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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).

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11-17-2020, 05:13 PM - Word count:
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#1
Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk


She'd bided her time, considered her options. Arsynia had been content to linger in the shadows simply because it was easy to watch from afar, to witness chaos unfolding before her and not partake simply to watch its key players emerge from the fire. However, as time pressed on, the safety of her family had taken precedence, and thus was the duty of the hesitating Matriarch to find them a home. At first, she had considered joining Kaden or Barnabas, securing them under a King if only to avoid the weight of a crown herself. But Arsynia Tollaire knew her time would come soon, and when the opportunity had come, she couldn't bar herself from seizing it.

She ascended the mountaintops and first called for her family; afterward, however, came her claim, resolute and resoundingly clear, abandoning her hesitation in favor of security; Drakon needed a home for his family, after all, and Erenvel needed to see hera testament of her strength.


Arsynia is attempting to claim a pride!

Art by soar

11-17-2020, 07:04 PM - Word count:
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#2
Lioness of Prideless
Played by Ivy

There was not much to be said, they had lost their home and for what reason Minerva was not certain. All that she did know was that this was not what they had envisioned, what she and Barnabas had wanted for one another. And Minerva was not about to sit idly by, nor was she going to let Barnabas suffer. He had aspirations and dreams and she wasn't going to sit by and watch them coil up and die. So when the call came about loud and assured Minerva changed her course, heading directly towards it. Large paws left indents upon the ground beneath her as she trekked upward, higher into the mountaintops. She tossed her mane from her visage until that plum gaze of hers landed upon the stranger. And she was a pretty thing wasn't she? It was a shame that she would have to think about sinking tooth and nail into the woman but they both wanted something here today and unfortunately someone would have to be the victor and the other the loser. "My apologies madam but I too wish to have a home.. let us dance shall we?" Despite her massive size Minerva was no brute, she spoke eloquently and soft as her gaze rested upon the face of the stranger. She gave her a brief nod before squaring her shoulders and then abruptly lurching towards her. Long limbs took up the ground with ease, closing the distance swiftly as she eventually reached outward. Her front left paw swatted outwards, attempting to hook itself upon the woman's right side of her nape. She hoped to gain hold there but even so Minerva snapped with jaws bared and aimed to try and snag the woman's right ear all the while. Her hind legs remained solid beneath her, tail pointed behind her to help keep her balance.


Minerva vs Arsynia
for claim
round one of five
health - 100%




@Arsynia


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WARNING: MINERVA IS RATED M FOR MATURE. BARNABAS ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO ENTER ANY OF MINERVA'S THREADS.
11-17-2020, 07:17 PM - Word count:
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#3
Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk


Aesseldar was undoubtedly a land of giants. Kaden, Barnabas, Lucien, now this woman; Arsynia felt immeasurably shorter in stature, where once she might have compared to her brothers and sisters and father. Her eyes narrowed upon the maroon woman's approach, but she was intently focused on the tension soon pluming between them. My apologies madam but I too wish to have a home.. let us dance shall we? Arsynia nodded firmly, before spreading her legs out evenly, taking the lessons she'd learned from her fight with Kaden and using it to relinquish her control.

The woman charged first, her left paw scaling skyward and grasping angrily at the right side of Arsynia's neck. Given their height difference, the claws found their way just to the right of Arsynia's spine along the back of her neck, scoring deep gashes into the skin. Minerva's teeth also found Arsynia's right ear, easily able to cut deep into it. A harrowing snarl exhaled from her lips, but given their close proximity and positioning, Minerva's throat lay right before her teeth. Arsynia's jaws opened, and she pushed slightly inward to clench the remaining breadths of distance between them, hoping to clamp her jaws shut right around Minerva's throat as she rotated her head to her own left side (compromising as little of her right ear as possible), and attempting to bite right underneath Minerva's jaws at the throat.


Arsynia vs Minerva
for pride claim
i of v
81/100 HP
Art by soar

11-17-2020, 07:31 PM - Word count:
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#4
Lioness of Prideless
Played by Ivy

In her eagerness to make contact with the woman perhaps she had been foolish as much to her dismay she left a very vital piece of her body open to attack. Though she felt the satisfaction of her claws sinking into the woman's nape and her teeth clamping down upon Arsynia's right ear she too felt the sting of teeth making contact with her jawline. Minerva attempted to jerk her head sideways to the left, if only to keep Arsynia from clamping down directly upon her throat. Her teeth snagged the skin along the right side of her jawline, immediately causing blood to ebb and flow from the wound there. Minerva attempted to clamp down even harder upon Arsynia's ear, if only to keep her still, meanwhile her claws kneeded deeper into the hold they had on Arsynia's neck.


Minerva vs Arsynia
for claim
round two of five
health - 93%




@Arsynia


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WARNING: MINERVA IS RATED M FOR MATURE. BARNABAS ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO ENTER ANY OF MINERVA'S THREADS.
11-17-2020, 07:47 PM - Word count:
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#5
Empress of Ithilien
Played by Nova

As a nosy individual and one positioned as a leader, Tintalle wanted to figure out what the hub-bub was about. There was something afoot here and she was curious to find out exactly what. Though, as she turned herself northeast to venture towards the mountains and the call, she caught sight of the woman from her own claim. The one that had wished her well in so many words before vanishing with Barnabas. Something said about needing a home which forced Tintalle's eyebrows to crease as she considered what had transpired to make her need a home. Were the two on the outs and in a fight? Or had something happened to the pair that she was looking to recreate. Either way, it forced Tintalle's paw and she took a seat quite a distance away to observe and observe only.

11-17-2020, 07:57 PM - Word count:
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#6
Lioness of Prideless
Played by violetta

meet me in the pale moonlight
when the call came, helayne had just begun to venture among the mountains. it was a place she hadn't touched yet. the woman had avoided it due to the steepness. although, scaling it wasn't the hardest task, due to her light weight.

as helayne arrived, she noticed there were two lions in the midst of a seemingly violent battle. for leadership, she assumed. the call that attracted her had seemed possessive. there was a large lioness to her left, still a distance away, watching the fight. not one for dramatics or unnecessary attention, she hid among the foliage, yards away from anyone, laying to avoid detection.


@ | words | rolled 12, confirmed successful sneak


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11-17-2020, 08:11 PM - Word count:
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#7
Lioness of Prideless
Played by dusk


Arsynia's jaws found the spot on Minerva's neck below the right side of her jaw rather than directly on her throat, and the subsequent jerk of her opponent's head before the reclasping of her jaws around her neck caused Arsynia to grit her teeth. Her opponent's renewed and painful grip on both her ear and her neck caused Arsynia to retaliate in a similar manner, choosing to reinstate her clamp around the portion of Minerva's neck she'd managed to grip - her jaws attempted to grasp once more right beneath the right side of Minerva's jawline along the side of her neck, a brutal pinching of fur and flesh that could prove just as dangerous as if she were attacking her original target of the throat.


Arsynia vs Minerva
for pride claim
ii of v
67/100 HP
Art by soar

11-17-2020, 08:28 PM - Word count:
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#8
Lioness of Prideless
Played by Ivy

Arsynia's teeth were like hot blades against her neck as she dug in deeper, clenching down on the sensitive skin there. She could feel her skin tugging and ripping with the force of her teeth and a low snarl echoed from her as she grunted. Minerva could only withstand the pressure of Arsynia's grasp upon her neck for so long. Suddenly she decided that she didn't quite like this position anymore and instead of focusing on the individuals that were slowly beginning to filter in she instead moved to rock her weight backwards. While doing so she attempted to rake her claws downward to slice against Arsynia's flesh, meanwhile she clenched her teeth tight in an attempt to rip her right ear downward as well. This move still caused herself considerable pain as she rocked backwards, attempting to separate herself from the other woman. Eventually she released her grasp on Arsynia's ear as she didn't necessarily want to shred the entire thing after all! She wrenched her head backwards then, hoping to displace Arsynia's grasp upon her own neck. Meanwhile as she rocked her left front paw finally returned to it's position upon the ground, releasing Arsynia's neck as well. In a shift of movement her right front paw danced upward, hoping to allow her claws to find root on Arsynia's chest.


Minerva vs Arsynia
for claim
round three of five
health - 86%




@Arsynia


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WARNING: MINERVA IS RATED M FOR MATURE. BARNABAS ALSO HAS THE RIGHT TO ENTER ANY OF MINERVA'S THREADS.
11-17-2020, 10:54 PM - Word count:
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#9
Lioness of Prideless
Played by Sheena

For some reason, whatever it was.... Barnabas had lost his home, and thus she had lost hers. Not really though, as she now had her Da and Uncle here, hopefully other family as well. But a place to lay her head? Yes, that was gone. Yet as she made her way from the rainforest towards the wastelands where she had left her Da, a call echoes from the mountains. A call of a claim, she moves then changing her path towards the mountains. Curious to see who exactly it was that had called for that claim, and if anyone dare challenge them.


It takes her longer than she would have liked to arrive on scene, only to find the female who had been with Barnabas in a fight with another female. Unsure which had called for the claim, she halts a safe distance from the scrabble, and watches. Waiting to see which female would come out as the winner, the new leader of these lands.

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11-18-2020, 04:19 AM - Word count:
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#10
Lioness of Prideless
Played by Naboo

It seemed fitting that the place which Arsynia wanted to wrap her claws around was the very first place she'd crossed into this land. She ascended the mountain while her thoughts mulled over the implications of a new Tollaire stronghold, but by the time she arrived they were already deep in battle, grappling with one another as flesh gave way and blood streaked the earth beneath them. Saffron eyes had a menacing glint as she approached the lions, lips curling into a snarl as plumes of heated breath lingered near her partially gaped jaws. A low growl resonated through her breast, rising from her lungs and breathing life into the air, claws latching into the earth and her ears pinning back against her skull. If Arsynia won, today would be monumental for their family. If she lost, perhaps they had gained a new familial enemy already, someone who dare block their natural ascension. Narrowing gaze focused upon the challenger, the fur along her spine bristling as her head tipped forward and her mane spilled over the right side of her face, the fiery threads of hair hair igniting wickedly. Hardly did she spare a glance for those gathered, instead she watched the fight hungrily as it unfolded, breast muscles rippling with the excitement and the desire to throw her own weight around.
art by ki-re, code by naboo