{"id":1741,"date":"2024-03-08T18:45:26","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1741"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:45:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:45:26","slug":"cry-of-despair-5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/cry-of-despair-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry of Despair #5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Interview with Abalon, Leader of the Human Nation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"cryofdespair\">\n               _____\n   *          ( ____)           .    +          .\n        +     ( ____)\n   .          ( ____)                               *\n              ( ____)      +\n              ( ____)                      \n          .   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What first attracted you to join the human nation?\n \n     Well I have been in the Human nation, ever since I came to Darkhaven.\nI was to start off with, just a member, whom came to the nations area to\nsee events that happened there.  I then joined the guild of rangers, and\nbecause friends with Lady Jesner, whom was the leader at that time proved\nmy worth as a negotiator, and took the position of Ambassador to the nation\nThis was fine for a while, then the leadership passed to Jago.  I disagreed\nwith Jago on a few fundimental points, and challenged him for the\nleadership, and you see me leader today.\n \n3.  How was the process from amassabor to human nation leader for you?\n    Did you ever feel threatened at any point by Jago or his followers?\n \n     Well, I at that point was the one whom took the brunt of the human\nnation issues in any case, Jago in my opinion did not forfill the role\nof a Leader, being both apathetic and non caring of the role, he did not\nseek to reform his council, after those whom followed Lady Jesnar had\nleft he was not present for a lot of the issues that affected our race from\ninteraction with other races.  Very seldom did he talk to me, I was still\nat that point the Ambassador, twas then i made the decision that i could\ndo the job better.  Jesnar and his views were that of a Monarchic state\nwilst that works if you have a strong character at the head, it falls when\nthere is none.  That is why the nation is now guided by a council, and I\nform the role of head of that council and I feel it is going better.\n \n4.  What do the roles of the councils intail?\n \n    There are several key roles, there is a nation second, currently\nMoonfire.  He is there to guide me, and also lead the nation should I\nbe away, or unable to do so.  There is an Ambassador, currently Jaem,\nwhom is the chief mediator on matters of inter-race dealings.  Jarok is\nmy war chief, the head of the nations armies, and the controller of the\n5 generals and soldiers of the forces in times of war. There is Octaviious\nwhom is the Captain of the Guard, a role of internal nation peace keeping.\nLaurelle and her coven, whom guide me in matters spiritual.  Last but\nnot least is Balmore, my scribe whom does the drafting of treaties and\nsuch like.\n \n5.  Tell me a bit about Abalons life around his home.\n \n  Abalon is the son of a deadly male warrior and female druid.  he was\nborn in the cursed lands in hiding, for a large battle of the opposing\nclans of my father , and another was in process on the night of my birth,\nso i am told, a mage from the opposide clan, saught out my father and a\nbattle ensued.  The mage, being of great power, did slay my father, and\nvented his wraith on my mother also, though I am sure she suffered before\nhe saw fit to kill her.  I was, thankfully for me, taken in to the town of\ninnys haen, in the cursed lands, by the town healer, the mage being of\ndevout align, could not follow, so I was spared.  Twas there that i did my \nearly growing.  upon the age of my 18 th year, I was sent to Darkhaven, to \nthe acadamy where I did not fit in at all, and soon was shown to be the case,\nas the mistress, The..well something, I forget her name, threw me out on\nthe streets, at the age of 19.  I then joined a group of thieves and\nvagabonds, where I was taught to fight with skill, well not the skill of\nthe armies, but the skill of cunning.  From there I aged and scraped a\nliving fighting and drinking, untill I was of an age to join the guild.\n \n6.  Does Abalon have any plans for the Future of his nation?\n    Mabey marriage to a nation leader as a symbol of peace or\n    rage war on a hated foe?\n \n  I don't think I have marriage on my mind.  well least not yet, I am\nnot sure I have met the right maid.\nAs far as the nation goes, I intend to rule in peace, but some wars cannot\nbe avoided, the situation in Nations is fractuous, and there are many whom\nseek to oppose my lead in the fact that I am evil in my faith to that end,\nthe nation has armies of great strength, and would that there be those\nwhom seek to destroy what i have worked hard on will find the wrath of the\nnation, but as we speak there are members of my coucil whom work to forge\ntreaties of peace with those whom have approched and made their intentions\nknown.  There are not many whom I personally hate, though there are some\nwhom are getting that way\n \n7.  Are you able to share with us some going ons of the humans as of late?\n \n    well that matters at the moment are the signing of the treaties.\nseems all nations have been forced into a picking of sides.  there are those\nwhom would oppose Dalamar for his rule of the Elves, out of Baali\nMicala has forged and alliance with the Half-elves and Dwarves.\nthere are many whom have approched the Human nation, I have to deside\nthere are many whom have approched the Human nation, I have to deside\nwhat is best for the Nation, and at the moment I cannot say for I am\nnot fully decided myself.  Well we currently move to strengthen the Nations,\nand if it can be arranged this will involve sparing  (ooc pkill *evil grin*)\nthere will be also quests for the whole nation, but these are to be decided\n \nWritten by\nApollonia\n \n                           ________________________________\n                           \/     , _                       \/\\\n       .      .'          |     \/|\/ \\ _   _          ,    |_\/\n        :`...' `.,'  '    |      |__\/\/ \\_|\/ \/|\/|\/|  \/ \\_  |\n    `.  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I am the one who would soar above\nthe sky, master over the greatest of beasts.  I am the one who\nwould ride on the wakes of dreams through the darkest of shadows\nto emerge in a greater light.  I am the one who would stalk soul-\nkilling nightmares the the gates of hell and across rivers of\nfire.  I am the one who would hold the realms of the universe\nin the palm of my hand.\n \nI am the one.\n \nI am the rider of dragons.  I am the one who stands on the\nshoulders of noble giants, bonded by a spiritual link.  I am the\none who burns the day so the night may belong to the one I serve.\nI am the one who rises to the stars and beyond on wings of fire,\nfrost, and lightning.  I am the one who belongs to the earth,\nset here for a purpose I can't possibly understand.\n \nI am the rider.\n \nI am the rider of dragons.  I am the one who is two, Master\nand servant, king and slave.  I am the one who would join the\nwinged beasts in their effortless spirals around the sun, moon, \nand stars, and back to earth again. I am the one who is trapped\nby my own desires in endles circle of pain and sadness, with\ntimes of great joy to compensate.  I am the one who climbs the\ntower only to fall again, who fights a glorious battle only\nto be cut down by the blade of the fallen, and who dares to hold\nthe heart shaped candle only to be burnded by the dripping wax.\n \nThat is what it means to be the rider of dragons.\n \n   ______ ______ ______   ______     ____ _ ______ ___    ______\n  |   (__`   () |    | | |   () |_  |    | |  \\___|   |__|   () |\n  |______)___|\\_\\___   | |__     _| |____|_;______;______;    __|\n  ------------- |______| -- |___| - A Cry for Help ----- |___| --\n \n \nTo: \"An old dog with a new bone!!\" \n \nThis raises that age old question again...is it cheating if you\nare on a diff, non-married character? People feel differently about\nthis, and there will probably never be a resolution. However, this\nis something that does need to be addressed to your mudwife, as well\nas the newbie. Whether you decide to stop seeing the girl or not,\nall relationships, to survive, need several things. Honesty, respect,\ncommunication, and trust are the main stabilizers of ANY relationship,\neven a friendship. In this case, however, none of this is apparent.\nYou are, by not telling either of the women involved about the other,\nin effect, basically lying to them both. Withholding information is\njust as bad as blatantly lying, and hurts just as badly. Having been\nin this situation, on the other side, I know how the other two are\ngoing to feel, once they find out...and they WILL find out. You have\na chance to salvage the situation at this crossroads, and the choice\nis yours..but the choice, since it also affects them in a major way,\nshould be theirs as well. Honesty is always best...and remember,\nbehind these characters we are all human, with emotions and hearts.\nGood luck to you.\nAeriel\n \n  ______ ____ _ ______ ______ ______   ___\n |    __|    | |      |      |    | | |   |__ ______ ______ ______ _______\n |___|  |______;____|_;____|_;___   | |    . |    ) |      |  \\___|(_   (_`\n --- funny - bones --------- |______| |______;______;____|_;______|__)____)\n.....\nFunny Quotes\nShingo: oooo! stupid question quest, Please!\nCyril: If I remember correctly, Shingo, you did pretty good at those quests :P\nShingo: pretty good... not the best, there were better :P\nCyril: Viracocha always kicked my @$$ in those, I was happy when he immed :P\n \nFunny Titles\nKithgul is trying to hide his crappy EQ.\nIvy.. I could fake it, but I'd still want more.. (Order of Baali)\nJespahad: DTs are my specialty, eq is for wimps ....\nVanleven say's \"I died but hell was full\" [GoW]. (Guild of Warriors)\nBrimstoned      Tocchet. Scotland: Where men were men and sheep were scared.\nHeretic         Vortex is the flame, that attracts the psycho chicks.\nPrometheus is rolling a rubber band ball with his butt\nLeala Dela Drones sets up the IV drip to her coffee pot.\nXolyphes the Manufactorer of Navel Lint. (Guild of Paladins)\nLothrimer the Man, the Myth, the Shiny is standing here.\nTharius -there's gonna have to be bloodshed- (Was used during a pkill quest)\nEminem melts in your mouth, not in your hands\nDarrek seeks a woman skilled in the mysterious arts of the party girl\n \nFunny Situations\nLanthanos counciltalks 'try flutergork, thats a good name'\nJulie counciltalks 'lanthanos?'\nLanthanos  counciltalks 'yes?'\nJulie counciltalks 'stop helping or i will hurt you'\n \nFunny Traffic\nSomeone openly traffics:  my brain for sale, never used, still in\n    original package, slightly damaged\nSomeone openly traffics: how much?\n \n\n           ***************Quest Central**************\n \nBlood Bath \n \nA sharp gust of wind rips through the streets of Darkhaven, the \nonly warning for Avatars wishing to qualify for the BloodBath has\narrived, and awaits on AvChat\nWith that echo the avatars of the realms rushed to meet the Dark \ndeity of Baali, Lascivias. Many ventured to meet the Dark Goddess \nbut only 8 teams of 2 made It.  Ayesh and Fademan, Gafezyx and \nTanmalitcien, Turancila and Zaanaly  Alovea and Edmond, Tsarok and\nVolchecka, Tranzakanyuv chose to fight alone And finally Draugluin \nand Ajax. These 8 teams made it and were ready to do  Battle in the\nArena to please the dark gods from above.\n \nThe first round of the bloodbath was  indeed bloody. They all fought\nGallantly Until only 3 remained. Tanmalitcien, Tranzakanyuv, and\nGafezyx. Gafezyx  And tanmalitcien stuck together but tranzakanyuv \nwas too quick for them  Eventually Gafezyx died, and only tanm and tranz\nremained. The battle was long And tiresome, Tanmalitcien held out but\neventually died to Tranzaknyuv. Tranzaknyuv with no partner was able \nto survive and went on to the finals.\n\nThe results of the first round was :\nTranzakanyuv with 5 kills\nAjax with 3 kills\nXeanlanx with 2 kills\nWritten by\nCyniq\n \n\nGreetings Questors and Questies,\n    This is to those who applied for the SOCIAL QUEST. Our great team of\ndecision makers and three-headed monkeys are hard at work designating and\nweeding out the winners' from the not so winners' applications. The final\ndecision will be made by next week's paper so that YOU may know who won. And\nif it's you, wel good luck, if not, at least I know the suspense is killin ya!\n-Allison of the GoC\n\n\n************Limerick Quest************\n \nPosted on the chest of a barmaid from Hell\nWas tatooed all the prices of ale\nPasted on her behind\nfor the sake of the blind\nWas precisely the same, but in braille.\n\nThat is called a limmerick, an 18th Century form of poetry\nThe earliest English limmerick published was 'Hickory Dickory\nDock'.  A limmerick is simply a five line poem of a certain\nrhyming pattern and rhythm.  The 1st, 2nd and 5th lines rhyme with\neach other, as does the 3rd and the 4th.\n    The Cry of Despair is looking for the best limerick in the\nrealms.  If you can come up with a hilariously, witty limerick send it to any\nmember of the Cry's staff via mud-mail. All submissions must be\nfree of vulgarity and explicit content and must be received\nno later than May 7th at 12 noon.\n\n  ______ ______ ___ ___    ______  ______   ______ ______ ______\n |   () |    | |   |   |__|   _) \\(_   (_  |    . |      |   _) \\\n |___   ;______;___;______;______\/__)____) |____|_;____|_;______\/\n |______|  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______  ______\n          |   () |   () |   _) \\  \\___|   () |(_   (\n_________ |______|___|\\_\\______\/______;___|\\_\\__)____) _____________\n \nGuild Pkill Schedule\nMay   5th, 9pm EST Druid-Vampire    VS Cleric-Thief\nMay   8th, 1pm EST Nephandi-Warrior VS Mage-Paladin\nMay  12th, 1pm EST Nephandi-Vampire VS Mage-Warrior\nMay  15th, 9pm EST Ranger-Paladin   VS Augure-Thief\nMay  19th, 9pm EST Mage-Vampire     VS Cleric-Paladin\nMay  22nd, 1pm EST Ranger-Warrior   VS Thief-Druid\nMay  26th, 1pm EST Cleric-Mage      VS Nephandi-Augure\nMay  29th, 9pm EST Mage-Ranger      VS Druid-Augure\nJune  2nd, 9pm EST Warrior-Vampire  VS Thief-Augurer\nJune  5th, 1pm EST Nephandi-Paladin VS Druid-Ranger\nJune  9th, 1pm EST Augurer-Vampire  VS Warrior-Paladin\nJune 12th, 9pm EST Nephandi-Thief   VS Cleric-Ranger\nJune 16th, 9pm EST Cleric-Vampire   VS Nephandi-Ranger\nJune 19th, 1pm EST Mage-Thief       VS Druid-Paladin\nJune 23rd, 1pm EST Druid-Warrior    VS Cleric-Augurer\n \n\nOrder of Rol Na Feinne\n \nRnF induction Policy\nHail Potential members of our Keep,\n \nWe seek new hearts to join ours in defence of Queen, castle and \ngood for all. It is now necessary however, those whom wish to join \napproach us with letters from known 'roleplayers' speaking of your \nexperience as a roleplayer. When you do so, a preliminary interview \nwill be conducted, Not on your knowledge of these realms, but on \nyourself, To see if your heart follows our ways. Last but not least. \nOne quest, assigned by the Queen, or one of the induction council.\nOn completion you will be asked to attend some classes run by our Lord\nthuro and then your application will be processed through the induction\ncouncil and council of leaders.\n \nCan all previous applicants please speak to myself so we can decide whom\nneeds to re-apply.\n \nBest Wishes, I Hope to see you amongst us.\nAlways Dame Mea Krogenstar-DarkBlood\n**signed with the crested blood-red rose of the vampire**\n \nGuild of Thieves\nhelp cry15\n \nThe Guild of Thieves would like to welcome new members Kitron\nand Corgean to our Brotherhood. And wish the best of luck to those\ncurrently questing for membership.\n \nAlso we wish to announce the guilds new Second: Belmore!\n \nIn a fierce arena battle with the Guild of Paladins, the Guild\nof Thieves emerged victorious following a brief but gruesome battle.\nThings got off to a bad start for the Paladins, as one of their\nmembers fell victim to a Thief's well placed backstab.  True to their\nvaliant natures, the Paladins fought bravely to the last man, but were\nsoon overwhelmed by the incessant onslaught of the Thieves.  With the\ninter-guild competition looming on the horizon, you can be sure both\nGuilds are eager for a rematch!\nby Carienne Manning\ncorrespondent\n \nGuild of Paladins\n \nThree class PK - GoD GoP GoR\nDruids, Rangers, and Paladins participated in a 3 class pkill\non Friday evening.\nEach team was comprised of 1 Paladin, 1 Druid, and 1 Ranger.\nMemorable quotes from the evening :P\n \n  Garvin yells \"Help!  I am being attacked by Varicela!\"\n  Varicela yells \"Help!  I am being attacked by Mecil!\"\n  Varicela gets carried away by the vibes and starts shakin' her rump.\n  Ilsensine says \"Pity about my error :P\"\n  Ilsensine licks Viracocha.  Ilsensine says \"Imm's sure taste good! :P\"\n \nThe winning team, led by Zaren included Mecil, Narlak and Garvin\n  Mecil comments \"You can safely say we won because of the\n                  best teamwork I have ever seen, we helped \n                  each other out when people got down.\"\n  Mecil said we \"Separated only for like 20 secs in all the\n                 fight:-)\"\n \n  Mecil credits Zaren as a great team leader, saying \n                \"That is the main reason we won without losing a \n                 single teammember\"\n \n  Varicela says \"Zaren is evil. run when you see him! \" \n \nGoP would like to introduce new members Darshanin, Belgeron, and Valky :)\nAnnaisse GreyBorne\n\n   ______ ____   ______ _______ _______ ___ ______ ___ ______ ______\n  |   (__`   |__|    . |(_   (_`(_   (_`   |    __|   |  \\___|   _) \\\n  |______)______|____|_|__)____)__)____)___;___|  |___;______;______\/\n  ----------------------Classifieds----------------------------------\n\nPandry wants to trade you eq! All kinds of eq for every align for\ntrade for the right offer. If you got glory for trade, he's the\nhelp cry17\nman to go to! Seth\/La Chute\/SoT, its all for trade!\nPandy\n\n\nAnnouncements\n \nPlease give your Congratulations to the Lady Espiritae and her love \nMagiua, they were engaged on the First of this month.\n \nMay they find eternal love and happiness in each others lives\n \nAlways Dame Mea Krogenstar-DarkBlood\n**signed with the crested blood-red rose of the vampire**\n \nHugs and Kisses to Saraphin, the bestest of the best=)\nLove,\nBrane\n \nThanks for reading The Cry of Despair!<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview with Abalon, Leader of the Human Nation _____ * ( ____) . + . + ( ____) . ( ____) * ( ____) + ( ____) . 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