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Within the swirling Mist (IC) => Whispers in the Shadows => Local Gossip => Topic started by: Arawn on July 12, 2015, 11:00:01 PM

Title: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Arawn on July 12, 2015, 11:00:01 PM
[The soldiers that protect the walled village of Ramulai and its people are said to have had their hands full this morning. Loud noises came from within the store of Kaisem Attaryll, a merchant of some renown. Those who took part described the thieves as ruthless, for they killed several armed Hazlani soldiers seeking to stop them. Fortunately, the soldiers managed to keep Attaryll's shop from being wholly plundered, with only some gold and other miscellaneous objects having been taken from within.]
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Mentalos Za'am on September 20, 2016, 11:15:17 PM
Under the cover of night a small green robed figure places the following notice written in vassi in prominent places about the city.

(http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r633/Barovian_Begger/46acaa0f-2261-4928-8634-f00e26c9aa0e_zpsedhaxhwr.png) (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/Barovian_Begger/media/46acaa0f-2261-4928-8634-f00e26c9aa0e_zpsedhaxhwr.png.html)

//I'll be doing the lecture three times, GMT -5.

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OOC Directions to the Red Academy;

Start at the vistani vardo at Hazlan-Northern Border Region- Barovian Border, go east along the road then you'll be in the Fields of Labor, go south. Then you'll be in Tusmorke Skoven- North- Abandoned Logging Camp, go south. Then you'll be in Tusmorke Skoven, again go south. Then Tusmorke Skoven- South, again walk south. Now your in Tusmorke Skoven- Approaching Ramulai, go south. Then you reach Ramulai- City Gates, walk through the gate in southern direction. Now your in Ramulai, walk south and you'll reach the Red Academy. The doors will be unlocked enter and turn right to the stairs and head for the basement to the Summoning Pits.

Hope to see you all :)
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Norture on September 20, 2016, 11:55:20 PM
//What timezone?
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Mentalos Za'am on September 26, 2016, 05:47:05 PM
A small green robed figure is seen posting more flyers about the city.

(http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r633/Barovian_Begger/Arcane%20dual_zpsit0tv9zz.png) (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/Barovian_Begger/media/Arcane%20dual_zpsit0tv9zz.png.html)

//we'll be doing the lecture twice at 16oo hr and 1800 hours, GMT -5. Ignore the last time of 2200 hours, I was wrong :?

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OOC Directions to the Red Academy;

Start at the vistani vardo at Hazlan-Northern Border Region- Barovian Border, go east along the road then you'll be in the Fields of Labor, go south. Then you'll be in Tusmorke Skoven- North- Abandoned Logging Camp, go south. Then you'll be in Tusmorke Skoven, again go south. Then Tusmorke Skoven- South, again walk south. Now your in Tusmorke Skoven- Approaching Ramulai, go south. Then you reach Ramulai- City Gates, walk through the gate in southern direction. Now your in Ramulai, walk south and you'll reach the Red Academy. The doors will be unlocked enter and turn right to the stairs and head for the basement to the Summoning Pits.

Hope to see you all :)
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: qwertyuioppp on December 20, 2016, 03:27:34 AM
The early winter snows paint the city an innocent white, hiding the dark secrets of the grey stone, inside the tall walls. The scape attracts officials and nobles, Hazlik and Lady Eleni among them, bringing their bickering out to the transitional weather. Lady Eleni, as always, shocks and impresses, leaving a lingering influence on the satraps and visitors.

Whispers around the small city would have Hazlik choosing yet another apprentice to be filtered through his Academy.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: qwertyuioppp on February 04, 2017, 06:15:47 AM
The city faces scandal, Zravgev searched high and low, at the direction of master wizard Ipahik Kelner. The "butchery of his boy," he shouts in explanation, his guards bustling through the city. Murder, gossip tells the story more straight, placing the bloodshed within the village's tavern; the Kyrillian house's prize slave girl and one of the Great Lord Hazlik's own apprentices murdered in cold blood in one of the upstairs rooms.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Chaoshawk on February 04, 2017, 11:41:01 AM
A masked figure approached the locked gates of Ramulai in the dead of night, hours after the scandal in the Zravgev that broke out earlier in the day. Panicked and appearing worse for wear, it appeared Ipahik Kelner's apprentice had returned following his apparent demise and disappearance. Upon entering the gates the wizard practically sprinted towards the infamous Red Academy, no doubt intending on shedding light on what happened that day.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Troukk on February 22, 2018, 09:28:33 AM
[A notice is posted in the Zravgev inn]

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HELP WANTED

Body strength and discretion is mandatory

Inquire with Apprentice Tubur of the Red Academy
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Troukk on February 23, 2018, 08:00:17 AM
[As the job seems to have been taken, the notice is removed]

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HELP WANTED

Body strength and discretion is mandatory

Inquire with Apprentice Tubur of the Red Academy
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Brimstone on February 27, 2018, 04:14:30 AM
[Within the stone halls of the Red Academy, notices are posted prominently for all of the enrolled to witness.]
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Necromantic Thaumaturgy Curriculum:
  • Lesson One: A Primer on Necromancy and Reanimated Physiology.

  • Lesson Two: Practical Applications of Necromantic Thaumaturgy
  • NOTE: Abstracts on Independent Research for Student Treatise are due.

  • Lesson Three: Instructor-aided Independent Research and Experimentation for Student Thesis

  • Lesson Four: Primer on Red Wizard Ritual Circle Necromantic Thaumaturgy: Advanced Reanimation
  • NOTE:  Finalized treatises are due.  Prior to advancement, all students will be evaluated based upon merit.  Those that have excelled in the curriculum and independent research will be permitted to attend the advanced curriculum.

  • Lesson Five: Advanced Ritual Necromantic Thaumaturgy - led by Zulkir Vahid
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Troukk on March 08, 2018, 08:48:32 AM
[As the slave seems to have already been purchased, the notice is removed]

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PREGNANT SLAVE WANTED

Must be in good health and have all its limbs. Willing to pay double the standard rate.

Inquire with Apprentice Tubur of the Red Academy
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Troukk on March 23, 2018, 08:15:21 AM
[A notice is posted in the Zravgev inn]

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LABORATORY ASSISTANT WANTED

Discretion is mandatory

Inquire with Mumed Za'am of the Red Academy
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Brimstone on February 27, 2019, 04:36:29 AM
Beyond the cyclopean gate of the hamlet erected from the bedrock itself within the Wizard's Vale, laborers, artisans, and wagons loaded with supplies buzz with a growing intensity.  Amplified traffic within the labyrinthine streets and the din of construction and commerce filled the stone walls. 

Hoisted upon the air of rumors of an upcoming arcane competition and coupled with a prestigious instructor and Hazlani house's impending nuptials, the typically empty corridors are teeming with anticipation and productivity. Carts filled with raw construction materials, foodstuffs, and ample floral assemblies pour into the Skrigende Hofnar, laborers toiling throughout the day and retiring within Zravgev each evening.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Brimstone on August 25, 2019, 12:57:10 AM
A dark cloud settles over Ramulai, soot and ash cascading down over the labyrinthian streets carved from bedrock.  After the waning hours of daylight  and well into the evening, arsonists and agents of mytteri stuck under the cover of night.  The abode known to be inhabited by the famed Red Wizards swearing fealty to House Za’am was engulfed in an inferno, consuming all but the uncannily impervious stone structure. The frightened shouts warning of the fire by a servant to the house were heard come dawn, speckled between her violent fits of coughing and spewing of the toxic smoke. 

Soldiers and servants alike took to task, followed by a procession of Red Wizards whose incantations snuffed the flames, blanketing the structure in the sizzling crackle of ice. Rumors of a missive left at the scene trickles from ear to ear. Though whomever was designated as the recipient and the one that plucked it up, were the only souls to know the truth of its content.

Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Hallvor Hadiya on January 04, 2020, 07:47:12 AM
Posters are plastered around the city of Ramulai and further; written in Vassi and grudgingly the trade tongue.

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-=CELEBRATION OF THE REEMERGENCE=-

The city of Ramulai is to host a festival to celebrate the Reemergence; a great parade of games and merchant stalls is to be set along the cities thoroughfare. Followed by an auction of arcane importance.

MERCHANTS & GUILDS APPLY NOW FOR YOUR SPACE

Foreigners may apply and freely walk the land unmolested during the time of Reemergence. The standard 10% moneychanger fee is waved to all participating stalls and attendance. Leave word at the Zravgev inn should you wish to participate.

Merchant stalls  -=*=- Local Cuisine  -=*=- Mock Fights -=*=- Foot Races

APPLY NOW!

(https://i.imgur.com/sFH5Hb8.png)

//Placed in-game multiple locations
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Hallvor Hadiya on January 15, 2020, 11:17:17 AM
[The notice has since been removed.]
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: ScarletVixen on January 15, 2020, 07:03:24 PM
One poster in Hazlan has a note pinned to it with a knife.

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Slave to a false god.

Fat on borrowed power.

Your master will fall.

You will walk again in the frailties of life.

Then, we will come for you.


(https://imgur.com/CdOoIoj.png)
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Amon-Si on June 22, 2020, 06:12:22 AM
It seems the 25th birthday celebration of Sefris, scion of House Sepret, famed for their opium production, is fast approaching.

The day will be marked by a charitable gladiatorial bout where the surviving combatant will generously be allowed to go free.

Invitations have been sent to all the noble houses of and near Ramulai, as well as a blanket invitation to all academy staff.

The reason for these invitations may be that the birthday girl remains unmarried, despite her beauty and her families wealth and power.

This may, or may not, be linked to the well known fact that Sefris Sepret has a personality likened to that of a rabid badger, without the softness.


https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/birthday?iso=20200624T09&p0=5&msg=The+25th+Birthday+Celebration+of+Sefris+Sepret&font=cursive&csz=1
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Amon-Si on July 27, 2020, 05:55:42 AM
More than the usual amount of movement and visitors in Ramulai as people meet with Instructor Sepret in the Zravgev.

People seeking favours, information, to join the Academy come and go as the tall woman speaks with each and every one.

Rumour also has it that she seeks a bodyguard as her new prominence comes with greater risks.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Amon-Si on July 29, 2020, 06:13:31 AM
Instructor Sefris Sepret is to hold an open lecture on Hazlani history and culture, including a question and answer segment at the Ramulai Theatre in a few days time.

Attendance for her outlander students is mandatory, but the lecture is open to anyone with interest in this area.

Word of it may reach as far as the mist camp, and it appears unlikely that attendees will be targeted so long as they abide by the laws and social expectations of Hazlan, especially in terms of not expressing any faith outside of that of the Lawgiver.


https://www.nwnravenloft.com/forum/index.php?topic=28046.msg343421

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/gaming?iso=20200801T1030&p0=5&font=cursive&csz=1
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Amon-Si on August 08, 2020, 03:03:37 AM
Instructor Sefris Sepret is to hold an open lecture on Fiends, including a question and answer segment at the Ramulai Theatre in a few days time.

Attendance for her students is mandatory, but the lecture is open to anyone with interest in this area.

Word of it may reach as far as the mist camp, and it appears unlikely that attendees will be targeted so long as they abide by the laws and social expectations of Hazlan, especially in terms of not expressing any faith outside of that of the Lawgiver.


https://www.nwnravenloft.com/forum/index.php?topic=28046.msg343421

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20200815T11&p0=5&font=cursive
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Amon-Si on August 14, 2020, 08:15:38 PM
Instructor Sefris Sepret is to hold an open lecture on Fiends, including a question and answer segment at the Ramulai Theatre in a few days time.

Attendance for her students is mandatory, but the lecture is open to anyone with interest in this area.

Word of it may reach as far as the mist camp, and it appears unlikely that attendees will be targeted so long as they abide by the laws and social expectations of Hazlan, especially in terms of not expressing any faith outside of that of the Lawgiver.


https://www.nwnravenloft.com/forum/index.php?topic=28046.msg343421

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20200815T11&p0=5&font=cursive

*This lecture is delayed due to poor health and will be moved to one of Instructor Seprets other scheduled times*

https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20200818T11&p0=5&msg=A+Fiendish+Lecture&font=cursive
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Favee on October 02, 2020, 06:11:50 AM
A very panicked woman with obvious deformities is seen running from Ramulai.  An escaped slave, or something else?
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: inkcorvid on October 09, 2020, 06:32:23 PM
A lean woman in a red coat and hood is seen prowling the areas surrounding the city, starting around the walls and probing far into the wilderness beyond. She periodically pauses to crouch down and survey the ground, carefully examining bent blades of grass, scuffs on trees and rocks, studying faint impressions in the mud, and licking samples of soil off of her grimy, calloused fingertips. She sharply questions local serfs in Kartakan-accented Vaasi about anything unusual they might recently have observed, but gives little reason for the inquiries.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Calad on October 15, 2020, 01:55:10 PM
A small figured woman has been visiting Ramulai for the past two days. Generally has spent her time at the inn, or the tailor, full herb bags on her belt. Her clothes are middle to high quality, donned with the colours of the Lawgiver, red, black and silver, and she seems to be well-put together, however not noble-ish.

She seems to be a Rashemani.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Asous on October 27, 2020, 08:58:05 AM
The mountain range East of the City of Ramulai was lit a deathly red in the middle of the night, the specific location of the strange phenomenon unable to be pinpointed. A mist hung above the mountain, a reaction of nature itself or part of the seemingly random act? Throughout the length of the light spectacle an agonising, blood-boiling scream echoed down the mountain and onto the plains below.

As light and mist began to dissipate... silence.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Stygian Witch on December 01, 2021, 02:15:14 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/BuZR7U6.png) (https://imgur.com/BuZR7U6)

A disturbance is noted at the usually quiet Skrigende Hofnar (Theather). Hazlani soldiers commanded by none other than the infamous instructor, Mentalos Za’am stormed the theater in a surprise raid and located provisions stolen by the late and discredited Ipahik Kelner. The theater’s director Jever, also a gnome was arrested, accused, and found guilty in the crime. Justice was shift and lethal. The wretched gnome executed. The theater has been closed indefinitely, it's reputation sullied.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Stygian Witch on December 22, 2021, 12:02:39 AM
The removal of the theater of Ramulai is complete. Through arcane means, Instructor Mentalos Za'am and his students have succeeded in magically transporting the whole of the building to the village of Nordenvall, several leagues away. By what means or incantation this great feat was achieved remains a closely guard secret. Certainly, whatever this new technique or discipline maybe will revolutionize the practice of magic throughout the Core.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Stygian Witch on July 24, 2022, 10:20:52 PM
A black day hung over Hazlan like a corpse from the gallows. The people of Ramulai were met with fighting and shouting the previous night and in the morning, they saw their city bathed in blood and corpses. Rashemi enforcers slaughtered, and Mulani wizards mangled. Word spreads quickly that Kaazimir Dvornikov sent a platoon into the city and sacked it. Mulan and Rashemi alike spend this day burying the dead and mourning their lost...

(http://i.imgur.com/X8PWyjF.jpg) (https://imgur.com/X8PWyjF)

Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Vastgoten on August 17, 2022, 11:35:55 AM

In the aftermath of Kaazimir Dvornikovs heretical assaults on the city - life and visitors slowly seem to return to Ramulai.
A new arrival, a man of obvious Mulan heritage, is seen at the inn of Ramulai allot lately. He takes small walks outside of the city every morning and upon return seem to have taken a habit of walking up to the Academy doors, waiting for something, before he returns at nightfall spending the night at the inn.
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Vastgoten on August 30, 2022, 10:43:13 AM


Recently the inn Zravgev has been frequented by a group of Mulan, dressed in the colors of the red Academy. They tend to occupy the tables outside of the inn speaking in hushed voices. One accustomed to the Hazlan nobility would identify them as members of house Sepret.

Documents are exchanged and rings carrying family crests seal letters presumably containing the secrets of the nobility.


Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: DM Stygian Witch on February 08, 2024, 11:38:24 AM
[Atop the announcement is a bold emblem of House Fezim: a manticore, carrying a spear in one hand, and an olive branch in the other.]
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I, Cinar Fezim, satrap and rishad of House Fezim of Sly-var, am accepting offers of marriage to my distinguished son Ossur Fezim.  Houses of good repute must make your offers by the end of February, 779, and negotiate in good faith towards a marriage arrangement that will strengthen both our houses. Your rishad may contact me directly or parents with their rishad’s permission to negotiate, may do so.

As some of you may well know, at a young age, Ossur, my second born son, was charged with escorting his sister, Thola Fezim, to King Hazlik’s Illustrious Red Academy to begin her apprenticeship. But upon their journey, the mists of Myterri stole them to the heathen, savage lands of Barovia. In July of 770, Ossur discovered the renown missionary of the Western Mission of the Church, Koltur Naatharak, in great peril. Finding the lone missionary surrounded and assaulted by the unholy and impure, my son did as any devout and stalwart man ought: he lifted his shield in defense of Naatharak, who’s own faith and courage inspired my son into a life of selfless service to the One True God, the Lawgiver.  For the last nine years, as a Gudkaede of Nordenvall Fane, Ossur has served tirelessly both abroad as a missionary among the heathen and at home in Hazlan. Upon the Celebration of the Reemergence this past year, Ossur, performing in his role as Gudkeade, was given the high honor of providing security for King Hazlik himself, as our Lord visited with Vraylok Ossur Kryillian at his estate upon this most holy of days.

Furthermore, inspired by Vraylok Kryillian’s ancestor, the Blessed Fezima Kryllian, who delivered our ancestors into the Iron Fold, by fire and by spear, my son devoted himself to the mastery of the spear in tribute to our matron saint. Forged by his own hand of adamantine, and bound to him in spirit, by the Red Academy’s Instructor Layla Sepret, my son now wields the spear known as Myterri’s Bane.

With this holy spear, I pledge that my son, Ossur Fezim, will defend Hazlan, his House, his soon to be wife, and their beautiful offspring, until the Iron Paradise claims him.

With a bloodline that is pure, that can be traced back to the First People of Torvenden, before the Black Trials and the sins of the 36, House Fezim seeks to find a suitable partner and wife for my second son, Ossur Fezm, of child baring age, to join our esteemed House and proud family.

Long Live King Hazlik,
Long Live Hazlan,
Long Live Both Our Houses,
Cinar Fezim, Satrap and Rishad of House Fezim

//Please send responds to me - DM Stygian Witch
Title: Re: Hazlan - Ramulai
Post by: Vastgoten on March 16, 2024, 01:02:17 PM
*Notices are found in Ramulai and Nordenvall, written in Vaasi.*
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Notice of Azoth Sepret's Ascension

Announcement! Azoth Sepret, a Wizard of Hazlan, has attained the prestigious rank of Instructor within the Red Academy.

Join us in commemorating this achievement at the Zravgev Tavern, Ramulai City, on the seventh day of this week. Mulan and their companions are invited to honor him. Foreign guests must be accompanied by Mulan sponsorship.

Long live Lord Hazlik!
Glory to the Black God!



OOC
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