ANNOUNCEMENT As of 1/3/2025, people who wish to join the roleplay no longer have to create a character. They will work the the current cast listed in the Character Index. New characters can be made in-story to benefit the plot/world and they can be used at later times if desired. This was put in place to avoid 'character explosion', where an author introduces a mass amount of characters at one time. And also to keep character introductions to a minimum- the plot cannot progress if new characters are always arriving at the scene.
Awesome! I am going to get info written up for Ravenna that will make it easier for you to write her. I will post here when I update the character index.
That's actually my bad. I made too many posts again and I do think I overdid it a little bit. I don't think half of what I posted was necessary. It happened because I wasn't very careful with what I was posting. I do have ASD so communication is a serious challenge for me. I usually think long and hard before I post something, but didn't this time. I will be more careful again from now Anyway, that out of the way, I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all write next! This is a lot of fun.
No worries! Seriously. I don't mind a lot of posts and it makes a lively conversation. I will try to group my replies better myself. And same! I love this style of Roleplay and I think it's really fun.
Ravenna's Cheat Sheet has been posted here: https://www.writingforums.org/threads/it-began-in-a-tavern-character-index.177841/#post-2042230 Feel free to ask questions in the OOC Thread! Like I said in the post, I am NOT expecting this to followed to the letter- leaving some creative license makes things fun. I merely want to explain what Dissociative Identity Disorder could look like for this character.
I know it was mentioned about no new characters but this is a character that has already been mentioned - Katara's mother, Dusca Name: Dusca Sex: Female Social Class: Poet (runs the Tavern with her father Bossman and her daughter Katara) Age in human years (must be 18): 41 A brief description of appearance: (no pictures, please.): Dusca takes no care with her appearance. Plain and plump, she wears her hair tightly pulled back, and a dress made of homespun. Background: At the age of sixteen, Dusca was seduced by a scientist (Barnabas) who abandoned her even before he knew she was pregnant. Loud and obnoxious, although she is devoted to her daughter, Katara, and Katara is devoted to her, she gave up poetry and her faith in strangers a long time ago. Dusca’s father is the kindly barkeep, Bossman.
@Louanne Learning Dusca has been added to the Character Index. I will organize it better in a few days with a proper index listing.
Great! I like how austere Araspeth is. She is the right amount of mean. I think you handled all the characters in the scene really well, too.
Kick me out of the game guys, my latest post is 701 words. (Oops.) But going forward, if you're over by 10-20, that's okay. Anyway, enjoy and it's your turn now, @SoulFire!
It shows up as 700 words to me. Word counters can be wild. I once started a huge debate about them in a competition... and I never even intended it. Anyway, nice addition! It was a lovely way to end my day. You posted it right after I was about to shut down my laptop after another day's worth of programming. I'm finally finished completely and one more assignment remains. Then I can write to my heart's content the whole month!
Awesome! Yeah, word counts are touchy things. Each program does it differently, which is strange. But anyway, I am glad to have made your day! And congratulations on completing that program and it is awesome you are almost free to write the rest of the month. Thanks for your kind words!
@Gravy - great post! Just a note - going forward - Dusca is not gentle and kind. She is loud and obnoxious
Excellent post! I really like the way you leaned into characterization, especially capturing something that is true about Katara!
Post edited! I just swapped the character locations/actions. So, all is good now. It's a little rough, but I'm not going to get perfectionistic about it. Also, wanted to apologize for forgetting characterization of these two. I think I was too focused on WHERE the story was going, not WHY. I am sorry. @SoulFire I love your post. It's awesome and I love that you have little hints of Ravenna's memory gaps. Also, I like that she kept the copper bands- I assume they are like medical wristbands with info on them. You did an amazing job of jumping into this story.
