Deborah Blackmane

I was reading on his website about it. He was saying something like "hey, I am the author!" and was pleased when he could use his own character name. Also, there is this awesome quote from an article I am linking.

Excellent. I did receive it and have added you to our ooc channel. According to our Join page you have at least 1 and 3 of the checklist done. Thankfully it's a short list.

See you in game!

Mr. Butcher, as far as I know, always knew he wanted to be a novelist and did a lot of study beforehand. He wrote several short stories, I think, before Storm Front was published. I attribute his success and his fantastic work to being "one of us" (a geek who loves the same stuff we do) and hard work, on top of any intelligence he may have.

Hopefully we'll see him in game sometime. We hope that even if we don't interact with him, that he smiles at the idea that we have dedicated a whole 'class of magic' on our website to "smarassomancy"

Come visit our website and send us your in game global handle to invite you to the dresdenphiles ooc channel, if you are interested in joining.

Elvnsword: I got your message and will add you to our ooc channel. We just picked up a PPD oriented Liaison named C. McCall. He's a homicide detective and will be sort of filling in for our Murphy type character. I think it might be a good story bridge for our two SGs.

McCall is a sceptic who recently lost his partner to a killer who is a body snatching warlock like "Corpse-Taker" from the Dresden File series and who is a member of the Circle of Thorns. McCall was investigating the murder and The Initiative bumped into him while looking into another lead by MAGI about important magical implements stolen to be used in the Dark Hallow type events (Banner Events) which are cropping up all over the city. He's going to be training with The Initiative to better understand the Circle of Thorns and try to keep supernatural events from endangering beat cops and civilians.

We are looking forward to interacting with you ic!

Fantastic! In fact we may have a character that yours may already know. He used to train wardens and is sort of stuck on the Victorian era. Check out Armand Swensen on the website.

Note that until a storyline we are working on is finished, most wardens are watched with scrutiny. Make sure you check the opening explanation on www.benham-esl.com/dresdenphiles about how we have explained how the Dresdenverse ties into CoH.

Azuria has been sending anyone who buys into the white council or who is running from it to Deborah Blackmane. Wardens do not have jurisdiction within Paragon and it's outlying areas for reasons explained on the site. Hence why so many mages/wizards/warlocks have moved to the area.

That would be fun! we have an ooc channel to organize role play and I am sure we could set something up. Send me your global via private message and I'll add it to our ooc channel.

Fantastic! Send me your global via this message system or in game to @Kenna Grainne and I will invite you to the ooc channel.

Take your time. If you have a possible "conversion" character, we can help with that too. The dresdenverse has a lot of possibilities.

Mr. Butcher is not a part of our group, though it it would be awesome if he joined us one night. We are just basing our rp and fan fiction on his writing. And thanks for the invite. I'll have to peek into it!

Thanks! we appreciate it. It's small but smart, and we do try to both play in game together and write together in google docs. Feel free to ping me if you change your mind or need to rework a toon.

Thanks Emberly!

SG or no SG, we just want to pass off our addiction onto others.

When in doubt as to your character concept, I suggest a former white council wizard. I think that might work best with the Initiative.

We look forward to meeting you. Our hours are odd so if you can't find us in game, feel free to contact us via the website.

Book 12 and 13 are rollercoaster rides. Very intense. Can't wait to hear your take on them in the dresdenphiles ooc channel.

Thank you very much. I designed the website and did the artwork. We will be adding a 3D design gallery soon as well.

Feel free to contact us in game or through the website to make your plans for a character. We'll help you with the RP intro and try to introduce you around.

Thanks for the nod, DJ Shecky. Have heard of you for a number of years. Thanks for your hard work on the Cape.

We are pretty aware that we are a "boutique" style super group. We all love to write, love the Dresden Files, and try to work cohesively to expand plot at each others paces. Our goal is not to be a giant super group, but to be a fun creative outlet for fans and friends.

We do have a few people who have never read the books, or have only read the first one, Stormfront. If people would like to borrow the first book from me, I'll be happy to lend it, but I encourage folks to buy the rest. It's a happy addiction for those of us who are into it. We are more than willing to work with people who are interested and would like to learn more about the books.

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In Character:

On the surface the Initiative (the IC name for the organization known OOC as Dresdenphiles) is a group of magic users and associated heroes who handle difficult magical assignments. They often work high profile cases and are positively recognized by city bureaucrats, though they generally keep their personal information from becoming obviously public.

Azuria often sends wizards, magi, and witches in trouble with the White Council to Deborah Blackmane who has a well-known record of helping wayward magic users to use their abilities for positive purposes. She has also been a super group leader for 7 years, and is on good terms with several city officials. Deborah and her co-sponsor Armand Swenson are former wardens of the White Council. Armand has a long history of training wardens and is well versed in combat magic.

Behind the scenes, the Initiative is commissioned by MAGI to deal with situations in which they would like to have plausible deniability and which might skirt the laws of magic. This, of course, would draw the ire from the white council should they find out.

OOC:

The Dresdenphiles welcomes magic practitioners and normal humans based on the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. We highly recommend reading his books. Our chronology puts us around the same time as Ghost Story. After we get to know you with your main Dresdenverse magic practicianer, we may allow some Mage the Ascension concepts, but we suggest that sort of magic is from a mirror planet like Praetoria. Please consider concepts from the Dresden Files that would work well with the Initiative and their purposes.

Many but not all of us play 2nd shift or Pacific Rim hours, but we'd like to have more people who play at conventional times as well. We currently have more male than female characters, but play what you would prefer. We do team together in character fairly regularly.