Story Arcs and Seasonal Events

Story Arcs are, in essence, site-wide events that move the global story of the site along. They can come in all forms, be it primarily PvP, PvE, or a little bit of both. At Surrender Dawn, we use Story Arcs in order to progress the main story of the roleplay itself, so don't be surprised to see some pretty impactful stuff coming down the line in regards to both the cities and the factions that exist within our world. These special lore stories occur at the discretion of our staff and storytellers, so keep an eye out for what we have in store! And, as a special bonus, Story Arcs provide double EXP for every post you make within an event zone until a given threshold is reached, upon which you will go back to regular EXP gains.

At the end of each event, during the last week, an event finale will be held - these event finales are threads that we, the staff, will host for groups of people at a time. This is where it will be your time to shine!

These are global events, by which we mean that they are not tied to one zone or city but rather the whole roleplay world and can influence how our story moves forward, the world's perception of you, and many, many more things.

Below you can find the rules for entering and participating in Story Arcs. Please keep in mind that no exceptions will be made in regards to these rules:

• This is a major lore event! As such, please bear in mind that many people will be participating, so if you feel that you cannot seriously dedicate yourself to this, then do not sign up as we will rarely make exceptions unless there is a solid reason to do so.

• Arcs will be on a strict 48 hour timer. It is our intent that everyone has fun and that the story can progress at a steady pace, so keep an eye on the clock! However, we understand that IRL sometimes interferes and we are more than willing to offer an extension upon receiving a DM either on site or in Discord. However, this is a one time pass so keep that in mind.

• A player's failure to post or request a staff extension within the 48 hour time frame will result in that player's character being skipped. In the thread, your character is assumed incapacitated, stunned, dazed, or otherwise distracted for the post cycle. Depending on the storyteller's discretion or the current situation, this could lead to injury of your character or worse. If your character is in a death enabled thread and they are skipped for two post cycles, they are dead unless someone in the thread saves them.

• On the flip side, if you feel that a storyteller is late without an explanation and staff has not caught on, please poke us and we will immediately find a replacement for you! Much along the same vein, if you have some form of issue with how a storyteller is conducting themselves or the thread you are in, let us know and we will look into it as well.

• If you wish to create a death enabled thread, please CLEARLY state in the thread title. i.e [Death Enabled] Thread name[Participants]

• Story Arcs are some serious business and, as such, there will be consequences not only to the world but perhaps to your character as well. We won't hold back, so take this into consideration before signing up.

• In terms of Exp, we offer a double Exp modifier during Story Arcs. However, this modifier will cap off at 300 Exp per character. Meaning that if you wrote enough to get 300 Exp, then you get 600 Exp from that Arc and any subsequent Exp will be distributed as normal. This is to keep threads going while still offering a nice incentive to participate!

• Story Arcs typically will last 1 month. You will have the first two weeks to post any threads during such time and then you will have two weeks after the end of the Arc to wrap up any threads that haven't been finished. Please keep in mind that any threads not finished within the month will be locked - no exceptions.