Martin's Final Kudos

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Martin's Final Kudos

Post by Rattus_norvegicus99 » Fri Mar 27, 2015 11:26 pm

Martin met his end with Salindra at the Crow's Nest and while I do not plan on writing up a super detailed appreciation thread to all the players/chars that made him so much fun, I do want to say I had a blast with him and it was all to do with the players/devs of our awesome server.

Martin was my first real UD character and was also created right about the time that the new UD went up and running - and I really did feel like I was playing a brand new game. The UD crowd was welcoming and the Devs made the new UD absolutely amazing. Big kudos to the UD, Artos, Mith and all the people who made the UD what it is.

Some spoilers from Martin:

He never spied for the drow. Not even when he was coerced to do so, did he ever do anything willingly or correctly for the drow.

He never helped capture slaves, but in fact, helped free slaves. Often he was shunned by the very people he was trying to help because very, very few characters actually trusted him.

He made more coin as a merchant in the UD than I have had on any other character at one time in my numerous years here at Arelith. So anyone wanting to set up a serious merchant business in UD ... its ripe, take it from someone who knows.

Martin was a sap and fell for three leading ladies. I won't say who.

Martin's pressure point wasn't pain - no, so many tortured him for naught, because his pressure point was his family. Threaten them and you could get what ever you wanted out of him. Very few knew this and even fewer acted on it - which tells you that some in the UD are actually kind.

Martin made very few friends, several allies and many enemies of a wide variety of races, however humans were only on the friends list toward the very end, save for one human female he knew from the very beginning of his start. He grew to mistrust and hate humans, believe it or not. In the end, he trusted drow more than humans due to his treatment from surfacers.

I saw more of the server with Martin than I had with any previous character, even odd places that few would go, like inside the Abyssal fortress.

I thank you all for making his run so fantastic. :D
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Post by Xarge VI » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:21 am

I didn't have chance to rp with Martin much, but what little I did was golden. Especially when Martin was trying to help captured Harran, the one true Harran who was more of a beast than a man at that point.

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Re: Martin's Final Kudos

Post by Yma23 » Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:13 pm

Wonderful character, said it once, will say it many times. One of the best roleplayed save characters I've ever encountered. Mega kudos.

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Post by Cuchilla » Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:28 pm

Glad you stuck around for so long, had fun with, and spread your love to others!

I know it wasn't always that way (but that's history now). I think I can now reveal that the concept "Martin" was one of the main reasons for me to create a certain char. [And quit playing another, you know, "Help, he's got a .... chair!"]

Thanks for the good times we had.

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Re: Martin's Final Kudos

Post by DirtyDeity » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:57 pm

RIP friend. Martin was one of my most tumultous and wonderful relationships!

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Post by Rattus_norvegicus99 » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:36 pm

Xarge VI wrote: ... Harran, the one true Harran ...
AHAHAHAHAHA! :lol:
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Post by Stath » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:37 am

Only got the chance to see a tiny but of Martin's grand story, but it was a privilege to just get a little snippet! An awesomely done Character man, you should be proud!
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Post by High Primate » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:56 pm

Mega kudos, man. I RP'd with this guy on two characters and loved every second of it.
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Post by Tashalar » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:52 am

Best.
They had a long time together, Azuzu and Martin, and it was wonderful. I don't need to go into huge lengths, here, as you know it all.
Good luck with your next one :)
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Post by nobs3 » Mon Mar 30, 2015 5:17 pm

Pah! Martin was just a normal human slave but he was playing the loyal servant that good that he was granted the label "useful" (= not dead).

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Post by Rattus_norvegicus99 » Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:40 pm

Ah, one more spoiler I forgot to mention, and I know its an old thread but I am still asked this .. no Martin was not a Harper, though he could have been and would have gladly joined.
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Post by livingNPC » Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:33 am

Kudos mate, the journey was a blast.

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Post by The Man of the Moon » Tue Jun 09, 2015 4:32 pm

Kudos.

I didn't witnessed nothing of Martin, but did from other characters you had, and that gives me the confidence you had a great work done with Martin.
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Post by Dalenger » Tue Jun 09, 2015 10:00 pm

DM Void wrote: Don't be a salty idiot and everything will be fine.

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Re: Martin's Final Kudos

Post by Rattus_norvegicus99 » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:17 pm

*casts turn undead*
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Post by jp.ping14 » Sat Jul 04, 2015 8:43 pm

Rattus_norvegicus99 wrote:*casts turn undead*
Rats have negative CHA modifier... Turn undead fails.
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Post by Rattus_norvegicus99 » Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:35 pm

:(
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