This is a place to post your most inspiring/heart wrenching scenes from Armageddon over the years. (More than a year old and not containing any characters that  you know to still be alive of course.)

I cant remember who I was playing at the time, but I remember years ago watching my Byn Sergeant Stevith give "burial rights" to a fellow Bynner of ours who died. I cant remember how they died, I want to say it was from IMM animated gith we ended up defeating. Either way I remember we covered the body with a cloak, of course we took what items were more interesting in true Bynner spirit, and then we left the corpse to the buzzards, the way it should be. I remember watching my Byn Sergeant and I truly felt like the player of that character was feeling the loss of one of his beloved underlings. Back in the city, he proceeded to get a bit drunk, and then punch an elf in the face out of saddness turned to anger.

It was epic, and it made me love the game just that much more.

I was playing a Byn Sergeant named Rellion at one point a while back and me and my men were out doing a "spider run" for a templar.

Well we were riding along and wouldnt you know there just happened to be eight tarantulas all in the same square who rushed us. I was leading and pulled the men away before the spiders could aggro-attack us, but they started beating on a Trooper of mine named Marta before I could get away, so I led the entire group blindly back into the fray in an attempt to save the lone Trooper. (Probably not a smart decision, but a noble and honorable one. My Sergeant loved his Troopers like they were his own children, long emotional story there.) The spiders proceeded to whoop us down. Marta got away as far as I know. BUT, there was a kid Trooper of mine, I cant remember his name but he was awesome and my character thought of him as a son. I couldnt flee due to some special code that I wont go into and I knew I was going to die, and I kept shouting for my men to break off and run, to save themselves, but that kid stayed with me to the end. It was epic, and I dont exaggerate when I say my heart was more broken for the loyalty that kid showed my character than I was over losing my character.

Kudoes to you kid, you rocked.

Posted this before but it still stands as the most heartfelt scene I've seen yet.

Standard hunting trip with my Byn Trooper another Byn Trooper and our Sergeant. We were set upon by like two beetles and a flyer all at once. The Sergeant and the other Trooper (who happened to be his girl) both got away by my PC was bashed over. Sergeant comes charging back in and just goes fucking agro on everybody. I mean like wound beetle, switch target, wound flyer, switch target, bash, kick, charge, yell, cuss, agro! Yells at me and other Trooper to Run! Once we were clear he ran, making sure to go slow enough to draw the beasties away. My PC and the other Trooper go running back to 'Nak waying another Trooper to come help while we're beating on the gates. We managed to actually get a Templar to not only open the gates but lead an expedition in the middle of the night to go find our Sergeant. We eventually found his body and he was given a full funeral pyre by that Templar at the Temple .

Quote from: Desertman on October 14, 2008, 03:29:44 PM
Marta got away as far as I know. BUT, there was a kid Trooper of mine, I cant remember his name but he was awesome and my character thought of him as a son.

Qal, right?

Marta never made it back, AFAIK.  Wonder if her player is still around.  Or Qal's.

Durg's burial. Or the burial of what was left of him I should say.

Quote from: Desertman on October 14, 2008, 03:25:02 PM
I cant remember who I was playing at the time, but I remember years ago watching my Byn Sergeant Stevith give "burial rights" to a fellow Bynner of ours who died.

I remember Stevith. My PC was more scared of him than Zak.

Most emotional moment:
When Xanto, who I believe was working for the Naki militia, jumped up onto a table at the Gaj, pulled out a ring, and proposed to my char. It was SOOOO cute. I almost cried IRL. Later when I hadn't been able to log on for a few days he apparently though I had died and got really drunk and stumbled around the Gaj wailing that I was dead. I learned about this MUCH later.

Then there was the wedding for the same char. Fale estate. She used to be a Bynner. I think I still have that log... Good times man!


Yes, I KNOW people don't have big marriage things. It was fun. The Fale Lord(Kojiro) was the one who "married" us.

Quote from: brytta.leofa on October 14, 2008, 04:11:12 PM

Quote from: Desertman on October 14, 2008, 03:29:44 PM
Marta got away as far as I know. BUT, there was a kid Trooper of mine, I cant remember his name but he was awesome and my character thought of him as a son.

Qal, right?

Marta never made it back, AFAIK.  Wonder if her player is still around.  Or Qal's.

YES QAL!!!

I could never remember his name.

Quote from: tortall on October 14, 2008, 04:26:00 PM

Quote from: Desertman on October 14, 2008, 03:25:02 PM
I cant remember who I was playing at the time, but I remember years ago watching my Byn Sergeant Stevith give "burial rights" to a fellow Bynner of ours who died.

I remember Stevith. My PC was more scared of him than Zak.

Most emotional moment:
When Xanto, who I believe was working for the Naki militia, jumped up onto a table at the Gaj, pulled out a ring, and proposed to my char. It was SOOOO cute. I almost cried IRL. Later when I hadn't been able to log on for a few days he apparently though I had died and got really drunk and stumbled around the Gaj wailing that I was dead. I learned about this MUCH later.

Then there was the wedding for the same char. Fale estate. She used to be a Bynner. I think I still have that log... Good times man!


Yes, I KNOW people don't have big marriage things. It was fun. The Fale Lord(Kojiro) was the one who "married" us.

I was always infinitely more afraid of Zak. (Amurac)

But, Stevith treated my pc more like his little buddy and Zak treated me more like the little pain in the rear I was lol.

It was also heart wrenching when Zak announced he would be leaving the Byn. I really did miss him and watching him leave just felt like a major part of my character was leaving with him.

I am pretty sure I remember that wedding too...Did your PC marry Kyros?

Well even if that wasnt you, another one that got me that I thought was great was when Alleria and Kyros, two Bynners, got married in game. It was a very cool time to be in the Byn.

My first pc (second, but the first that lived long enough to have a story) played then. I think I died with Kyros. I died. I'm not sure if he did.

I've witnessed alot of heart wrenching and inspiring scenes in the Byn. It really brings out the best and worst in you.

Inspiring

Around a year and a bit ago.  One of the first elkran character's I've had.  Rajal/Rahaj.  She ended up getting involved with some..renegade gemmed, an association that brought a lot of fun to her (and myself, of course), but ultimately caused her death...violent death.

Was the first torture scene I've participated in, and oddly enough, it was actually the first time I've had a satisfying death.  Go figure 
Made me want to get back in there and play, play, play!

Heart Wrenching

A couple of characters later, I was running another elkran, who, this time, managed to stay alive for a decent amount of time.  She ended up gemmed, after zapping a would be kank-thief, who survived, (kudos to whoever that nervous thief was, sharing that cave with her!) and becoming utterly convinced that said thief was going to blab about her.  So!  She turned herself in, and opened up a great path for fun with the magicker population (all 3 of them) in the quarter, at the time.  The scene where she confessed herself to the templar who gemmed her will always stick in my mind as being one I'm rather proud of (kudos to you, templar man, from Kara the elkran.  You know who you are  )

Ended up living through the re-opening of the CAM, and even "heading" it, though that felt more like an exercise in herding cats, for both myself and her (I loved playing with you guys, honest!  Wouldn't have changed a thing).  Do you have any idea how nerve wracking it is, trying to enforce rules on magickers, if you're not a templar or don't have access to legions of soldiers or funds?

Her death was one that I loved hearing about, but at the time, was one of those moments when you sit, slack-jawed, in front of your screen, telling yourself that what you just saw couldn't really have happened.

..That was a down time for me, once the message got to my brain...  

Too recent, damn it. Find me in another year, it's one hell of a story. -_-

Quote from: Pale Horse on October 14, 2008, 08:57:13 PM
A couple of characters later, I was running another elkran, who, this time, managed to stay alive for a decent amount of time.  She ended up gemmed, after zapping a would be kank-thief, who survived, (kudos to whoever that nervous thief was, sharing that cave with her!) and becoming utterly convinced that said thief was going to blab about her. 

Haha. Aww.

I think I actually met you with two or three different characters that RL day: first with my Arabeti PC (who died in some ridiculous way), then with that thief you mentioned. I still remember that curved yellow bone sword she shook at you and how she literally leapt out of the saddle when you zapped her in the ass. Haha. Then the same day or the next, I think, I played that narcoleptic Rukkian gemmer who you told about my thief PC while we exchanged worried glances.

Quote from: Iota on October 14, 2008, 10:08:16 PM

Quote from: Pale Horse on October 14, 2008, 08:57:13 PM
A couple of characters later, I was running another elkran, who, this time, managed to stay alive for a decent amount of time.  She ended up gemmed, after zapping a would be kank-thief, who survived, (kudos to whoever that nervous thief was, sharing that cave with her!) and becoming utterly convinced that said thief was going to blab about her. 

Haha. Aww.

I think I actually met you with two or three different characters that RL day: first with my Arabeti PC (who died in some ridiculous way), then with that thief you mentioned. I still remember that curved yellow bone sword she shook at you and how she literally leapt out of the saddle when you zapped her in the ass. Haha. Then the same day or the next, I think, I played that narcoleptic Rukkian gemmer who you told about my thief PC while we exchanged worried glances.

Quote from: Winterless on October 14, 2008, 09:37:41 PM
Too recent, damn it. Find me in another year, it's one hell of a story. -_-

Sergeant Tarq leaving the Byn.

Hearing that Smoke the Krathi had been killed during Luirsfest.

Losing my PC at Luirsfest the very next day. Though my character was unconscious and bleeding to death through most of it, what I could gather of the reactions of the other characters present was pretty emotional.

Hearing the story of Sergeant Fathi's death told as a parable to explain that sometimes you can love a job or thing or person so much that it leads to your eventual downfall... to the character I played right after Fathi. By a character who never met her.

Quote from: Pale Horse on October 14, 2008, 08:57:13 PMEnded up living through the re-opening of the CAM, and even "heading" it, though that felt more like an exercise in herding cats, for both myself and her (I loved playing with you guys, honest!  Wouldn't have changed a thing).  Do you have any idea how nerve wracking it is, trying to enforce rules on magickers, if you're not a templar or don't have access to legions of soldiers or funds?

Yes!  It's exactly like herding cats! 

Quote from: Archbaron on October 14, 2008, 10:31:40 PM

Quote from: Winterless on October 14, 2008, 09:37:41 PM
Too recent, damn it. Find me in another year, it's one hell of a story. -_-

Quote from: Semper on October 14, 2008, 11:13:38 PM

Quote from: Archbaron on October 14, 2008, 10:31:40 PM

Quote from: Winterless on October 14, 2008, 09:37:41 PM
Too recent, damn it. Find me in another year, it's one hell of a story. -_-

I can't wait until I've been playing long enough to share some of mine. 

I once played a Ranger/assassin by the name of Vadec and I was hired to kill the entire Stel family by a rival merchant in game.

The Stel family was a pc family composed of a little girl merchant, and a few of her older brother rangers.  The whole family was very well played and I was kind of sad to see them go, but, sids are sids. (Kudoes to you guys, I liked the whole family and tracking/watching you folks interact with each other really made me appreciate family RP.)

Well I ended up trading with the little girl for a bit, until she finally invited me back to her apartment to trade some stuff with her there. I killed the little girl there. Yes, I am a bastard, I kill little girls. But in my defense, the payoff was a large and a half per every Stel head.

She was the easy kill of course. The hard part was figuring out how I was going to track down her brothers who were always on the move, and as such would be a lot harder to corner. As luck would have it, one of her brothers had spoken with the NPC at the entryway to the apartment complex and luckily, the old guy had remembered my character so well from the two times he had seen him pass completely hooded (entering and leaving) that the older brother knew exactly who I was when he saw me in a tavern. *snicker* (I'm sure there wasnt any IM/Email happenings going on there, I'm just sure of it.)

Anyways, the brother ends up challenging me to a fight in the Allanaki arena, and the entire time I am like..."Look fella', I have no idea what you are talking about, the last time I saw the girl was weeks ago and she was still alive."

A Templar nearby got tired of hearing us argue and actually DID throw us into the arena together. (I did pay the templar five small to do it...*nudge* *nudge*)

The best part to the whole thing was when this Stel brother and I were down in the arena, and I had him near death...I rush up to him and emote getting close to him, locking our blades together, and whisper something like..."Thats right you little shit, your going to die, just like your little sister did, but maybe you wont cry as much as she did eh?"

The guy then shouts..."HE DID IT, HE DID IT!!!"

Dead.

I loved that moment. I laughed wickedly about it for months and that one pc has inspired me to go on and make other assassin pc's in the future. I love playing a good assassin, and also hiring good assassin's with my merchants. Its a beautiful thing that makes a ton of fun for all parties involved.

Subsequently the final brother insta-joined the militia so I couldnt get to him, but the merchant who had hired me to kill the family considered the job completed since the family would no longer be a trading competitor on the market.


(To the Stel family, especially the little girl, I just wanted to let you guys know that I wasnt just randomly apartment killing you folks for your leet boots or anything. There was actually an entire storyline and you were all bought and paid for marks, not just random killings. The best part was, its not like you were being killed off because some special app House pc who just wanted to spend his stipend to get someone killed, you actually were killed off because another indy merchant saw you guys as competition, and hired an assassin to come after you folks. There isnt enough indy merchant on indy merchant trading competition like that. Kudoes again to you folks.)

Quote from: Desertman on October 15, 2008, 11:01:55 AM

Well I ended up trading with the little girl for a bit, until she finally invited me back to her apartment to trade some stuff with her there. I killed the little girl there. Yes, I am a bastard, I kill little girls. But in my defense, the payoff was a large and a half per every Stel head.

When will people learn, that when their defenseless, to not invite people or follow them into their apartments? I've seen so many deaths because of that. Would you let a random, armed stranger into your house?

It almost ranks up there with a ranger thinking his best means for avenging his sister to be a straight, one on one fight in the arena.

Quote from: Clearsighted on October 15, 2008, 11:22:48 AM

When will people learn, that when their defenseless, to not invite people or follow them into their apartments? I've seen so many deaths because of that. Would you let a random, armed stranger into your house?

Well, in her defense I was a very 'nice' guy for a couple of RL weeks and traded with her pretty often. It didnt seem like there should be an issue with inviting me back to her place to carry that really heavy bag of goods I had brought in "this" time.

Quote from: Clearsighted on October 15, 2008, 11:22:48 AM

It almost ranks up there with a ranger thinking his best means for avenging his sister to be a straight, one on one fight in the arena.

Well, my pc was pretty blatantly ranger class also in his defense.

I forgot to mention that the brother also took the time to ask me..."CAN YOU KILL RAPTORS?"...To which I responded..."Krath no. Well, just with my bow." (I could actually kill two at a time. And that was before he jumped to his feet after figuring out he could probably codedly kill me and proclaim he knew I had killed his sister because "The guy at the front of the apartment complex told him". I guess I passed the "code test" for his ability to slay me. lol)

He went on to ask me if I could kill gith, beetles, and silt flyers, and finally at this point the templar, with my urging and offer of coins through the Way, got tired of the obvious code sniffing, and tossed us in the arena.

Getting banished from Allanak with nothing but some pants and I think maybe a shirt of some kind.

I had a half-elf commit suicide in public in a last ditch effort to feel in control of his destiny and escape his shame.  It was after I had brought down some rich Tuluki ranger and I returned to find the whole city searching for me.  A Tor noble contacts me with the way after having my desc passed on and I agreed to go meet her on caravan road where she offered me the arena or banishment.  My pc went on a tirade about his shameful existence and then shoved a sword through his gut.  They decided to torture me anyways but it was a fun scene and one were I never more fully experienced the shame and beat-downedness of commoner life in Allanak or life as a half-breed.

Oh man, just a few more months and the year limit will have passed and I have this AWESOME torture scene I am submitting to the logs. I cant wait.