Admin: This is an unofficial and incomplete directory of threads currently active in the newsgroup alt.dragons-inn. A longer version of this same directory, which includes lists of players and characters in each thread, is regularly posted on the newsgroup alt.dragons-inn in two parts under "FAQ: (Long) Thread Directory." The information contained herein was compiled with the assistance of the folks identified as "thread admin" for each storyline. Anyone who would like to add their thread to this directory should use the standard format below and email the addition to me at the following address: [email protected]. Changes to current entries should be sent to the same address. Information regarding the month/year when a thread first started, and any Web pages relevant to the threads, are especially welcome.
HOW TO USE THIS FAQ: This directory is intended to give only the briefest explanation of a storyline. Requests for further information or for past posts in any thread -- and especially any questions on whether a new player may join an existing thread -- should be directed to the email address listed after "thread admin."
[Badger Lodge]:
Short spoofs, parodies, comedies, satires and other nonsense including
Holiday Specials. Membership is a
carelessly guarded secret.
Thread admin:
Whomever starts
First started:
November 1996
Open to new players?: Membership by invitation only.
Method of Drafting: Email
mostly
Related threads:
None intentionally (hehe)
[Bards]:
The adventures of the Bards' Guild of Montfort, a group of performers who dabble in the adventuring business. The current storyline involves a quest to recover the Lyre of Orpheus from a mysterious thief.
Thread admin:
Patrick Ocampo <[email protected]>
First started:
Homepage:
http://www.interlog.com/~eecom/hall.html
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting:
E-mail, then post draft
Related Threads:
[Healers], [Bounty], [Saga]
[Bards/Bounty]:
Members of the Bards Hall on a mission to warn Kallin and the Politi
about the Bounty Hunters on their trail.
Thread admin:
Patrick Ocampo <[email protected]>
First started:
August, 1997
Open to new players?: Restricted. Talk
to admin. first.
Method of Drafting:
Email and post draft
Related threads:
[Bounty], [Politi/Shadows], [Bards]
[Bounty]:
A group of bounty-hunters from the Politi homeland seek to collect a long-standing price on the head of the Politi mage Kallin So. They are joined by others with their own agendas.
Thread admin:
Becca Ward <[email protected]>
First started:
January 1997
Open to new players?: No
Method of Drafting:
Email draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Politi/Jord], [Warrens], [Shadows]
[Canyon's Edge]:
A group of novice characters working for the Baron of Carlisle explore the orc-inhabited canyon below the town of Canyon's Edge.
The kingdom of Talen, where Canyon's Edge is located, was created with the purpose of providing a venue for adventures with characters other than "ultra-powerful" mages, swordsmen, etc. Although the particular storyline of [Canyon's Edge] is not currently open to new players, writers are encouraged to start and run their own storylines in the kingdom. Please contact the thread admin, AJ, for further information.
Thread admin:
AJ Butterwick <[email protected]>
First started:
May 1997
Open to new players?: Thread not, Kingdom of Talen is
Method of drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Caravan]:
The adventures and tribulations of a very unique caravan in its travels
throughout Ifreann and beyond.
Thread admin:
Michael Dew <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: No
Method of Drafting: Post directly
to newsgroup (some preplanning can be involved)
Related threads:
None
[Chaos]:
A murder mystery set in Jord (initially). This thread will continue on outside the city and across the entire continent. In some ways, this thread picks up (and explains) elements of the old [Rhynn]thread.
Thread admin:
Vandi Williams <[email protected]>
Brad McMillan <[email protected]>
First started:
June 1997
Open to new players?: Inquire of authors, Vandi and Brad
Method of Drafting: Individual
posts directly to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Rhynn]
[Circus]:
A front for the smuggling activities of the Quisling brothers and a refuge for the infamous and unwanted. The Circus travels around Ifreann usually playing cameos in other threads. Currently in limbo.
Thread admin:
Gary Couch <[email protected]>
First started:
April 1996
Open to new players?: Occasionally
Method of Drafting: Email draft,
then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
Varies
[Cockroach]:
Little people getting by the best they can. It's just a fun pastime
for silly antics. :)
Thread admin:
Bernice Ellis <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Coliseum]:
The wealthy mage Bryce Amberghylles has arrived in the chaos of Montfort's
rebuilding to construct a gladiatorial arena.
Thread admin:
Blake Sinclair <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Yes, contact admin first
Method of Drafting: E-Mail
draft, then post
Related threads:
[Evil], [Council], [Tower Guard], [Love Triangle], [Brak's School], [Conjuratio]
[Conjuratio]:
The Roman merchant, Bacchus, buys a large amount of land outside Montfort
to construct his palace, where he directs his many interests in Montfort.
Thread admin:
Brian Sinclair <[email protected]>
First started:
June 1997
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Viator], [Coliseum]
[Council/Tent City]:
In the final days of the Church of the Redeemer in Montfort, the first
beginnings of a new civilian government take shape among the local survivors.
The Citizens' Emergency Council is organized to help the community rebuild,
with the assistance of gnomes, dwarves, and elves. Posting is intermittent
and most characters appear in other Montfort-area threads.
Thread admin:
Becca Ward <[email protected]>
First started:
August 1996
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of drafting: Email draft,
then posted to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Politi], [Church], [Tower Guard], [Bards], etc.
[DB]: DragonsBlood
After meeting in the Dragon's Inn, three adventurers head off to explore the bloodlines of one. After her mysterious disappearance, the remaining two are embroiled in a growing plot of intrigue, subversion, and outright war.
Thread admin:
Michael Dew <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: No
Method of Drafting: Post
directly to newsgroup (some preplanning can be involved)
Related threads:
[Dark], [Throne], [CEF], [GRIM]
[Dear Sister]:
Steel Silverose leads a quest to rescue his sister Arilyn, who has been captured and is being held prisoner by their enemies.
Thread admin:
Alana Olson <[email protected]>
First started:
June 1997
Open to new players?: Contact admin
Method of drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Doll]:
A quest to find a little girl's doll - but dark shadowy figures lurk
in the background, with unknown objectives.
Thread Admin:
Shawn Isenhart <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Not yet, but will be.
Method of drafting:
Email draft, then post - at least when it grows.
Related threads:
None - yet.
[Dragon Pearl]:
A group of adventurers join with Sharn Darkheart to recover the Dragon Pearl from Kyrstos.
Thread admin:
Laura Sullwold <[email protected]>
First started:
September 1997
Open to new players: No
Method of drafting: Direct
post to Newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Duo]:
The continuing adventures of Mimi and Fira, formerly of the Lost Child
thread. After the disbanding of the Companions, the spellsinger and
the gnome decided to seek further adventure elsewhere. They are currently
employed by the Grey Mansion of Thaumaturgy and seek a pearl of timelessness.
Thread admin:
Chet Hamel <[email protected]>
Open to new players?: No
Method of Drafting: E-mail
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Garou], [Grey Mansion]
[Escapes]:
A young couple out on their first quest and adventure. The Fates seem to have a little too much to do with Star and Alex as they get closer to their goal.
Thread admin:
Boyd Boedeker <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: No
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Evil]:
The Ashkenazim and the Cult of Pain combined to form Montfort's largest
threat after the Church.
Thread admin:
Blake Sinclair <[email protected]>
Chet Hamel <[email protected]>
First started:
Web page:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/2086
Open to new players?: Yes/contact admin
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Coliseum], [Tower Guard] & [Grey Mansion]
[Firedrake's Passage]:
A group of people escorting a firedrake (small red dragon) to a place
called Pyran Mountain so the firedrake, Bob, can mourn his dead mother.
Thread admin:
Anna Dunster <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting:
Email draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Forest People]:
A group of adventurers helping the silvian elves defeat an evil warlord,
who's trying to root the elves out and take possesion of an old gold mine
on their land.
Thread admin:
Alana Olson <[email protected]>
Jakub Kalinowski <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Fugitives]:
A small band of adventurers share one thing in common: they are wanted and on the run. As rebellion foments in their homeland, the group tries to find peace in Montfort, but it seems that none is forthcoming. For now, they are content simply to stay alive.
Thread admin:
Russell R. Stewart <[email protected]>
First started:
August 1997
Method of drafting: Via email,
then post to newsgroup
Open to new players?: Unknown; contact admin
Related threads:
None
The established --and latest-- Mage's Guild of Montfort, the Grey Mansion of Thaumaturgy offers non-Church brotherhood to all spellcasters looking for a home. Currently, the mages are involved in the plundering of a Garou den.
Thread admin.:
Chet Hamel <[email protected]>
First started:
Web page:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/6372
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting: E-mail draft,
then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Coliseum], [Council], [Evil], [Garou]
[Grim]:
Thread centers on Grimmalka Keep, headquarters of the Rangers of Mare Wood, in SW Tynntangial and the exploits of its inhabitants. Currently involved in defending the realm against the Forces of the Dark One.
Thread admin:
Gary Couch <[email protected]>
First started:
November 1995
Open to new players?: Occasionally
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Throne], [DB/CEF], [Dark]
[Guardians]:
A quest to find the diamond Gilshalon and save the world Havathol from
destruction. A fight against the Dark Mage; a battle for freedom.
Thread admin:
Rae <[email protected]>
Bernice Ellis <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting: Email draft,
then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Healers]:
A group of healers and other medically-inclined characters establishes a public hospital in Montfort to care for the sick and injured.
Thread admin:
Joao Marum <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players: Yes
Method of drafting: Draft
via email, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
Anything in Montfort -- [Coliseum], [Tower Guard], [Council], [Grey Mansion],
[Evil], etc.
[Looped Guru]:
Sottie Briatinebridee, an eastern swami/werewolf, finds himself establishing a brewery, the Inebridee Brewery, and battling for dominance over a pack of garou.
Thread admin:
Greg Dewey <[email protected]>
First started:
June 1996
Open to new players?: Contact admin
Method of drafting: Varies
Related threads:
[Grey Mansion]; anything in Montfort
[Lycanth]:
A small group of adventurers travelling into the mountains and beneath in search of the source of the disease lycanthropy. The disease has ravaged much countryside and is still expanding.
Thread Admin:
Wade Lehmann <[email protected]>
First Started:
Fall 96 sometime
Open to new players?: Yes, contact admin first
Method of Drafting:
Basis written by admin, post flows from there
Related Threads:
None
[MD]:
The medical demoness, Clussh, a 666 pound scaly velociraptor sort, establishes a medical clinic in Montfort.
Thread admin:
Greg Dewey <[email protected]>
First started:
Character first introduced in Fall 1995
Open to new players: Contact admin
Method of drafting:
Varies
Related threads:
[Coliseum]; [Council]; [Spores] anything in Montfort
[newsbeat]:
The Montfort Mime (which has been dormant since August 1996) is both an "in character" storyline and an "out of character" service for the newsgroup. Distributed on a semi-regular basis, the Mime consists of "in character" news reports of recent events in the various threads in ad-i.
Given staff shake-ups, the Mime is seeking players who are willing to commit to monitoring storyines (typically ones in which they have characters) and writing up news stories.
Management also is contemplating starting a tabloid-type newspaper, The Montfort Inquisitor.
Thread admin:
Becca Ward <[email protected]>
First started:
November/December 1995
Open to new players?: Yes!
Method of drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
Any and all threads in ad-i
[Politi/Jord]:
The Politi mages, driven from Montfort as Refusers against the Church of the Redeemer, establish a new household in the city of Jord.
Thread admin:
Becca Ward <[email protected]>
First started:
[Politi] started in November 1995, moved to Jord in August 1996
Open to New Players?: No
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then posted to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Bounty], [Shadows], [Warrens]
[Questions of Loyalty]:
Wherein the Church forces of The Redeemer try to 'enlist' the mercenaries within Brak's School to aid in their fight against the Refusers. Of course, nothing is ever as simple as that and the Church finds itself a new enemy.
Thread admin:
Danny O'Connell <[email protected]>
Mike Beffa <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players: Yes
Method of drafting: Email,
then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Church], [Brak's School], etc.
[Sable]:
With the approach of yet another stage in an eons-old conflict, the people of a far realm make their preparations for the impending war.
Thread admin:
Greg Charles <[email protected]>
First started:
January 1997
Open to new players?: Soon...
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Silver], [Sapphire]
[Saga]:
The character Atran and his companions travel across Ifreann.
Thread admin:
Joao Marum <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: No
Method of drafting: Draft
via email, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Bards]
[Sapphire]:
A mixed band of travellers wanders slowly across the face of Ifreann in search of further adventure and just occasionally, in search of a sword similar to that possessed by one of the group.
Thread admin:
Greg Charles <[email protected]>
Sheli Ellwood <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: No
Method of Drafting: As it comes
Related threads:
[Silver]
[Shadows]:
Kallin So and others go in search of a possible cure for Linnell Seris, a Politi mage who (as a result of being Embraced by the vampiric Grand Inquisitor Blayne) has lost the ability to work Politi thread magic.
Thread admin:
Becca Ward <[email protected]>
First started:
May 1997
Open to new players?: No
Method of drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Politi/Jord], [Warrens], [Bounty]
[Silver]:
An immortal searches for another of his kind, with the assistance of a young captain of a strange ship.
Thread admin:
Greg Charles <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Unknown
Method of drafting:
Email draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Sapphire], [Sable]
[Spores]:
A sentient fungus, Clover, and a little girl build a home in the ruins of Montfort.
Thread admin:
Sam Gonzalez <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players: Contact admin
Method of drafting: Draft
via email, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
Anything based in Montfort
[Star Dreamer]:
Laurelyn Hillrover, a traveling storyteller/musician, leads an assorted band to seek the legendary ghost ship, "The Star Dreamer." Each member of the group, with the possible exception of Thomis Parch, has their own reason to try to gain a boon.
Thread Admin:
Cathy Mosley <[email protected]>
First started:
Fall 1996
Open to New Members: No
Method of Drafting:
Email draft, then posted to newsgroup
Related Threads:
[Politi]
[Storm Gryphon]:
An Other Commander chases the Storm Gryphon Prince Ke'le'an as he flees. Ke'le'an had been on a quest for a Magic Harness that would protect his father in case of emergency while he called storms, and the Others found out about him.
Thread admin:
Anna Dunster <[email protected]>
First started:
Open to new players?: Yes
Method of Drafting: Email
draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
None, yet . . . If you want to join the ones that will exist later,
email Anna Dunster about it.
[TGAF]:
A group of humans, an elf and a dragon are drawn together to discover the mystery behind strange, apparently random occurrences that seem to be directed at some individuals in the group. But while investigating these incidents, they uncover enigmas within enigmas, test their loyalties, confront the worst of their pasts and begin to wonder if forces stronger than coincidence are at work in their lives.
Thread admin:
Ron Hansen <[email protected]>
First started:
September, 1997
Open to new players?: No
Method of drafting:
Email draft, then posted to newsgroup
Related threads:
None
[Tigerstone]:
Tigerstone will be a series of stories centered around the collapse of a kingdom, the hardships of one of the baronies of the kingdom, and the emergence of that barony from the clutches of evil.
This thread differs from other storylines currently running in alt.dragons-inn. Rather than each player controlling only his/her character and the thread admin running the plot of the story, this thread will allow each author to totally control all characters and the plotline of the story while he/she has it, with each author agreeing on the basic plotline to follow. This will create a thread which will read more like a book.
Thread admin:
Danny Wall <[email protected]>
First started:
September 1997
Web page:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/6372
Open to new players?: No
Method of drafting: Email
draft
Related threads:
None
[Tower Guard]:
The Montfort Tower Guard is a group dedicated to the protection of the citizens of Montfort. The Guard is currently in a state of disarray cause by the recent battles with the Church of the Redeemer.
The Guard was established originally to be a place for new players to experience the joys of ad-i for the first time. The Guard has grown and become a strong set of story lines with various twist and plots.
New writers to the Alt.dragons-inn are welcome to contact the Admin.
Long live the Guard!
Thread admin:
Boyd Boedeker <[email protected]>
Chet Hamel <[email protected]>
First started:
Web page:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/6372
Open to new players?: Heck yea!
Method of Drafting: Email draft,
then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
Where ever the Guard is needed.
[Viator]:
The journeys of a ship and its crew, venturing onward into new adventures.
Thread admin:
Brian Sinclair <bacchus_v_@hotmailcom>
First started:
Summer 1996
Open to new players?: Sort-of
Method of Drafting: Whatever works
(email, chat)
Related threads:
[Conjuratio]
[Warrens]:
A group of orphaned children (some of them refugees from strife-ridden Montfort) and an assortment of odd animals discover something unpleasant lurking in the warrens which riddle the grounds of the Politi estate on the outskirts of Jord.
Thread admin:
Becca Ward <[email protected]>
First started:
December 1996
Open to new players?: No
Method of drafting:
Email draft, then post to newsgroup
Related threads:
[Politi/Jord], [Bounty], [Council], [Tent City], [Shadows]
