abraxasooc | STATE OF THE GAME: AUGUST

State of the Game

August (2024) - September (2024)

Welcome to our State of the Game! Here, you can read about what might be going on in the world around Abraxas and with the characters in it, in addition to any OOC notices from the mods. Every AC period, you can report what your character has been up to and we'll include all relevant information in the next newsletter.

The Summoned Conclave is hosted in the comments section of each State of the Game. We'll provide the structure. Players are not obliged to participate, but we encourage you to do so! See here for details.

Summoned Conclave

Representatives | Link

New representatives must be chosen during this meeting. Any Summoned who want to hold their current positions need to resubmit their bid. New arrivals can submit themselves as a candidate if they wish. A bid as a candidate can also be submitted on behalf of another character, as long as OOC player permission is obtained.

Motions Sanctioned | Link

Solvunn has agreed to give the Summoned an old barn to use as a community center and hub for delivery services. This will include a board for locals to post odd jobs and simple requests.

Open Motions | Link

All Summoned are encouraged to submit a motion to be passed and sent to officials for consideration.

World Events

All Territories

Advent | Link
The Heralds of War returned, afflicting the people and causing strange dreams. The Summoned were introduced to Zorne, the Herald of Last Blood, who saw his mission as that of bringing peace through bloodshed. Solvunn seemingly chooses a side. The Free Cities claimed victory over the Badlands as a result of Solvunn's actions through the Gods. Solvunn now shares a portion of the desert while Thorne has retreated.

Whispers | Link
As summer turned to fall, eerie whispers surfaced throughout the territories. Dolls moved, spirit boards went missing, and children spoke to shadows. Eifstide was on its way.

Kingdom of Thorne

United | Link
Despite the losses in Borrel, King Sidwell allocated a portion of the naval treasury to Nott to further unify the Kingdom. While this put the new ruling family in better standing with Lyle, a small contingent of loyalists in the navy quietly disapproved of the gesture.

The Free Cities

Victories and Loses | Link
Victory in the Badlands raised spirits in the Free Cities. However, the destruction of a research facility is a cause for concern. Though the individuals behind it are top secret, the military presence has increased.

Solvunn Commune

New Settlement | Link
Following Thorne's defeat, Solvunn acquired a portion of the Badlands from the Free Cities, located east of the Primary Settlement. They sent out settlers and established a new shrine dedicated to Zorne. This is unprecedented since the Heralds are not usually worshipped. The Summoned in Solvunn can now travel to this area of the Badlands.

Plot Interactions and Developments

Kingdom of Thorne

Istredd | Link

Mace Hemmet
Istredd met with the new High Mage to gauge his intentions and retain his research permissions.

Thancred Waters | Link

Lyle Vela
Thancred met with Lyle to thank him for sheltering the Summoned in Nott and to understand Lyle's thoughts on Sidwell.

The Free Cities

Steve Rogers, Jesper Fahey | Link

N/A
May have been involved in the destruction of the facility that was producing armor from the Thunderjaw. There are no confirmed reports.

Viktor | Link

Reva Hym
Viktor met with Reva Hym to determine if his research was used in the attack on Thorne.

Dean Winchester | Link

Reva Hym
Dean Winchester met with Reva about the human experiments he found during an earlier investigation. She confirmed that the government has moved on to other projects.

Items of Notice

Kingdom of Thorne

Borrel | Link

Kyle, Lucifer, Thancred Waters, River Tam, Jon Snow, Zoya Nazyalensky, Nikolai Lantsov
Kyle led a team to search for the missing warship and crew in the gulf.

Nott

Cassian Andor, River Tam
May be noticed missing from Castle Thorne and seen surfacing in Nott.

Castle Thorne

Lord John Grey
May have been last seen in Nott before vanishing. He has since resurfaced in the Free Cities.

The Free Cities

Aquila | Link

Cid Telamon, Astarion, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Viktor, Sylvain Gautier, Jaskier, Nicholas Wolfwood, Geralt of Rivia, Cirilla of Cintra, Hilda Goneril, Jesper Fahey, Castiel
Cid gathered a large amount of Summoned volunteers to take on the Morbol.

Cadens | Link

Cid Telemon, Viktor, Jesper Fahey, Jaskier, Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, Geralt of Rivia, Steve Rogers
Spearheaded by Cid, several Summoned professionals began to offer young miners the chance to apprentice in different careers.

Solvunn Commune

All Communes | Link

Nebula, Tifa Lockhart, Red mac Raith
A community patrol was organized around the settlements.

Primary Settlement | Link

Claire Fraser, Nanaue
In coming to Nanaue's defense for eating people, Claire was struck in the face.

Threaded | Flat

Use the form below to submit each Conclave's formal proposal for territory officials (the mod team) to consider here. Only one proposal per territory's Conclave will be reviewed each meeting.

Any player can post the motion, but ICly, it will be the voted representatives who approach officials with the proposal.

Soft submission deadline is November 7th at 11:59 ET.

Reply to the appropriate territory with the form to submit your character for consideration. There is no influence requirement, but links and actions demonstrated must be recent, within the past 3 months. A couple of examples will suffice. Try to keep it brief! Newer arrivals are encouraged to participate if they've been fairly active.

As a soft deadline, submit your representative bid by mid-month and close votes by end of month.

◎ Submissions are IC. By submitting, your character is actively volunteering and stating these qualifications in-game to the other Summoned during the meeting.

◎ Unlike submitting for influence, the focus should be on what your character thinks makes them suited as a representative rather than simply actions that have garnered public attention. Are they friendly with many of the other Summoned? Do they have experiences dealing with territory officials? Have they held a similar role in the past?

◎ To support, players can +1 beneath a representative they support, up to 3 candidates per player per territory. You can ICly vote as different characters if you have two in a territory, but your total as a player must be no more than 3.

Reply under the appropriate territory with the form to propose a motion. Because only one proposal will be heard by territory officials each meeting (every 2 months), the motion should be important to your character which affects the Summoned in your territory overall.

Motions should be proposed below by mid-month and votes should conclude by the end of the month, in time to be formally submitted to the mod team.

For personal requests, use the Plot Engagement as usual.

◎ Submissions are IC. By submitting, your character is actively suggesting their idea in-game to the other Summoned during the meeting.

◎ To support, players can +1 beneath a motion they support.

◎ A motion must have at least 3 in support to be considered. If multiple are in play, the one with the most support will be heard by officials. You may resubmit motions from a previous meeting.

◎ Submitting a motion each meeting is not required. If no one has anything to propose, the Conclave will reconvene next round.

FORMAL SUBMISSIONS

REPRESENTATIVES

MOTIONS