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Yes, you were totally tricked. No, it's not the revival of Chronicles yet. That will come, soon enough. It's something related. Read on.

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Instructions:

Hmm, alright. If you've heard of MUD games, that will probably make explanations much easier. If you haven't... well, read on.

This is more of a game than a story. If you want to, visualize the basis of Pokemon games, then imagine it with text instead of 2d graphics. You begin by creating a character. Then, you find yourself in the starting location. In that location, you can do a number of things, depending on where you are. You are able to visit buildings, talk to people etc. All these will be represented by options, which I will give to you in each of my posts. All you have to do is post the option you want, and I will write a small sequence with your character doing what you told him to do and the results. Eventually, your character develops as the story progresses and the plot unravels, and more and more stuff become available.

In each situation, there will be three categories of options: the first is the Area Options, which refer to actions you can take in the specific place you are in. The second is the Exit Options, which allow you to move from your current area to a different one. There will almost always be at least one Exit Option to allow you to proceed, unless you have to do something specific in the area you are in (example, you are trapped in a cave and you need to place some explosives on the wall). The third category is the Standard Options. These allow you to use your items, change your equipment, check your stats etc. Like in most similar games, it is recommended that you exhaust your Area Options before you move to a different area, or you may miss important things. In each post you can only do one Area or Exit Option, but you can choose multiple Standard Options along with these.

In battle, you can choose between Attack, which will let you attack the opponent with your current weapon, Equip, which will let you change your current equipment, Item which will let you use an item, Spells & Abilities, which will allow you to deploy spells and special abilities, and Run Away, which will attempt to run away. You can only do one thing per post. More on battles later.

So how is this played? Easy. Even though this kind of game is single-player, here as many people as they want can play. Any person can make a post deciding what the character will do next, on a first-come first-serve basis per option. But if many people complain about the choices of one member, that member may be excluded from the game.

Anyway, I've explained enough. It is pretty much self-explanatory, so you could do even without reading the above, but now you should have a clear picture of the thing, at least. Anything else neccessary will be revealed in the progress of the game, possibly In-Character as well. And at any rate, if you have any questions about what to do etc, don't hesitate to ask.

But, first things first.

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The Plot:

In a time of great wars and brave soldiers, where sword and sorcery rule the lands and dragons roam the skies, where valiant knights go to fight ogres and rescue beautiful princesses, our hero lives in a small, quaint village in the far South, away from all that, in a secluded, quiet place with his/her family. Words of uprisings, trouble, even open war in the North reach the ears of the villagers, but in a place where even the name of the capital city of the Realm is largely a mystery, noone seems to care much. But one day, on his 16th birthday, instead of the usual present our hero receives a letter from his/her uncle, a commander of the province's local militia currently stationed in Fort Viera to the north, urging him/her to hurry to his location, for he has something to give him. Intrigued, our hero considers the journey...

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The World:

The world is separated in five Realms - Arendia lies to the South, which is the Realm our protagonist resides in. Each Realm consists of several provinces. Arendia has five provinces, and Friya - again, where our hero stays - is to the Southwest. The village where the adventure starts is called Stromhylm.

More of the world will be gradually revealed as our hero explores it, finds maps or people who talk about it etc.

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So far, you will probably think this is your typical medieval fantasy setting. Well, no. As you will soon see it's more of an even-more-epically-proportioned Chronicles-like environment, with people from MFG randomly roaming around... lots of humoristic elements, both in the world as well as the characters and the plot themselves. But, I don't want to ruin the surprises. Anyway, in time, this will tie in with the Chronicles storyline (I have it all planned), hence the title. I won't say much because it'd be spoilerific, both for Chronicles and this story, but I promise it'll end up good.

For now, it's time to select a name and gender for our character. It's on you, now.

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Options:

What is your name?
>Insert your name

Are you a boy or a girl?
a) Dude
b) Chick

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Once you are done with this basic information, the story shall begin... remember, it's first-come first-serve (although I probably won't use something that is completely and utterly retarded), but you can still comment about stuff etc, even give ideas and suggestions for the plot if you want to or just express your opinions. When the time comes to put MFG characters into the picture, I may even ask those members to control their own characters.

Well, anyway, 'nuff said. Let's get this started.

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