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This is an Out of Character forum for the players of Etzos looking for further information about the area.
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Last post The Etzori Academy
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Outlying Cities
With the escalation of hostilities between Etzos and Rhakros, a series of small walled towns is being established as a network of early warnings and defenses against Rhakros' reprisals. Only the very bravest and most formidable of characters should risk themselves on the Witches' Wilds frontier.
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Last post 3. Entrapment [Westguard]
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Hot Cycle 719 is here!

Last post by Pegasus « Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm
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by Pegasus » Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm » in Announcements

The Hot Cycle, Arc 719

We are currently in the Hot Cycle. Every Cycle in Standing Trials runs over four real life months and has two in-character seasons. The Hot Cycle has Ymiden (83 Trials) and then Saun (40 Trials) which are open for you to play. All new threads from June 1st - September 30th...

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Fri May 31, 2019 11:57 pm
News & New Features!

This thread will keep you updated on news and new features!

Last post by Pegasus « Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:30 pm
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The PSF

New Subforums

So, one of the things that has changed in the new site is that the new PSF is visible to everyone. This provides us an opportunity and so, this morning I've created some subforums in there - for completed / approved threads. You'll note that there are now separate...
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Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:30 pm
New Player Guide!

Last post by Pegasus « Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm
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by Pegasus » Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm » in Announcements

New Player Starting Guide Hi there and welcome to the site! We're glad that you've taken an interest in our story and hope, with the help of this guide, that you'll stick around and enjoy all the chaos-packed adventures we have planned. But first, you're probably wondering what Standing Trials is...

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Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:10 pm
Standing Trials Terms of Use

Last post by Munchkin « Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:52 pm
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by Pegasus » Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:50 pm » in Announcements

Standing Trials: Rules and Expectations

The Website: Standing Trials ( ), referred to through the rest of this thread as the website , our website , the site , our site , Standing Trials , and Trials .
You: The person reading these words right now.
The Staff: All users who are identified as...

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• Out of Character • Wage Requests

Last post by Vluharqih « Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:44 pm
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by Maltruism » Sun Sep 25, 2016 1:02 am
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Wage Requests
Well, I guess it is time to officially launch the new system.
Okay...so...
If I understand correctly, this topic is really only for RP purposes now.
It WILL establish approval, by yours truly, to occupy a job position at some location in Etzos.
But that job is no longer required for...
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Last post by Vluharqih
Sat Sep 14, 2019 8:44 pm
• Out of Character • Cast of Characters - Hot Cycle, 719

Sign-up sheet for the new season!! Come one, come all!

Last post by Vluharqih « Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:55 pm
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by Maltruism » Sat Feb 04, 2017 4:49 am
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Seasonal Character Registry - Hot Cycle 719
Hello. Welcome to, or welcome back, to Etzos!

It is the start of a new season, I would greatly appreciate all players intending to reside in Etzos, for however long a term, to register their presence here. It makes it much easier for everyone to know...
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Thu Sep 12, 2019 6:55 pm
• Out of Character • Let The Next Issue be Raised!

For all your OOC chat and venting

Last post by Woe « Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:26 pm
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Let The Next Issue be Raised!
Welcome to the Etzos OOC forum! This is the place to make all your observations and complaints, so I can duly ignore them. ;)

You can also post links to pertinent or simply amusing things.
I will make Etzos-related announcements here, but they will all be of an OOC...
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Fri Aug 16, 2019 1:26 pm
• Location • The Office of the Citizen's Committee

Last post by Maltruism « Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:08 am
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Office of the Citizen's Committee

The wooden doors open soundlessly to reveal a small, window-lit chamber with a few chairs set against the walls amid tables, planter pots and 3 doors. Plaques by the doors designate the offices beyond them. To the left is the door marked Housing , to the right,...
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Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:08 am
The Great Parhn Gate

Named after Etzos' original founder, all players new to the city must post their arrival here first

Last post by Woe « Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:37 pm
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The Great Pahrn Gate
(All new arrivals must post here)

You left the river behind a short while ago now, and see that the approaching forest carpeting the great hill before you has obviously been cleared. In the midst of this wide swath of open ground rises the fortress city of Etzos, and you...
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Tue Aug 06, 2019 8:37 pm
• Out of Character • Players' Development Forum

Suggestions for consideration

Last post by Llyr Llywelyn « Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:15 am
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by Maltruism » Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:18 pm
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Players' Development Forum

I freely acknowledge that there are many blanks in the Etzos lore, as far as write-ups of additional locations or protocols go. As players get a grasp of the direction they'd like to go, they will undoubtedly find things missing.

Where can I get a job as a tattoo...
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Last post by Llyr Llywelyn
Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:15 am
The Valkyrie's Roost [Transaction Thread]

A school training in self-defense, with adjustable payment requirements to make greater security available to all walks of life.

Last post by Maltruism « Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:14 am

by Maltruism » Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:14 am

The Valkyrie's Roost

Listen, and one will hear talk of The Roost , the variety of weapon and hand-to-hand training that folks received there, and the generosity extended to those in need who lacked the funds to seek it elsewhere.

Stroll down a dark alley and you may hear muffled whispers, in...

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Tue Apr 09, 2019 6:14 am
• Location • The Winged Post [Transaction Thread]

A delivery service overseen by our very own Nightshade Eld.

Last post by Maltruism « Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:39 am

by Maltruism » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:39 am

The Winged Post

The first, and currently the only, locale on the western continent for winged delivery services. Founded by the noted half-avriel hero, Nightshade Eld, these services extend throughout the greater Etzos area and beyond. There are two half-avriel employees that PCs will be...

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Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:39 am
• Information • Behind Closed Doors

Hidden information that comes to light

Last post by Maltruism « Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:46 am
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by Maltruism » Sun Jan 21, 2018 4:40 am

Behind Closed Doors
This new topic is intended to allow you, as players, to know about decisions arrived at by the movers and shakers of Etzos and its outlying towns. This enables you to know what policies are being newly enforced or undergoing testing to determine viability. This is not...

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Last post by Maltruism
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:46 am
• Information • Flora of the Etzos Area

It's not alphabetical...cut me some slack.

Last post by Maltruism « Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:42 am

by Maltruism » Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:42 am

Flora of the Etzos Area

This is not to be confused with the Players' Development Forum.
This is NOT for newly proposed ideas, begging for approval.
This is where the final products go (The bribes go into my pocket, shhhhhh......).

Yes, yes...so I made that same joke with the Colloquialisms...

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Wed Mar 21, 2018 4:42 am
Etzos Fauna Directory

Some of these are mounts

Last post by Maltruism « Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:25 am

by Maltruism » Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:25 am

Etzos Fauna Directory

This is not to be confused with the Players' Development Forum.
Again, this is NOT for newly proposed ideas, begging for approval.
This is where the approved entries go.
Like the Flora topic, this will include critters from Rhakros to Sirothelle, Ocean to ocean.
There may...

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Last post by Maltruism
Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:25 am
• Information • Etzori Cultural Colloquialisms

Flora, Fauna, Folklore and Four-letter words

Last post by Maltruism « Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:11 pm

by Maltruism » Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:11 pm

Etzori Cultural Colloquialisms

This is not to be confused with the Players' Development Forum.
This is NOT for newly proposed ideas, begging for approval.
This is where the final products go (The bribes go into my pocket, shhhhhh......).
It will allow me to clear out the Dev Forum from time...

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Last post by Maltruism
Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:11 pm
• Out of Character • Prophets' Platform

Suggestions, Directives and outright orders to yours truly

Last post by Maltruism « Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:26 pm

by Maltruism » Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:26 pm

Prophets' platform

Okay, I'd love to fool myself into thinking there will never be a conflict of lore or plot, but that is not terribly realistic. I have already inflicted MY viewpoints on my fellow prophets a time or two, so it's only fair that I allow them a venue to return the...uhh...favor....

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Last post by Maltruism
Sun Feb 28, 2016 9:26 pm
• Location • The Forbidden Post

Your escort to the base on the Forbidden Spit.

Last post by Maltruism « Sat May 02, 2015 9:44 pm

by Maltruism » Sat May 02, 2015 9:44 pm

The Forbidden Post
(All players starting or arriving at The Forbidden Spit must post here.)

One way or another, you have miraculously escaped punishment in the city of Etzos. It is not the same for everyone, for everyone here has been tried, convicted and sentenced to a variety of different...

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Sat May 02, 2015 9:44 pm
• Mature • 5. So Why Didn’t You?

Last post by Doran « Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:03 am
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:34 am

Part One | Emea

1. I Met A Traveler
2. Start Out Slow

Do You Know the Raggedy Man?
Dollhouse

3. Not Truth, But Intent
4. Valediction

Some Assembly Required

Part Two | Etzos

1. Tragic Ambiguity
2. But They’re In the Dark, Too
3. An Ordinary World

Eight Reasons to Run...

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Last post by Doran
Wed Sep 25, 2019 6:03 am
• PM To Join • [Kasoria] Escaping the City

Last post by Vluharqih « Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:04 am
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by Vluharqih » Wed Sep 18, 2019 12:20 am

CREDIT
Date: Arc 719, 71 trial of Ymiden
Time: 7th Break
Location: The Great Parhn Gate

Alex walked towards the great gate, her skin prickling. The high stone walls and relative emptiness of the town added to the sense of unease. When she had left Etzos, the city had been a bustling metropolis...

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Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:04 am
• PM To Join • Guidance and Ghosts [Office of the Citizen's Committee] (Graded)

Last post by Maltruism « Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:42 pm
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Sat Aug 03, 2019 3:02 pm
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Continued from here

Masks and cloths and all manner of fabric covered the older man, age recognizable still by the slump of the body and what he knew of Mr. Tagley through temporary informants. If he’d not gone from one side of the Etzos territory to the other, surrounded by...
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Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:42 pm
• Solo • Land Grab

Val makes a land grab

Last post by Vluharqih « Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:46 pm

by Vluharqih » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:46 pm

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Date: Arc 719, 56 trial of Ymiden
Time: 8th Break
Location: Outer Ring, Etzos
Alex sighed and knocked loudly on the door again. She glanced up and down the street, the morning sun shining through the mist illuminated a nearly deserted road. Lisirra's advance had been turned back less than...

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Last post by Vluharqih
Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:46 pm
• Closed • What is Real? (Graded)

Alex meets Aelig

Last post by Strange « Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:21 am
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by Vluharqih » Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:34 pm
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10th of Cylus, Arc 717
Valyeria closed the window slowly, creeping forward on the pads of her feet to minimize the noise she made. Putting your weight through the heels seemed to make old houses creak a lot more than this did, plus it would let her move quickly, should the need arise.

The...
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Last post by Strange
Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:21 am
• PM To Join • Haunted House (Graded)

Last post by Werewere « Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:24 am
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by Kasoria » Fri Jul 05, 2019 6:39 pm
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66th Trial, Ymiden, 719a
Outer Perimeter
South Side

They'd won the war, or so they said. Fought the Horde and sent it running back to the jungles. This what they said. But Kasoria didn't see any of that. All he saw was ghosts. Ghosts and emptiness, in a place forever crowded.

There was always...
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Mon Sep 23, 2019 1:24 am
Desperate Measures [The Great Pahrn Gate] (Graded)

Follow-up to Desperate Times.

Last post by Nursia « Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:45 am
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Thu Jul 18, 2019 10:32 am

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They left the river behind a short while ago. The four travelers – Duncan, Kasoria, Llyr, and Oceta – saw what had once been a peaceful clearing of wide open grounds, now scattered with the drained husks of Lisirra’s army, the ether wells of ghosts, and the broken...

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Mon Sep 23, 2019 12:45 am
• Completed • A Dangerous Game Part I (Graded)

Sintra strikes back

Last post by Nursia « Sun Sep 22, 2019 5:20 pm
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by Vluharqih » Fri Sep 13, 2019 5:19 pm

CREDIT
Date: Arc 719, 60th trial of Ymiden
Time: 2nd Break
Location: Vluharqih's House

The sound of the floor creaking brought Alex out of her slumber. Her eyes still closed, she focused on breathing slowly and steadily, as if she were still asleep.

After so many trials on the road, she was a...

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Last post by Nursia
Sun Sep 22, 2019 5:20 pm
• Solo • V. The House (Graded)

Last post by Nursia « Sun Sep 22, 2019 5:14 pm
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Mon Sep 16, 2019 3:57 pm

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Five.

Five hundred gold nel.

What a meager sum.

Clearly Lord Holbret considered him a fool. Easy to manipulate and even easier to cheat out of actual worth. From his reaction, it’d seemed that he even expected for Llyr to ask for less. Less! To endanger everything, even...

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Sun Sep 22, 2019 5:14 pm
• Solo • IV. White Wine (Graded)

Last post by Nursia « Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:46 pm
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:05 am

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30 Saun, Arc 719

Why Lord Holbret was on the search for a home, any reasonable answer eluded Llyr when he walked through the garden gate. Past an outdoor corridor, he followed the skulking Etzori until they reached a beautiful courtyard. It was small, but far from modest. Palms trees...

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Sun Sep 22, 2019 1:46 pm
• Solo • III. Thieves and Killers (Graded)

Last post by Nursia « Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:45 pm
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by Llyr Llywelyn » Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:40 am

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30 Saun, Arc 719

Llyr counted, with no small amount of nervous glances toward the door. It was locked, two-times with chain and bolt, both of which he had installed to the inn room himself. Still he felt that it could be broken down at any moment. While he’d been living at the place...

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Sun Sep 22, 2019 12:45 pm

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