March 8th, 2012

Wow, Helovia's nearly a month old! Seems like only yesterday we were still fighting with coding.... maybe that was still yesterday.


OUT OF CHARACTER UPDATES
-- All magic or magical items must be updated in the updates board. If it is not on the Character Record page, then the magic or item does not count towards roleplays.
- If you've joined with magic or brought a character over from Isilme, please post in the Crossover and Joining thread in the updates board.

-- Joining magic will be ending Saturday, March 17th.

-- Helovia's first contest, creating images of the lands will be ending this month on Monday, March 26th! So be sure to get your entries in sooner than later. Prizes are now listed up on the thread.

-- Helovia's first sitewide plot is about a religious group, the Order of the Sun, trying to convert everyone to the belief that the Sun is the only god and vanquish worship of the moon and the earth gods. The Order is going to start off nice, but eventually they plan to consume all of Helovia with their beliefs, and to chase away anyone who's questing at the Veins of the Gods if it isn't for fire or light magic. Eventually the God of the Moon will get wind of this and help her own followers organize themselves and ruin the Order.

• The Order has a lot of fun, crazy customs!
  
• If you join the Order, your character will get the ability to turn their mane and tail into burn-less fire. They'll also get to pick out an Order name, one revolving around light or fire.
  
• Don't have a character that fits the Order? There's lots of available adoptables, or you could create your own new character for them! Because there will be an end to this plot, the character could always be a temporary one for you.
  
• Have a character that fits better with the Moon? Awesome, the Moon will eventually get her own group gathered, but not for a few months, and in the mean time the Order needs to become powerful enough that it's worth taking down, muahaha.

-- We are now in the second half of the Frostfall season, so next month with bring Birdsong as well as a magic slot and hybrid slot, so be on the look out for those! You can expect another companion and magic drop some point this month.

-- Character of the Month and Herd Champion will be running this month! Right now you can nominate characters for CotM, then vote on them starting the 27th.

-- Helovia's trading rules will be finished this month and start being used in the game next month. So leaders, be sure you plan accordingly!

-- Helovia will be moving to it's own domain and better system in the near future. We've already begun to work on that, but we're not sure of the exact move date yet. We'll be sure to give you updates as we have them. Just remember to save all your html tables, as the new site will be html enabled.


IN CHARACTER UPDATES

-- A kitten companion was dropped in the World's Edge. The tiger cub went to Prometheus, and they're now happily bonded.

-- The God of the Sun waited in the Dragon's Throat to bless someone with magic, choosing the young colt Aaron who wanted the ability to make his foes think they were on fire.

-- Healers for the herds were chosen:

• Onni of the Dragon's Throat
  
• Poppy of the Windtossed Foothills
  
• d'Artagnan of the World's Edge

-- Leaders for the herds were chosen:

• Ra of the Dragon's Throat
  
• Gossamer of the Windtossed Foothills
  
• Mauja of the World's Edge

Remember leaders have complete control over how their herd is organized and run, and already we've begun to see some differences between the three herds. Check out the info bar with the ranks, rules, updates and alliances inside each of the herd lands. For a quick glance:

-- Dragon's Throat permits all species and auto-joining, but is religious to the Sun god and discriminates against darker color coats, as they are like moon god disciples.
-- Windtossed Foothills permits all species, but new members must be accepted by a herd member. There is a justice system and stress on the Helovia economy.
-- World's Edge is only accepting unicorns and is interested in taking over the other herd lands and wiping out all other species.

If you are a leader, remember you may pick a legendary status, a rank ability from any class (or make your own), and should write up your own rules and rank duties.


-- If you join a herd you should be PMed the password to that herd's private board. Sometimes admin forget however, so if you don't have the password be sure to let an admin know!