EVENT: The Reign of the Ice Queen

[specialist_snowflake]

Area Affected: Fayren
Event Dates: Begins January 14th - Ends January 31st (possibly sooner depending on character actions)

Beginning on January 14th, Fayren will experience true winter as an ice storm sweeps throughout the realm. The snow will be thick and unending, as not even the hottest fires will be able to melt it. Ice will coat the trees and hang from branches.

Also, the castle and all of its residents will be completely frozen solid. They're not the only ones either -- anyone who does not swear to serve AND love the reigning Ice Queen will have their homes, businesses, and families frozen solid. (Don't worry; they'll still be alive by the end of the event, but it'll be a strong enchantment that can't be easily broken.)

Giant polar bears, ice trolls, and rime fae will be openly patrolling the streets and guarding the archway against trespassers. There's even a snow goliath guarding the castle itself.

Though the identity of the Ice Queen won't be immediately known ICly, here are the OOC details.

1. Winter Schnee is the Ice Queen.

2. The cause of her sudden shift in demeanor is a secret, but some characters may be able to figure it out. The clues are subtle, but they're there. It will likely become public IC knowledge after a certain point.

3. She's looking to collect a new family to replace the one she's become convinced does not truly care for her. Characters can sign up to become either prisoners OR have their hearts frozen to serve as a family member, or one of her guardians/soldiers/servants. Others may also sign up to become frozen statues, but be forewarned that this will put your character out of commission until the spell is broken and the event is at an end.

4. This event is confined ONLY to Fayren. Characters can still sneak in, lay low, conduct espionage, etc. within Fayren unless you're OOCly fine with having them be caught and/or enchanted.

5. No killing Winter or anyone else involved in the plot without express permission from the players. (And she's not going to die in this event.)

6. There are a couple of different ways to solve the event. Depending on how much information is uncovered, you might get all of the possibilities worked out!

7. We're trying to keep this event from being too dark and gruesome, so try to avoid slaughtering NPCs en masse, ultra violent deaths, etc. I'd still like to have Winter be able to live with herself after everything is said and done, and that'll be difficult if she winds up being responsible for the deaths of hundreds.

I'll include two threads below: one for plotting, and one for role sign-ups if you want to be on the Ice Queen's side at some point. I'm excited to get this started, and I think everyone involved should have a lot of fun with it!

Comments

SIGN-UP

[specialist_snowflake]

Want to be a statue? Soldier? Servant? Family member? Sign up here! The roles of Winter's substitute family are limited to the following:

Father
Mother
Big Sister
Little Sister (Reserved for Mavis)
Husband (Reserve for Spock)
Brother
Daughter
Son

If more than one person want the same role, it'll likely go to whoever has the closest CR with Winter.

[bornunlucky]

Would like to volunteer Qrow as brother, if you think she would go for that - but if someone else wants the spot I'll go for a knight of her guard, that would be fun, too. He'll definitely be playing some kind of bodyguard role as discussed on Plurk because too fun!

[brbgettingwrench]

Signing up Winry to either be a servant or be turned into a lovely statue. Whichever you would prefer (I do not mind, I just want to be mean to her either way)

[specialist_snowflake]

I can go either way! Her servants won't be treated poorly at least. Depends on whether you want her heart to be frozen or if she'd submit willingly, if you go for the servant route. You can plot with your castmates if you want their input before making a final decision.

[brbgettingwrench]

I decided to go with Frozen Heart, so she could be a servant. Because I enjoy being mean.

[koishi_komeiji]

Koishi will be a jester/entertainer as discussed. Her powers over the subconscious basically mean she can influence everyone to find her to be the funniest/most entertaining thing ever.

She'll tell stories and perform Danmaku. Basically magic fireworks in pretty patterns.

The ice queen is welcomed to try and freeze her heart but her nature makes it so it really wont do much.

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[younghero]

Ah, well, Link can either be a Son or a Knight. Your call, whichever is more needed. :D

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[monkeyscream]

Can Hamusuke be a pet?

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[specialist_snowflake]

Instead of a daughter?

/bricked

Yes, she can!

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[fairysoul]

What's up, sis?

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[specialist_snowflake]

Na'much, sissybae, just kicking up a shitstorm, you?

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[fairysoul]

Sounds fun. Care if I join in?

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[specialist_snowflake]

well



ok

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[fairysoul]

Sweet~

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[vulcanyounot]

OKAY lets figure this stuff out!

So first and foremost I'm going to be away the weekend of event on and won't be coming back until Monday, time tbd but probably evening/night because I'm looking at an 11+ hour drive so I'm not sure if I'll be tagging then or not.

Spock is my big player in this, as you know. So I don't know where you want the abduction to take place or how. If you wanted him to be unconscious for a day or something then he's fully available at event on (and that action would be entirely you), otherwise if you want a struggle or a talk or whatever it will have to wait. After that, I'm not sure what her plan is with her husband so let's talk about that! You said she's freeze the hearts of family members but I thought he was going to be aware of stuff or something. If he his then I also need to know if he'll have his device on him or not and what story we're going with Kirk since he can't be off fighting eels for two whole weeks.

Jacques is tricky. I know you said she'd ignore him but since he's trying to be a good daddy he's going to have to show up. I think there was talk of an infiltration with Schnee decoys left behind but I don't know how serious that is. So if it's not, he's still gotta play good daddy Schnee, meaning that he will keep pounding on her door or something so you might want to figure out what you want to do with him in that case. I'm up for whatever. If we are sneaking in, though, he's going to follow Weiss' lead on getting into the place (assuming she'll deal with him) and I don't know what his plan is after that try to win her over with stuffed bears as well

All of my other people (Colette, Garrus, Hughes) I can really do whatever with, make them as involved or uninvolved as you want them to be though if she's looking for the best dad you can't get better than Hughes I'd say Garrus we'd have to talk about more since he's kind of a Guardian so I'd really want to think more on him

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[specialist_snowflake]

Coming in late is fine! Backtagging can be a thing, or he just might not ICly realize how deeply Winter is involved right from the start. I have some ideas for Jacques too, but we can hammer this out in Plurk and then cement things here once we've got a general idea of how we want shit to go down!

[xlvii]

I'm totally up for 47 having his heart frozen! Assuming that they get to remember their frozen heart experiences when they get better, it'll teach him a lot about himself (OMG, he had a heart to freeze in the first place? WTF???) once he gets better.

He's got some paternal instincts on him he'll never admit/isn't really aware of, so I could have him try to Dad at Winter during that time, or whatever role you think suits him.

[sword_dancer_e]

This is too close to a chunk of this guy's story to not do this, I'll sign Enno as a knight.

[scarlet_devil]

Remi happens to visit Fayren at the wrong time, intending on bothering Alice, and, well... would tell the Ice Queen to piss off. And then end up frozen.

[enchantressofore]

Oh gosh this looks amazing. I wish I had actually checked the OOC comm sooner on arriving here!

If it's not too late to sign up, maybe an (unintentional) servant, soldier, or knight for this brat? She would have wanted to go to Fayren at some point to check out the forge anyway, though I will warn that she is naturally defiant to overbearing authority so unless her heart is affected significantly she will likely wind up a frozen block for some time during this. If loyal she is protective as heck though, so it would really depend on what kind of brainwashing is happening here (as I'm assuming that's what the 'frozen heart' thing mentioned above is?).

If it is too late, no hard feelings. OOCly I'll be content popcorning from the sidelines.

EDIT: Adding because we haven't really talked OOCly before, Adela above anything else is a Blacksmith's Apprentice (though in truth she's skilled enough to be considered a journeyman as she's kept up her craft) and a skilled swordsmistress, thus why I offered the three above roles. If you want her somewhere else that works too, I'd just love to be involved. :)

[specialist_snowflake]

Sure! You can either tag into one of the threads or just jump right in assuming she's already had her heart frozen and is now one of Winter's people. Any of those three roles is fine, though you'll likely see more action as a knight or soldier since you can fight characters who haven't been turned.

[enchantressofore]

Sounds good! Freshly (as fallen snow) appointed knight works for me! I'm curious about how heart-freezing works so I might tag her in unaffected on the first day, if that's all right?

[specialist_snowflake]

Go right ahead.

[enchantressofore]

Crap, I'm scatterbrained. I forgot to mention metal weaponry may not be the best choice to use on Adela as she has magic that lets her use metal almost however she pleases.

It's possible she'll forget she has that ability as freely as she does in Genessia which will make the current thread easier, at least?

[specialist_snowflake]

Sure! Ice trolls with cudgels to show up as back-up are an option too.