So I have a project that players can help with!
The basic, two-step plan:
1.) Ask players and staff to supply screenshots that capture important events in the server's grand storyline, with a short write-up (2-3 sentences) of the event they capture and what happened during said event;
2.) Save said pictures and write-ups and use them to update the server timeline on the forum and wiki.
As suggested above, this project's
main goal is to expand our history and make our currently somewhat boring
timeline look awesome -- but the screenshots and history could also be:
1.) Used by our community artists to draw/reimagine key scenes from server's history (one of our artists has already indicated an interest in doing this);
2.) Used in our social media and outreach;
3.) Just great fun and nostalgia.
See below for a few examples of what we're looking for in this thread:
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND ECONOMIC EXCHANGE
When: March 2015
What: Meeting of a Political Power Bloc (Player Led Advisory Committee to Grand Dukes)
DMs Involved: None (General Oversight by DMs, Primarily DM Dialectic)
Campaign: Player-Led
Organized in 1350 (2014), the Year of the Morningstar, the Committee for Foreign Affairs and Economic Exchange -- more commonly called the Foreign Exchange Committee -- was established to advise the Ducal authorities of Baldur's Gate on economic recovery following a prolonged depression after the 1347-1348 Amn-Gate War. Here, the group, comprised primarily of guild leaders and political influencers, meets to discuss proposals for improving economic conditions in the region.
AMN-GATE WAR: THE BALDURIAN TRIAGE CAMP
When: January 2012
What: Medical Camp Established on the Lion's Way to Support the Baldurian Siege of Beregost
DMs Involved: Multiple
Campaign: Nemesis of the Gods Metaplot: Amn-Gate War
Not everyone involved in the Amn-Gate War of 1347-1348 was involved as a combatant. A volunteer corps of clerics and healers, with less war-minded civilian assistants, established a triage and healing camp on the Lion's Way to the north of the Baldurian army as it besieged Amnian forces in occupied Beregost. Hundreds of lives were saved by these selfless heroes, largely forgotten by history -- but not by the men and women they kept alive.
THE FOUNDING OF DORON AMAR
When: 2010
What: A Meeting Discussing the Creation of an Elven Refuge on the Sword Coast
DMs Involved: DM Maecius, DM Hydrocarbonated
Campaign: "Tusks, Teeth, and Talons"/"Founding of Doron Amar"
The idea of "Doron Amar" started in 1345 (2009) with a small band of elves on the Sword Coast who wanted to see a group established to protect elvenkind in the region. When orcs destroyed their early attempts at establishing a base of operations for themselves, more elves and elf-friends joined their cause to work together with the residents of the halfling town of Gullykin to found a new elven town. Here, in those early days, we see a gathering of elven refugees and non-elven allies discussing plans for the town at an elven camp just outside of Gullykin.
