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Spoiler: Primary Crow Cache

This supply cache exists within a Crow Case--or large chest--hidden within the stocks of a cornfield. While Crows will likely know of its existence, as it's likely to have been utilized before as per symbolic locality, Lost Crows may not be so lucky.
This is Eototo's 'mailbox of private residence,' so to speak--yet it considered private in the way a house's address would be.

Spoiler: Lost Crow Cache

This Crow Cache is intended for Lost Crows, New Crows, and Crows which may not know how to proceed in finding their home. While it isn't necessarily public, it's easily relayed through other Crows in the area--as it is considered to be Eototo's 'public mailbox' for the Crows.
It is located within the circled cabin: Within a regular, identifiable, Crow Cache Chest. (Might be in the furnace, though. Need to hide it somehow.)

Spoiler: Affiliate / Aliance Crow Cache

This Crow Cache's location will be given to the new Minister of Monroe, its serving Doctor, and its serving role of defense. This Crow Cache is unknown to other Crows--and Eototo's Monroe allies will not be informed of the Primary Crow Cache. They will be informed of the Lost Crow Cache--but will be instructed to not speak of it unless it is to Lost Crows.
This Crow Cache exists in the cornfield behind Duke's old house--at the highway bend.

Spoiler: Affiliate / Aliance Crow Cache - Emergency Location

Same rules as above--but this is simply a 'backup location' if Millers etc. were to raid, and/or if the primary cache were to be discovered by hostiles--or similarly rendered unusable.
The Crow Cache is in the cornfield next to the graveyard above the Cave of Secrets:

1. A Crow must never raise arms against children, the innocent or the sickly.
2. A Crow must never betray their flock--and should come to their aid when requested.
3. (Revised) A Crow and its Flock must seek what knowledge the area provides--urged to then depart anew, and alone, to seek their True Name.
4. A Crow must do everything in their power to protect the innocent in their vicinity, Crow and Non-Crow alike.
5. (Revised) A Crow is to abide by their Flock-Father's instated 'laws of the local land,' - those which coincide with the land's governing forces. If such forces are deemed to be unfit by the Flock-Father, The Crows of Monroe will default to self-instated laws of self-governance.
6. (New) A Crow must never exploit, manipulate, subvert, transform, or otherwise alter any living being's nature via scientific or mystical means.
7. (New) A Crow must abandon the above Six Tenants in the event they are applied in self-discerned wicked ways.

• A Crow must take a new name once initiated into the tribe.
• A Crow and it’s flock must be in constant migration unless spiritually-bound or honour-bound to a location
• If a Crow becomes a Hawk, they must be hunted and purged by all means necessary while upholding the Seven Rectrices

Devon said

Oiii,

All sounds great. I'll send along a quick outline with the basic tenants, Crow name, etc.

• For the livable areas: Coolio as well--while I have John living in Jinichi's cave, I'm most likely going to relocate him back up north.

Because he's taking up traditional Crow values now, he unfortunately won't reside in Monroe. Jinichi's cave now known as an economic partner hub, it's unlikely that John would want to take up roost there, either. Kind of a bummer, but the resulting remedy may actually be better: hopefully establishing a direct, formal alliance with the town of Monroe.

•As for the supply caches up until now, I've just had John's activity sort of exist beyond mechanics (hopefully this is alright--it's mostly on y'alls good graces.) He's presumably been leaving information for about a week now, his most recent update having been during Terry's speach. I can totally drop in physical notes, though. (I'll have that map sent over)

• Because the supply cache drops will hopefully be physical locations, I figure they'd be cool little 'mailboxes' for Terry, primarily, and other core Monroe leaders. Naturally, any major Crow information (including this) will be urged to be kept secret. Knowing these things exist, however, I feel would sort of allow for a wider spread, playerbase-wise, to expand upon the area. It's sort of meta, I know, but being that John's current Crow Flock will most likely consist of NPCs, one less PC in Monroe would probably be negligible when the alternative exists. Cool little fledgling trial to add some mystery, etc.: 'Go to the land beneath the dead--there you will find answers,' sort of thing.

• For the timezones, day-to-day, work, and general life bustle--playtime hours are all over the place, on my end. I normally play very late at night, but tend to have Discord up throughout the day--9am - 5pm, est. All in all, the supply cache messages sound awesome. Sounds like it'd give us a lot of flexibility with RP, and it sounds like some fun RP in its very nature.

• Discord RP also sounds rad in any form.

Any-who, I'll have this stuff sent over soon!

(Edit: I've...totally forgotten how to identify coordinates in-game. I've also forgotten how to input them into the online PZ map to hone in on locations. Would a quick rundown be alright? I might've just used Necro in the past, or something, because I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this ?. I'll drop in the supply cache coordinates in, just for quick teleport on y'alls end)

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Devon said

Alrighty, here we go:


On a presumed three-item list of things capably upsetting The Crow Mother...
This may very well be my second to scratch off.
(I don't want to die--I just want to flyyyy)

So! As per tradition:


Tenant One, in its Final Application Prior to Acquisition:
'A Crow must take a new name once initiated into the tribe.'

John Smith, yet-unnamed Lake Erie Crow Flock member; subsequent hawk, since reinstated via duty's proof of virtue; subsequent ex-Crow, therein of unafilliated Monstrophy title-claim; Barrens resident, and Banisher thus returns to The Crows upon his newly instated Flock, The Monroe Crows--herein to be known as Flock-Father by the name of:

Eototo.

'Eototo' is namesake uptaken in honor, homage, and intended spiritual virtue to the Hopi kachina deiti, a Wuya, of the same name. In presumed myth, Eototo is said to personify nature. He is said to be chief, or "father" of all kachina deities--second only to Angwusnasomtaka.
(No, I'm not trying to bang. )
(Yes, I do understand the potential danger in claiming such lofty position. Yikes.)

Considered the prime deliverer of natural gifts, such as Level 10 Foraging bandages, Eototo is said to have come from The Red Land. Every dry season, when the Hopi pray for rain, Eototo travels north--subsequently returning with plenty of rain. To further summon it, as the legend goes, Eototo draws cloud symbols upon the ground in cornmeal.

Crow Supply Cache Locations:

Spoiler: Primary Crow Cache

This supply cache exists within a Crow Case--or large chest--hidden within the stocks of a cornfield. While Crows will likely know of its existence, as it's likely to have been utilized before as per symbolic locality, Lost Crows may not be so lucky.
This is Eototo's 'mailbox of private residence,' so to speak--yet it considered private in the way a house's address would be.

Spoiler: Lost Crow Cache

This Crow Cache is intended for Lost Crows, New Crows, and Crows which may not know how to proceed in finding their home. While it isn't necessarily public, it's easily relayed through other Crows in the area--as it is considered to be Eototo's 'public mailbox' for the Crows.
It is located within the circled cabin: Within a regular, identifiable, Crow Cache Chest. (Might be in the furnace, though. Need to hide it somehow.)

Spoiler: Affiliate / Aliance Crow Cache

This Crow Cache's location will be given to the new Minister of Monroe, its serving Doctor, and its serving role of defense. This Crow Cache is unknown to other Crows--and Eototo's Monroe allies will not be informed of the Primary Crow Cache. They will be informed of the Lost Crow Cache--but will be instructed to not speak of it unless it is to Lost Crows.
This Crow Cache exists in the cornfield behind Duke's old house--at the highway bend.

Spoiler: Affiliate / Aliance Crow Cache - Emergency Location

Same rules as above--but this is simply a 'backup location' if Millers etc. were to raid, and/or if the primary cache were to be discovered by hostiles--or similarly rendered unusable.
The Crow Cache is in the cornfield next to the graveyard above the Cave of Secrets:

The Crows of Monroe: Tenants:
Below are Rook's Tenants, revised under Eototo's Wing

1. A Crow must never raise arms against children, the innocent or the sickly.
2. A Crow must never betray their flock--and should come to their aid when requested.
3. (Revised) A Crow and its Flock must seek what knowledge the area provides--urged to then depart anew, and alone, to seek their True Name.
4. A Crow must do everything in their power to protect the innocent in their vicinity, Crow and Non-Crow alike.
5. (Revised) A Crow is to abide by their Flock-Father's instated 'laws of the local land,' - those which coincide with the land's governing forces. If such forces are deemed to be unfit by the Flock-Father, The Crows of Monroe will default to self-instated laws of self-governance.
6. (New) A Crow must never exploit, manipulate, subvert, transform, or otherwise alter any living being's nature via scientific or mystical means.
7. (New) A Crow must abandon the above Six Tenants in the event they are applied in self-discerned wicked ways.

• A Crow must take a new name once initiated into the tribe.
• A Crow and it’s flock must be in constant migration unless spiritually-bound or honour-bound to a location
• If a Crow becomes a Hawk, they must be hunted and purged by all means necessary while upholding the Seven Rectrices

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Devon said

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Any-who, that sounds great about the faction/mailboxes stuff: I'm stoked to see how stuff evolves. I've been leaning towards this, like, hard-boiled paranormal detective stuff recently--and I admittedly do lowkey enjoy the, like. 'Dude who's in over his head' type of vibe, so to speak. Akin to Jim Hopper, from Stranger Things, sort of, in that he's just sort of running head-first into god-knows-what, taking up dangerous status-names to find answers. Starting up a Flock, from essentially nothing, I figure it'll be one of those 'Year One,' type of deals: He and Simone pulling for resources, sort of...BSing(?) their way along until they make footholds. But gambling at very high stakes, I figure.

Spoiler: Essentially:

So all that jazz aside:

I'll likely be making an Eototo bio, just to sort of add to this framework, if that's coolio. I've had some good fun tinkering on some ideas, potentially non-mechanical Discord side-adventures: Going undercover, potentially to Bartertown, to locate a rare gem collector, or something, to learn more about the Trullan Stone. Or perhaps Miller leads, stuff like that. Dangerous stuff, especially for the likes of he and Simone, essentially having to rely on street-smarts and social-weaving to find who they need to find.

I do like the idea of 'Eototo' being more of an invisible entity: Sort of like the whole Hightower thing, back in Ashwood Cove. While John is indeed dedicated to traditional (?) Crow values now, he's more or less relying on a bluff-start to cover the duo until they gain additional followers. So I totally vibe with any mailbox NPCs essentially being scattered / tough to meet, etc. I won't say John's Flock is a sham, necessarily, but: In the realm of political campaigns, theirs is, metaphorically, a sort of guerilla-warfare. This does balance out, though, as John's approach to Flock-related stuff, essentially, is contingent on the last Retrice:

The idea, for arriving Flock-members, is to eventually realize they needn't abide by Retrices to become a little more self-actualized. The whole 'True Name' thing--that's simply a right of passage via coming to terms with oneself, so to speak. Being that plenty of Crows will probably take up their new, Crow-like names upon joining, the intention is to have them depart (destination-unknown pilgrimage), and to return with their original, non-Crow name. 'John Smith,' just as dat example, having never taken a legitimate Crow name in Erie.

This isn't to say Eototo, or any Flock-members having truly realized themselves in new identity, are inherently wrong of course: The idea, mostly, is to help Fledglings become independent--whether they adopt a new identity, realize their old identity (Crow or prior) wasn't truly them, or whether they return to their original approach to life entirely. The entire thing is still pretty murky, while tinkering on it, to be honest. But It'll be fun to explore. (And probably break the whole damn engine, a few times, in the process lol)

I will say, though, that eventually John will probably settle in and go full-Caw at some point. He definitely does align with that stuff, it's just that he's sort of using less traditional resources to get started. Either way, I mayhaps a happenstance hypothetical happen-haps-have-a-request (I can't do what how do it is that, today)--
*Mayhaps I request, at some point, occasional server list name-swaps? (From John Smith to Eototo). It'd be pretty fun, in general, especially in rare cases where it might be particularly useful.

Thank ya for reading through this stuff, as always. I can just send along a message on Discord/Steam, if anything, for dice rolls relating to that stuff if that sounds good. I’m down for wherever though. With the wind I go!

-- Hasta la pasta--

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MindGate said

Apologies for the wait!

I love the idea of Eototo operating similarly to Hightower. The amount of players you got invested in that back in Ashwood Cove was insane. I cannot support that idea enough. Feel free to go nuts with it; create a bio, do forum stories, ask for help. It doesn't matter, I'm all in for it. Just give me an idea of what you need from our end and I'll see to it in a timely fashion.

Going undercover in off-map locations? Very down for this. I've been setting up locations and world-building them on Discord since the beginning of the lore. There are a ton of different places you can go to, all you have to do is let me know when/where you wanna do it. Pittsford? Done. Fairpoint? Doner. Bartertown? Donerer. Meet with factions? You got it. World is your oyster on that, I can arrange anything and everything you want. I'll only tell you that everything has risk though! I don't let everything go "super smoothly". It's the nature of going to these places. Just let me know, and I'll set you up for a grand adventure.

Pilgrimages are solid. I like the idea behind the naming conventions - it lines up very much with the Crows, I feel. The whole faction sort of falls behind that pseudo-narrative "new you, better tomorrow" religious stuff to begin with to an extent with the commandments and loyalty aspects. So it works, and it works super well.

You can also have name swaps. Just let me (or another admin) know when you're on and want one.

Apologies on the wait, again, though. The whole leadership thing kind of got dropped on me and Pika out of nowhere. It's been difficult adjusting and getting everything set up on our end with the perms and whatnot.

Let me know if you need anything else!

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