Community
Part of the Sanctum, as it is known to users (or "sanctumites"), centres on the forum, where users of the generators gather to talk. Most of the users are of a creative bent, be they poets, writers or artists. A great deal of users are also players of role-playing games. The forum even has a running joke, and refers on a semi-regular basis to demonic stuffed felines or DSFs. These are small, cute but evil cats with brilliant green eyes and black or navy blue fur. They supposedly constrict one's writing ability with the aid of a Writer's Block.
The forum members are also now engaged in a communal world building project and are creating a planet (named Xothu) from scratch with some standard fantasy races (such as dwarves) but also new races as well, such as lilithians (a highly intelligent and dominating race) and jellicles (a race of cat-like humanoids possessing magical power).
The community also invented a fictional history of the Sanctum, explaining what happened to the previous six. Supposedly, the First Sanctum was created four thousand years before present day somewhere in the Mediterranean. It was destroyed after a scholar stepped into the garden and "gave the gods the big finger". The Second Sanctum was built in Northern Greece and was later torn down, the blocks being used to build a new stadium for the Romans to watch fights. The Third Sanctum was constructed by the Romans, but was short-lived.
The Fourth Sanctum was built c.1066 in southern England by a French noble. No explanation is given for its destruction, but only rubble remains. The Fifth Sanctum was more of an organization than a location, founded in Antwerp in 1242. They planned to destroy the Fourth Wall, but their plans were cut short and their complexes burnt while the members scattered. The Sixth Sanctum was founded in 1875 and was a beautiful building. It was stripped and demolished after no bills were paid for quite some time.
There is also a suggestion that the Eighth Sanctum members went back in time to set up the First Sanctum, thus causing a paradox.
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