The Premise:

An ambitious project began in the Rift several months ago: a new settlement sprung up alongside a river, between Ivarstead and Riften. Enough land was purchased for the new settlement, Valton, to be recognized as a new, separate hold, and the man who had purchased the land, Radwulf Spurvhauke, was given the title of Jarl. Valton is still growing, with the castle, Gudslott Keep, being erected first, and then several smaller buildings were built around it, though most of them are currently empty. In an attempt to attract as many citizens as possible to the new hold, Jarl Spurvhauke has set an extremely low price on these homes: a mere 1,000 golden septims, and settlers have been coming in from all over in a hope of a better life or a chance at making some coin, and as a new settlement, there is plenty of opportunity to do so.

The Cast:

• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Alguidar - Nord farmer (played by Smig)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Brill_Four-Fingers - Nord Captain of the Guard (played by Smig)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Dusaheel - Argonian Scholar (played by TheLexicon)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Gorbad_Yak-Bogadbu - Orc blacksmith and enchanter (played by GorbadPS3)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Halmar_the_Vast - Nord lumbermill owner (played by Person from Anticlere)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Jacqueline_%22Jack%22_Hawkford - Breton mason/carpenter (played by AyumiFan)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Kalthar_%22Kal%22_Ingmorn - Nord wanderer (played by The OP3RaTOR)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Mira_Stone-Smith - Nord mercenary (played by VATROU)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Nidali - Dark Elf bandit (played by El Barto 227)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Nuramon - Bosmer hunter and alchemist (played by Gavril)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Nyran_Kasonius - Imperial trader (played by TheLexicon)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Radwulf_Spurvhauke - Nord, the Jarl of Valton (played by GorbadPS3)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Sarynetta_%E2%80%9CSarya%E2%80%9D_Vycomte - Imperial innkeeper (played by AyumiFan)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Tristane_Rouxe - Breton adventurer (played by Akeldama)
• http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Valyn - Dunmer servant (played by dovakhin)

For a list of currently inactive characters, check the http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Characters.

The Story So Far:

Turdas, 1st of Heartfire, 4E 201 <- current date

Three mercenaries arrived in town, looking for Jacqueline.

(This day isn't over, so this section will be filled as time goes by)

Week from the 25th to the 30th

An expedition comprising of two off-duty guards, a mercenary and a painter, traveled to Helgen to attest the veracity of the rumors that arrived the day before. The damages that they found were appalling, and matched what they would expect to find had a dragon attacked the settlement.

(this week was skipped in the RP)

Turdas, 24th of Heartfire

It's market day! A grand event that happens twice a week, bringing together merchants from the neighboring settlements. The streets quickly got filled with people looking to buy and sell all sorts of products.

Meanwhile, in the infamous abandoned mine, the guard from the night shift patrol disappeared. The guard charged with taking over his duties didn't find any trace of him, but he heard wolves howling from the wilderness nearby. Still unaware of the missing guard, the Captain of the Guard started his investigation of yesterday's murder, so he sent Nidali, a new recruit, to arrest Nyran, for questioning. Nyran was eventually released, though a close eye was kept on him. The evidence was incriminating so the real killer had better be found soon to clear his name.

A courier settled on the market bringing news of nearby bandits and rumors of dragons.

Later in the day, an Argonian got an interest in the mine, but like others before him, he found nothing within.

Middas, 23rd of Heartfire

Roughly one month ago, Jarl Radwulf Spurvhauke sent Leandra on a quest to find the missing Court Mage, Fiona Barrow-Heart. Today, Leandra has finally found her on a den of vampires, somewhere outside of Valton.

In Valton, Helas Foly’s renovation progressed quickly. Jack, the carpenter leading the works, visited the blacksmith to place an order for a few things she needed. However, Gorbad was lacking the materials to work with, especially now that the mine was thought to be depleted. With the inn under construction, Sarya, the innkeeper, decided to follow the smith’s advice, and headed all the way to Shor’s Stone to acquire some much needed ore.

Speaking of the mine, rumors have been floating around about all the scary monsters that lurk inside. The Jarl was getting tired of such foolish nonsense, and after hearing about them one more time through Valton’s newest priest, Alecor Clergyman, he finally decided to take the Guard Captain with him on a trip to the mine’s depths. The Jarl seemed to be right, as nothing of interest was found down there.

Meanwhile, Thalin Drom, the new artist in town, stumbled upon a couple of refugees from Helgen, that claimed that it had been destroyed. One of them was badly burnt, and seemed to have gone mad, mentioning dragons repeatedly. The other one wasn’t there when it happened, but she blamed the Thalmor and the Stormcloaks. Thalin felt obligated to convey the message to Brill, the Guard Captain, and even though he was skeptical, he followed the Jarl’s commands to investigate all rumors. He decided to keep the investigation under wraps though, so he sent her on a quest to find out more information, along with two supposedly off-duty guards. Thalin also recruited Vidar, for a possible journey to Helgen.

At the end of the day, Nyran caught a thief attempting to rob his shop. By confronting him, the thief’s identity was revealed as a Khajiit illusionist named Jomargo, who then attempted to murder the shopkeeper, but failed due to the intervention of a guard who was killed in the process. The weapon that Jomargo used to kill the guard was part of Nyran's stock.

Other Stuff:

Past threads of this RP:

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1457173-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-chapter-ii-1/

This RP takes place one month after the events in Chapter I. Those events aren't very important going into the new chapter, but if you'd like to browse through the old one, here it is:

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1335789-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread/page__fromsearch__1 (started 20th of January, 2012)
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1338764-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-2/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1356024-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-3/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1360105-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-4/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1364736-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-5/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1368594-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-6/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1375973-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-7/
http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1402663-valton-the-new-hold-rp-thread-8/

This RP is open for new players. Head over to the http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1481136-valton-the-new-hold-ooc-sign-up-thread-xxx/ for further information and questions. Also, here's the http://valtonthenewhold.wikia.com/wiki/Valton,_The_New_Hold._Wiki, with a map, the characters, their locations in the RP, and other information. The four co-GMs are: Vincent McCool, GorbadPS3, AyumiFan and Smig.