December 2015 highlights

Friday night: at check-in I rolled the dice and picked up a device of flee. It would come in handy in just a few hours. Around midnight I went to the Blackbird to try to hide from the glowing orbs. Usually the Blackbird is a safe place to hang out, but it wasn’t long before the monsters attacked! Magical defense failed! We were all struck down! All of us, save one, who managed to hide quietly out of sight and was then able to resuscitate the fallen bar patrons. Once we could walk, we moved down to the back room and waited for the monsters to leave.

Later that night, I asked Rane for an escort back to the Pendarvin “library” (my shack). Not long after we got there, we were attacked by Null! Luckily, I had the flee device right in my hand, so I fled. The Null attacked and dropped Rane. I hid out in the statehouse for four minutes, and then went back to the library. Rane was lying on the floor bleeding out. I used Lay Hands (minor) to stop the bleeding and soon she was much better. The blood-stained floor will be a reminder to always be on guard.

Saturday: I cleaned up the library in preparation for the dedication. It was scheduled for 2 bells, but everyone was busy dealing with the Null and associated monsters. Nalick brought a nice bottle of bubbly, and we’ll save it for another day. Editor-in-Chief Lorelai stopped by briefly, and we talked about the Chronicle and Editor-ing.

In the afternoon all the scholars were gathered and led to the deepest, most private library of Winterdark. There, with the help of powerful Orange Magic, we spent 24 hours looking through all the books in search of any information about the Null. Thanks to the time-magic, we were able to complete the 24-hour searching in just 15 minutes. Sadly, despite our best efforts, we found NOTHING about the Null.

The feast was very delicious! We should have Lamb more often. Kudos to the cook!

During the chaos of the Null attack on the Inn, I became separated from my group. I spent the next two hours wandering around in the woods in the dark. At first I was on my own, but then I came across Brother Aldric. We managed to stay alive, despite the glowing white tunic Brother Aldric was wearing. Lots of hiding and running, and after an especially vigorous run-in with the shamblers, I found myself all alone again.

But as luck would have it, I ran into Quan Lu. His knowledge of the woods, and his excellent night vision, enabled us to evade and avoid the wandering bands of monsters. We would see a glowing orb in the distance, and we’d dive (quietly) into a ditch and wait for the danger to pass. Crazy as it would sound to a non-LARPer, the terror of running from deadly danger, and lying in the dirt, trying not to make a sound, was the highlight of my weekend. I salute the Story Tellers and James for cooking up such a powerful event.

Sunday was my NPC shift, and it started out with four of us NPCs bringing emergency supplies to the Travancian refugees. The second half of my shift was fun playing an undead and attacking the PCs.

The combination of running in terror, hiding in the dirt, researching important topics and wonderful roleplay is what makes Knight Realms such an amazing game. Thank you again for all the fun. Can’t hardly wait for the next event!

Friday night: popped around as Ketryn grumbling loudly to anyone who would listen "Are the nobles really sending us to our deaths against this dragon?! Are you really going to stand for this?! Why aren't you questioning them?!" and I knew they meant business when it was all 'we don't have time for your blatant treason, Ketryn, sorry.'

Somehow escaping that terrible bloodbath in the Mage's Guild and shepherding both the Seneschal and Tari back to the Inn with the help of Lorelai only to later die and make good on Ketryn's word of "If they come for us I'll do my best to distract them. You, RUN!" ugh, the power of friendship and caring = death. ;P

Showing up Nalick at talking farmers out of doing horrible things. Why is an ex serial killer better at this than a priest of Andorra? Fail. Fail. Fail. We all had a good laugh.

Encountering both Lord Tartaros and the Count as husks alone in the woods as just Ketryn and being imprisoned mid-bat-out-of-hell-sprint-away. "That's 15 minutes of standing still, Kat!" "Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Cue rescue via Magnus. THANK YOU!

Ketryn agreeing with Jed about something. Oh noooooo!

Somehow managing to smuggle a bunch of refugees out of Travance for a ton of coin.

The druid grand melee and everything about it. Suddenly realizing that I could make it more exciting for myself by taking bets on the outcome and having a blast with how game everyone was to participate in the bids. "You should start a bookie business, Ketryn." That was both hilarious and fun.

What we've learned here is that the "end of the world" is dangerous but it presents wonderful opportunities for terrible people.

Gettin mad at Ketryn's treason but not having time for it.

Finding out post-game people thought that the Baron and the Warlord were using grim as a sacrifical lamb (Not so, but amusing to think people gave that much of a crap about him.)

Grim's crisis when he realized that with Wormwood there he was no longer the weapon that Travance needed.

Grim recognizing the nulls, based on the little bits of information he'd gleaned beforehand. And knowing exactly how hosed they were.

So much running. So much hiding. So much use of heroic and master list skills not to kick butt, but to stay alive!

Pluvious and Grim working as a team.

The tension with Wormwood.

The moment of pleasure Grim had when the Warlord and Hurgar called him out as one of the Elite warriors of travance, during the extermination of Telligrim's warriors.

Running headlong into a negative energy barrier repeatedly while berserk and snarling. I guess I'm really not very realistic about these things

Amalthea treating grim like a well-liked but misbehaving dog after he ran into the barrier repeatedly.

Grim's pain after the Paladin secret came out.

Setting up torches and making some new friends with NPC players and stuff was great.

Feast was excellent, but Ree was cooking so I repeat myself really

Nalick, Grim, and that new healer efl in "hug Squad 2, the running away-ening"

Being personally saved by the baron.

Saving Haroldson and being blow'd up for my trouble.

Ketryn Shiverthorn wrote: ugh, the power of friendship and caring = death. ;P

You stop that right now!

Showing up Nalick at talking farmers out of doing horrible things. Why is an ex serial killer better at this than a priest of Andorra?

It's about the (wo)man, not the title.

How could I forget. The face off with Wormwood. Wormwood provokes such a nasty response from Caldor that it is almost refreshing as a player. Only he could make Caldor not want to reanimated someone he had already been working on bringing back. Caldor isn't the brightest, and his inability to keep his voice down in the argument and his insistence that Wormwood "wasn't making anyone safer by guarding them" are proof.

But man... Can Wormwood RP and raise your RP to match him.

[continued from my earlier post in this thread]

Saturday was different. Talking to Dunn about things. Helping Sir Pluvious and Grim with that weird "arrest."
Then came the husk fights.
James, those vortexes made me so frustrated. Ugh.
The despair in Chenjing really started to rise drastically when I saw Vyth Nar's husk. That put him in a bad place.
Turning, seeing Wormwood brutalizing Rose, and freezing in terror and confusion. Which conveniently gave him time to Eviscerate me. I had like five seconds left before I got Heal Life'd. That Heal Life made things really really dramatic later.
Talking about Enax and then feeling a hand on my shoulder, turning and BOOM, IT'S UTGARD! HE'S FINALLY BACK! That was such a wonderful moment. Like, I was really missing Aaron and Utgard alike, and him showing was INCREDIBLE.
Helping to guard Feast was great. And the trial was great, too. Then, "uuuuAAAAAUUUUUAAAAAAUUUUUAAAAAAAAGHHHH... I... AM... VIM..."
It was after THAT that I actually got to eat, and eat I did. Oh man, everything was incredible. Like, seriously. I was bummed that Pluvious called me away before I got to start on my pie though!

NPCing was mostly Austin, Alex, and I waiting for folks to come. But when they came, it was great. My garb was... maybe not the best choice, since everyone thought I was Chenjing. My second favorite part was husking up to a group and Utgard being like "Am I glad to see you," to which I replied "Roundhouse Incapacitate, superior on Utgard."
The best was when a group came up the hill, with Karkat at the front, and seeing his eyes get big as dinner plates as Austin and I husked up at him.

When we came back IG to Valdalis it was BAD. Chenjing's reaction to finding out that the dragons were just playthings of the Hyrulean Anastazi was bad. Finding out the world was an experiment was bad. I blew all three of my crits that period on myself. Utgard tried to console me, but it was no use.
Corvus and I walked back to the Estate, and I sat outside of the room as he went in. Then, quietly Killing Blowed myself. 30 seconds later, Corvus finds me on the floor. He tries to get people to help. Pluvious tries Heal Life and says the most heartbreaking thing the entire event.
"...I can't save him." At this point, Birgitta and Duncan are PISSED at me, and Duncan goes and gets a scroll of Gaia's Embrace. And with two minutes left of crit, Duncan saves me. And immediately puts my forehead to his.
"WHO GAVE YOU THE AUTHORITY, ENAXIAN?! WHO GAVE YOU THE AUTHORITY!?"
Then Birgitta does Strength +4, picks me up, and shoves me against a wall.
"SPIRIT OF THE DRAGON!" cue angry mom mode.
Pluvious, on the edge of tears, plays good cop.
Argyle takes me outside for a smoke, and basically says "The fuck, dude?" before talking about what he did.
Then I sit and talk to Tessa. And cry. After our watch shift (which was more a "be quiet please" shift) we both go to sleep.
I wake up in my floor spot to Birgitta telling me to use her bed. If I were more cogent, I would have been more sheepish, but Derek was like "Oh god yes please thank you bed."

Come morning, Pluvious doesn't have pants on, and we all have a desperately needed laugh. The room gets crowded as hell, and I ask Clytie to step outside, and we have a heart-to-heart.
Then we all go to the inn. I talk to Seamus for a bit, and ask if he can teach me to be a cleric. In the middle of a lecture, "THERE ARE UNDEAD OUTSIDE."
Great Cleric lesson. Definitely.
Having discussions about war with Dunn before going to the smoker's porch and talking to Magnus. Magnus and I being determined to get him a poison writ, but Mags not wanting to help him get the other one.
Then I begin learning about witch hunting from Lorelai. Let me tell ya, that is some RP I am excited for.

This event was incredible. Kudos to EVERYONE - story teller team especially. I had zero times when things weren't fun, save for that medical hold zone we had to set up in the Manor Friday.

Knight Realms December 2015 Event Highlights

Well, that escalated quickly.
How cool was all that smoke/dust that came over the newly builty pallisade? Awesome! The mass of confusion and then the retreat... I don't think anyone realized at that moment that retreat would be the theme of that entire night. Man, just the sight of glowing sent people into a tizzy. Half the time I got freaked out by torches... lol.

Thank-you, Edmund, for using your Serum of Life on me! I can't believe I didnt drop into critical after that... must be a lucky formula!

Impromptu "oh my god what do we do" group on the back roads with Terezi, Wolfgaar and Peonia.

Trying to get Terezi away from the glowing things and being cornered, then being flown to safety by her dragon-wings. Talk about a narrow escape...

Playing a spark on Friday night and running into Tobias, Angrin and Lois in the armory.

Tobias: (obviously too exhausted to be afraid anymore) Look, can't we just talk things out. There's no reason we can't discuss--
Spark: Drain 75 Body
Tobias: (slump)
Aww, I'm sorry Tobias.

A really heart-felt discussion with Mae-Fon, who filled Swyft's heart with some hope, after being all down about this Taint of Evil business. She gave Swyft a LOVELY blue lotus ring; a family heirloom. Swyft will treasure it forever. Thank-you, Liz! That was some fantastic role play!

At least there was some respite on Saturday morning. Got to spend some quality time with Imrahil and Trent before being yanked on a mission that I knew next to nothing about because I sort of stumbled upon it. Whee!

Running across Husk Aleister and Orias Wormwood fighting, mano e mano. What a show! It was an honor to heal Orias for that brawl.

The Count wrecking everything in sight. lol and taking like five billion Grant Deaths from Jed and not even flinching. (That's when you know you're effed.)

Oh, man, the epic moment that I couldn't believe happened, because it was so poetic...

Ludwig had fallen into crit via Husk-Aleister and his only hope at that point was a physician. I kept him spirit tethered to bring him toward the inn in hopes of finding one. All of a sudden, Oren was brought to me, in critical state, seconds from death. I had no time to think, and Swyft really likes to think about things, so I dropped Ludwig in hopes that I could get Oren back and tether Ludwig again. Oren awoke with a Heal Life, but Ludwig... was gone.

This hit Swyft like a ton of bricks, considering last event's horrifying paladin test failure.

Cue shriek and major freakout about always having to choose someone to die. In tears, Swyft looked back over her shoulder at Oren and said something completely unfair:

"TELL ME, DID I CHOOSE RIGHT THIS TIME? DID I? I CHOSE THE PALADIN!"

OH MAN and all of this RIGHT in front of Jed, who screamed at me to stop crying, to which I screamed back that he didn't know a god damn thing about caring. Cue more insults before each one storming off in opposite directions. lol! (Though I'm so sorry, Will. I didnt mean to hit you in the feels. I felt so bad about it for so long... thank-you for making that an epic moment!)

Chen'Jin's near self-sacrifice to bring back Ludwig. Cairn was destroyed, oof!

An interesting chat with Argyle and a trip to Jed's (with Amalthea in tow, out of concern, I think lol) to talk about a certain thing which has piqued Swyft's interest. Watching Jed and Amalthea engage in their exchange was delightful. Man, that chick is FIERCE. I love it. And we even got lucky enough to fight some undead right outside.

Oh and Garrett's and Indigo's approval of the Jed sassing. I figure if Swyft is tainted Evil, she may as well get some in, now and again.

Swyft's Soul and Coffee delivery, which at least had the company of Indigo and Trexler.

Feast -- Dinner and a show! I'm sure "Indigo "was the word on a lot of lips that evening, lol. Sassy thing, he is. Had some interesting shenanigan at our table... and imagine my surprise and worry when Pluvious called up Indigo and the Baron charged him with treason. Geez, Indigo. Couldn't even stop sassing in front of the whole noble table. LOL

I face-palmed like three times. Jed was terribly amused in a horribly cynical way. "These are YOUR people," he whispered to me in disgust. The entire table I was at went dead solemn. Would there be a brawl?

I appreciate it not devolving into madness and being allowed to speak for him. BOY was that nerve wracking. I'm a cue-card kinda gal for these things. Wormwood's really took the cake, though.. As Lady Blackthorne said, how do you follow that up? lol
The Baron was reasonable about it, fortunately. And what hilarity is going to ensue now that Swyft is Indigo's warden? (P.S. Thank-you for taking that one with me, Collin McGregor! You are a PEACH!)

Wolfgaar, Knight of Ostcliff! Huzzah!

Saturday night main-mod time kicked my arse physically, but man was it fun being in a group with Karkat and Terezi. Actually, the amount of honor that Karkat displayed in his leadership of the group he created was admirable. And his refusal to let Magnus die spoke volumes.

Oh the horror when Karkat, TZ and I ran into the orange Null. We couldn't even function so we tried hiding along the tree-line and it was horrible because it didn't work at all, but we were all scared to death lmao! I popped TZ into Maelstrom's Magical Sanctuary and kind of whimpered, hoping it would actually work. It did! But Karkat was not so lucky, and it was awful for us to watch him get messed with by the Null--- especially with Zipeto marshalling.

Fortunately, he wasn't killed but just made, you know, super Evil. In which case I broke the sanctuary that TZ and I were in because I'd already experienced one of Karkat's Entropic Blasts, and I didn't know how crazy he would be...

We lost him for a little while in our flight, but went back for him and then got caught up by the orange Null again... This time it made both Terezi and I of Evil Alignment. I was still baptized to Andorra, though... (I swear, the psychological damage being done to Swyft is so unfair, lol.)

Luckily, that lasted only a short time before a Divine Posession happened and the three of us became supercharged to help the town survive. So finally, we lead an offensive! (Omg, that was SO FUN!) Divine hangover in the morning, though... Geez.

Oh man, dat Paladin Secret Reveal, tho. It hit so many people so hard. I heard that Clytie lost it. I wish I'd been around to comfort her. Many of the clergy are reeling, but for once Swyft feels like she understands things, now. Including herself!

A very heart felt talk with the infamous Cinder. WOW, I wish I'd had a chance to interact with him in the past. Maybe he'll be around in the future...?

For once, I was glad that Sunday was quiet. I had to call it a night early, my feet just stopped working around 1am. Had a nice chat with Edwin, and totally felt bad for losing Jonas. I do so miss our morning constitutionals!

Pluvious and Nalick making me think I was in so much trouble, but only wanting hugs and smiles.

I apologize for forgetting other awesome stuff that I am SURE happened! I love you all!
Props to the staff for keeping this a secret as long as you have, and to the Storytellers for collaborating on a harrowing weekend.

Swyft wrote: Knight Realms December 2015 Event Highlights

How cool was all that smoke/dust that came over the newly builty pallisade? Awesome! The mass of confusion and then the retreat... I don't think anyone realized at that moment that retreat would be the theme of that entire night. Man, just the sight of glowing sent people into a tizzy. Half the time I got freaked out by torches... lol.

Arrrghhhh, I was on my NPC shift so I saw it from the inside.....I can't imagine how freakin' AMAZING that must have been from the outside!!

Another Favorite Highlight: Wife shooting me with an arrow to forceful gust me to save me from the Null.

-'Wait... we're actually fighting Tellegrim? What? Corsair's already here? This is weird' Expecting to be fighting a group of undead and then realizing that we were marching on a dragon. Then the cloud of ash... the green null... and then... bye Corsair

-SCATTER

-Travancian husks. Oh boy.

-Hanging out with Celts again. Something I was missing a bit.

-Maja letting slip a secret a bit early and then getting to deal with what Paladins get to deal with X.x

-Swyft I hope I helped a bit (and I hope once the secret let out, you understood what I was trying to say)

-When we dropped the red null, I got super excited... until five seconds later it stood back up. We did this several times, just trying to follow our orders of 'drop the red null' I didn't think it would have stayed down, but I was really hoping for thirty seconds to breathe. No time to worry about that though, the other colors started in and it was time to go.

-Collecting a small band and trying to turn off survival instincts to protect people instead. Worked!

-Got cut off from the group while retrieving the phokus and was by myself for so long. I just curled up politely in the woods and quietly listened to things shambling around me and glowing lights passing by until voices happened.

-Finding Daniel and the instant relief on his face. The brief shouting between George and Ilana when they found each other again (endearing at least) Coddling Wil once I knew she was safe again and just happy to see so many people alright.

-Not hearing about Sorel until I was my alt and having to be quiet a few moments while my Ilana brain internally freaked out. Learning later from Liam that apparently he could see me as that husk and just imagining how that would have transpired.

-Playing Keola and meeting people! Also learning a lot real fast.

Oh my god, I knew I forgot something important! Ilana, our chat was AMAZING. Thank-you so much for that, and then yes everything made sense after, lol! Thank-you for that opportunity. I hope we get more!

BEST EVENT EVER!

-Baron Victor McCoolbeard himself commented on how Kardin is an idiot sometimes. Currently trying to get that officially notarized as a Baronial Declaration.

-Great RP with Nalick and Elyeon. Watching the stars shift overhead while Kardin proclaimed doom and then victory by the position of the "Great Hunter".

-Also was finally introduced to the infamous Blood Spirits, and was promptly thrown under the wheels of a moving carriage by Brother Aldric. Kardin is currently awaiting overly zealous vengeance from Birgitta herself. (Thanks Dave)

-Was called on by Captain Magnus to escort a farmer and his daughter to safety. In short order, Magnus left to lead the Red Null away by himself, I evaded the Orange Null with two innocents in tow, and when I made it to Winterdark the farmer girl looked at me and called a hero. Proudest moment of Kardin's life so far. I could feel the pride welling up inside after that. Was promptly berated publicly by the Warlord and sent out for three more scouting missions without any skills left. BUT STILL DIDN'T DIE!

-Scared the Null away from the Phokus but was then dropped. It was the closest I've ever been to death. I had around half a minute left when help found me in the dark. The only reason I was found was because my lantern was still lit when I was dropped.

-Oh yeah, evaded death not ONE, not TWO, but 5 WHOLE TIMES!

-Guarded the healers from certain death a few times.

-Made two new pointy eared friends. One of which Kardin now has a Legolas/Gimli tally contest with. Only instead of kills it's times you faced certain death but didn't die. Arradeer, you've met your match. No one is better at carelessly placing his life in danger and cheating the odds than the Bardbarian.

-OHMYGODFEASTFOODTHISTIME

-Real anger and helplessness as his friends were sent off on basically suicide missions and he was told by Berkhart to wait behind. But boy did he call it, soon I had my own missions and I was reporting Null movements left and right.

-Found a new player in the woods, she had avoided Null by sitting in a tree for half an hour. I'm glad this Ranger was able to guide you back on the Thieves' Trail.

-Learned that his actions on the battlefield earned him a promotion in the Guard. Bit of a daze after that. But Corporal Kardin has a ring to it.

-So many things that I'm probably forgetting.

I decided that I'll bite and write up my own version of this Event's highlights.

I'll start off by saying that it's great to come back. I was only gone a couple of months...Like usual...But still, being back is nice.

-Black Bird tending with Wilinde to the...Only six (or so) customers we had all event. Freakin' Null, you know how much money that booze costs?
-"Hmm...Inn's pretty quiet, lemme check what's going on." *Everyone's fled the Null, but the Null are still in the Inn* *Null drop me to 0 and toss me around like a freakin ragdoll* (ProTip: Never go with curtain number one...Or two).
-Father Paul to the rescue!
-*Insert Wilende's first coffee fail here*
-We survive and book it back to the Black Bird. I decide to harbor refugees for some stupid freakin reason.
-Expel from Black Bird doesn't work on the glowing bastards...Good thing Wilinde knows how to OOG Hide In Shadows, otherwise this highlight reel would be just a reel.
-Coffee fail round two. I came back with a burnt hand a two empty cups, Wilinde managed to not spill all of hers.
-I know! We'll hide in the rogue den! Round one in the den works. Round two...Heh. Sorry for giving my refugees the idea that I was going to protect you...Maybe next time you won't TRUST THE GODDAMN ASSASSIN! On the bright side...I survived.
-EVERYONE GET THE HELL OUT OF THE BLACK BIRD! "What do we do?" SCATTER! THAT'S WHAT!
-Wilinde and I decide to group with others who were on the run. They take a rest stop in the inn where the most amazing and unexpected thing happens....The goddamn null show up! Who woulda thunk!? Time to play dead under a table for twenty minutes.
-Decide to get Wilinde safely to her bunk in the barn so she can sleep, I return to the BB where I turn all of the lights off and barricade the door. Time to practice holding my breath while simultaneously sleeping.

SLEEP!

-Saturday morning wake-up NPC shift!
-Undead assassin! Stupid undead + Smart Assassin = Stupid Undead Assassin. Now initiate Role-play!
-DARK PALLY REECE IS BEST REECE!
-Fighting Sir Daniel is freakin fun! 10/10 would get my ass whopped again.
-Sir Daniel chops off Dark Pally Reece's limbs, entwines him with vines and then leaves him somewhere, completely forgetting that he was taking a prisoner. I get taken out of the vines...And Then left...Again. Welp...I guess I'll mess with Liz Reese until she kills me.
-She didn't kill me. Close...No Cigar.
-DEATH BY WORMWOOD! I now know what it's like to be Klarington Everest, I think.

I'm shady stabby guy again!

-Nature walks with Wilinde. She found currency from a different universe.
-"Hey Wilinde...Wanna play drunk chess?" "Fugg yeeeeaaahhh."
-I won...But we ended up getting drunk after chess...Which sucked.
-We stumble around the inn in our drunken glory. I find a hammer laying around and pretend to hit her with it...It's a good time.
-We stumble out of the Inn to go be drunk somewhere else...She has the hammer.
-Bank trip! (Poor Danielle) "WE'RE HAMMERED!!!"
-Back to the inn where Sir Pluvious...I mean...The sober fairy, cures our drunkness.
-Get wasted again during feast, anyway.
-OH MY GOD FEAST!!! THE FOOD! THE POWER! THE GLORY! THE FREAKIN PIE!!!
-DRUNKEN SHOTGUN WEDDING courtesy of Edwin Haroldson during feast clean up...Technically...You all were there.

MAIN MOD

-Hiding in the woods.
-Hiding in the woods.
-Magnus to the rescue.
-Hiding in the woods.
-Hiding in the woods...
-Blowing out a tiki torch and then hiding in the darkness.
-Null comes over and re-lights the torch.
-#PleaseDontSeeMePleaseDontSeeMePleaseDontSeeMePleaseDontSeeMe
-It didn't see me. I hopped on the nope train to FuggThatShizzVille.
-Insert more details about Saturday night here that I can't remember-

SLEEP AGAIN!

-Leave at ten cuz I had to work.

AWESOME EVENT GUYS! Let's go again! Let's go again!!

This is gonna be a bit short:

1. Learning that no one follows orders in Travance....how do you people organize into a fighting unit again? Oh, you charge as an angry mob, go it!

2. Getting to play a crockety old woman, best statements I've ever made:
Player: "You're really crockety."
Old Woman: "I'm old and crockety, angsty lady set in her racist ways and if you don't like it you can bite the winklest part of my ass."

Player: "I gave you a straight answer."
Old Woman: "You gave me a semi-straight answer pointy-ear."
Players: *Giggles Giggles Giggles*

3. Doing everything possible to not get lost in the woods, can someone get the moon to cooperate next time and be full? I mean it was fun but wow, we literally walked up right behind a bunch of the null and just followed them about 15 feet back because no one could see us. Every so often we'd miss step and they would look around, we'd duck down and then continue following when they decided it was the wind, that or throw a small rock off in the distance to make them head that way.

I almost forgot a very important highlight of the event. Friday night late when we have a stage 2 hypothermia case in the manor in walks the Nulls purple in front. I don't know who you are but your response warmed my heart when I looked up and said no. Medical Hold stage two hypothermia case in treatment here. When you said ok thanks we won't be back you made me love you so much because we could get right back to it and knowvwe would have no more plot interruptions.

That player stayed with us right there after that. I just want to just thank you so much for your professionalism.

OH MAN I ALMOST FORGOT GETTING HAMMERED!!!

So yeah, I found a hammer. KEEVY! WE'RE HAMMERED! GET IT? GET... IT?

One thing I wanna add. Imrihil's WIllpower lessons. He speaks with me a bit, then later on, he walks up on me and hands me a chocolate chip cookie. "Find me in 20 minutes." I passed with flying colors and the cookie was awesome.

Mike B. wrote: I was a full time npc this event, and I will definitely be coming back as a PC ASAP

Fair Warning: I said the exact same thing after my first event.

Guess who has time to recap for a change! Yaaaaaay!

-First kitchen shift was the best idea, except for missing the Tellegrim scene. I was safe all evening preparing the pie. There was an undead NPC that poked their head in and asked if we were in game, good thing they asked, there's no saying what could have happened if they attacked someone holding a real knife. Note to all players, especially in this adrenaline-pumped survival weekend: do NOT attack someone with a real knife, let alone someone with a real knife preparing you food. The more you know.
-I approve of the warbeard.
-Waking up and being told I am the only mage who still has the capacity to perform magic in town. Thank goodness that was false, I was scared for a while.
-Meeting Kielor briefly as he came back for important healer business that I managed to plant myself in the middle of.
-The first portion of the orange sorcery lesson consisted of a little bit of theory and a whole lot of "you as an individual are insignicant in the flow of everything, just like we all are, and none of it is worth it," and a lot of metaphors involving lakes and rivers and mudfish and grotesque swamp monsters.
-Nearly dying about 8 times fighting the husks, and the Count's majestic battle twirling to physically represent his dodging of all of the Encase With Ices I could throw. Also learning something about a close friend that said friend may not even be aware of.
-Baron Sylus saying that I might have to execute someone on his behalf, and going into one nyad-curious method. The "...wait what the hell?" look on his face after I answered was priceless.
-The Baron and his buddies ditching me on a few occasions to go do things with their fun skills while I just sort of shrug and trudge to the manor. Very cliquey guys, I'm supposed to guard him...
-Also Zipeto's npc, Clytie is simultaneously grateful and sick to her stomach.
-Trying to volunteer to assist in a ritual, but before I can, the Baron offers me like a cup of sugar, and the Guildmistress says she would take me anyway. Well. You guys really know how to make a girl feel like a sentient person capable of independant thought and bodily autonomy...
-Incredible gift from mom/Ash, it was far too fragile for me to wear in battle, but fortunately Clytie had it in her pouch so she could bring it with her with her other treasures.
-Feast! Dad got knighted, I almost had to act maybe as a headsman (unless Sylus got Pluvious ready to do the deed, who knows), and Clytie had pie for the first time!
-Vim. HO. LY. SHIT.
-Strategizing pre-mainmod with the Baron and a few others, and Clytie nonchalantly and unknowingly talking about a balance of all things with one of the most terrifying characters back in game. She knows his name, who he was title wise... if she only knew more... xD
-"We are all going to die" the main mod. Protecting the Baron, Warlord, and finally the healer carrying the Phokus. Things get serious when you tell people what to take from your body should you die.
-Paladin secret and connecting dots very quickly. Clytie is now convinced that Visigalis is at least partly responsible for sending the nulls, and the incredible roleplay that came with that crisis of faith. While all the reassurance and denial was appreciated, Verrill was actually the one who said what she needed to hear. Part 2, orange sorcery lesson complete.
-Overhearing her teammate's attempted suicide, but being too out of it to possibly get up and do anything about it.
-Pluvious the Pantsless Knight. Enemies of Travance and partial nudity beware.
-Officially disavowing Visigalis and unlearning most of her cleric skills. Call it cowardly or superficial all you'd like, but she didn't want to worship and fight for a being that at the best lied about their identidy and all they stood for and at worst is actively trying to erase her.
-Reassurance round 2 starring Chenjing, offering other gods and forces I could worship, and offering to help with my quest to punch Visigalis in the face.
-Reassurance round 3 starring Magnus. No Magnus, Visigalis and Arawyn are two entirely different Hyrulian Anastazi, but she won't pop your bubble when you're making such an effort. She will hold you to the "let me know if there's anything you need" promise though, you really shouldn't say that stuff around fae, even mortal ones.
-Realizing after a trade lesson that with fire magic, water magic, and orange sorcery, I will be the fastest-producing distiller ever.
-You tried, Aldric, I know, but you sent literally the worst possible person to try for reassurance round 4. Even you just showing up out of the blue would have been better.
-Officially offering my friendship to Ostcliff and providing a few ideas to help with administration and wellbeing of their people. Hey, my family is there, I might as well.
-One last hurrah with a fight with the undead representing Tellegrim. Finally, no majestic battle twirls so I can actually stick people in giant ice cubes again...
-I don't know if lay off was official called, we just all kind of puttered off into ooc-dom.

Altogether, this was an incredibly intense event, and I'm really looking forward to how we handle everything in January

I'm gonna end up with 30 posts, but May reminded me of two things:

1) Interactions with Clytie about visigalis post main reveal were great. It helped me a lot with my own views. It also has effects on the Kaladonia Alter Space.

2) Zippeto's Druid NPC was really cool, and a very interesting source of information. I wish that the time and scenario had allowed for me to learn more from him and talk to him more.

Since others are adding missed Highlights, I will join in.

Tanwyns, you all are great, resourceful, and comical at times. Good job this event. You rogue heroed like a bunch of bosses!

Clytie. May you got my PC of the month, you never slip ig, but damn girl, your rp was good. Argyle might not agree with everything she says, but the rp is full throttle.

VIM: Is it wrong that Argyle thinks he can learn a lot from him?

Draknar Docannon

That moment when MOST of the Scholars think your nuttier than a squirrel turd, but your actually dead right. I know, it scares me too.

Verill, we really are an Abbott and Costello act. Folks looking at us, " Those two are friends?"

Stacy, I really did have Tari`s back.

Caldor thinking I was being smug and sarcastic, " No, brother I'mjust out of breathe." Panting like a dog. Jason, if I ever had a beef with, I'd ask you off to the side. I was glad you were out there helping when others didn't. As far as IG goes, if Argyle is being rude to Caldor, hit me in the head, I've been turned against me will.

From Father Jed, then to Wormwood, to Alturis, and then finally to Karkat, Argyle has some wild allies this run.

Oren, your like a brother to me Will. The level of trust we have is awesome. I will role play with you anytime you want, just NOT 7 a.m. Saturday morning again.

Dave, I need to actually have time to sit with you in game, without a dozen folks trying grab you or myself.

The window, thanks Eric and Matt. Good show.

-Walking around the town for the first time and soaking in reactions from people.
-Meeting my fellow Greens for the first time and getting great news for the tribe, Hanging my Trophy bones to our camp.
-meeting the baron within 2 hours of being IC and ending up one of his guards for the rest of the night.
-Talking with Wolfgar about the culture of Tribalism.
-Punching husks, and punching husks, and then I punched some husks after I punched other husks, oh yeah and almost forgot to add that I punched a husk before they slayed the crap outta me.

Love you guys, great first event back to KR, see you all in a few weeks.

Great Event, Kudos to the ST team. Really did not expect to see telegrim flying away at the beginning...

In no particular order
Treason callout at feast
Orias defense
Orias smacking me after i pushed through him, totally saw it coming great RP
Hiding in the woods several times and having nulls walk right past me
Kicking Grim Through another portal, so much fun
having the nulls show up almost immediately after portal, calling basic escape and going PEACE THE F OUT.
Hide in shadows/stealthing for the win
Lorelai(spelling prolly butchered my bad) and i had a lot of interacting and it was very enjoyable
Holding the Wall and then Steve's husk walking up behind me, waiting til the very last second to Plane shift out to make sure the others were safe, since when does Tsoli care so much geez you guys what are you doing to me.
Going back to wall up because people were dilly dallying 200 ft away and thinking it was safe.
Dispel Magic on my wall, damn it......
Thanks Blacktree(never thought i'd say that) for the help.
Maneuvers with the Baron, Dimitri and Pluvious.
Lessons given twice vintner and some magic lessons and others. Seriously teaching/learning is probably my favorite part of the game.
Don't get hit with the Hammer
Telling a new barbarian basically my "finger wiggling" was our best chance at survival and if need be i'll fight her without magic, beat her and then throw her through lol.
Jack next time i'm just gonna kick you through to your damn library, all of the magical sanctuary.
... Should you be fighting? If they need me to fight then we're already lost.
Ok look to disguise your voice like a man's just imitate Galen or Nalick.....
Talks with magnus, time to rally the troops green sorcery style.
If i missed anything my bad, ya'll were great!

Tsoli wrote: Lorelai(spelling prolly butchered my bad) and i had a lot of interacting and it was very enjoyable

You are in fact one of the few to spell it correctly in a while! Lol.

And yeah, Tsoli and Lor were a good team.

Tsoli wrote: Ok look to disguise your voice like a man's just imitate Galen or Nalick.....

Something about the two of us just... resonates.