I was totally trying to decide whether to *thumbsup Owyn* or *ooooo* or remain ready to hit 'enter' on my alias of axing, because "THIS IS MY NEW RING OF BANING MAGICK AND IT IS AMAZING GUYS LOOK. LOOOOK. WHY AREN'T YOU LOOKING. AT LEAST LOOK AT THIS RING BEFORE WE ALL DIE".
You have slain Vasharr. You gain 10,000 faith for killing Vasharr. Vasharr's spine falls from his dead body. A starburst tattoo flares and bathes Vasharr in a nimbus of white light. Vasharr quickly eats some hyssop stem. Vasharr clenches his fists and grits his teeth. A small beaver bends over and picks up Vasharr's spine.
You continue your search through the boneyard for a loose bone. 669/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as the blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly. Damage Taken: 23 blunt (raw damage: 127) 645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 In the sky high above, you hear a high-pitched keening sound, and are appalled to see a flaming meteor streaking towards the ground. 645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 rt consecrate (Ring): You say, "Consecrate." 645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 With mounting horror, you realize that the meteorite is heading straight for your location. 645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 rt consecrate (Ring): You say, "Consecrate." 645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 Health Gain: 23 The Rite of Revitalization refreshes your body and mind. 669/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 A shimmering translucent shield forms around Cyr. 669/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 Eldreth's aura of weapons rebounding disappears. Eldreth quickly flings a card with the image of Lust at you. You suddenly feel unreasonable lust for Eldreth. 669/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as the blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly. Damage Taken: 23 blunt (raw damage: 127) 645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 A great weight seems to have been lifted from Cyr. 645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 Cyr rubs some salve on his skin. You take Ageranu's tibia from the boneyard. 645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 queue eqbal reject eldreth A large, rectangular gateway opens up near you, and you feel yourself irresistibly drawn inside. Shadowed clearing by river Waelin. (road). Eldreth Iolar is here, covered in a thin sheen of ice. He wields a slender plague doctor's staff in his left hand and a scuffed wyvernhide shield in his right. A Great Gray owl named Perthyn tosses back his head and screeches derisively as Septus enters. 645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0 Reject eldreth added to your EQBAL queue. You reject the friendship of Eldreth. Equilibrium Taken: 2.75s
With a twinge of electricity, Alvetta tells you, "You do know that I forced him to grope himself, right?" With a twinge of electricity, Alvetta tells you, "If you wanted to see something, hehehe." With a twinge of electricity, Alvetta tells you, "Mistel."
This is why you should have to type full names for tells.
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I wasn't going to mention any of this until I put the plans in motion, but since the cat was let out of the bag a bit early and I'd never try to rebag a cat... here goes.
At this point, I feel like I can comfortably say that I have done everything I have ever wanted to do in Imperian and more. I made the Taekyon go anti-magick, way back when, and I made Antioch go away from it many years later. I outlived the Gods. Allied with the Horde. Allied with the Legion. Met awesome Ultrixes and was the Worst Fiance Ever. Met a lot of people, for that matter, and made a lot of good friends.
But I have also reached a point where it feels like I really don't have a whole lot left to do here, and most of the stuff I would want to do is now more hindered by Khizan's past than helped by it. Khizan laughed at the death of the Gods. He made multiple pacts with Urzog. He broke the seals on Legion's plagues. I don't regret any of it, but it is a weighty kind of history to be stuck with, and it really sort of limits what you can reasonably get away with in the future. Anything I want to do with the character in the future is overwhelmed by what he's done in the past.
So I just feel like it's time to put Khizan away and let him go out on a high note. So this is my plan. Retiring Khizan will give me roughly 19-20k credits when everything is accounted for. I'm probably going to drop about 75% of that on Achaea. New game, new people, and lots of things I haven't done. It's interesting and I'm having fun. And hey, that rhymed. I wasn't planning on that, but I'll take it.
The other 25% I'm gonna sit on for a while and then I'll probably come back here with it after a bit. 4-5k credits will make a brand new character with enough left over for a few nice toys, but without Khizan's history and without the overbearing artifacts that helped make the game so top-heavy. Should make a fun little alt.
It's been a lot of fun, everyone(that rhymed again!), but I've been here a looooong time and I just need a bit of a change for now. I'll be back again later, I'll just have fewer toys.
"On the battlefield I am a god. I love war. The steel, the smell, the corpses. I wish there were more. On the first day I drove the Northmen back alone at the ford. Alone! On the second I carried the bridge! Me! Yesterday I climbed the Heroes! I love war! I… I wish it wasn’t over."
I don't regret any of it, but it is a weighty kind of history to be stuck with, and it really sort of limits what you can reasonably get away with in the future. Anything I want to do with the character in the future is overwhelmed by what he's done in the past.
Strangely poetic that, in the end, it was Khandava that killed Khizan.
[News]: A new entry has been posted on the Announce board. READNEWS ANNOUNCE 3447 for more information. Septus has fallen before the relentless onslaught that is Septus. ANNOUNCE NEWS #3447 Date: 9/6/2016 at 21:12 From: Garryn To : Everyone Subj: Special shards
Carrying more than one special shard (as per SHARD SPECIALS) now causes periodic damage. The more of these you have, the worse the damage gets.
Penned by my hand on the 8th of Aequitas, in the year 114 AM.
I'm imagining Septus sitting somewhere, laughing maniacally at his pile of shard psuedo-artifacts going POWER OVERWHELMING!! while lightning crashes omniously in the background, Garryn sees this and goes 'Hm, guess i have to do -that- after all.' He then flips a switch and Septus's diabolical shard fueled laughter turns into a Wilhelm scream of horror.
I imagined Septus as Cookie Monster being told "you have to share, or each additional cookie you eat will give you raging indigestion", and Septus shrugging and going "om nom nom nom nom".
Sort of like this:
Tikal suddenly appears, accompanied by wild cracking of energy.
A dark figure comes gliding towards you with a high pitched chirp. A bat furiously beats its wings to reach Tikal, dropping a letter in her hands before swooping over your head and disappearing into the shadows.
You tell Septus, "Can you um... Die a little faster... Please." You tell Septus, "You take so long for an outrider." Septus tells you, "I will endeavour to try."
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You have slain Vasharr.
You gain 10,000 faith for killing Vasharr.
Vasharr's spine falls from his dead body.
A starburst tattoo flares and bathes Vasharr in a nimbus of white light.
Vasharr quickly eats some hyssop stem.
Vasharr clenches his fists and grits his teeth.
A small beaver bends over and picks up Vasharr's spine.
Son of a
Who got closer to being lucky, you decide:
You continue your search through the boneyard for a loose bone.
669/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as the blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly.
Damage Taken: 23 blunt (raw damage: 127)
645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
In the sky high above, you hear a high-pitched keening sound, and are appalled to see a flaming meteor streaking towards the ground.
645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
rt consecrate
(Ring): You say, "Consecrate."
645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
With mounting horror, you realize that the meteorite is heading straight for your location.
645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
rt consecrate
(Ring): You say, "Consecrate."
645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
Health Gain: 23
The Rite of Revitalization refreshes your body and mind.
669/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
A shimmering translucent shield forms around Cyr.
669/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
Eldreth's aura of weapons rebounding disappears.
Eldreth quickly flings a card with the image of Lust at you.
You suddenly feel unreasonable lust for Eldreth.
669/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
Frozen by fear, you can do naught but watch, wide-eyed with terror, as the blazing sphere streaks towards you and slams into your body, burning you horribly.
Damage Taken: 23 blunt (raw damage: 127)
645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
A great weight seems to have been lifted from Cyr.
645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
Cyr rubs some salve on his skin.
You take Ageranu's tibia from the boneyard.
645/669h 512/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
queue eqbal reject eldreth
A large, rectangular gateway opens up near you, and you feel yourself irresistibly drawn inside.
Shadowed clearing by river Waelin. (road).
Eldreth Iolar is here, covered in a thin sheen of ice. He wields a slender plague doctor's staff in his left hand and a scuffed wyvernhide shield in his right.
A Great Gray owl named Perthyn tosses back his head and screeches derisively as Septus enters.
645/669h 501/512m 0e 0w bals:eb status:db arms: pp Kai: 0 fanatism: 0
Reject eldreth added to your EQBAL queue.
You reject the friendship of Eldreth.
Equilibrium Taken: 2.75s
Drawing on the power of undeath, you wreathe your hand in black, crackling
energy. With a diabolical laugh, you stiffen your hand and slowly run it down
Septus's chest, splitting it open as you do so. With an expert touch, you rip
apart his innards, causing a maximum of horrifying pain, and, enjoying the
spectacle of Septus writhing and screaming in agony, you rip out his sternum
and drive it through his splayed body, pinning him to the ground to die.
You have slain Septus.
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(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 1 (Duelling and You), verse 1: This ain't a duel-
for-all, son."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 1 (Duelling and You), verse 2: Die in a fire."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 1 (Duelling and You), verse 3: I did duel you. I'm
an outrider, we have an entourage."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 1 (Duelling and You), verse 4: You are awful."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 1 (Duelling and You), verse 5: It is my fault."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 1 (Duelling and You), verse 6: Your guild wasn't
relevant in 2005."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 1: NO STOP IT
STOP TRYING JUST DO WHAT I SAY YOU ARE MAKING THIS SO MUCH WORSE."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 2: GODD*$#T
I DID NOT SAY TARGET SOMETHING ELSE I SAID DON'T TARGET ANYTHING. TARGET NOTHING TARGET NOTHING
TARGET NOTHING."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 3: Just do
fu$#ing damage!"
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 4: Stop doing
this affliction bull$#!t."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 5: That is
because you give them all a complicated system instead of a bashing alias."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 6: Pilg."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 7: Stop
hitting parry ffs."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 2 (Team Fighting and Tactics), verse 8: I am the
godd@#n conductor."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 1: I
am never doing this again."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 2:
Bashing sucks."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 3:
Predator is awful and you are awful for playing it."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 4:
What do you mean you haven't watched Mad max?"
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 5: Am
classes are boring."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 6:
Jules you're doing it again."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 7: I
will GROUND YOU YOUNG LADY."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 3 (you won't like me when I'm angry), verse 8:
Jules, you always do this."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 1: Ultrix said so."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 2: Awful."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 3: Cats > dogs."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 4: Afk."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 5: What kind of scrub doesn't
have a perma-sharp weapon?"
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 6: You suck slightly less."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 7: Listen."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 8: You do no damage if you're
dead."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 4 (scripture), verse 9: Shou ."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 1: Which side is Demonic
helping?"
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 2: Technically, the city
credits belonged to me anyway."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 3: There are three factions."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 4: Funnily enough, when I
was doing this for your team I got like 50 upvotes."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 5: Our c team can beat up
your b team."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 6: No, they actually do
need two to one odds to have a chance."
(Ring): Septus says, "The book of Vladin, chapter 5 (it is known), verse 7: We are not doing another
shrine war."
Iniar made one and threw down the gauntlet.
Had to be done.
With a twinge of electricity, Alvetta tells you, "If you wanted to see something, hehehe."
With a twinge of electricity, Alvetta tells you, "Mistel."
This is why you should have to type full names for tells.
Arakis tells you, "Target: Lartus."
Hrm.
You tell Septus, "I'll miss the battles."
Septus tells you, "That'll the end of such a major era of imperian history."
You tell Septus, "Yeah."
You tell Septus, "They were both here from the beginning."
You tell Septus, "The real death of the Gods."
@Khizan, @Risca, #deathOfTheTrueGods
((((((((
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** Or credit conversion. Try not to do anything much right now. **.
** Don't panic, normal service will be restored as soon as possible. For now, enjoy the wonders of conversation. **.
*** We will be rebooting in about 60 seconds ***.
** Don't panic. Just...stay close to your rosaries **.
** Monetary offers for Salvation accepted. **.
At this point, I feel like I can comfortably say that I have done everything I have ever wanted to do in Imperian and more. I made the Taekyon go anti-magick, way back when, and I made Antioch go away from it many years later. I outlived the Gods. Allied with the Horde. Allied with the Legion. Met awesome Ultrixes and was the Worst Fiance Ever. Met a lot of people, for that matter, and made a lot of good friends.
But I have also reached a point where it feels like I really don't have a whole lot left to do here, and most of the stuff I would want to do is now more hindered by Khizan's past than helped by it. Khizan laughed at the death of the Gods. He made multiple pacts with Urzog. He broke the seals on Legion's plagues. I don't regret any of it, but it is a weighty kind of history to be stuck with, and it really sort of limits what you can reasonably get away with in the future. Anything I want to do with the character in the future is overwhelmed by what he's done in the past.
So I just feel like it's time to put Khizan away and let him go out on a high note. So this is my plan. Retiring Khizan will give me roughly 19-20k credits when everything is accounted for. I'm probably going to drop about 75% of that on Achaea. New game, new people, and lots of things I haven't done. It's interesting and I'm having fun. And hey, that rhymed. I wasn't planning on that, but I'll take it.
The other 25% I'm gonna sit on for a while and then I'll probably come back here with it after a bit. 4-5k credits will make a brand new character with enough left over for a few nice toys, but without Khizan's history and without the overbearing artifacts that helped make the game so top-heavy. Should make a fun little alt.
It's been a lot of fun, everyone(that rhymed again!), but I've been here a looooong time and I just need a bit of a change for now. I'll be back again later, I'll just have fewer toys.
"On the battlefield I am a god. I love war. The steel, the smell, the corpses. I wish there were more. On the first day I drove the Northmen back alone at the ford. Alone! On the second I carried the bridge! Me! Yesterday I climbed the Heroes! I love war! I… I wish it wasn’t over."
information.
Septus has fallen before the relentless onslaught that is Septus.
ANNOUNCE NEWS #3447
Date: 9/6/2016 at 21:12
From: Garryn
To : Everyone
Subj: Special shards
Carrying more than one special shard (as per SHARD SPECIALS) now causes periodic damage. The more of
these you have, the worse the damage gets.
Penned by my hand on the 8th of Aequitas, in the year 114 AM.
Garryn afterwards:
A dark figure comes gliding towards you with a high pitched chirp. A bat furiously beats its wings to reach Tikal, dropping a letter in her hands before swooping over your head and disappearing into the shadows.
Tikal is quickly carried up into the skies.
You tell Septus, "Can you um... Die a little faster... Please."
You tell Septus, "You take so long for an outrider."
Septus tells you, "I will endeavour to try."
Holding you to that, @Septus.
My humble opinion on monks wearing full suits of leather armor (or any armor beyond limb armor really)
boarded."
With sepulchral tones, Laeka tells you, "Not by you."
Laeka has bled to death.