{"id":4277,"date":"2015-07-08T10:20:23","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T17:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2015-07-08T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T17:20:23","slug":"sylum-10th-anniversary-qa-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-10th-anniversary-qa-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum 10th Anniversary: Q&A"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Q:<\/strong> A take on a question I asked a few years ago about deciding who joined the Sylum Universe: How did you decide clan leaders and where the clans would be based?<\/p>\n

A:<\/strong> Oh that’s a good, complicated do you have a few months question!!<\/p>\n

The first one was Nick and that was kinda winging it. \u00a0 Nick was always my favorite CSI *pets him* and had always felt there was way more to the character that show ever did with him *pointedly glares at moron CSI Writers\/Producters\/Showrunners*. \u00a0 I made him older, Roman, though Tim will tell you I picked the worst moment in Roman history! but hey we made it work! \u00a0The rest of the Clan fell in and around Nico, Tony and Speed.<\/p>\n

When Sylum began to grow, new Clans started to develop some of them were\u00a0easy others not.<\/p>\n

Alexander the Great had to be a\u00a0Clan Leader and he would be in no other place but Greece<\/p>\n

Ardeth leader\u00a0of the Medjai in Egypt was practically handed to me.<\/p>\n

As was Arthur Pendragon of Camelot.<\/p>\n

There were a few\u00a0I had to sit and think about and\u00a0o with the movies\/books that I was working with at the time. \u00a0Now remember this was ten years ago so the options were limited.<\/p>\n

Benton for\u00a0Tallikut\u00a0worked nicely, and\u00a0putting it in Canada made perfect sense, considering the show it was based on.<\/p>\n

I admit Mal\u00a0was not my addition. \u00a0 And in truth if I had to start over with it, he would not be there. \u00a0But he was sneaky enough to ingrain himself into storyline that could not be changed. \u00a0Serenity now is a much different Clan that it started off as.<\/p>\n

Doc well he’s always been a personal favorite – movie and historically, so I gave him Border. \u00a0Pretty sure he hates me for that.<\/p>\n

Katsumoto slipped easily into the role for Shogun, he just need a longer history and background. \u00a0Japan seemed at the time like a logical chose considering the political situation in Asia. \u00a0Building the Clan’s history, well it’s been a learning curve.<\/p>\n

Mad Max worked for Australia, ’cause I really couldn’t see Crocodile Dundee as a Clan Leader! \u00a0But\u00a0we had to build a history for the character, then had to rethink everything when\u00a0Gibson ended up\u00a0on our hell fucking no list! \u00a0We ended up with an original character based off a fictional one.<\/p>\n

Knight Clan and La Croix kinda sneaked\u00a0into the Universe. \u00a0It worked well, as we\u00a0needed that Clan where the not so good guys but not evil could swear to. \u00a0And La Croix fit that persona perfectly.<\/p>\n

I’m not actually sure how Vachon got his position, just that he wanted as far away from La Criox as possible and his original character was a Conquistador, so putting him in Brazil made sense.<\/p>\n

Now the Kin Clans, well honestly, they’ve been a pain in my ass for a while.<\/p>\n

As how we got the Kin Clans. \u00a0In the early years of Sanguen there would be need to have small clan structures through Europe to control that area, as travel was limited and took time. \u00a0With modern world and easier transportation the\u00a0structure of the Kin Clans would need to adjust, and that’s what we’re working on now.<\/p>\n

As for the Kin Clan Leaders well…<\/p>\n

Remus\/Romulus are\u00a0Italy. \u00a0Beowulf for the Norwegian area made perfect sense. \u00a0The others were tossed around and added into\u00a0the mix. \u00a0I’m going\u00a0through Sanguen now in the epic wikiwiki adventure so adjustments will be made. \u00a0Not that we’ll change Kin Clan Leaders but look more closely at the\u00a0histories to make things work smoother. \u00a0*pokes Sanguen*<\/p>\n

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