Season
The heat of summer is upon the lands and it shows no mercy.
Weather
Incredibly hot, the waters are much more shallow than they have ever been in the past. The only cool area is in the maze of underground tunnels.
About the Boards
Ailis is a forum for artists of all sorts. Not only do we offer critique boards for writing, drawing, etc, we also have an elaborate system of roleplaying for you fanciers of writing. You can feel free to roleplay nearly anything on these boards as this is a fantasy forum, however, it's medieval, I'm not a fan of modern fantasy. We're incredibly new and slowly growing in numbers. If you would like to join go ahead and register. The only board you can post on is the advertisement board until you become registered. But you may view the rules before you join. So start signing up!
:The Specifics of the lands:
The heat varies from place to place on the Ailis lands. It is of course cooler than most areas near the lake while in the dense forests it is extremely hot and humid. Many of the creatures in the forest area will be flocking to The Ribbon (the river). Beneath the grounds in the darkness of the tunnels, however, the heat is nowhere to be found. It is cool and dank, many critters this summer won't mind the dismal and melancholy feeling of the tunnels as they will be seeking the chilled air down there, a coolness not found on the main grounds.
This summer will be especially dangerous, the temperatures are much higher than the past summers and these extreme heats cause severe shortages of water. The lake is at the very minimum of its holding capacity and many fish have dried up from the shallowness. Even The Ribbon has reached an all time low, throughout the river's route there are dried up mud banks and only puddles of water spread randomly over the once called river's path.
With the lack of water, the predator prey ratio will be out of whack, the prey will be at an all time low causing famine throughout the terrain, fights over food will be more common, even if it's just over a bone.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 12 Location: In oblivion
The Rules (All Rules) « Result #2 on Apr 19, 2008, 10:53am »
Rules
General
* Show respect to all members and staff. Do not start fights out of character. If there is to be a disagreement out of character ask one of the staff members to help you settle it. * Do not spam. Avoid posting short, pointless, annoying messages or double posting. Bumping a topic is fine so long as it is not done too often. * If you want to advertise another forum, go to the advertising board, I put it there fore a reason.
Roleplay
* Absolutely no Powerplaying or Godmoding. Powerplaying is when you do something to another character that the other character as not approved or allowed. For instance, if you're having a fight with another character you can only say, "The man jumped forward, his sword aimed straight for the wolf's back." You can't actually say the man (whatever you're roleplaying) jumped and killed the other, you have to let the other person decide if your character hits his own or not. By the way, don't take advantage of this rule, you have to be hit once and a while if in a fight. Godmoding is when you portray your character as an all-mighty, undefeatable, god-like being.
* No Mary Sues either. Mary Sue means a character that has been portrayed as being, "Perfect." They have no flaws in appearance or personality, they always seem to do everything right and everyone loves them, etc... This goes hand-in-hand with Godmoding. Give your characters flaws!
* Do not use chatspeak in roleplay. Type posts in legible, understandable English.
* No Double Posting. The posting rules in roleplay are simple, two posts made by you cannot touch. Meaning that you have to wait until someone else posts after you in order to post again. If you want to add something to your post, just edit it, there's no point in adding a new one.
* Keep things PG-13. No detailed, graphic scenes that would be inappropriate for young adults. Blood and gore is alright. Just no incredibly descriptive 'naughty' scenes. Romance is fine though.
* No time jumps. This isn't a science fiction roleplay, it's just medieval fantasy. So don't fast-forward time so that your characters can become mates and have pups all in the same day.
* Gadgets and Gizmos. Technology in the Ailis territory is limited to common bows, swords, maces and all the good things found in the early times of the medieval days.
Characters
* There is no limit to the number of characters a user can create. Just don't go all crazy and make a ton of characters over a short period of time.
* Post a profile first. You can't roleplay a character if they don't have a profile. They don't have to be accepted by staff to be roleplayed either.
* Limit your magic. For characters that have magical abilities, it needs to be given an appropriate weakness or drawback. No ability can be super strong, all-powerful or limitless or else it would be godmoding.
* No gods, half-gods, demi-gods, etc. This would obviously be godmoding.
* When making profiles, Do not copy names/ideas from other member's profiles. For names, if the name is common or popular it's understandable that the name might be taken more than once. However, unique, creative names made by an individual's imagination are copyright to that person as are ideas such as certain markings and magic.
Wolf Packs and Ranks
* Alpha, Beta and Gamma ranks are not free ranks. They must be earned.
* A single wolf character can only be a member of one pack. So far that's not a problem though, as until we get more members there will only be one pack.
Forum
* No one liners, go for at least one paragraph though it's understandable if you're having a bad day and are brain dead... Just NO ONE LINERS.
* Ooc messages are ok in roleplay. If you need to say something, it's alright to post out of character in the roleplay board, as long as the ooc conversation does not carry on for the entire roleplay.
Signatures
* Don't stretch the forum. Don't post HUGE images in your signatures that will deform the forum width, it's annoying. Also try to keep the images around 400 pixels or so in height. If not, it may be resized.
Code: Resizing Code: [img width=X height=X][/img]
Images and Artwork
* Do not steal art. If we catch you claiming to have drawn an image that you did not in fact draw, you'll get an automatic 2 day ban. Repeated offense will get you permanently banned. Art theft is a serious crime, especially in an Art Forum. So don't be stupid.
* Give credit where credit is due. You can use images that you find on the web if they look like the character that you have in mind. However, if you didn't draw the image it's important that you post a link to the original artist, or say who originally drew it and NEVER claim to have made it yourself. Also, if you use an image that someone else drew, keep in mind that if they ask you to take it down that you should respect their request.
Administrators and Staff
* Be familiar with the rules. Staff members are required to read the rules at least once a month, in order to stay familiar with them.
Punishments:
Breaking any of the rules can result in an instant 2 day ban, though staff tend to be lenient if the person sincerely apologizes and promises that it won't happen again.
If the same rule is broken a second time by the same person, staff will not be as understanding and it will be up to them how long and what your punishment is.
If the same rule is broken for a third time, depending on what it is you will be permanently banned from this forum.
Joined: Jun 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 12 Location: In oblivion
The setting « Result #3 on Jul 1, 2007, 11:31am »
The horizontal vantage was imbued with scarlets and golds as the sun settled low in the sky. The gleam of the Sun was lessened greatly as she began to resign for the night and allowed Moon to take over. Hues of red and gold warmed the drying grass in the last of her fading glow. Pink streaked the heavens as it slowly turned to a navy blue color. The shadows slowly grew; hiding what had reason to be hidden, creating a melancholy atmosphere. Hills rolled over the land and mountains uprooted from the terrain like waves tossed in the sea, the tops of each were capped in snow. Fields of green were forced in different directions, like a ripple of water in the cool night breeze. Colors of red, blue, and yellow flooded the green fields. Puffs of clouds blanketed the young Moon, blocking the light he provided every so often, leaving the land in a dark oblivion of shadows. The constant hoot of owls poured over the terrain like rain, relentless until Moon's light escaped the cover of the gloomy overcast and all fell silent. Bordering the vast plains was a daunting forest where rays of clear light from Moon seeped through the brambles of the tree tops. His fingers delicately caressed the plants that happened to grow under the leaks in the trees, giving them a gentle glow of calmness and love. His clutch grew even more wide spread as the night continued and nearly all the land was under his protective hand of light. A large river snaked over the terrain and passed through the forest, riding the hills until it reached beneath the mountains into a pond. Not far off was a large hole in the ground that led to secret tunnels that seemed to have no end so long as you continued to choose the correct path to follow.
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The pack's land stretches across a vast valley and a thick forest. A large portion of the plains are owned by the pack as well as most of the forest. Bordering the forests and plains are large mountain sides, they are somewhat unclaimed as they are far too dangerous to live in. Flowing over all the land that is owned by the pack is a large river that eventually leads into a waterfall, this river starts at a large lake.
To the south of the plains and mountains is a large lake that lies beneath the plains' plateau. From the plateau there is a winding pathway that will take you down to the body of water. The Lake of Tears earned its name after an old folk tale. It is said that a female wolf's pups were killed by another creature. After this she began to cry so much that her tears created a lake that would be able to transport the lost souls of her pups to the west side of the lake. It is also said that if a soul makes the journey to the west side of the lake, they will find the "other-side" or a portal to the dead realm and otherwise be complete through their death and be eternally happy. Also, a large stream sprouts from the north side of this lake, it coils over most of the land and winds its way through the mountains. It makes it's way up once reaching the mountains for some time before it levels out once more and leads to a large waterfall that pours into a spring.
This river is referred to as The Ribbon. It is a very deep and wide river with very swift currents and rapids. Although it seems impossible to cross there are two low seasons, in the summer and fall, and in the winter it's normally frozen over. Being frozen over doesn't make it any easier to cross, though, the ice is thin and is liable to break when put under stress by the weight of wolves. In the spring the snow melts causing the river to overflow and cascade very quickly down to the far off waterfall. If you follow The Ribbon long enough, you'll occasionally come across stepping stones for you to use to cross during the bad seasons.
Bordering the vast plains to the north is a range of mountains that sprout from the terrain. The peaks grow past the clouds it seems, it's as though the mountains force themselves to stop growing or they would reach space. Many pathways are in the mountain ranges but they are hard to navigate through and are very cold once you reach a certain altitude. It is hard for many wolves and other Ailis.
To the east of the plains there is a large, daunting forest. The trees grow high into the sky and the canopy is thick, allowing little or no light to seep through and lighten the floors of the woods. The under growth is thick and there are many chances of you finding yourself in thorns as you travel here. The forest is a beautiful danger to all those who reside here. Its gentle glow casts a melancholy feeling over the terrain but its beauty can convince you out of its scariness. Monsters loom here, in the dark clutches of the shadows they always watch. There are, however, light areas in this forest, these are the areas the pack controls but they only control 1/3 of this wood.
There is a large cave in the center of the forest that slowly leads underground. Once underground many paths appear before you, each pathway leads you somewhere else and many of them just lead to different dead ends. The few paths that do lead somewhere, however, lead you to one specific area; one has an exit where there is a small hole hidden by a few large boulders that are to the side of The Lake of Tears. Another path takes you to the plains, next to a small savanna tree. A third path takes you to the spring in the mountains. It comes up through the secret hideaway behind the waterfall. Then, the final, "correct", path leads you behind the mountains into unknown territory. As you follow different paths underground, you'll find many bones from other creatures that went into the tunnels and didn't find their way out. If you are to stumble upon the underground passageways, the best way to get out is to be methodical about it, take your time and carefully choose your paths. Otherwise you risk the chance of being stuck down there forever.
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