"The Game of Life", or TGoL, is a semi-realistic, post-by-post, wolf roleplay site based around a chess metaphor for a war between two packs: Light and Dark Pack,
respectively, to match the light and dark pieces on a chess board. The wolves themselves don't know anything about chess of
course, only that they are locked in a seemingly eternal battle for the rights to their thriving yet limited land. Tensions are
high, blood has been shed, and all must be careful which move they make next, for it could either ensure a victory for them or the end of everything. You, as a player, may either play a wolf
from one of the packs, directly involved with the war in some way, or a loner on the outside, either looking in, taking advantage of the distracted packs, or staying out of
it all together.
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SPRING 01
The ice and snow of winter are finally starting to melt away as things warm up, making way for budding flowers, returning prey, and spring showers. Mating season is no longer in effect, but those whom did get pregnant should expect to give birth within the season, towards the beginning of Summer. Prey is steadily becoming a little more plentiful, which is good news, but all of the melting snow/ice and the spring showers are causing The Divide and Flatlands to flood, coaxing both packs to stay on their respective sides... lest they wish to get swept down stream.
4.26.2018 -
A new announcement has been made in regards to major revisions/additions to the site! Read here.
4.2.2018 -
An "Activity" section has been added to the Rules thread, since I realized this was never clearly defined. In addition to this, a thread for making characters inactive and a thread to take an offical abesence have been added. I've also enabled guests to be able to view the IC and Player Record Book boards in their entirety so you can get a feel for activity/characters before joining the site!
4.1.2018 -
The theme's been changed to have a little more color and to be a bit more visually appealing!
3.4.2018 -
TGoL has offically been completed and is now open to new members, so feel free to join and submit your characters for acceptance! We have many high rank positions open in both packs and would like to get those filled as soon as possible. Also, please advertise us to anyone you think might be interested!
VALDIS DELACROIX << female - dark knight - heterosexual - single >> << hot headed - stern - hard working >>
FRIENDS : Val isn't really that good with the whole "friends" thing on account of dedicating 99% of her time to the war effort and rarely ever socializing unless it has to do with her job, so anyone wishing to befriend her will need to be pretty persistent and capable of dealing with bluntness/her short temper. A quick way to get on her good side is to discuss battle strategies and engage her in friendly spars. Being the loyal, and frankly narrow minded, wolf she is, befriending wolves of the other pack or rogues is out of the question, and she tends to keep a wary eye on other outsiders, so loners won't immediately be accepted with open arms.
ENEMIES : Probably the easiest relationship to secure with Val lol. Anyone in Light Pack is automatically her enemy, as are any Rogues banished from Dark Pack. Outside of this, she doesn't do well with rule breakers or those who continuously disrespect her/disobey her. She takes her position very seriously, if you couldn't already tell, and won't hesitate to put subordinates in their place when they step out of line. If your Light Pack wolf is a lazy bum that likes to sneer in her direction and treat her like anything less than what she is, they are probably the perfect candidate to be considered her "enemy". Regardless of this however, so long as the wolf is still considered a part of Dark Pack, regardless of her opinion toward them, she will still treat them as her pack mate and will fight to protect them if need be.
LOVERS : Valdis is straight, so only looking for males here. Love is, eh... a foreign emotion to her, to say the least. As a young girl, she was never one to fantasize about meeting "the one" or having pups or anything like that: her aspirations were, and very much still are, entirely focused on becoming a leader of some kind and earning respect. She finds love to be a petty distraction in the big scheme of things and rolls her eyes at the couples she sees flitting about the pack, batting their eyelashes at eachother and giggling like lovesick puppies. She is immune to fliration and feels no remorse in telling such "admirers" to get back to work. The only wolf she'd fall for would likely be someone very similar minded, who also takes their job very seriously and works hard for the pack, preferably someone in a leadership position like her as well. Ah, but as they say, we don't choose who we fall in love with, so who's to say who she'll form feelings for? Whoever it is, when or if these feelings come about, they will be very gradual and subtle, and she herself will likely be oblivious right up until things like jealousy and unusual amounts of protectiveness spring forth.
OTHER : >> PAWNS: She is one of the pack's Knights afterall, and as such, it is her duty to make sure each Pawn is capable of putting up a good fight. Any kind of mentoring or tutoring relationships she may form with your pawn wolf are welcome! >> PUPS: Like the above statement, Valdis is also in charge of giving classes to the packs pups about fighting and whatnot. If you have a pup in the pack that might attend one of these classes, feel free to hmu/tag Valdis! Also open to the idea of a pup looking up to her and maybe wanting to personally apprentice under her? >> FAMILY: If you've read through her history, she comes from two different packs of wanderers: the Alkali and the Delacroix. If you want your wolf to be closely related to her (i.e. older or younger siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, even her mom or dad, etc.) from the Delacroix or of a little bit more distant relation (i.e. grandparents, second cousins, etc.) from the Alkali, you can pm me and we can talk it out! >> Suggest anything else below!
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DOLOKOV ROCKWELL << male - light pawn - hetero - single >> << two faced - manipulative - self serving >>
FRIENDS : There are two different kind of "friends" for Dolokov; those he pretends to buddy up to in order to use them or gain their trust, and those he would actually consider a friend and would go to some extents to help out/protect. Yes, believe it or not, this jerkface can actually make real friends alongside his many fake friends. His real friends would likely be wolves very similar to himself; those who are sly and manipulative, cunning and charming, those who know how the world really works and play it to their advantage. Though he'll never be dumb enough to fully trust them or think them incapable of betraying him, so he'll always hold them at a distance, but he does value them, which is more than can be said for anyone else. At best, when push comes to shove, instead of willingly throwing these wolves under the bus for his own gain, he might try to find a way to save both of their hides. As for fake friends... you probably know where this is going. Dol is eloquent and persuasive, capable of hiding his true self and getting people to trust him, getting them to think they're "friends" when really... he'll do whatever he needs to with them to get what he wants. His fake friends, unlike his real friends, have no value whatsoever, and are the lowliest of pawns on his own mental chessboard.
ENEMIES : Pretty much anyone that threatens him/stands in his way to getting what he wants. In some cases, it's just business; your a wolf of high standing and could seriously rip up all of his carefully placed webs if you expose him, so no hard feelings, but you gotta go. In other cases, it's personal; you may interfere with his plans simply because "you can", which makes you the worst kind of nuisance to ever exist, therefore he doesn't like you, therefore "something" might happen to you in the future. Whatever it is, Dol can just as easily make enemies as he does "friends", and often the dividing line is how much the wolf really know's about him and how much trouble this could be for his plans. Additionally, he may have some past enemies from when he was just figuring out how to toy with others in the loner lands before joining Light Pack, including his father and brothers.
LOVERS : "Love" or, rather, being involved in romantic relations, is a bit of a slippery slope for Dolokov. He isn't above using a faked romantic attraction as a tool to get what he wants, but know's that this relationship will be taken a lot more seriously than some frilly "friendship", and that should he mess up, bad things could happen. He could lose her trust, get her to hate him, and worst of all, have a lot of negative attention turned in his direction, which won't fair well for the rest of his relationships in the pack. And on the contrary, if things go well, she may want to become mates and get closer, which would risk her (as well as everyone else) finding out what he's really up to. Therefore, Dol doesn't mess with romance unless it's a). serious or b). something he's certain will work out just the way he wants it to, with little to no possibility of backfire. Now, what kind of female would he really be interested in? Eh, it depends. He isn't actively looking for a bride just yet; eventually, yes, when he manages to secure some kind of rise to power and gets where he wants to be, he'll need someone to bear his children, but that's in the distant future. I could best see him either getting with someone just as power hungry/manipulative as he is, someone who is indifferent to his manipulativeness but enjoys the idea of one day being the matriarch to his heirs, or someone really sweet and loving who might can bring affection into his life. Whatever the case may be, I would like to say that Dolokov is not likely to change no matter who he may get with, so, though he may seem to show some promise, he will always be... him. Selfish, power hungry, egotistical, a liar, etc.
OTHER : >> FOLLOWERS : Actively looking for wolves, be it in Light Pack or not, who may be aware of who he really is and will eagerly wish to follow him when he attempts his rise in power. If they are outside of Light Pack, he can easily come up with a thousand excuses to be away so he can meet them. >> GHOSTS OF THE PAST : Anyone who knew him in the past and know what he's capable of/what he's really up to. Feel free to hop in and stir up drama with him in Light Pack, or, better yet, be from Dark Pack yet still try to warn the Light Pack wolves about his misdeeds. >:3 >> CHILDREN : I'm thinking it's possible he's laid with females in the past and might have a child or two he doesn't know about oops. Hmu and we can discuss it? Would like them to at least be a year old and have some idea of how no bueno he is. >> FAMILY : As mentioned in his history and above, he has three brothers and an elderly father that may or may not be hunting him down. Again, hmu and we can talk about it; could be fun! >> Feel free to drop off other suggestions!