*I don't mind people creating their insert out-of-season. You can set up a page for it yourself, or post the tale of Cat-on-the-Keyboard here and I'll put it in the Cyclopaedia.
*When/if you get Permission, Plort!you becomes a knight, so there's no defined process your character has to follow prior to that (other than the stuff around the Knights' Road). If you want to call yourself a page, squire, protoknight, or swordling, you can go ahead.
*Plort reflects the community. If your insert is attached to Sir Ekyl, you should probably have some connection to Ekyl yourself (though it's not really required). Similarly, your residence should be based on what you do most in the PPC community: are you on the Board, RPing, working on the Wiki, or chatting with people on Google Talk or whatever?
*There's a beginner's guide which is good to know about. (And yes, you're allowed to establish new locations in your origin story, though make sure they fit the theme...)
*I don't really know what Ekyl's up to; he's trying to establish himself as the centre of off-Board activity in the PPC, if his character's actions are to be believed.
*I need to make a Cyclopaedia page for heraldry. Gah.
This is what I said on the last big Plort thread:
Each and every member of the PPC Community is also a resident of Plort. You can find the autobiographies of everyone who's done this before in the WikiCyclopaedia (mine is here, for example). If you haven't already written your history, why not join in and give one? There's a guide on doing so on the CycloWiki, and a glossary outlining most of the websites and fandoms in the setting.
For entertainment value, please post your bios here on the Board; if you want to cross-post them to the Cyclopaedia, go ahead, but I'm happy to sort that out for you. A couple of notes:
-Make sure to choose which of the four nations of the Union you live in, and indeed where in it; there’s nothing wrong with adding small towns and villages wherever you please, or you can live in the cities. Up to you!
-Everyone can have their own pair of heraldic devices, according to Plort’s two systems as described
here. If you can describe your device/s, either formally as described there or just vaguely, I’ll (try to) make it for you.
So there you go. The Sib Houses haven't yet made their way into Plort, though I'd be interested to see them do so (they do after all have pre-made heraldry).
hS