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beleos ([personal profile] beleos) wrote2022-09-26 01:09 pm

ACTIVITY REWARDS

AC REWARDS
Since Kenos is a plot-heavy game based on engaging with other characters and the setting, we want to reward people that go above and beyond! Kenos does this through a Token system, which is a set of OOC rewards that translate to IC rewards. Using Tokens, you can make augment your character’s powers (or make completely new ones), get plot clues, or buy an exotic pet, to name a few things!

TOKENS

Tokens are earned through going above and beyond with game participation in the following ways:

  • Completing Bonus AC (1 token)

  • Participating in an Oracle Event Log (1 token) (Max 1/month)

  • Running a player-led event (2 Tokens) These happen once every 3 months (eg. Xanadu, World's Edge)

  • Tagging new players on the TDM (1 token)
Mods may also hand out a Token or two for other work that helps the game, though this is at mod discretion. You can view your current amount of Tokens on this spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is updated weekly after activity is processed. As a note, a character can have max five tokens at a time, unless you have earned tokens by running an event. These tokens are allowed to go over the maximum as an extra thank you for helping run the game!

Tokens can be used to purchase items from the list below. If you have an idea for something you might like to use tokens on that isn’t listed or aren't sure how many tokens your idea would cost, feel free to ask! Mods may adjust the Token cost for some requests, since below are guidelines, and specific requests may fall into a different Token cost depending on the capabilities of the request.

Note, the Power Cap applies to all purchased items and powers, so they may require adjustment to fit underneath these limitations!

1 TOKEN

Swap a Spellbook Spell : Spells learned via Harmonization can be swapped out for a different spell from the same Spellbook. Note: Spells purchased via tokens cannot be swapped. (Leveled discounts do not apply)

A Gift! : You can have Cetina or Kathova gift your character something from the timestream! It will be fully at mod discretion what they gift them, and it can be anything from something useful, to something silly! Make sure to keep your survey up to date, or you might get a repeat!

Weapon/Minor Magical Item Regain : Standard weapons or items with basic magical properties. For example, a Hidden Blade, Harry Potter's Wand or Sending Stones.

2 TOKENS

Learn a Tier 1 Spellbook Spell : Learn an additional spell from the Tier 1 Spellbook (assuming you are already able to wield these spells)

Minor Power : Powers roughly equivalent to the Tier 1 spellbook in power. These are small versions of abilities that may have use in combat, but may be limited in some way. These powers are approximately up to half of the power cap or less.

Standard Mount : A non-magical creature that can be ridden

3 TOKENS

Furnished Home : Purchase a fully furnished home in your city of choice (Leveled discounts do not apply)

Start a Business : Start a PC/Player-Owned business in your city of choice (Leveled discounts do not apply). If you would like for it to be added to the maps on the wiki, just take a screenshot pointing out where you would like your business to be! Once approved, please fill out the form on the Setting Submission page so that your IC business can be easily found and referenced by other players.

Upgrade a Minor Power : Upgrade a Minor Power to a Major Power

Minor Lore Quest : A lore-associated questline, designed largely for off-Oracle month enjoyment. Minor quests do not have the degree of risk or detail required by participants. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!

4 TOKENS

Learn a Tier 2 Spellbook Spell : Learn an additional spell from the Tier 2 Spellbook (assuming you are already able to wield these spells)

Magical/Flying Mount : A creature that can be ridden that either flies or is magical in some way

Major Weapon / Major Magical Item : An item with significant innate power which approaches a Major Power. For example, Mjolnir, Lasso of Truth or a Lightsaber.

Mid-value Lore Quest : A mid-value questline associated with the overarching lore of Kenos. Mid-value questlines are categorized by their need for a modest degree of planning. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!

5 TOKENS

Learn a Tier 3 Spellbook Spell : Learn an additional spell from the Tier 3 Spellbook (assuming you are already able to wield these spells)

Major Power : Abilities that can go up to (but not past) the overall powercap. These can be roughly equivalent to the Tier 3+ Spellbook Spells.

High-value Lore Quest : A high-risk, high-reward questline associated with the overarching lore of Kenos. High-value questlines are categorized by their need for detailed planning, preparation and participation. To claim a quest, file your purchase request below and then include the link as a comment under its header on the lore quest page. Once the purchase is approved, you can get started!

Finally, this system also includes a Powerlevel Discount. As a part of your application acceptance, you were assigned a Level based on the powers you described in your application. This Level entitles you to a discount of the prices above, which is as follows:

  • Level 1: -2 Tokens
    • Characters with no or extremely limited abilities.
  • Level 2: -1 Token
    • Characters who have special abilities, but perhaps only a few or those that are quite limited in scope.
  • Level 3: No discount
    • Characters with a large or wide variety of abilities.
As a note, if your discount would make a request 0 Tokens (negatives will always become 0), it may become a 1 Token request depending on the request itself. We’ll let you know this when you make the request and confirm that you still wish to spend it.

This discount is to help address power creep and try and make the stakes of the game more even. This way characters who come into the game well-equipped from their canon don’t dominate others, which results in better tension and stakes! With that in mind, mods may reduce or take away a character’s discount as they become more evenly matched with higher Levels, which you will be informed of.


NOTABLE ACTIONS


In addition, this page is also used to share and submit your Notable Actions! Notable Actions sounds fancy, but it’s essentially a summary of what your character did during the month! This helps the Loremaster team by giving a good view of what characters are up to and interested in so that we can help the world be responsive to character actions. This summary can be a bulleted list or prose, and we would love it if it also included links, but it doesn’t have to. For an example of what we’re looking for, see this comment which shows the general format and what you can expect from rewards and/or this comment, which is a character played by one of the Loremasters!

Notable actions should include things that have been threaded out this month, but can also include hand-waved interactions about interacting with the world of Kenos at large, and we in fact recommend this! Is your character a regular at a bar? Did they start modeling for a clothing shop they like? Or maybe they're often seen at one of the city's libraries this month because they're deeply researching a new topic. Let us know, since this helps us get a sense of what your character's interests in the world are and can help us create more customized hooks for your character in turn!

IC, characters are asked to at least check in with their faction’s second-in-command once a month, since they’re similarly interested in what characters are getting up to. This check-in is at the character’s leisure and meant to be casual IC as well! Depending on what characters tell their respective NPC, they may get special information or missions that are relevant to what they’ve been doing IC, or the NPC may be the one to ICly grant them the boon that’s bought OOC with Tokens. For more on your faction’s NPC, you can read up on both Cetina (Meridian) or Kathova (Zenith).

If your character does not have a faction affiliation, they’re not missing out, don’t worry! They may still receive information and/or missions, but they’re more likely to come from a generic, unnamed NPC instead. In terms of boons, you’re free to figure out how it’s received or hash it out with the mods.

(We also recommend keeping your Character Survey up to date, since you never know when a mod might think to reference it, hint hint!)

FORM


Notable Actions
A summary of what your character was up to this month! This can be prose, a bulleted list, however you want to do it. It's truly just to let mods know what your character got up to this month.

Specific Actions
Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Self explanatory!
What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: This one too!
Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: Did they deck someone out in public? Did they steal something and get caught? Were they blackout drunk and stumbling around the city? Did they help a kid who scraped his knees when he fell? Tell us what the populous saw your character up to this month! For anything important, please include a thread link!
Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): Again, feel free to give us links to any threads with your character completed, contributed, or partook in something that contributed something to one of your factions/cities.
What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: If you'd like to include a brief blurb about whether this has increased or decreased from last month and how, that's a bonus but not required.

Did Your Character Check In?
With either Cetina or Kathova, if applicable. A simple yes or no is all we need, but if you want to add a detail like "they would have, but they were dead half of the month", that's fine.

Token Purchase (Delete this section if you are not using tokens this month)
Purchasing: What are you purchasing
Cost: How many tokens does this cost? Remember to include your Powerlevel discount if applicable!
Description: If applicable, a full description of your purchase including parameters, limitations, etc. Please see examples for how to describe these best!

Notes: Anything additional to tell the mods?



Token Requests and Notable Actions are processed on the first week of the month. If you purchased a lore quest, a gift, or a power, we'll let you know if it's approved/what your character received!

For examples of what these rewards can look like, see below!
leicesters: (160)

JANUARY 2023

[personal profile] leicesters 2023-02-01 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Notable Actions
  • Participated in the Oracle event, but his heart wasn't really in it because he doesn't feel like he understands the bigger picture, so he avoided direct conflict with Zenith. He unfroze a book in the library and had a couple of doppelganger encounters in the hall of mirrors.
  • Spoke to a few Meridian to try to boost morale after the post-event loss, including Dextera, Byleth and Hayame.

  • Did Your Character Check In? Yep!
    leicesters: (072)

    FEBRUARY 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-02-28 04:49 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: Heliopolis, in the provided residences. He spends a lot of time in the city libraries too, and has become a regular of a teahouse in the Empório district.
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?:
    - Claude engaged in the diplomatic mission to help secure Manon, and successfully persuaded both sides to question Manon on neutral ground.

    - Later, he also participated in discussions on how Manon's questioning would be handled, at which point he had discussions with both Cyrus and Yima. He also summarised the general situation for both factions and neutral PCs.

    - At the masquerade, he pestered Kian about the locked room... sorry Kian.

    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): Yes - Claude does some of his own hunting and returns any surplus, leftover resources etc. for trading in Springstar.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yep!
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    MARCH 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-03-29 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: Heliopolis early/mid-month, then Alenroux, throughout the occupation
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?:
    - He was involved in Manon's interrogation, and at Dextera's request, asked Manon to remove his eyepatch.

    - Later, Claude captured Adelfoúla in conjunction with Misa and Set. The end of the thread was handwaved, but as discussed with loremoms, she surrendered and agreed to go to ~casa de claude~ for a week, as he promised he wouldn't harm her. She then cleaned his bomb site of an apartment. Thanks Adel!

    - Was involved in the attempt to confront Aetós, and explored the Zoo with Byleth. Later, Amos contacted him to discuss that he had found Adelfoúla's shard fragment.

    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): He helped secure Alenroux and the city's food supply.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yep!

    Token Purchase
    Purchasing: Flying mount (wyvern)
    Cost: 3 tokens (-1 Level 2 discount)
    Description: Regaining Claude's white wyvern from home! General FE wyvern lore can be found over here. Despite their fierce reputations, Claude's wyvern is completely tame towards him, as learning wyvern handling is a rite of passage in his homeland. Although only shown in Three Hopes, his wyvern can also breathe fire, but Claude typically don't utilise this and mostly just uses it as a mount. Wyverns are physically tough, but weak to arrows or similar ranged projectiles that could shoot them out of the sky.

    Notes: Hopefully I calculated the tokens correctly, according to the tracker I have 2 tokens and +1 from event participation this month... math lady gif
    Edited 2023-03-29 22:21 (UTC)
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    APRIL 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-04-30 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: Splitting time between Alenroux and Heliopolis
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: He kept the picture book he received (thanks Adelfoúla 🥺) and helped with disaster relief efforts during the second part of the Seeds of Unrest event, eg Hayame's thread where he ran into her while distributing supplies to rescue parties. He generally followed Cyrus's instructions and tried to save as many people as he could, while trying to keep his own blight to manageable levels.
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): See above - he helped with NPC rescue efforts, helping pull NPCs from the rubble, doing supply runs, etc.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yep!

    Token Purchase
    Purchasing: Flying mount (wyvern)
    Cost: 3 tokens (-1 Level 2 discount)
    Description: Regaining Claude's white wyvern from home! General FE wyvern lore can be found over here. Despite their fierce reputations, Claude's wyvern is completely tame towards him, as learning wyvern handling is a rite of passage in his homeland. Although only shown in Three Hopes, his wyvern can also breathe fire, but Claude typically don't utilise this and mostly just uses it as a mount. Wyverns are physically tough, but weak to arrows or similar ranged projectiles that could shoot them out of the sky.

    Notes: am I doing numbers correctly this month...??? I am very smart (false)
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    MAY 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-05-31 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar, later Alenroux when the Blight became more severe in between helping with rescue/relief efforts so he could tend to his wyvern.
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: See above! He split time between Springstar in his residence in Heliopolis and Alenroux.
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: He met with Cyrus earlier in the month, and he brought his wyvern to the Alenroux encampment so she could be safe from the Blight. He also recruited the help of a retainer, who he has trained in helping him tend to the wyvern while he's otherwise preoccupied.
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): He's been contributing more hunting to the Alenroux camp since his wyvern moved in. Any surplus meat, materials etc. his wyvern doesn't eat is donated to the soldiers.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 2 post-Oracle event

    Did Your Character Check In? HE WOULD BUT CETINA ARE YOU OKAY

    Token Purchase
    Purchasing: Failnaught, his bow
    Cost: 1 token (0 with L2 discount)
    Description: A bow and family heirloom, handed down to him from his grandfather when he took over as Duke Riegan. In reality, while this Heroes' Relic is venerated by the Church of Seiros, the bow is made from the bones and heart of one of Sothis's slaughtered children, the Star Dragon. It requires a Crest to wield, and anyone who doesn't possess a Crest and wields it risks being consumed by its power and transformed into a Demonic Beast.
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    JUNE 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-07-01 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    - Proposed the Meridian-Zenith ambassador program, with assistance from Set
    - Reached out to Zenith to better understand their perspective after Meridian's Oracle defeat and rising hostilities
    - Assisted in rebuilding efforts in Springstar

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there? Heliopolis
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: He contacted Yima and Cyrus to receive their approval for the ambassador program.
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): Assisted in the rebuilding Springstar sidequest with Dimitri
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check in: yup!
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    JULY 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-07-31 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    - Attended the first cross-faction ambassador meeting and helped facilitate an agreement between Meridian and Zenith to deescalate tensions around Alenroux.
    - ...And got chewed out by Hayame afterwards for compromising with them. He also checked in with Jyn to get a Zenith perspective on how things went.
    - Visited Starlight Park to take a trip down memory lane in Fódlan, where he also encountered Dextera, and gave Gavial and Byleth a tour around his old stomping grounds in Derdriu.
    - Beach episode! He celebrated his birthday with Hayame, got caught climbing up the side of the hotel while, uh, definitely not drunk by Bondrewd and Byleth, got trounced in a swimming competition with Dimitri, and had drinks at the pool with Rudbeckia, who he expressed concern over because of the state of her discord.

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: His residence in Heliopolis/the hotel at Xanadu
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: If any NPCs spectated the ambassador talks, then yes!
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): See above, negotiating the situation with Alenroux.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yup!
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    AUGUST 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-09-05 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    - Participated in the Oracle event, returning objects to their owners and searching for his own objects/the items for the effigy, helping to forage food and scout out the greenhouse
    - cassian rescued his ass from a spider, thanks dude
    - Silco had one of his items and debuffed his ass into Deer Mode. is it fanservice if the service is for Hayame???

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: His apartment in Heliopolis
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: nope!
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): Nothing significant this month.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yup!
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    SEPTEMBER 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-09-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    :RieGun: emoji aimed directly at sebastian

    BUT OKAY A SERIOUS LIST:
    - Offered Ruby support in defending her monster friends in the Beyond
    - Questioned Liem about his Alenroux report and his bloodsucky preferences 😳
    - Met Ishtar. why are gods all like this
    - Met Shez, and encouraged him to join Meridian
    - Met Fane at the Tree, why is he like this
    - Searched for Hayame across Alenroux, Springstar and Highstorm on the day she went missing, and stayed with her during her recovery period after

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: His residence in Heliopolis for most of the month, later in the month Hayame's residence in Alenroux
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: He questioned a lot of NPCs on the day Hayame went missing, in particular around the Alenroux encampment and Legionary soldiers in Springstar, for clues of her whereabouts
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): He spent more time hunting in Alenroux later in the month, and would have shared any surplus with the cross-faction camp.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yep!

    Token Purchase
    Purchasing: Mid-Value Lore Quest
    Cost: 4 tokens
    Description: I'd like to claim In the Will for Claude! Still scoping out other characters interested, so I'll update this/add a comment to the lore quests post once I have a taker.
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    OCTOBER 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-11-01 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    - While moving out of his apartment in Heliopolis, Claude caught Amos scoping the district out for purposes Totally Not Cyrus Related
    - Helped care for Hayame while she recovered from the eyescream incident, and shared information about her ordeal with Yuri, as well as a theory about her eye
    - Questioned Bondrewd about his shard experiments, in response to Gavial's announcement about Link
    - Spoke to Aetós on the network
    - Helped win a prize for Shez at the spooky carnival

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: He's moved to new apartment in Heliopolis, but this is mostly a front to throw off anyone potentially spying on him. He now spends most of his time at Hayame's new home.
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: He spoke to Aetós this month! ...He also ran away from the wrath of an angry Springstar librarian.
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): sidequest is a wip stay tuned gang
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 0

    Did Your Character Check In? Yup!

    Notes: 🎃🎃SPOOPY👻👻CREPPY💀💀
    Edited 2023-11-01 01:18 (UTC)
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    NOVEMBER 2023

    [personal profile] leicesters 2023-11-28 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    - Helped coordinate the Meridian response in preparation for the Oracle's appearance
    - heckled set about his death star beam...
    - heckled voryn for being voryn
    - Went autumn moon viewing with Hayame
    - Harbinger Oracle actions here

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Springstar
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: Split his time between staying in his Heliopolis residence and Hayame's place in Alenroux
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: He talked to Cyrus prior to the Oracle appearing, and helped evacuate Springstar NPCs prior to and soon after the Oracle's appearance. He would have helped coordinate preparations in general.
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): See above re: evacuation efforts. During the Oracle proper, he let an evacuated family use his apartment as temporary accomodation.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 0

    Did Your Character Check In? Yep!
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    FEBRUARY 2024

    [personal profile] leicesters 2024-03-01 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
    Notable Actions
    - during the attack on Springstar, defended the residential district as he judged it would be the least defended/most vulnerable and he could access it quickly by wyvern. Howl also joined him in helping defend the area
    - thought Hayame was dead for a while!! but she was trapped under rubble so this is fine
    - paid his respects to Cyrus, promising him his death wouldn't be in vain
    - discussed D's fun and freaky corpse experience with Cyrus and suggested finding more corpses to investigate with further
    - snooped on Sebastian re: the infected shards, as he has no idea who was responsible... and because he's petty sometimes.........
    - ran into (and potentially helped? thread is ongoing!) Ruby with moving her monsters back to Alenroux
    - spoke to Ryoma about investigating the Below/Kowloon, in particular beneath a sus factory
    - discussed plans to seize Alenroux with Dimitri and Hayame

    Specific Actions
    Which city did your character spend most of their time in during this AC period?: Alenroux, then Springstar during and in the aftermath of the attack
    What venues or residences did they spend the majority of their time in while there?: Hayame's place in Alenroux, a hospital in Springstar
    Did your character perform any notable actions in front of NPC's in either city this month? If so, what/where?: Mainly defending NPC citizens and participating in the fighting. He also visited the Tribune to pay his last respects.
    Did your character contribute to either city? (Resources, work, side quests, etc - this includes Kowloon): See above, contributing to the attack. He would have helped at the hospital Hayame was being treated at as well in the immediate aftermath, such as helping bring supplies or carrying the wounded.
    What is their current discord level (at the time of their check-in)?: 1

    Did Your Character Check In? Yes