V E R S I O N 10 : ALL THAT REMAINS
The apocalypse is only a distant memory now. Generation upon generation has struggled to survive until the world belonged to humans once again. It isn't the old life they know of from books and stories. This is new, and it is wild and paid for ten times over in blood.
But the danger is far from over. With old hurts begging to be avenged, one young warrior has begun something that will spiral out of his control. What he has set in motion will claim the lives of the innocent and guilty alike, and stopping it may just be impossible.
With disease ravaging man and beast, will this be the end of humanity as we know it?
But the danger is far from over. With old hurts begging to be avenged, one young warrior has begun something that will spiral out of his control. What he has set in motion will claim the lives of the innocent and guilty alike, and stopping it may just be impossible.
With disease ravaging man and beast, will this be the end of humanity as we know it?
N E W SDepartures:
Taryn (Suge) has abandoned us. Absences: Many of our members will be on sporadically due to school and life in general. Please be patient while things are slow on the site. Returns: Oldies Tav and Ava have returned to us! Give 'em lots of love! Tiga has also returned as Stilinscki, yay! And Heather has returned from a long hiatus <3 April 27, 2016
For more news, view Echoes Newspaper under Extras. |
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U P D A T E SMay 19, 2016
The FAQ section will have everything you need to know about the disease. To get involved in a couple of plots, check out the plots page, which has been updated, and sign up for one of the open slots. Please only sign for a spot if you're going to be active. We only need 3 more people to sign up before we can start the plot. By June, we will be fully operational. That is the hope, so if everyone can do their best to meet the deadlines, that would be awesome! PM me with any questions or concerns. -El Tsu: Add the third Abrial baby. Star: Choose a job for Lennox, choose a job for Eva. Northy: Add Larka Lancaster Lou: Louvell needs a job. Tav: Update Briar Rose's picture. |
F A Q
Talking in the chat and someone mentions something you don't understand? Ctrl+F a name or keyword. If you can't find the answer in the FAQ, ask away! We'll gladly answer, although we'll be a lot less glad if the information already exists on the plots page, news page, or FAQ.
Q: How was the disease created?
A: After Thalia Taylor took Enya Blaise and Greyson Carther as Tintuhli captives, Enya's past as an Auditor was revealed. Khan, driven by his desire to destroy his enemies, sends Enya and a small guard back along the trail of tears to the lab the Auditors occupied in the old territory. There, Enya engineered a strain of Nipah virus and brought it back to Khan, who injected it into the first victim, Luxe Jensen.
Q: How does the virus spread?
A: NiV is a virus which spreads primarily through saliva. Sharing food and drink and kissing ensure infection. People can also fall ill from eating contaminated animals or plants that contaminated animals have come into contact with.
Q: What are the symptoms?
A: They are primarily encephalitic in humans and respiratory in animals. In humans, the infection presents as fever, headache and drowsiness. Cough, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, weakness, problems with swallowing and blurred vision are relatively common. About a quarter of the patients have seizures and about 60% become comatose and need ventiliation. In patients with severe disease, their conscious state may deteriorate and they may develop severe hypertension, fast heart rate, and very high temperature. In animals, especially in pigs, the virus causes a porcine respiratory and neurological syndrome, locally known as "barking pig syndrome", leading to death.
Q: Is there a cure?
A: No. The regular Nipah virus had no treatment, and this strain, which is more potent, has none either. Treatments include ventilation of patients with failing respiratory systems and other forms of symptom management. To eradicate the disease, mass quarantine of humans is encouraged, while mass slaughtering of potentially infected animals is effective.
Q: Is there a form of currency?
A: Yes, the Blacksmiths have been working on making a coin system. However, there aren't many coins circulating yet because they have to be made by hand. So bartering and trade are still very common. Weapons, jewelry, food, animals, and other such goods can be used to trade one item for another.
Q: What weapons are available to characters?
A: Swords, maces, bows, and other such medieval-type weapons are common, particularly for warriors. Commoners generally would have knives and not be specifically trained. Guns are being monopolized by the Bandits, who have had prototypes for years, and are extremely rare. You must ask for permission in order to have a character with a gun.
Q: How does a character get involved in the prostitution or drug rings?
A: Kaliope Avington-Montcroix and her older brother, Klaus, lead the brothel, with Kaliope as the primary decision maker. The head handler has yet to be named, though there is a candidate in mind. There are two available positions as additional prostitute handlers. If you would like for a character to be a prostitute, they must approach Kaliope, or a handler to be eventually taken to her. In order to purchase drugs, a character has to go to Valentina Desmeraux, who is in charge of all the drug supplies, which are grown on the Estate farms. She has dealers working beneath her, including Ace, who drugs can also be purchased from. In order for a character to be a dealer, they must approach Valentina.
Q: What is the cult?
A: Nathanial Stark is the child of Valentina Desmeraux, who wandered away from her when he was 6 years old and met Jazira Taylor and Khan Winchester during the Trail of Tears. Jazira immediately adopted the neglected child. Now 7 years old, he is innocently making friends with children of all groups. In 5 years, he will begin to show violent and controlling tendencies and establish himself a leader of sorts over a group of teens. When he is an adult, this will transform into his creation and leadership of a blood cult. His inner circle of close friends will help him control a much larger group that he manipulates to obey his will and forces to participate in various blood rituals and sacrifices. They will live with their respective groups by day, and in the secret of the night, they will go to meetings and rituals. No one will know who the members of the cult are, because they will wear masks and are forbidden to speak of it to anyone outside the cult. there will be 13 members. Almost all spots are filled, except for 2. If you're interested in one of the remaining two spots, you'll have to talk to Tsu, and arrange for your character to rp with Nathanial Stark. In the end, the last two spots will be given to an active roleplayer who's character clicks well with Nathanial Stark. This is the list of roleplayers trying for the last two spots, if you're not listed and want to be involved, let me know: Sky, Tat, Luca, Rain.
Q: Which drugs are available, and what about alcohol?
A: The available drugs are tobacco, marijuana, opium, and shrooms, which are all grown by The Estate, monopolized by Valentina, and sold by her dealers. And yes alcohol (including wine, whiskey, vodka, beer and the like) is being made and is available, usually in taverns or pubs or in the marketplace.
Q: How was the disease created?
A: After Thalia Taylor took Enya Blaise and Greyson Carther as Tintuhli captives, Enya's past as an Auditor was revealed. Khan, driven by his desire to destroy his enemies, sends Enya and a small guard back along the trail of tears to the lab the Auditors occupied in the old territory. There, Enya engineered a strain of Nipah virus and brought it back to Khan, who injected it into the first victim, Luxe Jensen.
Q: How does the virus spread?
A: NiV is a virus which spreads primarily through saliva. Sharing food and drink and kissing ensure infection. People can also fall ill from eating contaminated animals or plants that contaminated animals have come into contact with.
Q: What are the symptoms?
A: They are primarily encephalitic in humans and respiratory in animals. In humans, the infection presents as fever, headache and drowsiness. Cough, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, weakness, problems with swallowing and blurred vision are relatively common. About a quarter of the patients have seizures and about 60% become comatose and need ventiliation. In patients with severe disease, their conscious state may deteriorate and they may develop severe hypertension, fast heart rate, and very high temperature. In animals, especially in pigs, the virus causes a porcine respiratory and neurological syndrome, locally known as "barking pig syndrome", leading to death.
Q: Is there a cure?
A: No. The regular Nipah virus had no treatment, and this strain, which is more potent, has none either. Treatments include ventilation of patients with failing respiratory systems and other forms of symptom management. To eradicate the disease, mass quarantine of humans is encouraged, while mass slaughtering of potentially infected animals is effective.
Q: Is there a form of currency?
A: Yes, the Blacksmiths have been working on making a coin system. However, there aren't many coins circulating yet because they have to be made by hand. So bartering and trade are still very common. Weapons, jewelry, food, animals, and other such goods can be used to trade one item for another.
Q: What weapons are available to characters?
A: Swords, maces, bows, and other such medieval-type weapons are common, particularly for warriors. Commoners generally would have knives and not be specifically trained. Guns are being monopolized by the Bandits, who have had prototypes for years, and are extremely rare. You must ask for permission in order to have a character with a gun.
Q: How does a character get involved in the prostitution or drug rings?
A: Kaliope Avington-Montcroix and her older brother, Klaus, lead the brothel, with Kaliope as the primary decision maker. The head handler has yet to be named, though there is a candidate in mind. There are two available positions as additional prostitute handlers. If you would like for a character to be a prostitute, they must approach Kaliope, or a handler to be eventually taken to her. In order to purchase drugs, a character has to go to Valentina Desmeraux, who is in charge of all the drug supplies, which are grown on the Estate farms. She has dealers working beneath her, including Ace, who drugs can also be purchased from. In order for a character to be a dealer, they must approach Valentina.
Q: What is the cult?
A: Nathanial Stark is the child of Valentina Desmeraux, who wandered away from her when he was 6 years old and met Jazira Taylor and Khan Winchester during the Trail of Tears. Jazira immediately adopted the neglected child. Now 7 years old, he is innocently making friends with children of all groups. In 5 years, he will begin to show violent and controlling tendencies and establish himself a leader of sorts over a group of teens. When he is an adult, this will transform into his creation and leadership of a blood cult. His inner circle of close friends will help him control a much larger group that he manipulates to obey his will and forces to participate in various blood rituals and sacrifices. They will live with their respective groups by day, and in the secret of the night, they will go to meetings and rituals. No one will know who the members of the cult are, because they will wear masks and are forbidden to speak of it to anyone outside the cult. there will be 13 members. Almost all spots are filled, except for 2. If you're interested in one of the remaining two spots, you'll have to talk to Tsu, and arrange for your character to rp with Nathanial Stark. In the end, the last two spots will be given to an active roleplayer who's character clicks well with Nathanial Stark. This is the list of roleplayers trying for the last two spots, if you're not listed and want to be involved, let me know: Sky, Tat, Luca, Rain.
Q: Which drugs are available, and what about alcohol?
A: The available drugs are tobacco, marijuana, opium, and shrooms, which are all grown by The Estate, monopolized by Valentina, and sold by her dealers. And yes alcohol (including wine, whiskey, vodka, beer and the like) is being made and is available, usually in taverns or pubs or in the marketplace.
F O R N E W R O L E P L A Y E R S
This is information for you new roleplayers if you want to fit into the community here. We've been around for three years, so there's a lot of history and friendships already born here. To be able to successfully integrate, consider the following tips:
1. Carefully read the information and history pages. What you need to know about the site is there and it gets annoying if you just ask the members what's been happening without brushing up first. We're happy to help fill in the blanks, but please read these pages if you want to know what sort of rp site this is and what time period we're in.
2. Take a look at an rp box and see the way we rp and match our style.
3. Create characters in all of the groups if you want to be super involved.
4. When you want to rp, ask one specific roleplayer, don't just ask "who wants to rp" unless you've been around for awhile. Some may say no because they have too much going on, so pick another person and ask again until you find someone. We like new people but it's not only on us to incorporate new people, you need to force yourself in.
1. Carefully read the information and history pages. What you need to know about the site is there and it gets annoying if you just ask the members what's been happening without brushing up first. We're happy to help fill in the blanks, but please read these pages if you want to know what sort of rp site this is and what time period we're in.
2. Take a look at an rp box and see the way we rp and match our style.
3. Create characters in all of the groups if you want to be super involved.
4. When you want to rp, ask one specific roleplayer, don't just ask "who wants to rp" unless you've been around for awhile. Some may say no because they have too much going on, so pick another person and ask again until you find someone. We like new people but it's not only on us to incorporate new people, you need to force yourself in.
C R E D I T S
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Our Slaves: Val {XImagineThatX} + Tsu {TswaggyTsuki}
Site Created and Originally Owned By: Mord {SassMasterMord}