THE TRADER'S DEN

  —   where blood is gold, death is money, and where your soul shall be weighed.   —  

NALD'S CONDUIT   —   THAL'S CONDUIT

  —   DYNAMIS. KRAKEN. GOBLET. W15, P49.   —  

Does ones soul feel out of balance? Do the scales of ones heart tip too far to a single side, ready to topple you? Balance in all things - there is no greater need, and no greater goal.In Ul’dah, there is an old addage. A man carries gold in one hand, and grief in the other. When sadness overwhelms, fill thy coffers and lavish thy friends. When the coffers crush your back, thank the Gods that you are still alive to carry it. Nald, and Thal. Life, and death. Gold, and grief.When one steps into The Trader’s Den, tucked away deep within the heart of Ul’dah, thrumming with aether as one climbs down the steps — thy soul has been placed upon the scales. Does grief, loss, sadness overwhelm? Step onto the stage, and curry the favor of the Keeper of the Living. Is one’s heart lost to the corruption of power, of riches? Step onto the stage, and prove your worth to the Keeper of the Dead.Within these hallowed walls - we are an outlet. Great food, great drinks, even better company — and above all, great entertainment. To fight, to win, to lose, come and find your place amongst. As they say in Ul’dah —“Everyone here is after something -- fame, notoriety, power, money. Me? I'll have the whole bloody lot.”

This section will not show up on the carrd itself, this is here for instruction purposes only. You can delete this section if you want. If you have an issue or need help that isn't covered in the tips below, you are welcome to contact me for help via my askbox @rcsea on tumblr.

Terms of Use

  • Edit as much as you like, but don't remove any credits present. They are the small © symbols. Leave them alone. You may change the color to match your custom palette for your carrd but do not make them invisible or hard to see.

  • Don't claim as your own work OR use this template as a base for a different template OR use it for any commissions, paid or not. If you use this template, I don't care how much you edit it, go wild, but the credit has to stay intact and you cannot claim it as your own.

  • Do not use to promote illegal, harmful, or hateful content. No burn books, no hate blogs, no callout blogs, nothing of the sort.

How to Add More Muse Bios

  • At the bottom of the previous muse info section (should be the very bottom of the carrd unless you add other things), add a new #sectionbreak and name it what you wish. If you don't know how to do that, you can just copy the #muse1 break but you MUST rename it. Every section must have an individual name to link to, even if you just go with something simple like #muse1 #muse2 #muse3, so on and so forth.

  • Directly below that, add a scroll point  ( the yellow line ),  or as mentioned above, copy the previous scroll point and rename it if you don't know how to set one up.

  • Copy everything between  #muse1  and your new section and drag everything into place. Make sure you highlight the individual containers to delete instead of each individual element as that will save lots of time by copying and moving things all at once. If done right, you should only have to copy / move four things for each new muse you add (the title + two sections + the return button), unless you also need to copy the section breaks.

  • Link to the new muse bio wherever you wish. If you link within the carrd itself, such as linking to it from the muse roster here, then you can just link with #whateveryounamedthis, but if you link outside of the carrd (i.e. from tumblr) then you need to put the full link. So your link would be ( https://yourcarrdname.carrd.co/#whateveryounamedthis ).

How to Add Muses to the Roster

  • The muses are divided into rows of three. There is a new container for every row to prevent uneven spacing. To add more muses, you need to duplicate the container as a new one instead of adding to the same one, keeping only to a row of three per container.

  • Make a copy of the image and description sections and move them into place. There should only be two things to copy per new muse.

  • If a row has an empty space with no muse, click on the container, select the column that is empty (left, middle, or right) and check the box that says "use as spacer". If you have two muses in a row instead of three and want them to center, delete the empty column and the other two will adjust automatically. If you need to re-add the column later when adding another muse, just click "add column" and the sizes should also automatically adjust in that case as well.

How to Add More Categories

  • Make a new yellow scroll point and place it between the last category container and the dividing line before the "scroll to top" button, or wherever you want your new category to go if not at the bottom. Give the scroll point a unique name.

  • Copy a box with the category title and a box with the section of muses in it and move them below the new scroll point you have just made.

  • Click the category buttons at the top, add a new button, and link it to the scroll point you just made. You can rearrange the buttons if the order of the categories has changed.

Image Sizing

  • The banner on the front page is most suited for images at a 3:1 or 2:1 ratio depending on personal preference. It should be at least 1000px wide for best results. (The one that comes with the template is 2000px wide.)

  • Images on the muse roster are roughly around a 5:3 ratio. They will resize based on width, so don't worry about exact size other than matching them with each other by ratio. They work best if they are at least 360px wide or greater.

  • The tall image in the muse bio template is at a 9:16 ratio. It will also resize based on width. If you make the bio longer, you may want a taller image, or to add another column to the container so it does not outgrow the image too much and make the spacing look weird. The image here will work best with the current spacing if it is at least 450px wide or greater.

  • If you need help with image sizing, or re-sizing anything / fixing spacing, you're more than welcome to shoot me a message on my blog and I'll try to help when I can.

  DYNAMIS.     kraken.     goblet.     w15 p49.  

OOC CONDUCT

  001   Staff reserve the right to refuse anyone service and to expel anyone from the establishment should they feel their behavior warrants their removal.  002   Bigotry, in any form (yes, even "fantasy" bigotry) will be met with a blacklist from the venue. Explore whatever you want in your own RP, in your own writing - but this is a space for people to have fun, and watch blood coat the stage. Don't ruin it by being a dickhead, in character or not. We do not tolerate racism, misgendering, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc.  003   Sexual conduct and sexually-charged language is not allowed on the premises. In a similar vein, harassment of staff or patrons, sexual or otherwise, will see you removed from the venue.

IC CONDUCT

  004   All participants must be 21+ to enter the venue. Other than that, all are welcome to pass through our doors.  005   We do not charge OOC gil for any of our items, everything shall be handled IC! Though as always, tips are more than appreciated.  006   By its very nature, this venue will be exploring dark and mature themes - however, we do not allow ERP within our public space. Keep it in party chat or /tell, or simply move it elsewhere.

FIGHT GUIDELINES

  007   We follow grindstone rules. Roll initiative, first to 3, attack/defense. All rolls are conducted using /random. There will be no godmodding.We operate with two types of matches - Nald, and Thal. A Nald match is expected to be entertaining more than brutal - we heavily encourage betting and flourish, and the winner shall receive a prize of riches (not gil, unfortunately). A Thal match is where violence becomes a dance - float just over the line between life and death, and see yourself rewarded.  008   Fighters and announcers will utilize the /yell channel. Please do not use the channel while a fight is going on.  009   Death is not on the table. We are a den of entertainment, not a clan of reapers ready to take souls to the beyond.



  NALD'S LOYAL SERVANT  Buried within the Goblet, there once was a lonely old dragon. He would toil his days away and away, filling his coffers before running them dry within a moon. He could take it no longer, throwing in his towel and falling before the statue of Nald within the Sacrarium. Oh Nald, he would plead. Could thou not send me a sign? Place me on a path that fulfills more than mine own? And lo - he t'was. A path of pain, a path of death - but oh, t'was a path brimmed with gold. For the dragon founds riches, he found fortune - but above all... the dragon found his half.  MEETING THAL'S MOST TRUSTED   Lurking in the shadows, ever was the deliverer of death. A weapon more than a man, a tool more than a soul. T'is no way to live, not at all - but this was all the weapon knew. Late in the eve, in a drafty loft high above the city - the weapon began to hear a voice. Hear me, shadow, boomed through his head. Continue upon your path - and thy blade shall bend, shall break. Would breaking be so bad? So long as the weapon has served it's purpose, what else is there to it? Oh, dear shadow - no. The greatest weapons must be polished. Find thy swordsmith. He knew not what it meant - the shadow knew no swordsmith. That was - until one fate filled day, under the stars. It started, as it always does - with a chat.  THE TRADERS, TOGETHER   Together, the pair found equilibrium - the dragon became the conduit of the God of Commerce - and the shadow, the Conduit of the God of Death. After many moons, the conduits found themselves drawn to a plot of land - formerly owned by the Order of Nald'thal, long since vacated in favor of the Sacrarium. The energy remains rich with Nald and Thal's favor both - and the building was erected to honor them both, in equal part. There is no Nald without Thal, Thal without Nald - for there shall always be two eternal constants. Death, and Taxes.

MANAGEMENT

  TORA    —  OWNER
Nald's Conduit.
Restaurateur, Vessel of the Wrym.

  V    —  OWNER, HEAD OF SECURITY
Thal's Conduit.
Mercenary, Shadow of Kugane.

FIGHT STAFF

  LUNETE    —  MEDIC
Aetheric Healer, Favored by Nald.
Soothsayer, Coveter of the Great Divide.

  REYNARD    —  ANNOUNCER, TRACKER
Speaker of the Traders, Favored by the Traders.
Virtuoso of the Pen, Master of Riddles.

  ARSLAN    —  MEDIC
Physical Healer, Favored by Thal.
Scholar, Purveyor of Fine Instruments.

BARTENDERS

  THE BARTENDER    —  SELF EXPLANATORY
Favored by Nald.
The Link, Chain to Life and Death.

  SVIARR    —  ANNOUNCER, BARTENDER
Speaker of the Traders, Favored by the Traders.
Tides of Change, Fae of the First.

  ERLA    —  BARTENDER, ASSISTANT MEDIC
Favored by Thal.
Long Bacon Eyes.

HOSTS & SECURITY

  AINA    —  SECURITY
Favored by Nald.
Born of Dragon’s Fire, Seeker of Splendors.

  FINIA    —  HOST
Favored by Thal.
Teacher of Youth, Sharpshooter of Eld.

DRINK AT YOUR OWN RISK.

  ERLA'S ESOTERIC CONCOCTION  
 —  We genuinely do not know what is in this. The mixologist behind this would not tell us.

  ACONITE AND ARSENIC  
 —  We're joking, there's not really aconite or arsenic in this.
  ADVISORY   After consulting with our lawyer, as well as the Traders above - we are legally and spiritually obligated to inform you that you must sign a fantasy waiver before ingesting this beverage.

  THE HAIR THINNER  
 —  Do not sniff this. Ever. It will singe the skin of your nostrils. Tastes strongly of salt, herring, and magical hair remover.

  A VISION, A COMA  
 —  The healer who brewed this beverage told us it would 'send whomever right to sleep'. Such is true - but not wholly true. Those who have dared to try it report odd visions before their consciousness fades.

  STRAWBERRY SUNRISE  
 —  The one item on this menu that is not a health risk, this is a sweet, creamy drink that tastes exactly like strawberry shortcake. It’s low on alcohol, for those who aren’t looking to end up on the floor.

  DECEPTION  
 —  It looks better than it tastes. With rosewater and lavender, one might start to feel a touch loopy after ingesting.

  LET FATE DECIDE  
 —  This drink tastes of nothing. However, it affects each person differently. Be warned.

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