[H] Blades of the Silvermoon Council - Open Blood Elf RP Campaign

The Council of Silvermoon acts on behalf of the people and overlooks the forests of Quel'Thalas. After defending the city from a group of cultists, the Council came across a relic of dark powers. Fearing its presence might pose a threat to the city, the Council's best course of action would be to take it far away and get rid of it.

The task that lies ahead will not be easy. Will you stand by your brothers and sisters as a blade of the Silvermoon Council?

What is The Blades of the Silvermoon Council?
The Silvermoon Council in its current state has been around for over a year. We have now decided to change the way the Silvermoon Council works to make sure it fulfill its actual purpose - to provide rp for the roleplayers of Silvermoon. Instead of just being meetings that people can show up and listen to, it will now act as a briefing to a mission which will follow directly afterwards. The ambition is to remove the 2 hour meetings with passive afk listening and replace it with a short meeting to keep everyone up to date with the ongoing storyline and then have a DMed mission as the main thing.

Who can join the events?
Technically, everyone. This is however a blood elf themed campaign. While races other than Blood Elves are still welcome, the focal point of these events will be Blood Elves and Blood Elf lore. No matter if you are a veteran or a first time roleplayer - do not hesitate to join!

How often will there be events?
The Council meetings with the following events will be held every other monday.

When will the next event be?
Monday 2nd of November, 20:00 realm time.

How do I join the events?
Send a whisper or message to Thawon-DefiasBrotherhood, Dracillian-DefiasBrotherhood or Sylise-DefiasBrotherhood for a calendar invite.

Summary: The banners of Silvermoon gathered to discuss the strange disappearances of a group of Farstriders. Reports had told of shadows moving in the southern parts of Ghostlands, where the elves had gone missing. Instead of sending more scouts, the banners decided to take the matter in their own hands and travelled south. What they found was disturbing. The remains of one farstrider was located along with the ruined guard post. The cause of death seemed to be man made, both with blades and dark magic. As the banners were to gather the remains, they encountered a hooded figure who had a strong aura of shadow. Unfortunately, said stranger managed to disappear before the banners could identify it, but it is now certain that something evil is lurking in Quel'Thalas.

Summary: The Silvermoon Council meeting was interrupted by a dying farstrider who stumbled into the retreat with an urgent message. An attack from the strange cultists had led to the death of several rangers and the kidnapping of even more. The blades of Silvermoon split up to chase the cultists to both Windrunner Spire and Deatholme. Well there, they realized that the areas which they thought were long since abandoned were actually crawling with activity. Magic weapons of massive force and cultists performing dark rituals revealed that something is going on. Silvermoon is no longer safe...

Summary: The farstrider who was saved during the expedition to Windrunner Spire could reveal information that the cultists were planning on stealing ships from the Sunsail Anchorage. The blades of the Silvermoon Council set out to stop this from happening. When they arrived at the harbor, the ships were already gone. After finding out where the ships were heading, the elves managed to follow. A naval battle took place, where the elves managed to send the cultists to the bottom of the sea. While interrogating one of the cultists brought up from the water however, they realized that a large scale attack is coming. And it is directed toward the Sunwell itself...

(( Seems like that you Elves are having the time of your life. Many screenshots, enjoyable read. Good stuff! ))

It has been a very enjoyable experience so far, and we will continue to run this for a long time. With all the fantastic elf guilds active at the moment, its nice to have a meeting place where we can interact with each other beside our internal guild stuff!

Summary: Just as the cultist revealed after their last encounter, the dark convocation made an attack at the Sunwell. The Silvermoon Council gathered in Quel'Danas to intercept the attack and put an end to the notorious cult once and for all. After cutting through the lesser acolytes, the elves eventually stood before the 'Master' - a powerful shadow caster carrying a dark relic which empowered him. After successfully putting an end to the dark cult, the Council was left with the gemstone in their possession. After revealing that the cult was once an order of priests, the Council made the instant decision to find a way to destroy the relic, thus stopping its dark influence.


OOC: With this event, the Silvermoon Council campaign will enter the second act. Although the immediate threat of the cult is dealt with - the source of their power will now prove to be an even bigger danger.

A good read indeed, I really like how you storyboarded the screen shots too!

Also the fact you where able to DM such a large scale event... I've recently been trying my hand at this and even 5 people alone is proving a challenge.

Hope to see more!

Summary: After contacting the reliquaries Sylise Dawnbreaker, Dracillian Brightsun and Glaviana Stillwhisper, the blades of Silvermoon began to discuss how to best handle the relic recovered from the fallen cultists. While both destroying the crystal and learning how to use it were discussed, the first thing the council decided to do was interrogating the cultist who was brought back alive. However, the attempts to reason with her failed, as she lashed out to the interrogators, empowered by the powers of the relic. After exposing the terrifying magic contained in the artifact, most elves seemed convinced that it had to be destroyed. A select few however, still leaned toward learning how to use it. Despite any personal intentions, the council was directed to Duskwood, where the cultists originally found the relic.

After asking around for feedback, we will very soon start hosting this campaign every monday as opposed to every second monday (as it is now). Very glad that people seem to enjoy the campaign, and as always, please contact me in game if you are interested in joining.

Summary: Arriving in Duskwood, the elves find out the gemstone was given to the cultists by a group of smugglers that operates there. The mages sent one of their apprentices to gather information about the relic and how it had come in the smugglers possession. It turned out they were just as crazed as the cultists had been. They had kidnapped the apprentice and demanded the gemstone in exchange for her life. As the elves were trying to figure our how to both save Lin the apprentice and keep the stone, it became apparent how corrupted the mage Sylise had become. She refused to let go of it and even ran away with the stone - leaving her apprentice to die. Some of the elves chased after her while the rest tried to save Lin without the gemstone, but to no avail. While Sylise was eventually captured, Lin was unfortunately yet another victim of the gemstone's corruption.