Everything that follows is a subplot based around the characters involved and are structured to reflect/affect the on-goings of the greater site plot beyond the core canons. Each of them are in play to encourage different kinds of plotting between characters, unexpected friendships and alliances, and to give everyone an opportunity to interact in a variety of ways that impact our entire forum.
Again: these are very much similar to the the siteplot threads. They can be built upon, used by the staff for future reference, abandoned, or reworked as long as the rper acknowledges that the staff must have some degree of input and that they can understand that randomization gives everyone an equal chance for involvement. How they are written is entirely up to the rper, beyond what is briefly outlined here.
The staff has decided that randomization is ideal in this case; the use of subplots is purely geared to allow for personalization within the site plot for many of our members, and that can be done quickly by knowing the characters involved ahead of time. It also gives players access to canons and events that they might not normally easily meet or be integrated into.
Finally, even if you don't get exactly what you want this time, you will have plenty of opportunities to try for other subplots with other characters that might appeal to your sensibilities. You can also ask those members if you can be involved in or draw inspiration from their subplot, although the former is not preferred because many of these events will be very character-specific. This does not mean you should not participate in your own subplot. If you have a severe problem or concern, please PM me about and I'll try and restructure the events to fit you. I will also take your concerns into consideration for the next subplot event; remember this is our first, and obviously problems may occur. Additionally, PM or discuss with our staff with any ideas for future subplots you have, so we can see them made!
Again: you will get GP for posting in them, and the siteplot will use these scenarios generally as inspiration regardless of completion. This is also a test-run; if we discover issues with the set-up, we will redesign it for sign-ups.
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G 1 - 2
SETTING: Volanic Islands - borderlands; any time. The newly appointed general of the Rouge is stationed along the borders of the guilds, and turns a blind eye when his men—unruly sorts—begin attacking trade routes and whisper of how they wonder if can compare to his predecessor. In the chaos, a disguised Aedain Teothe witnesses as his own members of the Hunter's Guild play into the violence, and is quite discouraged when a simple challenge becomes a brawl that breaks out into a diplomatic incident after a soldier is nearly killed.
Forced to intervene, the Rouge General stops it, and finds himself approached by Aedain Teothe with no idea who the man is.
C. 1: Ralph Fleischer - played by seregor.
C. 2: Aedain Teothe - played by daaken.
G 2 - 3
SETTING: Azul - city streets; late night. Lyra is caught up in a trade route skirmish while investigating a supposedly crooked business partner of the Merchant's Guild, always too curious about the "activities" of her employer to resist rumors. (Although the idea "the bitch might be female" slips under your average man's creative radar.) In spite of the claims, the girl she encounters proves to be a righteous young rebel with no ties to the Merchant's Guild and no knowledge of Raziel's secret designs, who is merely sifting for information before returning to Gladiolus.
Although Lyra feels content to let Kimberly go her own way, stumbling on a grisly murder all-too-near to the bar sets the pair on edge. The merchant they have been traveling with—largely silent, with strange hair and no interest in either of them; Harou is his name—examines the body. Chillingly, they discover that the killing was orchestrated by a Shi as a warning to the bar's owner.
C. 1: Miumi Harou - played by aya.
C. 2: Kimberly Crais - played by harmony.
C. 3: Lyra - played by eve.
G 3 - 2
SETTING: King's hold - bar, other establishment; any time. Darius Eisenberg never misses a beat, as Jenny Angel discovers when she makes a desperate attempt to put the moves on him. With her ship in need of repairs and gald thin, she figures swiping a couple coins from his pockets should be a cinch for a beauty like her!
Of course, Darius knows right off the bat, but why not play along? It's teasing fun until he realizes someone recognizes him for his association with the Gladiolan Empire, and this creates a myriad of kinks in his plans to go incognito and gather information on the guilds. Figuring that isn't
his problem, he decides leaving the bar is the best solution only to have Jenny get him into more trouble by "following him home."
there go out and pimp all the girls darius this is your destiny C. 1: Darius Eisenberg - played by reckless.
C. 2: Jenny Angel - played by nochii.
G 4 - 2
SETTING: Outside the Gladiolus Empire; outskirts; late night. A halfling assassin and rogue praised for her good reputation, Ravenna Dell'atti is hired by an organization interested in capturing the fallen Ancient. The job description also includes a kill on-sight for anyone else that may have been in contact with the Ancient, considering the dire consequences and distrust swirling around the unknown ship's fall to Yumiris.
With the group scattered by the events going on in the train, Ravenna finds only Leras, who has earned a reputation as a hero of halflings in the underground. Expected to kill him because of the stories of Ancients turning on the world—and with others working alongside her eager to rid themselves of the boy who caused riots in Azul; enough to be a threat—what choice will she make?
C. 1: Leras - played by glu.
C. 2: Ravenna Dell'atti - played by saska.
G 5 - 3
SETTING: Ambrosia - the spirit plains; morning. Vincent Garland has been off doing rogue's work, and finds himself hired as an escort for a young lady from the Xihe Empire who has been stranded in Azul because of monsters rampaging the seas of Ambrosia. With Anatasia eager to return home after rumors of political upsurge and civil war back home, they strike a deal with Aschela, who knows Vincent and has a ship waiting at dock.
Originally expecting to only have to look after the ship in the case of a small infestation, they find themselves capsized and crash into a floating island along the ruins of Ambrosia. Stranded in the Spirit Plains, they wander until they come upon old magitechnology, and are able to transport themselves to the Guilds through the open channel in Eld.
C. 1: Anastasia Xie - played by hana.
C. 2: Vincent Garland - played by ji.
C. 3: Aschela Sakiyurai - played by neme.
G 6 - 2
SETTING: Azul - Raziel's bar, back room; late night. With Micah Flynn left considering how the guilds might be toppled from their make-shift throne after Jacque Tulain's curious offer, he finds himself interested in the leader of the Merchant's Guild. "The King of Blackmail is to meet the King of Murder, and which game is more vile, more dangerous? The answer should be obvious." With Lyra, the unwanted paramour trapped in
underground business, Micah decides that now is a blessed time to threaten Raziel with promises that more than one girl in his life can die—and very easily, if you never learn where they are.
But that's for the future. Today's question is much simpler: do whom does the Merchant's Guild show its loyalty.
C. 1: Micah Flynn - played by monde.
C. 2: Raziel Altock - played by jessi. [/size][/justify]
