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1/2 pt: Half page of flavor, or moderate structural changes.  Great for filling in entries on people and places, but doesn't require a lot of thought or creativity.<br>
 
1/2 pt: Half page of flavor, or moderate structural changes.  Great for filling in entries on people and places, but doesn't require a lot of thought or creativity.<br>
 
1 pt: One or two pages of flavor.  Usually more labor intensive, requiring cross-referencing, and they add new information to the setting.<br>
 
1 pt: One or two pages of flavor.  Usually more labor intensive, requiring cross-referencing, and they add new information to the setting.<br>
2( ?) pts: 3 or more pages.  These entries are really adventures in themselves, and go beyond character exploration into character development.<br><br>
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2(+?) pts: 3 or more pages.  These entries are really adventures in themselves, and go beyond character exploration into character development.<br><br>
 
 
  
 
==Hans Andersen==
 
==Hans Andersen==
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# New: [[Sha Yan Shi and the Monkey-Picked Messenger]].  I'm enjoying this *way* too much.
 
# New: [[Sha Yan Shi and the Monkey-Picked Messenger]].  I'm enjoying this *way* too much.
 
# New: [[The Fivefold Chronology]] - Intended as a list of every entry, arranged in game-world chronological order (regardless of author and date of composition), cross-referenced by subplot.  Lots of cleanup and formatting and typo-fixing yet to do.  There's almost certainly chronology errors in there as well.  Also, someone else should volunteer to add in-game calendar dates to the session-headings.
 
# New: [[The Fivefold Chronology]] - Intended as a list of every entry, arranged in game-world chronological order (regardless of author and date of composition), cross-referenced by subplot.  Lots of cleanup and formatting and typo-fixing yet to do.  There's almost certainly chronology errors in there as well.  Also, someone else should volunteer to add in-game calendar dates to the session-headings.
# Updated: [[The Fivefold Chronology]] - Fixed the broken links, and added commentary about the ordering scheme.  Added a link off of the main page.
 
 
(2/11) Meanwhile... (Darkening Skies)
 
 
# New: [[The Second Southern Expedition]] - Added Part 1: "Not One Tiger Warrior"
 
# Updated: [[The Second Southern Expedition]] - Added "A Conspiracy of Virtue"
 
# Updated: [[The Second Southern Expedition]] - Added "No Man's Land".  I'm tempted break this tale into multiple pages, in which case "No Man's Land" will probably be reclassified as "Daybringers Gaiden 7.5: What Might have Been".  If for no reason other than to goad David into finishing DB8.  Curse you Hans!
 
# The Chronology-monkeys have been busy; the Second Southern Expedition has been split into [[Not One Tiger Warrior]], [[A Conspiracy of Virtue]], and [[Gaiden 7.5]], with more coming soon.
 
 
(2/17) Meanwhile... (Sapphire's Bad Day)
 
 
# New: [[Sha Yan Shi and the Mandate of Heaven]] - Best. Topic. Title. EVAR.
 
# New: [[Powder Kegs (and other delicate matters)]]
 
# New: [[Divine Intervention]] - Fun with evil, evil, evil cliffhangers;  You are a horrible, horrible man, Hans Christian Andersen. :)  -  JK
 
# New: [[Hurry Home, Sweet Voice]] - The funny part is, Jason, there was only a ninety-minute window of truly-evil cliffhanger-dom before I posted this next part.  Not that there's any real resolution, but still.
 
# New: [[Sha Yan Shi and the Law of the Pack]] - The problem with being a half-caste in a full-moon world is that you have to deal with... another Evil, Evil, Cliffhanger!  Mwa ha ha! ''She '''''did not''''' just say "In the name of the Moon, I will punish you"...?! -mac''
 
# New: [[Sha Yan Shi and the Long Dark Night]] - What?  No cliffhanger?  Inconceivable!
 
# New: [[Agathon's Findings]] - I wrote this ages ago to explore the events that brought Agathon into disgrace in Lookshy, but forgot to post it.  With Marta's wedding and Soho's impending trial, it's suddenly quite relevant.  ''You know that nothing links to it right now but this Talk page, right?  :) - JK''  (''Yeah, posted it this morning before work.  Haven't yet decided the best place to put it... okay, Agathon's entry links to it now. - HCA'')
 
# Updated:  [[The Fivefold Chronology]] - Added the last several sessions' worth of entries.  The simian scribes were uncertain of the timing of some of them, particularly Jason's works.
 
 
(2/24) Secret Teachings of Secret Avalanche (Going to Ground)
 
 
# New: [[Gaiden 7.6]]: Soho no baka! - This was going to be the last entry in the Second Southern Expedition, but then it got melodramatic enough that I was forced to reclassify it as Daybringers Gaiden.  Such a shame that I couldn't number it 8.5.  ''(goad, goad!  -HCA)''  Can something really count as Daybringers' Gaiden if it doesn't actually contain any reference to the Daybringers? - JK  (Crap, I *knew* I forgot a crucial detail.  Expect an edit sometime soon.)
 
# New: [[Peleps Deled's Vault]] - [[Storm of Amber]] is not the only exalt seeking the Third-Arm Glaive...
 
 
(3/10) A Long-Awaited Party (?)
 
 
# New: [[Shai Mei's Place]] - The Little Tree vanquishes a nasty hangover...
 
 
  
 
==David Drake==
 
==David Drake==
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--battle of three forces, 8/12--
 
--battle of three forces, 8/12--
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# New: [[Battle of Breaking Iron]] is complete (first draft).
 
# New: [[Battle of Breaking Iron]] is complete (first draft).
  
 
--failure and intrigue, 8/20--
 
--failure and intrigue, 8/20--
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# New: [[Kena]], that seductress, added.
 
# New: [[Kena]], that seductress, added.
 
# New: [[The Divisions]], the list of good and bad little spirits.
 
# New: [[The Divisions]], the list of good and bad little spirits.
  
 
--The Halls of Venus, 9/2--
 
--The Halls of Venus, 9/2--
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# New: [[Scales of the Dragon]], the white jade superheavy plate.
 
# New: [[Scales of the Dragon]], the white jade superheavy plate.
 
# New: [[The Halls of Venus]].
 
# New: [[The Halls of Venus]].
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--The City Mastered, 9/16--
 
--The City Mastered, 9/16--
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# New: [[A School For All]]: (3/4) news spreads of a school beginning operation in the Plum Blossom Retreat.
 
# New: [[A School For All]]: (3/4) news spreads of a school beginning operation in the Plum Blossom Retreat.
 
# New: [[Spring Market]]: (2/2) Rivers tries to have fun (A compilation project!)
 
# New: [[Spring Market]]: (2/2) Rivers tries to have fun (A compilation project!)
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--Lookshy Strikes Back... err... First, 9/30--
 
--Lookshy Strikes Back... err... First, 9/30--
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# New: [[Chronicles of the Daybringers]]: My totally serious, dark take on what could happen when one of our teams leaves home.
 
# New: [[Chronicles of the Daybringers]]: My totally serious, dark take on what could happen when one of our teams leaves home.
 
# Expanded: [[Kena]]: Once again, mostly about love, sorcery, and the relationship between Rivers and his mentor.
 
# Expanded: [[Kena]]: Once again, mostly about love, sorcery, and the relationship between Rivers and his mentor.
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--Civil War Averted, 10/7--
 
--Civil War Averted, 10/7--
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# New: [[Chapter 2]]: Gunzosha Powered Armor: Sure it's sexy, but in the summer?
 
# New: [[Chapter 2]]: Gunzosha Powered Armor: Sure it's sexy, but in the summer?
 
# New: [[The Bandit King]]: As you get older, the toys just get bigger.
 
# New: [[The Bandit King]]: As you get older, the toys just get bigger.
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--Usurpation and Betrayal: Bloody Roots, Bloody Lips, 10/21--
 
--Usurpation and Betrayal: Bloody Roots, Bloody Lips, 10/21--
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# New: [[An Early Departure]]
 
# New: [[An Early Departure]]
 
# New: [[Site 1: Firewander]]
 
# New: [[Site 1: Firewander]]
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--Oops: 11/4--
 
--Oops: 11/4--
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# New: Daybringers [[Chapter 5]]: Sagacious Shu Zhuang.
 
# New: Daybringers [[Chapter 5]]: Sagacious Shu Zhuang.
 
# New: The [[Cerulean Sage]]: Preparing to learn a new style once snake is finished.
 
# New: The [[Cerulean Sage]]: Preparing to learn a new style once snake is finished.
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--Faces of the Enemy (Messages and their Bearers): 12/16/06--
 
--Faces of the Enemy (Messages and their Bearers): 12/16/06--
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# Expanded: [[Mayhiros Tesos]].
 
# Expanded: [[Mayhiros Tesos]].
 
# New: Added [[Walker in Darkness]] and three of his servants as blank stubs.
 
# New: Added [[Walker in Darkness]] and three of his servants as blank stubs.
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--A Trial of Valor: 12/30/06--
 
--A Trial of Valor: 12/30/06--
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# New: [[Crucible of Celestial Portion]]: It's River's job, so it's off screen, but that doesn't mean it's trivial.
 
# New: [[Crucible of Celestial Portion]]: It's River's job, so it's off screen, but that doesn't mean it's trivial.
  
 
--The Consequences of Action: 1/6/07--
 
--The Consequences of Action: 1/6/07--
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# Expanded: [[The Southern Expedition]]: The End and the Beginning.
 
# Expanded: [[The Southern Expedition]]: The End and the Beginning.
 
# New: [[Amilar Vondy]]: Lookshy politics have grown less subtle of late.
 
# New: [[Amilar Vondy]]: Lookshy politics have grown less subtle of late.
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# Edited: Collected gens Amilar under one banner.  The house is at the very least neutral, as its head appears to be.
 
# Edited: Collected gens Amilar under one banner.  The house is at the very least neutral, as its head appears to be.
  
--The Righteous Strike Back: 1/13/07--
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--The Righteous Strike Back: 1/13/06--
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# New: [[Open Skies Above]]: Sorry, you're not invited, but you can still send gifts.  Hearthstones are preferred.
 
# New: [[Open Skies Above]]: Sorry, you're not invited, but you can still send gifts.  Hearthstones are preferred.
 
# New: [[Putting Out Fires]]: Rivers and Skies and busting heads.
 
# New: [[Putting Out Fires]]: Rivers and Skies and busting heads.
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# New: [[The Headless]]: Pity Wu.
 
# New: [[The Headless]]: Pity Wu.
  
--Distant Peals of Thunder: 1/20/07--
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--Distant Peals of Thunder: 1/20/06--
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# New: [[Applications of Enlightenment]]: New page for organizing custom charms, since 1/2 of the players have them.   
 
# New: [[Applications of Enlightenment]]: New page for organizing custom charms, since 1/2 of the players have them.   
 
# New: [[Defy the Armor's Dream]]: Posted the one custom charm that I have in full (I don't have the virtue listed for the spirit charms you sent me, Jason.  Sorry!)
 
# New: [[Defy the Armor's Dream]]: Posted the one custom charm that I have in full (I don't have the virtue listed for the spirit charms you sent me, Jason.  Sorry!)
# Edited: [[The Fivefold Chronology]]: Added dates as far back as I have them recorded as gm.
 
 
--Wind in the Doorway: 1/27/07--
 
# Expanded: [[Solar-Forged Glories]]: Added a couple of the artifacts from last session.
 
# Picture: [[Sun-Blackened Pinions]]: Crane.
 
# Expanded: [[Rivers Between Us]]: Tossed up his intimacies for funsies.
 
 
--Darkening Skies: 2/10/07--
 
# New: [[Secret Avalanche]] gets his own page.  I wish I could have written it... without the crappy writing.
 
# New: [[Root of the East]], Rivers' trusted advisor.  Poor devil.
 
 
--Cloud Break: 3/10/07--
 
# New: [[Chapter 8]]: At last.  So many double meanings it will take eight fully independent and flurry-able simultaneous actions to shake a stick at them!
 
 
--Tree Hunting: 3/17/07--
 
# Expanded: [[Cerulean Sage]]: Decided he should really be a divinity, and then brought him in to start teaching Rivers.
 
# Added: [[Outside the Bear's Cave]]: The next story will begin soon.  You are ready.  Are they?
 
 
  
 
==Jason Kalivas==
 
==Jason Kalivas==
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# (7/31) Added [[Grassfoot]]
 
# (7/31) Added [[Grassfoot]]
 
# (7/31) Added [[Amilar Amaki]]
 
# (7/31) Added [[Amilar Amaki]]
# (8/01) Moved River's Automata on the front page, under the [[Heaven's_Mandate#The_Book_and_the_Sword|Book and the Sword]] heading, since they're created things and not actual characters.   
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# (8/01) Moved River's Automata on the front page, under the [[Heaven%27s_Mandate#The_Book_and_the_Sword|Book and the Sword]] heading, since they're created things and not actual characters.   
 
# (8/01) Changed the formatting for [[An Oathsworn Circle]] to make [[River's Contacts]] stand out better.
 
# (8/01) Changed the formatting for [[An Oathsworn Circle]] to make [[River's Contacts]] stand out better.
 
# (8/05) Edited David's [[Othoclase]] page, for added evil.
 
# (8/05) Edited David's [[Othoclase]] page, for added evil.
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'''10/28: Game Day! Insults Answered'''
 
'''10/28: Game Day! Insults Answered'''
 
# (10/29) Added [[Perfected Vigilance of Stone]]
 
# (10/29) Added [[Perfected Vigilance of Stone]]
# (10/29) Reorganized [[Heaven's_Mandate#Records_of_the_Grand_Historian|Records of the Grand Historian]] for clarity; includes moving [[My Town]] to [[Nexus]]
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# (10/29) Reorganized [[Heaven%27s_Mandate#Records_of_the_Grand_Historian|Records of the Grand Historian]] for clarity; includes moving [[My Town]] to [[Nexus]]
 
# (10/29) Added [[War Games]]
 
# (10/29) Added [[War Games]]
 
# (10/29) Added [[A Web Spun From Water]]
 
# (10/29) Added [[A Web Spun From Water]]
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'''1/06: Game Day!  Consequences of Action'''
 
'''1/06: Game Day!  Consequences of Action'''
 
# (1/07) Changed [[A Web Spun From Water]] and [[Storm's Eye Hill]] to account for more defined genders/roles in the [[The Xuan Wu Academy]]
 
# (1/07) Changed [[A Web Spun From Water]] and [[Storm's Eye Hill]] to account for more defined genders/roles in the [[The Xuan Wu Academy]]
# (1/07) Created [[The Soft Breath of Seasons]] and [[Chronicle of the Cycles of Time]] to clear up [[Heaven's_Mandate#Records_of_the_Grand_Historian|Records of the Grand Historian]] on the Main Page
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# (1/07) Created [[The Soft Breath of Seasons]] and [[Chronicle of the Cycles of Time]] to clear up [[Heaven%27s_Mandate#Records_of_the_Grand_Historian|Records of the Grand Historian]] on the Main Page
 
# (1/07) Added [[Nama Bi]]
 
# (1/07) Added [[Nama Bi]]
 
# (1/07) Added "In the Dragon's Wake" to [[Storm's Eye Hill]]
 
# (1/07) Added "In the Dragon's Wake" to [[Storm's Eye Hill]]
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# (1/19) Added [[Scattered Hoof-beats Sound]]
 
# (1/19) Added [[Scattered Hoof-beats Sound]]
  
'''1/20: Game Day!  Distant Peals of Thunder'''
 
# (1/24) Added [[The Righteous Stair]]
 
  
'''1/27: Game Day! Wind in the Doorway'''
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==Lukas Myhan==
# (1/28) Added [[Choshu Aya]].
 
# (2/05) Added Intimacies for [[Storm of Amber]], [[Sweet Voice of Brass and Glory]], [[Cathak Nekuto]], [[Choshu Ishi]] and [[Choshu Aya]]; Storm's are complete, the rest still have some to add, in time.
 
# (2/05) Added [[Strategies For Mountains and Valleys]]
 
# (2/05) Edited [[Scattered Hoof-beats Sound]] to improve the quality.
 
# (2/08) Added [[Three Visits For the Brass Lady]].
 
# (2/08) Added [[House of Courage]].
 
# (2/08) Added "In Mountains, Occupy the Heights" to [[Strategies For Mountains and Valleys]].
 
 
 
'''2/10: Game Day! Darkening Skies'''
 
# (2/11) Added "In Valleys, Deploy for Defense" to [[Strategies For Mountains and Valleys]].
 
# (2/11) Added the [[Pearl of Castigation]] to our hearthstones.
 
# (2/15) Added [[The Five Changes of Fire]]
 
 
 
'''2/17: Game Day!  Sapphire's Bad Day'''
 
# (2/17) Added [[Voices Prophesying War]]
 
# (2/18) Added "The Answer to the Earth" to [[Three Visits For the Brass Lady]]; anyone who gets the joke gets mad props from me.
 
# (2/18) Added "The Red Queen" to [[Three Visits For the Brass Lady]]
 
# (2/20) Added "Two Ladies and a Legion of Brass" to [[Three Visits For the Brass Lady]]; feedback especially appreciated on this one, I'm not sure how I feel about the writing. ''I liked it. Although...are you sure you can't work in a truly heinous cliffhanger ending? -mac''
 
# (2/20) Rewrote ""Two Ladies and a Legion of Brass" on [[Three Visits For the Brass Lady]], for added bureaucracy; I'm much, much happier with this version
 
# (2/20) Added [[Tactics For Hosts and Guests]], thus initiating the final chapter in the first Choshu Ishi story; tales of his exploits in the south remain to be heard.
 
# (2/23) Rewrote [[Tactics For Hosts and Guests]].  Sorry, I'm feeling a bit perfectionistic this week.
 
 
 
'''2/24: Game Day!  Going to Ground'''
 
# (2/25) Added "On Home Ground, Initiate No Action" to [[Tactics For Hosts and Guests]].
 
# (2/25) Added "On Foreign Ground, Strike Deep" to [[Tactics For Hosts and Guests]].
 
# (2/27) Added [[Hidden Riches]].  I feel bad for Choshu Ishi.  Really I do.
 
# (3/02) Added [[Choshu Ishi Versus The Zombies]]
 
# (3/02) Added "Night of the Living Dead" to [[Choshu Ishi Versus The Zombies]]; in which the Ivory Dragon finally gets some respect.
 
 
 
'''3/03: Game Day! '''
 
# (3/08) Added [[A Two-Stone Game]]
 
# (3/09) Added [[The Fate of Flowers in the Mirror]]
 
 
 
'''4/07: Game Day! '''
 
# (4/12) Added [[Mayhiros Xenon]]
 
# (4/12) Added [[The Oath of the Glaive]]
 
 
 
 
 
'''5/26: Game Day! '''
 
# (9/16) Added [[Seeking the Stallion-Lord's Shelter]]
 
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-- 8/12: Battle of Three Forces
  
==Lukas Myhan==
 
-- 8/12: Battle of Three Forces
 
 
# (8/20): Added [[The Well of Roots]]
 
# (8/20): Added [[The Well of Roots]]
 
# (8/20): Added [[Lun Kuai's Letter]]
 
# (8/20): Added [[Lun Kuai's Letter]]
  
 
-- 8/20: Failure and Intrigue
 
-- 8/20: Failure and Intrigue
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# (9/02): Added two sections to [[Allat]]
 
# (9/02): Added two sections to [[Allat]]
  
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--9/16: The City Mastered
 
--9/16: The City Mastered
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# (9/25): Added [[Tokaki Kui]]
 
# (9/25): Added [[Tokaki Kui]]
 
# (9/29): Contributed last 4 paragraphs to [[The First Generation]]
 
# (9/29): Contributed last 4 paragraphs to [[The First Generation]]
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-- 9/30: Lookshy Strikes Back... err... First
 
-- 9/30: Lookshy Strikes Back... err... First
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# (10/06): Added [[Iselsi Augus]]
 
# (10/06): Added [[Iselsi Augus]]
  
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# (10/20) Added Part One (of [[Sapphire River at Midnight]]'s background)
 
# (10/20) Added Part One (of [[Sapphire River at Midnight]]'s background)
 
# (10/28) Added Part Two (of [[Sapphire River at Midnight]]'s background)
 
# (10/28) Added Part Two (of [[Sapphire River at Midnight]]'s background)
 
  
 
'''12/16 Game Day! Messages and Their Bearers'''
 
'''12/16 Game Day! Messages and Their Bearers'''
 
# Working on [[The Price You Pay]]
 
# Working on [[The Price You Pay]]
 
# Working on Part Three
 
# Working on Part Three
 
 
'''1/20 Game Day! Distant Peals of Thunder'''
 
# New: Sapphire's Stats are [[Sapphire River at Midnight|here]]
 
# Updated: Edited [[Hearthstones]] to add Sapphire's hearthstones
 
# Updated: Edited [[Solar-Forged Glories]] to add Sapphire's artifacts
 
 
 
'''2/10 Game Day! Darkening Skies'''
 
# Updated: Edited [[Sapphire River at Midnight|Sapphire's stats]]
 
# Updated: Added Charms spreadsheet [http://www.lesleymac.com/ex/exaltcharms.xls here]
 
# Updated: Part Two of [[Sapphire's Past]] edited extensively
 
# New: Added Hsuan Lin's [[Hsuan Lin|stats]]
 
 
 
'''2/17 Game Day! Sapphire's Bad Day'''<br/>
 
''Honestly, sometimes I wonder if anyone likes anything they write.''
 
<br/>This week, it is my intention to finish at least three articles and add them to the wiki. Wish me luck! and/or mock me mercilessly should I fail.<br/>
 
# New: it will be called [[Walls and Tall Shadows]]
 
# New: it will be called [[Sapphire's Bad Day]]
 
# New: it will be called [[A Gift of Blades]]
 
# Updated: Finished spending Hsuan Lin's banked exp and updated her [[Hsuan Lin|stats]]
 
# Updated: Edited several articles, mainly to make character names fit convention
 
# Updated: Changed the structure of things. "Sapphire's Past" is now located off of her character [[Sapphire River at Midnight|page]]. Also, each section of her past has its own page now. That thing was getting long, and I'm only about half done.
 
  
  
 
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