Posted by Kragg on July 30, 2000 at 23:25:58:

In Reply to: [DECEASED] --- [EMPIRE] Zepachu the Shinan, Imperial Soldier (kinda long) posted by Zepachu on July 30, 2000 at 21:18:15:

> I made an E-mail address just in case anyone felt like e-mailing me... Click on Zepachu a few lines up or right here.

> Welp... I'm gone. This farewell note will be long since I interacted with many people in my lifetime. I didn't hero, only made it to 47, but that's fine.. I've heroed before. It's all about the way you spend your time, not how quick (or even if) you hero.

> The Story

> I made this character with the intention of becoming War Master, but as I gained ranks I realized that Khayr was going to hold onto that as long as he could. I personally think Khayr is a good War Master... motivating, bossy (but not too much), just not in Thera enough. It was never my intention to 'overthrow' him.. just be the next logical choice to follow in his footsteps. Oh well, didn't happen. The reason I wanted to be War Master was so that I could mold the Blade Sect into the most respected and knowledgeable sect of the Empire. I happen to think right now that it is the strongest Sect of the empire, in sheer power alone. I succeeded, somewhat, by educating young Blades and instilling in them a sense of always presenting yourself respectfully.. it is the only way that that feeling will ever be reciprocated. Anyway, I got bored with Zepachu... played him for a lot of hours (average of 8 or so a day for the last three weeks, straight.) I was bored with his Role and had succeeded in what I set out to do, somewhat.

> An Imperial going into the Inn and mingling for hours at a time? Unheard of! Going to the Ball and auctioning his services off for one night? (read Nicolette's if you're curious what that means) I did NOT act like an Imperial, and it was all done on purpose. I didn't feel like RPing an Evil/Lawful/Imperial. I felt like RPing an Evil/Lawful/Imperial...with a delightful personality and having a way with people. Most people will agree they enjoyed my company. Anyway, I digress. I was happy with this character, learned some things, and had a generally fun amount of time. I didn't have as many Immortal interactions as I would have liked, but I have another character in mind already... *innocent whistle*

> The End

> My ending was not a simple DELETE DELETE... in fact, I haven't deleted my character. I never usually delete my characters.. I just let them autodelete. I was in the Inn, naked (as became my usual attire toward the end) and made a poison dagger and slit my wrists. Selitha, Shermie, Airac and Deagin watched me slump against the southern wall and such.. until Nicolette rushed in and healed me, took all my wounds, and then bandaged her wrists. After a rather nice speech about how it was a shame (and a big sin mind you) for me to take my own life.. I vowed to kill myself like I lived, in battle. So, I ran to Battle's massive giant (see the pun?) and attacked it with imperial training offensive.. hoping I would get hit a lot. Anyway, it finally killed me when it was convulsing.. I almost killed it, was hoping to die a lot sooner. As far as I know Nicolette purified my ashes. Airac watched me fall into peaceful oblivion.

> These farewells are in alphabetical order. (I will definitely forget someone, sorry.)

> Airac - Well, you got slaughtered by Havilahd and I on this elven day.. and then in the Inn we fought three battles. I won two of three, and it ALL depended on my kotegaeshi and breaking your wrist. Granted, I was naked, but still. You also watched me through my suicide attempt and all... and at the giant.

> Astillian - You jingle foot you.. You were always welcoming (it's your nature) and were openminded about having an Imperial around. Good luck to you man. ;-)

> Balrahd - I hated you because whenever I faced you I knew I'd either get really hurt or die.. You did good for a wrath spamming Paladin and you serve the Light well. :-)

> Brock - Ey.. you always upheld the code of the Blade and were a great fighter, smart and powerful. Good luck with the rest of your life!

> Caitlyn - I ranked with you in the early, early, early ranks.. and we always poked eachother's ribs. It's good to see that you're still around.. Good luck and may your servitors never turn on you ;-)!

> Cerleis - You're a good guy to be around.. always deftly hopping over the Bar and cleaning it and stuff... and handing me new concoctions of drinks to try out. ;-)

> Cirianna - Ah, Cirianna.. I spent much of today saying goodbye to others in game.. dozens of people. I do that with all my characters. You weren't around and I must say you were one of the people I really looked around for. I enjoyed our conversations and debates, and especially when we analyzed your dream for a couple of hours in the Inn. Keep up the good work, you really deserve to be a Scarab.

> Flavin - Ya had to go and delete before me didn't you? I really wish you would have gotten up there in ranks.. it's a lot more fun.. but oh well. I hope you learned a lot from playing a Blade, also.. I always doubted your sanity, since you used exclamation points after everything. You were a good tank when I needed a bread, too.

> Flontinot - Ah damn you.. I liked fighting you. We were pretty evenly matched.. depending on if I got to break your wrist or not. If I didn't I usually had to flee, if I did, you had to flee.. (Assassins out there, see the trend? I can't say it enough..Master kotegaeshi and kansetsuwaza as soon as you get them.

> Gaerak - Ah, Gaerak.. You were a fun guy to talk to, but really annoying at times. You would always taunt me to come out and fight you.. and in fact every time I faced you (from 43-47, you were Hero all the times) you would always flee. Even one time when Nicolette was healing you.. Methinks you didn't like my claws. You must admit I did well against a Hero with better equipment than myself.. eh? I loved when you taunted me because I would go off and hide, then sneak around and see you with an ambush set up to get me.. [sometimes not, but usually].. or be travelling with others and gangbang me.. I think I frustrated you by not being drawn in by your taunts, or lured by your raids.. Well played, enjoy the rest of your life.

> Havilahd - Ah, Dreadlord. You and I ranked quite a bit together and we both had our off days. Sometimes I was really slow attacking, just staring at my screen and then going.. oh yeah! I'm the tank! (That's what happens when you play 8 hours a day).. You have a level head and I'm really glad to see you as Dreadlord. Trust me, I'll be back.

> Iracundur - You little bitch. :-) Sorry, no other way to say it. For an Apostle you were quite untrustworthy. We had that whole conversation about whether or not you were going to kill me (that was after two failed nightgaunt attempts).. and then I'm wandering around, lulled into a false sense of security, and get hit with another nightgaunt. I'm glad you never killed me.. All in all, you need a better place to nightgaunt to. I'm sure it's hard to find (never played a high level conjurer.. intend on doing so..*cough*..) but look for a good place and then gaunt people.. east of Tar valon just won't cut it for anyone who's been around a little bit.

> Jacynth - Ah.. Lady Jacynth. You were marvelous to be around.. at the Ball and all, that was fun, and talking to you through telepaths was mighty flattering. You always had nice encouraging things to say to me, and the compliments flowed from my lips to your ears and your lips to my ears. You're a wonderfully roleplayed character and quite... cute. :-)

> Khayr - War Master, I always served you well and fought as a Blade would... prepared and in control of the situation. We fought shoulder to shoulder on some occasions and honestly if you were around more we would have done it a lot more often. Just about every time you came into Thera I'm sure I was there. Good luck with your reign.. don't hold on too tight.

> Kragg - KRAGG!! We fought together so much in the early ranks and then all of a sudden I shot up from 29-35 in one night and left you in the dust.. you never were able to recover from that and catch up. You taught me a really good hiding place that not many people use, and.. hmm.. maybe I'll see ya there sometime ;-)

> Maelianna - We grouped a little bit, tried to group and find a third A LOT more, and talked through telepaths a lot.. I'm glad you deleted once you started becoming unhappy with your character and didn't stick around wasting time. Good luck with your next.

> Nicolette - What can I say? I really enjoyed our interactions. When you bought me at the Ball that night.. and we walked to Galadon and I cleaned the Paladin's guild, Healer's entrance and Temple of the Sun it was fun even though I probably would have become Anathema if asked to explain my actions. ;-) You always tried to turn me to the Light and purify me.. and I always told you it wouldn't happen. You're quite dedicated. Some of your logic is backwards, to me at least, and in a way I find you to be hypocritical (i.e. asking every Imperial if they want peace or not) but you are a well played character. Good luck to you.

> Riebold - Dude. I wish I woulda made it to hero to help out your range a bit, but oh well.. whatcha gonna do? I ranked with you from 29-47 basically.. and ranked you from 34-51 basically.. was quite fun. You have a good form, just wait for some of the younger Imperials to get some ranks.. life will get easier. Thank a lot for everything, you are a good pal.

> Selitha - Ah, beautiful Selitha. In different worlds I think we'd be on our honeymoon right now. I didn't interact with you much at all in the later ranks (until after the Ball).. but in the early early early ranks I did.. mid-teens, ranked with you a short bit... I'm glad you got in, have a lot of fun in the Bar.. that's what it's there for! I know you will. :-)

> Shermie - Hehe.. you're so cute. Always poking me and stuff, you seem to genuinely have a lot of fun with your character.. something that seems lacking in CF. It's just like career and work, do something you like and you'll do it well.. Good luck and thanks!

> Sladin - Ya bastahd! You had to go and die to wither! Damnit! :-) I enjoyed our conversations (and arguments) about how I should turn to the Light etc etc.. whatever. I always told you 'I am dark to the core, that will not change'.. Interacting with you was real fun, and killing you those two times was even more fun. ;-)

> Thalen - Well you got uninducted then gave up.. I seem to think that it was a test of your conviction.. and you failed miserably. At any rate, we had our little battles, our long conversations and it was fun interacting with you.

> Thror - Yer stinkin' dwarf! Ye best be treatin' dat dere Jacynth like a lady as she should be! And suren if'n ye don't, I be kickin' yer stinkin' arse! I gave dat dere walking stick to Jacynth and told 'er to bop you on de head if'n ye get out of line! Me be thinkin' dat she will be boppin' ya a whole lot! Ye also have dat dere Talisman of Strength I gave ye at the weddin' so if'n the rough times ye can look to it for support eh. It was nice interacting with you, before your wedding when I was pouring water on your head (and in your mouth) to wake you up for it.. and afterwards when the group of us went after Jullias to grab Jacynth.. I couldn't stay to see what happened, but I'll find out.

> Tyldur - In my 150 some-odd hours I saw you twice in Thera, for about 3 hours total. The first time I saw you I was naked and we went and got equipment.. the second time we didn't really interact. That is the way of the Blade.. strength stays in the sect like that.. not knowing me from a whole in the wall and going off, interacting with me, and getting some clothing together. Thanks again.

> Uignevin - Priest. You seemed very arrogant.. even somewhat annoyed at the presence of other sects. When I would log on.. [EMPIRE] Uignevin: ...Blade. is what I would see. Hey, at least it was a greeting. You were a good leader whenever you led, and a competent fighter, strategist and such. I wish you luck heroing.. glad we got a few ranks together in there.

> Yoesch - I hated your claws.. In a one-on-one fight you were one of the only that would kick my ass.. Good luck to you.

> Zruulg - Ah, Zruulg. I remember our first group and first time meeting. I had ranked with Riebold a bit, and he introduced us. You were 42 at the time, Riebold 34, myself 29. We got together a group and fought elite storms... When you hit 51, Riebold was 44, I was 37.. Too bad you didn't stay around, but it was real fun grouping with you.. It was always best when I would start roleplaying and looking at your knapsack 'and wonder why it was squirming' (due to your live chickens) and stuff like that.

> Zulghinlour - Ah, my lord. I followed the path of Knowledge and entered your shrine a few times.. I'm not sure if we interacted (I don't think so).. because i just didn't get a feel it was 'you' from the 'An Immortals' I spoke with...

> Welp, looks like that's it.. This is damn long eh.. if I forgot you I'm really sorry, this took a long time to do and it's all off the top of my head.

> My role, desc and abilities are below here.. Who says a Felar needs to stop to practice? I never stopped to practice. Anything I mastered was done in battle.. If I would have stopped to practice a lot more would have been mastered (as you will see.) I didn't develop the role too much, but I had fun writing it.. and that's all that mattered to me.

> Role:
> Your role is:
> Added Sat Jul 8 20:22:50 2000 at level 1:
> Oh, hello. My name is Zepachu.

> I come from Galadon, you?

> Hm, interesting.

> My childhood was a good one. My parents and I would go all over Thera.

> Like where? Hm, let's see. Well, we'd walk around Galadon a lot.. they'd
> always show me the different guilds in the city. We'd walk along the Eastern
> Road. Haha.. I remember this one time we went to that BlackClaw village..
> and while we were walking there my mom, a lady of the shadows, was
> subconsciously keeping herself concealed from being seen. Well, I guess she
> had a tough time with her own vision, she fell right into a puddle of mud..
> Quite funny it was, yep. Me and my dad, a dark knight, tried not to laugh..
> but what can ya do, eh? I liked that trip, learned a lot about my heritage.
> Ahh.. good times, good times. *sigh*

> Yeah, I know I tend to ramble.. no need to be so rude about it.

> Oh, don't worry about it, no need to apologize.

> I said don't worry about it.

> Like I was saying... My parents taught me a lot, but it always seemed
> unfulfilling. I guess I just can never learn enough.

> See what?

> That giant over there with the two guards standing by him?

> Okay.. yeah, what about him?

> No.. I'm not scared, why should I be?

> So what if they can hunt me, I follow the laws.. I have nothing to fear.

> Oh.. your parents? I'm sorry to hear that.. They knew the laws, though, and
> orphaned you by breaking them.. what did they do?

> You've got to be kidding me.

> Me? Some consider me to be evil.. ok, everyone. Just the other day I pushed
> a little girl into an old dog for no reason... Alright I did have a reason.
> The dog was noticeably angry and gave her a little bite on her arm.

> Come on, what's wrong with that? There was only a little blood and tears.

> Ok, if you say so.

> *sigh* I really would rather not talk about it... Tell me about yours first.

> It's good to hear you're not so traumatized about it... I can't say the same
> for myself.

> Eh... My mom, she committed suicide shortly after my father's death. He had
> some disease.. There were constant sores all over his body.. one would fade
> and heal, another would pop up.. By the time of his death, much of his hair
> had fallen out.. a nasty rash replacing it. I.. I have the same disease, in
> a weaker form.. It's not life threatening, my mother once told me.. having
> weakened with its passing through the next generation, but.. it's something
> that I battle with. Sometimes I'll frantically scratch all over my body. I
> don't have any sores at this point in my life, just a little rash here and
> there.. very faint.

> Yeah, trust me.. I know it's bad. I'm the one who has to live with it.

> Too cheery? Nah. This is one of my good days.. I've been having a lot more
> of those recently. I think it's because I just began accepting the teaching
> of my assassin guildmaster. I'll focus on my studies, on gaining knowledge,
> that's what I always wanted.. why should anything change now that I've been
> thrust into an orphan's life?

> Thanks. I need to run, too. I hope to see you around soon. Until then.

> Added Mon Jul 17 16:23:03 2000 at level 35:
> 'ey!

> C'mea!

> Why'n ye be runnin' over dere?!

> *** a chase ***

> Why did ye run from me? I haven't seen ye in weeks, was wantin' te catch up.

> Afraid? Why?

> I ain't no monste dere.. those rumors.. Bah.

> I know what be goin' around.. but ye have done nothing to anger me.

> It's okay..

> So, what have you been doin'?

> Oh, is that so? I've been quite busy myself an' all. I joined that Empire
> dere. I'm a Blade eh, the War Master Khayr is proud of me, he be. I think'n
> that genetic disease I have has been fading.. 'tis good. Sometimes me
> accent be changing.. I seem to pick up different ones depending on who I be
> talkin' too.

> Oh? You heard? Ye.. Jeanne was my first assassination attempt, and my
> first success.. I be truly an assassin now. That be why you haven't seen
> me here in Galadon lately.. I stay at the Palace, or somewhere else, until
> I return truly an assassin.. and I am.

> So soon, eh? Fine then.. I be seein' ye citizen, when I next return to Galadon.

> Description:
> Zepachu stands at a height of about 5'3". This makes him taller than the
> average felar, appropriately so. He brings presence to the room, demanding
> respectful attention. Although having an intimidating physique he seems to
> be quite approachable.

> Zepachu's tail hovers behind him, waving slowly and gracefully. Hair covers
> much of his body, save his face that is less covered than normal. He stares
> back at you with an expression of stone. His beady eyes glare at you. You
> notice them dart around the room, undoubtedly to keep him aware of any change
> in his surroundings... changes that you would think to be insignificant are
> important to this felar.

> He needs to know everything about his environment. It is best you become
> a friend of Zepachu's, for anyone else he bears little to no regard.

> Abilities:
> detect hidden 93% dagger 88% spear 90%
> sword 100% staff 97% dirt kicking 79%
> disarm 84% dodge 100% enhanced damage 100%
> hand to hand 100% parry 100% trip 80%
> second attack 100% third attack 100% pugil 100%
> fast healing 100% haggle 82% hide 100%
> meditation 100% pick lock 75% sneak 92%
> recall 100% poison smoke 76% blindness dust 88%
> nerve 77% endure 100% assassinate 76%
> caltraps 98% vanish 92% strangle 100%
> throw 100% stalk 83% lore 76%
> shield block 100% dual wield 100% poison dagger 84%
> ground control 99% dark vision 1% bind wounds 100%
> nightfist 90% centurions 80% query 70%
> shove 70% bloodoath 72% imperial training 100%
> pen 1% tiger claw 100% poison darts 75%
> mark of the prey 75% locate mark 1% unarmed defense 94%
> kotegaeshi 100% kansetsuwaza 100% backfist 86%
> owaza 87% wheel kick 92% sweep kick 92%
> side kick 93% scissor kick 91% mule kick 76%
> heightened awareness 92%

> Good gaming.. See you in the Fields.. already have a new character coming. *grin* Remember to write me mail for whatever reason.

> *waves*

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• I am no where near playing a rager... In fact, I already have a char going.. happy with it so far. *cheer* (n/t) Zepachu 23:31:47 7/30/2000 (0)

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