Fantasy ? camp winterian wyrd | out-of-character chat

[Lekiel]

AM currently in a dilemma with regards to my character's experience at camp. Can this be her first year there on the assumption that she was invited to become the magical instructor/tutor because maybe the previous instructor had business to tend to? Or does she have to have been there multiple times as a participant before being offered that role ?

 

[Quinlan63]

Galaxy Bear , Lekiel , Quinlan63 , SRUNewman , @Peckinou ( tagging you since I'm unsure of your status, let me know < 33 ) , @Eshspoyeofdoom ; wanted to let you know that there's a new thread that you guys can write in ! it's for relationships !

Fantasy - camp winterian wyrd | character relationships

LORE INFORMATION | Update​

OTHER INFO​

? hermod: when calling upon the name of this god, he will appear and help send messages back and forth from camp and to the outside world. saying "hem-ring" and whispering his name would most likely evoke the god. ( mostly called | summoned by skadi )

? rataskor: a squirrel who helps in sending messages to the outside world where another being will take the letter and mail | send it off ( mostly called | summoned by skadi and sometimes campers to pass messages during camp activities if it calls for secrecy ). rataskor is used for secret messages due to the animal's small size.

? dory: not only the mascot and transportation, but both brynn and dory ( caretaker of camp ) are in charge of sending off letters and receiving mail if campers want to send off any letters to a loved one outside of camp. sometimes they will receive news of the outside world.

note: cell lines do not exist at camp. phones do not work. there's a bare minimum of electrical usage, however, there are power generators and such. nevertheless, the camp is lit up by lanterns, candles, etc.

Well I just woke up over hear so I guess I'll check things out

 

[diwa]

AM currently in a dilemma with regards to my character's experience at camp. Can this be her first year there on the assumption that she was invited to become the magical instructor/tutor because maybe the previous instructor had business to tend to? Or does she have to have been there multiple times as a participant before being offered that role ?

hello!

Yes, this can be her first year in the camp but we decided that all teachers and instructors are going to be NPC so if you want, your elf can be some sort of a student teacher... like an assistant to the instructor. You can definitely add that the previous student assistant went back to Alfheim for personal reasons [totally up to you].

 

[Lekiel]

Actually, student-teacher/assistant instructor kind of role is perfect! Thanks

 

[deer]

Galaxy Bear , Lekiel ; hi lovelies! unfortunately mxlly will no longer be participating in the group roleplay due to life schedules and hecticness. however, her characters will be npced and still exist at camp! there have been a few others who won't be joining us and have left such as Astralworks, Peckinou, and witchery. nevertheless, if they ever decided to come back, they shall be welcomed with open arms! at the same time, there has been a few changes in who has who for demigods, but when the approval list comes up, all will be revealed ! < 33

sidenote:
Lekiel and Chimney Swift ; so I took it upon myself to read more of The Silmarillion by Tolkien, especially about Valar, the Undying Lands, and clarification of those who chose to stay in Middle Earth ( especially Elves wise since in LOTR, the spoke about how the Elves are leaving Middle Earth and the 'sea' calls to them vs. Elves who stayed and the dwarves and humans). Most Elves went to the Undying Lands after the Ring was destroyed because the time of Elves were finished and it the time of Men had come. The reason the Elves left, in my understanding, was the fact that Elves grew at a different rate than the Men. The Elves stayed the same, constantly, being immortal, etc. but Earth kept on changing ( people, land, etc.). The idea of "death" was something they didn't understand. However, they understood "fading" which would happen if some of the Elves continued to stay in Middle Earth. Fading isn't necessary "dying", but rather their spirit, their host will live on eternally in the world as they watched life and civilisation grew and change. The Elves were given an invitation by the Valars to head to the Undying lands to heal, recover, and restore their spirit. The Undying Land is their world. However, the Wood Elves (Legolas , Mirkwood) denied the Valars (archangels) invitation into the Undying Lands ( they may fade in time or leave later ) while some Lotherien Elves have decided to stay in Middle Earth ( after the Ring was destroyed until they want to leave).

The Undying land is a place where the Elven's spirit can rest and recover, a place of healing. Nothing changes there and everything is forever green.

I imagine compared to what Tolkein has written and compared to the lore gms [ diwa , mxlly , deer ] wrote of Alfheim and information about the Elves' relation of humankind and Elvenkin is similar. So, in that reason, it is why Elves can not live in the human realm for long and must recover. It is just not their "time" and place to live.

(( I just wanted to share this little tidbit with the both of you if you knew it or not hehe )).

 

[Lekiel]

Lovely info

So... I've not read silmarillion but I've read the trilogy and hobbit. From what I gather, while the elves do fade, this takes literal centuries. But originally, you mentioned that elves here cannot stay in midgard for years on end. Which one are we going with ?

Asking cause I went with the latter and if we're going with the former I'll have to redo my bio ^-^;

Also, are you implying that Alfheim is 'The Undying Lands' or Andlangr?

 

[deer]

Lekiel ; Alfheim is similar, but not exactly like The Undying Lands. Andlangr is more of a place of resting for where souls can lady so since Elves can fade which takes centuries, I imagine Elven souls would go to Andlangr to lay.
Elves cannot stay in midguard for years on end! They can only visit for a certain amount of time before having to leave again. So, they can't live in Midguard!

-- I love that you used Nimue and Merlin, I found it interesting. Were you inspired by the Arthurian Legends, etc.?

 

[Lekiel]

Lekiel ; Alfheim is similar, but not exactly like The Undying Lands. Andlangr is more of a place of resting for where souls can lady so since Elves can fade which takes centuries, I imagine Elven souls would go to Andlangr to lay.
Elves cannot stay in midguard for years on end! They can only visit for a certain amount of time before having to leave again. So, they can't live in Midguard!

-- I love that you used Nimue and Merlin, I found it interesting. Were you inspired by the Arthurian Legends, etc.?

Oooh okay, that clarifies things up ^^! I'll keep the current bio for now then! Unless other changes are requested

AND yes!! I was toying with names for my elf, and I knew I wanted her to have a fascination with the human world. Then I suddenly remembered about a piece of a story I read that someone posted on a beautiful music composition on youtube, about St. Abbott being so mesmerized with a Fey of a Lake; story piece as following:

"And the brave saint abbot, with the power of self abnegation, on account of the pained soul's redemption, in full levitation, continued his tirade : I run as fast as my poor legs will carry me, towards you, Sancta, adorate mea ! A little patience, stay peaceful, where you are ! It may possibly that, the saint abbot met the fay from the Lake, but what happened there, only God knew ."

Then I was like, HEY! Fey of the Lake!? Then I remembered an old movie about king arthur (only it was centered around Merlin and Nimue, it aired like during the early 2000's I think) and then I thought HEY! And then I read up about Nimue and the wiki said she was said to be the Lady of the Lake (which I didn't remember that to be the case in the movie, the Lake Lady was someone else), but I was like HEY! And then I thought, if Norse gods were real surely there should be some truth to the Arthurian Myths and since they were in the same continent of the world, I was like HEY! So I thought I could safely 'rewrite' the legend without having it clash with any of other people's stories cause it was unlikely someone else would draw a similar narration!

YUP

Edit: But yeah, I realized Nimue and Merlin had a romantic relationship (or a complicated one) on most accounts, and then you said Elves could only love once for all their life. SO I thought, hmm! ima write out the relationship of these two lovelies as purely as possible (cause the arthurian legend was first mentioned in the eleventh century(?) which would make my Nimue 13 ish in elven years (assuming I outright assume scholars could've been historically off by a couple of centuries, and given the way time runs a quite differently in Alfheim). I suppose she could look a lil' older and all but anyway) and leave it up to interpretation

 

[deer]

Lekiel ; hello dearie, so for your abilities, I noticed that there are at least six listed and they come together in 2's. however, the max limit would be 3 powers, so for example, your light, healing, and dispel/protection can be combined together, but there would be some abilities she won't have full control of because she would still be learning those and haven't mastered them yet?

i know she's a student-teacher / assistant, but i still see her as a student as well at camp since she would be working under someone methinks?

i hope this makes sense!

 

[Lekiel]

Lekiel ; hello dearie, so for your abilities, I noticed that there are at least six listed and they come together in 2's. however, the max limit would be 3 powers, so for example, your light, healing, and dispel/protection can be combined together, but there would be some abilities she won't have full control of because she would still be learning those and haven't mastered them yet?

i know she's a student-teacher / assistant, but i still see her as a student as well at camp since she would be working under someone methinks?

i hope this makes sense!

Oh shucks! That's my fault! I got so distracted by the fact that I forgot to detail her 'powers' that I got carried way over the limit! You mean I can restructure them so I combine her two warding spells and the dispel into one, the other light spells into another, and her healing into the final one? (And add limitations to them)

 

[deer]

Oh shucks! That's my fault! I got so distracted by the fact that I forgot to detail her 'powers' that I got carried way over the limit! You mean I can restructure them so I combine her two warding spells and the dispel into one, the other light spells into another, and her healing into the final one? (And add limitations to them)

not a problem at all ! it's a simple fix ! ouiii !! that would work perfectly fine since when i read them they seemed to be under the 'same' umbrellas with warding & dispel cells of light, protection, and healing!

cause the way i see it, it's similar in terms of like say eirawen's ice manipulation, she can shape and form ice, etc. and include that in with snow manipulation, she could potentially cause a blizzard or even glaciers if she gets that control and power ( though she can't do anything of that sort yet ). and etc.

(( i hope that makes sense ))

 

[Lekiel]

not a problem at all ! it's a simple fix ! ouiii !! that would work perfectly fine since when i read them they seemed to be under the 'same' umbrellas with warding & dispel cells of light, protection, and healing!

cause the way i see it, it's similar in terms of like say eirawen's ice manipulation, she can shape and form ice, etc. and include that in with snow manipulation, she could potentially cause a blizzard or even glaciers if she gets that control and power ( though she can't do anything of that sort yet ). and etc.

(( i hope that makes sense ))

It does! I'll work on consolidating them now

 

[deer]

Oooh okay, that clarifies things up ^^! I'll keep the current bio for now then! Unless other changes are requested

AND yes!! I was toying with names for my elf, and I knew I wanted her to have a fascination with the human world. Then I suddenly remembered about a piece of a story I read that someone posted on a beautiful music composition on youtube, about St. Abbott being so mesmerized with a Fey of a Lake; story piece as following:

"And the brave saint abbot, with the power of self abnegation, on account of the pained soul's redemption, in full levitation, continued his tirade : I run as fast as my poor legs will carry me, towards you, Sancta, adorate mea ! A little patience, stay peaceful, where you are ! It may possibly that, the saint abbot met the fay from the Lake, but what happened there, only God knew ."

Then I was like, HEY! Fey of the Lake!? Then I remembered an old movie about king arthur (only it was centered around Merlin and Nimue, it aired like during the early 2000's I think) and then I thought HEY! And then I read up about Nimue and the wiki said she was said to be the Lady of the Lake (which I didn't remember that to be the case in the movie, the Lake Lady was someone else), but I was like HEY! And then I thought, if Norse gods were real surely there should be some truth to the Arthurian Myths and since they were in the same continent of the world, I was like HEY! So I thought I could safely 'rewrite' the legend without having it clash with any of other people's stories cause it was unlikely someone else would draw a similar narration!

YUP

Edit: But yeah, I realized Nimue and Merlin had a romantic relationship (or a complicated one) on most accounts, and then you said Elves could only love once for all their life. SO I thought, hmm! ima write out the relationship of these two lovelies as purely as possible (cause the arthurian legend was first mentioned in the eleventh century(?) which would make my Nimue 13 ish in elven years (assuming I outright assume scholars could've been historically off by a couple of centuries, and given the way time runs a quite differently in Alfheim). I suppose she could look a lil' older and all but anyway) and leave it up to interpretation

it was interesting and a good take on it! it made me sad that she had to go back and forth often because elves can't live in midguard. broke my heart. but i loved how you toyed with it, most definitely !!

if you watch once upon a time, there's an arc about merlin, excalibur, and nimueee !

 

[Lekiel]

it was interesting and a good take on it! it made me sad that she had to go back and forth often because elves can't live in midguard. broke my heart. but i loved how you toyed with it, most definitely !!

if you watch once upon a time, there's an arc about merlin, excalibur, and nimueee !

Yay it broke your heart! I mean, it means my writing succeeded in the sense that it delivered the story decently enough : I definitely do not try to purposely break people's hearts D:

Oh I've never heard of that tv show! Will have a lewk when I have free timeee

 

[Lekiel]

Alrighty! I've rewritten her powers section Lemme know if it's okay now, or there are other changes required ^-^;

 

[ForgottenBlood]

Hii, Nico said there was a spot open for Loki?

 

[deer]

Alrighty! I've rewritten her powers section Lemme know if it's okay now, or there are other changes required ^-^;

everything looks good! my only concern is her protection ability! although she doesn’t use it much, for her safety, perhaps she tries not to give herself ( kinda like a self conscious thing she does ) a certain amount of time using that spell/ward? because i imagine if she’s toying with that ability and doesn’t know truly the limits of it, that can be dangerous in itself? (though i can imagine her testing her limits!) using her life force must be draining and i can only imagine the results of overusing ! maybe when she learned it, her teachers warned her of it or such? or maybe she just found out this spell and it’s going to be noticed by the npc teacher at camp? ((:

and yes ! as a writer you did bring that out swimmingly!

 

[deer]

Hii, Nico said there was a spot open for Loki?

hello there , a spot just opened up for Loki, although the due date has passed! however, plenty of people have been given extensions and you’re welcome to work on your sheet.

if that doesn’t bother you and you’re interested, would you be adverse to making a male demigod?

 

[Lekiel]

Oh you're worried about her safety ^-^; That's nice :3

I mean, I see it as kinda this way. The enchantment magic she was taught does not solely rely on her magical strength, but can be further reinforced with one's heart (indirectly giving out a little of yourself). In Nimue's case, although an outside attacking force clashing with her ward would also injure her, it's likely the ward will break before she suffers anything permanent (she'll probably have nosebleeds or headaches). The more experienced she gets, the stronger the shield becomes, which means more damage needed before it breaks.

However the life threatening bit comes when at the point of the ward being about to break, Nimue stubbornly holds on (strength of will); thereby strengthening the ward at the cost of some of her lifeforce. And if she remains conscious till the end, stubbornly holding on, then yes, death. Also, it is possible for her to give it everything she's got at the point of casting the spell. Killing herself instantly but resulting in a very powerful ward of protection. In both cases, it is a conscious effort on her part.

She may or may not be aware of it, as she's definitely not pushed herself to that point of refusing to allow the ward to break. To make things interesting, I imagine she kinda doesn't really know? Perhaps her instructor has hinted as much long before, but as she's never seen it or felt it happen to her she's still at that stage of well it can't be too bad, can it?

If that all makes sense? haha

 

[deer]

Oh you're worried about her safety ^-^; That's nice :3

I mean, I see it as kinda this way. The enchantment magic she was taught does not solely rely on her magical strength, but can be further reinforced with one's heart (indirectly giving out a little of yourself). In Nimue's case, although an outside attacking force clashing with her ward would also injure her, it's likely the ward will break before she suffers anything permanent (she'll probably have nosebleeds or headaches). The more experienced she gets, the stronger the shield becomes, which means more damage needed before it breaks.

However the life threatening bit comes when at the point of the ward being about to break, Nimue stubbornly holds on (strength of will); thereby strengthening the ward at the cost of some of her lifeforce. And if she remains conscious till the end, stubbornly holding on, then yes, death. Also, it is possible for her to give it everything she's got at the point of casting the spell. Killing herself instantly but resulting in a very powerful ward of protection. In both cases, it is a conscious effort on her part.

She may or may not be aware of it, as she's definitely not pushed herself to that point of refusing to allow the ward to break. To make things interesting, I imagine she kinda doesn't really know? Perhaps her instructor has hinted as much long before, but as she's never seen it or felt it happen to her she's still at that stage of well it can't be too bad, can it?

If that all makes sense? haha

alrighties. oui, it does! it makes sense.

 

[Lekiel]

alrighties. oui, it does! it makes sense.

But I can still change stuff if you have a suggestion !

 

[ForgottenBlood]

I’m fine with coming in late, and yeah I was going to make a male anyway.

 

[deer]

I’m fine with coming in late, and yeah I was going to make a male anyway.

sounds grand ! would you like the discord?

But I can still change stuff if you have a suggestion !

non ! i have none ! thank you for explaining it to me further ! it helped a lot in understanding !

 

[ForgottenBlood]

Yes please ^^ sorry for the late reply

 

[deer]

ACCEPTANCE:​

bonjour, lovelies! it's time for the results! congratulations to the following players and their characters! welcome to camp winterian wyrd, officially!​

? ; duergar - Ansgar Járnsíða , son of Njord
? ; Green Pen - Kaia Forsberg , daughter of Njord

? ; Galaxy Bear - Callista Rosenbaugh , daughter of Freyja
? ; adored - Caelan Rosenbaugh , son of Freyja

? ; Unrlstic - Malia Avidsson , daughter of Skadi
? ; deer - Eirawen Orianthi Adalsteinsdottir , daughter of Skadi

? ; FireMaiden - Olivia Stewart , daughter of Tyr
? ; Yarrow - Sven Tyrson , son of Tyr

? ; beebim - Avery , daughter of Loki

? ; Queen_Liyah - Joy Kingston , daughter of Balder
( Shady Ace's spot when she's finished )

? ; Quinlan63 - Hector Del Real , son of Odin
? ; SRUNewman - Dolan , son of Odin

? ; Chimney Swift - Arvid , Elvenkind
? ; Lekiel - Nimue , Elvenkind ( descendent of the Northern Prince )

? ; Chione - Mikael Siv Alström , son of Thor
? ; Nico - Koda Beaumont , son of Hoth
? ; diwa - Zoe Hammond , daughter of Hel
? ; Safety Hammer - Lee J. Flair , son of Bragi

open demigod slots:
→ freyr, god of sunshine, rain, fertility, and peace[1/2]
→ hoth, blind god of night and darkness [1/2]
→ sif, goddess of wheat, harvest, fertility and family [ 0/2]
→ thor, god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, and also hallowing and fertility. [1/2]

hello lovelies! i know [2] of you are working on your character sheets still, but everything that you have on your character sheet so far looks incredible! once you finish the rest of your sheet, let me know! so far it's an approval! and lastly, i know we just got a new member! welcome welcome! please let me know when you finish your sheet!

? ; ShadyAce - Mia , daughter of Balder
? ; ForgottenBlood - TBD , son of Loki

that being said, congratulations everyone! we will be doing second rounds of acceptance which will include the above names and your secondary characters (giants, elves, dwarves).​

npc characters:
? ; jiu ( daughter of freyr , valkyrie-in-training ) , astireya ( female light elf, healer at camp ) , marli ( dwarven kin ) , and virtag aka lars ( giant ) ; can only be played by mxlly (though she is no longer with us, her character is)
? ; skadi - the norse giantess, goddess of winter and the hunt who is the camp director. her word is law.
? ; dory the whale - a friendly lyngbakr that is the camp's mascot who loves children and only by traveling on dory will you get to camp winterian wyrd. not only the mascot and transportation, but both brynn and dory ( caretaker of camp ) are in charge of sending off letters and receiving mail if campers want to send off any letters to a loved one outside of camp. sometimes they will receive news of the outside world.
? ; skinfaxi and hrimfaxi - horses that will manipulate night and day on the island, especially during the winter months
? ; heimdallr - a guardian god that protects the nine realms
? hermod: when calling upon the name of this god, he will appear and help send messages back and forth from camp and to the outside world. saying "hem-ring" and whispering his name would most likely evoke the god. ( mostly called | summoned by skadi )
? rataskor: a squirrel who helps in sending messages to the outside world where another being will take the letter and mail | send it off ( mostly called | summoned by skadi and sometimes campers to pass messages during camp activities if it calls for secrecy ). rataskor is used for secret messages due to the animal's small size.