Nov 2014 Highlights.

I only found out that I'd be able to play as a PC for this event only a little while before heading to Camp Sac, AND MY GOODNESS, I'M GLAD I DID.

"Hey, Verril, do you know me?"
"Well, no, but I know your daughter!"
What a way to set the tone of the event for Sindarion, Ben!

Finally meeting up with Owen again! Squirebros are back!

All the time travel that happened, and Sindarions vehemence to try and go to as many different timelines as he could. Also that final ending with Maja. Hot damn.

The "Skankytown Spanker."

Learning Riddle of Confusion from Croi. All the terrible puns, all the terrible jokes, all the stupid o'clock shenanigans.

Learning Double Cast from George. *berserker rushes at Sindarion* *gust of wind* "All right, but now try to split it into two. *berserker rushes at Sindarion* *gust of wind*

NPCing as the shirtless Frankenstein monster. Your assorted reactions warmed my heart and your fighting warmed my limbs! Special thanks to Jen for helping me with my makeup! Oh, and stage-fighting with the Count was amazing.

Where to even begin... this was by far my favorite event I've been to so far. Excellent roleplay, excellent mods, excellent marshaling, excellent lowbie inclusion!

• Guarding Bloodtide right off the gate, again. Not for long though, epic distractions every 5 minutes.
• ASSASSINS!
• Wandering around feeding Bloodtide and staying far away from Dimms
• Losing said Dimms in the chaos in an epic battle at the monastery involving angels and demons.
• Going on the search for the vampire Fredrick (spelling?) with all my new comrades and new town guardsmen
• Getting possessed and dropping several of previously mentioned comrades (Evil-Jikan: mwuahah)
• Trying to find a dragoon I trusted show me how to successfully call my dragon spirit but watching most of them being incredibly busy...
• It wouldn't be Shantytown without the awful smells of wet clothing and footwear!
• Heading off through a portal to another dimension and time, the steampunk dimension.
• Fighting for Goggins' Army defeating MechaGrim and Sky Captain Jun (This was so cool of an idea, I can't even express).
• Being the vanguard at the inverted tower fighting off the corruption in the land and getting tentacled. Oh God, the tentacles.
• *Foop* Dart in the eye! OWW
• Carrying around Maveith who's lost 2 arms, 1 leg, and has broken the other leg around the tower and throwing him through traps as he requested. "We've been through worse!"
• The look on the healers face when I carried Maveith back to the Inn. "What's wrong?" "I think the correct question is what isn't wrong?"
• The look on my face when I realized Bloodtide was in the hands of a Dreadnought and then logically realizing how that was actually a good idea.
• CAKE! It wasn't a lie this time, right Gina?
• Oh main mod... Such confusion, much fighting, wow... I think I downed more enemies in that mod alone than any other events combined up to it.
• And then not accomplishing anything and then drinking my worries away (Jikan never drinks normally).
• Witnessing Mirrormere almost slaughtering Keavy and probably the rest of Kaladonia involved. That was intense.

• The Shantytown Shanker and his super powerful shanker (And possibly the legendary triple shank of 3 daggers duct taped together for more effect!)
• Being one of the four kobold elementalists trying to bring winter early in Pandarven in a 'role-play' mod, and somehow managing to get two people into serious, and having them take part in the winter ritual 'sacrificing' them to winter.
• Chanting and singing so loud, literally every land could hear us.
• The amount of face palms I can't even do to express the lack of 'heroes' who showed up to find out what the screaming and chanting was about.
• Orophin's entrance
• The reaction from the poor witch hunter who was litany of doom'd and then freaked and dissipated herself. That's so metal.

Thanks for making me feel welcome at my first PC event! I resigned myself the whole first night to drawing swirls on my face in solitude, but I started getting my boots wet Saturday…
• GETTING ARRESTED WAS SO FUN AND I’D LIKE TO THANK THE TRAVANCIAN GUARD FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE (Seriously. I made like twelve friends right off the bat. Even though that person I waylayed’s sister is out to skin me)
• That Tower Mod. Holy gods.
• If you yell ‘Captain!’ in a crowd ten Coasthaveners will turn their head.
• “YARGH???!”
• The mushroom mod with my ragtag bunch of gypsy pirates. It’s going to be a long, whimsical sail with the likes of you.
• Using Valanye as an arm rest, cup holder, and potentially in the future a blunt weapon makes me very excited
• LORE SEA?? LORE SEA?!!
• Why do I get a sense of déjà vu working for Cipher…
• Ripping my ear off in the middle of combat. I’ll be sure to have it around my neck as ostentatiously as possible by next game.
• Kicking back with my Sylph pals. You’re a stiff crowd, the lot of you, I’ll show you how to cut loose next time.
Gorgonzola, Card, Cael, You, You, Ivan, Him, and the Other Guy—you’re all part of my crew now. Good luck.

Thanks for getting me situated with my character card and showing me the ropes, you guys. Lets get together and make some beautiful character development.

Friday night:
Fredrick mod was fantastic. Being told we had to keep the werewolf alive sucked for Wylla who had to spirit tether him.
Ghost kids...creepy ghost kids.
After the fight, going to the bloody stump with Tessa, Argyll, Asher, and Nalick so Wylla could, "Drink the vile away" after the whole thing with the werewolf. Sitting around the fire enjoying the company and all the lights suddenly go out. Even the fire. Scare Mortal with creepy music appears. After that was dealt with, more drinking! Nalick, Asher and Wylla got quite drunk. "Nalick you deserve someone nicer..errrrrr." Got to hear Creepy Bard and Trent sing in the stump. It was fantastic. Can't wait to hear them again. After that walking back to camp hand in hand with Nalick, because drunk logic.

After settling in to bed, what sounds like a fight breaks out in Kaladonia. After a few minutes of the fighting not dying down and hearing someone yell for a healer, throw on my boots to head outside. Get told to run to the inn. Get people to other healers. Decide to head back to camp. Met up with a couple other people holding a dying a person, get back to the inn. Group up with another fellow and Dimitri to go check out the field and make sure no one got left behind. Hear screaming in the distance. Ended up doing an impromptu patrol around the lands after not finding where the screaming came from. back at the inn. Asked if I have anyway to defend myself aside from my staff. Handed a grapling hook and told to get on the roof until it was safe as fighting broke out inside the inn. Sitting on the roof, see a person flee from the inn being chased by a floating head. Nope. Doorwick sees me on the roof and we have a nice conversation while I wait. finally off the roof and inside, ask if someone could walk me back to camp. Sleep. Finally.

Saturday:
Walking people back from the phocus. Had lunch with Nalick. Finding a very confused guy out in the woods. After talking to him, scaring him into the woods and calming him down, got him to the inn. Assisted Gwenyd to find out what was wrong with his brain. Tessa got waylayed on our way to the guard barracks. That was interesting. Tower mod was a lot of fun. Feast was delicious! Big thanks to everyone who helped make it and all those that helped set up and clean. Got tipped for giving Doorwick a back rub, yay! Main mod was fun. All the NPCs were fantastic, you guys were amazing.

NPC Shift:
Went out as some shambling horrors chasing a poor guy to the inn. Got my head lobbed off after death, haha.
Then went out as some werewolves. Might not have been the best werewolves, but the distraction worked!
Lastly, was part of what some were calling the, "The goblin throat singing" which was cobalds doing a ritual to bring winter early. Took down two players during that outside Pendarvin. One actually died. About an hour or so of that singing and chanting we thought someone would come and save them. One got saved, but she was not happy about that.

Sunday:
Had to heal up Nalick twice and repair his arm after he was used for practice. Healing training with Swyft again. Love our training sessions. Mock battles so the bards could practice. Running around trying to get Swyfts guard badge back from Clove, only for him to stuff the whole thing in his mouth and take my staff. He tried to sell off my staff but that worked in my favor since, "It wasn't worth selling." and someone ended up reforging it for me. Three way battle commences with Maveith, Erik, and Burkhart (i think?) and Wylla stays to make sure no one dies.

Lay off then on to the land of breakfast.

Great event and can't wait for the next one!

So for half an event this was crazy good.

Show up around 330 in Sunday, I have a grand total of 1 defense cast and boom 2 aoe 50 acids I get out get help and pick up Tobias that came in with me. Welcome to game huh lol

Get to the inn, Tari tells me I'm coming with her to get Jakob ... Holy crap timing

That whole mod was awesome

Come back talking with the masters, tari: I don't want to see Ethan, Ethan walks by.

All of the feels revolving that

Feast then bar shift/cleanup love my crew you guys rock

Vertical cuddle puddle

Getting told I'm in charge of taking care of the black sorcerer

Using my green mastery to it's fullest first event having it.

Luis, that entire encounter was awesome

Late night punnery with Croi, Nalick, Sindarion and company

Nalick would hurt a fly

Lessons in the AM getting one from a newer player and giving one right back. I ❤️ my students.

Hearing about my student becoming a potential squire. I loved hearing that, really made my morning!

Season's greetings from Markovia!