The Story of Bryon [AFK Journey Lore | The Esperia Chronicles | AFKwDG]

8:20 - Where this is from, and why it’s important. These lore stories were in the game until being replaced by the AI-generated ‘Tales’.

They are a core foundational aspect of AFK Arena, and are the backbone of AFK Journey's characters and have been a celebrated foundation of the games since the very beginning of Esperia for over half a decade, made available to Journey players since the alpha trials in late 2022. Every single character was created through their lore story, without exception. They were then animated and skill-designed around it. These were replaced without notice or explanation by the wildly inaccurate, AI-generated 'Tales' in a March 2024 patch, just days before the game's launch, giving no time or opportunity for feedback.

If you wish to see our heroes' identities restored to them; if you do not believe the 'Tales' are a sufficient replacement for these incredible works of artistry in fictional world-building -- We would ask that you let Farlight know, but the effective means and time to do so is not yet clear.

As a passionate artist and creator, as well as gamer, dreamer, and hopeless romantic, I am working tirelessly to secure this opportunity for the community. I believe that time will come.

In the mean time, the best thing you can do is spread the word of these wonderful characters' existence. Share this (Bryon's) story with someone today. Tell your guild about what happened. Make some noise. The time will come to let Farlight know what we think, all together, all at once, so our number can be counted as great. And, in the mean time.... the surveys are probably a GREAT place to start ;p

I believe strongly that there is always time to save good art, and there is plenty of precedent for a retroactive restoration of these characters to their original identities. All we need is for the voices of our fandom to demand action from Farlight for taking their money while throwing away this incredible character and replacing it with AI-generated "Tales" as though no one can tell the difference of quality.

If you think we deserve better, and these characters do too, please let them know. If not here, then in your own way!!! That's even better!!!

Special Thanks to the Lore Fandom of Journey for archiving all of these incredible characters' backstories before they were deleted, especially to the individual whose creation of this fine Google doc has made their distribution much easier for all. Your work matters!!

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DangerGrey is co-GM of the top AFK Journey guild Analytica, and began streaming AFK Arena on Twitch earlier last year. He is the creator of 'The Esperia Chronicles' lore show, and producing a series in collaboration with Farlight, called 'Intro To Journey' which is available now! Right here on DangerGrey YouTube!!

While he ranks amongst the top F2P players in the world (both games), Danger especially enjoys the Lore of the world of Esperia, and hosts a special weekly show that focuses solely on this topic, called 'The Esperia Chronicles' every Sunday morning at 9AM Pacfic on both YouTube and Twitch.

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