Diaries Guidelines

So, you want to write a series or story set in the Diaries World? Great!

Here are some base rules all authors have to go by:

First, the all important, unbreakable rule:
ANY thing you post under the timeline MUST be approved by me, Lord Archive, 
archive@mich.com or lord_archive@yahoo.com. No exception. Consider me to be 
your editor. I have to keep everything together in a coherent timeline. If 
you have something that goes against the Diaries Universe I set up, I have 
to be able to tell you to change it before you post it to the public. You 
can allow others to pre-read it, sending it to individuals for the express 
purpose to look it over for grammar and other errors. But you can't post it 
to your webpage, fanfiction.net, Media Miner, or any other web page viewable 
by a large audience.

Second rule, also very important:
I shouldn't have to repeat myself. When I make a statement of something that 
needs to be changed, it should be done the first time. I understand that is 
not always possible with computer problems and such, but I certainly should 
not have to state the same thing three or four times for no reason. If you 
want to question why I want something changed, then ask me.

Don't keep it in as is and see if I'll miss it. (If I do miss it the next 
time, but catch it later-- I'll be VERY upset.)

Third rule:
Imitation is flattery, full copying is plagiarism. Make the ficts your own 
in terms of characters and story. Don't copy from other sources save where 
absolutely necessary. A character or story may be BASED on something else, 
but it can't BE something else. For example the character designs for War 
Diaries's Sayuri is based on Tenchi Muyo's Ayeka with bits of Kiyone, where 
Ayeka would drop responsibility to be with Tenchi-- Sayuri puts duty above 
Iori.

However, USING Ayeka is not acceptable.

Fourth rule:
When naming a series that is to fit into the Diaries Timeline, 'Diaries' 
should be somewhere in it to help anyone looking for other stories in the 
timeline, they can find it easier when searching for fanfiction by inputting 
'Diaries' into search engines.


Fifth Rule- Points of Continuity in Diaries World:
These rules I am flexible with to a certain degree if enough story reason is 
given.

When to set the story:
NO ONE became Chosen prior to the August 4th 1999, besides those mentioned 
in Digimon Adventures. Also, all authors are confined to work between August 
1999 and January of 2006. No story can be set out side of that time.

Where to set the story:

Completely new (no characters developed):
(Team location does not have to be the exact city named, but relatively near 
it.)
Australian Wanderer
Western, Australia
Illulisaat, Greenland
Caracas, Venezuela
Mashhad, Iran
Xian, China
Kokshetau, Kazakstan
Rome, Italy
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Korea
Malaysia
Africa is almost completely open. Only Egypt, the surrounding countries
to Egypt, South Africa and Botswana are unavailable.
(Interest has been expressed for Rio de Janeiro and Bali Africa, but 
position as author not yet confirmed.)

Limited information on location:
(Has some information on team, be it from Digimon Adventures or existing 
Diaries)
California
Melbourne, Florida
Chicago Wanderer
Moscow, Russia
Siberia, Russia
Sydney, Australia
Hong Kong, China
Qinglong Temple, India/China border
Puerto Rico
Philippines
South Africa

These are the only available locations. Asking to place a team anywhere else 
will be ignored.


The title of Chosen or Digi-destined:
Asian and some South American children with digimon are Chosen, most other 
areas the children are usually referred to as Digi-destined. There are 
exceptions to this rule.

Age of selection:
Only children between the ages of six and (early) thirteen can received a 
digivice. They can not have reach full onset of puberty at the time they are 
first recognized as a Chosen. Their partner may appear later in life, as it 
is the digivice that marks a person a Chosen/Digi-destined, not the digimon.

Death and Pregnancy:
No more Chosen/Digi-destined can be killed prior to 2005. No more 
Chosen/Digi-destined can end up pregnant prior to 2006.

Special Powers:
For those children with inborn abilities, except in rare instances, their 
powers should not be blatant in any way. The kids should usually not know 
that they have the power, themselves.

Rather if the power is semi-blatant in nature, they believe it is a result 
of their digivice, which actually enhances natural powers.

Digimon:
Fan made digimon are usable as long as there are a) there is no suitable 
official digimon usable for desired plot, b) made by you, c) made by a 
Diaries Author, or d) the creator gave permission to be used in the Diaries 
setting, not just your fict.

For partners most digimon are allowable save for Diablomon's forms above 
child level, Memphismon, Galfmon, Apocalymon, Parrellelmon, all of Lucemon 
forms, Culumon prior to 2005, and dark evolved digimon treated as if they 
are normal evolutions. Dark evolved digimon are usable if they are achieved 
through dark evolution.

Guilmon and his forms are restricted from use. Also because of numerous 
partnered Patamon and Plotmon, they are temporarily unusable for new teams. 
Tsukaimon and Leormon are acceptable replacements.

Evolution levels:
The first time a digimon evolves to Perfection must meet with my approval, 
let alone evolution to Ultimate. I want to keep powerful teams to a minimum 
as there shouldn't be a need for insanely powerful groups. However, I can be 
easily swayed into allowing evolutions if given good enough story reasons 
for it to occur.

Digimentals:
There are only ten base elements, but these are hardly unique items.
(Courage, Friendship, Love, Knowledge, Purity, Sincere Faith, Hope, Light, 
Kindness, Darkness)
Golden Digimentals are the province of special children, which of the 200+ 
partnered with digimon by 2004, only a few of the most powerful children 
with special powers have produced them and most of those appeared only in 
dire need prior to gaining Perfection level.

Digivice:
Most Pre-2002 Chosen/Digi-destined have the old silver/gray Digivice.
2002 on: Most new Chosen/Digi-destined get D-3s, dozens of old digivices 
upgraded to D-3s as well.

D-Terminal: By 2006 everyone receives one for email purposes.

Digivice (Original) powers: either jogress or armor, not both. Minor 
enhancement of natural powers.

D-3 powers: Dimensional gate to Digital World. Jogress and armor available. 
Capable to port anywhere in Digital World in late 2003. Some enhancement of 
natural abilities.

D-Arcs will only be used by those who actually go to a Tamers Universe. They 
operate per usage in Tamers. (Unless you come up with a good story reason to 
have your characters go, chances are I won't approve it as a few existing 
authors already have plans for Tamers dimensions.)

Sword Digivices are VERY rare, only 8 exist in 2004. Abilities of the 
original digivice combined with gate ability and being able to use it as a 
weapon. Digimentals are not usable, but jogress is possible.

Any character besides Gennai, a Gennai clone, a Keeper of Balance, or a 
Digital God can not make hardware changes to a digivice. Characters can TRY 
to alter the software though.


How to gain full control of a location:


1. Email Lord Archive at archive@mich.com or lord_archive@yahoo.com of your 
desire to write for a location. If there is any available information on the 
location, it will be sent to you.

2. Develop a general outline of the series. Doesn't have to be a chapter by 
chapter outline, rather a simple description of events and listing of key 
enemy digimon. Send this to Lord Archive for approval.

3. Then write the first chapter of the series and send it to Lord Archive to 
be approved. (Two chapters in California's case.)


archive@mich.com
lord_archive@yahoo.com