From the time she was a child, Ophalina's parents knew that there was
something strange about her. For many years, she developed normally,
speaking, laughing, playing with the other children. Then something
happened one day when she was sent away to fetch water for their dinner.
Her parents never knew what took their little girl so long to return with
the bucket of water, but she had been changed. The child stopped speaking,
responding to their questions with a shake of her head or a point of her
finger. Assuming she would outgrow it, they played along, but nothing
changed. The only words they heard from her were murmers of prayers.
Ophalina aged and when she seemed unable to find a suitor on her own, her
parents arranged one for her. The church was more than a day's ride and
though they expected her to resist, she went along quite calmly. The
ceremony progressed and she stood calmly beside the nervous young groom.
The cleric turned to him, requesting his confirmation to take her under his
care. When he turned to her, she opened her mouth to respond and the earth
trembled.
The great cathedral fell down around her in large chunks of stone and all
she could do was smile. Though he tried to run, the groom didn't make it
out of the chruch. Ophalina stood by the altar until the quake subsided,
then quietly exited and began walking.
Her mentor was waiting not far down the road. They bent their heads
together, praying, her cracking voice matching his deeper tone in a pious
harmony. "You are ready." She couldn't tell where the mask had come from,
but it was suddenly in the older man's hand. Trusting, she raised her face
and he placed it upon her.
Where the metal touched her skin, it flashed white hot, searing itself
against her face. For the first time in years, she raised her voice.
The scream was inhuman.
The Silence of Youth
Throughout time there have always been groups of people who take the
worship of their gods to higher level than others. Some are born into such
cults, others find them as they walk through their utterly normal lives.
Ophalina was chosen.
As with so many things in life, the moment that defined her destiny was
caused by a whimsy, a child singing an ancient rhyme, the words having no
more meaning than the tune. Though she was simply reciting the song she had
learned from a friend during their child's play, it reached the ears of a
man who would become her mentor.
Just old enough to be distrusting, but still young enough to be curious, she
abandoned the task of gathering water on the man's invitation. Beneath an
ancient grove of trees was the Pantheon, the meeting place of the
Panthietes. There, lined in neat rows, was a shrine to each of the eighteen
gods of Thera. Other shrines lined the opposite walls, ancient structures,
none of which were familiar to the young girl.
"A God's strength is derived from his followers." The man explained,
nodding to the groups of three clustered around several of the shrines.
"Without devotion, they would fade away to nothing." They moved along the
rows, pausing at a bloodstained altar. A man and a woman sat before it, and
Ophalina saw for the first time that they and the other worshipers wore
masks which obscured their features. "It is through our fervor that many of
these Gods have survived." He held up his hand as she began to ask a
question and she closed her gaping mouth. Sacrifice breeds piety. Each of
the Panthietes abstains from a sense, except to raise the glory of his or
her being. She looked closer, seeing that the man's mask had two small
extensions which blocked his ears and that the woman had tied a scarf around
her eyes. "Join us. Speak the words I heard you sing. Then return to your
parents."
It was a simple command and Ophalina was intrigued by this strange concept.
She sat and the man tapped the woman on her knee. They removed their
self-impediments and she nervously began to speak the meaningless sounds she
had recited so carelessly earlier.
It was as if the sun had risen over a land of eternal night. The young girl
felt Zylenier's power flow through her, granting her abilities beyond any
she could learn in a lifetime of study. Though she yearned to vow herself
into the Panthietes that night, her mentor insisted that she prove herself
and practice their ways first. "There is great power in triplicates," he
explained. We must be as certain that you will keep your ardor when you
leave.
It was several more years before she stood at that same altar, vowing that
her voice be raised only in Zylenier's service, that each syllable would be
spoken with the intention of raising his power. Though she had spoken
nothing but his prayers before since the night she was introduced to his
power, Zylenier granted her even greater gifts, allowing her to grant his
blessings to others.
There was still more to come. As a female mute, there were few options for
her but to subsist on her parent's income and it was not until she left her
home that she was truly accepted into his trinity.
Description:
There is a woman standing before you, though a mask hides all her features from view save her lips. The mask is plain and seems to have been shaped for her face, since it curves around the impression of cheek and jaw. Her pale blond hair has been pulled back into a complex series of of braids that knot together at the base of her skull. Her lithe body is marked with ink, though some of the drawn runes appear to be fading faster than others. The ink that has been used to create the markings on her pale skin does not seem to be permanent.
Damn shame, really enjoyed this characters RP once I stopped letting a lack of verbal responses bother me. Who was it, and any good reason for the delete?
Also I kinda wanna recommend for Halls due to sticking to the unique roleplay. Ophalina did a lot and was also apart of the reason Ona went 'evil', if memory serves me right.
Ophalina's RP was absolutely the best of all who came before her, maintaining an idea that others have tried and failed at. She was epic. She was also good at PK and didn't hesitate to throw down when necessary.
You know, I likes this char for the whole Ona thing. I think I like the fact that you introduced me to vibrating altars more ;) I could never understand you. You were THE oracle.
Nice rp and around for a good bit. I just don't see this char as memorable(for me, anyhow) that is reserved for the Halls. Maybe I just wasn't around enough or at the right times to be involved with some of the things that a couple of you feel make this one worthy of the Halls.
First of all, I would like to thank everyone for their patience in dealing with this character. The decision to make her a mute was spur of the moment and originally meant to be nothing more than a joke for my friend, but I sort of got carried away. When another imm told me the mask in my desc could only stay if I never took it off, that provided the hook for my backstory, since by golly I said that mask was going to be fused.
I take a lot of pride in that background because while Opha herself was very choatic evil, the source was very altruistic. I encourage anyone who wondered about who she was to read through her backgrounds, but for those of you who don't want to put in the time I'll summarize: She was a member of a cult that believed that gods needed to be worshiped in order to continue to exist. Some members of the cult (including Opha) abstained from either seeing, speaking, or hearing except when they were actively engaged in worship, with the idea that it was a purer form of worship and would be enough to sustain a god when everyone else had forgotten about them. With that background, she entered Thera ready to, ironically, spread the word.
The decision to delete was based on a lot of different factors, half ooc, half ic. In character, I really enjoyed all of her interactions, but every ally I made is either inactive or deleted and refusing to speak makes it hard to find new ones. I also felt like people had sort of had their fill of trying to understand me and didn't want to make that kind of commitment on a new character, so I was sort of left with no goal at hand for in game. Out of game, I have other real life problems that I need to focus on, and I don't want to worry about getting hours. I also knew that if I didn't make hours for a month and lost all my nice things, I'd be more reluctant to log in again and she meant too much to me to let her just inact half naked. With quest writing season upon us, I didn't want to split my time between a character who has no in-game goals and making really cool quests for you guys.
Some shout outs:
Trizz: It was really great. Thanks for always being my number 1. As a player, you have a few small skills to master (like not capitalizing the first letter of your emotes) but you've got the creativity and style for it. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
Larav: It was interesting. You obviously didn't rock being in her little group, but I feel like that was all based in misunderstanding. Thanks for being a part, too.
Irion: The music stuff was amazing. I am so glad I tried to give you a few coins for a song way backl when. I fully expected you to take the coins, sing serenade and then move on with you life, but it ended up being so much more. I'm sad you never finished the Ballad of Ophalina, but thanks for making some of the prayer sessions super awesome.
Balan, Tuston: My original goal in opening roleplay with the knights was just a stalling tactic and I think you both realized that. But before we got there, it was a lot of fun trying to ask complex questions about the oath, and then trying to ask for an oath in return. I was a little frustrated that you never asked the terms of my oath, but Knights will be Knights. Tuston, thanks for all the fights I learned a ton from you.
Ryul: You were one of the only ones who ever bothered to try to hear her story even if I didn't manage to pull you onto my side.
Rheloth: We didn't roleplay a lot, but you were integral to building my confidence to actually PK. I'm sure you just wanted to duel over and over because you had nothing better to do, but it really helped me to learn. I remember trying to go toe to toe in our first fight and just getting creamed, but by the last time we fought I was at least getting you down to like 60% and I count that as a huge win.
Ona and Mikoos: I don't think any realized how cool converting Ona was for me. Because Opha believed that all gods needed to be worshipped in order to continue to exist, she didn't believe in converting someone away from a belief, only in converting the unbelievers. But Mikoos convinced her that he was a prophet and that Zylenier himself wanted Ona personally. After the unconversion, I honestly felt a little cheated that you went with the demon excuse and basically pretended that it all didn't happen. Made it hard to find closure about the situation, but as a player I respect that decision. It was really fun while it lasted.
Jaspir: So much fun going back and forth chilling at NS. I don't know if you were as amused as I was with the cleric on cleric battle that was basically attack, get blasphemed and run, or attack, watch me waste my mana trying to blaspheme you and run myself. Good times. Vahn, too.
Varliv: You were f'ing uncanny in guessing my emotes. I went in with the goal of avoiding 'cheatmotes' and deciding that she would avoid writing, since that was her internal voice. So instead of emote gestures that someone should rescue, I'd emote makes a grabbing motion or something else super obscure and you'd just get it. Get out of my head, man. I also want to apologize to you. This character's background was unintentionally a perfect fit for Mystics, so I'm sorry that she wasn't.
Imms: Thanks to everyone who saw me roleplaying at the shrine and did echoes and stuff in support (Tal and Van, looking at you), that was pretty awesome.
Some final comments about the character: I loved finding the tentacle of Zylenier, and I know that using a terrible flail at all times left me a bit gimped, but god dammit I was committed, and how could Ophalina not always be weilding the weapon of her god? Chromatic Metals ended up being a pretty pimp set, once I got it all engraved, if you don't have the money to spare, however, it's a bit meh if you don't have the gold/gumption to get the rares. She loved her lights, and I fondly thought of her as the lady of the lights since she had one for every occasion. Dam light, mal break light, a stellar mental break light for when the helm just wasn't enough. Also thanks to everyone who tried to come along with me to get my chaos ear necklace. (tugging on ears, gesturing to neckline...if you ended up dying in winter, this is what we were after.)
Lastly my inside joke with myself was that her name was pronounced op-halina not o-fa-lina. Because she could never actually introduce herself...
Last last, thanks for all the comments and support. I feel like this character is sort of a turning point for me on the PK front, probably because being silent meant I couldn't just RP my way out of people being mad at me. It was fun. Will play again. :D
Some stats: (I forgot to grab my mastered skills, but it was a respectable but not really impressive amount.)
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| Ophalina the Holy Shaman, adherent of Zylenier |
| Unaffiliated, 38 years old (431 hours). |
| You exhibit the virtue of Vanity. |
| |
| Race: Human Hometown: Seringale Health: 712/712 |
| Sex: Female Alignment: Evil Mana: 875/875 |
| Class: Shaman Ethos: Chaotic Move: 449/449 |
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| |
| Streng: 20 (20+0) Rating: Great Weight: 321/375 |
| Intell: 20 (20+0) Level: 50 Pracs: 12 |
| Wisdom: 21 (21+0) Exp tnl: 16200 Trains: 0 |
| Dexter: 20 (20+0) Relics: 4440 Items: 23/34 |
| Consti: 20 (17+3) Gold: 9362 Wimpy: 0 hp |
| Luck: Fortunate Hunger: [****-] Thirst: [***--] |
| |
| Condition: Worn out from your wounds |
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/ |
| Armor Vs Pierce: 185 Saving Throws |
| Hitroll: 23 Vs Bash: 223 Afflictive: 88 |
| Damroll: 45 Vs Slash: 199 Maledictive: 84 |
| Vs Magic: 78 Mental: 88 |
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| Armor Vs Pierce: 185 Saving Throws |
| Hitroll: 24 Vs Bash: 223 Afflictive: 96 |
| Damroll: 41 Vs Slash: 199 Maledictive: 92 |
| Vs Magic: 78 Mental: 96 |
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Ah sad to see another one go so many fun trips we had together I loved all the interactions. I think the funniest was when you were asking about ryul an you would make pointy ears with your hands. An thanks for showing interesting things to bad mystics never got you but all in all it was great. An great job on the rp I loved the background.
Xanthas, your original comment was tasteless. Your characters have NOTHING to do with Ophalina or whether she should be in the halls. Whether you had a legitimate reason to think she belonged in the halls or not is absolutely meaningless now because of it.
I didn't really bother much with this shaman because every interaction was just .... It seems like you did talk to certain people just never me. That turned me off from this character really quickly. I agree as far as no on HOF what is so memorable about reply ....?
@Mummy, fair at PK means a lot to me. I know I've only ever been known for trying, so knowing that people came at me expecting a fight and not a fucking speedbump means the world to me. It means I'm getting good at what really makes AR what it was.
So, thanks. I already miss this character, even though I didn't really play her much any more, but I know it's for the best. I had to let go. It's the first step to breaking my addiction and being able to play for fun rather than because it's what I do.
So, thanks again to everyone who bought into my roleplay and went along with it, even if we were pking or if we were roleplaying. I feel like having a reason to do both (ooc as I said before cause I couldn't rp my way out of fights) meant I really felt a part of the community for the first time. And that means a lot to me. I love roleplaying and the real time aspect of mud rp appeals to me so strongly that that's the niche I fell into. Feeling like I could hold my own, like I did for so long on this character, was really heartening for me.
I love you all, and I intend to be a power player, if not a badasss, again. You haven't seen the last of me.
Sorry for sort of double teaming up. Especially against Larav because he should have had some kind of immunity. I always felt like he purposefully lost our fights for two reasons: 1. it was kinda easy to kill him. :( I don't know if the player just got really turned around when I got the upper hand, or if you were expecting me to roleplay more when I basically had you at my mercy, but it felt too easy. If you want to chat privately and debrief about the situation, send me a PM or email or something, all my links down below should be active. I'm curious but if you decline, no hard feelings. Larav was her first conversion, even if he wasn't the best. *grimace* and I'd love to talk to out, for closure purposes.
My real hope for this character and part of the delete was to be able to make a name beyond the roleplaying token. I know I roleplay great, but that's not what makes AR stand above the rest. Sure we have Mkatos's and Runath's, but they were known for being exemplary in both aspects (pk and rp) and, honestly, I want to fit in to that. I really want to know that I'm more than a speedbump in someone's record. And I hope that Ophalina did that for everyone. I know I was a wimp about running from a losing fight, and I run like the wiiiiiind, but I really tried to re-engage if I felt like I wanted to play more that night. I never wanted to quit out on a fight that I didn't die in, unless I felt like I was done playing mortals for the day. If I didn't die, I wanted my opponent to feel like it was a good fight. Which I'm not used to, at all. Any pk characters I had before were me trying a cabal and getting in on my rp and then basically embarrassing the name. Opha was nice to learn on cause she didn't actually give two sh*ts. She just did her own thing.
It really means a lot to me to hear the support. Xanthas, as am Imm, I can see who you have verified and I have no real memorable interactions with your characters. I understand where you're coming from because sometimes it's hard to find a hook. Based on who you verified we never really had much interaction, probably due to OOC timing. Since Opha was never caballed, I know she didn't build enough reputation to feel well known. So, no hard feelings. I understand.
That being said, thanks to everyone else who nominated me. <3 to you.
Vev, don't mind me. I'm just a dick. I'm sure it's like you said and just a timing thing as to why I had little interaction with Opha. Given who you are and what you have done and currently do, I'm sure your character is deserving of HoE.
Ozaru, if all Ophalina was to you was: "..." then you obviously did not rp well enough to get to know what made Ophalina's rp great. Your laziness on the rp front should not diminish Ophalina's quality rp.
No hard feelings, I'm not butthurt, Larav was. Yes, he did intentionally let you kill him, you were his priestess. That's why he didn't fight back. He felt if you decided he should die, it was so, he didn't even try to run for the first few fights if you recall. No closure necessary. I am curious what sparked your ordering Irion to attack, but I'm not yearning or anything.
Honestly, I don't remember the situation very well. I remember feeling a bit slighted by whatever offering you had brought. Like you said that you could get Ravinah not to attack me, but Opha had already made allies with her.
That was also pretty early in my PK career with this character, and I didn't have the balls I did before, so it's entirely possible that I used the justification of making my minions fight as an excuse not to die myself. In other news, I think Larav was the one who enchanted the flail for her waaaay back when. So she ended up always keeping a bit of his magic with her anyway. (Also, that rambling post really belonged on the drunk thread ahah)
@Andrael and Mikoos: Awesome. :D
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[reply to Vanisse]
Also I kinda wanna recommend for Halls due to sticking to the unique roleplay. Ophalina did a lot and was also apart of the reason Ona went 'evil', if memory serves me right.
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I would second the nomination for the Halls on account of stellar rp and general awesomeness of the character.
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Ophalina's RP was absolutely the best of all who came before her, maintaining an idea that others have tried and failed at. She was epic. She was also good at PK and didn't hesitate to throw down when necessary.
Great job and keep them coming.
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[reply to Xenyar]
I take a lot of pride in that background because while Opha herself was very choatic evil, the source was very altruistic. I encourage anyone who wondered about who she was to read through her backgrounds, but for those of you who don't want to put in the time I'll summarize: She was a member of a cult that believed that gods needed to be worshiped in order to continue to exist. Some members of the cult (including Opha) abstained from either seeing, speaking, or hearing except when they were actively engaged in worship, with the idea that it was a purer form of worship and would be enough to sustain a god when everyone else had forgotten about them. With that background, she entered Thera ready to, ironically, spread the word.
The decision to delete was based on a lot of different factors, half ooc, half ic. In character, I really enjoyed all of her interactions, but every ally I made is either inactive or deleted and refusing to speak makes it hard to find new ones. I also felt like people had sort of had their fill of trying to understand me and didn't want to make that kind of commitment on a new character, so I was sort of left with no goal at hand for in game. Out of game, I have other real life problems that I need to focus on, and I don't want to worry about getting hours. I also knew that if I didn't make hours for a month and lost all my nice things, I'd be more reluctant to log in again and she meant too much to me to let her just inact half naked. With quest writing season upon us, I didn't want to split my time between a character who has no in-game goals and making really cool quests for you guys.
Some shout outs:
Trizz: It was really great. Thanks for always being my number 1. As a player, you have a few small skills to master (like not capitalizing the first letter of your emotes) but you've got the creativity and style for it. Looking forward to seeing more from you.
Larav: It was interesting. You obviously didn't rock being in her little group, but I feel like that was all based in misunderstanding. Thanks for being a part, too.
Irion: The music stuff was amazing. I am so glad I tried to give you a few coins for a song way backl when. I fully expected you to take the coins, sing serenade and then move on with you life, but it ended up being so much more. I'm sad you never finished the Ballad of Ophalina, but thanks for making some of the prayer sessions super awesome.
Balan, Tuston: My original goal in opening roleplay with the knights was just a stalling tactic and I think you both realized that. But before we got there, it was a lot of fun trying to ask complex questions about the oath, and then trying to ask for an oath in return. I was a little frustrated that you never asked the terms of my oath, but Knights will be Knights. Tuston, thanks for all the fights I learned a ton from you.
Ryul: You were one of the only ones who ever bothered to try to hear her story even if I didn't manage to pull you onto my side.
Rheloth: We didn't roleplay a lot, but you were integral to building my confidence to actually PK. I'm sure you just wanted to duel over and over because you had nothing better to do, but it really helped me to learn. I remember trying to go toe to toe in our first fight and just getting creamed, but by the last time we fought I was at least getting you down to like 60% and I count that as a huge win.
Ona and Mikoos: I don't think any realized how cool converting Ona was for me. Because Opha believed that all gods needed to be worshipped in order to continue to exist, she didn't believe in converting someone away from a belief, only in converting the unbelievers. But Mikoos convinced her that he was a prophet and that Zylenier himself wanted Ona personally. After the unconversion, I honestly felt a little cheated that you went with the demon excuse and basically pretended that it all didn't happen. Made it hard to find closure about the situation, but as a player I respect that decision. It was really fun while it lasted.
Jaspir: So much fun going back and forth chilling at NS. I don't know if you were as amused as I was with the cleric on cleric battle that was basically attack, get blasphemed and run, or attack, watch me waste my mana trying to blaspheme you and run myself. Good times. Vahn, too.
Varliv: You were f'ing uncanny in guessing my emotes. I went in with the goal of avoiding 'cheatmotes' and deciding that she would avoid writing, since that was her internal voice. So instead of emote gestures that someone should rescue, I'd emote makes a grabbing motion or something else super obscure and you'd just get it. Get out of my head, man. I also want to apologize to you. This character's background was unintentionally a perfect fit for Mystics, so I'm sorry that she wasn't.
Imms: Thanks to everyone who saw me roleplaying at the shrine and did echoes and stuff in support (Tal and Van, looking at you), that was pretty awesome.
Some final comments about the character: I loved finding the tentacle of Zylenier, and I know that using a terrible flail at all times left me a bit gimped, but god dammit I was committed, and how could Ophalina not always be weilding the weapon of her god? Chromatic Metals ended up being a pretty pimp set, once I got it all engraved, if you don't have the money to spare, however, it's a bit meh if you don't have the gold/gumption to get the rares. She loved her lights, and I fondly thought of her as the lady of the lights since she had one for every occasion. Dam light, mal break light, a stellar mental break light for when the helm just wasn't enough. Also thanks to everyone who tried to come along with me to get my chaos ear necklace. (tugging on ears, gesturing to neckline...if you ended up dying in winter, this is what we were after.)
Lastly my inside joke with myself was that her name was pronounced op-halina not o-fa-lina. Because she could never actually introduce herself...
Last last, thanks for all the comments and support. I feel like this character is sort of a turning point for me on the PK front, probably because being silent meant I couldn't just RP my way out of people being mad at me. It was fun. Will play again. :D
Some stats: (I forgot to grab my mastered skills, but it was a respectable but not really impressive amount.)
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| Ophalina the Holy Shaman, adherent of Zylenier |
| Unaffiliated, 38 years old (431 hours). |
| You exhibit the virtue of Vanity. |
| |
| Race: Human Hometown: Seringale Health: 712/712 |
| Sex: Female Alignment: Evil Mana: 875/875 |
| Class: Shaman Ethos: Chaotic Move: 449/449 |
\ -------------------------------------------/
| |
| Streng: 20 (20+0) Rating: Great Weight: 321/375 |
| Intell: 20 (20+0) Level: 50 Pracs: 12 |
| Wisdom: 21 (21+0) Exp tnl: 16200 Trains: 0 |
| Dexter: 20 (20+0) Relics: 4440 Items: 23/34 |
| Consti: 20 (17+3) Gold: 9362 Wimpy: 0 hp |
| Luck: Fortunate Hunger: [****-] Thirst: [***--] |
| |
| Condition: Worn out from your wounds |
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/ |
| Armor Vs Pierce: 185 Saving Throws |
| Hitroll: 23 Vs Bash: 223 Afflictive: 88 |
| Damroll: 45 Vs Slash: 199 Maledictive: 84 |
| Vs Magic: 78 Mental: 88 |
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| Armor Vs Pierce: 185 Saving Throws |
| Hitroll: 24 Vs Bash: 223 Afflictive: 96 |
| Damroll: 41 Vs Slash: 199 Maledictive: 92 |
| Vs Magic: 78 Mental: 96 |
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/ thread pretty much
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Another for Exalted. PK shouldn't be the only qualifier, though she was fair at that, too.
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So, thanks. I already miss this character, even though I didn't really play her much any more, but I know it's for the best. I had to let go. It's the first step to breaking my addiction and being able to play for fun rather than because it's what I do.
So, thanks again to everyone who bought into my roleplay and went along with it, even if we were pking or if we were roleplaying. I feel like having a reason to do both (ooc as I said before cause I couldn't rp my way out of fights) meant I really felt a part of the community for the first time. And that means a lot to me. I love roleplaying and the real time aspect of mud rp appeals to me so strongly that that's the niche I fell into. Feeling like I could hold my own, like I did for so long on this character, was really heartening for me.
I love you all, and I intend to be a power player, if not a badasss, again. You haven't seen the last of me.
Sorry for sort of double teaming up. Especially against Larav because he should have had some kind of immunity. I always felt like he purposefully lost our fights for two reasons: 1. it was kinda easy to kill him. :( I don't know if the player just got really turned around when I got the upper hand, or if you were expecting me to roleplay more when I basically had you at my mercy, but it felt too easy. If you want to chat privately and debrief about the situation, send me a PM or email or something, all my links down below should be active. I'm curious but if you decline, no hard feelings. Larav was her first conversion, even if he wasn't the best. *grimace* and I'd love to talk to out, for closure purposes.
My real hope for this character and part of the delete was to be able to make a name beyond the roleplaying token. I know I roleplay great, but that's not what makes AR stand above the rest. Sure we have Mkatos's and Runath's, but they were known for being exemplary in both aspects (pk and rp) and, honestly, I want to fit in to that. I really want to know that I'm more than a speedbump in someone's record. And I hope that Ophalina did that for everyone. I know I was a wimp about running from a losing fight, and I run like the wiiiiiind, but I really tried to re-engage if I felt like I wanted to play more that night. I never wanted to quit out on a fight that I didn't die in, unless I felt like I was done playing mortals for the day. If I didn't die, I wanted my opponent to feel like it was a good fight. Which I'm not used to, at all. Any pk characters I had before were me trying a cabal and getting in on my rp and then basically embarrassing the name. Opha was nice to learn on cause she didn't actually give two sh*ts. She just did her own thing.
It really means a lot to me to hear the support. Xanthas, as am Imm, I can see who you have verified and I have no real memorable interactions with your characters. I understand where you're coming from because sometimes it's hard to find a hook. Based on who you verified we never really had much interaction, probably due to OOC timing. Since Opha was never caballed, I know she didn't build enough reputation to feel well known. So, no hard feelings. I understand.
That being said, thanks to everyone else who nominated me. <3 to you.
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That was also pretty early in my PK career with this character, and I didn't have the balls I did before, so it's entirely possible that I used the justification of making my minions fight as an excuse not to die myself. In other news, I think Larav was the one who enchanted the flail for her waaaay back when. So she ended up always keeping a bit of his magic with her anyway. (Also, that rambling post really belonged on the drunk thread ahah)
@Andrael and Mikoos: Awesome. :D
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Vev has really gotten better with each character, and SHE CAN FIGHT NOW :twisted:
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