As luck would have it, every single screenshot I have is ridiculously spoilerific. So...yeah. Probably can't post them. Instead I give you:
MOVIE CLIP.
Oddly enough my movie nerd status is gonna come out. In 1949 there was a movie called White Heat. An amazing Film Noir, check it out sometime!
One of the greatest quotes of all time was made by James Cagney, a murderous villain, in one of the most dramatic and expensive scenes of the time.
"Made it Ma, Top of the world!"
Jump to 5:48 and watch to the end of the video, it's one of the greatest clips of all time, and remarkably suited to Xeral.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybepshlRvq0&feature=related
Xeral Al-Reja I made originally while DMing but put him on hiatus. Returned him after I retired and shifted him gradually from a business-oriented manipulative merchant-slaver to a Political Wizard.
The thought simply was that at the time things weren't very black and white in EFU. People treated the Sons as "Freedom Fighters seeking indepednance" and not murderous terrorists fighting the count. The Stygians were seen as a group of "Noble Tyrants who did what they had to for security".
Figured EFU needed someone to point at and go "You fucking monster", so sat down and drafted the idea of a more realist-focused hard power politician. No one wanted to deal with me but they kinda had to.
The result brought me more fun and amazing PC to PC interaction on EFU than ever.
pics or it didn't happen
Congratulations on playing a sick badass wizard who everyone loved to hate, except the people who were as twisted as him. Best villainish-type character on EfU:A for a long time.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :(
Xeral was a total bastard who created a new D&D Alignment: Evil Awesome. :(
I hope he got an endlude, at least.
(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/5922/hahn.jpg)
Found one from his early days as a Caliphar.
As DM/PC plots come to an end I'll post more of his recent dealings.
So, team adventure for Howland's quest challenge?
Such a great villain. He had real style.
Xeral was just what the Conclave needed on that time.
Awesome character RwG! I enjoyed the RP between Xeral and Scrap!
<3
WHERE IS YOUR HERO NOW?
Cool villain! Never met him in person, but we managed to be arch-enemies, how about that!
Good riddance.
nah, I only have one word for you sir.
BOSS
Good riddance.
nah, I only have one word for you sir.
BOSS
Awesome PC. Waiting eagerly on the next one. And forgive me, but i must admit that when i saw how Xeral died, i loled.
He died how he would of wanted.... In a spectacular show of epic fail.
A PC who I rarely met IC, but still managed to make himself known enough to my character.
Well played.
Quote from: Daemonic Daz;174403He died how he would of wanted.... In a spectacular show of epic fail.
Ba-dum-psh.
Epic char... such an obvious hypocrite, but he was worth laughs,
"How many spellcasters does it take to screw in a Mythallar?"
"Only one, but Xeral will just kill him and take the credit."
:P
Al-Reja was six flavours of awesome.
Sure, there was some of that weird pistachio flavour that you sometimes get, but there was plenty of quality citrus and chocolate in there as well.
A great character! Look forward to the next.
Xeral was an awesome villain, with far more depth than most got to see. Also, his death was a very fitting one, albeit premature in my personal opinion. :mrgreen:
Quote from: Random_White_Guy;174317(http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/5922/hahn.jpg)
Found one from his early days as a Caliphar.
As DM/PC plots come to an end I'll post more of his recent dealings.
OMFG that screenshot is AWSOME.
Good work, sir.
Amazing. Simply amazing.
Fucking win. Always enjoyed our little moments, be they pissing matches or us being hardcore BAMFs.
Nicely done.
Your best ever IMO, although deep down you are most like your duergar.
rip
I'm bummed that I didn't get to interact with him more.
I'm amazed he reached L9 O_o.
Well done on both the epic shit-stirring and the construction of the Doomsday Device that EfU was sorely lacking since we lost the Svirfneblin Kill Everyone Orbs.
Awesomely annoying character and you knew it. Bet you had your fun making all that sendings and watching the reactions of the other players.
Well done!!!
Xeral never had any real direct conflict with any of my characters, but there was plenty of annoying banter between them and it at least was interesting from the bits I saw.
Its about time he died. Good and LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG run
Plot's over so I'll post this now at the request of folks (And Talir).
[21:40] Plot started prior to 14th of January :O
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[hide="A taste of Xeral's business."]So- Xeral's full story now that the plot is more or less over.
As a lowly Caliphar First Degree, Xeral Al-Reja was contracted by a PC played by Pup who I sadly cannot remember the name of. The idea was he wanted Xeral to make a disease to wipe out Gobsquat. However this proved ineffective so Xeral made a risky move: A Faux-Darkening was attempted.
The idea was a large magical ritual to keep short term darkness (His first attempt at a super weapon). The target was to be Gobsquat (The original idea of the Arcane Zone came up here and the idea was a thick enough darkness could bring forth safe conditions for the Nightrisers to march and slaughter.
In theory it was perfect. The risers would march, steal souls, etc. The Conclave would more or less be unaffiliated.
To do this he sought out the Headhunters. A cool meeting and got my ass kicked, but afterwords they departed. As Xeral sat in contemplation he eventually decided to leave. As he did the door was blocked by a wall of fire.
A wizard teleported in and threatened to kill him. He was told there were "Infected" around the island that needed to be convinced to help embrace their infection.
A few days passed and later he met with Tiporium once more, being told that there was research that needed obtainment that would help all of our goals. It was agreed Tiporium would allow Bailey and Xeral to be spared when the Nightrisen took control of the colony once more.
Group was assembled consisting of Hanzou (Before Conclave), Alden Murier (Before Conclave), Myself, Bailey, and Patrician Equinox Assassin. We marched through a Lich's headquarters (A rival of Tiporium) eventually we came to the Lich, fought it, and got our asses whooped (except Eq) and Tiporium found his research he required.
We were told that we had "Doomed the colony" but Xeral and company had been used as keys, something that did not sit well with an egomaniac like Xeral at all. (screenshot above)
So it was decided, in an angry and frustrated conversation with Bailey on his throne: Tiporium would be hindered at every turn for his manipulations.
Two days later the Conclave was besieged by the "New Risers".
Next day later Xeral Al-Reja informed the Pallid Mask and Ironmantle of the experiments being done and steps were taken to remove them from the infected. (Score Tiporium 1: Al-Reja 1)
A few days after that the Shield was restored over the Conclave, effectively keeping them safe from the Nightrisen. (Score Tiporium 1: Al-Reja 2)
Because the Conclave was now safe, and the Colony was doomed, things looked pretty well for Team Conclave.
Except Tiporium was still alive. The pure motivation for the weeks and weeks of manhunting was one fact: To keep him from telling the world that the Conclave (or more importantly Xeral) aided in the attacks upon the Colony.
Last week Tiporium was "Killed", research was found in his sanctum that lead to the events tonight, and the shield capabilities were restored enough to hinder an all out invasion.
Weeks+ if not Months of plotting, exploring (Sorry to folks who never got any loot/potions in our pursuits around the island <_< we didn't either if its any consolation) The next day he blew up using "his" own superweapon.
An awesome EFU ride. This plot more or less encompassed my entire character, and I loved every minute of it.
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The char I played was Abel Ashford. Sadly I grew incredibly bored of the char. I am incredibly happy it spawned such an awesome weapon, though. Almost makes me wish I stuck with him. Almost.
Fantastic job RwG. Seriously...