Aha! HA!!
I get the first post on the ninth page!!!!
*remembers he's left IFV waiting for a sign up*
Oh, er......eh.....
*runs away*
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Fight fire with fire, and you'll just get burnt ~ Tash, the Warrior of Flames

Huh. So this's starting up again. Does that mean I have to change my quote? >_>
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http://crolapras.tripod.com/archivist.html
"Only on gamefaqs could Donkey Kong and Duck Hunt going at it be exciting." --UltimaterializerX

Long day, jeez. -_-
Anyway, look for the elections and all that during the beginning of next week or so.
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

Like I would make it, but will do.
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North Star: Stars of Azura
Greenhorn-[10 stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

For the record, when I mean bio, I mean everything. Name to History, your whole sign up. It's a loose term, I know.
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

SO you just want a good version of my sign-up? Okiee.
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Guildmaster [35 Stars] Of the Intrepid Genesis
The Beast Hungers...

Kaaaaaaaalllll...can you get on AIM/MSN when you see this? I have something to give you. =D
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Curiosity killed nothing. Anything you hear about cats is a lie orchestrated by canine infidels.

Sexual Favors?
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Tavern Keep -[35 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

I've started to dislike writing bios. It's dumb to already have this whole intricate history... because then what's the point of RPing at all? It's much better to create your history. Which is why my bios now usually only contain the bare minimum.
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And now Xythe has me thinking of greased baby asses. That's so very, very wrong- SonicSalt
Hmm...what is it with Xythe and sore asses? -spanky1

WM knows too much o_o;

*shoots WM*
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Curiosity killed nothing. Anything you hear about cats is a lie orchestrated by canine infidels.

For the record, when I mean bio, I mean everything. Name to History, your whole sign up. It's a loose term, I know.

Mwa ha ha, expect like ten pages of biography from me then.

Hey, Kal, make sure X is the one that has to judge my character sheet, 'kay?

I'd prefer it if MG did because of all the eye-bleeders he's done to me, but eh... It's almost like I'm getting back at everyone for all the eye-bleeders I've gotten, with a huge one of my own. Yay. Whoo.

... I'm hungry.

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Go Flames Go!
Series: 1-0, Flames ~Fire > Lightning.~

I won't end up reading it all anyway. =P
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Damn. I only sent the History.. I'll resend it right now.. So.. Ignore my first email.
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::BlizzardChaos::
Greenhorn ::[10 stars]:: of The Intrepid Genesis

For reference~

http://xleader.home.insightbb.com/ig/bios.txt

Everyone's bio thus far.
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Ha! You, Sooley, may not exert revenge upon teh MG, for I cannot judge sign-ups! (Yet, in any case.) *sticks tongue out*

As for bios, mine is probably gonna be two posts long. I can't have too much, but I know I'm going to talk about stuff... and stuff.
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. . . ¤ the sublime epiphany ¤ . . .
—Second-in-Command of the Dojang—

Okay, I'm going to be posting my Sign-Up in just a moment. Interruptions will have a consequence of slow and painful castration...so beware. <_<
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Curiosity killed nothing. Anything you hear about cats is a lie orchestrated by canine infidels.

(( Pre-Signup Note of Importance: This is not my full sign-up. Certain parts have been omitted or reduced greatly, as there are some things that cannot be shown at the moment. I have however, sent Kal the full deal, which is for his eyes only...so no asking. Also take note of the fact that this sign-up is only for public display, and is what will be displayed in the public character archive. I shall be judged by Kal alone, and on the Sign-Up I send him. Oh, and the big capitalized “Omitted” tags are more for my use…I just didn’t remove them because I felt lazy when I’d finished. ))

CHARACTER INFO

Name: Dinai Torkhri {Dee-nah-ee Tor-kree}

Age: Ageless – Reasons Undisclosed

Gender: Male

Race: Human – Further Race Details Undisclosed

Appearance: Dinai, from what little you can discern from just looking at him, is approximately six feet tall, fairly broad-shouldered, and slightly well-built, if a little on the skinny side for his height and recommended weight.

There is little much else that could be told of Dinai. His entire public profile (and by public I mean in the company of even one person) is shrouded under cover of cloak. The cloak he wears is of typical appearance. It drapes down to his ankles from the neck down, and a hood is attached at the back, which is always up and concealing Dinai’s face from view. The sleeves reach down to his wrists, and the entire cloak is made of thick cloth, offering no more protection from attack of any sort than say, a chocolate fireguard in a furnace. The cloak is very dark brown, and held in place around Dinai’s waist by a black leather belt, which he uses to keep items on, via clips and pockets attached around the belts circumference. The cloak and belt alike suffer from a little battle-caused wear and tear, with two minor burns or scorches on the back from a rough encounter with a fire mage. From there, you could already well consider him to be your everyday cliché of “mysterious cloaked individual”. Well, you’re right. He is mysterious, he is cloaked, and he is an individual. Don’t like it? Tough.

All that shows from the cloak that Dinai wears are his boots, which are jet-black leather and reach just a little below the midpoint of his shins. The boots are messily held together, and on Dinai, by thick black laces. The other things that show are his two hands, both going a little pale from lack of sunlight over the years. On his right hand, he wears a ring. The ring is a gold band with a small diamond-like gem embedded in the top, which glows with an unearthly radiance whenever magic is nearby. The glow will differ depending on the type of magic. {See Magical Capabilities section for more details on the Ring.}

Underneath his cloak, Dinai wears a pair of dark beige denim jeans, which are frayed at the ends of the legs, around the ankles. He wears a regular, white cotton t-shirt, and around that, a many-pocketed denim jacket, of slightly brighter hue to his jeans, in which he stores certain items and pieces of equipment.

There is one piece of hidden detail that I can let you in on. Dinai has, tattooed on his back, an ancient runic symbol, which reacts with his cloak. In an attempt to keep his identity secret, Dinai had this rune placed upon him, so that if his cloak were to ever be removed, Dinai (and his cloak and items) would become completely ethereal until he was properly concealed again. {See Magical Techniques for further effects of this ability.}

Personality: The years have been hard on Dinai. As a result, he’s not quite the courteous and polite man he once was. While he still maintains a calm temperament, the one thing he simply will not stand for is magic of any sort. Traumatic events in his past lead him to have a violent hatred of the arcane, and he now has an ultimate goal of seeing it wiped off the face of the Earth.

Most of the time, he wouldn’t give you the time of day. However, on the rare occasion that he does talk to you, you won’t get much of a conversation. Peace and quiet is something that Dinai enjoys, and, obviously, hates noise and pointless ramblings. He tends to hate the general planetary populace at large, but especially mages and loud, perky, happy people. If magic didn’t exist, he’d probably be a serial killer. His other pet peeves are baseless optimism and blind heroics.

So, basically, he’s not someone you’d want to meet on a dark night…or a bright day for that matter.

WEAPONRY

Weapons:

Twin Longswords : Inversión and Traición
These twin blades form part of a custom pair of Longswords, crafted by Dinai himself.

Inversión has a hilt composed of a black leather-wrapped handle, with a ruby coloured spherical base, and a cross-hilt of identical colour. The cross-hilt extends outward and horizontally in two directions, before making an inward curve that results in an outwardly facing point, a few centimetres above and offset from where the end of the horizontal sector on either side finishes. A diamond-shaped Sapphire is embedded at the midpoint of these two protrusions, on one side of the cross-hilt only. The best way to describe the cross-hilt is with a crude ASCII diagram, shown below.

)_o_(

Traición, on the other hand, while having an identical blade to Inversión, has a different cross-hilt. The base of the blade’s handle is still spherical, but is sapphire coloured, instead of the ruby-handle base of Inversión. The same applies for the cross hilt, which is now a sapphire colour as well, and has a diamond-shaped ruby embedded at the protrusion midpoint, as opposed to the Sapphire embedded within Inversión. Traición’s cross-hilt is an upside-down version of Inversión’s. Like this.

)¯o¯(

The two blades also have runic engravings on their blades, which were an addition by a master craftsman, sought out by Dinai following his completion of the swords. The runes are what give them their unique powers, and also offer a heightened general magic resistance. They are kept in a crossed pair of scabbards, strapped and sewn onto Dinai’s cloak, for whenever he needs them.

Blade Combo : Aniquilación

Aniquilación is the powerful result of interlocking Inversión and Traición together, with the locking parts engineered on the reverse side of their hilts from the jewel. While Inversión reverses the properties of magic to create Anti-Magic, and Traición reflects and deflects magic, Aniquilación simply outright destroys it. One swing into a concentration of magic will cause it to break down and dissipate within mere moments. Of course, this doesn’t mean it can effectively destroy all magic in one single swipe. Different potencies of magic may be able to avoid being destroyed at all. We also must take into account that Dinai can’t hit everything.

As for what Aniquilación looks like, simply imagine Inversión and Traición locked together at the hilts, with a gap in-between the two blades that is filled with, and crackles with, potent anti-magic. As the blade is obviously heavier than one of the blades that compose it, it is sometimes necessary for Dinai to wield it with two hands.

Dual Chakram

These are simply a pair of blade-edged rings, around twenty centimetres in diameter, which are kept hung on Dinai’s belt, on either side of his waist. Plain in design and silver in colour, these Chakram are Dinai’s main projectile weapons. Like his swords, runic symbols have been carved on to the topside of each Chakram, which can be charged with some Anti-Magic, allowing them to quite literally slice through magic of certain potency. Often enough though, they’re left uncharged, and thrown simply for a swift cutting attack.

Crude Explosive Packs

These are Dinai’s way of getting a quick edge, or perhaps, making a quick getaway, acting as a rather crude grenade, if you will. It is made up of a small cloth bag, filled with gunpowder, and tied together with a thick piece of string. A thinner piece of string has also been attached to the inside of the bag, totally submerged in the gunpowder, acting as a fuse. It’s a simple concept. You light the fuse, you throw the bag, and you wait for the explosion. These are used for projectiles, or perhaps to cause an explosion for means of escape or quick advantage in battle.

Defensive Items:

Arm Mounted Shielding
These shields are made of a hard, thick wood, and are held onto Dinai’s forearms by leather straps. They have a spring mechanism in them, which, when activated, released the retractable shielding from within its base form, expanding out four bars from the original wooden diamond shape that each shield appears to be normally, making them look like a cross shape. They are easily retractable back into the diamond, simply by pushing them back in.

Anti-Magic Warding Stones
These stones are kept in a pouch inside one of the pockets of Dinai’s jacket. They are small rocks, each with the commonly found (at least in Dinai’s equipment) runic symbols, that project the force of anti-magic. When scatted on the ground, a stone will shoot off a constant beam of anti-magic, capable of rendering anyone who touches it magic-less for a limited period of time. It can also dissipate any magic that comes into contact with it.

When many of these stones are scattered in relatively close proximity, they will project their thin beams in all different directions and all different angles, forming a rather effective ‘web’ of anti-magic. For better envisioning purposes, I have uploaded a picture of said effect on my website. The picture can be found here:

http://sonikteam.dyndns.org/blacklightning/Laser-Web.gif

Grapple Hook
Not so much a “Defensive” item, if you will, but rather a means of escaping, dodging, and on the odd occasion, attacking. As its use centres more on avoiding attack than providing attack, I have listed it here. The Grapple Hook is a simple thing to envision; we’ve all seen one. Kept inside a miniature gun of sorts, the grapple hook is a four-pronged curved hook on the end of a considerably long rope.

Magic-Sensing Ring
Dinai’s ring picks up on magic within a five-mile proximity, at its maximum sensing range. Its indication of magic can help Dinai avoid a potential ambush, or magical strike during battle. Though, it is not foolproof, as the ring cannot discern actual distance within its scanning range.

Magical Capabilities:

Telepathy
A natural talent, with Dinai at birth. It has been practiced over his lifetime and he has grown to be quite adept at its use. While not so much magical, it’s not entirely physical either, so it has been listed under this section.

Anti-Magic
Somehow, somewhere along the line, Dinai managed to convert all he had within him into a potent force, magically engineered to destroy that which created it: Magic. He has spent many a year, his hatred of the arcane fuelling him, working on his use of Anti-Magic, and now finds it a valuable asset in battle.

<<THIRD CAPABILITY OMITTED>>

Magical Sensing
The Ring that Dinai wears has a jewel embedded into it that is able to sense magical energy, in terms of type and potency. The brightness of the glow indicates the strength of the magic, while the colour of the glow indicates the type being picked up. If more than one type is being picked up at any one time, the glow will flash between colours, and brighten/fade accordingly.

Fighting Style or Class:

Fighting Style : Physical Combatant, Specialising in Longswords
Having been a user of the Longsword all of his natural life, Dinai is far more than a formidable opponent when he wields one of them…even more so, now he has two at his disposal. While he does also carry a projectile weapon, he is not as skilled in its use than he is with a Longsword.

Class : Destroyer of the Arcane
Bearing a potent and passionate hatred towards magic as a whole, Dinai focuses his non-physical talents on eradicating the force of magic from the face of our fair planet. He has learned to combine his Anti-Magic with his combat skills to achieve this goal in a much easier way.

PHYSICAL/MAGICAL TECHNIQUES

Physical Techniques:

Above Average Strength : Powered Fist/Sword Strike
Time of magical use before converting power to Anti-Magic has left Dinai with a physical strength beyond that of a normal man. It is one of the few remnants of his tampering with the Arcane. It allows him to deliver devastating punches, kicks, and a sword strike that could potentially cleave a person in two, with little effort in comparison to such force form a regular human being.

Above Average Strength : Enhanced Jumping
Another perk of his magically attained physical strength, is that it allow Dinai to jump fairly high, sometimes up to ten feet at a time. This height is, of course, reduced when Dinai is fully equipped, and increased slightly when he is carrying none of his items or weapons.

Above Average Strength : One-Handed Aniquilación Use
The Aniquilación is a heavy sword, there’s no denying it. Most of the time, it takes teo hands to hold and wield effectively. However, on occasion, and although it may cause slight strain, Dinai is able to hold and swing the Aniquilación with a single hand. While is leaves room for his other hand to be perhaps projecting anti-magic, or reaching for another item, single-handed use of the Aniquilación is executed with less finesse, simply because of the weight of the sword, and the imbalance caused from momentum of use.

Magical Techniques:

Anti-Magic Projection
Dinai’s only magical technique, per se, is that he is able to project his anti-magic force in any direction, potency, or shape he so chooses. Other than that, he is limited to his physicality.

Out-Of-Cloak Cloaking
Dinai’s cloak is crafted from a special material, which responds to, and therefore only works for, its master, in this case, Dinai. The cloak is ‘programmed’ to a certain positioning, so that if the cloak were to ever change from this set positioning on Dinai’s body, Dinai and all attached to the cloak would become Ethereal, until the cloak was put back to the required position. It is a safety mechanism of sorts, to better hide Dinai’s appearance and identity. This effect can be cancelled at will, in the form of a deactivation phrase in a forgotten tongue, known only to Dinai.


THE REST

Background:
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Other Notes:

1. Anti-Magic is often seen as a light blue energy. It can come in different forms, but those are rarely seen.
2. <<OMITTED>>


(Okay, the last post was a little anti-climactic...I though there was more left while I was copying the last section. >_>
Anyway, tada? X, I'll send this to you with post breaks in a moment.)
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Curiosity killed nothing. Anything you hear about cats is a lie orchestrated by canine infidels.

I've read most of it save for the bio, I'll get to that when I get home. Though, everything else is up to snuff, so you get to be a Greenhorn with the normal ten star amount. Feel free to go betting on duels, or just IC relax in the bar until we get some of the other RP topics up. Or duel, if you want.
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

Speaking of which, I plan to have the Social RPG up sometime after I beat Super Tiger. =D
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Okay... I'll sign-up for this again. It only took a whole topic for me to make up my mind.

M'kay...I'm open to a duel with anyone who wants to Duel me. Three stars will do.
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Curiosity killed nothing. Anything you hear about cats is a lie orchestrated by canine infidels.

Kickin' butt
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Pitter-patter-thud, oh how that coffin flew: the one man funeral march of the kid who no one knew.

Hey FoX, you wanna go?
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Lieutenant of the Dojang
Greenhorn -[10 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Few things on the agenda:

1. Sooley, our duel will need to be postponed. I leave for two and a half months or so on the coming of the 7th of June. Even if the IG is gone, we will have that duel when I return.

2. X and Grahf, the IG will be in your hands with the help of someone of my choosing. It's not fair to pile all this in your hands, so I'll see if anyone wants to (someone reliable, and on enough)

3. What number two was, but I need people to post if they are interested in taking my place during my absence. You'll be the acting-dude in charge but you'll follow whatever X and Grahf have to say. You'll help them make topics, and run everything, but you need to have a great deal of effort put into this, and you need good activity. I'm just throwing out names, but perhaps Fox would be interested.
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

Whoohoo, go Fox! Yeah!
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North Star: Stars of Azura
Greenhorn-[10 stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Heh, I'm a nobody now
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Pitter-patter-thud, oh how that coffin flew: the one man funeral march of the kid who no one knew.

And you'll start, pretty much, taking this off my hands this Monday. I need time to dedicate to my girlfriend before I leave. NSDM, if you feel that you're on frequently, and want to take my position, talk to X about it. I told him to choose someone.
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

Anyway, what about the elections? Will there be a rank limit as to who can try to be elected.
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North Star: Stars of Azura
Greenhorn-[10 stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Nope. Anyone can try, because we have free slots. IF anyone wants to, just say what position they want, and we'll either vote, or hole a competition of some sort.
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

No, General slots are only open to those of the previous IG/RB.
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

FYI, the faction's topics on "Ultimate Risk" are moddable as off-topic. To use a board for something like this, it has to be on a system that doesn't have a Top 10 List. The PC, quite obviously, does.

That's no longer in effect, DS.
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

What's the rule, then? I assume there's SOMETHING to stop me from walking onto the Final Fantasy XI board and going "This is mine now, chumps."

I believe it's a simple matter of judgement now.

If the board's empty, as ours is, it's not off topic. If the board's got a handful of topics or more, then it is. I suppose you could get modded, but only if your mod was a jackass.
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Look for a board with NO activity. Like this one...

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=919252
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Cora - Mithra Thief - Lv15 / Eckheart - Hume Redmage - Lv8
Bastok Mines - Bahamut

Look for a board with NO activity. Like this one...

UR is a board with no activity, Stevie Wonder. That dude there bumped into us. >=P
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~

¬¬'
*shoves a bucket over IFV's head and runs for it*
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Cora - Mithra Thief - Lv15 / Eckheart - Hume Redmage - Lv8
Bastok Mines - Bahamut

*hits the bucket with a mallet*

*RIIIIIIINNNNGGG!!

Just like in the cartoons. =D
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Treasurer -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis

Ooo... IFV isn't going to like that...
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-~=<{Forsakened Requiem, of the Crimson Void}>=~-
"Lute for ears; the tea is sacral, as blade is life. Pitiful..."

I may have missed this, but did anyone specify if elections would be held in a separate topic, or should I just post here if I want to apply for a position?
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°Cerebral Processing°... «General seems reasonable...»
UrbanOutlaw86's Alternate Account

Fyndra: Sure thing, I'm up for it.

Kal: I don't see any other Fox here...>_> Sure, I'm up for that too.
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Curiosity killed nothing. Anything you hear about cats is a lie orchestrated by canine infidels.

*Jacks the finger to Kal.*

:p

I hereby proclaim myself the leader of this 'ere faction, 'cause next to Kal, my awesomeness is unrivaled. So ha. :p

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Go Flames Go!
Series: 1-1 ~Lightning burns.~

So anyway...

X - I'll have that stuff for you in a tad, after I work on a more... Impressive bio. It'll be up before I duel.

Also, I'll have a guild up SOMETIME.... *Sighs.* It WILL be soon. I have a few adventures... By the problem is I need to talk to X and Kal personally (or as personal as we can get over MSN/AIM to go over the slightly more stricter rules I'd like to use in the quest guild...

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Guildmaster [35 Stars] Of the Intrepid Genesis
The Beast Hungers...

<Taps at IFV's head in a bucket with a stick.>

:P
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-~=<{Forsakened Requiem, of the Crimson Void}>=~-
"Lute for ears; the tea is sacral, as blade is life. Pitiful..."

*Rubs the bucket @_@*
Are you joining us NM? =P
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Sensei -[50 Stars]- of The Intrepid Genesis
~=«{The Incurable Romantic of the Crimson Void}»=~