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'''The Wu Yun Saga''' was a thread on [[The Austin Improv Forums]] that ran from 2012 to 2013, and turned into a collaboratively-written western novella.
'''The Wu Yun Saga''' was a collaboratively-written western novella on [[The Austin Improv Forums]].
 
[[Image:Wu Yun.jpg|thumb|alt=A photo used to represent Wu Yun in an online meme.|A photo used to represent Wu Yun in an online meme.]]
 
== History ==
The thread began on 4/24/12, when a spambot posted the following text to the "General Discussion" forum (with the topic "want to know"):<blockquote>Chapter 30 1 ...He looked at Wu Yun, slowly asked: "I find you not to ask you this, I just want to know, you refuse me, drew this picture of that person?"</blockquote>A few hours later (before moderators could delete the spam), [[Peter Rogers]] added a continuation of "Chapter 30", re-contextualizing the original garbled line as a story about a Chinese-American bounty hunter in the Old West.
 
Ten minutes after that, [[Brad Hawkins]] added "Chapter 31", and the thread became a collaborative novella, with AIC members adding subsequent chapters.  Over time, the story incorporated many new characters and complications, until 2/20/13, when [[Jordan T. Maxwell]] posted chapter 70.
 
On 4/1/13, frequent contributors [[Jordan T. Maxwell]], [[Peter Rogers]], [[Kevin Miller]], and [[Jessie Pascarelli]] met to plan out the conclusion of the story with a four-chapter arc, but those chapters were not posted until the week of 5/12/14.
 
== Characters ==
''Warning: This section contains spoilers.''
 
* '''Wu Yun''': Bounty hunter hired by Sheriff Brettsdick to capture Jesse. His horse is named Happy Beauty Pony. His gun is named Killer of Bad Personss.
* '''Jesse Calhoun''': Fugitive from the law who exerts mob-style protection over Mission's End. Thief of some quantity of gold, which he used to lure Wu Yun and McCray.
* '''Red Boy''': Apache youth who hangs around Jesse, and yet shoots him in the chest when given the chance to split the stolen gold.
* '''Cassandra Cleary''': Barkeep in Mission's End, Jesse's secret wife who has betrayed him to both Wu Yun and McCray… at Jesse's request.
* '''Sheriff Brettsdick''': The cowardly sheriff tasked with recovering the missing gold. He hired Wu Yun to do the dirty work.
* '''Judge Horatio Dicks''': Federal judge. Jesse was his prisoner. Romantic connection to Lien-hua. Shot dead by Chandler Cleary.
* '''Audie McCray''': Federal marshall hired by Dicks separately to capture or kill his estranged half-brother Jesse. Upon receipt of the package, however, he turns to Jesse's side.
* '''Hazel McCray''': Audie's lost wife, until recently in the mistreated "employ" of Chandler Cleary. Now on the side of Wu Yun, along with her girls.
* '''Addy Windale''': Another of Hazel's gang, kidnapped from Mission's End as a young child and sought by Jesse.
* '''Lien-hua''': Wu Yun's sister, once thought dead, but apparently living as a whore in San Francisco. Abducted by Cassandra's father. Romantically attached to Dicks.
* '''Chandler Cleary''': Cassandra's father, a Mason, and the shadowy figure who is the source of the gold. Missing his right hand.
* '''Doc Jenkins''': Solitary doctor to whom Audie brings his wounded brother, Jesse, for treatment.


== More Information ==
== More Information ==
* [http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13360 The original Wu Yun thread.]
* [http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=13360 The original Wu Yun thread.]

Revision as of 15:56, 14 May 2014

The Wu Yun Saga was a collaboratively-written western novella on The Austin Improv Forums.

A photo used to represent Wu Yun in an online meme.
A photo used to represent Wu Yun in an online meme.

History

The thread began on 4/24/12, when a spambot posted the following text to the "General Discussion" forum (with the topic "want to know"):

Chapter 30 1 ...He looked at Wu Yun, slowly asked: "I find you not to ask you this, I just want to know, you refuse me, drew this picture of that person?"

A few hours later (before moderators could delete the spam), Peter Rogers added a continuation of "Chapter 30", re-contextualizing the original garbled line as a story about a Chinese-American bounty hunter in the Old West.

Ten minutes after that, Brad Hawkins added "Chapter 31", and the thread became a collaborative novella, with AIC members adding subsequent chapters. Over time, the story incorporated many new characters and complications, until 2/20/13, when Jordan T. Maxwell posted chapter 70.

On 4/1/13, frequent contributors Jordan T. Maxwell, Peter Rogers, Kevin Miller, and Jessie Pascarelli met to plan out the conclusion of the story with a four-chapter arc, but those chapters were not posted until the week of 5/12/14.

Characters

Warning: This section contains spoilers.

  • Wu Yun: Bounty hunter hired by Sheriff Brettsdick to capture Jesse. His horse is named Happy Beauty Pony. His gun is named Killer of Bad Personss.
  • Jesse Calhoun: Fugitive from the law who exerts mob-style protection over Mission's End. Thief of some quantity of gold, which he used to lure Wu Yun and McCray.
  • Red Boy: Apache youth who hangs around Jesse, and yet shoots him in the chest when given the chance to split the stolen gold.
  • Cassandra Cleary: Barkeep in Mission's End, Jesse's secret wife who has betrayed him to both Wu Yun and McCray… at Jesse's request.
  • Sheriff Brettsdick: The cowardly sheriff tasked with recovering the missing gold. He hired Wu Yun to do the dirty work.
  • Judge Horatio Dicks: Federal judge. Jesse was his prisoner. Romantic connection to Lien-hua. Shot dead by Chandler Cleary.
  • Audie McCray: Federal marshall hired by Dicks separately to capture or kill his estranged half-brother Jesse. Upon receipt of the package, however, he turns to Jesse's side.
  • Hazel McCray: Audie's lost wife, until recently in the mistreated "employ" of Chandler Cleary. Now on the side of Wu Yun, along with her girls.
  • Addy Windale: Another of Hazel's gang, kidnapped from Mission's End as a young child and sought by Jesse.
  • Lien-hua: Wu Yun's sister, once thought dead, but apparently living as a whore in San Francisco. Abducted by Cassandra's father. Romantically attached to Dicks.
  • Chandler Cleary: Cassandra's father, a Mason, and the shadowy figure who is the source of the gold. Missing his right hand.
  • Doc Jenkins: Solitary doctor to whom Audie brings his wounded brother, Jesse, for treatment.

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