February Summary 2011

Hello everyone,

It is once again time for the monthly newsletter from Winds of Fury RPG Forum, your (hopefully) favourite place to RP Dragonriders of Pern. Although February was a little shorter month we are still committed to pass on all the fun stuff happening on the forum, out of character and in character.

OOC News.

(Image by Jill Bauman)

In February Tikka, katemac and Firecat joined us. We welcome you aboard and hope you'll have a lot of fun with us. Any great ideas, comments, concepts for new characters are always welcome not only for these guys but also those of you already members of old!

As the first issue of OOC news, SRness has been pushing for a spring cleaning on the forum. So Archives sub-forum was added, for old and finished character searches, plot and RP requests, announcements, whatnot.

She also placed two very handy topics into the Records Room: 1) Upcoming events of things about to happen in the future that you, too, can add to by entering your events that you want people to take part of. Say your character has a birthday coming up, another's green dragon is rising, whatever finds your fancy! So take advantage of it. 2) Ongoing events of things happening right now, relative to our timeline. Like with upcoming events, you can also update the ongoing events topic with an event of your own so do so and have fun with it.

Also the ever so popular Drudge Report(the Enkalan Drudge Grapevine) has been moved there and is now officially a part of our in character play. Want to share juicy gossip about your own character or someone else's? Pick up a drudge and have them tell it as it is! You can find the DR here

Our activity check has finished. Everyone not responding to it has had their characters set inactive. While it's incredibly sad, never fear! You may have them revived by returning and simply asking either myself or SRness to make the necessary changes for you. Remember, we don't want to lose good players and characters and would love to have any that have been set inactive back so if you have any doubts of our willingness to do so, don't! We'd be happy to. The activity checks are good for counting our chicks in order to plan for the next part of Enkalan story.

There has also been some discussion about the timeline and how we should move our time ICly forward. Please feel free to chime in at http://www.dancingshadows.net/Windfury/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=979

Also, SRness solved the cake vs pie problem. Read all about it here: http://www.dancingshadows.net/Windfury/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=961 It's pure magic.

IC News.


(Image by frisket17)

The following lovely characters were created in February: Aering and Arya. A Journeywoman Harper and a Green Weyrling! A good harvest if I say so myself and... I really shouldn't be saying it like this...

As the highly anticipated Valentine's Day event approached, the veil was lifted from what this event was to be and many were surprised! It was a Bad Dream scenario, an alternate universe to our alternate universe game where all the pairings and all the singles(that signed up) were fixed up in the wrong way and completely differently and all according to the evil admin's wicked designs. Valentine Day's events' scenes are all marked with [VD] in title for easy spotting so when you read them... it's really a bad dream someone's having. Or maybe a good dream, depending on their situation in their present timeline. I hope this gives people ideas, inspires them and quite possibly encourages more love into the air at Enkala Weyr!

Winter is tough for the Weyr and it lasts a long time - from the middle of the 11th Month into the 3rd. But now some sunshine is finally seen and all those shivering Istans may hope for the spring to arrive soon. They simply haven't embraced the Enkalan way of spending the winter yet *winks*

Now to get your thoughts out of the gutter, is our traditional question and answers column with Uncle T, this time, who has taken the time off his busy schedule of... well, whatever he was doing and answered a troubled greenrider.

"Dear Uncle T, I really want a baby, but I also want to make a career in this Weyr. Career of baby... what do I do?

Love,
Torn Greenrider."

Torn Female Greenrider,
Consider this: If dragonriders didn't have children before careers who will the next generation of Dragons impress? We simply can't rely on sole holdbred stock for candidates. So with eye on the future of the Weyr, everyone can benefit from you having a child. There are other people, MEN, who can make the careers the Weyr needs.
Do your duty and don't feel bad about,
Uncle T.

As a last note and a bit of a heads up to everyone: In the 3rd Month there will be a Gather held in Enkala Weyr's Gathering Hall(it is still too cold outside) to celebrate the founding of Enkala Hold so don't miss the festivities and take part of the fun. When Enkala Hold will actually be finished and opened is still a mystery but those Holders, they can surprise you like this. One day there is nothing and the next... a whole new Hold in the shadow of the troublemaker Weyr!

Thank you for reading and I hope to see you all on Winds of Fury Forum.

January Summary 2011

Greetings and salutations!



Happy New Year/Turn! In case you’re wondering what in the world I am talking about, the Newsletter is for the Month of January and First Month of 1758 IC-wise. So there we go, a little late as it is, we still wish you the best experience and fun and happiness in the coming Year/Turn. Gifts for the Weyrfolk can be found on the corner table of the Gathering Hall, don’t eat/drink/spend it all at once.


OOC News:


The following members are new from January 2011: Nyrian, Swift and WitchesRayvyn.
Welcome to you all and I hope you’ll have fun on Winds of Fury. As always, plots, open scenes, questions both IC and OOC can be directed at myself or SRness or any member currently online so don’t be shy and do check in and RP with us.

As you may have noticed, it’s been a little quiet on the board. I’d like to say it was because we were still recovering from SR’s birthday bash and turn of the year but obviously much more than that kept us busy. However, WoF will press on and new scenes and plots are incoming so stay tuned.

As a huuuuuuuuugely belated 3000th post present I gave everyone another character slot. In light of the planned (possible) opening of Enkala Hold. Of course, that doesn’t mean you have to save it for that but it is a free tip for a character idea.

I’d like to draw your attention to the Suggestion Box where you can leave your suggestions and comments on how to improve our little forum. Please don’t be shy and we in turn, promise to take every suggestion seriously. Thank you in advance!

It’s time to count our chicks. That means we’re having an activity check. Please goto http://dancingshadows.net/Windfury/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=904 and follow the simple instructions. Please note that everyone who does not reply will automatically be considered inactive. Don’t let it come to that :(

A bit of a heads up: The Valentine’s Day special is about to be revealed so everyone who signed their character’s up, check it out. It is also still possible to register a character to the fun. Here’s the information thread: http://dancingshadows.net/Windfury/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=860

IC News:



Winters are a time of contemplation and cuddling up with your weyrmate or someone who wishes to be your weyrmate. So while Enkalans were busy with that, not much action as such happened. Scenes were of a more comfortable and conversational kind instead of the usual activity. Lets see what the drudges say.

“I sure hope the Weyrleaders aren’t going to let this poisoning thing
slide…”
“Oh! I know who it was. It’s that shifty-looking weyrguard that always
looks like there’s a pimple on his behind.”
“You fool, he just arrived in the 12th Month!”
“Err… Right. Then T’khor better get to the bottom of this.”

---

“I heard the Weyrwoman has her weyrmate tied to the bed so he would heal
completely from the sickness.”
“Maybe it isn’t just to heal…?”
“You dirty bugger!”
“What? All I’m saying is that Seren’s a pretty lady and she makes a lot of
pie these days…”

---

“… but he’s already thirty, he probably has more brats running about the
Weyr...”
“What are you two talking about again?”
“Oh, you know. That Wingleader J’cob. His stand in, Serafina is pregnant
and Marlena said it’s his.”
“Really? I thought he was hot for our Verinika?”
“Well, I heard there’s that greenrider, G’nys…”
“My, what a busy man he is.”

---

“I swear, this is the fifth time in three months that I see the Master
Miner at Enkala. What are they planning?”
“Maere said there might be a Mine or even a Hold being planned nearby and
the Master Miner is surveying the resources.”
“She didn’t exactly say that. She said it’s possible there is some sort of
bog… stuff in the marshes.”
“Real smooth, buddy…”

This was but a few snippets from the corridors of the Weyr. It’s by far not all there is but first, this must happen ICly. If your character is stuck and can’t find a place to play in, there is an Open scenes topic to help you with it. The topic can be found here: http://dancingshadows.net/Windfury/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=879 If you have made an open scene that isn’t posted there, please PM Nyaare or SRness with the link to it. And of course, these scenes listed there are all free to join if your character can find a reason to be in the specified location and you have a desire to post there. Hopefully it’ll help!

Although no characters were added to the roster this January, I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you of the forsaken characters left in the registration. Maybe we can work out some way to make them work so that you can finish them up and join in the RP? Both admins and the enthusiast plotters on the site are more than happy to help with this. These are the characters waiting for their writers to pretty them up: Karia, Tula, N’rian.

Last but not least, it’s time for our column! This time we have the “Ask Your Harper” column that should help people with relationship challenges ahead. Catch the glimpse of it on the door of the Gathering Hall quickly before the Weyrwoman tears it down again!

„Dear Aunt Finnabelle,

I met a boy recently and he's really charming and understanding. He knew
exactly how I felt about my past love (Blue Healer). It seems too good to
be true. Is he genuine or just a charmer?

~ Insecure Greenie

Dear Insecure Greenie,

You should know one thing about men: They are always, always genuine when
it comes to a girl's feelings. The problems occur when the girl starts to
assume too much from a relationship. That's not to say they don't want you
to jump in with them, because their feelings run deep and true and your
insecurities could seriously reject him and damage your chances...

Good luck with your boy!

~ Aunty Finnabelle„

Ohhh dear. Well that’s it for this time. It’s a little late but it’s a
whole lot of fun to read(I hope!). Please check into Winds of Fury forum
for more information, RP and random gutter talk in the chatbox.

Staff of Winds of Fury RPG forum

NB! As always, this newsletter will also be posted on the WoF Blog at http://windsoffury.blogspot.com/ with pretty pictures and links so check it
out!

December 2010 Summary

Hey everyone,

First and foremost, apologies for the very late newsletter. The turn of the year has passed in a daze and we’re only now getting back onto the saddle(not SR though, she’s born in the saddle and everything). The December Newsletter is therefore slightly shorter and to the point than usual and to execute it properly, we are using the ever so effective BULLET POINT method! So, enjoy <3


OOC(Out of Character) News:

• The following people joined Winds of Fury in December, 2010: Spool, Turtle, Renna, Aello, cada, altair. Please be welcome and enjoy yourselves!
• Biggest Out of Character news and event were the holidays, naturally. We hope everyone had a great Christmas/Hanukkah/whatnot and a very pleasant New Year’s Eve.
• Connected to the previous point is our gifts topic that was open most of December. Thank you, everyone, for posting there and coming up with the most incredible and wonderfully creative presents for both players and characters! The topic itself is here and since it was such a hit, we are going to open a Gifts corner topic that will stay around all the year through for people to post their creative little gifts in.
• We had a Scene of the Month voting. It was for the 11th Month’s scenes but since the voting went into December, we can only announce the winner now. The winner of the Scene of the 11th Month is the scene "What Have I Gotten Myself Into" with the Liberated Holder Maere and the teddybear Weyrlingmaster M'vari. Read it here.
• Last but not least, HAPPY NEW YEAR WoFers! It’s great to have you, hopefully we’ll see many turn of years in the future.


IC(In Character) News:

• In December, the following characters were created: K'mos, L'orm, Shanoa, Renna Myari, Itamar, Catas and S'tola. Have fun playing them.
• Plot-wise, the following events had more of an influence than the great many more personal scenes that were played out.
• The healers finally discovered that the source of the illness came from contaminated water supply. How the 'poison' got into the well remains unknown.
• Enkalan Headwoman Ava succumbed to the sickness in the beginning of the 12th Month. Even though the reason for the illness was found out by then, it was too late for her. The new Headwoman is Marlena(Adoptable NPC).
• There was a fire in the Weyrling Barracks... again. Weyrlingmaster slightly balder once more.
• After the conclusion of the sickness plot, the Istan Wing rumoured to be transferring to Enkala Weyr, finally arrived and was divided into different Wings. This came along with the re-shuffling and changing of every Wing there was in Enkala.
• A restriction for hunting in the Weyr's feeding grounds and from the sick herdbeasts was placed upon all Wings due to the herdbeasts still containing the poison.
• Turn's End came with a very small celebration. All things considered that was fitting.

See you next time, same dragon channel, same dragon time! And remember - you make this news, not us. This all has happened thanks to you so keep playing!

Nya and SR.

November 2010 Summary

Hello hello,

It's that time again that we're going to check into our mailboxes and find within the Winds of Fury RPG forum newsletter with everything or at least some hint on what's been happening on the forum. Of course, as always, we do prefer it when people actually check in the forum itself and take part of all the happenings but we're not blaming anyone for being busy, for having a real life or whatever it may be that is keeping you from joining in on our fantastic RP.

With the end of the year coming, we have plenty to look back upon but we won't just yet. I'll leave it to our highly festive December issue. Just so now you have a taste of things to come, ha! Thankfully there is plenty to report from November(11th Month) as well so there is no worries at all that we would be running low on things to write about.

Out of Character News:

As tradition goes, the first and foremost Out of Character business is to welcome our newest additions. In November we gained two wonderful and active members. Please welcome to Winds of Fury Scribraven(Scribby!) and Evan. Both have created characters and set them loose onto the RP area so special kudos on that! We hope that you continue enjoying our forum and have a lot of fun roleplaying with us. We have certainly enjoyed your company so thanks for that :)

Last month's end saw the initiation of our activity check. We appreciate your activity and letting us know where we stand and in addition to now finished check, please remember that when you have any sort of problem or questions or comments, both myself and SRness are always happy to help and find solutions to whatever might be bothering you. It is not to say that we only get complaints - in fact I'm happily reporting so many satisfied customers so to speak and great feedback from our ever so lovely members. It's truly heart-warming and inspiring.

With your help, we have re-gained our position in the Pern Topsites listing and are about to take the 5th place! Go us! As always, keep clicking for your clicks help other Pern enthusiasts find us and come RP with us.

In addition to SRness' challenge involving most wonderfully hilarious quotes and phrases put into in character posts, I am about to post another challenge, this time an Out of Character one. But you'll have to check out the forums to see that one, I'm not telling just yet but I will say that as a result of it, we are all going to be winners.

As a last point of out of character interest, I would like to draw your attention to our gifts corner where you can go and drop all your presents to show a fellow WoFian your appreciation. It will be open all month and if it is to become a popular practice, I'm not against keeping it open for the future as well! So get to wrapping those pretty gifts of yours.

In Character News:

The following absolutely brilliant characters were created in the month of November: Fin(gall), Maere, Quirra, Rylan, Holly, B'xan, Ar'tel, N'van, E'mris, Gl'win and I'nora. 4 of them were Weyrlings, too! All these characters have settled in already and can be seen in various scenes all over the In Character forums. It's got to be one of our busiest months since the beginning. Cheers for that!

However, ICly the month has been tough on our Enkalans. Not only has the weather gone rubbish as it usually does in their part of Pern in the final months of the Turn, the sickness that was considered a mild case of flu, has been reaping lives left and right all through this cold, dark and damp month. It has reached every person, if not making them ill as well then touching someone close to them. Important characters like T'khor, Ava and J'cob have been ill but A'reus, Setsuna and E'rosen were stricken too. You know... the little people...But they seem to be recovering now. The death toll among the Lower Caverns folk is still unknown but it is known that among the riders, twenty-one have been lost, including L'sio, J'nas, H'kiah, H'ren, N'ris... Gavanth would like to point out he also had a stomach ache, poor worm... Thankfully your courageous if a little short-handed and slow healers have been working on finding the cure and are making great progress! Together we will get through this terrible time.

In addition, the rumours have been confirmed! A whole Istan Wing has asked to be transferred to Enkala Weyr! Of course, that was before the sickness so some of them may yet reconsider whether they want to put themselves in danger. But it is known - the drudge's aunt told her friend in the weyrguard station and he passed it onto the kitchen staff and Faranth knows where it went from there - that at least twenty new dragons are going to show up at the Weyr by the end of the Turn, assuming the healers solve the sickness mystery. This transfer has been a cause of great fights between the Weyrleaders - maybe that's why T'khor got ill? He always was too involved in his arguments - but by now they seem to have faded and an uncertain truce have been struck to nurture the bronzerider back to health.

At the end of the 12th Month there is going to be a Turn's End celebration. Despite everything going on the Weyrwoman declared that a feast was just the kind of a thing to cheer people up after such a rough month. Hopefully the difficulties are now behind them and the final month of 1757 will be peaceful and pleasant.

****

New this time! Ask Uncle T. The question was found from among the Weyrfolk anonymously and the answer written down before he could forget.

"Dear Uncle T, As of late my weyrmate has been acting strange. She's been avoiding me and the only times I see her is waking up next to her in the middle of the night. She says she doesn't want to have sex with me anymore, not even when it's cold. What do I do? - Frustrated Bluerider"

"Bluerider, She's probably just pregnant. Have K'rel take a look and then decide whether you want to spend the next 9 months waiting on her beck and call. If not, catch yourself a new green in the next green flight. I hear that Liath is rising... Best of luck."

~*~* The End *~*~

October Summary 2010

Yo WoF! It’s DJ SR inda house! …Yeah okay, I really can’t pull that off, so here goes with a bit better grammar. Bear with me, it’s my first newsletter EVAR. It’ll be less refined than Nyaare’s previous letters, but that’s all good, right?

Right, so I’m just going to start and follow Nyaare’s set up and kick this thing off…

Oh but first, happy 2100th post everyone! Great job and I hope you all enjoy that extra character slot for some of the upcoming plots and events. Read on to see what I’m on about. *mysterious hand gesture*

OOC News

October has come and gone and a lot of major events happened at Enkala Weyr this month. But first things first, I’d like a really hot Enkala welcome for Jaaaacen! Jacen is our newest member, enjoys long walks on the beach, hot chocolate, candle light dinners…
Jacen has come to reinforce our awesome and is doing a kick ass job of it so far. We’re glad to have you Jacen.

Secondly I would like to point out to everyone that we are having a small activity check. It’s on the top of every forum you click, but if that’s not easy enough for you I’ll give you an easy click right HERE. Service, huh? Just follow the instructions and that is all, no hoops to jump through.

Lastly I would like to point out that I posted the first SRian challenge. SRian challenges are full of crack and crazy, be sure t check it out. For those of us who get commonly lost in the forums (yours truly included) here is a link.

October was the month of the great depression when it came to clicks. Some of you may have been witness to my laments on the chat about the sabotage we suffered! Well, I can’t yet proof that it was sabotage but my time will come… Winds of Fury was making an awesome ascend through the rank of the Pern Topsite Listing (the horrid purple page of doom), we were awesome! We were in fifth place! Then one day as we all went to make our religious click there, the server was offline.

Nyaare and I held our hearts, but it was to no avail as the whole server had crashed and had to be rebooted from a back up. This back up turned out to be more than a month old, so all our September clicks? Gone! We were set back to something ridiculous like 24th place! For shame, right? Well anyway, after the rage subsided we all double our efforts and today we once again broke onto the first page! Keep on clicking, they may take our clicks, but they will never break our spirit!

… It’s a good thing we broke onto the first page too or I’d have had nothing to fill up this OOC news with. So onwards, to the IC news, the real fun stuff!

In character news!

Awesome members don’t just show up without awesome characters and Jacen delivers us a M’rman, the lovable search rider with a love for pie! Also increasing her awesome levels (yes, gender has been established at last!) was Frangipani, and her awesome now also comes in the form or M’vari the Terrible Teddybear. M’vari is an ex-retire now turned Weyrlingmaster and he should have Weyrling lessons up soon, so keep your eyes peeled weyrlings, you don’t want to be late.

The Weyrlingmaster was perfectly timed – and Nya and I did NOTHING to pressure Frangi whatsoever, -- because we have honest to Faranth Weyrlings now. Talmeths’ second clutch hatched in a flurry of emotions and surprises. The Weyrleader pair couldn’t have been happier about the turn out.

Enkala Weyr proudly presents the following new dragonriders:

Kiera of Enkala Weyr and her Green Trinath
Sk’lar (Skylar) of Enkala Weyr and his Green Viorith
Nyanko of Enkala Weyr and her Green Sabriiath
Journeyman Harper Setsuna and her Green Pluth

All other weyrlings and their respective dragons will be NPCs until people fill up the slots, so if you missed the hatching, don’t be upset, just join a weyrling! All colours are still available to everyone.

The Hatching and the following feast were a great success and everyone drank, sang songs and was merry. Of course to all good things comes an end and with the breaking of dawn there were serious matters to attend to. No matter how lovable the Weyrleader is, the Holds can’t seem to get the hang of his charm. Having taken two candidates from their homes without permission from their respective guardians the Weyr has once again crossed the Holds surrounding Enkala and trouble is brewing.

To make matters worse a strange epidemic is sweeping through Enkala, no more than a day after the Hatching it claimed its first victim in the form of a Green Rider, H’ren. His dragon jumped between shortly after his passing. The symptoms of the disease seem as innocent as a simple stomach bug or a mild case of food poisoning. People start feeling under the weather, with head aches and stomach aches, throwing up is a common occurrence and the Headwoman urges everyone to drink plenty of water and juice should they find themselves thusly sick to prevent dehydration!

As has been mentioned throughout the game the Masterminer of Pern is surveying the marshes and swamps adjacent to Enkala and there is rumour of the founding of a new hold. Enkala Hold will be founded sooner rather than later and more Hold folk will be frequenting the Weyr with such proximity to it. Perhaps one of these could take up that fourth character slot?

Last but not least there is a much more disturbing rumour going around about Enkala slowly turning into Ista Weyr. Weyrwoman Seren herself comes from Ista and now there’s mention of more Istans coming to Enkala! Just what are those Istans playing at?
These very same Istans will also be available for play toward the end of November, so if you wish to play one, you will have to sit on that character slot for a little while longer!

Disclaimer: Image by Stephanie Pui-Min Law

=The End=

September Summary 2010

Greetings once more!




With daily activity, the month flew by. Although many have been busy with
school, work or other things, Winds of Fury has now been running for five
months and is going strong. There are scenes happening everywhere and new
characters joining into the fun. From the day the new Gold arrived at
Enkala to stir things up until this day when the Hatching of her Clutch is
in full swing, the Weyr has seen quite a lot of action. Let me tell you -
we are just getting started! With the Hatching celebration coming up and
the new Weyrlings settling into their new lives, there also comes a more
sinister plot that concerns everyone in Enkala! Keep your eyes peeled and
enjoy your time on our little forum!

~*~ Out of Character(OOC) ~*~

September saw the following new players on Winds of Fury: Bahiti, Melissa
and Frangipani. Welcome, guys, it's great to have you. Don't hesitate to
contact people for plots, general open RP or anything you want to know,
comment, ask about on the forum. There is already another plot coming up
after the Hatching to jump into, so feel free to get involved in it. More
about that, however, in the In Characters news..

I have a few OOC news this month. First is more of a call-out to all of you
who have created your characters and placed them in Enkala Weyr or those of
you who haven't yet but have been considering it. Forum RPGs are nothing
without members and characters so do come around, play with us and add your
story to the pile of histories and drama going on. Besides myself, SRness
is also able to set up, review and give absolutely brilliant feedback,
suggestions and comments on character concepts. There's an adoptable list
with fantastic pre-made characters to pick up - they're mainly set up with
bare minimums so that players could take them and make them their very own,
something they want the characters to be. For most of the adoptables, the
only thing that is pre-determined is name, age, dragon and position. Since
most of them are riders of rank(Wingleader, Wingsecond etc), it's a given
really. That said any character mentioned in the Weyr Records Book in
Weyrwoman's Quarters with a mark of it being an NPC is adoptable and be
chosen to be played. So think on it, discuss with us, see what you can up
with. Your character can make all the difference!

In September, there were two birthdays. One was mine so move along... the
other was Desh's! Happy birthday in a belated but still very cuddly and
loving way, Desh! *hands over a handful of wild-flowers and hopes Desh
doesn't have any allergies*



Lastly, a little note about your daily clicks. At the bottom of the forum's
front page are two important buttons I've mentioned before. One is for
RPG-D Fandom Topsites and the other for Pern Topsites. You can click those
daily so go ahead and do it! Thanks to all of our help and activity, Winds
of Fury is now among the Top 10 Pern sites! Well done, guys and keep
rocking!

~*~ In Character(IC) ~*~

The following new characters were added in September: L'vin and Graehym. A
much needed greenrider for the newly opened Gray Wing and another Healer to
lighten the burden of the current ones who are also needing to do their
duty as dragonriders! Considering the newest plot will make most of the
Weyr sick, it is also a very well timed appearance!

As mentioned, the newest Wing to open for characters is the Gray Wing. Once
the laughing stock of the whole Weyr with its lazy and out of control
riders, the Gray has been shaken up by the transfer of most of it's riders
into different Wings, replacement of it's Wingleader and Wingsecond and has
been making slow but sure progress with new and fresh blood from various
other Wings. For the time being, all new dragonrider characters created
will join the Gray Wing by default unless requested particularly. The new
Wingleader is M'kailo(Played by Jana) and the Wingsecond S'meil is an
adoptable NPC, a young, feisty brownrider hell bent on proving his worth.

That said, the Red Wing is also in search of a Wingsecond. While the
Wingleader gets things done just fine, it isn't really plausible that he
would keep it up forever. So when you have a bronze- or brownrider idea
floating around in your head and feel like up to the challenge, contact
J'cob(Played by Nyaare) and it can be arranged.

As another wanted ad, Enkala Weyr is in dire need of a Weyrlingmaster.
While it could be any (elderly) bronzerider, browns and blues are also
considered given that they are not in their first youth anymore and have
considerable experience in dragonriding and how things are ran in Enkala
Weyr. For more information, contact the Weyrleader, T'khor(Played by
SRness). Please, would you think of the children!

Following a successful Clutching in the previous month, the end of
September saw the beginning of Hatching of Talmeth's Second Clutch. 37 eggs
were laid on the Sands and the scene is still going strong so if you have
an idea for a Candidate/Weyrling, check out the Hatching information, set
up your concept and send Nyaare the dragon information for your desired
Impression. There are plenty of greens, blues and browns, even a few
bronzes available still so get them while they're hot! That said, the
Weyrling positions have been opened up for those of you who rather would
just go straight into Weyrlinghood without making it to the Hatching.

Following after the Hatching and Hatching Celebration that will begin after
the Hatching scene is done, a new and darker plot develops. Herdbeasts have
been getting sick and the beastcrafters have no idea why. And as if that
wasn't enough, some Weyrfolk, even riders have been feeling under the
weather recently as well. What might be going on? Join in and find out as
the storyline continues to unravel. This is certainly a plot everyone can
take part of.

Well, this is it. News are exhausted but surely there have been a lot more
than that going on so you best come and check it out yourself.

Clear Skies!

August Summary 2010

Hello there!

I am sorry for this being a few days late but here it is! The fourth volume in the monthly summary into the exciting life at Winds of Fury Pern RPG forum! As always, best way to get up to date information on what’s going on, is to check it out yourself by logging in and reading up at the source of the wealth. But here are the snippets nonetheless!

~*~ Out of Character(OOC) ~*~

In August we gained the following new members: Anima, Sparkle, Delirium and Skye. Some of them have already found their spots and created their characters, I hope that you can come up with awesome concepts that will be fun to roleplay with and as. If you’re stuck, never be shy to contact either me(Nyaare) or SRness for ideas or post in Character plot forum to get the general public’s opinions.

I know usually in these little summaries, I report our advance toward some sort of post count goal. Well, not this time! We post at our own pace and are having fun just like that. That said, I will tell you there is a lovely surprise for all of us waiting once we get to our 2000th post.

The main OOC news involves the addition to the staff team. Please welcome or woe her name as SRness takes up a space in the Drudge’s Quarters, becoming the first content Mod in the game. She will be welcoming, reviewing and accepting new characters, modding the forums, doing some challenges and advertising if she gets the time.

Speaking of advertising, as you might have noticed, we now have an active advertising forum. It’s guest friendly and is available for anyone promoting their forum. The general point of the board is to link games so they would be easy to find when you want something other than what you’re doing now. It’s not an invitation to dump us(mainly because we’d be terribly sad and suffer greatly) but it is an opportunity to see beyond the fence, so to speak. Affiliating with WoF is for active members only, if you wish to do so, post your in the advertising forum and PM me with the button code.

As a conclusion to the Out of Character news section, I would like to remind everyone of you that the success of the board depends on all of us being active and enthusiastic. Sure, it doesn’t mean you should spend your whole days here but take interest, join open threads, plot and get together with other players and create new and interesting storylines. Bring your friends in on this if you think they would be willing to play in the theme, use our button and ad when surfing other forums. Of course, that is a voluntary favour you would gain cookie points for merely.

For those of you who keep coming back and playing with us – thank you, you are brilliant! For those of us who aren’t still sure if they want to play on Winds of Fury – no pressure, take your time and get to know us, the plot, the forum setup and when you feel ready, we’ll welcome you among the crowd!

~*~ In Character(IC) ~*~

August saw the creation of the following wonderful characters: J’sey, E’rosen, Lancelle and Mathias. A great balance of dragonriders and Weyrfolk there or shall we say dragonriders and potentials? *winks* Please seek them out and offer them the best Enkala Weyr has to give!

On the 20th Day of the 8th Month, Enkala Weyr’s gold dragon began Clutching. Though many wanted to behold this amazing event, few could for the process needed peace and quiet, something Enkalans were not known for. Although the Weyrwoman had all the confidence in her Queen, even she looked a little worried during the long hours from when it all began and once the last egg was placed on the warm sands.

But that was unnecessary! Like many Queens before her, Talmeth handled it all with grace and dutifully clutched 37 eggs! That is indeed one of the biggest Clutches Enkala had ever seen! Although the golden egg remained elusive, S’ren was certain it would be in the next Clutch.

For the Searchriders, this meant even more Candidates were required. The Weyrleaders placed before them a list of demands the young person they find had to fill. The age requirement(16 to 20 Turns), the strength of character, the sheer number of them! The Weyrleader insisted on more male Candidates while the Weyrwoman said there would be quite many female ones as well.

What colours of dragonets emerge from the eggs the Queen now guards with zeal, remains to be seen at the Hatching that takes place on the 23rd Day of the 9th Month. The Weyr Historian would like to remind the Candidates to send in the information on their future lifemates to her before that date. Also, more Candidate characters are accepted at least until then. (Info)

Although the Clutching was indeed among the most important events in the 8th Month of the year 1757, an unexpected obstacle was met when during a thunderstorm at the 6th Day the Weyrling Barracks caught fire after an unfortunately struck lightning. Efforts to put out the fire during the storm were assisted by most of the Weyr. There was nobody in the barracks at the time so nobody got hurt, however now the rebuilding is in a mad rush to get everything done by the Hatching. Luckily some of the Holds the Weyr has better relations with, are helping Enkala out. The Weyrwoman said the renovations will be on time and precautions have been taken to avoid the barracks from catching fire so easily.

Naturally there were minor plots, personal scenes, otherwise fun bits of time to be had during the 8th Month but not everything should be on the bulletin.

Good flying out there!

~*~ End ~*~