Post by Talon Windwaltz on Jan 12, 2006 13:07:41 GMT -5
In 1999, a middle schooler by the name of 'Dr. Gof' (no true name was given) created a site known as the 'Hogwarts Fortress'. This site was to celebrate the extraordinarily popular "Harry Potter" series of books in a roleplay that would allow students to 'enter' into the world of Harry Potter. Dr. Gof's RP-ing alias was Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster from Books 1-6. Yet Dr. Gof didn't last long. He eventually became tired of all the work he did, and passed on the site to a girl by the alias of 'Nicole Weasley'. Nicole soon became fed up with it as soon as her site was hacked by a woman who used the alias 'Voldemoria', after the main villain of the Harry Potter series.
Voldemoria was counter-hacked, and the site went into the hands of four administrators - Jaspure Riddle, Chris Shafer, Josh D., and Ender. Chris Shafer was this Administrator's guide to the past, so most of this was compiled by him. There was a great feud between the four administrators in the roleplay, and Josh D and Jaspure Riddle both left. Ender left beforehand. So Chris Shafer kept the site up and running with the help of a girl under the alias of 'Isaura', a girl named Elisha, another Nicole, and of course, the infamous 'Jenn Black'. Most of the Fortress's history was made up of this time. However, these four Administrators feuded as well, causing in a break.
Soon, to prevent Jenn Black from seizing too much control, the Hogwarts Fortress (now Harry Fortress) went through many other boards, using only Isaura and Elisha's alias Alaqua as Heads. About half a year passed in this state, before something fateful happened. One of the most upstanding members of the site, Haydn Woodward, who played his character 'Agiel Firefox' (who by this point had excelled so much in roleplaying that he had become the greatest Headmaster) became an Administrator. Haydn was just as much a Slytherin as his character - he was filled with ambition and thoughts of the future. In fact, plots flourished under him, and things seemed better than ever.
If jealousy were not so strong. His fellows were very angry at him, for everyone wished to be a Headmaster, and he was the 'lucky' one. So when he ended up going to Hawaii (Haydn was but a regular teenage guy on the other side of the computer - he liked Hawaiian girls in bikinis) for a vacation, the people rose against him and started propaganda that portrayed him as a tyrant. In time, Agiel was hated by all. And this was even forwarded by Alaqua's decree to 'degrade' the site down to its original form - not a very welcome move by the public.
This would destroy the PM system, and considering not only the RP-ing games but the friendships forged between the characters, they felt it would ruin them entirely if they could not speak with the other authors. So a Vampire character named Acerbus Aecus, who told everyone he was truly a British man named "Robert Underwood", led the people to victory against Agiel and the Fortress, and, through force of popularity, created his own heir to the Empire.
Fortressians.
It created huge controversy when Haydn returned - he was bitterly infuriated. This was in August 2003 - when the administrator just began. In fact, he began the day Fortressians was created. So all this Administrator ever saw was the wrath of Agiel, the villainy and bitterness that seemed to arise from him. This administrator saw him as the villain the propaganda portrayed him as. In time, Robert Underwood became this Administrator's best friend. But then something terrible happened. Fortressians was destroyed. With no word of warning, Fortressians ceased to exist entirely. We regrouped, and blamed it all on the Fortress, which caused its inevitable extinction. We worried for Robert - he seemed to disappear with the site. And then we learned the truth - Robert did disappear with the site. Because just like those warnings you see on TV, Robert had really been a woman named Laura Wildman - still British, still living in the exact same town as Robert, but...still not Robert.
This lie shocked us. Though despite being shocked, Laura proved herself a master of advertising. In time, the new Fortressians, known as Magic Horizons, grew to become an Empire in its own right. Over a course of two years, the people began to forget Harry Fortress. Why? Because Laura felt it was unnecessary to continue the tradition. She felt as long as the site remained ordinary, people could just carry on with what they were doing without caring about the past.
Harry Fortress may have been the 'tyrannical empire' of her truths, but after this Administrator did endless research on it (hence why Talon Windwaltz became the History Master that he is now), he began to realize that it had one thing above them all. It was a successive reign. They continued to pass on the glory when the life and the game became too much. It created a new spark of life every time. This Administrator begged Wilting Rose many times to hand over the throne to him, considering that he'd be able to save the site, but it was to no avail.
The only person she shared her throne with was her lover, Claire, who was a purposely tyrannic ruler. She cared little for the site, only caring for the power that went with it. She did not go on as much as she needed to, or even showed the people that she was doing the work. She simply remained in the shadows. Wilting Rose proclaimed she cared about her real life, but there were many people who did not care about their real lives who were not given the power.
Countless rebellions occurred. The one which almost succeeded was the rebellion of Michaela, circa Fall of 2004. Michaela was a very public speaking figure. The people fell for her promises of a world free of Claire's tyranny. A world that would revive the old Harry Fortress - for now "Harry Fortress" had become a symbol of 'glory day', even if the people knew little about it in their own right. However, Michaela was genocidal, and proclaimed that in her Kingdom only the higher class writers and roleplayers would be allowed. As most know, the middle and lower class makes up most of the population, so it resulted in decay and destruction of her rebellion.
So it fell upon this Administrator, Michaela's close ally, to respark the rebellion and bring the people to his side. However this endeavour turned sour until his old friend Marina introduced him to a clever tactician, Azrael. This Administrator, Marina, and Azrael formed an unstoppable trio known as the 'Triple Doki Doki' that brought the people to victory against Wilting Rose and Claire and forged this site. Firefox University is a Declaration of Independence, and it's up to you to help us succeed.
Help us revive the Glory Days, and become part of something that's lasted since 1999.
Voldemoria was counter-hacked, and the site went into the hands of four administrators - Jaspure Riddle, Chris Shafer, Josh D., and Ender. Chris Shafer was this Administrator's guide to the past, so most of this was compiled by him. There was a great feud between the four administrators in the roleplay, and Josh D and Jaspure Riddle both left. Ender left beforehand. So Chris Shafer kept the site up and running with the help of a girl under the alias of 'Isaura', a girl named Elisha, another Nicole, and of course, the infamous 'Jenn Black'. Most of the Fortress's history was made up of this time. However, these four Administrators feuded as well, causing in a break.
Soon, to prevent Jenn Black from seizing too much control, the Hogwarts Fortress (now Harry Fortress) went through many other boards, using only Isaura and Elisha's alias Alaqua as Heads. About half a year passed in this state, before something fateful happened. One of the most upstanding members of the site, Haydn Woodward, who played his character 'Agiel Firefox' (who by this point had excelled so much in roleplaying that he had become the greatest Headmaster) became an Administrator. Haydn was just as much a Slytherin as his character - he was filled with ambition and thoughts of the future. In fact, plots flourished under him, and things seemed better than ever.
If jealousy were not so strong. His fellows were very angry at him, for everyone wished to be a Headmaster, and he was the 'lucky' one. So when he ended up going to Hawaii (Haydn was but a regular teenage guy on the other side of the computer - he liked Hawaiian girls in bikinis) for a vacation, the people rose against him and started propaganda that portrayed him as a tyrant. In time, Agiel was hated by all. And this was even forwarded by Alaqua's decree to 'degrade' the site down to its original form - not a very welcome move by the public.
This would destroy the PM system, and considering not only the RP-ing games but the friendships forged between the characters, they felt it would ruin them entirely if they could not speak with the other authors. So a Vampire character named Acerbus Aecus, who told everyone he was truly a British man named "Robert Underwood", led the people to victory against Agiel and the Fortress, and, through force of popularity, created his own heir to the Empire.
Fortressians.
It created huge controversy when Haydn returned - he was bitterly infuriated. This was in August 2003 - when the administrator just began. In fact, he began the day Fortressians was created. So all this Administrator ever saw was the wrath of Agiel, the villainy and bitterness that seemed to arise from him. This administrator saw him as the villain the propaganda portrayed him as. In time, Robert Underwood became this Administrator's best friend. But then something terrible happened. Fortressians was destroyed. With no word of warning, Fortressians ceased to exist entirely. We regrouped, and blamed it all on the Fortress, which caused its inevitable extinction. We worried for Robert - he seemed to disappear with the site. And then we learned the truth - Robert did disappear with the site. Because just like those warnings you see on TV, Robert had really been a woman named Laura Wildman - still British, still living in the exact same town as Robert, but...still not Robert.
This lie shocked us. Though despite being shocked, Laura proved herself a master of advertising. In time, the new Fortressians, known as Magic Horizons, grew to become an Empire in its own right. Over a course of two years, the people began to forget Harry Fortress. Why? Because Laura felt it was unnecessary to continue the tradition. She felt as long as the site remained ordinary, people could just carry on with what they were doing without caring about the past.
Harry Fortress may have been the 'tyrannical empire' of her truths, but after this Administrator did endless research on it (hence why Talon Windwaltz became the History Master that he is now), he began to realize that it had one thing above them all. It was a successive reign. They continued to pass on the glory when the life and the game became too much. It created a new spark of life every time. This Administrator begged Wilting Rose many times to hand over the throne to him, considering that he'd be able to save the site, but it was to no avail.
The only person she shared her throne with was her lover, Claire, who was a purposely tyrannic ruler. She cared little for the site, only caring for the power that went with it. She did not go on as much as she needed to, or even showed the people that she was doing the work. She simply remained in the shadows. Wilting Rose proclaimed she cared about her real life, but there were many people who did not care about their real lives who were not given the power.
Countless rebellions occurred. The one which almost succeeded was the rebellion of Michaela, circa Fall of 2004. Michaela was a very public speaking figure. The people fell for her promises of a world free of Claire's tyranny. A world that would revive the old Harry Fortress - for now "Harry Fortress" had become a symbol of 'glory day', even if the people knew little about it in their own right. However, Michaela was genocidal, and proclaimed that in her Kingdom only the higher class writers and roleplayers would be allowed. As most know, the middle and lower class makes up most of the population, so it resulted in decay and destruction of her rebellion.
So it fell upon this Administrator, Michaela's close ally, to respark the rebellion and bring the people to his side. However this endeavour turned sour until his old friend Marina introduced him to a clever tactician, Azrael. This Administrator, Marina, and Azrael formed an unstoppable trio known as the 'Triple Doki Doki' that brought the people to victory against Wilting Rose and Claire and forged this site. Firefox University is a Declaration of Independence, and it's up to you to help us succeed.
Help us revive the Glory Days, and become part of something that's lasted since 1999.