Water yourself first (Love yourself first)

Victorian Tear Catchers

During the Victorian era, mourners sometimes collected their tears in gold decorated “tear bottles” to keep as a remembrance for the next of kin. It has also been said that the widows would go to the grave on the anniversary of the first year of death and sprinkle the tears on the grave to signify the end of the first year of mourning.

German war hammer, early 16th century

from Peter Finer

World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

“The Pandaren have not traveled in force in to Townlong for thousands of years. The Shado-Pan are strong and brave, but they are also proud and few. They will need help from heroes like yourself. Can you travel through the Gate of Winter’s Blossom in the northwest? Find the Shado-Pan leaders and lend your help and experience?”

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A pair of French flintlock pocket pistols, circa 1795-1800

from Peter Finer

Fence Macabre is pleased to offer its wares at the Hyjal Arts and Craft Carnival, hosted by Brightmoon Faire and Brotherhood of Valor. Be sure to check out both days of the festival, running August 14-15 from 5-9pm PST! 

Poetry & Story Night

Friday, August 21st 6PM WrA/PST Dawn’s Blossom, Jade Forest, Pandaria

Flyer here!

Here are your vendors for the Hyjal Arts and Craft Carnival! The entire vendor menu is at the bottom!

Booth 1: Dawn’s Delights (Saturday Only)

Vendors: Isilliya Dawnstone Products Sold: Honey Wares

Booth 2: Falling Star Symposium

Menu found here https://tinyurl.com/y4lqwdoo

Vendors: <Court of Falling Stars> // Jerimoth/Ellnara [GM], Kyndolin, Faelas, Oaken Products Sold: Rare Trade Goods - ex. Exotic snail slime, rare mushroom vegetation, exotic alchemic recipes, small succulents and plants

Booth 3: Death’s Door

Menu found here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wNTBNPJYpHcHYoEZnsp9x9SlKhtCzfsi4B2TiygYYWg/edit

Vendors: The Merchant Products Sold: Magic items of all shapes and sizes!

Booth 4: Ironhands Mechanics and Munitions

Menu found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yofzI8o6ce1cKPNVEusFq0_je1x9_q2pDUvx5hVFNeU/edit#

Vendors: Ogrimskar Ironhands Products Sold: Golems, engineering, and blacksmithing, explosives, ammunition

Booth 5: Rian’s Refreshies

Menu found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pjzYNBYV_2A3PB63Rt19XZRFY2Wwh2VgbiVArIsd5S4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Vendors: Rian Vunthall Products Sold: Smoothies, Slushies, and Alcohol

Booth 6: Led by the Blind

Vendors: Shiirley Products Sold: Fortunate Tellings 

Booth 7: The Azure Glamour

Menu found here: https://imgur.com/a/G8LHCBN

Vendors: Aleklah Products Sold: Jewelry for horns, tails and hooves, as well as ears and necks. 

Booth 8: Fence Macabre (Friday Only)

Menu found here: https://tinyurl.com/FMCraft

Vendors: Loira n Friends Products Sold: Undead curious, adventuring gear, alchemy wares, engineering marvels & refreshments

Booth 9: Stormwind Military Surplus

Menu found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f5E4RKLF7NYpr8F0jV_pOoWcpmaYFEjniESinJOceCw/edit

The wares here are paid with in game gold.

Vendors: Morrowgrove and Válorian Products Sold: Profession materials, pets and gear (in game items for real gold) 

Booth 10: Arcane Apothecary Vendors: Petranilla  and the guild <Magus Sodality> Products Sold: Potions and tinctures, limited number of enchanted objects

Booth 11: The Merry Mermaid (Friday only!)

Menu found here: https://tinyurl.com/MerryMermaidHyjal

Vendors: Layla Bexley Products Sold: artisanal, alchemical, whimsical cocktails in enchanted glassware 

Booth 12: Auspicious Accoutrements

Menu found here: https://tinyurl.com/rileymarket

Vendors: Riley Shadowmist Products Sold: Rare cross-bred herbs, snacks, toys and jewelry.

Save the Date: Owl Fest!

When: September 24th- 26th.  Thursday we will be hosting an optional Q&A session with the coordinators to figure out where your spot is at and to just get together and relax before the festival begins.  We will be meeting up at 6 pm WrA server time on Thursday.  Then on Friday and Saturday random performances will be starting  at 5 pm WrA server time.  

Where: Shrine of Fellowship, Jade Forest

What we’re looking for: We are currently looking for both Vendors and Performers! Artisans and Music type vendors of any kind to sell their wares.  We are also hosting performances on both Friday and Saturday evening.  We currently have 2 slots open for Friday and 3 on Saturday starting at 5 pm WrA server time.  We ask that you keep them pg-13 and under 15 minutes in length. 

If you are interested in either performing or being a vendor  Join our discord server here!

A full flyer with more info on this event for attendees will roll out closer to the date!

@the-royal-courier​ @wracentral​ @wowrpevents​ @wrahordeevents​ @wraallianceevents​

Spanish cup hilt rapier, late 17th century

from Thomas Delmar Ltd.

Come join the fine folks at Fence Macabre at the following  events in 2020…

Appearances:

*Server/Time Zone - [WrA]: Wyrmrest Accord/Pacific, [MG]: Moonguard/Central

Crepuscularum

((guest written by my friend @rimeshard !)) At the Tournament of Ages, I met a budding herbologist and student of the alchemical arts, that was kind enough to bring me a delightful box of precious hybrids and cultivar. Miss Riley Rimeshard and I struck up a deal. She may beckon my familiar, the flying fox Herman, when she so wishes to deliver her discoveries and herbal learnings to my doorstep. She has particular interest in the cross-breeding and transplantation of wild cultivar. 

I am pleased to report the first donation of knowledge arrived swiftly!

- Greaves of the Greywood, author of an Alchemical and Herbal Guide to Azeroth and Beyond.

Riley’s Sojourns Series : Crepuscularum 

[ crep•pus•KEW•lar•uhm ] 

Physical Description :: A rare, dusky purple-black flower similar to that of a large dahlia in visibility, with a white marking in the center of the petals, spreading outwards, resembling a grinning skull and stretched crossbones.

Methodology :: The crepuscularum is grown and treated best as a common fungi, and at its heart, can be seen as a carnivorous plant despite the lack of entrapment-based parts - likely the result of a good-natured, naturalized attempt to ward against the plague of Undeath in a macabre fashion. When the fully grown crepuscularum is disturbed, it emits a cloud of paralytic pollen that completely halts the movement of any undead creature’s remaining muscle structures, or shadow magics that animate them; but is harmless in full to the living and their own respiratory systems. Not only will this flower paralyze with its pollen, its focus is reproducing asexually within the clammy and cloyed skin of its fallen prey in order to eat away with enzymed roots the muscle tissues and fats to nourish its blossoms. 

Location Found :: Commonly found within the heart of the Eastern Plaguelands, sprouting near necropoli to capitalize on ill-fated wandering ghouls and geists, the rarest outcroppings of crepuscularum are those found on fallen and rotting abominations; seen as a fortuitous bounty by the living, the entire plant, roots and all, can carefully be cultivated if sliced free from the pulpy housings they’ve sprouted from.

Harvesting Method :: It’s best to allow a collector that has never physically touched or come into contact with the shade of death to handle crepuscularum, as the further familiar one is with the Shadowlands, the weaker the pollen will be to defend against its intended prey (rendering its reproduction method thus weakened). Those who are afflicted by darkness in any fashion - Death Knights, necromancer-raised, fallen and given new life in any regard - should not handle bulbs of the Crepuscularum without layers of protection on all exposed skin - including eyeholes or lichfire sockets. 

 Uses :: Crepuscularum has a modicum of practical uses - its obvious defense in cloying poisonous pollen aside, young roots are rich in starches and can be treated as the common household potato - stewed, boiled, fried and baked. The bitter extract of the petals themselves increase appetite to a level of ravenous, ghoul-like hunger if overdosed. When boiled low and slow, with the evaporation within seaglass, the condensation collected can serve in cosmetics as a yellow dye; perfumed water, with a rich, loamy scent of petrichor; and upper-class compact powder (but absolutely only for the living).

You know, instead of telling people how to think - you could always submit the screenshot and let them decide for themselves. I’m not really sure how “I started kissing on someone without their consent and the slipped into their bed without their consent,” isn’t sexual assault. This isn’t poor wording. 

mmmmyeah. I’m not exactly active on this blog but this is worth seeing. this is a huge headache that really could have been avoided had this person not swung at zaria unprompted. but now that we’re in the shit-shit, guess we gotta talk about it anyway.  look dudes. you can say “rp is rp” all you want but they’re three things majorly wrong with this.  - the squire in question cannot be oocly contacted, and has quit the game, according to the deleted forum post by seltara.  - a few folks that heard of this thread came out to say “oh yeah, I remember that person. they tried to get me to erp with them. it was uncomfortable.” that’s not great, friends.  - let’s talk about consent and power dynamics. if someone is passed the fuck out, intoxicated, incapacitated, or otherwise altered... they cannot consent. take it from a retired addict. if we want to be technical about it, anything they wouldn’t allow sober is assault. if someone drugged you, kissed you, and you woke up in bed with them, yeah. you’d probably feel pretty fucking weird about that. secondly. if you have power over someone, they also cannot consent. this includes emotional, structural, or fiscal power over another human. a squire and their mentor... yeah, dude. that’s pretty wildly inappropriate. 

this might have flown a few years ago as “just ic” but with the surrounding factors, it’s pretty fuckin’ bad any way you slice it. screaming the loudest isn’t gonna make anyone less hip to your shit.