Just wanted to post a quick update as to what’s going on as  I know the site has been static for the past little while.

First, I’m proud to say that the long awaited final part of “Halloween in Montreal” will be published this Friday.  The final chapter of this short story has been a tough write, what with all the answered questions and closure and what not.  That being said, its finally ready to be published, so keep an eye out for it.

Second, it looks like we’ll be treated to another DnD inspired short story from Alisttair.  As he noted on the latest RAWR post, Alisttair will be writing Ezmereth’s Story for publication on Folaji.com, a short story that will take a look at the character’s past in the world of RAWR.  I unfortunately don’t know much about Ezmereth, so all I can say right now is that I can’t wait to learn more about him… or her… or it…?

As a side note, Alisttair is also the author of War of the Soulhers: Dugar’s Story, a five part adventure that follows another one of his DnD alter egos in a ramp up to the War of the Soulhers DnD Adventure.  If you havn’t had the chance to read it yet, I encourage you to do so.

And finally, I’ve been kept busy on my end by some secret stuff.  What kind of secret stuff you ask?  Well, the kind of secret stuff that I can’t talk about, yet…  Although what I can say is that some of the secret stuff involves a new series on Folaji.com.

Alright, that’s all for now, see you guys on Friday.

Writter Blog

Since moving to Montreal, I’ve been thinking about the how we ended the Soulher’s DnD adventure.  For those of you who were there, it was quite abrupt (everyone was killed by a giant sea monster) and left many questions unanswered.  This bugged me, as I don’t like stories that end with loose ends, so I began thinking of a way to bring closure to the story.  My favorite solution to this problem (and the one I’ve begun working on) is the novelization of the Soulhers adventure, something that I would like to see completed by the end of 2010.  While I work on this personal project, I will be blogging my experiences on Folaji.com so you can keep track of my progress, as well as read about the difficulties I encounter while writting a novel.

Flash Imagination

Flash Imagination is an experimental feature I will be adding to Folaji.com.  The idea is to publish a random image every week or so, and to invite readers to write a short five or six sentence story inspired by the picture.  Not only will this allow us to exercise our imaginations, but it will also be very interesting to see how many different stories we can come up with for the same picture.

Expect both of these new features to show up on the site over the next few weeks.  For the  Flash Imagination feature, I will try to take some pics from Denver, as I’m flying there tomorrow.  If my sources are correct, I should be able to take some very nice pictures while I’m up there.

If you didn’t know, my laptop is my refuge, where I plan and write most of my stuff (I can’t type on my desktop cause it has too many games, and I get quickly distracted…)  So with it back up and running, expect some Rise of the X-Syndicate posts in the near future (and maybe some Soulhers stuff too…!)

I just want to say how fun it was to play with you guys and how I’ll miss our weekly adventures.  I also regret that I won’t be able to participate in Fyrewind’s upcoming “RAWR” adventure, though as I said earlier tonight, I don’t mind guest-starring a few times.  I’ll keep the website up as a tool for you all to use with the upcoming adventure, as well as a place for me to continue posting stories (new stories are always welcome, of course ).

Also, with the adventure now over, I will start writting stories set in the Soulhers universe, seeing as there is still much more to be said and done.  Who knows, maybe Herman and the Masters of the Universe may pop by once in a while.

After all, as we learned with Omar, Ivel and Barash: in the world of the Soulhers, no one ever really dies…

Could you confirm, either by phone, email, pm, or by commenting on this post, whether you will be available for DnD this weekend?  Also, if you can make it, what time would be best? (Saturday? Sunday? Monday?)

Let me know!

Also, there will be some DnD tonight.

That is all.

You’ll also notice that all Vikas Journal Entries have been published, and you can read through all of them by using the links below or by viewing the Vikas Journal Entries Series Page.  This series of 7 pages taken from Vikas’ journal details how he became the owner of the Death Valley Inn, how he began working for the Soulhers, and how he and many of the farmers of Cory became undead creatures.  Hope you enjoy!

• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 1
• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 2
• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 3
• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 4
• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 5
• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 6
• Vikas’ Journal Entries – Page 7

And finally, a few notes about website updates.  On the day before the day before we left on vacation (that’s not a typo) WordPress announced the release of WordPress 2.8. I will be looking at upgrading the blog to this new version in the following weeks, though I expect the site will pretty much remain the same (upgrades mostly have to do with the site administration).  I may also have to upgrade the forum and run some tests on the different plugins, so expect a little site down-time and possibly some minor visual changes in the not to distant future.

I’ve therefore prepared some posts that will auto publish themselves, which should keep the site fresh with new content while I am gone. By the time I come back, you will have access to the entire contents of Vikas’ Journal, as it was found on his desk in that small, underground office. Today we begin with the first page in Vikas’ journal, which was surprisingly not written by Vikas at all.

Also, since we are dealing with a journal, and therefore dates, I’ve prepared a page that explains how dates work in Aethoros.  This page is also accessible from the War of the Soulhers page, and I encourage you to read up on it when you get the chance.

Also,  I think it was Ingram Pilot who stated that the deadly attack of undead on the city was the DM’s revenge for the actions taken by the group.  I just want to state that this is not the case.  Everything that happened in Cory yesterday (the attack on the city, the town guard not showing up in time to help the group, etc) was, quite honestly, triggered as a direct result of the group’s actions over the past two sessions, not as vengeance on my part.

In all honesty, you can burn the city to the ground for all I care, although you have to remember that NPCs will react to your actions.

The sequel has better graphics and uses the 3.5 rules set, but my understanding is that there are still many people playing the original game.  So, which is best? and Why?