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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= .............._______ ............./ / THE LEGENDARY TIMES ............/ / .........../ /.....______.._____.....______.._____.......____ ........../ /...../ /./ \.../ /./ \...../ \ ........./ /...../ ___/./ ____/../ ___/./ __. \.../ /\ \ ......../ /...../ /_.../ /....../ /_.../ /..\ >./ /./ / ......./ /...../ __/../ /____../ __/../ /.../ /./ /./ / ....../ /_____/__/__../ \_\ /./ /__../ /.../ /./ /_/ / ...../ / /./ /./ /./ /.../ /./ / ..../ /_/..\______/./_____/./__/.../__/./_______/ MUD .../________________/ running on bashful.cc.utexas.edu 9999 128.83.108.17 9999 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= //www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/johnmil/legend/legend.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOLUME TWO, ISSUE TWENTY-SEVEN June 16, 1995 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BE SURE TO WISH YOUR DAD A HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!!!! ***************************** YET ANOTHER !!LONG!! ISSUE ...:/:[ CONTENTS ]:\:... - Various code updates - - Notes on clanning - - New logo at the WWW site - - Fund raising update - SOCIAL EVENTS - Clan Updates - - The Dark Lord Claims Another Victim - - Keiko and Kendrick Spar - - Lots of Weddings - - The Return of Some Old Faces - =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= UPDATES REPORT (from Ptah) The mud has been crashing a lot lately because of some bugs related to the new menu system. We apologize for all the inconvenience; many of the bugs have been a lot nastier than expected (all we can tell you is to avoid going over rent and save early and often). Ptah is continuing to work on the bugs; hopefully he’ll find them all in the near future. In the mean time, an update was installed on the 14th. Here's a list of the changes: - No update rooms are truly no update now. This means that you will not lose hps to bleeding nor heal from bleeding while in the ooc, will not get drunk there, will not be poisoned there, etc. - Ranged yells have had the bugs fixed in them, while the debate rages on about them. In the meantime, they should at least work properly. - immortals and mobs now get the original unranged message - immortals yelling are always audible - processor usage on yells has been reduced by around 90% - the distances should be properly calculated now, so you should only get muffled yells on rare occasions - The bug with cooking should be fixed now. Had better be. Darnit. :P And if we find people using it to crash the mud, we'll be ruthless. - Hellebore (the herb) no longer blesses. - Some internal, non-chantable spells were added to give temporary boosts to mind, dexterity, constitution, spirit, and perception. These spells can now show up on foods and drinks, on wands, and other such places. - Getting autorented now completely disconnects you from the mud; this is 1/2 of the solution to the frequent crashes lately. - I think I found the cause of the odd behavior with sustained breath. Give it a try and let me know. - Make staff has had several adjustments made to it. - the dexterity stat prereq has been lowered by 15 points - low dex means a chance of cutting yourself and setting yourself to bleeding in the process of making a staff - all the various staves are now lighter (they still aren't junking, but Ptah's working on it!) - Throwing and shooting and scanning through closed doors is no longer possible. - The stone club should now have the correct bonuses. - The wall spells should take directions properly now. They only pay attention to the first letter of the direction you give, so feel free to aim them n, s, w, e, u, d. - Whisper is fixed so that it gives messages in the right order and doesn't give your own whispers back to you. So is ask. - The minimum damage on a successful blow will now be 1, no more missed blows from doing 0 damage - Characters who are sitting out on the menus are no longer updated. This should solve the other half of the crashing problem. - The who menu at the entry no longer lists off everyone, only immortals. - Just a reminder, as always, you can LOOK IN LAMP to see how much oil is left. NOTES ON CLANNING (also from Ptah) There was a little incident recently that hinged upon who has the authority to get a person clanned. The answer is simple: ONLY the guildmaster has the authority to ask that a person be clanned. The person in question may approach the immortals to be clanned, as long as the gm has given prior approval of the individual to the immorts. There have been cases of other clan members acting as 'deputies' or 'acting GMs'. This is for cases when the actual GM is absent from the mud for an extended period of time. There have been two ways of doing this: - the acting GM is actually set as GM with the guildmaster flag, and the previous GM is then made a normal clan member. This is used in cases of extended absences. The normal GMship can then be restored after the absence ends. You must, of course, get an immortal to change the flags for you. - the GM retains the gm flag, but names someone to act on his or her behalf. This is done for shorter absences. In this case, the immortals MUST be notified as to who the individual is. And there can only be one person thus identified as the acting GM. Finally, if you have some sort of standing arrangement whereby a given person is assumed to be the second in charge--notify the immortals, and of course, as with all clan policies, notify the whole clan. And when GMship changes, let everyone know who the second is, whether it has changed or not. If you do not, it will be assumed that you as new GM are indeed the sole person in charge. Note that under neither circumstance does a second have the ability to clan if the GM just happens to not be online at the time. This is for cases of extended absence from the mud ONLY. To my knowledge there are no current 'acting gms' in any of the clans. But I do know that some GMs intend to be absent soon, and they should contact an immortal and make arrangements ASAP, or possibly be removed from gmship during their absence, just so someone is at the wheel. -Ptah HOMEPAGE UPDATE (also brought to you by Ptah ;) The Legend homepage now sports a thumbnail picture of the LegendMUD logo that was going to go on the t-shirts. Anyone with graphical browsers can see the picture as an online image by going to the MUD URL: http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/Web/People/johnmil/legend/legend.html We hope to have a fullsize version of the image available soon as well. ':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':': ':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':':' FUND DRIVE UPDATE Thanks to the donations that have come in (and an advance from Sadist), Legend will be acquiring a new machine, very soon!!! According to Ptah, we'll probably be getting "a 486K and lots of RAM" sometime next week. However, we still need to keep up the fund raising. As we’ve mentioned before, an anonymous player has pledged to match ANY donations made by players (non IMMs) up to the sum of $200. Thus, your donation will essentially be DOUBLED. If you can send a dollar, it will count as $2! If you can only send $25, it'll count as $50! Please make this generous person's gift worthwhile by doubling our efforts to get a new site for LegendMUD. Current status: TOTAL CASH IN HAND: $1110 up by $225 TOTAL DONORS: 18 up by 6 ROUGH TOTAL PLEDGED: $1110 up by $50 TOTAL PLEDGES: 21 unchanged AVERAGE DONATION: $62 Items donated: a 200mb hard drive a monitor a keyboard We suggest that those who have the money burning a hole in their pocket go ahead and send the checks directly to the following address and we will get the letters out to them as soon as we can, perhaps even crossing in the mail. This is the address to send donations to: (make checks payable to Raphael and Kristen Koster) Raph and Kristen Koster University Station PO Box 1114 Tuscaloosa AL 35486-1114 USA If you are an overseas donor who cannot write a check in US Dollars, please email us at [email protected]. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ________________________ / \ o O | Wonder what folks are | `\|||/ | doing over at LegendMud? | (o o) \________________________/ ooO_(_)_Ooo_____________________________________________________________ _____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| __|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|___ _____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| CLAN UPDATES The Hermetics held a secret meeting some two weeks ago to elect a new GM. After much deliberation, they chose Zandy to lead them. Although Zandy had declared himself Rogue in the past few weeks, he apparently returned to the fold to take up the burden of leadership for his folk. What exactly Zandy will adopt as his new Hermetic policies is yet unknown...the Hermetics remain as elusive as ever... The Knights have also undergone a shift in leadership. After Khelleck, the long standing GM of the Knights, announced his upcoming retirement, Birdy became acting Guild Master. However, a few days later, Dominic succeeded Khelleck as GM, whereupon Birdy promptly resigned from the Knights, citing long standing philosophical differences between herself and them. In the midst of all these changes, Lirra, a prominent Hermetic, transferred her clan allegiance from the Hermetics to the Knights. War continues to brew between Kiera and the Order of the Scroll. Reportedly, Kiera's latest demand to OTS members is three million gold coins and a trans mob named after her. Reportedly, Kiera has killed Shelby, Dagney, and Greyscot on at least one occasion and been killed once herself (to see the current “score,” check out Kiera’s title). The OTS is also heard to have “accidentally” attacked Mercenary, although this allegation could not be verified at press time. In other clan news, the Dark Lord (also known as "Our Lord of the Dark, Sucking Sounds") gained yet another victim....er....convert: And it came to pass that on a day most dark and drear and positivley reeking of elevator music, that the people of Legend had yet another unearthly visitation, one that squished and blooshed, and also spoke in annoying all caps. And thus saith the Dark Lord, "MALORN! THE TIME IS NEAR"....and the saith Malorn most eloquently, "Me?" Fearing the worst, Connel cried out "Och no!!!! not him!!!!!""Now?," asked Malorn rather plaintively, while No impatiently demanded of this Dark Lord "You know who i am yet?" Responding, perhaps, to No’s question, Ford called out "Bill Gates? Only dark lord I know of.." Meanwhile, the Dark Lord continued his call to the woeful Malorn, "YES, YOU. THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOU TO SUBMIT TO MY MASTERY! SIMPLY PERMIT ME TO ATTACH MY SUCKERS UPON YOUR SOUL, AND YOU SHALL BE MINE." Malorn sighed and replied "already?...... i... guess" No snorted, and retorted "You guess? this is an honor!" He whapped Malorn. Malorn, reeling from No's blow, asked his would-be lord "will it hurt?" "I am sure it is a great honor," he continued, "I was just surprised so soon..." "OF COURSE IT HURTS," the Dark Lord thundered, "WHY WOULD I BOTHER DOING SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T HURT?" "Because you're a nice Dark Lord?," No helpfully suggested. A dark silence fell, and then there was a wet sort of sniffling sound "I AM SO A NICE DARK LORD!," was the reply. "I GIVE TO THE UNITED WAY, I SENT JERRY LEWIS MONEY LAST TIME I SAW HIM, AND I EVEN MAKE A POINT OF MOVING WORMS I SEE ON THE SIDEWALK INTO THE GRASS." The Dark Lord paused for a moment. "Aha, Jerry Lee Lewis is in league with the devil!," Uzrok triumphantly cried, while Greyscot gasped "You interacted with Jerry Lewis. That IS dark!" The Dark Lord continued on "WHY, I EVEN LISTEN TO BARRY MANILOW!" "NOOOOOOOOOOO" wailed Connel,".....NOT BARRY!!!! Somewhat absently, No, ever the faithful Anti-Paladin remarked "I like barry (sometimes when REALLY drunk)." Meanwhile, Malorn steeled himself to accept his fate. Gulping, he called out to the darkness, "I am ready, Dark Lord."And then, because even in his fear, he couldn't resist wondering about the mechanicis of the process, Malorn asked "So where exactly do these suction cups attach?" The Dark Lord answered his query by ordering "MALORN, BARE THY FOREHEAD, FOR IT WILL BE THERE THAT MY SUCKER SHALL ATTACH AND INVESTIGATE THY INNER SOUL." Malorn quietly groaned. "I knew it was gonna be the face." "Better than some other places," replied No, and Malorn agreed: "I can think of worse, yes." Parrilyn thoughtfully frowned and said "I dunno about that." No raised his eyebrows and said "It would hurt." Parrilyn chuckled politely. "Depends on how skilled the DL is" and checked for a Hoover sticker on the Dark Lord. Peering up into the darkness, Malorn offered himself to the Dark Lord: "I dof my helmet to thee Dark Lord." The Dark Lord peered carefully at Malorn's exposed brow and ordered "MOVE THAT LAST WISP OF HAIR TOO." "Oh yeah," mumbled Malorn, and having complied with the Dark Lord's wishes, closed his eyes. "MUCH BETTER," declared the Dark Lord, and settled down to the job. All over the MUD, a huge THWOCKING sound was heard as the Dark Lord literally sucked Malorn’s soul, the very core of his ethical being, from out of his skull. As the process continued, the *thwock* turned into an odd sort of *thschieeeoooup* sound. Finally, the Dark Lord happily exclaimed "AHHH" while poor Malorn screamed "OUCH!!!!!" "Eeeuuuwww" said Tad,"... yuck." No agreed, grateful that his own initiation as an Anti-Paladin had been less...graphic. Malorn groaned."Ewww is right.... this is a wierd" Thoughtfully, he peered upwards. "Is the sky supposed to turn purple?" A loud dampish *sproingy* sound was heard. "YUMMY," the Dark Lord beamed,. "YOUR SOUL IS PERFECT." The Dark Lord reconsidered. "WELL, NOT PERFECT. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR PERFECTION." "MALORN, It suggested in a wheedling tone, "I CAN PUT SOME WHIPPED CREAM IN THERE, IF YOU WANT. IMPROVE MATTERS A LITTLE. AND YOU WON'T HARDLY BE ABLE TO TELL IT APART FROM YOUR ORIGINAL BRAINS, EVEN." Malorn pondered briefly. "Naw," he decided, "I think i will keep what’s there ... cream rots." "SO DOES WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE. IT JUST TAKES LONGER," retorted the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord straightened Its posture a somewhat and went into the swearing in bit. "MALORN, " IT CALLED, "PLEDGE YOUR LOYALTY NOW AND FOREVER TO THE DARK LORD! Solemnly, Malorn murmered "I Pledge My soul now and Forever to The Dark Lord..." "IT IS DONE!," proclaimed the Dark Lord, "YOU ARE MY ANTIPALADIN, MALORN, NOW AND FOREVER. MY STIGMA IS UPON YOUR SOUL! MY STAIN UPON YOUR PSYCHE! MY RING AROUND YOUR TUB! NASTY MILDEW IN THOSE HARD TO REACH PLACES!" "RESISTANCE IS USELESS, MALORN!" called out Ford in a vaguely Borg-ian tone of voice. "Wow," remarked Seven, marveling in what he had just witnessed. "Ew..." said Malorn, "thats a strange feeling." He blinked a bit as he tried to adjust to his new moral orientation. "Dontcha hate when that happens?" Penthus offered helpfully. "YOU CAN HAVE YOUR BRAIN BACK NOW, IF YOU LIKE," declared the Dark Lord. Brains were occasionally useful, but its fridge was full. "Yeah i will take the brains back," replied Malorn. The Dark Lord *plotched* the brains back where they had came from, though not in quite the same orientation as they had had before. Oh well, It thought, humans didn't really seem to know the difference. Malorn smiled. "uhhh thanks.... much better," he told the Dark Lord. "THERE.," grunted the Dark Lord, "LEMME JUST... nnng... GET THIS ... argh... SUCKER OFF YOUR... agh... FACE..." It groaned loudly "NNNggg!" In turn, Malorn screamed "arrgh!!!!!" The Dark Lord panted and solemnly intoned "Dammit." However, It ultimately succeeded in getting free. "Can i have that eye back?," asked Malorn. Embarrassed, the Dark Lord replied "OOPS SORRY." and splootched the eye back in. "Ouch," exclaimed Malorn.."thanks," he added. The Dark Lord considered its handiwork. "HERE," it said, "LET ME TURN THAT RIGHT SIDE UP FOR YOU." "ahhhhhhhhhh," exclaimed Malorn in relief. The Dark Lord gave the eye a final *squoeeerk.* "Thanks again, oh great Dark Lord," the new Anti-Paladin gratefully called. The Dark Lord smiled a squishy smile. "ALL BETTER," it intoned. "GO FORTH, MY ANTIPALADIN! DO MY WILL!" "Always Dark Lord," replied Malorn. "JUST REMEMBER, the Dark Lord continued, "DO NOT BE TAKEN IN BY FALSE PROPHETS! YOU AND YOU ALONE UNDERSTAND MY TRUE DESIRES!" "Yes Dark Lord," Malorn dutifully replied. Them squinting up at the sky again, he demanded "Is the sky gonna turn back to blue soon?" The Dark Lord pondered. "ERM," he said, "I UNDERSTAND OIL OF BOGGLE GALL BLADDER IS GREAT FOR RIPPED OPTIC NERVES. GIVE IT A TRY. WOULDN'T WANT THAT SQUINT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. AND IT'LL FIX THE COLOR TOO." The Dark Lord peered at Its Anti-Paladin. "HMM. I GUESS YOU'D HAVE TO POP THAT EYE OUT AGAIN TO REACH IT THOUGH. LEMME JUST REACH IN THERE WITH MY SUCKER..." "Oh..." said Malorn, just realizing the loss of certain items, "...will my eyelashes grow back?" "NO IDEA." replied the Dark Lord cheerfully, "NEVER HAD TO DEAL WITH EYELASHES BEFORE, I USUALLY RIPPED THE WHOLE EYELID OFF. AND I DON'T HAVE EYELASHES MYSELF, SO......". The Dark Lord’s voice trailed off. "OH WELL, IF WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, I GUESS I HAVE SOME DINNER ON THE STOVE..." the Dark Lord announced. "Have a good dinner Dark Lord," said Its Anti-Paladin. "Who's for dinner," queried Bregan, as the Dark Lord *plotched* and *popped* its way back home to its stove and dinner. The sounds grew dimmer and faded into the distance. Suddenly a loud shout was heard. "DARN," blasted the Dark Lord, "BURNED MY GUPPIES AGAIN. TIME TO ORDER OUT SUSHI AGAIN. SEE YA." ************ The Anti-Paladins were also active in the PK arena in the past week. Augustus reportedly attacked Sir Parneb in the Knight's Hall and was vanquished by his would-be victim. While Augustus and Parneb were debating the eventual fate of Augustus' equipment, the mud crashed. In apparent retaliation for the loss of his equipment, Augustus later killed both Sir Parneb and Sir Crowe. In a later incident, Sir Dominic, the Knightly GM, was harried by a group of Anti's which included Augustus, No, and Moira.However, Dominic successfully eluded his pursuers, and peace returned to Legend. Augustus also made PK news when he won a duel with Mercenary (reportedly, quite handily). ******************** ROLE PLAY MELODRAMAS (and other Assorted Messes) Once upon a time, we all were dreadfully concerned about the "lack" of role play on Legend. Various discussions were held in the OOC about "Improving Your Role Play" and "Thirty Days to a More Vibrant IC Persona." However, this much lamented state of affairs has since been happily (or at least chaotically) remedied. The past few weeks have been particularly rambunctious. Shortly after the impromptu wedding of Lark and Kendrick, Lark announced the happy news that she and Kendrick were expecting to become parents. However, many reacted to her joyful news rather unexpectedly, and soon bizarre and fearsome rumors were in the land which suggested that Lark's child be paternally related to the Dark Lord and/or to stuffed animals of the rabbit variety. Understandingly, Lark reacted to these accusations with an angry (and straight forward) denial. However, that was not to be the last word on the debate, and soon, many other unsuspecting (and/or absent) bystanders were drawn into the ruckus: Kendrik: any bees out there? Keiko: of course there are Kendrik: for sale silly Keiko: don't call me silly, you're the one who's wife got pregnant to the dark lord. Samuel Norton: Who's been impregnated by the dark lord?? Enigo: Moira, I think Kendrik: no-one I impregnated my wife Keiko: No is the father of Lark's baby!?! Dagney: WHAT? Keiko: I knew something was up! Kendrik: HA , that would be the day Lark: WHAT!? Keiko: No must have been acting on the Dark Lord's behalf Kendrik: as I was saying before so rudely LD, No has enough problems with his drunk of a fiance. Keiko: You take that back - oh why bother, I'll just archive it. Enigo: He's not satisfying her enough, huh? Kendrik: well, it wasn't me that got trashed and killed Aug twice yesterday Lark: what are you talking about? that only person i have ever been with is Kendrik. Dagney: wait a minute, Lark's carrying the dark lord's child, keiko claims that No is the father, Samuel Norton is flirting with lark, the elementals and mobs have taken over the chat channel? What next? Samuel Norton: am not! I just offered her a safe haven away from the chittering of prying eyes. Keiko: I'd start wildly retracting things Kenny poo Kendrik: Why, Moira has no probs with me Keiko: Calling Moira names is a sure way to die. Repeatedly. Keiko: I have problems with you calling my sister names. Lark: he did not call her a name Keiko: he called her a drunk and insinuated that it was a problem for No Keiko: and Ken, I may be unclanned, but I can still tell No what you said. Lark: she did get drunk yesterday. Auggie made her Keiko: I don't care if you don't tell him, I will. Lark: and she did kill auggie twice Kendrik: it will be a problem for No if he finds out, and Hey she is a drunk, she just has to stop listening to aug Keiko: My sister is NOT a drunk. Kendrik: like I said, I am not telling No Malorn: is auggie a bad guy? Lark: not when she made it know public Keiko: I am telling No. Dagney: And next on "The Days of our Legend..." Kendrik: So You are gonna tell No that Aug got Moira drunk? Lark: I thought is was "As legend Turns" Keiko: No I am going to relate what you said about Moira and No. Kendrik: well, then my only recourse will be to tell No why I said that Keiko: no dearie, your only recourse will be to go 'blub blub' or 'bleed quietly' Kendrik: look, Moira has a drinking prob, she needs to learn control Dagney: ack! Keiko: It is none of your business ken. Kendrik: It is when she blabs about it all over chat Keiko: It still is not your place to go broadcasting stuff about Moira. Keiko: Or No Kendrik: oh, but she can broadcast drunkeness all over the place? Kendrik: I have not a problem with them, I have a problem with you, talking of my wife knave Keiko: eh? who's a knave? Kendrik: you Keiko: I sorta thought that was a manly sort of term. Ego: Knavette? Keiko: You calling me a man, Ken? Kendrik: hmm, the term I would use is not liked on this mud, not nice Keiko: Use what ever term you think you can Kenny poo. Kendrik: but that would be insulting to the wolves in Eire anyway Kendrik: I will not stop, this wench has insulted my wife Keiko: *peer* Knave? Wench? Gee you guys must have graduated 3rd grade. Kendrik: Keiko is real big nothing; she cannot clan Keiko: Ooooh wow. So I can't be anything if I am not clanned? Gosh. Kendrik: well, it is about as brave as a unclanned char calling the DL a guppy Keiko: Ken you aren't worth clanning over.... Keiko has since apologized to all concerned for her misconstruing of Kendrick's remark regarding the paternity of his unborn child (well, almost all...she missed Lark). Apparently Keiko got carried away with the rhetoric of the moment. In turn, Kendrick apologized to Moira for calling her a drunk and spent days searching for the snowcone that she demanded as a sign of penance. Even so, all sorts of nasty after shocks continued to echo around Legend..some folks even started to speculate whether the Dark Lord might not have chosen to er....sow his oats closer to home, so to speak (in other words, had the Dark Lord called on an Anti instead of Lark?). And why were Augustus and Moira, that would-be succubus, spending so much time together anyway? At any rate, it seems that the whole mess probably won't do much good for the (late?) friendship between Lark and Moira. In response to all the assorted nastiness that has occurred, Lark declared "I am sorry for everything that happened with Moira...I can't take it back or make it up. I am goin' on with my life..I am going to try to get my life back on track and raise a child with the man I love." Keiko was involved in still more high drama this past week, though not in person. Apparently, Malorn, of the recently sucked out soul, said something nasty about Keiko, and her good friend Peleg took exception to it. Various threats were publicly exchanged on chat; the result being that they held a duel. Since Peleg won, Malorn had to apologize for whatever it was that he said. ***************** VARIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS Sir Crowe and Willow were wed this past week at a ceremony presided over by Parrilyn. Other newlyweds include Sir Kendrick and Lark, who were married at an impromptu service conducted by Llew (they assure their friends that they'll have a more formal ceremony at a later date). This round of Knightly matrimony is rounded off by Dominic's recent announcement that Lirra had accepted his proposal of marriage. Ptah reports that Branwen & Aneirin & Aramis are back! And, he notes, "we had a visit from Moonpile, the guy who got us all into mudding in the first place..." On a more mournful note, it is your editor's melancholy duty to report that passing hence of Khelleck from among us into the Hall of Legends. Khelleck, who achieved level 50 some time months ago and led the Knights for nearly a year, is a well known and respected figure on Legend. He will be missed greatly. Dagney, that Silver Bard, also chose to end her Legend career. Her going hence was followed by a big celebration (a Legend form of the traditional wake). Word has it that Imur inherited her legendary black net stockings. She too will be greatly missed by many of us here. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Legendary Times is put out by the gods of LegendMUD. Please send all replies/additions to [email protected] for inclusion in the next edition. We, however, reserve the right to moderate this discussion, and may object to some submissions. 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