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The Seeker's Last Breath The old Seeker did not remember much, as he boarded the Queen's Dawn Revenge with his sworn allies, remembering the horrors of giant bone spikes impaling the ship that has lasted since generations ago; fending of hordes of Undead upon their failed beach landing to save Vanessa Silverhand; to the heroic sacrifice of Majoram in the jaws of Elden; all just to witness the death of the Sunlit Lord Xan in the distant portal. As the final hours of Apotheosis drew close, the searing darkness scarring the veteran's seeker's old soul, his lifeline stripped away as Xan was devoured by Azdromoth. They had won. It was a lifetime of a fight, and it was over. The old human body was held together with rage and guilt, the loss of his patron quickly dissipating his power. He had begged to die and bring some bastard demons with him like the famed Hochmeister Mirtok, only to find himself flung back to the accursed Sunbreak keep once more. A home he did not choose, and hasn't for over 300 years. All for nothing. He asked for Tilruir'tir and Gael to help his failing body to a nearby hill, where he may watch the setting sun. He looked upon those gathered; a mixture of old and new comrades, laying in Tilruir'tir @Bhasedarms as they settled amongst the grass. He choked out his last words to those present, as the azure light faded from the Seeker's eyes. "I'm sorry, Til. I wish I was a better teacher for you, laying out a better journeyman-ship for your Holy Quest, but I know that you embody the spirit of the Sunlit Path well. Thank you for your valiant efforts in getting us out of the Last Light beaches, and your support in disconnecting the dragon-fucker. Tell Brother Stag that I am sorry, that I am honoured to have you as one of my students." Some regretful platitudes were exchanged, but Jack could barely make out the words, he just knew they were full of forgiveness. Tilruir'tir always was kind to Jack, despite his sharp elven tongue. He swore to make sure Brother Stag would receive news of this. He then called Hillith Athna @DahStalker over. A children of his Asulon compatriot, Herun Athna. He promised he would watch over her, guide her, and teach her the Athna lineage. It was centuries ago at this point, he hadn't seen here in forever, apart from gifting her his old staff he used, the power from another era. He professed his familial love for her as his adopted grandchild, entrusting her to pass on his relic to someone worthy, and to pick a new fate for the Athna's, no longer Xan's choosen. Richard Othaman @SacredSourceand Gael @Johannwere next, as the two most trusted in this world. He gazed at them with a mixture of bitterness and pain, lashing out at them somewhat cruelly while wheezing and spitting blood. "We lost sons. We ******* lost. Where did we all go wrong, lads? Our plans and preparation were tight. Could we have changed this fate? Had we convinced Sol Invicta, would she have helped stave off this tragedy? Or was it because of our insistence and not uniting with the others? Did our independence curse us to this fate? I know not the answers, and I'm so tired." He was enraged that it had come to this. It should have never come to this, had he been more assertive and able bodied, could he have helped navigated this situation better with them? More allies, more arms, more coordination? He felt the tremendous weight of failure, having lost the war, forcing his trusted hands to shoulder the burden and scarring for their shared failure. He was going to die, but he could not help worry about their futures, to be hunted by the Azdrazi, or worst. Gael and Richard were remorseful, but what's done is done. His only wish for them was to continue living, and that all his meager possessions were theirs to use. This was all for naught, he thought, his rage subsiding as more energy left his body. His eyes could no longer see, glazing white entirely. He thanked Serena @Trinnfor her potions and boomsteel, regretful that it couldn't have been better used. He passed her the last relic he would ever make, unknown if the power would still work without Xan's will in the world. And then there was all but one left, his prodigal student; Crumena @Heero, or the Prophet and Sage of Kamees as known by some. "Crumena, my prodigal student, the scheming sage, founder of the Luxem Chapter. We did not see eye-to-eye on many things, but you should really be ditching this whole Prophet nonsense. You haven't seen shit in 400 years." He relented for a moment, regret filling him once more as he knows he will be berating his student for the last time. "I didn't expect to go before you. I'm sorry." Excuses from Crumena again, but it was alright. That's just how he was. "You may very well be the last Aegisian left, Crumena Ilwindor. Maybe you can go back to the Mages Guild." More choking, more blood. Time was running out. "If you still hold the ideals of the Sunlit Path in your heart, take the only thing I have left. Take my title of Seeker. And no more Izalith bullshit, you hear me? **** that house." A dramatic and loquacious high elf to the end, he compared the dying human to a former highly regarded Ascended named Shoi, but he wasn't really interested in listening. He just hoped that Crumena would keep himself out of trouble, and maybe he would go back to being a mage. At least mages were expected to create trouble, a troublemaking paladin was always a sore point that he had with his first student. As the sun set and the cool winds of night blew across the hilltop, Jack started babbling about himself incoherently. Starting as a namless fisher's son, leading the Oren Rangers, becoming the Grosstrebler of the Teutonic Order, taking the surname Vivaeyn, betraying his Hochmeister Samuel Bealcrest, before finally being branded traitor by Xan. Runic tattoos carved into his face, warning all who approach him that he is never to be trusted, cursing Jack with power and duty to the realm. How much he hated being a pawn for a God, but knowing that he is duty bound to atone for his sins until his dying breath. He just didn't expect his jailer to die before him, but he would be following soon after. He let out one last heavy sigh, turning his head skywards, seeing absolutely nothing at all. "I did not wish to die so shamefully, but I am going to go on first." He had much more to say, if given enough time, he would have fret over all his students like Anduin, Lucian, Velenius; and /their/ students. He wanted to say goodbye to his non-paladin comrades. He would want the next generation of Not-Paladins to know the challenges that await them, to be prepared to go into hiding, to prepare for the next strike. But he no longer had a duty to anyone or anything. His only duty now, was to rest for eternity. OOC: Fun ride, sad I didn't get to blow myself up. Had lots of fun, wish I was in American timezone haha. My first and last character on LOTC, probably. Jack was always meant to be a bit of a Gandalf figure, but I think I was just simply terrible at being mystical, so he ended up being the only old person in a group meant for young hot blooded Paladins. Elves dont count since they can be whatever age they want to be. Jack has OOCLY provided the MA to the following students: Crumena Ilwindor Velenius Tilruir'tir Lucian Horen Icroth Vursur Diomedes Terin Anduin Rhys Dering Eugeo De Astrea But many have claimed lessons from him, you know who you are! To those of you who still might have my relics, not sure what the future holds, but hope it served you well.

that eggs that we had was overpriced bullshit. thoughts on what an ideal ET/ST would look like?

Cheers Cookiie, thanks for the update as usual. Congrats to not-moderator @HogoBojofor being a ticket chad.

Fantastic stuff Treshure, what an amazing video my dude. Hope you got some rest after editing that for 20 hours straight

wow

thoughts on opening a ST academy?

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i really appreciate man. its not easy for a monster virgin like myself to put myself out there.

Many thanks for the wishes you two. Please for the love of god bath I just want your sunken cathedral with its sundial and I want to do the event I've been waiting for 6 years holy **** Proudest accomplishment was definitely the legacy of the ET I left behind. Inferi second, Setherien 3rd. Biggest regret was being too trusting to merrymoogle for sure. I trusted him, and he ratted me out haha. It was a shame. She's got a nice bf, soz son My fav ST moments are actually non ST work related at all. Whether it be playing jackbox, or some weird late night talks, or even the auction house, the times when we were just joking are my favourites. I love the craziness that the ST brings, its very familiar and friendly. The ST on its own is really a community, bounded in other ways than work.

I do remember Arkus trying to teach now, it was a small memory so I didn't pay too much attention to it, haha. And yeah you getting team killed was kinda hilarious back then, think you disobeyed one too many orders or something, memories are fuzzy. Glad to see you have grown up now and taking charge of such quality events and being a real pillar in the community. I dont find documentation fun. Documentation is actually a way of investing in the present for less work in the future. Imagine if you had to read 5 different briefs with each a different format, it would be so annoying having to clarify back and forth what's missing. It's like giving homework without rules. And can you imagine if we ever tried to do some continuity for an event whom's ET had already left the server? Trying to trace it would be a nightmare. Trying to interloop events is the hardest part for the ET because there isn't any documentation, and the Inferi only worked because you and I were constantly on top of everything. Now imagine being in charge of the world, where you are aware of every single event produced. If you can do it without documentation, hats off to your mega brain. Besides, starting things with templates cuts down production time by soooo much. As for the stepping up part, I'm honestly glad with the outcome of the Inferi. I think the production was good, it really utilized a lot of lore pieces. I wish there was more exposition of course, but overall I think that was a good mass production event. Had we scaled it to 20-30 people instead, I'm sure the stories would have been incredibly rich, with more tools and points at our disposal, but that's just how it is when it comes to a literal server wide event. I hope to participate in Zarsies stuff in the future (probably what, 6 months down the line? I dont mind waiting), so maybe I can see for once what the height of events looks like from a player POV haha. 1. I wanted the Paladins to more closely relate to the intricate mysteries of the Crusaders and Asian mystics. I wanted their spells to be more ritual based, rather than combat type spells. I wanted things to focus on exorcism, sealing, prayer, and have it steeped in tradition and lore instead of blindly praising Xan each time, kind of like the occult with symbols as well. I wanted to reference more holy things, things that were canonized to be holy, and really draw from the players who were impactful in their roles. I did want to release more additional spells, so maybe that'll shift the meter a bit. Just been lazy and out of it tbh. 2. That I wasn't around to actually see it! I had work the next day in the hotel, so I instructed Swgrclan, Ouity, Tsuyose as the main emoters, set out what would happen, and what should be taken into consideration if the players do x y z. They told me it went well, but I would never know how it was like. I also wanted much more buildup, there was a lot of traction in the red realm, but otherwise I had to brute force the Golden Lance as a concept, and I dont really enjoy protags. I wanted them to act more like guides for the players, but there was no time to build the rapport, we had 3 months after all. Also there were so many assets unused. Jeez. The ingredients were there, but trying to pump out a quality production was hard. 3. Honestly? Brisket. Brisket tastes incredible, as the fat and collagen renders out and makes it incredibly tender, be it for smoking or braising. But rib meat would be my close second, either grilled or roasted. 4. The aegis end event was dogshit, but then again it was the first time ever doing map end events for the server so I sorta get it. But my god letting 12 players do parkour to grab some weapons to kill Iblees while the undead spammed mobs on players was pretty dog. I think the Asulon end was also pretty crap, so much so I dont remember it. RP wise, I really wished the exodus didn't happen. I lost my WR playerbase, and I knew I would 100% not survive a smaller server with almost no Australians in it. Had the exodus not happened, I'm sure I would have never applied for staff because I wasn't lonely. To this date I still have not found a playerbase that I can consistently find rp in.

Spoons, I think thats just because you haven't truly created anything with your own two hands yet. So far you've done really well for the Inferi stuff, but I know how that can feel as 'not being yours'. I can see it from the way you talk and the way you view things, you know what to do, but how do you implement it is another thing. Use anything at your disposal first, before asking for help. You'll create something amazing that will leave a stamp on LOTC I'm sure, something to the scale of the nether event. 1. I was part of a player group called the White Rose, and I played a simple blacksmith called Arkus Farrier. Me and crazyguy1916 was memeing that the reason why we have our base in the foot of a mountain was to guard some ancient evil (no lore), and there was a underground complex with ancient thrones and such. When the White Rose players left, I made a event with some of the remaining White Rose players, where we had to 'reseal' the ancient evil, and Arkus was the willing blood sacrifice for it. That was my first event ever, and I've been hooked on the concept since. To drive the narrative and provide opportunities to the characters to impact the world in a meaningful way. 2. I have only joined LOTC and never any other RP servers. Bigger the better, because I live in Australian timezones. 3. 2011, when Aegis was started You could get rp in 5 minutes of walking down a path called the King's Road. 4. Try to learn to love financial independence, learn to love growing money. It's not easy, but if you can really learn it it will bring you far in life. Financial independence is something most people dont really understand and grasp as a concept, but the difference is you're rewarding yourself in the future, to go on a better holiday, to buy better things, rather than to just keep saving for the sake of saving. Being a penny pincher ultimately will not bring you anywhere in life. Its about knowing how to grow the dollars you save, not the cents. 5. I figured he would be more attracted to traps honestly. I never once discussed the virtues of yellow women with him when he was younger. But I think thats why he wants his partners to be the responsible one and dominate him, since I was always hounding him like a school teacher who never got their student's homework back in a timely manner. BNK, I'm really happy that you've found jobs in your career. You'll always be my favourite ET that uses WE in their events. Hope your living situation is better and you've got a permanent computer haha. You're always welcome back. Wow you remember the Fringe, that's some ancient history stuff man. I think Aegis was the best but for me. In a time where there wasn't 20 Creature Applicants, 20 different sub magic groups. When you walked into a city, it felt alive but that was also because nobody was really making towns. You needed to pay 100USD for a region after all. It was the best of times, and the worst of times. Map wise Anthos had a good balance for distance I would say. We always harp on about dynamic roleplay, but you have to understand that means very different things to a lot of people. Dynamic roleplay is collaborative storytelling, and not everything will always go your way. People who have poured their hearts out for settlements are most against this for obvious reasons. People ultimately dont like to lose, but if you never lose you'll never know the impact of sweet victory. The Inferi event brought out many kinds of people who refused the dynamic roleplay. You cant really say "I refuse to have a natural calamity happen on my house", but we respected it. Its weird, because the map was changing anyways, so your settlement wouldnt have mattered, but the sheer fuss some people kicked up really astonished me. Al'Faiz will forever go down in memory as the city that fell to demons, but the other settlements will just be lost forever in player memories. I just want players to try rolling with the punches more. It was fun rping with you. I hope you'll do some cool stuff with your own pally chapter. The missions we did were fun, like that failed initial raid. Hope your job and education goes smoothly for you. Haha. Its weird how we're all the same playerbase from Aegis, but we have almost never rped until joining the staff team. But that's just how it is, and I still think you're one of the best storytellers on this server. I dont think there is anyone else that can hold a candle for the thought and effort you put into crafting these experiences. I hope that you will be less harsh on yourself and not put yourself out to be a martyr for LOTC. Write what you want to write, dont write because its your duty to write. We're all here to have fun even for volunteering for the ST. Baby steps to chase after the things you want in life Zarsies. And I will 100% help fund that trip of yours so you can meet your bae. 1) Spoons, hands down. Spoons has a viciousness in him, dont **** with the pinoys 2) If you come to Malaysia I'll bring you anywhere and everywhere. I want to go to the states one day and crash on Heero's or your couch though haha. 3) Continuity. An event is not just a blip of distraction, but something that affects and continues to reverberate to all aspects of a character and their future actions. Lots of events are ultimately not memorable and not referenced again, which is a shame. If possible I would want each event to be good enough for a forum post. 4) I heard from Heero that with the Qi Arc will have some cool enemies, I would stick around for that. But I would need to ask for a timing in advanced haha. I cant really just login and rp until it comes to me, gotta study and work and all. Hope you get along well with the other ST members ImCookie. It's alright, I didn't really rp with the high elves so there was little chance of our paths crossing anyways haha. The meaning of life is to make money and knowing how to use it to fund your pursuits and goals outside of it. Its okay, you're not missing anything haha. My rp isnt great. Hope you continue to have fun on the server Alphamoist. Remember peach, !_! if you're ever in any trouble. The boys will look after you. My pleasure Hads. Was fun reminiscing about the WR, even if it occurred almost a lifetime ago. chief Look up man. You got this. You'll be able to support yourself and stand on your own 2 feet. Meme with you soon buddy. Many thanks for the wishes strife, same to you. Hope you enjoy bro, all the STs really liked Alicjo, you inspired us to balance the Inferi events to ensure they would be 100% beatable by characters like yours if possible. Maybe I'll come back and finish Jack off in a few months, gotta wait for vaults first -_-. I hope you'll be around when I get to finally hang up my coat for reals in RP.

Wish you were around for Inferi, I'm sure you would have done well. Hope you enjoy your stay on the ST my #2 fav paki. And it's been a lot of fun going on adventures with Icroth. Wish we could have done more, but alas, life and work. And that's the least I could do, what kind of teacher would just take a student and not teach them lul. I used to do like 3 course dinner parties for friends as a tasting menu. People would give me like $30/40 each, and I would take all that money to try and make something I wanted. Like a mystery tasting experience, since I usually didnt reveal the menu before hand. Apart from that, I really like making dioramas, the kind you see in the windowsill of a fancy department store in Christmas. Hope to get into that with clay figures when things are more settled down. And you are my second favourite builder! I talk to people about how you, BNK, and Bathrug were the holy trinity of builders back in my days. I'm glad you are starting to find some enjoyment out of building once more Factcore. But your Setherien mural was my favourite build ever. It just had so much character! Its a shame we've lost it, I really wanted another one of your murals.

I'll enjoy all the Cal's 14 jokes in my daydreams for sure. I still wanna play Among Us and Jackbox for anything. 1) Anytime that I was doing big activities/going on adventures with people. I enjoy experiencing events more than planning them (its like saying you prefer eating over cooking). For this time when I came back, I would say the paladin meeting where I condemned Lefkos and forced him to be disconnected. A very bonding moment for all of us. 2) I would serve you a 5 course free of charge mate. Get your own plane ticket down here. Coupon code '!_!' 3) I preferred the playerbase that welcomed me without expectations, and that was the White Rose in 2012. It was a military order that went on patrols and fucked around the castle. Otherwise I very rarely switched playerbases, since I only play 1 character at any time. 4) I wish things were more organized, I wish I hadnt got shot from admin in 2013, I wish I had confessed to that girl in high school. Growing up is about learning that there's not much you can do about it, and just hope you dont make the same mistakes again. Honestly iMattyz, the days of Setherien really were blending together. I cant remember what I've asked people to do, I can only remember the people that were apart of it. As for you, I'm glad you got to be admin, and I hope that you are at peace with what you managed to achieve.