About Us

**The Tale of Genji Wiki** is a wiki-based resource and community site dedicated to the *Tale of Genji,* a Discord based roleplay server inspired of the animated TV series *Avatar: The Last Airbender.*

The goals of Avatar Wiki are:

1. To be an encyclopedia of knowledge for all things *Tale of Genji*, including the characters introduced, the story arcs plotted out and the new expanded lore added.
2. To promote our roleplay to new and existing members, and encourage all to participate in helping to write Genji's tale - whether here on the wiki or within the server.

## Background

### What is *The Tale of Genji?*

Started by discord user Dragonheart, *The Tale of Genji* is a roleplay taking place on Discord that depicts a fanon-based character known as Genji Yamada: the Avatar preceding Avatar Korra, and his journey of mastering the four elements. The story progresses from the very beginnings of Genji's reveal of his identity, and is still ongoing with no end in sight.

Members of the discord community are encouraged to create characters to participate in this modern-age world of *Tale of Genji - w*hether you are a member of Team Avatar, a subordinate of a rivalling faction, or simply someone existing within the world.

### Are you guys associated with *The Legend of Genji?*

**No, we are not.** We are not a *Legend of Genji* roleplay or discussion forum. The naming of Genji was pure coincidence.

### Who are the admins?

The admins of the roleplay are:

* **Dragonheart.** Known for playing Genji Yamada. Dragonheart was the original founder of the server, and is playing the titular character.
* **kodaofplanertearth.** Knowing for playing Nico Tshomo. Koda was one of the original members of the server, even before the reboot.
* **maple.** Known for playing Kue. Maple was somewhat new to the roleplay, but their addition to the server added plenty enough to make them admin.
* **TheRedSerpent.** Another founding member of the server, RedSerpent played a big part in the pre-reboot but is fairly inactive nowadays.

### What's this 'reboot' you talk of?

The server was founded in 2020, and had a plot that took place with an almost completely different set of characters for Team Avatar - the only consistent members were Genji and Nico. However, the roleplay had a huge lull over the Covid-19 pandemic which grinded it to a halt. In early 2021, Dragonheart proposed a full reboot of the server. This involved an absolute clean slate of everything - all channels were purged and recreated, and the ongoing story was removed and made 'non-canonical'. Characters were preserved for a short while for members to recover and re-use, before these were also purged.

The reboot also allowed for some small changes to lore and characters. This includes:

* Yun being alive. In the original, Yun was deceased and Genji's explosion into the Avatar State was caused only by the invasion.
* The Blue Lotus was made a much more secretive organization. Additionally, the President of Republic City was made into one.
* The Red Lotus was depicted as a much more threatening enemy to Team Avatar, whilst the Earth King was sidelined into a growing threat over the course of the whole story (but still as the 'big bad').
* The character of Genji was made a bit more amicable than previously.
* Lore on the four nations and other factions were expanded deeper

## Wiki

### Who founded the Wiki and why?

The Wiki itself was found by kodaofplanetearth, known for playing Nico. Although we have a database of information on the *Tale of Genji* in our Discord server, Nico found that it was sometimes a lot to go through. It was difficult remembering details about characters, or recalling events from previous story events. Thus, the creation of the Wiki was made in order to catalog all of this and make it easier for everyone to learn about characters.

### Can I add or edit things?

Yes! So long as you try to follow these guidelines, you are free to work on this Wiki as you please:

* Try to prevent editing any other character's pages that aren't your own. Ideally, you should just be working on your own.
* Keep to the format established in other Wiki pages. Have a tab open for reference if you need it.
* This Wiki is used to *catalogue* information. If you want to add new lore, please put it in the Discord server first!