The Kingdom of Edessa, ruled by magic and long believed to be an unopposable power, has fallen. As an overwhelming foe breaches the castle towering in the heart of Edessa, two young royals -- the last of their Line -- meet, and one makes a desperate attempt to save all that they hold dear.
This is where our Legacy begins.
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Sul sul! My name is Deidre, and after a five year break from playing the Sims, I am here to make my teenage self proud by finally completing a Legacy Challenge! I will be following all standard legacy rules, my only succession law being that each heir must be biologically related to the founder/heir before them.
You can read the story from the chapter selection
HERE (I'm new to Wordpress so please forgive the bare bones blog for now), or from the links below! I plan on fluctuating between story-heavy, structured chapters, and lighter gameplay-driven ones as the plot leads me. If that sounds like your cup of tea, I hope you'll take a look!
0.1 - PrologueGeneration 11.1 - A Foreign Land1.2 - The Library1.3 - Love Day1.4 - The Line of Edessa1.5 - Farewells1.6 - Beginnings1.7 - Four Walls and a Chicken Coop1.8 - Dahlia1.9 - Truths Yet Untold1.10 - Equinox
Thank you so much for reading -- feedback is very much appreciated, and I hope to have some new updates soon!
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It was also a very interesting premise about why the founder found himself in the middle of nowhere without any of his belonging. Quin really seems to be from some old-style royal family, getting used to the contemporary customs and technologies (while also living in a tent eating fish) doesn't seem easy at all for him... But I admit to find the struggle of story characters quite entertaining to read, bwahahaha.
At least he's not alone and there are people willing to help him, Cecilia in particular really seems determined to get closer to him... And seeing whether she will succeed is another thing I'm curious to see now XD
After reading your legacy, I can see why you'd appreciate the struggle! Story-based legacies have always been interesting for me to read, so I'm having fun trying my hand at one!
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Also, as to avoid double-posting, Chapter 1.4 is now out! A little bit of lore, a little bit of romance, a little bit of our founder just really not vibing with nature.
This is also my first chapter with a content warning
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Rahmi's confidence was very sad as well, that's a sum of very tough and unfortunate events....
The following paragraph was definitively on a lighter tone though, Quin and Cecilia are very sweet together
I'm glad you like Quin and Cecilia together! She was very insistent about getting involved with him, but she's a bit of a cutie pop, so I'm not too upset about it!
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I've been fortunate to have an excess of time to work on this, but I'll definitely be slowing down as I prepare for a move at the end of the month. Let's see what progress I can make before then.
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I'm also noticing Quin didn't show any magic up to now (if I'm not wrong?), interesting...
I was almost convinced when he announced to be planning to leave anyway, Cecilia's announcement was a total surprise for me! (in the sense that I didn't expect it to happen so soon)
The choice of the founders to build a house in the empty lot they are given at the beginning is always one of the hardest ones to justify, in the real world it really doesn't make sense to prefer it over moving in with someone else or buying any other house! Yet, legacies remain legacies. I'm sure they're getting a fantastic house with enough space for a lot of cows though XD
Cecilia has such a cute little house too. I'll have to move someone in there so it doesn't go to waste -- a future spare perhaps?
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I quite like that Quin seems to think the woman's kindness will be her downfall. I guess in the world of the rich everyone is at each other's throats and it's dog eat dog and every man for himself and whatever, so kindness isn't really a concept he'd be used to. I don't believe he let anyone perish at the moment. I thnik it's guilt that he couldn't save someone in a situation where he did the best he could.
On a funny note with Quinton being surprised axolotls are real, fun fact, I thought narwhals were fictional until I was 17...His reaction to .gifs were so funny XD And the ads...NO QUIN DON'T CLICK THE 'HOT SNGLE WITCHES IN YOUR AREA' BOX!!!! NO YOU ARE NOT A PRIZE WINNER!!!! Yeah, don't get used to people's kindness when you offer in return, Quin. Most people's kindness isn't infinite!
Like Quinton, I also didn't know axolotls were real when I first saw a character based on one (Dr. Shrunk from Animal Crossing), so that was definitely a personal draw -- how funny that you have a similar experience! To be fair, sea unicorns definitely sound like something that should be fictional.
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I like that the (what I assume is the) Edessa estate is almost call creepy rich white. Whenever I see a house majorly in white my first thought is 'yup, they're hiding something' : P WELP there we go, if Quin thought he was gonna get back home now, not likely. To be fair I feel like he'll get accustomed to Henford life and not want to go back. A life in the country with a kid isn't so bad! Maybe. Probably beats the dog-eat-dog nature of being in a rich bloodline family that's for sure. The only difference would be the smell of excrement wafting through the countryside every morning... XD
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I enjoy your interpretation of the Edessa setting. Whether Quinton gets accustomed to Henford has yet to be seen. He's definitely well outside his comfort zone (and makes an effort in the game to make me aware of it) -- all the better for our amusement.
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This is a longer chapter than usual, and it gave me quite a bit of trouble to write on top of a very (very) long work week. I also have a new found appreciation for those of you who take the time to edit most or even all of your screenshots.
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Also become baby is coming, I suspect that for a while he and Cecilia will be busy with other matters!
Odette's power is very interesting btw, and the graphical effect on her "dreams" very pretty too!
Thank you so much! I feel like I don't take the time to explore when I'm playing the Sims normally, so it was fun to go around finding pretty or interesting places for the "dream" screenshots. There are a few more I wanted to use too, but Odette's explanation was starting to get a bit lengthy as it is.
@mightysprite Hi!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read -- I'm so glad you're enjoying it so far!
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“Hey!”
There did it hehe. Started reading today and keep getting interrupted with that darn thing called work. Lol. I’m loving the whole story concept. 🙂
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I'll be on hiatus for a little while longer -- I haven't even had the chance to open my game since the face bug has been fixed, as I'm in the final stretch of prepping for my move. With luck I'll survive putting my cats through a 12 hour car ride and get settled in enough to work on a new update next week.
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The cats survived the car trip and have since seen squirrels for the first time, which is very exciting. Also Chapter 1.8 is out now!
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As for the chapter instead
Rahmi's conversation instead was very... interesting. As well as what remained untold. I mean, for the people involved it may have been quite awkward, but for us readers it gave a lot to think about. In small communities it's impossible to keep any secret, that's very true...
The details about Cecilia and Rahmi's past were undoubtedly quite interesting, yet I mostly focused on Quin and the fact he didn't tell about his past to anyone yet, and also about those painful flashbacks... Is it the effect of some spell?
I'm definitively very curious to see how this evolves, for sure.