What is this place?
Lorenieth is a Flight Rising discussion hub for users who enjoy lore! Whether it's official site lore, your own lore, or just coming up with fun lore-related ideas to share with each other, this place is all about discussion and camaraderie.
The plan is that every Sunday morning and Wednesday evening, a new lore topic will be put up for discussion. Because I hope for Lorenieth to become a strong on-site community, I'm totally open to hearing ideas for discussion from any members and add them to a pool of future discussion topics!
UPDATE (6/24): Lorenieth will post prompts only once a week (for now).
How do I join?
We have a self-editing pinglist! Click on this paragraph to add yourself to either the general pinglist on the first sheet or to any combination of the more specific pinglists on sheets 2-5.
If you're on mobile and are having trouble accessing the Google Sheet, then don't worry! Feel free to PM me or any of the thread volunteers and we'll add you to whichever pinglists you'd like as soon as possible.
What are the more specific pinglists?
There are currently four specific pinglists for people who'd rather not be pinged for every discussion:
- The Site Lore Pinglist is for people who want to discuss official FR lore or polling for headcanons relating to it. Anything from the Lorebook section of the Encyclopedia, to the dragons in the Trading Post, to the map and even the gods themselves fall under this category.
- The Gene Lore Pinglist is for people who want to discuss lore possibilities and usages for certain genes. It could be a great way for people to get ideas for lore when you love a dragon but aren't sure how to incorporate their genes into the equation!
- The Breed Lore Pinglist is for people who want to discuss either official site lore for FR breeds or personal lore possibilities and usages for those breeds. This could also be a great way to share ideas!
- The User Lore Pinglist is for people who want to share their lore and discuss lore made by other members. This may be anything from how to incorporate different flight representatives to specific jobs around the lair to types of stories or characters.
How do I suggest a new lore topic for future discussion?
In order to avoid getting off-topic, lore topic submissions will be done through PMs! If you have a prompt suggestion, please message me or any one of the thread volunteers (SgtCredo | mauvehouseplant | FeDog) with the following information:
- "Lorenieth Prompt Submission" or something similar in the title. It will ensure that whomever receives your submission immediately knows just what your PM is intended to be.
- Your discussion prompt. An example: "What are your thoughts and headcanons on the Swipp family dynamic?"
- Its category, based on the specific pinglist types. For the above example, it would be Site Lore.
- Whether you would like the submission to be anonymous or not. If you say nay, there will be a by-line underneath that reads "Suggested by @[InsertUNHere]" in case anyone wishes to ping you specifically with their responses to the topic. If you say yea, the ping will be replaced with "Anon." If you don't include this information, we will assume you wish to be anonymous.
Please don't ping me or any volunteers with suggestions. I would like whatever current discussion topic is up to remain on-topic! If you put forth your suggestion in this way, we may not consider it until it's submitted properly.
Also note that certain types of submissions will not be considered, including those that go against Flight Rising's Forum Code of Conduct and those that have already been discussed within the last six months.
How are lore topics picked?
In an effort to maintain variety in the types of topics discussed, lore topics are generally picked in a pseudo-random fashion over a 2-week period.
The major topic categories will typically rotate in this order:
- Site Lore
- Gene Lore
- Breed Lore
- User Lore
*This may occasionally be overridden when things like new genes, breeds, or site lore comes out! It can be more fun to discuss things while they're hot!
Once the major topic category is selected, I or one of the thread volunteers will take a list of current suggestions for that topic and randomize it here. Whichever is on top will be picked as the discussion topic for that week! It will then be removed from the list of current suggestions, and may only be added back to the pool if it is re-suggested at least six months after its last discussion period.