#arsmoriendirp

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for our first preview, here’s a look at our skin made by the wonderful alice! over the coming days we’ll begin sharing some of the site content, including premise, setting, and species information. 

in the meantime, if you have any questions our asks are open and if you’re interested in joining us, we have a staff search currently ongoing here!

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Intro.

alias: Birdie

timezone: EST

favorite tropes/plots: Meet cute romance, angst, forbidden love, bromance, enemies become friends, the underdog, family ties.

what are you most hoping to see on ars moriendi?: Big group collaborations, lots of play between factions.

what gif best describes you?:

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SPECIES

for our next site preview, this is a brief run-down of the playable species on ars moriendi. in the future this list may be expanded as part of site events, but these are the species that will be available from opening. the categories in bold are our member groups, and under each are the different species/classifications that are included in them.  

HUMANS

humans

hunters

thralls

MAGI

sorcerers

witches

seers

familiars

SHIFTERS

werewolves

werecats

wererats

werebears

werebats

UNDEAD

vampires

ghosts

revenants

ELEMENTALS

changelings

merfolk

phoenixes

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CHASE KINCAID

1000 // ALUKAH VAMPIRE // PRINCE OF BLACK CREEK

in their human life, chase was a viking warrior with a thirst for glory and fame. even after becoming a vampire, they spent several lifetimes fighting as a mercenary warrior across europe. until a chance meeting with their adopted sire set chase down a different path. recently taking the mantle of prince somewhat reluctantly after the untimely (and suspicious) demise of their adopted sire. these nights they have more of a reputation as an even-handed prince welcoming in strays of any bloodlines, with a penchant for hawaiian shirts and dad jokes. 

needs: clanmates, including a pontifex and quaestor, sireless fledgeling vampires in need of a Vamp Dad™, possibly a fledgeling or two of their own?? also please give me old friends, enemies, or frenemies for centuries-old in-jokes, grudges, and chats about how easy young vampires have it these days. 

KATARZYNA ‘KASIA’ PERNSTEJN

542 // NISKAI VAMPIRE // TRASH GREMLIN

as a human, the young countess of pernstejn was a minor bohemian noble living in the shadow of a domineering father who made plans to run away with her handmaid. instead she crossed paths with the vampire that would attack and turn her, and upon emerging from her tomb days later, kasia in turn attacked and killed the girl she loved. since then she’s been preying on other young women across europe and the united states, earning the enmity of hunters, magi, and even other vampires along the way. 

needs: housemates! preferably a magi and a werebeast to complete the trio, but open to other non-vampire species too! basically three people thrown together by circumstance but trying their best to keep each other out of whatever trouble they’ve gotten themselves into with their respective species. 

NIAMH O’SHEA

9 (26) // RAVEN FAMILIAR // COMIC STORE CLERK

created to provide companionship to a lonely sorcerer, niamh is endlessly fascinated with the question of what it means to be human, and where they fit in the world. with her sorcerers’ family preoccupied with status and image, more often than not niamh ends up playing lackey to her mistress’ family forcing her to venture further afield to find that connection to others. basically a relentlessly inquisitive motormouth/disaster gay attempting to navigate the world. 

needs: since i niamh is a shameless nerd with a fairly limited grasp on how to strike up friendships by any other means, she needs her resident D&D social circle for game nights, hangouts, and general shenanigans! 

JUDE NIKAJ

24 // WERECAT (MELANISTIC LEOPARD) // ???

big catra vibes basically born into a large and influential werecat pride in her homeland of albania, jude was sent away at a young age to be privately educated across europe. in that time she grew close to one of her fellow students, slowly letting down her guard until the other girl left without a word. since then she’s been roped into her family’s criminal exploits despite her best efforts to cut ties and strike out on her own. after a phone call from the sorcerer she’d known as a girl, jude’s promptly departed for the states against the wishes of her family.

needs: similarly shady characters for her family to have contacts with in the states, perhaps a sibling or two that are more deeply involved in her family’s interests and disapprove of her current course of action?? rivals and enemies of her family looking for a way to get back at them would be a lot of fun too!!

SHEN ZHAO

### // VARA VAMPIRE // CLUB OWNER

not completely fleshed out, but in short shen is a self-styled aspiring prince with a hunger for power and a talent for manipulation. he owns and operates a nightclub in the city center, advertising it among supernatural circles as a neautral ground on which opposing parties can meet and discuss terms in safety. in reality, shen employs other supernatural beings he considers useful to furthering his own goals and collects information to use against others when necessary. 

needs: assets employees! more than anything, shen keeps those he feels are useful close to him, using them as his eyes and ears around the establishment he owns, so bartenders, bouncers, etc are all welcome! additionally friendships of convenience, vampiric progengy, enemies, and anything else is completely open for plotting! 

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UPDATE 007.

ars moriendi is now officially open! please remember to read the rules and register with your character’s first and last name in all caps. staff are on hand in this discord if you have any queries about anything at all, and we look forward to seeing you there! 

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UPDATE 006.

thank you to everyone for bearing with us, but we can now announce that we will be officially opening saturday 11th january! reserves will be valid for one week from this date, and you can find a cope of our application template code on our discord server!

we hope to see you all soon!

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012. CHANGELINGS

changelings are as much an enigma to themselves as they are to everyone else. the offspring of fae, they are left among human families in place of a human child which is in turn spirited away by the fae parents for reasons known only to themselves – and are probably best not dwelled on. to all but themselves, the fae are an alien and unknowable force.

‘true’ fae, those that are born and live in the otherworld that they originate from, are unable to exist in the human world for extended periods of time but thanks to being left here during infancy, changelings are able to adapt to their new environment. as a consequence however, they bear the taint of the mortal world and are unable to return to the otherworld where their true parents reside.

for the first few years of their life, changelings are impossible to distinguish visually from any ordinary human child. however, it is not uncommon for the unwitting human parents of these changelings to feel as though their child is not truly theirs; sometimes this feeling passes with time or the parents choose to actively ignore it, but instances of postpartum depression and psychosis are markedly higher in families where a changeling child is present.

somewhere around puberty, changelings’ ageing will begin to slow though it often takes several years for this to become readily apparent. changelings also require a higher calorific intake than ordinary humans, and even from a young age their capacity to eat in excessive quantities is noteworthy. they possess the ability to recover from injuries faster than their peers, and rarely fall ill.

as a changeling grows older, their true nature becomes clear. like their true fae counterparts, changelings are immortal and most stop aging around their mid-twenties to mid-thirties. as a consequence of having one foot in the human world and the other in the otherworld, changelings possess the ability to disappear and reappear in another place at will. not confined to just the physical world, they can appear in the dreams of others if they choose, though lack the ability of some seers to manipulate the dreams of others.

additionally, they have a limited ability to alter the perceptions of those around them, enabling them to alter how they are seen by those around them – an ability all changelings possess from infancy to instinctively ingratiate with their human family. equally, they can use this ability to alter or erase very recent memories in others. doing so typically leaves the target feeling confused and disoriented for up to a couple of hours afterwards.

changelings are highly vulnerable to iron. contact with it will burn their skin and will not be affected by their accelerated healing. anything more than minor injuries with an iron weapon are almost always fatal for changelings and far more effective than injuries with other weapons that a changeling could potentially heal from. changelings cannot be turned, nor can they become ghosts or revenants. while they can reproduce, regardless of whether they have offspring with another changeling or another being, their fae traits will inevitably become increasingly watered down with each generation.

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011. GHOSTS

ghosts have existed for as long as mankind have, and perhaps are the supernatural species that mortals are least inclined to dismiss as superstitious nonsense. because of this, many other preternatural beings regard them with suspicion as they come the closest to threatening the veil and many of them have little interest in buying into the agreement that other species adhere to.

exactly what causes some people to linger on as ghosts while the majority pass on to whatever exists beyond this world is unknown. many different theories have been put forward, ranging from experiencing a particularly sudden or violent death, to dying while leaving some important business unfinished. while there certainly seems to be a high percentage of ghosts for which one or both of these are true, there are still exceptions to this that challenge these notions.

ghosts are able to become invisible and intangible at will, though even when they choose to hide from sight both other undead beings – namely revenants and vampires – and sorcerers with at least an average grasp of necromancy can sense their presence regardless. the newer the ghost, the more practice and effort it takes for them to become tangible and visible. they are also able to disappear and reappear in another place as they choose and neither require, or are capable of, sleep or eating.

all ghosts are unable to be harmed by any conventional means, though can be banished temporarily by all magi and adept necromancers are capable of exorcising them permanently, forcing them to move on whether they want to or not. equally scattering salt on the ground serves as a temporary barrier to ghosts, preventing them from crossing a threshold or leaving a certain area until the line is broken.

all humans, shifters, and magi (aside from familiars) can potentially become ghosts after they die. however, they lose any other supernatural abilities that they may have possessed in life. while ghosts typically appear as they did shortly before their death, more experienced ghosts can alter their appearance to appear as they did when they were younger, or update their attire to something more period-appropriate.