Ever since I wrote the Occupations' Stories, homins have been hounding me to write about the advanced occupations as well. And I was always planning that, honest, but it turned out to be easier said than done!
Ofcourse the advanced occupations are also badly in need of background lore, but it soon became clear to me I could not simply write about them as I had been used to writing about the basic occupations. The advanced occupations were too completely different! All the basic occupations were firmly rooted in the culture of one of the homin races, and all except Larvester had a history reaching all the way back to when homins still lived as tribes. The advanced occupations aren't connected to any race, and are totally new inventions without any history. Believe me, I looked! And they don't even have occupation masters to gossip about!
How then, could I possibly write anything interesting about them? And to make matters worse, despite the fact that I waited and waited for more, there's still only two advanced occupations. Not much to write about.
But after the recent honour given to the original occupations' stories, and because it's been over a year now, I feel I cannot wait any longer. So I'll have to do what any Tryker loves doing most; improvise!
The advanced occupation stories I am about to release will be different than what you're used to. Because the advanced occupations don't have as much history, I'll be talking much more about recent and even current events surrounding them. And the thing with current events is, they're very controversial. As difficult as it is to get the real story out about history, it's even harder to get the real story of what's happening right now. Almost impossible even. So I had to make choices. I could swear I've done my best to stay impartial and show all sides of the argument, but pffft, I learned my reporting from the Eye of the Tyrancha; I've written whatever theory makes the better story.
Still, the one thing that remains the same is my mission. I strive to write backgrounds firmly rooted in the established Ryzom lore, history of the homin races, and current situation on Atys. Backgrounds that explain where the occupations came from, why they opened when they did and why they work as they do. But, just like last time, I still shan't claim my stories are the only correct interpretation of history.
One last difference, there shall be no "weekly story" this time. I've decided to follow what's hip and happening in the world of MMOs, and release the stories "when they're ready".
Ofcourse the advanced occupations are also badly in need of background lore, but it soon became clear to me I could not simply write about them as I had been used to writing about the basic occupations. The advanced occupations were too completely different! All the basic occupations were firmly rooted in the culture of one of the homin races, and all except Larvester had a history reaching all the way back to when homins still lived as tribes. The advanced occupations aren't connected to any race, and are totally new inventions without any history. Believe me, I looked! And they don't even have occupation masters to gossip about!
How then, could I possibly write anything interesting about them? And to make matters worse, despite the fact that I waited and waited for more, there's still only two advanced occupations. Not much to write about.
But after the recent honour given to the original occupations' stories, and because it's been over a year now, I feel I cannot wait any longer. So I'll have to do what any Tryker loves doing most; improvise!
The advanced occupation stories I am about to release will be different than what you're used to. Because the advanced occupations don't have as much history, I'll be talking much more about recent and even current events surrounding them. And the thing with current events is, they're very controversial. As difficult as it is to get the real story out about history, it's even harder to get the real story of what's happening right now. Almost impossible even. So I had to make choices. I could swear I've done my best to stay impartial and show all sides of the argument, but pffft, I learned my reporting from the Eye of the Tyrancha; I've written whatever theory makes the better story.
Still, the one thing that remains the same is my mission. I strive to write backgrounds firmly rooted in the established Ryzom lore, history of the homin races, and current situation on Atys. Backgrounds that explain where the occupations came from, why they opened when they did and why they work as they do. But, just like last time, I still shan't claim my stories are the only correct interpretation of history.
One last difference, there shall be no "weekly story" this time. I've decided to follow what's hip and happening in the world of MMOs, and release the stories "when they're ready".