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If you have any questions about this RP, or other things, make sure to post them below! ^-^

How long do you plan to wait before starting?

I'll start in a few days, or less. Since no one has taken any roles yet, (and that was why I haven't exactly started yet) I'll temporarily fill them in until there are people who want to take some of the roles.

Boop.

And, oops. Looks like we both wrote up a post at the same time. Sorry, let me see if I can edit to fit.

Edits dunzo.

So. I can't think of any questions at the moment.

I find it funny that I've chosen to play the know-it-all in a setting I have very little knowledge of. So, Alimina, (You want me to call you that OOC too?), you want to chatter about the setting some more? Feel free to leave out details if it's better for some mystery.

How long has the Astral Forest been around? Since "Time's beginning"? Do the royalty of the long-living races remember its beginnings?
What are the rules on Vampires here? Is it perfectly normal for them to be out in the day, or is it strange that Sarquine is able to do so? How do they feel about garlic? Might need Solar's opinion on this.
Do the Wyverns typically believe in anything, religion wise? I was about to have Vulekta say "By the Maker..." but I think it'd be more fitting for them to have a phrase relating to the stars. Can't think of anything though.

Ah, sorry, I just now noticed this.

So, here are some answers.

[Edit: I finished adding the other answers.]

1.) Astral Forest Origins:

The Astral Forest had started since the first ever Wyverns had been created into the world. One Wyvern in particular, however, had a rather powerful amount of magic flowing in their veins, along with that mystery substance that created the forest (which I won't state its name yet). This Wyvern, with the overload of magic and a bursting amount of that substance, had flown with the other Wyverns that had been first created with them, to the location of what is now the Astral Forest. There, those Wyverns settled and survived, feeding and drinking on the world's 'natural' resources. For quite some centuries, these starting Wyverns thrived in that location. Eventually, though, that Wyvern with the burst of the strange substance, had taken its final breaths, and died. The Wyvern's body them dissolved, leaving a pile of that substance behind, along with the remaining powders the Wyvern had (the powder is whatever amount of magic managed to stay physically). The powder and substance then fused, and soon, the first tree of the Astral Forest sprouted. This was how the Astral Forest was made.

2.) Royalty's Remembrance:

Every generation of royalty that the Astral Forest 'gifts,' a carefully chosen member of the current royal family will have the power to remember the Astral Forest's beginnings, with every single detail there was that lead to its creation. This is a rather private ceremony between the royals as the 'Gifting', in which a generation of royals, whether they already have children next in line already, will soon give birth to a child, or not, will come to the first tree, and stand before it. All of the royals at the Gifting must close their eyes to enable communication with their ancestors. When all of them gain access, they must listen, as their ancestors will choose the royal to remember their origin.

The Gifting wouldn't be possible, however, if the powder and substance hadn't brought along the memories of the very first batch of Wyverns, when the two fused together to create the first tree of the Astral Forest. If the memories of the very first Wyverns hadn't been intertwined into the fusion, then not at least one royal would be able to remember their origins.

This remembrance ceremony can also happen only at the Astral Forest's first tree. For one, it is the very first tree, and it is very, very ancient. Second, this tree is the tree that contains nearly all of the Astral Forest's mana, besides the other trees with much more less mana in the sap, and the mana shared with the Wyverns. Third, this tree is the only tree that contains the memories of the first batch of Wyverns, and could never be able to migrate it to another tree. The first tree is like the memories' vessel, so it couldn't get lost in the passages of time.

3.) Vampire Situation(s):

For Vampires to be out in the rays of sunlight, it is not exactly strange for one to be out. There are some Vampires in this world that are able to go out into the light of day, without any harmful effects whatsoever. But, there are still some batches of Vampires that can be affected by the day. So, either Sarquine is a Vampire that isn't affected by the sun, or he can get affected, but it's a strange occurrence (whichever Solar decides, if they want to decide. Or, they can make something up for his situation. After all, Sarquine is Solar's character, not mine).

As for the garlic, it would honestly depend on the Vampire in these recent generations. See, as for what I have come up with, back then, all Vampires would avoid garlic. But, as time went by, more and more Vampires seem to have calmed to the garlic situation. There are still a few Vampires who are skeptical, but most seem to just brush it off.

4.) Wyvern Religions:

There are Wyverns that believe in certain beliefs from the olden times, while there are others that don't have any religious beliefs.

If there are Wyverns that have any beliefs, religion wise, these Wyverns believe in their very first ancestor that had been birth into the world; the Wyvern who birth the first tree to the Astral Forest, occasionally with their mate. Some of them just mildly believe. Other Wyverns are more of a type of intensely worshipping, for they believe in their ancestor(s) too deeply. These Wyverns, in which they are sometimes deemed as the 'Believers' by some Wyverns, believe in the first Wyvern's beliefs about the world back then, and reel those beliefs in to the present.

These Wyverns also referred to them by their 'religious' name (or names, depending if they add the mate), which I honestly haven't managed to think of any name(s) for them. Meaning to say, you could probably think of something for them. So, maybe Vuletka might be one of these religious like Wyverns, either mildly or not, but that's up to you.

I hope this answered your questions, one way or another.

Wow, info gold mine. Is this a prestablished setting from somewhere or something youve been working on?

Definitely helps, I'll just have to do my best to remember these lore-bits. The First Astral Tree is definitely something to note, as well as its ties to this "royalty only" memory party.

If this origin is not provable besides the Gifting and what is taught by previous generations, I believe I'll have Vulekta be skeptical and have his own wild beliefs. They probably won't be important or be brought up, but good to know. I'm going to guess the "Believers" hold peaceful, nature-respecting principles. Wyvern monks.

And vamps are a mixed bag and it's open for creativity. I'm K with that. I appreciate your indepth details with the garlic, even though it was just a joke example.

Edit: Oh hey. Sarquine isn't a vampire at all. He's... some sort of devil. Neat.

I have a question regarding humans and wyverns. Based on what Alminina and Vulekta have said clearly the humans aren't the friendliest towards wyverns and vice versa, but were things always this way? At one time were the humans at peace with the wyverns?

Alrighty! Sorta backstory time!

So, back then, it wasn't exactly a mutual peace between Wyverns and humans. See, at this time, before the people found out about more of the extent of the forest and Wyverns, the people just.. left them alone, in a way. Why, though? Well, back then, the people didn't really know much about them. All they knew was that they are potentially dangerous, and that they didn't sought them out, because of the potential threat the Wyverns may be.

The people then thought that to keep the peace between the two species, they would bring offerings to the Wyverns, to satisfy them, and hope that the people don't get gobble whole and alive. This worked for a while, with the people actually managing to gain the protection of the Wyverns, in return for those offerings. However, though, that changed.

An old friend of the Wyverns-the Phoenixs-had decided to visit the developing Astral Forest, but accidentally ended up to the developing kingdom of Guarlidian. The villagers, petrified at the arrival, attacked them, as they barely managed to slaughter most of the Phoenixs. As the villagers came closer to ending them all, the Wyverns arrived, and witnessed the destruction these people caused to their friend and ally. Furious, the Wyverns used their full extent (at the time), and obliterated almost all of the people, and destroyed their homes. The remaining people alive, retreated into safety, and lived to tell the horrid tale.

This started the enemy-like pact between people and Wyverns.

Since then, the people began examining the Wyverns, as well as the development of the Astral Forest. After a few decades of research, these people had managed to calculate their power, mana, etc. After another decade of researching, these people found out how valuable they could be, and decided to 'use' it for their own.

This was at the time when they also discovered the mana in the forest's sap. But, soon, there will be more on that.

The news of this spread throughout the land, and soon, more and more people came over to Guarlidian, in search of this forest and its Wyverns.
They started chopping trees, attempting to gather sap, or collect sapplings in the forest. They began to capture and exploit Wyverns; sometimes, even murder them. It was horribly grave, and over the course of time, these occurences of lumberjacks and hunters kept increasing and increasing.

But, how come the Wyverns couldn't stop them?

Well, their use of magic has been dwindling over time, seeing as though more evolutions of the Wyverns manages to weaken its magic. The Wyverns power is not enough to stop them, which is why they have their allies.

Well, I hope this answered stuff. Though, it might be a bit much, but hey, I suppose its enough.

Actually this is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks! And I'm guessing that it's most humans in Guarlidian that are trying to tap into the mana of the forest, but not all of them. (There's got to be some people that are smart enough to not try and harm the forest, right?)

Yeah, most people in Guarlidian wants to tap into the mana. Of course, not all of them, since they are smart enough not to 'harm' the forest... physically. Instead, they're the people who carefully collect the sapplings and grow them. So, they don't exactly harm the forest, but there's a chance they may unintentionally do, if they grow things wrong.

But, there's also a few who don't even want anything to deal with it, whereas the people above would only want a minimal amount, in a way.

So, long story short, there are Guarlidians that are extremely or mildly power hungry, or aren't power hungry in general.

I just randomly decided for my username to be public, because why not? :p

Random post is random.

Scandulous!

I haven't much else to say. The Watchers seem pretty important. Makes me think of Drakengard, only these watchers are much more... tactful in how they reign in human expansion? Either way, I'm loving that the cast has what more or less is a devil on their quest to snuff out humanity's progress. Very... uh... well this can go many paths.

So, next question, what direction should we take this? The main character's we've recruited so far have been established for the most part. I know you had in mind having Kings and Queens of the magical sort to interact with, and I am willing to play one or two, but we're going to need more writers if we're going on a quest to find them around the forest and #savetherainforests.

I have been debating on making a second character, with my only choice hinging on whether or not I can handle both at the same time and I've finally decided I will take that chance. The character in question I would post for a potential at being one of the Kings, (that of the Elves) but I've yet to decide on a solid character as of yet (Suggestions and more are welcome). But that's just my ramblings...

As for the direction of the story I feel that our characters need to speak with these Kings and Queens to see what can/needs to be done for the betterment of the Astral Forest and the people of Gaurlidian. Whether it be to fortify what forest is left with a barrier (Magical or other), or a potential attack on the hunters and lumberjacks, in an attempt to drive them out permanently, but the choice ultimately lies in the hands of the Kings and Queens of the Astral Forest.

I agree. I was just about to have our older wyvern send the party on their way (He isn't a volunteer tour guide, definitely Aliminia's job) and perhaps introduce the King of Dragons or Queen of Wyverns. We could go with a sort of internal conflict within the forest as the leaders might have wildly different plans (or no plans at all) to deal with the problem, meanwhile the outside force that are the hunters and lumberjacks continue to escalate things.

I usually stick to one character, but thankfully I think I can get away with not having both in one scene for the foreseeable future.