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#1
Screen Shots & Obituaries / Re: Arkavin Vaul
March 07, 2021, 04:11:46 PM
Self-imposed exile was a pretty harsh character concept, and while it brought with it a kind of outsider feel, watching things happen from deep within the Rings, it made all the things we accomplished that much sweeter. Even though Arkavin was a pretty unassuming personality, traveling with him brought some serious gravitas to ringrunning, which certainly made for a great first-time ringrunning experience for me. I regret nothing, and I look forward to whatever you cook up next.
#2
Rivaros was my first EFU character, a rather featureless Awoken I had honestly expected to give up on. Being nearly an empty vessel, though, gave him a lot of room to become this or that - the theme of his character was basically that he came to the City of Rings with very little except a sense of curiosity and desire to see wondrous things, and a general tendency to be confused by events around him. He'd become whatever his surroundings molded him to be.

Among the first people he met were Hamood El-Sahel and Jacques Valencourt, whose abrupt deaths left him with a bleak sense of humour - but meeting Arkavin gave him a purpose, as he joined his quest for truths and deeper rings, which brought him all the way to the Grey Keep. Meeting Clifford made him a cautious rebel and, ultimately, an exile from Peerage Ward; meeting Amya made him want to do something good in the Rings; meeting the Geirssons made him want to find a home. His curiosity (and lack of discernment) involved him, ultimately, in all kinds of trouble, including various druidic shenanigans and joining a dog cult.



His goofy, excessively bright helmet, which he begun to have doubts about when he spent an entire theatrical battle performance polymorped into a chicken:


He spent a lot of time in Vestige, having moody conversations:


He could've ended up on a darker path, too! The Count's parade left a deep impression on him, as it was the most wondrous thing he had seen in the Rings to that day, and if someone'd asked him at the right time, he may very well have become one of Senuspur's hapless minions. Eventually, he sublimated this temptation into a loathing of the Count and his minions, though he always regarded the remaining Knaves with some grudging admiration. He was once nearly convinced to join Velstra, which would've gone terribly for him. Ultimately, Rivaros had the luck of finding good friends, and he died in battle beside those friends, in a strange, wondrous seam.
#3
General Discussion / Re: Positive Vibes Corner
February 13, 2021, 11:08:41 PM
Speaking as a newbie who's only played here for... two months, now, I think this thread could do great things. Before I joined, I read some forum posts to get an idea what I was in for, and let me say that it left me with mixed expectations, and honestly made me think twice whether it was a good idea to take the plunge.  The practical experience, though, was a lot more chill than what I'd expected - as a newbie, I've had a really positive experience, and people seemed really happy to explain things both in-game and in-character and outside. The DM team, aside of doing really great work, has never been anything but helpful and positive when I've interacted with them - I've felt bad for dying during DM events, not so much due to losing XP or anything, but because the DMs have always been apologetic about killing me.

Perhaps the subject matters selected for forum posts tend to accentuate the negative, you know?  Either way, I feel like the server is a lot friendlier and more fun than it presents itself as, which is weird.
#4
Cliff really came a long way from the paranoid creep who used to sneak up on people at the Pondsfire and yell about wolves. He forced Rivaros, who is an inveterate fence-sitter, to pick a side, and following Cliff around was a great way to get into interesting kinds of trouble - his presence made the Wanderhearts a lot more dramatic. A great character, would run the rings and solve ill-defined puzzles with again.

Though he was often a rather serious character, let us not forget happier times!

QuoteHenry Dogson:  Woof.
Rivaros Ashen: Greet - woah.
Clifford Farrier:  Oi lad. Gathering woof? 
Clifford Farrier:  Hah. Woof. Wool.
Henry Dogson:  Woof.
Henry Dogson:  [A sage nod as he gestures toward ninety, doggy tail wagging]
Rivaros Ashen:  The way you appear out of nowhere is genuinely unnerving.
Clifford Farrier:  Well, you are used to it by now.
Rivaros Ashen:  I should be.
Clifford Farrier:  Lead on good boy.  Let's find some adventure.
Clifford Farrier:  Bark bark.
#5
Suggestions / Re: Ring 94 Pillar
January 12, 2021, 11:59:50 PM
(Forgot about this until the thread was bumped. Good I had this logged.)

Ludovicus Gilmere
Rivaros Ashen
Agnes van Molneck
Gawen Velstra