HEROIC REALMS

Highlights: Last game of the year 2009

Once again I extend my thanks to all the Npc’s and players alike. You have all done a phenomenal job this entire year; Lee congratulations on your first game NPCing. It is nice to have a female behind the scenes once more…it only gets better!!! I appreciate all those that helped set up and break down game after game; it truly is a help!!!

As for the highlights:

• As you all may know, traveling back into time is quite difficult…keeping up with each time period is as challenging for us as it was for you!…though it was very fun!!!
• It was interesting seeing baby Orogom…wow, did he really look that tiny.
• Bobby, nice job playing Oloaf the young and old. I think it was a nice to give some of the new players the opportunity to meet him...at least now they can share a sense of connection with one of the forefathers of the stronghold!
• The names of power: Well, it was interesting to play Elul in his younger years…it was interesting to see this plot unfold! You all did a wonderful job!
• Lee, nice job playing a Serpent thief…I know Stark appreciated it!!!
• Seeing the bounty hunters come out with a writ for Wulf, an older player character named of the game…nice! I wish I could have been part of the rp around this one.
• Chris, great job playing Raulin. At least now we finally realize why he is the way he is!!! Moreover, what happened also explains the why’s and how’s of the graveyard…hmm!
• The engineers…nice way to introduce the first plot of the time travel. People got to learn where things were going to be built…can you say sanctuary or tavern???
• Two hands are better than one…Orogom, thanks for providing the GM with one of this biggest cluster F**** of the game yet…I think you have now surpassed my cousin Bobby! What an accomplishment!!!!!!! Seriously, it was fun and will be fun in the future…hmmm.
• It was very interesting to see the oppositions join forces to rid the land of an Elite Mind Flyer…Pelezorian and Ardorian mages can accomplish much…of course Artha and all helped!
• And, so much more I am sure I will add from here…

Ok, I cannot resist…

• I loved bringing out Eldis and Sorecc Shadowmorr
• I missed the opportunity to bring back Kane…what an interesting plot that would have been rping!
• Eliora, finally taking the plunge to join the Klors guild…the work ahead of you?!?!?! 
• And more to follow…

Ok, last one for now…

• Jon, nice job playing the Skeleton Warrior…that red face seemed to freak out a few people. Ok, perhaps it was everyone?!?!?

While I had several favorite moments of the game, I am going to issue this warning to everybody right now:

If you are going to come up to me and start giving me grief about that damn hand, I am going to explain so many paradox time-travel theories around the thing to you that your heads might explode. At the very least, from my brief journey into the insanity required to understand multi-dimensional time branching theory, I can speculate that either I have completed a cycle of history or have doomed the whole world to explode in an incendiary ball of exploding magic...

Yeah...forgive my not rejoicing with everyone.

I like the last "incendaiary ball of exploding magic." LOL

On a side note, things are sometimes meant to happen...perhaps that was the case with the hand?!?!? Hey, look at it this way, at least we have narrowed it down to two possibilities

There were plenty of good moments in this last game, even if it only was for a day.

1 - Orogom's expression seeing Eliora again. (SLAP!) That was priceless
2 - Zeesa's expression seeing Eliora again. "Wait, is this just a vision of the past or is it really you?" Or whatever the exact wording was. It was still fun to be glomped like that.
3 - Zeesa's very serious and calm demeanor when saying that later we'll talk so that I better understand the guild and make a well informed decision to her suddenly squeeking with delight.
4 - Meeting the very young Drow's Bane. That was soooo sweet!

Too bad I cannot list more. It was a short game though. On the other hand it is so good to be back in the Stronghold and having fun. I missed you all.

Here we are again at another close to an amazing year!! Boy time sure does fly (even if you are not warping...LOL). I don't have too many highlights to list this time around and I am totally bummed I only got to spend but a few hours with you for the last game. As always all the players did an excellent job - and it is always a pleasure to see new faces around the stronghold.

Stark & Vica - That was the most amazing close to a season I have had yet! Thanks for the adrenaline rush as we once again kicked butt. I can't believe we managed to pull it off and get the scroll - so thought we were going to eat it by Chris!! Vica you ROCK! That was amazing on the spot thinking!! Oh and Chris that was the best portrayal of "Mind Blank" I have ever seen!!!

Orogom - You see a hand slowly rise to the back of your head and BAM! BITCH SLAP!! LOL JK you know we love you! It was a great way to throw in a monkey wrench - can't wait to see what unfolds in the future.......oh and let’s just say if it wasn't for me, Brandier, and Kehlin messing up a ritual in year one.....they whole abbey/earthquake thing may not have even happened.....OOPS! So I know how ya feel!

Eliora - I am still squeaking with delight!!!!!

Keith, Bobby, Chris - I love you guys!!! Oh and John I think I like you more as an NPC although I will miss you as Brandier!! You guys do such an amazing job year after year........hats off to another. Lee kudos to you for sticking it out with the bros, they are a bunch of silly knuckleheads but we love them!

HRGM wrote:I like the last "incendaiary ball of exploding magic." LOL

On a side note, things are sometimes meant to happen...perhaps that was the case with the hand?!?!? Hey, look at it this way, at least we have narrowed it down to two possibilities

Okay, you asked for it...Each of these is a different scenario out of a list of nigh endless possibilities from this:

Scene 1 Predicating fact - The future is immutable
This means that no matter what we did in the past, time (Thon) will ensure that it works appropriately because we were supposed to have gone back in time and left the hand there, meaning that when I recieved the one from Dart, there was another hidden in the Abbey (which Dart had mentioned would be unprotected if he should die which leaves this theory still open).

Scene 2 predicating fact - Extending branches of time
Think "Back to the Future" in that, we have gone back in time, altered a past event, and now gone forward in time with that event now changed (like buying a potion or losing the hand). The future that we have traveled to (our present) is no longer the present that we were in and small or large differences would be noticed. For example, now that the hand is in the Abbey, does that mean the Shadow Horn is still there as well? If it's not, will Stark still be able to give it to the Drow Queen? for that matter, was the Drow Queen ever born? If this is the case, then we need to actually go back in time and stop ourselves from causing the changes we did, but without causing damage to the information we needed to gather.

Scene 3 predicating fact - Every decision we make spawns a new reality
This is the more in-depth version of scene 2 and allows not just for different timelines, but totally different realities spawning out of every decision that is made. If this is the solution, then we not only need to go back in time, but we need to know exactly which decisions we made that affected the future, and even then, changing those events won't mean that we will be back in "our" present when we are done.

There are a ton more potential scenarios, but these are the three main ones that concern me (because most others spell unravelling of the timeline). There's only one thing I know for certain, and that is that we are all still alive, therefore the hand must be safe. Keith, we can sit and discuss this more at some point and, after our heads are whirling, maybe an idea will get flung out.

Oh, and for anybody not confused enough yet, think of it this way:
Which hand did Dart give me?

Dont sweat it Orogom, before the game even started there was another plan in the works just in case the hand fell into... well the wrong hands.

If the hand no longer has a purpose... then it dont matter if forty of them showed up hmm?

To be continued next season!

Glad you all had fun, Samarac and I wish we could have been there...but we are looking forward to next season. In hindsight, I would like to add that for me it was an awesome season. Im glad to see so many new faces added to the HR experience. It made for an even greater return than expected for both Samarac and myself. NPC's and players alike make this the best LARP around and even make me forget my aches and pains.

Ill get started praying to Laroon for a Dry 2010 Larp season!

Thanks Laurelin! Can you also pray for good temps too?

This game was absolutely insane...and I loved it!

-It was nice to feel almost invincible with that "Avade Damage/Death" skill. Didn't use the death part, but you never know...so it was nice.
-Seeing Orogom slap and hug Eliora. That was just priceless.
-Almost busting my ass falling down the hill when 2 skeletons came up behind me and Stark yelled "Cali, MOVE!" Yay for "Control Undead."
-Surviving my shoulder injury. Haven't had it knocked out like that in a while. Hurt like hell, but hey, pain makes you feel more alive right? lol (Keith, that was for you! lol)
-Stark's Superman moment. I didn't get to see it, but from what I hear it was EPIC! I gotta say it...dating the badass tank of the stronghold is awesome. I can brag about him for days and drive people insane!
-"Taste the rainbow!" lol Who knew that Skittles existed in the stronghold?
-Suicidal Toromites. Darren, you were hysterical. It was fun watching him kill himself about 5 times. I never got to finish my happy songs when he woke up though. Grr.
-"Did the clerics bless the food?" I was ready to smack you, Keith! You scared me half to death by saying that there could have been a problem because the clerics of Arlon and Driel didn't bless the pizza. Note to self...ALWAYS BLESS THE FOOD NO MATTER WHAT!

I cannot wait until next season! I'm missing everyone already!

I had a ton of fun this time, and this has been a great game so far. I definitely plan on coming back for next season, and I'm thankful for all you guys making this thing happen. This is the most fun I've had ever at these games.

And onto the highlights!

~ Pelazarian Mage + Ardorian Mage + Artha = Take THAT Mister elite mind flayer. Artha has experienced raw magical badassitude. Who knows, I might give him Channel Magic himself down the road...

~ Drowsbane, the early days. That was so cute.

~ And despite the circumstances in which it happened THANK GODS NO MORE HOT POTATO. Artha can sleep regularly again, and no longer will be compelled to make terrible jokes and off-color comments at random due to compulsive irritability!

~ Zeesa's Mind Blank on Elul. I was laughing my ass off. "RUN! THAT WAY HURRY!!" I didn't know Chris could move that fast.

Nice, too bad Chris wasn't Elul...hmm..he he he

I so wish I knew far more about Elul. He has such a mysterious air about him that every time he is brought up I get more and more curious about him.

I so hear you Eliora! I have been curious about him for four years! You at least have met him, that is more than I have managed to do.

Katie

(highlights still to come!!!)

Wow! What a game. There were so many OMG moments.

 Olaf! It was great to see him again! Thought young Olaf was a surprise.
 I finally got to meet Eldis but he was overshadowed by baby Orogom. That gave me a headache for hours!
 The plague victims locked up in the trading post. I don’t know what they were saying but some of us outside
could not stop laughing listening to them.
 Elite Mind Flayer! And my thoughts are not like water!
 Three undead just walking right past me in the dark and never seeing the rock called Vica!
 Zeesa, who else but the three of us off in the dark! Damn! I almost got to see more that a man wrapped in a
black cloak. 

Vica, I do not believe either of us have thoughts like water. Then again I do not like mind flayers at all.

Well, all of your thoughts are like water to me (<!>..<!>)

I kind of figured mine were more like sewage, but hey, it's liquid...of a sort...

Mine would be mud, they run to slow to be water.

Mine would be caffeinated and carbonated.

I knew I would forget something!

WULF!!!!!!!! It was quite a surprise to hear the name
When some said there were men looking for Wulf, Morgan, Vica and Zeesa all shouted ‘Wulf’

Uh…did that mean we were up at the Tavern while we were down at the Sanctuary?

Hm, definitely a fun game. Runing back to the Wild Magic every time was a bitch, though. Like when I went back by myself, with just my sword, in the rain to get Scott and my stuff.

So.. fun stuff.
Catching the plague. Always fun getting quarenteened. About the only real change in my personality was a leaning towards Driel. "Can I give the Toromites a hug?" While it would have been hilarious, it would have ended very badly.

Fighting the skeletons... I took THREE sever limbs. I think two of them were from Lee. I could still fight. I apparently lost my right arm twice. Are we supposed to take damage the second time around?

Trying to explain how I got the plague when that happened... 40 years ago? At least 20. Luckily, I seriously couldn't remember when it happened, even on my personal timeline, so it was easy to pull off.