Hi AD, hope everyone is doing well. Having seen Wraithwood’s a few minutes to midnight thread, I thought to run an interest check for a return to Lordaeron adventure focusing on a flock of Forsaken prompted to return from Orgrimmar back home.
Ever wanted to see what a Forsaken roleplay would be like without joining a guild or community - or committing to leveling a character? Do you want to reminisce about Stratholme IC? Ever wanted to point at a farm in Silverpine and go “I used to work there” or just try something completely new for a week? This may be a thing for you.
IC hook: The story would follow a group of Forsaken refugees who found themselves in Kalimdor after the BfA, driven by a fiery sermon to come back home.
Some of you may remember refugee NPCs that disappeared after 9.2.5 and return to Lordaeron quest chain - that’d be sort of us. Stragglers, of sorts.
Logistics: there is no requirement to have a Forsaken main, in fact you’re encouraged to make either a trial character or put up a new TRP on an undead you have: cobblers, masons, farmers, apothecaries, even former soldiers without an army - all the human folk of Lordaeron or more recent corpses you can think of, but if you have a fitting main those would be of course welcome. Feel free to prepare a spare profile or two since the journey may be dangerous and the final death may be a very real opportunity if you’re open to it.
Route: To be revealed, but will include a fair amount of walking across the EK from the landing on the shore to our ultimate destination: Deathknell. We may spend some time there after the campaign’s end as an epilogue since it’s a cool place for a hub for those who want to hang out more.
Themes: Loss, loyalty, nostalgia, return, change and letting go, survival. Chatting about the Banshee Queen and what could’ve been.
Factions: mention what you’d like to play as (you may select multiple)
- Forsaken civilians on the ardous journey to the promised land (bulk of our numbers)
- Horde military (may provide escort to the refugees across the dangerous land)
- Forsaken already in the EK - hostile, neutral, malicious or helpful - up to you (just discuss the role with DMs OOC)
- Alliance personnel (mostly NPCd to provide dangers and challenge, but open to guilds providing parity with the Forsaken numbers)
- Bandits, highwaymen, traders and the Scourge (mostly NPCs but as above)
I’m thinking of running it over the course of a week or week and a half in July or early August depending on other community campaigns.
We’d need a substantial number of the Forsaken to form a caravan, 1-2 extra DMs (for contingency, not every evening) and 4-5 people willing to occasionally volunteer as NPCs (I’d like to avoid raid markers whenever possible for maximum immersion).
If this sounds fun, sign up below, mentioning role(s) you’d like to play (Forsaken/other), if you’d like to DM/NPC and what time slot works for you - Late July/early August, such as
- Forsaken refugee, can NPC, July
- Horde military (Orc), August
If you’d like to sign up your guild, add guild name and role and approx. numbers. If we have the enough participants and DMs by next Monday, I’ll post a proper anchor thread with an IC hook.
See you in the coffins.