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Kaln Valstian - AkhutaiAngura - 07-24-2013

I. Basic Info 
  • Characters:Kaln Tia
  • Primary character:Kaln
  • Linkshells:The Blades of Nald'thal
  • Primary RP linkshell:The Blades of Nald'thal

II. RP Style 
  • Amount of RP (light, medium, heavy):

    Medium/Heavy, with a tendency towards heavy.

  • Views on RP combat and injuries:

    Mmm.. That's a loaded question, I feel. I'm all for RP combat, as long as it's pulled off well. It rarely ever seems to be.. No one likes to see their characters lose, and therefor it seems like they end up being a bunch of dodges, unrelenting stubborness to lose, and who has to leave for RL reasons the soonest, and will therefor lose. I'll participate, so long as I know the other people and trust them. I don't have an issue with being wounded, or losing a fight.. I'll not consent to Kaln being killed off, though. 

    Now, one thing that comes up is how to handle regular PvE fighting in RP. Like, for example, the resurrection/respawn/whateveryoucallit mechanic. I generally say, if you lose and 'die' in PvE combat, then that point of respawning is akin to your character having been dragged to safety by a teammate/random NPC/whatever. Call the 'death' being knocked unconscious.

  • Views on IC romance:

    A valid aspect of RP, though it's not something that happens over night. It needs to be realistic. I, personally, view it as an eventuality as well. I mean.. We spend hours upon hours developing our characters, doing all wecan to make them as real as possible. They have personalities, histories, likes, wants, needs, desires.. For all intents and purposes, our characters are real, minus the breathing and existing. I've cried when my characters heart was broken, gotten pissed when he was insulted. I know many RPers who are the same.. We -become- our characters, and are almost assuredly going to develop feelings for other characters. I dunno, just my take on it.

  • Views on non-romantic RP (family ties, etc):

    A way to add depth to RP. It can help with character development.. I dunno, I'm kind of indifferent. I've seen it done terribly, and seen it done well as with all things in RP. 

  • Views on lore:

    Lore is absolute. Lore is law. I'm not saying that it's not to be interpreted, but.. Don't interpret it to the point that you're speaking latin, when it's clearly written in English. I love seeing people put a little twist on the lore, saying "Well, this is what the Lore says.. So I'm doing that, in this way." Twist it, have fun with it. But, don't step outside of the world the lore creates for us. I don't want to see cyborgs and such running around in ARR.

  • Views on chat functions (/say, /linkshell, etc):

    Mm. One thing I love about ARR.. They spoonfed us a way to make /linkshell work in RP. It's, literally, a communication system view little earpeice-gem-things. I love that. That's generally how I would play it anyways, but it's nice to have a lore-based reason, so we're all on the same page. Never understood why people would use /guildchat or whatever as a -location-. That never made sense, because my character is where it is. Not in whatever location the guildchat takes place in.


III. Other Info 

~Special announcements can be found in the posts below~[/align
I doubt there will be any here, but if people are looking for lost friends - I'll post of several names I've been known by, what games and what servers.

World of Warcraft
Windrunner - Alliance - Kaldias, Kalidas
Moonguard - Alliance - Kaldias, Rahalin, Volst, Sarfael
Sisters of Elune - Horde - Kaldias
Wyrmrest Accord - Horde - Rahalin, Kaldias

Tabula Rasa
Cassiopeia (I think) - Kaldias, Kaln, Gabriel

Guildwars/GW2
Gabriel Xenith, Kaln Oakenheart, Kaldias Sahandrian

Age of Conan
Wiccana (I think) - Kaldias, Aregos


That's all I can think of. People I'm looking for.. I'd love to reconnect with any of the Dreamers of Nithia, or Sanctuary from Age of Conan. Particularly the leaders of Sanctuary, Regulus and his girlfriend Amaia. 

I also met a friend in WoW, back on.. Moonguard, I think. Many years ago. We left and played Age of Conan together.. And then fell out of touch. I don't remember her character names anymore, but she was from Washington. Her name was Bridget. 

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