Dear citizens and members of MassiveCraft, today I must sadly report we at the MassiveCraft staff have had a destructive fire! Don’t worry, all of our lore is intact, our coding is safe, and our schematics have never been more innovative! Buuut our library was unfortunately burned down to the ground. We still have some of the old works in our archives, but sadly we don’t have much reading material anymore. That, my good friends, is where you come in… Hello players of MassiveCraft, my name is HydraLana. Today I am pleased to announce the launch of the Literature Project. A few years ago, staff headed a project to have players add “Tales” or pieces of more flexible and less formal writing onto the wiki to serve as pieces of or whole texts one might find In-Game. Well, today that project returns with me at the head and a new lease on that section. How to Use LiteratureAt first glance, Literature holds an odd place on the Wiki but is actually one of the more useful sections for In-Character roleplaying. Literature has four main categories, with three levels of knowledge. They are: Common Knowledge: Common knowledge is knowledge or information that can be freely known to all characters, regardless of social standing or cultural background. Nobility Knowledge: Nobility knowledge is only attainable by those of the highest classes in Aloria. The knowledge within this section would be considered highly guarded, and unobtainable by those from lower or common classes unless specifically granted unto by a character that falls within this standing. Specialized Knowledge: Specialized knowledge is knowledge obtainable only by characters who come from certain environments, specialized in certain fields, or studied certain events. I.E, characters who were born and raised within the province of Ithania wouldn’t know much from literature from the Masaya of Farah’deen. Characters can therefore interact with Literature if they follow these levels of knowledge. Players can have their characters discuss the content of the stories, the writing style of the authors and for Drama, put on the plays written themselves. Project DetailsUnlike other projects, we will not have an application process for this project but instead, allow players to try their hand at adding to the Wiki freely. We ask that submitters try their hardest at proper grammar, punctuation, and lore compliant content. The one exception to the expectation of lore compliance is the Nonfictional Prose section. A larger list of what to do and what not to do is available in the Repository. This thread is to also serve as a question space while a link will be provided to both the format for your writing and another thread where people will post their works. Literature Project Submissions Repository Link: LINK Literature Wiki Format Link: LINK Literature Examples: LINK
https://forums.massivecraft.com/threads/literature-project-submissions-repository.55951/ As the Repository states, we will not accept articles over 1750 words. Coding and (sub)titles don't count.
It depends on the subject and situation. If you write a myth that is only two sentences, it will be rejected as opposed to one that is three or four paragraphs. Generally however, a minimum would be 500 words I would guess.
So can we write stories that are passed down by like story-tellers and stuff? Like for the Claith stories since most Claiths can't read on Eriu-Innis?
For stories with older origins and no know author, either the author who took down the story can work or leaving the author as "Unknown" works fine.
Are we permitted to write diaries/journals, as long as said articles are compliant with current lore? The personal journal of a soldier or guard who is now deceased, for example. Also, I've noticed, on all the examples of literature articles, there is an "Author" section. Should we write our OOC usernames, or IC names? And what if the book isn't written by your character? My character is a 10 year old child, for example. He wouldn't write a story about how he died in some war centuries ago.
You can but they must be a published work and cannot be something only one person could possess, they must be available works for people to discuss in RP. If you are creating a work, you are free to name the author or leave it as Unknown. However, if the book was written by your character, you must list "Unknown" in the Author section as to name your own character is glorification and self-insertion. If the book is not written by your character, you are free to name the author or leave it as Unknown.
Thank you so much for your incredibly quick response, this answered every question I had about this project. I'll try to contribute as much as possible, as writing is a hobby of mine.
A first round of Submissions have been reviewed and approved! https://wiki.massivecraft.com/Children_of_the_River https://wiki.massivecraft.com/The_Sack_of_Havenreach https://wiki.massivecraft.com/The_Candle_Mouse
This is a formal one month bump! At the end of July, this project will close so continue to submit those works everyone!
Write a story or document that can be part of the lore. It can be a fairy tale that some tell, a guide or directions to create build something or do something, etc. Just look at the list of choices and write something!
I have a very, VERY long poem I randomly wrote about a dwarf as a sort of alorian-myth thing. would love to share it, as it was for a contest a while back and the project became a bit more serious than I thought
Would songs involving combat for warrior races/characters be permitted? Hard to cite an example, but I'm interested in writing something for most of the Races. Is this feasible? @HydraLana
Well feel free to read the submission repository information and follow that for your submission. Do you mean war songs? Can you find some IRL equivalent or refrence if it is not that?
I rolled the idea over my head and decided it would be derogatory songs or works towards racial enemies. I was thinking of making them something a Dwarven bard could use to curse the Dakkar, or a Meraic scripture discussing knife-eared animal slaves. A collection for most of the races to have something to chant at a gathering, or belittle an enemy race to increase a sense of brotherhood. I am willing to send examples of one work before I do another, but I don't want to set myself up for something that won't be accepted. Whatchu think? @HydraLana
Oh, that kind. Sure that first one sounds good though the second one, not so much as the Meraic are gone and the Circci memories are too corrupted to even remember such a poem correctly.
The Literature Project is now closed! Overall there were nearly 30 total submissions and I'd like to thank everyone who came out to do said submitting. We will be processing and publishing most if not all of the works we have been given to date. I wish you all a good evening and thank you again for all your work!
