In Defense Of Lady Amandine...Continue

Except it was specifically said that there were 24 rings...

Time Lords have been known to simplify their explanations so as not to confuse the unwashed masses.

I wouldn't know. Adamu would be the first one I've ever met, and he doesn't always make things very simple.

Anyways, I don't think Bennu would do that to us.... I hope.

I thought about it, but I haven't seen much back to the future stuff happening with multiple instances of the same character present. I think Adamu went back in time as the Time Lord and gave one to his father. I did try to find more on Adamu's past. Note a spoiler but probably unnecessary.

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This means Adamu grew up with the complex Amandine has now: pride vs humility.

I do not think I shall ever be able to top the Addie storyline. But that wont keep me from trying.

I will remember that one for the rest of my life.

From what've read I can tell the Addie series was emotionally gripping for everyone, just the write-up of him walking away with the Time Lord got me. If ever notes are made public, I'd love to see more from anyone on the timeline. As a writer and a reader, I'm taking a lot away from these fictions. As a UO denizen, reading about the Crux is way more of a Renaissance than UO:R, a true Awakening.

I had more thoughts, which is always dangerous, about Dupre and the moongates. We know this, I'm just trying to outline the getting there. The short: Blackthorn called Honor the least of the virtues, and chose to break that gate first. The long:

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Between the Journal and the Awakening Herald pieces it's apparent that the Exodus everyone beat was really Lord Blackthorn, sent in some weird cyborg form. We also know that Blackthorn has a master plan to try and save us all from Exodus. He wanted to tell Dupre, but Dupre couldn't see through his Honor to ever trust Blackthorn. Fast-forward: Ilshenar is a future version of Sosaria where people have incorporated Blackthorn's ideals and British's in one. Blackthorn knows Exodus is gaining power from the Virtue gates, and in order to test if Exodus will notice one of them being shut off he breaks Honor. In the journal Blackthorn picks Honor because it is the least virtue, or the one that means the least to the people.

As less and less people pursue Honor (in fiction... we seem to have tons of Sampires practicing), Dupre is not only questioning his own fate, but the importance of his Virtue. The breaking of the moongate broke him, but understanding why through the writing of Blackthorn really got to him. He's losing his religion, basically. What Amandine did to Reddish was Just, but Dupre would have seen it as being without Honor. His thirst for a trial could be in some ways a judgment of himself.

I keep thinking about Tiberius' post, talking about whether 'it' matter. It was so well written it could have been about us or about Tresha and her thieves. Or Minax. Or Exodus. But the whole "does it matter," I couldn't help but think Dupre is asking this question about Honor, and wondering if it matters anything to Amandine. Anyone else think this was about more than us? Have I fallen off my rocker again?

I've been reading as much as the history as I can find. Is there a good place to find these storylines?

If you're looking for reports on previous events, I'd say either dig through the Atlantic forum or here on the EM forum... Unfortunately the Atlantic news page doesn't really go back beyond when Kylie and I took over reporting.

For anything else... I'm not really sure offhand.

Also when Stratics moved forums it threw off a bunch of links from google. UOforums.com had mirrored lots of content though. The herald on uo has lots too, and if you search you can find the old town crier links online too. Bennu posted a few links to Atlantic specifics in the other thread.

Ah thats what you were getting at. I guess we have no way of knowing beyond speculation. Im guessing this will be revealed during the Tiberius event.

Just to let people know, I'm gonna be restricted to Stratics from Tues-Fri... So if anything happens in-game, please let me know!

Yeah, and he's not even the biggest of the pack, a couple of his siblings are porkers

It will. Its been a busy week, what with the holiday and my birthday and the like.