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