Wondrous Elsternwick (RP Group)

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Good evening, followers of Elsternwick and those just checking in! Sorry to keep you hanging with a lack of updates, we've been very busy touching stuff up, planning events, as well as the current update that we're very excited to share with you!

We've decided to keep this update a little short, but to get right to the point...

March 11th, 2026 is Elsternwick's 5th anniversary since (re)opening! We were actually open for longer, but March 11th is the date we decided to try again and reopened! It's been half a decade since we opened, half a decade of fascinating characters, and half a decade of fun adventures, we couldn't believe it's been that long either!

We well and truly appreciate all the support you've given us across the years, and promise we'll be around for another five years! The Mod team is well and truly grateful for all the support you've given us for all this time!

To celebrate, as we usually do annually, we are holding a special anniversary event in Elsternwick!

Elsternwick is celebrating with various anniversary and birthday themed decorations, hidden gifts lurking in plain sight, and with a haunted house and a fun remix of a classic adventure, as well as a few other special RPs reminiscent of previous encounters over the past five years! Simply check out the appropriate forum and RP there to your hearts content!

This will last until Mid-April 2026, so if you're interested in joining Elsternwick or spectating, now is an excellent time to hop on in!

Good evening, thank you so much for your question, we very appreciate it!

The Special Rules page was one of the first things we wrote, and it's one of the few things we haven't had the time nor reason to update in a long while.

This was before we began categorizing bans by reason, which is how it managed to slip by us, and I believe that at the time we were mostly thinking of the most crazy stand powers we could think of to use as an example!

You are correct though, by all accounts Funny Valentine would fall under our SA ban with the reworked ban system, and we appreciate you pointing that out!

Characters like him that canonically do an SA on Screen are not the type of characters we would like to have around here, with Funny Valentine even though it's one scene we would count that as an offense!

“Gracious friend, you have been chosen to visit our lovely city… come to Wondrous Elsternwick, near the nexus point of the multiverse!”

No matter who, what, where, or when you are in the wider multiverse, you have received a fine written letter, inviting you to take a vacation to Elsternwick, a beautiful riverside town!

In this amazing place, Magic and technology have come together to make all sorts of fantastic inventions, and its proximity to the “Nexus Point” has caused all sorts of strange things to pop up in the nearby forest… you can choose to help with the research of these anomalies, go on adventures unrelated to them, go on your own journey to understand the bizarre things that populate these lands, seek your own fortune, or simply unwind in the beautiful town of Elsternwick as a place to relax! You’re free to leave and return home at any time as well, no strings attached!

The town is always changing with the seasons, and its many events, given all the strange things that can happen with the multiverse!

Given their pride, they have invited everyone, even rough types and villains are allowed in town! So long as they behave, of course...

Elsternwick is a Discord RP server, we allow all sorts of fun plots & events to happen, and there are many interesting places to visit and explore!  All the while you’ll be having your own kind of unique happenings with your character, be they an original character, a fan character for something already else set up, or a canon character!

We’re a group that focuses on the lighter aspects of roleplaying (as well as crossovers), the fun and adventure that can come about from unique interactions in a wondrous setting, while also allowing for the potential of some more serious plots, and allowing you take your own pace in both reply speed and plot progression! We are also very laid back, chill, and friendly to practically everyone!

Some other features include…

Canon characters, Original Characters & Fan Characters, and maybe even some self-inserts (if done well) accepted!

PG-13 Group!

Events ran by both players and mods/admins,  can feature original settings and stories, as well as visits or takes on canon plots & locations! You’re also free to DM regular threads if you want, just be sure to run it by the team first <:

Seasonal and Story Events for every season! Both Seasonal and Story focused events happen throughout the year!

NPCs can be played by the moderator team, or even just regular players as long as they fit and can have fun stuff done with them! You can even promote an NPC to a full player character if you like them well enough!

Get your muse a job! Elsternwick is always hiring with many jobs, some simple, some complicated, and some inspired by places from across the many different universes! You can do these to help inspire threads, get rewards for your muses, or simply add flavor to other RPs!

“Dungeon Runs” of varying flavors semi-regularly, have your character investigate the mysterious ruins for the thrill of combat and loot! You never know what might be lurking down there!

“Expeditions” that take you beyond Elsternwick, to other towns, and even worlds beyond your own, and other places beyond your wildest dreams!

Dedicated dice rolling bot allows for combat with some stakes, and outcomes one might not expect! (Dice aren’t used for every action!)

Not a fighter? No problem! There’s plenty of odd jobs around the city waiting for you! You could also always help with puzzles and negotiations!

All formats of Roleplaying Accepted! (Text/Script, Paragraph, even long form!)

Many types of plots & developments accepted, be it fun and carefree, or serious with some high stakes behind it!

New areas and locations being added constantly, some depending on characters coming in, and some being “unlocked” for completing events!

Buildings and new locations are added semi-regularly, and sometimes depend on player input and choices, be careful, you could help or hinder all player characters present!

Laid back environment with friendly people, while also allowing a wide variety of developments and changes!

Meet tons of new, friendly, and creative people!

Spectating is an option as well if you simply want to take a peek before joining! Simply send an ask

Plenty of options for OoC chatter and bonding!

Navigation | Master List | About Us/Premise | Rules |

Good afternoon, followers of Elsternwick and those just checking in! We hope your Summer has been great so far, and that you're doing well! Once more, we'd like to apologize for a lapse in updates and changes, the past six months have been very busy and distracting for a number of the members of our Mod team, but things will hopefully be getting better soon!

We just wanted to let you all know we're still around and still accepting new applicants, it's just that we've been sidelined for a variety of reasons-...

We're hoping to get things picked up really soon and we'll get everything together, and we'll be sure to let you all know when it's ready!

At the moment, we're planning and working on making our information more easily accessible, as well as offer alternatives to our summaries not just on tumblr, and that's been taking up a bit of our time, once it's ready though, it should be easier than ever to check on any information you might want to double check! <:

We are also looking into a few other things, but for now, consolidating the information is the most important step! <:

That's all for now, it hopefully won't be too long before we have another update, and until then, we hope you look frward to it!

Until next time, we’ll see you in Elsternwick, and if you’re visiting, we hope to see you soon!

Good evening, and greetings to all members of Elsternwick, or just those stopping by out of curiosity, we hope that your day has been well! <:

Once more we'd like to apologize for a lapse in updates, the winter season always takes us by surprise, but we've also been busy with quite a few updates, and we're excited to finally be able to share them with you!

It is Elsternwick's 4th Anniversary!

On March 11th, 2021, Elsternwick formally (re)opened its doors, and we never could've expected how much amazing writing, great characters, and memorably creative events we would've gotten in one year, let alone that we'd keep going strong for four years! It's been a great third year, and we're ready to enter the fourth!

Year 3 of Elsternwick was focused on expanding on and delving more on parts of Elsternwick's past (The sewers, the museum, the Creepy Manor), and learned more than a few about the little town where you vacation!

We hope that you enjoyed As Above So Below, Treacherous Treasure, and Macabre Mystery of the Maligned Malicious Mystical Mansion !

Story Events this year will focus on three central words, Fate, Cycles, and Repetition, and there will be a mix of serious and fun events this year, and we hope you'll look forward to them!

Each word will focus on a different event and how that word plays into things-… you'll have to see!

We have not one, not two, but four upcoming events to discuss! Oh yes, we've been busy, and we hope that got your attention!

So, without further adieu, the upcoming events in Elsternwick for 2025!

The Weird Wizard's Tower (Anniversary)

Darryl, the local Wizard of Elsternwick who has long helped deal with unsolvable problems has gone missing, no one knows where he went! The only clue is that his usually active tower has fallen silent, and any one can simply waltz on in if they feel like it!

With some temporal distortions taking root around Elsternwick and the distant town of Polaris, you should brave the tower and see if you can find your lost wizard friend!

Within, you'll find objects from across Elsternwick's past, including past events, dungeons, and a few other oddities, including a room that may allow you to communicate with who's really running the show around here…

This is a time limited event and an Elsternwick Anniversary event, so there's plenty of call backs to the town's past… and future! We look forward to how you'll interact with Daryl's stately tower!

Chrono Distortion (Fate)

The distant town of Polaris, one focused on creating art and entertainment, has recently had a strange visitor who has sold them a protective dome. This is already odd, but temporal distortions have given glimpses into the town's past, and future… and neither of them look good, strange devices made to make art easier are all the rage, and the glimpses into the future show a grim outcome where there is no soul in art or entertainment, only half-baked schemes to make more money…

Before this can happen, you'll need to travel to the distant town and help correct the future! But be careful, because beings from both the present and the future will be attempting to stop you…. including robotic duplicates of yourself from the dark future!

This is a story event inspired by time travel tales (including one starring a Blue Rodent!) and will run until Mid-Summer, and we look forward to see how you save… or doom the future!

An Eggcellent Distraction (Spring)

Spring has come, and as with any new Spring, there's abundant life! Eggs are seen in all corners of Elsternwick… perhaps… too many eggs, they rest in all sorts of places from normal to not-so-normal, including in your houses!

And they're not just bird eggs, there are reptile eggs, strange large eggs you have never seen before, and perhaps a few from another world….

But a few more are filled with valuable treasure! Perhaps having some Eggxhilirating Searches will help take your mind off of all the trouble going in in Elsternwick and Polaris!

This is a seasonal event for Spring! It will run until the end of Spring and will focus on all sorts of eggs, ones that are inhabited, and ones that aren't… we hope you'll look forward to this one, we promise you won't reggret it!

???? (April Fools)

With April 1st, we tend to run some harmless pranks, and this year will be no different! With this coming April Fools event, you'll be trying your luck with a new system, try not to use too much of your (FICTIONAL) money though! You'll probably be a big fan, near the end you'll think we've Got Cha!

That's All!

And that about does it for this special Anniverary update! We decided to focus solely on the coming events rather than also include a muse list update, so, for now we'll just keep it as is!

Once more, the Elsternwick Mod Team would like to offer a heartfelt thank you for your continued support, and we hope that you'll keep enjoying and looking forward to the coming year in Elsternwick, we'll do our best to make it amazing!

Until next time, we'll see you in Elsternwick, and if you're visiting, we hope to see you soon!

We've just finished another round of applications, and we have sent out invitations while applicable! :D

Unfortunately, once again, we are having trouble sending an invite to an applicant who's application is all well and good, but we cannot add they only provided a discord to contact, and the name provided no longer works!

Once again, we would like to stress that it's important to have a secondary way to contact you in your application, because this has happened several times, where only a discord was provided, and when we went to add their invite, the name no longer worked!

Please have another way to contact us, if possible, it's not necessary, but would help ensure you get your invite!

It could be a tumblr, a bsky, or something else, but having another way to reach out to you with your invite would be very appreciated.

Good afternoon, everyone! We hope that your day is swell, and that your new year is amazing! We've got another update for you! Our last update for 2014, no less! We have an exciting new event for you, as well as a few character updates, so let's just get right to it!

New Arrivals (12-31-24)

The train has pulled into station, bringing with it many fresh new faces to Elsternwick, we hope you enjoy your stay here!

Agent 8 (Splatoon) - Guzma Neku Sakuraba ( The World Ends With You ) - Tsar The Lone Wanderer {AKA Piper McCala} (Fallout 3 ) - Ceres The Chosen One {AKA Yana of Arroyo} (Fallout 2) - Bee Courier 6 {AKA Noelle} (Fallout: New Vegas) - Doot Phoebe Spengler (Ghostbusters) - Bee

A short character update, no reserves or drops this time! The biggest part of this update is our fourth and final Seasonal Update of 2024! As you can easily guess, it is Winter themed!

Winter Well Wishes (Seasonal Event: December - March 2025)

With the changing of the seasons, Winter has come to ELsternwick, bringing with it biting cold, strong winds, and extremely long nights. the sun sets so early, but this allows you to see the beautiful night sky for all the longer… and for some reason, Elsternwick's sky is particularly active.

With star showers becoming the norm, a beautiful aurora borealis visible for most times, sightings of beings from beyond the stars… it's quite strange. But what's more pressing is that numerous people are claiming their wishes have come true, no matter how absurd… which would explain some of the weirder events! Perhaps your muse's deepest desire could come true if you work for it!

Until the beginning of March, Elsternwick is dealing with strange night sky related issues, with shooting stars granting wishes, aurora borealis creating strange creatures and effects, as well as a wishgranter present, there's sure to have a lot of odd events occuring!

Your muse can have a wish granted, with varying levels of success (decided by roll!), but you must word it carefully, it could backfire or create problems for you, or other people in Elsternwick! But it'd be a small price to pay to have your deepest wish come true, right…?

Nights are longer in Elsternwick, with the beautiful purple sky being a constant companion, with strange new constellations, bright lights (Getting brighter), and shooting stars! This is a benefit to those who favor the night. You can simply go out and star gaze, or perhaps… Make a wish! Shooting stars are becoming a regularity, if you wish with all your heart, it just might come true… but remember to be careful what you wish for! ( Muse wishes can come true. no matter how ridiculous and dangerous they may be! You'll want to be careful, or help untangle any problems caused by these wishes coming true!)

Aurora Borealis? At this time of year? The beautiful northern lights dance in the sky irregularly, making a myriad of colors, you can go out and touch it if you scale the mountains, but you may not know what will happen… maybe you'll get powers? Or perhaps it's guiding you to something… (Seek the Aurora Borealis, what lies beyond it could be more valuable beyond your wildest dreams…)

Visitors from beyond the stars… Strange sightings in the sky perhaps herald the end of days. Numerous meteorites have crashed into the forest and mountains, revealing valuable starmetal, but lately, here have been reports of a strange purple haired girl dancing upon the lake and offering to grant one's hearts desire. This is onlyt he most reported, there may be even more visitors lurking just beyond… or they could just be winter fae, also possible ( Strange beings from beyond the stars are visiting Elsternwick! Are they friends, foes? Or perhaps ambivalent to good and evil? Only one way to find out…)

Winter Wiles Even with all this nonsense written in the stars, typical winter activities remain, ice skating, snowman building… visits from Saint Nicolas & The Krampus, expect them as well if you are good (or bad!), winter fae patrol the streets in search of entertainment, and lately, a number of strange logs with faces on them have appeared in houses outside of Elsternwick, what do they entail? No one knows… (Even with all the night themed activities, Winter activities continue as normal!)

Rewards: Helping (or running!) any of the aforementioned prompts will reward anyone participating with Black Market Passes, Arcadia Tickets, and various winter themed goods and items that can help or hinder your muse! If you do good, perhaps your Muse will even have their deepest Wish be granted….

This event is currently overlapping with Macabre Mystery of the Maligned Malicious Mystical Manor, as well as upcoming events! Even if you just feel like taking in the beautiful sights of the night sky, there's plenty to do! Just be careful, it's still very chilly outside…

Update Done!

Smaller update than before, but we hope you enjoyed it and look forward to interacting in our Winter event!

We hope you enjoyed reading this, and we hope that your winter is lovely and relaxing!

And with the end of 2024, we would like to thank you for being here, even if you're simply looking at us from afar, we appreciate everyone that has been with us this year! We did plenty of story events exploring Elsternwick's past, went on many adventures, and met plenty of new people, and we couldn't have done it without you, we are well and truly humbled and appreciative of each and every one of you!

Next year will soon be upon us, and as with this year, it will contain 3-4 Story Events (Run by us, not counting member events!), and 4 seasonal events, and we well and truly hope you look forward to them, whatever they may be! We certainly are!

But until then, we hope the rest of your afternoon, and your new year, is wonderful and kind!

We look forward to whatever you may be up to, both within and without Elsternwick!

Hello, and good evening! Hope you're well.

As long as you fill out every aspect of the form itself , it should be good ! And yes, we will be sending you a spectator link momentarily-...

We'll be using this answered post as an opportunity to share with everyone

“Gracious friend, you have been chosen to visit our lovely city… come to Wondrous Elsternwick, near the nexus point of the multiverse!”

No matter who, what, where, or when you are in the wider multiverse, you have received a fine written letter, inviting you to take a vacation to Elsternwick, a beautiful riverside town!

In this amazing place, Magic and technology have come together to make all sorts of fantastic inventions, and its proximity to the “Nexus Point” has caused all sorts of strange things to pop up in the nearby forest… you can choose to help with the research of these anomalies, go on adventures unrelated to them, go on your own journey to understand the bizarre things that populate these lands, seek your own fortune, or simply unwind in the beautiful town of Elsternwick as a place to relax! You’re free to leave and return home at any time as well, no strings attached!

The town is always changing with the seasons, and its many events, given all the strange things that can happen with the multiverse!

Given their pride, they have invited everyone, even rough types and villains are allowed in town! So long as they behave, of course...

Elsternwick is a Discord RP server, we allow all sorts of fun plots & events to happen, and there are many interesting places to visit and explore!  All the while you’ll be having your own kind of unique happenings with your character, be they an original character, a fan character for something already else set up, or a canon character!

We’re a group that focuses on the lighter aspects of roleplaying (as well as crossovers), the fun and adventure that can come about from unique interactions in a wondrous setting, while also allowing for the potential of some more serious plots, and allowing you take your own pace in both reply speed and plot progression! We are also very laid back, chill, and friendly to practically everyone!

Some other features include…

Canon characters, Original Characters & Fan Characters, and maybe even some self-inserts (if done well) accepted!

PG-13 Group!

Events ran by both players and mods/admins,  can feature original settings and stories, as well as visits or takes on canon plots & locations! You’re also free to DM regular threads if you want, just be sure to run it by the team first <:

Seasonal and Story Events for every season! Both Seasonal and Story focused events happen throughout the year!

NPCs can be played by the moderator team, or even just regular players as long as they fit and can have fun stuff done with them! You can even promote an NPC to a full player character if you like them well enough!

Get your muse a job! Elsternwick is always hiring with many jobs, some simple, some complicated, and some inspired by places from across the many different universes! You can do these to help inspire threads, get rewards for your muses, or simply add flavor to other RPs!

“Dungeon Runs” of varying flavors semi-regularly, have your character investigate the mysterious ruins for the thrill of combat and loot! You never know what might be lurking down there!

“Expeditions” that take you beyond Elsternwick, to other towns, and even worlds beyond your own, and other places beyond your wildest dreams!

Dedicated dice rolling bot allows for combat with some stakes, and outcomes one might not expect! (Dice aren’t used for every action!)

Not a fighter? No problem! There’s plenty of odd jobs around the city waiting for you! You could also always help with puzzles and negotiations!

All formats of Roleplaying Accepted! (Text/Script, Paragraph, even long form!)

Many types of plots & developments accepted, be it fun and carefree, or serious with some high stakes behind it!

New areas and locations being added constantly, some depending on characters coming in, and some being “unlocked” for completing events!

Buildings and new locations are added semi-regularly, and sometimes depend on player input and choices, be careful, you could help or hinder all player characters present!

Laid back environment with friendly people, while also allowing a wide variety of developments and changes!

Meet tons of new, friendly, and creative people!

Spectating is an option as well if you simply want to take a peek before joining! Simply send an ask

Plenty of options for OoC chatter and bonding!

Navigation | Master List | About Us/Premise | Rules |

Good evening, Elsternwick! We well and truly hope that you're having a lovely night! We have another update, and this was the one we've been working on for most of the month, so without further adieu, let's get to it!

Character List Master Update!

If you've visited our page, you may have noticed that the "Character Master List" now directly links to this handy Google Doc!

By player request, we have decided to retire the Tumblr Page for characters, as it got quite long and navigating it was difficult for both PC and mobile users! All updates will now simply be made to this google doc, and it has been notarized by franchise to make for easier navigation, and now all fan characters are properly listed in their franchise, rather than be given their own category!

We've been hard at work at this for the past few months, and we're glad to finally have it out! We're also working on a similar but much smaller Reserves list that will look similar and will also be easier to view! The Ban List, as it is right now, will remain, but in the future it may also get a bigger document!

And on that note, we have some new characters!

New Arrivals (11-24-24)

The train has pulled into station, bringing with it many fresh new faces to Elsternwick, we hope you enjoy your stay here!

Floyd Leech (Twisted Wonderland Kemono AU) - Gale Jade Leech (Twisted Wonderland Kemono AU) - Vape Archlich Amygdala (Original Character) - Xeno Kyoko (River City Girls) - Kyle Magolor (Kirby: Return to Dreamland) - Carmine

Reserves

We also have a  few reserves, hopefully soon, we’ll be seeing them, and look forward to whatever plots you may do with them! Haruko Haruhara (FLCL) - Kyle Mizuki (Project Sekai) - Bee

Drops

Lastly, we have a few drops, sorry they didn’t work out, but hope you had fun with them while they lasted! Nakoruru (Samurai Shodown) - Kyle Hat Kid (A Hat in Time) - Bee Amity Blight (The Owl House) Bee Miorine Rembran (Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) - Bee Suletta Mercury (Gundam: The Witch from Mercury) - Doot

And that about does it for the character updates, but that's not all! We also have the third and final Story Event for Elsternwick, this year, we focused on various different parts of Elsternwick (The Undeground, the Museum/Beach), and to round out the year, we're going to be headed to Delta to unearth the secrets of the Creepy Manor!

Macabre Mystery of the Maligned Malicious Mystical Mansion (Story Event: November - January 2025)

The Creepy Manor sitting just outside of Delta's manor has long stood vacant, disappearing and reappearing with each passing century, always changing it's appearance, it has long been a mystery, but a mercifully quiet one... but in recent days, it has grown loud, extraordinarily loud, the doors have opened once again, but the area around the Manor, as well as Delta, are now filled with the brim with horrific mischief!

All throughout Delta, haunting events are unfolding! The Dead and restless spirits roam the Earth once more, timelost objects from different time periods are littering the grounds, and those who come close are sent forwards and backwards in time, strange monsters and masked n'er-do-wellers have been spotted in the manor looking for a lost treasure , and most disturbingly, the ground has been rumbling. Matched with rumors of a wicked evil monster resting in the caverns beneath the Manor, Delta is in danger... and it's up to you to help it!

Throughout this event, focused in Delta, you will be given the option to help in four different ways, each with it's own unique feeling and level of danger!

You can simply stay in Delta, and help deal with it's growing undead problem, be it by helping spirits pass on, stick a stake through an vampire's heart, or simply just burying corpses back beneath the ground, every little bit helps! (Danger Level: Variable - Low)

If you opt to inspect the time-lost items scattering the grounds outside of the Manor, your muse will find themselves propelled backwards... or perhaps forward in time, to unearth the story behind this curio, but take care to not change the future... and who knows? Maybe you'll find a clue about what lurks beneath, or learn some local history by becoming part of it... (Inspired by Eternal Darkness, Danger Level: Medium-High)

Lately in Delta, there have been numerous monster sightings, and whispers and rumors of a lost treasure, deed to land, or a exceedingly shiny diamond, some people think they're real monsters, but perhaps they're just someone in a suit? You'll need to enter the manor itself to solve this mystery, but something tells you this may not be too bad... (Inspired by Scooby-Doo, Danger Level: Low)

Finally, within the bowels of the Creepy Manor lies its secret, something lurks deep within the basement and caverns, and it hungers to be seen and felt. People have gone missing, and whatever is down there may yet wake... you must set the stars wrong again, before all of Delta is in danger! (Inspired by: World of Horror, Call of Cthulhu. Danger Level: VERY HIGH)

Rewards: Helping (Or running!) any of the aforementioned prompts will reward anyone participating with Black Market Passes, Arcadia Tickets, as well as numerous Delta & Creepy themed items that can help (Or hinder!) your muse!

Delta's counting on you, all you need to do is face your fears and step into the mansion... if you're brave enough!

And lastly, as 2024 comes to a close, we have one last event to tease...

Elsternwick Winter Event: December - February 2025

As the Manor howls in anger, Winter's chill air begins to flow into the riverside town, bringing with it shorter days, and longer nights... and beautiful clear skies, giving you a perfect view of the starry night sky, and all the universes in the sky, it's beautiful... if you wish upon a star, maybe it will come true... or perhaps, something just might come to you! You'll find out in this very starry themed Winter to cap off 2024!

We hope you'll look forward to it!

Update Done!

Phew, and that about covers it! Bigger update than usual, but we think i was worth the wait! We hope you enjoy the new Google Doc Master List, a new event, as well as an upcoming one as well!

We hope you enjoyed reading this, and we hope the rest of your autumn and coming Winter is amazing as well!

Winter gives way to Spring, but we'll wait until it's actually here to reveal our next plans for 2025, which should be a lot of fun!

But until then, we can't wait to see what you do with our events, be it Unhappily Ever After, A Mysterious Manor, or just enjoying the crisp Autumn Air... there's a lot to see in Elsternwick!

And there's still yet more to be had once Winter comes...

But until then, we hope the rest of your evening is eventful and fun!

We look forward to whatever you may be up to, both within and without Elsternwick!

Good afternoon, everyone! We hope you're doing well on this crisp Saturday morning, and sorry to keep you all waiting for updates! We've actually got quite a lot to cover, but for now, let's focus on the season and what we have going on!

As Summer came to an end, and Treacherous Treasure has been rounded up, the cool Autumn breeze has come to Elsternwick, bringing with it winds of change and a number of things to do!

Unhappily Ever After (Seasonal Autumn Event: October - Late November)

Autumn has come to town, and in addition to cooler air, pretty leaves, and a farewell to heat, something else strange has been going on...

A number of books have disappeared from the library/museum, in addition to an ancient artifact, and perhaps not so coincidentally, all around the surrounding area, odd colorful structures have sprung up out of the ground, people have been vanishing or appearing to look different...

Thanks to a magical artifact, stories from books, musical tales, plays, and anything before the 1960s of our world have come to life and become a part of Elsternwick!

All throughout town, stories will unfold, perhaps making your muse a part of the tale, perhaps warping the world around it, or perhaps just causing trouble due to a certain character or role forced on another muse, it's up to you to see the story through, change the ending to be happier, or simply put it off until this goes away... but beware, your muse could forever get lost in a good book... literally!

If your muse is assigned a "role", they take on the role of a character in a book/story, for example, a character could be assigned the role of Rapunzel, and now they have longer hair and are stuck in a tower until a brave prince rescues them! It's up to you how you interpret it all, and we're curious/eager to see what you do with this!

In addition, the Multiversal Observance Station is running a very special promotion for the Halloween Season...

For 3 months only, you will be given a glimpse into various mirrors of Elsternwick, alternate versions of town where something went terribly wrong where residents lost their way, their mind, or perhaps something else more precious...

You will be able to participate/observe a "What If?" version of Elsternwick where there are no safety rails for your muse, they could get killed, corrupted, or worse, it's up to you!

Throughout the season, keep an eye out on the Multiversal Observance station, because we'll be cycling through three special Alternate Elsternwick Prompts!

Would You Like a Room? (Gregory Horror Show) - In this alternate Elsternwick, Gregory House franchised it's locations, and happened to score a large property in the middle of town... it didn't take long for the rest of the area to grow creepy and gloomy, and its residents to lose their souls and become permanent guests of the hotel.

Your muse is either a lost person who wandered into the hotel and has to escape, or a permanent resident of the hotel who is (un)intentionally causing problems for the lost, and could even cause them to lose their soul and join them forever in this horrific hotel!

This alternate Elsternwick will include special guest: Hell's Chef!

Reign of the Faery Queen (Fae Horror) - In this alternate Elsternwick, odd occurrences have been happening around town, a green sky, lights in the night, disappearances... it's all a lead up to something worse. The Faery Queen Titania will claim this world, faeify it, and make it a part of her faery realm!

Your muse has already been stolen away and made a changeling servant, is a mortal, or perhaps your muse is a fae in this alternate reality, either way, Elsternwick is doomed, you must escape it... or hasten it's demise.

Midnight Prism Studios Presents: Thrice-Cursed Elsternwick!!! (Classic Horror) - In this alternate Elsternwick, everything is black & white, and has a whole lot of similarities to movies from before 1965, mad scientists, vampires, ghosts, invisible men, even a few giant ants have been spotted around town!

Your muse is either a clueless villager, a (manmade?) monster, or perhaps a brave hunter who wishes to save the soul of their beloved town. Whatever is the funnest movie for you to play in, you should play it! Anything goes!

And of course, besides all this, the typical Autumn Fun of Elsternwick remains, if you're not interested in either of these! Autumn Fae, falling leaves, ghosts , witches, ghouls, and telling stories around the campfire are all still viable options to spend autumn in Elsternwick!

Or maybe a trip to a haunted house will be more your speed! All up to you!

Speaking of Haunted Houses...

Elsternwick Story Event: Macabre Mystery of the Maligned Malicious Mystical Manor! (November - January 2025)

Our third and final event focusing on Elsternwick's backstory and surrounding area will take place next month! This time, we're focusing on the Creepy Manor and the surrounding area of Delta, for years, this creepy shifting manor has laid on the outskirts of Delta, causing strange occurrences, bonechilling frights, and horrific monsters. Nothing has been, or can been done about it....

... So why now has its doors opened wide? Why are there strangely dressed people from all time periods around it? And why do there seem to be more ghosts than usual...? People are going in, but they're not coming out...

You'll have to steel yourself and enter through the doors and hope you'll come out alive!

More details in November!

Update Done!

That about does it for now! We opted to save the character list update for when the Master List is ready to go, and this update was already running pretty long, and we hope you enjoyed reading it!

We hope that your autumn in Elsternwick is enjoyable, scary, and fun, no matter what activity you choose to do with us!

After Autumn comes the cold of winter, and we already have some fun ideas for what will happen then, and we hope you'll look forward to it! And we also hope you've been enjoying learning more about Elsternwick through our story events, there may still be more to come!

Until then, we hope you enjoy the autumn season, and hope that the rest of your day is lovely!

We look forward to whatever you may be up to, both within and without Elsternwick!

Hello, everyone! We hope you're having a great day and a wonderful Autumn & October! We just wanted to give you all a small update since it's been 3 months since our last update, sorry about that, we've been very busy in recent months!

The planned Master List update has been stalled but will hopefully be ready to be seen before the month is over!

Additionally, our Autumn/Halloween Event has begun, and our third Story related event to Elsternwick's History will be ready by next month!

We have a lot to talk about, but that'll be saved for a much bigger update, we just wanted to let you know all's well over here! <:

Sorry if you've been kept waiting for updates! Hopefully, with autumn and winter, we'll have a lot more free time and more to share with you!

Good afternoon, everyone! We truly hope the past few months have been kind to you as the new season has rolled in and made things hot and unbearable! We at the moderation team have been quite busy, and apologize for taking so long to get a new update out, but the wait is over and we're here now! We've got a bit to talk about, so why don't we just get started?

New Arrivals (Circa 07-12-24)

The train has pulled into station, bringing with it many fresh new faces to Elsternwick, we hope you enjoy your stay here!

Byakuya Togami (Danganronpa) - Fuzzy

Homebami Toushirou (Touken Ranbu) - Vape

Pomni (The Amazing Digital Circus) - Rook

Fenlen Mahariel (Dragon Age Original Character) - Fionn

Sari Sumdac (Transformers The Animated Series) - Doot

Stitch (DC Comics, slightly canon divergent!) - Moogles

Celine Crosser (Original Character) - Ceres

Senshi (Delicious in Dungeon) - Doot

River Song (Doctor Who) - Moogles

Rae Taylor (I'm in Love With the Villainess) - Bee

Reserves

We also have a  few reserves, hopefully soon, we’ll be seeing them, and look forward to whatever plots you may do with them!

Spock (Star Trek) - Fuzzy

Drops

Lastly, we have a few drops, sorry they didn't work out, but hope you had fun with them while they lasted! Kani Maki - Rook

Mochi Macciato - Rook

And that's all of the character related updates! As always, if you do not see your name on here, do not fret, let us know! Sometimes we get applications where we cannot reach the provided Discord, and there were a few situations where that happened, please remember to have an alternative way to reach you in your application!

Now, onto the rest of the updates, we have a few events ongoing, as well as a few coming up, so we're very excited and pleased to provide information on those!

Beat the Heat (Seasonal Summer Event: July - Mid September!)

As the overabundant life finally stabilizes with springs end, Summer rolls into Elsternwick, bringing with it blistering heat, strange things washing up on the shore, unique job opportunities... and plenty of ways to keep your muse cool during the inferno!

With a bizarre heat wave in Elsternwick, your muse might be encouraged to stay inside and indulge in hobbies, but you'd be missing out on some fun activities!

As always, the Fae of the Summer Court are visiting to celebrate the occasion, bringing with them mystical ways to keep your muse cool, but you'll need to do a favor for them, is that perhaps worth the risk?

If that's a bit too much, perhaps you'd be more interested in something by the beach? A pop-up board walk has made itself known on the beach outside of Elsternwick, the council assures you it's there for people to relax after examining the extreme amount of objects washing up on the beach, you could help investigate that... or take part in the various activities on the boardwalk! The food eating contest returns, there is a sand castle building competition, and there are rumblings of a watergun fight! No reason you can't have some fun in the sun! There's even a grill set up! Is your muse a real cook, or are they an entry level sous chef? Prove yourself!

However, there are a number of job postings around town, promising a high amount of pay to see the world and help discover lost artifacts, sounds like a good deal! And it might take you out of Elsternwick to some place cooler... but this sounds pretty sketchy, you'll have to think carefully if you want to take part in this!

An Ocean Fishing job posted proves that you could at least go out to see the sea... but is it really worth it...?

Lastly, if you don't mind going on a trip, a water park has recently opened in the town near Midnight Prism, a perfect place to cool down without any of the risks! There are a few reports of people going missing there, but it's very likely nothing, go on, it'll be fun!

As Above, So Below (Elsternwick Story Event: May - August 2024)

A number of earthquakes and tremors has rocked Elsternwick, causing problems with the underground infrastructure, creating potholes, fissures, and odd things appearing all over town!

These rumblings have unearthed strange things that have been hidden under your feet all these years, and the town requires you to investigate before they could become problems for everyone involved!

Reports of missing items and skittering underground have given rise to rumors of intelligent mice, and some have even say residents have already been transformed into rodents!

A fissure deep in the main district has opened, and beneath, you can see long lost and forgotten buildings... is this perhaps a long lost piece of Elsternwick's history? There's only one way to find out...

Mysterious sightings of ne'er-do-wellers emerging and exiting the sewer grates have unsettled the local merchants, they are begging you to investigate and put an end to it, even if some of them tip extremely well!

What lies beneath Elsternwick is truly coming to life, you should take the time to go down, and perhaps learn more about the town's history!

But you best hurry, the infrastructure is already beginning to heal, and the council doesn't want to put off fixing the holes for too long!

???? (Upcoming Event: August - October)

An extraordinary amount of odd objects have begun washing up on the shore of Elsternwick, treasure, lost weapons, and even solidified Mana, the cause of this is baffling the museum & Library, who are studying each of them, the effects of these items seems to calm an odd presence taking root within the library

It may behoove you to head to the beach in search of rare items.... but there are stranger things over the waves, strange ships you've never seen before are taking sail, and even when you head to the library, you swear you see books flying around

What could possibly be going on...?

You'll find out soon enough!

But you best take care, for as the winds of autumn approach, an ancient house within Delta may soon waken...

Update Done!

That about does it for all the updates we needed to put out! You may have noticed we lack the update to the character list (we're planning on changing to a google doc for ease of access!), this is simply because the past few months have been very busy, but we will get to updating it as soon as possible, and it will be present in it's own update post, we hope you'll look forward to it!

We hope you enjoyed reading this update, and we also hope the rest of your Summer season is amazing, be it with us or elsewhere!

Summer gives way to Autumn, and we of course have plans for there as well, including some interesting prompts for Halloween that might just be an odd reflection of what you're expecting!

We can't wait to see what you'll do with both our current and upcoming events! There's still more to learn about the little town on the edge of the nexus point, you'd be surprised what we have in store!

But until then, we hope the rest of your day is wonderful and relaxing!

We look forward to whatever you may be up to, both within and without Elsternwick!

We wanted to do a quick update to let you all know we're still here! <: There's been no issues as of late, besides a lack of time for us, and we apologize, when next we update, we'll have a fresh update on new arrivals, our current event, and our upcoming Summer events, and we'll hopefully have an updated master list as well, so we hope you'll look forward to that!

That being said, we did want to give a small shout-out:

We recently had a message sent in our inbox, if you recently sent us a message, please send it again! Tumblr seems to have eaten it.

Good evening, everyone! We hope your day and the month of April has been well, we've been busy at work planning a number of events, and encounters, and while we've been excited to share them with you, we only feel now they are finally ready to be seen, and we hope you'll look forward to them! So, why don't we begin with some new arrivals?

New Arrivals (Circa 04-24-24)

The train has pulled into station, bringing with it many fresh new faces to Elsternwick, we hope you enjoy your stay here!

Zayne 'Delights Marcus (Original Character) - Pichu

Friend/My Friend (Original Character) - Mari

Morcant Ruben Mar {aka Ruby} (Original Character) - Aster

Sandalphon (Granblue Fantasy) - Clarity

Mithrun (Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi) - Fionn

The Scout (Team Fortress 2) - Fish

Eoghann (Dungeons and Dragons {Original Character}) - Pact

Izu (Kamen Rider: Zero-One) - Bee

Starlo (Undertale Yellow) - Rook

Ingo (Pokemon Black/White - Fionn

Cole (Dragon Age) - Fionn

Dexter Douglas (Original Freakzoid Remake) - PIchu

Kvothe (Kingkiller Chronicles) - Fionn

Reserves

We also have a  few reserves, hopefully soon, we’ll be seeing them, and look forward to whatever plots you may do with them!

Magolor (Kirby) - Carmine

Sari Sumdac (Transformers Animated) - Doot

Harrier Du Bois (Disco Elysium) - Vin

Dropped Reserves

We only have one dropped reserve this time around, sad this vampire didn't work out, but maybe one day we'll see him around!

Astarion (Baldurs Gate 3) - Vin

That about does it for the character update, we hope this clarifies things, and if you do not see your name on this list, please do not fret!

This run of new characters had a larger than usual amount of applicants who we could not reach via Discord, if you sent an application in the past three months and have not been accepted, please check in with us and we'll clarify if you've been accepted or not!

As a reminder, please have an alternative way to contact you if you send in an application! Sometimes Discord doesn't let us add you to send your invite! (Be it because of settnigs or other issues!)

Now, onto the second part of the announcement!

As you may have seen in our previous update, we have an update planned for Spring! Enough time has passed, and we believe that is is all ready to go!

Overabundant Life (Spring Event: April - Mid June!)

With the death kneels of a mushroom man who was preventing the cycle of life and rebirth, an explosion of pent up natural and life energy has saturated Elsternwick and the surrounding area, Spring was delayed for a month or so, but now it is here in full force... perhaps a bit too much full force!

Plants and vines are growing all over town, on buildings, on people, everywhere! There's even a few rare plants that hunger for human flesh... and herbs that many will pay a pretty penny for, hope you've got your shears at the ready!

Not only that, but an explosion of animal life has brought new life to the forest, all types of creatures are wandering in and around the forests of Elsternwick, baby animals, protective mother animals, and a few odd ones you may have seen before, you'll have to be careful, if you're feeling daring, maybe you can go hunting...? Make sure they're cleared to hunt!

With melting ice and flowing water, the Lakes and Rivers of Elsternwick are brimming with latent life, hungry fish, and unusually clear water, it's a fine time to fish, or perhaps explore the lakes around town, you may even find some long forgotten treasure...

And finally, as Spring begins, Arcadia Carnival begins with a grand festival, tents and games of all types are visible around the board walk, with portals to other worlds freely open, wonderful visitors of Fae Nobility wander freely, and promises of endless joy surround the carnival... there's even a promotion to get extra Arcadia Tickets! Perhaps just this one you can trust faeries...?

And that's just a few things planned for our Spring Event! As you can see, it's focused mainly on how Spring has life growing all over the place, and we think there's plenty of opportunities for interesting roleplays, we look forward to what you may end up doing!

It ends in Mid June, so don't fret, you've got plenty of time before our Summer Events!

Upcoming Features

Finally, we have a small update on some of our upcoming events for 2024!

In 2023, a majority of the events were serious and focused on Story, including alternates, curses, and emotional energy running amuck, for 2024, we decided that this year's events would instead focus inward, with a majority of our events focusing on Locations within Elsternwick, and expanding on the lore of our fair city!

This was player voted on thanks to Discord's brand new Poll feature, which also helped us decide which places to focus on with upcoming events, and we're pleased to give you a small teaser of what's to come in Mid-May! Hopefully you won't be waiting too long...

Elsternwick's rivers have long run through the town, with many passing over it, unaware that another long river flows beneath...

When problems begin to plague Elsternwick's water, citizens will have to traverse into the maintained sewer sections and find various surprises, and perhaps a glimpse into something forgotten in the town's past.

You'll be surprised by What Lurks Beneath. As Above, So Below, as they say...

We're still ironing out the details, but we hope you'll look forward to it when it's ready in May!

Once this is finished, why not cool down and head to the beach?

Amazing things are beginning to wash up on the shores, and the roar of the ocean hides many things, valuable and wonderful things that the Museum and Library may be very interested in...

With the return of an ancient book, strange things are happening there, and perhaps some of these beach curios could help calm whatever has taken root in the library, bringing history to life...

Our next Event will likely overlap with Summer, so you'll be waiting longer for it, but we hope you'll look forward to it!

Update Done!

This should about do it for this update! Sorry to keep you waiting, and we hope you'll look forward to the upcoming events, and any interactions with our new arrivals!

And we also hope the rest of your Spring is amazing! In Elsternwick, or otherwise!

Spring will give way into Summer in just 50 days, and we'll have activities planned for then as well, and we can't wait to see what creative things you'll do with our events for this year! Whatever may come, you're sure to learn more about Elsternwick and perhaps those who live in it...

But until then, we hope the rest of your night is well and wonderful!

We look forward to whatever you may be up to, both within and without Elsternwick!

Good afternoon, and hello to all members of Elsternwick, or those just joining us for a quick visit! We hope that your day is well! Sorry to keep you waiting on this update, we've been busy with quite a few plans! We're just going to get right into it!

Once again, it is our anniversary!

Elsternwick (re)opened its doors on March 11th 2021, and in the three years since then, we couldn't have imagined the outpouring of love, creativity, and amazing writing we have received since opening! It's been an amazing second year, and we're ready to enter the third year no matter what may happen!

Our second year introduced jobs and changes to the town (Including the loss of the maligned police station), the solidification of the Comedy points running gag into an actual system (With comedy themed comedy dungeons!), many new faces, and more than a few adventures involving emotions and alternate selves! We hope you enjoyed Emotions Run High and Dark Reflections!

There was quite a bit of seriousness to be seen, so this year, our events will hopefully have a little less stakes and more fun! We have a lot of work to do for our upcoming event, but we hope you'll look forward to them! We still have to figure them out, but hopefully they'll be lighthearted fun!

In addition, in the coming weeks, we'll be creating a Google Document Master List to better organize our list of muses, due to how confusing some of the muse lists can be on our end with Tumblr, we'll be sure to keep you updated on how it's going!

Lastly, as ever, whenever Elsternwick's anniversary rolls around, we have special activities planned and taking place!

This year, take place in the high(?) stakes Quiz Show run by the dapper skeleton Reynald in Reynald's Riveting Rapid Fire Quiz Show! You and your muses will be quizzed on various happenings from Elsternwick's past, with fabulous prizes for you, should you succeed!

As with last year, there will be various celebrations across town, from a masquerade ball, a special fair held at Arcadia Carnival, and a few returning faces across Elsternwick, be sure to be on the lookout for some old friends... and foes across town!

We hope you'll have fun... but that is not the only event that will take place!

Spring has come to Elsternwick, and with it, new life has been breathed into the town, all across the area, flowers and greenery are growing in abundance (after a mushroom has been slain, of course), brids are singing, rivers are flowing, everything is growing and full o flife... perhaps... too much life!

Plant life is growing out of control and becoming rowdy, wildlife is getting bold and entering town, rivers are positively overflowing with water and fish, and of course, Spring Court Faeries are wandering into town to seek mischief, you'll need to be on guard, things might just get a little chaotic in our Spring Event, which is yet to be named!

It will run until the beginning of June, and will start once a certain encounter has been cleared!

We hope you'll look forward to that as well!

And finally, as you may know, tomorrow is April Fools Day! As with last year, we will have a light hearted little joke that will take place throughout the day starting at midnight, we hope you'll have a rootin' tootin' time if you're here for it!

And that about wraps it up!

We were also going to have a muse list update in this post, but there's already a lot to take in, so for now, we'll keep it as this!

From the bottom of our hearts, the Elsternwick mod team thanks you for your continued support, and we hope you look forward to and continue to enjoy the coming year in Elsternwick, we'll do our best to make it amazing!

Until next time, we'll see you in Elsternwick, and if you're visiting, we hope to see you soon!