May 2022 Roundup! New prompts and more!

Anathema’s first Legendary Character is here! Enn Marren’Vik, the assassin of the last Siregalese nobles, has claimed a Tattered Banner and entered the pages of Anathema's history books. The Ivras timeline has been updated with the following:

Year 1225: Assassination of Siregal’s Monarchs. After a decade of war in Siregal, its king saw his certain defeat at the hands of the mage rebels and fled his palace. The royal family believed themselves to be safe in their remote summer home, but a band of dissenters led by Enn Marren’Vik found their hiding place and assassinated them all.

With the final nail in the monarchy’s coffin, a new government formed with the instatement of a senate of mages who declared the former kingdom a magocracy.

The assassins were never found, and their leader is believed to have fled to Ivras.

Legendary characters like Enn are created by purchasing a Tattered Banner at the Ley Lodge!

📯 the return of great hunts!

Almost a year after the first Great Hunt, two mages corrupted and turned into monsters, to be hunted down by the citizens of Ivras. The Ravenous Beast and the Decahedron both had a brief run of causing mayhem and destruction, but were both (very!) soundly defeated.

The hunters Hiro Valhalla and Harrow struck killing blows on the two beasts. Congratulations to the master hunters and a big thank you to everyone who participated! We are completely blown away by everyone’s skill, love, and time poured into each submission! 💖

⚔ speaking of: new hunt combat rules

With the conclusion of the hunts, we saw an opportunity to polish and improve the hunt experience! We have reworked and updated the hunt combat system, to hopefully better represent the narrative-driven and collaborative spirit of the game. You can view more information on the change here!

And rumour has it that there is a new monster on the horizon…

💰 gold for prompt ideas

Head over to this bulletin and share your best ideas for new art and writing prompts for a chance to earn some gold! There are still a few days left to make some easy Gold and let us know what kind of prompts are interesting to you!

💝thank you jayjay and welcome tiyre!

One of our fabulous bank mods, jayjay, is sadly departing our staff team! Jay has been a core part of our team from Anathema’s earliest beginnings and we are very grateful for all he has done for us. Say hello to Jay the player whenever you see him around!

At the same time, we welcome Tiyre as a new bank mod! We are very grateful to have her as our new spreadsheet wizard on the team, so please make her feel welcome!

🏳️‍🌈 happy pride! get rewards all month for a special prompt!

SHOW YOUR PRIDE! This month, draw or write your character expressing their identity / orientation in a way that makes them feel good!!
Collect double gold for art and writing responses to this prompt through July 4! Happy Pride from the Anathema team! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

✨ june 2022 story prompt

Every month, we provide a brief narrative prompt, with four potential choices for your character to make. Draw or write your character's choice, and receive double gold for your response! Mages will earn a mystery stat point based on their choices, which will be revealed with the next month's prompt.

Prompt responses should tag this profile, and must be worth at least 1 gold of art or writing. Collaborations and roleplay are not valid responses to the monthly Story Prompt.

Click here (or scroll down to this bulletin's comments!) to view the prompt for June!
To see the rewards for May's prompt, click here!

🐎🐖🐄🐫🐐🦌 may's new arrivals:

Meet all the characters who joined us during the month of April:

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June 2022 Story Prompt:

After the Ravenous Beast in the jungle and the Decahedron menacing the bay were both soundly defeated by Ivras's mage protectors, celebrations begin to take place across the kingdom. Bolstered by coin from the Order's treasury, parades and festivals honoring the monster hunters seem to crop up in every city in Ivras.

To some, the celebration of mages seems a strange contrast to the rising Witchfinder tide. Archon Miriam's supporters believe that the astonishing victory over the monsters is due to the Archon's firm grip on the Order, and that non-mage control of the mages was the secret to the hunters' success.

Your character finds their town overtaken by a parade celebrating the monsters' defeat. For the first time in a long time, mages are the heroes of songs being sung, and of plays performed on impromptu stage in the square. Hiro Valhalla and Harrow, the slayers of the monsters, are being hailed as champions, but with Witchfinders organizing the festivities, it's hard to tell who is really being celebrated.

what does your character do?

Are you kidding? Celebrate! Who cares who organized the party; the monsters are dead, the day is saved, and the wine is flowing! Your character may have even been one of the ones who brought the monster down, and they've earned their 15 minutes of fame, damn it. Your character receives +1 Corruption.
Soak it in, but keep a watchful eye. Everyone loves a festival, but with mage relations being what they are, this seems like a recipe for trouble. Your character receives +1 Discipline.
Protest the parade. It's grotesque to see the monsters' deaths being reenacted like this. Those were people once. Your character receives +1 Power.
Abstain from the festivities entirely. Mages created the monsters in the first place, why should the kingdom call them heroes for it just because no one died this time? Your character receives -1 Cost. If your character already has 0 Cost, you may choose to take +1 Corruption instead.

Prompt responses must be worth at least 1 gold (i.e. at least 100 words or at least an uncolored headshot).
Upload your response like any other art or literature submission, tag this character profile, and claim your gold; collect double your total count for prompt responses. Responses to this prompt should be done individually, one character per response.