Regarding Activity on WoRW

Yes I noticed that too. If we do end up having to restart things (and even if we don't) several characters might be asked to tone it down a little. I know exactly who this message pertains to.

Edit: I do believe there is already a post somewhere regarding powerful characters. If I weren't on mobile I would find it.

Well, I would very much like to keep going with In the Face of Unforeseen Circumstances. I understand we all have busy lives and I'm OK with that, knowing from personal experience. Let life be your first priority, and let writing fall somewhere else down the line.

Now that I've gotten that off my chest, back to my RP: Garkul PoisonFang is the most important element here. I've never created a severe narcissistic villain before, and I don't want him to die before I get a chance to play him out (which will be pretty much be a fun riot considering his aforementioned nature). Also, Jared and Madeline will be doing a heck of a lot more than just getting caught in the rain. I plan to have them run into some problems as well, some of which involve Jared tapping into that warrior spirit of his as a means of self-defense.

Garkul and Co. never reach Mossflower. As to why, I'm still fleshing that out, but I don't want them to land in Salamandastron if there's too much activity there. I don't plan to have them show up in the Fire Mountain until the Story Arc begins.

Thoughts, anyone? And do we have plans to continue with Mossflower MasterChef at all? 

I feel like this might be a good idea, but I can't honestly say I know enough about running a forum to know for sure? I think it would probably be good, as long as you PM people to give them some notice a few days to a week ahead of time or something, and don't just do it suddenly/without warning.

I'm also thinking I'd like to figure out another way to get Dmitri into the main RP, either by inviting someone else to have their character find him in the thread I started, or joining/starting a different one, since the person whose character was going to find him I think hasn't been on since I posted the thread... And I also don't have Merry in the main RP yet, whoops.

As for the MasterChef thread, I'm sorry I've kept you all waiting! I think it's 'cause I was so busy and everything, and then when I got back, I remembered I had to figure out stuff about him for this AU and everything that I had forgotten and just got kind of overwhelmed (I was getting kind of overwhelmed by a lot of things for a while there, mostly off the forum I mean). I'm gonna try to get a post there up tonight, or maybe tomorrow--if I'm not able to by then, though I hope/think I will, then maybe it would be best for me to just go ahead and pull out of it so you all don't get held up more. I'd feel bad about it, but in the long run it'd probably be easier to deal with than always waiting for me. That's just a "just in case" though, I think I'll be able to jump in now that things are calmed down, and it's really just getting a first post in that's the hard part (so continuing from there should be fine).

Margorr, you know I'm with you on this.

I think recasting is honestly a necessity in not only the role of the warlord, but maybe even more. The main Redwall plot thread has been dead because of our lack of an Abbot to help drive it. I'm not saying we can't function without an Abbot, but I feel their presence would help guide us through it all.

It would be a shame to have to restart in Salamandastron, what with how cool it's been, but I think that it's the only way we can fulfill our hopes of the plot idea we have...

Also, this may just be me complaining, but I feel there are becoming too many characters on the forum in general to keep track of. I know everyone wants to do different things and I support it - all the little side threads of interaction have been fun to read! But in order for the plot to go along, it might be best to establish like... some main characters? And dedicate certain threads to plot-progression for the story, and delegate the rest as side-development for individual characters. Maybe we could put a symbol/word in the title of the threads to signify which type they are...?

I'm all about organization, lol.

And yes! Getting the General involved earlier on will also help create a sense of urgency, of making the vermin threat seem real, because people have already been killed, and whatnot. It might make everyone more interested in pressing forward to stop them? Psychological mumbo jumbo and all that.

And really by all means, I want people to make as many characters as they please! It's just hard to keep track of them all, to determine how they affect the plot and whatnot. I'd recommend, not require, people to just personally determine which one or two characters might be their "main" characters, to themselves, to help them feel a little more organized? For example, Dianthus is my personal "main" character. However, Mildred is most likely more necessary to the plot than he is, so I'm going to give her priority in my roleplaying. My dibbun is really just there to lighten things up, if necessary, and to provide the presence of a child to add to the necessity of protecting Redwall?

That's just how I've been looking at things, personally...

So many threads with so few replies in each individual thread have made things seem a bit muddled to me, and that overwhelms me a little, lol.

I know I haven't been very active lately, but I'd be fine with a fresh start. Maybe Ferox would be able to jump into the story sooner then (they definitely won't be the main warlord, but they may be able to get more into the story). If Ferox doesn't fit in anywhere, they could just be a side character for OC rps if that's better.

My main characters would be Taurian and Ferox (or Hiacynth).