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=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- .............._______ ............./ / THE LEGENDARY TIMES ............/ / .........../ /.....______.._____.....______.._____.......____ ........../ /...../ /./ \.../ /./ \...../ \ ........./ /...../ ___/./ ____/../ ___/./ __. \.../ /\ \ ......../ /...../ /_.../ /....../ /_.../ /..\ >./ /./ / ......./ /...../ __/../ /____../ __/../ /.../ /./ /./ / ....../ /_____/__/__../ \_\ /./ /__../ /.../ /./ /_/ / ...../ / /./ /./ /./ /.../ /./ / ..../ /_/..\______/./_____/./__/.../__/./_______/ MUD .../________________/ running on mud.aus.sig.net 9999 199.1.78.16 9999 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://mud.aus.sig.net/ ftp://mud.aus.sig.net/pub =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= VOLUME FOUR, ISSUE FIVE February 25, 1997 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM THE IMPS DEPARTMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES NEWS AND ARTICLES LegendMeet Update Ritters of the Real World SOCIAL EVENTS The Legendary Times Personals LOVE LEGEND STYLE The Dark Lord's Blessing Hearts and Rosebuds LEGENDITES =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM THE EDITOR: Hi There! Well I suppose one way to get back on schedule is to procrastinate until you're two weeks late again, although that wasn't my intent :). Hopefully, I'm back in the swing of things and the LTs will start being on time again. Since I'm hoping to start publishing weekly again, just send submissions whenever you have them and they're sure to be close to when an LT is due. Please send your responses to articles to the Legendary Times address at [email protected]. Letters to the editor and submissions are welcomed. Thanks to several players for additional answers to the perpetual question below. There's been a lot going on the last couple of weeks, so on to the good stuff. -Sabella =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Answer To That Age-Old Question: Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? -King Arthur: It was not his choice. Avalon sends us where we need to be! -Henry David Thoreau: To live deliberately... and suck all the marrow out of life. -Joseph Stalin: I don't care. Catch it. I need its eggs to make my omelette. -Jack Nicholson: 'Cause it (censored) wanted to. That's the (censored) reason. Ronald Reagan: I forget. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= FROM THE IMPS: Ptah and Kaige Have a Baby Girl! Elena Marie was born Monday at 4:33 pm Weight at birth: 6 lbs 7.8 ounces Length at birth: 21 inches Kaige ...started her contractions during the X-Files, and because she didn't want to miss the show, didn't TELL anybody! ...did have an epidural. ...is doing very well, with only some tearing. ...yes, is breastfeeding and off work for weeks and weeks. Ptah ...is off work for two weeks. ...is better at getting Elena to be quiet than Kaige is :) ...simultaneously developed a major toothache in his wisdom tooth. :P Labor ...started at 9pm Sunday. ...stayed at 20 minute cycle for 8 hours. ...went to 15 minutes by 7am Monday morning. ...was at 10 minutes when they went to the hospital at 9am. ...went to 5 minutes by the time they got there. ...was interrupted by the epidural at noon. ...entered transition right after. ...had pushing start at 2:30. ...and ended with Elena arriving at 4:33pm Monday afternoon. Hope this answers everyone's questions! -The very tired Ptah =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= DEPARTMENTAL NEWS AND UPDATES CODING - CONFIGURABLE PROMPTS: Your prompts are now completely configurable, type 'prompt help' to get a list of all the available features. New players do have a default prompt. For the rest of us, the following commands will return your prompt to its old status: 'prompt add hp'; 'prompt add move'; 'prompt add mana'. - CODE UPDATE: ANIMATED DEAD: Now have a hp limit based on the level of the mob being animated. They have been compensated by having more movement points upon creation. - SNIPER: The instant kill affect of sniper has been removed and it has been replaced with a stunning affect. Where a shooter would previously have sniped, they will now have either a one or a two tick stun. - BUG FIXES: Blinding Flash no longer blinds group members. Cure Light Wounds and Cure Serious Wounds are now partially based on the caster's MIND stat, in both affect and mana cost. A minor bug was found with the cause Instant Death spell. Previously, it was impossible to instant death a mob that was more than 10 levels below the caster. It is now possible to ID such mobs, but it is no longer possible for a cause mage to ID a mob 10 levels GREATER than the castor. This does not affect the create version of the spell. The bug with Contagious Cough reporting has been fixed. Muzzled characters can no longer use conferences. Timesight now reports short description instead of keywords. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= BUILDING - NEW AREA: TRANSYLVANIA!! This period of feudal European history included numerous wars and constantly shifting borders. Countries and empires came and went. The central and southern portion of Eastern Europe was maintained by a country called Romania. A torn country, it was once ruled by one of most notorious of men called Vlad Dracos, later known as Vlad the Impaler. He was a king with his borders surrounded by enemies or people pretending to be friends. During his youth, the south was filled with war and conquest as the Ottoman Empire continued to expand its borders. Each newly conquered country was held in check by the empire taking most of the young male children and indoctrinating them into combat training as well as their religious and political policies. These men became Janisaries and were amongst the best fighting force ever seen. By the time Vlad took the throne, the Ottomans had advanced to his border and had begun encroaching on his lands. After a plea to the other unresponsive leaders of the European community, he tried to fight them from his capital of Tirgoviste. With a smaller and lesser trained force he was able to hold the Ottomans off by turning to guerrilla warfare tactics. He would attack at night or through fog. He would go for supply lines and poison crops. Also, he began to use terror to bring their advance to a standstill. One terror he employed was to leave captured enemy soldiers impaled at key sights for the Ottomans to find. Afterwards, this became standard procedure for his own criminals. His moralistic views lead him to execute citizens for almost any crime, anything from adultery, thievery to laziness. In fact, through his time, there became almost no theft or major crime anywhere in his lands. Merchants were able to prosper even with the looming threat of conquest. Though his results were good, his reign of death became feared by almost everyone throughout the country and neighboring lands. Historians estimate he executed more people than Hitler did hundreds of years later. Corpses were displayed throughout the land as a warning which would chill even the most hearty of people. Care to come and tempt his wrath? - PROMOTION! Please congratulate Kheldar on his promotion to full builder with the addition of the area above. Kheldar says, "There's a little something for everyone in Romania, be it adventure, quests or equipment, but beware the myths of legend!" - BUILDING PROPOSALS We are now accepting proposals for immorts in Building, Player Relations and Administration. Building proposals will be accepted until March 3rd. Consider the proposal you send in as 'final'. That is, none of these will be returned with commenting, they will be evaluated as your final submission. They will be evaluated by the immortal staff in the week after closing, and new immortals will be announced after that week (March 10). Please mail all proposal submissions to either: [email protected] or [email protected] =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= PLAYER RELATIONS - PR PROPOSALS Yes indeedy, we are accepting proposals for Player Relations Liaisons. Like Building, we are asking that your proposals be "final" copies. And like them, we'll be accepting proposals until March 3. Once we get all the proposals, they'll be discussed and voted on by the LegendMUD imms, with the results announced a week after (March 10). The proposal outline guidelines are available on the web page. You can also get copies from myself and other members of the PR staff. Some general guidelines are on the on the PR board, including A Quick Proposing Overview, A Brief Job Description, and Some General Proposal Tips. Right now, some of the areas where we are looking for folks include roleplay (promoting it, running tinyplots and competitions), games (developing games that newbies can play, running p-kill tourneys, doing trivia, complete with weekly standings), as well as general on-line duties. Send proposal to: [email protected]. - SCAVENGER HUNT: JOIN IN! On Saturday, March 1, at 8p CST, Spencer will hold a scavenger hunt. The hunt is designed to test your knowledge of the mud. It will be open to teams of up to 3 newbies (to put everyone on equal movement footing). All items will be from newbie-safe areas. Obtaining help from others will be considered cheating and will result in disqualification (others being all non-team members). Non-color string coupons to each member of the winning team, i.e. the first to return will all items. Coupon may be given to the character of the player's choice. Clans, RP and PK, are encouraged to field a team. Please mud-mail Spencer the members of your team (register) by Friday evening, February 28. Then meet me in OOC Auditorium with your newbie team on Saturday night. If you would like to use non-hunt related items (like skills, spells, birdshapes), that's up to you and your team. BUT you must be able to obtain them without outside help! You shouldn't need such skills, etc. to complete the hunt, but I understand that some of these will make the hunt a bit easier to endure. Spencer will mud-mail all registered players the item list at 8p CST on Saturday, March 1. If only one team enters, if they complete the hunt they'll win ALL prizes. - GAME REPORTS There have been a lot of interesting games run lately, and are sure to be more, so keep your eyes open. Unusual games include Rusalka's Valentine's Day, Hearts and Rosebuds Valentines, Tad's Animal Cracker Hunt, Satsu's Scavenger Hunts, Spencer's Scavenger Hunt (above which will be on Saturday), Monty Python Flag Hunt, Gail and Sabella's Casino Night, Clutch's Music Trivia, and several different kinds of Player or Immort run trivias. Also flag hunts, and recall tags have been running frequently including one by Ea!, two by Kheldar, and several from the PR staff including Joule, Spencer, Leila, Bart, Satsu and Sabella. If you have ideas for games and intend to propose, put them in your proposal :), but if you have ideas and don't intend to propose, please feel free to send them to PR immorts in any case, or to the LT address. We are especially interested in games that are equally fair (or close to) for new players as for our long-time fans. Again, if you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to email [email protected]. Thanks!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ADMINISTRATION - ADMIN PROPOSALS: We are now accepting proposals for immorts in Building, Player Relations and Administration. If you are interested in proposing to Administration, please mudmail Chocorua with your email address and the name of the character you wish to immort. Thanks! - CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS: If you are interested in having a customized long and short description set, please read 'Help Description' before submitting a request. This will save the yourself as well as the Admin immort a lot of time and effort. Thank you! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=- NEWS AND ARTICLES LegendMeet Update LegendMUD meet will be held in Austin, Texas this year. The dates for the meet, will be March 21-23,1997. Here are some of the hotels in Austin and their current prices: Travelodge Suites - $39-$79 Hampton Inn Austin North - $61-$71 La Quinta Inn North - $63-$90 Drury Inn North - $65-$75 Thank you, - Ryssa -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ritters Of The Real World From: Kae The romance and glory often associated with the knights of the Middle Ages stems from a modern, romantic perception of life on the noblemen's castles, and from the romantic writings of the era itself. The medieval knight's perception of his own role also to some extent stemmed from those writings, which to a great extent were viewed as guidelines to knightly prowess. Chivalry coalesced in the 12th century, flourished in the 13th, became decadent in the 14th and 15th, and merged into the Renaissance ideal of the gentleman in the 16th. The Germanic warriors who overran Europe in the early Middle Ages fought on foot, but in the period between 700 and 1000, cavalry forces were created to oppose invading Muslims, Vikings, and Magyars. The military structure changed so that the main unit of an army now consisted of mounted men. Conscription, which had been commonplace in all the Germanic cultures, ceased, and this obviously initiated some social changes.The new mounted soldiers formed a noble class of which the purpose was war alone, and which held the lower classes in contempt. The knights, the nobility of the Christian European countries, found the shared interest in warfare, against other Europeans and against the infidels, to be a strong bond which united them outside of all previously existing classes of society. They formed the heavy cavalry of the era, constituting the chief and most effective force of war. They were the professional soldiers of their time. In the 11th century the aristocracy of the lands between the Loire and the Rhine generally adopted cavalry training and tactics as they did the fief and vassalage. Thus, in the 12th century, the term chevalier ("horseman") acquitted a connotation of honor, and the English knight (originally "serving boy") came to gain the same meaning. Knighthood and chivalry, its ethos and ideals, acquired a mystiqueness that combined aristocratic qualities, Christian virtues, and the courtly love of women. The ideal knight should be a man of prowess, loyalty, and generosity, like the heroes of epic poetry. In the eyes of the church he should put his sword at the service of the poor and needy, and especially of the Crusaders of the Holy Land. From southern France came the idea that a knight should serve a lady whom he loved passionately, if hopelessly. The crusades introduced the golden era of chivalry. The crusader was viewed in later times as an example of the perfect knight. The rescue of the holy places from the infidels and the defense of pilgrims became the object of the knightly vows. In return, the church took the knight under protection in a special manner, granting them exceptional temporal and spiritual privileges: the remission of all penances, dispensation from the secular courts. As a means of defraying the expenses of the journey to the Holy Land, knights were granted the tenth of all church revenues in their land. The vow of the crusader was limited to a specific time period. For the distant expeditions into Asia, the average time was two or three years. After the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099, it became necessary to raise a standing army there, to prevent the loss of the holy city and the crusader kingdoms - Outremer - to surrounding hostile nations. This caused the rise of the military orders which adopted as a fourth monastic vow that of perpetual warfare against the infidels. These orders comprised a perfect fusion of the religious and the military spirit, though also secular knights of the era are remembered as being representative of the ideal: Godfrey of Bouillon, Tancred of Normandy (in spite of the fact that he robbed the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem! Well, he did repent and put the treasures back), Richard the Lionheart (who conducted several massacres on Christians and infidels alike), and Louis IX of France who was eventually canonized. Like the monastic vow, the knightly vow bound with common ties the warriors of every nation and condition, and enrolled them in a vast brotherhood of manners, ideas, and aims. The secular brotherhood had, like the regular, its rule imposing on its members fidelity to their lords and to their word, fair play on the battlefield, and the observance of the maxims of honor and courtesy. After the Crusades, chivalry gradually lost its religious aspect and came to focus on honor alone. This spirit is widely represented in the many knightly exploits which fills the annals of the long contest between England and France during the Hundred Years' War. Bloody battles alternated with tournaments and gorgeous pageants. In spite of the brilliance and glamour of the knights' achievements, the main results were a fruitless shedding of blood, waste of money, and misery of the lower classes; during this era, various peasant revolts took place, particularly in England and Flanders, and the peasants had good reason. The amorous character of the romantic literature had contributed greatly to deflect chivalry from its original ideal. Under the influence of the romances, love now became the mainspring of chivalry. Knights were vowed to the service of some noble lady who could even be another man's wife. This idol of his heart was to be worshiped from a distance, perhaps never even spoken to. In the later Middle Ages, chivalry became ever more aristocratic and exclusive. During the 14th century, selected bands of knights were created, such as the Order of the Garter and the Order of the Golden Fleece. The title knight, like baron, count, or duke, became one of hereditary honor, and fewer had the right to claim it. Since those few, however, were powerful and prominent people, the ideas and ideals of chivalry continued to have a strong appeal. In its final state, chivalry became merely a court service. The Order of the Garter, founded in 1348 by Edward III of England, the Order of the Golden Fleece of Philip of Burgundy, dating from 1430, formed and brotherhood not of crusaders but of courtiers. They had no other aim than to contribute to the splendor of the sovereign. Their most serious business was the sport of jousts and tournaments. They made their vows not in chapels but in banquet halls, not on the cross but on some emblematic bird. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ________________________ / \ o O | Wonder what folks are | `\|||/ | doing over at LegendMud?| (o o) \________________________/ ooO_(_)_Ooo_____________________________________________________________________ _____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|__ __|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| THE LEGENDARY TIMES PERSONALS Leila, LT Staff - COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS: Congratulations to McDougan on his new position as poster-boy for the "Got Milk?" ads. -Anonymous Happy Birthday to Jen-Creature who shares the birthday of Ptah and Kaige's baby girl. We knew it was a lucky day! -LegendMUD ************* - LOST AND FOUND: I losht me bagpipesh nnd all me oothrrr echquipment, wheen me mind refushed t' recoonecht wi' me boody. Eef ye foond anythin' shtrange nnd Shcottish, pleash contacht me -McDougan ************* - FROM THE WAR ZONE In case some people didn't know, I realized that people have way more hps than I do, so I won't be pkilling until the trees come. (lets just say less than 250 at level 47) I have it all planned see, wary max, wimpy max, and I'll be constantly carrying around a black potion in case someone blinds me. Coward? Yeah, I guess your right. -Lethargio -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LOVE LEGEND STYLE The Dark Lord's Blessing? Amid good feelings and many cheerful congratulations, friends and family gathered in the Jacobs' Garden in Salem to see Ryssa and Rakal wed. Among the beautiful trees, the peace of the place prevailed despite the somewhat rowdy guests. Rakal and his bride-to-be cheerfully greeted all who cared to witness their happy event, including Huma, Guapo, Karyn, Mesgegra (who mentioned that this was her first mud wedding), Val, CLeo, Hastur, Morphine, Leah, Lirra, and Sandra. Hastur entertained the assembly with a brilliant display of his juggling skills, while Guapo and Huma looked over the wenches, Morphine offered refreshments of an...um... harder nature to those so inclined, and Val attempted to control her dopple. Finally Sabella, who was performing the ceremony, gained the attention of the crowd. The Dark Lord slipped in at the last moment and settled himself in a shadow near the back of the audience. His entry drew surprisingly little notice as Sabella blessed the place, although the smell of fish suddenly over-powered that of the sweet flowers. The ceremony itself was short. The groom confided that he is known simply as Rakal, whereas the bride identified herself as Ryssa MacLaren Hastur. Hastur seemed someone taken aback by this name, but considering the generally inebriated condition of the McDougans, this caused no wonder. The couple were joined by the power of the Immortals of Legend and their own Gods and Goddesses, and Rakal presented his new wife with a sapphire set into a ring of twisted white gold. Guapo seemed to have some difficulty containing his glee in expectation of a line inviting the groom to kiss the bride. Despite Morphine's explanation that such an invitation is intended only for the groom, the pirate seemed to feel he could take advantage of it. To his disappointment, Sabella did not extend the expected invitation, but concluded, 'By the power invested in me from Ptah and Kaige, through Rusalka (who does the best weddings in the world) I now proclaim you man and wife. Let these our brothers and sisters bear witness that Rakal and Ryssa have been joined together.' The Dark Lord commented, 'A wedding most interesting,' drawing attention (and consternation) to his presence. Lirra, taking a defensive stance next to the bride, insisted that no Lord was going to ruin her daughter's wedding day. The Dark Lord responded with a chuckle that he 'only came to bless the union', which seemed to displease Huma. Rakal reassured his bride that he would protect her, soundly seconded by the bride's mother who softly offered her congratulations to the couple, welcomed Rakal to the family, and asked that he keep Ryssa safe, without harm. Huma provided Ryssa with a videotape of the ceremony for the her father, Dominic, who could not be present. Sandra provided the food for the reception. The fare was especially pleasing to the guests, including brownies and rum which suited Legend's own pirate well, and wedding cake and wine to at least partially meet Morphine's perpetual request for 'cake and sodomy.' Guapo approved of Sandra's choices in his own inimitable style, 'Ye're a right handy wench!' to which Sandra replied, 'And I cook too!' Morphine temporarily attracted Guapo's interest by offering, 'Virgins sold in quantity, herded by heredity...' The pirate quickly responded that he would, 'take three,' but his mind soon returned to thoughts of kissing the bride. Complaining loudly that he came all the way for the missing last line of the wedding, Guapo kissed the bride without invitation, much to Ryssa's distress. He, at least, seemed pleased, assuring the groom with a wink, 'Aye, she be a good kisser. And I imagine that be not all.' As Lirra objected to this representation of her daughter, Guapo kissed the mother as well, noting that, 'she gets it honest.' The sound slap he received in return does not seem to have intimidated our lusty pirate. Whether because of or despite of the blessings of the Dark Lord, the union is apparently well-sanctified. Ryssa seemed happy and healthy with only an unusually strong appetite for fresh fruit marking the next several months. After a no more than normally difficult lying-in period, she has been delivered of a healthy baby boy, christened Alaric. Apparently, the baby thrives as well, as his first words can now be heard around Legend. It remains to be seen if the Dark Lord's presence at his parents' wedding has any affect on the bouncing child. \|/ \|/ \|/ Hearts and Rosebuds The men on Legend attempted the win the hearts of the ladies on Valentine's Day this year, and the women tried to convince the men to give them roses. The male and female with the most at the end of the day (12:00 Central time) were dubbed Legend's Lovers. Point was anxious for someone to whisper sweet nothings in his ear, Landy wondered who would tickle his elmo, and offered a romantic candlelit dinner at Rick Blaire's in Casablanca, the city of love and Hastur offered a rose to the lady who first presented him with a wreath of laurel. Xuvenia offered her heart to the one who best described her. Flidais asked that the winner of her heart guess the color of the rose in her bag (white). Kheldar required a quest flag of the ladies, and Gail hid her heart deep in a place dear to her character (the dt in Beowulf). Tyche wanted an earthworm, rue, willow, and daisy in return for a rose, and, as Sabella likes worms, won her heart while he was about it. Morphine, who is normally heartless, initially intended to paint Legend red with blood in return for a heart acquired especially for the holiday, but settled for giving it to the person who suggested the most romantic make-out room in medieval. McGoat offered a rose to the one to marry him, and McDougan gave his to the woman who agreed to marry his son. For Leila's heart, McDougan spoke perfect (well, some semblance thereof) English for five minutes, and he spent most of the evening rhyming to win Sandra's. While noone took Hastur's suggestion and required McDougan to try coffee, Tyche did manage to trick him into a drink of milk while he was busy trying to please the ladies. All that hard work must have paid off as McDougan had the most hearts when the day ended, and T'Aleydras had the most roses. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=- LEGENDITES Dear Legend and its great people, I sadly have to leave Legend, and I hope that I may return one day. I just wanted to take a minute of your time to thank all of you, IMMs and Players that have made Legend my home for the past two years or so an adventure beyond my dreams. I feel in love here, made friends here, cried here, and laughed here. It truely is a wondrous place. Few know all of the characters I have had the privilege of playing. I just hope I was there when needed and helped when I could. So Farewell Legend *bow* David Lloyd-Jones aka Gollum Daire, The Ancient Knight ************* I would like to apologize for my description. Many people going to HOL with me had the experience of asking me to be transferred *giggles*. Some Immortals even asked me 'immortal' stuffs and commands by mistake. I did not chose my description to give people a hard time to transfer in HOL :) So well... unfortunately for you, I wont be taking the 'angel' word out of my description :P ;) You'll just have to try and find the right angel! :) Have a good day! *giggles* - CLeo of the Circle of Angels ************* Hi, Lethargio here. I've been around legend not really sure of what I was, so I would like to seriously role play. Don't ask me for exp runs, eq requests or anything like that, cause I'll probably say no unless you bribe me by a lot. (you know, pkills and stuff) Whats my RP? Hm, I don't feel like blabbing about my whole RP...go find out yourself if you really want to know. I guess I'll change my description and my desc when you look at me shortly. Now all I need is a coupon... You know, they sure do help role playing in this mud, yeps. *hint imms* I think that'll keep me busy for a little while... -Lethargio ************* Lupus can now be seen around Legend as a war-torn Colossus. The seven-foot tall being will undoubtedly obstruct your view on occasions. ************* Shotokai Ceremonial Let it be known that a ceremonial has been held in the Great Shotokai Dojo to honour Luis' retirement. The Kusanagi White Stone now bears Luis' immortal print. 'A Man of valour never threatens anyone, He's still ready but never he pushes himself forward; If he Kills, it will be without humiliation; [...] He corrects the mistakes, even the slightest, but never accuses. This is what makes his willpower strong. [...] A truthful valorous being is never perturbed, Even facing unpredictable events or crisis, He never loses control whatever the situation he's caught in. All this because his heart is great and his goal elevated.' Murakami Sensei, Gate Keeper of the House of Shotokai ************* Congratulations to Diet who recently reached level 50!!! ************* Recently overheard by our sneaky little bluebird: Why Legend Is Like a Third-World Country: We have this bearded dictator, who seems to think we can all get along, and everyone will be happy if they agree with him, there's nothing that resembles an economy 'cept for black market trading of coupons, and the bosses love Big Grandiose Plans that never work out they way they're supposed to. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Legendary Times is published by the gods of LegendMUD. Please send all replies/additions to to our address at [email protected] for inclusion in the next edition. 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