The Lion's rest massacre

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Tonight the streets of our hallowed and joyous city, revel not in splendour… But horror…

These words echo out from various citizens. Pauper and noble alike mutter and quibble.

Some naysayers, refuse to even acknowledge the act, “What massacre?! Crime is to be expected in a city!”

But alas… A report from a town official, printed and nailed at every billboard, reads thusly:

The town crier, devoted servant to the crown that she is, employed in the service of our august city, has today been embroiled in scene of great infamy. Assailants reported to be ren’dorei, though, clearly fanatics, murdered a man. A local homeless veteran, well beloved and known for his eccentric habits. Stabbed in the neck, the ren’dorei who committed this act, is reported to have then shouted, “I am the blade of Ren’dorei”, though, after having spoken to respectable authorities within our small Ren’dorei population, this extremist does not talk for their kind at all.

The bedlam however did not end. Another (suspected but not confirmed) Ren’dorei, having gained the trust of a soldier-captain, murdered him in cold blood. These two miscreants then conjured their deadly mastery of void, like reckless children, Lion’s rest, became a scene of a massacre, as this corrosive power was thrown about, the crier and her bodyguard, were attacked, but fled in great haste. Though not confirmed, another Ren’dorei is reported to have shouted about some extremist vision, and struck out, injuring others, and then, himself, being struck down by one of the brave and valiant members of the Draenei community.

The parchment ends off, with many declarations of excuses, and shock, it pleads with the city to not resort to violence, but whatever the truth… This day marks a severe incident that the local citizens are calling, “The Lion’s massacre”

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Excellent, the Alliance rodents are killing each other to save us the trouble. My queen shall be pleased…

Although I wish I was around to see this myself IC.

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someone should stop those murderers!

This was very fun, a good way to end the arc of the crier (for now), and fantastic set-up to 8.3. Very nais

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Hope people enjoyed it as much as i did! Thanks to the people who partook in this and made it great.
Also glad that the response for tonight seems positive and people did not loose their heads over it.

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Maybe I should of fled the city afterall…

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Send the corpses our way. The Lich King shall use the vengeance of the fallen as a tool towards the elves’ Old God masters.

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Thoughts and prayers have been issued.

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Quality conflict RP?

Epic. The story is quite interesting.

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Thank you everyone for such a great build up heading towards patch 8.3!

And I had a blast being the town crier. It took a few tries to get most of it understood as to try and improve what I said to be more ‘town crier’. Yet it was an extremely enjoyable time, alongside some wonderful people who came along as guards, antagonists or bystanders as people stopped to listen to the news.

The conclusion of this now rests when the new patch rolls in. No more town crier shouts for a while as I wish to partake in the new patch and with other role-play.

But I am glad to hear of those who enjoyed the event and I hope this inspires new ideas and adventures!

And to all those who despised me out-of-character. To that I say:
“lol”
And have a good time.

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I hope you do return again in the future! I liked the RP it brought, for good or ill.

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Oh, absolutely. I doubt there will be as much anti-void elf messages to spread, but I am not sure that such stigma will go away…
After all… The void is now spreading rapidly.

Also, if anyone has any questions that’d like to ask me! I am happy to answer to the best of my abilities!

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As a Tidesage I might myself News Cry :smiley: It is one of our side jobs to spread the news.

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A few tips I can suggest is to look to the bigger guilds and ask for roleplay events they have done so you can shout about them.
And don’t be afraid of making up some side stories that don’t impact anything but can tell a fun story of the world outside the city.

I told two stories like that. One involved veterans being forced into Westfall, receiving donations and then started work on regrowing the land.
Another was about a group of Lightforged Draenei trying to adjust to civilian life, but finding out that they simply can’t.

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Will void elves show their power and usefulness towards this Old God assault like during the war campaign against the Horde? I am actually dying to find out.

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If they are not displayed by Blizzard, it would be a great idea for void elf players to engage in to help counter some stigma they have.

Or they can sit in Stormwind and cry when someone looks at them funny.

Lets go for the former option. A lot more productive.

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my Draenei now has a way to act in the City. Thank you Dia :smiley:

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Should’ve shanked some myself.

I also have to applaud everything that went into this! Not just the massacre, but the Crier and whole air of tension that has settled over the city because of it.

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Oh that that I’d love to see. A Lightforged draenei trying to be a civilian but with the military life she had, and being imbued with the Light itself, makes it impossible.

Go for it! Let your creativity fly!

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I am glad you liked it. It was fun being the town crier, even when we had a lot of people being negative towards me for no valid reason beyond being part of a role-play community.

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It’s been a lot of fun to put in motion! Like our good crier Diamantia, I am certainly hoping it continues onward after 8.3’s launch, even though we’ll unfortunately (but mayhaps, appropriately) be out of a crier for a while.

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