Zulghinlour pretty much summed it up on Sunday when he kept me from rage deleting. He said something to the effect that I was a good Imperial, but not the greatest bard. I love the Empire. I was nearly over my addiction to CF before they put it back in and ever since I've been playing as much as I was during the height of it.

Wilhath was my first character in hero range since Keniston. That was probably 2 years ago. I rolled up Wilhath knowing I was going to be the underdog and, having never really played an underdog before, I thought I'd give that a try. I'm sure it's fun for some, it really wasn't for me. At least not as a bard. CONSTANTLY having 10+ people in your range gunning for you and, AT MOST, 3 people on your side is ZERO fun as far as I'm concerned.

GOODBYES:

Onglaurst: Thank you for the opportunity to lead the Sect. I cannot imagine your picking me had you had somebody else worth a damn to choose instead. I don't know if the miniscule size of the Sect is a reflection on me as a leader or a reflection on the CF playerbase. I'm sure people gave up on getting into the Sect because they had to gather 100 gold and that is a sad reflection on somebody, I'm just not sure who. One thing is for sure, if people will not gather 100 gold for the bloodoath the Empire is going to be sorely lacking in quality characters. It is my belief that Sect Leaders and the Emperor should rarely die and it was looking as though I was the only Sect Leader dying.

Khasotholas: Wilhath was supposed to be a follower of yours. That road was closed when I got the bloodoath and saw a note from you to the Empire that read something like "Death to the blades." From that point on I was religionless.

Zulghinlour: Thank you for saving me from rage-deleting yesterday. You told me to take a week and that was never going to happen. I play one character at a time and if I would've given it the week I still would have returned to the same #### that I left; dying constantly to gangs of 5, getting full looted, and never seeing new bloodoaths, citizens, etc. that could represent a light at the end of the tunnel.

Mazaufat: Stay strong, you're going places.

Lao: I don't know where the hell you are, but you need to log on.

Faeras: You too.

Astilamos: You are a worthless rank-sitting pile of doo and I had no respect for that.

Yanacek: See Mazaufat.

The rest: You know what? I'd tell you to rank, but truth be told I would not wish the hero range on anybody. It's ridiculous and logging on becomes a chore.

Goodies: I'll lump you all together because the same thing applies to all of you. I hope you're proud of yourself. A strong foothold on the hero ranks and new blood entering it on your side every day. I hope the exploring and the RP is good, because pretty soon that's all you'll have. Killing somebody and then immediately gunning for them again after they've died is not cool. Jesus Christ, as soon as I died my last death Blachmianan gated in on me (nosum off) at the pit wanting to attack me. Two words: suck it.

I'm sure I missed people, but them's the breaks. If you feel slighted post and maybe I'll reply.

Empire: I'll be back, but in the form of something I'm at least better than average at. It'll be better that way.