Seigheart

Greetings, fellow travellers. The Maker's Circle has spent a long time repairing, mapping, and building across the realm. One thing keeps coming up in conversations at the Gazebo and beyond: players want a place to call their own. Here's a proposal for citizen housing and personal scenes. The idea Each land would offer housing to its citizens: a small personal scene attached to a residential area of that land. Loreroot citizens might get a hollow tree or a cottage in the woods. Necrovion citizens might get a crypt or a tower room. Each land's homes would match its culture and architecture. How it could work Earning a home. A home would be tied to your homeland, not bought outright. The Roles of the Realm already defines a homeland as the land whose alliance you join, or the land that votes you in as a citizen. A home would follow that homeland, and be locked if you leave it. That gives citizenship real weight again. A residential district. Each land would get one or more neighbourhood scenes with doors leading to individual homes. Walking a land's district would show who lives there, which makes a land feel alive even when it's quiet. Upgrades through crafting. A home starts as a bare room. Players improve it with crafted furniture, decorations, and workstations using existing resources and recipes. This gives crafters steady demand and a reason to keep gathering responsibly. Personal clickables. Owners could place a few simple clickables, such as a bookshelf with readable notes, a trophy wall for event prizes, or a guest book visitors can sign. Storage. A chest or crate in the home could act as extra storage, tied to that home's land. Privacy settings. Owners would choose whether their home is open to everyone, to their land's citizens, to their alliance, or only to invited friends. Inactivity rules. Homes of long-inactive players could be closed up and their keys returned to the land, keeping districts from filling with ghosts. Putting the new titles to work The new title lines are a natural fit for building homes. Many of them already sound like builders, and each land has its own. Instead of homes appearing out of nowhere, the realm's titled crafters would build them: Loreroot: an Oak Wright raises the frame of a hollow-tree home or forest cottage. A Grove Tender or Bloom Shepherd plants its garden, and a Wasp Apothecary stocks its herb shelf. Marind Bell: a Timber Framer builds the house, a Gate Wright hangs its doors, and a Belfry Framer adds a bell tower for the finest homes. A Clay Puddler lays the floors. Gateway Island: a Stone Cutter and Rubble Sorter clear the plot, and an Obelisk Mason or Gate Mason builds stone walls and gates. Golemus Golemicarum: a Contraption Wright fits working machines, and a Plate Smith or Cinder Smith forges ironwork and hearths. Necrovion: a Bone Carver shapes crypt furnishings, and a Deathmarrow Keeper seals the vault. Lands of the East: a Cellar Brewer stocks the cellar, a Parlour Host furnishes the sitting room, and a Ceremony Dresser decorates for feasts. This could use the same rule the realm already has for gear racks and smithing benches: some home upgrades open only to a crafter wearing the right main title. A homeowner without that title would hire someone who has it. That gives every title line a real trade, ties homes into each land's crafts, and gets players working with each other across lands. The best homes could even call for several titles at once. For example, a Loreroot lodge could need an Oak Wright for the frame, a Grove Planter for the garden, and a Tincture Maker for the stillroom. Personal scenes beyond homes For established players, a larger personal scene could be earned through achievements, roles, or major contributions. Examples include a workshop, a garden, a small shrine, or a training ground. Building one would call on the higher titles in each line, the Gate Masons, Contraption Wrights, and Belfry Framers. Each scene would reflect its owner and give the realm new places worth visiting. Why it matters It gives citizenship meaning. Lands like Loreroot are struggling to attract and keep citizens. A home is a reason to join, stay, and care about a land's future. It gives titles a purpose. Every builder and crafter title gains real work and real customers. It builds a crafting economy. Furniture and upgrades create lasting demand for resources and recipes. It brings players back. Players return to places they've built and decorated. It welcomes newer players. A newcomer who earns a small home quickly feels part of the world. It deepens roleplay. Homes give stories a setting, such as a meeting in someone's study, a trial in a guild hall, or a gathering in a garden. Starting small This doesn't need to arrive all at once. A first version could be a single residential scene per land, with simple identical rooms and a storage chest, buildable by that land's first builder title. Title-locked upgrades, privacy settings, and larger personal scenes could follow later. The Maker's Circle would gladly help design room layouts, furniture recipes, and land-themed housing styles if this idea finds support. I'd love to hear what others think. What would your home look like, and which title would build it? Seigheart Leader of the Maker's Circle

The Empty Throne: Who Really Wants Loreroot? By Seigheart, for the Maker's Circle Climb to the top of Raven Hold and you'll find a throne gathering dust. Aia left last winter without a word. Since then, citizenship votes have failed one after another, alliances have gone quiet, and the forest has been stripped by anyone with an axe and an excuse. Now eight names are scratched into the Register of the Crown. One has already been crossed out. By November 17 the Crown will choose, and whoever wears it must show their face every single week. Loreroot has had enough of rulers who vanish. So who are these people asking for the forest's trust? This paper went looking. The Soldier at the Gate Nep was named leader of the Guardians of the Root just days before claims opened, and he wants everyone to remember that the king traditionally leads the Guardians too. He says Aia once offered him the throne and he turned her down. He's running now, he says, because the land can't function without a monarch. For a while, Nep was the candidate who promised plans "later." Later has arrived. In My plans for Loreroot he lays out the most ambitious program in the race, and it has teeth. He wants Loreroot's long-dormant land weapon back in royal hands. He wants the back exit turned into a one-way door, which he calls "a glaring security flaw." He wants Loreroot to forge a killing tool of its own, a role item passed from ruler to ruler, to deter everyone else's. If visitors won't respect the forest, he'd drain their AP until they carry pass papers. There's a gardener under the armor, though. Nep wants new resources planted in scenes that have none, a clear harvesting policy posted at the main gate, a guidebook for new citizens, and treaties with other lands before any crackdown. He wants Loreroot's history written down, starting with the story of its kings. And, low on his list but impossible not to love, he wants a national drink brewed in the old defensive tower. Nep says he'd open his reign with a call for unity. Everyone would keep a place in Loreroot, "no matter who they supported," rivals included. Then his patience runs out. "There are a lot of foreigners among the applicants," he told this paper. "A number of them seem to treat this as a joke and/or just opportunism. Which pisses me off." Dead alliances, the Crafter's Guild among them, would be purged after a month or two of calm. He'd rule mostly alone, he admits, because there are too few citizens to fill a court, though he'd consult them on big decisions. What makes Loreroot special? A peaceful face over surprisingly military bones. "The foundation is all there. I want to turn it into a land that can stand up for itself." The Man Who Wrote the Rules jakubhi has guarded Loreroot's library since 2022. Last summer he stood in the forest and laid down the harvest law: take nothing while a scene holds more than two-thirds. Now he has answered the campaign's questions, and he came with blueprints. He calls it Project Primal: Loreroot's empty scenes filled with living things, like a treant grown from the forest's own wood and tended by its woodcutters. He would open two roads to citizenship. The Path of Blooms is short and kind, for honest newcomers. The Path of Thorns is long and hard, for the ones who once bled the forest dry and now want to come home. Dying alliances get one month to prove they still have a pulse. Then comes the twist. The man who wrote the harvest law calls resources a "secondary priority." Ask him what he'd do if Aia walked back through the gates and he shrugs: "Have a talk with her." The Wolf Who Wears the Joke Ledah answered our questions like a stage villain. He promised bounties on every gnome and elf, wooden statues of himself in every scene, and maybe blackjack. Readers laughed. They shouldn't stop there. Don't mistake the jokes for a newcomer's bluster. Ledah has been a fixture of this realm for nineteen years. His first words on the forum were posted November 12, 2007, and even then he announced he aspired to be a Grim Angel. Since then he has written over 800 posts, saved Christmas when the tree broke, and logged 2,000 consecutive days without missing one. Few in MagicDuel have been around longer, and fewer have been around more. Strip away the costume and Ledah is a candidate promising to rule alone: "Loreroot needs a strong, stable, and consistent hand, one that does not flit in and out." Asked how he'd protect the forest, he didn't describe a law. He described himself: "All know my power." This is the same Ledah who, days before claims opened, told Nep and Death Ray that "neither of you deserve the role." It's the same Ledah who once killed Death Ray with a shovel and defended himself in court in May with four words: "I don't like DR." Rebels under King Ledah, he promises, would know "nothing but pain." He's probably joking. Probably. The King of the Colony Ant King signed the Register in the Throne Hall itself and then kept quiet. There are no forum posts and no announcements, only a citizenship vote from fourteen years ago. When he finally spoke, he spoke for the bugs. His first act would be a forest where every creature is equal, "from the smallest Ant to the biggest Knator, and all in between. Including humans." He would ban depletion outright, scatter candy and food scraps across the land to feed the insects, and move the Throne Hall to the Hollow Head, for "good reasons I can't share yet." New citizens would face an entrance exam with questions like "What's your favorite bug?" and "What do you think about termites in the throne room?" Laugh if you like, but listen to how he'd govern. He'd rule like a swarm choosing a new hive: one bee scouts and returns to dance what it found, then another, until the whole colony joins one dance and agrees. Anyone caught stripping the forest "will be fed to the knators." He'd hand the crown back to Aia, but "only if it is better for the forest." How would he make Loreroot stand out again? "We need to boost the number of bugs in our land." The Queen of Second Chances Invie greeted this paper with "Good evening, my subjects," as though the vote were already counted. Hers is the strictest harvest number in the race: nothing below two-thirds. She would keep the existing alliances and offer clemency to rivals, whom she calls "misguided" but believes "can be rehabilitated." She signed her claim at the Gazebo, not the Throne Hall, and no record shows her ever holding a Loreroot office. She's running on fairness, not roots. The Loyal Knight Who Changed His Mind In July, Death Ray knelt before the Children of the Eclipse and swore an oath about Aia's empty seat: "I keep her throne and honor safe and prepared for her return. I hope to one day rule beside her." Four months later, he's not keeping the throne. He's claiming it, and he hasn't let go of that old hope. Asked what he'd do if Aia came home, he said she "would be greatly welcomed back to her home," and added: "Seeing how she is Queen I see nothing wrong with having a land properly ruled with both King and Queen." He is the only candidate offering to share the throne with the woman who left it. For weeks he was the one name that hadn't put a plan on paper. Now he has. Death Ray would close Loreroot's entrance, borrowing a page from Necrovion, and hand pass papers only to visitors who respect the land, papers he and his alliance leaders would carry in plenty. Unlike Nep, he'd leave AP alone. Resources, he says, are "a high priority." Where Nep would purge, Death Ray would hold. Every alliance stays, the dead ones included, until the citizens decide their fate. The Guardians of the Root and the Crafter's Guild would remain permanently, and he wants at least three alliances in all. He calls the Crafter's Guild "a very important guild" that "all lands can and will benefit from," and promises to update and outfit it properly. His court would run through those alliances, with each alliance leader serving as his second-in-command and appointing their own authorities, and the king backing them "100%." His first decrees would wait until he'd heard what the people of Loreroot want. On new citizens he's almost poetic: "If the forest calls to them so shall they come." On rivals, he says there shouldn't be any. Most quarrels can be settled peacefully, trials would run for the serious ones, and the Guardians of the Root are there for the rest. His goal fits in one line: an active, functioning land, with growth and progression. His record still has thorns. He was fined for abusing the auction house in August. In October, Ledah and others cut him down again and again at Acoustic Remains over claims he'd been draining the very forest he now hopes to rule. A closed gate will reassure some citizens. Others will wonder who holds the key. The Ghosts on the Register Tal holds a title the realm carved out for him in 2012, Keeper of the Silvan Watch. He hasn't spoken a public word since 2022. Obrac has six forum posts, the last in 2025, and no tie to the forest anyone can find. chriselnenepr, the man once thanked by Mur for "documenting the path to Loreroot," has walked away from the race. He admires the forest, he says, but his heart belongs to another land. What the Forest Should Ask A week ago, Loreroot had candidates but no answers. Now six claimants have put real plans on the table, and each one is a different idea of what the forest is for. Nep would arm it. jakubhi would grow it. Ledah would rule it by fear. Invie would heal it by law. Ant King would hand it to the bugs. Death Ray would lock its gate and leave a seat open beside him for its queen. Strangely, the loudest disagreement isn't about the forest's trees. It's about who gets to live among them. Nep wants foreign opportunists shown the door. Death Ray wants them waiting at a closed gate for papers. jakubhi wants them to walk a path of thorns. Invie wants to forgive them. Ledah wants them to kneel. Ant King wants to know their favorite bug. The second split is over the alliances. Nep would purge the dead ones, jakubhi would give them a month, and Death Ray would keep every one. The Crafter's Guild, which every candidate was asked about, could be gone by spring or made permanent, depending on who wins. The Crown will judge what's written, not what's whispered at the Gazebo. Now that everything is written, the choice belongs to Loreroot. Three days remain.

This feels very much like the Savelites, I like it.

I agree with everything you say.. but you're saying it. So it can't be serious, can it? How do we know we can trust you? As a tree hugger of old, I know exactly of what you speak and a bit of a more ruthless leader might stir things up a bit. Edit: To be clear, I mean the serious points. I hope hes not literally asking for statues lol

I guess it IS voice OF the dead, not Voice FOR the dead?

Plants require only sunlight. Perhaps its just photosynthisizing?

I am sure THAT's what you care about

Do it.

I stand by what I said. Edit: Also, love that this screenshot was saved, stored for weeks and brought up as a weapon instead of reporting me then. Says a lot about your morals

You keep throwing around big words as insults, but what you're actually saying is a string of incoherent nonsense with no real substance or logical flow. It comes across as nothing more than an emotional outburst, with plenty of hostility but very little rational thought behind it.

What are you even going on about? He doesn't even know.

Oh, I can't wait to see what happens with this. grabs some popcorn Do you have any sort of proof? Or are you just spouting more nonsense off? I didn't "steal" artwork. I claimed it was my own. Like 15 years ago. Get over it.

I believe you are both equally capable of leading Loreroot, which makes this less a question of ability than of direction. What distinguishes your vision from the other candidate’s, and how would that difference shape the rebuilding of the fallen forest? What would choosing you mean for Loreroot that choosing your fellow candidate would not? How would you both approach leading the land?

Do you even know what happened to the character? Or what he represents now? Try logging into the game and find out before spewing more of your nonsense.

I made myself a little map on my tablet to see what a "world" map looked like for MD. It doesn't have the fish market, or new fishing spots yet. Feel free to make/suggest changes magicduel world map v16 — Postimages

Are you trying to be funny? No one said Awiiya, the player is coming back. Maybe read the thread.

Was anyone doing much anything in the last year? According to that logic everyone should be disbanded.

Of all that I said, that's what you chose to go with. Good luck.

Samon, My offer to help you was sincere, and it remains so. Care for the dead should not depend on allegiance to their keeper, and keeping a graveyard does not make its inhabitants anyone’s possessions. Mur has given specific reasons for disbanding the Caretakers: no revivals by its members over the last year, no flowers-for-revival cases, and guild tools being lent outside the alliance. If that account is incomplete, then the missing work should be brought forward. Being active and fulfilling the guild’s purpose are not necessarily the same thing. However, I do not agree with Mur that a lack of effort over the past year warrants dissolving the guild. It warrants addressing that failure, setting clear expectations, and giving its members an opportunity to restore its purpose, not necessarily ending it altogether. As Master Craftsman of the Maker’s Circle, I believe there is value in restoring something that has fallen into disuse. A guild’s history, knowledge, and purpose should weigh in that decision alongside its recent shortcomings. Restoration still requires people willing to do the work, but I would rather see that opportunity offered before the guild is dismantled. That does not dismiss your accusations against Blackshade. Reviving people does not excuse mistreating them, just as mistreatment by Blackshade would not, by itself, establish that the Caretakers fulfilled their role. These are separate matters, and both deserve answers. I cannot speak in the name of the realm, nor am I declaring the Maker’s Circle’s allegiance to this rebellion. I speak for myself: the dead deserve care, their wishes deserve respect, and those entrusted with serving them should be accountable for how they do so. Seigheart Master Craftsman of the Maker’s Circle

Just test printed the Sapwrack Snailbloom model. While a few errors needed to be fixed from the 3d model, it came out beautifully Ignore the snail trail, he just came out of an alcohol bath lol

I think it has amazing potential. Go for it.

Finito.

My wish: I wish that the long-abandoned Crafter’s Guild be restored into the Maker’s Circle, and that Seigheart be appointed its leader. (I will be tea staining it and painting it later)

I would gladly help, but you know... its me. lol

@Muratus del Mur Please tell me you still have that video >.<