@Antoinette Ludwig Welcome to the party. Can you tell us about yourself? We'd love to hear what brought you here and what you want to be apart of.

I'm giving you a short explanation of my short stories so that you are not completely lost as you read them. They are all based in a large peninsula that is magically separated from the rest of the world, it is self-sustaining and has no trade outside of the country, and a small archipelago of islands nearby The point of the barrier was to protect the people of the country and islands from outside demonic/devilish influence, I will explain that bit in a moment, but the demonic/devilish powers seeded sleeper cults inside with other refugee who pass down and recruit people to create portals to bypass the barrier. Which is one of the many dangers the heroes are against. Sorry, There going to be more explanation than I planned so bear with me.... now that I am typing this I have to some how share this information with my future readers in more entertaining way... maybe I still with short stories for that too... So the next key thing is that the world is primarily controlled by demonic/devilish influence, and did an experiment of forcefully merging magic with embryos to make super-powered magical humans to fight in their armies against human rebels so they can focus their demonic armies in other agendas, the first successful child was merged with thunder and lightning magic, place holder name Zeus, Zeus is eventually kidnapped by the rebels and taught human ways, and he begins to fight for and lead the rebels, and eventually learns of and retrieves what he calls his siblings, other infants turned into weapons. bring war against the rebels to stand still the super soldiers being too much for the demonic/devilish powers at the moment. so they offer the magic soldiers and their followers the peninsula and on both sides cast the barrier that protects it, and over time Zeus and his siblings are worshiped as living gods. Until they begin to go mad and start causing cataclysmic events, floods, volcanoes, undead hordes, etc., etc. a hero emerges. With assistance from the churches of the gods, they put them into a slumber, but occasionally things disturb the gods' sleep and cataclysmic events occur over the centuries. being the second main danger of the heroes.

Aidan is my Business partner. He is the other half of "Earned Salvation" and we are constantly working (sometimes pulling all nighters as you know) to keep building the dream. Introduce yourself everyone.

Well, we all know what dogs are, so lets start there. Dogs came from Dire Wolves long ago when we formed a partnership between the species. Eventually, we began domesticating them to perform unique and specific functions. This how the wild wolf of old, became a Pug, beagle, Hound, Caucasian Shepard, ovtcharka, Akita, German Shepard, ect... some were bred and the blood line was consistently made to heard, or guide, lived in the cold from birth until death, guard a specific piece of land, and so on. After generations, each became better and better (genetically predisposed) to that performed function. which means what you do with your dog(s) matter(s) because you're contributing to their species continued evolution to produce the dog that you raise. so, in the modern day we have grey and artic wolf, we have breeds of Dog, and we have Hybrids. this is where we are on the timeline of "dog" history. Wolves have still evolved from Dire wolves, and most have the ability to work with humans in their historic capacity (although, because of very bad practices being enforced for the last several generations, some lines of wolf are probably destroyed for the foreseeable future... sadly..) and the wolves that can work with and get along with humans lead full and happy lives with their owners like any other dog. once you know the animal in front of you is a workable animal, then it becomes a matter of consistent training and relationship building. Any thoughts?

there's two edges to the Sword of truth. This two step process is actually simple to understand and implement. 1. have foundational members and new comers alike be the type of people who want to "do gods work" "let positive changes be born" "give up their weakness in order to earn their strengths" and so on... People like this rarely take offense, and rare make an effort to be offensive. so they will naturally make the effort to give their best phrasing, and work to find good outcomes when someone else missteps by mistake. 2. if someone is found to break agreements and no proper resolution can be (or should be) discovered, those people lose access to the benefits of the community. 99% of life will occur in the first step, because if that alone is done well, step 2 becomes a mere back-pocket emergency plan for cases where something does go wrong. The counter balance to these two metrics is also simple, and easy. (no work for you). If I find myself having to ban someone, I will be expected to make amends and amendments to the process of joining our community so that step 2 becomes less necessary. This cycle will continue for me (and any admins I hire) until a day comes where step 1 is so powerful step 2 becomes a myth. Thank you for reading this, and thank you for your time. remember to like things that appeal to you, and say what you liked. or to comment about things that you think need explored, discussed, or commented on. This is your group too.