february ooc post

[stellafortunamods]

February OOC Post
Greetings, Travelers, and welcome to Stella Fortuna!
State of the World

For the first week of February, IC time will continue the time loop from January: that is, looping once more from August 10th to August 16th. However, the NPCs will begin to remark that the Travelers have helped them out a lot with their tasks. This is one of the changes that have appeared in the time loop. Characters will also receive a Wind Glider as thanks, delivered to their mailbox!

The other change is that on Thursday (August 13th), a huge windstorm will blanket all of Mondstadt. Woven into the blustering winds is the form of a large dragon, and its cries can be heard along with the howling winds. Only after chasing off the dragon will the winds abate enough for characters to leave the city. Doing so and resolving the storm completely will constitute our main quest for this month.

ICly, the tasks in our main quest will be completed by characters before Sunday ends. Once Monday rolls around once more, they’ll be pleasantly surprised to find that the date has advanced to August 17th. The second to fourth weeks of February will be spent looping from August 17th to August 23rd, and characters will have plenty of new things to do in the new time period.


System Updates

Thank you, Travelers, for making our soft opening a success! We’re still learning on how best to run our game smoothly, and we’ve decided to implement several changes going forward to make things easier:

Character tags are now live! They are in the format of canon: character. Thank you Eski for the suggestion!

New players can only be invited by one of the mods. We wanted to keep Stella Fortuna a small, closed game so that we are able to custom-tailor the content better, and while we are heartened by the overwhelming response, we would like to keep it private as intended. Players will not be able to invite other people into the game starting from the next app round. Current players who arrived as +1s will be grandfathered in; we are grateful for your support and your time!

Increased limit on ability regains. Our proposed limit is one major ability every two months, and one minor ability every month. We wish to encourage characters to use teamwork and their Vision to complete quests instead of relying on canon abilities. Our previous regain limits were set with the expectation of having less than twenty characters, but with the large size of the game, we find that players will find it much easier to obtain threads that are eligible for regain redemption. All quests and commissions will be written so that they can be completed using solely Vision abilities and a character count of two. We are willing to discuss this change further if players feel that it is unreasonable.

Revamped commissions system. Originally, our commissions system was written up as a way to deliver custom content to players. However, we only anticipated up to 10 players maximum, and the workload quickly multiplies with our current capped playerbase. This month, we will be giving more information in the commissions' descriptions, and characters are only required to turn in the completed threads for rewards. While all commissions are designed so that they can be successfully completed, it is also okay to fail the commissions if you would like your characters to experience the bitter taste of defeat or the hilarity of shitposting. Any questions about the commissions or any super-creative ideas that you want to run by us can be posted under the questions toplevel on this post.

A character can do both the main and side quest for each month, choosing one doesn't lock you out of the other.

Cut-off time for player-submitted commissions. Players will need to submit their commission information to us 7 days before the current month ends so that we can put it into the next month's OOC post. We aim to release the OOC post earlier before the log post, as our events are quite large and we would like to give players ample time to plot.

Last but not least, AC will begin in February. Please submit your threads to the permanent AC post by 2/28!

Our February Log Post will go up on February 1st at 00:00 GMT!


Quests and Commissions

Main Story Quest: The Outlander Who Caught The Wind

On the morning of Thursday (August 13th), a huge windstorm will blanket all of Mondstadt. Its cause is evident - a huge dragon soars through the skies above, diving down to claw off loose roof tiles and tearing holes through the city’s windmills. Terrified residents try to flee from the tornadoes that it summons, taking shelter in Mondstadt's Northwestern districts. Characters can choose to help the Knights of Favonius and Adventurers' Guild in evacuating civilians to safety, or soar into the skies using the windstorms and their new Wind Glider.

Taking Flight
Should they choose to do so, they may hear a familiar voice and feel the wind bear them high into the sky. The voice will instruct characters to harness the power of their Vision to fire energy shots at their dragon assailant. Their elemental bolts will not strike the dragon's body, instead being directed towards the strange purple spikes that are embedded in its neck and back. It seems your mysterious benefactor wishes you to harm the dragon as little as possible. After characters manage to shatter one of the purple spikes, the dragon will fly off somewhere north of Mondstadt, and the upcurrents will cease to function.

Temple Run
After landing, the Knights of Favonius will gather all Adventurers to an emergency meeting at the Knights' Headquarters. There, Jean explains that the dragon is referred to by the Knights as Stormterror, and that Stormterror has been conducting frequent raids on Mondstadt. Characters will be requested to clear out one of the three Domains that are supplying Stormterror with Anemo energy from the earth's Ley Lines. They are: Temple of the Falcon, Temple of the Wolf, and Temple of the Lion. Characters may ask for more details about these temples, and learn that they were once dedicated to worshipping Mondstadt's protectors: The Four Winds. Over time, the people of Mondstadt have forgotten their old traditions involving the winds, and their temples have since been abandoned and left to ruin. Nevertheless, the power of the Four Winds is still active even though their people have lost faith in them.

The Temples' doors will only open when more than one Vision user is present. Characters will be granted entry when they hold out their Vision physically towards the gate. Mysteriously, multiple parties who enter the Temple one after another will arrive at different locations within the Temple, and will not encounter other exploration parties no matter how thorough they are. It seems that the Temple Domains possess some strange power that makes them much bigger on the inside, and a short time spent within a Domain can translate to several hours having passed outside. There are elemental puzzles present that will require characters to solve by hitting Elemental switches with the right element, or by using elemental reactions to open gates and defeat monsters. At the end of the Temple, characters will find a large green crystal filled with Anemo energy in the centre of a room. Destroying the crystal will dissipate the stored power and produce a portal that leads them back outside the Temple. Once all three crystals in the Temples have been destroyed, the windstorm will cease.

More than one exploration party can explore a Domain, and they will all emerge from the Domain at the same time regardless of when they entered. An example of how the Temples look like, and the monsters that characters may encounter can be found here.

For characters who prefer to stay out of battle, there's always the option of exploring the Knights' Library and reading up about the Four Winds. Characters who do their homework will be able to find out more information about Stormterror - or rather, the dragon Dvalin, once a protector of Mondstadt. Why would he turn on the city he so loved? There are many possibilities. Hopefully the books can provoke some thoughtful conversation.


After the Storm
After Stormterror's departure, Mondstadt's citizens begin their arduous task of fixing what was destroyed. If characters pitch in to help anytime from August 17th to August 23rd, whatever they have patched up in the city will remain and not be reset by the timeloop.


Thread Eligibility
Submit a thread of your character carrying out any of the below tasks to the quest turn-in toplevel to receive quest rewards. Quest threads must be submitted by the end of this month to be eligible for rewards.

- Helping the Knights evacuate civilians into Mondstadt City's Upper District (where the stone buildings are)
- Flying together with another character and trying out combination elemental shots against Stormterror
- Exploring any of the Temples and breaking the Anemo crystal
- Researching in the library and discussing their findings
- Helping Mondstadt's citizens clean up the aftermath of the windstorm, such as retrieving fallen items, clearing debris, patching up the windmills, fixing roof tiles, etc.

Side Story Quest: The Legends of Wolvendom

On August 17th, an urgent commission will be posted to the Adventurers' Guild. Draff, the head of the hunters from Springvale, has enlisted Adventurers' help to investigate a wolf attack in Springvale. Characters will learn that a pack of black wolves attacked the boars that live around Springvale, and one of them injured a hunter, Allan. Springvale's hunters are all up in arms, wanting to enter Wolvendom and hunt the wolves in retribution. However, Amber is also at the scene, trying to calm them down.

Characters who venture into Wolvendom will notice that the wild woods are shrouded by a dense fog. The native wolves have grey pelts, distinctively different from the black wolves that were witnessed to attack Springvale. They may come across injured grey wolves, or hostile black wolves. The grey wolves may be accompanied by a wolf boy trying to tend to their wounds. When grey wolves and black wolves encounter each other, they will begin to fight until one party retreats or dies. Speaking to the wolf boy or making observations will reveal that the grey wolves are native inhabitants of Wolvendom, and the black wolves, who come from another territory, are responsible for killing boars and hurting hunters.

Unfortunately, wolves cannot offer monetary reward for helping them out. However, the Springvale hunters may offer Mora if you kill wolves and bring back their pelts, until they are convinced that the wolves are not a threat.


Quest Completion
The outcome of this quest will be determined by the combined effects of Travelers' actions. The number of character threads counting towards the positive outcome and the negative outcome will be collated at the end of the month to determine the final result. Quest threads must be submitted by the end of this month to be eligible for rewards, if any.

Should characters try to convince the Springvale citizens that the wolves are not a threat, and avoid harming the grey wolves, the quest will be considered successfully completed, and the Guardian of Wolvendom will issue combat commissions for Travelers in the future.

Should characters harm or kill too many grey wolves, or let Springvale's attitude towards the wolves deteriorate, the quest will be considered failed, and this will have lasting consequences on the state of the world.

If you're stuck on ideas, here are some objectives that you can thread out with another player:

- Convincing the hunters of Springvale to stand down OR agree with them
- Hunting wolves (if they are so inclined)
- Breaking up a fight between wolf packs (or joining in)
- Collecting herbal medicine for injured grey wolves
- Chasing off black wolves who are attacking boars near Springvale
- Exploring Wolvendom and observing the two wolf packs

Please submit threads related to this quest under the appropriate top-level in this post.

February Commissions

1. An Outside Perspective

Person: Jameson Jams Jamsborini from Monstadt’s Tourist Travel Advisory
Request: “I need help revamping the Mondstadt Travel Guide for future tourists. I am looking for creativity! Panache! And absolutely anything you can think of that expresses the charm of this wonderful city. What – wind? Dragons? We don’t have time to unpack all that at the moment, thank you very much.”

Characters will be asked to come up with any ideas they can think of. A food/beer tour of all the taverns in Mondstadt? 10 Things You Should Do In The Favonius Catheral Before You’re Kicked Out? Or maybe even a list of the most eligible bachelors/bachelorettes in Mondstadt! (If asked for their opinions, the majority of the city will highly recommend Kaeya as #1). Favorite dating spots! Worst dating spots! Spots where you’re most likely to get dumped! All of the stray cats of Mondstadt and the names they might respond to! Go wild, y’all.

Reward: A medium amount of Mora, their picture in the Mondstadt Travel Guide, and (1) elemental immunity potion of the chara’s choice!


2. Library Management

Person: Lisa Minci, Head Librarian of the Knights of Favonius
Request: "Strange that these certain people will be returning the books they borrowed this late... I'd personally take them back myself, but I'll be attending a meeting with the fellow Knights later, so could you be a dear and seek them out for me? I knew I could count on you, cutie." ♥

Characters will be tasked to find certain people who have yet to return their library books on time. It's not as easy at it looks, though -- while Grace at the Cathedral would have the book at the ready when asked, Ella Musk, the little scholar of Hilichurlian linguistics, would say that she left her book on Hilichurl language at the Thousand Winds Temple -- which is guarded by a Ruin Guard, oops. Travelers must defeat the Ruin Guard first before retrieving the book safely, as it is very strong and may overwhelm anyone who dares disturb it with its heat-seeking missiles and large arms that flail around in circles repeatedly to knock people off their feet.

Reward: A generous amount of Mora, and a copy of Hilichurl Ballad Selection Vol. 2.


3. Road Rage

Person: Huffman, Knight of Favonius
Request: “Good day, Traveller. While I imagine you’re busy with everything that’s going on, I was wanting to ask for your aid in a matter. With all the commotion with the storm, some of the Hilichurl camps have taken advantage of our lapse in patrols and set up barricades along the roads into the city. Could I ask for you to deal with them, before they harm someone?”

This commission will become available on August 17th.

Characters will be requested to head out to the roads that lead in and out of Mondstadt, where some Hilichurl have set up camps and barricades. Though why would they set up barricades in the first place? The answer won’t become clear until the Hilichurls are defeated (watch out, there’s a few with Electro bows and arrows this time) and the characters are working on destroying the barricades - brute force or Pyro visions work best - as reinforcements will soon appear. Heading the charge is an Abyss Mage (Hydro, Cryo or Pyro), looking rather unhappy that its plan has been thwarted. And it’s also brought along a Mitachurl, which is both much larger and much stronger than a normal hilichurl, with a nasty-looking axe in hand. Which is on fire. Characters will need to work together to defeat both that and the Abyss Mage - and be careful, a hit from a Mitachurl will always send them flying.

Reward: A medium amount of Mora, a 2-star weapon of
their choice.


4. A Thousand Wishes

Person: Tsurumaru Kuninaga
Request: "Let's make a wish together. If we make a thousand, a wish will come true..."

If you fold a thousand paper cranes, they say the gods will grant your wish. Help Tsurumaru put the legend to the test. He'll tell you a legend, teach you how to fold a crane, shove some papers at you, and put you to work. You can make as many or as few as you want but he needs 1000 total so let's go, everyone.

(It's possible to do this commission with Tsurumaru as your second but you're free to do it with someone else. When accepting it, please let me know how many cranes will be made and the overall quality of the cranes. Are they neat? Wrinkled? Did you give him a bunch of crumpled paper? Tsurumaru is a simple spirit so you only need to give him at least one crane!)

Reward: A surprise.

Player Contact: eski | eski#9874 | PM | February plotting post

Swapping

For players who joined us in our first app round will have the option to swap their ingame character for another if they feel that their current character is not a good fit for the setting. Players will not need to wait until our next app round to app in their replacement character. If you would like to utilize this option, please let us know at our mod contact post and we'll make the necessary arrangements.


Plotting

Feel free to use this post as a plotting post for all your CR and commission pairing needs! A quick form is provided for your use:

<span style="color: #1d5737; font-size: 1rem; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif;">The Player</span> <B>Player Name:</b> Your name! <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Contact:</b> Plurk, Discord, PM, your choice. <b>If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live?</b> <span style="color: #1d5737; font-size: 1rem; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Serif;">The Character</span> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Canon:</b> <b>Vision:</b> <b>Tl;dr:</b> Describe your character here! Be as serious or meme-y as you like. <b>Quest Plans:</b> What will your character do during the windstorm? Will they visit Wolvendom? <b>Commissions:</b> Are you interested in taking on any of the commissions this month? What sort of partner are you looking for? <b>Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to?</b>

Comments

questions?

[stellafortunamods]

[fiddlestick]

Regarding commission turn in: is there a certain comment number we should reach before it can be turned in, or does it need to have the main objective completed?

I'm mostly wondering in the case of folks that have slow going threads/require backtagging/get really sidetracked since there's a deadline for turn-in.

[hangfire]

When threading out vision use - Should we still assume characters only have the basic elemental attack and nothing else right now? For characters that can buff/debuff, is this something we can play around with or will this be something we have to discuss with the mods?

[timmie]

When will you mean bullies stop scaring off my pigeons?!

[groundcover]

Is the purple spike completely obliterated or will any fragments remain to potentially be carefully collected and examined by the Investigation Team of the Knights of Favonius?

[cranelike]

In the post it says to submit ac by 2/31. I'm assuming this means the end of February.

Unless we're breaking time IRL, too.

quest and commission thread turn-in

[stellafortunamods]

Please submit completed threads under this comment!

[nailpolished]

Before I forget: Jun and Kashuu take out a dragon-back crystal.

side story quest thread tally

[stellafortunamods]

Please submit any threads related to this month's side story quest here!

[bowfaire]

Still threading wolves with Xiao and Val. Basically breaking up fights with wolves and trying to find something more peaceful.

[nefilim]

The Player
Player Name: Jay
Timezone: GMT
Contact: floriographies
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? America because that's where my partner lives ;w;


The Character
Character Name: Anastasia Fabre
Canon: Original
Vision: Pyro

Tl;dr:

steals from last meme Angry gremlin half-angel who wishes to kill her father and also god while she's at it. She's equal parts cheerful troll and battle freak, and struggles a lot with morality considering her upbringing wasn't all the great due to being basically raised as a weapon. It's something she's slowly getting better at, but she tends to base things on "what would my friend do" rather than what's morally right.

Her time in Upcycle helped her a little with being more emotionally available, but she still tends to be rather distant and doesn't really let people in. She will tease you horribly instead. Once you befriend her though, she is incredibly loyal and will basically die for you. So yeah. Also incredibly curious and wants to know about everything and anything, she will ask you about what your world is like since there's so many variations.

Quest Plans: Anastasia will for sure be investigating the Temples! Let her fight through them, she's good at that and she'll... do her best with the puzzles. She'll also be assisting in research, since despite her... her-ness, she's actually a nerd and will be into looking up more about the Four Winds and Stormterror.

For the sidequest, she will be siding with the wolves though her main focus will be breaking up fights/fighting off the black wolves. Don't ask her to talk the hunters, she will make things worse for sure.

Commissions: All of them... I'm the worst, I want to do all of them HOWEVER Ana is taking a bit of a sidestep this month since her major focus will be the Temples and helping out the wolves. I want to do that crane one though, please -

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No, because she's cheap and she would find his suffering funny

[hangfire]

lutha and ana on opposite sides of the great furry debate has me in tears jay

[hangfire]

The Player
Player Name: Nik
Timezone: EST
Contact: nikoftime, Nik3432 on discord
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? somewhere not in the usa right now #coronavirusproblems ...... but I'd love to live out near the atlantic coast.


The Character
Character Name: Lutha Pahr
Canon: Original
Vision: Pyro

Tl;dr: Same as last month so to be even MORE tl;dr we'll just put this again:


Quest Plans:
Gonna mostly stick to temple runs and the repairs afterward! Lutha's a long-range fighter and he can't even use his main weapon right now due to lack of ammunition, rip, but he's a Pyro and I have him set for ranged DPS and buffing/debuffing if we want to play with Melt/Vaporize/Overcharge or Swirls of any sort. He'll be most in his element being disaster errand boy though so that's where he's gonna shine.

He is going to have zero interest in helping the furries unfortunately. ): If people want to drag him along then just lmk but it will take some work to get him to not be 100% for killing the dogs and prioritizing the village. wheezes i'm so sorry

Commissions: POINTS AT TSURU SOMEONE PLEASE HELP HIM FOLD CRANES HE ONLY HAS ONE HAND

I'm good for the rest if you want someone blunt and grumpy with interesting opinions but mostly please i need someone with two working hands to help this poor idiot

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No. :|

[omegathree]

Val is fully willing to help him fold some cranes! There's no guarantee they're good cranes, but they will be cranes.

[joies]

The Player
Player Name: Jay again
Timezone: GMT
Contact: floriographies
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Still America!!


The Character
Character Name: Persephone
Canon: Original
Vision: Geo

Tl;dr:

steals again from last meme A changeling and a queen of a Spring Court, Persephone is a bright, bubbly and whimsical lady who is always happy to chat to anyone and everyone she comes across. Underneath that is a shrewd woman who plays up being an airhead, and is basically keeping an eye on everyone and everything around her - and she's not afraid to tell a few nice lies to get what she wants either. Also kind of a ho sometimes as well, but that's just normal for the Spring Court.

But she's still genuinely kind, and likes being able to lend a helping hand or listening ear if needed. She cares a lot for other people and their wellbeing, even if she might not be willing to let people get close to her due to some recent trauma + mortals have such short lifespans welp.

Quest Plans: While Persephone will be interested in the Temples, her main concerns will be research and assisting in evacuating the citizens, and cleaning up once it's all over. She'll let the more battle focused people deal with fighting, since her prowess is mostly in social aspects!

For the sidequest, she will be siding with the wolves, and she will be working on sweettalking the hunters to stand down. Persephone will also be able to assist in gathering and making herbal medicines, considering her expertise with plants. Don't expect her to do any fighting, but she will throw down if someone tries to mess with the wolves or best boi Razor.

Commissions: All of them... ALL OF THEM. This month Persephone is going to be more active, so she'll mostly be thrown into commissions! She's very much a social butterfly so she'll excel in gathering tourist information for Outside Perspective, and she can hold herself in a fight well enough... She might also be interested in making cranes. Maybe. She won't admit it, but she will go with someone else!

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? Yes.....

[extinctive]

i just want these oldbies to make cranes... that's all i got u_u

[redbellion]

The Player
Player Name: Coco
Timezone: GMT -10
Contact: amplitude feel free to shoot me an add despite what my profile says!
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I'm cool with living where I am now


The Character
Character Name: Keith
Canon: Voltron: Legendary Defender
Vision: Hydro

Tl;dr: From last post bc I'm lazy - I can't believe I still play from this canon........closes my eyes........ Anyway, Keith's the leader of a giant robot made out of mechanical lions named Voltron. He pilots the Black Lion and used to be kind of shitty at leading?? He's a lot better now and actually knows how to work with other people for the most part. He's a well-meaning 21 y.o. who just wants to help other people, but sometimes.

Sometimes.



Quest Plans: OH BOY Keith is ready to GO!!! He'll be participating in Temple Run for sure. Keith's an offensive DPS kind of guy with Hydro if anyone wants to party with him. He'll try his hardest to help with the puzzles but he prefers to just jump into the action, so anyone who can carry the team through those puzzles are welcome too!

As for Wolvendom quest, Keith is absolutely going to try and break up the fights and save the grey wolves. He's got a space wolf back at home...somewhere in space...waiting for him, so he has a soft spot for this quest in particular. I'm down to play out arguments with anyone in favor of hunting the wolves, etc.

Commissions: I'm down for any of them but I know Keith's gonna make at least one shitty crane for crane commission...i'm so sorry

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No :/// Begone, bard

[omegathree]

Let's go temple running!

I can't say Val is particularly useful in actually helping with puzzles, since he's also an offensive DPS who doesn't use his head most of the time- but between ice and water they should be okay! Maybe!

[magicdrain]

The Player
Player Name: yuul
Timezone: pst
Contact: yuulshi
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? i would move back to davis, ca :(


The Character
Character Name: Lucas
Canon: Who Made Me a Princess
Vision: Electro zap zap

Tl;dr:


The same as before except Lucas recently got a Big regain so now he can go back to being his normal adult self!! He'll probably be wandering around as either his child form or adult form depending on what he needs or his mood at the moment.

Quest Plans: Lucas won't be interested in fighting the dragons, but he can probably be dragged into helping with evacuations if anyone wants to bonk him on the head and make him be USEFUL. He'd also be interested in exploring any of the Temples or researching at the library taps chin.

As for the wolves... sighs and places hand against forehead. It would entirely depend on who he's with... If the person he's with wants to play peacemaker then Lucas will huff and be of some reluctant help, but if they wanna beat up some wolves then he'll be like sure?? Why not?? What have Animals ever done for me. I do want him involved in wolf things, though because it SOUNDS FUN.

Commissions: Interested in Library Management and Road Rage! Those are the commissions Lucas would be most onboard for, but me, as a player, would love if someone made Lucas do the crane one mostly because Lucas has decided that he HATES Tsurumaru.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No.... Lucas is the one out here begging on the streets, my man.

[hangfire]

why is he tall and hot now lutha hates this immediately

Lutha can absolutely drag him into helping with town repairs regardless of what form he's in, though, if you wanna play with that.

[masking]

The Player
Player Name: elia
Timezone: est!
Contact: tuchanka
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? a cozy cabin in the mountains somewhere... i am but a simple elia


The Character
Character Name: kaeya von alberich von genshin impact
Canon: ...genshin impact
Vision: cryo, baybee. let's go, trauma team

Tl;dr: it's the cavalry captain himself! acting grandmaster jean's right-hand man, mondstadt's top candidate for grandson-in-law (and most eligible bachelor??), liar extraordinaire—kaeya is many things, really, but first and foremost, kaeya is charming! he's clever and he's calculating and he comes through when it counts!! generally, though, he is down to stand on the sidelines, letting things play out as they will, because people and their different approaches are so very interesting...

Quest Plans: hmm let me See here...

• during the attack itself, kaeya will be running around with the other knights, definitely helping to guard/protect civilians as needed. team up with him to earn some kaeya favor™?? or maybe you need to be saved in some way... kaeya can be your knight in shining armor (and you might just owe him a lil favor later, but details, details)
• in the game itself, kaeya is the knight who accompanies the player to the temple of the wolf... so if you'd like kaeya to fill that same role here, i can and will yeet him your way! you want some vague lore re: the four winds... kaeya can give you some vague lore, then point your ass to the knights of favonius library LMGKFSDHG.
• idk, man, if you're still adjusting to the mondstadt life and/or visions (tm), kaeya is a bonafide knight of favonius?? he's here to help, in his way...
• for wolvendom shenans: he's probably more interested in how outsiders deal with the hunters of springvale than the wolves themselves, tbh. need someone to play devil's advocate? want someone to be the dark kermit to ur peaceful kermit? like, at the end of the day, kaeya does want this to be resolved peacefully... but he's always out to keep things Interesting.

Commissions: i'm open to all commissions!!! kaeya will help out with them in an attempt to get to know/learn more about y'all travelers, so i'll throw him into anything.

• please come interview him for An Outside Perspective... he will only give you real answers. i swear. want to know the kindest, most talkative man in all of mondstadt? why, kaeya will tell you all you need to know about master diluc. need to know the best (re: most private) makeout spots? very scandalous, traveler, but your pal kaeya has you covered. the best drinks? ...yeah, you'll probably get a genuine answer for this one and this one only. ANYWAY let him give you the info you definitely do not need.
  
• he can fight, but will he fight for Library Management and/or Road Rage? mysterious.
  
• bruh... A Thousand Wishes is so his speed, because this is the perfect job to do while drinking in a tavern. hell yes. time to give tsuru progressively shittier cranes, because it's time... to get tanked! for YOU to get tanked. then tell him all about yourself and your world, why don't you...

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? looks at his own bar tab... nah

anyway, kaeya @ y'all like

[hangfire]

i just did the first pirate sidequest and it was so dumb i love this man so much ANYWAY

Lutha's going to be sticking to the town side of things for a good chunk of the main event so I'd love to do something alongside Kaeya if you're up for it. Lutha's long range/buffing Pyro so shrugs in "how does Melt work" but yknow.

[fiddlestick]

The Player
Player Name: Yuff
Timezone: US Central (GMT-6)
Contact: neutronstar
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Canada.


The Character
Character Name: Elliot Craig
Canon: Trails of Cold Steel
Vision: Ameno

Tl;dr:

A musical genius that wants to just play his violin and teach on the side but unfortunately his country has a habit of breaking out into huge wars every couple years. He's sweet, friendly, and basically acts like your kindergarten teacher most of the time- but also he has seen some shit so he can be hardcore when needs to be. He's currently loving being in the city of bards and can often be found with his boyfriend best friend Rean and their friend's cat who is currently a cat girl. Anime y'all.

Quest Plans: Elliot would die if he tried the wind gliding challenge, so he'll be on the ground ready to heal any of you people that hurt themselves. Afterwards he'll be happy to help with clean up and clearing out the temples!

Commissions: I'm going to be lame and say all of them. Elliot is excellent at providing support for any combat related ones, and also pretty open to pitching in for the non-combat ones. He's very used to doing this kind of stuff.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No he did his time dealing with a drunkard that was his teacher, he's not going back to that hell.


The Character
Character Name: Jun Kohinata
Canon: Tokyo Xanadu
Vision: Geo

Tl;dr:

he's a strange child
A 17 year old from 2015 japan that was raised by a secret church cult organization to fight monsters from another realm. He's a good kid, but he was raised to be basically an emotionless weapon so he struggles with things like emotions and social bonds. Also he tends to be full of secrets and is an unapologetic anime nerd. Terrible.

Quest Plans: Jun will be helping out with the gliding! He's got some experience with this stuff so he'll be okay. Afterwards he'll be very eager to check out the temples since they remind him of Eclipse gates from back home. He regained his enhanced physical abilities and is good at throwing rocks, so he'll be helpful.

Commissions: Jun would definitely veer more towards the the combat oriented ones. He can be convinced to help out with the wolves, though his ability to persuade townspeople will be mixed.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? Why are you asking the teenage church boy Venti. Why.

[dispassionatedevotion]

Heeeey are you up for the both of them (Jun and Ledah) doing another Quest together? I'm looking at Road Rage, since the two worked just fine last time.

[extinctive]

The Player
Player Name: Blair
Timezone: GMT+8
Contact: romanticizes
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? UHHH idk. japan or korea i guess.


The Character
Character Name: Figaro Garcia
Canon: Mahoutsukai no Yakusoku / Promise of Wizard
Vision: you can't spell cryo without cry

Tl;dr:



one of the sage's wizards chosen to defeat the moon in their world, figaro is a friendly doctor from southern country. he's personable! and funny! likes to get drunk and shit! but for all his pretenses of being a weak and goofy doctor, he's actually a rather powerful wizard who has committed Some Crimes. but don't worry about it, he's still hip and young w the kids amirite

Quest Plans: he will provide medical help in either quests, since he now has a clinic up and running! he'd also do research in the library for this world's lore and assist in gathering herbs and wolfhooks to help their relationships with the wolves. this would probably mean i'd toplevel but... closes eyes. we shall see.

Commissions: i'm up for all three! aside from the obligatory healing assistance in both commissions, someone please teach figaro how to fold paper cranes it'd be cute.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? if anything he himself would need help in paying his own bar tab bc i feel like it's gonna add up LMAO

[hangfire]

stares into the sun... hey there doc I might need to hit up ur doctorly inbox this month for Something if figaro does indeed have a clinic open........ sweats...

[omegathree]

The Player
Player Name: Mira
Timezone: MST
Contact: Plurk: aureatian, Discord: Mira#5533 (It's way easier to get me via discord)
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Somewhere warm...


The Character
Character Name: Valvatorez
Canon: Disgaea 4
Vision: Cryo

Tl;dr: A really old vampire who swore off ever drinking blood again. He likes friendship, comrades and promises.

Quest Plans:
-He'll be moving civilians up to safety during the Stormterror attack.
-He'll be running the temples
-He might go into the library, but will he read

Commissions:
- He's happy to do any commission if he's asked.
- Thousand Wishes he will simply do.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to?
He doesn't have any money on him, rip Venti

Also! Val picked up a plot clue in the form of a pocket watch.

[groundcover]

The Player
Player Name: Snarky
Timezone: EST but when i tag is irregular
Contact: PM / wildzubat
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? assuming the finances to support it... San Fransico or maybe somewhere in Iceland...


The Character
Character Name: Albedo
Canon: Genshin Impact
Vision: Geo

Tl;dr: Alchemist Bob Ross


[ sauce ]



Quest Plans:
Windstorm: As a Knight of Favonius, Albedo's first duty is to ensuring the safety of the citizens of Mondstadt. Therefore, his first priority will be evacuating civilians and doing what he can to protect them from the ground.

That said, he will be quite interested to hear about the purple spikes and might enlist some help in searching for any fragments that fell...

Temple Run: While ordinarily Albedo would be absolutely here for exploring Domains, he has some crystal fragments to examine and investigate.

Albedo is familiar with the general lore about Dvalin/Stormterror, as it pertains to a personal research project of his. While he has no knowledge of Dvalin's motivations, he can certainly offer speculation or answer questions about Dvalin's history as he knows it, and his investigative work on the tainted blood fragments might just offer some clues as to the source of Dvalin's current state. So uh... given that his lab is in the same building as the Library, he's bound to be around for anyone doing research!

He will not be participating in the Wolvendom side-quest, however.

Commissions:
Outside Perspective &/or A Thousand Wishes let's go...!

Having lived in Mondstadt for several years at this point, Albedo is familiar with what the city has to offer and is willing to offer his perspective. He could also be convinced to submit some illustrations of some of the highlights of fair Mondstadt to the travel guide! N...no guarantee that they'll be like... ideal tourism advertisements, though.

And I think he would be interested in learning how to fold a paper crane. The artistry and transformative nature of creating a three-dimensional shape from a flat sheet of paper...

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? Bold of you to assume Albedo visits the bar.

[hangfire]

sobs we need a nicer thread this month.... reaches for poor snarky...

lutha won't throw albedo's sketchpad into the lake btw don't worry, he's just being an asshole

[bowfaire]

The Player
Player Name: Eski
Timezone: Japan Time
Contact: eski | eski#9874 | PM | here!
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Don't ask me this question right now lmao

Tsurumaru

[cranelike]

The Character
Character Name: Tsurumaru Kuninaga
Canon: Touken Ranbu
Vision: Cryo

Tl;dr:

Tsurumaru "Actual Agent of Chaos" Kuninaga. He's a 1000+ year old sword spirit. His true form is the sword he carries at his side. He's from the year 2205 and fights to protect history from evil spirits that want to change it. Tsurumaru is beautiful, cool, reliable, and an absolute gremlin. He loves surprises which often means indulging in pranks like digging pitfalls, jumping out from around corners, and sticking googly eyes on everything. He has attachment issues because he has sad white haired anime boy trauma but I promise he's good and actually likes most people. For the most part he's okay until he ends up in battle and gets a little too hype about getting sTaInEd ReD wItH bLoOd because he's cranekin and needs to get his flash of red some how.

Quest Plans:

I'm taking it a little easy with Tsurumaru this month. It works out because he's kind of a free/passive spirit. He's always down to play support and push others to where they need to be but he's not the type to take the lead and charge into things. It's easy to convince him to tag along! Literally just ask and promise him a good time (he's a simple sword boy). He gets bored easily so he'll tag along with anyone if it seems promising for even a little while.

Windstorm
During the attack, Tsurumaru is a sword so he's inclined to fight but he can be easily convinced to help protect/evacuate citizens if given some direction. He's surprisingly good at following orders. He'll help with reconstruction but he's aaaaabsolutely going to be avoiding dirty work and use his age to get out of heavy labor. He can also be convinced to go run a Temple or two if you want a sword boy for support.

Wolvendom
Hunting isn't really his jam but Tsurumaru is a calm and reasonable person so he'll be talking to the hunters to get them to chill out. I'd really like someone to drag Tsurumaru along to fight the black wolves. It won't take much to convince him! You literally just have to ask/say it's dangerous and he'll tag along. I really want Tsurumaru to get hype about blood this month so let a crane get covered in blood. Thanks.

Commissions:

Tsurumaru posted a commission this month (A Thousand Wishes). You don't have to do it with him but if you'd like to, he's also available! He'll teach everyone how to make cranes and if you're nice, maybe he'll make some other shapes for you. He'll ask you about your wishes and maybe vaguely tell you his. This is kind of his thing so he'll absolutely carry you for this commission and make most of the cranes himself if you're struggling.

Otherwise, I'd like him to do Road Rage because… again… let a sword boy fight.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? Yes and then he'd leave so Venti still has a tab tbh

[beatnest]

The Player
Player Name: LB
Timezone: EST
Contact: ziplines! If you wanna add me on discord just lmk o7.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Kyoto, Japan as long as i could teleport back to NJ/NYC occasionally because I would miss bagels and taylor ham nods


The Character
Character Name: Byakuya
Canon: Under Night in Birth
Vision: Cryo

Tl;dr: The most polite trash boy you ever did meet. Byakuya pretty much seems completely unimposing but the more you chat with him the more you'll discover he's just a general mess!

....and this month he'll be growing in half his "claws" so !!! He calls them claws but they're basically spider legs that let him climb and also stab things :>

bc of this he's going to try to eat a lot of questionable stuff this month including slimes etc so...! if you want to be part of this or just judging please hit me up vore is a big aspect of his personality

Quest Plans: Main story quest: I'd like to stick Byakuya in a domain if possible! He can fight way more effectively too.

Side story: ...byakuya's way of handling things is pretty poor so I was actually wondering if anyone was interested in stopping him from hunting the wolves (and possibly trying to eat them bc hes a disaster). He's pretty easy to redirect but he's going to be hungry this month, or you can just yell at him until he's too annoyed to continue lol.

as always positive and negative cr is welcome!

Commissions: I am interested in crane quest!!! But really anything goes beside o7.



Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to?

No but if he was needled enough possibly, though I dont think Venti himself would be able to do this on his own.

[unnecessities]

sandy can stop him from killing wolves!!

[infreefall]

The Player
Player Name: Ray
Timezone: EST
Contact: seolearo or arrays#3281 at disco!
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? italy but i am nowhere near fashionable enough

[infreefall]

The Character
Character Name: Ookurikara
Canon: Touken Ranbu
Vision: Pyro

Tl;dr: tsundere. grumpy. gap moe. give him something cute and he will be (secretly) happy - or something to point his sword at, he's happy with that too.

Quest Plans:

Windstorm: Kara will absolutely want to fight. It'll be a little strange having to fly and use the Pyro vision to do so, but a battlefield is the one place that he is truly adaptable, so he will do whatever it takes to drive the dragon away. He'd like to go to the temples! A new battlefield! Let him at it!!

Wolvendom: Kara doesn't want to hurt animals? So he'll probably be sitting this one out.

Commissions: Road Rage stands out for Kara, but he'd also be down for Library Management! If he must have a partner, he'd prefer someone who can focus on the mission - but I, personally, would love anyone gives him a hard time.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? absolutely not. pay your own bill, scrub

[petiote]

The Player
Player Name: Jayne
Timezone: EST
Contact: bronnichiwa
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I would probably move back to Japan tbh. I miss the ocean. ;^;

Tio Plato | Trails Series

[petiote]

The Character
Character Name: Tio Plato
Canon: Trails Series
Vision: Hydro

Tl;dr: tbh, now that I've played a little more genshin, think of her like a blue keqing.

Tio is a researcher who used to work for the Special Support Section of the Crossbell police department. She's small and quiet and hardworking, but she can be sarcastic when she wants to. Ideal little sister material.

She also really likes a cat named Mishy? Mishy is love. Mishy is life.
Quest Plans: So, fun things, Tio has the ability to talk to wolves. When Tio communicates with people, though, she does so very mechanically. Her speech usually lacks much emotion, and she's not very charismatic.

Which is important for this event, because she's going to try to be peacemaker for the wolves. Following Lloyd "Actually Just a Friendship Speech Given Human Form" Banning's lead, Tio is going to try to solve this conflict without violence. The SSS once stopped a gang war, so it's probably fine?

That being said, because of her lack of charisma, Tio is going to need support. She'll need people to help coordinate between the wolves, and also probably people to fight, because while she's a powerful mage, she is very squishy.
Commissions: Not thinking of anything atm but if you wanna do one hit me up!
Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No??? She once lived with Randy "Human Disaster" Orlando she knows how this goes.

zhongli | genshin impact

[pragmatism]

The Player
Player Name: September
Timezone: GMT +8
Contact: Comments to OOC post or planetbefall
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? I like where I stay. Singapore is pretty safe and convenient, though having better weather would be a plus.


The Character
Character Name: Zhongli
Canon: Genshin Impact
Vision: Geo

Tl;dr:

An guy from neighbouring Liyue who wears expensive clothes yet has no money. He sounds like an old man despite not having wrinkles, and can talk about history for hours. Please don't agree to buy anything for him unless you have a lot of Mora.

I... kind of overextended myself last month, so from Feb onwards I try to have at most 1 thread with each character at a time. If we have a Jan thread and you'd like to wrap it up, please let me know! I'm definitely up for handwaving our characters hanging out in their spare time to advance some CR points.

Quest Plans: Since he's an NPC, he won't actively join in the exploration of the Domains, but he's definitely around to provide historical explanations and/or sit in the library if anyone wants tl;dr of the books. If your character needs a defensive escort, he could accompany you with a shield.

Commissions: (Again) Since he's an NPC, he won't be doing them and he also won't get any rewards. I want to focus more on... non-combat/slice-of-life stuff this month, so I forsee myself tagging into other people's toplevels. If you have a thread idea for our characters, just let me know and I'll head over o/

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No. :\

[complementing]

if you're up for it, we can keep continuing mina and zhongli's get-to-know you january thread! and handwave her saying hello to him as she runs from place to place helping with things and exploring

[nailpolished]

The Player
Player Name: Maggie
Timezone: EST
Contact: roseburst or Maggie#0451 feel free to add me at either one!
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? My apartment, but fix the bathroom ceiling leak

[nailpolished]

The Character
Character Name: Kashuu Kiyomitsu
Canon: Touken Ranbu
Vision: Hydro represent

Tl;dr: Kashuu is very appearance-focused and strives to be as cute as possible, but he's also a very reliable person who cares a great deal about others. Despite being reliable, he's just as prone as other swords-turned-human to shenanigans even if he likes to think he isn't sometimes...it's a lie, he's just as bad.

Quest Plans: OKAY SO I would love a lot of Quest threads with him...he's (unsure) about flying since he hasn't done that before but he'll try to learn on the go? He's best for evacuation or EXPLORING TEMPLES!! PLEASE! And also helping clean up. He...CAN research in the library but he doesn't really WANT to research in the library, so that's only an option if someone talks him into it. He's easily bribed with praise and also just being outright dragged along.

For the wolves, Kashuu probably will help hunt them first off. Razor showing up will make him more ??? and he might help out at that point, though. But his first thought would be > fight thing that is causing issues, although he'd probably cotton on there's more going on decently fast.

Commissions: YES, COMMISSIONS. 1) He will totally be up for the travel guide, can there be a fashion section? 2) LISA CALLS HIM CUTIE AND HE'S LIKE okay guess I'll get her the books, then. 3) What is a sword if not a fight-y thing... 4) He's contractually obligated to make some cranes when Tsurumaru bothers him, so he has to do this one, yes.

Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? NO!

Anyway he's brand new so he'll show up and be like The Fuck because I decided to swap Ed out and swap Kashuu in. He's here late without Starbucks.

[complementing]

The Player
Player Name: Rayne
Timezone: PST
Contact: raynestorm
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? Japan...but I like California too much tbh


The Character
Character Name: Minako Arisato
Canon: Persona 3 Portable
Vision: Pyro
Tl;dr: cheerful tomboy who will fight you with the power of momento mori
Quest Plans: Gonna go FITE A DRAGON and also try and stop the hunters from hunting the wolves. She can join for a temple run too!
Commissions: Making paper cranes! She knows how to make them, she can help you if you're having trouble.
Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? No...she's so poor, Venti...


The Character
Character Name: Tifa Lockhart
Canon: FF7 Remake
Vision: Cryo
Tl;dr: a barmaid who will dislocate your jaw if she wanted to. luckily for you she doesn't want to
Quest Plans: helping with reconstruction and taking care of people, though she's really good at fighting hand to hand combat, so she would be a good person to take along for a temple run. she also was from a small mountain town that probably saw a lot of wolves, so she'd want to protect the native ones!
Commissions: none this month
Would your character pay Venti's bar tab if he asked them to? nope, even if she's not a barmaid in teyvat, bar tabs are meant to be paid by patrons!!

MINAKO'S PLOT CLUE

[complementing]

hello friends, i got a plot clue regain for minako and i believe that alice is planning to set up an info-swapping for all the outlanders? so i thought i'd put all the plot info here ahead of time for easy perusal.

The next time Minako takes a stroll outside of Mondstadt's city, she will come across a Hilichurl cradling the corpse of its deceased friend.

The Hilichurl will not attack Minako on sight, like other Hilichurls. Instead, it appears to be crying mournfully in the Hilichurl language. As she watches, the dead Hilichurl turns to dust and fades away. The living Hilichurl then stands up, gesturing angrily to the sky where a certain floating island can be seen. Then, it will leave.

Attempting to follow the Hilichurl will reveal that the Hilichurl is returning to its camp. The camp of non-hostile Hilichurls will let Minako walk in and examine their living conditions. However, the camp vanishes without trace the next morning and cannot be revisited.

she'll think it's odd but wonder if it has any relevance to stormterror and all the other things happening in monstadt, so she might have to be prodded just a little bit to explain.

also, i'm double checking with the mods that the floating island is ningguang's jade chamber, so in the case that it is, i'd love any liyue characters to explain it to her! it's actually celestia! so she'd love to hear from any of the og teyvat characters or people who have done research in the library. otherwise come discuss with her what the heck happened, try to help her look for the hilichurl camp, debate if killing any non-hostile hilichurls is a good idea, etc!