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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.

( July Midmonth )

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!

( June Midmonth )

Midmonth Mod Post: May


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

( May Midmonth )

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!

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.

MAIN ▪ LOGS ▪ OOC
PREMISE ▪ RULES ▪ FAQ ▪ TAKEN
MONSTERS ▪ WITCHES ▪ BONDS
FULL NAVIGATION

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>

Midmonth Mod Post: April


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

( A bit of housekeeping ) ( Player project updates ) ( Game anniversary updates )

Midmonth Mod Post: March


Hi everybody! Happy almost-Spring!

( The Announcements )

Midmonth Mod Post: February


Hi everyone, and happy slightly-belated Valentine’s Day!

The Heart Meme is still going strong (thanks for posting it, Nico!) so head on over and spread some love if you like!

We have some announcements, some updates, and a couple of polls at the end of this post.


( The Announcements - March TDM + Game Cap )
( The updates: Aefenglom Wiki + Plot & Game Direction )
( The polls: OOC event posts + CR meme )

Midmonth Mod Post: January


( there's a lot to cover so please read! )

Hello and a huge, heartfelt thank you to everyone who has left feedback on this month's mid-month mod post! Seriously, you guys are amazing -- you've left such thoughtful, valuable advice and feedback, and it's been really exciting to see all of the productive conversations going on.

There were so many comments that instead of going through and replying to everyone individually, we wanted to put up a separate post -- to thank everyone and to talk a little bit about plans for the upcoming year.

First off: we are still reading the discussion as it continues and will be getting our thoughts in order and discussing everything brought forth as a team.

We are so touched that you all care about this game as much as we do. We're also very excited to continue to make it grow, become more fun and welcoming, and really be an awesome experience for all players. Players have directly helped this game grow and expand, and helped to build on the worldbuilding and style of the game from the very beginning. And your enthusiastic and thoughtful responses have already been immensely helpful in giving us direction, ideas, and inspiration that, we hope, will help us give player characters even more impact to shape the game in exciting ways.

2020 has been a hell of an awful year. No sugar-coating it: things suck in the real world right now. To the players who have stuck it out with us despite the craziness of everything going on, through mod team changes and bumps in the road, thank you. Thanks for your patience, understanding and kind words in this weird time.

To new players: welcome! It's great to continue to see new players in the game, and we hope you have a blast.

For the moment, game plot will remain very light going into the holidays; we will use this time to start implementing some of your suggestions and advice, as well as to hopefully work out some kinks and plan our direction for the upcoming year. Any changes that we decide to make will be announced in dedicated mod posts or future mid-month posts, depending. Thank you so much for your understanding and support.

Please, don't hesitate to continue your conversations and continue to leave feedback, we're still reading comments as they come in. For those of you who may have missed it or who want to take a look and continue to leave responses to the post, you can find it here. We ask that feedback (until the next mid-month) be kept to that post for ease of organization, but we're more than happy to see it, so don't be shy!

Have a safe and lovely rest of your week, gang. We are grateful for you.

- The Aefenglom Mod Team

Midmonth Mod Post: November Hello, Aefenglom! Here's your monthly midmonth mod post. First, as always, some reminders. They're pretty brief this month: • The Masquerade log is still going strong! This is the second year KJ has run this event and we always love to see it, so a huge thanks to them. • We have a combo Intro Log & Item Regain Event just recently gone live! • Acceptances have been sent out to as many applications as we have space for currently! • Our activity check also begins on November 24th! While we'll have the requirements on the activity check itself as a reminder, here they are right now so you can start figuring things out: PROOF 1: * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. PROOF 2: * Your own post, top level, or a thread in your own inbox, OR * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. - Comments from you on both proofs should add up to at least 10. - Comments must be from the current month to count. - One proof may be from a thread begun in the month previous, but only comments from the current month on it count toward your AC. - Both proofs cannot be with the same character. - Two proofs with cast/franchise-mates is allowed but if it becomes a pattern (2+ months in a row), you will be asked to provide a thread with a non-castmate. In addition, players are allowed to take a strike if they have at least half of the necessary activity, ie. one proof with a minimum of 5 comments or two proofs that add up to less than 10 comments. • Players accepted in November only need to provide half AC. • The calendar has all these dates as always, so check it out! Now then - onwards! ( within: ic updates, ooc updates, and feedback )

Midmonth Mod Post: October Hello, Aefenglom! Here's your monthly midmonth mod post. First, some reminders and brief updates: • The Price of Revolution Pt. 2 is now live! Morgana's final fate was determined by player votes: she's been permanently killed and her remains securely disposed of. • Applications submitted into the queue before 10/10 have been processed! You will be receiving a mod response to your application in the next day or two. • An intro mingle for new characters will be posted 10/16. • Our activity check also begins on October 25th! Please note, new players only need to submit half AC. While we'll have the requirements on the activity check itself as a reminder, here they are right now so you can start figuring things out: PROOF 1: * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. PROOF 2: * Your own post, top level, or a thread in your own inbox, OR * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. - Comments from you on both proofs should add up to at least 10. - Comments must be from the current month to count. - One proof may be from a thread begun in the month previous, but only comments from the current month on it count toward your AC. - Both proofs cannot be with the same character. - Two proofs with cast/franchise-mates is allowed but if it becomes a pattern (2+ months in a row), you will be asked to provide a thread with a non-castmate. In addition, players are allowed to take a strike if they have at least half of the necessary activity, ie. one proof with a minimum of 5 comments or two proofs that add up to less than 10 comments. • The calendar has all these dates as always, so check it out! Now then - onwards! ( within: ic updates, ooc updates, and feedback )

Midmonth Mod Post: August Hello, Aefenglom! Here's your monthly midmonth mod post. First, as always, some reminders. They're pretty brief this month: • The Community Garden is open! This was a Mirrorbound-led project made possible by those on the Council who got it passed in Parliament. • Basement Bonanza is on-going! Find cool stuff, have shenanigans! • Darkness and Frost has an OOC plotting post right here! Terrifying creatures with a taste for revenge stalk the Wilde... This log will be going up on August 21st. • Our activity check also begins on August 25th! While we'll have the requirements on the activity check itself as a reminder, here they are right now so you can start figuring things out: PROOF 1: * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. PROOF 2: * Your own post, top level, or a thread in your own inbox, OR * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. - Comments from you on both proofs should add up to at least 10. - Comments must be from the current month to count. - One proof may be from a thread begun in the month previous, but only comments from the current month on it count toward your AC. - Both proofs cannot be with the same character. - Two proofs with cast/franchise-mates is allowed but if it becomes a pattern (2+ months in a row), you will be asked to provide a thread with a non-castmate. In addition, players are allowed to take a strike if they have at least half of the necessary activity, ie. one proof with a minimum of 5 comments or two proofs that add up to less than 10 comments. • The calendar has all these dates as always, so check it out! Now then - onwards! ( within: ic updates, ooc updates, and feedback )

Midmonth Mod Post: July Hello, Aefenglom! Here's your monthly midmonth mod post. First, as always, some reminders: • The Intro Log is still right here and still going! We've put up an overflow right here since it just hit 5k. The next event log will go up on the 18th. • Créia, the Guardian of the Wilde, has awoken. There's no such thing as a late tag, so please feel free to interact with her while you guaranteedly can! As a note, this is over-arching plot-related, so taking a peek in would be worth the while anyway. • Our activity check also begins on July 25th! While we'll have the requirements on the activity check itself as a reminder, here they are right now so you can start figuring things out (Please read: We have made some minor clarifications and one change!): PROOF 1: * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. PROOF 2: * Your own post, top level, or a thread in your own inbox, OR * A tag-out to someone else's post, top level, or inbox. - Comments from you on both proofs should add up to at least 10. - Comments must be from the current month to count. - One proof may be from a thread begun in the month previous, but only comments from the current month on it count toward your AC. - Both proofs cannot be with the same character. - Two proofs with cast/franchise-mates is allowed but if it becomes a pattern (2+ months in a row), you will be asked to provide a thread with a non-castmate. In addition, players are allowed to take a strike if they have at least half of the necessary activity, ie. one proof with a minimum of 5 comments or two proofs that add up to less than 10 comments. • The calendar has all these dates as always, so check it out! Now then - onwards! ( within: ic updates, ooc updates, and feedback )

CR & PLOTTING: JULY

( cr & plotting )

Midmonth Mod Post: June Hello, Aefenglom! Here's your monthly midmonth mod post. First, as always, some reminders. They're pretty brief this month: • What Lies Beneath, our event for June, is live! • It's app month! This will be our last semi-traditional application 'round'. Reserves are open right now until June 23rd at 11:59 PM EST, and applications will open on the 24th at 12:00 AM EST! As a reminder, applications will only be open for 24 hours. After this, we will move to a game-wide character cap and a rolling queue system where applications can be submitted at any time but will not be processed until space opens up. •Our activity check also begins on June 24! While we'll have the requirements on the activity check itself as a reminder, here they are right now so you can start figuring things out: 10 comments minimum from you across two threads OR one network post/log made by you and a second, separate thread, that together add up to 10 comments total from you. In addition, players are allowed to take a strike if they have at least half of the necessary activity. Inbox threads and personal overflow threads also work - they just have to be from the current month! • The calendar has all these dates as always, so check it out! Now then - onwards! ( within: ic updates, ooc updates, and feedback )

Welcome to the OOC post for this month's event! Like with our previous stints, we've decided to use the good ol' city tracker again to help us track all recorded going-ons easily.

Just find the thread that correlates to what city your characters' actions are in and post using the form below. Feel free to see past tracker posts for examples! Some of the things we want to hear about include: intel delivered to the Coven, significant interactions with NPCs, attempts to solve any problems that exist, trouble your characters get into, attempts at snooping, anything that may affect relations with the Underground! While we're leaving this up entirely to player discretion - and we mean that, so please don't ask us - just remember: even small actions can have great consequences, good and bad.

And now, the form!


Character Name:
Choice: Witch or Monster
Action: What your character did
Overall Effect: Was it overall a positive outcome, or a negative one? You can rate this on a scale of 1 to 5 if you'd like, or leave it vague, like "Somewhat positive" or "Definitely a bad time" and so on. Please explain your reasons for this as clearly as possible.
Proof: The thread it occurred in; if you have plans for it to happen within a thread you're still currently threading out, then you can link that here instead! You may handwave certain things, but don't expect you'll be able to do that with things that will cause a larger impact (e.g. handwaving beating up some NPCs vs murder). Remember, even the smallest action can help or hurt someone.


<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Choice:</b> Witch or Monster <b>Action:</b> What your character did <B>Overall Effect:</b> Was it overall a positive outcome, or a negative one? You can rate this on a scale of 1 to 5 if you'd like, or leave it vague, like "Somewhat positive" or "Definitely a bad time" and so on. Please explain your reasons for this as clearly as possible. <B>Proof:</b> The thread it occurred in; if you have plans for it to happen within a thread you're still currently threading out, then you can link that here instead! You may handwave certain things, but don't expect you'll be able to do that with things that will cause a larger impact (e.g. handwaving beating up some NPCs vs murder). Remember, even the smallest action can help or hurt someone.

The cut-off for posting to this entry is July 12th, so please ensure you get it in before then! And as a reminder, we can't do anything if you don't report it, as we don't have the time to read through every thread to completion. If you'd like consequences for your characters, or for something that affects the whole game to be game canon, then you must inform us in some way, be it on here or privately. Thank you!

UNDERGROUND THREAD | AEFENGLOM THREAD

Bestiary Suggestions

Good morning, Aefenglom, and happy Wednesday!

One of the things on our to-do list for general game upkeep right now is making some tweaks to the Bestiary. No major overhauls are planned, but there are some things we feel we can loosen up on - for example, we will be allowing Merrow to have legs during the full moons, as long as they are not submerged in water, and we will start allowing scorpion, tick and harvestman etc. Arachne.

We want to make these tweaks before applications open, and so we thought we'd ask for some player suggestions! Has anything made it difficult to play your character? Is there something you just think would be cool? We want to hear it!

We will not be responding to every comment on this post (though we will read and consider all of them!) and we will likely not be implementing every single suggestion. We are also not planning to add new Monster types to the Bestiary before applications open, these will just be alterations to the existing entries to make things more fun or easier to play. However, we will take suggestions for new Monster types you wish to see in the future!

After the updates are live, while we will not be doing Monster type changes, if you wish for your character's form to change completely (ie. from a spider Arachne to a scorpion Arachne), you will be allowed to transition them to this new form. Any new additions to your character's Monster type (ie. Merrow legs during the full moons) can be added at your leisure.

Midmonth Mod Post: May Hello, Aefenglom! Here's your monthly midmonth mod post. First, as always, some reminders. They're pretty brief this month: • Our Fourth Wall event is still going! (With Network Post) here. As a reminder, we will be changing the comms back to members-only commenting on June 1st so ongoing threads with fourth wall characters will need to be moved to overflows on personal journals after that. • Our activity check begins on May 25! While we'll have the requirements on the activity check itself as a reminder, here they are right now so you can start figuring things out: 10 comments minimum from you across two threads OR one network post/log/top level made by you with at least 5 comments from you and a second, separate thread with at least 5 comments from you. In addition, players are allowed to take a strike if they have at least half of the necessary activity; Fourth wall threads do count for AC this month. Inbox threads and personal overflow threads also work - they just have to be from the current month! • The calendar has all these dates as always, so check it out! Now then - onwards! ( within: ic updates, ooc updates, and feedback )

CR & PLOTTING: MAY

( cr & plotting )