Crown Confederacy
This project intends to bring a level of dynamic and interactive roleplay back to what has been a very static Stormwind, through the establishment of a civil infrastructure IC, and a community of guilds and interested parties OOC. Through this project, I hope to portray a narrative of a Stormwind with all the worries of war, and to share that narrative with everyone who wishes. I feel like there are huge gaps when it comes to the concerns of a powerful city-state at war, with provincial territories in a state of long-term neglect, trading for its food, and with a massive influx of foreign races which, while they may be welcomed/forgiven by the King, I am not convinced the common people would be universally accepting of. Our characters’ lives are more interesting and more engaging when there’s dynamism and interactivity to the world, and the only way that can be consistent is through a shared narrative. Engagement is the primary goal of this project, to create as many hooks and plots for as many characters as possible.
The only way this is possible at any scale is for players to represent low to mid level politics. I completely understand this requires a level of trust, but I hope those who know me and the others who are working on the project are doing so solely out of a wish to revive what has been a fairly static and boring Stormwind.
As time goes on, controversial things may occur in the narrative of this plotline, conducted in a thoughtful and planned manner. Individual characters are absolutely free to disengage from it if they’d like, but I want to encourage as many people as possible to engage with the happenings around them, whether for or against. Conflict is the essence of roleplay, and conflict can’t be created on a wide scale without trust and respect. Part of the reason to form this community is to develop that trust and respect OOC through interaction with one another, and the discord is publicly open for anyone to come and chat as well.
For the purpose of storytelling, slowly building up this community will be vital. Membership will not be open — I see it as very important to keep this to guilds who can have meaningful interactions with each other, and who we feel fit the mould. That isn’t to say that it’s a closed group — we’re trying to create a shared narrative, and anyone is welcome to join the public section of our discord, read the rumours & gossip posts, and generally chat about what’s going on.
CONCEPT:
After reading some of the thoughtful responses to the previous thread(s) about the issues with Stormwind as a roleplay hub, I began to think about a means to fix the problem — a way to create stories for broad groups of people again, storylines planned by leaders for the enjoyment of their members spanning more than just one guild, or more than just a couple of weeks spent at a campaign. A shared narrative and the dynamic of interaction between guilds has always been what I’ve enjoyed most in this game, and my fondest memories of it will be the hustle and bustle of people going about their various agendas. To create this will, as always, require a degree of trust in the storyteller, but the plan with that is just to create situations and conflict within Stormwind in a plausible way for the community to react to, and engage with in meaningful ways.
The Confederacy will largely be separated by distinct factions that build the general frame of the city’s community. These are:
- Civic administration
- Criminal associations
- Religious groups
- Military forces (Regional Reserve)
- Judiciary
There are obviously some gaps in the aforementioned, and I’m eager to see whether the community rises to fill some of them — some more criminal RPers would be especially cool, but for the framework feels
MEMBERSHIP:
The plan is to open up a discord for Stormwind RPers (or anyone who is interested in the project) to check out the latest rumours and gossip, upcoming events, or just chat and mingle OOC. I think this is an important part of creating more of a community in Stormwind, as OOC familiarity does translate IC whether we like it or not, especially when it comes to conflict and controversy, the creation of which is a large part of what this project is about.
For the same reason, membership of the community itself will be initially closed, so that GMs and their members can get to know each other and make plans together, whether in cooperation or conflict. Slowly opening it up to more members thereafter will be the best way to keep the project stable. That said, there will no doubt be exceptions, and if you feel you have something to contribute — well, needless to say immediately begin doing it in-game! But definitely do get in touch with me: Btag Faustus#2567 or at the discord below.
Discord link:
https://discord.gg/3PAvQYY
Finally, I believe there’re a lot of RPers to whom the idea of a living, breathing hub is a really positive one, and something they’d like to take part in, but are jaded to Stormwind RP — I’d encourage you to come back, get involved, give it a try. It can only work if people engage with it.