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THE KINGPIN
golden lung dragon & black jaguar w/ vitiligo & platinum silver fox. unknown age - ancient. bai shi lynn lingré. proper chinese name is lin bai. prefers lynn if close. they/them. blind. wind element & electric element. firstborn son of jerisidie lingré & current head of family/general. courting delilah evergarden & halo mercer. kingpin of alithís evgenis. demiromantic gray-asexual. parent of veris, arvin, leoku, erian, flos, kekhai, evarhi, and laeglin. elder brother of ramona and hope, uncle of quennel and cosette.
SUMMARY AT THE BOTTOM --
paw moving to bring leoku and veris closer to them, they exhaled heavily, eyes closed before they felt and smelt more of their group coming up to their announcement. hearing malak's caws, they settled, relieved by the fact that he was alive. dipping their head slightly when he landed on their antler, they rumbled, noting everyone's appearance to the meeting, relief rushing through their heart, calming their mind against the worst situations. they were going to come out of this strong.
feeling lightning itching the back of their throat, influenced by their emotions, they exhaled heavily before raising their head up, blind gaze taking in their group members, "Alithians. We have a lot of things to cover today, and a lot of it is going to be hard to hear, just as it has been hard to accept the reality of our situation. A warm welcome to [member=2426]Playerone Kennedy[/member] , [member=15977]Asteri[/member] , [member=16057]Sam[/member] . I apologise that you come into our lands in such a state of disrepair and despair. First of all, I want to welcome everyone home, back to our rightful home that we will fight to free. To those of you who are new, you know me as Lin Bai, or Bai Shi. I am the Kingpin of this group, and I am a relative to some of those gathered here. Veris, Leoku and Laeglin are my children, Hope Alpenglow, wherever she may be, is my sister. Our group, Alithis Evgenis, has encountered a hard situation. When I fell sick and left our group, fearing I was to die, our group fell into the shadows and was invaded by a group of bandits." they started, alerted by their son's words and collapse at their feet, sniffing him softly to ensure he was not on the verge of death.
Nodding their head slightly, "The corvid sitting on my antler is Malak, and he's one of the closest friends this group could ask for. Malak, I ask of you an important question. Would you step up to the rank of Practitioner? I entrust you with the health of our friends and family.", they spoke warmly and fondly of the raven, making a mental note to retrieve the tiger's teeth for him later when their children were not nearby. They had seen enough death and carnage for the day. "You must be asking yourselves why we don't just pick up and leave the territory? It's not that simple. I made a vow to the ghosts of these lands to bring this place to life, where they laid in their final resting places. There is a saying tied to this land, dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope, and for that reason, that I am alive and breathing, I will protect this land and those that live in it! I will fight for this land and its people, I do not expect everyone to follow me in this vow. It is a commitment I alone have made, and I will continue to stand by it. As long as I am breathing, you will not come to harm." they rumbled, eyes glowing like twin suns in the dim light around them, the lightning coursing through their blood lighting up their eyes.
"Today, I ask of you all, to join me in protecting the people. I will fight as many wars as it takes, but we are a people, we rely on each other. Please put your faith into us, we will emerge from this fight for our lives stronger than when we began. With this, I ask you all to keep your eyes out for bandits in your daily pursuits and to report back to me with this information so we can figure out where the bandits are in our territory. Currently we have reclaimed the base of the Waterfall, the Inn and it's surrounding areas down to the docks, as well as our Cherry Tree. These areas are safe to inhabit, and I ask that you remain cautious and careful as you travel in other areas of the group, and that you preferably, travel in groups of two or more. There has been a sighting of a smilodon, which could mean any amount of things for us, on top of the recent re-awakening of our land's ghosts. Remain smart and alert, you could encounter the bandits at any point of time."
"Laeglin here has given us the name of the bandit leader, a woman named Avanti. I will attempt a meeting with her, but I do not expect it to go well, if it gets us anywhere. Apart from this, I have important news. I am asking any of you to work on hunting, harvesting and creating some decorations. We will be holding a feast, to celebrate what we already have won back from the bandits, and to keep our spirits up. In this next part, I ask for some of you to step forward. I will need ambassadors to visit the other groups, those that we have yet to visit. This is an open and friendly feast, we want to invite all who are interested in attending. May I get ambassadors to Elysium, Tanglewood, The Typhoon, and The Pitt? While you are visiting, take note of who is leading or any important changes and inform us of them. We have no idea of what has happened outside of our group for months, and it would be good to know what has affected everyone else. We are visiting them primarily to invite them to the feast, and should they need help and we are able to give it, to offer our aid to their cause.", they rumbled, long tail flicking side to side as they spoke. There were a great many things to announce and handle ... but the next thing brought them some great amount of pride and relief.
After pausing to let this information settle, they spoke again, eyes gleaming with fathomless pride, "Today, to all of you, I commend you in what you have done, what you have survived to come this far, and for being who you are now. I ask [member=16057]Sam[/member] , [member=15977]Asteri[/member] , [member=2426]Playerone Kennedy[/member] , [member=1712]LEOKU LINGRE-KYRZOBA[/member] , @laeglin and @Malak to step before me. Sam, Malak, and Asteri, I bestow upon you the title of Dawn Watchers. Playerone, and Laeglin, I bestow upon you the title of Mid Watchers. Leoku, I bestow upon you the title of Night Watcher. The Watches are based upon skill groups - and each of you fits into these categories. The Dawn Watch deals with common knowledge, and the healing arts, but is not limited to those skills. I ask you, the Dawn Watch, to keep your eyes out around the Inn, you will be mainly stationed here at the Midlake Towers when we have reclaimed our territory. The Mid Watch deals with navigating, hunting and offensive combat, and is always expending its repertoire of knowledge. Work together with the Dawn Watch to patrol the Inn and our borders. The Night Watch deals with defensive combat and guarding the secrets of our home, and always seeks to grow it's list of skills. You will be posted here with the Dawn Watch with the month - please look out for any visitors and welcome them warmly." they spoke warmly, gaze enveloping their friends and family, pride making their chest swell.
"On top of the assignment of the Watches, I ask our older members to train our youngsters in groups for the time being. Those of you who want to learn more, be sure to listen in on the training as well. I will be leading a border patrol shortly, and I ask that you re-acquaint yourselves with the territory. Keep an eye on The Hub for monthly tasks to do! I will be holding another meeting shortly to discuss a raid on the bandits, and I am welcome to all suggestions. If there any questions, feel free to come and ask me. Meeting dismissed!" they boomed as they moved to get to their feet, brows furrowed slightly as they manoeuvred past the tiger's cadaver.
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in short --
- a big welcome to playerone, asteri and sam
- bai's introduction to the situation (and themself)
- smilodon sighting (click me!)
- malak has been offered a promotion to practitioner of the dawn watch
- playerone, leoku, laeglin, asteri, malak, and sam have been given their watch titles
- territory that has been reclaimed has been announced
- watches have been assigned to those present at the meeting
- the feast (click me!) has been announced & asked for ambassadors to mainboard groups to invite them
- re-explaining that bandits have moved in, their leader's name has been revealed, and that ghost activity is picking up in the territory
- keep an eye on the hub (click me!) for some fun monthly tasks! the hub is a place to link all of the links for each month, where the tasks appear on a board in the back of the glowworm caves every month that characters are encouraged to take down and carry out! the september link will be going up shortly!
paw moving to bring leoku and veris closer to them, they exhaled heavily, eyes closed before they felt and smelt more of their group coming up to their announcement. hearing malak's caws, they settled, relieved by the fact that he was alive. dipping their head slightly when he landed on their antler, they rumbled, noting everyone's appearance to the meeting, relief rushing through their heart, calming their mind against the worst situations. they were going to come out of this strong.
feeling lightning itching the back of their throat, influenced by their emotions, they exhaled heavily before raising their head up, blind gaze taking in their group members, "Alithians. We have a lot of things to cover today, and a lot of it is going to be hard to hear, just as it has been hard to accept the reality of our situation. A warm welcome to [member=2426]Playerone Kennedy[/member] , [member=15977]Asteri[/member] , [member=16057]Sam[/member] . I apologise that you come into our lands in such a state of disrepair and despair. First of all, I want to welcome everyone home, back to our rightful home that we will fight to free. To those of you who are new, you know me as Lin Bai, or Bai Shi. I am the Kingpin of this group, and I am a relative to some of those gathered here. Veris, Leoku and Laeglin are my children, Hope Alpenglow, wherever she may be, is my sister. Our group, Alithis Evgenis, has encountered a hard situation. When I fell sick and left our group, fearing I was to die, our group fell into the shadows and was invaded by a group of bandits." they started, alerted by their son's words and collapse at their feet, sniffing him softly to ensure he was not on the verge of death.
Nodding their head slightly, "The corvid sitting on my antler is Malak, and he's one of the closest friends this group could ask for. Malak, I ask of you an important question. Would you step up to the rank of Practitioner? I entrust you with the health of our friends and family.", they spoke warmly and fondly of the raven, making a mental note to retrieve the tiger's teeth for him later when their children were not nearby. They had seen enough death and carnage for the day. "You must be asking yourselves why we don't just pick up and leave the territory? It's not that simple. I made a vow to the ghosts of these lands to bring this place to life, where they laid in their final resting places. There is a saying tied to this land, dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope, and for that reason, that I am alive and breathing, I will protect this land and those that live in it! I will fight for this land and its people, I do not expect everyone to follow me in this vow. It is a commitment I alone have made, and I will continue to stand by it. As long as I am breathing, you will not come to harm." they rumbled, eyes glowing like twin suns in the dim light around them, the lightning coursing through their blood lighting up their eyes.
"Today, I ask of you all, to join me in protecting the people. I will fight as many wars as it takes, but we are a people, we rely on each other. Please put your faith into us, we will emerge from this fight for our lives stronger than when we began. With this, I ask you all to keep your eyes out for bandits in your daily pursuits and to report back to me with this information so we can figure out where the bandits are in our territory. Currently we have reclaimed the base of the Waterfall, the Inn and it's surrounding areas down to the docks, as well as our Cherry Tree. These areas are safe to inhabit, and I ask that you remain cautious and careful as you travel in other areas of the group, and that you preferably, travel in groups of two or more. There has been a sighting of a smilodon, which could mean any amount of things for us, on top of the recent re-awakening of our land's ghosts. Remain smart and alert, you could encounter the bandits at any point of time."
"Laeglin here has given us the name of the bandit leader, a woman named Avanti. I will attempt a meeting with her, but I do not expect it to go well, if it gets us anywhere. Apart from this, I have important news. I am asking any of you to work on hunting, harvesting and creating some decorations. We will be holding a feast, to celebrate what we already have won back from the bandits, and to keep our spirits up. In this next part, I ask for some of you to step forward. I will need ambassadors to visit the other groups, those that we have yet to visit. This is an open and friendly feast, we want to invite all who are interested in attending. May I get ambassadors to Elysium, Tanglewood, The Typhoon, and The Pitt? While you are visiting, take note of who is leading or any important changes and inform us of them. We have no idea of what has happened outside of our group for months, and it would be good to know what has affected everyone else. We are visiting them primarily to invite them to the feast, and should they need help and we are able to give it, to offer our aid to their cause.", they rumbled, long tail flicking side to side as they spoke. There were a great many things to announce and handle ... but the next thing brought them some great amount of pride and relief.
After pausing to let this information settle, they spoke again, eyes gleaming with fathomless pride, "Today, to all of you, I commend you in what you have done, what you have survived to come this far, and for being who you are now. I ask [member=16057]Sam[/member] , [member=15977]Asteri[/member] , [member=2426]Playerone Kennedy[/member] , [member=1712]LEOKU LINGRE-KYRZOBA[/member] , @laeglin and @Malak to step before me. Sam, Malak, and Asteri, I bestow upon you the title of Dawn Watchers. Playerone, and Laeglin, I bestow upon you the title of Mid Watchers. Leoku, I bestow upon you the title of Night Watcher. The Watches are based upon skill groups - and each of you fits into these categories. The Dawn Watch deals with common knowledge, and the healing arts, but is not limited to those skills. I ask you, the Dawn Watch, to keep your eyes out around the Inn, you will be mainly stationed here at the Midlake Towers when we have reclaimed our territory. The Mid Watch deals with navigating, hunting and offensive combat, and is always expending its repertoire of knowledge. Work together with the Dawn Watch to patrol the Inn and our borders. The Night Watch deals with defensive combat and guarding the secrets of our home, and always seeks to grow it's list of skills. You will be posted here with the Dawn Watch with the month - please look out for any visitors and welcome them warmly." they spoke warmly, gaze enveloping their friends and family, pride making their chest swell.
"On top of the assignment of the Watches, I ask our older members to train our youngsters in groups for the time being. Those of you who want to learn more, be sure to listen in on the training as well. I will be leading a border patrol shortly, and I ask that you re-acquaint yourselves with the territory. Keep an eye on The Hub for monthly tasks to do! I will be holding another meeting shortly to discuss a raid on the bandits, and I am welcome to all suggestions. If there any questions, feel free to come and ask me. Meeting dismissed!" they boomed as they moved to get to their feet, brows furrowed slightly as they manoeuvred past the tiger's cadaver.
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in short --
- a big welcome to playerone, asteri and sam
- bai's introduction to the situation (and themself)
- smilodon sighting (click me!)
- malak has been offered a promotion to practitioner of the dawn watch
- playerone, leoku, laeglin, asteri, malak, and sam have been given their watch titles
- territory that has been reclaimed has been announced
- watches have been assigned to those present at the meeting
- the feast (click me!) has been announced & asked for ambassadors to mainboard groups to invite them
- re-explaining that bandits have moved in, their leader's name has been revealed, and that ghost activity is picking up in the territory
- keep an eye on the hub (click me!) for some fun monthly tasks! the hub is a place to link all of the links for each month, where the tasks appear on a board in the back of the glowworm caves every month that characters are encouraged to take down and carry out! the september link will be going up shortly!
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