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So, after what has been going on with the last few events, the game has certainly crawled to a stop. This summer has been a nightmare for all of us and with the size of the game as it is, we need all of the players active as we can get.

As a result, I, Head Mod Gigi, am considering closing the game. I know this is not what anyone wants, but I would need much more help to really get this game running the way it needs.

I would be more than happy if someone (or a few someones) would like to join me in plotting and writing up events, as that is what has burned me out after February.

If you'd like to volunteer to help, you can email us at faewildmods@gmail.com or reach out on Discord.

Thank you for reading this, and happy RP times to you all.

~ Gigi

You wake up a little bleary-eyed and fuzzy-minded. It's strange. You don't really remembering overindulging last night, and yet here you are with the distinct sense that somehow you weren't making the best decisions. Faerie magic is funny like that.

But it's probably fine. It's not like you made any really poor life decisions, right? Like drunk-mirroring your fellow Faewild guests?

Oh. Oh no.

Better check your messages, and see what's in your Reflections from the Night Before.




All right, dears, you know the drill. Your characters have found themselves firing off (perhaps) ill-advised texts. Choose from the horrifying archive of text based debauchery or craft your own bespoke messages.

All threads in this post may be considered canon if all parties involved agree. All threads may be counted for Activity Check as well as Rewards.

 Hi, everyone! Gigi-Mod here! I just want to apologize for the lack of communication lately from me and the rest of the team. This is a small game and with us not talking to you, I can understand that it can sap motivation. So this is my deepest apology for disappearing.

I will be honest and say that I've been suffering from really, really bad burnout. I stretched myself with too many obligations and that led to me having a bit of a step back from the internet. I should have been more honest with you all and if that makes you not trust me, I understand and wouldn't blame you if you wanted to leave the game. The other mods, the wonderful Manda and the darling Daisy, have been having some health issues and it just all seemed to happen at once.

I do plan on continuing the game and getting my ass in gear. If there's anything that you'd like to see in the game, please make sure to head over to our Player Suggestion Page. We do look there and check the emails often! 

Other than that, I want to add that we're working on the next event post to wrap up the Heroes and Villains event of May and get some fun summer-themed things for you. And we're getting a TDM together as well. 

That brings us to what I wanted to talk to you all about. How does everyone feel about maybe moving events to every other month or once every three months (like the TDM)? The game is still small enough that I think events every month just wasn't sustainable until we get more people.

Please vote and let us know in the comments and we will take in all suggestions and complaints. 💖

HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE HAVE EVENTS?

1) Every month - I enjoy the strange monthly things you guys come up with.

2) Every other month - Every month is too much, but I like having things to do with downtime

3) Every three months - This will give us a break and the ability to do things in between that aren't all chaos.

Hello, fellow denizens of the Fae Wild!


Mod team here, coming to you with a new announcement. We know life has been hard as of late, for all of us. Your mod team has realize this (as well as suffered through it), and came up with a change to our Activity Check policy. We understand that while our current AC is very relaxed, sometimes we just can't make it, you know? We want your roleplay here to be fun and without worry, and without having the constraints of activity check going forward.

Therefore, we will be moving to an AC Check-in system moving forward.

Rewards will still be the same, but now 100% of your threads will now be towards rewards. The rest of our policies will still stay the same, with applications being open all the time and invites still in place.

Have a great rest of the event!

Hello all!

The following characters did not post activity and have therefore been swept from the game.

Nicole Abernathy (Original Character)
Astarion Ancunin (Baldur's Gate)
Hinata Shoyo (Haikyuu!)

If you believe an error has been made, please contact the mods and let us know.

Swept characters may re-apply one month after they have been swept, i.e. characters swept for April may re-apply in May.

You wake up a little bleary-eyed and fuzzy-minded. It's strange. You don't really remembering overindulging last night, and yet here you are with the distinct sense that somehow you weren't making the best decisions. Faerie magic is funny like that.

But it's probably fine. It's not like you made any really poor life decisions, right? Like drunk-mirroring your fellow Faewild guests?

Oh. Oh no.

Better check your messages, and see what's in your Reflections from the Night Before.




All right, dears, you know the drill. Your characters have found themselves firing off (perhaps) ill-advised texts. Choose from the horrifying archive of text based debauchery or craft your own bespoke messages.

All threads in this post may be considered canon if all parties involved agree. All threads may be counted for Activity Check as well as Rewards.

All Everyone! I am so sorry for my slowness and Mia ness this month. My uncle passed away unexpectedly, and last weekend, my hubby ended up in the ER. Creativity has not been my friend this month. If anyone would like stuff for March, let me know. thanks, Beth

Hey everyone! As the normal app cycle reaches its end, we have some changes that we'd like to bring to your attention!

This is a small game and we mods love it. However, we would like to see it grow, as I'm sure you all feel the same! With our TDM being seasonally, we feel like we have to do more to remind people that it's actually there. While we won't change how often we do new TDMs, we are going to start adding small hints of future events for the upcoming season and midway through the TDM's life cycle we'll be doing a TFLN style post, thanks to this suggestion made by the lovely Nia, zauberdecke. We're going to be calling that 'Mirrors from Last Night' and will be the child of our darling Daisy Mod! These will be on the fae_wyld comm, but opened up to players and non-players alike! Hopefully we can get more things jumping here with this addition to our game.


As a second thing, we mods talked about putting apps on an open/rolling basis. We mods will get together and go over the apps as they come in, since the fae would really hold to a schedule. In regards to Reserves, those will be honored for ten (10) days before someone else is free to apply for the character in question. Invites will still be used, but we're going to allow the person they're for to have thirty (30) days after you put in the invite for them to use it for an app. What that means for you is that every month, you get ONE (1) invite for that month, but you can put it in at any time in that month's time frame and your friend has 30 days to apply. That means, hypothetically, you could have two active invites going at the same time, but we will be checking that.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to leave a comment or reach out to us on the game's discord server or one of the game pages!

Thanks!

- Fae Wild Mods

Hey, everyone! After a little bit of a panic this morning by your sleep-deprived head mod, all the events and the TDM were looked over to make sure the wording for berries and rewards were clear. As such, we'll just go ahead and point those out right now, so that you can double check before you do any berry counting to cash them in.

TDM - If you interacted with a prompt under the "Winter Proofing the Realm" section, all of those tags are worth Three times as normal.

December Event - If you fought Santa, you would have been given a token. More info for that can be found on the Rewards Page.

January Event - If you battled Mari Lwyd and won, you were rewarded with a cask of Blueberry Ale, because he's generous with those he likes.

Going forward, we ask that you keep an eye out for these particular extra rewards and we will try to be much more obvious about the things that will get you extra berries!

Thanks!

'You find yourself wandering through a forest of strange colors. The last thing you remember is a strange ring of mushrooms in a riot of shades, singing to you in ethereal tones, tempting you and telling you to step in the midst them to discover riches beyond measure. As you do, a bright white light flashes before your eyes. When your sight returns, the forest of bizarre trees and plants looms before and around you.

As you step forward, laughter—deep and menacing and also light and tinkling—follows your footsteps. Yelling, questioning, gets you nowhere. Only a narrow path of stones allows you to avoid the foliage that seems to want to eat you alive. If you step off of the path, you find vines wrap around your legs, dragging you into the dark interior of the forest, until you wake up later, your body covered in strange symbols that will disappear after a few days. For those wise enough to not tempt fate and stay on the path, soft blue lights—fairies of indeterminate sex—appear, and beckon you to follow them down the path through the trees. A few hours of walking brings you to a village of stone and wooden thatched houses that appear as if they're both brand new and ancient at the same time.

A creature that at once appears to be monstrously beautiful and hideously decrepit steps forward to greet you, holding out a small silver hand mirror with a smile that makes your blood run cold (if you have any sense). "Welcome to the Fae Wild, child. This is the domain of the Handmaiden of the Sidhe Queens. Come with me. The others are waiting. All will be explained once we are gathered." It is then that you see the others spoken of, people that look almost.... normal and just as confused and angry as you are.

Dare you step forward to learn your fate?'

☙ Arrival ☙

So, you’ve survived the trip down the path and made it to the village that is the heart of the Fae Wild. The Handmaiden and her helpers, mostly pixies, brownies and some sylph and dryads, are handing out silver hand mirrors to all of the newcomers. Once you’re all gathered, the Handmaiden will explain that you’ve been brought here with the promise of riches and treasure through the magical fairy rings. While you’re here, you will be expected to assist the fae creatures in the activities the Handmaiden has picked for you to do.

If you agree to it, you will be richly rewarded. If you refuse? Well, how much do you enjoy the thought of being put under a cloche jar for a while? Don’t worry. You’ll be able to breathe in there. It wouldn’t be good to have someone die on their first day after all. After securing your agreement, your mirror will flash five times, and tapping the surface shows a letter-type of message in flowing script, telling you how to reach your new cottage during your stay.

Questions to the fae may or may not be answered, but never fear. They want you alive. For now.



☙ Winter Proofing The Realm ☙

As the first frost strikes the land of the Fae Wild, all the pixies and brownies are running around to make sure that the cottages, huts and communal buildings are ready for the blast of the Winter Queen’s Full Power. The sylphs and dryads are plucking flowers and bringing in as many fruit trees and bushes inside so that they can continue to provide food for the upcoming season.

Hunting parties are being arranged to stock up on meat. Other groups are being formed to fish in the lakes. (Beware of the kelpie. They bite.) You can also offer to chop wood, check all of the buildings for any repairs that need to be done, and preserve some of the more delicate foods. Just because this is a land of magic doesn’t mean that they’re immune to the change in the seasons.

Player characters are highly encouraged by all of the faeries to join in during this time. Anyone who does will find themselves given three times the berries during this particular activity.

☙ Glimpses of the Winter Court ☙

As the Winter Solstice approaches, glimpses of the Winter Sidhe (faeries of the highest order) can be caught as they travel around the whole of the Fae Realm. Frost Trolls that look like walking chunks of ice that only a mother (and maybe the Winter Queen) could love are currently pushing out the remnants of the dryads and sylphs to make room for themselves and their kind. If you look carefully, a tall horned man leading a pack of dogs and being followed by a lot of vicious looking creatures has begun to prowl and the nights are filled with the braying of His Hunting Party as they look for prey.

Asking the normal denizens of the Fae Wild will win you the name of Der Erlking and his Grand Hunting Party. Anyone caught out after dark alone will find themselves picked for the “special honor” of being prey or asked to spend the night as one of His hounds.

Occasionally, a beautiful, pale woman strolls around. She is never alone, as her entourage of grimalkin (large, black cat-like beasts) are always in attendance. Sometimes, she appears melancholic and at others, she is regal, cool and distant. Anyone foolish to try to approach her will find themselves face to face with the largest of the grimalkin who calls himself Cait Sith. And he suffers fools never.

☙ Here Comes Santa Claus ☙

Winter has definitely arrived with the first snow. Plenty of elves in striped stockings and funny shoes with bells on their toes are running around the village, demanding that all the buildings be covered in holly and evergreens. Others are hastily baking as many biscuits and cakes as they can. Player characters are not immune to the assumption of assistance. Anyone caught resisting them will find themselves suddenly about the size of a five year old, wearing the very familiar garb of ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ and being pushed by one of the elves that calls themself The Taskmaster.

If one asks why the elves are doing this, they will find out that they’re making preparations to keep Santa Claus out of the Handmaiden’s domain. These particular elves are escapees from Santa’s sweatshop in the Winter Court, where he forces them to slave away making toys for human children with no pay, no insurance, and with only gruel to eat for every meal year round. The only way to keep him away from this area—since he’s such an important member of the Winter Queen’s Court—is to decorate it with plants of the season and to leave a gift outside the houses. It can be food, berries or shiny objects, but the Big Man must be appeased.

Of course, should you choose to not help, come the time of the 25th of December, Santa might just come and visit your house.

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