For those that were once part of Everwind we look back and think on mostly fond memories, with some sense of sadness and yet pride. We were apart of something breath-taking, something that those that came later after the Realm fell envied the adventures we shared.
And now almost 2 years gone, Grace is rebuilding the once proud land of Everwind. It is met with mixed emotions, and yet after all this time maybe it is time for a new beginning.
Everwind can never be as it was, if MUST be something new and different, and so I have thought long on this and feel this could be a wonderful chance to start over. Step upon the green earth once more with intimidation and excitement to be apart of something that we can add to all those fond memories...or so I can hope.
Over the years I have been apart of many Realms, watched as some fall and others never get a chance to leave an impression. Few have stood the test of time and the ever changing world that is SL. Each one I have experienced has left me with new understanding of the virtual world we play in.
I recall the very moment I landed in the middle of the forest in Everwind, the landing point was out in the open not far from the Faerie Glade, Grace would later move it to just outside the market square to keep people a little more safe from the incurring battles that tended to flood the woods. My first experience with RP and the months that followed I took everything very close to heart till I learned to understand and be able to detach and simply enjoy and have fun playing whatever my character brought me. When Everwind fell it taught me the bitter sweet truth of SL, that nothing will be the same forever, and the months that followed many of us struggled to overcome the lose of something so great.
Does this mean I will go running back to Everwind now that it will rise again? As Katlin, no, her time has long since passed and her character is lost in history. But, I do see this as a chance to bring about a new character and start over, or at least, doesn't hurt to try.
And what if...Everwind should fall again? Well, more then likely it will, then I will have fun while it lasts and take a few more memories with me and hopefully a few more friends.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
"...and curtain!"
Delete
Delete
Delete
There is no more stories for Katlin, not here, not now...she is in the past, and no longer apart of today or the future.
I no longer hide behind the avatar that I once came to be, she is no longer a character, and the character has long ago become me.
I thought I could take her further but I can't and I wont...so as in the theatre they say 'Exit stage right' and 'End Scene'.
It was wonderful roleplaying with you all, I will keep the memories!
Delete
Delete
There is no more stories for Katlin, not here, not now...she is in the past, and no longer apart of today or the future.
I no longer hide behind the avatar that I once came to be, she is no longer a character, and the character has long ago become me.
I thought I could take her further but I can't and I wont...so as in the theatre they say 'Exit stage right' and 'End Scene'.
It was wonderful roleplaying with you all, I will keep the memories!
Friday, October 3, 2008
P.S. - "Post Script"
Thank you Ryou for this lovely picture. Everwind at sunset...gotta love windlight =).
*sighs* I am not going to flower this up, and I have tried several times to work out my thoughts to no end. I came to realise as the month ended how much things have changed in the last 9 months for me. Before Everwind closed roleplay was everything for me, and I had only just started to take my first steps into building. Now I find that with each build either for myself or a customer I am happier being lost in creating something then trying to find a place that I could take my character to.
Each new realm is a challenge as Katlin has become something unique and each new Realm I find taxing to keep true to what she has become. I don't mind change, it's only that I prefer to do it with roleplay so it has some meaning. I have seen too many constantly change their characters without any effort or roleplay and it makes it hard for other roleplays to comprehend what has happen. No matter what happened to Katlin between her travels from Everwind to Triskele to Carmarthenshire I was able to keep true to who she had become.
I feel that she has come full circle, she has wandered in the forest one last time and found peace there. While I continue to build and create I will keep my eyes open and wait for maybe there will be a Realm she will come out of the forest to call home once more
This does not mean I am going to give up roleplay, only I will not be using Katlin as I don't wish to taint what she has become. I will take my roleplay as someone new, a new character ready to be molded into someone unique. This will also allow me to divide my roleplay and my work and hopefully find that happy balance that I have been looking for
Happy RPing!
Each new realm is a challenge as Katlin has become something unique and each new Realm I find taxing to keep true to what she has become. I don't mind change, it's only that I prefer to do it with roleplay so it has some meaning. I have seen too many constantly change their characters without any effort or roleplay and it makes it hard for other roleplays to comprehend what has happen. No matter what happened to Katlin between her travels from Everwind to Triskele to Carmarthenshire I was able to keep true to who she had become.
I feel that she has come full circle, she has wandered in the forest one last time and found peace there. While I continue to build and create I will keep my eyes open and wait for maybe there will be a Realm she will come out of the forest to call home once more
This does not mean I am going to give up roleplay, only I will not be using Katlin as I don't wish to taint what she has become. I will take my roleplay as someone new, a new character ready to be molded into someone unique. This will also allow me to divide my roleplay and my work and hopefully find that happy balance that I have been looking for
Happy RPing!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The end....
I have tried to think of what more there is to say after my resurrection, and returning as a child of Illustree. I wasn't of the "light", and my character took on more a neutral role. I spent the last months of EW focusing on the guild and training.
Everwind went though a lot in its final months. Grace and Slip broke up and suddenly Everwind was turned upside down. Slip was taking up his sim "Woods" and suddenly Minions, Elves, and Fae were losing thier homes...that is pretty much the whole Realm suddenly packed into the main village, nipping at each other's heels in their small confined space.
Grace's third sim had been set up for months now, and everyone had avoided it pretty much due to the fact that a line was drawn at the sim boundary, no combat and people were renting the land for private living...or at least as private as you can get next to two full RP sims. Grace was quick to rebuild, but even as things were changing we were slightly saved not a week later when Grace and Slip made up. But things had already changed, and it was a little late to just flip things back to the way their were.
Trainers in the guild drew closer together as we adjusted the training to the new realm. We were overwhelmed by the growing number of recruits and constant demand of training and testing. Towards the end of Everwind, it seemed to some that we did less and less RP and spend more time teaching one or more recruits with the hours we had online. Recruits were happy to take on the challenge of becoming a ranger, but giving up chance to roleplay and teach others took a special few people...but towards the end, it was almost sad as we got less time enjoy Everwind's last breath.
During the last months in Everwind I had also been drawn to Triskele, helping to start up my own Ranger Guild there. As one event after another seemed to lead to the end of Everwind I was debating my place in Everwind, if I should remain or not. But my choice seemed to be made for me as Grace announced plans to make Everwind an "age verified" only sim. Now I didn't think anything of it at the time...I had take on a challenge to build a float for the Ranger Guild with the help of Jacko, Maya, and Samo. At the time my building skill was limited at best, and it took the month we were given to complete the master piece. But it was a bitter sweet win, as I realized that not only wasn't I verified in SL, that I would never do such a thing either.
Now I understood the whole "covering one's *ss" with applying age verification to a sim, but the whole process as easy as it was for me to do being in Canada, was against my personal boundaries. I was not about to dish out more personal information to make things more "safe" for Grace and Slip, it was also useless, as any kid with any sense to get this far on getting on SL could just as easily steal their parent's ID and Identity to verify age on SL. Now people could argue one way or another till they are blue in the face, but simply put, I made a choice.
As things got heated more and more over those that picked one side or another on this issue things seems to go downhill fast, and as much as I have respect for Grace as a sim owner and all she gives to those that play in her sims, it was a dark side of plain and simple disrespect for those that put their hearts and souls into HER playground that did it in for me. Fine, it was her money, she can do and say what she wants, but I am not stupid and being slapped in the face is about the last thing anyone in their right mind would stand to turn back and let that person do it again.
As my last days in Everwind counted down, I made myself at home in Triskele as I knew come New Years it would be my only home. I had looked forward to celebrating a year in Everwind and more of its adventures, but I came to accept that all good things come to an end. And more so, as Everwind has come into history as THE best Medieval Roleplay sim to have come to life in SL, I can look back and smile and say "I was there...I was apart of it".
Since Everwind close, and its sad attempt at rebirth in the new year, there is rarely a day that doesn't go by that I think back on the first realm I called home. Through all the ups and downs, the pain and heartaches, to the joys and love I have come to feel for so many I met in that precious part of SL...I have no regrets other then wishing I had more then my few memories to relive.
~I posted this towards the beginning of my blog~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQM93l4J2Iw
Note: The Elf in the cage and on the sacrifice table in the Underworld, that is Park, my sis *smiles*....no, it wasn't even IC, it was just for the video! And if anyone knows the WHOLE soundtrack to it, can you tell me? Especially the part that picks up as the Knights run out of the Castle.
Everwind went though a lot in its final months. Grace and Slip broke up and suddenly Everwind was turned upside down. Slip was taking up his sim "Woods" and suddenly Minions, Elves, and Fae were losing thier homes...that is pretty much the whole Realm suddenly packed into the main village, nipping at each other's heels in their small confined space.
Grace's third sim had been set up for months now, and everyone had avoided it pretty much due to the fact that a line was drawn at the sim boundary, no combat and people were renting the land for private living...or at least as private as you can get next to two full RP sims. Grace was quick to rebuild, but even as things were changing we were slightly saved not a week later when Grace and Slip made up. But things had already changed, and it was a little late to just flip things back to the way their were.
Trainers in the guild drew closer together as we adjusted the training to the new realm. We were overwhelmed by the growing number of recruits and constant demand of training and testing. Towards the end of Everwind, it seemed to some that we did less and less RP and spend more time teaching one or more recruits with the hours we had online. Recruits were happy to take on the challenge of becoming a ranger, but giving up chance to roleplay and teach others took a special few people...but towards the end, it was almost sad as we got less time enjoy Everwind's last breath.
During the last months in Everwind I had also been drawn to Triskele, helping to start up my own Ranger Guild there. As one event after another seemed to lead to the end of Everwind I was debating my place in Everwind, if I should remain or not. But my choice seemed to be made for me as Grace announced plans to make Everwind an "age verified" only sim. Now I didn't think anything of it at the time...I had take on a challenge to build a float for the Ranger Guild with the help of Jacko, Maya, and Samo. At the time my building skill was limited at best, and it took the month we were given to complete the master piece. But it was a bitter sweet win, as I realized that not only wasn't I verified in SL, that I would never do such a thing either.
Now I understood the whole "covering one's *ss" with applying age verification to a sim, but the whole process as easy as it was for me to do being in Canada, was against my personal boundaries. I was not about to dish out more personal information to make things more "safe" for Grace and Slip, it was also useless, as any kid with any sense to get this far on getting on SL could just as easily steal their parent's ID and Identity to verify age on SL. Now people could argue one way or another till they are blue in the face, but simply put, I made a choice.
As things got heated more and more over those that picked one side or another on this issue things seems to go downhill fast, and as much as I have respect for Grace as a sim owner and all she gives to those that play in her sims, it was a dark side of plain and simple disrespect for those that put their hearts and souls into HER playground that did it in for me. Fine, it was her money, she can do and say what she wants, but I am not stupid and being slapped in the face is about the last thing anyone in their right mind would stand to turn back and let that person do it again.
As my last days in Everwind counted down, I made myself at home in Triskele as I knew come New Years it would be my only home. I had looked forward to celebrating a year in Everwind and more of its adventures, but I came to accept that all good things come to an end. And more so, as Everwind has come into history as THE best Medieval Roleplay sim to have come to life in SL, I can look back and smile and say "I was there...I was apart of it".
Since Everwind close, and its sad attempt at rebirth in the new year, there is rarely a day that doesn't go by that I think back on the first realm I called home. Through all the ups and downs, the pain and heartaches, to the joys and love I have come to feel for so many I met in that precious part of SL...I have no regrets other then wishing I had more then my few memories to relive.
~I posted this towards the beginning of my blog~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQM93l4J2Iw
Note: The Elf in the cage and on the sacrifice table in the Underworld, that is Park, my sis *smiles*....no, it wasn't even IC, it was just for the video! And if anyone knows the WHOLE soundtrack to it, can you tell me? Especially the part that picks up as the Knights run out of the Castle.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
DO-OVER!
Ever as a child did you play a game with your parents, snakes and ladders and keep rolling the dice and landing on the snake, or getting nothing but 1s or bad cards? Your parents would smile and hand the dice to you again, letting you take another shot. Oh it was great, it was like wiping the slate clean and starting over, but still taking everything with you.
Now in RP, it's not so easy to just forget things that happened. Many times RP has been voided, battles or fights go bad and then a GM comes along and you have to pretend that 3 hours of your time have just gone "poof". So what happens when your character comes to a wall, and you want to take five steps back and go down another path? Well, you can't really do that, but nice thing about RP is if you are good, if you were Mage you could just blow the wall away, but if you are a Ranger, throw over a grapple hook and up you go!
Okay, its not that simple, but you get the idea, if you are creative enough, in RP, just about anything is possible if you are willing to do it.
Now, Stormy and Chance had only been gone for about 2 days, Raenn sat on the thrown and I was torn. She along with the minions wanted me to stay, but it just wasn't the same without Stormy and Chance there. I finally decided that this was it, that my time had come and I was going to throw that grapple hook over the wall and find my next path. So how does one just leave the Dark Realm, not to mention step down as a Dark Sage? Well...it's easy really, just depends on if you would enjoy it or not.
I get it in my head that this is it, and portal into Everwind, just as I land I get a notice from the Ranger's Guild. Park has stepped down and left, no longer Ranger Second or even a member of Everwind. And just who do I bump into as I head towards the path to the Dark Valley but our fearless leader Jacko *grins*. Needless to say, I am up for promotion, Park gone, my long time rank of Lt is about to take me higher...wooohooo! Well, a sad moment, hurt that Park is gone, but thrilled to be Second, and oh wait...there was a reason I went to Everwind in the first place...right....back to the story.
WARNING THE FOLLOWING IS ROLEPLAY, NOT REAL, EVERYTHING DONE WAS CONSENTED TO, COULD BE GRAPHIC!!!
Log of Nov 11 '07 - Scene set in the Dark Cathedral, the new Dark Queen on her thrown, and top loyal minions surround her. Enter Katlin, Dark Sage Ranger.
Stix: Vedui' Katlin
Raenn: Vedui Kaitlin
Katlin walks into the Cathedral and looks at the Dark Queen long and hard
Raenn lifts a brow "Something to say Kaitlin"
Katlin shakes her head and slips off her Sage band from her arm and throws it to the ground at the Dark Queen's feet
Stix eyes katlin
Raenn looks astounded she leaves the band on the ground
Katlin: My oaths were to MY KING, MY QUEEN and APOS
Raenn saunters up to the human girl eyes as cold as ice, her blood boils in her veins "You DARE disrespect me?"
Stix rests his hand on his weapon
Katlin: My Queen and King are dead, and Apos the only one that had a hold on me is weak
Raenn grabs her by the hair and throws her to her knees
Katlin falls to her knees hard
Raenn: Apos has made me your Queen, you will respect her desires or die!
Raenn: repent Child and your punishment shall be swift *glares down at her
Raenn spits "Beg girl!"
Katlin glares at the Dark Queen...."Apos has no power over me anymore, but I'm not a coward....I wont run and hide"
Stix draws his staff.
Rayiden: Your orders my Queen?
Raenn's suck in a breath through her teeth "Then you leave me no choice" *pulls the girls hair harder bringing her head back, a dagger appears in her hand gleaming in the candlelight with a swift movement she thrusts it into Katlin's throat and twists grunting with a satisfied smile, she throws the girl down simultaneously jerking the blade from her throat and shivers with pleasure
Katlin body shudders with the force of the blade, her life leaves her quickly
Raenn turns a gleam in her eye "dispose of this garbage, feed it to the Orcs"
Stix grabs the corpse by the hair and drags her from the cathedral.
And that was the end of Katlin, Dark Sage Ranger of Everwind. I was now a ghost, for length of 7 days of roleplay. Not a very good first day of being Second of the Ranger Guild, but it was my do-over *sighs*.
Now in RP, it's not so easy to just forget things that happened. Many times RP has been voided, battles or fights go bad and then a GM comes along and you have to pretend that 3 hours of your time have just gone "poof". So what happens when your character comes to a wall, and you want to take five steps back and go down another path? Well, you can't really do that, but nice thing about RP is if you are good, if you were Mage you could just blow the wall away, but if you are a Ranger, throw over a grapple hook and up you go!
Okay, its not that simple, but you get the idea, if you are creative enough, in RP, just about anything is possible if you are willing to do it.
Now, Stormy and Chance had only been gone for about 2 days, Raenn sat on the thrown and I was torn. She along with the minions wanted me to stay, but it just wasn't the same without Stormy and Chance there. I finally decided that this was it, that my time had come and I was going to throw that grapple hook over the wall and find my next path. So how does one just leave the Dark Realm, not to mention step down as a Dark Sage? Well...it's easy really, just depends on if you would enjoy it or not.
I get it in my head that this is it, and portal into Everwind, just as I land I get a notice from the Ranger's Guild. Park has stepped down and left, no longer Ranger Second or even a member of Everwind. And just who do I bump into as I head towards the path to the Dark Valley but our fearless leader Jacko *grins*. Needless to say, I am up for promotion, Park gone, my long time rank of Lt is about to take me higher...wooohooo! Well, a sad moment, hurt that Park is gone, but thrilled to be Second, and oh wait...there was a reason I went to Everwind in the first place...right....back to the story.
WARNING THE FOLLOWING IS ROLEPLAY, NOT REAL, EVERYTHING DONE WAS CONSENTED TO, COULD BE GRAPHIC!!!
Log of Nov 11 '07 - Scene set in the Dark Cathedral, the new Dark Queen on her thrown, and top loyal minions surround her. Enter Katlin, Dark Sage Ranger.
Stix: Vedui' Katlin
Raenn: Vedui Kaitlin
Katlin walks into the Cathedral and looks at the Dark Queen long and hard
Raenn lifts a brow "Something to say Kaitlin"
Katlin shakes her head and slips off her Sage band from her arm and throws it to the ground at the Dark Queen's feet
Stix eyes katlin
Raenn looks astounded she leaves the band on the ground
Katlin: My oaths were to MY KING, MY QUEEN and APOS
Raenn saunters up to the human girl eyes as cold as ice, her blood boils in her veins "You DARE disrespect me?"
Stix rests his hand on his weapon
Katlin: My Queen and King are dead, and Apos the only one that had a hold on me is weak
Raenn grabs her by the hair and throws her to her knees
Katlin falls to her knees hard
Raenn: Apos has made me your Queen, you will respect her desires or die!
Raenn: repent Child and your punishment shall be swift *glares down at her
Raenn spits "Beg girl!"
Katlin glares at the Dark Queen...."Apos has no power over me anymore, but I'm not a coward....I wont run and hide"
Stix draws his staff.
Rayiden: Your orders my Queen?
Raenn's suck in a breath through her teeth "Then you leave me no choice" *pulls the girls hair harder bringing her head back, a dagger appears in her hand gleaming in the candlelight with a swift movement she thrusts it into Katlin's throat and twists grunting with a satisfied smile, she throws the girl down simultaneously jerking the blade from her throat and shivers with pleasure
Katlin body shudders with the force of the blade, her life leaves her quickly
Raenn turns a gleam in her eye "dispose of this garbage, feed it to the Orcs"
Stix grabs the corpse by the hair and drags her from the cathedral.
And that was the end of Katlin, Dark Sage Ranger of Everwind. I was now a ghost, for length of 7 days of roleplay. Not a very good first day of being Second of the Ranger Guild, but it was my do-over *sighs*.
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