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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
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             -               The Editor's Note               -&lt;br /&gt;
             -          Upcoming Calendar of Events          -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                ARTICLES&lt;br /&gt;
             -    A Newbie's Perspective on LegendMUD        -&lt;br /&gt;
             Newbie Tips: &lt;br /&gt;
             -  Newbie Success: The Gaming Aspect of Legend  -&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                LEGENDITES&lt;br /&gt;
             -             The Return of Nothing             -&lt;br /&gt;
             -             Renee's Exile: Part 1             -&lt;br /&gt;
             -         The Tales of Sigurd the Skald         - &lt;br /&gt;
             -       How to make Honey-Roasted Carrots       -&lt;br /&gt;
             -             A Note from Navarro               -&lt;br /&gt;
             -             Announcing a Birth!               -&lt;br /&gt;
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Hello everyone!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This week, one of the hottest topics has been the issue of harassment.&lt;br /&gt;
If you are being bothered by someone who will not leave you alone when&lt;br /&gt;
you ask, you do have recourse, and I encourage you to use it. I have a&lt;br /&gt;
few suggestions for dealing with harassment that I hope will be of&lt;br /&gt;
use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Start by making sure that the person knows that you're not kidding,&lt;br /&gt;
you're upset by their actions and want them to stop. Tell them&lt;br /&gt;
seriously, with as much calmness and firmness as you can pack into a&lt;br /&gt;
tell, that you consider their behavior harassing, and that you want it&lt;br /&gt;
to stop immediately. If the person does not stop, report the problem to&lt;br /&gt;
an immortal. Making an official complaint doesn't necessarily mean a&lt;br /&gt;
warning for the other person -- more often the immort will ask the&lt;br /&gt;
person about the problem, and explain the rules, and give them another&lt;br /&gt;
chance to behave.  However, if the person does not respond to immortal&lt;br /&gt;
intervention, we will take the necessary steps to eliminate the&lt;br /&gt;
problem. Depending on the circumstance (for example if an immortal&lt;br /&gt;
isn't available), consider logging the incident or gagging the person.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Remember that this is not supposed to be a place where people make each&lt;br /&gt;
other miserable. You may think that you're ok handling the harassment,&lt;br /&gt;
even though it upsets you, but remember that the individual may be&lt;br /&gt;
bothering others, all of whom are upset but don't want to report it. We&lt;br /&gt;
have, over the years, lost many good players due to this cycle of&lt;br /&gt;
harassment and non-reporting. It's one of the most frustrating parts&lt;br /&gt;
about being an immortal, seeing people leave over a problem that, had&lt;br /&gt;
you known about it, you would have fixed it, or at least appreciated&lt;br /&gt;
the chance to try. In the end, you don't do a harasser any favors by&lt;br /&gt;
letting them believe that their behavior is acceptable.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
On a lighter note -- I hope you'll enjoy the LT this week, I've gotten&lt;br /&gt;
a wide variety of great articles from players, possibly even something&lt;br /&gt;
for everyone.  Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                       Love to all,&lt;br /&gt;
                                       LadyAce&lt;br /&gt;
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Monday,    July 13,   7:00 pm  - Q &amp;amp; A Session&lt;br /&gt;
  ** notice new day **            Subject: Roleplay, including a&lt;br /&gt;
                                  discussion of strings&lt;br /&gt;
Wednesday, July 15,  7:00 pm   - TRI-BOND Word Game by Chante'&lt;br /&gt;
Monday,    July 20,  7:00 pm   - Q &amp;amp; A Session&lt;br /&gt;
Friday,    July 24,  7:00 pm   - Trivia (5 of 12 in the cycle)&lt;br /&gt;
Saturday,  July 25,  3:00 pm   - Viceroy of Lima TinyPlot&lt;br /&gt;
Monday,    July 27,  7:00 pm   - Q &amp;amp; A Session&lt;br /&gt;
                                   Subject: Meet the New Imms!&lt;br /&gt;
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                 A Newbie's Perspective on Legend MUD &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To whom it may concern&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ive been reading the editorials etc about 'newbies' in the last few&lt;br /&gt;
LegendMUD times and just thought I'd take a moment to comment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I do not play Legend regularly, but rather whenever I can and am&lt;br /&gt;
quite happy now that I have reached level 12. Along my journey&lt;br /&gt;
there have been many people who have helped me along the way and&lt;br /&gt;
I am eternally grateful to those people. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To my surprise my turn came about soon enough and I found that even&lt;br /&gt;
I could help those who were new to legend by just sharing a little&lt;br /&gt;
information. By just sharing a little information I prevented someone&lt;br /&gt;
from traversing the entire globe to find a certain skill. After this&lt;br /&gt;
a most gratifying feeling came over me and I felt pleased, not only&lt;br /&gt;
because I had helped someone, but because I possessed the knowledge&lt;br /&gt;
to help that person. Helping newbies can be an uplifting experience.&lt;br /&gt;
Just because people are new on the MUD does not mean that they are&lt;br /&gt;
any less of people. I think that the MUD environment allows for &lt;br /&gt;
people to socialize and characters with lower levels may turn out&lt;br /&gt;
to be your best friends if only you could give them the chance. I&lt;br /&gt;
also believe that certain behaviour is inherited and that if people&lt;br /&gt;
are helpful to newbies, the newbies may in turn be helpful.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I hope that Legend's environment continues to develop in friendliness&lt;br /&gt;
and courtesy.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-DethStar&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
              Newbie Success: The Gaming Aspect of Legend&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In Legend, there are at least 3 things you want to do.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 * To gain level, (which is done by gain experience)&lt;br /&gt;
 * to gain better stat (which is mostly done by wearing eq)&lt;br /&gt;
 * last but not least, to make new friends&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It seems pretty straight forward, everything is about exps, well&lt;br /&gt;
mostly.  If you kill, you gain experience, if you die you lose&lt;br /&gt;
experience.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
So the game plan is, kill lots of others without getting killed.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The major points to remember are:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
1. Pick a fight which you know you can handle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This involves using the command: consider.  The consider command will&lt;br /&gt;
tell you what your chances are against the mob (non player character).&lt;br /&gt;
The help file on consider can explain that easily -- type help consider&lt;br /&gt;
to read it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you discover that it's not a fight you can handle, use another&lt;br /&gt;
important command for newbies: wimpy. You can set wimpy to however high&lt;br /&gt;
or low, when your hp falls below that point, you will attempt to flee,&lt;br /&gt;
to get out of the room where the mob is fighting you. Be careful not to&lt;br /&gt;
rely on wimpy too much, because the chance for successfully fleeing&lt;br /&gt;
based on how fast you move, and whether or not there is an exit for you&lt;br /&gt;
to run out.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
2. Set up your environment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Your fighttype and prompt are important aspects of fighting, they determine&lt;br /&gt;
what information you get from the game each round.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fighttype is the information that the game gives you about each round&lt;br /&gt;
of a battle -- for example, how many times you hit, how many times you&lt;br /&gt;
were hit, and how severe the damage is. There are three different&lt;br /&gt;
fighttypes, so experiment to find the combination of information and spam&lt;br /&gt;
which is right for you. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Your prompt is very useful to tell you where and how you are. My prompt&lt;br /&gt;
is the first thing I set up when I create a new character (read help&lt;br /&gt;
prompt for more information on how to do this). I recommend getting rid&lt;br /&gt;
of the percentage and adding current- and max- hp and mv. You&lt;br /&gt;
shouldn't worry too much about mana yet, so just leave it off. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two more very important pieces of information in your prompt are:&lt;br /&gt;
agg/wary level, and standing/sitting/resting/sleeping position. Help&lt;br /&gt;
agg/wary can explain what these settings do to you, basically if you&lt;br /&gt;
are aggressive, you move close closer to the fight you get to hit and&lt;br /&gt;
be hit more, just like in boxing. If you put it in your prompt, you can&lt;br /&gt;
keep track of what level you are at without using the score command to&lt;br /&gt;
find out.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
More important is your posture. You will notice sometimes when you&lt;br /&gt;
fight, that you will fall down, or somebody will trip you, or even make&lt;br /&gt;
you fall asleep. Naturally, you fight the best when you are standing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
3. Don't be afraid to try new things and explore&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Remember that there's a lot more to the game than fighting, there are&lt;br /&gt;
other places to play and other challenges to be met. Your first&lt;br /&gt;
character may not be the best or the fastest at levelling, and there's&lt;br /&gt;
nothing wrong with that.  Don't be afraid to make another character&lt;br /&gt;
when your current one is stuck or boring you -- try out a new hometown,&lt;br /&gt;
a new stat order, a new approach to playing, you might find out just&lt;br /&gt;
what you need to know to unstick your old character, or at the least&lt;br /&gt;
lose some of your frustration!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Although fighting is the main source to gain experience, another source&lt;br /&gt;
is quests -- and you can't figure them out without taking the risk of&lt;br /&gt;
messing them up. But that's ok, you don't need to do all the quests to&lt;br /&gt;
advance, much less to have a good time here! If you have a hard time&lt;br /&gt;
finding quests, look around -- there are mobs walking and babbling, pay&lt;br /&gt;
attention to them, look at them. Sometimes, they are in need, if you&lt;br /&gt;
help them, you might just get rewarded! Some quests are short, and&lt;br /&gt;
others are very long, there are quests simply for exp, quests for&lt;br /&gt;
skills and spell words, quests for special privileges, and even quests&lt;br /&gt;
for equipment (which we will talk about next) and other quests for a&lt;br /&gt;
combination of these things ......  it's up to you to find out!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
4. EQ&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From level 1 to 9, your score will not show your stats.&lt;br /&gt;
Remember when you first started, and picked a character, it asked you&lt;br /&gt;
which order of the stat do you prefer? It helps other players help you&lt;br /&gt;
if you remember to write down the order, although after level 10, you&lt;br /&gt;
will see your exact stats. You can find some eq on the ground, on some&lt;br /&gt;
mob's body, which you have to kill, or other times you can try those&lt;br /&gt;
quests, who knows?  It might just boost your stat a little, or give you&lt;br /&gt;
some eq to help doing so.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
5. Avoid the major pitfalls of EQ Loss.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Two more things to look out for are, OVERRENT and DEATHTRAP.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When you wear a new eq, make sure you can save, by typing save.  It's&lt;br /&gt;
like a computer disk, if your disk is too full, then it won't save your&lt;br /&gt;
term paper, right? Then you have to delete some files.  It's the same&lt;br /&gt;
thing here, you have to decide which items you want to keep in order to&lt;br /&gt;
be underrent. You gain more rent (disk space) by leveling, or by&lt;br /&gt;
raising your prestige. Going overrent is not good, it's like your&lt;br /&gt;
computer crashing right after you finish your term paper, and you&lt;br /&gt;
didn't save it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Another thing you might want to look out for is the deathtrap.&lt;br /&gt;
Deathtraps don't really kill you, but they eat all of your eq. So if&lt;br /&gt;
you would rather keep those great pieces of eq that you've worked so&lt;br /&gt;
hard for, walk around those new areas slowly, because a DEATHTRAP can&lt;br /&gt;
be detected by typing exit. If the next room's name is in ALL CAPITAL&lt;br /&gt;
LETTERS, better not walk into it. Also, the descriptions in the&lt;br /&gt;
surrounding rooms can help you see the deathtraps coming. Not reading&lt;br /&gt;
descriptions or keeping them from showing up (by typing brief) might be&lt;br /&gt;
less spammy, but it might not give you a chance to detect the deathtrap&lt;br /&gt;
next door.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
6. Don't get a bad reputation&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Last but not least, the people in this mud.  I presume, everyone would&lt;br /&gt;
like to make some friends here, and not enemies. Under that&lt;br /&gt;
assumption, here are some basic tips for being a popular newbie:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The whole legend experience are a fun one, keep in mind it's only a&lt;br /&gt;
game, and keep yourself centered. So sometimes you die, other times,&lt;br /&gt;
you lose all your eqs -- consider it a way of finding out a new thing&lt;br /&gt;
not to do! Part of the experience is the people here. Peoples here are&lt;br /&gt;
people just like everywhere else, so if you have questions, and you do&lt;br /&gt;
have lots questions as a newbie, ask them nicely. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Type who to see who is online, and read the list to see if there are any&lt;br /&gt;
new player helpers on, usually indicated in their title or abbreviated as&lt;br /&gt;
[NPH]. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you need something, ask over chat first, be as specific as you can,&lt;br /&gt;
and use please, and thank you alot -- it gets you further. Appreciate&lt;br /&gt;
people and they will be willing to help you next time. Bottom line is,&lt;br /&gt;
if you be nice to others, they will be nice to you too, hopefully.  If&lt;br /&gt;
they aren't nice, move on to someone else, and remember it's all for&lt;br /&gt;
the best, play here, have fun, learn from what you did, good or bad,&lt;br /&gt;
enjoy the game, and just be yourself! This is a good community, make it&lt;br /&gt;
your home!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
--a still-learning, not-quite oldbie.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Nothing's return&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     Perhaps my guard was down because I was on a fairly safe route.  Or &lt;br /&gt;
maybe it wouldn't have mattered even if I had been prepared...&lt;br /&gt;
     I was on business (which is not relevant) and making my way through &lt;br /&gt;
the well-known forests of Sherwood.  I paused at Will o' the Green and a &lt;br /&gt;
single snowflake drifted in front of me.  Infinitely small, yet it &lt;br /&gt;
caught my attention.  Strangely, I could make out every detail of the &lt;br /&gt;
crystalline star.&lt;br /&gt;
     The air shimmered around me and the next instant I was looking out &lt;br /&gt;
from the snowflake, frozen in a stasis with no sense of feeling or time.  &lt;br /&gt;
Many travelers passed, yet none seemed to see my prison.  I had given &lt;br /&gt;
up hope of release and my mind was almost to the point of collapsing &lt;br /&gt;
into insanity.  Yet a friend, blessed in the Arts, happened to notice &lt;br /&gt;
the bauble.  Malia reached out and crushed the snowflake, finally &lt;br /&gt;
releasing me from the spell.&lt;br /&gt;
     I now seek revenge on the one who was so cowardly they had to trap &lt;br /&gt;
me rather than attempt to defeat me.  I will greatly appreciate any &lt;br /&gt;
information that could help me in my vengeance.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Nothing&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Renee's Exile pt. 1&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     As the Coven assembled atop majestic Kilimanjaro to heed their&lt;br /&gt;
Goddess' call, they had no idea of the events that would transpire.  As&lt;br /&gt;
they arrived at their destination, they discovered one of their number,&lt;br /&gt;
Renee, who was the Goddess' favored Earthly agent of revenge had arrived&lt;br /&gt;
before them.  She sat on a rock formation near the peak, gazing over the&lt;br /&gt;
Savannah with a grim look on her face.&lt;br /&gt;
     One by one, the members of the Sisterhood of the Grand Coven processed&lt;br /&gt;
in from their havens in far parts of the world.  In all, Malia, Lara,&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel, and Envy assembled to witness the ceremony, and with them came an&lt;br /&gt;
unwitting sacrifice, the follower of the False Prophets of Iscariot, Tiki.&lt;br /&gt;
      Renee didn't flinch, nor address her sisters until all had been&lt;br /&gt;
assembled.  When the sisters and their sacrifice had gathered at the peak,&lt;br /&gt;
Renee rose from the formation on which she had been sitting and turned to&lt;br /&gt;
face them.  Lightning rolled across the wide Savannah far below as a&lt;br /&gt;
thunderstorm brewed.&lt;br /&gt;
      Renee glanced at each of her sisters, and allowed her eyes to linger&lt;br /&gt;
upon Tiki for a moment longer.&lt;br /&gt;
      &amp;quot;Why have you brought this blasphemer to the name of our Divine and&lt;br /&gt;
Glorious Goddess to this ceremony, sisters,&amp;quot; Renee questioned.&lt;br /&gt;
      Lord Marcel Alexander, an Angel from Hell and relatively recent&lt;br /&gt;
convert to the Way of the Goddess spoke up first. &amp;quot;I have brought her, he&lt;br /&gt;
said.  She will bear witness to the ritual until we require a sacrifice.&lt;br /&gt;
Then she shall provide that as well.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
      Tiki went EEK! in distress.  &amp;quot;You mean,&amp;quot; she stammered, &amp;quot;that I'm&lt;br /&gt;
going to be sacrificed to your Goddess?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
      &amp;quot;That is the general idea, yes,&amp;quot; said Malia.  &amp;quot;But don't worry, it's&lt;br /&gt;
a great honor to die in favor of the Goddess!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
      Lord Marcel inquired &amp;quot;Where is the Goddess, anyway,&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;The Goddess can be felt...not necessarily seen,&amp;quot; Lara said.&lt;br /&gt;
     ''Hey, I've never met her :P,' Malia said to Lord Marcel Alexander&lt;br /&gt;
with a smile on her face.  &amp;quot;You can't let your faith be daunted.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     At length Lord Marcel declared &amp;quot;I'd like to feel her.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Renee chuckled.  &amp;quot;I see that you assumed your masculine aspect this&lt;br /&gt;
morning.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Lord Marcel shrugged. &amp;quot;Hey, fair is fair.  You never put a ban on my&lt;br /&gt;
shape changing.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     'A long silence descended upon those gathered, as they gazed at the&lt;br /&gt;
storm clouds on the Savannah.  Presently, Renee announced to her Sisters:&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You know not of why you have been summoned to my side.  I have seen our&lt;br /&gt;
Goddess.  She has called for me to join her in the immaterial plane of war,&lt;br /&gt;
and she appeared before me.  Lord Marcel, as the newest member of the&lt;br /&gt;
Sisterhood of the Coven, bring the clouds to seed.  Make it rain, and begin&lt;br /&gt;
the ritual.&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Rain, oh yes,&amp;quot; Lord Marcel Alexander said, not really paying attention.&lt;br /&gt;
'Rain.  Of course.'  With a snap of his fingers, and a yelled &amp;quot;Rain,&lt;br /&gt;
dammit!&amp;quot;, the clouds opened up, with a sprinkle at first, steadily&lt;br /&gt;
increasing and building towards monsoon.&lt;br /&gt;
     Renee advanced before her sisters.  The Goddess has called upon me to&lt;br /&gt;
become her mortal champion in the wars of the immortals.  I must,&lt;br /&gt;
therefore, leave this world for a while to fight her wars.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Almost out of jealousy, Envy asked 'How long will you be gone?'&lt;br /&gt;
      &amp;quot;That has not been revealed that to me,' Renee declared.  'If I fall&lt;br /&gt;
in her service, I shall never return.  If I succeed, I will return as the&lt;br /&gt;
greatest warrior in the world.'&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;You know, that's a tricky deal,&amp;quot; Lord Marcel Alexander said brazenly&lt;br /&gt;
to Renee.&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Yes, of course,&amp;quot;  Renee said to Lord Marcel Alexander. 'But I cannot&lt;br /&gt;
refuse my Goddess. and I feel that it's better to die at her side than for&lt;br /&gt;
her on earth.'&lt;br /&gt;
     Lord Marcel Alexander says quietly to the Goddess' favored agent, 'Of&lt;br /&gt;
course -&lt;br /&gt;
it's just a little.. sudden.'&lt;br /&gt;
     Envy said to Renee, 'May we not go with you to fight for the Goddess?'&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;No, you must stay here and wage the wars on earth,&amp;quot; the Goddess' favored&lt;br /&gt;
agent says furtively to Envy. &amp;quot;The Iscariots are growing stronger. there&lt;br /&gt;
will be a&lt;br /&gt;
reckoning in the future.  And you must be here to keep them from growing too&lt;br /&gt;
powerful to defeat.  And you, follower of the Prophets, traitor to&lt;br /&gt;
womanhood, will be our sacrifice,&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Traitor?&amp;quot; inquired Tiki uncertainly.&lt;br /&gt;
     With a deft motion, Renee produced from her trenchcoat a gold and emerald&lt;br /&gt;
ceremonial dagger.  She split a hair on it and grinned evilly at Tiki.  Her&lt;br /&gt;
sisters moods suddenly changed, as the time for the sacrifice grew nearer.&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Hold her, sisters,' ordered Renee. 'The Ceremonial Dagger of Morrigan&lt;br /&gt;
will taste her blood and bite her soul tonight!'&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Mor-who?&amp;quot; Lord Marcel Alexander asked.&lt;br /&gt;
     Malia elbowed Lord Marcel sharply.  &amp;quot;Morrigan you dolt!&amp;quot; Malia said.&lt;br /&gt;
She's part of the Tripartite Goddess.&lt;br /&gt;
      Tiki looked more unsure than ever, and began eyeing the Coven&lt;br /&gt;
members, trying to gauge her best chances of escape.  She was quickly&lt;br /&gt;
detained by Lara, who moved behind her and applied an arm-hold.  While she&lt;br /&gt;
was held, she was quickly bound by the other members of the Coven.&lt;br /&gt;
     Advancing on Tiki with a grin on her face and dagger in hand, Renee&lt;br /&gt;
said to Tiki &amp;quot;You, Iscariot, have exhibited poor judgment in following the&lt;br /&gt;
prophets.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Unwilling to be sacrificed, Tiki exclaimed, &amp;quot;Then why not convince me?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Would you ever be convinced?&amp;quot; Renee said doubtingly. &amp;quot;Could you ever&lt;br /&gt;
drop your prophets for someone who you feel so strongly opposed to?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Lord Marcel laughed out loud and produced a contract written in blood.&lt;br /&gt;
Pointing to a dotted line at the bottom he said &amp;quot;Sign here for exemption&lt;br /&gt;
from sacrifice.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;As an Iscariot,&amp;quot; Renee continued, &amp;quot;you follow the scriptures of&lt;br /&gt;
morons, the writings of dolts.  And you would have us try to change your&lt;br /&gt;
mind into believing in the Goddess?'&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Anything is better than having you sacrifice me,' a typical blonde&lt;br /&gt;
says, looking unsure.&lt;br /&gt;
     Lara said, &amp;quot;How do we know she can be trusted to give up those prophets?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Impressed, Lord Marcel Alexander said to Renee, &amp;quot;You know, if the&lt;br /&gt;
Goddess rejects you, I could get you a job in Hell with rhetoric like that.'&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;You are right, sister,' Renee said to Lara  'I suspect she would&lt;br /&gt;
betray us as soon as she had us believe she has accepted the Goddess into&lt;br /&gt;
her heart.'&lt;br /&gt;
     In a desperate last minute defense, Tiki stammered &amp;quot;But... but... we&lt;br /&gt;
blondes are easy to convince!  We believe what we hear....&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;I do this with no resentment, as you are a follower of the False&lt;br /&gt;
Prophets of Iscariot.&lt;br /&gt;
Foolish sycophant: for you, this is the end,&amp;quot; yelled Renee, as a great peal&lt;br /&gt;
of thunder broke off in the distance.&lt;br /&gt;
    The wind whipped up across the ceremonial circle at the peak of&lt;br /&gt;
Kilimanjaro.  Lightning crashed halfway down the mountain.  The sisters&lt;br /&gt;
steeled themselves for the sacrifice, and Tiki began to scream.  Advancing&lt;br /&gt;
on the bound sacrifice, who was now shaking uncontrollably, Renee drew the&lt;br /&gt;
ceremonial dagger across Tiki's throat,&lt;br /&gt;
leaving a trail of hot sticky blood from her jugular.  As a final movement,&lt;br /&gt;
Renee stabbed the dagger into Tiki's heart and left it sticking there.&lt;br /&gt;
     The Sisterhood cheered wildly!&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Hm.... that's messy,&amp;quot; Lord Marcel Alexander muttered, without a trace of&lt;br /&gt;
shame.  &amp;quot;Let me get rid of the mess, what with me being the novice and all&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Good-bye, Iscariot,&amp;quot; Renee grimly stated.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[Info]: Tiki has been sacrificed by the Coven&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Sisters, prepare me,&amp;quot; Renee said. 'Return my body to the Sanctum.  We&lt;br /&gt;
have left no traces here. You are my witnesses.  You shall not betray me,&lt;br /&gt;
nor the Goddess.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Lara took a bit of blood from the corpse of the sacrifice and drew a&lt;br /&gt;
line of it across Renee's face.  Turning to Lord Marcel Alexander she said&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;You may dispose of the Iscariot.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Dispose,&amp;quot; Lord Marcel Alexander said absent-mindedly.  &amp;quot;Uh, yeah.&lt;br /&gt;
Right away.&amp;quot;  With a pass of his hands, the corpse of Tiki disappeared.&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Will you keep something safe for me while I am gone, Sister Malia?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Of course,&amp;quot; Malia replied.&lt;br /&gt;
     Renee reached into her backpack, producing  a stolen book of Iscariot&lt;br /&gt;
Scriptures.  &amp;quot;Rest assured that the Iscariots will stop at nothing to have&lt;br /&gt;
this book&lt;br /&gt;
returned to their shelves,&amp;quot; the Goddess' favored agent says, eyes hooded, to&lt;br /&gt;
you. &amp;quot;Protect it, for it has the secrets of their clan in it.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    Grinning broadly, Malia said 'I'll make sure they never get their&lt;br /&gt;
little mitts on it.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    Taking a handful of dirt, Renee marked her forehead, mingling the dirt&lt;br /&gt;
with the blood of the sacrifice.&lt;br /&gt;
     Lord Marcel Alexander peered at the Goddess' favored agent, looking&lt;br /&gt;
her up and&lt;br /&gt;
down.  &amp;quot;Oh, would you care to explain that as you go,&amp;quot; Lord Marcel&lt;br /&gt;
Alexander inquired.&lt;br /&gt;
     &amp;quot;Oh I'll explain it later,&amp;quot; whispered Malia in a low voice to Lord&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel Alexander.  &amp;quot;It's sort of a Goddess thing.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
     Ignoring the rain, Renee was consumed with battle fervor. 'Morrigan!&lt;br /&gt;
COME FOR ME! I am prepared!  Our Sacrifice has been made.  My body will&lt;br /&gt;
remain here but my soul will join with you,&amp;quot; She yelled in an enormously&lt;br /&gt;
loud voice!&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;We'll see you soon,' Malia said to Renee in a sorrowful voice. &amp;quot;I'm&lt;br /&gt;
sure you'll not fail up there!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    The epicenter of the storm moved over the mountain.  A peal of thunder&lt;br /&gt;
and flash of lightning simultaneously occurred.  The lightning struck Renee&lt;br /&gt;
and she collapsed to the ground.  &amp;quot;Good-Bye, sisters,&amp;quot; she murmured in a&lt;br /&gt;
low voice.  Her body collapsed lifelessly to the ground as her spirit rose&lt;br /&gt;
out, disappearing in a flash of fiery red sparks.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[Info]: Renee has left the world to join with the Goddess in the plane of war.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Oh my,&amp;quot; said Lord Marcel Alexander, rather shocked.&lt;br /&gt;
    &amp;quot;Yep,&amp;quot; stated Malia boldly as she and Lara grabbed the torpor body of&lt;br /&gt;
Renee.  &amp;quot;The Goddess is spiffy like that.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
    And the processional marched down the mountain.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
     To be continued next LT!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
From the Tales of Sigurd the Skald....&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                      The Story of Odin the All-Father.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Odin was the father of all the Gods. He was a stern, awesome, and&lt;br /&gt;
fierce king. Both Gods and humans feared his anger greatly.  He was not&lt;br /&gt;
loved so much as respected.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Odin was, among other things, the God of Battle. When Odin flung his&lt;br /&gt;
mighty spear to the ground, battles would begin and men would die. Of&lt;br /&gt;
course, Odin also decreed the victors and the losers, so warriors would&lt;br /&gt;
always attempt to please Odin before a battle. Odin was not easily&lt;br /&gt;
pleased.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Odin was also the God of Magic, a master of Runes, the getting of which&lt;br /&gt;
is a story in itself. Before Odin, the Runes were only known in the&lt;br /&gt;
Land of the Dead, from which no man ever returned. Odin realized that&lt;br /&gt;
these Runes would add greatly to his power, so he decided to go to the&lt;br /&gt;
Land of the Dead and retrieve them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Odin thrust a spear into his side, and hung from Yggdrasil the World&lt;br /&gt;
Tree for nine days and nine nights before he died. At his death, he&lt;br /&gt;
ventured forth into the Land of the Dead and retrieved the Runes he&lt;br /&gt;
needed.  Then, by his magic, he returned to life, bringing the Runes&lt;br /&gt;
back into the Land of the Living.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These Runes were most commonly carved into stone, and used to ward off&lt;br /&gt;
danger.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Next week will I recount to you the story of Thor, the Thunder God.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To the Inhabitants of the World:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With Aginor gone, I have taken command of the Dark Enforcers for the &lt;br /&gt;
present, with the Dark Lord's consent. Any who would seek to join the &lt;br /&gt;
ranks of the Enforcers, must know this: It is NOT a trifle. When you &lt;br /&gt;
join, you are expected to commit your mind, soul, and body to serving &lt;br /&gt;
him. If you must step the edges of insanity, the boundaries of your &lt;br /&gt;
humanity then so be it. The shadow's responsibility cannot be shrugged &lt;br /&gt;
off. So, you must all ask yourself, would you be a servant of shadow, a &lt;br /&gt;
messenger of death in your life, and gain the rewards that the Dark Lord &lt;br /&gt;
can grant, or would you die in defense of the failing light, and be &lt;br /&gt;
eternally damned as his slave in your death?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Ronnie Valthalas, Dark Enforcer Grand Master&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
HONEY ROASTED CARROTS!!!!:&lt;br /&gt;
recipe:&lt;br /&gt;
1) get 5 carrots&lt;br /&gt;
2) baste in honey&lt;br /&gt;
3) put on a shish kabob thingy&lt;br /&gt;
4) roast over grill or fire&lt;br /&gt;
5) give to bunny&lt;br /&gt;
6) hope the bunny gives you something&lt;br /&gt;
7) eat the other 4 carrots that you made&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fuzzey&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                              A Disclaimer...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I'd like to say that the past is the past. A few unpleasant months ago I&lt;br /&gt;
was seeking for help and salvation from Marcel Alexander. Now he is to be&lt;br /&gt;
my father. A few people have asked me if I was insane or had been&lt;br /&gt;
brainwashed or possessed, and the answer is no.  Nothing of the sort has&lt;br /&gt;
happened to me. It is possible for two warring factions to come to terms&lt;br /&gt;
with each other and even find a common ground. I understand that some people&lt;br /&gt;
may think this is odd, considering how long and hard our fight was, but the&lt;br /&gt;
past is the past and I embrace Marcel Alexander as my father. What is,&lt;br /&gt;
is... Thank you to the few who expressed their concern, but everything is&lt;br /&gt;
alright, really.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Navarro Quatorze Alexander&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                                *   *   *&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
        * * * * * B I R T H   A N N O U N C E M E N T * * * * * &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                       On July 9, at 3:52pm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                     Faethor Arkanian-Valthalas&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
            was born to Ronnie Valthalas and PeTra Arkanian&lt;br /&gt;
                    He weighed 8 pounds &amp;amp; 6 ounces, &lt;br /&gt;
                      and was 19 &amp;amp; 1/2 inches long.&lt;br /&gt;
              The proud parents would like it to be known &lt;br /&gt;
             to all that Faethor will be brought up in the &lt;br /&gt;
                       Shadow of the Dark Lord.&lt;br /&gt;
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        * * * * * B I R T H   A N N O U N C E M E N T * * * * * &lt;br /&gt;
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