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[Pig Boy]

So this event will be a little different. There are a few guidelines to adhere to here, but at it's heart, it's a single moderated event that we're doing.

You need only provide the information requested in the code submission section in your reply, and this will give me an idea to spring off of for the event as it relates to your character.

Basically it'll be one big unified event for everyone who gets involved. With potential areas for overlap. This sign-up is to gauge interest in who wants to join in the fun. Otherwise, feel free to engage in the 12 trials of Zielmas, but unless you participate in this event, you need not experience having gifts stolen.

Thanks!

Background Info

The 12 Trials of Zi’da is an annual celebration of family and friends that lasts from the 50th – 61st of Zi’da. The holiday allows Rharnians to show appreciation and gratitude for the people in their lives who have loved and supported them throughout the past arc. Each trial has a specific theme, and those who celebrate the holiday give their loved ones a small gift connected to the theme. Some choose to wrap the gifts, tag them with an identifier to show what date the gift should be opened, and give them to their intended recipients all at once. Other Rharnians choose to give and receive their gifts on a daily basis. During the 12 trials, the Rharne marketplace in the Earth Quarter turns into the “Zi’da Market,” and is filled with food, mulled wine and cider, and vendors peddling wares aligned to the themes.

However, this Zi'da something very special happens. One of the trials of Zi'da, should you be the recipient of a gift on one of the twelve trials of Zi'da, the gift will be accompanied by the appearance and bonding of a spirit associated with the concept of that gift.

However this bonding is not to last, as the spirit will insist upon being bound to something, a permanent structure, place, or geological feature that is associated with the spirit's concept. Should one fail to accomplish this bonding for the spirit, they will develop a small, mostly harmless curse associated with its domain. Should they succeed in finding a place for the small spirit, they will develop a small, mostly harmless power associated with its domain.

Everyone Down in Rharne town Liked Zielmas a lot...
But Faishu, Who lived just north of Rharne town, Did NOT!
The Faishu hated Zielmas! The whole Zi'da season!
Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason.
It could be his head wasn't screwed on just right.
It could be, perhaps, that his eyes were too bright.
But I think that the most likely reason of all,
May have been that his coin purse was two sizes too small.
Whatever the reason, His purse or his eyes,
He stood there on Zielmas Eve, hating Rharneans,
Staring up from his cave with a sour, Faishu frown,
At the warm lighted windows above in their town.
For he knew every Rharnean up in Rharne on its mountain,
Was busy now, drinking beer right out of a fountain!
"And they're unpacking their beer pints!" he snarled with a sneer,
"Tomorrow is Zielmas! It's practically here!"
Then he growled, with his primate fingers nervously drumming,
"I MUST find some way to stop Zielmas from coming!"
For Tomorrow, he knew, all the Rharnean girls and boys,
Would wake bright and early. They'd rush for their booze!
And then! Oh, the hoots! Oh, the woots!
Hoots! Woots! Hoots!
That's one thing he hated! The Hoots!
Woots! Woots! Wootss!
Then the Rharneans, young and old, would sit down to a feast.
And they'd feast! And they'd drink! And they'd FEAST!
Feast! Drink! FEAST!
They would feast on Beer-pudding, and rare Pigasus Roast.
Which was something Faishu couldn't stand the most!

So he stole up to Rharne Town, to steal all their toys.
Bringing misery and lack, to all the little girls and boys.

Rhyme Adapted from Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas.

Code: Select all

Name of Gift Recipient:
Name of Gift Giver: 
To Which Trial of ZI'da does your Gift Correspond:
Which Gift Gets Stolen fromm your Recipient:
What is your Spirit's Name:
NPCs Involved?:
PCs Favorite Kind of Mint:

[Winston]

Name of Gift Recipient: Tristan’s bodyguard Hannah
Name of Gift Giver: Winston
Which Gift Gets Stolen from your Recipient: A find pair of kneehigh boots. Good+ (purchased and then having alchemy added) leather boots, they are a fine fit and built for function with a slender and aesthetic finish. They are hydrophobic and absorb moisture in order to mend themselves. They maintain a comfortable temperature at all times and are fire proof.
What is your Spirit's Name: Chrono (spirit of the past)
NPCs Involved?: Tristan’s bodyguard Hannah
PCs Favorite Kind of Mint: Mint Humbugs

[Elowen]

Name of Gift Recipient: Kera Gallach cook at the Oak Tree Inn and wife to Asgall Gallach
Name of Gift Giver: Elowen
To Which Trial of ZI'da does your Gift Correspond: 55th Zi'da, Green Gift
Which Gift Gets Stolen from your Recipient: Potpourri of the woodsy kind
What is your Spirit's Name: Pine (in all meanings of that word)
NPCs Involved?: I guess Kerra? Possibly Eseld or Ciaran from the Inn/Brewery also since they tend to be Kerra's messengers if she is too busy.
PCs Favorite Kind of Mint: I don't think she has any

[Vahekoh]

Name of Gift Recipient: Ilaren.
Name of Gift Giver: Vahekoh.
To Which Trial of Zi'da does your Gift Correspond: 54th Zi'da, the Present Gift.
Which Gift Gets Stolen from your Recipient: Bottles from the Beer Festival, because Ilaren missed it. I'll likely do a thread getting the drinks in Vhalar during Beer Fest, but if the thread isn't done before The Spirit Who Stole Ziellmas, I'll deduct WP for the gift [the season's worth of drinks at good quality, 4 WP in the Shoppe].
What is your Spirit's Name: Aleren.
NPCs Involved?: No personal NPCs involved. Maybe an NPC from the Lightning Cathedral, though? NPC brewers from the Beer Festival will likely be involved in the Beer Fest thread.
PCs Favorite Kind of Mint: Maybe something with a bit of wild mint.

[Revan Blackhand]

Name of Gift Recipient: Revan's partner in crime, Willow Blackhand
Name of Gift Giver: Revan Blackhand (friend, not relative)
To Which Trial of Zi'da does your Gift Correspond: 57th, related to aspirations they have for the future.
Which Gift Gets Stolen from your Recipient: A key made of glass that looks almost like a flute. Meant to symbolize the plan that they are working towards. He'd have gone for a crystal key (cause yludih) but glass is likely much more accessible price-wise for thieves.
What is your Spirit's Name: Melody
NPCs Involved?: Revan's NPC friend Willow.
PCs Favorite Kind of Mint: The mint for the onyx nel. Or Peppermint. He thinks it is gross but it serves a purpose so he respects its existence.

[Pig Boy]

Hello all, I've started the thread The Spirit Who Stole Zielmas