#Dragon Age RPer

[endawn]

varric’s nickname for pax being knighty but him throwing bitey in on occasion post-possession reveal

[altrxisme]

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[sanguistra]

okay today is my friday, so after today i should be able to knock out more replies I've been sitting on and I'll maybe even do my best to start some shit on my multimuse @despiour

[fluffytriceratops]

roleplay info. <3 [looking for more rp partners]

making a quick and temporary rp post until the other one i'm working on is ready.

bcuz i lost most of my rps due to quotev being a twat, i decided to start rping more on here. so i wanted to make a post so other rpers can reach out to me.

below will be my rules/requirments as well as a list of fandoms. please follow them all if you wish to rp with me. and if you're interested in rping, feel free to comment or message me.

ROLEPLAY RULES:

- descriptive/story/literate rp only. i'm not interested in rping script/text. 

- i only do double up rps. I’m not interested in just rping the canon character or original character for your rp. I don’t enjoy it and I want to actually be apart of it. rather than just play the love interest to your character.

- oc x oc or oc x cannon mainly. for my side. i usually only do oc x cannon esp if we're doing a fandom rp. obviously i would do oc x oc for an og rp. but if you'd rather do oc x oc, cannon x cannon for your side i'm fine with that. 

- it's very rare for me to do friendship based (platonic) rps, as i would like my side to be romantic. but if you want your side to be platonic, i can do that. 

- please try to copy my reply length to the best of your abilities. i need at least a paragraph or two. 

  - you play my love interest, i play yours.

  - i will not accept mary/gary sues. if i believe your oc is a mary/gary sue i will let you know. i do not mean to offend, i just find them annoying and wont enjoy the rp if your oc is like this.

  - with that being said, please don't make the whole rp about your character/oc.

  - no god modding. your oc/character cannot be the best at everything, give them flaws.

  - no adult x child. pedophilia. child porn. etc.

  - no love shapes. (threesomes, etc. i may or may not accept love triangles (just with crushing) depending on the characters and my mood).

- no incest.

  - no vore.

  - no bestiality.

  - no male pregnancies. 

  - no rape.

  - don't just play your oc and that's it. play more than one character. it's more fun this way.

- do not play my ocs.

  - do not spam me. message/spam me after a week of no reply.

  - be realistic. play the cannon characters properly. don't make them do something they wouldn't normally do. don't heal an injury right away. don't make someone pregnant right after having sex. etc.

  - use proper grammar and punctuation to the best of your abilities.

  - do not delete the rp without asking me first.

  - don't just stop replying, if you are done with the rp, let me know first.

  - don't time skip without asking me first.

  - don't make the whole entire rp sexual.

-my side will be bxg/fxm (girl x boy) but if you want your side to be something else (gxg, bxb, etc) than i am more than okay with doing that for you. as long as you're okay with doing bxg for me.

  - smut, cuss, and gore are all okay with me. but we can keep one or all of these out if you'd prefer. (i will not rp smut/nsfw with minors) 

-on that note, i will only rp with those of legal age. 18+.

- do not steal my forms or my characters.

  - do not write in the first person point of view. i will only accept third person pov.

  - if you have any ideas for the rp, let me know! don't be afraid to ask me anything.

  - don't hold your oc back, you know them better than i do. go nuts if that's how your character is.

that is all for now! thanks for reading through my rules, i know there are a lot, lol! :P to let me know that you have read my rules, please comment 'rat' or 'read' below! thank you!

FANDOMS:

[key] ✦✦✦✦ = very interested in. ✦✦✦✧ = still interested, just not as much. ✦✦✧✧ = don't really want to, but might if you convince me. 50/50. ✧✧✧✧ = not interested atm, very low chance i will say yes. updated frequently.

[animes] my hero academia - bnha/mha ✦✦✦✦ attack on titan ✦✦✧✧ ouran high school host club ✦✦✦✦ dragon pilot: hisone and masotan ✦✦✧✧ aico incarnation ✦✦✧✧ haikyuu ✦✦✦✦ demon slayer ✦✦✦✦ kiss him not me ✦✦✧✧ diabolik lovers ✦✦✧✧ kuro mukuro ✧✧✧✧ fairy tail ✦✦✦✧

[cartoon tv series] how to train your dragon - race to the edge ✦✦✦✧ she-ra and the princesses of power ✦✦✧✧ miraculous: tales of ladybug and chat noir ✦✦✦✧ avatar: the last airbender ✦✦✦✦ the legend of korra ✦✦✦✧ gravity falls ✦✦✦✦ star vs the forces of evil ✦✦✧✧ 3below tales of arcadia ✦✦✦✧ lego ninjago ✦✦✦✦ young justice ✦✦✦✧ voltron: legendary defender ✦✦✧✧ teen titans ✦✦✦✧ transformers prime ✦✦✦✦ transformers robots in disguise ✦✦✧✧ teenage mutant ninja turtles [2003, 2012,] ✦✦✦✦ ultimate spider man ✦✦✧✧ hazbin hotel ✦✦✦✦ helluva boss ✦✦✦✦

[live action tv series] greys anatomy ✦✦✦✧ gossip girl ✦✦✦✧ teen wolf ✧✧✧✧ the mandalorian ✦✦✧✧

the last of us ✦✦✦✧

outer banks ✦✦✦✧

shadowhunters mortal instruments ✦✦✦✧

game of thrones ✦✦✦✧

house of the dragon ✦✦✦✦

[movies] how to train your dragon ✦✦✦✧ spider-man into the spider verse ✦✦✦✦ transformers [bayverse, 1986 cartoon, bumblebee] ✦✦✦✧ teenage mutant ninja turtles [2007, 2014, 2016,] ✦✦✦✦ narnia [all] ✦✦✧✧ the maze runner ✦✦✧✧ the hunger games ✦✦✧✧ hellboy [the first two/older ones] ✦✦✧✧ the avengers [all] ✦✦✧✧ spiderman [all] ✦✦✦✧ xmen [all] ✦✦✧✧ suicide squad ✦✦✧✧ twilight ✦✦✦✧ star wars ✦✦✧✧ the lord of the rings ✦✦✦✦ the hobbit ✦✦✦✦ avatar & the way of water ✦✦✦✦ percy jackson ✦✦✧✧

warcraft ✦✦✦✧

pirates of the caribbean ✦✦✦✧

[video games] the last of us ✦✦✦✧ skyrim ✦✦✧✧ identity v ✦✦✧✧ mystic messenger ✦✦✧✧ genshin impact ✦✦✦✧ five nights at freddys (all) ✦✦✦✦

hogwarts legacy ✦✦✦✦ 

[books] a court of thorns and roses series ✦✦✧✧ [+ more]

if you wish to do a og rp with me, just let me know and we can go over the details. tho i will admit that i am mostly interested in fandom rps and it really depends on the storyline of the og and if i am in the mood for it.

PLATFORMS:

i am mostly interested in rping on here (tumblr) but there are a few other sites/apps/platforms that i am willing to rp on if you really don't want to rp on tumblr.

-wattpad

-instagram

-discord

-quotev (if it ever stops being a rat, as of now i cannot rp on that site)

-google docs (have never done this before but am open to trying it)

-i'm pretty open to trying new places, so if there's a site/platform not on here that you like, feel free to let me know about it and i may be willing to give it a go!

-and ofc tumblr

EXTRA IMPORTANT INFO:

when i say rping on tumblr i mean in messages. i will not rp on the feed or in the comments.

if you do not want to include certain nsfw topics, that is more than okay, smut is not a need for me. neither is gore, violence, etc. just let me know beforehand.

please tell me your triggers and rules before we start. if you have any.

also please tell me your pronouns before we start, if you're comfy with sharing. ^^

that is all for now. i may add to this later but i really don't know what else to write lol. 

if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to let me know. 

[iridescentmemoria]

Wanted : RP PARTNER

Hello there! Do you like Roleplaying? Are you an experienced RPer who is looking for a chaotic/exciteable friend? Do you enjoy giggling about horribly sad/fluffy/angsty plotlines together? THEN YOU MIGHT BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE! I'm looking for an RP partner. I'm 28F. I live in Europe and i'm an experienced RPer with close to over 10 years of experience. Additionally, i'm a writer. I'm billingual, but I am more than literate with the English language. I'm looking for a RP partner who is :

Literate in English

18+ is an absolute must ( nsfw friendly )

Looking for heartwrenching plotlines and toothrotting sweetness

Capable of dealing with chaotic ramblings ( ADHD hyperfocus )

Either short term OR Long term RP's ( I don't mind either ) Ships/Pairings :

TOS Spirk ( spock x kirk ) Also including the Chris pine universe one, you know what I mean, and different AU's are welcome!

Aceslinger ( Ace visconti x The Deathslinger ) From the Dead by daylight game/universe. Although I am totally willing to rp different AU's

Harringrove ( Billy x Steve ) From Stranger Things, AU's are welcome!

Eivor x Sigurd From Assassin's creed: Valhalla, Au's are welcome.

Solavellan ( Solas x Lavellan ) From Dragon age Inquisition. This can be either my lavellan, or yours, or someone new we think of. AU's are welcome!

Cassaric ( Cassandra x Varric ) From Dragon age inquisition, I love them both to death. Au's are welcome!

Ineffable Husbands ( Aziraphale x Crowley ) From Good Omens, Looking for a MxM rp. I am willing to rp both characters. Au's are welcome. I have yet to see the latest season so I will need to catch up first if you want to include the recent developements. Otherwise I can just tag along ;)

Vandermorgan ( Dutch van der linde x Arthur morgan ) From Red dead redemption 2. Au's are welcome!

Gigolas ( legolas x gimli ) Lord of the rings, AU's welcome!

Bagginshield ( Bilbo x Thorin ) The hobbit/Lord of the rings, Au's welcome!

Barduil ( Bard x Thranduil ) Lord of the rings/The Hobbit, Au's welcome! Other fandoms and pairings are also welcome! I have many, many ships, too many to write down here. If you are interested, message me and we can figure out if this is something we can/want to rp. <3

[spndaemon]

I can’t believe this happened to me. Again. My Tav, Circe, is all into Karlach this whole game; intrigued by Astarion and Halsin is a fucking charmer. But then she gets seduced by Gale?!?! And it was cute af?!?!?

I didn’t like him at first. Straight up. But me being the RPer that I am, didn’t make Circe feel that way. She liked him. Liked to talk magic. The intricacies of the illithid worm and powers. I always had her deny his advances before because I was committed to Karlach and the night I go to camp after getting Karlach’s engine fixed, there’s Gale’s Mirror Image; and Gale in the clearing and I was SEDUCED and WOOED with romantic overtures!!

It’s Alistair from Dragon Age all over again 😭😭 I also didn’t like him at first and thought he was an idiot but I fell for the idiot’s charm and here I am, falling for charm and romance again.

I had to put the game down lmao

[aitheros]

# 𝙰𝙸𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙾𝚂 ╱ 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐔𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐄

❛ 𝐢 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝 [ . . . ] 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 ❜

private & selective. mutuals only !! highly headcanon based & canon divergent. mature ( 18 + ) content present. minors dni. follow at your own discretion.

# 𝙽𝙰𝚅𝙸 [ dossier. directory. headcanons. ask prompts. ] # 𝙱𝙻𝙾𝙶𝚂 [ ⚕ | ❦ | ꒰ა໒꒱ | ☾ | ☁︎ | ☆ | ❀ | ᨒ | ☻ ] # 𝙰𝙵𝙵𝙸𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙰𝚃𝙴𝚂 [ @ftbrainrot ]

❛ 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚐𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝'𝚕𝚕 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. ❜

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐒 & 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ╱ ╱ ╱

• general canon divergence • guild master verse • white ( light ) dragon slayer magic • personality • reputation • sting & jiemma • meta: 'the unfortunate side effects of destiny' • additional canon & fanon divergence

𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 ╱ ╱ ╱

portrayal : please review & respect my canon divergence. multiple verses & alternative canon storylines are available. crossovers & au's are welcome. plotting is preferred, but i'm flexible.

activity : sporadic & low occasionally. i don't always lurk on the dash or discord. i don't always answer IMs in a timely manner. please do not take it personally. my energy level to be on social media fluctuates & if we're mutuals, it doesn't mean i'm not interested in talking ╱ writing with you.

etiquette : please practice basic rpc manners both ic & ooc. don't control my muse in an extreme way without my permission. don't god-mode. don't force things. don't hound me for replies. don't blatantly ignore my portrayal notes. don't be rude to me. etc etc. if you ever feel the need to unfollow me, that's totally acceptable but please hard block me if you do so.

asks : open to any mutuals, at any time. please don't spam, unless we're close. replies to answered asks are welcome in a separate post. i reserve the right to delete any asks i do not have muse for.

ships : romantic ships are highly selective; requiring ooc discussion, ic chemistry, & appropriate age gaps. will not write romantic ships with anyone under the age of 26.

warnings : mature writing ╱ concepts may be present or mentioned. this includes, but is not limited to mental illness, trauma, abuse, violence, sexual situations, & death.

triggers : animal abuse of any kind, pedophilia, & graphic sexual assault writings are not welcome here.

will follow :

— duplicates. — original characters & muses of other fandoms ( known or unknown ) if there is an accessible bio ╱ muse information. — muses with or without a ft verse. — blogs that don’t use icons. — blogs that heavily format. — blogs that use rl face claims.

will not follow :

— anyone under the age of 21. — blogs with excessive vague-posting & guilt-trips. — blogs that include triggers mentioned above. — roleplay blogs with clutter. — unknown muses that don’t possess accessible character information. — blogs with no guidelines in plain sight. — muses that i don’t see myself interacting with. — any blog that i simply don’t vibe with. 

ooc info : i go by mandy. i'm 30. she ╱ her. bisexual. half-korean. full-time clinical technologist. part-time student. residing in the united states under EST. a member of this fandom since 2017 & a tumblr rper since 2013. discord available to mutuals upon request.

credits : text divider by cafekitsune.

[savingthrcw]

CANON DIVERGENT multimuse rp blog, for 21+ rpers, written by Ele (30+). High activity and enthusiasm, but I don't rush rp partners, so if you don't see recent threads it's because I don't have drafts.

MUTUALS ONLY! People who ignore this first rule will be blocked.

I also write @smiletimeisrunningout and take commissions.

My navi with the wanted interactions/verses (not everyone is open to every character and fandom), and a link to rules and about pages. In case that doesn't work, you can find everything here (but I'd suggest checking the navi asap if you want to filter and pick by fandom of origin/crossover/orientation and so on)

General links: memes, thread tracker, permanent call, 'permission to ship' call, reverse meme calls, self promos!, all interest checker posts

Highest muses at the moment: Bonnie&Cressida (Bridgerton), Janey&Lucy&Terra (Fallout), Jenny (Doctor Who)

Under read more you can find a few individual links including the super important interest checkers. Tags (except for headcanons) usually end with a semicolon like sarah wishlist; kate open rp; about janey;

Muses:

Kate Austen (Lost) [open to: canon and canon div. characters I know // crossovers: yes] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Stella the conwoman (fandomless oc) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Sarah Walker (Chuck) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: yes] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Jenny II, Doctor's daughter (Doctor Who) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: yes] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Janey Howard (Fallout Prime) [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no] starter calls / opens / like if interested

Lucy MacLean (Fallout Prime) [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no]: starter calls / opens - like if interested

Rose MacLean (Fallout Prime AU) [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no]: starter calls / opens - like if interested

Steph Harper (Fallout Prime) [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no]: starter calls / opens - like if interested.

Terra Branford (ff6) [open to: canon, canon div. characters and ocs // crossovers: yes, particularly fallout] starter calls // opens - like if interested

Eloise Bridgerton (Bridgerton) [test] [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no]: starter calls / opens - like if interested.

John, the Footman (Bridgerton AU) [open to canon, canon div. characters and ocs // crossovers: no] starter calls / opens - like if interested.

Cressida Cowper (Bridgerton) [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: maybe]: starter calls / opens - like if interested.

Bonnie Gillanders (Bridgerton ic) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: yes]: starter calls / opens - like if interested.

Sophie Beckett (Bridgerton) [test] [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Rosa Santiago Appleton (Bridgerton/Fallout oc) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: yes] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Posy Reiling (Bridgerton) [test] [open to: some canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Alien Jemma Simmons (AoS, s1-s4) [open to: some canon and canon div. characters, some ocs // crossovers: yes (selectively)] starter calls / opens - like if interested [written also on @whydoyouthinkileft @shewassoferal @sosadandyetsoamazing and more]

Alex McHugh (Chuck) [Open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: maybe] starter calls / opens / - like if interested [formerly written at @namedafterhim]

Neria Surana, elf mage Hero of Ferelden / potential follower (Dragon Age) [Open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: yes] starter calls / opens - like if interested

Lily Tabris, elf warrior Hero of Ferelden / potential follower (Dragon Age) [Open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: yes] starter calls / opens / like if interested

Lex (Baldur's Gate 3 act 1 and act 2, the Tav) [open to: a few canon and canon div characters, some ocs // crossovers no] starter calls / opens - like if interested

HIATUS Book!Alina Starkov (Grishaverse) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no]: starter calls / opens - like if interested

HIATUS Show!Alina Starkov (Shadow and Bone) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: not yet]: starter calls / opens - like if interested

Ana Lucia Cortez (Lost) [open to: a few canon Lost characters // crossovers: no]: starter calls // opens - like if interested

Ellie Bartowski (Chuck) [Open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: maybe]: starter calls / opens - like if interested

Tauriel (The Hobbit) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: not yet]: starter calls / opens - like if interested

Clarke Griffin (the 100, s1-s6) [open to: a few canon and canon div. characters // crossovers: no] starter calls / opens - like if interested [formerly written also at wearesostupid and @stilltryingallthetime]

Ellana Lavellan, dalish elf mage / inquisitor, never follower (DAI) [open to: canon, canon divergent and oc characters // crossovers: no] - starter calls /- like if interested

Emma Swan (OUAT) [open to: Killian, David, Snow // crossovers: no] starter calls - like if interested [written on too many blogs to name because I started 12 years ago, but: @askemmaswan @imtiredoflivinginthepast @butweareafamily]

[rp-partnerfinder]

Hey! 18F here looking for a fun House of the Dragon RP on one of these ships:

*Jace/Aemond

*Jace/Aegon

Aegon/Helaena*

*Rhaenyra/Aegon

The asterisks indicate who I’d like to play. Mature themes are involved, given the nature of the show. I don’t have a plot in mind so we can think of one together! My literacy is semi-lit to novella, I enjoy matching my partner’s length. If you’re interested, please interact with this post and I’ll hit you up!

OP also sent a message to correct this and say they are looking for 18+ RPers only (which is the minimum age for this blog)

[darkrpfinder]

Looking for RPers 21+ 🕊️

@Grimesboy on Tumblr | He/they/she (Afab) | 27 Availability: Nocturnal insomniac, so god only knows. But I message Ooc multiple times a day and try to reply to a thread at least once a day. Preferred Character Age: 20+, 18+ minimum Preferred Writer Age: 21+ —————————— Fandoms: In current order of interest

TWD

The Hobbit

Baldur's Gate 3

Dragon Age Inquisition

Harry Potter (Extremely anti JKR. Will mean world building/changes)

Fandom - Pairings (My Character/Looking for)

Carl Grimes / Negan Smith (TWD) (Will die for them)

Bilbo Baggins / Thorin Oakenshield (Hobbit)

Astarion / Halsin (BG3)

Krem / Iron Bull (DA:I)

Severus Snape / James Potter (HP)

Happy to discuss doubling, I will 100% play background characters. I also am willing to write starters. - Writing Style: 3rd Person, past tense. I can get a little wordy and borderline purple prose, so it can be anywhere from 4-6 paras to a whole ass novel. I’m not concerned about my partner’s writing length as long as it’s a couple paragraphs and you give me something to work with. Two sentences and/or not helping move the plot along for several messages is where i draw the line, typically. —————————— I’m really bad at ads, so I’m sorry if this sounds rough or impersonal. I’m open to Aus, Omegaverse, dead dove and NSFW as long as it doesn’t go to PwP.

I’m also ghost friendly. I would absolutely prefer if you told me ‘hey, this isn’t working for me’ but I won’t chase you down or badmouth you for disappearing. Sometimes life happens, sometimes people don’t gel. I’m cool with that. I will also never bug you for a reply. I might drop a check in message if i haven’t heard from you in two or three days, and I will send ship art/dumb memes in the meanwhile, but we’re all adults and have lives. Rping is a hobby and that’s how I will always view it.

If interested, please like or message @grimesboy here.

@grimesboy

[shamanofthewilds]

Exiles Reach Shaman Lore

A Shaman’s Duty & Ghost Wolf Form

And how it reveals the important job a Shaman has in the world and how you can use it in your stories and enhance your RP.

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Each class gets its own little bit of flavor for Exiles Reach. Quests specifically dedicated to expanding on the lore or giving slight context to their power. One bit of lore that was removed ages ago was the quest to gain your Ghost Wolf form as a shaman.

The Ghost Wolf is something I see interpreted and handled many different ways, some of which (while perfectly fine to enjoy how you wish) a bit inaccurate to the nature of a shaman’s ability to connect to the spirits. This isn’t really at the fault of the players, but the game itself failing to communicate the lore and making people have to guess or make up how it works. Not to mention we’ve seen the ghost wolf form used only a few times by characters in game and varies from medium to medium (In-Game, Heroes of the Storm, TCG, Offical Concepts, Hearthstone). So I can understand why there would be a little bit of a mix up.

But this isn’t about the Ghost Wolf form in general, this is covering the specific lore and it’s context on Exile’s Reach and how I would approach this form the view of RP and Story Telling. I get detailed, but anything to help give my take on Shamanic story telling. You can get a lot, from a little!

(Yes this is long, but you can’t say I’m not thorough when wanting to help RPers see how much you can expand your character by paying attention to things that apply to you!)

So let’s begin:

As your shaman reaches the Ogre Ruins with the rest of your stranded crew, you will see a Ghost Wolf sitting close to the fire with a quest called:

A Shaman’s Duty.

◆ Upon greeting him, his quest text immediately addresses to you: “Your companions cannot see me. Only you, for you have trained in the ways of the shaman.”

This sets the stage for you as a shaman to what can, and cannot , be experienced to those untrained in the shamanic ways. Meaning that, unless your character has/had a sudden spiritual awakening, by any circumstance, that more often than not...unless they are in tune and connected to the spirit realm , they will not see , hear or experience the spirits. (This does not include instances where a non spiritually in tune character was given a powerful experience to see spirits where they otherwise would not.)

This Ghost Wolf purposefully reached out to a young and upcoming shaman through the spirit realm and onto the waking realm without anyone noticing but the shaman.

◆ He then explains his dire request for communicating with you. That: “The necrotic energies of this island have ensnared my pack. I need your aid to free them.”

We know in the story of this island that there are many volatile forces at work from Ogres, harpies and quilboar. At this point we know the ogres are pulling at necrotic energy with the intention of raising a powerful dragon from the dead.

This is where the name of the quest makes sense. A Shaman’s Duty. We have now established the important role you have as a shaman and what it is your character will often be faced with. As a person connected to the spirits and with nature, it is your duty to ensure that dark, corruptive and dangerous forces keep their grip off of the elements and the spirit realm. You are going to be among the gifted few tasked with making sure that the sacred balance is not harmed and that the wise spiritual beings (who cannot fix matters like this alone) are not tortured and lost forever.

This also shows the inherent impact magic akin to necromancy and other necrotic related powers have on the spirit plane and why shamans are right in distrusting it. A good thing to note is that this is a massive ritual that would reach farther than one person raising a dead body. Either way, it shows the harmful effects.

◆ Lastly in his quest text he states: “Gather veil blossom from the surrounding area. Burn them on the campfire and  breath deep of their smoke. Then you will see my packmates and release them from their bonds.”

This is now where we establish the common traditions that will more or less span across most shamanic cultures and why the Ghost wolf have established themselves as a sacred piece in this universe’s shamanic practice. The Ghost Wolf imparted wisdom unto the up and coming shaman on what natural substance will elevate their mind and spiritual self through smoke inhalation. This establishes a sacred herb to see to the spirit plane and is a resource for shaman to seek out. We also now see the importance of the common practice of smoking/burning with the intent of ritual use.

Your shaman now has a sacred source of other worldly information about what is around them and see first hand how the spirits communicate their wisdom. Many shaman come from nomadic, nature based, and clan like cultures where travel and connection to the world will be a major point of religious importance. So the ritual use of herbs and nature based materials will be a key function for a shamans on going practice both in aiding the spirit realm and their community.

After you accept your mission given to you by the Ghost Wolf, he speaks to you, with a wise masculine voice that is calm and paired with a ghostly echo.

He cautions you on the complicated and strange nature when peering into the spirit world. Not all can handle being able comprehend a world of the dead and the spirits coinciding with the living.

Before you leave, Warlord Breka Grimaxe, takes notice of your behavior. Her tone indicating the importance of your action and a slight sense of intrigued reverence.

Warlord Breka Grimaxe is an orc warrior and that is important to know for this context. One thing many people seem to not connect is that someone doesn’t need to be a shaman, in order recognize the spirits in a religious or faith based manner. A human can pray to the Light and not have to ascend to a priesthood, so an orc can seek for a sign from the Ancestors without becoming a shaman.

Shamans hold an important role in the culture of orcs, and the Horde as a whole. Her being a witness to a shaman directly gaining wisdom from a spirit she cannot see is a moment of quiet awe inspiring reverence. It will vary from culture to culture, but the Horde over all have a majority shamanic based leaning culture with exception of Elves.

The Alliance side has a much different reaction to you speaking to an unseen entity. The human named Captain Garrick says to you in a tone hints she finds your behavior odd, and not usual for her.

◆ “Uh, recruit? Who you were talking to?”

Humans, and Alliance as a whole, do not have the same mindset when it comes to presence of spirits. While they might have cultures where shamanism has shown itself, the Alliance largely doesn’t see *animism as a main focus of their spiritual and faith structures. The cultures themselves (dwarves, draenei, kul’tiran, pandaren) all manifest and approach shamanism for vastly different reasons and many different ways. Any version of shamanism on the Alliance will always be a little different and it is typically an uncommon sight.

It is very important to know what culture you’re playing as and how this effects them, as well as how their peers may react. EX: Draenei shaman are not exactly the most popular, even if seen as wise and helpful by some. No matter how much reverence they show to the spirits , they will always be the one going a little against the grain in the eye of popular draenei belief and customs. This will shape how you conduct your characters habits, and what you should expect depending on how you portray your shamanism to other characters of the same or different background.

The orc might be more inclined to agree to the draenei shaman.

But other draenei may see them as blasphemous. (Which might be a mindset to consider others in Alliance might have)

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* Animism is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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Veil Blossoms

Exiles Reach introduced a plant called Veil Blossom. The Ghost Wolf instructed you to go gather this plant in order to access sight into the spirit realm. In doing this, you are fulfilling a role as a learning shaman doing something at the request of a wise spirit, furthering your knowledge of nature and ritual practice of gathering herbs for sacred usage.

The Veil Blossom themself were found around the edge of a body water at the Ogre ruins connected to a flowing water source. It can be assumed that this plant might commonly be found around or near bodies of water (and maybe more so bodies with running water).

They are depicted with the model of plant that is tall with long leaves and stalks, making it appear like a type of Reed. It has a tall red feathery cluster of flowers up top.

We gain insight on this plant as we collect it for our special mission:

We can assume that Veil Blossom is not unique to Exiles Reach, but is instead a plant likely found in multiple places in Azeroth. Meaning that for many, this is an annoying plant with not much usage for a majority of people. But a shaman will know it’s sacred usage thanks to the insight of the spirits. Your shaman will occasionally get to learn rare bits of wisdom like this. It’s important your shaman learns to treat substances like these with a sense of reverence or respect. They are what connects them to the spirit realm through ritual burning and will be used often in ceremonies.

These are all things your shaman can gradually learn through experience and exposure in their journey of becoming more spiritually in tune with their cultures practice.

Veil Blossom will get it’s own separate post.

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Returning to the Camp and Breathing Deep.

Now that you have your ritual plant, you toss it into the fire and immediately see a change to your surroundings. The smoke goes from dark gray to crimson and your sight takes in everything with an ethereal shift as you gain access to see the plane that exists between life and death.

It should be noted, that things in-game are usually quick for mechanics sake and to streamline questing so that it is easier. However it is not unbelievable to think that the smoke can have a fast reaction. But is important to remember context clues when knowing how to approach these details for RP as well as what we know about inhaling mind altering smoke in real life.

The Ghost Wolf instructed you to “breath deep of their smoke”. A ceremonial in take of smoke would not be instant, nor would any effects be instant (usually). Your shaman would of stood there a good few moments...as they took a long deep breath to fill their lungs and let their mind open up so that their eyes can see the unseen. Practices like this are things your shaman may find themselves doing for special ceremonies alone , with other people, or for a specific purpose. So it’s key to pay attention to the importance of this transition and show the calm reverence your shaman has as they feel themselves elevate spiritually.

Once your shaman gained access to the spirit plane, you get another reaction from Warlord Breka Grimaxe and/or Captain Garrick. Without overly explaining it, it shows again the difference in mentalities of how the Horde and Alliance view things like shamanism and spiritual contact.

◆ Warlord Breka Grimaxe (Shamanistic Culture, proud):

◆ Captain Garrick (Non-Shamanistic Culture, as if recalling something):

Now we have access to the spirit plane through a ritual burning of a plant that you learned through the wisdom of your ghost wolf guide.

For this moment, your shaman is given a Veiled Sight. Seeing what lingers beyond the veil. You exist in a duality of life and death, spirit and physical. You walk the land among living, but see what others cannot. A shamans job is to understand this balance, as all things in shamanism are about balance and harmony. This is an experience that drives home that a shamans job is in tune with almost every aspect life. It should be noted, that depending on skill level, not every shaman may be ready for something like this, hence why this has been a guided quest from a ghost wolf. A moment like this might be aided at the request of a teacher as well. Later on in life, this may be an occasional thing your shaman.

And now we see what a gift like this reveals:

The spirits of stranded and ship wrecked people who found their demise on this island. All people who had lives, families, interests and homes. Faces you may recognize, faces you may have forgotten, now before you. It could be over whelming, or it could be loving. A shaman may feel deep care and empathy for all these people, in awe that you see them and now know them. (Or it might be jarring, depending on the person and skill level.)

These spirits are all very aware of your presence. As you run past them, they face you as you move. This can be incorporated now, that a skilled shaman with experience may be able to speak with confidence that the spirits are in fact all around, and are , more often than not , very much aware of those with a spiritual gift. (If you can sense them, they might sense you.)

But again, always think of your character as a person. These experiences will all be different. Yet , it’s good to know background information to better reinforce your stories. Moving on.

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Rescuing the Ghost Wolf Packmates

The next bits of information just reinforce that necrotic magic directly effects and harms the spirit plane, especially when done in such a large amount when referencing the ogre ritual being conducted.

A novice shaman may not be able to feel when the spirits are upset, that is a sensitivity that must be nurtured (and might always be something fluctuating). So it is important that they listen to when they are approached with news from something or someone as important as a ghost wolf , ancestor, or elemental.

For the ghost wolf pack in the veiled plane, they are all bound and immobilized with necrotic magic in the center of a formation of stone with one singular stone standing out from the rest.

Prairie dogs stand just outside the circle in the waking realm, aware that something is happening despite being unable to see it. This actually shows a good example of where shamanism blends with their ability to tap into nature magic and the wilds. A good representation of why druids and shaman often help each other in a crisis that effects the environment. (They were also seen near the lake with the Veil Blossoms)

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Speculation:

It’s important to see the use of the word ensnared, because this could imply these ghost wolves were caught on purpose, which would explain these rings of stone. It is highly possible the ogre here know of these wise ghost wolves and made cursed spirit traps to keep them in place, or its possible it could be detrimental to any spirit that gets close. But this is merely speculation. Which is what you should encourage in your shaman. To always be thinking of the why in a situation like this to better understand how the spirit realm can be corrupted. The ring, however, may be good inspiration when thinking of structures for shamanic uses.

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Upon saving them, each Ghost wolf communicates with you vocally before running off. It shows more importance at halting large form usage of necromancy.

Ghost Wolf says: Thank you, shaman. I am in your debt.

Ghost Wolf says: The ogres' necromancy has ravaged the spirit world.

Ghost Wolf says: You must stop the ritual before it is completed.

Clear view of the circle:

Close up to the large stone design:

Minor speculation unrelated that may or may not have been spoken about: A lot of these magical stones, seen with shaman and druid ect, often have a hole in them. They make me think of “Hag stones” (or adder stones). Stones that have been naturally created to have a hole in them after a long time of being run over with water. The folk lore goes that they bring good luck and ward off evil, and that the hole itself is a portal to the fae realm. Looking through it might give you a glimpse of it.

When expanding on your shamanic lore and your characters practice, look at in real life examples to better get a feel of the connection to nature. Just always do your research you’re not adapting something you shouldn’t be and be mindful of the symbols you are interacting with. But this is a whole other topic.

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Gaining the Ghost Wolf form

Here is where we get direct confirmation of the information that has been more or less consistent on how the ghost wolf form works.

Upon returning , you approach the Ghost Wolf once more to show you have completed your task. The Ghost Wolf and his pack have been severely weakened by the ogres necromancy. They are unable to do anything to stop what is happening (A good indicator that the ghost wolves are in fact something to worry about if you mess with the spirit plane and how powerful they may be)

Then, once completed, you roar/howl as you are given a blessing from this Ghost Wolf and have been gifted with the ability change your form.

They are granting their strength to help fight crimes against the spirit realm.

As a shaman, your duty is to use your gift and the blessings bestowed upon you to continue this balance between the realms.

Now, as we look at this quest. The context is important. Not every shaman was on this mission to this island, and they were not all tasked with the same mission to free the pack mates from necromancy. You must be able to see what this quest is telling you and how you can take this information and use it to tell your own story if you wish to write a story or role play your shaman gaining their ghost form.

This quest is very much in line to the original removed Vanilla quest on the basis that you proved yourself to a great and powerful spirit of the spirit realm and wild. You did this by tracking the spirit and by doing so, gained a mutual trust.

You proved to this Ghost Wolf that you were able to do right upon the  and did so with respect to the balance. You showed that you understood how important this task was and that you are capable of seeing it through.

So this means, that in order to gain the gift of a spectral form, proving yourself in the context of shamanism is key.

=Here is where the information is even more important to understand.=

The Ghost Wolf form is not like a druid form.

The Ghost Wolf form is a borrowed form.

In this quest A Shaman’s Duty, the Ghost Wolf states that he and his pack mates are giving you the last of their strength.

This is directly saying, that when you use the Ghost Wolf form, you are tapping into a borrowed visage by reaching out into the spirit realm that was granted by them. You are swapping places by transitioning from physical to spectral. The shaman now becomes an embodiment of the sacred balance of the living, the spiritual and the natural.

By the Ghost Wolf giving you their strength, they will always be with you. You have proved yourself, and they are repaying their debt to you. You will use this blessing to carry out their want to stop things like necromancy in the face of the spirits.

This can open up a lot of interesting options for story when you create it. You can have a ghost wolf guide your shaman in teachings or appearing only for certain moments. If your shaman is very skilled, you might even be able to make this relationship be that these are the spirit wolves you’re calling into battle like a powerful Farseer.

You might be able to always feel the presence of this wolf when changing, or it can be symbolic that by having this blessing it will remind you of the mutual respect between you and the spirits and what wisdom you gained through them.

All of this can be used for any culture with shamanism. All you would have to do is look at it within the context of their culture and what animal would make sense for your shaman to be showing respect to. The Exile’s Reach campaign is a highly specific story, meant to show you essences of what each class does mechanically and lore wise.

Lastly, as you gain your blessing of the Ghost Wolf you get one final difference in reactions based on what Faction you’re on.

Warlord Breka Grimaxe recalls fondly of Shuja’s first connection to the spirit world. A proud and important moment for her, showing that Shuja likely had went through a lot of training and discipline to finally touch the spirit plane. As an orc, she is proud to see a successful up and coming shaman.

Captain Garrick on the other hand, is only caring about the information to help their mission. She doesn’t seem to put much thought into who you were talking to, just that it at least gets the job done. By shamanism being less of a cultural thing, she cannot approach it with the same reverence as an orc would. She knows something happened (that she knows little about), and is not insulting you, but she pretty much prefers to move on by the tone of her voice.

And there you have it!

This is an extremely short quest, that literally takes ...five minutes to complete.

But you can learn a lot about how you expand your character by really taking the time to see what it is you’re being told and what you’re being shown. It can be easy to just drink down information and move on, but if you really are passionate about rounding out your shaman always take time to look at quests, text and environment to help you expand your characters personal practice.

The Ghost Wolf form is one of the iconic staples of World of Warcraft, and it’s lore has been moved around a lot to where many people forget all together what the wolf spirit means to the orcish people and what shamanism means to the Horde and the Alliance.

I really love being able to show you how my mind pays attention to quests that can help expand my characters experience, and the ghost wolf form is something I’m very interested in getting into!

I hope this helps someone in expanding their ability to see the world of Azeroth through their characters eyes and realizing that with a little bit of work, you can take a little and go an extremely long way!

Aka’magosh and Spirits be with you!

[dark-roleplay-finder]

Hi hi! I'm looking for someone 20+, adv literate (in reply length and grammar), mlm Discord rper who uses irl fcs and is open to brainstorming and fleshing out a plot together! 🐚🫧🕊️

Lately I've had a bit of a brainrot for a merfolk (or aquatic dragon hybrids, even) rp! I'd love to play the prince of an underwater tribe coming of age and being given the customary present of his kind – a harem all to himself! I have two of my ocs in mind for this, one rather cocky and definitely eager to get some action, the other one rather sweet and shy with a suppressed dominant streak!

For the first oc, I think the best fit would be an equally sassy guy chosen to be in his harem and either a) being super comfortable with that and treating it like it's his due, enjoying the amenities and all, or b) hating their new position and doing everything they can to rebel. Either way, he quickly becomes the prince's favorite and all other harem members are disbanded or ignored!

The second oc would probably get on better with a more soft-spoken partner, maybe a childhood friend or longtime bodyguard/advisor who was surprisingly chosen for the harem? Someone who knows the prince well and tries to reassure him when he gets anxious about the entire thing. Maybe there's even a bit of a surprise once the prince gets comfortable and shows his true dominant colors!

I'd love for there to be eventual romance either way, but I am willing to include aaaaaall the kinks we can think of, too! (My limits are. Very limited themselves.) So, depraved people cometh forth! We can discuss anatomy and all that, but I'd really love for there to be oviposition, feral behaviour, possessiveness, the works! We can even slap some omegaverse in there if you want to!

Push the little heart and I'll come talk to you!

Like this post and the asker will reach out!

[darkdoverpseeker]

Hi hi! I'm looking for someone 20+, adv literate (in reply length and grammar), mlm Discord rper who uses irl fcs and is open to brainstorming and fleshing out a plot together! 🐚🫧🕊️

Lately I've had a bit of a brainrot for a merfolk (or aquatic dragon hybrids, even) rp! I'd love to play the prince of an underwater tribe coming of age and being given the customary present of his kind – a harem all to himself! I have two of my ocs in mind for this, one rather cocky and definitely eager to get some action, the other one rather sweet and shy with a suppressed dominant streak!

For the first oc, I think the best fit would be an equally sassy guy chosen to be in his harem and either a) being super comfortable with that and treating it like it's his due, enjoying the amenities and all, or b) hating their new position and doing everything they can to rebel. Either way, he quickly becomes the prince's favorite and all other harem members are disbanded or ignored!

The second oc would probably get on better with a more soft-spoken partner, maybe a childhood friend or longtime bodyguard/advisor who was surprisingly chosen for the harem? Someone who knows the prince well and tries to reassure him when he gets anxious about the entire thing. Maybe there's even a bit of a surprise once the prince gets comfortable and shows his true dominant colors!

I'd love for there to be eventual romance either way, but I am willing to include aaaaaall the kinks we can think of, too! (My limits are. Very limited themselves.) So, depraved people cometh forth! We can discuss anatomy and all that, but I'd really love for there to be oviposition, feral behaviour, possessiveness, the works! We can even slap some omegaverse in there if you want to!

Push the little heart and I'll come talk to you!

like if interested!

[tadbitfooled]

Look, I'm seeing people discuss feeling ignored for female OCs and I just want to discuss this undercut.

I have played a range of muses across various rpcs. I've written from female oc to male canon, in marvel, in star wars, in dragon age, and a few others. Am I going to deny female ocs often get the short end of the stick? No, I'm not. But am I going to discuss the issues which may cause this? Yeah. But I'm also tired of people saying it's a problem in this RPC because this RPC is, statistically, the most interaction I've gotten for my female OCs.

You want to know why canon male rpers don't interact with you? There may be a variety of reasons, but let me tell you what I deal with on my three sideblogs with the origin male romance options

I post on my pinned post that those blogs are private for my mutuals on this blog. I still get followers who follow those blogs but not this one. There's an innate concern of people not reading through all your stuff, just because you write a canon muse.

In the past, I've had people come up and assume entire dynamics (St.eve Ro.gers was a loop with someone who's OC was his wife???) without talking to me first. I've known rpg rpc male canon rpers who have told me they've dealt with this. Just because you know the magic combination to get your favorite to kiss your PC in game doesn't mean you'll have chemistry with every blog that plays them.

It is tiring to have people constantly coming to you for romance-without-plot. It can even at times feel like they're not interested in you or your writing, just in getting jollies with a face they like.

Onto the matter of female OCs being ignored and how my own women are doing decently, or why I suspect. This isn't to shame anyone, just some thoughts I have on maybe why and maybe for people to emulate.

I don't chase for ships or even just shippy writing. I'm invested in development and writing that build up, taking in every piece to figure out how the intimacy would work. and if the intimacy is a platonic one, I enjoy that too.

I'm not against memeing myself for headcanon memes or drabble memes. I'm interested in building in-depth discussions and plots for my OCs, even if I don't have someone I'm plotting with about it.

If I don't get interactions, I write little scenes with my own OCs or go find something else to do. I don't sit and wait with bated breath or reblog the same things multiple times in the same day.

I try to have variety in my memes, try to find things simple to send, or sentences with a variety of dynamics so people can pick and choose.

On the matter of memes, when I do send them, it's because I've carefully combed over the list to find something I feel would fit the dynamic I can picture possibly working between muses. I try to be deliberate.

Another thing to consider is the RPC is dominated by people who are attracted to men. A lot of the time in video games, people put a lot of themselves into the PC and so they have similar attractions. So the male canon rpers get bombarded with these OCs and they can't keep up with it a lot of the time, especially on solo blogs.

Look, my suggestion if you're a female OC and you're feeling frustrated by lack of interaction, do some solo writing. Develop a bit. Have fun with your OC just for yourself, and maybe someone will see you having fun and want to have fun too. It may take time but that's okay, good things come to those who wait. Maybe if you're feeling frustrated, get off the screen (seriously). Because your frustration will show in your writing. Go read a book, go take a walk, go do some chores, and then just write a bit for yourself.

[prpfs]

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heyo! 18+ looking for 18+ rper’s!

nsfw welcome, but i request you are the top/dominant! mxm only!

third person only! 🍰

(* means it’s oc oriented! but it comes with the default name given.)

[characters i write](characters i seek to write against)

haikyuu: [hinata shoyo] (kageyama, tsukishima, ushijima, aone, atsumu, daichi, kenma)

jujutsu kaisen: [yuji itadori] (megumi fushiguro)

my hero academia: [izuku midoriya] (bakugou, todoroki, shinso, kirishima)

dragon age inquisition: [elf inquisitor/oc] (dorian, iron bull, cullen)*

mass effect trilogy: [john shepard] (kaiden, garrus, thane)*

mass effect andromeda: [scott ryder] (gil, reyes, jaal, liam)*

Leave a like, and anon will get back to you!

[findrppartners]

Hello! I'm a 21+ RPer looking for other 21+ RPers to write in the Dragon Age Universe.

To be quite honest, I'd love to do OCxOC writing as Canon/OC always seems to end up coming to a flaming halt at the end.

The flavours of the pairings can vary, but I'm just not into heterosexuality.

So give this post a like if you'd be into writing with:

-🗡️🗡️🗡️an Elven Ex-Inquisitor with enough anxiety to fill the Fade and still spill into the waking world and yet still so bent on revenge they don't realise the damage to their own existence. [they/them, former rogue, pansexual/panromantic ] (The Inquisitor role CANNOT be removed from this character. It's too ingrained in who they are today to remove it. ) (Age: 25+)🗡️🗡️🗡️ -🩸🩸🩸A Mute Dalish 🩸Blood Mage🩸 who is unapologetically ✨/disgusting/✨. [He/Him, homosexual. He does have the caveat of /only/ being romantically interested in cis men. It's part of him being an asshole.] (Age: 30 )🩸🩸🩸 -🧏🏽🧏🏽🧏🏽A Deaf Elven Rivaini Hedgemage who runs a ~clinic~. To find out what type of "clinic" is really is, you're going to have to get to know them beyond a surface level. Is it really just a place to magically get some scrapes and burns checked over, or is there more to their services? [ They/Them, Gender Unknown, Femme Presentation. Panromantic. ] (Age: 20Something)🧏🏽🧏🏽🧏🏽 -⚔️🛡️⚔️A City Elf Templar (Andrastian) who will tell you he's dating a certain wild witch's mother, regardless or not if this is true. [he/him, mostly demisexual, demiromantic, delusional. ] (Age: 19? 20? Young.)⚔️🛡️⚔️

All of these charaacters can be woven into one tale, but I'd much prefer to write my Blood Mage or Ex nquisitor. I'm open to writing on Discord and or Tumblr. (check this blog for writing style samples).

English is my first language and I'd like it if we could do 1-3 paragraphs of writing, but never inflating it just for length or unecessarily matching length and forgoing substance. 21+ because NSFW may happen (most likely with the Blood Mage).

Anyway, if you got through all of that and want to write with someone so verbose, either give this post a like and I'll get back to you as soon as I can, or go ahead and take the initiative and DM me on Discord at SirHouseplant#3961 [just please, for the love of all the elven gods, say something more interesting than 'hi' as your intro post. ]

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