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1/1/2021 Staff
Happy 2021 to all! Big thank you for hanging out and being awesome for the first two-ish months of the site. It's been fun so far, looking forwards to a lot this year! If you haven't seen, after a delay, the last day of the advent can be claimed now (here). You have three choices for your last advent prize including a second chance at a creature pass. That's right we have creatures coming to Aesseldar now! Be sure to check the announcement for any rule clarifications if you're interested. Last big bit of news we do have our light layout "in the mist" ready to be used. There will still be tweaks and color changes coming in the next week or so by the fantastic dusk so don't be afraid if things look a little different.

12/15/2020 Staff
Congratulations to Zay for winning the pride raffle with Runar! Welcome our new pride, Adamo Autumna! Don't forget to keep posting in the advent to claim your awesome prizes, and within the next few days you'll see some additional posts cropping up in the ooc areas. We'd love some feedback on the site and will be adding an area for feedback and suggestions. We will also be adding a thread to post all your open threads. Another fantastic surprise is that Koafox (some of you may know her as Miranda from other sites) has said we are welcome to use their table switcher plugin. As soon as I get the files we will be integrating that into the site for everyone to enjoy!

12/7/2020 Staff
TWO news posts back to back my oh my stuff must be brewing! We wanted to let everyone know that the third pride slot has opened. Unlike the other slots we wanted to give everyone a chance to go for it as well, so we'll be raffling it! In order to enter the raffle please DM an admin or the Eoin account with your OOC and which character you'd like to enter the raffle with. The only requirement that has to be met is that the character must be 2 years of age or older (meaning that number of posts and feathers doesn't matter). So get your entries in, the more the merrier as we head into the new year! The other exciting news is that our neutral/lighter colored layout will be out by the end of the year, thanks to the lovely dusk!

12/5/2020 Staff
Thank you so much everyone for a fantastic first month opening. We wanted to thank you all and let you know that we've decided to extend the grand opening bonuses for one more week, so you can bring in your first three characters free through 12/11! In other news our first contests have started and we couldn't be more excited! You may participate in the following, if you haven't already partaken: Advent Calendar, Superlatives, Advertising Contest, OTMs, and the Writing Contests. We'll be releasing another update soon with some super fun surprises, but some of Eoin's events have drawn to an end and it appears some new boards may start popping up! Expect to see more of Eoin, as well as some adjustment to the event threads, for some of the future boards as well!

11/28/2020 Staff
As we bring another week to close we'd like to welcome everyone to participate in our first contest! The Advertising contest is up and provides some really great rewards, as well as participation rewards! Coming soon are the first set of OTMs and superlatives, a writing contest, a sneak peak at our more refined skills system, and a few other small updates. Happy weekend everyone!

11/19/2020 Staff
Thank you everyone for having joined us so far for our site opening and help us grow our community. We have had so many wonderful suggestions, and while we are processing some things and working on the skills, we wanted to let you all know that the OTMs and superlatives are coming! Keep an eye out soon for those. Also it appears that Eoin has been wandering around Aesseldar and may be up to no good... best get checking on his apperances for some good old fashion fun, and maybe even a sweet surprise!

11/4/2020 Staff
Welcome everyone to the grand opening of Aesseldar! We are excited to open our doors and build a community with all of you. As we being our journey together we would love you all to read through the grand opening thread, and remember that while we're transitioning into the start of this, we still have a few fantastic surprises coming. Our skill system is underway and we hope to have that out by the end of November, we would also love to have you all in the Discord with us and welcome any and all suggestions and feedback to help us improve the site! We have a number of things still to come, including a lighter colored layout, accessories in the shop, and would love to remind everyone that the top right series of three vertical dashes will open up the sidebar. In order to reference what IC month it is you will find the calendar link in the sidebar. Happy posting!

in character
12/15/2020 Eoin
With three new terrains open and a third pride staking a claim once more, our mischievous deity Eoin appears to be up to no good again. The quake that cracked open the mountain and closed it once more was felt around the lands, and three new terrains popped open. Tryphosa Shore now has an Atoll sub-board, and there is a Desert and a Rift board. Several more will be coming... but first Eoin will make an impression.

11/17/2020 Eoin
The rainforest trembles, as if fighting back against those who dare to occupy it. The lands of Aesseldar are still only half-tamed, unfettered and unwilling to give way to any aspiring King, any growing empire. And just as quick as King Barnabas came to lay claim to it did it begin to push back, forcing his fledgling pride out with an unforgiving downpour, and a bitter resentment of the creatures that dwell within. With one pride felled, it leaves the opportunity for another to rise from the ashes.

11/4/2020 Eoin
It happened on a hot, humid night. No one there to witness it. Somewhere, surely, it could be heard. The start of a crack. The sound vibrating from mountain top to valley dips. It was a long and dreadful noise. Somewhere in the mountains, somehow, one of the peaks had collapsed. An impassible tower of sharpened points- gone. Snow, with the hidden rocks from the destruction, slid down the slopes that were formed by ages. A wave of white forced outward to cover all below. At first it is still much too dangerous to traverse. But with time the new ground settles and with it comes- a pass. On the other side awaits a land untouched by the curious paws. The lands of Aesseldar have been revealved and somewhere down below three pridelands sit empty, awaiting for eager travelers to start staking their claims. Please refer to the grand opening announcement for information on how to claim a pride slot and fully customize it, since there are some grand opening bonuses or exceptions that are not referenced in the guidebook! We would also love to let everyone know that any official in-character news that gets posted in this "in-character" section of the layout is going to be considered common knowledge for any character in-game. Consider it like an in-character bulletin board! We will keep it updated with relevant and applicable information and hope it helps inspire your plots.

Spring Y11
With spring the clouds begin to disperse and the warmer weather begins and new life blooms. With new lands having been discovered there is a plethora of places for the lions to explore and yet somehow that mischievous site deity never seems to stop bringing the surprises, some of which include occasional inclement weathers. Temps varying between 45°-80°F (7°-27°C).

where fear didn’t exist
11-04-2020, 11:52 PM - Word count: (This post was last modified: 11-05-2020, 03:52 PM by Arsynia.)
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#1
Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk


The mountains had always comforted her; the air was thin, and as autumn encroached upon the wispy cliffsides, Arsynia's warm breath escape in small billows of condensation. Arsynia prowled among the rocks, soft dustings of snow nestling between the thick wolfish fur of her legs, lightning the deep onyx into a sort of off-white. Her mountainside promenade was lonesome, but such was the nature of a woman subjected to her strange solitude, content to lose herself in the titillations of songbirds and the brusque whipping of winds around her. Eventually, she came to pause near a cliffside, watching as the steep pathway fell before her, a forest of sky-reaching trees carving a path hundreds of feet below her like a sea of green, the winds awashing over its canopy like the ceaseless tide clawing away at the shore.

Her paws fell from underneath her, a more-slender-than-usual belly pressing into the ground, shuddering slightly at the bitter chill. Eventually, however, warmth began to settle, and even the wind had grown to become an old friend as it howled so despondently in her ears. The sun had long begun to fall behind the cusp of the sierra, illuminating the mountains in a fading orange light, promising and even colder night to come. But here, even in the bitter cold and harrowing winds, Arsynia could see all of Aesseldar sprawled out before her.

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11-05-2020, 12:16 AM - Word count:
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Lion of Junior Member
Played by Vortex

Night would soon come and he was stuck out here, trying to climb this fucking mountain, so he could get a better look at the land below. His giant size was making this much harder than it should be. A rumble vibrated through his chest as he moved slow and careful, so he wouldn't fall to his death this early on in his adventures in Aesseldar. Tail flicked slightly and ears were cupped forward as if they would help his balance and push him up, After long hours of agony and climbing his large form came on the small hill that was bathed in the setting sun's light and it was taken by someone else already. Brows furrowed as irritation struck and the goliath groaned and rumbled behind the lioness. Shoulders rolled and he let out his voice. "You're ruining my view." He said abruptly and rudely. He didn't care if she was pretty or not, she was in the way of him seeing everything below. He could just push her off the cliff and get it done with, but he wasn't in the mood for that. He was too fucking tired from this climbing all the way to the top.. And for what.. To find someone else already eyeing what was his. Or what would be his. His plans for power had been developing after a few days in this place. He had to settle and make something out of this place. Be a king and rule sounded so good that he couldn't deny himself. A king would have to know his land, so that's what he did. He explored. And a king needed subjects. If he went around pushing everyone off a cliff, who would he be king to?

The second thought as to why he shouldn't push her off, caused him to lower his haunches and grunt rudely as he tried to look around from the position he was at.

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11-05-2020, 02:52 PM - Word count: (This post was last modified: 11-05-2020, 03:53 PM by Arsynia.)
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Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk


Arysnia had not been in these lands long, but neither was she coy enough to not believe the draws of this flourishing place would not belong to others that had come long before her. It was not in the Wolf's interest to claim and conquer—yet. The word hung in the back of her throat, a bolus of fire burning everything in its wake, desperate to spill forth. It was quelled only when his scent carried upon the wind, the bristling gusts lurching about in every direction, eventually lending his scent to her, and hers to him; she did not flee, only remained right where she was, content to let her gaze linger upon the fire-tinged treetops that lingered so far below her.

You're ruining my view, he bellowed, and Arsynia's ears swiveled back. For a moment she lingered in the silence, accompanied by nothing but the howl of the wind and the steady rise and fall of his chest with every breath she was able to catch whenever the autumnal herald paused in its onslaught. The promise of a threat lingered in his tone, and Arsynia briefly wondered if she'd be in for a fight, but not long after did he settle onto his haunches, as if resolved to glaring at her from afar. “Perhaps,” she finally drawled, the alto of her voice surprisingly young, “but right now, it is mine.” Despite her retort, there was little threat in her tone; Arsynia was not looking for a fight as much as Barnabas wasn't, but even her pride could not be wounded to forge the words of a more timid creature.

Eventually, as the sky began to descend into a purplish darkness, Arsynia rose to her paws. Her tail whisked out behind her, long tendrils brushing across he dusty rock underneath. “Thank you for sharing,” she began as she moved away, but there was little sincerity in her tone. Arsynia was not unpolite, but she was anything but thankful. It was the nature of man to take and take and take, after all—and Arsynia was a woman bent on taking too.

And she'd start by claiming the way the sunset glared a blistering gold upon the treetops of the forest below.


@Barnabas
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11-06-2020, 10:08 AM - Word count:
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Lion of Junior Member
Played by Vortex

Perhaps, but right now it's mine.

She did have a point. And he didn't bother to respond. The view from here was enough to keep him settled and he exhaled softly. Maybe Wokabi would like this part of the land, huh? He shook his head and lowered himself down, belly colliding with the texture of the rock. The rest was needed. Soon her body rose and her "thank you for sharing" was met with a smirk. He pushed himself up to his feet and spoke. "No need to leave. I've had a hard climb here so I was angry at the world. Like usual." He confessed and shook his head. Maybe company wasn't so bad. Since he had come to this land he had met others and it was good to not be alone.

Though he would also take a few steps forward and make room for her to leave if she so desired. He would move forward a little more and seat himself down so he would be able to look at the disappearing sun over the horizon. A bunch of stars were beginning to show and twinkle in the purplish sky. That caused his head to rise and take a look at them. A pretty good view.

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Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk


His temper seemed to ease as time passed; perhaps the beauty of this place soothed him as much as it did her. Arsynia was certain the dusty scrublands she'd been born into would have incited something more violent, for it was always in the nature of lions to rush on their instinct, to feed their base desires. There was something calming about the windsweep down the mountainside, and the valley that sprawled outward before them until it met the sea. Even here, she could see the darkening horizon meet the ocean, and watch as the sun fell from behind, leaving its illuminating night and plunging the coast into an empty darkness.

No need to leave. I've had a hard climb here so I was angry at the world. Like usual, he said as she turned to leave, and Arsynia Tollaire paused momentarily. It as not in her nature to entertain the paltry thoughts of lions she'd met in passing, but the loneliness of Aesseldar perhaps compelled her to stay—or was it something else? She settled down a few paces from the edge of the cliff, studying each unique and off-white feature of him as the darkness settled and her eyes adjusted: the tuft of his tail, the gregariousness of his stature, the darkness around his eyes she could not quite yet tell were darker fur of tiredness. “Untempered ire is unbecoming of a man your size and stature,” she said bluntly, and though her words were much like a mother chiding her child, the tone in her voice was steeled and even, “what did the world do to anger you?”

@Barnabas
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