Nov's Notes

[Noven]

Plotnotes IC goals: - Find out more about Mister Silver, maybe with Bitzer's help - Find solution for night terrors - Visit Memorial Library to research past (Kaie) - Attempt to research Keene's condition - Find a Hypnotist to unlock memories OOC goals: -Finish Raging Fires Clan writeup -Weed out unfinished threads -Winter 514 wages

Just in case I lose this:

T H R E A D S

 

S515

Date	Title	Status	Rewards
46	The Soirée	In Progress
48	Study Dates	In Progress

 

W514

Date	Title	Status	Rewards
3	Winter Is Back...	In Progress
10	The Gift of Clothes	In Progress
16	We call it 'Negotiations'	In Progress
20	Screamed Secrets	In Progress
20	An Exercise In Civility	In Progress
22	A Sahovian Field Trip	Complete	Obs +3, Tact +1, Soc +2, Neg +2, Invest +2, Intim +1, Inter +1, Tor +1, Krysus: A Problem for Another Day, Sleeping Easy Outside of Sunberth, A Deal With the Dungeon Master, Scarlet, Cherise, Carmine… Someone, Initiate Keene: An Open Ended Offer
23	Weird Ale	Complete	Pers +4 , Invest +2 , Intim +3 , Lead +2 , Plan +3 , Ste +2 , Tact +1 , Unarm +1 , Run +2 , Land Nav +2 , Wild +4 , Cook +1, Sahova: A Dreary Place For Pulsers, Life Experience: Being Morphed Into An Animal…Sort Of, Overseer Telemeran: A Pompous Corpulent Windbag, Escape Plan: The Importance of Staying On The Move, Wilderness Survival: What Is Edible, Is Better Than Starving, Wilderness Survival: The Importance of Kindling, Cooking: Roasting Mushrooms, Keene: He Can Actually Smile
24	A Morphed Misunderstanding	Grading
25	Danger is a lasting adventure	In Progress
29	But it is so cute	In Progress
31	A Lesson Exchange	Grading
32	More Than Strangers	Grading
35	A Farewell to Friends	In Progress
47	Mistaken Identity	In Progress
50	Poisonous Affairs	Complete	Intim +1, Body +1, Soc +2, The Anguish of Being Alone, Living: At Least It's Better Than Being Dead, Kids: Just Have To Know How To Beat Them
67	Merc Work	Complete	Ste +2, Tamo +2, Unarm +2, Brawl +1, Leade +1, Body +1, Pers +2, The Madness of Motherhood, Petch the Plan, The Advantages of Arson
84	Paid in Blood	In Progress
85	The Great Escape	In Progress

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F514

Date	Title	Status	Rewards
4	Runaway Clams	Complete	Runn +1, Intim +2, Acro +1, Rhet +3, Soc +1, Lead +1, Neg +1m Teach +3, Tact +1, Unarm +1, Brawl +2, The Cook Cooks What He Wants To Cook, Damn it!, Kids: Just Have To Know How To Treat Them, Nellie: The Clam Girl, Nellie: A Thinker With Potential, Chasing After Your Supper, Putting the Runts to Work, Size Matters in a Fight, You Gotta Walk the Talk, Unarmed Combat: All the Right Places to Attack, Fighting Dirty is Fighting to Win, Brawling: Using Your Environment
10	Blood Gamble	Complete	Intim +2, Unarm +,Acro +1, Rhet +1, Tact +1, Obs +3, Int +1, Run +1, Subter +1, End +2, Intimidation: All in a look, Tall Johnny's: A place for the underdog, Brawling: Sweet victory, Brawling: Versus my own Goliath, Subterfuge: Paying off a 'friend', Endurance: Fleeing from 'The Noven Hate Club'
10	An Apple a Day...	Complete	Rhet +3, Obs +5, Beg +1, Soc +3, Med+1, A Wound from Fighting Errol, Being Dragged to the Doc...Literally, The Struggle of Getting Patched Up, Kechaiya: As Curt as Jilliene, The Pain of Alcohol on a Knife Wound, Two Gold Mizas: The Price to Save My Life, Kechaiya: Taught Medicine in Eyktol, Medicine: How to Change a Bandage, Kechaiya, the Doctor, -4 GM
15	Unhappy Attraction	Complete	Obs +5, Teach +5, Brawl +2, Unarm +2, Dagger +1, Cook +1, Rhet +2, End +2, Intim +2, Using a Hot Skillet as a Weapon, Caela Dorin: The Damsel in Distress, Caela: Doesn't like to be Called "Miss Dorin", Caela: More Than a Pretty Face, Caela: Light on Her Feet, Caela: Had Potential as a Fighter, Caela Calls me "Cookie", Caela is now "Blondie", +1 Loaded Dice
16	Mobster Madness	Complete	Unarm +2, Brawl +2, Acro +4, Tamos +4, Ste +1, Run +2, End +3, Climb +3, Body +1, Wrest +2, Tact +5, Plan +5, Subter +1, Soc +3, Intim +1, Rhet +2, Pers+2, Negot +3, Land Nav +2, Clean +2, Tactics: Thought Before Action
17	Just What the Doctor Ordered	Complete	Unarm +1, Dagger +1, Run +1, Lead +1, Obs +3, Kechaiya: Doesn't Like Letting People Down, Kechaiya: Will Make sure her Remedies Work Appropriately, Kechaiya's Father's Saying: "Is all water in shade from here.", How to Some-What Comfort a Distressed Woman, Using a Belt Instead of Pain-Killing Herbs, Having and Infected Stitched up Wound Cleaned Petching Hurts!
18	The Morning After	Complete	Ob +3, Cook +1, Ste +1, Neg+1, Rhet +3, Plan +1, Flirt +1, Intim +1, Kechaiya's Tea is a Miracle Drink, Eyktol: Doesn't have Bluebells, Kechaiya wants me, Kechaiya is now "Chai", Kechaiya was Running From Herself, Kechaiya was a Slave in Ahnatep, -2 GM
22	The Rotten Truth (Quest)	Complete	Climb +1, Lead +1, Plan +1, The Rotten Mansion: Mysteriously Fallen, Note to Self: Watch Out For the Hooded Woman, Leadership: Dirtecting for Safety
30	Dinner With a Rat	Complete	Soc +1, Cook +1, Ded +2, Lead +2, Pers +2, Intim +1, Jade: A Secretive Thief, Ronan: Orphaned baby girl
32	A New Staffer	In Progress
40	When Things Go Horribly South	In Progress
42	Truth in Blood	In Progress
45	Don't Mess with Sunset Quarter's Orphans	In Progress
50	Reverse Banditry (Raid)	Complete	Obs +2, Bitzer Promises Food, Armored Stranger: Lion
52	No Warrior	In Progress
64	Weeds and Shyke	Complete	Soc +2, Too many Choices, Seeking a Gift instead of Words, Meeting a Talking Statuette, Tink the Talking Statue, The Weight of a Clay Man
67	A Sunberthian Shopping Spree	In Progress
80	A Boiled Potato Sir	Complete	Cook +4, Teach +4, Lead +3, Rhet +1, Soc +1, The Horrors of True Hunger, Cooking: Doing the Best With What You've Got, Koruma: The Orphan Boy, Koruma: One of The Good Ones, Recipe: Wilderness Surprise
85	We drink, and drink, and drink some more	Complete	Carousing +4, Cosmet +1, Danc + 1, Flirt + 2, Intim +1, Obs +1, Soc +3, Subter +1, Kitchen: makeshift grooming, Location: the Quay, Tipsy with Kechaiya, Bitzer and Web, dance together, Sunberth Jig
85	The Things Corsets Cause	Complete	Body +1, End +2, Flirt +2, Inter +2, Lead +2, Obs +5, Pers +2, Plan +2, Rhet +5, Sed +1, Kechaiya: Industrious, Questioning Someone to See if You’re Thinking the Same, Kechaiya: Learned to Be Bold and Enticing, How to Remove Corsets, Persuasion: Using Your Body to Convince Someone of Your Point of View, I’m Kechaiya’s First Lover, How to Pleasure a Woman, Sexual Desperation: Nearly Willing to Cut Off Your Belt, Losing Self-Control in the Course of Pleasure, The Attractions of Making Love to a Virgin, Ejaculating Within a Woman, Purple: Kechaiya’s Favourite Colour

 

S514

Date	Title	Status	Rewards
7	Follow Your Nose	Complete	Cook +2, Intim +1, Obs +5, Neg +1, Soc +3, Everyone Knows About Mae and I, Chicken Kabobs: A Dish for Ungrateful Orphans, Kaie: The Exotic Stranger, Kaie: Scares Small Children, Kaie the Myrian: Will Work for Food, Kaie: Surprisingly Civil...for a Myrian, Kaie: A Traveling Sellsword, Self: Have I Met Kaie Before?
20	Urgent Delivery	Complete	Ste +1, Tac+2, Lead+1, Run +1, Weapon: Refuse +1, Weapon: Tamos +1, Introductions: Kenneric, Introductions: Flint, Shield: Dead Body
25	The First Meet	Complete	Obs +1, Rhet +1, Scars: My Membership is Motivated By Revenge, Matthew: A Prostitute, Web: The Woman With the Pipe, Scars: A New Family?, Gad: Chatty Kid, Scars: United by the Sigil of a Marred Citadel, Scars: Enemies of the Daggerhand, Senghor: Tall, Dark, and Gruesome, Bitzer Leads, Web is the Assistant, Every Gang Has Its Growing Pains
27	Hunting for His Readied Sword	Complete	Obs +3, Deduct +4, Intim +4, Child +5, Cook +2, Recognizing The Importance of Contacts, Matthew: Used to study medicine, Matthew: Was in Mura, Matthew: Philtering and Herbalism, Introduction: Matthew the Harlot
28	Wrecking Ball	Complete	Un +2, Brawl +2, Obs +5, Ste +3, Climb +3, Acro +3, Neg +1, Pers +1, Inv +1, Inter +1, Lead +1, BB +1, End +1, Run +2, Sunberth Gang: The Cobra’s, How To: Kick Through A Wall, Seared Memory: The Scalper In The Doorway, Amael: Loved And Lost, Recognizing Daggerhand, Birthmark: Ink, Memory: The Flames, The Myrian: Gave The key To Truth, The Mind: Doors Unlocked
29	Story Time	Complete	Stor +1, Intim +1, Ste +1, Dreaming of a Different Life
33	Meh, Close Enough...	Complete	Acro +2, Act +1, Climb +2, Dip +1, Inter +2, Intim +1, Inv +1, Obs +2, Rhet +1, Stealth +1, Soc +1, Dagger +3, Unarmed Combat +1, Nate: Cleaned up His Act but Still the Same, Investigation: Orphans Give Information if They’re with Friends, Thomas and Mira: Orphan Informants, Acting: Faking Nonchalance, Location: Van Marx’s Brothel, Rohs: Target Who Likes Abusing Children, Rohs: Magician, Burning Evidence, +100 GM
33	Machinations	In Progress
39	Fishing Daggers I: A Beginning	Complete	Obs +1, Unarm +1, Body +1, Mission: Give The Daggerhands A Message, Gad: A Real Talker, Working With A Group
50	On Her Way	Complete	Obs +2, Rhet +1, Soc +1, Accepting that Kay is Another One of the Dead, Nate and I: United in Grief for Kay, Readied Cock: Name from Matthew, Location: The Golden Calf
73	Along Came a Thief (Part 1)	In Progress
88	Tournament of Fists	Complete	End +1, Obs +2, Unarm +4, Tiny Red: Insulting nickname, Changing a disadvantage into an advantage, Buras: A man who owes me a favour, Noven the Red: A nickname from Bitzer, Spring 514AV Tournament of Fists: Victor, +25 GM

 

513

Date	Title	Status	Rewards
10	Tinnie in a Haystack	Complete	Intim +2, Inter +3, Childcare +1, Inv +2, Int +1, Obs +5, Unarm +3, Technique: Self Punch, Tinnie Is Missing, Tinnie: Understands Customer Base Development, Dina Left Alone for Four Days, Item: Powdered Puff, Danger of Smut on Reputation, Tinnie: Doesn't Approve of Smut, Tinnies Husband is Loud, Tinnies Husband Favours Evelyn, Gavin: Dangerous, Tinnie Husband Committed Suicide, Suicide in front of Evelyn
15	Caught Off Guard	Complete	Intim +1, Obs +3, UnCom +3, Amira: Stealthy Knife Fighter
20	Oh baby. Sitting.	In Progress
35	A Walk in the Woods	Complete	Hunt +1, Obs +5, Soc +2, Tac +1, Ste +1, Dagger +1, Serta: Wolf Kelvic
37	In The Hood	Complete	+4 Obse, +1 Ste, +1 Inter, +1 Int, +3 Rhet, When out of Options, Be Direct, Bitzer: The Woman with the Wolf, Seeking the Hound, Bitzer is Confident..Or Crazy, Bitzer is tied to the Hound, to the Scars, Your Contact with the Scars: Man with the broad rimmed hat
38	A Few Foxes and the Hound	Complete	Obs +4, Soc +3, Inter +2, Neg +1, The Death Of Rokan At The Hound’s Hand, The Lady And The Wolf: The Dare, Wrenmae: The Task For The Hound
42	Fire and Oil	Complete	Brawl 1, Dag 1, Lead 1, Obs 2, Subterfuge 1, Unarm 3, For the Slavers: Death By Inferno, Slavery: The Big Business of Sunberth, Surreptitiously Securing Supplies, Unarmed Technique: Deadlock, Rescuing Derin From Slavery
45	United by Rage	Complete	+3 Observation, +3 Acrobatics, +3 Unarmed, +4 Brawling, +1 Weapon: Stool, +2 Dagger, Sunberth: Fighting in the Arena, Monster: Yukmen, Vexation: Feeling the pain from another
48	Ashes to Ashes, Debt to Debt	In Progress
49	A Task for Crimson Hands	Complete	Isme: Will Play Nurse if the Price is Right, The Messenger Boy: Son of Isme, Man of the Scars: An Interruption to My Attempted Rest
50	Dead Before Bowed	Complete	Obs +2, Phil +1, Soc +1, Rhet +1, Senghor: My Brother, Eleazar: Thieving Sort, Garret: Hand For Hire, Broken Shackles: Ashes Rising
53	Unlikely Cohorts	Complete	+1 Acro, +1 Flirt, +2 Int, +1 Interr, +1 Intim, +4 Obs, +1 Pers, +2 Plan, +3 Rhet, +1 Soc, +1 Ste, Amael: The Curvacious Isurian, Intelligence: Common Sense = Don't Give Away your Home Base, Isurians: The Great Physical Strength of Their Kind, Magic: Sometimes a Necessary Evil, Memories: Hard to Forget the Bad Ones, Mistakes: How to Learn from Failure, Observation: Methods of a Peeping Tom, Observation: Hard to Observe When Only Looking at One Thing, Persuasion: Bartering with an Honest Face, Planning: Another Person Adds Another Twist
55	A Night to Remember	Complete	+3 Act, +1 Body, +1 Dance, +3 Flirt, +2 Int, +5 Obs, +1 Pers, +1 Phil, +3 Plan, +1 Rhet, +3 Sed, +3 Soc, +2 Tac, Acting: How to Fake a Threesome, Acting: Learning to Hide Your Laughter, Acting: A Loud and Obnoxious Persona, Ade: Son of a Whore, Amael: An Overview of Her History, Amael: Attraction or Desire?, Animation: An Idea of What It Is, Animation: Basic Soulcore Theory, Animation: Basic Astral Body Theory, Brega: A Taste of Her Hypnotism, Brega: More Shrewd Than She Seems, Emotion: Some Feeling Noven has Forgotten, Isme: Contact at Brega's House, Location: Brega's House of Happy Endings, Hatred: It Can Be All-Consuming, Hypnotism: How Effective it can Be, Hypnotism: Beginner at Sensing the Effects, Massage: Simple Techniques, Memory: Brega Will Pay, Observation: Hard to Observe When Only Looking at One Thing Again, Seduction: Resisting Some Wiles, Seduction: Drawing Out the Moment, Seduction: The Power of Two Attractive Women, Sex: Dominating Technique, Tactics: Acting as a Distraction Tactic, Torgen: A Darker Stain on Sunberth, Vex: The Urge Can Come at Any Time,Willpower: Overcoming Primal Desire, Women: Not to be Left Alone Together
56	The Killing Blow	Complete	Flirt +2, Obs +2, Med +1, Ste +1, Neg +1, The Morning After: Feels Too Good to be True, Treating a Kettle Burn with Cold, Mira Will Faithfully Do As I Ask, Mira Has a Crew?!, Worry Over a Lover
60	Eat Your Vegetables	Complete	+3 Cook, +1 Intim, +1 Lead, Cooking: Basic Prep Work, Cooking: Basic Knife Techniques, Cooking: Brewing a Basic Stock, Jillian: Mistress of the Orphans, Little Thomas: Ice Cold Critic, Recipe: Everything Stew

 

PAST MISC

Year	Season	Title	Status	Rewards
503	Fall	Bread and Ghosts	Complete	+1 Obs, +1 Soc, Spotting a Street Urchin
509	Spring	Exact Words	Complete	Tamo +1, Int +5, Intim +3, Invest +1, Obs +5, Soc +5, Ste +1, Tac +2, Unarm +1, Wrest +1, Reflection: the pride of youth, Nostalgia: Old time with Nate, Kayleigh Ankah: True Mettle, In Another Life: street urchin, Tamo technique: Coup de grace, Thomas: spared urchin, Location: Runnin' Whore
511	Fall	Friendship Forged in Fire	Complete	+1 Med, +2 Obs, +1 Run, +2 Climb, +1 Acro, +1 Brawl, +1 Lead, +1 BB, Senghor Vilhjalmr: Comrade, Heroism: Saving orphans from a burning building
511	Fall	What was stolen may be replaced.	Complete	Obs +3, Run +2, Intim +1, Location: Sunset Quarters Orphanage, Get busy living, or get busy dying, Senghor: family has hidden past, Senghor: family's estate burnt to ground, Observation: punching shuts kids up, fast, Observation: hunger isn't something people joke about
514	Fall	Ghosts of Dances Past	Grading
514	Winter	An Unforgettable Play	In Progress

Nona

[Noven]

The Raging Fires Clan

Overview: Small in numbers but fierce in reputation, one could almost say that The Raging Fires clan is not just known for its extreme customs, but notorious for them as well. Whether or not the other clans agree with the principles of their fiery sister, they respect her on achievement alone, for those who bear the blood red ink and branded scars of leaping flames are as ruthless as they are efficient in battle. They believe they are living embodiment of their sisterhood's namesake. Deadly and requiring the highest degree of discipline to control, but also empowered to purify anything in their path.

They are zealous. They are belligerent. And they have honed the traditions of their people to such pained perfection that most of their children do not survive past the age of ten.

History: The clan is relatively young compared to the Myrian legacy as a whole, but it has made up for its budding development with extra fervor and fierceness. It was originally founded by a band of Myrian women, all from different clans, who had been overtaken through the cunning and planning of an enterprising group of foreign slavers. The slavers had plans to make themselves rich selling off very rare, very exotic Myrian slaves to Kenashern clients. They already had several buyers vying for first choice.

Unfortunately for the slavers, their scheming only brought them so far. They had specifically chosen only one women from each of the smaller clans, reasoning that savages could not know of unity and therefore would rather fight each other, out of pride or bloodlust, than work against their captors. Little did they know of the fierce pride all Myrians bore, and the price they paid for their ignorance was higher than anything their Kenashern buyers could have ever afforded. The women worked together, biding their time, bearing any abuse that came their way--and there was much of it, given their shackled, powerless, and often drugged states.

But little by little, the women gained their foothold. And when their captors expected it least, the Myrians broke free of their chains and slaughtered every man in sight. They ate the hearts of their enemies that night, raw and still beating as they were ripped out of bloodied chests, and burned every trace of their captivity in a roaring fire that could be seen for miles and miles around.

When dawn came and their pyre turned to all but smoke and coals, the women decided they would not return to their individual clans. They had grown too close to one another and suffered too much. They vowed, then and there, to protect each other, and to flourish in spite of their pain. From there, they eventually absorbed more and more members. Some were captives they worked to free, others exiles seeking to redeem themselves, and a few even willing additions, having heard of the worthy cause this new clan championed.

Psychology: Like her sister clans, Raging Fires uphold the practice of matriarchy. Except they take it one level above most, believing women are not only meant to take charge, as epitomized by their goddess-queen Myri, but are also born superior in the fullest sense of the word. Men have no power and are expected to be completely subordinate.

Culture: The Sisters of Fire, as the women of highest rank often call themselves, group their male counterparts by size and skill, delegating tasks amongst them that are seen as too menial or lowly for their superiors. The women, after all, have more important matters to attend to, such as settling in-clan affairs, dividing rations when food supplies are low, and devising strategies for future battles. Responsibilities like foraging, cleaning, heavy lifting, shelter repairs, and cooking are all shared amongst the men. Out of these duties, child rearing is seen as the most crucial, and therefore it frequently falls upon the males to ensure their charges are kept safe and disciplined. When it comes to education and martial training, however, the job is largely assumed by the mother, or the rest of the clan if the child's blood parents are no longer alive.

Tattoos: When it comes to rituals, the Sisters of Fire utilize the common practices of cannibalism, tattoos, and blood sacrifices. However, there is one tradition they partake in--or rather, have created as something unique to their clan--that is seen as particularly radical by their sister clans.

When a girl child reaches somewhere between the age of eight and ten, she is deemed fit to be prepared for entering adolescence. She is then paired with a male child from the clan who is of a similar age, though his level of readiness is of less importance, and they are assigned a day for a special ceremony, which is often shared between multiple pairs of children. During this ritual, a massive bonfire is lit. There is a formal dance involving the lighting of the bonfire, as well as drums and the presence of all clan members available for attendance. Once the dance is complete and the children brought before the fire, the true ritual begins.

One by one, the pairs will undergo the same process. First, the girl child will ink her designated partner with her own hands. Typically, this ink job is flame-related, an interpretation of her own design, medium in size and placed conventionally on the back. Though, if the female is especially keen on proving her bravery and superiority, she may choose to place the tattoo somewhere more sensitive.

In general, the process is often painful and certainly not done for the sake of aesthetics; a child's hand is inevitably clumsy and her artistic ability limited, but it is the act itself that is important, as well as the vivid memories it imprints on both children. The purpose of the amateur tattoo is to firmly establish one's place within the clan, and to let that single, immutable order never be forgotten. Only the female is to ink her partner. The male child will have no hand in the tattoo that his female counterpart will eventually earn, through merit and achievement, as she rises in status over the years.

After the inking is done, a brand will be seared upon the tattoo, again by the girl, as a final statement of inarguable dominance. If the boy shows no sign of pain through this entire ritual, he will be viewed more favorably by his clan for the rest of his life. If he so much as whimpers or sheds a tear, he will face anything from subtle disdain to blatant mockery until the end of his days, no matter his accomplishments later on. The Sisters of Fire have long memories and forget nothing.

Territory: Due to their harsh, radical customs, the Raging Fires clan is smaller in numbers than most of the others, and therefore control less land within Taloba. But the territory they have claimed for their own is extremely well defended and maintained. And it must be, for their clan lands lay nearest to the borders between Falyndar and Kalea, and the paranoia against foreigners wandering into their lands is ever present.

Laws and customs: Their laws are fairly straightforward, granting most privilege and power to the women of the clan. Any man who lays either hand or word against a female superior is punished without mercy. Everything from stealing to cheating to unjustified violence is also punishable, often by death. The clan does not take lightly to those who bring them shame. Even in the smallest of doses.

They also believe hand-to-hand combat is the most honorable and challenging martial discipline to master, and train their young at an early age. It is customary to use the boys more as target practice than serious pupils. As a result, males from the Raging Fires clan are somewhat notorious for being able to take a good beating. In battle, they are often at the front lines to take the brunt of the initial attacks.

The single, open-minded custom that the Sisters of Fire uphold is that of accepting other women, mostly from other clans, into their community. This stems heavily from the nature of their clan's birth. Of course, all newcomers will be treated with suspicion at first and must work their way towards earning respect. But they will not be turned away, especially if they are desperate or have been abused. It is even said that, should the circumstances prove dire or significant enough, the Sisters will take in foreigners as well, though no one outside of their clan has been able to prove this as fact.

Magic: The clan is wary of most magics, skeptical of anything they don't believe they can fully control. Malediction, however, is the one exception, and is practiced widely amongst the members. There are no master practitioners who are male, however, though the men of the clan are allowed to work at a basic level.

Simple charms to ward off sickness or amulets that grant a fraction of added strength or speed are the most common types of Malediction products within the clan. Creations of more complex and powerful effects, including weapons and battle accessories, are reserved for expert female practitioners. A man caught meddling with magic beyond his status is met with swift and merciless punishment.