Tales from NeoVictoria: The Clockwerk Gala

NeoLondon’s 2130 Clockwerk Gala

Clockwerk Gala
a Clockwerk Gala to Honor the Veterans of the Sidhe Empire

Event Details

Time: 11 November 2014 from 6 pm to 9 pm, SL-Time

Location: NeoLondon Cathedral of Air & Darkness [NeoVictoria SIM]
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/16/128/1003/
Organized By: Asil Ares
Players: Fianah Mistwood as Miss Tickta, jkl7008 Trevellion as DJ JKL7008, Kitiarafox Resident as Kit, BilliAnn Bravin as Lady Wilhelmina Bravin, peacelynxtree Resident as Lynx, Emmett Lacombe as Brom Xavier Bloodsworth, QuarkZen Resident as Miss Zen Katria, Aria Bloodsworth Resident as Aria Bloodsworth, Jhaesoph Foxdale, Asil Karu, Kaelyn001 Resident as Kaelyn, OhDearMe Resident as OhDearMe Ohmai, and Treyhem Whitfield as Treyhem Sleipnerson.

Event Description

Hostesses: Miss Tikta & Kitiara Fox
Live DJ: jkl7008 Trevellion
Costume: Fancy dress

HISTORY: Often sponsored by local veteran associations, “Clockwerk Galas” are very popular affairs, serving as fund-raisers and recruitment.  The most amazing is held every Fall in Old London on Old Earth, it runs a fortnight with the oldest houses vying to raise the most money with fantastical parties and auctions.  The “Royal Clockwerk Ball” closes the festivities; its held in Buckingham Slithen and all the Court attends.  Here the valiant of the year’s warriors are awarded the Sidhe Cross.

Synopsis: Miss Tickta returns to NeoLondon, after a mysterious time away.  She and Kit have dressed the Cathedral with an amazing light-show, controlled by a DJ with magical powers.  The townfolk meet her companions: Brom Xavier Bloodsworth and his sister, Aria.  Toasts are given.  Funds are raised.  The evening ends with a flying dance.

About the Fae

In human mythology, the “people of peace”, sometimes called fairies, or fae, are a universal phenomenon, known to every country and people of the world. While similarities exists between these legends, the lore of the Neo-Verse takes the tales of pre-Christian Scandinavia and the Celtic peoples as its primary inspiration.

The fae come to us through the prism of the oldest of the stories; in the Edda, we’re told of the nine world: Asgard (Aesir, the land of the gods), Alfheim (land of the light elves), Vanaheim (land of the Vanir), Midgard (the land of men), Jotunheim (the land of ice giants), Svartalfheim (land of the dark-elves), Nidavellir (land of the dwarves), Muspelheim (land of the fire spirits), and Niflheim (the land of the dead).

Yggdrasill
I know an ash standing high, a lofty tree, laved with limpid water: thence come the dews into the dales that fall; ever stands it green over Urd’s fountain.
~ the Poetic Edda

Svartalfheim, the home of the dark elves, was the most easily entered by humankind, because its doorways were found in the underground places. These fae were the earth-dwellers, the people of the hollow-hills, the spirits of earth and tree, stone and spring. In effect, they were the anthropomorphic representatives of the natural world.

In the history of those ancestors, when their gods (the Aesir) were destroyed in apocalypse (Ragnarok), the bridges between the nine worlds collapsed and the cosmos was divided, so all the races were lost to each other and the dominion of man over Midgard began in earnest.

The Queen of Air and Darkness
Alexandrina Victoria, Tuatha Dé Danann
Queen of Earth, Empress of the Void

In the Neo’Verse, the fae did not disappear …in our fantasy realm, a warrior queen of the elves, and those who would follow her, refused to fade from the world of men.  Instead they made peace with these changes and harnessed the creative energy of humankind to create a blended empire of supernatural and mortal creatures.

To learn more about our fae, read the abridged version of “The Fae Concordance” posted to this site, join the community website or wander the Visitor’s Center in-world for a wearable book.

Invitation To A Clockwerk Gala

For Immediate Release
Sunday, 9 November 2014

The NeoVictoria Project presents a Clockwerk Gala

Clockwerk Gala
a Clockwerk Gala to Honor the Veterans of the Sidhe Empire

An evening of roleplay, celebrating the Sidhe empire’s clockwerk warriors!

This Tuesday, we have an exciting event scheduled: our first ever clockwerk ball!

Time: Tuesday, 11 November 2014 from 6pm to 9pm, SL-time
Location: Cathedral of Air & Darkness, NeoLondon [NeoVictoria SIM]
Event Type: in-character party (known, and unknown, characters welcome)
Organized By: Kitiarafox & Fianah Mistwood
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/17/128/1004

Often sponsored by local veteran associations, “Clockwerk Galas” are very popular affairs, serving as fund-raisers and recruitment.  The most amazing is held every Fall in Old London on Old Earth.  It runs a fortnight with the oldest houses vying to raise the most money with fantastical parties and auctions.  The “Royal Clockwerk Ball” closes the festivities; it’s held in Buckingham Slithen and all the Court attends.  Here the most valiant of the year’s warriors are awarded the Sidhe Cross.

Kitiara Fox
Kitiara Fox; sidhe and housekeeper for Miss Tickta at the tenement.

The NeoLondoners are planning one evening of celebration, in the nave of the great Cathedral.  All clockwerks are welcome.  Miss Tikta and Miss Kit are hosting, with all proceeds going to the local veteran’s association. [This is roleplay; no actual money is being raised.]

Miss Tickta
Miss Tickta, proprietress of the NeoLondon tenement

In the Sidhe Empire we find three kinds of mecha.

  • Augments (living creatures with clockwerk parts),
  • Automatons (clockwerk dolls housing conscious souls),
  • and Strand Constructs (golems of pure machine consciousness).

To learn more about how to play a clockwerk character in the Neo’Verse, read the excerpt on the Cyborg Concordance on this site and join in the fun!

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About the Roleplay: In NeoVictoria, we do free-form dark roleplay.  Free-form means there is no script; scenes evolve out of real-time character interactions.  Dark roleplay means that characters often act in aggressive, predatory, criminal and/or plain uncomfortable ways.  We use a simple dice-based wearable HUD called the Jade Kreations Role Play Tool Suite; avatars must wear this to see roleplay chat.  The item is free and available in the out-of-character skymall.

Players do not have to be a member of our group to roleplay here; we ask newcomers take a tour of the Visitor Center in NeoVictoria SIM to learn about the storyworld before joining in the roleplay.

[Observer tags are also available for players who want to visit the land level, but not roleplay.]

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Invitation To A Bonfire Night Masquerade

PRESS RELEASE
 For Immediate Release
 3 November 2014

The NeoVictoria Project presents a Bonfire Night Masquerade.

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A Guide for Tourists and Townsfolk

An evening of non-stop roleplay, marking the NeoVictoria Project’s Second Guy Fawkes Celebration!

This Wednesday we have a very special event scheduled: our second ever Guy Fawkes Day celebration! To keep the event in-character (I/C), we’ve given the familiar tale a slight retelling, to better fit into the Neo-verse.

Time: Wednesday, 5 November 2014 from 6pm to 9pm, SL-time
Location: NeoLondon Town Hall [NeoVictoria SIM]
Event Type: in-character party (known, and unknown, characters welcome)
Organized By: Myomy Resident and Asil Karu
SLUrl: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/NeoVictoria/17/128/1004

Our in-character event promises to be great fun, with characters in masks and costumes, with an unveiling at Midnight (9 PM, SL-time) and fireworks!

If you’d like to dress your character like the Guy, the SL marketplace has some very affordable costumes on sale:

We’re inviting new players to this event and we’re hoping to get a large crowd of regulars together for some IC fun.

Here’s the link to the event posting in the SecondLife Community calendar

Here’s some in-character history for the event.

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About the Roleplay: In NeoVictoria, we do free-form dark roleplay.  Free-form means there is no script; scenes evolve out of real-time character interactions.  Dark roleplay means that characters often act in aggressive, predatory, criminal and/or plain uncomfortable ways.  We use a simple dice-based wearable HUD called the Jade Kreations Role Play Tool Suite; avatars must wear this to see roleplay chat.  The item is free and available in the out-of-character skymall.

Players do not have to be a member of our group to roleplay here; we ask newcomers take a tour of the Visitor Center in NeoVictoria SIM to learn about the storyworld before joining in the roleplay.

[Observer tags are also available for players who want to visit the land level, but not roleplay.]

About The NeoVictoria Project: NeoVictoria is a unique dark roleplay platform that brings creative people together in a supportive and collaborative environment.  Built with a Steampunk aesthetic, the goal of The NeoVictoria Project is to create a virtuous circle where roleplay becomes filmed story.  Website: http://www.neovictoria.net.  Contact for NeoVictoria: Asil Ares.

About Our Storyworld:  in the Neo’Verse, the Sidhe (fae) never faded, but worked with … some would say ruled over …their human charges until the Sidhe Empire spanned the known universe.  So many races exist: faeries, demons and clockwerk constructs (powered by gears and magic), humans, vampires, werebeasts and celestials.  All held against the ravages of time by magic, intrigue and human ingenuity.

Planet NeoVictoria (where our characters play) is a small planet, nestled in the VICO III galaxy, its citizenry cling to the land and sky, for its vast oceans are home to forces that do not heed the crown. But some are loyal to the Sidhe queen who sits on her throne billions of light-years away. Alexandrina Victoria Tuatha Dé Danann, Queen of Earth, Empress of the Void: one tap of her tiny foot on the Stone of Scone sets the worlds to shake. It’s 2130 and Pax Britannica has held sway for more than three thousand years

Art for “Bonfire Night Masquerade”.

GuyFawkes Poster
Remember, Remember the 5th of November
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot
We see no reason,
why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot