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Hot Cycle 719 is here!

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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!

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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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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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• Lore • [Uthaldria] City Lore

Looking for information on the city? Find it here!

Last post by Incubus « Fri Jan 20, 2017 1:04 pm
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by Djinn » Wed Oct 26, 2016 12:27 am

Uthaldria City Lore
The City
History
Timeline
Geography
Appearance
Climate
Surroundings
Culture
Demographics
Religion
Rituals
Holidays
Marriage & Divorce
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All or nothing [Modded]

Last post by Faith Augustin « Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:03 pm
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by Varlum » Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:22 pm

13th Ymiden, 719

Pier. Pre.

Varlum stood out in the woods, away from everyone that might disturb him. Right now the world didn't matter. Only one thing did. As he waited, Varlum leaned back on a large tree, axe resting at his side. It was unusual for him to pray in any kind of way, especially...

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Last post by Faith Augustin
Tue Sep 24, 2019 5:03 pm
• Closed • Decompression

Everyone needs to decompress. And maybe secure the location while they're at it.

Last post by Varlum « Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:58 am
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by Vivian Shiryu » Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:13 am
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11th of Ymiden, 719. Following this.

The seance, and all that had happened during, was done. It felt like it had been a lifetime, though if one were to call on her to guess, Vivian would guess that it had been less than two breaks, possibly not even one. But so much had happened during that...
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Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:58 am
[Uthaldria] Heading Off At the Pass

Pad, Varlum. Come on boys, we're goin' huntin'.

Last post by Padraig « Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:59 pm
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by Faith Augustin » Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:17 pm
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23rd Ymiden, 719
Following This
In Zuudaria
And so, they were ready to go. Having realised what they were doing, Faith had sent a message to Padraig and then, she'd brought him here. There were energies, apparently, around a Grand Fracture and Faith knew that, if there was a single soul on...
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Thu Aug 29, 2019 4:59 pm
Under Stars (Solo)

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by Varlum » Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:46 pm

17th Ymiden, 719

You alright there big fella?

Varlum's eyes glanced up, sat with his back against the wall and his axe at his side. It was dark and late. People all around the streets danced and sung, just corner turns away from where Varlum was resting. Yet he wasn't with them. He didn't have...

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Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:46 pm
Old Habits (Solo)

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by Varlum » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:23 pm

15th Ymiden, 719

You know, most enemies won't lie down like that log will the Diri beside Varlum taunted, as the giant axe swung down and cleaved through the wood with ease, snarling a little as he did. I've killed more enemies than you have the Ithecal shot back with a growl, only cutting the...

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Last post by Pig Boy
Thu Aug 22, 2019 12:35 am
[Uthaldria] Here we go again

Last post by Faith Augustin « Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:15 pm
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by Varlum » Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:14 pm

16th Ymiden, 719

You know, when all of this is over Varlum said, a small and weak chuckle leaving his mouth. It was almost weird to think about this war ending, the end goal seeming so impossibly hard to reach. Yet here they were, working towards that very thing. Ending the war, or at least...

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Last post by Faith Augustin
Tue Aug 20, 2019 4:15 pm
Unholy War XVIII: We'll fight, cos we ain't on the same side

Varlum, Vivian and Pigs, please.

Last post by Pig Boy « Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:20 pm
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by Faith Augustin » Sat Jul 20, 2019 1:47 pm
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11th Ymiden, 719
following this , this and this
From the start of life
To my dying day
In the dark of night
And the burning light of day
It's a Bloody Fight
]But I can't walk away
I'm prime, for the front line
Unholy war. Unholy War.
I'll try. I'll fight until I die
It's an...
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Mon Aug 12, 2019 10:20 pm
[Uthaldria] Let it burn

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:24 am
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by Varlum » Mon Jul 08, 2019 1:19 pm

18th Ymiden, 719

Varlum gave a deep inhale as he focused on the heartbeat in his ears.

Not his own, but Auya's. Sat out in an open field, somewhere quiet and unguarded where he wouldn't be disturbed, a few trees sheltering him from the view of anyone else. Every time he had to train now he...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:24 am
[Uthaldria] Unholy War VIII: Unholy War. Unholy War.

Last post by Pig Boy « Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:07 am
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by Faith Augustin » Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:29 pm

10th Ymiden, 719
following: this and this
From the start of life
To my dying day
In the dark of night
And the burning light of day
It's a Bloody Fight
]But I can't walk away
I'm prime, for the front line
Unholy war. Unholy War.

The mirror which had held her and Alissa captive...

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Sat Jul 20, 2019 6:07 am
[Uthaldria] Unholy War VII: I'm Prime, for the front line

Last post by Nursia « Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:30 pm
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by Faith Augustin » Fri Jun 28, 2019 9:21 pm

10th Ymiden, 719
following: this
From the start of life
To my dying day
In the dark of night
And the burning light of day
It's a Bloody Fight
]But I can't walk away
I'm prime, for the front line

This time, when she woke up, she knew that the autopsy was finished. That was why...

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Last post by Nursia
Mon Jul 15, 2019 4:30 pm
[Uthaldria] Unholy War VI: But I Can't Walk Away

Last post by Nursia « Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:47 pm
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by Faith Augustin » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:40 pm

10th Ymiden, 719
From the start of life
To my dying day
In the dark of night
And the burning light of day
It's a Bloody Fight
But I can't walk away

They'd followed the intelligence they'd been given and gotten here. This was, apparently, an abandoned base of the Coven's here in...

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Last post by Nursia
Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:47 pm
[Uthaldria] Let your soul be your guide.

Last post by Cervantez « Sat Jul 13, 2019 2:23 am
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by Faith Augustin » Tue Jun 18, 2019 10:52 am

22nd Ymiden, 719

In Zuudaria
Thank you for meeting here, Charles, Faith said, aware that there was a lot happening right at this moment for the man. I think, if you'd be so kind, I'm going to go back with you. Charles looked at her and nodded his head, once. You think it's significant? His...

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Sat Jul 13, 2019 2:23 am
When Worlds Collide (Open)

Last post by Aegis « Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:32 pm
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by Aegis » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:02 pm

Ymiden 33, 719

It would be visible for nearly all those within the Northern parts of Gauthrel.

And for those in the know, which is mostly natives, they would see the problem immediately. A great Rend had been opened up in the air above Gauthrel, tearing apart the sky, the very fabric of...

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Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:32 pm
[Eastern Gauthrel] Style

Last post by Kasoria « Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:39 pm
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by Varthakh » Fri May 31, 2019 4:00 pm

92nd of Ashan 719, ~15:00

It couldn't be done, not with the plains as hot as they had been in recent trials, no. The body would only rot quicker and quicker, the blood would coagulate and the flesh would become unusable. They couldn't wait until they made it back to Kaer Jeger if they were going...

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Last post by Kasoria
Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:39 pm
[Uthaldria] A force to be reckoned with

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:20 am
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by Varthakh » Fri May 31, 2019 3:59 pm

76th of Ashan 719, ~17:00

The walk was long, cumbersome and tiring, though far shorter than it would have been if they'd walked as Varthakh. Totrial, they lived as Reiner, their Lurker of The Plains totem. In tow, they dragged the twenty-ton corpse of a Sakarum by the horn-like stretch of its...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 13, 2019 1:20 am
[Northern Gauthrel, Uthaldria] Why you fly

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:30 am
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by Varthakh » Tue Jun 04, 2019 4:07 pm

4th of Ymiden 719, 22:00

A Sohr Khal with a full belly was a happy Sohr Khal, and the two had eaten their fill in the planes to the east. Both Varthakh and their totem, Aeon, were headed back north, where their species preferred to reside. While Varthakh and the majority of their totems enjoyed...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:30 am
[Eastern Gauthrel, Uthaldria] Eagle Eyes

Last post by Rakvald « Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:46 pm
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by Varthakh » Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:39 pm

3rd of Ymiden 719, 14:00

A hard beat of their wings pushed through the tree line of the east while the pair of Sohr Khal soared and weaved around one another. They'd been flying together for the best part of two trials now with no general direction in mind. They'd stopped occasionally for water...

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Sun Jun 09, 2019 7:46 pm
[Northern Gauthrel, Uthaldria] Fly away with me

Last post by Strange « Sun Jun 09, 2019 2:51 pm
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by Varthakh » Sun Jun 02, 2019 3:59 pm

2nd of Ymiden 719, ~02:00

It was the dead of night now, but aside from the chill in the air, the Protean hadn't noticed. Up above, Aeon, their Sohr Khal totem soared. In the last season, he'd been corrupted by mysterious means that Varthakh had yet to understand, though they blamed their umbral...

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Last post by Strange
Sun Jun 09, 2019 2:51 pm
[Northern Gauthrel, Uthaldria] Aeon

Last post by Alistair « Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:42 pm
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by Varthakh » Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:42 pm

1st of Ymiden 719, ~17:00

Just yestertrial, the protean had finished the development of their new ability, and with it, they'd collected one of the most elusive totems they could imagine. The creature wasn't very good at hiding, no, but something about its biology triggered complete and total...

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Sat Jun 08, 2019 8:42 pm
[Kaer Jeger] Conduction

Becoming ability development quest part 10.

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:12 pm
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by Varthakh » Mon May 27, 2019 9:05 pm

123rd of Ashan 719, 09:00

It was the last trial of Ashan, the last trial they had to finish their ability before Ganren reclaimed the Scalv Ziemia as payment for allowing them to use the Colosseum as their holding pen. It was the terms of their agreement, and Varthakh intended to do good on it,...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 06, 2019 10:12 pm
[Kaer Jeger] So close

Becoming ability development quest part 9.

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:50 pm
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by Varthakh » Mon May 27, 2019 12:33 pm

115th of Ashan 719, 10:00 - Continued from here

A puddle of bile, blood and bone fragments soaked the ground before them while they held themselves, trying their best to hold on to the rest of the contents of their stomach. In their experimentation, Varthakh had heavily overstepped, then emptied...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:50 pm
[Kaer Jeger] Adapt

Becoming ability development quest part 8.

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:24 pm
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by Varthakh » Sun May 26, 2019 10:14 pm

115th of Ashan 719, 09:00

After four trials of meditation, hunting and otherwise preparing for their next experiment, Varthakh was ready for their second attempt in their experimental ability development. They were going about growing in their magic, becoming, by developing new abilities and...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 06, 2019 9:24 pm
[Northern Gauthrel, Uthaldria] Reflection

Becoming ability development quest part 7.

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 06, 2019 6:23 pm
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by Varthakh » Sun May 26, 2019 1:35 pm

113th of Ashan 719, 09:00

Meditation; something Fridgar had once resolved to do more of in an effort to clear his own toxicity, back when he lived on the Helian Isles with Alistair, Dosan, Kaelrik, and regrettably, Zarik. He never did get the chance to clear his head, he never got to change his...

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Last post by Nursia
Thu Jun 06, 2019 6:23 pm
[Kaer Jeger, Uthaldria] Assimilate

Becoming ability development quest part 6.

Last post by Nursia « Thu Jun 06, 2019 12:30 am
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by Varthakh » Sun May 26, 2019 2:46 am

111th of Ashan 719, ~12:00

This wasn't really something they'd ever seen themselves doing; taking notes and revising different methods for developing a new ability in their field of magic. Fridgar had never been one for innovation, though he'd always been all about making his own path. They...

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