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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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News & New Features!

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

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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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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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Standing Trials Terms of Use

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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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Journey from Raelia (Amaris)

Last post by Amaris « Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:31 am
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by Brent Forrester » Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:24 pm

38th of Ymiden

All morning it had been drizzling with rain and Brent was doing his best to keep dry with his hood up and his black cloak wrapped tightly about him. Things were not going as well as he had hoped. Earlier in the season he had decided to go to Raelia in hopes of selling some of his...

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Last post by Amaris
Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:31 am
Deal with an Outlander (Ashling)

Last post by Ashling « Mon Sep 23, 2019 3:14 pm
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by Brent Forrester » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:38 pm

71st of Ymiden

Bang bang! Bang, bang bang!

Brent awoke with a start to pounding at his door. Who in the spirits was up at this hour wanting his attention? The cartographer scrambled out of his bed as the knocking persisted and didn’t even bother throwing on pants over his undergarments.

Limping...

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Last post by Ashling
Mon Sep 23, 2019 3:14 pm
Ashen Doors and Monsters (Nasod)

Last post by Brent Forrester « Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:17 pm
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by Brent Forrester » Sat Aug 31, 2019 2:03 pm

10th of Saun

As Brent trekked step after step up the steep slopes of Melrathi Mountains, he shook his head recalling the surreal encounter only three trials ago.

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The cartographer had been enjoying a beautiful Saun’s day outside with his sketch pad, when a flurry of wings and hooves came...

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Last post by Brent Forrester
Sun Sep 22, 2019 10:17 pm
• Placeholder • The Big Bad Woof

Alora's hunt for grendel bulls is interrupted by a pack of evil dogs.

Last post by Alora « Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:45 pm

by Alora » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:45 pm

Time of Day/Night: Afternoon, near dusk.
Weapons: Torch
Armor: T8 Sorellian Full Plate (mw)
Injuries: Recently amputated left forearm.
Illness: Panic
Ether Reserves: Slight Exhaustion

21st of Saun 719

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Last post by Alora
Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:45 pm
[Memory] II. Can't Move

Last post by Abra « Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:44 pm
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by Luka Magnus » Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:41 pm

9 Saun 708
Continued from here

“My arms hurt,” whined Luka from across the garden.

“No, they don’t,” answered the bundled up Melrathi. Hidden behind the bone mask of an equine skull, shrouded in various furs, the hot twin Saun suns didn’t seem to bother the mystic in the slightest. Whether...

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Last post by Abra
Tue Sep 10, 2019 1:44 pm
That's So Raven

Last post by Strange « Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:22 pm
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by North Magnus » Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:58 am

Ymiden 45th, 719

Home. Home was where the trees were, in the great Myrkvior, under her branches, embraced by the Winds that lived there. Home was, to others, beneath the roof of a large home, a manse owned by House Magnus, North’s family. They were elated that he had returned, and yet the monotony...

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Last post by Strange
Sat Sep 07, 2019 1:22 pm
The Power of Moon Moon

Last post by Strange « Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:34 pm
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by North Magnus » Sat Aug 17, 2019 6:30 am

Vhalar 40th, 714

Home. It didn’t feel like home anymore.

Ear pressed to the wall, a brown-haired boy listened to the sound of his father and mother arguing out in the hall from his room. He’d been sequestered there, by order of his father Sebastian Magnus. Their blistering argument was over his...

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Last post by Strange
Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:34 pm
The Air I Named Kin

North discovers his first Kin Element, Air

Last post by Strange « Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:16 pm
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by North Magnus » Sat Aug 17, 2019 3:45 am

Vhalar 8th, 714

Many a Trial had since passed, dawning and dusking away to yet another day, another night, another twilight rite. Words hummed through tall trees, North feeling free. His Mentor had sent him to commune with the Elements, but he did so as a wolf, following the sweet fragrant air of...

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Last post by Strange
Sat Sep 07, 2019 12:16 pm
The First Howling Of North Magnus

Last post by Strange « Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:10 am
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by North Magnus » Thu Aug 15, 2019 3:14 am

Saun 38th, 714

Rain drops were-a falling on the broad leaves in the dewy night, erstwhile haggard handsome heroes and hallowed heroines hunted in their many Trials, to be broken and forged anew by what lay ahead. Stories would be told, songs written and played, and their way of life would...

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Last post by Strange
Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:10 am
The Four Voices Of This World

Memory thread. North's Defiance Initiation.

Last post by Strange « Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:44 am
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by North Magnus » Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:31 am

Saun 12th, 714

That morning was a crisp, dewy one with a fog cast over the woods as North edged closer to wakefulness. His dreams had been adventurous ones, and the world of Idalos now intruded upon what the young teen considered “fun” and “where he belonged” as he’d say. Opening his eyes, he...

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Last post by Strange
Sat Sep 07, 2019 10:44 am
Wandering Mob

Last post by Nasod « Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:13 am
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by Abra » Tue Jul 09, 2019 2:07 pm

Abra didn’t often spend his time in the wilds but there was little choice when he was on his way from point A to point B. His mentality as a rupture was to travel and travel quickly. There would be crackles and snaps audible from a hundred meters away as he blinked almost instinctively to pull his...

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Last post by Nasod
Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:13 am
Ere The Apostate Comes

Last post by Tio Silver « Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:34 pm
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by North Magnus » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:25 am

82nd of Ymiden

What a treacherous season. The storms that blew on through had all the Aesir in a bind. Whatever they’d done, animals and man alike were afflicted with rage, and now North had come to find the mages too had been impacted. Those murderers, those apostates! They Flayed several bodies...

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Last post by Tio Silver
Sun Aug 25, 2019 3:34 pm
Red Riding Hood

Last post by Strange « Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:16 pm
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by Alora » Tue Aug 13, 2019 2:30 am

Time of Day/Night: After Noon
Weapons: Torch
Armor: T8 Masterwork Blood Metal
Injuries: Recently amputated left forearm. Cauterized wound in left thigh.
Illness: Depression and anger and pain
Ether Reserves: Moderately Exhausted

4th of Saun 719

The beaten path through the Myrkvior...

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Last post by Strange
Thu Aug 22, 2019 2:16 pm
• Open • A Soft Landing

Last post by Strange « Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:11 pm
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by Alora » Mon Jun 03, 2019 10:37 pm

30th of Ymiden 719

After a few boring sessions of reading, researching in Viden's Library about spirits and their activities, Alora had found out about Melrath. A land far to the west, where the Immortals were shunned, while Spirits were deified. Having some regard for the spirits herself, Alora...

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Last post by Strange
Thu Aug 22, 2019 1:11 pm
• PM To Join • The Snake Shaman

Last post by Jasper « Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:59 pm
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by Nasod » Tue Jul 02, 2019 11:34 pm

Ymiden 47th,719
Company: Unknown figures| Theme: Somebody Else | Thoughts: How did they catch me?| Mood: Pissed
Returning from an exciting affair in the capitol of Melrath, Nasod was greeted by the animals of the forest. They had fled upon his arrival, in fear of him being a vicious predator,...

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Last post by Jasper
Tue Aug 20, 2019 10:59 pm
• Solo • [Memory] I. Don't Move

Last post by Pig Boy « Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:38 pm
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by Luka Magnus » Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:49 am

8 Saun 708

“Where are you taking me?” asked Luka, for what felt like the hundredth time since they’d left the estate.

“Where your father wants you to go,” answered Havardr.

It’d been one year since his father’s guard had hummed the spark of Attunement into Luka’s soul.

As soon as the...

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Last post by Pig Boy
Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:38 pm
Silent like a Skadiri

Last post by Nursia « Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:55 am
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by Abra » Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:44 am

Ymiden 3 718

:ugeek:

Abra stumbled through the woods. It was only his second or third day on the job and the hardasses at the Skadiri gave him a fetch quest to make him better at detecting his surroundings and also staying hidden. It was easier said than done to a magician who had very loud...

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Last post by Nursia
Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:55 am
• Solo • Etherstorm Berserker

Alora gets caught in the Etherstorm while escorting a shipment of lumber to Noatun.

Last post by Nursia « Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:37 am
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by Alora » Mon Jul 15, 2019 10:24 am

60th of Ymiden 719

They were escorting a lumber shipment from Fensalir to Noatun. Travelling at the forward portion of the caravan, as well as the back, were a score of mounted Valkyrion. Alora sat astride her Volareon, keeping an eye out and ear open for any potential disturbances out there. In...

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Last post by Nursia
Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:37 am
Trees, falling in the forest

44th of Ymiden, 719

Last post by Nursia « Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:28 am
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by Alaric Ardeichy » Sat Jun 15, 2019 12:43 am

44th Ymiden, 719
H e knew something was off when Blue refused to follow the trail. It didn’t matter how often he would point her at the spoor, the dog would have none of it; whining and growling until Alaric gave up and dismounted to read the tracks himself. Blue would tail him, hesitant and in...

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Last post by Nursia
Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:28 am
• Solo • From Noatun to Thrudheim

Last post by Nursia « Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:21 am
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by Alora » Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:28 pm

Ymiden 36th 719

Alora had set off from Noatun about a few trials prior. With her, a small group of would-be recruits. Men and women who thought to try their hand at joining the Valkyrion. On hearing about their desire to join the faction of warriors, Alora decided on a whim to jump in with them,...

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Last post by Nursia
Tue Jul 16, 2019 12:21 am
In the Dark of the Night (Alora, Jasper, Nasod, Alaric, Lucia, and Tio)

Last post by Alaric Ardeichy « Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:37 pm
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by Oracle » Tue Jun 25, 2019 5:53 pm

45th of Ymiden
It had begun. At the darkest point in the night, the witching hour.

All across Melrath in the days prior everyone had been seeing the signs, even beyond the outskirts of Myrkvior forest. Tiny footprints in the morning dew, echoes of haunting laughter behind darkened corners, and...

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Last post by Alaric Ardeichy
Mon Jul 01, 2019 6:37 pm
Crashing in like a Wrecking Ball

Last post by Nursia « Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:40 am
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by Nasod » Sat Jun 15, 2019 12:55 am

☵ Ymiden 44th, 719 ☵
☵ Mood: Pissed
☵ Company: Dead Storm Strike
☵ Current Thought: Ouch that hurt!
☵ Current Theme: Fuhen
☵ Attire:
Common Speech
Vahanic Speech
〖 Black Snake 〗
【 White Snake 】

☵ Crashing in like a Wrecking Ball ☵

☵ The journey from Helice to the west was not...

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Last post by Nursia
Tue Jun 25, 2019 4:40 am
[Memory] The Hesterfor 3: The Mother

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:09 am
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by Jasper » Fri May 31, 2019 6:31 pm

20th Trial of Ymiden 713th Arc

Jasper limped they were approaching the edge of the forest. Besides him, merrily prancing was Laquin. Slightly ahead of them, showing the smoothest path for the injured boy, Gorm led the way. The Ydalir had lost all of his normally grouchiness, and had helped when it...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:09 am
[Memory] The Hesterfor 2: The Beast

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:05 am
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by Jasper » Fri May 31, 2019 6:30 pm

14th Trial of Ymiden 713th Arc

Jasper sat high in one of the ancient trees that dotted the forest a couple trials later. They had traveled much deeper into the forest then Jasper had ever gone before, but he wasn’t too worried as he trusted Gorm completely. Gorm had dropped Jasper off in this spot...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 13, 2019 2:05 am
[Memory] The Hesterfor 1: The Ranger

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:59 am
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by Jasper » Fri May 31, 2019 6:28 pm

12th Trial of Ymiden 713th Arc

Jasper walked a step behind Gorm as they began their trek into the mountains and their valleys around the village. The young man was fourteen arc’s old and had reached the point in his life where he would have to choose in the next couple of seasons what his...

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Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:59 am

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