the darkest part of the woods; advanced roleplay discussion

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Okay so I have Cerica, Master of Hounds, a she-wolf who has tones of dogs and loves them veryyyy much. Looking for a potential friend (maybe someone who’s iffy about dogs) or prehaps a fellow Head of The Hunt for their court could befriend her?

Then there is Vex, the Prince of Summer
Looking for someone to find out that he’s actually slowly, internally shutting down and his soul’s starting to give into the Queen due to her curse :3:

Then my new girlie, a Mute Half-blood. Maybe someone in spring or summer court runs into her while she’s working on her books and just end up with a nice, calm talk. (Possibly someone of high importance but doesn’t realize it lmaooo)

Hello! Not sure if either of my charries could work with yours, Snatcher, but the offer is out to anyone :)

I have Ariella Morrigan, the rising Queen or however you would wish to put the title. Quite sweet and looking for faithful colleagues to assist in her cause.

I also have Romaris, my Falconer of Winter, kind of a cold soul but I’m open to either a fellow partner in crime or someone to soften him up. Either way, he’s open :3 Rome is currently in an RP in the Winter but we can always work somethin’ out!

As soon as Lara is approved, she could meet Mave at the joust

Prehaps we could have Ariella and Vex meet? Since she did put a curse on him before she ‘died’.
(( basically, he is unable to sleep, and his soul and body belongs to her since he potentially has some more, dominant powers [ form-shifting ]. And every time he tries to sleep or break said curse, her voice would come to his mind and whisper these, unforgivable things. )) I’d like to say over time due to this curse that he’s caved in and begun to realize what he’s done. So I was thinking he potentially becomes her vassal of some sort? Maybe giving her access to something her rebellion needs and allowing her the coverage of the Golden Peaks to hide in?


For Romaris, maybe they’d come across one another on a Hunt for something both their kings desire? Perhaps the death of some creature that’s been terrorizing them both, and that they don’t have the time or energy to spare (due to the equinox) trying to find something to appease the Prince of Spring. (Well, more so of Vex and Con butting heads infront of their family and the other princes are just there like “are these really the guys helped us kill the Queen?”)

i reallllyyy wanna see my charming blind girl work her magic on the Princes and flatter tf out of them, for her book of course.. she’s looking for their views of the world, trying to find how they see their court

well i'm working on my misunderstood and flustered winter prince would would turn into jelly if anyone tried to flatter him, this boy be touch starved and love starved

That would be neat and definitely a brilliant idea with Ariella and Vex, he really is a very intriguing character. Perhaps after her being reborn, her former mind is only half of what it was so she isn’t completely in control of the voices but she is aware of the effects it has over him once they interact? Like a split personality of sorts? Then she could be trying her best to make it an alliance while her former mind is just wanting to use him for his controllable power since hers isn’t completely ready yet?

That could definitely work out, perhaps an artifact or creature that would claim a victory or be an achievement for the owner? Perhaps it started with a bet or something and then the two eventually have to work together if either of them want it?

Why thanks! I like the way you’ve planned out Ariella I’m all honestly, and I’m glad Crow chose her as the Queen! It suits her well. I like the idea of that: being unaware of her other half. Perhaps over time with the voice constantly affecting him, it finds some of his memories that have her in it and perhaps give them to her? So they somewhat share certain memories and thoughts. So that could be what leads to them finding one another.
I like that idea as-well, two minds in one body that have completely separate ideas but they relate to one another. Very interesting!


Yes yes! Maybe some sort of ancient-animal of some kind that ends up harming one of their beloved animal friends and that’s what brings them together to join forces. I have some ideas already!
For instance, maybe these little goblin-like creatures that kill animals for their hides and steal eggs from nests, and it turns out what the Princes and everyone thought would be just a clan of meddlesome little creatures, is actually ruled by these ogre-like creatures. This whole complex-ish organization run by peanut-sized brained creatures. Imagine if the other hunters joined in too!

well, Peach, it seems my darling must pay him a visit and work her unintentional charms >3>

Aww, thank you! I’ve loved the idea of an OC like her but have never gotten the chance to create her, I’m so happy that she is useful in this plot! Oh, I love that idea, the shared memories. That could technically create a bond of sorts... Hmm, this is intriguing. Ari would also get to see what she used to be and why the voices were occurring, mm, love it! Ack, so many exclamation marks, oopsie.

Ahh!! That sounds perfect! All it would take is an eagle or two of Romaris’ to be wounded or killed and he’d be all in to petition to his Prince for permission to hunt down the pests. After all, such impressive feathers or hides would make nice trophies for the creatures. Perhaps they are usually solitary creatures or work in small groups but the main gathering is on a neutral strip of land like an isle or something of the sort?

Hello everyone! I have a few characters so I suppose I'll see if anyone would want to do anything with them.

I have August, the silent Prince of Dark Autumn. August tries to be an impartial leader who rules with reason. He also has no friends, the only people who have really even had any elongated interaction with him were the other Princes when they founded the courts. If you're a good person he'll reward you for it, but if not then he can be very wrathful. He makes a point of seeming unphased by everything.

I also have Lyanna, the seemingly naive Winter faerie who loves flowers and fun. She's actually a monster, and terrible to humans. Her bubbly persona has turned out to be a very effective way to hide her disturbingly high kill count.

I'm working on the Summer Court's Master of Revels. She's carefree and in constant pursuit of the next fun thing to do. She's pretty nice so long as you don't try to ruin her day and is loyal to the Summer Prince. Since I haven't done too much aside from her personality, there is some wiggle room for whatever relationships she may have.

@Alexandria, since one of my characters (Aoife) was from autumn and her family was thought to be traitors and supporters of the queen, I was wondering if August believed her family were traitors? They weren’t actually betraying the princes, but they were thought to be. All the details are in her history, but I can sum it up here if you don’t want to read a couple posts worth of info.

At some point all the characters can interact with Pandora

@Snail

Alright, I gave it a quick read, if I misunderstood anything just let me know. I think that he may have had suspicions they were innocent, but when faced with the fabricated evidence paired with the fact that there were a number of others who believed it, August would have treated it as though they were guilty. He wants to be fair and just, but what matters more to him is that he remains in power. If he allowed them to go free, but people were convinced they were guilty then he would appear weak and so he'd rather unjustly persecute her family to keep the population under his control than treat them fairly and have the court lose faith in him. It would also explain why he himself didn't track them down and make them "disappear" as he often does with people when he doubts their loyalty.

@Alexandria, okay that makes sense! Perhaps we should have them meet at some point, though whether or not he recognizes her would be up to you. I feel like they might actually get along fairly well if they could get past the traitor thing.

@Snail

Then we'll have to have them meet at some point, it could be interesting!

@radiant


Yes! yes!! yes! Don’t worry I highly understand the use of them, it’s difficult to hide one’s excitement sometimes, no?

I’ve already been beginning mapping out the ideal image of the four seasons and land it’s on (big project oofing h e c c ) and I was thinking that they’re limited to one area (callin’ it “Goblin’s Cove” I’m sooo original lamo) that the Princes have allowed them, but over time they’ve been spreading out more? Most likely some prized animal of the two princes could be endangered due to the goblin’s mischief and that’s why they’re getting so angry?

@Alexandria, definitely! She's gotten pretty spooked by the Falconer of Winter, so she'll be on the move soon and leaving Winter. Maybe they could meet at the equinox afterwards or something.

@snatcher

Precisely! They can express me so well so it’s difficult to refrain from using them, especially when ideas are forming with spectacular plots!

Oh neat! You go girl! I’m sure the project is coming along great, no matter what you think about it. As for the name, I L O V E it, haha! Sometimes cliché and simple is good so don’t knock yourself. So spreading out undetected or just unnoticed then? Evil little pests... reminds me of our local chipmunk problem.
Okie, back to the subject (my apologies! When I’m on my phone, my thoughts tend to go all over the place, less focused and way more abstract). For the creatures, we would certainly have to collaborate with the chosen Princes but I’ve been thinking up some fun mythical-of-sorts animals for possibilities we could always check out as a last resort if we didn’t have anything that stood out right away or didn’t have any other possibilities.

@radiant

Oh don’t worry! I’m the same way a lot of times- I usually go back before positing stuff and debate on if I should erase my rambling or not.
The project is somewhat halfway there! I’m finally finished with the outline of the map- and I plan on duplicating it so I can draw a more detailed one with the variety of places and landmarks.
I’m thinking of that yes! Just, over time they’ve began to grow in population and have decided to claim more land due to the many numbers of goblin-kind and needing more land to hunt and house. So I was thinking that they go as close to the boarder between winter and summer (somewhere around the golden peaks) and that’s where they find the beloved creature.
What Kind’ve creature, I was thinking would be precious to JUST a summer and winter due to the fact that creature tends to avoid spring and autumn all together. Prehaps they are some type of hybrid that had a fine coat, or a type of ingredient or magic.
I’d like to think that the first time a goblin hoard gets one down, it’s sort’ve become their addiction, and they deem the creature an easy and useful prey.
I can’t name on the top of my head what animal exactly would fit this, but I’d like to hear your ideas!

@Snatcher

I can certainly relate to that but I definitely don't mind rambling. In a way, it can help get to know someone. Or at least, that's my opinion.
Nice job!! That would be really useful for the imagery aspect in the posts for the writers here, it's so cool that you're doing that! Will you be adding it on here once it's complete?

Alright, that sounds like the perfect idea so that clears up one thing and now the idea is nearly polished.
As for the creature, the idea of a small but magical and unique species is always out there which are always cute but I also have this strange but possible creature from my own private writing. The main gist of it is that the animal, is one of those gentle giants that look fierce but in reality, it is very docile and harmless unless truly provoked but by then, it's usually too late. I guess, the size factor would be the key thing to consider.
Also, did you have an idea for the goblins for how large they would be? Like a few feet or large ones as tall or taller than the hunters or perhaps varied sizes?

Oh, one last question! For the Vex and Ariella, would you like to put it into play soon, as in the Events where they run into one another outside of court or perhaps one in his own kingdom? I completely forgot that we hadn't decided on that quite yet.

@radiant


Totally agree with that!
I’d like to say they vary in sizes, but are mainly larger then the average Fae.

I’d like to do this sometime soon, yes! I’d just like to see them run into eachother once or twice while he’s off doing his own princey work.

@Snatcher

Got it! This'll be great, I already know it.

Oh definitely! Whenever he's free, just say the word and I'll on Ari move on over from the Autumn Court. When I was creating her, I really had no idea where to stick her for the beginning so I'll just start with how she snuck out.

@Radiant

Same here! I’ll be working on a few of the locations to put in the Winter Court for them to meet up, and then a whole new file for the goblin cove ;3; busy bee I am lmao

Either way, I love how you’ve made her. Makes it all the more insteresting

@Snatcher

For sure, but at least you are getting everything done
RIP my to do list

Aww, thank you so much, can say the same about Vex, absolutely love his sassy-of-sorts personality.

@Radiant

who’s to say that I am? I’m wayyy behind in responses to rp’ing aghhhh ;3;
Same tbh

Well- hehe. He’s really sassy bc his bro and the other princes giving him crap about him being the eldest, butttt, him being the most immature. He’s a monster though when his people are harmed-

@Snatcher

Haha I totally have faith in you, you'll get caught up, I have no doubts.

I think it's a fun combination and just as a side-note, the family drama is just too good. The sass is just beautiful, absolutely love it. But, I should probably stop doting on characters while I still can so *zips mouth shut*

Snatcher wrote: "@radiant


Totally agree with that!
I’d like to say they vary in sizes, but are mainly larger then the average Fae.

I’d like to do this sometime soon, yes! I’d just like to see them run into eac..."

I think Puck and Pandora could have a deep friendship or something.

@radiant

Crow and I ramble a lot about stupid ideas (mainly me lmao). Personally, when I’m made as a mod, I’m there to bring the neatness and crazy ideas, lol. A lot of it just comes to mind at random lamo.

@Snatcher

Haha! No ideas are stupid, just fun! Lol, it's a great combination though. At least from where I stand as an observer. Every random idea has potential but as for timing, oh yes, I can get that. My ideas seem to choose the worst times so I always lose a few of 'em. But, so far, all your ideas have been wonderful!

Every idea can be used in a story at some point. Even if others think those ideas are crazy or stupid just remember that the idea isn't to you and that even they have ideas that you won't agree with.

@Pricilla
Puck is the kind of person that doesn't truly make friends, he'll play at friendship but in the end it's always just a ruse for him to cause even more chaos

he falls in love and the fae’s like
Sikeeeeeee

Crow wrote: "@Pricilla
Puck is the kind of person that doesn't truly make friends, he'll play at friendship but in the end it's always just a ruse for him to cause even more chaos"

I know. But it would be exciting to see how they react to each other. He could always have bits of answers to her question... She's also quite innocent. He would love that... He would enjoy making Fail, Connall, and her relationships interesting. It would live the question as to "What does Puck know about Pandora that they don't know?"

In terms of collabs, I have a few different characters that are open.

Alexandria St. Clair is one of my mortals. She works in a tavern in the Summer Court with her younger sister, and possible collabs for her can include mortal friends, neighbors, or co-workers. Unbeknownst to her, her parents and some other relatives were attempting to organize a rebellion against the fae, so it might be interesting if she were to meet someone who worked with her parents. She gets along best with other mortals, so if anyone wants a friendly collab then a mortal character is the best bet. However, if anyone is wanting something more tumultous or dramatic, I'm open to collabs with fae characters as well.

Sebastian is my other mortal character, and he is an apothecary/physician in the Spring Court. I'm open to just about any kind of collab with him if anyone is interested or willing. He helps just about anyone and is pretty gifted, so I thought maybe he could have treated someone previously or in the future? His family was also tricked by a fae who presented them with a supposed "healing" potion that ended up killing his mother if anyone is interested in that storyline. Otherwise, I'm open to any other ideas.

As far as my fae characters go, I have Ari and Tali, who are unfinished right now. Ari is the Harbinger of Autumn and basically carries out whatever commands the prince gives him. Tali is his younger sister, and most of the time their interactions end in or consist solely of them arguing over various things. Most people in the Autumn Castle are probably under the impression that they hate each other, which isn't entirely true. Although, outside of the castle they act a lot nicer to each other. I don't have a whole lot of ideas for Ari at present, but I have a few for Tali. Tali is secretly a hopeless romantic, so if anyone is interested in a clandestine romance or something, let me know. It could be someone who is genuinely interested in her, or it could be someone using her for information or some other means.

My other fae is Aoife, a supposed "traitor" from the Autumn Court who is currently hiding out in the Winter Court, though not for much longer. Her family was part of the autumn nobility, so if anyone has autumn nobles or royals, they might have known each other before she disappeared. She is also available for future collabs if anyone is interested. I plan to have her attempt to prove her family's innocence at some point, so anyone is welcome to help her or try to sabotage her efforts. Or if anyone just wants a friendship or other relationship, that's cool too.

@rabid

i would love to do something with aoife and my work-in-progress winter prince! i could just imagine he finds out from the autumn court of a traitor and finds her in his court possibly a romance and he sabotages her efforts to clear her name so she will stay in his court with him? idk just ramblings here

@peaches and cream, I like those ideas! As soon as she and the winter falconer are finished interacting, I plan to have her try to cross the border into another court, and maybe the winter prince could catch her doing so? From the way her rp is going with the falconer, it seems like the falconer is going to report her to the prince later, so perhaps your winter prince might hunt her down for questioning or something? Or they could just accidentally run into each other while she's escaping.
Also, I love the idea of him trying to make her stay in winter with him. And yes, maybe there could be some romance there. I'm open to that idea as well. It depends on how they interact and stuff.

@snail

psssst, i have a blind lil halfling that’s writing about the Prince’s views of their courts n stuffffff, also have the eldest, most childish prince of the four

I’d defiantly like to see either two of these characters interact with your dear princey-poo over there. I’d like to assume Autumn is a bit of a poetic, booking person, so he’d veryyyyy easily get along with my dear Nelcí.

Also noticing your little tavern girl over there... I’m beginning to plot an idea for my first mortal. He’s going to be the writer that travels alongside Nelcí, due to her not being able to do it herself. Prehaps the two travelers stop at her tavern and he sparks a convo with her?

@Key,

tbh Vex is one of my favorites of the princes.

Ari and your blind poet would probably end up interacting pretty frequently if she is talking to the Autumn prince because August can’t talk. Ari would have to help “translate” hand motions to speech. Ari himself is actually not too bad with words, though he’s probably not near as good as your character. A lot of the time his more poetic thoughts stay in his head because he’s used to August not talking and being busy with other things, but talking to Nelci a bit would bring that side out of him more. He also did very beautiful eulogies for the funerals of his deceased siblings but hasn’t written a whole lot except for practical or business related things.

And I like the idea of Xandria possibly having a friend too. She’s usually pretty friendly to human patrons, and she’s actually genuine, which doesn’t really happen around fae.

@snail

I’m grinning so hard right now, thank youuu. I’m proud of Vex ngl.

I love ittttt yes! It could potentially just lead to her and Ari just happily talking while the writer that comes along with her just starts talking to Autumn himself like, rapid signing to the boy and makes the prince s h o o k.
That’s a cute idea though, I can just imagine Ari allowing himself to let loose for a bit when talking to her and then ends up letting a few of his own perspective slowly slip between his words.

The funny thing is, my boy isn’t that social, due to living in a comfortable silence when traveling alongside Nelcí for so long. He’d most likely end up a flustered mess

You're welcome! He really did turn out great!

Awesome! I like that idea a lot :) I have everything outlined and stuff for Ari, so he should be done sometime tomorrow. Tali will take a little longer if you wanted Nelci to meet her, which will probably happen at some point anyway if your character and Ari spend enough time together. Anyhow, I think the two of them could end up getting along really well.

Oof. He might get along better with Alex's sister, Cassia (who I was planning on making at some point). But Alex isn't the most socially graceful person herself, so it's possible them eventually being friends could work out. She likes silence and daydreaming and quiet things in her free time, so I imagine if they ever ran into each other again somewhere else they might have a better conversation than the first one.

i honestly want to create a consort for one of the princes but i don't know if any of them would be into that??? i digress

@peaches and cream
i can't really picture connall with a consort bc his hearts been broken once and he's just done with love (or so he thinks), but what do you have in mind?

Lara Sardothien could still use a consort. and an rp partner too

I don’t have any characters that would work as a consort for Lara, but I’m open to other collabs if you’re interested. Just let me know, and I bet I can come up with some cool ideas.

would love some collabs <3
I also have more fc claimed but with. no ideas yet lol

unnamed, fc anna marie jasinka
half spring half winter face, shunned because of it. I'm not sure which court she'll actually be a part of, but since she has winter white hair and flower birthmarks whichever it is she's clearly part of the other courts too and you know. bullied lol. she's pretty quiet as a result but also real sweet



eira adalwulv, fc olga kurylenko
master of the winter hunt, she's pretty quiet and reserved, doesn't come into courts often and is usually out in the wilderness by herself or with her hunting wolves. has a reputation for being pretty savage, she's a bit coldhearted and very focussed. great hunter

I've got Connall, the Spring Prince. Just a broken man who is tired of eternity, and hides it behind a wall of arrogance and sadistic comments. Needs someone to show him that life is still worth living or he'll slowly transform into the villain he pretends to be. He's afraid he'll lose everything that he has left. That it will all slip through his fingers like sand and there isn't anything he can do about it. He will protect what he loves with anything and everything he has, not until his heart has long since stopped beating. He's willing to become the villain to ensure that, most already thinks he lost his heart centuries ago. That it froze over, which isn't fully true. It could still thaw.

Maeve, lady of winter, a girl who is will never truly love again. Hates the princes, the courts and has a little grudge against most mortals. Prefers to keep to herself, doesn't care about anything and everything. A basic emo girl, edgy as hell

Puck, legit just my interpretation on the classic Shakespearean trickster. A man who would trick the the devil out of hell if given the chance. He is always laughing or smirking at some joke that's unfurling before his eyes. He's a artist and humor is his brush, every stroke is a masterpiece that he's spent years planning. The more people he hurts with his humor the harder he laughs. Though he isn't quite sure it's worth it anymore, that eternity should be filled with something else besides constant laughter.

if anyone's interested ;)

Hmm, would you be interested if I created a potential love interest for your sad boi Connall? I'm in the process of creating my violinist but I could put together a little ray of sunshine.

Ooo definitely, he needs some potential heartache. What's your girl like?