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This event has ended.
Miriam is the new leader of the Order.
view the final tally here.
7/4/21 - 8/15/21
Following the public and disastrous demise of Hagia, the Order at Namarast is headless and scrambling for leadership. It is up to the king to appoint Hagia's successor, but there is pressure from the citizens of Ivras to choose the candidate who will cause the least unrest.
During Ascent of the Archmage, you and your characters will sway the king, and raise an Archmage candidate above the others to become the new leader of the Order! The Archmage you choose will determine the behavior of the Order and the laws regarding mages for the next chapters of Anathema's collaborative story.
Read on to meet the three candidates, and learn how you can sway the king of Ivras to selecting your Archmage of choice! (Each candidate's profile has a little extra info, for the curious!)
 Enchanter Guroshe/her | 50 years | Order Mage If appointed as the new Archmage, Guro would: Strengths: |  Prince Consort Saborathey/he | 30 years | Order Mage If appointed as the new Archmage, Sabora would: Strengths:
|  Witchfinder Miriamshe/her | 52 years | Non-Mage If appointed as the new Archmage, Miriam would: Strengths: |
- Supporting a candidate will increase their approval, which will be tracked on this document.
- Candidates with lower starting approval will need more support to win than those with higher approval.
- To support a Candidate, create a piece worth at least 5 Gold and tag the Ascent of the Archmage Event Profile! (ID: 11772792). Please indicate which candidate you are supporting in your caption.
- Acts of Support include: spreading propaganda or voicing public support of a candidate, causing a scene that supports a candidate's views, bake sales (Desperish insisted we include this), donating money, or even asking the shrine Patrons for help.
- Want to support a different candidate than your character would? No problem. Feel free to portray random NPCs, members of the public, or even the candidates themselves in your work!
- Sabotaging a candidate will lower their approval, which will be tracked on this document.
- Candidates with higher starting approval can be sabotaged to even the score.
- To sabotage a Candidate, create a piece worth at least 5 Gold and tag the Ascent of the Archmage Event Profile! (ID: 11772792). Please indicate which candidate you are sabotaging in your caption.
- Acts of Sabotage include: public criticism, rumor, or propaganda tearing down a candidate, manufacturing a crisis to undermine candidate's platform, robbing or attacking a candidate's campaign or supporters directly, or using magic to hinder a candidate. Don't feel limited by these suggestions! Get creative 👀
- Want to sabotage a different candidate than your character would? No problem. Feel free to portray random NPCs, members of the public, or even the candidates themselves in your work!
To join the open event RP thread for double Gold, click here! To view this event's Story Prompts, click here!
All submissions in Support or Sabotage of candidates earn double Gold! You can create as many support or sabotage pieces for as many of the candidates as you like.
Collaborative artworks or roleplay threads about group efforts to Support or Sabotage a candidate will get DOUBLE approval points for or against their candidate!
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2 years, 7 months ago
This thread is sabotage for Enchanter Guro!
https://toyhou.se/~forums/25669.namarast/226717.redwood-choose-your-own-adventure-
2 years, 9 months ago
In Support of Miriam!
https://toyhou.se/~forums/28210.galleries/228069.scow-and-jfight-do-some-art?page=#post-3642791
2 years, 9 months ago
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 1:
While in town, your character notices a subtle commotion on the street. Nearby, they see a Witchfinder stopping a pedestrian, claiming them to be a Hidden Mage. The situation grows tense as the Witchfinder demands proof of the potential Mage's Order membership, and the accused grows distressed. Things seem about to escalate.
What does your character do?
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
2 years, 9 months ago Edited 1:55 pm
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 2: Your Mage Intervenes.
The Witchfinder sees your character approach and reacts almost before your mage can speak, certainly before the Witchfinder can really understand what your character has to say. Rather than address your character directly, the Witchfinder makes an appeal to the growing crowd of spectators: another Mage? Your character is suddenly surrounded by terrified faces. Come to protect one of their own?
The crowd is growing restless; there's shouting all around. The Witchfinder wastes no time in demanding your character's Order documents as well. Failure to produce those documents, they say, will leave the townspeople no choice but to make two arrests today.
What does your character do?
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
2 years, 9 months ago Edited 12:33 pm
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 3: Your Mage makes peace.
The Witchfinder's scrutiny is insistent, but is eventually quelled by your mage's documentation and negotiating. However, not everyone in convinced. Despite your mage's efforts to exit the situation calmly, the agitation of the crowd does not immediately dissipate. Your character's attempts to exit the conversation are met with curses and derision from the townspeople, who spit and sneer as your character leaves the scene.
The supposed hidden mage offers little resistance as they are dragged away by city guards. They watch your mage with an unreadable expression until they are out of sight.
What does your character do?
This space will be updated with a stat point reward and Candidate Support/Sabotage at the end of the event.
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
Your mage receives + 1 Discipline. Your prompt responses supported Sabora.
2 years, 8 months ago Edited 10:08 pm
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 3: Your Mage chooses violence.
As the Witchfinder's interrogation intensifies, your mage decides to escalate the situation on their terms. Unleashing their magic, they attack the Witchfinder and send the crowd into a terrified frenzy. The Witchfinder watches from a heap on the ground as the panicked townspeople disperse; the street empties as the villagers flee the magic, but some nervous guards remain to attempt to apprehend your character. They are inexperienced, frightened, and could be easily disposed of, if your character chooses.
There is fear on the accused hidden mage's face as they watch your character act, but they use the opportunity to flee. They don't look back to learn your character's fate.
What does your character do?
This space will be updated with a stat point reward and Candidate Support/Sabotage at the end of the event.
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
Your mage receives + 1 Corruption. Your prompt responses supported Miriam.
2 years, 8 months ago Edited 10:08 pm
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 2: Your Mage tries to flee.
As a crowd gathers around the Witchfinder's in-progress arrest, your mage's movement away from the scene draws attention. Who's that? the Witchfinder, wild-eyed, demands. Another hidden witch! The cry goes out to stop your character, but most people seem too scared to get in a mage's way. There's still a chance to escape.
A pair of city guards, moved to high alert by the WItchfinder's cries, begin to give chase.
What does your character do?
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
2 years, 9 months ago Edited 12:34 pm
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 3: Your Mage tries to hide.
Your mage's disappearance doesn't go unnoticed. The Witchfinder cries deception, and insists a search be conducted; the marketplace is scoured by guards and townsfolk alike, who grow only more agitated as the search goes on. Your mage knows their pursuers will be violent if they discover your character's hiding place; whether they stay or flee, they must remain stealthy and silent. The Witchfinder doesn't relent until darkness comes to conceal your mage's escape.
From their hiding place, your character hears the accused hidden mage cry out as they are dragged away. Their pleas for help fall on deaf ears.
What does your character do?
This space will be updated with a stat point reward and Candidate Support/Sabotage at the end of the event.
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
Your mage receives - 1 Cost. Your prompt responses supported Miriam.
2 years, 8 months ago Edited 10:09 pm
🔸🏰🔸 Mage Story Prompt 3: Your Mage creates a diversion.
With a burst of magic, your mage creates chaos that will cover their escape. As predicted, the crowd explodes with fear, fleeing the magic and your character in wild-eyed panic, disrupting the street but allowing for your character's escape. Some nervous guards break out of the bedlam to pursue your escaping mage, and others circle back to the Witchfinder to control the situation.
As your character escapes, they see the townsfolk and the Witchfinder turn their rage and fear on the accused hidden mage. The hidden mage disappears under the blows of weapons and hooves, and your character leaves the situation unsure of their fate.
What does your character do?
This space will be updated with a stat point reward and Candidate Support/Sabotage at the end of the event.
Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Story prompt responses may not count for additional Support or Sabotage.
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses.
Your mage receives + 1 Power. Your prompt responses supported Guro.
2 years, 8 months ago Edited 10:09 pm