{"id":1946,"date":"2024-03-20T17:48:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1946"},"modified":"2024-03-20T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:48:36","slug":"cry-of-despair-114","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/cry-of-despair-114\/","title":{"rendered":"Cry of Despair #114"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-color has-text-color\">Lomar War, Fiebin: Things to do, Klaatu the Benevolent: desirable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"cryofdespair\">\n ________________________\n\/ Issue 114 - April 2007 \\____________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n   Organization News\n     Ringbearers                                          HELP CRY2\n     Sanctus Irae                                         HELP CRY3\n     Uruk'hai                                             HELP CRY4\n     Quendi                                               HELP CRY5-8\n     Hobbit                                               HELP CRY9\n     Gralthai                                             HELP CRY10\n     Il'Khan                                              HELP CRY11\n     Tyrrhenu                                             HELP CRY12-13\n     O'kwyl                                               HELP CRY14\n   General Information\n     Freeing the Slaves - Lomar War - by Nackle           HELP CRY15-19\n     Survey - If you quit Realms tomorrow... - by Fiebin  HELP CRY20-23\n     How to Roleplay - by Shareed                         HELP CRY24-26\n     Things to do on Realms - by Fiebin                   HELP CRY27-30\n     Notice: 2007 RoD Awards                              HELP CRY31\n\n                                                                      Page: 001\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n _________________________________\n\/ Organization News - Ringbearers \\___________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n.                 .                           .                 .       \n|>>>              |>>>                        |>>>              |>>>    \n|>>>              |>>>                        |>>>              |>>>    \n|_   _   _   _   _|                           |_   _   _   _   _|       \n| |_| |_| |_| |_| |                           | |_| |_| |_| |_| |      \n|_________________|                           |_________________|       \n \\               \/                             \\               \/\n  |  .-.   .-.  |_   _   _   _   _   _   _   _  |  .-.   .-.  |\n  |  |@|   |@|  | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|  |@|   |@|  |\n  |  |_|   |_|  | +---------------------------+ |  |_|   |_|  |\n  |             | | -@-      JOIN RB          | |             |\n  | O%======%O  | |           KTHNX      -@-  | |  O%======%O |\n  |  | R    |   | +---------------------------+ |   | R    |  |\n  |  |   B  | .-._           _.---._           _.-. |   B  |  |\n  |  '.____,' |   '-._   _.-'_|_|_|_'-._   _.-'   | '.____,'  |\n  |           |       '.'_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_'.'       |           |\n  |           |        ||\/|\\|\/|\\|\/|\\|\/|\\||        |           |\n  |    .-.    |  [  [  |'   '   '   '   '|==]==]==|   .-.     |\n  |    |@|    |==[==[==|       Now       |  ]  ]  |   |@|     |\n  |    |_|    |  [  [  |    Accepting    |==]==]==|   |_|     |\n  |           |==[==[==|  Applications   |  ]  ]  |           |\n  lc__________|  [  [  |                 |==]==]==|___________|\n  ,\\*\/,.,\\*\/,.|________|                 |________|,\\*\/,.,\\*\/,.\n\n                                                                      Page: 002\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n __________________________________\n\/ Organization News - Sanctus Irae \\__________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n*********************************************************************\nGreetings from Irae\n*********************************************************************\n\nThe orphanage of Irae, ran by the convent of the Sacred Heart Cathedral,\nhas reported the finding of a young boy. The boy appears to be about\nten to twelve years of age and was found asleep atop a snow drift in the\ngarden outside of the convent.\n\nPrioress di Medici claims that Sister de Saindora, a young new nun at\nthe convent, was the one to come across the boy.  Sister de Saindora\ndid not speak with us long when we went to inquire further.\n\nShe did assure us that the boy, though he was injured and suffering the \neffects of the cold, is expected to make a full physical recovery. Still,\nthe boy suffers amnesia from whatever befell him before being found by \nSister de Saindora, and therefore his name and parents are still unknown.\n \nBelow is a picture of the boy. If you recognize him and or have any news\nof his parents or what happened to him, you are urged to contact the\nSacred Heart Orphanage in Sanctus Irae.\n \n\n                                                                      Page: 003\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ________________________\n\/ Nation News - Uruk'hai \\____________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nFrom the Opallinoc News Bureau -\n \nDateline Opallinoc: news blackout\nDue to the imminent threat of the Il'khan , a blackout on military related\nnews is  in effect. Items of  both strategic and tactical nature are now\nbeing  censored for security reasons.\n \nDateline the Northern Plains: Barbarian activity\nAs of late, there has  been a number  of sightings  of the Barbarians\nengaging in fierce running battles with the Yeti and the Julajimus.\nHow this will effect the current hostilities with the Il'kahn is unknown.\n \nDateline DarkHaven: new Nation Leaders come to power\nThe Uruk'hai give formal acknowledgement and bid welcome to the following\nnew leaders of their respective nations -\nYaeger of the Khazad\nLeala of the Olog'hai\nStela of the Elohai\nKragash of the Il'kahn\n \nDateline DarkHaven: Valentine's day results\nCongratulations (?) to our own Klaatu, the Benevolent, on taking third place\nin the  Valentine's match quest. Klaatu was heard to comment on the state of\nlove in the Realms about Half-Ogres being desirable.\n                                                                      Page: 004\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ______________________\n\/ Nation News - Quendi \\______________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n             Greetings my fellow writers and much welcomed readers,\n \nI have the pleasure to lead you on a monthly journey through the tales of\nArborlon. Who am I? Why, my apologies...I should have started off with a proper\nintroduction. My name is Mordikay, at your service. I probably should specify\nthat my name is Mordikay the White as there are more of us amongst you than you\nmight expect. We are owls that roam the lands to gather information, find those\nthat are being searched for and any other assignment that might be laid upon\nus. Please excuse my long intro but I want to ensure that you are aware where\nyour news come from and how they have been gathered. And now, with no further\nado, I will proceed to tell you what news have come to me this month.\n \nIt was but a few mornings ago when I flew over a large gathering of high\nesteemed elves, all eagerly involved in a debate. Thanks to an old oak, I was\ngranted a first class seat to sit in and find out just what the talks were\nabout. To my own surprise I found myself listening to a much heated discussion\nconcerning the \"Golden Wing Wizard Tournament\". The very contest my own master \nhad been participating in! Even though the festivities had ended two nights\nago, it was still _the_ talk amongst the mages.\n                                                                      Page: 005\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ______________________\n\/ Nation News - Quendi \\______________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nElladan Telrunya, the winner of mentioned tournament, was challenged by the\nrunner up Gulradir Elensar. According to Gulradir's camp, rules were bent and\neven broken to usher Elladan, the judges golden child, to victory.\nA council was quickly formed to look into the accusations and upon further\ninvestigations Elladan's title was confirmed and he was, again, pronounced \nthe winner of the respected \"Golden Wing Wizard Tournament\".\n \nUnfortunately Elladan was not able to enjoy this victory for too long, for he\nmysteriously vanished from the face of the earth. Some said, he took off with\none of the jurors daughters, others suspected Gulradir's hands in it. In the\nend, no one could say for sure.\nNight time was approaching fast and the talk beneath the old oak was slowly \ncoming to an end. One could only assume as to what truly happened. Perhaps the\ntruth would find its way to emerge one day.\n \nGood versus Evil, a never ending circle...maybe even necessary to keep a\nbalance. But what do I know? I am but an old owl, only here to serve.\n \nI will now sum up the news as they have been gathered throughout the realms.\n                                                                      Page: 006\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ______________________\n\/ Nation News - Quendi \\______________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n'_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'\n(_-@-_) ... (_-@-_) ''' (_-@-_) ... (_-@-_) ''' (_-@-_) ... (_-@-_)\n. (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .\n \n                      A warm and hearty congratulation to\n \n                           Keokeshala Morambath'Vakha\n \n         who has been promoted to the rank of \"Ethirtura\" (Spy Master)\n \n'_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'     '_( )_'\n(_-@-_) ... (_-@-_) ''' (_-@-_) ... (_-@-_) ''' (_-@-_) ... (_-@-_)\n. (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .     . (_) .\n \n- Tari Anabaena has returned to the isle after having traveled the lands \n  on a diplomatic mission. She is currently working on restructuring the\n  Elven Councils. A mage has been nominated to lead the Magi but no name\n  has been issued at this point.\n \n- Orcs have been spotted in the Northern Plains.\n                                                                      Page: 007\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ______________________\n\/ Nation News - Quendi \\______________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n- A small group of spies and elite warriors have been dispatched to the\n  mainland to prepare for battle.\n \n- Business in Arborlon is steady, especially Shirl reports very good earnings.\n \nMy friends, this is all for now but I do hope you will return next month to \nfind out what has been going on in the Elf Nation.\n \nUntil then, I bid you a good day and remain yours truly...Mordikay, the White.\n \n \n   OOC: If you are an elf with a knack for poems and would like to have your\n  writings published within the EN news, please don't hesitate to mudmail me.\n \n\n                                                                      Page: 008\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n ______________________\n\/ Nation News - Hobbit \\______________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nOOC: First off let me remind those who have been keeping up with the notes in\nHT, I have removed everyone from any positions they may have held within the\nNation. \nI have done this due to the lack of activity. I cannot run the Nations rp\nsoley bylesly, and NPC everyone and everything. If you wish to be a part of\nthe hobbit rp please just post a note somewhere or mudmail me!\nI hope to have new people in new positions by the middle of next month, I'll\nkeep you all updated here and on the note boards! \nIC: Currently under construction!\n     Sincerely,\n                 Kadgeon Silverblood\nHobbit Thain\n                                                                      Page: 009\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ________________________\n\/ Nation News - Gralthai \\____________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nAn army mobilised...\n*Written on a weathered parchment*\nDue to the actions of a certain 'other' nation our armed forces are hereby\nordered to mobilise and prepare for deployment to defend our allies with\nwhatever force is deemed suitable. It is said that such actions must be\nput into effect,  however we will not standby and watch another nation\nwarmonger with the rest. All military staff are hereby recalled to the\nsands to await further orders.\nFurthermore, our navy is also recalled and  will act as the 'police'\nforce to defend other nations and trading.\n*Signed in blood*\nPirate Captain Aslan de Rotheschile, Gralthai King\n                                                                      Page: 010\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n _______________________\n\/ Nation News - Il'Khan \\_____________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nAttention, glorious Il'Khan of Krozloy!\n \nPreparations have been made, and the time draws in at last! War has\ncome to the Realms!\n \nWith gauranteed support from the giants of the southern mountain\nrange, Kragash Bonehewer intends to smash the lines of the foe!\n \nAll those who have been trained in the ways of the warrior are expected\nto report at the southern gates of Krozloy, ready for battle. Scouting\nreports have confirmed the presence of a sizeable force amassing just\na short distance from our walls.\n \nAll miners are expected to be producing at double capacity for the next\nmonth, to make up for the setbacks of the past three. Those caught\nslacking will be executed.\n \n                                              Your High Chieftain,\n                                              Kragash Bonehewer\n \n                                                                      Page: 011\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n ________________________\n\/ Nation News - Tyrrhenu \\____________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n \n                                 Vale Details!\n \nAs usual, life in the vale of Nidaros is fairly quiet. The only disturbing bit\nof information was the disappearance of several travelers through the vale.\nThis mystery remains sadly but will hopefully be solved with a happy end.\n \nIn other news, the winter stores are half filled and we hope that by the\nharvest in two months time, the stores will be full and ready for winter.  \n \n                               Gnome Happenings!\n\nBontis Holly would like to announce the engagement of Lydeiros and Christoln,\nwho after many months of courtship bliss after their profession to court at\nthe Spring Festival, will soon  be undergoing the binding ceremonies once they\nagree upon a date.  \n \n                                  Gnomishness!\n \nYoung Tiren Gramblemire would like to ask if anyone has seen a one-eyed toad. \nSeems said toad was lost while he and some other children where playing in the\nspring outside the city gates.  If anyone sees said toad, please return him to\nTiren. \n \n                                                                      Page: 012\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n ________________________\n\/ Nation News - Tyrrhenu \\____________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n\n                               Gnome Naughtiness!\n \nZaqero, the local drunk was arrested again three days ago and remains in the\nhollow tree.  He is arrested for harassing  Juniper Fernstill while she was\nwalking home that evening.  Juniper says he was very persistent and wouldnt\nleave her be.  He kept insisting, she says, that her hat was possessed and\nmust die and hence, he stole her hat.  No word yet on how long he is to be\nheld or what his sentence will be.  \n \nThe hat, sadly, did not survive.\n \n                                   Bot News!\n \nYes, most gnomes are bots.  They all report that they are still botting and\nbotting to the best of their bot abilities.  It is still our hope to one day\nconvert bots to active gnomes but so far, no cure has been found.\n \n(End)\n                                                                      Page: 013\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n ______________________\n\/ Nation News - O'kwyl \\______________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n     .                  .            . \n .             _.--._       \/|\n        .    .'()..()`.    \/ \/      Please remember to log your lizard.\n            ( `-.__.-' )  ( (    .\n   .         \\        \/    \\ \\      The Lizardman nation is concerned\n       .      \\      \/      ) )     at the almost daily loss of their\n            .' -.__.- `.-.-'_.'     kind. Please log in today and help\n .        .'  \/-____-\\  `.-'       .keep the nation and species going.\n          \\  \/-.____.-\\  \/-.       \n           \\ \\`-.__.-'\/ \/\\|\\|           .\n          .'  `.    .'  `.\n          |\/\\\/\\|    |\/\\\/\\|\n \n                                                                      Page: 014\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n\n _________________________________________\n\/ Freeing the Slaves - Lomar War - Nackle \\___________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nNackle waited patiently as Elder Wisdom Tiniegh lay her blessings upon the \nsmall band of men gathered with him in ready. He stayed his ground when she\ncollapsed but asked a few around him to hide her for safety. \n \nWhen they were finished, he looked again to the battle that lay ahead of them.\n\"Kin, Soldiers, My Friends and Family.. We will head in now. Remember what we\nare here to do. Remember that your bravery goes as far as getting to the tent\nthat holds the slaves, freeing them all, and heading them out. Do not try to \nbe a hero today, but a savior. Let the tall ones do their jobs, fight only if\nyou are cornered. But most of all, look out for each other.\" \n \nWith that, he saluted his men with a thump to his heart and a touch to his lips\nwith his fingertips before raising his arm high to the Deities. \n\"We head out!\" He yelled with a might.\nSmall figures came out of the cluster of trees at a full run. Their small \nlegs carrying them at great speed.\nThe mere sight of such small beings suddenly darting through open legs of men\nin battle stance, around bodies struggling upon the ground, was so out of the\nordinary that it caused quite a few tall men to be caught off guard by whoever\nthey were fighting. \nWhen some of the slave traders realized the Gnome were invading, they tried \nsweeping at them with their clubs, swords, maces and feet alike. \n \n                                                                      Page: 015\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n _________________________________________\n\/ Freeing the Slaves - Lomar War - Nackle \\___________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n                                                               \nNackle watched as one of his soldiers landed on his back with a groan after \nbeing hit square in the chest with the heel of one mans boot.  Grabbing two of\nhis kin to a halt, he nodded towards the scene.\n \nJust as the man was about to bring his blade down into the chest of  their \nfallen kin, one of the soldiers he stopped placed himself behind him, on all\nfours. Nackle watched as not only the second man that he stopped, but several\nmore gnomes who had been running a bit behind, ran at the man with full force,\njumping into the air at the last minute and planting their feet into various \nsections of the mans legs. \n \nAs the man fell over, the gnomes regained their standing and Nackle stepped up\nto face the man.\nSwinging a club down upon the mans forehead, he wasted no time in dealing with\nthe situation. \n\"Move! Move! Make haste!\" He yelled, and again they were running.\nWhen they at last reached the Tent that they had watched the slaves being taken\nto on a daily basis, they brought out their small daggers and began making \nentrance into it. \n\nNackle was shocked to see only one male Drow standing guard at the tents flaps,\nnervous and preoccupied with watching the battle happening around their tents. \n\n                                                                      Page: 016\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n\n _________________________________________\n\/ Freeing the Slaves - Lomar War - Nackle \\___________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n                                            \nMotioning to several of his men, they approached the Drow from the back. As \nthey tiptoed closer, Nackle produced a long rope from the knapsack  he wore.\nHanding one end down the line to his right, they paused.\n\"Now.\" he whispered to them.  At a full run, they ran up to the Drow, circling\naround his feet in a wide arc that grew smaller as they wrapped the rope around\nhis ankles. \n \nNackle felt the sharp heat in his shoulder before he realized that a dagger was\nthe source. His hand reached over his shoulder, trying desperately to pull the\nvile thing from his body.\nFalling onto his bottom, he panted as he watched his loyal soldiers take the \nDrow down onto the ground. Small arms raised and lowered repeatedly as they \nbeat upon the Drows head, chest and groin until he lay quiet and bloody, his\neyes glazed and staring at Nackle as if giving him a last mock over the blade \nin his shoulder. \n \n\"Hurry men..\" He panted out, his vision was beginning to wane. The dagger must\nhave been poisoned.\nDark void took over him as he slumped over.\nThe soldiers freed every slave in the slave tents as quickly as they could. \nTelling each in turn to stay put until they could all escape as a group.  Two \nof the soldiers stood near the tent flaps as they watched the war outside \n\n                                                                      Page: 017\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n\n _________________________________________\n\/ Freeing the Slaves - Lomar War - Nackle \\___________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n                                                         \nOne of the soldiers took Nackles unconscious body over his shoulder and snuck\nout ahead of the rest, weaving between men in battle. \n\nThe rest of the Gnome Soldiers readied the slaves for the run. Some were weak\nand ill-nourished and had to be carried by other slaves. The younglings were\nfound too, scared but elated.\n \nWhen the tent flaps were thrown open and the slaves and Gnome began pouring \nout, madness erupted. The slaves stayed in a tight group as they fled outwards,\nheading for the line of trees they were told to head out to. The Gnome Soldiers\nencircled them, their daggers and swords and bow at ready. They had to slow \ntheir running pace to stay with them but they ran, and they sliced the ankles \nof many foe before they reached the edge of the battle.\n \nIt seemed to some, that after meeting the edge of their freedom, the slaves \nbegan running even faster, fast enough that the Gnome were able to return to \nfull run. \n\nA group of Twenty Gnome stopped a few dozen yards away from the battle and \nturned, ready for battle. Any who followed after them would be killed. They \ncould stand no chances of being found while they regrouped to leave. \n\n                                                                      Page: 018\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n _________________________________________\n\/ Freeing the Slaves - Lomar War - Nackle \\___________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nThirty three fights did occur at that standpoint. Thirty three dead slave \ntraders were left behind.\nThe Gnome death toll was low, only five brave Kin died that day. Their remains\nwere taken home.\nNackle smiled while being told of their feats as he slowly regained his health,\nand wept for those who had fallen. But the Younglings were home and safe. And \nthose slaves that they retrieved, were well taken care of and accompanied to \ntheir home lands over the next couple of weeks, by the Gnome Scouts, Led by \nTiniegh Tumbleweed.\n\nNackle quietly awaited her return while he slowly regained his health. The many\nDruid of Nidaro's had saved him from the poison as it tainted his blood.\nThere were many nights that he was thought to be dying, but he survived.\n\nHe was told afterwards, that had it not been for Tiniegh's quick actions\nto put the poison at a halt within him, he would surely have died.\nFor that, he would thank her.\n \n                                                              (Fin)\n                                                                      Page: 019\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n\n __________________________________________________\n\/ Survey - If you quit Realms tomorrow... - Fiebin \\__________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nA Survey: If you quit realms tomorrow but got to do one thing beforehand, what\nwould it be?\n\nA vague question, but there is a common reoccuring theme among many of the \nresponses I received. That is, to take down another player with them. Some\nin jest, others, perhaps not. Below are the responses.\n\nSomeone: Get Vache destroyed forever.\nNiguel: I think i'd bring back illegal pkill and take off pkill tagging and\nthen kill some annoying peacefuls :D\nSomeone: Balhazur the lounge\nSomeone: To be givin  Immortality for 24 hours. This way I could hell,\nbalhzurd, silence few players who really earned it. I could slay few \nfriends just for the kick of it.\nSomeone: I'd delete all the oog stuffs from the game so everyone is on the \nsame playing field\nVedder: An illegal pk.. never done that, and kinda want to in a twisted \nsorta way..\nSomeone: I'd kill nick and then drop and sacrifice all of his gear in front\nof him\nSyniad: To allow illegal PK to happen again\nSomeone: balzhur Orestes and his chars\nSomeone: Deny Vach's alts.\nMilenko: PWIPE.\nNarielle: Trans everyone on the mud to DH Square, and drop a Grenade on \nthem. :P\n                                                                      Page: 020\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n __________________________________________________\n\/ Survey - If you quit Realms tomorrow... - Fiebin \\__________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nSomeone: I would have cyril's chars hand over all the gold and eq and begin \nrandom distribution in dh[]\nTlazl: I would go on a slaying spree. Because bloodshed is fun.\nJeffrey: Probably something destructive.\nOnly Ricky wanted to take down himself;\nRicky: Get Publicly Balzhur'd on all 50 of my Alts.\n\nAnd Jagr would gamble everything he had;\nJagr: I'd probably sell all my eq chars for sets, gold, and gamble it away\nat Ravenhill and Cyril\n\nQuite alot of people also wanted to satisfy their curiosity before they\nquit; \nSyniad: or to get mpstat and mstat on seth and danny *inno*\nIrina: It'd be get the area file for la chute =p\nActura: I think i would want to visit all the mobs that i havent killed to\nthis date, and do a massive slaughter of them all\nZordon: I'd like to see ezili go down\nMaratsade: Kill Harakiem. ;)\n                                                                      Page: 021\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n __________________________________________________\n\/ Survey - If you quit Realms tomorrow... - Fiebin \\__________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nLleryt: Me personally id go flailing into Seths or danny or something \nsee how long i could last solo, then get rid of all my eq chars\nSomeone: I'd want someone to give me the SMAUG 2.1 code, damnit.\nZalarai: I would love to see the imm area\nBelkira: I'd probably find out how to do something like, kill Ezili or \nsomething.\n\nWhilst others wanted a change made to RoD;\nNemser: All equipment that people had paid RL cash for, was deleted ;)\nLinariel: For my area to be ported.\nZyll: well.. personally.. since it's my biggest pet peave.. and serves no \npurpose.. other than to be a nuisance.. i'd eliminate the doors in DH \nlockin every repop.. only so av's or ekhinos have to reopen fer newbs :).\nThe 2nd thing i'd do.. is make sure.. tat newbs.. say level 10 or less \ncant leave DH wifout a recall.. save the NC a lil work ;)\nOdessyus: I think it'd be funny if the MUD were to go pre-shattering for\nthe day.\n\nSome wanted to be commemorated as;\nSomeone: for a statue of myself to be put at dh square\nFoxarius: I would hang a huge sign in DH[] that says: \"I am not a bot,\ndamnit!\" :(\n                                                                      Page: 022\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n __________________________________________________\n\/ Survey - If you quit Realms tomorrow... - Fiebin \\__________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nSomeone: how about.....MAKE A HUGE STATUE IMMORTALIZING ME AT [] that casts\nheal when you look at it?\nOloe: I would make my main an NPC in pk town\n\nA goodbye;\nKadgeon: I would write a CRY article for everyone to see with a sad goodbye\npoem at the end\nBabui: a personal talk or note to all my friends!\n\nAs for Mauzait and Solinariel;\nSolinariel: I'm too stoned to answer that. seriously. my mind goes \ncompletley blank...I can't get past the \"but I don't WANNA quit!\"\nMauzait: I can hardly imagine quitting the Realms, so that's about the \nonly answer I can give you.\n\nAnd for one person;\nSomeone: i'd have to say pop a dfb that i actually got to keep this time :(\n\n+ Fiebin R'aw +\n                                                                      Page: 023\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n ___________________________\n\/ How to Roleplay - Shareed \\_________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\n So you want to roleplay...\n\nA deeper look by Shareed Marius Dracos\n\nRoleplay, you've heard of it, you may have seen some of it, but what exactly\nis it and how do you get started?\n \nFirst, what is roleplay? Roleplay is, as the name suggests, taking on a role.\nThe example I like to give is to consider yourself an actor in a troupe. There\nare no scripts in roleplay. Instead, you're given a short introduction which\nsubject of the play, and then you create your own part and lines in the play.\nEach of these plays is called a scene. What your character says and does is\naffected by who your character is. \n\nFor example, let's imagine that the you've been told that the scene will take\nplace as the sun is setting in in the city of Darkhaven. You and your\ncompanions have just arrived and been directed to the 'Grim Smile', an inn,\nfor the night. \n\nThere are quite a range of activities you can partake in on Realms; The most\nobvious being chatting, roleplaying, golding, exploring, trading, running, \nleveling, building, pking and questing. Even with such an array of things\nto do, a player might still feel bored. So, this article will give you some\nideas on what you can do if you are open minded and have some spare time.\n                                                                      Page: 024\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n\n ___________________________\n\/ How to Roleplay - Shareed \\_________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nFrom there, your characters build upon this information, creating interactions\nbetween themselves and anyone else who might be there. Perhaps there is a bar\nfight as you enter, or a beautiful bard is the center of attention for the\nnight. Perhaps one of your characters resembles a wanted criminal and is\nmistaken as such by the innkeeper. These situations are created by you or you\nroleplay companions and what happens is completely up to you and your\ncompanions. \n \nLet's take the last example and run with it. You're mistaken as a criminal.\nNow, this is where character creation comes in. How has your character grown\nup? How has the events in his life influenced the way he sees the world? What\nvalues to they hold dear, and which do they sneer at? Did they grow up amidst\nviolence, have they learned that violence is the answer to everything. In this\ncase, your character may try to fight their way out of the situation.\nMaybe your character is one who's had to survive by their wits all their life.\nIn this case you may try to con your way out, or use sweet words to convince\nthe innkeeper he's mistaken. Has your character lived a sheltered life, a\ncomplete innocent in the ways of the world? In this case, you might let\nyourself be taken, protesting your innocence, or you might clam up, too afraid\nto speak.\n                                                                      Page: 025\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n ___________________________\n\/ How to Roleplay - Shareed \\_________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nThere are so many character concepts to play around with. Choose an aspect of\nyour character and build on it. Make a history to explain why they see things\nthis way. What you're trying to do is make it so that you know how your\ncharacter would react in any situation, so you need to create enough\nbackground so that you could say \"Yeah, Shareed would laugh off the accusation\ndemand proof of his guilt and try to keep the innkeeper from summoning the\nguards. He knows he's not the criminal and he would try to use his charm and\nfriendly nature to convince the innkeeper.\" \n \nOnce you've got your character's personality down, the next step is easy. What\ndoes your character look like? Most likely this will be affected by your past,\nand your profession, which is not necessarily the class you chose in pre-auth.\nThis is a highly subjective process, but in general consider your description\nas what someone would see if they watched you enter a room. Avoid actions of\nany kind in your description and don't tell people how they feel when they see\nyour character. Beyond that, writing descriptions becomes a whole different\narticle.\n \nOk, so you have a cool name, a character background, you're raring to go and\nroleplay! So, how do you get yourself involved?\n\n*****To be continued*****\n                                                                      Page: 026\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n\n _________________________________\n\/ Things to do on Realms - Fiebin \\___________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nThere are quite a range of activities you can partake in on Realms; The most\nobvious being chatting, roleplaying, golding, exploring, trading, running, \nleveling, building, pking and questing. Even with such an array of things\nto do, a player might still feel bored. So, this article will give you some\nideas on what you can do if you are open minded and have some spare time.\n\nThe Deck of Many Things-\nBecome a Deck Hunter. Think of it as a race to the deck, for there are\nother Deck Hunters out there, aspiring to pull a card from the Deck before\nyou do. I sometimes set out with the specific intent of finding the Deck. It\nis not easy, nor is it impossible. It is challenging, especially to find it\nbefore someone else does. The Deck, for those who don't know, will only\nappear in certain rooms in certain areas. Pull a good card and you can find\nyourself with 4 rename scrolls. Pull a bad card and you can be left with\nno equipment on that character. A Deck Hunter will face the consequences of\nany card they pull, but that's because they are smart about it. Don't risk\nmore than you have to. Here's a tip which won't upset other Deck Hunters; \nstart with Mithril Hall.\n \nWho RP-\nIf you type who RP, you will notice a sizable list of people who apparently\nRP. Although some of those people will be busy, not interested or afk when \nyou feel like roleplaying, you could always send them a tell or use a more \ncreative way to start roleplaying such as transporting them a cooked head of\nan elf in a parcel. It could also be fun to make a new character to\nroleplay on so that no one associates your roleplayed character with you.\nThat way, you can be as big a moron, as 'noble' and arrogant or as plain\nboring as you like without it becoming your 'reputation'. The best part of\nroleplaying for me is exactly that- I can pin it back onto my 'roleplayed'\ncharacter and not me. The Inn of the Singing Rose is the perfect place to\nimmerse yourself in a predominantly roleplaying environment. You wanted to\nbe the Mistress of the Mayor of Darkhaven right?!\n                                                                      Page: 027\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n _________________________________\n\/ Things to do on Realms - Fiebin \\___________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nAvatar Channel-\nI don't usually have avatar channel on, but when I do, I sometimes stumble \nupon some HATE or someone trying to irritate an immortal. I understand why \nsome people HATE avatar channel, but sometimes, I find it quite entertaining\nto watch it. It reminds me of MTV's Boiling Point. If you haven't seen this\nyou should. For those that aren't familiar with that show, it's basically\nwhere unwary people (contestants) are set up in an awkward situation \norchestrated by actors and there is a set time for how long a contestant has\nto endure the situation until they win cash. You can think of the immortals \nas the contestants who always have the patience to outlast the time or\nconversely, the irritant as the contestant who will get punished when the\ntimer hits 0.\n\nBuild-\nNo need for it to be an area but...you could always post an idea at Dreams\nof Glory. You want to see people die for some glory? You can make that \nhappen. Isn't it about time Darkhaven was invaded by green aliens with \ntentacles? You want to see two teams race to rescue Judge Kendra's husband?\nSpeak to specific immortals if you would like to see something happen.\nIf you want to make a miniature area for a roleplaying quest you might be \nable to work something out with Romani, even though she isn't part of QC. \nPerhaps your hometown, guild, or order could do with an improvement, speak \nto whoever is concerned and find out what is possible. I have done so a\ncouple of times and although I might not see the result I wanted, usually\nsomething happens, and at worse, at least I tried. If more people asked\nfor the same thing then it might sway the opinions of those with the\nability to make a change.\n                                                                      Page: 028\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n _________________________________\n\/ Things to do on Realms - Fiebin \\___________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nExplore-\nThere are plenty of 'secrets' out there to discover. You can always just\nask people to tell you, but sometimes it's fun to test yourself. This is\nmy favourite aspect of the game, and it helps with running, building,\nand questing. Start off with the most accessible areas with no difficult\nlevel 50 aggressive mobs. They might not contain super powerful equipment,\nbut it will eventually help you get it as you gain experience and\nknowledge. Try to also explore with a character which is the targeted \nlevel of the area. Quite a few secrets can only be found by doing so. One \nof my favourites is the Sentinel and Gauntlet areas. This area is pretty \ngood for a new player to explore. Try and get yourself the Sentinel glove \nand the Gauntlet, as well as a cold sword. If you're looking for a \nchallenging non-avatar area to explore, then I would recommend Wendle \nMansion, Southern Mountain Range, the Graveyard and Abishai's Morgue.\n \nAt Wendle's Mansion, try to get yourself a mask of shadows and a useful\nCross of Divinity, and use that rune. At the Graveyard and Abishai's \nMorgue, get yourself the horns of a demonkine, a stone raven and the\nceremonial sword. In the Southern Mountain Range try to find a ceremonial\narrow, the edelweiss and some ore. Do realise that when exploring any \narea, your character's level, alignment, sex, class, race and other \nfactors may affect what your findings. At higher levels the Haven of \nEverlasting Light, The Keep of Mahn-Tor, the Dunhill Demesnes and the \nTemple of the Moon have some rewarding secrets to uncover. You can get \nyourself a Veil of the Storm God, an ethereal plate of armor, a blazing\nsurcoat and a globe of moonlight from these areas.\n                                                                      Page: 029\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n _________________________________\n\/ Things to do on Realms - Fiebin \\___________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nAt avatar level there are plenty of good areas to explore, many of which\nprobably still harbor secrets which have been forgotten by most or never\nuncovered. Almost all of them will require a few different people to team\nup to explore properly, but a fair amount can be done alone. You should \nbeware of the DTs in some of these areas.\n\nLake of Tich'Pyga- A huge lake with some folk with amnesia.\nDesert of Despair- Contains an intriguing semi-logic puzzle and a maze\nwhich really makes you feel like you're in a desert.\nOtherlands- A very large area with many remote rooms.\nKnights of the Round- A classic. \nDaichaal- A compact area with a riddle like puzzle.\nOctapus Gardens- Great room descriptions.\nThe City of Salburg- Plenty to kill, most of which you can do with three\nfriends.\nBarren Peaks of Tahjliera- Has a very interesting deep story.\nUnderworld- Dangerous and an extremely difficult area to explore, truly\nwhat one would expect of Satan's home. \nNevermore- someone please tell me what this treasure map is about!\n \nYou're also likely to meet other like minded individuals in these areas,\nso perhaps you could all team up and become bestest friends ever. There \nis tons of exploration to do with the advent of D'Morian's Lands, the \nSlime Pit and the Von Deusen Mausoluem- so get yourself out there, and \nperhaps we will meet with slime blood on our faces.\n \n  + Fiebin R'aw +\nOrder of Ringbearers\n                                                                      Page: 030\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/\n\n\n\n ____________________________________________\n\/ Important Notice: 2007 RoD Awards - Fiebin \\________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\\\n\nHi guys,\n\nAs you've noticed, the Cry has been slightly late recently. Only a little.\nAs such the RoD awards seem to have been skipped from their regular February\/\nMarch issue.\n\nThe RoD awards WILL go ahead over the next two issues. Next issue the \ncategories will be posted - these will be reviewed carefully and different\nfrom previous years, but still a mix of serious and fun.\n\nThe only reason they were not posted this issue is that, as you can probably\ntell, I tried to get this posted ASAP to prevent further delay. It would\nhave taken a lot of time to get the RoD awards properly organised and set to\ngo, and that's something I've had little of lately.\n\nI assure you, they'll be up and ready to go no later than the first week of\nMay. If in the meantime you have any suggestions for categories, please\nMUDmail me and I'll take everything into consideration.\n\nLike I said, both Genge and I have been incredibly tight on time lately, but\nI'm making every effort so that the Cry will always be posted within the\nfirst week of each month from now on.\n\nThank you again to all who read the Cry and contribute with articles. I\nhave some plans for the future of the Cry to give it a bit of a makeover,\nwith new article ideas and more. If you can think of something you'd like\nto see in the Cry (even if you don't want to contribute), please MUDmail me\nor send me a tell sometime.\n\n      -Alysira\n                                                                      Page: 031\n_______________________________________________________________________________\n|_____________________________________________________________________________\/<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lomar War, Fiebin: Things to do, Klaatu the Benevolent: desirable ________________________ \/ Issue 114 &#8211; April 2007 \\____________________________________________________ |_____________________________________________________________________________\\ Organization News Ringbearers HELP CRY2 Sanctus Irae HELP CRY3 Uruk&#8217;hai HELP CRY4 Quendi HELP CRY5-8 Hobbit HELP CRY9 Gralthai HELP CRY10 Il&#8217;Khan HELP CRY11 Tyrrhenu HELP CRY12-13 O&#8217;kwyl HELP CRY14 General Information Freeing the Slaves -&#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-1946","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946","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=1946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1956,"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1946\/revisions\/1956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realmsofdespair.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}