Dusk of the Gods

This March, with both a Winter and Spring god in residence, the weather has been fairly pleasant for late winter. There was one last big snowfall, then highs getting up into the 40s and 50s.

Currently unoccupied thrones:
Law and Justice
Who decides what's right and wrong? Is there such a thing? If you think so, you may want to take this throne, because right now Vernos Bay is in anarchy. The only consequences for your actions are those your victims choose to give you. Stores have started hiring guards to discourage theft, which is the current most common crime in the city.

War and Discord
All of the lawlessness has a very watered-down impact on city morale. What was once considered criminal is now just a real bummer, but there's nothing we can do about it, right? We can act all tough, but when it comes down to it the natives just don't seem to know how to throw a punch, or think of a scathing insult. Everything is kept very organized, though. Lost inventory is carefully noted, and would-be conflicts are sorted hypothetically so that order is maintained.

Water
Drinking water has gotten much more expensive, as it now has to be carefully boiled and filtered. The animals don't seem to mind too much, actually. This is a weird new development: emotions seem weirdly muted. This is especially apparent in the locals. If you think about it for more than a second, though, everything seems pretty normal. Weird.

Air
The air is breathable, but at what cost? Everything smells vaguely of sour water and weird emissions. The air itself just feels excessively dry, or way too humid. Allergies also abound, though nobody can say exactly what's in season. Grass? Some kind of grass, probably.

Agriculture
Nobody from the temple had seen their god in like, a month, so she probably gave up on us, right? This throne now stands empty, leaving the fields looking a little sparse. Crops still grow and farm animals still live, of course, but they're smaller than you'd like and prone to disease. Groceries cost more and just aren't as big or juicy as they should be.

Life
Life is just plain unpleasant. Children are louder, messier, and more disruptive. Teenagers are more actively antagonistic and rebellious, and seem to have formed a bunch of small gangs. You can tell, because they like to hang around outside and anywhere they aren't wanted. They're all into smoking, too. Gross. Young adults aren't getting nearly enough sleep, and are even worse at organizing their lives than normal, having an adverse affect on their emotional stability. Middle age involves more aches and weird body changes, and plenty of reminders that you aren't as young as you used to be. There don't seem to be as many elderly around as before... hopefully they're at home, being taken care of.

Autumn
Here's something else that's new and weird: Partings are, as a rule, really drawn out and awkward. There are probably some other odd effects of this throne being empty, but we're figuring it out as we go along.

Dreams
Sleep is dreamless, which might be a blessing... but waking life seems pretty dreamless too. Go on, try to daydream. Drawing a blank? We all are.

What's New?
We now have a suggestion box, where you can help me figure out what the heck I'm doing. Also added is a Worldbuilding Post so we have a place to do worldbuilding that doesn't require social media! Need help coming up with tiers? Go ahead and ask!

Some small changes have been made to the elemental and seasonal thrones, making them just a little more fun year round: Water now includes emotion, Earth includes mental and emotional stability, Fire includes willpower, Air includes imagination and intellect. Spring includes new beginnings, Summer includes extroversion and energy, Autumn includes endings and preparation and Winter includes introspection. For the most part these changes won't be noticed, since the thrones are occupied, but it's something to keep in mind.

And now, a poll!
Apparently this can only be done by paid accounts.

This is a post for cooperative worldbuilding! Everyone is welcome to post whatever ideas come to mind, and ask each other questions or riff off of concepts. Plurk and Discord may also be used for this purpose, but it's easy to lose things in the midst of conversation and sleepy misfiring. This post is for worldbuilding only! If you want to plot, please take it to a private venue or stick it in the suggestion box for modly consideration.

Activity Check
February 1 - 28


Activity Check at Dusk of the Gods is mandatory check-in, but activity submission optional. An activity submission consists of UP TO two of either of the following:

- (20) twenty total comments on network posts
- (10) ten total log comments.

For each submission, players will receive five points. These points may be distributed amongst the sitting gods in the game, which will in turn help progress them towards their next tier.

Players have the option of retaining five points for each of their own characters.

Activity Check must be completed within seven (7) days of its posting. This activity check will close on March 7th. Any players who have still not checked in by March 8th will be removed from the game.

Please fill out the following information and post it in the comments, with your character's name as the subject header:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> CHARACTER | <user name=USERNAME> <b>Comments or concerns about the game:</b> Activity: <b>Submission 1:</b> <a href="URL">Network or Log</a> | Comment Count: NUMBEROFCOMMENTS <b>Submission 2:</b> <a href="URL">Network or Log</a> | Comment Count: NUMBEROFCOMMENTS <<Repeat as needed.>>

After some thought, I've opted to lower the point thresholds for temple tiers. This is so that we can play with this mechanism sooner rather than later! The change has been made to the Point, Tier, and Demigod System information page and a new template will be added in a comment on the Throne Infopost Template page, but the changes are as following:

Tier 2 now needs 15 instead of 25 points
Tier 3 now needs 45 instead of 75 points
Tier 4 now needs 90 instead of 150 points
Tier 5 now needs 150 instead of 250 points
Characters now qualify for demigod status if they give a total of 15 instead of 25 points to any one throne, but still must give half of the monthly A/C reward (5 points) to maintain this status.

No changes have been made to the (optional) A/C system- you can still receive between 5 and 10 points per character for submitting threads in addition to the required check-in, and up to 5 of those points may be given by any God character to their own throne.

You are still responsible for keeping track of how many points your own throne has accumulated. I trust you all to be honest to the best of your abilities, and remember, this system is subject to change if it becomes a source of upset!

This warning list is up late because reasons. In the future a list will go up five (5) days after the activity check was originally posted.

The following characters have not checked in and are not on official hiatus:

Alex Reagan - 11calls 
The Doctor (6) - chaos_and_curls 
Eliot Waugh - sybaritic  
Jonathan Sims - nettled 
Abigail Fowler - plasthmatic 
Sasha Scala - posledniy 
Deborah Armstrong - citrines 
Dr. Ariston Nikas - zombology 

If you’re on this list, please reply to the activity check before February 14, 10:00PM EST. If you don’t reply or have someone reply on your behalf before this time, you will be removed from the game.