[Hayley]

Hello all!

Nardir has had a long and very fun journey on the forum, but after some discussion Uri, Puffin, and I have come to the decision to disband the pack. We feel as though this is for the best. The IC explanation for the pack disbanding is that the Tendrils, while beautiful, turned out to be quite deadly; poisonous gas vapors began to seep up into the territory from the depths, rendering it uninhabitable. The prey fled and the Nardiri followed, fleeing the deadly invisible threat. Alana & Julek are going to be traveling to Inaria to seek shelter for their family and any who wish to follow them there. Puffin will likely be staying in the neutrals searching for any lost Nardiri (for a time).

I haven't decided what will happen from there in regards to Alana or Sansa personally, but I'm excited to see what the next chapter holds.

All roleplay threads (including those in our archive) will be moved to the general RP archives board for storage after a week. If you'd like to continue a thread you're currently involved in, just link it here and we'll get them moved to the neutrals where they can be finished.

Thank you all for the memories, it's been a great run! <3

[Puffin]

This pack has meant so much to me these past four years, and it's been such a centerpiece to my roleplay experience here on IDS, that saying goodbye could never be easy. I want to thank everyone who helped make it what it became, from the marshlands to the mountain valley; we couldn't have done as much as we did, or told as many fun stories, without you.

This is bittersweet, for Puffin. He has lost so many once-familiar faces, so many loved ones, that he feels he needs to carve a new path for himself. Follow an old dream. With the valley uninhabitable, he will escape to the neutrals, where he will spend some time trying to locate those who have survived. I imagine it will be a short list. And then in the wake of all his many losses, he will reopen a door long closed.

I plan to start a new pack in the Reach with Puffin, a dog pack. Any Nardiri wolves who wish to join him are welcome as honorary dogs. If you think that's something you'd be interested in, please feel free to join the discord and brainstorm with me!

Though I'm sad to close the book on Nardir, I will always look back on this chapter of my life fondly. Whatever exciting possibilities the future holds for me, they'll always have my time in this pack at their core, and that's thanks to you guys.

[Razi]

;.; oh noes

[Pawprint]

Wha-what...

just wow

[Uri]

It's been such a fun time heading up Nardir with Hayley and Puffin, and I'm sad to see it go but I'm hoping this will be for the best. Julek's main reason for being in Nardir and being king was Alana, and where she goes, he goes. If anyone wants a thread in the neutrals with Julek before his stay in Inaria (or even during), feel free to hit me up!

As I was the creator of it, I'm leaving the Nardir theme as is, so don't worry about it vanishing.

[Kay ✨]

<3 Thanks you guys for making Nardir such a great place all these years !

[Witch.]

I'm surprised by this, though I look forward to seeing what directions you take your characters in. Always liked you, Nardir.

[Sekirei]

I'm shattered. This has been my pack since 2007. My characters were built for this pack and they don't really fit in anywhere else.

Akutan, Sara, Rapture, and Ticon might go somewhere but this might be the end of the line for Byakko. Old man's had enough of loss.

That's if I even stick around since upheaval is extremely difficult for me to cope with and losing my home base was very hard the first time.

[Blondie]

I'm shattered. This has been my pack since 2007. My characters were built for this pack and they don't really fit in anywhere else.

Akutan, Sara, Rapture, and Ticon might go somewhere but this might be the end of the line for Byakko. Old man's had enough of loss.

That's if I even stick around since upheaval is extremely difficult for me to cope with and losing my home base was very hard the first time.

i wonder if you can remake it in the reach? or see if taking it over is an option. just like saboro being abandoned and picked up by gothy/kiri, im sure something could be done along those lines for nardir

editing this in: maybe someone from the pack could take it over if no one else is interested in running it.. since obviously portions of the user base who rped here seem to be blindsided by this decision lol

[Sekirei]

I'm shattered. This has been my pack since 2007. My characters were built for this pack and they don't really fit in anywhere else.

Akutan, Sara, Rapture, and Ticon might go somewhere but this might be the end of the line for Byakko. Old man's had enough of loss.

That's if I even stick around since upheaval is extremely difficult for me to cope with and losing my home base was very hard the first time.

i wonder if you can remake it in the reach? or see if taking it over is an option. just like saboro being abandoned and picked up by gothy/kiri, im sure something could be done along those lines for nardir

I don't have what it takes to run a pack. I've always been a follower, even IRL.

[Puffin]

Oh yeah if you guys want to regather Nardir in the Reach like what's happening with Tortuga, that can definitely be a thing. I don't mean for this to be a big "And no one can rp here anymore D<" thing, and honestly if you even want to use the stuff I personally wrote for the pack I can give you that okay, if any of you do want to step up to the plate and lead a post-apocalyptic Nardir. This decision isn't made in frustration or disillusionment, it's just......a life change that I think I need. I can't speak for Hayley or Uri but if Nardir continues fine without me I'll just look over every now and then from my dog hill and reminisce about the good old days or whatever because I'm nothing if not a nostalgic crayon.

[Uri]

Yeah, regrouping in the Reach and having this as another display of Nardiri resilience is perfectly okay with us!

[EhwazAzi]

I'm willing to take on the leadership role with Mercury.  I just got back, I know, but I came back FOR Nardir.  Nardir was the first pack I RPed in.  More than any other here, this pack is home.  More than I was a member of the Blackblood Outlands, more than I was the ruler of Marre's Keep.  Nardir has been where I grew up.  First with Azukie and her shapeshifting nonsense when the forum was new. Then with Arina, who learned from Vaidya, fought in the gesshoku(sp?) plot, and was kidnapped away to Stoneclaw when she was pregnant. I grew with Mercury in Nardir.  

And then I lost it.  

Nardir's loss of board status was one of the things that rocked me emotionally.  I had a lot of trouble with her then, and with my other issues with this forum.  I left the forum, and I abandoned Nardir to succeed or fail.  But it survived, you all pulled together, and Nardir was restored.  To come back after years and find it still here, it was like I was able to come home.  And Mercury was able to come home, even if it wasn't the land she knew, even if this wasn't where her parents' bones lay to rest.  The pack is Nardir, and that pack  still survives.  We, as a family, still exist.  The fact that I can pull names, characters, and remember them from so long ago and that they are still here means something.

Mercury's IC disjointedness with the pack was meant to be brought back into harmony through RP.  I wanted to RP with the old Nardirians, help her regain her balance slowly while learning the Nardir that Alana built without her.  I am willing to speed all of that up to make her a viable ruler again.  Mercury has been and always will be the defender of her home and family.  She has never led because she felt she was entitled to by birth or temperament, she has always accepted it as a burden and mantle that is hers to bear. She would do nothing else.

If you 3 feel that you no longer want to run the pack, I respect that, and understand your reasoning for your decision.  But I am not willing to let it fall, and am willing to take on that responsibility again for the sake of those that feel the same.

[Alue]

if nardir can keep going, it'd be great! kastra would stick around even if his parents aren't there

[Puffin]

The Inarian alphas say Nardiri refugees are always welcome in Inaria, as we've been close allies for a long time.

Also: for those of you who want to lead Nardir, there's a form the mod team will accept as they figure out what to do with Nardir from here on out. It's basically the official documentation that you want to lead so there's a paper trail for all these official decisions.

[Hayley]

just wanna say my official stance is that if someone were to want to restart the pack in the reach, that'd be absolutely fine by me! this version is being put to rest, but that doesn't mean the pack as a whole has to go. if anyone does want to recreate the pack and has any questions on what can/can't be used, feel free to shoot me a message! i personally feel like Nardir has run its course on this site, but if other people feel differently who am i to try and stop them?

this was a very hard decision that i struggled with even bringing up in the Nardir alpha chat for a long time, because i really loved this pack and have poured my soul into it over four long years. my interests are moving in a new direction, and although i personally feel as though this version of Nardir has run its course, i have no problem with someone starting up their own. i'd be excited to see where it went honestly!

sorry if this seems jumbled i just woke up from a nap lol. if anyone has questions, as always feel free to ask!

[EhwazAzi]

Tbh, I don't think that's fair to the pack. Just because the Alphas are stepping down doesn't mean Nardir deserves a demotion to the reach.

[Hayley]

winks @ everyone

we came up with a solution that i believe will work for everyone! as of now, Azi/Scy will be taking over Nardir with Mercury! we're still working things out and there will be more details to come, but i think you all will like it! stay tuned <3

[Sekirei]

YAY!

Not sad anymore. 

Not easy being an Aspie when it comes to this sort of thing but I wait with baited breath.

[Witch.]

eyes emoji, i'm curious!! glad this pack is sticking around tbh