The End
[ 9/7 - ??? ]

The time has finally come.

It's finally time...for the end of this fairy tale that the characters have found themselves a part of. Originally, the end was a tragic one -- a curse, a lost love, and a forgotten Town. But this time? This time, maybe the characters can fix things, and make for a happier ending.

Please note that this isn't, per se, a proper event. We'll be giving everyone the remaining details necessary for endgame, and then letting you all loose to do with them what you will for the remainder of the month. We will post a log on Saturday, 9/7, for the majority of the threading to do with what's to come, but you are all naturally welcome to make your own posts or logs -- whatever makes the most sense!

Please do not hesitate to use the OOC comm as well to plot with your fellow players and drag everyone into the sorts of aspects of endgame you'd like to play with!

There are three aspects to endgame -- after all, all things in fairy tales come in threes!

1. The first aspect is one that you are all aware of, and that everyone has already dove into! The book that was found beneath the Town has to do with the characters' endings. Anything to do with the characters themselves, what they will experience after the Town, where they will go, what they will remember, what they can do...etc, etc, etc all has to do with what's written in said book. Do your best, everyone!

Without a proper story in the book, the characters will definitely struggle to find the ending they want.

2. The second aspect of endgame is returning color to the Town. This, as many people have guessed, has to do with the magical hen referenced in the original fairy tale on the forum post. Because many people have, over the months, expressed interest in finding said hen, we'd like to make that as interactive and fair as possible! Due to that, we will have sign ups open for those who would like to throw their hats in the ring for actually finding the hen. Sign-ups can be found here. Please sign up by 9/6, 9 PM EST.

Other characters are welcome to try, but they will fail. Any character who goes into the woods this month looking for the hen will find themselves facing increasingly intense fairy tale tests, until they are no longer able to overcome them.

Please feel free to generate your own fairy tale tests at will for your adventuring parties into the woods!

3. The final aspect of endgame is the one that will most likely impact the majority of characters -- because this month, starting Saturday, the trees have stopped playing around, and the woods has lost its patience.

The trees will storm the Town, suddenly able to move much more quickly than one would expect -- and it will be all-out war between the Town and the characters, and the woods. The trees will try to attack the characters, but they will also try to destroy the Town. Either option will be considered a win condition for the woods, so the characters will have to protect not only themselves, but also the Town. After all, if the Town is totally destroyed...well, they'll never be able to really say they experienced a Happily Ever After here.

The trees are magical in nature -- they are stronger, sturdier, and more intense than you'd expect. They can drain color with a touch, from both characters and items in the Town (and even the player's own items from home), so be really careful! But otherwise? They will honestly just try to crush and smash and rip apart anything that's in their way.

And as ever, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here. Thanks, everyone!