Borg

Below is cut out from Colin Mor post on UO Felix Fethwin sought advice from the old sage Colin Mor about the future of UO and/or the Empire Twas the age of Expansion….it was the years after the ascension of Emperor Borg to Olympus. Emperor Greg had risen and continued the fight against the hoards of evil; defeating them at nearly every battlefield. The provinces had flourished and the Senate was strong with economic power. The Legion was fully supplied and the Council of Honor had just approved measures to build an Imperial Navy. The clans of Orcs were decimated and the resulting arrival of Savages was met by the Alliance. The Alliance, which was formed of the great realm Empires and Kingdoms of PGoH, GoL, KoJ, LER and VK, stood as the supreme force of good throughout the realm. No one would have expected that this was the beginning of the darkest of ages…the age of Excess. Fade to memories It was a glorious morning and though we had lost many a soul and the lines had not slept for a week, we marched back to Trinsic to the bards songs of victory. All of the Orc strongholds had been destroyed and the Shadowriders now hunted down the scattered Orcs. Provincial citizens traveled homeward past the Legion lines, back toward their homes they had abandoned during the campaign. The sunrise was different today and as I looked up at it, I bathed in its brilliance and its warmth. The sun had been there all along but its warmth never was enough to overcome the coldness of death the wars had brought. The cities, each of them in kind, welcomed home their protectors and celebrations seemed to last for weeks. City merchants thrived on the new resources, wares and gold brought back from conquest and through the reopening of trade routes once lost to Orc raiders. When news of the a primitive culture was reported replacing the Orcs in the provinces; mercenary forces met them and a cohort of the Legion was dispatched. The savages, though cunning and resourceful, also failed to be victorious against the mercenary forces that fought them…let alone the Alliance. The cities of the land slept secure and with no threat to their gates for months. Shadowriders reported that Orcs and Savages were found in great pitched battles over the ruins of the Orc Strongholds that the Alliance had decimated and in odd twists the greed of mankind took over many minds as mercenaries chose sides in this battle over debris and ruins. New Orcs of great power and strength appeared and so did Savages of unparalleled skill appear on mounts of hideous appearance. The Alliance members discussed which side should they stand for and Pater Imperium Borg was summoned for guidance to this end. “Do not stand for what you would sooner slay but support what you know to be evil”; Borg instructed. This was an uneasy and uncomfortable command to enact. The sage Magistrate Balandar explained that he had instructed us to stand for neither but to aid what was once our oldest foe. This was difficult for many to accept because Orcs always were the enemy. The Phalynx Marcos the Black was captured by Orcs and our retribution for the loss of Cove to Orcs brought the end of Orc oppression everywhere. How could the Pater tell us to aid these beasts that still held Marcos. Furthermore, when the followers of Mercury, God of Mischief, found the new Orc strongholds evidence of Marcos training Orcs in the arts of war was found. Many in the Alliance and within the Legion itself began to speak of treason and fractures in the minds of men formed, like cracks in armor yield a weakness. “Trust each in each other and trust in the Honor that binds thee”; Borg said in a dream to everyone in the Empire on the same night. When Marcos was found on a battlefield with Orcs against Savages he was imprisoned and put on trial. His acquittal was shocking to some but his support of the Orcs was determined to be in the best interest of the Empire and realm itself. Still, some men and women left the Empire to continue to hunt down the Orcs and to also fight against the Savages. For the rest of the Empire the following months were difficult at best and surreal consistently. Conversations and debates were filled with anger and uneasiness at what should be done. Emperor Greg kept the Legion in check and the Empire out of the political and faction wars that began across the realm. It was only until we realized Borg meant not to become their ally but to fight against this new threat along side the Orcs…for the Orcs knew what mankind would not accept. The Savages were the first from evil never seen before…the edge of a great dark shadow that now crept into the realm from beyond the edge of existence itself. This new evil was breaking against the realm like a great tide, spilling evil bit by bit into the realm. “Evil knows Evil”; Borg told Emperor Greg and Senator of War Wolf. “Mankind never accepts anything as real until it affects them directly”; Borg reminded them. Pater Imperium Borg and the GODS of Olympus had tried to warn us that the evil that was coming would become real…if we allowed it to be. Through our complacency and satisfaction this evil did grow and through the greed of mankind the evil did prosper and become reality. Its foothold now was solid and the evil now has a full open gate into our realm. If we had only remembered what he had said…if we had only remained vigilant. New lands have been found and the plunder and riches it holds are irresistible to the mercenary and merchants abroad. Even as the days pass, many do not realize the sun is not shining light and warmth; only the glow of greed is what they see with and what fuels their hearths fire. This greed is strong and with it has come overconfidence. This overconfidence now determines participation against evil when is appears. The rich see the battlegrounds as places beneath them and that they are untouchable in their personal fortresses or cities built by their ancestors and kin. This is the end of their age of Excess, the end of what they know to be true and real. This is the end of the age of Excess and the beginning of darkness that has existed for quite some time. Colin Mor….I ask of you what shall we do now? What day will break after this darkness has been overcome? Will we even realize it is even dark at all? Felix Felthwin, Gladiator PGoH Legion I sent this reply to Felix as well as the Council of Honor Sharpen your sword, supply your satchel and rally recruits The Age of Twilight has begun. Colin Mor

From myself, my soul and my honor....I extend to you all best wishes for you and your families in this holiday season and into the new year. Together we have traveled, explored and grown together... for those journeys and challenges I have become a better man within a great Empire of HONOR. HONOR...it is what binds us and defines us. You are HONOR....you are the way...you are THE ONE.

Greetings all..... This is a note to shed light on a subject that many may have already thought and enlighten you all on the future of this website. Origionally this website came about as a way to communicate and support the PGoH efforts in Ultima Online. The years that followed brought many members great pride, accomplishments and connections. These times were not all rosey and ups and downs did occur....new leaders rose to fill the needs and cover the real world requirements (darn things) "In all things there are struggles" I once said inside UO and those thing echo in our daily lives ingame and out. One thing that cannot occur in struggle is to give up....there is no reward, no accomplishment...no fun. The struggle I saw a couple years ago as the greatest threat to the guild then was the desire for "new" things or challenges. It still is and is will remain forever the ultimate struggle in all games. So, what to do....I pushed and brought with me some into the arena of ingame events and we excelled into shard activity and storylines. We all have our favorite moments and each is separate....but fate changed that option with the end of Seers. We still continued but as UO itself changed the landscape of gaming was quickly changing.....Everquest success and the emergence of new upcoming games. What to do....how do we keep things alive....where do I go.... Those were few of the more telling questions of how members were deeply thinking about thier online gaming participation. Games will come and go.... friendships will be forever. That became basis of my efforts....to provide opportunities for my friends and thier friends to have fun in the online gaming world they found each other in and "lived" thier online lives with. It is a second family in this new age of the internet...some of the friendships are truely real and deeply felt. This must be supported as a means for continuation....PGoH must evolve as the online gaming world does...extinction would be giving up the stuggle. Listening to my oldest and deepest friends I had made...PGoH sought to exist inside the other game engines....EQ and prepare for the DAoC engine. Ser Brightblade led the efforts in Everquest to find such a home.....Sacred Legion of Tunare. For months now I have been working with Balandar on the ideas and plans for the website expansion. Wolf has improved our website graphics and member fun greatly and we have founded the DAoC guild Valhalla Vanguard as a home for our family in the Mystic game engine. This all may be old news to some....but in this week you will be seeing posts covering the expansion of the website and the subsequent expansion of options for members....for family to explore. If games do not evolve....they die. The same thing over and over is not fun. That is why we have chosen NOT to create the same guild in each game...it will allow variety and ability to fit in concert to the game designers intentions of theme. One thing though will be consistent.....HONOR. That will be the thread that binds all game guilds together as a colorful variety of options in the FUN that online gaming has to offer. We hope to continue to have fun with our friends....our online family. PLANS Ultima Online=Purple Guardians of HONOR (PGoH) 10/11/97 Everquest=Sacred Legion of Tunare (SLoT) 8/12/01 Dark Age of Camelot=Valhalla Vanguard (V V) 10/22/01 Blizzards-WarCraft...................2002 (Orc Based) Shadowbane..........................2002 (????) Star Wars-Galaxies..................2002 (Empire Based) Horizons-Empires of Istaria........2003 (Dragons) Asherons Call.............??? Shards as Homes Ultima Online=Catskills Everquest=Innorukk Dark Age of Camelot=Gawaine Future games......the first shard alphabetically that starts with "H" will be the plan...if no "H" then I or J or K etc. This way if you dont know prior or are the first into a game thru beta contacts....we all know where to go to find you.

Lawful Good......now there is a shocker.

And that is why my friend ......the Borg will overcome your species.....eventually. sector 0,0,0.....the Terran System.....earth. muhahahahah

First off thanks to Balandar, Siun and Greg for helping out in the worst time of year annually for me to play online (Back to School and Inventory) I also had to fire 5 employees and I lost 2 Asst Mgrs also.....end result 109 hrs avg work for last 9 weeks. Second but way more impressively is CONGRATS to BB and Scout for the new little blade of brightness!!! Welcome to the Empire lil' Alexandra. I rewarded myself in surviving the last months by buying a 64mb DDR Gforce2 Ti card..........I NOW CAN SEE 3D WHOOO HOOO!!! I also was contacted by a rep to enter the DAoC realm and review it/feedback etc etc.... Bor Shard Borg, Colin, Galam [HIBERNIA] Merlin Shard Borg, Stan, Spawn [MIDGARD] Lancelot Shard Colin, Stan, Galam [ALBION] Percival Shard(ROLEPLAY) Borg, Stan, Galam [HIBERNIA] Guenivier Shard (ROLEPLAY) Borg, Colin, Spawn [MIDGARD] ?? Shard (ROLEPLAY) Borg, Colin, Galam [ALBION] Lorrianna spoke of wondering if PGoH will be in DAoC.....sure it can but it needs a leader and a core of strong communicator/coordinators. I will join such a group of friends and above are the shards CURRENTLY I locked in namesakes. FYI to whomever does wish to lead there.....learn on one shard and gather your guild.....decide RP or Non RP.....and a realm to exist in (Albion, Midgard, Hibernia)...then wait for a new shard to open..... and LAUNCH TOGETHER Get the namesake of your choosing (hopefully something with "Honor" in it.....fits into website flavor) Pool money onto the leader and push the leader to 20th level so he/she can PAY for the colors and design That is what we did long ago coming from Chessy in UO....we nailed down the 4th EVER house on UO Cats that way and got the namesake PGoH. (11th guild on Cats and last of 4 letters) Whomever does this....and maintains a guild in DAoC for current PGoH members to join and HAVE FUN....I will discuss with personally (along with Balandar) at providing that leader free play support for DAoC. That goes for EQ, Galaxies(future)and Horizons(future). The website has has some tweeks to its revenue generation area and that is where I have spent anytime I have had lately....it needs to support itself. New Announcments.... Electronics Boutique is reviewing us for an agreement. Amazon we have increased our efforts for commissions. Nike(apparel), Oakley(sunglasses), Time Warner(Cable Modem), Verizon(DSL) and Sprint(Cellular) I am currently seeking agreement from....membership will have discounts for these company products/services...while the website will get commissions for referrals etc. 3D animator in Ithaca may soon be making us 3D movies/clips about our past adventures.....just began talking to them yesterday. If you know people use Amazon or Electonics Boutique....send them to our site....every little bit helps us. We want to double the webspace storage and get 500 emails to support members of the various gameguilds. SEE YOU ON THE INSIDE....NOW IN 3D....WHOO HOOO!!!!

Well, after the league championship victory 2 weeks ago, my team Ithaca Red Knights traveled to Syracuse to challenge the Binghamton and Syracuse champions for District supremecy. Sadly, we started with 1 of our 5 matches as a default since one of our men could not travel with us. In the first match we defeated Binghamton 3-2 for Ithaca's first victory EVER over a Binghamton squad in USTA District championships. In our next battle with Syracuse we fell 4-1 with our number 1 singles man again standing victorious. Ithaca for now 9 years has held the top singles slot for singles. Myself....though I have fought back from graves and the 60 pounds I gained with that awful mess.(Lost 33 so far) I lost both matches at 1st doubles. Though we practiced for about a week on getting used to the new doubles groupings we did not jell good and in the first match my serve was horrible. Second match it was much better but as doubles goes...if one of us is down the opponents should and DID attack my partner in the second match. We lost in a 3rd set tiebreaker. Overall it was a blast....the courts were at 100 degrees and we were out there for 6hrs worth..next time I need to drink more fluids....much more. Secondary good news...hehhe weighed in this morning and boom...heheh now add another 6 pounds off...hehehe mostly water but damn feels good!!! (39 down and 21 to go!!) Today begins my volunteer work for Ithaca Youth Bureau locally in running the County Area Tennis Championships. I have 101 players and I threw myself into the mix...so we shall see what damage I can do to them and this graves leftover crap. I am on another vacation to be able to do this so I will be around in EARLY parts of days if at all. Alot to catch up on I am sure...I am refreshing PGoH housing and Siun's as well. Take care ...wish me luck (I will need it) STRENGTH AND HONOR!!! PS if anyone goes to see Planet of the Apes a HUGE trailer is before the movie for LORD of the RINGS....pretty nifty. I enjoyed Planet of the Apes.....it is visually stunning..while the dialog is not like a normal movie.....IT APES for crying out loud I said when I read a couple of stuffy critics complaining. The movie is for entertainment and FUN in the thought and idea of the old show....NOT to be a wonder of dialog....Apes are demonstrative more than talkative ...geesh...dingy critics. heheh Enjoy SGC

Gotcha....hopefully we can suit ye up in your Legionnaire title Saturday morning

Galam did not get runes locked down there....it will be near the DUNGEON Tables in the VIRTUE HALL area of Castle (since they were on lunch there....Siun didnt get full tour and he had given Siun the runes planned to be locked down there....Galam errored in not getting another set to Castle owner) Bad Galam.....Bad

I have it but need a good video card still...hehehe Is the PROPHET 64MB AGP Card a good one to get? 149 bucks.....want to hang in that area for price anyone have inside connections? would love the mega best I could get

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