Board Thread:News & Announcements/@comment-3530555-20131020192446

Welcome my friends, fans, family, and all who visit here! This is somewhat of a momentous occasion. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Forest Frederick, known here as Ymrae, but you can call me whatever you like. I am, among many things, both an author and an anthropologist.

Many long years ago, I began work on creating a fictional setting to act as a backdrop and interactive, living, breathing world for the majority of my writing. This world, I called Edos. Since that time, eight and a half years have elapsed, marked by constant development and work on world building in Edos. I have published several works taking place in Edos, and the setting has begun to amass a small fan base.

Recently, I have also begun opening up the world to others, allowing friends and fans alike to take part in the great project that is building Edos. Naturally, in this, I have remained the guiding force and the final say in what is and is not acceptable canon, but thus far I have very much enjoyed watching others create and imagine based on my own creations.

Watching this world evolve naturally in the minds of many, threads of history intertwining and moving out in ways I never would have thought of on my own has been a grand experience, and Edos has only grown because of it. No matter what he does, a world created only by one man with one mind will show the signs of being penned by a single author. The real world has been penned by untold billions, and so by allowing others to contribute, I have allowed Edos to evolve naturally.

This leads me to the creation of this wiki. The goal of this project is twofold. First of all, it aims to collect, collate, organize, and share all the canon information regarding the world of Edos. Second, it hopes to encourage and guide all creative minds interested in making their mark on Edos by contributing to its ongoing development.

At the time of writing this, there is still much work to be done simply to get things started. The information this wiki aims to hold one day is strewn across eight and a half years’ worth of computer files, hard drives, flash drivers, notebooks, doodles, drawings, scribbles, and my own brain.

In addition, there is a mighty learning curve for myself as I begin learning and muddling my way through the operation and administration of a wiki, something I have never attempted before and know little about. It’s likely that these first days, weeks, or months will be a tad trying, but we will all learn and adapt.

For those sharing this journey with me, thank you for your encouragement, support, involvement, and loyalty. Welcome, and good luck. <ac_metadata title="Welcome to the AoE Wiki!" notify_everyone="1382297086"> </ac_metadata>