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This person truly was peculiar. Then again, Perses was the one with spikes in their eyes. “I have recently made some, in fact. Unfortunately, it is a one man job. With any luck, I’ll find what I’ve been looking for.” Perses, finally coming to himself, began to think. He has likely been causing quite a ruckus recently, but hadn’t spent the time to find out. “Actually,” Perses said to Asylum,” I have a job for you. Could you see if I have made waves in the city yet? And report back on who’s tracking my actions.” Though that was his goal, Perses needed to be cautious. He wanted attention, but not from the wrong people. There were forces in this city that Perses did not want to anger.

Perses sighed. "How?-- you know what? Don't worry about it." Asylum had the reputation of appearing out of nowhere. Perses barely even saw them coming. They smelled distinctly of garlic and salt, and had what appeared to be a small horseshoe in their back pocket. They were strange, but for good reason. As Asylum explained, they were superstitious, and any omen they witness becomes manifest. They were a valuable person to have around, but Perses gave them quite a bit of leeway, as he frankly wanted to deal with Smedry as little as possible. "Well, I'm certain these folk won't be using their money any time soon. I have no use for the coins they possess." Previously, Perses might have checked their pockets. However, with iron, acquiring coins has hardly been an issue. And given that he was about to get quite the windfall, he wouldn't be needing the change. "and if you're lucky, there might even be a...horseshoe or two around this place." Perses came to his senses, the adrenaline dying down. What a mess. "Or...what's left of it, I guess." @Ookla of whimsy

Let me or ene know! I have been temporarily promoted to a character approver (I’m still very happy about that).

Exactly! Something to consider.

Actually, we were just wondering how an investigation into Perses’ actions could be initiated! And frankly, TUBA would be an excellent way to kick that off! Obviously there can be some lone wolves, but many of the characters seem to want some sort of group to be in. Not necessarily a guild, but something where there would be some leading figure. However, depending on how TUBA works nowadays, @Ookla thePresentParticiple’s character might actually be interesting in joining TUBA…

So I’ve heard!

Perses, The Mistwarrens, Pewter Ironworks. The previous night. The heat of the flames. Cries in the distance. The pounding of feet. Soot entering and exiting the lungs. The slow beating of a heart as it is soon to die. The pulses of the undercity, the crunch of small critters as they are crushed underfoot. The stench of blood, slowly oozing out of its soft prison. Perses tapped steelsight. lines shot from his chest, pointing to various objects. He tapped more, with lines wildly bursting all around him. As he pushed, the world became clear to him. Sight, at last. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Perses burned steel, and pushed the ingot further onto the man’s hip. ”where is he hiding it?” The stench of sweat was almost unbearable. The constant thrumming of the man’s heartbeat was becoming irritating. “I-I don’t know where it is! Please believe me!” Perses felt his face muscles stretch into a smile, ignoring the loudness of the man’s plea. “The funny thing about having heightened senses” Perses said, “Is that I’m very good at knowing when someone is lying” Perses flared steel, hearing the satisfying crunch as a bone snapped in the man’s hip. The man’s scream was cut short as Perses cut off his sense of hearing, wincing. He hated when people screamed. As the world began to buzz anew, Perses tuned in to the man whimpering pitifully. “-viver save me, Survivor save me,-“ “The vault! Where is it?” The man stopped, their lifeforce wavering. The man took a defeated breath. “At Coppercloud Inn. At the bottom of the elevator hatch, there is an aluminum trapdoor.” The man took a liquidy cough, with the smell of bile and blood wafting to Perses. “Open that, and the atium beads will be under the false bottom.” Clever. A place no one would look, and surrounded by metal, so a coinshot wouldn’t detect a void in their senses. Perses had what he needed. you are done here. Kill him. Perses obliged, dropping a coin onto the man’s throat. With a simple push, the throat ruptured, with the man’s brief cry being stifled by a soft gurgling. As the lackey’s lifeforce died out, Perses listened. In the smoky air of them cool night, he stood in a comfortable silence. To Coppercloud Inn.

How do you do, fellow Ooklas?

Seems fair to me! I’ll begin a brewing. First though, the Era 7 thread shall be formed. for those with interest in investigating Perses’ ahem…incidents, I’d say it’s safe to say that the most recent event was not his first hit.

So are we thinking to have this be relatively small scale? And should I just start up a thread, and get the ball rolling with Perses chaos? Or should we wait a bit more and brainstorm? I’m open to options, I just don’t want to be twiddling thumbs waiting for something to happen.

Well, I can start with that, to get the ball rolling. Alternatively, some of the characters can happen to be in a building that I’m destroying, which could start off some action.

Another option for an initiating event is to have Perses cause some sort of large scale destruction (like the destruction of a central building with people still inside, or multiple hits on a local gang, causing civilian casualties) that others investigate. The main downside to this is that I’m not sure how many of the characters would be they type to investigate such a disturbance. And frankly, we can have multiple initiating events, if we want to start off small without a huge world altering event.

My only concern is that shardblades are quite the powerful tool. And, as a Windrunner, I feel that it might get out of hand. I am open to trying it out, but it would be a very thin line to cross into the realm of a hair too powerful. Making them a second ideal Windrunner would alleviate that concern, though. It is your call, as it is your character. Other than that, it looks good!

So what you’re telling me is that we have a cook, a scholar, a spy, someone that goes wherever the wind tells them to, a support character, and a power-hungry villain. What plot can we make with that?? I’m open to any suggestions you can throw in here. The Alleyverse is essentially a collaborative creative writing narrative. So be creative! Get them juices flowing. The last plot event was the whole city being forged, for Harmony’s sake! The world is our oyster. Essentially, all we need is a hook. Some sort of exposition. We forge the rising action and actual plot as we go along. We need the scene to be set, a concept to be planted.

Alright! I think it’s safe to say that there’s a good number of approved characters now, so we can start plot scheming. The first thing I’m wondering is this: what does your character want? If nothing interfered with them, what would they be doing in the Alleyverse? My character, Perses, has a fairly clear goal: to be a known power in the Alleyverse. How would he go about that? I don’t really know. He needs contacts, he needs resources, and he needs his name to spread. Perhaps something like a powerful macguffin would push him forward? Something that would give him power and incidentally be something that other people get in his way for. @Stormlightsong, @Edema Rue, @Ravenclawjedi42, and @Ancient Elantrian, what do your characters want? What would they do if they could do anything?

Alright folks, I have been granted temporary approval privileges by the one and only Voidus. I will give y’all some feedback, and if it looks good, I’ll approve ya. Otherwise, I’ll give you feedback and send it back for you to workshop it. So, as long as we can find a way to make him sociable and actually, ya know, interact with people, they look perfectly good to me. My main wondering is this: why are they in the Alleyverse? What caused them to be here? Why do they stay? Additionally, I worry that a quest to be an elantrian would be a hard thing to focus on. However, I think we can find a way to weave it into a narrative. Approved! Alright. From what I understand, this is fairly balanced. However, it is teetering on the edge of overpowered. The only thing keeping this in check is that they are completely new to the Alleyverse, and that they have no clue how to deal with other magic systems. For now, it should be fine. However, make sure to keep an eye on the power level. Approved! This is very close to being approved, though I have a few inquiries: 1) what ideal is he on? That will most certainly affect how strong this character is 2) how did he encounter his spren? What characteristics earned them the honorspren bond? And since you are likely going to be speaking to and interacting with your spren, what is their personality like? 3) the idea of bending the ideals based off of Intent seems very interesting. How do they make that work? And what exactly has been altered? Also, since the oaths were bent, what have their oaths been? This is a very interesting idea, but it needs to be elaborated on for me to approve it. Alright. Overall, the character and personality seems interesting, and certainly workable. However, given that they currently don’t have anything in the way of backstory, I can’t approve it. The goal of the backstory is to 1) explain how they got to the place that they are, and why they became who they are. 2) to help flesh out the character, and make it easier for you to roleplay it. 3) to give a hint of deeper characterization and motivation. It is frankly a vital part of staying invested in a character, and I worry that you won’t be dedicated to roleplaying with your character if they don’t have a backstory. If you are stumped, and this really applies to everyone, send me a dm and I’ll help you out. So from what I understand, this is more volatile chromium. It had the potential to be very powerful, and alternatively, quite dangerous. Given that this is influencing other people’s actions, it would need to be very carefully roleplayed and coordinated with whoever you are roleplaying with. However, I have faith that you can make it work. Be careful, and make sure to play to the superstitions, giving bad luck as well as good luck. Approved! Alright folks. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to not only comment here, but also send me a dm if you feel so inclined. This post will not be permanent, and will only be for assisting the revival. The most important thing to keep in mind for a character is to make sure it is someone that feels three-dimensional, and is someone you feel you can be happy roleplaying, and will not quickly abandon, as that is kind of what caused the Alleyverse die off in the first place. Also, be proactive with communicating with those you plan on roleplaying with. If someone needs to step out due to more important things than roleplaying with random internet strangers, try to be flexible in the plot. I’ll try to help the best I can, but when it comes down to it, that will be a shared responsibility we all have. Best of luck, and let the fun begin!

Doesn’t look like you’re approved as of yet ;(.

Well, there’s enough characters in the character thread, they just haven’t all been approved. If one or two more get approved, I think we can get to business in scheming. Right now though, we have what? 3 approved characters? I don’t think that’s really enough for scheming up an actual plot.

@Voidus, @MacThorstenson or @ZincAboutIt, are any of these yet to be approved characters approvable?

My main concern with F-pewter is that it’s only useful for physical tasks. F-Iron helps with physical tasks and assists with other tasks, leaving it good at more things than F-pewter.

Eh, you might be right. We’ll see what others point out.

I mean, F-steel’s third place. Do you want it to be higher than that?