https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/ 2026-05-04T12:51:42+00:00 https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/ https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/_media/logo.png text/html 2025-10-09T16:03:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/accessibility?rev=1760025825&do=diff Accessibility Policy As a GM team, we aim to accommodate the accessibility needs of everyone playing Contagion. We have considered accessibility while setting up the game, but we are very aware that everyone's needs are unique, so don't hesitate to reach out if we can do anything to make the game more accessible for you. text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/anastius_horasa?rev=1759942820&do=diff Anastius & Horasa " 'ah-NAH-stee-yus and o-RAH-sah' /a.ˈna.stiː.ˌjəs an̩d ɒ.ˈɹa.sa/" Disappearance "This is the official representative of the Republic of Anastius and Horasa, with a final message to the rest of the world. The islands are now closed to visitors. Good luck. text/html 2025-10-08T17:11:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/archivism?rev=1759943491&do=diff Archivism The End caused widespread destruction to almost all physical and digital records. As a result, the history of humanity is on the brink of being lost forever. Archivism -- a lofty name for a passion project -- seeks to salvage this, preserving whatever can be found for whatever comes next. text/html 2025-10-09T15:19:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/attending_the_cobbler?rev=1760023154&do=diff Attending The Cobbler A: “It is in the leaving that you know that you have grown; all birds must fly the nest and think not of the sticks left behind.” B: “But what if I don’t want to leave?” A: “Then it is your decision to make. But so much of existence lives beyond all you see here; had I not left my growing place I would have forever known the shadows of mountains, and never seen silver swarms of tuna, never learned the way of fire text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/aubergine?rev=1761042667&do=diff “Talamh--what do I do? My community grows sick and our land breaks apart. The weather grows hotter and we grow weaker. What now?” ... ... ... “Now I see. The clearing between the forests. The old substation.” text/html 2025-10-08T16:59:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bausana?rev=1759942778&do=diff Bausana "The abbot spoke, “In truth, one finds nothing but beauty.”" -- Parable 1 ---------- Bausana (a Jotamese word meaning 'that which is seen' or 'that which makes visible') is a faith of truth, though at first glance it may seem much more esoteric. The central tenet of Bausana is that truth is beautiful; resultingly, through seeking beauty, one can find truth. Bausana is usually treated more as a way of living than something to be worshipped; as such, it is not uncommon for followers t… text/html 2026-03-23T23:57:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bausana_old?rev=1774310258&do=diff Bausana "Bausana! That markéd font from which all springs; That lucid liquid from which we sup. In truth, we would be lost without you, Mired in drunkenness without a cup. Your lustre makes glow the elusive, Freeing all one needs to know. I can scarce speak as to your nature text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/beginner_to_society_games?rev=1759942866&do=diff Introduction for Society Game Newcomers Hello, and welcome to the wiki for Contagion! For many of you, whether you are a fresher or a current member, this is your first experience with society games. There's a lot to wrap your head around, with its own lingo and structure, but fear not! This page will try and give you a rundown of the basics you have to know. text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/briefing?rev=1759942864&do=diff Briefings Keep your eyes on this space for important news... text/html 2026-02-24T12:32:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin?rev=1771936332&do=diff Bastion Bulletin Board In the time between routine meetings, the Bastion's members can pin messages here that they deem important enough for the rest of the encampment to see. Bulletin: Downtime 1 Bulletin: Downtime 2 Bulletin: Downtime 3 Bulletin: Downtime 4 Bulletin: Downtime 5 Bulletin: Downtime 6 text/html 2025-11-04T16:35:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin_2?rev=1762274152&do=diff Bulletin: Downtime 1 A Note -- Chris. R. Lincoln A cleanly-written note lies pinned on the bulletin board, with a fine script perfected over years of military discipline. To all residents of the Bastion, I would like to congratulate you all on your good work between last meeting and now. While there is still much to do, we have made great strides, especially with regards to repairs and scientific endeavours. Of course, a special commendation goes out to the brave members of our Patrol, who h… text/html 2025-11-17T21:17:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin_3?rev=1763414242&do=diff Bulletin: Downtime 2 There are few changes or additions to the bulletin board since last time you were gathered around the substation. Chris' note from last week swings in the breeze, not yet fraying but not at all new. Nothing from Naomi, yet again. text/html 2025-12-05T01:34:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin_4?rev=1764898473&do=diff Bulletin: Downtime 3 [OC Summary of Events] [CW: Burning alive] * Raindrops From The North, Strangeness-in-the-air, and The Saint undertook a reconaissance expedition to observe the horde. Some straggling zombies were shot. * The Relic Seeker and Loosha Phanes successfully set up an electric fence, deterring a bunch of the horde. The Bastion smells of the acrid fumes of burnt flesh. text/html 2026-02-10T19:29:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin_5?rev=1770751747&do=diff Note from New Management You will notice that the river has been cleared of bodies. You will notice that this week's menu is varied and filling. You will notice that clean water is available, while we wait for our closer source to purify. You will notice that firearm access has been centralised. text/html 2026-02-24T12:32:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin_6?rev=1771936327&do=diff Narrative: Surrender to Nature [CW: gore] When searching for answers, followers of the Goddesses do not tend to ask the deities directly. Instead, they consult their creations. This practice is, implicitly, an acknowledgement that the deity from whom they seek guidance is incapable of wholly giving it. In a sense, followers of the Goddesses practice a total and complete surrender to nature beyond the conscious wills enacted by the deities whom they herald as all-creators. Total exertion of con… text/html 2026-01-27T13:37:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/bulletin_four?rev=1769521047&do=diff List of the Dead/Missing - Medic Guneir * Eddy Currents - dead * Annette H. Frederik - dead * Alvydas * Dr. Joreom'da Finch * Juno * Tristan Barrett * Marlowe Rowan - missing * Emanuel Gladstone - dead * Victoria - dead I am grateful to the efforts of all those who saw fit to lend a hand that it is not more. Please inform me of any necessary amendments. text/html 2025-10-09T15:48:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/cat_policy?rev=1760024889&do=diff Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy If you have any questions about our handling of sensitive themes, as detailed below, please feel free to contact the GMs at <gm@contagion.oxfordrpg.com>. The Contagion GM team wish for this game to be an enjoyable and memorable experience for all those involved. The Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy, also known as the CAT Policy, is the method by which we set out our handling of sensitive themes that we expect to, or that might, arise. Our intention is t… text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:11+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/character_creation?rev=1759942871&do=diff Character Creation " “The Three were not content with one another, in time. Talamh grew tired of Dearr's vanity; Dearr grew weary of Cuan's rage; Cuan grew bored with Talamh's jealousy. Talamh decided to create something new to distract them - beings made in their image, with their own flaws and talents, free to do as they might with the sea, sky, and soil. text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/colby?rev=1761042713&do=diff Colby Pronouns: he/they Email: <colby@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Max S (any) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- Originally from Eirsace, Colby has proved an efficient farm hand and a reliable expert on foraging throughout their four months living in the Bastion, despite never having been convinced to cross its borders. Though a hard worker, they have generated infamy by disappearing regularly for seemingly no reason, and may often be found sleeping in a variety of ten… text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/copyright?rev=1759942822&do=diff Copyright The content of this website is copyright of the Contagion GM team © Contagion GM team 2025. All rights reserved. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the contents in any form is prohibited other than the following: * You may print or download to a local hard disk extracts for your personal and non-commercial use only. text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/credits?rev=1759942802&do=diff Credits Contagion and its wiki were written and designed by the GMs: * Tara S (CAMPO) * Ace D (Deputy CAMPO) * Alyssa A (Deputy CAMPO) * Ben C (Deputy CAMPO) * Izzy R (Deputy CAMPO) * Rei F (Deputy CAMPO) * Yona B (Deputy CAMPO) We'd like to thank Harry W for his help with the wiki, Rory A-O for his work on the ballot system, and Ben C for making the Parett Discord bot. text/html 2026-03-23T22:47:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/della_faye_lewis?rev=1774306043&do=diff And Then Is Heard No More [CW: death from old age] When Della Faye opens the bunker to Strangeness and her stranger, they buckle under the weight of facing the sunlight head-on. More accurately, they buckle under the weight of an ending rewritten, a wideness previously understood through the narrowness of a cat door. text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/devin_frogg?rev=1761042709&do=diff Devin B. Frogg Pronouns: he/him Email: <devin_b_frogg@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Peter L (he/him) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- Dev exists in a self-secluded, subdued manner. A patrol Sargent who prefers to be alone (or with Remus, his coyote friend), he manages his squad with a more 'democratic' manner. That's not to say Dev's lazy or ineffective; hardened from years surviving in the wild, he brings myriads back from his 'scavenging patrols'. And on patrols text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/devo_ulric?rev=1761042703&do=diff Devo Ulric Pronouns: he/it Email: <devo_ulric@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Cali L (she/they) Bastion Organisation Role: Innovator ---------- Devo is one of the more familiar faces in the infirmary, his background as a veterinarian before the Contagion properly spread seeing use in people now instead of animals. It is not known for being the most amicable individual, often seeming more condescending than anything, but he has become more short-fused since his wife disappeared a couple mo… text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/din_talin?rev=1759942816&do=diff Din Talin " 'din-TAH-lin' /ˈdɪn ˈta.lɪn/" Governance "'Perhaps the most effective and the most fragile aspect of Din Talin's governmental structure is the checks and balances present throughout the system. For a paradigmatic example, consider the relationship between the 3 most powerful positions. The Chief of Defence has the power to overrule decisions made by the Chief of Government, the Chief of Government has the same power over the Chief of the Treasury, and the Chief of the Treasury … text/html 2026-03-24T00:01:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_1?rev=1774310480&do=diff (Colby): Experiments in Zoonosis (Devin B. Frogg): Hunting High and Low (Devo Ulric): Call of the Forest (Grant S. Odys): Homecoming (I): To Scavenge Until | Has Found What | Seeks (Juno): Forging Ahead (Dr. Kathleen Chambers): Schadenfreude (Marlowe Rowan): Heretics (Nio): Man Down (Raindrops from the North): Blackout (The Relic Seeker): Live Wire (Salithra Anth'reyl): Hand Crafted (Strangeness-in-the-air): text/html 2026-03-24T00:01:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_2?rev=1774310495&do=diff (Colby): Breakthrough (Devin B. Frogg): Zombie Gun 3 (Devo Ulric): A Perfect Love (Emanuel Gladstone): Thicker Than Water (I): To Train So That | Can be Threatened by Nothing (Juno): Secure. Contain. Protect. (Dr. Kathleen Chambers): Workplace Negligence (Loosha Phanes): Authoritative Deliberation (Nio): Blood On Your Hands (Raindrops from the North): Shot in the Dark (The Relic Seeker): Power to the People (Salithra Anth'reyl): Questions and... Answers? … text/html 2026-03-24T00:01:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_3?rev=1774310502&do=diff (Colby): Texturally Meat-Like (Devin B. Frogg): Like Sister Like Brother (Devo Ulric): Remains (I): To Arm And Prepare So That | May Have A Place To Call Home (Juno): Backblast (Dr. Kathleen Chambers): The (Not-So) Silent War (Loosha Phanes): Burning Up (Marlowe Rowan): A Stranger to Yourself (Nio): How are you? Good? Bad? Something in between? (Raindrops from the North): Not a Word (The Relic Seeker): En Garde (The Saint): Too Late (Strangeness-in-the-ai… text/html 2026-03-24T00:01:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_4?rev=1774310507&do=diff (Colby): Inoculation Loops (Devin B. Frogg): What Is Persistence Without A Reward? (Devo Ulric): Greed and Penance (Juno): Fresh Waters (Dr. Kathleen Chambers): The Mountains of Ararat (Nio): The Dead and The Dying (Raindrops from the North): Genesis (The Relic Seeker): Revelation (The Saint): Persistence Is Its Own Reward (Salithra Anth'reyl): Crossing Point (Strangeness-in-the-air): The Road Taken text/html 2026-03-24T00:01:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_5?rev=1774310514&do=diff (Colby): Discovery (Devin B. Frogg): Carrier (Devo Ulric): Foxes, Vultures and Mice (I): Back to Square I (Juno): Spring Cleaning (Dr. Kathleen Chambers): Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (Nio): Man Down (Raindrops from the North): Shapeless and Strange (The Relic Seeker): Random Access Memory (The Saint): Undertaker (Salithra Anth'reyl): O Enlightened One (Strangeness-in-the-air): △ text/html 2026-03-24T00:06:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_6?rev=1774310781&do=diff (Colby): The Strain of Self-Exertion (Devin B. Frogg): You Need to Fix Everything and You Need to Do Everything and You Need to Save Everything and You Need to End Everything and You Need and You and Need and You Need (Devo Ulric): In Sickness and Health (I): Pas de Deux (Juno): Sparks (Dr. Kathleen Chambers): Esp Qltcpde zq espx Lww (Nio): The One Where Someone Gets Bitten by a Zombie (Raindrops from the North): Guardian (The Relic Seeker): Sonnet 71 (The Saint… text/html 2025-10-18T12:36:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/downtime_and_turnsheets?rev=1760790983&do=diff Downtime and Turnsheets Between each session of Contagion, a certain amount of in-game time will pass. During this time, players can communicate via email and take actions as conveyed to the GM team through Turnsheets. In-Character Emails As with previous Society Games, we have set up an email system which allows players to communicate with each other and with GMs after a session ends. In character, these emails represent in-person interactions you might have with PCs or NPCs, as well as any … text/html 2026-02-10T12:40:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/dualism?rev=1770727206&do=diff "Leaning in the wind, The zenith draws near for shattering beauty. Here, it holds." text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/eirsace?rev=1759942825&do=diff Eirsace " 'EAR-sass' /ˈiːɹ.sas/" Economy and Governance Though official documentation might state it to be such, Eirsace was not a unified country. Rather, it was a collection of communities spread all over the globe which shared a common culture of individuality and impermanence; it was expected that people text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/emanuel_gladstone?rev=1761042698&do=diff Emanuel Gladstone Pronouns: he/they Email: <emanuel_gladstone@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Sulaiman S (he/him) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Innovator ---------- A bioelectronics researcher - trying to make humanity greater especially now we find ourselves at its lowest point. Ever the optimist even when things aren't looking great. text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/endings?rev=1761042694&do=diff There was no first day. No clean line between now and then. They just kept coming, Week after week, Each hour Componding The dread. The world is not as it used to be. It never is -- but this time's different. There is no one to blame In a way that matters, text/html 2026-03-24T00:07:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/eternities?rev=1774310838&do=diff And then the end was here. " You must tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given to you to save a life, say all thanks. But it may also be within your power to take a life; this immense responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of your own frailty. text/html 2026-03-23T23:58:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/finch?rev=1774310335&do=diff " It is hard to say which aspects of the Taline language have emerged naturally and which have resulted from the influence of the Language Academy of Din Talin. Most likely, the Academy has influenced vocabulary, but grammar has emerged intact as developed by typical citizens. Consider, for example, the isolating nature of the language; very few grammatical inflections are present. Instead, information such as tense is conferred by words, not morphemes. It is my belief that such a defining featu… text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/fragment_11?rev=1761042708&do=diff At times, I sit and wonder Where everyone has gone to; Their families and friends they run to, Their regrets they cannot undo. Then this feeling, times a hundred, Comes to tear my heart asunder. With this same sun we toil under, And same lives, here and yonder, text/html 2025-10-08T17:03:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/fragment_11_cheres?rev=1759942992&do=diff "ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ times Where ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ friends and family ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ cannot ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ , times ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ to tear my heart asunder. text/html 2025-10-23T21:44:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/get_scared?rev=1761255846&do=diff coming to LRVII, Brasenose College, MH 2025-26 text/html 2025-10-18T12:35:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/glossary?rev=1760790917&do=diff Glossary "“When we define something, what we really define is our own prototypical understanding of a word, and our guess at what others understand. Words are imperfect ways of dividing up an indivisible world. Still, definitions have their use, for how else would you and I understand one another? text/html 2026-01-27T13:51:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/gms_and_npcs?rev=1769521910&do=diff GMs, NPCs, and Crew GM Team Tara (CAMPO) OC Pronouns: she/her Email: <gm_tara@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Main Themes: I resent being made to choose. Weapon of Choice: @everyone Favourite Zombie Media: Halloween (609 A.D.) Also Michael Jackson's "Thriller". NPCs: Name Pronouns Costume Description Chief Z-Medic Naomi D'Ambrosio she/her text/html 2026-03-24T00:06:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/gm_archive?rev=1774310799&do=diff Bausana Science Time Being The Vast Experiment The Oceanic Strait Divide The World Further Languages of the World text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/grant_odys?rev=1761042693&do=diff Grant S. Odys Pronouns: he/they Email: <grant_s_odys@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Imran R (he/they) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- A former soldier for Din Talin, Grant S. Odys is these days a prominent survivalist in the bastion, known for leading a prominent mountain exploration group that at times spends weeks on mountain expeditions. He's also known for his bad luck, both for himself and those around him. He has never returned from an expedition with a full crew… text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/i?rev=1761042687&do=diff I Pronounced 'One' Pronouns: he/him Email: <i@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Joseph P (he/him) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- Nobody really knows where I came from. I simply appeared at the Bastion in a beat up truck on its last legs, carrying a small amount of supplies and a book. His name is almost certainly a pseudonym and he refuses to explain how he survived to this point or how he got here. He seems to avoid any visibly religious members of the Bastion, doesn'… text/html 2025-10-08T17:02:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/intentionality?rev=1759942967&do=diff Intentionality A subfaith of Bausana "A train ticket Sails on the breath of its creator, Transcending itself." Intentionality is the belief that beauty comes through purpose, and a thing is beautiful if (and only if) its creator designed it to be so. As such, most of the focus of intentionality is on human creations and artworks, though some also believe in a deity as the ultimate Creator (aligning more with the path of text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/intro_to_the_wiki_system?rev=1759942847&do=diff Intro to the Wiki System For people who are new to ORPGSoc society games, this page is here to serve as a primer to the wiki, and how we use it for the game. If you still have further questions or uncertainties after reading this page, please don't hesitate to email the text/html 2025-10-14T16:04:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/jotama?rev=1760457892&do=diff Jotama " 'jo-TAH-muh' (with a soft 'j,' as in the middle of 'treasure') /ʒəʊ.ˈta.mə/" Economy and Governance Jotama, the country where they used paper cranes as currency -- or so the urban legend went. The reality was not far off... While no cranes were ever in circulation as currency, it is true that the Jotamans traded in origami; elegantly patterned paper folded according to the confidential government method. And paper cranes were widespread, the unofficial national symbol, rampant in e… text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/juno?rev=1761042682&do=diff Juno Pronouns: she/her Email: <juno@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Vincent C (he/him) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Innovator ---------- A resourceful, mellow researcher in her mid-40s, Juno works in weapons development and maintenance, working closely with the Border Patrol. Hailing from Eirsace, she reached The Bastion in a one-person caravan several years ago and have been upkeeping the settlement’s arsenal ever since. She can frequently be found at her workstation, dark hair pulled up … text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/kathleen_chambers?rev=1761042673&do=diff Dr. Kathleen Chambers Pronouns: she/her Email: <dr_kathleen_chambers@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Phoenix S (she/her) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Diplomat ---------- Dr Chambers is a self-described intellectual. She hoards knowledge as others might hoard food and resources. She has an answer to any question you might want to ask, although some doubt the validity of her rapid-fire responses. Many of you may know her from the many adult classes she runs on local history and training for … text/html 2025-10-21T10:31:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/loosha_phanes?rev=1761042662&do=diff Loosha Phanes Pronouns: she/they Email: <loosha_phanes@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Vivian L (she/her) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- The bastion is a machine that requires care and discipline and Loosha intends to keep the lights on as long as possible, working like clockwork and expecting nothing less from others. She does not dislike those who lack discipline so much as she genuinely does not understand them. If the sun is up and in your face, are you really slee… text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/luat_na-bonswi?rev=1759942835&do=diff Luat na-Bonswi " 'loo-AT nuh BONZ-wee' /luː.ˈat nə ˈbɒnz.wiː/" Economy and Governance " “We are very proud as a nation to be able to work collaboratively with those who are responsible for bringing prosperity to this nation. Only through collaborating with the industries that created us will we survive. text/html 2025-10-21T10:30:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/marlowe_rowan?rev=1761042657&do=diff Marlowe Rowan Pronouns: they/them Email: <marlowe_rowan@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Em F (they/them) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Diplomat ---------- Marlowe Rowan is a firebrand, a preacher of the Enlightened Soldiers who is particularly controversial due to the violence of their rhetoric. Marlowe does not have the largest flock of congregants, but those that do follow them tend to be fanatically devoted, and are often the more troublesome members of the Bastion. They have no friends… text/html 2025-10-23T15:46:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/myths_of_the_eirs?rev=1761234410&do=diff Myths of the Eirs Culture The concept of 'duty to the self' is prevalent throughout Eirsace. Communities exist for the individuals inside them to thrive. Often, people leave communities if they feel they are not getting what they want from them, be it friendship, purpose, skills, knowledge, or anything else. Leaving a community, or a community dissolving, is not perceived as failure, and rather 'just the way of things.' Impermanence is to be expected of the world. Communities and people change… text/html 2025-10-08T17:02:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/naturalism?rev=1759942957&do=diff Naturalism A subfaith of Bausana "In another time Those wings shone on an alien world. They were beautiful then, too." ---------- Naturalism is the belief that beauty is an inherent property bestowed by some higher power. Followers on this path tend to have a great reverence for the natural world and often prefer to live in rural areas or total reclusivity. This path also tends to align with worshippers of one of the text/html 2025-10-21T10:30:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/nio?rev=1761042651&do=diff Nio Pronouns: she/they Email: <nio@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Faith V (she/they) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Innovator ---------- Repairs? Anyone need them? Then come find the scrappy piece of tarp (sorry, super well constructed tent) under which Nio awaits, always ready to help! Do you need your clothes mended? Do you need your shoes re-soled? Are you somehow in possession of a piece of technology clung onto through these unprecedented times? Do you have literally anything at all wh… text/html 2026-03-23T22:40:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/nothing_beside_remains?rev=1774305657&do=diff An excerpt of an excerpt. The remainder of this page, torn from a larger source, is water-blotted and unreadable. " █ ███ █ █████████ ████ ██ ███████ █████ ███ █████████ ████ ███ █████████ ████ ██ █████ text/html 2025-10-09T19:35:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/parett?rev=1760038510&do=diff Parett History While the exact inventor of the game is unknown, Parett was almost certainly first played on the islands of Anastius & Horasa, potentially inspired by older card games from Luat na-Bonswi and Jotama. The game spread on trade ships across most of the world and is a popular past-time in bars and cafés. It has even made its way into politics, a more formalised version making up part of the bureacratic process on Anastius & Horasa. text/html 2026-03-24T00:22:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/pas_de_deux?rev=1774311721&do=diff Pas de Deux You have a ready-made excuse if anyone asks where you're going. The Bunker has infrastructure the Bastion can only dream of -- after all, it never faced more than a single insurgent. It turns out, though, that your excuse is useless. So is maintaining your reputation. If there was anyone left to do it text/html 2025-11-17T21:52:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/player_characters?rev=1763416373&do=diff Player Characters " “Teacher and student; parent and child; sister and sister; stranger and stranger: what do these specifics matter? A community is its people and their connections, viewed together--brushstrokes that build a painting; pixels that build a screen. text/html 2025-11-02T19:12:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/playground?rev=1762110772&do=diff Playground " “Playground. Think of it -- consider the etymology: 'play,' from 'play,' meaning 'to play,' and 'ground,' of unknown origin. A beautiful word. Some claim it used to refer to a place for testing wiki syntax. Pish posh. I have only ever seen it used as a place for memes and so-called 'OC brainrot.' text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/privacy_policy?rev=1759942812&do=diff Privacy Policy This is the Contagion Privacy Policy, and is designed to inform you as to how the GM team looks after your personal information before, during, and after the game takes place. This includes information of any kind provided through any medium. text/html 2025-11-22T12:43:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/quirks?rev=1763815387&do=diff Quirks " 'As far as we know, we're the only organised remnant of civilisation left. We're a beacon of order, a safe haven, a Bastion. That comes with responsibility. I have, you have, everyone here has a responsibility to look after each other, and look after the Bastion, in whatever way you can. If you can't do that, pull your weight, be someone who we can rely on when the going gets tough, then you might as well prepare to brave your luck out there.' text/html 2025-10-21T10:30:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/raindrop?rev=1761042645&do=diff Raindrops From The North Pronouns: she/her Email: <raindrop@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Harry S (she/her) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- Known for her no-nonsense demeanour, Raindrop is a Patrol Lieutenant in the Bastion Guard. Not shy from duty, she leads from the front, having racked up one of the highest counts of expeditions since joining the Bastion. text/html 2026-02-10T12:28:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/recipe?rev=1770726530&do=diff Orange Cake My granddad said his grandmum learnt it from her grandmother, so I guess this is my great, great, great, great grandmother's recipe? Ingredients: * 5 lots of butter * 5 lots of sugar * 4 eggs (ask Roco) * 5 lots of flour, minus a bit text/html 2025-10-21T10:30:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/relic_seeker?rev=1761042638&do=diff The Relic Seeker Pronouns: Mirror pronouns Email: <the_relic_seeker@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Kris D (any) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- 'Don't put your heart in kingdoms and rulers and all that. They all end up the same way.' Like clockwork, this historian gets up at the same time everyday, opening up shop for the average passerby. A peculiar hobby of the Relic Seeker, exactly what bestowed the title, in exchanging rations for odds and ends of the old worlds. … text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/rochaithe?rev=1759942911&do=diff Rochaithes Rochaithes are believed to be mystical stones which are impervious to any changes brought about by the natural world, including erosion, storms, earthquakes and time; they are recognised by their 'distinct patterning,' though conclusive details on what this patterning is remain unknown to researchers. text/html 2025-11-07T01:04:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/salithra-anthreyl?rev=1762477494&do=diff Salithra Anth'reyl Pronouns: she/her Email: <salithra_anthreyl@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Lucy C (she/they) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- With a shy but cheerful personality, Salithra is a friend you can count on to bring a dose of warmth to the Bastion. You can always find her at the cookery fire-pit; befriend her, and she'll slip you some of her famous cookies and the freshest vegetable trimmings on the regular. Perhaps she may even feed you tales of her intern… text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/sample_characters?rev=1759942903&do=diff Sample Characters Sample Character 1 - Diplomat What is your character's name? Seulki Ryeo What are your character's pronouns? she/they Public Bio 'Oh, c'mon, it'll be fun! Just one evening, then it's back to work...' Seulki is fun. They're no slacker, but they value good times and relaxation where some of the higher-ups might not. You can always spot them laughing with a friend late into the evenings after their day shift on watch duty, and they'll always happily invite you to join in. … text/html 2025-10-08T17:02:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/sample_turnsheets?rev=1759942948&do=diff Sample Turnsheets " “Co-operation is inaction unless you have a goal. You know what goal we share; now go scare away the shadows.”" - High Preacher Donovan ---------- Example 1: John the Bastion Hater's Turnsheet (Subversive Zombie Scheming) text/html 2025-10-08T17:12:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/science?rev=1759943524&do=diff Evidentiality How can one be sure in their beliefs? The answer of science is -- through experiment. Evidentiality is the belief that experiment and evidence provide not only a way to the truth, but the only way. The faith, predictably, has a large overlap with scientists, but not wholly text/html 2026-03-23T23:57:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/science_old?rev=1774310265&do=diff " Science, fundamentally, is the pursuit of truth. Yet for a mathematical equation to have any meaningful truth value, we must first interpret it. When there are so many contradictory yet consistent interpretations, or models, how is one to discern the truth from the all the quasi-truths and coincidences? text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/sea_sky_soil?rev=1759942806&do=diff The Goddesses of Sea, Sky, and Soil One of the major world religions follows the teachings of the Goddesses of Sea, Sky, and Soil--Cuan, Dearr, and Talamh. While the vast majority of worshippers focus on the words of one of these Goddesses, this is a single religion. The Goddesses are, depending on personal perspective, either one being in three aspects or three beings who have been hand-in-hand for eternity. text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/shapeless_death?rev=1759942889&do=diff Shapeless Death Despite snow blindness, those lost in a blizzard can see death within the wind, as flakes caress their blackened features and lead them to whatever lies beyond this world. A path of rubble, a stoic gravel creature, or a pile of broken beams are all things that might greet the victims of a landslide. text/html 2026-03-24T00:07:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/sidebar?rev=1774310825&do=diff It Ends Here Eternities Turnsheets GM Archive ---------- Introduction When and Where Style and Tone Beginner to Society Games Conduct and Acceptable Themes Policy Accessibility Glossary of Gameplay Terms Playground Characters and Briefings GMs, NPCs and Crew Player Characters Bulletin Setting The Bastion The Contagion The World Further ㅤ ㅤ Din Talin ㅤ ㅤ Anastius & Horasa ㅤ ㅤ Eirsace ㅤ ㅤ Jotama ㅤ ㅤ Luat na-Bonswi Faiths Archivism Bausana The Bulwark of Devotion Ev… text/html 2025-10-08T17:02:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/spontaneity?rev=1759942976&do=diff Spontaneity A subfaith of Bausana "I call this beautiful But is it the concrete or the calling Which makes it beauty?" Spontaneity is the belief that beauty is found, not created. This gives rise to a highly personal conception of beauty, making it a common path for text/html 2026-03-22T19:59:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/start?rev=1774209566&do=diff Welcome To view this wiki in accessibility mode, click on the palette icon in the top right, and select the "Readable" theme. "“The first thing you should know is that the world no longer exists. Not as you'd have once known it, at least, if you've enough years of memories in you with enough to spare from the before-times. If you're younger, though, perhaps you've heard stories. No record agrees entirely with another as to the beginning of the end, but most could agree by the time the co… text/html 2025-10-21T15:24:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/strangeness?rev=1761060249&do=diff Strangeness-in-the-air Pronouns: she/her Email: <strangeness_in_the_air@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Luke P (he/him) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- Somewhere in her late 20s or early 30s, Strangeness-in-the-Air is an Eirsasi from the Jotama region. She seems to identify with both cultures, often dropping references to the Myths of the Eirs and Bausana parables. text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/style_and_tone?rev=1759942857&do=diff Style and Tone " “I know it can be hard, staying the course when distractions seem to be everywhere. But, no matter how hard it gets, you have to think of the bigger picture -- on a bigger scale than what might be in front of you. Every dataset has its outliers, right? Discrepancies? If your limited experience is with those, you'd have no way of knowing. And being a human text/html 2025-11-08T02:47:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_bastion?rev=1762570030&do=diff The Bastion "“Welcome! Welcome, welcome -- you look like you've travelled a long way to be here. Someone will be here soon enough to check for injuries or, well, you know, the sickness, and then you can start helping us out. What sort of thing do you do? Trust me, life will be a whole lot easier here if you can make yourself useful. text/html 2025-10-08T16:59:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_bulwark_of_devotion?rev=1759942787&do=diff The Bulwark of Devotion IMPORTANT OC NOTE: While the practices of The Bulwark are not written in explicit terms on this page, The Bulwark of Devotion is a cult and has methods and practices that reflect as such (within the scope of the CAT Policy). Please take note of this when creating a character related to this Faith, and if you are uncomfortable with cultish themes (such as, but not limited to, extortion, 'us versus them' mentality, and isolation), please let the GMs know, so we can ensure … text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_contagion?rev=1759942803&do=diff The Contagion CW: This page contains mild gore (as described in Quirks) and depictions of degenerative symptoms of disease. Of the few records salvaged from the beginning of the end, zombie-medical science lays the smallest claim. What scraps of information about the contagion do exist are in the charge of text/html 2025-10-21T10:33:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_experimenters?rev=1761042839&do=diff The Vast Experiment A collection of fragments. They seem to relate to one another. ---------- " “It's just that -- and I'm trying to get to the nub of things, here, so bear with me while I stumble around searching for a lightswitch, because they all seem to be on the wrong side of the doorframe nowadays text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_first_time-maker?rev=1759942836&do=diff "At first, there was the Book. Everything confined to its line, those words writ absolute. And the Time Being saw this, and was displeased. And so it chose a Time-Maker to bring forth change in its name -- a fly. The fly set to work, buzzing from place to place. And so came the first change away from the Book – Decay. Plants withered and carcasses rotted, striking through those ordained lines. And soon after came the second change – Rebirth. From the mulch came new shoots, from the corpses the b… text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_fourth_time-maker?rev=1759942870&do=diff "“What else could cause such a change but a Time-Maker? What else could bring this world to this vital precipice but a Time-Maker? As we march on, the heralds of a new world, we must not grow content, must not cling on in fear of the End. Do not treat the days as something precious, to be hoarded or wasted. For they are made by us – with every step, a new second is born. text/html 2025-10-09T15:19:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_many_legged_stranger?rev=1760023199&do=diff The Many-Legged Strangers Each community remembers them differently, and tellings disagree on whether they are an omen, a test, a reward, a swindler, or any other great or foul thing under the sun. One consistency remains: they always have an abnormal number of legs. text/html 2026-03-23T23:58:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_oceanic_strait_divide?rev=1774310287&do=diff The Oceanic Strait Divide There once were two friends from many millennia ago, they were the heat upon the horizon, they were the frost of morning dew. In tandem they created a great many works, they built the mountains of Corim, carved the great Mulwich system of caves; even the rochaithe are the doing of the mighty Sule and Aesh, the castoff of carvings. text/html 2025-11-17T20:13:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_saint?rev=1763410413&do=diff The Saint Pronouns: it/its Email: <the_saint@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Fionn McC (they/it) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Survivalist ---------- Is senseless violence useful? Saint does not consider itself a particularly intellectual person. It is good at understanding and following orders. It is physically large. It is physically quick. It has good vision, and good hearing, and it is good at listening. It knows how to use many different kinds of weapons. It is trained in the practice… text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_second_time-maker?rev=1759942848&do=diff "...And so, for a while, the Time Being was satisfied. But even change can become stagnant, and it desired something more than the endless flies and compost. And so the Time Being breathed life into one of the bodies, a possum. It sprang to life, but recoiled under the heavy sun. Quickly, it scurried to the shade of a nearby tree to think. Soon, an idea formed. text/html 2025-10-21T10:32:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_stranger?rev=1761042769&do=diff "You must not look, you must not see For that is how they lie. You think you know, but you are wrong So do not meet their eye. It's from the Book, but it's not me No matter what it says. So please just go and move along All it takes is a yes text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_third_time-maker?rev=1759942862&do=diff "After a time, the sun gained enough courage to show her face. The possum, taking a well-deserved nap, took no notice, and in this way the days and nights began to turn. And so for a while, the Time Being was satisfied. On occasion, it would wake another animal, though none could rise to meet the impact of the possum. Until one day, a human awoke. And its name was 'Malefu. text/html 2025-10-08T17:00:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_time_being?rev=1759942828&do=diff The Time Being Followers of the Time Being -- and its chosen few, the Time-Makers -- believe in the divinity of change. The world began in constancy (known as 'the Book'), and the Time Being gave it life by allowing it to evolve. The Time Being itself is conceived variously as a deity, the manifestation of time itself, or something between the two. A key idea in the beliefs of the Time Being is that time is created by our actions text/html 2025-10-09T15:40:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_world_further?rev=1760024400&do=diff The World Further The top left island seems to be labelled with 'Unofficial Territories of Eirsace.' Below that, the lone island is named 'Luat na-Bonswi.' There is a cluster of islands at the bottom of the map named 'Anastius & Horasa.' There is a large land mass on the right side of the map that curls around to the left, connecting to a smaller circular mass in the centre. The section which is furthest to the right is named text/html 2026-03-23T23:58:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/the_world_further_old?rev=1774310326&do=diff The World Further The Beginning of the End "“The first thing you should know is that the world no longer exists. Not as you'd have once known it, at least, if you've 30-odd years of memories in you with enough to spare from the before times. If you're younger, though, perhaps you've heard stories. No record agrees entirely with another as to the beginning of the end, but most could agree by the time the contagion was first recorded, tearing its way through Eirsacean territory like it had a ve… text/html 2026-03-23T23:57:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_being_old?rev=1774310273&do=diff The Time Being "...It was a thousand years before the Time Being produced the next Time-Maker, and this time, it was a human, by the name of 'Malefu. Her determination overflowed through her childhood, providing sweet nectar for the Time Flies to gorge on. But determination is easy text/html 2026-03-10T13:41:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule?rev=1773150076&do=diff A small metal cylinder sits on plank of wood. The papers inside would be yellow, if there was anyone here to read them. A sticky label, faded from sunlight and rain, reads in careful writing 'Found by the Saint in river near Bastion (2104(?)), date unknown'. A second plank of wood, balanced across two rocks, serves as a makeshift desk. There is a small camp-chair, pushed back slightly as if the occupant has merely left to go brew a cup of tea. Dust settles. text/html 2026-02-10T12:34:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_all_of_us?rev=1770726858&do=diff A scoll of parchment paper. As it unfurls, you recognise the stamps -- handprints of all shapes and sizes. Some are missing fingers; some are small and certain, some large and barely-there, delicate, their five fingerprints splayed carefully out to avoid covering up the smaller ones contained within. Some are the dark green of leaf-paste, others the russet colour of moistened clay, yet others faded pinks and palest yellows, the remnants of dyes from picked flowers. text/html 2026-02-10T12:29:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_booklet?rev=1770726582&do=diff This Book Belongs To: zamal'lulia Aged: five yeers and won day old ---------- Fill-in-the-Blanks Bonanza! Find the missing words to discover the verse. Hint: Each line has the same number of syllables! the potatos are this year plentiful text/html 2026-02-10T12:28:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_interview?rev=1770726510&do=diff " “It's just that -- and I'm trying to get to the nub of things, here, so bear with me while I stumble around searching for a candle, because they all seem to be on the wrong side of the dresser nowadays -- and, you know, I don't want to give the impression that I'm searching for places to pick holes, because I'm not. Far from it, even. text/html 2026-02-10T12:28:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_message?rev=1770726502&do=diff Greetings! If you are reading this I am very very old or dea alive! It means I'm not the only one left, wh Obviously, because of all the of use, or at least importantly: Good luc Fa - text/html 2026-02-10T12:28:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_pebble?rev=1770726537&do=diff A pebble, bearing pockmarks of age it must have acquired before encapsulation. It bears etched marks which seem to be deliberate, but you do not recognise the language. text/html 2026-02-10T12:29:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_stuffed_sheep?rev=1770726544&do=diff A stuffed animal, its once-white fur matted. Its loving owner must have been so small that they dragged it on the ground behind them. text/html 2026-02-10T12:41:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_the_end?rev=1770727274&do=diff If found, please do not return. I could not bear the embarrassment! -- Most of the pages are illegible, but two remain intact A glorious day. The pond reflects oh so prettily. I learned a word -- scintillate. I touch his hand and I am scintillating. I am a pond. My mother wanted some help so I was beckoned from the prayer circle but I was returned in good time for dinner. text/html 2026-02-10T12:28:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/time_capsule_the_oceanic_strait_divide?rev=1770726516&do=diff If found, please return to Hureme (13 14 15) -- Most of the pages are illegible, but the following passage remains intact There once were two friends from many millennia ago, they were the heat upon the horizon, they were the frost of morning dew. In tandem they created a great many works, they built the mountains of Corim, carved the great Mulwich system of caves; even the rakkashe are the doing of the mighty Sule and Aesh, the castoff of carvings. text/html 2025-10-21T10:30:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/tristan_barrett?rev=1761042618&do=diff Tristan Barrett Pronouns: he/him Email: <tristan_barrett@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Jasper H (he/him) Bastion Organisation Quirk: Innovator ---------- Hands always occupied, fixing something in some oily corner of the Bastion. Hands that seem to know on instinct how to tackle machinery, like the knowledge was born with him, part of his lifeblood. Carpenter, plumber, electrician: calloused hands that he will wipe clean on his overalls before shaking yours. A handy figure, whittling aw… text/html 2026-03-24T00:06:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/turnsheets?rev=1774310790&do=diff Downtime 1 Downtime 2 Downtime 3 Downtime 4 Downtime 5 Downtime 6 text/html 2025-10-09T18:46:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/uptime_and_sessions?rev=1760035611&do=diff Uptimes and Sessions Sessions of Contagion will be held at Brasenose College during the first two terms, Michaelmas and Hillary. We will start at 19.00, with a short brief before time-in. Sessions will occur on Tuesday evenings every other week, starting from the second week of Michaelmas 2024 (the 21st of October). For more information, see the page text/html 2025-10-21T10:30:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/victoria?rev=1761042610&do=diff Victoria Pronouns: she/her Email: <victoria@contagion.oxfordrpg.com> Player: Scarlett E (she/her) Bastion Organisation Role: Innovator ---------- Physicist who was working for the government before the downfall, but has changed focus to things like hydroponics since joining the bastion to try and survive. This was not my specialisation before and I’m not a biologist so I’m mostly figuring things out in the go through experimentation. Also knows plenty of theory on how advanced technology l… text/html 2025-10-08T17:01:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/warding_motion?rev=1759942918&do=diff Warding Motion Beware the beast whose cave falls silent, Who neither sleeps, nor wakes for day, Who scars the sand and hates the tide, Whose fields are bitter with last year's chaff Beware the creature who will not fall, Whose claws do clamp, text/html 2025-10-08T17:02:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/ways_to_play?rev=1759942937&do=diff Ways to Play Interested in the game but unsure how to engage with it? Fear not! This page will guide you on potential themes you can focus your experience around with in Contagion, as well as playstyles that engage with said themes! Note that these are just suggestions; by no means are they the 'recommended' way to play, and you are free to modify, expand upon or ignore them as you see fit. text/html 2025-10-08T17:11:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/when_and_where?rev=1759943490&do=diff When and Where " “Do not treat the days as something precious, to be hoarded or wasted. For they are made by us -- with every step, a new second is born.” " -- Nkechia Olus, The Fourth Time-Maker ---------- Contagion will run through Michaelmas 2025 (MT) and Hilary 2026 (HT), with in-person text/html 2025-10-08T17:03:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://contagion.oxfordrpg.com/yevich_s_the_stranger?rev=1759943004&do=diff 'The Stranger' by Kastor Yevich was once the most famous painting in the world. Below are the only known references to it in the Archive. "'...After this lengthy hiatus, Yevich determined to do one last painting. They began in 1755, but the process was fraught with difficulties, arguments with suppliers and an obsessive perfectionsism about the subject matter. In 1765, ten years after first touching the canvas, Yevich completed their masterpiece. A year later, they were dead.'