As we all know, the site's suffered from a bit of a lull in 2020. Members and staff haven't been as active for many varied reasons and, apart from the odd thread here and there, there really hasn't been much going on.

The pandemic has affected a lot. At first I thought people would have more time to write, but things haven't gone that way. For me personally, my work load increased by 300-400% and my free time was wiped out entirely. At first I was annoyed with how stressed I was, but then I realised that I was one of the lucky ones. A lot of other people lost their jobs, and in some cases are just trying to figure out how to pay the rent or feed their kids.

It's put a lot of things in perspective.

Our community has always been a close knit one, no matter how long people go without an IC post. Our discord always has people in it. Members go and come back. Althanas in itself is an institution now.

I know it's a lot to ask given that people are going through some horrible shit right now, but I was hoping we could all band together and really light this place up in 2021. It will never be what it was, but Althanas is still here and we have some great members and friends here. If anything, this is a place to escape and let off steam.

There's a lot that needs to be revamped, changed and "done-up", and we'll definitely get round to that. But we need your help in 2021 to help get this place going again. Max Dirks still owns the site and pays the bills, but the running has been delegated to myself, Philomel, Breaker and Lye. Of us four, only really myself and Phi are active at the moment, and Phi has had a lot on her plate with being a new mum, so for now i'll be overseeing things myself (with Phi's input) to cover.

In the meantime, I'd like to hear from those of you who are still here and just tell us how you feel about things, what your plans are for 2021 and just lay it all out. I have a couple of things I'd like to introduce this year as an Althanas "first", but there's no point in making anything happen until we get numbers up.

As always, peace and love. I really do hope you all have an amazing Christmas in whatever form you can have it, my friends.