Welcome to Velgarth

Magic. Twisted beyond recognition, it set fire to the world thousands of years ago then returned, echoing across time itself to revisit the same devastation of the original Cataclysm. Heroes gathered to stop it, releasing a powerful Counter Storm to negate the effects of the original; and it worked, at a price.

Now magic is dispersed across the world like a fine mist, hardly useful at all, if you are an ambitious mage. All except for Valdemar, of course... that land of the sickeningly sweet and ever-so just Heralds and their Companions... they lived for hundreds of years without magic, and now magic appears to be pooling there faster than anywhere else! It just isn't fair, is it? Well, there are other ways to feel the electric thrill of magic singing in your blood, and Valdemar... well. What could they possibly do to stop the flow of the times? Power calls to power, and the world's greatest source of Power resides right beneath Haven.

​The current time is the year 1422, during the reign of King Kris. The people of Velgarth are rebuilding after the wreckage of the Mage Storms, and the changes they have wrought on the environment. Magic is once more beginning to work properly in Valdemar - though the rest of the world remains nearly magic-less. Herald Kris, son of Selenay, has just ascended the Throne with his twin sister Lyra as his King's Own. Between the devastation of the wars with Ancar and the Storms, Valdemar's monarch has a lot on his plate.

​And he'll need his Heralds more than ever.

Groveborne

Welcome to Groveborne: A Heralds of Valdemar text-based RPG!

Here, players are free to play in the world of Velgarth, created by author Mercedes Lackey! Our setting is based on the unknown 'after' of the Mage Storms Trilogy. Strictly speaking, all characters created by Mercedes Lackey have either passed on or have been relegated to background NPCs. This is to protect Mrs. Lackey's intellectual property as well as our own creations inspired by her works. The only exceptions to this are the King and King's Own, who will remain staff-run NPCs for major events. Both Kris and Lyra were created by Mercedes Lackey and remain her intellectual property, we only portray a fan's interpretation of what their reign as adults might look like in the future.

Welcome!

Below is a condensed table of contents for game play. New visitors to the site are encouraged to look around and join our DISCORD CHAT for questions and tomfoolery. We have chocolate.

• • Information on available character types and playable, sentient creatures can be found HERE.
  • Information on how to create a character and start playing can be found HERE.
  • An introduction to our stat system can be found HERE.
  • An introduction to our campaign game system can be found HERE.
  Our side-wide meta plot is ever-evolving, driven by an active administration team with player feedback. On top of the major meta events, players are encouraged to develop their own story lines and campaigns. There is always something going on, and we look forward to welcoming you to our community!
  
  

  Credits

  First and foremost, we must credit the ever talented Mercedes Lackey for creating the world of Velgarth and all of it's magical possibilities! If you haven't already, go read and buy her books. For real.
  
  Next would be the artists that we've utilized throughout the site!
  • Queerly, from Deviantart.com has been commissioned for the lion's share of artwork you'll find here!
  • Items and placeholder images were purchased under license from Shutterstock.com!

Content Rating

Our rating is

3 - Swearing and mature language is permitted.
2 - Sexual content is permitted. ****
3 - Explicit violence is permitted.

​*** We do ask that threads or stories with detailed acts of violence or sexual content be rated [M] in the tag or [ Trigger Warning ] at the top of story sites. Violations will result in your character being archived and your account banned.

More on our ratings; Groveborne will explore political intrigue, war and the corrupt side of humanity during some meta events and in individual stories. Trigger warnings are required for ALL content that explores those avenues. Steamy scenes that tastefully fade to black are allowed, but we do NOT allow pornographic/smut content.

General Rules

• Don't be mean to each other OOC.
• No spamming, heckling or being a nuisance in the cbox or discord chat.
• Advertisements are allowed in the advertisement forum only.
• No god-modding, meta playing or related RP sins

** A note on meta-playing; due to the nature of some Gifts, this will be difficult to enforce as a strict 'do not do it!!!!' So, please note at the bottom of all posts that utilize a 'knowing' type of Gift that you consulted the other player ahead of time and are writing things with their permission. The other player should also post an OOC note at the bottom of their posts confirming that they agreed to the fore-knowledge/magical movement/etccccc.

When creating a character whose experiences are different than yours, we ask that you do your due diligence in researching and respectfully portraying these individuals. This includes other cultures, LGBT people, disabled people, etc.

Welcome!


Below is a condensed table of contents for game play. New visitors to the site are encouraged to look around and join our DISCORD CHAT for questions and tomfoolery. We have chocolate.

• Information on available character types and playable, sentient creatures can be found HERE.
• Information on how to create a character and start playing can be found HERE.
• An introduction to our stat system can be found HERE.
• An introduction to our campaign game system can be found HERE.

Our side-wide meta plot is ever-evolving, driven by an active administration team with player feedback. On top of the major meta events, players are encouraged to develop their own story lines and campaigns. There is always something going on, and we look forward to welcoming you to our community!

Credits

First and foremost, we must credit the ever talented Mercedes Lackey for creating the world of Velgarth and all of it's magical possibilities! If you haven't already, go read and buy her books. For real.

Next would be the artists that we've utilized throughout the site!

• Queerly, from Deviantart.com has been commissioned for the lion's share of artwork you'll find here!
• Items and placeholder images were purchased under license from Shutterstock.com!