Ashkeep
Built for character-driven roleplay. Visit Ashkeep as an outsider, or stay and become part of its story.
Now live on Chains of Hyboria
The Lore
Tribes beneath a sacred mountain. Blood offered to its god. A boy sent to die who returned alive with a prophecy.
From that story grew Ashkeep, a flourishing domain that endured through twelve Princes before its people left and its name slipped into memory. Nearly a century later, it is being built again.
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What We Are Building
Ashkeep is a place where characters can cross paths, continue their stories and find new ones.
Come as an outsider and follow whatever catches your attention, or stay long enough for your character to join the clan and become one of the Ash Folk. We seed Ashkeep with quests and mysteries, while leaving room for players to bring their own stories and create new ones through play.
Visit Ashkeep
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for creative players who care about their writing and give their characters room to develop. Bring ideas of your own, let scenes breathe, and be willing to let failure or consequence take a story somewhere unexpected.
Ashkeep can be tense or unforgiving in character. Outside the roleplay, we want the opposite. Clear communication and respected boundaries matter more to us than experience. We want people to feel comfortable creating together.
How to join
Built for Intrigue
Ashkeep makes politics part of play. A character’s position can create obligations, rivalries and uneasy alliances.
Influence is earned through play. Characters can take on responsibilities and become part of decisions that affect Ashkeep. As their standing grows, they may find themselves pulled deeper into its politics.
How Ashkeep is governed
Mechanics That Support Roleplay
We adapt a few social mechanics from Vampire: The Masquerade to create more situations worth playing out.
Status gives reputation weight. Boons preserve debts between characters. The Registry keeps public decisions in play, allowing what happens now to matter much later.
Explore the systems
Player Companion
The Player Companion is a web app built to support in-character play without turning Discord into paperwork.
Characters, onboarding, letters, Status, Boons and the Registry all live in one place, with most of the tracking handled automatically behind the scenes.
Open the Player Companion
Join the Clan
Joining the clan starts with a short OOC questionnaire to make sure Ashkeep fits what you are looking for in roleplay.
Becoming one of the Ash Folk happens in character. Visit Ashkeep, meet its people and let your place there develop through play. If you would rather talk first, come meet us on Discord.