20TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTS, APRIL 2018

Man. 5 days. 5 days of some intense roleplay, shenanigans, and everything else.

Alt portion:

-Playing Nicolette Malagan, aka, "Nonna" was an absolutely wonderful experience. It was a fantastic change of pace for me to play such a different character that really drew on a side of my heritage I don't often get to indulge.

-Honestly, I think the looks on peoples' faces when I fed them, be it pizzelles, cookies, or the amazing meal Brian T, Renee, Nick, and I made Thursday night really was one of my biggest highlights. So many people said that the character and my/her actions reminded them so much of their real grandmothers, which was super validating and heartwarming.

-Nonna-shaming Arianna Malagan, Palenor Wizard of Warlockery, and future wife of both Telegrim and Klarington Everest. "What you mean, you no eat?" "I-I'm sorry?"

-Looking after all of the kids. Mary and Haze, Nonna's watching over your little troublemakers. Renee, I hope that every time Iryna lights that candle in Nicolette's memory, she feels a spiritual hug from her.

-Getting enthralled by Necrophitus just because I was in the room making sauce. My headcanon still stands that the real reason for his rise to power was that he finally learned the secret to Nonna's sauce.

-The well-timed bleed to allow Sergei to act through Nicolette and get a message to Therion/Phil that hopefully saved many lives. Step 1: try to rob the future liches. If that doesn't work, Step 2: save the school.

-Getting to see different sides to peoples' rp. I worried it was going to turn in to KR: Harry Potter Edition, and you guys absolutely knocked it out of the park and made it uniquely Knight Realms.

-James' lesson on Power. Very interesting discussions there. Got pretty meta at a few points. And all to the better.

Weekend:

-MORE FOOD. JymmeAnn, thank you for all of the bread products. We fed so many people with it. Brian T, I always love cooking with you, man. We really function well as a team. Damien, you, sir, are clutch with your stash of seasonings.

-Playing around with the new lists and rules. It's an interesting adventure, but I'm really pumped to see KR evolving with the times. And getting to blend old school rp and lore with new rules and abilities is a blast.

-Laura W. As Jinx and Arabeth. It's really good to see you, friend. And I foresee many shenanigans in the future for our characters.

-Speaking of shenanigans, sassing gods. And trying to mug Galladel for his belt. "Oren says it's legal to rob the gods because they're not subjects. I think we should start with Andorra. Because she'll forgive us."

-Doing Sergei things. Proving I can still keep up with and in some cases, outstamina other people, despite not being as in shape as I used to be.

-More sass mastery. Man. We were on fire this weekend. You know who you are.

-Interesting developments in Sergei's outlook on fate and gods. Character development, hoooooooo!!!!


Had a great time with folks this game. It's always the people that has kept me coming back for nearly a decade now. Y'all are lovely. Keep it up.

My highlights of the weekend :


Gaia.




(ok I'll have more later)

Don't think I've done one of these in a while, figure this month is appropriate.

Weekday Portion
-Thank you to everyone who took the time to hang out with Willingen Stellaris, Gnome Scholar. I went into this excited for the character concept, but not sure how effective I'd be rules-wise, boy was I surprised, for reasons outlined below.
-Tom P facilitating the bleed session where William Sterling realized he had a Gnome for an ancestor. That was an awesome scene and I look forward to the future RP about it.
-Very good working partnership with Owen (Matt C). He kept me safe, I kept his stuff from breaking with a steady supply of Tempering Kits.
-Thank you Tim for taking my family idea and running with it. RP between Willingen and Colin was awesome as we talked about how old we already were and everything we'd seen.
-Lucindra entertaining this Scholar's research proposals was great, and that RP was top notch.
-I particularly enjoyed the mod in Colin's lab, I hope everyone else did too.
-That final battle though... The desperation was real, and so was the hope.
-RP with Caspian (Ben) first as Willingen talking about artifact studies, and then as William assuring him that his work will not be forgotten.
-After the changeover, the introspection as William about his ancestor and what it means for his research.
-The awesome scene late Thursday night in the main hall run by Jeff where everyone felt Malyc's presence. Pretty sure a good number of us actually thought a storm had come in outside before we realized it was coming from the speakers.

Weekend... Oh boy
-Champions of Galladel. The reactions were great. People who truly know Winks weren't surprised in the least. And thanks to Sam M my makeup was on point.
-All of the gods looked fantastic, and each of their RP was perfect.
-I actually wasn't as active during the Soul Devourer battle as I would have liked, but that thing looked awesome. Barak literally stealing my thunder when just as I was about to throw a couple of Perfect Aim Assasinates he made the damn thing explode.
-Marshal shift Saturday morning was fun, and I hope people enjoyed the couple of heroes I sent out to join the fight.
-Being given a special task by Galladel, to purify and consecrate an entire graveyard in the Chaos Wastes. Not being clergy, Winks definitely felt a little overwhelmed. But it all seemed to work out. Not to mention this exchange before the mod:
Galladel: "Give me your blade."
Winks: "Which one?"
Galladel: "The one you'll be using in this fight."
Winks: "...Which one?"
Galladel: -sigh-
Winks: "Come on, you of all people know how I fight."
Galladel: "Fine." -literally shoves his power right into my chest-
-Seeing a bunch of older players (and thus older characters) coming back throughout the weekend was awesome as well, for various reasons related to each one.
-Cementing in Winks' mind that Galladel is the Light God of Rogues, when he's the one who hooked the mod for the rogue key. Sorry, it's canon now. No one, including Drew, will ever be able to convince me otherwise.
-Feast was delicious!
-What I enjoyed about main mod was the ability to work with a bunch of people I don't normally, including a couple of newer players who were definitely awesome and I can't wait to work with them more.
-The final scene. I guess I was lucky to be near the front of the crowd when everything went down, but my biggest highlight during it was actually helping to facilitate Tim's RP as Orophin. Watching the pure emotion on his face was heartbreaking and really added to the scene.
-78 Card Pickup!

See everyone in a month!

So, putting things in words is hard, because I’m still reeling. Alt event was legitimately the best time I’ve had at KR in a long time, and while there were slow and low moments during the main weekend (especially bringing in a brand new character and needing to meet people) it really was a perfect return back after being gone so long.

First of all, just seeing everyone, getting all the hugs and welcome backs.

Alt event:
All my siblings! We were a great group.
The professors were fantastic, and I loved my small little moments of pride while dealing with Mistress Malagan. OOG I was sad to be actively avoiding pretty much everyone other than Necrophitis and Malagan, but the bits I saw (especially wrinkling my nose at Caspian) really really aided the atmosphere.
Sam as Ro and Marika bleeding through Ro was just fantastic.
Enjoying chilling with my brother’s summoned demons.
Being charmed by one of them.
Charani’s utter confusion and bitterness during bleeds, about how she wasn’t supposed to be here for this.
Losing my patience with all the demons, and finally just angrily stalking up to one to fear it. Being told by Ariana later that she had pointed to that as an example of what her students learn.

Main event
Charani continuing to maintain that she wasn’t supposed to be here.
Dirge shoving dossiers and the past two years of plot into Charani’s head, so that my character knew some of what I know, but ow.
Yelling with Peaches over her not being supposed to be there/it being his fault
All the beneficial surgery
All the crafting
Tobias!!! And also getting his mark of approval as a physician.
Mini crafting mods
My first rogue mod Evar!
My short talk with Alice as Aguara. Holy shit, I’m still thinking about it.
The cards mod!

So many more things!

I've never done this before! But here we gooooo!

Alt Event-
First time NPCing the entire time and boy it was great, made alot of people laugh and fought alot of things. You guys kick ass!
Hearing Nercophitus yell graveyard and everyone rise and March was sick.

Main Weekend.

Oh boy so many things.

Arygle coming in while I'm helping my partner get his armor on and telling her to go see Andorra or else! Seeing Angelina in all her glory! Always so magnificent to see someone even more faithful then Kaiva. Talking with all the gods! Squeeee Galladel saying Hello Kaiva! Aguara breaking Kaivas arm and having a lengthy conversation with her. Gaia being so beautiful and sweet. Brazen being macho and strong. Valos actually laughing and smiling at Kaivas jokes and answering her ridiculous questions!
All the conversations with Andorra, all of them truly made my weekend. Seeing everyone so happy. Seeing my good friends Chris and Caroline was such a big highlight for me!
Getting to know people, feeling the animosity from people from Kaivas decision was super fun, and great to RP. All the hugs Kaiva gave out! Conversations with people she never speaks too! Seeing Reyna get baptized, Watching Swyft speak to and yell at Andorra, Swyft still willing to be Kaivas cleric teacher too. So many many good things. RP with Selena and Morgan. ❤️
My NPC shift was probably one of the best things ever. I got to fight and get crowded by so many people which I normally don't do as Kaiva. It was so lovely and makes me realize how much I love NPCing. Seeing joy on people's faces when I died after giving them a good fight. Being an IMP and trying to jump on the rafters with the people who were hiding, asking Klieden to hear me out before she killed me was great.
This event was for the memories that I will cherish forever. This is the best event I've ever been too and I hope there's more where that came from.

And one more thing. That bomb food dude! Never got seconds before at feast and I did and it was so good. Also NPCing with my good friends Nate and Theo for the alt portion. ❤️