September Highlights

One of my favorite weekends thus far, next to WITL. All the NPCs were wonderful, and getting invested in their roles and made them natural, that they existed for more than the sake of just existing. It was a wonderful story as well as a fresh change of pace from the usual demons and undead. Thank you all for the awesome time!

Also I hate Redcaps.

Friday:

-Searching for Angeliana. Learning a bit of why she was not there from Bran. Making some resolutions the next time they cross paths. Maelum will pay.

-Meeting familiar faces around near the monastery, being caught in the spirit realm and promptly escaping, and meeting Kathleen. It was an honor to role-play with one of the plot NPCs, and I very much enjoyed the interaction.

-Gypsy Children plot. All I can say is, wow. Being one of the few seasoned healers that decided to go meant that I did A LOT of running around. Thank God Anhil, Lorelai and friends showed up as cavalry! Despite our success in surviving, our mission ended in failure. Deciding to attempt to restore the children despite their spirits passing on was something I decided on the spot, and I am glad that I did! I hope everyone involved enjoyed that special moment, and I thank the marshals for letting me roll with it!

-New Healers! Hope you’ll take my words of wisdom to heart!

-Listening to Kathleen’s song in the Alisandrian statehouse. Really lifted my characters spirits up!

-Being entrusted with Arlyn’s Token for safe keeping until it was needed, and receiving it later on Sunday as a gift from Tobar and the Baroness. I’ll be sure to take good care of it!

Saturday

-Spent most of the late morning and afternoon at the negotiation meeting. Between the decoration on the tables, the costuming, and the interactions between the NPCs, it was a very memorable experience. Also a shout out to Jasmine for a rather ‘special’ moment! Haha, glad you were okay!

-Having a special conversation with a certain someone, and learning some very interesting from it.

-Interacting with Avalyn and always managing to surprise her. I just love trolling your PC, Jamie!

-Learning my Healer promo. Originally I was going to go for another one, but I decided against at the last minute. I do not regret this decision.

-Listening to Kathleen about her worries for Cael. I anticipated a musical number about love but was left in disappointment.

-BEST FEAST EVERRRRR. Not only was the food wonderful, eating outside was a nice change of pace.

-NPC Shift: Main Mod Madness Edition. Before leaving Albert said goodbye to Kathleen and wished her the best. I hope one day she returns!

-Late Saturday was very relaxing. Had the chance to speak with a few PCs, such as the Guildmaster about their homelands, and it just made me appreciate some casual conversation . And then the Vermin Lord attacked… Wow. All I can say is that Saturday night was very stressful, chaotic, and frightening. Though there were some slight errors (and that’s all I’ll say), I enjoyed the interactions, between Bran, Tari, Blade, Secarius, and many others that night on the battlefield.

Sunday:

-After months of saving build and deciding what was best for Albert, I finally opened my new list with the help of the Baroness. I’m looking forward to my character taking his first steps as a Cavalier in the future.

-Finally getting the chance to speak with Caldor after trying to the entire weekend and learning how to be more sociable with three easy steps! One: introduce yourself. Two: Offer alcohol. Three: Offer bacon.

-Porch talks with Zellara, getting interrupted and teased by a very filthy dark dwarf (THANKS ELIAS ), and being reminded of earlier failures.

I had a wonderful time this event and I have you all to thank for that. Next month will mark the year that I first joined KR and I am glad that I made the decision to go! Here’s to the next time we meet!

My favorite moment this weekend: Jasmine not dying

Maxine's sylph and everything that had to do with that was great. I was really amused with how that was ended (for now ). I was really impressed with James and Ann's set up of the negotiation space. I wish I could have tried all the food without breaking character, it looked so good (good call on the grapes Jim)! Thankfully Teresa/Rowan could taste test for me. Mars/Ilana helped me make a point by answering some questions during a break, it was a fun moment. Running from the negotiations to go set up my mod with some help from Matt White, Kevin, and Vince (thanks again guys!). Special thanks to Cy for shoving himself in a trunk for over 20 min and jumping out swinging even though he couldn't feel his legs...best Mimic ever.

Main mod was also surprising, the amount of effects James set up for it were really well done. The fireworks in front of the blue lights looked eerie and the Fantasia blaring in the background was epic.

The only mod I got to go on this weekend was late night mod with the gang and that was a blast, I can't wait till the next installment.

Thanks for a great first event! I NPCd the whole time and while my legs may never work properly again it was tons of fun. Friday night I learned a lot about hiding while trying to (unsuccessfully) ambush some rogues. Saturday I got to play both a piskie and various types of wolves and discovered I'm much better at growling than giggling. Go figure.

Main mod was incredible, I never realized how creepy Night on Bald Mountain was until I was listening to it while standing in a pitch dark forest waiting to be killed. Had enough energy left for one more mod on Sunday and found I quite like fighting with a shield. Should be returning in November, hopefully as a PC this time!

So I'm pretty sure I caught some sort of disease from the event (hence why I'm up at an ungodly hour) but I might as well post a few re[d]caps before slipping back into a comma.

--RED CAAAAAAAAP

--New pc? Nope, Vash testa. Had an awesome time hanging with Billiamm, and almost wished I could have played that alter ego for MM instead of Arlyn. At least the key got to him. Yay feels.

Btw, Doug claimed the 60 Billion $$, sorry guys.

--Cory as my frenemy. Seriously, is there anything that you can't do dude? Psionics and torturer = 1 squeemish Dani/Keavy. Shake gently, serve insane.

--Pretty surprised what I could get away with-with PCs. Informal questioning, bribery, not to mention poor Matt/Belegchand. Smile buddy, or somebody'll make you do it...in ice.

--Actually, just playing Arlyn was probably my most favorite NPC role out of the near 5 years I've been doing this now. The mix of The Joker + Handsome Jack and seasoned with other villains is what I was going for, so I'm glad to hear that people took a liking (or hatred, you know) to it.

--Danny G from Drega'Mod. I can honestly say this is the first time I've really rp-ed with him since my 2nd or 3rd event, and was really touched by some of the things that happened. More empathetic than any healer on that mod, bravo, bravo.

Special thanks to Cy for shoving himself in a trunk for over 20 min and jumping out swinging even though he couldn't feel his legs...best Mimic ever

What went through my head upon hearing the request: "How do I top Hate-Demon?"
What went through my mouth upon hearing the request: "Awesome."

What went through my head after being in a box for 20 min: *white noise*
What went through my mouth after being in a box for 20 min: Hopefully me calling some sort of damage?

Probably wouldn't do a Mimic again...not yet anyways.


Ok, gonna go back and sleep now.

I somehow skipped on Billie the pirate. ALLL the insanities. At least I know Ilana will always have something to do (for the next 8 years) in Drega'mire (P.S. Finishing up a lore Sea book next month just so we can punch crazy sea liches in the face finally)

This was a very fun event for me. Cooking Feast affects the whole event... I know at least three times where I had to say "I would love to go help you do X, but then we don't eat tonight".

But the summary:

Friday
Being at Lay On was something new. I've never actually been there as Caldor.
After chopping LOTS of vegetables, I set out to help prep for the ritual.

Walking to the lake with 5 people to get some water shouldn't be a problem right? 1 hour, 2 battles, having to ignore other battles... I think I had more rough choices and interesting encounters in that hour than in some prior weekends. Choosing that delivering the water was more important than rescuing children was the HARDEST decision Caldor ever made. Thank you to Lorelai and Anhil for going back for the children. Thanks also to everyone who came with me and/or joined me along the way there or back.

Prepping for the ritual, Communing with nature about the ritual, memorizing my chant for the ritual, gathering people for the ritual, learning the steps of the ritual. METHINKS WE ARE DOING A RITUAL!!!

We gathered a fantastic group for the Druidic ritual. About 5 minutes before we left, someone came running "RedCaps attacking the waterfront, people are down." ALL of our healers and many of our fighters left. I still think the redcaps set us up.

Thank you Zach and Chris for an awesome Druidic Ritual mod. Dealing with all of that stuff, especially without healers was intense. I'm sad we couldn't be more dramatic about the ritual. We had so much more we wanted to be able to do with it RP wise that just had to take a back seat to STOP DYING. I had to use all the charges of my trinkets (Luck, Shield of Nature, Dodge) and my potion that restored 32 DP to get through it.

A special Nod to all of the defenders who protected us for over 10 minutes without arms.

"You are now allergic to all Plant-creatures" WORST CURSE EVER. Still didn't stop Caldor from kissing and hugging Wife. I just had to RP sneezing and scratching myself insanely after each one. After about 30 minutes of it, he finally figured out he should stop.

Grim's death moved Caldor more than he showed. Caldor drank a lot, and was extra loud about how awesome Grim was in his battle and his death. Thanks to all who helped find Dr. Maxwell and Dr. Maxwell for brining him back.

Nightmares and Curse cured. Thankfully both before I went to sleep. In a bed. Next to a plant-person...

I'd like to say I spent my first night in a tent, but that woudl be a lie. I spent my first morning in a tent. It was much nicer than I expected. Thanks to Danielle and Connor for taking us in.

Saturday
3 hours of sleep. Yuck.
SO wanted something to trigger our tent traps, but it didn't happen.

Caldor once again mastered the art of walking casually into scenes for social reasons and completely missing the fact that something important is going on.

Why yes, it is a good idea to offer the Queen a cookie she can't eat.
Its even a better idea to let it slip to the Unseely that your wife is a Dryad. Right? right?
The baroness gripped my arm so tight that even Caldor got the hint.

Spent most of the day helping Wife do feast prep and what not.

I'm sure I went on some mod or something, but I can't really remember.
I had a wonderful day interacting with people. Had many, many discussions about people's love lives.

Had my instinct lesson. It kept getting interrupted, but it was fun. Got to sit in on a Lore Druidics lesson, which is always interesting. Wonderful benediction followed. All was right in time as some very cool looking Nyad and Undine NPCs came wandering over to us.

Got back to the inn just in time to win wife the Arrowhead Necklace. I was so happy. Had to have someone else carry the damn magic thing to her (Caldor didn't notice it was magic when he entered, just that it was an arrowhead).

Feast was magnificent. People were so happy. I was sad I wasn't eating outside with everyone, as the crowd looked so fun.

Main Mod was brilliant. Wonderful set up. I truly felt like mysterious things were happening and I was in a different and new place, despite having spent a LOT of time in the maze. Night on Bald Mountain was great music, but it cracked me up the first time heard it.

I wasn't going to go to the low season group, but they really wanted me with them. Caldor could never turn down such an earnest request from friends. Low Season area was interesting, but Caldor HATES HATES HATES playing games with magic people to get things. I spent most of my time there walking back and forth and complaining loudly about it.

I REALLY liked the withdraw portion of the mod. I like that it made it feel very serious. I loved the horn that was blowing.

Post Main Mod was great. Wonderful hang out and socializing. More talking about people's love lives. (Huh, I wonder if I can get Trade: Marital Advice). Lots of drinking.

Augustus' love life mini-mod!

Went to bed early-ish because of the lack of sleep the night before.

Woken up at some point by the Corsair "you guys want to come out and play?" . Keavy, Wife and I look at eachother half asleep and basically fall back asleep. I was actually so tired death was the valid option.

Sunday
Mostly a day of unwinding. I kept missing mods.

Got a potion making lesson from Nigel. Londwyns do things in weird ways. I loved having blood types explained to me through alcohol analogies. "You wouldn't mix wine and beer right?" Me: "Why not?"

Got to teach Klyden a Druidic lesson. Caldor was so proud to be able to do so, given how much she has taught him over the months.

Learned Trade Proficiency for my Ice Wines.

Continued my course of lessons on how to make friends and socialize with Albert. I love doing this. It was especially fun because of all the bacon. and booze. and new friends. I was happy to actually get more of his life story too. He's a much deeper person that Caldor knew, and someone he's going to try and keep in better touch with.


All in all a fantastic weekend. Thanks to all involved in running it. Glad everyone enjoyed feast!