Alveraxus - A Fantasy AresMUSH of Politics and Adventure

[Alveraxus]

We are excited to announce that Alveraxus is opening up for players who wish to join during our Alpha stage.

You can visit us at https://alveraxus.com or connect via alveraxus.com port 4201

What is Alveraxus, you ask? Great question! In short, we are a grimdark fantasy AresMUSH that incorporates dynamics of Lords & Ladies, political scheming, and a diabolical metaplot.

An Empire has risen uniting several disparate lands - the sibling kingdoms of Volaren and Ibarta ruled by complex political maneuvering, the mountainous clans of Storr which laugh at the games their southern neighbors play, and the island nations of Kikari who do their best to do their own thing. Every 18 years, the Empire faces assault from a legion of monstrous, deadly insects. And every 18 years, the balance of power shifts.

During the Alpha, we will be actively running plots and events as we work to test out the two mechanics that we think make us fairly unique - generational time jumps and succession.

Rather than staying fixed in time, we will be fast forwarding 18 IC years after the invasion, tentatively planned to occur every RL year (although the Alpha will be a shorter time frame). This means that characters that survive the invasion may elect to age up or retire, but the children of those characters come to life as characters. You can truly see the merits of that carefully arranged political marriage as the children of that union become playable characters.

We also have a Succession system set up that allows for PCs to aspire to leadership roles, and provides a system for replacing existing leaders. We will be thoroughly testing this during the Alpha, and ultimately want a game where all of the major leaders are PCs, and it is the PCs whose actions dictate who take and retain those positions.

If you don’t want to dive into the politics and backstabbing, but still want to play in a Lords & Ladies or grim fantasy world with a solid metaplot, engaging theme, and active storytellers, there are regions such as Storr that do not engage in that nonsense. We included this so that players can choose the experience they want.

If you are interested in joining us, please visit us at https://alveraxus.com or alveraxus.com port 4201

Thank you!