Info Post - Moonlit Rivals

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Moonlit Rivals

January 23rd - March 20th

Story Log 1 - January 23rd
Story Log 2 - February 6th
Story Log 3 - February 20th
Story Log 4 - March 6th
Library Return - March 20th

Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Montica where we lay our scene. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where supernatural blood makes supernatural hands unclean…

Picture this: A beautiful city, whose cobblestone streets weave between sturdy stone buildings. Flowering vines creep along trellises, their gentle fragrance perfuming the air. The sky is clear and smog-free, the water flows cleanly, and a sense of magic drifts comfortably in the breeze.

This is the city of Montica. Bustling in the day, and no less active in the night. Its populace are a cheery people, though tension lines their faces and their shoulders are often drawn tight. For as beautiful as Montica is, the city has been in a state of unrest for most of its recorded history.

It is the only city known to have a roughly equal population of vampires and werewolves, though it’s hard to say why. Some speculate that there was an agreement in the past, something neither side wants to be the first to renege on. Others suggest that it’s sheer tenacity - that the sides are equally matched, and the scales can’t be tipped.

Sharing of the territory has not gone well. There is a hard divide almost straight down the city, the territory of the local werewolf pack versus the holdings of the reigning vampire clan. The areas caught in the middle of the divide are constantly in the midst of turf wars between the two families, much to the dismay of the neutral population. Something needs to change, and fast.

While every werewolf and vampire is, of course, by default assigned to their respective sides; the other citizens are left in a more precarious position. Some are sworn to a particular clan, pack, or household; but many are not. These neutral parties are without a doubt the losers in this turf war, their homes and businesses regularly becoming collateral in skirmishes. And they are perhaps the most driven to find a solution to this problem once and for all.

But is one side taking control the only way? Much like the territory itself, the people within it are divided. Some believe that someone needs to surrender, and others - particularly the younger generation - believe there must be another way.

Is there anything that could tie them together in peace, or must blood be shed to end this feud?

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HOW THIS WORKS
Please read the information in the comments below. You will decide if your character is a Reader or Actor in this Story. If they are an Actor, you will build their AU based on the information in the comments.

Star Actors are plot-relevant roles. There can only be 1 character filling in a Star Actor role, and you must express your interest in playing as a Star Actor. If assigned to be a Star Actor, you will receive additional information on the Story and the role your character will play. Your Star Actor's actions and decisions will have strong impact on how the Story unfolds, so you will be asked to check in regularly with the Mods to keep us up to date!

All Actors are fully immersed in the AU. This is their world, and they have been here the whole time. Any powers the Actor has in the Library are absolutely not a thing in the Story, but they will have access to use any Story-specific skills that their new AU gives them. Any character can be an Actor; you do not have to be cast as a Star Actor in order to AU your character into the world.

Readers are aware that they are in a Story and remember the Library and the people in it. If you don't want to/can't think of an AU, or you just think it would be hilarious to have your character as themselves in this setting, this is the option for you.

Once you've got some thoughts on where you want to go with this, or even if you're just spitballing ideas, put up a comment with your plan! Let others bounce off your ideas and see what comes out of it.

Comments

clifford the big red dog i mean, Magnus the Red | Actor OR Reader

[logosmaxima]

I am DEFINITELY of two minds here on Magnus, though I know one thing for sure: He's gonna be a werewolf, though whether he's a Reader Werewolf or Actor Werewolf I am leaving up to a throw of the dice since either would be a lot of fun!!

With Actor Werewolf Magnus I am definitely angling for the Mystic role so we'll see if that works out!! If so, one-eyed Naverho Tadros has long been a fixture of the werewolf court, though he is not a native of Montica and it shows in his strange trappings and esoteric rites. He is, undeniably, a mage of respectable power -- and whether his loyalties lie more with the Scion or their august parent is up for some debate.

With Reader Werewolf Magnus he is mostly gonna be having a great time for like the first week but if any of his brothers are Actor'd his obsession will turn toward finding them because okay, Immaterium, this was a fun temporary romp but where are they. Messing around with the Story in progress as suits his nature -- he will probably end up in the bad part of down doling out healing and other "miracles" he can conjure from the Warp, and might well get a (not necessarily welcome) reputation for it -- will also definitely happen. He will ... probably ... come up with a reasonably convincing cover identity ... and also not be huge too often ... we think ... primarchs are kinda show-offs tho.

ETA: Okay, so I am now more inclined toward Reader than Actor for Magnus though willing to Let Fate Decide, but jotting down some Reader thoughts:

* Immediately going to establish an identity as an out-of-town Miracle Worker (might still keep the same name -- Naverho Tadros -- as his Actor role would have)
* Uses miracles & maybe just. just a little psychic persuasion to set himself with a traveling wagon and materials for ~mystic goods~ to sell along with his services.
* Starts meddling in eVeryTHING, trying to infiltrate the werewolf court and set up a playful rivalry with the Mystic; also offering his healings / assistance in no man's land for a pittance while charging nobility ridiculously in favors or material for services
* Might have a giant vampire bodyguard, as one does hi Konrad while they look for their Actor brothers
* Will be teaching ~mystical arts~ -- mostly meditation and the darn enumerations, since he can't teach being a psyker to anyone who doesn't already have the potential, but maybe some of what he knows cross-applies to the local magic, hoho

[curzed]

once we know where your LFD falls. shenanigans may ensue.

[logosmaxima]

after further consideration my heart actually knows what it wants, and it's not to Let Fate Decide.

MIRACLE MAX IS COMIN' TO TOWN

[hellandbackpack]

Oooh if he's doin' stuff in no man's land he's absolutely coming across Charles who is Very protective of these poor bastards. But far to young yet to really be a Proper Threat to any trouble coming through. He sure as fuck is doing his best though!

[logosmaxima]

Let us ABSOLUTELY have them run into each other! Magnus has every intent to treat them well, but he's also ... a very big and very powerful weirdo who does not totally grasp things like his mere presence possibly causing trouble, if it attracts more Courtly Disputations to the area because they're coming to see him.

but at least he's basically giving his services away for a song to them!!

Re: clifford the big red dog i mean, Magnus the Red | Actor OR Reader

[steelfeathered]

Jadis is going to be calling him "the cotinga". Behold the Pompadour Cotinga, the only bird with a similar color I can work out on short notice!

She knew he was coming with her mystic knowledge and probably has some other vague, confusing insights, and is not sure if she's bristly about being upstaged or relieved to get to fade into the background. either way she wants to be taught, you don't just reject an opportunity like this!

[logosmaxima]

That is SUCH a ridiculously beautiful little bird, he would be flattered (if it were probably not extinct due to massive biosphere collapse on Earth Terra -- though who knows he may have seen one somewhere anyway, the weirdo).

Excellent!! Honestly, he will be absolutely delighted that magical types within the Story ping him the way other psykers would, which means they are mortals who can be taught to appreciate the majesty of the Great Ocean. Perhaps no upstaging needed if she is happy to get him the Great Wolf Garouilliman's ear, now and again.

[steelfeathered]

bring it up. she'll drag out some audobon-type tome with illustrations of exotic birds. this is probably when he's not yet appearing to be beetroot-colored too.

Oh the kingfisher (flip flip flip - see, he's this). Well, if you don't cause trouble... She will randomly refer to the two as brothers and then halt and be frustrated like no that makes no sense, sorry. Jadis has got some level of a handle on her insights since she got cracked open but it's a struggle.

no he can have the attention, she's not out for fame and is in constant anxiety of being discovered to be aiding a vampire somehow.

[logosmaxima]

DELIGHTFUL, excellent. I am looking forward to all of this with them once the story drops!! (until then I creep through my inbox like a lil crab, getting my tags done so I'm ready for storytime!!)