Orphaned/Sandbox/Tears of a Phoenix

Tears of a Phoenix was a Play By Post RPG in the forum of the open-source 3D dungeon-crawling game Egoboo.

The plot revolved around the country of Renegard, where half of the population, including the king, had fallen into a coma, Evil Chancellor Boartz became the new ruler and a quest for the feathers of a phoenix, which allegedly were able to cure the coma disease, was set up.

It can be found here, though a forum update broke the formating of the posts.

The player characters were:
 * Katherine, a Bounty Hunter. Disappeared mid-game due to temporary absence of her player.
 * Arianna, a former Necromancer, now atoning as a priest and healer.
 * Gurtagh, a half-orcish warrior.
 * Aranym, an elementalist constantly sliding from a Heroic BSOD to the next.
 * Hans, a Pirate. Disappeared in the initial phase of the game, his player returned later with Alyss as a new character.
 * Alyss, a young elven girl.


 * Action Girl: Katherine.
 * Aerith and Bob: See above.
 * Annoying Arrows
 * Anticlimax Boss:  wasn't that hard to beat.
 * Anti-Hero: Gurtagh.
 * Apologetic Attacker: Aranym.
 * The Atoner: Arianna.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Arianna and Aranym.
 * Break the Cutie: Aranym, again.
 * Emotional Bruiser: Gurtagh is very sentimental about his mother.
 * Evil Chancellor: Boartz.
 * Evil Sorcerer: Arianna, formerly.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!:
 * Glass Cannon: Alyss and Aranym.
 * Jerkass: Gurtagh.
 * Knight in Sour Armor: Arianna and Aranym.
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Gurtagh.
 * Heroic BSOD: Aranym's status, most of the time.
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Large Ham: Gurtagh and Aranym.
 * MacGuffin: The phoenix feathers, which
 * The Plague: The coma disease.
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: King Opher and Count Zalant.
 * Revolving Door Casting: Only two of the initial characters were involved in the ending. Some characters left or disappeared mid-game, and after the beginning, someone dumped his character and returned with another one.
 * Shaming the Mob: Aranym's Moment of Awesome.
 * Shield-Bash: Gurtagh has this as a skill.
 * Squishy Wizard: Aranym, again. Arianna extremely averts this, taking the additional role of a Meat Shield late in the game.
 * Standard Status Effects
 * Stone Wall: Gurtagh.
 * Stuff Blowing Up:
 * The Woobie: Arianna.
 * Tome of Eldritch Lore: The Necronomicon, which has a cameo in this Pn P.
 * Trauma Conga Line: Aranym's backstory, in Narmish dimensions.
 * White Magician Girl: Arianna, a compassionate and responsible atoner with a White Mage skillset.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: How some of the protagonists reacted to Gurtagh killing the bandit captive.