<s>
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
MUD	B-Application
,	O
a	O
text-based	O
online	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
oldest	O
and	O
largest	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
campaign	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Toril	O
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
where	O
the	O
continent	O
Faerûn	O
,	O
which	O
"	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
"	O
refers	O
to	O
,	O
is	O
located	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
technical	O
infrastructure	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Sequent	B-Protocol
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
DikuMUD	B-Application
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kris	O
Kortright	O
,	O
a	O
developer	O
from	O
the	O
MUD	B-Application
Black	O
Knights	O
Realm	O
,	O
founded	O
Sojourn	O
,	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
campaign	O
setting	O
for	O
the	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
role-playing	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Tim	O
Devlin	O
and	O
John	O
Bashaw	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sojourn	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Sequent	B-Protocol
codebase	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Epic	O
spell	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
areas	O
from	O
Black	O
Knights	O
Realm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
the	O
commercial	O
potential	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
in	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
his	O
MUD	B-Application
career	O
,	O
he	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Kris’	O
permission	O
,	O
used	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
model	O
for	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Freeport	O
in	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
creative	O
differences	O
between	O
developers	O
,	O
Sojourn	O
was	O
forked	B-Application
into	O
two	O
projects	O
,	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
and	O
Duris	O
:	O
Land	O
of	O
Bloodlust	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
oldest	O
zone	O
on	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Lava	O
Tubes	O
,	O
comes	O
from	O
Copper	O
II	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Underworld	O
and	O
Alterian	O
Wilderness	O
zones	O
are	O
from	O
Black	O
Knights	O
Realm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sojourn	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Sequent	B-Protocol
codebase	I-Protocol
,	O
the	O
Epic	O
spell	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
areas	O
from	O
Black	O
Knights	O
Realm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
City	O
of	O
Waterdeep	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
zone	O
built	O
entirely	O
for	O
Sojourn	O
,	O
and	O
remains	O
TorilMUDs	B-Protocol
most	O
heavily	O
populated	O
hometown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brad	O
McQuaid	O
,	O
with	O
Kris’	O
permission	O
,	O
used	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
model	O
for	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Freeport	O
in	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sojourn	O
continued	O
until	O
1996	O
,	O
when	O
a	O
difference	O
in	O
creative	O
vision	O
among	O
the	O
staff	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
project	O
being	O
forked	B-Application
into	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
and	O
Duris	O
:	O
Land	O
of	O
Bloodlust	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Of	O
the	O
two	O
,	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
is	O
regarded	O
as	O
the	O
more	O
direct	O
inheritor	O
of	O
Sojourns	O
legacy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kris	O
retired	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
and	O
Sojourn	O
3	O
was	O
reborn	O
as	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
staff	O
members	O
were	O
staff	O
on	O
Sojourn	O
3	O
,	O
Sojourn	O
2	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
are	O
even	O
from	O
Toril	O
1	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
continuity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Toril	O
staff	O
started	O
as	O
players	O
on	O
the	O
MUD	B-Application
,	O
giving	O
them	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
personal	O
experience	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brad	O
McQuaid	O
was	O
an	O
avid	O
player	O
of	O
Sojourn	O
and	O
,	O
after	O
its	O
demise	O
,	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
the	O
commercial	O
potential	O
of	O
virtual	B-Application
worlds	I-Application
in	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
his	O
MUD	B-Application
career	O
,	O
he	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
create	O
EverQuest	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Engadget	B-Application
article	O
from	O
2011	O
noted	O
TorilMUD	B-Protocol
for	O
its	O
direct	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
MMO	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
