Groveborne

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 resides right beneath Haven.

The year is 1422, during the reign of the overworked and eternal bachelor, King Kris. Velgarth’s people are rebuilding after the wreckage wrought by the Mage Storms. Despite the environmental changes, Magic is finally returning to Valdemar—though the rest of the world remains nearly without. 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.


Redesigned to welcome all types of writing and playing styles, we’re up and running with interchangeable avenues to develop and power up your character to match (almost) any RP style! Do you like broad, sweeping plotlines? We’ve got you—our setting is High Fantasy with magic and mayhem and some darker themes! Prefer slice-of-life with a sprinkle of shipping drama? Be still, our hearts. We love a good romance! Looking for a place to write and post short fics using your own Valdemar OCs? Come on dowwwnnn! Prefer a slow, relaxed pace? The world is your oyster; take all the time you want! No word count or activity checks to keep your characters.

Our events are content-oriented but include a variety of ways to earn site shop points, including everything from IC poetry slam duels between characters to art submissions, IRL cooking contests, and create-your-own-adventure games. And, of course, the classic meta-plot open RPs to advance the site's story.

Featuring a site shop to purchase all types of character combinations and upgrades, character leveling via Campaigns/Quests or RP/Solo Narratives, and dozens of sentient species and character classes to explore—we hope to be your netizen home for many years to come.