Strider

Ooooo! Id love to have the Blade of The Righteous and The Staff of the Magi! hehe! If only it were possible.. *sigh and goes back to his books, making note of these fine items*

Greetings: As many fo you know I Strider am a sage and involved in many sagely events and endeavors, however, what many may not know is my hobby si the decoration and planning of homes and the like. My services are offered up to the entire Empire. I have already begun on working for Lora De Blood, and am almost complete if you wish to see my work on that particular structure. It isnt totally done, but is near completion. With that I went with a simple look that suits the owner in not only color but the type of items used. For instance, her room is decorated in the colors I most often see her in or that represent her. While her roof is decorated with neatly placed mini-houses, to signify her hand in placign and acquiring many of the homes in our City: Novitus Sanctum. My list of works soon to be started are: Safe Haven, Logans home (which will be made into the Legion Headquarters since he is Senator of War) The Sage Library, which is my own home. -- I would like to DIRECTLY volunteer specifically for the job of decorating: The Honor Empire Plaza. My mind exploded with a concept the moment I saw it. Again, ANYONE who has a home who wants it decorated let me know. I also am willing to do Home Designs, and then afterwards decorate to suit the design. Please let me know on this topic if you are interested. There is very rarely a fee since doign this benefits the entire Empire. Unless you own 50 homes and want them all decorated by yesterday.. I dont charge. I await your request if any. Strider, Governor of Nicomedia, Ancient Sage of the Sage Cohort.

If you need help with this endeavor of trading with Young players... let me know. I have a very unique access to each and every Young player who logs on, and can easily tell you which is a true young player and which is an old player on a new account. So let me know when you want to do this I can't directly use these abilites to recruit, however, in finding them to trade with them, that I can do. So again, let me know.

Having gathered all my sagely power nd knowledge, and spent countless hours considering this difficult scholarly topic.. it is my expert opinion that the color most suitable to the cause, and any future cause the Empire, and said individuals and such would by chance come upon having, would indeed, without doubt and question be that which has therefore been given the name and description by the government of said empire...blah blah blah... !! BOD 2

Oh.. hmm sunday at 6.. hm.. well.. actually... hmm.. ILL BE THERE!

A note on checkpoints: Those waiting at check points will be asked to be ghosts so as to prevent griefers and such from disrupting the flow. I would like for this to take place Sunday March 16 after the Guild Meeting. Best time for me is anytime after 8 PM EST. I need volunteers for each checkpoint. Atleast one for each checkpoint, so that means 8 volunteers. Logan: Once I get checkpoint volunteers I will ask you to contact your friends at Stratics. Colin Mor: If you could possibly aid in the advertising of this event that would be most helpful. Other Volunteers: I need red/pk players to be an obstacles near a few checkpoints. Contact me via ICQ for those who can help. I dont mean griefers just you folk who are good at PvP and dont mind possibly taking a count or two. (I know we have some awsome PvPers amongst not just the Praetorians but the guild as a whole, and you arent required to kill, just scare the pants off them, and slow them down.) Heran Cohort: I need as many tamers as you can send me to gather drakes to be released near other checkpoints aswell, and other various difficult monsters that can be tamed and released. Entrance Fee is still 100 gold, but I NEED donations for prizes, even if it is items and not gold, but whatever you think is best for prizes, TELL ME. I will have a small book, made so it cant be written over that is titled: I Survived The Great Race, March 2003. For 1st through 4th place. But would like a good prize for the 1st and 2nd place runners. ANYONE WHO CAN HELP PLEASE LET ME KNOW After the race I will hold an awards ceremony for the winners in a remote location within the Province of Nicomedia and will need mages to supply gates. Contact me to get the rune to that location. Many thanks: Ancient Sage of the Sage Cohort, Strider; Governor of Nicomedia.

I also have to work Thursday night. I wont be home until about 9:30 PM EST. However, please if you can send me the minutes of the meeting so I know what went on, and can review it all so I am no out of the loop so to speak. Strider, Governor of Nicomedia.

I still want it to happen! And now with Malas out it seems Felluca is even more dangerous. SO! Here is info. The Great Race: Date: TBA Etrance Fee: 100 Gold(added to prizes) Prize: Need Donations for Prizes, plus gold from entrance fee. Event: The Great race will begin at The Felluca Honor Shrine. The first check point will be the Ranger Guild House(npc building) outside Skara Brae. Second Checkpoint will be Druids Grove, west of Yew (I will provide map soon, showing that spot) Third checkpoint will be Justice Shrine. Fourth: Compassion Shrine. Fifth, Gate to Bucs Den outside of Vesper. Sixth: Bridge from Brit territory to Trinsic Territory. Seventh: Ruined NPC House south of Trinsic. And then back to Honor Shrine. Each participant will be given pgoh purple thigh boots that must be visible for checkpoint guards to view. Checkpoint guards will be partied with me and others at Honor to announce the arrival of runners. Obstacles will be placed near each check point, such as PK's (if you know some looking for fun, who can be trusted, let me know) And tamers will release drakes and other monsters. (Need heran cohort to help with this if possible) I would like the Shadowrider and Ranger cohorts to provide checkpoint guards if they can. Rules: Each runner must report into checkpoints. First to return to Honor shrine and to run entire race without having used ANY magical support, of ANY kind (that includes companion powers, because I will be in Haven at Companion tele spot watching) and NO SHIPS, wins. Mounts are allowed, however, your connection speed will be asked if we have a large majority of dial-up users, those with faster will be restricted to either normal horses, on foot, or slower mounts. If you use mount you must bring your own. Armor, etc..: Restricted to Ringmail and Chain at the very most, no ore better than shadow. Weapons: any. Magic: No travel of any kind. Bandages and potions: Limited to 50 bandages. If GM healer, 40. Potions are limited to 20 heal and 20 cure. No items allowed that will aid in your finishing the race, in otherwords that give you a greater advantage. No travel items means dont use bracelets of binding etc.. you MUST check into all check points. If at any time you decide to drop out of race, send me an ICQ 9066880. I will need help from as many cohorts and members of the Empire as possible. We can try this as an ACC only race the first time and then if it goes well expand it to Catskills as a whole. All volunteers post here AND Icq me, as I dont always see boards or ICQ right away, so I will see one or the other. Donations of pets and other obstacles, let me know. Questions, advice etc.. feel free to ICQ me and post here. Strider, Ancient Sage, Sage Cohort. Governor of Nicomedia. Ancient Elder of The City of Wind, Templar of Balance.

Generally mage type characters. HOwever that is not required. Mostly what ever you specialize in thats what your a sage in. If your a mage, you study the detailed inttricacies of how magic works, and can aid others in working magery and explaining it to them. Same if you are a scribe, or alchemist, or even a warrior or necromancer. We take all class types, you just take on the role of the "sage" the wise person who reads, learns and studies to carry on knowledge. This is an RP intense cohort, so thats what you have to expect. If you haev a character you think youd like to try being a Sage as, let me know, and Borg so he can add you to the stone and title you as Sage Initiate. Sage Cohort Page

It was a routine "stride". He opened the rift between worlds and stepped through. Floating bewteen reality and the Abyss. Between his home realm and Sosaria, then... to Malas. Strider had found various disturbances within the fabric of Malas, and watched them closely. Most eminated from Umbra and the Well of Tears. That foul well that could summon forth a vile demon lord. Suddenly he felt a pull towards Sosaria... re-entering reality he saw the disturbance and descended towards Trinsic. Moving north he touched ground, and came to the point of this disruption.. Suddenly as he approached a large castle.. he was sucked in! Trying as he could to hold on, a "black hole" grabed him. He was stuck. Stuck between reality and the abyss.... When he would be freed... not even the Skygods could tell... *The man cloaked in dark robes, riding a young ostard made his way for Olympus. He carried an urgent message... the Empire needed to be alerted. He dismounted as he came to Olympus and posted the note he acrried upon the door.* And it read.. --Dear friends, Some very wrong has happened.. Strider has vanished. My attempts to contact him have failed. Though that happens when he leaves this world, I always have some way to communicate with him... now however I do not.. This reeks of foul play, for only by vile means could he be kept away from Sosaria and any other realm for so long... I fear the powers of darkness hold him... but can not be sure of anything... it would take a great and horrid power, such as The Guardian himself to hold Strider this long... I will continue to seek him out.. and may call upon you for your aid when the time is near.. Sincerely and Urgently, A Friend in the Shadows. ---- ((This came about because my character Strider is literally and has been for a few days, STUCK in a black hole at that BLASTED TE Vendor Castle, Mall of Britannia, a GM couldnt even grab me out, and I am one of like 20 people stuck there... so until I can log onto Strider the Sage is missing, and I'll make a quest out of it hhehehe)

Kodoz, read the message on here about the house below Balandar. He wants a three story house in trade.

Looking for a good scythe or Bone Harvester for my necro char. Please let me know if you can help me out.

Attention all! The Sage Cohort is looking to gather as many books to fill the shelves of our Library as we can get! Any player written, quest books, books period!!!!!! Please put them in the purple chest on the steps of the Sage Building. (Big Marble building far south end of PGoH City) If you think the book is rare, etc.. dont want to risk losing it for some reason contact me, because the chest is accesible by anyone! Also, to decorate the building, the Sage Cohort is in desperate need of plants!! Any and all of various colors are welcome! Also place them in the chest if you wish, however, I prefer you contact me so some passer by doesnt grab them up! --- And last but not least, donations of small tables, book shelves, and benches are more than welcome! This request is asked to take place all the time whenever you can. However, I or one of my house, will be at the building on Sunday after guild meeting to take donations and also looking for recruits for the Sage Cohort! Please consider this Cohort, I desperatley need members to begin the many plans I have! Ancient Sage Strider. Cohort Leader and Governor of Nicomedia.

This isnt a Malas secret spot but thought Id throw it up there for the heck of it. The Tinker shop in Trinsic has a secret second floor. As those who have been to tink shop know, there arent any stairs and from first glance no second floor. However, it is there and can be accessed with a lot of hard work hehehe or my rune I made two years ago.

For all you folks who cant afford much, cant afford a small plot etc.. buy a small house or small tower deed and place it! There are lots of little spots open in PGoH City between houses, reason being so many people went straight for 17x17's or bigger and left little places in between. So get a tiny plot or small house, and go to it. Much cheaper and will fill our city with our folks! Join us! Btw, anyone who wants to pitch into the "Sage Cohort, Library and Museum Fund" my goal is 200k. It will complete the building and add to need decoration once built. So jump into Malas, check out our city, and try to move in!! WOOHOO! "Strider, so happy with AoS explodes into a blue ball of light, and floats back to his History Course before the Professor returns form her break"

One small tower, need 200k for it. It is in Felluca near Minoc/Mountains. Need the 200k to pay for the Sage Building I am making in Malas, PGoH City.

*The wind blew hard and cold within the dark cave, south west of Yew, a figure clothed in warm glowing blue light enters, another, cloaked only in shadow awaits his arrival.* "Amin am here friend... speak plainly so vys are not known to those who may listen. " Strider spoke to the man in shadow. "I shall old friend... and I must speak quickly.. My work has finally given results. I found the tomes you seek.. your fears were correct. The power of evil is growing... The Guardians hand is in everything. You were correct... there is only one choice. Only Nature will hold back the first wave. You must begin your castings." Strider sighed. He knew this time would come.. he thanked and bowed to the stranger in shadows, and was gone, running through the halls of his hidden space, gathering reagents, and scrolls. A quick journey to the Abyss brought him before the Titans of the Elements. "Great Titans!," strider spoke in a foreign tongue, that flowed like water, burned like fire, was firm as earth and soothed like air, "Your aid I request! Your power I claim, for my workings! As a traveler of the Glowing Rift, as the Last Strider, I claim what was promised! My full gifts must now be given, for the realm I serve needs it now! Evil has unbalance even NATURE! This must be held back! I CALL UPON EACH OF YOU TO AID! SEND FORTH THE GUARDIANS OF NATURE! EARTH AND WATER SHALL BIND MY SPELL, AS WAS PROMISED!" With a crash of thunder Strider brought his hands together, and the Titans lifted forth their mighty hands showering him in varying waves of energy. The Titan of Earth stepped forth, with the Titan of Water and they offered Elementals of their kind. With a flash of light, Strider and the guardians were within Olympus, and so it began, the casting of the Seal of Hope, to protect the home of Honor from coming darkness. *Strider cast the circles of power, brought forth the creatures, spoke the enchantments and began the casting of the Seal* Great energies erupted from Strider hands, flowing between himself and the creatures. His very life energy filled the room, and that of the creatures joined it in perfect union. As the energy grew, and glowed, it filled Strider, connected to the Earth Elemental, then the Water Elemental, and forming a triangle with the three, shot forward to the Anhk. Blazing with blue flame, the Anhk shot energy forth into the sky casting a shimmer of light into the horizon, then down upon Olympus for all to see for miles. As the blaze calmed, Olympus gained a shining blue tint, and the Anhk absorbed the creatures themselves, filling Olympus with power. And so with the final glow of light, the energy of the guardians filled the halls of Olympus and a Pact with Nature herself brought forth the Seal of Hope. That which would bind Olympus to the powers of Nature and guard all who called it home. Those who did so would be given great strength in resisting the ways of evil and imbalance. ANd so Strider did fade himself... gone... But not for good... For his time had in many ways... just begun.

Where is it that they say you wont be able to imbue and such, bows? All I saw about it was this. ""Archery Along with the special combat moves that will be introduced in Age of Shadows, a new ability will be available that is sure to ease the minds of Archers around Britannia: bows and crossbows will become repairable. You'll no longer have to worry about replacing your worn-out bows - a bowyer will be able to repair them in the same manner as blacksmiths repair other weapons! Archers will also be pleased to know that, just like other weapons, their bows will be able to be imbued with special item properties. "" Couldnt find anywhere that said otherwise, and would hope they'd change it if that was wrong. Oh well, who knows.

It is indeed True.. not only through my investigation but also by just viewing Cheblis and speaking with others of my "house". He is indee a vampire. however he is now fortunatley FREE from the control of his Master. Cheblis has control of himself, and is still a Vampire, with the powers of a newly formed Vampire. Do not fear.. I know for a fact that this fact alone will not make him an evil being. The fact that he has a will of his own is most promising, and though it is stil to be a most intriguing power, not one that can harm us.. I have read and know, that one of his kind will have power over lesser creatures of the wild, the ability to command them with a simple thought. MOst helpful to the EMpire if he is strong enough to bend his new life to good. And can be done.. Though for future note incase of emergency.. I do have a cure for Vampirism, have used it before and know that it will free him completly, without harm comign to him or others. It is a long process, requires care, but can be done. This could be a small blessing in disguise, for at the very least we have grown in diversity. Strider.. Ancient Sage.

Alright, here is the update. Tonight at 8 PM in Felluca SW of Yew. I will bring us to the exact location. Please do the following things in preparation: Be in Ceremonial Dress as is dictated by the codex. Please gather as much milk and cheese as you can, as a gift to the Celts. Along with Ceremonial dress, I would before hand like to make sure we look as "uniform" and similar as possible, to make a good and respectful show. Anyone willing to go will meet me at 8:15 PM EST at the Yew Felluca Abbey. We MUST RP at all times at this event. These guys are true rpers and you most likely wont see any OOC from them. To them this is a holy celebration, similar to if the Empire were to celebrate the GODS. So be respectful and watch with respect. This should be fun, and as they are celts I won't be surprised if they have a great drinking fest after, hehe, but who knows. Just incase, someone stock up some beer and other drink, and I'll stock it in my beetle. Thanks, see you then.

Being sick I have two options to pass the time. Hehehe. The room am in is the family office, however untila week ago it was my bedroom, and then I moved into another room. So in here is my old bed, then since it is now the office it has the computer (hence why I am able to post) and a TV, with my DVD player. I like this. Only one good part of being sick.. unadulterated laziness without dire consequences. So off I go to read abook, drink water, swallow pills the size of my head, and scare away this flu which seems to be weakening wohhoo!

Ok, to set a time for this I need to know peoples'a availablity, and Ser when is your friday in the next few weeks? Anyoen else interested in participating or helping, tell me your availability. I'll get in contact with you when this Flu I have is totally gone.

Bad news is I have the Flu. It seems I'm sick as a dog so if my presence is suddenly less than usual it is because I am attempting to do something minutley close to breathing Hope to see you guys around soon, once egtting out of bed seems more possible! Strider/Maskan

Recently I have been in contact with the guild leader of "The Celts", startign to spread my wings as Ancient Sage and gather wisdom and knowledge, etc.. This sunday the Celts will be having a gathering, it will be the Imbolc Festival. For those who are unaware.. the Celts base them selves on the ancient celtic peoples, and Imbolc is one of their holidays. We have been given permission to view this event and join them. I fall goes well the time will be at about 8 PM EST. Just after our guild meeting. Possibly later so no worries about time probs as far as that is concerend. Any interested in attending and representing the Empire with me let me know. Strider.

For those people interested in the Sage Cohort, or those who are already involved in it. Please us the board at UOTC to message me, request membership to the cohort or anything that need be done. Sage Cohort members, please use the Sage Cohort board on uotc.com to communicate. In the Catskills list of boards it will be named Sage Cohort(PGoH) Thank you. Ancient Sage, Strider.