Breaking the Miasma
For nearly a month, the Basin of Life anguished beneath the arrival of the strange, murmuring silver miasma that appeared in the Oleanvir Valley and spread quickly through New Celest and the Inner Sea, inexplicably reaching eastward. Relief was had at last when a figure appeared over the Snow Valley, alighting near the spherical crystal…
Read MoreThe Coming of the Miasma
A terrifying event occurred that some claimed were foreshadowed by the strange dreams that were plaguing the people of the Basin of Life for several months. The temperature suddenly dropped and a cold wind turned the sickly yellow clouds of the wounded sky into swirling maelstrom. Within the putrid storm, glowing red eyes appeared, surrounding…
Read MorePeering into the Light (pt2)
More than two months ago now I made a post, ‘Peering into the Light (pt1)’, and at its conclusion promised to talk a bit more on other aspects of Celest. After a few months of contemplation (and listening in on the Cantors a fair bit), I’ve decided to revisit the topic and pick up where…
Read MoreMystics and Madmen
Gaudiguch is a city of contradictions and a city of passions. It has to be. After all, the main focus of the city is on frivolous revelry, on drunken, debaucherous celebration, and on tearing down the old in pursuit of the new. It’s a city of Freedom, a city of Revolution, and a city where…
Read MoreThe Genesis of the Wounded Sky
As the end of 299 CE quickly approached, unbeknownst to many in the Basin of Life, powerful forces worked to secure the means to shape the fate of the First World. Following the kidnapping of Jeremiah and raids of the previous month, the ice devils — enemies of the Basin apparently under the command of…
Read MoreA Verse, Ice Skulls and a Kidnapping
Early last month, Hoopah Hopekeep of Tolborolla was disturbed by the dreams of the Great Spirit known as the Daughter of the Rivers. When a ritual was performed to seek counsel from the River Daughter, her prophesy led to one of the infamous Verses of Magnora. The meaning of the quatrain was unclear to those…
Read MorePeering into the Light (pt1)
After reading a numerous threads and posts on the forums and nearly four years as an administrator (boy, time flies!), I can say one of my greatest frustrations regarding New Celest is a matter of perception. Indeed, people look down on it, from the outside, and scoff loudly, while others from within offer-up hearty denials,…
Read MorePlaying God
I’m going to preface this post with something completely irrelevant to the topic – a short story. Estarra and I were sitting at Havens (this is very common), both terribly idle (also common), as I was in the other room watching Joan Rivers (ibid) because my poor dog (fun fact: Arco, the fae puppy, was…
Read MoreThe Origins of Eventru
Well, once countless aeons ago, We were a small twinkle in Dynara’s eye, whipped together as a grotesque amalgam of protoplasm on an unborn creche, eventually seeded and encouraged and grown, into a half-formed and then a full Elder God, shedding such a weak form into Our most glorious and radiant of Selves…. …Or, I…
Read MoreBehind the Curtain
I’ve been an administrator for three and a half years – and I can say, without question, that I’ve changed, and grown, in that time. On the occasion a player will send me an OOC message in-game, or a forum message, or a comment, or an e-mail, etc, thanking me for the work I do…
Read MoreSecrets of the Czigany Past
A messenger got waylaid off while traveling through the mountains by the gaseous cloier which had broken through the aetherways in an experiment gone awry. Once the cloeir was vanquished, a strange cask was found that was meant for Jeremiah Gryphta, a Czyigany wanderer who has settled in the Basin of Life. Once Jeremiah received…
Read MoreTale of the Lone Lyrebird
A dark day it was in late Urlachmar, though the brilliant radiance emanating from Avechna’s Teeth did little to underscore the fact. Marani Veloske, White Priestess of the Shallamurine Cathedral, declared that the Basin of Life had too long been subject to the filth and debauchery of life, and with her fellow priestesses and countless…
Read MoreCreating the Predator
Several players have expressed interest in learning more about what goes into the divine roles we play, particularly our thought processes and inspirations. Eventru already commented on his ideas in an earlier post, so I felt it was high time to discuss mine. I know I said before that I picked up Shikari because of…
Read MoreA Tale of a Vortex Valve
Late in Estar, strange keenings from a valve on the Plane of Vortex drew the attention of the Illuminati. To the disgust of Arian L’Aumes, who had recently traveled through the valve, it became apparent that the opening was sickened and afflicted by parasitic fleshlings. Rot and gangrene spread through the fleshy lips, turning from…
Read MoreThe Return of the Scarlet Goddess
As the beacon on Avechna’s Peak flared to life and the ground began to shake, the Even-Bladed sensed a Divine presence returning to the First World. However, as Terentia, the Sidereal Prince, and the Exalted took flight from the Resurgence of the Light, it became clear that the presence emerging above the Peak was no…
Read MoreQuestions on Community Building
I feel that one of the most challenging parts of being a patron god is trying to combat apathy and disinterest in your community. Once this feeling is present it becomes a systematic problem; everyone gets affected: people in positions, the layperson, the newbie, even the gods. I definitely feel at a loss when people…
Read MoreBitter Ice Plagues the Northern Mountains
With a crashing of frigid air in the Northern Mountains and an ominous swirling of flakes, the ice skulls which had recently plagued the Basin of Life returned, sending the cities and communes scrambling after. Greeted first by the warriors of Glomdoring, amidst them Talan Ysav’rai and Viynain Erid’in, the skulls were routed, the survivors…
Read MoreFamily/House System Updates!
Long desired, they are finally here! Most notably, the means of gaining honour have been increased drastically, as well as a new ‘House Orientation’ system has been implemented which has an affect on how much honour that is gained via certain actions. Harkening back to the days of the Holy Celestine Empire and the seven…
Read MoreDC MUD Meet
One of my favorite things to do with any community – whether they be MUD players, DnD groups, or a cappella singers – is to have meets. I love it when a community of people who may not get to see each other in real life very often meet for the first time and immediately…
Read MoreGreat Hunt Winners!
Congratulations to all those who participated in the Great Hunt and won bound credits! For the first time, we’ve ran three tiers so there were three Top Ten sets and lots of credit awards! Demigod+ Tier 1st Veyrzhul (500 credits) 2nd Munsia (450 credits) 3rd Lothringen (400 credits) 4th Kelly (350 credits) 5th Saoirse (300…
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