Katherine Elle

Well come drop by one day and we'll give you the tour, Martok! Just seeing the flags doesn't do it justice, we have beautiful decoration and all the houses look like they fit as a real town! Come join us one night!

The map looks great! And I'm hoping we'll be able to add at least one, if not three more houses to it! and, if any of our ancients who still keep an account open pop by, we can show them some of the empty house spots that are still around Olympus! Thanks Greg!

Yes, it was great fun! Keep showing up to our events, and we'll keep doing more and more!

The United Pirates are holding their monthly Black Market event this weekend at their market building, next to the Jolly Roger Inn. As Senator of Genesis, I want to encourage all crafters to take the chance to bring things they wish to sell to this event and haggle, barter, and trade with other citizens of Sosaria! This event should be a great way to get more roleplaying time out of your crafters, and you will also be able to sell your wares without having to rely on an NPC vendor to do so. More details are shown here. Thanks everyone for your time!

Alright, here's the only rules we have set up for the event so far. If you run more than three screens from the initial site of any of the battles, you have 'retreated' and are not allowed to reenter combat during that same fight. This way we don't have the ninjas on both sides running forever. We will be taking five packhorses, and the supplies will be divided between them randomly. For each battle won by the raiders, they will get to roll the dice twice, and take two horses. So, horse 1 will have numbers 2, 7, and 12. Horse 2 will be 3 and 8. Horse three will be four and 9, and so on. At the end of the event, if either side has won all three battles, they will have all of the supplies and horses. After each fight there will be a time of about three to five minutes to regroup. In character this time is used to coax the horses back out of their fright for us, and for the raiders to take the two horses they possibly won back to their base. So far, the total of supplies is tremendous. This will be a huge win for whoever takes it home. And the best part is that the winnings go back to the individual participants. Gold, resources, and the barbed kit will all be rolled for at the end for possession. Meaning everyone has a chance to get a barbed kit. If there are any more questions, please let me know! ^_^

Brave fighters gathered outside of Castle Olympus, and our group was a fearsome sight to behold. Led by Senator of Genesis Katherine Elle, the Guardians consisted of Dragoon Knight Scarst, Mighty Squirrel Keiko, Templar Knight Kang, Emperor Thom, Empress Piper, and Senator Katherine Elle. They quickly squared away the things they needed as the missive was given. This Friday, they would be delivering an Aid caravan from the city of honor to the devastated city of Britain! Britain had suffered many losses in the invasions, so the Guardians needed to help! Tonight, they were gathering one of the many supplies needed...a large amount of horned and barbed leather for making armor for the town guards and Royal Guard to help fight back! They proceeded by boat to Wyvern Island in the Lost Lands, and hundreds of the creatures were slain, to the point that our forces had to withdraw for fear of falling between their bodies and being lost forever! Havoc Wreaked! Only Scarst is visible above the bodies! After the Guardians were forced to leave the island for fairer hunting grounds, they all boarded the Swampswimmer and headed out! One of the wyverns tried to escape with us, but was dealt with! Katherine had been a seafarer for much of her time, so she quickly headed for the exit of the oceans in the lost lands, the legendary Serpent's Pillar. Knowing the power it had to teleport them back to an area where they could deposit the horned leather, she merely had to remember the codeword! Luckily for our heroes, the tillerman told Katherine before they were lost forever. Only Kang refused to heed the warning, and only Kang became seasick! With an utterance of Sueacron, the Guardians arrived back in the ocean they knew, and headed for Serpent's Hold. Once there, a new plan of action was formed. While plenty of horned leather had been gathered, almost no barbed had! Our group of fearless crusaders quickly decided that while Destard would be a useful place, it was far too tame. Similarly, Ice dungeons white wyrms were ruled out. Whatever were they to do? Then Katherine had it! They all met at the Honesty gate, following the crazed Senator to a place she referred to as the Elemental Arena! The group outside of Honesty, having barely survived a Paragon Mongbat attack! They made their way through forest and plain, through swamp and camp, fighting back creatures of enormous proportions, and also small ones too. Strange sights were seen, such as a Lizardman encampment, and a Tree that could raise the dead! Knowledge of these areas may come in handy some day! Soon, they entered the Elemental Arena, and they headed for the Dragon's hideout. The road in was filled with many paragons, but they were all dealt with too quickly to be captured by the painter accompanying them! Along the way, some people got lost, and had to be found again, as well. This picture is boring. I apologize. They entered the Dragon's hideout to hear a thunderous roar! Senator Katherine nearly dropped her spear in shock as the rest of the troops quickly arrived and saw for themselves what they had worried about facing, and with more than a little hesitation, the fighters threw themselves into battle against a fierce foe! You can't tell, but Scarst is in the middle of those three dragons. Will he survive?! After tense moments and more than one serious injury on the Guardians side (Which will not be named because it absolutely wasn't Katherine who got knocked over), The victor of the fight emerged, and on the ground lay the loser! Here, Scarst and Kang each trample a dragon with their mounts. The fighters held their ground in the Dragon's Hideout for quite some time, gathering massive amounts of leather, gold, and jewels, which were promptly snatched up by the glitter loving squirrel! Just as the group was ready to leave, low on health, bandages, stamina, and patience, another of the mighty greater dragon paragons appeared. But after the close call at the Honesty gate with that Paragon Mongbat, our fighters knew they had nothing to fear! Imagine you standing on top of this paragon's corpse and screaming victory. Feels good, doesn't it? Finally, with Victory declared and dragons vanquished, our group took the back path out of the Elemental Arena, heading through Central Dungeon and the Serpentine Passage, and then through Mistas. Luck was with our courageous group, as a passing gypsy camp provided them with a means to deposit their gains and filthy luchre!(Hey, that stuff came out of the inside of a dragon! We didn't have time to wash it and clean it, of course it's filthy!) Here, our fighters took a break, and sighed a breath of relief. They had all survived the encounter, and made it out smelling like roses! Well, it was more like dead dragons, but that's what happens sometimes. Our group just hopes the Gypsies don't have to have a bailout... In the end, a very successful night of hunting, and an even greater success to add to the aid caravan! The final tally came up to an impressive amount. At the end of the night, they also were able to coax ten thousand more gold worth of jewels from the paws of that cunning squirrel! The final total came out to over fifty thousand gold, over 3600 horned leather, and over 700 barbed leather, with bits and pieces of incidental items along the way! But this isn't enough barbed leather, so more hunts will be conducted! And after that, Ingots must be gathered! Let's hope the rest of the hunts go as well!

Friday at 9PM EST will work great for me! I'll let our raiders know as well!

Okay Everyone! We've got several internal events going on, but we need to think up events that we can invite more people to throughout the shard! There's going to be lots of difficulty in getting the interest out, but i think we can make it worth peoples while. My first idea is that we have a peerless night open to the public. We can gather the keys to a few of them (one group can gather for the interred grizzle, one for Dreadhorn, one for Melisande, and one for Travesty) Then invite people to come out and hunt them with us. This will help get awareness out about us (we will have to make a good impression by acting like guardians though ^_^) and it will foster goodwill in the community! A second idea would be to offer a mining trip for people who are mainly crafters and guide them through dungeons, protecting them from the monsters so that they can have a fun time at a hunt and still get what they need. This is definitely an idea we should run through UO.com as a lot of crafters would be interested in it. So what's everyone elses ideas?

One of the biggest problems with the rp world that won't get solved is that we are decentralized. Everyone wants to do their own thing and have people respect them for it; I've been working on a lot of big ideas behind the scenes, and hopefully one of them is going to pan out soon (I won't give any details yet thooooooooooough) and it will involve several guilds on various sides. I'll be doing a detailed write up with Thom and Piper's help, and then we'll send it ot the other guilds and see who wants to be on board ^_^. As for recruitment, Let's do it! We can do a lot of things to get people interested such as hold a tournament open to those outside the rp community (but only if they act in a manner befitting a roleplayer) and we can work with some of the other places like UORadio and get our events out on the minds of people! We can also send in events to the UO.com Five on Friday and get posted there. I'll start a new thread asking for ideas, and I want everyone to pitch in!

Katherine had been trailing the criminal calling himself ‘Death’ for several days now, long enough to see how he and his minions got around. She wasn’t sure if her trick with leaping at someone with a recall scroll while they recalled would work with this ‘Karvour’ magic that he was using, but she was going to have to try it. The unfortunate part is she only had a chance that he’d be returning to his base, and she’d only get one chance at it. She also knew that the second she’d done it she would be in for a fight, as she was sure he wouldn’t be happy about someone following him home. She crept along several yards back while she stalked him through Deceit, just a few days after the Guardians had been defeated by ‘Death’ and his minions. As she crept along silently, he seemed to have a specific goal in mind. As they delved further into the depths of the dungeon, hiding places became scarce and she was forced to take several risks. Finally, he walked into a room and got something, then walked out. She got as close as she could while remaining hidden by the wall and when he started to say ‘Kali’ she tightened her grip on the recall scroll and ran flat out. His eyes widened a bit as she charged at him, but he had to complete the spell, and by the time he said ‘Kal’ she was almost to him. Just as he said the word ‘Por’ she had leapt into the small area of magic, and ‘Death’ had caught her with one hand by her throat; But she heard the sounds that indicated they’d teleported, and if all went according to plan, ‘Death’ would be frozen by his spell while she would be fine. Things rarely go according to plan. As they coalesced at the spot he’d tried to recall to, she quickly took in all the surroundings she could and then froze. She felt his fingers tense on her throat. With a heavy throw, she felt herself get slammed into the ground by his grip on her throat and she choked out a soft cry as the wind was knocked out of her. She used the residual momentum to backwards handspring as his grip loosened in the moment of impact, and she drew the assassin’s spike she carried with her. She hit herself hard once in the sternum, and her breathing returned. From underneath the shroud she faced off with him for a few harsh moments as he raised his arms to each side, that huge double axe in his left hand at the moment, and all her attention was riveted on it… “Come to see how I’m doing, little creature? Is the short one curious...of where Death lives? I fear that you could have guessed what sort of place I lived without any of this trouble, but now since you know the exact location, you’re going to have to die. As fun as the game is between myself and the rest of the pitiful creatures in this realm, you revealing this kind of information would ruin my fun. So…” he stated calmly as he walked towards her. She slowly kept the same distance, and when he stopped she did as well. Her hand with the dagger reversed it so that it was laid against her wrist in a defensive stance, and her free hand flipped open her satchel. She held the free hand open over her satchel, ready to draw the item in a moment’s notice, and his eyes were focused on her empty hand. Taking in the surroundings, most of her usual acrobatics would be useless, and there was only one real way out of the situation. She continued to face off with him in stoic silence, and her hand twitched just slightly, and he charged at her. She drew the kryss from her satchel and crossed it with the dagger, intercepting the first blow from the axe with a clash that echoed throughout the area. She quickly darted backwards, deftly leaping and hopping over the objects around her. He on the other hand just charged ahead, and swung once more, high, aiming to take her head. She ducked under the blow and struck true with the kryss, but it hit his armor and glanced off. He swung the heavy double axe around once over his head to gain momentum, and his resultant blow was telegraphed but far too powerful to be blocked. She easily backpedaled the blow, and she went for an attack where his defenses were weak at the shoulder joint. She stabbed the kryss into his arm, but he didn’t drop the axe like she’d expected him to. Instead he reared back with his other hand and hit her so hard across the temple her vision swam and she stumbled away as fast as she could, tripping and falling over one of the many structures in the small area. ‘Death’ calmly grabbed the kryss impaled in his arm and ripped it out and tossed it aside, and Katherine could do nothing but watch it fall. “Was that your best shot?” He said as he quickly closed the distance, and she rolled just in time for the axe blade to embed itself in the soft ground next to her head. She quickly leapt up and ferociously attacked him, drawing another dagger and slashing as fast as she could. He blocked or dodged anything serious but still was left cut and bleeding from dozens of wounds before he apparently had had enough, and he drew an executioners axe from his back under his cloak. He swung it heavily at her, and she twisted enough so she took a hit to her side and fell, bleeding. The dagger fell out of her right hand. “A pity that you weren’t much sport. Speed never did win against strength, you know. Of course, a lowly little worm like you never had a chance when put up against Death, did you?” He said with a sneering grin. Katherine glared at him with a look of pure contempt and utter hatred. She pushed herself up on her wounded right side and stood shakily, and tore her sash in half and tied it across the wound on her side. She adopted her combat stance once again and faced him down. Without a word she threw herself at him, giving everything she had into her attacks, and she poisoned him several times which he shrugged off with cure potions. She gave him a deep cut across his face, but had to leave herself open, to which she received another devastating blow to her temple from his fist. She staggered back and fell to her knees, feeling the pain in her side surge up even worse as she had torn it wider with the renewed fighting. She turned to see him raising his axe above his head, as it glowed an orange hue. She quickly drew all her remaining daggers and threw them at him, and several of them thunked into his armor while one landed into his elbow joint. She kept only the one personal spike, and as he brought the swing around she did the only thing she could do, with her entire right side feeling numb. Bringing up her left arm, she struck at the axe, and she deflected it enough to make the broadside presenting as the leading part. It slammed hard into the assassin’s spike, and the reverberations sent shudders through her entire left arm. Then her vision was filled with the metal of the axe slamming into the side of her head, and she hit the ground solidly. Barely holding onto consciousness, she saw him raise the axe one more time, and she spat blood at him from her busted lip, and she managed to get her left hand to her satchel and make out three words before the blow landed. “Kal Ort Por.” The world shifted and she lost consciousness, awakening later to find herself in the healers in Trinsic. Swimming in and out of waking and sleeping, she managed to signal she needed something to write with, and was able to make out only two things before lapsing back into her concussion induced sleep. The paper next to her bed at the Trinsic healer's was inscribed by Katherine only with a scrawling shape appearing to be an upside down letter 'U', and the beginning of a word, starting with 'sw' that trails off into illegibility.

*teehee* At this rate, I'll be Empress in no time! Wheeeeeeee!

Glad I could help! ^_^ Oh, and I finally made a forums account! Hurray!