September Highlights

This was a great event. I loved the story for the event, especially since it was "Disney in Travance"!

Friday: For the first period I was an NPC, in which I was scared shitless by the Rogue's guild. Whoever was the guy who disguised himself as a fairie, that was awesome. After not dying once as an NPC (which is good?), I got to be Kanas for the rest of Friday, in which I went on the druid mod, where everything was trying to kill me. Really, everything, including the GMs, who targeted me on purpose with not even damages, but I was getting entwine with vines and poison ivys. I barely survived the entire mod, and what did I get out of it, the option to befriend a Direwolf. I tamed him, and used him to find injured people.

Saturday: It's kind of weird to have a dark dwarf as a roommate. After waking up at 7ish, I sat on the front steps talking to Bard the useless smith and I forget your name the Bedoin, where we had a really strange conversation. I have no idea what we were talking about. Afterward, stuff happened, I spent time at the forge with Falia and the young scholar, then multiple newbie mods await, in which I found out about what the little section of woods near the monastary. I also had an amazing Druidic lore lesson with Typhon, Caldor, the young scholar, Mother Remy, and Clover. I was there with Cytie when she tributed herself, and I was so relieved when Gwyneth helped us, as well as Tatsuya and his tea. Gwyneth, you are amazing and are the best healer ever! Without you, Travance would be a much more dangerous place. Feast was amazing, especially the food. After feast and whatever happened with Lord Fallow, I got to participate at the War Meeting. Apparantly me being at the Fairy door when the Siren Morgana helped me come up with the idea that allowed us to achieve victory at the main, or at least an outline of the objective. I actually was of some use to Travance for once. Main mod was interesting, and the Kappa was fantastic. Thank the gods I wasn't playing the game. After main mod, I was sleeping, and a but of Redcaps though it was a good idea to wake me up from my sleep and start trying to duel me. I told them to get away from me, then I fell back to sleep.

Sunday: After a sort of pleasant sleep, I had a discussion with Lucius Knight and the Lord of Ostcliff about what it means to be a member of the barony, and the benefit of good work. Then I was dragged by Dominic to a Warlock ritual, where I got into a discussion about making a deal to pay the mercenaries in bacon, until the warlock leading the ritual decided to go aggro, leading to conflict, and no bacon. After that, which ended in some unnecessary deaths, we left and decided to spend time learning new skills and take it easy. I learned how to use a sword by Dimitri, and then the day was done for me.

Overall, that was an amazing event. I can't wait for the next one!

Better-late-than-never post!! If I've forgotten anything, forgive me!

Friday:
Druid Ritual mod!! Crazy intense! When I ran out of skills to call, and had no arms left, Keavy (IG) threw herself at enemies to do anything to keep them away from the ritual as well as other people.

Actually sleeping on Friday night?!

Saturday:
Torture/dominate in the cellar of despair haha Cy and Cory, you were awesome and it was such a unique form of torture. I was hoping I would pull more teeth for you guys before people stopped the domination haha But I kept up the roleplay by making a fat lip (aka a wad of cloth) for a good few hours.

Feast food!! And tons of Shenanigans. If only it wasn't starting to get colder, I'd sit outside more often!

Following Firin to the stump of Wytchwood again with his satyr friend we named Snowflower. Keavy got to dig again! Fun times.

Quick NPC role for Alisandria. Being the demon death fiend "dogs" to the kennel master of Fallow. Awesome time creeping the crap out of them! and then getting the snot kicked out of me!

Main Mod:
Helping with Caelvan's squad which had a good chunk of new players.
Being taunted by Kevin's faerie as well as other little pesky piskies and such haha
Got revenge on Cy's Nyad with June. After he pulled off the key from his neck, Keavy threw his body into a tree. (OOG: I wanted Cy to move so he wouldn't be trampled, but wouldn't so I made him! haha)

Sleep! But then interrupted by Corsair saying "Hey! Wanna have some fun!?"
Keavy: What? What do you mean?
RedCap by cabin: 70 damage! 70 damage!
Keavy: UH NO THANKS.
Corsair: Okay, suit yourself!

Even though that was all retcon'd haha.

Sunday:
Meeting Jonathan, Conor's wild mage.
Random interactions with Verril throughout the weekend were interesting.
Random magical ritual mod.
Helping poisoned wolves mod. Companioned them all of course, but didn't keep them this time haha
and finally.....

Learning Druid!!!! (aka I GOT THE THING!)
Also having food and chat with Baroness, Elawyn, and Darius.

Can't wait for next event!

Oh Keavy that was you playing the demon hounds? My bad by the way for swinging when you trying to get away, didn't know you needed a hold. Did you happen to catch me face to face with one of the other demon hounds? I was the barb with the big shield and axe cussing out the hounds.

Keavy Lylas Kennyreplith wrote: Following Firin to the stump of Wytchwood again with his satyr friend we named Snowflower. Keavy got to dig again! Fun times.

That's not "O'deer" is it?

Trouble with Faeries: Depths of Compassion
Or
How Disney Comes to Knight Realms


September 2013


I am so sorry I have not had a chance to post this up sooner.

I'd like to thank everyone that came out to the event, helped with the event in some way, or otherwise just enjoyed themselves. I'm so glad you had a good time with the crazy faerie plot I've been working on since February or so. I tried to make the plot very open ended, and able to changed or adapted to whatever choices Travance decided to make. In the end, I think it all worked out. We did in fact bring Disney to Knight Realms, and somehow even got a happy ending (to many of our surprise!).

I have a few specific people I need to extend my gratitude to (the length will show you why it took me so long to post):

First and foremost, JJ (Kathleen Wayneright) was my right hand, my rock, my second, and my secret partner in crime for these last many months. After January, I knew I needed to go further with the faeries and the fight for the Mortalis, but didn't know exactly how yet. By chance, JJ had been musing on a Selkie storyline, and ended up sending it to me for my opinion. And so, the baby that was our story was born. Between the danger and politics of the courts on my side, and the romantic string that gave the weekend its "heart", its reason to get people to care, I felt (and hope you agree) that it became a full fledged story. Certainly we evolved it and changed it over the last 6 months or so, but JJ was there from start to finish. Then, when work and real life took over for me and I had no time to make props on top of the pages of lore and character summaries I usually provide to PC and NPCs alike, JJ was there to coordinate the props, costuming and anything else I so desperately needed help with, and even did most of the makeup for our weekend NPCs as well. Thank you JJ for being an awesome partner on this - I hope you know just how much it was appreciated and how awesome you truly are.

Kelly O. (Queen Hyporia of the Unseelie Court) was an indispensable member of the team as well. Kelly not only continuously inspires me with how excellently she plays this NPC, making her easy and fun to write for, but helps me out in so many ways that made the weekend go smoothly. Kelly not only went all out for her own costumes, but assisted with the costumes of everyone else, including working with JJ to make the selkie "skins" (or mantles). Further, Kelly was ready and available to help the entire weekend, wrote and ran an awesome puzzle-filled module, and marshalled main mod when we decided Hyporia would not be present due to PC actions. Kelly is amazing, and I could not ask for a better lead NPC and friend to help out.

My weekend NPCs, as a whole, were an amazing group of individuals that went above and beyond what is usually requested. Many came to my house the weekend before, where I fed them dinner as they let me read the entire plot summary to them, get their opinions, try out costumes, and work on motivations and answer their insightful character and lore questions. They also learned approximately 20 pages of event writeup, lore, and character motivations. To roll the credits:

Brian Hahn (Crown Prince Norivu'Cael) - the best Disney prince I could ask for. Brian was asking questions about his motivations up to layon, and went above and beyond anything I ever could have asked for. My only regret is that I actually didn't get to spend much time around him as that character, as I didn't want to crowd and trusted him to do what he needed to do without me.

Cyril B. (Arlyn Mariner) - who took the maniacal ravings I wrote as his manifesto and ran with it so far without toppling over, and then got beat up on main mod to boot. He lead the PCs on chases, tortured people, and gave insane speeches. I am so proud!

Nick B (Prince Norivu'Tevrin) - I didn't even have to get through my question posed to him before Nick agreed to NPC this main mod boss for me. He didn't even care he'd be a faerie prince to do it. Nick did a fabulous job with a small but oh so crucial role, and even was able to pass a quick quiz on his lore knowledge that I jokingly threw at him right before he entered game as the character. As his first real RP and Fighting intensive main NPC role, Nick handled it like a pro.

Kevin Downing (Lord Halcyon) - Kevin was hanging out at my house a few months back when I off the cuff asked if he'd be interested in adding to the Unseelie entourage as the first male Shae to come into game. He jumped at the chance to play the heavy RP and possibly heavy combat role (depending on PC action), and even bought some new costuming for the part. I was able to rely on Kevin before and during the event as someone I could bounce ideas off of and as a major NPC role, even though he's only been playing KR for a year or so. I've earned a ton of respect for him in the process and am super grateful for all the effort he put into a role that went from flavor text to possibly key future NPC.

Mike Smith (The Kappa) - Not only did Mike immediately sign on to help me run this low level encounter and even agree to be a turtle man with no hesitation, he helped me run through all of my stats logistics for the event, checking them for balance and consistency. I have always been able to rely on Mike to help and support me in anything I run, and I will continue to be so grateful to have his keen eye and trusted opinion.

Alex B. and Sam Dio (General Fraye and Captain Symele) - Since I started writing faeries last year, I knew I wanted to do a dark faun as one of the special flavor text NPCs, but I couldn't figure out who would be best to play what I had in mind. Dio pulled of the look and personality I was going for fantastically, and gave up her one night of freedom from the faire weekend to do so for me. Alex, of course, again volunteered to be one of my major fighters, adding his big personality into the mix Friday night and taking a lot of physical abuse early into the morning. Thank you both for the effort and time you put in for me.

Dave M (Ambassador Jo'Noran) - What can I say about Dave? While not sure if he could come until near the event, I always included Dave in the planning in hopes he could. I was so glad when he told me he'd be available for anything I needed, as I love how he took this role and ran with it. Thank you Dave for giving up time to NPC for me!

Sam R (Red Cap General who decided to call himself "Kevan"): Due to his crazy schedule, my fiance was not able to commit to NPCing anything major this past event. Nevertheless he jumped on board to play one more needed redcap in the entourage, and then, when OOG complications arose, selflessly and of his own volition volunteered to take over as lead Main Mod NPC, leading and instructing the NPCs in the battle to be sure everyone had a good time. I truly appreciated this last minute sacrifice, especially since Sam had specifically requested originally not to have to be a Main Mod boss npc this time around.

I'd further like to thank all the shift NPCs and Marshals that helped me out throughout the weekend, everyone that helped keep me from going completely crazy, and specifically Corey, Angel, and Josh, who volunteered to go around as Arlyn's torture squad during the day on Saturday. Corey pulled together such a fabulous costume for his Undine "frenemy" to Arlyn with only a week or two until the event, and while I didn't get to witness the performance personally (thanks to Vince for marshalling that!), I only heard great things about how he played the part and his interactions with PCs and NPCs. It was a complicated RP role that needed a delicate hand, and Corey pulled it off brilliantly.

Finally, thank you to the PCs that have become so invested in this storyline, pushing me to try harder to tax you, confuse you, and make you make hard and interesting decisions that effect that glorious imaginary world we all inhabit once a month. Particularly, James Jones and Ann, who took my IG instructions for a negotiation table and made it into an absolutely fabulous scene rivaling any I've seen at the game, Jen W. for always inspiring me to find fun new ways to frustrate and sadden and inspire her character and others, and to Justin T, who really jumped into this plot line and is such a joy to work with. I also want to say thank you to everyone who so quickly volunteered to donate to the event, making my stress all the less as the event loomed upon me.

I think I've rambled on long enough. I hope everyone had a fun time, and if I forgot anyone, I am so sorry. To all the new players that got involved, thank you too, and I promise more faeries in your future if you want them.

Thats all I got. See you all soon.

Gwynned it was me i helped. and had a blast. most fun main mod ive ever attended