Otherworld
| Otherworld at a Glance | |
|---|---|
| Midnight Ocean | |
| Monarch | Chancy of Loose Cannons |
| Member crew(s) | Loose Cannons, The Night Owls, Teschio e Ossa |
| Organization | Autocratic |
| Founded | 11 August, 2004 |
| Allies | The Chessmen, Comedians United, Nine Lives |
| Wars | none |
| Last updated on 5 September, 2008 | |
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Otherworld is a relatively small flag based in the Emerald Archipelago of the Midnight Ocean, The collective crews of Otherworld consist of the Loose Cannons, Teschio e Ossa and The Night Owls. The crew Loose Cannons and The Night Owls are the primarily active crew, while the other has fallen into dormancy.
Public Statement
Breath fails and the river waits; your ferryman is ready to grant you passage to the Otherworld. An unnaturally warm mist surrounds you like an embrace as your frail guide pushes the barge away from the shore. Minutes pass with neither shore in sight, but you aren't worried. You find yourself more relaxed than you can remember.
As the barge touches the opposite shore, the ferryman tells you "You are home now."
Standing there, looking at the new life before you, you know he is right.
History
The flag name was born out of religious myth of the ancient Celts. Otherworld was a well established, magical-narrative vision, the outline of which was summarised by Bromwich as ‘an island kingdom of perpetual youth and unending fertility, typified by its abundant apple trees, which is presided over by women’.
Medira became the founding Monarch and first Captain of the Loose Cannons upon her departure from the first incarnation of Imperio. Originally meant as a temporary measure, the Loose Cannons became a haven for the alts of Medira's close friends who wanted to escape for a little while from the upheaval that was taking place within her old flag. The Loose Cannons remained a pretty active alt crew until the birth of Avalon, when the focus shifted to supporting and building up the new flag.
Despite offers to rejoin Avalon, Medira chose to keep Otherworld for a while and regain contact with Captain Redruth of the Bloody Scoundrels and Captain Fersboo of Teschio e Ossa, who were her mentors when she originally joined the game. It wasn't long before the two captains joined Medira as Princes of the flag.
During the winter of 2005 the Monarch Queen Medira left the game, due to real life issues. The crews of flag Otherworld foundered in the wake of their missing Monarch and slowly went their separate ways.
Around spring of 2005, Chancy came forward and upon getting into contact with the departed queen (an old friend), received the crew responsibilities and shops from Medira. Chancy then became Captain of the Loose Cannons, while Horns (a member of the Bloody Scoundrels at that time) took over as King, since Redruth and Chancy didn't wish to take the crown and Fersboo had also left the game because life took over.
Before long, Horns became inactive, so with the sponsorship of Redruth, Chancy was made royalty as a Prince of the flag whereupon he actively sought to re-establish the monarchy of the flag. Due to certain delays, the vote was not carried out till the fall of 2005 whereupon he was awarded the scepter of flag authority...the Golden Plank.
