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  |  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.
  |  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.
<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]] <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>
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 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.


<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Stories from the AC Beta</b></font>
[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Fanstory.com</u></font>
 
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<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Player Journals</b></font>
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[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <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>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Fist de Yuma</u></font>
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Reclamation of the Tower of Iiwah</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Leah Dara</u></font>
<br>A vision of glory, the Firebird Iiwah renews the spirits of the heartsick and horrorstruck.
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Letters to Hopto</u></font>
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Path of the Wolf</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Life and Times of Razak</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>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Miadanu of Glenden Wood</u></font>
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Pride Before Nightfall</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The 2nd Realm</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>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>The Wolfchyld's Chronicles</u></font>
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <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.
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<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <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.
<font color=#FFFFFF><b>Stories</b></font>
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Leadership Potential</u></font>
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<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]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Longbow's Travels</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Arrivals</u></font>
<br>A new weapon becomes a warrior's passport through hazardous country.
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Rebel Yell</u></font>
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Dawnsong</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>The Blademaster Ichi jin-rai confirmed the portents of doom and met his fate with dignity.
 
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Player Kill</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Close Encounter</u></font>
<br>Until he met Green Knight, the noble Alioshka had been a paragon of virtue, or so it is said.
<br>What the young mages mistook for a Shadow proved no less fierce or dangerous.
<br><br>[[File:Zone Icon 04.gif]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Intervention in Eastham</u></font>
 
When an incursion of banderlings threatens the peace, brave adventurers rush to arms.  
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <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]] <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]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>Distant Chime: Prolouge</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <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]] <font color=#FFFFCC><u>A Derethian Tale: Chapter 4</u></font>
<br>[[File:Zone Icon 05.gif]] <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]] <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]] <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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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.

Dedicated Story Sites


Fanstory.com

[Wiki Editor's Note: External links not archived]

Player Journals



Fist de Yuma
Leah Dara
Letters to Hopto
The Life and Times of Razak
Miadanu of Glenden Wood
The 2nd Realm
The Wolfchyld's Chronicles

[Wiki Editor's Note: External links not archived]

Stories



Arrivals
Rebel Yell
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.


Close Encounter
What the young mages mistook for a Shadow proved no less fierce or dangerous.


Death's Herald
A look at those different heroes drawn to Dereth. The first: a thief, a master of the pick.


Travels
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.


Distant Chime: Prolouge
Distant Chime: Chapter 1
The history of a true Derethian hero: the warrior known as Ravenlock.


The Call
Chapter 45 of an ongoing epic. In this installment, Aytalya must confront the blind jealousies of one who would make her Queen.


Darkness in Dereth
Not all adventurers are considered heroes. Not those of evil heart and nature.


Shadow-Walk
One girl's nightmare sets the stage, of an ordinary family dealing with the trials of Dereth.


The Days of the Olthoi
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.


Shadowy Reflections
A firsthand report from the battlefront. . . though not one penned by human hands.


Letters to Hopto
A series of letters, from the frontlines to a longed-for love back home.


Dream Visage
On the role dreams play in delivering messages, news of the world, and the sentiments of one's companions.


Time Storm
There may very well be no greater enemy than this: Time.


For All to Read, Written for One
There are many steps a Sho must take on the path to becoming a blademaster.


The Tallwood Bridge
Taking sightseers to a Derethian graveyard is not the wisest business to run. Yet, it may be one of the most profitable.


The Fall
Of good jewelry and jewelers: both lost as quickly as they're found.


The Hand of Jojii
How revenge, assassination -- even justice -- can all be found in the strangest of places.


Silveran
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.


The Talla'Karan Heart
The history of a powerful talisman, and of those heroes dedicated to its recovery.


The Grievous Vault
An attempt to recover an injured soul may just lead to further battle against the undead.


The Battle of Burial Temple
Four young heroes must battle a powerful evil, this time without the help of their patron.


A Derethian Tale: Chapter 4
A Derethian Tale: Chapter 5
Selected chapters from on on-going story. How one Aluvian warrior comes into the service of his Sho patroness.


Cold Derethian Sun
An archer struggles to come to peace with his exile from Ispar.


Lu Lynn's Story
From early childhood, the orphan Lynn had a mystical connection with the fabled land beyond the portal.




Submission Guidelines




Player Chronicles Archive