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                           TABLE OF CONTENTS&lt;br /&gt;
                           The Editor's Note&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                         NEWS, REPORTS, UPDATES&lt;br /&gt;
                           Calendar of Events&lt;br /&gt;
                             Recent Updates&lt;br /&gt;
                           Recent Q&amp;amp;A Topics&lt;br /&gt;
                       &lt;br /&gt;
                              LEGENDITES&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                               Clan News&lt;br /&gt;
         The Seven Circles of the Inferno Celebrate 3rd Anniversary&lt;br /&gt;
                     IRA Celebrates 3rd Anniversary&lt;br /&gt;
                   Acquisitioner's Guild Disbands&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                              The PK Front&lt;br /&gt;
                     Playerkilling Tips and Tricks&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                    A Letter from Micetto's School&lt;br /&gt;
                   A Staid Vagabond Estrayed, Part Two&lt;br /&gt;
                   The Ballad of the Vampire Knight&lt;br /&gt;
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This is probably one of the hardest things I've ever had to write. Just&lt;br /&gt;
knowing the pain and anger that it's going to cause many members of our&lt;br /&gt;
community has kept me wishing that it couldn't be true, or that one of&lt;br /&gt;
our own could ever do something so heart-wrenchingly painful to their&lt;br /&gt;
peers. I'm not even sure if the length of time passed will dull or&lt;br /&gt;
sharpen the pain for many of you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Let me just say that I don't for one second believe that this news&lt;br /&gt;
invalidates anyone's personal feelings (then or now) nor should it&lt;br /&gt;
prevent anyone from allowing themselves to touch and be touched by the&lt;br /&gt;
other lives of those around us in the community that we've built here at&lt;br /&gt;
LegendMUD over the past nine years.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that I have everyone good and scared... which really wasn't my&lt;br /&gt;
intention.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sometime in the next week, an article is going to be published in Salon&lt;br /&gt;
(www.salon.com) revealing that the death of Karyn of the Norse Traders&lt;br /&gt;
was a hoax.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The article is written by Tracy Spaight, a documentary filmmaker who has&lt;br /&gt;
been working on a documentary called &amp;quot;Real People, Virtual Worlds&amp;quot; for&lt;br /&gt;
about a year and a half now. He heard about Karyn's death while he was&lt;br /&gt;
interviewing Ptah for his film and hearing about &amp;quot;A Story about a Tree&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
After sharing her story with Richard Bartle, for whom it set off warning &lt;br /&gt;
signals, he decided to investigate and found the following:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* the woman in the Miss Norway photo is named Trine Solberg Lepperod, and&lt;br /&gt;
  she's alive and well and had never heard of LegendMUD when contacted&lt;br /&gt;
* there's no record of a University of Oslo law student (as Karyn claimed&lt;br /&gt;
  to be) dying in a car wreck in that year&lt;br /&gt;
* there was indeed a car crash in Norway on the given date, but there was &lt;br /&gt;
  only one victim, she was a lot older than 24, the car wasn't a Porsche, &lt;br /&gt;
  and her name was not Karyn&lt;br /&gt;
* GeoCities states categorically that they would not have allowed a third&lt;br /&gt;
  party to update Karyn's webpage under any circumstances&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The article speculates that Karyn was actually a male engaging in&lt;br /&gt;
cross-gender roleplay. Many of the classic signs are there: refuses to&lt;br /&gt;
give out or makes up real life info, presents self as really gorgeous,&lt;br /&gt;
makes self into a community leader, gives the same real world name as&lt;br /&gt;
their alter ego, etc. The death hoax is a way of disentangling from the&lt;br /&gt;
situation.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
No, I don't know what date the article will be published, only soon. Yes,&lt;br /&gt;
I've read the whole article, but I can't share it with you all before it&lt;br /&gt;
is published. We are likely to get more newcomer traffic because of it,&lt;br /&gt;
we may even get obnoxious people claiming to be &amp;quot;her&amp;quot;... please try to&lt;br /&gt;
not let this upset you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Tracy Spaight has done his best &amp;quot;to be fair to all parties and point out&lt;br /&gt;
that the point isn't to make fun of a community for being hoodwinked by a&lt;br /&gt;
hurtful deception. Rather, the point is to reflect on what is really real&lt;br /&gt;
in a virtual world -- especially given the growing popularity of virtual&lt;br /&gt;
environments.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We regret the pain and anger and hurt this will cause those of you who&lt;br /&gt;
felt close to Karyn. Ptah's original point behind &amp;quot;A Story About a Tree&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
still stands -- that the emotions caused by online interactions are real.&lt;br /&gt;
If anything, this episode, which is sure to cause renewed grief and&lt;br /&gt;
anger, merely proves that all over again. We've seen many friendships and&lt;br /&gt;
even some marriages emerge from the LegendMUD community, and we can't let&lt;br /&gt;
this revelation make us approach the world cynically.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After all, either way, the person we knew as Karyn is gone, and it's OK&lt;br /&gt;
to grieve over that.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
-Kaige&lt;br /&gt;
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Thursday,  April     17th       7:00 pm      Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
Sunday,    April     20th                    Happy Easter!&lt;br /&gt;
Thursday,  April     24th       7:00 pm      Q &amp;amp; A in the OOC Auditorium&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Coming in May....&lt;br /&gt;
- Trivia!&lt;br /&gt;
- Cinco De Mayo Casino!&lt;br /&gt;
- a May Tinyplot, and a May PK event!&lt;br /&gt;
- and much more!&lt;br /&gt;
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    /\                         CODE UPDATES&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     &lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    MISC CHANGES&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\     o New skills: BLINDSIDE, RETREAT, SUCKERPUNCH, TOPPLE, and&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |         WRESTLING.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o Makes INSPIRE learnable only by Limans.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o DIP command goes away. Replaced by TAINT command, part of&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|         poisoning skill that is learnable only by Limans currently.&lt;br /&gt;
    /\        o Updates Irish potions, pungent ones and and filmies in&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \         pfiles so that they can be used for tainting. Player&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \        brewed vials existing in pfiles cannot easily be updated,&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\       newly made ones will work properly.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o Changes the prereqs on POISONING to make it more in line&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |         with BREW.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o Etheric archer only charmy now allowed to use bows.&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|       o You can now RELOAD from CONTAINERs like quivers.&lt;br /&gt;
    /\        o Druids with &amp;lt; 80 spirit: augmented poultices do 3/4 the&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \         original amount mana cost for augment is five higher&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \      o Poultices and Balms can no longer be given away.&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\     o New command: FEED &amp;lt;object&amp;gt; &amp;lt;victim&amp;gt;. Basically gives some&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |         messages.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o You may find that some mobs will be able to climb through&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |         exits now.&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|     &lt;br /&gt;
    /\      BUG FIXES&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \       o You can no longer MEDITATE (do your breathing excercises)&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \        while affected with SUSTAIN BREATH skill or spell (no&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\       longer breathing).&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o You can no longer restart or back up over the header&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |         information when you APPEND on to a board post.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o @show and @&amp;gt; look nicer when used in APPEND also.&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|       o Fix for characters moving not always showing up. Wasn't&lt;br /&gt;
    /\          always flee.&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \       o You can no longer harness a mount to a cart while its&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \        being ridden&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\     o When a mount gets killed it should now be unharnessed.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     NEW SOCIALS&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |       o phew -- sigh of relief type thing&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|       o wave and hello alternates added: farewell, goodbye,&lt;br /&gt;
    /\          welcome wave is more generic with goodbye taking current&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \         messages over&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    &lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\   &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |                        HELP FILE UPDATES&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     General Topics:&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|          FEED, HITROLL&lt;br /&gt;
    /\      &lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     Skill Topics:&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \         AUGMENT, BLINDSIDE, CHANT, SUCKERPUNCH, TOPPLE, RETREAT,&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\        WRESTLING&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |                           AREA UPDATES &lt;br /&gt;
   |__|     &lt;br /&gt;
    /\      If you want to suggest specific improvements or new additions&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     to existing areas please don't hesitate to submit them with     &lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    the idea/bug/typo commands or drop mudmail to the builder&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\   currently responsible for the area (use AREAINFO to find out!)&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     Various other TWOHANDED weapons saw changes this week. At&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     least one teacher for each and some users of the new skills&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|     added. Chant and augment teachers check for new skills before&lt;br /&gt;
    /\      teaching. Adjusted food prices, typically on the downward&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     scale. Tainting mob added.&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    &lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\   Paul in the Wild Boar Tavern (OOC) will be offering reimb&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     packages from now until June 13th, 2003. The process is&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     pretty much as previously described. Only difference is there&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     are three packages to choose from: INSPIRE, BOWMAN and CHANT&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|     which take the appropriate skills if known. All 1st circle&lt;br /&gt;
    /\      spellwords are reimbed at 1 prac per word and all 2nd circle&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     words wil be reimbed 2 pracs.&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    &lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\   ANCIENT NAZCA&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          Shaman deals a bit better with charmed mobs.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     ARABIAN NIGHTS&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          New Quest -- temporary flag based post-title with&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|          various levels of whois strings. Thieves have more&lt;br /&gt;
    /\           distinct descriptions based on their rank/level. Dates&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \          are dates, not bananas.&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    HOSPITALLER MALTA&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\        Spam reduced on Giacomo when you sell things to him.&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     LEGENDS OF THE PAST&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          Fixes AC on Sylia's shield. Eva no longer stuns when she&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          shouldn't be able to and gives a message with it.&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|     PIRATE'S DEN&lt;br /&gt;
    /\           Cosmetic fix when someone else's way is blocked.&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     SHERWOOD&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \         Fixes groups going into Sutton Hoo.&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\   &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     Areas that also saw updates this week:&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          1802 ALASKA, 1930S PITTSBURGH, ABORIGINAL DREAMTIME,&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          AFRICAN SAVANNA, THE ALHAMBRA, ANCIENT EGYPT, ANCIENT&lt;br /&gt;
   |__|          GREECE, ANCIENT INDIA, AZTECS, BENGAL, BEOWULF, BOSTON,&lt;br /&gt;
    /\           MASS., BRITAIN, THE CRUSADES, FRENCH INDIAN WAR, GYPSY&lt;br /&gt;
   /  \          CARNIVAL, HOSPITALLER MALTA, MEDIEVAL SEAS, PICTISH&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \         COUNTRY, SAN FRANCISCO, SEONI JUNGLE, ST. DENIS ABBEY,&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\        TORTUGA, VICEROYAL PERU, VIKING SKANDINAVIA, WWI SOMME,&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |          and ZANZIBAR&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |__|                    In Progress Area Updates&lt;br /&gt;
    /\      &lt;br /&gt;
   /  \     This section is intended to share what builders are working&lt;br /&gt;
  /    \    on behind the scenes. It is not a perfect record of progress&lt;br /&gt;
 /_    _\   as all builders do not commit updates every week. Badgering&lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     builders about their progress will get you flogged. &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |     &lt;br /&gt;
   |  |              Kae           Larderello (Dante's Hell)&lt;br /&gt;
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                              RECENT TOPICS&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
 o Reasoning Behind Wimpy Change?    o Sneaky Exit/Entrance Bug Fix&lt;br /&gt;
 o Can we Hear Nearby Gunfire?       o Self-healing at Inns?&lt;br /&gt;
 o Kudos to Cheyla on Savanna!       o Repair/Mend vs Tform?&lt;br /&gt;
 o Ending Sustained Breath Skill?    o Why Do Doppelgangers Bleed?&lt;br /&gt;
 o Reimbs for Augment too?           o Why Can't I Engrave My Weapon?&lt;br /&gt;
 o Reasoning for Inspire Change?     o PKE RECAP: Under discussion&lt;br /&gt;
 o New Spirit Based Skills           o Create Mages: Greater Summons Timer&lt;br /&gt;
 o Affects Saving over Renting?      o AC off on Runecovered Shield?&lt;br /&gt;
 o Stealing from Fighting Victims?   o General Suggestions/Questions&lt;br /&gt;
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               MadMax has reached 100 million experience!&lt;br /&gt;
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                Seven Circles Celebrate 3rd Anniversary&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Congratulations to The Seven Circles of the Inferno as they are&lt;br /&gt;
celebrating the 3rd year of their founding on April 15th under the&lt;br /&gt;
free-forming clans system.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When asked for some information or history about the clan, the GM Lord&lt;br /&gt;
Marcel Alexander had the following to say:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          April 15. Three years for the Seven Circles as a&lt;br /&gt;
          community in the mortal realms. How time flies, does&lt;br /&gt;
          it not? It seems just a few weeks ago I turned my&lt;br /&gt;
          temporary (but lasting a year) leadership of the&lt;br /&gt;
          Grand Coven over and moved on from the entire&lt;br /&gt;
          Goddess-worshiping thing (which never worked out for&lt;br /&gt;
          me anyway) to join with a few select others to form&lt;br /&gt;
          what can best be called a social club for people&lt;br /&gt;
          somehow connected to the infernal realms.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          We really have been a rather motley crew over time;&lt;br /&gt;
          vampires (with and without that disgusting open grave&lt;br /&gt;
          breath), women who don't want to be bossed around by&lt;br /&gt;
          their various patriarchal home society, devil&lt;br /&gt;
          worshipers, the devils they worship, imps, mortal&lt;br /&gt;
          servants, you name it. And of course, all the&lt;br /&gt;
          children.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          Children seem attracted to us like moths to flame.&lt;br /&gt;
          Could it be that in a rather amusing fashion we are&lt;br /&gt;
          far more honest, and that children, often lied to and&lt;br /&gt;
          considered too small to know or understand,&lt;br /&gt;
          appreciate that? I think so.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          Lives and destinies have been played out during these&lt;br /&gt;
          short three years. I think I can fairly safely claim&lt;br /&gt;
          that no one who has been part of our little community&lt;br /&gt;
          has been left unchanged by it. Whether for the good&lt;br /&gt;
          or the worse -- well, that's always in the eye of the&lt;br /&gt;
          beholders. The only thing that seems to be completely&lt;br /&gt;
          constant and unchangeable in the Seven Circles is Sir&lt;br /&gt;
          Percy Blakeney's impeccable fashion sense.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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                     IRA Celebrates 3rd Anniversary&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Congratulations to The Seven Circles of the Inferno as they are&lt;br /&gt;
celebrating the 3rd year of their founding on April 16th under the&lt;br /&gt;
free-forming clans system. The IRA changed from an RP clan to a PK clan&lt;br /&gt;
approximately a year later. According to their clan information, the&lt;br /&gt;
Irish Republican Army is a known terrorist organization here on Legend,&lt;br /&gt;
plotting to blow up a store or pub near you!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                   Acquisitioner's Guild Disbands&lt;br /&gt;
                   &lt;br /&gt;
The Acquisitioners Guild Clan disbanded on April 7th, 2003 for low&lt;br /&gt;
membership.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
There are currently 16 RP clans and 8 PK clans. This leaves open slots&lt;br /&gt;
for eight (8) more clans to form. For more information, read HELP CLAN and&lt;br /&gt;
see the clan information list via the CLANS command while logged into the&lt;br /&gt;
game. For a basic handbook and reference guide for players interested in&lt;br /&gt;
starting and running a clan, we recommend that before you even type FORM,&lt;br /&gt;
you visit: http://www.legendmud.org/Reference/gm.html.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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     /__|                    The PK Front                        |__\&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                     Playerkilling Tips and Tricks&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Hey there, I'm Perigriene, my friends and others who hunt me frequently&lt;br /&gt;
call me Peri. I'm making a submission to the Legendary Times in hopes&lt;br /&gt;
that I can generate some kind of interest in playerkilling, and also to&lt;br /&gt;
get the playerkilling side of legend back into representation in the&lt;br /&gt;
legendary times. My point here is to field questions relating to&lt;br /&gt;
playerkill matters, questions, comments, or even slanting rants. I&lt;br /&gt;
request players with questions about tips or tricks to staying alive&lt;br /&gt;
while living thy life as a playerkiller to e-mail me personally at&lt;br /&gt;
Tigz_16@excite.com. Each week, I will post a few of the best questions&lt;br /&gt;
here in the Legendary Times. So, hey, all the playerkillers out there,&lt;br /&gt;
this is a message to you, quit hunting that Peri guy and write up a few&lt;br /&gt;
questions I can answer here in this forum. :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Perigriene (IRA)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
The Infernals and the Grendels and the Seven Circles (yes, an RP clan)&lt;br /&gt;
all tied for having the most active members in pkill this past week. The&lt;br /&gt;
Knights of Legend were the next active with a pair of members out in the&lt;br /&gt;
field. The Grand Coven and The Panuccis, each had one member accounted&lt;br /&gt;
for this week. The Syndicate, the IRA and the Hermetic Order remained&lt;br /&gt;
unheard from.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
               =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In the past week there were 43 pkill-related deaths involving 36&lt;br /&gt;
different characters. Of those 36 characters, 18 of them were accept all&lt;br /&gt;
at the time. So come on, let's get YOUR name up in lights! We can't&lt;br /&gt;
report on it if you don't tell us about it!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If you have you witnessed or committed any glorious or nefarious deeds,&lt;br /&gt;
send a short report to us at the LT. If you are looking for a fight,&lt;br /&gt;
recruiting, or anything else related to PK (not necessarily PK Clan&lt;br /&gt;
related), send it in! It's free AND you'll get a prize token! Be a&lt;br /&gt;
celebrity, the envy of all your friends! Tick off your enemies or just&lt;br /&gt;
tell your side of the story! The possibilities are endless -- act today!!&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;
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                    A Letter from Micetto's School&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The following correspondence was found on the doorstep of the Legendary&lt;br /&gt;
Times Office:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          Lady Alexander,&lt;br /&gt;
          &lt;br /&gt;
          I write to inform you that your son Micetto Alexander&lt;br /&gt;
          suffered a mild accident at school today. He&lt;br /&gt;
          apparently poked himself with a sharp wheeled object&lt;br /&gt;
          that he claims his sister gave him. May I remind you,&lt;br /&gt;
          Lady Alexander, that such devices go against our&lt;br /&gt;
          Cooperative Code of Conducive Conducts? When we&lt;br /&gt;
          attempted to compensate the device from him, he&lt;br /&gt;
          claimed that he had &amp;quot;lost it.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          He was bleeding quite freely all over the other&lt;br /&gt;
          students, so was taken to the infirmary. Actually, he&lt;br /&gt;
          was dragged to it, as he refused to go on his own&lt;br /&gt;
          volition because he was &amp;quot;having too much fun you&lt;br /&gt;
          idiots.&amp;quot; Prior to treatment, our resident physician&lt;br /&gt;
          Dr. Hemlock did blood work, as per our Standard&lt;br /&gt;
          Anti-Liability Procedures. Upon testing the blood, he&lt;br /&gt;
          found that it had more than one blood type. Now Lady&lt;br /&gt;
          Alexander, you may not be familiar with the concepts&lt;br /&gt;
          of Modern Biology, but I can assure you that it is&lt;br /&gt;
          quite impossible for a child to have more than one&lt;br /&gt;
          blood type.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          Dr. Hemlock confirmed his finding with another blood&lt;br /&gt;
          sample and then examined the sample under a&lt;br /&gt;
          microscope. Meanwhile, the nurses attempted to sedate&lt;br /&gt;
          Micetto, who was by now disturbing the other patients&lt;br /&gt;
          and bleeding all over  the carpet (we enclose a dry&lt;br /&gt;
          cleaning bill). Dr. Hemlock claims that he observed a&lt;br /&gt;
          very strange thing, namely that Micetto's blood cells&lt;br /&gt;
          were fighting with each other and then that they were&lt;br /&gt;
          trying to get off the petri dish to attack him. Dr.&lt;br /&gt;
          Hemlock is now recovering from a subsequent nervous&lt;br /&gt;
          breakdown.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
          Although we cannot credit Dr. Hemlock's findings, as&lt;br /&gt;
          per our Anti-Liability Policies, we thought you&lt;br /&gt;
          should be aware of them. We recommend that your son&lt;br /&gt;
          be examined by the proper medical authorities as we&lt;br /&gt;
          are not liable for any peculiarities that Micetto may&lt;br /&gt;
          have suffered prior to his enrollment in our school.&lt;br /&gt;
          We attempted to keep Micetto under observation at the&lt;br /&gt;
          infirmary, but were unable to convince him of the&lt;br /&gt;
          importance thereof. We enclose a bill for the&lt;br /&gt;
          structural damages to the building.&lt;br /&gt;
          &lt;br /&gt;
          Most formally,&lt;br /&gt;
          &lt;br /&gt;
          Miss Slarp&lt;br /&gt;
          Headmistress, Blackmere School for Rapscallions&lt;br /&gt;
          London&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                   A Staid Vagabond Estrayed, Part Two&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There was a hustle from the north. I turned, and saw a pair of figures&lt;br /&gt;
running briskly down Haupstrausse. 'Dietrich! Hold!' came a booming voice&lt;br /&gt;
easily recognizable. 'Sheathe your swords, men! Or I'll have your heads!'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With obvious embarrassment, Dietrich slid his gleaming Saebel into its&lt;br /&gt;
scabbard. He stepped back, at attention, as Roland stepped towards me,&lt;br /&gt;
the Ritter Yves right behind him. I was bewildered, and several&lt;br /&gt;
townspeople had stepped outside to eavesdrop, their faces stern. I could&lt;br /&gt;
not bring myself to look at the esteemed Roland.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Forgive me, mein Ritter,' I said, shaking my head, 'Forgive me.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'It's unfortunate,' Roland said gruffly, 'I would have liked to see you&lt;br /&gt;
join the ranks of my Ritters.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ritter Yves stepped forward, a large backpack in his hands. I could see&lt;br /&gt;
it was made from wolf pelts. 'Your father let slip your mother's origin,'&lt;br /&gt;
he said quietly, 'You understand what must happen now, Tojek?'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The hideous Vikings were mortal enemies of the people of Kleinstadt. I&lt;br /&gt;
was sure that the revelation of my father's intermarriage had angered&lt;br /&gt;
those around him greatly. 'Where's my father?' I asked Yves quietly.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'He will live his life in disfavor,' he informed me, 'Roland has&lt;br /&gt;
forbidden anyone harm him, but he will never again teach, and all respect&lt;br /&gt;
and authority given him has been stripped.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I could only nod. This meant that I, the half-Viking (Freak! Murderer!&lt;br /&gt;
Monster!) did not belong within the walls of Kleinstadt. I looked around&lt;br /&gt;
at the sizable crowd that had gathered. Some of my friends and neighbors&lt;br /&gt;
looked at me with pity, others with a hatred so deep and fierce it made&lt;br /&gt;
me cringe. I looked back at Yves, who handed me the heavy pack.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'Go in peace, mein Schildknappe,' Yves whispered as he helped me put it&lt;br /&gt;
on, 'May God smile on your future journeys.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I kept my emotions in check as Roland looked me up and down. To the crowd&lt;br /&gt;
that had gathered, he spoke:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  Let it be known, people of Kleinstadt,&lt;br /&gt;
  that Tojek, son of Wolfgang, was born&lt;br /&gt;
  of a Viking mother.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The people in the crowd roared in outrage. Roland allowed the cries to&lt;br /&gt;
continue for a moment. Every roar, every curse, every note tore at my&lt;br /&gt;
being. No longer was I a man destined for Rittertum ... I was a monster!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  As punishment, Tojek, I forbid you&lt;br /&gt;
  to ever look upon the walls of&lt;br /&gt;
  Kleinstadt, for you are now our enemy.&lt;br /&gt;
  Sie werden von Kleinstadt verbannt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Again, the people of my hometown sung my curses and misfortune. I turned&lt;br /&gt;
my back to them. The Ritter Yves leaned to my ear. 'Forgive the good&lt;br /&gt;
Roland. He hates to see you go, mein Schildknappe. May our paths never&lt;br /&gt;
cross again.'&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
  Go! Go out into the wilderness,&lt;br /&gt;
  son of the Vikings! Go back to where&lt;br /&gt;
  you belong! And any man who follows,&lt;br /&gt;
  may he be slain as a traitor!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
With a mighty heave, several guards flung open the Stadttor, and people&lt;br /&gt;
began singing their curses. Several dead rats were flung at me, as were&lt;br /&gt;
clumps of rotting sauerkraut, stale bread, and anything else they could&lt;br /&gt;
fling. With as much pride as I could muster, I strode out of Kleinstadt.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
After I had cleared the gates, I heard the creaks and groans as the gates&lt;br /&gt;
were shut. Several guards heckled me as I walked, and I let the tears&lt;br /&gt;
flow. I sniffled and wiped my eyes for some time as I walked. I was&lt;br /&gt;
alone.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the sounds of men had quieted, I settled against a tree and slung&lt;br /&gt;
the pack onto the fresh snow. I opened it carefully, and found about a&lt;br /&gt;
few days of rations, a waterskin, and ... a Saebel and scabbard. I cocked&lt;br /&gt;
my head and examined the scabbard more closely. Never had I ever seen&lt;br /&gt;
anything like it! It was finely made, and bore strange markings around&lt;br /&gt;
the base. With haste I fastened it to my belt. I took up the Saebel, and&lt;br /&gt;
discovered a small piece of paper tied to the hilt. I unfastened the&lt;br /&gt;
note, and quickly recognized my father's handwriting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In a sudden rage, I tore the letter, sobbing, and cast the remnants away.&lt;br /&gt;
With unnecessary haste, I slipped the Saebel into its scabbard, closed&lt;br /&gt;
the pack, and headed to the west.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And so began my adventures... as a staid vagabond.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
                   The Ballad of the Vampire Knight&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
By Moira Connaught, with a little help from her friends.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Sung to to a vaguely reminiscent country western tune by a guy that&lt;br /&gt;
sounds like the one that did &amp;quot;Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
Accompanied by steel string acoustic guitar.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
                             -------&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               Now where he came from I can't say&lt;br /&gt;
               But we found him in some sort of park,&lt;br /&gt;
               Fleeing from men dressed in white,&lt;br /&gt;
               Hiding his ears in the dark.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               He was skinny and pale&lt;br /&gt;
               Scrawny and frail&lt;br /&gt;
               Strange as a Sunday is long.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               He had eyeteeth that gleamed&lt;br /&gt;
               But his smile always beamed&lt;br /&gt;
               And he tried to right many a wrong.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
                             -----&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               His heart, it was plumb full of dreams&lt;br /&gt;
               Battles to win, and justice to wage&lt;br /&gt;
               So he applied to the GM of Knights&lt;br /&gt;
               To squire despite his young age.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               But this GM, he had a dark wife&lt;br /&gt;
               A mistress of night, self styled&lt;br /&gt;
               Though she was actually more of a floor lamp&lt;br /&gt;
               Without the sense given a child.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               She and her friends had a party&lt;br /&gt;
               Round the squire they all danced with glee&lt;br /&gt;
               Until all he could do in due honor&lt;br /&gt;
               Was to turn on his heels and flee.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               Long did he lie in grave darkness&lt;br /&gt;
               From the loving bites they had just given&lt;br /&gt;
               And when he had finally awoken&lt;br /&gt;
               From his mortal life he was new riven.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (harmonica solo to the tune of the chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               Many say that he kills but for blood&lt;br /&gt;
               And eats no food come what may&lt;br /&gt;
               And some say it's mighty a shame&lt;br /&gt;
               That the Knights did allow him to stay.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (chorus)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (following verse played with schmaltzy violin&lt;br /&gt;
               accompaniment courtesy of Ransom)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               But his true love she stands firm behind him&lt;br /&gt;
               Despite what the rumors may say&lt;br /&gt;
               She'll weather the storms of opinion&lt;br /&gt;
               Though the blackmailers try as they may.&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               (to the tune of the chorus, but more slowly)&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               For the Knight he does try&lt;br /&gt;
               To do what is right,&lt;br /&gt;
               And how many can claim the same?&lt;br /&gt;
               &lt;br /&gt;
               For though he may be&lt;br /&gt;
               A pale monstrous thing&lt;br /&gt;
               He's the most gallant one of them all!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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replies, additions, or corrections to our address at lt@legendmud.org for&lt;br /&gt;
inclusion in the next edition. All subscription options are now handled&lt;br /&gt;
at this url: http://www.legendmud.org/lists/listinfo/legendarytimes &lt;br /&gt;
For RP submissions, copyright ownership remains with the author. We do&lt;br /&gt;
reserve the right to moderate the forum and edit or reject any submission.&lt;br /&gt;
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