January 2015 Event Highlights

OH! Forgot one!

Post-game Strength plus 1-ing Sean's car with Brenden and 5 other people! Seriously, more reasons to love this game. You scream 'We need some help here' and people come running. It's almost like we're used to fighting monsters.

Kaladonia mod. Becoming the embodiment of Plague was amazing. Boasting and insulting all of Kaladonia, from the squires to the Lord himself was a joy. The aspects, and the trees themselves were all brilliant. It was a trippy hippie affair to be remembered, and I'm glad to be a part of it, even if that part is as the death-wheezing monstrosity that exists to troll you.

The Cheveyo (I probably spelled that wrong) as portrayed by Chris, Chris, and Chris were incredible. They're a wonderful addition to the barbarian canon at KR and I really badly want as much info on their culture and stuff as possible to add to our info on Knight Realms barbs.

The circle of shields was everything I wanted, from the boasts, to the fight.

The seer work by Chris Langevin was great, he said it was his first big rp role and he NAILED it. The costuming and attention to detail was incredible.

The Stag, by all who played it, was completely awesome. I've never had such a haunting NPC presence throughout the course of the game.

The guard were great, even if we are a boisterous brand of goons sometimes. We get stuff done! Like making the barracks into a freakin fortress, and making market faire a lot less pickpocket-tastic.

Roleplay with Bolton was incredible, as was all the scenes with Conor, especially the mutual journey inside Grimkjell's mind with Ilana tag-teaming against his invader. Garret and Conor blew me out of the water with a fun challenge for a man who just destroys everything he faces physically, and forced him to be clever.

Lobotomy, Amnesia, and of course the incredibly intense roleplay between Grim and Tobias as Tobias diagnoses and begins to cure grim's madness was all fabulous.

Gideon's advice to grim to name his sword, and then the naming of it on Sunday was fabulous. Ravendoom, a name that was earned well.

Going into the weekend resolving to face and destroy Vark, and doing just that during main mod. It made grim feel less boastful and more like a hero, if only for a moment (though Billiam will take a great deal of the credit).

Being accepted back into the Heargen clan, and then a moment of terror as Grim hears Big Sister is coming for him.

Helping the Seneschal realize he already has his Practicals.

Choosing to be a Northman above all other things.

The reversal of being the hopeful one when Caldor was in despair.

Realizing the ritual was too easily disrupted, and being unable to scout other sites until a tactical withdrawal had been made to the inn, as Grim knew he would be exposed. Being told he and Caelvan were in charge of the town's battle strategy once more, and improvising once the new information came to them. It wasn't perfect, but it worked. Travancians are like herding cats.

Chasing bolton tirelessly not to bring him in for a crime, but to bring him mercy and right a wrong, only to find out he'd already escaped, and the bittersweet unresolution of the moment sinking in.

Magnus was superb, I won't spoil what he did, but the confrontation between him and the Seneschal was incredible.

Many thanks to Kirsten and Garret and everyone else who was involved in the event. Due to my own illness it was not my favorite due to exhaustion, but from a narrative perspective this one was the best in terms of story for Grim start to finish.

In the end, a man's got to be realistic.

Teaching on Sunday was a joy, teaching another Marauder, teaching someone to be a masterful warrior, surprising people with the nature of my lesson, then teaching tracking as the day wore on.

The anger that came from seeing the treason paper, and the deeper treason that was the Huntress' personal calling out of the guard.

There was a moment of absolute beauty, as I climbed the hill near ostcliff, and looked out over the lake. Camp Sac is achingly beautiful, and we rarely get a chance to slow down and revel in it.

Oh and everything Cameron Johnson did as Leif was incredible. He is the deep-voiced primal urge that grim forgets sometimes. The Northman he strives to be, much as Magnus is the person he strives to be like.

Billliamm's midlife crisis the weekend after coming to the realization he aged 3 years in about 4 months of game time making him as old as Collin.

1. Being the damsel in distress really made Billliamm question if he had what it takes to be a hero still. He recalls owing his life to healers quite often when in the Abyss and/or dangerous places he shouldn't be.

2. The monster within sometimes comes out when people disrupt him doing his job...Swyft...but he still has a conscious and feels guilty am I right Swyft.

3. Trials were amazing thank you Chris Zipeto for one of the most intense fights I have ever been in. Plus the bone casting and my amazing team of Gun, Orion, and Croi. Would quest again with fellow adventurers.

4. Singing to the elk to.prove to people I was an animal whisperer and I could do what my druid/ranger family could out childness.

5. Amazing main mod followed by amazing main mod part 2 electric boogaloo Katie you were tougher looking then garret. I just didn't want to fight you, a bit intimidated when magic strike bounced off you. Garret I fought you to the point of physical exhaustion and would do it 100 more times. It was some of the best combat rp I could ever hope for.

6. Crashing a sophisticated party to bring some class into it the only way billliamm can

7. Headlocking an undead, while explaining how great billliamm is. That was him regaining his confidence and reassurance. Hey some people buy a car some people get a 3 horned circlet to gore friends and enemies with.

8. Much needed massage after main mod.

9. Then of course the shinanigans right before main mod involving coffee and a few pats on the back, bravo rp all around. I enjoyed Sunday with the more rp it promoted.

10. Talks with Edwin so good. Swyft getting to see behind the story Billliamm projects, it was awesome not many people get see behing the mask.

Arkelian wrote: Utgard: MAJESTY! BEHOLD THE PAJAMAS OF ENAX AND DESPAIR!

OH MY GOD I ALMOST FORGOT

Also, yes along with Belegchand sweet talking the Nothingness, I forgot to mention Croi's tactic of drowning it in booze by splashing it all over Typhon's shield.

Overall it was a bit of a light event for me, but I was happily able to fit in some fun RP for Ketryn.

-Delicious genuine frustration at being told that some goals are just too dangerous right now and then a twinge of fondess at the realization that at least some friends really do have her back.

-Another hilarious confrontation with "that dirty wild mage who's always around." (thank you for humoring me)

-Meeting Lady Jade for the first time, finally. "Hello, Jade. I've heard about you." "Hello, Ketryn, I've heard about you too" followed by some intense staring and later finding out that Ketryn will actually need to win her trust for reasons and goals. Oh boy. Thanks Padma!

-Fun fun vision quests, Tumbling lessons with Billiam that actually resulted in us practicing front flips in the soft snow and Ketryn's horror at being singled out by a roll of the bones when she'd rather stay in the background for most everything. Hey now, the "random" dice rolls kept selecting us redheaded gals. It was very cold, but major props to the NPCs who braved the weather for hours to set up such a fantastic experience!

-The "eye trouble" at last culminating in violently interrogating a poor, unsuspecting Astrid who happened to round the corner at just the wrong (just the right) time only to be thrown under the bus. Ketryn finally stopped screaming at her with some prompting from Swift and the realization that all of Alisandria had actually stopped talking to stare.

-Trying to explain the concepts of Money and Love to Macha.

-Casually pointing Grim and co in the direction Bolton had fled in the hopes that he'd meet a horrific execution only to feel disappointed when told that they'd wanted to help him out.

-"Hey Lord Gideon, how are things in Kaladonia? Everything OK over there lately?"