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Rumo(u)rs Abound: Canterlot Edition
By: Applejack Date: August 18, 2014, 9:03 am
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Our characters are not typically one-dimensional, and not just
living in the moment. Most of us have thought up multiple story
elements to give them life, history, and depth. Whether they be
how they spent their time living in a certain city, building
their reputation up a certain way there, or how they might hold
some kind of weekly/monthly/annual event that everypony in a
town or city might know of, all of these help to make things
more interesting.
So what is this thread for then, you ask?
Basically, it's for forum-wide resources.
It's for listing certain things about a character in an easy,
bite-sized manner, things that perhaps a town or city might know
about them as they've lived there almost their entire lives, or
events that they might have held that would have made a name for
themselves. It's, much like I said a moment ago, for creating
resources for other members to incorporate in RP, either by
giving them ways or locations to meet, or things to discuss in
threads.
For example, for one of my characters, Slash Zephyr, I might
mention in here that some thirty years ago when he settled down
in Ponyville he helped establish a blacksmithing and tailoring
shop with Patches. Or, for my character Honey Dew, I could say
she has played her violin in various shows and events while
growing up in Ponyville. The first example provides a location
that might otherwise be unknown to anyone who didn't even know
he existed, and the second provides opportunity for previous
connections to be made, or even some kind of conversation
starter. This thread could even, as the name of the thread
suggests, be used to post several rumors about what citizens
might be saying about your character--whether they be true,
ambiguous, or farfetched.
In all, I just hoped to create something that would help the
forum grow a little bit with some story elements to flesh it out
some, as well as the characters within it.
Sister thread for Ponyville:
HTML http://rpismagic.createaforum.com/general-discussion/rumo%28u%29rs-abound-ponyville-edition/new/#new
Thread is admin approved! ;p
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Canterlot Edition
By: Ryo Date: August 21, 2014, 9:36 am
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Gonna kick this off with some Ryo rumours =D
-Ryo has been making small deliveries and running chores all
around Canterlot since she began to "work" for Steel Ingot.
-Ryo filled the center of Canterlot's market square with "fake"
gold bits when harassed by some nobles, causing lots of extra
work for the royal guard when they had to track down and find
all the fake bits some more greedy ponies managed to take away
from the scene with them.
-Ryo was arrested after the "Bit incident" And after being
released, the forge she worked in was momentarily closed for
inspections.
-Ryo is considered as a "suspicious" pony for her nervousness
around Guards.
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Canterlot Edition
By: Haywire Date: August 24, 2014, 1:06 am
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A few simple things for funsies. May rewrite this because blegh.
- Haywire -
While Haywire isn't famous or well known around the city, he as
well as his workshop share a reputation for being dangerous and
are considered unsafe by most who live near him. Hay is also
often times considered to be crazy or somehow "not all there"
because of his behavior and inability to make sense when
speaking with others about his work. Neither of these things are
true of course and anyone can learn this by just meeting him
themselves, but his neighbors still try to warn ponies off from
going near his place for their own safety.
- Mana and Thunder -
Both of the guards have plenty of rumors surrounding what they
do during their work hours, this being because of how varied and
often times "need to know" their missions are.
Note however that "need to know" doesn't always equate to a
country wide threat or some such as plenty of their jobs have
been simple and often times even innocent, hence the confusion
and circulating rumors among other guards as to what exactly
they are off doing and whether or not they should be worried or
chuckling over it.
- Sero -
Certain ponies familiar with more shady dealings in the city may
have heard of one of his aliases that he uses when treasure
hunting since it often causes him to brush up against certain
groups. Other than that Sero isn't popular, though back in the
day he was known by name by frequent visitors to the local
library and some believed that he lived there with how he always
seemed to be behind the desk or arranging books.
- Vita -
There's a silly idea going around that Vita is some kind of
medical prodigy because of a few rather impressive life saving
procedures shes pulled off. Ponies who have heard of her tend to
ask for her, which often feeds the whole never being able to
sleep problem she has.
- Marigold/Minos -
Marigold is well known around Canterlot due to them being
involved with many businesses and what not. They're also known
for plenty of charity events, supporting public services with
donations and so on to keep their image in the public eye
bright. This means most ponies see them as a good thing.
Minos on the other hand is more unknown to the public. They
aren't unheard of, the common pony might know that they're
around and guards would have an excuse to know about them since
it's their job to know such things. The connection between Minos
and Marigold could be made by guards or investigators focusing
on figuring it out, but with no solid proof and the front
Marigold presents, such a connection is treated as a rumor at
best and a conspiracy theory at worst.
- Gladius -
All the guards think he's crazy because of an assignment a group
he was apart of was given a few years back. When he and the rest
returned from it most had new "issues" and all details regarding
the whole affair were covered up. Plenty of fuel for theories
and ideas among the guards. Most wild and ridiculous. Few nice.
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Canterlot Edition
By: Thyme Date: August 24, 2014, 9:24 pm
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There's a few things about my characters.
Jazz has been playing in various bars, restaurants, and the
occasional concert for almost 30 years, so she may be somewhat
recognizable.
Thyme's shop is part of the Marigold Consortium and has had a
fair amount of advertisement by them. She carries various
general potion goods, but would be most known for the wide
variety of magical dyes and paints. She also stocks a number of
rarer and more unusual ingredients.
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Re: Rumo(u)rs Abound: Canterlot Edition
By: PLOTYNSTYNE Date: September 16, 2014, 1:07 pm
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- Clarity -
Clarity is somewhat well-known, at least among ponies near her
age. Most of what she's known for is being popular (for an
Earth Pony) and quite flirtatious. She likes to be a part of
nearly every social gathering she can, hopefully in a position
of some authority. She has a great many number of
ex-coltfriends, and has unfortunately garnered something of a
reputation for how quickly she goes through them, though somehow
it's never the former special someponies who seem to be
spreading those rumors...
She's also known in certain circles as "that blind colt's
sister", though not so many ponies see him in public that often.
- Clair -
As public as Clarity tends to be, Clair is usually the exact
opposite. Outside of his home, the only locations he's seen
with any frequency are the hospital, library, and the spa. He's
never seen too far from one or more of his family, and those few
social events he has gone to are at Clarity's behest. She
usually distracts from him. It isn't that he's unlikable or
really that looked down upon, ponies just tend to be
uncomfortable in his presence and don't know how to act around
him so they opt not to, which in turn fuels his desire usually
to stay home.
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