| Name: |
Melancholy Grimlocke |
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(mel-un-kol-ee grim-lohk) |
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| Gender: |
Female |
| Race: |
Human |
| Class: |
Warlock |
| Role: |
Damage |
| Professions: |
enchanting, alchemy |
| Homeland: |
Duskwood |
| Player: |
Athena |
RP Hooks
- New Warlock: Melancholy has become a new warlock, apprenticing to Averlena Shine, of the Fallon Fleet.
- W.E.B. Trained: An officially stamped W.E.B. warlock trained warlock, Melancholy has all her paperwork in place, and has potential connections to other warlocks.
- Duskwood Nobility: The Grimlockes are a minor House of very little political importance, notable mostly in the social scene for Lady Miserie, who loves company, and throws parties whenever she can.
Appearance
A 5'10" (6" with the boots) gothic young woman with long, riotously curly black hair (dyed to the shade); a prominent nose; a willowy, slim limbed build; and light honey brown eyes. Melancholy dresses to create a specific "book cover" for potential readers, informative of her personality and origin — she is from Duskwood, a small noble house, and she is proud of it.
Her style of clothing often attempts to lend more of a sense of curves to an otherwise lithesome form — peplum tucked waists and frills, long corselettes with flared hips, tiered layered fronts, and rounded skirts. She's almost never spotted without a little hat and a spill of a veil of some sort over her eyes. Black is the main choice, but always with a pop of color; these days that color is a rich, dark, and warm leaning purple, though she used to be known for red.
She's often found with a focusing athame dagger and a staff-cane, as a warlock. Those who can sense magic will sense a constantly maintained fel armor over herself. And recently, she's begun wearing perfume (Purple Melancholia) which gives her a scent of lavender, cardamom, amber, and a hint of coconut.
She speaks with a cultured Stormwind accent, often using an extensive vocabulary with a flair for the dramatic. She walks with a self-assured confidence, and is more than comfortable with her height, but once seated or relaxed, she's prone to slouching and lounging.
Personality
Genuine ⬥ Fair ⬥ Superstitious ⬥ Reflective
ALIGNMENT: CHAOTIC GOOD
Correct Formal Titles: Lady Melancholy
"Polite and respectful and absolutely used to getting her own way." - Lena Shine
Melancholy has always been aware of her name and her place in the world, and she believes that it was fated from the start. That's not to say she's a passive passenger on a predestined ride — she sees it as an exploration of destiny to discover, and she pushes and pulls against the tides of fate, deciding which things are the ones meant to be accepted, and those meant to be rejected, often through what could be seen as arbitrary understandings of her path gleaned from her perception of events. Prone to seeing everything as a part of a greater pattern, it's left her with a tendency towards superstitions in general; the ones she keeps are those that seem — to her — logical and rational.
She has a sense of justice and fairness, with an idea about truly balanced scales and ways to even out the inherent chaos of the world. It isn't Fair by the Law or Rules, but her own concepts, and she is often certain of her interpretations. However, part of that fair mind is that she is willing to wait and listen to others, and what they know or believe, even if it's different from her own, before she will make her own decision or judgement. Once she does have it though, she is firm, unless someone has something new to reconsider.
Early on in her life, Melancholy decided not to be melancholy, and she hasn't been — for most of her life. It doesn't mean she hasn't ever felt sorrow, but that she usually works deliberately to encourage and drive her feelings in specific directions, and she lives her life purposefully in action to her ideals. She has always rationalized and controlled her emotional states as someone learned to self-regulate early on in life, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have a temper or no strong feelings. Her life until a point kept her sheltered from a great deal of pain and suffering, despite the dramatic names of her family, and her ability to handle the increase in those tragedies has pressed her coping mechanisms to their maximum, with varying degrees of success and failure.
Still, she is often able to self-reflect on her actions and words, and when she comes to a conclusion that she has acted wrongly, she'll apologize, and she will admit fault.
As the youngest of her House, deeply loved by her family, and with a stable, comfortable wealth, Melancholy is a bit spoiled, and a little selfish. She had a good heart, and wants to do good — more than ever now — but she hasn't finished growing up all the way just yet, and it shows; it's one of the few aspects of the self she hasn't managed to see quite so clearly or reflect fully on yet.
There are also other things she believes about herself that may or may not be true, and still more that certainly aren't, but nevertheless now play a major role in what she does.
That self-awareness and belief in her destiny both influenced her decision to become a warlock, and determines what sort of warlock she is going to be.
She loves poetry, chrome bicycles, and she plays the French (Lordaeron) Horn.
THIS CHARACTER IS CURRENTLY IN A ROMANCE
Melancholy is a patience needed romance. Melancholy can seem like a person with an easy way into her heart, direct and open, and it is a false will-o’-the-wisp that will lead into a bog of nothing real past a point. There is a wall of a freeze out around her actual heart that is built of trauma and a personal distancing that needs time and timing to overcome, to convince her that she is wrong about a core belief she holds about herself.
Her sense of romance was not in a healthy place prior to dying and becoming a warlock (something similar to Fated Mates), and it’s much worse now that it shattered after the Shattering. She considers herself Unromanceable, and that this is perfectly fine, and that there’s certainly no line of potential people forming so it’s not like she’s disappointing anyone or letting her House down as the youngest. She doesn't perceive any impetus to engage in a romantic relationship. She also doesn't think she needs love (she is not correct).
She is pansexual, panromantic. She can be attracted to any race, with little restriction on age (beyond the obvious of an adult), height, or other physical attributes. She prefers those who have a strong sense of self and style more than any particular gender presentation.
Melancholy is attracted to determined, intellectually curious, decisive, precise, thoughtful, ambitious, intuitive, caring, and eccentric people who know both when to push and accept the conventional order of things. She is not attracted to people who are stoic, volatile, calculating, fragile, hot-tempered, gloomy, or overly protective. She will not be attracted to anyone who views her superstitions as unfounded or ridiculous.
She is not an inherently monogamous person, but polyamory will be likely only in the context of throuples or close relationships, not casual lovers. It is not possible to engage her in a casual sexual relationship. She can only be romanced in a serious emotional way for her to engage in a physical relationship.
As a partner, Melancholy is the sort of person who will believe in a Meant To Be, not just meant-to-be-for-now, and will picture herself with that person/people for all the rest of her life. She will dedicate herself to them, and expect that dedication in return, and there is literally no law or convention that will get in her way to fulfill that once she Believes. The world could specifically make something that forbids the union and she’d tear it up with her black laced gloved hands and burn it with a plum lipped smile.
She can be a little dramatic, both in her gestures of affection and her declarations of affection, but is ultimately a private person with her feelings, who won’t want to have the entire world seeing exactly what those are. But, she is the type of person to wear a token of a relationship openly and genuinely. She won’t deny a relationship, and she will not accept a Secret Relationship. She will not want to be with a partner(s) who shouts their feelings to the world, however, as that is uncomfortable (it's PERSONAL, okay??), and also what if it does something to their Destiny to alter it somehow? Consider the signs! Maybe they should see the fortune teller.
History
Birthday: January 24th, Year 5
Born the youngest of five children given the most gothic names possible from a union of surprising love, in Duskwood, at a place called Sunshine Place, because it used to be Brightwood, and that once made sense, Melancholy came into the world with a mix of potential.
For a long time, Melancholy wasn't entirely sure what to do, until her love of books made a career path into becoming a librarian seem an obvious choice. When she experienced a traumatic event during the Shattering, she turned away from that, and made the decision to pursue becoming a warlock instead. She encountered Mr. Carlay, who insisted on a long waiting period, during which she did think about the decision. Truly.
What had begun as something of an impulse became instead a measured choice, and when she did begin her training, he was duly convinced of her reasons. Never let it be said that Melancholy isn't capable of thinking things through. Sometimes maybe thinkings things through too much, given enough time, and she had a lot of time. A young woman with no other occupation can do a lot of thinking in a year.
She told no one of her family what really happened to her, or her decision to become a warlock — and what's more, she concealed it all deliberately once she did finally begin working on it. It was as if she had made her decision, and wanted absolutely no other input at all, and that she felt like her choice wasn't anyone's business but her own, or perhaps underestimated the impact of it. Either way, when she did finally speak of the matter, it was only as a done deal.
After she finalized her pact on January 25th, Year 30th, she decided on a specialization into Affliction, and the necessity of finding a warlock instructor who could see her through the next stage of her learning. Mr. Carlay suggested Averlena Shine, and Melancholy successfully applied for an apprenticeship, which involved taking an entire trip to Pandaria and working with the Fallon Fleet, intersecting her Fate with Lieutenant Reckoning Bryn Baird, and putting her on a course that Melancholy could never have foreseen, but Destiny must have, right?
After all, with a name like Melancholy Grimlocke, doesn't she just seem like she should be a warlock?
Relationships
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Bryn Baird
“It is like what we imagine knowledge to be: dark, salt, clear, moving, utterly free.” A depth of intelligence and incredible memory, he’s constructed a mind house to hold his knowledge, and applied a thoughtful soul to the contents. “The clearest eyes in all the world they read, with sense more keen and spirit of sight more true, than burns and thrills in sunrise.” His eyes are gorgeous, set in a golden face of an incredible body. “A youth to Fortune and Fame unknown. Fair science frown’d not on his humble birth, and Melancholy mark’d him for her own.” Hers, in hope; his, in truth. |
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Woe
“Therefore I dare reveal my private woe, the secret blots of my imperfect heart, nor strive to shrink or swell mine own desert, nor beautify nor hide. For this I know, that even as I am, thou also art.” Brother, beloved friend, twin of the soul. |
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Miserie
“Still, where rosy Pleasure leads, see a kindred Grief pursue; Behind the steps that Misery treads, Approaching comfort view: the hues of bliss more brightly glow.” Sister, much admired. Oldest friend of magic. |
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Torment
“Love is a torment of the mind, a tempest everlasting.” Brother, poet, to be protected at all times. |
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Theris
“Thus much is saved from chance and change, that waits for me and thee; thus much – how little! – from the range of Death and Destiny.” Chance met, dear friend. “Then shalt thou see me and know me – Death, then, no longer, but life.” Guardian of the Living in Duskwood. “I don’t want to cover his face with handkerchiefs that he may get used to the death he carries.” Death knight (never knighted). Complicated. |
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Lena
“Great hail! We cry to the comers, from the dazzling unknown shore; Bring us hither your sun and your summers; and renew our world as of yore; you shall teach us your song’s new numbers, and things that we dreamed not before.” Respected teacher, friend. Near in age? Shockingly. |
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Mr. Carlay
“‘Tis but a trial all must undergo; to teach unthankful mortals how to prize that happiness vain man’s denied to know, until he’s call’d to claim it in the skies.” Respected teacher. “We’d both learn something important about you, and what sort of warlock you’re going to be.” Warning voice in her head, stalwart sense of the line of the fel. “Till old experience do attain to something like prophetic strain.” Ancient. Fifty, maybe? |
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Renna, Lady Lysander
“Thy form benign, oh Goddess, wear, thy milder influence impart, thy philosophic train be there to soften, not to wound my heart, the generous spark extinct revive, teach me to love and to forgive, exact my own defects to scan.” Respected teacher, soft encouragement, a tie to a painful memory. |
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Aszera Sunstrike
“And suddenly you encapsulate a demon. A demon that was always there, but now it’s coming to play, and you can feel it.” A demon hunter, a sin’dorei. “Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown’d, let darkness keep her raven gloss: ah, sweeter to be drunk with loss, to dance with death, to beat the ground.” A dancer, a lover of the arts, could be a friend. |
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Cressidha of House Aspenwood
"Calmer than mists, and cold as they, that fold on fold up the dim valley are rolled, learn thou to be.” Calm, reserved, an Aspenwood. “Sweet souls around us! Watch us still; press nearer to our side; into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.” A watcher and a guardian, an inspiration. |
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Bishop Mordecai Aspenwood
“The gentle Light that shines behind the storm, the Dream that many a twilight hour enfolds.” Bishop, he spoke against the Twilight Hammer cultists. “Draw in thy beams and humble all thy might to that sweet yoke where lasting freedoms be; which breaks the clouds and opens forth the Light, that doth both shine and give us sight to see. O take fast hold’ let that Light be thy guide.” Healer, quiet temperament, so young for a bishop. |
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Shine
“But he – to him, who knows what gift is thine, Death? Hardly may we think or hope, when we Pass likewise thither where to-night is he, Beyond the innumerable outer seas that shine and darken round such dreams as half divine Some sunlit harbor in that starless sea where gleams no ship to windward or to lee.” Lena’s husband, once a Fleet Lieutenant. “Old age hath yet his honor and his toil. Death closes all; but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with gods.” Older – Forty? Certain death to enemies. |
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Bryling
“Her natural sanctuaries, with a local soul of independence and stern liberty.” Bryn’s sister, independent and strong willed. “Liberty, ascend to your throne of glory on the shield, waving noble palms, crowned with laurel.” Stormwind guard. “My Soul – at Liberty – Behind this mortal Bone There knits a bolder One –” Willing to be a bridesmaid. |
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Shun ?
“Headlong to deeds of death the hosts are driven: Hatred to madness wrought, each face deforms, Mounts the black whirlwind, and involves the heaven.” Fighter, always masked. |
Writings
| Title |
Summary |
| (2026-05-13) No Gift of Foresight |
Melancholy writes her sister Miserie back with some belated explanations. 1414 words. Personal Plot. |
| (2026-05-12) Little Melancholy Has a Suitor?! |
Miserie writes back to her mother, as well as to Melancholy herself, full of enthusiasm and even a little poetry for the occasion. ~650 words. |
| (2026-05-11) Prove Worth With Time |
Melancholy writes back to Phryne Baird with information that a possible mother-in-law might wish to know. 1200~ words. Personal plot. |
| (2026-05-11) A Flutter |
Phryne Baird writes to the young lady who is not (yet) her daughter-in-law but probably needs a shawl for the sea wind anyway. |
| (2026-05-10) Little Melancholy Has A Suitor!!!! |
Melancholy writes home about her Big News. Mom Grimlocke writes all the others with the BIG NEWS! 1400~ words. Personal Plot. |
| (2026-05-08) Only a Little Weird |
Bryling Baird writes to her brother's non-imaginary, non-pandaren girlfriend. |
| (2026-05-08) Eccentricities and Peculiarities |
Melancholy replies to Bryling with an introduction, an explanation, and a sampler (of food, but also of Melancholy Grimlocke). 1400~ words. Personal Plot. |
| (2026-04-25) No Such Thing As An Ethical Death Knight |
Theris explains his experience of the Eternal Hunger more precisely to his friend Melancholy. He is also coming to Pandaria. Contains Death Knight. ~700 words. |
| (2026-04-20) Terrible Things |
Melancholy writes Theris about the harrowing weekend and the beautiful Monday she's had, and explains some of the reasons why the pandaren tell them to show the mogu "no mercy." 2k~ words. |
| (2026-04-19) Your Collection of Blue-Eyed People |
Theris replies to Melancholy's letter. No news from Duskwood is good news. |
| (2026-04-17) A Melancholy Letter, Then |
Melancholy has reflected on how her friend Theris won't know the context of her opinions and thoughts on poetry going forward unless she tells him about it, and so, a letter, then. 2300~ words. |
| (2026-04-13) A Wave from Afar |
Torment Grimlocke writes to his nautical siblings. |
| (2026-03-11) Mysteries of the Deep: Troggs |
Melancholy, former librarian-in-training matches a book with its destined reader. 200~ words. |
| (2026-01-28) Poetry and Carrots |
Two letters arrive for Woe. One is mysterious and poetic. The other is not. 530~ words. Personal Plot. |
| (2026-01-26) Warlock Letters |
Lena writes to Siamus about the prospect of taking on a warlock apprentice, and then writes back to Melancholy. |
| (2026-01-26) A Warlock Application |
Melancholy Grimlocke has become a warlock, officially, and on her second full day, sends out an application for an apprenticeship with experienced Affliction warlock, Averlena Shine, with a W.E.B. reference letter from her sponsor and instructor, with all her Ts crossed and Is dotted. Melancholy's a Dewey Decimal sort of warlock. 1k~ words. Personal Plot. |
| (2024-07-25) To Pull A Fel Satin Trigger |
Carlay Carlisle meets a dame on a dark Stormwind night, and makes a pact. 2200~ words. Mr. Carlay's anchor fic. |
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Summary |
| (2026-05-16) The Relics of the Thunder King (Vale Campaign - Revered) |
Zhi the Harmonious tasks Baird, Caspis, Cressidha, Florande, Lena, Mi Shu, Melancholy and Mordecai with recovering three relics of power of the Thunder King from their mogu sites, ahead of the work of the Shao Tien. Some are easier to claim than others. ~5100 words. |
| (2026-05-16) A Warlock In A Harbor Is Safe (But That's Not What Warlocks Are For) |
Melancholy ends up with sinking melancholy thoughts after a perceived poor battle response, and Bryn Baird puts things back into a greater perspective, as he lifts Melancholy up to practice swimming for the battles to come. 3100~ words. Romance RP. |
| (2026-05-14) The Movement and Change of Dancers |
While keeping her mind busy after a fight with the sha, Melancholy stumbles on a familiar poem, and takes it to its reader. Aze suggests a walk out into the Vale far enough out to play instruments loudly without having the pandaren come running to investigate. 6k~ words. Personal Plot. |
| (2026-05-14) Lake Attack! (Vale Campaign) |
Baird, Ceiya, Lena, and Melancholy are doing their usual work with the Golden Lotus, when word of a mogu raid on Whitepetal Lake changes their trajectory! ~1800 words. |
| (2026-05-14) Crypt of the Forgotten Kings |
Atley, Baird, Caspis, Gwenivene, Lathrik, Lena, Melancholy, Mordecai, and Shun follow a vanished Shado-Pan team to a sha-infested crypt on the borders of Townlong Steppes, Kun-Lai Mountains and the Vale. ~2800 words. |
| (2026-05-08) A Perfect Reader |
Melancholy and Bryn Baird take another bicycle ride out into the Golden Vale, to discuss their recent decisions and resulting correspondence (and how Melancholy is thought to be a Pandaren to some people). Baird gives context to his history, and why he hasn't written home about a girl before. Melancholy demonstrates the technical aspects behind fel-runes magic and connects a reader with what he has wanted to read. Romance Plot. 10k~ words. |
| (2026-05-07) The Shine of Fate |
After a day of work in the Golden Vale, Melancholy catches Lena to talk about a Personal Matter regarding her relationship with Bryn Baird, and the course of Fate. Lena reveals her own journey with a Fleet Lieutenant. 2850~ words. |
| (2026-05-07) Beauty and Behemoths (Vale Campaign) |
Baird, Ceiya, Lena and Melancholy fight mogu and at least one behemoth at the Golden Stair and elsewhere, as well as defeating wildlife and opening not-very-difficult locks. ~3300 words. |
| (2026-05-07) A Melancholy Selection |
Melancholy stops by Alaisa and Theris' inn room to let Theris know she's found a dinner reservation for him, and to tell him about the changes in her life. Theris secures her help in narrowing down a selection of poems to share. 3800~ words. Personal Plot. |
| (2026-05-04) A Reckoning Swim - Rated A |
Bryn Baird takes Melancholy out for another swimming lesson, and this time the water isn't so cold. (Very, very lucky them.) Baird makes a decision about his future, and who he would like have in it. Melancholy resolves to fix something she's considered irreparably broken. 11k~ words. Romance Plot. |
| (2026-05-01) A Maze of Poetry |
Melancholy and Aze meet to work on Melancholy's spoken Thalassian, and give Aze a way back to reading the words of her younger days with a new perspective. 6400~ words. |
| (2026-04-30) Stealing from Thieves |
A team of Cobalt Company and fleet members is tasked by the Golden Lotus with an urgent mission: The mogu have broken into the old Mogu'shan Palace. The powerful relics of the four Spirit Kings need to be retrieved before the mogu find them. Someone else found them first, though. |
| (2026-04-30) Because I Could Not Stop For Death |
With the two year of the Anniversary of the Shattering hanging over the day, Melancholy prepares to wait out the clock of wondering if this is the day Death chooses to make their rendezvous. Bryn Baird prepares to tell Death to F--k Off, and move the carriage along, because the lady's night is spoken for. 6900~ words. Romance Plot. |
| (2026-04-28) New Libraries, New Memories, New Friends |
Theris Lysander arrives at the Shrine of the Stars and meets with his friend Melancholy, and the Bryn Baird of her letters. They discuss the Lorewalkers, Duskwood, childhood games, and (of course) poetry. 4700~ words. |
| (2026-04-25) The Pleasures of Melancholy (Rated A) |
Bryn Baird invites Melancholy Grimlocke out to have a sunset picnic (for pals! friendly pals!), where both some wine and a held secret are spilled. He wears a tie for her. She wears perfume for him. Only one of those stays on. Very lucky Bryn. 13k~ words. Romantic Plot. |
| (2026-04-25) Good Fortunes (Vale Campaign) |
Baird, Cressidha, Florande, Lena, Melancholy and Mordecai help at the Golden Stair, assist a would-be fisherman at Whitepetal Lake, and continue training recruits at the Setting Sun Garrison. ~2500 words. |
| (2026-04-24) A Bicycle Reckoning |
Bryn Baird gets his first bicycle riding lesson from the local goth girl, and gets everything perfect on the First Try. 8100~ words. |
| (2026-04-23) Communication (Vale Campaign) |
Atley, Baird, Caspis, Ceiya, Cressidha, Lena, Melancholy, Mi Shu and Mordecai continue the fight against the mogu. They first fight at the Golden Stair, and then spend time in support of the (relatively) peaceful communities at Whitepetal Lake and Mistfall Village. A knowledge of water elementals comes in handy! ~4000 words. |
| (2026-04-20) A Warlock's Way |
Lena checks in on her student Melancholy, and where things are after several harrowing realities of war. 4400~ words. |
| (2026-04-20) A Perfect Melancholy Swim |
Melancholy embarks on her first swimming lesson with Baird. It's perfect. 6100~ words. Personal Plot. |
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Summary |
| (2026-05-15) Little Melancholy's Suitor |
Lt. Baird writes to the Grimlockes. |
| (2026-05-09) Jurisdiction |
Torment Grimlocke answers some questions for the Stormwind Guard. |
| (2026-05-06) Unmoving, Pt. 2 |
Bryn Baird has made a decision, and reports back to Captain Fallon with a request. Captain Fallon contacts his wife with a request of his own. |
| (2026-05-05) Glad You're Out Here |
Aszera runs into two Lysanders in the Shrine of Seven Stars: Alaisa and Theris. Aze explains why she's there. Ally doesn't just go around telling people things. Theris learns about demon hunters. ~3k words. |
| (2026-05-03) When Would I Have Heard? |
Shine comes back to the Shrine to reunite with Lena (and Bun) and the two of them face the painful fact of a world that separates people in love and puts them both in danger. ~3100 words. |
| (2026-05-03) It's A Mantid Prophecy, How Could It Possibly Be A Beer Recipe? |
Colson returns home to Mordecai after a day with White Squad in the Dread Wastes, to spend a few hours before returning and discuss what he's been doing, and find out what Mordecai has been up to (HEIST!). Mordecai asks the right questions. Colson fails to guess the obvious answer for Guess What for the millionth time running. 2500~ words. World Plot Discussion. |
| (2026-05-01) Friendships and Courtships (and Ships) |
Bryn Baird has questions for Sil Silentstep about noble girls and courtship. Cressidha Aspenwood joins them sooner than they think she does. |
| (2026-04-29) Unmoving |
Lt. Baird returns to the ship to consult with his captain. Neither of them is happy about it. |
| (2026-04-26) Rules and Mysteries |
Bryn Baird stops by Mrs. Shine's room with some books and some questions. Mrs. Shine is doing some very normal, definitely not secret work. |
| (2026-04-25) A Good Toast |
Ben and Lena meet up in the Golden Lantern by chance, and share beer and dinner like old times. Or maybe not exactly like old times, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. ~2200 words. |
| (2026-04-20) The Pining Has Increased |
Mordecai sends Colson more baked goods and another letter. He talks about a bad day in the halls of Guo-Lai. |
| (2026-04-19) Hopefully Not Tomorrow |
Following their semi-disastrous research outing to the Mogu'shan Vaults, Baird, Lena, and Aze do some decompressing. There is drinking and there's a game, though it is not actually a drinking game. Bird trivia is acceptable, cow trivia is not. |
| (2026-04-17) Holding the Line |
Lena's response to Shine's letter is in the packet delivered to the wall. |
| (2026-04-16) A Pretty High Standard as Dates Go |
Baird and Sil share an impromptu dinner and catch up on… a lot of things, actually? |
| (2026-04-15) Settling the Spirits |
Lieutenant Baird and Aszera Sunstrike run into each other in an ancient burial ground. As one does. |
| (2026-04-09) Vale Campaign: Mistfall's on Fire! |
Atley, Caspis, Cressidha, Lena, and Mi Shu continue the defense at the Golden Stair, and then they head to help out Mistfall Village with some local and spiritual difficulties. ~3000 words |
| (2026-03-26) Danger Underneath |
Lena and Baird talk further about the sha, poetry, and mutinies, as they head back to Mistfall Village to meet up with Shine. ~2700 words. |
| (2026-03-26) A Meeting in Mistfall |
Baird officially meets Mordecai and Colson. They discuss healing, baking, worrying, and Emotionless Voids. (Not Colson.) |
| (2026-03-12) An Unnamed Member of the Fleet |
War correspondent Janice Mattingly gets an off-the-record interview with an unnamed member of the fleet. (Bryn Baird. It's Baird.) She offers some assistance in exchange. |
| (2026-02-24) A Mogu Translation |
Gwenivene meets with Lena and Shine (and Bun) to discuss the translation of books recovered from a Mogu soulbinder site in the Kun Lai Summit (and offer treats). ~2100 words. |
