New Harmony OOCHi, I’m now able to commit the time and resources to run the previously discussed Elements of Harmony arc and new Mane 6, as previously discussed back in 2012 or so. Those of you who’re on the IRC have probably heard me discuss this before, it is essentially a character RP for a group of characters who will be essentially taking over as the ‘Mane 6’ in bearing the Elements of Harmony, at Princess Luna’s instigation, to wield these artefacts in dealing with several current menaces.
PlotSome years ago (approximately 13 by some timelines?)
the Elements of Harmony were placed back within the Tree of Harmony, located in the Everfree Forest in Equestria. Now, with the emergence of several new threats and challenges, Princess Luna seeks to have them once again, and has several problems that she believes can only be cured by the use of the Elements of Harmony.
Two of these revolve around or are related to our old friend
Crystal Spires, the first involves the cruelly unnatural petrification of thousands of Spireans decades ago, who have been frozen in place in a way that tortures them, while several options have been explored to undo this, none can do so with a speed that compares to the Elements of Harmony.
Another persistent issue is the demise of Maven Auryn of Crystal Spires, whose health has been declining considerably, as he is possessed by the entity Zaiden, which feeds from his innocence, causing him to die (and corrupting his mind and spirit in doing so) from a myriad of diseases, to stem this effect, Luna has
bound her own soul to Maven Auryn’s, and due to this, she herself is dying, though far more slowly than Maven (her own resistance to such things is greater), she needs to have someone deal with the situation in a way that will finally end it, or ultimately perish herself, and hopes that the power of the Elements of Harmony can be used to address the very root of the problem itself.
Meanwhile, in the North Pony Lands, in the nation of Hippocratia, comes the devastating rise of the evil lord Grogar and the Black Castle of Tamberlon. Five hundred years ago, Grogar fought Princess Celestia, and was cast into the depth of the domain of shadows, where he has languished since, bound beyond the world, and, acting upon the medieval prophecies of Celestia, the Hippocratians have prepared for his return; but it has not happened, and the Dark Lord’s fortress has remained banished, worse still the nation has been gripped with strife, at first in explicable ways, but leading more toward dangerously irrational ways, and there have been hundreds of mysterious disappearances in the region, south of the Amber Valley, where the Black Castle once stood. Sensing a terrible disturbance in the night, Luna has sent her boldest agents to investigate, and their reports are disturbing, and she fears that he has grown in power since his banishment, and that only the Elements of Harmony will now be able to overcome him.
The characters will need to make dangerous and secretive journeys into the heart of the terrible Everfree Forest, to search for the Tree of Harmony (Luna could arrange for this to happen faster, but she hopes the dangerous quest will result in friendship forming among the group in order to allow them to actually succeed at the end of their journey) and to retrieve them, then deal with each of the problems outlined above.
Involved NPC nationsHippocratia – Princess Luna/The Ctan (I’ve previously used it for some RP but not proper RP of this nature before)
Tamberlon – Princess Luna/The Ctan (Grogar’s Realm)
Shining Equestria – Crystal Spires (as a standin for the Everfree Forest bits)
Map AmendmentFrom some discussion with Kouralia, he seems happy with the soon-to-be-devastated realm of Hippocratia being located
here, I’ve not discussed it with other neighbours, but I’m hoping neither Poni nor Freet have objections.
OrganizationFrom previous discussions, Crystal Spires and I are looking to co-GM this, with both of us posting the “NPCs” and various antagonists, naturally, given that it involves the Elements of Harmony, we are aiming for six characters, though theoretically we can double up on players.
As the characters will initially be approached by Princess Luna, and are to be entrusted with one of the most sacred aspects of the Harmonist faith, they are required to be harmonists. While, in-character, species as entirely irrelevant to Luna as gender and eye colour are, it’d be much more in keeping with the original show for most characters to be ponies, or races that appear in MLP. If we get more than six characters, then hopefully someone will be willing to play spike-esque supporting characters.
Ideally, given the show’s provenance, at least half of the characters should be female, likewise, and naturally, all should be original characters.
Rather than posting a character sheet, can I ask initially who’s interested?