believe "gratuitous" in this case means enough to call into question the suitability of posting the story openly, as opposed to some other arbitrary standard. The guild does have a rule of good taste and a general rule that 18+ content (which does include violence when applied to other mediums, so I don't see why it wouldn't here as well) must be kept to PM. It's not technically included in as many words, but there's also the issue of what people are willing to read. Can't have a contest without judges, yeah? I personally would rather have a couple "arbitrary" rules rather than no opportunity at all. And since this is more of a community vote thing, setting sensible limits seems entirely reasonable to me.

It should be noted that any contest is going to be a matter of what the judges feel they can do fairly and well, at least if they're doing their job right. Just because you are able to dedicate the kind of time to read massive entries doesn't mean all of them are. Remember also that this is not a simple pass/fail standard, but rather competition -- restricting entries so that comparisons are easier to make can assist the judging process. It is not pointless, it's just not a writer-centered call. All rules are imposed equally. While perhaps the point of this competition is not to challenge the writers in the same way yours are, it does not make it a less worthy competition. And again, as this is community driven and I know that there are a lot of people out there that go "lol tl;dr", restricting length actually encourages fairness. It decreases the likelihood of people reading only the ones that didn't exhaust them and then only voting between those and not even considering others because of length.

I will admit that perhaps a higher limit would be *nice* when two authors are involved, but...in the end, there's practical concerns to consider.

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

^If she does not, I could perhaps be convinced,^ Schroedinger replied, using perfect French. He'd taken it upon himself to answer after spotting the beaked mask heading their way. "Not many black ravens in London," he added, switching back to English as he adjusted the position of his paws on his gracious companion's shoulder, whiskers tilting forward as he tried to get a better whiff of the man's scent. In this he had an unseemly advantage over the other guests, but the cat had no intention of sharing whatever details he might glean from a sense humans so often neglected. Unless someone he knew well turned up -- or someone for whom he had a particular dislike -- there was no reason at all to spoil the fun. "Interesting that you should prefer to remember the surface. Or perhaps you, like me, are simply fond of the color. What do you think, Miss? He is a bold bird, to approach a pair of cats."

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@Gordian Nought@LAdy Selune I mean I'm not adverse, but we might be better off doing several shorter posts instead of an official collab. Especialy given my current state.

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@Hekazu >the norm
look, FL has established that genders aren't even the norm when there are men about with the faces of squid, so what's a little guy-guy dancing? Also, historically speaking, I think it was actually acceptable to partner with someone of the same gender, though that might have been a different era. I can't remember.

If @Gordian Nought meant the cat, well...that probably can't be helped, alas. But he'd take a shoulder and be a great wingman. However I was mostly joking.

Intrigue in the Fifth City - A Fallen London RP

@Gordian Nought would you dance with a cat? =P

I'm gonna work on a post tomorrow, you gusy.

The Last Embers (Dark Steampunk/Fantasy)

@Lovejoy *wave pompoms for Love*