User:Daniel Rydell

Daniel Rydell is one of the creators of the Clouded Horizons series of stories and an administrator of the Clouded Horizons wiki. He is primarily represents the Headmaster of Esthar Garden, Liam Bayloh.

Background

"Sometimes, it's not about the journey. It's about the experience."

―Daniel Rydell

Daniel Rydell is the Director of the Quality Assurance and Website Administration of Flex Designs, Ltd., responsible for maintaining good standards with each released product, providing additional content and perspectives, and keeping the website in tip-top shape. He works with the two other founders in an oversight fashion to ensure that products and other releases are shown in the highest quality.

As one of the three Founders of the organization, Daniel also serves as part of Internal Affairs, a subsection of Flex-Designs which serves as the final authority for all outstanding matters within the company.

Projects

Clouded Horizons

Daniel Rydell has had a hand in the Clouded Horizons project since before its inception. He was largely responsible for injecting various villainous schemes and subplots into the series, as well as creating situations which help expand the universe in general.

Major Story Contributions

• Destiny's Call - Provided minor editing and situational insight.
• Eternal Requiem - Brought Dante Vigo into the fray for several major side-plots.
• Dimensional Legend - Highlights include providing various villans, anti-heroes, expansion of the world business market by inclusion of companies as well as putting a face on the subtitles of the Garden technological infrastructure.
• Runic Legacy - Provided expanded back story as well as undertaking the writing of the story in general.

Novelizations

• Family Rites - A novelization detailing the events in Deling City during Destine's attempted rise to power. It focuses on Kitaras Nicholai, Jarok Nox, Darius DeValle, Sr. and Albel Nox.
• A Question of Honor - A novelization detailing how Liam Bayloh and Yuna Kaname's relationship started and blossomed into a full-blown romance.

Joint Projects

• Breakfast at Powell's - (with Miranda Drake) A short piece of fiction that takes place at an undetermined time during the main plot of Dimensional Legend and features the Four Pillars of Reality eating breakfast at Benji Powell's house.

One-Shot Stories

• Affinity - A short piece of fiction that takes place at an shortly before the Trabian field exam and features Liam Bayloh and Tetsuya Kurabasa teaching on the intricacies of combat and Kurabasa's reaction.
• Memoirs - A short piece of fiction that takes place a lengthy period after the events detailed in Dimensional Legend. Liam Bayloh stands over the grave plot of his beloved and reflects.
• Negotiations - A piece of fiction which details the conversation between Liam Bayloh and Darius DeValle, Sr. on the SeeD's transfer to Trabia Garden.
• Sanctuary - A direct sequel to A Question of Honor, this features Liam Bayloh as he sends Locke Cole on a mission while he himself searches for Yuna Kaname.

Works in Progress

• Untitled - A multi-chapter piece placed someplace after the events of Dimensional Legend which details the kidnapping of Yuna Kaname.

Products

• Clouded Horizons Attribute Development Utility - Largely handled quality assurance.
  • V1 - Did minor graphical work as well as stress testing on the calculator.
  • V2 - Continued graphical work and stress testing on the calculator.

Metagame

"Ah, yes, The Game is afoot! But first, would you like a pear? They're delicious!"

―Erasmus

Rubedo is a contributor to the Metagame, the roleplay that forms the basis of a realms' history and direction, as well as the rudimentary script stories such as Dimensional Legend follow.

Eighth Realm

Primary Characters
Seifer Almasy, Hume	Liam Bayloh, Vayash Moru	Destine, Erudite	Erasmus, Ancient	Fayt, Erudite
Aiva Furello, Hume	Hyne, Erudite	Arragious Nicholai, Erudite	Kitaras Nicholai, Erudite	Takomashi U'dashika, Hume
Will, Erudite

Ninth Realm

Primary Characters
Claude Belouve	Sylverresta Vierant Dragos	Cecilia Kouketsu	Leliana Miasmus
Maleficus	Constance 'Mirage' De Teliana	Daemon Sylvarant