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CR Planning: July 2015

Welcome to the Underground! Newbies, we're very excited to have you! As mentioned in the calendar, there will be a welcome log posted on the 19th for newbies and current players alike to mingle. However, don't feel that you can't post until then, feel free to jump in right away! In the meantime, this post is a free-for-all for everyone to make new CR and figure out how to get involved with the game.

You can use this post to:

• Discuss your character's background history with other players and make changes where needed.
• Work out shared history with canonmates and build in cross-canon CR.
• Say what kind of CR you're looking for and reply to others to offer CR.
• Say hi to the members of your faction and discuss your in-game strategy.
• Think about what territories you might want to make a claim on.

The plotting post for July is still live with a couple of prompts left to claim, so please do feel free to use it!

I also want to add a quick reminder about the HMD meme that went up a couple of days ago, and in particular my request for feedback on the game. I've had a lot of great feedback already and am very happy to hear more suggestions, whether you've just joined or you've been around since the beginning. I will be starting to make the changes discussed from this weekend onwards, and more input is always welcome.

In the meantime, happy planning!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Character & background: Abigail Widdowson is from a prominent but reclusive family. They've donated to all the right causes, are on vaguely familiar terms with all the right people, but, for the most part, they aren't known in a truly social sense. The family's more history than anything at present, as Abby's been the only member of the household still living for the last six years. Part of what's known about the Widdowson is that they tend to come to bad ends. Sometimes it's murder and outright insanity, other times it's accidental. Among the supernatural community, they're known for being Circle Midnight and a long, long history of dealing with fae.

For Abby's part, she's tried to reintegrate her family socially. She attends a lot of parties, works with charities, and also goes to Middlesex University. Where the supernatural is concerned, she's also stepped out as the leader of a Circle Midnight coven, based out of Enfield.

Plans: Mostly, Abby's plan right now is to fortify her stake in Enfield. She has a few loose, personal alliances with werewolves and vampires, but she's going to be looking to solidify those and expand them into more official alliances. While she has nowhere near the power or connections, she's got the same idea Sylvia does: broker peace between the two factions to further her own goals.

Around the beginning of October or so, Abby may start looking to claim another territory for Circle Midnight, but that's up in the air and depends how things go over the next few months.

Wanted CR:
- Alliances: Like I said above, Abby is going to try and set up some proper alliances between herself, her coven, and other groups that might be able to protect them when the conflict with Redbright (Daybreak, the Institute, and the Night Council all sort of factor into that) comes to a real boiling point.
- Enemies: Because establishing the coven, moving against Redbright, and trying to make alliances will naturally rub some people the wrong way. I welcome negative CR and would love to talk about conflicts of varying intensities. Abby is brash and a little reckless, and I expect that to have consequences.
- Social: Abby gets around. She goes to school, volunteers, shops. All of these things are going to bring her into contact with people, and I'd love to set up some meets for casual acquaintances.
- Fae: Abby's already starting to speak to members of the fae factions, and I'm glad to have that continue. Eventually, she's going to start looking for one to actually make her deal with for her life and the continuation of her line.
- Anything else: If I forgot something or you've got an idea that doesn't really fit into the above, hit me up!

CR Planning: July 2015

Abigail Widdowson | witch, Circle Midnight