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Nimue, once upon a time, was a human woman like any other. Apprenticed to Merlin long after the normal apprenticing age had passed, she learned everything she could absorb from the great man. Through him, she learned of politics, warfare, and prophecies. It was she who stayed in his shadow, listened as he advised Arthur. Sometimes he made her heart glow, trusting her enough to allow her to advise him. Knowing him as well as she did, it was little wonder the young woman should fall in love with him. He was her world, her guiding light, everything blessed and desirable for her.
As for Merlin, well, Nimue was lovely enough that many believed her to be a nymph, and not human at all. Her intelligence and magical skills had been proven already, or he would not have taken her as an apprentice. Cupid pricked the wise one sharply. Nimue for him was the one weakness besides his beloved Arthur. He soon refused to travel without her if he had no need to do so. His one sorrow, and Nimue's as well, was the refusal on his part to consider either marriage or children. To love Nimue was to put her in danger. To wed her would be to announce it to others. And a child? A child was a death to be waited on.
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Prophecies, once born, are rarely ignored by those who know them. In this way may fate oftimes be shaped. Arthur was to fall in tragic battle. This had been foreseen by Merlin himself. Knowing as well that there was nothing he could do to avert his friend's fate, Merlin chose an alternative. He would wait for Arthur to return. Yet his power would not last if he were forced to use it to keep himself alive all that time! He did the only thing he could think of to protect his new homeland and his king: he asked Nimue to be the one to seal him away. Excalibur would call to him when Arthur walked once more.
Thus did she obey. Nimue was bound to him as apprentice, but also as Arthur's subject. If she did not do this horrible task, Merlin would do it himself. And who was to say how that would end? He had to be sealed into a moment, something he had never attempted to do from inside the spell. She helped him lay down on the hewn stone bier, gave him a draught to make him sleep. It was her hand that closed his eyes. Her voice that whispered goodbye as her feet carried her outside of the cave, her hands pushed the stone in front of the entry way as she uttered the spell of binding.
And her heart that broke.
She gave into it. Emotionally falling apart at the thoughts of the long loneliness now ahead of her, Nimue's power now granted her a last gift: oblivion. The sound of glass shattering filled Nimue's world.
Then there was the blackness.
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There was the dark first. Muttering of thousands of identical voices as what was once the woman Merlin had loved took a new form. Pearl sized, these pieces of her spirit latched onto the elements.
Some rode the wind far from the scene of such misery.
Others sought to escaped the pain by burying themselves in the forgiving coolness of earth.
Some chose water, attempting to drown their sorrows in the gaity and joyfulness of the element.
And there were even those who delighted themselves in the pain and fury Nimue had last felt, betrayed as Merlin chose a king over her.
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Tiny beads as they were, there were many. They seemed to multiply unseen. Some were picked up and marveled over. Some stayed where they landed, untouched. All of them grew a bit. Perhaps Nimue had been a nymph after all, to judge from the beings the pearls birthed. Alone, one was a Nim, and referred to herself as such. But together, they were the Nimue, and remembered nothing.
As for Merlin, well, Nimue was lovely enough that many believed her to be a nymph, and not human at all. Her intelligence and magical skills had been proven already, or he would not have taken her as an apprentice. Cupid pricked the wise one sharply. Nimue for him was the one weakness besides his beloved Arthur. He soon refused to travel without her if he had no need to do so. His one sorrow, and Nimue's as well, was the refusal on his part to consider either marriage or children. To love Nimue was to put her in danger. To wed her would be to announce it to others. And a child? A child was a death to be waited on.
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</center>Prophecies, once born, are rarely ignored by those who know them. In this way may fate oftimes be shaped. Arthur was to fall in tragic battle. This had been foreseen by Merlin himself. Knowing as well that there was nothing he could do to avert his friend's fate, Merlin chose an alternative. He would wait for Arthur to return. Yet his power would not last if he were forced to use it to keep himself alive all that time! He did the only thing he could think of to protect his new homeland and his king: he asked Nimue to be the one to seal him away. Excalibur would call to him when Arthur walked once more.
Thus did she obey. Nimue was bound to him as apprentice, but also as Arthur's subject. If she did not do this horrible task, Merlin would do it himself. And who was to say how that would end? He had to be sealed into a moment, something he had never attempted to do from inside the spell. She helped him lay down on the hewn stone bier, gave him a draught to make him sleep. It was her hand that closed his eyes. Her voice that whispered goodbye as her feet carried her outside of the cave, her hands pushed the stone in front of the entry way as she uttered the spell of binding.
And her heart that broke.
She gave into it. Emotionally falling apart at the thoughts of the long loneliness now ahead of her, Nimue's power now granted her a last gift: oblivion. The sound of glass shattering filled Nimue's world.
Then there was the blackness.
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</center>There was the dark first. Muttering of thousands of identical voices as what was once the woman Merlin had loved took a new form. Pearl sized, these pieces of her spirit latched onto the elements.
Some rode the wind far from the scene of such misery.
Others sought to escaped the pain by burying themselves in the forgiving coolness of earth.
Some chose water, attempting to drown their sorrows in the gaity and joyfulness of the element.
And there were even those who delighted themselves in the pain and fury Nimue had last felt, betrayed as Merlin chose a king over her.
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</center>Tiny beads as they were, there were many. They seemed to multiply unseen. Some were picked up and marveled over. Some stayed where they landed, untouched. All of them grew a bit. Perhaps Nimue had been a nymph after all, to judge from the beings the pearls birthed. Alone, one was a Nim, and referred to herself as such. But together, they were the Nimue, and remembered nothing.
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Stages of Growth
1. Pearl.
The pearls are each marked by the element they will be born to.
These elements help form the base of their personality. It seems
that each pearl is a holding of the original soul. As it grows, do
does the pearl's occupant. Pearls take 5-10 days to mature (from the day marked on their tag).
2. Nimue.
They are only 6-12 inches tall, with differing abilities of their element, ranging in strength. AT this point the cardinal traits of their personality is set, as determined by the element the soul fragment chose (so an air wouldn't be malicious easily, for example) (and there are three different artists who contributed adult forms!)
The CORE types are as follows:
FIRE: Delights in mischief, trouble, impishness. Can go so far as to cause pain in the name of schaudenfrauden. Tends towards egotism, sensualism and indulgence.
EARTH: Levelheaded and calm, nurturing and occassionally overbearing. Knows a lot and may forget she doesn't know everything. Favors peacefulness to the point of denial sometimes.
AIR: Sometimes snooty, sometimes ditzy. They prefer to lose themselves in the little things than deal with the large problems life may have.
WATER: Mischievous, energetic at will, nearly as sedate as Earth.
What this means is that each pearl of that element has those traits somewhere in her personality. Similar to zodiac signs. Not all fires will be alike, but they will have small things in common.
(duh, right?)
Abilities
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All nimue have some magic. Pearls not so much, since well, they're pearls. But an adult nim has tiny magics, and one strong ability. All nimue can fly to some extent.
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Stages of Growth
1. Pearl.
The pearls are each marked by the element they will be born to.
These elements help form the base of their personality. It seems
that each pearl is a holding of the original soul. As it grows, do
does the pearl's occupant. Pearls take 5-10 days to mature (from the day marked on their tag).
2. Nimue.
They are only 6-12 inches tall, with differing abilities of their element, ranging in strength. AT this point the cardinal traits of their personality is set, as determined by the element the soul fragment chose (so an air wouldn't be malicious easily, for example) (and there are three different artists who contributed adult forms!)
The CORE types are as follows:
FIRE: Delights in mischief, trouble, impishness. Can go so far as to cause pain in the name of schaudenfrauden. Tends towards egotism, sensualism and indulgence.
EARTH: Levelheaded and calm, nurturing and occassionally overbearing. Knows a lot and may forget she doesn't know everything. Favors peacefulness to the point of denial sometimes.
AIR: Sometimes snooty, sometimes ditzy. They prefer to lose themselves in the little things than deal with the large problems life may have.
WATER: Mischievous, energetic at will, nearly as sedate as Earth.
What this means is that each pearl of that element has those traits somewhere in her personality. Similar to zodiac signs. Not all fires will be alike, but they will have small things in common.
(duh, right?)
Abilities
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All nimue have some magic. Pearls not so much, since well, they're pearls. But an adult nim has tiny magics, and one strong ability. All nimue can fly to some extent.
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Breeding prices: 4k for one pair of nimue
6k for scout influenced breeding (and it must be a scout owned by one nimue guardian in the breeding!)
The money goes STRAIGHT to the artist!
GEN THREE NIMUE MAY NOT BREED UNTIL THERE IS AT LEAST SEVENTYFIVE OF THEM (adult).
If you sell your nimue, the shop gets back 20% of whatever price you fetched, and MUST be notified of the sale.
If you ask Everdark to run your auction for you, that percentage ups to 30%. If you ask Ed to handle disposal of items from said auction, the 30% comes from the final total, not the auction total. Be warned.
Because there are no male nimue (how would that even _happen?_), breeding is a bit odd for the species. There's also the whole having no actual organs and being primarily spirit made flesh.
In order to create a new generation, two nimue agree to give up parts of their own souls to create new ones. The sundered pieces hopefully will bind together in the form of new pearls.
However, they will not become one cohesive whole, or two. There are chances of up to SIX pearls. If that happens and the clutch exceeds four, the shop gets one. This is to make splitting the lot easier. And because the odds of it happening are tiny to begin with.
Because of the soulloss, any nim needs to heal after a breeding. Therefore parent nimue cannot breed until their daughters hatch.
In addition, each nimue can only breed five times.
Each breeder gets TWO slots to take a pair of nimue. It is up to them to decide how many they want to work on at a time. They are not required to take ANY, nor will I force them to. There are plenty of people now to do the work.
Also: I know there are some nimue who are untagged still, or not named. As long as your nim is out of her pearl, she is breedable. biggrin
Breedings may take up to 10 days. You'll be warned if it runs long.
POST THE IMAGES OF YOUR NIMUE WHEN SEIZING A SLOT. Or at least post them after you have. The artists will need those.
From now on, it's a 1 in 4 chance that a breeding will contain an edit if one of the parents is edited. 1 in 16 chance of there being TWO under the same conditions.
If it's a grandmother that was the edit, it's a 1-16 chance for 1, 1-32 chance for two.
Butterflies fly under a 1 in 16 chance if one parent is one, 1 in 4 if both are. Grandchildren have a 1 in 32 chance of having one in the litter.
Random genes have a 1 in 9 shot of showing up in a breeding.
What that means is (if you use randomizer.org), if you run a breeding, you pick a number from 1 through 4 (for example, 2) and run a test on it with the site, 1 set with 4 numbers in it. If 2 is the number chosen, that breeding will have an edit. Get it? Yay! Now the edits will become rare again.
Disclaimer: I may occasionally do breedings out of boredom. Rarely. But it may happen. This is forewarning.
Gullien:
1. cloese
2. closed
Mystaira:
1. closed
2. closed
You may _not_ complain if you don't get an element you wanted in your breeding. If you're going to, take it elsewhere. If you do that in the thread, I will warn you twice. After that, I will not let any of your nimue be bred for a month.
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1. I reserve the right to add to and edit rules as I want to.
2. No fighting in the thread. I don't care WHERE you take it, but it's going out of my shop.
3. If you don't like something I do in the thread with the Nimue, let me put it to you this way: My shop. Deal. whee
4. Never one. Ever. XD
5. PLEASE make an effort to type out complete words. We can't help if we don't understand.
6. Feel free to pm me about the Nimue. Unless you want a free/discounted one. o.O Uh, no.
8. Pm'ing owners asking to buy their's is a bad idea. They tell me, you're greylisted. Twice and it's blacklist.
9. You may not resell a nim without talking to me and Rayinte about it first.
10. Nimue take anywhere from 5-10 days to hatch. Usually that's long enough for me to get time to DO IT. Should I for some reason not, please wait until it's been at least 10 days before pm'ing or posting about your nim.
11. Do not direct link after your pearl hatches. You have one week with an adult nimue before I take it down/move it/rename it. This also means I'm going to start weeding through the owner list.
12. Customs are a rare thing, either associated with a special event or a holiday (when they're most often gifts). If/when they're available, it will be posted. DO NOT ASK FOR THEM.
13. Do not ask or demand I pm your nimue to you. I don't _like_ pming people them and only do so on occasion because I dislike using the mule more. If you want your nimue, come to the thread.
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</center>1. I reserve the right to add to and edit rules as I want to.
2. No fighting in the thread. I don't care WHERE you take it, but it's going out of my shop.
3. If you don't like something I do in the thread with the Nimue, let me put it to you this way: My shop. Deal. whee
4. Never one. Ever. XD
5. PLEASE make an effort to type out complete words. We can't help if we don't understand.
6. Feel free to pm me about the Nimue. Unless you want a free/discounted one. o.O Uh, no.
8. Pm'ing owners asking to buy their's is a bad idea. They tell me, you're greylisted. Twice and it's blacklist.
9. You may not resell a nim without talking to me and Rayinte about it first.
10. Nimue take anywhere from 5-10 days to hatch. Usually that's long enough for me to get time to DO IT. Should I for some reason not, please wait until it's been at least 10 days before pm'ing or posting about your nim.
11. Do not direct link after your pearl hatches. You have one week with an adult nimue before I take it down/move it/rename it. This also means I'm going to start weeding through the owner list.
12. Customs are a rare thing, either associated with a special event or a holiday (when they're most often gifts). If/when they're available, it will be posted. DO NOT ASK FOR THEM.
13. Do not ask or demand I pm your nimue to you. I don't _like_ pming people them and only do so on occasion because I dislike using the mule more. If you want your nimue, come to the thread.
Most importantly:
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TONIGHT'S FLATSALE!
To get the nim, post the number and send the 2k!
1-Claimed by Inle-Roo
2-claimed by Mon Ciel
3-Claimed by Jestari
4-Claimed by littletomol
Flatsale Rules:
Random things. We'll let you know before each.
1. No whining, including whines such as "No! That's my favorite color!" "But I don't have enough!" etc.
2. No fighting.
3. 1 per person unless we say otherwise.
4.
5. You have 24 hours to pay up from the time of sale, or the pearl/nim is resold.
6. No store items accepted in flatsales, sowwie. Letters occassionally, maybe.
7. If you ask for clarification from me, then what I say is a new rule for that flatsale. Disobeying it gets you banned from that sale and greylisted.
Auction rules:
1. All items bid must be worth at least 2k by store sellback value or lowest GEN.
2. Auction ends at the time posted, by timestamps.
3. If more than one pearl/nimue is being auctioned, say which you are going for.
4. Never one.
5. 3 strike rule on whining/attempting to make others not bid: first two are warnings, 3rd time you are banned from the auction.
6. Withdraw, and lose any chance at that auction. You will not be allowed back into that one. For any reason. It prevents attempted sniping.
Raffle rules: discussed at each raffle. Primarily same as shop rules.
EverDark
*realized she doesn't have a banner for white list sweatdrop *
WHITE LIST!
Britain-coloring/banner help
Orasteele-coloring help
Aster Crosslie-story help
Koree-tag assistance!
Chaeval-coloring help, guest colorist
Purrasha-coloring schemes
Ogre-inspirer and muse
Chobits X-teh artist
Rayinte-putting up with me
Mau-lurker!
TGIB-random Potterness
Merci'-Randomly made FIRST DONATION TO THE SHOP!! (and has since donated a total of 3k!)
Ivynian
Crispetynougat
Ack
Invader_Teri
Unseasoned
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WHITE LIST!
Britain-coloring/banner help
Orasteele-coloring help
Aster Crosslie-story help
Koree-tag assistance!
Chaeval-coloring help, guest colorist
Purrasha-coloring schemes
Ogre-inspirer and muse
Chobits X-teh artist
Rayinte-putting up with me
Mau-lurker!
TGIB-random Potterness
Merci'-Randomly made FIRST DONATION TO THE SHOP!! (and has since donated a total of 3k!)
Ivynian
Crispetynougat
Ack
Invader_Teri
Unseasoned
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Resident Artists
Dun have a banner for this yet either...
A Resident is an artist who does art for the shop often. They contribute to most auctions and flatsales. Basically they're about two steps away from this being a full time job for them. Most of them have other obligations on their time. Therefore their role with the nimue is on a "as you can" basis. They give nimue to the shop when they are able.
Rules for becoming a Resident artist:
1. Preferably have been a guest artist at least once, to favorable reviews.
2. With that, if you are/have been a guest artist and are interested in working more, pm Everdark.
3. The cut ratio is 70artist/30shop.
Current Residents:
Chaeval
Rayinte
Merci`
Fantasy_Rocks13
Mystaira
Gullien
(waiting on confirmation from others)
Guest Artists
A guest artist is a colorist who would like to do a cameo appearance in our shop. This would be a roughly one or two time thing, although it's possible for the person to do so more often.
If that happens, I would prefer the person to just apply as a Resident. (They get to do event stuff regularly and are allowed to handle their own auctions if they want...)
Rules to becoming a Guest:
1. Pm this acct with samples of your work.
2. Be polite and don't expect us to automatically say yes, regardless of how good you are. We may have enough art at a given time, or be glutted with it. If we tell you to try again in month, please do so. Or we may ask to hold your work until then.
3. Don't ask if you can color the lineart to show us how well you do unless we know you. I paid lottsa money for that art, with much help from friends. Thus, I am extremely protective of it.
or
1. Say yes when we ask if you'd like to XD
Past artists:
[Bustobrooklyn]
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Dun have a banner for this yet either...
A Resident is an artist who does art for the shop often. They contribute to most auctions and flatsales. Basically they're about two steps away from this being a full time job for them. Most of them have other obligations on their time. Therefore their role with the nimue is on a "as you can" basis. They give nimue to the shop when they are able.
Rules for becoming a Resident artist:
1. Preferably have been a guest artist at least once, to favorable reviews.
2. With that, if you are/have been a guest artist and are interested in working more, pm Everdark.
3. The cut ratio is 70artist/30shop.
Current Residents:
Chaeval
Rayinte
Merci`
Fantasy_Rocks13
Mystaira
Gullien
(waiting on confirmation from others)
Guest Artists
A guest artist is a colorist who would like to do a cameo appearance in our shop. This would be a roughly one or two time thing, although it's possible for the person to do so more often.
If that happens, I would prefer the person to just apply as a Resident. (They get to do event stuff regularly and are allowed to handle their own auctions if they want...)
Rules to becoming a Guest:
1. Pm this acct with samples of your work.
2. Be polite and don't expect us to automatically say yes, regardless of how good you are. We may have enough art at a given time, or be glutted with it. If we tell you to try again in month, please do so. Or we may ask to hold your work until then.
3. Don't ask if you can color the lineart to show us how well you do unless we know you. I paid lottsa money for that art, with much help from friends. Thus, I am extremely protective of it.
or
1. Say yes when we ask if you'd like to XD
Past artists:
[Bustobrooklyn]
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If you would like to affiliate, either pm EVERDARK or post in the thread!
Our link:
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See my Lola? That's a semi custom Stray. Love her. Fear her. She's kinda deranged.
-*wants a mudge or two...or a million*
Aiko
A.R.P.C.
~~THE SEA COURT~~
The other side of the waterfall
Nymphalia
QUEST LINKS:
Ed doesn't quest herself. The only thing Ed cares about is lineart for the shop, and is thus perfectly happy not questing.
Ed's friends are more patient than she is, and they quest. Because she wants them to get their items, she supports their quests.
Why don't you too?
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Lineart copyright
pearl/original adults: Chobits X
complex pearls: Crispetynougat
Adult Lineart 2: Ivynian
Adult Lineart 3: Ack
Adult Lineart 4: Crispetynougat
Chibi Lineart (images and pearls): Gullien
Mystery Lineart: Jestari
Banners/headers/dividers: Britain
Story: Me. This is MY version.
Shop Name: Rayinte
Tags: Koree(mirrors)/Rayinte(woodframed portraits)/Chaeval(Oval)
All colorings are copyright their respective artists.
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Lineart copyright
pearl/original adults: Chobits X
complex pearls: Crispetynougat
Adult Lineart 2: Ivynian
Adult Lineart 3: Ack
Adult Lineart 4: Crispetynougat
Chibi Lineart (images and pearls): Gullien
Mystery Lineart: Jestari
Banners/headers/dividers: Britain
Story: Me. This is MY version.
Shop Name: Rayinte
Tags: Koree(mirrors)/Rayinte(woodframed portraits)/Chaeval(Oval)
All colorings are copyright their respective artists.
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Nimue Ed somehow got
(also first nimue ever)
(daughter of Morgan and Schnapps, sister is Captain Morgan Schnapps)
(daughter of unnamed SS nimue and Molly, multiple sisters)
(Daughter of Harlequin and Lily, multiple sisters)
(no sibs, g1)
(daughter of Spectrum and Oenone, has 5 sisters, including Prism Rose)
(See above)
A rare chibi fire. Jolie will never have anyone quite like her around!
Morgan's daughter.
Lien and Argyle's daughter
(also first nimue ever)(daughter of Morgan and Schnapps, sister is Captain Morgan Schnapps)
(daughter of unnamed SS nimue and Molly, multiple sisters)
(Daughter of Harlequin and Lily, multiple sisters)
(no sibs, g1)
(daughter of Spectrum and Oenone, has 5 sisters, including Prism Rose)
(See above)
A rare chibi fire. Jolie will never have anyone quite like her around!Morgan's daughter.
Lien and Argyle's daughter
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Pixas:
Randomized
my Angel:
Cern:
Eggumoss:
Bwahahahha! This was from Cinder:
Now, this little guy is going to have two tanks, so that I can take him to see the other aurati. BE NICE TO HIM.
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my Angel:
Cern:
Eggumoss:
Bwahahahha! This was from Cinder:
Now, this little guy is going to have two tanks, so that I can take him to see the other aurati. BE NICE TO HIM.