[Xanth]

Well, now, it appears a certain demon lord is celebrating his birthday today. As a goddess I do not usually bother with such paltry festivals but it seems that we need a little distraction from all the nasty things that have been happening (and pray tell why you have not yet rescued my poor Dazadi yet?)

In the spirit of celebrating, you will all bear a special name for today.

Happy birthday, dearling!

[Kisei]

"Oh! It's Lord Kiril's birthday!!! We'll here's part one of a gift for my our favorite Demon Lord"



"hehe... I promise the second part will be much better

[Kiril]

((VERY OOC:
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*Squeeee*

*tackleglomphugs Xanth and Kisei* Thanks for the attention. The guy can't ever have enough of it. ;P

Oooh. Is that a fire I see in his hands? I wonder what's going on?
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[Xanth]

I hate to have to crack down on something seemingly as innocuous as crediting images but I was the victim of art theft a few months ago and it has made me ever-so protective of other artists. It is therefore, and has always been, a rule here at Elysian Fields that you should credit the images you use on your forum sets and on any threads, such as your shops, and in your profiles, etc. A few Elysians are not doing so. If it were one or two people I would simply contact them privately but it is more. Fair warning, then. We are cracking down. If myself or an Aide spots you with an uncredited image they will delete it, without warning or apology.

After that you may put it back with credit. If you put it back and are still breaking this rule, we'll take further action.

Thank you,
Xanth

P.S. The appropriate way of giving credit is to link to the site where you got the image as well as writing the full name of the artist or the website where you found it.

[Xanth]

Following recent events in the Scorpion Desert, I have decided to waive the law that Shapeshifters should not wield weaponry or armour. While it is still rather silly for higher levelled Shapeshifters to own such items, since they can morph into natural predators, lower-levelled cubs are just as vulnerable as other beings, as the battle with the scorpion has shown.

Keep in mind for armour that Shapeshifters can still only wear garments made of natural fibers, since non-biological matter cannot be morphed. Well, I suppose you could wear manmade fibers if you have a large trust fund to waste on buying a new wardrobe frequently...

I would also advise that any weapons you buy are weapons you can carry in both your animal and human forms.

[Xanth]

Hello again. *cough* After so many of you have already helped with this move, it seems rather greedy of me to ask for more. However, I'm not feeling too well at the moment, and even copying what you've sent me in terms of thread transferring is draining, so if you kept copies of the emails you sent, I'd be grateful if you'd use them.

I'm giving the NPC account temporary access to post in the public library so you put the threads there. That way we can move them to the appropriate places or leave them there, depending on whether or not we think they're active enough to be moved to posting areas.

Your help is greatly appreciated but you're under no obligation to do it. There's no payment for this part (enough of you were, ah, suggesting that $1 per post was going overboard ) and you won't earn any post count to help you level up.

Thank you very much. ^^

Username: NPC
Password: nonplayer

[Xanth]

WOOOOOHOOOOOO, z14 is completely locked down now. A big thank you to Joy who's done a lot of the work for me <3 and everyone else who helped out. You're all awesome!

You can still read the archives at z14, but no more posting allowed. It's all here from now on. Woot!

[Xanth]

If you need to contact me (Xanth) for any reason by PM please send that PM to Xanths Secretary instead thank you.

[Xanth]

OK so it seems we have plenty of romantic happenings going on lately. As a romance novelist, I have to say, that rocks, dudes!

1. Don't get too graphic.

Most of you already know this, so consider it a note rather than a rule. Kisses, ie. peck on the cheek, "kissed him on the mouth" is fine. What we've had so far, I think, is okay but no further. If we get any kind of complaints, though, we will ask you to tone it down unless we consider those complaints to be completely unfounded.

2. Many of Elysia's species are meant to mate for life.

Dragons and Demons, in particular. It has been suggested that this only applies to inter-species relationships and not cross-species, and I'm willing to accept this, but certain of the species were always meant to be devoted partners. I realise, though, I haven't exactly put this info in the species information posts, so I figured it was about time I did.

There are certain species who don't mate for life. Humans and Vampires, for example. Angels could go either way - you get angels who are laid back and very footloose, but then you get angels who, once they've met 'the one' never see another man/woman again. Shapeshifters depend very much on their base form - wolves, for instance, mate for life; many birds do; domestic cats tend not to, lions have many lionesses in their prides, etc. If in doubt, contact your governor or me.

3. There is an adult board, partly intended for the more graphic roleplaying. If you're considered an adult in your country (18 in the UK, 21 in most American states, etc), contact me about access. Even if you do post there, it's advisable to put a rating on your thread so people don't wander in by accident if you've posted something they don't want to see.

Thanks for reading, and at some point this will be going in the Newcomer Guide.

[Xanth]

I was summoned to the palace yesterday. A fledgling got into a room long forgotten and, after a rather severe tongue lashing, led his mother back there.

It would appear that there are many historical treasures in this room and scholars are even now studying the ledgers and scrolls found there. However, of immediate note was a book detailing the history of the war between the Angel factions.

This book also fills in many gaps the Angels had forgotten. Of course, I had not, though I had deemed it necessary for them to rediscover their own past. I do learn from my mistakes, after all.

There will be a feast at the palace for Angels wishing to celebrate this discovery, but the reason for this announcement is to inform all of Elysia of an important fact.

The term 'Angel' is the common name for this winged species, and not the proper name; as are the terms 'dark' and 'white' angel for the factions at war. The proper terms are Anyelos (plural, Anyeli being the singular and feminine, and Anyelo the masculine); Skotadi (Dark Angel) and Apalos (White Angel).

I have no doubt you have many questions. Please refrain from asking them for the time being, thank you. ^^

Side note. Choosing factions does not determine the type of powers an Ayelo has. That comes at level 4 when you choose which path - warrior or 'peacekeeper' - to take. There appears to have been some confusion about this.

In other news, the Anyelos Level information has been updated as well. ^^

[Sylope]

Hey guys, your friendly (huh) neighbourhood vamp-queen here! Just here to remind you that challenge dates are coming up for most species, so if you're planning to challenge, you should go here and reread the rules, plus check the dates! (Just scroll down!) It seems most Elysians don't know when their own challenges are!

Remember, you can only challenge if you're the same level or higher than your leader, and your current leader hasn't been challenged for a month. If you're not sure about anything, PM me, Kiril, or Xanth's secretary!

Okay, I'm off before Xanth get's on my neck for posting on her board. Geeze you wouldn't think a deity would be so narky! Let's see some action people! (and Others).

Love and kisses,

Sylope X

[Xanth]

I've been informed that Furiae.com states in their copyright rules that use of their images for forum sets and the like is not allowed. I cna't believe I missed it myself, but at any rate, I have to ask that any of you using furiae.com images in your sets change them as soon as possible. I'll give you a couple of days, but after that if we see one using furiae images we're going to have to take them out of your profile ourselves.

I apologise profusely, since it was me that started the trend, but I do ask that everyone check the copyright for the images used in your sets.

[Xanth]

We have a lot of cases where people are posting in the wrong account. I've done it myself, and I thought I'd made this announcement before. Obviously not.

If you *do* post in the wrong account, don't fret, just make the post in the right account and report the wrong one for deletion with a note in it to say "please delete" so mods know which post to delete. If someone's posted before you get a chance to correct the mistake, don't worry, just put a note in your post to say it is the wrong account.

I'm working on a new skin to try and prevent this kind of thing, you'll be able to have one account set to purple and another set to black, and eventually we'll have plenty of skins to choose from.

[Xanth]

I try not to restrict how people roleplay - too much, anyway - but it's gotten to the stage where being in more than one or two threads at once is very confusing. How do you roleplay consistently if you're injured in one thread, but not in another, for intance?

I'm therefore going to ask that you try and limit how many threads you're in at once. If you can consistently be in several places then that's fine - example, you can leave Central Park and get mixed up in the rp in the alley on your way to Coney Island - but it's not really fair on other characters if you're in a dozen places all at once.

Markets aren't so tough, because you really need to be in your shop at all times as well as being elsewhere, but I'd suggest being in no more than three threads at once, and only one per area (an area being a subforum, such as The Fae Forest or).

Thank you.

[Xanth]

I just checked the copyright information myself and realise that this doesn't apply just to forum sets. If you've made your character a website using Furiae art, you need to recheck the copyright information as there are restrictions on usage for personal sites too.

If I (Piper) have made you a profile using furiae art, you need to tell me so I can take appropriate action.

[Xanth]

Hi guys, just a quick reminder that OOC stuff really should be kept to either PM or the special OOC board, please. ^^ GM notes, obviously, are an exception, and anything pertaining to your roleplay thread, but other stuff tends to disrupt the storyline.

Thanks

[Xanth]

Sometimes, we just do not feel that a character is ready to level up but because of the board's system that means editing post count. In order to combat that, we have created a new rank - Cubling - which is equal to level one regardless of post count.

Now, this does not mean that characters given this rank have done anything wrong, just that we feel they need more experience.

[Xanth]

Due to tax increases the cost of housing has increased.

Apologies for the inconvenience,
Xanth

[Daoine]

Dear Xanth,
Does this mean that current house-owners have to pay the difference between the old and new prices, or is this increase only for new house-owners?

It's a firm increase btw, the prices of flats for instance have gone up about 600% :oh:

[Xanth]

This increase is just for those who are wanting to buy a new home, or move into higher-level housing.

The reason for the increase (beyond tax inflation) is that the whole idea of levels and levelling up is to provide a challenge, and interest. If characters can afford level 10 housing at level 5, then it can undermine the specialness of that level of housing for level 10 people.

I am not speaking of combining levels with a partner for shared housing, but that most higher-level characters could afford level 10 mansions without help. We have had a lot of complaints that EF is not interesting enough. Perhaps this will help. ^^