Users as game fixtures

So the #1 ranked queen of knighthood has been #1 for a long time.  So long that she has become a part of the game landscape.  She is most famous for being the biggest dungeon for one of the biggest alliances on kh.  During the early days of kh, when alliances were fairly aggressive, many alliances would steal other people and pass them into her dungeon where she would keep them as prisoners.  Some of the most memorable in-game moments involved people gathering together to break free of her dungeon.  What’s interesting now is that she is still an oft-talked about topic by people who were never even around during those days.  New players gossip and speculate about her even though they have never interacted with her or experienced her dungeon.  Stories are passed second and third hand down to new players in a way that turns it into fable.

Its like being able to be around during the actual days of beowulf and then being able to watch as a story transforms into a legend as time unfolds.

This kind of community created narrative seems very powerful as it has impact even after the original users have long uninstalled and left the game.  I think that this kind of thing seems only possible within a game setting.