This as a semi-resurrection of my campaign. I will be writing little chapters of this story, filling in some of the background of the current state of affairs in Paradox as story, posting them here on the web as they are ready. Chapters may be short or long, depending on my time constraints. This is a chance for me to hone my writing skills and to do a lot of exposition that I can't do quickly at ACUS.At certain points in this story, there will be room for interactive play. For example, Darthene may seek a trump contact with her son Morgan, at which point the player would be invited to submit a part of the story. Note that my main concern is to fill in background information slowly through a single character (Darthene)'s viewpoint. As this is not a full email campaign, I will adhere to the rules below, necessary for author fiat:
- There will be no set pace for new sections of the story.
- PCs may be taken over by the Author for scenes as he desires.
- While an effort to give equal time to former PCs to affect the story structure will be made, the story comes first (i.e., if there is no reason for a particular encounter with Darthene, it would not be forced).
- Invitations issued to a player to contribute a section should be sent to the Author for review before it is approved and posted on this page.
- For reasons of space and efficiency, future story parts will be posted on the webpage and will be accepted as canon.
- The email list will be used only for the announcement of new sections posted. I am forever having problems keeping track of all my email accounts and this will cut down on space, and such matters as email servers being down, etc. It also makes it easier to save my work as a draft.
- Players are welcome to roleplay and discuss information as presented in the story, but there will be no adjudication.
- Questions about characters will be considered, but not necessarily answered with any speed. I do not always have time to answer questions. If time permits, a character-specific summary will be written up in time for the next Ambercon, and distributed as reading material in advance of the session.
- It is encouraged that people continue to contribute personal summaries of Ambercon events, which I will add to the webpage.
- Invited contributors will be given a weekend to submit a response. After that, I can choose to make them NPCs so that the story doesn't lag for want of a response.
- Any questions may be directed to pi@eyrie.org.