Illarion.org

Are these supposed to be based upon and around our character experiences in Illarion or are these a basis for more of a short story forum?

You can use them for many things.

Usually messages are written there ("There is a poster on the wall of the seahorse in, it says "Grand tournament to take place..." ")

But you can also use them for character short stories (like background ones) or to relate events that really happened.

Whatever you want to write my friend, just throw it in the RPG section as long as it is based on your character or in-character.