I would like to point out that Abidjan has struggled hard to become a real city and to conquer the problems it has faced. We have an incredible lore we have worked for over a year; http://www.darkagerp.com/world:races:human:abidjan

The map update actually does add walls which we paid for, even if we didn't have to (Garret ruled them to be free, but we had the stone and gold stocked). Even now you can purchase "illegal" goods such as disguises, vertox and poison. 

And to combat the increasing interest in dabbling in magic and religion without reason, Lorelle and Victoria are planning on setting up an academy of mundane sciences, alchemy and engineering, history and literature. That should draw in at least some RP.

We've experienced exactly two GM interactions ever. The first one was the original initation which was done with Night. It was very fun and entertaining to be doing what are now dubbed the Trials of Archons.

The second one was when Abidjan wanted to team up with one of Lath's pirates. I don't remember the name of the NPC, but it had a lot of plans that were either done by the Howling Gale or I was simply excluded. I did not see this plot come to fruitition.

Now, Roberts has been doing player run quests to combat this. He has himself and with the assistance of welandB created beautiful unique items, using disguise kits to change the CraftedBy names. He has been introducing Abidjani lore to 'southlanders' through these and has required close to zero GM support. I lockdowned five chests for him and spawned 4 mahikan warriors in a certain location. I did not personally participate in the quest.

We have enthusiastic people and we've slowly been making progress. We have showed our presence and our unique culture in Denshy on several occasions. The map will most likely lure in more people since some of the new housing is -very- beautiful, thanks to Barb.

Abidjan has been in the works and yes, it has been on my shoulders - but now I have managed to pass the responsibility of making a successful faction over to others.

Here's a quick list of the people we actually have; (living/sided)
Mihail, Victoria, Lorelle, Andy, Vesta, Taryn, Balam, Ulin, Telzen, Tenoch, Moray and Elaine.

Then people who are allies or on the sides of two factions:
Zachary, Soren, Poppy, Strogne, Viktor, and few others.

So, please don't consider screwing this faction over just because it hasn't gotten enough love. With a little plot, the planned ferry route and a few other adjustments, we'll be more than set to be one of the hot spots in the DA world.