JAMES
Thoroughbred Pegasus | Transcendent Master | Arcane Element | Father

1 -- Cycle 60
James is Born! - James is born into the world! With some help from Dragon and Khloros, he manages to escape the muck of Cetus and make his way into Eridanus. He starts out as an unassuming brown colt.
ARE WE PLANT OR ARE WE GEMBOUND - James encounters the fearsome Titanite. Or, not so fearsome? The two become fast friends and test their speed in a race, running through Eridanus and practicing their magic together.
SomeBODY Once Told Me - James meets Aristotle the lion.
This Land Is Peaceful, Its Inhabitants Kind - James meets Pride in Eridanus, where Pride tells him of a deer with fungus growing on their body, and leads him to Orion.
Run Boy Run... - James encounters Orthoclase-Alpha for the first time and accidentally leads it into a chase.

05/12/20 — Ascended to Pupil Magic Level

First Day. - Pride gives James a tour around Orion and helps him find a house to live in, while also giving him his first magic lesson.
Eat Hot Chip and Cry By chance, James encounters Eythan, who offers to give the foal fighting lessons and tells him about the Bonebound.
Town Hall - James joins dozens of gembounds to listen to what Pride and Astraea have to say about the upcoming Master Vargas and the threat that has cropped up... beings more powerful than the Masters themselves.
Blinky, Pinky, Inky, & Clyde? - Aristotle shows James the stone he'd found in Tunnel I, and enlists his help in carrying it to Orion.

2 -- Cycle 61
No One Puts Baby In A Corner! - James and Aristotle arrive in Orion with the stone and get to work clearing out a house for the lion. They speak about the worth of the stone, and James learns that Aristotle is already attached to it. The beginning of the end.
Superfly - James meets Gaul.
Frieeeeeendship is Maaaaaagic - James and 'Ari' reunite after the latter went on a long trip. They argue about diplomacy, James insisting it can't be used always and Aristotle countering that it has to be.
[Quest] The Three Kings - Wild Hunt - James and other gembound participate in the preparation of the Wild Hunt.
send in the a-team - James encounters Orthoclase-Alpha for a second time, and as per the Kings' instructions, attempts to gather 'the blood of the savage' from them, only for their spell to be too powerful and send a boulder smashing into a cluster of Batcat Jr.'s. The proceeded to chrysalize most of the party, but James evaded them and got out with only a few scratches.
Misery Loves Company - James meets with Pride and they train while talking about the fight with Aristotle, and how to perhaps fix it. After a while they agree to a chase, using magic to try and counter the other.
Regret is a painful lesson. - James runs back to Aristotle, frantic after the incident with Orthoclase-Alpha, and after being talked down, weaves a cloth made of 'the hair or fur of a being pure of heart, spun into cloth' from his and Aristotle's manes.

3 -- Cycle 62
Lets Get Down To Business - Obstacle Course Setup! - James helps set up an obstacle course for the Origin Olympics.
dark red five - glucose - James meets Aran, a deer who was present during the incident with Orthoclase-Alpha, and apologizes for his near lethal mistake. Thankfully, Aran forgives him, and they become friends.
Tending the Garden - James comes home to Aristotle growing a beautiful garden.
Adventures in the Swamp - James attempts to teach Aristotle about magic, but they find something unexpected. Sun-Wukong, a newborn gembound. Aristotle adopts him, and out of obligation, as does James.
remember me, though i have to say goodbye.. - James searches for Khloros, seeking more information about the caves and asks the stallion of his visions when he made contact with the Spire.
come one, come all! James encounters, Fairy, Forgraves, and Aran while the former speaks of a new group, the Edenfolk.
Let's go in the garden, you'll find something waiting... - James speaks to Aristotle about how he feels forced into taking care of Sun-Wukong, and Aristotle claims he didn't mean to, that they reached out to him. TW: Gaslighting.
For even though I'm far away I'll hold you in my heart... - James goes with Khloros to the Spire, where he is told of Astraea's words to him and his vision inside the Spire. He attempts to make contact and has a vision himself... 'It looked, briefly, as though James were in a grove: thick with trees, a green canopy overhead and something--something water-like, pale blue--overhead. It was the briefest glimpse before darkness fell: a stormcloud, but one roiling with purple smoke.

The trees around him cracked and crashed. The ground reverberated with some ominous bass rumble, and toxic green lightning cracked through the clouds above: clouds that crashed down, smothering the land around him, crushing and withering the trees, the grass, the flowers-...

The smoke poured in around him, and he fell... and woke.'
Grim Tidings - James learns of the Hydra Trials after Pride announces that the Seven lost two of their own. Nassir and Fireheart.
Shiny, Shiny, Here and There! - James, Sun-Wukong, and Aristotle explore the ruins of Orion.
[James] Crossing the Path - James encounters Alrik, who wishes to train with him. After a mishap, he injures his leg during the fight.

4 -- Cycle 63
Falling, falling... flying. - James, bored out of his mind from being cooped up from his injury, ends up on the cliffs of Orion. He encounters a beautiful woman who asks him to help her, and jumps towards the platform she stands on to offer his aid... only to fall from the cliff, having been tricked by the malicious Nemean. He chrysalizes after a few moments of laying in pain at the bottom, his body broken.
B-B-B-Bird bird bird, bird is the word. - James hatches from his chrysalis after two weeks of being missing, with a new pair of beautiful wings on his back and feathers covering his body. It seemed that his fall had triggered a mutation! He meets his daughter Comet for the first time.
Spoils of the Night - James freaks out as his daughter comes home drenched in blood after a quarrel with a snake.
Stormy Frozen Filly - James meets Stormy and guides her to Orion.
When You Try Your Best And You Might Succeed - James finds Comet practicing her magic in Fornax and joins her.
Wings of Gay and Spirit of Wishing - James takes Comet to join the Seven and explains how he got his wings to Pride. Pride learns of Aristotle's abuse and urges him to see a friend.

08/26/20 — Ascended to Master Magic Level

[RAID]{Winter in Polaris] FROM YOUR COLD GRASP - James joins dozens of gembound to assist Azigh in his fight against the Ursa golem. When it explodes, spores coat everyone who doesn't somehow push it away, and infects them with Mother. Astraea purges James of the fungus and together, they purge as many gembounds as they can of the fungus, though some escape into Ursa.

5 -- Cycle 64
Don't be a Dragonslayer - James and Comet meet Carja.
I'm a New Soul - James brings Stormy into his home to build her strength back up.
you ain't never had a friend like me! - Pride takes James to his friend, Mercurius, to show him what a true, good friend looks like. They aim to make a plan to confront Aristotle.
A Glimpse of the Future - James meets Wyvern.
i'm just a little messed up - Comet, after she and James left Aristotle and Sun-Wukong, was getting lonely, and so asked James to give life to a stone she found. He did so, and Pegasus was made.
The Creature of the Black Lagoon [OPEN] - James enters Pisces to see that his daughter and many other gembound have pooled their magic to revive Tenzin, one of the Masters of the cave.
Beards - James and Kaimana meet, snuggle, and become the best parent-friends this world has ever seen.
LURKER IN THE DEEP [hatchy!] - James is present for the hatching of Leviathan, Kaimana's child.
Barbecuing with dad - James has many questions to ask Astraea... who knows if they'll be answered?
oh deer - After the Raid, Tahi-shei visits James, offering someone to talk to as his mental health begins to decline.
Thundering on hooves of freedom - With the new caves open, James visits Pegasus for the first time with Comet. They are the very first to ever enter the cave, and make the most out of it, rolling in the grass and making fools of themselves. They find Lyn's sanctuary and rest there, safe.
Ma There's a Weird Cat Here - James encounters Garnet-Epsilon, an agent of Vargas who seeks to get a member of the Seven kicked out... though that is unknown to James. To him, he just met a new friend, Cirrus.
COLLECTOR! I'VE COME TO BARGAIN! - James goes to the Collector asking only for a humble sling. No magic, no nothing, only to learn something horrible about Aristotle.
[Quest] Lost Knowledge - James and other gembound gather together to put together the pieces of a puzzle, though the stallion takes more interest in Tahi-shei, developing a crush on the stag.
dISGOSTANG - James returns home to tell Comet of what he learned from the Collector... that Aristotle killed stone in order to get the last legs.
Tjis is my hell, I live to tell - James tells Yew of Aristotle's crimes to uphold his end of the deal from the Collector.
Dog With A Chainsaw - James goes with Comet so that she can exchange her mace for something else, something even more dangerous. A necklace that could cause storms, should it feel like doing so.
Meeting the Family - James helps Comet and Mayfal figure out their problems with one another and make up.
[Event] The Wild Hunt - The Chase - James joins many other gembound in a chase across the caves.
[WH] mumber fiffteen, buger king foof letuce - In this leg of the Wild Hunt, he is in Pegaus, and he attempts to assist the quarry and prevent the hunters from capturing it.

6 -- Cycle 65

here i am - James enlists the help of Sharp to aid him in building his house in Pegasus.
birds of a feather - James meets Jampa, Pride's daughter, and plays some games with her.
A Difficult Dilemma - James talks to Comet about her constant reckless behavior and how worried he is that he will find her dead some day.
the only reason i'm doing this is because my hu- friend's been missing for three days - James goes with Madhukar to find their mutual friend Tahi-shei. He dislikes the cat because of her history with injuring Comet, and after they find Tahi, he lashes out at her and has a manic episode.
[Quest] Lost Knowledge - II - James meets the Blacksmith and learns what enchanting is.
please just give me a normal friggin sling - James returns to the Collector to retrieve his sling, but is unaware that the Collector has put a horrible curse on the object.
[Hatching] Downy Feathers - James' son Pegasus is born! Unfortunately, Cirrus and Comet can't seem to get along.
Grocery Shopping, Cave Edition - James has a nice talk with Cirrus.
There's nowhere else on Earth I'd rather be - James takes Comet on a lovely flight through Pegasus... only to learn that Aristotle is dead.
[Event] The Wild Hunt - The Stalk - James joins many gembound on the second leg of the Hunt. He attempts to hide the quarry from the hunter's eyes.
tonight we make our dreams come true [transcendence!] - James faces Emuh's trial, though despite trying his very best, fails incredibly hard, his mental health taking a serious hit. He chrysalized on the 28th of October.
Let the FATHER DIE and let the MONSTER RISE! - James reunites with his son, Sun-Wukong... tempers flare and tears are shed, but ultimately they make up.
[FF] The Great Pumpkins - The Fall Festival is underway, and with it comes pumpkins!
[FF Setup] Sweets and Trinkets ~ Making things - James uses his knowledge of making sugar to make a simple sweet called a 'fruit roll'. He also makes feather earrings, necklaces, and bracelets!
[FF Setup] Sweets and Trinkets ~ Selling Things! - James gives away the things he's made to those who want them!
[FF] Tunnel of Frightmares - James goes with Comet and others to go through his spooky tunnel, only to find Nemean, the horrible Master who'd tricked him off that cliff! He is also the only one to get through the tunnel.
Bruh. - Exactly as what's written on the tin. James' insecurities well up and he talks to Pride about them, seeking comfort.
A First Breath Taken[Hatching] - James witnesses the hatching of Aristotle's four children. Of course, Aristotle still manages to be abusive in the afterlife, leaving his children to grow up without their father, and leaving James to care for them.

7 -- Cycle 66

disappointment in oneself - James hatches from his chrysalis and encounters Tahi-shei again, who confesses his affections.
Stop, drop, And drag me into place, and lock the fire escapes. - James confronts Aran about his behavior around Pegasus and confronts him about Elias. He warns him about the Collector.
[Event] The Wild Hunt - Cornered - James participates in the final leg of the Wild Hunt, and succeeds in helping the quarry escape.
Empty Eyes - James talks with his mentor yet again, this time about his emotional turmoil about his fails transcendance trial.
The Fluff Can't Fly Yet - James talks with Abraxas, one of Aristotle's spawn.
GOOD PERFORMANCE. [training thread] - James provides his support and abilities to Tahi-shei in his effort to gather gembound for the war against Mother.
moving in - James finally takes Pegasus to Pegasus.
Trying to Follow Your Path - James interacts with Adonia, another of Aristotle's daughters.
she shot me, she shot me, bang bang, she shot me - James interacts with Kaimana, who he hadn't seen for a while.
Making Snacks With Renny! - James teaches Sprig how to make fruit rolls!
YOU ARE HOLY, RIGHTEOUS AND REDEEMED - James desperately tries to stop Draconua from burning down Pegasus.
A Second Chance - James and Comet go to try to have Tenzin revive a stone they'd found.

8 -- Cycle 67

Time for a Vacation! - James and Tahi-shei take a well-earned break.
i skipped class to sit with you, i really like your spotty sweater - James meets Forgraves again, and they become fast friends.
i'm not scared [Transcendence] - James finally completes his transcendence trial, and the road to mental healing begins.
what in the world? James and Tahi-shei encounter the mysterious rift in Gemini, and talk about children and the upcoming war.

12/27/20 — Transcended and returned to Pupil magic level.

Can I ask you something? - James talks with Isra, asking if he could make one of her swans his familiar. In exchange for a stone, she accepts, and he successfully familiar forges Darling, a hellswan.
retrieval - James quickly grabs a stone from Pegasus to give to Isra.
Retribution - Aran comes to James to apologize, but the stallion isn't in a merciful mood, for he sees that Aran went to the Collector despite his warnings.
the view - James encounters Isolde and makes fast friends.
[Quest] The Black City - Part I - James gathers with many others to assist the Blacksmith in creating water breathing items for a battle that takes place under Leo's ocean.
does in the forest, with the devil in me - Tahi gives James a gift, and James introduces Darling to Tahi-shei. They create a child together and Tahi-shei gives life to one of his stones.
WE GET WHAT WE DESERVE. - James goes with Tahi to show Vargas the gembound they'd accumulated for the war.
Lamper Valkhound Improves Lawn With Shiny Oil Droplets - James and Tahi-shei find something terrifying... a Mothered Valkhound. They desperately try to purge Aetheral, but Tahi-shei gets chrysalized, James wounded, and she flees into Tunnel F.