It's the Rumor, the Legend, the Mystery.....

[JewellRavenlock]

Where has Jewell Ravenlock been? No one seems to know for sure, but there are a lot of rumors out there...

*Bailey has taken revenge on Jewell and locked her up in his bedroom.

*The Jewell seen around RhyDin is a fetch and the real Jewell is...
...in rehab
...at the famous non-stop rave on Trimere 9
...recovering from another mental breakdown
...recovering from another mental breakdown at the non-stop rave
...dead. Again.

*Busy running a faerie court that will one day take over the city

*Lost staring at herself in the mirror

[Jaycy Ashleana]

There was talk all over Old Market district Saturday about how their Baroness had gone to eat sushi with a steel-haired woman the night before in an Old Market eatery a few blocks from the Cardinal Inn ....... and how later in the night, loud sounds could be heard from the open glass doors on the third floor of the Cardinal Inn itself for several hours.

... some residents remarked this wasn't the first time.

[Bailey Raptis]

Bailey Raptis’ recent appearances at the Outback for the FireStar challenge and at the Arcade during regulation dueling have prompted many whispers among the rumor-minded watchers of the dueling sports. His sluggish walk, slovenly attire (including sunglasses indoors at night!), lazy posture, and the lack of attention he paid to his surroundings have set many tongues a-wagging. The common thread of these rumors is that Bailey has been drinking too much, and showing up to places massively hungover. Why, however, is where the scuttlebutt diverges. Reasons cited include:

• House Royal have been having second thoughts about adding him to their team, once they realized the depths of his drinking problem, and learning this has only exacerbated Bailey’s drinking.
• Bailey’s on-again, off-again relationship with Zevarrna is off again, sadly.
• Trying to keep Jewell locked up in his bedroom has stressed him out and driven him to drink.
• He got dumped by that club kid he went on vacation with from The Callow.
• He’s hanging out with vampires, letting them drain his blood, and it’s given him a lower tolerance for alcohol than he typically has.
• Bailey is moonlighting as an exotic dancer at Swingin' Richard's, frequently partying after hours with his fellow co-workers.

((Thanks to everyone who helped me brainstorm these rumors, and let me make references to your characters/settings! Please let me know if you’d prefer I not use those characters/settings, and I’ll edit/remove those rumors.))

[Bailey Raptis]

Further proof of Bailey Raptis’ not-so-slow descent in alcoholism came this past Monday, when he was spotted being escorted out of the Red Dragon Inn by a samurai dressed in full armor. Witnesses reported him in attendance earlier in the Arena, where he drank two full pitchers of mojitos by himself, spilled several more on himself in a drunken stupor, and belligerently ran down Karma, Hope, and Jaycy before he was given the boot -- literally (Jaycy kicked him in the rear end). His behavior, particularly towards House Royal’s captain, has only stoked the rumors that his tenure with the dueling team will be short-lived.

[Static Rest]

Rumor has it that, after polls closed on Wednesday night, Dockside Baron and former gubernatorial candidate Olaf von Trunk crashed into the Baron of Seaside, Salvador Delahada! Both were in their respective baronial vehicles; Watch sources have revealed that Mr. von Trunk was traveling at a high rate of speed, but have not confirmed allegations that he was fleeing the city with evidence of misused campaign funds that were ejected from the trunk (no, the other trunk) on impact.

It is believed that a broken minotaur statue was behind the wheel of Salvador’s vehicle at the time of the crash. Mr. von Trunk’s whereabouts are currently unknown. Write your local tabloid if you hear anything!

[Elessaria]

Where In The Multiverse Is Elessaria?

It seems The Empath's last public appearance was when she took her turn down the catwalk for this year's Fashion Week. Eless hadn't even participated in a single event celebrating Beltane. Other than a brief sighting of her at Eddie and Tahlia's wedding, the diminutive elfess had seemed to disappear from her usual RhyDin haunts. Since her parfumerie was still open and operating and nobody has filed a missing person's report, there has been no official investigation. However, a variety of rumors explaining her absence were circulating about the city. Some of the theories whispered include:

The mischievous street urchins in her employ decided to mutiny and Eless was held captive in the shelter for her peafowl (or drowned in the decorative fishpond the children made under Yeardley's guidance).

The Empath had shopped till she dropped one time too many and was in debtor's prison.

Tass had finally convinced the weary elfess to take a vacation and spirited her away to some unknown realm.

Eless was accidentally poisoned by a medicinal tea. Whether it was her creation or one of her protege's is unknown.

The Empath finally decided to follow her beloved Connar to his realm and is lost, portal hopping to and from an endless list of different worlds at fluctuating points in time.

Have you seen her?

[Mallory]

Mallory Maeda and Jewell Ravenlock were seen hugging tightly and celebrating after Real RhyDin’s Round Robin Cup match against the Young Ones. Rumors swirl about what the witch disclosed to her friend:

• That she placed a large bet on the exact outcome of the night’s matches, and that recent business expansions such as Riad Alhazu have all been part of a plan to cash out and retire to a luxurious tropical island.
• That after years of involving herself with their courts, the blood witch and former May Queen has become fae herself, rendering her blood poisonous to many vampires.
• That, after being bitten by a wallaby on her latest visit to Japan, Mallory has become a were-wallaby and has been crowned their Wallaby Queen. She stayed out of the rings at the Diamond Quest to avoid transforming. Jewell was embracing her (literally) as fellow royalty.

[Michelle Montoya]

A little ol’ shop called Books and Brews has garnered recent notice. But what’s the story behind this eclectic establishment?

• Books and Brews is really an extra-dimensional space that reveals itself to different people at different times.
• The staircases will always take you to a different section of the bookstore.
• This little bookstore is actually bigger on the inside. Perhaps an old relic from a long forgotten Time Lord?
• The orange tabby is actually a flerkin. Whatever that is.
• Eärendil is part of a secret clan devoted to gathering the largest collection of vinyl records in the universe.
• The dust balls are discerning, and will attach themselves to a thief.
• If you venture into the Restricted Section, there’s a fifty percent chance you will take a one-way trip into another realm.
• The chalkboard for the poem of the day is polished tarrasque hide. Writing the right poem will summon a tarrasque!
• Your blind book date just might be an Olaf intern.

[Strawberry]

Rumor Has It... that after weeks of wearing near matching rings, it was finally confirmed that (former) opal Karma Armstrong is engaged (or possibly married) to Baron of Battlefield Park, Caleb Feren. Adding to the rumors is talk that they may have entered a four person engagement with fellow duelists and Gloaming neighbors Mart Di Luna and Morgan LaFey. They say to keep an eye out for a party to celebrate their unconventional partnership, which should be officiated by Governor Matchmaker Jaycy Ashleana, who recently accompanied Captain LaFey on a marriage retreat to prepare the young Water Keeper for his upcoming quartet nuptials.

But is there something more nefarious at play? In the wake of the recent marriage of Ettyn and Anya De La Rose, some think that those living in the Gloaming District have entered a marriage-death-slayer cult or have been exposed to a mutated strain of the CuP1D-RR virus that has sometimes been blamed for things like tap water induced pregnancies or the ever infamous Ramen Romance Insta-Marriages. Is anyone else in the Gloaming at risk? Time will tell but needless to say, the rumor mill is working overtime.