Mishi's Journal of Stuff

The Friendly Arm Inn isn't so much an inn as it is a castle town roughly the size of Candlekeep. The biggest thing there is the actual inn, but there's also a temple and two residences.

I forget which NPC tells you this, but the story behind this inn is kind of interesting. It was established by Bentley and Gellana, a couple of retired adventurers who liberated the fortress from an undead priest of Bhaal and turned it into the best damn hangout for adventurers on the Sword Coast. It's a pretty sweet retirement plan, if you ask me.



The big crisis on the Sword Coast is the iron shortage. Iron weapons and tools are turning brittle and breaking, and we'll eventually find out why.



Candlekeep? Never heard of it.

Tarnesh: Really? I would beg to differ. You fit the description, so I think it would be safe to assume you are the one I seek. Don't me. I have something for you.

And then he attacks. Tarnesh is a pushover and he's pretty much dead after a few shots from a shortbow from both Jim and Imoen, but I decided to switch it up with wild magic and nearly died. Yes, I'm playing this on Novice mode with a bunch of anti-difficulty tweaks installed, why do you ask?

In the base game, Tarnesh is inconsequential, but he's a little more significant in an NPC Project game. Here's why:



Yeesh, some sense of humour YOU have! Those 'spells' or whatever, the things in the back? they look kinda important. I won't mess with those. But these lil' old things in the frong... Betcha even I could learn some of them. I'm gonna try, anyway.

Well, I suppose it will be all right. Just be careful, okay?

Pshh, this coming from the girl who tried casting a magic missile and ended up making a poison cloud? Dontcha worry 'bout me. I'm no dummy. I know what I'm doin'. I'll be 'slingin' spells' in no time. Haha!

Imoen's thing in the NPC mod is sort of a set-up for her class-change in the sequel. This won't be the last we hear of her trying to do magic.

Aside from a spellbook that Imoen apparently found before we did, Tarnesh was carrying one other item of note. This bounty notice.



"To all those of evil intent..." Is there like, an "Evil Newsletter" or something that all these nobody assassins subscribe to? I mean, who actually calls themselves 'evil'?



Mishi's Modded Miscellany: See that big guy in the black and white outfit? He's a bard, and if we were planning on having any evil people in our party while not being evil ourselves, he'd be the best thing that every happened to us. See, in the base game, no matter how many guards you killed and puppies you kicked, you could always go to a temple and donate some gold and you could keep your reputation flying high and your good party members happy, or at least unhappy, but not so much that they would leave. But there was no such equivalent for good-aligned parties that wanted to blacken their reputations. So the NPC Project adds these bards, one in each major settlement, that will blacken your reputation for a price. I've lost count of the amount of gold I've spent on them to keep Viconia in my party.

But we came here to find someone specific, right Jim?

Wow, that guy's pretty cute... Hey, handsome, what's your name?

Wh-wh-who m-me?

I'll thank you not to flirt with my husband, girl.



If... if he has passed, we share your loss.

Gorion often said that he worried for your safety, even at the expense of his own. He also wished that Khalid and I would become your guardians, if he should ever meet an untimely end. However, you are much older now, and the choice of your companions should be your own.

We could t-travel with you until you get settled, help you find your l-lot in life.

It would be a fitting last service to Gorion, though we should first go to Nashkel. Khalid and I... look into local concerns, and there are rumours of strange things happening at the mine. No doubt you have heard of the iron shortage? You would do well to help us. It affects everyone, including you. We are to meet the mayor of the town, Berrun Ghastkill.

Isn't it great, Jimmie? We made it through the forest full of gibberlings and wolves, and now we are meeting *real* adventurers! Things are lookin' up! Hey, Auntie Jaheira, I am Imoen. A friend of Jimothy's... Actually, more like a guardian than a friend, ya know? Lookin' after her, and all that.

Try the other way around, squirt. I'm the one always getting you out of trouble.

Adventurers generally do not call each other 'auntie', Imoen. But enough distractions. Gorion had mentioned you in his correspondence, praising your fast friendship with his ward. You are welcome to come along.

Your company would be welcome.

Well good! We'll leave as soon as you're ready, though it should be soon.

Yeah! Uncle Khalid and Auntie Jaheira are coming with us! This is going to be a great adventure, after all!

*sigh*

NEXT: Everyone Loves Character Sheets

When we last left our hero, she was... Oh dear.



Well, perhaps we should leave her alone, it's not every night one's foster-father is killed protecting one from nefarious villai-

Heya, it's me, Imoen!



Really?

You're really gonna do this? We just had that conversation yesterday and after the night I've had I am in no fucking moo-



Sorry I followed ya, but I never get out of Candlekeep and those monks are such a bore. Never any decent coin in their pockets neither.

You're really not doing much to help your case, you know.

I... I saw Gorion, and I am SO sorry! Kinda figured something bad might happen to you out here.

How could you have known? Gorion didn't even tell me.

I... accidentally... read a letter on his desk the other day. Can't remember exactly what it said, but he might still have... it might be on his... his body. Anyway, I'm not gonna let you wander around out here all alone. Never let a friend down, no sir! Stick with you until you say otherwise, I will!

Aaaaah, engine limitations. In the first Baldur's Gate, there wasn't much in the way of party interaction, so for any NPC that wasn't HUGELY IMPORTANT PLOT NPC, they didn't usually get anything but their greeting, and for joinable NPCs, a soundset that consisted of variations on the theme of "Stop clicking on me, jeez you're so demanding!" Imoen's greeting doesn't make much sense from a roleplaying perspective the first time you hear it, since she's the player character's childhood friend, and the second time you hear it, it's incredibly, inappropriately hilarious. In Baldur's Gate II they fixed that somewhat, in that the first lines of most banters were voiced, so you didn't keep hearing the same greeting whenever they decided to talk to you.

Since Imoen is our first party member, here is her character sheet, and bio.




Imoen starts as a trueclass thief in this game, and she's probably the best thief for a good-aligned party. She's not as useful to us since we're already a thief, and we'll be getting another one later, but she's still good to have in the party. A lot of people like to dual-class her into a mage later on, since her intelligence stat is so high, and it's even canon, as she does turn up as a thief/mage in the sequel.

I know what you're thinking. "Childhood friend path, GET!" Except there isn't one. At least not in this game. There's a mod for Baldur's Gate II, but it's had mixed reviews. Personally, I think if she wants to act like the player character's little sister, it suits me just fine to consider her such. Imoen's a fun character with lots of entertaining banters, so we'll be keeping her around for a while until we can start building our lovelove party.

That and the chapter one narration really wasn't kidding when it said we wouldn't last long on our own. When I was testing this set-up for bugs, I kept getting killed by wolves. It's best if we can assemble a full party as quickly as possible, regardless of who's in it.

But first, maybe that letter of Gorion's Imoen mentioned might hold a clue as to what's going on.



In the time-honored tradition of RPGs, our first action upon the game opening up is to loot the corpse of our beloved mentor. Let's see what he's got in his pocketses.




There's not much in this letter that we don't already know, except Gorion and this E guy have apparently been expecting something like this for a while now. Now that we're done with the letter, Imoen has something to say.



Hey! You were hiding your butt under a bush while he was fighting all these monsters, weren't ya?

I know! I just. I never thought he'd die. Especially not against a big dumb thug like that.

Don'tcha even know who attacked you? Whoever it was, looks like it was vicious.

Some big jerk in spiky armor. He said...

So ya remember what he said?

Well, he didn't say much... besides, obviously, wanting my corpse to be where Gorion's is now, or at least alonside it, he mentioned he had been looking for me.

Well, aren't ya the popular one? Sorry, just tryin' to liven things up here. Anyways, if that guy was lookin' for ya, he'll come for ya 'gain.

How reassuring.

Don'tcha worry, though! This time, with Imoen the Magnificent at your side, you can't lose!

Imoen the Magnificent?

'Course! It's the perfect name for me, someone who has so many talents!

Look, as magnificent as you are, I don't want to drag you into this mess. This is going to be dangerous, and I don't want to lose the last family I have left. You should go back to Candlekeep.

Leave? And if I did, who would keep ya entertained? Who would keep your spirits lifted in the darkest hour? And who would keep up the practical jokes?

I could do without the practical-

Leave! Hah! You'll have ta force me ta leave ya now!

Well, now that that's settled, let's be on our way, shall we-



Okay, cards on the table, Imoen's really chatty in this early portion of the game. But she's a sweetheart, so I can't really hold it against her.

I'd hate to see this eat away at ya. We'll get him, ya know. That guy, whoever he was, who killed your dad. We'll find out who he is, and pay him back good! And don't you even think of ditching me, either. I know what I'm doing, and I'm in this as much as you. I liked Gorion, and you're my best friend. I'm your best friend too, whether you know it or not. you can count on me, and don't you forget it.

Jeez, Imoen, you already made it clear you won't let me ditch you. What's with you?

I'm just mad, that's all... mad, sad and a little worried, I guess. I'll get over it. Heh. I was trying to make you feel better, and now I'm all worked up. Come on, let's go find an evil dragon's lair or something to loot. Um, on second thought, a hobgoblin cave is more your speed. Or maybe a xvart village?

Way to shoot for the stars, kid.

Hmm. I'll have to think about this one...

NEXT: Beware of Strangers Bearing Potions

Next stop: The infirmary. This place is super-easy to miss. I think my first two playthroughs I didn't even realize you could enter this building.



In the base game, the only things of interest there are a priest of Ohgma who will give you a potion if you ask him to, and a desk that can be unlocked and stolen from, though you have to be careful the guards aren't alerted. (If you're caught, the Watchers say they don't care who your foster father is, lawbreakers will not be tolerated, and demand you give them all your money. If you refuse, it's possible to die in the tutorial area like a chump.) We get another health potion out of the deal. With only five hp, we need all the help we can get.

But our main goal in coming in here wasn't health potions.



But... that was a compliment. I honestly wasn't trying to make fun, why would you even think that? Look, no offense meant. I talked with your fiancee. She doesn't feel well at all.

Sir Trun: *sigh* I know, and it tortures me that I am incapable of helping her. It... it is like I am paralyzed... My injury is no reason for my behaviour toward her. I... I fell in love with a beautiful young maiden and proposed to her, and now...

You can't handle the thought that she might be stronger than you?

Sir Trun: No, no, not that. I... *sigh* Since she already talked to you, it won't hurt if I do so, too. Actually I feel a great urge to talk about this with someone who cares to listen.

Sir Trun: We got into an unexpected fight. Everything was going well. Then all of a sudden, one of the creatures sunk its teeth into my arm. I wasn't able to free myself, and it was dragging me toward the portal... There was a pain at my shoulder, and the next thing I knew, I was lying in front of the portal, watching it close behind the last of the monters. Linda was standing beside me, pale as a ghost, my sword in her hands. She saved my life the only way it was possible in that moment, by chopping off my arm.



This option is unbelievable. Who talks like this? But it's the least offensive of the dialogue options that aren't "fuck if I know, good luck with your life, buddy" so we take it.



If Broken Forum has taught me anything, it's that good communication is the key to a healthy relationship. Also, never trust a partridge.

Sir Trun: We tried talking, but it didn't work. No, I have to bring something with me when I go to her. If only I could think of something appropriate...

She sounds like a badass, it physically hurts to see her torn up about something this stupid. I can only see one possibility. You're going to teach her how to fight. Take her as your squire.

Sir Trun: I beg your pardon? That is absurd. She is a young maiden, innocent and frail...

Do you even notice the shit coming out of your mouth? She chopped off your arm in one hit!

Sir Trun: Wait... I... I see what you mean. It is hidden inside her, isn't it? The gift shows differently in different people. Some know from early childhood where their path will lead. For others, the revelation comes all of a sudden, as a great surprise. Yes, it seems the only way to go forward, and leave this horrible memory behind us. She made the first step onto this path. To expect her to return to her former life would be cruel... and unrealistic. I will go to her now. I'll be approaching her with an unusual present for a woman of her origin: my sword.

Sir Trun: My body recovered a long time ago. It was my mind that felt injured and wouldn't come to rest. You dragged me out of my thoughts of despair, and I thank you deeply! We are in your debt. Now I will go to her... I am eager to see how she will react. Is she really ready for this? I am also bothered as to what I will tell her parents, who imagine their daughter on an educational journey in Candlekeep... *weary smile* Farewell, in case we don't meet again. May Tyr protect you.

We gain a small boost in reputation and 150 exp from this exchange.



Now that I've hugged Mrs. Stabby and I've got all my gear, I just need to say goodbye to one other person. I bet she's ditching chores in the bunkhouse.



Fuck, another one of these guys?

This one gets a lucky critical and hits her for 4 hp. Lucky we stole that potion. Two more whacks with her stick and he's down for the count, just like the other guy, though.

Y'know, I always thought it was weird how everyone in Candlekeep carried a stick around, even the guards, but now I'm starting to see why they all swear by it.



The moment we leave the bunkhouse we run into Linda again.



Linda: Maybe... maybe he will fall in love with his fighting squire just as he fell in love with the maiden once... Maybe. For now he has a task as a knight, as do I as squire. May Lathander bless you with all his power. Farewell.

Uh, no problem. Hope things work out for you. Though if he acts like you're a different person now that you're his squire, I wouldn't hold my breath.



On our way to see Gorion, we pass by these guys. They're the Chanters, they just sing the Prophecies of the Wise Alaundo, all day, every day. The first time I encountered them I was like "What is this racket. Is my game broken?" but now their chanting is music to my ears. I dunno how it happened, they just grew on me.



Over this way is proof that I have no self-control. While I was looking for BGTutu mods I came across this NPC mod called Finch. She's a gnome librarian companion and I couldn't resist installing her. Since she's not romanceable and we're going to have enough trouble juggling party members as it is, we won't be seeing much of her, but I figured I'd introduce her just the same. In the interest of making this Candlekeep sequence a little less boring.

Why? It's really just a boring little castle town.

The wondrous books! Rows and stacks of scroll casings and leather-bound volumes covering every subject under the sun and stars! I can imagine no greater joy than the opportunity to learn something new with each passing day. Perhaps that explains why I found my heart's home in the service of Deneir.

Ah, you're a cleric of Deneir. No wonder you love this place.

Truly, my brief time here in your home town has been a great joy. I can imagine no finer occupation than living with my nose in a book! Alas, I have dallied in Candlekeep longer than I should have in service t of my temple, though I am certain Deneir would understand. Anyhoo, I leave with all haste. I have a list of works needed to establish a new library on the Amnish border. I located a likely seller of one volume in Beregost, so off I go!

And she heads off.

Can we get going now? Please? I've killed 6 rats, two assassins, done pretty much everyone's petty errands, and we need to get going before the Gatewarden tries to teach me about group combat like I haven't heard his lecture ten million times befo-

Heya, it's me, Imoen!

NEXT: Yes, Imoen, We Know It's You

Just a bit of explanation before we begin:

Out of character comments will be in plain text.

In character comments will be in italics.

Text transcribed from the game will be bold and in italics.



And without further ado, here's the opening video. Please ignore the logos at the beginning.




It's not quite as... alarming as the opening video for Baldur's Gate II, but then, this is the first Baldur's Gate, and our player character isn't an experienced adventurer, she's a callow youth who has never left her hometown. Speaking of which, let's get her introduced, shall we?



This is our hero, Jimothy. While experimenting with wild magic a while back, she accidentally broke the fourth wall and doesn't know how to fix it, so don't be too alarmed if she occasionally makes references to, say, Hatoful Boyfriend or mentions a certain site by name. Or talks to you directly, like she's about to do.



So this is me! I'm not all that strong or durable, but I am pretty good with my hands, and you have to be smart to be a good mage. My favourite spell is Nahal's Reckless Dweomer, and that's not too difficult to cast, but you need to be clever to figure out how to get the cow down the stairs and out the door before Winthrop throws a fit.

Multi-classed characters aren't supposed to be able to choose a specialization, but Wild Mage is Best Mage, so I went into Shadowkeeper and added the Wild Mage kit. I also added 4 points to Charisma, because why not? We're going to be romancing everyone, so we need to be smokin' hot.

I'd have given you more of a blow-by-blow in character creation, but since I was going to cheat anyway, I figured it wasn't really kosher to act like she was lovingly crafted, and that I spent hours rolling and re-rolling to get just the stats I wanted. The extent of my fair-play is I left dexterity at 16 when I could have cheated it up to 19.





So, long story short, I grew up in this place called Candlekeep which is like a huge library-fortress, raised by a sage called Gorion who is pretty damn awesome, but won't tell me anything about my parents. Lately he's been acting all shifty and won't tell me what the problem is, and today he basically walked up to me all "No time to talk, grab your things, we're leaving."



The old man can hold his horses as far as I'm concerned. I'm not going to anywhere until I've said goodbye to Mrs. Stabby the cat.

So this is Candlekeep, the tutorial area. That green guy in the top right corner is one of legions of little green men whose only purpose is to instruct you in how to play the game and they can be safely ignored. There are, however, a few things to do here before we leave with Gorion.



Oh, brother, here we go again. Phlydia always loses her books. And she always forgets them in the same place too. I better go find it before the cows eat it. Damaging books is a serious crime here.

Fetch quests.



I'll make this simple for you, since these fetch quests are all super dumb. Phlydia's book is in the haystack next to the priests' quarters (shown here), and the cowherd, Dreppin, wants Jim to find him an antidote for his cow, which we'll find in the barracks. Hardly any of these early quests give anything other than very piddly amounts of experience. But Jim has other things on her mind.

Where's the pretty kitty?



Like petting a cat.

Shank: Far be it from me to keep you from your pressing matters, but I must insist on a moment of your time. The last moment, actually. I apologize for not fully explaining my motives, but I am on a rather tight schedule and exposition is not my forte.

And then he attacks. But he's pretty much the worst assassin in the history of ever. Jimothy has only 5 hit points, and her only weapon is a quarterstaff, which she isn't even proficient in, and she kills him in two hits.



Definitely not worth making a fuss about. Though if there are assassins after me, I probably should buy some equipment.

NEXT: Killing Rats, That Time-Honored Rite of Passage!

Branwen
Human
Cleric
True Neutral

Romance Requirements
Alignments: All non-Evil Alignments
Races: Humans, Elves, Half-Elves and Half-Orcs
Reputation: Has to be 10 or above for romance to initiate and continue


Pros:
-Clerics are always welcome
-Seems pretty chill

Cons:
-There's a bug that might make it impossible for me to recruit her without resorting to cheating

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Xan
Elf
Enchanter
Lawful Neutral

Romance Requirements:
Races: Elves (the romance guide lists half-elves too, but that is a cruel lie, as I found out first hand)


Pros:
-Really doesn't care if we're evil, not even if we don't donate to the appropriate institutions
-Moonblade!
-The "Protag-chan gets in touch with her elvish heritage" route
-Funny banter with Coran and Kivan

Cons:
-Not going to win any awards for positive thinking any time soon, to put it mildly
-Ridiculous constitution; what kind of a mage can't cast magic missile?
-The reason we're forced to be an elf

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Ajantis Ilvarstar
Human
Paladin
Lawful Good

Romance Requirements
Alignments: All Good alignments
Races: Humans, Elves, Half-Elves and Halflings
Reputation: Has to be 11 or above for romance to initiate
Class: Will break off romance early with single-classed thieves


Pros:
-Not part of a package deal
-Romance is fairly straightforward according to the romance guide
-Easy to find
-I've never done his romance before

Cons:
-Portrait not that handsome. May end up replacing it via Shadowkeeper EDIT: Done
-Paladin

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So last July, I started a Let's Play on Broken Forum. Due to recent events that I won't bore you with (partially because I don't know much about them) the forum has become private so I can't link to it to show people what I've been up to.

So I'm reposting it here. Note the LP has already begun, so input re: character creation is no longer needed. Since the LP is still ongoing, however, any suggestions about love interests may still be taken into account.

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If you don't use mods, don't play Bioware games in reverse order. Take it from me. Everyone said Dragon Age is the spiritual successor to Baldur's Gate, so I was like oooh, maybe I'll check it out. So I got Baldur's gate, and I felt so lonely.

I was used to spending nights in front of the fire telling jokes with Alistair, talking about shoes with Leliana, discussing art and culture with Sten, flirting with Zevran, listening to Wynne's lectures... Everyone was so friendly and open in their own way. Even Morrigan (who disapproves of everything and everyone) told me a few stories from her childhood. When we went on quests, they would offer their opinions on my actions, and contribute to conversations with other NPCs. And I took it all for granted, as only my due as the player character of Dragon Age: Origins.

But in Baldur's Gate, no one would talk to me. No one. I tried to get Jaheira to scold me. I tried to strike up a conversation with Khalid. I even tried to reminisce on the good old days with Imoen. Every time I got the same reaction: "This person has nothing to say to you." Nothing to say to me. Not a word, not a peep. They were so colourful when I first met them, but the moment they joined the party, they fell silent. They wouldn't say anything to each other, either. You'd think an Elf would object to my admitting a Drow in the party, and he did, but once the deed was done, they never said anything to each other or about each other ever again. Not even to give each other grief. That's not so odd, but the married couple never exchanged a single word either. Even characters who had a certain goal in mind in joining didn't react at all when that goal was met.

"Hey, So-and-so, you joined the party to get revenge on Lord Eevel, aren't you glad we killed him? Don't you have something you want to say? A witty one-liner, a final word to close the bloody business? Nope?

... okay."

But worse than not being able to talk to any of my teammates was the lack of romances. To a girl who cut her teeth on Knights of the Old Republic and later, Mass Effect and Dragon Age, this was pretty hard to swallow. A Bioware game without romance? Madness.

But, with a bit of modding, these things are easily fixed... Okay, a lot of modding. But I already did all of the required fiddly bits. The main thing is I'm using Baldur's Gate Tutu for this LP, and we're mainly going to be focused on the content of the NPC Project mod.

The NPC Project, according to its Readme: This mod expands on the depth of character and levels of interaction with the NPCs from the BG game. When BG2 was released, one of the major improvements in many peoples' eyes was the increased level of interaction one could have with the party members. This mod was developed to allow BG players a similar experience. NPCs in your party now have banters with the PC , with each other, and small side-quests of their own. As we were unable to get the original character voice actors to voice all the new lines, we instead sought out music appropriate to each NPC to be played whenever they initiate banter. This musical package is a separate, optional package (to keep the download size down) titled The BG1NPCMusic Pack.

The other big thing this mod adds is the romances, 6 in total, and you guys will get to pick which two you'd like to romance. You'll also get some say in character creation, though because of romance requirements you will be limited in choices of alignment and race.

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Table of Contents:

Mod List and Voting Procedure

Introduction to the Suitors: Ajantis | Coran | Xan | Dynaheir | Branwen | Shar-Teel*

Prologue: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Chapter 1: To the Friendly Arm: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Chapter 1: Beregost and Environs: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Bonus Update

*Eliminated from the vote due to lack of interest and irreconcilable alignment differences.

ANIME

Duck {Princess Tutu} usedquack and poorduck Canon point: Post-canon History: Played briefly in Route_29, where she collected nothing but bird pokemon. Played sporadically at Entanglement, where she became the star of counter-propagandist indie magical girl show "Freedom Deliverer Robin," was adopted by Sah'ot, and was the most well-adjusted kid on the Station. Played for a good long year and a half at Cape and Cowl. Notes: Used to be a magical ballerina princess guidance counselor. No really, as Princess Tutu she would dance with people and soothe the ache in their hearts. And incidentally collect the Prince's heart shards that possessed them. Actually an ordinary yellow duck, if by ordinary you mean by fairy tale standards.

Vash the Stampede {Trigun Maximum} plantpacifist Canon point: Post-canon History: Apped, dropped, re-apped and re-dropped at Cape and Cowl. Used to work at Dunkin' Donuts, then got fired after joker-toxin infected goons attacked the shop and he revealed he was an ImPort in the process of protecting his coworkers and customers from them. Became homeless. Joined the cops. Spent a lot of time looking out for Knives. Didn't do much during his very brief reappearance, aside from grabbing a beer with Anders. Notes: Once declared the world's first human localized disaster, and the most wanted man on No Man's Land, Vash is a gunslinger who has mastered the art of technical pacifism to a point where he can shoot thousands of bullets and never kill a single person, which naturally doesn't mean that he's not all kinds of dangerous. Despite his fearsome reputation, he puts on an act of being a loveable goofball. Note that this is manga!Vash, so he's more of a chaste hero than a chivalrous pervert. If you've seen the anime, forget what you know about plants and his relationship with Knives; both are vastly more interesting in the manga.

Mokuren {Please Save my Earth} istheatmosphere Canon point: Post-death History: Played briefly and unsuccessfully at Mayfield. I also played her at The_Love_Hotel on LJ as intactsaint, but in hindsight that was a terrible move. Notes: Mokuren is a Kiches Sarjalian, a woman with special psychic powers believed by her people to be a blessing from God. These powers enable her to commune with plants and animals, and to make plants grow when she sings. There's just one catch: if she were ever to have sex, her powers would go away. She's also smart, and kind, and graceful, and OMG super gorgeous. So yeah, kind of a mary-sue. But she is the most fabulous, you don't even know.

Vincent Law {Ergo Proxy} proxysproxy Canon point: Post-canon History: Briefly played at Siren's Pull, where he moved in with Re-L Mayer. Accidentally switched bodies with Raul Creed for one awkward, hilarious week. Notes: Ergo Proxy is a proxy, one of 301 man-made beings created to repair an ecologically devastated future Earth and repopulate it with human beings of their own creation. He's unique among proxies in that he's a clone of Proxy One, created by Proxy One himself rather than the ancient humans they call the Creators, in order to take over a duty that Proxy One found unbearable. But one can hardly expect an exact duplicate to do a better job than the original, although, credit where credit is due, Ergo ran away more efficiently than his original: not only did he flee, he also gave up his memories. He became mild-mannered, apparently human Vincent Law, a hapless and hopeless immigrant from Mosque.

BOOK

Edward York {League of Peoples} kingoflobsters Canon point: Post-Radiant PB: Jude Law History: Never did much with him. I 'played' him at Entanglement, where he was allowed to take a retinue of up to three goons. He took Listener, Nod, and Jeremy as his mandasar retinue. H was learning Prana Bindu from Sheeana in order to control his pheromones. Notes: A black-market superbaby gone horribly right, Edward was originally created as a guinea pig to test a medical procedure destined for his sister, and designed to be stupid to prevent him from getting in her way. But this operation, in addition to giving him all the powers of an alien queen (preternaturally good sense of smell, pheromones affecting both Mandasars and humans, superhuman strength) also fixed his brain problem. By the time Radiant took place, Edward had become King sorry, I mean Lord Protector of an enclave of Mandasars on Celestia, and married a Mandasar gentle.

Festina Ramos {League of Peoples} ohexpendable Canon point: Post-Radiant History: Also played at The_Love_Hotel. I haven't been able to find a good place for her as of yet. Notes: Festina's current title is Lieutenant Admiral, but it speaks volumes to know she still considers herself part of the Explorer Corps, whose members are chosen according to how ugly or generally freakish they are, The reasoning is that Explorers are the people who die most often on away missions, so why not stock the Corps with people who won't be missed? Festina's claim to the uniform is the large port-wine birthmark on her right cheek, which really doesn't detract as much from her appearance as she seems to think. Aside from her issues with her looks, she is a badass and since she was promoted from redshirt, it became her job to fly around the galaxy, shooting trouble. Tell me that isn't awesome. Unfortunately, the canon is not well-known or well-loved, so I had to draw all my own icons for her.

Oar {League of Peoples} wallabies Canon point: Post-Ascending History: Was going to app her to Cape and Cowl, but never went through with it. Still looking for a place to put her. Notes: Oar is a member of a species that appears to be humans fashioned out of glass. She is super-strong, very durable, able to photosynthesize, and probably immune to most terrestrial diseases. Member of her species remain mentally children for about 50 years, after which they, after such a long time of heightened brain activity, fall into catatonia. Oar is 49 years old, and as a result of adventures is now the first member of her species who will get to grow up instead of becoming a vegetable. As of yet, she is still abrasive and immature, with a tendency for drama and flights of fancy. She is also incredibly vain, and believes opaqueness is ugly. She's going to be a lot of fun to play.

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Well, folks, it's that time of the year again. Yes, it's time for you to buy your tickets for another MWOS Christmas concert! Spread the word. We bring you good news and bad news: The bad news is the Blair brothers aren't singing with us this year. But the good news is, we've added four new songs to our repertoire, and the good stuff is still in there. NOW MORE INTERNATIONAL THAN EVER!

Where: Montreal-West United Church, 88 Ballantyne N. (Take the 162 and get off the stop after the Mini-Cout. The church is right there. Go around to the back entrance to buy tickets.)
When: 9th December, 7:30 PM
Cost: 15$, but bring extra money for our bake sale and apple cider at the intermission
Why: Because I'm singing
What: Christmas carols in four-part harmony. Plus, Victorian costumes.