Amanuensis

When I said day I meant cycle. Items cannot be traded/given away by non-Julii. There may or may not be at least one of those three things in this game.

If someone fails to post once every day they will lose 5 Merit, but otherwise there is an inactivity filter. If you inform me ahead of time that you won't be able to manage that much due to real life circumstances, I will not punish you.

I should have announced this before I went to sleep. Normally I will keep answers to questions people ask me in PMs private, but this one is important enough to address for everyone. Who creates the PMs: us, or you? You do. You can create them without my consent. If you attempt to create more than you can afford, however, there will be punishment...

Chapter 1 will close on Wednesday, October 12th at 8PM EST! Chapter 2 will begin two hours later! Chapter 1: A Day to Remember Several hours before the break of dawn, the great Aerie of Agea, palace and fortress for the ArchGovernor of Mars, was alive with motion. LowColors swarmed its endless corridors as if they were ants, eager to make the lancers of House Bellona return a celebration that no Gold could ever forget. While Browns swept through the halls with dustBusters to ensure every ledge and surface was devoid of imperfections, Pinks were lifted onto the shoulders of titanic Obsidians to hang grand depictions of battles, both ancient and modern, where everyone could see them on the ballroom's walls. In the kitchens, Violet cooks prepared enough food to feed a large village for a week, while Oranges trimmed away at the ArchGovernor's immense garden's displays of fauna so that not a single leaf or branch or petal was out of place. Only Pliny knew how much this grand celebration would cost, and yet credits were the last thing on his mind. Although he was the one who first suggested that Tiberius recall his lancers from their missions across the system, he never intended for them to be welcomed like this. If he didn't know any better, he would think the ArchGovernor had no idea about the war he was fighting with the Reds. Surely there were better things to do with his time than get drunk off scotch, like discuss strategies with his warlords on how to annihilate the Sons of Ares once and for all. Approaching Tiberius, who now looks over the ledge of his chamber balcony, Pliny glimpses the first light of day pierce the horizon. "And so it begins," the ArchGovernor mutters to himself, his voice monotone from a practiced hollowing of emotion. With a heavy sigh, Tiberius spins away from the ledge, just seconds before the first curve of the sun inches in the sky, and storms past his Chief Politico as if he weren't even there, the sheer force of his presence enough to make the smaller man step back with fright. It's then Tiberius grabs a decanter of his Lagavulin, this bottle at least 600 years old, from a table in the center of the room. With a casual twist of his mighty hand, he breaks the lid and takes a large swig, sloshing his tongue and relishing in the sensation of alcohol stinging his taste buds. After an exaggerated swallow he looks over his shoulder at Pliny and to his surprise, dares to wink. "Want some?" he smiles. "No thanks." Tiberius is, of course, the first Gold to reach the Gardens. It's hard for Pliny to judge how long it would take for all his lancers to gather here. Disciplined as they were, this was an informal celebration, one with no real history or meaning, which allowed them plenty of leeway for when they had to arrive. Pliny knew better to assume that Tiberius hadn't scheduled the day's events on purpose. It was a test of their allegiance, to see who cared more about renewing their vows to their lord than getting a few extra hours of sleep. At the foot of his High Chair, a massive seat carved from an ancient stalagmite, flanked by a crescent-shaped wall of redwoods with a lush canopy that flourished with the symphony of tropical birds, Pliny stood, resisting the urge to lean against it despite the burn in the soles of his feet. When the first lancer arrived, and every lancer thereafter, they would be expected to climb those precarious steps to have a private word with the ArchGovernor. He would then ask them to kneel and swear their vows to him once more, putting themselves at his mercy as, without effort, he could easily kick them in the chest and send them tumbling down the stairs or, if they were especially unlucky, over the edge entirely. And so he waited, occasionally humming a melody that harmonized with the bird's, hoping that Tiberius' lancers would not take too long. He had missed breakfast, after all, and his stomach was already beginning to grumble. Only when the last one descended those steps would the true festivities be allowed to begin. I won't bother going into details about the Aerie - just imagine a combination of Kredik Shaw and Elantris, with the former's massive domes and spires and the seconds mystical glow, and you'll be able to picture the fortress pretty easily. Feel free to kick things off saying your vows to Tiberius again, but know that it isn't required; it will be assumed that everyone did by the time they begin socializing in the gardens or dancing in the ballroom. For those who are unaware, Golds have a bit of an obsession with Greco-Roman culture. So, if you're having trouble imagining what sort of things they'd wear to an event like this, or what kind of music they'd be listening to, do some searching there. Ultimately they're your characters, however, so it's up to you whatever you want to wear. Note that there will be no duel today, so do not bother accusing one another just yet. This turn is primarily meant to kick of the RP, but feel free to discuss tactics. Also, a note on Rath's. If a Rath changes sides, they cannot be protected by a Telemanus, and their win con changes so that they must be on the winning team AND survive. Also, I'll give everyone on both team's a friendly reminder about exercising caution in revealing information. For all you know, there might be a serial killer out there who can only win if a specific House is annihilated... soo, have fun. Additionally, you are free to send PMs now, but each one you create will cost 1 Merit, so use them wisely. Dramatis Personae Darkness Ascendant as Brown-Piercing Daniyah as Danii Doctor12 as Spartacus Assassin in Burgundy as The Jackal Magestar as Lucius Wonko the Sane as Sanis Jondesu as Quintus AliasSheep as Nirgal I_am_a_Stick as Stick livinglegend as Rylos Bugsy6912 as Sevro The_Lady_of_Chaos as Tenebrum Elenion as Khazad The Young Bard as Gregor TheMightyLopen as Priam Burnt Spaghetti as Tia Arraenae as Nyanah Elbereth as Lumina Straw as Morsde jefrywlfersn as Jefry

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Technically neither side is good, and neither side is bad. They're both just working for selfish, arrogant Golds

@The Young Bard, mind placing a preemptive vote on Wilson? I want to help you get that goal of leading the lynch on an evil, and depending on Clanky's answer she might be the source of the "ominous chittering" since we already know she has a Lifeless Squirrel.

Hm, I suppose I've heard the noise squirrel's make being described as chittering before. Good thought. It fits my theory that there's a Returned on GoH. Denth makes the most sense, but I don't feel comfortable taking only one player's word for his existence. @Clanky, did your flavor text or goals / abilities imply that Denth or Yesteel were in the game?

Perhaps. The two events occurring don't necessarily have to be happening on Roshar, though. That paragraph does begin with "Elsewhere," after all. I'm more so trying to think of a character related to chittering. Suppose Eshonai could fit

Any ideas what this could mean, people? "Ominous chittering" doesn't sound very friendly to me.

Was RR just loaned to someone already, or did they just straight up not have it?

I'll save the reveal for then, then. If he's Independent I'll reveal it. If I say nothing, then assume he isn't. @Burnt Spaghetti, just out of curiosity, how did you come to the same conclusion as me about Dani being the one who attacked Elantris?

I'm tempted to just reveal it, since I can technically give away one role I learn without failing my third goal (not that I really care about failing or not at this point, but like I said earlier, I don't want to fight against the GM's intent). I would recommend that Bard not bother though. And that if Bard wants to get his win con for scanning someone from every alignment, we really need to kill an Independent soon.

Yeah. I found out his role before death via Tin. Makes sense considering his character was a native Scadrian. Anywho, I'm going to go back to reading.

Thought so. It made no sense for Rae to reveal like she did unless her team was doomed, and she definitely wouldn't have done it if she knew there was someone in that PM on GoH. So it was either Joe kept it a secret that he could spy on her (which I doubt wouldn't have been mentioned in the flavor text for her role) or that before Joe welcomed her into the doc he had people remove traces of their presence there to keep an eye on her / so that she couldn't reveal anything. So I reckon that Rae figured Joe was doomed, and if she outed Bugsy then got converted she would be able to win with us, not anticipating the fact that iohn was afk and just got replaced. That makes a lot more sense to me. For the record Wonko, I don't believe she's the last one, but I am less certain about it as I was for Bugsy, enough that I would advise refraining from lynching her now, since you've still got Spiking to do (by the way did you get one from Straw?). If there is a GoH on Roshar this turn I am pretty confident that I will find them by this time tomorrow, so it'll be nice to have that piece of mind. To be completely honestly, I have no desire to win this game. I am perfectly content letting the Indepedents race against one another. I'm having enough fun as it is figuring out who is evil and who isn't.

To be honest, I head-canoned that you were the one who leaked Rae's betrayal to Joe and got her killed. Nothing about their early game actions as a team really made any sense unless one of their members was inactive, and given the one that was replaced was iohn... just seemed to me like it was you. Was that what happened? Or could Joe really hear everything that Rae was saying?

Cursed mobile quoting. I was trying to post "Heh. I saw that coming. 20 hours ago I pinned Dani as the one responsible in the Roshar PM and have been asking people if anyone wanted to lynch her (no one did)."

Does anyone else know if they might be effected by Hurricane Matthew? Considering the nature of this game, I am willing to extend the duration of the sign ups to make sure no one misses out because of inclement weather.

I was considering making it redeemable, yes... I will say that pregame RP will count for Chapter One... so basically if you earn merit here and now, you won't gain it until Chapter Two starts, however it will be counted among your 20 potential points for Chapter One

Happy to hear it the Red Rising trilogy is a great experience. Always am glad to see new people trek their way through it

Yeah... in regards to this particular game, most of what it relevant you will learn in the second book, Golden Son. On the note of plot points being predictable, we just talked about this on our SE Discord chat recently; the first books got a good number of obvious ones, but the second throws a decent number of "wrenches" into the mix.

Actually, I've interpreted it that the cosmic being that is Calamity belongs to the same species of Adonalsium, and that the Shards are humans in the reality Adonalsium visited who killed him and took his power for themselves. This allows both series to be canon while keeping the Reckonersverse and Cosmere separate (technically). But very good work, Romegypt! I enjoyed the story (my favorite part was the references tbh, I always love things like that). Have an upvote.

Oooh, what do you think of the book so far?