Dragon's Keep is a semi-lit/literate roleplay held on Discord.
It takes inspiration from fantasy and is influenced by mythology from around the world as well as our own minds.
Our current story takes place in Azielan, an eastern-influenced continent.
Characters in the roleplay are in a guild with the aim of protecting and helping others.
* Please note that this forum is only meant to be supplemental to the Discord server.
Main events and roleplay will still take place on the server. This is only here to help with further character interaction and development for those who may care for such a thing.
It can be quite a trial to have certain interactions on a server without them getting lost in the fray due to the time concerns. This forum was made as a way to work around that! 😊
--/--/2019 ✨ The Azielan update is here! ✨ Like the new design? The forums recieved a big makeover! There is also a new "Roleplay" category featuring both Nysa and Azielan. Heck to the freaking yeah, baby! ▫ Azielan takes place in the present and is open to all generations. ▫ Nysa is currently reserved for events preceding the fifteen year time skip and accessible by first and second generations only!
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there we gooo. theres the scream of pain, the face of pain, gardenia was waiting for. werent expecting that now were ya old man. “u finally shut up. wonderful” She stares back at him blankly, since he did that to her LOL. As the rag fell down, an eyebrow was raised. “the swine is cleaned. “ with an eyeroll, the girl looks away from the pained nikoli. srry dude //sobs//.
“try harder, you’re not intimidating” Gardenia clicks her tongue in annoyance, then stares at brute with the normal glare. WANNA GO BIG BOI!?? “YOU. dont tell me what to do- should i hold a weapon up to her instead?” Squinting, the girl backs away from bar. Yet- the elfs words caused her to look down at the girl. helping? was she.. h-helping!?? The grey eyes widened belonging to her for only a second. E-EW? d-dont think that!
“psh- as if i’d help the likes of you guys! A waste of my time” Tsun mode activated thanks bar. Oh? was that a challenge Nikoli? do u want to get beat up more? she wuldnt mind that at all. Your pain is very amusing to this sadist afterall. “sorry, i dont step down to peasant level” Gardenia flips her hair after saying such a thing. then again...
“if u cant do it, then you really are useless. but..” A sadistic glint appeared in her eyes, before the girl walks closer to nikoli. “i dont mind challenges” She steps on his other foot, and comes up behind him using the arm that was on the same side of the foot to pull back behind him. Gardenia then simply kicks his ass so he falls, and her foot was placed on his back. “i can wipe the floor with you, looks like i have a mop” A dark smirk surfaced. “nikoli” Ofc she was only kidding! Or was she?
Post by Frigs|Bär|Brute on Aug 31, 2018 16:24:19 GMT -6
Oh, was that the wrong thing to say? Gardenia's reaction had Bär looking up at her grumpily mumbling partner, hoping he'd have an answer.
"Did I do something wrong?" She asked. Honestly it felt like she'd spent the last few minutes utterly confused. Maybe it was a human thing? She'd never thought of them as being all that different before, but maybe this is what other elves meant when they went on rants about 'lowly human scum'? How one goes through life without having anything explained to them is a mystery.
'Nah,' Brute said, still giving Gardenia his best 'I don't like you' stare. Nickle-eye however was quickly moving to the dragon's okay list. Apparently talking back to someone the Bryne disliked was a quick way to get on his good side, 'You're fine, she's just mad because she's short.'
And now it looked like the two were about to throw down. Maybe. Honestly it looked more like Gardenia actually thought Nikoli made for a good cleaning rag- "There's still plenty of rags, you guys don't have to use your clothes?" Bär chimed in, noting the ground was getting a bit stickier as the sun rose higher in the sky. Oof, heat and sticky did not mix well.
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Aug 31, 2018 17:37:20 GMT -6
"Good to know you can actually be happy for two seco--" Nikoli stopped speaking and took in a sharp inhale as Gardenia stepped on his other foot. That was when she moved behind him, pretty much kicking him into the dirt and the still sticky ground. Nikoli grunted angrily, his cheek pressed into the muck as he tried to glare up at her with her one eye. That was when he grinned. "Don't worry about it, Bear, I think Gard' knows what she's doing," he said. Nikoli then pushed himself onto his back, grabbing Gardenia's ankle all the while. He smirked, though still in a little bit of pain. "Or maybe I should show you how it should be done." He really didn't mean his words the way she might've thought, really this was just to egg her on.
Meanwhile, Ruhig was still licking the ground. Her rider wasn't in any immediate danger with this girl, so she wouldn't mind it all.
But really, meanwhile...
Noa was walking about, dragon at her side of course. Wow, hangovers were awful. This was a first and she was hating it. Who would've known that one drink would've done the trick to getting her drunk? The strength of elves smh. It didn't help that Aernen was now on 100% supervision mode after the over exaggeration Lance made to him about Alister. What a bother...they both needed to stop treating her like a child.
Now Noa just wanted some fresh air, and something that could beat this hangover out. She didn't know where she was going, and Aernen kept questioning her about it.
"Dear, are you sure you know where you're going," Aernen asked the tenth time.
"Yes, you were there when I talked to one of the riders," Noa sighed, massaging her forehead. "He said to go down this path, through her and around the corner and hnn..." She didn't want to finish that sentence, mainly because she was just too done with everything to do so.
And then she stumbled upon this scene. Noa stopped dead in her tracks, standing not too far from Bär. She stared blankly at them all, her eyes landing on Niko as she recalled last night. "What's going on here...?"
Aernen was silently judging ALL of them ( except Noa). "Oh gods, other dragons and breathing creatures," he muttered, pulling his flowing tentacles back dramatically. Gardenia,Frigs|Bär|Brute, Note: (( ))
“im not mad bc im short-“I have u know shes average height- she wears heels to step on people SMH. But also.... bc heels r cute.... but she wont ever tell u that. “ if i was mad bc im short, then u wuldnt have half ur body right now” That was said in a hissing tone. Could she be serious? Who knows. The girl takes her violence seriously
Gard? GARD? That is the worst nickname in history- its so uncute, you could have done better nikoli. Well i guess thats her third nickname? interesting... “i do..dont i” OMG EW- NO HANDS OFF! As soon as he touched her ankle, and gardenia heard those words, her heel pressed deeper into his stomach. If only she had a weapon... she wuld stab his face in. “as if u could show me u swine”
Cue those anime scenes where two people r fighting, yet one is dying and blood is spilling everywhere. While its being watched (in noas eyes), yeah thats them. Yet when it goes back to the real anime they are fine LOL. “i dare u to show me” Her heel had more pressure, yet her attention went to noa. what- who the fck is this.
Im just imagining them all blankly staring at each other for some time. Silence...to much of it- Gardenia decides to say something. “im using nikoli as my cloth to clean the ground. isnt it obvious” That was said in a rather cold tone. Here is noa, her future daughter in law whom she has not met yet- until now. and in this situation. SHES SRRY//SOBS// “who thehell r u” A squint was given
“really? I was gonna say the same u damn noodle” The human gives a death glare to aernen who dare say such a thing in her presence. Yet... thats how she feels too OTL.
Post by Frigs|Bär|Brute on Aug 31, 2018 21:30:01 GMT -6
Were these two really going to brawl on the sticky ground? Brute did his best to roll his eyes, though dragon eye rolling was kinda different. He'd do a better job just licking the ground like Ruhig was at this point. Though really he mostly just enjoyed the thought of being better than the annoying flowery named human.
Things seemed to come to a stop at the arrival of yet another new face, not necessarily a bad thing. "We're cleaning!" Bär said cheerily, having gone back to trying to clean the floor, "Don't worry, we won't use your clothes to clean with!" Because that's exactly what she'd worry about.
Brute chuckled, but cut it short when he seemed to realize what had just appeared. The dragon before him was one of those weird noodle ones. Only with even more noodles trailing behind it's head. Ew. On top of that, it sounded like one of those overly prim goldies... What. Was. Happening. Was he dreaming? Was he still asleep and having a nightmare?
Noa | NikoliGardenia Note: (( I have no idea how to react to the Denia vs Nik battle royale ))
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Aug 31, 2018 22:58:31 GMT -6
Nikoli sucked in a breath as Gardenia dug her heel deeper in his abdomen. Good gods-- take of note: do not piss off women who wear weapons for shoes. "Gh-- well then, will this change your mind?" He reached over and grabbed a handful of the leftover dessert cream before slappin' it right on dat leggie. It probably made the grossest sound (to Gardenia's ears) as it created an awful blotch on her leg. Nikoli let his arm fall back down, knowing he was probably gonna die. Better to go down in the memes...
And then he heard that familiar voice of Alister's girlfriend. Nikoli turned his head to look at Noa. "Hey, Noa," he grunted, waving weakly.
Noa blinked, looking to Bar as she answered her question with an answer she wasn't expecting. She looked friendly, innocent even, and very naive to what was going on a couple feet from her. Noa inspected the ground too, noticing the burns and strangely colored debris which she assumed must've been a food spill before. Then she looked to Gardenia, her brow furrowing. That language! And attitude!
Aernen clicked his tongue, bringing a claw close to his chest like he were offended. "Did she just call me noodle?" he gaped, looking to Noa. "Why does everything with two legs have poor insults?"
Noa almost wanted to turn around, but her moral instincts were punching her in the gut. Why did this have to happen? Especially with this blasted hangover? Healing this migraine had to wait now, because someone was being hurt. "This...this isn't cleaning!" Noa said. "You," the girl directed her words at Gardenia now. Noa walked up to her, pointing a finger at the human. "That is no way to treat anyone! Whatever you two have, you need to sort it out in a mature fashion!" She grimaced a little, massaging her forehead.
Off to the side, Aernen was just watching, not daring to cross this filth for his rider. She was too good for her own good...He couldn't stop her when she started though. But then his eyes landed on the Bryne that sat near the poof ball of a girl. Ugh, what was that thing? It was hideous, well everything besides him was hideous, but this dragon was big and bulky and...muscular. And he was staring right at him. How dare he. "If you're jealous, just say it. But look all you want, muscle head," Aernen hummed, "but you'll never get this close to perfection."
Frigs|Bär|Brute,Gardenia, Note: (( hello, im here, doing gods work and creating dialogue for aernen ))
NIKOLI WHY- Just thinking about that sound makes me want to die. I just cringed bc of u sherbs. Im sure gardenia did the same and she froze. Did he? Really? WHY? The human just slowly looks at her leg covered in that disgusting leftover dessert. Ah.. her heart broke a bit LOL. As gardenia slowly turned to stare down at the man who did such a thing, it was clearly ablw to tell she was indeed, more pissed then before. “u son of a-“ with gritted teeth, the girl reached behind her in order to grab her weapon. Why? to stab him in the face ofc! Eyes widned tho- where... DAMNIT! Her weapon was in her room... OTL. “....”
u got lucky nikoli. “u just dug your own grave.” Yes learn your lesson- dont tick people off with heels LOL. im so srry nikoli... ur a good man. Gardenia bends over, and harshly squishes his cheeks, nails probably digging in. “watch your back.. nikoli~” A threat? indeed. Gardenia will get payback boy. Now.. who the hell was this new chick? Its like nikoli knew her? hmm... name seems to be noa.
Standing back up, after releasing nikoli and getting off of him, gardenia came face to face with a finger. noas finger. With an eyebrow raised after blinking, gardenia moves her finger away. “its rather rude to point. its not your buissness newbie” Yeah! stay out of fights hun! or ur gonna get hurt. Was noa.. trying to fix this? scold them- HAHAH WOW- now your the mom. “i think what im doing is mature. this swine started it afterall” This is how.. gardenia treated everyone though- i dont think she knows how to be, so called, nice.
“your advice is uneeded.” Gardenia glares at the girl before her, and watches as she rubbed her head. “go rest if your in pain. tch- you should watch your actions instead” The human flips some of her hair back over her shoulder, and her attention went to bar. so innocent.. so dense- it made gardenia feel pity for the elf. That only lssted a few seconds tho. “bar. thats not what we were doing...” With an eyeroll followed by a harsh sigh, she went on. “if u dont stop thinking like a child, it will get u killed” Walking away from noa and going to bar, a hand was put on the dense elfs head. A rough head pat was given, ruffeling bars long poofy hair. “do u know her” Gardenia pointed to noa after stepping away.
Post by Frigs|Bär|Brute on Sept 1, 2018 14:35:16 GMT -6
Wait, so they weren't cleaning? Bär could have sworn that's what they were trying to do. At least up until Nikoli slapped dessert onto Gardenia's leg. Oh well, miss Noa seemed to have it sorted though, so no need to worry.
Or there wasn't until the noodle started talking to Brute.
The fork did this tentacle nerd say? 'Don't think I want perfection if it's as gross as your head,' Brute said, honestly not even mad, just still in awe of the weird noodles in place of horns. Why were they noodles, this was weird, is this even a dragon? Where was Maya when you needed her- Still, the Bryne did note that the Haewen took notice of his muscles. Yes, he is a muscle head, he was big and strong, thank you for noticing.
If he wasn't distracted by Gardenia touching his rider again he probably would've started flexing- Bär meanwhile was practically beaming at the head pat. She absolutely thrived on physical contact and pats were always super nice. "I think like a child?" She questioned. Huh, Bär'd never noticed. She didn't dwell on it much since she was being asked a question, "Nope. No idea who she is."
With any luck though, she'd get to know the newbie. She was already a fan of Nikoli's company, why wouldn't it be the same for this girl?
Noa | NikoliGardenia Note: (( Don't think I didn't see you eyeing my boi's muscles aernen ))
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Sept 2, 2018 21:26:47 GMT -6
Did Nikoli just dig his own future grave? Yes, yes he did, according to Gardenia that is. Haha...Gard. Nikoli was doing so good about thinking before following through with his actions, and it was now around her that he had to fail on that record. Oh well...now that he was perhaps doomed in the future, he feared the worst. But honestly he was surprise Gardenia didn't just pummel him. There was a darker side to this girl.
Once released, Nikoli sat up, groaning all the while. His back felt like hell now...oh the pain of being perpetually old. No one could understand. "Damnit," he muttered, pinching at his stickie clothes. Fantastic.
Noa didn't say anything in reply to Gardenia, still giving her a hard glare. Oh man, what she could say to this binch... But she held her tongue. At least no one was getting hurt... "It's always my business when there's negative energy," Noa said, trying to pass off the pain in her head.
"Aren't you getting over a hangover?" Nikoli asked quietly, picking a rag back up.
Noa frowned. "Yeah, it's just a headache...I'll be fine."
"Here." Nikoli dug through his pockets before pulling out a vial containing only a small smidge of a dark liquid. He held it up to her. "It'll knock it right out. I use it whenever I, ya know... One drop will do the trick."
Noa inspected it. "'Better if I don't ask what it's made of?" Nikoli nodded in a 'definitely' sort of look. Sighing lightly, Noa uncorked it. "Down the hatch then..." She took a sip, and was suddenly met with violent coughing. Oh the joy of mysterious substances. Thankfully it killed the headache and not her. Still trying to clear her throat, Noa handed it back to Nikoli. She could hear the other girls speaking briefly of her... "Ahem-- hah, I'm Noa!" she greeted in a scratchy voice, particularly to Bar because she wasn't bein so rude and actually seemed genuinely nice ok.
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Aernen was aghast at Brute calling him gross. "How dare you!" he hissed. "You're one to talk; your face is just muscle, your whole...body is..." Aernen hesitated on his words. "No flexibility! And is that dirt I see on your scales? Careless."
"I don't understand," Ruhig interjected naively. "His muscles make for a tactical advantage..."
"His tactical advantage is not talking!" Aernen jabbed. "But he doesn't seem to want to utilize that, now does he?" He flipped his tentacles again, this time his wings fluttering a little too.
Did gardenia mean what she said to nikoli? yes ofc. Lets see his paranoia rise, it will be entertaining to her... as for the dark side, nikoli was correct. There is definetly a darker side to her, i thought it was obvious LOL.
The girls eyes watched as the old man sat up, and then they went to noa who happened to be glaring at her. sorry, that was rather uneffective. “if im suppose to be afraid of your glare its not working” Silence for a bit until the girl responded. Your buissness?? If you dont know someone u get into their buissness? Are you stupid!?? “idiots who want to die do that. stop trying to solve everyones problems that arent of your concern you fool”
why was bär so happy- its like... a rough had pat calm- gardenia puts on a disgusted face and scoots back from the poofy haired elf. quit beaming at her, it hurts the humans eyes //KICKED// Once gardenia heard that bar didnt know noa either, a small nod was given that was followed by a quick glance. “hmph, i see” The girl watched as niko had some weird substance, noa taking it and was instantly better. “lightweights” Cue a scoff from the ice queen, hands on her hips.
Gardenia stayed silent for a bit while noa introduced herself. seems as if she happened to overhear her and bars convo- ahaah- srry not srry sweetcheeks. “gardenia...” The human flips some of her hair back and uses her foot to nudge bar, in order to introduce herself. “ looks like u and the old man are acquainted... perhaps u wont drink a lot next time, irresponsible” A normal cold glare of hers was given to noa, but she tried giving advice- mama gardenia is fcking weird i apologize, just run away from this tsun LOL.
Post by Frigs|Bär|Brute on Sept 10, 2018 19:30:03 GMT -6
Huh, maybe blue boy wasn't so bad. He was complimenting Brute's muscle. Oh, and did you hear that? Brute is a tactical advantage! The Bryne had the gall to look a little smug at that, not that he knew what it meant. Ruhig made it sound like a good thing though, and he was more inclined to listen to the dragon who didn't have weird noodles attached to her head. 'Ha! You don't have to compliment me to get on my good side, Blue!' Brute laughed, reaching to give the smaller Haewen a friendly pat. Please no-
Meanwhile in the happy headspace that was Bär, the elf was just happy to make more friends. "Nice to meet you miss Noa!" she greeted, undeterred by the grumpy flower vibes. She had returned to scrubbing at the scorch marks, though a surprising amount had come away with the dessert spill there was still some charred stone to care for, "If your throat's sore I think there's some stuff to help it in one of the healer rooms. One of the elves keeps vials of stuff. Unless that's where you got yours mister Nikoli?"
By this point, most of the fest looked to have been cleared away, though after the sweets accident a couple others thought it'd be fine to toss the last of their own garbage on top of it. Nice. There wasn't a lot, just a few gross food leftovers and a liiiittle bit lf broken glass.
Post by Noa | Nikoli on Sept 10, 2018 22:15:24 GMT -6
Im just gonna start highlighting dialogue sinse thats easier to make out--
"Hi, Bar, it's good to meet you!" Noa said, her voice a little better than before.
Nikoli glanced up from his scrubbing, his expression clearly drawing a blank. The vile? Healing room? "Suuuuure," he replied, going along with what Bär had in mind. Nope, totally did not steal that vile.
"I'm fine now, don't worry about it," Noa assured with a weak smile. How nice it was to see such a cheery face, in comparison to the aura of rude that emanated from Gardenia. Noa's smile faded as she turned to the human. "I don't think I need a reminder, thank you very much." Exhaling out the tension from her body, she looked between Bar and Nikoli. "So is this clean up crew?"
"What's left of one," Nikoli said, "since festival management and Garden here don't seem to want to be of some actual help, we're all this place has got." Oh just knew those nicknames would piss of Gardenia ;3
Noa shrugged and put her hands on her hips, her eyes landing on Gardenia briefly and coldly. "All right, I'll help out too!" she declared.Walking around their area, Noa would stop at times to bend over and pick trash up from the ground.
"Feeling inspired now, Garden?" Nikoli asked the girl, grinning and smudging some of the dessert on his cheek. He just did not care. What is this man's deal.
MEANWHILE
"PAH!" Aernen exclaimed. "You think I'm complimenting you?! And don't give me any of your blasted nicknames-- AH DON'T TOUCH ME!" He quickly nyoomed out from under the shadow of Brute's claw. "You fool, are you stupid?! Keep your grimy, poor excuses for claws off me!! Do you understand how long it takes me to shine these luxurious scales in the water? It's not easy at this time of the year, especially with the cold weather. I hate cold water, so don't even stand within five feet of me-- no, ten! Just so I can save myself the bother of bathing again!" Aernen made a overbearing "HMPH" before pushing his tentacles back like long locks of hair.
