Atlantic:2st Member Profiles

Aleph Aeirs

Title: Guildmaster, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Other Positions held:

·UOSS News Manager,

·Moderator, UOSS Atlantic Forum

·Mayor, The City of Rivendell

·Oracle of Truth, The Heralds of the Awakening

·Founder, The Consensus

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Aleph is a kind and generally gentle individual. Preferring the duties of serving his guild, you are more likely to find him chatting with his guildmates or plotting with his beloved Azrielle, than hunting. Fiercely loyal to his family and friends, you can expect that if there is trouble, Aleph will be there to confront it.

A look at the History of Sic Semper Tyrannis

How it all Began

by Aleph Aeirs posted 6/4/99 8:31:08 PM

I was tired. The majority of my time had been spent chopping...and chopping..and chopping. I made bow after bow, carting them back and forth in the hopes of raising some money for needed equipment. After what seemed like ages, I finally made enough to purchase some armor, and I decided I would make my way to Britain. My father had left horses there before his death. I need to claim them soon, or they would be sold in auction at the Britain Stables.

Now mind you, I had tried in the past to make the trek. Only to find myself greeted by foul magics I did not understand, or at the end of a Brigand's steely weapon. But this time, come what may, I was going to Britain.

At this point in my life, I was quite disillusioned with the general populace. Thieves and murderers the lot of them! And as I made my way to Britain, I took a moment to ponder this trip, and what it could bring.

I kid you not friends, it is then that my entire life changed. That moments hesitation opened a door for me that I did not know existed. Because it is then that I met Doglicious.

"Hail! Are you going to Brit?" he said.

Now of course I was wary. In this world, someone with the name Doglicious might just as soon pick your pockets than have a kind word for you. But he seemed like a kind sort, and he was going to Britain. And So after a short talk, we made our way to Britain.

It was the beginning of so many adventures (and misadventures!) that I could scarce find the space to write them all down! But each one lives in my memory even to this day. It is through Doglicious that I first met William the Wise. And shorly after, Entropy and Calis. We had so much fun together! Working so hard to save money for the house we dreamed of! The frustration of having losing my gold to a con-man. The decision to move our house to Yew, because the neighborhood outside of Britain was far to rough for us...It makes me chuckle to think of the trouble we used to get into.

Like The time I had to hide in our house for days on end, with all the house items on me, because a pk had stolen our key. Or the time that I lost my dear horses, my father's only gift to me. The constant visits to the healers, the running from murderers, to think, at that time, we were afraid of Ettins!

But after time, we were getting better and better at fighting. The magic that once seemed so alien to me was now something I understood and trained to improve. It was then that Doglicious, Entropy, Calis and I decided to start a guild of our own. Many nights were spent plotting and planning, deciding what we would call it, how we would organize it. It is during this time that the Lovely Veroni and her son Emia joined us. Emia and I would hunt, and I would take Veroni on tours of Yew...But never far! In those days our dear Veroni was happy to chop her wood and make her bows...she wanted nothing to do with hunting (much has changed since, wouldn't you say?)!

And so our guild, our Family was started. It was decided that I would be the Guildmaster, and at the time, I really wasn't sure what that meant. Guildmaster? Leader? No..I wasn't interested in such things. We were all friends, why ruin it with titles and rules and responsibility? But in the end, after lengthy conversations with Doglicious, we decided on the structure you see today.

With each member, SST grows beyond my wildest dreams. See, you must understand that SST was not created to "make a mark on this world" or to "rule" anyone. It was created as a resource for a group of friends, or as Stanic aptly put, "somewhere to call home".

John, Stanic, Tia, DeathStrike, and Whisper, you may not have been here when this all began, but you are just as important to this guild as any of us. The real magic happened as each of you found your way here. This is our place friends, our safe haven. The beauty of it all, is that you make it so. The guild is a reflection of the people who belong, if it is seen as an organization that is good and kind, honorable and noble, then it is because of the people. The finest people I have ever met, in all my days.

I know that there are others like us, others who are looking for a place to call home, others with a generous spirit and a kind heart. And personally, I cannot wait to meet them. But were our guild to stay this way, forever, I would be happier than words can describe.

Long live the guild and what it stands for!

FRIENDSHIP HONOR TRUST

Aleph Aiers Guildmaster, SST

PS. It was so hard to boil this down! So many stories to tell! I hope that each member takes a moment to write their own story about what SST means to you, what trials and tribulations brought you to us...I certainly enjoy reading them!

Gromph

Gromph.. a Drow mage coming into this world as a mage with no money for reagents... no money for weapons..and no way to make money, he joined a group of his kin called The house of Duskrynn... this group was a ruthless group of Pks.. thieves and con men… known through brittania for their cruelty with those unlucky enough to cross their paths I soon decided the life of a pk was below me.. so I joined the Lords of Retribution.. Hoping to bring my ex guild and any other pks to justice... But I learned quickly that an Anti-Pk is still a murderer and just as heartless... Killing anyone gray for fun. With a small band of close friends Geoff.. Xeveous.. Leif.. Glen.. Aristotles.. and Green arrow I started The Silver Dragon Guild... SDG grew fast adding many people.. we were a great band of hunters and friends who knew each others movements and worked well together.. but.. as the guild grew.. our mood Darkened.. We decided we were sick of pks and people in our Woods and became the Death knights of The Dark Forrest... we killed those that sought to come through our forest for we believe we owned it... but.. not to long after i met a Man.. Aleph.. we quickly became friends and soon i was neglecting my guild for my new found friend and his family... So... i left my friends and joined 2ST... but i was not alone.. Those who considered themselves my True Friends joined me in SST.. and that is where I have been ever since, happily training people and hunting.

Azrielle Aeirs

Azrielle's earliest years were rather uneventful. The only shadow in her life was that her mother had died giving birth to her. Raised by loving father in the forests South of Yew until her 11th year she knew nothing but happiness and freedom. She spent most of her days following her father as he hunted in the woods near their home. All that changed with the death of her father.

For the next several years Azrielle was raised by her uncle. A kind, well meaning, Vesper merchant the man had no idea how to handle the forest raised young girl angry at the wold for the upheaval of her life. As the years passed in Vesper Azrielle became increasingly solitary and withdrawn wondering often in the forests outside the city. It became increasingly common for Azrielle to absent herself from her uncle's town house for days even weeks at a time. Then one day late in her 18th year she simply didn't return.

For the next four years Azrielle wandered the forests of Britannia alone and detached from its people. She would hunt to support herself and spoke to others only on those rare occasions when it was unavoidable. Until one day having come again to the forests where she had spent her happiest days Azrielle came across a band of young students, wearing the emblem of the West Yew University, who were out hunting creatures in the woods. The students invited her to join the hunt and Azrielle made the uncharacteristic decision to follow them. After a successful hunt Azrielle accompanied the students back to there small school and there met Silver Dryad and was convinced to become a student.

In her studies Azrielle found a fulfilment she had never known but he advancement in the University was hampered by her proclivity for wondering. Her time now seemed to be divided between solitary reading at the library of the Lyceum and wondering the forests of Yew. One day many years after having found the school Azrielle was returning from yet another long absence when in the court yard where the University message board can be found she chanced to meet Perianwyr and the Rainbow King. They told her of Fogwood Village and of Perianwyr's tavern there the place called Serpent's Cross. After that Azrielle's wanderings would often lead her there.

In the Serpent's Cross Tavern Azrielle met a number of interesting individuals including Windlord who regaled her with stories and remains someone she is fond of. But her life continued to have little direction and she faltered in her studies. On one occasion while visiting the tavern she met a strange man named Fire Eyes a paladin of compassion who saw her for the lost soul that she was. Torn between her father's Elven culture she barely remembered from her childhood and the human culture of virtues she had only ever read of Azrielle agreed to follow the paladin to a nearby shrine. While meditating there she decided that if she were to truly understand herself she must come to understand the culture of Britannia.

So it was that she returned to her studies with renewed vigor reading voraciously any text she could find and discussing the nature of the virtues with anyone who would listen. At some point in her studies Azrielle found that she had come to believe deeply in the philosophy of the eight virtues.

It was sometime after this that by pure chance Azrielle met Aleph Aeirs and her life was truly changed forever. Having just returned to West Yew University after a lengthy sojourn at the Lyceum where at the request of a friend she had been seeking information about a particularly rare text Azrielle lingered at the message board to find out what had passed in the time since her departure. It can only be fate that she met Aleph for she had intended to retire early that night and had only decided at the last moment to check for news. As Azrielle stood reading Aleph came by seeking information as to the whereabouts of Silver Dryad. She explained that Silver had retired for the night and he asked her to relay a message to her that he was seeking help. Having recently read Aleph's expose on the Order of the Ebon Skull Azrielle took the opportunity to complement him on his skills as an author and they began to speak.

From that moment on Azrielle's life was renewed. Aleph and Azrielle rapidly became fast friends in Aleph Azrielle found a friend and companion such as she had never known in all her life. She left West Yew University and began to serve as Diplomatic Consul for Sic Semper Tyrannis. Among the people of that guild she discovered the family she had been seeking since she lost her own, the love of the person in the realm she admires most and a true understanding of the strength of the virtues. Not to say she won't still occasionally wonder off on her own.

Molly

Title: Knight's Lady

Position held:

·Member, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Molly lends her event planning skills to Sic Semper Tyrannis. Even keeled and quick to laugh, she handles stress and friction well. We depend on Molly to coordinate our special hunts and contests, a job that she does quite well.

Enyao

Title: Vice Guildmaster

Position held:

·Vice Guildmaster

·Sage of Sacrifice, Heralds of the Awakening

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Enyao is the backbone of Sic Semper Tyrannis. He cares deeply for his guildmates, and takes great pains to assure they are supported in every way he can. A man of principles and superlative leadership skills, Sic Semper Tyrannis' success can be directly attributed to his work with the guild.

Miner

Title: Grandmaster Smith

Position held:

·Member Emeritus, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Miner is the Blacksmith of Sic Semper Tyrannis. His finely crafted armor is not the only benefit, as a charter member of SST, he has offered his skills and resources for the betterment of our organization. Truly, without his help, advice and input, Sic Semper Tyrannis would not be where we are today.

Doglicious

Title: Mano Dei

Position held:

·Founder, Sic Semper Tyrannis High Council

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Doglicious was one of the founding members of Sic Semper Tyrannis. He worked diligently with Aleph Aeirs to create the foundation of Sic Semper Tyrannis. An accomplished fighter, he is renowned for his battle skills. As one of the founding fathers of Sic Semper Tyrannis, Doglicious has some rather amusing stories of the dawn of our family. And much to the chagrin of Aleph, he is more than happy to share a tale or two from our humble beginnings.

Enigma

Title: Member

Position held:

·Member, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Enigma provides his leadership and superior PvP skills in tandem as General of Sic Semper Tyrannis. A kind hearted man, he is not however afraid to use force when it is absolutely necessary. Enigma is respected far and wide as a man of honor and integrity.

Tia

Title: GM Healer

Position held:

·Member, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Tia is kind and considerate, and acts as the conscience of our little group. Her thoughtfulness has added quite a bit to Sic Semper Tyrannis, forcing us to think about our decisions and their effects on everyone.

Tia the Stitcher

Tia's Story, as Posted on the Message Board

SST and I (Tia's story) by Tia TS posted 6/7/99 9:56:10 PM

I was born in a poor family. We had no place to call home, no money, nor food. My father somehow heard about those who became rich being a tailor. I was a hope of my family. I was born to be a tailor, to bring gold to our family, so that we didn't starve. It's not that I didn't like tailoring. I loved each stitch I made. I felt so high when I could make high-quality robes. Yet, soon I realized that my skill was not raising. Somebody told me that I need to use hides to raise my skill, if I were to aim for the best tailor in the land.

I started to hunt animals. Being as timid as a rabbit, I always ran away whenver I saw a shadow of a monster or a person. Even a cry of a mongbat was enough to freeze my blood with terror. I kept hunting animals. Days after days, I brought a sewing kit to a field, and stitched.

One day, I fought with a mongbat. To my surprise, it was that foul creature which fell to the ground. Although it brought nothing to me, I was all excited by the fact that I could fight with a monster. Soon after that, I found myself looking for a monster. Orc and Ettin were my enemies. I used all of my After I found that those brigands in the camp aren't too tough, I frequently visited the camp to get some gold. I started to talk to people, if just saying "Hail" was considered as talking. Strangers were still scary to me, yet I realized that if I don't open my heart, nobody will open their heart.

I must say that I was quite lucky when John asked me to join his party before being killed by someone. That was my first time to hunt with others. My first time to have fun with others in Britannia. Although his cry for blood chilled my spine, he was honorable. During the hunt, I easily died in the middle of monsters. To my surprise, they kept all of my belongings. Not the value of the stuff I was carrying, but their spirit moved my heart. A week after, John to me to my first dungeon crawl. He taught me how to fight with monsters in group (I'm still learning.)

It took me a while to meet other members of SST, yet it was worth waiting. Now I have a place I can call "home." Found a family that I live for, and die for.

Tia the Stitcher is here to serve you. That's the only thing I can do for the blessing I receive from SST.

HHH

Title: Member

Position held:

·Member, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

HHH is a devoted member of Sic Semper Tyrannis. A powerful mage, his skills come in quite handy when trouble is brewing. HHH adds humor and wit to our family, and we are quite pleased to have him on board.

Stanic

Title: War Wizard

Other Positions held:

·Member, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

Stanic is a loyal and trusted friend. As a member of the High Council, he offers interesting perspectives and honest judgments.

Stanic is especially adept at making friends and connections with merchants across the land. If you are looking for it, it could be that he has it, or can find it for you!

John

Title: Member

Position held:

·Member, Sic Semper Tyrannis

Email Address:

Home City: The City of Rivendell

Description:

John was one of Sic Semper Tyrannis' first recruits. His compassion for others and sense of humor have helped us through many a hard time. As a member of the High Council, John's input helps us to clarify the effects of our policies and procedures, assuring that our decisions truly incorporate the Virtues.