Ryslig's Expanded Monster Guide
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waitingforplayer2The Expanded Guide is edited by Chiaki Nanami.
The Expanded Guide begins with a condensed & re-edited version of Spengler's Guide, written several years prior. This contains broad knowledge of the 23 monster types at the time, and largely features the information covered in Ryslig's bestiary.
The new content in the Guide consists entirely of individual monster testomonials.
Submissions to the Guide can be made by anyone at any time, in a drop-off box at the Insert Coin arcade. The form below can be used as a template for any monsters looking for inspiration or structure for their entries. Nanami copies out the entries longhand, and stores the information in several locations, so that the information is never lost.
A copy of the current manuscript may be requested for casual perusal at any time.
As of now, the Expanded Guide has not yet been officially published on the peninsula.
MONSTER ENTRY SUBMISSION TEMPLATE
The Expanded Guide begins with a condensed & re-edited version of Spengler's Guide, written several years prior. This contains broad knowledge of the 23 monster types at the time, and largely features the information covered in Ryslig's bestiary.
The new content in the Guide consists entirely of individual monster testomonials.
Submissions to the Guide can be made by anyone at any time, in a drop-off box at the Insert Coin arcade. The form below can be used as a template for any monsters looking for inspiration or structure for their entries. Nanami copies out the entries longhand, and stores the information in several locations, so that the information is never lost.
A copy of the current manuscript may be requested for casual perusal at any time.
As of now, the Expanded Guide has not yet been officially published on the peninsula.
Statement of Intent by Chiaki Nanami
Date: 2022-12-01 07:50 am (UTC)When I first arrived in Ryslig, I was astonished at what I found. The fantastical creatures and magical powers of this world are like those only imagined in my own world. I have longed to escape into fictional places from stories and games, and now here is Ryslig: like somewhere out of my dreams.
It's also like somewhere out of my nightmares, too. Ryslig is not a kind place to any of its inhabitants; not to the local humans, forced to become prey to mutated interdimensional refugees; nor to said refugees themselves, who are subjected to a multitude of horrors on a monthly basis, chief among them forced physical and psychological changes which have the potential of altering their selves at their very core.
These changes are often frightening and painful; and over the years, our community of monsters has come together to provide resources and infrastructure; to ease the transition, and to build a society. This expanded guide is my own small contribution to those resources; and in fact, I contribute not the guide itself, but merely its instantiation.
You see, Ryslig has had works written before about the spectrum of transformations that are idiosyncratic to those of us immigrated to this dimensional plane, most notably the guide written by Egon Spengler several years ago. However, in my research, I have never been able to find a collaborative work on this topic; merely (apparently) solo ones. And while a scientific approach from a practiced researcher may provide a solid base on which to build upon, I don't think it's sufficient to cease the development of resources at that base. Monster changes are so varied that, to each individual, they are practically unique.
This is why I believe that any attempt to be truly comprehensive in this field must be a cooperative effort. We can't predict everything that the future will hold; but what we can do is work to document the present before it fades into a forgotten past, and chronicle our journeys as we go. This is what I hope to do with this guide: to write my own story; to bring together my friends', and to concurrently use this collection as an aid to forging my own future. And to you reading or writing along, thank you for joining with us on this journey; I invite you to share your own as well.