[Settlement] Sweetsong

[Sweetsong]

Sweetsong

On the eastern shoreline of Scalvoris is the area of Sweetwine Woods known as Fool's Errand . In that area is the base camp for Sweetsong, a settlement created by Vega Creede in order to bring together people who want to live a lifestyle which is free from the confines of buildings and jobs and the conventions of town and village and city life. Sweetsong is a settlement of tents and brightly coloured vardos, there are boats anchored just off shore and the people here are a community who live together, hunt together, cook together and who live the life they choose.

Although their base camp is in Fool's Errand, Sweetsong is made up of individuals who are very much their own person and they move around Sweetwine in small and larger groups, depending on their whims. However, since they have all committed to the settlement, they work together and don't leave without discussion or planning.

In one of the large mushroom rings sits the main camp fire - it is carefully tended and people eat around it. It is where many discussions are held, of course, but at night what can often be heard from there is the sound of Vega playing a fiddle and the voices of the settlers all singing along.

During the day the place can be seen for what it is; many groups of tents and vardos, small family units and larger ones all together in one settlement. No two tents or vehicles are alike and there is a massive array of colours on show. Settlers go about their day and any visitors to Sweetsong are spotted - at the latest - as soon as they step out of the thick treeline and will be greeted with a cheery call.

OOC

Please note, this is a PC run settlement. Please drop Vega a PM before writing here - but be assured that all are welcome!

PCs and NPCs

If visiting Sweetsong, you are likely to run in to

• Vega. Please drop me a PM if you'd like to thread!
• Vega's NPCs
  • Esher, Vega's friend
    May be used with Vega's OOC Permission, but usually does not stray far from Vega
  • Vega's Children - only with OOC permission.
• Jasper
• Jasper's NPCs:
  • Astra
    May be used with Jasper's OOC Permission
  • Rewan
    May be used with Jasper's OOC Permission
  • Bryil
    May be used with Jasper's OOC Permission
  • Dasjat
    May be used with Jasper's OOC Permission
• Kisaik
• Kisaik's NPCs
  • Peona, Kisaik's Mother
    May be used with Kisaik's OOC permission
  • Tsani, Kisaik's Father
    May be used with Kisaik's OOC permission
  • Alaiwa, Kisaik's Fellow Knight
    May be used with Kisaik's OOC permission
• Winston
• Winston''s NPCs (with permission from Winston)
• Settlement NPCs. Each are listed in their groups with their skills in the title. (Format: Expert // Competent)
• The Lei'nox Clan
  • Shon Lei'nox: Longsword // Animal Husbandry, Training, Gardening

    

    Name:Shon Lei'nox
    Race: Biqaj
    Date of Birth: 21st Ymiden 697 (twin to Reese)
    Skills: Seafaring (20), Gardening (30), Long Sword (50), Cooking (20) Animal Husbandry (30) Animal Training (45)
    Appearance: 6ft 1inches, tanned skin and long hair. Shon has long dark hair and piercing eyes, no matter what colour they are.
    Personality: Shon is an intense young man who has been raised on a sense of duty and family loyalty. He is serious and heartily disapproves of anyone who does not work towards the good of the tribe / family.
    Relationships: Vega's Cousin. Twin brother to Reese. Younger brother to Huw. Husband to Sian.
    Anything: else you would like us to know: He co-owns the "Waking Dreamer" (Joq'an's old ship) with his brother, Reese and their wives

    • +10 Longsword (now 40) - X
    • +10 Longsword (now 50) - X
    • Ashan 721 - +15 Animal Training: X
    • Skills Scale Down: No changes
    • +60 XP
      • 30 to Animal Husbandry (now 30)
      • 30 to Animal Trainining (now 45)
  • Reese Lei'nox: Woodcrafting, Engineering, Gardening, Combat (Blade / Unarmed)

    

    Name:Reese Lei'nox
    Race: Biqaj
    Date of Birth: 21st Ymiden 697 (twin to Shon)
    Skills: Seafaring (20), Engineering(45),Woodcrafting (50), Gardening (30) Combat: Unarmed (30) , Combat: Blade (30)
    Appearance: 6ft 1inches, tanned skin and long hair. Reese has long hair and piercing eyes, no matter what colour they are.
    Personality: Reese is serious like his brother, very focused on ensuring that the family line remains; he has a strong dislike of anyone who is not biqaj and is largely distrustful of them.
    Relationships: Vega's Cousin. Twin brother to Shon. Younger brother to Huw. Husband to Lily.
    Anything: else you would like us to know: He co-owns the "Waking Dreamer" (Joq'an's old ship) with his twin Shon and their wives.

    • +10 Carpentry (now 40) - X
    • +10 Carpentry (now 50) - X
    • +15 Engineering (now 45) X
    • Skills Scale Down: Renamed Carpentry to Woodcrafting
    • +60 XP
      • Combat: Unarmed +30 (now 30)
      • Combat: Blade +30 (now 30)
  • Huw Lei'nox: Smithing \\Navigation, Strength. Endurance

    

    Name:Huw Lei'nox
    Race: Biqaj
    Date of Birth: 5th Cylus 687
    Skills: Navigation (50), Strength (36), Endurance (36), Unarmed Combat (28), Athletics (20), Smithing (65)
    Appearance: 6ft 2inches, tanned skin and long dark hair. Huw is very muscular and has a number of scars from fights he's been in.
    Personality: Quick tempered and over-bearing, Huw is the loudest of the three brothers. As the eldest child he is the protective one and, following the death of their father (Joq'an's brother) Huw is trying to step in to the role of patriarch for his brothers. Not a role they're happy with and tensions tend to run high. He is the loud and brash one of the three and is the one most likely to get into a fight.
    Relationships: Vega's Cousin. Older brother to Reese and Shon. Husband to Fi.
    Anything: else you would like us to know: Nope.

    • +10 ]Navigation (now 30) - X
    • +10 Navigation (now 40) - X
    • + 10 ]Navigation (now 50) - X
    • +15 Smithing (now 15) - X
    • +30 Smithing (now 65) - X
    • Skills Scale Down: Climbing becomes Athletics
    • +60 XP
      • 20 to Smithing (now 35)
      • 20 to Strength (now 36)
      • 20 to Endurance (now 36)
  • Fi Lei'nox: Strength. Endurance, Gambling, Longsword

    

    Name: Fi Lei'nox
    Race: Biqaj
    DoB: Zi'da 40th 692
    Appearance: Standing at just under 6ft, Fi is confident and this shows in her movements, her mannerisms, everything. She has thick black hair and shifting biqaj eyes. Her ears are noticeably pointed, even for a Biqaj. She has a scar on her left shoulder which extends down to the top of her stomach. It is from a sword fight, where she claims she had to defend her sisters' honour. In truth, it was a bar brawl.
    Personality: Fi is quick to smile, quick to laugh and quick to fight. She enjoys all of those and she has a love of life which makes her ideally suited to a biqaj lifestyle. She is sharp tongued with those she likes and enjoys drinking and card games. She is pleased to be travelling on the Wanderlust because she is interested in Huw, Vega's cousin who travels with them also. However, she finds herself very shy around him and hopes that this will give her the chance to overcome this strange circumstance.
    Skills: Gambling(26), Long Sword (26), Athletics (26), Strength (31), Endurance (31), Combat: Unarmed (20)
    Approval here
    Relationships: Fi is Huw's wife and elder sister to Sian and Lily.

    • Skills Scale Down: Acrobatics changed to Athletics
    • Skills Scale Down: Climbing (26) replaced by Gambling (26)
    • +60 XP
      • 20 to Strength (now 31)
      • 20 to Endurance (now 31)
      • 20 to Combat: Unarmed (now 20)
  • Lily Lei'nox: Art, Basketweaving // Singing, Dancing

    

    Name: Lily Lei'nox
    Race: Biqaj
    Date of Birth: Zi'da 12th 695
    Appearance: Lily is five foot eleven inches with long blonde hair and trademark biqaj eyes. Like her sisters, she has noticeably pointed biqaj ears
    Personality: Lily is a very gentle soul who really doesn't believe that there is any bad in the world. She has the soul of an artist and sees beauty everywhere. She believes that everyone is a good, kind, loving person and really just needs love in their life. She is terrified of heights, spiders, rats and anything she declares as "icky."
    Skills: Singing (26), Dancing (26),Art (56), Basketweaving (56), Cosmetology (11)
    Relationships: Lily is Sian's twin sister. They are married to Vega's cousins, Shon (Sian) and Reese (Lily).
    Approved: PSF Ticket

    • Ashan 721: +15 Basketweaving here (total = 26)
    • Skills Scale Down: Painting (26) changed to Art (26).
    • +60 XP
      • 30 to Art (now 56)
      • 30 to Basketweaving (now 56)
  • SIan Lei'nox: Needlecraft, Cooking // Textile Production

    

    Name: Sian Lei'nox
    
    Race: Biqaj
    
    Date of Birth: Zi'da 12th 695
    
    Appearance: Sian is five foot eleven inches with long auburn hair and trademark biqaj eyes. Like her sisters, she has noticeably pointed biqaj ears.
    
    Personality: Sian is terribly shy, finding it hard to talk to anyone or to function in crowds. This is made worse by the fact that, when she is in a social situation or somewhere she feels uncomfortable, she blushes, stumbles over her words and generally make herself even more self-conscious than she was to begin with. Underneath that, she's a sweet young woman who tends towards seeing the positive and not wanting to look at the darker aspects of life. She shares the same fears as her sister.
    
    Skills: Needlecraft(56), Textile Production (26), Cooking (56), Art (11), Cosmetology (11)
    
    Relationships: Sian is Lily's twin sister. They are married to Vega's cousins, Shon (Sian) and Reese (Lily).
    
    Approved: PSF Ticket

    • Skills Scale Down: Baking changed to Cooking (26)
    • Design changed to Art (11)
    • +60 XP
      • 30 to Needlecraft (now 56)
      • 30 to Cooking (now 56)

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• Nïtọsï Ẹrẹkẹ-ïkun-ọwọpọ(The Sweetstone Tribe-Mothers)
  • Ce'nija: Woodworking, Ensorcelling, Teaching, Combat: Ranged.

    

    Name: Ce'nija
    Race: Tunawa
    DoB: 63rd of Ymiden 698
    Languages Spoken: Fluent Common, Fluent Treetalk, Basic Common Sign.
    

    Skill Name	XP	Level
    Ensorcelling	51	Expert
    Woodworking	56	Expert
    Teaching	51	Expert
    Meditation	51	Expert
    Mount: Air	51	Expert
    Combat: Ranged (Blowgun)	51	Expert
    Endurance	16	Novice

    
    Appearance/Biometrics: 8" tall, slender with dark, olive-colored bark, pink hair, flowers in her head branches, and pink eyes. She has two 'horns' that stick out from either temple, and a mane of pink lichen that fall from her head in tresses and vines. She prefers fancy clothing, but is just as comfortable without it. Her favorite flowers to wear in her hair are usually found to be of pink or purple hues.
    
    Backstory: She was born in the forests of Rharnean territory, and raised among the tunawa there. She was pampered from a young age by her parents, and learned good manners among big folk as they had to deal with them fairly often. Unfortunately, she was taken as a slave sometime in 712, and was trained to do all manner of tasks for her master who was a sorcerer of sorts, an alchemist and ensorceller, who took her to Scalvoris. There, she lived for a time until the slaves were freed. From there, she wandered the island for a time, doing odd tasks here or there to get by. Eventually she gets captured by a evil alchemist who entraps the rest of her group of tunawa that she's traveling with, in order to use them in his experiments.
    
    In-Game History Thus Far:
    
    Have Fun Storming the Castle ~ Kisaik rescues Aida and Ce'nija from an evil alchemist. I think this should suffice for their appearance.
    Wood You Raft with Me? ~ Aida and Ce'nija help Kisaik to put together a raft. Ce'nija makes a more significant showing than Aida, but if it's not enough for Aida, then I got nothing for her.
    
    Approvals/Skill Increases:
    
    /viewtopic.php?t=30522 - 10 xp added for activity. Added to Ensorcelling.
    Point bank Purchase of 2 point for 10 point bank points - 1 xp to Ensorcelling. 1 xp to Woodworking.
    +60 XP + 10 Woodworking, +11 Combat: Ranged (blowgun), +11 Mount, +11 Meditation, +11 Teaching, +6 Endurance
    [*]+5 Woodworking
    
    Relationship to PC: Sweetstone Tree's Tender and co-chief of Kisaik's Tribe. She's a dedicated NPC of Sweetsong Settlement, available as an NPC to any visitors or residents. (Approved conversion)
  • Àìdá'tuli: Gardening, Singing, Seduction.

    

    Name: Àìdá'tuli
    Race: Tunawa
    DoB: 63rd of Ymiden 700
    Languages Spoken: Fluent Common, Fluent Treetalk, Basic Common Sign.
    

    Skill Name	XP	Level
    Singing	51	Expert
    Gardening	76	Master
    Seduction	30	Competent
    Endurance	26	Competent
    Woodworking	1	Novice
    Sculpting	1	Novice

    Appearance/Biometrics:
    
    Personality: Attention-seeking and outrageously flirty, Àìdá'tuli takes great pleasure and fulfillment in plucking the flowers of many a young male tunawa. Known as a bit of a fertility idol in her native Rharne, she's mothered at least a dozen sprouts by about as many males in her years. A very coquetish and beautiful tunawa, she uses her natural allure of her great mane of flowery hair to entice males to plant their sprout. Thus far, few tunawa have been able to resist her charm.
    
    Backstory: The mother of at least a dozen sprouts in her former tribe in Rharnea, Àìdá'tuli has lived a storied life of tempestuous tunawa romance. She seems to have a story for every blossom in her hair, and oftentimes names each of them after the sprouts she's mothered.
    
    She was recently captured, along with Ceh'nija by an evil alchemist bent on understanding Tunawa physiology and all their alchemical potential.
    
    Relationship to PC: co-tender of the Sweetstone Tree and member of Kisiak's tribe. She's a dedicated NPC of Sweetsong Settlement, available as an NPC to any visitors or residents. (Approved conversion)
    
    Approval and Upgrade:
    
    +60 XP +21 to Singing, +21 to Gardening, +16 to Endurance, +1 to Sculpting, +1 to Woodworking.
    +25 to Gardening (now 76)
• Dianav
  • Dianarv Aznat - The Pirate King Seafaring/Leadership.Nav (M) // Blades

    

    Name: Dianarv Aznat
    Title: The Pirate King
    Race: Human
    Born: 9th of Cylus 651
    Ship: The Royal Reaver
    Flag: A golden crown on a white field.
    Skills:
    100 Seafaring,
    90 Leadership,
    80 Navigation,
    60 Blades: Cutlass,
    50 Endurance,
    30 Strength
    30 Tactics
    30 Discipline
    30 Detection
    Other Information: The Pirate King Diarnav is the oldest of the twenty pirates who rule the seas around Scalvoris and their unofficial leader. Born and raised a pirate, Diarnav is remarkably civil despite his trade and though he takes prisoners and frequently sells them into slavery, he is rarely outright cruel to them. He looks after his crew and his skill at his trade has earned him the respect of both his peers and his opposition. He has retired to Sweetsong following the Pirate Attacks.
  • The Akki Family.
    • Flo Akki: Gardening, Caregiving, Fieldcraft

      

      Name: Flo Akki
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Qi'ora / Biqaj Mixed Race.
      Birthday/Age: 1st Vhalar 685
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Gardening (46 Competent)
      Caregiving (46 Competent)
      Fieldcraft (46 Competent)
      Singing (16 Novice)
      Seafaring (6 Novice)
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Gardening (26)~ Caregiving (26) ~ Fieldcraft (26) ~ Singing (16) ~ Seafaring (6)
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +20 to Gardening (now 46)
        • +20 to Caregiving (now 46)
        • +20 to Fieldcraft (now 46)

      Details: Flo has come to Scalvoris to start a new life, following the death of her husband. She and her two children (Tomas and Charles) arrived a few seasons ago and began to integrate into the biqaj communities on Scalvoris. Flo is a friendly woman who loves to grow things in the earth and to sing. She adores her two children and calls them "free roaming souls". She doesn't like to talk about her past, although after a few drinks she will get quite melancholy, and she generally is a private person. Flo has a deep well of compassion and is loyal and stubborn; she is a fierce friend and equally fierce foe.
      
    • Charles "Cho" Akki: CHILD: Engineering // Art, Smithing, Science

      

      Name: Charles "Cho" Akki
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Qi'ora / Biqaj mix
      Birthday/Age: 1st Saun 712
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Engineering (56 Expert)
      Smithing (30 Competent)
      Art (26 Competent)
      Science (26 Competent)
      Athletics (16 Novice)
      Research (6 Novice).
      Ensorcelling (5 Novice).
      Leadership (5 Novice).
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Art (26)~ Engineering (26) ~ Science (26) ~ Athletics (16) ~ Research (6)
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +30 Smithing (now 30)
        • +30 Engineering (now 56)
        • +5 Ensorcelling
        • +5 Leadership

      Details: Cho joined Sweetsong with his mother, Flo and his older sister, Tomas. He is a serious and thoughtful child who has a real fascination with how things work. He has notebooks filled with designs for things he has drawn - contraptions well beyond his capability currently, but things which he imagines. He loves taking things apart and putting them back together, and puzzling how something can be improved. He hates it when people talk to him like he's a child and he has a stubborn streak a mile wide. He doesn't speak about the death of his father, preferring to keep that a private, family matter.
    • Tomas Akki: CHILD: Athletics, Dance, Blades

      

      Name: Tomas Akki
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Qi'ora / Biqaj mix
      Birthday/Age: 1st Saun 708
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Sculpting (30 Competent)
      Jewelry Crafting (30 Competent)
      Athletics (26 Competent)
      Dance (26 Competent)
      Combat: Blade (26 Competent)
      Endurance (16 Novice)
      Strength (6 Novice).
      
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Athletics (26 ) ~ Dance (26) ~ Combat: Blade (26 ) ~Endurance (16) ~ Strength (6).
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +30 on Sculpting (now 30)
        • ++ 30 on Jewelry Crafting (now 30)

      Details: Tomas joined Sweetsong with her mother, Flo and younger brother Charles. Tomas is a young woman who loves to dance and climb. She is rarely still, always needing to move and she finds sitting and learning in any formal way very difficult. She is fiercely protective of her mother and brother and is quick to anger in that defence. She is stubborn and argumentative, often approaching situations in an abrasive manner. She doesn't want to let anyone in, because if she does then she'll be vulnerable.
  • The Swiftblade family
    • Sally Swiftblade: Cooking // Animal Husbandry, Gardening , Fieldcraft

      

      Name: Sally Swiftblade
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Human
      Birthday/Age: 15th Ymiden 700
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Cooking (56 Expert)
      Animal Husbandry (26 Competent).
      Gardening (26 Competent)
      Fieldcraft (26 Competent)
      Detection (16 Novice)
      Animal Training (10 Novice)
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Gardening (26 ) ~ Cooking (26) ~ Fieldcraft (26 ) ~Detection (16) ~ Animal Husbandry (6).
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +20 on Animal Husbandry (Now 26)
        • ++ 30 on Cooking (now 56)
        • +10 to Animal Training (now 10)

      
      
      Details: Sally and her husband Sam joined Sweetsong in order to be among others who think like them. They are environmentalists, and Sally is focused on the land. She loves to grow things, and to cook the foraged items which Sam brings back. She is a friendly and talkative individual with a tendency towards malapropisms in her speech. She talks a lot, and everyone is welcome around her cooking pot. She's generous and very much enjoys company, so was very happy to find Sweetsong.
      
    • Sam Swiftblade: An.Husb // Hunting, An.Train, Ranged, Fieldcraft

      

      Name: Sam Swiftblade
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Human
      Birthday/Age: 20th Zi'da 698
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      Skills:
      Animal Husbandry (56 Expert)
      Hunting (26 Competent)
      Animal Training (26 Competent)
      Combat: Ranged Weapon (26 Competent)
      Fieldcraft (26 Competent).
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Hunting (26); Animal Husbandry (26); Animal Training (26t); Combat: Ranged Weapon (16 ); Fieldcraft (6).
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +10 on Combat: Ranged (Now 26)
        • + 20 on Fieldcraft (now 26)
        • +30 to Animal Husbandry (now 56)

      Details: Sam and his wife Sally joined Sweetsong in order to be among others who think like them. They are environmentalists, and Sam is focused on the animals and creatures in that environment. He wants to live in harmony with the animals of Sweetwine Woods and so he is very keen to work with Sweetsong, as they share the same goals. He is a friendly, if rather quiet, man who obviously adores his wife. In truth, he probably feels more comfortable around animals than most people and he will tend to be rather isolated, given a choice. However, he is a loyal and devoted friend to those who get to know him and he has a mischievous sense of humour.
      
  • Gilna Rhodes
    • Gilna Rhodes: Gardening // Fieldcraft, Hunting, Ranged Combat

      

      Name: Gilna Rhodes
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Human
      Birthday/Age: 22nd Cylus 690
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Gardening (60 Expert)
      Fieldcraft (32 Competent)
      Combat: Ranged (26 Competent)
      Hunting (31 Competent)
      Teaching (16 Novice)
      Seafaring (6 Novice).
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Hunting (26); Fieldcraft (26); Combat: Ranged (26); Teaching (16 ); Seafaring (6).
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +60 on Gardening (Now 60)
        • +5 Hunting (now 31)

      Details: Gilna has come to Sweetsong because he has had enough of "civilisation" and has been living in the wilderness of Scalvoris for a number of arcs already - he had more or less given up on anyone understanding him or how he wants to live and therefore, when he heard about Sweetsong, he was quick to make his way there. He is rather shy and does not easily make friends - he has become used to his own company, but he is a friendly and hopeful soul who is looking forward to some company.
      
  • Starr
    • Starr: Textile Prod, Basketweaving, Hunting, Fieldcraft, Ranged Combat

      

      Name: Starr
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Aukari / Biqaj
      Birthday/Age: 5th Vhalar 699
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Textile Production (26 Competent)
      Basketweaving (26 Competent)
      Combat: Ranged (26 Competent)
      Hunting (31 Competent)
      Fieldcraft (26 Competent)
      Detection (24 Novice)
      Animal Husbandry (6 Novice).
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation: Hunting (26); Fieldcraft (26); Combat: Ranged (26); Detection (16 ); Animal Husbandry (6).
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +26 on Textile Production (Now 26)
        • +26 on Basketweaving (Now 26)
        • + 8 on Detection (now 24)
        • +5 Hunting (now 31)

      Details:Starr has spent her life not fitting in. As a mixed-race biqaj she was never entirely accepted into her biqaj family. In line with biqaj traditions, when she was 21, she left her clan and made her own way in the world. She has travelled from place to place, living on her wits and making her own way. She doesn't like to travel by sea , much preferring to live on the land. Starr is a pragmatic woman who has no interest in etiquette or social graces; she says things as she sees them, and doesn't much care who she offends on the way. Quick to temper, she often finds herself in arguments and she finds it hard to back down once she has begun. Fundamentally, what Starr really wants is somewhere where she fits in, where she belongs. However, in many ways, she is her own worst enemy when it comes to achieving that.
      
  • Tovan
    • Tovan: Alchemy // Woodcraft, Singing, Drums

      

      Name: Tovan
      Created by: Vega
      Race: Biqaj
      Birthday/Age: 5th Ashan 695
      Location: Sweetsong Settlement
      
      Skills:
      Alchemy: 65 (Expert)
      Woodcraft (26 Competent)
      Singing (26 Competent)
      Musical Instrument: Percussion (26 Competent)
      Musical Instrument: Wind (16 Novice)
      Resistance (6 Novice).
      
      Skillslog
      2023// 02// 07 - NPCs get +60 to skills 60 on Alchemy for Tovan.
      

      Skillslog

      • Skills on creation:Woodcraft (26); Singing (26); Musical Instrument Percussion (26); Musical Instrument: Wind (16 ); Resistance (6).
      • 2023// 02// 07 - +60 to skills
        • +60 to Alchemy (now 60)
          +5 Alchemy

      Details: Tovan is a boat maker and a self-proclaimed bard. He loves to sing and to play the drums, usually a single drum or a pair of bongos which he holds between his knees. He is a lover of life and he enjoys working with his hands. He can be judgemental of others and is quick to criticise, but equally he is a firm and loyal friend. If asked about his past, he does not answer anything except to say that his past is as weathered as his face and as calloused as his hands. He is quick to offer help, but limited in patience if he feels that others aren't helping themselves first. He's demanding and can be quite abrasive, but he has a good heart and wants to live in peace and in harmony with the land.
      
  • Vorta
    • Vorta: Jewelcrafting, Sculpting, Glassblowing, Leather Working, Pottery, Appraisal/// -- //Teaching

      

      Name: Vorta
      
      Race: Human
      
      DoB 1st Saun 682
      
      Skills:
      Teaching: Competent -- 26
      Appraisal - Master - 76
      Jewelry Crafting - Master - 76
      Sculpting - Master - 76
      Glassblowing - Master - 76
      Leather working - Master - 76
      Pottery - Master - 76
      
      Vorta was, once, once of the most sought- after artisans in Rynmere. She commanded an inordinately high price and she created items of beauty for the nobility and noble families. However, she witnessed the horrors of Rynmere, she saw the mage burnings and she barely escaped with her life as the plague hit.
      
      Everyone she cared for or loved died in that plague and Vorta left Rynmere in the hope of finding somewhere else. However, she never settled and she spent her days travelling from place to place. She made her living by creating pieces of art as and when she needed to but she grew more and more dissatisfied with every society she visited.
      
      Eventually, she heard of Sweetsong and the people there. She knew of Vega, the Champion of XIur, of Sir Chip the brave Tunawa knight and, the closer she got the more she heard; she learned of WInston the chef and Jasper the Aesir. The more she learned, the more she liked what heard and then she heard of what had happened there in the Pirate Lord attacks.
      
      She knew then that this was a place where she could be and grow and settle down and where she would be kept safe.
      
      And so, she set out for Sweetsong.
      

Flora

Any / all Flora identified in this thread as specific to Sweetwine Woods or across the whole island which make sense for the location. If in doubt, ask a mod!

If you'd like to see more Flora / Fauna etc in this location? Feel free to submit a development piece here

Fauna

Any / all Fauna identified in this thread as specific to Sweetwine Woods or across the whole island which make sense for the location. If in doubt, ask a mod!

If you'd like to see more Flora / Fauna etc in this location? Feel free to submit a development piece here

Player Notes

Changelog

Credits to: Vega
Submitted for Development: 27th July 2022
Approved by Avalon: 29th July 2022
Posted!
NPC Skill increase accounted for: 7th Feb 2023: Vega

Developed by: Vega

[Sweetsong]

Player Name: Vega Creede
Founding Skill: Leadership (GM)
Survival Skill: Hunting (GM)
Focus Skill: Fieldcraft (Tier 2)

Settlement Name: Sweetsong
Settlement Location: Sweetwine, Scalvoris
Theme of Settlement: Sweetsong is a camp of like-minded people, working together to protect and nurture Sweetwine and Ol'Tuck.
Old Tracker: here


Statistics

(all excerpts can be found in this thread : Last Edited: Up to this post (Kisaik Feb 11th)

Wealth: 73 WP
- Tax: 0%

Population:

92 [25 base, 10 skill, 15 renown]
- Military: 12

Order:

~ 94%
- Demographic:

Current Focus Points:

11
- Protected Population: 10%
Industry:

• Primary
  Non-Automatic Resources
  • Rabbit Fur (Enough to make a small coat)
  • Rabbit Meat (Enough for a few days of stew)
  Automatic Resources (since the change to how we track, I keep a list of these
  here
  )
  • Jade (Home of the Jade Ojogbon tree: the Ojogobon Tree ( here) - the tree produces Jade)
  • Baer Meat (Bear tho for real)
  • Baer Pelt (Bear tho for real)
  • Blue sand beaches.
  • Rainberries
  • Birbbits
  • Deebra
  • Baker's Wheatwort
  • Steppers
  • Any metal within Vega's Wealth Tier, up to Uncommon metals.
  • Grave Gold
  • Yellow dragon wood (from Ymiden 12th, 723)
  • Emperor Bats
• Secondary
  • Blue-Glass (As long as the Flag of Flibberty stands, or you get a competent Glassworker)
  • Blue-Glass/Metal Alloys
• Tertiary
• Incoming Trade
  • Faldras Red Sand (From Hopetown starting Saun 722)
  • Potatoes (From Hopetown starting Saun 722)

Effects: (since the change to how we track, I keep a list of these

here

)

• irritatin' an' Chipper: Tasks will either be complete in half the time or one quality level above what they otherwise would be.
• Bamboo: Camp inhabitants are protected from the weather, and camp can be set up in half the time.
• Flag of Flibberty: The ability is able to affect an area roughly a mile from the flag itself. It creates a sense of community cohesion and a feeling of determination and hopefulness. It does more than negate fear, it promotes positivity and gives people a deepened sense of "clan" identity.
  
  The impact on those in the area is that they have a shared sense of identity, of community, and they work together better. There is less conflict, more co-operation and people are, basically, happier, more hopeful and getting on better. This translates to a drive to get on and work and impacts PCs and NPCs thus:
  
  NPCs: Learn and develop skills more quickly. In the case of personal NPCs, once they have met the criteria for skill improvement, rather than 10 points per season, they gain 15. City NPCs who are used in the same way (2 x threads per season) may also be improved in this way, with moderator approval.
  
  PCs: PCs who are working towards the goal of the clan are given more support, more help. Things happen quicker and more efficiently for that reason. PCs who are actively using skills which benefit the "clan" and are doing so with NPCs / PCs of the "clan" - may assume that the task is less difficult and by everything going smoothly and people helping, everything falls together more easily. This allows the task to be easier / a stroke of luck /teamwork to mean that the task is completed in 50% of the time OR to 2 levels higher a standard than they could otherwise achieve.
• Dweebs Stupid Moments III- Pumpernickels: Friendships and a sense of community develop more quickly among the people of Sweetsong. People are more willing to work together, even new arrivals.
• Leadin' by Example: If Vega is directing a task, she can either complete in less time or with less people.
• Maximizing Context: Vega has an innate understanding of the terrain around Sweetsong. In the event of a hunt or battle, she automatically gains a terrain advantage unless facing troops or individuals trained in the Sweetwine Woods. She also has knowledge of where the best place to set traps is.
• Quality Prey and Maximum Resource: Resources gained from hunting are automatically doubled and are of the highest quality. In the event that such resources are directly sold, they can be sold at the Tier-10 price. Vega has to involved with the hunt for this to take effect.
• When in doubt, shout: Halves the time it takes to complete tasks that Vega is involved in. Can stack with other effects, depending on how Vega performs the task.
• Sustainable Camp: Sweetsong Wood works in such a way that it is able to maintain excellent levels of animals / prey for hunting all year round. Animals are hunted carefully and while the settlement always has a strong supply, it never threatens the population level of the animals.
• Enhanced Growth I: The Ojogbon tree merged with the Diri of growth - plants will grow much more easily in Sweetsong and at a much faster rate. This will mean that, as long as the settlement has appropriate crops and gardens, they'll be able to produce excellent harvests and easily grow an abundance of food. It's a passive ability to allow plants to grow even in unfavorable conditions wherever they're planted, when planted within the orbit of the tree.
• Enhanced Growth II: The oasis enhanced growth of plant life - Sweetsong has a lot of enhancements to growth and will get an excellent harvest of any and all farmed or grown produce.
• Pilgrim Hobby: After a certain ferret's efforts to impress the fairies, no fairies actually move into Sweetsong, but around the outskirts of the settlement, a certain unique fairy wanders all around. If anyone - without intent to harm - wishes to visit Sweetsong, he will eagerly point the way for them, using such pithy fairy exclamations as Rabbledonks! and calling those who look for the way to Sweetsong 'Pilgrim'. The fairy's name is Hobby, his wings seem made of burlap sack cloth, and he holds a tiny bindle-stick. Mechanically this makes it less likely for one to lose their way around Sweetsong long as they're seeking Sweetsong within the Sweetwine Woods.
• Vindecaldra's Foundry: Vega can produce any metal within her wealth tier, up to uncommon metals. Rare metals need to be discovered in a thread before they can be considered a resource.
  • Grave Gold: here
• Community Response to Danger: When faced with difficult or dangerous situations, the people of Sweetsong have grown used to working together and helping each other. As a result, uprooting and reforming to face most challenges become a logistically simpler as everyone works seamlessly toward the common goals.
  
  Systematically this manifests in the following:
  • 10% Protected population ~ During general disasters and strife, the settlement tackles situations with high efficiency and an eye towards the 'common good'. This means that, even without direct intervention by others, up to 15% of settler population is protected from critical harm, and anything that doesn't rise above that threshold doesn't permanently affect it.
    
    Note: This percentage can be increased as further measures are developed to tackle adversity.
  • Logistics +1 Competence when working as a group ~ Large sweeping changes, whether drawn out or unexpected, can be instituted as if the Logistics required to do so was a level lower.
• Feelin' Fine! There's something about being around Vega that means that those who are in close proximity to her just feel less tired, or a bit less injured. As a result, while Vega is in residence, she finds, for better or worse, that she is rarely ever alone or unable to call on a person for assistance as a reflex as people simply want to be close. Also minor sickness and injuries suffered by settlers heal more quickly with or without medical intervention as a result of her presence at the nightly feasts.
• here Stretching the larder: Winston's input into cooking means that Sweetsong is able to feed it's people while using a lot less produce. This means that, each cycle where Winston is present, Sweetsong will build up a store of products which they can dry etc and which can be prepared for cold or austere times.
• here Fairy friends: While Winston is in residence, there are a lot of Fairies in Sweetsong. This means that they get to interact with the residents and might decide to move in permanently. But beware - Fairies are fickle and mischievous creatures - they can cause a lot of mishaps too!
• here The Loshova brings new life wherever they go. In the cities and towns in which they stay longer than a season, the crops will grow at an unprecedented rate. Life explodes around the Ashan Blessed, following them even into the cold of Cylus. Places they have dwelt longer than a few trials begin to show signs of their passage. Flowers, shoots, vines, and roots grow exponentially in the area closest to where they rest. While this power is muted in the colder months, it is far from absent. Even Tunawa can benefit from this aura, healing their bodies much swifter when in the presence of a Loshova.
• here While Kisaik is in residence, any settler in Sweetsong can consider it a trivial thing to gain a complete analysis of any Flora found around Sweetsong. This does require the Player or NPC to conceivably be able to visit Kisaik in the timeline require to get this analysis, i.e. it does not allow Characters to simply instantly identify plats while wondering around the wilderness.
• here Halcyon Days - While some may rely on wealth or material success in order to mitigate life's misfortunes and sustain their livelihoods, the Daianya brims with optimism that effuses and spreads to their companions, uplifting them even in the midst of one would consider abject poverty. The world regularly seems to drop good fortune and success into their lap. Not only will they enjoy better fortune in their general endeavors, but they will also spread prosperity to all of their neighbors as well. Neighborhoods, where the Daianya resides for more than a season will begin to enjoy a general upgrade in the standards of living, so long as those neighbors have lived there for at least a season as well. Drifters and visitors are not so affected.
  
  They will not need to work as hard or as long in order to achieve a successful result. They will find things are easier in general, lowering the difficulty of tasks by a full skill level. In order to benefit from this effect, one must own residence within the neighborhood and reside there for a full season before the Halcyon Days take effect, or else contribute positively to society in some way.
  
  Criminals and those detracting from the prosperity of a neighborhood are not affected by this skill. At adored this ability affects those who contribute positively toward a society in the neighborhood or town where the Daianya generally resides. At Exalted, it extends to an entire city. At Champion, it extends to an entire region.
• What Would Vega Do? Should a PC or NPC be working under Vega's leadership the benefits from any bonuses from her Leadership skill (Capstones and future Leadership Tier 2 stuff) still happen as though she was there, even if she isn't. PCs (and NPCs) can choose to accept this - and in order for it to work they will need to consider / think about how Vega would deal with the situation / what she would say if she was there. It needs to be either a task Vega has specifically given or a situation where they are operating under her leadership anyhow (so, the people in Sweetsong would - when she was in Storm's Edge, the people there would have, too).
  
  That means that all NPCs who choose to (and, of course all PCs) have access to:
  
  Irritatin' an' Chipper

  Irritatin' an' Chipper
  Vega is aggressively optimistic. Her time in Rharne during the Siege of Storm's Edge taught her that, no matter what, she had to keep up her own sense of optimism. This has allowed her to lead others by example, but specifically by making people happy in whatever task she is leading them in. If Vega is part of a group working to a common goal, then her enthusiasm and optimism mean that people are able to keep going just that bit longer, or perform just that bit better. This has an impact on the outcome of a task - when working together on a task which has a physical product (like rebuilding the walls in Storms Edge) then that outcome will be better than it would otherwise be, while the outcome of more abstract tasks (like exploring) will simply be more efficient.
  
  Mechanically, this means that a physical outcome (like rebuilding the walls) will result in the job will either be finished in half the time, or at one quality level above what would be expected (eg: average will become good. If these criteria aren't in place, it'll need to be story-specific but will follow this format). Which of these outcomes it is will be dependent on whether Vega's pushing people to hurry, or to do their best. For more abstract tasks (eg: exploring) the task will simply be performed to the best capability in half the time.
  
  Approved: here
  Leadin' by example

  During the Siege of Storm's Edge, Vega found herself in a number of positions where she had to make snap decisions and act on them. There were things which needed doing, jobs which had to be done. She has learned that one way to get things done is by the simple expedient of starting them. Rather than tell people what to do, Vega is very much an "in there and doing it" kind of leader. That means that, when she's working in a team - whether she's in an active leadership role or not - her very nature of leading by example, of getting right in there and getting her hands dirty makes people more inclined to do the same. This specifically means that teams work better when Vega is in them. Whether she's crew on a ship or a member of a military unit, they work smarter and harder and get things done. The outcome of this is that the group functions at peak efficiency - resources are used the best they can be, communication is at its best. The longer Vega is part of this team, the more they work like a well-oiled machine and the more efficient they become.
  
  After working in a team once, this capstone starts to take effect. Thereafter, the multitude of tasks which need doing in any group situation get done more quickly and to a higher standard. Mechanically it means that they need less people to do a job than they might otherwise, freeing people up to do other tasks. If building a wall would take five people five days - if Vega is in the team then it'll take less people (maybe 3) to build it in 5 days. All five people would build it in 3 days.
  
  Approved: here
  When in doubt, shout

  
  During her time at Storm's Edge, Vega gave help to anyone she could. The upshot of this is that she learned the importance of asking for - and giving - help. When she is part of a group, Vega's way of being in the group makes it more and more acceptable to ask for help. After working together once, this capstone will begin to take affect - and the more she works with people, the more comfortable they are with asking for, receiving, or offering, help. This means that they work together better, of course, but this capstone is about increasing efficiency. Mechanically it means that, after she's been part of a group and been bossing people about for that time (eg: The Lightning Knights of Storms Edge) for a full season, tasks will be performed at full efficiency in half the time in any task Vega is involved in. If this is combined with another capstone, the quickest it can be is one quarter of the time.
  
  Approved here
• Arboreal Wizardry: The Giving Tree: As long as Kisaik is in residence, when growing or planting a single tree, Sweetsong can count on that one tree as a primary resource for its wood and other resources available from it, for small singular projects (that require less than an entire tree's worth of wood), so long as it's given a season or two to grow from the time it was planted. I.e. Settlers can use these Primary Resources for small projects that would not require an entire tree (or more) to complete. If a project required more than an entire tree, then of course this would still destroy the tree or not be possible. here
• It is Genesis: The Splicing of New Fruits: As long as Kisaik is in residence, his availability for splicing of various plant species has led to a renaissance for cultivation of fruits and veggies and other edible plants. As such, whenever a PC completes a planting of one edible plant, up to two traits from other plants available from settlement resources can be added to it, chosen at the point of review of the settlement request system. here
• here Stretching the larder: Winston's input into cooking means that Sweetsong is able to feed it's people while using a lot less produce. This means that, each cycle where Winston is present, Sweetsong will build up a store of products which they can dry etc and which can be prepared for cold or austere times.
• here Fairy friends: While Winston is in residence, there are a lot of Fairies in Sweetsong. This means that they get to interact with the residents and might decide to move in permanently. But beware - Fairies are fickle and mischievous creatures - they can cause a lot of mishaps too!
• here The Loshova brings new life wherever they go. In the cities and towns in which they stay longer than a season, the crops will grow at an unprecedented rate. Life explodes around the Ashan Blessed, following them even into the cold of Cylus. Places they have dwelt longer than a few trials begin to show signs of their passage. Flowers, shoots, vines, and roots grow exponentially in the area closest to where they rest. While this power is muted in the colder months, it is far from absent. Even Tunawa can benefit from this aura, healing their bodies much swifter when in the presence of a Loshova.
• here While Kisaik is in residence, any settler in Sweetsong can consider it a trivial thing to gain a complete analysis of any Flora found around Sweetsong. This does require the Player or NPC to conceivably be able to visit Kisaik in the timeline require to get this analysis, i.e. it does not allow Characters to simply instantly identify plats while wondering around the wilderness.
• here Halcyon Days - While some may rely on wealth or material success in order to mitigate life's misfortunes and sustain their livelihoods, the Daianya brims with optimism that effuses and spreads to their companions, uplifting them even in the midst of one would consider abject poverty. The world regularly seems to drop good fortune and success into their lap. Not only will they enjoy better fortune in their general endeavors, but they will also spread prosperity to all of their neighbors as well. Neighborhoods, where the Daianya resides for more than a season will begin to enjoy a general upgrade in the standards of living, so long as those neighbors have lived there for at least a season as well. Drifters and visitors are not so affected.
  
  They will not need to work as hard or as long in order to achieve a successful result. They will find things are easier in general, lowering the difficulty of tasks by a full skill level. In order to benefit from this effect, one must own residence within the neighborhood and reside there for a full season before the Halcyon Days take effect, or else contribute positively to society in some way.
  
  Criminals and those detracting from the prosperity of a neighborhood are not affected by this skill. At adored this ability affects those who contribute positively toward a society in the neighborhood or town where the Daianya generally resides. At Exalted, it extends to an entire city. At Champion, it extends to an entire region.

Settlement Locations
Nïtọsï Ẹrẹkẹ(Aka Sweetstone)


Settlement Resources
Ships: Sweetsong has access to four ships

• The Waking Dreamer (Average Schooner belonging to settlement NPCs).
• The Wanderlust (Average Schooner belonging to Vega).
• The Hopeless Dirge - Masterwork ship - Galleon - Full complement of working canons / ranged / siege weapons.
• The Unforgiven - Masterwork ship. Tallship - Partial complement of working canons / ranged / siege weapons. (have taken the option to repair, not take the WP

Regular travel schedule: Sweetsong has a regular shipping schedule to the rest of Scalvoris.
Oasis: Sweetsong has access to an oasis


Settlement Trade-routes
Seasonal Trade with Hopetown

[Sweetsong]

What Does It Mean For Me?

We're really lucky, we have a lot of PCs and a lot of effects going on in Sweetsong. This can be overwhelming, there's so much to read. So, here's a (hopefully) handy list of things that might help you!

Tasks

• irritatin' an' Chipper: Tasks will either be complete in half the time or one quality level above what they otherwise would be.
• Flag of Flibberty : PCs who are working towards the goal of the clan are given more support, more help. Things happen quicker and more efficiently for that reason. PCs who are actively using skills which benefit the "clan" and are doing so with NPCs / PCs of the "clan" - may assume that the task is less difficult and by everything going smoothly and people helping, everything falls together more easily. This allows the task to be easier / a stroke of luck /teamwork to mean that the task is completed in 50% of the time OR to 2 levels higher a standard than they could otherwise achieve. (note this appears in PC Buffs also)
• Leadin' by Example: If Vega is directing a task, she can either complete in less time or with less people.
• Maximizing Context: Vega has an innate understanding of the terrain around Sweetsong. In the event of a hunt or battle, she automatically gains a terrain advantage unless facing troops or individuals trained in the Sweetwine Woods. She also has knowledge of where the best place to set traps is.
• Quality Prey and Maximum Resource: Resources gained from hunting are automatically doubled and are of the highest quality. In the event that such resources are directly sold, they can be sold at the Tier-10 price. Vega has to involved with the hunt for this to take effect.
• When in doubt, shout: Halves the time it takes to complete tasks that Vega is involved in. Can stack with other effects, depending on how Vega performs the task.
• Community Response to Danger: When faced with difficult or dangerous situations, the people of Sweetsong have grown used to working together and helping each other. As a result, uprooting and reforming to face most challenges become a logistically simpler as everyone works seamlessly toward the common goals.
  Systematically this manifests in the following:
  • Logistics +1 Competence when working as a group ~ Large sweeping changes, whether drawn out or unexpected, can be instituted as if the Logistics required to do so was a level lower.
• Feelin' Fine! There's something about being around Vega that means that those who are in close proximity to her just feel less tired, or a bit less injured. As a result, while Vega is in residence, she finds, for better or worse, that she is rarely ever alone or unable to call on a person for assistance as a reflex as people simply want to be close. Also minor sickness and injuries suffered by settlers heal more quickly with or without medical intervention as a result of her presence at the nightly feasts. (also in community)
• here Halcyon Days - While some may rely on wealth or material success in order to mitigate life's misfortunes and sustain their livelihoods, the Daianya brims with optimism that effuses and spreads to their companions, uplifting them even in the midst of one would consider abject poverty. The world regularly seems to drop good fortune and success into their lap. Not only will they enjoy better fortune in their general endeavors, but they will also spread prosperity to all of their neighbors as well. Neighborhoods, where the Daianya resides for more than a season will begin to enjoy a general upgrade in the standards of living, so long as those neighbors have lived there for at least a season as well. Drifters and visitors are not so affected.
  
  They will not need to work as hard or as long in order to achieve a successful result. They will find things are easier in general, lowering the difficulty of tasks by a full skill level. In order to benefit from this effect, one must own residence within the neighborhood and reside there for a full season before the Halcyon Days take effect, or else contribute positively to society in some way.
  
  Criminals and those detracting from the prosperity of a neighborhood are not affected by this skill. At adored this ability affects those who contribute positively toward a society in the neighborhood or town where the Daianya generally resides. At Exalted, it extends to an entire city. At Champion, it extends to an entire region.

Camp

• Bamboo: Camp inhabitants are protected from the weather, and camp can be set up in half the time.
• Sustainable Camp: Sweetsong Wood works in such a way that it is able to maintain excellent levels of animals / prey for hunting all year round. Animals are hunted carefully and while the settlement always has a strong supply, it never threatens the population level of the animals.
• Enhanced Growth I: The Ojogbon tree merged with the Diri of growth - plants will grow much more easily in Sweetsong and at a much faster rate. This will mean that, as long as the settlement has appropriate crops and gardens, they'll be able to produce excellent harvests and easily grow an abundance of food. It's a passive ability to allow plants to grow even in unfavorable conditions wherever they're planted, when planted within the orbit of the tree.
• Enhanced Growth II: The oasis enhanced growth of plant life - Sweetsong has a lot of enhancements to growth and will get an excellent harvest of any and all farmed or grown produce.
• here While Kisaik is in residence, any settler in Sweetsong can consider it a trivial thing to gain a complete analysis of any Flora found around Sweetsong. This does require the Player or NPC to conceivably be able to visit Kisaik in the timeline require to get this analysis, i.e. it does not allow Characters to simply instantly identify plats while wondering around the wilderness. (also in community and PC Buffs)
• here The Loshova brings new life wherever they go. In the cities and towns in which they stay longer than a season, the crops will grow at an unprecedented rate. Life explodes around the Ashan Blessed, following them even into the cold of Cylus. Places they have dwelt longer than a few trials begin to show signs of their passage. Flowers, shoots, vines, and roots grow exponentially in the area closest to where they rest. While this power is muted in the colder months, it is far from absent. Even Tunawa can benefit from this aura, healing their bodies much swifter when in the presence of a Loshova. (also in Community)

Community

• Flag of Flibberty: The ability is able to affect an area roughly a mile from the flag itself. It creates a sense of community cohesion and a feeling of determination and hopefulness. It does more than negate fear, it promotes positivity and gives people a deepened sense of "clan" identity. The impact on those in the area is that they have a shared sense of identity, of community, and they work together better. There is less conflict, more co-operation and people are, basically, happier, more hopeful and getting on better.
• Dweebs Stupid Moments III- Pumpernickels: Friendships and a sense of community develop more quickly among the people of Sweetsong. People are more willing to work together, even new arrivals.
• Community Response to Danger: When faced with difficult or dangerous situations, the people of Sweetsong have grown used to working together and helping each other. As a result, uprooting and reforming to face most challenges become a logistically simpler as everyone works seamlessly toward the common goals.
  Systematically this manifests in the following:
  • 10% Protected population ~ During general disasters and strife, the settlement tackles situations with high efficiency and an eye towards the 'common good'. This means that, even without direct intervention by others, up to 15% of settler population is protected from critical harm, and anything that doesn't rise above that threshold doesn't permanently affect it.
    Note: This percentage can be increased as further measures are developed to tackle adversity.
  • Logistics +1 Competence when working as a group ~ Large sweeping changes, whether drawn out or unexpected, can be instituted as if the Logistics required to do so was a level lower.
• Feelin' Fine! There's something about being around Vega that means that those who are in close proximity to her just feel less tired, or a bit less injured. As a result, while Vega is in residence, she finds, for better or worse, that she is rarely ever alone or unable to call on a person for assistance as a reflex as people simply want to be close. Also minor sickness and injuries suffered by settlers heal more quickly with or without medical intervention as a result of her presence at the nightly feasts.
• here Stretching the larder: Winston's input into cooking means that Sweetsong is able to feed it's people while using a lot less produce. This means that, each cycle where Winston is present, Sweetsong will build up a store of products which they can dry etc and which can be prepared for cold or austere times.
• here Fairy friends: While Winston is in residence, there are a lot of Fairies in Sweetsong. This means that they get to interact with the residents and might decide to move in permanently. But beware - Fairies are fickle and mischievous creatures - they can cause a lot of mishaps too!
• here The Loshova brings new life wherever they go. In the cities and towns in which they stay longer than a season, the crops will grow at an unprecedented rate. Life explodes around the Ashan Blessed, following them even into the cold of Cylus. Places they have dwelt longer than a few trials begin to show signs of their passage. Flowers, shoots, vines, and roots grow exponentially in the area closest to where they rest. While this power is muted in the colder months, it is far from absent. Even Tunawa can benefit from this aura, healing their bodies much swifter when in the presence of a Loshova. (also in tasks)
• here While Kisaik is in residence, any settler in Sweetsong can consider it a trivial thing to gain a complete analysis of any Flora found around Sweetsong. This does require the Player or NPC to conceivably be able to visit Kisaik in the timeline require to get this analysis, i.e. it does not allow Characters to simply instantly identify plats while wondering around the wilderness. (also in tasks and PC buffs)

NPC Buffs

• Flag of Flibberty: NPCs: Learn and develop skills more quickly. In the case of personal NPCs, once they have met the criteria for skill improvement, rather than 10 points per season, they gain 15. City NPCs who are used in the same way (2 x threads per season) may also be improved in this way, with moderator approval.

PC Buffs

• Flag of Flibberty: PCs who are working towards the goal of the clan are given more support, more help. Things happen quicker and more efficiently for that reason. PCs who are actively using skills which benefit the "clan" and are doing so with NPCs / PCs of the "clan" - may assume that the task is less difficult and by everything going smoothly and people helping, everything falls together more easily. This allows the task to be easier / a stroke of luck /teamwork to mean that the task is completed in 50% of the time OR to 2 levels higher a standard than they could otherwise achieve. (note this appears in "Tasks" also)
• here While Kisaik is in residence, any settler in Sweetsong can consider it a trivial thing to gain a complete analysis of any Flora found around Sweetsong. This does require the Player or NPC to conceivably be able to visit Kisaik in the timeline require to get this analysis, i.e. it does not allow Characters to simply instantly identify plats while wondering around the wilderness.(also in Tasks and Community)

Also!

• Pilgrim Hobby: After a certain ferret's efforts to impress the fairies, no fairies actually move into Sweetsong, but around the outskirts of the settlement, a certain unique fairy wanders all around. If anyone - without intent to harm - wishes to visit Sweetsong, he will eagerly point the way for them, using such pithy fairy exclamations as Rabbledonks! and calling those who look for the way to Sweetsong 'Pilgrim'. The fairy's name is Hobby, his wings seem made of burlap sack cloth, and he holds a tiny bindle-stick. Mechanically this makes it less likely for one to lose their way around Sweetsong long as they're seeking Sweetsong within the Sweetwine Woods.
• Vindecaldra's Foundry: Vega can produce any metal within her wealth tier, up to uncommon metals. Rare metals need to be discovered in a thread before they can be considered a resource.

Last Updated: 10th June 2023.