grimmertales is a noir-fantasy roleplay based on telltale’s the wolf among us. in 1987, new york is sanctuary to a clandestine community of fables exiled from their homeland by a despot named the adversary. a great fear clasps the town⸺shadow of a shadow, the knowledge that there may well be true evil in their midst. the greater plague still: the community in decline; a mire of conspiracy and crime. every choice will determine which stories will be heard, and which will be believed.
admin is … loafing.
status … polling with members wrt going semi-private or private.
chapter … one, part one: remembrance. part two. conclusion.
applications and reserves under the cut. when applying for a wanted connection which requires contact, please touch base with the writer and obtain their go-ahead before reserving or applying, thank you!
king cole welcomes iles xu to fabletown ⸺ or, as they were once known, the nightingale from the nightingale. please review the checklist, the blogroll, and submit your blog through the ask within the next twenty-four hours, whereupon you will receive a link to our discord server. ⸺ see you around, fable. i hope you find what you’re looking for.
xiao zhan. cis male. he/his. 33/2000+. ⸻ king roberon cole welcomes iles xu to fabletown—or, as they were once known, the nightingale from the nightingale. before the magic mirror, they come glamoured in the mirage of a song most ethereal weaving through tendrils of cigarette smoke; a song of mourning, a dirge, a hymn, all at once. dreams of mercies misplaced and misused - smothering the dreamer in his requiem. wounds bathed in gentle moonwash, stitching together once more. the tale from which they hail exalted their + mercy and + beguiling song, but decried their - pride and - sensitivity in equal measure. no matter; this time, they shall write their own. in accordance with the fabletown compact, they are granted amnesty for any and all transgressions, even that which is little known: he healed the adversary from a mortal wound, naively misplacing his sympathy - an act he regrets . ⸻ helene, 28+, est, she/her. / a performer slot at the pudding & pie.
as the centuries have imposed their obscuring overlay on our storied pasts, these are the tokens of remembrance which we have kept dear through the prism of time. yet we linger, on a particular keepsake, a picture, a garment or ornament⸺legacies of our histories; the countries we fled. perhaps the people we were, then, are now strangers. but when we remember them, we remember, also, that which they carried into this world, in their pockets and on their backs. perhaps they are no more than figments, now, but they are souled, and they were not left behind.
requiem is grimmertales’ first task drop, and an intermission between chapters ! in keeping with the motif of remembrance and the conclusion of our first event, the fables may be spurred to recall the day of their exile from the homelands⸺what they were able to take along, what remained behind, and which keepsakes they treasure to this day.
this can take any form, including musings (reblogs), short anecdotes, and graphics ! it is not compulsory to participate, though if you do, please consider tagging your posts with #grimmer.task and #grimmer.requiem 🩶
one wanted connection has been added ⸺ +one platonic//other for dorothy gale.
dorothy ( dorothy gale ) is seeking a platonic/other connection in the form of their mentor "the wizard" of oz . they should appear to be 35+, and take the glamour of utp. you do not need to contact before reserving or applying. ⸻ it had been many years since dorothy first journeyed to the land of oz . since she danced along the yellow brick road , hand in hand with misfits , chasing the shimmer of a distant city carved from emerald light , , , but the magic of that land had soured . what once glittered with whimsy now festered in her memory like a dream gone rancid . spoiled like sour milk . it had rotted in her mind into something grotesque and spectral — a waking nightmare that seeped into her sleep , blurred the lines between fantasy and reality , and left her questioning which was worse . dorothy's impressionable strings , once free , had become tangled at the hands of another ; bent to the whim of the wizard himself ( no longer a bumbling charlatan behind a curtain , but a conspiring presence who had twisted her fragile memories to serve his cause ) . he had whispered stories of betrayal , of stolen power , of glinda the good's treachery ; the woman who once ruled with light painted , instead , as the architect of oz's decay . dorothy , a seasoned accidental witch-killer hardened by years of delusion and blind loyalty , believed him — in fact , she had hung on to every word . in the wizard , she had seen a savior ; perhaps the only one left who could cleanse the land of its creeping shadows . she follows him not with innocence , but with resolve , convinced that if she purges oz of glinda’s lingering stain , and rids the world of witches entirely , then oz might finally become a place she can return to without fear of her own heart being torn from her chest whilst it's still beating.
two wanted connections have been added ⸺ +one familial and +one antagonistic for qin weilong (the huntsman).
qin weilong (the huntsman) is seeking a familial in the form of their long-lost child. they should appear to be 22-33 years old, and take the glamour of gemma chan, katie leung, kristina tonteri-young, melissa o'neal, any femme or non binary fcs who is full or half chinese. you do not need to contact them at @talesoncetold before reserving or applying. ⸻ [ playing what have they done to us? (ft. sasha alex sloan) by mako, grey ] ..... the night the queen sent out men to kill his family and cursed him, the hunstman thought his child had not survived the queen's vengeance — but what if they did? perhaps they had managed to outrun theif pursuer all those years ago. or they were, in fact, captured but managed to escape. either way, they had grown up into their own person and managed to cross over to fabletown. whether they remember who he is or what happened that fateful night is completely up to you! the connection itself is pretty loose and i have no particular fable in mind to fill this role, so really, go wild with your background and we can further discuss their dynamics afterwards!
qin weilong (the huntsman) is seeking an antagonistic connection in the form of their curse bestower, the evil queen. they should appear to be 45+, and take the glamour of lena heady, rosamund pike, tang wei, tawny cypress, marisol nichols, or any fc. you do need to contact them at @talesoncetold before reserving or applying. ⸻ [ now playing blame by bastille ] ..... perhaps they had enough shared history for her to entrusted her trust, or perhaps she had simply heard of his reputation as a capable hunter and slayer. ultimately, the queen had commissioned the huntsman to kill snow white. whereas the huntsman had shown mercy, she had no problem to show how merciless she was by getting rid of the people he loves most and putting a curse on him, turning him so much more like the monsters he had hunted before. despite the compact pardoning any past crimes, he had not so easily forgiven her. not when her curse on him still holds up in the mundane world, and certainly not for the love she had snuffed out of his life. but how does she feel by this turn of events? does she actually feel remorse, or does she still goad him with the fact that she can roam free without consequences?
these are pulled from our lovely maris leaford (maid marian)’s wanted connections ! for robin: barry sloane, sam claflin, amar chadha-patel, oscar isaac, brandon sklenar, sukru ozyildiz, santiago cabrera, and michael b. jordan. for the merry men: alan ritchson, erin kellyman, jessica matten, arnas fedaravicius, dichen lachman, emilio sakraya, e.r. fightmaster, graham mctavish, aaron pierre, mae whitman, josha stradowski, and inaki godoy.
king cole welcomes lucía carrillo to fabletown ⸺ or, as they were once known, la llorona from mexican folklore. please review the checklist, the blogroll, and submit your blog through the ask within the next twenty-four hours, whereupon you will receive a link to our discord server. ⸺ see you around, fable. i hope you find what you’re looking for.
adria arjona. cis woman. she and her. 35/437. ⸻ king roberon cole welcomes lucía carrillo to fabletown—or, as they were once known, la llorona from mexican folklore. before the magic mirror, they come glamoured in the mirage of rosary beads worn thin between trembling fingers, mud — slick silk with stained wet hems and flowers tangled in damp hair, the smell of myrrh and dried roses, a walking elegy. the tale from which they hail exalted their devotion and insight, but decried their jealousy and malice in equal measure. no matter; this time, they shall write their own. in accordance with the fabletown compact, they are granted amnesty for any and all transgressions, even that which is little known: lucía did not drown her children out of spite or madness, but mercy — to spare them from a curse placed upon their bloodline by a spurned witch, one lucía once called sister. ⸻ liv, 25, est, she/her. / néstor carrillo's estranged wife wc.
Who do you think marlo kelly and fola evans akingbola could work as?
hihi !! i could see marlo being an excellent fit for peaseblossom (our puck’s wanted connection), the little mermaid, clara (the nutcracker), and the good witch. for fola: morgan le fay, rapunzel, isolde, and ozma <3
by not following the -5/5+ rule, does that mean fcs are meant to be the same age as they are in real life or do ages just have to match the resources?
the latter ! as long as the physical age matches the resources, you’re good to go. for example, if you wished to use keanu reeves’ constantine (2005; i believe he was around 35 in the film) resources to portray a fable who appears to be in that age range, you definitely could !
king cole welcomes qin weilong to fabletown ⸺ or, as they were once known, the huntsman from snow white. please review the checklist, the blogroll, and submit your blog through the ask within the next twenty-four hours, whereupon you will receive a link to our discord server. ⸺ see you around, fable. i hope you find what you’re looking for.
tony leung. cis man. he/him. 59/600+. ⸻ king roberon cole welcomes qin weilong to fabletown—or, as they were once known, the huntsman from snow white. before the magic mirror, they come glamoured in the mirage of a man haunted by regrets— a pair of brown eyes awake and alert, even if it's only to avoid the dream of a pleading child, her face flickering between the girl he let flee into the woods or his own who paid the price; a dagger drenched in crimson, never enough to quench the insatiable and grotesque hunger nor his burning desire to avenge those he lost; the lingering question, suffocating him each passing night: how does it feel to be the monster you have spent your whole life hunting? the tale from which they hail exalted their resourceful and intuitive, but decried their surly and resentful in equal measure. no matter; this time, they shall write their own. in accordance with the fabletown compact, they are granted amnesty for any and all transgressions, even that which is little known: the huntsman had shown mercy, and in the end, he had lost everything that had made him human. ⸻ anna, 27, gmt+7, she/they.
six wanted connections have been added ⸺ +one romantic, +one platonic, and +one antagonistic for wendy darling, +one romantic, +one platonic, and +one antagonistic for isobel rhysling (the snow queen).
isobel rhysling (snow queen) is seeking a romantic connection in the form of the flame she can't put out. they should appear to be late 20s to 40s, and take the glamour of any fc that radiates warmth — sun gods, golden hour smiles, or chaotic heartbreaker vibes. you do need to contact them at @petalurns before reserving or applying. ⸻ fire and frost, desire and distance — theirs was a story written in ash and ice. they melted her once. she hasn’t forgiven them for it. or maybe she never stopped hoping they’d do it again.
isobel rhysling (now queen) is seeking a rival/antagonist connection in the form of the one who melted first. they should appear to be any age, and take the glamour of any fc — bold, defiant, and unafraid of frostbite. you do need to contact them at @petalurns before reserving or applying ⸻ they defied her. maybe they defeated her. maybe they didn’t — but the fact that they tried left a mark. now they dance around each other like war and memory.
isobel rhysling (snow queen) is seeking a platonic/found family connection in the form of the loyal hand who stayed. they should appear to be any age, and take the glamour of any fc. you do not need to contact them at @petalurns before reserving or applying ⸻ not many survive her storms. but this one did — out of loyalty, debt, or something stranger. they’ve seen her at her worst. and they still stayed. maybe that’s what frightens her most.
wendy darling is seeking a rival/enemy/frenemy connection in the form of the one who stayed behind. they should appear to be 20s-30s, and take the glamour of open fc — could be another lost one, or someone from the old world. you need to contact them at @petalurns before reserving or applying. ⸻ maybe it was a betrayal. maybe it was survival. maybe they both think the other one is the villain in this story.
wendy darling is seeking a platonic/found family connection in the form of the person who remembers for her. they should appear to be any age, and take the glamour of any fc — open to older/younger/maternal/younger sibling vibes. you do need to contact them at @petalurns before reserving or applying. ⸻ memory is a slippery thing, but they’ve held on to what she’s lost. they keep her tethered. sometimes that means lying. sometimes that means telling the truth she doesn’t want. always, it means love.
wendy darling is seeking a romantic connection in the form of the one she almost remembers. they should appear to be mid-to-late 20s, and take the glamour of faceclaim suggestions open — someone soft-eyed or sharp-tongued. you do need to contact them at @petalurns before reserving or applying ⸻ they met somewhere between dreaming and waking, between leaving neverland and stepping into fabletown. did they fall in love before or after the forgetting started? she can’t say. maybe they’re a comfort. maybe they’re a reminder. maybe both.
