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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!

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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).

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11-09-2020, 12:13 AM - Word count:
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#1
Lion of Prideless
Played by Ivy

Of all the places he had anticipated to end up in a swamp was certainly not one of them. The dappled man was far from home and that had been his intentions for many years now, it had only just now come to fruition. He was ready to put the rumors behind him. Ready to move on from the rejection and judgment from others. He still held quite the low self-esteem, but then again growing up the way he had could do that to someone. He was wary of trusting others, of starting anew, but he wanted to at least try. A paw slipped, sinking down into murky mud and slime and he wrinkled his nose in disgust. This place was .. something, that was for sure. Lifting his now muddied paw from the muck he moved to try to find dryer ground, if that was even possible. For a moment the large man paused, purple gaze scanning the area. It was eerily quiet here, even for him.


@Alysanne

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☽LIA☾

11-09-2020, 01:31 PM - Word count:
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#2
Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk

Alysanne felt oddly reinvigorated. The trip from the beach head lead her straight through a desert, and though she could not hide the sour feelings that plagued her thoughts, ghosts of her past causing her to look over her shoulder with every few pawsteps, she couldn't deny the blissful familiarity of sand between her toes, of the craggy rock formations reaching like spindling fingers toward the everclear sky. But as she traversed the desert northward, the line dead trees began to sprout large green leaves, and the ground was no longer soft and dry. A river cut through her path, and as soon as Alysanne had crossed it, she was plunged into a swamp like none she'd seen before.

Unsteady and uncertain paws carried her through the tangled undergrowth, small enough to slip between the roots of trees that lurched well above her head. The tangle of vines that draped down around her were like spider webs threatening to entangle her, and the ground was uncertain, as if desperate to become a murky stillwater. Only the sound of frogs croaking and cicadas rustling accompanied her walk, but as she plunged deeper into the swamp, the silhouette of a lion took form against the murky horizon. “H-hello?” she called out hesitantly; where once she might have felt compelled to watch silently and curiously, Alysanne knew all too well now it was better to keep her distance. She had learned that lesson far too many times.

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11-09-2020, 06:26 PM - Word count:
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#3
Lion of Prideless
Played by Ivy

He was distracted with his conquest of finding somewhere dryer that he hadn't anticipated the company of another. Edgar preferred to be by himself, and even though he knew that others did not know him here the fear of rejection still remained in the forefront of his mind. 'H-hello?' A timid voice called out and he turned his head then, eyes moving until eventually they landed on the approaching lioness who had frozen almost just like he had. He cleared his throat then and briefly wondered if his voice would even work considering how long it had been since he had talked to another. "Hello." Hesitantly he swiveled his form around, unfortunately plopping both heavy front paws down in more muck. He wrinkled his nose out of distaste before raising his eyes upward to land upon the woman's face. "I .. I'm Edgar." He said hesitantly. Maybe if she knew his name she wouldn't be so afraid of him, or at least he hoped.


@Alysanne

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☽LIA☾

11-17-2020, 04:23 PM - Word count:
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#4
Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk

Here we go again, Alysanne, she uttered incoherently under her breath. How long had it been since she'd met a stranger, since she'd been bold enough to no longer avoid lionish scents, conversations muffled in the distance, potentially friendly caravans willingly passed along her travels? Alysanne had long grown scared of others, cautious of both the ones she barely knew and the ones she'd let get too close. She'd escaped death twice now, and she was certain he'd assuredly come and collect his dues. And yet, she could not deny her renewed sense of hope, her reuniting with Vermillion enough to reassure her that perhaps it was alright to give compulsion a second chance.

Hello, the pale man replied, inciting a swift twitch of her nose. He was far larger compared to her, but there was something about his demeanor that suggested something softer, there was not the same fire in his eyes as there often was in those who sought power and control. Alysanne's tense shoulders fell away, and her ears swiveled forward, abandoning caution in favor of a girlish curiosity. I .. I'm Edgar. She took a single step forward, but sympathetic of his potentially-flighty nature, she paused there to gauge his reaction. “I'm Alysanne,” she responded now, more confidently than she had been before. It had been her gentler of invitations that had borne the dearest of her friendships, after all, but it also had been that very same approach that had ruined her before.

“What a murky place, eh?” she smiled sweetly, lifting a lionish brow.

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12-18-2020, 04:51 PM - Word count:
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#5
Lion of Prideless
Played by Ivy

He stood, ankle deep, in the disgusting muck that surrounded him. His purple gaze was soft, hesitant as he stared at the girl only a few strides from him. 'I'm Alysanne. What a murky place, eh?' Conversation, this was good! Wasn't it? Or in the very least she didn't seem petrified of him which was reassuring to Edgar. "Yes, yes it certainly is Miss Alysanne." He paused for a moment, shifting his weight slightly but he didn't dare go closer to her as he did not want to frighten her. "Do you perhaps know of somewhere dryer? I'd prefer not to soak my paws in this muck all day." He mused with a small smile, just barely tugging the corners of his lips upward. He waited, patiently, and if she didn't well then perhaps they could find somewhere better together.


@Alysanne

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☽LIA☾