Sex education is paramount, and if the mandated educational classes offered throughout the regular schooling process in this au leave you wanting, there are institutions devoted to furthering your BDSM knowledge. In a world where mental health, education, and healthy relationships are treated as vitally important, there are options out there for you, no matter what your needs and personal situation may be.
THE DALTON SANCTUARY is an equal opportunity, accepting environment for those in need and those searching education in an au world where everyone has a need to vent D/S urges or they suffer mild withdrawal symptoms. The Sanctuary services range from emergency care for abused, neglected, or otherwise in need Subs, Switches, and Doms to recreational activities and D/S centric classes to claiming services and programs for those looking to meet potential claim partner(s).
On the most extreme end of the scale, if you're in need of housing and personal treatment, you can sign yourself in as a resident. In abusive or otherwise emergency situations, a social worker will sign you in. If you're just looking for a bit of education, a place to explore your BDSM needs, a hook-up to vent your needs, or match-making services for the singles out there, you can come enjoy the Sanctuary any time as a visitor. Those that make their careers helping people as staff get paid a salary and are offered housing in the staff wing. Anyone is capable of signing up as a volunteer as well, if they want to help out for the action and not the paycheck. (mobile nav)
Good question. Let me take a peek at the masterlist, but anyone is welcome to throw their two cents in too:
we had an Abrams sister once, could use one again
Jayson Hudson could use a sibling
Mason has requested Madison McCarthy
Aaron Moser would like Debra Morgan, though you’ll need to know Dexter the tv show and be willing to work with some au plot ideas because he’s an au brother to Dex
Spike would loathe to see Cecily Halfrek, but I would find it hilarious and you can change the fc if you want someone with more resources (if you don’t know BTVS, she’s someone that rejected him at a party and said he was beneath her before he bleached his hair and went rebel)
Lorelai Reilly was in foster care and lived in a big house with a lot of siblings, once upon a time
I think Iago Walsh said he has a sister? I don’t remember, but you can reach out and ask about that
Noah Wright is the adopted son of Isabella Wright, an exec at Vogue so fashion/party connections are always welcome
we have a competitive dancing team that could use dancers
and a Glee club that could use singers
I’d personally love to see some more volunteers and visitors, staff too but we only have three volunteers and like two visitors so the numbers on the masterlist are a little skewed towards residents and then staff
If you’re asking about fcs, I’d love to see some more people that aren’t white, more Deaf fcs, and some more plus size love.
Whoops, I’m not seeing one on my main here. I can put one together today, but it’s going to be the basic list everyone else has. You can ask if you want to make sure, and if you pick someone that comes up as super problematic when I Google them, I’ll let you know and you can play your character with a new fc.
Welcome JAXON MITCHELL to the Dalton Sanctuary as a DOMINANT STAFF. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
NAME: Jaxon Mitchell
AGE/BIRTHDAY: 29, dec 17
GENDER/PRONOUNS: he/him
SUB/DOMINANT/SWITCH?: Dominant
STAFF/VOLUNTEER/RESIDENT/VISITOR?: Staff (Advance Dominance)
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bi
KINKS: most things not on anti kinks
ANTI-KINKS: gore, vore, scat, watersports
✎ BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Jaxon had grown up in an environment that not a lot of kids wouldn’t want to. A father that wasn’t around and a mother that did her best. They were poor but he knew love and he knew how D/s worked as he saw it in play with those around him. His father’s lack of being there had given his mother time to teach him how to be a man that was kind and gentle but learned to be firm from his grandfather.
Being marked as a Dominant, he was proud to wear the mark. He wanted to prove to himself and to others that he could be more then his father. Though he had lost his friend claim, he didnt let it stop him as he continued on to finish school and now is ready to teach others about all the sides of D/s, especially the things he enjoyed. The marginalized things, the advance techniques that one day they might want to try.
Welcome TIA MORRISON to the Dalton Sanctuary as a SWITCH STAFF. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
✎ OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
ALIAS/PRONOUNS: Sam
AGE: (18+ only) 27
TIMEZONE: NST.
TRIGGERS: None.
ANYTHING ELSE: My face claim would be Vanessa Morgan. I was part of your group before but… ended up going through some things ooc which resulted in me having to disappear. Which I’m so sorry about I lost my internet.
Tia grew up in a very laid back household where she was always encouraged to be who she wanted to be. Her parents were the most welcoming people for whatever Safiya wanted to do. Nothing was off limits for them, they were the ones that bought her the first book regarding BDSM.
There was no surprise when she decided to explore being a switch it was the best of both words for her, from the time she was younger she always wanted to help people find a claim like the one that she was privileged to have. Even though it was taken away from her before it could blossom she knew that she wanted to be here, helping people if they needed it. She always felt free when speaking about sex, and wanted to make sure that she would pass that on to others. Help them embrace their sexuality.
Getting her masters in therapy was something that she worked so hard towards, making sure she was prepared for things she would face. She had a specialty in Sex Therapy. Dalton was somewhere she hoped to create a home, that she wanted to be happy there. A long time ago she had lost her family that she loved and now she was hoping to get some back. To most Tia seems like a ball of fun and most days yes she is, but she is also someone that has some trauma inside of her that she keeps to herself most times.
Yes, we are. Very much so. We have an amazing and welcoming group here that is very dedicated to keeping this place alive, not just my co-admin and myself. I also have a new app from a new person in my inbox that I will be accepting before I head to bed, so there will be another new person that joins in with you, so you won’t be the only new person breaking in.
Before I begin, I want to make it known that this is OPTIONAL. I’m going to try to throw one of these up every week or so, and you’re free to do any of these optional challenges at any time. It doesn’t matter how long ago I posted the challenge prompt. You will want to tag them with sanctuary:challenge and you will want to @tdsimportant so that I am sure to find it and reblog it. You can put these in your headcanon and the #ooc-optional-tasks channels in the Discord server too.
The TDS OPTIONAL CHALLENGE for this week is AN AESTHETIC MOODBOARD.
What does that mean? We’re challenging you to put together a moodboard post that can be posted ic or ooc (public or private) that sums your character(s) up in a series of images. What we’re looking for more specifically are aesthetic images that fit your character as a whole- not photos of your fc, typography with just letters and no imagery, or photos that are meant to be your character. This isn’t just a fashion challenge, so look for more than just fashion and lookalikes. This isn’t a quote moodboard or a gif icon moodboard either, but you can use one or two of those if it fits the task challenge. Examples include dancing characters using a dance shoe in their aesthetic moodboard, a librarian using books, someone that wears glasses using glasses, images that portray a career or profession, and representations of personality, gender, sexuality, and life history. In order to be able to continue to do these challenges and keep them all fresh and different, tasks with moodboards or aesthetics will be very specific so please try to stay within the specifics of the prompt so that you will always be able to participate in new tasks as they’re posted without feeling like the moodboard/aesthetics all blend into each other.
Can a switch take intro to submission alongside intro to switching or are they limited to their marks class?
That’s a good question. Last time around, this came up actually. Ambrose took the Switch core class alongside the Submissive core class because his boyfriend is a Switch. It came to light that he didn’t know very much about his love’s needs, and he wanted to not only educate himself on them but figure out how to more effectively dominant him on occasion to keep him happy and healthy. So the short answer is that anyone is allowed to take any class. Marks do not matter when it comes to signing up for the core classes.
And a refresher, when I say core classes I mean ‘Intro to, Intermediate, and Advanced’ for Submissives, Switches, and Dominants. There are three levels of classes for the three different marks, so there are nine total core classes. You take one level at a time--- so a character that wanted to take all nine classes would still have to begin with just all three ‘Intro to’ classes before they an take ‘Intermediate’ and then ‘Advanced.’ You can take more than one marks core classes at the same time, though. So Melody could take Intro to Switching and Intro to Submission at the same time if she wanted to.
Welcome NATHANIAL DUVAL to the Dalton Sanctuary as a DOMINANT VOLUNTEER. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
✎ OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
ALIAS/PRONOUNS: Chris he/him
AGE: (18+ only) 25+
TIMEZONE: est
TRIGGERS:
ANYTHING ELSE: curt mega - he's going to teach the core dominance classes and captain a writing club and get the newsletter going - he’ll be looking for staff roles to fill for free
✎ IN CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Nathanial Duval
AGE/BIRTHDAY: 24
GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis male he/him
SUB/DOMINANT/SWITCH?: Dom
STAFF/VOLUNTEER/RESIDENT/VISITOR?: volunteer
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: pansexual
KINKS: open
ANTI-KINKS: scat, watersports
✎ BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
The Duval twins were born into wealth, with their family having founded one of the most successful vacation resort chains. Because of this, they always have fun places to go every summer and opportunity knocked on every door. Growing up, they got the Paris Hilton experience and were relatively close to the same position as heirs to luxury and fun. Early on, Nate realized that he was the quieter of the two, but that didn't mean that he was any less of a player. The two were almost the same person sometimes, and when it came to mischief like sleeping around, they could pretty much read each other's minds. As responsible as he is, it's still obvious that he's a little naive because he's never not been in a controlled environment.
While Nick thrived on dance, Nate is a writer, with interest in poetry and journalism. When they went to the resorts during the summer, Nate would spend the time learning how to run the place. He wanted to know. It was no surprise when he was marked a Dominant, and he hasn't really had to experience withdrawals or drops; everything has always been taken care of. While Nick focused on his dance career, Nate went to school. When the core Dominant class professor stepped down, Nick called Nate and asked his brother to come help out, so he did. They have enough money that he insisted he come in as a volunteer, off payroll. He didn't mean for it to, but it made for good publicity for the Duvals as well as the Daltons.
Welcome SABER BELLEROSE to the Dalton Sanctuary as a DOMINANT STAFF. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
✎ OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
ALIAS/PRONOUNS: Chris he/him
AGE: (18+ only) 25+
TIMEZONE: est
TRIGGERS:
ANYTHING ELSE: carlson young fc - she's the new doctor
Born in a small town to a family with high influence in the social structure there, Saber easily maintained a position of popularity and success. She was a pageant queen and has enough crowns and titles to fill multiple shelves. She was smart too and was valedictorian among other academic awards.
When she moved out of town to go to medical school, she eventually found herself having an affair with one of her professors. He was single, but it wasn't ethical. Unfortunately, her family didn't have enough money to get her through the schooling she wanted, so she feared she might had to get a job to survive. One day at karaoke, she was approached about taking on a job as a celebrity impersonator, but she declined it. Fortunately, the professor was more than willing to make sure she didn't have to.
After a few years, she wanted to move on and he wouldn't let her. He stalked her and threatened her grades, though she wasn't in his class any longer so he couldn't affect them. She took the job as an impersonator and found herself embarrassed and hiding Britney Spears bootcamp and performances. When she tried to get a new partner, he lost it and attacked her. He was arrested and spent time in jail for it, but when he got out he killed the person she was seeing. She's felt guilty for it ever since, because she knew he was dangerous and she wasn't even all that serious about the person that died in a romantic sense.
There was no way around it then, he went to jail for good that time and Saber had a decision to make. She could either leave because it felt safer and try to start again somewhere else, or she could finish her education a planned. She went for the latter, holding her head high. Still, when she graduated she was eager to get the hell out of town and gladly took on a job at Dalton Sanctuary.
Shoutout to @thedaltonsanctuary for being the rp family that I always hoped to find. Everyone is so welcoming ooc and the characters are so interesting to interact with ic. Thank you for existing.
HERE is a link to a nonbinary fcs masterlist. Honestly, any and all of them are welcome here, just make sure you represent them properly. Below is a list of some others:
Welcome MELODY DUPONT to the Dalton Sanctuary as a SWITCH RESIDENT. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
✎ OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
ALIAS/PRONOUNS: Honey they them
AGE: (18+ only) 30
TIMEZONE: EST
TRIGGERS: none
ANYTHING ELSE: (like your fc if it isn’t already canon) Fc is Bex taylor Klaus, I’m currently in the process of finding an apartment and moving so there may be a few days in which I’m not around.
Melody is the sole heir to an old money family. She grew up in a charmed life, the type of life people dream of. Fast cars, having everything she could ever want. She was raised by nannies She was born with multiple disabilities. She is Hard of hearing and has mobility issues ( Also autism though this will be discovered in game hopefully). She was smart as a whip and went to a school for gifted students. She developed a love for music and acting from a young age, growing up in the greatest city in the world and the theater capital. She never quite felt like she fit in, like she was putting on a mask.
She was sent off to college still floundering ,newly labeled as a switch. She got through college with some social struggles, getting her duel bachelors in musical theater and acting and then immediately went into a culinary school for a baking intensive program. She immediately opened a bakery in New York. Wildly popular for two years, she had found her place. Her parents ordered her into a place like Dalton wanting her to find a claim or three before settling into life, giving her some time to put someone in charge of the bakery.
Absolutely. Our two admin characters (the ones that run the Sanctuary) are old money. The Dalton Sanctuary has been in their family for generations, and they funnel their fortune into making it one of the best claim/BDSM resource center possible. You’d be able to plot with a few other old money characters:
@overlordjamesmoorehq (old money but is in hiding, pretending to be middle class)
@bowtobridge (also a Moore, not pretending to be middle class; just arrived)
@bondagezero (he’s been disowned, more or less, and has abandoned his family fortune)
@dancerdomnick
We also have characters that could be connected, and they might be considered old money too... I’m just listing them separately because they’re not just heirs to fortune, they earn it:
@subnoahwrightscks (the son of Isabella Wright)
@subiagowalsh (family owns a vineyard in California)
The Andersons
The Fabrays (big in the Christian social circles)
The Claringtons (big in the military social circles)
Welcome ALEXANDER GILBERT to the Dalton Sanctuary as a DOMINANT RESIDENT. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
ALIAS/PRONOUNS: X
AGE: old af lol
TIMEZONE: PST
TRIGGERS: Nada
ANYTHING ELSE: Tyler Hoechlin
IN CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Alexander ‘Xander’ Gilbert
AGE/BIRTHDAY: 27
GENDER/PRONOUNS: He/Him
SUB/DOMINANT/SWITCH?: Dominant
STAFF/VOLUNTEER/RESIDENT/VISITOR?: Resident (6-months mandatory anger management as part of his sentencing)
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual
KINKS: Wrestling/manhandling, cock worship (receiving), leather gloves (wearing), leather bondage cuffs
ANTI-KINKS: Sadism, bathroom play, humiliation (giving+receiving)
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
Elliott and Alexander were two peas in a pod, literally and figuratively. Though they were fraternal twins, they both had the other’s back right from day one. Elliott was definitely the more outgoing of the two, taking a shine to music and fashion while Alexander - or Xander, as he preferred - got sucked into reading and expressing himself through writing. Both boys were encouraged to pursue what they liked and so, Xander doubled down on his poetry, the type of writing that felt the most authentic, that let him express his heart and soul.
When Elliott moved to NYC, Alexander tagged along to support his brother and to try to branch out and was actively looking for a publisher and a crew to call his own. It was when Elliott met Robby that things started to turn south.
Xander noticed that something wasn’t right but there was nothing concrete and, uncharacteristically, Elliott wouldn’t talk to him about it. There was something about the other Dom that rubbed Xander the wrong way and the fateful night when his suspicions were proved correct were a bit of a blur to him.
He saw Robby hit Elliott backstage at one of Elliott’s concerts and he lost it. He completely lost it, charging at the other Dominant with a rage he’d never felt before nor since. It took three men to pull him off and he honestly didn’t remember much of what actually happened but the cops were called and Xander ended up in jail while Robby was taken to the hospital.
Given a 6-month term for assault and battery - regularly a 2-year term but circumstances were taken into consideration as well as his pristine history with not even a speeding ticket to his name - to be served at a rehabilitation facility - not quite a jail but not quite a sanctuary either. Xander resigned himself to the fact that he was losing his freedom for a while. It sucked but he’d have done it again or worse if it meant keeping Elliott safe. Thankfully, he had only served 1 month and was given a review for his exemplary behavior, how seriously he was taking the therapy and actually helping his fellow detainees. His sentence was revised and reduced to a 6-month mandatory anger management to be served at Dalton Sanctuary.
He’s hoping to get back into his writing after having the worst case of writer’s block in the entire world and, maybe just maybe, finding someone to be his.
Welcome IAGO WALSH to the Dalton Sanctuary as a SUBMISSIVE RESIDENT. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
✎ OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
ALIAS/PRONOUNS: Nic (she/her)
AGE: (18+ only) 25
TIMEZONE: BRT
TRIGGERS: None that I’m aware of.
ANYTHING ELSE: Gavin Leatherwood FC.
✎ IN CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Iago Cillian Walsh.
AGE/BIRTHDAY: (21+ only) 23
GENDER/PRONOUNS: cis male (he/him)
SUB/DOMINANT/SWITCH?: Submissive.
STAFF/VOLUNTEER/RESIDENT/VISITOR?: Resident.
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Pansexual.
KINKS: All but the anti-kinks.
ANTI-KINKS: Scat, gore, vore, watersports.
✎ BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
The Walsh are a very well known family. Anyone who has ever been interested in buying a bottle of wine that is more expensive than U$10 has heard of them. From Ojai, California - they’ve become largely known in the country and internationally for their award winning bottles of wine. The winery holds the Spanish side of the family’s name - Rubio Ortiz - and has been passed down from generation to generation.
When Iago was born, the second boy of three, the family already had an heir but they never missed an opportunity to show him off too. He was adorable. Cute face to show off pictures of, amazing grades to brag about, always one step ahead of everyone his age, always better, always more intense.
When the boys entered middle school, his father was rarely around, always too busy taking care of business since his mother was always too sick to do so. Always too tired, never feeling well, so she stayed in while the man worked. Iago, who had grown to be competitive, always striving to be the best, also wanted to be the best son. He had noticed that he would get a different treatment from his other brothers - the older one was always the best and the youngest the most spoiled. And there was Iago, right there in the middle, always trying to feel less mediocre, trying to get some compliments, trying.
As his mom was home a lot, he would spend a lot of time with her. Gardening, cleaning, cooking. Whenever she had the energy to get up, he would be there for her and with her. And in one of those days she let him in on a secret… A secret that would change his life. He wasn’t his father’s son. Out of the three, Iago was the one who was the result of a one-night-stand outside of the marriage. And his father knew. The entire family did, but the kids. Iago finally understood why he was treated the way he was.
On his 18th birthday, he got marked as a submissive and soon after his mother passed. It didn’t take long for his father to take action, “kicking him out” of the house. Iago was given a limitless credit card, an apartment, a car and was told to never open his mouth about not being Liam’s son. So he has been living on his own in LA since he was 18. At first, he would spend a lot of time partying and high - doing Yoga, finding himself, whatever excuse he had for the week - but after a few months he would get tired of something and start something new. His needs were constantly ignored - hooking up with people he would meet through apps whenever he felt it became too much, just to do the same the next month. It’s not that Iago doesn’t enjoy being a submissive - he does, quite a lot. There are just too many walls built around himself for him to let people in.
He’s confident and he’s always trying to prove himself to his father - proving that he can and will be great as well. Just like the other two legitimate kids. Five years after being kicked out, Iago got a visit from his grandmother. She noticed how the boy was living - never settling, always tired, always looking for the next bit of fun - and talked him into moving to the Sanctuary, maybe letting someone in wouldn’t be the worst thing that could happen to him.
Welcome AARON MOSER-SANCHEZ to the Dalton Sanctuary as a SUBMISSIVE RESIDENT. Please send in your blog within the next 48 hours or we will have to reopen your role. You may begin dash activity immediately, no need to wait for anything else once your blog is made.
THE IC INFORMATION
NAME: Aaron Moser-Sanchez
AGE/BIRTHDAY: 22
GENDER/PRONOUNS: Trans man, he/him
SUB/DOMINANT/SWITCH?: Sub
STAFF/VOLUNTEER/RESIDENT/VISITOR?: Resident
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Homoflexible
KINKS: Pain, rough sex, hair pulling, but otherwise learning. Open to anything but anti-kinks.
ANTI-KINKS: nonsexual body fluids, cutting/lacerating.
BIOGRAPHY
Aaron’s childhood was anything but easy. Up until the age of ten, when he unknowingly entered the home of his final foster family, he’d been stuck in a never ending cycle of new parents, siblings and school districts. He’d never run into any major issues with the families themselves, being so young he wasn’t expected to uphold many standards, until his 13th birthday when he was adopted by a wealthy, high class, immigrant family that gave him pretty much anything he wanted or needed (including his hormones and top surgery when he reached puberty and turned 18 respectively), and everything changed. He began having to attend business outings with his parents and was expected to conduct himself a certain way while in public, people started wanting to associate with him for the status that came with his family's business, finding genuine friends became a lot harder (but he didn't mind that so much, and would use it to have a social life - even offering to buy people coffee or lunch so long as they actually came to hang out with him). But most of all, he wasn't sure where he fit into it all. Going from being separated from his brothers (Dexter and Brian) when he was very young, to bouncing home to home in the foster system, just to end up thrust into the responsibility and maintenance of a family in the spotlight weighed more on him than he portrayed externally. From the age of 18, when he tested into the submissive mark, his parents began hiring Dominants to come Dom him professionally to curb withdrawals while he still lived at home, since he refused to go out and actually meet any on his own. At 22, he chose to go to the prestigious Dalton Sanctuary to get some experience being out on his own.
