8/7/01: There are 2 new pieces of information concerning the shard:
1. We are using a new map which is entirely different from the regular UO map. This means new cities, new landscape and new NPCs.
2. There are no extra races in Patria Regis. We rely on the single race for the game because we do not see the need for extra races in order to promote a political theme. As far as we can tell, the only advantage to a race/class system is to add an extra dimension to role playing. We also believe, however, that it is entirely as possible to make a dynamic character using the single race as it is using several races or classes, so long as the player has sufficient imagination.
8/6/01: The shard is up (as Fyonsia has already constructed a D/L page) and I am making proper modifications as necessary. -Gismari
7/17/01: The page is basically finished from its reconstruction with the exception of some finishing touches. The shard itself is not up yet, therefore the download link will remain broken for the time being. -Gismari
6/13/01: My decision to pay attention to this web site again and not give up on the shard altogether. The shard was being hosted from a school which set up several internet regulations, including an internal firewall and a proxy server, which prevented me from hosting the shard any longer. I have since gotten a high speed internet connection at my home and am in the process of building a server to host this UO shard, as well as other applications (games that is). My apologies to everybody who applied and expressed interest in the shard. I promise it will be back up and running within a couple of months.
2/25/01: As of today: the background has been changed, the Orthanc site (which consists largely of a link to this page) was added to top 100 UO pages, and this site has been added to several search engines. Still having trouble getting the site added to the shard list at Sphere. Next step is getting the site added to Paigelore, once it's been refurbished.
2/22/01: The creation of this web page. The shard itself is being hosted on Greymeister's machine at orthanc.2y.net.