.::Ghosts of the Past::. Coailiann p. 1759! Kid Kiba p.1766!

Guardians: Would you rather a floating artist system or a set artist system?

Floating Artist - Faster Art!	34.6%	[ 18 ]
Set Artist - Consistent Stage Art!	23.1%	[ 12 ]
I don't really have a preference	17.3%	[ 9 ]
I'm a lurker =(	25.0%	[ 13 ]
Total Votes:			[ 52 ]

[Kyribird]

News:

Long ago, the world was peaceful. The People of Thought and the People of Dream lived together, cooperating in a way that was beneficial to both sides.

But good things often do not last forever and in this story it is no different. Gradually the People of Thought and People of Dreams divided - The People of Dreams moved to the West and the People of Thought moved to the East.

The People of Dreams were generally non-human (or not fully human) beings that either possessed or were born of magic. These creatures are those you hear of in books, made to be make believe...Nothing more than figments of imagination and fancy.

The People of Thought was a civilization ruled by clergy. Though magic did exist, it was a highly structured, and ritualistic type of magic that was created rather than naturally existed. The church had very specific guidelines for acceptable and unacceptable magic. Slavery was common, the slaves always from 'lesser races', in short any sentient non-human.

The realms were divided by a line - drawn under a flag of truce by a Clergy Mage from the People of Thought and a Witch from the People of Dreams. These two had been decidedly the most powerful on both sides.

Both sides knew to cross into the other side of the line was danger - and the line served it's purpose for a very long time.

Unfortunately, for the People of Dream, the fear of crossing over lessened with each generation born. The younger ones, while told of the danger, had not lived to witness the animosity between both sides. They did not understand the consequences because the People of Dream, for the most part, worked hard to forget the violence.

While the People of Dream tried to forget, the People of Thought fought to remember. Each generation born was told of the abominations that were the People of Dream - horrid and often twisted stories that were stated as facts.

It was there that the hate festered until, one day, it exploded in a war that would go down in the history books - only to be remembered by those who had survived and those who would listen.

This is the story of a second chance granted to the People of Dream.




1. Intro/Table of Contents
2. Ye Olde News
3. Stories of the Past (Our Beginning)
4. Rules & Guidelines
5. The Wand Shoppe
6. The Headquarters
7. The Stages
8. The Ghostly Children
9. Availability and Events
10. Requirements
11. FAQ
12. Affiliates
13. Important Links
14. Staff
15. Credits

[Kyribird]

09/19/09
Coailiann is a Youth!

09/24/09
Kibarango is a Kid!
Archived News Found Here

[Kyribird]

Thunder crackled and lightening lit up the dark sky as rain pelted downwards, stabbing the earth with its slanted points. Not a star could be seen in the stormy sky as Matilda worked, her cauldron bubbling madly, a sick purplish-red color. "They want to burn me alive, well so be it." She muttered to herself, throwing in a pinch of sparkling silver powder, causing a large mushroom cloud to rise from the pewter pot. "I'll be back. All I've ever done is take care of their sick, birth their children, make it rain when it needed."

Her anger caused a large crackle of thunder to shake the foundation of her cottage, some of the potion she was working sloshing over the side and burning at the table. "As the sky cries for me and mine, let this spell be one to bind. Bind me to this magick tool, So one day I may come and rule, keep me safe and keep me sound, hidden deep in under ground. As the flames do lick my flesh, make it so only my soul is left. My body may die, but my soul will be free, as I will it mote it be!"

The mushroom cloud rose and dove in one quick motion, entering Matilda through her mouth, causing her body to jump as the tendrils of purple-red smoke grasped at her, retracting only moments later with a small, pulsing ball of pure white which immediately entered her waiting wand. The wand pulsated deeply, matching the color of the cloud of smoke which had entered it, and fell motionless onto the floor with a clang a moment later.

"It is done..." she could hear the villagers coming now, as the storm she had started to buy her time began to settle and calm itself.

"WITCH! WITCH! BURN THE WITCH!" chants could be heard filling the air as her door began to shake. They were battering the door down. Finally, with a loud crack, the wood gave way and they rushed in, their hands grabbing her and dragging her out into the now sunny-skied outdoors where they tied her to the stake and lit it aflame.

But Matilda didn't shed a tear, nor show sign of pain; she just smiled as her life was drained from her. She was safe. It was only a matter of time before someone, years from now, when it was safe to be who she was, found the wand.

Everyone was so wrapped up in the fire nobody seemed to notice a silver and blue wand float from the house and settle deep into the ground.




The circle of the pentacle represents the shape of the moon, which the Mother Goddess commands over. Her children are respectively the princes and princesses of that domain. They each are given a slice of the moon to command over (think of it split like an orange, connecting all the pieces at the poles), and from there, they can also cast their influence also over a part of the earth. From where they sit, they favor those mortals that please them, their power limited by the distance; however, they are bound by their mother's power not to leave the moon, for fear that they (would leave her/would become tyrants over the mortals/other excuse here). Their influence is strongest when the moon is clearly visible in the sky and their section of the moon is facing the earth. There are specific times of day that are believed to be ruled by each of the five children. But there will be more on THAT later.

This is the symbol that Jora, the guardian of Dorian, has tattooed upon her stomach:



This is the symbol that represents the Gods.

[Kyribird]

PLEASE KEEP ALL OOC IN THIS THREAD IN OOC BUBBLES



0. POSTING styles are not allowed in this thread. I'm sorry, but I'd rather not have dancing bears and floating clouds in your post. It takes away from your post and takes it longer to load, anyway. Also, if you insist on having a text-based post style in the thread, make it so your post clearly stands out and is readable. I don't really want to read through a million song lyrics to get to what you were trying to say to begin with.

1. No stealing the art or my concept. I worked HARD to come up with this and doing the wand art. The artists work hard for the art too. If I find that you have, you will feel the wrath of the all mighty Kyri. And YOU DO NOT WANT THIS! *cackle*

2. Please do not send in custom forms unless there's a slot open and you know you'll be able to pay for your Ghost of the Past and RP it. These kids are completely RP based. If you do not RP your ghost, I will take it and I will give it to someone who will. And you will not get a refund. Now, this doesn't mean you have to be RPing it 24/7. You just need to keep it active as much as you can. If you're inactive for some time (THREE MONTHS), without prior notification, I WILL re-home your GOTP or do what is stated in the final Will and Testiment in the guild.

3. If there are no slots open, please do not ask for a Ghost. I open slots when I find there need to be more Ghosts in existence, and I don't cater to the whim of everyone who comes in. It's hard work, and takes time. I don't want myself or my artists to be overwhelmed. Please respect that.

4. If you own a GOTP, you may NOT EVER SELL THEM. You may not ever TRADE THEM AWAY. If you want your GOTP re-homed because you don't want it anymore, please let Kyrianna know.

5. Be respectful to everyone in the thread. They have a right to be here, just as you do. If you own a GOTP and they don't, and they want one, please don't gloat about it. It's not nice.

6. Please do not PM Kyr about GOTP issues. Please send all growth requests, GOTP requests, and questions to the user Ianna Umbridge. They will be handled as quickly as possible.

7. If you submitted a growth request form, and have been accepted, please do not bug Kyr over it. He's a busy lad, and the artists can't be expected to turn out great work within a day or two. Be patient, it will happen. In the mean time, RP. Have fun. >.> You know what fun is, don't you?

8. These are Role Play Heavy children. You must maintain at least ONE Role play/Journal entry a month to keep me off your back. Unless you're on hiatus. Failure to do so will get you a warning. Failure to alter said behavior after the warning is issued could lead to the rehoming of your child without refund. Please note that this will not be done lightly and I'm pretty agreeable if you need me to be flexible - but please, keep it reasonable.

Now, if you're RPing them outside of GoTP thread/Guild - AWESOME. Love you for it. But cross-reference in your journal so I know that you're not dead. I don't run around looking for RPs outside of journals and guilds.

9. You cannot switch your artists just because you want to. The artist you have for your child is your artist, no matter what, unless they drop off Gaia or flat out tell me that they cannot do your kid. DO NOT go asking artists behind my back if you can switch to them. The answer will be no at every turn. I'm sorry, situations just get sticky otherwise. I'd like to keep things as smooth as possible, thank you. (01/02/07)

Payment for artists will be as followed:

Flatsales: 50/50. 15k each.
Auctions/Customs: 60/40 in favor of artists.
Free Raffles: 100% Flatsale Fee (30k)
Paying Raffles: 70/30 in favor of artist.
Contests: 100% Flatsale Fee (30k)

1. Keep ALL OOC CONVERSATIONS in these nifty little bubbles (( )) failure to do so...will make people upset at you.

2. Please read back a page or two if you're going to jump into an RP that's already taking place. It's only polite to actually know what's going on, and if you'd even be welcome to join the particular plot that's going on. Use good judgment on this.

3. No god modding. Yeah, it's nice to have powers and be immortal and be the all "Holier Than Thou" god with a pitchfork poking at things and killing them instantly. Unfortunately, not only is it unrealistic, it's quite annoying to others. So just don't do it. I will give you a warning if I hear about it.

4. Please, PLEASEEEEE Do not use premade characters. Be original. I don't want to see Sephiroth or Naruto running around in my shop O_<

5.Try to use good grammar when writing or role-playing. I can understand a few mistakes but don't go over board.

6. If you need leave the role-play for any reason, please tell them you are doing so.

There's so many different types of creatures out there that can be used as a Ghost - and usually, that's the problem. Unable to choose between so many. However, I thought I'd make it a little easier and post a "Do Not Want!" list based on things we have too much of or no longer really fit with the shop's direction that we're taking.

-Gods/Goddesses
-Vampires
-Humans with magical powers (AKA Mages, etc)
-Elves
-Plant-type (I love them, but we have three O_< Srsly)
-Kirin (Again, Reserved >D)
-Dragons (We have an Eastern and a Wyvern now - we don't need another x.x sorry!)
-Horses (Excluding the Thestral & Unicorn quests)


AT THE SAME TIME there are things we REALLY would like to see. Such as the following:

-Myths outside of Europe/Japan. There are so many untapped things (Africa, Oceanic regions, etc) and other fantasy races out there that can bring so much!

-Someone pleasepleaseplease do a blast ended skrewt. *would die*

[Kyribird]

Setting:

The wand shoppe is a medium sized room, with a few dust covered windows allowing light to go through and light up even more dust floating around in the shop. Did Ianna EVER clean? Walls and walls of boxes of wands and other artifacts seemed to clutter up the place, and the only surface that was reletively clean was the large mahogony desk in the center of the room - And even that was slightly cluttered with papers and books, one large book in particular which looked as if it had been half thrown and beaten to death.

The walls seemed to be sunken in, and the wood seemed to be rotting. Most of all, it seemed as if Ianna couldn't care less about the shop she ran, which was odd since it truly was her baby. Perhaps she just didn't have time wandering off finding glowy wand doo-hickeys to please her daughter.

The book, it seemed, would never be able to leave that large desk unless Ianna was the one to pick it up, so any curious people wouldn't be able to really open it or pick it up one way or another. It bit. And hard, if you tried.

[Kyribird]

Setting:

The large headquarters had been completely revamped. The entire place had pretty much been destroyed with it's trek in the In Between and Ianna had wanted to switch it around.

The kitchen was still in the same place as always and against that area of the lobby was the portal to the wand shoppe and Ianna's desk, which had been kicked to pieces by Zah to get Coailiann out had been chucked out and replaced with a smooth mahogany piece trimmed with gold. It had also been moved across the room where the Air-hocky table used to be. The table was gone now, the entertainment center with the couches and large television had been moved off to where the bar had been and the bar was completely gone.

Baskets of toys and various games still lined the walls and were welcoming for any child who would have liked to play with them. Dolls, board games, jacks, cards, coloring books and art supplies along with tables and chairs to sit at. Ianna was still working on getting more things together. In that area was also the ever-present magic refrigerator.

The sleek wood of the floors that had been stained with blood had been ripped up completely down to the cement base and new ones had been added as well as plush carpeting. White.

Above, there was no longer a chandelier as it had smashed into a million pieces that nothing could ever put back together. Instead, secure hanging lights had been put in though they were still ornate and beautiful. Safe – but beautiful.

The walls were painted again, an off-white cream that offset the pure white of the carpet to give some kind of variation in what she was sure would have been a monotonous place for children otherwise. It was bordered with gorgeous pink and green roses and a gold edge.

From there, it branched off into halls with rows and rows of rooms. Some were storage, some were guest rooms, some were bathrooms, and one very large and ornate door to the end of the hall led to the gardens.

[Kyribird]

In this stage, the Ghost is dormant. The wand is glowing softly, the only indication that it is not a normal object. Each wand will be different, representing the element or type of Ghost will emerge.

The ghost baby is fully emerged from the wand. It clings to the wand, which has shrunk and the glow has faded slightly. The wand is what holds the baby together as it grows. It can't speak, but its "Eyes" are open now. It can see you, and make general baby sounds, though they're soft and almost as if they were wind. You cannot physically hold your baby yet, but they will float beside you. This is a very important stage that requires much care. Even though it doesn't need to eat or any other functions a living baby does, it does need attention. It needs love. Without it, it will shrink into its wand again, possibly never being brought alive again. This stage determines whether it gets a second life, as a solid, living person, or will remain hovering in death.

With the proper care and love and attention, your baby ghost will slowly begin to solidify until it's just like a human baby.

The baby will have attributes which match what kind of creature it is (I.E. Yashi has fox ears and tail, Xerk has tenticals on his head). Congratulations, you've gotten yourself a child. This baby is just like any human child, with a few differences.

While they do not have full powers, their personality is affected by what they once were, and sometimes, depending on the strength of the child, may be able to have a basic concept of their magics. I.E. A moon baby may be able to make the lights go out.

It's your job to care for them as a mother or father would their child. Feed, clothe, diaper (yes, diaper!), and play with them.

Your little baby is growing up. This is the stage they learn those important motor skills needed in life, such as speech and...well walking. They have a general grasp of the world, and their personality begins to show. What they are has some effect on your child. A moon child may be reserved and bright, with the occasional mood swing, a love child may be sweet and affectionate. While the way you bring them up has the majority effect on the child, their element does influence.

Dreams start to come at this stage. Tiny bits and pieces of their past. Nothing that they're likely to remember - and they're not all bad. But they are there. Don't be surprised if they wake up in the middle of the night from strange nightmares.

Ah...So time marches on and your child has grown into a beautiful little kid. This means they'll be getting into trouble like all children do. How well behaved they are depends on your parenting and the child's personality, however. This is where it begins to show how good a parent you have been. Their powers have developed, somewhat, though they're still very hard to control. Keep in mind that they do not go into knowing their powers automatically. They must train them in order to get a hang of them. And you have to help them, even if you're not magically inclined to do so.

More dreams, as well. They're clearer now then they were as a toddler. They can remember bits and pieces, and they're more vivid. Some are longer than others, some are in small bits and pieces. They're also more frequent.

The beginning of the end is near. Your child is a teenager. Every parent's worst nightmare; the angsty, life sucks, kill me period in a child's life. (Well, not EVERY child...but...still). Here is the true test of your parenting. Where what you've taught them all their lives, good and bad, right and wrong, do's and do not's come into play. They mostly on their own now, wanting freedom. If you've done it right, they may still want to hang around you, though don't count on it. They're teenagers. (Ya know, that point in life where parent's become REALLY uncool? Yeah. That.)

This is probably the hardest stage in your child's life. This is where they learn about their past lives. Why they died, how they died, why they were trapped in death. Why they had been unable to move on...and why they were given a second chance.

There's nothing you can do, either. You can't prevent it, because you have nothing to do with it. Their memories will have come back. They will know. The only thing you can do is be there for them when they need it - whether they come to you or not depends on the child and how you brought them up. Especially, how close you are to them.
They can also have children in this stage - though we would prefer to wait until youth or adult hood for that responsibility.

Near the end of their teenage stage, they will begin their quest for Youth. This quest involves facing past demons in an attempt to overcome their pasts.

So they know the truth now. They know what they are, who they were. And now they're beautiful young adults. Their powers would have grown significantly with the memory of their pasts. How they're able to control it, or if they are, is really up to them. How they train and how they practice. They can choose to not do anything about them at all, and let them lay dormant forever. Or, they can embrace their gifts.

They're out of the house by now (or SHOULD be...I mean, they're nearly adults, right?) and on their own. Once more, it depends on your relationship with them whether or not they visit you, live with you, or despise you.

This stage is just as hard as their Teenage stage. At this point, they have not only learned of how they lived and died before, they have faced those who caused their death - be it in a dream or physically should they still be alive. Their Adult quest is returning to the place of their previous life in an attempt to take something (Mentally, or physically) from where they came.

This stage is the last stage that all will go through. Here is the cross roads where their powers come into play. Have they trained them through their lives? Have they shunned them? Have they decided to live as a human, rather than a being of great power? All of these factor into if they move on to the final two stages or not.

If they've molded their power, if they've learned how to control it, embraced their gifts, they can, if they so choose, move on to the rank of Sorceress or Sorcerer.

If they've shunned their powers, have not practiced, and haven't been able to light their wand to radiance again, they must remain an adult, a regular human with very little power. For powers only grow with concentration.
However, if they have not studied, nor trained their powers up to this stage, it does NOT mean they will be unable to reach their next stage. But it will take a lot of work and determination to be able to do so. And they run the risk of never making it to the Ancient stage.

This is the second to last stage in your child's life. In order to be able to move on to this stage, your child must have been able to light their wand by sheer power and will. (No, battery packs and strobe lights are NOT allowed and ARE considered cheating...*Twitch*).

In this stage, they are a powerful (or not so powerful, depending on how much they've trained) being adept in magical art. While they're not perfect and still have much to learn about their magics, they are able to do most things having to do with their powers.

Here is the test, though. The last stage, very few reach. Only the most talented and the most determined of Ghost Children can reach their final and ultimate stage in life: An Ancient. An Ancient is the most powerful stage one can achieve, and only through great sacrifice can it be done.
Here, is where they decide to stay as they are...or sacrifice much to move on to the next level of power.

The final stage. The coveted "Ancient" stage of all power. Here is where your child has reached ultimate, unbridled power. Their control over their magic is near flawless and they have inherited a special gift, depending on their power element.

In order to reach this stage, your child must abandon life as they knew it. They must have had no children (For truly, having children lessens magical abilities, as it's passed on to the offspring), and they must have paid the "Blood Price."

What is the Blood Price? Nobody knows for sure...For only one has yet reached this final stage in life.

All that's known about this stage for now, is this is where they meet the one responsible for giving them their second chance. And this, this stage, is where everything is explained to them.

[Kyribird]

The Wands

Baby Ghosts

None

Infants

Toddlers

Kids

Teens

Latest To Grow:

Missing In Action/Deceased
For those whose guardians are inactive.

[Kyribird]

These characters must be based on your own imagination. They must have a distinctive personality. No, that does not mean that they have to be crazy or stand out like a sore thumb. It means they must not be a lump of useless dough - unless that's actually your concept XD which would be amusing.

Keep in mind this, however: GOTP are reborn. They will have a past life. Also keep in mind they will NOT know fully about their past life until their teenage stage.

Also keep in mind, if your character concept doesn't seem as if it'd fit with the shop, you may be asked to modify it or create another one. If your character concept coincides with another existing GOTP, I.E. Has relatively the same background, personality, or powers etc you may be asked to modify or create another one. Creatures cannot be doubled up.

Cost: 30k

All flatsales will be RP-prompt. There are two kinds. In the first kind, A Speed Flatsale, A time will be announced, and as soon as I say "Go" you have One hour from that time to enter. In the second kind, you will have a week to come up with your concept.

Once the winner (Or Winners, depending on how many I do) are chosen, I expect the trade to be sent within 24 hours or the Ghost of the Past will be passed on to the next place winner. Keep in mind you need a completely original character concept to be able to obtain a GOTP.

Expected Flatsale Information:

[b]Name[/b]
[b]Abilities (Based on given creature)[/b]
[b]Information on their previous life[/b]
[b]Personality from baby to adult. [/b](Baby is most important. The others are a basic outline - for we all know that RP Changes things. Changes, however, should be noted on growth forms.)
[b]General likes and dislikes[/b]
[b]Hobbies[/b]
[b]One or two specific features on the child.[/b] This can include hair and eye colors, distinctive markings/birthmarks, or a number of other things. However, you dont get to choose fully how your baby looks unless you get a custom.

Custom Slots will sometimes be opened up. With a custom, you choose EVERYTHING about your GoTP child - even the way the wand looks.

Customs will cost 500k

I also don't want all powerful 'I Shall Smite Thee' gods. Keep that in mind when creating your character concept.

Expected Custom Information:

[b]Name[/b]
[b]Gender[/b]
[b]Abilities[/b]
[b]Race/Species/Element[/b]
[b]Information on their previous life[/b]
[b]Personality from baby to adult[/b] (Baby is most important. The others are a basic outline - for we all know that RP Changes things. Changes, however, should be noted on growth forms.)
[b]Hair and eye colors[/b]
[b]Physical description From Wand-Adult[/b]
[b]Distinctive Marks[/b]
[b]General likes and dislikes[/b]
[b]Hobbies[/b]

You may include more (infact, it's almost preferred!), but those are some of the things I -expect- in your concept. Please also keep in mind that your character must be magically inclined in -some- way and have died a horrible, wrong, or painful death. Also, brownie points if you include a guardian character concept as well.

Expected Semi-Custom Information:

[b]Name[/b]
[b]Gender[/b]
[b]Species/Race/Element[/b] (Depending on the KIND of Semi Custom, you may not be able to choose this.)
[b]Abilities[/b]
[b]Information on their previous life[/b]
[b]Personality from baby to adult[/b] (Baby is most important. The others are a basic outline - for we all know that RP Changes things. Changes, however, should be noted on growth forms.)
[b]Physical description of Wand[/b]
[b]3 Physical Traits[/b] This can include hair and eye colors, distinctive markings/birthmarks, or a number of other things.
[b]General likes and dislikes[/b]
[b]Hobbies[/b]

Semi-Customs are a bit different from customs. They offer you the ability to choose gender, 3 physical traits, and the way the wand stage looks. Depending on the KIND of semi-custom, you may also be able to choose the species.

A good concept form makes me WANT to give you a wand. Free of charge. I probably wont, but...It's good to make me want to do it. You can find a LOVELY Example with Enoh's Zasalamel found Here


Slots

1. CLOSED
2. CLOSED
3. CLOSED

If you see a custom slot open and want it, send a trade along with your character concept sheet to Ianna Umbridge. ^_~ If I get multiple requests within a 5 minute time period, I -will- choose the concept that I like the best, so be SURE to make it as good as possible. You will also get brownie points if you also do a guardian concept in your request.

All auctions will start at 35k and have a 1k increment. There will almost always be an auto buy.

Pet trades won't happen very often and there are only a few I'd accept right off the bat. Feel free to try - but honestly, it's not likely.

• Forgotten Documents (Enki ;o; )
  
• Shattered
  
• ICRS
  
• Cabbage Patch
  
• D-Corp
  
• Lab 305
  
  

Slots

1. Closed

Closed

• 100 Sealeds/Letters of the month
  
• OMG
  
• Angelic Sash
  
• Devil Tail
  
• Nitemare/Angelic Minis
  
• Gemback Lion Mask

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Auctions:

None Planned

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Flatsales:

None Planned

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Raffles:

None Planned

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Contests:

Rumor of a 1 child concept contest by Pukio ninja

Guest Artist Lineup

Here is where I'm keeping track of artists who've agreed to do a guest-artist slot. Artists in Regular type have been confirmed. Artists in bold type have already done one. Artists in Italic type are a maybe. IF you would like to do a guest slot, PLEASE pm Kyribird with a link to some of your art.

• Kipestshin
  
• Tooaya
  
• Cheshire
  
• Anya! XD
  
• Syrie
  
• Flarie
  
• Prolixity
  
  
  

[Kyribird]

Growth is now based on activity rather than a list of requirements that need to be filled. When I notice activity (Trust me, I DO check journals and the guild often!) then I will issue child-specific quests from stages Wand - Toddler.

Growing to Kid and up, you will need to submit a growth request to the mule using the growth form. I will check your activity, and should I deem it appropriate, I'll send the form to the artist. In the time before the art's done, you may continue to RP at the stage the child's currently at, and on the side write the quest (unless you'd rather wait until the art is done to do so). Once the art is done I'll give you the OK to post your quest.I don't want requests just because the minimum time is up!

This way, nobody's in limbo waiting on art and you can continue to RP freely without having to worry.

This means that you don't have to do journal entries if you don't like, RPs with other kids outside of GoTP count towards activity, and you pretty much can choose what kind of activity you want to have. You don't have a daunting list of things you have to do. The only exception to this rule is the mandatory meetings with Ianna or Matilda in Youth and Adult, the growth post, and the required quests.

Minimum Time Requirements:

Stage 1: Wand

1 Week

Stage 2: Baby Ghost

2 Weeks

Stage 3: Baby

1 Month

Stage 4: Toddler

3 Months

Stage 5: Kid

3 Months

Stage 6: Teen

3 Months

Stage 7: Youth

4 Months

Stage 8: Adult

5 Months


Simplified:

1) RP. Be active. Post in your journal (I only check journal for activity. If it's not there, I'm not counting it for growth, so if you RP, link to it or archive it)

2) Wand through Toddler: I will send you a quest when I deem you've had enough activity. You fill out and send me a growth form, I send it on to artist (Baby & Toddler). Artist will then work on art, and once it's done, I will give you the OK to post your quest in your journal. Kid grows.

3) To Kid+ you send in your growth request to me when you feel your child is ready to grow. I check activity and give you the OK or deny it. You send me the form, I send it to artist. Once art is done, I tell you it's okay to post your quest. Kid grows.

The Form

[size=11][b]Child's Name:[/b]
[b]Growing To:[/b]
[b]How do they look when they grow?:[/b] (No editing this once you submit it >.>)
[b]Personality for this stage:[/b] (This effects pose..facial expression...its important)
[b]Additional information:[/b] (I.E...Have you got any specific items...or...something...you want added? Or anything you just want us to know?)
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[Kyribird]

What IS A Ghost Of The Past?

Ghosts of the Past are creatures are creatures that have magic or were born OF magic and who have died a horrible, painful, or wrongful death. Because of this, and the spell Matilda had cast so long ago, their soul was trapped in a wand which related to them and their powers. As a result, they were trapped halfway between life and halfway between death until their wand was unearthed and brought to life.

Okay...So...How do I get one?

Check the Availability post. If there's none available, I'm sorry but there's none available.

Aw....=( I want one. Is there ANY way..?

There are Autobuys and Petrades - but the pet trade must be on my list =)

Can I have more than one?

Once your child is a teenager you may get a second child.

Okay, so what if I get one, and I'm good at RPing it, but I have to take a haitus?

That's fine. But please mail Ianna Umbridge letting me know if that's the case, and how long you suspect you'll have to take one for. If a week passes after the date you specified with no more notification, I reserve the right to Re-home your child.

What if I want the art but don't want to RP it?

Then you don't get the art. These are long-term and heavily RP'd children. They're not pets, really at all.

GOTP? What the hell is that?

The abbriviated version of Ghosts of the Past. Which can be a little tiresome to type out =^)

Can I have a free one?

No.

But you gave -insert name here- a free one!

You're not them =)

If I don't have one, am I welcome to talk on this thread/join guild?

Of COURSE! You do NOT need a wand to RP here with us. We don't bite =) Please feel free!

And yes, you can join the guild!

Who is Ianna?

Ianna is the one who found Matilda's wand and brought her back into this world. She is the one who retrieves the awakening wands.

Can I buy one for another person?

Hmm, Yes, but THEY need to submit the character concept and RP sample...not you. And you need to be sure that they'll be able to RP it.

Co-owning okay?

No...I'm sorry. It gets sticky if two people play the same character.

Okay, so my wand is a [insert mythical animal here]. In their past lives, were they human as they would be in this life, or were they the actual mythical creature?

Good question! They were the actual mythical creature. HOWEVER. They had human intelligence and could speak. They also had abilities and if you so choose, they may have been able to have a human FORM.

I want to have a GoTP who was Bast (or another specific person in a myth/legend/story) in their past life. Is that okay?

If it doesn't have character development or a developed past life in the actual story, isn't a God/Goddess, and has a species attatched to it other than human, it's fair game.

I.E. You could use Pegasus because he's general.

You COULDN'T use Hercules because he's developed.

Can there be more than one of the same type? Like, totally different, but same species?

No. There cannot be. Sorry =D

Do they have the same name as their past selves?

Okay, let me say this LOUD and CLEAR. No they do not! How could they? Their guardians don't know their past ^_~ And neither do they. Therefore, their past names will definitely be different from their original name.

Coailiann's original name was Bebhinn, for example.

Okay, I look at your DO NOT WANT list or things that cannot be done and notice that some HAVE been done. Why?

When Ghosts of the Past first started up I had a completely different idea of where it was going and what I wanted to do with it then I do now. Now, after a year in the making, it has far more development then it did when I first started. Things have changed, direction has changed, and thus certain things don't fit any more.

I want ___ creature, but it doesn't have magic. Can I use it?

You'll have to get it approved by both Nozomi and myself, honestly. Some would work, and some would not. For example, Pegasus had no magic to speak of - but it was born OF magic, so it worked.

I have a question but it's not on here!

Please feel free to PM Ianna Umbridge with questions.

[Kyribird]

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