I completely agree that the title of this thread is something that needs some attention....

Over the last couple of years I've spoken to many players about Therenborough and Lang, but recently when I've asked people to travel up, the answer is generally "Why?". Having thought about it more, and the questions that followed, I can see why nobody comes here anymore....

"What's decent to hunt up there?" - Well, if your higher ranked than gryphons, then your pretty much out of luck there, sorry.

"Can I set up business and have a shop there?" - Sorry, no plaza, closest one is Haven, but as a trader if you also want to hunt, its likely you'll do a lot of running back and forth to Lang.

"Can I continue crafting up there?" - Sorry, no crafting halls, again you'd have to do a lot of back and forth

"If I wasn't overly worried about craft or trade, and could live with poorer hunting areas, there are guilds and stat training, right?" - Sadly, these are limited and mostly in Haven.

"So I can't craft, I cant trade, I can't hunt as well as I would in other areas, I can't make regular trips to my guild, and I can't train my stats there.... Why would I move there, is it an active place? - Well, a couple of years ago we got attacked by an orc called Viggu, but that was mostly Haven too....

"I'm not coming to live in Therenborough"


While the above seems pretty harsh when written down, I can't deny that Therenborough has zero appeal to most of the player base.... and thats my main concern... Being part of an order, in an area with four different brigades.... We are lucky to get 10 characters in Therenborough... the population dictates the membership, and both are quickly falling.

In the past, Therenborough was a target for "bad guys", it was fun to have the good vs evil battle, but as the bad guys have grown in ranks, the good guys have either left the area as they have outgrown it, or are new up and coming characters.... either way, what used to be 500 ranks vs 500 ranks, has now become 1000 ranks vs 500 ranks, which isn't fun for either side.

I do know that there are thins in the pipeline for Therenborough and surrounding areas, but the area has needed some attention since well before 3.0 was released, and thats a good 3-4 years ago! When players in the area having nothing to entertain them for 4 years, they will train, and 4 years of training takes them well out of Therenborough, and even Therengia.

I've posted things like this before, in fact I tend to post one annually, but I see little progression - Its a shame, as the base is there to build on

I totally agree with all that has been said. It would be wonderful if crafting was added to the area along with high level hunting. It would add so much to enjoying Therengia and it would really help the role play in Therengia.

- Felicini

As a current citizen and someone who is hunting Gryphons, I would love to see all of this stuff posted occur as well. We need some love in Therengia. :)

Thanks for the reply Quarel, its nice to see the points have been read so soon.

Regarding the royals, nobles, leaders and court, I don't expect to see these people all that often, and there has been an increase in the Baron's appearances recently, which is always a good thing for Therengia.

I think the core of the problem is more, if things carry on the route they are, there won't be anyone left in Theren to attend the audiences.

The focus of DR seems to have switched in recent years, meaning the player base sees much less interaction in the core "day to day", and more focus being placed in micro transactions to play in quests, festivals, and special events. This is fine, but if "day to day" now means generic training, Theren offers nothing for 95% of the game.

Generic day to day in Dragonrealms is now hunting, trading, and crafting..... If one area has these, and another area doesn't, the population will shift dwindle in the area lacking what people require.

I'm sure most people who have posted would agree, nobody is asking for the world in these posts, just the generics that other provinces have, so that the population can return, and the brigades can stay alive.

I feel would like to point out that just because all emails are not answered that does not mean that they are not read. I read every email and every post in the forum folders that are pertinent to me. I also feel that I must point out that many things both in game and out can cause a hitch , pause or complete halt in an event time line. This is an unfortunate side effect of not only being a GM but having a full time job and other factors as well. There are also aspects of what you want done that require more than one GM to work together but sometimes this is not possible because there are other projects that have a higher priority. This is not to say that more RP isn't needed, it is, and as some out of game situations calm down I hope to get back to up to speed soon.


GM Quarel Veryan P-2 Events.