FurryFaire MUCK

2006-10-19T03:38:07Z

71.71.72.87: /* Wizards */

<div style="font-size:5pt; line-height: 5pt; padding-left: 5px; white-space: pre; font-family:Courier New,courier,monospace; float:right;"><nowiki>
_____ _____ _
| ___| _ _ __ _ __ _ _| ___|_ _(_)_ __ ___
| |_ | | | | '__| '__| | | | |_ / _` | | '__/ _ \
| _|| |_| | | | | | |_| | _| (_| | | | | __/
|_| \__,_|_| |_| \__, |_| \__,_|_|_| \___|
|___/
</nowiki></div>

'''FurryFaire''' is an online [[anthropomorphic]] [[MUCK]] focusing on [[role-playing]] in a world of knights and fantasy. The original server ran from 26 May 1996. FurryFaire reopened on a new server in 2005.

FurryFaire is set in the mythical land of ''Kith Kanaan''. Kith Kanaan is divided into a number of nations, each with a specific theme associated with them. The central region, and the primary role-playing area, is called the ''Shire Lands''.

* '''Addresses''':
** '''MUCK server''': muck.furryfaire.org, port 8888
** '''Website''': http://www.furryfaire.org/
** '''Yahoo Group''': http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/FurryFaire
* '''Ran from/to''': 1997 - ?, 2005 - current

== [[Wizard]]s ==

* [[Tashiro]] - Head Wizard
* [[Alynna]] - Programming and code wiz. If its broken call
* [[Arion]] - Trouble Players / Disputes
* [[Kyn'Elwynn]] - Asst. Building | TP Staff
* [[Mika]] - Gear/Equipment Wiz
* [[Ramses]] - MUCK Historian / Chronicler
* [[RPGenie]] - Ultimate Game Master
* [[Tybee]] - RP Wizard/Builder Wizard/Everything Guy
* [[YukiFox]] - Site Admin. Connection Issues Only.
* [[Zobeid]] - None set.

== [[Helpstaff|Help Staff]] ==

* Alex - Most things, learning the ropes.
* Celeste - Newbie/Guest Helper
* Falscher - Guest/newbie helper, general character help
* Medusa - Just ask. If I don't know. I'll find out.
* Tybee - RP Wizard, General Help Guy, Newbies, Butter.

== Key characters ==

* '''Alex'''
* '''Kaelyn'''
* '''Kersi'''
* '''Shail'''

* '''Jhazza kal Khett (Solar Temple)'''

The guardian of the Solar Temple of Kij is Jhazza kal Khett, daughter of Khett (the Archon of Death) and Mika, wife of the Lutrai Solinar known as Lairu. Jhazza's demonic heritage is evident by the tendrils that come from her back, and she is recognized as a powerful warrior, having harnessed the abilities of Wild magic.

* '''Kurosawa Kaede and Kurosawa Shiro (Naipon Embassy)'''

To the west of the Shire is the Naipon Embassy, which also doubles as the Anaithan Embassy to the Shire Lands. It is controlled by the daughter of Kurosawa Tashiro (locally known as Foxtrot), and her husband. Kurosawa Kaede is the daughter of Tashiro and his wife, Jade, and was placed in charge of the Embassy in the year 1025 AE.

Kaede is a striped fox, and is polite and somewhat distant. Her husband is Kurosawa Shiro, a demon hunter from the Saotome Clan in Naipon, who joined the Kurosawa Clan as part of an arranged marriage. He is a russet fox, and a member of the Inari Shrine.

* '''Ralyn and Lina (Ralyn's Legacy)'''

Ralyn and Lina are the children of Kyn'Elwynn the Shadow Mage, and Amber, daughter of Mika. The name of Ralyn is a testament to the original Ralyn, the father of Mika. Ralyn is protective of his sister, and is a proud and noble member of the community, developing and defining himself as he steps out of his family's shadow. Lina is a budding sorceress, and has attracted the attention of powerful figures to the south, in the shadowy nation of R'Tal.

== Past characters ==

* [http://www.angelfire.com/on2/BriarRose/Gen.html Genevieve] - Russian Blue Kitten, daughter of iscount Timmon and Windarra
* [http://www.angelfire.com/on2/BriarRose/Kivy.html Kivuli'Rakala] - Egyptian Mau Cat Girl

== Groups and organizations ==
* '''Orders'''

Across the land of Kith Kanaan various religions are embedded into the culture and many groups, both covert and open, espouse philosophies and training devoted to particular causes.

* ''' Peacekeepers '''

The most famous Order is that of the Peacekeepers, the law enforcement of the
Shirelands founded by a wolf named Thraxarious to aid the Shire against a maurading
warlord, named Marduk.

* ''' Midnight Mage's Guild '''

Founded by the dragon Khan Ti Long, the secretive guild holds the tenets that
knowledge and magic are pinnacle to the advancement of life, but not something to
simply be given out, that people need to be led into their enlightenment. They also
feel that dark magics such as necromancy and infernalism end up leading one down a
path of selfishness and corruption. Once a separate faction, they've become allied
to the throne of Drachen by the political maneuverings of their current Overseer,
Kyn'Elwynn.

* ''' Crimson Paw '''

Outwardly appearing as an ordinary (although large) mercantile guild from the
Arabian Nights themed part of Kith Kanaan known as Anansie, the truth is that they
also harbor spies, mercenaries and assassins within their ranks. One of their
pinnacle members, a feline named Xerces became queen of the nation of Drachen for a
brief time before having to help defend the lands against Marduk, eventually hunting
him down off the continent and destroying him. She returned to the lands under a new
alias, and instead of reclaiming the throne, simply moved back into Anansie to
strengthen the Paw's holdings.

== Technical history ==

According to [[Chetar]]:

FurryFaire was originally founded by [[Chetar]], [[Mystique]], Duelist, and Shiamat, on May 26th, 1996. These four people build the foundation of the MUCK, namely Furryshire and West Wood, with [[Mystique]] providing much programming expertise to give the game a very special feel. [[Chetar]], at the time, Head Wizard recruited a few other wizards.

Shiamat disappeared a short time after the muck's construction begun. The muck went through about 3 months of non-public running, with building, programming and ideas being put into place.

Kyn'Elwynn was originally recruited from FurryMUCK to help with building and administering helpstaff. Some time after that, Simba (now known as Benjamin) was recruited to manage conflicts and player creations.

Duelist provided the original server for FurryFaire, but after a falling out between [[Chetar]] and Duelist, the muck was taken offline and moved to a new server, owned by one of [[Chetar]]'s friends.

[[Mystique]] eventually disappeared from the face of the earth (and I've still yet to see her since) leaving the muf programming in the hands of the headwizard, [[Chetar]].

Over the early years, roleplay was highly promoted, and [[Chetar]] held regular meetings with the patrons of the world to see what was needed by them, what should be changed, etc. [[Chetar]] and Kyn'Elywnn recruited a good helpstaff to help with Tinyplot creation. At some point, Ollie Canal, aka Lairu, was recruited as the first RP wizard, while a roleplaying muf system was put in place to reward players for good RPing though a peer review system. This system was plagued with abuses though, leading to aggressive alternate character tracking to minimize abuse.

[[Chetar]] had at one time shut down the muck, for a brief period, because of a falling out with one of the players he was close to, and purged that player from the muck and banned them.

After a second occurrence of this behavior, [[Chetar]] decided he was unfit to run the game and turned over administration of the muck to a new headwizard, Alaria. But Alaria was never given TRUE full control, with [[Chetar]] still behind the scenes.

After some time, [[Chetar]] decided FurryFaire was a burdon to care for and turned over the entire MUCK data files, domain name and GOD password to Snowpony and never looked back.

'''According to Tashiro'''

Snowpony ran FurryFaire until roughly 2002. At roughly this time period, the stress of operating FurryFaire become a bit much, and transfer of the position of Head Wizard was handed to Typhon, one of the players and Wizards who had been on the MUCK for most of the MUCK's running period. Snowpony retained control of FurryFaire as Site Wizard, and kept final authority of FurryFaire.

From 2002 to late 2004, FurryFaire suffered a long period of down time, languishing with very few active players. Speculation is that Typhon had recruited players from FurryFaire to bring to another MUCK, but did not fully promote FurryFaire. In 2004, Snowpony gathered the remaining Wizard Staff and Tashiro (then called Foxtrot), to discuss the MUCK's fate. Tashiro had been a member of FurryFaire since 1996, and accepted the position of Head Wizard, making a serious attempt to resurrect the MUCK.

Between 2004 and 2005, Tashiro organized the history of the MUCK and worked on unifying the various religions, nations, and organizations to create an in-depth back-story for the MUCK, and allowed initial building for preparation to open. In 2005, the MUCK was moved and re-opened, moving the time line ahead 20 years to allow as fresh a slate as possible.

As of the present, Tashiro remains in charge of FurryFaire as Head Wizard, while Snowpony holds control as Site Wizard. The balance of power between the two seems to work well.

== External links ==
* [http://www.furryfaire.org/login/java/ Java Web Client for MUCK]

[[Category:Medieval-fantasy multiplayer worlds]]
[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:2005 births]]
{{Featured article}}

WikiFur - User contributions [en]

FurryFaire MUCK