Atheos

{ Welcome to Atheos!!! }

Atheos is a mature-themed roleplay site set in an AU-version of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. While the loose plot of our site is city-based, we do heavily focus on the fictional kink club & dungeon known as Atheos. Outside of Atheos, we also encourage site wide participation in other areas of the city, and allow our members to suggest and create their own businesses and areas around Las Vegas as they please. We aim to frequently highlight member-created plots that encourage site-wide participation (Wine yoga on Thursdays in the park? Count us in!) and inclusion.

We want to ensure our members have the freedom to develop rich plots and character connections outside the romantic. Friendships and familial relationships are highly encouraged! Diversity is important to creating a well-rounded site, and we’ve aimed to create a safe place for all of our members to create anything their heart desires; as long as it stays within site rules. So come on in! Just watch your step; you might stumble into something you never knew you could be into.

{ Welcome to Atheos }

Atheos is a mature-themed roleplay site set in an AU-version of the city of Las Vegas, Nevada. While the loose plot of our site is city-based, we do heavily focus on the fictional kink club & dungeon known as Atheos. Outside of Atheos, we also encourage site wide participation in other areas of the city, and allow our members to suggest and create their own businesses and areas around Las Vegas as they please. We aim to frequently highlight member-created plots that encourage site-wide participation (Wine yoga on Thursdays in the park? Count us in!) and inclusion.

We want to ensure our members have the freedom to develop rich plots and character connections outside the romantic. Friendships and familial relationships are highly encouraged! Diversity is important to creating a well-rounded site, and we’ve aimed to create a safe place for all of our members to create anything their heart desires; as long as it stays within site rules. So come on in! Just watch your step; you might stumble into something you never knew you could be into.

Dominants

A Dominant, by definition, is the dominant person in a power exchange relationship. They exercise the authority and control granted to them by their submissive. Dominants and submissives live and work in harmony with each other to create a power exchange that works for both parties, taking into account each person's limits, safety requirements, wants, needs, and comfort zones. It is the Dominant's responsibility to ensure that they are not pushing their submissive to a point where they no longer feel safe or respected. Dominance is not about abuse of power, but the strength to work within boundaries. There may be the illusion of them holding all the power, but it is essential to know that in reality, they are harnessing the power that their submissive holds.

Masters

There is a common misconception that in the world of BDSM, the Master/slave dynamic is an "extreme" version of Dominant/submissive dynamic. There is an image that Masters and Mistresses are controllers taking a kink to levels that can range on abusive. This is a perpetuating narrative, but it is incredibly untrue. Often, these relationships are far less sadomasochistic than your average D/s relationship. The difference is, in fact, more of a shift in the style. A Master/Mistress enjoys extending their dominance to more than just individual scenes; it can become their whole lifestyle. They often enjoy implementing rigid rules coupled with harsh punishments to keep their slaves in line, and they often gain their enjoyment from the sense of ownership over a slave, whether it be financially, sexually, socially, or otherwise provided through their slave's trust in them.

Primals

Primals are a subset of the 'Dominant' umbrella. Primals deal specifically in sex and scenes that are much more animalistic than what most people would consider to be normal or conventional sex. It's not just about rough sex. For Primals, they completely lose themselves in the act and allow themselves to channel their base instincts. Primals take on the role of predator, often engaging in a type of foreplay where they must 'catch' their subs (who are known as their prey) by scenting them out and capturing them before engaging in any type of sex. Sex often involves biting, scratching, choking, and tying the other with rope. Unlike other D/s relationships, there is often a blurring of lines regarding power exchanges, as prey tend to fight back and struggle for dominance as part of the game.

Caretakers

Caretakers are a different subset of the D/s dynamic even if a Dominant and their submissive more than likely would look wildly different compared to a caregiver and their little. Caretakers typically have to have far stricter control over their submissives, but in a different manner that is expressed in a tradition D/s dynamic. Caretakers find joy in nurturing and supporting their Little, often extending outside of play and into everyday life where they support their Little in making decisions that are best for them. They often enjoy watching their Littles flourish and grow under their care, and due to their nurturing demeanor, take on a parental sort of role, often calling themselves Mommy or Daddy.

Submmissives

The ones that grant control to others. Submissives are not powerless. They are not disallowed from objection or from pushing the brakes during an interaction. They are the individuals in a scene or dynamic that hold the desire to have their power controlled by someone else. Any submissive that claims that they have surrendered complete and total decision-making ability don’t understand the dynamic. A submissive’s trust in a dominant to control their power should never be mistaken for a submissive’s desire to lose all power.

Littles

Though littles do fall under the umbrella of "submissive" in a BDSM relationship, littles often express their submission in ways that are very different than that of a traditional sub. Littles tend to share a variety of traits, the most common of which is known as "age regression" in which the little enters a mindset (commonly referred to as "little space") that calls back to an earlier time in their life to allow them to cope with feelings of anxiety, being overwhelmed, stress, or even being extremely happy. The age that a little regresses to in their little space is unique to each individual, and can range anywhere from infancy to teen. It is important to note that while age regression is very common in littles, it is not required to be considered a little. In general, littles enjoy having someone who supports them and allow them to be afforded the mental and emotional space to explore their softer instincts. Caretakers generally express their dominance in forms of making decisions, giving their littles tasks, and giving them discipline when rules are broken which provides the little with often much needed structure.

Slaves

Slaves are often those who really enjoy at least the artifice of lacking power. They enjoy being owned, and they enjoy having a very strict box to stay within to maintain their standing in their Master or Mistress’s eyes. Slaves can also enjoy a level of subservience, doing things outside of purely sexual acts, such as housework or grooming their Master or Mistress. A slave may seem like they are not in control, they may even enjoy asserting that idea, but in reality, if a slave wants to step back and break things off, there are not the consequences that real life slavery would possess.

Pets

What it says on the tin. A pet is a submissive role that primarily involves a feeling of mild dehumanization, turning the submissive into a figure that resembles a house pet of some kind. They maybe have a playful attitude or a very needy one, craving the sort of attention a dog, cat, or otherwise would get. Note, a pet is not always a furry and a furry is not always a pet. The terms may co-mingle but it’s not as common as some may think. A pet may adopt a sort of puppy/kitty/etc.attitude in a scene, but they do not identify as actually being that animal in most instances.

Prey

The opposing force of the Primals are their prey. They enjoy the same animalistic activities in sex as their dominant counterparts. For them, the fun is in the thrill of the chase, and the danger that it presents to know that what waits for them if/when they are caught is the rough body play that they also lose themselves to. Prey are frequently the kind of submissive to enjoy a sort of teasing, enticing their primals into their chase. They are not helpless victims, as for them the fun isn't necessarily in getting caught, but in providing a challenge for their Primal dominant. They enjoy being bested by their Dominant only when they know they have put up the best fight they can. Prey do not often like to make it easy on their Primals, and for them, that's what they love the most.

Switches

Someone who enjoys to flip from either side of a typically two sided dynamic (D/s, Primal/prey, etc.) is considered a switch. Switches may be completely dedicated to one style of play but enjoy both roles in the dynamic. This should never be mistaken for being undecided or wishy-washy, in fact, some of the most experienced dominants and submissives may consider themselves switches. Switching can depend on mood, environment, or even the gender or temperament of their partner. For instance, a woman may feel far more comfortable dominating men, but enjoy submitting to other women. There’s many ways a switch can be a switch, but in general, a switch likes to keep their options open.

Kinksters

Rules & Guidelines

These are the rules and guidelines for this site. Please make sure that you abide by them at all times.

We are an 18+ board with a 3/3/3 rating on JCINK Premium. For these reasons, only players over the age of eighteen (18) are allowed to join. Please be respectful, both of players and characters. Bullying, bigotry, phobic comments; all of that nonsense is not welcome here in any form.

General

We are a BDSM-themed site, and there will be a lot of kinky things happening between characters. However, we are not Tinder, Grindr, Fetlife, Collarspace, etc. Please do not use this site as a 'hook-up space.' If we notice you are using this site or the Discord to search for a partner or hook-up, we will ask you to leave. In that vein, players are not their characters, and this should always be kept in mind. Just because someone plays a domme, sub, bunny, gimp, etc. on the site, does not mean they are one in real life. Please do not assume things about players based on their characters.

Staff are not going to act as gatekeepers. You can write whatever delicious plots you like, so long as their themes are not illegal. Any plots that employ activities that would be considered illegal in the United States (pedophilia, bestiality, vore, rape, etc.) will be shut down without warning, and players may be removed from the site.

On the subject of rape plots: BDSM operates on a consensual basis, and we do not encourage the narrative that "non-con" is sexy or should be taken lightly. We will not stop any consensual "non-con" dynamics/plots, but they will be monitored closely by staff and need to be extensively content warned. If you have any questions about this, please talk to staff. Additionally, we do not condone or support the playing of Gorean Slavery on this site.

There is no 'warning system' on Atheos. If your behavior is causing issues and not improving after staff have spoken to you, we will ask you to leave. Our community's comfort is our number one priority.

We will be able to tell if you have not read the essential info, so please do it. We don't expect anyone to know it all, so please just ask. We have several resources available if you're unsure or too shy to use Google, including BDSM 101 and the Ask a Dominant/Ask a Submissive channels in our discord.

Registration and Activity

We are an account-per-character site, but please DO NOT register an OOC account. They are for staff to keep things clear.

Register your character's name (First Letter) as you want them known on the site. We don't require you to use any specific case as the board converts it, but please note that any name more than 30 characters will stretch things on the board. Duplicate first names are allowed, however, please put somewhere in your app if you're duplicating a surname, indicating if there's a relation or not.

Please remember this is an 18+ site, and this fact is enforced. Anyone caught on the site who is under 18 will be removed.

Limits are vital on a site like this. As such, we ask that all players make their limits known in the appropriate profile area and that other players read this information before suggesting plots or creating threads. Anyone caught deliberately trying to force triggering material on another player will be removed.

Please also discuss threads/character creation before writing with someone; communication is key. Random, unsolicited smut threads, random character creation without discussion, springing smut on people in an otherwise not smut thread, and similar non-communicative behavior will not be tolerated.

You have ten (10) days to complete a character from registration or the account will be archived. Please remember to tag in the appropriate Discord channel so staff can review your app.

Activity checks on Atheos are informal. Once a week - generally Sundays - the Dungeon Masters will go through and check to see which accounts haven't posted in over 30 days. Any accounts over this mark will be set to inactive. Members on an absence or who have spoken to the staff about other arrangements are exempt from these rounds. Once the check is complete, all wanted ads and shippers for the inactive characters will be sorted to the inactive member archives. Inactive accounts will be required to reply to one existing thread or create a non "open" thread (i.e. a thread intended for another person on the site) before being sorted back from their inactive status. There are NO 'threaded' activity checks and nothing will ever be deleted.

DoHTML is enabled across all IC areas. There are various built-in BBCode templates available for posting and simple tasks that fit with the theme of the board. However, NO offsite templates are permitted. There is a large bank of codes unique to this site available for players to use. If there is a code you would like that is not available, you can request it to be created and added to the bank. If an offsite template is used it will be removed and replaced with a BBCode template. Use of site codes is not negotiable.

Roleplaying

Make as many characters as you personally can handle. However, we will ask that once a character is accepted that you show some activity on the character before you apply for another one. We don’t require any sort of minimum post count or anything, if you want to make five characters at once that’s great, but we will put your character creation on hold until we can see you actively using them. Just creating characters and doing nothing with them will not be tolerated.

We have no word count, no post-matching rules, etc. Post whatever you feel fits the thread at that moment. All we ask is that you give your partners something to work with and proofread your posts for appropriate spelling and grammar.

No god-modding/power-playing/meta-gaming, yadda yadda you know the drill.

Please mark all threads containing mature content as follows at the BEGINNING of the thread title, and use the combinations of the above tags as needed for the content of a thread:

Please make sure to tag your threads Open or for a Player/Character in the thread description.

We require posts to be in third-person past tense. Apps, however, can be written in any tense.

If you are aware that your thread may need a content warning, please tag the thread and use the custom BBCode called WARNING at the top of your first post in the thread. If your thread started out fine and then took a dark turn, please go back and add the tags to the thread title and if needed, let people know where the dark turn starts. The Staff reserve the right to make these changes if they need to. If any player sees a thread they think needs a tag, please poke a staff member.

Graphics

All characters must be 18 years of age or older. However, all face claims must be 19 years of age or older.

Faces must be signed or managed, aka, they must be making money off their image. Instagram models, Youtubers, Suicide Girls, etc. are fine, so long as they have representation. You may use porn stars if you wish, however, all images used on the site must be safe for work.

We do not allow any pornographic or nude images anywhere except in the development forums. This is because some members log in from work and can get fired for such images. Please also note we do have a list of banned faces in the face claim area so take note of that when you reserve a face.

Signatures are disabled; we have a large profile image instead.

The large profile image is any square image 500x500px or larger and the avatar is 250×400px. These images are included in the profile.