Hi, Arelith. I wanted to write a post in some attempt on a conclusion to the many faces Phyrra Grevyre met in her year of play on the server! She had ups, downs, moved plenty about the island, and met a lot of great faces. I’m certain I will forget some of the many she met, but if you are worried about not having made the list and still know her, know that I loved every day I had the chance to play her. Some know it, but I’d say it here that she was my first character ever on the server and I am so glad about how it went.
The Cordor Arc!:
The first she met, a friend I wish she knew better: Salasker Dusk—both the character and the player were a much needed lifeline that kept me actually playing and learning more and more about the server. From crafting basics, to writs, to how portal travel worked- he is a joy.
Thomas Castemont! The man who gave her what I thought was an outrageous item very very early into her travels … A greensteel shield. A character I always had a blast with time and time again through the months.
Flynn Moonbriar! A first bardic friend, and the one who shared songs with Phyrra before I knew how to use commands to teach songs, and before she had the levels to give him songs back.
Estelle Misthollow: The noble woman who Phyrra convinced to get drunk and gossip with her far more than she should have.
Flamma: Who gave her the first quarter she owned, and let her be part of the staff at the Flaming Lotus! Burn brightly and drink on!
Evemere Dundragon: One of Phyrra’s best friends through /all/ of the madness that happened through her time on the server. Thank you for all the wonderful conversations that helped me make Phyrra who she was!
Laurene Pike! The best work friend that left the island too soon. Missed often and not forgotten!
Shanty! The first Kenku she met that changed /so much/ about her and one of the very earlier 'award characters' I had come to know was actually, an award character! (Sorry Thomas I never read the description to realize he was an aasimar until months late)
Marlana Cheerbringer! Phyrra’s first writ-working-associate who happened to play at the middle of the night and I managed to somehow miss too often!
But! Then! And! Wait!
Zemys! I'm fitting you in here, even though they really become close close friends during her time at Jotunhold, but it was a wonderful to know you, and I'm sad Phyrra never learned where he went off to!
Those I wish I knew better, and wish I knew more: Aelf, Hilde, Zindae, Ginny, Khara’gos, Sion, Lynn, Lor and some few others that my mind forgets. Thank you all. <3
The Jotunhold Arc!
Sometimes when life doesn’t go as you hope, and a guard in Cordor spits on your face, you make a radical move. What started as me seeing Svrtr in discord speaking about some weird place in the mountains, lead to me eventually finding Grymmiirn in game and asking him genuinely if it was possible to hunt dragons. Many hundreds of dragon hunts later, I can confirm, Arelith has dragons.
Somehow Grymmiirn was a grandfather to the elf, and his beloved Imor- the Iahl-jarl, saw Phyrra as a sister. The pair of them showed me an entire world of lore and generated an incredible amount of roleplay, stories, and reasons to log in for myself- and many others.
Galvuhn, Iridith, Aigyr, Halkur, Hrim and Hrim, Feanara, Izora: Thank you all, genuinely, for the collective tens of hours we all shared in that place. Days and weeks went by as I went cross eyed giving tours of Jotunhold and learned to recall all of the sagas and lore points Grymmiirn displayed masterfully in the mountains, and I only hope whatever adventures come next for the present cast, and prior cast, of Jotunhold will leave them laughing and having fun.
New friends from Cordor arrived through it all!
Zalata, Juniper, Minto! A trio that I never caught with time enough to enjoy them. So many fun stories were shared sailing, at Jotunhold, or just on the streets traveling.
The final piece that saw her story conclude: The Myon Arc
From a Bartender in Cordor, to Steward in Jotunhold, to Peridan Twilight meeting Phyrra and exclaiming that she was the most loud and annoying elf he’d ever met—calling on her to arrive to Myon.
So, I want to give thanks in full to those who saw my many months in Myon a wonderful journey.
There were a short few days I considered if it would ever actually happen, before a late night of conversation with Koeh’athma led to them both deciding to move to Myon and become citizens. It was one of the best decisions I’d made on the server.
Anorfilien, Vaeryll, Melyanna, Nuthar, Lalaith, Gwyn, Ameria, Aerlynn, Nestraphine, Maitiel, Kalreith, Wavey, Naljren, Carmine, Victor, Celitha, Elinde, Conrad, Renestrae, Sig’nisia, Lyrian, You.
The list goes on, and on. I mean to say. You all became the heart and soul of Arelith to me and I loved every terribly long meeting and every terrible long night we all stayed awake too long so we could rant about ‘how did things even end up this way’ between each other. So many times, was I emoting Phyrra’s tears and actually crying behind my monitor as you all asked ‘how is she even crying, it is just a poem’ – but in this post I’d share I was and will ever continue to be a sappy mess when nice things are shared.
The Aegis, the many council members, the many political meetings between Myon and Guldorand- or Myon and Cordor. As much as I loathed them in the moment, I will look fondly back at the time spent.
To Guldorand, to Brogendenstein: Thank you for the meetings, the intrigue, the roleplay twists and turns between the cities. I will admit I do not know the names well enough to speak to them at length before some few. So to you all: Gedat, Roffin, Brinja, Salah, Kyelet, Rikus. Thank you all.
And, one final message to the character that kept Phyrra the most well off, and often just a chance for me to enjoy my time on Arelith: Thank you to Eledain Grevyre, Phyrra’s partner and later wife. So many hours shared between the characters between politics, rituals, research, dramatics, fights and feuds. It was a wonderful journey from the start to where the chapter ended. Phyrra spoke it to those she told she was leaving, but it is not some full ending to the character and her place on the island, but for now. She shelves and in some many months, she will return to walk around and greet those she has missed while away from the island. Thanks to everyone who made my first character’s journey something I will remember a long while. And, “Fair winds.”
