Post by Iasin the Steward on Jan 26, 2006 13:03:52 GMT -5
Hey folks,
After some searching of others istes that we are 'advertising' to, Ihave come to a conclusion that I should give a background of the whole Phatasy Kingdom and how it comae to this point.
A few years ago (1999) a buddy of mine in the Navy with me at the time got me interested in boffer activities. I never partcipated but started learning about it. This friend also introduced me to the SCA, a top notch organization. Up until this I had no clue such groups existed. Thats where it began.
Over the following years I spent a little time thinking about and attending rennaisance faires, even listening to the stories my buddy told about his adventures at them. Eventually I married a former Pagenat Princess, she made the commenet of building a castle so she could be a queen. I laughed, but the wheel started turning. I stareted looking up sites about castle building for fun, then as a 'hotel' option as well. This eventually spilled int o the idea of getting a ren faire around it. Then she found a younger guy and I got divorced.
After a few months, my friend again brought it up. So i started looking into the ren faire thing again. This time I foundout about Dagorhir and Amtgard, even Belegrath. So I got ahold of my buddy. We started chatting about different things to the point that I said, if we do this its gonna be big. This was late December of 2005.
After throwing a bunch of ideas on paper and researching the business side of things, I decided to give this a try. So i startted a website for the purpose of getting ideas to form a feasibility project. Now past that stage and finding it to be a truly possible and witout competition business, I am setting out to do this. Things have progressed much faster than I had figured.
Now we find ourselves at this day on the project. esigns and thought out proposals ahave flowed and solidified. I have talked with other busineses , banks, lenders, sponosrs and such and have found a large amount of support.
The Name
I am sure everyone by now has wondered why the odd spelling and how it came to be. Well my buddy made the comment that this would be a truly fantasy kingdom by the way we are doing it. So itook that, nad went a few more steps. In my attempt to make it unique, I changed the spelling using a ph insteand of an f. There is at least one person out there that I know of that thinks its a 'stoner' word, but if I have never touched any illegal drug in my life, i dont see how. (except when I was on military police duty - that doesnt count)
If you all have any questions, please ask. Ignorance is the downfall of true good people.
After some searching of others istes that we are 'advertising' to, Ihave come to a conclusion that I should give a background of the whole Phatasy Kingdom and how it comae to this point.
A few years ago (1999) a buddy of mine in the Navy with me at the time got me interested in boffer activities. I never partcipated but started learning about it. This friend also introduced me to the SCA, a top notch organization. Up until this I had no clue such groups existed. Thats where it began.
Over the following years I spent a little time thinking about and attending rennaisance faires, even listening to the stories my buddy told about his adventures at them. Eventually I married a former Pagenat Princess, she made the commenet of building a castle so she could be a queen. I laughed, but the wheel started turning. I stareted looking up sites about castle building for fun, then as a 'hotel' option as well. This eventually spilled int o the idea of getting a ren faire around it. Then she found a younger guy and I got divorced.
After a few months, my friend again brought it up. So i started looking into the ren faire thing again. This time I foundout about Dagorhir and Amtgard, even Belegrath. So I got ahold of my buddy. We started chatting about different things to the point that I said, if we do this its gonna be big. This was late December of 2005.
After throwing a bunch of ideas on paper and researching the business side of things, I decided to give this a try. So i startted a website for the purpose of getting ideas to form a feasibility project. Now past that stage and finding it to be a truly possible and witout competition business, I am setting out to do this. Things have progressed much faster than I had figured.
Now we find ourselves at this day on the project. esigns and thought out proposals ahave flowed and solidified. I have talked with other busineses , banks, lenders, sponosrs and such and have found a large amount of support.
The Name
I am sure everyone by now has wondered why the odd spelling and how it came to be. Well my buddy made the comment that this would be a truly fantasy kingdom by the way we are doing it. So itook that, nad went a few more steps. In my attempt to make it unique, I changed the spelling using a ph insteand of an f. There is at least one person out there that I know of that thinks its a 'stoner' word, but if I have never touched any illegal drug in my life, i dont see how. (except when I was on military police duty - that doesnt count)
If you all have any questions, please ask. Ignorance is the downfall of true good people.