Salazar (atys)
That is - still is! - the main problem for all of us, and will stay that way for a long time to come. Wars that happened or happened not, treaties broken by one side or the other or not at all. Kings exiled, emperors dying in bed - Kings who never went away and emperors who fell in war. Personal stories of keeping peace or going to battle, of enemies and friends, of a life lived (often for a long time, even since before the temple wars). This is the situation which separates us all, which makes Atys a modern Babel - much more than the language. References to the past will fail, always fail. Yet to rewrite the past will kill our toons, will kill us. We have to find a way to avoid these references, without making the past undone. The biggest, much deadly problem to the National Assemblies - and moreso if they once take over from the regional ones completely - is the reference to the past, which will always split the three servers immediately. We have to take our positions for granted without questioning them, and mainly without referring to them, for those in politics - in politics for a long time - must have known each other before, mustn't they? If we don't manage to ship around that reef, we'll burst on its shelves in three pieces, and all go down unceremonially.
I apologize for entering this discussion, being out of the game, but i think there is a solution to the problem of different pasts, coming pre-merge.
Of course this solution must be agreed by the event team and the whole community:
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Given there a re a lot of homins referring to different past history, a big question arises from all the nations: What really happened during second swarm? Something saounds missed or confused....
After some thinking and some nationwide conference, homins of all nations agreed to ask to the high powers to tell them the truth, because it's obvious that somethign strange happened.
A council with both kami and karavan ambassadors woulòd take place at one point, and they promised us to tell us the truth and explain what happened.
What happened?
during the second swarm, a karavan scientist discovered an anomaly in the continuum (unfortunately, karavan are never clear on their scientific knowledge, so homins must take this as it is).
He did an experiment to understand what was the origin of that anomaly and discvered an incredible truth:
The world Atys, apparently a single normal world, was in reality created by the intersection of 3 different worlds, each in the same space but in different dimensions.
The scientist, given the extraordinary discovery, decided to call a kami adept, to discuss with him the discovery.
The kami, despite with cryptic words, confirmed the anomaly, giving the reason of that as a will of Ma-Duk.
Of course the karavan scientist decided that it happened because of the will of Jena...
At the end of their dispute on the origin of the anomaly, they decided to hide the discovery to all the homins that survived the second swarm, to avoid disputes about the origin of the world.
But now the truth is revealed: Atys is a world born from 3 interdimensional worlds, each called: Aniro, Leanon and Arispotle.
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this is the idea, and you can refine and tune it better, to fit all the RP needs.
Peace and long life to homins.
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GilgameeshLegion of Atys