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October 11, 2024 Something is happening in the Scorched Wilds. There is a battle raging between a familiar force and an unfamiliar one. What will you do? Help or hinder?

October 1, 2024 Spooky things are happening as the afterlife start walking among the living once again.

September 30, 2024 Louve Dieudonné manages to keep Wolfbron Bluffs in the family. What will happen between the Bluffs and the otherwise peaceful pride of Lorien Plains?

September 20, 2024 Ilarion Rurik challenges for Wolfbron, will the Dieudonné lead pride fall?

September 8, 2024War broke out once again in the Lagoon when a wedding had some uninvited guest arrive. The war results in the most death matches the island has seen at once. The Summit was challenged by Brighid with Talisa answering the call. After many years of the Summit have the same two leaders, the Summit changes hands. What will this mean for the balance of Amaryllis? A witch hunt has started by Luther and Miaran which seems to be turning things on an island that is full of magic.

August 25, 2024 War broke out in the challenge for the Lagoon after Cassius tries to take the Lagoon from Isla. The Cove remains with Miaran. The leadership of the Mire switches from Sigrún hold to Rike when Luther comes back to take his birthland back. Elephants push into the Rainforest and push out the lions there. Soon after Lucifer lays claim to his birthland and takes over the Rainforest.

June 27, 2024 Conflict and tensions rise as prides come head-to-head with one another across Amaryllis - just as Pyrrha and Cassius take the leap to try and claim (or reclaim) their own thrones.

May 24, 2024 Rulers continue to shift, family strife ensues, and, per usual, tensions seems taunt and always lingering on the horizon.

April 24, 2024 Things are rocky within Amaryllis as the Dieudonne clash result in three deaths and forces a shift in the rulership of Firnen Rainforest. With Caladan Cove freshly overturned as well, what will the consequenecss of these events be?

March 30, 2024 The lull has ended as a long standing family, the Dieudonné, launch death matches against their own. The Plains sees a challenge from a new comer, Aphrodite, and the quite pride is pushed into the spotlight.

March 19, 2024 A momentary lull has overtaken the lands of Amaryllis as its inhabitants attempt to find their footing and rebuild after a string of challenges. How long it will last, however, nobody can be quite sure.

February 11, 2024 The Mire has fallen from the Stärke family and is now held by Luther Rike. The change has stirred but the fighting nature of those on the island. The Brook finds a new leader with Icefang and Isla takes over the Lagoon after a storm pushes out the old leader. Reti finds himself the leader of the Hollows after Alexander is hurt. The Oasis finds a new leader in Léonie who is soon tested by Harou.

January 8, 2024 The snow has finally begun to melt anew, which means that the world is slowly returning to the much-anticipated summer season. With the various holiday activities and the other jests put on by Nafasi also coming to a close, it is safe to say that winter is finally over.

December 5th, 2023 Nafasi had pulled a cruel trick and has sent Amaryllis back into a renewed winter season! But it's not all bad, because the lands will also see a handful of holiday-themed events popping up as a result. To make things more interesting, a wayward trio of travlers have also arrived and are facilitating a mass competition between the prides, bands, and rogues -- formally dubbed the Amaryllis Winter Games.

December 2nd, 2023 The spring air brings forth a number of pride challenges. A familiar challenger for the Cove and the Oasis arrive to try to earn what they want. The new leader of the Lagoon is tested in battle as well. What changes will come from the challenges? Who will remain standing and who will find their world turned upside down?

November 27th, 2023 In a challenge between mother and daughter, the leadership of Wolfbron Bluff changes for the first time in 5 IC years.

November 22nd, 2023 Two death matches, one resurrection, and an almost-war later, the lands find themselves in a constant state of turmoil and calamity. Families have been torn apart and endless blood has been spilt; but how is it all going to end?

November 3rd, 2023 The lands stir violently as a death match rages on between Aeistrios Saxe and Morrigan Greyflood. Observers spill into the pit in droves to witness what will no doubt be a historic battle -- and it is clear that this familial fued is far from over, no matter who wins and who dies.

October 12th, 2023 With winter comes the surge of more pride challenges; Ludivine challenges Ryker for Firnen Rainforest and is victorious in her endeavors, meanwhile an outcropping of maims breaks out on the sidelines. In a shocking turn of events Luther returns to challenge Bruno for Ecrosia Mire, will the former heir prove victorious or has Bruno got what it takes to keep his brother's ambitions at bay? This has undoubtedly shaken things up as Bruno declares war against Andal Oasis and Allies in the process!

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November 24, 2024 Our Winter Events have been posted! Our Winter break will take place Dec 20th - Jan 6th. Please read more here

November 11, 2024 We have added two more weeks to the BWP! Also be sure to check out our Quick Fire Updates.

October 11, 2024 An important message to our members please take a moment to read it over. We are also launching our Mini-BWP! Echoes in the Ash

October 05, 2024 Check out our Fall update. There are a lot of changes and some fun new things!

October 01, 2024 Halloween has come to Amaryllis in the spring! Check out the Spooky Time Fun we have going on, complete with scavenger hunt and ghostly hauntings! There might even be something going on in the Scorched Wilds, for those brave enough to look.

July 15, 2024 We have released our official summer update/patch. It includes a lot of important information so make sure to read it through!

July 12, 2024 Our summer break is here! Learn more here! It will end on the 26th of July.

July 1, 2024 Our summer break is coming up soon! Learn more here!

June 27, 2024 The June Posting Raffle is coming to a close this weekend, so get your posts and ticket counts in!

May 28, 2024 Our June posting raffle is posted for sign ups! Sign up here. Be sure you vote for your favortie banner! Seasons banner contest voting!

May 23, 2024 The Guidebook has officially been updated with the new trade perks, as per the revamp. Please ensure that you are changing your trades or picking your perks from the pools (if applicable) in this thread.

April 19, 2024 We are entering the next phase of our trade perk revamp and testing with the launch of our soft opening, which includes the new perks going live and changes being able to be made to characters. Please read the thread in its entierty. Additionally, this is a reminder that you have until May 9th to exit your double exp threads!

April 01, 2024 Our Spring Update is a MASSIVE update! New trade perks are annouced, changes to leadership and prides, new ranks, and more! Be sure to read it over! After you are done, be sure to head to member testing to give the new trade perks a test drive!

March 19, 2024 With our site-wide double trade experience event now fully underway, the Admin team would like to bring our official 2024 Site Fundraiser to everyone's attention. We rely on our members to keep the site going, and are offering a wide range of gifts and prizes - please take a look!

March 1, 2024 Our double trade experience fundraiser is open for donations! Please read about the changes made for this time around.

February 13, 2024 It is time for our 2024 Community Check In. This survey covers OOC areas, IC areas, and a few other things that staff are looking to gain insight on. This is very important to us so please take the time to answer the questions. You have until March 11th to finish this survery. Once complete, you can claim an item from the shop or 150xp. More details are in the survey.

January 25, 2024 Site update! Please review some changes to the site here.

January 8, 2024 Happy New Year and welcome back from our site-wide break! We're looking forward to picking things back up, and hope that everyone feels refreshed.

December 2, 2023 Fa la la la la, la la la la! It's finally December, and we all know what that means — holiday events, woohoo! We will also be having a site break December 22nd - Jan 5th.

November 28, 2023 We are looking for input on the trade system revamp. Learn more about it and the raffle here!

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Mini Site Update (12/01/22)
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(This post was last modified: 12-01-2022, 09:09 AM by Squid.)
December Mini-Site Update

First and foremost, we would like to extend a huge thank you to our member-base for being patient while we worked through some changes. Particularly, we are very grateful for everyone’s understanding as we took time off from our regular updates and accepting suggestions — this time has allowed us to reset, refocus, and give some much-needed breathing room. Having said that, we are very excited to find a new rhythm!

As we near the end of the year, we thought that now was a good time to check-in with a small update. We hope that 2023 will be another amazing year, and we look forward to sharing it with everyone.

Holiday Events

We love getting to make the holiday season a little extra-special for the community, and know that you guys love it too. This year, we have a variety of things planned (including some brand new events), so please make sure to read everything over and get involved in anything and everything that interests you!

This year, we have our annual Advent Calendar, in addition to Holiday-Themed IC Random Events and a Den Decorating Contest!

For the full information on these events and to learn more, please take a look at this thread!


Update: Awakening BWP

The results for our October BWP are in — based on the community’s posting and the final point count, Maua has managed to subdue Kivuli and maintain their control over the lands of Amaryllis. Even though the dark deity has retreated back into the shadows (for now), rest assured that this is not the last time that you will hear of them. So enjoy the perceived peace will you can, because it won’t last forever.

Additionally, because of our evolving site lore, we have also made the decision to remove the Native Pass and replace it with an Old Lore Pass. Essentially, it gives a character instant-knowledge of all of the site’s lore, including what occurred pre-Amaryllis, irrespective of where they were born.

We are also working on revamping the Guidebook’s lore page to include recent developments, and hope to have this up-to-date soon!

Stance on Inter-Member Conflict

We know that the majority of our members get along really well and we are very grateful for that — we love seeing you all support, encourage, and accept one another, and watching as you all enjoy each other’s company and handle disagreements in kind and thoughtful ways is inspiring.

However, we also know that this isn’t always possible. It’s completely okay for not everyone to get along — but to help the Sr.Staff team mitigate inter-member conflicts in the future, we will be making an addition to the Guidebook in this regard. In short, we are adding an expectation of behaviour and conduct, even in times of disagreement or difficulty — and we expect everyone to be able to follow this.

Moving forward, every member of Amaryllis needs to share this space with others in a respectful and civil manner. Even if you do not mesh with another member, you are expected to conduct yourself without being mean, nagging, dragging up old issues, displaying passive aggressive behaviour, pulling other members into things, and so forth. We ask that, if you are going to be a member here and have an issue with another member, you recognize that you do not need to interact with them in any capacity and that they are allowed to be here just as much as you are.

This applies to everyone, equally and consistently. We do not condone malicious or passive-aggressive behavior and hope that this addition to the Guidebook will hold everyone to a better standard — for the health, enjoyment, and benefit of the community as a whole.

If you are experiencing issues with any members, please let Sr. Staff know, with screenshots, as soon as possible. The sooner we know what is going on, the sooner we can act and try and rectify the situation.

We want the site to be a place where everyone is able to come, feel safe, and enjoy their time while roleplaying. Anything outside of that isn't needed and won't be tolerated. If you are unable to share the space with those you don't get along with, you will be asked to step away until you are able to.

Bringing Deleted/Unofficially Dead Characters Back

We understand that, at times, characters are unofficially "killed off" for various reasons (such as stress/real life/etc.), and then when things settle down, it may be a point of regret. We want to strike a balance between being fair and open to flexibility, and keeping in mind the spirit of the site.

To help find this balance, we have developed some loose guidelines to account for these unique circumstances. Please note that these are general guidelines; for situations like this, a formal request must be made to Sr. Staff so that can look at it case-by-case.

  • If the account has been moved to an afterlife tier, they can't come back from it.
  • If an IC death post has been posted by the account, they can't come back from it.
  • If there is a DM request pending/approved and the character "dies" without an on-the site death post, the DM request will be treated like our rules for inactive accounts (on the Death Match page of the Guidebook).
  • If the account was deleted, all character creation items need to be paid for, and the original RDG or gifts cannot be reused.
  • When Sr.Staff looks at the case in question, they will take into account the IC circumstances and explanation for their return to determine whether or not it is plausible/realistic.

We hope that we do not need to use these Guidelines very often, but believe that having them here will be a good foundation for problem-solving any of these types of scenarios.

Suggestions

Our community-wide suggestions will be opening back up, and suggestions will happen every other month moving forward. This means that the schedule for open suggestions will be: Dec, Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec.

Suggestions are only able to be submitted via our Discord server. If you are not on Discord and wish to have a suggestion submitted on your behalf, please send it to a Staff member for submission.

Guidebook Review

Just as an update: our planned Guidebook review is taking us a little longer than we hoped. We are taking the time to be as thorough and as thoughtful as we can, while also being flexible to the team’s schedules and busy lives. We anticipate that you will notice a good amount of streamlined changes, clarification, and wording adjustments once we are done with it — so we promise that it will be worth the wait!

Additionally, if you are interested in being part of the Guidebook Review Team, please reach out to an Admin or Sr.Staff member - it’s not too late to get involved. It’s all still a work-in-progress, but we feel good about the direction that it is going and will provide updates as we get closer to completion.

Reminder: Attach Your Accounts!

Though not mandatory, we strongly encourage you to use the Account Switcher plug-in in the User CP to link all of your accounts, both OOC and IC, together. Having your accounts attached in this way is extremely helpful for the Staff team, and is also what allows you to show up in our member directory.

Don’t know how to attach your accounts? Check out our step-by-step how-to guide!


— The Staff Team

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