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Wow, I myself was an active member of Forest ever since Geovanie's rule, which lead to Chris's rule and during those days much fun was had. I was so dedicated to Forest that I was the only other active Highjudge for a while back in 2003 (I don't remember if Stryker was one then, so parden me if he was. Or if anyone else was for that matter, because I didn't see any others..) Things were going well, but soon my gold account ran out and I did not have a job at that time so I let my account be. About a year later, in fall 2004, I reupgraded my account for 3 months just to see what Graal was like and if anything changed since I was gone. For the most part, everything was the same, except for the fact that the kingdoms were in a totally different state than they once were. I didn't see as many people with kingdom tags as I once used to, and as for Forest, I think I was the only active member online except for a few who were probably on at different times. One day in the beginning of this year (2005) I met up with a fellow kingdom member named Kyden and we got to know each other over the next several months. I was amazed at the fact that there was still a member like myself in Forest who wanted to do so much for the kingdom and we exchanged many ideas of which Kyden told our then current leader, Gryffon. After a little while, we started to see some of those ideas being set in motion and we thought that this was the return of the once magnificent Forest, but there weren't enough people around to really get the ball rolling and Gryffon stepped down from his position. He made the decision of giving the kingdom to Lasaria, and I can see some of the reasons as to why he did it. Lasaria was in Forest for a longer time than Kyden and she was passed up last time. I myself was in Forest longer than Lasaria and from those days in which Chris was leader, she seemed to be more of a "behind the scenes" type of Queen so to speak. I wasn't sure of all the things she did during that time, but there were times when she would come on and interact with the kingdom. Now, when he gave the kingdom to Lasaria, I was a bit disappointed because I truly did not see her on as much as Kyden and myself, but I accepted it and I tried to make the best of it. Time went on and not much was being done at first, but soon some radical changes started to happen. One thing was that new people were being recruited into the kingdom complete with high ranks and royalty which, I might add, is something that should never, ever happen unless they were once a member of such kingdom and are still worthy of that position. This was one of the major reasons as to why Kyden and I chose to leave Forest; we felt that it truly wasn't the same as it once was. Thus we decided to start new characters under Samurai for a change of pace. As for Mydia, I remember the first day I met her, I tried to talk to her and the first thing she did was insult me and said "you don't even know who I am!" Now, of course I didn't know who she was, but I did not insult her or even provoke a situation for her to do such a thing to me. But the thing I find to be a little bit ironic is that she herself had no idea of who I was and yet she was the one doing the insulting. This was done while she was the Empress of Samurai at the time (thus the segway); talk about poorly representing your kingdom..but that isn't the point of my post. Now, I don't have a problem with Mydia, or anyone else for that matter, I just thought that I would share some of my experiences and let others know what has happened in the past, seeing as I was once an important member of this kingdom and I wanted to set the story straight. If anybody has any questions, I am always willing to help and share. I would love to see Forest restored to its former glory. |