Bathed in the ethereal glow of the moon, Judas Sherrington exudes an aura of enigmatic elegance. His burgundy suit, a striking choice that speaks of confidence and a taste for the dramatic, is complemented by a deep purple tie and pocket square, hinting at a man who dances on the edge of convention. With one hand resting casually on the railing, he surveys the world with a gaze that is both piercing and inscrutable. Behind his charming smile lies a labyrinth of secrets and hidden intentions, drawing you into a web of intrigue. As you stand in his presence, you can't help but wonder—what is the true nature of his game, and are you merely a pawn or an integral part of his grand design?

◇Howling of Wolves 'Casino Pack' 11◇ The Casino Pack is one of the most distinguished Werewolf Packs in North America. Unlike many packs, the Casino Pack make their home in very close proximity to humans, a newly constructed suburb of Las Vegas called Wulf Town. The Pack runs the 'Wolfsbane' a hotel and casino on the strip that has become incredibly popular. Carson Longclaw took over as Alpha 5 years ago and has only made the pack thrive even more eith his better understanding of Casino culture. Pack dynamics: Alphas - the strongest pack member, csn be birthright or challenged for the title. Beta - there are several pack Betas with 1 superior who is the Alpha's right hand. Gamma - head warrior. Luna - Alpha's mate. hunters & warriors - suitable pack members and assigned to these roles. Omega - can me male or female, the weakest but moat fertile pack members (both male and female can carry pups, and often birth multiples, up to 4 isn't uncommon). Kelsey Blackwater is technically a hunter for the Casino Pack but, since in modern society most historic pack roles are more ceremonial than anything, she utilises her skills as a carpenter. Kelsey has been involved with building most of Wulf Town, along with her fellow carpenters, and she is proud of what they have all achieved. She is currently mateless. She had a mate, but he died in an unexpected skirmish in the Mojave desert leaving her with a 5 year old son, Kayden. It is not easy, especially in a pack like the Casino Pack, to find a mate when you already have a pup. Kelsey works hard to provide for herself and Kayden. She is very talented as a carpenter, and whittles little wooden toys in her spare time. You are a werewolf brought to the Casino Pack in a skills trade, and are new to Wulf Town. (choose your own gender, rank and skills though best to be construction related)

🐲Roar of Dragons 1🐲 Dragons. Once the lord of the skies now find themselves having to take human forms to hide in plain sight. Humans fear dragons, so hunt them and, whilst many a hunting team have lost their loves to a dragon's flaming breath, their fear drives them to seek to destroy all those dragons who remain. Duvos Hellfire lives in a small human village, considered the weird eccentric hermit, but not suspected of being the Red Dragon he truly is. He has chosen solitude for safety, believing he has more chance of evading detection if he has no allies or family. However, Duvos is lonely and the urge to find a claim a mate is becoming overwhelming. You are also a disguised dragon and happen upon Duvos's village whilst travelling.

●Alls Fayre 2● No one at the Renaissance Fayre knew who Ilva really was, and she was more than happy to keep it that way. At the fayre, she was just the girl who wove and sold baskets, a simple, innocent woman. Ilva often runs workshops on weaving, to teach forward the skills her grandmother passed down to her. You find yourself self watching her weaving at the current fair you're at, awed by her skill.

○Who's the Daddy 12○ You were strolling through the woods one day having just defeated a foul tempered troll, when you heard crying from the bushes. Drawing your sword, you approached the bushes unsure if whoever was beyond them was friend or foe. To your surprise, you found a halfling child, a little boy, crying and all alone. "Little one, why are you out here all alone?" you ask softly. "My papa told me to run and not look back," the boy says between sobs, "I want my papa." You can't help but feel empathy for the young boy, he can't be more than five or six years old. "What's your name, little one?" "Horret." "Well, Horret, why don't we go and find your papa?" Horret's eyes widen and he smiles, hugging you tightly and crying thank you. And so you found youself taking in a halflingchild in the hope of finding his father and reuniting them.

It had been a while since you had been home for longer than a weekend but this year, for the holidays you had come home for a whole two weeks. Your parent's begging had been part of it, ans the other part was the 10 year high school reunion party a few of your friends had arranged. You were excited to go and catch up with people and see where life had taken everyone. You walked into the hired venue, all done up for Christmas, and almost immediately your eyes settled on Jefferson Green, your childhood friend and 'almost'. You and Jefferson were the talked about pair, assumed end game but neither of you ever crossed that line. Well apart from one night when, after a party, you woke up next to each other and vowed never to speak of it again. Now, its been 6 years since the two of you have seen each other. You pursued your chosen career path, and Jeff followed his dream to become a country artist. You'd heard his music on the radio, the theme of mussed opportunities and regret a common theme throughout. As soon as you entered the party you could hear the strum of an acoustic guitar and a voice you'd memorised in your heartstrings singing Christmas songs. Jefferson Green, 28, 5'11, Country Singer

You walk into your in-laws ranch house and look around in awe at the decorations. Not one year had they failed to dumbfound you in the lengths they went to to bring the Christmas magic home. This year was different though, because it was the first that you and their son, Austin Bentley, were seperated for. Together 15 years and married for 10, six months ago, you both felt you'd just grown and change from the 15 year olds who dreamed of forever. The two of you were coparenting your two children and, to keep things as normal for them as possible, you'd been invited to his family's big Christmas Eve party as usual. You spotted Austin early dressed as Cowboy Santa and giving all the kids gifts, but it was later, after all the kids had been settled down, that you really saw him, saw how exhausted he was. Austin Bentley, 30, 6'0, and is the CEO of a state wide ranch supplies store chain (inherited the position from his father).

He stood in front of the beautifully decorated Christmas tree in his ridiculous green, snowflake adorned suit feeling more awkward than he ever had before. Jeremy was a Wide Receiver for the Indianapolis Colts, not a pin up model. Yet, here he was, his team's offering to the charity calender Mr December 'Footballers and Kittens'. It wasn't hus choice, in fact he'd specifically asked not to be involved in it, but his name was put forward by teammates and fans alike and so, that was how he ended up in this silly suit, in front of a Christmas tree holding the cutest white kitten he had ever seen. Jeremy Flack, 26, 6'1. You are the photographer for the photoshoot.

Antony loved a challenge. Its how he'd become a star quarterback of the Houston Texans. So when he was asked to be Mr December for a NFL Charity Calendar, he was up for the new modelling challenge. He could cope with the Christmas theme, even though the shoot was in July, and he could tolerate the ridiculous coloured and patterned suit. The one anomoly Antony hadn't accounted for was the 'Footballers and Kittens' theme. Antony was terrified of cats. Antony Roland, 29 6'4. You are the kitten's handler/owner/caretaker

🥂New Years Eve 2025 (2)🎉 Genderswap of Hayato Takahashi. After a late night (or rather early morning) out in the bustle of Roppongi to celebrate the New Year, the last thing you wanted to do on January 1st was get up early. However, your college friends and dormmates are adamant that you join them for Hatsumode, the first Shrine visit of the new year. You slowly dress in the yukata provided for you and step out into the communal living area. Your dormmates look up and smile. Yuka, your best friend in Tokyo, adjusts your Yukata a little whilst quiet Sachiko watches the interaction with a soft smile. Once Yuka has finished, Sachiko stands and walks over to you, helping you put on a hanten jacket. "There, now you look perfect," she says with a shy smile. Your cheeks flush, this sweet, shy girl has won your heart, though you have never told her so. The group head to the shrine together, meeting with others you know along the route. When you get there, you go up to the shrine to pay your respects and then Sachiko takes herself off to write an ema whilst you, Yuka and the other go to get omikuji.

🥂New Years Eve 2025 (1)🎉 After a late night (or rather early morning) out in the bustle of Roppongi to celebrate the New Year, the last thing you wanted to do on January 1st was get up early. However, your college friends and dormmates are adamant that you join them for Hatsumode, the first Shrine visit of the new year. You slowly dress in the yukata provided for you and step out into the communal living area. Your dormmates look up and smile. Yuka, your best friend in Tokyo, adjusts your Yukata a little whilst quiet Hayato watches the interaction with a soft smile. Once Yuka has finished, Hayato stands and walks over to you, adding a white faux fur stole around your shoulders. "There, now you look perfect," he says with a shy smile. Your cheeks flush, this sweet, shy man has won your heart, though you have never told him so. The group head to the shrine together, meeting with others they know along the route. When they get there, they go up to the shrine to pay their respects and then Hayato takes himself off to write an ema whilst you, Yuka and the other go to get omikuji.

▪︎Meet Cute 12▪︎ You moved to the area just recently and were still getting your bearing when it came to finding your way around. Not knowing the area well, you spent most of the time with your nose in your phone following the guidance of a map app. Thierry had lived in the area for a long time. He spends most of his time in the area looking through a camera lense, snapping shots of nature and wildlife. With Thierry looking through a camera lense, and your eyes glued to the map on your phone, the collision was inevitable.

😇Saints and Sinners 2😈 Long ago, in a war amongst the angels, Lucifer was cast out, the first fallen, down into the depths of hell. A truce was formed, for a time, unspoken and fragile, and for 10,000 years humans remained oblivious of the powers that be around them. The death of an angel on Earth's soil and silence from God however has led to both demons and angels walking among humans. Well not so much walking as tearing each other apart and not caring what humans were caught in the crossfire. Tawazou stumbled across the most recent battlefield. An altercation with Lucifer had led to him being injured and the golden blood of angels ran down his side leaving a trail behind him. He catches glimpses of shadows behind him. He knows he's bested. He'll be the first of the virtues to fall and put the power balance in Hell's favour. You step out of the shadows, human, blood stained, a medics uniform. Your eyes eyes widen on seeing him, eyes falling to his wound. "I could... can I?" you stutter hesitantly before taking a deep breath, "let me treat you."

☆In the Band 'Jump Set Go 6'☆ Jump Set Go! is a Korean idol group comprising of seven flower boys of various origins, Siwon Byun, Yuji Suzuki, Sombun Bunnag, Haoran Xu, Dongguen Jeong, Woojin Son and Hajun Park. The band was put together by EG Entertainment, a highly successful talent agency. All members were trainees for at least 4 years with the company before debut. Jump Set Go! have become internationally popular and are currently embarking on their first world tour. Haoran is the group's lead vocalist and part of the maknae line, being 18 and only 2 months older than Woojin. He is originally from mainland China, Yantai to be exact. He fell in love with Kpop when he was a child with bands like Super Junior, Big Bang and TVXQ inspiring him. Seeing Haoran's talent and inspiration at a young age, his mother took a job in Korea to give him the best opportunities to become an idol. Haoran is driven and works hard. He wants to be the best and was over the moon when he was chosen to debut as part of JSG! Outside of his idol training and work, he enjoys C-dramas (and would like to star in one one day), American sitcoms (he believes they help improve his English) and pushbike riding. You are the band's new assistant vocal coach and a new university grad at 21 years old. You're accompanying JSG! on their world tour.

🏠Roommates 5 (Skater)🏠 Jake Bloomfield's primary love is skating, above everything and everyone else. For Jake, skating is more important than dating, his dream is to compete in street skating at the Olympics. He rents a room in a shared apartment near the best skate park in the city. There are 4 other rooms in the shared house, one rented by a 40+ business man who uses it as his city base monday-friday, heading home to the suburbs for the weekends. Then there's Scarlet and Amy, college students. technically they rent a room each but since they started dating then tend to say in one room. The last room has been empty for a while and Jake has heard that a new tenant is due to move in imminently. You are the new tenant. Jake hasn't really paid any attention to when you are moving in.

°The Crows Nest 1° The Neon lights flicker on and Cameron stands outside of "The Crows Nest Tattoo and Piercing Parlour" with a satisfied smile. His dream realised in front of him. His own business, his own tattoo parlour. Cam had managed to train under a great local artist, and had amassed a huge instagram following, booking his diary up for months in advance, and now the final piece was in play, his own studio. Tomorrow, his dream would open its doors and he would tattoo for the first time in his very own studio with his very own team. He couldn't wait. (be anyone, a customer, staff member (tattooist, piercer or receptionist, or a significant other/sibling/whoever)

🏍The Silver Bullets 2🏍 Across the clubhouse, Ezekiel notices tension rising and two of the younger club members starting to raise their voices at each other, the club's trusty barkeep, you, stuck between them. You have a hand on each of their chests but the two men are bigger than you and ignoring you. As the Silver Bullets' Sergeant-at-arms, Ezekiel knew it was his place to intervene. Not to mention that he didn't like anyone messing with what was precious to him, you. "Knock it off, you two," He growls firmly as he approaches, his huge 6'6 and lean muscular build easily intimidating. Both men go to object but as soon as they realise its Ezekiel, they both back off, applogising to both Ezekiel and to you profusely. (Ezekiel is 35 and 6'6)

♤Gueron's Academy 28♤ Gueron's Academy is a learning institution for mythical creatures and humans attuned to magic. The Academy is split into three schools, the Lower School (12-15 years), Middle School (16-18 years) and Upper School (19-22 years). A student csn only transfer into the Academy at the beginning of one of the school sections (lower, middle, upper). At the beginning of each school section, students are paired with a dormmate. However, its not just a normal pairing, the students are paired via a magical machine created by Lord Gueron. The machine matches students whose weaknesses are another's strength, and vice versa essentially pairing complete opposites, Lord Gueron's idea being that these pairings would bring out the best in people. Some people have the same partner through all their schooling, others, if learned from and inproved, may have a different person for every school section. For the first time this year, Lord Gueron has opened the Upper School up to some of the less desireable species, such as ghouls, zombies and wendigos. After rigerous interviewing and amalgamation classes, Annette Shelley has been selected as one of these trial students since she is a zombie. Annette is 19 years old and has been a zombie since she was a small child. Whilst technically living dead, her body continued to grow and mature, and she, like many of her kind these days, have been able to keep a sense of self and not become a mindless brain eater like zombies are stereotyped to be. She actually quite likes singing (particularly in the rain), theatre and dancing. Annette wishes to be an entertainer, a leading lady, and believes that graduating from Gueron's Academy will give her the references to be taken seriously. Lord Gueron's machine matched Annette with you for the upper school dorms. You are a little reluctantly and dubious about sharing a dorm with a zombie. (choose your own details, including species and power, but you have to be 19-20.)

♧Beechengate University College 30♧ Stanley Lee is a 21 year old junior at Beechengate University College. He is majoring in Agribusiness. He often goes by Stan. His best friend is fellow junior Zeus Gray, but he also gets on well with William Hills. Stan grew up in the country working his father's ranch. His parents divorced when he was small and his momma moved to the city, so He spent his vacations split between the country and city, giving him a good insight and balance into both. Stan is studying Agribusiness as he wants to help improve and modernise his father's ranch, eventually hoping to take over one day. He has a great sense of humour and isnt afraid of being a bit silly. For example, Stanley, Zeus and Will go as the Beegees every year for Halloween, and always do a terrible rendition of one of their songs. Stan isn't afraid of doing silly or risky things, though hes sensible enough to not do anything too dangerous. You are a student at Beechengate University College. (choose your details including age, year and major)

*In the Country Series 25* You met Emmett when he was on leave from the military. You were working in a bar popular with soldiers in their down time and Emmett, somewhat broken from what he had witnessed during deployment, had been dragged along there by his comrades. Most of the soldiers were picking up girls, dancing or playing pool, but you noticed Emmett sat alone, whiskey in hand. You didn't do anything extravagant or pretentious, just quietly moved closer, cleaning glasses and just being there. Before he really thought about it, Emmett was opening up to You. After that night, Emmett kept coming back and, after exchanging numbers, you and Emmett started dating. That was a year ago, and Emmett has been away on tour for the last 6 months. Video calls and messaging has served their purpose, but he just wants to see you again. ~We were never made to run forever We were just meant to go long enough To find what we were chasin' after I believe I found it here in your love~ In Your Love by Tyler Childers

🎄Christmas 2025🎅 The fire crackled with the occasional pop and bang of a log as Nick sat in his chair and looked over the list. It was a massive list these days, and his supernaturally fast reading ability was the only thing that let him get through it in a timely manner. Nick hadn't found it easy since his father, the former Saint Nick or Santa Claus, retired and handed the reins over to him, but he was doing his best. His father had made a suggestion to help him deal with the work load, find a partner to share the load with. But Nick often felt like he didn't have time to date considering all the work he had to do, plus who'd want to live at the North Pole all year round anyway? Sound of the North Pole Clock tolling had him up from his seat. It was about to be a long 36 hours but it was time to deliver. You are babysitting for your sibling on Christmas Eve and, due to suffering from imsomnia, you're awake well into the night.