Randomness

This morning I've been looking at some old stories of mine, was trying to figure out my progression of 'guilds' on my MMORPG. Was interesting looking back and remembering why I'd joined with certain people and how my play style had changed over the years.

I used to be a huge roleplayer, that was what the game was all about to me. The stories, the people, the development; none of it was supported by the game system either. We just made do the best we could. We actually had some sweeping sagas though, some huge story lines that entertained quite a few folks. But over time, it just got harder and harder, and you'd lose people to other servers, other realms, to disinterest and what not so it was more and more a struggle. And then of course, I discovered another way of play. For the longest time I tried to merge the two, but in the end, I just gave up. Maybe it was lack of new stories for my char, lack of ways to progress and move her through a stagnant world.

I'm still proud of the stories, even the early crappy ones. They were fun and moving to write, sometimes I look back and read some of them and wonder how I managed to write that. I think a few are still linked on some message boards, I'll look for a couple and try to link them here for the curious.

Basic premise for game: Three realms fighting a war against one another. Hibernia - land of celts, firbolgs, elves and nature's magic. Albion - land of humans, paladins, clerics, theurgists and sorcerers. Midgard - land of trolls, kobolds, norse and viking tenants. Each realm battles for dominance in a 'frontier'.

Ah, my mercenary Moryan. I loved this character very much, though I quickly realized I wasn't cut out to play a fighter kinda class. She still was fun as hell.

A Mercenary's Epilogue

Moryan's daughter, Rohaise. She was more trouble than Moryan by far!

A Contract Broken

Thrennoadae's big story. This was my cleric, my favorite and only character for about 2 years of game play. She was a celt that defected to Albion to fight against her people for the sake of a daughter born to an Albion cleric. For the longest time, she still considered herself a druid, a daughter of Hibernia.

The Search for Her Soul

There are alot more of my stories at Kelryck's forums, and alot of other decent writers as well.