You are taking this the whole wrong way cerce.
The first point of role-play is to play a role. Now all roles end one way or another, one day or another.
This also brings up a second fact, because everybody plays a roll but all the persons behind the mask stays the same, it is very likely the same friendship made in kiwike 2.0 will be remade one way or another in kiwike revamped.
You write, because you want people to read it. now people can still read about cerce they are free to do so. only his story ends with 2.0
And then you write anew. i for one do not see the problem with this. i have had multiply characters throughout my life with little or huge histories. And i enjoyed them all the same cause i roleplayed. not because i wrote 10 a4 pages of history to accompany it. No its only as fun as the people you do it with.
You are not throwing away anything.
its free to read, its still accurate, people will know about it.
Only there characters do not know about it.
Now seeing people are having quite the questions bout revamped.
And the lore and roleplay aspect we are taking. I'll take this up to yotta to see if i can make a Q&A topic somewhere on the forum.
To give you people reactions to your question, without giving any of the to be told experience away