Hello Hermertians!
I have had many names in the fascinating realm known as the internet, but the one I use most often are eragaxshim (sometimes with capital E) and EradurGwath (I have Minecraft accounts for both names, because why not?). I also once used the name arugaicastle on the MC forums. I live in the Netherlands.
I am roughly 16 years and 6 months old and found this server through a post made on /r/worldbuilding by Accynnafon (thanks!). I absolutely love medieval fantasy, lorebuilding and all the things involved and am currently also working on a fantasy novel (never going to finish it though) to keep my mind occupied.
The last time I played Vanillla Minecraft was the Minecraft 1.8 season of the New Eriador server (founded by Youtuber
sZPeddy, check him out he has about 17k subs) but I eventually lost interest in just playing vanilla with nothing else. I wanted more time to work on worldbuilding and other games and thus decided to quit. About 10 months ago I played Modded Minecraft for a while (InfiTech 2 to be exact, with Gregtech and such) but since I also recorded that and put it on
YouTube, everything cost me a lot of time and I eventually stopped doing that as well. However, this server has made quite enthusiastic again and since I haven't tried out all the new features of 1.9 and 1.10 and with 1.11 probably not
that far away I'm confident I can once again sink a lot of hours into Minecraft survival. Not to mention the lore aspect, which I think I will enjoy a lot more. I think the combination of fantasy and worldbuilding with survival Minecraft will be enough to make me really enjoy this for quite a while!
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I've always had a lore for my Minecraft persona, namely that he was a warrior god who was able to defend his homelands from thousands, but that after he died he returned as an undead ninja/industrialist. Yeah... that's not going to be compatible with Hermertia, so here comes a completely different character that I just made up.
"He is a human his name is Arugai. He was born in a tribal society, where he rose from a lowly warrior to a petty chief. It was then, at 25 years old, that he heard the rumors of rich lands far away and abandoned his people to find fortune. He travelled for many years, learning a great deal that he knew nothing of as a tribesmen and arrived in Hermertia at the age of 35. He has forsworn the way of the warrior, but has not forgotten how to wield a weapon.
In Hermertia, he wants to gather a fortune for himself and exploit the vast riches embedded in the land and its creatures. He knows that any newcomer begins as a serf, but believes that even as a serf he can become rich, and eventually rise through the ranks of nobility.
He is no architect, but on his journey learned how to build functional constructs. He also studied with a redstone engineer for a short time, learning the basics of the science and futher developing them. He knows the basic circuits and can even design some things for himself.
Do not underestimate Arugai. He might seem to have little depth and sophistication at first, but when you learn to know him better, you will find out just how sophisticated he is and how well he knows the world."
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I hope that's good enough!