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ILAN:

Unlike his sister Aileille, Ilan desired peace. Or if not peace- an impossibility- then at least the absence of innocent blood pooling in the wake of another's desires.

Unlike his sister, Ilan had been at the heart of the storms of war that Icefall suffered.

Ideals over truth. 

Wishing to avoid bringing down the storms of conflict no matter what, he fought Aileille on their next- unexpected- meeting. 

...Inevitable, he thought. 

I can't convince her to stay, or to stay her hand.

[ ...Ilan.. ]

It would be untrue to say he wasn't curious about the unknown memories he'd seen in the wake of an abrupt... eruption of power- his fragment's power, apparently.

But his priorities made it an easy choice. Ilan desired the truth, yes; but far greater was his desire to never again steal life from those who already had nothing.

If Aileille was so set on pursuing the truth of their origins, then he would just as stubbornly oppose her.

Ideals over truth.

Stability, however imperfect, over the chaotic tides of change.

Protecting the children they'd once been.

Ilan will rally those they've come to understand as their same kind as defenders to block her path.

(Saving lambs from slaughter they don't understand, nor deserve.

Wielding a spear as a shepherd of wolves who provide for their own.

Neither sibling's ideology was inherently more right, but Ilan's fragment kept that thought to itself.)

[ ...Truly similar beings, those siblings are. ]

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_{Remaining to-do list: trait sheets - Parhelion adopt batch - ARPG apps}

_{Complete: Aileille card - lore & intro writeup - ARPG mechanics - Ilan card - lore visuals - ARPG interface - game prep}

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Vague memories not their own; oft drowning in emotions not their own... Parhelions are haunted from birth by a tragedy of unimaginable scale. 

As a species, they are a mess of contradictions and supposed impossibilities. 

Many must make a choice-

Is it more important to resolve our pasts, or treasure our futures?

Long-lost trauma resides in the depths of a Parhelion's subconscious, needing but a single trigger to resurface. 

Mausoleum's history; the Pars' identities; the lost memories of the fragments woven into their souls and born alongside them... 

Aileille and those who follow her desire the truth above all else.

If the truth she finds will grant peace to even one person close to her heart, then...

...She will gladly hunt and devour the blameless for the sake of finding their origins.

Aileille will not make excuses for the red, ruthless road she chose, but she will walk to its end all the same.

In the end, she prays,

My sins shall die with me in the heart of Mausoleum.

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It's not that Aileille doesn't understand the weight of a life. 

She has simply made her choice- truth before empty ideals.

In the end, is it so wrong prioritize one's own desire?

Ilan, suffering is not an enemy whose name you can invoke.

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_{Remaining to-do list: game prep - Ilan card - trait sheets - ARPG interface - Parhelion adopt batch}

_{Complete: Aileille card - lore & intro writeup - ARPG mechanics}

_{ETA: early September}

Hello! We've got our first round of guest designs bySriho-san - check 'em out/bid here! If you'd rather not deal with eclipse, feel free to let me know through discord/TH/post here and I'll post your bid for you. 

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Hello! 

For those of you who played the lore hunt game, thanks so much! It seems people had a good time with it, so I'm pretty relieved, haha. The free MYO event* is still ongoing til the 12th, so you have a little under 2 weeks left if you're still working :)

*to reiterate, slots won through the lore hunt game have no deadline.

The next order of business is the conclusion of Mausoleum's backstory, and the connections between its gods and progenitor CS. The thing is, I've got the whole lore part written up and ready to go- but the associated CS still needs its visual previews and, and uh... pretty much every piece of technical info that people would need to know, haha. 

So the main choice is- would you prefer getting the lore, with the CS info all together at the same time (likely to be mid-late July minimum), or the lore now, with the CS info coming in organized bits and pieces as it's finished up?

Secondly, do you guys want the lore reveal as another game (probably won't be a lore hunt since the format doesn't work quite as well on a rehash, but will include the same sort of logic puzzles), or just a straight up lore post?

If the lore and CS info end up being spaced out and you guys go for another game event, the CS info mini-releases will likely each have their own little event. 

If you have any questions/comments or wanna elaborate on your vote or anything, please feel free to comment owo!

Part 1, the game, has concluded! The MYO event is ongoing til the 12th.

The world of Mausoleum shudders- and it cracks, and it bleeds-

-and now it opens wide. The Mausoleum's maw gapes; longing for companionship in its twilight; yearning to be fed. Beyond the jagged fangs and the unholy wind; the breath wheezing from blackened lungs... what is there to find?

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Hello! Welcome to the world of Mausoleum- home to a collection of loosely connected CS with an overarching storyline. Papercuts have been around for a while, but this is the launch of Mausoleum as a whole, as well as a lot of lore and the second Mausoleum species. 

There are two parts to this event- first off, I hope you're ready to play a game...

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The second part is a free MYO event! Details can be found here.

^{it's roughly 3am and i'm crashing hard so i probably forgot some important stuff tbh, please lemme know if something seems off!}