conversations.from: system
conversations.value: **(A Weekend Only Fantasy Game)**
  
  *This game is meant for play on the weekends.  If you are not available during the weekend, please do not apply for this game.*
  
  Four Guardians exist to protect the world of Tetravier from harm.  Each Guardian is responsible for a section of the world.
  
  In the North is the Black Warrior.  
  
  To the West is the Tiger. 
  
  The Great Dragon dwells in the East.  
  
  The Phoenix rules in the South.  
  
  Each of these Guardians have a human form and Guardian form.
  
  All of these Guardians, except for Chomolungma, the Great Dragon, exist in a cycle of life, death and rebirth.  But recently, the Phoenix was killed and his reincarnation cannot be found.  The world is in jeopardy unless the reborn Phoenix can be found and balance can be restored.
  
  At the beginning of the story, you have come to the Great Library in Xangdi-Lat, home of Chomolungma, Guardian of the East.  *(Please include in your backstory the reason why you are at the library).*  If Cho finds you worthy, she will ask you to help her find her lost brother.
  
  Sections of the Known World:
  
  **Firaduil**: to the North.  Icy and cold, the homeland of ice elves and dwarves.
  
  **Solovas**: to the West. Temperate climate, home of mostly humans of all races and classes.
  
  **Phirmusol**: to the South. Hot and formed of obsidian, Phirumsol is home to humans who have become very heat-tolerant. 
   
  **The Numidian Steppes**: Also to the South.  They border Phirumsol.  A desert land, home to a nomadic people.
  
  **Xangdi-Lat**: Hidden in the highest mountains, Xangdi-lat is almost legendary.  It can be reached only with great effort.  Due to its altitude, the mountains are often covered with snow and ice.  The valleys, however, are temperate.  (Based very loosely on Tibet and Shangri-La from the James Hilton novel).
  
  **Ringence**: Ringence borders Xangdi-lat.  Home to humans and some *kitsune*.  Loosely based on medieval Japan.  Other mythical Japanese creatures (such as *Tengu*, are welcome).
  
  **The Great Library**: Home to Madame Cho (Chomolungma), the Great Library is housed in the tallest mountain in Xangdi-Lat (also called Chomolungma, though it is not known which came first, the dragon or the mountain).  Madame Cho is served by a monastery of monks who live in and care for the Great Library.
  
  (If none of these places suit your character, feel free to make up your own country and place it somewhere.)
  
  You can be: Human, Elf, Dwarf, *Kitsune*, or other creature.
  
  You can be any class/profession.
  
  Please make up your own Nature, Strength, Weakness and Subplot cards.
  
  This game will be played in third person, past tense.
  
  I'm an English teacher, so proper spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage is appreciated.
  
  Email me at mdoughty@rsu10.org with any questions.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 
  
  Something in your past reminds you of your current situation. Share that story with a player or NPC.
  
  (with thanks to Valloup for the idea!)    
  
conversations.prefix: Endearing Flashback (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: 
  
  Something in your past reminds you of your current situation. Share that story with a player or NPC.
  
  (with thanks to Valloup for the idea!)    
  
conversations.prefix: Endearing Flashback:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a team, brought together fate or chance.  Can you learn to trust each other?  
  
  Play this card to make a move designed to engender trust in you or among the team members.
conversations.prefix: Gain Trust (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Shailaja's loyal hound.
conversations.prefix: Mitra:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a team, brought together fate or chance.  Can you learn to trust each other?  
  
  Play this card to make a move designed to engender trust in you or among the team members.
conversations.prefix: Gain Trust:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1zVauL5g3tyetNvC6qMenw6jmpZgP8j0It_53QZzMOxg/viewform
conversations.prefix: The Lay of the Land:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10kuUbzB9D4h3Tt7Dr0cZyWaCMKdp3iG9Es7KcmMW9BI/viewform
conversations.prefix: Find the Missing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cho's Tea Garden.  A place for reflection, meditation, and formal greetings
conversations.prefix: Tea Garden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cho will scry for you.  What will she see for your future?
conversations.prefix: The Path of the Journey:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know best the weakness of your character.
conversations.prefix: You Choose Your Weakness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Legend says that a copy every book ever written is kept at the Great Library under the watchful eye of Madame Cho.
conversations.prefix: The Great Library:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know what kind of character you want to play.  Write it up here.
conversations.prefix: You Choose Your Nature:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Only you know what skills your character has.  Write it up.
conversations.prefix: You Choose Your Strength:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What drives your character?  What does he or she want?
conversations.prefix: Choose Your Own Subplot:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have two days before meeting with Madame Cho.  The Great Library is off limits for the time being.  Maybe you could meet some of your fellow pilgrims?  Or perhaps the monks would like to talk?  Maybe you will even meet Aadil ibn Noor, Cho's husband, who is almost a legend among the Numidian people.
conversations.prefix: Getting to Know You:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to find information pertaining to your search.  How do you do that?
conversations.prefix: Find Information:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain of Cho's militia.  Commander of the Rangers.  Engaged to General Kellan Angavin (also called Kellen Half-Elven).
conversations.prefix: Captain Isirial Aldamin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Finding out more about Udiya Ashe may help you find the World's Hearth and the Phoenix.
conversations.prefix: Of Fire and Ashe:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Try to find information on any of the issues facing you.  
  
  Note: A neutral outcome will mean the narrator will give you information and you may choose what to do with that.
conversations.prefix: If you don't know where you are going, any road will do. :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Will you be victorious?
conversations.prefix: He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.  Sun Tzu  :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A woman of Phirumsol.  She claims to be a Priestess of the Fire, an organization dedicated to returning the Phoenix to his or her rightful place.
conversations.prefix: Udiya, Priestess of the Fire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1e4AHrCuqrMKISfeQh1c37WkhmkJm4ZfEFKGpS5v58-o/viewform
conversations.prefix: In the Study:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ma'aliah talks a good game.  A really good game.  And there is something *off* about her.  But do you want to start a fight?
conversations.prefix: False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. Socrates:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chief Adviser to Baron Syphex.  Purported to the a blood mage.  Seems to have a complete hold over the court of the Baron.
conversations.prefix: Ma'aliah:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've interrupted a blood demon in the midst of her feeding.  That's not good.
  
  She's not very happy with you.
conversations.prefix: Blood Will Have Blood:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to burn the bodies and purify this place.  Fire should do nicely, here in the domain of the Phoenix.
conversations.prefix: Feed the Fire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yours is the realm of the dead.  Those these are not your people, Cho has asked for your help.
conversations.prefix: Lay the Dead to Rest (Vey):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QYipVMCYnw1zsAqg22h1waCA0lqQM45mXbgDanD3-mM/viewform
conversations.prefix: Ma'aliah's Curse:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shailaja and Mitra have become trapped in the burning building.  Can you rescue them in time?
conversations.prefix: Trapped:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have several items (bowl, book, ring, etc) and a map with several placed marked.  
  
  What should you do next?  Where do the clues lead you?
conversations.prefix: Next Steps:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A human from the land near Xangdi-lat, naturally smaller in height then a average human.
conversations.prefix: Ringence Warrior:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With a blade in your hand, people don’t want to mess with you, Swords, spears, kunai’s, daggers… as long as it has a blade you know how to inflict proper damage
conversations.prefix: Blade Mastery:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hit by a strange affliction, this disease threatens to be your doom years from now, until then you might be overcome with pain at inopportune times.    
conversations.prefix: Magicial Disease:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Looking for the cure to a strange disease, will you find it in time?
conversations.prefix: Finding the cure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are the most recent incarnation of the Black Warrior.
conversations.prefix: Guardian of the North:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The spirits of the North watch over you, and arise at your calling. Many do not have the stomach for the feats you perform.
conversations.prefix: Thaumaturgy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Long hours with no company but the deceased have left their mark. Are those voices yours to hear?
conversations.prefix: Crypt-Keeper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A shackled mind is a broken mind. Can you escape the cold embrace?
conversations.prefix: Break Your Chains:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bazarah is on multiple quests, in search of the greater truth from the many multiple smaller truths. He has many masters, yet is a slave to no-one. He serves his people, the Numidians; he serves his clan; and he serves his missing Guardian, the Phoenix.
conversations.prefix: Seeker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether creature or human, the teachings of the Serene One allow Bazarah to him to calm savage natures. If the one receiving the Blessings is already calm, then they may fall asleep. 
conversations.prefix: Blessings of the Serene:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Though very aware that thinking creatures are capable of a thousand duplicities with others and themselves, Bazarah prefers to trust others, and let themselves prove their natures. Though this does not mean that he does not keep a hand on the hilt of his sword at the same time. 
conversations.prefix: Grants initiative:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With so many quests, Bazarah believes that knowing everything is the best chance at putting together the overall puzzle presented by this life. 
conversations.prefix: Must know the truth, at nearly any cost:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are at home in the wild places.  Trackers and woodsmen extraordinaire, Rangers know how to bring down their prey with subtle blades or arrows from afar. Your skills make you valuable in roles as diverse as sniper and animal trainer.
conversations.prefix: Ranger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have exceptionally keen vision, and excellent judgement for distances and angles, making you deadly with bows and thrown weapons.
conversations.prefix: Hawkeye:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were found alone on Chomolungma as a young child, with no indication of where you came from or who your parents might be, let alone why they saw fit to leave you there.  
  
  This apparent betrayal by those who should have loved you best has left you insular and insecure, wary of forming close attachments.
conversations.prefix: Abandoned:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Madame Cho saved your life, and she is the person you most respect (and even love, though you would never have the temerity to say so) in the world.  You would do anything she required, and you long for a chance to repay in some small way the great service she has done you.
conversations.prefix: Serve Madame Cho:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A fox-spirit able to take human form, and devours the souls of wrong-doers.
conversations.prefix: Kitsune:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a master of disguise, trickery, seduction, intimidation, and every other verbal method of persuasion. You're also great at thinking on your feet, and coming up with a good plan.
conversations.prefix: Guile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a very different way of seeing things... this leads to some problems with what you consider right and wrong... and what others do.
  
  (Sidenote: the axis read; Lawful/Chaotic, Good/Evil, and Bacon/Necktie)
conversations.prefix: Blue and Orange Morality:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your beloved is trapped in the realm of dreams and nightmares. You will do anything to save them.
conversations.prefix: Save your Beloved:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were created to protect the denizens of the west.
conversations.prefix: Guardian of The West:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Even in human form, your eyesight, hearing and sense of smell far exceeds that of a human.
conversations.prefix: Feline senses:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You care too much for the people under your charge.  It can lead you into significant danger, if you're not careful.
conversations.prefix: Cares too much!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A blight has hit the far West.  It started small, sections of woodland falling sick, but it now grows.
  
  As guardian, it falls to you to lead the investigation into the cause before it becomes wide spread.
conversations.prefix: Find out the cause of the blight:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: *Furaribi*, the aimless flame. A whimsical demon that takes the form of a drifting pillar of flame,  or - more rarely - the shape of a mortal human. 
conversations.prefix: Furaribi:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You rarely react in the expected way to any given situation, and are harder to trap or pin down than a handful of smoke. 
conversations.prefix: Unpredictable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mortal emotions and concerns are not yours. It isn't that you *can't* understand them, more that you've never tried.
conversations.prefix: Detached:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If the new Phoenix is not found, the fire that is the world will sputter and die. You refuse to allow such a thing to happen. 
conversations.prefix: Keep the Fire Burning:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The peace of the elements fills you and radiates from. You.
conversations.prefix: Calm:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have been in the Great Library before, though not often, more than once.  You have have some sense of how it is arranged and, even better, have been instructed in the use of the catalogue.
  
conversations.prefix: Home Field Advantage:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a member of Madame Cho's militia, sworn to the defense of her and her demesne.  That includes those with whom she chooses to travel
conversations.prefix: Protective:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Despite the limitations of your current form, you are still the flame. You have some fire-based powers and a certain affinity for those of the Fire.
conversations.prefix: One With The Fire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: With so many quests, Bazarah believes that knowing everything is the best chance at putting together the overall puzzle presented by this life. 
conversations.prefix: Must know the truth, at nearly any cost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The sincerity of your appeal creates trust within the person or people with whom you converse.
conversations.prefix: TRUST IN SINCERITY :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In your familiar surroundings, you are skillful and at ease, knowing what to do and how to react to almost any situation.
  
  Outside them, you all too often find yourself at a loss.
conversations.prefix: Out of Your Element:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The goals of an ambassador are many and varied, and are best achieved with skills generally not discussed—nor disclosed—within polite society. 
conversations.prefix: Undiscussed Talents of a Diplomat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A bronze bowl, with an etched pattern of birds rising and falling out of (or in to) flames.  The bowl is wrapped in chains made of a strange metal.
conversations.prefix: Bronze Bowl of the Phoenix:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It appears to be blank but Bazarah was able to make some words appear.  Is there a way for more to be discovered?
conversations.prefix: Blank (?) Book:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Map of Tetravier.  Places are marked in the North, South, East and West.  Could the Phoenix have hidden objects there?
conversations.prefix: Map:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The ring of the Phoenix, made of gold, rubies and topaz.
conversations.prefix: Ring:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Perhaps someone saw or sensed something?  After all, Void Magic is very rare.  Or did anyone remember seeing the Phoenix here before his death?
conversations.prefix: Question the Dead:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Madame Cho saved your life, and she is the person you most respect (and even love, though you would never have the temerity to say so) in the world.  You would do anything she required, and you long for a chance to repay in some small way the great service she has done you.
conversations.prefix: Serve Madame Cho:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are capable of swift and silent movement, even across treacherous ground.  If you choose to be unseen and unheard, you generally are.
conversations.prefix: Stealthy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Large though a Tiger may be, you are among the most silent of hunters.
conversations.prefix: Tiger Stealth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: you are young, untested and unsure of yourself.
conversations.prefix: Untested:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Undeserved death makes you temporarily hyperemotional, especially an innocent tortured to death. This is followed by you becoming withdrawn from the world. 
conversations.prefix: Undeserved Death:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Like the surging flame, you act without warning and without consideration.  You can make decisions very quickly, before all of the facts are known.
conversations.prefix: Impulsive:
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 are a studier of detail, movement, and nature. Your experience gives you insight in detection and influencing. 
conversations.prefix: Sympatico:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have traveled the world, and placed yourself in many challenging situations. Yet this has left you with many elements of valuable experience and esoteric knowledge.
conversations.prefix: Living in Interesting Times:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are Cho the Eternal, Guardian of the East.
conversations.prefix: Guardian of the East:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have the world's largest library at your fingertips and have existed since the dawn of time.
conversations.prefix: Wise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have lost so many friends and loved ones.  You are afraid of losing even more.
conversations.prefix: Fear of Loss:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You must find your lost sibling and restore balance.
conversations.prefix: Restore the Phoenix: