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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .............._______ ............./ / THE LEGENDARY TIMES ............/ / .........../ /.....______.._____.....______.._____.......____ ........../ /...../ /./ \.../ /./ \...../ \ ........./ /...../ ___/./ ____/../ ___/./ __. \.../ /\ \ ......../ /...../ /_.../ /....../ /_.../ /..\ >./ /./ / ......./ /...../ __/../ /____../ __/../ /.../ /./ /./ / ....../ /_____/__/__../ \_\ /./ /__../ /.../ /./ /_/ / ...../ / /./ /./ /./ /.../ /./ / ..../ /_/..\______/./_____/./__/.../__/./_______/ MUD .../________________/ running on mud.sig.net 9999 199.1.78.16 9999 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://mud.sig.net/ ftp://mud.sig.net/pub =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOLUME SIX, ISSUE FORTY-ONE October 24th, 1999 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWS & REPORTS - The Immortal Report - - Halloween Celebration - - Pkill Tourney! - - From the Scrolls of the Ancients... - LEGENDITES - Clan News! - - The Return of Hastur McDougan - - A Misdirected Letter - - A Strange Contract - ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| UPCOMING CALENDAR OF EVENTS |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' [All times are system time unless otherwise specified] >-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\ October /\-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\*/\-< Wednesday, October 27, 6:00 pm RP Brainstorming Session Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm Q & A in OOC Auditorium Sunday, October 31 All Day -> Happy Halloween Festivities! <- >-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\ November /\-/\*/\-/\*/\-/\*/\-< Saturday, November 6, 2:00 pm Semi-Annual Pkill Tourney ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| NEWS AND REPORTS |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' The Immortal Report Admin: Zandy has broken his shoulder and isn't able do much typing. The admin department and general staff will fill in for him in his absence. Chocorua looked over his desc request scripts, and deleted some characters at their request so they could restart. Builder: Sandra talked with various builders about their projects. She adjusted the repop rates and xp in several areas, and updated all the areas to accommodate the new tools code. Charity worked on the builder-imm online docs, answered questions, did zip strings & unarchives, and helped people perma at their request. She started sorting through comments from people who played the xp game. Cheyla worked on Alaska and did the standard online stuff, responding to player requests. Croaker made adjustments to Greece based on comments from testers, added mobs to Hades, and worked on researching his next area. Kae made lots of small fixes to Malta. LadyAce put in some time working on Klein, doing mobs, objects, and acts. Rufus adjusted xp and repop rates in a number of areas, and did some cleanup for his voudon area. Rusalka tested quests in Anasazi, and sent her notes to Zandy. She got Kheldar going on testing Tudor, and did some brainstorming about other things for Tudor. Coder: Ea! made it so that strings on scrapped items are saved by being transfered to the string storage item. He fixed a bug in the gradual stats code, wrote the lullaby skill, added %xptolevel as an option in the prompt, added in meditating/rooting to show up in the prompt as well. He adjusted the default prompt to show absolutes instead of percentages, and added an automatic timestamp to afk message. Rufus put in the attributes command, tweaked the xp scale for mobs with greater xp value than a stock level 50 (i.e. 20k xp and higher). He worked on the perform skill, and rewrote the shoot skill. Chocorua worked on planning out his areainfo section. Sandra fixed lots of bugs and finished projects off of the coder todo list, including fixing some typos, adding in bows and quivers to create object, made it impossible to mend while resting, set it so you can't entrance yourself, and made a critical miss knock you off your mount. PR: LadyAce did a higher-than-average number of descriptions and pkenables last week, as well as the normal strings/restrings/archives/unarchives. She ran a game of tag, a Q & A, and sent out an LT. She worked with a few different clans on their ideas for some RP, and put in a revision to the prize machine. Natalia discussed the future of the mud with imms and morts alike, did lots of strings & restrings, and explained some rules. Natalia is also working on some ideas for a tinyplot. Rusalka did standard online stuff, including strings, restrings, setting house names, and answering questions. She kept up with posts and issued a language warning. Stile worked on the New Player Guide, did strings, and ran a game of recalltag. oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo Happy Halloween Festivities On October 31st, the immortal staff will be staging a day-long Halloween celebration. Plans for the day include: All day: Pumpkin Hunt 9-11am: Tinyplot with Kae & Rusalka 11am-3pm: Ptah's storytelling 3-6pm: Halloween Casino 6-8pm: Charity's Cooking Contest 8-9pm: Costume Contest 9-11pm: Joule's Trivia -> The Pumpkin Hunt -- a popular annual event, this year's contest will run throughout the day, and whoever has the most pumpkins collected, wins! You need not be present to win. ->(tinyplot) The Veil Draws Thin... Samhain is the night when the Old King dies, and the Crone Goddess mourns him greatly during the next six weeks. The sun is at its lowest point on the horizon as measured by the ancient standing stones of Britain and Ireland, the reason the Celts chose this sabbat rather than Yule as their new year. To the ancient Celts, this holiday divided the year into two seasons, Winter and Summer. Samhain is the day on which the Celtic New Year and winter begin together, so it is a time for both beginnings and endings. It is the last of the three harvest festivals, the harvest of meat. It is also the day we honor our dead. Now, while the veil between the worlds is thinnest, those who have died in the past year and those who are to be reincarnated pass through. The doors of the sidhe-mounds are open, and neither human nor faery need any magickal passwords to come and go. Our ancestors, the blessed dead, are more accessible, more approachable during the time of the dying of the land. Samhain is a day to commune with the dead and a celebration of the eternal cycle of reincarnation. On Samhain, the witches gather to celebrate and commune with their dead. On Samhain, many druidic groups gather to renew the energies of the year. Things will be happening in the forests. Maybe you too will be wandering there, discovering new sides of yourself, and learning about the past and present flow of life, energy, death, and existence. -> Ptah's storytelling -- gather at the knee of one of our most illustrious Imps Emeriti. Hear and share hair-raising tales of the spooky and the supernatural -- a can't-miss opportunity for old and new players alike. -> Halloween Casino -- this collect, trade & win game is accessible to all ages and ability levels. A little luck, a little haggling, and you could find yourself the owner of a brand-new Halloween-themed string! -> *** Announcing LegendMUD's First Seasonal Cooking Contest! *** The Halloween festivities this year will include a cooking contest (check the Events list for exact time). Aspiring chefs are invited to enter their recipe for a Halloween treat. Any level may participate, and pairs of chefs may work together if you think you'll need help obtaining exotic ingredients (or help coaxing the ingredients into the pot!). Think up a treat, collect the ingredients, make your presentation of how the treat is assembled, and don't forget to give your creation a spiffy name! Prizes will be awarded in categories to include: Best Overall, "Worst" Overall, Best Presentation, Best Ingredients, and Best Name. Charity will be hosting and judging the event. Anyone who disputes her judgement will be forced to eat the "Worst" Overall treat. =P Exact contest rules will be handed out in the Official LegendMUD kitchen at the start of the event, and presentations will be held at a site in Tudor specially rented for the occasion, since the folks who run the OOC won't let players brew up messes in their kitchen. So get your cake pans and your cauldrons ready, and get set to make LegendMUD culinary history! -> Costume Contest! Pit your creative skills against your peers in this fashionable annual contest. Dress yourself up in gear found around the mud, and be the scariest, funniest, or most originally-dressed contestant, and win a prize! oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo Pkill Tourney! Well, it's that time of year again. Time for the semi-annual Pkill Tourney! The date will be Saturday, November 6th at 2pm system time. Please get your entries in to me by Friday, November 5th at midnight system time, if you plan to enter! Rules are as follows: To enter, write your name, level, and whether or not you use a gun/bow on a piece of paper and mudmail it from THAT character to me, Sandra. More rules will be posted closer to the tourney date. Weight classes are: 10-19 Featherweight 20-29 Lightweight 30-39 Middleweight 40-50 Heavyweight If you have any questions regarding this semi-annual event, please mud mail me. -Sandra oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo Would you like to have a mail list on email for your clan for free? ONElist.com offers free mail lists that you moderate yourself. They're reasonably fast, the tools and options are powerful, and the mail seems to be reliable. ONElist is advertising-sponsored, but the advertising does not include annoying popup menus or otherwise get in the way of what you're doing. Visit http://ONElist.com for further information! oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo_oOo FROM THE SCROLLS OF THE ANCIENTS by Kae This time around I have come across the symbolic meaning of the angels in a Jewish/Christian occult context. Maybe the information below can help you in your role-play background, in emotes for spellcasting, or in choosing a name and personality for your new character! Of course, only entities of Heaven are listed - for those of the nether realms, you'll have to look elsewhere. Angels and their Corresponding Attributes Michael. Protection, power & Initiative. Color: blue. Raphael. Healing, Consecration and truth. Color: green. Chamuel. Love tolerance & Gratitude. Color: pink Gabriel. Purity, Rebirth & Creativity. Color: white crystal. Uriel. Devotion, Peace and Ministration. Color: gold-ruby. Jophiel. Illuminate, Wisdom & Perception. Color: sun yellow Zadkiel. Refinement, Invocation & Transformation. Color: violet. Afriel: Protector of children & young animals. Good for inner child or animal totem. Akatriel: Special praying angel. Helps one receive the higher gifts that are prayed for. Akriel: Inspires intellectual achievements. Improves memory and higher knowledge. Ambriel: An angel of communication & protection. For those who seek clarity of communication. Anael: In charge of love passion and romance. Ask for soul-mate or heal romantic relationships. Anahita: Female angel who keeps earth fruitful & fertile. Protector of those who care-take nature. Anauel: Of success, commerce & prosperity. Protects those who own or start their own business. Arad: Protects both religion & science. Helps one apply spirituality & morality to scientific knowledge. Ardousius: Female angel who helps during childbirth & inspires milk to flow. Great for inner child & proper nutrition. Armatt: Female angel who grants truth, goodness & wisdom. Appealing to those seeking harmony. Azariel: Protects all bodies of water. Cleanses and heals lakes, rivers, ponds and the ocean. Signifies your emotions. Baglis: Inspires moderation, temperance and tolerance. Strengthens will & assists in gaining self control. Balthial: Helps overcome feelings of jealousy & bitterness. Inspires contentment & peace of mind. Barakiel: Grants success, good fortune & excellent luck. Inspires joviality, fun & sense of humor. Barbelo: Female angel of abundance, goodness, faith & integrity. Helps fill you with gifts and virtues. Bath Kol: Female angel who encourages truthful communication & prophecy. Grants insights into the future. Camael: Presides over beauty, joy, happiness & contentment. Helps bring out the qualities from within. Cathetel: A guardian of the garden. Increases growth of vegetables & fruits by keeping them healthy. Colopatiron: An angel who unlocks prison gates. This sacred being helps in liberation & independence. Dina: Was here at the beginning of creation. Teacher of languages, Inspires the wisdom, knowledge & love of learning. Dabriel: Carrier of writing skills. Helps perfect your writing skills & an inspiration of new ideas. Donquel: improve your loving relationships. Opens your heart to experience your divine lover. Ecanus: An angelic scribe who inspires writers. Helps in opening to your inner flow of expression. Ezra: An angel who encourages writers. Helps open your doors to the ability & self expression. Enoch: One who helps in writing & expression. Brings the ability of writing abilities & an inspiration of new ideas. Elemeniah: Watches over those who travel on waters. Works on going with the flow & releasing ones fear. Gabriel: Help aspirations,wishes & hopes. Also joy, mercy, truth, justice, miracles, & Love. Gavreel: Helps you make peace with enemies. Also encourages mental balance & peace of mind. Haamiah: Especially protective of those who seek truth. Helps you stand up, be strong & live this truth. Hael: Angel who inspires art, beauty, mercy & kindness. Helps you work on higher expression. Hahatah: Inspires positive and Loving thoughts. Also gives insight into mysteries & hidden knowledge. Harahel: Protects libraries, archives & places of learning. Protective of those who pursue knowledge & learning. Hariel: In charge of protecting domestic animals. Great for your domestic totem animal. Hayyel: Protects wild animals. Helps them from extinction Protection of your own animal totem. Iahhel: Watches over philosophers, fosters meditation. Protects those who seek a withdrawal from worldly pursuits. Israfel: Angel of music inspires singing, playing musical instruments & writing music. Renewal, resurrection, regeneration. Jehiel: Especially protective of wild animals. Helps you find and protect your power animal. Liwet: An angel who presides over inventions. Protective of those who have original ideas & thoughts. Manakel: Protects and guides sea animals. Helps clean the ocean & will assist in awakening your inner emotions. Metatron: Powerful arch angel of prayer. Grants the prayer of total divine transformation. Mihr: An angel of platonic love, friendship, & companionship. Attracts loyal friends or heals relationships. Mtniel: Helps protect wild animals from extinction. Helps you find your personal animal protector. Mumiah: Presides over longevity & can grant long life. Helps one find your inner, playful, child. Mupiel: Fosters memory & a tolerant, live and let live attitude. Inspires generosity & open heartedness. Nemamiah: Guardian of those who fight for good causes. Inspires victory over the lower material nature to become divine. Orifiel: Protects the wilderness & those who care for it. Inspires the inner self to be free. Rampel: Protector of the river of life. Opens and frees one to the inner flow of the universe. Radueriel: Inspires one to create and sing songs. Helps one tap into the divine harmony within. Rhamiel: Empathy, kindness, mercy, Love, protection & compassion. Inspires one to become compassionate in life. Sachiel: Presides over water. Helps one get in touch with intuitive powers. Sandalphon: Especially receptive to all prayers. Grants prayers of higher truth, healing & that of pure Love. Samandiriel: Inspires creativity & vivid imagination. Helps one develop artistic, creative & imaginative abilities. Shekinah: Female angel of liberation & freedom. Always close by your side & is especially healing of body, mind & spirit. Shemael: Inspires feeling of gratitude & thankfulness in the heart. Helps one grow closer to all angels & higher self. Sofiel: In charge of keeping fruits and vegetables. Inspires one to get in touch with the Earth in an essential way. Taharial: Angel of purity. Helps one purify or cleanse your thoughts, spirit, or surroundings. Trgiaol: An angel who protects wild birds. Helps one develop the wings to fly Whenever you hear a bird, he is near. Trsiel: An angel who protects rivers. Inspires the flow of Divine emotions to run in the veins. Uriel: Female angel who inspires singing. Helps one open to their creative inner musical flow. Uretil: One who inspires writing. Inspires you to find the correct flow of your ability. Vohumanah: This angel encourages you to think positive & have optimistic outlook. Transforms negative and worried thoughts. Zuphlas: Protects & guards forests and trees. Pray to this angel to save rainforest. Inspires one to be as strong as a tree. Zadkiel: A special angel of mercy. Opens you up to your inner Divine powers and abilities. ________________________ / \ o O | Wonder what folks are | `\|||/ | doing over at LegendMUD?| (o o) \________________________/ ooO_(_)_Ooo________________________________________________________________ _____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|___ __|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| ___ ___ \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| / /__| LEGENDITES: Information Regarding the People of Our World |__\ '------------------------------------------------------------------' Clan News: The Defenders of the Old Code were formed October 17th. The Underground was formed October 13th. The Dred Pyrats were formed October 12th. The Horsemen of the Apocolypse were disbanded by Centaur. The Dark Enforcers were disbanded by Aginor. There is currently one free clan slot available for a new clan to form. (*) (*) (*) Errata Fred dumb. Fred thought that Marcel and Mitra were getting married in December. Fred wrong. Fred don't know when that happens. Fred confused. Fred needs more coffee. (*) (*) (*) An Invitation To those among us who stand for freedom: Do you tire of the endless debates of light against dark, good against evil? Does your heart seek a circle where the full spectrum of life is appreciated and respected? You need not turn one part of yourself against the rest, you need not adhere yourself to the right or to the left, to the north or to the south, though the opposing sides might demand that you do so. There is a third way, the way of balance. Night follows day, and turns into night once more. Even in the brightest light, a slender leaf can cast a shadow. Even in the deepest night, a single candle can light the way. Dust fuses into stars, and they burn brightly and then return to dust. A violet forces its way up between the cobblestones. The cycle of being continues. And yet there are those who would seek to upset this cycle, those who oppose the ordered flow between dark and light, between birth and death. Scrambling for supremacy, they trample upon the joy of others in pursuit of their own ends. There is more. The enemies of freedom and the destroyers of order walk among us, demanding that we choose as they have chosen, forcing their will upon us with criminal disrespect. If your heart cries out for you to defend the way of balance, then you may have heard the call of the Goddess. If you have heard her call, and wish to heed it, then I seek only to remind you that her circle is open to you. As there must be balance in the world, so also must there be balance in Her circle. Our members vary in their occupations and in the composition of their hearts, but each one can expect guidance, assistance, respect, and affection, from all the rest. If these words have awakened a positive response in you, I encourage you to contact us in whatever method you find most convenient. Our circle is maintained by the Lord Marcel Alexander, and I am certain that you will find him a willing and intelligent listener. Sincerely yours in Her joy, Aisha bint Aisha bint Zubaida al-Saida Princess of Zanzibar {Coven} (*) (*) (*) Description Change As I approach my middle years, I have been pondering my appearance, and have come to realize that it no longer reflects my personality. As I have a reputation for crankiness and for outspokenness I feel the following appearance is a more accurate description - short : a cranky middle-aged doctor long : a cranky middle-aged doctor is polishing her soapbox Tarn <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> The Return of Hastur McDougan by August Derleth Or, the McDougan Report, with extra Lovecraftian Gods McDougans Och, weel, I'm ashured tha' the title ish hoomouroush, thoo I dunna get the jooke. Shuffishe tae shae, me shon Hashtur'sh back. Oh, and m' wife Katarina. And m'broother, Shtick, thoo he'sh been back a while. Oh, and m' oother shon.... nnd... Perhapsh I shauld shlow doon Hashtur'sh the one wha keepsh track o' the McDougan family tree, but a shimplified vershion would luke shomething like thish: Parents Unknown, but I wash raished by the MacPhearsoms ______________________________ I I I I Katarina -- McDougan Stick Tom O'Bedlam Arathon _______ I__________________ I I I I I I I I I I I HumaHasturRanaFlintKeymistressSkyFleaEileenBraveheartLemmingAlainaStraussySi lencio... And that'sh nae even all m'bairns... Then ye getsh tae the Grandcheeldren, nnd ye can geeve oop. I dunnae ken hoo Hastur keepsh track. And Shome are adopted, shoom are nae... Och, tae coonfooshing. Anyway, nae aul the McDougansh shtill keep een tooch. Boot shoom I had thoot were losht hae reteerned! Nnd tha' doesh an auld lad happy, ash I wash wrrried I wadnae shee them again. Och, aye! Ash weel, twa mair ladsh weer inducted intae the clan, and Shtraushy wash reminded tha' he wash one, the donnart coof. Ye hae tae leeeve feer shiksh bloody moonthsh, and their brainsh leek oot o' their headsh froom lack o' being prop'ly pickled in there. Hoo ye frrrget the induction sheremony, I dunnae ken, boot I shupposhe it coomsh wi' nae dreenking. M'wife forgoot aboot her'sh ash weel. Tom O'Bedlam and Braveheart will nae be familiar tae any o' ye wha hae been able tae fooloo. Aye, twash a glorioush day when they were inducted, the day of the family finally getting weel-desherved offishial recognitioon. Auldesht family aboot heer, and we loshe oot tae newer orginishatioonsh and shtrange druidsh. Oh, wait, thash the Anglesheysh, and theer guid, boot wha aboot the knightsh... wha shoom o' me shonsh joined... aul right, sae theersh a lot o' guidly groopsh o' ladsh oot theer. But we're aulder and droonker than all o' ye! For ye ladsh wha dunnae ken ush, (imagine me glaring shternly at ye, pleashe) we are a clan dedicated tae morality, honour, and being droonk off our arshe. We can dae wi'oot the firsht twa shoomtimesh. Hic! Och, boot I digresh. Aye, we goot ofishial recognitioon, and enoof o' ush weer aboot tae bring twa properly droonk ladsh eentae the clan. Admittedly, the shwordsh in the sheremony were held by rather unshteady handsh, and having them tooched tae ye shouldersh cauld reshult in deep cutsh, but naeun wash keeled like lasht time. Hic! joosht kidding. Booth the ladsh shwore an oath of allegianshe and aul ish weel. Sae, thash wha'sh happened in the clan thish week. May ye shtill ne'er run dry oon ye, and oonteel nesht time, dreenk a pint o' shtrong ushquebeg at eveery oppurtunitchy. <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> A Misdirected Letter A battered, cream-colored envelope fluttered into the offices today. The corner which normally bears the return address was torn away, almost as if by a set of teeth. A postal mark of "Addressee Left No Forwarding Address: Return to Sender" obscures the original address, but the city clearly reads "Pittsburgh". The contents read as follows: My Beloved, It is with much fear and sadness that I write these words to you. I have not seen you in many weeks, except in strange dreams and twisted visions, which serve only to increase my terror. Your absence is strange and confusing. I have combed the globe in search of you, and found no trace, only whispers of something dark and cruel. I have wandered the rim of time itself to find some sign of you, and again, my efforts have been in vain. I cannot believe that you would willingly leave my side, and so my anxiety increases with each passing day. I have decided to venture into the one place left to search, a realm you said you would never enter again. I am forced to believe that something has forced you from my side, whether 'tis some dark force or some strange madness, I do not know. If this letter reaches you, then I ask you to stay near to somewhere that I can find you easily. Do not come to look for me, for I will surely return. I place myself at relatively little risk, but the risk to you would be grave. I have sent this letter to all the places I've known you to frequent, and I hope one of them will find its way to your hands. Truly yours, Aisha <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> <-I-> A Strange Contract A legal contract from Darla has the following message written on it: I, Cordelia Chase of Intempesta Nox, being of sound mind and really sound body, do hereby surrender my immortal soul to Lord Marcel Alexander. In exchange, Lord Alexander shall deliver to Lady Drusilla or Lady Darla of Intempesta Nox, no less than 6 ounces of his own blood, in a receptacle suitable for long term storage of caustic liquids. Failure to do so within on week of receiving this document will result in the violent extraction of all his blood. Don't think we can't! signed, Cordelia Chase (The red ink used on the document looks suspiciously like blood. Even mo suspicious, the handwriting appears to be Darla's.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Legendary Times is published by the immortals of LegendMUD. Please send all replies, additions, or corrections to our address at [email protected] for inclusion in the next edition. We, however, reserve the right to moderate this discussion, and may object to some submissions. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=