Inception of the Wildlanders

Recently, the topic of the "Wildlander Gang of the South Central Confederacy" came up in a conversation with a subscriber to The Wildlanders blog. The South Central Wildlanders were, in fact, the first such gang of Halflings that I created. Although the existence of the "WGotSCC" is known to The Wildlanders (which in this blog always refers to Thrym, Dreyka, Roscoe, and Alvy, along with Lavender), none of the characters (nor the players) knows much about "the original" Wildlander Gang. The next several posts will offer a full explanation of how that Halfling gang came into being, who they are and what they represent.

In July 2001, Dragon magazine published an edition that focused on 3E Halflings. No longer were they portrayed as pudgy "hairfeet." As you can see from the picture on the cover, the new Halflings had a much different image.

The various Halfling-related articles inside the issue gave birth to the concepts of culture and character for Halflings in the campaign world. Just this morning, I found the issure buried at the very bottom of my stack. It's been a real treat dusting it off and looking it over after nine years.

In July 2001, the world itself (to say nothing of the game world) was a much different place. A different campaign was underway, with different players, in a region called The South Central Confederacy. The purpose of this blog is not to delve into that setting, with its all adventures and characters. However, it was during that time that the WGotSCC was created.

In a journal whose contents are still kept so secret that not even my closest loved ones have read them, the Wildlanders were born. The journal contains the very earliest writings regarding the game world. It includes such minutiae as planetology, topography, subsistence systems, sociology, class structure, races, government institutions, etc. It also contains the first use of the term "Wildlanders," along with detailed descriptions of the WGotSCC and a brief chronicling of some of their escapades.

The ttime has come to reveal some of the contents of this journal, which is the primary source of all my fantasy/adventure writing. Stay tuned to The Wildlanders for imminent updates regarding the WGotSCC.