And event characters should NOT count. 10 seconds of fame does not history make.
Sorry, but have to disagree with you there. Event characters are very important in shaping the history for any specific shard. There are more people that follow the fiction and character plot lines of the events, than those who follow the ones of the RP'ers. I don't say that in any way to diminish nor detract from all the RP folks, as they are DEFINATELY shard specific history, I think we would both agree on that. I use it to illustrate the importance of having event characters and plotlines included is all.
I know some will say, people only show up for a chance to snag an item. But, that has been being debunked left and right lately. MULTIPLE events have been held with no drops, and yet people still show up in DROVES for a simple lecture on an artifact involved in one of the plotlines, knowing ahead of time there will not be a drop. Sorry, but imo alot of folks on our shard atleast, like/love a good story, not just items. If that ain't shard specific history, I don't know what is
