rose & thorn rp

an upcoming original urban fantasy rp for jcink.

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Rose & Thorn

Want to learn everything there is to know about the new urban fantasy rp site Rose & Thorn? Check out our wiki! Here you can find lore and updates on everything from geography to history to member groups... plus you can keep up with technology and pop culture in the world of Cardmere. 

Then check out the site or join the discord to learn even more!

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rose & thorn is now open - we're an original urban fantasy rp with a custom premium jcink site, a flexible profile-based application, and collaborative worldbuilding with a wiki for site lore!

check out the site, and pop in to join the discord

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profile preview screen capture - ours is a hybrid app, with a few required fields, many, many more optional ones, and a freeform bio. the total wc requirement for the profile is just a thousand words; that means you can either go highly structured with a short freeform, or put most of your effort into the freeform itself, whatever best suits your rp style ✨

fyi, rose & thorn opens TOMORROW! join us on discord

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The City of Cardmere is ready to welcome you home! 

Join us on May 6th as we open a world of wonder-- filled with rich history and a wealth of collaborative lore. 

Practice potion-making, political rebellion, party-crashing, professorship... or whatever your heart desires!

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The world of academia can be cutthroat. 

Whether you’re studying aethery in practice or majoring in business, science, or law... your success depends on your skill.

Between the elitist, aetherial University of Cardmere and the broader, more progressive Cardmere Technological Institute... you have to be at your best to make it to the top. 

Cardmere is a city uniquely dedicated to its higher education. One can only hope her students are as dedicated to their work.

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THE STAFF IS ALL CUTE WHAT THE HECK

and yet…. YOU are the cutest of all 😌🙏💜😍

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Join the rose&thorn Discord Server!

Check out the rose&thorn community on Discord - hang out with 11 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

HI LOVELIES! today we're inviting you to join us on discord! we the staff have been hanging out here for a bit and we are extremely ready to welcome y'all into the fold.

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meet the staff of rose & thorn!

anne is 28 and started rping at 11, when she was on a site where everyone pretended to be wild horses. she is from long island but she does not have the accent. other than rp, she enjoys hiking, baking, and is a professional candlemaker, which is almost a nursery rhyme. importantly, she has two miniature schnauzers, wilson and molly.

bethi is 28 years old, and has been writing rambling roleplay posts for 16 years. she lives deep in farm country, which means her internet is slow and her neighbors are racist, but her sunsets are A+. bethi is known to spend way too much time putting together gifs and memes for the sake of a joke (please appreciate them). she named her dog after richard armitage’s guy of gisborne in bbc robin hood (2006) because she thought he was dreamy.

diana is thirty (basically) and has been roleplaying since the days of neopets and gaia online. she lives in a domestic partnership with her tuxedo cat, miss piss, in the new york metropolitan area. favorite emojis include relieved emoji, praying hands emoji, monkey covering his mouth emoji, and the eye-lips-eye emoji combo. she enjoys scary movies, tabletop roleplaying, being gay, and Doing Her Best(tm).

lyla (28–i guess we’re doing ages!) has been rp-ing for something stupid like 17 years. she is the proud mother of two incredibly spoiled and beautiful feline children, as well as several unhappy but resilient plants. in real life she lives in chicago, but currently she’s trapped in florida (yuck) pursuing an advanced degree in playing pretend. catch her crying over children, animals, sad acoustic covers of popular songs, fictional and real-life lesbians, and the transformative cultural power of storytelling.

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Where in the World is Cardmere Sandiego ?

As we navigate the lore of Rose & Thorn, it’s just as important to navigate the city of Cardmere! 

(Everyone knows we’re first judged on where we come from.)

From the Rags to Riches (then back to Rags... then back to almost Riches) story of Folkport to the austere academia of The University, every district has its role. 

Will you spend your time working in the industrial dredge of The Sink, or in the art scene of Eastover? Are you made mettled by metropolitan Mission Park or the prestigious Penrose? Do you rest your head in a crowded rookery of Murrayside, or a new Clovered Oaks development? 

This world is what we make it... so let’s make it together. 

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did the discord launch yet?? i thought i saw something about that, but i know you're not opening for a while, so no rush!!

no not yet don’t worry!!! we will be opening the discord next week tho 👁👄👁 get ready for some unhinged emojis and lots (and lots) of picrew prompts

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Is there a estimated date for the site to open?

hi! we should be opening the discord next week, and the site will be officially opening sometime around may first 😌🙏 get hype

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can we know who is on the staff team?

hi booboo of course!!! we are anne, bethi, lyla, and diana (i’m diana 😌🙏) and we have all been rping for… ever. it’s so nice to meet you! keep an 👁 eye 👁 out for some staff intros coming soon!

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Quite excited for this... Keep the info coming! Looove the world building so far 😍

hi thank you!!! we are so excited too 😌🙏 see you soon in the discord!

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The University Annex is a preparatory program for Cardmere’s youngest aetherials. For many years, this brilliant boarding school education began at the age of 12 and continued seasonally through university.

But with the recent advent of ARCHCO Aether Testing, these magical tendencies can be discovered even sooner! Now, if ARCHCO proctors find aether in your little angel’s blood, they’ll be shipped off to school at the ripe old age of 8. 

This new system has proven controversial for parents who may have other wishes for raising their children... but it isn’t like the government’s asking for feedback. 

Besides, who needs a mundane education? 

Or four more years with their families?

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Mine & Refine

In 738, Buckets Templeton struck gold on the banks of the Elmsoll Beck. Thus began the great Folkport Gold Rush. Citizens and new arrivals alike hit riches like they’d never known before... for all of nine years. Then the gold dried up, the refinery was shuttered, and the community of Folkport suffered greatly until salvation was found in merging with their Cardmerian neighbors. 

These days, the Refinery has been repurposed into an ARCHCO Plethora Factory. The mining is for natural aether instead of gold.

...but is history about to repeat itself?

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Plethora

Even non-magic citizens can get their hands on the powers of aether! The ARCH Corporation produces a synthetic chemical aether for mundane use. Whether you’re using the powers of Plethora or the cosmetic line Mystique (or even the more recreational aether Epiphany smuggled in by the underworld)... you can help yourself to a temporary taste of aetherial life.

The ARCHCO Factory may be bad for the environment... but it’s great for the economy!

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The Cardmerian Accords incorporated the mundane community of Folkport into the aetherial city of Cardmere. 

The following years have faced a blending of magical and non-magical cultures, competitions between elite traditionalists and their new-money counterparts, and a begrudging unity to both banks of the Elmsoll Beck.

Which side of the river are you from?