The Occult and Cultists

By Mysrai | January 24, 2014 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

There’s only thirty rank positions in a Divine Order. This is hard-coded in. No amount of begging, pleading, and even tricking a brief change through on Iosai (that broke everything) that was swiftly redacted, has won me any kind of slack in that realm. As I came to find out in the early days of…

Year in Review 2013

By Estarra | January 11, 2014 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

Once again, we find another year has come and gone, and it comes time for me to look back and review the year as it has unfolded in 2013. What should be fresh in everyone’s mind is the Red Star event which has its roots extending back many years. Perhaps some of you may remember…

On Jason Wilkinson

By Mysrai | December 3, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

Hearing about Jason’s death has been a bit of a shock to me. I haven’t spoken to him in any fashion for a few years, ever since coming up to the Havens as an Ephemeral. When we did interact, he was one of my favorite folks. He was a good guy – impulsive, like so…

8 Godly Tips on Running Events

By Isune | November 13, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

Secret: I hate running events. Well, let me put it this way. I stress out ridiculously when I’m in charge of a release event of any sort. There’s a lot I love about being an admin, but freaking out for hours over tiny lines of script that constantly defy me? That, to me, is less…

Comings and Partings

By Isune | October 28, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

My mentor Shikari once told me that life in the Havens revolves around three events: the arrival of new ephemerals, the transformation of an ephemeral into an Elder God, and the resignation of an admin. The first event is exciting; imagine that your small organisation only received novices once or twice a year. How thrilled…

Near Misses: Becoming Mysrai

By Mysrai | October 16, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

I came this close to not being Mysrai. As the clock ticked down to the finishing of my area and I kept finding small details to wrap up for the release, I was all set to go to Hallifax. That’s right: I’m the reason you don’t have Jadice right now. I’ll wait for a bit…

To meet, and part, and meet again!

By Valtreth | August 4, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

Meets are undoubtedly one of the high points in any situation involving long distances between folks who share the same hobbies. The internet is great, but sometimes you have to gossip about the latest in Hallifaxian drama in person…   So we met! Zvoltz and I set out for Akron, and met Alary, Scax, and…

Hoom-ings: An IronCon Confession

By Hoaracle | August 1, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

This post is about recovery [1].   I haven’t really done much in Lusternia in two-ish years, maybe even longer. It isn’t like I haven’t done anything; I have done some things – mainly small stuff. But in comparison to the other volunteer administrators, and probably in relation to the work I am expected to…

Patronly Duties

By Zvoltz | July 20, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

Whether it is replacing lost keys or creating new additions to cities and communes, Patrons and the Divine Pantheons of our organizations have a wide variety of “jobs” that they do. However, the scope of patronly duties isn’t found in the instruction manual for new gods. I think of myself as a generally active administrator…

Four Lovesongs to Fair Cities

By Mysrai | July 10, 2013 |
Against a dark sky, a pyramid stands tall, its peak aflame.

I’m a city girl. I was born in the Midwest, in a city more renowned for snow than for the wide and varied gardens, broad, placid lakes, and the multitude of bookstores scattered across the glacial landscape. When I moved for the first time, it was to the outskirts of another city, one of the…