Event: Weekly Class.

Date: Thursday, February 16th 2012.

Time: 8:00 PM PST / 11:00 EST.

Location: EM Hall.

Event: Valentine’s Day Celebration.

Date: Tuesday, February 14th 2012.

Time: 8:30 PM PST / 11:30 EST.

Location: EM Hall.

Hello, Lovebirds.

Circe, that busty little tart of ours, bid me announce this weeks tavern night. (Then she slapped me.)

Doors open Tuesday, February 14th at 7:00 PM PST / 10:00 EST. Bad food. Loose morals. Giggling Mermaid and “Blood” on tap. Leave Virtue at the doors.

Valentine’s Card Exchange.

Tale of Love Recital. Sing a song or weave a tale. Please limit to 5 minutes.

“Show Your Stuff in the Buff” Drinking Game.

Singing Contest. Get drunk. The first person to sing the chosen song from Dawn’s Music Box wins.

Rumor has it Cupid will be in Magincia throughout the week to shoot her love darts as the unsuspecting. Because she cares. (And she’s a sadist.)

Credit goes to Lance for helping come up with some of these ideas.

To consecrate the newly built Temple of Thorn, honoring the Virtue of Spirituality, Lady Claudia Drusilla, the Regent Priestess, will lead a silent procession from the Eternal Flame at Britain’s Memorial for the late Lady Aino Nystad to the HearthFire Isle in Malas. Please observe respectful silence for our fallen friends & lost souls, during this procession & lighting ceremony.

The death of Uba at the hands of Dante (Magincian Leadership), the loss of Jenkins, and the Virtue Town Riots have inspired us to promote peace.

The night of our Roman Saint Valentine seems appropriate to honor our dead & living with love. 6pm PST/9pm Eastern

Event: The High Lords of Britannia – at the behest of Senator Goodfellow – are calling for citizens to gather on the Isle of J’helom to distribute food and supplies to the Valorians.

Purpose: Rogue Traders that had once served Britannia and its Immortal Lord have turned against it. The famine has struck hard there. Crime is now common as people turn from the government and the Virtues to adopt radical new stances. It is the hope of Senator Goodfellow that bringing aid to the Valorians will restore hope and will do something to quell the violence there.

Date: Wednesday, February 15th 2012.

Time: To be announced.

Location: J’helom Moongate, in the Kingdom of Trammel.

At the behest of Senator Goodfellow, the High Lords of Britannia held a public forum to discuss and debate the meaning of the recent riots and the incidence of anarchism that has ensued.

For those unaware, the past weeks have been filled with violence, as citizens and radicals disillusioned with the Britannian and Magincian governments have begun organizing violent protests and riots. The governments of both states have responded, in turn, with violence of their own. Though on the surface, the riots are an eclectic collection of those espousing socialist or anarchist values, some suspect something more sinister. Transhumanists and others showing evidence of mutation have been found amongst the radials, though it is unclear if the underground cults of Exodus or the Shadowlords are behind these uprisings.

Below are some of the major highlights of the discussion.

Senator Goodfellow chaired the event. In attendance was Councilors Elladan, Magdalena, Christianson and Wildstar. Ta’lin was late, and Fig was absent.

Silverbrook, representing the Isle of Magincia and the Cult of the Azure Dragon, was also in attendance.

Senator Goodfellow called for a truce between the warring powers and the independent states, suggesting that all band together to provide aid to the starving and the impoverished. The stores of Castle Britannia be thrown open and distributed to the common people as famine sweeps the realm.

Senator Goodfellow called for a drive to be held on Wednesday, February 15th, to distribute rations to the people of J’helom in Trammel.

Senator Goodfellow called for the mobilization of the Red Ankh, a multinational aid foundation, to distribute supplies and tend to the sick.

Senator Elladan seemed adverse to the suggestions of Goodfellow, declaring that his main interest was the maintenance of Trinsic. Another pointed out that he was elected to oversee and protect the realm of Britannia, not just one township, to which he responded “it is a large city.”

The Nameless One brought highlighted concerns over the nature of those instigating the riots and the potential connection to Exodus. His concerns were dismissed.

James brought attention to “Winged Overlords” that have declared a sort of martial law in Vesper.

Queen Shieba’s Alliance, the sovereign order of Virtue, pledged to oversee aid in Britain, while the Order of the Thorn pledged to defend Yew. Elladan pledged to Trinsic, and Dar to Skara Brae. Amber to Moonglow. The New Magincian Thieves Guild pledged to Old Magincia, while the New Magincian Parliament is pledged to New Magincia.

List of BRPA and Shard Events for the next seven nights.

Saturday, February 11th

Kingdom of Dawn and Village of Avalon Tour
Time: 7:00 PM PST.
Location: The Dawn Mage Tower in Felucca.

Sunday, February 12th

Town Hall Meeting
Time: 3:00 PM PST.
Location: EM Hall.

Zombie Uprising
Time: 5:30 PM PST.
Location: West Britain Bank.

Kingdom of Dawn Scavenger Hunt
Time: 7:00 PM PST.
Location: The Dawn Mage Tower in Felucca.

Monday, February 13th

Kingdom of Dawn Anniversary Ball
Time: 7:00 PM PST.
Location: The Dawn Embassy in Umbra.

Tuesday, February 14th

Silent Sojourn
Time: 6:00 PM PST.
Location: Castle Britannia, Kingdom of Trammel.

Night of Love at the Sea Witch Tavern
Time: 7:00 PM PST.
Location: Sea Witch Tavern in New Magincia.

Wednesday, February 15th

Aeons of Malignance: The Order of the Red Ankh to Mobilize
Time: 7:00 PM PST.
Location: The J’helom Moongate, Kingdom of Trammel.

Thursday, February 16th

The New Magincian Trading Co. Mining Expedition
Time: To be determined.
Location: The Iron Maiden.

Magic and Science: Academy of the Physician
Time: 8:00 PM PST.
Location: EM Hall.

Friday, February 17th

New Magincian Trading Co. Net Toss
Time: 7:00 PM PST.
Location: The Marble Gazebo in New Magincia.

Sea Witch Tavern Night in New Magincia
Time: 8:00 PM PST.
Location: The Sea Witch Tavern in New Magincia.

Event: Town Hall Meeting.

Date: Sunday, February 12th 2012.

Time: 3:00 PM PST / 6:00 EST.

Location: EM Hall (Trammel).

Note: Felucca Representation is requested.

Event: (Dis)Orientation.

Date: Thursday, February 9th 2012.

Time: 8:00 PM PST / 11:00 EST.

Location: EM Hall.

Greetings Baja.

It is a cold but bright early morning here with the clear sky lending a delightful view of the mighty Matterhorn. From beneath its shadow, I write my last letter to you.

By the time you read it, I would have already bid my farewell to you in game. Unfortunately, there are likely to be a few to whom I will not get the opportunity. As I will probably explain during the meet and greet, it has been a long time coming. Perhaps, bit too quick in the end. But, like pulling a bandaid, farewells are always easier done quickly.

As it often happens in the world of Sosaria, real life has caught up with me. Despite all my attempts, it had become increasingly difficult for me to continue to juggle responsibilities and time-zones. Pangs of guilt and frustration started to surface as I found myself no longer able to implement my ideas due to temporal constraints. There were many times in the past six months that I came close to this day, but always hesitated as I did not want to leave the shard in the hands of two inexperienced EM’s. However, with Baja getting an excellent EM in the form of Godiva, the timing feels right. In the past couple of months, I have seen her grow as an EM and I feel comfortable in leaving the shard in her capable hands. Godiva, thank you for making this decision easier for me and I do not pass this mantle of responsibility lightly to you.

It goes without saying that I have thoroughly enjoyed my experience as an Event Moderator of our wornderful shard. I will take with me a life-time of brilliant memories from this experience. For the past 48 hours, my mind has been randomly flashing through exactly such memories: watching Mama Faith trying to decipher the puzzle to the secret blackrock lab, being almost eaten during my first visit to the Mage Tower with Nicholas and WildStar, meeting Fern for the first time, all the crazy mercenary invasions, the rush I felt when we put up Casca’s war banners, the joy I saw on Elladan’s virtual face when I asked him to be the knight-witness to Queen Dawn’s coronation, patrolling the streets on WIlliam along with Kemer, ducking from James on Aino Nystad as I felt terribly insecure of my thee’s and thou’s, the very first Skara Brae Faire grounds festival, Brackus and the town guards – oh, my precious town guards, watching Cymidei and her gang of red caps interact with the town guards, Kurpur – the cutest orc I will meet, Yattering – the cutest yattering that I will meet, running around on Bartalbe, meeting Sara, and others on my very first day as EM, Girl Scout cookies, spending 24 hours straight hiding egg on Easter bunny, attending the opening ceremony of Township center on Kullervo Nystad, throwing pies at Sally while hidden, the High Council experience, the beautiful weddings I got to reside upon as an EM, rebellion against Lord Casca, sight of Handalf running around in circles, talking “trash” on Mercenary captain everytime he killed a player, especially SuperKen, having a chance of seeing Golden Brew Tavern come back to life (atleast for a while), the sight of Bacchus and Halo together, and so many more that I cannot possibly hope to write them all down right now.

I would also like to give a shout out to my former partners-in-crime: Pallando and Crysania. We will always share a special bond and I hope that one day we can meet for a drink. Also, would like to give a special shout out to EM Eira, EM Aname, EM Emilelayne, EM Fainemorgan, former EM Kaen, and former EM Kasaven for their help with assisting me with various events on Baja. I will most definitely miss the entire EM team and I hope someone else will pick up the mantle of licking and slapping with trouts. It has been such a pleasure to discuss various aspects of our jobs and learning from each other. Finally, I would like to express my deepest and most heartfelt thanks to Mesanna who has become more than a mere boss over the years.

So, as my time as an event moderator comes to an end, I would like to say that I am proud of everything we achieved together. I will always carry with me the strength of this experience and for that, I would thank each and every one of you. We laughed, we fought, we cried, you died and over the years, we became a virtual family. And, now, I know how it must feel to bid farewell to one’s own family.

Seppo, signing out.