conversations.from: system
conversations.value: **Joining:** Preference will be given to players I know, but if there are any slots unclaimed by go time, they're fair game.
  
  **The Game:** Romance is one of the themes we're touching on in this game. Rather than write it into the cards, the idea is to think about how the cards influence how your character relates to love and passion. Play around with how those different angles help or hinder your character's ability (or desire) to pursue romance.
  
  **Player Narrative:** Please feel free to define things within the story and setting as long as they neither conflict with anything that has come before nor steps on anyone's toes. I want you folks to create the world as you go, though I do reserve the right to reel it back and say nooo, we're not doing that. Finally, do *not* assume narrative control over someone else's character. Never ever.
  
  **Setting:** The Kingdom of Caeleth is vast, made up of a dozen provinces and hundreds of fiefdoms flung few and far between. On the Northeast tip of the continent lies the Orinach Peninsula, a fiefdom ruled by Lord Tomas of House Kester and his wife Lady Briallen.
  
  Between the ages of sixteen and twenty-one, this is your home. Here, you are receiving an education that will allegedly teach you how to be proper lords and ladies. Some of you are here willingly. Others not so much, but you're in no position to do anything about it. For now.
  
  Why sent to such a remote place? It is a volatile time in Caeleth. Queen Lucia Caesarra has died recently, and there is tension over who is her rightful heir. Lines are being drawn, loyalties are shifting, and there has been talk of war.
  
  Orinach is a long way from the capitol. It's a long way from *anything*, but the castle is defensible, the people proud and strong, and the Kesters have a reputation for honor and fair treatment, even of their enemies.
  
  **Character Creation:** Here is where you get to make up some of the history and geography of the setting. Give your character a name, name his/her House and the Province s/he hails from. Who are your PC's parents? Where do they stand in the grand scheme of things? Is there anything your family history we should know?
  
  Some of the cards are vague on purpose. Elaborate a little bit on what they mean to you. Are you beholden to a higher power? Who? Why? Are you faithful to a god? Which one? What is their role in the cosmos? You don't have to write a novel, but flesh your PC out a bit more than the cards alone will do.
  
  **NSFW:** The game is tagged NSFW because adult situations is pretty much one of the main reasons we're playing this. However, players may opt out of anything they're not comfortable with, and they can decide how far they want the narrative to go. If someone says they don't want to go there, dial it back.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The study houses hundreds if not thousands of books in a labyrinth of floor to ceiling shelves. Tucked within the nooks are couches and solid oak tables.
conversations.prefix: The Study:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hailed by some as a messiah and cursed as others for a charlatan. What are the Kesters playing at, inviting him to Castle Orin?
conversations.prefix: Vanya Faeros:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The name *Mausa Faeros* means something to you. Maybe you read about it in a book, or you remember it from a history lesson. 
conversations.prefix: Hmm... That Sounds Familiar:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is a followup card for the 3-point This Isn't Good challenge. Please read post this card was issued in for more information.
conversations.prefix: Followup:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Silver-tongued and charismatic, you're good at reading political situations and acting appropriately. You know well that the right word in the right place can turn tides.
conversations.prefix: Diplomat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your power lies in talent, be it musical, theatrical, or words on a page. You are aware that people are swayed by entertainment far more than rhetoric.
conversations.prefix: Entertainer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your strength is in your service to a higher power. You strive to do the right thing as laid out by the holy books of your Order.
conversations.prefix: Faithful:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were born to rule. You may be the firstborn of a ruler or the sibling of one who hasn't yet produced issue, and when s/he does you'll be off the hook... or denied the shiny hat you want for yourself.
conversations.prefix: Heir:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't rely on politics to accomplish your goals; you rely on your wits and iffy moral code. You might even be a good person, and you pull others' strings for their own good. Then again, maybe not.
conversations.prefix: Manipulator:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Is it so wrong to want the luxuries to which you're entitled by virtue of your birth? Why have bread when you can have cake? If you don't have cake, why not? Who's in charge around here?
conversations.prefix: Privileged:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your pursuits lean more toward history, languages, and letters. People may underestimate you, but they don't understand the power of knowledge.
conversations.prefix: Scholar:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Yours is the study of the natural world, be it the mysteries of mathematics, astronomy, physics, or alchemy. You're not a wizard, but to some you may as well be.
conversations.prefix: Scientist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Chivalry is nice and all, but wars aren't fought on the tourney field. You don't fight for glory, nor to die for your kingdom. You fight to make the other guy die for his.
conversations.prefix: Soldier:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are training to be a knight. You're a capable hand with a sword and lance. What's more, you adhere to a code of ethics that sets you apart from the common sellsword and earns you respect.
conversations.prefix: Squire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've got a personality people are drawn to. You know just what to say and when to say it. Even your enemies can't deny there is a certain something about you.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are well-learned, and there is enough raw knowledge on tap in your head you're a walking library unto yourself.
conversations.prefix: Erudite:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For whatever reason, your survival is vital to enough powerful people that they will go out of their way to keep you out of danger. 
conversations.prefix: Non-Expendable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your family has a lot of money, and they're willing to dole out a handsome sum to you. Money may not buy happiness, but crying into a silk kerchief sure beats blowing your nose on cotton.
conversations.prefix: Oppulance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: People know you to be honorable and good. Many of them think well of you, and they're more likely to trust you than they might someone else.
conversations.prefix: Reputation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have an aura of holiness that makes people think you are special, perhaps even chosen of the gods. You are respected at the very least. Possibly revered.
conversations.prefix: Saintly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The mysteries of the natural universe are laid bare before you. You know how things work, from predicting the course of heavenly bodies to making things go boom. Also math and how gravity and levers work and stuff.
conversations.prefix: Science!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can read situations (and people) with a keen eye, and you've got a sense for when and how to act to make sure things go your way. 
conversations.prefix: Sharp-witted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how wars are fought. More often than not, you can come up with a sound strategy to a military situation, and you know all about doing what you can with what you've got at your disposal. 
conversations.prefix: Tactical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a star with a golden voice, great poise, a musical gift, or perhaps the ability to turn a phrase or pen a sonnet. Maybe you're all of these things. You're quite the spectacle. In a good way.
conversations.prefix: Talent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your inflated sense of self worth not as endearing as you may think. The view from the high horse must be nice, but not everyone enjoys you blocking the view way up there.
conversations.prefix: Arrogant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is someone to whom you owe fealty. Your liege commands respect, and if you want to continue to enjoy their favor, you'd better give it.
conversations.prefix: Beholden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You forget people have feelings and thoughts of their own. Sometimes you misread motivations because the factor of irrational human emotion has escaped you.
conversations.prefix: Disconnected:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Be it faith or codes of ethics, sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. The letter of the law overrides the spirit of it, and that can get you into trouble when what's practical doesn't match what's written.
conversations.prefix: Dogmatic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is always more to discover, more to know, more to understand. You live in a world of ambition and brilliance, and there is little time or consideration for mundane things. Like friends and, say, sleep.
conversations.prefix: Driven:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are bound by a duty that trumps your own desires. There are things expected of you that you can't just shrug off. Your fate is decided, and all you can do is follow the steps laid out for you.
conversations.prefix: Duty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've gotten tangled up in a web of favors owed, enemies made, and secrets about you that you might not want to get out, and silence has its price.
conversations.prefix: Entangled:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People die. They leave you. They hurt. Sometimes they have to be expendable, and that is why you don't get close them. Self-imposed exile is lonely, though, and it has left you with few true allies and friends.
conversations.prefix: Hard:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not exactly smooth when it comes to people. Words don't come easily, and frankly you're more at home anywhere you don't have to be social.
conversations.prefix: Shy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes your emotions get the better of you. When that floodgate bursts open, the torrent washes over everything, leaving  wreckage in its wake
conversations.prefix: Wrought:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Knowledge isn't merely power, it's your passion. It's useful for so many things, from the political to the practical. It's also just neat. So go get it. The more the better.
conversations.prefix: Acquire Knowlege:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have ambitions, but you prefer to work behind the scenes while someone else plays the figurehead. Find a good candidate to be that figurehead, then position yourself to be their invaluable adviser.
conversations.prefix: Behind The Throne:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are going to make something incredible. Perhaps in its beauty, or its innovation, or the fact that it can blow up a castle wall from a kilometer away. Get the materials, build the thing.
conversations.prefix: Create Something:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is something you are expected to do. The only problem is it doesn't line up with what you want to do. Slipping free will be a trick, but it beats giving up your own desires to serve another's.
conversations.prefix: Dodge The Arrow:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is something to which you are entitled, and you shall ensure that you will get it. Woe to anyone who means to stand in your way.
conversations.prefix: Get What's Yours:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You only get one lifetime, and you want yours to be remembered. You want to accomplish something big. Something to change the world. One way or another, you will be remembered.
conversations.prefix: Go Down In History:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Honor, glory, and the doing of good deeds are what you need, or at least the illusion of them.Be the one people wish they could aspire to be, you sterling example, you.
conversations.prefix: Make A Name For Yourself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is danger that threatens what you hold dear. You'll grow strong, capable, and you will stand between what you love and whatever threatens it.
conversations.prefix: Protect What Matters Most:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is tension at home and abroad, but it the kingdom cannot afford to go to war. You have a peaceful solution. If only you could get the attention of the people who could actually fix this. 
conversations.prefix: Secure The Peace:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have been tasked by a higher (or lower) power to fulfill its Word and Will upon the living earth. You may not even be Holy, but one way or another, you are Chosen.
conversations.prefix: Thy Will Be Done:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: House Kester pays respect to the twin goddesses Laudach and Felamach (Storm and Sea). However, the chapel is open to other faiths.
conversations.prefix: The Chapel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is something very wrong with Vanya and not a whole lot of time to figure out what it is.
conversations.prefix: Vanya Faeros (Cale):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lord Aren is Tomas Kester's youngest brother. He spends a great deal of time away from Castle Orin, making him something of a mystery.
conversations.prefix: Aren Kester:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The name *Mausa Faeros* means something to you. Maybe you read about it in a book, or you remember it from a history lesson. 
conversations.prefix: Hmm... That Sounds Familiar (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Muasa Faeros? That's not an honorific the Covenant of Grace has used before. What does it mean? Who is this man?
conversations.prefix: Resolve the Mystery:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sweet Lady Rosella, murdered in her bed. Lord Edwin locked in a prison cell under the castle. He will hang for this. Lord Dovanos will see to it.
conversations.prefix: The Murder:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Where could Vanya Faeros have gone? Losing a prophet isn't going to reflect well on the Kesters. 
conversations.prefix: The Prophet:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tension between Houses Dovanos and Bardsley. Who might benefit? What is the political fallout from this terrible act?
conversations.prefix: This Isn't Good:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone is willing to kill in an attempt to weaken Hallowridge. Who? Why? The storm may just be an ideal distraction while you look for a killer.
conversations.prefix: Tick Tock:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have inherited a powerful legacy but it is also a great burden. Failing in your duty is not an option, lives hang in the balance
conversations.prefix: Warden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: People know you to be honorable and good. Many of them think well of you, and they're more likely to trust you than they might someone else.
conversations.prefix: Reputation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is always more to discover, more to know, more to understand. You live in a world of ambition and brilliance, and there is little time or consideration for mundane things. Like friends and, say, sleep.
conversations.prefix: Driven:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Knowledge isn't merely power, it's your passion. It's useful for so many things, from the political to the practical. It's also just neat. So go get it. The more the better.
conversations.prefix: Acquire Knowlege:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes your emotions get the better of you. When that floodgate bursts open, the torrent washes over everything, leaving wreckage in its wake.
conversations.prefix: Wrought:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Knowing the right thing to say.
conversations.prefix: Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have the keys to the cosmos. 
  
  Keep it safe, keep it secret.
conversations.prefix: Sorcery:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cecillia is determined to do everything sh can to ensure Edwin's survival. She hopes thatthey shall eventually be together but, no matter what he must survive!
conversations.prefix: Determination: