Hello fellow Istarians!
I'm here to announce that with the return of the Strata guild of Order!
Strata has been around since the birth of Horizons, and has a long and rich history. Most of our members have been inactive since February, but now two of us, Sonea (who never left) and myself (who recently returned) have decided to commence guild activities once more! Sonea has maintained control of our guild community in Sem (and she has very kindly taken it upon herself to organize the guild's resources there), and I have maintained the Strata guild forums (http://strata.dragonbookstore.com/), so we have a lot going for us as we embark on the return of our world and our guild!
We anticipate the return of more of our former members as word of Istaria's return spreads, but are we satisfied with that? No! We would love to see new members among our ranks! If any of you have lost your guilds in the upheaval, or are otherwise looking for a new group of friendly folk, say hi and get to know us! We welcome new faces with open arms.
Strata is diverse. It was formed in the beginning, not from a group of pre-existing friends, but from a group of strangers, meeting for the first time. All sorts of us were eager to find out about this new world called Istaria, and so we formed our first bonds and became a guild. We are young, we are old, we are masters and we are apprentice. We have no creed that calls for racial preferences, we have no favor in gender. We came together based not on being a part of a particular clique or generation, but by our own accord in recognition of what we have in common. We have a thread that binds us together and if you don't believe that it exists in RL, you should believe that it exists in Istaria. We should be proud of this and it is a perfectly good theme for Strata in its lore.
We use a public channel, Strata Recruiting, as our principal guild chat, so that anyone who wants to get to know us can come in and say hi. Also, we have open registration on the guild forums (http://strata.dragonbookstore.com/). We always like to see another friendly face, so drop by for a visit!
-Kepesk Dawnfyre
Officer and forum administrator of the Strata guild of Order
Your friendly neighborhood stripey dragon