Memories of the Tuluki

[deathkamon]

Rules of Posting

(Rules will change under staff discretion)

-This is a posting area to discuss and post about old characters from Tuluk, that are either dead or stored. Keep this in mind, as posting about living characters will most likely have punishments handled by staff, not me.

-If the character's actions have game-changed Tuluk only, and are at least one IRL year old, you may post about them.

-If the character's actions have game-changed Tuluk and one or more places aside from Tuluk (i.e.: Allanak), they must be at least two IRL years old before you post about them.

-Remember, if you're unsure about whether or not you should post a detail about your character or not, it's wise to first tell mods/admins before you post.

Now that we've got that sweat off our brows, let's begin.

[Majikal]

I played a Tuluki midget that was a shadow artist. I hilariously rolled Absolutely Incredible strength on him and he was short enough that he looked UP to dwarves. I had a pretty good time with him. He was eventually out-shadow artist'd by an ex-clanmate who backstabbed him when he ran to the barracks to get his helmet for sparring. Pretty gangster.

My most memorable moment with this pc was a pre-murder emote that echoed something like...

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the pitter patter of tiny feet can be heard as someone comes running out from beneath the table full tilt, right for you!
Backstab girl


I also played a shadow mage that was a shadow artist successfully, for a short time. The hardest part was having to avoid demonstrating my combat capabilities around essentially everyone. He haunted quite a few soldiers and mudsexxers with his shenanigans as he had alot of enemies within the city.

I loved the shadow art system, when it was utilized it kicked ass.

My two most memorable don't fall within the guidelines so for now I have to keep them to myself. =(

[The Silence of the Erdlus]

I played a citizen who was an unmanifested rukkian, who ended up working for House Dasari and getting in on some cool house secrets. Her subtly twisted personality (which kept her from having long-term friends that weren't willing to adapt to her twisted sense of humor) was accepted by the House noble she worked for and even turned on her once, to the amusement of both parties (he had pretended to be poisoned by a fruit she had brought back.)

She manifested one day while outside and spent everything she had, including her mount, to be taken to Red Storm. Once there though the fun essentially ended (Tuluk was a blast, Storm was always empty) and I died rather stupidly trying to get to a known mage sanctuary in the wilderness without branching a thing (this was before I knew how to effectively branch a mage.)

[Cutthroat]

I played Chosen Lord/Chosen Governor/Senior Patron Raleris Winrothol. His picture is in the character portraits thread, done by the talented James de Monet.

I started playing him in mid December of 2008 when he was "the freckled, sinewy young man" at the age of 20. Almost six years and a few desc changes later, he was murdered in late September 2014 at the age of 68 or 69.

Some notable things:

- He was my first real Tuluki PC in Tuluk. I had played in Tuluk before Raleris with a couple of PCs, but not as a Tuluki. Playing Raleris led to me spending more time as a player in Tuluk than in Allanak or other game areas.

- IMO he really hit his stride after about a RL year, which is when the deluge happened. That's when Raleris started to run and/or help run most of the various plots that involved cleaning up and rebuilding Tuluk. That eventually culminated in the reconstruction of the Red Sun Commons, which was Raleris's crowning achievement not only because of the (mostly virtual) effect it would go on to have for the Tuluki economy, but for the sheer amount of players that were involved in everything from materials-gathering to planning to RPTs and more. Indeed, my approach to plots was to involve as many players as possible in them, though this varied in success.

- Though a noble, he got into combat with all of the dangerous things around Tuluk and not only lived, but won most of the time. Back when PCs could be enslaved, he enslaved someone who tried to kill him. He also got into combat with many things that will be <redacted> since they relate to magickal things that attacked Tuluk.

- He was often given (and would brag about annoyingly) the honorary titles he got from the Faithful for battles. He went into the Battle of Tyn Dashra as the honorary commander of the non-Legion and volunteer forces of Tuluk, but after a bunch of templars died/fled he ended up leading all the Tuluki forces in retreat.

- He started "Winrothol Improvisation Contests" which involved using Kruth cards to pick one of twenty-four random, predetermined topics for participants to perform about for a limited time. Bards and non-bards competed in separate divisions. Focusing on improvisation in particular was a reference to Winrothol's manual labor force, which wasn't capable of building wonders on its own and so had to focus on making simple structures in the Red Sun Commons with foraged or re-purposed materials.

- Despite all of this he was an extremely flawed character as well. He was hot-tempered and paranoid. He was a bit of a sadist when it came to executing people or having them assassinated in specific ways related to their behavior. The people that he loved who had died haunted him and the thoughts of them encouraged him to face dangerous situations recklessly. He followed Tuluki culture and custom when it suited him, and didn't when it didn't. This earned him many enemies and rivals among the Chosen and Faithful.

- Although he exaggerated most war stories slightly, he really did eat the mangled remains of his eye after a kryl shot a chitin spine into it during a major battle against the kryl. The given reasons for this was moral support of a dejected troop and to keep with him what the Sun King allowed him to have. Though secretly he also wondered what it would taste like. He was gifted "an odd, eye-shaped glass charm" by a Lyksae afterward, which he wore until he died.

- Despite genuinely hating politics and intrigue, he used it often when it was important (to push a project through, to foil assassination plots against himself (of which there were a few), etc). It was also fun for me as a player.

- He had a wife who was an NPC, but she was murdered in the events running up to the destruction of House Uaptal (though her death was not the cause for that plot).

- He had a child who became an NPC. He made sure to teach her how to use a sword.

[Erythil]

I played Asil, the amber-eyed man, as my first Armageddon character.  I think this was around 2008 or 2009?  He had extensive contact with a lot of Tuluki notables, and I learned the gameworld's secrets at the same pace Asil did.  So he was actually stunned to learn, for instance, about psionicism in the templarate, and was genuinely conflicted over whether or not he believed it or thought it was southern slander.  It's kind of a miracle that I survived so much wandering around in the wilderness alone as a guild merchant.

He started as a partisan to the Jihaens, worked for Uaptal, 'befriended' the mega-assassin Wisp, and then quit Tuluk after being unimpressed with the new crop of sponsored roles at some point.  He saw the Eclipse and the Precentor's tree and all kinds of neat things.

He wound up being an Agent for Kurac and learned how to read and write and dealt in all kinds of questionably legal things that I'm probably not allowed to talk about.  He was eventually rather blantantly murdered by a Lirathan in an expedient political deal.  And if it wasn't for Raissa-di and Goldy and a few other key supporters, he probably never would have made it that far.  He was obviously ambitious, and though he believed that Tuluki culture was the world's best, he rationalized that its stringent rules about magick use were impractical in the wider world.  Fighting in Soh territory with an icy shield and flaming sword was probably not the best way to enamor himself to the templarate.


He also totally heard about Raleris's eye and he thought Raleris was nuts after that.

[Inks]

Could you define game-changed please?

[Eurynomos]

It's safe to say if you think it's not public knowledge, don't post it on the GDB. That's all.

[deathkamon]

The one char I remember making was Leverex. He was actually really close towards Minuit and basically served as his henchman for quite a while. There was some secret code language made between us, and we made a big plot with our chars. Leverex did a lotta things for Minuit. He saved his ass from being chomped from a bahamet (I can't believe how absurd my shield skill was), as well as spy on others for him. Nothing major had been made between the two, but the heavily built human and that man made one of the most deep plots in Tuluki history. And then there was Lan the Lad, but I think that'll be saved for another day.

[Gilgamesh]

I loved my first real Tuluki. A guy covered in bone and gem piercings named Jayali. I had a lot of fun with that. He started out as a promising businessman and self-styled smooth talker. But also an idiot that didn't know when to stop drinking. His dream was to work for Kurac. He eventually did, with an Agent taking him under his wing as a sort of protegee. But subsequently became severely addicted to Thodeliv spice and lost all his potential and money and a bitter disappointment to his employer, not to mention ripping off his friends and basically selling off most business of his wealthy lover (what he could get his hands on anyway). I really wish I didn't store him, but I lost the time to play and unfortunately the role I was playing was setting off a few of my own RL triggers as well, so I had to back off. He was my second favorite character. My favorite character was my first one. Now that's the one I'm really proud of. And not just because my first character lasted several IG years.

[ibusoe]

I loved my first real Tuluki. A guy covered in bone and gem piercings named Jayali. I had a lot of fun with that. He started out as a promising businessman and self-styled smooth talker. But also an idiot that didn't know when to stop drinking. His dream was to work for Kurac. He eventually did, with an Agent taking him under his wing as a sort of protegee. But subsequently became severely addicted to Thodeliv spice and lost all his potential and money and a bitter disappointment to his employer, not to mention ripping off his friends and basically selling off most business of his wealthy lover (what he could get his hands on anyway). I really wish I didn't store him, but I lost the time to play and unfortunately the role I was playing was setting off a few of my own RL triggers as well, so I had to back off. He was my second favorite character. My favorite character was my first one. Now that's the one I'm really proud of. And not just because my first character lasted several IG years.

Dude, that's kind of an awesome story.  I wish I could have met that character.

[boog]

I always admired Cutthroat's ability to stick with it. I don't know that I would have the endurance to play a character that long. Raleris was a staple of Tuluk.

[bcw81]

I always admired Cutthroat's ability to stick with it. I don't know that I would have the endurance to play a character that long. Raleris was a staple of Tuluk.

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[Barsook]

I always admired Cutthroat's ability to stick with it. I don't know that I would have the endurance to play a character that long. Raleris was a staple of Tuluk.

+1

[Synthesis]

One of my (first?) d-elves got sirihish lessons from Ysania in exchange for me basically making shit up about what was supposedly going on out in the desert.

[Refugee]

I really enjoyed Raleris and always planned to make a PC to join his clan just to get to play with him more.  I was genuinely saddened when I heard he'd died.

I played Aonghus, a hunter who formed White Carru Trading Company, and interacted quite a bit with Raleris.  Aon won a lot of bardish contests but would never consent to be a bard despite a lot of encouragement/pressure.  He was always making up poems and songs and telling stories and jokes.  He once pushed and wrangled and begged and managed to organize a city-wide party sponsored by nobles just so he could dance.  He helped run the weekly Citizens' Call, which I really enjoyed doing!  He was a partisan of a Faithful Lord and was part of a double-secret witch hunting crew that never quite got off the ground but was fun to RP around.  Aon was my first Arm PC and I wrote a lot about him in another thread about your first PC, so I won't go into him so much here.  But I had a great time with him.

The next Tuluki PC I had was a sponsored Byn Sergeant named Niall, who was offered to me two weeks after Aon's death.  I was seriously in over my head with this one, but I had a blast with all the IC stuff.  I thank all the Bynners I played with for some great crazy times!  Finally he was brought down by a stream of unending spiders.

I next had a Tuluki PC named Rhyd who made his way as a hunter, but was actually an uber-patriotic assassin training up to be a tool of the Templarate.  He had a cool backstory that I enjoyed playing.  He died just as he was getting skilled enough to be useful, trying to scout the Nakki army for a Faithful Lord, 2 weeks before the HRPT.  Rhyd was the first partisan of newly minted Hlum Lord Rider.

With 2 weeks to go before the HRPT that I really wanted to be part of, I tried to figure out what to make that wouldn't be entirely irrelevant in two weeks time.  So I made a dwarf legionnaire named Torrian who had some nice stats and somehow ended up with the best wisdom of any PC I've had, despite having ranked it at the bottom.  He improved his fighting skills quickly!  But he still turned out to be entirely irrelevant in two weeks time because the entire Byn attacked him first and he had to flee immediately, lol!  He ended up with 3 hp after ten PCs swung at him as he fled.  I was terrified he'd fall off his inix and die.  But he survived, and became a Corporal in time before finally being executed by a Faithful Lady.  I was terribly bored a lot of the time with Torri; the Legion was sparsely populated after the HRPT, and there seemed little to do besides spar all day every day with the other two recruits, who were great and made it tolerable.  Finally we got a sergeant named Jharl, who really turned things around for me.  I was extremely grateful for Jharl!

[Barsook]

I remember Aon and the fact that one of my PC's, Tulay (or was it Arkadi), helped him start the dance party but never was able to come to it because real life ate me.  Great job on your first PC!

[BadSkeelz]

I remember Niall (I think it was Niall) getting tossed around by two dujats in the Sea.

[Refugee]

I remember Aon and the fact that one of my PC's, Tulay (or was it Arkadi), helped him start the dance party but never was able to come to it because real life ate me.  Great job on your first PC!

Thanks!  It was Arkadi.  Aon would've never pulled it off without you.

I remember Niall (I think it was Niall) getting tossed around by two dujats in the Sea.

Funny story, that.  It was dark and stormy, nobody could see.  And I was getting thrashed fast...but my PC was so new that suddenly I couldn't remember his name!  So I was saying help me!  But I couldn't remember his name to let people know who to help.  

Luckily one of the dujat charged him and missed, and everyone got that echo.  Ever since then when I make a new PC, I make an alias named helpme that calls out his name, hah!

[Quell]

Awww, I remember Niall. He was my very favorite Byn sergeant! So incredibly unbelievably organized (seeming at least).

I have vague recollections of spreadsheets being made to pinpoint the actual start time of RPTs based on the in game times they were at.

[Refugee]

Awww, I remember Niall. He was my very favorite Byn sergeant! So incredibly unbelievably organized (seeming at least).

I have vague recollections of spreadsheets being made to pinpoint the actual start time of RPTs based on the in game times they were at.

Thank you! 

I didn't make the spreadsheet that converted dates, I found that somewhere and downloaded it.  But I made spreadsheets for figuring out the pay cuts, that was necessary when we were running around with twenty people of varying ranks all the time.  And we had so many contracts going that we had to make a calendar for the forums, I remember.  I was recruiting a couple of runners every day, and killing them off just as fast!  People must have been having a good time though, because they kept coming.

[slipshod]

I have a lot of fond memories about Tuluk and my time there.

I played a Jihaen Templar named Velox Winrothrol, shortly after the end of the Occupation.  He served alongside a teenage Elithan and was killed by a bahamet while escorting a wagon across the eastern plains.  Velox preferred to be called "Faithful Lord" at a time when the custom was to use "Lord Templar" as a form of address.

I played a Chosen Lord named Mahesh Winrothol.  He was perhaps the most fun character I've ever played.  When I created him I researched some psychological conditions so I could play out his mental afflictions accurately.  He was a blast and I was never bored when I logged him in.  An immortal once intended to animate an NPC to launch an assassination attempt, but attacked Mahesh using their immortal avatar by mistake and insta-killed him.   The entourage of Winrothol guards freaked out accordingly until there was a retcon and resurrection.

I played a Jihaen Templar named Vraj Dasari.  He was a pudgy man with feathered hair and a keen interest in the halfling peoples.  He learned to speak the halfling language and - appropriately - was eventually killed by a massive swarm of halfling attacking Ayun Iskandir.

I played a Lirathan Templar named Isatep Mrenteki.  I considered posting a week or two ago in a thread elsewhere on the GDB about asshole characters.  I definitely played Isatep as an asshole, though she'd never tolerate being referred to with such crass terminology.

In amongst these characters were a variety of other commoner PCs who lived in or passed through Tuluk regularly.  I loved being in a position to watch the city and culture grow and evolve from its post-Occupation rebirth to what it became and remains today.  I am thankful to all the players I interacted with who allowed me to take a hand in shaping certain customs and traditions.  Players had such a palpable impact in shaping Tuluk after the Occupation, and players were so great about embracing the unique qualities and traits that made the north distinct and different from the south.
I have also played my share of leader characters in Allanak, and I must say that Tuluk made for a wonderful adversary in events like the Copper War.  From the perspective of a 'Nakki, the ranks of the Tuluk Templarate and Bard Circles produced some excellent villains and foils.

[The Silence of the Erdlus]

I had a Luir's born Tuluki dweller called Siko one time, a forty-some year old unmanifested ruk who became a Kadian jeweler. She was supposed to be borderline sociopathic, but I went and made her full-blown and made her desire (before I knew this was a thing in real life for them) more in life than what she had, made her wish she had her mate back and her father back. She was polite if not kind to others because A. northerner and B. she wanted people to be polite to her. She had the strange ability to garner empathy from others even considering her lack of a soul, and stored in Kadius, never manifesting. I had a lot of fun solo rping her in dreams and in the Kadian gazebo. She couldn't fight, but there were hints of a badass heart in her. She was infertile.

[Nyr]

Rules of Posting

(Rules will change under staff discretion)

-This is a posting area to discuss and post about old characters from Tuluk, that are either dead or stored. Keep this in mind, as posting about living characters will most likely have punishments handled by staff, not me.

-If the character's actions have game-changed Tuluk only, and are at least one IRL year old, you may post about them.

-If the character's actions have game-changed Tuluk and one or more places aside from Tuluk (i.e.: Allanak), they must be at least two IRL years old before you post about them.

-Remember, if you're unsure about whether or not you should post a detail about your character or not, it's wise to first tell mods/admins before you post.

Now that we've got that sweat off our brows, let's begin.

In the future, follow your own advice here and ask in advance before deciding what the rules should be.   In this case (since players have put in a couple of requests about this already, citing these rules), please go by the rules we have elsewhere about original submissions, which are much easier to follow.  Adapted below:

If your Tuluki PC hasn't been dead or stored more than 1 RL year, you can't post about it.

[Lizzie]

I played Carine, one of Dragean Tenneshi's long line of aides. Got a couple people assassinated, had a few assassination attempts made on her. Her #1 goal while in Tenneshi's employ, was to get Raleris and Dragean to cast aside their arguements and emerge as friends. As a player I knew that wasn't gonna happen but Carine was convinced it could, with a little nudge in this or that direction. Since there are still some characters living now (even though it's been well over a year) I won't say how she met her end. Wrote and performed a number of pieces while clanned in the Elkinhym circle.

[Rathustra]

I played Rathustra Utep. I was kind of a big deal.

[Refugee]

Awww, I remember Niall. He was my very favorite Byn sergeant! So incredibly unbelievably organized (seeming at least).

I have vague recollections of spreadsheets being made to pinpoint the actual start time of RPTs based on the in game times they were at.

I wanted to add, Niall was the son of a Kadian crafter and an officer of the Legion, who had been raised in wonderful circumstances in the Tuluki Kadian compound, and groomed since birth to follow his father and grandfather into the Legion, earmarked for an officer.  Very different than most his comrades.  His parents were dismayed when he ran off to join the Byn for adventure.  And even more so when he decided to stay.  Most his service after his runner year had been basically as a aide de camp of Byn officers, since he could operate comfortably among the Tuluki upper crust.  This is ICly why he was so organized and always a little bemused by the realities of Byn life at the bottom of the pile.

[Desertman]

I never played a single person in Tuluk worth mentioning.   

[Narf]

I played a terrible musician non-bard named Yuri. Born of rich merchants, he had tried to get their attention by being as raucous and non-Tuluki as possible, ultimately backfiring when they were forced to disown him to keep their connections. He was basically the anti-Tuluki, loud and expressively honest at all times. He was terrible at everything he did, and compensated by just doing them louder. With no practical skills, he ended up joining with Kurac in an attempt to get sponsorship for his wandering group of equally terrible minstrels. As luck would have it one of his bosses Goldy was equally tone deaf and loved his "music." She even played with him once in a duet that likely cleared the rats from the walls, and gifted him with his nicest instrument.

He had a little band going and played a few gigs, and was even happily and enthusiastically used by the agent that followed Goldy as a subtle middle finger to Tuluk when he was given permission to play a non-bard approved gig at the Tembo's Tooth.

My most memorable moment with him was a spontaneous rhyme-battle that spawned between him and a Tan Muark trader in the Poet's circle.

[Gilgamesh]

I played a terrible musician non-bard named Yuri. Born of rich merchants, he had tried to get their attention by being as raucous and non-Tuluki as possible, ultimately backfiring when they were forced to disown him to keep their connections. He was basically the anti-Tuluki, loud and expressively honest at all times. He was terrible at everything he did, and compensated by just doing them louder. With no practical skills, he ended up joining with Kurac in an attempt to get sponsorship for his wandering group of equally terrible minstrels. As luck would have it one of his bosses Goldy was equally tone deaf and loved his "music." She even played with him once in a duet that likely cleared the rats from the walls, and gifted him with his nicest instrument.

He had a little band going and played a few gigs, and was even happily and enthusiastically used by the agent that followed Goldy as a subtle middle finger to Tuluk when he was given permission to play a non-bard approved gig at the Tembo's Tooth.

My most memorable moment with him was a spontaneous rhyme-battle that spawned between him and a Tan Muark trader in the Poet's circle.

I remember Yuri. He was a really fun character. All the Kuracis loved him. A character I played that met him thought he was always up to no good.  Thought he was a no-good Southie lover. Guess he was right haha

[musashi]

I had quite a fun time playing a bard name Raziel who was a partisan of a long lived Hlum noble at the time. My bard was also a closet sorcerer with an imaginary friend who taught him the secrets of magick ala "A Beautiful Mind". It was fun times.

[Iiyola]

I played a terrible musician non-bard named Yuri. Born of rich merchants, he had tried to get their attention by being as raucous and non-Tuluki as possible, ultimately backfiring when they were forced to disown him to keep their connections. He was basically the anti-Tuluki, loud and expressively honest at all times. He was terrible at everything he did, and compensated by just doing them louder. With no practical skills, he ended up joining with Kurac in an attempt to get sponsorship for his wandering group of equally terrible minstrels. As luck would have it one of his bosses Goldy was equally tone deaf and loved his "music." She even played with him once in a duet that likely cleared the rats from the walls, and gifted him with his nicest instrument.

He had a little band going and played a few gigs, and was even happily and enthusiastically used by the agent that followed Goldy as a subtle middle finger to Tuluk when he was given permission to play a non-bard approved gig at the Tembo's Tooth.

My most memorable moment with him was a spontaneous rhyme-battle that spawned between him and a Tan Muark trader in the Poet's circle.

Dat shirt though...

[Iiyola]

Also, my char was... and I'm terribly ashamed to admit it... Chaser, the Akai. I was still very newb to everything and she was my first Tuluki char. Aon's player may remember her. He was the last one I contacted over the Way before she died to quite an exotic animal.

[Vox]

I have a lot of fond memories about Tuluk and my time there.

I played a Lirathan Templar named Isatep Mrenteki.  I considered posting a week or two ago in a thread elsewhere on the GDB about asshole characters.  I definitely played Isatep as an asshole, though she'd never tolerate being referred to with such crass terminology..

I was Rancid, the wretched, ashen-eyed half-giant.. I didn't think you were an asshole, the 6 half-giant NPCs you ordered to kill me on the other hand, THEY were assholes.

So many years ago! Good times!

[Refugee]

Also, my char was... and I'm terribly ashamed to admit it... Chaser, the Akai. I was still very newb to everything and she was my first Tuluki char. Aon's player may remember her. He was the last one I contacted over the Way before she died to quite an exotic animal.

I remember Chaser!  But I didn't peg you as a newb.  Of course I was a newb too...

[Jeshin OR]

The Minstrel Royce

This was a near max age character who ended up being a partisan to a Faithful Lady who was offed by Henn in the back of the Sanctuary leaving him to the wind. He was always performing in the Sanctuary performing little diddies and stuff although at the time I wasn't aware of the bardic circles pressure in this regard and it never really manifested he did end up becoming an Irofel bard, but he wanted to be a Driamusek. Sadly he was so old even Olide was like, no way you'll die before you ever make bard. He actually formed a crafting and spy crew for the Lirathan Order because he was trying to join Musadir as a lifesworn to the order and not just a single Faithful (job security yo).

He was executed for being a traitor, I believe.


Sum Elek of the Liran Tamar

This was a family role I wrote up, fun, little incestuous but all elves all really? I mean you call everyone cousin all the time  ... Anyway the point of the family was to go off and try and be a compliment to the Akai Sjir and they were actually nomadic shifting between Luirs and Tuluk every few years so they didn't step on anyone's toes so much that they got targeted. Didn't work out though! Aside from being a general troublemaker, Sum was probably the least interesting member of the family as one of them was the one who made the infamous endless Tuluki breadbowl stew. It was originally created as an audition for Raleris Winthorol's support as a meal for soldiers to carry into the field against the kryl because of terradine poisoning.

Elrum "Banished" Irofel

Probably my best known Tuluki character and certainly the longest lived. He was disbarred (disbarded ) from the Circle after revealing to Raleris Winthorol that Tenneshi had spiked an audition and ol Raleris got hotheaded and mentioned shadow arting a Master. Elrum told the Masterbards and they were none to pleased. Later he was in shit with Kadius for the sum of 10,000+ sid in slander recompensation which eventually led him to being Banished... I mean it could have also been consorting with Gypsies, posing as a Muark at the Nakki arena games (named Tambura), generally running around and doing things well above his rank. He helped Faithful Dalen setup the volunteer patrols and later the Citizens call which was handed off to Aon who was also his star protege since Elrum taught hunters not to die for twiggy wood and hides when there's always tomorrow. Lets see some highlights...

- Kidnaped by Whirans 3 separate times
- Had the unconsenting sexy time with a whiran which scarred him for life (also before the policy change)
- Sang as Masterbard Sunny's funeral
- Almost assassinated Masterbard Zelafin and Olide after being Banished (like 5 seconds from beating them down, but a man has to love his family)
- Brought in over 50,000 in donations and solicitations to the Circle during his tenure
- Paid out over 70,000 in bribes to the Faithful Orders and Kadius
- Known as Tambura abroad
- Offered to sell bardic secrets to Stellvia Borsail in exchange for answers about another bards murder and a book he could gift to the Circle (a hair brained scheme to be reinducted into the circle after his first kickout)

- Now I'm rambling, he was my last serious character on Armageddon so I'm fond of him.

[Refugee]

I didn't understand a quarter of what was going on with Elrum, but I don't think I could have fallen in with a better mentor with my first PC.  Definitely the main reason I didn't have the long list of dead initial PCs people talk about all the time.

[Sakra]

My favorite Tuluki was when I wasn't involved in any politics. Grog the ragged maned giant. The only rebel to survive bombing the Tor Academy, and escape Allanak alive after stumbling through an enemy city in a sandstorm. Thankfully he was saved by a rebel spy who was working in the city. He followed his surviving friends into the Legions, and somehow, was promoted to Corporal. Sadly, this is why giants should not be in even semi-leadership positions, as he died leading the charge into the mantis invasion of the north.

[Tuannon]

I played some dudes in Tuluk, I think I used to spar with Chaser a fair bit.

I always tended to play dutiful types who got promoted to roughly sergeant level just by not getting killed, usually.

Then I'd store when I got too close to politics, which I really don't like.

[Riev]

Meh. Few people liked my Tulukis. Among the semi-important and hardly interesting were: Creek the Legion Sergeant that always wanted more more more, a pickpocket named Konnar who ended up working for Salarr for a while, a Faithful Lord named Kiean who I played short and rough (mostly selfishly, but it was during a time when all of the Northern staff were gone and I didn't/don't understand how support was supposed to happen), and Gavin who, despite everything else, just wanted to be a cook and make pies for everyone (and, is the character that helped re-introduce the game to a pastry craft that had been lost to time).

Looking back, I was BAD at this game. Kudos to those that understand it.

[Armaddict]

Only notable Tulukis (and I mean notable as in long lived, not as in they actually did anything good) were Drenidan Shilg, a lieutenant in Winrothol, and Lebardis, a northern patriot who was also a solo raider against 'nakkis.  And who starved to death because I didn't realize I left him logged in on the street on my laptop.  *facepalm*

[Evilone]

I loved my first real Tuluki. A guy covered in bone and gem piercings named Jayali. I had a lot of fun with that. He started out as a promising businessman and self-styled smooth talker. But also an idiot that didn't know when to stop drinking. His dream was to work for Kurac. He eventually did, with an Agent taking him under his wing as a sort of protegee. But subsequently became severely addicted to Thodeliv spice and lost all his potential and money and a bitter disappointment to his employer, not to mention ripping off his friends and basically selling off most business of his wealthy lover (what he could get his hands on anyway). I really wish I didn't store him, but I lost the time to play and unfortunately the role I was playing was setting off a few of my own RL triggers as well, so I had to back off. He was my second favorite character. My favorite character was my first one. Now that's the one I'm really proud of. And not just because my first character lasted several IG years.

I remember him. I played Agent Kradj Kurac. My play times then didn't match up as much as I liked, but I liked the character. I posted about one of my other favs Sergeant Calistyrr in another thread. I have to wait till next year to post my last character, who definately turned out my favourite.

This thread makes me very nostalgic. I miss Tuluk. I haven't been able to get back into the game ever since it was closed 

[bcw81]

I am Shoir the Krylslayer and I killed 28 kryl with a broken sword.

[Malifaxis]

Sinjinn.

[SuchDragonWow]

I had some good times with Sinjinn.  I played Arj.  I wanna say Sin was one of the first PCs he ever interacted with, called him "far walker" or something to this effect.

[Cowboy]

I had the great pleasure of playing Beldyn Dill.   He did a lot of Kryl killing and  won the Kurac pit fights one year.  He spent many hours "teaching manners" in the Sanc.

[SuchDragonWow]

Beldyn. 

[FantasyWriter]

I remember selling a certain freckled young Winrothol several hats and assorted other things with Elorin Kadius,  Elorin and his Southern Counterpart Irminia always referring to Isatep as Isapoo... there was even a impromptu drag-show where Elorin got drunk and ended up trouncing around the Southern Kadian Estate in a Lirathan Robe.  Half Jul-Tavan, his long term goal was setting up a scheduled caravan north-to-south, but I stored shortly after finishing the wagon (which the next agent got Burninated on Merchant's road trying to escape the volcano erruption in Allanak, and I wept a tear every time I walked by it's remains  with future PCs).  He had the absolute best crew imaginable for a long time, and gave me some of my fondest moments in arm.  We regularly "disappeared" crew members who got on the inner circle's nerves until staff told us to stop.   Fool the templarate into believing I had murdered a citizen, and hid out in Red Storm for a two RL weeks trying to draw out the real story behind someone else wanting her dead.  The only PC I have ever regretted storing.

[bcw81]

Sinjinn.

Ithe was, and still is, one of my favorite characters thanks to Sinjinn.

Also Fayre/Wenoviyr the vivaduan breed was also one of my favorites thanks to Sinjinn.

<3 Sinjinn, he kept me playing arm when I was a newb.

[Refugee]

I had the great pleasure of playing Beldyn Dill.   He did a lot of Kryl killing and  won the Kurac pit fights one year.  He spent many hours "teaching manners" in the Sanc.

Beldyn was great!  I enjoyed him a lot when I was playing Aon.

[Aruven]

This was cool to read through.

I must also express admiration for some of those long lived characters in Tuluk ; I don't know how they stayed with it for so long. Maybe I do, but it was impressive to see long lived characters and have the honor to interact with them on various levels. In tuluk, (southern guys are awesome too!) I had the best times I ever had learning about armageddon and experiencing the culture. I owe that largely to how great the players prior to me and with me at the time embodied the ideals and roleplay. Forever grateful here!

I played in winrothol more than once up there, good times often. I was there when Winrothol straight up had a 'purge' of its own ranks, and also when a winrothol expedition went out to engage some elves ; who were subsequently animated by imms and PK'd the shit out of our squad.

I was heavy on the Tuluki side in the copper war after my Tor scorpion 'went to sleep' (Kelmandos ; Falen)

After that I was in the Tuluk game big ; I played Krasin (kris) during the plainsman era. He ended up hanging out with two preservers in their tower for awhile (Falcon? and...) while trying to decipher which mindbenders in his head were (name those aristocrats here) and which weren't. It turned into one of those maybe stop (redacted Nilazi entity name here) from destroying the world type of plots. Was intriguing until my 'in' to spy on the [redacted] got thrown into a spike pit. Did you guys know there was almost a civil war then too?

Uh... More tuluk. ---> Corporal Valin. I enjoyed the era of Elithan and Prophet, along with a myriad of other badass RPers up there. I think its safe to finally say Valin died in mortal combat against a giant, freak tembo. That MF'er was in terrible condition though when he limped off with my carcass.

Even more tuluk:

-Kilaski Salarr was a pretty heavily leaning towards northern loyalties by the end of his life. I do believe his name got tossed around from time to time as one of the people responsible for helping build Tuluk's gates. If I had not been such a noob, this guy probably also would have been responsible for (attempting) to wipe a clan off the map. I don't remember the situation, but there was an awesome, very valkyrie-ish movie plot going on where myself and another richy-rich rich were planning on staging a meeting with a -bomb- in the same room as ourselves and another faction, working on the timing of leaving and all that. High octane role through to the end.

-Ryzekah Negean; very brief role stored to take... uh... some other role. Or maybe it was playtime I was having trouble with. I was on a deployment.

-Talius Kassigarh ; I was first thrown into immediate company with veteran players of fairly long lived characters (fairly is an understatement in a couple cases) who were all charging down their character path furiously. It was outstanding! I saw a series of amazing RP'ers cruise through the legion at the time, and was grateful to be involved in the larger plots abroad. I enjoyed the rising pride of the Hlum contest and the great deception of the HRPT, and everything in-between. I got a taste of the lore and culture that had always been intriguing to me, and in my own way got to fight the 'good fight' in the north. My only regret in this role is not having been patient enough to make it to the final chapter with everyone else that got to close the north out with a bang.

Thanks for the thread, nostalgic.

[SuchDragonWow]

I had fun interacting with Talius when I played Hurlen-da Kurac.  I always thought I was gonna get the half-giant D from one of you templars, eventually, haha.  There's a few neat things about the interaction with Talius that I couldn't post here because of their sensitive nature, but it was definitely fun!

[Refugee]

Talius died in my stump's arms as he struggled to get him to a healer after another grand adventure. 

[The Silence of the Erdlus]

I remember watching Sargaent Niall almost get killed by two silt worms or silt horrors, while we were in the middle of a super secret contract. A Templar used the fireball spell to save him and someone remarked on the irony of the Highlord's power having saved the Tuluki. (Remember me, I was the runner who shouted "Krath, there's two of them!")

[Refugee]

It was dujats.  I didn't know what they were, because it was so dark and stormy, until one of them tried to bash him and missed.  That's the time I couldn't remember my PC's name to call out for help because he was so new.  My brain seized on the name of the previous PC and froze there!  I was yelling Help me!  like a newb, and hoping someone would catch his northern accent in all the spam.  He very nearly died over a stupid thing like me not remembering his name under dire stress.

Fun times, man.

[Dakota]

Fighting in Soh territory with an icy shield and flaming sword was probably not the best way to enamor himself to the templarate.

Or the Soh.

I have so many good memories from Tuluk. The booze was good, the sex was plenty and the hunting was dynamite. The last year of it was the best once the Templarate was overhauled and you could actually do things w.o getting you're head blown up like scanners.

Raleris  aka "One-eye the Wise", as my SLK called him, was my favorite. Consistent in every regard. Everytime I logged in and saw him I felt we -all- won Armageddon.

For those who joined the 'f-Tuluk' camp and refused to play there, you really missed out in the last few months. Shit was going into God-Mode before the plot-twist...

The staff also, in the end, was amazing. Yeah.

Tuluk was awesome.

[Halasturd]

I once was playing the NPC Kul, the head of the Jihaen order, probably about 10 years ago.  It was during some big HRPT and Kul was giving some speech or something at the gates in front of a ton of players.  Right before I started, Nessalin joked around saying "you should  have Kul accidentally drop a corpse in front of everyone then pretend like it was a mistake".  He wasn't serious.  But I did it, and it was pretty funny dropping the body, saying something in-character like "woops, not sure where that came from", then picking it back up.

[Bogre]

I played:

Aon Scipianus Uaptal - the last Jihaen.

Author of the Fall of the House Uaptal.

He writ their legacy in ink and blood.

[LauraMars]

I played:

Aon - the last Jihaen. Snorvellus Tor

fixed that for you

[Barsook]

I played:

Aon Scipianus Uaptal - the last Jihaen.

I remember him and his weird sense of humor around commoners or at least a certain one.

[manonfire]

I played:

Aon Scipianus Uaptal - the last Jihaen.

Author of the Fall of the House Uaptal.

He writ their legacy in ink and blood.

I played Ardamas Dasari, the wizened, wispy-bearded man. Anytime we'd hang out, there'd be vast stretches of silence between my response and yours.

I should've known it was you  

Some other notables:

Mianar, the athletic, vividly-inked woman. Legion Sergeant, modeled her after Mr. Charrington from 1984.

Shay, the scruffy, grey-streaked man. Pickpocket, secured a partisanship with Raleris. Partnered with another sneakie (his sister), stole basically everything in Tuluk that wasn't nailed down.

[Refugee]

I played:

Aon Scipianus Uaptal - the last Jihaen.

Author of the Fall of the House Uaptal.

He writ their legacy in ink and blood.

I enjoyed Faithful Lord Aon a lot.  Every time Torri, my dwarf legionnaire, was around him, a good time was had. 

[Ender]

I played Elithan Winrothol.  The first Jihaen PC after the liberation.

I started him in 2002.
He was finally stored in 2009.

Some fun facts about him:

He was gay and celibate.  This was always a fun things to roleplay whenever some noble woman would try to use their wiles on him.  A noblewoman once proposed marriage to him, and he laughed in her face.

One time during the gith war, he became so angry with Samos that he marched into the southern campaign alone, demanded to speak with Samos.  When he found out Samos wasn't there yet, he took an old man nap in his bed.  Samos and Elithan became literal pen pals sometime after that.

Elithan has three in game monuments dedicated to him.  Two statues and one mural.  One of them is still visit-able by PCs (sorta)!  Only one of them Elithan had commissioned, the other two were surprises.

Elithan killed Gage Gritshaw.

[Bushranger]

If Mesmer Dasari were still active he would have had a new song by now!

Red Storm lyrics:



Yeah Yeah Yeah
Red Storm, Uh, Uh
Silt Beach, Bringing the heat
Haha, can y'all feel that?
Wiggle it out, yeah!

Here I am in the place where I come let go
Red Storm is the place where the sunset's glow
Everyday like a festival, everybody party all day
No work, all play, Okay!

So we sip a little spice ale, leave the rest to spill
Me and Mirau at the bar, running up a high bill
Nothing less than ill, when we dressed to kill
Every time the ladies pass, they be like (Hi Mesmer)

Can y'all feel me, all ages and races
Real sweet faces
Every different nation,
Elvish, Dwarfish, Human and Halfling

I only came for two days of playing
But everytime I come I always wind up staying
This the type of village I could spend a few days in
Red Storm the village that keeps the spice blazing

[deathkamon]

If Mesmer Dasari were still active he would have had a new song by now!

Red Storm lyrics:



Yeah Yeah Yeah
Red Storm, Uh, Uh
Silt Beach, Bringing the heat
Haha, can y'all feel that?
Wiggle it out, yeah!

Here I am in the place where I come let go
Red Storm is the place where the sunset's glow
Everyday like a festival, everybody party all day
No work, all play, Okay!

So we sip a little spice ale, leave the rest to spill
Me and Mirau at the bar, running up a high bill
Nothing less than ill, when we dressed to kill
Every time the ladies pass, they be like (Hi Mesmer)

Can y'all feel me, all ages and races
Real sweet faces
Every different nation,
Elvish, Dwarfish, Human and Halfling

I only came for two days of playing
But everytime I come I always wind up staying
This the type of village I could spend a few days in
Red Storm the village that keeps the spice blazing

We need to record a Zalanthan rap on the TS channel. This could be made into a masterpiece.

[Is Friday]

I played Umyska Salarr, trueborn Tuluki who didn't give a shit about patriotism. She had a social outlook similar to a Communist's with party power. She was higher up the ladder than the scrubs and havenots and wanted them to know it. Lots of indies/nobodies were abused by her.

She got onto the good side (supposedly) of a couple of Templars to the point where one had a girlcrush on Umy. Somewhere there's a horse named "Umyska", I guess.

She accidentally got her cousin killed while trying to take the reins on a last minute RPT. People assumed she killed him on purpose. Whoops.

Some Kadian Second/First Hunter got himself killed in the forest so Umy did the "good thing" and returned all his things to another Kadian. Pretty sure they assumed she killed him when really she's just a Good Samaritan. (She secretly felt vindicated because said named Kadian had scoffed at her a few days prior to this for something I can't remember.)

Some elf in Tembo's Tooth once talked shit so she said "fuck that" and went to knock him out. He drew, so she had to draw. He died. Think she was 1d played there. Legion cleaned up the mess.

She was one of those DGAF GMH leaders that preferred to talk straight business and wasn't big on niceties. She rubbed a bunch of people the wrong way.

I was pretty happy with the opportunity to play in the bardic circle with her (she was an Apprentice Groot). I thoroughly enjoyed the private bard-type RP with Aizhou and Primly.

She once stole a Legionnaire's weapons for fucking with one of her hunters and didn't get into any trouble for it. I think she gave them back eventually. Anyway, that particular soldier had his career ruined for this-and-that, to include some prodding by Umy to particular Templars. She always pretended to like him, though, and be a shoulder to cry on during his incredible misfortunes.

In order to get into her crew you had to solve a series of riddles and tasks. More than one person raged over it, demanding to be hired "because". At one point a tribal dwarf nobody decided to talk shit back to her so she tracked him through the Grey Forest and killed him in front of his giant friend. She then talked the giant friend down from fighting her and convinced him to "make better friends". Said named giant left the room any time Umy walked in from then on.

She had a Shadow Artist girlfriend who was a Winrothol aide. She combat trained this girlfriend on the side as a favor to Raleris. Turns out said named girlfriend was a Shadow Artist (surprise) and Umy didn't know for 2 years. Girlfriend asks Umy to help her kill another bard apprentice for a contract. Umy agrees. The whole thing gets botched and convoluted, girlfriend has to chase the mark down, ends up killing her -- Templar McRoboCop Badass shows up and interrogates Umy. Umy is terrified because it's not the Templar that likes her and would probably kill her if he felt inclined. Umy ends up getting away with half-truthing a Tuluki Templar in "not being involved". Shadow Artist girlfriend gets a slap on the wrist and a piss poor review for the semi-public strangling of the bard victim.

Umy is once told by a certain AoD Sergeant to "stop packing sand into Certain-Aide's cunt" over the Way.

Umy dies in the Allanaki Arena to a Borsail mul gladiator after doubling down in a risky attempt to sell some armor. If she had won, sales would have been through the roof. Oh well. Contrary to public opinion, going into the Arena had nothing to do with "saving" the Tuluki prisoners. The leader NPC girl was pretty hot, though.

[BadSkeelz]

Umy is once told by a certain AoD Sergeant to "stop packing sand into Certain-Aide's cunt" over the Way.

I was a lieutenant by that point.