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@BrokenVoid Thanks for the tips! Also, happy to meet another bio person!!! I have an idea of what’s in store for me in my major, since I just finished a rigorous biology program in high school. (Still trying to fix my sleep schedule.) I… am both thrilled and terrified.

@LoliOwar Glad to see I’m not alone here! I wish I found this earlier, especially around the time it started. 14-year-old me would have looooved this. Not saying I don’t right now! I’m so ready to dive in and explore this.

@Viviane @CJB The mountain of my unfinished pieces and I feel validated. :sparkles: All jokes aside, that does make me feel better. :))

Thanks all for the warm welcome!! :heart:

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Well, this is more a “make-believe for big kids” kind of place so I think you found it right on time!

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@michingmallecho Sorry for the late welcome, but welcome to the Fam…forum! Glad to see another enthusiastic new face!

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Hello! My name is Alice! On the interwebs, people often also call me Cynical, or just Cyn for short. I’m fine with any, call me what you will! I’m a new recruit to Ebenguard.

I’m… sort of I guess as close to a professional larper as one gets? Which is to say that I make no money doing it, but I spend nearly all my time preparing to travel or actually travelling around the US (and the world when there isn’t a pandemic and I have the funds to do so) playing make believe, dressing up, and telling collaborative improvisational stories in far off worlds with friends and strangers alike. If I’m not participating as a part of someone else’s story, I’m writing my own, or I’m doing research, or building costuming or… well, you get the idea. I specialize in a style of larp known as freeform, to those that know it.

So, uh, my journey here is a bit of a story. I think about… 4-ish years ago? I stumbled upon some super interesting and weird posts on some random corner of the internet, got curious, and followed them to their source. Turned out it was something to do with this whole Ackerly Green, ‘Briarverse’, book… arg… thing. I was very interested at the time, especially given what I do and my personal interests, but I had a lot on my plate, and was overwhelmed by the idea of needing to catch up to all of that lore, so I filed it away under ‘cool reative things someone is doing’, and moved on.

But then I kept stumbling into it. Either through random mentions in the most innocuous of places, or through advertisements, or whatever. Of course, there was always even more lore than last time, and more reasons to be very overwhelmed, so I continued to pass it by. Regardless of my intentions, I just kept stumbling into stuff relating to this weird magical world whenever I least expected it. Long story short, I eventually just lost that war of attrition I didn’t even fully realize I was a part of, and, well, now I’m here. And of course, after all that time there’s mountains more of lore to catch up on… and I proooobably should have just started way back when. :sweat_smile:

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Nice to meet you! There are a few larpers in here. I was at CoW…16 I think? March 2017. And second Convention of Thorns.

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Welcome to the Ackerly Green Community @Cynical! I’m Void, the Thornmouth Wagoneer.

To get started here on the forum make sure you read the initial post of this thread and the forum primer linked there, as those will give you the basic rules and info for getting around. Once you’ve done that you can start getting involved in our many discussion topics such as currently reading, hobbies, and LARPing! If you have an interest you’d like to talk about but can’t find a thread for it, let me know and I’ll help you out!

After you’ve been active on the forum for a few hours you’ll be able to interact with the guild page, where you can introduce yourself to your new guildmates and discover what it means to be an Ebenguardian. The leadership roster will tell you your guild leaders as well as who takes care of what around the forum. There is also a Q&A for any further questions you may have.

We’re all very happy to have you here, and hope you enjoy being part of the magiq!

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@Alligatoramberlee CoW always looked fun! And I was also at CoT2! Obviously there are better places than here, but I would absolutely love to chat with you about it sometime, learn who you played, etc! It’s possible we even ran into each other!

@BrokenVoid Thank you very much for the warm welcome! I’ve definitely been going through the various rules and guides on here, all very helpful! Unfortunately it looks like I need to wait until I’m at a higher level of trust before I can post in the hobbies or larping threads, although I have definitely taken note of both! (Unless there is some other reason those forums are locked to me that I am missing.) But I’m sure I’ll be seen in there quite a lot.

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Reading helps level you up, so you’ll be in there in no time. I’ll PM you so we can chat about CoT!

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Yup, it’s just a matter of lurking on the forum for a little while. It helps make sure people get an idea of how the forum works before they start posting a lot.

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Welcome to the Fam, Cyn! I just noticed the notifications about newbies, and haven’t really woken up enough yet to fully engage or read much, but I will shortly, and I’ll give y’all a proper welcome :sweat_smile:

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Hello! My name is Rhiannon, but online I go by Rhino (which can be shortened to Rhi). I’m completely new to all of this. I stumbled upon a book on my phone while in school, and it led me to the discovery of everything that I have read today about today.

I went through the Guide, and I was told I was best suited for Thornmouth. Afterwards, I was taken on a new journey and found this server. I will say, I’m a rather shy person, and not good with starting conversations, but if its something that peeks my interest, like art and music, then I give full attention to the people talking.

I also limit myself from electronic usage (especially after a year in quarantine), but I get online as often as I can and when I remember to do so :sweat_smile:. Bare with me though, I’m good at heart, and I’m Told that I have a great voice of reasoning in difficult situations. Now I just have to catch myself up to speed with all the great things that I’ve missed.

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Welcome to the Ackerly Green Community and to the Thornmouth guild @Rhino! I’m Void, the Thornmouth Wagoneer.

To get started here on the forum make sure you read the initial post of this thread and the forum primer linked there, as those will give you the basic rules and info for getting around. Once you’ve done that you can start getting involved in our many discussion topics such as writing, currently reading, and hobbies! If you have an interest you’d like to talk about but can’t find a thread for it, let me know and I’ll help you out!

After you’ve been active on the forum for a few hours you’ll be able to interact with the guild page, where you can introduce yourself to your new guildmates and discover what it means to be a Thornmouth. The leadership roster will tell you your guild leaders as well as who takes care of what around the forum. There is also a Q&A for any further questions you may have.

We’re all very happy to have you here, and hope you enjoy being part of the magiq!

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Heyo! I’m going by Alecto, hence the username here, though I’m known by other things on various parts of the internet. I’m a new Lunivox-bearing Thornmouth, if I’ve gotten that phrasing correct.

I found this place through a friend (hi @Cynical ), and while I haven’t actually gotten around to reading the books yet, I’ve been lurking around on the forums a little, and really ought to introduce myself already. I am an avid reader of far too many things at once, a fan of larping, and I have an interest in puzzles and ARGs.

I am, ah… not terribly good at the social aspect of things, but I hope I can carve myself out a nice comfy corner to be shy and do puzzles in, while occasionally interacting meaningfully with you all.

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Mwahahahahahahahaha yesssss, come, join me, I shall convert all my friends mwahahahahahahaha!

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Welcome to the Ackerly Green Community and to the Thornmouth guild @Erinyes! I’m Void, the Thornmouth Wagoneer.

To get started here on the forum make sure you read the initial post of this thread and the forum primer linked there, as those will give you the basic rules and info for getting around. Once you’ve done that you can start getting involved in our many discussion topics such as writing, currently reading, and hobbies! If you have an interest you’d like to talk about but can’t find a thread for it, let me know and I’ll help you out!

After you’ve been active on the forum for a few hours you’ll be able to interact with the guild page, where you can introduce yourself to your new guildmates and discover what it means to be a Thornmouth. The leadership roster will tell you your guild leaders as well as who takes care of what around the forum. There is also a Q&A for any further questions you may have.

We’re all very happy to have you here, and hope you enjoy being part of the magiq!

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Okay!!

I do believe I’m officially, formally, all caught up! Books read cover to cover, post-book forum posts read, and ideas percolating!

… Now to do my darndest to actually catch up on all the tasks I put off for a week to do this, because hyperfixation is a doozy. (And not, as my brain really wants me to do, reread everything start to finish but this time take notes.)

… I may have found myself in the deep end, friends. :skull:

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@Erinyes, is Erinyes the username you prefer? I saw you mentioned Alecto above, but wanted to be sure you landed on the username you prefer as it’s MUCH easier to change in the first days of joining. :cjheart:

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Hey! Thanks so much for the offer, but, ah, no thanks! While it’s true, I do like the name Alecto, as it happens, I like it so much it’s what I’ve chosen as a first name for myself. And I suppose I’m still in the classic “never give your real name out on the internet” mindset. Which, of course, I’ve sort of done anyway, but I’m still happy with my account name being at least one step removed.

The “hence the account name” was just me referencing the fact that Alecto was the name of one of the furies, or erinyes, in Greek mythology. (Yes, I’m a bit of a mythology nerd, if it wasn’t obvious from the name :slight_smile: )

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You’ll quickly find you’re in good company here

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Y’know, a friend just made me realize you might be asking for the sake of making things easier on the backend, so I don’t have two names in whatever super secret database I’m sure you use to keep track of all the wonderful story things that happen around here. In that case, I’d be happy to take the change to Alecto, I’m not super attached to “Erinyes”. Especially with such an inviting environment around here, I don’t mind the first name at all!

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