{"id":1743,"date":"2024-03-08T18:43:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1743"},"modified":"2024-03-08T18:43:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-08T18:43:05","slug":"cry-of-despair-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/cry-of-despair-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry of Despair #4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">In between hell and heaven, there were many pleasant stops for Serina&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"cryofdespair\">\n ______ ______ ______      ______ ______ _______ ______ ______ ___ ______\n |   (__   () |    |  | of |   _) \\  \\___|(_   (_   () |    . |   |   () |\n |______)___|\\_\\___   | -- |______\/______|__)____)   __|____|_;___;___|\\_\\\n  ------------ |______| ------------------------ |___| ------------------\n Number 4                      April 25, 1999                      Volume 1\n --------------------------------------------------------------------------\n        Feature Story........CRY2-4    Funny Bones...........CRY10-12\n        Poems and Stories....CRY5-6    Quest Central.........CRY13-14\n        A Cry for Help.......CRY7      Announcements.........CRY15\n        Guilds\/Clans\/Orders..CRY8-9\n  \n --------------------------------------------------------------------------\n [editor] Mystaric [printer] Bede\n [staff] Allison Alovea Anaisse Apollonia Athuro Cyniq Dacoit Decantor\n         Deevlit Gurt Hawpch Iktome Kayah Keroppi Kuah Lohon Louellin\n         Mea Ranstlin Thabo Tunclon Vestia Yardan\n --------------------------------------------------------------------------\n  ______ ______ ______   ______ ______ ______ ______ _______ ______ ______\n |   (__   () |   _)  \\ |   ---|  \\___|    . |_    _|     | |   () |  \\___|\n |______)______;______\/ |____| |______;____|_| |__| |_______;___|\\_\\______;\n -------------------- The Cry of Despair Feature Story --------------------\n \nInterview with an Immortal\n \nSerina has become one of the more popular Imm's due in part\nto her unique and addictive quests.  She's combined a love\nof word puzzles and an understanding of the realms and\ncreated quests that both frustrate and invigorate glory-\nseeking realmers from every walks of life.\n     Looking back on Serina's history in the realms is\nas enjoyable and entertaining as one of her quests.  One\nlittle known fact about this lovable Imm is the fact that\nSerina was not her first character.  As a newbie, faced\nwith the frustrating rigors of leveling for the first time\nin this huge world, she lost her marbles, and got a bit\ntoo frisky with the immortals.\n     \"When I first started playing here I was so lost, so confused, and\nvery annoyed,\" says Serina.  \"Eventually I just got sooooo ticked off\nand *cough*  .. started mouthing off.  So I'd have to say\nmy very first experience was my most embarassing one.\nLevel one and in hell.  They wouldn't let me out ever .\n....so a couple of weeks later I tried again.\"\n   Giggling, Serina, the consumate pixie, admitted that\nher story might inspire mortals who have found themselves on\nthe wrong side of right.  If she could rise from hell to\nthe graces of Immortality, they should feel inspired.\n \n    In between hell and heaven, there were many pleasant stops\nfor Serina.  She started over and found herself amongst the\nfamily of guilded clerics.  Which she joined under the\nleadership of Jeremiah.  Looking back, Serina remembers those\ntimes fondly, as many of us remembers our younger years.\n    \"I found a whole group of people I could depend on.\nThey became like family and made me feel really comfortable\nand showed me a whole new part of the realms,\" says Serina.\nSerina eventually became leader of her wonderful family.\n    \"Eventually I thought I'd give leadership a shot,\nand ran for first in the GoC. I got that, and made my\nway up to leader.  Ran the guild of clerics for a fabulous year.\"\n    Before she became an Imm, Serina was also involved with\nthe Newbie Council and the Pixie Nation Council.  During\nher time in the realms, she has seen it change from a small\nworld, much more laid back than it is now, but she enjoys\nthe changes.\n   \"...things were sooooo different, and much quieter!;),\" she says\n\"Although I'm not complaining, I'm happy with the way things\nhave progressed.\"\n   And progressed they have, partly do to the input of dedicated\nImmortals like herself.\nVestia  \n \n\nInterview with a Leader\n     \n     The latest Guildmaster for the Guild of Druids deals with leadership\nwith a smile on her face and a quill in her hand.  Ceirana Starprofit, Leader\nof the Guild of Druids, has adjusted smoothly to a transition into\nleadership that can often times be bumpy and frustrating.  She writes more\nnotes than ever and is giving advice like nobody's business, but she says\nshe loves her new role in the guild.\n     \"Our guild has had great leadership from the start, and it has been\nfun and an honour to be part of that tradition,\" says Ceirana.\n     A very positive individual, she does notice the increaste of duties,\nbut accepts it with a cheery disposition, and the endurance of a well\ntrained druid.  Which might explain why she has experienced an\noverwhelming amount of support and popularity in and out of the guild.\n     \"It can be very time consuming some days, being a guildleader, as\nsome days it just seems that everyone is sending tells and needing\nsomething,\" says Ceirana while at the same time acknowledging  how much the\nguild and her new role has added to her guild experience.\n     When Ceirana first joined the guild, it was a lot smaller than it is\nnow, Phred was Guildmaster and she fell in love and never looked back.\nToday, the guild had undergone major renovation, she is Guildmaster, but\nshe still isn't looking back.\n     Ceirana was a battleground newbie, staying until lev6, because she\nhadn't how to write a note, which was deficit that kept her from joining\nthe guild of druid until level 27.  She was spared the task\n     \"I meant to join sooner, but it would have meant writing an actual\nnote,\" says Ceirana giggling.  \"Something I had not done before.\"\n   Fortunately for her a druid name Phil held her hand through the\ninduction process and the Guild of Druids were blessed with a\ngreat leader today.\n    Ceirana is more than eager to brag about the great programs\nher guild has, but when all is said and done, she sums it up perfectly.\n    \"DRuids ROck!! the guild is a wonderful place to be!  and I am proud\nand tickled to be a part of such a great organization.\"\n \n(Reporters note:  This will be my last article on behalf of the\nguild, subsequent to this interview I left the GoD.  Its still\nthe best guild in the realm though.)\n \n                           ________________________________\n                           \/     , _                       \/\\\n       .      .'          |     \/|\/ \\ _   _          ,    |_\/\n        :`...' `.,'  '    |      |__\/\/ \\_|\/ \/|\/|\/|  \/ \\_  |\n    `.  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As the name implies, it will be an advice column.\nReaders can write in questions about anything from personal\nproblems to Eq nightmares.  If you have something you would like\nto seek advice on, or need a solution to a nagging problem,\nsend a mudmail to anyone on the staff of the paper and put\n'A Cry For Help' in the subject.  Names will not be published.\n   If you wish to respond to a question in the column, send a mudmail\nto anyone on the staff and put \"Response to Cry\" in the subject.\n \nDear A Cry for Help,\n    I've been happily married to this wonderful Av Pixie.  We\nmet while we were both newbies, and have been together ever\nsince.  We've had great times together and have settled into\na nice relationship for about a year and half now.\n     The problem is that I started a newbie one day while she\nwas away...visiting her family in the forest.  I wanted to\nsee how fast I could assist it in leveling.  Well...while I was\nstill in the academy, I met this other newbie. She was level too\nand I was completely caught up in her innocence and spent the\nwhole day trying to help her out.  Well..I didn't tell her I had\nan Av character, nor did I tell her I was married.  Its been about\ntwo weeks now, and I always spend time with her when she's on.\nI haven't told my wife about the newbie, and I'm starting to\nfeel horrible.  Should I stop seeing this girl, or is it\nreally considered cheating if its not with the 'married alt'?\nAn old dog with a new bone!!\n \n  ______ ______ ___ ___    ______  ______   ______ ______ ______\n |   () |    | |   |   |__|   _) \\(_   (_  |    . |      |   _) \\\n |___   ;______;___;______;______\/__)____) |____|_;____|_;______\/\n |______|  ______ ______ ______ ______ ______  ______\n          |   () |   () |   _) \\  \\___|   () |(_   (\n_________ |______|___|\\_\\______\/______;___|\\_\\__)____) _____________\n \nGoP news\n \nIn an inter-guild competition with the Guild of Vampires, the Guild of\nPaladins claimed victory!!!  Results were close, with both sides showing\na trememdous effort, but at the end of the 2 hour event one Paladin remained\nstanding!  :) Good Job GoP!!!\n \nThe Guild of Paladins proudly introduces new members Delnoch and Orturas.\nAnaisse\n\nOrder of Templars\nBy: Cyniq Dela Drones\n \nThe Order of Templars is currently an unofficial order, inspired by\nthe real life Order of Templars, the order is a military order, based on\nself control and discipline. Cyril of GoA currently leads the order until\nthe order becomes and official order., the current deity is Casdin.\nEach member will be accountable to a  commanding officer and will be\nexpected to carry out the instructions given to them. The purpose of the\nmilitary portion is so that members can be an effective fighting force.\nThe order is based on the idea of communal property. The more a\nmember contributes the higher the rank the person may achieve.\n \nThe Order of Templars goal is to be an effective run order. They will\nstrive To run all avatar mobs effectively and effeciently. The order is\nmainly Designed To help those newbietars who have a hard time finding\npeople to run with. All equipment gained from runs done by the order\ngoes into the order storage.The equipment is then divided among the order\nmembers depending on Activity with in the order and on runs. If a person\nchooses to leave the order Honorably their account is then credited. The\norder will also deal with the Trading aspect of  realms. So for those who\nenjoy trading this order is for you.\nTo gain acceptance to the order , you must first pass a interview given by\nA member of the order. You then must lead members of the order on a run\nTo an avatar mob. This shows leadership capabilities and knowledge of the\nrealms.After that you are voted on by the members of the order, if you get\nthe majority of votes you will be accepted into there ranks.\n \nAll in all this is a new theme for an order and is already supported by an\nImmortal I for one would like to see this order coded as it will help those\ngain more run experience I wish the order the best of luck.\n \nCyniq Dela Drones  Order of Baali  1st Elven Nation\n\n                  _                                    _\n                 (_'----------------------------------'_)\n                 (_.==================================._)\n \n      .-.     _ d88888b db    db d8b   db d8b   db db    db _     .-.\n     (   `. .' )88'     88    88 888o  88 888o  88 `8b  d8'( `. .'   )\n      `\\  `  .' 88ooo   88    88 88V8o 88 88V8o 88  `8bd8'  `. `   \/'\n        |   |   88---   88    88 88 V8o88 88 V8o88    88      |   |\n        |   |   88      88b  d88 88  V888 88  V888    88      |   |\n        | 66|_  YP      -Y8888P' VP   V8P VP   V8P    YP     _|66 |\n        |  ,__)                                             (__,  |\n        |(,_|                                                 L_,)|\n        | |     d8888b.  .d88b.  d8b   db d88888b .d8888.       | |\n        | \\_,   88  `8D .8P  Y8. 888o  88 88'     88'  YP     ,_\/ |\n        |   |   88oooY' 88    88 88V8o 88 88ooooo `8bo.       |   |\n        |   |   88---b. 88    88 88 V8o88 88-----   `Y8b.     |   |\n      .'     \\  88   8D `8b  d8' 88  V888 88.     db   8D    \/     '.\n     (    ,   ) Y8888P'  `Y88P'  VP   V8P Y88888P `8888Y'   (   ,    )\n      '--' '-'    _                                    _     '-' '--'\n                 (_'----------------------------------'_)\n                 (_.==================================._)\n \nFunny Bones\n \nNarana Screams \"Eat a lot and Ride Roller Coaster!\".\nVergrom the Ugly glares at you and Uglies you to death...\nAkael rampages all over you in a very merry manner.\n \nA Funny\n  \nsomeone chats: \"Cheer! ... I just adepted at...run away'\n \nFunny Titles\n \nCresis the Iron Lady has rusted. [The Symposium]\nTamarkus is the Annoyed Paladin of the year {IC GoP}. (Guild of Paladins)\nKrystiana kicks the snot outta time and curses bad modems. (Order of Dragonslay\nLethryn on a Holy Quest for Kool-Aid (Order of Dragonslayer)\nJebalakiz mercy. i am new to pk and mostly naked.\nZilch is less than one\nMikieln likesthesandwichesinthoseflimsyplastictriangles.\nCassoc is OOC for quest. RPers also need mudlives. (Guild of Vampires)\nBrexhan Five out of Four ppl have trouble with fractions.\nDuvessa ate a furby in one bite!CoLSENIOQC. (Order of Arcanes)\nVerimthraxus: You Thought You Were Someone, But You Goofed. (Order of Dragonsla\nHilldebrand spanks his monkey well and it obeys.\nGeldron is getting married, as soon as she gets drunk.(Guild of Clerics)\nSarah is snubbing someone...maybe it's you!. (Order of Dragonslayer)\n \nInteresting stuff on Avchat\n \nHerne: Nobody luvs me... *sigh*\nIseult: Bah, that's not true, H.\nIseult: Your mom loves you. Although she dresses you funny.\nHerne: *blink*\nJaspera: *twitch* Funny..dresses...\nKayah: pink.. frilly.. cute.. dresses *twitch*\nIseult: Actually, Herne looks good in a tutu.\nIlsensine: Red Lace Panties!!! *oops* :P\nHerne: You promised you'd never tell, Issy!\nIseult: It's the wand and fairy dust that get me.\nDarrek: Herne in panties. Great, now I need therapy.\nHerne: You needed therapy before, Darrek.\n \nFunny Submissions\nI origionally had the intent of making my character's (Elbanor)\nhealth points down to at least -11hp with the purpose to have my cleric\nheal him and kill him, forming an interesting skit to submit to the CoD.\nThings, as you can see, did not exactly turn out that way...\n \n*Elbanor*\n(-6hp 125m 210mv)\nZoicyte utters the words, 'heal'.\n(-11hp 125m 210mv) north\nA little difficult to do when you are DEAD...\n(-11hp 125m 210mv) laugh\nLie still; you are DEAD.\n*Preia*\nlook\nDarkhaven Square\nExits: north east south west up northeast northwest.\nElbanor the Attendant is DEAD!!\nZoicyte blah is standing here.\n \nI would like to thank Artegal for donating 25 glory for adding -5hp\nto a charm bracelet to make this scenario happen =)\n \nEditor's Note: The editor wanted to title this \"Things to do in\nDarkhaven when you're dead\" but he restrained himself.\n \n\n                                                            |\\\n                                                            ((\\         -\n                                                             \/ \\       \/\/\n _-----------------------------------------------------------{o}______\/|\n(       -==============================================:::{*}\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|\n ------------------------------------------------------------{o}------\\|\n   ________                            __                    \\ \/       \\\\\n   \\_____  \\   __ __   ____    _______\/  |_                 ((\/         -\n    \/  \/ \\  \\ |  |  \\_\/ __ \\  \/  ___\/\\   __\\                |\/\n   \/   \\_\/.  \\|  |  \/\\  ___\/  \\___ \\  |  |\n   \\_____\\ \\_\/|____\/  \\___  >\/____  > |__|\n          \\__>    ________\\\/      \\\/           __                   .__\n                  \\_   ___ \\   ____    ____  _\/  |_ _______ _____   |  |\n                  \/    \\  \\\/ _\/ __ \\  \/    \\ \\   __\\\\_  __ \\\\__  \\  |  |\n              \/)  \\     \\____\\  ___\/ |   |  \\ |  |   |  | \\\/ \/ __ \\_|  |__\n             \/(    \\______  \/ \\___  >|___|  \/ |__|   |__|   (____  \/|____\/\n            \/)            \\\/      \\\/      \\\/                     \\\/\n  |\\_______{o}----------------------------------------------------------_\n [\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\{*}:::(=============================================-       )\n  |\/-------{o}-----------------------------------------------------------\n            \\(\n             \\(\n              \\(\n \n \nSocial Quest\n \nAre all of you itchin for a quest in these lowly times of boredom?\nGreat! I thought not, but you'll be getting one anyway. So what is a\nSocial Quest you say? Well here's the rules and regulations.\n1). Your social idea may be as strange or ordinary as you like,\n2). Try to keep the fowl language down, we do haveta read these,\n    and obviously if your social just swears it won't be accepted,\n3). You can mudmail\/turn in your social to any of the Cry of Despair\n    folk,\n4). Socials must be written up on a note and contain all of the following,\n -The message you see displayed when you do the social to you,\n  to nobody, and to somebody.\n -The message others see when you do it to you, nobody, or somebody.\n -And the message the victim sees when you do it to them.\n5). All submission must be submitted by next Saturday(5\/1\/99) at 12 noon,\n6). Be creative!\n  -Allison Starsmore of the Guild of Clerics\n \nSocial Quest Example\n \n(Your Name)\nBoogie\nYou boogie with Sally!\nAllison boogies with Sally!\nAllison boogies with you!\n-\nYou boogie.\nAllison boogies!\n-\nYou boogie with yourself.\nAllison boogies with herself, lost in her own little world.\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   \/       \\ .--\"--.     -+ Wedding Announcements +-\n  ||        |       \\ ----------------------------------\n  ||.------.|       ||     Best Wishes Good Luck\n  |;        .------.|\n  \/_..---.._.\\                 Amoria and Onyx\n .'    (_)   '|---.._.\\\n ._       _.'  (_)   '|\n    `\"'''-       _.' --------------------------------\n             `\"'''\n   Together they Vowed To Walk The Realms As Man and Wife\n     The Staff of the Cry of Despair Wishes them all the\n          Blessings That true love can bring.\n \nThanks for reading The Cry of Despair!\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In between hell and heaven, there were many pleasant stops for Serina&#8230; ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ _______ ______ ______ ___ ______ | (__ () | | | of | _) \\ \\___|(_ (_ () | . | | () | |______)___|\\_\\___ | &#8212; |______\/______|__)____) __|____|_;___;___|\\_\\ &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; |______| &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; |___| &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212; Number 4 April 25,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-1743","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1744,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1743\/revisions\/1744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}