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Saddest moment
Aodfionn
Seattle, WA
What has been the saddest moment for your character, or for you as the player as it relates to your character? Why did it suck? What came of it?
Aurora says, "Are you drunk, Aodfionn?"
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Receiving that message because She died in the morning on US time and I wasn't here to be with Her. We knew we were going to lose Her, because there was a written prophecy on it, and some strange things were going on with Her. However, I wasn't expecting to not be around, and was really sad to hear the story of what happened to Her.
Since Kayeil is my only character and this was in my first real life year of playing Achaea, it was pretty devastating for my character. When I first started playing Achaea and learning about it, I remember walking by Her shrines a lot and asking about them because they were so intriguing. The more I learned about Her, the more I got interested in having my character follow Lady Selene's teachings. Somehow I got really lucky and Naomh came across me when I'd been left injured in the city of Cyrene with no cures and she came to help me, and we talked and she asked me to consider being in her family. I had no idea at the time she was Lady Selene's Order Head, or that Greys was in the Order either. It was kind of crazy how it all came together like that, and Lady Selene has been such a big part of my character's development and in-game family.
For me, having been in that Order, it really opened up my mind to being open to all factions, and then not feeling very strongly about one or another, which I think played a role in me preferring the rogue lifestyle after Her death. I also think had I not learned certain things in that Order that I may have even been less open to joining Lady Pandora when She asked me later on, because I really didn't think Mischief would be my kind of thing.
To this day, Lady Selene and everything to do with Her Order and teachings still influences my character and decisions. I really miss that part of Kayeil's life, but I am also very happy with Lady Pandora and Her Order, and am just grateful to have had the oppurtunity to be a part of Lady Selene's Order for a while. I also met some great friends there who I am still really close to now, and had also come to join Lady Pandora.
Lord Phaestus would have been my only other choice for joining an Order, but with Him gone, there's no real connection to try to latch onto and join another family.
Even with the build up to it happening and knowing that it was inevitable, watching it all unfold before my eyes just left me grief-stricken. Selene turned up just a few months after I started playing, and being Beloved from such a young age shaped the way that Kyrra evolved as a person. It was years of interactions and such an investment into my character and her history, that it was such a devastating loss to experience.
While I cried for about two weeks over it, Kyrra got left in mourning for such a long time as a result. The loss left her closed off and a little jaded about things, more so when some people would try to emotionally manipulate her and tarnish her memories.
Also... did you get your goddamn stocking yet???
For me, when Aldair stopped playing. It sucked because Aldair actually used to drive me to do a lot of City/Order stuff, which I don't do nearly as much of anymore. Hard to feel connected when someone like that is out (specially without saying goodbye or anything). I miss Aldair
lol wut. who jizzed in your cheerios, bro? i don't quite understand the source of the constant salt, but if you ever feel keen on sharing, feel free to PM me!
My saddest moment was excommunicating Elowen, and the 45 minutes of interaction that preceded it. That was the one moment where I really questioned whether or not I wanted to roll with Team Good.
I have people who share intel with me about other cities and houses and such and about half of the time I find out that the information was obtained through OOC means and I get so disappointed and throw it away and don't use it because I HATE that kind of stuff.
Maybe one day I'll ascend and become the God of Secrets and beat the shit out of people who share secrets OOCly.
But if I really have to pick a single one, I'd go with the moment she found out that the one person she never expected to break an important oath, despite everything else going on (much of which was her own fault), actually did. I think it shattered her world and her faith in a way Targossas only dreamed it could have done. She's still picking up those pieces and trying to make a mosaic of them to disguise the true nature of it from others.
Beyond that somewhat vague answer, the second (and more known) moment would be the first excommunication. The second just made for a very bitter experience that is deeply embedded forever, while the first was the real devastation, uncertainty, and loss of confidence and place in the world. Which, in contrast, made the redemption probably one of her highest moments in her complex life history - even today, she's not really been able to replicate that feeling of triumph over adversity and doubt. Not yet.
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
Convos with Piera and Elly when Ryzeth finally decided to leave Ashtan, after living there for so long, were kinda sad.
Nothing else springs much to mind.
And I guess to tie that into the topic, as a player I was really sad at all the gods that died. There were several among my characters that I would have been interested in, and I think more importantly, as someone who really enjoyed the different philosophies and theologies, seeing so many interesting ones disappear in such a short span still depresses me (I have somewhat similar feelings about the renaissance, too). The changes were necessary, but I would have loved it if there was more mechanical preservation of the now dead ideals, and such. The world just seems like a less colorful place with most gods just being incarnations of their faction.
Generally very much agree on what's been said about Gods getting axed, though. While culling some was a good idea, it seems overdone.
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
Edit: Also, a lot of those members from Selene's Order are still active to this day, so it would've remained a decent sized Order.
And when Gaia dispersed her essence throughout the woods to cure them. (The Gaia of a looong time ago!)
But over the years and different lives I'd say I agree that the nixing of various Gods was probably the most disappointing thing that has happened. I was there for the divine child war, sleepless for a couple days and on red bulls or monsters or whatever the hell was the go-to energy drink at the time because the event was awesome. And then, second to (old-school-disband-his-order-every-other-day) Twilight, my favorite Goddess came about by way of Indrani (the original, not sure how many times that one changed hands). It should say something that I wasn't even playing Achaea at the time when I heard about the event that offed her, and was still crushed by the thought.
I have always been an avid lover of Divine RP. I think it adds SO much flavor to Achaea. It suddenly stops being a "player run order" and goes back to its natural state of players actually having to believe in the God they're following and the theology behind it, instead of just being in it for the nostalgia or their order rank or whatever else.
I also miss seeing zaps on the daily (please don't take that as an invitation Garden!) But they were pretty funny to watch back in the day, as were the Divine shouting matches.
But yeah, back on topic. If I had to think of something even remotely sad with Nataliia, it'd be that she lost someone she really cares about due to a fundamental difference in personal views. Won't get into the details, but that's always a hard one to swallow.
There's probably reasons why that isn't the most accurate theory explaining it, but it's how it's generally felt to me. While it does have the advantage of most god roles being in a good position to thematically act as a patron to organizations, it's left few character options outside of the established major ideologies (which themselves are more factional then ever, but that's a different debate).
Personally, even if they had to kill of/otherwise remove a god, I wish they'd left some support for the remaining order persisting as an organization. It seems like most orders just folded up shop when their god died, for obvious reasons, but orders often exist without the god around at the time, so I wonder if some mechanical/rp support couldn't have saved them in some form or another. I don't know, it would have required a different philosophy then was used for Bal'met and the renaissance, but might have preserved some very interesting facets of the game that now persist only in memory.