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A U R O R A / / F E A T S

"It’s not just a regular aurora borealis, but then you probably worked that out already, haven’t you? It’s so much more than that. Everything is... changing. It took from you. Took you away. It doesn’t always have to take. We can take, too. Sleep. I will help you take back.

You will survive this. You will not go into the Dark. This is not the end."

Greetings, Interlopers! As of the January 2024 Event, powers have now been brought into play! These are known as Aurora Feats, gifted by the mysterious woman with help by the Aurora’s power. It has long since been suspected that the Aurora has been changing and affecting both nature all around in the world, and the Interlopers themselves in some small or large way. With Aurora Feats, this remains very much the case — with the Aurora doing even a little more to change the Interlopers.

What does this mean? It means that over certain instances within time during specific Aurora Nights, there is a chance that the Aurora may change Interlopers by making them stronger, faster, or blessing them with extra abilities — even ones previously thought to be stuff of mere fiction for some.

But gifts come with a price. Mother Nature has a balance, and it must be maintained. Aurora Feats may bring you extra abilities, but these abilities come with shortfalls, weaknesses and consequences. Choose wisely which path you decide to take.

With the January 2024 event, the first three of the nine Aurora Feats have been revealed. OOCly, players may choose one of the three Feats available for their character. Players may even choose to not take one of these powers and wait until the next three are revealed if they so wish.

Please note, future players: Aurora Feats can only be gained at certain points, meaning you have to be in game for the event to get it. That's the only time you can get the Aurora Feat. You'll otherwise have to wait until the next round to get a Feat. ie. March 2024 players and onwards will have to wait until the next round, they cannot pick from the Feats already listed from January.

Once all nine Feats have been revealed, the Feats will then cycle round, selected by RNG, on subsequent events. Characters will be able to gain a total of three Feats out of the nine offered. They cannot be changed, so choose wisely.

ICly, Interlopers fall asleep and will experience a dream, as provided by in the event log and will awaken feeling different than they had when they’d gone to bed the night before. For characters who don’t sleep, they will find themselves falling asleep or unconscious and will still dream — perhaps for the first time in their existence. Feats may manifest immediately, as some innate ability, with characters knowing what ability they have gained. Players may choose to have their characters discover their Feat at some inopportune moment. Player choice!

Feats Available

Aurora Call: Only available during the January 2024 Event. The Aurora has connected you. You now have telepathic abilities, allowing you to speak to others mentally. They tend to be more empathetic compared to other Interlopers. During the Aurora, this ability can span the entire region meaning you can speak to your fellow Interlopers that are further away from others. While you may speak to anyone, they can only speak back if you each have this ability. At first, Interlopers may have trouble in directing their thoughts. They may often find themselves inadvertently broadcasting their thoughts to others. Interlopers with Aurora Call are also closer to Enola in terms to communication with her. While Enola can be heard by Interlopers during Auroras, she is louder and clearer with Aurora Call — and are thus more connected to her. In addition, this ability comes with a price that can be detrimental to an Interloper's mental and emotional health. Sometimes it will seem as if you are calling into the void, with no one to hear you. The silence is crushing.

Free Runner: Only available during the January 2024 Event. You have enhanced sprinting/stamina capabilities. You do not tire easily, you traverse the difficult terrain with ease. Interlopers feel stronger and fitter than their peers, and that they can go for longer periods of time. Free Runners are less likely to trip or fall, or take fall-related injuries and require less rest to recover from long or challenging journeys. Unfortunately, the setback of this ability is that Interlopers will require more calories to sustain yourself, sometimes to the point of an insatiable appetite if they've over-exerted themselves. In a world of limited resources, they're a bigger drain on the community. Failure to sustain themselves will ultimately lead to sickness and starvation from burning out. Due to the conflicting nature of this Feat, Free Runner is not available to Interlopers with the Efficient Machine Feat.

Lightbringer: Only available during the January 2024 Event. The power of flame at your fingertips. You master the light, life, but like nature, your powers are wild. Essentially: pyromancy. Interlopers have the ability to conjure fire from within themselves, perhaps the most useful and the most dangerous of the Aurora Feats available. While they are not able to manipulate fire from external sources, they're able to build it from within as a sort of internal combustion. Lightbringers run a little hotter, literally. They're pleasantly warmer to the touch, but may be a little prone to being more hot-blooded at times. This ability will also be difficult to control, and will require time and discipline in order to gain skill and efficiency in it. They will likely accidentally start fires of objects, buildings, or even people around them. Accidentally burning themselves is more likely, especially if emotions are running high. Anger, fear, even joy might just trigger a fiery explosion. Due to the conflicting nature of this Aurora Feat, Lightbringer is not available to Interlopers with the Cold Fusion Feat.

Cold Fusion: Only available during the July 2024 Event. Your body has become one with the freezing climate, almost in a literal sense. Those with Cold Fusion are able to survive the coldest of conditions, and will be unaffected by it. They will not feel cold, and will no longer be in danger of frostbite, hyperthermia, or any other forms of cold injuries. However, those with Cold Fusion will find their natural core temperature has lowered — making their body physically cold to the touch. You will bring no comfort being physically close to others. Good luck getting cosy with anyone, you’ll find the physical touch/comfort you bring will only bring others misery in such a cold world. Due to the conflicting nature of this Aurora Feat, Cold Fusion is not available to Interlopers with the Lightbringer Feat.

Moon Touched: Only available during the July 2024 Event. Lycanthropy, of a sort. You have the ability to shift into a wolf at will, and with it all the abilities of wolves whilst in this form: heightened senses, a slight resistance to the cold due to your warm fur, sharp teeth and claws. Interlopers can appear as any kind of wolf in the natural world in size and fur colour. They’re able to understand spoken word from anyone, but cannot speak themselves. Instead, they have their unique way of communicating with other Moon Touched Interlopers in wolf form — based off instinct rather than language. Staying in this form for too long, however, will cause Interlopers to lose their sense of self and will forget how to change back to human form — struggling after 24 hours and completely forgetting their human form after 48 hours. During the Aurora, if you are this form your mind will be warped into a frenzy and you may attack anything you come across. Foe, or friend.

Interloper's Sacrifice: Only available during the July 2024 Event. The Aurora gives, the Aurora takes — in you, it is now in a literal sense. The Interloper’s Sacrifice is the power of healing at your very fingertips. You can heal physical wounds and illnesses in others, at cost to your own health. You take on the injuries and afflictions, and while they won’t kill you — you’ll certainly suffer them and must heal from them yourself. Those with this Feat will be particularly sensitive to the suffering of those around them and will be compelled to help. Interlopers may end up pushing themselves to the brink of exhaustion and may pass out into unconsciousness for a time to heal from the wounds you have taken on. You may bring back someone from near death, but you give up your own life-span in exchange — and severely burn yourself out in the process, needing a great deal of time to recover. In theory, an Interloper could bring someone back from the dead — but will kill themselves in the process. Due to the conflicting nature of the Feat, Interloper’s Sacrifice is not available to Interlopers with the Darkwalker’s Revenge Feat.

Efficient Machine: Only available during the March 2025 Event. Mother Nature has given her favour, crafting you into an efficient machine in the face of a harsh, unforgiving and less bountiful world. You require less food to survive, and will not feel the effects of starvation or dehydration. In addition to this, you are able to consume anything without consequence, even things that are poisonous. However, you will never feel sated or experience pleasure from eating and drinking when you do partake. That first bowl of hot stew to warm you up after a cold night? Discovering a candy bar and taking a bite after months of no chocolate? That first sip of long-lost spirit or homebrewed pine wine? None of these will fill you with any satisfaction or pleasure. In addition, due your ability to ingest toxins, you will be unable to become inebriated. Due to the conflicting nature of this Feat, Efficient Machine is not available to Interlopers with the Free Runner Feat.

Old Bear's Blessing: Only available during the March 2025 Event. The Old Bear is a powerful, ancient beast of primal rage. A true force of nature. And you have been given its blessing: raw strength and fury. You can carry great weights unencumbered in your travels, lift once impossible weights for you and hit harder than before. Those with the Old Bear’s Blessing will find themselves easily prone to anger and be fiercely protective over what is important to them: people, resources, shelter or even territory. At times they may be unreasonable and require a calming presence to bring them back from this anger — Interlopers with Aurora Call will be particularly gifted at this with their more empathic natures and telepathic abilities. During Auroras, you are able to enter a kind of primal state, like a kind of berserker, allowing you to fight wild animals and enemies with your bare hands with ease, avoiding injury. However, you will need to sleep for 48 hours following this, often leading to collapse — leaving you vulnerable and in danger if appropriate planning is not done.

Darkwalker's Revenge: Only available during the March 2025 Event. A gift gone wrong. Enola is not the only one who can bestow gifts to those they wish to, and The Devourer has intruded on the First Interloper’s boon. The Darkwalker takes, swallows, consumes. It is the yawning maw in the dark, and it is so very hungry. And now you are too. You will take, you will consume: you draw in the Feats of others for yourself for a short time, but in doing so you cause pain to them — as if you were drawing the very life out of them. It is possible to even kill the other, if you hold on long enough. The darkness is your realm: you thrive in the dark, and feel more energised at night and during Darkwalker attacks or events, but are now fatigued in the daytime to the point of sickness. You will need to sleep through the day for the most part, with only the darkest of daylights being bearable to be out in. Further information can be found on General Gameplay Logistics and Feat Drain Logistics. Due to the conflicting nature of the Feat, Darkwalker’s Revenge is not available to Interlopers with the Interloper’s Sacrifice Feat. Interlopers with this Feat cannot take on the Interloper's Sacrifice Feat temporarily, either.

This feature is entirely optional.

Please see the Game Mechanics Guide for Feats here.

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