Dec 2012 Highlights

Oh, god, this month.

-Getting to play my first dark clergy. Not the strongest cleric in the closet, but still lots of fun. >D
-"ALL of the bugs"; the only reply we got was blank or frustrated stares. ("have fun cleaning up the mounds of dead insects!") Also all the people who got all flustered and mad at me when they learned I was one of those jerks.
-Playing an Agauran master assassin for an hour and a half overtime and getting to oog explain "You see five Agauran statues sitting around a corpse that's missing its eyelids, a number of digits, with a broken right arm, has a box shape protruding from its belly, and the right leg is bending backwards." I liked when people just backed back out of the room. Hooray Dread Surgery!
-Taught my first two lessons, and ironically the two most important druidics there are. Teehee.
-Leaving the Monastery to find Travance marching towards the maze. First thing I see is Caelvan's shield; fall in step and ask where we're going like I wasn't just up to shenanigans. Pfff.
-Second most beautiful sight of my life; main mod. Second only to fire mod from week in the life as viewed from the base of the hill.
-Being next to the baroness when a bubble enclosed her; panicking. Then her cool head as she just smiles at me and says "Well at least I'm safe within this, right?"
-Drunk shenanigans with Elric! Mwahahaha. Satyr wine strikes again. Starring Chris Goley as the infamous cannoli phantom. Also confusing salespeople away.
-Learned shield of nature by having Boryev shoot fireballs at me, but not before he cursed Elric with itchy feet.

December event equals best at weekend. Gratuitous compliments to all who made it happen!

I can't remember the last time I had so much fun at a Knight Realms event. Some of my highlights include:

Thursday through Friday afternoon:
- Arriving early, hanging out in the VIP suite, and helping set up the camp.
- Around this time, Malyc Weavewarden opened a portal and took almost all of our best fighters into space.

Friday night, NPC shift:
- Playing a corrupted nature's herald and watching Steve work his magic by tricking druids into giving him their essence.
- Finally bringing the werewolf mod to a conclusion. I was very pleased with the way it turned out.

Friday, PC:
- Went straight to sleep. Somewhere through the fog that had settled over my mind, I managed to call Nocturne of Undisturbed Dreams on the poison bugs.

Saturday:
- Alicia's delicious cookies. Please, I beg you, bring gingerbread to each and every game.
- The ritual hunt mod was way more intense than expected. Zipeto, Jen, nicely done.
- Running to the Bloody Stump to save the day, only to find out that it was all a trap.
- Going to the Wytchwood was horrible. I never want to go there again.
- Bard plot. I'm not jealous of Croi at all. I swear.
- Delicious feast.
- Willpower lesson with Carlotta. I was very impressed, both with her and with Edwin.
- Singing at feast was a lot of fun. It's been a while for me.
- Finally encountering Umbre Viata. That was terrifying.
- Marshaling my first sorcery ritual. It didn't explode!
- Running off to save Jericho and Alicia... and instead being added to the kidnapper's pool of hostages.
- Drunken Keavy + Caelvan with no mental defenses + gypsy with Lyric of Suggestion = FUN.
- And just as I was about to go to sleep... MORTAL HUNTERS!

Sunday:
-Sadly, I woke up too late to talk to the Baroness, but the high point of my day may have been, while waiting separate from the rest of the group to talk to her, Cinder asking me: "Tobar, are you alright? You're brooding and quiet... like me."
-Last minute Bard lessons. Last minute Swashbuckling lessons. Last minute First Aid lessons. Last minute Enchantment lessons. Hooray!

The biggest highlight of my event was, of course, Main Mod part 2. The effect this mod had on me cannot be briefly described without violating the forum's language policy. I was utterly and absolutely blown away by every detail of the mod, from the fire to James's appearance to the NPCs walking around throwing skills at us. I spent the rest of the night shaking in a mix of awe and terror. I cannot compliment the staff enough for this mod. Absolutely amazing!

First thing's first: this event had a lot of awesome music in it! Even now, I find myself humming some of the things I learned and heard, and every time I hear the music that played during main mod... oof, that feeling of adrenaline mixed with awe and the slightest twinge of fear always kicks in. SUCH an amazing event!
As for some of the highlights that happened over the event....

Friday:
- Helped out with the New Player mod, NPCing as an Agaurran Torturer. Got to dish out a lot of pain, and getting hit for "1 Snowball" by a certain elf...
- Entered as my PC soon after, coming in with Warterran, which has been a driving goal of Sindarion ever since hearing about them at his first event!
- Having fun RPing with radioactive green hair.
- Lots of RP while tending the fire in the inn over the course of the event. Lots of it.

Saturday:
- Actually singing for the Feast! It made me feel all warm and fuzzy when I heard other people saying that they hadn't done anything sing-y in a while, because I hadn't either! It was nice to be a bass again.
- Brazenite mass in the inn!
- Main Mod! Light is always a spell I like to have for RP reasons... Now I find myself wishing that I get it every event.
- MAIN MOD, PART II. As soon as I heard the music, I chuckled to myself, thinking that it was a pretty cool touch, although a bit cheesy... And then I saw James as Xualla, heard the screams that sounded like they were coming from EVERYWHERE, and then everything was absolute chaos. All sense of cheesiness vanished in an instant, replaced with an image that won't soon be forgotten, both IG and OOG. To the people who put this together... masterfully done.
- MORTAL HUNTERS. As undead were attacking, I caught a glimpse of two normal-looking people out of the corner of my eye and heard one of them say, "You take that one, I'll take this one?" and thought nothing of it... until 20 BANE 20 BANE 20 BANE. I can go on about everything that happened with this... Running around and healing people who were downed as well as running for my life... Finding out that Augustus was dead... going upstairs to hide, then getting pushed into a room by Croinamara only to hear heavy footsteps trudging up the stairs (utterly terrifying, by the way)... Roleplaying being on the edge of a wild surge for almost the entire fight... and then finding out that Annora also died. Five seconds later, surged with the loudest shout I think I've ever made in my life.
- After the carnage was over, had the chance to go to sleep... but what fun is that? Held vigil for roughly two hours over the bodies of Annora and Augustus, Warterran in hand, until they were reanimated. During parts of this, tears were literally streaming down my face. Had amazing moments of role play with other players.

Great event, so many highlights… where to even begin…

~ Being so busy running around healing that my friends all thought I was ignoring them
~ People who cared about Angeliana talking to her about her shock and depression caused by the prologue dream
~ Galen giving Angeliana his journal, reading it all night/morning only to feel like I looked into a mirror; not finding any answers but perhaps finding some hope for my own future knowing who Galen is now
~ Healing the same person repeatedly only to be told, while re-growing his arm that he hated me. It affected her so much more than you will ever know Waylen(sp?)
~ Gwynedd's never ending love, support and faith in Angeliana and her heart. Love you so much, thank you!
~ Winterdark fire hurricane, chats, massages, food, sleep? What's that?

~ Wake up Kobold mod... being obliterated by a terrifying Cinder, brutal Orias and slippery Victor, then Baroness's face after the massacre... Jen
~ Playing a pissed off druid/dryad, being comforted by Kleiden, you understood us!
~ Logistics massages, then finding another one of my kind! Ohai Chris Z, thank you!
~ Caviar! Amizar... bless your soul. I was smiling like a kid who got candy. Exquisite lunch.
~ Having avoided Orias for months, getting stuck in a situation where I couldn't. Being terrified first, then deciding to find out for myself who he is and showing him love and kindness without judging him. The EPIC turmoil it caused with almost every single person who cares about Angeliana and their attempts to take me away or change my mind. Amazing RP by uncle Rudolf while scolding her, I almost cried.
~ Lessons with Galen, always a highlight! Not wanting to let go when their souls were connected. Struggling with true distant heal.
~ Teach lesson by Gideon, enlightening and fun. Thanks for understanding her connection to you and for being full of awesome.
~ Head table... what? It did allow me to comfort Kwildar though when he dropped his fork at the mention of cookies. <hug>

~ Changing someone's mind about deserving love and being called best Andorran ever? Not a priestess but thank you all the same.
~ Jed and Gregor... again? really? Luckily I had been given the relic of peace earlier that night, huge honor, I'm humbled.
~ More massages... until my hands almost fell off hehe, I lost the strength to argue against payment for the last one. Appreciated.
~ More healing, lots more, ran out of points for the first time... What? I have a good amount.
~ Seeing James as Xualla and Kyle showing me photos of main mod since Angeliana is a wuss and didn't go. Legendary.
~ Jonas Kane's towel turban, the scent of... heaven, late night/early morning chat with him and Dr. Maxwell, mediocre cheese!
~ Meeting Arthur... That's it, I can now die happily of the cuteness.

Thank you all for a fantastic weekend, can't wait for next time!

First of all, Thanks to James and Steve for this amazing event. It was seriously my favorite event, and I have never been this happy to be this exhausted. Thank you. Now, onto the Highlights... ROLL THE TAPE!

FRIDAY:

Finding four people from back home decided to surprise me by showing up to an event without telling me. Well, if that's not starting off the even on an up note, I don't know what is.

New costume!

Asking around for Lethias, Moirya, and Sir Magnus, only to be told that they were not in the proper. Then looking for someone who Augustus knew that would be able to teach him how to be a Witch Hunter

Opening up the Witch Hunter list from Master Haroldson, and the RP that ensued because of it.

Looking for an Electrum sword, and asking for Lord Aleister, only to be told he was ALSO not in the proper at the moment, and being told to go to The lovely Ms. Tellinghast. I was the one who said "Do you know where I can get some electrum? I was told to ask the Lord of Drega'mire..."

Getting handed an Electrum sword, and having Gideon reforge it to make it Superior and Exalted.

Walking to the Mage's Guild with Domenick, and getting hit with a Dominate. "Luck: Willpower, Invoke Flee!" Running through the woord toward Kaladonia screaming, getting hit for a 10 backstab, and dropping.

Lying unconscious over an NPC's shoulder as Jack Cypher and Quan Liu try to understand why they were trying to pass Augustus off as a common bandit.

SATURDAY MORNING:

Sleeping in the Mage's Guild, because technically, Augustus DID have an outstanding invitation to join, albeit under false pretenses.

Waking up to the sound of buzzing, and "1 Poison body" Freaking bees...

Realizing I'm in a room full of High Elf Mages, while poisoned.

Being carried to Allisandria to be cured, and coming back after about 4 minutes into Crit. (That was close, and I thought that was the closest I'd come to death this event. NOPE!)

Getting attacked by bees AGAIN on my way back to the Mage's Guild. (After so many times being poisoned and surviving, Augustus has developed an immunity to certain poisons. Self Teach: Ignore Poison. GO COAST HAVEN!)

Getting told by the Guildmaster upon my return to "Cover yourself up, you're offending milady."

Waking up to the sound of something attacking, but they couldn't get in, so I went back to sleep.

Waking up again with Wormwood in the room, describing how terrible I looked from the beestings. Then getting the crap scared out of me when he turned to me, kicked my mattress and asked, "Just how much is your life worth to you?"

Gambling, and finally using Bankroll. It feels so good to pay people out, and still make money.

Getting hit by shocker lizards, and getting a Meteoric Ice dagger as my reward.

Being asked by the Baroness if I was looking to join the Guard based on my clothing.

FEAST:

Feast was delicious.

A little bit of tail never did us any harm.

Wormwood claiming Croi and Augustus were his "ladies in waiting" Augustus said, "I'm not sure I'd make a good lady in waiting." Croi said, "If yer waiting for a lady, you'll be waiting for a long time." Augustus blushed uncontrolably, went into a fit of nervous tics, and played with the food on his plate.

MAIN MOD:

Augustus's first Main Mod since April.

Having all of my weapons except my mythril dagger shattered by Maligno.

Getting my steel sword mended so I could defend myself.

Taking 0.4 body per second when the vashta nerada attacked.

Main Mod Part Deux:

So boss. The fire, and music, and everything was fantastic.

Seeing James' cloak get whipped up by the pure heat of the flame.

Being ordered to retreat, then seeing Reese get pulled into the fire, and running back for him. Three Times.

Repaying Quan Liu for saving Augustus' life the night before.

Post Main Mod:

Teaching Sindarion.

Learning Lore: Vampire from Seamus.

Halfway through putting my card away, getting attacked by Mortal Hunters.

Getting hit with a Dissapate Life while watching Seamus' back as he dueled the Anti-Von Ritter.

3 different Healing Salves used on Augustus: No Effect. Na'ar coming up to Augustus, "First Aid: Assess" "Dead" "Wait, dead dead?" "Dead Dead."

Being laid down on the couch in the inn, with Annora on the other.

Sindarion sitting vigil with Warterran.

Lucas asking, "There may be a chance we can only reanimate one of-" "Her."

1 hour and 53 minutes later... "Okay, quick question, is there any way I'm getting reanimated?" "Only if Teir gets here in the next 10 minutes." "I resigned myself to taking a walk about an hour ago." Teir walks in, "Where is he?"

As my reanimation is nearing completion, someone tells Teir his brother died. He gets up, and leaves Augustus cut open. Doctor Maxwell saying "If he's away for too long, the reanimation will fail, and we won't be able to save him!" Sindarion and Seamus dragging Teir back to finish what he started. Calming him down, then slamming on my chest: "REANIMATE!"

The RP that followed, vomiting, coughing, and just generally feeling like crap.

Getting my insanity.

Going back to the Mage's Guild, and Augustus just passing out.

NPC:

Being beaten by my wife, then becoming George McFly and going up to Quan Liu, "Hey you, get your d*** hands off of her." Sucker punch!

All in All, this was my favorite event so far, and I want to thank everyone who came out for making it so interesting and intense for both me and my character.

What a way to be welcomed back to Travance.

Friday night:
LM shift
The hilarity that was finding new combinations for the corrupted template.
the joys of rolling up diseases. not as fun as insanities though.

Going in game:
Elric suffering from stage fright again, and getting hit with intensify by a certain mischievous psion.
Testing to see if the bottles of satyr's wine were poisoned by doing the only thing he could do at the time. Drinking them.
Using Sal as a fly swatter once again to kill the vermin swarms who couldn't even get through his armour.

Elric trying his hardest to figure out what is going on with the Wytchwood, and only getting confused, along with his armour getting hungry.

Saturday.
Jonas Kane wake up call... Why was he digging through my things?
Kobolds trying to move into the Kaledonia statehouse, and Elric asking Almat if she could just lock all of the doors because he was still trying to sleep.
Working at the forge; All of the Doctor Who references.
Going hunting with the Sylvan elves, and Seeing the Drow child.
"The child is Drow."
"And?"
"The mother is Sylvan."
"And? I've seen stranger things happen, believe me; I am from Coast Haven"
Missing out on multiple mods, then getting dragged along by a group of newer townspeople.
Thinking to myself "well I'll just sit back and heal if they get hurt... wait a second, that guy over there just used a dark prayer on a townsperson... He's dead." and killing the NPC Aguarran priest... oops...
Main mod was freaking awesome... first off; Geoff, I felt like a badass in that cloak, second; the weather was PERFECT, third; James, That entire scene was amazing.
Elric heading back to the inn, and getting completely trashed with Triss.
People finding out just how much Elric cares about attempts to poison him. Which is not at all.
Drunken conversation with a Mortal Hunter without even realizing that he was a Mortal Hunter. Elric really was trashed...
Falling asleep in Kaledonia, and sleeping through the entire mortal hunter fight... even the part where someone burst into the statehouse and shook me violently.
Sunday;
Another Jonas Kane wake up mod!
Getting hexed by the gypsy who tried to wake me up the night before.
Improvised weapon shenanigans.
Elric freaking out when he found out that a bunch of friends died the night before, and believe me, he is really feeling bad about himself now.

I cannot wait to see all of you people during the banquet, and the rest of you at the January event!
Also: ERMERGERD! PURPLE DERGIN!