<?xml version="1.0"?>
<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en">
	<id>http://legendarytimes.org/index.php?action=history&amp;feed=atom&amp;title=Volume_Eight_Issue_Eleven</id>
	<title>Volume Eight Issue Eleven - Revision history</title>
	<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://legendarytimes.org/index.php?action=history&amp;feed=atom&amp;title=Volume_Eight_Issue_Eleven"/>
	<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://legendarytimes.org/index.php?title=Volume_Eight_Issue_Eleven&amp;action=history"/>
	<updated>2026-04-10T02:54:48Z</updated>
	<subtitle>Revision history for this page on the wiki</subtitle>
	<generator>MediaWiki 1.35.2</generator>
	<entry>
		<id>http://legendarytimes.org/index.php?title=Volume_Eight_Issue_Eleven&amp;diff=217&amp;oldid=prev</id>
		<title>Mertjai: Created page with &quot; &lt;nowiki&gt; =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=  .............._______  ............./     /            THE LEGENDARY TIMES   ..............&quot;</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://legendarytimes.org/index.php?title=Volume_Eight_Issue_Eleven&amp;diff=217&amp;oldid=prev"/>
		<updated>2018-03-24T07:25:08Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot; &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt; =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=  .............._______  ............./     /            THE LEGENDARY TIMES   ..............&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
 .............._______&lt;br /&gt;
 ............./     /            THE LEGENDARY TIMES &lt;br /&gt;
 ............/     /             &lt;br /&gt;
 .........../     /.....______.._____.....______.._____.......____&lt;br /&gt;
 ........../     /...../     /./     \.../     /./     \...../    \&lt;br /&gt;
 ........./     /...../  ___/./  ____/../  ___/./  __.  \.../  /\  \&lt;br /&gt;
 ......../     /...../  /_.../  /....../  /_.../  /..\   &amp;gt;./  /./  /&lt;br /&gt;
 ......./     /...../  __/../  /____../  __/../  /.../  /./  /./  /&lt;br /&gt;
 ....../     /_____/__/__../  \_\  /./  /__../  /.../  /./  /_/  /&lt;br /&gt;
 ...../               / /./       /./     /./  /.../  /./       /&lt;br /&gt;
 ..../               /_/..\______/./_____/./__/.../__/./_______/ MUD&lt;br /&gt;
 .../________________/      running on         mud.legendmud.org 9999&lt;br /&gt;
                                                  64.7.5.163     9999&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
http://www.legendmud.org/                       ftp://ftp.legendmud.org/pub&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
VOLUME EIGHT, ISSUE ELEVEN                                    June 14, 2001&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                           TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
                           Calendar of Events&lt;br /&gt;
                           &lt;br /&gt;
                       NEWS, REPORTS, &amp;amp; UPDATES&lt;br /&gt;
                         May Connection Analysis&lt;br /&gt;
                             RPing by Area&lt;br /&gt;
                          &lt;br /&gt;
                             LEGENDITES&lt;br /&gt;
                            Announcements&lt;br /&gt;
                              Clan News&lt;br /&gt;
                       From Light Into Darkness&lt;br /&gt;
                    The Difficulties of Leadership&lt;br /&gt;
            More pages from the diary of Edric of the Wulf&lt;br /&gt;
        I HATE IT HERE - a weekly column by Spider Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;
                           Changing of beliefs&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
___                                                                        ___&lt;br /&gt;
\  |----------------------------------------------------------------------|  /&lt;br /&gt;
/__|  LegendMUD Calendar of Events                                        |__\&lt;br /&gt;
   '----------------------------------------------------------------------'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
           [All times are system time unless otherwise specified]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                    -|- -|- -|- -|- June -|- -|- -|- -|-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  Friday,   June 15      8:00 pm         Chaykin's Complete the Sentence&lt;br /&gt;
  Saturday, June 16          Druid &amp;amp; Herbalist Appreciation Day&lt;br /&gt;
  Thursday, June 21      7:00 pm         Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
___                                                                        ___&lt;br /&gt;
\  |----------------------------------------------------------------------|  /&lt;br /&gt;
/__|  News, Reports, and Updates!                                         |__\&lt;br /&gt;
   '----------------------------------------------------------------------'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                    LegendMUD Connection Analysis&lt;br /&gt;
                              May 2001&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                       Peak Mortal Players 63&lt;br /&gt;
                         Average Peak was 48&lt;br /&gt;
                    Peak PKOK Enabled Players 36&lt;br /&gt;
             Pkokenabled Characters represent approximately&lt;br /&gt;
                       52% of active players.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                   Peak Accept All Characters 14&lt;br /&gt;
             Accept All Characters represent approximately&lt;br /&gt;
   11% of all active characters and 21% of active pkok enabled characters.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The first two tables below show the Average Mortal Players,  Average&lt;br /&gt;
PKOK Enabled Players, and the number that were &amp;quot;Accept All&amp;quot; connected&lt;br /&gt;
to Legend by hour of the day as polled approximately on the hour&lt;br /&gt;
system time during the period noted above.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The third table shows the same averages calculated by the day of week.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
              hour  0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11&lt;br /&gt;
              ------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
              avg  30 27 22 18 15 14 14 15 20 22 23 25&lt;br /&gt;
              pke  17 15 12  9  8  7  7  7  9 10 12 13&lt;br /&gt;
              aas   4  3  2  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
              hour 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23&lt;br /&gt;
              ------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
              avg  27 29 33 37 37 36 36 36 40 40 38 33&lt;br /&gt;
              pke  14 15 16 19 18 19 19 19 22 21 20 18&lt;br /&gt;
              aas   3  3  3  4  3  4  4  4  5  5  5  4&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
              day   MON  TUE  WED  THU  FRI  SAT  SUN&lt;br /&gt;
              ------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;
              avg    28   28   28   28   27   29   29&lt;br /&gt;
              pke    15   15   15   15   13   14   14&lt;br /&gt;
              aas     3    3    3    3    2    2    3&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
      MON       TUE       WED       THU       FRI       SAT       SUN&lt;br /&gt;
   AVG PK AA|AVG PK AA|AVG PK AA|AVG PK AA|AVG PK AA|AVG PK AA|AVG PK AA&lt;br /&gt;
------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------&lt;br /&gt;
 0: 36 24  6| 27 15  2| 31 19  5| 32 18  4| 30 16  4| 26 13  2| 26 12  2&lt;br /&gt;
 1: 33 20  6| 25 15  2| 27 16  3| 29 15  3| 26 15  4| 25 14  2| 29 15  4&lt;br /&gt;
 2: 25 14  3| 18 10  1| 22 12  2| 21 11  2| 24 13  3| 21 11  1| 29 14  2&lt;br /&gt;
 3: 17  9  1| 16  8  1| 16  9  2| 16  8  1| 19  9  1| 19 10  1| 24 13  3&lt;br /&gt;
 4: 15  7  1| 12  5  0| 15  8  1| 13  7  1| 14  6  0| 17  8  1| 21 11  2&lt;br /&gt;
 5: 12  6  0| 14  7  1| 14  8  1| 11  5  0| 12  6  0| 16  8  0| 19  9  2&lt;br /&gt;
 6: 12  7  1| 12  6  0| 14  7  2| 12  5  0| 14  7  0| 17  7  0| 18  8  1&lt;br /&gt;
 7: 13  7  1| 13  6  0| 15  9  3| 15  8  1| 15  7  1| 17  7  1| 18  7  1&lt;br /&gt;
 8: 20  9  1| 19  7  1| 22 11  3| 21  9  2| 22  8  1| 19 10  1| 20  9  1&lt;br /&gt;
 9: 21 11  2| 20  8  1| 22 11  1| 23 12  3| 22 10  1| 23 11  1| 22 10  1&lt;br /&gt;
10: 22 11  2| 23 12  2| 24 13  3| 21 11  2| 23 11  1| 25 11  1| 26 11  2&lt;br /&gt;
11: 23 12  2| 29 14  2| 24 14  4| 22 12  3| 26 12  2| 28 14  2| 27 12  1&lt;br /&gt;
12: 24 13  3| 26 14  3| 25 14  3| 24 13  3| 28 16  3| 34 18  5| 28 12  1&lt;br /&gt;
13: 24 13  2| 29 15  4| 29 17  4| 27 14  3| 29 13  3| 33 17  4| 32 15  2&lt;br /&gt;
14: 33 17  3| 32 18  4| 31 17  4| 30 15  4| 32 14  2| 36 18  3| 35 15  3&lt;br /&gt;
15: 36 17  3| 38 21  4| 35 18  5| 38 19  5| 34 18  2| 41 21  3| 34 15  2&lt;br /&gt;
16: 37 19  4| 40 20  3| 35 17  4| 39 20  5| 36 17  2| 39 19  2| 34 15  3&lt;br /&gt;
17: 38 21  5| 38 20  4| 36 18  4| 36 19  4| 35 17  3| 38 19  2| 33 15  5&lt;br /&gt;
18: 37 22  6| 36 19  4| 38 21  3| 36 21  4| 34 15  3| 37 19  2| 33 15  3&lt;br /&gt;
19: 39 22  6| 37 22  6| 32 18  3| 37 20  4| 36 16  3| 35 17  1| 35 19  4&lt;br /&gt;
20: 42 24  6| 42 23  7| 42 23  5| 39 21  5| 36 16  2| 36 18  1| 38 23  5&lt;br /&gt;
21: 42 24  6| 43 25  8| 42 23  5| 40 22  4| 36 17  3| 37 17  2| 43 22  6&lt;br /&gt;
22: 37 20  5| 42 24  6| 39 23  5| 40 22  3| 37 17  4| 34 12  2| 40 22  6&lt;br /&gt;
23: 32 15  4| 36 21  5| 34 20  4| 28 15  3| 35 19  4| 32 14  3| 35 20  5&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
!===================================================================!&lt;br /&gt;
Come one come all, to play Chaykin's Complete the Sentence on Friday &lt;br /&gt;
June 15 at 8 PM system time!  Some of you may remember this game from&lt;br /&gt;
way back when, and it's back!  It's fun, there are prizes, it's a &lt;br /&gt;
great chance to hone your creativity, there are prizes, you can win &lt;br /&gt;
even if you've got a slow link, and did I mention that there are &lt;br /&gt;
prizes?  Well...there are!  So come join us for some laughs, be a &lt;br /&gt;
goofball, and win!&lt;br /&gt;
!===================================================================!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                             RPing by Area&lt;br /&gt;
                                         by&lt;br /&gt;
                        Frederick Thurogood&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Are you tired of being from one of the six hometowns but don't have&lt;br /&gt;
enough knowledge of foreign cultures to play a 12th century citizen of&lt;br /&gt;
Poland, or anything of that sort?  Unable or unwilling to play a character&lt;br /&gt;
from a homeland he will never be able to visit on the mud?  In that case,&lt;br /&gt;
perhaps you should consider RPing by area.&lt;br /&gt;
    There are two ways to do this.  The easy way is to get your newly&lt;br /&gt;
created character there, covertly if possible, and then to spend enough time&lt;br /&gt;
there that you know the area and its citizens like the back of your hand.&lt;br /&gt;
This will also allow you to imbue some form of roleplay from the area.  This&lt;br /&gt;
can be especially interesting if you choose an area that is rarely visited,&lt;br /&gt;
like the Aztecs, Melbourne, San Francisco, or Ancient India, so that you are&lt;br /&gt;
part of a very few players who claim that area as their fatherland, but&lt;br /&gt;
nonetheless have enough backup from the area itself to keep you from being&lt;br /&gt;
all alone.&lt;br /&gt;
    If you cannot really enter the area as a newbie, however, you will need&lt;br /&gt;
to come to the game as a newbie with a pre-existing knowledge.  However,&lt;br /&gt;
luckily, even if you cannot fight in an area, most areas aren't too hard to&lt;br /&gt;
explore as a newbie.  Perhaps the Crusades, Shadowlands, or the Pirate Den&lt;br /&gt;
might be a bit difficult, but then, Tara and the Caribbean are similar to&lt;br /&gt;
the last two, and the Crusades shouldn't be too bad, if you're careful.&lt;br /&gt;
    Don't be afraid to use mobs from this area to round out your roleplay.&lt;br /&gt;
If you declare yourself to be the dhurtah's brother, for instance, people&lt;br /&gt;
would be able to glean that you just might be a vengeful, but greedy person.&lt;br /&gt;
Or instead, you could have had a brush with him when you were a child, and&lt;br /&gt;
your parents had to sell their farm to save your life, and you had to live&lt;br /&gt;
on the streets with them.  In any case, once you get to the area, keep your&lt;br /&gt;
eyes open.  Pick up any bits of language or ways of talking from the locals.&lt;br /&gt;
Try to work out a description that wouldn't look out of place, and use it.&lt;br /&gt;
And remember: the area is meant to help you RP!  Use it as a guideline, not&lt;br /&gt;
as a strict rule, and don't be afraid to deviate a bit if it would help you&lt;br /&gt;
RP better.  Have fun with it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Next week: Practical advice on areas not in Legend.  Ever wanted to play a&lt;br /&gt;
Welsh shepherd?  A Chinese Nobleman?  With this article, replete with links&lt;br /&gt;
and book recommendations, you may be more able than you thought!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
           ________________________&lt;br /&gt;
          /                        \&lt;br /&gt;
      o O | Wonder what folks are   |&lt;br /&gt;
 `\|||/   | doing over at LegendMUD?|&lt;br /&gt;
 (o o)    \________________________/&lt;br /&gt;
ooO_(_)_Ooo________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;
_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|___&lt;br /&gt;
__|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  ___                                                                  ___&lt;br /&gt;
  \ |------------------------------------------------------------------| /&lt;br /&gt;
  /__|  LEGENDITES: Information Regarding the People of Our World     |__\&lt;br /&gt;
   '------------------------------------------------------------------'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                              Announcements&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Rosette has reached 100 million experience!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                               Clan News&lt;br /&gt;
                             -=-=-=-=-=-=-&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Murder, Inc. is now a PK clan.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                              Intet Emne&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;But the Knights of Christ may safely fight the battles of their Lord,&lt;br /&gt;
fearing neither sin if they smite the enemy, nor danger at their own death;&lt;br /&gt;
since to inflict death or to die for Christ is no sin, but rather, an&lt;br /&gt;
abundant claim to glory. In the first case one gains for Christ, and in the&lt;br /&gt;
second one gains Christ himself. The Lord freely accepts the death of the foe&lt;br /&gt;
who has offended him, and yet more freely gives himself for the consolation&lt;br /&gt;
of his fallen knight.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-- St Bernard of Clairvaux,&lt;br /&gt;
to the first Master of the Temple, Hugh de Payens.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Art thou a God-fearing Catholic, with the urge of heart to do battle against&lt;br /&gt;
the infidel, to protect those who doth require thy shield, and to educate&lt;br /&gt;
those who are ignorant but willing to learn? Perchance the Knights Templar&lt;br /&gt;
comprise the haven for which thy soul has been searching. Thou art strongly&lt;br /&gt;
encouraged to seek us out to learn of us, to travel with us, and to share our&lt;br /&gt;
lives in Christ.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tancred de Gisborne,&lt;br /&gt;
Master of the Temple&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                    FROM LIGHT TO DARKNESS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  One rainy day on his way to Ireland Teeryal came across a dead man.  He had&lt;br /&gt;
not been dead for long though, the body was not even wet from the rain.&lt;br /&gt;
While getting close to examine the corpse to see who it was, Teeryal gagged&lt;br /&gt;
at1 the smell of rotting flesh, and he decided not the check the corpse.&lt;br /&gt;
Despite the smell Teeryal decided to give the dead man a proper burial.  &amp;quot;To&lt;br /&gt;
many men and women being slain in the streets these days.&amp;quot; Teeryal said&lt;br /&gt;
aloud, &amp;quot;One at least will receive a proper burial.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   After digging a hole in a nearby grove of trees Teeryal went over to the&lt;br /&gt;
dead man and prepared to drag him to the hole.  As he was about to take hold&lt;br /&gt;
of the corpse a quiet, almost inaudible whisper came from the man,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Teeryal...is that..you?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   For the first time Teeryal got a good look at the face attached to the&lt;br /&gt;
rotting pile of flesh, &amp;quot;Mhoram!? Is that you!? What in the world happened to&lt;br /&gt;
you!?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;I was...attacked.&amp;quot; he whispered so softly that had Teeryal not been right&lt;br /&gt;
there next to Mhoram hew wouldn't have heard it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;By Who?&amp;quot; Teeryal ask as calmly as possible.  &amp;quot;He called himself....The&lt;br /&gt;
Shadow Walker.&amp;quot; With those final words Mhoram's head fell limp to the side&lt;br /&gt;
and he let out his final breath.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   After that sad day Teeryal vowed that he would find this &amp;quot;Shadow Walker&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
and avenge Mhoram's death.  And so he started out on his journey to find the&lt;br /&gt;
Shadow Walker.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   Years later Teeryal had nearly given up his search when he came accros a&lt;br /&gt;
dark forest.  He didn't know exactly where he was in the world.  He had given&lt;br /&gt;
up trying to find places on maps, they never helped.  Teeryal wasn't going to&lt;br /&gt;
enter the forest but as he looked into it something drew him in.  As he&lt;br /&gt;
entered the forest a dark cloud of mist shot out of the nearest shadow and&lt;br /&gt;
surrounded him.  &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    In moments, the dark mist had somehow entered his mind and had taken&lt;br /&gt;
control of him.  Whatever it was that was inside of Teeryal's head made him&lt;br /&gt;
start to walk towards the center of the forest.  As the mist in his head led&lt;br /&gt;
him towards the center of the forest, Teeryal noticed it began to get darker&lt;br /&gt;
and darker -- almost like nightfall was near, but not quite.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    At the darkest part of the forest Teeryal came to a clearing.  The&lt;br /&gt;
clearing had nothing in it except for a few small dead trees and a strange&lt;br /&gt;
black fire in the middle. No grass grew here. While taking in his&lt;br /&gt;
surroundings, Teeryal noticed that the black fire began to grow bigger and&lt;br /&gt;
wider until it was the hight and width of an average man. The fire then&lt;br /&gt;
took the shape of a man and turned solid. The man stepped away from where&lt;br /&gt;
the dark fire had burned and walked to where Teeryal was now being forced to&lt;br /&gt;
stand.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    The man then spoke in a voice that sounded like a thousand men and woman&lt;br /&gt;
all speaking at once, &amp;quot;So my apprentice has finally arrived.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    Teeryal was suddenly aware that the dark mist that had taken him over was&lt;br /&gt;
gone. &amp;quot;Who are you, and why did you bring me here?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;I go by many names. The most common these days being The Shadow Walker.&lt;br /&gt;
I brought you here to teach you my ways and replace me when i can no longer&lt;br /&gt;
fulfill my duties.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;You!  You are the one who killed Mhoram!&amp;quot; Teeryal shouted, &amp;quot;I'll do&lt;br /&gt;
nothing for you! Do you hear me!  Nothing!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;Oh but you will.  You can't refuse.  You won't refuse, once I have&lt;br /&gt;
reformed you,&amp;quot; came the dark voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;Reformed?  What are you talking about!?  I already told you I will do&lt;br /&gt;
nothing for YOU!&amp;quot; Teeryal shouted in panic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  All the dark man did was let out an evil laugh and disappeared in an&lt;br /&gt;
explosion of black fire.  After the dark man disappeared Teeryal turned and&lt;br /&gt;
started to flee towards the edge of the clearing only to be knocked down by&lt;br /&gt;
an invisible wall. He fled in the opposite direction and was knocked down by&lt;br /&gt;
another wall. Realizing he was trapped Teeryal yelled, &amp;quot;Let me outta here!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;You will see things my way in a few minutes my apprentice,&amp;quot; came the&lt;br /&gt;
voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   Teeryal tried to flee again only to realize that he could no longer move&lt;br /&gt;
his feet or legs.  He looked down and saw black fire burning its way slowly&lt;br /&gt;
from his feet to his legs.  &amp;quot;What are you doing to me!?&amp;quot; Teeryal shouted as&lt;br /&gt;
the dark fire made its way from his stomach to his chest.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   &amp;quot;I am reforming you to into an almost pure evil state.  So that when the&lt;br /&gt;
time comes you can take over where I fail,&amp;quot; came the strange voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   By the time the fire had made its way past his chin Teeryal had passed&lt;br /&gt;
out.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
   When he woke up Teeryal was lying in a feather bed in a small cottage.  He&lt;br /&gt;
sat up and looked around.  There wasn't much in the small cabin, just the&lt;br /&gt;
basic stuff any person needed.  &amp;quot;So you are finally awake.&amp;quot; He heard a&lt;br /&gt;
woman's voice from the table across the room.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  Teeryal had not even noticed the woman sitting at the table, he was too&lt;br /&gt;
busy looking around.  &amp;quot;How did I get here?&amp;quot;  To his surprise his voice had&lt;br /&gt;
changed somehow.  It didn't sound human, it sounded almost demonic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;quot;I found you on my doorstep five days ago, passed out like a drunken fool.&lt;br /&gt;
By the way my name is Sissy.  What is yours?&amp;quot; She said.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  &amp;quot;My name is...&amp;quot; He paused not knowing why, then continued, &amp;quot;My name is&lt;br /&gt;
Teeryal, The Prince of Darkness.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                    The Difficulties of Leadership&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Any leader will on occasion experience that those who follow him are in&lt;br /&gt;
disagreement with his decisions. Some leaders will refuse to listen; some&lt;br /&gt;
leaders will even have the stamina to persevere in spite of the&lt;br /&gt;
disgruntled of their followers. Yet, maintaining order and obedience&lt;br /&gt;
among angry, frustrated subjects is a tedious task at best and a suicidal&lt;br /&gt;
one at worst.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It must have been thoughts of that nature that passed through Marcel&lt;br /&gt;
Alexander's mind as he studied the faces of his presumed followers&lt;br /&gt;
surrounding him that starlit night at the castle ruin. Still recovering&lt;br /&gt;
from his humiliating defeat and consequent revenge over the hellspawn Soze,&lt;br /&gt;
his confidence must have been wavering at best.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Surprisingly, Soze was not among his challengers this night. A sound&lt;br /&gt;
political move, no doubt; at this time, the Seven Circles' leader would&lt;br /&gt;
not have taken kindly to any opposition from that individual. Injured pride&lt;br /&gt;
will do that to a man -- and to an angel too.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The dark Arabian knight, Ahriman, was the one to put words to their&lt;br /&gt;
concern: The actions of the self-proclaimed hero and demon slayer Edric&lt;br /&gt;
Wulf. Moreover, what those actions did to the reputation of the infernal&lt;br /&gt;
creatures, seeing as the knight claimed to act in the name of the Seven&lt;br /&gt;
Circles. Omni, the ill reputed necromancess, voiced her agreement.&lt;br /&gt;
Nonetheless it was Pansi who stood and issued the challenge of the blade&lt;br /&gt;
to their leader.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hell has a way of getting its way. Marcel Alexander must have been keeping&lt;br /&gt;
that in mind as he was forced to yield in combat to Pansi, and renounce&lt;br /&gt;
his decision to keep Sir Edric as a sparring partner.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you flip a coin you expect the chance of it landing tails up to be&lt;br /&gt;
fifty percent. If you flip a coin in Hell's name, whatever side is most&lt;br /&gt;
convenient for Hell will come up, and random chance be damned. Seems that&lt;br /&gt;
Edric's presence was no longer desirable to the infernal powers that be.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                 More pages from the diary of Edric of the Wulf&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My Dearest Urvana,&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It has been seven long months since I last kissed thy lips and bid thou a&lt;br /&gt;
good sleep. I remember every detail as you would let your hair fall before&lt;br /&gt;
entering thy night chamber for sleep. Ahh thy beauty astounds me, thy slender&lt;br /&gt;
build, the sweetness of thy voice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
You are as much a boon to my heart as a plague to my sensibilities. Even your&lt;br /&gt;
curly-toed slippers I would not trade for all the wealth the worlds have to&lt;br /&gt;
offer. You are forever more the reason my soul journeys toward the light. It&lt;br /&gt;
is the eve and I should tend to my sleep. Ohh....Blessed me it tis a&lt;br /&gt;
messenger bird with a note. One moment my love.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ahh, tis from my good friend the Drunk McDougan. He bids me to join him and&lt;br /&gt;
the young prince Rowane at a place called Malta. There is a dreadful warlord&lt;br /&gt;
near there that has been terrorizing the good folk. I must join them my love&lt;br /&gt;
for duty calls. I will write thee of the outcome, if victory favors us.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Yours and Forever, Glory to the clan on the shores of Belsamor&lt;br /&gt;
Edric of the Wulf&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*From the personal diary of Edric Wulf*&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I HATE IT HERE - a weekly column by Spider Jerusalem.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Well in introduction I would like to give you all my credentials, I never&lt;br /&gt;
graduated from any journalism school other than the street and the occasional&lt;br /&gt;
domestic violence encounters of my life. I never earned the rank of&lt;br /&gt;
journalist in any way and only stumbled into the job because I hate people so&lt;br /&gt;
well. So I wrote a few political essays which gained me far too much fame&lt;br /&gt;
amongst people, the people of the street that live and breath vicariously&lt;br /&gt;
from the REAL people who dwell in the glass towers and huge mansions around&lt;br /&gt;
us. So what might you ask is a famous journalist and world renowned vigilante&lt;br /&gt;
myself doing working for the Legendary Times?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Well .. I was hungry, I was bored, and I hate it here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So I thought I would write each week a small amount on the goings on around&lt;br /&gt;
me so that you can know the things that happen everyday in the&lt;br /&gt;
world you live in.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Well I watched young Siirous, a rather keen competitor in the player killing&lt;br /&gt;
world be slaughtered viciously twice by Stain, a yet more vicious and nasty&lt;br /&gt;
piece of work, though this might at first have seemed like an over zealous&lt;br /&gt;
killer simply taking his work a step further in an attempt to grant final&lt;br /&gt;
death, it was not, as far as all eye witnesses might tell me Stain was&lt;br /&gt;
TEACHING Siirous how to fight better, does this not seem at all a trifle&lt;br /&gt;
odd?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If people need trained so much in the art of death perhaps they could stop by&lt;br /&gt;
my apartment and attempt to wash my socks, I swear they haven't been touched&lt;br /&gt;
in at least five months since the last time i attempted their cleansing and&lt;br /&gt;
they tore a chunk of flesh from my hand.  Training in fighting should always&lt;br /&gt;
be at the hands of an aggressive article= of clothing..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Salazar Slytherin has been an interesting little man to watch, his rapid&lt;br /&gt;
trades in souls all week have caused quite the uproar amongst D.E.R.T&lt;br /&gt;
and Avengers members alike, and while it may be alarming for someone as&lt;br /&gt;
simple minded as Mr Slytherin to hold your soul captive, imagine how&lt;br /&gt;
amazingly well this man could deal with the stockmarket! He&lt;br /&gt;
could be the source of economic ruin if he would just start daytrading.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
A magician or at least someone wearing a pointed hat and some ridiculous&lt;br /&gt;
robes was seen running through the night air of London recently screaming&lt;br /&gt;
that he couldn't deal with this and that he was sick of it all.  It makes you&lt;br /&gt;
wonder just what the pointed hat does to a man.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Dashiva, one of the old style bowmen, was ambushed earlier today, and was&lt;br /&gt;
seen as recently as an hour before I write this running about the world naked&lt;br /&gt;
and acting rather strangely, perhaps there is a link to those who cast spells&lt;br /&gt;
and those who roam about naked becoming mentally ill?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Or perhaps some people just hate it here as much as I do...&lt;br /&gt;
Spider.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
       {}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}-{}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                           Changing of beliefs&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One early morning, awaking from the songs of birds, a high shaman stumbled to&lt;br /&gt;
his feet. While he glanced around his surroundings in the forest, he picked&lt;br /&gt;
out a clear spot to sit and pray. Like every other morning he did this in the&lt;br /&gt;
hopes that his god, Kici Manitou, would answer his prayers. But time and time&lt;br /&gt;
again, just like this time, his prayers seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As he arose from the ground, he decided to venture the rest of the day&lt;br /&gt;
without feeling the need to call upon his god. After a good hour's travel the&lt;br /&gt;
shaman ran across a very fancy-looking doctor. Intrigued as to what god this&lt;br /&gt;
doctor had been worshipping to make him look so elegant, he approached him&lt;br /&gt;
with curiosity.  And this conversation began.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Lo there doctor, how fare you today?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;I's well native, and hows you doin'?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;The day is presenting itself in a manner that any good man of nature fares&lt;br /&gt;
well. But it looks like some of us still fare better.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;How so?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Well, the way you look states your god is very wealthy and caring of his&lt;br /&gt;
followers.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The doctor could not help but chuckle at this comment, and quickly replied,&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;My god? I have no god to speak of. I believe in two things, family and cash.&lt;br /&gt;
Those two things provide me with anything and everything I could ever need&lt;br /&gt;
and want.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In awe of his straight speech about only two simple things, the shaman asks&lt;br /&gt;
to learn more of the doctor's ways. The doctor leads him to a busy city and&lt;br /&gt;
they sit and talk for hours on end. He is told of many stories concerning how&lt;br /&gt;
the doctor has made his living...stories of cold hearted killing as well as&lt;br /&gt;
warm hearted family values. All the while, the shaman has thoughts racing&lt;br /&gt;
through his mind. Why hasn't his god given him wealth? Why hasn't he spoken&lt;br /&gt;
to him or shown him any sign? Where has he been through the tough times? How&lt;br /&gt;
can a simple man have no god but live in such greatness he is worshiped as a&lt;br /&gt;
god himself?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After the long discussion with the doctor, who called himself The Knife, the&lt;br /&gt;
shaman went back to the forest.  Resting in his usual spot of prayer, he&lt;br /&gt;
began to pray.  But in the middle of his prayer he stopped himself. He stood&lt;br /&gt;
and peered around what was his area of worship.  Thoughts of the doctor's&lt;br /&gt;
stories flashed in his head as he saw his poorly done corner of forest he&lt;br /&gt;
resided in. Thoughts of wealth tingled in his mind as he glanced at his&lt;br /&gt;
battered appearance. With a loud yell, he raised his hands to the heavens and&lt;br /&gt;
cursed his once loved and worshiped god. He vowed to never speak his name&lt;br /&gt;
again and live the life of survival. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With his new found life, he can be seen walking now as: a cold and&lt;br /&gt;
calculating native. When standing, he is seen as: Renowned for scalping his&lt;br /&gt;
victims, an infamous native awaits his orders.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
Legendary Times is published by the immortals of LegendMUD. Please send&lt;br /&gt;
all replies, additions, or corrections to our address at lt@legendmud.org&lt;br /&gt;
for inclusion in the next edition. We, however, reserve the right to&lt;br /&gt;
moderate this discussion, and may object to some submissions.&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Mertjai</name></author>
	</entry>
</feed>