How soon things change ...

[binidj]

I know I shouldn't go anywhere near it, but every now and then something prompts me to go to the Harts website. Of course once I'm there I just can't help sniffing around and occasionally I dig up something like the following in the Ancestors of Albion section:

The Architect
The Architect was originally an Imperial ancestor and one that lost much power after the destruction of the Empire. He represents wealth, prosperity and civilisation ... and encourages his followers to see such things as signs of personal growth. Worship of the Architect is on the increase, especially in the southern duchies of Cornwall and Winchester. He is however often shunned by Albion's more tribal races (such as the elves).

Now I know this is bollocks on account of how I helped JFS to write it. Ordfinarily I wouldn't bother to raise this but I was fairly sure that confirmation that this was utter bollocks had been found by players several years ago.

I know it's none of my business any more but still ... it's annoying to see something that you have written and were once quite proud of, changed beyond all recognition. A bit like CS Lewis coming back to discover that Jadis had been re-written as one of Aslan's helpers.

Comments

[westernind.livejournal.com]

hang on a mo - wasn't the Architect the avatar of the supergribbly Enemy? And a big faker? (Simon says yeah, he thought that was in the plot document he handed over when he quit.)

Makes you wonder about real-life prophets, eh.

[binidj.livejournal.com]

Yep, the Enemy (aka the Void Entity) made up the Architect as part of its plan to destroy Edreja's Ancestors.

I'm glad he didn't succeed....

[harrytc.livejournal.com]

...would have buggered some of my favourite Viper plot up right royally.

Re: I'm glad he didn't succeed....

[jfs.livejournal.com]

His first aim was the Harts Ancestors - specifically the Hunter and the Mother. If he'd succeeded in that we'd have then considered his next options.*


(*this is a lie. If the players had failed to stop the Enemy destroying the Hunter and the Mother, I have a feeling plot team at the time would have curled into a collective ball and cried ....)