Human Made Worlds - Faction - The Archivists
It was Alex Gosling's first day, their application to become an Archivist was studied extensively by a council. He had been to the Grand Archives many times, a digital museum the size of Texas, containing countless works of art from the various servers that were deemed culturally significant enough by the Archivists. Photographs of wonderous structures, Paintings of magnificent art, Books containing the stories of countless people whose actions shaped the communities they existed within. And he was approved to be one of the people to add to this beautiful museum that one could easily get lost within, were it not for the server permitting one to teleport around. He had been studying one server in particular, a group of medieval enthusiasts, role-players who took their world very seriously, the complexities of their politics and the day-to-day life was comparable to that of the real world. He had written the story of one particular person who had played the role of the mad king quite well, producing laws that were simply ludicrous and performing actions that would likely make it onto a humorous list of things someone wasn't allowed to do. Simply put, they were Chaos incarnated. And rather than simply leave, or rebel against their king like they could easily do- they embraced their pretend madness. It was amusing to them, they played their roles with utmost seriousness, as if they were actually in the world of that server as it's inhabitants.
How he disrupted the politics of the server, disregarded common sense for the sake of causing intrigue and drama- and rather than see it as something annoying- the others saw it as a bit of fun, a break from the monotony of politics- War was waged not as a result of genuine rage or political gain- but as an act of playing their roles. Even though all of it was just pretend to these people, just a game to all of them- They acted as if it was reality... The damages were immense, and the people within the server cried out for justice- but when talked to outside of the server, most would say... that was the most fun thing they've done on the server. Alex's report on the Mad King of Garry's Medieval RP was approved, written into a book after extensive research into the authenticity of the event, and placed among the trillions of books within the library of the Archivist's Grand Museum. Most wouldn't read it- not unless they sought to be a historian within that server, or took interest in tales of server-wide shenanigans, but the tale of that server would be held there forever... even if the server went down forever, the Archivists operated by council- multiple people hosting the server together, with votes to elevate an archivist to the position of council should one ever die, or resign... History, Art, Architecture- all stored within the Archivist's Grand Museum for any and all to browse.
