[Balanor]

I will not comment on discussion of the options at this time, but let those who vote one way or the other provide their stance and rationale for why they've selected what they did, if they chose to do so. But, the reason for this post is to try and provide some type of clarification for RP in-game since I've had a couple questions about how people should RP their characters at this time.

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I and the staff are currently working develop a full IC story in the event that the state of things now is that which remains going forward. Therefore, I ask that people who chose to play now don't worry about trying to 'forget' events that occurred since February 8. Instead, RP that the consciousness of your PC(s) has somehow been transported back in time to 1360 DR to their younger/previous version of him/herself. As a result, your PC will have knowledge of events that happen ~2 years into Thay's future, and this will allow you to maintain relationships you've formed with other PCs, if you like, even if you need to recreate one as a level 1 PC.
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Again though, I am working on an explanation (time travel stuff gets...confusing, to say the least), with possibly an in-game event or two, to fully explain ICly how this came to be. The paragraph above I am also posting to point #4 at the bottom of the first post of this thread.