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Rogue Isles Hamidon Raid in the Abyss.
Saturday, January 15th, 3 PM Pacific (4 PM Mountain, 5 PM Central, 6 PM Eastern).
kidengineer will be leading the raid/coordinating the teams.
A few points to remember:
* The Abyss is restricted to level 45+ Vigilantes, Villains, and Rogues.
* Warburg Biological Mutagen warheads/nukes greatly help. If you can, please acquire one for the raid.
* A small supply of Essence of the Earth (known as EoE) inspirations is useful (but not absolutely necessary).
* The raid team leaders will use the Request channel to coordinate the teams. Please monitor the channel for instructions, but do not use it unless you are one of the raid team leaders
* It will hold 50 Vigilantes, Villains, and Rogues. If the Abyss fills up, do not leave the zone, there is no guarantee you'll get back into that instance.
* There is a medical bay in the Abyss if you should fall in combat and a rez/awaken is not immediately available.
* The Hamidon will spawn (bloom) 3 sets of Mitos at (75%, 50%, and 25%), in addition to the mitos that initially spawn with him.
* After Hamidon is defeated you will have the option of selecting 53 Reward Merits or a random Hamidon Origin Enhancement if you are level 47+, or 4 Incarnate Shards if you have the Alpha Slot unlocked. -
Once again Hamidon popped up just to get beat down in under an hour!
Thanks and congratulations to everyone who came out and made this coordinated, multi-team effort possible and successful. -
Quote:You can say that again.Originally Posted by Ice9_
$%*#$(@#*#ing gut-wrentching. -
I'll try to be available early... I'll bring my namesake.
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Quote:It's never too early.Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
Little early for that, isn't it? Last story post is only two days old.
MORE STORY!
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Quote:Originally Posted by bamaWolfie
That is one of my favorite parts of this part. His two word answer "I fell". So much emotion conveyed... in just two words.
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Quote:Sadly, his fall is not yet complete...Originally Posted by Sooner
"I fell."
Quote:Originally Posted by Sooner
It began prodding at the part of his brain that controlled his temper, spiraling his rage up and up. It also began forging heavy and strong magic chains around Ruadh's will.He is well on his way down the path... to the darkside.Quote:Originally Posted by Sooner
The more angry he became, the harder he drew on Ciara's power, unaware that the more of her power that flowed through that crystal, the stronger and tighter the magical bonds on him became. -
Eclectic.
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Paragon City Hamidon Raid, in the Hive.
Saturday, January 8th, 3 PM Pacific (4 PM Mountain, 5 PM Central, 6 PM Eastern).
kidengineer will be leading the raid/coordinating the teams.
A few points to remember:
* The Hive is restricted to level 45+ Rogues, Heroes, and Vigilantes.
* Warburg Biological Mutagen warheads greatly help. If you can, please acquire one for the raid.
* A small supply of Essence of the Earth (known as EoE) inspirations is useful (but not absolutely necessary).
* The raid team leaders will use the Request channel to coordinate the teams. Please monitor the channel for instructions, but do not use it unless you are one of the raid team leaders
* It will hold 50 characters, if the Hive fills up, do not leave the zone, there is no guarantee you'll get back into that instance.
* There is a medical bay in the Hive if you should fall in combat and a rez/awaken is not available.
* The Hamidon will spawn (bloom) 3 sets of Mitos at (75%, 50%, and 25%), in addition to the mitos that initially spawn with him.
* After Hamidon is defeated you will have the option of selecting 53 Reward Merits or a random Hamidon Origin Enhancement if you are level 47+, or 4 Incarnate Shards if you have the Alpha Slot unlocked. -
*checks watch*
*taps foot impatiently* -
Hamidon spawned a little earlier than we would have liked, so we didn't get as many EoEs as we would have preferred. But after a little EoE sharing and we re-introduced him to a little thing we like to call a Protector-style-smackdown.
Congratulations! Way to start off the new year!
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Metaphors! Now I understand!
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Quote:Good point on Robbie... or Max.Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
In all of this, I can't help but wonder what Robbie's doing...
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Rogue Isles Hamidon Raid in the Abyss.
Saturday, January 1st, 3 PM Pacific (4 PM Mountain, 5 PM Central, 6 PM Eastern).
kidengineer will be leading the raid/coordinating the teams.
A few points to remember:
* The Abyss is restricted to level 45+ Vigilantes, Villains, and Rogues.
* The raid team leaders will use the Request channel to coordinate the teams. Please monitor the channel for instructions, but do not use it unless you are one of the raid team leaders
* It will hold 50 villains, if the Abyss fills up, do not leave the zone, there is no guarantee you'll get back into that instance.
* There is a medical bay in the Abyss if you should fall in combat and a rez/awaken is not available.
* The Hamidon will spawn (bloom) 3 sets of Mitos at (75%, 50%, and 25%), in addition to the mitos that initially spawn with him.
* After Hamidon is defeated you will have the option of selecting 53 Reward Merits or a random Hamidon Origin Enhancement if you are level 47+, or 4 Incarnate Shards if you have the Alpha Slot unlocked.
If you can, please acquire Biological Mutagen warhead/nuke from Warburg prior to the raid. They help tremendously.
We may attempt a completely evac-less raid, depending on attendance. -
Quote:Bamboozled. Blindsided. Cheated. Conned. Deceived. Defrauded. Deluded. Hoodwinked. Misled. Outsmarted. Swindled.Originally Posted by Sooner
Simple tanned leather tied closed with a leather thong. Inside were two perfect crystals. One contained the spell that would allow her to give him her power, and, exactly as promised, it would end as soon as the devils were dead. But while the first was working, the second spell, the one she hadn't told him about, would be working as well. And that one... well, that one... was something else entirely.
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Hunter has the power to heal her wound, but he won't be able to, because he inhaled toxin from the woman he would try to save.
A circularly tragic situation.
Good thing Junk and Spider are there. -
Happy Birthday!
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I think you forgot to close the tag... </rp>
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I compare this story to that of Anakin Skywalker. However, instead of the rapid transition from hero to villain that we were unmercifully exposed to, this one is far more gradual. And in my opinion, all that much better for it.
Ruadh doesn't suddenly decide to be evil: he is enticed (by Sadb/Na'rul's persona), seduced (by Ciara's magic), traumatized (beaten by the devils), and then emotionally traumatized (seeing Sadb's brutalized form). But all that doesn't break him; it moves him to the tipping point and sets up the fall. Finally, just as he is looking over the precipice, and he turns his back on the brink (he was ready to accept the judgement of his peers), a final act (the destruction of the momento) causes him to choose to jump off the cliff with defiance.
But even this doesn't make him fully villainous... it only frees him of his responsibilities and allows him to follow his heart as a vigilante motivated by an untrue fabricated event and driven by vengeance, unencumbered by the rules of the Host.
The tale is masterfully twisted and tragic... and it isn't done yet.
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I caught a couple of pieces that related this story to the existing universe, for example...
Quote:As you added a great deal of information about Aztec history, it lead me to believe that this was the back-story of a hero that was destined to make it to Paragon (and his dreams were visions of the future). I read it and concluded that this tale was to give us a glimpse into how he came to be and how his personality was shaped.He dreamed of a far-off place, a place filled with light-skinned people with hair of all colors and houses that went up so far that they threatened to touch the sky itself. He dreamed he was there, stalking the high places and watching over those peculiar people in their peculiar world. There, in the world of his dreams, it was his job to aid them, and aid them he did: he brought his strength into battle, and the gods followed with him.
Apparently, my interpretation was not what you intended.
Now that I think about it a little more, was this actually the reverse? Was this story the dream of a hero who is already in Paragon City? -
Quote:That can't be good...Originally Posted by Sooner
"I am going to save him."
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Let me take another crack at it...
The child is supposed to go into the pool, but she is to go alone. It is not his place to go with her. The desire she had for him to come with her was the child's fear of the unknown and the need for a companion on her journey into the water.
Matlactli's responsibility was to get her safely to that destination. He was not to go with her, and the Jaguar's action is to prevent him from following the child's path; it is not his destiny to go with her. -
Awww...
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Happy Birthday!
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I am now confused, but I suspect the confusion will be explained in the next part of the story.
The girl wanted him to enter the pool with him, and she is a special child, blessed with gifts from the gods, if I understood correctly.
On the other hand (no pun intended), the jaguar which had been following them for the entire story, seems to be an agent of the gods to ensure that he is successful in his journey with the child, does not want him to go into the pool with her.
Interesting...