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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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11-18-2020, 05:36 PM - Word count:
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#11
Cub of Prideless
Played by Amanda

@Hecuba

The child grew bashful beneath the compliment to her name. A quick smile heated her cheeks as the orphan averted her gaze from the kind woman. It was the only thing she felt she still had from her mother. Such a fleeting memory the warrior would likely become soon enough, but her name was something Kyarri would forever cherish. "Thanks," the dusty girl offered sheepishly before seeming to recall her manners. Turning her gaze more fully onto Hecuba, the child sought to correct herself. "Uh, I mean, Thank you," Kya spoke quickly this time, though with a more formal tone and nod. So impressionable at this age, it was as if the cub could not shake the teachings from the old queen who had tried so persistently to mold the orphan into the perfect little princess she was never destined to be. Such a contradiction to seek while always keeping that title just out of reach for the youth, but appearances and manners were important to those of her old pride. Maybe it was for the best, then, that the pride was no more.

Kya let herself get distracted by a few last scraps of the fish before the ashen woman began speaking again. Honeyed eyes looked up in attention. So this lady had a husband and lived on a beach? Interesting. And it would probably even more interesting if she knew what a beach was. With a tilt of her head, confusion was again on the child's face. "Um, I don't think so.... what's an ocean?" How could she know if she'd seen one before if she didn't know what it was? Her short life had been spent entirely land-locked with probably only a lake being the largest body of water she had ever seen. Time to blow the kid's mind.

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11-19-2020, 01:18 AM - Word count: (This post was last modified: 11-19-2020, 01:19 AM by Hecuba.)
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#12
Lioness of Junior Member
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The flustered girl seemed out of sorts, didn’t she? No sooner had she expressed her gratitude did she correct herself and.. express.. Gratitude? There was the obvious difference in the terminology, of course, but nothing Hecuba would have considered worthy redoing. “Thanks was just fine, Kyarri. You don’t need to be quite so formal, it’s just little old me.” Not that it was the worst thing on the planet for her to have some manners, it was just.. Different. Different because Hydra and Cassandra had been so venomous and full of anger, whereas Kyarri seemed downright docile. Hecuba was eager to interact more with the cub, almost scientifically studying to prove or disprove her hypothesis that it was merely Tollaire children that were raging asshats.

So far, she was going with yes.

“The ocean is a large body of water in constant motion. It washes up on the shore in waves and retreats back into the sea. There’s a lot of fascinating creatures out there, from what I can tell, and you can’t see the other side of it.” Truth be told, the ocean was a place of nightmares. The fact it spread for hundreds of miles, fathomless depths and water so rough it could easily drown a lion -- not to mention the beasts that lurked within. Hecuba was oblivious to most of these, thankfully, and lived her life merrily on the edge of the abyss. “I like to swim in it, myself. It’s just.. very peaceful, you know?”

Of course she didn’t. She was a child.
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@Kyarri

11-20-2020, 12:52 AM - Word count:
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#13
Cub of Prideless
Played by Amanda

@Hecuba

At the suggestion that her over-politeness was not needed, Kyarri's 'proper' stance faded lightly. Even if there wasn't an ounce of actual corrective tone in Hecuba's voice, the child still couldn't help but to take it in such a way. She had done something to displease the woman, causing her dark tipped ears to droop slightly. "Oh, okay... sorry, Miss Hecuba," Kya mumbled slightly. So much for giving up the formalities. In her head, though, by apologizing for her previous change in wording, the Kyarri was doing just that, but little would she know that her addition of 'Miss' to the woman's name was also probably seen as a formal thing. Poor child.

At first, the rogue cub thought that maybe she had seen an ocean before as the ashen woman began to describe it. Large body of water, always in motion. Even at the mention of waves, Kya was imaging the small, sandy beach-like edges that a lake could acquire sometimes, but then all her imagery faded away at the last little descriptor. And you can't see the other side of it. Never before could the child recall seeing any body of water that she couldn't easily see the other side of it. That sounded like a really really big lake. "Then, no. I never seen a ocean before. That sounds like a llotttt of water." The dusty girl's eyes grew wide at the thought of such a daunting expanse of water. She was both excited and terrified to think about what it must be like to live beside the ocean, or to even just experience it's sight, but how did she ask the stranger to take her along to the beach? The question was stalled at the tip of the child's tongue, however, when Hecuba mentioned how peaceful it felt to swim in the ocean. Had Kyarri ever known true peace before? Her short life had been quite a whirlwind already. Was there ever a time, that she could actually remember, where all was quiet and calm? "What's.... peaceful?" she asked hesitantly, starting to feel like she was asking a lot of questions of this stranger.

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11-20-2020, 03:31 AM - Word count:
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#14
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Ah, bloody hell. Hecuba’s lips twitched into a thin, fleeting frown as the girl wilted like a rose. It hadn’t been her intent to upset the wee lady, but then again, it hadn’t been her intent to do a fuckton of things she’d done in her past. From her experience, the best thing to do was either to get rid of the other party or move on, and considering she wasn’t about to yeet the cub into the water, Hecuba let the conversation gradually subside. She would, uh, handle the manners thing another time.

The ocean, however, was something easy to talk about. Peace, on the other hand? How did she describe what that was? “Peace is.. feeling like you’re home. Being comfortable, not wanting for food or water. It’s kind of hard to describe, but you know it when you feel it.” Considering the girl was alone, Hecuba had a feeling peace was not something she had ever felt before. It gave her the opportunity to reach out, though. “If you want, I can take you to the ocean. That way you’ll know where I live if you ever need food or water, hm? If you like it, you’re more than welcome to stay.” Surprise, Drakon!
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@Kyarri

11-20-2020, 03:56 AM - Word count:
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#15
Cub of Prideless
Played by Amanda

@Hecuba

Luckily for Hecuba, Kyarri was too young to really realize her own words or actions, so moving on was pretty easy to do. She'd learn eventually... Hopefully. The orphan was easily wrapped up into the ashen lady's explanation of peace. Sure enough, Kya couldn't really remember a time she felt this so-called 'peaceful' feeling. Maybe when she was still really little, still with her siblings and her momma. Yeah, that was probably peace right there.

Even if the child wasn't sure if she had ever felt peace, the dusty girl still liked the idea of peace as a gentle smile formed across her dirty face. "That sounds nice," she'd comment in an airy tone, perhaps daydreaming now of what peace felt like. She'd be snapped right out of it though, the moment Hecuba offered to take her to see the ocean and the beach where she lived. "R-really?" disbelief stammered the girl's words once more as her honeyed gaze grew wide in excitement. Whatever might have been left of the fish was quickly abandoned when Kyarri hopped to her feet. "W-w-when.... when can I s-see it?" It took every ounce of restrain to not ask to simply go right now, though her posture suggested otherwise anyway.

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12-03-2020, 02:34 AM - Word count: (This post was last modified: 12-03-2020, 02:37 AM by Hecuba.)
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#16
Lioness of Junior Member
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Hecuba gave a genuine smile at the girl's acceptance. It would do the both of them some good, she thought, and maybe on the way she could grab some food for supper. She wasn't trying to force her guardianship on the cub, but she certainly wasn't about to let her wander around starved for food and affection. "We can go right now, if you'd like. There's much bigger fish to be caught in the ocean." The lioness, with some newfound happiness, was more than eager to lead the wayward girl back to the shore. Hopefully Drakon would be around and enjoy their guest.

//EXIT BYE

12-06-2020, 03:53 AM - Word count:
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#17
Cub of Prideless
Played by Amanda

@Hecuba

Thank goodness, Hecuba could read the child's mind and figure out that she didn't want to waste another moment out in this scraggly bit of land when there was a whole ocean waiting for her to discover. Not that it was hard to tell from Kyarri's barely-caged excitement. "Yes, please!" a wide and toothy grin accepted while the orphan practically bounced on her toes in anticipation. Kya easily fell into step with the ashen lady before looking up to her with wide eyes about the bigger fish the ocean had to offer. She couldn't wait!

exit Kyarri

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