I know that they're not Civ stories but just in case anyone wanted to see what I've been doing with my writing (other than my day job), let me point you to the easiest site. The other place would be my guild site, but I would need to give permissions for viewing that and the best 'serial' type stuff is here:http://www.rp-haven.com
Now...that's just the site, and there's lots of stuff there...I could give you character names and such but easier to point out the stories. These sometimes make fun of game stuff..or talk about it, and if it is unfamiliar, I'm sorry about that...but none of them should be too bad.
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The first I'll point to is my character Habeas...he's Forsaken (the undead race that you can play...) and most people that play undead are all angsty and evil...blarg...hiss...evil. I try to keep Habeas happy and nice...but there's an inherent crushing sadness to a race of people that have essentially lost everything, including the ability to die once and for all.
http://www.rp-haven.com/book_page/habeas/letters_to_my_hopefully_dead_wife
This is a 'book' format. This first post is actually the first bit and then at the bottom you'll see the rest of the posts laid out numerically (the story is not quite done...it might be but it might not). Once you get to post (17)-Find the Eggs before they Rot!, also start reading this book by Habeas:
http://www.rp-haven.com/book_page/habeas/the_sun_in_my_eyes
By now I'd figured out how the book format works there and this is just the title page...the rest follows chronologically at the bottom.
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Now...those are a lot to read...but the biggest (and I'd say maybe best) writing I've done dealing with the game/characters is here:
http://www.rp-haven.com/book_page/xarahsha/apocrypha_the_lore_of_the_academy_of_esoterics
WARNING: Some of the posts/themes in this thread are more adult in nature...I'd say at most PG-13 bordering on R but they may also be rated if they get beyond it...it's NOT Disney though...just wanted to let people know this.
This is a collaborative work with one of my best real-life friends. This person writes as Xarahsha (the intro post) and Xistla, in the main stories. I write as Talashar (and Habeas makes a showing here too)...if they're not given a specific credits, then one or the other of us wrote it depending on who's posting but the whole story is collaborative and ties together.
Read it in the order given (Intro, then the posts in Intro in order, then Ascent, etc) and then after that it leads to a single post that may or may not end the story:
http://www.rp-haven.com/blog_entry/talashar/the_morning_after
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Now onto just scattered writing...but most of it is in character so if you enjoyed those pieces and want more...or want to start with something light...try:
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Horkin's blog...like all blogs, reverse order first to last:
http://www.rp-haven.com/blog/horkin
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Hoarkin's blog...like Horkin, but a gnome...and well, not like him at all really
http://www.rp-haven.com/blog/hoarkin
Should be like 5 posts there...
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My newest character to speak, Yazid:
http://www.rp-haven.com/blog/yazid
(You'll recognize the avatar
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Anyway, that's what I've been up to. If for some reason you're jonesing for maybe a little more stuff by me, or stuff from my guildmates (ranging from awful to pretty darn good), let me know.