[Hexville] The University
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				Title: <strong>[Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-09-2020, 04:41:55</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 24pt;" class="bbc_size"><span style="font-family: georgia;" class="bbc_font"><strong>THE UNIVERSITY</strong></span></span><br><strong>Currently in Control:</strong> Lakshmi Bey<br><br>(https://i.imgur.com/wm0YOHr.jpg)</div><br>"Hexville U" is a well renowned bastion of progress - both magical and technological! All sorts of theories are taught and learned here, from the well-established to the far radical! The wealthiest consider attending courses here to be a sign of prestige, while the impoverished consider it a chance to get noticed and get out of their tough situation. The mascot of Hexville U is a sparkling magical owl. <br><br>The University is weathering the current political storm by battening the hatches and withdrawing from more public activities in the Palace. Headmistress Lakshmi Bey is hoping that the next one to come to power in Hexville will be as understanding of the need for education and progress as King Fred the Excellent-at-Ruling was. The <em>Hexville Gazette</em> has continued its publication unfazed by the political upheaval, and is only spared from the wrath of the palace by the fact that Princess Red is too terrible at ruling to understand she is being constantly criticized. <br><br><em>Interest in the use of mechanical automatons has grown significantly in the University ever since Niles the Nerdest has become established as a presence here! Here and there one will see students wearing bits and pieces of gear taken from mechanical humanoids or discussing the possibilities of the dangerous tasks of live being performed by automatons, and how much better the world would be for it!</em><br><br><em>Necromancy has also become more popular lately, thanks to the influence of Morticia Scott. Classes that will touch on the subject are full with waiting lists, and the necromancer herself is hounded for tips and permission to hug her minions on campus!</em><br><br><hr><br><em>Special Rules:</em><br><br>There are no special rules currently in place for the University District. <br><br><hr><br><em>Aspirant Status:</em><br>- Chevis the Chic is PROMINENT <br>- Morticia Scott is ESTABLISHED <br>- Niles the Nerdist is PROMINENT <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>[Hexville] The University - NPCs</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>04-09-2020, 04:42:39</strong>
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				<em>Important NPCs:</em><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/0J5kxdl.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Lakshmi Bey, Professor of Applied Clockworks <br><br><strong>Role:</strong> In Control of the University, until someone more politically ambitious comes along. <br><br><strong>Motivation:</strong> Progress<br><br><strong>Brief Description:</strong> Professor Bey strives to make the world a better place through use of clockwork devices to ease the burden on mortals. She takes great joy in finding inspired young minds to give them the tools to bring the world into a new age of learning. <br><br><strong>Background:</strong> Lakshmi was one of the star pupils of the Hexville University, and was nominated by her thesis mentor to take over his position when he retired. She is enthusiastic about running the University, and likes to think she has the tools to help people all over the city. While she can do well at politics from time to time, she doesn't have much taste for it and would rather be teaching. <br><br><strong>Notes:</strong> <br>- Denounced by Ixeor Turn 3<br>- Denounced by Niles the Nerdist Turn 3 <br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rBf5Aqk.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Grizzy B, or Grizelda Bloodbones if you want to be formal about it. <em>ALLY OF NILES THE NERDIST </em><br><br><strong>Role:</strong> Journalist. She may be able to write of your exploits, or slander your foes! <br><br><strong>Motivation:</strong> Freedom<br><br><strong>Brief Description:</strong> Grizzy runs the <em>Hexville Gazette</em> which is mostly a gossip and scandal rag but sometimes also serves as a source of real news as well. <br><br><strong>Background:</strong> Grizzy came to Hexville U on a scholarship from the Blood Barrens, an orcish homeland. Upon seeing the freedoms that Hexville has to offer she adapted a much more modern name and occupation, vowing never to return to her family business of conquest.<br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1nB8WaN.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Jen'Mawg of the Forever Road<br><br><strong>Role:</strong> Explorer. Who knows what she might come back with if you sponsor her expeditions! <br><br><strong>Motivation:</strong> Harmony<br><br><strong>Brief Description:</strong> A being of a race that hails from another plane, Jen'Mawg is the instructor in planar travel and cosmology at Hexville U. She has been lobbying for a hands on extraplanar "field trip" for some time. <br><br><strong>Background:</strong> Jen'Mawg has a long and storied history that you can read all about in her treatise <em>There and Back and There and Back and There and Back Again</em>. <br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/eNP9Nmz.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Paolo Meselnik<br><br><strong>Role:</strong> Mad Genius. Maybe he needs a voice of reason reigning him in. Maybe he needs a push over the edge. <br><br><strong>Motivation:</strong> Power<br><br><strong>Brief Description:</strong> A doctor who isn't above playing god. Which god varies in any given moment. <br><br><strong>Background:</strong> A former student of a necromancer who tried to seize power in Hexville a few years back, Paolo was pardoned for putting his skills to good treating the sick and ill of Hexville. Now he mostly operates out of the University hospital, teaching the few students who can handle his very hands-on methods. <br><br><br class="clear_left">
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Geeklet</strong> on <strong>08-09-2020, 00:13:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/oQoCM2D.jpg)</div> <strong>Morticia Scott</strong><br><br>Everything seemed to be going normal today. A large classroom was filled with students, their rumblings filling the room as they talked among themselves. Their teacher seemed to be late, but there was no official word yet of class being cancelled, so for now, many of them simply waited.<br><br>Suddenly, the door burst open, and in rushed a white haired woman who rushed behind the podium and shouted as loud as she could, "Everyone! May I have your attention please! That means sit down and be quiet!"<br><br>The students, aghast at the boldness of this woman, immediately fell silent. For some it may have been fear, for others simple curiosity, but as the noise level finally dropped, the woman cleared her throat and began to speak again. "I am sorry to say, that your usual professor is a little, well, tied up at the moment, so I shall be your substitute today. And today's topic is about misconceptions in history.&nbsp; As we know, there are many schools of magic, from the more benign Divination, the deceitful Illusion, and the battle arts of Evocation! None of these are considered as inherently evil, yet there are many who use them to evil ends! But when I speak of Necromancy," she paused as a small gasp escaped from some of the students, "it is feared among the populace! But why? Are those who use it doomed to live out foul and selfish lives? Nay! It is mere propaganda! Retaliation against old enemies of the kingdom! I say no more! When used correctly, it can improve our every day lives, and..."<br><br>Her voice trailed off, a loud banging was heard at the door, just as a couple city guards burst through. One pointed at the woman behind the podium and shouted, "That's her! Get her!"<br><br>"Gotta go!" she exclaimed moments before running off in the other direction to escape her pursuers.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rummy Tum Tum</strong> on <strong>09-09-2020, 07:21:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div> <strong>Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br>The north quad was a peaceful place, filled with yearning minds taking their rest under the sun and drifting clouds. Rest, a lovely thing; a necessary thing. He remembered the good old days of sprawling out across the grass and letting thoughts of his studies float away, ebbing and vanishing, only to flood him with new ideas and answers! <br><br>Rest was a beautiful thing, as almost paradoxically, it led to progress.<br><br>The students here would experience this firsthand as heavy clay feet stomped along the pathways surrounding the grassy area. Creatures made of clay and metal drew the eyes of all around, as well they should have, and soon they would draw their adoration!<br><br>"Hello good students and faculty! I am Niles, valedictorian of this fine university and inventor extraordinaire! I learned much in my days as a student here; I learned that knowledge leads to progress and that progress leads to exciting, happier lives. But there are hindrances to progress, and they stand looming above us all in the form of tradition and bullheaded stubbornness!" The clay and metal men were all lined up now, and they shook their heads in mock disappointment to emphasize his words.<br><br>"We inventors create to fill needs, but those who rule this fine land--those who've ruled for generations--have no care for such things. They care only for maintaining power, through bloodline and connections. I propose that for once, we ensure the wisest and brightest run things. I propose that we create and act to fill needs, prevent disasters, and enrich our lives."<br><br>He took a moment to let his words sink in, closing his eyes and breathing in his own dramatic zeal. Then he continued. "How many have lost loved ones to battle? How many have gone unprotected because no mortal being can be everywhere at once? And what have our leaders done to stop these terrible qualms? Nothing, I say!" The outrage was very real. "They accept these problems as natural and unavoidable, but I wholeheartedly disagree." One by one, the automatons entered perfectly programmed battle stances. "Some of you may have seen my creations throughout the city, already solving problems our dear Red has seen fit to ignore. They have and will continue to prevent needless death and injury. I say it's time that mortal beings stop being treated as cannon fodder and lackeys. I say it's time to fix other 'impossible' problems that plague us under Red's rule. I say it's time for a change in leadership. Let the brightest lead, not some dullard with a family history!" The automatons all bowed to the people, before standing perfectly still to be marveled at and inspected at their leisure. Spectacle was of great importance, and this was only the beginning.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>09-09-2020, 17:31:35</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week One</em></strong><br><br><em>From the Hexville Gazette</em><br><br>My fellow luminaries and future movers and shakers of society, this has been a very eventful week at Hexville U! <br><br>The University continues to attempt to keep its classes going despite all of the upheaval in the city! Should we really be acting like nothing is going on? Is Headmistress Bey just trying to keep us safe like she says, or is there something else going on behind the scenes? <br><br>I had a very interesting conversation with a tailor slash model (and <em>not</em> the other way around they insisted!) who was urging the students to break free of the chains of current styles and government! I think we have a lot to learn from this. Why do we allow a monarch to rule us? And why are we all wearing purple this season? Should we reform our government, and should our scarfs be thicker? It really is a lot of think about!<br><br>Also rumors abound that a rogue necromancer has begun to corrupt the young minds of the campus! No I don't mean Dr. Meselnik again! This one is by all accounts extremely pretty and speaks beautifully, even when being chased by the guard! Is it true that she cast a mind altering spell on an entire classroom? Is it true that she drugged the professor? Is it true that she's actually undead?!? You'll learn more when I do!<br><br>And she isn't the only one shaking things up! What appears to be an orcish man claiming to be a former student appeared promoting battle technology to replace people! It isn't the first time someone has proposed this as an idea, but this one came bearing practical examples so we're told! <br><br>Why aren't we being told the full story by the admin? Why are all the interlopers in the university so good looking? What is the cafeteria's menu for next week? Be sure to pick up the latest copy of the <em>Hexville Gazette</em> to find out! <br><br><em>Forever yours in truth and freedom,<br><br>Grizzy B</em>
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				Post by: <strong>Intimate Ink</strong> on <strong>12-09-2020, 21:07:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/p7uOZ6q.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chevis the Chic<br><br><hr><br>Books.&nbsp; Books!<br><br>Chevis has never been the greatest fan of books, truthfully.&nbsp; It was a sour relationship that started when he was a young boy and he had tried to helpfully provide a face-lift to the dingy old books in his mother’s library: their boring and smelly covers were sure to be the latest of fashion trends once transformed in his capable hands.&nbsp; Sure, he got a bit confused as to which pages belonged to each tome as he pulled them from their spines and scattered them about, determining proper color palettes for each.&nbsp; There was no cause to punish him; though the contents were perhaps jumbled with many a glued-together page, the newly-minted covers of her books were all divine palettes.&nbsp; She should have thanked him: as any true sage knows, it is what is on the outside that matters!<br><br>Nonetheless, Hexville was woefully embroiled in drama about some fuddy-duddy book.&nbsp; Chevis – as he often liked to remind others – was a slave to fashion, and the new fashion was clearly books.&nbsp; Consequently, he was a slave to the trend, no matter how deep his scars ran from a previous run-in with a dreaded book!&nbsp; Such was the life of a martyr-slash-artist-slash-savior.<br><br>As fortune would have it, he had already prepared eight of his best salmon dresses for a planned University fashion show.&nbsp; (Yes, yes, they were certainly not some boring salmon color; no, no, no these were avant-garde dresses made out of fishnet and flipping, flopping, flouncing salmon!)&nbsp; He had, after all, believed that the young (and beautiful!) most appreciated his work.&nbsp; He did realize, after all, that he was quite young (and extremely beautiful!) himself, so that there was much in common between him and the students!<br><br>He had set up a stage in the middle of campus, being sure to provide a complementary VIP seat and swag-bag filled with multi-colored ribbons, ‘proud to be a fish-out-of-water’ pins, and salmon-head earrings for the fine press writer.<br><br><strong>”Ladies, gentleman, non-binary others, bearers of hermaphrodism, rejecters of all gender labels, and all those who realize FASHION comes before gender regardless,”</strong> Chevis waved his hands in flamboyant encouragement.&nbsp; <strong>I present to you, not only fantastically fishy fashion straight from our own troubled docks, but an accessory of the moment!&nbsp; I call it: A Grimoire for your Armoire!!!!”</strong><br><br>And the student-slash-models emerged with his trusty tailor-slash-model…. slash-minion.<br><br><strong>“Lorenza used to worry about studying, strutting, and looking fashionable at once, but no more!”</strong>&nbsp; And there her radiance was.&nbsp; She was a spritely sprite spirit… with spirit, proudly walking the runway.&nbsp; She wore her salmon dress swimmingly!&nbsp; Now, though, decked upon her head were ‘glasses’ made from torn-up textbooks, folded and sealed in origami fashion.&nbsp; Being a serious student, the most important passages for her exams were placed right before her eyes, so she could study them at all times as she walked.&nbsp; This, of course, meant that the ‘glasses’ were completely opaque, and that the spirited spritely sprite spirit could not see a thing but the glued and folded words in front of her.&nbsp; <br><br>It was debilitating, yes.&nbsp; It was F-A-S-H-I-O-N.<br><br>Soon a dryad joined her, clad in a similar salmon gown.&nbsp; This gown was a more elegant evening look, with some of the salmons' flipping tails smacking the cat… fish?.. walk… the <em>catfishwalk</em> as she passed.&nbsp; She too, had texts torn and shaped into a pair of appropriately cat-eyed glasses.&nbsp; Oh, she could not see in front of her, but she could see the words (probably?) in front of her eyes.&nbsp; She was radiant, and clearly being well-educated with such functional fashion!<br><br>She also stumbled and tripped over poor Lorenza, but together they were able to slowly work across the stage by feeling out the path with their hands.&nbsp; Holding on to each other, they flailed down the aisle while only tripping every couple of steps.&nbsp; It was magical.&nbsp; The scent of the dresses was truly magical.<br><br>Eight.&nbsp; Eight beauties came out in all, each bearing a uniquely designed salmon dress, and blinded by the sheer power of learning that came from their textbook glasses.<br><br>Chevis was pleased.&nbsp; He collected the money offered for dresses and used it to buy more salmon from the docks.&nbsp; He surely would make more dresses from what he imagined must truly be a demanding list of orders.&nbsp; (He didn’t bother to actually be so banal as to look at the order list, after all, he just knew these things!&nbsp; Honestly, he was starting to accept that he was probably psychic among so many other of his countless talents, gifts, his humility, and his radiant appearance….)<br><br>Regardless: Another group was saved by his wisdom, oh but there was always more to do…<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rummy Tum Tum</strong> on <strong>13-09-2020, 02:08:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div> <strong>Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br>Niles spent much of his time in the University, nerding out with students and faculty alike and<em> building his influence</em>. The grimoire was a useful thing, he was sure, but the odds of finding it were not in his favor. This place was.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>14-09-2020, 04:31:35</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week Two</em></strong><br><br>While the University continues its buzz of activity, there is a central focus to it this time around! Although the fashion show that comes gets oohs and ahhs and complete confusion in the form of long stares and mutters, it is the presence of the green-skinned machinist who tells all of the use of automatons and magical devices that has gained quite a following. Niles the Nerdest's name is now known throughout the University as someone who is an example of the best and brightest of the school's alum, come back to make the world a brighter place for the future!<br><br>Prof. Bey seems to accept the presence of the newcomer, or at least hasn't made her displeasure known yet which seems to be functionally the same. Niles finds that there are more eager to help him achieve his vision than he thought just a few weeks ago, and is starting to develop a veritable entourage of eager students! 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rummy Tum Tum</strong> on <strong>14-09-2020, 06:52:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div> <strong>Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br>A sigh left his lips as he sat in the University's Nerd HQ (really a club his newest and brightest followers named as such for the fun of it). The young men and women sat at the round table along with him, with a few automatons cramped into the tiny room for good measure. The nerds wore looks of varying worry and even excitement; the bots wore the same blank expression they always did; both teams were adorable misfits in their own rights.<br><br>One of the students spoke up. A girl with ginger hair and the thickest, foggiest glasses you've ever seen. "Are you seriously considering...?" <br><br>"That's right, Martha. We are going to take Professor Bey down a peg. Respectfully, of course! All in good fun. Somewhat." <br><br>"But, what if she boots me from her course? I need the credits."<br><br>"What are credits, dear scientist, in the face of revolution! Also, she's a very nice woman. She won't kick you out." Or at least he thought as much. It had been quite a few years since he and Lakshmi were students together, and even now she wouldn't know who he was. After all, he was no longer the quiet elf girl he used to be. Not since Incident Number 5...<br><br>"Um, Niles?" The voice came from a dark haired lad with brown skin and a face like pepporoni pizza. "Your eyes are all shiny. Is that normal?"<br><br>"Of course it is, Davis! Why it's the glint of exceptional determination. A glint I hope to see in each of your eyes as you write these flyers out and spread the word. And remember: Lakshmi is an excellent teacher and should have to focus solely on that. 'She has a mind for clock-ticks, not poli-tics.'"<br><br>He was met with stares at that, broken by a giggle that quickly quieted. Even the automatons seemed to judge him. The traitors!<br><br>"Okay, maybe we use that slogan on just a few flyers."<br><br>The stare continued. And a cough.<br><br>"Okay, one! It'll be the golden ticket!"<br><br>"Ticket?" asked Martha.<br><br>"The golden egg! It will give us influence galore. In fact, make sure it gets into the hands of that Grizzy B. She'll make it big. And funnier than I ever could."<br><br>"Oh. Okay!" Martha was pleased by that solution, and so were the others in his newfound Nerd Squad. And as they all went about creating the flyers to spread to students and favored teachers, he rose and exited the room. Another sigh escaped him when he was finally alone, this one deeper than before. <em>Sorry old friend. I hope it's not too harsh.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University - NPCs</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>18-09-2020, 19:39:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/0J5kxdl.jpg?1)</div><strong>Lakshmi Bey, Professor of Applied Clockworks (Turn 3)</strong> <br><br>Laskshmi Bey was known as a distinguished woman of strong mind and calm demeanor. So it was unusual to see her looking upset, yet upset she was as she read the morning reports from her staff and saw that there was growing dissent against her on campus. And apparently her clockworks were being insulted in the Manor District! Why? What had she ever done to them! Why were they even talking about her other than to grumble about how she rejected their dullest children. <br><br>"Hrmph." Lakshmi muttered. "Well two can play at this game." <br><br>She began dictating to her auto-quill, which started to scribble furiously, it was time to tell the world how she really felt about this "Niles the Nerdist" and "Ixeor" with his ridiculous title! <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>18-09-2020, 20:53:45</strong>
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				<strong>Week Three</strong><br><br>There are conflicts this week in the University, but as is appropriate they are of the academic nature! With verbal attacks on the Headmistress's clockworks seemingly coming from all over, students are taking a second, skeptical look at what they never questioned before. <br><br>Necromancy however, is back in a big way! Thanks largely to the influence of Morticia Scott showing that the 'dark' arts can be fun and loving! She is starting to become a bit of a celebrity around the campus! Dr. Meselnik seems torn on whether he is happy or jealous about this. <br><br>The debate between whether the animated dead or the constructs of clockwork or other automatons would be the best way to solve any problem has become more than academic! Students arrange contests to see who can create or animate the best minion! A time of change is coming for the University! But which way will it turn?
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University - NPCs</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>23-09-2020, 04:10:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/0J5kxdl.jpg?1)</div><strong><em>Week Four</em></strong><br><br>In an unusual step, the Headmistress herself pens a statement that is circulated in the Hexville Gazette. <br><br><em>No revolution is worth the price of knowledge.<br><br>Burn effigies if it gives you a juvenile sense of catharsis. Burn the sage if it helps you center. Burn the fiery passion within yourself by all means. Melt your metals in the forges, singe your chemicals in the alembics, burn your food if you so desire, but leave the written word in peace!<br><br>You all know of what I speak. A book was destroyed this week. A vile tome? An evil grimorie? A malignant curse? Perhaps. But knowledge is a tool like any other. You would never destroy all screwdrivers simply because one was used to make a construct that went haywire. It gives me peace to know that at least a few of the brave Aspirants that wish control of Hexville understand this. <br><br>To those involved in this I tell you - a place of learning is not a house for book burners. I know some of you have given shelter and aid to these anarchists. I tell you their time is running out. <br><br>Expect action, and soon.<br><br>- Headmistress Bey - </em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Geeklet</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 06:34:17</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/oQoCM2D.jpg)</div> <strong>Morticia Scott</strong><br><br>Praise: Ixeor, Sovereign of the Realms Betwixt and Between<br>Denounce: Alwyn<br><br>A group of people were gathered within one of the University's larger chambers. As they were mingling among each other, trying to figure out why they were there, suddenly the doors shut. Standing guard were a few robed figures, as a few more walked onto the stage. The one in the middle lowered their hood, revealing everyone's favorite (or least favorite!) necromancer.<br><br>"Now, no need to panic, I just gathered you all here because there is something I need to get off my chest. Among you are students, reporters, craftsman, business owners, from all over this fair city. I am sure you all have heard about a recent book burning, and my efforts to thwart such a thing. Now, I know it doesn't seem to be a popular opinion among the denizens of Hexville, but you have to understand. That book wasn't evil. It was KNOWLEDGE. Could it have been used for nefarious purposes? Sure. But do you blame the sword for killing a man? No, you blame the person that wields it. And just like the sword, it could also be used for defense. What if someone was to come at us with knowledge of what that book contained? We could have known, we could have DEFENDED ourselves. But no, little miss Alwyn had to destroy it. I would think that another magic user would jump at the chance to learn something new, but to me, this just stinks of hypocrisy. How can you use magic to help people if you are unwilling to learn."<br><br>Morticia leaned in close to the microphone, speaking in a whisper,&nbsp; "And hey, Kieri, girl, if you find a transcript of this somewhere, ditch those losers. I know what you are going through. We both are judged based on what we are. We both wanna change things. Those other three are just using you, darling."<br><br>"Anyway!" she said, taking a moment to clear her throat at stand up straight again. "It seemed that there was only one other person who actually had the guts to stand up to this vicious censorship. I may not know him personally, but I do commend him for taking action. So, golem man, if you are out there, I hope your motives were good, and thanks for the assistance, even if we failed!"<br><br>And with those words, the doors were again open, allowing people to leave, while Morticia disappeared into a crowd of robed figures.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rummy Tum Tum</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 09:36:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div> <strong>Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br><em>Niles Denounces Ixeor for pursuing cursed grimoire out of either greed or misguided ambition. <br><br>Niles Praises Shanira for pursuing what was right over what was in some way profitable. Knowledge is power, but some of this power is corrupting, belongs in no one's hands, and takes great will to deny.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>27-09-2020, 23:28:27</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week Five </em></strong><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rBf5Aqk.jpg)</div><br><em>So hey faithful readers. We were all set for some sort of showdown this week, am I right? Boss Bey was all guns blazing against Niles the Green Big Deal, and that sexy necromancer you've all been asking for the scoop on was all the rage (don't act like you weren't wearing shrunken skulls for earrings and naming your latest construct Morticia last weekend!) and now what? Nothing! <br><br>I tell you as glad as I am not to be dragged back into some sort of primitive physical conflict, I'm sort of let down. Sorry to be an orc-blood stereotype but damn mama thought there would be some fireworks! But I shoulda known better, this is a peaceful campus after all.<br><br>A. Peaceful. Campus. Keep saying it! Keep it true!<br><br>But not every part of town has it so nice! I hear the Docks and the Slums are like, five times worse than normal! And that's saying something! Actual fighting in the streets out there! Damn! And no you're not tough don't go down there and try to get involved! Also you know if you leave the second you're past the Guild gates something major's gonna blow at the U! <br><br>And when it does, I'll be there! <br><br>~Grizzy B, Hexville Gazette~<br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br></em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rummy Tum Tum</strong> on <strong>29-09-2020, 06:39:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div> <strong>Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br>The fact that Niles created autonomous machines and taught others to do the same left it perhaps unsurprising that he leaned toward a <strong>Civilizational</strong> bent. Order wasn't the most fun thing in the world, but done right it made things fair. It left space for all to find their place, and with his machines, he would be able to pave away the cracks most slipped through in Hexville.<br><br>He would be a change, one aimed for the better and the wiser. The campus of his alma mater was a peaceful place, and he intended to spread that peace throughout the city. Piece by piece if need be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>02-10-2020, 18:48:22</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week Six</em></strong><br><br>Peace is what the university wants, and peace is what it gets. While many, many, students write many, many, missives about their thoughts on things, the end result is slight, but significant. Niles has risen to prominence! His base is visited by several very auspicious folks!<br><br><strong>Tagging Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rBf5Aqk.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Grizzy B<br><br>"Heeeeeeeeeey Big Green Deal!" Grizzy, using her own nickname, that she's never asked if Niles is okay with, says happily as she barges in. "Babe you are like, <em>the</em> news these days! And I'm the best journalist in the University, actually, the city! So we should link up! Cooborate! Liase! It totally makes sense, we're simpatico yaddamean?" <br><br>"So," she says, sitting down very close to Niles and putting her hand on his arm, "You and me, greenies unite and light up the night amirite? You, you are an orcblood right?" She squints at him. "I mean I don't mean to assume your lineage it just...you know, seems that way." <br><br>She grins wide at Niles, her toothy half-orc grill eagerly awaiting the yes she's sure is coming!<br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1nB8WaN.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Jen'Mawg of the Forever Road<br><br>At a different time, as Niles is outside in a garden, he becomes aware of a presence to his left. Although she appears from seemingly nowhere, it is not alarming or surprising, and in fact Niles feels relaxed as Jen'Mawg, the strange woman of an unknown race is there, hands folded behind her back and standing at ease.<br><br>"Niles." She says with a soft smile, regarding the man with a lean of her head. "There are so many things I can show you. And I think, perhaps, just maybe, you might be ready to see."<br><br>She moves one hand from behind her back and traces a circle in the air. As she does Niles is shown brief glimpses of fantastic landscapes and alien cities, before Jen'Mawg makes the circle again and it vanishes, and as it does, so doe she. <br><br>"Find me if you want to learn...." her voice lingers in the air, although her body is gone. <br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/eNP9Nmz.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Paolo Meselnik<br><br>A knock on Niles' door reveals the slender form of Doctor Meselnik.<br><br>"I'm skeptical about this." He says instantly, formal and strict in his mannerisms. "But someone needs to take Bey down a peg and you already have. So perhaps there is hope. In any case, visit me if you'd like to collaborate further." He leaves a card and exist with the same curt formality as he appeared. <br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><br><em>Post here to let me know which NPC Niles would like to take as an ally!</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Rummy Tum Tum</strong> on <strong>04-10-2020, 22:15:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/theathaschronicle/images/3/3c/78d56837c65dd199791a76dc0a5a6558.jpg/revision/latest/top-crop/width/360/height/450?cb=20171023104112)</div> <strong>Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br>All offers were tempting, but there was something especially tempting about having the news on his side. He'd been reading Grizzy B's newsletters for weeks now and even the gossip columns held insight one might find useful. He could only imagine how well they'd work together. Plus he liked her funny words--youth slang, as it were--and he found her tusked smiled incredibly charming. How could one say no to that?<br><br>"Greenies unite, alright." The rhyme there was completely unintentional, yet he grinned goofily as if it weren't. "What have you got in mind?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>07-10-2020, 00:53:18</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week Seven</em></strong><br><br>After all the chaos of late, things have quieted down in the University. Perhaps all the attention being focused elsewhere in the city is a good thing, for once. Then again the students can only be entertained with their classes for so long. A week of studying has them antsy for some sort of excitement. Will the city deliver? <br><br><br><hr><br><strong>Tagging Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rBf5Aqk.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Grizzy B<br><br>"Hells yeah!" Grizzy B cheers enthusiastically as Niles confirms that greenies do indeed unite. <br><br>She throws her half-orc arms around the man and rocks him in a hug briefly before she pulls back, all smiles as she regards him.<br><br>"So." She begins, "I have a <em>lot</em>" she speaks with her hands, moving them in dramatic ways as her words come out, "of ideas for how we can do this. We can go low, we can go high, we can go around the back, really, it's up to you! But you know, honestly, I have the most fun focusing on gossip and scandal so you know, that's what I'll do." She grins impishly. <br><br>"Now you've got a LOT of other people trying to make you stand in their shadow, maybe even these so-called friends of yours, and I think it's time we take them down a peg!" <br><br><em>Choose a rival Aspirant. Grizzy B will write a piece accusing them of - <br><br>A) Corruption <br>B) Perversion<br>C) Tyranny <br>D) Weakness<br>E) Ignorance <br><br>Keep in mind certain accusations may strike more or less of a nerve with certain Aspirants followers! Let me know either here or as part of your turn PM which Grizzy should get to work on!</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>12-10-2020, 02:18:16</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week Eight</em></strong><br><br>Mostly, things are quiet in the University. Mostly. <br><br>... wait. Was that a group of small tortoise with tiny time-shares on their backs walking by? <br><br>Nevermind that, the real activity here is that Grizzy B has published the first of her famous <em>Grizzled Truth</em> columns since the one she wrote attacking Princess Red eight weeks ago.<br><br>This column attacks <strong>Mother Freya</strong> levying against her accusations of <strong>Corruption</strong>. The piece heavily emphasizes the aspirant's ties to known killers, criminals, and other vile sorts in the slums, the still largely unknown nature of the church of Aros, and the sinister air surrounding the supposed priestess's activities! <br><br>The response is ... interesting. <br><br>While there are certainly many who nod their heads and agree, most of the folks doing this were already backing other aspirants, or already predisposed to dislike Mother Freya. Among those who support her there are quiet smiles. It seems that corruption is almost something they would come to expect, and that they are, if anything, pleased to see their chosen Aspirant is "playing the game" the right way. Winning, even. "This is why she'll be on the throne." Some whisper. <br><br><em>A muted result! Mother Freya will lose 4 influence in the Guild District, Manor District, and Marketplace as part of resolving Turn 9.<br><br>Grizzy B is ready for her next assignment. She cautions that targeting the same Aspirant more than once every four turns will have decreasing results!</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>16-10-2020, 03:24:25</strong>
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				<strong>Tagging Chevis the Chic, Niles the Nerdist</strong><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rBf5Aqk.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Grizzy B<br><br><em>Let's talk about what tyranny really is...</em> <br><br>Grizzy B's latest article is quite the recovery from her last piece. She takes a figure that has been regarded with fondness and love in many parts of the city and exposes him as a populist and a demagogue. Who really profits from tiny turtles and salmon hats? Who is dancing and enjoying such extravagances while the city suffers? Who <em>really</em> believes that good and evil Chevis aren't one and the same?<br><br>The piece is quite thought provoking, many throughout the city look down at their Chevis originals, or more likely knock offs, and start to slowly remove them, or make excuses for how it was only ironic. <br><br><em>An on point result! Chevis will lose 9 influence in every district except the Palace and Docks as part of resolving next turn!</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>16-10-2020, 05:13:29</strong>
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				<strong><em>Week Nine</em></strong><br><br>Maybe it's just because midterms are coming up, or maybe its because the dragonchess team might make it to regionals this year, or maybe Grizzy B's latest columns have checked the collective privilege of a great many students, or perhaps many are depressed they missed Lady Whitecastle's masquerade ball, but the University remains fairly quiet. Quiet that is, except for the diehard Chevis stans who insist that the latest piece against him is a bunch of lies! There are always those who react as strongly as possible in the opposite way of current trends in a university after all, and Chevis reaps the benefits of a sudden, unironic, boom in popularity the very week he is so viciously attacked from this same district! <br><br>Can anyone make sense of the University? Does it take someone so erratically stylish to do so? Or will Lakshmi Bey finally unleash whatever it is she's been shut in working on for the past month? <br><br>Whatever it is, let us all pray it doesn't interfere with regionals. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>RedPhoenix</strong> on <strong>16-10-2020, 05:20:49</strong>
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				<strong>Tagging Chevis the Chic</strong><br><br>Chevis' newfound popularity does not go unnoticed! <br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/1nB8WaN.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Jen'Mawg of the Forever Road<br><br>Chevis notices his turtles are acting strangely. They suddenly have all formed a circle, facing outwards, and start shuffling clockwise. Pondering the oddness of this behavior, it is only slightly more interesting when a woman floating in a lotus position appears in the middle of the turtle circle. <br><br>"I have seen the peak of the Seventh Heaven." She says serenely. "I have seen the depths of the Nine Hells." She tilts her head at Cheivs. "I have seen the whirling chaos of Limbo." <br><br>"But you." She speaks slowly. "You fascinate me." <br><br>She doesn't seem terribly worried about saying what exactly she would bring to any sort of partnership. What Chevis would get from this arrangement is a complete mystery. <br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/eNP9Nmz.jpg?1)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Doctor Paolo Meselnik<br><br>"You-you-you." A stuttering Doctor says, pushing his way through the admiring fanboys and fangirls and fanfolks to get to Chevis. "You, me, we, the same, we're the same - visionaries - yes, yes- visionaries!" He speaks with a manic intensity. "What you do to style I do to medicine." He giggles a manic laugh. "I'm the Chevis of anatomy!" He laughs, throwing his arms wide, then pulling them in instantly. "And you could be the Paolo of - of - this place! Of the city! If we work together, yes, work together I can give life, and form to your fashions, I can make it all just so - - - " he can't seem to find the word. "Let me work for you! Please! Please! Your followers, your fans, I can, I can make them more!"&nbsp; <br><br><br class="clear_left"><br><br><br><em>Post here to let me know which NPC if any Chevis would like to take as an NPC ally!</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Intimate Ink</strong> on <strong>23-10-2020, 02:16:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/p7uOZ6q.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chevis the Chic<br><br><hr><br>“… and that, my dear Alwyn, is why it is so very, very important that we join forces.”&nbsp; Many people had shared rumors Alwyn's secret lair was at the marketplace.&nbsp; What luck Chevis had of seeing the mage and realizing it was in the University District all along!<br><br>Things had been rough for Chevis latey.&nbsp; It was almost as bad as the year when Kraken-skin was quite in-season.&nbsp; (Chevis had been brilliant as ever working with the material, but he had experienced quite the supply chain issue when… well, shall we say… <em>hunting it down.</em>)&nbsp; <br><br>This time around?&nbsp; This time his ally Ixeor had told Chevis that he was ‘off to find the meaning of life’: Chevis was beginning to worry for his ally, seeing that it was starting to seem like a long time to return with a pair of form-fitting, ass-hugging trousers perfect for the Hexvrosexual modern man!&nbsp; To make his time waiting for Ixeor’s return worse, there was that dreadfully dense newspaper woman who kept getting him confused with the other Chevis.<br><br>”Listen, my dear, dear Alwyn…”&nbsp; He implored to her with a smile.<br><br>”I know we have had our differences on political opinions, such as, say… well books.”&nbsp; Chevis flounced his hand around, trying to dismiss the notion with a totally unique and never-done-before gesture.&nbsp; In actuality, it just seemed like an oddly-timed choice to snap his fingers and pull on his nose three times.&nbsp; ”You say books are something to read, and I focus more on their functional aspects.&nbsp; You see lifeless words, and I can simply see new worlds within books, using the great <em>theater of the mind</em> by folding their paper into intricate earrings, eyeglasses frames, and Hexville’s most literate of merkins…”<br><br>Chevis pursed his lips together, making the slightest of tsks.&nbsp; ”We are both feeling the pressure of our positions, though.&nbsp; Just look at you, have you seen what working with mermaids has done to you?”&nbsp; He sighed, hating to be the one to point out the ruggedness of another’s appearance – he was about empowering others after all.&nbsp; ”You are practically green my dear.&nbsp; Has that dreadful Jele been asking you to visit her in her underwater kingdom?&nbsp; As a learned man, I am concerned this might be what happens when you hold your breath for too long.”<br><br>With a shrug, Chevis smiles. ”All the same, we are much the same you and I!&nbsp; I understand you are quite the champion for equal rights.&nbsp; Have I ever told you of the time that I bravely stood up for the equal protection of the Too-Cute-For-Words in the woods?&nbsp; Why, the nobles had gotten it into their heads that the poor animals should be discriminated against, and denied the right to be hunted down in order to be turned into the most luxurious of gowns!”<br><br>Chevis stood, reaching out to take hold of the woman’s hands, noting that he had never appreciated how large of a bone structure she had.&nbsp; ”My, you are fierce, my dear.&nbsp; Together, Alwyn, let’s sew a new path forward for magical female fashion-sensible tortoises everywhere!”<br><br>Chevis left Alwyn to think on his proposal, quietly remarking how strange indeed it was that the woman would have so many printing presses in her secret lair.&nbsp; The poor woman really <em>was</em> a bit too hung up on reading, he supposed.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Hexville] The University</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Intimate Ink</strong> on <strong>23-10-2020, 02:19:29</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/p7uOZ6q.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chevis the Chic<br><br><hr><br>It took Chevis some time in considering the offers presented to him.&nbsp; He truly liked both routes.&nbsp; Ultimately, though, with deep consideration the choice was made.<br><br>He joined with Doctor Paolo Meselnik, truly hoping that he could learn from the man so that he would in turn become the Doctor Paolo Meselnik of fashion. <br><br>To Jen’Mawg he wrote his kind consolidation.&nbsp; ”My dear inter-planar genius.&nbsp; As much as your offer tempts me, I fear for the sanctity of my heart if I follow it!&nbsp; I have already lost one friend as he search through the various planes for a pair of trousers that makes the ass look <em>just the right amount</em> of fat!&nbsp; I can not lose another to this tireless quest.&nbsp; Regards, Chevis.”<br>
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