Editing Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles

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{{Microsoft Zone
 |  Link = <nowiki>http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/PlayerChron.asp</nowiki>
 |  Date = 
 | Title = Player Chronicles
 |  Text = Player Chronicles now links to the best stories and player journals hosted on our many excellent fan sites. Please note that Player Chronicles does not accept submissions directly; all works of fiction should instead be submitted to one of our many Asheron's Call fan sites. If you run an Asheron's Call site, please send story links to: asheron@microsoft.com , and we will consider them for inclusion on this page. Also, be sure to read the submission guidelines  before submitting.

Be advised that all Player Chronicles articles represent only the views of their creators and may not accurately reflect the game or its official backstory.

<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Dedicated Story Sites</b></font>
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[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Fanstory.com</u></font>

<i>[Wiki Editor's Note: External links not archived]</i>

<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Player Journals</b></font>
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<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Fist de Yuma</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Leah Dara</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Letters to Hopto</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Life and Times of Razak</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Miadanu of Glenden Wood</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The 2nd Realm</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Wolfchyld's Chronicles</u></font>

<i>[Wiki Editor's Note: External links not archived]</i>

<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Stories</b></font>
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<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Arrivals|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Arrivals</u></font>]]
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Rebel Yell|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Rebel Yell</u></font>]]
<br>Before towns were secured, the first place a hero arrived was often the pits of the Olthoi. The tale of those who fought their way to freedom.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Close Encounter|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Close Encounter</u></font>]]
<br>What the young mages mistook for a Shadow proved no less fierce or dangerous.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Death's Herald|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Death's Herald</u></font>]]
<br>A look at those different heroes drawn to Dereth. The first: a thief, a master of the pick.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Travels|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Travels</u></font>]]
<br>The Aluvian warrior just thought to sell his loot and be done with town. Succumbing to the call of the tavern, though, he encounters a knowing stranger.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Distant Chime: Prolouge|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Distant Chime: Prolouge</u></font>]]
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Distant Chime: Chapter 1|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Distant Chime: Chapter 1</u></font>]]
<br>The history of a true Derethian hero: the warrior known as Ravenlock.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Call|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Call</u></font>]]
<br>Chapter 45 of an ongoing epic. In this installment, Aytalya must confront the blind jealousies of one who would make her Queen.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Darkness in Dereth|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Darkness in Dereth</u></font>]]
<br>Not all adventurers are considered heroes. Not those of evil heart and nature.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Shadow-Walk|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Shadow-Walk</u></font>]]
<br>One girl's nightmare sets the stage, of an ordinary family dealing with the trials of Dereth.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Days of the Olthoi|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Days of the Olthoi</u></font>]]
<br>What life was like when the Olthoi ruled. Dark, forlorn, and filled with death. The tale of one family trapped in the monsters' slavish lair.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Shadowy Reflections|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Shadowy Reflections</u></font>]]
<br>A firsthand report from the battlefront. . . though not one penned by human hands.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Letters to Hopto|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Letters to Hopto</u></font>]]
<br>A series of letters, from the frontlines to a longed-for love back home.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Dream Visage|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Dream Visage</u></font>]]
<br>On the role dreams play in delivering messages, news of the world, and the sentiments of one's companions.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Time Storm|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Time Storm</u></font>]]
<br>There may very well be no greater enemy than this: Time.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/For All to Read, Written for One|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>For All to Read, Written for One</u></font>]]
<br>There are many steps a Sho must take on the path to becoming a blademaster.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Tallwood Bridge|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Tallwood Bridge</u></font>]]
<br>Taking sightseers to a Derethian graveyard is not the wisest business to run. Yet, it may be one of the most profitable.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Fall|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Fall</u></font>]]
<br>Of good jewelry and jewelers: both lost as quickly as they're found.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Hand of Jojii|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Hand of Jojii</u></font>]]
<br>How revenge, assassination -- even justice -- can all be found in the strangest of places.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Silveran|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Silveran</u></font>]]
<br>Standing on the bow of a ship, his clan hall but a distant memory, young Alrik's wanderlust has brought him far from home indeed.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Talla'Karan Heart|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Talla'Karan Heart</u></font>]]
<br>The history of a powerful talisman, and of those heroes dedicated to its recovery.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Grievous Vault|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Grievous Vault</u></font>]]
<br>An attempt to recover an injured soul may just lead to further battle against the undead.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Battle of Burial Temple|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Battle of Burial Temple</u></font>]]
<br>Four young heroes must battle a powerful evil, this time without the help of their patron.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/A Derethian Tale: Chapter 4|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>A Derethian Tale: Chapter 4</u></font>]]
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/A Derethian Tale: Chapter 5|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>A Derethian Tale: Chapter 5</u></font>]]
<br>Selected chapters from on on-going story. How one Aluvian warrior comes into the service of his Sho patroness.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Cold Derethian Sun|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Cold Derethian Sun</u></font>]]
<br>An archer struggles to come to peace with his exile from Ispar.

<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Lu Lynn's Story|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Lu Lynn's Story</u></font>]]
<br>From early childhood, the orphan Lynn had a mystical connection with the fabled land beyond the portal.


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<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Submission Guidelines</u></font>


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[[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Player Chronicles Archive|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Player Chronicles Archive</u></font>]]
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== Earlier Version ==

{{Microsoft Zone
 |  Link = <nowiki>http://zone.msn.com/asheronscall/PlayerChron.asp</nowiki>
 |  Date = 
 | Title = Player Chronicles
 |  Text = Going forward, we will be changing how we showcase player stories on this page. We now encourage players to report news of their adventures to our excellent fan sites, many of which you can reach from Related Links on the table of contents to the left. Player Chronicles will henceforth link to the best stories submitted to us by Webmasters. If you run an Asheron's Call fan site, please send story links to <font color=#FFFFCC><u>website@asheronscall.com</u></font> , and we will consider them for inclusion on this page.
<br><br>Be advised that all Player Chronicles articles represent only the views of their creators and may not accurately reflect the game or its official backstory. All submissions are governed by our <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Terms of Use</u></font> , and any opinions reflected by the submissions are not to be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by Microsoft.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Allegiance Contracts</u></font>
<br>To grow strong, an allegiance must outline a set of common goals and standard gift incentives for its members. Read the documents your fellow adventurers use to govern their own organizations.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Our Saga in Verse|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Our Saga in Verse</u></font>]]
<br>Many fine poets have answered Asheron's Call. Read their contributions to the annals.

<font color=#FFFFFF><b>New Stories</b></font>
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[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Adventures of Lorgrim the Swift</u></font>
<br>Being an illustrated journal charting the career of a young archer.

<i>[Wiki Editor's Note: External links not archived]</i>

<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Stories from the AC Beta</b></font>
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[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Con|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Con</u></font>]]
<br>When adventurers hastily jump to the conclusion that they've been cheated, the cheating is just getting underway.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Reclamation of the Tower of Iiwah|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Reclamation of the Tower of Iiwah</u></font>]]
<br>A vision of glory, the Firebird Iiwah renews the spirits of the heartsick and horrorstruck.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Path of the Wolf|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Path of the Wolf</u></font>]]
<br>Zakhran al-Zubar relates how the revelation of his heritage set him on destiny's path, beyond the world of Ispar.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Pride Before Nightfall|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Pride Before Nightfall</u></font>]]
<br>Adventurers make a triumphant march over the hot desert, but their bravado cools with the setting of the sun and the rising of a dark menace.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/The Fall of the Holtburg Redoubt|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Fall of the Holtburg Redoubt</u></font>]]
<br>Once a fair Aluvian dwelling, the Holtburg Redoubt is now a noisome den, thanks to the tumeroks. An orphan from the redoubt explains the battle that destroyed his home and that saddled a heroic mage with unreasonable, though understandable, guilt.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Mutual Rescue|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Mutual Rescue</u></font>]]
<br>Traveling the hazardous roads outside Hebian-To, a mage finds help for himself where he tried to help another.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Leadership Potential|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Leadership Potential</u></font>]]
<br>Having witnessed crass negotiations for buying and selling into an allegiance, Rhiannon had nearly despaired of finding high-minded company. Then something interesting occurred.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Longbow's Travels|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Longbow's Travels</u></font>]]
<br>A new weapon becomes a warrior's passport through hazardous country.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Dawnsong|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Dawnsong</u></font>]]
<br>The Blademaster Ichi jin-rai confirmed the portents of doom and met his fate with dignity.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Player Kill|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Player Kill</u></font>]]
<br>Until he met Green Knight, the noble Alioshka had been a paragon of virtue, or so it is said.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] [[Microsoft Zone Archive/Player Chronicles/Intervention in Eastham|<font color=#FFFFCC><u>Intervention in Eastham</u></font>]]
When an incursion of banderlings threatens the peace, brave adventurers rush to arms. 
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