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battle of crux
As you can probably wager from the above, the big event is going to be a war. Everything will be stipulated below, including a timeline of events starting tonight! Please be sure to read everything!
August 15 ; 8:00PM (est): Saiph will make a post on the network. In true gypsy fortuneteller fashion, it will be mostly vague, though some smarter characters will be able to figure out her meaning. The post will be linked (HERE) when it's up.
Today the sun will set earlier than normal, in fact, around now it will just disappear completely. Plunging the land, yet again, in total darkness. The temperature will steady drop from in the mid-90s (mid-30s C) to the low 60s (high teens C). Much too cold for summer.
August 16 ; morning: Characters will wake up that morning to a small square raisin cake tied in a thin red ribbon. It will be right next to them when they wake up. Those characters more in tune with Roman history may eventually figure out the meaning. There is nothing overly suspicious about it, other than being a random piece of cake in their apartments. Also when they wake up, they will feel a distinct lack of something. It's not something they'll figure out right away, but they will know something is amiss!
For the characters smart enough to decipher Saiph's message and correlate it to the feeling, they'll realize the gods are no longer in Zodion. Which means, for now: Gemini, Cancer and Leo.
The temperature will drop nearly another ten degrees today. There will also be no rising of the sun. Electricity will flicker off an on throughout the day.
August 16 ; 7:00PM (est): There will be a loud rumbling noise that will last approximately five minutes straight and cause slight tremors in the Districts. Nothing damaging, perhaps a few things falling off the walls or counters or things like that. But no architectural damage.
August 16 ; 9:30PM (est): Approximately one and a half hours after the rumbling, the electricity will go out completely. For good. However! Each character will have a stick candle that will not melt and will stay burning through the duration of the power outage. Yes, this will just appear. The temperature will hold steady in the low 50s (around 11C).
August 17 ; 6:13AM (est): There will be another loud rumbling, more like a boom-an explosion sort of. It will shake the ground like an earthquake and more than just small nicknacks will be damaged. When your characters look outside, they will see (THIS). What this means is, it's the start of the first Holy War.
The enemies will start to infiltrate the city and the people will look very similar to the NPCs. They will also have various creatures as well. (Examples: (creatures) 01 ; 02 ; 03 ; (people): 01 ; 02 ; 03 ; 04 ; 05)
For all of today, your characters are free to assume all the Zodion NPCs have turned. However, the NPCs will also be fighting against the enemies. So, there is likely to be much confusion over this matter. The fighting will go well into the night.
August 18 ; 3:30AM (est): This is an important time to note as this will be when the first death occurs. It will be an NPC enemy. Now, once this NPC die, a mark will appear under their left eye: THIS. It will be hunter green in color and then slowly fade to black as their life completely leaves them. Then, suddenly, their body will turn to ash.
Once this happens, the battle will suddenly take a turn for the worst. Any upperhand your characters had gained will be lost. The enemies will become crazed and Zodion will struggle for hours.
August 18 ; 5:00PM (est): Roughly around this time, Zodion residents will secure a firm ground and start to stake claim in their victory. But, as always, this comes at a price. However, this will be discussed below.
When the enemies finally leave (which will be in the 5:00 hour), a large steel box will drop from the sky. When it hits the ground it will burst open and three bodies will be sent flying in three different directions. Yes, these are Gemini, Cancer and Leo. They will be severely injured, bound and gagged. Once they hit the ground, this signifies that the battle is now over and, for now, Zodion has won.
Gods & Healers: They are not dead. Almost, but not quite. Below you will find a comment asking for your character(s) to sign up if they are healers. Only three (3) will be chosen! And they will be chosen randomly, not first come first serve. We will take sign-ups until 11:59PM tonight. After that it will be closed and the mods will chose three characters at random to take on the task of healing a god.
(Enemy) NPC death: Same as above, this is a pivotal part in the plot of the war. The death will be merciless, so if your character isn't keen on doing any killing, lease don't sign up. This won't be an "accidental" sort of thing.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT: This will be the first official death in Zodion. That's why there needs to be the chosen one. However, after!! this, characters are free to kill as many NPCs as they want! Just, this one has to happen first and it's important.
Character deaths: This one, however, is first come first served. Obviously, everyone can't die so we're keeping this at a minimum of five (5)-seven (7) characters. If there is A LOT of interest, we will up the number to ten (10). NOTICE!!! THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE!!: We weren't expecting to fill up these slots so quickly, so we have decided to change this to random selection as well. There will be FIFTEEN (15) spots and players will be notified by 11:59PM EST!!
When your character dies in the war, their body will slowly start to disappear until they draw their very last breath. When that happens, their body will materialize in Synodic. They will spend two days in a pod and have their life restored to them. That character will be out of gameplay until August 20 in the evening. When the awaken, they will have moderate pain all over and more so wherever the fatal wound was.
Things to know about the above 3 things: If your character is chosen for the healing or if you choose to kill your character, there will be a slight bonus! Seeing as death technically isn't allowed yet, this is a special case, which means there won't be a penalty for dying right now. Anyhow, these characters will not have to worship for two months and they will receive a substantial increase in their power. (Which, basically means, characters in game are roughly 20-50% depending on when they entered the game and these characters will shoot up to 80%.)
Of course, should those characters who were killed choose to still worship, their pain will go away faster. Sexual healing, we have it.
Now, should we get a volunteer for the NPC killer (Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better) they will also be pardoned from two months of worship, however, instead of a power boost, they will get a very, very exquisite weapon. We can't say what just yet, because it will depend on the sign/element of the character chosen.
Miscellaneous info:
★ Since wars/natural-y disasters are not everyone's cup of tea we are making this semi-opt out. But, for the most part, this is a mandatory event. If you choose to not participate, we are allowing a two-day hiatus where your characters will have to be put in Synodic where they will rest easy and protected and have no recollection of the war at all. There will be a comment below to opt out. You MUST comment there and not on the actual game hiatus post.
★ Those who are pardoned from worship will still be able to participate in events. This is just a god-given pardon for servicing the gods and Zodion.
★ On Thursday 8/17 a log will go up in the afternoon. It will be opened and everyone is encouraged to start threads of battles and healing and anything else you can think of. You are all given free reign of NPCs, but just keep in mind that no deaths until after 3:30AM on 8/18!! Then your characters are free to go crazy and kill any enemy NPC they wish to. If you are killing any Zodion NPCs, obviously the mark won't show up on their face and your character will feel a moderate burning where their tattoo is for killing someone on their side.
★ CHARACTERS CANNOT KILL OTHER CHARACTERS! Please keep this in mind if you are volunteering to kill your character. They must die by an NPC!!
★ Every character who participates will recieve a power boost on Sunday, August 23.
★ Links for sign-ups:
Healers for the Gods
NPC killer
Character deaths
Non-participants
This should cover everything! As always, there's a mod q thread below. Please, please use it if anything is utterly confusing to you as I know I tend to not always explain that well!
As you can probably wager from the above, the big event is going to be a war. Everything will be stipulated below, including a timeline of events starting tonight! Please be sure to read everything!
August 15 ; 8:00PM (est): Saiph will make a post on the network. In true gypsy fortuneteller fashion, it will be mostly vague, though some smarter characters will be able to figure out her meaning. The post will be linked (HERE) when it's up.
Today the sun will set earlier than normal, in fact, around now it will just disappear completely. Plunging the land, yet again, in total darkness. The temperature will steady drop from in the mid-90s (mid-30s C) to the low 60s (high teens C). Much too cold for summer.
August 16 ; morning: Characters will wake up that morning to a small square raisin cake tied in a thin red ribbon. It will be right next to them when they wake up. Those characters more in tune with Roman history may eventually figure out the meaning. There is nothing overly suspicious about it, other than being a random piece of cake in their apartments. Also when they wake up, they will feel a distinct lack of something. It's not something they'll figure out right away, but they will know something is amiss!
For the characters smart enough to decipher Saiph's message and correlate it to the feeling, they'll realize the gods are no longer in Zodion. Which means, for now: Gemini, Cancer and Leo.
The temperature will drop nearly another ten degrees today. There will also be no rising of the sun. Electricity will flicker off an on throughout the day.
August 16 ; 7:00PM (est): There will be a loud rumbling noise that will last approximately five minutes straight and cause slight tremors in the Districts. Nothing damaging, perhaps a few things falling off the walls or counters or things like that. But no architectural damage.
August 16 ; 9:30PM (est): Approximately one and a half hours after the rumbling, the electricity will go out completely. For good. However! Each character will have a stick candle that will not melt and will stay burning through the duration of the power outage. Yes, this will just appear. The temperature will hold steady in the low 50s (around 11C).
August 17 ; 6:13AM (est): There will be another loud rumbling, more like a boom-an explosion sort of. It will shake the ground like an earthquake and more than just small nicknacks will be damaged. When your characters look outside, they will see (THIS). What this means is, it's the start of the first Holy War.
The enemies will start to infiltrate the city and the people will look very similar to the NPCs. They will also have various creatures as well. (Examples: (creatures) 01 ; 02 ; 03 ; (people): 01 ; 02 ; 03 ; 04 ; 05)
For all of today, your characters are free to assume all the Zodion NPCs have turned. However, the NPCs will also be fighting against the enemies. So, there is likely to be much confusion over this matter. The fighting will go well into the night.
August 18 ; 3:30AM (est): This is an important time to note as this will be when the first death occurs. It will be an NPC enemy. Now, once this NPC die, a mark will appear under their left eye: THIS. It will be hunter green in color and then slowly fade to black as their life completely leaves them. Then, suddenly, their body will turn to ash.
Once this happens, the battle will suddenly take a turn for the worst. Any upperhand your characters had gained will be lost. The enemies will become crazed and Zodion will struggle for hours.
August 18 ; 5:00PM (est): Roughly around this time, Zodion residents will secure a firm ground and start to stake claim in their victory. But, as always, this comes at a price. However, this will be discussed below.
When the enemies finally leave (which will be in the 5:00 hour), a large steel box will drop from the sky. When it hits the ground it will burst open and three bodies will be sent flying in three different directions. Yes, these are Gemini, Cancer and Leo. They will be severely injured, bound and gagged. Once they hit the ground, this signifies that the battle is now over and, for now, Zodion has won.
Gods & Healers: They are not dead. Almost, but not quite. Below you will find a comment asking for your character(s) to sign up if they are healers. Only three (3) will be chosen! And they will be chosen randomly, not first come first serve. We will take sign-ups until 11:59PM tonight. After that it will be closed and the mods will chose three characters at random to take on the task of healing a god.
(Enemy) NPC death: Same as above, this is a pivotal part in the plot of the war. The death will be merciless, so if your character isn't keen on doing any killing, lease don't sign up. This won't be an "accidental" sort of thing.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT: This will be the first official death in Zodion. That's why there needs to be the chosen one. However, after!! this, characters are free to kill as many NPCs as they want! Just, this one has to happen first and it's important.
Character deaths: This one, however, is first come first served. Obviously, everyone can't die so we're keeping this at a minimum of five (5)-seven (7) characters. If there is A LOT of interest, we will up the number to ten (10). NOTICE!!! THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE!!: We weren't expecting to fill up these slots so quickly, so we have decided to change this to random selection as well. There will be FIFTEEN (15) spots and players will be notified by 11:59PM EST!!
When your character dies in the war, their body will slowly start to disappear until they draw their very last breath. When that happens, their body will materialize in Synodic. They will spend two days in a pod and have their life restored to them. That character will be out of gameplay until August 20 in the evening. When the awaken, they will have moderate pain all over and more so wherever the fatal wound was.
Things to know about the above 3 things: If your character is chosen for the healing or if you choose to kill your character, there will be a slight bonus! Seeing as death technically isn't allowed yet, this is a special case, which means there won't be a penalty for dying right now. Anyhow, these characters will not have to worship for two months and they will receive a substantial increase in their power. (Which, basically means, characters in game are roughly 20-50% depending on when they entered the game and these characters will shoot up to 80%.)
Of course, should those characters who were killed choose to still worship, their pain will go away faster. Sexual healing, we have it.
Now, should we get a volunteer for the NPC killer (Qu'est-ce que c'est fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better) they will also be pardoned from two months of worship, however, instead of a power boost, they will get a very, very exquisite weapon. We can't say what just yet, because it will depend on the sign/element of the character chosen.
Miscellaneous info:
★ Since wars/natural-y disasters are not everyone's cup of tea we are making this semi-opt out. But, for the most part, this is a mandatory event. If you choose to not participate, we are allowing a two-day hiatus where your characters will have to be put in Synodic where they will rest easy and protected and have no recollection of the war at all. There will be a comment below to opt out. You MUST comment there and not on the actual game hiatus post.
★ Those who are pardoned from worship will still be able to participate in events. This is just a god-given pardon for servicing the gods and Zodion.
★ On Thursday 8/17 a log will go up in the afternoon. It will be opened and everyone is encouraged to start threads of battles and healing and anything else you can think of. You are all given free reign of NPCs, but just keep in mind that no deaths until after 3:30AM on 8/18!! Then your characters are free to go crazy and kill any enemy NPC they wish to. If you are killing any Zodion NPCs, obviously the mark won't show up on their face and your character will feel a moderate burning where their tattoo is for killing someone on their side.
★ CHARACTERS CANNOT KILL OTHER CHARACTERS! Please keep this in mind if you are volunteering to kill your character. They must die by an NPC!!
★ Every character who participates will recieve a power boost on Sunday, August 23.
★ Links for sign-ups:
Healers for the Gods
NPC killer
Character deaths
Non-participants
This should cover everything! As always, there's a mod q thread below. Please, please use it if anything is utterly confusing to you as I know I tend to not always explain that well!