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Hi everyone! Just a reminder our new blog is located HERE. This blog is no longer in use. Our relaunch is coming up in a couple of weeks and we'd love to have you join us!

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That's all, folks! Keep reading for a summary of our finale and a little look into what the future holds for Wicked's Rest! We are now officially CLOSED for this iteration of the rp, however current members are welcome to continue writing and posting anything that they want to wrap up before relaunch comes around. We're also still planning on hosting a final thread for those interested that didn't get to take part in the finale, or who just want to do another group writing activity! We look forward to seeing all the creative and exciting things you guys are going to do with our refreshed setting and lore!

With a loud boom, it was over. The townspeople that had taken up arms against the encroaching demonic threat watched as all their hard work paid off. Those destroying ritual sites saw the last of them burn away, leaving nary a trace of their existence. The brave people battling those man-sized bird monsters helped weaken the large one trying to escape, and as the final blow was delivered to the greater demon’s open maw, it all started to dissolve. Battles across town ended abruptly as the creatures in the greater demon’s service crumbled to dust and ooze, just like their master. Beneath the town, the powerful entity shuddered and sank into itself, its exposed limbs and beak breaking down into black sand, water, and ichor. On land, deep pits in the earth were left behind where the legs used to be. In the sea, the space the demon had carved out for itself collided with Storm's Eye Trench, making it even deeper and more dangerous and flooding a good portion of the massive cave system beneath the east side of town with seawater.

The mineral abnormality, lovingly known as Serpent’s Flat, also dissolved with the demons. This massive chunk of mystery mineral that had covered a part of the town for longer than most could remember fizzled away to reveal what lay beneath, and no one was expecting what was uncovered. Bleak Point, the neighborhood that’d been engulfed all those years ago, had sunken into the earth. Mysterious, unexplored underground caves had swallowed it all up, and it seemed that not all life had been wiped out when the Flat was formed. Creatures, both intelligent and not, had obviously been busy at work making the ruins of Bleak Point into a habitable place. Stone stairways proved that they’d tried to come topside, but had never been able to break through. But now with the way cleared, surface dwellers and cave folk are about to meet for the first time.

This chapter has ended, but there is more yet to come. As some people attuned to magic have sensed (and as others predicted), there has been a shift. The greater demon that slumbered beneath Wicked’s Rest for untold centuries is dead, and with it, the source of natural magic potent enough to keep this supernatural hub thriving with power. Decay is creeping in from the edges, and while it doesn’t seem so bad yet, it will undoubtedly start to cause problems the longer Wicked’s Rest goes without a power source.

FINALE THREADS:

Birds, Why Does it Have to be Birds? - Jade & Alistair

Demonic Bullshit - Owen

Night of the Living Leg - Emilio & Xóchitl

Bomb Voyage - Levi & Mateo

Call it Fate, Call it Karma - Rosemary

It's a bird! It's a plane! No.... it's a bird man! - Eden & Maggie

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Hi! Do you have any idea when you might be opening applications again?

At the moment, we're planning on having applications opening up in March. We will keep everyone updated via the server and main blog if these plans need any adjusting! Right now, we're working on a lot of new content for relaunch, so that will be definitely be a really exciting time to join up. We hope to see you then!

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

Local leg enthusiasts have become concerned about the mental well-being of the legs. They're worried the legs may be lonely. There are talks of bringing in additional legs... somehow. None of the enthusiasts are well-versed enough to have details, but the idea is certainly there!

Certain machines at Coineater Laundromat have begun eating pants. No word on if this is related to other leg-related phenomena in town or if it's just a coincidence.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Respond to 3 anons in character.

Bonus challenge:

Talk about a holiday tradition your character enjoys partaking in in #weekly-challenges. Note that this can be for any holiday... including made up ones!

Rosemary is trying to speak to us. We just know it.

It's Oliver's birthday! Enjoy discounted goods at Everlasting Garden in celebration.

Tommy has Alistair making some very interesting snowflakes...

Axis Investigations kindly requests less stupid cases. Emilio isn't interested in ketchup monsters.

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

There are rumors popping up online about a new cryptid sighting in Deersprings, that even the deer are afraid of. It is leaving small jars of mayonnaise and ketchup in its wake. The rumors suggest that the condiments might be extra lucky. Deerspring residents may soon face an increase in footfall as people go looking for this new cryptid.

The first snow of the season is happening this week! Light flurries are always beautiful to watch, and these ones have a special secret. If you look closely at the snowflakes, you'll find each one unique in its pattern. But the patterns are legs.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Start three new dash convos.

Bonus challenge:

Tell us what the best gift your character(s) have ever received was in the #weekly-challenges discord channel!

The painting licker is back so Metzli thinks its time they return to the gallery. They also have questions...don't we all?

Teagan wants to know what's up with the tiny legs?

If anyone was thinking of contacting the spirits, Lil has some words for you. Or fists.

Van doesn't like the attention the legs are getting. There are other body parts, you know.

The eggo commercial has caught Miyeon's attention. Anyone know how to get a corporate sponsorship going?

Winter has become infested. Leg fleas really like her.

We need some non-leg events to spotlight and Faleb Caleb is trying to make that happen.

Kieran has strong feelings about this leg related fashion popping up around town. Mostly that it needs to disappear.

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

Due to the leg aura over the town, anyone who attempts to draw, paint, or carve something, will create art in the likeness of legs. Sorry, artists. And slayers who might need to whittle some stakes. Those are wooden legs now.

The big legs contracted a demonic, flea-like parasite. Naturally, these are leg fleas. And now that they're seeing humanity for perhaps the first time, they've decided people don't make such bad hosts! See if you can spot people around town with tiny legs jumping all over them.

Eggo Waffles is shooting a commercial in town.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Have your character interact with three people they haven't spoken to/had much interaction with before.

Bonus challenge:

What ugly holiday sweater is your character wearing to a holiday party? You can post it IC or in the #weekly-challenges channel!

Regan is here to remind you that Wormsgiving is upon us! She expects all of you to bless her with the gift of...worms.

Seems Eden needs to learn how to use spellcheck. Or maybe a critter is trying to say hi. Either way, this message is indecipherable.

The flamingo culprit is at it again and Rosemary needs your help with the ransom note. Those poor flamingos. Bring them home safe, you monsters!

Nora says hi. The emoji is a little off putting but it's par for the course.

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

The local HOA has decided that the legs and beak are an eyesore. They've sent a few people out to staple warnings about fines to the structures, but everyone they send seems to vanish. It seems one person did manage to get their warning stapled to one of the legs first, though!

A mysterious liquid has cropped up near one of the legs. Rumor has it that it's leg juice, and anyone who drinks it will be granted leg powers. It's probably just rainwater, but this hasn't stopped half a dozen leg cultists from slurping it up!

Local meteorologist Stanley Thunder has updated his forecast to include leg happenings. Tomorrow's forecast is cloudy with a chance of toes!

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Write a dash reply/starter referencing a monster from the bestiary!

Bonus challenge:

What holiday season food best represents your character(s)? Let us know in the #weekly-challenges channel!

Rosemary wants her goshdarned flamingoes back, you heathens.

Ariadne is graduating and looking for some part time work!

Eve wants to remind everyone that Apple is just a brand name and that apples do not, in fact, belong inside computers.

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

A local tattoo shop is offering a discounted price on leg tattoos. No, not tattoos on your leg. Tattoos of the leg. The discounted prices are valid all week long, but apply only to this type of tattoo. Act now, or miss your shot! Oh, by the way, if the tattoos look like they're running in place don't worry about it. I'm sure it's fine.

A newfound leg-based cult has taken to leaving offerings of legs in the woods. The legs in question come from all different sources, both mundane and supernatural. So far, no human legs have been discovered among the offerings - but it may just be a matter of time.

An influx of chimera in the woods have hunters concerned. The chimera in question are made up almost entirely of the legs of different species, perhaps created by aforementioned cult sacrifices.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Have your character make a mistake of some kind (serious or silly) on the dash.

Bonus challenge:

Make a leg meme!

Are there just a bunch of tiny legs running around? Felix needs confirmation.

Kit dreams of Legs, and not in a good way :/ .

Diego has a deal on holiday pictures! BYOP

Eleanor wonders if we can have non leg news (we can't).

Brutus says Legs are scary. Someone help him and Alastair.

Leila is pretty sure that bad things are a foot.

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

Groups of people are picketing around the legs, because there has been talk about somehow taking them down. The legs are featured on post cards now! They have to stay.

On the other hand (or leg), phobids, bugbears, and mares have taken advantage of all the leg controversy. Due to their influence, some people are afraid of legs. All legs.

Some charming tree worms have mutated. Now they're shaped like -- you guessed it -- legs.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Have a dash interaction with 3 characters yours hasn't interacted with at all/very much (new characters count!).

Bonus challenge:

Make a meme!

Rosemary isn't quite feeling herself and needs to cancel a few outings. Girl, you good?

Who stole Vera's soup? Not very demure, not very mindful. Maybe watch your back?

Maggie has a fool proof plan to spot a cryptid but she needs your help. And your mulled wine.

Someone save Satine from becoming Scrooge, please.

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Name: Javier Mijares Species: Human (Non-powered) Occupation: Student / Overnight Attendant at Grimm Family Ski Lodge Age: 23 Years Old Played By: Knifes Face Claim: Xolo Maridueña

"They say lightning never strikes the same place twice. I’m pretty sure that’s a lie."

Youngest of five, and the only boy, Javier was born into a game of catching up. Shortly before he was born, his father vanished. The last few months of pregnancy were a whirlwind for Javier’s mother as she adjusted to the search parties that would eventually dwindle in numbers, and then momentum; the idea of welcoming another baby, but by herself this time; the grief that came with her missing husband; the fresh weight of single parenting. Despite the circumstances, Javier was brought into the world surrounded by love. His mother was spread thin, but that only left more room for his sisters to dote on him. 

In school Javier had a plethora of friends, but few very close. Truly, there were only two friends that he ever considered his best friends. Where he was always walking in the shadow of his sisters, he didn’t feel that way with these friends. They were on equal footing. The three of them did everything together from riding their bikes to school together, to creating a “magic club,” where they all learned basic stage magic, and also delved into the lore surrounding Wicked’s Rest. They scoured neighbors’ backyards for clues that the cryptid tales were real, but every morsel they found led to a dead end–logical, mundane explanations. It’s not Deepsnoots, it’s a mole. It’s not Wormy, it’s driftwood. Still, their shared interests bonded them that much further. 

When Javier’s mother changed jobs, he and his mom moved to Bangor. His sisters had all graduated college and had their own lives at this point. Javier and his magically enthused friends swore to attend college together one day. They kept their connection through messenger apps and the occasional snail mail, until they had all graduated high school with plans to attend the University of Maine at Wicked’s Rest. Once again, Javier was met with that feeling of having fallen behind. Everyone else seemed like they had everything figured out. Everyone else knew what they were majoring in, and where they were going in life. Javier was struggling to find his direction. At the same time, the trio of friends found jobs in the shops around town, scraped together some money, and rented a flat on Worm Row together, while attending classes. Even with the looming feeling that he was drowning in the shallow end, there was nothing he could complain about. His life was clicking into place. He and his friends even picked up where they left off in terms of their occultish interests. 

It came up one night, in talks about the spookier side of things in Wicked’s Rest, that Javier had fully missed the rite of passage that was touching the Mineral Abnormality. This would not do, so an immediate plan of action was enacted to right these wrongs. The drive there and the approach to the Abnormality itself was full of teasing and swapping stories about everything they’d ever heard could happen to you as a result of touching the surface of the Serpent’s Flat. Yet, Javier didn’t believe the tales, truly. If their investigations as kids had taught him anything, there was always a rational explanation for these things. It was easy to debunk. The surface of the Abnormality was warm. No doubt residual heat from the sun. He thought he could almost feel a vibration, like a soft hum beneath the rocks’ surface. His insides did not become his outsides. He did not sprout gills. It felt good to have taken this step as a resident of Wicked’s Rest, but that was all. Nothing more.

For the next few weeks, he did not notice any changes. One of his friends, David, swore that lightbulbs burst when he walked in a room. He could not demonstrate this ability, so Javier laughed it off. When David was struck by a bolt of lighting, on a sunny day, right in front of his friends, Javier was not laughing. David survived the strike, but it left destruction in its wake. Javier had completely forgotten about the lightbulb thing until his other friend, Dylan, reported it was happening to her, too. Surely, there was some kind of explanation, and Javier didn’t immediately connect it back to the night at Serpent’s Flat. When Dylan was struck, and this time killed by another freak bolt of lightning, Javier started to panic. One accident is a coincidence, but two? The thing is, lately, Javier has been noticing that street lights burn out as he bikes past. Lamps get brighter if he walks by. In the otherwise empty flat, he’s noticing for the first time just how loud the electricity can be, and how sometimes, if all is quiet and still, it almost sounds like whispering.

Character Facts:

Personality: Impatient, calculating, paranoid, protective, loyal, curious

Most call him Javier or Javi, but his family calls him Quinto.

His sisters are between 7-17 years older than him. 

He lives in a flat on Worm Row that he shared with his two friends. With one of them deceased and the other hospitalized, he only shares it with his roommate’s tortie cat now. There’s a portion of the building that is built onto the Mineral Abnormality. The only thing separating Javi from the Abnormality is drywall and insulation.

He’s constantly getting static shocks during the day. They don’t bother him, but he keeps shocking his roommate’s cat. She’s not a fan.

He is currently of the mind that supernatural things might exist. It’s possible, but is it probable? He’s still explaining away odd occurrences.

If it’s storming out, he won’t go outside at all. If he’s going to be struck, he’d rather not go looking for chances.

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Name: Vera Dade Species: Spellcaster Occupation: Botany Professor at UMWR Age: 49 Years Old Played By: Mar Face Claim: Kathryn Hahn

"Who the hell wants to live to die?"

TW: Car accident, parental death

The concept of impermanence never sat right with Vera. Even from a young age, when the beloved family cat Harold passed away, the young girl grieved and clung to the unfairness of it all. There had to be something that could be done, right? This was a family of spellcasters. What good was the magic flowing through her veins if she couldn’t use it when something she loved needed it most? She heard her parents when they spoke of the cycle of life, of Fate, of everything a young girl is usually told when facing death for the first time in her life. And she supposed, for a while, she accepted it. There was nothing that could be done because that’s just how it was, even if it never sat right with her. 

It wasn’t until Vera was in her early teens that she discovered that there were options. Any questions she had were immediately squashed and silenced by her family. Vera didn’t want to wind up exiled like Aunt Patricia, did she? The threat only made Vera more curious. Aunt Patricia wasn’t expecting anyone when she sacrificed a field mouse to save a baby bird that had fallen from its perch. The baby bird stirred before Vera’s eyes, fluttering back to life, and in that moment everything for Vera clicked. She was desperate to learn, to understand how this could be possible. While her aunt was hesitant considering her status in the family, she eventually took Vera under her wing - as long as she understood, really understood, the severity of this kind of magic and how wrong it could go and the sacrifice it inevitably required. Vera learned, observed, and when her aunt decided it was time, she put her new knowledge into practice. Though quite a few rituals didn’t go as planned, it was hard to ignore how natural necromancy came to the young woman. It was in her blood. 

Vera admired the way her aunt used her gifts. Strangers would stop by on occasion, grieving and desperate. Patricia helped them when she could. It was through this small network that word had gotten to her parents about Vera’s newfound studies and relationship with her aunt. She’d been warned, and though she knew this day would eventually come, Vera wasn’t prepared for that door slamming shut on her quite so hard. One life had to end for this new one to live, she supposed. Eventually, she moved in with Patricia, studying botany at the local college, intent on moving on and forward. Helping Patricia with rituals, gathering ingredients, and as her aunt’s age began to catch up with her, general caretaking. 

Vera was attempting to bring back a widower’s husband the night she met Bonnie - the man’s daughter. The ritual had been successful. Endlessly grateful for the extra time she now had with her father, Bonnie reached out to Vera afterwards. The two hit it off immediately. Vera didn’t need to hide or lie about who she was and Bonnie’s support was limitless. They were in this together - ‘til death do they part, and then some. And for a long time, living cozily in a cabin tucked away in a tiny mountain town, they were happy. Really, truly happy. Naturally, fate had to tip the scales.

An icy patch on a curvy road and a mailman too exhausted to notice it ripped Bonnie out of this world on a frigid February morning. But they’d prepared for this. Bonnie didn’t want to die and Vera would be damned if she didn’t do everything she could to bring her back. And so Vera did what she knew best. Bonnie’s eyes slowly opened as her once still form breathed new life into it. A moment later, her cold grip squeezed Vera’s throat. Blank eyes stared up at her before the gut wrenching realization set in - who or whatever it was that she brought back was not Bonnie. Vera escaped and fled her wife and their home in search of answers. She would fix this, one way or another.

Character Facts:

Personality: Pragmatic, resourceful, sarcastic, secretive, empathetic, confident

Vera loves to cook - her treasured herb planter box, while small but surprisingly robust, is her most prized possession. 

Will often barter or trade in exchange for the rare ingredients she needs to perform necromancies - on top of her usual surcharge, of course. 

Has an ovinnik familiar named Harold II, named in honor of her childhood pet.

It's been months since she's since she's seen her wife but she isn't confident how long this silence will last.

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Congratulations! You have been accepted to Wicked’s Rest. We’re so excited to get to know you and your character. To get started, shoot the main a message with your new blog, or reach out to us via ModMail to share it. Please do this within 24 hours or let us know if you need additional time. Additionally:

Carefully read the New Member Guide and follow the instructions.

Read the Formatting Guide.

Make sure your ask and submit are open and replies/anons are enabled.

Download Xkit Rewritten, and enable the new post editor so that you will be able to cut your replies.

Follow everyone on the followlist.

Introduce yourself in our Discord server!

Player Info: Knifes / Any / EST

Character: Javier Mijares

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Congratulations! You have been accepted to Wicked’s Rest. We’re so excited to get to know you and your character. To get started, shoot the main a message with your new blog, or reach out to us via ModMail to share it. Please do this within 24 hours or let us know if you need additional time. Additionally:

Carefully read the New Member Guide and follow the instructions.

Read the Formatting Guide.

Make sure your ask and submit are open and replies/anons are enabled.

Download Xkit Rewritten, and enable the new post editor so that you will be able to cut your replies.

Follow everyone on the followlist.

Introduce yourself in our Discord server!

Player Info: Mar / She/her / EST

Character: Vera Dade

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

A local orchard is selling delicious apple wine. It comes in different varieties of sweetness, and it's flying off the shelves! Except, it's actually apple whine. and drinking it will make you do just that.

From the sellers of the apple whine also comes a new novel that book clubs just adore. It's a romance story featuring an apple that comes to life. Sexy life.

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

Send 3 seasonal-related (event or just in general) asks to characters this week.

Bonus challenge:

Share some of your favorite bits of character development your character has had, big or small. If you haven't had time to develop them yet, share something you're looking forward to doing with them!

Getting pumpkin off clothing... it's like blood, right? Help Emilio

Cordelia needs to hear something good, please

Abigail has reopened Creature Comforts! Get your freak on at Witching Hour

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Name: Cordelia Campbell Species: Selkie Occupation: Maid / Overnight Attendant at the Five Tides Inn Age: 34 Years Old Played By: Karli Face Claim: Deborah Ann Woll

"They say not to fight a rip tide, but how long can you float before you need to try something else?"

TW: Self harm One moment can change a life. In Cordelia Campell’s experience, one moment changed more than just her life. 

Cordelia was inseparable from the water from the moment she was born. Which made perfect sense given that she was born in Wicked’s Rest, Maine to a family of Scottish immigrant selkies. 

Her parents fled to Maine just before Cordelia was born when the family had gotten into some hot water with a fae when one of Cordelia’s uncles stole a bit too much magic to power his pelt. An entire Aos Sí had vowed to go after the Campbell clan and so to protect themselves they all took to the sea and spread out into different regions of the world. 

In college, when she was twenty years old, Cordelia thought she had her whole life figured out. She was a champion swimmer, had qualified to compete on the U.S. national team, her family was loving and supportive, and her boyfriend had just confided in her that he thought supernatural creatures were real -  in a positive way. Perhaps foolishly, Cordelia confessed to her true identity as a selkie. 

Miles said that he wanted to believe her but it seemed impossible, that the person he had known all his life, a person he loved and  the first person he talked to about the supernatural, would turn out to be one themselves. So Cordelia offered to take Miles out into the ocean with her, in her true form. Everything was going swimmingly at first. It was a calm evening, the waves were soft and steady, and despite expressing some fear and concern, Miles agreed to keep swimming out further and further away from the shoreline. 

While they were out there, Cordelia heard a boat. Following her family’s training, and forgetting for a moment that she was out there with Miles, she darted below the surface of the water. Miles, not realizing what was happening, also swam under the surface. When Cordelia re-emerged, she didn’t see Miles anywhere. Caught in a panic, she began to scour the water for her best friend. By the time she found him, by the time she was able to get him back to shore, it was too late. 

Once destined for great things in the water, Cordelia’s life has been landlocked since that tragic night. She lost her trust in not only herself but in the ocean. She dropped out of college and for a few weeks she refused to shift at all, which only exasperated her depression and lethargy. So her family stepped up and forced her to put her pelt on, and soak in a tub of fresh salt water. 

The weeks turned to a few months and Cordelia’s family began to worry about her continued refusal to shift outside of the tub. The decision was made that moving back to Orkney, Scotland, to get away from all the places that would remind her of Miles, was the best decision. For a few years, it seemed like they had been right. While Cordelia still refused to swim and only shifted when necessary in a tub of salt water, her mood seemed to improve over the years, however slightly. 

For fourteen years after Miles died, Cordelia had floated through life without direction and without any drive to change that. But that all changed when strangers arrived in Orkney asking too many questions about the Campbells. They didn’t know if the strangers were hunters, magic wielders wronged by members of the family, or something else but it was clear that they were a threat to their safety. Fearful, the Campbells once again decided they needed to flee from the rocky shores of Scotland. 

Unable to take to the sea like the rest of her family, Cordelia could only think of one place to go: Wicked’s Rest. Being back in the town felt oddly comforting despite the heartbreak it reminded her of. Cordelia had expected returning to Maine to re-open old wounds. She didn’t count on the strangers to find her so quickly. Or maybe they were in town for some other reason? 

Character Facts:

Personality: Timid, empathetic, trustworthy, directionless, modest, haunted, apathetic, agreeable

Cordelia and her family are gray seals, which are distinguishable from harbor or common seals by their larger size, longer muzzle, large eyes and long whiskers. 

In high school and college, Cordelia was a champion competitive swimmer. People thought she was destined for Olympic glory and some locals still talk about her fall from excellence. 

Every few weeks Cordelia still has to put on her pelt and bathe in salt water, but sometimes she stretches the time out a bit because she thinks the discomfort serves as an apt reminder of the weight of the guilt she still carries. 

Cordelia has taken up a job as a maid and the overnight desk attendant at the Five Tides Inn in Harborside. They’re letting her rent a room for a discounted rate while she figures out how long she plans on staying. 

Introverted by nature, she has only retreated into herself more since losing Miles. Cordelia doesn’t go out much, socially or otherwise, and rather proudly has never owned a smartphone.

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Player Info: Karli / She, Her / EST

Character: Cordelia Campbell

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Welcome to our WRW! We do these weekly to provide plot drops, challenges, and highlight starters. Anyone is welcome to use these bullet points. Let us know if you want us to include one of your setting-related plots in here for next week by sending us a bullet point!

The finale POTW is here! The bird demon probably has to go. But what are the consequences to getting rid of it? And is that even possible? Things to ponder as you’re fighting off the small demons and trying to track down the sigils spread across town.

Our fall event has arrived! Celebrate the best season of the year with apples, apples, cursed Halloween customs, apples, ancient evil, mushrooms, apples, and apples.

Getting lost in the Lostwoods Labyrinth is never good, but it seems true that demons are no less susceptible to the sprawling cemetery's ever-changing layout, and many have become trapped inside. Seriously, just don't go in there right now.

The unicorn "known" to usually hang around the Null Impact Crater has been spotted wandering closer to town, and unfortunately bringing a whole slew of other demonic creatures with it. Some of the smarter ones seem to be after it's tears...

Complete challenges and claim prizes!. You can read more about how they work and what prizes are available here. Bonus challenges are an opportunity to earn an extra point per week but are harder or weirder.

This week’s challenge:

It's time for some spooOoooOOOOooky Halloween starters!

Bonus challenge:

Post your character(s) Halloween costumes in the #weekly-challenges channel! Even if they don't want to dress up, what would you force them to wear?

Thea wants to know how to not run into things haha it's not good for her stress.

Mateo wonders how fragile these giants really are.

Vic needs an alternative to sweet sweet red dye 40.

Daiyu doesn't want a halloween double (threat).

Need a drink? Teddy's open their bar!