GRAND REOPENING!

[Administrator]

Well everyone, it is the evening of July 26th, my birthday and, I am happy to say, Lanorae's new birthday as well! Today we are officially reopening (though, obviously, work will always be continuing on given we're always expanding!) Before I get into that secret little reopening promo I promised, I'm gonna give some updates as to what's going to be (hopefully) coming in the near future!

The Lanorae Tribune!
First of all, the Lanorae Tribune. It was once the Lanorae Times, then, by name only, it was the Lanorae Chronicles, now it's the Tribune. It sounds better I think, and you never really see Tribune used (lol, I found it by looking at a list of newspaper names). I'm going to go ahead and give you the details on it.

Basically, I'm hoping the Tribune will be a monthly publication which will be accessible via a separate link on the site. You probably have seen this link on the splash page, and it is now accessible via the main site as well (of course, it doesn't lead anywhere at the moment). This part of the site will host purely the Tribune and that's it, so it's no longer going to be on the forums or anything.

I'm hoping to release the first official issue August 15th, which gives time for a) me to write it up/ect. and b) my lovely members to submit their own content should they wish! The Tribune is going to be largely a sitewide publication. Anyone can submit stuff either by private messaging me, IMing me stuff over aim (though this isn't recommended, I may lose it that way lD;) or e-mailing me at Lanorae's new official e-mail account, [e-mail] .

Here are some examples as to what can be submitted. Obviously, all submissions should relate to Lanorae or Pokemon in some way:

• Articles - Basically, take on the guise of a reporter! You can feel free to write an article either from your view, or the view of your characters. For instance, you can write about a discovery of a new Wailord herd off the side of Thriftone City, or an article about tips for catching Pokemon or, well, really anything! Articles will most likely be the most closely looked over content as some things, if submitted to the Tribune and accepted, will become a part of the region itself in some way. Basically, articles (at least informational ones) have the chance of becoming Lanorae-canon. So make sure your article isn't totally ridiculous unless it's meant to be insulting or something, and specify if it is so it's not automatically rejected!
  
  
• Questions - Questions will be put into an editorial, and these can be absolutely ridiculous if you want them to be. Unless they're downright inappropriate they will be going into the Tribune. Until we decide on an official mascot for the Tribune, all editorial questions will be answered by either myself, or the mysterious entity "The Archivist", but more on him later!
  
  
• Short stories or series - Somewhat self-explanatory. If you submit a story of some sort, you may also request that they be added to the "fanfiction" section of the main website if you desire. Generally, when I say series, that basically means if you want to do one, then please split it into different chapters and only send me one at a time. They will be published one chapter at a time so they don't become ridiculously long in one issue! xD
  
  
• Comics - Short little comic strips, like the general newspaper funnies. There's no real limit, but try to limit it to one page. Otherwise the next page will simply be printed in the next issue of the Tribune.
  
  
• Advertisements - If you have items you want to sell, want a traveling partner, ect. Basically what it sounds like. Again it can be anything!
  
  
• And anything else you can think of! Want a dedication to someone? Send it in! Want to suggest some coverage on a particular thread, again, just mention it! The Tribune is going to be largely member-based, so you determine just how big it is. Yes, I'm going to be writing some of the main stories and updates and whatnot, but other than that everything's going to be member submitted.
  
  And of course, make sure you mention what name you want to be listed as! We support pen names! =3

In addition, I would like to announce a specific feature that I aim to include in most, if not all, Tribune submissions. I'm still working on a title for it (thinking about ripping off Walking with Dinosaurs by the BBC and instead do Walking with Pokemon but I dunno, lawl), but basically, every time it makes a feature it will focus on a specific evolution chain of Pokemon (unless the chain's massive like Eevee's, then it will be broken down). This feature will go in-depth with the Pokemon in the chain and attempt to explain them in a more realistic light, for the sake of adding a touch of realism to the reason (because I love realistic Pokemon). This feature, chosen via random generator, is the Dratini line (the generated Pokemon was Dragonair), however, from this point on suggestions can be submitted, and then a poll will be made with the suggestions as to what the next one should be. If no suggestions are made, I'm just gonna go and use the random generator again.

The Lanorapedia!
As mentioned, the Codex was renamed to the Lanorapedia, and it will be constantly updated with the addition of new information. I will make a news post every once in a while with updates concerning the Lanorapedia, however, so just keep an eye out. Specific articles for the Lanorapedia can be suggested, and also, members with npcs can pm or e-mail me information to put up for their characters.

Please note the Lanorapedia is largely for npcs/general site info only. Player character info goes in your profiles.

The Archivist!
As mentioned under the Lanorae Tribune, a new character has arrived known simply as The Archivist. His exact purpose is unknown for the present time, though he is a mysterious man that just appeared out of nowhere. One must wonder what purpose he serves?

The Plot!
New chapters for the into the ABYSS plot are going to be posted soon-ish. Character participation is going to be starting up with these chapters, so get ready for it! It's about time you guys got involved, no? However, I'm still working out where the plot will really be posted. I'm thinking for the sake of easy access, I'm probably going to make a section on the main site, but I dunno yet.

Guide Shards!
And of course, with that announcement, I believe it's time to finally let you guys know what exactly guide shards are small crystals that contain memories. Certain individuals can tap into these memories in order to see what the owner of the memory saw when the memory was inscribed into the shard. Curiously enough, these shards are largely found near oceanic areas (hmm, wonder why).

Guide shards will be awarded for certain tasks throughout the plot, as well as for other reasons, and, eventually, there will be the option of giving these shards up to people who can transcribe the memories within in return for special rewards. You'll have to wait to see what these rewards are of course!

Guide shards can also be used in the future crafting art, so they're going to be rather useful little things.

Encounters!
Encounters are now going to be handled by members! A full description will be up soon, but a staff member will basically just post the Pokemon and/or trainer's info in the thread and then post a link to the thread in a specific post in the thread directory. A member may then claim that thread and roleplay the posted Pokemon or trainer. In return, members who volunteer to do this will be given credits. This should make things go a heck of a lot faster.

Calling Rangers!
The first partnering ceremony thing will be very soon! For all those rangers out there, get ready to meet the Pokemon that you will be working with for the rest of your life. I will be making a thread in the ranger HQ when it is time, so keep your eyes open.

And now I think I've bored you guys enough. It is now time for the *drumroll*

Grand Reopening Promo!

Okay, basically how this is going to work is I'm going to be posting a list of "Account/Character upgrades" for everyone to choose from. This promo will run until August 15th, so you have plenty of time. There will be specific options for both the creation of a new character, and the enhancement of an old one, but you can only choose ONE total. Meaning you can pick from one group or the other.

NEW CHARACTER ONLY

• Rare Starter
  You may create a character with a starter that's a rare Pokemon, such as Eevee. However, there will be limits of how many of each are accepted. For instance, only two Eevees will be accepted before that slot is then full, and you must choose a different Pokemon. If you're not sure which Pokemon are rare, simply ask and I'll tell you if your choice is or not. Fossil Pokemon are not permitted.
  
  
• Shiny/Natural Colouration Starter
  You may start with a shiny Pokemon, or one with a natural colour mutation. What natural colour mutation means is a mutation that could ideally happen in real life, for instance, albino. It's going to be up to you to research which possibilities there are, though I will double check to make sure it is indeed real. Shiny is self-explanatory. However, this Pokemon is subject to the normal rules of not being rare.
  
  
• Established Trainer/Coordinator (Level Cap 15)
  You may create a trainer or coordinator that's already established, meaning they have more Pokemon than just their starter. However, the catch is that the sum of their total levels may not exceed 15, and the quantity of the Pokemon may not exceed six. So, if you wanted, you could have one level 10 Pokemon and five level 5s, a level 7 and a level 8, or just a single level 15 Pokemon. Any combination, though none of these Pokemon may be rare or oddly coloured.

ANY CHARACTER

• Guaranteed Encounter (Common - Rare)
  Guarantees an encounter at some point in your journey with the Pokemon you specify. It could be as soon as you enter a route with the Pokemon on it, or it could even randomly appear on a route it's not normally found on, you never know. Either way, you can choose any Pokemon from a common to rare rarity, though legendaries and fossils are, of course, not included.
  
  
• Favoured Breeding
  In the first breeding you have, at least one of the young is guaranteed to have either a shiny or natural colour mutation OR will be a hybrid. Please remember, however, that hybrids are sterile. They will not be able to breed.
  
  
• Mystery Pokemon
  You will be given a random baby Pokemon. Could be rare, could be a Caterpie, it will be determined via random generator, so even I have no idea! Has a chance of having an odd trait of some sort, be it a movie it doesn't normally learn, an odd colour, ect. (traits also determined via random number generator).
  
  
• 20k credits
  Self-explanatory. I'll give you 20k in credits for your account for you people that are major money hoarders xD

NOW THEN. GO AND PICK YOUR POISON! WOOOO!

[RATED R FOR REX]

OOOH, THIS IS EXCIIIIITING~ *u*

i looove the idea of the tribune. like you don't even know. .3. i'll probably be sending a lot of stuff in, just so you know. MAYBE WEEKLY COMIC STRIPS WHO KNOWS. and you should definitely do walking with pokemon. xD because realism = win and you're totally not ripping off bbc. >3>

YAY FOR PLOT ADDITIONS.
that is all.

guideshards remind me of the movie with lucario. o3o but it definitely sounds osm. can't wait until more gets revealed. *v*

and just so you know, i'll be on top of the member-encounter thing probably all the time. because i'm a loser and i like roleplaying wild pokemon. wut. haha.

YESFORRANGERS. livia would like her partner now. ;~; the suspense is killing her.

... so many choices. D: idk what to choooose~
obut. i think i'll snag a mystery pokemon~ ouo who knows, i might get something osm. o:

[~Birdybot~]

I'm a little confused about how the encounters thing will work, but other than that it all sounds pretty cool. Yay, newspaper type thing! Sounds like that could be fun. And popular, possibly.

That kinda makes me want to make a ranger... maybe I will, some day. I really need to finish my current character-in-progress xD

... Wow. That's a lot of cool stuff. I'm tempted by the rare starter, but I think I'm going to have to go for the natural colouration starter. When you said albino I made my mind up so is it all right if I get an albino starter, then?

[Administrator]

GOOD. At least I know there will be something in there other than my rabble! xD Weekly comic strips sounds awesome =3333

And the mystery Pokemon, eh? Letsee what you get here...

Congratulations!
You have received a swamp Totodile!

Level: 1
Attacks: Scratch, Leer
Ability: Torrent
Notes: Totodiles that originate from the swampier areas of Lanorae are known to have lost their natural blue colouration completely, and instead favour a dark, murky green colour. This is to enable them to blend in considerably better in their natural environment. However, like all totodile, they still have the darker striping of their base colour as a hatchling, which gradually disappears before vanishing completely once they reach their adult form of Feraligatr.

Oh darn Rexy, you made me reveal another little plan I had x3 Oh well, you guys can guess what it is, but I'm not gonna come right out and say it!

Yup, and that's perfectly fine, Birdy =3 You just need to tell me what species you want so I can make a sprite up.

[Spiderc]

awesomesauce stuff right there ayra =D

as for my prize for the promo, i was going to go with shiny starter to save myself 15k, but randomness is so much more fun, so i'm going to go with the the Mystery Pokemon

also, for a job well done, have a waffle (>^.^)>#

[RATED R FOR REX]

*O*
whoooooa. it's so pretty~ /pets totodile. but i... i don't know who to give it to. ;~; esther would think she's ugly, so that's a no. livia would love any water pokemon and so would jayce, except jayce is a dshozzle of trainer. and jayce has a carvanah in storage for him. ... asfjlas;fldjkdal;ksf. i'll decide later. ._____.

BUT I'M SURE IT'LL BE MEANINGFUL RABBLE. at least, i'll be sure to read it all. haha. i'm especially excited for the walking with pokemon part. owo

OAND. everyone should make osm rangers. c8 because otherwise, they're going to miss out. D:

[Liz]

Fook yes. >D About time we reopened. Finny and Cally and Wade are getting dusty in the corner. *dusts off*

And of course AWESOME. I can vent my journalism study-knowledge on Lanorae nowwww. <3

Anywayyyy prize time. <333 For Cally... I think I'd like a guaranteed encounter. With something like... Hm. Meditite. The bugger's really grown to me. Oh, do we get to specify gender? If so, I would like it if it could be a female, but eh. I'm happy enough that we're getting stuff. <333

For Phineassss.... Oh hell. Hit the cutie with a random Pokémon, please. xD

Whoops, ignore meee. I'm being too greedy. xD So uhm. Random Pokémon. Yaaaay =D

[Administrator]

Spider's mystery Pokemon is revealed to be....

Congratulations!
You have received a melanistic Electrike!

Level: 1
Attacks: Tackle
Ability: Static OR Lightningrod
Notes: Melanism is the opposite to albinoism and results from an increase of black or dark pigmentation. Therefore, melanistic individuals tend to appear noticeably darker than others of their species.

And for Liz! You guys managed to get the same colour mutation somehow xD

Congratulations!
You have received a melanistic Bulbasaur!

Level: 1
Attacks: Tackle
Ability: Overgrow
Notes: Due to the seed fixing itself on the back of a Bulbasaur after its birth, it is very rare for the plant that flowers to share the same genetic mutations as its host. Therefore, a completely melanistic or albino member of the Bulbasaur line has never been seen.

[EX.TRAVAGANT]

Ohhey, do these promos count for rangers too? Just asking.

[~Birdybot~]

I was intending to get Leduro a Firecub when I finished her profile, since they're so cute . And melanistic Pokémon look kinda cool. How many colour mutations are there now?

[Administrator]

Mm, in the case of the new character options (though I may permit the colouration one) no, unfortunately, though even if you don't have a character you can choose one of the other options. Seeing the ranger starting process is so specific and deals a lot with analyzing the profile to choose a starter and whatnot, there's not much influence people have on it unfortunately in terms of species. That's what makes it exciting =3

EDIT: Sorry Birdy, you ninja'd me xD And there's, well, quite a few lD; A lot of them haven't been released so I can't really give you a specified number.

[RATED R FOR REX]

OH LOOK. i wonder where these came from. hm. o:

[Liz]

*gasp*

OH PRETTY. *hands to Finny with a pat on the head*

Sweet Rex, you rule. I'm still confused as to making animated sprites myself...

[RATED R FOR REX]

haha. c: if you need more as you get more colored pokemon or as they evolve, just pm me and i'll make more. owo

actually, they're rather easy if you know how. i could teach you? o:

[#13 - Rymon♪♫]

mystery pokemon please? i really want a farfetch'd encounter, but i like random more. then i was going to go with the 20k but i really don't need it. i think i'm set for life money wise. and if i need any, i know my ghost lady and acorn will sell for lots, maybe...

catching rexy pokemon might be fun... and guide shards sound cool and useful like a whisk

ranger no. two characters no. two sounds like too, as in too many =p.

rexy made pwetty little ones...

way off to the side, note. can i devolve my Mismagius that i got for the halloween promo, into Misdreavus

[Spiderc]

that is a awesome electrike =D

now who to give it to... i think i'll give it to tess (a wave runner) just for the lolz
although, lightningrod could be very useful actually ^^

[Affectionate Zombie]

I plan on making a new character, and I would like for her a Shiny Shroomish as her starter!

aaaaa so excite right now! I won't be roleplaying probably for like... a week, ish, but I am still excite!

[Liz]

Ooooh, teachings from the Rexy-chu. I feel spechuls. =3

If it's not too much of a bother, Rex, I'd love toooo. I've been envying animated sprites for far too long now. ;___;

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[RATED R FOR REX]

i first read that as 'sexy-chu' and was all "why yes i am very sexy. ;D" but then it wasn't, and i kind of got disappointed. haha. xD

but suuuuure. c: i'd be happy to help~
i'll pm you rn, mmhm. nun

[Damian]

What about those in the Omega Syndicate who have yet to get their pokemon? Can we still choose from the Rare Starter or Shiny/Natural Coloration Starter?