Cities do not appear out of nowhere. They start small and grow over time. As wars, disease and the fickle finger of fate pass over a city they may shrink to almost nothing before blooming once again.
What is #Twitterville’s history?
Humans have lived on the shores of Lake #Twitterville for thousands of years. How many times has the city of #Twitterville been rebuilt after fires or floods? Is it even in the same place as it used to be? What of the Elves, Dwarves, Halflings and other humanoid races of the region? Have they lived here for millennium, watching human cities rise and fall? What race wars have wracked the region over the years and what external threats have brought them together?
History is not always about the big events, sometimes it is about the people. The Explorer who opens up trade routes and the geologist who discovers new mines can have a far great impact on history than a hero or a general. The names of these people is often lost but it sometimes gets remembered in the name of a village or on an old worn statue.
Not all history is ancient and recent events often seem more important than ancient battles or alliances. Murders and royal scandals, lost expeditions and border wars, superstar entertainers and powerful politicans. These are the ingredients of the history being made everyday.
This Week’s Challenge
Create a history for the city and the people that surround it. It can be recent history or way back in the mists of time. Look at the current city and ask yourself how is the people and places of the current city been shaped by their past.
The usual rules apply. Anything goes as long as you can fit in the 140 character limit of Twitter and remember to include the #Twitterville tag.
New contributors, don’t forget to start following 6d6 Fireball before you tweet, otherwise Twitterville.org won’t be able to pick your tweets up.
And here are a couple of tweets to get things going.
The fertile shores of Lake #Twitterville drew the first human settlers to the area 10,000 years ago.
At first the Elves ignored the humans, thinking of them as long lived animals. Only too late did they realise their mistake. #Twitterville
