Vox

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HI I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING DEAD

WORK SUCKS

I AM ALIVE AGAIN

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@Lexicon

So the only thing that would bar me from letting a Northern Elf in is one that's old and steeped in their actual culture since there's a Lot of Stuff that's set up in the background for them that might become relevant later on. I can work it, and it'll depend on how good your character will be at keeping secrets, but I'd also like our other accepted players' thoughts on whether they'd like a Northern Elf in keeping in mind that if I do let them in, they'd be privy to some extra background lore that could be relevant later on in the RP.

@Pagemaster @Cohors @Abstract Proxy

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Then count me interested. I should be able to manage once a week by the end of November.
Are there any specific roles/ storylines/ backgrounds that would be needed or more compatible with the story or other characters?

@Platanus

The only requirement is to have your character have a reason to work with others and have a reason to be in a caravan towards Ssanjuu! The rest can be molded as necessary.

The mystery for the moment mostly revolves around "what's happening in the North," which raids and freak snowstorms fall under!

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halloween weekend, brain hurty, will get to being normal later tonight

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Hi,

are you still looking for players? And if yes, what is the post frequency?

@Platanus

We're still able to take in one or two more people, yes. And ideally a post a week from everyone would be grand!

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@VoxI assume Rashad is actually Rahman, so I will post with that assumption in mind...

@Pagemaster

It's not, actually, but I'm more than happy to roll with it

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We're all liars in here

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Post is late, but it's up now as the edited first post!

Ideally how I'd like to run this RP is that every post will move the story forward in some fashion rather than getting stuck in the mire of strictly reacting to everyone's posts. How I'd like this to go is that if you would like your character to do something concerning an NPC or something on the world, then feel free to run it by me first either here on in a PM and I'll be able to usually give y'all a quick answer on any questions or concerns you may have about doing something. If it's something you're planning to do with someone else's character, than do reach out to them and collaborate!

Otherwise let's have some fun in Totally-Not-Fantasy-China

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Apologies for the delays, didn't get as much work done as I would have liked this week and it's bleeding into the weekend. At the very least please do expect a post by end of tomorrow at the latest!

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guidelines:

• At a standard pace, the caravan is expected to take at least a 3 days from its departure from Guanyo, which is a fortress town and an Imperial supply point before reaching the northern edge of the northern provinces where Ssanjuu is located.
• Normally the trip between Guanyo and Ssanjuu would take about a day. However, unnatural magicks have caused increasingly turbulent rains and snowstorms to plague the land. Detachments of imperial mages have been sent ahead to establish waypoints and safe paths free from storms - or at least lessening their impact.
• The first GM post will take place around midday of day 2.
• The convoy officially formed in the capital city of Bei Taiyang under the caravan master Chungho Pan. Pan was a former army officer under the old nation of Wei, and has a generally good and honest reputation. The convoy has been winding through Beinan heading north buying critical relief goods from the more prosperous central towns with official Imperial credit. Many other merchants and travelers have taken part and dropped off from the convoy during its travel time
• The total caravan time was expected to take about a month and a half from Bei Taiyang to Ssanjuu.
• The convoy currently as it left Guanyo is decent mid-sized with 23 wagons. One wagon is staffed and zealously guarded by an Imperial patrol of 5 along with an Imperial witch-artificer. All have been warned that any attempt to look inside the wagon will be met severe punishment as determined by the Patrol Leader. Otherwise they're fairly nice people, all six veterans from the Great Unification.

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"WAGON’S STUCK!"

A raging snowstorm roared and writhed at the convoy. Hissing, snarling, seething it was a white beast trying to waer down and exhaust the men and women trying to brave their way to Ssanjuu. It was even worse outside of the protected wards the teams of Imperial mages that had created the route ahead of them. At least within the relative safety of the magicked path, they could see more than a handspan's width in front of their face. Of course, that provided little comfort when the astronomers had predicted that there'd be nothing but a light snowfall on what was supposed to be a single day's journey.

It had been almost two days since they set out from Guanyo. The route pathed for them was circuitous and winding as they followed the thin, fragile-looking markers that was all that delineated the harsh storm that befell them now and the roiling, impenetrable mass of white on the other side. There was barely enough room to keep the convoy in a single line - the hazards of doing anything less was too dangerous to risk. The caravan master had personally witnessed one of his men stumble and fall over the ephemeral barrier, only to then have the rest of her be whipped and disappear into the maelstrom. Her scream was short and brief, the rest drowned in the winds. Pan could only hope her life had ended in the same fashion.

“Which wagon was it?”

“One of Rashad’s, Master Pan. A wheel got stuck in the drift and broke as he was trying to move it.”

A string of curses that was unbecoming of the usually unflappable caravan master spilled out faster than pieces from a Yeng-Shi brat’s coin pouch.

“Can one of the mages fix it?”

“The witch is working on it, but the work is slow and she is saying the wards are interfering with her magic.”

“Ai-yo. How long?”

“Two hours, maybe.”

Better than spending the better part of a day fixing it without her, but it still wasn’t time they could afford. Pan didn’t know how long this winding path would take them, which was compounded by the fact that they had to drive the train at an agonizingly slow pace.

“Very well. Tell everyone to pack in.”

Then a sound. Something that Pan couldn’t hear - at least not over the howling winds - but something he could feel. The old soldier looked out into the blinding white, then looked back down at the attendant.

“And have Rashad distribute the cargo on his broken wagon out to the others. We can always put it back later tonight once we camp.”