Quacia Community Calendar Submissions

[Aegis]

Hello Quacia,

Since this city is open, but without a dedicated moderator, we thought we'd try out a new idea. This thread will be used for a community created calendar. Players and staff alike can submit ideas here for a calendar for the Hot Cycle of 719. This should be compared to the previous calendar here to see if anything could or should be continued, as well as including any local holidays.

Players and staff can submit event ideas that anyone can use, requiring no moderation.

Guest Storytellers or staff can submit moderated event ideas for use. These will be moderated by the person submitting it.

All ideas submitted will be reviewed by Aegis leading up to May 31st. At that time, the thread will be locked and archived, and a calendar will be submitted for everyone to use.

Hot Cycle is Ymiden 1-83 and Saun 1-40.

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Status: (Free to use, GST event, Modded event)

[Rakvald]

Date: 5th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: Rumblings Stir the Arthwraiths
Brief Description: A series of small tremors from deep within the earth cause minor damage around the city, and slight panic. In the Plenty, however, the stock farms are overrun by panicked Arthwraiths, who in their terror begin to brutalize the livestock. The confusion leads to a great deal of losses in the stock farms, and entire sections of the Plenty are rendered unlivable from the resulting slaughter and subsequent rotting of corpses.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 15th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: Famine!
Brief Description: Quacia suffers the worst famine in decades of its history, as their food sources are decimated by the destruction of portions of the plenty. In addition to the lack of meat stock, there's a shortage of cavegrape wine, which results in further grumblings among the Heaps. Rumors of revolt begin to stir. Bounties go out for the killing of rats and arthwraiths, opportunities for developing recipes involving the meat of these creatures is encouraged.
Status: Free to Use

[Alistair]

Date: 23rd of Ymiden 719
Event Name: The Divisions Divide
Brief Description: The Third Division of Dragoons remains leaderless, with the majority of the exemplary candidates having died during the Creepborne battle of the 80th of Zi'da, and the events that followed. As a result of this gap in command, several of the middle-rung Dragoons from the other two divisions begin to squabble over the opening and seek aide from the Nobility to help legitimize their ambitions. This leads to a great deal of infighting within the Dragoon Corps, and their effectiveness as a whole decreases for the foreseeable future.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 38th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: Serenity Disturbed
Brief Description: Though the Guilds and their attempts to colonize the Islands of Helice proved largely unsuccessful in Ashan, with many of the islands joining into a nation-state underneath foreign conquerors, their efforts are bolstered by the wealth and ships of Quacia's Dukes and other Nobility. Naval attacks and shore raids increase in volume and frequency, and the people of Helice are enslaved by the hundreds across the archipelago.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 68th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: Dusk Upon Cuena
Brief Description: With renewed vigor and assisted by the infighting of the Dragoons, the Creep amasses a great horde with which it assaults the Barony of Cuena, the longest-surviving and most prosperous of all Quacian baronies that remain. As many of the barony's inhabitants are skilled mages and Dragoons due to their constant skirmishes with the Creep, the nearly fifty thousand residents remain strong against the initial onslaught. Many mages overstep to the point of death and Purifiers are lost to the overwhelm of Ferahorns, but the city survives the first deadly wave.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 74th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: Cuena Falls
Brief Description: As more and more Creepborne pile onto the fields and the walls of the fortified city, the defenders of Cuena are left unable to repel the onslaught. Thousands of Ferahorns flood into the city after the walls are torn down by Oak and Cedar Trees, with many of the residents of the barony fleeing onto the ships of its walled harbor district. Those that remain are slaughtered en masse and dragged back into the forest, with the Creep's overgrowth consuming the barony's castle and surrounding infrastructure to serve as a fortress for Creepheart to continue their expanding operations.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 76th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: Grief and Wroth
Brief Description: As word of the prosperous barony's collapse meets the ears of the Quacian people, all sections of the city gather in sorrow and vigil at the pain of what has been lost and the fear of what fate may befall the capital before long. King Arkenstone makes a public declaration of his sorrow, and declares the leader of the Third Division of Dragoons, ending the standstill. Regardless, his failure to determine a candidate for such a long period of time is widely mocked and criticized, and many blame the King for this failure. Mass rioting follows the vigil, with the Heap's Commune putting forward an official demand for abdication.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 11th of Saun 719
Event Name: Piercing the Veil
Brief Description: With many believing Quacia to be all but doomed due to internal conflict and the voracious consumption of the Creep, the joint alliance of Nobles and Guildsmen commit an overwhelming assault onto the Helian Island of Theros, managing to conquer the entire southern half of the Island. Thousands of Helian slaves are either kept within the Isle or brought back to Quacia to be showcased around the city. A migration of some Nobles and wealthy merchants begins to pour onto the Isle, leaving the openings of a power vacuum within the city that the Heap's Commune and Theocratum quickly fill.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 25th of Saun 719
Event Name: End of An Era
Brief Description: During the Crown-Prince Aleixo's trip to the Isle of Theros to witness the island's alleged untold beauties and non-homicidal shrubbery, King Edmund II Arkenstone is assassinated by the killer of an unknown faction. Prince Estavao is quick to claim the reins of power from his deceased father, and delivers explicit instructions not to allow Aleixo into the city or its neighboring shores. As a prudent and calculated man, driven by his desire to rule a successful dominion, many believe that King Estavao's ascension is the beginning of a new age of prosperity for the Kingdom.
Status: Free to Use

[Llyr Llywelyn]

This is a suggestion for an amendment to go along with Rakvald's submissions. ....and some other ideas!
UPDATE: Edited to include the changes with the Emea changes.

Date: 1st of Ymiden 719
Event Name: The Fall ...of Plenty
Brief Description: Following the destruction of Emea, and the disconnect of ether from mages, Plenty's infrastructure immediately starts to corrode and destabilize due to the Guild of Agriculture's Master Defier Malyorn no longer being able to perform the same maintenance he'd been performing on certain crucial sections. This begins a gradual destabilization, made only worse as Ymiden goes on.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 30th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: The RISE of Plenty!
Brief Description: Through use of wells and flaying, the Guild of Agriculture managed to keep a semblance of Plenty standing after the unexpected events of 1st Ymiden. Upon Emea returning, and thus ether, reconstruction begins and talk of creating a different kind of system - through use of the neighboring archipelago Helice enters discussion. Many of the Guild of Agriculture beseech King Arkenstone to allow for Quacia to take use of the lands for means of farming, using the populace as workers under the Guild of Agriculture, and talks of negotiation with the tenuous leaders of the islands begin.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 45th Ymiden 719
Event Name: Reconstruction
Brief Description: The reconstruction of Plenty is going well and a call is sent out through the neighboring region, including Desnind, for help in gardening, farming, livestock, and otherwise in Quacia's time of need regarding famine.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 66th - 71st Ymiden 719
Event Name: The Cleansing of Lair
Brief Description: After a brief moment where it seems otherwise, King Arkenstone publicly bans cannibalism throughout Quacia. He sends forces along with Tribunals into Lair, and they do a five-day sweep of the dens. Any and all crimes are tried and punished by the Tribunals upon the spot, and executions are swift and just. A great amount of criminal networks and otherwise are destroyed. The concept of Lair is reconsidered in the aftermath of so many dead, to install potential new regulations and stem the tide of illicit dealings that frequently make its way to the other sections of the city.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 78th Ymiden 719
Event Name: The False Heralds
Brief Description: It comes to light after an unfortunate slaughter at a Theocratic church that a number of high-ranking Theocratum officials weren't human, but Changelings working for the Creep. This includes the Royal Princess Iria. Rampant paranoia spreads through the citizenry and nobility, concerned of who else could be Changelings. Tests start to occur to make certain, but it appears only the Theocratum had been infiltrated. Feeling fooled and betrayed, a great number of Scarlet Belief followers leave the faith.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 1 Saun 719
Event Name: A New Era of Worship
Brief Description: The occurrences of the first 30 days in Ymiden, and the discovery of corruption within the Theocratum, on the heels of the cleansing of Lair results in an uprising of Immortal worship among the citizenry of Quacia. Many begin to publicly decry the Theocratum in market squares, and while the first few are executed, King Arkenstone and other royal family members wane on loyalty toward the Theocratum with numbers of the church reduced, spread thin by sending out missionaries, the recent culling of their higher-ups being Changelings, the loss of Princess-Herald Iria, and splintering sects from the Scarlet Belief that still worship the Wounded God but refuse the Theocratum.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 5 Saun 719
Event Name: The Plea of a Dying City
Brief Description: A few prominent Quacian nobles, and some members of various Guilds, come out together - in court before King Arkenstone - as worshipers of Moseke and claim the only way to defeat the creep is to plea for her aid. They suggest sending diplomats to Desnind to accomplish this. King Arkenstone approves the idea and a handful of Quacians are chosen to make the trek to Desnind to find and implore Moseke's assistance.
Status: Free to Use

(following event suggestions removed due to the changes of Emea coming back on the 30th of Ymiden)

Removed Suggestions

Date: 45th of Ymiden 719
Event Name: The End of Plenty
Brief Description: Unless circumvented by PCs, the entire infrastructure of Plenty has fallen. The Worst Famine in Decades only gets worse. Imports slow as incoming ships are attacked and pirated by Quacians so they can sell the goods themselves. Rats are already nearly extinct. Lair becomes overrun with open cannibalism and the Theocratum pivots to start encouraging Scarlet Belief followers to eat of flesh while sacrificing blood to the Wounded God. The most zealous of Scarlet Believers start to perform complete blood draining rituals in a fervor to heal the Wounded God so he can bring them salvation from the famine.
Status: Free to Use

Date: 54th Ymiden 719
Event Name: Holes in the Ground
Brief Description: The destruction of Plenty has caused sweeping destabilization in the earth beneath Quacia. Sinkholes start to appear in parts of the city, without discrimination as to neighborhood or what is above it, devouring entire buildings and streets. Over time, these sinkholes only increase in size and depth and lead to dark portions of... no one is sure what lurks underneath, all they know is that if one gets close enough to the edge of a sinkhole, there is something there that can be heard... down there... scuttling...
Status: Free to Use

Date: 72nd Ymiden 719
Event Name: Creatures of the Abyss
Brief Description: The sinkholes have increased in size, depth, and number. There are sinkholes in every portion of Quacia (Lair, Shanty, Gleam, Fortress, etc.) and things have started to climb out from them. Rumors of unknown beasts that have crawled over the edges and slipped to hide in the remaining alleys of Quacia. Some Scarlet Belief followers have begun to throw people into the sinkholes in sacrifice to what they believe are the Wounded God's creatures. Other more secular minds, however, have started to try and hunt these beasts in hope they will provide nourishment of some sort.
Status: Free to Use

[Rakvald]

Date: 60th of Ymiden
Event Name: Legalization of Human Sacrifice
Brief Description: In the wake of the Plenty's troubles, The King's Council considers the legalisation of Cannibalism to solve the demand for food caused by teh famine. This council is held in secret, and closely coordinated with the Scarlet Belief. Eventually, an agreement is forged with the higher levels of the Theocratum, and the call for Volunteers for an obscure 'Sacred Duty' to the Wounded God is sent out among the faithful. Material Rewards are provided to those who offer up these 'volunteers' for transport to the local theocratum chapel. Mysterious vouchers accompany these material rewards, which can be traded in exchange for exemptions from Sacred Duty.
Status: Free to use

Date 75th of Ymiden
Event Name: Lottery is Held by the Theocratum.
Brief Description: The efforts to forestall hunger amid the chaos of the Plenty's fall and grumblings of the lower classes have floundered miserably. A mandatory lottery is held. The previously issued vouchers against Sacred duty are sold, bartered, and traded among the multitude. At first these vouchers are honored, and those chosen by lottery are allowed to escape Sacred Duty. Then forgeries begin popping up here and there, as the underclass begins to get desperate. The inflation caused by this influx of well-forged vouchers prompt the Theocratum to up the price of exemption from Sacred Duty. No less than five vouchers being required in order to escape it when one is chosen.

A rallying cry among the Heaps begins to emerge, as only the very rich can afford to escape the harvest. "Pegue a gordura." or Take the Fat in common. As it becomes clear to the Heaps that there is a class divide between those chosen for Sacred Duty, and those with the vouchers to escape, the cry morphs into "Coma o Rico" or Eat the Rich.

Status: Free to Use

[Llyr Llywelyn]

I have updated my previous post with suggestions that fit more with the change to what happens with Emea in Ymiden! And added a bit more hope for poor Quacia, maybe.