Castle Mishaps

Its been a busy realm these past few months....The borders to Fairton have been opened, and some interesting people have joined the ranks of our steady ARC adventurers.  Jeremy, Lis, Dar, Theo, and Reena were the first to make the aquaintance of Selcross and Jaharna.  Unfortunately, not all the acquaintances were so friendly.  After meeting a questionably talented Ogre painter and freeing him from Henry's ever watchful guards, the group then met some of Fairton's less than savory inhabitants.  Rescuing a drow slave from Lady Blake, they were dismayed to find Jaharna's inherited castle was currently occupied by her and her husband, Lord Blake.  The group returned to Fairton for the art show, hoping to cheer on Ograly.  Joined by Bri, kalys, Morri, and a few other ARCians, the art show turned out to be not what they expected.  Starting with an impromptu live art piece by Kalys's gassy freind and an over-eager drawf, and ending with a dive into the gallery dumpster by none other than the queen of fashion and cleanliness, Morrigan.  The rescued drow, renamed Leif, was not so lucky though.  A horrible wound to the voice box by a Claw of Wounding left Leif unable to tell the others what had happened, but Bri was able to use sorcery to find out what had caused the wound, and also save Leif from the curse of a vampire bite.  Where does that leave our heroes now though?  Will Leif ever be able to talk again, or will he have to take up sign language?  Will Selcross get over the idea that vampirism is an airborne disease, or will Morri have to demonstrate exactly how you get the fangs?  Will Morri ever get the dumpster smell from her hair?  Will Bri volunteer to help her wash it over and over again?  Will Jaharna ever get her castle back..and who is paying estate taxes now, anyway...Blake or Jaharna?  Will Fairtan tax men be the next group to barge into the Bard looking for someone?  And will the dwarf ever find his true love Gas-O?

Family Reunion

Speaking of unwelcome invasions to the Bard...  Terrindarr's family dropped in, quite a lot of them.  Yes, that right, the mortal orphan isn't such an orphan anymore.  His new family doesnt seem to be quite up to his standards though.  After a few bloody confrontations with Terrin's brothers, the ranger, Maeve, Morri, and the crack investigative team of Tass and Lana set off to track down the true story of Terrin's childhood.  Will they discover the answers, or just keep getting beat up?  Will Terrin's goddess Meilikki make a personal appearance?  Will Maeve stop whining and worrying or will Lana knock some sense into her?  Will the big and ugly brothers stand up in a fair fight, or keep relying on all kinds of beasties to do the dirty work for them?  Will Terrin accept another challenge, or will Morri finally quit muttering "stupid ranger"?  Will they make up and continue plotting the takeover of that man in the narrator box?

Persona Daze

On another front, Persona Craze has been sweeping the realm.  It's a mad dash to enter Verga with reports of blank personas popping up all over the place.  Will Alex be able to handle the influx of new cards, or will he finally crack under the pressure?  Will everyone get a card, or will all-out riots begin as the personas get more and more rare?  Will the personas form a union and declare their own forum?

Miloch Mess 

In the land of Miloch, things seem to be heating up.  ARCians have jumped into the rescue again, joining forces with Freedom...the man, not the ideal, in fighting the Imperial holdouts.  Will the ARC heroes be able to combat these strange air and land mercenaries?  Will the zero mana zone wreak all kinds of chaos on the magic users?  And what exactly are those scaly lizardly things doing there, anyways?  Hasn't anyone given them a bottle of lotion?  And what exactly is the disappearance of Dlonn going to do to the Imperialists depending on him for supplies?
Death of Evil

Thats right, Shi finally kicked the big evil dude Dlonn's arse out of existence.  Makorna and Myst sacrificed themselves to give Shi the power to do it though.  Both have been seen since, though will they ever be the same?  What exactly is going to happen to Nefir now that he has lost his buddy Dlonn?  WIll Shidi forget the little assassination attempt?  More importantly, will Arc and Herb forget, or will the next roast beast served at the Bard bear a striking resemblance to Nefir? A new realm, once the tomb of Dlonn, has come into Shidi's hands. Calling this realm Alshira after the dragon goddess who created the amulet to seal him with her own soul, Shidi has opened it to settlers. Her newest paladin, Kalvin, a former avatar of Dlonn, is overseeing the realm. Who will come to pioneer this new world? What changes will it bring to us all?

Find out the answers to these questions and many more next time on....

As the Realm

Turns