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Lore: What is Cannon and What is Not?
Topic Started: Mar 8 2016, 07:09 PM (13 Views)
Dana Manderfeld
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First thing's first: What is considered to be cannon and what is not within the Rising?

A lot of RP websites have a concept of "canon:" an unchanging aspect of the setting that is indisputably true. In the Rising, canon is less objective. Instead, it depends on how many players use the information in-character. The more people who use the same piece of lore, the closer it is to "canon."

For example, if players bind together to create a new group, and that group becomes official -- it's lore.

This gives you a lot of freedom to elaborate on the setting, adding any kinds of details you want. The catch here is that you aren't RPing in a vacuum; you're playing along with people who have their own view of the setting, too. If you don't like how Copenvan is a multi-oligarchy and instead want to make it an oppressive ground-based empire with a pink and purple flag, you can do that, but you are surrounded by other players, and other players allowing such to happen may not be likely.

(idk though, the latter does sound interesting)

Articles posted in the Core Lore forum tend to be widely accepted as canon, and may even be subject to change if popular view changes. Supplemental Lore may also be well-received, but allows enough wiggle room for selective rejection of certain details or concepts.

So what is considered Core Lore?

  • The current build, and layout of Copenvan and all it contains, such as buildings and set locations.
  • Current Clans (I.e, Andromedus, Mignotte, Sanguinoso & Thenardier) and their histories -- this also includes any potential new Clans that make it through moderation.
  • Races, their abilites, and their weaknesses.
  • Core historical content (I.e, the Occult Wars and the Fifth Comprimise.)
  • Religions of Copenvan.
  • Pure, hybrid and tarnished bloodlines.



Help build the setting of the Rising by inventing your own details! Go! Who knows -- maybe your ideas will be considered "canon!"
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