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Midmonth Mod Post: July
Hi everyone, this month we have some extremely important gamewide announcements, so please be sure to read below the cut.

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Plotting Post: Event Log: July, A Song of the Sea

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Weather & Moons

Weather Forecast:

Summer hangs heavy and sticky in the air, Juril bringing high temperatures, humidity, and the occasional furious-but-fleeting thunderstorm. Umbrellas and parasols are in fashion this month, men and women alike carrying around with them elaborately decorated covers to keep off the rain or the sun.

In the Wilde, blizzards rage, causing white-out conditions in some areas, and drawing out Shades, who are finding themselves more and more endangered in the areas closer to Aefenglom. They're more fierce in their desperation to spread the Cwyld, so be cautious, wary traveler.

State of the Sisters:

The Sisters will go dark in the sky early in the month, on the 10th, giving Mirrorbound Witches a respectable power boost that may make spellcasting a tricky thing. The moons will be bright and full by the 24th, edging Monsters closer to their more bestial instincts, for better or worse.

A Look Ahead:

⮞ This month: Looking toward the sea, one of the Earth Dragon Creia's siblings may show themselves with tasks to prove a hero's might...

⮞ Next month: A family reunion, and a herculean undertaking has Geardagas's future hanging in the balance...

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ACTIVITY CHECK: JUNE


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Midmonth Mod Post: June
Hello, everyone! Just a short midmonth post this time, but it includes a very important change to AC so please read!

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Plotting Post: June, Dragon's Graveyard

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Activity check has finished, and so - here's your monthly list of characters no longer in Aefenglom:

zewu_jun
cyclopticsadist
bloodwit
somersaulting
deadwenwalking
boneofsword
torchwoodteaboy

And those who received strikes and must provide full activity next check, or be swept from the game:

electrod
freecshow

The mods remind you that activity is always the last week of the month and will always end at midnight, EST. You must get your AC in prior to that, or you will be swept. As always, if any mistakes have been made, or you have extenuating circumstances, please get in contact with us, and we'll work with you! The taken and player contact pages will be updated to reflect all drops and sweeps in a few days as we get time to do so.

This month's Calendar and Quest Log is up to peruse. We also have an OOC Intro Log for our newly arrived and a CR & Friending Meme for your plotting needs. Hope your Summer has started well!

CR & FRIENDING MEME: JUNE 2021

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Weather & Moons

Weather Forecast:

Around Aefenglom, summer finally begins in earnest. The temperatures rise steadily through the month, and the air feels thick with humidity, but no rain. Those with scalier, drier skin might enjoy it, but those who don't will have to find ways to cool down.

In the Wilde, winter is setting in and the temperatures are dropping steadily through the month. Small snow flurries are common, but usually brief, spreading only thin layers of white powder across the ground.

State of the Sisters:

The new moons will be dark in the sky on the 10th, giving Mirrorbound Witches a magical boost. The Sisters will be full and bright on the 24th, driving Monsters closer to their more monstrous instincts.

A Look Ahead:

⮞ This month: With the area around the Northern Outpost finally clear, the Wilders begin exploring even further out to find the still-infected sections of wilderness to the northwest. They encounter unearthly howls and enormous, mysterious footprints among the felled trees...

⮞ Next month: Looking toward the sea, one of the Earth Dragon Creia's siblings may show themselves with tasks to prove a hero's might...

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OOC INTRO: JUNE

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ACTIVITY CHECK: MAY


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Midmonth Mod Post: May


Hello, everyone! Just a few reminders this month, and a little poll about memes.

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TEXTS FROM LAST NIGHT: AEF EDITION


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Activity check has finished, and so - here's your monthly list of characters no longer in Aefenglom:

stardustofdawn
battlebound
moneytwin
gunsmithed
deadvotional
thejoyrider
needsteaplz
enkidoh
witheringheights
justabaddream
song_princess
judgementor
berrywell
lamination

And those who received strikes and must provide full activity next check, or be swept from the game:

lightblooming
boneofsword
cyclopticsadist

The mods remind you that activity is always the last week of the month and will always end at midnight, EST. You must get your AC in prior to that, or you will be swept. As always, if any mistakes have been made, or you have extenuating circumstances, please get in contact with us, and we'll work with you! The taken and player contact pages will be updated to reflect all drops and sweeps in a few days as we get time to do so.

This month's Calendar and Quest Log are already up, and the Fourth Wall Event begins tomorrow on May 4th! As a note, we took the CR & Plotting Meme off the calendar for this month, since we feel it would be better suited to next month, after the app round. We'll post another fun meme sometime in the next week instead!

May Anniversary Swap Requests

Happy two year anniversary, Aefenglom!

As you know, we just updated our Bestiary to add three new Monster types, and our Magic page to add a new ability for Witches, all of which will be available on May 4th with the start of our second Fourth Wall Event.

Whether you've been with us as a player for a long time, or you're still on the newer side, we appreciate you sticking with us! We know that sometimes, you just need a change. Normally when it comes to swaps, we do them case by case for those who are having trouble playing their characters as their initial choice, and those who want to swap into Dragon or Fae need to drop and reapply. But this May, with new stuff available, we feel it'd be unfair if we didn't offer a freebie swap for any current player who wants to request one! This will not require a reapplication, even for swapping into Dragon, Fae, or Dryad.

ICly, this can be done any day during May after your request is approved. Characters who are swapped will have a strange dream of either themselves as the new Monster type or as a Witch, or they will dream of joining a group of faceless people of that type. This dream can take whatever shape you'd like, whether it's a dream of going to join a gaggle of Coven Witches for classes, or a dream of dancing with Dryads under the moonlight. As they dream, they will sleepwalk to the Looking Glass House, and will walk through their mirror. They will not be aware of "going home", or that they walked into their mirror. They will return immediately through their mirror and wake from the dream in the Looking Glass House with their current changes vanishing or receding. Maybe Geardagas thinks it has a better fit for you?

This is not a process any NPC or PC has IC control over, and the Coven will be just as confused as your character is!

After that, it's up to you how quickly you would like them to change into their new form, from a minimum of the month of May to fully complete their new changes, or a maximum of the full 9 months if you want to do it gradually.

You have until June 1st to fill out the form and request a swap from whatever your character is currently to whatever new form you would like to play - Witch, or any available Monster type. Please note that for fairness' sake, we will require an expanded justification for anyone who wants to swap into Dragon, Fae, or Dryad.

Player:
Character:
Current Type: Is your character currently a Witch, a Turnskin, what?
Desired Swap: What do you want your character to be instead?
Second Choice: You can just type NA if you want any type except Dragon, Fae, or Dryad. If you are going for one of those three, what is your second choice if your justification doesn't meet standards? You can choose to remain the same if you don't get your choice.
Justification: For most types, a sentence or two stating why you want this change is sufficient. For Dragon, Fae, or Dryad swaps, we require a bit more thought - how does this Monster fit (or conflict against) the character's personality? What development do you want to explore with it? Etc. A paragraph or two is enough.

May Anniversary Swap Requests are now closed!

Weather & Moons

Weather Forecast:

Boaltinn is a bleak celebration as the first three days of Maiuril bring with them a thunderous storm, pouring rain continually until the dawn of the 4th. A few more periodic showers follow it, but the rest of Maiuril is dry and warm, but windy.

In the Wilde, always the opposing season, trees are shedding their leaves with the eventual coming of winter. The days grow cooler and wildlife prepare for cold weather. The Dryads' tree, freed from the Cwyldheart, remains a safe haven, fully in bloom despite autumn's chilly talons fully sunk in.

State of the Sisters:

The Sisters will be new and dark on the 11th. They will be full and round in the sky on the 26th. This month brings what the locals refer to as Twin Flower Blood Moons, where the Sisters seem larger and brighter in the sky, only to be briefly eclipsed on the 26th. This rare phenomenon coinciding with the positive changes in the continent's magical balance means that Witches may find themselves buzzing with restless energy on the 11th, then feeling weaker as the Sisters take on a reddish hue and fill out later in the month. Monsters, contrarily, will find themselves bolstered by the Blood Moons, feeling stronger and their instincts closer to the surface under the red glow of the lunar eclipse.

A Look Ahead:

⮞ This month: A ferocious storm brings a ship from distant islands in to harbor, and with it, people the likes of which Geardagas has never seen before...

⮞ Next month: With the area around the Northern Outpost finally clear, the Wilders begin exploring even further out to find the still-infected sections of wilderness to the northwest. They encounter unearthly howls and enormous, mysterious footprints among the felled trees...

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App Announcements & Fourth Wall EMP!

Fourth Wall Event!
Happy almost TWO-year anniversary, Aefenglom! Similarly to last year, in May we are having a Fourth Wall Event, open to all who want to try out a character in the setting. Don't let your dreams be dreams. Keep in mind that for this Fourth Wall, characters who would not normally be appable will be allowed, except for CRAU from other games, and with the caveat of "be considerate to each other" with regards to doubles, etc. Otherwise, have fun!

The comms will be open to comments, but not posts, from characters who are not part of the game from May 4th to June 1st, and we will have posts for fourth wall characters to top level on. Fourth wall threads can be used for AC (for current characters) or samples for applications! We will have three new Monster types, Aeternae (Aef's special brand of demons), Sagani (elemental spirit-like Monsters), and Dryad (plant people), to try out as well, information for which will go live in the Bestiary on May 1st (don't mind our dust if you happen to see any broken nav links or locked pages before then!).

A fierce three-day thunderstorm at the start of Maiuril, coinciding with Boaltinn, will churn the seas off the coast of Aefenglom. Thanks to Mirrorbound heroes destroying a Cwyldheart deep in the Wilde, bringing new life to the leyline that passes under the city, magic is crackling in the air, bringing with it a sense of pressure, of precognition that something is going to happen. Not necessarily something bad, not necessarily something good, just something.

Off the coast, rocked by the furious storm, a large ship from a distant archipelago fights to stay afloat as they enter foreign waters when suddenly, they find new faces thrown onto their decks by the waves! The newcomers are all accompanied by strong ebbs and flows in the natural magic of the world, and while these foreigners don't know these folks and have never heard the word 'Mirrorbound' in their lives, they take them in. They don't have much choice - it will take a joint effort to escape the storm, but finally, the damaged ship finds safety in the harbor of Aefenglom. There, the wave-tossed might find faces they recognize, and of course, Miss Nessie and the Coven will be on-hand to welcome them and the travelers from a distant land.

At the end of the month, shiny, reflective stones like smooth mirrors will wash up on shore, and the fourth wall guests will disappear again, similar to last year. ICly they will have a gut feeling their stay is tentative, but no one will know exactly when they'll disappear. Still, that's plenty of time to explore a little, or reunite with old friends, or get to know these travelers that request refuge in this shining city by the sea.

Applications & Reserves Changes
We've had recent feedback that players might enjoy going back to a regular schedule for applications and reserves, and we think it's about time for that! We're willing to admit when something is working, when something isn't working, or when something was working but isn't any more - and we feel like our current application system is one of those things that isn't working anymore. So, starting in May, we will be going to monthly applications and reserves during set dates, following the same general schedule that they used to, with applications being in the last week of a month, with reserves a week before that. This will, we hope, allow more attention to be placed on new characters, provide a regular schedule for intros, etc. If the interest becomes too great in the future for us to handle monthly apps, then we may change to a bimonthly schedule, but currently we don't see there being any issues.

This means that Reserves will open May 18th, and Applications will be open May 25th until the 31st. We'll be updating the pages to reflect this change soon.

And finally, an EMP!
Feel free to use this post for characters you'd like to see, or to float characters you might want to bring, make plans with people who aren't already part of the game, etc! (The regular CR Meme will be for current players/characters. Fourth wall guests should use this instead.)

Aefenglom is a sex-friendly, panfandom fantasy game, set in the post-apocalyptic world of Geardagas. Character choices can affect overarching plot, and the characters' ultimate goal will be to help rebalance the world by stopping the growth of the Cwyld, a magical blight infecting both the land and inhabitants living in places left unprotected. There are many things to learn about the world and how it came to be along the way that will help in discovering both the cause of the Cwyld and how to get home.

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Please direct your questions about the event to this thread for organization purposes!

SEEKING FOR FOURTH WALL:
<B style="font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 25px;">YOUR CANON HERE</B> <b>Taken Characters:</B> <B>Wanted:</B> Tell us more about the characters you want for fourth wall and why you want them. You can show us pics, too! But please be mindful of your image size.

BRINGING FOR FOURTH WALL:
<B style="font-family: Lucida Console; font-size: 25px;">YOUR NAME HERE</B> <B>Possibly Bringing:</B> <B>Tell Us More:</B> <B>Choice:</B> <B>Basic Plans:</B> <B>Anything Else:</B>

ACTIVITY CHECK: APRIL


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Midmonth Mod Post: April


Happy Friday, Aefenglom! It's time for our monthly updates.

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