Parts of Sylum Canon has just been erased.
Going to give it to you straight.
Clan War has been a pain in the fucking ass for a variety of reasons.
* It’s had fits and starts all the way through
* No one wanted to cooperate
* Everyone wanted their five seconds
* And a plot point in it that I’ve never liked slammed us against a wall
Add in RL work projects, burn out, and taking time off to work on the book – Clan War has been a long tedious pain in the ass.
So before I get into Sylum Canon that has been erased some back history:
I’ve never truly liked Greg has the soul of Theo, Nico’s youngest. When Sylum began there were a small array of characters to work with and I had no idea where at the time the ‘story’, as it was only supposed to be one, was going. As the storyline developed and the amount of early fans that pushed the Greg/Gil pairing – Greg ended up with the Soul of Theo or at the time he was called Philipe – DO NOT ASK.
I went with it, worked with it, but was blah about it. As the series progressed and we started into the 4th Arc, the more Greg began to disappear into the sidelines because I didn’t like the character or his role – to the point there was serious contemplation of killing him off.
Then we started on the re-writes.
On the list of things we wanted to change was Greg, after a lengthy discussion we concluded at the time that ‘it’s just to stuck as head canon for us to change it’.
And we moved on.
All through CSI: Anthology I cringed in writing Greg … don’t get me wrong I like Greg, just didn’t like him in this role. And as Gil’s story, changed and developed through the Anthology it was obvious they had to be De-Mated as it really wasn’t working. So I had at least got part of the problem ‘fixed’.
Cue Clan War and the never ending saga of trying to get this particular story finished, as we worked through the story – Greg was no where near the battle with Richelieu and the flow of the story had him being Turned at this moment instead of later Arcs … and again I found myself going *hmmm* death is an option.
Then something happened.
Bob tossed an idea so outrageous that it took us by surprise. We sat at the table pulled out a box of Krispy Kreme Donuts and hashed it out, though it was working it wasn’t quite right. Then one of his minion bunnies, obviously hyped on sugar, tossed the last idea out and suddenly it all fell into place.
The results of that new story idea changed Sylum Canon.
Basically it comes down to this.
*Look here please*
Greg Sanders no longer has the Soul of Theodosius Scipio Meridius. He has no ties to Nico in that regards. He is a Chosen One who’s family has been Chosen Ones since the Ice Age. He was raised in and out of the Manor, stayed summers through his childhood, friends with Ellis, and was encourage to follow his dreams into Science. He’s Nico’s friend and has ties to Warrick in a past life. But he NO longer has the soul of Theo.
And while we’re changing Head Canon!
Sam Winchester now has the Soul of Theo.
But.
But.
He’s Meridia?! Is there not going to be a Meridia?
Yes there is a Meridia, that has not changed and you will meet Meridia, at some point.
That’s all I’m saying at the moment.
So again Sam Winchester has the Soul of Theo. Basically his story doesn’t change, Nico will still be very happy to see his youngest boy come home. Dean just can’t tease Sam anymore about being a girl.
Before you ask! The CSI: Anthology series has been updated to reflect this, as a matter of fact Playing with Fire has been removed from the Archive as it’s not longer Canon. The full series – including the two stories that were posted with the 10th Anniversary Clan War has been edited and uploaded to the Sylum Archive.
A second note! All 10th Anniversary Clan War Stories has been moved to the Archive, they were adjusted slightly if need be and given a final edit before being posted. All future stories will be posted to the Blog and then posted to the Archive.
Link to Clan War – 10th Anniversary Edition
All other references will be updated as we go through the rest of the series as there are a few ‘canon’ adjustments needed for a variety of reasons. If side stories get updated first – we’ll post a Throwback Thursday to showcase these stories!
The Matrix has now been reset
And now back to Clan War!
*headdesk*
**runs to the link** I thought I was the only one that felt that way about the whole Greg … Greg/Gil thing.
I love Sam being the youngest of Nico’s kids! I didn’t get into the Greg/Gil story. Not that I disliked it, it just seemed off some how. I am so excited to read it all!! I love Sylum! When I first found out about it I was not sure if I would enjoy it since my main boys weren’t in the story yet. So I read the first one because it was written by BJ and I love her writing!
And then, I was hooked. I loved the whole thing! Captain Jack became a favorite, how can you not like him? Then the boys were in the series!
Thanks so much for doing this! I come back and read more and then read my favs over again, but now my favorites and the list of stories looks very much the same list!
Sorry for all the exclamation marks! (HEHEHEHE) Just feel strongly about this “world”.
Any changes on the posted sections of Clan War?
They were edited to remove reference to Greg being Theo, there wasn’t a lot, but it’s there. As was CSI: Anthology.
Everything you said makes total sense to me. AND it made me want to start all over at the beginning again lol. I started it 10 years ago and since then I’ve read it twice more and every time I see a post, I’m reminded how much I miss being immersed in the world you’ve created. Time for a re-read! Thanks so much for the many hours of enjoyment you’ve given, and the many more to come 🙂
Looking forward to the next chapter of Clan War.
Been rereading Family. I assume that there will be changes.
Adjustments will be made as we go through the series, we’ll do announcements as things are changed.
Fairly happy to see the Greg/Gil thing go by the wayside. Wasn’t a huge fan and after CSI Anthology (the original) saw it as more problematic (even though seeing Heather so far off base in her assumptions was amusing). Sam as Nico’s baby boy.. I’ll be off to read to see how you work that because the few memories he had based on short life of Meridia worked and then the new mystery of who you’ll cast as Meridia.
Then again, I’m still trying to wrap my head around the triad mating of Dom, Brian and Ronan because I never saw that one coming.
General.
I was going through the Wiki and I noticed that Sarah Sidle is not a clan member. Is she going to be a vampire?
As we reworked Clan War we need to simple down the storyline and remove unnecessary characters. Sara was one of those removed – her storyline was simplified and she’s become a Chosen One instead of a Vampire.