Leetttss gooooo! Rebooting Kyngdom! I believe from looking at the old thread our current ideas are along the lines of doing a ten-year time skip from where Kyngdom left off and then, during the past ten years, Catastrophe has mostly taken over (except for the Northwest, which is under the control of the Sanukans, a character created by the old Kyngdomer Sybill), and the Allied Resistance (Captn O, FaFA, definetely a few more I'm forgetting) is doing its best to push back but mostly crumpling under Catastrophe. Do we have a plan for what the Powers are doing those ten years? I read the history of Kyngdom a while ago but I've mostly forgotten it, so I don't remember which powers were where and which were under the control of Jaaws and whatnot, so if somebody could remind me of that, it would be great.

(also, here's the link to the Ultimate Guide to Kyngdom/history of Kyngdom:

http://www.cricketmagkids.com/chatterbox/inkwell/node/404640)

Alrighty, here's a quick recap of what this thread is about for people who weren't on the old thread:

We started off with a thread from Avara asking what people knew about Kyngdom, which is dead, and pretty soon we decided to reboot it. I beleive C & J posted the link to the Ultimate Guide to Kyngdom, which has all of the history of Old Kyngdom plus, on page 2, the rules and how to navigate the website, which I found immensely helpful.

While discussing the reboot, we decided that we would timeskip ahead 10 years from where Kyngdom left off when it died, so that we would have space to insert our own characters but many of the characters from the Old Kyngdomers could still be alive if they wished to join again.

Now we're working out what has happened in the last ten years.

I recommend reading the history of Old Kyngdom if you've got the time.

If you don't have the time, here's some stuff you should know:

- There are six 'Powers,' the Power of Wing, Power of Hoof, Power of Claw, Power of Fin, Power of Fang, and Power of Some Other Animal Trait I Can't Remember Right Now. (These are listed out of order)

- Each Power is  a mythical creature who has that trait (for example, a gryphon for the Power of Wing (the gryphon is named Caelani, by the way)). These mythical creatures have great magical power and created Kyngdom from nothing long ago.

- Each chapter was named after a Power, with Power of Wing being the first chapter. Kyngdom ground to a halt in what I beleive was the fifth chapter. For the first four chapters, the storyline was guided and directed by the Admins/Editors, but at around the start of chapter 5 they relinquished control to the CBers.

- There's also a fairy person named the PowerFriend who sprang into existence a long long time ago at more or less the same time as the Powers. The PowerFriend is dead now (I think?), but every now and then you'll run into a character descended from the PowerFriend who might have magical abilities because of it.

- Eventually Claaws, who I think was the Power of Fang, grew wild and unruly and became dark. Claaws was exiled, and from Claaws's darkness sprang the first Sideaffected Power (SAP), named Jaaws. Jaaws was evil and would do anything to destroy Kyngdom.

-  SAPs are usually evil, born from the darkness in a Power. SAPs are their own creatures, unconnect to the Power after birth (although sometimes they specifically target their power to murder). Each Power has one, except for Caelani (Power of Wing, gryphon) who has two and Lunee (Power of Howl, winged wolf) who has none. Ayearth's (Power of Fin, sea dragon) SAP was once Ayearth's love, but has since died. Sylvia also had a child at one point, who is sometimes considered an SAP, although the foal might turn out to be good.

-  Soon Claaws managed to master her darkness (although Jaaws was still around) and was able to rejoin the Powers, but not before destroying the family and town of a young boy who renamed himself Catastrophe.

- Catastrophe swore vengeance on the Powers and ran off into the woods and lived with some animals for some time.

- Then, after a little while, he  came back for revenge, to kill the Powers, using Brazen Goo, a goo derived from certain flowers that is the only thing capable of killing a Power.

- While seeking revenge, he fell in love with the PowerFriend, who was disguised as a human, and they had a child together named Ronan.

- Eventually he killed all of the Powers. The last one left was Claaws, along with the PowerFriend, who Catastrophe killed after discovering her identity.

- When the Powers 'die,' they don't truly die. They turn into an instrument that contains them. Catastrophe gave each of these instruments to an animal Guardian, who took care of it and was told never to play it. Playing it would awaken the powers once more.

- When Catastrophe finally killed Claaws, Claaws also killed him, and somehow Catastophe, and his son, Ronan, who was present, both got sucked into Claaws's instrument. When Claaws got brought back to life hundreds of years later, so were Catastrophe and Ronan.

That was all backstory, taking place before Kyngdom started. Since this is getting long, I'll post a quick summary of what went on in Old Kyngdom and our current ideas for what went on in the ten year timeskip and where we'll pick up the story again in another comment once this shows up.

Here are some ideas for what could have happened during the timeskip:

-the Resistance withdrew and entered a period of planning what to do next. This ties in well with Catastrophe's current power over Kyngdom.

-B. I. G. has spent the time growing stronger, perhaps partly in secret. Also, is B. I. G. supposed to be allied with Catastrophe? Maybe they could be helping him with the machine he's building on Bleak Peak.

-Jaaws could have disapperared temporarily - this would make things simpler. She could have traveled somewhere to meet someone who would tell her how to take over Kyngdom once and for all. The Resistance could start on a mission to stop her.

These are just random ideas though :)

Also, there's one thing I'm not quite clear on - the Resistance is fighting Catastrophe, and FaFA is fighting B. I. G, but what are they fighting about?

I'm interested in helping with this, but I don't know the plot of Kyngdom very well. I've been meaning to read the Ultamite Guide for over a year now, but I've never had the time to get far. Would someone mind summarizing it for me? Just a basic overview is fine, all the important stuff. I do mean to read the Ultamite Guide at some point, but I probably won't get to it any time soon and it'd be really helpful if someone could summarize it! If not, that's totally fine too.

Do you mind if I join this? I mean, I don't know much about Kyngdom, but I skimmed through the Ultimate Guide a few months ago, so I have a basic understanding of it. 

I checked out Kyngdom's backstory and it is pretty gory and violent. Can we do a new backstory that is not as gory and violent? i'm fine with the BIG letters and the FAFA pawprints, just, the whole backstory is far to gory and violent.

So on the old thread, we decided on a few things:

1) The Powers were an integral part of Kyngdom, and we need to make sure to keep involved somehow.

2) We wouldn't use any characters belonging to the Old Kyngdomers, with the exception of the Powers and Catastrophe and such. Although we might end up using some of the Admin-created characters.

3) We wouldn't reset Kyngdom or erase anything the Old Kyngdomers wrote, because that would be disrespectful to them. This is why we decided on the ten-year timeskip. That way we have space to modify what has happened in the last ten years and insert our own characters without messing with their stuff.