The Revival of Grace of Gaia

The Revival of Grace of Gaia

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After closing back on October 4th, 2022, due to a lack of stable activity from founders, Gaia ceased recruitment efforts and embassies were shut down. With one founder permanently removed due to offsite offences, co-founders -Tulov and Arudis were unable to keep up the necessary activity to properly run the region. The discord server and offsite forum were kept up, where residents could continue roleplay to their hearts content. Though this too eventually would come to a stop.

Suddenly, on May 24th, just over a week ago, an announcement was posted on the discord server and posted on the Regional Message Board. It simply read: Deep within Gaia... something begins to stir. Another announcement would come the following day with a link to a dispatch called The Fall of the Royal Houses. Over the next few days the discord would see a number of changes to channels and roles, and the region's activity would be filled with changes to the World Factbook Entry, embassies, pinned dispatches, and more.

The catalyst of these changes would be none other than myself, Arudis. By my hand alone I have sought to reignite the flame underneath the region I held so dearly to my heart. No longer burnt out from NationStates, I finally found the time and drive to revive Gaia. My fellow co-founder, Tulov, has not been heard from in a considerable amount of time. Though he is retired from NS, should he ever return I fully intend to invite him back to his seat of power just as he had with me in the past. He was an extremely valuable member and my oldest friend here on NS.

Truthfully I just wish to return activity to our cozy little community here, even if we do not a gain a large amount of players. While I certainly have no intention to make Gaia as big as it was during its peak (270 nations), I also have no intention of stopping that from happening. The larger world of NS may have changed during my absence, but rebuilding this region is still a task I am willing to undertake. Seeing a return to activity in our Gaian Roleplay is what I am mostly working towards, as the story of this magical island never managed to get far.

There's a considerable amount of downsizing that was done that is detailed below. Most of it done because ultimately I am just one person. As the region grows there's a chance some things may expand or come back, but for now I cannot guarantee it.

As long as people can enjoy their time here I will consider my revival of this region a success.

The largest change of all would be the removal of the Royal Houses Aether, Ordek, and Neraka, along with the Shanty Town of O'Hana. Affiliation between government roles and the houses was completely stripped, and the region was made an Absolute Monarchy under Arudis. Patricians, the Low Nobles of government, were also removed due to the considerable downsize of the region after its fall.

The offsite forum, while still accessible, would be removed from official dispatches and the WFE in favor of forum channels on discord.

Gaia is receiving all kinds of new fancy graphics! The image at the top of this dispatch will serve as our official dispatch header, and will also be used for embassy updates. The region and founder nation received a nicer, new flag. More is in the works!

Gaian Roleplay would undergo changes to its magic system. Once complex with a whole bunch of numbers that quite frankly, were a bit silly, was uprooted. In its place would be the introduction of a new element, and role players would be limited to using one element per character. Elements would no longer be bound by which Royal House one joined. In addition, Gaian Roleplay was made available to ALL discord members regardless of citizenship.

Nation Roleplay would go mostly unchanged aside from a revision to the magic rule, which would now be strictly prohibited. Many of the systems Sovereign Tulov worked on would be put on hold. Additions to special roleplay resources like the culture map, currency exchange dispatch, and more would be halted for the time being. Updates to the normal map itself are still being worked on. At this time our nation roleplay moderators Renaria and Rhyme and reason are working on a solution to dealing with the long abandoned roleplays, including many that involved residents who are no longer around.