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SAIL WITH ME: FEBRUARY 2026

An abbreviated version of our CR Workship! Same concept, just a lot smaller. If you have multiple characters, make an individual toplevel for yourself with your player info and comment to it with each character separately.

To help coordinate specific plots for players, we have a few designated toplevels that can be used to highlight particular plots, scenarios, etc. These can be useful for players who may not want to write a full comment but have ideas. Players who do write full CR comments can still use these toplevels and link their comment if you have your ideas in there instead.

• Crew Recruitment. Players can make OOC ad posts for others to join, looking to join, or make a crew. This is all for OOC coordination, so you'll have to figure out how it works ICly.
  
• Event Plotting. If there is something specific that you'd like to do or there is a prompt that you're interested in that may require more coordination, this is the place to try and hash it out! This is not for general plotting, such as "I will be doing A, B, and C;" please save those for general meme comments! Here is recap of the event notes from the Captain's Log for easy reference. This month we have our Ya Relaeh event that doubles as our TDM.
  
  
  Current Event Notes Recap:

  
  
  • Desert oasis resort town with healing waters
    
  • Coliseum duels
    
  • Desert adventure and exploration to find cool lore things, relics, places, people, things
    
  • Who is Relaeh
  
  
• Side Plotting. This is for any personal plots or MANTA Board quests that require more coordination, perhaps to bring about a resolution or make an important discovery of some kind. Like with the Event toplevel, this is NOT for generic plotting that would fit a general meme comment.

PLAYER INFO

Player:
Contact: Preferred means of contact

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Character
Canon: Include canon point
Armada: Paladin or Corsair

About: Briefly talk about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits—whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them! You can include a link to any character profile sheets or entries you might have, too.

PLANS

General: Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term or long term.
MANTA Board: Any plans for the MANTA Board?
Event: Any plans for the event? Topleveling? Tagging out? Specific prompts that caught your interest?

Etc.: Anything else or, you know, the usual memes. NOTE: we have an image code for players to use as it will fix the width of the image to 400px. This is so large images don't take up entire pages. If your image is smaller than that you can remove the code, otherwise please use the code.

IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CHARACTERS, create your own toplevel and comment with each character separately to it. Include your name in the subject line. Although not specifically included, you are more than welcome to write up a greeting message along with the form! SUBJECT LINE: CHARACTER | CANON | ARMADA <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">PLAYER INFO</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>Player:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Preferred means of contact </div> <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">CHARACTER INFO</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>Character:</b> Character <b>Canon:</b> Include canon point <b>Armada:</b> Paladin or Corsair <b>About:</b> Briefly talk about the character. Can include background info or just stick with personality traits, whatever will be most useful to help other players learn about them! You can include a link to any character profile sheets or entries you might have, too. </div> <font style="font-family: arial black, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; color: #8e492f; border-bottom: 2px solid #827662;">PLANS</font> <div style="padding: 0 0.75rem; border-left: 5px solid #c2bb87;"><b>General:</b> Any ideas or plans you'd like to do with your character? This could be short term or long term. <b>MANTA Board:</b> Any plans for the MANTA Board? DELETE IF NOT USING <b>Event:</b> Any plans for the event? Topleveling? Tagging out? Specific prompts that caught your interest? <b>Etc.:</b> Anything else or, you know, the usual memes. IF POSTING AN IMAGE OR GIF, USE THE FOLLOWING CODE. We want all images to be MAX 400px in width or it's going to screw up the page. <img src="IMGURL" width="400"> </div>

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CREW RECRUITMENT AD

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Looking to recruit or join a crew? Then comment here! Include in the subject line where you are Recruiting or Looking for a crew, and fill out the following form:

FOR RECRUITING:
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character(s):</b> All characters in the crew so far <b>Crew:</b> Name of crew <b>About:</b> What y'all do <b>Pitch:</b> If you have any requirements or looking for certain character types, be sure to note it here!

LOOKING TO JOIN:
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Looking For:</b> What kind of crew are you looking for? Alternatively, what kind of crew would you like to see established? Maybe others might also be interested and could form one!

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARTS

[emet_sulk]

Player: Chips
Character(s):
- Emet-Selch (emet_sulk) [Captain]
- Professor Turo (fractales)
- Ryotaro Dojima (detectiveforheirophant)
- Hythlodaeus (weenwoon)
- Erichthonios (beshackled)
- Shadow (wherethereislight) [Mercenary]

Crew: Raiders of the Lost Arts
About:
Magic, Science, and all-the-ways-they-mix Research Team!

There are a lot of forgotten relics, forsaken lands, and forbidden arts lost to the waves and time. The Raiders of the Lost Arts are dedicated to finding, researching, and potentially utilising whatever they can find. Legal methods of acquiring information and research materials may or may not be followed.

Pitch: Interested characters merely need to have a desire for adventure and learning new things! There is no judgement here.

RECRUITING: HAND AND HEARTH

[multidisciplinary]

Player: Jen
Character(s):

Crew list:

Captain Zelda | multidisciplinary
Second in Command Garrus Vakarian | thearchangel
Darin Altway | forgeabettertomorrow
Tony Tony Chopper | reindered
Riju | crack_shots

Crew: Hand and Hearth, a Paladin-chartered mixed crew.

About: A humanitarian relief organization dedicated to providing aid, particularly healing and medical care, to people in need. (Think along the same lines as the Red Cross.) They operate a hospital ship called the Seventh Heroine and sail anywhere that people need aid, even into the middle of an active crisis. Despite being chartered with the Paladins, they try to remain as politically neutral as possible.

Pitch: If you're an altruistic soul who really wants to help people, you might get along well in a crew run by an idealistic princess.

- The crew's main focus is running a hospital ship and acting as first responders in times of crisis. Relevant skills, particularly healing/medical skill/first aid care, are a plus, but characters with other skills won't be turned away!

- Zelda treats her crew like a place of employment, so crew members earn wages (except for Darin; he gets paid in other ways). But it's a non-profit, so don't expect great pay.

If you'd like to join the crew, just comment here! ICly, potential crew members either need CR with Zelda or a recommendation from a current crew member.... but if you have neither of those, just comment here and we can figure it out!

(There's also temporary contracts for characters who want to help Hand and Hearth's mission but don't want to leave their current crew. There's a form for those on the crew page.)

EVENT PLOTTING

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Have some big stuff you want to plot for the event? Toss them here! Note: general plotting and plans such as "I will be doing A, B, and C" should be kept to full CR comments.

SIDE PLOTTING

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For specific plotting or other discoveries made through the MANTA Board or elsewhere not event related. Note: general plotting and plans such as "I will be doing A, B, and C" should be kept to full CR comments.

VG

[icefangrush]

PLAYER INFO

Player: VG
Contact: Discord: demidemonLove

Wriothesley | Genshin Impact | Corsair

[icefangrush]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Wriothesley
Canon: Patch 6.2, Post-Luna III
Armada: Corsair

About: Administrator (or Warden) of the Fortress of Meropide. Even though he's technically a prison warden, he's normally easy-going and gets along with people, inviting them to take a moment and share some tea with him. He has some history, some scars that go with that history mentally and physically, but he doesn't find it all that necessary to talk about. As long as everyone's getting along, there's no problem.

As for any Abilities, Wriothesley is a Cryo/Ice Magic User and tends to combine it into his physical attacks. He's a (mostly) self-taught boxer and has also made mechanical gauntlets to further increase his strength and (kind of) protect his hands.

PLANS

General: Throw him into investigating the world. I signed him up to possibly help with Nilatast on the City/Tech side next month, but as for now... he's somehow gotten employed at Alhaitham and Kaveh's Cafe so he'll be there bartending/barista-ing. Right now, thinking about an open log for him on Wednesday (since it's my next day off) to cover all his shenanigans.
MANTA Board: He will be heavily participating in A Skull Full of Ice (since I didn't post him participating in last month's Bonfires) both assisting in reinforcement and helping heat up Nogard. Maybe helping with Dragon's Gale, but like... Nogard is his focus.

EDIT: FORGOT! He'll wanna follow up with Haunted Paws, but the shadows might be latching to him. If a potion needs to be taken again, he'll do it this time around.
Event: Oh yeah, I'll top level him for the event. He's curious... also, there's a Coliseum. C'mooon, he's always up for a fun fight.

Etc.:

Oswald | Odin Sphere Leifthrasir | Corsair

[ashadowofhope]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Oswald
Canon: Armageddon - Post-Chapter 2 Fight
Armada: Corsair

About: The 'Shadow Knight' once loyal to the Vanir turned basically mercenary, Oswald's known as being a ruthless killer that has brought many Aesir (and others) to their deaths. Though quiet, he's often thinking to himself or acting on his own, most often in defiance of Death attempting to claim his soul since he was blood contracted to the Netherworld. And when he is not killing things, he's keeps to himself unless prompted.. or unless it's someone he knows/needs to engage in conversation. He's getting better about socializing. Holding back in combat... we'll get back to folks on that one.

As for Abilities, Oswald uses Dark Magic in similar vein to his own magic back home. A lot of it is about offensive and enhancing his attacks. Oh, and his sword weakens anyone who tries to hold it that isn't Oswald and eats souls, but only for a limited time here on that latter note. Think of it as... giving Oswald another temporary boost before they must be released.

PLANS

General: No real ideas for him this month. He's still kind of a freelancing doing whatever he feels like... but he might have fun with emojis on the shellphone. It's his best way of being expressive.
MANTA Board: Year of the Honse? because he's going to murder the hell out of that thing. He doesn't understand why anyone wanted to bother leaving it alive. And hell, he might as well go after the Giant Moth too. Maybe he'll help Nogard, but dragons and him have had... a sketchy relationship (he killed two in his world and all, and honestly would've murdered the other two if not for plot reasons).
Event: Might tag around for the event, maaaybe do a top level depending. Again, he's someone more interested in the Coliseum than investigating, but he could be pulled along to help.

Etc.:

stella | neve gallus + keyleth

[coldjustice]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Stella
Contact: feel free to add me / pp me at sixflights or by journal pm. if you're in the game discord, you can also ping me in there if you need me.

neve gallus | dragon age: the veilguard | paladin

[coldjustice]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Neve Gallus
Canon: Dragon Age: the Veilguard > Tearstone Island
Armada: Paladin

About: neve is a cynical private investigator with trust issues the size of the known world and a heart of gold buried within. she's known to work herself into the ground, fights for the lower class, and won't stop until the job is done, whatever it is. she doesn't trust easily — she's a mage from a place where the old-bloods are trying to literally breed the perfect mage and she learned from an early age to be wary of those who only want her to help their own social standing — but once she does, she's a steadfast friend for life. she responds well to kindness, cynicism, jokes, teasing, and genuine charm.

info post, which is in the process of being redone...

things of note: her prosthetic leg is always open to be noticed. It works bends like a normal leg, but does make some interesting thumping noises when she walks on different surfaces.

PLANS

General: More connections, people to poke her into opening up, people to listen to the woes of her homeland and world state, people to get close enough for her to start slowly opening up about what just happened to her and what that could mean. People to challenge her, people she can challenge in a competent, intelligent woman way. People who will tell her to get some damned sleep and eat more than just fried fish and coffee.

What I would really love is someone (or a couple someones) to slowly build up that trust with her, the assertion that they'll have her back when she needs it and the proof to back it up; I may be looking at plots where she would feasibly call for back-up or get into trouble and need a hand, so people who want to really strengthen their bonds with Neve and possibly get to a point where she'll start talking (like really talking, deep thoughts and emotional conversations), I am here for it. She's started digging at some of them, but I'd love more.

I am also going to have her talk to Cid (finally) to get a second prosthetic in the works because having one in a place like this feels like a lack of good insurance.

MANTA Board: I'm interested in The Great Book Heist for her, to help get some of those books back. It's a mystery, a trail she can follow, but also people are being hurt and stolen from and she's not going to stand for it.

Might also be interested in Dragon's Gale because, like Keyleth, she has a lot of dragon-related baggage. I don't know if she will willingly help them at this point, but the way she'll be watching them and keeping her distance could also help open the doors to some good CR and a long hefty talk about why she dislikes dragons. Good for previous CR to dive into the depths, but could also be useful for new CR to start poking at her. I would love for some non-canonmate CR to finally pry out the details of the magic that got locked away and poking at dragons/what happened to Minrathous is the start of that.


Etc.:

keyleth | critical role | corsair

[sunbursted]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Keyleth
Canon: Critical Role, Sx47 Dalen's Closet - she is ONLY C1 compliant, not tlovm!
Armada: Corsair

About: PLEASE take a look at her info and permissions and note any triggers you'd like to avoid. She does have a few very important ones! The big one doesn't often come up, but as it is extremely important to Keyleth's growth in the series, there's always a chance it could.

Keyleth comes from the DnD YT/Twitch series called Critical Role, done by lovely voice actors such as Matt Mercer, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey, etc. Keyleth's voice/player is Marisha Ray and as a note, since I have not seen TLOVM in any capacity, Keyleth is only compliant with the main campaign series. She comes in after the special Dalen's Closet, which is a year after the close of campaign one.

Keyleth is a long-lived archdruid who makes friends easily, but has a hard time letting herself latch onto them properly, because she knows she'll outlive them all one day. She has a strong moral code and a large sense of guilt, even for things that aren't her fault. She can also shapeshift! Mostly into animals, you'll see her white saber-toothed tiger form often, but she can also turn into all four elementals (air, earth, water, fire), as well as dragons. That's definitely not going to be important later-

She is extremely good at nature-based magic, including revitalizing patches of soil and ground to make it fertile for growing things, and can also heal. Her spell list is here.

PLANS

General: Right now, settling her in, getting her some friends, more people who like animals and might want a... sort of animal friend, accidentally or on purpose. I think her big character arc is going to be settling her into leadership and getting her to think before she leaps a little. So, people around her to help ground her when her anxiety gets the better of her (like when she has to talk in front of crowds and the like) or tell her maybe think about the damage her spells can do before she just uses them. Anything that will nudge her towards those two goals would be great.

I'll have an open post up for her to meet the Seventh Heaven crew and Tifa has told her about Aerith's garden, so she'll have started tending to that and making it bloom again. Anyone on the crew who needs or wants something planted/tended, consider it done! She can also help outside of the crew, if there are a few patches of farmland or something that someone needs revitalized once or twice, or advice on how to tend gardens of all kinds.

She also makes healing potions in canon for the team, so I will probably start gently getting her working on a stash of those. Might turn it into a shop idea later on.

MANTA Board: So A Skull Full of Ice was absolutely MADE for this girl. She will do a little bit of helping out with fixing things, but the majority of her time will be spent trying to warm up the leviathan itself. She has a bunch of fire magic, but she also can turn into a fire elemental, so she will be spending a sizeable chunk of every day until the leviathan warms up as a fire elemental, helping to start those bonfires and keep them burning. Anybody want to help? Or marvel at this large plume of fire that seems to understand spoken language?

I will also be looking more into Dragon's Gale, if for no other reason than the fact that she has a history with dragons (some colors are good and some are evil in DnD) and she'll be trying to figure out if there's the same color > alignment pattern here. And maybe she'll even turn into a dragon herself to help out. That'll go well, right... People to help her help the dragons would be lovely! Or just... stare at the fact that some random girl just turned into a dragon...


Etc.:

Roxas | Kingdom Hearts | Paladin

[seasaltkeys]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Megan
Contact: urbaninja or PM

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Roxas
Canon: Kingdom Hearts; Post KH3
Armada: Paladin

About: Roxas is the Nobody of Sora, protagonist of Kingdom Hearts. He is essentially the shell left behind when someone looses their Heart and becomes a Heartless. Though, thanks to the shenanigans of the series that require a powerpoint or a youtube essay to explain, he is able to exist as his own person, and is at a point where he's doing that. He probably has a Heart now, but his own relationship to it dubious at best. He doesn't think too much about it. He probably should.

Personality-wise, Roxas is basically Sora on Mute. He's a little quieter, a little more thoughtful but no less loyal to his friends and determined to help or stand up against people who would try to cast the Worlds into Darkness. He probably comes off as too serious to start but it's easy to break through that veneer

PLANS

General: So Roxas spent a lot of last month fighting a Giant Moth and then looking for a little moogle. He's a little bit adrift as some cast drops kind of derailed some of the goals I had for him and I'm still re-calibrating that. January sure is a Month.

But I'm hoping to send Roxas off to the coliseum for some fun. I'd definitely like for him to get in on some fights, some of the healing springs and Desert Adventures! It would definitely be fun to have him search some temples, set off some traps, maybe do the whole Indiana Jones thing?

I'm sure he could also be tempted over to Ocard for Dragonsgale as well. There is something about flying on a Dragon's Back that is really fun.

MANTA Board: Open to everything, but looking at the Book Heist!

Event: Roxas will probably have a top level, and it'll focus on the things I mentioned above. I'd love to have him explore an old settlement!

Etc.: <3

[stillarhino]

Any chance Beat can help out in place of the cast drops? He and Link did ride on a dragon's back in Song and he'd absolutely be down for a repeat.

LAENA

[ramuhs]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Laena
Contact: laenavesse; Discord

Cidolfus Telamon | Final Fantasy XVI | Corsair

[ramuhs]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Cidolfus Telamon
Canon: Final Fantasy XVI, post-A Crystal's Curse
Armada: Corsair

About: Leads a group of outlaws working to change the world's current system in treating magic users, making a name for himself as an outlaw in doing so. The Dominant of Ramuh, he's capable of using and turning into the Eikon Ramuh himself and wields lightning as his main element. Goodnatured, friendly, classic rogue, with enough wit and Dad jokes to help lighten any heavy situation. With his experience and endless worldly wisdom, he's the perfect mentor for any young lad who is going through a self-identity crisis and angst. Oh that's just Clive—but he can be a mentor or father figure for anyone who needs it, too. He is also a brilliant inventor and bit of an engineer. There will definitely be spoilers since he'll be after a certain canon point. I usually try not to reference canon events with non-castmates, but I'll be sure to mark them just in case. Between castmates, well, read those threads at your own risk— Spoilers, spoilers everywhere. For more info, he has a profile sheet here.

He runs The Hideaway crew, with info available here! Recruitment is always open, just need to interact with any member ICly.

PLANS

General: Don't have too much planned, so open to anything, really! Cid will be part of the Sarht group, and he is also helping Benedikta with her side of dealing with the rifts (and trying to keep things from going to far and putting out fires—). Next month he'll be with the Nilatast tech group. Other than that, not much planned this month so if anyone wants to poke Cid for anything and the event isn't a god spot, he should be pretty open!

MANTA Board: Some things that he could be interested iiiin—

• The X-Folders. Well this looks weird and interesting—
  
• Sedimental Value. Always interested in strange materials...and could maybe try studying it for his own needs.
  
• A Skull Full of Ice. Cid's public workshop is in Nogard so he would also be affected by the poor freezing Leviathan. Maybe he'll try to create some system to help quickly spread those bonfires or something idk

Event: Although Cid will be doing the expedition, I still plan to have him around to do some more of the adventure/exploration stuff. MAYBE I'LL TOPLEVEL but with the other in the wings I'll have to see hhhahdf

Mart

[musicien]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Mart
Contact: riyuji on discord and game server, DMs. I don't use plurk much, so you'll have to ping me (riyuji), otherwise Discord is best.

verso | clair obscur: expedition 33 | corsair

[musicien]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Verso
Canon: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, beginning of Act 3.
Armada: Corsair

About: Because I believe Expedition 33 is a game best experienced blind, my opt-out can be found here.

Verso is an Expeditioner who has been living separate from the only other living human civilization in his world. Expeditions are sent out to the Continent to deal with the entity called the Paintress, who causes the Gommage, an event that wipes out everyone of the age painted on the monolith.

He is a complicated man with a lot of baggage and many walls up that he's put up throughout his very long life. It will take a lot of work and trust from him to even begin breaking it down, giving him a lot of "I can fix him" potential. He tends to be mysterious and evasive when it comes to himself, but boy is the man charming as hell. He'll get on your good side before you know it and he's far more unserious than he looks.

PLANS

General: Quietly copies my plans from the last month

In the short term, it would be nice if Verso is able to flex his musical prowess on a piano. With the concert coming up, he might become more interested in playing again, but he may need a bit of a push.

In the long term, I'd like Verso to learn to be a bit more trusting of others, to be less guarded and to maybe open up more about himself, without any ulterior motives. This is going to be a long road for him, as he likes to keep things close to his chest and people at arm's length. Maybe have people he can actually call friends. Besides that, he will also become a bit more invested in learning more about Escordvi and how it ticks.

MANTA Board: It would be great if the earthquakes stopped. So Vers would definitely look into helping with the bonfires for A Skull Full of Ice. He doesn't have a way to create fire himself but he can at least help with some of the grunt work there. He can do Haunted Paws, see what it's like dealing with animal ghosts.

He would also be interested in going up against either bounty. While The Giant Moth is interesting, I just want him to be able to comment his disappointment of The Year of the Honse creature not being made out of feet, considering the month before. iykyk

Event: Not sure about top-leveling yet, but he will definitely be interested in Ya Relaeh. Maybe he'll actually take a swim at the oasis or see what treasures there might be. And more lore? Count him in for that.

Etc.:

Zelda | Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Paladin

[multidisciplinary]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Jen
Contact: knighted | Triforce1960 on discord

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Zelda
Canon: Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, in between Memories 8 and 9.
Armada: Paladin

About: Princess of the fantasy kingdom of Hyrule, Zelda grew up under tremendous pressure to awaken her divine powers and save everyone from a prophesied calamity, but she failed and everyone died. She sealed away herself and the calamity for 100 years until a hero could come save her and defeat it. For the next few years, she started rebuilding her kingdom and everything was peaceful. Then when she was investigating something underneath the ruins of the old castle, she got sent back in time to the era of Hyrule's founding.

Generally, Zelda is a bright and friendly young woman who really, really likes science and has a bad habit of trying to sacrifice herself to save her kingdom. She will get all up in your business and make herself your problem whether you want her to or not.

Here in Esco, Zelda is the Captain of the Seventh Heroine and the crew of Hand and Hearth, a humanitarian relief organization in the same vein as the Red Cross. She has been here a little less than 2 years now.

PLANS

General: Right now, Zelda is closely involved in Darin's Beacon Box project, which focuses on researching the rifts and hopefully learning how to navigate them. A bunch of people have volunteered to give up something of personal sentimental value in order to have their own Beacon Box made. Zelda is available to help people at any stage of the project. Data from Beacon Boxes thrown into the rift is transmitted to her Purah Pad for deciphering. Zelda isn't a genius scientist, so she could use some help dealing with all this data.

I'm slowly putting together a long-term plot idea for Zelda that will involve relics that may or may not be from her home world. It's gonna involve technology, research, exploration, and treasure hunting. This is pretty under development right now, but I think I might be able to interweave the start of it with the Ya Releah event.

Also I like the stickers. I want Zelda to use round frog stickers with people.

MANTA Board: I got a really late start on manta threads last month, so I'm not looking to start very many.

I'm particularly interested in Sedimental Value. Since Darin is the quest giver, Zelda will already have some working knowledge about the magnetecorum ore and its emotional conductivity, as well as theories of how to extract it.

I also have interest in the Dragon's Gale and The X-Folders. Both of these are very up Zelda's alley.

Event: No open TL from me, but I'm game to write closed starters. I'll also be tagging out. I'm going to be out of town when the event post goes up, so I'll be playing catch-up when I get back.

I'm most interested in the mystery of this "powerful dragon figure who was capable of great healing and purification," given that description fits the Light Dragon to a T. I'd love to have Zelda make some discoveries like old relics or settlements. I have some vague ideas for a long-term plot for Zelda that I wanna try to tie in here.

Etc.: I very much appreciate everyone who still tags me back even if it takes me like 7 entire weeks to reply ._.

[crystalrepose]

FORG STICKERS

I'd love to have Miriam tag along for the healbot dragon investigating Zelda's doing! Miriam would also appreciate the healing springs; she's Not Talking About It, but, uh, having her abilities yanked out and shoved back in by a kaiju last month kinda hurt a little.

alternatively, this could also be a second chance for Dragon's Gale nonsense, haha

FENRIS | DRAGON AGE | CORSAIR

[magehater928]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Anders
Contact: Discord, or DW Messages

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Fenris
Canon: Dragon Age 2 (mid act 2?)
Armada: Corsair

About: Fenris is a runaway slave from a land in Thedas known as Tevinter. He is a skilled fighter, and can use an ability tied to his Lyrium tattoos to phase through things. Due to the tattoos, touch is painful, and he cannot remember his life before gaining them.

He has trouble trusting others, especially magic users, and has somewhat of a temper. He’s got a good heart and good dry sense of humor when you get to know him.

PLANS

General:

Still wanting to build CR with him and others. He’s warming up to specific people, but I would really like to get him with some more friends who can help him a little more with being a person now that he’s free, an this includes castmates and noncastmates!

MANTA Board:

Honestly the freaky Honse would be fun to participate in finding.

Will also probably do something for Dragon’s Gale. Fenris is geeked about the dragons that won’t want to eat him.

Event:

Definitely will be tagging, but I have some specific things in mind too!

Sit Back And Relax:

I would love to plan something for this. It would be a great chance for him to make some new connections, learn some about the people he’s living with, and just relax?

It would be especially fun to have somebody introduce him to food or drink he’s never had before, or take a swim!

Coliseum:

I plan to write a TL for Coliseum, but would also really like to plot out specific fights. please fight Fenris (he will probably not stick his hands in your guts I promise). If he’s been rude, if you got beef, if HE has beef, this would be a great way to resolve that.

[spitefulcrow]

I don't think they have beef (????) but I also want Lucanis to do some duels in the coliseum and he's interested in seeing what Fenris can do??????

Nico di Angelo | PJO+ | Corsair

[refantasma]

PLAYER INFO

Player:
Contact: DM Journal, discord (izzetboy), or Plurk (knightpunk). Discord is probably the fastest way to get ahold of me, but any of the other options are good.

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Nico di Angelo
Canon: Rick Riordan's Mythverse, after Blood of Olympus and before Hidden Oracle (before he asks Will out).
Armada: Corsair

About: Nico is the demigod son of Hades, lord of the Underworld. He's an accomplished necromancer, has five zombie warriors at his command (he asked them to work for him first), and some more he uses for construction. He's pretty open about the fact he's a necromancer and WILL take offense if someone suggests it's sacrilege, evil, unnatural, ect. (which by all means, feel free to say so to him). Nico also a victim of a time sink. When he was eleven, he and his sister Bianca went to a Vegas hotel in the early 1940s came out of it a month later and found himself in the early 2000s. It's been four years since then. He's also a baby gay and figuring out how to deal with that which goes against his conservative upbringing. He's finally getting to the point where he's comfortable with himself.

He's a bit grouchy, but under that cactus like exterior is a boy who wants to be accepted...

PLANS

General: Just trying to be more active with him! Get more CR with him, branch out more.
MANTA Board: Nico has a hard time reading, being dyslexic, but if anyone thinks a necromancer would be useful for anything, let him know!
Event: No plans atm, will tag out, might top-level.

Etc.:. Let's play a game! The is it this Nico di Angelo or Keith Kogane fanart game!

[stillarhino]

Okay but what if Beat and Nico do the Haunted Paws quest together?

Ant

[forgeabettertomorrow]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Ant
Contact: bitterbearface | Discord: Bitterbearface

Darin Altway | Original Character | Corsair

[forgeabettertomorrow]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Darin Altway
Canon: Original Character
Armada: Corsair

About: Darin is modeled after your classic shounen/JRPG protagonists and hails from a world of magic, monsters, demons, and prophecy. He’s a large, loud, impulsive man with a heart of gold and the desire to do what’s best for everyone. When presented with two choices, he’ll often find some way to make a third one viable. He was born with half the soul of a demonic god of destruction tethered to his own which has granted him incredible strength and resilience. He’s one half of his world’s doomsday prophecy and has been working tirelessly in this world to find some way to avoid that fate from coming to pass. He’s a lot more open about what he is and what he can do, so don’t be afraid to ask!

PLANS

General: Darin is spearheading the Beacon Box Project, an experiment that he hopes will allow for a deeper understanding of the rifts, what created them, and how they work. This is a LONG FORM PLOT that has no real set timeline, but I will be creating an OOC post that details my ideas for the plot as well creating a spreadsheet for people to sign up to present to the mods as a living document. Beyond that, Darin is a hero at heart who wants to help but is sorely lacking in a villain department. He’s been looking for opportunities to prove himself and show that he has what it takes to be a leader after spending two years vehemently denying the idea that he’s even remotely capable. I’m also open to people learning about/sensing the god inside of him and pressing those buttons to see what happens.
MANTA Board: SEDIMENTAL VALUE This is Darin’s quest and he is open for on-site consultations on how to extract this ore. I would love for him to get out there and make some new CR and deepen existing CR.

THE X-FOLDERS Real talk? Darin would try and catch this thing. Not just take photos, actively track and catch it. So if anyone wants a part of that trainwreck, I say we figure out how we want this to go down.

ALPHA OMEGA ESSENCE I want to do this one with the caveat that things need to go horrendously wrong and I am open to suggestions as to how. Cologne that only attracts dragons? Darin getting skunked and becomes unapproachable for week? Perfume works too well and now there’s a race to find an anti-perfume? The dumber the better.
Event: COLOSSEUM It would be great to have someone challenge Darin so he can put some of his newfound skills to the test. I’d love to explore Darin’s powers and the nature of them much more.

WHO IS RALEAH This would catch Darin’s attention more for the lore and stories surrounding this great hero. He’d like to know what he represented to the people of the desert. Learn the history of his deeds. Having someone to wax poetic over the nature of heroes and leaders would be great.

sheila (benedikta, tifa, lightning)

[garudas]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Sheila
Contact: crystaruims, pm, or a ping in the game discord

benedikta harman 🗡️ final fantasy xvi 🗡️ corsair

[garudas]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Benedikta Harman
Canon: Final Fantasy XVI, post Wings of Change
Armada: Corsair

About: Benedikta Harman is a woman who is all about her survival and self-preservation first and foremost. Having climbed out of the depths of a cruel and terrible youth, she ascended to a place of power within the Kingdom of Waloed after being rescued, thanks to her talents in subterfuge and swordplay, as well as being the Dominant of the Eikon Garuda. Now the Head of the Elite Intelligencers, Waloed's spies, she is—or was, in the case of Escordvi—fiercely loyal to her king. However, not everything is as it seems with her.

She is loyal, but to a fault. And although things have changed for her since coming to Escordvi, she can still be the ruthless, cold-hearted, guarded woman that she has grown up to be. Deep down, however, she is merely a woman who has sought love and validation all her life, and a need to be useful, and once found it in all the wrong places. And now, after recent developments and revelations, she has found it and is working on healing those old wounds born from betrayal and loneliness, as well as trying to live a life that she was robbed of in the past.

PLANS

General:

🗡️ She is shifting gears now to the Rifts. After breaking in and trying to sabotage Darin's plans with his Beacon Boxes, she is going to be actively working against him and everyone on that project because she wants to close the rifts completely (this is NOT public knowledge and I ask that any characters who do know keep it to themselves as I have plans with this later). What does that mean?

🗡️ First things first, she will be doing research, gathering intel, and will be going on some expeditions in search of information on the Ancients, starting with the Sarht expedition this month. They may be her own or they may be through the game logs, but that is where she is going to start. She'll also be looking at ways of sowing discord among the populace, both locals and riftfarers, trying to convince them that the rifts are too unstable to be throwing things in and that it is dangerous. She will also be looking to sabotage anyone who is planning to send their own box into the rifts, so if anyone is interested in doing that, please let me know.

🗡️ Just wanted to put this out here for visibility. There will be no sign-up, it will be people handpicked by Benedikta whom she can trust. However, if your character does have interest in taking part in this, only to probably be betrayed later, then please let me know and we can discuss how to facilitate that kind of CR in the future. I'll be putting these details on the player plot page in the near future.

🗡️ Her endgame plan (though she does not know it yet) is working on finding a way to tether oneself to this world and break the tether to her home world, essentially turning herself into a Local rather than a Riftfarer. She does not want to go back! It will be a long term goal, obviously because of game mechanics and such.

🗡️ Benedikta's sanctuary on the Hideaway's island, The Roost. She has been taking in women mostly at the moment who need a safe place to stay or who had been in bad circumstances, but that will likely expand in the future to children should the opportunity arise.

🗡️ Because her FFXVI curse has worsened due to recent events, she will be actively helping Joshua find a cure for it.

MANTA Board: I'd be interested in doing a couple!

🗡️ Dragon's Gale
🗡️ A Skull Full of Ice
🗡️ Year of the Honse???
🗡️ Giant Moth
🗡️ Sedimental Value (no Darin she's not giving you the ore)

Event: She will be around and tagging out. Probably going to be chilling in the oasis when she is not trying to search for the damn Ancient that she thinks lives here.

Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2023) | Paladin

[astudyinviolet]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Avie
Contact: PM this journal, aviekokyre, Discord @ aviekokyre

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Sherlock Holmes
Canon: Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened (2023), post game
Armada: Paladin

About & Abilities

About: Sherlock is a 23 25 year old pretty, pathetic, babygirl Victorian still very much learning how to be a consulting detective. He's more emotional than the average Holmes and. is. trying. his. best. He hasn't gone on any of the cases he's known for yet. His first adventure with John Watson is chasing a Cthulhu cult across the world. Now, he's stuck here despite Cthulhu trauma, getting seasick, and being majorly aquaphobic and thalassophobic

Abilities:
- Normal Victorian era human, pistol marksmanship
- Consulting Detective: but with shaken confidence
- Violin, acting, disguise, sketching
- Weakened mental fortitude (for potential RP shenanigans more than an actual ability Sherlock can consciously use)
- tattoo light magic which manifests itself in him as bringing Concentration Mode to life where others can see it

PLANS

General:
- After all the events and moodiness of January, Sherlock has been Grounded. He'll mostly be in the Surasthana Cafe/his apartment
- Except for the times he Does Crimes (i.e. sneak out)
- This is half a reason for me to keep it lighter this month, so I can work on a zine comic

MANTA Board: Interested in…
- Haunted Paws: need to have encounter with the giant snail part 2
- Sedimental Value: helping with the beacons and also a general interest in rocks and such
- Dragon's Gale: Not saying he needs to suffer secondhand effects of various aphrodisiacs again but also not not saying that

Event:
- sitting this one out

CR Dreams:
- People with who he can learn how to live instead of survive (this babygirl is so adoptable)
- He can be a target to tease or help because as smart as he is, he is naive in other areas
- Hugs and cuddles please ;~;

Etc.:
- Sherlock's backstory has cw's for child abuse, medical malpractice, and mental health topics. I do my best to stick warnings when they've come up, but I have an opt-out post for anyone who wishes to use it.

4th Walling Sherlock is okay.

His canon does it to him already by referencing other adaptations along with ACD canon, Frogwares' other Holmes continuity, and The Sinking City. While in Escordvi, he's learned about the ACD books, met a blond Mycroft from yet another adaptation, and met a girl who could call upon the powers of another Mycroft. He believes his bestie, Shikanoin Heizou, is some alternate like him as well. So if your character knows of Sherlock Holmes, no need to hide the fact, just remember he's baby compared to default ACD Holmes

[icefangrush]

/helps him with Haunted Paws again
/drags him back to the cafe after they're done

Emet-Selch | Final Fantasy XIV | Paladin

[emet_sulk]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Chips
Contact: DM this journal or ch1ps0h0y

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Emet-Selch
Canon: After the events of 5.0 (Shadowbringers) leading into 6.0 (Endwalker)
Armada: Paladin

About:
Emet-Selch, former architect of a myriad of imperial empires and nations, now turned somewhat-adventurer in the world of Escordvi. He's a grumpy old man who finds it hard to say no to a person in earnest need. Currently he spends his days running the Adamantine Forge - a place for aspiring engineers to gather and develop their skills - and captaining his crew, the Raiders of the Lost Arts.

PLANS

General: He will be shaking Hythlodaeus and trying to get the honse OUT of their island whilst also investigating where the hell that new bounty came from. I'll probably post something related to dealing with that when I have time!

Also he and the Ainomiad expedition will be sharing their findings. Please Look Forward To It (TM).

MANTA Board: The Great Book Heist!!! Emet-Selch was probably waiting on a shipment of tomes and is very upset by these developments. Maybe someone would like to join the mage for a spot of thief hunting?

Event: No strong plans just yet, mostly personal plotlines and such. I signed him up for the Niltast expedition in March though.

Etc.: GOLDEN EMET

Faris Scherwiz | Final Fantasy V | Corsair

[moremystyle]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Bryo
Contact: compassinks@plurk.com, PM, and I'm also in the discord (I am a lurker but if you @ me I'll respond)

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Character
Canon: Final Fantasy V (Postgame)
Armada: Corsair

About: Faris is a pirate through-and-through, but after saving the world alongside (among others) a long-lost sister who cares SO much about others it gets rather worrying, he's developed an undeniable altruistic streak. He finds this very inconvenient sometimes but always bends to it. In practice, this means that while Faris is happy to do missions that involve treasure-hunting or foiling the plots of rich bastards (and skimming some cream off the top), he balks at ones that involve hurting the defenseless, and he especially doesn't take on ones that would victimize wildlife or otherwise cause ecological damage.

PLANS

General: Long-term, I would love Faris to captain her own ship--which means gathering some reliable mateys around her. AKA making and deepening the ol' CR. I'd love him to have a solid core of mateys--thanks to his canon friends/family being a bunch of weirdoes, he can get on with most people after a fashion. Or at least tolerate them. Or at least carry on a mission productively while bickering with them.

As a person, Faris is still torn between the fact that she was born a princess to the most stupidly altruistic family in the world and then raised as a selfish pirate for fifteen years. He still hasn't squared that circle, and the fact that he's demonstrably garbage at dealing with his own feelings in useful ways doesn't help. Meeting the different sorts of people from other worlds has opened Faris up to the idea that there might be some entirely different ways of doing things than the somewhat restrictive roles he's known in his life.

Faris isn't super open about herself, but she's not averse to swapping stories, so I'd love to have her doing more of that with people so that she can make some closer friends--doing something adventurous with her is the best quick way to get her interest, and she'll seek people out in calmer moments. So if you've done a Manta or something with Faris, it's a good time to do that! I'd really like to have Faris get into some more everyday interactions.

MANTA Board:

• DRAGONS! Faris is so excited about the dragons coming through town. He will be helping them build nests, brushing their scales, and singing sea shanties to little baby dragons while he gives them baths. If you want to catch Faris in a stupidly sentimental moment this is your best chance.
  
• Faris will also be tackling A Skull Full of Ice. Because he legitimately feels bad that poor Nogard was neglected that month, including by himself, and will be prioritizing making bonfires to cheer up the poor big lad.
  

Event: May or may not be topleveling for the event (depends on how busy I am when it goes up) but Faris will 100% do some fights at the Coliseum. He'll also be curious enough about Relaeh to go looking for information about them, if anyone else is interested in investigating that!

[icefangrush]

I'm just collecting everyone doing A Skull Full of Ice. Gotta have these two helping their big ol' skeleton dragon.

CS

[spectacleofphantasmagoria]

PLAYER INFO

Player: CS
Contact: PM or Discord

[spectacleofphantasmagoria]

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Lyney
Canon: Genshin Impact - Version 4.6 Update (Post Arlecchino Story Quest)
Armada: Corsair

About: A great stage magician from the Court of Fontaine who is quick with a bow and blessed with the gift of gab. Charming, pleasant, always the flatterer, always willing to step into the spotlight and steal the show with a flair for the dramatic. However, beneath his charming exterior is a surprisingly cunning mind and a clever planner, just as at home on a stealth mission as he is on stage. But despite his dramatic tendencies and layered speech, he is a loyal and fierce ally to those he’s deemed a friend.

PLANS

General: Lyney has just recently opened his new theatre! I have an open mingle log for it over here if you're interested. Open to CR old and new!

MANTA Board: No concrete plans, but I am pretty interested in yeeting Lyney at either A Skull Full of Ice or Alpha Omega Essence. However I am open to threading any other quest if you're up for it!

Event: Dragon's Gale is an interesting time for Lyney, so he's definitely going to be around for it! He will be curious enough to try and look into who Relaeh is and just general exploration, but he'll definitely take time to relax and kick back in the resort. Maybe someone could convince him to take part in the tournament too!

Etc.: February is also his and Lynette's birthday month, so come and say happy birthday to them :>

Azul Ashengrotto | Twisted Wonderland | Paladin

[octoblot]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Taku
Contact: wailords

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Azul Ashengrotto
Canon: End of Book 6
Armada: Paladin

About: Azul is a pretty boy based on the Disney Villain Ursula from Little Mermaid. As such, he is a guy that is on the surface friendly and helpful, but in actuality can be rather greedy and more interested in building up wealth and power through his business ventures and magical contracts. He has been trying his best to play nice so that he can build up some rapport and investigate the best avenues that will allow him to return home... for better or worse.

For those unaware, Azul has a business called the Mostro Lounge here: in addition to his usual services of selling potions and spells, this is a place that is a hangout spot to chat with friends, play games, or take part in any performances or entertainment using the stage that's been built in. If you are someone who wants to play music or put on a show or the like for an audience, be sure to let Azul know! We will also accept any interest in getting a job at Azul's business if desired, whether that be helping with the Lounge's upkeep, or assisting in his side hustle of magic and alchemy in some manner... just make sure to read your contract very carefully before you sign anything.

As one might be able to guess, Azul is an octomerman: his true form is that of a mermaid with octopus features. As such, he is able to swim farther/faster, breathe underwater, enhanced grip-strength, and has the use of his tentacles to grab and lift objects. He despises his octomer form due to some severe insecurities regarding his appearance, so he will try to avoid being seen in this state very often if he can help it... except for this very month, because reasons as you'll see soon.

Azul is also an exceptionally skilled mage and alchemist: in addition to a wide variety of magic he can cast, he can also create and craft new spells, items, and potions that anyone may be in need of for nearly any request, no matter how impossible it may seem. However, there are times he may insist on people signing contracts with him using his signature spell "It's A Deal" in order for his magic to be able to accomplish the request being asked of him if it's a difficult request (or rather, if he feels it is difficult enough to require it), details of which can be found here. HOWEVER...

PLANS

General: SO!!!! Azul had a very public meltdown last month and is currently spending this month in recovery due to injuries and how absolutely drained his magic reserves were by the end of it. As a result, he's actually stuck in merform for a little while, thus anyone trying to pay him a visit will have to do while he's laid up in a large tank or tub or something until he's able to make one of his preferred potions for maintaining his human form. There should be a log going up in the next day or two for anyone wanting to drop in to check on him, yell at him for his actions, ask questions for what the fuck any of that was about, etc.

There will also be a network post at some point with a more formal proper apology for his actions, as well as announcing plans to offer rewards to anyone who helped keep him and the Phantom from destroying the place, or compensation for any damages that occurred from his actions. The Mostro Lounge is still open, but Azul himself won't be there until he's able to move around freely again.

Additional fun fact: Azul's birthday is this month on February 24th! Now, whether or not he is in a celebratory mood is debatable but... listen, he can maybe have one nice thing coming that day, right?
Event: Prrrrobably tagging out to people, unless something catches my eye in particular that I can swing with Azul despite his current status? The healing springs for example would absolutely be potentially doable if someone wants to help cart this large merman over there.

Etc.:

[astudyinviolet]

/waits for the log

Miriam | Bloodstained: RotN | Paladin

[crystalrepose]

PLAYER INFO

Player: Blueraven
Contact: blueraven

CHARACTER INFO

Character: Miriam
Canon: Bloodstained: RotN, post-game, before DLC
Armada: Paladin

About: Application!
Miriam's a young woman who's seen and been through some shit, but hasn't lost her kindness or sense of justice. Sure, she might be full of demonic rocks, but she's using that power to do good things. She wants to be helpful and prove that she's still human, let her be helpful!!

Those roses and petals on her aren't tattoos; they're part of a cursed crystal that lets Miriam use said phenomenal demonic power, but will eventually turn her into a crystal statue and kill her, or corrupt her mind and delete her sense of self and free will. Either or. The curse's spread is currently halted, but using her power too much or absorbing too many Shards (fragments of a demon's power) at once could cause it to start advancing again. So Miriam's in a constant balancing act of needing to use her powers to best help others but not so much that she crystalizes. No pressure.

Abilities: For canon ones, she's got all the ridiculously OP abilities of an endgame Castlevania protagonist—which she's usually fairly mindful about using, with such severe consequences for their overuse. She can do so much shit, though.

PLANS

General/Event: Miriam’s a standard Very Helpful Protagonist Character who also isn’t shy about fighting; solving monster or human-caused problems with weapons or magic was her day job before the Rifts. She should be recovering from the overblot event last month, but is going to try carrying on as usual unless stopped. Her birthday is also this month, for potential things to stop her with.

I’m also setting up a long term plot this month. After Azul’s overblot, one of Miriam’s Shards has remained missing; said Shard contains a demon named Gremory who can now manifest independently thanks to a boost from Nilatast’s Abyss.

At the moment this will likely be more background set dressing; Gremory’s currently keeping a low profile so as not to attract Miriam’s attention just yet. Gremory’s quite good at mind control, however, and is also quite interested in the Rifts herself. She’s certainly not above a bit of light plagiarism or aggressive cult recruitment, amongst other things.

If you’re interested in this, let me know! In particular I think this plot would be useful for creating antagonistic NPCs to use in other plots; I’ve personally been struggling a bit with more freeform Manta quests and such without something to aim at, so I’m happy to brainstorm NPCs for others to use too.

MANTA Board:
The Great Book Heist—Given how her canon was upended by the pursuit of One Book In Particular Miriam’s very interested in this. Also she knows too many book friends to not be indignant on their behalf.
Year of the Honse—jesus christ

CR Dreams: Friends, sparring friends, music friends, friends she'll probably leave a care package of cookies for, etc (she's actually decent at cooking, especially when she has instructions more specific than an old lady's abstract nostalgia). Connections good! Miriam's also reasonably good with a piano, and has brought one into the Seventh Heaven bar. It's available for anyone to play if they're interested, not only crewmates. Her fairy familiar might come over if Carabosse likes you. She's a frequent Ring of Returning user and is often all over the place when the ship is docked, and is available for hire as a bodyguard for squishier scholarly types (fee waived for CR, people who are reasonably friendly, or just tell her they can't pay, she mostly just wants to help people). Miriam's usually fairly reserved, but bits of her past are starting to poke out now, particularly after the crystal island broke open her trauma and existential dread. Normal Tuesday things.

Etc.: I’d make another hand honse joke but Miriam’s canon has a monster that is all (hooved) feet instead. I don’t think there’s much wiggle room there.

She does have partial custody of a demon unicorn, though.

[astudyinviolet]

Commenting here to say I'm still interested in helping out with the plot if you need a player character to get mind controlled for a bit