Big kudos to Arakh, and a LONG overdue praise towards Sabine. Of late there has been a long string of conflict, and I would be lying if I said all of it has been pleasant. These two players, however, manage to keep extremely level headed, and turned being ICly neck deep in trouble into something eventful, rather than stressful. The entire Sharps group sticks out for pretty much the same reason. Good conflict, and from what I've seen, good players too. Sabine's interactions date back to [spoilers] and they have been through enough [spoilers] that [spoilers] when we last [spoilers]. Yes, it's -that- good. Keep that up! I have absolutely no idea where this will lead, but it is definitely going places

Filatar: our resident pink drow somehow manages to be scarier than all pursuers combined, simply on virtue of being so chaotic it is impossible to find out what his deal is. It also spawned the beautiful situation of being subjected to a double siege IN HER OWN HOME, with actual murder outside the Mansion gate, Filatar skulking the halls in deshabillè, and the Lady barricading in the inner sanctum and claiming this is the first vacation she has had in the last twenty years.
A bunch of other people: for the sake of avoiding spoilers, I won't mention specific names. However, kudos to all the people Asb'el met during her stay in Cordor, during her stay beneath Cordor (har har!), twinning with THAT other evil central, random meeting with lady meddler and the man with a gonne (I want to meet that one again!), someone who walks softly and is crazy about breakfast, basically UD Batman, "it sounds like you are describing a drug trip", Wings(tm), Horns(tm), totally not an assassin, VHSS N°1 and N°2, missed Revolutionary League Enthusiast, elven Woobie/PSTD elf/soon to be woobie, destroyer of worlds, and little miss road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I hope I didn't miss anyone. Have fun!