They call this place The Ruins, the mysterious land to the southeast where the forest meets the sea. It is a warm, wet, swampy place, split into two by a vast river, with its axis at the heart of an old human town. It is full of mysteries and secrets, of otherworldly whispers and vanished races. But more than that, it is a place of revolution. For the leaders of the five great herds have decided that this place, a place of new wonder and unknown peril, will be the setting for the greatest experiment in their history: to see if, at long last, the five breeds of unicorns can live together in something resembling peace.

For some, the call for change is enough. For others, it is the promise of peace. Those less idealistic come in search of land for their own, to make a new homeland. Some come to keep pure blood and culture, and stop the madness their rulers have unleashed.

For whatever, reason, though, they come. The oreille, the veleno, the rama, pellame, and masse. Of all breeds, of all lands, of all walks of life, they come. They come to see what can be made in the ruins...

[Nelle Rovine is a unicorn RP, focusing on the mysterious, the dangerous, the bizzare, and the unique, while telling the stories and fates of those unicorns who have chosen to gather in The Ruins. Please read the pages on the top row of links for more information before making a character.]

Plot Updates (Spring)

The near-rotted remains of an old human ship have washed up on the shore of the beach; there may be treasure in there, for the bold who can get inside before the tide takes it away again...Provided they can also get out.

Deme's News: IMPORTANT UPDATE!, updated for the next week

This is important, so listen up!
I've decided that if we can't make some steady improvement on the site before the end of this next summer (August 31st, let's say), then I'm shutting us down. If we can make any stable, lasting improvement, then we'll keep going.

Now, to help us with that, every week I'm going to keep a count of the posts made. That's going to be added to the monthly posts, and the monthly new member count. Anyone who can help those numbers go up or hold at a non-zero stability will be rewarded in some way, as I find the time, particularly for adding new members.

This Month's New Members: 0
This Month's Posts: 1
This Week's Posts: 1

Older News:

I'm once again going on a hunt for new and active members! Please post when you can: I'm currently raising the KP bar for 2 an IC-post.

Oh, and if anyone has any idea of what we should do for our fourth anniversery (this February, believe it or not!), please suggest it on the appropriate board.

Contests: Messenger Auditions

((This is a repost of an old contest thread from the pervious host))

OK, the messengers-as-adoptables thing isn't working out. No one seems to want to adopt them, and that's not working very well. So we're trying a different tact:

You, yes, you, create your own messenger character. There will be one for each breed, and we'll chose them as we see fit. There's no deadline here. (in the meanwhile, our old messengers will still be up for adoption)

The rules are as follows:

Site is up!

And the people did rejoice and did feast upon the lambs, and toads, and tree-sloths, and fruit-bats, and orang-utans, and breakfast cereals ...