Opal Stories (with updated links)

[Koyliak]

Hi - I think updating the original Opal Stories is a great idea! Since the original post on RDI is now locked I’ve posted the main threads here and included the new additions (what was shared and some other threads I remembered). There are a few smaller posts for challenges I haven’t added and can be seen on the original post.

If there are more threads please DM me and happy to add into one updated list here! (If there’s an issue with me making a new thread please let me know, thought it would be easier to have a fresh thread).

Opals Origins
Reposting these links for anyone looking for backstory on how the Opals came to RhyDin.

Origins of ShadoWeaver, IceDancer, FireStar, PathFinder and MoonBeryl
Origin of the Opals by Jake Thrash

The Sixth Opal – SunCatcher
Written by Tareth Thorn
Date with a Devil
One man’s treasure…

Opal Changes (2019-2020)
After 20+ years, the Opals achieve their escape at Diamond Quest C and subsequently are brought back (but not the same) in Diamond Quest CI.
The Metamorphism

Opal Realms (2022)
Eonia
Glacial Steppes
Tywyllwch
Paraiso
Ember Wake

Reference: OOC Opal Discussion
The Opals - Opals prior to Diamond Quest C
Opals & Diamond Changes - Opals after Diamond Quest C
Opal Realms Primer


Opal Stories: The Simons (2004-present)
These are the links of stories that involved the Opals and a member of the Simon family.

Matthew Simon and ShadoWeaver (2004-2005)
Insomnia
Takeover (Part 1)
ShadoWeaver Challenge

The Simons and the Opal Siblings (2006-present)

Main Story Series – Places (2006-2008)
Featured Opals: MoonBeryl, ShadoWeaver, PathFinder
Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The Places We Come To Fear The Most
The Places Beyond Happily Ever After

Main Story Series – Sanyumato (2009)
Featured Opals: MoonBeryl, ShadoWeaver
Spiraling

And the alternate-reality RhyDin if Sanyumato had hit full blast:
Elements Askew

Main Story Series - Creating Malachite (2015)
Featured Opals: MoonBeryl, IceDancer, PathFinder, ShadoWeaver, FireStar
Letters to the Dearly Departed
In the Land of Frost and Honey
Which has tie-ins with Proximity and Pitch Black But Blinking
Birth Announcement
Beltane 2015: Mother/Daughter Picnic

Main Story Series - Thia and Runt Enter the Game (2019)
Featured Opals: FireStar, PathFinder, MoonBeryl
Ild-at-raseri
Which has tie-ins with The First Fight and A Stone Who Hears a Screaming Heart

Current Main Story Series - Seismic Shifts for the Simon Clan (2020-2021)
Featured Opals: IceDancer, MoonBeryl, ShadoWeaver, PathFinder
The Circles of Doom and Destiny
Runt the Disney Princess: A PathFinder Story
The Unsought Place

Opal Realms Stories (2022)
Featured Opal Realms: Eonia
Threads of Our Lives (Open Eonia SL)

Additional Incidents and Impacting Events
Challenge for FireStar
At Last We Meet Again
Clarity
Overgrowth

The Death of Anjolie Quinn/Recovery of PathFinder (2007)
Logs of a Mad Woman
The Sprinkling of Rain
And So They Were Gone…
Brother to Brother

Matthew Simon, IceDancer and the Tower of Water (2012)
Tower, Altered.
Into the Inferno

Matthew Simon and FireStar (2013)
The Spear Returns to the Haunted Armory
FireStar Challenge*


Kruger, PathFinder, ShadoWeaver (2023)
Lost and Unlost: Pathfinder’s Grace
Dark Dreams


Eregor and MoonBeryl (2022)
Winds of Time - A Tale of MoonBeryl


Nayun and FireStar (2022)
A Simple Spark


Jaycy and IceDancer (2021-2022)
Siren's Call (IceDancer)


Morgan and IceDancer (2021)
Cold Waters


Bailey and PathFinder (2019-2021)
No Way Out But Through - A PathFinder Story
Retiring PathFinder


Mart and ShadoWeaver (2021)
A Light in the Darkness


Sal and MoonBeryl, ShadoWeaver and PathFinder (2020-2021)
house guest
like calls to like
Mean Green Mother from Eastgate Place


Mallory and PathFinder (2020)
Finding the Path


Tass, Jaycy and ShadoWeaver (2020)
ShadoWeaver's Toll - The Long Dark Road Home
Dark Communion - ShadoWeaver


Gren and ShadoWeaver (2019)
Is it good to be this bad?


Kruger and MoonBeryl (2017)
The Air Apparent: Conversations with MB.


Jewell, Andrea, Koy / The Temple of the Divine Mother / PathFinder, MoonBeryl (2016-2017)
We All Fall Down
Bending But Never Breaking


Claire, Jin Chae, Charlie Nine, Lilith / MoonBeryl, IceDancer and FireStar (2014-2016)
Claire & MoonBeryl: Aspiration
Jin Chae/Charlie Nine IceDancer/FireStar (The first time): Glass
Jin Chae/Charlie Nine IceDancer/FireStar (The second time): Shine/Shatter
Lilith & FireStar: We All Fall Down
Hello, My Name Is <REDACTED>


Terra Master Tournament - PathFinder and the Tower of Earth (2016)
The Terra Master Tournament!
Terra Master.. Kinda?


Gren with PathFinder and FireStar (2014-2015)
What's My Name?
Out of the frying pan . . .


Kalamere and ShadoWeaver (2013)
Nature’s Warnings


Andrea and PathFinder (2013)
Emerald Dream
Think Red


Harris & Seirichi / PathFinder & ShadoWeaver (2011-2013)
Game Over
Revelations
Proximity
Ten
The Itch
Total Immortal


Wyheree Warned About the Opals/IceDancer (2007)
The Tower and the Temptation


Anubis, Ticallion, Candy, Rakeesh, Vanion and FireStar (2004-2013)
Public Notice Concerning the Recent FireStar Challenge
The Binding Ceremony
FireStar Challenge Ruling
Things from the Past
Unexpected Allies
The Lion Never Sleeps
First Prologue: The Trigger Finger

Tical and the Wrecking Crew (2004-2009)
It’s the kind of misery that tabloid reporters live for
Five years later -- Same beat, different reporter
The Betrayal of Memory
The Next Big Thing


Beck Weller and FireStar (2000)
“Of rumors and plans”


Opal Stories: When IceDancer Went Missing (1998-1999)
If anyone has additional threads from the archives connected to the time when Shanni destroyed IceDancer please share! Here’s what I could find (my order may be wrong):
What the... (Blue Opal)
New Job (Blue Opal)
Rule of the Devious (Goon/Blue Opal)
Desperate Measures (Blue Opal SL)
The Attack (Andrew/Blue Opal SL)
Looking for the Culprit (Andrew/Blue Opal)
unlikely alliance (opal SL)
The Message.
Whatever happened to...
More Mistakes
The Search (Opal SL)
Missing
The Faux Black Opal.
Change of Winds
The Testing
Hmm.
Rask's Statement
Plans
Creator


Will continue updating - please DM me links you don't see here or any corrections!