Kingdom Come

ADDITIONAL INFO

i put a spell on you. — A representative from the Magaesterium looking to woo Meera to join their ranks as a student. Meera is utterly absorbed with her cartography and history hobbies and has not taken to her magic, yet. At the moment she is refusing to attend, much to her sister’s dismay. The connection may be interested in Meera’s abilities for their own selfish reasons, out of curiosity, their loyalty to the Magaesterium, whatever reasons to be completely honest! Someone please take advantage of this idiot nerd.  

your obedient servant. — Meera is fairly far down the line of succession, however she is still a Guillory and privy to some private matters. This connection would be a lady-in-waiting, lady’s maid, chauffeur, whatever who was looking to glean Guillory/Midlands secrets from Meera. She’s a perfect target if only for her naïveté and tendency to blather. Her passion lies in her hobbies and thinks most of the crown’s problems are not that important… again, she’s an idiot nerd, please someone take advantage of her spaciness.  

everything interests me but nothing holds me. — Meera is somewhat clueless when it comes to romantic endeavors. She may be used to politically align her family with another through marriage in the future but it is not something she often thinks about. Outside a potential betrothal, it could be cute to have someone interested in her and she just has no idea. Bonus points if she doesn’t even realize she returns those feelings. Angst could follow if she does end up getting engaged for political reasons. (EVEN MORE BONUS POINTS IF THIS PERSON IS ALSO THE “YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT” CONNECTION)  

OPTIONAL INFO

Following the Eclipse, Meera was one of the people who was gifted with new magical abilities due to the influx of magical phenomena, specifically illusion magic. Nose in a history book, when Meera rose from the pages she found a crude blueprint of a Vailen castle wavering before her. Her handle on the magic is shaky. Her illusions depend on her knowledge of and familiarity with the image she wishes to conjure. Her sister has been urging her to go to the Magaesterium to strengthen her ability but Meera has little interest in anything outside of her maps and history books. As of right now, her magical abilities are not well known but I’m sure she’ll get into some predicament where she accidentally exposes herself.  

Her sobriquet derives from her growing notoriety as a cartographer. As Meera never imagined she would inherit the throne, she threw herself into her studies and resigned herself to an ordinary life — or as ordinary a life a princess can lead. From a young age, she showed promise in art and history. Her tutors expected her to lean into art history but maps were what sparked her passion. She has dedicated herself to her craft and is often absorbed with it, sometimes not even hearing someone while she’s working when they’re trying to get her attention.

Additional Info/Wanted Plots

Are you my brother? It is speculated that Romil had illegitimate children outside of his marriage with Chandra. The deceased lord was known as a friend to humans. And to some, he was even more. So far, none of the presented claims of paternity have been true. However, Herik is aware that there is a chance that he has at least one half sibling. He has not made any attempts to find/discover them. [Possible unknown illegitimate half-Vae siblings; fc(s) must be at least ½ Gujarati Indian]

We are still family. House Lucelwen and House Lavathren are brother houses that still co-govern the Twingate area. Despite their obvious difference in beliefs when it comes to humans and democracy, Herik still holds onto the ideas of his father that both houses are still two branches of the same tree; that together, they are one people. Herik does not make light of this tie and when elected by the Vae of his isle, he agreed to progress the agenda of his father in that regard.

Ye Old(e) Days. Prior to his election, Herik served as a captain mariner. Specifically, under Romil’s charge, Herik aided in retaining the traffic brought into southern Vailen surrounding Meriwen’s coastline and maritime boundaries. In addition, he traveled on his father’s behalf and has built relationships with humans with the intent to establish a path for permanent peace.

In his earlier years, Herik moon-lighted as a trader/merchant. It helped with his commission to build and maintain relationships for his father/house.

These relationships include possible unsavory individuals.

Being from Meriwen, Herik does not see humans, or any others that are not Vae, as subpar or below him. To Herik, they are just different. It is not uncommon for Herik to entertain other liaisons with them as well. He is his father’s son, after all. Also young.

A Murder in Meriwen. Compared to other pure blooded Vae, Romil died young. He was almost 4300 years old. His death was an unexpected surprise to all. Particularly, his family. During the nomination of Herik to be elected in his father’s old Lordship, a tri-fold of speculation circulated. One was that Romil was murdered - likely by the rebels. The other was that it was Herik whom had a hand in his father’s demise. The third was that Lady Chandra, not her son, was involved in the plot of Romil’s untimely end. The prevailing rumor, however, was the former and it was also what Herik suspected himself. It is a truth that he seeks to unearth.

Eclipse Event:

The event will be “live” for a month. So from 9/4 - 10/2 you can start posts pertaining to the event. You can of course keep your current threads and after wards you can continue threads for the event. But after 10/2 you won’t be allowed to start new posts regarding the eclipse.

In game, it’s been roughly two months since the attack on Glasswater that happened in the beginning of their summer, the eclipse is happening toward the end of their summer now.

This specific total eclipse happens roughly every 500 years, the moon circling Vailar takes roughly half the day for its entire transit of the sun, the most pronounced of which lasts for roughly four to five hours. (While the moon is totally eclipsing the sun).

Many have used the eclipse over the millennia as a source of power for rituals.

Some say magic goes a little haywire during the different eclipses, and there were reports the last time this one transited that many were left without magic or a weakened form of their magic for days, to weeks.

Magic being what it is though always returns, even if it takes a long while, as it’s part of the natural ebb and flow of the planet.

Dragons seem to be particularly affected, acting lethargic or weak during the eclipse, some having the opposite effect where they become overloaded with power and feel like they need some sort of release.

Most of the magaesterium locations as well as magic tutors have specific wards built into different rooms to counteract the effects of the eclipse (though not the coming ritual).

The rebellion’s plans:

They intend to use the eclipse to cast a worldwide ritual.

Most of the rebels involved directly will be at their base in the Black Keep, spending the day chanting and channeling their magic into an artifact that can supposedly redirect magic.

The intent of the ritual is to drain the magic from dragons and magic users all over the world, and redirect it into members of the rebellion.

For members of the rebellion who want to be indirectly involved, they have been given a token to wear somewhere on their person that will block their magic from being affected.

The outcome:

The ritual will ultimately fail as you cannot take someone’s magic or give it without the express consent of both parties.

However, the outcomes of everyone’s task threads will determine if either side gleans that insight and also, how badly magic users are affected in the coming days/weeks after the eclipse.

Magic also tends to act erratically during changes in natural phenomenon and new magics begin popping up in different people throughout the world. (These would be available to new players, existing ones wouldn’t be able to change or add them):

Added to telempathy: The ability to influence others’ emotions around them.

Magic Negation: The ability to negate magic in an area around yourself (limited to roughly 50 yards)

Teleportation: Literally nightcrawler.