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The soul of Ashmond says, "Always with the sniping."
(Clan): Ictinus says, "Stop it Jiraishin, you're making me like you."
Don't be afraid to have fun, make mistakes, and always keep growing and changing!
That love soon might end You are unbreaking
And be known in its aching Though quaking
Shown in this shaking Though crazy
Lately of my wasteland, baby That's just wasteland, baby
Actually Eld is way more responsible than me.
Honourable, knight eternal,
Darkly evil, cruel infernal.
Necromanctic to the core,Dance with death forever more.
And my best experience with younger characters, which I was thinking about at work today, was when I was new myself, almost a true newbie (as my first main didn't stick too long) and had a group of other newbies, all within a year or two of Ephram's age. They were all Mojushai, and we had this vibe going of new recruits to the House who kept pushing the boundaries of Mojushaine behaviour, but as such, learned a lot from those experiences and grew from them. Or at least, Eph did. I really can't think of another example in the last few years, to be honest, but that's not to say it didn't happen.
And to the original topic, hell... Eph is 226 years old and still finding his story. I've made changes out of boredom or whatnot, but the best stories I've found are the ones that happened more organically... He joined Lady Melantha's preorder in his 20s, was inducted relatively quickly... and then left after she went dormant, only to return when a denizen from the temple sought him out, shortly before her return. Now, with her death, his story has completely changed and I have no idea where it's going next. I'm trying to see what happens if I just let it develop on its own, though I'm trying to be conscious to expand his circle of contacts to range beyond what he knows, just for the sake of opening possibilities.
Not sure if that makes sense. Long night at work tonight.
I love interacting with younger characters, but tend to not seek them out unless I'm offer aide for various reason. First, not many of them will have an idea yet about where they want the character to go, or who they want this character to be. That's fine, of course. I scrapped the entire history I wrote for Morro until I had a better feel of the game and the culture in the Occultists and Ashtan. Second, a really new person will already have a lot to deal with between learning the game and House requirements. Even if the character is an alt, being immersed into a new culture can be overwhelming, and I tend feel that adding onto that can do more harm than good.
That said, I've had some pretty good interactions with young characters in the past, though I couldn't think of any in particular. They usually tend to have something to do with discussions of Chaos or the Occultist House.
And there have been some very, very bad ones, too. It's a mixed bag.
I actually didn't start understanding and roleplaying seriously until Aerek was in his 40's or 60's, but a lot of that was because I was introduced to this by a friend of mine, and I went OOC to him for everything I needed instead of my house and city in the beginning. I think you already have much more of an idea and foundation for what you're doing than I did back then, though, and that's not a bad thing. The best advice, I think, is to be open and eager so you do attract some attention, but while being malleable and not dumping your RP "baggage" at the slightest provocation.
Personally, I love working with incoming newbies, and I think it's a lot easier for both me and them when it comes to roleplaying because we are in such a military house. For me, playing drill sergeant is easy and doesn't take hours to introduce like the complex ideologies of some other Houses, so I don't feel the fatigue of newbie attrition as bad. For them, even if they're completely new to MUD'ing or roleplaying, when the guy titled "Sir" starts bellowing like R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket, it quickly sets the tone and gives them an idea of how to act and react in this new story they've started. Because of this natural, easy dynamic, I can't think of many "bad" experiences with newbies. It's usually about 50/50 between being quiet and subdued, (Either they're still too new to RP back much, or they're kept from trying to be all "special snowflake" by the cold, military treatment. Both of those are fine by me.) or they immediately latch onto the soldier role and start saluting, using titles, and so forth.
I'll also say, @Maethros, that you picked a fantastic time to show up. Achaea, itself has been a blast, lately, and the Wardens currently have a great batch of Novitaites like @Kardal, @Sykes, @Taurnil, @Keiden, and a few others I can't recall currently that can help give you a group of "brothers" to play with. Plus, we have a nice assortment of active Wardens at various stages from @Nellaundra, @Arkailus, and @Tasleus; (Ranking above you but still learning about combat and the Ethos) to @Prydwyn, @Wessux, and @Garrus; (Higher-ranking Pages and Squires to use as role models and mentors) and of course Knights like @Zinka, @Tarkor, and @Friztic; (Who are class acts and obviously enjoy their roles) so you have a great view of what life is at every stage of Warden advancement.
(Summon the Wardens!)
I don't see working with newbies as a particular strain, but then I'm HoN for the Wardens (again). I like working with the young ones, and the fact that a good deal of them disappear every now and then is sad, but part of the job. I'm going a bit of a different route from @Aerek, as you might have noticed. As for my own background, it mostly evolved out of questions and discussions with my knight during my own time as Page and Squire. I didn't really have it all laid out at the beginning, but always added bits and pieces to it as I went along.