Avegost

From Avegost

Avegost is an immense series of literature, images, information and content which has been created by Joseph Landolfi or others as part of the Avegost world. By nature Avegost is therefore similar to Forgotten Realms, Middle Earth, Star Wars, and other unique works because it is a setting which describes an individual and unique world. Avegost is created and maintained by Joseph Landolfi who holds the Avegost content as intellectual property.

History and Influences

After his parents divorce and the beginning of his friendship with Brian Held, Joseph Landolfi was introduced to the Dungeons and Dragons roleplaying game. At that time Joseph was ten years old and the 3.0 edition of Dungeons and Dragons had been released. Having an immediate interest; Joe began to create his own campaign setting for the game. The first Avegost project began as a Dungeons and Dragons campaign setting for a single campaign. The campaign lacked both refinement and originality but was the origin of Joseph's world and all of his writing.

By 2000 the game had undergone singificant change and refinement and was located at the url www.Avegost.co.nr. The game had evolved into an online text based roleplaying forum which worked as a sister site and alternative to the popular yahoo roleplaying website www.Ayenee.com, a site Landolfi was also an administrator on. The game featured a different setting than the current setting of Avegost but had introduced several concepts which would shape Landolfi's vision of Avegost for the future. Single-handedly running the website became a duty however, and Landolfi finally ended the game in 2001 due to frustration and a lack of player interest.

For a period of time Avegost was also featured, using this previous campaign setting, as a persistent world in the video game Neverwinter Nights. The server itself would attract upwards of thirty players but a lack of equipment would cause the server to frequently crash or go down, often running on a schedule. During this period users such as Milton Brown and Rob Palazzo joined the Avegost community.

In May of 2007 with college about to begin and Landolfi moving from his home in Monroe, Michigan to Savannah, Georgia the group who regularly roleplayed with him using Dungeons and Dragons asked for a method to do this online; continuing their traditional gaming. It was devised thanks to Landolfi's knowledge of NWScript and the Neverwinter Night's toolset that the game would continue using Neverwinter Nights as a medium. On Friday May 25, 2007 the first session of Avegost would begin with a new world which had been previously featured in the Dungeons and Dragons campaign which took place throughout 2006 and 2007 in Monroe, Michigan. With a new interest, a few years under his belt, and interested players Landolfi would begin heavily detailing his world.

Since then Avegost has moved to a more "pen and paper" medium by going back to Dungeons and Dragons using 3.5 Dungeons and Dragons rules. However, Avegost is not specific to the Dungeons and Dragons game and may be its own game entirely in the future. Currently, Fantasy Grounds is the medium which is used by online players to play in Landolfi's online campaigns. Avegost is also played at weekly in Savannah, Georgia.

Avegost is heavily influenced by the works of J.R.R Tolkien and his Lord of the Rings series in addition to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. Avegost is most influenced by the works of multimedia and film. As a student of history Landolfi also accredits much of his inspiration to actual human history.

Campaigns

There have been 9 Avegost Campaigns with three campaign arcs in total.

In Order of Play

The campaigns were not played in order however; Some of the campaigns were played as prequels, such as Leaving a Mark and The Blighting Begins. Below is the order by which the campaigns were played.

1. The Rise of Peligrun

2. The Return of Peligrun

3. Escaping Falkenia

4. The Empire's War

5. The Blighting Begins

6. The Coming of Dragons

7. The Red Prince

8. Leaving a Mark

9. The War of the Evercowled

Plot Arc One: The Vampires

1. Leaving a Mark

Plot Arc Two: The Rise and Fall of Peligrun

2. The Blighting Begins – Dealt with the capture of the southern kingdoms by Peligrun.

3. The Rise of Peligrun – Dealt with Peligrun’s conquest and defeat.

4. The War of the Evercowled - Setting of the current Avegost LARP.

5. Escaping Falkenia - A short 3 session alternate campaign.

6. The Return of Peligrun – Dealt with the return of Peligrun and his defeat.

7. The Empire's War – Dealt with the fall of Erydia as a result of the plan of Peligrun’s priory.

Plot Arc Three: The Dragon Legacy

8. The Coming of Dragons – Deals with the return of Nirandir and his eventual defeat.

9. The Red Prince – Explains the impact of the Coming of the Dragons and focuses on the reuniting of the old kingdom.