September 2014 Event Hightlights!

-Horuss' return. Having to be patient with Philidan. Thinking everything was a lie until a single sentence. Then realizing, as usual, the truth hurts a bit.

-Finding out Torin was returning, but his letter making Ilana nervous. Almost everyone she would think to stand at her side most likely not being around when it would happen. But, the numbers slowly trickled in while he was around. Relieved Ilana.

-The super forge. Suspicious dwarf is suspicious. But, imagining the forge was pretty cool. Good details Tim

-Not sleeping -.- But, had a ridiculous Drake adventure with Zelretch, Orion, and Viktor Solvei. It was a nice distraction. Chatting with Ava after my hour nap.

-Torin's portals certainly got everyone's attention. Ilana meeting her mother after 20+ years. Sylvan's don't change much at all, or Ilana would have never believed it. Getting to be pleasant for awhile introducing them to people and telling them about various adventures before dealing with business.

-I should note that Taylor was a lovely choice for Nadira.

-Ilana knowing she had to kill her dad and knowing he wouldn't agree. Opposite ends of the battlefield. Pretending this was ok most of the event with mild cracks of honesty here and there.

-I didn't help with retrieving hearts... I went to Mass, had a mini trip to the Inverted Tower, and can't remember much. Trying to figure out how to turn people into not undead and people apologizing to her about what she had to do. Ilana was way too distracted by thinking.

-The second meeting with Torin. Had really hoped Nadira would have come this time around so Ilana could grab her. We spoke our peace and let each other go.

-Philidan and Ilana having a great and terrible plan.

-Defending the creation of Bloodtide. Immediately running into Torin afterwards. Chasing him around the battlefield. Ilana making a final decision and repeating the conversation she had years ago with the same, but a very different man. Picking one family over the other and breaking a woman's heart. Galladel have mercy for that one. Then Nadira got away *with* Torin. Not pleased by that at all. Really wanted to save her.

-Palinthorn saying 'No' to a lot of terrible things.

-Ilana covering up most of her feelings with a slightly manic attitude.

-The retraining leaving Ilana with Frenzy after Bloodtide left her with anger. It was going pretty well and was a bit worried I was going to pick a random innocent because no fight happened until a certain pain appeared.

Ilana: I want to teach him a lesson
Bystander 1: Then go ahead
Ilana: Really?
Bystander 2: Yeah, go ahead Ilana!
Ilana: *starts walking over and unwrapping Bloodtide* Ok
Both: Wait, Ilana? That's the wrong weapon Ilana!

It was hilarious. I might have waited a bit longer if they didn't agree

-Ilana made her point though AND got a cookie for it afterwards! Being briefly chased around and almost talked down but Billliamm is truly the angriest of us all.

-Being talked at a lot by a man and almost getting angry until Ilana realized what was happening and told him to keep going. Lois fixing the rest of the problem.

-And, after a brief conversation Sunday, Ilana almost thinks she picked the wrong option.

I guess we'll see what happens.

I truly thank you all for coming our to September knightrealms. I hope everyone had a blast. PLEASE FILL OUT EVENT RECAP FORMS. This tells us what you did or didn't like to help make a better gaming experience for everyone.

I have to thank the tremendous amount of time and work that Kirsten and Steve put into this event. Kirsten made you those lovely hearts you pulled out of the victims, she helped coordinate mods and run them for me to help lighten the load. Steve was intrinsic giving up the precious time he wanted to pc. Helping give life to horuss and erik. He helped with making the mods challenging using the rules and made my life easier when i was overwhelmed with real life.

I would like to thank also all the marshals who stepped up and understood my needs for mods and npcs.

I would like to also thank all the npcs who helped make the mods go smoothly and got soaked through main mod

Lastly I want to thank Nick, Kevin, Taylor, Sean, Matt C., Leslie and the others for there ability in helping bring my story alive with the face NPC roles they played.

Two things I forgot to add.

Arguments and trying to get on Sister Danae's good side. Always fun to be on your half good side and bad side.

Geoff, your readings as Mr. Magellan are spooky... Keep doing what you're doing.

well, another game has gone by. I think this was the "Let's mess with Donald's head" type game.

-the "Be Good!" Tetsubo. using it on greenskins. "DINNAE MAKE ME HAVE TO MODIFY YOUR BEHAVIOR!" There are some reasons that Celts should not be literate.

-Conversations with Gideon on his sacrifice. Respect there, and a loyalty earned.

-the whole turmoil over Bloodtide was definitely a test of faith and loyalty for my PC. He's not terribly powerful, so he was more or less along for the ride. Lets just say that he has a perspective on it few would think of.

-Inverted Tower. powerful and smart undead+Celt Soul Warden+two rescues=one very confused and mixed up Celt.

-Conversation with Lucien before feast. More mental calisthenics.

-Feast was awesome. Enough said.

-Main Mod. Awesome, but I have to get out a rag, some WD-40 and some steel wool for my armor now. Worth it.

-Bloodtide going to Mister Dimms. and me volunteering to teach Shafted Mastery to Jack next game. Why do I have the feeling that between the necromancer fight and this, that I am going to be forced into some form of limelight as Donald?

-Drinking with Torque. Enough said.

-New Hobby: trading gems (when I have them) with the dragoons.

-Muddy situation with the guard. suggested a compromise. seemed to work.

that's all I have. Until next time: wear your seatbelt, don't run with scissors, and drink water.

I originally entitled this game: Save Ava's immortal soul part 2, however it's now entitled " Malos: The Event"

In really no order:

-Friday night was just insanity. Ava already being pretty volatile and all the things not helping that at all.

-The whole healing thing with the shadow creature and all of that fighting near the Monastery. Ava has never felt so much fear from anything before, especially considering her current situation. The brutality of the creature upon those she now considers friends only made her want to reconsider because she fears of the danger she would put them in.

-Getting yelled at for running around too much by Lucien and Aldric.

-Getting filled with Hatred and just casually walking around others fighting to try and kill Templar Rayven....no one thought about it really...Ava's brand of hatred is quiet. Fear more if she doesn't express her hatred at you.

-Being felled while trying to kill Rayven only to wake up in a choke hold/knife point by Atrus....who told her to calm down....then being "escorted" outside where she ended up in a corner, all while taking damage with Atrus trying to calm her down....only to then be surrounded by what felt to be everyone...then having others trying to heal her and feeling intense pain and then more yelling and being blinked away. Only to be felled again by the creature, being healed by jack who then pleaded for her to follow him because she was in too much danger there. Getting to the stump to rehydrate and be given Aid. Jack's seeming sense of sadness when Ava just pleaded constantly to be brought back to the monastery because she was worried about what was going on up there. Only to run into Zelretch who informed here that people were looking for her.

-Shout out to Lucien, Aldric, Danae, Rayven and all the light church for excellent RP all weekend

-Some vulnerable conversations Friday and Saturday with Lucien. Some things Ava never really discussed with anyone before but was definitely a necessary uncomfortableness for her to progress.

-Illana talk saturday morning. Talks about feelings and emotions and trying to help her with her daymares. Being told she needed to imagine someone she trusts with her in her dreams to make her realize she's not really alone. Ava also admitting that the primary emotion she is used to feeling is loneliness

-Confession with Lucien, being told she is a good person still was very comforting for Ava especially since she's just started to really accept emotions again, being filled with many conflicting ones at the same time can be very confusing.

-Godrick stepping in before Ava tortured her first subject. While Ava was outwardly annoyed, she ultimately was grateful that she did not bring suffering to someone in the same way she had felt it.

-Getting ill every time she was around Atrus or Jed. Thanks for putting up with my dry heaving RP/ thanks for everyone who thought I was actually about to get sick

-Making it through Light mass relatively unscathed.

- Getting "roughed up" and trying to remain steadfast even though it was a positively shaking encounter where not only her life but the outcomes of those she cares for were threatened.

-Getting asked by random townspeople how she was doing. Unaware of how many people know what was going on Ava finding some peace that people actually cared about this process.

-Being disgusted with the collection of the hearts, but also being willing to bear the burden of pulling the heart out for the one the light clergy had to go get, however missing them leaving and Ava hoping that no one suffered much because of her not being there.

-Brief talk with Atrus before Main Mod, that left both her stomach empty and her mind a bit shaken as she felt like she could not physically resist listening to his words. However trying to remain steadfast as he told her she needed to get off the fence and become her true self again. Trying to persist through his arguments with the fact that light will illuminate her and his darkness.

-Praying before main mod to Malyc and Valos, having a weird OOG sensation on my shoulder when praying to Valos was too strange to not act on IG.

-Main mod fight. Was on the wall of wild mage explosions. Being a temporary blockade while fleshed to stone. Being returned to flesh because they needed her to insult people. GETTING CHARGED BY HORUS OMG. It went like in slow motion. Ava was watching the fight, then when Oro's met my eyes I was like "Oh SHIT" It did make a highlight of Ava's night though. Getting yelled at a few times to get back in the line was normal but also annoying to Ava because this fight was the first and only time this weekend she lifted her sword for combat.

-Praying at the Monastery right after the fight, asking for forgiveness for any lives she took before heading to the Inn.

-The fight leaving her exhausted but with a feeling. Finding Lucien to receive what Ava believes was a "good you didn't die" hug. Ava giving him a "I'm glad you're not dead" Hug and also having him bear witness to her Renouncing her faith in Malyc.

- Shoutout to Megan Coppock for being an awesome Malycite priestess. After Lucien trusted Ava with bringing her to Jail, Ava had to hold herself back so much to avoid killing or harming her. Having to argue that the light will always illuminate her mind and she wouldn't allow the priestess to put more darkness in her head was hard and while completing the task without harming her, the harm done to her by this talk was far more.

- Second light mass by Lucien. While appreciated, the previous malycite talk had wounded her enough to make her sick at the end. Then praying at the font while Zelretch and Clytie made silly little jokes about the gods near her.

-Several Clytie talks were fun and of a very different nature from what she used to talk about. Zelretch telling her to stop preaching Malyc, which even if it was in jest, did nothing but rattle Ava's resolve a bit. Making her think "Oh the priestess was right, I will always do Malyc's work"

-Overall a wonderful event, so much rp and development for Ava that is continuing and even when mostly resolved will always stay with her. I'm glad for everyone who has interacted with her and is/was/will be involved with her continuing development because it reminded me how much I love playing her and that her future is always changing, it reminded me of why I got a chaos star tattooed on my chest

-Hopefully I will be at the festival just to say hi to everyone

HERE GOES!
So I can remember one moment when I thought to myself "Okay, I can sit down and relax for a bit." only to realize after a few minutes I was super late to a meeting Aleister told me I needed to be on.
Friday:

• Eyeing up the dwarf Gene was playing (whos name I probably got, but have already forgotten) and the "walking stick" he was carrying. Walking around a bit, wondering when Horuss was coming, asking it aloud only to have people point inside in the Inn.
• Getting hit three times in the ear, thanks Steve. Him hitting me with further tag skills, and blanking on what I had on my card. Getting hit with Desperate Isolation and thinking... you know, it's probably for the best I take this. THE BROODING BEGINS!
• Planning and waiting patently with Illana to begin righting the wrongs, only to be opposed by everyone.
  
• Realizing before anyone (probably) what was supposed to happen, and telling everyone I was having no part of it and storming off.
• People finally realizing how hopeless fighting the wraith is, and actually seeing it on a lot of faces. Having a few people start asking the right questions. Glad to see that finally advancing.
• Moving right into the dwarf, getting a certain skill called on me by Orion and shooting back the quickest "yup" of my life. Also Cory stealing the npc weapons, that's one way to win a mod ,
• Glorious sleep in a cool(ish) room.
• The entirety of Saturday morning/afternoon was more or less spent by myself trying to find / convince others of alternate methods. I think I finally caved at around 5 pm, and the brooding went into overgear.
• Giving Jenn/Evee her sword (Eff yeah Etherium).
• Having spent the entire event trying to find Dr Maxwell, I finally did at the last possible second, and then I shot light from my mouth. Perfectly normal sciencey stuff.
• Walking outside to find everyone already there, running off to get a robe to use my skill, realizing I wouldn't have time, and having Magnus lend me his. BROODING LEVELS TO MAXIMUM.
• The rain, the mood and the nerves at main mod. I didn't tell anyone, but my heart was pounding literally in my chest as I stood in the field waiting for Horuss.
• Having destroy evil reflected to me... my eyes lighting up as I fell to the ground wondering if anyone saw / knew the significance.
• We are the embodiment of House Alabaster.
• My Sunday morning [strike]Monster Marshal[/strike] Logistics Marshal shift. I'm glad at least I could help a lot of people understand the rules for sockets/runes/binding.
• Seeing Ava escorting the priest of Malyc to logistics, being oog sad, and realizing the impact it will have on Orophin's sanity (or lack thereof).