Lost dragons

Well by the meeting i guess the dragons can be in one other race. That is what i was told in the Council meeting so i will have to manage the dragons with that. *shrugs* i will deal with it.

I just realized how many core dragons are missing.

Oedipus
Petunia
Rosa
Sapphira
Scooter
Scott
SnowBlind
and yes... even
Slade

They didn't role-play all the time and are not the only dragons who have never role-played in Sylvhara but they were a presence in Triskele. I just wonder if there will ever be as many dragons again. And if i can keep the dragons a desirable group now.

Still working things out

Well the second Archer/Dragon hunt has happened though it was not nearly as well attended as the first.. at least it didn't seem so. The Alliance dragon hunt happens this Sunday so we will see what happens with that since only 2 native Sylvhara dragons attended the question and answer class for it.. plus some from Triskele. It may not be as big of an event that we all hope but we will see.

The Weyr did arrive just as promised and the first role-play has happened already, though it was not planned or approved by the council. Dorian asked me if it was ok and i, thinking it would only be a small and more personal role-play approved it. But it turned into a nearly realm wide event starting out with a search for a false crystal that ended up in a nearly disastrous battle with zombies in overwhelming numbers.

I had my class with the Power of Light group and have come to the conclusion i would rather use my breath weapon any day than that expensive druids staff which takes forever to kill a zombie. I think weak as it is, the breath weapon takes maybe 5 good hits to kill a zombie. Perhaps i will just stay dragon for any role-play and heaven help me if i am stuck as a biped during an invasion. As a druid i have spells that are offensive but only spot healing power. The alternative is to change Thubanism to being a deity based religion and that would defeat its whole purpose. So i guess at least for this realm i am stuck as a druid.

I suppose this makes me no better than those who don't really want to use the dragons tools. I was going to complain about them here but i really have no right to talk. Everyone wants to keep that which is familiar to them.

If they fight better as a mage or whatever then i guess they should continue the way they are. My main concern lately is trying to keep the same standards and rules for the dragons without the support of the overlying realm rules we had before.

Mostly i can manage the dragons just with the dragon rules but the one thing that has popped up lately is the issue of having more than one race. This was never a problem in Triskele since we had the one race rule. Everyone accepted it and no one ever felt excluded because that was a given from the beginning. In Sylvhara all the rules we had except for the most obvious are nonexistant. So if i say one can be of mixed blood but must be at least half dragon and if they want to belong to the dragon group they must be only dragon as their race, i am viewed as excluding them, not allowing them to participate in as many races as they want. This is what they are used to.

But the way i run the dragons is on loyalty also. If someone belongs to more than one race how can they be expected to operate with undivided loyalty? The dragons are loyal to the queen but also to themselves as a clan. There are things that are set up as quest rewards that those who are not dragons should not have. Things which were made just for dragons. Usually once someone is a dragon they stay a dragon, but if someone has their first loyalty to another race then what is to keep them from acquiring the dragon items and then quitting the group?

These are things, made by others which i have been entrusted not to give out freely to just anyone. I cannot break my trust so probably will not be able to use them as i have planned.

I have no problem with those who claim to have mixed blood though i have been accused of excluding them. In truth i had no idea who had mixed blood. My only requirement in terms of blood to belong to the dragons is that they have at least half dragon blood. And even if they are half dragon i would prefer they choose the race they have the most loyalty to. As a matter of fact i have only had one person who complained. None of the other dragons complained about the way i lead, though i was told that was because they didn't want to upset me.

As far as i know i also have the Queen's support 100% in the way i run this group. She is the one i have promised my loyalty to (or will officially when the ceremony happens) and she is the one that will say if and how i rule the dragons. As far as i know she is pleased with the way the dragons are. But to keep them as they are i need the tools to manage them as i have been, including the rules that were laid as the foundation of the group, which include some of the old rules from Triskele.

I know that changes are hard to do, that includes me also. I will try to be as flexible as possible for those who are native to Sylvhara. I have not required them to change at all actually and they can keep what race groups they already have. I see no reason though to change any rules for newcomers to the dragons or for those who already are members. This is something i will look at closely. Perhaps there is another way, but i simply do not see it.

I am willing for my eyes to be opened.

Dragon/Archer hunt

Well things have been working out with the new realm despite all my doubts and fears. The Archer/Dragon Hunt Monday night was a great success! It seemed most who participated had a great time.

Plans are underway for the move at the beginning of the year, and hopefully we will have our old dragon weyr back. I need to get busy not only on quests, but also roleplay classes as well as flight and combat classes.

These last few weeks it seems as though SL is taking over my whole life and i really need to spend more of my time and attention on family and looking for a job. So with the success of the hunt, i am hoping that things will settle down to more of a regular schedule.

There is still work to do but i think the hunt is pretty much set up for its old time slot so i can get back to my old schedule.

Currently we are looking for some role-play ideas to get that started in the realm.

Some Questions

Triskele is gone. The one sim may still be there but the realm as we know is has sunk into the sea. Or rather some of the sims have gone to Sylvhara and Arda. This will be obvious to anyone familiar with the maps of Triskele if they look to the east of Menegroth and the dark realm of Arda (i cant ever remember its name). I have been told that the landmarks for those sims still work by the way.

Its been almost 11 months for me in Triskele. It is harder this time. In Everwind there was not so much of me involved. This time there were quests and items i had built all over the place. I had a lot of time and effort in this. Of course it really is nobodies fault. I guess i was just depressed to see it essentially stripped, not by the owner but by the people who used to be there. And yes i know, i have taken my stuff too.

The search for a new home went well. We visited realms, met, narrowed the choices down and then visited again and chose Sylvhara. Some people did not hear what we were doing until the end and there were some hurt feelings i had to apologize for.

Sylvhara does seem the best choice as we have been told that we can move there and keep our groups essentially as is. The Queen has been most welcoming and accommodating to us all along.

I do worry though. Some have said we will just be absorbed by the existing groups there. Some of our people do not seem to really care but others do. I have also noticed some major discrepancies with the rules too. Many questions remain, hopefully to be answered in the next council meeting.

The main one is, will role play in the realm be controlled by the Alliance rules?

Another question; Will combat be allowed within Sylvhara that does not include intersim combat?

I do need to talk to the person who can clarify these things for me.

Or hopefully they will be cleared up in the meeting.

The end... maybe

Well i have no idea how things can get so totally screwed up. There was this life and death tug of war it seems over the realm and right now I have no idea who to believe.

The buyer backed out. That is certain. One story says she is a cooperate pirate, a headhunter and was only out to take the people.. the groups. Another story is that she truly believed our realm was about to die and generously offered her sims for free if the people would come to her sims and settle to pay tier. She would give every race a sim and have free room for the guilds.

There was a meeting where some bad things were said of the buyer and someone took a log and gave that log to her. Now she will have nothing to do with us... or role-play or even anything medieval.

Who is right.. who can i trust? There is no proof that one is right and the other wrong that i can see. I expressed doubts in that meeting that i hadn't before.. Things didnt seem right to me..there was other partners we had not met.. that seemed an obvious source of uncertainty. Why was she cutting back and so very concerned about the money when she had said how very rich she was in the beginning.. but we didn't want to mess up the sale by asking her. They seemed to be legitimate questions to me... *sighs* These are things she read and things others said that were much crueler. I am surprised i am still on her friends list. I expect to be taken off any time.

Now we are being asked to commit to the realm. We are being asked if we will stay there to make the new plan work.

How can i make that kind of decision when i don't know what to base it on? I gave my word that i would stay. But i have lost several friends tonight.. and i am totally heartsick. I was never going to get in this kind of situation again.. and yet here i am.

My mind says its time to go back and deal with things in the real world since this is even more painful than reality. I just really want to disassociate myself with all the hateful things going on. I don't want to be a part of it anymore but i gave my word.

What will the wise dragon do? I have no idea. But i know she would probably fly away from all the accusations flying back and forth. But really there is nowhere to fly to.

As much as i can remember i have been taking my prims back. I got the mer sim, and the dark realm tonight... the quest cave that i had dreamed of so much.. Its all on a water sim and thus is slated to be dropped. Then i started with the old clerics guild. All the quest objects i had made for the clerics quest and the building that Wren, Alphonsus and i had done to make the little infirmary. *sighs* Who could have seen it would end this way?

I am half tempted to just take everything of mine, all the stuff on the weyr too. Just to leave the place clean of me and go somewhere to make a new start. In any event i wont be seen by those people who hate me now. I don't want to be seen by anyone.

Realm for Sale

That which i would not say is now common knowledge.

The realm of Triskele is for sale.

It seems at times as though the whole realm is holding its breath, waiting for something.. for word of a buyer.. the next owner. There are evenings where no one is in the realm at all but for me, and i not for long.

I suspect that many of us are out looking for other options, other land and other realms.

Some options have been found. Indeed it seems there might even be a couple buyers out there also, brave souls willing to buy 8 sims all together as is, builds, groups and all. Though what those buyers will do with the realm after purchase is still up for speculation and if we the roleplayers of the realm would get along with them and what they choose is another matter entirely, also up for speculation.

Of course much speculation is pretty useless aside from the purpose of realizing the possibilities. In which case we should continue with plan B just in case.

Plan B is finding either a new sim ready and willing to accept us as is.. or new land which people, members of the realm will buy and others will pay teir on. This has the feature of perhaps being a smaller realm and one that perhaps we might be able to have a say on its features as well as our organizational structure and rules. I know there is at least one, called Northfarthing that is a good possibility as long as it is not rented before we get there.

Plan C is actually the least likely i believe; that Triskele as we know it will be gone and that no one buys a new sim or for some reason we do not move to a new sim ready to take us in.

Should such a condition exist we as a group would try to find an already existing role-play realm and join, trying to integrate ourselves in as smoothly as possible. Of course the last plan would most likely cause the most fragmentation of the original group since not everyone would agree as to which realm we should move to. There are many, many realms out there as i have found in my own search.

Also if such a thing were to happen nearly every one would be forced not only to give up their identity as a Triskilion as well as current offices, but would most likely have to use new huds (for those who have them), new meters and weapons. A mixed blessing, for those who have a lot of lindens invested in safe zone weapons this would be a pain.

I have investigated some smaller realms myself but they have the disadvantage of either not having dragons as a race or they have severe restrictions on dragons, such as no flying during combat or no flying at all. Obviously such realms are out of the question for both myself and the Dragons of Triskele as well as our fae cousins.

One realm.. or rather 2 i have been impressed with for the dragons is Karamoon/Ravenscraig. It is actually 2 realms in physical contact with each other. Travel and role-play between the two is open and unrestricted. Karamoon has a large and rather powerful dragon group while Ravenscraig's dragon group is rather small and just starting to be developed. The Karamoon group does have the advantage of being able to do combat not only in flight but as i understand it, with a rider as well. There is also a dragon riders group which spans both realms.

When i was there it seemed there was people in one of the 2 realms at all times. I have heard that the realms are rather violent though i have not seen any of this myself. I also have heard that though it is kept hidden, there are slaves in the realm, though they are not gorean sims.

There is a rather complex meter and hud where your character can develop the traits you want it to. I have heard that after the third or forth level you have to pay lindens to advance. There is a bit of a disadvantage for the dragons in that you cannot continuously fly. After a while your health starts suffering but it regenerates quickly if you land. This has the interesting consequence in that flying from one place to another is rather tricky if you do not know the realm and do not wish to land among strangers.

Personally if it was just me as an individual i would probably go there. But for the dragons and in fact the whole realm my first choice is to go wherever everyone else goes, hopefully nowhere but our own home of Triskele.

Did you ever feel like such a total idiot. Perhaps its the upset of all that is going on now.. that which i don't think it is appropriate to speak of here. Just when things seemed to be working out... I am after 10 months nearly finished with all the quests, and all the dragon clans have their leaders and i finally have a second.

It seems things are falling apart, but we shall see. Perhaps not all is lost.

Anyway aside from the almost accomplishments, not much has been happening with the dragons. The creatures most call teardrops are still about, and hopefully will be eliminated by the end of the month, but we shall see about that. We have some new dragons in the realm and then there is the harvest festival also to be celebrated with many exciting things that will be happening.

Bored

So the realm is nearly empty and those who are there are couples, people who are together working on things, discussing things that are not my business or possibly at parties that i have left in the hopes of getting something done. Even though there are people on my friends list who are online, there is literally nothing to talk about. And here i did have all evening to be here.

Am i getting burned out? Hard to say. I am not in a very creative mood right now. Perhaps i should have stayed at the parties i was at.. but i was not really being talked to by many of the people there anyway.. even old friends were not talking to me and it was not as much fun. By now they are probably over anyway.

I guess i could go shopping or exploring or just play Onigokko just for the hell of it. I should have played that at the parties..

*stares at a line of apples*

Edit: Well the evening did turn out to be much more interesting. Pak called me and we ended up playing a lively game of dragon tag. Then i noticed a gathering near the Citadel of Light and on my way over an old friend from Everwind called up to me. She was back (for now) though as a Mer instead of a dragon, so we ended up talking.

It seems much is happening in the realm. Bri said his goodbyes and left, and while flying around i noticed people who were gone from their land and others who had taken over land. It seems a Mer city is springing up.

I suppose from time to time those doldrums hit and the thing to do is just ride them through.

Thanks

... to the King for the link:

http://darkrealmoftrsikele.blip.tv/#1296488

Though its supposed to say Dark Realm of Triskele. By the way, the crown like structure that is the highest on the mountain with the light in the middle is a modified part of the dragon altar i created for the realm. Unfortunately in this video you cant really see most of the work that i did.

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Edit: Hehehehe and in all fairness i will post the link to my first realm;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQM93l4J2Iw

Thanks to Katlin for the link

Fire Quest

I am happy to congratulate Pak Haedong and Slade Sommerfleck, our Mystic of Dragons and Elder of the Moon as having completed the fire quest along with members of the fighters guild.

Now there are several more dragons that are eligible to do the fire quest, so we wait for more fighters to also be ready for that test.

Also after long thinking it over i have also made Illuvyan Benelli the new Elder of the Sun. We only await the ceremony on Thursday to make it official.

I also wish to welcome Daemynn Felisimo back to the clerics. She who had done much for our guild has returned to us as a full cleric, a person sorely needed in the guild since only Cora and myself were the only full clerics previously.

This is an exciting time for Triskele. There is a grave threat to the realm but also plans for a treaty that will unify all the guilds and races. Even the clerics are to have their role and i suspect the mages will as well.

As race leader of the dragons i need to record the strengths of my race so that we may be utilized to greatest advantage in the upcoming battles.

In the mean time i do need to talk with Pak to get working on the Air quest, something i suspect might be a bit more difficult than the others.

Ignored?

What does one do when ignored? I thought to create a story for the clerics, something that would demonstrate the power of a cleric and perhaps generate interest. I thought to make it fun so that people would want to play. But considering its nature to grow, i figured that perhaps i should ask the council.

I did ask and was met by total silence so far. No one has said one way or another what they think of it. In fact when the queen asked me to explain about it, someone else was talking while i was trying to say what i had to say. Soooo does it merrit even asking about? I wonder if its so below everyones attention if i should just go ahead with it. No one has said no..

Even when i asked if i should have said anything in the meeting no one said yes or no. I did my best and created all this food for a feast.. so now i wonder if its all down the drain? Is this how things are discouraged here? We were looking forward to getting this thing started right away. So do i go ahead and assume since no one has spoken one way or other that its not important enough for them to bother with? If its not that important then i should just go ahead with it. But why could i not even get a yea or nae from someone?

My guess is that its just such a horrible idea that no one wants to even talk about it. I am beginning to wonder if thats the way they all feel about the clerics guild since any attempts to revive it seem to be met with similar reactions.

New dragons & weyr

Much has happened since the last time i posted here. We have admitted several new dragons and lost one as well.

Of those just starting are Christine Bourgoin, Magni Fhang, Malygos Oryl and Shade Seoung.

I wish to congratulate Cora Heslop for completing the fire quest and Pak Haedong for completing the new water quest. Pak will be doing his fire quest soon as well as perhaps another dragon. I am still working the details out.

I must thank Queen Leanne as well as Illuvyan for our beautiful new weyr! The dragons truly have a new home in Triskele now.

Things done since last post;

I have made good use of the new weyr, making sure all the previous items are set up there. This includes the meter dispenser, breath weapon, book of the dragon clan,the quest that Bri created for newcomers and the dragon library.

I have also completed setting up the water and earth quests and the set up for the fire quests, getting information and volunteers who will assist in that quest as each is a planned event. I have set up an orb that will be the dispenser of all the quests save for Bri's Dragon Scroll quest.

The next quest to work on setting up is the air quest which i am working on with Pak.

Aside from that i also have a Journeyman to Clerics quest in the works as well as a role-play designed to involve the realm, perhaps for weeks. Though the RP will likely be a bit slow, hopefully it will involve more than a few as well as bring the Clerics Guild to the realms attention.

There will be two more fire quests, though i am running out of dragons to do them at the moment. I am also making some changes to the dragons instructions, one of which is to assist the other player and work together in completing the quest, something that was dropped out of the last fire quest.

One note of sadness, it seems that the dark queen left the realm. I do owe much to her since she has assisted in incorporating dragon lore into the dark realm and was willing to allow the quest site cave there also. She has been very diligent in arranging the battle for the drum circle which happened today. Unfortunately she left right before the battle or it probably would not have turned out as it did.

When it came down to the time for the battle, it was 5 from the dark realm against about 30 very organized members of the light realm. I, always the one wishing to see balance, volunteered to assist the dark realm this time.

Of the battle i can only say that my breath weapon worked perhaps 10% of the time that i could see. I ended up using my claws and flying around at ground level..taking out the light realm warriors that way. I didn't realize it at the time but it was a good strategy since the bipeds ended up shooting each other when trying to hit me.

For the first time in character in Triskele i ended up getting captured but was soon released. It was great fun and would be wonderful if more role-plays like this were planned.

New Dragons and Quests

The dragons of Triskele welcome Petunia Honey, Anuchis Dibou and Uroboros Magic to their ranks.

Also the dragon quests are being reconsidered and changed. Originally i had intended that the quests have to do with the elements. And then i realized that each element could possibly relate to a guild. This was some time ago when working out the details of each quest. But somehow between waiting for scripts and trying to find my leaders, things had just been delayed.

Now the leadership of the dragons is filling out to some extent. I also have most of the scripts i absolutely need and the quests are well on their way, at least the water and the earth quests. The air and fire quests still have some working out but we are working with both Pak and Lord Radek on those. With only a few things left to do for the water and earth quests i will soon be turning my full attention to the latter two.

There are other things in the works as well. I am creating a Journeyman to Clerics rank quest. And there is something that will be coming for the dragons. I do like to keep it a suprize but it might actually be there now.. or appearing in the next couple days. We will see.

The Dragons

If i was very good i would mention promotions in the ranks of the dragons. I will try to keep track of who has completed what quest here in the future. I know many have done the earth and the water quest already and when i have a chance i may post their names here if given permission.

The water quest, in order to further support the clerics guild will no longer be about the healing properties of dragon tears. I am developing an alternate quest for it now.

Still the Air and Fire quests are in preparation, aided by the new wing leader Illuvyan.

More to come.

Sometimes i think perhaps i am deluding myself into thinking i am doing any good here. Perhaps it is just a fantasy that i am making anything better. Is it me pushing others away, or the other way around?

I suppose everyone has these moments of doubt.

Progress Report

Well so much has happened i never know where to begin. I never seem to have the time to just sit down and think this out anymore. I can say with some certainty that its either feast or famine. Either i have 5+ IMs or no one is talking at all, in which case i am trying to either read the things i need to, plan or build things. For better or worse there are a few things i have done in the past few weeks.

1) I have found a dragon who i have made our Wing Leader, responsible for training flight and combat to the Dragons of Triskele. We have started working on the air and fire quest. He has started plans for regularly scheduled classes.

2) The dragon altar has been made and is now in the posession of the Queen of the realm to be used as she wishes.

3) The Merfolk area is complete and i have been paid for it.

4) My Wing Leader may end up as my Elder of the Sun. However because of some problems i may loose my Elder of the Moon.

5) I wonder how good of a leader i am. I have much to learn. Two of my dragons were not getting along ooc. I heard one of them but the other didnt get a chance to talk to me until later. And then when he was online i took the first dragons point of view instead of hearing his without saying anything. I did ask him exactly what his complaint was but he just gave up and said forget it and may be leaving the realm. From this I have learned that its best to just keep my mouth shut until i know all the facts of the situation.

I admit i do not have a lot of patience with those who threaten to leave. I suppose it triggered a button on me because of past real life situations. This is my first situation of this kind in Triskele and i do not think i dealt with it in a fair unbiased way. I will try to do better next time. I wonder if there is anything i can do to mend the situation now or if its too late?

6) I have somehow become friends and somewhat responsible for the newby from hell. Just imagine an ADHD 12 year old. I pray to Thuban for wisdom and patience and also that he is a quick learner, which he seems to be. Of course the person may well be underaged. In which case if the Lindens find out he will be gone.

7) I do need to have more dragon meetings. People loose interest if they are not communicated with regularly.

Quick update

Things are moving along.

I am working on the air quest and i do have some definate ideas for the fire quest.I just need for a couple items to be scripted to go with the meters and huds.

I was asked to make the dragon alter for the upcoming roleplay, which i have done. All it needs is the Queen's approval. The quest site is coming along.. i may put in some seaweed emitters and such.

Then i was asked to create an area for the merfolk which i would love to do. We will see how that works out.

I have yet to appoint an Elder of the Sun and to get the list of dragons to the newly appointed Elder of the Moon.

Well time to go.

Building Mistake

Well i guess i messed up big time though i still dont know the nature of the problem. I may not be around in the realm soon i fear.

I really wish i could go in world right now to fix whatever i did.

New Developments

High above the realm of Triskele, the green dragoness perched atop the library at the dragons temple, reflecting over the past few days.

The Dark Queen's dragon, her old friend from Everwind, by royal decree had been given the title of Dark Lord. Yet he hadn't much time to familiarize himself with all the changes that had happened in the realm since he had left. She had only seen him on a couple occassions and not for long so she was sure he did not know many of the other dragons. He had yet to do any quests, though she wondered if he was going to have time now.

The Dark Queen had told her that the dragon and her had been the ones responsible for the destruction of FoxHolt... because of some slight. Malakyte knew that he would fill the role of Dark Lord very well, but she wondered if the ancient was so loyal to the Drow, how much loyalty he would give to the dragons of the realm.

On a more joyful note, Cora, the only full cleric of Thuban had been made Divine Emissary by order of Queen Leanne. Malakyte was very proud of Cora and she had no doubt that the white dragon could do the job well enough. She could rest assured that the clerics were in very capable hands.

For a moment she thought of Alphonsus and Wren and wondered where they were. She hoped they would visit sometime if only to see the growth of the Guild they helped to establish.

Sifting through the ashes

Malakyte carefully stepped over the still smoking ruins of the keep. Everywhere she looked she saw destruction. Even the stones were burned. There was no doubt about it, the only thing that could wreck such complete destruction was dragon fire.

She sighed and once more turned to the northeast, to the dark land in the distance. Would her old friend have changed so much? What had happened in the years since Everwind?

She sniffed the air once more, hoping to get a hint of who might have done this. She did not like jumping to conclusions, especially such obvious conclusions. The farm had been right at the very entrance to the dark realm. Sighing at the only scents, brimstone, ashes and death, she shook her head. No clues there.

The questions remained. Did she have a rogue among the dragons, could this be the work of some new unknown dragon or was this something done at the instigation of the dark queen, the mate of her old friend? She wanted to be absolutely certain before taking any action.

For a long time she watched the shadows of the clouds as they slid over the distant island. It seemed the only way was to ask for herself.

Calender

Ok i think im going to let it be for now.

So can anyone see the Calender yet?

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Ok Google is messing up today and will not allow me to change the size of the calender, so its at the bottom of my page instead.

And of course the time zone is messed up too.

Dragons of Triskele Calander...kinda

I guess it didnt work...

Hmm i had not meant this to be an update really but since i am here....

Both Water and Earth Quests are now set up and in the realm and i am having a great time building items for them. Its also fun to contact various people to participate by wearing or possessing the items. So far there are 2 items set out without people to guard them but they are in out of the way places that would be hard to find. Of course i am keeping track of who has what and where it all is.

I wonder if the pleasure i am getting out of this could be applied to some sort of job skill?

The next quests to consider are for air and fire. I need to get a race/obsticale course set up for the dragons to practice on. I wonder if i could build it myself?

I also need to work on my own groups, including the dragon group.

Hobbit i did post on your journal suggesting you look into the Adventurer's guild but im still considered a spammer there. *Laughs*

The other project to work on is sorting out new leaders for the dragons. Pak has given his oath as Mystic of the Stars. Now i need to find reliable dragons to be the Elders for the Sun and Moon.

I am also working on a notecard for a class called "We are Dragons". This will be a class about expanding the role of dragons in personal role-play. I have been doing the flight and combat class for beginners, but its time to start a more advanced class. I also need to figure out some things to give out as rewards. For the higher level dragons i do want to give out the dragon translator, but i want rewards for the dragons taking the quests, as well as for those assisting in the quests.

Suggestions are welcomed.

Another OOC post

Do you ever feel like you just have to say something?

That is me right now.

So many things seem not to be going right at the moment. That wonderful site we had, the quest site is now gone. The person left the realm and is selling the land. Now i wonder if i should bother looking for such a site. I doubt i will find such a great deal again.

Also it seems some of the magic has gone out of the realm with the departure of my Everwind friends, Alphonsus and Wren. Perhaps i might see them from time to time but i doubt that role-playing in second life will ever be the same.

The last thing was in the form of a realization of sorts though perhaps a bit hard to say exactly. I do enjoy the role of Regent of Dragons, even though i never asked for the part. But i do find that i am less in character and most of my interactions are actually out of character except for the small talk.. greetings and such.. Beyond that i am not role-playing anymore.

I wonder if that is what happens to everyone who becomes a leader? My character is definitely not growing.. and at times i even find myself avoiding role-play. I don't really know what thats about.

And i wonder, should i be taking this so seriously? Does anyone really care? For that matter does anyone even read this anymore?

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Anyway i guess things must go on.. i should go ahead and start the dragon quests anyway even if i don't have as many items as i want... and i have no idea where i will put the 200 prim object. *sighs* That was to go on the quest site. Though very beautiful perhaps it will never be used now.

I need to also just promote people. I really wanted to have the quests set up and in place for that so they will have a chance to do the quests before taking any leadership roles. But considering all the real life pressures i am having to stay out of world perhaps its time to give the responsibility away, regardless of the experience. I just don't know anymore.. I wanted things to be just right but at the rate things are going, at the moment it feels like they never will be.

Maybe its time to start investigating and actually role-playing in other realms. I did have the opportunity to do that tonight and i passed it up.

Warriors Quest

The other week the warriors quest took place. It went fairly well though as i feared it ran much later than anticipated. Part of it was the roleplay leading up to the quest. Things were not worked out well. How my character found out where Sierra took the spear was one thing that had not been worked out. I assumed i would have been there when it was taken and i was not. I assumed there would have been a witness and there was not. The only in character reason i knew it was Sierra at all was that i could say i caught his scent.The next thing is that no matter how hard we work and plan, someone is going to do something unexpected. *laughs* I think i have heard that regarding role-playing before. I suppose a quiet ooc whisper might have done the trick without anyone having to go OOC in frustration.

I dont think much of the quest site was used for this.. but i guess it was enough.. The warriors got through it quickly with a minimum of booby traps being activated.. A good thing in that they could get through the quest fast after the delay, a bad thing in that no one really had time to appreciate all the hard work that had been done. Its too bad we had to rush is all. Still the quest site is for many quests, not just this one. I am sure that as we play we can refine things so they go better.

I must thank the people that assisted. Sierra and Ureria, for creating this wonderful site. Angela, Cora and Pak for assisting in the role-play. I am still reading logs and sorting out what sort of promotions the dragons will be getting. I also need to figure out if there is a reward i can give the builders. I know i want to get a language translator.. that will go to the dragon knights or perhaps those who finish all their quests, but what else can i give to show my gratitude. Hmm.. perhaps a painting.

An auspicious meeting

This morning i was talking to a certain builder i had met previously. She is very talented in the creation of beautiful things and has agreed to the creation of a quest site upon her land. She has already built the structures necessary and also agreed to allow combat. This is perfect since to get to the location one has to pass by either side of the drow mountain on foot or sail there by sea. Of course dragons can simply fly there.

While talking to her a certain curious orb happened by. I will not say its name to preserve its privacy but i am reasonably certain it was a Linden. It was very curious about the realm and i gave it as much information as i could. I believe that visitors are welcomed in the realm though i told it that if it takes biped form it should wear medieval clothes. Considering its suspected identity i do not think the king and queen would have any objections to its visiting.

A little later a good friend of mine who is a talented scripter came online and i introduced him to the builder. They seemed to get along right away and i left them deep in discussion about the site.

I love introducing talented people to each other and have a very good feeling about this.

In other news the rules committee is plowing ahead and soon we will have a complete set of commonsense rules for the realm that covers more than what they did before. Tonight is a clerics meeting which i am looking forward to also. There is much work to be done.

The Spear of Ilmarinenex

Once, long ago, there lived a dragon whose thirst for power knew no bounds. Originally Ilmarinenex was a good ruler of the dragons in his realm and he was well respected, trusted by all the dragons and bipeds in the land. But eventually power corrupted him. Even the other dragons grew to fear this leader and would do his bidding knowing that to refuse would be to risk his teeth in their throat.

One day Ilmarinenex decided to demand payment from the bipeds of his realm, stating that his dragons performed valuable services for them. Indeed, the dragons did chase away any intruders that threatened the realm. This was a service that the humans were very grateful for, since many times they had been invaded. So they agreed to Ilmarinenex's terms.

Eventually as his power grew he subjugated all the bipeds of the realm, elves, dwarves and humans, his demands for gold became demands for slaves and food.

Lugh was a blacksmith who lived on the outskirts of the human town in the shadow of the kings palace. As it happened he had fallen in love with a maiden who had been chosen to be given to the dragons in slavery. The man was infuriated but there was nothing he could do but stand and watch as his dear Aideen was taken away.

A fierce anger burned in his heart that hour as he returned to his smithy, determined to create a weapon to destroy the dragons. Night and day he worked hard, discarding one and then another piece of metal in his search for the perfect weapon. But although he searched the whole realm he could not find iron hard enough to pierce dragon scale.

After a month he collapsed in exhaustion. As he slept he dreamed of finding an old man at his forge. This man was old and yet strong, his beard long and white and he had the manner and appearance of a master smith. Lugh watched as the stranger worked and the man showed him the ways to forge a steel harder than any known before.

When it was finished, the master turned to him and handed him a spear. Lugh hefted it noticing that it's balance and construction were perfect to pierce the hardest scales of a dragon. He turned to thank the stranger but he had vanished.

When he awoke Lugh sprang up and rushed to his forge, stopping only to leave an offering to Odin in gratitude. For a week he worked, constructing the spear of his vision. Finally it was finished. Made of the hardest steel, ironwood and dragon horn, the weapon seemed virtually indestructible.

Then he wrapped it up carefully in a rug so that it would not be seen by anyone and took it to the human king, offering to make many such spears so that the humans could win back their realm.

The king however was reluctant, thinking of the dragons wrath should such an attempt fail. He shook his head, telling Lugh it was too dangerous. After all, the dragons held many humans as slaves, including his own daughter the princess and could easily kill them all. The smith left, feeling discouraged, but determined to go to the elves with his offer.

On his way out someone caught his attention from the shadows. It was a messenger boy called Bek. The boy had a sister who had been taken by the dragons also and he dearly wished to see her freed once more. He told Lugh that most of the dragons were good and did not wish to follow the evil dragon but Ilmarinenex had 4 loyal dragons who served him in keeping the others under his rule.

Bek said he had been to the dragons lair many times to take and deliver messages and that he had overheard that the good dragons would use any opportunity to rebel against their evil ruler. Bek said he knew that many men of the realm would gladly risk their lives to get their family members back if only there was one who would lead them.

Encouraged Lugh returned to his smithy to forge 4 more spears. Then came the fateful day when he gathered a party of his most trusted friends together. With Bek's guidance they climbed the mountain and entered the dragon's lair.

In the battle the good dragons rebelled and all 4 of the evil dragons were slain, their hearts blood weakening the steel of the spears and destroying them as they fell, but Ilmarinenex was only wounded. There was a long chase in which the spear which had lodged in his flesh was pulled free and fell into the forest.

Eventually Ilmarinenex was hunted down and slain by the townsfolk to the gratitude of the rest of the realm. The slaves were freed and the good dragons made a pact of peace with the bipeds of the realm.

However, the one surviving spear had vanished mysteriously. Some say the good dragons took it to keep it safe. Others say the dwarves or the elves have it. To this day its location is a well kept secret.

Changes in Leadership

Once more it has been an interesting week. First our king left the realm on a journey of some sort. Then Lord SnowBlind became regent of the realm. He surprised me then by appointing me as regent of dragons. I suppose much of the work i was doing was the same, only now i have a bit more power. Still it was a great surprise.

As for my work there, quests are still being developed. However since those who i had asked to teach the flight and combat class have been unavilable i have chosen to do those myself for now. I have asked Pak to assist me since he does so well in the dragon/archer hunts. Apparently there was a need for these classes since some dragons do not fly as well as they could.. and there are those who do not fight well either. The first class was on Monday at 3:30 pm SLT but I have yet to find a good time. There were not many dragons around then, so i need to find a time when more are present.

Aymenday still gives the role-play classes and it is my understanding that Katlin will once more be doing the role-play combat classes. When i find a good time for the dragon class that has a lot of dragons attending i will ask Katlin to give one of her classes for us.

I now have an acolyte for Thuban, one who is serious about learning and is around all the time. This means i will need to create quests for the Dragons of Thuban also, a task i am looking forward to.

I do know that Wren is away from the realm for now.. or maybe she is soon to be back but i do wonder where our Divine Emissary is. This week i had to enspell the clerics guild building so that no mage magic could be performed there. I hope he returns soon as he is greatly needed.

One last note, i have noticed a few animals prowling the realm. Perhaps because it is spring they have come out now. Anyway hunting for the dragons will not be so difficult and that is always a good thing.

This Week

Well there have been several developments this week.

Apparently Sierra and SnowBlind discovered a drow elf who was tied up. They debated making a meal of her for a while but finally hit on a deal instead. It seems another story will be forthcoming very soon.

Today i will be meeting with Wren also. There are some things to discuss regarding the clerical spells and how effective they are (HUDs). With our divine emissary being away we will be working this out for ourselves i think, though i hope for Alphonsus safe return soon.

And one last thing, it seems a couple old members of Triskele may be returning but for now i am not at liberty to say whom.

Trouble in Triskele

Much has happened recently and it is hard to know where to start. The preparations for the dragon quests have been going well. I spoke to the leader of the elves yesterday and she has agreed to help with some quests. It is likely i only need to ask the other leaders to have full cooperation with these things.

It is too bad the dragon Elders are not around for they would benefit in working with me on these quests i believe. As it is i seem to be the only one doing this. Sierra has returned though and i know i can count on his help. The only thing we really need to finish for the earth quest are the many items which need to be made. A human skilled in the creation of items, named Johnny has agreed to help. I even had an offer of help from one of the elves. I think what the elf was suggesting would be good for the dark dragons spirit quest.

Unfortunately i have not seen the dark dragons about for many weeks. Neither Elder of the Sun or Elder of the Moon ever tries to contact me and at present my contacts list seems to mostly be stuck in "waiting". Thus i have no clear way of knowing when they are about.

I begin to believe that other dragons might be better at leadership in Triskele than the current dark Elders whom i never see here. Unfortunately for the balance, there is only one other dark dragon and i see her rarely.

Aside from my visit to the elves of Triskele, i had a dream that a tiny hatchling was born in the land of the Sylvan elves. What the significance of this dream is i have no way of knowing.

Then when i awoke i found trouble in my land. One of the Drow elves had chosen to set fires in the realm. Apparently he targeted one house and i was at the castle when a woman was brought in. The drow had disfigured her horribly. I thank Thuban for the power i was able to channel to help her heal.

Anyway i have heard that Alphonsus is away for a while. This is unfortunate only in the timing since Sierra is here for the week and wishes to work on the powers of the Clerics. I will speak with Wren about it but i believe our Divine Emissary is the one with the better understanding of these things and can help him the most.

I have submitted the charter for the Adventurer's Guild to SnowBlind and Johnny and await their suggestions. It is strange that once we started working on this that things began to happen in the realm. There have been many ideas for events already just from the creation of this Guild and there is much interest. We have yet to choose where the headquarters are. It has been suggested that the Gargoyle is a good location for meetings but i still think, though this would be a good thing for the tavern, that Johnny's hall is much more spacious and available. We shall see what SnowBlind suggests.

Allanth's Diamond

Early in the worlds history after the first dragons had retired to Thuban and their children roamed the world, one dragon called Allanth tunnelled into the earth and found a great stone. Washing it in the sea he discovered that he held a blue crystal thats depths sparkled like the sun. It sang to him of those who created the world, a sound he never wanted to loose the music of. This stone he brought before his brothers and sisters to share its beauty and mystery.

The dragons kept it mounted on the top of the highest mountain so that the sun could shine through it and all could appreciate its beauty. Its existance became legend among the dragons.

But as the centuries passed the earth changed. Even as dragons age, the mountains are worn away. One day there was an earthquake and the stone fell many thousands of feet, shattering upon the rocks below.

Mournfully the closest dragons flew down to retrieve the pieces but even as they did the earth moved again and a crevase opened in the earth as more rock plunged down. Those closest to the shards were killed, their crushed bodies falling into the crevase with the pieces of the shattered crystal.

Those who saw what happened chose to leave their dead brethern undisturbed even though it meant the loss of the crystal. So there lay the shards for uncounted centuries until another race discovered them among the ancient dragon bones.

The dwarves knew nothing of the mysterious powers of the shards, only coveting them for their beauty. They worked the crystals, making each into shapes that caught and held the light. These they mounted in various ways, for jewelry and the largest pieces for display.

Other races, more sensitive to magic, discovered the dwarves work and the pieces were traded away for other things. Thus over the centuries the crystals have been scattered throughout the realms among the many races. But some dragons never forgot what was originally theirs and the story of the blue crystal still exists in old scrolls.

Visitors in Triskele?

Ahh i have noticed that Rosaria has reappeared. It is interesting to see things through her eyes again. Much more peaceful too *laughs* No duties, no calls to heal anyone out of the blue, now that Everwind has fallen.

I can just explore and do what i want for the most part. But dont worry i wont be her all the time. I rarely appear as her anyway.. maybe once a week. Though eventually she may have a role in Pern.

Recently she has been demanding Land Marks from me.. hehehehe virtual split personality? No i dont think i could be that way though my evil side wishes it could appear every once in a while. I am half evil green dragon. But i suppress it for the most part. After all it would not fit with my duties now would it? Hmm... Maybe it would.. i am neutral after all. *wicked grin*

Anyway today was interesting. There were some visitors to the castle. It is still up to the King and Queen to say, but some of the council worked very quickly to include them in a race and guild group. I do hope they will stay. I think they have a lot to contribute.

Doubts

There is something that happened that still disturbs me. One of our dragons is working on the meters but I really do not understand much about the process. Knowing that I would be the only one to represent the dragons at a council meeting I asked this dragon for information about the progress of the meters. He told me, but I misunderstood.

So when I was asked about it in the council meeting I said the wrong thing. I was immediately challenged and realized I made a mistake. I have sent messages to all the council and apologized but now I wonder if I have not lost some respect there.

It is very troubling to me since no one really replied to the message I sent out, and I take the honor of being able to attend the meetings very seriously. I do try to do my best but now wonder if that is good enough.

I think my reporting on the progress of the Clerics several weeks earlier was not very good either. I seem to misunderstand what is asked of me quite often. I think perhaps I should not say anything in these meetings anymore.

I know I should not doubt myself but I just wonder if I am capable of the role I have been given sometimes. Everyone makes mistakes but I seem to make them much more often than anyone else.

Done & To Do

Sometimes i dont know what to say here. Life flows so fast and its gone before i even have a chance to note things down. At least this last week some things were accomplished.

1) I finished writing the Charter and Oath for the Dragons of the Stars.

2) I wrote the list of 5 quests that the dragons will be doing to earn their first level. This includes a description of the elements that are involved and how they relate to dragons, instructions for the dragon leaders, and instructions for the dragon leader to give to the quest applicant.

3) I wrote a little piece of lore for the dragons first quest, the earth quest, both versions of it. There is a version just for anyone to read and then there is the version that tells why the item is so important to dragons. That piece of knowlege should stay within the dragon clan.

4) The Leaders of Faith in the Clerics Guild had a meeting last night where we discussed the old spell list, and agreed to modify, cut or keep the spells. So now we have a basic spell list from which to work. I suggested that each religion have a few special spells also and it was agreed upon.

5) I found a couple dragons to instruct the flight and dragon combat classes. Unfortunately neither are members of Triskele so i am a bit uncertain about whether i can actually have them instruct or not.

But i cannot rest now. There are more things to do.

1) Contact as many of the out of touch or old members of the dragons group as i can and find out their alignment and guild. This will include informing them of the role-play and combat classes.

2) Compiling a list of dragon members from this list, ordered by alignment to give to each dragon leader so that they know who they are responsible for.

3) I will also need to speak to some council members about these quests, to set them up as an ongoing thing for the dragons and also for scripting a couple items, unless our regent or another scripter can do it for us.

4) Solidifying my ideas for quests for the Dragons of Thuban, writing out role-play scenerios for the various spells since Thuban is not like the other religions and you simply cannot pray to a god for the power. There is no rush on this though since i have a single acolyte and i haven't seen him since he joined several weeks ago.

5) Enroll the 2 dragons mentioned in #5 above into the Triskele group and the Triskele dragon group, or at least the intersim group. Unfortunately it seems everyone balks at the role-play classes and other requirments. I guess i will wait a bit and see how things work out. In the meanwhile i still have my eyes open for more instructors and mentors.

Anyway thats just a peek at my to do list.. though probably the most important. We also have a meeting tonight but i wonder if seconds are allowed to come this time?

Clerics, am i revealing too much here?

Edit:
Well one of the persons i was talking to about the trainer position has joined the group so i need not be concerned about that. He joined both the Triskele group and the intersim group. Yayyyy!

Also just so it is known, i will not be around very much on Wednesday night.

Clerics thoughts

Tasslehoff: And hey--she cast that spell without using those funny words. Why can't you do that, all-powerful mage?

Raistlin: She's channeling the power of a god, you dolt. I'm wresting arcane energies from the very fabric of the universe, it's completely different.

From Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Hehehe i had a talk with Alandri this morning.

She had some interesting things to say.

It just occurred to me that if we are going to have spell points and such that it would be kinda nice if the new hud or meter somehow recorded them for us. If such is possible perhaps the use of the hud could be limited once the points are used up. That would definiately save the task of tracking our points.

That is.. if we are going to have points at all. From what i can see mages don't have those, nor do they have a spell list. So other than keeping track of what we can do, why even have a spell list if mages are not required to have one? Who is to limit the creativity of the gods after all?

*Laughs* Just kidding. We dont really want to be mages or we would have entered the mages guild instead. Still...

False Alarm...

... I guess. I dont know what happened earlier when i could not get on here at work.

I supposed i paniced unnecessarily. Any time a virus is mentioned i get scared. Now it is not my break time and i cant really say much more.

Hopefully later i can give an update.

Cleric's Guild

My friend Alphonsus has introduced me to a land called Faeria and i found out that i could display my art there. So i was finding out all about what i would need to do for that.

When i was visiting there we had another visitor, a very special visitor. Her name was JewelFire. I was told that she had terminal cancer. The person was simply an inspiration. She was so happy it seemed just to be there. I took some pictures of her, knowing somehow i would never see her again. Little did i know, for the next morning the first news i found out was that she had passed away that night after leaving us, when she was still online. It just reminds me how fleeting and impermanent are we all.. like a flickering candle.

That day in Faeria there was a day long service for her. The fountain had a platform on it with a beautiful picture of her avatar. Music a friend wrote, inspired by JewelFire was played all day. It really is a reminder that behind every avatar there is a real person. I am sorry i did not know her better. I am sorry that although i tried to give her a dragonride i was so inexperienced at doing that that the ride was not that good.. and i ended up crashing. I felt very inadequate, but she was very grateful all the same.

Anyway i really didnt feel like even thinking about an art show that day.

Tuesday night on second life the queen of Triskele delivered the clerics guild, a huge beautiful stone building built like a large church. It is magnificent! Such a beautiful building! Immediately we looked through it, planning where things would go.

After some discussion and both other speakers left, i started building. I rarely build in second life, in fact aside from some initial attempts and a bottle, this was the first time trying architecture. This turned out to be fun and a challenge. We needed a private enclosure on the first floor for the healers area.

We also had to consider that weddings in second life are a big business. Wren noticed that there is a space under the stairs that seemed a bit out of the way, so i started building walls to enclose it. Later Wren added archways for the doors, which i have not yet learned to do.

After getting a good start, i informed the queen that we had added to the building and made sure she knew we meant no offense for this. She replied no offense was taken, that we should modify it as we need and gave me a couple textures she had used for the stonework. I have continued to build using the textures and made sure that both Wren and Alphonsus could modify my work if need be.

Wren has added a floor above the healers area as a library and is working on putting furniture in, so this is really starting to shape up. Building in second life is a lot of fun, and who knows i may get hooked. *grins*

Wednesday night i started setting up my art show. Its mostly my dragons done in photoshop. I was given this huge stone wall to dispay on and by the time i finished its was pretty much filled. The show on Sunday should be interesting. I will be sending notecards out to my friends about it.

Thursday night i allowed myself to be persuaded to participate in the archery tournement. After such a long time without any practice that was a big mistake. I was totally slaughtered within a minute of the first 2 rounds. The other person kept saying she had lag but she was all over me. I could hardly move. *Sighs*

Anyway i soothed my bruised ego by searching the sims for the lost scrolls and found 2.

I feel like such a fool sometimes.

I wonder at the trust that people place in me. Looking back at the last council meeting i think i should be a good second and keep my mouth shut as i am supposed to.

Sometimes i just dont think which makes me much less considerate than i would like to be.

I made a To Do List to consolidate all the things i am trying to get done. This is one that is not in world and it has quite a few documents and notes in one place. Actually using this negates the need to have so many notes in my inventory. Now if only i could figure out how to create book marks in MS Word. Please forgive the out of character nature of this post.

My main concern is managing the meeting among the race leaders and Sierra so that we may gather the information for the combat meter. I am still uncertain where we can have it and am having second thoughts about having it in the dragon temple. I will try to get that worked out once i am in world this weekend.

Malakyte's Realm

For any who might be interested in Malakyte's adventures in another life, i have added a link to my role-play journal before second life. It is called Malakyte's realm.

It includes notes on a realm of my own creation called Island Mignar as well as the happenings there.

Although i havent really kept it up to date recently, except for "The Rescue" and the most recent of "DragonLance" posts, it will show some of the happenings in the life of the other Malakyte. The posts are ordered from the past to most recent events. For the earliest stories you will have to go to previous entries, perhaps several times.

Unfortunately a few stories are not finished though most are in an ongoing sort of way. If you read them i hope you enjoy them as much as i have. My thanks to the numerous friends who have contributed to the writings with their own characters.

The Meeting at the Mage Guild

Well last night was certainly interesting. The King called for everyone in the realm to take the class that was being given at the mage guild. I attended and then also stayed for the class on roleplaying a mage and made some interesting discoveries. At least this is my understanding of what i heard. If i am wrong about this i would like to know the error of my beliefs.

1) Mages have no set spell list. They can make up anything they want as a spell and use anything as a vehicle to deliver the spell. Thus they have unlimited creativity.

Clerics on the other hand have to adhere to a limited spell list. I suppose they can manifest the divine spell however they want but a cleric usually is expected to pray for their power from a specific diety.

2) Mages have no point system they have to watch out for. If a spell is very powerful it is up to them to say whether their character is overcome by the effort.

Clerics have a very specific point system beyond which if they try to do a spell they are expected to collapse from exhaustion.

3) Mages do nothing for their power except the act of casting the spell. They are not required to be seen studying their spell books or anything like that.

As i understand it Clerics are expected to be seen praying or meditating every day so that they can stay in contact with their divine powers.

I am sure there are other points that can be brought up but even with just these points i have no questions why there are only 5 active clerics in the realm where there are many, many mages. It seems to me given the above points that being a mage is fun with unlimited creativity where being a cleric could be seen as limited without nearly as many powers or opportunities for creativity.

I am afraid that after a while i could no longer stay silent about the above points and began pointing them out. I must admit that the one doing the class was very patient with me and answered my questions to the best of her ability.

These are things i think must be thought about and perhaps brought up to the council. Otherwise we will continue to have very few clerics in the realm. Perhaps that will not matter to anyone but do not the clerics actually perform a specific service with their healing powers? So far that is the one thing that i understand that a mage cannot do.. or perhaps they can. But then of course we also have the meters that allow someone to recover so perhaps clerics are not really necessary after all.

No one wants to ONLY be called when someone is hurt. I went through that in Everwind where i was not invited to the roleplay until the end when someone needed healing.

It got very old very fast.

Clerics can fight, and our powers can be very important in battles and other events if things are set up with some thought. We do not necessarily have to have the same powers as Mages. That would be boring. But if mages can do EVERYTHING but heal then perhaps there should be some overlapping of powers. I do believe that the Clerics are too restricted and our true potential is not known.

In any case I will continue to look up clerics powers online to familiarize myself with all that a cleric can do.

As for the rest of the evening the Archer/Dragon Hunt was a great sucess as usual. Strangely enough the archers seem to like being roasted. I suspect it does sharpen their skills. They must be learning something because in the very last session i was brought down for the first time that evening. I suppose that would be an encouragement to the archers, knowing that they can bring us down especially with the advantages we seem to have.

As far as i am concerned that is part of the point. Yes dragons do have extra powers.. we fly, we flame, and we will have a few other powers as well hopefully. But then to ally with us will bring our powers to the bipeds also.. or to fight us and winn will make it that much more of an accomplishment.

It is as in life. Not everything is fair. But that makes the accomplishment that much sweeter. Perhaps i should look at the clerics powers in the same way. Instead of being so concerned about having a fair playing field perhaps i should look at the challenge that using limited powers would be and the accomplishment that it will also bring.

I do fear that our full potential will not be known and as it was before we will only be considered at the end of the adventure for the healing we can do.

Thubanism on Trial

Last night was once more busy. When i got online we had a Clerics meeting. There was much that we could have spoken of, the spell lists, the gods, enrollment ect.. I had only meant to mention this in passing, just to bring it up since it was still a work in progress but unfortunately the subject took over the whole meeting.

It was basically in creating the history of Thubanism and the dragons i saw an opportunity to insert a place for the other gods as well and perhaps explain their relationships. I thought to create a history for all the gods... yes as we had in Everwind.

We debated several points and then finally realized that we would need to consult all the race leaders for such points as to whether the gods would be the creators of the races or if each race would be born from the fires of creation. Eventually i decided to shelve the idea. There are other more immediate things to work on and seemingly too many obstacles at the moment.

Anyway in the regular council meeting my good friend Alphonsus (yes i am posting about you! *grins*) surprised me by bringing up Thubanism. Thank the ancestors i was somewhat prepared, though i think i would have cleaned up my document a bit more had i known i was going to give it out to everyone.

Be that as it may he helped me get over the hurdle of actually introducing it myself which as a second i couldn't do anyway unless Alphonsus was not there and then i would have had to do it by myself. *shivers* Fortunately i am not qualified to do so.

It also allowed me to be there to talk about it or defend it to others. Though i am not sure how much good that was when suddenly faced with half the council wanting to know about it... i was tongue tied and could not think to express myself adequately.

I gave out many copies of the work including one to the Queen this morning who crashed before recieving it last night. I only hope our work, that of Soo, SnowBlind and myself will be seen as worthy in the eyes of the leaders of this realm.

Recent Events

Things have been busy for me in Triskele recently.

Aside from reviewing the Cleric's spell list, i have also been busy researching and writing the History of Thuban. I am incorperating what i am learning of the biped gods into this history as well. I intend to submit my scrolls to Alphonsus very soon, hopefully at the clerics meeting tonight.

Sierra has returned! Yayyy! Now i think i can start consulting with him about some of the things i am developing and hear his ideas too.

We had a bit of an adventure last night. The drow queen apparently was insulted by some slight and captured Ravenn and the Queens Consult. I joined many of the bipeds in searching the drow tunnels and battling the drow to find the two captives. I notice once i told Houman, the Moon dragon second that a dragon had been captured he was filled with such anger that he joined us also. We did manage to recover them as well as capture the drow queen herself so the mission was a sucess.

I'm sorry Alphonsus, i know you dont want to know about this but i am writing about it since i was there and others might want to know. It does not mean that i will necessarily go back there on a regular basis. I have too much to do in Triskele as it is.

Anyway, for those who don't know, there was a meeting with the King and Queen of Everwind and they will be opening their realm again for any who might wish to travel there. Things will be a bit different.

Groups if there are any will be managed by the roleplayers themselves, not by any administrators. Technically this means as long as it follows the rules of Everwind that aside from that we have free rein there (within reason). An example of this is the limits that were imposed upon the dragons in the dragon rules may not exist any more.

It also means if there are problems with in the group or between 2 different groups, they have to work these out themselves.

The sim owners will deal with griefers, and if the groups so desire (as i understand it) problem players with banning. But they will not be involved except to do the desired actions.

If there is need for combat it will be conducted in special platforms above the realm (or in text based roleplay with dice on the ground). This way combat, meters, scripted weapons and other items will not interfere lagwize with any other roleplay on the ground.

Some special building may be asked of Queen Grace but she will not necessarily agree to do it, or she may.

There will be no age verification, since the sim is open to everyone as well as roleplayers. That way anyone can come to visit and the responsibility for being there will be on that person or group, not on the royals.

I think i have covered the main points. If anyone wants it, i do have a record of the meeting. Just ask me for it when you see me in world.

Malakyte's History

Rosaria Chaffe (her human name) is a young dragon whose mother hid her from hunters by changing her to human form. Found by villagers after the hunters left the hatchling dragon was raised by humans and forgot her true identity.

For years she has wandered from realm to realm. She made Everwind her home, finding friends and joining the clerics guild. As a cleric of Illustree she discovered a new role for herself, a way to contribute to others.

Then one day the dragon emerged though each form saw the experiences of the other only as dreams. The dragon became a weyrling among the ancients of the realm. After a time she undertook the quest for Ancient status.

Through the dragon religion of Thubanism her human and dragon selves approached greater awareness that eventually led to a union and integrated whole.

Malakyte found she enjoyed helping the new dragons to the realm and became a dragon mentor. Eventually she was appointed to the office of Ancient Preceptor.

Tragedy struck one day when an unknown mage interefered with the magic of the floating weyr and it fell, crashing into the land. The woods of Everwind were lost.

Things seemed to return to normal for a while, but residual magic from the incident changed the land and cast all its inhabitants out. For a time all in Everwind were without a home.

Malakyte as a dragon was lucky in that she could fly from realm to realm. She found TrinketStar, the new Queen and Maxious on the island of Aglarond. But eventually she became familiar with a land called Triskellion where many Everwind residents had settled.

The land of Triskellion was ready for new leaders and when she met the leader of the dragons, SnowBlind, he was impressed with her. She became leader of the Twilight Dragons with her friend Sierra as her second. Eventually she became SnowBlind's second as Regent of Dragons and was able to attend the council meetings.

Still a healer at heart she found her friends Alphonsus and Wren at the new clerics guild. Alphonsus had become the Speaker for Odin and Wren, Speaker for Parlamay. Both religions seemed counterparts for those in Everwind, Castan and Illustree.

Malakyte however had become so taken with the dragon philosphy of Thubanism that she had learned from the Dragon Queen Soo that she became Speaker for Thuban, and the new dragon religion was born.

Why Not?

I really am tempted...

My live journal is just way too old and has too much of my personal history on it, but why not use this one for my character's posts?

It would not be bogged down with all the real life problems of my live journal, since i have hardly even used it. It would relate to the one group i belong to, TTR since my character, Malakyte has lived there.

And to direct others here i can always post my addy on my profile.

Well who am i trying to convince? *Laughs*

Edit:
Ok just figured out how to edit this thing.
The next question is how do i add a space for friends?