Well, it was a fun ride.. I started this char mostly to explore, because although I've been playing CF
on and off for a quite a while, I did not hero many characters and never really took the time to explore
the dangerous/remote areas before. I did explore quite a bit and discovered many things with Ylare,
and made many friends who showed me a great deal.

I had no written role, mostly because I did not feel a need for it with this character, but also because
I'm a bit lazy and not really good in english =) Anyway, I did have a role, which was not really original
but fitted my character well. Ylare was sphere Revelation/Divination, Neutral Good in alignment. He wished
to reach enlightenment through experience, and to him that meant to discover the most he could about the
magical arts, to learn about the various areas, their culture and their people, and to make as many friends
as he could. Also, Ylare was free-spirited in nature and did not want to join any particular cabal, because
he prefered to associate with different people fighting for different causes, and to learn from those
experiences. Ylare did enjoy being involved in cabal politics and in the various ongoing "quests" that were
run by the immortals, but more from a "behind the scenes" perspective. He was not manipulative one bit, but
rather he would acquire much knowledge about who was in which cabal, who was against who, what were the
ongoing quests and who was involved, etc. And people consulted him sometimes for his knowledge, which made
him proud. Another important facet of the character was his great desire to help others. Ylare felt good
doing so, and was never expecting anything in return.

Offense/Defense shifters are great for exploring, I would recommend this combo to anyone who wish to
play a char with this purpose in mind. Of course knowing where to find wands and such help greatly.
I liked every form I got: ferret, rhino, lynx, sand lizard, lion, crocodile. I don't know if I was
lucky or what, but the crocodile is a damn good form IMHO. Sand Lizard is very useful as well.
Lion is quite mean, and when prepared, VERY mean. Only problem is that you can't keep your foes in the
fight, of course..


Anyway, my farewells..


Immortals
---------
Great job with CF, this is by far the best game I have ever played in my life. All the tweaking aimed at
good game balance, all the updates, the new stuff, the quests, excellent work! And thanks to the Immortal
who let me have my last name, really appreciated.


Warlocks
--------
Ylare didn't like the war with the Sylvans, but he understood why there was such a war and he was glad to
see that the sylvans only rarely took the grimoire and vice-versa. He knew and befriended most of the high
ranked warlocks of his time, and travelled quite alot with them. You guys were invaluable partners to him.

Jarold and Akriam, I really like travelling with you two and when you got your bad titles for not being able
to defend once (and/or perhaps for being too lucid about it), I felt bad because I think you were both fine
warlocks and did not deserve such treatment considering the circomstances. Heck, so many times I've raided
the Scions and not one of them showed up (or were in position to do so), yet when the new A-P skills were put
in there were gechos with the Dark Man saying how cowardly the Light was (and the gechoes mentioned you two),
so I was pretty pissed off. But then I realized that perhaps I did not know everything that was going on and
that surely, the Immortals had their reasons. Ah well, bad luck, I guess.

Jhard, Kalindar, Galial, Chasillia, Viynellia, Gherian, you guys rock and I enjoyed travelling/fighting with
you.


Fortress
--------
Fahnrore, I liked you, keep up the good work. Elrys, you're a blast to interact with and Ylare respected you
greatly. Jhanderin, nice work and thanks for saving my ass a few times =) Vahlron, Lruthlor, Karun, Siorgriend,
you're all fine and noble paladins. Sandoria and Briessa, great scouts and great friends. Vashka, you were a
tad too impatient for Ylare's tastes, but you were a close friend and I always liked hanging out with you.
Erenthell (sp?), we only met briefly but I have to say, nice job! Corealis, gratz for your recent induction,
you were a good friend of Ylare. Dylerion, bad-ass legacies/spec combo =) Oh and Liu, farewell to you my friend.


Warders
-------
I did not interact with you much but Cardiel, Starkad and Dacheal come to mind, my farewells to you all.


Tribunal
--------
I only knew Jamain and Orein, you two showed great dedication and Ylare liked you both.


Battleragers
------------
Wiglaf, you got balls and you always seem to stick around despite the odds against you, well done.
Sabiene, gratz on Imm'ing, Ylare liked you and respected your views even if he did not agree with them.
Aidamo, Alarin, Brogg, Alan and all the others, thanks for the few fun fights we had. You're all fine
ragers. Jeghaciel, only fought you once, you're mean. God, I hate scouts.


Heralds
-------
Airael, it was nice to interact with you. Darch, you're a nice fellow, my farewells to you.


Scions
------
Jhaelryna (sp?), Zharaluzar, Darian, Ghuljun, Jolaerg, Asin, and the others, you guys had the odds stacked
against you most of the time, and I (the player) felt somewhat bad raiding you all the time. But thanks for
the fun fights, and keep up the good work. I should have interacted with you more than just by
fighting you, so that I could learn more about your respective roles.. Too late for that now I guess.


Imperials and co.
-----------------
Sakard, I think I only gangbanged you, felt bad about it but I *would* have fought you alone
if I ever had the chance. Anyway, good luck with the Empire.
And to the duergar warrior who once disemboweled me (sorry man I forget your name, G-something),
you cannot believe how much I was pissed after that death!
Zekasiq, I think I fought you a couple times, but the main reason I will remember you is because
you seemed to be quite the charmer type with the ladies =)


Nexus
-----
I didn't really interact much with you guys..


Others
------
Eluna, you were a really close friend of Ylare, I'll miss you greatly!
Selatiel, I'll miss you too, you were nice and funny.
Uurmok, Karkalla, Aikaya, Queesha, Rahalans, Nycoe, Cassougi, Dranthaax, Mauhd, you were all my friends and
I wish you best of luck with your respective characters (those of you still alive, of course).


I'm sure I forget some people, sorry...


See you in the fields!

--
Sarnac

Fine i see how it is...all those long long hours with you and i do mean long! You were my best friend ic and thanks email me at kalystr@yahoo.com

Bah, people can't read Look under warlocks...
And how could I forget you, anyway? You were one of my best buddies for sure.

I'll drop you a line soon.

--
Ylare

I always felt safe when I was traveling with you or simply grouped with. Both of us being independant made things great, specially with Selatiel. It was like we were our own little cabal. You already know how I felt about your character as I was there at your death. Good luck with the next one and all that stuff.

You were a blast and had a great combo lion/croc=mean&scary heh you and i met a long long time ago in akan i think it was and were friends ever since, you saved my ass twice when we were hunting and i went link dead and we killed both wiglaf and findlebisk, or your beefy ass lion while barriared did. We had so many fun adventures and i think you were the person i explored most with. IC i was aiding a group learn and declared a day of rest upon hearin about your death. and no goodbye? ouch j/k but anyways great character. Ylare was probably one of my top friends that i could always walk around with and talk and hunt with drop me an email Farleyman600@hotmail.com great character and good luck with your next

Sorry I put you in "others" not in "nexus".. =)
You were a good friend, I always enjoyed traveling/kicking ass with ya!

Have fun

--
Ylare

Hopefully I'll be next with the age thing. *grin*
It was fun running around with you that one time with Kalindar. The interactions were also very good I only wish we had the time to play along more. Very well played and have fun with whatever you try out next!

Damn, that really sucks that you're gone. It isn't often you have an allie that is a croc. You were always dependable for anything. Truely one of Fahnrore's best friends. Well done.

"Smokey my friend, you are entering a world of pain."

well kinda sad to see you go... well done in all I think your forms were quite powerful, I must say your lion.. when prepped like you normaly did was very very very VERY MEAN!! hehehe i truly had a great deal of trouble with em.. I did get yer a few times but you got me a few real good times hehe I remember once i beat the piss out of a lion and chased em.. and then you came in your lion like 15 mins later and i was like alright guan get yer this time.. turned out you were two differetn lions and you were real well preped heheh that hurt !! well done man.. good luck with your next chars

I could tell by the fact that how often you were around when I would log on and still be around when I would log off, that this was not too far into the future. I have to say though that I wasn't looking forward to it.
I must say that I used to think that the most powerful shapeshifter combo was tiger/mongoose. I have to admit that you make me question that belief.
I have to say that you aided the Warlocks as if you were one, Akriam was always thankful for what you did(especially the time I was struggling with raiding to get back the grimoire and you agreed to come along and we got the grimoire back and wasted the opposition. Thanks again!) I learned alot from you as a player, and for that I thank you. It is a shame to see you go, you were one whose disappearance will leave but a deafening silence that nothing can fill.
Hopefully see you in the fields again, Good hunting.

I had a lot of fun exploring with you. I also learned a lot in our travels and I'm sorry to see you go. With the number of hours I have and the lack of con I'm probably going to join you soon. I look forward to your next! Drop me a line sometime. revenant101@hotmail.com.

All the best, may the corpses of your enemies be many and bountiful.

Jarold

>Elrys, you're a blast to interact with and Ylare respected you
>greatly.

Well thanks, I always enjoyed talking with you about things, and Elrys certainly respected you as well. It was fun talking about the visions and such trying to figure out what to do about it.

Man, we had some fun times together and were one of Vashka's best friends. You will be sorely missed. I remember when we first met and we were ranking in Aridhol with you Sand Lizard. From then on we were together a lot of the time. Fighting evil or exploring. You will be sorely missed. Come back as a Maran this time ;P.

Vashka

Always a staunch defender of the fortress even though you werent one of us. I knew that whenever a situation got rough we could count on you to help us out. It is always nice to see an uncaballed char have ideals and not always be about gathering the almighty set of eq.

all my chars are uncaballed and I always get involved in cabal politics. What would cf be without it? get a great set, then sit on your ass and do nothing with it? bah...much more fun to head into a raid or big fight on eastern.

I'm used to it now...no mercy right? Anyway sometimes I did not like being ganged (Bad days, it happends or too many deaths in a row) so I'd log off but I take it like a gentleman on the shin and tell myself...thank you sir, may I have another? Then after you'll pay you SOB! I'm glad you are gone...gotta hate those healers bird paladin combo! Now come to the Empire! You'll see how it is to be the underdog! (I do think we are...no?)

We had travelled briefly many times, but it was only recently I really got a chance for some real good interactions and I was even more impressed. Damn fine job with the character. Lruthlor was saddened by the loss. When I get a chance I'll post some logs.

Thanks! I have to say your char is quite interesting too. Very noble, in the good sense, and you acted with reverence and humility. A true paladin.

I sure would like to see some logs if you got any, I didn't keep any logs I think..

Have fun

--
Ylare

>Jarold and Akriam, I really like travelling with you two and
>when you got your bad titles for not being able
>to defend once (and/or perhaps for being too lucid about it),
>I felt bad because I think you were both fine
>warlocks and did not deserve such treatment considering the
>circomstances. Heck, so many times I've raided
>the Scions and not one of them showed up (or were in position
>to do so), yet when the new A-P skills were put
>in there were gechos with the Dark Man saying how cowardly the
>Light was (and the gechoes mentioned you two),
>so I was pretty pissed off. But then I realized that perhaps I
>did not know everything that was going on and
>that surely, the Immortals had their reasons. Ah well, bad
>luck, I guess.


Hmmm, i can think of one time where i didnt come and would know we was raided, but apart from that, i think i have been back defending every time... The other times i was in a place where i wouldnt know if a raid was coming or so...

As for the gecho's... It mentioned two drows - me and the chancellor, and we raided the tower without anyone coming back to defend... I wasnt sertain if they was warlocks or anything, but the imms usually dont gives titles like that for a single occasion, perhaps there was more to it... ?! Besides, it didnt took long before 4 or more stood at our entrance getting the sceptre...

>Scions
>------
>Jhaelryna (sp?), Zharaluzar, Darian, Ghuljun, Jolaerg, Asin,
>and the others, you guys had the odds stacked
>against you most of the time, and I (the player) felt somewhat
>bad raiding you all the time. But thanks for
>the fun fights, and keep up the good work. I should have
>interacted with you more than just by
>fighting you, so that I could learn more about your respective
>roles.. Too late for that now I guess.
>

Your right about the odds, 95% of the time i log on, we dont have the sceptre and im the only evil around... You would be welcome to interact with me...

Apart from that, I think that you was about the only one i would "fear", even though i would not use the word fear to describe it ic.. You where a tough fight, and a healer vs a prepped lion is no match.

But well done, and try joining team evil the next time, a well played shifter and healer can be VERY nasty..

/Zharaluzar

explaining that staff to me and not just tricking me into giving it to you too bad that I never got the elemental to come out...bah. good times and I still kept thinking you were a lightwalker for some reason. no idea why but you just struck me that way! haha.

Good luck on whatevers next and yeah I'm gone too..through with bards hehe

-Trin

He was a lightwalker... alignment/ethos = Good/Neutral. He just stayed out of the cabals and was kind of free spirited as he said. An independent good guy.

Actually, I thought about that (the staff thing) afterwards and I realized that perhaps you had the wrong staff.. There are two staves that look similar I think, and only one of them can be used to summon an elemental (to my knowledge, anyway). Sorry for not coming back to you about this, I hope you find out your answers IC.

Farewells Trinthos!

Hah! Yes, I was quite the charmer with the ladies... We fought a few times, mainly I avoided you if I saw you coming... sour memories of our fights! Well done. Good to see you enjoyed your character and you enjoy CF as a whole. I have the same feeling. See you on the battlefield again sometime.

Zekasiq

BTW: Gramukzul, maybe, is that duergar warrior that disemboweled you. Ring a bell?

Zacharyn, Parcan, my farewells to you both!
Now who else did I forget...

--
Sarnac

>Zacharyn, Parcan, my farewells to you both!
>Now who else did I forget...

We did quite a lot of ranking up together as I recall. Sylvrin really liked Ylare and had similar views as his for a while till she became convinced that the Light was where she needed to focus. I remember when we were both around the mid 30's we were chatting about the importance of knowledge. It was great talking with you in the Inn sometimes, and later having you help me find gear and stuff. Ylare was a really enjoyable fellow to be around and will be greatly missed by Sylvrin.

Sorry Sylvrin I forgot you in my post but I will certainly not forget the good times we spent together. Good luck with your current and next characters!