The End

[Khallos_2k2]

And so it comes to this. Khallos, the last of the Venmyrs, is leaving. Some people will be happy, some will be sad, some will be ignorant.
I've had great times on Graal; some of the best moments of my life have been on it. But now it is losing its charm. I no longer find it that fun. I feel it is mainly EAs and IWDs that have contributed to this: its not fun when you agree to a friendly spar against someone 5 levels lower than you and find you can't hit them because they have about -60 AC. Also, I feel that nowadays the emphasis on Kingdoms is on levelling, and hardly anyone actually roleplays. (No bashing/dissing of GK intended)
Dustari was the only Kingdom I've ever been in, and I hope it continues to flourish under the reigns of future monarchs. I'm posting this thread here so that all of the citizens of Dustari may know, as all have been part of this great Kingdom.
I've had many great friends too: Padren, Zoe, Satrek, Gririhan, Majin and Rhynor, Darklux, Larrien, and Shobre ( to a certain extent). I apologise if I've missed anyone.
If you can't bear me going, my AIM is: xXKhallosXx
So, I wish you all good times on Graal.

Khallos looked around him. The rotting walls, the chipped floor, stained in places, the stagnant air- he felt at home. Now it was cleansed of the unworthy, it would do as his final resting place for the remainder of his unlife. He gazed into the corner, his vision perfect in the darkness. There he spied the one remaining creature his minions had missed. With a cruel smile upon his face, he muttered an incantation, made a few mysterious passes with his hand, and laughed out loud at the bloody implosion which consumed the creature following these actions.Turning round, he noticed his hand-picked minions lurching unsteadily towards him. Their peers would remain behind on the world, to haunt the living, and rise up to stop any adventurer foolhardy enough to tresspass on his domain.
With but a thought, his mastery of the dead unparallelled except by his brother Ilyich, who had long ago left for far-off shores, he sent them to their positions, the eight skeletons taking their places on each corner of the octagon which had been painstakingly painted on the floor with the blood of the rotting house's previous inhabitants.
This was where he wanted to be. This was where he belonged. Taking a deep breath of the stagnant air, he sighed as if enjoying the putrid smell. This was where he would stay, unless some foolish mortal awoke him some day in the future. Taking a final deep breath, he began the last incantation he would ever make.
Many brave adventurers continually battle against the ever returning minions of the great Necromancer Lord, and to this day they still tell tales of ghostly voices they can hear, chanting the same phrase: "As you are, we once were. As we are, you shall be..."

On a lighter note, I leave you with this little jewel I discovered in some of the old Dustari threads:

Originally posted by anUk (aka MarkB)
I am a Dustari for life, never will i join CP

[GoZelda]

You were cool.

Nice quote BTW ;o

[busyrobot]

Sorry to see our last Venmyr depart...maybe you'll be able to return sometime. For necromancers at least, death isn't nearly as dull as it is for the rest of us.


Take care.

[REW_darklink200]

You and I have been good friends, Khallos. It is sad to see you go. I shall miss you.

[Satrek2000]

Satrek watched as Khallos entered a remote house. He was standing on a hill, hidden by a huge oak, almost half a mile away. The reason he knew it was the Necromancer were the skeletons following him. As a follower of Bile, the Archmage had almost as keen a vision in the dark, yet his affiliations with the undead was not as close as Bile wanted it to be. While he did not know what the man was up to, he had a hunch that it was something definite.
Approaching the house after a few minutes, something like a flash, or burst, made him flinch. Yet, there was no sign of light that would have caused a reaction from animaly arround. It must have been the arcane effect of some kind of ritual. Through a window, Satrek saw all he needed to see to make his hunch a proven fact. While he had never aproved of the Necromancer's ways, as they were too offensive, and not subtle enough for his taste, he had quite liked the undead. He likely had a reason to do what he did.
Bending down, he grasped two hands full of earth and tried to remember a spell he once came across. It wouldn't to to keep away those who were insisting, but the occasional wanderer would just pass by this haunted mansion. Throwing the earth on the house, it's forms wavered for a moment. As the Archmage slowly walked away towards his home, it became almost translucent for uncanny eyes.

Till we meet again, old Bone

((Sad to see you leave, Khallos, but at least you're ready for some foolush mortal to knock on your door, i.e. you might return one day, and I hope you will.))

[Muha_builder]

this means satrek will put his stick with nail away for a long time. Khallos me and my brother salut you it was a honor serving with you.

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

Bye khallos. We didn't know each other well at all, i guess, but you seemed like a decent guy. Sad to see the number of good RPers decline further, too

[Satrek2000]

Originally posted by Muha_builder
this means satrek will put his stick with nail away for a long time. Khallos me and my brother salut you it was a honor serving with you.

Actually, I might revisit the house and install a booby trap using that stick, to strike the first person to leave...

[Butz]

Although I cannot approve of the source and scope of your powers, it is sad to see another great Dustari heading off.

[GryffonDurime]

Oun'Yolemf, Vie Zon-Tor

Goodbye Khallos, mabey Kingdoms will get it's act together and you'll be able to come back

[Splke]

kingdoms is dead, stop saying you're leaving because nobody rps

stop saying that iwds and eas ruined it, since you defended zoe when i argued that


at any other rate, bye. have fun in the dead world

[Satrek2000]

Originally posted by Splke
kingdoms is dead, stop saying you're leaving because nobody rps

Maybe that's because most people say roleplaying is dead and don't bother to bring it back to life, which they could easily? Also, who cares what other people do, if you look closely enough there are enough players to roleplay with.

Originally posted by Splke
stop saying that iwds and eas ruined it, since you defended zoe when i argued that

Items don't ruin a game, players do. has always been my point.

[Butz]

Originally posted by Splke
kingdoms is dead, stop saying you're leaving because nobody rps

If nobody role-plays, then I'm really confused about what was going on last week when I talked to people in character, and had them respond in kind, revealing a somewhat intricate tale, and dragging people into it. I mean, it was only spread out over a few days, but according to you, it couldn't have been roleplaying. ^.~

[WanDaMan]

Originally posted by Splke


at any other rate, bye. have fun in the dead world

Only because your life is dead dosn't mean his is.
Nice quote have fun in life

[air_archmage]

whats up?

[Satrek2000]

Originally posted by air_archmage
whats up?

What's up with you reviving almost every thread here, mostly without saying something productive? °°