I think Argivo managed to beat Rindros a total of twice in all those fights. The first was around our mutual level 41, and was the catalyst for Argivo's Maranation, so he always kept a close eye on Rindros afterwards. You were an incredibly tough opponent at level 40ish for a same-level warrior. I could last usually about 2-3 rounds total against your minions.

The second was the time you were referring to, at the Watcher.
Argivo was doing as close a study from afar of you as possible. What you said, where you went/frequented, what demons vs devils you tended to use. He realized the primary Achilles heel of a Scion like Rindros, who would more or less kill Argivo in five rounds, was that you couldn't afford to show weakness, which meant it was possible to to arrange a favorable match if Argivo was just aggressive enough in the right way. I was burning up every tactic, prep, and gold coin I owned in that fight.

I viewed your coming to the fight primarily as an RP committment. I was SO sad when the Watcher landed the final blow. I really, really respect that you played along with me there. At the same time, I think you easily had a better than 50% chance of landing a kill -- you are just such a godzilla for a nonbattlerager warrior. That was probably the high point of all of Argivo's battles.

I was a little surprised you thought you'd lose anything. The simultaneous facts that you played along when you could have just quit, which is worthy of enormous respect, and the fact that Argivo returned all your stuff the first time, like he did with all his fights with a few orceptions. The whole holy knight thing.

Unfortunately, that was the first and last time I could pull that play with that particular minion and your playstyle -- you switched things up afterward like any good player and I was clueless against the ice devil -- maybe another 50 IC years, and I'd figure it out

I was really, really, really impressed with how stylish, classy, and consistent your RP was after the death. That really established for me what a fantastic char Rindros is -- chiding Argivo for not knowing the differences between a nightwalker familiar and a demon when most people would be OOC'ly melting down.