User:An Adventurer/Early Story and Game Development

reference for research

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Beta & Other Early Maps

Beta Map
Early Aluvian Realm from Zogblaster.com
Early Gharu'ndim Kingdom from Zogblaster.com
Early Sho Nation from Zogblaster.com
Early World Map
Dereth at Release

References

From an an internet archive of http://www.zdnet.com/familypc/content/9706/e3/03online.html:

Empyrean

In an effort to bring online games to the masses, Microsoft is launching Empyrean (code name) this winter at its Internet Gaming Zone. This fantasy, real-time, role-playing game takes place in a 32- by 32-mile virtual world and supports 3000 players simultaneously. If you're nervous about taking the plunge with the hard-core gamers, don't be -- newbies are considered assets, so they aren't killed off right away. Note, however, that while most of the games in the Internet Gaming Zone are free, Empyrean will charge a fee. But it will likely be worth every penny.

The Reign of Alfrega:

"Queen Alfrega, a slim, flame-haired figure dressed in winterblue silks from the Garondish lands, stood grappling with an assailant."

The Glorious Reign of Empress Kou-an

"The Gharu’ndim, sometimes called the Garondish by outsiders,"

↑ 2000/02 Stormwaltz Quotes - Credit: "We all work using backstory developed years and years ago, mainly by Toby."
↑ 2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Aluvian Rulers: "When writing 'The Reign of Alfrega' in beta, I worked out the reigns of a number of Aluvian rulers."
↑ 2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Harlune and the Storyline: "At ship, we had a few pieces of lore and a handful of overview docs - not much beyond that. The Empyrean development of portalspace, for example, amounted to three line-items: Asheron uses portal magic to trap BZ, Asheron creates a stable portal, Asheron brings in the bugs."
↑ 2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Harlune and the Storyline: "the original vision has it that he was surprised and overwhelmed, unable to close the exploratory portal to the Olthoi world before thousands had already come through. Kellin II, his usurpation of the throne, and his desire to use the Olthoi as weapons are entirely my reworking. I wonder what Toby thinks of it all..."
↑ 2000/05 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Historical Outline: "There's about 40,000 years worth of historical outline in our database. It is, however, only an outline. While all the major players, major events, and chains of cause and effect are covered, the details are left for us to fill in as we go."
↑ 2000/05 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Historical Outline: "the fates of Atlan and Maila were determined long ago by Toby's fiction. In fact, their doom was wrought back when AC was called Empyrean. The fact that Atlan's squire survived was also established. However, the details of Atlan's last march, the name of the squire, and Maila's twilight reminiscences I made up on the spot."

[1] 2000/02 Stormwaltz Quotes - Credit: "We all work using backstory developed years and years ago, mainly by Toby."

[2] 2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Aluvian Rulers: "When writing 'The Reign of Alfrega' in beta, I worked out the reigns of a number of Aluvian rulers."

[3] 2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Harlune and the Storyline: "At ship, we had a few pieces of lore and a handful of overview docs - not much beyond that. The Empyrean development of portalspace, for example, amounted to three line-items: Asheron uses portal magic to trap BZ, Asheron creates a stable portal, Asheron brings in the bugs."

[4] 2002/03 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Harlune and the Storyline: "the original vision has it that he was surprised and overwhelmed, unable to close the exploratory portal to the Olthoi world before thousands had already come through. Kellin II, his usurpation of the throne, and his desire to use the Olthoi as weapons are entirely my reworking. I wonder what Toby thinks of it all..."

[5] 2000/05 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Historical Outline: "There's about 40,000 years worth of historical outline in our database. It is, however, only an outline. While all the major players, major events, and chains of cause and effect are covered, the details are left for us to fill in as we go."

[6] 2000/05 Stormwaltz Quotes - On Historical Outline: "the fates of Atlan and Maila were determined long ago by Toby's fiction. In fact, their doom was wrought back when AC was called Empyrean. The fact that Atlan's squire survived was also established. However, the details of Atlan's last march, the name of the squire, and Maila's twilight reminiscences I made up on the spot."

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