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Alas, all good things must come to an end.
Kherghan didn't really have an impressive backstory, but he led a pretty interesting underdog life and had a decent run as a front-liner. I was hoping that playing a Hammerbarb would be all it was cracked up to be, and it was. Unfortunately, my workload over the past three weeks and for the next two months to come dictated a maximum of ten or so hours to play SK, which isn't enough to invest in the kind of character I prefer to play. So tonight I'd made up my mind that I was going to go out in a blaze one way or another. Peso always makes that easy -- and fittingly, Iureana hellfired Kherghan to death. delete
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Alas, all good things must come to an end.
Lots of thanks to those players with whom I enjoyed romping around -- I hope you know who you are, because I doubt I could name everyone and I'd hate to leave out. There was a season of about ten days just prior to Pilnor's deletion that it was a lot of fun -- the rest of the time was spent huddled in hidey-holes trying to survive without breaking RP while being incredibly outnumbered, and trying hard to RP a Hammer character that could actually admit defeat, which brought little but scorn on both sides. Given that Kherghan weathered Ciadel's backward reign, I was hoping I could ride this one out too without completely dropping off the map, but I realized that it just wouldn't be possible with my limited playtimes.
This was a surprisingly tough call since I'd already worked myself into it at the beginning of tonight's session. I've only really had two other successful long-term characters on the mud: Luce and Kirken (similarity in name completely unintentional, but for some reason when I rolled centaur and started typing the same sequence of syllables came out). Both of them were played to age-death, and I enjoyed both. But I knew this would be a very different experience playing a warrior. And it very much was. Not many classes can get hit by a truck, come out of the River, rest, be reunited with one's container, and then get hit by another truck on the way out of "home." Thankfully that helped seal the decision, although I did take the time to say my goodbyes to everybody I could catch on both sides.
So I'm going to be taking a break until at least the new year, when I get a few of these long-term projects off of my chest. I really did have fun, and I ultimately hope you guys can continue to do so as well.