Every month we will have at least one event or prompt for characters to participate in. Players start threads following the prompt for others to join in or do a read-only post of just their character(s). These are completely optional events meant to inspire muse, creativity, fun, and drama. Players can assume there are many NPCs roaming around the lands. Feel free to get creative with how you participate and incorporate any NPCs you want or need.
Players can participate with as many of their characters as they wish.
Want to participate in an old plot challenge that you missed? That's okay! Be sure to appropriately date your thread to take place during the month of the plot challenge you wish to participate in, and follow our rules for liquid time (back-dated threads shouldn't give your character any unfair advantages or interfere with other events that have already happened).
Harvest Moon Festival celebrates bountiful harvests and takes place on the full moon that falls closest to the autumn equinox. During the festival, family and friends express gratitude for the harvest, for each other, and for the moon. Gather supplies, make preparations, or celebrate the bountiful harvest however you choose.
Creepin Creature
IC Dates: Sept 1st - 30th
An unknown creature has been creeping around your den area. Search for clues and signs, and track down the creepy creature. Alternate Challenge: Practice your skills hunting, foraging, fishing, or tracking.
During the month of October, the ghost-spirit "Spooky Jack" can be found appearing around the lands, usually at night or dusk. Spooky Jack is a large, black, ghost-wolf with skeleton markings on his body. His orange eyes glow with a mysterious light. Spooky Jack is a mischievous ghost known to play games and tricks with those who approach. Some even tell stories of how pups have been lured away by Spooky Jack, never to be seen again! Anyone may play Spooky Jack using the NPC account. To participate, characters are free to tell tales of Spooky Jack or to encounter Spooky Jack directly by playing the NPC account or viewing him from afar. Those who encounter him may interact with him to receive a trick (a game, a prank, etc) or a treat (a piece of food, trinket, candy, or other valuable).
Night of the Living Dead
IC Dates:October 1st - 31th
The nights grow long and there is a chill in the air that leaves an uneasy feeling. The spirits, ghosts, and deities seem to be stirring much more than usual. When the sun sets, a strange noise can be heard. Something stirs in the dark places of the realm. Up from the cemeteries and burial grounds, the dead have risen! Their rotting corpses emerge from the earth and they wander until sunrise, when they finally crumble to dust once more. To participate, characters can explore any cemetery, burial ground, or other spooky place. Players are free to involve zombie-corpses if they choose and can use the NPC account if needed.
During the month of December the weather is beginning to change across many of the biomes in the Realm and many creatures are preparing for winter. Many choose to celebrate this time of change and the Winter Solstice by participating in games and celebrations. All our events this month are themed around these winter events.
Reindeer Migration
IC Dates: December 1 - 31
A massive herd of reindeer will be migrating across the Realm, looking for greener pastures as the winter months arrive. No one is sure where they come from or where they disappear to at the end of the month. The massive herd is led by a giant white Reindeer who seems majestic, powerful, and other-worldly (perhaps a spirit or deity!). Observe, hunt, or interact with the migration.
Tree Decorating
IC Dates: December 1 - 31
Many characters celebrate the Solstice by decorating and inviting good tidings. Decorate a tree with festive decorations of your characters choice - such as ribbons, garlands, candles, ornaments, pelts, bones, etc - or gather plants, branches or other items to decorate your den or hearth.
Obstacle Race
IC Dates: December 1 - 15
A race through a challenging course of obstacles and difficult terrain. Characters may use magic but don't diceroll magic. Magic is for embellishment to your post only and doesn't affect scoring. After the race ends, we will announce who the winners are!
You may enter as many of your characters as you want.
Choose a location. Start a thread in that area.
- You can thread alone or with a partner.
- Assume other characters / NPCs in the area are also doing the race.
- Assume there is an official noting how fast your character completed the race (since not all characters are doing the race the same day).
Make a post briefly describing your character moving through one of the obstacles. Do a level 0 Diceroll to see how well your character moved through the obstacle. (repeat a post / diceroll for each obstacle).
Your dicerolls will give a NUMBER score.
Total up your scores and post your results & character name HERE
LOCATIONS and OBSTACLES:
(remember to choose one location and start a thread there)
1. Arctic Biome - Arctic Shore
- Race along the sandy shoreline by the waters edge without getting stuck in the mud
- Cross a section of icy water by traversing floating ice-bergs
- Back on the dry rocky shore, find a seagulls nest and bring an egg back to the campfire for lunch (lookout for seagulls that want to peck you!)
2. Tropic Biome - Tangled Jungle
- Run through a dark cave tunnel and out the other side
- Cross a creek with swiftly running water (there's gators in those waters!)
- Cross a deep ravine using a fallen log that is laying across the gap
3. Arid Biome - Badlands
- Run through a winding, narrow passage in a rocky canyon (poisonous snakes and scorpions are crawling around here!)
- Climb over a large pile of boulders
- Cross a field of cactus with prickly spines
