You've noticed it, haven't you? Of course you have, you wouldn't be here otherwise. Â You may have experienced it first hand, or perhaps heard about it from a story or a book. Â Unique locations across Eorzea that seem to breed trouble... trouble that just seems to keep coming back. Â Deep caverns, ruins, mines... it's difficult to say just what makes these locations different, and what seems to call an endless cycle of danger to them.
The Whispered Spiral have their theories, though they keep them to themselves. Â A secretive group of curious adventurers, the Spiral have made it a goal to investigate these locations. Â Coming from a variety of backgrounds and theories, from simple explorers and scholars to opportunistic rogues seeking fortune, they dive into these repeating trials with their eyes open. Â They've fought through these events before, and they'll do so again. Â Together they face trials that seem trapped in a loop, hoping to shed some light on this strange paradox.
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((Thanks to Caysen for the image help!))
Theme and OOC Info:
The Whispered Spiral is a small IC repeat content linkshell, focused primarily on dungeons.
It's not meant to be a large, hardcore content group, rather one where players let their lore based theories of 'how in the world are we running this dungeon again in character' run free. We're not here to break lore, nor are we here to say that this phenomenon is happening to everyone (wouldn't dream of doing that to other roleplayers!). But we are here to have a good time, to be as silly or serious as reasonable within the world of ARR while exploring this idea.
With things like the Echo in place in the game, as well as Lightning from FFXIII apparently slated to make an appearance, it feels like there's room in the lore to explore why these dungeons keep repeating on us.
Is this some variant of the Echo?
A corruption of aether due to the Calamity?
A trial from Althyk?
Or maybe we're just all mad.
Bring your theories (or create one as you join!), and let's see what we come up with.
New players and old alike are welcome with open arms.
Goals:
- Running content IC, from dungeons to quests to FATEs.
I'd like this to be a casual happy place for roleplayers of any background. Serious characters, villainous characters, the goofy and laid back, all types are welcome.
- Have fun.
I know sometimes dungeon running becomes a chore. I don't want that. You don't want that. Fun is greater than content completion here.
- Explore different variations on this theme.
Sometimes a dungeon might literally repeat, sometimes we have to beat away a nasty group that keeps slinking back. Variety is encouraged, party leaders let your characters set the tone.
Rules and Joining:
Rules:
1.) The Spiral is a secret group, with one rule binding them over anything else: Do NOT discuss the theories and repeating nature of dungeons outside of the group.
- This concept, obviously, won't be for everyone, and we're certainly not here to start telling people what is or isn't happening to their characters. Those who want their characters to be experiencing this will join us, everyone else is free of the Spiral.
- If a party has some non-shell players in it, then we keep quiet in party chat about our group/theories like any good secret group would. Not everyone treats dungeons the same way in RP, and out of respect for other RPers not in the linkshell, we should avoid forcing our ideas onto them. Don't run about claiming you've killed major bosses for good, don't insist you've killed a boss hundreds of times to someone.
2.) This is likely to be a small group (hopefully large enough for most dungeon runs of course), and not one meant to be exclusive. Feel free to join other linkshells, just don't forget us!
3.) Be kind and respectful to everyone in the linkshell.
- If you're the sort that's going to lose your temper and start to rant OOC if a dungeon run isn't running smoothly, you might want to consider other shells. Characters may clash, but never should IC frustration leak into OOC.
4.) There are no 'activity rules', but there's little point to this if we don't do content together. =)
Not really a rule, but don't feel like you must have a theory all worked out to join. We can brainstorm something up, or you can have fun having your character react on the fly.
Questions?
Want to help me out?
Interested in joining?
Send a PM to Imsey or post here and I'd be very happy to talk about it.
The linkshell will be created in phase 4 of the beta, and a dungeon run(s) will be planned to kick off the shell once members are ready. Dungeon runs will start, well, once we have enough people of the right level to start them.
I warn you all now I'm new to the game, so I apologize if this turns into a case of the blind leading the blind.
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