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There are rumors that a forest dwells here, but upon coming.. you only see an empty field. You may stick around, or leave. But, regardless of your choice, the rumors were right..technically. A forest did exist here, and does. It is only sighted on certain nights, and certain days...

Only the ones who dwell inside this forest knows why, and they alone must suffer their fate to be frozen within time, itself. Time has a strange pause when it comes to this forest, and only the forest dwellers within are also affected by this. For within this forest, four elders roam it and cast their powerful magic. Yet, it is not their choice that the forest disappears or that it is frozen in time. It is the forest that seems to have a mind of its own. The elders simply guide it to where it reappears into the field.. and when it reappears as well...

Travelers who accidentally stumble upon the forest for its brief visit need to leave the forest before it disappears again. The dwellers in the forest help by keeping trespassers out. But, if a traveler were to be trapped in the forest when the forest disappears... they'll find themselves sent to a random time zone in the past. Since they are not connected to the forest, the traveler will not travel with the forest. Thus, it will suddenly be clear that now the traveler is sent back in time, and lost within it.

However, thankfully because of the elders of the forest.... that traveler isn't truly lost. If a one of the forest dwellers inform one of the elders of the traveler, or one of the elders are already aware of the traveler-- It is possible to send the forest to that time zone, and for one of the forest dwellers to go and fetch the traveler. Only the forest dwellers can leave temporarily, as the elders must stay within.


Currently: The forest is nowhere in sight... and in a different time, the forest lays awake in the morning that is ten years before the present...




NOTE: If you do get sent to the past, only rp it here within this topic. You must include some sort of message of it within your post when posting so other players know your character is in the past. This can be done in OOC, or through careful placement within your post style. You could include Location in your post, and put it there as well.

NOTE2:Remember that if you are in the past, no one will really recognize you if you don't orginally live in the Fifth Kingdom, and that where you are sent to is completely random. It could be five years into the past, or twenty years into the past. If you have lived in the Fifth Kingdom in the past, you can rp seeing yourself in the past.

NOTE3: Know that anything you do in the past does not affect the future. Mainly thanks to the traces of the forest on you, though, does it prevent this. Only forest dwellers are allowed to change the past thanks to having the forest's good judgment. Either I, or a crew member, will watch this topic to ensure that changes in the future are fine. I will post, or they will post, in ooc to inform you if you are allowed to change the future in that way or not. If it involves the plot of the roleplay, you may not change it. But, if it is simply one's characters plot that it affects, than most likely it is allowed to change that character's future. If one character is trying to change another character's future, you must have permission from that character's player in order to go further on.

P.S.> More about this forest in the plot.