Are you a Sinner or a Saint? This is the coming of Revelation.
There have been two Gods: the first was killed by Lucifer over two thousand years ago and the second died recently due to a mysterious illness. Angels and demons walk the earth, vying for power, belief, control—and souls. To fulfill their plans, Heaven and Hell need the support of humans, but they play a dangerous game. The Four Horsemen ride—and they might be anyone. Your boss, your best friend, even you. Do you help usher in a new God? Do you help save this world?
Or do you side to destroy it all? ❝Do not be afraid.❞ —Revelation 1:17
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Welcome to CHVRCHES’ seventeenth (and final) event!
This event is our seventh invite event, which means it’s the kind of event everyone is familiar with on tumblr: we give you a setting, you run amok with it! What’s written is canon, the rest is up to you!
The date stamp for the event is Saturday, January 13th, for timeline purposes. As of this wedding and after, everything your muse does is up to you. After this event, you’re welcome to take your current muses as indie as you like. Please remember that, once your bio is up on Feywild, to get your baseline app into that main by January 29th! Thanks all, it has been such an honour and a privilege and a joy to do this with you!
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Everyone’s been invited to the wedding of the Sinners and the Saints—figuratively. In truth, Grace Lowery of the Saints and Isaiah Faust of the Sinners are getting married! It’s been too long and, now that the fighting is done, at last the two can tie the knot for what’s left of the world to see. Everything, down to the short-notice invitations, is beautiful, with gold foil writing and petal pink accents alongside hints of winter, like camellias and pinecones.
The main room is lit up, each tree its own bastion of light and life and hope lining the aisle to the altar. It would be the first wedding Raziel has ever presided over, though Lucifer isn’t to be outdone, standing beside Isaiah as his best man. He lovingly looks at Amalthea in the front row any time he thinks people aren’t looking. Adele shines as maid of honour, glowing and gorgeous. The feeling in the air is hopeful and adoring, like a wish realized.
After all, January 13th is “Make your dreams come true” Day.
And everything looks a dream. In the lobby, there are hors d'oeuvres in petite form; crabs cakes and bruschettas and spinach puffs and more. Pink champagne on ice travels by in tall, modern crystal flute glasses, cherry blossoms perched on the rims. Copper kettles offer hot cider and hot chocolate, along with shots of Kahlua, Maker’s, and Bailey’s if preferred. At dinner, even the place settings are dipped in gold.
It is a day to be joyous and proud. It is an excellent day to be married.
No points necessary, this is just an invitation to capstone.
This Challenge is “Journey Reflection.” We invite you to create something (a playlist, an aesthetic post, a mood board, a journal entry, anything) that inspires you to explore this concept: From where you started to now, how did you grow? Your muse has been through a lot, from the trouble with a dead god to saving the world from the Four Horsemen. It’s been a wild ride full of change. Show us a bit of reflection on your character’s journey.
This Challenge is not time restricted and can be done any time. Tag any Challenge post with both #chvrchesrp and #chvrchpoint for posterity ♥
The world is saved, but there were so many dead, so many injured, so many in need of aid. We always fight to win, but what happens after? What happens when winning still looks like losing, when there’s so much aftermath?
The humans have their methods, their elections, their meetings—all of this will come after the vulnerable are rescued, the infrastructure reconnected, the water and food flowing again. But for those on the front lines—
For being in the wrong place at the right time, the world takes pity on the vessels of the Horsemen. They didn’t stand a chance and had no choice in what overtook them, throwing off any semblance of agency for their own life and desires. A horrific, but forgivable, situation. And so, God and the Devil join hands to rectify what is within their now-full power.
Kiara, the first Horseman, was once a girl descended from the angel Raphael. She had dreams of medicine, of caring for the sick and those in need. Raziel takes Kiara’s lifeless body and elevates her to an Envoy angel of the Third Sphere, giving her the mantle of her ancestor: the angel of healing.
Belial, the second Horseman, had been born a demon and never wanted anything more than to experience a human life, that which had always been denied him. Lucifer grants this, recreating Belial as Benjamin Yaogui, a human child in Los Angeles with no memory of his life before.
Donato, the third Horseman, wanted nothing in this world. He didn’t want to live forever and he hated being an angel; nor did he seek the realms of Hell. Together, Raziel and Lucifer join to set both Donato and his beloved Lucrezia in the sky together forever as constellations, a story for the ages.
Talia, who gave her life to stop Death’s integration, Lucifer elevated to a demon henceforth known as Amalthea. Josh, who fought valiantly and succeeded when he was needed, was brought back to life by Magda and Raziel three days later, using the same ritual as for Jesus the first time.
Satan, for finally doing the right thing and with the right intentions, is reinstated as Prince of Pains. Crowley, for her effort during the war, is given the once-vacant title of Prince of Chaos. Babylon is given a special gift for her efforts, her work as Prince of Lures remarkable.
The white-robed vengeance spirits, the martyrs of the past, rally one last time to give up their own lingering spirits. As their final act, they move their energy into the martyrs of today, raising them up and bringing those martyrs who died in war back to life. In this way, they find peace.
For choosing the darkness and knowing full well the consequence of their actions, Heath, Abaddon, and Elijah are laid to final rest in the Los Angeles cemetery, now a memory and a warning.
This event is our fifth missive event, which means a little bit of what happens will be assigned to your muse. This event is a narrative to support your tasks and has only this one part. Assignments are considered game canon, whether or not you explore them deeply.
The date stamp for the event is Thursday, December 28th, for timeline purposes. You are welcome to continue writing on this date into our real-life January, as we know things are busy right now! In-character speaking, don’t write threads past the event yet—there will be an Epilogue dated for IC-New Years’ Day and our final event on January 13th.
In the distance, trumpets sound throughout the sky, billowing louder than the wind. They come from nothing and become nothing; the gates of Heaven still closed, those within it deaf to that strange sound and others. The white robed spirits let loose their terrible wailing, still standing outside the Church, still screaming for a justice that hasn’t come. Bodies walk among us, hollow husks and sunken cheeks, wordless and wanting. Some shades sojourn too, translucent memories of once-was lives, pale recollections of the cosmos.
The number of dead walking equal the number of the living.
Elsewhere, God and the Devil are shepherding the vulnerable and weak to safe havens. They salvage what can be saved so that there can be a world left to return to. They pronounce new things as sacred and profane, hoping it will protect more than their reverie. The plan only works if their creations save themselves. Some things are beyond even higher powers. Their Churches must save the world from the Horsemen, because if Death integrates, the Horsemen become immortal and unstoppable.
The integration must be stopped at any and all costs, otherwise the world is just a clock ticking down to its own demise to the beat of Horsemen laughter. Maria and Magda worked out more than a hunch; they believe that this time, between their wit and wisdom, their prophecies and powers, they know who Death is. They know long enough in advance to stop it, and so, tonight is the chosen time. It’s the Last Stand. It’s the End of Days. Or, its their renewal. Everyone prays for the latter with unmoving lips and strong hearts.
It was hard enough to get everyone in the same room, minds to the same task, but after all they’d been through together, there was less distance—and even a touch of camaraderie that hadn’t been there before the Halloween party. It was clear from the failure at the Oscars and the subsequent horrors unleashed that their logic was flawed—but where was the fault? The Grails were the key, but the question was how to use them. Maria realized that, just as God and the Devil were, they had to be shepherds of their own flocks.
Now, everyone was gathered, the bait easy:
They’d told the Horsemen they knew who Death was and they could come and get that individual if they dared face the Churches again. The Horsemen were suitably unimpressed, having had their run-ins with the Grails once already and deeming them a universal fluke. As the groups converged at the Hazard Recreation Center—a place with an open field, a baseball diamond—everything in the air was more palpable. The taste of iron and salt was all around them, a cocktail of foreboding, sweat, and adrenaline.
The joke is this:
Death isn’t there, but the Horsemen don’t know that.
As bait, Magda is who they offer: she can talk to the dead, after all. She ticks off all the boxes: connection with Death, oddly missing ever since the last integration, and a Nephilim. Predicting her own downfall was poetic.
The Churches put Magda behind them all, making it so the Horsemen have to go through them to get to her. Belial, laughing, asks why the Horsemen should even bother; if they do nothing, Death integrates all the same, and there is nothing the Churches can do to stop an integration. To which Magda says nothing, too far to be heard, but raises a shining golden gun that Raziel got for her. The statement is clear: she’ll do what she has to in order to prevent her own integration. The Horsemen sense a trap, but aren’t sure what it is.
Why not kill Magda outright? Why give them the chance to get to her?
The look around and see a number of familiar faces are missing; Gabriel and Lazarus, for example, and Isadora from the Sinners’ board. What could they be up to? Belial looks behind the Horsemen, trying to determine if they’ve been boxed in somehow. He tells his compatriots to be wary, that there might be tricks in the trees that line the baseball diamond, or that they could be hidden under and around park materials. The Horsemen have the power, especially with the Farriers at their sides, so they engage in the fight.
Phase one is to make the Horsemen weaker: take out their Farriers.
THREAD TASKS:
A team comprised of Noah, Adele, and Isaiah go up against Elijah, the easiest one to kill, as a human—though the emotions that arise make this harder than it looks.
A team comprised of Crowley, Olivia, Tabitha, and Zack go to take down Abaddon. Crowley mortally wounds Abaddon with her Grail sometime during this harrowing battle.
A team comprised of Levi, Dom, and Grace go to tackle Heath; this happens last as Abaddon’s blood can be used as poison on the weapon to kill the everstrong Heath.
After their deaths, phase two is the elimination of the Horsemen:
THREAD TASKS:
Cassiel and Shibah (NPC) use the Trepanum Blade to go after one of their own, Donato. The grail that was a gift from Adon, a god himself, to govern one of his once-was angels.
Satan and Babylon use the Unguis Blade; Crowley delivered it to Satan, its original owner, though he now wields it with different intentions. The Beast and the Harlot go after Belial.
Zoe and Renee use the Tentabis Chalice on one of their own: Kiara, who was once human. Maria loaned the Chalice, realizing both sets of hands on it is the only way it works.
And, in a secret location somewhere in Los Angeles...
THREAD TASK:
Maria, Josh, and Talia are in a dark room with no cell reception and no electricity, nothing that would give them away. Death’s grip on Josh is getting stronger and stronger, as if the Horseman knows his compatriots are here. It senses this is the witching hour.
They know they cannot let Death and Joshua integrate. Though Magda is acting the martyr on the field, it is Josh who fulfills his destiny again as the true Martyr, dying for a cause to save the world. And it falls to Talia to kill him, the unicorn in her own act of sacrifice, tarnishing her innocence for the greater good of the world, not unlike an echo of her lover.
For a moment, Josh lets himself lose control—he trusts Maria to anchor him back when it counts. Josh fades ever so slightly as Death comes to the forefront, eyes immediately on the visible Talia, whom Death attacks, its hands becoming claws that aim to rip out her throat.
Maria calls Josh back to the forefront of his consciousness in time for Talia’s poppet power to ricochet back on Josh/Death. Josh accepts this death and by the invisible hands of a puppetmaster, his throat is torn out, and he dies. The integration is stopped and Death’s energy dies along with him, but it’s not all happiness: Death has left its stain on Talia, too. While her throat is in tact, her body can’t withstand Death’s power. The confrontation with the cosmos kills her, too.
The world is saved. Writers, feel free to have your muses get as injured and/or mortally wounded as you wish in your threads. The deaths of Elijah, Abaddon, and Heath are permanent. Writers of those muses are welcome to continue to write scenes in flashback for the duration of January and are exempt from Activity Checks for the final month, but keep in touch with us and feel free to focus on Feywild. That being said, everyone else, stay tuned for the Epilogue in January for more outcomes of this event.
Thank you all, beloveds, and Happy New Year! What a wild ride!
Happy Holidays, loved ones! We’re suspending this week’s activity check on account of the holidays so spend time with your families/friends/loved ones and travel around! We hope all of you know that we’re so very grateful and blessed to have you guys with us. We love you and we hope that each and every one of you has a wonderful time. Thank you for ringing in the year with us ♥.
On mobile again, pardon the lack of tags! We could see Milo Ventimiglia, Brett Dalton, and Jude Law but we are open also to your suggestions! Xx, mobile!May
are there alt fcs for isadora you could rec as emeraude is quite problematic imo??
Camila Mendes is her alt, and we agree, we would prefer Camila, but at this time we are only accepting for Donato. Please follow Feywildteaser for what’s coming next! Xx, mobile!holiday May
If you’re just coming up a hiatus, please post soon so we don’t have to put you on the next activity check! We want to stress communication now that we’re so close to the end. Our inbox and skype are always open! Also, don't forget, if your activity is good and compliant with game rules, you're eligible to pick up a second character. We have a few characters that need filling!
Please get in touch with us or resume account activity by tomorrow night, thanks! The hiatus list is currently up to date.
The States are now in lock-down. The Oscars are over and Martial Law is in full effect as the dead walk among us, though guns can do little about it. Abroad, the Horsemen have killed the majority of the world’s leaders and everything is in a chaotic panic. In the States, Congress is trying to determine who is left to assume the Presidency. Meanwhile, some other familiar faces haunt us:
Marie Davis (Adele), Alexander Matlock (Renee), Harry Allen (Heath), James Irving (Tabitha), and even the shade of Adon (Raziel) walk the streets, looking for the ones who can’t let go, who seem to always call them back to the living. With the grasp between life and death even more tenuous as the Cosmos itself births the last of the Horsemen, these return to us from beyond the pale. They’re typical ghosts: you can see them, but they can’t touch or affect anything, though they can speak.
⇢ What do you say to the one person you regret losing?
On the heels of the failure at the Oscars and the Horsemen still going strong as death creeps in around him, Isaiah has decided to switch sides. He goes to meet to make the arrangements with Renee and then tells Zoe.
Apologies for the late activity check! Exams were a killer on myself and I know they were a killer on others so if anyone need a hiatus, please let us know! If you’re just coming up a hiatus, please post soon so we don’t have to put you on the next activity check! We want to stress communication now that we’re so close to the end. Our inbox and skype are always open! Also, don't forget, if your activity is good and compliant with game rules, you're eligible to pick up a second character. We have a few characters that need filling!
Please get in touch with us or resume account activity by tomorrow night, thanks! The hiatus list is currently up to date.
Everyone, please refollow @motherofabominations; after a discussion with Chris about her activity, we have worked out the terms of a probation and she’s welcome back aboard. We’re stoked to have her with us on Babylon to finish out the end!
Everyone, please unfollow @motherofabominations and @paulofsinners at this time due to inactivity without response. Chris, Taylor, you guys are always welcome back!
This opens an incredibly important female demon so apply while you can. Babylon is our most needed role right now; check her out here; she’s Eiza Gonzalez and the Mother of Prostitutes and Abominations and is currently trying to stop the apocalypse. She’s one of our most integral characters to the finale so give her a look! Paul is our soft boy for the Sinners and the twin brother to Paige. His FC right now is Alberto Rosende but he is flexible - all his FC has to do is match the ethnicity of his twin’s. Read about him here!
