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Originally posted by _0AfTeRsHoCk0_
Another kingdom?
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That wasn't what it was originally, but it's what it has become. For better or worse.
It began, a long time ago, on the can. At first, it was meant to be a history of 2k1, from a roleplaying viewpoint. Covering the bomy collisions, Zalactic labs, and the like. Eventually, I narrowed it down to the actual collision of the bomy planets, then fleshed it out into an actual character-driven short story about the days before the incident, and the aftermath. In the search for a protagonist, I became frustrated with designing characters from the current kingdoms, so designed one for story purposes.
One thing led to another, and I began to see the potential benefits of the kingdom I was designing, for purely roleplaying purposes. Instead of a flourishing, wealthy empire like all of the existing kingdoms, it was a struggling, impoverished race. The island provided both convienent seclusion from the non-roleplaying community, and a plausible, fairly well thought out story.
All of this occured while I was still in Dustari. At the time, I was perfectly content with the kingdom I belonged to, and shelved the idea accordingly. As time progressed, however, Dustari began going downhill at a rapid pace. Roleplaying screeched to a halt, participation dropped dramatically. That was when I began looking back on the original idea for Sceleria (then referred to as Invalesco), and taking it somewhat more seriously. I still, however, had decided to stick with Dustari, at least for the time being.
We all know what happened since then. It was only recently that I started taking the idea of actually submitting the kingdom seriously. And that's where Sceleria differs from the other wannabe kingdoms, like Kalmaria and Artareo. It was created for the sole purpose of roleplaying, and breathing life into the dying roleplaying community. It wasn't made so I could become the uber-leet super king. It was made because roleplaying on 2k1
can work. People just have to try. All I want to do is present them with the means to do so.