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  Hey there everyone! Because of the level of interest and conversation happening with Aefenglom, we decided that we would offer an opportunity: Are you on the fence about a character, or having trouble choosing between Witch or Monsters? Want to see if there's anyone considering a castmate? You could even find out if you can enable someone into being one! This is similar to an EMP/ATP meme, in theory, although has the interesting note of being before game start. Not sure how you got here? Have no fear! Aefenglom is a sex-friendly, panfandom fantasy game, set in the post-apocalyptic world of Geargadas. 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. PREMISE ▪ RULES ▪ FAQ ▪ RESERVES ▪ APPLY ▪ MOD CONTACT FULL NAVIGATION Characters arrive to the eponymous city of Aefenglom as one of two choices: Witches, who learn and wield the magic inherent in the world of Geargadas, and Monsters, sentient creatures that can act as conduits for this very magic. Players have a choice in what their character becomes, and how they make the best (or worst) of it. Explore the city, the world, the Bonds that can be made between you and others - and see just how much you can uncover about yourself and the world around you. Interested? Just fill out the below, and we'll get started! |
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Possibly Apping: Giorno Giovanna
Tell Us More: Giorno is the world's smallest and most disastrous mob boss who will be extremely disconcerted at leaving his position of power and superpower behind, in that order of importance.
Choice: Monster, either Vampire or Merrow, and I'm genuinely suffering trying to choose lmao. Both are thematically relevant to his history and personality, especially his nat20 charisma, and I've got a few ideas for each. My ideas for a merrow design are more fleshed out but, I can't stress enough that I'm not joking, his dad is canonically a vampire so like,, help what do I do. Both are good is my point! There are dope narrative hooks regardless.
Basic Plans: Losing power that he worked really hard and lost friends to get is gonna fuck him up good. Also won't be thrilled about the monster thing tbqh? He would like to be more in control of this situation.
Anything Else: Honestly, I'd be interested in input regarding monster choice! Like, why have y'all picked the monsters you have, what kind of narrative hooks do you think are most interesting to play with wrt monster behavior, that kind of thing. I don't actually think there is a single bad choice in the bestiary and knowing me I'll choose at the last minute but! I'm curious about other people's thoughts. This is so many words help.
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bc tbh I've had such a Time narrowing things down for even the handful of choices I've been considering. With Midori I finally settled on either dog Turnskin or hare Puca because they're pack/companion/loyalty oriented and he learns over the course of his character development that his weird found family is as important as his blood family.
For Turnskin he doesn't want to Do things but w/ all that pent up energy around shifts and the sprouting traits while emotional... ah, chefs kiss. Also he can be rude/a little shit under all his depresso so exploring that further as a Puca is tempting.
WORDS, LOTS.
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i've been pondering a few different animal bases for both merrow and vampire! they're here (ignore fae i've mostly discarded that idea although it's still great cry) but i've largely narrowed it down to highback golden arowana merrow or i was going to say the desert long-eared bat but then i whimsically googled japanese bats and bamboozled myself. look how cute this one is.
anyway that's just design stuff; as far as psychological and social characteristics i think there are aspects of both merrow and vampire. i was going to say that socially giorno might be more inclined to trust and mingle with others if i went with merrow, since schooling, but then i remembered that bats live in colonies of like seven quintillion bajillion so i could really work that in with either monster if i wanted to. vampire psychological changes would amp up giorno's obsessive tendencies, merrow would up the playfulness factor, both of which would be interesting to play with. i love both full moon forms, they're very yucky and cool.
ultimately i feel like merrow is more interesting cosmetically and a less predictable choice, plus i'm slightly more interested in the psychological aspects (but only slightly). vampire, on the other hand, would ultimately be more challenging for him and might be a richer narrative vein (im sorry i had to) due to a combo of factors. one, dying, obviously, kind of blows. two, there's a greater loss of control due to the bloodlust which would freak him out. and three, his vampire dad is kind of the series big bad so turning into a vampire would wig him out personally and also wig out most potential castmates, and i love drama. so?? I GUESS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF WORDS I JUST WROTE, VAMPIRE? who knows what i'll say tomorrow tbh.
even though i'm an indecisive nerd though this was really helpful thank you ;; even apart from my own decision i'm really excited to read about other people's rationale for their monster choices! i might think a bit more about how shifts in the different forms might affect giorno and how that influences my choices. the one thing i was kind of concerned about was him being isolated during shifts as a merrow because, water, so that is also a consideration :|a
as one last note (this is still the most words) i'm glad that you are thinking about puca to hype up the little shit factor bc i also considered that briefly for giorno. he is very rude.
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AND YEAH I'm so glad I'm cheating and going with canon bad end LOL, thanks Arcana for giving me monster transformation so I don't have to try and choose out of all the good options here.
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stop making me want to app jojos
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also, no i will not stop. i am constantly on my bullshit
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(dozens of pictures of josuke fall out of my pockets)
its not what it looks like nO
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