| Time | 5:30 PM ST | |
| Date | Friday, March 10th | |
| What | Discussion and Planning | |
| Where | Karnum's Glade, Desolace | |
| Who | All Who Call Kalimdor Home |
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Our labors are far from complete.
In the years following the War of Thorns, the Helping Hands coalition, guided by the request of kaldorei, labored to build trade routes and acquire resources for the peoples of northern Kalimdor affected by the war. Their efforts bore fruit, and the regions began stocking the supplies delivered to them.
Over the years of working with the Councils of the Forests of Darkshore, Ashenvale, and Hyjal, Helping Hands secured its members limited, supervised passage into Kaldorei territories for the purpose of providing aid. However, some wounds never healed, and others have arisen in time. Now, the coalition gathers once more with their allies and the peoples they wish to aid, opening their ears to all who wish to raise their voices and concerns and guide Helping Hands’ path once more.
Ishnu'alah!
Thanks for reading! ÂWhat is Helping Hands?
Helping Hands is a public campaign centered on a coalition of peace-advocates by the same name. They seek to build relations between the Kaldorei and the Horde by resolving actions that both parties agreed to address, focusing their efforts in Kalimdor and other key areas.
Our players choose what events we do, and we feature both peaceful and combat events. For 2023, we’ll be based in Northern Kalimdor! We are currently considering events around themes such as rebuilding Darkshore, the Shatterspear Tribe, faction conflicts in Ashenvale, cleansing corruption, satyrs, furbolgs, and more! We’re also looking at events for anti-peace characters!
Sample of Possible Events
(Not final/confirmed, example-only)
- Studying a tainted glade in Felwood.
- Hosting negotiations between the Shatterspear and Kaldorei.
- Investigating a disease in Mulgore wildlife.
- Stopping a satyr cult.
- Reconstructing a kaldorei town.
- Cleansing a forest, so wisps may extract wood for lumber.
Who can come?
Anyone, especially those with an interest in Kalimdor RP!While Helping Hands is particularly focused on peace-building, we welcome and encourage characters with a wide variety of view points. The War of Thorns was painful, and forgiveness comes slow - if at all. IC Conflict is the stuff of stories, so we welcome butting heads - as long as everyone stays respectful!
Looking for Speakers!
We’ll start with a few speeches from leadership, and maybe returning NPCs, to help frame the situation. However, after, we’ll open the floor for participants to share their thoughts on long-term peace! Is there anything we need to focus on? Is it even possible? With our campaign being in Northern Kalimdor, does your character with to request help for anything in that area? This year’s will be rather open, so we can get input from post-timeskip participants.
Speeches should be kept to 10 minutes in-length, and no more! If you’re interested in having a character share their thoughts, please contact me! Unsure? No worries! Once all per-registered speakers are finished, any remaining time will be opened to walk-up speakers in the order which they volunteer.
Additional Details
IC Background
In conversations with the Horde immediately following the Fourth War, the kaldorei demanded action as reparation for the War of Thorns and Burning of Teldrassil. Many Horde-affiliate groups offered aid, so the Kaldorei gathered among themselves to deliberate. Though they rejected direct assistance, they produced a list of actions they’d like to see resolved. They met with the Horde in the shadows of the Nighthold and agreed on which they’d address: destroying Blight stores, manufacturing medical supplies, rescuing souls from the Maw, and restoring arid lands.
They decided to start with destroying Blight stores. In this, they found a Blight-tainted barrow den in Ashenvale. While cleansing it, they encountered a Blight alchemist, Celestine Sorrowsong, performing experiments on the corpses of the druids that once slumbered there. They chased her away, removed the Blight from the den, and cleansed a nearby lake. From there, they cut off her supply lines and pursued her to Lordaeron. Though she initially had the upper hand, they eventually apprehended her. A jury of Horde, Alliance, and neutrals found her to be guilty of multiple war crimes and sentenced her to execution after the crisis in the Shadowlands resolved itself.
After reconvening once more, the kaldorei in attendance requested a drastic change. Rather than reject direct aid, they actively asked for it. It was, by-in-large, the overwhelming majority vote, so the Coalition started their efforts. Over several years, they traveled the world, striking deals, fixing problems, resolving conflicts, and building a trade network to get supplies flooding into Darkshore, Ashenvale, and Mt. Hyjal. Now, with the materials they need, they turn their attention to putting them to use.
Is IC Conflict permitted?
Of course! I fully hope that there is some tension between characters! Working to resolve the distrust is a large part of the event series! However, I would be remiss if I allowed excessive conflict to derail multiple events. With that said, if you are bringing a character that you believe will have an exceptionally poor reaction to the opposing faction or peace-building activities, I do ask that you contact me OOCly prior to the event, so we can discuss. Due to demand, we’re currently investigating building event infrastructure to accommodate those very characters!
Please understand that the DM(s) of any event maintain OOC control over any combat RP. Guards may be empowered with the ability to power-game for the purpose of roleplaying the prompt, IC removal of belligerents from the discussions. That is to say, for this event, they can take action to remove belligerents without needing to “attempt” or roll. They will automatically succeed on removing belligerent characters. If the guards are ignored, I will instruct attendees to ignore belligerent characters. Again, this is for the sake of maintaining the purpose of the event, so please respect that.
Of course, OOC aggression or other belligerent OOC behavior will not be tolerated, and such players will be promptly ignored.
Combat System
This was originally inspired by the Year of the Scourge combat system, then the Helping Hands system was incorporated into the Year of the Scourge system. This year, we are expanding the combat system to include character customization options! More information soon!
New Paths Conclusion
New Paths was originally intended to be a multi-year, globe-spanning campaign about resolving local problems all across Azeroth, in exchange for different groups providing support for the Kaldorei.
At least, that was the plan… Right up until a timeskip was announced.
So, Helping Hands was faced with a tough decision: what did we do in the timeskip? We were supposed to be working across the world, but… that was the campaign. Did the campaign just happen in the background? That sounds lame.
At the conclusion of New Paths for 2022, we polled our community for feedback and opinions on a path forward. Those who responded were overwhelmingly eager to go to Northern Kalimdor. Prior to this, Northern Kalimdor was ICly “off-limits”, due to the Kaldorei still being too wounded and angry to accept Horde aid directly.
However, Azeroth is imaginary, and our player’s enjoyment is not. With the timeskip, it’s been seven, in-universe years (and five IRL ones, don’t let that haunt you) since the War of Thorns. Though that is no time at all to mend all the wounds, it is plenty of time for a determined diplomat to negotiate conditions for some supervised, humanitarian aid.
So, given that feedback, rather than deal with clunky timeskip fumbling, the decision was made to time skip through the rest of New Paths, and bring us into the new year with a new campaign!
Previous Threads
For reference!Helping Hands (Ch02): New Paths
Helping Hands: Second Year Commencement
Helping Hands (Ch01): Cleansing the Blight
Helping Hands (C0E2): Confirm the Requests
Helping Hands (C0E1): Name the Requests
Peace Summit
Shaha lor'ma! Thanks!
I hope you can make it! 
Please let me know if you have any questions!
LOOKING FOR: Speakers! 
LOOKING FOR: Antagonists! 
