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Esquarians,

As most of you know, I have been largely absent from regional affairs for the past few weeks, due to a much-needed vacation. I know my absence has been a hindrance to active worldbuilding and I apologize, although this separation has given me a lot of time to think about recent events.

The departure of certain key members of Esquarium and Nordania’s canon have prompted me to seriously re-examine Ambrose’s role in this region. While I still enjoy worldbuilding and nationbuilding with Ambrose, over the past several years I have worked it into a form that I have neither the time, the creativity, nor, most importantly, the motivation to substantially re-work. Furthermore, as I am preparing for higher education, I am also recognizing that I have substantially less time on my hands than I would like, and that my commitment to this region, no matter how enjoyable and entertaining, has been somewhat of a detriment to real world pursuits that are becoming increasingly important at this stage of my life.

As such, I have decided I am, for the foreseeable future, retiring Ambrose and retiring from Esquarium as a whole.

It’s been a great five years that I have had the chance to be an active member of this community, going from a tiny island country whose entire existence was a tongue-in-cheek joke to a nation that has, through the efforts of both myself and others, become a major power in the same Nordania led by Vjaarland and Nevanmaa in 2014. I can’t stress enough that I love Ambrose and what my original concept has morphed into, and it is not despite, but because of this love that I choose to retire it instead of half-heartedly rework it into what I feel would be a lesser-version of itself.

Though I am withdrawing Ambrose from the canon, I plan to still lurk on the discord for the occasional sh*tpost, so I don’t particularly feel the need to say any goodbyes at this point. And who knows? Maybe in the future I’ll be back; if not with Ambrose, with something entirely new and different that I grow to enjoy just as much.

It’s been real, Esquarium.