OOC DETAILS.

as this event is considered an AU, anything that occurs in this alternate universe will not be considered "canon" in the rp's canon plot.

you can of course take inspiration from either versions of your muse or even carry over plots, but to avoid godmodding, please make sure to respect each other's characterizations. ex: if Muse A knows something about Muse B in this au that they don't know in canon, then Muse A's mun should respect that distinction (unless both muns plot it beforehand).

plots in this au can match / mirror plots in canon verse, but they do not have to.

there are no restrictions on what supernatural creatures or abilities your muse can have, but given the nature of some powers, please communicate with your writing partners to avoid godmodding! if your muse has supernatural powers that affect another muse's physicality, emotions, memories, dreams, anything outside of your own muse, please discuss it with the other mun first.

you can continue writing regular threads while the event runs. tag all posts related to this event as #rmnt:hallows.

continue to tag any triggers as needed.

PARTICIPATION.

if you'd like to participate, please reply to this post with the names of your participating muses, their species (can be human), and their occupation (if applicable).

additionally, we encourage everyone to make a mini intro post for this alternate version of your muse and more about their species, any distinguishing features, powers, or notable differences from their canon! you can tag this post as #rmnt:hallows. an example format you can follow:

species. either human or a supernatural species. occupation. if applicable. details. more about this version of your muse.

this is meant to be a fun seasonal event, so please don't feel pressured to structure it like a brand new intro for a new muse. you can give as much / as little detail as you'd like.

THE WORLD.

for this event, ansan will be a small village called the hallows. it is situated at the end of a dying continent, right at the edge of the sea. a magical, corrupting force called the blight has begun encroaching into the physical world, bringing monsters, demons, and other infernal creatures upon the lands.

much like with ansan, many residents of the hallows have fled to escape the approaching danger. the blight has already spread nearby and people have been disappearing for the last several years due to monster attacks . . . or worse.

although humans and supernatural creatures used to live in peace and mutual cooperation, the monster attacks have driven a wedge between them. supernatural creatures aren't compelled to hide and humans know that they exist, but with recent tensions, they've begun to look at each other with fear and distrust.

in place of the enforcer division, a mayor and a small council of elders oversees the village. a lack of a centralized law enforcement means that citizens rely primarily on each other to uphold the peace, for better or worse.

in place of kawi-makgi, there is a small fairgrounds where an autumn fair has blown in for the season, hosting small feasts and village dances.

in place of the nightrunners, there are drifters and adventurers, all with their own individual aims. some purely adventure for the thrill, while others seek fame and fortune. all kinds of adventuring jobs ( think mini quests ) are posted at the village bulletin.

in place of orbital, a tavern sits at the heart of the village, where one can find just about any kind of person, human or creature.

in place of mise-en-scène, a modest stage theater provides a variety of live entertainment, from performers to marionettists to illusionists.

in place of the old ansan observatory is a lighthouse that guides ships home…even though more of them leave every day rather than arrive.

to the west, across a vast ocean, is a new land known as astra, where many have fled for a better life.

to the east is a forest and an approaching thicket of magical darkness that blots out the sun and corrupts all life in its path. it is said that the darkness thins the barriers of reality, and that, shrouded long enough, a place can suddenly burst as a gateway for infernal creatures. this darkness hasn't reached the hallows yet, but there have already been monster sightings in the eastern forest.

feel free to take creative liberties with other locations not mentioned or even create your own. as a general blanket statement, this is a non-modern, fantasy, and supernatural verse, so flavor your locations accordingly!

she was created and forgotten--- or so it seems. dug up from underneath the rubble of a mansion and given new life by the one that saved her, the sorceress that granted her the revitalization she needed taught her all that she knows

alchemy came mostly from books she read and discovered in the library of what she barely understood as home, as it seemed that whatever life there had came and gone. in some barely discernible letters, she has the barest ideas that her creator went seeking something in astra, and was too afraid to try and sneak her along the journey. it seems something happened to the house while she was in it, though her memory has been scrambled since the occurrence

the sorceress, too, was driven by the desire for what astra offered, and afflicted with something even incurable by her own magic and yeona's learned alchemy, ends up leaving her behind to seek it out

yeona stays. out of the place she lives she offers her services, which consists of reading the notes of her creator and her savior and piecing together the rest on her own, mending bones and granting what wishes she could with what she can create

she has noticeable hinges at her shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, hips, and ankles, and a majority of her structure is made from some sort of soft, smooth, material, her spine crafted metal that moves along with her. her blood color is an unnatural silver, and there's always something about her eyes that reflect different in the light, like facets of stone. she's gotten more natural with her movements over the years, but to those who are human, of flesh and blood, there is something that is little.. off

his father had been on the council his whole life. and once sangwon became of age to take over the role, a late night turned into the story of the rest of his life--- he was now a vampire, and he had to hide that. the one responsible flees and leaves sangwon to fend on his own, desperate to prove and continue to fool his parents that he's still human

at first, he thought they left to astra to test him. there was more there for them, and maybe if sangwon proved he could handle helping this town, he could come and join them one day. at first, he tries to be a model council member--- going on frequent trips to check on the other towns was easy, he was just so concerned, truly, about their local state of affairs and trading. and how much blood they had to offer him as a little treat on the way back

but then they don't return his letters. they don't ask for him to come, and they don't ask much about his life, they only talk about theirs. how letters are so troublesome to send back and forth, to expect less. and one day, when he just happens to be singing a song his mother had taught him on the way home, he notices this.. look. in someone's eyes as he passes by. as if they're enthralled by the sound of his voice

with his own knowledge, he doesn't think the effect of his voice is vampiric in nature, and so he searches his family tree until he finds one tidbit of information left out amidst the scorch of their records, that one of the distant relatives of his mother had been marked down as a siren

having believed himself to be human his whole life, he supposes the secret was upheld to maintain his father's position on the council, and its now his own, along with his new vampiric state

at first ashamed and unsure of how to handle himself, he starts to find himself more sure about who he is and what he likes to do, and starts to use that to his advantage

most of his magic lies in the state of his voice. along with singing, he's able to perfectly mimic voices if he's ever heard them before, and he uses it to his advantage to trick those he wants to

is currently a clockmaker's apprentice. his parents dumped him at this village a few years ago and skedaddled to a boat supposedly heading to astra

usually makes his way around the village blindfolded, like he needs an extra safety net despite alr being blinded underneath. but it's not completely redundant --- it has magical properties tied to a small magical lantern that he built, which holds a seeing eye ! he can direct it around him like a regular lantern and the eye "sees" for him. he has to change out the eye every so often when it runs out of magic

but tbh he prefers Not seeing sometimes and at home he puts the lantern away and takes the blindfold off and just vibes. lives at the northern edge of the village where he mostly minds his own business and has no idea the kinds of strays he's actually attracted. he thinks he's just been feeding stray cats (cats don't food bowls whole like that) (they also don't make those noises at night)

his house is filled with all kinds of clocks and odd little sculptures. most of the clocks don't work, mainly bc he likes the act of carving them more than actually making clocks. outside, on his porch and around the property, are more seeing lanterns that alert him if a presence steps foot onto his property.

his boss is just an npc for now but they are disgruntled from how much time he wastes making his own little things instead of fulfilling orders. sorry if you are a customer

lives in one of the nicer houses in the village. her (human) mother was known as a former council member, but a decade ago she was exposed for using her position to basically feed people into the darkness monsters lol believing that the sacrifice would appease it (it did not work!!!). so her mother was banished from the village, hasn't been seen since, and now haeran publicly denounces her every chance she gets

i think technically speaking, haeran just had shapeshifter blood in her lineage, but her mother's constant proximity to blighted magic affected her pregnancy with haeran, and now haeran's source of magic is blighted too. sooo instead of being able to shapeshift to typical creatures, she's stuck with a hellhound form. i'm thinking it's werewolf-esque but with elements of shadow and brimstone !

her hellhound form is closer to the size of a grown tiger? comes up to the stomach of a typical adult man, with a shaggy coat the color of charcoal

she can shift willingly, but she suppresses it so much that sometimes it comes out unwillingly too. mostly it comes out at night, and she has a bad habit of getting into the forest like that. for the village's sake and also her own sake, she tries to contain her hound form so that it doesn't attract unwanted attention (read: the monsters) and accidentally lure them back to the village

hazy when shifted ? distant, like she's just a passenger in her own body. can think logically, but it's harder to translate into actions bc her hound form is more animalistically-driven

very particular abt getting her work done on time every day, before sunrise, and retreating to her house for the rest of the evening.