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Fings home will stand as the Praetorian Guard house in Safe Haven until his return.

I am nearly finished with the first quarter of 2002 Quarterly report and will hope to get it to the guildmasters by mid May. ACTIVE GAME ENGINES Ultima Online (Borg) 89 characters from 35 players Dark Age of Camelot (Zarbalt and Carelle) 119 characters from 44 players Everquest (Eldoran Nobleheart) 162 characters from ? ?players UNACTIVATED GAME ENGINES Shadowbane (Greg) Star Wars Galaxies (Martok) Horizons(? ?) World of Warcraft (Balandar) Please Guildmasters (in brackets above)...Private message me your real world addresses so I can mail it to you. Thank you.

Hey Hoth....do you mean Shadowbane as SB? and how come you are still unregistered for this forum? And Bal.......I installed my 120GB harddrive.....Friday I will order one from our website Amazon link.

Stiches out.........finally....whoo hoo I am up to about 6 hrs of constant walking before the old rubber knee effect hits (tissue and knee get tired) Flexibility is incredibly good though Return to work on Sunday Guess I have more time to battle in the name of Trinsic 24/7 Strengthening training begins Monday Celebration Pizza has been ordered.........ehehehe

Well....as the world turns....seems so do some of our real world friends. I just found out our old friend Arthil is moving to Washington DC now that his wife is being transferred to the Pentagon. Necron (his son) was accepted for a position in a hospital so he is moving too with Dad. Welcome to the EAST COAST ARTHIL and NECRON!!!

Indeed this is true.....I witnessed this in battle. while I occupied the Lords attention in standard melee with a sword and sheild A halbred(sorta like a pike ehhe) seemed to cut down Lord after Lord with MUCH greater ease and speed Together 2 of us cross healed and neither fell

This is a forum for those who have fun in the Star Trek Bridge Commander (you are Captain of ship) that runs Senarios that you must complete........and the other game of Armada II which has the similarity of Age of Empire sim building and senarios that you must complete. BOTH games offer you an internet option for combat similations If interest in these games grows....I would consider expanding The Honor Empire Challenge (see Star Wars Battlegrounds forum) into these or other game engines.

Every so often The Honor Empire will host a Battlegrounds event where 7 members will have a shot at winning bragging rights (until the next match) and a large pizza delivered to your door (if available in your home area) Currently Martok is the reigning champion having beaten myself in a one on one battle He knocked me off after 5 years of unbeaten streak across 3 different game engines....Age of Empires I and II, Star Wars Rebellion and Star Wars Galaxies....well done Martok!!! (we just wont tell them about your first attempt...heheh though it is a nice story}

This is a game similar to Age of Empires.....that is built around Castle building and Sieging. Although you cannot go into large battles against multiple computer adversaries like in the Age of Empires and Star Wars Battlegrounds ....the Multiplayer arena is the place to do that.....if you dare!!!!!! The Campaigns are very challenging at the Normal level each Campaign has 4 or 5 parts....the 4th and 5th are insanity. I have yet to finish the 1st Campaign....dagbum Rat bustard King I have this game and would host any event members wish to embark upon.

I will be ordering this through our Amazon link next week....I have to install more harddrive space ...maxed out. (FYI...purchases of anything from Amazon made through our The Honor Empire Amazon links helps support the website.)

Lord Blackthorn has begun .....BEGUN a siege on Trinsic. We lost Trinsic to Juo Nar once for a period of time...we CANNOT allow this siege by Lord Blackthorn to take hold. (SCENARIOS are FLUID.......players can win or lose territory) Trinsic is ours to protect.........and we need to PUSH them OUT of Trinsic. All members with active accounts I am asking to join this fight nightly if they can starting at 5pm EST as long as you can nightly. If you have taken time off from UO.......then this is the best time to return. Honestly,....we have asked for this opportunity to lead the Catskills realm again and we have now been given the chance to do so. Recruit your friends into the Legion....>I am on Vacation till Wed next week 04/24 and can stone anyone.......call me at home if you wish...(just takes me a bit to move at first..ehehhe leg still sore) I will have my ICQ on or private nearly 24/7 You wanted a War.......you now have it......Lord Blackthorn has moved his first pawn. In memory of my old brother Sir Lags A Lot "Leave the cord at the door ladies.....Lock n load" Borg says "FULL" Lags says "METAL" Balandar says "JACKET" Yukon Bob says Lets ROCK!!!" we all said together as we dove head first into a dungeon hole. This has changed as we changed to roleplayers.... Going under the Arch of HONOR in Trinsic...."FOR HONOR" Saying good-bye to brother....."Strength and HONOR" Leaving for Adventure....."For HONOR and Empire" Charging into Battle......."For HONOR and EMPEROR!" Praetorian warning......."Nemo Impusante"

Lord Blackthorn has begun .....BEGUN a siege on Trinsic. We lost Trinsic to Juo Nar once for a period of time...we CANNOT allow this siege by Lord Blackthorn to take hold. (SCENARIOS are FLUID.......players can win or lose territory) Trinsic is ours to protect.........and we need to PUSH them OUT of Trinsic. All members with active accounts I am asking to join this fight nightly if they can starting at 5pm EST as long as you can nightly. If you have taken time off from UO.......then this is the best time to return. Honestly,....we have asked for this opportunity to lead the Catskills realm again and we have now been given the chance to do so. Recruit your friends into the Legion....>I am on Vacation till Wed next week 04/24 and can stone anyone.......call me at home if you wish...(just takes me a bit to move at first..ehehhe leg still sore) I will have my ICQ on or private nearly 24/7 You wanted a War.......you now have it......Lord Blackthorn has moved his first pawn. In memory of my old brother Sir Lags A Lot "Leave the cord at the door ladies.....Lock n load" Borg says "FULL" Lags says "METAL" Balandar says "JACKET" Yukon Bob says Lets ROCK!!!" we all said together as we dove head first into a dungeon hole. This has changed as we changed to roleplayers.... Going under the Arch of HONOR in Trinsic...."FOR HONOR" Saying good-bye to brother....."Strength and HONOR" Leaving for Adventure....."For HONOR and Empire" Charging into Battle......."For HONOR and EMPEROR!" Praetorian warning......."Nemo Impusante"

Tod the Sentry, feels a brush against his cheek as an arrow thrusts into the door of the Olympus Castle. Attached to the arrow is a message.....Tod unfurls the small piece of paper. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trinsic is no longer yours....protectors of Trinsic ye are not....ye are nothing but fools dreaming of days gone by. You will not threaten me again. Lord Blackthorn ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tod pulls out the arrow and examines it....it is JUKA!!!!

Dragon smith hammers look like red sledge hammers. It takes tinker tools and 4 iron ingots. At 50 tinkering its 22% chance of making one, and the option appears under the tools sections. The hammer lets you make 6 diffrence colors of scalemail. The armor itself takes a combination of iron ingots and scales of the matching color. The armor seems to have almost the same difficulty to make as platemail, just slightly easier to make. tailors are getting new hides that will be off dragons, drakes, sea serpents, etc to make more varieties of leather armors

Well....3 years after the accident....I finally have had the surgery to clean out my left knee. (worker comp injury) Thursday was the end of a long 6 year fight of injuries(3 knee repairs L=R=L) and illness(Graves Disorder)....though there was a year gap after the first knee surgery that I was fine...it did not last long. Thursday also therefore was the beginning of a new era for me...recovery(4 more days), rehab(4 weeks), rebuilding(6 months) and refitting(rest of year till this time 2003). I will be enjoying the return to the more physical aspects of my life....weight training and tennis....and yes I will return to the tennis circuit on the East Coast USTA in 2003 and the over 35 satilite circuit (man I got old quick) perhaps in late 2003 but definetly in 2004. This does not mean I will be ending any online activity...no...it just means I will replace my down time(knee couldnt run or sit for long periods) when I wasnt on computer with my gym time. In fact I will have more time since...in the flavor of Gail Devers (US Gold medalist with Graves) I guess I got my wish ....always thought eating was a waste of time...still have to watch the pizza though.. Throughout this past 6-year period of my life I have met many of you....and through your friendships, activities and inspirations...I have grown and overcome a quite dark time of my life. (Graves nearly killed me in ER room 2 times) I look forward to the future adventures and encounters with you....my online friends and family......the future of online entertainment is ours to make.....the industry is still a newborn and barely taking its first steps. This is what this site was built to be used for....a hub...a collective of minds and spirits of people everwhere....focused as one supporting each other and enjoying company. Ultima Online has expanded exponentially in game and still has one more expansion due to come (No, do not know what it is....just know there IS ONE MORE to come) Dark Age of Camelot has launched and now works through the community building phase Everquest is strong and has more expansions possible to the game engine. Shadowbane is the most anticipated engine of all currently with Star Wars to pick up huge steam in this next month with the release of Episode II On the Horizon is ...hehe Horizons Empires of Istaria and the World of Warcraft. I was recently asked if we could home an Asheron's Call division...and this will be another new site for members to explore if they wish (new expansion version said to be wild and clean up the shortcomings of the first version of AC) We all know the pitfalls of redundancy and repetitive play format.....boredom set in....hence this is the basis of the website.....home and hub for options together. Taking time off from one game and exploring another engine is a good thing....can be a fun thing....in an essence it is an expansion of you into another world of online entertainment experience. Who knows where this will take some of us....new jobs...new places...new challenges........but at least new friends. Ultima Online will be my main home base on this hub and I will support you all on your other engines you choose to call your home base. There is too much of us and me IN the fabric of UO history and engine...I will always be part of UO.

Book Wyrm part 2 The morning sun rose from the eastern sea and as it burned off the nights chill, small birds sang their songs of sunrise. In the distance could be heard the calls of harbormasters coordinating the arrival of new trade ships and the echo of caravan horses trotting into the mother city of Trinsic. This was part of the beauty and simplicity of mornings; everything anew and the air had not been filled with record of days activities. Dr Codene, had spent the night in Olympus after an unnerving evening at the Infirmary. Though Olympus held no beds, he had found the cushion of Emperor Borg’s Throne comfort enough to drift into slumber. Had not a pair of small birds chasing each other in playful flight through the chamber awoken him, the Dr may have slept till noon. Alas, even an old man has his duties to perform and Dr Codene stretched and wiped the sandman’s work from his eyes. Standing and moving toward the doorway he could feel the warmth of the morning sun begin to fill Olympus Castle with energy. The clock on the wall read nearly 7am and like clockwork his morning calling for breakfast rumbled within his stomach. As he exited the Emperor’s chamber he turned and propped himself up between a pair of wall stones and looked out over the bay toward Trinsic. A beautiful site the city of Trinsic is in the morning he thought as the tops of the buildings glistened like jewels and families of birds darted in and out of the treetops. Taking in deep breathes Dr Codene searched for a familiar flavor. “You think Anakkin has breakfast ready yet?” asked a voice from above the Dr’s right shoulder. “Not yet, but Nona the baker does have fresh muffins ready” answered Dr Codene. “Tis a beautiful sight m’lord….how far can you see from up there?” asked Dr Codene. “Yes…this is a sight to behold….from this rampart one can see all the way to the Honor Shrine”; replied Emperor Borg who stood on the rampart above his chamber. Gliding down on the morning air, Emperor Borg greeted Dr Codene formally and asked if he could join him for breakfast. As the two began to make their way downstairs they spoke about personal matters and as brothers enjoyed the simple company on each other. Leaving the Olympus Castle, the pair chose to walk toward Trinsic to enjoy further the morning warmth and awakening of the day around them. The pair reached the western gates of Trinsic and the keen nose of Dr Codene picked up Anakkin’s work. “Ahh………that man is an artist”; Dr Codene remarked as he took in a deep breath of air. Smiling back to Dr Codene, Emperor Borg nodded and the two continued on to Nona’s shop to pick up a tray of muffins to take to breakfast at the Imperial Mess hall. As they reached the shop Emperor Borg could see a squad of Shadowriders heading to the Arch of Honor from the Southern gates area. “Seems Anakkin’s work is reaching many this morning Dr”; remarked Emperor Borg. “Egads…we must hurry….young men have deep stomachs”; added Dr Codene. Purchasing their muffins and some pots of honey, Dr Codene and Emperor Borg moved toward the Arch of Honor and the Imperial Trinsic Barracks. Though only half past 7am they could already hear activity in the Youth Bureau as aspiring men and women trained for their role in the Legion. Nearing the barracks area the sound of heavy horse passing under the Arch of Honor came from behind them. ”For HONOR and Empire”; a trio of voices exalted. The trio of Cataphractii, heavily armored cavalry Dragoons, soon arrived at the barracks and as they dismounted and rushed to the mess hall. Emperor Borg opened the door and Dr. Codene entered and was followed by the three Dragoons. Emperor Borg welcomed them all in and it was a bit of a humorous moment as the trio had been so interested in getting to the table they did not at first recognize the doorman was their Emperor. Embarrassed the trio stopped and fumbled a bit at the doorway until Emperor Borg put them at ease with a smile and comment. “If you don’t hurry up and get inside….the Dr will surely finish off all the muffins and we all will have a cold plate of eggs and bacon.”; Emperor Borg said as he put his arm around one of the shoulders of the Dragoon. The hall was a buzz with morning chatter and the rich smell of Anakkin’s breakfast splendor. As the door to the mess hall closed, one by one the hungry men recognized who was with them this morning for breakfast. Standing and passing salutations Emperor Borg asked them to please return to the fine meal. It was as well the humor of Gladiator Felix Felthwin who, in his hast to salute, slapped a fork full of eggs onto his own face….that put the room back to ease and enjoyment of the breakfast. “As long as their courage is as strong as their appetite….I think we will be fine indeed”; commented Dr Codene. “Agreed Dr….but your eyes tell me that you worry about more than their appetite or simple courage”; replied Emperor Borg. Looking at Emperor Borg, Dr Codene nodded slowly and added: “Yes….there more, but I know not what to say as of yet.” “Still studying those books Dr?”; asked Emperor Borg as he held out a plate for Anakkin to fill with eggs. “Yes…until I know more, I have locked them up until I can find some reference material to help me in translating several of the texts. The writings are ancient and I have never seen such in any of the libraries, even in the great libraries in Britain or in Moonglow’s Lyceum.” Dr Codene answered. As the two began to enjoy the breakfast, Emperor Borg offered a possible solution; “Then perhaps you should seek one who is an Ancient….and I do not mean one of our own.” Emperor Borg placed a forkful of egg and his demeanor turned a bit serious as he looked at Dr Codene; who now froze a bit and gulped deeply realizing what the Emperor meant. “Don’t worry old brother….give me what questions you wish and I will get your questions answered. Besides…Ancient Wyrms tend to enjoy company…..at least once and a while”; added Emperor Borg. “Did I hear Wyrm…..like in Wyrm hunt?”; asked one of the Legion. The room began to quiet a bit and Emperor Borg looked over toward the eager Legion Shadowrider and replied; “Soon brother….yes we may need to do a Wyrm hunt…for now…scout out the location in Ilshenar where one can be found and contained. We need to seek its council on matters we will explain later after the Wyrm has answered some questions.” “Very good sire….we shall find it.”; replied the Shadowrider.

CHAPTER 4 The Book Wyrm part 1 Sitting in the Infirmary office, Dr Codene places the satchel of books he had gathered from the Vampire’s lair onto the desk. Lighting a small burner flame nearby the room begins to glow and flicker with light. It is a cool evening and the clear sky and slight wind combine to chill the air. The good Dr. stands and lights a second burner to heat up water for a cup of his favorite tea. Sitting back down the cool breeze gusts outside as he opens the satchel of books. Writing down into a journal he records their titles and condition. Briefly skimming pages he lists a general context for the book. Some of the books are written in language unfamiliar to him while other are in common tongue. Many are written in what appears to be blood and after a simple test on a sample the assumption is confirmed. Nearly finished with this recording of the books; Dr Codene reaches into the satchel and his finger is cut by a sharp edge of a book. Opening the satchel wider and carefully looking inside he can see a dark covered book with metal bindings and ancient etchings. He picks up the book with both hands and a drop of his blood that remained on one of the metal binding seems to vanish into the cover itself….or was that the light flickering doing tricks to his eyes? Examining the book from all sides, Dr Codene cannot find any text…only a symbol on the cover. The symbol is of a bird crudely and simply drawn standing facing the left. He brushes his hand over the cover and its cover is quite coarse and ancient. Realizing he has just smeared some blood from his cut onto the cover, Dr Codene moves to the supply chest for a rag to clean the cover. Returning to the book the Dr pauses as he sees that the cover has no blood upon it at all. Dr Codene picks up the book and again examines it from all sides….no blood. Placing a bandage on his hand he turns and with his uninjured hand he passes his hand across the cover again…..still the same etchings nothing new….except the cover appears to be less coarse. As Dr Codene becomes puzzled at this difference the quiet of the Infirmary is broken by the whistle of the water boiling for his tea. The teapot steam billows out into the cool evening air and condenses on the window above. Dr Codene pours his water and makes his tea; as he lifts the cup to sip his Earl Grey his eye catch a glimpse of a face within the condensation on the window and he hears a whisper behind him…”Beware”. Dr Codene burns his tongue on the hot tea, turns to look for the source of the whisper and drops the cup of tea to the floor. His attention and gaze search the corners of the room, the window the shadows and then focus down to the book that lays now open on the table in front of him. On the corner of the desk sits a pair of blood vials and the contents of the vials begins to creep up and out around the caps that contain the blood within them. Dr Codene watches as the blood trickles toward the open book. Quickly gathering his wits he knocks the vials to the floor, slams the book closed, places the book back into the satchel and then wraps it tightly. He places the book within a small chest and locks it securely. He is amazed to see the wood of the chest begin to age and darken black….he places the small chest into a crate…..it again begins to blacken. Dr Codene places that crate into a larger chest and again it blackens but not as fast or dark.. Finally placing the blackened chest into a large crate the turning seems to be halted. Dr Codene gathers the other books and places them within another chest and as he reaches for his journal notes he hears movement downstairs on the Infirmary floor. Reaching into the Alchemist supplies Dr Codene picks up an explosion potion and reaches for one of the Tribal spears he collected while researching the Savage Tribes. Sipping an agility potion, the good Dr then glides down onto the Infirmary floor like a man half his age. Dr Codene moves slowly and methodically from the one end of the Infirmary to the other, peering into the shadows. Nightsight he thinks to himself….always have Nightsight….old fool he thinks to himself as he realizes upstairs he did not drink one before coming downstairs. As the Dr reaches the end of the room a short gust pushes open the door of the Infirmary; as it creeks open the Dr can see a shadow on the doorstep. No longer does the night air feel chilly, for Dr Codene’s heart now races strong and as he moves closer to the doorway he snaps the trigger on the explosion potion. Leaping out onto the porch he addresses the source of the shadow with a yell……….AAaaahhhhHHA!!! Nothing is there except the shadow from a tree on the wall of Olympus next door. Relaxing a bit with a sign, Dr Codene then yelps and throws the ticking explosion potion toward the open ground nearby. The nights eerie quiet is broken with the explosion and the Olympus Sentry Tod comes over to offer aid. “Dr…..is everything alright?” Tod asks. “Aye…..just a slip of an explosion potion….my apologies for the disturbance”; answered Dr Codene with a bit of embarrassment. As Tod turns to return to his post, Dr Codene asks; “Have ye seen anyone about this evening Sentry?” “Nay…..was a quiet evening till your slip”; answered Tod the Sentry. Nodding and waving goodnight, Dr Codene began to turn to go back inside when his eyes glimpsed a small imprint in some mud by the porch. Kneeling down the Dr traced the outline with his finger. The imprint was a large pawprint in the mud, one larger than he had ever seen before. Dr Codene returned to the laboratory and searched for some cast supplies to make a mold of the print. Upon returning to the imprint…..it was gone.. Dr Codene looked around into the night air and cursed himself again…..nightsight you old fool…..nightsight. Returning into the Infirmary he checked the books secured within their chests and they were all account for. It was late and for an old man the evening had been quite a stir. Locking up the Infirmary, Dr Codene walked around the corner of Olympus and there was Tod standing his post calmly. “I think I will spend the night inside Olympus this evening”; Dr Codene remarked as he reached for the door. “Very well sir…”; Tod smiled and helped open the great doors of Olympus Castle.

I will be supporting the creation of the guild using a human, while my main character played will be a Templar Dark Knight Human.....Priest Alchemist..........Colin Mor *used for guild creation* Human.....Templar Dark Knight....*main play unit* Ireki........Assasin Sun Dancer Minataur would be one interesting but is restricted race listed..

Brothers.....our old battle with the Dragon Dominion (event where Olympus was sieged) where a couple of our Heran Knights were being controlled by Paradox....who searched for the Dragon Armor.....well if you wish to see what it looks like go to this link. The blue version is on display. Official UO LBR Newsletter holds image of the ancient Dragon Armor the PGoH Empire Heran Knights sought. ....and they say PGoH did not know what it was doing...hehehe

There are some vile champions of evil in Ilshenar that could stand a beating from your magic book....we are reforming lines to prepare for the siege with Lord Blackthorn. Float in Magistrate....Centurion Liz has quite the extensive review of locations.

Chapter 3 the Summoning part 4 MONDAINS LEGACY Rendering of The Summoning part 4

Chapter 3 the Summoning part 3 INSIGHT Rendering of The Summoning part 3

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We already know War and non war issues...we have been both. Currently we are listed non warring. Currently we also have an extensive ROE. Indeed best fortune to you and your city.

Greetings Krista... While I do understand your desire to expand your town...we too have done such many a time in Safe Haven and Olympus....I cannot accept that by upholding the wish of an Elf (and real life friend) to hold a home in the name of the Elves of the PGoH Empire...how this could become such an issue to be cosidered dishonorable. What we have in the past...I would think you would look to do as a greater good....look to build into your township this linkage to PGoH, the elves and thus do not see the house as an obstacle but an addition. For the record ....in the 4+ years of UO....PGoH has given away 67 houses to other groups to expand thier towns lost 18 houses to members who did not return them when leaving UO. lost 5 houses (including 2 lg Towers) to members who ebayed them. In no way does PGoH aim to limit town growths, but we will HONOR request of members who we lived and helped build thier homes in our years together. The member requested Balandar become the owner and given Balandars preferrence of the area...it makes sense. Who knows if the member is going to return...many have after a break from UO...I would not be surprised if this does occur. My advice again is to look for a way to bring ALL of your neighbor houses INTO your township atmosphere...thus expanding its theme, alure and linkages to other communities. We do tend to have some effect on realm evil...so who knows who might stop by....Lord Ventryn did alot to our members homes throughout the realm....JuoNar, Minax, Zendella Xryss, Paradox,....etc etc. ....who knows who may come a knocking at your chamber door. Regardless it will be good to have neighbors.