I liked the character a fair bit actually, so I'm going to work hard to keep this from degenerating into something it shouldn't be.

1. I don't think I've ever gotten xp for being made a Maran, and I've probably had more Maran than most people have had characters total. I don't think it's any kind of conspiracy or anything, but take it for what it's worth.

2. Baer is, and I am gritting my teeth while I say this (partly in embarassment) a really hard working imm. She made a few (what I consider, YMMV) faux pas in the beginning that really made me shake my head, and I utterly despised the character she heroimm'd with, but I have to say (and I will leave personalities and OOC bickering out of this) she is one of the hardest working RP staffers we have. I'd say the MOST active currently, and thats a really good thing. I'm sorry your interactions with her weren't what you were looking for, but I have to say when it comes to the amount of time and effort she puts into the game, especially from the RP side of things I can't find any fault in the amount of her effort. I doubt we'll ever hang out and knock back beers, but I can't honestly say now that she's been doing things as long and as consistently well as she has, that I can find much fault in her effort as an imm. Take it for what you will, but it's not like I'm exactly biased towards saying good things about her, and I'm loathe to admit when I may have been wrong about someone, so when I do both then you might want to pay attention.